Today, 18 April 2002

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    8 1 TODAY MITA (P) 063/11/2001 April 18, 2002 Thursday
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    Lock icon Rate hikes can wait, says Greenspan
    228 1 Agencies WASHINGTON The markets had anticipated correctly. Most Wall Street analysts had not expected Mr Alan Greenspan to signal an imminent rise in US interest rates in his testimony yesterday to the Joint Economic Committee of the US Congress. They were proved right as
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    Rumble in the market
    550 1  -  Francis Kan lessons from Dayen saga by francis@newstoday.com.sg INVESTORS' renewed love affair with IPOs this year has hit a sour note as controversy surrounds the dizzy gains made by newly-listed Dayen Environmental. The Singapore Exchange (SGX) confirmed that it was looking into the trading of the
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      21 1 Check out our two specials, on boaf and METS ASIA 2002; I and an 11-page look at Singapore's logistics industry I
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      216 1 Get the hospitalisation cover $4X0,000 without paying cash. If you fall sick, and require r-z. SupremeHealth hospital treatment, the last iJTiiPiTra.i..; i.M',■ thing you should have to ■H'M-nt-iimii-iißi-mas worry about is money. But your existing health cover may be alarmingly inadequate to meet the rising costs of hospital care. That's
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Women's blues
      421 2  -  Leong Phei Phei Mental health institute helps women deal with depression by pheiphei@newstoday.com.sg THIRTY-FIVE-year-old Sharon Ng (not her real name) is afflicted with a "woman's disease". It is something more insidious than breast or cervical cancer, two of women's biggest fears. What she has is a disease of
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      Lock icon PM: You are talking in a vacuum unless...
      139 2 Channel NewsAsia GLOBAL efforts to tackle terror and developing economic cooperation and inter-cultural ties between Asia and Europe will top the agenda at September's Asia-Europe Meeting (Asem). Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong, who is in Denmark on an official visit, said: "Unless
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      Budget to be announced before trading stops
      254 2 THE complete Budget statement, to be delivered by Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Lee Hsien Loong on May 3, will be made while financial markets are still open. Mr Lee will begin his speech at 2.30pm and end by 4.30pm 30 minutes
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      Freeing precious land
      94 2 THE success of the Underground Ammunition Facility (UAF) in Mandai will open up many avenues in land-use optimisation here, said First Permanent Secretary for Defence Peter Ho. When operational in 2004, the UAF will reduce the land for ammunition storage by 90 per cent. This means that
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      BP hikes pump prices
      87 2  -  -Joy Frances BP yesterday announced hikes of three and two cents respectively for petrol and diesel prices, a day after it assured motorists that prices would not be raised. This follows similar increases by Caltex on Tuesday. Meanwhile, ExxonMobil said it was unable to comment on
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      Lock icon Powell's peace mission in tatters
      124 3 Agencies RAMALLAH (West Bank) A second visit to Ramallah by US Secretary of State Colin Powell for talks with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat confirmed what was suspected all along: The Middle East peace mission is in tatters. Israeli leader Ariel Sharon has not withdrawn from
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      Lock icon Tighter grip?
      276 3 Agencies Tung unveils ministerial system in HK HONG KONG In a move that will allow Hong Kong to erase traces of its colonial past, Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa yesterday unveiled a new system of governance. Mr Tung told the Legislative Council that the ministerial system would have 14
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      TNP report
      189 3 A HEADLINE on the cover of yesterday's The New Paper said "Maid fights burglar with broom". Inside, the report had deatils of how, despite the maid fighting the burglar and getting hurt in the process, the burglar escaped with $3,000 in cash and $20,000 worth of jewellery in
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      Proof of ties
      144 3 SEOUL Singapore's President S R Nathan and his South Korean counterpart, Mr Kim Dae Jung, have held a summit agreeing to further boost cooperation between their countries. Mr Nathan, who arrived here on Tuesday, is the first Singaporean President to visit South Korea in an official capacity.
