The Straits Times : Weekly Overseas Edition, 2 November 2002
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Title Section25 2002-11-02 1 PACIFIC AREA NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR The Straits Times Weekly Edition Saturday, November 2,2002 Price: 551.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MITA (P) 098/03/200225 words
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Article, Illustration746 2002-11-02 1 DERWES PEREIRA - US intelligence says the men have specific roles assigned to them and run the network in a decentralised fashion By DERWES PEREIRA INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT JAKARTA With Osama bin Laden and his top commanders either dead or in hiding, the job of wreaking havocCHRISTIAN INTON Main photo: AFP - 746 words
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Article256 2002-11-02 1 K.C. VUAYAN - By K.C.VUAYAN SECURITY at Singapore’s Changi Airport will be fiirther tightened with a new baggage screening system being installed to detect explosives. The US$45 million (SsBo million) scanners use x-ray techniques such as computer tomography, widely used in hospitals for diagnostics, to scan bags. The Government is256 words
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Advertisement56 2002-11-02 1 TVSH Way To Beat Congestion To ease the overcrowding at its accident and emergency department, Tan Tock Seng Hospital has hit on a new ‘23-hour’ ward plan page 5 Water Newater Hits 1,000,000 A runaway success, in just three months, the millionth Newater bottle rolled off on Monday. Rightfully, it56 words
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PRIME
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TERROR IN SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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INDONESIA'S TOUGH ANTI-TERROR STAND
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301 2002-11-02 2 DERWIN PEREIRA - By DERWIN PEREIRA INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT JAKARTA President Megawati Sukarnoputri on Tuesday brushed aside charges that foreign pressure prompted her tough new anti-terror measures but had to confront a new warning from a leading Muslim group against making further arrests in the301 words
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318 2002-11-02 2 community. But she still has to fend off critics at home. On a stop-over in Bali on Tuesday after attending the Apec summit in Mexico, she had strong words for those who accuse her of caving in to international pressure, from the United318 words
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Article, Illustration454 2002-11-02 2 DEVI ASMARANI - By DEVI ASMARANI THE STRAITS TIMES INDONESIA BUREAU SOLO (Central Java) An Osama bin Laden picture adorns the wall calendar at the infirmary of the Al-Mukmin Pesantren, the Islamic boarding school which has acquired a reputation for being a militant breeding ground. It is454 words
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284 2002-11-02 2 -AFP, Bloomberg, Xinhua UNITED NATIONS The United Nations has added Jemaah Islamiah (JI), suspected to be involved in this month’s deadly Bali bombings which killed at least 190 people, to its Al-Qaeda blacklist. The UN’s website said the group had been put on its-AFP,; Bloomberg,; Xinhua - 284 words
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Article, Illustration474 2002-11-02 3 DEVI ASMARANI - Week-long stand-off with militant cleric ends as police storm into his hospital room in Solo By DEVI ASMARANI THE STRAITS TIMES INDONESIA BUREAU JAKARTA Indonesian police on Monday ended a week-long stand-off with militant cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, storming into his hospital room inREUTERS - 474 words
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424 2002-11-02 3 SALIM OSMAN - By SALIM OSMAN THE leader of Indonesia’s largest Muslim organisation backs tough government measures to tackle terrorism and radicalism, saying it was in the country’s interests to clamp down on them. Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) chairman Hasyim Muzadi, speaking at a forum in Singapore on Tuesday,424 words
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SNIPPETS
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Article117 2002-11-02 3 -AFP NO FOREIGN troops will be stationed in Malaysia when it establishes a regional anti-terrorism centre in conjunction with the United States, Defence Minister Najib Tun Razak said on Monday. Malaysia announced that it had agreed to host the centre after US President George W.-AFP - 117 words
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Article132 2002-11-02 3 AP MUSLIM clerics have been spat on, mosques vandalised and girls have had their head scarves ripped off since bombings on the Indonesian island of Bali killed at least 187 people, many of them Australians. There have been more than 40 anti-Muslim attacks in Sydney– AP - 132 words
