The Straits Times : Weekly Overseas Edition, 21 December 2002
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Title Section25 2002-12-21 1 The Straits Times Weekly Edition PACIFIC AREA NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR Saturday, December 21,2002 Price: 551.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MITA (P) 098/03/200225 words
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Article524 2002-12-21 1 SUE-ANN CHIA - More are out of work, and fewer are finding jobs. In September, 12,900 were unemployed, labour market figures show Si SUE-ANN CHIA DEGREE holders, both old and new, have it tough. A good many of them are out of work and very few of them524 words
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Article, Illustration167 2002-12-21 1 Night of shame on home soil but there’s still hope NATIONAL football coach Jan Poulsen put on a brave face as he comforted skipper Nazri Nasir on the pitch. But the Dane was just as shattered by the 0-4 thrashing that Singapore suffered at the hands of Malaysia in theWONG MAY-E - 167 words
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Advertisement53 2002-12-21 1 E DUCATION Tops In N Levels Two 16-year-old students at Paya Lebar Methodist Girls' School topped this year s 14,929-strong N-level cohort with distinctions. page 4 Society Tops h Honesty A bus attendant, who makes $4OO a month, finds a bag with $20,000 in various currencies and returns all of53 words
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PRIME
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TERROR IN SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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Article, Illustration579 2002-12-21 2 DEVI ASMARAM - Prosecutors call for just one year’s jail for the head of the now defunct group, not the seven originally demanded By DEVI ASMARAM THE STRAITS TIMES INDONESIA BUREAU JAKARTA Indonesian prosecutors on Thursday asked a court to jail the leader of aREUTERS - 579 words
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481 2002-12-21 2 The Nation/ Asia News Network BANGKOK Thailand is not immune to terrorist attacks and there is no guarantee that state agencies can prevent members of terror groups from entering or transiting through the country, a senior National Security Council (NSC) official has said in perhapsThe Nation/ Asia News Network - 481 words
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BRIEFS
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Article89 2002-12-21 2 AP THE trials of those accused of carrying out the Bali bomb attacks in October will most likely begin in Februaiy on the tourist island, the chief investigator said on Tuesday. Major-General I Made Mangku Pastika, who is heading the investigation into the blasts that killedAP - 89 words
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Article60 2002-12-21 2 -AFP THE public satisfaction rating of Philippine President Gloria Arroyo has dropped to 44 per cent amid anxiety over domestic and global terrorism, according to a poll published on Tuesday. Mrs Arroyo’s Nov 15-Dec 2 rating is four percentage points below her 48 per cent rating in-AFP - 60 words
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Article57 2002-12-21 2 BernaMA THE Sabah police and its East Kalimantan counterpart have agreed to work together to combat terrorism especially along the common border of the two north Borneo states. Sabah Police Commissioner Ramli Yusuff said the accord was arrived at a meeting between the two policeBerna- MA - 57 words
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Article59 2002-12-21 2 -AFP THE Philippine authorities on Tuesday deported an Armenian man suspected of having links to terrorist activities, the Immigration Bureau said. Khachik Aslanyan, 41, was put on board an Aeroflot flight for Yerevan with Filipino escorts, immigration chief Andrea Domingo said. He was an “undesirable alien and a-AFP - 59 words
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456 2002-12-21 3 CHONG CHEE KIN - BU CHONG CHEE KIN THE recent Holland Village bomb hoax that spread rapidly via SMS has been traced to a 20-year-old full-time national serviceman. But the police are letting him off with a stern warning because he had no malicious intent when he456 words
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Article517 2002-12-21 3 ASAD LATEF - Successful strike would have great symbolic value says expert Bu ASAD LATEF THE two reasons which make Singapore an attractive place to work and live in it is wellguarded and rich also make the island an attractive terrorist target. Dr Zachary Abuza, a Bostonbased terrorism expert who517 words
