The Straits Times : Weekly Overseas Edition, 9 November 2002
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The Straits Times : Weekly Overseas Edition
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Title Section25 2002-11-09 1 The Straits Times Weekly Edition PACIFIC AREA NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR Saturday, November 9,2002 Price: 551.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MITA (P) 098/03/2Wz25 words
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Article, Illustration628 2002-11-09 1 CHUA LEE HOONG - The proposal, for zero tariffs and free movement of goods and services, made by PM Goh at Asean summit on Monday By CHUA LEE HOONG IN PHNOM PENH SINGAPORE has suggested turning Asean into a common market, along the lines of the European EconomicREUTERS - 628 words
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255 2002-11-09 1 AFTER two years, it is finally over. Negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Singapore and Australia have been concluded successfully. It means that trade and investment flows between the two countries will soon increase. This is the third FTA for Singapore, which already255 words
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Advertisement68 2002-11-09 1 IN THE COURTS Ex-Acting School Man's Final Act The drama in the halls of the Court of Appeal ended for lawyer basher Gilbert Louis with the judge increasing his sentence to 10 years. page 4 Accident Marina Blast Nearly KMs Two The explosion in the eatery, believed to be caused68 words
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PRIME
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TERROR IN SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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491 2002-11-09 2 USA Today WASHINGTON The emerging profile of the next generation of terrorist attacks m the United States is one of suicidal operatives working alone or in groups of “twos and threes”. US analysts who are tracking Al-Qaeda’s resurgence say future Al-QaedaUSA Today - 491 words
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Article, Illustration431 2002-11-09 2 Signalling the start of a more aggressive approach, CIA fires missile from unmanned aircraft to kill Al-Qaeda leader and 5 others New York Times, Reuters WASHINGTON The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), using a missile fired by an unmanned Predator aircraft, killed a seniorNew York Times,; Reuters; AFP; AP - 431 words
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228 2002-11-09 2 -AFP, AP LONDON The war on terror has caught up with Osama bin Laden’s family. Reports said his youngest and favourite wife had been detained following a gun battle at her father’s compound in Yemen, while one of his sons was arrested by-AFP,; AP - 228 words
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463 2002-11-09 2 FELIX SOH - *L FELIX SOH THE recent surge in terrorism in South-east Asia has provided a defining moment for Asean to convert itself from an economic into a security organisation, according to a noted scholar. “Many Western nations feel that Asean had ignored security cooperation,463 words
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Article, Illustration543 2002-11-09 3 DEVI ASMARANI - Amrozi, owner of a van that blew up at Sari Club, confessed to being the ‘field coordinator’ of the blasts, say Indonesian police By DEVI ASMARANI THE STRAITS TIMES INDONESIA BUREAU JAKARTA Indonesian police on Thursday said a man they are currently questioning has admitted to543 words
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251 2002-11-09 3 DERWIN PEREIRA - By DERWIN PEREIRA INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT JAKARTA Indonesian police on Tuesday tightened the screws on militant cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, saying they had enough evidence, including witness statements from Singapore and Malaysia, to charge him in court. “His refusal to answer questions will harm251 words
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335 2002-11-09 3 -AFP JAKARTA Lawyers for Indonesian Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir went to court on Monday to challenge his arrest, saying he was being held solely on the word of an alleged Al-Qaeda operative. They filed a lawsuit against police, claiming that Bashir’s arrest on Oct-AFP - 335 words
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SNIPPETS
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Article92 2002-11-09 3 AFP WASHINGTON The United States on Monday defended its decision to issue a series of travel alerts warning of possible terrorist attacks against US citizens in South-east Asia after the region’s leaders complained about their effect. State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said Washington had a responsibilityAFP - 92 words
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Article92 2002-11-09 3 -AFP MANILA Islamic militants operating out of Indonesia and neighbouring states still lack the means to turn their dream of a South-east Asian superstate into reality, a US State Department official said yesterday. “I don’t see this organisation as having the capability to shake countries apart,”-AFP - 92 words
