The Straits Times : Weekly Overseas Edition, 11 January 2003
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The Straits Times : Weekly Overseas Edition
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Title Section26 2003-01-11 1 The Straits Times Weekly Edition PACIFIC AREA NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR Saturday, January 11, 2003 Price: 551.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere bv subscription only MITA (P) 098/03/200226 words
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Article, Illustration573 2003-01-11 1 BERTHA HENSON - Singapore patrol ship hit by huge container vessel ♦Bodies of 3 woman naval specialists recovered, one still missing By BERTHA HENSON NEWS EDITOR IN WHAT was Republic of Singapore Navy’s worst single accident in its history, three women specialists on one of its patrol ships diedAZIZ HUSSIN - 573 words
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Page 1 Advertisements
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Advertisement80 2003-01-11 1 TOUR I S M Service Drive From bus drivers to cleaning staff, Sentosa wants them all to have passion for service, and it has a new hiring policy to attract the right candidates. page 7 U PCRADING It's A Promise Made Good Sennett Estate will get a facelift, the first80 words
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COLLISION AT SEA
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Article578 2003-01-11 2 LEE HUICHIEH - iIL LEE HUICHIEH THE three Navy women whose bodies were found were single. But the fourth woman who is still missing is a newly-wed. A week of search operations later, there is still no sign of Second Sergeant April Chua Bee Lin, 24, a Singapore Polytechnic578 words
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Article, Illustration762 2003-01-11 2 SHARMIPAL KAI R; and NATALIE SOH - Bintan fishermen, police, hotel staff and even sea gypsies are helping to look for Sergeant Chua SHARMIPAL KAI R and NATALIE SOH IN BINTAN EVEN the native orang laut (sea gypsies) pitched in to look for missing navy Second Sergeant Chua Bee Lin, 24, at BintanSource. MINDEF; Graphics: G. CHANDRADAS; Graphics: 1.1 M VONC - 762 words
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Article, Illustration384 2003-01-11 3 WONG SHER MAINE; and GOH CHIN HAN - It should have been a day of celebration but friends of Corporal Goh Hui Ling bid final farewell on her 23rd birthday By WONG SHER MAINE and GOH CHIN HAN THE mementos left behind as a remembrance were poignant. A 15IMIOTOS: |OU:i: I A\G,\V \\C 111 I I I N - 384 words
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Article, Illustration359 2003-01-11 3 BERTHA HENSON - By] BERTHA HENSON NEWS EDITOR THE two women joined the Singapore Navy on the same day in July 1995, became best friends, and spent their last night on land and at sea together. So close were First Sergeants Seah Ai Leng, 25, and HengC. CHANDRADAS - 359 words
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White paper on JI: THE ENEMY WITHIN
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367 2003-01-11 4 a The threat of a terrorist brotherhood in South-east Asia Looks at the increasing radicalisation of Islamic terrorist groups worldwide and the bond of brotherhood that has made them embrace the same global jihad agenda. Though United Statesied military action in367 words
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Article673 2003-01-11 4 ZURAIDAH IBRAHIM - White Paper released on Jemaah Islamiah terror group reveals its hold on its members and presents ways to thwart its aims By ZURAIDAH IBRAHIM POLITICAL EDITOR JEMAAH Islamiah members did not regard only non-Mus-lims as the enemy. Even fellow Muslims who rejected their violent campaign673 words
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Article, Illustration421 2003-01-11 4 M. NIRMALA - *L M. NIRMALA ONCE you are in and the gate clangs shut, there is no way out. The mental make-up of those who enter the terrorist fold is such that they cannot ever back out. Psychologists and psychiatrists who specialise in group dynamics and421 words
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252 2003-01-11 4 LYDIA LIM - By LYDIA LIM THE Jemaah Islamiah (Jl) group remains a threat to Singapore even though two waves of arrests by the Internal Security Department (ISD) have disrupted its local network. The threat is on two fronts, pointed out the White Paper on the Jl252 words
