Today, 22 September 2004

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    12 1 TODAY we set you thinking todayonline.com Wednesday SePtember 22'2004 mita <p) 103/07/2004
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    APB faces first suit for Chia fraud
    777 1  -  Derrick A Paulo European bank HVB files court claim to recover $51 m WHILE the man at the centre of it all is behind bars serving his lengthy 42-year sentence, his erstwhile employer will be slugging it out in court in the coming
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    Everybody scores as Guangzhou notch 23 goals
    180 1  -  Stanley Ho NO LESS than 13 players got on the scoresheet in one of the most one-sided football matches ever witnessed in Singapore football. On Sunday, newly-crowned Football Association of Singapore (FAS) Women's Premier League champions Guangzhou Sunray Cave humiliated Sengkang Marine 23-0,
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      30 1 NEWSX\VIEWS Clement Mesenas Against all odds, TODAY has survived/3 Richard Seah The beautiful soul of CEO Diana Young/25 Man Re-United Red Devils look good with Rio back and Ronaldo running/38
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  • HOT NEWS
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      'A dynamic and caring woman'
      534 2  -  Lee Ching Wern Shocked staff, friends and business associates pay tribute to DrYoung PROMINENT Singapore businesswoman Diana Young died from multiple injuries after a car crash in Xi-an, China on Monday. The accident happened as the 45-year-old chief executive and president of aviation company Mil-Corn
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      Everybody scores as Guangzhou notch 23 goals
      167 2 scored a goal each. Sengkang finished at the bottom of the league, losing all their games, while the Dolphins failed to score even a single goal. When contacted yesterday, Sengkang club manager Dilwant Singh claimed they fielded an under-strength side against Guangzhou due
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      Round 2 of the battle begins
      1124 3  -  Clement Mesenas ■I Einyocommciit Today has survived to become a newspaper of choice. Competition is expected to hot up AND so it has come to pass. Media liberalisation, introduced four years ago to stimulate competition in the industry, has left the protagonists bloodied and
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      Molotoy attacker turns himself in
      177 4 JOHOR BAHRU A Singaporean businessman wanted in connection with last week's molotov cocktail attack here that killed three people, has been arrested. The 44-year-old suspect, according to The Star, turned himself in at the police headquarters on Monday afternoon. He is to be produced in
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      Lock icon People power time
      371 4 Indon elections a wake-up call for the political elite JAKARTA The almost certain landslide election win by former-general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is a wake-up call for Indonesia's political elite to listen to the demands of the people, who make up the world's third-largest democracy, analysts said yesterday.
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        Lock icon Killer renounces citizenship
        34 4 AFP Mijailo Mijailovic, who was convicted of fatally stabbing Sweden's foreign minister Anna Lindh, has renounced his Swedish citizenship. Officials said his renouncing will not chanqe the outcome of his case.
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        Lock icon Clean the air or get sued
        52 4 AFP Hong Kong's bars and hotels have to ban smoking or face a barrage of health lawsuits, said the Clean the Air activist group yesterday. Employers who allow smoking in the workplace could be sued for putting the health of its employees at risk,
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        Lock icon Syria pulls some troops out
        42 4 AFP Syria began pulling some of its troops out of Lebanon yesterday in the face of heavy US-led international pressure for President Bashar Al Assad's regime to end its political and military domination of its tiny neighbour.
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Marsiling pays tribute to SM Goh
      173 6  -  Derrick A Paulo THE tributes to Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong will go on this weekend, more than a month after he stepped down as Prime Minister. In Marsiling, a small team of community leaders and school principals have compiled photos of Mr Goh
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      Maternity leave changes
      601 6  -  Tor Ching Li 12 weeks of paid leave for mothers enshrined in law, even for executives FOR the first time, women executives, managers and civil servants will now be legally entitled to maternity leave, as enshrined in the newly-amended Children Development Co-Sav-ings Act (CDCA). This will also
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      Lock icon Hire Purchase Act amended
      178 6 Newsßadio 93.8, Channel News Asia CAR buyers will no longer be bound by the "Rule of 78" formula when calculating the balance payable if they repay their loan early. Under this formula, a disproportionately large amount of interest was factored into the early years of the
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      SMRT cabbies keep an eye on each other to raise safety standards
      191 8  -  Eveline Gan SMRT taxi drivers are now on the prowl for more than just passengers they will be observing the on-road behaviour of fellow drivers. The company's new road safety initiative will see cabbies issued with "observation cards"
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      Communicating the Sars crisis
      379 8  -  Tan Hui Leng What S'pore did right and wrong MUCH has been made about Singapore's exemplary handling of the Sars outbreak so much so that an international conference of experts is being held here so that health officials can learn from the city-state how to communicate
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      Focus On The Family
      249 10  -  Dr James Dobson m TSuMrs Some time ago I shared several signs that I've been collecting for more than 25 years. I've found these little messages in places all over the world, and they amuse me because they reveal something about the people who write them.
