Today, 27 October 2004, Afternoon Edition

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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon LRT losses here to stay?
      877 1  -  Ng Shing Vi Low ridership issue tough to solve TOUTED as the mini-rail that links your doorstep to the nearest MRT station, the Light Rail Transit (LRT) opened to great expectations in 1999. Tabled as part of the 1996 White Paper on Transport, the LRT
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      Lock icon Israeli Parliament 'yes' to Gaza pullout
      309 1 -AFP JERUSALEM Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has rejected a demand by four of his ministers to hold a referendum on the withdrawal from the Gaza Strip after Parliament voted in favour of the pullout plan, a source close to Mr Sharon said late yesterday.
      -AFP  -  309 words
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      Lock icon Stocks, oil higher
      94 1 AFP NEW YORK Wall Street closed yesterday in a rally. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up a hefty 138.49 points at 9,888.48, the Nasdaq Composite Index closed up 14.75 points at 1,928.79 and the Standard and Poor's 500 Index closed 16.29 points higher at 1,111.09. Crude
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      E-passports likely to debut in a year
      459 2  -  Ng Shing Vi Govt pushes for switch to biometric passports BY this time next year, Singaporeans may be holding new biometric passports. This is not only to meet the new entry requirements for the United States, which go into effect next October, but
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      If we don't do it who will?
      718 3  -  Jeremy Lim l^Ey\lSSmmfLmiLmmmLmmmmmmmmmmmmm I__ All threats must be taken seriously from mosquitoes to terrorists IT was reported recently that dengue fever cases are at an all-time high here. "Why?" I asked myself. "Can't the National Environment Agency (NEA) do anything to keep the
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      Lock icon Japanese held hostage in Iraq
      125 3 -AFP DUBAI The Islamic militant group of Abu Mussab Al Zarqawi said in a video shown on the Internet yesterday that it had taken a Japanese citizen hostage in Iraq and threatened to execute him if Tokyo does not withdraw its troops from Iraq in
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      Lock icon Pilot 'caused crash that killed 265'
      120 3 AFP WASHINGTON US government accident investigators yesterday blamed pilot error for the crash of an American Airlines Airbus A-300 in New York in 2001 that left 265 people dead, officials said. A senior investigator said the jet's copilot had made an "unnecessary and aggressive"
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      Lock icon Toll in Thai south violence hits 84
      341 4 Reports from AFP and The Nation Authorities say most protesters died from suffocation after being arrested PATTANI At least 84 Thai Muslim protesters died most of them after they were arrested during a crackdown by security forces in southern Thailand, reported The Nation.
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    • GLOBALroundup
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        Lock icon Karzai leads Afghanistan poll with 55.5 per cent of vote
        79 4 AFP Afghanistan's vote count was all but complete yesterday with only quarantined ballot boxes and final figures from one province remaining to be tallied, election commission officials said. Latest preliminary results on the election commission's website showed 98.4 per cent
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        Lock icon John Howard sworn in
        45 4 AFP Australian Prime Minister John Howard (picture) was formally sworn in with his new fourth term ministry in Canberra yesterday by Queen Elizabeth Il's Australian representative Gov-ernor-General Michael Jeffery. Mr Howard stormed to a fourth-term victory in the Oct 9 election.
