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Title Section19 2001-05-26 1 The Straits Times Weekly Edition Saturday May 26,2001 Price: S$ 1.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MITA 072/08/200019 words
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Article, Illustration478 2001-05-26 1 IGNATIUS LOW - SM: Singaporeans should not be resentful of the money that quality foreign talent can earn IGNATIUS LOW FINANCE CORRESPONDENT PAY top dollar if you want top talent. That was the message from the chairman of the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC), Senior Minister LeeALAN LIM - 478 words
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Article, Illustration368 2001-05-26 1 DEBORAH NG - By DEBORAH NG AS THE use of SMS, or text messaging, on mobile phones continues to rise, some students and teachers said it is starting to affect the use of English in schools. Teachers told The Straits Times that some students are beginning to use368 words
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Advertisement60 2001-05-26 1 M I RACLE RESCUE Lost At Sea, Survives On Win Drifting in the South China Sea off Malaysia, after he was left behind on a diving excursion, Latiff Mohamad came back from the dead PACE 6 S HOCKING MURDER Husband, Young Boy Charged Estranged husband charged with abetting 15-year-old secondary60 words
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PRIME
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Article, Illustration327 2001-05-26 2 SANDRA DAVIE - By SANDRA DAVIE EDUCATION CORRESPONDENT SOME 146 of the best and brightest engineering students from the region are coming here in July to study in an elite master’s degree programme conducted jointly by the National University of Singapore, the Nanyang Technological University and the Massachusetts327 words
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Article432 2001-05-26 2 LESLIE KOH - Half of July’s open-category certs will go under the hammer in tender next month, says Land Transport Authority By LESLIE KOH TRANSPORT CORRESPONDENT OPEN bidding for certificates of entitlement, w'hich gives bidders access to the going price at any time, begins on June 18 at432 words
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Article, Illustration413 2001-05-26 2 IRENE NG - By IRENE NG POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT FIGHT hard, but fight fair. That is the message that Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has for the two media companies here, Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) and Media Corp, as they slug it out with new television channelsALAN LIM - 413 words
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414 2001-05-26 2 PHILIP ALLEN - BiT PHILIP ALLEN THE Singapore-Latin American bid to scale Mount Everest has been called off. The team, dogged over the past seven weeks by minor health problems and bad weather, has been forced to abandon the expedition. Team leader David Lim, 36,414 words
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Article532 2001-05-26 3 AHMAD OSMAN - National Wages Council sets out wage guidelines for companies as reduced growth of 3.5 5.5 per cent is forecast for this year By AHMAD OSMAN WORKERS can expect wage increases smaller than last year’s, in view of the slowing economy. The National Wages Council532 words
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273 2001-05-26 3 PAULA McCOY - By 1 PAULA McCOY CHEWING gum may make a comeback here. The pharmaceutical company Pharmacia is asking the Government to re-think its blanket ban and allow sales of nicotine gum, which can help smokers to kick the habit. Pharmacia’s spokesman said: “We are seeking273 words
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Article, Illustration300 2001-05-26 3 THE policeman who allegedly brandished his gun after he was caught shoplifting has been charged in court with threatening to shoot two of the supermarket’s employees. Lim Kok Thai, 42, a station inspector attached to Criminal Investigation Department’s Secret Societies Branch, allegedly threatened toDESMOND FOO - 300 words
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225 2001-05-26 3 C. SIVAKKUMARAN - By C. SIVAKKUMARAN OPPOSITION MP Chiam See Tong has indicated that the opposition is a step closer to forging a formal alliance for the next General Election. He told The Straits Times he had submitted an application to the Registry of Societies to225 words
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HOME
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Article, Illustration344 2001-05-26 4 WONG FEI WAN; and CHONG CHEE KIN - Student accused of killing Hougang insurance agent Annie Leong and estranged nusband charged with abetting murder WONG FEI WAN and CHONG CHEE KIN A 15-YEAR-OLD secondaryschool student has been charged in a district court with murdering insurance agent Annie Leong Wai Muen. The thin,THE NEW PAPER - 344 words
