The Straits Times : Weekly Overseas Edition, 31 August 2002
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Title Section25 2002-08-31 1 The Straits Times Weekly Edition PACIFIC AREA NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR Saturday, August 31,2002 Price: 551.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MITA (P) 098/03/200225 words
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491 2002-08-31 1 SANDRA DAVIE - Three months to go and students worry that ‘thinking’ questions will be too tough, that ministry will tighten up on grades By SANDRA DAVIE EDUCATION CORRESPONDENT WITH three months to the A levels, some students and parents are getting the jitters about the new491 words
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Article, Illustration200 2002-08-31 1 FIVE floors of concrete corridors came crashing down in a thunderous cloud of dust at this Toa Payoh North factory early on Tuesday morning. Debris was strewn all over the foot of the 29-year-old JTC flatted factory, while the remnants of air-conditioning compressors hung precariouslyAZIZHUSSIN - 200 words
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Article, Illustration496 2002-08-31 1 LYDIA ULM - a. LYDIA ULM THE Straits Times will have a new editor from Monday and he is Mr Han Fook Kwang, 49. The former civil servant made a mid-career switch to journalism in 1989 and has been the paper’s political editor for the last496 words
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Advertisement65 2002-08-31 1 Education programme Hua Yi Students Taste dewater Most said it was tasteless but then it was water produced by the ingenuity of Singaporeans and so it was like getting “a second independence”, page 3 COMMUNITYSPIRIT Halal Humpy Ghost Dinner At the function in Woodlands, two tables were draped in green.65 words
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PRIME
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500 2002-08-31 2 SEVERAL omissions in Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong’s National Day Rally speech are making Singaporean Indians feel “left out” and “neglected”. These sentiments were expressed by many of the 65 participants at a feedback session, held on Monday night for Indians500 words
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829 2002-08-31 2 SUE-ANN CHIA - Third generation will be backbone of Republic in 10 years, so their interests must align with country’s By 1 SUE-ANN CHIA PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong on Sunday said he had made that now-famous “stayers and quitters” remark to jolt younger Singaporeans829 words
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Article, Illustration637 2002-08-31 2 JANE LEE - By JANE LEE BROTHER Joseph McNally, a familiar figure in Singapore education and arts circles, died in Ireland on Tuesday night while on a visit there. He was 79. The founder of LaSalle-SIA College of the Arts and the former principal of Saint Patrick’s637 words
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409 2002-08-31 3 No dangerous compounds found but HSA cautions consumers that it is unable to guarantee the safety of future batches ALL the 208 health supplements and Chinese proprietary medicines (CPMs) sold here for the purpose of weight loss have been found to be safe. The409 words
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368 2002-08-31 3 WONG SEDER MAINE - Bui WONG SEDER MAINE OUT for blood, a group of 14 youths beat up a 15-year-old boy on an MRT train on May 18. Eleven of them were caught. On Thursday, three of them were jailed, taking the number who have been punished by368 words
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Article, Illustration402 2002-08-31 3 JANE LEE - BtL JANE LEE IT WAS a morning assembly with a difference at Hua Yi Secondary School on Thursday as more than 1,000 students and teachers drank a toast with Newater. Led by the principal, Mrs Kong-Tan Yen Fong, they took swigsWONG MAYE-E - 402 words
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336 2002-08-31 3 SHARMELPALKAUR - in SHARMELPALKAUR SINGAPOREANS will suffer two months of the haze this year, starting next month, because of forest fires in Indonesia. But conditions will be better than they were five years ago, when Singapore was enveloped in thick haze for more than two months336 words
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HOME
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554 2002-08-31 4 IGNATIUS LOW - By IGNATIUS LOW FINANCE CORRESPONDENT ARE government-linked companies (GLCs) misunderstood heroes that hold the key to Singapore’s future, or are they villains that have sapped the nation’s competitive spirit? That was the question that 15 MPs grappled with for five hours in Parliament on554 words