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Article87 2002-11-02 3 -AFP "S ;> THE website of a separatist group that has operated in the predominantly Muslim south of Thailand for decades was being blocked on Sunday. Visitors to the Pattani United Liberation Organisation (Pulo) online address, wwwmulo.org, were instead being directed to an official Thai police site.-AFP - 87 words
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122 2002-11-02 3 -AFP AUSTRALIAN Prime Minister John Howard and Philippine President Gloria Arroyo have agreed to boost intelligence cooperation to combat terrorism following a spate of attacks in the Asian region, a Filipino official said on Sunday. A suggestion by Mr Howard to increase the “security arrangement”-AFP - 122 words
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Article117 2002-11-02 3 -AFP POLICE seized some 90 kg of agricultural chemicals used commonly to make bombs and arrested a Muslim man in a security sweep in southern Philippines, an official said on Sunday. Police superintendent Raul Gomez identified the man as Junaid Salapuddin, a former member of the-AFP - 117 words
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HOME
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508 2002-11-02 5 RFME AHMAD - By RFME AHMAD IN KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIAN leaders have hit out at Singapore over the water issue, accusing the Republic of trying to undermine the country’s leadership and saying they would study the legal implications of drafting a new law that508 words
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517 2002-11-02 4 JANE LEE - Next year on, they can make more realistic choices for secondary schools based on exam scores Bu JANE LEE A LONGSTANDING bugbear of parents is finally being removed. From next year, Primary 6 pupils will be allowed to pick their secondary schools after517 words
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459 2002-11-02 4 TRACY OUEK - a TRACY OUEK CHINA’S Shanghai Jiao Tong University, which is renowned for its engineering and management programmes, officially opened its first overseas base in Singapore on Wednesday. It joins the ranks of eight other world-class foreign universities which have established a presence here since459 words
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Article, Illustration453 2002-11-02 4 SANDRA DAVIE - By SANDRA DAVIE EDUCATION CORRESPONDENT IF U can read dis, den u r clearly wif it. You belong then to a rising number of mobile-phone users for whom SMS, or Short Message Service, language has become part of hip, everyday usage. The problem is,453 words
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Article, Illustration619 2002-11-02 5 LIANG HWEE TING - Ward intended to provide more treatment than an observation room gives, for people not unwell enough to be admitted §1 LIANG HWEE TING AT SINGAPORE’S busiest accident and emergency (A&E) department, up to 45 patients can be packed into an observation room meantENRIQUE SORIANO - 619 words
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496 2002-11-02 5 TWENTY-SEVEN lawsuits have been filed in the High Court against Singapore Airlines over the SQ 006 crash in Taipei in which 83 people died. In all the suits, family members of the victims and those who survived the disaster on496 words
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579 2002-11-02 6 M. NIRMALA - While community’s improvements are significant, findings show upgrading skills are not priority By M.NIRMALA A SURVEY of 1,053 Malay households by the Association of Muslim Professionals (AMP) shows that while the Malay/Muslim community has made significant progress in the past 20 years, there are579 words
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Article, Illustration352 2002-11-02 6 CHRISTIAN INTON - CHRISTIAN INTON VALUE EDUCATION Almost ail 97 per cent had sent their children to pre-schools. Four in 10 (41 per cent) have computers at home, and the main uses were for education (30 per cent), entertainment (24 per cent) and work (23 per cent). Participants were352 words
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467 2002-11-02 6 AHMAD OSMAN - Worry misplaced, say Chinese community leaders By AHMAD OSMAN THE worry that distrust among races here has been increasing after the Jemaah Islamiah (JI) arrests in August might be a little misplaced. Key leaders of the Chinese community told Malay MPs that the arrests467 words
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557 2002-11-02 7 CHANG AI-LIEN - Headed by cancer expert Yoshiaki Ito, it will allow physicians to work with scientists to find cures By CHANG AI-LIEN SCIENCE CORRESPONDENT TO BRIDGE the divide between doctors treating patients and scientists working to find cures in laboratories, a research institute is being557 words
