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Title Section19 2002-02-23 1 The Straits Times Weekly Edition Saturday, February 23,2002 Price: S$ 1.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MITA 304/03/200219 words
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Article495 2002-02-23 1 ASADLATIF; and KAREN WONG - Jemaah Islamiah masterminds remain at large and until their nests are broken up, region is still threatened, says SM Lee By ASADLATIF and KAREN WONG THE arrest of the 13 Muslim extremists in December has not made things safe for Singapore. It is just a setback,495 words
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418 2002-02-23 1 DERWIN PEREIRA - DERWIN PEREIRA INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT JAKARTA Singapore yesterday said its security agencies were prepared to facilitate direct investigations by their Indonesian counterparts to confirm links existed between two Indonesian suspects and members of a terrorist group in the Republic. This could include giving Indonesia418 words
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Article, Illustration205 2002-02-23 1 INDONESIAN reactions to Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew’s recent remarks on terrorism in the region were “very puzzling”, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said on Wednesday. Responding to media queries on criticisms levelled against Mr Lee by various Indonesian officials, the ministry spokesmanREUTERS - 205 words
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Advertisement65 2002-02-23 1 Music lovers Ah Outdoor Concert For Fun On Wednesday and Saturday nights, music lovers like Madam Yeo perform near Redhill Lane Food Court all in the name of fun. page 7 Personal struggle on film Mark Of A Champion This shuttler brought glory to Indonesia, but was denied citizenship. Ivana65 words
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PRIME
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641 2002-02-23 2 YES, the Sikhs wear the turban to school, but even they had compromised, noted Mr Lim Boon Heng, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office, last Saturday. While Sikh boys have been allowed to wear the turban since British colonial times and, thus, there641 words
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534 2002-02-23 2 SANDRA DAVIE - Principals fear clustering of Malay pupils in some schools means they lack competition By SANDRA DAVIE AND SHAHIDA ARIFF IF YOU walked into East View Primary on Tampines Street 91, you might be forgiven for thinking you were in a Malaymedium school. Out of534 words
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Article, Illustration375 2002-02-23 2 WONG SHER MAINE - By WONG SHER MAINE FOR slapping, punching and scalding her Indonesian maid with hot water, primary school teacher Heng Kwee Huang was sent to jail for 10 months. She was also fined $3,000 after she was found guilty of all four counts of abusing herAZIZHUSSIN - 375 words
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Article702 2002-02-23 3 LAURELTEO - Moderate views prevail among Muslims and non-Muslims alike, in wake of recent terrorism scare and tudung controversy Bu LAURELTEO WITH all the recent debate over the tudung controversy, racial integration in schools and the arrest of 15 Muslim men for terrorism-related activities, you might702 words
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464 2002-02-23 3 EDWARD TANG - By EDWARD TANG THAILAND CORRESPONDENT CHIANG RAI One economy. Two countries. That’s the long-term vision of the kind of economic partnership which Singapore and Thailand can hope to establish, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said here on Wednesday, as he wrapped up a464 words
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Article, Illustration397 2002-02-23 3 NEO HUI MIN - Bu NEO HUI MIN A BOTANIST working here has received one of her field’s top honours for discovering more than 50 species of plants. Dr Ruth Kiew, 55, of the Singapore Botanic Gardens, received the David Fairchild Award for Plant Exploration from aHOW HWEE YOUNG - 397 words
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HOME
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592 2002-02-23 4 NATALIE SOH - Too early to end wage-restraint policy and revise CPF rates, despite upward revision of growth forecast: DPM Lee §1 NATALIE SOH THE official growth forecast for the Singapore economy may have been revised upwards, but the pick-up is likely to happen only592 words
