The Business Times, 5 April 2003
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Title Section13 2003-04-05 1 MITA (P) 024/03/2003 85« THE BUSINESS TIMES weekend SINGAPORE APRII 5 6, 200313 words
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Article, Illustration1331 2003-04-05 1 ANNA TEO - Some middle managers appear to have fallen behind as senior public servants wing ahead with creative and responsive ideas. ANNA TEO reports. ANNA TEO DEPENDING on who you speak to, the Singapore public sector is both a hotbed and a killjoy of1,331 words
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Article, Illustration599 2003-04-05 1 angela tan - S'pore companies are killing themselves with poor service Saturday soapbox angela tan IT'S Saturday morning. You jump out of bed looking forward to spending some quality time after a week of workday drudgery. Maybe you'll visit the hottest spa in town, watch a movie or catch up with friends and599 words
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Article, Illustration130 2003-04-05 1 Ven Sreenivasan - by Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Oops! The good doctor simply forgot. But Singapore Airlines (SIA) deputy chairman and chief executive officer Cheong Choong Kong (right) is sorry for not having reported the sale of his Capita Land floating rate notes on Aug 7,2002. The reason? It130 words
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95 2003-04-05 1 Reuters Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] US payrolls dropped by a worse-than-expected 108,000 in March, three times the number expected, and the unemployment rate held at 5.8 per cent as the economy stumbled with the advent of war against Iraq, the Labor Department said yesterday inReuters; Bloomberg - 95 words
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619 2003-04-05 1 Catherine Ong - RESEARCH SCANDAL Um Pin warns of danger in drive to be biomedical hub By Catherine Ong [SINGAPORE] The health authority will "make an example" of researchers who take advantage of Singapore's aspiration to become a biomedical hub to flout ethical standards, Professor Lim Pin,619 words
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Advertisement11 2003-04-05 1 EXEC JOBS Electronics MNCsarein hiring mode. PAGE 13 111 8"*****1 *****4"11 words
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Article, Illustration652 2003-04-05 2 Stocks rise, crude oil fails as US troops stay poised to strike Baghdad after taking airport Reuters Bloomberg [LONDON] Stocks climbed while oil fell more than a dollar as investors shrugged off poor US economic data and focussed on the rapid US military progressReuters; Bloomberg; REUTERS - 652 words
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645 2003-04-05 2 George Joseph - Officer-of-the-watch made 'errors of judgment*, concludes MPA inquiry; Mindef agrees By George Joseph [SINGAPORE] A Singapore Navy officer was responsible for a series of "errors of judgment" that resulted in a navy patrol vessel colliding with a container ship near Horsburgh Lighthouse in645 words
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Article, Illustration666 2003-04-05 2 Catherine Ong - Tough to prove he had prior knowledge off any criminal act By Catherine Ong [SINGAPORE] Is there a case for criminal action against Professor Simon Shorvon, the sacked director of the National Neuroscience Institute (NNI) accused of putting patients' lives666 words
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437 2003-04-05 2 Kalpana Rashiwala - Those making false face $5,000 fines By Kalpana Rashiwala [SINGAPORE] All visitors to Singapore will soon be required to complete a Health Declaration Card as part of a strategy to reduce the number of imported cases of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars),437 words
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425 2003-04-05 2 Diana Oon Abdullah - From Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur FEARS of a longer war in the Middle East and the impact of the Sars outbreak in Asia has prompted the Malaysian government to postpone the announcement of an economic stimulus package which was originally due out425 words
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Article101 2003-04-05 2 In yesterday's report, "MAS eases unsecured education, SME loans rules", we said that there is a partial relaxation of the rules for unsecured loans to sole proprietorships and partnerships for business purposes the credit limit of two times monthly income has been lifted, but not the requirement of a101 words
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Advertisement26 2003-04-05 2 I I I Lianhe Zaobao I local I I banking I I groups I I set their sights on I Greater China I I I I26 words
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Advertisement18 2003-04-05 2 Travel agents cut costs to fight off woes, Pg 5 Analysts oat HK GDP growth forecasts, Pg 1018 words