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Article, Illustration667 2002-11-02 7 CHANG AI-LIEN; and NATALIE SOH - Strides in bioscience here 'tremendous By CHANG AI-LIEN and NATALIE SOH SINGAPORE has made tremendous progress in the bio-medical-sciences arena, an international panel of experts advising the Republic said on Monday. The strides are especially impressive considering that efforts began a short two years ago. In fact, said the KarolinskaLIM YONC Photos: WANG HUI FEN - 667 words
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561 2002-11-02 7 CHANG; AI-LIEN; and NATALIE SOH - Reports by CHANG AI-LIEN and NATALIE SOH IT HAS taken seven years and many researchers to transform embryonic stem cells into blood cells, a step towards curing diseases in mice. Doing this with human cells will be harder, as they are more fragile561 words
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533 2002-11-02 8 THERESA TAN - NTUC chief is concerned these workers, whose numbers are growing, may not have means to address their grievances By THERESA TAN WORKERS hired on a contract basis may have reason to rejoice in these tough times, if a National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) plan533 words
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Article, Illustration62 2002-11-02 8 mat nr rami photos: terence tan ACT OF FAITH: Devotees walked or ran barefoot across a pit of red-hot coals at the Sri Mariamman Temple to celebrate the annual Hindu festival of Thimithi on Monday. After performing the fire-walk, a form of penance or thanksgiving, the devoteesPHOTOS: TERENCE TAN - 62 words
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450 2002-11-02 8 NEOHUIMIN - Association honoured for 15 years of giving to charities Bx L NEOHUIMIN THE Japanese are not only the largest group of expatriates here, but also head the list of contributors to local charities. Their tradition of giving started as early as 1957, when Japanese450 words
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278 2002-11-02 8 GINNIE TEO - By GINNIE TEO CONSUMER CORRESPONDENT LIKE clockwork, during every major recession, someone suggests building a casino to solve Singapore’s tourism woes. And just as consistent is the Government’s rebuttal of the idea. It has happened again. The Tourism Working Group,278 words
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Article, Illustration654 2002-11-02 9 NEO HUIMIN - Residents of Portsdown Road may face eviction now that a project for a science centre is on the way 2a. NEO HUIMIN PORTSDOWN Road has been referred to affectionately by some as a “little Bohemia”. The area, off Buona Vista Road North, counts among its localENRIQUE SORIANO - 654 words
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Page 9 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous1062 2002-11-02 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 Word1,062 words
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COMMENT
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Article554 2002-11-02 10 WEDNESDAY October 30,2002 PATHFINDING is a laborious task, but the payoff can be substantial. This has been the experience of Singapore, which has sought to blaze new trails in bilateral trade pacts. Its early moves to sign trade liberalisation agreements with like-minded nations had drawn criticism from554 words
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Article585 2002-11-02 10 THURSDAY October 31, 2002 IN 1998, United States President Bill Clinton, a naturally ebullient and optimistic man, dubbed China America’s “strategic partner”. In 2001, after Mr George W. Bush had succeeded Mr Clinton, China was transmogrified into a “strategic competitor”, and Washington openly declared that585 words
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Article, Illustration942 2002-11-02 10 CHUALEE; HOONG - Recast the debate over Spore's 'common space SATURDAY WITH i CHUALEE HOONG HAVE you taken a look at the People’s Association (PA) logo lately? From afar it looks like the four overlapping circles we’ve known since 1960. Closer up, the four discrete circles give way to what is actually oneNOEL ROSALES - 942 words
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COMMENT/PERSPECTIVE
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Article, Illustration860 2002-11-02 11 TAN T ABN HOW - THE WAY I SEE IT By TAN T ABN HOW SINGAPORE and Malaysia’s dismal failure to sort out water supply and other outstanding issues that have dogged the two sides in the past decade must have many asking: Why? The most obvious reason for the protracted to-ing andLUDWIG ILIO - 860 words
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786 2002-11-02 11 SALMA KHALK - Where are the promised C-class beds SALMA KHALK HEALTH CORRESPONDENT THE big crunch in C-class wards, with the Singapore General Hospital (SGH) experiencing an incredible 171 per cent occupancy, is something that could have been avoided. If things had gone according to plan, it would have been avoided. Over a786 words
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INSIGHT
