The Straits Times : Weekly Overseas Edition, 21 September 2002
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Title Section25 2002-09-21 1 The Straits Times Weekly Edition PACIFIC AREA NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR Saturday, September 21,2002 Price: S$L2O (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MITA (P) 098/03/200225 words
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Article, Illustration877 2002-09-21 1 LYDIA LIM - Following 21 arrests under the ISA, Govt tells of militants’ plan to pit non-Muslims against Muslims Bu LYDIA LIM THE targets were Singapore installations, and included water pipelines and the Ministry of Defence headquarters in Bukit Gombak. The banned Jemaah Islamiah877 words
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Page 1 Advertisements
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Advertisement55 2002-09-21 1 She Wanted To Be A Mflfionaire Senior bank clerk Lim Bee Lian, 38, siphoned millions from bank customers’ accounts. She swiped $4.3 million. Then her luck ran out. page s Tourism Fright (fight Tours Catching On It may be spine-tingling. But visiting cemeteries, execution sites and derelict colonial houses are55 words
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PRIME
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ECONOMIC REVIEW COMMITTEE PROPOSALS
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Article, Illustration579 2002-09-21 2 EDNAKOH - By EDNAKOH FINANCE CORRESPONDENT ACT fast or be left out of the race to become Asia’s leading services hub. That is the blunt message from Mr Khaw Boon Wan, chairman of the Economic Review Committee’s sub-commit-tee on service industries, which has justWONG KWAI CHOW - 579 words
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Article597 2002-09-21 2 Critical changes can attract 150,000 foreign students, create 22,000 jobs EDUCATION can be a big money-spinner for Singapore, if it opens its doors wider to foreigners who want to study here. An Economic Review Committee panel has proposed easing visa rules, upping the standards of597 words
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593 2002-09-21 2 Economic review panel highlights rich spinoffs if health industry is geared to attract more foreigners to the Republic for treatment ON TUESDAY, Indonesian Jankarel Siwi will receive a new kidney in Singapore, paying $36,000 for the transplant. But the 58-year-old pastor, whose593 words
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504 2002-09-21 3 ALETHEAUM - Group recommends forming unit to sell the Singapore style of mediation, based on Asian concept of saving face, abroad By ALETHEAUM SINGAPORE has a sound legal infrastructure but urgent steps need to be taken to mate it a premier legal centre in Asia, says504 words
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547 2002-09-21 3 SALMA KHALIK - By SALMA KHALIK HEALTH CORRESPONDENT LET private hospitals which are now running with half their rooms empty, treat B and Cclass patients. The Government would pay the hospitals the subsidised amount and patients would have greater choice. At the same time, publicsector specialists547 words
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Article, Illustration225 2002-09-21 3 Legal bigwigs suggest how the profession can blaze a trail here and abroad. We highlight how the main proposals will impact on: LOCAL LAW SCHOOL Now 4 Core traMon: Criminal, contract, property law Four-year bachelor’s degree 4 One-year master’s degree in international and commercial law Future 4JALEHA HASHIM - 225 words
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HOME
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683 2002-09-21 4 KRISTBOO - DPM Lee, ministers explain that {)rice hike is necessary for good evel of health care, which is subsidised by up to 80 per cent *l KRISTBOO DEPUTY Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and two fellow Cabinet Ministers on Sunday took time to explain683 words
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Article, Illustration395 2002-09-21 4 NATALIE SOH - Ey e doctor here first in region to use new technique in ops SiL NATALIE SOH A SINGAPORE surgeon has become the first doctor in South-east Asia to use a new technology in eye operations. At the heart of this breakthrough are tiny plastic devices, called “trocars”, that help surgeons395 words
