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Title Section21 2000-12-09 1 The Straits Times Weekly Edition Saturday, December 9. 2000 Price: S$ 1 .20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MITA 072/08/200021 words
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492 2000-12-09 1 GOH SUINOI - Singapore Trade Office must first sign papers to undertake responsibility for the three pilots GOH SUINOI TAIWAN CORRESPONDENT TAIPEI Taiwanese authorities yesterday said that the three Singapore Airlines pilots involved in the SQ 006 crash would be allowed to return home, perhaps as492 words
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Article, Illustration331 2000-12-09 1 ELENACHONG - BH ELENACHONG S-LEAGUE football player Mirko Jurilj wanted to bet on football and bet big. But his contract with Sembawang Rangers Football Club barred him and his immediate family from betting on games or doing anything related to soccer betting. He also could notSTEVEN LEE - 331 words
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Advertisement60 2000-12-09 1 Free Drinks At The Airport Duty-free retailer DFS has set up a bar serving free wine and spirits for buyers to sample in its store at Changi Airport Terminal Two. page 8 S PORTS Vincent's Out; Poulsen's In Goal 2010 technical director Jan Poulsen takes over as national caretaker coach60 words
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PRIME
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Article, Illustration181 2000-12-09 2 HOMEGROWN stars had the last laugh when they clinched the top three categories at the Asian Television awards last night all for comedy. First-time winner Vernetta Lopez was named the best comedy actress while funnyman Gurmit Singh grabbed the best comedy actorDARREN SOH - 181 words
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Article595 2000-12-09 2 AHMAD OSMAN - PM Goh outlines an election strategy, without indicating if voters should expect an early poll Bu AHMAD OSMAN IT IS 20 months before the next General Election must be held, but already the People’s Action Party has mapped out the broad strokes of its595 words
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Article202 2000-12-09 2 LESLIE KOH - By LESLIE KOH THE search for fresh blood is on. The Young PAP is aiming to field as many as 20 candidates in every' general election in future, said its chairman Lim Swee Say yesterday. The youth wdng of the People's Action Party, which now202 words
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509 2000-12-09 2 SALMA KH ALIK - By SALMA KH ALIK HEALTH CORRESPONDENT HIGH-PROFILE surgeon Susan Lim Mey Lee is being sued for allegedly leaving about half of a woman's appendix behind during an appendectomy. The complaint lodged with the High Court alleges that the stump of the appendix became509 words
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Article, Illustration352 2000-12-09 3 SARA VINCENT - S pore-British effort turns up a winner in design of the Spore Management University campus §!L SARA VINCENT EXPECT the new Singapore Management University (SMU) campus to be cool and green, with intriguing vistas, inviting courtyards and hidden corners in which toLIM SIX THAI - 352 words
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405 2000-12-09 3 KRIST ROO - *L KRIST ROO WE ARE sorry, Singapore Power said yesterday for the third time in as many months. Its managing director, Mr Wong Fook Hung, apologised yesterday for lapses in service and delays in billings that have put the company in the405 words
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427 2000-12-09 3 ■ Sandra Davie - Sandra Davie SINGAPORE may have a fourth university if a highlevel committee set up by the Government decides that it is the best route for polytechnic graduates wanting to upgrade. Deputy Prime Minister Tony Tan said a committee chaired by Senior Minister of State427 words
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HOME
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463 2000-12-09 4 SANDRA DAVIE - From Primary 1 to pre-university studies, the life sciences will be incorporated into every subject SANDRA DAVIE EDUCATION CORRESPONDENT WORDS such as cell, gene, germs and diseases will become part of a child's vocabulary from next year onwards, right from Primary 1. Every child463 words
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Article364 2000-12-09 4 SALMA KHALIK - By SALMA KHALIK HEALTH CORRESPONDENT SHOULD insurance companies be given the genetic profile of a person who is predisposed to a particular disease? This and other questions will be examined by a committee looking into the legal, ethical and social implications of life sciences research. The364 words