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281 2001-05-26 4 CHONG CHEE KIN - Bii 1 CHONG CHEE KIN THE news about the suspects arrested was almost as shocking as the crime itself. A 15-year-old secondaryschool student was accused of killing insurance agent Annie Leong Wai Muen, leaving many people abuzz with unanswered questions: Why would he do it?281 words
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Article, Illustration396 2001-05-26 4 SOFTWARE company elipva has fired its co-founder and chief technology officer Dennis Lee for faking his credentials. After The Business Times raised questions about Mr Lee’s qualifications last week, elipva suspended Mr Lee and conducted an inquiry’ with its legal counsel, Drew Napier. On Thursday, after396 words
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Article, Illustration219 2001-05-26 5 WONG FEI WAN - BtQ WONG FEI WAN POPULAR Media Corp artiste Sharon Au has been fined $BOO and banned from driving for six months after she was convicted of using a mobile phone behind the wheel. The 25-year-old actress was driving a red BMW on Bras BasahSHIN MIN - 219 words
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Article374 2001-05-26 5 KOH BOON PIN - SI A will offer interactive games, a movie buffet and music on demand, even in economy class By KOH BOON PIN CONSUMER CORRESPONDENT IMAGINE the Singapore Girl as a gameshow hostess. “Ladies and gentlemen, well now be playing a game,” she announces shortly after take-off.374 words
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Article, Illustration210 2001-05-26 5 JEFFREY LOW - By, JEFFREY LOW SOCCER CORRESPONDENT FOR five precious minutes, paralysed former footballer S. Anthonysamy was given royal assurance that his childhood dream would soon come true by Britain’s Prince Andrew, no less. In those lilting minutes, the Duke of York gave the British monarchy aJAMES CROUCHER - 210 words
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343 2001-05-26 5 CHONG CHEE KIN - CHONG CHEE KIN LAWYER Bennett Lam Chung Meng, who went missing while fishing near the Horsburgh Lighthouse, has not been found more than three days after the incident. He and 11 other anglers had spent two nights on board a boat moored near the343 words
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284 2001-05-26 5 Koh Boon Pin - Koh Boon Pin SHOPPERS may want to head for Toa Payoh Central for the Great Singapore Sale instead of going downtown. About 140 shops 90 per cent of the shopkeepers in Toa Payoh have banded together to take part for the first time284 words
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Article365 2001-05-26 6 IJULYN KANG - Alleged scam involving licensed moneylenders, agents, lawyers rips off proceeds from sales §!L I JULYN KANG CASH-STRAPPED flat owners wary of loansharks have fallen victim to a small group of unscrupulous licensed moneylenders. to get a loan from a bank or self tffeir'ffafcin time365 words
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Article266 2001-05-26 6 LIANG HWEE TING - §!L LIANG HWEE TING AFTER a month of intensive treatment for his eyesight, which deteriorated in the harsh Arctic cold, adventurer Khoo Swee Chiow has regained nearperfect vision. He is now hoping to take on the North Pole again early next year. The 36-year-old set off266 words
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Article, Illustration469 2001-05-26 6 NEAL COOKE - Bi, 1 NEAL COOKE FROM Sunday morning until Monday afternoon, sport diver Latiff Mohamad floated alone in the South China Sea while his friends and family feared he had died. By the time he was fished out nearly 27 hours later, he wasAZIZHUSSIN - 469 words
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Article, Illustration303 2001-05-26 6 i OO GIN LEE - *L i OO GIN LEE DEVELOPERS of wireless technology now have more help to test and deploy their products and services. The Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) announced on Tuesday that it was setting aside an initial sum of $9 million to stimulate303 words
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679 2001-05-26 7 PAULA McCOY - More are buying land there but beware of the many pitfalls, warn some financial experts §IL PAULA McCOY SINGAPOREANS are buying land in eastern Europe in the hope of making a quick buck, says an investment firm here that acts as a middleman679 words
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242 2001-05-26 7 CHANG AI-LIEN - §!L CHANG AI-LIEN THERE is no vaccine or cure for hand, foot and mouth disease once someone is infected, whether he survives depends mainly on the ability of his immune system to fight the virus, according to an expert. Using proteins as tools, scientists242 words
