The Straits Times : Weekly Overseas Edition, 4 November 2000
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Title Section19 2000-11-04 1 The Straits Times Weekly Edition Saturday November 4,2000 Price: S$ 1.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MITA 072/08/200019 words
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Article, Illustration740 2000-11-04 1 GOH SUIXOI - Taiwan investigators announce conclusively that the plane was on wrong runway; Spore officials vow to find out cause of accident GOH SUIXOI TAIWAN CORRESPONDENT SINGAPORE said its officials would “leave no stone unturned” to find out what caused the SQ 006 accident,AFP - 740 words
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194 2000-11-04 1 THE Singapore Government has responded to the preliminary findings of Taiwan’s Aviation Safety Council. "Taiwan Aviation Safety Council, in its preliminary findings, has indicated that the pilot could have taken off on runway 05R instead of the designated 05L. This is a highly significant finding194 words
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Advertisement55 2000-11-04 1 Heroine Fighting For Survival Flight stewardess Farzana Abdul Razak, 18, could have escaped, but she stayed behind to help and suffered 45-per-cent bums to her body. page 3 Housing HDB Prices Drop Again They slipped for the second consecutive quarter down by 2.3 per cent in the third quarter; property55 words
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PRIME
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SIA PLANE CRASH
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Article, Illustration722 2000-11-04 2 LESLIE KOH; and LIM HONG LING - Lights on closed runway should be off, access blocked, and control tower should have checked on jet, they say By LESLIE KOH and LIM HONG LING IT IS mystifying that the pilot of SQ 006 could have taxied his aircraft onto the wrong722 words
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Article572 2000-11-04 2 NICHOLAS FANG - NICHOLAS FANG SHARES in Singapore Airlines (SIA) plunged $1 or 5.7 per cent yesterday after news was released that the Singapore Airlines jet which crashed in Taiwan on Tuesday had taken off from the wrong runway. But analysts believe that there is little further downside for572 words
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67 2000-11-04 2 Goh Sui Noi - Goh Sui Noi TAIPEI The three technical crew of SQ 006 have been restrained from leaving Taiwan, pending investigation by the Taoyuan prosecutor’s office. “According to the initial site survey and review, I believe the three pilots should stay in Taiwan to assist our67 words
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Article, Illustration340 2000-11-04 3 LOH HUIYIN - Plucky Farzana, who suffered horrifying burns because she helped others to safety, will want to fly again, her family says By LOH HUIYIN HONGKONG CORRESPONDENT THE heroic Singapore Airlines stewardess, who suffered horrifying burns because she helped others to safety, will want to flyBERITA HARIAN - 340 words
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Article, Illustration616 2000-11-04 3 GOH SUINOI - By GOH SUINOI TAIWAN CORRESPONDENT TAIPEI Despite finding herself dangling in mid-air by only the strap of her seatbelt, and dodging a ball of fire from burning fuel that reached ever closer, promotions manager Elaine Tan Whee Ling escaped from the inferno that was SQ 006EVE SUX - 616 words
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HOME
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SIA PLANE CRASH
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Article, Illustration284 2000-11-04 4 MALAYSIAN Yue Ying Chuan, 43, was not supposed to be on that SQ 006 flight bound for Los Angeles from Taipei on Tuesday. His sister-in-law, Singaporean June Low, told The Straits Times on Thursday that he was heading back to the US from Sabah whereHlm. - 284 words
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Article, Illustration233 2000-11-04 4 CHIEF steward Suresh Anandan was so keen to move into his new Sembawang flat with his wife next week that he changed his flight schedules to this week. But the 45-year-old will not get to move into his new home233 words
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342 2000-11-04 4 MORE than three days after the crash of Flight SQ 006, Mrs Sangeeta Poddar still does not know that her husband, Mr Pramod Poddar, has died. Relatives in Bombay, India, said that the 37-year-old widow was still in a deep state of342 words
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136 2000-11-04 4 CREW Dead: Ang MiauLee Goh Boon Hwee Lee Kok Heng Anandan Suresh Alive: Amir bin Husin Chew Sou May, Ann Marie Chia Jong Kai, Simon Chua Mei Fung Chua Puay Hiang Hospitalised.with 13 per cent bums Farzana bte Abdul Razak Hospitalised136 words
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391 2000-11-04 4 A TEAM of doctors from Singapore, which includes a burns specialist, is in Taipei to help bring back Singaporeans injured in the SIA air crash. They will also attend to injured passengers from the region who prefer to be treated here.391 words
