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Title Section20 2001-06-09 1 The Straits Times Weekly Edition Saturday June 9,200 u Price: S$ 1.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only' MITA 072/08/200020 words
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Article541 2001-06-09 1 IGNATIUS LOW - DBS will retain 127-year-old name with its emotional ties and improve basic banking By IGNATIUS LOW FINANCE CORRESPONDENT “POSB” a brand which many Singaporeans grew up with will not be dropped after all. The reason? Because feedback has shown that the POSB customers have541 words
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Article, Illustration286 2001-06-09 1 PAULA McCOY - fry] PAULA McCOY YOUNG people from across Singapore got a taste of what life is like as a child labourer at an event to make them more aware of poverty and hunger overseas. Barefoot in the hot sun, they scrabbled on the groundLUIS ENRIQUE ASCUI - 286 words
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Advertisement53 2001-06-09 1 Happv homecomi' Everest Team cr The Singapore-Latin America team is all smiles despite aborting the climb up the mountain’s North Ridge. Team spirit won the day page s Sporting triumph Swimmers Break Drought Led by top performances by Jacqueline Lim (far right) and Bernadette Lee, Singapore wins South-east Asia Age-Group53 words
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PRIME
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361 2001-06-09 2 IGNATIUS LOW - Technology, productivity gains will spur US recovery and revive global stock markets, monetary conference delegates told By IGNATIUS LOW FINANCE CORRESPONDENT ASIAN companies and bourses will thrive again when US gains in technology and productivity combine to boost global stock markets, Senior Minister361 words
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THREE OVERSEAS ROAD TRAGEDIES IN THREE DAYS
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Article, Illustration383 2001-06-09 2 SELINA LUM - By! SELINA LUM THREE executives of Stamford Tyres have died in a traffic accident just outside Bangkok. One of them, sales executive Norman Lee Peck Wee, 27, had arrived just one week ago. He, Mr Maurice Ling Tung Ching, 34, and Mr Eric Wong Seng383 words
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Article, Illustration407 2001-06-09 2 THREE Singaporeans holidaying in Perak, Malaysia, died when the car they were in spun out of control, hit an oncoming bus and plunged into a ravine on Tuesday afternoon. Another three people in the car, all Malaysians, were injured and taken to the hospital in Ipoh. ItNEW STRAITS TIMES - 407 words
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Article293 2001-06-09 2 LESLIE KOH - By LESLIE KOH TRANSPORT CORRESPONDENT PROPOSALS by bus and rail companies for an across-the-board fare hike have been turned down by the Public Transport Council, which cited the slowing economy in Singapore as a reason for its decision. But it did give the green light293 words
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332 2001-06-09 3 K.C. VIJAYAN - §IL K.C.VIJAYAN A MAN’S playtime antics with his children almost turned tragic when he fell four storeys from his HDB corridor, missing a rock boulder by less than 2 m. Mr M. Letchumanan, 41, slipped while sitting on the parapet outside332 words
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Article, Illustration264 2001-06-09 3 CHANG AI-LIEN - fit/ CHANG AI-LIEN SINGAPORE has its own baby “mermaid”, the first to be bom in captivity here and in Asia. The manatee, the doe-eyed sea mammal which sailors of yore are said to have mistaken for mermaids, was bom at the Singapore ZoologicalTERENCE TAN - 264 words
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349 2001-06-09 3 SHEFALIREKHI - ĕul SHEFALIREKHI A PLUCKY Singapore Airlines pilot averted a disastrous collision which could have killed over 300 people when he defied an air-traffic controller’s erroneous instructions to land at Manchester Airport last September. The SIA jumbo, SQ 328, flying in from Amsterdam with349 words
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Article511 2001-06-09 3 SANDRA DAVIE - The undergraduates, to be groomed for leadership roles, will study a broad range of subjects and do a year abroad SANDRA DAVIE EDUCATION CORRESPONDENT A NEW programme for gifted undergraduates will be launched next month by the National University of Singapore (NUS), with 700511 words
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HOME