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Article, Illustration338 2001-05-26 7 DEBBIE GOH - PIL DEBBIE GOH AN ADVANCE party of Singapore’s first armed peacekeepers in a United Nations mission began leaving for East Timor on Monday. A total of 66 men from the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) will join the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor byLIANHE ZAOBAO - 338 words
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Article, Illustration333 2001-05-26 7 MAMASI RAJAGOPALAN - §y. By MAMASI RAJAGOPALAN TWO years ago, 16-year-old Janis Leong was returning home from a football match in Bishan when a car ran a red light and hit her. The teenager broke her right shoulder and right ankle, and spent the next few months shuttling in andLAUFOOKKONG - 333 words
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264 2001-05-26 8 WONG FEI WAN; aiul SELINA LUM - Company director allegedly set on fire. The victim ismliospitat with second-degree bums By WONG FEI WAN aiul SELINA LUM A 50-YEAR-OLD man who allegedly set his business partner ablaze has been charged in a district court. Ng Kwok Soon, a businessman, is accused of using264 words
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Article, Illustration228 2001-05-26 8 A STOREKEEPER who was struck on the head by a falling mop harbours no ill feelings at being a killer-litter victim. On the contrary, the father of four was relieved that the mop hit him, and not his youngest son whom heTHE NEW PAPER - 228 words
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Page 8 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous1061 2001-05-26 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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358 2001-05-26 9 GERARD WONG - S-LEAGUE Bij < GERARD WONG FOOTBALL can be a funny game. Five weeks ago, one could hear the cheers from every comer of the S-League after defending champion Singapore Armed Forces FC stumbled to a 1-2 defeat by Geylang United a result358 words
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434 2001-05-26 9 GERARD WONG - SOCCER iIL GERARD WONG THE Football Association of Singapore did not follow procedures, said Fifa, soccer’s world governing body. Fifa has not grasped the full situation, countered the FAS. The FAS last Saturday disclosed that it had lodged an appeal over Fifa’s disciplinary434 words
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Article76 2001-05-26 9 VICTORIA Junior College’s Lucas Tan scored one of the fastest goals seen in Singapore, en route to bagging his side’s goals in its 3-1 win over AngloChinese Junior College at the Nanyang Technological University on Monday. The Schools’ National A Division final was only three76 words
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Article, Illustration543 2001-05-26 9 JEFFREY LOW - Indra s double and experience combine to earn 3-0 win in friendly against New Zealand SOCCER INTERNATIONAL By. JEFFREY LOW SOCCER CORRESPONDENT FIRST, Thailand. Now, New Zealand. Next, it could be the scalps of Vietnam, China and Saudi Arabia as the Lions grow from strength toTERENCE TAN - 543 words
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MALAYSIA
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Article445 2001-05-26 10 WAN HAMIDI HAMID - By accepting Chinese members, Umno’s Sabah branch may set the trend for other branches By WAN HAMIDI HAMID IN KUALA LUMPUR UMNO"?vSitbah branch opened its doors to'Chirtbsemiembers of a disbanded Barisan NasionSl' component party and Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad indicated he did not rule out445 words
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Article, Illustration328 2001-05-26 10 WAN HAMIDI HAMID - She's getting married and she doesn't know about it SITI NURHAUZA FAN PULLS PRANK By 1 WAN HAMIDI HAMID IN KUALA LUMPUR THE invitations were sent out for a June 3 wedding. The only problem is that the bride popular singer Siti Nurhaliza, 22 is unaware of the event. Nor328 words
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Article320 2001-05-26 10 BRENDAN PEREIRA - By BRENDAN PEREIRA MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT KUALA LUMPUR The government is breaking new ground to check the serious decline on the knowledge of English among students, including hiring teachers from Britain and the US and placing foreign university students in schools here on a short-term320 words
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Article319 2001-05-26 10 BRENDAN PEREIRA - By BRENDAN PEREIRA MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad played the perfect host to three opposition leaders on Thursday and then sent them away empty-handed rejecting pleas to allow Anwar Ibrahim to seek medical treatment abroad. For one hour, the trio used three319 words