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Article138 2002-11-09 3 AP MANILA Charges have been filed against five identified suspects and several Does” in a bombing which killed an American soldier and three others a month ago in the southern Philippines, police officials said on Tuesday. “We filed multiple murder and frustrated murder charges before the– AP - 138 words
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Article152 2002-11-09 3 -AFP SOLDIERS overran a Muslim separatist guerilla camp in the southern Philippines and found a bomb-making workshop, a military report said last Sunday. However, the guerillas had already fled, the report said. The workshop was discovered after soldiers went into what was believed to be a Moro-AFP - 152 words
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Article147 2002-11-09 3 Reuters BANGKOK Thai police said on Monday they had arrested a second suspect, a Muslim school teacher, in connection with a spate of small arson and bomb attacks in Muslim-dominated southern Thailand last week. The attacks followed warnings by several Western countries of possible attacks byReuters - 147 words
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HOME
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612 2002-11-09 4 SOH WEN LIN - High-level group calls for Govt to reduce market presence and review home ownership policy By SOH WEN LIN PROPERTY REPORTER LAND may be among the scarcest commodities in Singapore, but that should be no excuse for the Government to act like a monopoly. In612 words
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Article, Illustration707 2002-11-09 4 WONG SHER MAINE - Bu WONG SHER MAINE THE final act for former act-ing-school owner Gilbert Louis was set in the hallowed halls of the Court of Appeal. The lawyer basher took centre stage for 42 of the 50 minutes that it lasted, pleading forLIM YONG Photo: TERENCE TAN - 707 words
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473 2002-11-09 4 GINNIE TEO - By GINNIE TEO CONSUMER CORRESPONDENT FROM next Friday, visitors to Sentosa will pay only $2 to enter the island. In a bid to woo more visitors and to silence those who complain about its high admission charges, the Sentosa Development Corporation473 words
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Article, Illustration630 2002-11-09 5 How safe is Singapore against a terror attack? Although there is no imminent threat of one here, everyone has to play his part by being vigilant. The Straits Times looks at the measures security agencies and other bodies have taken to make the Republic630 words
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Article, Illustration763 2002-11-09 6 NEOHUIMEV - Most of the elderly are shunning Chinatown square redevelopment because of the lack of tree shade, among other reasons ®2 NEOHUIMEV A PROJECT by the Singapore Tourism Board to improve Kreta Ayer Square appears to have driven away the very peoplePHOTOS: STEPHANIE YEOW - 763 words
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646 2002-11-09 6 SUE-ANN CHIA - ii SUE-ANN CHIA THE fishmongers at the famous Pike Place Fish Market in Seattle have a whale of a time at work tossing dead fish around, joking and laughing, to the utter delight of their customers. But their fish-flinging antics are more than646 words
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Article, Illustration517 2002-11-09 7 TRACY QUEK - Government internship for RJC' s budding leaders Eighteen students to get taste of life in civil service iy TRACY QUEK EACH year, almost one in four students from Raffles Junior College (RJC), or about 200 of them, join the civil service by taking up government scholarships. However, before they signAZIZHUSSIN - 517 words
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296 2002-11-09 7 WITH travel advisories issued by Australia, Britain and the United States keeping tourists away from the region, the tourism authorities here are turning their attention to visitors from neighbouring countries. The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) will offer over $240 worth of goodies each296 words
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551 2002-11-09 7 JANE LEE - Some of these secondary students pay up to $2OO to sit for entrance exam to get into their favourite independent schools Bu JANE LEE THE holidays are here, but at least 200 secondary school students are sitting for tests this month,551 words
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Article, Illustration506 2002-11-09 8 JANE LEE - Bus burst into flames in tunnel near New Zealand’s famous Milford Sound but all 31 of them were relatively unscathed Bu JANE LEE A GROUP of Singaporean tourists escaped with their lives but nothing else when they fled a bus whichST GRAPHICS - 506 words
