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Business degrees IT WAS revealed this month that the Singapore Management University (SMU) will start running business degree courses from next year with an intake of only 300 students, instead of its Initial plan to have If4oo1 f 400 students. The National University of Singapore (MUS) and Nanyang Technalotjica! University

Not completely out of the woods, says Dr Tan SINGAPORE will have "positive growth" this year, but this does not mean that the country is "completely out cfthe woods", said Deputy Prime Minister Tony ran yesterday. Although tne economic situation had definitely improved m Singapore and the region, he urged

SHOW-STOPPER Taiwanese singer Yuki Hsu was one of the show-stoppers at the National Kidney Foundation's star-studded charirv show yesterday, which raised more than $2.8 million from telephone pledges. It is one of two mega-concerts featuring local and foreign acts. The foundation, which spends close to $40 million a year on

Clinton livid' over Gore's remarks WHAT GORE SAID VICE-PRESIDENT Al Gore called the President's behaviour "inexcusable" three tiir.es m a television interview on the day he announced his campaign for the presidency. He said President Bill Clinton had compromised the dignity or the presidency by his actions, and that, 'particularly

Hungarians drop off unwanted babies SCHEME TO STOP INFANTICIDE 'IT WAS JUST SUPPOSED TO BE SYMBOLIC. WE NEVER REALLY THOUGHT PEOPLE WOULD PUT THEIR BABIES IN IT.' Ms ndrea Szolnold, 'who thought up the scheme to install a drop-off incubator BUDAPEST Health officials m Hungary, alarmed by a rise m

IT'S ALL IN THE MIND REUTERS Mr Ajith Kumar, a blind chess player, moving a pawn during his match at the National Chess Championships tor the Blind m Bombay yesterday. More than 60 competitors from across the country are taking part m the tournament. The top four players will represent

63 million and still counting Unforeseen difficulties like elephant attacks are slowing the count, but daily partial results keep voters cool 'People already know what the result is going to be. PDI is the winner and Golkar is the runner-up. M«. Smita Notosusanto, who heads Unfrel lAKARTA When former President

ENEMIES? THAT'S HISTORY NOW PICTURES REUTERS Ms Anna Tribe (left), a direct descendant ot Admiral L,ord Nelson, and Mr Louis -Napoleon Bonaparte-Wyse, a direct descendant oi Napoleon Bonaparte, m front of the Montaza lighthouse m Alexandria, Egypt, yesterday. They were mvi' ad by French marine archaeologist Franck Goddio to assist

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US school's top cadet expelled over sex demands WASHINGTON The top student at a private United States military school has been expelled for demanding sex from two women. Jerry Webb was expelled from the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) during the last week of classes last month for "conduct unbecoming". He

Bush makes waves in first two weeks of campaign Way ahead IN MOST of the polls conducted after his first 10 days on the road, the Texas governor continues to lead Vice-President Al Gore by close to 15 percentage points and has increased his lead over his nearest Republican rival,

Charles to shun Buckingham Palace LONDON Britain's Prince Charles plans to break with tradition when he becomes king and leave Buckingham Palace to set up court at the royal weekend retreat of Wi isor Castle, it was repo: sd yesterdax The Mail on Sunday tabloid said the heir to the

SONIA GIVES HER PINT Mrs Sonia Gandhi, president oflndia s Congress party, donating blood m New Delhi on Saturday for soldiers fighting m Kashmir. Hundreds of Congress workers gave as well. India's armed forces are fighting to evict rebels from its Kashmir region. REUTERS

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Lankans lash out at striking doctors A strike by the medical fraternity m state-run hospitals has seen it become the target of violence COLOMBO A doctor has gone missing m northern Sri Lanka, presumed abducted by government supporters, as a strike m state-run hospitals entered its 11th day yesterday, union

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Japan plugs controversial flag and anthem KWAN WENG KIN Two publishers of textbooks for primary schools are asked to make changes to educate children to respect the Hinomaru and Kimigayo By JAPAN (OR R K S \'O N D E NT TOKYO Japan's Education Ministry is adamant that school textbooks

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Golf event raises $110,000 PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong joined 120 golfers m a charity golf event yesterday that raisea 8110,000. The money raised will gc to the residents of the Lions Home for the Elders m Bedok and the Radio Modellers Club of the Marine Parade Community Club. Mr

