The Straits Times : Weekly Overseas Edition, 17 August 2002
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Title Section20 2002-08-17 1 The Straits Times Weekly Edition Saturday, August 17,2002 Price: S$ 1.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MITA (P) 098/03/200220 words
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569 2002-08-17 1 SOH WEN LIN - Flexibility first in radical new approach to developing huge Marina Bay site ana includes progressive payments scheme By SOH WEN LIN PROPERTY REPORTER A MASSIVE construction site for Singapore’s new waterfront financial and business centre looks set to go on sale next year to a569 words
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Article, Illustration67 2002-08-17 1 LOVE THEM TENDER! Elvis died 25 years ago, but like everywhere else, he is alive and well in Singapore. Fans dressed as the King of Rock and Roll take part in a concert by radio station Gold 90FM at Fort Canning Park last Saturday, in a stringENRIQUE SORIANO - 67 words
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Advertisement77 2002-08-17 1 Publishing SI Gamers Top H The Straits Times has been named Newspaper of the Year by the Pacific Area Newspaper Publishers’ Association. page e .VJWi r ■j: k. «T Vt x\u A eSmiclavTimes s S 3. 000 China Airlines 10 <*i vapnts tniri 1 Si SO 1T1»*“«Mil ,uwi iet crashes77 words
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PRIME
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482 2002-08-17 2 DOMINIC NATHAN; and AHMAD OSMAN - They vote in favour of holding a separate secret ballot over dispute with airline’s management about in-flight rest breaks By DOMINIC NATHAN and AHMAD OSMAN SINGAPORE Airlines pilots yesterday moved one step closer to taking industrial action for the first time in 22482 words
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445 2002-08-17 2 THE Jurong Reptile Park, home to more than 60 species of crocodiles, snakes and iguanas, is up for sale. The tourist attraction will go under the hammer at DTZ Debenham Tie Leung’s auction next Thursday. The forced sale is the latest in a445 words
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Article, Illustration596 2002-08-17 2 SENIOR Minister Lee Kuan Yew sought to dispel the gloom among Singaporeans last night, saying the country has what it takes to “become a fully developed economy”. Noting that the public mood had darkened since the last National Day, because of the economic recession andTHOMAS WHITE - 596 words
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Article, Illustration992 2002-08-17 3 TRACY QUEK; and SANDRA DAVIE - By TRACY QUEK and SANDRA DAVIE IN JUST one year, Bukit Batok Secondary leapt from the bottom of the annual secondary school rankings to 33rd spot this year in the Special/Express stream category. In the Normal stream category, it shot from No 34 toWONG KWAI CHOW - 992 words
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Article608 2002-08-17 3 KARAMJIT KAUR - But transport council warns commuters may end up paying more, even as private bus firms find the rules too restrictive By KARAMJIT KAUR TRANSPORT CORRESPONDENT THE rules of the game have been drawn up for competition in the feeder-bus business, but commuters could end up608 words
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HOME
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Article, Illustration531 2002-08-17 4 DAWN WONG - Figures for misuse of hotline see sharp rise even though some of those phoning for ambulance know practice is wrong ®!t DAWN WONG MORE people are calling 995, even though there is no emergency and some of them know they should not beSource: $aP; G. CHANDRADAS Photo: STEVEN LEE - 531 words
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301 2002-08-17 4 SELINA LUM - By SELINA LUM A BETTING-OUTLET employee was slain brutally by robbers on Sunday when they struck at a popular Singapore Pools outlet at Toa Payoh Central in a brazen morning hit. The assailants ambushed Madam Song Beng Hua, 36, who worked at the301 words
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700 2002-08-17 4 CHONG CHEE KIN; and SUHAELA SULAIMAN - Adult novelties come to town but forget the porn By CHONG CHEE KIN and SUHAELA SULAIMAN THERE is no way you can miss it, not with the two giant neon signs screaming “Consexshop”. Part the sequinned velvet curtain in the doorway, and you will have broken the barrier between the700 words
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Article, Illustration234 2002-08-17 5 A VAN carrying 10 family members overturned after its rear left tyre was punctured in Malaysia. Six family members and the fiancee of one of them, all injured in Sunday’s Johor highway accident in which three other relatives died, were transferredPictures: CHEW SENG KIM - 234 words