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657 2002-11-09 8 ARLINAARSHAD - Buyers lose deposits when salesmen fail to arrange for promised loans *!L ARLINAARSHAD SOME Singaporeans are forfeiting thousands of dollars in deposits when they agree to buy second-hand cars advertised at bargain prices. But the low prices appear to be just bait to get657 words
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380 2002-11-09 8 DAWN WONG - By DAWN WONG KETAMINE is the status drug of the day among young people expensive, fashionable, and liked by females. This white crystalline powder has dethroned Ecstasy as their drug of choice because it is easy to consume, easier still to conceal and seen380 words
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206 2002-11-09 8 NOT many Singaporeans can do what now comes naturally to the 1,300 boys of St Stephen’s Primary School. Besides swearing their allegiance to the nation in English at the morning and afternoon assemblies, students can recite the pledge fluently in Mandarin, Malay206 words
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Article, Illustration490 2002-11-09 9 LEE HUT CM lEH - Explosion in eatery believed by SCDF to have been caused by an underground gas leak; it injured two workers fixing a water pipe Bu LEE HUT CM lEH AN EXPLOSION at a Marina South food court on Sunday morning ripped a hole inLAU FOOK KONG - 490 words
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Page 9 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous1061 2002-11-09 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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Article611 2002-11-09 10 WEDNESDAY November 6 ,2oo2 THE higher goods and services tax of 5 per cent takes effect in under two months, on Jan 1. At the time the Economic Review Committee taxation panel proposed the increase in April, the recovery outlook was fair. Confidence in coping611 words
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Article590 2002-11-09 10 MONDAY November 4,2002 NOT for the first time and certainly not the last, Singaporean retailers have been told they lack imagination. Malls and shopping streets have a dreary sameness same product mix in the same shopfloor configuration, same brands, same sales gimmicks, all targeting the same590 words
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Article, Illustration856 2002-11-09 10 TAN TARN HOW - By TAN TARN HOW SENIOR CORRESPONDENT SINGAPORE frets anew over the baby question after a recent survey showing that less than half of thirty-something single women want to get married and only three quarters of them think couples should have children.ADAM LEE - 856 words
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COMMENT/PERSPECTIVE
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Article, Illustration944 2002-11-09 11 JAN ADAS DEVAN - THE WAY I SEE IT By JAN ADAS DEVAN A PROFESSOR of business studies at a notable American university told me some weeks ago that she has observed a remarkable change in her South Koreans students in recent years. Five to 10 years ago, she said,LUDWIG ILIO - 944 words
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918 2002-11-09 11 CHUALEEHOONG - By CHUALEEHOONG IN PHNOM PENH THE centrepiece of the current Asean summit in Phnom Penh is expected to be a framework deal between the 10member grouping and its biggest dialogue partner, China, which was signed on Monday. It sets out how the two parties918 words
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INSIGHT
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Article, Illustration2069 2002-11-09 12 Confused by the bilateral negotiations between Singapore and Malaysia? Don’t know what the issues are about? Our correspondent LYDIA LIM tells you what is at stake LIKE Singapore’s inextricable historical and geographical links to Malaysia, bilateral issues between the two countries have been “packaged”M I EL - 2,069 words
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1091 2002-11-09 13 ANDYHO - THINKING ALOUD By ANDYHO WHY are venture capitalists (VC) so skittish about funding biomedical start-ups in Singapore? There were more than 40 investment groups at the recentlyconcluded BioMedical Asia conference, and not one of them seemed to have taken a bite at1,091 words
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SPORTS
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Article, Illustration585 2002-11-09 14 PEH SHING HUE I - SB A hopes it will be camp-courts combination for Kendrick, the talented 18-year-old shuttler who can become a world-class player BADMINTON BtL PEH SHING HUE I But he remains confused, saying: “Too tiring to think about it now.” “It” refers to hisSTEVEN LEE - 585 words
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Article, Illustration710 2002-11-09 14 JEFFREY LOW - Touted as a future national coach, he looks to gain more experience SOCCER By JEFFREY LOW SOCCER CORRESPONDENT FANDI Ahmad, ever the sort to seek self-improvement, is eyeing a coaching stint in Europe. And his wish has not fallen on deaf ears. By his710 words
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MALAYSIA