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529 2002-09-21 4 NATALIE SOH - SiL NATALIE SOH SINGAPORE researchers are in the global race to develop the best drug delivery systems for treating cancer patients. These “magic bullets” would limit the side effects of chemotherapy and make treatment more effective. The scientists at both National University of529 words
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433 2002-09-21 4 NATALIE SOH - Si NATALIE SOH RESEARCHERS here are developing a novel heart stent that is not only biodegradable but also gives out medicine as it “melts” in a patient’s body. The new stent, which is probably the world’s first, is made of a secret plastic-like substance433 words
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628 2002-09-21 5 NATALIE SOH - New online rules mean customers will get secret ID nos for each transaction Bit NATALIE SOH BANKS here have not yet been able to comply with all the tightened security measures spelt out by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to628 words
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Article, Illustration546 2002-09-21 5 CHANG AI-LIEN - They make use of DNA samples at crime scene to weed out suspects quickly They make use of laser beams to scan for even the faintest fingerprints By CHANG AI-LIEN SCIENCE CORRESPONDENT THE Singapore police are going high-tech and will apply state-of-the-art technology to analyse DNA samples546 words
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383 2002-09-21 5 K.C. VUAYAN - By K.C. VUAYAN A 13-YEAR-OLD boy had part of his hand chopped off, and underwent an operation last night to have it re-attached. Police said part of his left hand, with four fingers and part of his palm, was found lying on383 words
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513 2002-09-21 6 THERESA TAN - More than 60% of people on training scheme to help them start own businesses are out of work *L THERESA TAN WHEN Mr Loke Sai Yin was retrenched, he wanted to start a business but didn’t know how. His colleague, who had also513 words
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Article, Illustration1204 2002-09-21 6 WHAT IT TAKES... A 'never say die' attitude... and spirit of independence Two multi-millionaire entrepreneurs give their take on the recommendations of a government committee on how to produce more people like them. LEONG CHAN TEIK reports AWARD-WINNING entrepreneur Lim Boon Chay did not have much of a formal education,1,204 words
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Article, Illustration756 2002-09-21 7 SANDRA DAVIE - The National Junior College wants to let students bypass O levels, and go straight to A levels *1 SANDRA DAVIE SINGAPORE’S oldest junior college is the latest to join a growing queue of schools that want to break away from the present structureSTEVEN LEE - 756 words
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405 2002-09-21 7 JANE LEE - They will get $B,OOO for research opportunities ana courses ĔIL JANE LEE FROM next year, principals who have been in their posts for six years will be able to go on two-month sabbaticals, with full pay. They will be free to choose what405 words
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Article330 2002-09-21 7 STEVE DAWSON - *L STEVE DAWSON BY 2005, the 130,000 alumni of the National University of Singapore (NUS) will have a $3O million home to call their own right in the heart of the campus. To be called Alumni House, the facility will provide cultural and330 words
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Article, Illustration824 2002-09-21 8 ELENA CHONG - She was meticulous as she cleaned out bank customers’ accounts and covered her tracks, until one of them showed up *L ELENA CHONG BANK of America customer Kim Kwang Chul was in for a rude shock when he dropped by atGEORGE GASCON* - 824 words
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Article, Illustration256 2002-09-21 8 Fire and smoke but no ash EVERY August, a burning issue fills the air across the nation. While the Green folk fret, Chinese Singaporeans pray the incense paper they bum during the Hungry Ghosts Festival month will not shroud their neighbourhood in ash. It is a problem that has been256 words
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308 2002-09-21 8 MORE than 1,400 people have filed claims for disability benefits since a new government scheme was launched two months ago. Health Minister Lim Hng Kiang said on Sunday that there had been a strong response to the $3OO-million Interim Disability308 words