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Article, Illustration1593 2002-11-02 12 Who is at the receiving end of the public funds poured into R&D? And is such spending wise, given the high risks in the biomedical sector? Our correspondent LYDIA UM reports. IF YOU were to put a price on research scientist Eric Yap’s head,1,593 words
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1028 2002-11-02 13 H MAFOOT SIMON - It is ‘yes, but’ for Malay /Muslims today THINKING ALOUD WITH 'H MAFOOT SIMON IT’S tough being Malay/Muslim Singaporeans today. Their lives seem to revolve around “Yes, but”. Yes, they are told, the large majority of them are moderate, openminded and inclusive, and they believe in integration with the other1,028 words
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Article804 2002-11-02 13 ANDYHO - 2a ANDYHO NOBEL laureates Sydney Brenner and Leland Hartwell will be among the serious brainpower gathering here today to discuss the life sciences in Asia. The conference, Advancing Biosciences: New Frontiers in Asia Pacific, comes at a time when world pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly is804 words
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SPORTS
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Article, Illustration613 2002-11-02 14 G. SIVAKKUMARAN - Poulsen picks 23 young plavers to form squad to spearhead Spore’s World Cup campaign SOCCER iiL G. SIVAKKUMARAN THE players who will form the nucleus of the squad spearheading Singapore’s drive towards Goal 2010 were named by national coach Jan Poulsen on Wednesday. The613 words
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Article, Illustration756 2002-11-02 14 BENNADARAJAN - He betters last World Cup outing, but is disappointed losing in final BOWLING BENNADARAJAN REMY Ong’s fingers are all sore and blistered after two weeks of intense competition. Last Saturday, he made it to the final of the week-long AMF Bowling World756 words
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MALAYSIA
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276 2002-11-02 15 -AFP, Bernama KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian government has approved the recruitment of 369,021 foreign construction workers through its “fast-lane” programme, an official said on Monday. Home Ministry SecretaryGeneral Aseh Che Mat said this figure exceeded the number of foreign construction workers who returned home-AFP,; Bernama - 276 words
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479 2002-11-02 15 REME AHMAD - Under compromise deal, pupils in some 1,200 Chinese-language schools will learn maths and science in English and Mandarin By REME AHMAD IN KUALA LUMPUR PUPILS in Chinese primary schools will learn mathematics and science in both English and Mandarin from next year,479 words
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Article, Illustration245 2002-11-02 15 AP KUALA LUMPUR The first wife of a Perak prince was released on Wednesday after being held by police for almost a week in connection with the kidnap-slaying of the prince’s second wife. Raja Nor Mahani, 60, was freed after an earlier magistrate’s order that– AP; THE STAR - 245 words
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419 2002-11-02 15 BRENDAN PEREIRA - BRENDAN PEREIRA MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia’s compulsory national service could be a mix of military drills, classroom activity and boot camp discipline for 18-year-olds. As many as 450,000 Malaysians could qualify for the programme that may be as short as419 words
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SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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625 2002-11-02 16 LEE KIM CHEW - Enterprise for Asean Initiative offers prospect of bilateral trade pacts to get broader access to US By LEE KIM CHEW IN LOS CABOS, MEXICO PRESIDENT George W. Bush has launched a new scheme that will make it easier for Asean countries to625 words
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Article, Illustration57 2002-11-02 16 Five schools in Songkhla, including the one above, were burnt down in pre-dawn arson attacks. A bomb exploded outside a popular Buddhist temple in Pattani, while a second bomb failed to detonate at another. Another bomb exploded at a Pattani hotel. Explosives and a timer were also57 words
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496 2002-11-02 16 EDWARD TANG - By EDWARD TANG THAILAND CORRESPONDENT BANGKOK A wave of arson and bomb attacks on schools, temples and a hotel in southern Thailand this week appears to be the work of local separatists taking advantage of instability in the region to try to496 words
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389 2002-11-02 16 MANILA The Justice Minister wants the graft-busting “lifestyle checks” of top officials ordered by President Gloria Arroyo to be extended to police and military officials, especially those with “illegitimate families”. The checks had been ordered in a bid to look for signs of389 words