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Article, Illustration479 2002-12-21 3 DERWIN PEREIRA - Their meeting in Bogor is characteriseaby warmth as they pledge to boost investor confidence and beat terrorism By DERWIN PEREIRA INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT BOGOR In a show of solidarity, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong and Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri pledged on Monday thatAZIZ HUSSIN - 479 words
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HOME
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466 2002-12-21 4 TRACYQUEK - From 28 different schools, they had copied a classmate’s disk mistakes and all too and handed it in as their own Bv TRACYQUEK THE same cheating stunt occurred to different students taking the same examination in different schools at different times. Sitting behind their computers,466 words
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574 2002-12-21 4 JANE LEE - JANE LEE THE mass cheating that went on during this year’s N-level office administration course was something that was just waiting to happen, said teachers and students interviewed. They said the way the course is structured makes it very easy574 words
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Article, Illustration474 2002-12-21 4 TRACY QUEK - Bit TRACY QUEK CHOOSING the Normal (Academic) stream though she qualified for the Express stream proved to be the right decision for Fionne Tan. The 16-year-old student at Paya Lebar Methodist Girls’ School topped this year’s 14,929-strong N-level cohort with sevenJOYCE FANG - 474 words
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Article, Illustration220 2002-12-21 5 MR KOH Kim Sia, a bus attendant who makes 8400 a month, holds up the money he found in a bag on the bus. There was $20,000 in various currencies from Japan, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia and the United States. He couldSTEPHANIE YEOVV - 220 words
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659 2002-12-21 5 SIM Cffl YIN - Inspired by Sunday Times report, woman is coordinating the delivery of leftover bread from bakeries to charity homes Bit SIM Cffl YIN AN ARMY of volunteers will soon be fanning out all over Singapore distributing leftover bread to charity, in their own cars.659 words
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410 2002-12-21 5 NATALIE SOH - NATALIE SOH MEDIACORP may not participate in or produce next year’s Asian Television Awards, because it says it is not profitable to do so. Its response comes after articles in newspapers like Streats and Lianhe Zaobao questioned why410 words
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436 2002-12-21 6 GINNTE TEO - Retail sales index up 2.6 per cent in October, the first increase in three months, as more shop ahead of GST hike GINNTE TEO CONSUMER CORRESPONDENT FINALLY, some good news. More Singaporeans are going shopping, buying computers, mobile phones, jewellery and furniture. The islandwide shopping436 words
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Article, Illustration234 2002-12-21 6 THIS was street theatre for a man who lived for theatre. And just as they used to close streets for big wayang performances, they closed Armenian Street for Kuo Pao Kun’s last show, in front of The Substation, which he foundedSTEVEN LEE - 234 words
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460 2002-12-21 6 ALETHEALIM - Bu ALETHEALIM A HEAVY sentence had to be meted out to the “dangerous” man who beat up a woman lawyer right in front of a judge, to serve as a “wake-up call” for him to re-examine his own conduct460 words
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555 2002-12-21 7 GINME TEO - Govt earmarks $500,000 for projects anything from a comic book to an inter-faith guide that promote bonding in GINME TEO COME up with a new children’s game or a comic book to spread the message of community bonding in a tun way and555 words
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Article, Illustration81 2002-12-21 7 TEN students from Hwa Chong Junior College spent Tuesday busking at the Orchard Underpass to raise money for Tents (Teenagers Experiencing New Truth), a welfare home for troubled teenage girls. Strumming classical guitars, the students are part of a group of music-lovers known as MusicTHOMAS WHITE - 81 words
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553 2002-12-21 7 OPERATIONALLY-ready national servicemen will be allowed to take their annual fitness tests as many times as they wish within a year instead of being limited to two tries within a twomonth window, as is the current practice. The change, which553 words
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283 2002-12-21 7 OVERCOMING injuries, the cold, wet weather and sleep deprivation, the Team Singapore Power adventure racers completed the Southern Traverse adventure race in New Zealand. After almost six days of trekking, kayaking and cycling through 400 km of punishing terrain, the team283 words