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765 2002-11-09 15 It wants to look at legislation relating to conserving water and other resources to find a solution to its water dispute with S pore Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia is to study other countries’ laws governing conservation of water and natural resources toBernama - 765 words
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Article, Illustration189 2002-11-09 15 IPOH Two elderly women were so engrossed in weeding the garden at their home that they failed to see a runaway van heading towards them. The vehicle mowed them down, killing them on the spot. The Malay Mail reported on Tuesday that theCHINA PRESS - 189 words
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218 2002-11-09 15 AP KUALA LUMPUR Opposition leaders on Sunday rebuffed Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad’s invitation to join the ruling coalition, calling it a “deception”. They claimed that the move was designed to bolster support for Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir as he embarks on the final– AP - 218 words
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145 2002-11-09 15 Bernama PUTRAJAYA National primary schools are likely to start teaching Chinese, Tamil and Arabic as communication languages during normal school hours beginning next year, Gerakan president Lim Keng Yaik said on Sunday. He said two periods would be allocated for theBernama - 145 words
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SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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531 2002-11-09 16 CHUALEEHOONG - Focus is to promote investment, develop human resource; ‘elements’ of free trade area may be completed within 10 years By CHUALEEHOONG IN PHNOM PENH EAGER not to be left in the cold outside Asean by. China’s push to get a free trade agreement going531 words
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Article, Illustration411 2002-11-09 16 Massive quake hits Aceh 70 hurt AP, AFP BANDA ACEH A massive earthquake of a magnitude as high as 7 7 rocked Indonesia’s Aceh province and islands off its shore last Saturday morning, injuring at least 70 people, damaging houses and forcing thousands of residents to set up makeshift tentsAP,; AFP - 411 words
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520 2002-11-09 16 ROBERT GO - Even threat of legal action does not seem to get them to pay up By ROBERT GO THE STRAITS TIMES INDONESIA BUREAU TABANAN (Bali) Some of Indonesia’s top businessmen are thumbing their noses at the nation’s latest bid to520 words
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552 2002-11-09 16 CHUALEEHOONG - By CHUALEEHOONG IN PHNOM PENH THE first gathering of Asean leaders in the wake of the Oct 12 Bali bombings came to a rousing end on Tuesday with the 10member grouping getting a surprise an offer from India to start free trade talks552 words
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MONEY
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634 2002-11-09 17 SHARES in the Singapore market ended the week on a dismal note despite a shortened trading week and an encouraging start early in the week. The local bourse succumbed to heavy selling pressure on Thursday after the United States Federal Reserve announced634 words
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Article127 2002-11-09 17 WEEK'S TOP RISES Cents Volume VentureCorp25c.... 1360 70.0 5.4 4,518,000 Creative T 25c 1350 50.0 3.8 1,077,300 DBS Bk 6% NCPS... ***** 40.0 0.4 3,200 OCBC 1040 40.0 4.0 5,327,000 GreatEast 50c 920 30.0 3.4 137,000 SIA 200 1090 20.0 1.9 45,400 SIA 50c 1090 20.0 1.9 4,205,000 Elec 80c127 words
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Article123 2002-11-09 17 WEEK'S TOP RISES Cents Volume Strike W*****5 1.5 50.0 0.5 967,000 Broadway 20c 11.5 35.3 3.0 3,000 El-Nets 1c 2 33.3 0.5 3,400,000 GMG Global 5c 2 33.3 0.9 1,523,000 Goldtron 5c 2 33.3 0.5 1,601,000 BakerTech20c 9 28.6 2.0 48,000 Koh Bros W04 4.5 28.6 1.0 12,000 Presscrete 6c123 words
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Article128 2002-11-09 17 WEEK'S TOP FALLS Cents Volume Central Prop 1860 40.0 2.1 4,000 DBS Grp 1160 30.0 2.5 15,007,000 (JOB 1280 20.0 1.5 8,825,000 JMH US25c 400 595 17.6 1.7 162,400 Keppel Land50c 104 10.0 8.8 6,252,000 ST Enqg10c 172 8.0 4.4 9,221,000 Sembcorp Log 25c... 165 7.0 4.1 2,260,000 SBSTransit 500128 words
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Article133 2002-11-09 17 WEEK'S TOP FALLS Cents Volume Strike W*****0 0.5 50.0 0.5 10,000 BBR Hldgs 5c 1 33.3 0.5 968,000 IRECorp 10c 3 33.3 1.5 103,000 GenMag 20c 6 29.4 2.5 6,000 Goldtron NCCPS 1.5 25.0 0.5 1,000 Superbowl 15c 11 21.4 3.0 1,000 Wee Poh 20c 6 20.0 1.5 737,000 LKH133 words
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Article75 2002-11-09 17 Straits fines Index The Straits Times Index fell 1.7 points on the week to 1,425.9. DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday 1,427.60 (+0.0) 271.08m (299.38m) Tuesday 1,434.04 (+6.4) 271.08m (299.38m) Wednesday 1,447.74 (+13.7) 269.84m (288.06m) 222.52m (249.53m) Thursday 1,426.36 (-21.4) Friday 1,425.91 (-0.4) 202.42m (202.32m) IT-SM Index The BT-SRI75 words