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MONEY
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667 2002-11-02 17 THE local bourse succumbed to heavy selling pressure at the week’s end after being hit by a double whammy of gloomy economic news both in the United States and at home. In the US, news that consumer confidence had soured caused667 words
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Article75 2002-11-02 17 Straits Times Index The Straits Timas Index fell 44.5 points on the week to 1,427.6. DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday 1,477.99 (•*•5.9) 541.41m (335.38m) Tuesday 1,449.93 (-28.1) 328.47m (310.94m) Wednesday 1,458.96 (+9.0) 244.82m (242.17m) Thursday 1,463.37 (+4.4) 265.53m (283.71m) Friday 1,427.60 (-35.8) 269.76m (278.35m) BT-SRI Index The BT-SRI75 words
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Article, Illustration469 2002-11-02 17 LEE KIM CHEW - Formal talks will commence in the first half of next year; countries aim to complete proposed trilateral pact in 2004 By LEE KIM CHEW IN LOS CABOS, MEXICO SINGAPORE, Chile and New Zealand will start negotiations for a trilateral free tradeREUTERS - 469 words
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650 2002-11-02 18 CHANG AI-LEEN - It may need to be cut due to weakened exports, possible war in the Middle East and poor overseas growth, says DPM Lee *L CHANG AI-LEEN SINGAPORE’S growth forecast may be revised downwards next month. But, despite the gloomy outlook, civil servants might still650 words
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Article, Illustration563 2002-11-02 18 DENESH; OTVYANATHAN; and NICHOLAS FANG - By DENESH OTVYANATHAN and NICHOLAS FANG THINK oil and gas and places such as Houston, Texas, the Persian Gulf and Aberdeen, Scotland spring to mind. Well, plans are afoot to add Singapore to that high-powered list. The Republic, whichJAMES CROUCHER - 563 words
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522 2002-11-02 18 WILLIAM CHOONG; and EDNA KOH - By WILLIAM CHOONG and EDNA KOH MACHINES at Singapore companies hummed at a slower pace last month than in August, prompting analysts to say that the Republic faces a “real risk” of another recession albeit a “technical” one. The country’s manufacturing output rose522 words
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FORUM
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643 2002-11-02 19 I SUPPORT Acting Minister for Community Development and Sports and Muslim Affairs Minister Yaacob Ibrahim’s call for Singaporeans to redefine common space, as reported in the articles, “Fine to be S’porean and Malay, Chinese or Indian” and “Let’s redefine common space, says minister” (ST,643 words
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Article, Illustration231 2002-11-02 19 I WAS saddened to read the article, “This tree is worth at least $60,000” (ST, Oct 24). It is indicative of a person’s impoverished values when he has to put a price tag on everything around him. Regardless of the intent of the National Parks Board,231 words
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459 2002-11-02 19 I REFER to the article, “8 nature areas left out of green plan draft” (ST, Oct 19), as well as Mr Lee Chiu San’s letter, “Allow proliferation of wildlife in parks” (ST, Oct 19). I applaud the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) for having459 words
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392 2002-11-02 19 THE recent debate on stayers and quitters yielded a variety of viewpoints. However, I am disappointed that no one has pointed out the unequal burden of citizenship. We live in a Singapore that is drastically different from what it was a decade ago. One in392 words
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513 2002-11-02 20 LYDIA LIM - *1 LYDIA LIM SINGAPORE on Thursday pinned the blame for the breakdown in water talks between the two countries squarely on Malaysia. Foreign Minister S. Jayakumar laid the Singapore case before Parliament, quoting extensively from recent correspondence between the two countries’ prime ministers513 words
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578 2002-11-02 20 SUE-ANN CHIA - Manpower Minister Lee Boon Yang says figure may climb to 5 or 5.5 per cent; CPF cut is also not likely to be restored 2*. SUE-ANN CHIA BRACE yourself. The worst is yet to come. The job market which looks bleak now will578 words
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Article, Illustration336 2002-11-02 20 WHAT started as an idea to familiarise the public with reclaimed water has become a runaway success in just three months. Because of overwhelming demand from the public, schools and grassroots leaders, bottled Newater has become the drink of choice, with one million bottles producedLiANHE ZAOBAO - 336 words