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        Lock icon Philippine troops on red alert
        77 4 Agencies The Philippine military said its troops across the nation were put on full alert yesterday because of a heightened threat of attacks by communist rebels, aimed at destabilising President Gloria Arroyo's administration. Military spokesman LieutenantColonel Daniel Lucero said the armed forces were put on
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      345 4 —HEALTHY BITES BRAND'S Your partner in support of a healthy lifestyle EASE THE PRESSURE Melody Tan news@newstoday.com.sg WHAT do high stress levels, clogged arter- fc^Hs ies, smoking, unhealthy diets and an exces- *•"> sive salt intake have in common? They all contribute to high blood pressure, also |g£?'" EMBB known
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  • singapore news
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      Top guns ciash over India
      566 6  -  Clement Mesenas RSAF F-16s engage Indian fighters in dogfights, exercise deemed a success SINGAPORE'S top guns have been engaging in dogfights with their Indian counterparts in the open skies over Gwalior in western India in a 15-day exercise which ends today. And they have fared
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        SMU finds a novel way to raise student morale
        257 8 AS JUNIOR college students prepare for their Alevel examinations, Singapore Management University has come up with a novel way to raise morale. It plans to take aim at these 12,000 students with the message "cram hard, party hard", which it will
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        Captain begins testimony
        447 8  -  Wong Fei Wan Pandiaraj says changed circumstances took him to training site THE captain accused of instigating two subordinates to dunk trainees in a tub of seawater that killed Second Sergeant Hu Enhuai was not supposed to be at the training site. Capt Pandiaraj Mayandi's testimony makes
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    • Make him yours
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        SIA inks $300 m deal with IBM to outsource IT work
        151 10 SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) inked a $300-million deal with IBM yesterday to outsource its information technology infrastructure services to the world's largest IT company for the next seven years. IBM will manage SlA's data centre, end-user computing support service and
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        Lock icon Riau officers get training to aid S'pore fish supply
        146 10 Newsßadio 93.8 SINGAPORE has linked up with Norway to conduct a fish-farming training course for fishery officials from Riau, Indonesia. The three-week course which started last Monday as part of the Singapore-Norway Third Country Training Programme aims to supplement Singapore's fish
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        High cost of prosperity
        567 10  -  Derrick A Paulo Ngiam: Curriculum change will produce greater creativity in society THE Government's single-minded pursuit of prosperity has meant that the education system has emphasised the economic imperative. But with the new knowledge-based economy, Singapore has to face up to reality as it is no
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      More housing choices for singles
      552 11 They can now purchase 4- and 5-room resale flats SINGLE Singaporeans now have more housing options. This is music to the ears of 36--year-old piano teacher Lim Lee Wee, who has been eyeing a 4room flat in Hougang. "I was so glad when the changes
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      HDB information at your fingertips round the clock
      203 11 There are several ways for you to obtain information from the HDB. You may visit the HDB InfoWEB at www.hdb.gov.sg or call the Sales/Resale Customer Service Line at 1800-*****66, the SERS Enquiry Line at 1800-*****70 or the HDB Branch Office Service Line
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      33 11 24-hour Home Link: 1800-*****60 Branch Office Service Line: 1800-*****32 (9JJS rjT) HOUSING Sales/Resale Customer Service Line: 1800-*****66 Jir^ 4> DEVELOPMENT HDB InfoWEB: www.hdb.gov.sg Mffiff I"JJ BOARD Teletext, Channel News Asia: pp 670 y-i*^?
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  • world news
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      Lock icon Bush s distant relatives lobby against him, for Kerry
      169 12 Agencies BOSTON (Massachusetts) Seven distant relatives of President George Bush have created a website urging visitors: "Please, don't vote for our cousin." The Bush relatives, who say they have never met the President, are lobbying actively for presidential challenger John Kerry
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      Lock icon Border breach into North, not out of S Korea
      139 12 AP SEOUL Holes found in a wire fence along the North-South Korean border were most likely used by a South Korean defector to the North, South Korea's military said yesterday. The discovery of the holes found in a fence checked daily
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      Lock icon 'Comeback Kid' Clinton crusades for Kerry
      565 12 AFP CNN, BBC, AFP, The Guardian Says Democrat candidate will make America the 'comeback country' LOVE PARK (Philadelphia) It was more like a rock concert than a political rally as nearly 100,000 fans turned up to watch Mr Bill Clinton take the stage to
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      Lock icon Fined for drink-mowing
      42 12 -AFP A British court revoked 50-year-old Michael Mennell's driving license for a year after he was arrested for driving his lawn mower in a state of intoxication. The court in Cheltenham in south-central England also fined him £250 ($765).
