VG; Consumer confidence up slightly despite terror attacks page si 2 AFTERMATH 100,000 jobs at stake Airlines announce massive lay-offs, Boeing says it may retrench up to 30,000 MONEY: SlO America the world NOW AND FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE, ISOLATIONISM IS OFF THE TABLE. NO ONE SHOULD UNDERESTIMATE HOW ANGRY

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HOME COURIER KING' CLINCHES AWARD n I IS year's winner of the Phoenix Award is Mr V. S. Kumar, owner of Network Express Courier Services, a local business with a $6-million annual turnover. Last night, at a ceremony at the Grand Hyatt the 38-year-old self-made man, who beat four other

FORUM FROM ONE SCIENTIST TO ANOTHER WHILE Professor Ariff Bongso should be lauded for his ground-breaking work helping childless couples, another man of science, Dr Gabriel Oon Chong Jia, writes that the professor and other biologists should restrict their experiments to stem cells from umbilical cords. By not using living

LIFE! BOOKER-PRIZE SHORTLIST UNVEILED THE six finalists for the Booker Prize, the prestigious literary award, were announced on Tuesday. The final six this year include two new female writers, Rachel Seiffert and Ali Smith. Previous winners lan McEwan and Peter Carey, as wel) as Andrew Miller and David Mitchell, also

SPORTS Sony, Ivy is hanging 0n... IVY Singh-Lim has decided not to Idll herself after all. despite a pledge that she would do so if the Singapore netball team returned home without a gold medal from the recent South-east Asia Games in Malaysia. Singapore Sports Council executive director Kwan Yue

HOME Biomedical city in S'pore UP TO S3OO million will be spent by the JTC Corporation giving life to a biomedical city in the heart of Singapore's Science Hub, designed along the lines of international science and technology centres around the world, such as Silicon Valley. Expected to be completed

ASIA Money-laundering HONGKONG'S crackdown on a huge money-laundering racket, thought to involve HKSSO billion (SSI 1 billion), received help from the Bank of China whose officials revealed that the money trail went through its subsidiary, Po Sang Bank. The most wanted man in China, Lai Changxing, is also involved in

MONEY SPORE BLUE CHIPS TAKE A BEATING LAST week's terrorist attacks in the US triggered losses amounting to a whopping $16 billion for blue-chip stocks listed on the Straits Times Index. The most adversely affected company, Singapore Airlines, suffered a loss of 53.3 billion alone. Airlines around the world were

ASIA INDONESIAN LAW AND DISORDER AT A lime when Indonesia needs all the cohesiveness it can muster, two high-level police factions are engaged in a power struggle over who to fill key positions in the powerful organisation. Outgoing police commander Surovo Bimantoro, who is trying to put men loyal to

SPORTS BEGKHAM SAVES THE DAY MANCHESTER United gained a 1-0 victory over French team Lille at home, thanks to a last-minute goal by David Beckham. Sir Alex Ferguson praised his team's defensive effort, although the French side might have a different explanation for their loss a case of Lady Luck

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Bush wants Mega to back war on terrorism LEE SIEW HUA Seeking support of world's most populous Muslim country, Washington offers trade privileges and limited military contacts Bu iIKKSPONDF.VI SHINGTON President George W. Bush met his Indonesian counterpart Megawati Sukarnoputri yesterday and aimed to secure firm hacking from the leader

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China-bora artists bag Cultural Medallion Awards TAN SHZR EE Chinese classical arts receives boost, with painter Tan Kian Por and conductor Yan Hui Chang receiving top awards *L >RE'S top awards for the arts went to two Chi-na-born artists yesterday, at an annual presentation ceremony held at Shangri-La Hotel. Ink-and-brush

Zhu's plea to scholars: Come home JASON LEOW China needs top talent after it joins WTO, says Chinese Premier By STRAITS TIMES CHINA Bl UK U NANJING (Jiangsu) Please come home. China needs you. Premier Zhu Rongji issued this plea yesterday when he called on Chinese scholars and professionals who

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Sign of the times fork to Delhi, people's feelings continue to run high as the US weighs its response. AP REUTERS REUTERS

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BATTLEFIELD AFGHANISTAN KEY FACTS Area: 652 r OOO sq km Population: 26 million Ethnic breakdown: 38% Pashtun, 25% Hazara, 19% Tajik, 6% Uzbek, 12% others Languages. Dari (Persian) (50%), Pashtu (35%), Turkic languages (11%), Others (4%) Religion: Sunni Muslim Main exports: Fruit and nuts, carpets, wool. World's largest producer of