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Article, Illustration324 2002-02-23 4 MADAM Liow Hup has lived 100 years without ever celebrating her birthday. Bom in China, she knows the year of her birth, but not the exact date. But on Monday, she celebrated her birthday in style: A party was thrown in her honour by theLAU FOOK KONG - 324 words
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Article, Illustration427 2002-02-23 4 CHAN KAY MIN - By CHAN KAY MIN ON MARCH 1, when users need to dial an extra digit “6” in front of all fixed-line telephone and facsimile numbers here, many smaller companies may find their communication lines cut off. The reason many of them have yet427 words
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414 2002-02-23 5 KARAMJTTKAUR - KARAMJTTKAUR TRANSPORT CORRESPONDENT FROM next Friday, motorists will pay more when they go into Malaysia. The higher Singapore toll charges at Woodlands and Tuas, ranging from 10 cents for taxis to $2.50 for big lorries, come two months after Malaysia upped its414 words
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Article, Illustration68 2002-02-23 5 DUMPED ON EXPRESSWAY: Workers on a garbage truck on Wednesday dumped its load of rubbish on an expressway after a small fire broke out. They had spotted smoke while travelling along the Central Expressway near a slip road at Ang Mo Kio Avenue 5. The rubbish wasENRIQUE SORIANO - 68 words
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436 2002-02-23 5 KAREN WONG - By KAREN WONG IT IS that time of the year again when the taxman comes calling. But to help ease the pain for people, the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (Iras) is giving away $235,000 in total if tax returns are filed over the436 words
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367 2002-02-23 5 TOMMY WEE - New hand-held devices will let police patrolmen look up suspects’ records on the spot Bu TOMMY WEE POLICEMEN on patrol in Housing Board estates will soon be able to tell on the spot if a loiterer is a drug addict or criminal, and whether he367 words
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465 2002-02-23 6 CHONG CHEE KIN - By CHONG CHEE KIN HELP from the public led to the arrests of half the criminals picked up last year for molestation, robbery, theft, housebreaking, rape and murder. Some of the arrests were due to the community alerting police to a crime in465 words
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Article, Illustration412 2002-02-23 6 ALICIA YEO - Adventurer will reward himself with two slices of the sweetmeat for every 100 km he finishes Bt, ALICIA YEO THE thought of seeing his wife again is not the only thing that will motivate adventurer Khoo Swee Chiow during his 50-dayJOHN COSGROVE - 412 words
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377 2002-02-23 6 ALETIIEA LIM - C J slams guards for attacking prisoner Bn ALETIIEA LIM PRISON officers should help maintain law and order in prison, and not take the law into their own hands to abuse and mete out unlawful “punishments” on the inmates. And officers who flout such rules can expect to face the377 words
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Article157 2002-02-23 6 A SERIAL robber, believed to be responsible for over 70 robberies and snatch thefts involving mostly elderly people, w r as arrested on Monday morning after he was caught in the act by a closed-circuit security camera. This happened when the 45-year-old jobless man struck at157 words
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352 2002-02-23 7 TOMMY WEE - Ĕ2. TOMMY WEE THE police are going to question the man who used his car last Friday to trap four cars for almost four hours in a stretch of road off Novena Terrace. Senior project manager O.H. Low, of Sun Huan Construction,352 words
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Article, Illustration639 2002-02-23 7 Singers, musicians gather twice a week near Redhill Lane Food Centre for an outdoor concert ON WEDNESDAY and Saturday nights, the open-air area next to Redhill Lane Food Centre becomes the stage for a unique outdoor concert. As night falls, a few musicians go to theJOYCE FANG - 639 words