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Article, Illustration440 2000-11-04 5 KAUR; MARGARET PERRY - They are steering their pre-schoolers clear of these public areas after the hand, foot and mouth disease scare By KAUR and MARGARET PERRY IT WAS back to business for children’s public play areas on Monday, but scenes of happy kids running aboutTHOMAS WHITE - 440 words
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Article, Illustration518 2000-11-04 7 The groups had called for a dialogue following controversial remarks by Mr Lee about Malays in the armed forces THE dialogue with Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew that MalayMuslim groups sought last year could take place in January, Mr Lee said lastGEORGE GASCON - 518 words
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317 2000-11-04 7 ALETHEA LIM - By ALETHEA LIM JAILED Singapore Airlines embezzler Teo Cheng Kiat yesterday said that he merely “borrowed” his sister-in-law’s name to buy a $l.l million apartment and that she had no interest in the property. The 47-year-old, who is now serving 24 years’ jail317 words
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441 2000-11-04 7 AHMAD OSMAN - Bu AHMAD OSMAN A MALAY-MUSLIM self-help group wants the Government to stop what it describes as the selective recruitment and deployment of Malay Singaporeans in the Singapore Armed Forces. The Association of Muslim Professionals (AMP) said last Saturday that the community441 words
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Article, Illustration121 2000-11-04 7 SOLD TO BIDDER 100 AGAIN: A single buyer (on the left) swiped almost 75 per cent of the items up for auction at the Tang Dynasty City on Tuesday. The man, who did not give his name and was addressed as Bidder 100, kicked offTHE NEW PAPER - 121 words
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Article, Illustration455 2000-11-04 8 JOSEPHINE JAMES - About 600 Singaporeans took part in the event, aimed at promoting bilateral ties and tourism Bil JOSEPHINE JAMES THE rain came down hard on the first Johor-Singapore Second Link Bridge Run on Sunday morning, but that did not dampen the spirits of455 words
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Page 8 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous1062 2000-11-04 8 RADIO SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL (ENGLISH) PROGRAMME SCHEDULES 1100 1400 Hours (GMT) 6015 KHz (49M BAND) 6150 KHz (49M BAND) MONDAY 1100 News 1109 Business Market Report 1115 Arts Arena 1130 News 1135 Wired Up 1145 Newsline 1200 News/Weather (AsiaPacific) 1210 E Z Beat 1230 Business Market Report 1235 The Written Word1,062 words
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SPORTS
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Article, Illustration611 2000-11-04 9 SANTOKH SINGH - With wins against Sri Lanka and Indonesia in warm-up games before the Tiger Cup, it is now time for the real thing SOCCER SANTOKH SINGH THE Lions have passed the preliminaries and look good for the real examination. Singapore’s 4-0 thrashing of Sri Lanka lastLAL FOOK KO\C - 611 words
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240 2000-11-04 9 ELGENKUA - BOARDSAILING Bn ELGENKUA THE Boardsailing Association of Singapore, tired of being a poor cousin to its boating counterparts, is determined to revive the sport, which has stagnated in recent years. The BSAS, which once boasted an Olympian and a South-east Asia Games gold240 words
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375 2000-11-04 9 CHAN TSE CHUEEN - WUSHU Bu CHAN TSE CHUEEN WUSHU exponent Leo Wen Yeow bagged his first major medal in changquan on Wednesday at the Asian Championships. That was the icing on the cake on a day when Singapore romped to a confident showing on the375 words
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MALAYSIA
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535 2000-11-04 10 REME AHMAD - Investors welcome move but some are disappointed about having to pay tax on profits held in Malaysia for less than a year By REME AHMAD IN KUALA LUMPUR IN A move to woo back foreign investors, Malaysia is scrapping the 10 per cent535 words
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273 2000-11-04 10 CAPITAL CONTROLS Bloomberg News HONGKONG Malaysia would consider abolishing its fixed currency exchange rate only if neighbouring countries did the same, said its Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad. Speaking at an Asia Society dinner in Hongkong last Saturday, Dr Mahathir said whileBloomberg News - 273 words
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Article, Illustration306 2000-11-04 10 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian singer Sheila Majid has been reunited wuth her children w'ho were reported missing last Thursday after going on an outing with her former husband. The children were “returned'' to Sheila’s home just before dawn on Tuesday, The Sun reported. Sheila’s lawyer, Mr Kitson306 words
