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Title Section17 2001-05-12 1 The Straits Times Weekly Edition 12,2001 Price: S$ 1.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MITA 072/08/200017 words
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Article, Illustration119 2001-05-12 1 Samuel Lee - Samuel Lee FOUR out of 10 households that watched television on Sunday night were tuned in to Channel U’s mega launch show. The show was a glittering star-stud- ded affair that featured 50 artistes from Singapore, Taiwan and Hongkong. The 3 Vz -hour gala119 words
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478 2001-05-12 1 M. NIRMALA - Religious harmony law nearly invoked when they were found mixing religion and politics, or criticising other faiths M. NIRMALA SENIOR CORRESPONDENT THE Government came close to invoking the Religious Harmony Act on a number of occasions to stop religious leaders here478 words
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Article249 2001-05-12 1 OO GIN LEE - Bu OO GIN LEE YOU are thirsty, you need a drink, and come to a vending machine but discover you have no cash. No worries, now you can get your can of ice-cold refreshment using your mobile phone. Ml and Yeo Hiap Seng249 words
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Advertisement59 2001-05-12 1 Cambodian tour Close Bonds, Tourism Growth PM Goh met warmly by King Norodom Sihanouk and Cambodian leaders who embrace idea of a “masterplan” to develop tourism industry page 3 S PORTING FAMILY Two Wongs Hake It All Right Taking charge of two of the S-League’s perennial strugglers has paid off59 words
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PRIME
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Article, Illustration324 2001-05-12 2 SALMA KHALK - By SALMA KHALK HEALTH CORRESPONDENT GANGA and Jamuna K.C., the Siamese twins separated successfully last month, are one year old. But they did not have a birthday party or eat cake on Wednesday, though they are no longer under intensive care at the Singapore General Hospital.324 words
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Article, Illustration483 2001-05-12 2 COLIN TAN - Bukit Timah site will be home to three anchor tenants and specialty shops by September By COLIN TAN PROPERTY CORRESPONDENT THE old Turf Club at Bukit Timah will soon see a new type of racing shoppers galloping to pick up bargains when it isSource: SINGAPORE AGRO AGRICULTURE; G. CHANDRADAS and COLIN TAN - 483 words
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299 2001-05-12 2 ELENACHONG - By ELENACHONG A 33-YEAR-OLD man abducted a three-year-old girl and molested her in a factory toilet in Boon Keng Road. Eoo Hua Lian, who is unemployed, kissed the toddler and subjected her to other abuses that caused injury. The girl was on her299 words
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366 2001-05-12 3 OO GIN LEE - Btft OO GIN LEE LAPTOP-COMPUTER users will soon be able to surf the Internet wirelessly from anywhere in Orchard Road, Boat Quay or Raffles Place. And they can do so while having a drink by the river at Boat Quay, waiting for a friend366 words
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Article, Illustration479 2001-05-12 3 CHUA LEE HOONG - Republic will come up with plans to boost the industry and, if Cambodia approves, the two will work together PM GOH'S CAMBODIAN TOUR By CHUA LEE HOONG IN PHNOM PENH SINGAPORE is going to draw up a “masterplan” to promote tourism in Cambodia, and ifLIANHE ZAOBAO - 479 words
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378 2001-05-12 3 Chua Lee Hoong - Chua Lee Hoong THE final word has not been said yet on overseas voting. Come 2007, more Singapore embassies and missions overseas may be equipped to become polling stations. The eligibility criteria for voters may also be relaxed to allow private-sector employees to cast378 words
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290 2001-05-12 3 CHUA LEE HOONG - By CHUA LEE HOONG IN PHNOM PENH SINGAPORE and Cambodia are likely to increase co-opera-tion in investment and humanresource development, following talks between Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong and his Cambodian counterpart, Mr Hun Sen. The two met for an hour in private with290 words
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HOME
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Article458 2001-05-12 4 SALMA KHALIk - Seriously-ill patients set to benefit under proposals for closer links between hospitals and family doctors By SALMA KHALIk HEALTH CORRESPONDENT PEOPLE with serious illnesses can be treated faster, and possibly cheaper, with closer links between hospitals and general practitioners. Patients of several hundred GPs can now458 words