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193 2001-05-26 10 Leslie Lau - Leslie Lau MALAYSIA is studying the example of Singapore and other countries in formulating an Internet content code. The government has also re-affirmed its stand on not censoring the Internet, but says it wants to curb its abuse as a medium to spread lies of193 words
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SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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483 2001-05-26 11 DERWIN PEREIRA - President’s overtures viewed with suspicion as he appears to favour calling state of emergency DERWIN PEREIRA STRAITS TIMES INDONESIA BUREAU JAKARTA President Abdurrahman Wahid has held out an olive branch to hawkish generals of the Indonesian armed forces (TNI), assuring them he483 words
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Article, Illustration385 2001-05-26 11 Tension mounts in Jakarta as the standoff between trie President and his opponents intensifies. DEVI ASMAIAM takes us th rough last weekend’s events, rife with speculation that Gus Dur would replace military top b rass, decla re a state of emergency and dissolve Parliament to outmanoeuvre hisAFP - 385 words
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381 2001-05-26 11 JAMES EAST - By. JAMES EAST STRAITS TIMES THAILAND BUREAU BANGKOK If Thai Senator Suradech Yasawasdi’s dream comes true, poor north-eastern rice farmers will find new careers as Mickey Mouse guides and roller-coaster attendants for Disney World. He hopes to persuade Disney to build a massive381 words
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COMMENT
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Article583 2001-05-26 12 SATURDAY MAY 19,2001 THE Government’s move to get banks in Singapore to provide basic banking services for small depositors is certainly one that cheers the ordinary folk. It is right and proper for the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to address this issue, because low-in-come depositors were583 words
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Article547 2001-05-26 12 THURSDAY MAY 24,2001 THREE years after the worst of the Asian financial crisis of 1997-98, the market for negative commentary on Asia is still healthy. Last week, it was the turn of the American investment bank Morgan Stanley Dean Witter to weigh in. The classic “East Asian547 words
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1043 2001-05-26 12 With CHUALEE HOONG - SATURDAY With CHUALEE HOONG WATCHING television used to be a cat-and-mouse game between myself and the advertisers. Whenever commercials came on, I’d hit the remote, searching for a snatch of programme that would give me value for the $llO televisionlicence fee I pay each1,043 words
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COMMENT/PERSPECTIVE
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Article, Illustration824 2001-05-26 13 TAN TARN HOW - MY VIEW B,j TAN TARN HOW XIAN. The Hokkien word which most people would know means ennui or boredom, but is, in truth, untranslatable encapsulates what was for a friend, who was back recently from the US, the dominant moodCHRISTIAN INTON - 824 words
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Article802 2001-05-26 13 ITH ASAD LATEF - HEART TO HEART WITH ITH ASAD LATEF THE BBC and CNN are household words around the world. They are also Western media icons. Globalisation is bringing the world closer. Consequently, the BBC’s and CNN’s power will grow. The two broadcasters will compete fiercely with each802 words
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INSIGHT
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Article, Illustration1671 2001-05-26 14 Say ‘intelligence and you think of spy planes secret tapes and hidden cameras. But the reality is less cloak-and-dagger—it helps lessen surprises, prevent blow-ups ana keep the peace bettveen nations. Political Correspondent YAP CHUM mdiscusses the role of intelligencegathering and takes a pĕek at theNOEL ROSALES - 1,671 words
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1240 2001-05-26 15 HAN FOOK KWANC - THINKING ALOUD B,j HAN FOOK KWANC PAP: 41; Opposition: 42 That’s the freak election result no one wants to see, but which many were afraid might happen not too long ago. What if it was: PAP: 83; Opposition: 0. That, to1,240 words
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MONEY
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281 2001-05-26 16 SHARES rose marginally this week with most action focused on second-line stocks. Investors were cautious on the heavyweights, on concerns they may be sold down after the rejig of the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) indexes. The Straits Times Index (STI) rose 25.11 points281 words