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Article, Illustration372 2000-12-09 4 KELVIN TONG; DEBBIE GOH - By KELVIN TONG and DEBBIE GOH ONE party-goer drowned and two others w 7 ere saved by lifeguards during a crowded beach part) 7 at Sentosa last Saturday. But for the rest of the 10.000 or so who packed Siloso Beach for Singapore’s first dance-musicENRIQUE SORIANO - 372 words
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PAP PARTY CONFERENCE
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Article, Illustration690 2000-12-09 5 AHMAD OSMAN - DPM Lee tells almost 1,000 party faithful the search for more good people is on, but party must meet the needs of the heartland AHMAD OSMAN THE People’s Action Party has lined up at least 12 new potential election candidates, including two690 words
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315 2000-12-09 5 A BUFFET table with an array of dishes which all races can enjoy, while working together to keep the table in healthy, good order so that everyone can tuck in. This analogy, sure to strike a chord with food-loving Singaporeans, was used by315 words
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255 2000-12-09 5 WOMEN want more government help to balance work and family, and they want their voices heard and represented more in decision-making. Pressing the Singapore woman’s case at Sunday’s PAP Ordinary Party Conference, Dr Aline Wong, who heads the PAP Women’s Wing, said women255 words
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Article510 2000-12-09 5 THE call for a new collective leadership of Malay leaders by the Association of Muslim Professionals (AMP), which the Government is dead set against, is still very much on the Prime Minister's mind. So much in fact, that Mr Goh Chok Tong devoted a good510 words
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SIA PLANE CRASH
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Article535 2000-12-09 6 GOH SUINOI - In a 10-point preliminary brief, Taiwanese probe team pinpoints the start of accident that killed 83 By GOH SUINOI TAIWAN CORRESPONDENT TAIPEI In its first official report last Friday, the Taiwanese team investigating Singapore Airlines’ Flight SQ 006 crash on Oct 31 confirmed that the aircraft535 words
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Article, Illustration409 2000-12-09 6 TAIPEI A Taiwanese laboratory has started tests to confirm whether the edge lights of the runway on which Singapore Airlines flight SQ 006 crashed in October were turned on at the time of the incident. The tests have been commissioned by the409 words
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331 2000-12-09 6 LI-ANN WEE - LI-ANN WEE SINGAPORE Airlines stewardess Farzana Abdul Razak’s condition took a turn for the worse last week, but she is now in a stable condition. According to her father, Mr Abdul Razak Mohammad Isa, she suffered “significant” internal bleeding last Thursday at Singapore General Hospital.331 words
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320 2000-12-09 6 KOH BOON PIN - By KOH BOON PIN CONSUMER CORRESPONDENT SINGAPORE Airlines has suspended several flights as it is one plane short, following the crash of flight SQ 006 in Taipei. Most of the affected flights are to Asian and Australian destinations. Some European destinations have also320 words
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Article, Illustration821 2000-12-09 7 TRACY QUEK - He was at Telok Kurau Primary with alumni, teachers and students to take a last look before it moves to Bedok Reservoir Road Sm. TRACY QUEK HE WAS no different from any other six- or seven-year-old in primary school. An activeALAN LIM - 821 words
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508 2000-12-09 7 SANDRA DAVIE - Bt .i SANDRA DAVIE EDUCATION CORRESPONDENT SINGAPORE’S top-rate performance in the Third International Mathematics and Science Study five years ago was no flash in the pan, a repeat test has shown. The same cohort of Primary 4 students who were tested in 1995 were508 words
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Article, Illustration523 2000-12-09 8 KOH BOON PIN - Duty-free retailer DFS has a new bar serving free wine and spirits in its liquor and tobacco store at Changi Airport Terminal 2 By KOH BOON PIN CONSUMER CORRESPONDENT AIRLINE travellers who fancy a swig of brandy or a sip of wine beforeJOYCE FANG - 523 words
