The Straits Times, 26 September 2002

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  • 33 1 The Straits Times X^>>r-rr<O^ PACIFIC AREA NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR Established 1845 1 hlirSQciy September 26, 2002 92 Pages in five parts mita (P) 094/03/2002 %B A Singapore Press Holdings publication \J\J Cents
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  • 657 1 Newater to start flowing in February New blend of tap water WHY Ne water is not being piped directly to homes: This is the established practice in countries such as the US, where reclaimed water has been blended with raw water for more than 20 years. Blending will help overcome
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  • Article, Illustration
    76 1 JOHN COSGROVE Sports fan Lim Chang Chiang (centre) gave his best wishes to table-tennis star Li Jiawei as she left Changi Airport last night to fly to the 14th Asian Games in Busan with Singapore's 142-strong contingent. Even though he will not join the team until Oct 7,
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  • 492 1 STAND-OFF WITH IRAQ He may be forced out even if he yields to UN demands WASHINGTON Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein must go that appears to be the bottom line for the United States. US Secretary of State Colin Powell has refused to rule out the
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  • NEWS FLASH
    • 129 2 CASE MUST GET ACT TOGETHER SINGAPORE'S consumer watchdog, Case, must retain its credibility by identifying its priorities and focusing on how to achieve them, National Trades Union Congress chief Iim Boon Heng said yesterday. His comments came a day after 13 volunteers quit the outfit, protesting against the new
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    • 74 2 KEEPING EVERYONE SMILING THE United States cannot but act unilaterally when it comes to certain issues. But this does not mean it can do so all the time without antagonising even its allies. The multilateral nature of transnational issues in a global age makes it imperative that the sole
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    • 101 2 FOR UM MAKING ROOM FOR LUGGAGE RESPONDING to a reader's suggestions on the MRT service to the airport, SMRT says that it has already decided to install a set of wider gates at all MRT stations by the end of next year. Currently, those carrying luggage to Changi Airport can
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    • Article, Illustration
      103 2 Kopitiam to set up shop in HK HONGKONG will get a taste of Singaporean favourites such as fishball noodles and char kway teow when foodcourt operator Kopitiam opens an outlet there in December. Group managing director Iim Bee Huat said an investment of about $2 million would be made
      CHEW SENG KIM  -  103 words
    • 67 2 NOT BUDGING ON TICKET PRICES THE Cinematograph Film Exhibitors Association (CFEA) is sticking to its decision to raise movie ticket prices by $1 on Thursdays, irrespective of the time they are bought. Tickets on Thursday are now $6.50 before 5 pm and $7-50 after. The CFEA says that the
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    • 86 2 Set to stay bachelors THE gender imbalance in China may force up to 50 million men to remain bachelors, a problem which could have serious social repercussions, reported the Internet portal Sina.com.cn yesterday. Figures in the country's fifth national census show that the ratio of male babies tc female
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    • 70 2 Teachers admit to grade fixing FIFTY senior examiners admitted they were pressed into marking down A -level grades as investigations into an alleged gradefixing scandal began in London. An investigator has reportedly obtained proof from head teachers in many schools about allegations of grade fixing. The teachers alleged that
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    • 139 2 KMT SHEDDING OLD IMAGE THE wealthy opposition Kuomintang in Taiwan is cleaning up its act in anticipation of new laws prohibiting political parties from running businesses. At a party meeting yesterday, it was announced that it would return plots of land and other properties obtained through donations ana transfers
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    • 64 2 YOUNG IGNORE MARATHONS THE marathon is one of the most physically demanding sports. Not surprisingly, there are fewer young people running it in Singapore each year. While more than half of the active members in Singapore's running clubs who take on the challenge of the long run are in
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    • 73 2 DEMAND TO DETER DELISTING THE Securities Investors Association of Singapore, a body which champions the interest of small investors, has sent a letter to the Singapore Exchange requesting it implement tighter controls to deter companies from going private and delisting their shares in the local bourse. It suggests various
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    • 78 2 BLAIR'S A BLUFFER, SAYS IRAQ IRAQ will give United Nations arms inspectors "unfettered access" to suspected weapons sites, including those listedby British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Baghdad declared yesterday. It dismissed Blair's newly-unveiled intelligence report as nothing more than an excuse to muster support for military strikes and advised
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  • PRIME NEWS
    • 615 3  -  ONG SOR FERN Economic Review Committee Proposals Such subjects will help students develop more creative and competitive mindsets, vital for future leaders in global economy *v CREATIVE AIMS 'There's this misunderstanding that we are teaching arts and sports in order to nurture
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    • 229 3 Welcome back, doc and here's £10,000 LONDON Britain is so desperately short of family doctors that the government has decided to woo those who can be persuaded to return with a "golden hello" a gift of up to £10,000 (5527,800). The Daily Telegraph reported yesterday that about 5,000 doctors have
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    • 488 4 Unions act to allay fears of anti- Muslim bias New code of conduct being framed with bosses, setting out guidelines to prevent discrimination in wake of JI arrests EMPLOYERS and the labour movement are working on a new code of conduct on hiring practices to address concerns that the uncovering
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    • 108 4 GRAND OLD DAME.... ...FUTURISTIC STATION PHOTOS: AZIZ HUSSIN A stone's throw away from Punggol Marina and surrounded by LRT tracks stands Matilda House, a 1902 bungalow featuring a large tiled roof, open verandahs and raised floors. The one-time private residence is now dilapidated, but will be restored and conserved to
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    • 523 4  -  ROBERT GO TERROR CHARGES They want govt to do more to protect citizens under suspicion By THE STRAITS TIMES INDONESIA BUREAU JAKARTA Hardline Muslim leaders yesterday demanded that the Indonesian government resist foreign pressure to crack down on radical Islamic elements. A petition signed by
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    • 94 4 IN THE article, "Goal set to woo 15m visitors a year", published on Sept 24, it was stated that Singapore should boost tourism receipts to $20 billion by 2010. This is wrong. It should be 2012. We are sorry for the error. In a Bloomberg
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    • 384 8  -  COLIN TAN MARKETS CORRESPONDENT MOST Asian bourses were sucked into the slipstream of Wall Street's overnight tumble as the United States central bank chose to hold interest rates steady. The local bourse led Asian markets lower for a second day running as it
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    • 486 8  - Army ends bloodbath at temple in Gujarat NORMAL GHOSH Commandos kill two gunmen who had left trail of 29 dead and more than 70 hurt; extra troops deployed to keep the peace By INDIA CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI The Indian army rushed reinforcements to the state of Gujarat amid fears yesterday
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    • 268 8 KARACHI (Pakistan) Gunmen entered the offices of a Christian welfare organisation in the southern port city of Karachi yesterday and shot and killed seven people at point-blank range. One of the seven died in hospital. The killings occurred in the third-floor offices of the
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  • WORLD
    • 508 10  - Baghdad angrily rejects Blair 's evidence as 'utter nonsense' JALEHA HASHIM SIGHTS N SADDAM It says UN will get complete access to suspected weapons sites and accuses the British PM of inciting support for war BAGHDAD Iraq will give United Nations arms inspectors "unfettered access to suspected weapons sites, including
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    • 172 10 NEW YORK Eleven Americans who were held hostage and used as human shields by Iraq during the Gulf War conflict have launched an attack against Iraq, in the form of a multi-million-dollar legal demand. They hope to get their compensation from the frozen Iraqi
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    • 461 10 WASHINGTON Iraqi opposition forces, to be culled from the diverse ethnic and religious groups, would be trained to offer a support role to American troops in the event of an attack on Iraq, according to Bush administration sources. If Congress approves,
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    • 394 11 Schroeder quickly turns to Blair as peacemaker Within 48 hours of winning election, he flies to London to seek British PM's help in mending ties between Germany and the US LONDON A day after British Prime Minister Tony Blair beat the war drums by releasing a dossier on Iraqi President
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    • PEOPLE
      • 185 11 Panamanian new Miss Universe RUSSIAN WINNER DETHRONED NEW YORK Miss Panama Justine Pasek was crowned Miss Universe on Tuesday, replacing Russia's Oxana Fedorova who became the first woman to be fired in the pageant's 52-year history because she was too busy to keep up with her travel duties. Crowned at
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      • 114 11 CHARLES PENS HIS CONCERNS TO GO VT LONDON Prince Charles's office confirmed yesterday that he had been sharing his opinions and concerns in letters to government ministers, saving it was part of his rofe as heir to the throne. The DAily Mail reported yesterday that in recent months, Charles had
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      • 98 11 LOS ANGELES Mrs Nancy Reagan says her husband, in the advanced stages of Alzheimer's disease, may not recognise her anymore. In an interview with CBS television's 60 Minutes 11, the former first lady said Mr Ronald Reagan's disease had robbed the couple of their
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      • 59 11 BALLOONIST DROPS RECORD ATTEMPT BATH (England) A British balloonist abandoned his attempt yesterday to be the first person to cross the Atlantic in a traditional open wicker basket. Mr David Hemple-man-Adams decided to land near Springfield, Connecticut, because the autopilot on his balloon was not working. He had expected the
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    • 328 14 Western nations rush troops to Ivory Coast city Standby for action A FRENCH soldier guards a post near the airport in the Ivorian city of Yamoussoukro, as more troops arrive to rescue the foreign nationals there. France, Britain and the US scramble to save Western nationals in rebel-held city after
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    • 515 15 The Earth's vanishing glaciers Glacier National Park in Montana has lost more than 100 glaciers during the last century. In Venezuela, only two glaciers remain where there were six 30 years ago. On Tanzania's Mount Kilimanjaro, about 75 per cent of the glacier has
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    • 166 15 RAMALLAH (West Bank) Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's own Fatah faction, while re., jwing support for its besieged leader, has called on him to forge ahead with much-needed political reforms. "Fatah calls on the Palestinian Authority and the Palestinian Legislative Council to continue the
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    • 311 15 It is also facing a greater risk of terrorist attacks since Sept 11 CANBERRA Australia faces a regional arc of militant Islamic influence and a greater risk of terrorism since the Sept 11 attacks on the United States, Defence Minister Robert
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    • WORLD FILE
      • 75 16 UP to 80,000 foreigners hoping to study in the Unitea States could be stranded waiting for visas if a system for tracking them is not in place by early next year. But an Immigration and Naturalisation Service official told a House subcommittee on Tuesday that
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      • 50 16 DEFENCE THUS FOR PAKISTAN, U.S. AFTER a four-year break, the Pakistan and US Defence Consultative Group held preliminary talks yesterday, ahead of a two-day meeting aimed at boosting military cooperation. Washington suspended the forum in 1998 under a raft of military and economic sanctions imposed over Pakistan's nuclear programme. AFP
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      • 53 16 RESIDENTS along parts of the US gulf coast braced themselves as weather forecasters warned that Tropical Storm Isidore was heading their way and could regain hurricane strength t>y the time it makes landfall again. They said Isidore could hit by today, packing winds of at least
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      • 65 16 REFUGEES who fled Russia's brutal military campaign in Chechnya to Georgia's Pankisi Gorge are now getting ready to run again after Moscow threatened to launch raids in the gorge. President Vladimir Putin warned earlier this month that he may order his generals to bomb Pankisi,
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      • 60 16 US health authorities on Tuesday revised the West Nile virus death toll to at least 94 this year with almost 2,000 people infected in 33 states. The virus has spread since it was first detected in New York in 1999 with 18
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    • 472 16 Hundreds of thousands are dying from them, they warn, and no single country is immune to the menace GENEVA Warning that fake medicines are killing many hundreds of thousands of people across the globe, a conference of health experts, enforcement agencies and
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    • Article, Illustration
      74 16 REUTERS A 23- YEAR-OLD female Western Lowland gorilla named Kriba undergoes a full medical examination at Sydney's Taronga Zoo yesterday to check on her progress and to remove an old contraceptive implant as she now takes an oral contraceptive allowing the zoo to better manage involvement in
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    • 133 16 LONDON Britain's mo-bile-phone industry has launched a scheme that hopes to recycle the 15 million mobile phones replaced in the country each year. About 90 million redundant mobile phones are believed to be tucked away in drawers and cupboards, and preventing them from being
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    • 430 16  -  ALFRED LEE By THE STRAITS TIMES EUROPE BUREAU LONDON If you want to tip a waiter when you next visit Europe, don't put the gratuity on your credit card payment slip. Restaurant owners can keep the tip and even use the
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    • 196 16 LONDON Fifty senior examiners admitted they were pressed into marking down A-level grades as investigations into the alleged grade-fixing scandal began. The Telegraph reported on Tuesday that investigator Mike Tomlinson has written and verbal proof from head teachers in many schools about allegations of
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    • 80 16 US national anthem given a makeover ELKHART (Indiana) A group of Indiana fifthgraders were baffled by the words of their national anthem and so they rewrote its lyrics to make them more understandable to children. Referring to the Star-Spangled Banner, Ms Adriana Burton, a Daly Elementary School teacher, said: "We
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  • COMMENTARY ANALYSIS
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      • 605 18 T MAY be impolitic to say so, but the GerS man minister who equated United States S President George W. Bush's actions to those B of Adolf Hitler's paid a huge, unconscious B tribute to America. For buried in that odious JL. comparison was a total rejection of
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    • 962 18  - When is it all right for US to go it alone? JOSEPH NYE *L Resisting temptation IF THE United States first makes an effort to consult others and try a multilateral approach, its occasional unilateral tactics are more likely to be forgiven. But if it succumbs to the unilateralist temptation