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      Reasons behind shortage of eggs in the market
      522 10 But AVA continues to make concerted efforts to ensure stable supply I REFER to letters, "Why is there still an eggs shortage?" by Mr Lim Boon Hee and "End profiteering on eggs" by Mr Jag Kuo Soon Yong (Sept 17). The Agri-Food
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      Look at root causes of old grievances
      242 10  -  Leong Kok Toong I REFER to Dr Eric Teo's commentary, "Why this grip on ghosts of the past?" (Sept 16). His reiteration of events followed by his "hope" that the affected Asian leaders would step forward to reconcile, does not add any value
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      Mindef,tell more about deadly soil disease
      137 10  -  See Leong Kit I REFER to your report, "A deadly soil disease" (Sept 17). The disease melioidosis is transmitted by a certain bacteria found in soil or surface water. In the past 10 years, an average of 67 melioidosis cases were reported annually, with
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      En bloc market takes off
      423 12  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla PropNex may launch as many as eleven collective sales this year IN a clear sign of confidence in the upturn of the residential property market, Singapore's largest real estate agency is planning a slew of collective sales in the next few months.
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    • market BUZZ
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        Cycling expedition for needy children
        164 12 Two Singaporean cyclists have embarked on an expedition from Beijing to Singapore in a "Spokes and Sprouts" community effort sponsored by Swensen's. The 1 0,000-km cycling expedition aims to raise $1 00,000 for the sick and needy children under the care of the Club Rainbow
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        Food feast
        161 12 It was "food, glorious food" at the Oral-B Food Feast last Saturday at Chjimes. The event was sponsored by Oral-B and coorganised by MediaCorp Radio GOLD9O.SFM. This event was organised in conjunction with the Road Feast food programme, which recently ended on MediaCorp TV Channel 5. There were
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        As new as it gets
        66 12 MIRRCO offers a broad-based service-oriented repair of handbag zippers, buckles, straps and torn linings. It specialises in repairing shoes that require complete sole or heel replacement and stitching. Restoring the slightly-damaged branded shoes or bag to their original condition contributes to environment-friendly efforts. MIRRCO specialises
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        ST Index — 2,001.87 +13.76
        4 12 ST Index 2,001.87 +13.76
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        World markets
        61 12 Index Nikkei 225 Hang Seng All Ordinaries Taiwan Wtd Value 11,080.87 13,304.48 3,642.70 5,949.26 Cl Pis -1.62 +83.15 +1.30 +84.72 .hange -0.01 +0.63 +0.04 +1.44 Korea Comp 857.15 +0.28 +0.03 KLCI 865.13 -0.21 -0.02 SET Index 660.92 -7.37 -1.10 Jakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzhen B Mumbai Sensex 823.85
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        SGX most active
        58 12 By volume Close iPHBeCW*****8 0.370 i P H 4.800 JTAC 0.645 :uYu 1.210 loble Grp 1.130 SingTel 2.410 iTATS ChipPAC 1.070 ComfortDelGro 1.340 )io-Treat 0.850 MTech 1.040 Change +0.025 +0.020 +0.040 +0.030 +0.050 +0.010 -0.020 +0.005 +7.2 +3.2 +3.4 +2.7 +2.1 +0.9 -1.5 +0.6 '000 30,967 16,744
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        SGX top rises
        66 12 By$ :iTYDEV 6.800 +0.201 Fortune ReilHKS 6.500 +0.201 ISH 500USS 6.700 +0.201 >IA 11.500 +0.201 :iTYDEVW*****0 4.280 +0.181 F&N 14.300 +0.101 jrealEast 11.700 +0.101 KepCorp JOB 7.400 +0.101 13.600 +0.101 By percentage DBS SGAePW*****7 0.090 +38.5 IRE Corp 0.020 PNEInd W*****8 0.025 +33.3 +25.0 LKN 0.035 +16.7
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        SGX top falls
        67 12 By$ HhPIMOOUSS 10.800 -0.201 :realive 50 18.900 -0.101 DBS 16.000 -0.101 XBC 14.000 -0.101 XBC4.55SNCPS100 102.500 -0.101 >PC 3.060 -0.041 iATSvs 2.050 -0.031 >TIDBeCW*****1 0.265 -0.02! Ws 0.405 -0.021 By percentage KLWW*****6 0.035 -36.' El Nets 0.010 -33.: North 22 USS 0.020 -20.1 SMG USS 0.025 Digiland
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        Lock icon Singapore
        122 12 Dow Jones SHARES ended higher yesterday in thin trade ahead or the US Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting. The ST Index rose 1 3.76 points, or 0.7 per cent, to 2,001.87. In the broader market, gainers outnumbered losers 177 to 126. Traded volume totalled 431 million
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 12 US$ 0.5916 UK£ 0.3299 Yen 64.915 HK$ 4.6145 RM 2.2482 Euro 0.4828 Rupiah 5,339.6 Baht 24.445 Peso 33.323 A$ 0.8429 Indian Rs 27.122 Won 678.59 C$ 0.7644 Yuan 4.8975 NZ$ 0.8939 NTS 20.069
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        Lock icon Commodities
        26 12 SGX, Bloomberg Gold uss/oz 408.40 Silver uss/oi 6.330 Platinum uss/oi 841.90 Rubber ™tsAg 215.25 Palm oil Mm, 1,527.50 Brent crude uss/borrei 42.70 Information provided by
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      A Qian Hu achievement
      492 14  -  Tay Tsen-Waye It becomes the first SME recipient of a Singapore Quality Award HOME-GROWN ornamental fish exporter Qian Hu Corporation has become the first small and medium enterprise (SME) to receive the Singapore Quality Award (SQA) for business excellence. Introduced as the highest accolade for the
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      Open skies to greater tourism
      530 16 Budget carriers may force Asian governments to allow in more flights A PRICE war between Thai AirAsia and Singapore Airlines (SIA) unit Tiger Airways may prompt governments across Asia to allow more competition or miss a tourist boom, industry executives say. As many as nine