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      Shame on You
      515 4  -  Joy Frances This video hopes you will stop eating shark's fin by joy@newstoday.com.sg THE response to the Save Our Sharks campaign has been good, but OceanNEnvironment, the conservation group that launched it here a year ago, is stepping up its activities. The on-going campaign aims to educate
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      204 3 While you were sleeping.. Many of us must have our newspapers. Every morning. Without it, something's amiss. The coffee does not taste good. And the bread is stale. Few of us realise the amount of work that goes into preparing the newspaper everyday. To get it out early in the
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  • HOME NEWS
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      A postal code is just a toll-free phone call away
      189 6 KNOW the address but not the postal code? Try the speech-enabled "Postal Code Helpline" an automated system from SingPost and Nasdaq-listed SpeechWorks International that gives the public access to more than 122,000 postal codes island-wide. Its state-of-the-art speech recognition technology
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      Coming alive
      354 6  -  Leong Phei Phei More women sign up with writers' society by pheiphei@newstoday.com.sg AT the height of the Society of Singapore Writers' 26-year existence, it had 75 members. And the only activity it could boast of was its annual general meeting. And the meeting was attended by a handful.
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      219 7 Amoral offers you the ult i mate tax relief. Apply now and win a chance to have your income tax paid for you. Thanks to American Express*your income tax need not be taxing. Just apply for any A special gift awaits you if you apply now! of our Cards or
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      Those beautiful trees are still standing
      229 8 I REFER to the article, "Green puzzle" (Today, April 10), regarding the gradual demise of trees in Singapore. I support the general theme but I believe that you have the facts wrong about "the leafy giants along the CTE having been uprooted to accommodate
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      Why no reply?
      274 8  -  Anthony Chng Yeong Siong Correspondence to govt officials seems to disappear without a trace SINGAPORE'S Civil Service has long prided itself in being at the forefront of promoting e-government services. While it has generally succeeded through initiatives like the e-citizen portal, some of its other "means of
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      Is ERP the only way to alleviate congestion?
      199 8  -  Steven Neo Wee Min I REFER to the article, "ERP comes to Dunearn Road" (Today, April 16). The Land Transport Authority (LTA) has a formidable task of keeping road conditions as smooth as possible for all commuters in Singapore. However, like all
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      Can this panel deliver?
      128 8  -  Kathleen Kwan I REFER to the recent appointment of members to head the censorship review panel. It is quite disappointing to note that only one member is directly involved in the performing arts Ms Ruby Lim-Yang, director of Act 3 Theatrics. The majority of the panel
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      How to afford Glivec
      203 8 I REFER to the letter, "Make new cancer treatment affordable" (Today, March 27) highlighting the high cost of the drug Glivec to treat chronic myeloid leukaemia and asking for the cancer treatment to be covered under Medisave. Glivec is a new drug that can be used
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      Lock icon On the mend
      354 10 Agencies But electronics pull down March index SINGAPORE'S key exports fell 17.3 per cent in March from a year earlier due to weak electronics shipments. But the latest figures for non-oil domestic exports released yesterday were an improvement on February's 23.4 per cent drop and within market
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      New rules for brokers
      142 10 THE Monetary Authority of Singapore yesterday announced new rules on minimum capital and financial requirements for stockbroking firms. Currently, stock brokers are subject to a minimum capital requirement of $15 million, while futures brokers need a minimum capital of $5 million. With the new rules, there
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        Singapore
        120 10 THE STI made a dash to a high of 1792.58, gaining 22.5 points before retreating to end 2.11 points up at 1772.16 a region that would come to be known as strong resistance. Market breadth was firm on two gainers to every fall while 310 counters were unchanged. Volume