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487 2002-08-17 5 KRISTBOO - KRISTBOO A COMPUTER glitch caused the blackout that paralysed parts of Singapore for 90 minutes last Monday, said power regulator Energy Market Authority on Wednesday. It added that a group made up of seven officials from the authority and various power companies will487 words
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519 2002-08-17 5 WILLIAM CHOONG - From late next year Singapore shoppers will be able to use their Nets cards in JB and elsewhere in Malaysia, just like at home Bu WILLIAM CHOONG RUN out of cash while shopping in Johor Baru? Just use your Nets card, and your519 words
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353 2002-08-17 6 THE High Court has rejected a British practice, more than 100 years old, which protects newspapers from disclosing their sources in civil suits. Judicial Commissioner Choo Han Teck said in a High Court ruling recently that newspaper journalists do not353 words
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Article, Illustration496 2002-08-17 6 LYDIA LIM - The daily connects with readers at home, impresses with foreign news and analysis, say judges in LYDIA LIM THE Straits Times has been named Newspaper of the Year by the Pacific Area Newspaper Publishers’ Association (Panpa). Singapore’s national daily beat contendersJAMES ELSBY - 496 words
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328 2002-08-17 6 SALMAKHALIK - By SALMAKHALIK HEALTH CORRESPONDENT A DOCTOR has been censured and fined $2,000 by the Singapore Medical Council (SMC) for asking a patient embarrassing questions. General practitioner Mukundan Nair asked an 18-year-old patient whom he was treating for an infection in the upper respiratory tract328 words
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Article, Illustration471 2002-08-17 7 ALICIA YEO - Esplanade commissions crew to work on permanent display, giving recognition to the murals as a highly creative art form By ALICIA YEO TO REACH out to Singapore’s younger generation, the Esplanade Theatres On The Bay is endorsing a popular art formGEORGE GASCON - 471 words
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528 2002-08-17 7 TAN TARN HOW - Bu TAN TARN HOW A SACRED cow in education streaming could be slaughtered if some people looking at ways to remake Singapore have their way. While acknowledging that streaming, introduced in 1979, has allowed pupils to study at their own pace and helped528 words
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390 2002-08-17 7 SALMA KHALIK - By SALMA KHALIK HEALTH CORRESPONDENT MORE people are still opting out of Elder Shield than are opting back in. So far, 200,000 of the 1.2 million people eligible for it have opted out. However, slightly more than 1,200 have rejoined the Health390 words
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507 2002-08-17 8 SUE-ANN CHIA - Though more are restructuring and downsizing, fewer people are being laid off, according to a survey of 241 firms in SUE-ANN CHIA AS THE recession eases, more companies are starting to recruit again although quite cautiously. Of the 241 companies surveyed by Remuneration507 words
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498 2002-08-17 8 DAMAGES FOR DEFAMATION THE High Court will decide on Monday if Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong and Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew will get a quick summary judgment of their claims for defamatory damages from Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) chief Chee Soon498 words
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Article, Illustration101 2002-08-17 8 FAMILY HARMONY l This sculpture depicting a family of eight sealions on a rockscape used to be at the World Trade Centre. But the 2.1-m-high work by sculptor Chen Lian Shan, titled Harmony, has found a new home next to the sealion enclosure at the Singapore Zoological Gardens.101 words
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332 2002-08-17 8 SPRING Singapore is taking steps to recover the oversl9s,ooo grant given to Duraco Industries after its director was convicted of cheating in relation to the money. Duraco managing director Keith Tan Khi Wie was sentenced last week to 18 months’ jail for inflating332 words
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Article, Illustration473 2002-08-17 9 TAN 001 BOON - A chance discussion between an engineer and a dentist leads to new dental filling that actually strengthens damaged teeth By TAN 001 BOON ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR A MADE-IN-SINGAPORE dental filling that can turn cracked or decayed teeth into “super strong” onesJOYCE FANG - 473 words