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Article, Illustration1153 2003-04-05 3 LOH HUI YIN - Sam Goi left school in his teens to make his own living, plunging into the rough and tumble world of business. Today, he heads an empire that exports food products around the globe. LOH HUI YIN meets the colourful Tee Yih Jia boss LOH HUI YIN SPEAKPHOTOS BY ARTHUR LEE - 1,153 words
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Article, Illustration538 2003-04-05 3 "TEE Yih Jia" literally translates as "Number One Family". And this "family" marked its 33rd anniversary last weekend with a dinner attended by its 200 employees in Singapore. The first course at the Chinese dinner was, of course, fried spring rolls. So what does Mr Goi,538 words
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342 2003-04-05 3 GUANXI or good connections with Chinese officials used to go a long way for foreign businessmen in China. A $1 million investment would get them the red carpet treatment. Not any more, says Sam Goi, executive chairman of Tee Yih342 words
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Advertisement62 2003-04-05 3 Raffles INTERNATIONAL Hotels He Resorts The Raffles Conversation is brought to you through a special arrangement with Raffles International Hotels and Resorts. The Traveller's Palm in the Raffles International logo is an apt symbol. Not only has water stored at the base of this palm provided sustenance, the leaves rest62 words
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corporate roundup
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72 2003-04-05 4 THE price has been named. If you are keen on buying debt papers in one of the most reported deals this week, Singapore Telecoms yesterday said its soon-to-be-listed unit Singapore Post Ltd has fixed the coupon rate for its $300 million bond issue at72 words
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Article91 2003-04-05 4 IF you are wondering why ComfortDelgro and Mobile One have been doing well on the bourse in the past few days, it may well be due to speculation that the two stocks could be included in MSCI indices after an impending annual review at the end91 words
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77 2003-04-05 4 OLIVIA Lum is certainly going places. Her listed wa-ter-treatment group Hyflux, which has been given the thumbs-up by investors such as Tommie Goh and Temasek Holdings, has received in-principle approval from the Singapore Exchange for a listing on the mainboard. Wee Kok Wah's Stamford Tyres77 words
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Article115 2003-04-05 4 SO you think the corporate reporting season has finally ended. Well, a new one has just begun. Defence group ST Engineering Etd is expected to post a 4 per cent net profit dip for the three months to March 31 on Monday due to115 words
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Article75 2003-04-05 4 NOEL Gifts International's chief is certainly living up to the company's name as a specialist in gifts. Managing director Alfred Wong Siu Hong said in a statement to the Singapore Exchange yesterday that he has transfered a 12.74 per cent stake, or 13 million shares, in75 words
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94 2003-04-05 4 THERE appears no stopping where the Informatics Holdings group is going to. After a recent announcement about its foray into India, the listed education group says it is set to open its first Thames Business School in none other than Saudi Arabia. The group has94 words
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Article71 2003-04-05 4 Dsn 1*313.73 (+11.19) ST INDEX FUTURES 1,301.00 (+2.00) SIMSCI FUTURES 159.80 (+0.30) Friday Change KLSEOOMP 631.U2 *2.48 NIKKEI 225 8.074.12 >56.37 HANG SENG 8,***** +***** SET INDEX ***** +6.81 JAKARTA COMP _405.68 +4.92 MANILA COMP .1,090.66 +28.17 TAIPEI WP1 4.499.18 +140.79 SEOUL COMP 558.01 +12.77 SHENZHEN B ***** +8JO71 words
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Article69 2003-04-05 4 FOREX RATES US$ S$ IISS (SS per l.'SS) 1.779 £(1'S$/S$ per 1.569 2.791 npMM). 1.074 1.910 YEN 1199 6740 KM 1800 1136 HKS 7.799 4.384 BAHT 43.11 24.23 Rl'PIAH 4.999 RENMINBI 8199 4.665 INDIAN RUPEE 47.40 26.64 PRIME RATES SINGAPORE* 515 KUALA UUMFtlR 6.40 HONG KONG 5.000 JAKARTA 19.0069 words
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Article, Illustration249 2003-04-05 4 Wong Wei Kong - Resignations follow termination of CEO's services By Wong Wei Kong THREE senior executives at Singapore Press Holdings' broadcasting unit have resigned following the abrupt departure of the unit's chief executive Lee Cheok Yew this week. The media giant, which operates two of Singapore's seven249 words
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Article, Illustration644 2003-04-05 4 r sivanithy - market review r sivanithy GIVEN the way trading on stock markets everywhere has gone in the past two weeks, it's impossible to avoid the image of tense dealers hunched over their terminals with fingers hovering uncertainly between the "buy" and "sell" buttons while watching the644 words