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Article, Illustration1228 2003-01-11 5 Charm, aside, Singapore JI leader Ibrahim Maidin used an array of high-pressure psychological tactics to recruit members and ensure loyalty, saus the White Paper. Senior Correspondent SUSAN LONG reports BY DAY, Ibrahim Maidin faded into the background as a mild-mannered condominium manager who spoke onlyNOEL ROSALES - 1,228 words
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HOME
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571 2003-01-11 6 LEONG CHAN TEIK - These HDB flat owners bought homes with CPF savings at peak prices but could suffer big losses if they sold them now LEONG CHAN TEIK ONCE, it was a housing boom. Now, it is retirement gloom. That’s the experience of Mr Melvyn Pereira, a 42-year-old571 words
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513 2003-01-11 6 DENESH DFVYANATHAN - By By DENESH DFVYANATHAN TECHNOLOGY REPORTER IT’S going to get worse before it gets better for job-seekers. The number of people out of work is expected to peak at around 5 to 5.5 per cent over the next six months. But while companies513 words
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Article, Illustration68 2003-01-11 6 Shoppers along Orchard Road got more than they bargained for as an arm appeared from behind the giant television screen at Orchard Emerald shopping centre. Usually reserved for music videos and advertising, the massive screen provided some crowd-stopping live action as this man’s arm protruded seeminglyTHOMAS WHITE - 68 words
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Article640 2003-01-11 6 SALMA KHAUK - By SALMA KHAUK HEALTH CORRESPONDENT WHEN the Sept 30 deadline last year passed, the Health Ministry and insurers said that 800,000 people had decided to stay with Elder Shield, a Medisave-based insurance plan against long-term disability. But it appears their figures were too optimistic.640 words
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Article, Illustration411 2003-01-11 7 GINNIE TEO - By GINNIE TEO CONSUMER CORRESPONDENT SENTOSA’S management has what it thinks is the answer to better service quality: Changing its hiring policy. Instead of looking purely at the credentials of its potential employees, it is also looking at less quantifiable traits like service acumenCHEVV SENG KIM - 411 words
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504 2003-01-11 7 Media firm lifts wage freeze it imposed on its staff in 2001 and restores employees’ wage cuts MEDIA giant Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) is joining the MVC club. It is introducing the Monthly Variable Component to its staffs pay packets from this month.504 words
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Article663 2003-01-11 7 SIM CHI YIN; arul THERESA TAN - By SIM CHI YIN arul THERESA TAN A SUM of $1,200 might not seem like a lot to some people, but to public assistance recipients, it is more than five times their monthly allowance. And $5O was all that stood between those with long-dor-mant Central Provident663 words
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543 2003-01-11 8 EDNA KOH - HDB home-owners can find real savings by re-financing their loans with banks but there are also pitfalls to watch out for EDNA KOH FINANCE CORRESPONDENT JUST how low have Housing and Development Board (HDB) home-loan rates fallen? Answer: Low enough for every single HDB543 words
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Article, Illustration136 2003-01-11 8 POSB and OCBC have now undercut even HDBrn concessionary loan rate I of 2.6 per cent. What doc ll this mean in dollars and cents? To save on Interest payments on their HDB home loans, the crowds went to POSB branches in droves overGraphic*: JALEHA HASH IM Photo: BT - 136 words
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501 2003-01-11 8 LAURELTEO - A promise kept facelift for opposition-held Sennett Estate Btl LAURELTEO FIRST, Potong Pasir dwellers were told that MRT trains would stop in their cyNow, those living in Sennett Estate will see their 50-year-old private estate get a facelift. Theirs will be the first housing estate on opposition turf whether private501 words
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321 2003-01-11 8 SELINA LUM - *L SELINA LUM AS A young lawyer, Mr Philip Jeyaretnam ould go to the courts to watch senior lawyers in action. Now, he has joined their ranks. The 38-year-old partner at Rodyk Davidson was among three lawyers and two former judicial commissioners321 words
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Article, Illustration443 2003-01-11 9 SELINA LUM - Chan family apologises and complaints against them are dropped after hours of mediation between the feuding neighbours §1 SELINA LUM RESIDENTS in Everitt Road appear to have finally called a truce after a decade of sniping. At the end of more thanWONG KWAI CHOW - 443 words