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470 2001-06-09 4 ARTURO BARIUAD - Third incident of its kind brings number of people kidnapped in just over a month to five and four of them are Singaporeans By ARTURO BARIUAD STRAITS TIMES PHILIPPINES BUREAU MANILA A Singapore businessman has been kidnapped in the heart of the financial district. He470 words
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492 2001-06-09 4 DOMINIC NATHAN - By DOMINIC NATHAN ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR PASSING tough laws and enforcing strict compliance with pollution standards have kept Singapore clean and green for 35 years, but the same approach will no longer be enough, said the Acting Environment Minister, Mr Lim Swee Say.492 words
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Article, Illustration123 2001-06-09 4 A 40-YEAR-OLD man who had been drinking lost control of his car and drove it into a canal next to the Phoenix Hotel early last Saturday morning. The car jumped the kerb, smashed through metal barricades bordering the canal and plunged into the shallow water.SHIN MIN - 123 words
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Article287 2001-06-09 4 ELENA CHONG - *L ELENA CHONG A LAWYER has been sentenced to two weeks in prison for stealing two cheese slicers and a kettle from Tangs department store. On Monday, District Judge Chay Yuen Fatt imposed the prison term on Lilian Ong, 51, after having convicted her of shoplifting287 words
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Article, Illustration305 2001-06-09 5 OO GIN LEE - Bu OO GIN LEE COURTS customers unhappy with the store’s refusal to honour orders for cut-price computers have been advised to wait before accepting its latest offer. Several customers ordered $2,799 Compaq laptop computers priced by mistake at $279 on Courts’ website last305 words
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502 2001-06-09 5 THERESA TAN - Students find lessons instructive, and say they are learning the need to be responsible about sex *l THERESA TAN PRE-MARITAL sex, pornography, petting and relationships are now being discussed openly in the classroom and parents are embracing the change. Only a negligible502 words
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Article, Illustration360 2001-06-09 5 NEAL COOKE - §IL NEAL COOKE A 66-YEAR-OLD Toa Payoh resident fell 11 floors to his death, apparently while being robbed just outside his front door, barely a month after a similar attack. Mr Joe Cheong Chee Fai, an administrative assistant with Media Corp Radio,SHIN MIN DAILY NEWS - 360 words
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Article375 2001-06-09 5 KAREN WONG - LEGAL FIRST ĔL KAREN WONG IN TH E first case of its kind, an electrician has been charged with illegally connecting a residence to the Singapore Cable Vision (SCV) network. His handiwork meant that Mr Vincent Goh and his family were able to get crystal-clear375 words
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Article, Illustration428 2001-06-09 6 TRACY QUEK - More primary schools are organising adventure-style trips to national parks during the school holidays *IL TRACY QUEK PRIMARY school pupils are now getting out of the classrooms and trekking through dense rainforest, dodging blood-sucking leeches, fending off armies of termites and giant ants.DESMOND FOO - 428 words
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Article, Illustration398 2001-06-09 6 SAMUEL LEE - MITA BAN By I SAMUEL LEE IT IS official: Janet Jackson’s latest album, All For You, is banned. A spokesman for the Films and Publications Department of the Ministry of Information and The Arts (Mita) said on Monday that minister Lee Yock Suan has decidedREUTERS - 398 words
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399 2001-06-09 6 JAMES EAST - By, JAMES EAST STRAITS TIMES THAILAND BUREAU BANGKOK Thailand has sentenced two Singaporeans to death for drug dealing. If appeals and a pardon from Thailand’s King are not forthcoming, then the pair identified as Tan Kim Jai, 22, and Ung Beng Chuan, 32 will399 words
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Article570 2001-06-09 7 SALMA KHALIK - Promising a better service via science, Sing Health will install a robotic arm in its pharmacy By SALMA KHALIK HEALTH CORRESPONDENT SINGAPORE General Hospital will turn to robots to speed up service to patients within the next few years. Chief executive officer Vivian Balakrishnan570 words
