Today, 7 August 2002

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    5 1 TODAY Wednesday *•*■*7,2002 WTA(P) 063/11/2001
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    Lock icon LATEST
    29 1 Reuters NEW YORK The Dow Jones rose by 334 points early this morning (Singapore time) in anticipation of a Federal Reserve interest rate cut to revive the economy.
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    Water manoeuvres
    778 1  -  Ng Boon Yian Different voices from M'sia as Spore signals less dependence by boonyian@newsto day.com.sg ALL these years, Singapore has had one apparent weakness in its dealings with Malaysia. About half of the water that flows through its taps comes from across the Causeway. But in a move
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    Lock icon How about a Singaporean gesture from this Shanghai-born?
    880 1  -  S. G nia in Comment by S Gulam NEVER before has such historic success been met with so much scorn and spite. As Singapore returned from the Commonwealth Games this morning with its biggest medal haul, our heroes were greeted with questions
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Elderly opt out
      327 2  -  Lee Ching Wern 150,000 reject insurance scheme for disabilities by chingwern@ne ws tod ay, com. s g OVER one million Singaporeans aged between 40 and 69 received their Elder Shield packages about a month ago. To date, 15 per cent have opted out of the scheme ahead
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      Lock icon Ex-actress loses appeal against jail sentence
      84 2 Channel News Asia FORMER TV actress Michelle Low had her appeal against a jail sentence for cocaine possession dismissed by the Chief Justice yesterday. Low will be jailed 18 months for the offence. In March, the 27-year-old former Star Search contestant became the first
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      Baby in chute: Man on murder charge
      77 2 AN UNEMPLOYED Singaporean man is expected to be charged today with the murder of a baby girl who was found at the bottom of a garbage chute in Hougang on Monday morning. A post-mortem revealed that the six-month-old girl died from head injuries
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      End in sight?
      561 3  -  Elisia Yeo Why this sudden frenzy to oust Saddam? by elisia@newstoday.com.sg DESPITE having its hands full in Afghanistan and with the Palestinian issue, the United States seems bent on toppling Iraqi President Saddam Hussein (picture). And, there are signs are that it is prepared to take unilateral
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      Lock icon Breaking gates
      122 3 Reuters JAKARTA Scores of Indonesian students laid siege to parliament yesterday, breaking through the gates before running into police barriers. They were among 5,000 people who were protesting against moves by some legislators to block key constitutional changes. Smaller factions in the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) have announced
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      Lock icon Mending fences
      101 3 AFP YANGON Myanmar's top three military leaders assured Thai Foreign Minister Suralriart Sathirathai yesterday that they would cooperate with Thailand on all aspects, including drug suppression and economic cooperation. In a bid to repair relations that were damaged three months ago over a border row, Mr Surakiart visited
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      Biochemical reaction
      436 4  -  Ng Shing Vi by reporter@newstoday.com.sg THEY may be diminutive, but 19-year-old identical twins Zhang Huibin and Zhang Weibin are Strongwilled and know what they want. The elfin-faced pair, together with 87 junior college students, have been awarded the National Science Scholarships for undergraduate study in Singapore and abroad.
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      Lock icon CPF is a role model
      187 4 Channel News Asia THE Asian Development Bank says that Singapore's Central Provident Fund is the most extensive pension fund programme in Asia and has been advocating this model to Asian countries. The latter countries have adopted a "pay as you go" model, where the working
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  • LETTERS
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      Gift of giving
      260 6  -  Kathleen Kwan why volunteers gain more than the recipients I WOULD love to see more feature stories like the one written by Ms Hannah Teoh, "Volunteer families" {Today, Aug 5). When bad events such as war, terrorism, murder, unemployment, retrenchment and accounting malpractice dominate the news, it
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      FAS and the public
      109 6  -  Jeremy Lok I REFER to the Football Association of Singapore's (FAS) reply "Goal 2010 plan on track" (Weekend Today, Aug 3-4). The reply states there are seven, and not three U-23 players, who are playing regularly in the S-League. Can the FAS provide the names of
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      Do we lack passion to excel in sports?