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Article, Illustration368 2002-02-23 7 ELENA CHONG - By ELENA CHONG A WEDDING photographer who molested the bride repeatedly was on Wednesday jailed for a total of 28 months and ordered to receive 10 strokes of the cane. District Judge Hoo Sheau Peng sentenced Alvin Oh Keng Kee, 28, after the368 words
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Article160 2002-02-23 7 THE family of an unemployed man who drowned in an East Coast Park canal on Sunday evening said they did not know what he was doing in that area. When The Straits Times went to Mr Saliman Mohammed’s three-room Chai Chee flat where he lived with160 words
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Article, Illustration559 2002-02-23 8 JANE LEE - SCGS sees traffic snarls in the school driveway every day, thanks to the odd inconsiderate parent Bu JANE LEE TRAFFIC jams in the driveway of Singapore Chinese Girls’ School can be seen every weekday morning and afternoon, when the girls are dropped offWANG HUI FEN - 559 words
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Page 8 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous1063 2002-02-23 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 Word1,063 words
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SPORTS
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427 2002-02-23 9 YEOHEN-LAI - SINGAPORE SPORT ĔL YEOHEN-LAI A COACHING Advisory Committee, along the lines of the Coaching Council recommended by the Committee on Sporting Singapore, will be set up by the middle of the year. The CAC, which is to assist in producing more competent coaching427 words
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Article, Illustration449 2002-02-23 9 MARC LIM - By MARC LIM IN BANGKOK SINGAPORE lost all its four matches in the just-ended King’s Cup soccer tournament, conceding 13 goals while scoring only two. It finished last in the four-nation event, but national coach Jan Poulsen is not all thatLIM SIN THAI - 449 words
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Article600 2002-02-23 9 ELAINE LO - FAS chief Mah warns players to comply with rules or be prepared to face punishment S-LEAGUE SOCCER Bu ELAINE LO BE PROFESSIONAL or be prepared to face the music. This was the stem warning Football Association of Singapore president Mah Bow Tan issued to the football600 words
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MALAYSIA
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Article393 2002-02-23 10 State’s water reserves near crisis level; rest of country face same fate as catchment areas dry up The Star/ Asia News Network, Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Malacca residents could be facing water rationing within a week and a similar fate is in store for Malaysians countrywideThe Star/ Asia News Network,; Bernama - 393 words
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488 2002-02-23 10 RE ME AHMAD - By RE ME AHMAD IN KUALA LUMPUR UMNO Youth wants to blacklist those Pakistani religious schools, or madrasahs, which encourage extremism. The organisation will urge the Education Ministry to prevent Malaysians from studying in such schools. The movement has sent a488 words
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Article, Illustration457 2002-02-23 10 BRENDAN PEREIRA - POMELOS AND PRETTY GIRLS By BRENDAN PEREIRA MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT IPOH There was a time when the sight of the lush, green bunches of fruit was enough to draw customers to Ipoh’s famous pomelo row. Not anymore, it appears. Nearly all of the 38 stalls that hug aREUTERS - 457 words
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SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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Article381 2002-02-23 11 MARIANNE KEARNEY - Two powerful bodies tell Parliament that having Islamic law would mar ethnic narmony By MARIANNE KEARNEY STRAITS TIMES INDONESIA BUREAU JAKARTA Indonesia’s two largest and most influential Muslim organisations have called on Parliament not to adopt syariah or Islamic law, saying that any such move would381 words
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530 2002-02-23 11 MARIANNE KEARNEY - By MARIANNE KEARNEY STRAITS TIMES INDONESIA BUREAU JAKARTA She won title after title for Indonesia at badminton tournaments abroad but at home Ivana Lie was denied the basic right of citizenship because she was an ethnic Chinese. Ivana Lie’s life and her struggle to530 words