Afghanistan's massive Exodus Thousands, fearing US retaliatory attacks, are fighting border police and forcing their way into Pakistan CHAM AN (Pakistan) Starving and terrified, hundreds of Afghans pushed their way past Pakistani border police, ignoring the warning shots fired over their heads. Some jumped over the iron bars at the

Support for Osama JALOZAI REFUGEE CAHP (Pakistan) Afghans at a squalid refugee camp about an hour's drive from Afghanistan urged Muslim clerics in Kabul yesterday not to hand over terror suspect Osama bin Laden, while Pakistanis a few miles away staged a fiery pro-Osama protest. The refugees said extraditing Osama

Europe plans to toughen laws against terrorists GRACE SUNG New proposals include introduction of EU-wide arrest warrants for suspects and unified punishments for acts of terror By Kl ROPK t^ORKI.SFONDEN 1 Some of the proposals Shorten the time taken to extradite terror suspects to 24 hours in most drastic cases.

HOW TO WIN THE NEW WAR "We can win if you Americans don't forget who you arc ij you don't forget who your friends are and if we both work together The terrorists are tnjing to break down the fabric of the United States. They want to break down what

1,000,000 BODY PARTS Doctors expecting NEW YORK The body parts are coming in at the rate of 400 a day now, and the Medical Examiner's office is bracing itself for one million in all. Agonised loved ones can hardly bear the wait, but it could take weeks or even a

China 'not seeking trade-off for help in fighting terrorists' MARY KWANG Beijing's comment that it wanted help with its own terrorist problems was a reminder and not a new demand, say observers B,j (Hi\ t OKKI sI'ONDI I SHANGHAI Chinas calls for US support tor its tight against "terrorism and

VIGIUNTES BREAK UP TEHERAN VIGIL HARDLINE Iranian vigilantes broke un a 4.()()()--strong candlelit vigil in Teheran on Tuesday, kicking and arresting people who had gathered to offer sympathy to victims of last week's terrorist attacks in the US. AP

Still standing The original World Trade Center might be gone, but those who have never seen the New York landmark can see models oi them at the Tobu World Square in Fujihara and at the World Park in Beijing. AP In Japan AP In China

RISK OF ATTACK ON JAPAN BASE JAPAN'S government warned airline companies yesterday that there was a risk of an Arab chartering a small plane to use in an attack on the US Air Force's Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo. The US air base lies 30 km west of Tokyo.

THAI MP QUITS OVER PORK-FAT IDEA A THAI RakThai Party MP. Mr Tinawat Marukpitak. has resigned after he was criticised for his suggestion the US take revenge against Muslim terrorists with "pork-fat" bombs. A party source said Mr Tinawat had not volunteered to resign, but had been asked by Prime

ANTI-TERROR COALITION PROPOSED THE Philippine National Security Council has approved a proposal to establish an anti-terrorism coalition with Malaysia and Indonesia, congressional Speaker Jose de Venecia said yesterday. Mr De Venecia said President Gloria Arroyo supported the proposal during a council meeting late on Tuesday and told Vice- President Teofisto

BUSK REGRETS USING WORD CRUSADE' US PRESIDENT George W. Bush regrets using the word "crusade", with all its historical connotations of religious war, to describe his campaign against terrorists, his spokesman said on Tuesday. Mr Bush only meant to say that his was a "broad cause", said Press Secretary Ari

CHIP TO TRACK TERRORIST SUSPECTS AN AMERICAN firm. Applied Digital Solutions, is developing a tiny chip, implanted under the skin, that can track the location of terrorist suspects, New Scientist reports in today's issue. The chip gives out a tiny signal and the Global Positioning System gives that person's location.

Long waits at stadiums tlfE- I WILL I NEVER I BE THE I SAME I AGAIN NEW YORK The rah-rah partyers who fill college footballs enormous stadiums are in for big changes. Coolers and picnic baskets, even coats and blankets, will be searched or banned altogether, turning quick trips through

World leaders come a-calling The US anti-terrorism campaign moves into its next phase as several world leaders cafl at the White House WASHINGTON After talking to more than 20 international leaders by telephone, President George W. Bush has begun a face-to-face campaign to win support for the US' global war

S'poreans helping to set up website for NY residents NATALIE SOH §1L SOME information technology (IT) professionals in Singapore are helping to set up a community website for New Yorkers reeling from the effects of last week's attacks on the World Trade Center. Programmers, web developers and managers at eXtropia.com