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Advertisement80 2000-12-09 4 m mm gp Do you have a burning question for Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong? Here's your chance to pose it to him, be it on his policies, his leadership or your concerns for the future. He has agreed to take some of your questions in an exclusive interview with80 words
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Page 8 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous1062 2000-12-09 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, Illustration649 2000-12-09 9 GERARD WONG - Dane becomes national caretaker coach and will coach Lions until the pre-World Cup qualifiers SOCCER By. GERARD WONG GOAL 2010 technical director Jan Poulsen became the latest man to sit in Singapore soccer’s hottest seat when he was named national caretaker coach by theTREVOR TAN - 649 words
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Article354 2000-12-09 9 CHAN TSE CHUEEN - SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL MARATHON By. CHAN TSE CHUEEN HE SAID he would win and he did. Easily. South Africa’s Nixon Nkodima must be one of the coolest winners the Singapore International Marathon has seen. Two hours, 27 minutes and seven seconds after the 6am flag-off, he354 words
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222 2000-12-09 9 GERARD WONG - ĔIL GERARD WONG THE Football Association of Singapore will conduct random polygraph or lie-detector tests at S-League matches next season. Referees will also be subjected to this radical move aimed at stamping out matchfixing in local football. It wall be included in the SLeague’s222 words
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MALAYSIA
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483 2000-12-09 10 WAN HAMIDI HAMID - Deputy head, who had handed in his quit letter to Dr Mahathir over Lunas loss, reverses decision By WAN HAMIDI HAMID IN KUALA LUMPUR A POTENTIAL crisis within Umno Youth was averted on Thursday when the movement’s No 2 leader, Datuk Aziz Sheikh483 words
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Article, Illustration404 2000-12-09 10 IPOH It was a twist of fate that brought six people from two families together at the High Court here on Tuesday. It all began when two baby girls were switched at birth at the Perak Chinese Maternity Association 30 years ago, reported TheTHE SUN - 404 words
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Article, Illustration286 2000-12-09 10 LESLIE LAL - LESLIE LAL IN KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad on Thursday laid to rest uncertainties over the appointment of the country ’s new top judge when he confirmed Tan Sri Mohamed Dzaiddin Abdullah as the new Chief Justice. A short statement fromNST - 286 words
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338 2000-12-09 10 REME AHMAD - By REME AHMAD IN KUALA LUMPUR IN TWO years, visitors to the capital’s Bukit Bintang shopping district will no longer have to endure the traffic snarl they can just hop onto the city's 8.6-km monorail system and be w hisked around. Operators338 words
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SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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Article, Illustration518 2000-12-09 11 MARIANNE KEARNEY - MARIANNE KEARNEY IN lAYAPURA JAKARTA sent 37 warships to the waters surrounding Irian Jaya, where violence has flared over raising of the “Morning Star” flag, in a sign that it was not prepared to tolerate any further demands for independence. The spokesman for theAFP - 518 words
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605 2000-12-09 11 ARTURO BARIUAD - Prosecution produces ssm cheque he allegedly signed, as pro and anti-Estrada activists demonstrate near the Senate ARTURO BARIUAD STRAITS TIMES PHILIPPINES BUREAU MANILA The country’s most-awaited political drama unfolded on Thursday to a fullhouse audience to ascertain the guilt or innocence of impeached605 words
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Article453 2000-12-09 11 JAKARTA Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister Aiwa Shihab plans to meet his Singaporean counterpart Professor S. Jayakumar to clear the air over the scathing attack on Singapore by the country’s leader. The Indonesian Observer quoted him as saying that he wanted “to clear up the453 words
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COMMENT
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Article591 2000-12-09 12 MONDAY DECEMBER 4,2000 LAST Friday, “independence” observances by separatists’ supporters in the remote eastern Indonesian province of Irian Jaya passed with little trouble. It is an indication of how fragile the unitary state is that the relative calm, bar some arrests, is celebrated as some sort of591 words