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Article, Illustration494 2002-09-21 9 CHONG CHEE KIN - Increasingly popular night-time tour visits cemeteries, execution sites and derelict colonial houses Bxl CHONG CHEE KIN THIS IS one side of Singapore many rarely see the spooky side. A local-event management company, e-Top Singapore, has come up with a new bus tour of cemeteries, derelictALBERT SIM - 494 words
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Page 9 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous1061 2002-09-21 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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Article552 2002-09-21 10 WEDNESDAY September 18,2002 THE Economic Review Committee’s education panel has produced a valuable report on an invisible export whose immense monetary gain is well documented in the key nativeEnglish markets. It would have made an even more persuasive case had due weight been given to some benefits not552 words
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Article617 2002-09-21 10 THURSDAY September 19,2002 CAN leopards change their spots? United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan is hopeful that that is precisely what happened on Monday, when Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, in a sudden volte-face, announced that he would allow UN weapons inspectors back into his country after all. Acting617 words
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Article, Illustration925 2002-09-21 10 CHUA LEE HOONG - WEDNESDAY WITH CHUA LEE HOONG HOW will Singapore Muslims react to an American attack on Iraq? Two weeks ago, I would have said that they would be troubled and vociferous. My answer today is that they would be troubled and quiet.925 words
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COMMENT/PERSPECTIVE
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Article, Illustration1017 2002-09-21 11 How will an attack by the United States on Iraq affect Muslims in Singapore? Senior writer ASAD LATW asked unionist and Member of Parliament Halimah Yacob, Association of Muslim Professionals chairman Mami Musa, volunteer welfare group Perdaus president Masagos Zulkifli, and Mr Ameerali Abdeali,1,017 words
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Article860 2002-09-21 11 TAN TARN HOW - THE WAY I SEE IT By TAN TARN HOW SOME unfortunate statements have been made recently about Singapore’s position in the event of a United States attack of Iraq. They put into spotlight once again an issue that refuses to go away the loyalty of our860 words
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INSIGHT
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Article, Illustration1258 2002-09-21 12 To foster risk-taking among Singaporeans, the Government is set to roll hack the safety net. Our political correspondent TAN TARN HOW looks at what may be in store. KIASI-ISM is in for a shake-out. The Government fired its first salvo against endemic riskI.on JAM AN - 1,258 words
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835 2002-09-21 12 LEE KIM CHEW - THINKING ALOUD By LEE KIM CHEW WITH war looming over Iraq, Singapore is not untouched as the tide of anger rises against America in the Islamic world. The stand espoused by four local Muslim groups that the Singapore Government835 words
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SPORTS
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ASIAN GAMES 2002 (BUSAN, SOUTH KOREA — SEPT 29 TO OCT 14)
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Article, Illustration919 2002-09-21 14 CHAN TSE CHUEEN; Chan Tse Chueen - Speedy in the water and on land Water polo player Alvin Lee, a self-confessed speed addict, is used to living life in the fast lane Focus on Singapore’s only two team sports water polo and sepak takraw *L CHAN TSE CHUEEN Chan Tse Chueen HE IS known for the quicknessWONG MAYE-E - 919 words
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290 2002-09-21 14 MARCLIM - *!L MARCLIM LI JIAWEI and Jing Junhong broke new ground for Singapore table tennis when they became the first Singaporeans to capture a title in the prestigious International Table Tennis Federation’s Pro-Tour on Sunday. The pair beat South Korea’s Kim Kyung Ah and Kim290 words
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Article344 2002-09-21 14 CHANTSE CHUEEN - fly 1 CHANTSE CHUEEN FIVE-TIME Asian bodybuilding champion Nazarudin Seladin is in good shape to win a gold medal for Singapore at the Asian Games in Busan, South Korea. But if he does, don’t count on being able to watch live on television how344 words