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Article268 2001-05-12 4 WONG FEI WAN - By WONG FEI WAN A SINGAPORE Airlines plane on a direct flight to Frankfurt was forced to land in New Delhi after a drunk Australian teenager caused a mid-air ruckus last month. Enraged that he could not get more alcohol, Garin Noel Mcgeough, 17, swore268 words
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Article, Illustration252 2001-05-12 4 JULYN KANG - By, JULYN KANG AN SBS bus went out of control in Queensway last Saturday, causing a chain collision involving two lorries and a car, before ramming head-on into a tree. Eleven people were injured. Bus service number 64 was coming down Mei Chin Road towards aTHOMAS WHITE - 252 words
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Article210 2001-05-12 4 NEAL COOKE - DRUG BUST BIL NEAL COOKE SINGAPORE’S biggest Ice pusher has been busted with $70,000 worth of drugs in his possession. The 39-year-old man operated in the Serangoon Road area, making sales and delivering the goods on a motorcycle. On Wednesday, Central Narcotics Bureau officers launched210 words
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324 2001-05-12 5 OO GIN LEE - By OO GIN LEE UNDER $3OO for a Compaq laptop computer. That was what Mr Amir Hakim, 30, saw on offer on the website of megastore Courts on Monday. So he ordered one right away. But the customerservice executive received an e-mail message324 words
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Article, Illustration405 2001-05-12 5 r JASON LEOW; and SAMUEL LEE - Mandarin channel launched with stars and stunts; giant video screens spread tne glitz to Orchard Road as well By r JASON LEOW and SAMUEL LEE SINGAPORE’S newest Mandarin station rocked the airwaves on Sunday night with a 2 Vi-hour mega launch of Channel U.405 words
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Article, Illustration258 2001-05-12 5 PAULINE LEONG - By PAULINE LEONG NEWS was made on Monday when at 7 pm, Channel U aired its first television news bulletin. It marked the first time Chinese newspapers and a new television station in the region collaborated to put out a news bulletin. Planning started in August, andTHOMAS WHITE - 258 words
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248 2001-05-12 5 LAURELTEO - NEXT BIG DAY: MAY 20 *L LAURELTEO WATCH Baby Spice, Dick Lee and Sheila Majid on a brand-new English channel and you could win $25,000. TV Works, the Englishlanguage channel of SPH Media Works, will kick off on May 20, at248 words
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340 2001-05-12 6 G. SIVAKKUMARAN - By G. SIVAKKUMARAN THE “Save JBJ” rally raised close to $19,000 for opposition politician and Non-Constituen-cy MP J.B. Jeyaretnam. This is short of the $400,000 target set earlier by the organisers, The Think Centre, to help him pay offhis debts of almost $550,000 arising from340 words
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349 2001-05-12 6 A MAN who went on a rampage with about 10 others and hurt a rival gang member at the Singapore General Hospital has been jailed and ordered to be caned. Diki Zulkamaini Saini, 24, an odd-job labourer, admitted to rioting by being part349 words
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Article, Illustration722 2001-05-12 6 ARTIMULCHAND - Just staying afloat is the plight of many clubs; profits are decreasing steadily and once-hot spots are closing tneir doors By i ARTIMULCHAND MOST people would think that the business of alcohol is relatively recession-proof. After all, when times are good people knock back a few toJAMES CROUCHER - 722 words
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405 2001-05-12 7 ELENA CHONG - By ELENA CHONG A YOUNG woman described as “naughty” and a “nasty piece of work” by the Chief Justice has lost her appeal against her conviction and sentence for stealing the handbags of two pub patrons. Former accounts clerk Song Ching Ching,405 words
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Article, Illustration238 2001-05-12 7 PAULINE LEONG - By PAULINE LEONG THE greatest satisfaction Miss Susanna Koh gets from her job is to see someone come to her in a wheelchair and leave walking. Miss Koh, 24, may well be the first local woman to qualify as a prosthetist and orthotist she is professionally trainedTHOMAS WHITE - 238 words
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401 2001-05-12 7 Push for a variable wage component will continue, says trades union leader ALL unionised companies are expected to adopt the monthly variable component (MVC) system in two years’ time, National Trades Union Congress chief Lim Boon Heng has said. Speaking to401 words
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406 2001-05-12 7 CHAN KAY MIN - Byi CHAN KAY MIN THE competition to win the order for the Republic of Singapore Air Force’s (RSAF) next advanced fighter aircraft is hotting up. BAE Systems, a partner in the four-nation Eurofighter consortium, will be “pushing very hard and aggressively” to persuade406 words