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499 2002-12-21 8 THE Land Transport Authority’s controversial plan to rent out more than half the space at its proposed $5OO-million headquarters has resulted in a new rule limiting the amount of rental space in public buildings to just 20 per cent. As a check on499 words
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Article, Illustration599 2002-12-21 8 Office space rentals in private sector are already at a 10-year low, with slow demand and stiff competition, say analysts PROPERTY analysts on Tuesday were stunned by the sheer volume of empty office space in government buildings that was revealed on Monday.599 words
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Article538 2002-12-21 8 NATALIE SOH - NATALIE SOH IT IS official: The Land Transport Authority (LTA) is staying put on its current premises in the PSA Building on Alexandra Road. This is the latest twist in the LTA’s search-for-a-head-quarters saga that has made the headlines intermittently over the last five months.538 words
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Article, Illustration661 2002-12-21 9 GOH CHEVLIAN - Duty came first for men in UN mission who protected Singapore civilians amid unrest in Dili GOH CHEVLIAN WHEN riots broke out early this month outside government offices in the Timor Leste capital of Dili, Singaporean Janet Tay was iust about to leave her hotel661 words
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Page 9 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous1062 2002-12-21 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 Word1,062 words
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COMMENT
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Article594 2002-12-21 10 TUESDAY December 17,2002 ALL the nasty things being said about North Korea and its propensity to upset North Asia’s geopolitical permutations are true. Last Thursday, days after its shipment of Scud missile components to Yemen made waves, even if legitimate, Pyongyang said it was reactivating its quarantined594 words
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Article586 2002-12-21 10 WEDNESDAY December 18,2002 THE controversy surrounding Australian Prime Minister John Howard’s assertion, that Australia has a right to strike pre-emptively in the region if there were no alternative means to save Australia from a terrorist attack, has yet to abate. Japan has indicated its support for Mr Howard’s586 words
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Article, Illustration903 2002-12-21 10 With CHUA LEE HOONG - SATURDAY With CHUA LEE HOONG AT LAST Saturday’s Kent Ridge politics forum the most well-attended of its kind that I’ve come across panellist and People’s Action Party MP Tan Cheng Bock, 62, declared: “It’s not ideology that will win the ground. It is economics.” HeadsADAM LEE - 903 words
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COMMENT/PERSPECTIVE
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Article, Illustration1121 2002-12-21 11 hj DOMINIC NATHAN - THE WAY I SEE IT By hj DOMINIC NATHAN EVERY year, as many as 1,000 patients here die needlessly because of medical errors made in hospitals. But don’t everybody rush to get your loved ones out of hospital just yet. The dramatic revelation, made in a recentNOEL ROSALES - 1,121 words
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988 2002-12-21 11 LIM SAY BOON - LUCRUM By LIM SAY BOON BRACE yourselves for another tough year in 2003. The world might just avoid that much-feared double-dip recession. But another 12 months of sluggish growth with little sustained upside for either asset prices or job growth988 words
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INSIGHT
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Article, Illustration1641 2002-12-21 12 The Islamic Religious Council of Singapore is spending $8 million to produce a new curriculum for use in the six full-time Islamic religious schools here beginning next year. Its aim is to help ensure that the madrasahs and their students will1,641 words
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1236 2002-12-21 13 ASAD LATIF - THINKING ALOUD By ASAD LATIF I WAS incredulous on reading a report which suggests that Iraqis are likely to support an American-led attack if it changes their lives. Which people can loathe their rulers so thoroughly that they prefer an invasion?1,236 words
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760 2002-12-21 13 LEONG CHAN TEIK - LEONG CHAN TEIK MONEY CORRESPONDENT HIS name is on every investors lips. Oei Hong Leong. The public knows him as the man who is stalking NatSteel, a steel miller. Yet Mr Oei his character, and his intentions in this particular corporate saga remains a760 words
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SPORTS
