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Title Section17 2001-07-14 1 The Straits Times Weekly Edition Saturday July 14,2001 Price: S$ 1.20 (in Sirrgapdre) ElsewherebyWibscription only MITA 072/08/200017 words
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Article619 2001-07-14 1 IRENE NG - Package to be unveiled on July 25 will focus on helping workers and businesses cope with current economic downturn By IRENE NG POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT HELP is on the way to tide companies and workers over the sharper-than-expected downturn. Amid worries of a worsening economic climate,619 words
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Article, Illustration54 2001-07-14 1 HAZY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN. This picture taken yesterday shows a hazy Singapore skyline. On Thursday, for the first time in two months, the Pollutants Standards Index climbed to 58. The reading is considered moderate this means the haze has little or no health effectsDESMOND FOO - 54 words
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277 2001-07-14 1 ABOUT 20,000 workers may lose their jobs this year, nearly double the number retrenched last year. They will be hit by the economic downturn as well as the restructuring taking place in some sectors. While the 20,000 figure is still below the 29,000 retrenched277 words
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Advertisement60 2001-07-14 1 Economic downturn It's A Technical Recession Sing is pushed to new 11-year low against the greenback as fresh data showed economy had entered a technical recession page 20 Passing of a patriarch Singapore's Biscuit King Dies Chew Choo Keng, 86, who made the Khong Guan brand a household name in60 words
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PRIME
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422 2001-07-14 2 ALETHEALIM - Cockpit crew could have been acting to deal with sudden loss of cabin pressure aboard the fateful flight, says Silk Air expert witness SILKAIR CRASH LAWSUIT By ALETHEALIM COURT CORRESPONDENT A SUDDEN loss of cabin pressure could have been the reason Flight MI422 words
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Article, Illustration376 2001-07-14 2 sl-billion deal for attack helicopters will be its second order SINGAPORE is considering buying a dozen Apache attack helicopters worth US$6l7 million (Ssl.l billion), according to the United States Defence Department. The US Congress was notified of the possible second sale on Tuesday by376 words
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207 2001-07-14 2 FIRST Officer Duncan Ward could have been the only pilot in the cockpit when Silk Air Flight MI 185 went into a dive during an emergency, Captain Robert Galan suggested on Thursday. The expert raised this possibility because the last voice recording in the207 words
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Article, Illustration275 2001-07-14 2 IF MI 185 pilot Tsu Way Ming had wanted to commit suicide, he would have done so on his first flight and not on the return leg, said French aeronautical expert Robert Galan. Debunking the intentionalcrash theory that was expounded by the experts of theAFP - 275 words
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319 2001-07-14 2 UPGRADING works will begin at 19 hawker centres around the island this year in the first batch of the Government’s Hawker Centres Upgrading Programme. With better ventilation, new facilities and new layout, their redevelopment is part of a $420-million scheme announced in February which319 words
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Article, Illustration504 2001-07-14 3 EVEN though the economy might be slowing down, employers should not be asked to shed foreign workers first instead of Singaporeans. Doing so would undermine Singapore’s hard-won reputation for being welcoming to foreign investment and talent, said Trade and Industry Minister George YeoCHEW SENG KIM - 504 words
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Article538 2001-07-14 3 Banks have to merge to reap economies of scale, but basic services will remain affordable STRONG banks need to be big banks and to become large enough, local banks will have to merge and consolidate, said Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Noting that many Singaporeans are538 words