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    • 766 18  -  THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN By NEW YORK TIMES I HAPPENED to be in Israel on Sept 11 last year and, on Sept 12, went to the Israeli Defence Ministry to talk to security experts about what Israel had learnt from dealing with Palestinian suicide bombers
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    • 1167 19  -  DENESH DIVYANATHAN Bu TECHSOLOGY REPORTER IN THE short space of two years, 3G has gone from being the blue-eyed babe of the global telecommunications industry to the orphan that no one wants to parent. The fall has been severe: Where before telcos were willing to fork out
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  • FORUM
    • 271 20 Political apathy, not unlevel playing field, is to blame I REFER to the letter, "Time to level political playing field" by The Roundtable (ST, Sept 25). I largely disagree with the members of The Roundtable, not because I am against levelling the political playing field, but because I disagree that
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    • 213 20 Locals can gain from international schools I WRITE regarding the possibility of Singaporean students being admitted to international schools. When the Economic Review Committee's education working group released its proposal about allowing Singaporean students to study in international schools, the chief executive and myself were overseas and unable to comment
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    • 99 20 I AGREE with Ms Karen Brown's observation of taxi drivers who leave their engines on when they go for meals ("Cabbies also guilty of air pollution"; ST, Sept 25). But what is being ignored by the authorities is taxi drivers who leave their engines
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    • 218 20 WE REFER to the letters, "Offence to run engine while stationary" from Associate Professor Lye Lin Heng (ST, Sept 24) and "Cabbies also guilty of air pollution" from Ms Karen Brown (ST, Sept 25). We thank Prof Lye for bringing to the
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    • 161 20 I REFER to the very informative graphic, "Living Landmarks", and the article, "Plan to save old and rare trees bears fruit", by Miss Sim Chi Yin (ST, Sept 24). I was really glad to read about the collaborative efforts of the National Parks Board (NParks)
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    • 146 20 Not all Asians keen on GM foods I COMMEND Mr Daniel Koh Kah Soon on his willingness to question the purported Asian acceptance of genetically modified food in his letter, "Asian views on GM food not presented accurately" (ST, Sept 24). I would think that it is not just an
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    • 56 20 Keep blood type info on ICs I WONDER why the Singapore Immigration and Registration decided to omit blood-group information from new identity cards. In an emergency, why waste precious live-saving minutes testing for blood type, when the identity cards which we carry in our wallets indicate it? I propose that
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    • 273 21 Wider fare gates at all MET stations by next year-end I REFER to Mr Gregory Foo Chi Shing's letter, "Have wider gates at all MRT stations" (ST, Sept 23). We are pleased to inform readers that the Land Transport Authority and SMRT have already planned to install progressively one set
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    • 466 21 What payments to ex- Stats chairman were for WE REFER to the article, "Stats may face query from regulator in US" (ST, Sept 25). The former chairman and chief executive officer of ST Assembly Test Services (Stats), Mr Tan Bock Seng, had been regularly reviewing the issue of CEO succession
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    • 401 21 Why does US apply double standards THE United States is planning to wage a war against Iraq because of tnelatter's noncompliance" with United Nations (UN) resolutions, yet its key ally Israel is guilty of this "non-compliance" time and again and the US does nothing! Israel dismissed a UN resolution calling
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    • 58 1 The Straits Times home BEAR WITH IT We were all expecting a bull run by the end of this year. But where' s the bull now? All the bears are coming out instead. Mr Ng Boon Hwang, director of the Office of Professional Attachments at Nam ang Technological University, on
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    • 498 1  -  LEONGWENGKAM Well-known food-court chain Kopitiam is setting up its first overseas outlet in Kowloon as part of efforts to expand *L DINERS in Hongkong will be feasting on favourite Singaporean dishes such as fishball noodles and char kway teow when homegrown food-court operator Kopitiam opens
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    • 646 2  -  KRIST BOO AHMAD OSMAN Case has substantiated past issues with statistics, says past president, speaking up for the watchdog's record By and 1 think it is fair o say that over the past few years, the general public has I not been I J
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    • 918 2  -  ALICIA YEO SHAHIDAARIFF SUHAILA SULAIMAN CODE OF PRACTICE Bu and WHAT CODE SHOULD CONTAIN Essence of Islam The code can help in understanding Islam. so when people find out about the teachings of Islam, they can draw their own conclusions about whether a
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    • 242 2 THE president of Case said that labour chief lim Boon Heng is right in saying the consumer watchdog should have a clearer focus. Mr Yeo Guat Kwang, who took over the post in February, said Case should pursue only those issues that
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    • 413 3  -  JANE LEE It hires a human-resource consultancy to sift through resumes submitted online and match them with prospective employers 5a WITH the job market showing no signs of picking up, the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has started a job-match-ing service to help its
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    • 157 3 THE National Environment Agency (NEA) has written to its counterpart in Indonesia to express concern over the worsening smoke haze here, caused by forest fires in Sumatra and Kalimantan. The NEA has also told Indonesia's Environment Ministry about the impact *.hat the haze is
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    • 383 3  - China lesson venturing with no permit TRACY OUEK Bn ON A recent study trip to Shenzhen, China, Singapore Management University (SMU) student Alvin Ang met a businessman who had taken a gamble totally unheard of in law-abiding Singapore. The Singapore-born entrepreneur set up a factory manufacturing wire-mesh there nine years
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      • 609 4  - Selling of media content to overseas market DENESH DIVYANATHAN There's money to be made in it... Total export value of the media industry here could hit $4.5 billion in 2012, building up the local companies By TECHNOLOGY KEPOK I EK MEDIA giant Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) and other promising local
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      • 203 4 MONEY pumped into the arts gives a far better return than the petrochemical industry and even banking, said a panel reviewing Singapore's services industry. It quoted experts from National University of Singapore's Centre for Business Research and Development, who found that $1 million spent will produce
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      • 392 4 ONE question asked as the Economic Review Committee pushed for a more creative culture was whether censorship would pose a stumbling block. Not really, said Senior Minister of State (Information, Communications and the Arts, and Transport) Khaw Boon Wan, who dismissed the notion that
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    • 459 5  - Drowned woman had divemaster as her buddy K.C. VIJAYAN Attempts to save her failed after she was pulled out of the water at Pulau Redang; she had obtained her diving cert recently §1 1 tit woman wno arownea in Sunday s scuba-diving mishap at Pulau Redang in Malaysia wanted to
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    • 311 5 Another woman gets jail for extortion scam ONLINE SEX CHAT ANOTHER woman has been jailed for her involvement in an extortion scam that used a sex chatroom to lure rich male victims. Sharifah Norhayati Syed Zainal Abiden, 20, was yesterday sentenced to 2V2 years behind bars for extorting $30,000 from
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    • 325 5 A SUBCONTRACTOR was assaulted, tied up and robbed of $7,000 at Tampines late Tuesday night. Mr Lau Chen Choong, 34, said that he was resting at a sheltered pavilion near Block 360, Tampines Street 34, when the two men ambushed him. They punched
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      • 54 5 A 28-YEAR-OLD oddjob labourer died after his motorcycle crashed into a tree along Loyang Avenue. Mr Tan Hiang Boon was apparently heading to his Bedok North Road home when the accident happened at about 10.40 pm on Tuesday. He died in Changi General Hospital less
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      • 95 5 A YOUNG man asked to see a $700 mobile phone at a Toa Payoh shop, then stole it from under the sales assistant's nose. He got away with the Nokia 8855 mobile phone, despite the sales assistant giving chase. The theft from the shop at
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    • 834 6  - This is what Singapore needs... .a world-class icon of its own LYDIA LIM Such buildings will boost economy, says URA chief. But architects say regulations are standing in the way of great design Bi HOUSING CORRESPONDENT A CITY TRANSFORMED The titanium-wrapped Guggenheim Museum of Modern Art in Bilbao, Spain, changed
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    • 244 6 NTUC splashing out on water theme park at Downtown East A NEW water theme park will be making a splash in the east to cater to the growing wave of young NTUC Club members. The club is pumping $12 million into the project at its Pasir Ris resort, Downtown East.
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    • 580 6  - Horror Par Villa offers a funky and edgy time GINME TEO Bu CONSUMER CORRESPONDENT AN EERIE marketing idea was born after some Haw Par Villa managers had to work late one day and walk through the theme park after dark. "It was very scary at night, very different from the
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    • 406 7 HIGH STANDARDS, HIGH COSTS 'Inevitably, costs will go up because machines and treatments can be very expensive.' Dr Fklah Alsagoff, director of corporate development of eastern health-care cluster SingHeahh CUTTING hospital operating costs and cushioning the blow of hospital-fee hikes are two areas
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    • 526 7  - One in two men here at risk of cancer by 2022 LIANG HWEE TING This is because of two high-risk habits smoking and drinking. The chance now is one in three for both men and women §1 HIGH-RISK habits, in particular, smoking and drinking, could see one in two Singaporean
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    • TECH & SCIENCE
      • 91 8 Space experts woo Hollywood EXPECT to see Mars exploration rovers (like this artist's version) and other exotic space gadgets on celluloid, if the organisers of a space summit succeed in getting Hollywood to make more movies and television shows about space exploration. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, invited
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    • 8 1 The Straits Times asia Thursday, September 26, 2002
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    • 609 1  - Mega's lightning visit leaves Acehnese unmoved MARIANNE KEARNEY She vows to restore security and prosperity to Aceh in an emotional speech during an hour-long airport stop By THE STRAITS TIMES INDONESIA BUREAU Sheltered from a storm, Ms Megawati, with Aceh Governor Abdullah Puteh at her side, proceeds to a ceremony
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    • CHINA
      • 853 2  -  JASON LEOW GOH SUI N O I RFI lIIJP'Q PI AIM* Falun Son(^ members in Taiwan DCUIIiU v vLAIIyL beaming illegal signals to mainland TAIWAAI'Q RFPI V* Its technically impossible to IHI iff fill dlf El LT« pinpoint origin ofillegal broadcasts By IN BEIJING
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      • 84 2 Elaborate tomb unearthed STAFF at the Cultural Relic Bureau in Houma City, in north-west China's Shanxi province, have made a fascinating discovery an elaborate underground tomb. Made of brick and adorned with colourful paintings, the 700-year-old tomb is about 3.8 m high and 2.2 m wide. Its walls are carved
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      • 152 2 China defends team expelled by Taiwan BEIJING China said that a business delegation forced to abort a visit to Taiwan did nothing wrong. The incident was "regrettable and hurtful to our feelings", said spokesman Zhang Mingqing for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council yesterday. The team from Jiangyin
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      • 318 2 Former Taiwan leader sparks furore over disputed islands They belong to Japan, not China, insists Teng-hui TAIPEI Former Taiwanese president Lee Teng-hui said the Diaoyutai Islands belong to Japan and not China, a remark that is certain to irk Beijing and which yesterday sparked a furore in Taiwan, which also
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      • 199 2 Armed forces signal loyalty to Jiang HONGKONG In a sign that Chinese President Jiang Zemin will continue to wield influence after a leadership reshuffle later this year, an article in the People s Liberation Army Daily backed his staying on as head of the Central Military Commission (CMC), a post
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      • 558 3 I kept the necklace to return it It was very embarrdssingfor the two of us to push the gift back and forth, I was afraid that people would recognise me. So I kept it temporarily, thinking that I could return it aft er the
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      • 561 3  - KMT acts to rid itself of 'shady' image COHSUINOI Taiwan's opposition party will divest itself of some of its assets and put its businesses under trust By TAIWAN CORRESPONDENT TAIPEI In an effort to stave off criticism of having obtained assets illegally and to pre-empt proposed new laws pronibiting political
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      • 423 4 Chinese desire for sons may result in 50m bachelors Experts warn the rising male to female baby ratio could have serious repercussions on China's social stability BEIJING Up to 50 million Chinese men may end up as bachelors due to China's growing gender imbalance, a problem which, if left uncorrected,
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      • 236 4 BEIJING Beijing has held a large-scale exercise involving the armed police, public security forces and the fire department to help the nation's capital be ready to tackle terrorist threats. The exercise was organised jointly by the Beijing branch of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and
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      • 96 4 BEIJING The Chinese authorities have arrested five people after an accident in a stairwell at an Inner Mongolia school which left 21 students dead, police said yesterday. The five arrested included Fan Qj, principal of the Fengzhen No 2 Middle School in Fengzhen city, and
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      • CHINA FILE
        • 50 4 MILLIONS of illegal advertisements and several street stalls were removed in Beijing in an ongoing campaign to spruce up the capital's image, state media reported yesterday. The campaign which started late last month has also seen a clampdown on piracy, reported the Beijing Morning Post.
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        • 50 4 TWO MORE DENGUE FEVER CASES IN HK THE Hongkong health authorities confirmed two new cases of dengue fever yesterday, days after discovering the territory's first locally contracted case of the mosquito-borne disease. There have now been 20 cases reported in Hongkong this year, 13 contracted abroad and seven locally. AP
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        • 70 4 CHINA has developed the technology to produce bar-coded identity cards containing the cardholder's genetic information, reported the Science Technology Daily yesterday. The card, the first of its kind in the country, carries 18 unique digital genetic codes selected from the DNA molecule chain of the
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        • 59 4 A CHINESE author who posted essays about politics on the Internet has been arrested on subversion charges, police said. Chen Shaowen, who was arrested formally this month, was detained last month in Lianyuan city in the central Hunan province after posting a a lot of
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        • 51 4 THIRTEEN miners trapped in a flooded coal mine in China's northern Shanxi province were feared dead yesterday, five days after they went missing, local coal mining officials said. The mine in Gujiao city flooded last Friday with 83 miners inside, a local paper said.