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        Straits Times Index — 10-Day Chart
        5 10 Straits Times Index 10-Day Chart
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        World markets
        55 10 Index Value Change Pis Nikkei 225 *****.71 +197.05 +1.74 Hang Seng All Ordinaries Taiwan Wtd *****.58 3350.60 6390.68 +302.05 +13.70 +132.95 +2.80 +0.41 +2.12 Korea Comp SET Index Jakarta Comp 930.51 390.73 542.27 +29.22 +11.10 -9.33 +3.24 +2.92 -1.69 Phils Comp Shenzen B Mumbai 1404.41 221.11 3421.82 +11.14
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        Your S$1 buys
        29 10 JK£ fen 1K$ <M :uro (upiah u.jtu/ 0.3787 71.446 4.2647 2.0780 0.6156 5156.2 A$ Indian Rs Won C$ Yuan NZ$ 1.0184 26.751 718.21 0.8620 4.5260 1.2277
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        Commodities
        21 10 Sold us$/oz 299.500 iilver us$/oi 4.405 'latinum us$/oi 535.300 Rubber cents/kg 124.00 Palm oil RM/tonne 1177 Brent crude us$/barrel 24.315
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        SGX most active
        57 10 By volume Apr 17 Beyonics Ipco PNE Micron Dayen Integra 'OOO 38,585 38,424 27,444 27,024 17,389 ManOri USS Portek DatacrftUSS L&M ASTI 'OOO 15,603 15,547 15,544 14,484 13,729 By value Apr 17 Chartered DBS Venture DatacrftUSS ST Engg 66,698,920 45,169,300 41,200,600 33,710,970 28,542,822 Creative 50 GreatEast SIA
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        SGX top rises
        70 10 )y$ By percentage \pr 17 Close Change jeative50 21.400 +0.900 Apr 17 Close Change Santak 0.190+26.667 fenture 17.500 +0.300 Presscrete 0.055 +22.222 iPHlOO 24.200 +0.300 AcmaW*****6 0.030+20.000 bartered 4.920 +0.220 QianHuA 0.440+17.333 JOB 15.000 +0.200 iPH 24.200 +0.200 ihangAsia2kHKS 7.000 +0.150 CITYDEV 6.350 +0.100 QianHu 0.455+15.190 WizOffice
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        Lock icon SGX top falls
        75 10 BLOOMBERG )y$ \pr 17 Close Change 3reatEast 11.900 -1.400 By percentage Apr 17 Dayen Close Change 0.480 -20.661 ilA 13.800 -0.200 XC 4.920 -0.180 )ayen 0.480 -0.125 DCBC 13.800 -0.100 Seatown GMG USS Goldtron Koh Bros 0.020 -20.000 0.025 -16.667 0.030 -14.286 0.125 -10.714 AlantWantUSS 2.420 -0.060
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      3120 12 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS IftTTfiifß i^ra^ifl H i und Name NAV/Bid Price Oiler Price berdeen Asset Management (Asia) berdeenSe-AmericanOpportunities 0.732 0.77 berdeen Se-Asian Fixed Income 1.181 1.217 berdeen Se China Opportunities Fund 1.013 1.065 berdeen Se Continental Europe Eguity 0.993 1.043 berdeenSe Global MNC 0.631 0.663 berdeen Se Global Technology 0.451
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    • Corporate Briefs
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        Keppel Land's net profit rises
        58 12 DEVELOPER Keppel Land's net profit rose eight per cent to some $25 million in the first quarter. This follows higher turnover from the sale of residential units at property projects Amaranda Gardens, The Edgewater and Butterworth 8. Keppel Land said that it intends to launch
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        SPC's earnings soar 12-fold
        63 12 SINGAPORE Petroleum Company's net profits for the quarter soared 12-fold to some $17 million because of the steep rise in crude oil and product prices. SPC said it was able to capitalise on the lag in its downstream product pricing to improve its gross margins. The
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      Hosting hopes
      299 12  -  Val Chua SingTel aims to capture 8% of MHS market by val@newstoday.com.sg TO grab a bigger slice of Asia-Pacific's growing Managed Hosting Services (MHS) market, SingTel would roll out another data centre in Australia next month. This is its 10th regional data centre under its Expan network, launched
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      Lock icon On sale again
      173 14 Channel NewsAsia Holland Park site goes under the hammer A PRIME Holland Park residential site owned by collapsed property developer Grandlink Group is being put on the block again. The 23,000 square foot freehold plot currently occupied by a run-down single-storey house first went under the hammer
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      Lock icon A stake in gas
      252 14 Bloomberg JAKARTA Indonesia's state-owned gas company will announce on April 26, the winner of a stake in a company that will build a natural gas pipeline from Sumatra to Singapore. Two groups, including one with Malaysia's state-owned Petroliam Nasional (Petronas) and a unit of Conoco, submitted
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      Lock icon People's Food to list?