      179 6  -  Yak Chin Hua SEVERAL writers to the press have been critical of China-born sport talents representing Singapore at the Commonwealth Games. Singapore used to be a sports "desert" but we now have a variety of schemes and sponsorship programmes to help budding
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      Training adds to costs
      126 6  -  Lim Boon Hee THE mantra being preached to workers is continuous skills upgrading and acquiring relevant skills. However, the fhpside is that training courses do not come free. They contribute to business costs. Doctors may pass the money spent on continuous medical education onto patients. Likewise,
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      Small ideas that make great cities
      126 6  -  Fu Dunyi I REFER to the article by Ms Ivy Singh-Lim, "Farm visits, Singapore-style?" (Weekend Today, Aug 3-4). It is true that planners tend to overlook seemingly small features that can make a country unique, wonderful and memorable. One country worthy of mention is
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Protection for depositors
      398 8  -  Val Chua To lessen the impact of a bank's failure by val@newstoday. com. sg DEPOSITORS may enjoy insurance protection for bank deposits of up to $20,000 in 2004 and chances are, they will not have to bear an additional cost for the service. The details of the
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      Lock icon The S'pore connection
      208 8 Agencies SYDNEY Regional Express, an Australian airline formed by the merger of two defunct An sett subsidiaries, was launched yesterday amid gloomy forecasts for its survival in a troubled industry. It was created by a consortium known as Australiawide Airlines that acquired regional carriers Kendell and Hazelton
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      Faster Web access
      122 8  -  Chan Chao Peh PACIFIC Internet has launched a service that promises access speeds of up to four times faster than current Web connections. The Speed Booster service will allow dial-up users to enjoy connection speeds almost equal that of broadband users. The service allows users to access
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      Lock icon S'pore is the choice
      94 8 AFP BANGKOK Three major airlines have shifted many of their international flight stopovers from Bangkok to Singapore, aviation officials said on Tuesday, jeopardising Thailand's status as a regional transport hub. Thailand's Aviation Department said it would seek answers from British Airways, Qantas and Scandinavian Airlines System
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      Alternative investment
      163 11  -  Chan Chao Peh BUILDING on the rising interest for alternative investment instruments, ABN Amro Asset Management yesterday launched Singapore's first retail hedge fund. The ABN Amro MultiStrategy Fund is a feeder fund into an Ireland-based fund. Unlike traditional equity products, hedge funds employ a variety of strategies to
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    • Market Watch
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        Singapore
        107 11 SHARP declines on Wall Street dragged down Singapore stocks yesterday. The Dow plunged 3.2 per cent to 8,044, while the Nasdaq fell 3.4 per cent to 1,206. Under this scenario, the Straits Times index (STI) was not spared. The STI shed 40 points to hit an intra-day low of
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        Straits Times Index — 10-Day Chart
        5 11 Straits Times Index 10-Day Chart
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        SGX most active
        58 11 !y volume lug 6 jtiroyii joldtron 'PV InioaftllSS iinglel 'OOO 130,054 24,301 17,766 10,141 9,360 UniFccc: Chartered BILIml Do no OCBC 'OOO 8,869 7,307 6,938 6,903 6,677 Jv r 111! e litq 6 XBC iu jliroyo JOB DBS i 71,977,300 65,815,300 61,904,745 48,649,351 28,698,922 SPH Venture Cbortered
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        World markets
        57 11 Index Value Change Pts Nikkei 225 Hong Seng All Ordinaries faiwan Wtd 9501.02 9651.83 2937.80 4527.35 -203.91 -210.50 -22.70 -64.32 -2.10 -2.13 -0.?7 -1.39 Korea Comp SET Index Jakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzen B Mum bn i 673.78 360.28 440.93 1085.21 244.85 3023.26 -1.98 -1.86 -8.94 -30.10 +1.70
