Today, 16 February 2005, Afternoon Edition

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    20 1 TODAY MICA (P) 103/07/2004 incorporating utT6£itS Wednesday February 16,2005 todayonline.com TODAY mica (P) 103/07/2004 incorporating uiXCfttS Wednesday February 16,2005 todayonline.com
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    Lock icon S'pore, RI cement ties
    364 1  -  Derrick A Paulo Outstanding issues will not hold back new initiatives derrick@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE and Indonesia made progress yesterday on long-standing issues and new initiatives as Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono began his two-day visit here. At the Istana yesterday, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong described their
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    SembCorp CEO undergoes surgery
    127 1  -  Val Chua THE top man at conglomerate SembCorp Industries has taken ill, prompting its nonexecutive chairman to take over the helm temporarily. The Temaseklinked engineering services group said yesterday in a statement that its chief executive officer and deputy chairman Wong Kok Siew (picture) has "undergone
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    Former executive on insider trading rap
    116 1 THE former executive director and chief financial officer of Asia's largest hotel reservation network, Asiatravel.com Holdings, has been charged in the subordinate courts with three counts of insider trading, The Business Times reports today. Joanna Yeo, 48, also faces 16 other charges under the
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    Lock icon US stocks higher
    54 1 -AFP NEW YORK US stocks swung higher yesterday as investor sentiment got a lift from a bet-ter-than-expected retail sales report The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 46.19 points to 10,837.32, the Nasdaq Composite Index advanced 6.30 points to 2,089.21 and the Standard and Poor's 500 Index added
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    Lock icon Microsoft to offer free software
    133 1 AFP WASHINGTON Microsoft Corp will offer consumers who use its Windows operating system free software to battle so-called spyware and eventually anti-virus software, chairman Bill Gates said yesterday. Speaking at the RSA Conference in San Francisco, the high-tech security industry's largest annual gathering, Mr Gates
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      Drug use on the wane in S'pore
      427 2  -  Ansley Ng Sharpest drop in abuse among Malays: Report ansley@newstoday.com.sg THE number of Malay drug abusers has been whittled down dramatically to about a tenth of their numbers in 2002 thanks in part to concerted community efforts. According to the Singapore Drug Situation
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      Lock icon Former singer wins damages
      105 2 -AFP LONDON Pop singer turned Muslim activist Yusuf Islam, formerly Cat Stevens, said yesterday he had obtained "substantial" damages against two British newspapers which alleged he had been involved in terrorism. In a statement released on his behalf, the 56-year-old, who sold 50 million records in
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      Lock icon The real victory is in healing the rifts
      689 3 N EWSSSDUUfiU^ Can Thaksin go down in history as the Thai statesman who brought peace to the south and Asean? PRIME Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's resounding victory with a massive mandate has provided an ironic twist to Thai politics. His massive mandate requires
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      Lock icon Jackson ill, trial put off for a week
      490 4 -AFP Singer may call celebs as character witnesses SANTA MARIA (California) Pop superstar Michael Jackson was rushed to hospital yesterday after being struck down by influenza, forcing the postponement of his child molestation trial for a week. The dramatic twist came after
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      Lock icon Amtek founder in pre-trial conference
      163 4 Channel NewsAsia FOUNDER and former executive chairman of Amtek Engineering Lee Ah Bee (picture) was in court yesterday for a pre-trial conference. Lee was alleged to have bought 35,000 Amtek warrants at 92 cents each on Sept 3, 2003, while in possession of undisclosed, price-sensitive
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  • Singapore news
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      Lock icon Help for HDB rent woes
      105 6 Newsßadio 93.8 MORE Singaporeans renting HDB flats have gotten into trouble for not paying their rent There was a 63 per cent hike in the number of tenants, mostly families in financial difficulties, sued by the HDB last year. Some 78 families were sued for
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      Lock icon MAN-agement awards
      410 6  -  Tor Ching Li Lack of female recipients an anomaly: Koh chingli@newstoday.com.sg THERE were no female award recipients in this year's batch of International Management Action Award (Imaa) winners. Professor Tommy Koh, head of the Imaa council, called this his "only regret" of the fifth annual awards for innovative
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      Enterprise projects to launch
      192 6 THE Action Community for Entrepreneurship (ACE) will soon launch three projects. An Enterprise Day for students will be held on March 5 to let those in secondary schools and junior colleges interact with and learn from entrepreneurs. In April, MediaCorp TV Channel 5 will telecast a
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      Lock icon To London... for Singapore Season
      79 6 British High Commissioner Alan Collins (left) and Singapore Dance Theatre dancers Alexandra Sklavos and Natalie Clarke share a joke during the Singapore Season send-off reception yesterday at the High Commissioner's Eden Hall residence. The reception kicked off the Singapore Season, a series of arts performances
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        Lock icon S'porean doctor's body recovered
        95 8 Newsßadio 93.8 The body of a Singaporean doctor reported missing in Phuket after the tsunami disaster has been recovered. Dr Lim Fang Kan was identified through his dental records. The 50-year-old gynaecologist is the first on the list of missing people to be found. His remains
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        Lock icon MOM: Workers lacked
        93 8 Newsßadio 93.8 proper gear The Ministry of Manpower said the three workers found dead last Saturday in a drain under a bridge along Choa Chu Kang Way were not wearing proper protective equipment. They were carrying out spray-painting inside a drain blocked with earth at botn ends.