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Article, Illustration1068 2002-12-21 14 JEFFREY LOW - With their verve and vigour, Malaysian youngsters humble Lions 4-0 to silence Kallang Roar SOCCER By JEFFREY LOW SOCCER CORRESPONDENT UNIMAGINABLE, unbelievable, yet horribly true. How could Singapore ever lose 0-4 to Malaysia? After all, the last time the Lions lost at home to the oldTIEN CHUNG PING Text: G. SIVAKKUMARAN - 1,068 words
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303 2002-12-21 14 Marc Lim - Marc Lim HE KNEW it and said so even before the first question was asked. Sorry, offered national coach Jan Poulsen, at the postmatch press conference 30 minutes after the final whistle signalled an end to one of the darkest nights in Singapore303 words
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558 2002-12-21 14 MARC LIM; and CHIA HAN KEONG - By MARC LIM and CHIA HAN KEONG ONE bad call cost national sailors Stanley Chan and Andrew Foo a night in a police station in Korea and two years’ suspension from international competitions. The two men were caught trying to558 words
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MALAYSIA
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520 2002-12-21 15 BRENDAN PEREIRA; and DEVI ASMARANI - The International Court of Justice settles a lone dispute with its ruling that the islands belong to Malaysia, not Indonesia By BRENDAN PEREIRA IN KUALA LUMPUR and DEVI ASMARANI IN JAKARTA THE World Court on Tuesday ruled that the disputed islands of Sipadan520 words
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465 2002-12-21 15 LESLIE LAU - By LESLIE LAU IN KUALA LUMPUR TWO Penang state legislators have been suspended as infighting continues between Chinese-based parties within Malaysia’s ruling Barisan-Na-sional (BN) alliance. The Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) suspended the legislators as the stakes were raised in its tussle with Gerakan465 words
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Article, Illustration456 2002-12-21 15 An insult to Asians so Brad Pitt car ad banned Bern am a, AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia banned a television advertisement featuring Hollywood heartthrob Brad Pitt, saying advertising firms should use models with Asian looks. “Why do we need to use their faces in our advertisements?” Deputy Information Minister ZainuddinBern am a,; AFP - 456 words
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SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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550 2002-12-21 16 DEVI ASMARANI - Lawmakers plan to quiz Megawati as to why Jakarta fails to win territorial claims over two islands By DEVI ASMARANI THE STRAITS TIMES INDONESIA BUREAU JAKARTA The Indonesian government has come under scathing attacks from politicians and the media for its “poor diplomacy” that550 words
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Article, Illustration48 2002-12-21 16 LUCKY 13 ESCAPE PUNE CRASH: Soldiers retrieve parts of a Philippine Air Force plane from which 13 people escaped when it crashed near Zamboanga on Tuesday, barely a week after an Air Force trainer hit a factory in Batangas, killing three people. REUTERSREUTERS - 48 words
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344 2002-12-21 16 HAT YAI (Thailand) High school and college students in Hat Yai are becoming “rented wives” for foreign men, especially from Singapore and Malaysia, who are seeking to avoid being infected with Aids. Singaporean and Malaysian men rent apartment rooms for their partners,344 words
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580 2002-12-21 16 ROBERT GO - By ROBERT GO THE STRAITS TIMES INDONESIA BUREAU JAKARTA Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong’s visit to Indonesia shows that ties between the two countries are headed in the right direction, even though some bilateral issues remain unresolved. This was the view580 words
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MONEY
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641 2002-12-21 17 THE local bourse sagged 30 points to finish the week at 1,337.5 just shy of the freshly scraped 12-month bottom it had dug mid-week. Average daily turnover although light expanded 23.41 per cent to 307.35 million shares worth $286.66 million. Monday:641 words
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Article129 2002-12-21 17 WEEK'S TOP RISES Cents Volume Ch0DBeCW091 US$.. 9280 348.7 2.2 100 DBS Bk 6% NCPS ***** 20.0 0.2 15,800 VentureCorp25c 1430 20.0 1.4 5,257,000 JMH US25C 400 630 17.4 1.6 749,200 OUE 585 15.0 2.6 213,000 NOL 89.5 7.5 9.1 26,023,000 ST Engg 10c 171 6.0 3.6 11,571,000 KimEngOng 25c129 words
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Article126 2002-12-21 17 WEEK'S TOP FALLS Cents Volume SPH 1850 -130.0 -6.6 4,268,000 SPH100 1860 -110.0 -5.6 104,400 DBS Grp 1100 -60.0 -5.2 12,804,000 Sea View 500 -60.0 -10.7 1,000 Creative T 25c 1260 -50.0 -3.8 1,173,700 C&C 306 -32.0 -9.5 771,000 IDT Hldgs 20c 115 -27.0 -19.0 4,577,000 City Dev 50c 418126 words