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    • JAPAN KOREA
      • 581 5  - Yes-men Cabinet. That's what I want, says Koizumi KWAN WENG KIN Japanese Premier will reshuffle team to fill it with ministers who will cooperate with his reforms By JAPAN CORRESPONDENT TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi says he will reshuffle his Cabinet and pack it with "yes men" ministers who
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      • 150 5 TOKYO The Foreign Ministry will send a team of investigators to North Korea to gather information on the abduction of Japanese nationals, a ministry spokesman said yesterday. North Korean leader Kim Jong II acknowledged the abductions earlier this month, saying 13 Japanese
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      • 264 5 Japan court bans novel for being 'too real' TOKYO In an unprecedented ruling, Japan's top court has ordered a publisher to halt the release of a novel and to compensate a woman who claimed that it invaded her privacy because one of the characters resembled her, a court official said.
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
      • 501 6  -  DEVI ASMARANI But birth of the nation's 31st province faces opposition from Riau council unwilling to let go of Batam and Bintan By THE STRAITS TIMES INDONESIA BUREAU JAKARTA Indonesian Parliament has endorsed a controversial Bill on the establishment of the Riau Islands province
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      • 4 6 REUTERS
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      • 447 6  -  EDWARD TANG Bangkok will support global crackdown on maritime terror By THAILAND CORRESPONDENT BANGKOK Thailand will join a growing list of countries in entering an agreement with the United States to screen American-bound cargo for dangerous materials, in a move to
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      • 207 6 Lawmaker wanted in US banned from leaving Philippines MANILA A wealthy lawmaker sought by the United States for alleged illegal campaign contributions to former president Bill Clinton has been banned from leaving the Philippines pending his extradition trial. Justice Secretary Hernando Perez said he ordered the Bureau of Immigration and
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      • 261 6 Wary media threatens to sue Jakarta JAKARTA Indonesian publishers and broadcasters are threatening to sue the government and the House of Representatives if they pass a tough new media law that they say violates the Constitution and threatens press freedom. Leading radio and television organisations and press groups such as
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      • 190 6 JAKARTA Indonesian army soldiers from the Kopassus special forces were implicated in a deadly ambush on employees of a giant mine in Papua province by a human-rights investigator yesterday. Two Americans and one Indonesian died in the Aug 31 attack on a mountain
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      • 598 7  - Islamic profile on the rise amid Thai tolerance EDWARD TANG As the Muslim population grows, Islamic services and institutions are becoming more commonplace By THAILAND CORRESPONDENT Growing presence THE government introduced Islamic banks this year. A state-funded Centre of Halai Food has been set up inPattani. Plans are afoot to
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      • REGIONAL FILE
        • 66 7 INVESTIGATORS from Kuala Lumpur arrived in the Philippines yesterday to interview a 13-year-old Filipino girl allegedly raped at a detention centre for illegal immigrants in Malaysia's Sabah state. Sources at Manila airport said the three investigators arrived on a Malaysia Airlines flight. They were
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        • 59 7 ABOUT 25 suspected communist rebels raided a police station in the southern Philippines, using a town mayor they abducted as an escort, police said yesterday. The suspected New People's Army rebels carted away 22 firearms after disarming personnel and ransacking the stockroom of the police station
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        • 57 7 MYANMAR Foreign Minister Win Ajung said yesterday that talks with Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra aimed at resolving a border row had been "friendly and fruitful". Mr Thaksin said he was confident that the furore which erupted four months ago after clashes on the border involving
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        • 53 7 THE Philippine authorities yesterday announced a crackdown on foreign prostitutes, saying stricter immigration rules would be put in place to prevent their entry. Immigration Commissioner Andrea Domingo said there had been reports that foreign women had entered the country and gone to Cebu to work
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        • 40 7 DOWNER TO VISIT YANGON AUSTRALIAN Foreign Minister Alexander Downer will visit Myanmar next week, Myanmar's Foreign Minister said in Bangkok yesterday. Mr Downer will meet junta leader General Than Shwe as well as opposition leader Aune San Sun Kyi. AP
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      • 249 7 MANILA A Filipino minister yesterday withdrew his call for the expulsion of the Chinese ambassador after the two resolved a widely-publicised spat over the fate of 122 Chinese fishermen detained for alleged poaching. "For the sake of relations between our country and China, I
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    • MALAYSIA
      • 186 8 KUALA LUMPUR Businesswoman Mazibah Mohamed Zin has announced her candidacy for the Puteri Umno chiefs post, making it four prospects for the Nov 1 election. A close friend of pro tern Puteri chief Azalina Othman who helped set up the movement, Ms Mazibah,
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      • 543 8  - A-G to appeal against cop 's acquittal in lock-up 'rapes' LESLIE LAV Women's groups are outraged that a judge described the alleged rapes of two illegals in custody as consensual sex By IN KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIA'S Attorney-Gen-eral plans to appeal against the acquittal of a policeman who was charged with
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      • 257 8 SHAH ALAM A student from China who was suspected of being involved in a RM35,000 (5516,400) bank heist gave himself up at the Chinese Embassy on Tuesday. Two other students from China were gunned down during the robbery on Friday, with
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      • 177 8 KUALA LUMPUR A Muslim couple who have been married for 22 years are suing religious authorities for arresting them for getting too close, newspapers reported yesterday. Mr Abdul Halim Zainal Abidin and his wife Nooriah Mohamad Ali were arrested when Religious Department officials in
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      • MALAYSIA FILE
        • 62 8 THE Human Resources Ministry is planning to set up a labour exchange centre to enable foreign workers who are retrenched or without jobs to work in other factories or sectors of the economy. Minister Fong Chan Onn said the foreign labour exchange centre would help
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        • 38 8 FACTORIES in Pasir Gudang will soon have their own anti-drug units to counter addiction among factory workers, said Johor Unity and Social Welfare Committee chairman Datuk K.S. Balakrishnan. The Star Asia News Network
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        • 32 8 THE government has come up with four highway projects to complete the main road network in Sabah, Deputy Works Minister Mohamed Khaled Nordin told Parliament yesterday. Bernama
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        • 49 8 POLICE have detained 13 suspects, including 11 foreigners, believed to be members of a syndicate involved in distributing drugs. They seized 36 kg of compressed cannabis at four locations in Shah Alam over the past two weeks. The Star Asia News Network
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        • 67 8 A BLACK leopard was shot dead early yesterday at Kampung Jeram, near Tarapin, a spokesman for the National Parks and Wildlife Department said. A member of the Malaysian Peoples Volunteer Corps (Rela), who was accompanied by policemen and park wardens, shot the animal while they
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      • 464 9 'RIM'S MOVE IS A HOLY STRUGGLE FOR THE MALAYS AND ISLAM. WE WILL CONTINUE TO EXPOSE THEIR LIES AND INSULTS AS THEY ARE AT THE LEVEL OF MEDICINE SELLERS ON THE STREETS.' Information Ministry Parliamentary Secretary Zainuddin Maidin on media coverage
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      • 214 9 KUALA LUMPUR Thai police are offering rewards for the capture of five of their most wanted terrorists belonging to three separate groups who are believed to be hiding in Malaysia. The rewards, ranging from RMIO,OOO to RM30.000 (554,700 to S$14,100), are for information
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    • The Straits Times sports
      • THREE DAYS TO ASIAN GAMES, SEPT 29-OCT 14
        • 890 10  -  CHAN TSE CHUEEN Also good news as SSC boss Ng announces there is good chance ofiive coverage ill CHANGI International Airport last night was abuzz with more than fond farewells as relatives, friends and well-wishers turned up in force to give the bulk of Singapore's 142-strong
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        • 538 10  -  MAR CLIM LEE CHEE CHEW Timesport concludes its four-part series on the regions with a preview of the South-east Asian challenge from Thailand, Indonesia ana Malaysia at the upcoming Asian Games *L THAILAND, Indonesia and Malaysia will no longer be looking to excel in iust
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      • 782 11  -  BEN NADARAJAN SPORTS SCHOOL More than 80 teachers apply for 15-20 positions at Sports School ?1 Creativity will be the buzz-word TEACHERS who can teach without textbooks are what Singapore Sports School principal Moo Soon Cnong (right) wants. Creativity is the key word. 'They must
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      • 573 11 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SOCCER LEVERKUSEN (Germany) Manchester United gained some measure of revenge when two goals from Ruud van Nistelrooy helped it to a 2-1 victory over Bayer Leverkusen in their Champions League Group F match on Tuesday. But it was defenders Laurent Blanc
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      • 218 11 CRICKET COLOMBO Opener Virender Sehwag hammered a run-a-ball half-century before India saw its flying start wrecked by a Sachin Tendulkar mix-up in the first semifinal of the ICC Champions Trophy yesterday. India, after electing to bat first, raced to 70 for one
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      • 446 11 ITALIANS: Goal records TURIN (Italy) Alessandro del Piero's goal in Juventus' 5-0 thrashing of Dynamo Kiev made him the highest Italian scorer in the European Cup, beating Jose Altanni's record of 24 goals. Filippo Inzaghi's hat-trick in AC Milan's 4-0 win over Deportivo La
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      • 424 11 LONDON Israeli upstart Maccabi Haifa stunned Greek champion Glympiakos Piraeus 3-0 to mark its debut season in the Champions League with its first victory. Yacubu Ayegbeni, who missed last week s 2-5 loss at Manchester United through suspension, was the hat-trick hero in
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      • 713 12  -  G. SIV AKKUMARAN S-LEAGUE SOCCER FORGET about top place in the NTUC Income S-League. Singapore Armed Forces FC has been so dominant this season that it won the league title with five games to spare, in itself a new S-League record, and is
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      • 559 12  -  JEFFREY LOW YACHTING It has offered to be the Swiss challenger's base if it wins America's Cup IF SWISS challenger Alinghi snatches next year's coveted America's Cup from defending champion Team New Zealand, Singapore may well benefit from the upset by becoming
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      • What it takes to be 2nd
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          99 12 Matches: Saturday Clementi (away), Thursday week (tentative) Sembawang (home). The numbers: Two wins take it to 64 points and second place. A win and a draw: 62, a win and a loss 61, two draws: 60 and a draw: 59. What it needs: It has to win both
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          124 12 Matches: Saturday Tanipines (home), Thursday week (tentative) Sengkang (away). The numbers: Two wins take it to 62 points, a win and a draw: 60, a win: 59, two draws: 58. It is out of the running if it has only one draw, as the 57 points will be less
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          83 12 Matches: Saturday Geylang (away), Friday week (tentative) Tanjong Pagar (home). The numbers: Two wins take it to 61 points, a win and a draw: 59, a win: 58. Nothing less will do. What it needs: After one defeat in 15 games, it seems nothing can stop it. And its
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          64 12 Matches: Friday Semba wang (away), Friday week dementi (home). The numbers: Two wins takes it to 58 points. Nothing less will do. What it needs: Home and Geylang must lose both games. Tampines must beat Geylang and lose to Tanjong Pagar. Woodlands must win its two games and beat
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      • 823 12 BASEBALL American League: NY Yankees 6 Tampa Bay 0, Toronto 11 Baltimore 1, Boston 4 Chicago White Sox 2, Texas 2 Anaheim 1, Minnesota 4 Cleveland 3, Kansas City 17 Detroit 2, Seattle 8 Oakland 7. National League: Florida 9 Montreal 6, Philadelphia 5 Atlanta 3, Pittsburgh
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      • 1032 13  -  SCV GOLF TV times supplied by Despite Sept 11, the Ryder Cup will still be a bitter, intense feud THE BELFRY (England) We already know the Ryder Cup will be different this year. What we do not know is how much different. How