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Article, Illustration397 2001-05-12 8 JUNE CHEONG; and KOH BOON PIN - To force prices down, motorists should gang up and avoid companies which do not offer value for money, says watchdog By. JUNE CHEONG and KOH BOON PIN MOTORISTS should boycott petrol companies which do not offer value for money, says the Consumers Association of Singapore (Case).LAU FOOK KONG - 397 words
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Article213 2001-05-12 8 SELINA LUM - ĔIL SELINA LUM A TEENAGER, his brother and a friend went on an arson spree in Holland Drive, starting 15 fires in all. In the Juvenile Court on Tuesday, the 15-year-old was sentenced to 30 months in the Boys’ Home after he pleaded guilty213 words
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Page 8 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous1061 2001-05-12 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 Word1,061 words
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SPORTS
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Article371 2001-05-12 9 GERARD WONG - BADMINTON Btf i GERARD WONG FROM semi-finalist ambitions to finishing last in its group. That was the sorry tale of Singapore’s Asia Cup campaign as the Republic ended its debut in the biennial tournament on a sour note with an unexpected 1-2 loss371 words
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Article439 2001-05-12 9 MARC LIM - Just 10 horses will start in today’s SI A International, the calendar’s richest race, but they’re first class HORSE RACING *L MARC LIM THE prize money stands at $3 million but only 10 horses will be at the starting gate for today’s Singapore Airlines International439 words
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Article, Illustration442 2001-05-12 9 PEH SHINGHUEI; and MARC LIM - SOCCER By PEH SHINGHUEI and MARC LIM IT HAS been a good week for the Wong family. Elder brother Francis, 57, saw his team pull off a fabulous upset while younger brother Richard, 55, must be more than satisfied with his charges’ continued442 words
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Article229 2001-05-12 9 JEANETTE Sim wants her Lionesses to perform “national service”. The chairman of the Football Association of Singapore women’s committee was sorely disappointed with her charges, following their 0-6 thrashing by Malaysia. She was displeased with how Singapore allowed the visitors to dominate Sunday’s game and questioned229 words
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MALAYSIA
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578 2001-05-12 10 BRENDAN PEREIRA - Malays have filled all places allotted to them and there’s no budging on racial quota system, says Education Minister By BRENDAN PEREIRA MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT KUALA LUMPUR In a stunning turnaround, Malaysia’s Education Minister said no vacancies in public universities could be given up to nonMalays578 words
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Article, Illustration329 2001-05-12 10 KUALA LUMPUR A newborn baby left in a dumpster was attacked by stray cats before it was saved by a man who was throwing out some rubbish. Utusan Malaysia on Wednesday reported that the baby girl was found wrapped in a clothUTUSAN MALAYSIA - 329 words
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Article303 2001-05-12 10 WAN HAMIDI HAMID - By WAN HAMIDI HAMID IN KUALA LUMPUR A NATIONWIDE protest against the management of Malaysia’s Employees Provident Fund (EPF) by the country’s largest labour organisation is off. It follows the intervention on Wednesday of Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad who, in a letter to303 words
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408 2001-05-12 10 JOCELINE TAN - By, JOCELINE TAN IN KUALA LUMPUR PLAYING cupid, holding fertility talks, offering cash incentives for bigger families these are some of the projects that Chinese associations, anxious about the community’s shrinking birth rates, have embarked upon. The groups, including the ruling coalition component member Malaysian408 words
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SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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CHARGES, CLAIMS, DENIALS
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Article, Illustration204 2001-05-12 11 Wednesday was another typical day in Indonesia with political manoeuvrings that resulted in allegations claims and denials. Correspondent SUSAN SIM takes a look at three events. THE Indonesian President and his army chief engaged in a curious public relations battle over their democratic credentials on Wednesday, withAP - 204 words
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Article, Illustration183 2001-05-12 11 THEY are dubbed the Magnificent Seven and have the job of defending a fading presidency against marauding lawmakers led by the heir-apparent herself. The seven ministers now playing shuttle ball between the President and the Vice-Presi-dent have had their task made more difficult because theREUTERS - 183 words