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Article270 2001-06-09 7 A MAN with a mental disorder who repeatedly raped and molested his daughter in the family’s Ang Mo Kio flat has been jailed for 16 years. The 51-year-old unemployed father of three, who has schizophrenia, was spared caning because he is older than 50. His270 words
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Article, Illustration73 2001-06-09 7 Little children frolic on the sands of Sentosa’s Siloso Beach while, behind them, contestants race small fishing boats called campang during a sea carnival held on Sunday. The boats were traditionally used by fishermen during the 1960 s and *****. Other highlights of the carnival included a learningGEORGE GASCON - 73 words
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Article374 2001-06-09 7 EUNICE LAU; and ALVIN CHIANG - By EUNICE LAU and ALVIN CHIANG PUPILS at Yew Tee Primary do not have to squint to see words on the board or strain to hear the teacher speak. Designed according to Ministry of Education guidelines, its classrooms feature acoustic ceilings that help project the374 words
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Article334 2001-06-09 8 AHMAD OSMAN - Party cadres who complained May AGM was held without quorum now have three options Bi/ i AHMAD OSMAN RALLY support for an emergency meeting, take their case to court or leave the Workers’ Party (WP). These are the options for the three WP cadres challenging334 words
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Article, Illustration218 2001-06-09 8 SHAHID A ARIF I - §!L SHAHID A ARIF I THEY have returned in high spirits and have no regrets about not reaching the top of the world’s highest peak. The five members of the Singapore-Latin America Everest team came home to a warm reception from a crowd of about 50,STEVEN LEE - 218 words
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198 2001-06-09 8 ABOUT 2,700 bus and taxi shelters will be upgraded over the next 3 ’/2 years, and the Land Transport Authority (LTA) stands to make $232 million from the deal. The money is a licence fee paid for the right to operate the shelters’198 words
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Page 8 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous998 2001-06-09 8 RADIO SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL (ENGLISH) PROGRAMME SCHEDULES 1100 1400 Hours (GMT) 6015 KHz (49M BAND) 6150 KHz (49M BAND) MONDAY 1100 News 1109 Business Market Report 1115 Arts Arena 1130 News 1135 Wired Up 1145 Newsline 1200 News/Weather (AsiaPacific) 1210 E Z Beat 1230 Business Market Report 1235 The Written Word998 words
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SPORTS
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SPORT IN SHORT
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Article106 2001-06-09 9 THE Singapore Amateur Athletic Association can now hand in its list of nominees for September’s Southeast Asia Games by June 20. The Singapore National Olympic Council had set a June 16 deadline for its affiliates. The extension allows athletes use the 2nd All-comers Meet on June106 words
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51 2001-06-09 9 SINGAPORE’S five-man bodybuilding team has captured two golds, two silvers and a bronze at the Southeast Asian Championships in the Philippines. Ramli Ramlan won the light-heavyweight (90kg) crown, and Mohamad Hanafi Shufaat captured the lightweight (70kg) division. Singapore finished second in the team event behind51 words
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Article54 2001-06-09 9 SINGAPORE finished third in the Philippines Women’s Invitational Football Cup after it drew 1-1 against Manila’s Club NCR on Wednesday. The Lionesses were minutes away from clinching second spot, after Tina Afridah’s third-minute goal. But the host equalised late in the second half to snatch54 words
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Article92 2001-06-09 9 SINGAPORE beat Malaysia 1-0 in the Asia Cup boys’ Under-18 hockey tournament in Ipoh on Wednesday. Mohammad Zilkarnain Azmi converted a penalty stroke three minutes from time to seal the Republic’s first victory over the nost on Malaysian soil. But the real hero was Singapore goalkeeper92 words
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Article, Illustration277 2001-06-09 9 CHAN TSE CHUEEN - Bt/ < CHAN TSE CHUEEN GARY Tan, sporting a Mohawk hair-do, looks more like he is going to war than a swimming trial for September’s South-east Asia Games. But, as much as his hairstyle makes him appear a mean competitor, it was unplanned.JAMES CROUCHER - 277 words