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      • 692 13 THE BELFRY World No 2 Phil Mickelson is hoping this week's Ryder Cup may help him shed the tag of being the best player never to nave won a Major. "Historically, it has occured where players have taken their play from
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      • 390 13 HORSE RACING THE rising stars of the Malcolm Thwaites stable return to racing over the next two weeks at Kranji as the master trainer strives to win his sixth championship title. After a relatively slow start to the racing season, Thwaites has reeled in early
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      • 994 14  -  LEEWUKHIM ATHLETICS Wrinkles and thinning hair more visible at marathon as youths stay away in Standard Chartered Spore Marathon Date: Sunday, Dec 8. Venue: Starts at die National Stadium, ends at the Padang Time: 6.30am (individual events), 7am (relays). PRIZE MONEY Open, men/women, 1st
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      • 331 14 THERE is serious money to be earned in a marathon. Take the case of next month's LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon: It offers US$lOO,OOO (S$178,000) to the winner, which is believed to be the biggest top-place cheque since road running turned professional about 20 years
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        318 15 TOH HUN SAY AGE: 83 passed away peacefully on 25 Sept 2002, leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Cheok Siew Kim Sons: Daughters-in-law: Toh Swee Seng Chan Sui Fong, Catherine Toh Swee Hwee, Thomas Jean Tan Toh Swee Kiong, Ivan Daughters: Sons-in-law: Toh Swee Tin Chia Kok Leong Toh Swee Chuan
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        29 15 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences To The Family Of The Late HENGSIOKHOON who passed away peacefully on 22 September 2002 From: The Management Staff Of SHELL COMPANIES IN SINGAPORE
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        385 15 Our Dearest Friend HENG SIOK HOON Karen, you will be dearly missed and remembered. From Rosalind Chew Charlotte Ong Ivy Ng Adeline Goh Gabriel Ho Derek Pek Adrian Goh Melvin Lim Jacky Tan Regina Chin We express our deepest sympathy heartfelt condolences to Our Senior Partner, Ms Molly Lim Kheng
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        409 15 "Tne Lord Is my Rock, my Fortress and my deliverer; My God Is my Rock, In whom I take refuge. He Is my Shield and the horn of my salvation my stronghold." Psalm 18:2 KUM TUCK GUAN, SAMUEL Age: 36 was called home to be with the Lord on 25
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        268 15 JOSEPH LAI YON WAH AGE: 63 was called home to be with the Lord on 24 Sept 2002, leaving behind loved ones. Wlft: Susan Mun Lin Thai Sons: Alan Lai Whung Keat, Robert Lai Whung Yee Brothers, Sisters-in-law, Sister, nieces, relatives and friends. Body resting at S'port Casket, 131 Lavender
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      • 545 22  -  AZHARKHALID Minority investors feel short-changed, it says, proposing that firms should not be allowed to delist within 5 years of listing By MARKETS CORRESPONDENT A COMPANY goes public, rakes in a lot of dough, then delists with a tidy sum while retail
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      • 6 22 5ept25,2002: 1,342i2 (-34.45)
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      • 426 22 WASHINGTON With financial markets hit hard by worries over the United States economy's vitality, possible war with Iraq and rising energy prices, analysts said chances were hign that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates before year-end. In fact, many pointed to
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      • 36 16 TOP ACTIVES Chirt S»miCond R 41.938,000 UniFood HK2SC 40,152,000 Cltlray* 2.5c 23,035,000 Links Island 10c 13,312,000 Datacraft 10c 12,619,000 Chart StmlCond 26c 10,999,000 SingTel 15c 8,703,000 StmbCorp Ind 25c 8,601,000 NtwWivt 5c 7,133,000 DBS Crp 6,906,000
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      • 128 16 MAIN SOO TOTAL Up Dn Unch Up Dn Unch Up Dn Unch Multilnd 3 12 2 OOO 3 12 2 Manufacturq 21 55 40 5 17 12 26 72 52 Commerce 7 22 13 2 5 2 9 27 15 Tpt/Stor/Com 2 18 7 000 2 18
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      • 67 16 S«P23 CHANCE I HONGKONG: H*IK) S«nq 5 24.91 -72.77 MALAYSIA; KLSE Comp 6 16.75 -15.66 CHINA; SB«nih»n B 2J2.6o *0.99 AUSTRALIA; Sydn»y All Ord 2946.60 -41.50 JAPAN: NilUti 9>65-41 -156.23 THAILAND: SET man 336.00 -4 33 INDONESIA: Jakarta Comp 4C8.65 +0.35 PHILIPPINES: Manila Comp 1126.60 *4.53 SOOTH KOREA:
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      • 41 16 Change Straits Times Index 1342.62 -34.45 BT OB/OS -775.00 -107.00 BT CADI .-*****.00 -111.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -77.00 UOB Sesdaq 51.14 -0.57 UOB Blue Chip 455.35 -5.48 STI Futures 1348 -24 MSCI Sinqapore 165.57 -4.82 SIMSCI Futures 166.90 -2.80
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      • 96 16 TURNOVER COOO) VALUE COOO) Main Sdq Total Miln Sdc, Total Multilnd 26,497 26,497 31,274 31,274 Manufacturg 188,968 9,434 198,402 110,917 1,173 112,090 Commerce 24,084 1,530 25,614 9,015 329 9,344 Tpt/Stor/Com 43,889 43,889 59,539 59,539 Finance 25,659 25,659 172,449 172,449 Construction 18,888 2,398 21,286 4,818 249 5,067 Properties
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      • 478 17 GROWING SPUP WASHINGTON One shuns the spotlight, the other draws it But Federal Reserve Board governor Edward Gramlich and Dallas Fed president Robert McTeer took centrestage together on Tuesday, arguing for an interest rate cut which the oilier members of the
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      • 57 17 Federal Reserve Board governor Edward Gramlieh First Federal Open Market Committee dissent by the mild-mannered former professor since he joined the Fed nearly five years ago. Dallas Fed president Robert McTeer Earned the moniker "the Lonesome Dove" after dissenting twice in 1999 as the Fed was
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      • 259 17 WASHINGTON The global economy has not recovered as well as expected and will likely perform below par next year, and the situation is likely to get worse rather than better, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said yesterday in its bleakest assessment of global
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      • 54 17 Yesterday^ dose: 9,124.91 (Down 72.77 points) The key indicator ended at a one-vear low after US equities fell and consumer confidence in America weakened. Consumer spending is seen as vital if economic recovery in the US, Hongkong's second biggest export martet, is to stay on track.
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      • 59 17 Ye-ttBitJa/s close: 636.75 (Down 15.66 points) Malaysian shares dropped 2.4 per cent to fresh 10-month lows as investor* ignored a ratings upgrade for the country, gripped by fears of weak overseas martetsandthethreatofa second Gulf War. Volume rose to a moderate 252 million shares yesterday from 199
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      • 51 17 Yesterday's close: 232,66 (Up'Q.99 point) China's B shares closed a touch firmer as punters bought shares in money-losing companies ahead of a long market hoBttay starting next week, brokers said. The mwtetswili be closed from Sept 30 to Oct 7 for the annual National Day break.
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      • 158 17 Compiny Clou Anhui Gujlng D B 6.46 0.00 Beijing Or EKc B 5.46 0.09 Bengang Steel B 3.22 0.02 Ch lot Marln* 8.10 0.01 China M Stitkou 8 6.13 0.00 Ch South Glass B 4.50 0.02 China Vank* B 7.43 -0.04 Chqing C Auto B 3.61 0.01 Dalian Rtfrig
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      • 127 17 eSSSS. foreign Currency Note Rates (9am, Sep 25) Buying OP Selling Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency Australian dollar 0.96S0 0.9840 Canadian dollar 1.1120 1.1350 Euro 1.7440 1.7660 NZ dollar 0.8330 0.8570 Sterling pound 2.7690 2.7980 US dollar 1.7770 1.7890 Singapore dollars to 100 units of foreign
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      • 58 17 Yesterdays close: 2,946.6 (Down 415 points) Australian shares dived 14 per cent m the back of Wtf Street's plunge to a four-year iow. amid worsening fears of war with Iraq and more poor earnings forecasts, brokers safe! Turnover totalled 605 million shares worth AS2.26 billion. Losers beat gainers
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      • 126 17 Company Clow AMP Limited 11.43 0.14 ANZ Bank Grp 16.70 -0.13 Brambles Ind 6.66 -0.07 Broken Hill Prop 8.79 -0.05 Colts Myer S.74 -0.08 CSL 21.58 -0.45 CSR Ltd 5.73 -0.06 C'wtalth Bank 31.45 -0.25 Foster's Grp 4.60 -0.06 General Prop Trt 2.81 -0.02 Macquarlt Bank 21.75 -0.25 Macquarit
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      • 744 17 BONDS, LOANS WARRANTS 52-Wk LMt Vol My Last Quote WtAvg High Low Company Sf ♦or- 'OOP Hlcjn Lew Buyer S*Hf Ww 37.5 12 S ASTIW*****1 17.5 18 5 1.5 s AcmaW*****6 1.5 0.5 2 2 101 213 s Amttk W*****0 S5.5 +1 212 56.5 53.5 55.5 59 61 7 1
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      • 62 17 Yesterday's close. 9,165.41 (Down 156 .23 points) Share prices in It** fell 1.7 per cent due to renewed concern over the US economy and a sustained sMe or. tfafl Street with fe« rising about a possfoleUS-ied war against Iran defers said. Dfcdtners led gainers 1,009
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      • 140 17 CompMiy Ciom B*nk Of Chin* HK 7.7S -0.10 B*nk Of Eist Asl* 14.05 -0.20 Citn*y P*c:fic 10.35 -0.05 Cfitung Kong 49.40 0.20 Cn Kong Infri 14.00 -0.05 Chin* Modi* 17 JO -0.15 Mi Rts Entp 7.50 0.00 Chin* Unicom 4.75 0.00 C Pacific 16.45 -0.40 CLP 32.90 0.00 CNOOC
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      • 426 17 War won't boost US economy, says Stiglitz "War is widely believed to be good for the economy. This war on Iraq is likely to be bad and possibly very bad. 9 ProfStiglitz A strike against Iraq will only heighten anxieties over global economic health, warns Nobel Prize-winning economist HONGKONG Waging
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      • 124 17 Company CIom Canon Inc 3970 -90 Denso Corp 1963 -47 East Japan Rail *****0 9000 Fanuc Ltd 5100 -150 Fuji Photo Film 3610 -190 Fujitsu 513 -5 Hitachi 616 0 Honda Motor 4940 -160 Ito Yokado 4830 -160 Kansai Electric 1718 -82 Kao 2680 -60 Kyoetra Corp 8080 20
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      • 124 17 Company Clow AMMB Holdings 4.10 -0.08 Btrjiyt Sports 3.12 -0.18 B Amtr Tobacco 35.50 0.00 Commtrc* Asstt 3.16 -0.08 Dlgl.com 3.00 0.00 Gamuda 5.70 -0.05 Gtntlng 12.90 -0.70 Golden Hop* 3.00 -0.04 Hong Ltong Bank 4.80 -0.10 101 Corp 5.35 -0.25 KL Ktpong 5.90 -0.40 Magnum Corp 2.30
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      • 61 17 CRUDE PRODUCT PRICES Timing of cargoes. Prlets as at 17 JO 25/09/2002 Source: Dew Jones Newsw.-es C mat/Product Month* Ctwnq* Prto (U8S) BBL Brtnt Bland Nev -0J9 28.91-28.96 WTtuslnttrm Nov -0.31 30.58-30.62 Oub«IF«t»h Nov +0.56 27.34-27.39 T»pi»BI»nd Oet *0J0 2a80-28.90 Crudt/Product Month* Chanqt Prlct (US$) BBL Minis Oet +0.30 28.30-28.40
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      • 611 17 •"^"-^—^'^V^Tg^Sffi -J OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT EUROOOILAR FUTURES D«cO2 98.360 98.385 98-325 98.340 ***** ***** M«O3 98-330 98-360 98.280 98.295 ***** ***** JunO3 98.110 98.160 98.065 98.080 ***** ***** S«pO3 97.775 97.820 97.725 97.740 ***** ***** DtcO3 97.390 97.435 97.350 97.360 8677 ***** M*rO4
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      • 117 17 *uM*r Future* (Closing prlcti) US* 1 (S eanti/kg) Mont* MUh Law Sott Vol Opon Int Oct02 153.75 Nov 02 153.75 Doc 02 153.75 Jan/Mar 03 155.25 9SS 3 (US ctnts/kg) Mtitt High Low Sttt Vo) Op«n Int OctO2.._ 85.50 750 Mov 02 85.50 85.50 85.75 400 1800 D«cO2
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      • 470 18 Tokyo firms pump in $2.6 billion in first quarter, driven by fears of Beijing's rising economic clout BEIJING As China and Japan mark the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations this week, trade between the neighbouring countries is still growing in leaps and bounds often
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      • 599 18  - Poor Kozlowski.. it's a toilette box, not portable toilet, you loonies DARYL LEASE COMMENT I DON'T know. Maybe it's the approach of Christmas. Maybe I've watched too many sappy Disney flicks with my little girl. Or maybe I'm just going soft. Last week, I actually felt a twinge of sympathy
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      • 483 19  - Asean's trade with India 'to double to $36b' NARENDRA AGGARWAL Three-year trade target 'do-able' as work on free trade area gets under way, says Indian super chamber's secretary-general Bu ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT TRADE between India and Asean is likely to double to US$2O billion (5535.78 billion) over the next three years
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      • 121 19 SINGAPORE and India have started exploring the possibility off forming an economic partnership which could be far more wide-ranging than regular free trade de«ls. A high-level joint study group meets in Singapore today and tomorrow with the aim of having a Comprehensive Economic
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      • 356 19 Mitsubishi Electric in talks on memory chip tie-up INDUSTRY SHAKEOUT TOKYO Mitsubishi Electric, Japan's No. 4 chipmaker, gave the latest sign of a stepped-up shakeout in the struggling industry yesterday, with news that it is talking to other chipmakers about a tie-up in computer memory. The company's statement was sparked
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      • 364 20  -  KELVIN WONG Opportunities abound for such companies, not only in manufacturing but also in research work, says EDB chief BV THE electronic chemicals and materials industry in Singapore may well be the bright spark in a faltering electronics industry. Its output is expected