      177 14 Bloomberg CHINA'S largest producer of fresh and processed meat, People's Food Holdings, said it is studying a possible listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange to increase investor interest in its stock. The company, which sold shares in an initial public offering in Singapore in March
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      Lock icon Courts going to Thailand?
      436 16 Bloomberg Retailer also eyeing China, Philippines COURTS Singapore Ltd, a retailer of electrical appliances and furniture, said it may open superstores in Thailand as it seeks to expand its business beyond Singapore to boost earnings. The Thai economy is strengthening after the Asian financial crisis in
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      Lock icon HP, Compaq merger may hit Asian suppliers
      222 16 Bloomberg HSINCHU (Taiwan) HewlettPackard's plan to buy Compaq Computer Corp is forcing Mitac International Corp and other Asian suppliers to brace for possible business loss as the merged company shifts orders. "We've been doing internal precaution studies for possible damage to profit," said
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      249 10 Register to attend the DOLLAR SENSE OF US STOCK INDEX FUTURES SEMINAR -^WWM^ 9.00 am-11.30 am, Saturday 20 April 2002, B j|l 9 Battery Road #01-02, Straits Trading Building 1 ~~^^mmm^B What Is Stock Index Futures Trading How Investors Can Use US Stock Index Futures Understand Risk, Margining Order Placing
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  • Movers & Shakers
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      Beefing up base camp
      566 18  -  Don Bosco IE Singapore is here to help firms scale the peak of business success overseas by WHEN the Trade Development Board unveiled its new corporate identity last Friday, officially renaming itself International Enterprise Singapore (IE Singapore), the launch events were rife with references to mountaineering
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      Seek out strategic
      429 20  -  Don Bosco To remain competitive, companies must know how to forge effective partnerships by FOR a critical perspective on the operational trends and challenges that are reshaping the business management landscape today, you might try talking to the staff and students at The Logistics Institute-Asia Pacific. Located
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      allies
      136 21 Logistics was m previously very M functional, concerned mainly with standalone operations such as warehousing and transportation Dr Lau Hoong Chuirt ducted research on the logistics industry in China, studying its current players, market competition, as well as future potential. "The logistics industry in China is structured very differently
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      Maintaining standards
      548 22  -  Don Bosco Certified Professional Logistician programme aims to raise personal, industry marketability by SINCE Asia's first Certified Professional Logistician (CPL) programme was launched here in 2000, a total of 45 industry veterans have been granted the use of the designation. The programme, which was developed by the Chartered
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      A whole new world
      742 24  -  Don Bosco High tech logistics experience offers fresh new perspectives by YOUNG executives exposed to the burgeoning field of logistics today, will assure you that they've come to see the world in a different light. Jennifer Yau, 28, an Assistant Manager with IE Singapore, has had
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      Training them
      309 26  -  Don Bosco Industry can raise awareness by publicising by_ TODAY, most sectors of the logistics industry remain firmly focussed on the aspects of industrial innovation, professional certifications and global trade issues. Still, if Singapore is to grow as a competitive logistics hub, there is also a need to
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      265 19 Wmf\ i j^mr=- ;■-> 4trmr v mmy 9fc wr; Z a- 1 Xj^^k.~ '^^3* V'- 'i^X L .^H »v^ jj^E^^_ :*'iVr .•^^?I"^''^^\- IRI tt iSßff- de» Bu r^' ■k- .^s9s\ *t* 'Js\ mmmcFWßmm^m^mm7&*^. ■*&.&*^^mm^^mmemm^ Do you know that the logistics industry contributes to about 8 per cent of Singapore's Singapore-based
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      684 20 SIA Engineering Company, a subsidiary of Singapore Airlines, s^^^^MTQMT^^J^jT^^C^niPA|^^ £U^ is a leading provider of maintenance, repair and overhaul services to passengers and cargo air carriers in Asia Pacific. We provide technical ground handling services at Changi Airport to over 270 flights daily for 52 scheduled international carriers. As part
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      160 21 I V Let Singapore Post handle all logistics and product deliveries to your customers locally and globally so you range from collection and delivery, pick and pack, goods can focus on running your core business. distribution and management and warehousing. Singapore Post today, the leading last mile delivery With resources,
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      5 21 The New Logistics ■■iM^Mßi^^^^^^^^™ Singapore