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Article, Illustration311 2001-06-09 9 MARCUM - S-LEAGUE SOCCER ĔIL MARCUM IT HAS been two years since he was last a Sembawang Rangers player, but to Noh Alam Shah, it felt like yesterday. The 20-year-old, who had been playing for Singapore Armed Forces FC in the SLeague for the last two311 words
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Article431 2001-06-09 9 CHAN TSE CHUEEN - Perennial champion swamped by 55-strong team who win age-group championship for first time in 23 years SWIMMING Bt/ < CHAN TSE CHUEEN SINGAPORE has come up tops against perennial champion Thailand at the South-east Asia Age-Group Swimming Championships in Kuala Lumpur. The Republic won 30 gold medals,431 words
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Article131 2001-06-09 9 BADMINTON AP SEVILLE (Spain) Indra Wijaya qualified for the first round of the World Championships, but badminton officials were not happy, saying he was ineligible because he does not play for his native country. The former Indonesian world No. 4 plays for Singapore. On Monday, British– AP - 131 words
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MALAYSIA
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Article, Illustration381 2001-06-09 10 REME AHMAD - Premier takes on vacant ministerial roles, including that of Special Functions Minister REME AHMAD IN KUALA LUMPUR PRIME Minister Mahathir Mohamad has taken over as Malaysia’s Finance Minister on a “temporary” basis, filling a post left vacant by the resignation of Tun Daim Zainuddin381 words
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Article, Illustration386 2001-06-09 10 LESLIE LAU - LESLIE LAU IN KUALA LUMPUR THE victim of a gruesome killing in Alor Star, whose body was chopped up into nearly 10 pieces, had taken part in “deviant cult-like rituals” together with his assailants, Malaysian police believe. Based on initial investigations, police said the victim,386 words
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Article, Illustration344 2001-06-09 10 LESLIE LAU - By LESLIE LAU IN KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIAN police are investigating whether an international terrorist organisation is operating in tbe country following the seizure a large cache of weapons Bad the arrest of seven men over a botched bank robbery. After recovering the store ofBERITA HARIAN MALAYSIA - 344 words
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264 2001-06-09 10 LESLIE LAU - By LESLIE LAU IN KUALALUMPUR MALAYSIAN police have mounted a manhunt for two gunmen who shot dead two brothers at their family home in Rawang, near the capital, on Sunday night. Police originally suspected that the brothers, Clarence Peters, 31, and Cyril, 26, were shot264 words
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SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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466 2001-06-09 11 DERWIN PEREIRA - By DERWIN PEREIRA STRAITS TIMES INDONESIA BUREAU JAKARTA President Abdurrahman Wahid’s move to appease his influential deputy through a ministerial reshuffle appeared to be in tatters when she snubbed the revamped Cabinet’s first meeting on Thursday. With the clock ticking towards his466 words
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301 2001-06-09 11 EDWARD TANG - By EDWARD TANG THAILAND CORRESPONDENT BANGKOK If you can't beat them, buy them. That is the strategy that officials here have adopted to ease the growing population of wild elephants in the capital. The Bangkok Metropolitan Authority and the Agriculture Ministry are working on301 words
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Article, Illustration392 2001-06-09 11 ARTURO B ARIL AD - Abu Sayyaf guerillas hold church and hospital— despite swoop by Philippine government troops By ARTURO B ARIL AD STRAITS TIMES PHILIPPINES BUREAU MANILA Fierce gunbattles raged in the southern town of Lamitan last weekend after Abu Sayyaf rebels seized 200 more hostages fromAFP - 392 words
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290 2001-06-09 11 MANILA The Philippine armed forces has discovered that the extremist Abu Sayypf group is getting help from the mainstream More Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). Armed Forces spokesman Brigadier-General Edilberto Adan said intelligence agents found out that MILF rebels operating in the southern Basilan province were290 words
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COMMENT