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MALAYSIA
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541 2002-09-21 15 REME AHMAD - It’s a sign of how keen the competition will be, with both countries banking on education, health as growth sectors By REME AHMAD IN KUALA LUMPUR COMPETITION between Malaysia and Singapore looks set to take place on a new front: The services541 words
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Article, Illustration122 2002-09-21 15 New Straits Times PETALING JAYA Oct 1 is an auspicious day for Malaysia Airlines pilot Captain G. Tharmasegaran as it marks his third decade with the airline and his son’s second anniversary as a pilot for the carrier. One of the 11 pioneer— New Straits Times; NEW STRAITS TIMES - 122 words
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405 2002-09-21 15 LESLIE LAU - By LESLIE LAU IN KUALA LUMPUR ALL Malaysian kindergartens will have to follow a common, government-approved syllabus from next year in a move that will further tighten restrictions on thousands of pre-schools run by the opposition Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS). The fundamentalist PAS operates 1,300405 words
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398 2002-09-21 15 KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian Armed Forces is trying to encourage more non-Malays to join the Malay-dominated military. Armed forces chief Zahidi Zainuddin says the military is offering more educational courses and will ensure greater transparency in promotion exercises, the Malay daily Berita Harian Malaysia reported398 words
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SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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373 2002-09-21 16 NARENDRA AGGARWAL - Pact aims to cut down barriers to trade and double trade and investment between them by 2010 By l By NARENDRA AGGARWAL ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (Brunei) Asean signed a pact last Saturday with Australia and New Zealand to cut down trade373 words
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Article, Illustration491 2002-09-21 16 LUZ B AGUIORO - By LUZ B AGUIORO PHILIPPINES CORRESPONDENT MANILA Several foreign kidnapping syndicates are operating in the Philippines as well as 14 local kidnap-for-ran-som groups, a senior police official has said. Metro Manila police director Reynaldo Velasco told ABSCBN News Channel on Wednesday that kidnapAFP - 491 words
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410 2002-09-21 16 ROBERT GO - By ROBERT GO THE STRAITS TIMES INDONESIA BUREAU JAKARTA Mr T. Gumolo, who runs a diving outfit in North Sulawesi’s famous Bunaken National Park, is supposed to pay around $2,000 in import duties for the thousands of dollars worth of scuba gear and410 words
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MONEY
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321 2002-09-21 17 THE local bourse without any domestic drivers to move share prices played follow-the-leader all week and it was the drumbeat from Wall Street that was the loudest. A positive start to the week helped by the Iraqi offer to re-admit weapons inspectors gave way mid-week to321 words
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Article129 2002-09-21 17 WEEK'S TOP RISES Cents Volume SPH 2000 60.0 3.1 3,263,000 DBS Bk 6% NCPSIO.. ***** 50.0 0.5 4,300 DBS Grp 1230 20.0 1.7 18,325,000 SPH 100 1990 20.0 1.0 110,800 Creative T 25c ....1200 10.0 0.8 3,520,300 HawParCorp 416 10.0 2.5 882,000 Innovalues 5c 99 9.5 10.6 865,000 People’s Food129 words
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Article141 2002-09-21 17 WEEK’S TOP RISES Cents Volume GMG Global 5c 1.5 50.0 0.9 341,000 Strike W *****0 1.5 50.0 0.5 86,000 Koh Bros WO4 5 42.9 1.5 71,000 Eastgate W *****1 7 40.0 2.0 433,000 See Hup Seng 10c 10.5 31.3 2.5 437,000 l-Comm US5c 29.5 28.3 6.5 14,215,000 ABR Hldgs 5c141 words
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Article129 2002-09-21 17 WEEK'S TOP FALLS Cents Volume Central Prop 1850 70.0 3.6 1,000 JMH US25c 400 575 62.2 5.7 153,200 VentureCorp2sc 1100 60.0 5.2 7,852,000 City Dev 50c 490 55.0 10.1 14,156,000 C&C 358 46.0 11.4 935,000 OUE 620 40.0 6.1 746,000 UOB 1250 20.0 1.6 11,858,000 Chart SemiCond 104 19.9 16.1129 words