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Article450 2002-08-31 4 IGNATIUS LOW - DPM Lee puts up robust defence of govt-linked companies, saying there’ll always be competition By IGNATIUS LOW FINANCE CORRESPONDENT DEPUTY Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong put up a robust defence of government-linked companies (GLCs) on Wednesday, refuting arguments that they crowded out the private sector,450 words
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Article, Illustration478 2002-08-31 4 REBECCALEE - Bu REBECCALEE THE Government has again made clear its commitment to small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and called for businesses to create and build their own brands so that they can venture overseas. SMEs account for about 90 per cent ofTHOMAS WHITE - 478 words
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644 2002-08-31 5 DOMINIC NATHAN - Pilots’ willingness to compromise helped clinch deal, says union, adding that there has to be more open communication By DOMINIC NATHAN DEPUTY NEWS EDITOR JUST after lunch last Friday, at 2.30 pm, representatives of the Singapore Airlines’ pilot union knew it was644 words
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Article, Illustration357 2002-08-31 5 TWO tables stood out at a Woodlands Drive Hungry Ghost Festival dinner on Tuesday night. Unlike the other 48 tables covered with red tablecloth, these two were draped in green. And while the food served was Chinese, it was halal for the benefit of 20STEVEN LEE - 357 words
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351 2002-08-31 5 A TOURIST from China, who was paralysed from the neck down after a car hit him, will get $450,000 in damages from the driver’s insurers, in an out-of-court settlement. Mr Zhang Wanbo, 47, had come here a month ago with his wife, Madam Wu351 words
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236 2002-08-31 5 A TEENAGE girl was jailed for three years and three months on Tuesday for possessing and selling drugs at a hotel carpark as well as taking drugs. Tang Wei Ling, 17, an administrative assistant, pleaded guilty to trafficking in 30 Erimin236 words
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566 2002-08-31 6 JANE LEE - Bright students may skip O and A levels and head straight for university if a new Chinese High programme takes off By. JANE LEE SOME of Singapore’s smartest secondary school students will be doing first-year university courses by the end of the year, if a566 words
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Article, Illustration499 2002-08-31 6 SHAHIDA ARIFF - Bjl SHAHIDA ARIFF IN MAY, lyricist Sherriza Hareani Jalil wrote a song for her old primary school teacher. The song was performed by Ms Sherriza’s husband at Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Primary, which was having a fund-rais-ing event, as a surprise for her former form teacher.WONG MAYE-E - 499 words
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Article, Illustration165 2002-08-31 6 WHILE his classmates were sweating over Secondary 3 maths, 15-year-old Andre Kueh was doing university-level maths at Colorado College in the United States last month. The Chinese High student was the only Singaporean at a five-week maths camp for talented 15- to 18-year-olds from around the world.165 words
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355 2002-08-31 6 LEE HUICHIEH - *JL LEE HUICHIEH RESIDENTS of Block 124, Paya Lebar Way, found soapy water gushing from their taps on Monday afternoon, after washing powder was dumped into their water tank on the rooftop. Five boys, students aged between 11 and 14, have been arrested for355 words
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Article, Illustration550 2002-08-31 7 GOH CHEN LIAN - MRT fails to make inroads as passengers prefer not to haul luggage to station. Cabs and airport shuttle remain popular in GOH CHEN LIAN MANY air travellers still prefer taking taxis than lugging their heavy luggage through the nearby ChangiCHEW SENG KIM - 550 words
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537 2002-08-31 7 NATALIE SOH - Ml NATALIE SOH THE next time when you eat or buy food at the hawker centre, beware if you notice that the hawker has long or dirty fingernails. According to a study done in the United States, almost 90 per cent of germs537 words
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452 2002-08-31 7 SUE-ANN CHIA - PM Goh, SM Lee, DPM Lee accept offer of $595,000 as compensation Btl SUE-ANN CHIA INTERNATIONAL news agency Bloomberg has apologised to Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong, Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew and Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong for defaming them in an online452 words
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423 2002-08-31 8 NATALIE SOH - 1.21 million who exchanged their allotment got an extra $653m from govt coffers to spend By NATALIE SOH MORE than half the Singaporeans who received New Singapore Shares have cashed them in. So far, 1.21 million Singaporeans almost 60 per cent of423 words