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Article553 2001-06-09 12 TUESDAY JUNE 5,2001 LAST Wednesday, two-thirds of Indonesia’s House of Representatives (DPR) voted a third censure of President Abdurrahman Wahid and activated a special session of the higher People’s Consultative Assembly to impeach him. One aspect of the DPR procedure was revealing, and another could be553 words
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Article573 2001-06-09 12 WEDNESDAY JUNE 6,2001 KIDNAP for ransom is a feature of the Philippine underground economy, as yet another Singaporean businessman and a group of Filipinos have found out anew. The businessman, Mr Rogue Yu, was the fourth known Singaporean to have been seized in recent months in Manila.573 words
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1018 2001-06-09 12 ■. ( Ill \ LEE HOONG - SATURDAY With Ill LEE HOONG IN THIS space last week, I wrote about secrecy and the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC), arguing that non-disclosure was a tactical choice, a way of maintaining leverage over currency speculators who might otherwise play havoc with the Sing1,018 words
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COMMENT/PERSPECTIVE
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Article, Illustration1062 2001-06-09 13 IRENE NG - MY VIEW By IRENE NG THOSE wfyo spout the saying “Heroes don’t die, they fade away” haven’t been to Singapore. Here, heroes don’t fade away, they slip almost into oblivion. What heroes, you ask. It was a question which has preoccupied meLUDWIG ILIO - 1,062 words
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832 2001-06-09 13 ITH ASAD LATIF - HEART TO HEART WITH. ITH ASAD LATIF I DO not know how good the film Pearl Harbor is, I have not seen it, but a visit to the place is sobering. The Japanese attack on the harbour in 1941 was a turning point in World832 words
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INSIGHT
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Article, Illustration1787 2001-06-09 14 About 12,000 workers are expected to lose their jobs this year. So far, 12,000 are on shorter work weeks. Companies are freezing wages and stopping recruitment. Why are many Singaporeans still shopping as if there is no tomorrow? How serious is1,787 words
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Article502 2001-06-09 14 mSKCESSM The setting SINGAPORE’S economy grew by an average rate of 8 per cent annually from 1974 to 1984, until it was hit by the 1985 recession. In 1985, GDP growth was 1.6 per cent, down by 10 percentage points from 1984. The causes EXTERNAL: Slowdown in502 words
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Article, Illustration955 2001-06-09 15 SONNYYAP - THINKING ALOUD SONNYYAP NOT since Mr Anthony Sampson took on The Seven Sisters some 25 years ago have I seen a more valiant effort being waged by a solitary person against the oil majors. Call it a flight of hyperbole if you like,NOEL ROSALES - 955 words
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MONEY
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294 2001-06-09 16 SINGAPORE shares edged higher this week, bolstered by renewed optimism that the US economy is headed for a turnaround in the third quarter. Blue-chip stocks, particularly the property heavyweights which have lagged behind the rest of the market for the past two294 words
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Article75 2001-06-09 16 Straits Tines Index Dm Straits Timas Max rasa 57.68 paints an tha waafe ta 1,707.46 DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday 1666.12 (+16.34) 551.2m ($343.3m) Tuesday 1674.62 (+8.5) 776m ($509m) Wednesday 1679.13 4.51) 541.7m($485m) Thursday 1683.77 4.64) 431.4m ($426.2m) Friday 1707.46 (+23.69) 490.1m ($481.4m) BT-SRI Index Tha BT-SRI Index75 words
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Article2131 2001-06-09 16 Company Date ann Net earn TY LY <$m> (Sm) EPS TY LY (cts) (cts) ACE Dynamics 15-May F 0.182 0.799 0.18 0.9 Acma 31-Mar P 6.522 12.989L 3.8 7.9L AEM Evertech 29-Mar P 9.693 8.673 3 2.7 Amara 28-Mar P 0.918 0.813 0.16 0.14 ASA Grp 28-Mar P2,131 words
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Article121 2001-06-09 16 BONUS ISSUE ExBooks Acc Company Ratio date close Peymt Eastqate one-for-flve 04-Jun 07-Jun NA HiapMoh two-for-foor 05-Jun 08-Jun NA Dekjro one-four-one 08-Jun 13-Jun NA HuanHsin one-for-four 27-Jun 02-Jul NA RIGHTS ISSUE ExBooks Acc Company Ratio date dose Paymt BBR Hldgs one-for-one @>$0.05 04-Jun 07-Jun Presscrete one-for-one @>$0.10 08-Jun121 words
