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The Straits Times : Weekly Overseas Edition
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Title Section24 2002-12-07 1 PACIFIC AREA NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR The Straits Times Weekly Edition Saturday, December 7,2002 Price: 551.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MITA (P)24 words
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640 2002-12-07 1 BERTHA HENSON - A well-tested new PM will lead Singapore by 2007, and some of the new ministers of state will be made full ministers soon PM Outlines Succession Plan By BERTHA HENSON NEWS EDITOR SINGAPORE will have a “well-tested” new prime minister by 2007, and will640 words
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Article, Illustration50 2002-12-07 1 ||f| mmgWk» n STEPHANIE YEOW HAKI RATA SPARKLE! These children had more on their minds than feasting on Hari Raya goodies as these sparklers caught |heir attention. Jafri Hilmi Jaafar (right), three, was eager to lay his hands on a sparkler...until he actually received one. STEPHANIE YEOWSTEPHANIE YEOW - 50 words
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Advertisement45 2002-12-07 1 Science Compromise, Compromise... Iranian Siamese twins have such different personalities, they can’t wait to start living separate lives soon. page 8 Sports Twin Sparks Unenviable is the task of these two youths, who have the burden of sparking the rejuvenation of squash here. page 1445 words
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PRIME
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TERROR IN SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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BRIEFS
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Article123 2002-12-07 2 -AFP HANOI-The US ambassador to Vietnam warned that the commu-nist-ruled country was not immune to the threat of global terrorism despite its image as a safe haven in a troubled region. “I think we have all been reminded many times in the last few months in-AFP - 123 words
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Article76 2002-12-07 2 Aidilfitri. Jakarta Post/Asian News Network JAKARTA Two homemade bombs were detonated behind a hotel in Ambon, Maluku, on Thursday night as Muslims in the area were preparing to celebrate the end of the Ramadan fasting month. There were no fatalities as the area, near the Batumerah-Mardika bridgeAidilfitri. Jakarta Post/Asian News Network - 76 words
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Article74 2002-12-07 2 Reuters JAKARTA A team of heavily-armed Indonesian police escorted key Bali bombing suspect Imam Samudra to Jakarta’s main airport late yesterday for transfer to the resort island for further questioning. The 35-year-old engineering graduate described by police as the main plotter of the Oct 12Reuters - 74 words
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Article, Illustration91 2002-12-07 2 A NON-GOVERNMENT organisation in Kuala Lumpur has launched a boycott of Western goods as a protest against Western interference in the internal affairs of Muslim and developing countries, under the guise of a “war against terrorism”. Berita Harian Malaysia reported on Wednesday that MajlisBERITA HARIAN - 91 words
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248 2002-12-07 2 PUTRAJAYA Malaysia will be re-examining its educational, economic and trade relations with Australia in the wake of Prime Minister John Howard’s statement on launching pre-emptive strikes against terrorists in other countries. Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar said the government would also re-examine the Five-Power248 words
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724 2002-12-07 2 BRENDAN PEREIRA - He says they have shallow understanding of what an Islamic state is, choosing the path of violence instead By BRENDAN PEREIRA MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Thursday reserved his strongest language on the fight against terrorism for Malaysia’s homegrown724 words
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Article, Illustration41 2002-12-07 3 HANDS OFF, HOWARD! Leftist group members in Manila gather outside the Australian embassy to let their displeasure with Prime Minister John Howard be known. Tuesday’s protest was against his suggesting pre-emptive strikes on terror groups in Asia. AFPAFP - 41 words
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373 2002-12-07 3 AFP BANGKOK Suspected terrorists have sneaked into Thailand over the past 12 months to avoid a clamp-down in neighbouring Malaysia, Thailand’s top military commander has said in the first public admission by the authorities on the presence of Muslim extremist groups in the country.– AFP - 373 words
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315 2002-12-07 3 It’s sun, sand, surf and security in Phuket -AFP PHUKET Afraid of being tarred by terrorism’s brush of fear, Thailand’s premier island resort of Phuket has boosted security and reassured holidaymakers as it scrambles to avoid losing hundreds of millions of dollars in tourism revenue. Police helicopters swooped over the-AFP - 315 words
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509 2002-12-07 3 ROBERT GO - Detention has strengthened his conviction Indonesia needs a leadership sensitive to Muslims, much to Jakarta’s dismay By ROBERT GO THE STRAITS TIMES INDONESIA BUREAU JAKARTA Cleric Abu Bakar Bashir is in detention but still dreams about Islamic laws for Indonesia and wants a509 words
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Article98 2002-12-07 3 Jakarta Post/Asia News Network DENPASAR—The Bali bomb blasts in Kuta will be re-enaeted to assist in investigations, an officer of the joint investigative team said yesterday. And key suspects Imam Samudra, 35, Amrozi, 40, and four others will be moved from Jakarta to Bali forJakarta Post/Asia News Network - 98 words