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449 2001-07-14 3 PASIR Panjang resident Nancy Tan simply adores shopping at 0ne.99. “I can spend more than $lOO at a time here,” the 69-year-old retiree said, her shopping basket full of plastic bowls and ceramic ware from China. She frequents the outlet at Great World449 words
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Article321 2001-07-14 3 SMALL and medium enterprises (SMEs) need not fear that the recent spate of mergers among local banks will hit their businesses. After all, large banks are better able to maintain their credit lines to SMEs than small banks during an economic downturn. This was the321 words
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HOME
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Article438 2001-07-14 4 LEONGCHANTEIK - Commuters will benefit from proposed new transport fiant which will run trains, uses and taxis, says SMRT By LEONGCHANTEIK SMRT Corp has offered $194 million to buy Tibs Holdings in a bid to create Singapore’s first “multi-modal” transportation giant spanning trains, buses and taxis. As438 words
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Article, Illustration313 2001-07-14 4 LEONG WENG KAM - By LEONG WENG KAM IN TWO years, a modern, eight-storey office complex will house the Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan, one of Singapore’s oldest and biggest Chinese clan associations, at Telok Ayer Street. The 141-year-old clan association moved out of its old six-sto-reyLIANHE ZAOBAO - 313 words
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Article440 2001-07-14 4 SHARMILPAL KAUR - Public urged to check premises for stagnant water Bit SHARMILPAL KAUR THE number of dengue fever cases here has tripled, compared to the same period last year. The Environment Ministry (ENV) said that 892 cases of dengue fever were reported in the first six months440 words
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356 2001-07-14 4 MARGARET PERRY - Br. MARGARET PERRY JUNIOR doctors working for the National Healthcare Group (NHG) will now get $l,OOO each to spend every year on medical conferences and training courses of their choice. This money will be in addition to the funds the NHG will use for356 words
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Article, Illustration559 2001-07-14 5 BRAEMAMATHI - More than half of 629 people polled say they will divorce a cheating spouse. Two in five will divorce even a repentant spouse By BRAEMAMATHI COMMUNITY CORRESPONDENT COMMITTING adultery is the surest way to end a marriage. Both men and women find this the mostSTEVEN LEE - 559 words
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228 2001-07-14 5 MORE students are opting to study higher Chinese at all levels, while few are going for the simpler Chinese Language B, Education Minister Teo Chee Hean told Parliament on Wednesday. He was giving an update on the measures introduced in January 1999 to strengthen228 words
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Article, Illustration446 2001-07-14 6 Those who lost jobs could be re-deployed in service jobs in the public sector, BG Yeo suggests OLDER workers who have lost their jobs can take heart: The Government is looking for ways to help them, including creating new jobs for them.TREVOR TAN - 446 words
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377 2001-07-14 6 DENESH DIVYANATHAN - By By DENESH DIVYANATHAN BROADBAND service providers have reason to uncork the champagne one in every four home-surfers is likely to use this faster mode of surfing the Internet by the end of next year, an industry expert said. At the moment, only an377 words
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Article482 2001-07-14 6 SUE-ANN CHI A - By' SUE-ANN CHI A RETRENCHED workers are waking up to the idea of being less fussy about potential jobs. While some enjoyed the luxury of holding out for an ideal job earlier this year when prospects seemed brighter, the current economic downturn has caused many482 words
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266 2001-07-14 6 TAN 001 BOON - *L TAN 001 BOON IN A first for a Singapore law firm, Joseph Tan Jude Benny (JTJB) has signed a “franchise” agreement to allow a foreign law firm to use its name. It will allow a law firm in Vancouver, Canada, to call266 words
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375 2001-07-14 7 THE United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has named Singapore a global leader in technology. It ranked the Republic 10th for the way it creates and uses technology. The results were released on Tuesday in Mexico City as part of the organisation’s inaugural Technology Achievement375 words
