The Straits Times : Weekly Overseas Edition, 3 March 2001
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Title Section19 2001-03-03 1 The Straits Times Weekly Edition Saturday March 3,2001 Price: S$ 1.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MITA 072/08/200019 words
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406 2001-03-03 1 LIANG HWEE TING - 3V2 times rise in cases between 1990 and 1998; two thirds of these patients were in primary school or pre-primary centres *L LIANG HWEE TING AN INCREASING number of children here are getting help from psychiatrists. The number of young psychiatric patients multiplied 3 Vi406 words
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Article, Illustration190 2001-03-03 1 FOR most students, Secondary 4 is a crucial examination year. For Ping Yi Secondary student Nealan Pasupathy (above), who is hugging his teacher, Mrs Caryn Ann Leong, it was also when he was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. The illness meant that he had190 words
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320 2001-03-03 1 SHARMILPAL KALR - *L SHARMILPAL KALR MAD-COW disease, foot-and-mouth disease, Nipah virus these animal-disease scares are enough to make people here think seriously about giving up meat. But there is no need to shy away from any food that does not grow on plants. Meat here320 words
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Advertisement66 2001-03-03 1 Transcending race Helping each other as S'poreans Mrs Susan Tang is one of the 200 non-Indian volunteers the self-help group, Sinda, has recruited. Race is not an issue, she says page 3 N AVAL TRAGEDY NSF officer dies in drill Bright and driven, full-time national serviceman Daryl Loh had wanted66 words
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PRIME
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Article, Illustration496 2001-03-03 2 Meritocracy and the triumph of will are S’porean traits, says BG Lee at school’s 115th anniversary OVER 100 years ago, a school began at Amoy Street with 13 students and three teachers. Today, it has grown into a community of five institutions,ALBERT SIM - 496 words
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456 2001-03-03 2 AHMAD OSMAN - By AHMAD OSMAN ABOUT 100 people attended a closed-door dialogue between Malay-Muslim Singaporeans and Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew, which took place yesterday evening after having been postponed thrice. The session was put off last month to give the organisers time to widen456 words
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Article, Illustration312 2001-03-03 2 HE WAS 45 and she, 30 years younger but that did not stop the married company director from having sex with her. Tay Kim Kuan was keen to meet the girl after she shared intimate details about her sexual312 words
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503 2001-03-03 3 EUNICE LAU; and SANDRA DAVIE - By EUNICE LAU and SANDRA DAVIE PUTTING in an extra hour after school did the trick for several neighbourhood schools, and on Wednesday they celebrated their better showing at the O levels. Bartley Secondary saw the most improvement. It had an astonishing 24-percentage-point503 words
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Article, Illustration343 2001-03-03 3 EUNICE LAU - *L EUNICE LAU WHEN Mrs Susan Tang, 44, responded to the Singapore Indian Development Association’s (Sinda’s) call for volunteers to help out in its reading programme, she did not consider race as an issue until her friends asked why she did not offer herJAMES CROUCHER - 343 words
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498 2001-03-03 3 AHMAD OSMAN - Ethnic groups can run programmes for participants of all races, and help build a more cohesive multi-racial society bil AHMAD OSMAN ETHNIC self-help groups can make a difference in bringing Singaporeans together by organising more joint programmes for people of all races.498 words
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HOME
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397 2001-03-03 4 KRIST 800 - Although findings on emissions are inconclusive, consumer watchdog hopes to get warning labels mounted on the devices ĔIL KRIST 800 STUDENT Delia Yindee£hol, 17, spends about six ours every day on her cell phone, and her mobilephone bills run up to more than $4OO each397 words
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Article, Illustration87 2001-03-03 4 CIVIL Defence officers trying to free the driver of a pickup who was trapped in his seat when his vehicle collided with a van on River Valley Road at 1.40 pm on Monday. The officers use a hydraulic spreader and cutter to extricate the man, whose87 words
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434 2001-03-03 4 TRACY QUEK - *L TRACY QUEK MORE students here are graduating with degrees •om foreign universities, not by going overseas, but by enrolling in private centres that offer external-degree programmes. In just one year, the number of students who graduated with degrees through such centres went up434 words