Frustration at airports BOSTON Bagels were cut with plastic knives, shaving cream cans were scrutinised and armed officers patrolled America's airports as travellers soberly faced new anti-terrorist measures. Security was exceptionally tight at some airports, while others experienced glitches with their new security arrangements. Boston's Logan Airport, from which two

Multinationals run for cover Tl ds is one of the classic cases where an oui ice of prevention is worth a pound of CUre -Mr Henry Nocella, i private consultant and former security director Security firms are flooded with calls from US companies which are seeking protection for their employees

Hijackers may have targeted more than four planes SHINGTON One week after the attacks on New York and Washington, the FBI has pieced together a broad terrorist plot, securing evidence that the hijackers trained for months or years without raising suspicions in the United States'. Police and other officials familiar

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'Muslim' does not mean 'terrorist' I TOTALLY agree with Mr D. Kyle Latinis' views in the letter, "Don't direct ill-will at innocent groups" Sept 19). It is important for people of all nationalities to remain rational and level-headed, and not label all Muslims as "bad". There is a clear distinction

Give more room for civil society to develop I REFER to comments by two ministers in the articles, "Free speech debate let's move on: Minister" (ST. Sept 15) and "Civil groups "have to create own space' (ST, Sept 16). While The Socratic Circle welcomes Mr David Lim's assurance on freedom

Install sensors and cameras on buses IN VIEW of the recent accidents involving public buses, I would like to offer some suggestions to Singapore Bus Services and Trans-Island Bus Services: Install weight-capacity sensors on all buses. An alarm or buzzer will go off if the bus is overloaded, as with

Of what use are HDB bomb shelters? I HAVE a question for the Housing Board and the Singapore Civil Defence Force. Many Singaporeans have watched the collapse of NewYork's World Trade Center on television. The twin towers collapsed like a stack of Lego blocks after they were hit by two

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Biomed hotbed on the cards CHANG AI-LIEN Science park aims to draw top talents here and get them talking to each other as they share facilities or just have fun Btj />«/ NATALIE SOU A $300-MILLION biomedica] city in the heart of Singapore's Science Hub at Buona Vista is expected

Ex-fireman found dead on road LEE HUI CHIEH The 66-year-old man, who was cycling to work at dawn, is suspected to have been the victim of a hit-and-run driver *!L A FIT and active grandfather who cycled to work every day died early yesterday morning in a suspected hit-and-run accident.

Four SDP veterans to contest coming election G. SIVAKKU MARAN Besides Chee Soon Juan, two former MPs are on the slate B* FORMER MPs Ling How Doong and Cheo Chai Chen will make a bid for Parliament in the coming General Election, as will at least two other Singapore Democratic

COE open bids a bit lower than closed bids OPEN-BIDDING prices of October certificates of entitlement (COEs) for three categories ended close to that of the closed tender. When the open bidding for next month ended at 4 pm yesterday, prices for the C and E categories were slightly lower

Jurong mall ceilings cave in after the rain K.C. VIJAYAN in FALSE ceilings in three shop units at a Jurong shopping mall crashed under the weight of rainwater which had seeped through cracks in the roof following a heavy afternoon downpour yesterday. The water damaged six shop units as well

Mr Chidambara: allegations against him and questions his elder brother's accounts of the common pool. He is suing his two brothers and claims that part of the money he inherited which was to j;one into the common fund, did not. He accuses younger brother Alagappa Subramaniam of making withdrawals that

Brothers' joint-investment plan ends in court battle ALETHEA LIM By: FOUR brothers pooled their inheritance from their father's estate and invested the money in fixed deposits and properties. But three of the siblings Mr Chidambaram Alagappa, 59, Mr Alagappa Subramaniam. .">"), and Mr Alagappan Arunaehalam. 52 are nowfeuding in the

CASE NO.I: Worker at boys' hostel molested minor ELENA CHONG Teens Attacked Assistant supervisor is given four years' jail and 12 strokes for outraging the modesty of resident at the hostel By AN ASSISTANT supervisor who worked the night shift at the Bukit Batok Boys' Hostel molested a 16-year-old boy

CASE NO.2: Trainee pilot followed and touched girl A MAN followed a 14-year-old girl into a lift, committed an obscene act there to annoy her, and then molested her after she stepped out of the lift. Tang Chee Leong, 28, a trainee pilot with Singapore Airlines, admitted doing this in