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      Lock icon Four-day karaoke marathon for charity
      58 12 AFP Hong Kong radio presenter Barry Yip hopes to have sung his way into the record books after singing karaoke for more than four days, the South China Morning Post said yesterday. He sang 1,000 songs during his 81 hour, 23 second feat for charity,
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      Lock icon Finger in the mail as a sign of his love
      75 12 AFP Unemployed former Japanese gangster, Hiroyuki Yoshikawa, 36, who is in love with a 15-year-old girl, chopped off his little finger and mailed it to her father twice in a bid to prove nis commitment, police said yesterday. He was
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      Lock icon 75,000 calls a day asking for help
      85 12 AP What's the best way to sue my neighbour? How big is Ho Chi Minh's mausoleum? Am I pregnant? These are the type of enquiries telephone directory assistance operators get from callers, who dial 1 080. The service, startea in 1 992 as
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      House burns down next to fire station
      52 12 Firemen in Welmbuettel, Germany were forced to watch helplessly as a house burnt to the ground next to their station. Bricks and rubble sent flying by an explosion blocked the door to the garage where their fire engines and water hoses were kept,
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      Lock icon SBY to review Jl's alleged terror links
      347 13 Agencies Indonesia may ban the group if ties to Al Qaeda found, enabling crackdown on militants JAKARTA Indonesia's new President is considering outlawing the Al Qaeda-linked regional terror group Jemaah Islamiyah, but first wants "proof" the network exists in his country. According to
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      Lock icon Three women drown as car plunges into deep river
      267 13 AP NEWARK (New Jersey) Three women returning from a birthday party drowned when the driver lost control of a Jeep Cherokee and went off the road, plunging into a river. Trapped inside the sinking SUV, the women, aged between 34 and
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    • GLOBAL roundup
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      Washing your feet in the sink?
      435 14 Muslim humour, comedians are latest rage in US COLUMBIA (South Carolina) One of the unexpected consequences of the 911 attacks in the United States is an upsurge in humour by and about Muslims. A good example is a recent show called Allah Made Me
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      Focus On The Family
      243 16  -  Dr James Dobson w THE SIGN COLLECTION For about 25 years I've had a very unusual collection. Some people accumulate stamps and coins and trinkets, but I collect signs. Signs are very interesting because they tell you something about the people who write them. Let me
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      Misguided obsession of the United States
      245 16  -  IH!L'H!lll;l-i1 Rj^ffidsfsdf MR LOH Wen Chun's letter, "War isn't just in the words" (Oct 25), validates Mr William Pfaff s article, "War in the words" (Oct 22). Mr Pfaff stated that "the threat of Islamist radicals does not describe an empirically observed reality" and
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      Lock icon The home that Mdm Rosmah built
      607 16  -  ■JiMAMIIfIUJJAHaiBI with the help of a small nasi padang stall foiifi in tlifi nrnwri WHILE most Singaporeans are content to have just one or two children if any at all Madam Rosmah Nidar Marlian has had 10. Surrounded by her nine adult children (her
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      Lock icon Use our funds prudently
      298 17  -  ggjjjj32j| Esplanade, new prison complex are two examples of high-cost projects I REFER to the article, "Hold Govt officials to account" (Oct 25). Speaking at a forum organised by the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, the founder of the John F Kennedy School of
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      Hollywood scenario impossible
      136 17  -  IHVIIiI^iM I AM surprised at Ms Santi Yeo's letter 'Day After Tomorrow scenario for Singapore' (Oct 25). While her concerns about the changing climate in Singapore are encouraging, her recommendation that Singapore explore the option of undersea living, smacks of an ignorance bred by Hollywood-dominated media. She
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      2-tier system could help HDB, buyers
      166 17  -  UtltltlildmJM FROM time to time, the Housing and Development Board (HDB) puts up surplus new flats for sale. I would like to suggest a two-tier pricing system. Price X is for those who qualify under HDB rules. Price X plus premium (without HDB subsidy)
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      More than ports and shipyards