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Article552 2000-12-09 12 TUESDAY DECEMBER 5,2000 THE Singapore sports community’s penchant for stirring up controversy is hard to beat. If only sports practitioners and officials were half as proficient at producing results. The messy departure of national soccer coach Vincent Subramaniam over his failure in the Tiger Cup with ill-tempered retorts,552 words
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Article, Illustration990 2000-12-09 12 CHUA LEE HOONG - No candidates Its more to do with PAP SATURDAY WITH CHUA LEE HOONG THE United States has presidents to spare. Singapore's ruling party’ scrapes to get enough people to stand for election. What’s happening? Watching events on diamet-rically-opposite sides of the globe unfold these past few days, the irony has990 words
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Article, Illustration935 2000-12-09 13 M. MRMALA - MY VIEW By M. MRMALA A SMALL, warm hand lands softly on mine. Startled, and still clutching my reporter’s notebook tightly, I return a weak smile. I do not know the little boy’s name, but I learn later that he is a three-year-oldJAHAN - 935 words
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727 2000-12-09 13 KOH BOON PIN - SPOTLIGHT MOANING ALOUD By KOH BOON PIN CONSUMER CORRESPONDENT NOT happy? Bway song, ah? Complain, lor. Sometimes, it seems that’s all Singaporeans do: Complain, complain, complain. Last week, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong, in an interview with the Asian Wall Street Journal, said that727 words
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INSIGHT
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Article, Illustration1561 2000-12-09 14 Last Friday was World Aids Day. Fifteen years since the mysterious disease was first diagnosed in a Singaporean, how have social attitudes towards Aids changed? WENDY TAN brings you an update. MR GEORGE Tan (not his real name) is a pictureNOEL ROSALES - 1,561 words
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1149 2000-12-09 15 CHLA MUIHOONG - THINKING ALOUD By CHLA MUIHOONG MR T is homeless in Singapore, and he should not be. Many people who read about him in last Friday's issue of The Straits Times no doubt felt sorrv for him. Some called this paper1,149 words
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Article, Illustration667 2000-12-09 15 She has been called the Asian Princess Diana for her Aids-advocacy work. She is known for her frank opinions. The daughter of Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad tells BRAEMA MATHI what drives her. SEVEN years of thinking Aids, dreaming of new initiatives to help peopleDARREN SOH - 667 words
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MONEY
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Article296 2000-12-09 16 Azhar Khalid - Azhar Khalid THE Singapore stock market was on a roller-coaster ride draped by continued uncertainties in the US technology 7 sector. Local investors remained skittish from the start but Nasdaq’s biggest one-day jump in six months on Tuesday boosted their confidence to chase stock prices. The296 words
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Article75 2000-12-09 16 Straits Times Index The Straits Times Index rose 5.16 points on the week to 1,960.16 points DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday BT-SRI Index 1930.97(-24.03) 1953.6K+22.64) 1974.83 (+21.22) 1958.73 (-16.10) 1,960.16 1.43) 204.9m ($389.9m) 220.2m ($397.6m) 430.8m ($735.5m) 186.7m ($477.24) 216.3m ($481.6m) The BT-SRI Index75 words
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Article2393 2000-12-09 16 Company Date ann Net earn TY LY (Sm) ($m) EPS TY LY (Cts) (Cts) ASTI Sep 05 1 6.182 2.476 4.69 2.39 ABR Hldgs Sep 19 1 2.343 0.491 1.21 0.26 ACE Dynamics Sep 05 1 0.537 0.517 0.54 0.63 Acma Sep 29 1 4.088 6.114 2.40 3.702,393 words
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Article187 2000-12-09 16 BONUS ISSUE Company Ratio Exdate Books close Acc Paymt Strike one-for-one Dec 6 Dec 11 NA NoelGifts one-for-two Jan 8 Jan 11 NA RIGHTS ISSUE ExBooks Acc Company Ratio date close Paymt China Motion one-for-four Dec 13 Dec 18 NA OTHERS ExBooks Acc Company Ratio date close Paymt187 words
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Article243 2000-12-09 16 Company Place Date Time Sunright A The Pan Pacific Hotel Ocean 7 Level 2 7 Raffles Boulevard Marina Square S'pore (*****5) Jan 12 10.30am Singatrust A E Orchard Hotel Nutmeg Room 442 Orchard Road S'pore (*****9) Dec 28 2.30pm 3.30pm Uraco E 25 Serangoon North Avenue 5 S'pore243 words