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      453 23 IS EJU 11 'V among the best The CPL programme is a benchmark of excellence for measuring competency and proficiency within the profession of logistics and supply chain management. Launched jointly in August 2000 by the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) Singapore, International Enterprise Singapore (IE Singapore) and
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      308 30 I THE TRADE DEVELOPMENT BOARD W^*^ NOW HAS A NEW NAME AND NEW ROLE. I INTERNATIONAL ENTERPRISE SINGAPORE. Think global, think International Enterprise Singapore Ever thought about what it takes to build a multinational company? From the passion born in a single heart to a conglomerate setting the pace in
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Former Afghan King returns
      155 33 -AFP KABUL Afghan forces are on high alert as they await the return of exiled former King Mohamad Zahir Shah (picture), who is expected today. After 29 years in Rome, the former King's homecoming is seen as a major boost to the credibility of the UN-backed
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      357 33 Aussie military 'deleted telling pictures of refugees' CANBERRA In a stunning admission, the Australian Defence Force's public affairs head yesterday said she had ordered the deletion of photographs disproving government claims that asylum seekers had thrown children into the sea. Ms Jenny McKenry told a Senate inquiry that
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      238 33 ■AI<P JAKARTA Tommy Suharto, the youngest son of former Indonesian President Suharto, tried to bribe and threaten the judge who convicted him of graft in 2000, the court was told yesterday. Testifying as a witness, the widow of Supreme Court Judge Syafiuddin Kartasasmita said her husband
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      112 33 -AFP MANILA Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo does not think having her image on the local currency is an honour. The central bank had decided to show an image of her taking the presi- dential oath on the reverse of a new
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      117 33 Agencies TOKYO Amid protests by local farmers and landowners, Japan yesterday opened a second runway at Narita Airport in time for the World Cup finals. The new 2,180-metre track will help accommodate an influx of visitors expected for the tournament, which will be cohosted by Japan
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      320 34 suicide bombers do not improve Islam's image, says Mahathir RABAT (Morocco) The master of plain speech has asked Muslims all over the world not to reject reality. Addressing a group of about 300 Islamic intellectuals, Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad (picture) said Muslim
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      179 34 I SEOUL A campaign to investigate South Korean President Kim Dae Jung's three sons for alleged graft is gaining momentum ahead of presi- dential elections in December this year. The main opposition Grand I National Party (GNP), the singleI largest parliamentary force,
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      158 34 LONDON The BBC's World Service has been accused of having a "colonial mentality", with white male journalists calling the shots, The Guardian reported. An Asian journalist, Ms Sharan Sandhu, 51, told the Employment Tribunal on Tuesday that she suffered depression and stress at having
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  • COMMENTARY
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      961 37  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla but will this charming kampung survive? by SOME secrets like Pandora's box are best left unopened for fear that their revelation could alter our lives forever. Such were my thoughts when I came across a recent newspaper report that waxed eloquent about a little kampung
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      415 38  -  Janice Lee by. jani ce@newstoday.com.sg AMID all the talk about establishing Singapore as a global arts city, the National Arts Council (NAC) has set up a fund dedicated to arts research and development The NAC will disburse up to $500,000 a year to support projects
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      635 38 Reuters Japanese-style hotels reluctant to take in World Cup hordes TOKYO They cause a commotion in the communal bathrooms, get confused by squat toilets and soil the delicate "tatami" rush matting with their boots. Foreigners have been known to break every rule of Japanese etiquette,
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      The marvel of milk
      355 39  -  BuM Q Ida fiSaa S X 2fa The first food you take is also one of nature's best Milk is a naturally nutritious drink and a complete meal on its own. The amount of nutrients it contains is high and yet, milk has less fat than
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      62 39 Lactose intolerance is caused by the absence of an enzyme called lactase. It results in the inability of the body to break down lactose into simple sugars. In this case, the intestine breaks it down by bacterial fermentation, which then gives rise to the effects of lactose intolerance.