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851 2002-08-31 8 NATALIE SOH - By NATALIE SOH MANY people who cashed in their New Singapore Shares said they did so because they needed the money. Mr Michael Chia, 42, who is currently helping a friend in a laundry business, told The Straits Times: “I’m not851 words
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Article, Illustration516 2002-08-31 8 K.C. VIJAYAN - M K.C. VIJAYAN WHILE scores of Filipino maids go to places like Orchard Road on their Sunday rest days, others, like Ms Priscilla Serena, return to school. She is one of more than 600 Filipino workers here who use their free time to attendLAU FOOK KONG - 516 words
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Article, Illustration559 2002-08-31 9 LEONG WENG RAM - The free trip is the reward for 11 of S’pore’s highest scorers, who will see sights tourists might miss LEONG WENG RAM ELEVEN of Singapore’s top scorers in a test on Chinese culture, which took place here in June, are in Beijing on a five-day,HOW HWEE YOUNG - 559 words
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Page 9 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous1061 2002-08-31 9 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 Word1,061 words
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COMMENT
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Article580 2002-08-31 10 FRIDAY August 30,2002 IT IS hard to imagine that the fate of illegal immigrants can place under stress the good relations that have long existed among three of Asean’s closest neighbours. These are law breakers who have breached sovereign borders and worked without proper papers. If Malaysia,580 words
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Article581 2002-08-31 10 WEDNESDAY August 28, 2002 UNLESS the Government has another rethink on efficacy, a fair trading law is about to make its appearance after a long gestation. And not before time. Just consider how the sexy virtual world of Internet commerce has leapfrogged the dour old world581 words
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927 2002-08-31 10 ANDY HO - in ANDY HO LABOUR chief Lim Boon Heng has cautioned workers not to expect wage increases soon, but he may have been a little too cautious. Many signs point to Singapore heading for a sustained economic recovery which depends on927 words
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COMMENT/PERSPECTIVE
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Article, Illustration949 2002-08-31 11 TAN TARN HOW - MY VIEW By TAN TARN HOW THERE are some people who are Sin-gapore-born but not born Singaporeans. The Singapore-born among us are those whose birth certificates have Kandang Kerbau or Mount Alvernia hospitals under the entry for “Place and Address of Birth”. We did notLUDWIG ILIO - 949 words
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877 2002-08-31 11 with ASAD LATTF - Politics of piety a different ball game HEART TO HEART with with ASAD LATTF AS THE debate over moderate and radical Muslims continues, I am reminded of the warning that the adjective is the enemy of the noun. What brings that salutary observation to mind is a recent column by877 words
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INSIGHT
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Article, Illustration2166 2002-08-31 12 The July 9-10 debate on transport-fare hikes was the most fiery parliamentary session this year. Interviews with numerous MPs later, our senior correspondent M. NIRMALA pieces together what went on behind the scenes that culminated informer Speaker Tan Soo Khoon apologising to DPM2,166 words
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Article, Illustration1159 2002-08-31 12 TAN TARN HOW - THINKING ALOUD By TAN TARN HOW POOR Dr Vivian Balakrishnan. Having been entrusted with the job of remaking the nation, he is now caught between a rock and a hard place. Pressing on the Minister of State for National Development1,159 words
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SPORTS
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Article, Illustration674 2002-08-31 14 CHAN TSE CHUEEN - China’s Chen Hong wins final ll o i easily, but S’porean takes defeat in stride as do his fans BADMINTON Bit CHAN TSE CHUEEN CLASS told in the end, and Ronald Susilo’s dream run in the Yonex-Sunrise Singapore Open ground to a haltALBERT SIM - 674 words
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Article, Illustration86 2002-08-31 14 RICH WINNING SMILES l Commonwealth Games medal winners (from left) Jing Junhong, Li Jiawei and Li Li, plus 14 of their team-mates, received a total of $1,125 million under Singapore Pools' Multi-million Dollar Award Programme from Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the Singapore Indoor StadiumLIANHE ZAOBAO - 86 words