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Advertisement26 2002-08-17 6 NOTICE I, Arekam Mary, am looking for my son Christopher Arekam. Anyone who knows of his whereabouts, please contact Mr Rio Antonio at *****532 or *****34626 words
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Page 9 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous1061 2002-08-17 9 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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COMMENT
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Article594 2002-08-17 10 TUESDAY August 13, 2002 LAST week’s visit to Aceh by a retired United States general marks the first stage of active, but indirect, American mediation to bring peace to the rebellious north Sumatran province. Gen Anthony Zinni was in Indonesia under the auspices of the Henry594 words
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Article606 2002-08-17 10 WEDNESDAY August 14,2002 IT IS distressing that the United States has warned countries they could lose military assistance if they became members of the International Criminal Court (ICC) without promising to protect Americans serving in their countries from its reach. Behind the US administration’s opposition to606 words
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1141 2002-08-17 10 h CHUALEE HOONC - SATURDAY With h CHUALEE HOONC PROMPTED perhaps by recent Malaysian developments, the political rumour mill in Singapore has been in overdrive in recent weeks. Pundits who had gone into hibernation after last November’s General Election are back in action, this time focusing1,141 words
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COMMENT/PERSPECTIVE
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Article, Illustration910 2002-08-17 11 SANDRA DAVEE - MY VIEW By SANDRA DAVEE “SHOULD a book, film, or musical recording be removed from a public library because it contains material that is inappropriate to some members of the community? What is your position on this issue?” Most Singaporeans familiar withLUDWIG ILIO - 910 words
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Article861 2002-08-17 11 7ith ASAD LATEF - HEART TO HEART With 7 ith ASAD LATEF SINGAPORE should set up an Expectations Review Committee. I came to this conclusion for two reasons. The first is the Prime Minister’s National Day message, in which he said: “Our present income levels and standard of living are861 words
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INSIGHT
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Article, Illustration1809 2002-08-17 12 The National University of Singapore set out to incubate entrepreneurs this year by placing students in the thick of the action in California’s Silicon Valley. Our Education Correspondent SANDRA DAVIE gives a progress report NATIONAL University of Singapore computingPHOTOS: SANDRA DAVIE - 1,809 words
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Article, Illustration1197 2002-08-17 13 ASADLATIF - THINKING ALOUD By ASADLATIF MR GUNTOR Sadali, the editor of Berita Harian, made a speech which was published in this newspaper on Monday. In it, he urged Muslim Singaporeans with moderate views to stand up and speak up. “Moderate Muslims haveLUDWIG ILIO - 1,197 words
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362 2002-08-17 13 Sandra Davie - Sandra Davie COME 2005, budding student entrepreneurs from the National University of Singapore can choose to hone their business know-how at any of the university’s five overseas colleges in the United States, China, India and Europe. The first is that in Silicon Valley, California,362 words
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SPORTS
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Article, Illustration381 2002-08-17 14 THE Singapore Commonwealth Games contingent was toasted at a special celebration at the Indochine Waterfront in Empress Place on Wednesday night. The party was organised by the Singapore Sports Council for the athletes, who had returned from Manchester last week. ActingJAMES CROUCHER - 381 words
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556 2002-08-17 14 BEN NADARAJAN - Commonwealth Games champ drawn to meet fancied rivals in the early rounds next week BADMINTON &L BEN NADARAJAN COMMONWEALTH Games champion Li Li faces a mammoth task if she hopes to advance to the final stages of next week’s Yonex-Sunrise556 words
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Article300 2002-08-17 14 MARC LIM - SOCCER Bu MARC LIM SINGAPORE is hoping to finish in the top three in the Asian Schools Football Championship when the tournament kicks off at the Yishun Stadium today. In the history of the 30-year-old tournament, the Republic has finished in the top three only300 words
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MALAYSIA