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Article447 2001-03-03 4 SUSAN LONG - &L SUSAN LONG IF THE Government is so keen to promote family life, why not get Cabinet ministers and MPs for a start to show off their spouses and talk about their relationships with their children? This was one of the suggestions thrown up447 words
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Article, Illustration300 2001-03-03 5 SELINA LUM - By SELINA LUM WITH several scholarship offers and a place in a renowned American university, full-time national serviceman Daryl Loh Chuan Rong had a bright future ahead of him. But it came to a sudden end when the 20-year-old died after falling overboard fromLIM SIN THAI - 300 words
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369 2001-03-03 5 ALETHEA LIM - By ALETHEA LIM COURT CORRESPONDENT CHIEF Justice Yong Pung How’s ruling which overruled an archaic 120-year-old English law that gave unbridled rights to land owners is likely to influence similar changes worldwide, according to a world-renowned law expert. Professor Kevin Gray, whose369 words
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482 2001-03-03 5 A new rule that came into effect on Thursday allows organisers of functions rangingfrom Chinese opera to fashion events to hold such events without the need for a police permit. Some groups hail the change, but oppositionleaders complain that it does not482 words
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300 2001-03-03 5 LI-ANN WEE - *L LI-ANN WEE AT LEAST 44 victims, including 13 Singaporeans, are suing Singapore Airlines over the crash of SQ 006 in Taipei last October. They are also suing Boeing, aircraft-component manufacturers and Taiwanese airport authorities. The Chicago-based Nolan Law:Group, which' has successfully'claimed millions300 words
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Article, Illustration336 2001-03-03 6 A loud cracking sound and the earth moved, but no, it was not an earthquake. It was the walkway alongside Orchard Plaza caving in LATE-NIGHT patrons at a cafe in Orchard Plaza got a big fright at the weekend when they heard aWONG MAYE-E - 336 words
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193 2001-03-03 6 ALMOST 4,000 Muslim Singaporeans are performing the Haj this year, after a last-ditch attempt by the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (Muis) to encourage more to go. The Haj is a religious pilgrimage by Muslims to Mecca. After sending reminder letters to the 922193 words
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Page 6 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous1061 2001-03-03 6 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 2 Beat 1230 Business Market Report 1235 The Written Word1,061 words
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SPORTS
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483 2001-03-03 7 GERARD WONG - This will more likely evoke the drama and atmosphere of tournament, say organisers BADMINTON §IL GERARD WONG SINGAPORE may stage Asia’s most prestigious men’s badminton team tournament, the Asia Cup, in the HDB heartland in May. Instead of opting for the Singapore483 words
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228 2001-03-03 7 TAY CHENG KHOON - GOLF By TAY CHENG KHOON DEPUTY SPORTS EDITOR NO ONE was surprised when Fiji’s Vijay Singh cantered to victory in the US$B5O,OOO (Ssl.s million) Caltex Singapore Masters golf championship at the Singapore Island Country Club’s Bukit Course on Sunday. But the 18,000 fans one of228 words
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Article, Illustration303 2001-03-03 7 Gerard Wong - SOCCER Gerard Wong THE intense annual rivalry between Home United and Singapore Armed Forces FC has begun. And all it took to kickstart the anticipated S-League title race between the two clubs from the uniformed groups yesterday was a six-word statement fromALBERT SIM - 303 words
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301 2001-03-03 7 JEFFREY LOW - JEFFREY LOW SOCCER CORRESPONDENT IN KUWAIT SINGAPORE threw away a superb chance to win its only game in the World Cup qualifiers when it allowed Kyrgyzstan to share the points at Kuwait Stadium on Tuesday night. After taking a well-de-served 1-0 lead in301 words
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MALAYSIA
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Article, Illustration507 2001-03-03 8 RE ME AHMAD - Pullout by the Japanese airline is another blow to KLIA’s hopes of becoming a regional hub By RE ME AHMAD IN KUALA LUMPUR JAPAN’S second-biggest airline, All Nippon Airways (ANA), has said it will be stopping all flights into Kuala507 words
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Article523 2001-03-03 8 LESLIE LAU - By LESLIE LAU IN KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIA announced on Wednesday that it would revive the full-scale version of the controversial RM13.5 billion (555.9 billion) Bakun hydroelectric dam project in Sarawak. It will be completed within six years despite environmental concerns. However, Energy, Communications and523 words
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357 2001-03-03 8 REME AHMAD - By REME AHMAD IN RAWANG (SELANGOR) A NEW attempt to revive the banned Al-Arqam group has been nipped in the bud by the Selangor Islamic Affairs Department, which closed down two religious schools with 1,500 students in Rawang. The At-Tahalli primary and secondary357 words