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      189 39 Full cream milk is pasteurised and homogenised. It contains 3.9 per cent fat. Suitable for most people except those who need to go on a low fat diet for health reasons. Skimmed milk has low fat content as it contains less than 0.15 per
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      152 39  - Stoamod Milk Eggwhite Custard -PaidtwDLd* THIS is a very popular dessert in Hong Kong where a steaming hot bowl is pure comfort food on a winter's night. Ingredients: 1 small pack Marigold HL Milk f 2 egg whites Raw sugar to taste (Method: 1. Gently beat egg white thoroughly, but
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      468 40  -  Aloysius Choong Despite its old-fashioned looks, this camera shines with its plethora of options Privacy standard THE World Wide Web Consortium has endorsed a new standard for online privacy the Platform for Privacy Preferences 1.0 (P3P technology). P3P is designed to help automate privacy decisions by letting
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      Try online first, then buy
      100 40 THE community of game enthusiasts in Singapore now has a new venue to source for computer games from PlanetMG. A service available at the Khabal game portal (www.khabal.com) provides gamers a variety of games from categories such as Action, Puzzles and Arcade Games. Players can
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      Marvels in the making
      386 41  -  Sarah Chua FOR CONSUMERS 'Write 1 on this Tablet PC and surf the Net with the Smartphone 2002 by sarah@newstoday.com.sg CREATE handwritten documents on your laptop, then cut, copy and paste from the document to an MS-Word document. Sounds incredible? 4 The Microsoft Windows XP Tablet
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      15 41 AN encryption utility to encrypt/decrypt files and folders to protect them from unauthorised use.
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      32 41 ID _Bank YOU may have too many passwords to remember. This software is a secure identity and password protection system. All you need to do is remember one password to access it.
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      46 41 THIS tool is similar to the task scheduler in Windows but goes further by starting applications under certain circumstances. For example, you can run "mp3towav.exe" after your two MP3 files have finished downloading and then run "shutdown" when the two wav files have been created.
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  • LIMELIGHT
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      188 42  -  Rachel Lo HERE'S some good news for fans of Kiefer Sutherland (picture). The actor is the star of a new television series, 24, now on MediaCorp TV Channel 5. Each episode of 24 features one hour of a fateful day. So, there are a
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      441 42  -  Elisa Chia Fish Leong gets used to juggling career with private life IMAGINE twirling and balancing a porcelain plate on one end of a thin stick. If you marvelled at Malaysian singer Fish Leong's (picture) breathtaking act at the National Kidney Foundation Charity Show, wait until you
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      241 42  -  Elisa Chia FAME seekers alert! Want to be a super star like Stefanie Sun and Jay Chou? This may be your ticket to the world of showbiz. Taiwan's top-notch artiste Jacky Wu (picture, right) and his long-time buddy, Singapore's Jack Neo (picture,
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      172 43 THEATRE A Doll's House The play traces the awakening of Nora Helmer from her unexamined life of domestic comfort. Her final door-slam made conservatives rage and liberals cheer, gave anti-femi-nists reason to fear and feminists reason to hope. Date: Until Sunday Time: Bpm Venue: Toy Factory Theatrette (I7A
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      568 43  -  Se'rene.Foo Autumn Tomyam's leading lady is raring to go IT will be a tough act to fill actress Tan Kheng Hua's big shoes. Veteran thespian Karen Tan (picture) will take on Kheng Hua's role as Marge Chang in Action Theatre's second serving of Autumn Tomyam. The
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  • INCINEMAS
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      641 44  -  Rachel Lo The quirky characters of Happy Now will leave you in splits by THE title can be misleading. Happy Now is not a happy film but a dark comedy-thriller with no intention of being funny. Set in a sleepy Welsh seaside town called Pen-Y-Wig, the story