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Article, Illustration172 2001-05-12 11 ARE the threats of violence against his party and graft probes scaring off Golkar chief Akbar Tandjung? His recent conciliatory statements have so puzzled the impeach-Gus Dur camp that key members postponed yesterday’s all-party leaders’ meeting until it is clear that consensus can be reached. Officials ofREUTERS - 172 words
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Article, Illustration186 2001-05-12 11 ARTURO BARIUAD - By ARTURO BARIUAD STRAITS TIMES PHILIPPINES BUREAU MANILA President Gloria Arroyo has lifted the “state of rebellion” declared last week to quash an alleged coup by loyalists of deposed President Joseph Estrada who tried to storm the Presidential Palace. In a nationally-televised address, she announced the186 words
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340 2001-05-12 11 DERWIN PEREIRA - By DERWIN PEREIRA STRAITS TIMES INDONESIA BUREAU JAKARTA Vice-President Megawati Sukarnoputri’s political party has set a 100-day timeframe for her to become the country’s next leader. In a clear sign that opponents of President Abdurrahman Wahid were in no mood to compromise, sources in the340 words
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Article135 2001-05-12 11 Marianne Kearney - Marianne Kearney JAKARTA Dayaks from the Katingan tribe have held a ceremony in Sampit as a form of spiritual ceasefire to mark the end of their two-month war against Madurese migrants in Central Kalimantan. At least 500 Madurese were slaughtered and 70,000 people fled135 words
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COMMENT
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Article622 2001-05-12 12 MONDAY MAY 7,2001 UNDER an NTUC Income programme expected to be launched at the end of this year, physi-cally-active retirees can rent out their Housing Board flats or private property and use the income to pay for their stay abroad. The company will help them look for622 words
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Article571 2001-05-12 12 THURSDAY MAY 10,2001 THE launch of the General Practitioners Empowerment Programme by Sing Health, the public health-care cluster that oversees services in the eastern half of Singapore, is to be applauded. Since GPs look after 80 per cent of primary care needs while public hospitals look after 80571 words
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930 2001-05-12 12 I BRAEMA MATHI - SPOTLIGHT: WOMEN IN SOCIETY Btj 1 I BRAEMA MATHI WOMEN power came to Singapore in a big way a fortnight ago. It began with just one woman the feminist icon of the *****, Professor Germaine Greer. Then, 250 well-heeled women leaders from 20930 words
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COMMENT/PERSPECTIVE
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Article, Illustration995 2001-05-12 13 CHUAMUI HOONG - MY VIEW B y CHUAMUI HOONG EVERY Singaporean has asked himself: What does it mean to be a citizen of this tiny, young dot of a nation? Trade and Industry Minister George Yeo furthered the debate last week, in essence saying: See thatLUDWIG ILIO - 995 words
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849 2001-05-12 13 ITH ASAD LATIF - HEART TO HEART WITH ITH ASAD LATIF WHEN I arrived in Singapore from India years ago, I thought that I had traded the language of poverty for the poverty of language. A vocabulary that reflected the primacy of stocks and property could only be poor, I849 words
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INSIGHT
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Article, Illustration1940 2001-05-12 14 They are singes hut they are no yuppies. They don t care about Ally Mcßeal, and swinging and pubbing are the last things on their minds. They are non-graduates, aged 40 and older, who hold mainly low-income jobs. What will happen to them in theirNOEL ROSALES - 1,940 words
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1141 2001-05-12 14 WARREN FERNANDEZ - THINKING ALOUD By By WARREN FERNANDEZ OYAN embraced me with tears in her eyes. She was the wife of a friend, Eddie, who spent a year with me at graduate school last year. I ran into her again last October, after a1,141 words
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Article362 2001-05-12 15 WITH so many over-40 non-graduate singles banging at the door, the Social Development Service formed originally in 1985 to pair off non-graduates between 20 and 35 is beginning to let them in. In March, the national matchmaking agency expanded its computer matching service to singles362 words
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MONEY