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SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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Article, Illustration620 2001-03-03 9 MARIANNE KEARNEY - Huge migration under way as 24,000 Madurese migrants scramble to escape violence after a week of killings By MARIANNE KEARNEY STRAITS TIMES INDONESIA BUREAU SAMPIT (Kalimantan) Indonesian security forces began a crackdown on gangs of marauding and murdering Dayaks in Central Kalimantan on WednesdayAP - 620 words
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369 2001-03-03 9 JAMES EAST - By JAMES EAST STRAITS TIMES THAILAND BUREAU BANGKOK Thai Rak Thai, the party of “New Ideas, New Action”, on Monday presented Parliament with policies it hopes will give new teeth to Asia’s tired tiger and galvanise its inefficient economy. In his maiden speech to369 words
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Article, Illustration245 2001-03-03 9 ARTURO BARIUAD - ARTURO BARIUAD STRAITS TIMES PHILIPPINES BUREAU MANILA Despite the crushing fall from power of Mr Joseph Estrada and the virulent campaign of civic groups against movie stars running for elective posts, Filipino actors and actresses are invading the political arena. Often regarded as lightweights by politicians and dubiousBOY SANTOS - 245 words
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COMMENT
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Article590 2001-03-03 10 WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 28,2001 THAILAND’S richest politician Thaksin Shinawatra was demonised during the election campaign as a spendthrift who would load on more public debt and undo the macro-eco-nomic nursing of the past four years under the careful Democrat leader, Mr Chuan Leekpai. On Monday, Prime Minister Thaksin offered590 words
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Article551 2001-03-03 10 TUESDAY FEBRUARY 27,2001 Heads you lose, tails you also lose. Cruel though this characterisation of the Madura migrants’ fate in Kalimantan is, it is just one more hellish postscript to the unfolding tragedy of post-Su-harto Indonesia. Whichever way a toss could divine the future for them, the551 words
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962 2001-03-03 10 with CHUA LEE HOONG - SATURDAY with CHUA LEE HOONG PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong’s comments at the Sinda function last Sunday have stirred Singaporeans to think about race again. It’s a good thing. Just to recap, Mr Goh spoke about ethnic self-help policy in Singapore. He was962 words
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COMMENT/PERSPECTIVE
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Article, Illustration694 2001-03-03 11 TAN TARN HOW - MY VIEW By TAN TARN HOW “WHY are you Singaporeans always arguing about what it means to be Singaporean?” the Australian playwright asked. It was nearly a decade ago in a pub in Mohamed Sultan Road, and his exasperated question cameCHRISTIAN INTON - 694 words
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823 2001-03-03 11 WITH ASAD LATIF - HEART TO HEART WITH ASAD LATIF ACCORDING to scientists, every person on earth shares 99-99 per cent of the same genetic code with all other people. In fact, the human-genome sequence shows that people from different racial groups can be more similar genetically than individuals823 words
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CPF newsline A CORPORATE NEWSLETTER OF THE CPF BOARD
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Article, Illustration694 2001-03-03 12 / 13 From 1 March 2001, the age ceiling for coverage under the CPF Home Protection Scheme (HPS) will go up from 60 to 65 years. In addition, CPF members starting their HPS cover will pay their premiums annually instead of making a lump sum payment at694 words
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Article, Illustration115 2001-03-03 12 / 13 More than 1.93 million CPF members qualified for the CPF TopUp for 2000/2001. The first top-up was credited into their Ordinary Accounts on 16 January 2001. The second payment will follow within the next 12 months. Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong announced the CPF Top-Up115 words
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Article, Illustration424 2001-03-03 12 / 13 We don’t just serve customers at counters, or answer telephone calls and handle letters and requests. Besides serving CPF customers, the Board also strives to be a good employer and responsible corporate citizen by participating in various activities. We'd like424 words
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Article87 2001-03-03 12 / 13 CPF members will continue to earn the guaranteed minimum 2.5% per annum for savings in their Ordinary and Medisave Accounts from 1 April to 30 June 2001. The CPF interest rate is market-related and derived from the 12-month fixed deposit and savings rates of the four major87 words
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INSIGHT