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Article, Illustration975 2003-04-05 4 WONG WEI KONG - mpof^lo analysis It has braved war and virus to climb 11% since the takeover battle ended in Jan. Is it pure dividend play? asks WONG WD KONG WONG WEI KONG IT AINT over until it's over. If proofs needed that the market has a975 words
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418 2003-04-05 4 Siow Li Sen - By Siow Li Sen DBS Vickers Securities has axed about 30 people in its Singapore office, or roughly 10 per cent of its workforce here in a measure that took some industry watchers by surprise. A unit of DBS Group Holdings, the418 words
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281 2003-04-05 4 Ven Sreenivasan - By Ven Sreenivasan DBS Group may not be on the list of most admired companies locally, but Forbes Global rates it one of the best in the world. The international business magazine has put the banking group which has suffered more than its281 words
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Advertisement348 2003-04-05 4 GOODPACK LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) CORRIGENDUM TO THE NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING DATED 21 MARCH 2003 The Board of Directors wishes to notify that pursuant to certain amendments to Rule 806 of the SGX-St Listing Manual. Resolution 6 of the notice of Annual General Meeting dated348 words
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Advertisement335 2003-04-05 4 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER Of kW records (APSO) Pte Lid (In Members' Voluntary liquidation) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of edel records (APRO) Pte lid held on 31 March 2003 the following resolutions were duly pasted SPECIAL RESOLUTION RESOLVED that the335 words
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703 2003-04-05 5 Chuang Peck Ming - newsanalysis By Chuang Peck Ming IF China is the factory of the world, then India is the world's back office. Singapore must not ignore one to woo the other; it should go for both. And Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong's visit to703 words
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Article, Illustration278 2003-04-05 5 Kenneth Lim - prices By Kenneth Lim WHOLESALE prices rose between 1.9 and 2.8 per cent in February, driven by the highest month-to-month oil price rises in more than a year. Fears over the war in Iraq and an oil strike in Venezuela raised mineral fuel pricesSouece: DOS - 278 words
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264 2003-04-05 5 Kenneth Lim - By Kenneth Lim COMPANIES with comprehensive brand strategies are more durable and make better employers, but the idea hasn't got through to local small businesses, say the authors of a new study. "As a small company, if you want to become big, the264 words
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417 2003-04-05 5 Andrea Tan - SARSOUTBREAK They're trimming pay and working fewer hours, and win meet SIB to voice troubles By Andrea Tan PAY cuts, enforced no-pay leave, shortened work weeks. These are the painful symptoms that travel agents seriously hurting from the Severe Acute Respiratory417 words
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Article167 2003-04-05 5 Panel for financial standards THE Institute of Banking and Finance (IBF) yesterday announced that it had created a Financial Industry Competency Standards Committee to review and recommend best standards for financial professionals and trainers. The comniittee will also recommend standards for licensing purposes and fen* continuing professional development to167 words
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Article195 2003-04-05 5 THE possibility of Asia dealing with the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) as one is not a bad idea, according to crisis management consultant Ross Campbell. "We should have a unified crisis team for the region," said Mr Campbell, who runs his own195 words
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Miscellaneous167 2003-04-05 5 CTTPTIC CROSSWORD ptayer of r>ote (8) 30 SS arourxJ a fore catching the mail (8) YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION mediaeval instrument (8) 11 torrtentrfK? Acro88:1 Wnsl 6 Bass French support for identifica- 1Q Erafo Graduated. 12 ViT c Ainrkijo? i have to be forre- Caution, 13 Pilgrim, 14 DeliberMW ation, 18 Satisfactory.167 words
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Article, Illustration821 2003-04-05 6 ANDREA TAN - Having nightmares over your renovation works? Tales abound of ugly fallouts between home-owners and contractors. ANDREA TAN talks to industry players on how to ensure smooth works ANDREA TAN S f ur advice is to m get the right U h professional consultant, whether an inHST FILE PHOTO - 821 words