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353 2001-07-14 7 BRAEMA MATH I - By BRAEMA MATH I COMMUNITY CORRESPONDENT SINGAPORE still has reservations about the United Nations’ Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (Cedaw), said a government report handed on Monday to the Cedaw committee in New York. Mrs Yu-Foo Yee353 words
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Article182 2001-07-14 7 WHILE most 10-year-olds were fast asleep the previous Friday night, Joshua Mei was out feeding cats and making jewellery out of twisted wire with his mother. Joshua and his mum, Madam Kareen Lim, 43, were among 30 volunteers who took part in a 24-hour marathon,182 words
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Article, Illustration515 2001-07-14 7 CHAN KAY MIN - Khong Guan founder Chew Choo Keng, aged 86, left behind four wives, 23 children and a household name in Singapore *L CHAN KAY MIN SINGAPORE’S biscuit king Chew Choo Keng, who made the Khong Guan brand a household name here, died on Monday. Aged 86, heSHIN MIN - 515 words
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Article, Illustration411 2001-07-14 8 K.C. VIJAYAN - The 8-year-old had slipped off to the pool while his parents were packing up to go home ĔIL K.C. VIJAYAN AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD boy died after he was rescued from the wave pool at the new Choa Chu Kang Swimming Complex last Saturday. Chua Jun JieLIANHE ZAOBAO - 411 words
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Advertisement131 2001-07-14 5 TLUO DIFFERENT ERHIBITIDN RT THE SRME TIME UNDER ONE ROOF INDONESIA FURNITURE HANDICRAFT mr A R v 31 Furniture Handicraft are essential for your home. Indonesian producers offer a variety of furniture and handicraft products, according to your needs. In this exhibition, we also exhibits, distinctive and unique Indonesian tourism131 words
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Page 8 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous1061 2001-07-14 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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429 2001-07-14 9 JEFFREY LOW - SOCCER By, JEFFREY LOW SOCCER CORRESPONDENT ONE, two, three all in a sev-en-minute spree. No prizes for guessing who went snapping up goals, but Singapore was a rank disappointment in its 0-3 defeat by Saudi Arabia in the Lycos Challenge Cup on Tuesday night.429 words
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385 2001-07-14 9 GERARD WONG - SOCCER Bjl GERARD WONG WOODLANDS Wellington landed itself in hot soup earlier this week when the Football Association of Singapore Players’ Status Committee ruled against it twice in two cases and chided it for poor management The club, lying 10th in the S-League,385 words
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Article, Illustration493 2001-07-14 9 CHAN TSE CHUEEN - Roy and Dahui bring home the honours in nail-biting finish at world youth meet in France SAILING bil CHAN TSE CHUEEN SINGAPORE’S Roy Tay and Ou Dahui sailed to a silver medal in the 420 class at the Volvo Isaf World Youth Championships in Crozon-Morgat, France,WONG MAYE-E - 493 words
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MALAYSIA
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468 2001-07-14 10 LESLIE LAU - DAP, PAS will go separate ways if no solution to the differences is found, leading to a serious impact on the opposition alliance By LESLIE LAU IN KUALA LUMPUR LEADERS of the Democratic Action Party (DAP) have threatened to468 words
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472 2001-07-14 10 REME AHMAD - By REME AHMAD IN KUALA LUMPUR A LABOURER pumped RM40,000 (5519,300) into a scheme that promised to double his investment in just one year. But Mr Jamal, 40, was left high and dry when the scheme’s organiser disappeared. Of the money, RMIO,OOO was his472 words
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232 2001-07-14 10 KUALA LUMPUR About 90,000 workers in the electrical and electronics industry in Malaysia are expected to be laid off by the end of the year if the world-wide demand for goods continues to slide, said the country’s largest labour union. Malaysian Trades232 words