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      • 372 20  -  HUGH CHOW CONSUMER MEDIATION UNIT Bu FINANCE CORRESPONDENT Job scope Lead a team off two full-time staff to handle the day-to-day running of the CMU when it opens on Jan 2. Deal with complaints referred to the CMU by individual banks. WANTED: Banker to run
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      • 297 20 UNITED Food Holdings yesterday sought to reassure shareholders after the abrupt resignation of its chief financial controller on Monday sent its stock price into a tizzy. The board would like to "assure investors that the company's operations are functioning normally and the company is
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      • 362 20  - Bukit Timah bungalows for sale at up to $4m SOH WEN LIN Bu PROPERTY REPORTER To the well-heeled feeling the squeeze of space on their driveways, Oak Villas bungalows may seem appealing. The two-storey units each have a basement carpark with room for four cars. They have built-up areas of
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      • 398 20 THE current supply of 99-year leasehold homes can last for another one to two years, obviating a need for the Government to rush out more leasehold land through its confirmed site list sale system. This is the view
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      • 468 21  -  HUGH CHOW KEEP MARKET INFORMED VIA MASNET Bu H.NA.Mh (JUHHbSrU.NUh.N 1 THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) yesterday said chipmaker Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing could have been more forthcoming in releasing market-sensitive information even though the company need not comply with the Singapore listing rules. In a
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      • 886 21  -  LEE SI SHY AN As non-exec chairman, his job was to provide Guidance; as adviser, he was to explore investment openings and ensure smooth CEO transition Bu COMPANIES CORRESPONDENT CAN someone be nonexecutive chairman of a listed company while at the
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      • 298 21 Asia Food cuts half-year net loss to $10.4m ASIA Food Properties (AFP) yesterday reported an interim net loss of $10.4 million, a sharp improvement over the $154.6 million loss it incurred in the same period last year. Subsidiary Golden Agri- Resources did even better, posting an interim net profit of
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      • COMPANIES IN BRIEF
        • 70 21 ELECTR NICS contract manufacturer Flairis Technology yesterday reported that its losses have widened to $16.7 million for the year ended June 30, from $11.5 million last year. This was despite a 42.3 per cent rise in revenue to $427 million. Loss per share was 4.89
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        • 79 21 RETAILER FJ Benjamin Holdings has returned to tne black, posting a full-year net profit of $3.1 million compared to a loss of $40.9 million previously. Turnover fell 19 per cent to $119-2 million for the year ended June 30. Earnings per share was 1.22 cents
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        • 102 21 ELECTRONICS firm Asian Micro's losses narrowed to $4 million for the year ended June 30 compared with $6.7 million last year, aided by a writeback in tax provisions. Revenue fell 37 per cent to $72 million as major clients cut demand for its products. Loss per
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      • 77 21 TOP RISES Sap 25 Ctrts VentureCorp25c 1040 50.0 5.1 Creative T 25c 1160 K).O 0.9 JMHUS25C400 580 8.9 0.9 UIC 60 4.0 7.1 UniFoodHK25c 39 4.0 H.4 EtecSOc 186 3.6 1.1 Food June 8c 58 2.5 4.5 SCS25C 90.5 25 2.8 Intl Press 18.5 2.0 12.1 Parkway H 25c 81
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      • 78 21 TOP RISES Sep25 Cents ChipEngSWM 3 50.0 1.0 ReedGrp5c 3 20.0 0.5 Medidstream 5c 3.5 16.7 0.5 CSC Hldqs 5c 4 14.3 0.5 EWSportic 8.5 13.3 1.0 Tuan Sing 25c 8.5 13.3 1.0 Adroit 10c. 4.5 12.5 0.5 Armstrong 10c 4.5 12.5 0.5 Intl Press™ 18.5 12.1 2.0 UniFood HK25c
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      • 73 21 TOP FALLS S«p25 Cents OBSGrp 1100 60.0 5.2 UOB 1140 50.0 4.2 SPH 1910 40.0 2.1 FSN 740 35.0 4.5 SIA50C 990 30.0 2.9 OCBC 965 25.0 2.5 Keppel Corp 50c 412 22.0 5.1 Greatest 50c 845 20.0 2.3 SIA200 990 20.0 2.0 SPH 100 1920 20.0 1.0 OUE 555
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      • 76 21 TOP FALLS Sep25 Cents Flairis W*****1 1.5 40.0 1.0 Shanghai Allied 1 33.3 0.1 Strike W*****5 1 33.3 0.5 Teamsphere5c 8 27.3 3.0 Chart SemiCondR 1.5 25.0 0.5 VicplasW*****9 1.5 25.0 0.5 Ezyhealth5c 5 23.1 1.5 Colorland HK40c 4 20.0 1.0 ISoftel5c 4.5 18.2 1.0 KyoshaHK5Oc 11 15.4 2.0 Koh
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      • 276 21 SINGTEL said yesterday it will not appeal against the Government's rejection of its request for a fixed-line phone rate hike, but will submit a fresh application in the future. "SingTel will not appeal" against the decision by the Infocomm Development Authority (IDA), a spokesman
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      • 889 6  - Beauty for the masses SUHAILA SULAIMAN A new and affordable line of skincare products called Gamier Skin Naturals is set to hit the market By IN PARIS IN BRITAIN alone, it sells 50 million products a year, but mention the name Gamier here and chances are, you will draw a
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      • 697 5 ETJI COMPUTER ajUPRODUCTS/SERVICES 24 HRS ON site Monitor/ PC repair for Acer Creative, IBM, HP etc. With warranty. 6-56-56-266 $8 ONSITE REPAIR, virus hardisk internet selling network. $260 Upgrade to PI.2G. 9027-3628 $15 UP ONSITE computer repair islandwide. Professional service. Day night. *****928. DATABASE/ WEB DESIGN, Web hosting, networking, customized
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      • 387 5 E INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT/ SUPPLIES 30' X lo' office containers, 4' x4' toilet containers for sale. Please call 9636-5054/ 9626-0372. WANTED LARGE OTY new/ used 48mm dia. galvanise G.I pipe. Pis call Mr Tan 9006-8599. USED TOYOTA REACH truck. 1-ton. 3 metres. 5 FBR 10 6 FBR 10. Good cond. Pis
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      • 857 5 ■Wl PACKING/ STORAGE/ jjj£ DELIVERY/ REMOVAL PROFESSIONAL MOVERS FOR of- fice, hse. Moving per carton box j $1. TV 20'-25' $20. Fridge $30. Protective wrapping. Warehse i storage provided. Free boxes quotations. *****555 CITIMAP I I REGD CO WITH 8 yr experience I specialised in hse.office.piano.safe removal, dismantle disposal. Free
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      • 688 5 km stalls for I^lrent/sale Marine Parade Blk 80 Heavy human traffic Fully equipped 1 Malay stall left Suit Nasl Padang/ Chicken Rice and all Malay Food >/ 2 stall suit Indian Food 9732-5658 j ÜBI TECHPARK, 10 Übi Crescent. Stalls available for rental. Good office/ workers crowd! Can sell i
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      • 888 5 Bfjfl BMW FOR SALE HP!? 10/'OO 7281 Full option 10/'**********0Km $103K 4/'9B 7281 Silver 1/'*****i*****Km $96K 2/'01 3201 7000Km $133K 3/01 31BCI coupe 8/'OI Volvo S4O bodykit 2/'Ol Volvo S4O child seat 2/'OO Volvo S7O Leather, walnut AIK NEO SUPREME 9456-1479/ 9852-3800 9789-3282/ 9829-5005 FIJO TRADERS BMW SPECIALIST Established since
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      • 718 5 Bfjn BMW FOR SALE 4/'97 BMW S2OIA. OMV $*****. Scrap $78K exclude body. Call to offer *****496 Dealer welcome '92 BMW 320:A. COE till 3/2011. Low depreciation. Easy loan. Tip-top. 9021-0888/ 6440-3011 $3K ON THE road! 92 BMW 320. COE paid. New tax/ 17" rims. Tip-top. $59,800. 9004-2818 1 OWNER
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      • 874 5 Bffl FORD FOR SALE BUY USED CARS with Vicom Evaluation High PARF value! 9/'OO Mondeo 2.0 Ghia. 5 dr CE' no plate) 1 owner. Brand new cona. Asking $*****. Call *****123 1 0WNER 10/'9B Mondeo 2.0 Ghia. Auto. Sunroof. Blue. OMV 522.6K. Leather. S/rims. Changer. Good cond. Call 9761-4403 NO
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      • 1735 6 BHI HONDA FOR SALE BTfl HONDA FOR SALE immedtofe Delivery Guaranteed COE HONDA STREAM 1.7 $91,888 HONDA ODYSSEY 2.3 I^^^^ $111,888 10/'92 ESI 3-DR 1.6 auto. COE 8/'2oi2. $888 driveaway. Must sell this weekend. 9002-0090 NEW CAR INTEGRA Type R' 2.0 IS. S speed Manual/ Auto. Low deposit. G'teed COE.
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      • 2786 6 Bffl HYUNDAI FOR SALE flfl HYUNDAI FOR SALE Rl HYUNDAI FOR SALE Ml HYUNDAI FOR SALE mill mUM Kill mwM Results of September's Second Open Bidding Exercise For COE *t^josm^m I 3 m :i h 1 COE price Quota Bids average* Car«(l6oocc and below) $28,409 1,120 1,286 $30,449 Cart (1601cc
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      • 949 6 Bin MERCEDES FOR SALE RJ9 MERCEDES FOR SALE For Viewing And Booking j C-CUM s<LASS 6/'OO BENZ C200. 1 owner. OMV $41K. Deposit $B.BK. Maroon. Full options/ Keyless/ electric seats/ s.rims/ full leather upholstery. Maintained by C&C. Low mileage. G'tee accident free. Only $116,000 neg. Call 6396-7878 FOR EXPORT '94
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      • 704 6 '84/ '91 BENZ 280SE. White. New paint. Tax 3/2003. COE 3/2011. Selling 534.8K. *****500 8/'99 E2OO MAROON. 1 owner. Agt maintained. Deposit $13K. Mthly $1741. View: 6746-2122 ***** KM ONLY new model S2BO 10A99. 1 owner, OMV $81k. C&C warranty! No '8819'. 9029-0152 '92 MERCEDES 190E 2.0 Auto. Fuel injection.
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      • 1029 6 HM MITSUBISHI DEPOSIT S6.BK ONLYI 1 owner 07/'99 Galant 1.8 GDI (Auto). OMV $26K! Orig 2K paint (Sil- ver)/ leather/ ABS/ dual airbags/ climatic aircon/ CD. Free 6 mtrts rd tax. Agt svc. Acident free! STA evaluation avail. $68,800 loan/ trade-in. Call 6396-7878 now! OWN A 7/'99 Galant I.BVRG Tiptronic,
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      • 688 6 Kffl NISSAN FOR SALE mmjmm TODAYOtIUr 250 BHP 6 speedful! specs 3J900 NoiAKuoChuan Ave. jariNifffstCNttMtaiM) Opp Mobil/ Exo Petrol Kiosk Tel; 6345 1812 »*lK»»*silHtfitrM»-ii Nissan Sunny I.SEX-I.6SS All New Pnmen 2.0 CVT (Auto) Nissan Cefiro 2.0 24 vj)«sV6 Auto ABS Nissan Praine 2.0 2WD Auto MPV Nissan Cabsar/ Pckup/ Van
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      • 1024 7 ■SJjl NISSAN FOR SALE 1/02 SUNNY 1.6 auto. $74,500. 7/-00 Sunny 1.5 manual. $*****. 4/'99 Sunny 1.5 manual. $*****. low deposit. 1 owner. 6776-0119 $3K DRIVEAWAYI 7/"91 Sunny 1.4 manual. White. Tax i/'O3. Mthly $600 x 34 mths. Good engine. Call 6453-7337 SM.BK! 7/*OO CEFIRO 2.0 Auto. 1 owner. SB.2K
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      • 734 7 Kfl NISSAN FOR SALE 6/00 CEFIRO 2.0 V6. Auto. 1 owner. Done 22.000KM. OMV $30K. Deposit $9,800. Tel. 6280-7337 j 8/99 SUNNY 1.5 VIP. Auto. 1 owner. Leather. Well kept. Deposit $4800. Easy loan. Tel. *****337 j 9/01 SUNNY I.6SS. Auto. 1 owner. OMV $16K. Low mileage. Tax 2/03 Deposit
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      • 1902 7 BWI SAAB FOR SALE IWJ SAAB FOR SALE BWI SAAB FOR SALE RirurTmu^N^flSlrFralmi I Ist prize; $30,000 |l 2nd prize: $10,000 3rd prize: $5,000 FS'AAB CABRIOLET I t n(\(\ dimmed Regn! Rfj ROVER FOR SALE BTSI ROVER FOR SALE IWI TOYOTA FOR SALE w£~k£BS!&S£l^ ist 1.3 25% discount on Parts,
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      • 1802 7 |^Fj TOYOTA FOR SALE IWI TOYOTA FOR SALE Bffl TOYOTA FOR SALE Bffl TOYOTA FOR SALE [ffl TOYOTA FOR SALE TovotolST Tovof NOAHA/QXY Toyota RAV4 DaIhMuCOPEN -J^'fer JMMMmWmWm%, 2 oAUt °^H aaffl^ 1-«(M**l**^- JfHtfaT^ '"^^Vy^ A aSaaall— mT'V AWmmW \WJmm\ M^ f ~^t^*MMMV BBBBBBBBBBBBBB^3aatBK9aBBBB^^^^^aBB# a^aaaaHaaaaa> *^bbW*^^^^^^^^bbbbt M^^ammW^^^^^^^^^^ Honda ODYSSEY 2.3
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      • 886 7 Bfßj VOLVO FOR SALE ONLY $1000 DRIVEAWAY! 09/'2OOO Volvo S4O 1.8. Auto. 1 owner. Revised OMV from $32.5K to 535.5K. Orig. metallic silver. Alarm. CD changer. Alloy rims. Original leather upholstery. Tax till 3/7012. Xenon lights. 100% accident free. Very well kept and maintained. Only $96,800 neg. i Hurry! Pis
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      • 763 8 a SERVICING/ WORKSHOP r NEW STOCK TMESES I17&70X13-S35 19S/85X1SS78 I I 18&60XK-S50 205,65 X l5- $B6 I 1 I&SSXM-552 23/60 X16-slsO| V»50X***** 215M5X17-SI3QJ fTEL 6783 2332^ %Jft 3896, Tmynw St 83. ffl-212 1 SPECIALISE IN MERCEDES auto gearbox. 18 mths or 36.000km warranty. Chia *****635 BWI TYRES/ BATTERiES VKOOL ABC
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      • 910 8 RJ] CAR FINANCING/ RSI CAR FINANCING/ m INSURANCE m INSURANCE Flexible car financing. Just the way you want it. •Ttf™iCondttlont»pply:R»tMifiiul)j«cttoch«n9»wmiottpf'ornotlc«. 5 Singapura Finance Customer Centres 2 Ang Mo Klo 6458 4222 Buklt Timah 6467 1918 I Bugls 6292 1459 East Coast 6348 8262 Bedok 6445 801 1 Serangoon 6299 8855
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      • 516 8 ■fjl VEHICLES WANTED All Makes Models Offer above valuation 1-Step Solution Before You Sell Cash Payment TKy7sJsn Specialist for i COMMERCIAL VEHICLES WRNTED I flll Makes Models i I Special Price for 10ft -14ft j Lorries, Vans, Doublecab Pickups (Terms Cash) *****337 Highest Offer Private Commercial Vehicle msmmm Insurance Financing
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      • 2791 8 Wf!fli PICK-UPS FOR SALE BJTJ PICK-UPS FOR SALE H!f!l PICK-UPS FOR SALE Bffll PICK-UPS FOR SALE Bffl PICK-UPS FOR SALE Bffl PICK-UPS FOR SALE B^lt>J E^M kIxJ KiiM KiMai kli/J ISUZU SINC3LE CAD PICKUPS V^P^^^M i^B^k^B LOW DQWNPAYMENT IM Wm IBKrFjKBMO^>^M IMMEDIATE REGISTRATION M o m^ m +W^P*^^BM S jj
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      • 553 8 2-DIGIT NO. 4/'96 Toyota Liteace 1.5 4-dr. 2 owners. Petrol. Well kept. Beautiful cond. 6468-2200 '93 MODEL MITSUBISHI L3OO diesel. P/steering. New tax. COE 9/2007. 513.8K. *****804 526.8K ONLY. '98 Mercedes Vito 108 diesei. 2 units. 1 owner. Selling cheap. Call 9853-9992 4/2000 TOYOTA HIACE. $34,800 2/2001 Mitsubishi L3OO $31,800.