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510 2000-11-04 10 BRENDAN PEREIRA - By BRENDAN PEREIRA MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT KUALA LUMPUR Several US Congressmen have sponsored a resolution calling for the Malaysian government to give Anwar Ibrahim a new trial or dismiss all the charges against him. They argued that the government’s actions in the two trials510 words
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Article86 2000-11-04 10 Bernama JOHOR BARU The hand, foot and mouth disease in Johor has almost subsided with only 22 patients receiving treatment in hospitals. State Family Development, Women Affairs and Health Committee chairman Halimah Mohamed Sadique said they were being treated in six hospitals. She said that the declineBernama - 86 words
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SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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Article, Illustration372 2000-11-04 11 JAMES EAST - By JAMES EAST STRAITS TIMES THAILAND BUREAU BANGKOK Misbehaving Thai monks had better watch out. The government is urging TV news crews and the public to expose sinful clerics after two senior monks were filmed associating with women while wearing a disguise. The EducationTHE NATION - 372 words
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563 2000-11-04 11 ARTURO BARIUAD - NEWS ANALYSIS By ARTURO BARIUAD STRAITS TIMES PHILIPPINES BUREAU MANILA Beleaguered President Joseph Estrada failed on Tuesday to calm the political tempest with his offer of reconciliation and a broad package of reforms, closing the doors for any last-minute political ceasefire with the “united563 words
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370 2000-11-04 11 MARIANNE KEARNEY - US Embassy says ministers are contributing to a ‘disinformation campaign’ against the U S MARIANNE KEARNEY STRAITS TIMES INDONESIA BUREAU JAKARTA The United States Embassy accused senior Indonesian officials on Saturday of spreading disinformation, and warned that trade and tourism between the two countries370 words
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226 2000-11-04 11 MARIANNE KEARNEY - By MARIANNE KEARNEY STRAITS TIMES INDONESIA BUREAU JAKARTA The leaders of four Islamic groups that raided major hotels in the Central Java town of Solo seeking to expel US citizens were called in for questioning on Monday as police moved to stem damage being caused226 words
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COMMENT
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Article582 2000-11-04 12 MONDAY OCTOBER 30,2000 A JAPANESE anthropologist, here to give talks last week on the subtle stresses of a post-in-dustrial society, has offered a glimpse of youth alienation which Singaporeans might find disturbing, yet familiar. Parents and educators would want to take a deep breath and reflect582 words
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Article593 2000-11-04 12 TUESDAY OCTOBER 31,2000 THE private world of mem-bers-only clubs has been thrust very publicly into the consciousness by a commotion at the Singapore Cricket Club. A member, Mrs Gim Leng Monksfield, had been accompanied by her maid at a family meal there. Club rules prohibited that, she593 words
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Article, Illustration697 2000-11-04 12 KOH BOON PIN - SPOTLIGHT: SERVICE STANDARDS KOH BOON PIN BUYING a pair of shoes seems like an easy thing to do. You go to a shop, find a pair you like, try it on and if it fits well, you pay up and walk697 words
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Article, Illustration1117 2000-11-04 13 TAN 001 BOON - MY VIEW By TAN 001 BOON A 73-YEAR-OLD granny was jailed six months for renting her apartment to illegal immigrants. An elderly couple were jailed seven months for renting a flat to overstayers. These two recent cases received wide coverage in the pressLUDWIG ILIO - 1,117 words
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1078 2000-11-04 13 CHUA LEE HOONG - LAST WEEK IN POLITICS By CHUA LEE HOONG RENOWNED graduate business school Insead opened a campus in Singapore, its first in Asia, and its second after Fontainebleau in France. The Singapore campus, located in the Buona Vista science-hub area, is Insead’s flagship outside Asia and,1,078 words
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INSIGHT
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Article, Illustration1936 2000-11-04 14 Singapore will sit on the UN Security Council as a non-permanent member in January. What does it mean? What is the thinking behind the Republic’s major foreign-policy initiatives? Foreign Minister S. Jayakumar gives IRENE NG a peek into the wodd ofNOEL ROSALES - 1,936 words
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1338 2000-11-04 15 HAN FOOK KWANG - THINKING ALOUD B,j HAN FOOK KWANG YOU cannot see or feel it. And, as recently as last year, not many people had even heard about it. But it has since made headlines all over the world, and is now worth $7B billion in Germany1,338 words