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266 2001-05-12 16 THE lack of fresh leads to trade led investors to head for the sidelines this week, causing the market to retreat after its recent show of strength. Profit taking in blue-chip stocks early in the week caused the Straits Times Index (STI) to fall below266 words
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Article73 2001-05-12 16 Straits fines Index TIm Straits Timas Index fall 1149 paints on the weak ta 1,703.35 DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday Public Holiday Tuesday 1701.98 (-12.86) 309.8m ($405.4m) Wednesday 1682.34 (-19.64) 318.0m($399.4m) Thursday 1688.9 6.56) 435.7m ($450.5m) Friday 1703.35 (+14.45) 478.5m ($405.9m) IT-SM Index The BT-SRI Index fall 3.2673 words
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Article2100 2001-05-12 16 Company Date ann Net earn TY LY ($m) <$m) EPS TY LY (cts) (cts) ABR Hldgs 31-Mar P 6.565 1.705 3.4 0.73 ACE Dynamics 27-Mar P 0.182 0.799 0.18 0.9 Acma 31-Mar P 6.522 12.989L 3.8 7.9L Adroit 5-Mar 1 5.887L 0.404L 2.4L 0.2L AEM Evertech 29-Mar P2,100 words
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Article101 2001-05-12 16 BONUS issue EaBooks Acc Company Ratio date dose Paymt HuanHsin one-for-four 27-Jun 02-Jul NA HiapMoh two-for-four 05-Jun OB-Jun NA Cytech one-for-one 25-May 30-May NA Noble Grp one-for-four 22-May 25-May NA RIGHTS ISSUE ExBooks Acc i Company Ratio date dose Paymt ASTI Hldgs three-for-flve@SO.27 28-May 31-May OTHERS ExBooks Acc101 words
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Article286 2001-05-12 16 Company Place Date Time Achieve A E 240 Macpherson Rd #02-02/03/04 Pines Industrial Bidq S’pore (*****4) 31-May 10.00am 1030am Leong Him A 17 Gul Way S'pore (*****4) 29-May 2.00pm United Enqq A 81A Clemenceau Ave 5th Storey, UE Square Park Avenue Suites S'pore (*****8) 29- May i o286 words
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Article112 2001-05-12 16 Company Description Sunlight Proposed Renounceable Rights Issuo of 93,750.000 warrants to subscript for 93.750,000 now orb shares of $0.K) each In tho capital of th* Co. at an issuo price of $0,025 for each warrant on tho basis of one warrant for every two on) shares of $0.10112 words
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Article1046 2001-05-12 16 Payment Ex Books Pay let!) date close date Acma 50c r 0.25 08-Jun 13-Jun 23-Aug Allgreen Prop 50c F 3 05-Jun 08-Jun 25-Jun ASJ 20c k 0.75 10-May 15-May 31-May 3N 30-Apr 04-May 23-May Australand A50c m A3n 06-Jun 11-Jun 22-Jun Ayala BRC 2.5c F 4 05-Jun 08-Jun1,046 words
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Article2907 2001-05-12 17 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS May 12, 2001 Managers' prices (S$) UNIT TRUSTS >Hrlm Asiat Mgt Alia Ltd Aberdeen Select Portfolio: Global MNC Fd 0.783 0.823 Global Technology Fd!** 0.712 0.748 UK Blue Chip Fd!** 0.801 0.842 American Opport Fd 0.869 0.913 Cont Euro Eqty Fd!** 1.108 1.164 Japan Eqty Fd!** 1.2952,907 words
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Article130 2001-05-12 17 Foreign Currency Note Rates (9am, May 11) Buying OD Selling Australian dollar0.*****.9570,.25 Canadian dollar, 6401 18 90NZ dollar 0.*****.7870Sterlinq pound2.5680 2.5950US dollar1.*****.82OOSingapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency Singapore dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling 11.50 11.74 Chinese renminbi 21.20 21.70 Danish kroner 21.22 21.65130 words
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429 2001-05-12 17 NARFNDRA AGGARWAL - Greater tie-ups in research and education, tourism and culture being explored after success of free-trade agreement By By NARFNDRA AGGARWAL ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT SINGAPORE and New Zealand are exploring closer collaboration beyond their bilateral free trade agreement (FTA), which has already resulted in a429 words
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169 2001-05-12 17 NICHOLAS FANG - Btl NICHOLAS FANG SEMBCORP Engineers and Constructors has made its first international acquisition with a £l2 million (5531.4 million) deal to buy leading British engineering design group Simon Carves. The wholly owned subsidiary of listed conglomerate SembCorp Industries said in a statement that169 words
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Article4242 2001-05-12 18 Transaction date: May 11, 2001 MULTI INDUSTRY 52-Wk Curr Last High Low Company Traded Sale ♦orVo* 000 Day High Low Gr*s Net M Cap 1 Dlv P/E $mil m Avg Plica 143 35 c AcmaSOc 40 cd -0.5 151 40 39.5 0.5 10.5 69.4 404,242 words
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Article988 2001-05-12 19 BONDS, LOANS WARRANTS Transaction date: May 11, 2001 j 52-Wk High Low Company Last Sale ♦orVol '000 Day High Low Last Quota Buyer Sailer Wt Avg Price 37 0.5 s Acma W*****4 ...0.5 0.5 1 22 2.5 s AIITech W*****7 3 2 3 31 13.5 s Amtek W*****0 ....20 18988 words