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Article, Illustration291 2001-07-14 10 ALOR STAR Bangladeshi and Myanmar workers armed with steel rods and sticks had clashed outside their factory over work problems, Kedah state police said. A report in The Sun newspaper on Tuesday said that scores of illegal foreign workers fled from the policeBERITAHARIAN - 291 words
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126 2001-07-14 10 Bernama JOHOR BARU Johor traffic police tracked down 53 Singa-pore-registered cars whose traffic fines were not paid when they entered the state last Saturday. District Traffic and Public Order chief DSP Abdul Halim said that the authorities had started the operation against SingaporeBernama - 126 words
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SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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323 2001-07-14 11 The Nation/Asia News Network BANGKOK Close to three in five Thais have confessed to learning sex techniques from movies, while more than a third of respondents said they like to be spanked by their partners, a recent survey found. Thailand came inThe Nation/Asia News Network - 323 words
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321 2001-07-14 11 EDWARD TANG - By EDWARD TANG THAILAND CORRESPONDENT BANGKOK Thailand’s education system is at a crossroad as major reforms have been stalled by officials jostling for power in the highly politicised Education Ministry. Differences over key reforms to decentralise control over school curriculum and finances, increase teachers’321 words
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Article411 2001-07-14 11 DERWIN PEREIRA - Indonesian President shows he means business against foes who are out to get him impeached by appointing loyal supporters By DERWIN PEREIRA STRAITS TIMES INDONESIA BUREAU JAKARTA President Abdurrahman Wahid yesterday showed he was not about to ease up on corruption probes against political411 words
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Article, Illustration463 2001-07-14 11 Enforcement agencies ordered to step up efforts -AFP MANILA President Gloria Arroyo on Monday cranked up the war against kidnappers plaguing the Philippines by creating an anti-crime superbody and reshuffling the country’s police leadership. The National Anti-Crime Commission (NACC), headed by Justice-AFP; AP - 463 words
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COMMENT
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Article510 2001-07-14 12 WEDNESDAY JULY 11,2001 UN E M PLOYED Singaporeans who are choosy about the jobs they accept have perhaps not woken up to the severity of the economic situation. True, among them are workers those who are not their families’ sole breadwinners, for example who have the510 words
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Article503 2001-07-14 12 MONDAY JULY 9,2001 THE world’s three largest economies, the US, Japan and Germany, are all in, or close to, a recession. Japan has already slipped into a recession, which will only get worse if its Prime Minister undertakes the structural reforms which he has promised. Germany503 words
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Article, Illustration879 2001-07-14 12 WITH CHUA LEE HOOISG - SATURDAY WITH CHUA LEE HOOISG THE National Solidarity Party is in a dilemma. As an opposition party, it has what you might call an enviable record as far as politics goes in Singapore: It has kept its head above water. It has managed to avoid theSTEVEN LEE - 879 words
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COMMENT/PERSPECTIVE
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Article, Illustration864 2001-07-14 13 TAN TARN HOW - MY VIEW B,j' TAN TARN HOW MY COLLEAGUE Andy Ho’s article three Saturdays ago on civil society saw some observers he quoted raising an interesting, but essentially flawed, question. “Is civil society necessary, given a good and effective government?” pundits were quotedLUDWIG ILIO - 864 words
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870 2001-07-14 13 WITH ASAD LATIF - HEART TO HEART WITH WITH ASAD LATIF A STARTLING aspect of life in Singapore is the number of self-improve-ment manuals displayed in bookshops. Is society in such immense need of improvement? Singaporeans, perhaps, read too much of what they can do without, thus leaving870 words
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INSIGHT
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Is this downturn worse than the Asian economic crisis?