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Article, Illustration587 2002-08-17 15 LESLIE LAU - Noting unhealthy trend of students who don’t mix, PM says Malaysians should accept English as language of learning’ LESLIE LAU IN KUALA LUMPUR PRIME MINISTER Mahathir Mohamad said on Tuesday that the exclusive use of vernacular languages in certain schools and institutions was anAFP - 587 words
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438 2002-08-17 15 PLEA FOR UNITED COALITION The Star/Asia News Network KOTA KINABALU Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has warned Barisan Nasional (BN) component parties against being “enemies from within” or fielding independent candidates in the next general election. The proposed new parliamentary and stateThe Star/Asia News Network - 438 words
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314 2002-08-17 15 PENANG They are young, ambitious and corrupt. A growing number of officers in both the public and private sectors were involved in bribery, the Anti-Corrup-tion Agency has said. According to its deputy director, Datuk Ahmad Said Hamdan, statistics in the past five years showed that314 words
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SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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457 2002-08-17 16 DEVI ASMARANI - Critics say his refusal to join other candidates shows nis disdain for public involvement in the electoral process DEVI ASMARANI THE STRAITS TIMES INDONESIA BUREAU JAKARTA Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso on Tuesday refused to share the stage with other political hopefuls, including a becak or pedicab457 words
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432 2002-08-17 16 Philippine Daily Inquirer/Asia News Network, AFP MANILA The daughter of former Philippines leader Corazon Aquino has fled abroad after tearfully confessing that she shamed her family by committing adultery. Kris Aquino, a 31-year-old television game-show hostess, flew to Los Angeles onPhilippine Daily Inquirer/Asia News Network, AFP - 432 words
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Article, Illustration348 2002-08-17 16 The Nation/Asia News Network, AFP BANGKOK Buddhist monks are being drafted into Thai classrooms to ease a chronic nationwide teacher shortage. In the central province of Nonthaburi, 120 schools have asked monks to lend a hand to teach a range of classes.The Nation/Asia News Network, AFP; AP - 348 words
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MONEY
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Article245 2002-08-17 17 THE local bourse relied on Wall Street for direction all week despite the slew of local economic data and corporate results to mull over. Average daily turnover climbed 19.1 per cent to 373.88 million shares worth $406.17 million. Monday: Investors, unimpressed by the blistering pace of245 words
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Article104 2002-08-17 17 WEEK'S TOP RISES Cents SPH 1980 120.0 6.5 SPH100 1970 110.0 5.9 UOB 1410 100.0 7.6 City Dev 50c 630 50.0 8.6 SIA 200 1200 50.0 4.3 DBS Bk 6% NCPS.... .***** 40.0 0.4 DBS Grp 1220 40.0 3.4 OCBC 1080 40.0 3.8 SIA 50c 1190 40.0 3.5 C&C 442104 words
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Article108 2002-08-17 17 WEEK’S TOP RISES Cents LHTHIdgslOc 8.5 70.0 3.5 Benefun20k HKIc.... 1.5 50.0 0.5 PanpacMed W04 3.5 40.0 1.0 BakerTech20c 13 30.0 3.0 Pokka 25c 19 26.7 4.0 Federal Int 20c 22.5 25.0 4.5 Lion TeckC 50c 15 25.0 3.0 Progen IOC 12 20.0 2.0 EWSport 1c 9.5 18.8 1.5 HBM108 words
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Article110 2002-08-17 17 WEEK'S TOP FALLS Cents Creative T 25c 1550 80.0 4.9 Keppel Corp 50c 444 22.0 4.7 Want Want USIOc 61.5 21.8 16.9 Sembcorp Log 170 19.0 10.1 JMH US25c 400....... 565 17.5 1.7 Chart SemiCond 253 17.0 6.3 Mentor Media 39 17.0 30.4 SembCorp Ind 25c... 121 13.0 9.7 HK110 words
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Article111 2002-08-17 17 WEEK'S TOP FALLS Cents See Hup Seng W05.. 1.5 40.0 1.0 SembCorpDBeCW03 2.5 37.5 1.5 Rotol 10c 6 33.3 3.0 Shanghai Allied 1.3 31.6 0.1 Mentor Media 39 30.4 17.0 CSC W*****7 1.5 25.0 0.5 Vicplas W*****9 1.5 25.0 0.5 Cytech HK5c 11.5 23.3 3.5 W Want W*****4 22.5 22.4111 words
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Article75 2002-08-17 17 Straits Times Index The Straits Times Index rose 35.8 points on the week to 1522.6. DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday 1,486.44 (-0.4) 346.85m (357.97m) Tuesday 1,529.03 (+42.6) 355.49m (454.77m) Wednesday 1,527.03 (-2.0) 399.92m (383.03m) Thursday 1,531.84 (+4.8) 501.30m (494.88m) Friday 1,522.60 (-9.2) 265.86m (340.21m) BT-SRI Index The BT-SRI75 words