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Article302 2002-08-31 14 SOCCER THE Football Association of Singapore plans to make the SLeague more exciting next year. FAS chief operating officer John Koh said details will only be disclosed before the next season kicks off. In a press statement, he also made reference to The Sunday Times302 words
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MALAYSIA
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Article, Illustration501 2002-08-31 15 BRENDAN PEREIRA; and DERWIN PEREIRA - Authorities to investigate angry allegations by Jakarta and Manila that several deportees died SPAT OVER ILLEGALS By BRENDAN PEREIRA IN KUALA LUMPUR and DERWIN PEREIRA IN JAKARTA THE Malaysian government has ordered an investigation into the reported deaths of Filipino illegal immigrants deported fromAFP - 501 words
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441 2002-08-31 15 MARIANNE KEARNEY - Jakarta officials angry in private at Malaysia' s action By MARIANNE KEARNEY THE STRAITS TIMES INDONESIA BUREAU JAKARTA Indonesian business leaders and politicians are privately unhappy with what they see as Malaysia’s harsh treatment of illegal foreign workers in the country. But in public, officials are quick to assure everyone441 words
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457 2002-08-31 15 DERWIN PEREIRA; and LUZ BAGUIORO - DERWIN PEREIRA INJAKARTA and LUZ BAGUIORO IN MANILA MALAYSIA’S spat with its neighbours over the deportation of illegal workers widened on Tuesday with its ambassador in Manila summoned to receive a protest note, and legislators in Jakarta and Riau calling for a stiff457 words
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SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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538 2002-08-31 16 LUZBAGUIORO - Businessmen and ordinary Filipinos welcome the Philippine President’s effort to fight corruption in high places By LUZBAGUIORO PHILIPPINES CORRESPONDENT MANILA True to her vow to fight corruption even in high places, President Gloria Arroyo has ordered six of her Cabinet ministers investigated for538 words
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Article, Illustration288 2002-08-31 16 -AFP, AP MANILA A four-year-old girl and her nanny were rescued on Sunday by Philippine police after a shootout in which a fugitive leader of the notorious Pentagon kidnap gang was killed and two of his accomplices arrested. The gun battle erupted after-AFP,; AP; REUTERS - 288 words
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465 2002-08-31 16 DEVI ASMARANI - By DEVI ASMARANI THE STRAITS TIMES INDONESIA BUREAU JAKARTA A multi-million-dollar scandal involving an agro-business company has put several Indonesian officials, including Vice-President Hamzah Haz, under the spotlight for publicly endorsing investment schemes that have now left thousands broke. Police have declared465 words
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MONEY
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307 2002-08-31 17 WALL Street’s gyrations dictated the direction of the local bourse all week in the absence of local catalysts. Falling in tandem with key market indexes on Wall Street, The Straits Times Index (STI) fell 43.4 points on the week to 1488.5 while average daily307 words
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Article129 2002-08-31 17 WEEK'S TOP RISES Cents Volume JSH US5c 500 272 21.0 4.6 400,000 WBL W*****1 46 16.0 53.3 1,000 DelGro Corp 500 192 14.0 7.9 1,678,500 Sembcorp Log 25c.... 192 12.0 6.7 1,356,000 Spore Land 322 10.0 3.2 319,000 HK Land USIOc 139 8.7 3.7 3,615,000 JMH US25C 400 580 8.7129 words
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Article130 2002-08-31 17 WEEK'S TOP RISES Cents Volume PanpacMed W04 4 60.0 1.5 66,000 WBL W*****1 46 53.3 16.0 1,000 GenMag 20c 11.5 35.3 3.0 9,000 Craft Print 15c 9 20.0 1.5 11,000 Ossia Inti 10c 16.5 17.9 2.5 23,000 SPH-SIA DBeSCW03... 58 17.2 8.5 1,095,000 Progen IOC 14 16.7 2.0 5,772,000 Enzer130 words
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Article128 2002-08-31 17 WEEK'S TOP FALLS Cents Volume Creative T 25c 1430 100.0 6.5 1,636,600 SPH 1960 60.0 3.0 2,966,000 UOB 1320 60.0 4.3 8,762,000 DBS Grp 1190 50.0 4.0 7,249,000 SIA 50c 1160 50.0 4.1 3,582,000 Chart SemiCond 210 47.0 18.3 77,846,000 SIA 200 1170 40.0 3.3 43,600 Datacraft 10c 74.5 30.6128 words
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Article130 2002-08-31 17 WEEK'S TOP FALLS Cents Volume SembCorpDBeCW03.. 1.5 40.0 1.0 1,643,000 ITE Elec 20c 29 37.6 17.5 15,000 Armstrong W04 1 33.3 0.5 85,000 Labroy M Wt02 4 33.3 2.0 2,982,000 Teledata 5c 8 33.3 4.0 231,000 LHT Hldgs10c 7 30.0 3.0 1,000 ChipEngS W*****2.... 2.5 28.6 1.0 4,000 Lion TeckC130 words
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Article75 2002-08-31 17 Straits fanes Index The Straits Times Index fell 43.4 points on the week to 1488.5. DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday 1,516.04 (-15.9) 284.51m (267.47m) Tuesday 1,509.48 (-6.6) 342.99m (402.01m) Wednesday 1,504.90 (-4.6) 287.78m (279.52m) Thursday 1,490.35 (-14.6) 314.83m (273.09m) Friday 1,488.50 (-1.8) 318.31m (312.86m) IT-SRI Index The BT-SRI75 words