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Article74 2001-05-26 16 Straits fiats Mcx T1m Straits Tines Mu rasa 2S.11 paints aa tfea week ta 1,687.75 DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday 1666.69 4.05) 285.4m ($342.2m) Tuesday 1682.3 (+15.61) 466.9m ($558ffl) Wednesday 1686.96 4.66) 575.6m($559.4m) Thursday 1692J8 5.42) 552.1m ($474.6m) Friday 1687.75 4.63) 740.6m <$459.4m) IT-SHMex Tha BT-SM Index rase74 words
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Article2118 2001-05-26 16 Company Me ann Net earn TY LY <$m) (Sen) EPS TY LY (cts) (cts) ABR Hldgs 3t-Mar P 6.565 1.705 3.4 0.73 ACE Dynamics 15-May f 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 P2,118 words
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Article109 2001-05-26 16 BONUS ISSUE Company Ratio Ex- Books date dose Acc Paymt HuanHsin one-for-four 27-Jun 02-Jut NA HiapMoh two-for-four 05-Jun 08-Jun NA Eastgate one-for-five 04-Jun 07-Jun NA RIGHTS ISSUE ExBooks Acc Company Ratio date dose Paymt ASTI Hldgs three-for-five@$OJ27 28-May 31-May BBR Hldgs one-for-one @$0.05 04-Jun 07-Jun OTHERS ExBooks ACC109 words
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Article282 2001-05-26 16 Company Place Oate Time Sunlight E 150 Ubi Ave 4 S'pore (*****5) 06-Jun 10.00am BBR A Board Room.BBR Building 50 Changi South St 1 S'pore<*****6) 31-May 10.00am Hwa Hong E Conference Room Level 2 38 South Bridge Road S'pore(*****2) 31-May 3.00pm Ciipsai A E The Pan Pacific S'pore282 words
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Article120 2001-05-26 16 Company Ooscriptlon Wah Shing Proposed Renounceabie Rights Issue of 478,745,600 and a maximum of 907,200,000 new ordinary shares of HK$0.01 each at S$0.025 for each rights share, on the basis of two rights shares for every one existing share of HK$0.01 held in the capital of the company120 words
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Article1125 2001-05-26 16 Payment Ex Books (cts) date close ABR 5c b 0.25 04-Jun 07-Jun 21-Jun Ac me 50c F 0.25 08-Jun 13-Jun 23-Aug Achieva 5c F 0.2 14-Jun 19-Jun 03-Jul A!lqre«n Prop 50c F 3 05-Jun 08-Jun 25-Jun Apollo Ent F 0.5 04-Jun Q7*Jun 19-Jun Armstrong 10c b 0.15 05-Jun1,125 words
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Article2934 2001-05-26 17 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS May 26, 2001 Managers' prices (S$) UNIT TRUSTS Atenten Asset Mft Asia Ltd Aberdeen Select Portfolio: Global MNC Fd 0.797 0.837 Global Technology Fd!** 0.730 0.768 UK Blue Chip Fd!** 0.788 0.828 American Opport Fd 0.877 0.922 Cont Euro Eqty Fd!** 1.082 1.137 Japan Eqty Fd!** 1.2742,934 words
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Article171 2001-05-26 17 Foreign Currency Note Rates (9am, May 25) Buying OD Selling Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency Australian dollar 0.9280 0.9410 Canadian dollar 1.1560 1.1810 NZ dollar 0.7550 0.7780 Sterling pound 2.5290 2.5550 US dollar 1.7980 1.8090 Singapore dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling 11.13171 words
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385 2001-05-26 17 IGNATIUS LOW - There is no direct link and the two pools of money will remain separate even in future, he says GIC'S 20TH ANNIVERSARY IGNATIUS LOW FINANCE CORRESPONDENT THE Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) does not dip into Central Provident Fund (CPF) funds385 words
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Article237 2001-05-26 17 Ignatius Low - Ignatius Low THE men and women who invest more than US$lOO billion (SslB2 billion) of Singapore’s national reserves overseas are trained to take calculated risks and these have paid off, resulting in above-average returns. The strategy helped the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) team237 words
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Article4468 2001-05-26 18 Transaction date: May 25, 2001 MULTI INDUSTRY Vol Gr*s Net Wt Avg □ay High Low Company Traded Sale ♦or000 High Low Dlv P/E Smll Price 143 35 c Aetna 50c 42 cd ♦2.5 159 42 39.5 0.5 n.i 72.9 40 8.7 246.8 622.5 10 674,468 words
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Article951 2001-05-26 19 BONDS, LOANS WARRANTS Transaction date: May 25,***** 52-Wk High Low Company Last Sale ♦orVol •ooo Day High Low Last Quote Buyer Seller m Avg Price 37 0.5 s Acma W*****4 .0.5 0.5 1 15 2.5 s AIITech W*****7 3 1 3 31 13.5 s Amtek W*****0 ....19 19 23 19951 words
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Article1489 2001-05-26 19 52-Wk High Low Curr Last Company TradtO Salt ♦orVol '000 Day High Low Dr's Div Net P/E M Cap Wt Avg $mil Price MANUFACTURING 168 43 C AS Auto 10c 61.5 ♦1 689 62.5 59.5 10 N 24.6 80.8 59 A" 82 30 c ASJ Hldgs 20c 48.51,489 words