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Article, Illustration438 2002-08-17 17 SOH WEN LIN - Eligible homebuyers can still use $30,000 grant on Sept 1 but not for cash portion of downpayment By SOH WEN LIN PROPERTY REPORTER GO AHEAD and use the $30,000 grant if you qualify, but only if you offset it against the438 words
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SINGAPORE ECONOMY: SECOND- QUARTER SHOWING
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Article, Illustration541 2002-08-17 18 SOH WEN LIN - Decline in second quarter, on top of 9% slide in first quarter, signals industry has not hit oottom By SOH WEN LIN PROPERTY REPORTER THE beleaguered construction sector continued to decline, contracting by 10 per cent in the second quarter of this year after.; Graphics: JALEHA HASHIM; Photo: AFP - 541 words
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355 2002-08-17 18 SINGAPORE’S short history has already thrown up one important fact: Economic adaptability and adjustments are paramount to the Republic’s survival. In fact, the economy has undergone several major restructurings since independence and has come out stronger every time, said the Ministry of Trade355 words
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390 2002-08-17 18 DENESH DIVYANATHAN - Contributions from China and India tourists to double to $1 5b 2006 PROJECTION By DENESH DIVYANATHAN CHINESE and Indian tourists are expected to contribute $578 million and $938 million respectively to Singapore’s economy in 2006 more than doubling their contributions in 2000. In all, Chinese visitors are expected to contribute390 words
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Advertisement58 2002-08-17 17 More space for stories that matter WE HAVE replaced the four pages devoted to tracking Singapore stock prices and unit trusts with news stories, to keep readers abreast of news that matters to them. Readers who need to look up the prices of share counters and unit trusts can log58 words
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FORUM
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317 2002-08-17 19 I AM happy that some changes are being considered with regard to our education system (ST, Aug 13, “Panel wants Pri 4 streaming scrapped”). I am particularly pleased to read about how pupils may be able to pace their own studies by learning317 words
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204 2002-08-17 19 I REFER to the letter, “More colour and dollar sense, please” by Lee Lai Hun (ST, Aug 9). The writer mentioned that the exterior walls of HDB blocks are painted with many colours. We would like to assure the writer that HDB considers buyers’204 words
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Article, Illustration256 2002-08-17 19 IT IS heartening to note that a committee is in place to look at issues relating to education, and how it can be improved in an attempt to re-make Singapore. One of the recommendations put forward is to do away with streaming at the Primary256 words
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145 2002-08-17 19 I MUST congratulate The Straits Times on winning the title of Newspaper of the Year in the Pacific Rim. Besides its ability to connect with the local community and efforts in nation-building, The Straits Times has been impartial and balanced in its foreign-news coverage and145 words
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407 2002-08-17 19 I WAS greatly encouraged by Mr Mah Bow Tan’s speech in Parliament on July 23, about injecting greater flexibility into the public housing market. I would like to ask the Housing Board to remove or reduce the minimum occupation period for new and407 words
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458 2002-08-17 20 NARENDRA AGGARWAL - July’s 16.8% trade growth is the fastest in nearly two years, broad-based and looks set to continue, economists say By. By NARENDRA AGGARWAL ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT EXPORTS from trade-driven Singapore leapt unexpectedly by 16.8 per cent last month, their fastest growth in nearly458 words
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272 2002-08-17 20 SINGAPORE’S economy grew at its fastest pace in nearly three years last quarter but global uncertainties have sparked concerns that the pace of growth could falter next year. Manufacturing output shot up 14.3 per cent in the April to June quarter272 words
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Article, Illustration469 2002-08-17 20 K.C. VIJAYAN; and KAREN HO - By K.C.VIJAYAN and KAREN HO A CHEERFUL little Singaporean boy had Johor authorities baffled on Wednesday, after he was found alone outside the state police headquarters at around 4.30 am. Dressed in a Donald Duck T-shirt and trackpants, Yeo Ming Hong, three, hadENRIQUE SORIANO - 469 words