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PARLIAMENT
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THE GST DEBATE
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448 2002-12-07 4 A balanced Budget might come at the expense of individuals, says NMP WHOSE budget should take precedence anyway? The people’s or the Government’s? Nominated MP Chandra Mohan said that the Government’s preoccupation with balancing the Budget might come at the expense of448 words
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569 2002-12-07 4 THE fact that a million Singaporeans have cashed their New Singapore Shares (NSS) reveals how desperate they must be, said East Coast GRC MP Tan Soo Khoon. Lower-income families are using the money to pay utility bills, and it is likely that they will569 words
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451 2002-12-07 4 PHASING in the Goods and Services Tax (GST) rise will boost the depressed retail scene here and encourage consumers to spend, say retail experts and business people. To nudge consumers to do just that, several retailers said on Thursday they would absorb the one percentage451 words
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231 2002-12-07 4 A COMPROMISE was how political observers and analysts described the decision to phase in the increase in Goods and Services Tax over two years. They pointed out that the Government was balancing the need to restructure the tax system, and being sensitive to the sentiments231 words
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527 2002-12-07 5 SALMA KHALIK - By SALMA KHALIK HEALTH CORRESPONDENT MEDICAL graduates from more foreign universities will be allowed to practise here and restrictions on the number of women allowed to study medicine will be abolished. Singapore is facing a shortage of specialists. Increasing the number of recognised foreign527 words
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Article, Illustration765 2002-12-07 5 The watchdog body will now have more disciplinary powers to act against doctors who may endanger public safety THE doctors’ watchdog body, the Singapore Medical Council, has been given wider powers in investigating complaints against doctors. It can now suspend or restrict a doctor’s765 words
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316 2002-12-07 5 GIVING the police more legal muscle to subject criminal suspects to DNA profiling will be a great help in fighting and solving crimes, but the extent of these powers troubles at least two MPs. Sembawang GRC MP Chin Tet Yung and316 words
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HOME
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468 2002-12-07 6 SUE-ANN CHIA - Panel suggests a variable component made up of 2% of basic salary, which can be cut in bad times to save jobs SUE-ANN CHIA THE objective is to save jobs. And to achieve this, a govern-ment-appointed panel has made some radical proposals to make468 words
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430 2002-12-07 6 BENNADARAJAN - *JL BENNADARAJAN CHRISTMAS came early for more than 300 Sing Tel customers who stumbled onto a fantastic deal that will have them paying next to nothing for a brand-new Nokia 6610. A page on SingTel’s website offering new mobile phone430 words
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Article, Illustration598 2002-12-07 6 KARAMJIT KAUR - By KARAMJIT KAUR TRANSPORT CORRESPONDENT THE new boss of the SMRT Corporation has no qualms admitting she was retrenched from DFS Venture Singapore earlier this year, after 19 years there. Madam Saw Phaik Hwa, 48, who is single, and a biochemistry (honours) graduate from the NationalALBERT SIM - 598 words
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Article, Illustration264 2002-12-07 7 Karl Ho - Karl Ho POLE or no pole, the ABC Extra Stout Hoklden Superstar Concert still drew crowds at the Fort Canning Green on Tuesday night. About 5,000 people turned up for the concert, which was to have begun with a three-minute poledancing segment.ERNEST GOH - 264 words
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578 2002-12-07 7 NATALIE SOH - Btt NATALIE SOH WHEN a doctor next removes a tumour, part of it may be deposited at the new Singapore Tissue Network, a national “biological bank” that will store tissue and DNA samples. Patients will have to give permission; if they do, the578 words
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490 2002-12-07 7 PM Goh proposes ‘Young Friends’ scheme for those below 40, who cannot or won’t join party for various reasons THE People’s Action Party will be working out a gameplan to reach out to young Singaporeans, and to sink deeper and wider490 words
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Article, Illustration615 2002-12-07 8 SALMA KHALIK - This is why we’re putting our rate in the hands or God and our Singapore doctors, say Siamese twins from Iran By SALMA KHALIK HEALTH CORRESPONDENT FIVE nights ago, Ladan Bijani had a headache and needed to rest, but twin sister Laleh was feeling chirpy.Design: PETER WILLIAMS Photo: WANG HUI FEN - 615 words
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Article, Illustration369 2002-12-07 8 SAMUEL LEE - B}L J SAMUEL LEE THE IV2 -year-old SPH Media Works was the dark horse winner at Wednesday night’s Asian Television Awards, when it took home the title of Broadcaster of the Year. It beat last year’s winner and veteran broadcaster MTV Networks Asia forLIANHE ZAOBAO - 369 words
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Article, Illustration641 2002-12-07 9 GOH CHINLIAN - Government and industry players looking at opportunities For growth, for this quiet, lower-cost alternative to Changi By GOH CHINLIAN WHEN American actor Tom Cruise came to town last December, his private jet landed not at Changi, but at Seletar Airport. Celebrities andERNEST GOH - 641 words