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Article84 2001-06-09 16 Company Place Date Time tnchcape Motors E Pmetree Town Country Club, Boardroom 30 Stevens Road S'pore<*****0) 28-Jun 12.00 nn CSA Hldgs E 221 Henderson Rd #08-01 Henderson Bldg S'pore *****7) 28-Jun 11.00am Lion Tack Chiang E The Conference Room 10 Arumugam Rd #10-00 Lion Ind Bldg S*pore(*****7) 22-Jun84 words
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Article204 2001-06-09 16 Company Description Wah Shing Proposed Renounceable Rights Issue of 478,745.600 and a maximum of 907,200,000 new ordinary shares of HK$0.01 each at S$0.025 for each rights share, on the basis of two rights shares for every one existing share of HK$0.01 held in the capital of the company204 words
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Article1021 2001-06-09 16 Payment (cts) Ex date Books close Pay date ABR 5c b 0.25 04-Jun 07-Jun 21-Jun ACE 20c b 0.05 Tl-Jun 14-Jun 03-Jul Acma 50c F 0.25 08-Jun 13-Jun 23-Aug Achieve 5c F 0.2 14*Jun 19-Jun 03-Jul Amara 20c b 0.4 !t-Jun 14-Jun 29-Jut Alkjreen Prop 50c F 31,021 words
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Article2408 2001-06-09 17 UNIT TRUSTS FUNIS oooooo CO 2££® -ddddSdd qqoqinqqq do d d d inao^r^i/ioOh-o^inoo'cO'Of^ qq»-(\jq»oq<MHfl0r)'O»-:NO' ’-ddd* J ’"d'-'—' “dq 1.025 1.180 0.910 0.895 1.100 1.015 0.975 0.890 0.715 1.065 0.566 0.652 0.503 0.494 0.608 0.561 0.538 0.492 0.395 0.588 1.000 0.970 0.935 0.905 0.865 ■sr CM CM CM r- o o>2,408 words
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Article149 2001-06-09 17 Foreign Currency Note Rates (9am, Jun 8) Buying OD Selling Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency Australian dollar 0.9310 0.9440 Canadian dollar 1.1750 1.2000 NZ dollar 0.7450 0.7680 Sterling pound 2.5000 2.5270 US dollar 1.8030 1.8150 Singapore dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling 11.05149 words
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474 2001-06-09 17 HUGH CHOW; and FELISA BATACAN - Tincel, special-purpose vehicle run by Bank of Bermuda's S’pore arm, buys 55-per-cent share By HUGH CHOW and FELISA BATACAN RAFFLES Holdings is selling a 55-per-cent stake of its wholly owned subsidiary, Raffles City (Private) Limited, for $984.5 million in what will be the single474 words
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Article192 2001-06-09 17 Nicholas Fang - BID FOR AIR NZ Nicholas Fang NEW Zealand investors eyeing stakes in Air New Zealand (Air NZ) could foil Australian airline Qantas’ bid for a substantial stake in the carrier. The unnamed investors look to have a stronger chance of success if they can muster the funds192 words
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Article3644 2001-06-09 18 Transaction date: Jun 8, 2001 MULTI INDUSTRY 52-Wk Curr Last Vet Day Gr*s Net M Cap fit Avg High Low Company Traded Sale ♦Of■000 Hlg Low Div P/C $mil Price 143 495 37.5 37 0.5 9.7 643 37 41 10.7 10 61.5 9 9 673,644 words
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Article950 2001-06-09 19 BONDS, LOANS WARRANTS Transaction date: Jun 8,2001 52-Wk High Low Company Last Sale ♦orVol -000 Day High Low Last Quote Buyer Seller Wt Avg Price 37 0.5 s Acma W*****4 ...0.5 0.5 1 15 2.5 s AIITech W*****7 ......3 1.5 3 31 13.5 s Amtek W*****0 20.5 19 21 20950 words
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Article1126 2001-06-09 19 52-Wk Hifh Low Curr Last Company Traded Sale ♦orVoi '000 Day Low Gr*s Dtv Not P/E M Cap $mil Wt Avq Price MANUFACTURING 40.5 33 C APOil 5c 33.5 -2.5 3466 35 33.5 8.6 29.4 C "AS Auto 10c 65.5 ♦3.5 458 65.5 62.5 82 30 c ASJ1,126 words
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Article217 2001-06-09 19 FINANCE 52-Wk High Low Company Curr Lost Traded Safa Vol Day Gr*s M Cap m Avg ♦or- '000 High Low Dlv NAV $mll Plica ***** 6890 ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** s ISS&P500 s SPDRS U Si2570c d US*****cd STOCK PRICES LEGEND Straits Times Index Stocks M buying-ln217 words
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Article327 2001-06-09 20 DENESH DIVYANATHAN - By By DENESH DIVYANATHAN TECHNOLOGY REPORTER SINGAPORE’S two most profitable listed companies have announced boardroom shuffles at the highest level which, analysts say, is likely to have little impact on the firms’ bottomline. Singapore Telecom’s nonexecutive chairman, Mr Koh Boon Hwee, is stepping down327 words
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Article, Illustration257 2001-06-09 20 REBECCA LEE - By REBECCA LEE SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA), Asia’s biggest carrier, saw its passenger and cargo loads decline in April as the significance of the global economic slowdown showed. SIA said its overall load factor for April fell 3.8 percentage points to 67-9 per cent compared257 words