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Article, Illustration571 2002-11-09 17 SIMON WILCOX - Consider this: A 1982 vintage bottle of Chateau Lafite Rothschild which cost $6OO in 1997 is now worth $l,lOO Bl SIMON WILCOX WHAT is usually red but sometimes white and as a tax-free investment would have beaten the Straits Times IndexWANGHUI FEN - 571 words
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480 2002-11-09 18 SUE-ANN CHIA - US giant Schering-Plough announces plans for a s3som plant here, hot on the heels of opening two factories on Tuesday *L SUE-ANN CHIA Tuas Biomedical Park to increase production capacities, two of which were officially opened on Tuesday. The total cost of480 words
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Article, Illustration534 2002-11-09 18 SOH WEN LIN - New owners spending slm on sprucing up; admission is going to be free a SOH WEN LIN BIG Splash, the water-slide park along East Coast Parkway which once drew huge crowds but is usually deserted these days, is planning to create ripples ofAZIZHUSSIN - 534 words
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501 2002-11-09 18 IGNATIUS LOW - By IGNATIUS LOW FINANCE CORRESPONDENT AS THE whole world rushes to do business in China, DBS Group Holdings is pursuing a different strategy from other banks. It is taking a bet on the 300,000 small and medium enterprises (SMEs) which make up 98501 words
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Advertisement27 2002-11-09 17 Log on to check prices Readers who want to see the latest stock-price and unit-trust listings can log on to the following websites: business-times.asial.com.sg www.asial.com www.fimdssupermart.com www.singaporeexchange.com27 words
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FORUM
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Article205 2002-11-09 19 I REFER to the letter, “Sony, this job needs you to speak Mandarin” (ST, Oct 30), by Ms Nurshida Hussin. In the *****, 70s and 80s, the Chinese educated who could not write or read English were at a disadvantage when they applied for jobs, as205 words
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149 2002-11-09 19 IF I am doing business in Singapore, the bulk of whose people are Chinese, it is crucial for my employees to know the Chinese culture, customs and language. This is not “subtle discrimination”. In France, everybody speaks French, including ethnic minorities, who have no complaints149 words
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114 2002-11-09 19 MS NURSHIDA Hussin attributed her inability to secure employment to “subtle discrimination” based on language. Organisations are pragmatic. The selection of a candidate is based on a multitude of factors, of which language proficiency is but one. Academic qualifications, relevant work experience, personality,114 words
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Article222 2002-11-09 19 I SHARE Mr Lester Lee’s frustrations (“Please, SIR, help my mum be a ‘stayer’ ST, Oct 30). Mr Lee may like to know that SlR’s “careful assessment” has also frustrated hundreds, if not thousands, of others, myself included. SlR’s policy lacks transparency. Have we222 words
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572 2002-11-09 19 IN “DON’T apologise for being devout, says don” (ST, Oct 28), Associate Professor Syed Farid Alatas of the National University of Singapore made comments to the effect that to be devout is seen as being extremist by non-Muslims. According to the sociologist, Non-Muslims, in572 words
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481 2002-11-09 19 THE letter by Mr Lewis J. Mitchell, “Principle a sticking point” (ST, Oct 30), expressed the view that if the adherents of various religions stuck strictly to their respective rules, this would result in polarisation and division in a multi-ethnic and multi-religious society like481 words
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472 2002-11-09 20 SUE-ANN CHIA - FTAs, high education levels coupled with Singaporeans’ confidence will help tide the country over the economic crisis Bv SUE-ANN CHIA THINGS might look overcast on the economic front, but there are some silver linings. Despite rising unemployment and the bleak economic outlook,472 words
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Article, Illustration85 2002-11-09 20 INDIANS celebrated Deepavali the Festival of Lights on Monday by offering prayers (above) at the Sri Mariamman Temple in South Bridge Road. Hindus were celebrating the triumph of light over darkness, good over evil and knowledge over ignorance. Members of the Young PAP also visited the templePICTURES: STEPHANIE YEOW - 85 words
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Article513 2002-11-09 20 REBECCA LEE - Names include Japan’s K Line; year-on-year growth shows 28% last month By REBECCA LEE TRANSPORT REPORTER BUOYANT news emerged on two fronts on Thursday for Singapore’s port operator PSA Corp, which hit troubled waters earlier this year. First, PSA has convinced several of513 words