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Article, Illustration578 2003-04-05 6 Transaction date: Apr 4 DITERBAIfg CUMUDfCT KATES Afatast S$ Attest USS Against S$ Autast IIS$ CTTtudti m Offm Mi Offtr C*rwck» Hi Offar Sti Off SUSS lo 100 StISS to one unit oftoreign currency: unit* of foreign AMtraiiM MUr 1.0686 ***** 0.6008 0.6013 CwKw Mar t»35 L2C4J 0.6766 0.6768578 words
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Article981 2003-04-05 6 District 01 NON LANDED Emerald Qdn Apt 17/02/2003 999 1238 955 771 District 02 NON LANDED SpotfewoodePark Apt 17/02/2003 99 1270 320 252 District 03 NON-LANDED 4 Aiessandrea Apt 06/02/2003 FH 1001 747 746 Bo Bo981 words
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416 2003-04-05 7 Here are some tips on how to monitor and control spending to achieve your target TWO weeks ago, we discussed how to prepare your family's cash flow statements and balance sheets. El flow statements, feed by how much spending on a ceror you416 words
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Article, Illustration955 2003-04-05 7 teh hooi ling - show me the money A person's welfare depends on ultimate wealth as well as consumption of goods and leisure over a life-time teh hooi ling CONVENTIONAL personal finance theory states that your asset allocation how much you invest in the various classes of assets depends on your timeST/NOEL ROSALES - 955 words
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802 2003-04-05 7 Teh Hooi Ling - By Teh Hooi Ling WE are into the third month of our portfolio tracking and another dummy capital of $50,000 is added to the five portfolios. The one-year top losers portfolio still leads the pack, having appreciated by a respectable $8,136, or 5.4802 words
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Article, Illustration1094 2003-04-05 8 ELGIN TOH - ELGIN TOH checks out the different personal loan schemes being offered by banks here ELGIN TOH UNSECURED personal loans are nothing new. But the arrival of the aggressive Qualifying Full Banks in the past few years has unleashed another intense round of the retailFILE PHOTO - 1,094 words
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Article2024 2003-04-05 8 Transaction date: Apr 4 KUALA LUMPUR 2 m w- M Gentmg 12 40 -060 4307 George Kant 034 OOI 20 A*M Realty flllO undi 0 Abnc.Z~__ 0-73 0.02 20 GfcnucBhO 139 J* "J ACP Industries 2 94 006 60 Go4d Ondge Engrg 036 OOI 15 n it urn j2,024 words
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Advertisement165 2003-04-05 8 Tlie retail banking war has resulted in an array of unsecured credit products and accompanying promotions to pamper consumers pryrTTi i i W A m m A I r i T J 1 iik i k Ir\l k I k L "AJ■ L I I EPf*'" 1* /a i j165 words
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Article, Illustration565 2003-04-05 9 CHUANG PECK MING - Rather than put pen to paper, the Namiki method puts art on the pen to create distinctive works. CHUANG PECK MING looks at the precious pieces that are as functional as they are beautiful CHUANG PECK MING WHEN Prime Ministers Goh Chok Tong and Junichiro Koizumi565 words
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Article, Illustration410 2003-04-05 9 "SLOWHAND" is the epithet given by Eric Clapton fans to the blues guitar legend for the cool way he has with the guitar. "Smoothhand" is, perhaps, the name we can apply to Kyusai Yoshida for his mastery of the art of the lacquer pen. Shake the410 words
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Article4527 2003-04-05 9 Transaction date: Apr 4 HONGKONG v«i HKRinri— 1.04 oo« 510 MW W- -0110 Hong Kong Electric 31.40 0.50 3687 Hongkong Chinese 0.64 unch 888 Alpha General 0-23 unch 0 Hongkong Chinese Ltd 0.64 unch 888 AnandaWingOn J).01 unch 2 Hopewell Holdings 6 65 0.15 1192 Angara New Steel4,527 words
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Article, Illustration596 2003-04-05 10 SARS OUTBREAK They now project GDP this year to expand 2.1%, down 0.8 percentage point Bloomberg, Reuters Reuters [HONG KONGJ Sales at Sa Sa International's 12 stores have dropped by 10 per cent since the mid-March outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome that hasBloomberg, Reuters; Reuters; AFP - 596 words
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304 2003-04-05 10 AFP [SHANGHAI] Chinese investors searching for some solace from the spread of the deadly Sars virus need look only to drug company shares, which are likely to keep outperforming the market, analysts say. Punters are betting that strongerAFP - 304 words
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Article, Illustration262 2003-04-05 10 AFP [BANGALORE] The Rolling Stones may have arrived in India a week earlier than expected, but are already 40 years too late. The legendary rockers are playing in India for the very first time in the southern city of Bangalore yesterday and in the westernAFP - 262 words