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      • 685 9 fffll DOl-08 UM3 CITY SOUTH-WEST jj PTEAPTS-RENT Pi/I+l(67BtoB72sqrl)J23ooup| •2+l (1033sqftup) $3300up I*2+l townhse Roof; jacuzz: $6000vjp I*3+l (1 300sqft up) $4Sooup |»4 bdrm/penthse tBSooup| I Joyce 9009- 2080 1 uz+i/3+T/T^^^^^^l •Holland Village 'MßT I 8 units 52.5K to SS.SK I •3*l/4+l /penthse (•Redhill MRT Orchard Rd S3.BKtoSB.SK [vince 9022-9919 WESTPOINT
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      • 2835 9 t OOl 08 Wflf\ DO9-10 ORCHARD/ RTJfI 009-10 ORCHARD/ |W| DO9-10 ORCHARD/ ITfl DO9-10 ORCHARD/ CITY SOUTH-WEST kIUJ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND MM TANGLiN/ HOLLAND Mml TANGLIN/ HOLLAND ilifc] TANGLIN/ HOLLAND PTEAPTS-RENT J| PTE APTS -RENT HHPTEAPTS^RENT j^HPTEAPTS-RENT SH PTEAPTS-RENT RAFFLES HOTEL VICINITY 2/ 3 bdrms. Gem of a place to live
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      • 743 9 BDO9-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND PTE APTS -RENT D.lO VILLA MARGAUX 3+l Keng Chin rd, pool view, exclusive cosy living. Furn/ unfurn. $2.8K neg. Expats' choice! 9060-8862 CBre D.lO YANG'S GARDEN Condo, 2200 sq.ft. 3+l Luxurious. Pool i view. Ouiet, private. Convenient. $3300. Lek 9387-5687 ERA I HOLLAND VIEW/ RIDGEWOOD Con-
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      • 970 9 BDO9-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND PTE APTS -RENT CHANCERY ESOUIRE 1400 sqft. 3+l. $2K. F/furn. Trevose Pk. 2000 sqft. $4.3K. Palm Spring 2000 sqft. 4+l. 54.5K. *****885 D.lO SPRING GROVE penthse. 2701 sq.ft. 4+l bdrms. F/facilities. P/furn. $9500 neg. Also for sale $2M. *****088 ext 19/ *****601 THE BYRON. NEW pleasant
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      • 937 9 Pffl DO9-10 ORCHARD/ BuLkl TANGLIN/ HOLLAND gg| PTE APTS -RENT D.lO TANGLIN PARK. 1765 sq.ft. 3+l. Good view. Freshly painted. $5,000. Gatsby 6348-3388 THE TIARA. 3 bdrms. Nicely renovated. Pool view. Near shpg ctr/ Orchard. $3000. 9385-1888 Fait SPANISH VILLAGE, 3RMS, 1650 sqft. Furn/ unfurn, aircon, facilities. S2.BK. *****159 agt.
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      • 891 9 HB PTI APTS -RENT BEST RENTAL IN UPP BT TIMAH 2+l. Merawoods/ Hume Pk...51.2K 2+l. Summerhill/ Montrosa. SI.3K 2+l. Dairy Farm/ Glendale™ $I JK 2+l. Goodluck Garden SI.IK 3+l. Hillview Heights $1.4K 3+l. Glendale/ Hillbrooks SI.4K 3+l. Merawoods/ Highgate.. SI.SK 3+l. Springdale/Bt Regency Si.SK 3+l. Pare Paiais/ Cashew.-- $1.5K 4+l.
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      • 1759 10 ■flfl Dl2-14 BALESTIER/ RTfl DIM4 BALESTIER/ U£lJ MACPHERSON/GEYLANG KiUJ MACPHERSON/GEYLANG W| PTE APTS -RENT |J PTE APTS -RENT 6 min walk to Kallang MRT Centrally located, mere 3 stations to City Hall. 2 Bedroom 818sqft 3+l Bedroom 1292 sqft to 1420sqft Pool, Gym, Jacuzzi BBQ, Ample Carpark, 24-hr security, optional
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      • 884 10 ■Jfffl Dl5-16 EAST COAST PffS Dl5-16 EAST COAST W^l PTC»PTCD»ii Bdy DTP ADK PFfJT CAMELOT •Exclusive waterfront condominium ideal for expats •Lap pool Jacuzzi Gym Tennis •Large balconies with bay view •Private Lift Lobby •3+l 4+l Bedrooms Penthouse •Rental from $9,500 per month JOO CHIAT ROAD, unfurn, 3-bdrm flat. 1076
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      • 882 10 Rffll Dl5-16 EAST COAST jlllj PTC. nT f.nr»T D.16 CASAFINA CONDO. 1100 sq.ft. 3+l. Very well furn. Ouiet. Near amenities. $2.5K.. *****414 5 MINS MRT!!! $1.6K up. 2 3+l. Sims Ville/ Astoria Pk Eastpt Green. F/facilities. *****-405 PARKWAY PARADE VICINITY 2+l bdrms, aircon, furn. For rent or sale. Call owner
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      • 754 10 Ifffl D22 28 ■did WEST NORTH 881 PTE APTS -RENT RELOCATION SPECIALIST. HILLVIEW/ Bt Batok or Dairy Farm. Immed. Merawoods 4+l, Hillview Hgts 4+l. Mark ERA 9856-0257 YISHUN/ KHATIB 3+l. Value for money. See to believe. Furnished unit. S/pool. Amenities. No cobroke. Hurry! 9062-1898 Roof ONLY SI.7K FOR brand new
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      • 1413 10 RJjl HOUSES FOR RENT P!J|I HOUSES FOR RENT RWjl HOUSES FOR RENT KtW. -<]^HJ^ I bednxims wuh attached hathrtwm ■A^^ lf» Spacious living and dining room aJ^jP -^P^^ 3§*j| X Spacious garden/good tor entertainment "^•^l j Along charming and quiet iree-lined street g g WalVing distance to Parkway Shopping E~
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      • 774 10 KHEAM HOCK VICINITY semid. 4000/ 3300 sqft. 4+l+l. Ouiet. Pk 2 cars. Louis 9237-8817 LCM D.28 30 JLN. JARAK s/storey. Semi-d. 3 rms. Oean bright. Unfurn. SI.3K neg. 9735-2166 DR SEMI-D NEAR CANADIAN Sch. 4+2. Beautiful, serene. $3800. Clarence 9663-3994 PEN D.lO JLN AMPANG. Beautiful 3storey semi-d. 3300/ 3250 sq.ft.
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      • 5859 11 EHUDC/HDB Wttl HUDC/HDB PRI HUDC/HDB Pffl SERVICE PWI SERVICE Wff\ SERVICE PWI SERVICE Wffi DOl-08 Vffl DO9-10 ORCHARD/ Wffi DO9-10 ORCHARD/ APTS FOR RENT |££l APTS FOR RENT hHA APTS FOR RENT MjuX APARTMENTS mi APARTMENTS |£U APARTMENTS |tt] APARTMENTS |ul CITY SOUTH-WEST KmIJ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND MuM TANGLIN/ HOLLAND m^
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      • 5388 12 aDII &21 NEWTON/ PWI D1! &21 NEWTON/ PRI Dll &21 NEWTON/ pfffl Oil &21 NEWTON/ |F|f| Oil &21 NEWTON/ WGH Dll &21 NEWTON/ Pffl Dll &21 NEWTON/ Vffl 015-16 EAST COAST Wff-\ 017-18 CHANGI/ PWI 019-20 SERANGOON/ BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI pUil BT TIMAH/ CLEMENT! pUj BTTIMAH/ CLEMENT! pUll BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI K£J BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI pUJJ
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      • 762 13 aDI9-20 SERANGOON/ THOMSON PTE APTS SALE CHUAN PARK. 99 YRS. 3-rms. view. 200% movein. Renovated 3 yrs ago. No noon sun. 9387-4813 Ricky Teo, C&H NEW LIST! CHILTERN Pk 3+1. 1302 sq.ft. Renovated. F/aircon. SE facing. Windy. Condo facilities. Near future MRT. 9660-5454 C2l D.19 COMPASS HGTS. 1324 sq.ft. 3+l-rms.
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      • 716 13 WISH D22 28 mltl WESTS. NORTH gjfl| HOUSES-SALE GEM OF SPRINGSIDE. F'hold 3-sto-rey terr, autogate, lovely koi pond, granite, chandelier, posh interior. 2800/ 1850 sq.ft. 11l [T~. 1. RARE UNIT! Corner Terr. Villa Verde s+l. F/renovated. 2. Intermediate Terr. Villa Verde. s+l. Renovated. Call now for viewing! CASHEW VILLAS. BRAND
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      • 713 13 ¥TF\ D22-28 KlLl WESTS, NORTH jJH PTE APTS -SALE ONLY 10% CASH! The Jade. 2+l rms (study). 806/ 818. MRT/ central. F/facilities. TOP 2004. Deferred payment. *****332 KVM FOREST HILL. (TOP 6/03) Sembawang Rd. 1163 sq.ft. 3+l. 99 yrs. Fdce pool. 2nd fir. N.E. SS7OK p.n.o. Hp. 9632-0025 HSR MAYSPRINGS
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      • 946 13 Wlf\ 22 28 |dy WEST NORTH jflj PTE APTS -SALE MAYSPRINGS ONLY 5499K up 3+l. Only $396K up, 2 rms. Renovated, 813 up. Pool/ LRT *****102 D.22 PARC OASIS. 1507 sq.tt. 4+l rms. High fir. Full facilities. Opp MRT, amenities. C&L 6293-0111 BULLION PK. HIGH floor. F'hold. 2+l. 807 sq.ft.
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      • 829 13 PfW HDB APTS FOR SALE PpH HDB APTS FOR SALE WWi HDB APTS FOR SALE PfRI HDB APTS FOR SALE HWI HDB APTS FOR SALE PfSI HDB APTS FOR SALE (BEDOK/CHAICHEE) ChtE) (BEDOK/CHAICHEE) (BEDOK/CHAICHEE) (BEDOK/CHAICHEE) IjQ (BEDOK/CHAiCHEE) jHwill p Roperty guide HDB ESTATES I r Buy It. Sell It. Find
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      • 678 13 5 'A' PT Blk 1 Chai Chee. Good unit. High fir. Spacious. SE facing. Unblocked. Near amenities. Can contra. 9801-6382 ERA 5 T CORNER Blk 27 Chai Chee. Lift level. Unblocked. Bright breezy. 100% move-in. Near mkt/ shops. Ernest 9101-0642 5 'S' CORNER Blk 91 Bedok N. 803. Simple renovation.
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      • 643 13 (jfl HDBAPTS FOR SALE BISHAN DELIGHTS Exec Mais Blk 186. 808. Huge hall. Very well kept. No noon sun. 5 T Blk 293. Very high floor. Windy. Well kept. No noon sun. 4 'S' Blk 166. 809. Beautiful house. Move in. Ouiet Buyers/ sellers welcome 9493-2213 KVM Bishan Penthse 128
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      • 582 13 a HDB APTS FOR SALE (BISHAN) SIM MING CT. 4 'A' Unblocked. Bik 454. Dr to dr. Near Ai Tong Sch. SI2K cash. 9522-2186 Agt SISK UP! 4 'A' blk 205 Bishan. High fir, unblocked, privacy, move in. 9387-5250 Chris Soo 238 BISHAN ST 22 Exec Apt. 143 sqm. Unblocked.