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Article1210 2001-05-12 19 52-Wk High Low Curr Last Company Traded Sala ♦orVol -000 Day High Low Gr*s Div Not P/E M Cap $mil Wt Avg Price MANUFACTURING 168 43 c AS Auto 10c 58 ♦2 100 58 56.5 10 N 23.2 763 57 82 30 c ASJ Hldgs 20c 48.5 xd1,210 words
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Article227 2001-05-12 19 FINANCE 52-Wk High Low Company Curr Lost Traded Solo ♦orVol Day '000 High Low Gr*s Div M Cap NAV $mil Wt Avg Price ***** ♦40 *****0 ***** 6560 555 545 IS MSCI Spore *10 0 545 545 ***** ***** s SPDRS US***** unch *****0 ***** STOCK PRICES LEGEND227 words
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474 2001-05-12 20 LOUISE BRANSON - He also wants ‘fast track’ authority to negotiate future deals without Congress being able to change them By LOUISE BRANSON STRAITS TIMES UNITED STATES BUREAU WASHINGTON President George W. Bush is urging Congress to pass free-trade deals with Singapore and Jordan and also474 words
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Article373 2001-05-12 20 DENESH DIVYANATHAN - Sing Tel confident of resolving issues, following an Aussie report that bid could be derailed By DENESH DIVYANATHAN TECHNOLOGY REPORTER SINGAPORE Telecom (SingTel) has brushed aside new fears over its Asl6 billion (5515.2 billion) bid for Cable Wireless Optus, saying it had cleared several key regulatory373 words
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Article, Illustration206 2001-05-12 20 NICHOLAS FANG - By NICHOLAS FANG FIRST Singapore. Then the US. That is the aim of tycoon Kwek Leng Beng, who wants to replicate in the vast Statesside market some of his Hong Leong group’s success in providing conference and meeting facilities in the Republic. Surprisingly, providingARTHUR LEE/BT - 206 words
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243 2001-05-12 20 IGNATIUS LOW - By IGNATIUS LOW FINANCE CORRESPONDENT FOREIGN banks can start submitting new applications to offer full banking services from next month. The move will end a sixmonth wait for a number of foreign banks which have been anticipating the move since the start243 words
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Article, Illustration247 2001-05-12 23 I WAS a member of the committee that produced the Singapore Dental Association (SDA) Guideline of Fees 2001, which has caused quite a stir. Traditionally, the SDA has published a Minimum Fee Schedule, the last in 1994. Since then, no changes have been made247 words
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145 2001-05-12 23 I REFER to the letter, “Telecom mergers don’t benefit consumers” (ST, May 3), by Mr Leong Kum Cheun. The Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) is committed to fostering competition and growth in all sectors of the telecommunications market. As required under the licence, any145 words
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532 2001-05-12 23 There are arguments that risk losing perspective and breeding confusion. Voting is too important an issue to Singapore’s young polity for that After the column, “Rhetoric rushes in where reality fears to tread” (May 5) by Ms Chua Lee Hoong, I offer a532 words
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Article106 2001-05-12 23 I REFER to the letters, “Criterion is not practical” (ST, April 26), by Tan Heng Kwang and, “Rethink rules for overseas voting” (ST, April 26), by Chung Kong Mun. The rationale for the requirement of an aggregate of two years’ residence in Singapore to be106 words
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557 2001-05-12 23 WE WRITE in response to Tan Tam How’s criticism of Think Centre in his article, “Tolerating mavericks, as long as they’re S’porean” (May 5). Although Tan implicitly relies on the negative connotations of the word, dictionaries define a maverick as a person who acts557 words
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470 2001-05-12 24 SANDRA DAVIE - University is allowing them to start studies three months after graduating, compared with one year’s wait at other two varsities By SANDRA DAVIE EDUCATION CORRESPONDENT POLYTECHNIC graduates wanting to pursue a degree here have had their waiting time cut drastically by the Singapore Management470 words
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Article, Illustration300 2001-05-12 24 GOH SUINOI - By GOH SUINOI TAIWAN CORRESPONDENT TAIPEI Singaporeans Stefanie Sun, Peter Lee Shih Shiong and Martin Tang were named Best Newcomer, Best Composer and Best Arranger, respectively, at Taiwan’s Golden Melody awards in Kaohsiung. They are the first Singaporeans to win at the event since 1997,REUTERS - 300 words
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341 2001-05-12 24 JULYN KANG - By JULYN KANG A HOLIDAY in Australia ended tragically for a Singaporean couple who died after their car crashed while they were on their way to the airport in Darwin for a flight home on Sunday. Businessman Mansoorali H. Virany, 51, and341 words