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Article, Illustration901 2000-11-04 15 POMP and ceremony is getting the snip in the 10-member Asean. One does not have to look far behind the curtains to see which country is offering the scissors. Singapore, supported by Cambodia, has recently proposed cutting down on ceremony so that the Asean meetings can\C SOR LUAX - 901 words
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MONEY
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292 2000-11-04 16 Azhar Khali d - Azhar Khali d SINGAPORE shares ended higher this week boosted by sharp gains in electronic counters, buoyed by news that USbased Solectron had agreed to pay $7-95 a share or a 74 per cent premium to acquire NatSteel Electronics (NEL). The Straits Times Index292 words
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Article76 2000-11-04 16 Straits Times Index The Straits Times Index rose 100.46 points on the week to 2,061.50 points DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday BT-SRI Index 1957.75(- 3.29) 1976.54M8.79) 2040.01 (♦63.47) 2040.43 (♦0.42) 2061.50 (+21.07) 330.2m ($506.5m) 382.0m ($533.2m) 802.9m ($1.66b) 477.3m ($980.9m) 623.0m (Sibil) The BT-SRI76 words
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Article2411 2000-11-04 16 Company Date ann Net earn TY LY <$m) <$m) EPS TY LY (Cts) (Cts) ASTI Sep 05 1 6.182 2.476 4.69 239 ABR Hldgs Sep 19 1 2.343 0.491 131 036 ACE Dynamics Sep 05 1 0.537 0.517 0.54 0.63 Acma Sep 29 1 4.088 6.114 2.40 3.702,411 words
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Article222 2000-11-04 16 BONUS issue ExBooks Acc Company Ratio date dose Paymt Teckwah one-for-one Nov 21 Nov 24 NA Robinson one-for-five Nov 10 Nov 15 NA Roly one-for-two Oct 17 Oct 20 NA RIGHTS ISSUE ExBooks ACC Company Ratio date dose Paymt OTHCRS ExBooks Acc Company Ratio date close Paymt Cosco222 words
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Article236 2000-11-04 16 Company Place Oate Time Easycali A Blk 750E #05-05 Chai Chee Road Tec nopark S'pore (*****5) Nov 30 2.30pm Amtek A Jurong Club, Fiscus 3 9 Science Centre Rd S’pore (*****8) Nov 24 3.00pm Tiong Wood A 15 Pandan Crescent S'pore (*****0) Nov 24 11.00am ST Engg E236 words
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Article525 2000-11-04 16 Payment Ex Books Pay (cts) date close date Amtek Engrg 20c F 0.8TE Nov 30 Dec 5 Dec 14 Aussino.ComSc F 2.3TE Nov 13 Nov 16 Nov 28 BMT $10 F 56 Nov 2 Nov 7 Nov 16 Ban Joo Sc F 0.25 Dec 13 Dec 18 Dec525 words
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Article169 2000-11-04 16 Company Description JIT Htdgs Proposed merger of JIT Hldgs Ltd and Flextronics International Ltd. Trading in shares will cease in the the 'Ready' and 'Odd-Lot' markets with effect from 9.00am 24 November 2000. Trading in Buying-in Market will cease on 29 November. JIT will be delisted from the169 words
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Article2313 2000-11-04 17 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Managers' prices (S$) UNIT TRUSTS Aberdeen Asset Mot Asia Ltd Aberdeen Select Portfolio: Global MNC Fd 0.911 0.957 Global Technology Fd!** 1.226 1.288 UK Blue Chip Fd!** 0.875 0.920 American Opport Fd 1.019 1.071 Continental Euro Eqty Fd!** 1.169 1.228 Japan Eqty Fd!** 1.375 1.445 Asian Fixed2,313 words
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Article, Illustration155 2000-11-04 17 Foreign Currency Note Rates (9am r Nov 3) Buying OD Selling Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency Australian dollar 0.9010 0.9140 Canadian dollar 1.1260 1.1490 NZ dollar 0.6860 0.7010 Sterling pound 2.S030 2.5290 US dollar 1.7360 1.7480 Singapore dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling155 words
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Article, Illustration377 2000-11-04 17 NICHOLAS FANG - The 25-year contract, worth ‘over $lOO million’, undertakes to make the container terminal at Muara a shipping hub *L NICHOLAS FANG PSA Corporation last Saturday signed a $lOO-million contract to manage, develop and operate the Muara Container Terminal (MCT) in Brunei for 25377 words
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520 2000-11-04 17 FELISA BATACAN - By FELISA BATACAN PIRACY watchdog the Business Software Alliance, (BSA) has resorted to scare tactics and it has not gone down well with some companies here. At the heart of the matter: A 14-page questionnaire which the BSA is asking small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)520 words
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Article4977 2000-11-04 18 Transaction date: Nov 3, 2000 MULTI INDUSTRY 52-Wk Curr Last Vol Day Gr*s Net M Cap Wt Avg High Low Company Traded Sale ♦or•000 High Low Div P/E Smil Price 163 75 m c Acma 50c 89 ♦5 493 91 85 5 11.1 154.4 844,977 words