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Article517 2000-12-09 16 Payment Ex Books Pay (cts) date close date Amtek Engrg 20c F 0.8TE Nov 30 Dec 5 Dec 14 AVJennings A25c h A2.5 Dec 5 Dec 8 Dec 21 AVJennings A25c k A2.5 Dec 5 Dec 8 Dec 21 Avaplas 5c 1 0.2 Dec 13 Dec 18 Dec517 words
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Article133 2000-12-09 16 Company Description Allied Comp Proposed Bonus Issue of Intnl Ltd 113,912,510 new ord shares of par value $0.10 each on the basis of one for every two existing ord shares. Proposed to issue 68,347,506 warrants to subscribe for 68,347,506 new ord shares of $0.10 par value. Proposed to133 words
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Article, Illustration2317 2000-12-09 17 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Managers' prices (S$) UNIT TRUSTS Aberdeen Asset Mat Asia Ltd Aberdeen Select Portfolio: Global MNC Fd 0.868 0.913 Global Technology Fd!** 1.017 1.069 UK Blue Chip Fd!** 0.829 0.871 American Opport Fd 0.941 0.989 Continental Euro Eqty Fd!** 1.158 1.217 Japan Eqty Fd!** 1.304 1.370 Asian Fixed2,317 words
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Article154 2000-12-09 17 Foreign Currency Note Rates (9am, Dec 8) Buying OD Selling Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currencv Australian dollar 0.9410 0.9590 Canadian dollar 1.1220 1.1460 NZ dollar 0.7320 0.7480 Sterling pound 2.4940 2.5200 US dollar 1.7290 1.7400 Singapore dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling 11.08154 words
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475 2000-12-09 17 IGNATIUS LOW - IGNATIUS LOW FiNANCE CORRESPONDENT Elsewhere in Asia, family-based controlling shareholders are 'prone to enriching themselves’, according to a new survey SINGAPORE is the only Asian country where dividends are definitely not being siphoned off by family-based controlling shareholders, according to a new475 words
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Article, Illustration355 2000-12-09 17 CORNELIA TAN - Deck the malls for less Bi, CORNELIA TAN IF YOU think that Santas Little Helpers have been stinting on shopping centre Christmas decorations this year, you are right. Big-name malls and hotels have cut their spending on festive flourishes by as much as 25 per cent, say the Singapore design355 words
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Article5016 2000-12-09 18 Transaction date: Dec 8, 2000 MULTI INDUSTRY 52-Wk Curr Last High Low Company Traded Sale ♦orVol ■000 Day High Low Gr’s Div Net M Cap P/E $mil Wt Avq Price 163 75 me Acma50c 79 +0.5 3 79 78 5 9.9 137.1 78 50.5 145,016 words
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Article1326 2000-12-09 19 BONDS, LOANS WARRANTS Transaction date: Pec 8 t ***** 52-Wk High Low Company Last Sale ♦orVol ■000 Day High Low Last Quote Buyer Seller Wt Avg Price 51.5 3 s Acma W*****4 ...3.5 -0.5 10 3.5 3.5 3 4 27 2.5 s AIITech W*****7 3 4 3 31 18 s1,326 words
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Article1107 2000-12-09 19 52-Wk High Low Curr Last Company Traded Sale ♦orVol ■000 Day High Low Gr’s Div Net P/E M Cap $mil Wt Avg Price MANUFACTURING 200 72.5 c AS Auto 10c 88 +6 453 88 81.5 10 N 35.2 115.6 79 82 45 c ASJ Hldgs 20c 50 3.81,107 words
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478 2000-12-09 20 DOUGLAS WONG - The move by MAS will allow foreign investors to borrow Singdollars for stocks, bonds and non-residential property By] DOUGLAS WONG SINGAPORE’S central bank announced two key changes on Wednesday, loosening its hold on the Singapore dollar to allow international investors to borrow it more478 words
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Article, Illustration91 2000-12-09 20 Deborah Ng - Deborah Ng WHIRL OF COLOURS: It is a lot taller than him. And a lot more angular. But this ferro carbon-coated aluminium construction has Economic Development Board chairman Philip Yeo’s name on it. Called “Colours of the Wind”, JTC Corp commissioned it as a tribute to hisSTEPHANIE YEOW - 91 words
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355 2000-12-09 20 IGNATIUS LOW - By IGNATIUS LOW FINANCE CORRESPONDENT FASTER facts, more precise, more often and demanded by law. Timely corporate information tailored to the most exacting international standards will come the way of Singapore’s investors soon if the recommendations of a high-level review committee are accepted. And the duty355 words