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323 2001-05-26 20 REBECCA LEE - *L REBECCA LEE THE number of high-technology industrial start-ups almost doubled over the last five years, a study by the Department of Statistics has revealed. High-tech industries, which accounted for more than a fifth of employment in 1999, had a slightly higher survival rate323 words
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Article, Illustration485 2001-05-26 20 DENESH DIVTANATHAN - Independent directors say its bid is the ‘best offer from a worldwide auction’, and a better deal is not likely By DENESH DIVTANATHAN TECHNOLOGY REPORTER SINGAPORE Telecom’s (SingTel) multi-billion-dollar takeover offer for Cable Wireless (C&W) Optus is almost in the bag, if comments byHOW HWEE YOUNG - 485 words
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242 2001-05-26 20 LEONG CHAN TEIK - B± LEONG CHAN TEIK SINGAPORE’S weighting in a revamped MSCI index tracked heavily by global fund managers will be cut from 0.38 per cent to 0.26 per cent. It is among a host of Asian countries whose weighting in the MSCI’s All Country World242 words
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158 2001-05-26 20 AZHAR KHALID - By AZHAR KHALID MARKETSCORRESPONDENT MORE Singapore companies are going to appear on the radar screens of the world’s biggest international fund managers but at the expense of their less-widely-held blue-chip counterparts. Investors need not act rashly on the changes to the influential Morgan158 words
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Article319 2001-05-26 20 DENESH DIVYANATHAN - By By DENESH DIVYANATHAN TECHNOLOGY REPORTER SINGAPORE Telecom (SingTel) said in a surprise statement it was not pursuing an earlier intention to acquire arch-rival Ml. “We have decided not to go ahead with the bid for Ml,” said Sing Tel Mobile chief executive Lucas319 words
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Advertisement727 2001-05-26 22 1 1 Faith Community Baptist Church (FCBC), a large, dynamic and fast-changing local church with a significant presence in Asia and many parts of the world, together with its TOUCH group of companies, seek to hire committed and competent Christians as their: FCBC Faith Community Baptist Church m I Assistant727 words
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FORUM
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153 2001-05-26 23 I AGREE with Miss J anet Yong Yia Cheng’s views, ‘Turn old turf club site into a park” (May 19). I was a member of the Bukit Timah Turf Club for some years, and occasionally, I betted on horses. Most of my days at153 words
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665 2001-05-26 23 AS THE MP who referred to voting as a “privilege” in Parliament in the debate on the Parliamentary Elections Act, I would be grateful if you could permit me to clarify some issues that have been raised in The Straits Times by your columnist,665 words
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Article, Illustration458 2001-05-26 23 WE REFER to Mr Koh Kim Hwee’s letter, “Install escalators at MRT station exits” (ST, May 16), and Ms Chow Yuet Lin’s letter, “Make MRT stations barrier-free” (ST, May 18). When the first MRT line was built, the MRT stations were exempted from complying458 words
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138 2001-05-26 23 I REFER to the letter, “Singles deserve better housing deal”, by Mr ChewChee Meng (May 19). Our public-housing policy is pro-family in orientation. It supports the Government’s social policy on family formation and procreation. But, in recognition of the fact that singles also contribute to138 words
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452 2001-05-26 24 M. NIRMALA - Development Board in front o?2G08 J#rget to get 10 top universities to set up outposts in move towards education hub *IL M.NIRMALA BY DECEMBER, nine worldclass universities will have outposts here, a feat the Economic Development Board has managed at a breathtaking pace. In452 words
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Article, Illustration239 2001-05-26 24 FORMER Education Minister Lee Chiaw Meng died on Wednesday at about 6 am, after a 2 V 2 -year battle with cancer. He was 64. His wife, Mrs Lyn Lee, 38, who was by his death bed at the National University Hospital, said: “He died239 words
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Article, Illustration191 2001-05-26 24 SINGER and songwriter Tanya Chua wrote Where I Belong, this year’s National Day theme song, in just one week. It seeks to capture the excitement that jetsetting Singaporeans like her always feel whenever they are on a plane heading back home. “Since I’m abroad most191 words