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Article1432 2000-11-04 19 BONDS, LOANS WARRANTS Transaction date: Nov 3,2G00i 52-Wk High Low Company Last Sale ♦orVol '000 Day High Low Last Quote Buyer Seller Wt Avg Price 51.5 3.5 s Acma W*****4 ...7.5 ♦1.5 533 9 7 7.5 8 6 38 2.5 s AIITech W*****7 3 3.5 4 3 31 19 s1,432 words
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Article1166 2000-11-04 19 52-Wk High Low Curr Last Company Traded Sale ♦orVol -000 Day High Low Gr’s Div Net P/E M Cap Smil Wt Avg Price MANUFACTURING 200 72.5 c AS Auto 10c 103 +1 1589 107 100 10 N 41.2 135.2 100 82 45 c ASJ Hldgs 20c 50 3.81,166 words
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557 2000-11-04 20 COLIN TAN - Property agents blame oversupply; fall appears to have lifted transactions to nearly 11,000 Reports by COLIN TAN PROPERTY CORRESPONDENT HOUSING Board (HDB) resale flat prices slipped for the second consecutive quarter down by a sharper 2.3 per cent in the third quarter than the557 words
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441 2000-11-04 20 CORNELIA TAN - By CORNELIA TAN IT’S official. Private homes are for the first time in nearly two years. Prices of private housing fell 2.7 per cent in the third quarter of the year, marking the first quarterly fall since the market bottomed441 words
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Article, Illustration332 2000-11-04 20 LEE SU SHYAN - Bil LEE SU SHYAN A $2OO MILLION fund is being set up to boost Singapore’s wireless communications industry with the money coming from fees to be obtained from the auction of third-gen-eration (3G) mobile phone licences. The fund is part of332 words
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Article, Illustration328 2000-11-04 20 N ARENDRA AGGARWAL - By N ARENDRA AGGARWAL MANUFACTURING in Singapore expanded in October at a faster pace than in the previous month, but the electronics cluster slowed slightly, data released on Tuesday showed. According to the October Purchasing Managers Index (PMI), the manufacturing sector index rose to 57.6 per328 words
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Advertisement16 2000-11-04 19 VEHICLES The Straits Times Classified. Classifications 302 393. a'! CATS. Buy It. Sell It. Find It.16 words
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Advertisement1457 2000-11-04 21 The Straits Times Weekly Edition z i.. I; NATIONAL TRADES UNION CONGRESS NTUC 21-A Better Life rite NTUC has developed a blueprint for the workforce to lave a better life in the 21st century. We welcome people rith the heart and the drive to help turn this vision into a1,457 words
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476 2000-11-04 23 THE Singapore Association of Social Workers is very heartened by the Governments decision to introduce compulsory education. However, we believe that all children, regardless of ability, should be given six years of compulsory education. In the recent parliamentary debate on the476 words
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Article, Illustration123 2000-11-04 23 ONE cannot but react with disgust to the latest measure employed by the Business Software Alliance, the piracy watchdog, as reported in “Outcry over piracy watchdog’s move” (see Page 17). Rather than resorting to unpalatable measures, it should examine the root cause of123 words
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Article176 2000-11-04 23 LIKE many workers, I was elated to learn about the 4-percentage-point restoration in the employer’s contribution to our Central Provident Fund accounts from January. For ordinary workers who live from hand to mouth, a 4-point restoration may mean an extra dish on our dining table.176 words
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631 2000-11-04 23 STARTING today, the Association of Muslim Professionals (AMP) will host a two-day congress at which it will ask the Malay community to endorse a plan for collective leadership in dealing with the Government. The collective-leadership idea is being mooted as a response631 words
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591 2000-11-04 24 LAUREL TEO - He also underlined how labour shortages could affect the quality of service and the multi-billion-dollar tourism industry Bn LAUREL TEO SENIOR captain William Ong juggles not one but three different sets of duties at Le Meridien Changi. The591 words
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Article, Illustration169 2000-11-04 24 IS THIS CRUELTY?: The Singapore Zoo is under attack for keeping young chimpanzees in cages and training them to pose with visitors such as this boy (above). The charge, denied by the zoo authorities, was levelled by a member of the American Zoo and Aquarium Association. RenownedALAN LIM - 169 words
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Article317 2000-11-04 24 SINGAPORE Cable Car (SCC), which runs the 26-year-old Mount Faber Cable Car Station, has drawn up an ambitious $9.5-mil-lion plan to turn Mount Faber into a magic mountain, complete with toboggan runs, chair-lifts, a network of tree-houses and restaurants and shops. If approved by317 words