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Article, Illustration243 2002-02-23 11 -AFP, AP JAKARTA President Megawati Sukarnoputri on Sunday said that Chinese New Year next year will be celebrated as an official holiday in Indonesia. “For the sake of solidarity among the citizens of Indonesia, I declare the Chinese Lunar New Year-AFP,; AP; BODI CHANDRA, TEMPO MAGAZINE - 243 words
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264 2002-02-23 11 -AFP BANGKOK Thai police have seized large numbers of illegal weapons in lightning raids on the homes of influential figures, in a bid to prevent violence marring upcoming by-elections, officials said on Monday. The raids, which started a day earlier, will continue-AFP - 264 words
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COMMENT
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Article558 2002-02-23 12 WEDNESDAY February 20,2002 STEER, the acronym for Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong’s latest proposal to strengthen economic relations between Singapore and Thailand, conveys a sense of purpose and direction. This, indeed, is the driving force for the Singapore-Thailand Enhanced Economic Relationship. Its mission is to seek new558 words
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Article589 2002-02-23 12 MONDAY February 18,2002 ANY country is always a work in progress. The thinking and the policies which serve it at a certain point of time may later become irrelevant, or worse, counter-productive. New kinds of citizens are produced by economic and social changes. Their aspirations deserve to be589 words
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986 2002-02-23 12 WITH CHUALEE HOONC - SATURDAY WITH WITH CHUALEE HOONC THE soft cotton tudung which graces the Muslim woman’s face has stiffened and turned into a hard helmet in the battle for Muslim rights, an educationist wrote recently in an e-mail making the rounds in the Muslim986 words
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COMMENT/PERSPECTIVE
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Article, Illustration931 2002-02-23 13 ANDYHO - MY VIEW By ANDYHO SEX, lies, video and filthy lucre. Last December, a Taiwanese tabloid weekly, Scoop, distributed a video compact disc (VCD) showing Ms Chu Mei-feng, a former Taipei city councillor, having sex with her married lover. She was betrayed byLUDWIG ILIO - 931 words
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812 2002-02-23 13 With ASAD LATIF - HEART TO HEART With With ASAD LATIF I HAVE two suggestions for the Remaking Singapore Committee, which will focus on the political, social and cultural aspects of this nation’s survival in the 21st century. My first suggestion is for the committee to812 words
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INSIGHT
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Article, Illustration1883 2002-02-23 14 Once again, Special Assistance Plan schools are being lambastedfor being cut off from the minority races. Are the criticisms valid or have SAP schools become a convenient whipping boy for race issues? Our correspondent HONG WENG KAM finds out. DON’T make scapegoats out ofLIANHE ZAOBAO - 1,883 words
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Article, Illustration82 2002-02-23 15 TO BOOST inter-racial understanding, SAP schools offer programmes that range from language courses to visits to welfare homes run by the minority groups, and cultural performances. But are these efforts enough to foster inter-racial ties? Sceptics argue that mixing with non-Chinese students once in a while82 words
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1412 2002-02-23 15 HAN FOOK KWANG - THINKING ALOUD By HAN FOOK KWANG IF YOU’VE been reading what Malaysian newspapers are saying about Sin-gapore-Malaysia negotiations on water, and are totally confused by the reports, don’t despair. It blows hot and cold up north over this sensitive subject, for reasons not always easy1,412 words
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MONEY
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307 2002-02-23 16 SHARES in the Singapore market were hit by Wall Street jitters and Enronitis this week, dashing hopes for a post-Chi-nese New Year rally. The benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) fell 78.1 points on the week to 1,690.2. Monday: Shares slid into negative territory at the307 words