Retired police officer charged with graft FOR nine years, a detective sergeant allegedly collected SlOO each year from an illegal 4-D bet collector in return for not reporting the collector's activities. Gan Boon Huat, 46, now retired, was charged yester- day with nine counts of accepting the bribes from Ng

Dialogues reveal age-old ethnic concerns LAI RELTEO Feedback Unit sessions to discuss the National Day Rally speech reveal lingering and distinct ethnic insecurities Bi/ COMMON GROUND ONE issue that cropped up without fail at all the sessions was the worry that 1 87.000 people had missed out on the Central

2 women jailed for rage on being fired ELENA CHONG !21L TWO women who became emotional and violent after losing their jobs were jailed in separate cases at the district court. The court heard on Tuesday that Angela Mildthryth, 35, a former office clerk, used a metal ruler to hit

Temple bags Unesco award FOURTH ARCHITECTURAL WIN SINGAPORE'S oldest Chinese temple, Thian Hock Keng, has picked up a Unesco award for its successful restoration early this year. The 162-year-old temple in Telok Aver Street received an honourable mention in the 2001 Unesco Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards. Judges said that the restoration

Chinatown to come alive for festival AT SUNDOWN tomorrow, stiltwalkers, dragon-dancers and lantern-carrying children will take to the streets of Chinatown to celebrate 7Jiou<z Qiu Jic, or the Mid-Autumn Festival. The procession, comprising of 160 people, is a first for the festivities' opening ceremony at a field near Sago Street,

More Malays own PCs, survey shows It's a healthy sign for the community. We're still behind the national average, but as more Malays become aware of the importance of IT, ifs a matter of time before we catch up.' MrJafFerie, Mendaki's director of administration and corporate services The diaital divide

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O'Neill angry at being 'robbed' TURIN Six days late, and only minutes from time, Juventus finally got away to a winning start in its opening Champions League match. The Turin giant beat Celtic 3-2 in Group E at the Stade Delle Alpi in a drama-filled game on Tuesday. It came

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Singapore trio fail to reach main draw BADMINTON THREE of Singapore's women shuttlers failed to make the main draw of the China Open after losing to Chinese players in the preliminary rounds in Ningbo yesterday. In the singles event, Fan Jingjing defeated Zhang Jinkang 8-7, 7-4, 7-4 in an earlier

'Rich' mentality gets in the way of Japanese revival REFORM CHIEF'S VIEW TOKYO Reforms needed to revive Japan's economy will take longer to implement than most people think because no widespread sense of crisis exists, the head of a government regulator reform group said. Created to advise Japan's Cabinet, the

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During a war, can stock markets play a patriotic role? MATTHEW LYNN COMMENT By LONDON Markets usually have only three identifiable moods euphoria, panic and boredom and they switch among them like someone who has been taking too mucr Prozac. These past few days they have added a new mood,

Worldwide chip sales may plunge by 34% Market research firm revises its original estimate of a 27% drop after the recent terrorist attacks on the US SCOTTSDALE (Arizona) Worldwide semiconductor sales may sink 34 per cent this year after terrorist attacks stalled shipments last week and possibly hurt consumer purchases,

Global foreign investments set to dive 40% this year NARENDRA AGGARWAL By ECONOMICS CORRESPOND!-: NT GLOBAL foreign direct investment (FDI) flows are likely to plunge 40 per cent this year to USS76O billion (551.32 trillion), the first drop since 1991 and the largest over the past three decades, says the

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Stringing together a new sound TAN SHZR EE Music To Your Ears The Huqin Quartet invents a new genre that sees Chinese string instruments playing Western-styled pieces Bfi CHINESE orchestral music is going stylish seriously. Four mavericks, who play the gaohu, erhu, zhonghu and gehu, have teamed up to form

Kylie's a rail star now LONDON Australian singer Kylie Minogue has been unveiled as the new face of Britain's Channel Tunnel train operator, Eurostar, British papers say. She is to appear in a new TV advertisement which shows her travelling through the tunnel to Paris to enjoy a day of

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Imagine gets the boot LOS ANGELES Not all radio stations in the United States are avoiding songs deemed insensitive following iast week's terrorist attacks on America. Clear Channel Radio, the biggest radio station chain, sent a list of 150 songs to its stations suggesting that they avoid playing them. Some

Books on US attack NEW YORfc Two "instant'" books are being written about the US terrorist attacks. One is a literary anthology, God Bless America, and the other an oral history, 09/11 8:48 AM: Documenting America's Greatest Tragedy. Reganßooks, an imprint ot' HarperCollins, hopes to complete God Bless America which

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