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131 2003-04-05 10 Bloomberg AFP [HONG KONGJ The Hong Kong government said yesterday that 27 new cases of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) have been reported but there were no new deaths. The new cases included five healthcare workers and eight people from the Amoy GardensBloomberg; AFP - 131 words
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Article72 2003-04-05 10 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Guangdong Kelon Electrical Holdings, China's largest refrigerator maker, revised down last year's profit by more than half after an auditor said the company had accounting errors. Net income, based on international accounting standards, was revised to 84.6 million yuan (SSIB.I million), or 0.09Bloomberg - 72 words
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Article76 2003-04-05 10 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Westport, one of the three port operators at Port Klang, is aiming for a higher volume of trade from local businesses and is investing US$4OO million over five years to expand its facilities, its executive chairman G Gnanalingam said. The throughput recorded byBernama - 76 words
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121 2003-04-05 10 Bloomberg [BANGKOK] The Iraq war and the Sars epidemic is dealing a double blow to South-east Asian economies. Thailand said its growth may slow by about one percentage point this quarter because the deadly virus and the war are deterring people fromBloomberg - 121 words
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90 2003-04-05 10 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Pertamina, Indonesia's state oil company, said it's negotiating a contract to refine crude oil into products such as petrol in a Singapore refinery partly owned by ChevronTexaco to meet a shortage of the fuels in Indonesia. It may also revive its crudeprocessing contractBloomberg - 90 words
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56 2003-04-05 10 AP [BEIJING] Workers smoking cigarettes in 8 gasfilled pit sparked a massive underground blast that killed 72 coal miners in north-eastern China last month, the People's Daily newspaper said yesterday. Open cigarette packs were found on the bodies of two dead miners at theAP - 56 words
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Article57 2003-04-05 10 Reuters [BEIJING] China will allow foreign firms to invest in publication distribution businesses, further opening the tightly regulated media industry, the China, Daily said yesterday. New rules to take effect on May l would allow for the first time the establishment of foreign-funded book,Reuters - 57 words
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Article, Illustration766 2003-04-05 11 Analysts say the countiy is saddled with huge debts, unsteady cash flow, and needs massive debt relief LAT—WP AFP [WASHINGTON] To hear some Bush administration officials tell it, the reconstruction of Iraq will largely pay for itself, thanks to a post-war gush of petroleumLAT—WP; AFP - 766 words
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85 2003-04-05 11 AFP [SYDNEY] Australia's richest man Kerry Packer was reportedly recovering in hospital yesterday after emergency keyhole heart surgery to clear blocked arteries. Sydney's Daily Telegraph newspaper reported that Mr Packer, 66, was rushed to Royal Prince Alfred Hospital on Wednesday after suffering acute chest painAFP - 85 words
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Article83 2003-04-05 11 Bloomberg [LONDON] Citigroup Inc plans to drop the names Salomon and Schroder from its investment bank on April 7, following through on a plan made two years ago. The investment banking and securities units in the US and Europe will be renamed Citigroup, replacing the Salomon SmithBloomberg - 83 words
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Article105 2003-04-05 11 Reuters [TOKYO] Japan's Kumagai Gumi Co Ltd said yesterday that it was looking for 300 billion yen (554.4 billion) in aid from its banks to help revive its business and was in merger talks with another debt-ridden builder, Tobishima Corp. The expected bailout would makeReuters - 105 words
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379 2003-04-05 11 Sale off 231,000 shares contradicts earlier disclosure Bloomberg [PARIS] Vivendi Univerformer chief executive Jean-Marie Messier sold a sizeable number of shares in the media group in the last six months of his tenure, when the company's stock plunged and its debt was downgraded toBloomberg - 379 words
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Article, Illustration227 2003-04-05 11 AFP [SEOUL] Markets are no strangers to reports of deaths of political leaders that subsequently turned out to be untrue. But such is the power of Microsoft Corp and its chairman Bill Gates that yesterday. South Korean stocks dipped briefly after TV stations bulletined reportsAFP; REUTERS - 227 words