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      • 626 13 E HDB APTS FOR SALE (BUKIT BATOK) LAST CALL! 3 'NG' Blk 242. Near MRT/ mkt/ Westmall/ amenities. Renovated. Valued tIiSK. $IOK up. Call 985-***** Thomas HSR 3 T BT. Batok Blk. 505. Well kept. Mins. to MRT/ central/ interchange/ mosque. SISK neg. Hana Mohd 9871-6999 PN 3 'NG' BLK
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      • 596 13 Wfiti HDB APTS FOR SALE MUM (BT MERAH/O'STOWN/ I TELOK BLANGAH) RARE CORNER 3 w-rm adjoin ing 3 'NG. Exec apt blk. 64. T. Blangah Dr. Mid fir. 149 sqm/ 4 toilets. Huge hall. Can buy recess. *****595 CR PN 4 'A' 129 Clarence Lane. Junction of Tanglin/ Alexandra Rd.
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      • 2062 14 E HDB APTS FOR SALE (CENTRAL/CITY) HUGE 5-RM (3+3) Oik 1. Beach Rd. Very high fir. New renovation. Near amenities/ Shops/ MRT. Don't Miss! 9638-8874 DTZ MUST SELL! 4-RM Blk 40 Cambridge. Mid fir. Bright windy. Renovated. Amenities. Valued. Serious seller! 9027-1377 RH rS ERA yJ NEW LISTING! 3 T
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      • 969 14 IHDB APTS FOR SALE (CHOACHUKANG/ BUKIT PANJANG) 4 'A' BT Panjang Blk 402. Mid fir. 4 'NG' Teck Whye Blk 26. Corner. Mid floor. 9518-7203 FA 4-RM ALL BT PANJANG. High fir. 4 'A' 175, 527. Renovated. LRT II! 4 'A' Corner 511, 518. 9487-9279 4 'S' BLK 431. Bt
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      • 933 14 HHDB APTS FOR SALE (CLEMENTI/ WEST COAST) PANDAN 5-RM (406), (401). 3-rm (411). Teban 3-rm (11). Exec apt (51). ES 9205-3220 RARE 4 'A' blk. 611 Clementi W. Low fir./ cash. Renovated. Ginza Plaza/ mkt./ sch. *****285 MRS RARE 3 'A' Blk 612 West Coast, high fir. Mkt/ Ginza Plaza.
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      • 896 14 f«WI HDB APTS FOR SALE Ei|O (GEYLANG/EUNOS/ gg| MACPHERSON) 6PM OPEN HSE. $13K cash 4 NG' blk 31 Balam Rd. Lift level, face NS, all amenities. *****063 Rfl HDB APTS FOR SALE Ei^J (HOUGANG/S'GOON/ MH| YIOCHUKANG) BEN LOW 9008-3080 (DW) LOR AH SOO 5 'A' 143 High/ marble fir. Corner.
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      • 1009 14 Rfl HDB APTS FOR SALE Eily (HOUGANG/S'GOON/ jjjfll YIOCHUKANG) ip U v r^ffL 801 Jtn.A JL \JI J 1) 5T 655 Corner Hougang Pt Dlk high fir. unblock beautiful view!! 2) 4 'A' 172 Hougang Just 6 yrs! 100% move-in. Low *****790 3 'A' HOUGANG. Blk 102. Good location. 77
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      • 836 14 HDB APTS FOR SALE (HOUGANG/S'GOON/ YIO CHU KANG) 5 T CORNER Blk 546 Sgoon N. Renovated. Mid fir. Rosyth sch./ mkt./ shops. LPW 6534-5677 5 T CORNER 927. 5 yrs. 120 sq.m. Lift level. Hougang Pt/ mkt. Designer decor. Low 9023-9233 5 'I' SERANGOON Central Blk 419. Low fir. Renovated.
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      • 1096 14 ■TH HDB APTS FOR SALE EXEC APT 115 Ho Ching 200% move-in. F/aircon. Spacious. MRT/ sch. Low cash! 9455-6629 EXEC MAIS JURONG W. Blk 862. SO cash up! 4 bdrms. Shpg ctr. Walued S3SOK. 9722-5567 agt. EXEC APT BLK 287A #02. $0K up. Exec Mais Blk 285C corner. #10/ #12.
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      • 823 14 Hfll HDB APTS FOR SALE (MARINE PARADE) LOW CASH 5 rm Pt Blk 43 Marine crescent, Lift level, Bright Tao Nan Sch/ Mkt. 9528-8722 NEW! BLK. 72, 5-rm. 122 sq.rr, Amenities abundant, good sch. Windy. Musn't miss! *****801 3-RM BLK 64. Marine Dr. #12. Parkway Parade/ Tao Nan. 100% move
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      • 699 15 BfS HDB APTS FOR SALE J^JJPASIRRIS/ ChANGI) SOK! EXEC APT. Corner. 224. Pasir Ris. High fir. Renovated. Spacious living. 2 balconies. Good facing. Windy. *****669 ERA 249 EXEC APT. Very very very :ow cash consider! High fir. Unlocked. Spacious 147 sqm. Come now or you'll miss it! *****100 4 'A'
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      • 855 15 ■ffl HDB APTS FOR SALE m (TAMPINES/SIMEI) AT SO CASH! Exec Apt Pt Blk 739/ 856C. F/renovated. Aircon. 6 yrs. Sch. Worth viewing. Aiot for so little! Mahadi 9831 7343 H&A ATTN! LOW CASH! 5 A Blk 477 Tampines. 132 sqm. Near food ctr/ NTUC/ wet mkt. Value 5332K. Convenient.
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      • 1014 15 B?l HDB APTS FOR SALE B^J (TAMPINES/SIMEI) 5 T CORNER Blk 869 Tampines. Renovated. 4 bdrms. Move in. Windy. Amenities/ schs. All races. Can contra. *****128 PN 5 'I' CORNER Blk 246 Simei/ 4 Ddrms. Mid fir. Lift level. Renovated. Very near MRT. Amenities. Valued. Sneg. *****494 PN 5 T
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      • 977 15 1791 HDB APTS FOR SALE KiiJ (TOAPAYOH/ |m POTONGPASIR) ALMOST SOLD! 4 T Blk. 200 T. Payoh. mid fir./ lift level. Simple/ well kept. Mins to MRT. Valued S2OOK. Bernard *****-224 PN. LOW CASH! 4 'A' T Payoh Blk 808. Near central/ MRT. Lift level. Valued 3345K. Simple well kept.
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      • 862 15 Rf] HDB APTS FOR SALE Kill (WOODLANDS/ g|| SEMBAWANG) SEMBAWANG/ WOODLANDS FOR SALE 5 'I' blk 645, high fir. Woodlands 4 'A' blk 311, high fir. Sembawang 4 'A' blk 319 mid fir. Sembawang 5 'V blk 300, mid fir. Sembawang 5 'V blk 308, high fir. Sembawang 5 'I'
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      • 691 15 BHDB APTS FOR SALE (WOODLANDS/ SEMBAWANG) JUMBO BLK 849 Woodlands St 82. Unblocked. Marbie. Renovated. 100% move-in. 4-bdrms. Excellent corner layout. *****070 JUST 5 YRS. Sembawang Blk 304. Corner Exec Apt. 4 bdrms. 141 sq.m. 6 x spilt aircon. Italian ceramic fir. MRT/ Sch. *****039 NEW LIST! 5 'I' corner
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      • 904 15 RTI HDB APTS FOR SALR Kill (WOODLANDS/ fIJH SEMBAWANG) 5 'I' B6l Mid fir. 127 sqm/ 4 'A' corner 842, 606, 610/ Exec Apt *****2. Designer decor. Call 9145-3196 Bestlink, Leon 5 'V CORNER 628A Hig.i fir. Condo layout. Designer decor. Move in cond. Amenities/ MRT/ school/ mkt. Valued. NC-PN
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      • 1013 15 DHDB APTS FOR SALE (WOODLANDS/ SEMBAWANG) 5 'I' 677 Woodlands. 2 mins to MRT/ amenities. Big hall/ master rm. Closing soon! SRN 9801-1000 5 'I' CORNER 770 Woodlands. 5 yrs. High fir. Well renovated, brand new. Opp. mart. *****352 5 'I' CORNER. Woodlands Blk 628A. Designer decor. Condo layout. All
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      • 843 15 Rfl HDB APTS FOR SALE |^(YISHUN) ALL RACES. PRABU: 9858-4450.. 4 "S" blk 610/ 275. 95% loan. 100% move in. Near MRT, schs. ALMOST SOLD! 3 A Yishun 283 High fir. Unblocked. Windy. Amenities. Valued. 9028 2263 CASH S10K! 5 T 81k.411. Corner. F/renovated. #02. Any races. Well-kept. 9709-3497 PERRON
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      • 670 15 RTJ HUDC/HDBAPTS |^J WANTED (RENT/ BUY) PropNexpfiJ LADY TEACHER/ PROFESSIONAL/ Couples/ Families urgently seeks whole unit for rental. 100% lega! tenants. neg. 6283 0513 (MRS JAYANTHI CHANDRAN) Tel *****301 Pg: *****651. Rental Specialist. HDB/ HUDC wanted in all area urgently. Pis call now. TENANTS LOOKING FOR I unit to rent
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      • 800 16 R!l FACTORY SPACE JURONG ENGRG WORKSHOP 4000/ 8000/ 9800 sqft c/w crane. High ceiling. Good cond fr 75cts psf. 5E Property *****300 D.14 OFF ALJUNIED ShOHTm/ O«--fice/ warehse 4000-10.700 sq.ft. Upper fir. MRT/ easy access Ample Barking. Low S! Pg: *****561 ÜBI TECH Pk Ground fir. 1442 sq.ft. Easy loading.
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      • 1206 16 JH] FACTORY SPACE RH FACTORY SPACE IjHjj FACTORY SPACE HBBBp PBB 16 Ground Floor Units HmjMy£||^£^ For Sale gurr^^V^ftyip (1 ,087-1 ,808 sq ft) RRHRHRHBiSb From $370,000 onwards Your very own ■HiIMM[MIMR^9 frontage 3J|jjjg^f^j|fj|p|p^jp|fi§PJ^B URGENT SALE! EUNOS Techpark. 1324 sq.ft, partitioned/ carpeted/ QFFIfF SPAPF bT^ti OFFIfF SPAfF aircon. Suit office
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      • 490 16 a OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT REGENCY HOUSE Near Somerset MRT. 2,852 to 3,552 sq ft Exclusive one unit per floor Attractive rent Far East Organization Tel: 6428-8600 INTERNATIONAL BUILDING 360 ORCHARD ROAD Area: 323 to 1,582 sq ft Next to Shaw House Outside CBD Near Orchard MRT Bare/ Fitted unit
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      • 728 16 Kfl OFFICE SPACE I^dFORRENT HI-TECH RENOVATED OFFICE LOW RENT: $1.30 $3.30 psf Alexandra/ River Promenade 1000, 1450, 2500 ***** sqft Bugis/ Lavender/ Aljunied 900. 1450, 5200 -***** sq.ft Int'l. Biz. Park/ West Coast 1300, 1800, 3000 -***** sq.ft Cityhali/ Novena/ Scotts Rd 500, 850, 1200 ***** sq.ft Sims Ave/ Expo
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      • 833 16 Rfl OFFICE SPACE I^dFORRENT NEW 6-STOREY Office next to Raffles Hotel. Amenities. 1500-6800 sq.ft. Near MRT! Excellent location! Rent neg. Warees 6883-1114 ALL DISTS INSIDE CDB/ outside CBD area. Office space various sizes fr 400 2000 sq.ft. Attractive rental rates. 9162 4596 RS. D.Ol 708 SMITH St. Approx. 888 sq.ft.
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      • 782 16 a OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT GOLDEN WALL CTR. 2nd fir. 160 sqft with pte access. Furn. Aircon. S6OO. Call 9003-9298 UIC BUILDING. 1528/ 2228 sqft. High fir. Sea view. Near MRT. $2.80 psf neg. Y&Y 9310-8031 D.Ol CLUB ST 801. 1743 sq.ft. 802 1666 sq.ft. Self contained renovated. Greenhill. Pg
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      • 514 16 Rfl OFFICE SPACE D.OI TONG ENG Bldg, Cecil St. 2 units. 1270/ 807 sq.ft. Renovated. High fir. Near MRT. 999 yrs. DTZ 9214-0729 D.02 MAXWELL HOUSE. 1216 sq.ft. Partitioned. Carpeted. Furn. Serious seller. 6221-7811/ 9211-7147 TONG ENG BLDG 463 sq.ft. Cecil St. High fir. Partition. Prime biz dist. 999 yrs.