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Article, Illustration465 2001-07-14 14 THE news on the economic front is getting grimmer htj the day. In May, the consensus among politicians and economists was that the downturn would not he as severe as the 1985-86 recession or the 1997-98 Asian economic crisis. Deputy Prime Minister LeeWANG HU I FEN - 465 words
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Article, Illustration283 2001-07-14 14 MR DENNIS WEE (right), 49, is managing director of Dennis Wee Realty, a property agency with over 800 agents. It chalked a record $3.19-billion turnover last year. Within the first half of this year, it has done a total of $1.4 billion worth of property transactions.283 words
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Article, Illustration179 2001-07-14 15 Dawn Wong - Additional reporting by Dawn Wong Dawn Wong MISS ANNIE TEE, in her 40s, helps her 80-year-old father run his provision shop, Yew Seng Liquor, along Zion Road. She says in Mandarin: "Business is so bad, I can just sit down and watch people go by. After179 words
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Article, Illustration200 2001-07-14 15 MR ANDREW TJOE (left), 43, chief executive of Tung Lok Restaurants group, a public-listed company which runs 19 upmarket restaurants here and plans to open five more this year. He says: “This downturn is more gradual, we have more time to react. But we haven’t felt200 words
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Article, Illustration95 2001-07-14 15 MR SIM PENG KUEN, 35, sells satay at Kwong Satay in Geylang. He has been a hawker for 20 years and speaks in Mandarin and Hokkien. He says: “Business is uncertain. Sometimes, my coffeeshop is full. Other times, it is a ghost town. There are still big spenders95 words
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Article, Illustration93 2001-07-14 15 MR FRANKIE WU, 45, is executive director of events organiser Creatiq. He says: “I think it is going to drag on till mid-2002. Although the Government tells us a U-shaped recovery can be expected at the end of six months, I am sceptical. I think we will only start93 words
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Article, Illustration91 2001-07-14 15 MS NATASHA KWAN, 38, is managing director of the 100-strong Microsoft Singapore. She says: “I’d be kidding if I say Microsoft is immune to all this. We saw a drop of about 15 to 20 per cent in sales in the last quarter. But Microsoft has often taken91 words
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1165 2001-07-14 14 WARREN FERN ANDEZ - THINKING ALOUD By WARREN FERN ANDEZ IT MUST have seemed like a brilliant idea. After all, many Singaporeans spend hours every day surfing the Net and checking their e-mail. Since people have a bit of time to1,165 words
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MONEY
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277 2001-07-14 16 FEARS of a full-blown recession in the domestic economy gave investors little motivation to stay invested in the local bourse this week. Even the better showing on Wall Street towards the end of the week failed to boost sentiment, suggesting that local investors were perhaps277 words
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Article72 2001-07-14 16 Straits Tims Index The Straits Tinas Max foil 3.82 points an tha weak te 1,656.94 DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday 1654.58 6.18) 282.4($384m) Tuesday 1680.34 (+25.76) 336.1m ($470.5m) Wednesday 166U9H8.95) 316.8m($369.7m) Thursday 1672.81 (+11.42) 430.9m ($449.8m) Friday 1656.94 (-15.87) 460.7m ($502.3m) BT-SRI Index Tha BT-SRI Index tall 2.8772 words
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Article2139 2001-07-14 16 Company Date ann Net earn TY LY (Sm) <Sm) EPS TY LY <ct*J (cts) ACE Dynamics 15-May F 0.182 0.799 0.18 0.9 Addvalue 28-Jun P 0.559 3.217 L 0.14 0.99L AEM Evertech 29-Mar P 9.693 8.673 3 2.7 AirOcean 25-Jun P 4.952 4.611 1.62 2.02 Alexandra 12-Jun P2,139 words
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Article163 2001-07-14 16 BONUS ISSUE ExBooks Act& Company Ratio date dose Paymt Airocean ono-tor-four 16-Jul 19-Jul NA HuanHsin one-for-four 27-Jun 02-Jul NA RIGHTS ISSUE ExBooks Acc Company Ratio date dose Paymt Presscrete one-for-one @>$0.10 08-Jun 13-Jun OTHERS ExBooks Acc Company Ratio date close Paymt Wing Tai 150,0001.5% RCCPS of US$1,000 each163 words