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Article354 2001-06-09 20 COLIN TAN - By COLIN TAN PROPERTY CORRESPONDENT IN A clear signal that the property market is in for some uncertain times, the Government has withdrawn at least one third of this year’s supply of state land for new homes and put the land parcels “on reserve”.354 words
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526 2001-06-09 20 IGNATIUS LOW - It has an estimated $9.1-$ 18.2 b invested in more than 150 private-equity funds worldwide By IGNATIUS LOW FINANCE CORRESPONDENT DESPITE Singapore’s small size, the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) is probably Asia’s largest private-equity investor, bigger even than its peers in Japan. It526 words
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Advertisement1057 2001-06-09 22 Alexandra Hospital We are a new and dynamic team committed to provide patient-centred quality healthcare. Due to expansion of services, we have opportunities for dedicated individuals keen on an exciting career in healthcare to Join us. Medical Officer (Health for Life Centre) The successful candidate will be responsible for conducting1,057 words
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FORUM
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Article123 2001-06-09 23 I REFER to the article, “700 chosen for NUS’ new gifted scheme”. I applaud the initiative taken by NUS for coming up with such a scheme, which will provide our talented young people an invaluable all-rounded education. But towards the end of the article, I123 words
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184 2001-06-09 23 IT IS about time listed companies paid closer attention to corporate governance. The recent struggle between disgruntled shareholders and the directors of Inno-Pacific Holdings (Inno-Pac) serves notice that the investment scene needs to be more mature. Many boards of directors simply serve as rubber stampers184 words
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319 2001-06-09 23 There is no doubt that selecting a group of “gifted” students and equipping them with special knowledge will provide Singapore with an elite. The question is whether this is good for the social structure of society. First, it will alienate this group from319 words
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Article, Illustration194 2001-06-09 23 I REFER to the report, “Youths see no practical benefit in dialects” (ST, June 2). The attitudes of young Singaporeans towards dialects leave me dismayed. While I agree that language evolves and changes, it is not “inevitable” that dialects should be phased out of194 words
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338 2001-06-09 23 WE WOULD like to thank Mr Anthony Yeo for his valuable contribution to the discussion on family values and his comments about the advertising campaign that supports the Ministry of Community Development and Sports’ National Family Week in “Promote family life using Asian context” (ST,338 words
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Article498 2001-06-09 24 MARYKWANG - Chinese President calls for links to be strengthened in meeting with SM Lee at Suzhou project By MARYKWANG CHINA CORRESPONDENT SUZHOU Chinese President Jiang Zemin said yesterday that he hoped Sino-Singapore cooperation would be upgraded to a new high in the new century. In a meeting498 words
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250 2001-06-09 24 A MAN assaulted a Bangladeshi construction worker who had raised his voice when he sought a pay rise. Ng Poh Seng, 42, who had a gemstone ring on his finger at the time, struck the construction worker on both cheeks with the back of his250 words
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Article, Illustration304 2001-06-09 24 WENDYTAN - §R. WENDYTAN THE cat’s out of the bag. Since August 1999, the Night Safari has been trying to breed the clouded leopard, an endangered species which is so rare, scientists cannot tell how many exist. So far, attempts to breed the wild cats haveSTEVEN LEE - 304 words
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390 2001-06-09 24 CHUALEEHOONG - BU CHUALEEHOONG COMING soon: New regulations on how political parties may use the Internet at election time. The Elections Department is examining related issues and problems, and is expected to come up with new rules “in a few months’ time”, “in time390 words