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      Lock icon New group will handle financial product disputes
      105 16 Bloomberg THE MONETARY Authority of Singapore (MAS) is setting up a group to handle disputes between investors and financial services providers such as fund managers and insurers, deputy chairman Tharman Shanmugaratnam said. To be formed early next year, the group will help plug
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      Lock icon StarHub IPO floor price set: Source
      90 16 Bloomberg STARHUB has set the floor price of its initial public offering at 95 cents a share, said a person who attended an investor roadshow. The floor price would value StarHub slightly cheaper than MobileOne, the institutional investor said yesterday. Based on the floor
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      Licensing may serve Creative better
      545 18  -  Lee Han Shih TAlflllinstO Audio expert too small to prevail in a prolonged price war among hightech giants MANY think the career of Mr Sim Wong Hoo hit a high note in early January, when Microsoft chairman Bill Gates held aloft the latest digital media
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      ComfortDelgro to expand in China
      394 20 COMFORTDELGRO Corp will expand in China's developing and inland cities, its chief executive said. The world's second-largest land transport company by fleet size, said that it is already the single largest foreign land transport operator in China, with operations in cities including Beijing, Shanghai, Shenyang,
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      Lock icon The next big thing
      379 23 Battle on to pick Umno's 3 vice-presidents KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's ruling United Malay National Organisation (Umno) began its annual general assembly yesterday with 2,500 delegates set to vote for three Vice-Presidents, who will be seen as the party's next generation of leaders. With the confirmation of
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        Lock icon Arroyo's tough warning
        45 23 AFP President Gloria Arroyo warned yesterday that the Philippines risked a "painful economic death" within two years unless taxes are raised to avert a feared debt default. She is facing mounting opposition to her balance of the national budqet throuah touah taxes.
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        Lock icon US speaks out for Myanmar
        43 23 AFP A resolution seeking United Nations Security Council action against Myanmar was introduced in the United States Senate, accus- ing the military rulers in Yangon of brutally repressing ethnic minorities and using rape as a weapon of war.
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        Lock icon Chen Shui-bian fined
        48 23 -AFP Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian has been fined NT5440,000 Taiwan dollars ($21,919) for failing to declare his wife's assets to the government. Investigators found that Mr Chen's wife, Wu Shuchen, had conducted six "massive" stock transactions worth tens of millions of Taiwan dollars since 2002.
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        Lock icon Massive floods in Haiti kill hundreds
        168 23 Agencies PORT-AU-PRINCE At least 622 people have died in massive floods that raged across northern Haiti after Tropical Storm Jeanne hit this crushingly poor Caribbean nation over the weekend. Eighteen were killed on the other Caribbean islands. Government spokesman Dieufort Deslorges expected the death
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      Lock icon UN must do more in Iraq: Bush
      242 24 Agencies UNITED NATIONS US President George W Bush told the United Nations yesterday that the war in Iraq was justified and demanded that the world body "do more" to help the fledgling government in that war-torn country. "The government of Prime Minister (Iyad
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      Lock icon Boy held for plot to bomb school
      182 24 -AP CLINTON TOWNSHIP (Michigan) A boy who said on the Internet that he planned to bomb his high school was turned in by the daughter of a university police officer who heads a cyber crimes unit, authorities said. Authorities credited Celia McGinty, 16,
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        Lock icon Another US hostage faces death
        39 24 AFP Militants in Iraq have killed an American hostage and threatened to do the same to one of the dead man's two colleagues in 24 hours if female prisoners were not released across raa.
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        Lock icon US stays out of hunger fight
        50 24 AP Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his French counterpart Jacques Chirac yesterday inspired 1 1 0 countries to back a new declaration to fight hunger and poverty and to increase funds for development, but the United States was not among them.
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        Lock icon M'sian scorpion woman may have broken world record
        60 24 AP A Malaysian woman has broken a world record by enduring 32 days enclosed in a glass box with 6,069 scorpions, suffering seven stings in the process, her sponsor claimed yesterday. Ms Nur Malena Hassan, 27, will remain in the glass case,
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  • TRIBUTE
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      Lock icon The beautiful soul of a CEO
      648 25  -  Richard Seah This writer had just one meeting with Diana Young, but the memory lingers on NOT many journalists have had the privilege of eating a peach that had been personally cut and served by the chief executive officer of a company. I had
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