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Late birdies prop up Waldorf HARRISON (New York) Duffy Waldorf birdied the last two holes here on Saturday to match Jim Carter for the lead entering the final round of the US$2.5 million (554.25 million) PGA Buick Classic. Waldorf was inconsistent through the first 16 holes with an eagle, two

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Herrera wins ticket to British Open KASAOKA (Japan) Eduardo Herrera birdied the 17th hole to beat Japan's Tsukasa Watanabe for his first win of the season at the Mizuno Open golf tournament yesterday, earning a ticket to the British Open. The overnight leader, playing on the Japan tour for the

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Russia, Sweden among last eight SOCCER EAST RUTHERFORD (New Jersey) Russia qualified for the quarter-finals m its first Woman's World Cup by scoring four second-half goals m a 4-1 Group C victory over Canada on Saturday. Also securing a quarterfinal berth m Group D was Sweden, a 2-0 winner over

Surin tops, Bailey flops ATHLETICS WINNIPEG Bruny Surin proved he's the man to beat among the Canadian sprinters this season as he claimed his second national 100 metres title m a wind-assisted time of 9-88 seconds here on Saturday. Olympic 100 m champion Donovan Bailey, 31, whose sluggish run m

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Ranieri leaves in a cloud of Cup glory SEVILLE (Spain) Coach Claudio Ranieri ended his career at Valencia on a high after bis team's 3-0 victor) over Atlttico Madrid m the Spanish Cup final on Saturday. "Its the happiest I've been m more than 20 years as a player and

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INDICES Chang* Straits Times Index 2178.64 13. 19 BT 08/ OS 805.00 142.00 BTCADI -*****.00 03.00 Bf 10-day MA -*****.00 +81.00 DBS CPF Index 670.01 -1.40 DEIS 50 Index 709 18 -3 18 OC BC 30 666.09 1.76 UOB Blue Chip 910.00 -1 88 MSCI Singapore 295.61 -0.14 Simsci Futures

TURNOVER (READY) TURNOVER COOO) Main Sesdaq Total Multllnd 145,515 145,515 Manufacturing! 622,100 176,616 798,716 Commerce 140,988 32,563 173,551 Tpt/Stor/Comms 112,186 17,148 129,33-1 Finance 67,196 67,196 Construction 113 546 42,810 156.356 Properties 75,284 75,284 Hotels/Rsts 22,266 26,841 49,107 Services 29,021 16,054 45.075 Others BLW '36,245 11,469 147,714 TOTAL 1,464,347 323 501

WEEK'S TOP ACTIVES !PC Corpn 5c 369,285,000 Hotung Inv NTS 348,671 000 Asia Food&Prop 292,712,000 Frt Links 20c 221,177,000 ICT HKlOc 216,654,000 Dragon Land 10c 203,254 COO Eagle Brand Hldqs HK75c 197]986,000 Goldtron 20c 189,060^000 SMS United 10c 186,244'0C0 Amara Hldgs Ltd 182,307!o00

WEEKLY SCOREBOARD MAIN SDO Up Dn Unch Up Dn Unch Multilnd 16 3 0 0 0 0 Manufacturing 82 9 2 34 b 1 Commerce 36 4 18 11 Tpt/Stor/Comms .19 S 12 0 0 Finance 3fe 3 10 0 0 Construction 18 118 0 0 Properties 24 2 0

Only one way for STI to go up ROIND-UP ANOTHER hectic vi ik Hea ahead tor tin- Stock market la the clash between pos'tivo and negative facton seems to weigh m favour of the former, market analysts say. Kncou raging manufacturing output data, released at the end of List week

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Sluggish week for Indian market BOMBAY Indian shares are expected to be listless this week as investors watch for cues m the conflict with Pakistan over Kashmir, dealers said. The top 30-share Bombay exchange index ended the week nearly unchanged at 4,111.77 on Friday. Said Mr Paresh Khandwala, a director

Investors factor in rate hike FOCUS ON NEW YORK INVESTORS expect the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates on Wednesday. The questions now are by how much and what the impact will be. By all accounts, a rate cut has been "discounted", meaning the market's prices reflect it already. If

US DOLLAR STAYS FIRM AGAINST S$ THE greenback held its own against the Sing dollar last week even though US bonds and stocks fell. The US dollar closed at 1.7045, up from 1.7042 the week before.