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Article241 2000-12-09 20 LORNA TAN - §1 LORNA TAN HOTEL tycoon Kwek Leng Beng is in the running to bag the biggest foreign-invest-ment deal ever by a Singapore party. The billionaire is bidding hard against a host of interested parties for Britain’s Granada Compass hotels, worth a whopping £3 billion (Ss7-53241 words
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263 2000-12-09 20 LEE SIEWHUA - By LEE SIEWHUA US CORRESPONDENT WASHINGTON Singapore and the United States will do their best to wrap up this year a free trade agreement that has rich significance for both nations, for the wider region and for global trade. Talks have begun at263 words
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Advertisement9 2000-12-09 19 TRAVEL GUIDE The Straits Times Classified. Classifications 573 587.9 words
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Advertisement931 2000-12-09 21 The Straits Times Weekly Edition Marvell, a public-listed company in US, is fast-growing, and has become a leading developer and supplier of mixed-signal processing ICs. We provide state-of-the-art DSP and high-performance analog front-end interfaces in an advanced digital CMOS process for use in broadband communications and digital mass storage applications.931 words
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Advertisement1169 2000-12-09 22 Ig| i|£ Ji NAN YANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY Since its establishment in 1991, the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has already won numerous international awards and recognition as a University of high repute. The University remains firmly at the forefront of research, as explorations are made in emerging niche areas, and efforts1,169 words
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FORUM
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Article323 2000-12-09 23 WRITER Lee Keng Poh (“Long road to becoming a gracious society", see other letter) is right. Singaporeans, in general, have got a long way to go to becoming a gracious society. For all the Government's campaigns and education programmes, ultimately it is how the individual323 words
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Article, Illustration194 2000-12-09 23 THE majority of Singaporeans are kind-hearted and willing to help those in difficulty or in need. But I don’t understand why some ill-treat their maids, despite the fact that many of those who do end up in court and the guilty employer is194 words
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321 2000-12-09 23 I REFER to the letters, “Give fair chance to all research ideas” by Mr Kong Jong Ren and “Don’t focus on only humans in life sciences” by Ms Yvonne Chew Lai Yeen (ST Weekly, Dec 02). I am very happy to inform Mr Kong321 words
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317 2000-12-09 23 I REFER to the letters to the Forum pages on Nov 24 and 29 concerning Mr Philip Yeo's comments on the primary focus and research thrust of the Economic Development Board’s life-science programme. Your readers appear to have317 words
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262 2000-12-09 23 THE change announced recently by the Minister for Manpower allowing CPF members to invest all their funds in the ordinary and special account is bold and innovative. Would the minister take this change a step further and make the CPF minimum sum annuity262 words
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462 2000-12-09 24 JASON LEOW - PM became the first member of such a club. Firms and individuals can join these clubs by pledging 0.5% of their income S!L JASON LEOW ?RIME Minister Goh Chok Tong on Sunday night called on community groups to set462 words
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Article, Illustration90 2000-12-09 24 SM LEE'S HONGKONG HONOUR l Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew led the procession of graduates at the Chinese University of Hongkong on Thursday after receiving an honorary degree. Behind iim were the other three honorary-degree recipients (from right): Professor Chen Jiaer, president of the National NaturalGEORGE GASCON - 90 words
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Article268 2000-12-09 24 ELENA CHONG - Si ELENA CHONG FORMER television presenter Zahara Abdul Lateef was calm on Tuesday as a district judge sentenced her to two months’ jail for pouring hot water on her maid. But the former anchorwoman for Channel NewsAsia’s In Conversation current affairs programme cried as her268 words
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