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        1,200 pay respects at War Memorial
        60 8 As part of Total Defence Day, about 1,200 people, including Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan, yesterday paid their respects at the War Memorial Park to civilians killed during the Japanese Occupation. A wreath-laying ceremony was followed by a minute's silence. The service coincided with
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        Lock icon 41 get overseas service medals
        64 8 Newsßadio 93.8 Forty-one Singapore Armed Forces servicemen received the overseas service medals for their peacekeeping and dis-aster-relief operations in Iraq, Timor Leste and Bangladesh. They were involved in missions carried out last year as part of the multinational effort for the reconstruction of Iraq, the
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      Koei sets up studio here
      272 8  -  Seah Siew Hua Japanese game-maker to spend $3m siewhua@newstoday.com.sg KOEI Entertainment- the Japanese game developer behind popular historical simulation games such as Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Dynasty Warriors and Nobunaga's Ambition is opening a game-devel-opment studio in Singapore. This is the company's first subsidiary
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      Counter-offer for drug-bust duo
      175 8 THE two key players nabbed in last year's high-profile cocaine bust have received a counteroffer to plead guilty, after their initial representations to the Attorney-General's Chambers (AGC) were turned down. The defence lawyer for Marx Oh, 31 and Tunisian Guiga Laroussi, 35, made representations last Friday
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  • world news
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      Lock icon Lebanon braces for turmoil
      496 10  -  Clement Mesenas, Foreign Commentary Editor Hariri's assassination in bomb blast stokes fear of renewed civil strife clement@newstoday.com.sg BEIRUT Lebanon braced for fresh turmoil yesterday following the murder of billionaire former prime minister Rafiq Hariri in a massive bomb blast blamed largely on Syria and which stoked
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      Lock icon Protocol begins today
      150 10 AFP TOKYO The landmark Kyoto Protocol, hoping to slow down global warming, goes into effect today with most of the industrialised world committed to slash gas emissions but the United States and Australia holding out The treaty wants the industrial world to slash its green-house-gas emission by
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      Lock icon 203 miners die in China
      95 10 AFP BEIJING Amid a news blackout ordered into the incident, China said a coal-mine gas explosion in the north-east had killed at least 203, in the deadliest mine disaster since the Communist government took charge. The explosion on Monday at the Sunjiawan mine in Liaoning
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      Lock icon Manila rebel groups may be joining forces
      451 12  -  Asif Ansar AFP Recent bombings point to increased collaboration asif@newstoday.com.sg THE Valentine's Day bombings by radical Muslim militants in the Philippines has raised the spectre of various rebel groups collaborating together to achieve their deadly aims in the country. The blasts one in
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      New proof against UN oil-for-food official
      85 12 WASHINGTON A United States Senate panel says it has obtained Iraqi documents that provide new evidence that the former head of the United Nations oil-for-food programme made up to US$l.2 million ($1.9 million) through deals with Mr Saddam Hussein's government. The staff of the
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        Lock icon Probe into group sex video
        69 12 AFP The British Army has launched an investigation into a group sex video allegedly made by five military bodyguards for Britain's Queen Elizabeth II. A Ministry of Defence spokesman said an "incident" was being investigated, after the revelation in the tabloid Sun daily, which claimed
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        Lock icon Iran mosque fire kills 59
        67 12 AFP Nearly 60 people died and more than 200 others suffered burns on Monday when a fire swept through a Tehran mosque crammed with worshippers. The blaze broke out as the faithful packed into the Ark mosque near the main bazaar in the capital for
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      Focus On The Family
      218 14  -  Family Dr James Dobson m TtHMTs e by FORGIVENESS Forgive and forget it's a lot easier to say than to do. When our spouses do something to wound us deeply, can we ever truly forgive them? And if we do forgive them, can we ever forget
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      Lock icon Force S'poreans to pay parents?