BOJ CONCERNS KEEP YEN DOWN THE yen slipped against the Sing dollar amid concerns that the Bank of Japan would intervene to keep the yen from strengthening. The yen closed at 1.4028. down from 1.4311.

STERUNG LARGELY UNCHANGED STERLING rebounded slightly and held on to its level as expectations for further rate cuts receded. Sterling closed at 2.7147. up from 2.7131 the week before.

AUSSIE RISES WITH COPPER PRICES THE Aussie dollar was pulled up by news of a major copper mine shutdown ana hence fears that copper prices would soon rise. The Aussie closed at 1.1317, up from 1.1133 previously.

EURO STRONGER ON FRENCH SPENDING THE euro rose after France reported that consumer spending was unexpectedly strong m May. The euro closed at 1.7837. iy> Gram 1.7555.

Support for KL index may be tested ROUND-UP Ovei teas mark* ta MALAYSIAN share prices face 1 test of their resilience to stag Hove the 800-poini resistance level |n the coming days after rising &5 pa cent last week, analysts said. "Sentiment is —till strong but investors will g neralrj

Mr Yen making way for his No. 2 Right-hand man Haruhiko Kuroda will take over key Finance Ministry post next month, says newspaper n )KYo Japan's influential Fmaiue Ministry figure, Mr Bisuke Sakakibara, will be replaced earrj n<-\t month by hiN right-hand man. a report >.mv yesterday. Mr Sakakibara, ViceMinister

Peak site to draw keen interest HK LAND AUCTION 1 think developers will be venj selective, focusing on the quality of the sites. Vickers Mr I, an, on interest m the three sites HONGKONG Developers are expected to bici actively tor i luxury Victoria Peak site m a Hongkong land

Peregrine suit test case for swap contracts HONGKONG Peregrine Investments Holdings Ltd, a bankrupt Hongkong investment bank, is preparing to take a Thai comnany to court, seeking a ruling that could affect more than L'SSal trillion (SsB&9 trillion) worth of derivatives contracts worldwide. In a first-of-its-kind case that has widespread

COUNTDOWN TO Y2K A giant clock ticks away as the new millennium approaches. To gear up for year 2000 and the 'millennium bug", China's trade network conducted tests over the weekend, with the International Electronic Commerce Centre closing for three days m the hope of quashing the bug by the

Fed rate hike more likely than not WASHINGTON By the time Federal Reserve policymakers sit down for their sessions tomorrow and Wednesday, they would have seen three of the week's key economic indicators: A Commerce Department report today that analysts say probably will show that consumer spending increased 0.6 per

162 more Carissa Park flats put on market 11 1 1 I long l.eoni; Group ail Jed another 162 flats m its Carissa Park freehold condominium tor sale OVet the weekend, when all the 118 units allotted fof the RfSl phase of marketing wen mapped up. The) were to have

ON SALE Owners of this three-storey building with three townhouses, m Ewe Boon Road m Bukit Timah, have put the property up for sale. The freehold residential development, with a land area of about 10,4 13 sq ft, sits on two plots of land. The site can be used for

Investments in start-up firms double VARENDRA AGGARWAL Venture capitalists pour $33 million into seed and early stage companies based m Singapore By VENTURE capitalists based here have doubled their investments m Singapore start-up companies, including those doing just research and development. These investors, some of whom are foreigners, have ploughed

AEL buys Econ stake through placement US-BASED Asian Energy Ltd AKI. whose plan to buy >take m Boon intern*tum.d was aborted last month, will now buy direct stake m the engineering gimp through the DtDPOSeQ placement ot 53.78 million new shares at BS cents each. It will cost AEL about

Multi-Purpose will split into 3 entities Investors drive up share prices of Kamunting and Malaysian Plantations after news of revamp GOAL: Divide and conquer MULTI-PURPOSE Holdings will break into three groups: KAMUKTINv CORP*. Focuses on toll operations and construction activities. MALAYSIAN PUM7ADONS: Takes over Multi-Purpose Bank and disposes of its

Malaysian Airline chief fights to stay in cockpit DEBT TROUBLE KUALA LUMPUR Tan Sri Tajudin Ramli, chairman <>t Malaysian Airline System MAS), is fighting to keep control of the nations flagship earner a.s it struggles to repay debts of RMl'2 billion Sf& t- billion 1-a.st week, h a private investment

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