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      242 46 Brief Crossing (France) R(A) A story about a French teenager who becomes enamoured with an older Englishwoman. Director: Catherine Breillat 7pm, Prince I 85 mins Take Care of My Cat (Korea) A subtle drama on the dilemma of 20-something existence. Director: Jeong Jae-eun 7pm,
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      Lock icon Bratt, Soto wed
      252 46 Agencies LOS ANGELES Former Law and Order star Benjamin Bratt (picture, left) and Talisa Soto (picture, right), his co-star in the 2001 film Pinero, were married on Saturday in Bratt's hometown of San Francisco, his spokeswoman said. Bratt, 38, and Soto, 35, were "wedded on Saturday in
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      199 46 Agencies LOS ANGELES Actor Burt Reynolds spoke fondly and was full of praise for his late friend and actor Robert Urich (picture), who died early on Tuesday after a long battle with cancer. Reynolds gave Urich his first acting job in 1972 when he played
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      802 50 EXOTIC locations, beautiful sunsets and the joys of exploring the undersea world. It's no wonder why more and more people pick up scuba diving each year. In the Today office, one out of six of our marketing and newsroom staff is a certified diver. We
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      75 50 30 pairs of boats METS tickets up for grabs! HERE'S your chance to pick up a pair of complimentary tickets to boats METS Asia this weekend. Simply read through the Wateredge supplement and answer the question. The first 30 readers to present the right answers at our office, Mediacorp Press
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      Lock icon Grand Dame RSYC stays with the times
      480 51  -  Kelvin Phang by kelvin@newstoday.com.sg ACCORDING to website www.burgees.com, the Republic of Singapore Yacht Club (RSYC) is the fifth oldest yacht club in the world, outside those in the United States. Established in 1826, it is also the oldest in Singapore and Asia. Although
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      677 52  -  Kelvin Phang IF YOU think fishing is far less popular than sports like rugby or hockey, think again. According to last year's Regular Sports Participation Survey conducted by the Singapore Sports Council (SSC), fishing is actually 24th in the top 40 list ahead of
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      210 52 MacRitchie, Lower Peirce and Upper Seletar Reservoirs The Public Utilities Board opened these three designated fishing areas to the public in Dec 2000. These are in addition to the existing ones at Kranji, Lower Seletar Reservoirs and Jurong Lake. Fishing is free of charge, but
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      144 51 I Your club by the sea Established in 1826, the Republic of Singapore Yacht Club (RSYC) Transportation to and from RSYC will be provided at one-and-a--prides itself as the only member-owned yacht club and the half-hourly intervals starting at 10.15am at Suntec Convention oldest club in Asia. With its award-winning
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Rokocoko could be next star
      372 55  -  Kelvin Phang Young winger out to impress by kelvin@newstoday.com.sg THE MIGHTY All-Blacks will be without some of its biggest stars like Jonah Lomu, Eric Rush, Christian Cuellen and Tana Umaga for the Singapore Sevens. But the future of New Zealand rugby will be in its
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      374 55 -AFP NEW DELHI Cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar criticised Indian captain Sourav Ganguly for not being flexible on the team's tour of the West Indies. "Being flexible is the key to good captaincy. And for that, the 'Prince of Kolkata' (Calcutta) has to
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      Lock icon Europeanpowered Kings ready for next step
      349 55 -AFP LOS ANGELES It is no coincidence that the Sacramento Kings, one of the most active teams to tap into the international market, will head into the playoffs with the best record in the league. Geoff Petrie, Kings' president of basketball operations, has taken
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      Lock icon Chelsea to play in Singapore?