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Page 9 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous1062 2002-12-07 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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Article575 2002-12-07 10 TUESDAY December 3, 2oo2 PRE-EMPTIVE military strikes are to be expected only between hostile nations. So when a country announces its willingness to launch such an action against targets in a friendly nation with no warning given to, or permission sought from the other government it should expect575 words
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Article571 2002-12-07 10 WEDNESDAY December4,2002 ENTREPRENEURSHIP cannot be taught but it can be learned. In that apparent paradox lies the key to an issue that is in the news. In June, the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) took in 49 local and overseas graduates, including 14 who had start-up experience. It571 words
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743 2002-12-07 10 KARAMJITKAUR - By KARAMJITKAUR TRANSPORT CORRESPONDENT THE Goliath in the making from the proposed DelgroComfort merger is unnerving. With one company controlling about 90 per cent of the taxis on the road and no regulator to control what fares it charges, commuters will743 words
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COMMENT/PERSPECTIVE
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Article, Illustration943 2002-12-07 11 TAN TARN HOW - THE WAY I SEE IT By TAN TARN HOW SINCE it burst on the scene in the late *****, the Internet has often been hailed as a promoter of democracy. That argument was made most strongly five to seven years ago when the NetNOEL ROSALES - 943 words
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935 2002-12-07 11 MRMAL GHOSH - By MRMAL GHOSH INDIA CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI Trade and Industry Minister George Yeo’s remark to The Straits Times last week, to the effect that Indian businessmen should one day think of flying to Singapore just as they would to any other935 words
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INSIGHT
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Article, Illustration1574 2002-12-07 12 It was an innocuous SMS message sent to a Nokia mobile phone, tied to explosives, that triggered bombs which boomeranged into the Sari Club in Bali. Our senior correspondent M. NIRMALA examines the multifaceted strategies that countries are using to counter1,574 words
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Article, Illustration1184 2002-12-07 13 IZURAIDAH IBRAHIM - THINKING ALOUD By I ZURAIDAH IBRAHIM IF SOMEONE had raised this spectre a year ago, it would have been dismissed as a sick joke. Now, it is a sick reality. Malaysian authorities announced this week that they have arrested four Jemaah Islamiah members including a SingaporeanLOHJAHAN - 1,184 words
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SPORTS
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Article, Illustration719 2002-12-07 14 JEFFREY LOW - There are big expectations of players Rhamanan and Nur in revived national championships By JEFFREY LOW THE task is monumental, to say the least. But, in desperate times, even the slightest hint of talent is seen as promising. As the SingaporeWONG MAYE-E - 719 words
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275 2002-12-07 14 G. SrVAKKUMARAN - Bn G.SrVAKKUMARAN THEY can cost up to $595 per child, carry no promises that their participants will become future Diego Maradonas or David Beckhams, and last only between three and five days. Yet, despite all this, soccer camps and clinics275 words
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316 2002-12-07 14 PEH SHINGHUEI - By] PEH SHINGHUEI THEY want to leave Singapore, but they are not quitters. They are just young and ambitious golfers. Most of Singapore’s top junior golfers are keen to train in places like Thailand, Australia and the United States. And their parents316 words
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MALAYSIA
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Article778 2002-12-07 15 BRENDAN PEREIRA - Mindful that its races are pulling apart, its leaders are trying to bring back the 'melting-pot’ national school of the past By BRENDAN PEREIRA MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT KUALA LUMPUR Nostalgia hangs heavy in the air in Kuala Lumpur these days as the government attempts to778 words
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487 2002-12-07 15 REME AHMAD - By REME AHMAD IN KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIA has indicated there might be options other than going to court to settle the stalled bilateral talks on water with Singapore. It is also willing to discuss the supply of untreated water to the Republic after 2061487 words
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Article, Illustration70 2002-12-07 15 PRETTY AS A TV PICTURE I Motorists gritting their teeth in heavy traffic during the exodus for Hari Raya had something to smile about as they passed through the Sungai Besi toll plaza on the North-South Highway in Kuala Lumpur. A bevy of beauties, includingTHE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK - 70 words
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189 2002-12-07 15 The Star/Asia News Network PETALING JAYA Police are cracking down on motorists who display stickers, crests, emblems or logos of the police force on their vehicles. Police spokesman Jamshah Mustapha said such acts were unlawful and those found doing it could beThe Star/Asia News Network - 189 words