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Article76 2002-02-23 16 Straits fines ladex Dm Straits Dims Indox fell 78.1 points on tho wook to 1,690.2. DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday 1,760.74 (-7.53) 316.50m (409.70m) Tuesday 1,742.73 (-18.01) 540.50m (465.00m) Wednesday 1,729.35 (-13.38) 494.40m (613.80m) Thursday 1,731.83 (+2.48) 414.90m (379.50m) Friday 1,690.16 (-41.67) 412.27m (629.31m) ST-SRl Index Dm BT-SRI76 words
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Article524 2002-02-23 16 DENESH DIVYANATHAN - Six other telcos are also said to be interested in the Indonesian govt’s 65% stake worth sl.2b By_ By DENESH DIVYANATHAN TECHNOLOGY REPORTER SINGAPORE Telecom (SingTel) is said to be eyeing a controlling stake in Indonesian telecommunications company Indonesian Satellite Corp (Indosat) estimated to be524 words
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Article265 2002-02-23 16 Company Date atm Net earn TV IV (Sm) ($m) EPS TV (eta) IV (Cts) Allcom Tech 05-Feb P 1.414 3.834 0.77 2.78 AussinoGrp 21-Feb 1 3.910 3.050 2.04 1.59 Beyontcs Tech 07-Feb l 8613 3.980 1.00 0.46 BMT 07-Feb 1 0.346 0.529 63.00 97.00 C&C 21-Feb P 117.900265 words
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Article339 2002-02-23 16 Payment (cts) Ex date Books dose Pay date Ascott 20c b 1 24-Apr 29-Apr 10-May Ascott 20c f 1 24-Apr 29-Apr 10-May Asiatravei 1.5c g 0.423 26-Feb 01-Mar 20-Mar Australand A50c F 3d 11-Feb 18-Feb 28-Feb BMT $10 I 28 22-feb 27-Feb 08-Mar CASA Hldgs 10c b 5339 words
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Article144 2002-02-23 16 BONUS ISSUE Company ExRatio date Books dose Acc ft Pay mt Qian Hu one-for-ten 04-Mar 07-Mar RIGHTS ISSUE ExBooks Acc* Company Ratio date dose Paymt CK Tana one-for-one®S$0.20 20-Feb 25-Feb Easyknit one-for-one<tHKS0.08 05-feb 08-Feb OTHERS ExBooks Acc A Company Ratio date dose Paymt HOB SS600,000,000 5.07% 12-Mar Fixed144 words
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Article202 2002-02-23 16 Company Mace Date Time F&N E Level 2 Alexandra Point 438 Alexandra Road 15-Mar 10.00am ThakraJ Corp E Ocean 5, Level 2 The Pan Pacific Singapore. 7 Raffles Boulevard Marina Square 13-Mar 11.30am Lee Metal E No 7 Tuas Avenue 16 Jurong 8-Mar 3.00pm MPH E Sheraton Towers202 words
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628 2002-02-23 16 Stock Trans Date Subsantial Shareholder/ £Z Conv NO Of Shares *000 Price Per Shr S Before fOOO) Shareholding After {*000) Kim Eng Ong Asia 21-Feb-02 Kim Eng Ong Asia 21-Feb-02 Mufti-Cnem 20-Feb-02 Mutti-Chem 20-Feb-02 Tung Lok Rest 20-Feb-02 Yuanta Core Pacific Yuanta Securities Foo Suan Sat Han628 words
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Article2559 2002-02-23 17 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS §1 UNIT TRUSTS ABN Amro Asset Mgt (S'pore) Star Europe Eqty! A 0.751/ Star Europe Bd 0 956/ Star Europe Bal 0.846/ Star Asian Tiger Eqty 0 79/ Star Asia Bond 1.243/ Star Asia Balanced 0 852/ Star Global Technology Fund 0.261/ Star Bhv Finance Japan Fund!**2,559 words
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Article154 2002-02-23 17 Foreign Currency Note Rates (9am, Feb 22) Buying OD Selling Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency Australian dollar 0.9390 0.9560 Canadian dollar 1.1390 1.1630 Euro 1.5870 1.6120 NZ dollar 0.7620 0.7830 Sterling pound 2.5990 2.6260 US dollar 1.8260 1.8380 Singapore dollars to 100 units of foreign currency154 words
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Article4967 2002-02-23 18 Transaction date: Feb 22, 2002 MULTI INDUSTRY N *> 52-Wk Currency last Mgh L m TnM M ♦er'Vol 000 Day M* Lav Gr-s Me Nat m M Cap Sadi wt Avg Price 36.4 8 c Acma 50c... 10 -0.5 2664 10 10 0.5 4.1 78.14,967 words
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Article1246 2002-02-23 19 52-Wk Currency last High Low Company Traded Sale ♦or'Vol -ooo High Day Low Gr*s Dhr Net m M Cap $mH Wt Avg Price MANUFACTURING 40.5 12 c AP Oil 5c 18.5 unch 95 18.5 18 4.7 16.2 18 77.5 27.5 c AS Auto 10c 50.5 -0.5 355 50.51,246 words
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Article243 2002-02-23 19 FINANCE 'Cj i i t&rC V P 4< 52-Wk Hiflti Lev Compeny Currency last Traded Sale ear'Vol >000 Day Hied Low Gr*s Dhr Net M Cap P/E Said wt AV9 Price ***** 9210 s Diamonds 6890 3830 s IS DJ US Tech.. 560 440 s IS MSCI Spore.243 words
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Article160 2002-02-23 19 Transaction date: Feb 22,2002 52-Wk High Low Curr Last Company Traded Sale Vol ♦or•000 Day High Low Gross dlv Net P/E M Cap $mll HONGKONG STOCKS Cathay Pac 20c HK720 265 6 *****.2 Cheung KongSOc... HK1780 240 3 *****.5 63 45 Citye-Solutions Lt HK45 2 44.6 172.4 HK160 words