      312 14  -  TR SITRA DEVI Letter from It will ease Govt's problem of looking out for elderly MAY I suggest that the Government legislate that all working persons must contribute 10 per cent or a minimum of $200 of their salary to their parents? Just like CPF
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      Need to review entire social security system
      288 14  -  ijjjjgjjjjum |g[gQi I REFER to the article, "The widening CPF gender gap" (Feb 15). According to a report, Singapore women are getting older and poorer. They say the main reason for this is the lack of CPF monies for older women, as many
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      SGX website slowing to a crawl
      116 15  -  UUgjggjgjUJigjgjgjjjjg Igj^^ THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) website (www.sgx.com) has been moving very slowly of late. It is the season for local listed companies to announce their results for the financial year ended Dec 31. Many people including businessmen and investors have to access this
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      On vice-free massage parlours
      178 15  -  JJJUJJJQJgjJ [gj^EJ I REFER to the issue of vice activities in Singapore and do not see the basis of some readers' arguments. It is not a crime here to engage in prostitution as long as it is practised in licensed venues. The issue is how to
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      Help them adjust to S'pore life
      197 15  -  g32nEEHEB2333ESH |g jg! I REFER to the article, "Turning foreign talents into Singaporeans" (Feb 14). We can do more to help our new migrants and talents especially the young children who come to a new country with their mothers adjust to and participate in
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      No room for courtesy
      204 17  -  I:]dWMJIL lIE!71 IfffgTM I REFER to the commentary, "If we need a law to be courteous, we have a long way to go" by Izzy Mat Nurdin (Feb 15). I agree that we do not need more laws to be courteous. What we need is for
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      Singapore a culture of selective courtesy
      169 17  -  WWJJiIJWiI IB is IZZY Mat Nurdin's commentary was brilliant. The standard of customer service is poor here because we have developed a culture of selective courtesy. The stereotype is that only well-dressed people or tourists deserve serious pampering. People working in positions of slight
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      296 17 Transparency in Meter Insurance I NTUC Income held a public dialogue session on 24 January to discuss several issues on motor insurance. This was in response to a letter from Patrick Tan who M wrote in the Straits Times Forum Page to ask I about "transparency in motor insurance". About
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  • business news
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      CORPORATEbriefs
      166 18 Unisteel Technology reported a net profit of $27.1 million, or 1 1.1 cents per share, for the year ended Dec 31, compared to $23.2 million, or 9.5 cents per share, a year ago. Sales rose 1 3.8 per cent to $124.5 million. A full-year dividend of 8 cents per
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      Lock icon MAS reshuffles senior management
      200 18 Val Chua AFTER a three-year stint in the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), deputy managing director John Palmer, 62, will leave the authority at the end of the month, having completed his contract Replacing him is Ms Teo Swee Lian, a Singaporean who is currently assistant
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      Dairy Farm's bid for Hero challenged
      498 18  -  Derrick A Paulo Irregularities in $34.4 m offer, claims local rival SINGAPORE-LISTED retailer Dairy Farm International Holdings has flown into a web of legal disputes over its bid to up its stake in Indonesian supermarket chain Hero. The dispute involves Hero's local rival, PT
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      Lock icon December retail sales up 2.2%