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SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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489 2002-12-07 16 EDWARD TANG - Prime Minister s adviser sees red over extra rest day, but Thaksin and most others endorse it By EDWARD TANG THAILAND CORRESPONDENT BANGKOK Most Thais seem to think that government employees get so many public holidays just one more won’t489 words
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262 2002-12-07 16 AP, AFP, Financial Tusm* DILI Foreigners fled East Timor as security forces fired warning shots in clashes with students on Thursday, a day after two people were killed in riots that prompted angry mobs to loot shops and torch the prime minister’s– AP,; AFP,; Financial Tusm* - 262 words
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Article, Illustration183 2002-12-07 16 AP WAYWARD male passengers will find it hard to dodge this private security guard, who is searching for such commuters aboard a special “all-women” carriage at the overhead Light Railway Transit (LRT) system in Manila. The LRT management last week decided to put up theAP - 183 words
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412 2002-12-07 16 YANGON The death of former dictator Ne Win, who was under house arrest after members of his family allegedly plotted a coup against Myanmar’s junta, solves a major problem for the military regime, which seemed reluctant to act against him. The reclusive,412 words
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MONEY
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655 2002-12-07 17 Wall Street stumbles tripping up local bourse FOLLOWING Wall Street’s sudden loss of confidence and faltering momentum, Asian bourses and the local bourse in particular seemed to lose their way as investors took the opportunity to lock in profit. For the week, the Straits Times Index (STI) fell 26 points655 words
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Article76 2002-12-07 17 Straits Tines Index The Straits Times Index fell 26 points on the week to 1365.54. DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday 1,396.81 (♦5.3) 265.25m (301.72m) Tuesday 1,381.87 (-14.9) 274.91m (298.19m) Wednesday 1,366.00 (-15.9) 331.99m (388.74m) Thursday 1,365.54 (-0.5) 271.33m (261.58m) Friday HARI RAYA PUASA Market closed BT-SRI Index The76 words
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Article, Illustration717 2002-12-07 17 LEONG CHAN TEIK - They also criticise the way EGM is held and ask why potential buyers were not told performance has improved Ĕi LEONG CHAN TEIK AT TIMES dramatic, at times reminiscent of a Christmas pantomime, the questions, queries and quips from Nat Steel shareholders came fast andALBERT SIM - 717 words
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541 2002-12-07 18 KELVIN WONG - §1 KELVIN WONG SINGAPORE looks set to avert a second recession, with the key manufacturing sector poised to pick up in the next few months. The optimistic prognosis for the manufacturing sector is thanks to an increased demand for electronics goods from541 words
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423 2002-12-07 18 AZHAR KHALJD - Btt AZHAR KHALJD CLOSE on the heels of its forays into Australia, India and north Asia, Sing Tel is eyeing a bigger slice of the United States telecom market the world’s largest by beefing up its presence there. The company423 words
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Article, Illustration456 2002-12-07 18 DENESH; DIVYANATHAN - It is in discussions to band together with other operators, possibly Malaysia’s Maxis and Hongkong’s CSL By DENESH DIVYANATHAN TECHNOLOGY REPORTER NEWLY-listed Ml is in talks with fellow mobile operators in the region to form an alliance similar to airline pacts such as Star AllianceTERENCE TAN - 456 words
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FORUM
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Article335 2002-12-07 19 DAYS after Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew signed an agreement with Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad in 2000 to resolve the water issue, the Customs, Immigration and Quarantine facilities, and land-parcel swop, among other things, I raised my concerns in a letter to Tlie Straits Times.335 words
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Article150 2002-12-07 19 SINGTEL staff manning its online store made a careless but honest mistake (“$728 phones go for $6O by mistake on Sing Tel website"; ST, Dec 3). The report said that an estimated 300 surfers had accessed its website while it was under construction and150 words
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Article, Illustration437 2002-12-07 19 WE WOULD like to thank readers for their comments in the Forum regarding the Changi tree incident. We are heartened by the extensive feedback from the public as this reflects a growing sense of ownership of the green assets of Singapore. The National Parks Board (NParks)437 words
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Article569 2002-12-07 19 I READ with great interest reports on the education-review debate in Parliament (ST, Nov 27) and am pleased that Minister of State for Education Ng Eng Hen emphasised that the Government will continue to “pay heed to the educational opportunities for the masses, especially the weaker569 words
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647 2002-12-07 20 BERTHA HENSON - It’s 4 per cent in January, and 5 per cent in 2004. Cheer and relief greet decision ‘to lessen the burden on S’poreans’ By BERTHA HENSON NEWS EDITOR SPECULATION over the impending GST hike ended on Thursday, when the Government announced that it647 words
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Article, Illustration627 2002-12-07 20 BENNADARAJAN - Bu BENNADARAJAN WHAM! Bam! Thank you, ma’am. A petite 34-year-old woman slammed a sledgehammer into 18 cars, including her husband’s four-month-old BMW 318, in a lunchtime rampage on Tuesday. In just two minutes, it was all over. She then left in aTNP - 627 words