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371 2003-04-05 11 Reuters Blommberg [WASHINGTON] US payrolls dropped by a worse-than-expected 108,000 in March, almost three times the number expected, the government said yesterday in a report that highlighted the economy's fragility amid a war with Iraq that many analysts say has dampened hiring. ButReuters; Blommberg - 371 words
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Article, Illustration478 2003-04-05 12 Christopher Tan - BMW offers the 7-series with a smaller engine. Should it have bothered? By Christopher Tan THREE hundred thousand dollars is a lot of clams. It is more so these days, when the stock market is in a spin, the property market is doing the dodo and that fancy478 words
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Article, Illustration720 2003-04-05 12 CHRISTOPHER TAN - Nissan's celebrated 350Z is stunning, fast and inexpensive. Yet CHRISTOPHER TAN feels it lacks something crucial CHRISTOPHER TAN DRIVING the highly anticipated 350Z a car hyped up by the press all over the world (including this one) is like meeting your favourite supermodel for the first time. She720 words
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115 2003-04-05 12 PERFORMANCE Motors, Sime Darby's distributor of BMW vehicles for Singapore, has become the first Asian Beemer agent to be awarded the BMW Quality Management Assessment (QMA). QMA is a programme devised by BMW Group for its representatives worldwide. It has been found that dealers115 words
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Article62 2003-04-05 12 MAZDA Motor has developed a "shock cone" aluminium bonnet which it says has an impact-absorbing structure aimed at enhancing pedestrian protection. According tojust-auto.com, this structure can reduce the severity of head injuries to pedestrians hit by a car. It will be used on the new RX-862 words
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Article46 2003-04-05 12 TOY-MAKER Mattel has released its Hot Wheels Grand Prix collection. Formula One replicas from five teams Ferrari, Jaguar, Jordan, McLaren and Williams are available in 1:64,1:18, and 1:43 scale models. Found in leading department stores, they range from $6.90 to $79.90 each.46 words
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Article, Illustration159 2003-04-05 12 Christopher Tan - Compiled by Christopher Tan THIS is the first official pictures of the new BMW 5-series, which will be unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September and coming to Singapore by the fourth quarter. The car has an all-aluminium chassis and suspension. The lightweight metal is159 words
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Advertisement161 2003-04-05 12 Did you miss these stories lately? ©Growth in China's western region impeded by prejudices ©More Chinese high-tech firms venture into S'pore ©Chinese businesswomen better at making money than their male counterparts ©China's fourthrichest man Lu Guanqiu's views on widening income gap© Living in the UK has made Chinese footballer Li161 words
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Article, Illustration1245 2003-04-05 13 DAVID BOEY - Graduates, diploma holders or experienced hands welcome. But be ready for shift work, warns DAVID BOEY DAVID BOEY ATTENTION job-seekers: You may end up with a job with a multinational company in the electronics industry before you get to the end of this report. Though theFILE PHOTO - 1,245 words
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Article, Illustration996 2003-04-05 14 Ability to perform under pressure will determine if he wins his 3rd straight Augusta National title AP [AUGUSTA, Georgia] THE four-foot par putt curled out the cup, and the 17-year-old phenom knew he was in trouble. Two holes down. Two holes to play. His chanceAP - 996 words
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Article, Illustration735 2003-04-05 14 ronald kow - frankly speaking True champion can survive tight schedules, tough games ronald kow SEVEN matches each, six weekends left and five points separating the top three teams. But it is really just down to two clubs with the best possible chance of winning the English735 words
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Article, Illustration38 2003-04-05 16 LIGHT up your living room or bedroom with these inexpensive but enchanting table lamps that provide a whimsical glow. Priced at $59.95 (Thalia) and $49.95 (Ella), they are available at Picket Rail, including Scotts.38 words
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Article, Illustration514 2003-04-05 16 As part of the Food Fest, selected food outlets at the mall have produced some creative signature dishes that look and taste good. Check them out: Salmon in ginger sauce is served with rice to make it a healthy choice for salmon lovers! Price: $9.50 at Bab Noodle.514 words
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