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Article286 2001-07-14 16 Company Placa Date Time Lung Kee Metal A Mandarin S'pore Hotel Suite 831 8th Floor South Tower 333 Orchard Rd S’pore (*****7) 08-Aug 11.00am Marco Polo E Casuarina Room Tower Wing. Lobby Level Shangri-La Hotel Orange Grove Rd(*****0) 06-Aug 12.00n Metalock A Carlton Hotel E Empress Room A286 words
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Article517 2001-07-14 16 Payment Ex (cts) date Boohs close Pay date ACE 20c b 0.05 Tl-Jun 14-Jun 03-Jul Acma 50c F 0.25 08-Jun 13-Jun 23-Aug Achieva 5c F 0.2 14-Jun 19-Jun 03-Jul Amara 20c b 0.4 Tt-Jun 14-Jun 29-Jul AP Breweries 1 9N 22-Jun 27-Jun 06-Jul BukitSemb b 20 22-Aug 27-Aug517 words
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Article157 2001-07-14 16 Company Description Compact The Board of Directors of Metal the company announced that the co has received inprinciple approval from the SGX-ST for the listing and Quotation of up to 20 million ordinary share of $0.10 each to be issued by way of private placement. Serial The Board157 words
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Article2954 2001-07-14 17 KNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Managers' prices (S$) UNIT TRUSTS MwrdMil Asset Mot Asil ltd Aberdeen Select Portfolio: Global MNCFd 0.714 0.750 Global Technology Fd!** 0.582 0.612 UK Blue Chip Fd!** 0.730 0.767 American Opport Fd 0.808 0.849 Cont Euro Eqty Fd!** 0.994 1.044 Japan Eqty Fd!** 1.189 1.250 Asian Fixed Income2,954 words
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Article152 2001-07-14 17 Foreign Currency Note Rates (9am, Jul 13) Buying OD Selling Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency Australian dollar 0.9210 0.9340 Canadian dollar 1.1840 1.2090 NZ dollar 0.7380 0.7610 Sterling pound 2.5640 2.5910 US dollar 1.8290 1.8410 Singapore dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling 11.24152 words
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344 2001-07-14 17 Hopes for a year-end recovery crushed; market-watchers now look to second quarter of next year THE chips are evidently down in the electronics industry, with firms now projecting a much slower turnaround. Industry-watchers had earlier indicated that a turnaround would emerge by year-end a344 words
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266 2001-07-14 17 VLADIMIR GUEVARRA - By By VLADIMIR GUEVARRA SINGAPORE’S biggest companies are being dragged down and pushed out of their oncecosy international rankings, according to the Global 1000 survey of companies by Business Week magazine. The ranking, based on market capitalisation, showed that Singapore Telecom (Sing Tel) has dropped266 words
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Article4704 2001-07-14 18 Transaction date: Jui 13, 2001 MULTI INDUSTRY Ti; 52-Wk Curr Last Vol Day Gr*s Net M Cep Wt Avg High Low Company Traded Sala ♦or'000 High Low Div P/C Smll Price 143 35 c Acma50c 40 unch 193 40.5 39.5 0.5 10.5 69.4 40 124,704 words
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Article937 2001-07-14 19 BONDS, LOANS WARRANTS Transaction date: Jul 13, 2001 52-Wk High Low Company Last Sale ♦orVol '000 Day High Low Last Quote Buyer Seller Wt Avg Price 39.5 29 s ASTI W*****1 ....33 -1 796 36 33 33 34 34 37 0.5 s Acma W*****4 ...0.5 0.5 1 7.5 2.5 s937 words
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Article1299 2001-07-14 19 52-Wk High Low Curr Last Company Traded Sale Vol '000 Day High Low Gr’s Div Net P/E M Cap $mll Wt Avg Prict MANUFACTURING 40.5 23 C APOilSc 24 -0.5 1085 25.5 23.5 6.2 21.1 24 168 43 C AS Auto 10c 52.5 -0.5 147 54.5 52.5 101,299 words
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Article217 2001-07-14 19 FINANCE 52-Wk High Low Company Cuit Last Traded Sale ♦orVol Day Gr's M Cap Wt Avg '000 High Low Dlv NAV $mil Prico ♦330 0 5920 5860 ***** ***** s SPDRS US***** ♦240 0 ***** ***** STOCK PRICES LEGEND Straits Timas Indax Stocks bi buytng-ln s scrtplass and217 words