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        SGX top rises
        73 11 5y$ Hug 6 Close Change /enlwe 11.200 +0.200 QBSBk6%NCPS]0 103.700 +0.200 C3TVDEV 5.700 +0.050 By percentage Aug 6 Close Change Shanghai^ 2kHKS 0.019+26.667 HongLaiH 0.180 +20.000 Wee Pah 0.070 +16.667 ilEngg 1.910 +0.050 Ciliraya 0.520 +0.045 flyfiire 1.130 +0.040 Charted 2.760 +0.040 SingTel 1.360 +0.030 SingTel 10
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 11 US$ 0.5644 UK 0.3660 Yen 63.245 HK$ ***** RM 2.1448 Euro 0.5834 Rupioh 5130.1 Bcht 24.005 Peso 29.223 A$ 1.0748 Indian Rs 27.489 Won 682.54 C$ 0.9044 Yuan 4.6718 NZ$ 1.2500 NT$ 19.20
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        Lock icon SGX top falls
        79 11 Bloomberg Jy$ lug 6 Close Change >PDRS10US$ 83.300 -2.400 ihang tein 2kHKS 5.000 -1.500 SIA 11.100 -0.700 SIA 200 11.200 -0.700 XBC 10.700 -0.600 By percentage Aug 6 Close Change Benelun20k 0.010 -33.333 LHT 0.050 -28.571 ShangAsin2kHKS 5.000 -23.077 CK Tang 0.1BO -20.000 Inna-Pat 0.040 -20.000 SPH100
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        Commodities
        21 11 Gold USVo 309.60 Silver im/k 4.633 Plotinum USt/n 522.60 S.ilb:: 145.25 Palm oil rha™™ 1453 Ermil v ,i:lc n.iril 25.43
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      Lock icon Microsoft to reveal codes
      83 12 Channel News Asia THE software giant, Microsoft, is planning to reveal hundreds of pieces of proprietary computer codes from its Windows operating system in the coming weeks to comply with an antitrust settlement with the US Justice Department last year. In a press release issued in
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      Lock icon Backlash of the market
      174 12 -AFP It threatens US economy: IMF WASHINGTON The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is expected to cut its US economic growth forecasts as the plunging stock market raised a new threat to the recovery. "While the outlook is favourable, the downside risks have intensified," the IMF said
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      3130 12 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Enquiries: Coll BS2-2973-6600 E-mail lipper.csia@reuters.com M* Fd Now NAV/Bid OlFer Price Price Wjerdeeii Asset Manogenieiil (Asia] j/B tiw een Se -Asian High Yfefd FrJ 1,184 1 .W] >/5 AheneenS^LhincDki'LiiiliKilE 0.953 1.001 i/fi Abneenb Lcrl i:il:i EurweEary 0.79B 0.8311 r-r^rn^ uo.r '/IK ii-'-*l j/8 aEfhi eimi Sc -Clqbd
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Syariah law: Bishops worried
      112 14 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's Catholic bishops have expressed "alarm and concern" over Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad's declaration that Malaysia is an Islamic state. A statement signed by the Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur, Anthony Soter Fernandez, said it is also worried by moves towards
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      Lock icon Blush, blush
      377 14 -AFP Costly error dents Arroyo's image MANILA Instead of being congratulated, the 37-year-old cashier at the Land Bank of the Philippines who exposed a banking scam was named as a suspect instead on national television by Philippine President Gloria Arroyo. Mrs Acsa Ramirez, who was presented to the
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      Lock icon Chen, the 'misunderstood' man
      147 14 Reuters TAIPEI Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian is seeking to downplay his statements of an independent Taiwan which has stoked the wrath of China. "My comments were oversimplified and might have caused misunderstanding," Mr Chen was quoted as saying by Mr Chang Chun-hsiung, secretary-general of the Democratic
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      Lock icon Saved from the pot
      69 14 -AFP BANGKOK The Thai authorities have seized more than four tonnes of live turtles bound for cooking pots in southern China at Chiang Rai airport, officials said yesterday. Officials spotted the 1,160 turtles, some of which belong to an endangered species, through a crack in the
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      Lock icon Tokyo's defence exposed?