      291 56  -  by Jose Raymond j ose@newstoday.com. sg BE PREPARED Blues fans. If everything proceeds according to the plans of Chelsea's main sponsor, Emirates Airlines', the likes of Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Gianfranco Zola, Eidur Gudjohnson and Mikael Forsell may just strut their stuff in Singapore later this
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      Stags aim to be best in South-east Asia
      398 56  -  Stanley Ho by stanley@newstoday.com.sg HE HAS been in charge for just two weeks. But newly appointed Tampines Rovers head coach Chow Kwai Lam harbours lofty ambitions for his charges. The outspoken Malaysian coach says he won't be satisfied with just being the
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      Lock icon Japan lucky to escape with a home draw
      215 56 Reuters YOKOHAMA Costa Rica missed a penalty as it drew 1-1 with World Cup co-host Japan in a friendly in Yokohama yesterday. The missed spot-kick by Costa Rica's Ronald Gomez in the 54th minute looked costly when Japan took the lead in
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      Hussain: I am qualified
      707 57 LAST WEEK, Today broke the story that former national coach Hussain Aljunied had been denied a licence to coach Gombak United. Yesterday, former national coach Hussain Aljunied sent the press an unsolicited letter, explaining his indignation at not being allowed to coach in the S-League. Below
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      Poulsen: No you are not
      877 57 Jan Poulsen replies, through Stanley Ho: I think I have, in my opinion, made the right decision. And I will stick by it Last year, the FAS and the S-League club chairmen approved the S-League directive regarding coaching qualifications for the S-League. The requirement for
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      Lock icon Redknapp gone, Hamann going?
      546 58 Agencies LONDON Liverpool's club captain Jamie Redknapp (picture, right) passed a thorough medical yesterday, proving his fitness, and yet the Reds still allowed him to join Tottenham Hotspur on a free transfer. Two seasons ago, the England midfielder was one of the first names on Gerard
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      Wolves, West Brom take local rivalry to final game
      429 58 LONDON Two of the great clubs of English soccer Wolverhampton Wanderers and West Bromwich Albion aim to put 20 years of misery behind them on Sunday by clinching automatic promotion to the Premier League. The two rivals from the Midlands, both
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      Lock icon Atletico chief jailed
      194 58 AFP MADRID Atletico Madrid president Jesus Gil was jailed on Tuesday as part of an investigation into corruption and forging documents. Gil is accused of siphoning off 27 million euros ($44 million) from the municipal funds of the Spanish resort of Marbella, where he is mayor. The
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      Lock icon We are better than ever
      413 59 Agencies SEOUL French football superstar Zinedine Zidane (picture) has warned that the World Cup titleholder will be even better at this year's finals than when France won the 2000 European championships. The former World Player of the Year highlighted how younger French stars from the
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      Lock icon Hooligan game to be released in Japan for World Cup
      217 59 -AFP TOKYO Virtual hooliganism will hit Japan just before the World Cup finals next month as a Japanese firm plans to launch a computer game which puts players in charge of hooligan gangs, an official said yesterday. MicroMouse, a Tokyo-based
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      Lock icon French midfielder Vieira is the most complete player around, says Zidane
      546 59 PARIS Zinedine Zidane may be the world's most expensive player but the World Cup and Euro 2000 winner insisted his team-mate Patrick Vieira (picture) was "the most complete player that you could find". Real Madrid thought it owned the
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      124 56 Match 1 Match 2 Tampines v Gombak Jurong v Clementi Tampines Stadium Jurong East Stadium 18 April 7.30pm 18 April 7.30pm IX2 IX2 (1) Tampines $1.33 (1) Jurong $1.30 (X) Draw $4.55 (X) Draw $4.65 (2) Gombak $6.00 (2) Clementi $6.50 1/2 Goal 1/2 Goal Tampines (-1 1/2) $1.85 Jurong
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  • PLANYOURFUTURE TODAY
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      895 63 DON'T wait till you're in your 40s before you start examining your financial objectives. Ignorance is certainly not bliss when you're dealing with dollars and cents, and there is no better time to do your math while you're young. And there is no better
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