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434 2001-07-14 20 WILLIAM CHOONG - Technical recession pushes Sing to new 11-year low The currency tumbles to $1,834 against the greenback for the fourth decline in as many days Bu WILLIAM CHOONG BATTERED by fresh data showing that the economy had entered a technical recession, the Singapore dollar sank to yet another 11-year low on434 words
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319 2001-07-14 20 THEY came, they saw, but they didn’t seem to have bought much. The Great Singapore Sale (GSS) may have boosted traffic in shopping centres, but it may not have done much to shore up second-quarter retail sales figures. According to Singapore319 words
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Article, Illustration310 2001-07-14 20 DENESH DIVYANATHAN - By' By DENESH DIVYANATHAN TECHNOLOGY REPORTER LOCAL Internet companies Pacific Internet (PacNet) and Catcha.com have turned from legal foes into corporate partners after settling an 18month Internet content dispute. The firms said on Wednesday they had not only resolved the long-standing disputeKIAN YAN - 310 words
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Article, Illustration312 2001-07-14 20 Bi/ DENESH DIVYANATHAN - By Bi/ DENESH DIVYANATHAN TECHNOLOGY REPORTER MR CHAN Wing Leong, cofounder and former executive chairman of Pacific Internet (PacNet) and then chairman of Easy Call International, has stepped down to do church work. He becomes the second top corporate gun to doARTHUR LEE - 312 words
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FORUM
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277 2001-07-14 23 I REFER to the article, “VWOs lose valuable foreign workers” (ST, July 5). Our Home also faces this predicament of losing our foreign workers after four years. A foreign worker usually takes two years to familiarise himself with his work and he becomes really proficient277 words
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460 2001-07-14 23 I REFER to Mr Sebastian Tan’s letter, “Charge reasonable prices for originals” (ST, July 5), and Mr Tong Chee IGn’s letter, “Genuine VCDs cost much more than those in Hongkong” (ST, July 4). Having been in the video business in Asia for the past460 words
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Article, Illustration289 2001-07-14 23 1 REFER to the article, “Boy, 8, dies in wave pool tragedy” (ST, July 9). The Singapore Life Saving Society (SLSS), which promotes drowningprevention activities and awareness in Singapore, would like to remind the public that one should never underestimate the potential riskof even simple289 words
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Article286 2001-07-14 23 I REFER to the letters, “Divorce is a serious matter” (ST, July 9) and “Why terms needed for SMS divorces” (ST, July 11). In Islam, divorce is permissible but is detested. Islam encourages harmonious living and advocates compromises and understanding so as to build strong bonds286 words
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448 2001-07-14 24 CHANG AI-LIEN - Scholarships of top undergrads will be extended to doctorate level with a $3,000 monthly wage By CHANG AI-LIEN THE government is setting aside $5OO million to get talented science scholarship holders to go all the way in their studies up to doctorate level.448 words
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Article, Illustration93 2001-07-14 24 THIRTEEN cars, including four taxis, were involved in a chain collision on the Pan-Is-land Expressway last Saturday, causing a massive traffic jam. A boy suffered a neck injury in the pile-up which occurred near the Paya Lebar Flyover in the direction of Changi Airport. The93 words
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230 2001-07-14 24 THE Electoral Boundaries Review Committee has not been set up yet, and no decision has been taken on when it will be set up. In Parliament on Wednesday, Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng effectively quashed rumours that an election would be230 words
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Article, Illustration333 2001-07-14 24 WONG FEI WAN - ĔIL WONG FEI WAN A BANK manager accepted a $20,000 bribe for securing a $1.3-million loan for a company, a district court heard on Monday. Mohamed Amin Ibrahim, 53, the executive committee chairman of the Association of Muslim Professionals (AMP), was also given333 words