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Article, Illustration699 2002-08-31 17 SOH WEN LEV - Review of plot-size requirement for condo, apartment projects is one of several suggestions made at feedback session By SOH WEN LEV PROPERTY REPORTER THE official definitions of condominiums and apartment projects that is, their plot size requirements will be reviewed by the Urban Redevelopment699 words
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368 2002-08-31 18 NARENDRA AGGARWAL - By By NARENDRA AGGARWAL ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT SINGAPORE’S key manufacturing sector grew for the fourth straight month, rising an impressive 17.8 per cent last month from a year ago, boosted by healthy growth in all industries. This signifies robust economic growth and provides more368 words
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591 2002-08-31 18 TAN 001 BOON - NTU experts have devised a new system to speed up sharply the port’s handling oFcontainers while keeping costs low By TAN 001 BOON ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR A TEAM of experts from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has helped the port authorities here to591 words
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402 2002-08-31 18 IGNATIUS LOW - By IGNATIUS LOW FINANCE CORRESPONDENT FROM next week, Central Provident Fund (CPF) members will be able to put their retirement savings into unit trusts and other instruments denominated in foreign currencies such as the US dollar. The move, effective tomorrow, will402 words
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Article, Illustration377 2002-08-31 18 WILLIAM CHOONG - Reports by WILLIAM CHOONG IN HANGZHOU (ZHEJIANG), CHINA THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) is switching to high gear in China, with a target of getting 10 Chinese firms to list in Singapore next year and raising the level to about 20 annually in aboutREUTERS - 377 words
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FORUM
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266 2002-08-31 19 I REFER to the article, “Directors* pay up 278% at Kim Eng units” (ST, Aug 23). The report highlighted the substantial pay rises for Kim Eng directors, to more than $7 million, despite diminishing profits made by the company. Recently, the266 words
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477 2002-08-31 19 I WAS disturbed, insulted and distressed to read the article, “Water politics’ murky past” (The Sunday Times, Aug 25), by Mr Noor Azam of Berita Minggu (Malaysia). Here we go again, a chauvinistic reporter kicking up a fuss with a slanted and personal477 words
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Article, Illustration254 2002-08-31 19 I REFER to the article, “Hard-up rush to cash in shares” (ST, Aug 26), by Natalie Soh. From an investment planning perspective, the New Singapore Shares are unique in that they: Pay a 3 per cent annual dividend (like the coupon payment of a bond254 words
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Article258 2002-08-31 19 I REFER to the letter, “Public should not subsidise new MRT stations” (ST, Aug 19). While the Changi Airport MRT extension serves as a direct link to Boon Lay station, it is not a dedicated airport line. It snares the same network system as the258 words
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145 2002-08-31 19 I REFER to the report, “Dismissed SQ 006 pilots: Union wants them reinstated” (The Sunday Times, Aug 25). While the Air Line Pilots Association Singapore (Alpa-S) may have justification to threaten industrial action against Singapore Airlines over pilots’ in-flight entitlements, I nnd its145 words
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Article466 2002-08-31 20 SHARMDLPAL KAUR - Reclaimed water will soon go to offices and shopping centres for airconditioning systems, freeing more water for drinking *L SHARMDLPAL KAUR FIRST it was wafer fabrication plants and other industries. Soon, Newater will be piped to offices, shopping centres and other buildings as well,466 words
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Article, Illustration79 2002-08-31 20 PI >»»■■ ||j|yaQ| AZIZHUSSIN BLANKET COYEKAGE! Changi Airport and Tanah Merah were covered in a blanket of fog at noon on Wednesday, causing visibility in the area to drop sharply. The grey skies were caused partly by moisture condensing in the air after a spell of morning showers,AZIZHUSSIN - 79 words
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538 2002-08-31 20 GINNDE TEO - A teaspoon of salt that’s all a person needs daily Sa. GINNDE TEO HALVING your salt intake to iust one teaspoon a day could help prevent 350 stroke-relat-ed deaths a year here. One teaspoon of salt is all a person should take in a day, but nine out of 10538 words