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Article135 2002-12-21 17 WEEK’S TOP FALLS Cents Volume L&M 1c 1 -60.0 -1.5 142,383,000 Meiban R 1.5 -50.0 -1.5 818,000 PNE Ind W*****8 2.5 -37.5 -1.5 311,000 El-Nets 1c 1 -33.3 -0.5 2,209,000 Goldtron 5c 1 -33.3 -0.5 5,870,000 Hor Kew 5c 4 -27.3 -1.5 93,000 Craft Print 15c 5.5 -26.7 -2.0 4,000135 words
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Article75 2002-12-21 17 Straits Times ladex The Straits Times index fell 30 points on the week to 1,337.5. DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday 1,360.83 (-6.7) 232.68m (299.47m) Tuesday 1,343.01 (-17.8) 279.55m (358.05m) Wednesday 1,334.66 (-8.3) 344.91m (268.83m) Thursday 1,354.63 (+20.0) 370.42m (280.83m) Friday 1,337.45 (-17.2) 309.21m (226.14m) BT-SRI index The BT-SRI75 words
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Article, Illustration563 2002-12-21 17 NICHOLAS FANG - China-Singapore venture is expected to clinch s3sb in contractual overseas investment by 2004, says official Bu NICHOLAS FANG CLINCH some US$2O billion (5535.1 billion) in contractual overseas investments. Plough US$lO billion into construction projects. Produce 50 billion yuan (5510.7 billion) worth of products and services563 words
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Article450 2002-12-21 18 NARENDRA AGGARWAL - November’s trade performance is the best in almost two years, helped by semiconductor and pharmaceutical industries By By NARENDRA AGGARWAL ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT SINGAPORE shipped more goods overseas last month, making it the best month in 20 for exporters. Exporters packed and freighted 19 per cent more450 words
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Article, Illustration431 2002-12-21 18 VLADIMIR GUEVARRA - By VLADIMIR GUEVARRA PROPERTY REPORTER DESPITE subdued buying activity, the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) on Tuesday launched the sale of 10 conservation shophouses along Bussorah Street five of which had been left on the shelf in two recent tenders. The launch431 words
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Article, Illustration609 2002-12-21 18 HUGH CHOW - By HUGH CHOW FINANCE CORRESPONDENT DBS GROUP Holdings on Tuesday reshuffled its top managers by bringing one of the bank’s established old guards back into the heart of an expanded decision-making team. Mr Ng Kee Choe, 58, has been appointed vice-chairman of DBS Group,609 words
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FORUM
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570 2002-12-21 19 I HAVE been following the reports on the water talks between Malaysia and Singapore with great interest. I am amused by Malaysia’s claim that Singapore is not sincere about wanting to conclude the talks and that it is dragging them570 words
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Article, Illustration565 2002-12-21 19 WHEREVER one goes in Singapore these days, the Christmas carols and decorations seem at odds somehow with the mood of many people. A slowing economy and the terrorist attacks overseas seem to have combined to create a sense of foreboding and gloom, casting a shadow565 words
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624 2002-12-21 19 WHILE I am not a runner, on Dec 8, my spirit was out there with two of my friends who were taking part in the Singapore Maratnon; in fact, it was with every one of the 6,200 participants. When I picked up624 words
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509 2002-12-21 20 CHONG CHEEKIN - Customs officers to come under Home Affairs Ministry to allow for speedy response to terror threats Bu CHONG CHEEKIN VIGILANCE is the watchword and the Government’s offensive against the threat of terrorism will gain a sharper focus from April 1 next509 words
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Article, Illustration64 2002-12-21 20 GLC: THE idea that a rubbish collection company could produce a glamorous calendar to rival the fabled one from Pirelli may seem far-fetched. But the 2003 calendar from government-linked company SembCorp Environmental Management features scantily-clad Asian models posing with endangered animals.64 words
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428 2002-12-21 20 YEN SUBRAMAMAN - *L YEN SUBRAMAMAN SINGAPORE Technologies Telemedia (ST Telemedia) on Sunday said that it had won a bid for a 42 per cent stake in Indonesia’s leading overseas call operator, PT Indosat, for 5.62 trillion rupiah (Ssl.2 billion). The information communications group428 words
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269 2002-12-21 20 ARMED air marshals will be deployed on Singapore Airlines and Silk Air flights next year, as part of a new initiative to boost aviation security here. Selected from a unit set up within the Home Affairs Ministry, the air marshals are likely to269 words