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Article136 2002-09-21 17 WEEK'S TOP FALLS Cents Volume New Wave W *****1 13 39.5 8.5 4,715,000 New Wave 5c 23.5 31.9 11.0 70,380,000 Sin Soon H 10c 4 27.3 1.5 239,000 Futuristic 10c 7 22.2 2.0 1,753,000 Shanghai Allied 1.5 21.1 0.1 2,342,000 Dragon Land 10c 4 20.0 1.8 547,000 SunlightGrp 10c 19.5136 words
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Article85 2002-09-21 17 Straits Tines Index The Straits Timas Indtx fall Tl points on tha weak to 1421.03. DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday 1,442.61 (>10.6) 250.08 m (282.27 m) Tuesday 1,458.47 (>15.9) 398.55 m (414.61 m) Wednesday 1,431.25 (-27.2) 264.50 m (278.59 m) Thursday 1,439.11 (+7.9) 260.07 m (335.79 m) Friday85 words
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655 2002-09-21 17 DENESH mVYANATHAN; William Choong - It will offer the contract next year, giving chip industry players a tool to hedge against volatile price swings By DENESH mVYANATHAN TECHNOLOGY REPORTER Additional REPORTING BY William Choong THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) said on Monday that it plans to offer the world’s655 words
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551 2002-09-21 18 DENESH DIVYANATHAN - By\ By DENESH DIVYANATHAN DEMAND for hand-tools from the Russians and for electronic valves from the Poles helped lift total non-oil exports of Singa-pore-made goods by a healthy 14.7 per cent last month, compared to a year ago. These off-beat shipments to unlikely destinations551 words
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Article, Illustration752 2002-09-21 18 SOH WEN LIN - EntrepreneurMwbflc By SOH WEN LIN PROPERTY REPORTER HE CAME, he saw and he seized the opportunity. After all, Mr Tan Hee Nam, 55, who madePicture: TAN SUAN ANN - 752 words
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405 2002-09-21 18 REBECCA LEE - By REBECCA LEE TRANSPORT REPORTER FRENCH shipping line CMACGM, which now operates most of its transhipment services out of Port Klang, is in talks with PSA Corp to increase its volumes in Singapore. The shipping line, the eighth-largest in the405 words
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213 2002-09-21 19 I REFER to the letter “Why was LTA’s original plan for ssoom HQ approved?” by Mr Jeffrey Ho Loon Poh (ST, Sept 12). Land Transport Authority’s (LTA’s) plan is to bring together all the LTA offices currently at seven different locations213 words
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565 2002-09-21 19 I REFER to Professor Arthur Lim’s letter, “Health-care costs can be reduced” (ST, Sept 16). We thank him for the opportunity to explain what the Ministry of Health has done to ensure that good basic health care remains affordable for all. Health565 words
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Article, Illustration228 2002-09-21 19 I REFER to the Public Transport Council (PTC)’s annual audit of public bus services in “Audit shows long wait for buses, overcrowding”(ST, Sept 14). These merely confirm what bus commuters have known and experienced all along: buses are overcrowded and bus228 words
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Article303 2002-09-21 19 I REFER to the article, “How long before suspect sees lawyer?” (ST, Sept 11), and to the letters, “Delay in lawyer access a worry” by Mr Anthony Lee Mui Yu and “Rights of an accused are secondary” by Mr Michael Loh Yik Ming (ST, Sept303 words
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505 2002-09-21 20 SUE-ANN CHIA - Ratio of job openings to job-seekers has improved; more people are seeking retraining and entering new industries in SUE-ANN CHIA A HIGH-LEVEL task force set up in January to tackle the unemployment problem reported glowing results when it released its first report505 words
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Article, Illustration374 2002-09-21 20 SUE-ANN CHIA - By i SUE-ANN CHIA AS THE evening sky exploded with dazzling fireworks on Sunday, Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew unveiled the Merlion at its new home overlooking Marina Bay. It marked a new beginning for Singapore’s first tourism symbol, launched exactly 30 yearsGEORGE GASCON - 374 words
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406 2002-09-21 20 SUE-ANN CHIA - oint Mindef- dome Affairs team will work in secrecy to assess threats By SUE-ANN CHIA IN A secret location somewhere in Singapore, a group of 10 people will come together to work should the country face a security threat. This is406 words