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Article, Illustration1925 2001-03-03 14 So, our students are stressed. But how stressed are they compared to students in the American and Japanese schools here? Our Education Correspondent SANDRA f)kiJ£ finds out SURE, school is tough on Singapore kids, especially when you compare them with their moreTERENCETAN; DESMOND FOO - 1,925 words
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1508 2001-03-03 14 HAN POOR JKWANG - THINKING ALOUD By HAN POOR JKWANG IT WAS a decade of progress, as the title of the latest census report put it aptly, and with all the numbers to prove it. But that was not the only story of Singapore, 19901,508 words
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MONEY
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Article282 2001-03-03 16 Banking stocks were the dominant play in the local market this week as investors speculated on an imminent cut in US interest rates by the Federal Reserve. Market talk of a rate cut was sparked by US investment bank Bear Steams’ chief economist, Mr Wayne282 words
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Article2390 2001-03-03 16 Company Date ann Net earn TY LY ($m> <$m> EPS TY LY (cts) (cts) Ascott Jan 31 P 4.789 15.611 L 031 1.7L Achleva Feb 27 P 8.851 4.938 238 1.59 Addvalue Dec 07 1 0.500 2.056L 0.12 O./L AS Auto Dec 08 1 6.888 0347 5.20 0.302,390 words
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Article162 2001-03-03 16 BONUS ISSUE Company Ratio Exdate Books close Acc Paymt Sunlight NoelGifts one-for-two one-for-two Feb 15 Jan 8 Fab 20 JanTt NA NA RIGHTS ISSUE Company Ratio Exdate Books dose Acc Paymt China Motion one-for-four Dec 13 Dec 18 NA OTHERS Company Ratio Exdate Books dose Acc fit Paymt162 words
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Article152 2001-03-03 16 Company Place Date Time NatSteel E The Conference Room 36 Robinson Road #13-01 City House S'pore (*****7) Mar 26 10.00am Harimau E 65 Chuiia Street #50-00 OCBC Centre S'pore (*****3) Mar 21 11.00am Craft Print A 9 Joo Koon Circle S'pore (*****1) Mar 15 9.30am Wah Shing S152 words
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Article77 2001-03-03 16 Straits fines Index The Straits Tinas Index fed 40.16 points on tin week to 1,907.24 points DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday 1960.31 (+13.45) 206.2m ($407.5m) Tuesday 1937.14 (-23.17) 305.3m ($452.9m) Wednesday 1947.4 (+10.26) 403.5m ($654.6) Thursday 1911.77 (-35.63) 253.2m ($430.9m) Friday 1907.24 4.53) 253.4m ($490.4m) IT-SRI Index The77 words
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Article730 2001-03-03 16 Payment <cts> Ex date Books close Pay data AP Breweries F 9N Feb 28 Mar 5 Mar 16 Ascott 20c b 1 May 14 May 17 May 28 Australand A50c i 3 Mar 13 Mar 16 Mar 29 Avimo 20c F 4.3 Mar 13 Mar 16 Mar 28730 words
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Article177 2001-03-03 16 Company Description Popular Hips The Board of Directors of Poputar Holdings Ltd wishes to announce that it is proposing a bonus issue on the basis of one new ordinary share of $0.10 each credited as fully paid for every two existing ordinary shares of $0.10 each held In177 words
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Article2576 2001-03-03 17 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Mar 3, 2001 Managers' prices (S$) UNIT TRUSTS niirdein Asset Mat Asia Ltd Aberdeen Select Portfolio: Global MNC Fd 0.772 0.812 Global Technology Fd!** 0.675 0.710 UK Blue Chip Fd!** 0.784 0.824 American Opport Fd 0.842 0.885 Continental Euro Eqty Fd!** 1.097 1.153 Japan Eqty Fd!** 1.1182,576 words
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Article163 2001-03-03 17 Foreign Currency Note Rates (9am, Mar 2) Buying OD Selling Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency Australian dollar 0.9130 0.9310 Canadian dollar 1.1190 1.1420 N2 dollar 0.7490 0.7650 Sterling pound 2.5280 2.5540 US dollar 1.7410 1.7520 Singapore dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling 11.69163 words
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Article305 2001-03-03 17 NARENDRA AGGARWAL - Factory closures during the Chinese New Year holidays cited; output up 8.9% on three-month moving average basis By By NARENDRA AGGARWAL ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT SINGAPORE’S manufacturing output dipped 9.9 per cent last month, compared with the same period a year ago, but there is no cause for305 words
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508 2001-03-03 17 yEDNA KOH - Reports by yEDNA KOH FINANCE CORRESPONDENT STANDARD Chartered Bank (Stanchart) plans to relocate at least half its entire 20branch network within three to five years, even as it resumes talks with two other foreign banks to set up a shared-ATM network. Last year,508 words
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Article4983 2001-03-03 18 Transaction date: Mar 2, 2001 MULTI INDUSTRY 52-Wk High Low Curr Last Company Traded Sale ♦orVol ’000 D«y High Low Gr*s Div Net M Cep P/E $mil Wt Avg Price 153 41 61.5 64 20 394 165 171 424 472 452 290 219 91 46.54,983 words
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Article1171 2001-03-03 19 BONDS, LOANS WARRANTS Transaction date: Mar 2, ***** 52-Wk High Low Company Last Sale ♦orVol '000 Day High Low Last Quote Wt Avg Buyer Seller Price 40 0.5 s Acma W*****4 ..0.5 0.5 1 1 23 2.5 s AIITech W*****7 3 3 3 31 13.5 s Amtek W*****0 21 -0.51,171 words