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Article535 2002-02-23 20 WILLIAM CHOONG - If successful, such a pact centred on trade in services would be the first of its kind in the Asian region Bv WILLIAM CHOONG SINGAPORE and its closest regional rival, Hongkong, are looking at a free trade agreement (FTA) that is centred mainly on trade535 words
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Article, Illustration408 2002-02-23 20 HUGH CHOW; and EDNA KOH - HUGH CHOW and EDNA KOH FINANCE CORRESPONDENTS THE banking reporting season got off to a weak start on Monday with DBS Group Holdings announcing a 28 per cent plunge in full-year profit that was marked not just by massive provisions, but also huge takeover costs.AZIZ HUSSIN - 408 words
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382 2002-02-23 20 LOH CHENYI - Bu LOH CHENYI SINGAPORE’S hopes of an economic rebound have been raised considerably by news on Monday that locally-made exports fell just 4.1 per cent last month, the smallest dip in nine months. Bolstering exports for the trade-reliant Republic was the crucial electronics382 words
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341 2002-02-23 20 COLIN TAN - Bu COLIN TAN SINGAPORE’S first exchangetraded fund (ETF) may be launched as early as next Thursday after a nine-month delay, market sources said on Monday. Aimed at retail investors, the ETF is expected to be priced at between 50 cents and $1341 words
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573 2002-02-23 23 Singaporeans appear to be equally divided over the contentious issue of dual citizenship. In the light of an ever-increasing number of countries allowing dual passports, there may be good reasons for at least reviewing government policy, but such an exercise should be done thoroughly. Many573 words
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Article, Illustration431 2002-02-23 23 I READ with amazement the response to the recent incident in which a construction-company project manager used his car to prevent some illegally-parked cars from leaving a private stretch of road. Firstly, it was private property. I am sure the signs and barricades said that431 words
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482 2002-02-23 23 I REFER to the letters, “Cantonese TV shows could erode unity” and “Audiences ready for dialect diversity in media” (ST, Feb 14 and 18). It took more than gumption for Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew to look ahead and initiate the Speak482 words
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221 2002-02-23 23 I REFER to your report, “Police to question man who blocked parked cars” (The Sunday Times, Feb 17). I was taken aback to read that the police had decided to call Mr O.H. Low for questioning to determine if he had committed an offence by221 words
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183 2002-02-23 24 ALFRED LEE - By ALFRED LEE STRAITS TIMES EUROPE BUREAU LONDON Wednesday night saw a moment in time that will not happen again for more than a centuiy. At precisely two minutes past eight at night, history recorded an extraordinary palindromic date183 words
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Article, Illustration495 2002-02-23 24 SALMA KHALIK - By SALMA KHALIK HEALTH CORRESPONDENT DOCTORS here have cured two cancer patients by using blood from umbilical cords, without first destroying their bone marrow with chemotherapy. Their success is a world first. One of the two had leukaemia, or cancer of the blood;PHOTOS: THOMAS WHITE - 495 words
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291 2002-02-23 24 Spore Technologies’ move is a first and open to foreigners too, but research must be done here A GIANT Singapore company is offering science and engineering whizkids scholarships of between $24,000 and $60,000 a year to pursue Masters and doctoral degrees and without any bond.291 words
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207 2002-02-23 24 FLOODS in Jakarta, fires in Sumatra and parts of Malaysia, strong winds in Singapore blame it all on the northeast monsoon. Asked why everything seems so topsy-turvy these days, Meteorological Service deputy director Wong Teo Suan explained that the extreme weather conditions being experienced in different207 words