      193 16 Reuters TOKYO Computer data from Japan's Defence Agency may have been leaked, the government said yesterday. The announcement sparked security jitters a day after the launch of a nationwide electronic identification system that critics say may be vulnerable to hackers. "We have received a report from the
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      Lock icon Attack on the holy trail
      295 16 Agencies Indian pilgrims killed, Pakistan blamed SRINAGAR The dawn attack on a camp of Hindu pilgrims in Indian Kashmir yesterday was aimed at disrupting next month's state elections, said an Indian minister. Not unexpectedly, Indian officials have been quick to blame Pakistan for having a
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      Lock icon It had to happen, cyber-begging
      150 16 -AFP NEW YORK Desperate to clear her debt of U5520,221 ($35,700), chalked up on credit card bills, 20-something Karyn has decided to beg, the cyber-age way. Her website, www.savekaryn.com, which was set up in late June to appeal for donations, has had more than 200,000
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Chen's scary battle cry
      954 18  -  Sunny Goh Is it his hunger to be re-elected in 2004 or was he carried away? by sunny_goh ©pacific. neL. sg ANY political scientist trying to understand President Chen Shui-bian's (picture) latest antics would have a hard time fitting theory to practice because there isn't one.
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  • UPFRONT
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      Is it apathy ... or fear?
      736 20  - Is it apathy or fear? Shobha Tsering Bhalla The way Singaporeans treat their maids says much about our society by WE don't deserve maids. I mean full-time, live-in domestic helpers. As a society, we haven't matured enough to be gracious employers. We are, collectively, not ready to take on the
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      984 21 Advertorial Michelle Saram has found her perfect life partner Michelle simply glows! m"«"» p'"""""; -^-*f% :Jt==J__ It is 3am and we are at a location shoot for Michelle Asked to reveal her thoughts on beauty, the multi JhP'TB i'?; Saram 's latest commercial. While this writer is trying to talented
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  • INCINEMAS
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      Touched by the scenery
      477 22  -  Serene Foo FILM REVIEW The Touch (Now showing) by serene@ncwstoday,com.sg BEARING testimony to Oscar-winning cinematographer Peter Pau's camera work, The Touch is a stunning visual feast. We're taken to the awesome Potala Palace and Namtso Lake (aka Heaven's Lake) in Tibet, the intimidating dunes of Dunhuang
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      Nia Vardalos' big fat Greek hit
      363 22  -  -Janice Lee FILM REVIEW My Big Fat Greek Wedding (Now showing) TRADITION can be a source of bonding, but it can also drive one insane. My Big Fat Greek Wedding is one tale that involves both. Self-denigrating Nia Vardalos plays Toula Portokalos (picture, left),
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      Lock icon Good Signs
      294 23 Reuters/Variety Debut takings double of studio's expectations HOLLYWOOD M Night Shyamalan's Signs (Walt Disney) carved out a big No 1 out of the North American box office last weekend, gathering U5560.12 million ($102.48 million) in opening grosses. Before the weekend, Disney officials had forecast an opening of US$3O
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      Jolie makes peace with her dad
      221 23 ANGELINA Jolie has made peace with her dad, Jon Voight, after his tearful interview on TV show Access Hollywood. Voight revealed last week on the syndicated programme that Jolie had severed all ties with him, leaving him "brokenhearted because I've been trying to reach
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      Adoptions for vanity: Barrymore
      115 23 DREW Barrymore has publicly chastised Hollywood actresses who adopt for what she feels are the wrong reasons. Glamorous stars Michelle Pfeiffer, Nicole Kidman, Diane Keaton and Calistra "Ally Mcßeal" Flockhart are among those who have adopted children. Most recently, Angelina Jolie adopted a baby boy earlier
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      Lock icon Hundreds turn up in memory of Marilyn
      166 24 Reuters/Variety LOS ANGELES Hundreds of fans, from as far away as Europe, turned out on Monday at a Los Angeles cemetery to mark the 40th death anniversary of Marilyn Monroe. They placed flowers on her crypt and shared their memories of the screen
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      Lock icon Disney in trouble?
      156 24 -Reuters NEW YORK Moody's Investors Service said on Monday that it may cut the long-term credit ratings of the Walt Disney Company, because theme park attendance is falling and fewer people are watching or buying advertising on their TV network, ABC. The rating review follows a similar
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      Lock icon Mickey meets Tony
      81 24 Reuters/Variety LOS ANGELES The Walt Disney Co and cable TV network HBO said on Monday that they will jointly develop shows to air on Disney's ABC television network, ABC will now have "first look" rights for HBO Independent Productions' programme developments. HBO is known for acclaimed shows
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