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Article1154 2001-03-03 19 52-Wk High Low Curr Last Company Traded Sale ♦orVol '000 Day High Low Gr*s Dlv Net P/E M Cap WtAvg $mil Price MANUFACTURING 191 69.5 c AS Auto 10c 69.5 -2 181 71.5 69.5 10 N 27.8 91.3 73 82 30 c ASJ Hldgs 20c 48 3.8 10.81,154 words
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Article482 2001-03-03 20 CHEEJANNPERNG - Deal with a ‘relatively large brokerage’ may involve a share swop and will be the third in the rapidly-consolidating industry Reports by CHEEJANNPERNG COMPANIES REPORTER LISTED brokerage Ong Asia is close to sealing a $135 million merger deal with one of Singapore’s top local482 words
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457 2001-03-03 20 CORNELIA TAN - By CORNELIA TAN PROPERTY REPORTER DEMAND for land by developers for building private homes last year was so weak that some 30 per cent of land released by the Government was left unpurchased. Last year, the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) offered457 words
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Article, Illustration284 2001-03-03 20 COLIN TAN - By COLIN TAN BONVESTS Holdings expects to double the production volume of newly-ac-quired Brooklyn Bagels this year and may, in the next year or two, introduce a chain of bagel outlets. On Tuesday, the group acquired a 75 per cent stake in Brooklyn BagelsLIANHE ZAOBAO - 284 words
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333 2001-03-03 20 NICHOLAS FANG - By NICHOLAS FANG TRANSPORT REPORTER SINGAPORE’S maritime authority has halved fees for ships that register under the Republic’s flag, hoping to expand the local ship registry and further develop the country as a maritime hub. The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA),333 words
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Advertisement1109 2001-03-03 21 The Straits Times Weekly Edition t&& —j&. &aatm V' /7 Natic Heall National Healthcare Group Adding years of healthy life V The National Healthcare Group (NHG) comprises Alexandra Hospital (AH), National University Hospital (NUH), Tan Took Seng Hospital (TTSH), Institute of Mental Health/ Wood bridge Hospital (WH), National Neuroscience Institute1,109 words
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FORUM
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Article, Illustration272 2001-03-03 23 I WAS heartened to hear about Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong feeling “a little apprehensive” while attending a function organised by Sinda, the Indian self-help group (“Self-help groups should draw all races, says PM”; ST, Feb 26). He voiced his worry that by attending functions organised272 words
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Article218 2001-03-03 23 THERE is no question that educating the public on health issues and regulating health-care products are the rightful duties of the Ministry of Health (MOH). What is in question, however, is the decision to hive off its existing departments to form two statutory bodies the218 words
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169 2001-03-03 23 presence of immiI grants has a positive im.L pact on Australia. It changes the mindset of Australians, making them more competitive in areas where there is Asian presence. Australians no longer have a “nine-to-five” mentality towards work, and generally detest the laid-back attitude of some Australians.169 words
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617 2001-03-03 23 FTER reading the A article, “If I leave, it’ll be because I’m pragmatic, and JL by Ms Laurel Teo (ST, Feb 20), I feel there is something I’d like to say. Firstly, although I’ve long left my teenage angst far behind617 words
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Article352 2001-03-03 23 IN A recent letter on environmental issues, “Green rankings that ignore energy efficiency make no sense” (ST, Feb 17), Mr Euston Quah stated that the report “Just how clean and green is Singapore?” (ST, Feb 15), contained some erroneous statements. I disagree. On the subject of352 words
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508 2001-03-03 24 MARGARET PERRY - 3©ne in 25 people will suffer from it, according to figures released by the S pore Cancer Registry. One in 17 of them is likely to die By MARGARET PERRY COLO-RECTAL or bowel cancer is the most common form of cancer508 words
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180 2001-03-03 24 SHARMILPAL KAUR - By SHARMILPAL KAUR INDIANS here get heart attacks three times more often than Chinese do, and the ratio is rising fast. Said Prof Lim Yean Leng, director of the National Heart Centre: “Last year, the number of Indians getting heart attacks was 180 per180 words
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Article, Illustration345 2001-03-03 24 LIM HONG LING - Eil LIM HONG LING TAKING public transport in the early hours of the morning will be easier by next weekend. More buses will be plying Singapore roads between 11.30 pm and 5.30 am on Fridays, Saturdays and the eve of public holidays.345 words