      343 20  -  Jaime Koh SMF launches campaign to boost the image of the maritime industry MENTION maritime careers and the images conjured up are inevitably those of dock hands or ship-repair crews. To alter such perceptions, the Singapore Maritime Foundation (SMF) yesterday launched the "Maritime Now!" awareness
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      Lock icon Keppel Corp's Q3 profit surges 15%
      205 20 Agencies DIVERSIFIED conglomerate Keppel Corp said yesterday its third-quarter net profit surged almost 15 per cent, thanks to strong contributions from its property unit and its oil-refining affiliate. Net profit in the three months ended Sept 30 rose to $112.6 million, or 14.4 cents
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        88 20 Dow Jones SHARES rose slightly yesterday, helped by a retreat in oil prices and hopes for better earnings and dividends when companies announce their quarterly results. Late in Asia, New York light crude was at U5554.49 a barrel, down five cents from its New York close. The ST Index
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        World markets
        61 20 Im Index Nikkei 225 Hang Seng All Ordinaries Taiwan Wtd Value Change Pis 10,672.46 +13.31 +0.12 12,852.35 +34.25 +0.27 3,718.20 +23.80 +0.64 5,662.88 -111.79 -1.94 Korea Comp 813.7 +5.56 +0.69 KLCI 851.55 +0.60 +0.07 SET Index 648.38 -10.67 -1.62 Jakarta Comp 841.35 -5.28 -0.62 Phils Comp Shenzhen B
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        Commodities
        21 20 Gold uss/oi 428.70 Silver uss/oi 7.305 Platinum uss/oi 846.00 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1,453 Rubber centsAg 214.25 Brent crude uss/borrel 50.37
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        SGX most active
        58 20 fy volume iemb Log ioardroom tfee Poh ChinaAvOil iTATSChP Horizon juangzhaolFB ihanghaiAsia 3AFR Close 2.330 0.465 0.010 1.440 1.040 0.140 0.355 0.270 0.080 Change +0.040 +0.020 +0.020 +0.020 +0.005 +0.020 +0.020 +0.010 +1.7 +4.5 +1.4 +2.0 +3.7 +6.0 +8.0 +14.3 '000 63,308 41,477 24,943 22,968 16,717 16,667
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        SGX top rises
        78 20 >IA Close Change 10.500 +0.200 By percentage Close MediaS 0.020 Change +33.3 ilA 200 10.500 +0.200 FJBen W*****6 0.025 +25.0 5TIETF100 rtyflux DBS 20.050 +0.150 2.150 +0.130 15.300 +0.100 MAE Engg 0.050 North 22 USS 0.025 Oakwell 0.055 +25.0 +25.0 +22.2 XBC 13.600 +0.100 Grealronk 0.060 +20.0
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        SGX top falls
        73 20 By$ Creative 50 Close 19.400 Change -0.200 By percentage GulTech W*****7 Close 0.010 Change -33.3 GreatEast 11.500 -0.200 LKN 0.025 -16.7 F&N 13.700 -0.100 GulTech 0.120 -14.3 0CBC4.55SNCPS100 101.900 -0.100 Penguin 0.120 -14.3 Ihai Prime200US$ Venture 10.500 15.700 -0.100 -0.100 Nippecrafl Chemlnd 0.065 0.630 -13.3 -12.5 Chemlnd
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        Lock icon Your S$1 buys
        41 20 SGX, Bloomberg US$ 0.6008 UK£ 0.3270 Yen 64.215 HK$ 4.6746 RM 2.2830 Euro 0.4696 Rupiah 5,453.5 Baht 24.668 Information provided by Peso 33.851 A$ 0.8048 Indian Rs 27.441 Won 680.98 C$ 0.7347 Yuan 4.9735 NZ$ 0.8596 NTS 20.246
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      Clamp down on churning
      251 22  -  Val Chua FAs must tell all when advising clients to switch investments THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) yesterday tightened its rules regarding financial advisers (FA) who practise "churning" of investment products to boost commissions. Also called "switching", churning occurs when FAs advise their clients to
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      Lock icon An incident of switching
      164 22 MAS MR TAY bought a $50,000 investment-linked insurance policy (ILP) from an insurance agent. Two months later, the agent told Mr Tay that the value of his policy had risen to $51,000 and advised him to surrender the policy to buy a new ILP that could
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      Lock icon Factory output rose, but at low end of forecast
      209 22 -AFP SINGAPORE'S manufacturing output rose 11.8 per cent last month due to a robust electronics sector, but the performance was at the lower end of analysts' forecasts. Economists said the latest factory output figures were unlikely to affect the official gross
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      CORPORATE briefs
      208 22 Ascott, the listed unit of property developer Capita Land, reported a net profit of $28.95 million, or 1.86 cents per share, for the third quarter ended Sept 30, compared to $7.22 million, or 0.47 cents per share, a year earlier. Revenue rose 1 0 per cent to $51.2
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      Lock icon UOL still talking UOB stake sale
      175 22 -Dow Jones UNITED Overseas Land (UOL) is still in discussions with investment banks on how to sell its stake in parent United Overseas Bank (UOB), the property company said yesterday. "Since the company announced its intention to dispose of its 4.2-per-cent shareholding in UOB
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