      140 20 Channel News Asia RETAIL sales in Singapore rose 2.2 per cent in December from a year ago to $2.64 billion boosted by strong Christmas sales, Department of Statistics data released yesterday showed. Compared with November, retail sales jumped 11.7 per cent as consumers bought more
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      New fly-cruise package to Thailand
      194 20  -  Chan Kwai Seng kwaiseng@newstoday.com.sg CRUISE operator Star Cruises and budget airline Valuair have launched their first fly-cruise package, two months after announcing their alliance. Passengers can fly to Bangkok on Valuair and return to Singapore onboard Star Cruise's SuperStar Virgo, stopping en route at Thai
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      ComfortDelGro invests $4.9m in Vietnam deal
      207 22  -  Chan Kwai Seng kwaiseng@newstoday.com.sg COMFORTDELGRO has announced a US$3-million ($4.9 million) investment in its second taxi joint venture in Ho Chi Minh City, as it revs up its expansion plans in Vietnam. The joint venture with former state-owned Saigon General Service Corp will create
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    • MarketWATCH
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        SGX most active
        57 22 By volume ChuanHup UTAC Star&usUSS Olam UniFiber GlobalVoke Kl Ventur SuntecReit MFS Tech Sing Tel Close 0.730 0.685 0.310 0.810 0.310 0.065 0.300 1.310 0.835 2.610 Change -0.045 +0.030 +0.040 -0.015 -0.005 -0.010 +0.060 +0.055 -5.8 +4.6 +14.8 -1.8 -1.6 -13.3 +4.8 +7.1 '000 44,295 34,368 28,698
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        SGX top rises
        77 22 By$ lariline C&C >hangAsia2kHKS /enlure DBS Close Change 10.600 +0.300 11.400 +0.300 16.800 +0.300 16.300 +0.200 By percentage Close VenlureDBSeCW*****4 0.160 CSC 0.030 FHTK 0.030 NOLCAeCW*****5 0.550 Change +23.1 +20.0 +20.0 +17.0 Fortune Reil HKS >ingamasC2kHKS SBSTransil 500 :iTYDEV :iTYDEV W*****0 6.550 +0.200 4.900 +0.150 2.130 +0.130
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        SGX top falls
        75 22 By$ jealive 50 DBS Bk6% NCPS10 F&N IMH 400USS >IA >IA 200 JOB imlek XBC Close 21.600 108.500 15.700 17.300 12.500 12.500 14.300 1.080 13.800 Change -0.500 -0.200 -0.200 -0.200 -0.200 -0.200 -0.200 -0.100 -0.100 By percentage Close SIA SGA ePW*****4 0.040 NOLDBePW*****1 0.005 Wee Poh 0.005
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        World markets
        55 22 Nikkei 225 Hang Seng All Ordinaries Taiwan Wtd Korea Comp KLCI SET Index Jakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzhen B Mumbai Sensex 11,646.49 13,995.83 4,136.30 6,122.39 968.88 921.71 736.91 1,067.20 2,090.10 Closed 6,670.06 Pis +14.29 -21.40 -6.70 +9.99 +4.09 +1.40 +8.11 +16.46 +5.60 -9.27 +0.12 -0.15 -0.16 +0.16 +0.42
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        Lock icon Commodities
        26 22 SGX, Bloomberg Information provided by Sold us$/oi 426.00 Silver us$/oi 7.285 'latinum us$/oi 859.00 Rubber centsAg 207.51 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1,327.51 Brent crude us$/barrel 45.5!
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        36 22 US$ 0.6096 UK£ 0.3234 Yen 63.955 HK$ 4.7565 RM 2.3174 Euro 0.4696 Rupiah 5,654.8 Baht 23.405 Peso 33.358 A$ 0.7782 Indian Rs 26.721 Won 626.07 C$ 0.7535 Yuan 5.0485 NZ$ 0.8537 NTS 19.261
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        Lock icon Singapore
        199 22 Dow Jones SHARES fell yesterday on profittaking after five straight sessions of gains. The ST Index shed 1.54 points, or 0.1 per cent, to close at 2,163.39. In the broader market, losers outpaced gainers 257 to 210. Traded volume amounted to 815.9 million shares valued at $998 million, but
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        Lock icon India's new rules may not boost telecoms
        760 23 Dow Jones Despite potential, investors put off by fierce competition THE world's biggest mobile phone operators have just received an invitation to enter India's fast-growing market, but it is far from certain they will come to the party soon. As part of a
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