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      • 854 16 Rfl SHOP SPACE |^U FOR RENT BOWLING SHOP SPACE. 420 SC .ft. for immediate rent at Recreation Ctr. Also very near to Billaro Centre, ideal for Bowling/ Billard retailing accessories/ services etc. Caii *****966 (Kenneth/ Sally). Short term lease welcome 8,000 SQ.FT. F/ furn Dancing Stt dio for rent. Ideal
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      • 876 17 BH SHOP SPACE TELOK BLANGAH 2-STOREY snophse. Approx. 1000 sqft. showrm. office, entertainment. Wisely *****355/ *****315 Teo LITTLE INDIA. S'GOON Rd. ace main rd. New bldg. 2000/ 4000 sq.ft. 2 units. Heavy human traffic. Jimmy 9450-0993 BEDOK CENTRAL SHOPHSE. 732/ 372 sq.ft. Interchange/ food ctr/ theatre. Heavy human traffic. Any
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      • 846 17 rel shop space I^Uforrent SHOP FOR RENT at Far East Plaza. Prime location. I*o3. 220 sq.ft. No deposit required. *****466 $I.BK AMK BLK 330. 300/ 700 sq.ft. shop space. Ideal for clinic, reflexology. 9608-3300 Agt SPACE RENTAL FOR manicure sves Raffles Place spa. Furn. Tel: *****163 Lynn. S'GOON RD 2-STOREY
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      • 1261 17 fjffl SHOP SPACE Rfl SHOP SPACE Commercial Centre of Geylang Beach Rd Approved 2 units, 2' .■■storey eating hse at Beach Rd. Good surrounding human traffic (Hotel Commercial Office) Nearly completed 3 units, 2-storey ctr. Geylang main rd. Corner unit approved eating hse with 6 stalls. 2 units of commercial
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      • 856 17 t RESTAURANT/ ffT\ RESTAURANT/ LOUNGE EJUJ LOUNGE SPACE FOR RENT HH SPACE FOR RENT RESTAURANT LOCATION! Prime restaurant space at Tan Chong Tower for lease! 4000 sqft Close to museums, clneplexes, hotels |O service apartments WL C| Minutes to Bugls and Sjpt City Hall MRT stations I M i Customer
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      • 1179 17 Effl PROPERTIES IN W77\ PROPERTIES IN U^MALAYSIA/ BATAM WUUU MALAYSIA/ BATAM BINTAMG IND PK II bihh Ann o Factory/ Warehouse/ Land for Sale/ Lease IUU/O Land fr. 6,618 to 44,848 sqft FOREIGNER Built-in fr. 5.165 to 21,000 sqft OWNERSHIP 5520.00 psf up. < neg (Pis call for further discussion) land
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      • 651 18 R^Xi^l M*-i.'i* B^aJ! "The perfect end to a holiday in Amsterdam?" *The start of another one in London, Paris, Rome, Madrid or Lisbon." 6D Amsterdam London fir $1,708 6D Amsterdam Paris fr $1,678 6D Amsterdam &t Rome fr $1,778 6D Amsterdam Madrid fr 1 ,698 6D Amsterdam <Sjl Lisbon fr
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      • 2945 20 /m Afl J__-B_BB_-_B_H___BB__B__B_^ slLA^__H)^ CHOO#I^^ ¥Cf^tVl# RHHH Hl_i n^ML v^ ■jJ^/^Tyjl/ (s^) ♦> Determine your hand size by measuring the distance between your "lifeline" on your palm to the tip of your \f^ kJ>_J V\ <^*^ middle finger. Rackets comes in circumference sizes from 4" upwards. x, Written by Loh
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      • 2321 21 tC^HER CAREER VPBi OTHER CAREER Rf!l OTHER CAREER Rfl OTHER CAREER HJI OTHER CAREER RWj CAREER st« m»«s I=. |i=« HiS^lil&Ms fIBB W-fa Business Writing Essentials Say It Clearly! ..^C^^rS^HHHHL Examines the essential skills required for writing according to Helps you improve your pronunciation, tone, pace and pausing \^^M9^^MWKjJKJ^m^m^Bßk modern
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      • 773 21 BANKRUPTCY ACT (CHAPTER 20) BANKRUPTCY RULES IX THE HIGH COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE In Bankruptcy No. 1 080 of 2002/P RH LEONG YOKE LAN (NRICNo. SI *****4C) EX-PARTE OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED (RCNO *****0032W) Petitioning Creditors NOTICE OF ADVERTISEMENT To :Leong Yoke Lan lately of 50 1.orong 40
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      • 1201 21 In The Subordinate Courts of The Republic of Singapore In the Cause Of Writ of Distress No 259 of 2002 Between Far East Square Re Ltd Execution Creditors And Tay Chun Hsiong (Zheng JunXiong) Execution Debtor AUCTION SALE OF Hand phones/Spare parts/Accessories. Photocopiers, Computer, Printer, Cash register, Mini fridge, Mim-compo
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      • 1024 22 I RECRUIT GUIDTI 603 Job Application 627 Marketing/ Communications 660 Apprentice Acknowledgements 630 Sales 663 Warehousing/ 606 Professional/ Executive 633 Counter/ Telephone Sales Inventory 609 Engineering 636 Customer Service 666 Security 61 2 IT 639 Agent/ Broker/ Trader 669 Cleaner 61 5 Lecturing/ Teaching 642 Hotel/ Restaurant/ Lounge 672 Despatch/
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      • 1124 22 ■Jill PROFESSIONAL/ iffl PROFESSIONAL/ mfl EXECUTIVE POSITIONS EXECUTIVE POSITIONS P3 GCE '0' 'A' level with at least 2-3 years' experience 3 Relevant experience in partial set of account J Knowledge of MS Office and accounting software preferred D Bilingual in English and Mandarin Interested applicants, to write-in or fax-in with
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      • 604 22 B ENGINEERING POSITIONS 1. ELECTRICAL SOFTWARE DESIGN ENGINEER 2. MECHANICAL DESIGN ENGINEER (S$3.3K neg/ Eunos) S'porean/ PR, Diploma/ Degree in ELECTRICAL/ MECHANICAL ENGRG Min 3 years relevant experience in electrical design OR mechanical design for hard disk machines from factory automation industry Regional travelling required PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR (SS2.SK neg/ Batam)
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      • 467 22 fffTl LECTURING/ TEACHING POSITIONS PIANO VIOLIN Teachers required at Music School in Jurong area. Pis call 6561-9746 TRAINED/ EXPERIENCED TEACHERS needed in CCK/ Admiralty. 6762-7797/ 6365-3877 Rfl TUTORING DO YOU WANT TO HAVE A SMART TEACHING CAREER? (Primary Secondary) 25hrs/wk $2000/mth Join our CERTIFIED SKYTUTOR team today for an exciting
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      • 461 22 IZfl ART/CREATIVE KUposmoNS VACANCY FOR SITE Coordinator at design consultant firm. Possess Class 3 license. Able to read drawings. Basic knowledge of cornices parquet a Must. Contad Terry Tan at 9760 8358 GRAPHIC DESIGNER required by printing co. Photoshop/ Pagemaker/ Freehand/ Illustrator. Able to read type in Chinese. With or
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      • 543 22 Mfljl SALES POSITIONS Kfjl SALES POSITIONS MANAGEMENT TRAINEE With 3 years and above jewellery expenence in managerial level. Salary will commensurate with your qualification and experience. JEWELLERY EXECUTIVE Min GCE 'N' Level. With at least 2 years jewellery experience. Pleasant disposition with good sales presentation sk'lls and team spirit. Proficient
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      • 1625 23 B SALES POSITIONS VSfi SALES POSITIONS iKfJI SALES POSITIONS 1 Highly Rewarding Career <X/A Pre-requisite: Singaporean PR, above 2 1 years Outgoing and aggressive y% Preferably with selling experience fly, More than 3 years experience in selling to be considered tor the senior positions Your benefits will be: vyfr Strong
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      • 560 23 iPfl CUSTOMER SERVICE iSfl CUSTOMER SERVICE jMlPosmoNS mM positions Wyr^ Swedish Company is looking for suitable candidates to join our new Branch (High Remuneration Medical Transport Good Career Advancement with Training^ Interested applicants, please come personally: Milton Singapore, Indonesia Room, Level 5 M 581 Orchard Road, Singapore *****3 _Aj 2pm
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      • 448 23 A) CUSTOMER SERVICE EXEC. Novena/ S day. $3K neg. Diploma/ Degree Experience in PC environment or supervisory experience in .call centre a must. B) CUSTOMER SVC OFFICER. Übl. '0' levels with 1-2 yrs experience a must Chinese speaking *****233 x 12. Lie C4SO3OIC Email: cl^businessedge.com.sg CUSTOMER SVC/ SALES ASST required.
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      • 970 23 RQ mMii^lnlm^? 17 EBJ HOTEL/RESTAURANT/ |f!J HOTEL/RESTAURANT/ 1) FRONT DESK ASSISTANT 2 V W TRE D SS Walk-In-Interview Lorteehouse Chinese Restaurant i 3) BARTENDER 4) ROOM STEWARD /STEWARDESS 5) KITCHEN STEWARDESS OHOUSEMAN/HOUSEMAm dSTSJX^. 7) COMMIS COOK 317 Outram Road Unit 81-04 Singapore *****5 Front OfficeExecutives I japa r N e
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      • 585 23 B HOTEL/RESTAURANT/ VfH HOTEL/RESTAURANT/ LOUNGE POSITIONS Utfl LOUNGE POSITIONS I Due to expansion, we require the I I^^^^^^&SlS fdowina pesrtioni: 1 1 year relevant experience ~~~f I Walk-in-Intcrview I THURSDAY TD FRIDAY: 9AM-1 2PM 2F» N1 F» fvi I 16 Senoko Ruenue S'pore7sB3B6~l PastaMania seeks an energetic experienced graduate to
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      • 539 24 Wfl ADMINISTRATIVE/ Hffl ADMINISTRATIVE/ CLERICAL POSITIONS r7cmr kt ™?<-™' EAS International Transportation (Spore) Pte Ltd require the I I following expenence stuff 1 Minimum 0 levels, computer literate K Minimum 2 years expenence in airfreight industry Qualified Tradenet user W* Bilingual in English Mundunn B Minimum '0' levels, computer literate
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      • 311 24 •ffl ADMINISTRATIVE/ POSITIONS 3 Required urgently mm. A Exp and knowledge of ACCPAC and computer 6* Location Woodlands J P/ease fax your resume and expected salary to I Fax: 6257 1171 or ema// to t jolene@iordoninter.com.sgj j requires: COURSE O-ORDINATOR 'A' level Willing to work on Weekends shifts Willing to
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      • 771 24 D ADMINISTRATIVE/ CLERICAL POSITIONS "jXr^stabglas^jorequires' □3HCM3EII3 O level PC literate Experience preferred but not neccessary Bilingual in English Mandarin Good typing skills I Transport can be arranged SV; days week Please send fax email resume to: i 4 Tuas Sonlh SI. 2. 5(*****1Tel: 6863 4511 Fax: 6861 9255 j Email:
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      • 720 24 •ffl ADMINISTRATIVE/ CLERICAL POSITIONS YOUNG &ENEGERTIC Clerk/ Sales. Female working enviroment. Aljunied MRT. Voice/ fax *****817 CO IN PAYA Lebar requires General Clerk. Salary $1000. Please call 6842-0034 SI.4K ADMIN. CLERK, Chai Ctiee 5 days. GCE 'o'. MS office. Speak Mandarin *****828 (*****51C) OPERATIONS ASST. REQUIRED with freight forwarding experience.
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      • 1050 24 IM PERSONALASSISTANT PERSONAL ASSISTANT PERSONAL ASSISTANT TANAH MERAH /0% COUNTRY CLUB iH? 25 Changi Coast Road, Singapore *****3 requires Confidential Minute Secretary /PA to GM 'A' Level with excellent command of English Experience in writing minutes of meetings At least 5 years experience in a medium size organization Good interpersonal
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      • 1057 24 fffl TECHNICAL fffl TECHNICAL U^ POSITIONS UyJ POSITIONS An establish local Electrical Engineering Company invites dynamic Singaporeans, PRs and Malaysians to join tfiem in the following positions: ITC NTC in Electrical Mechanical Services 3to 5 years experience in Building M&E Works Maintenance in local environment Able to work independently Diploma
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      • 1031 25 VRI PRODUCTION ITH PRODUCTION WM uncmftwc IMPOSITIONS Pfj MEIBAN MICRO PTE LTD PRODUCTION OPERATORS A Shift 7 00 am to 3.10 pm C Shift :11.00 pm to 7.1 Oam Relevant experience in related industries Able to start work immediately MATERIAL HANDLER L Able to do shift work and physically fit
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      • 543 25 t WAREHOUSING/ INVENTORY 1 POSITIONS STORE ASST CUM DELIVERY Secondary education Possess class 3 driving license Preferably with some experience in warehousing Interested pls call Mr Tham from Mon-Fri At *****233 STOREKEEPERS Min. GCE 'N' level Compute: knowledge Class 3 licence Store inventory knowledge Interested pls call: Tel: 6365-2282 Alice
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      • 1867 25 ITJI OTHER POSITIONS |Ttl OTHER POSITIONS |TTI OTHER POSITIONS WTI OTHER POSITIONS h. SUPERVISORS/ASSISTANT SUPERVISORS BEDOK MARKET PLACE SEMBAWANG For TAMPINES TG KATONG COMPLEX (Cashiering) 12. ADMINISTRATION CLERK GINZA PLAZA Is. CHECKOUT SERVICE ASSISTANTS cashiering (Fun/Part-Time) BUKIT BATOK GINZA PLAZA THOMSON IMPERIAL COURT TG KATONG COMPLEX NEW WORLD CENTRE For
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      • 859 26 Manager Assistant Manager Executive Service Delivery You will be responsible for providing consultancy services and assistance to ApDOlllt local and overseas customers on business centres start-up. You will also be r involved in conducting training and rendering support delivery to strive towards the success of the business. fh p QPSt
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