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Page 9 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous1061 2003-01-11 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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Article592 2003-01-11 10 TUESDAY January 7,2003 IT HAS taken a tragedy to bring to Singaporeans’ notice the growing role of women in the nation’s defence and security. All four crew members of the RSS Courageous, lost in the collision on Friday night with a Dutch-owned container ship off Pedra Branca,592 words
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Article576 2003-01-11 10 WEDNESDAY January 8, 2003 AT SOME stage, the preliminary skirmishing between Singapore and Malaysia over Pedra Branca’s dispute resolution has to stop. That stage has surely been reached, considering the past week’s developments which might cautiously be described as progress. The dispute-with-in-a-dispute, as it were, concerns576 words
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Article, Illustration992 2003-01-11 10 hCHUALEE HOONC - SATURDAY With h CHUALEE HOONC PEDRA Branca is a pile of rocks situated where the Singapore Strait meets the South China Sea, measuring at its longest, during low water spring tide, a mere 137 m, or less than half the length of the ANL Indonesia,MIEL - 992 words
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COMMENT/PERSPECTIVE
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Article, Illustration1071 2003-01-11 11 TAN TARN HOW - THE WAY I SEE IT By TAN TARN HOW A DOCTOR I know recently told me about one of her patients who warned her when she came for treatment: “Don’t let your kids go to X Girls’ School! They will end up like me unmarried!” This woman,LUDWIG 11.10 - 1,071 words
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946 2003-01-11 11 RAYMOND R. WU - Btl RAYMOND R.WU THE seemingly conciliatory remarks by China’s President Jiang Zemin and Taiwan’s President Chen Shui-bian on New Year’s Day gave signs of a possible rapprochement between the two untrusting neighbours. But the question remains whether these gestures will lead to progress towards946 words
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INSIGHT
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Article, Illustration1704 2003-01-11 12 Tighten your belts; a rough ride is ahead. But Singapore can take the bumps, and recession is no reason for it to be down in the dumps. Our senior writer JANADAS DEVAN tells you why WHEN I first arrived in the United States inJAHAN LOH - 1,704 words
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Article, Illustration927 2003-01-11 13 MAFOOT SIMON - THINKING ALOUD By MAFOOT SIMON NOTHING beats beginning the New Year with a week-long journey of learning. Especially so when I have readers of tnis newspaper to be thankful for, so I am sharing the lesson here. The journey began on Monday, when thisNOEL ROSALES - 927 words
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763 2003-01-11 13 PEI MIN XIN - Bil PEI MIN XIN AS THE nuclear confrontation between North Korea and the United States escalates rhetorically, the attention of the international community has shifted to the crucial role of Russia, China, Japan and South Korea countries whose cooperation and support the763 words
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SPORTS
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Article, Illustration1371 2003-01-11 14 MARCUM - Two surprises as Poulsen chooses to leave technical director job; Fandi is named assistant to Sivaji BtL MARCUM SINGAPORE football is looking for a new technical director and national coach. Jan Poulsen, who held both positions, announced at a news conference on Monday thatALBERT SIM; THE NEW PAPER - 1,371 words
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MALAYSIA
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Article, Illustration486 2003-01-11 15 Details of Singapore-registered vehicles will be matched with a database on traffic offences, but operation has been delayed New Straits Times, The Star/Asia News Network, Bernama JOHOR BARU All Singa-pore-registered vehicles entering Johor will be scanned and registered on a new— New Straits Times,; The Star/Asia News Network, Bernama; NEW STRAITS TIMES - 486 words
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386 2003-01-11 15 Bernama, Sin Chew Daily/ Asia News Network KUALA LUMPUR Johor’s decision to stop buying treated water from Singapore is not an “unfriendly act” but a move towards being self-sufficient in water, Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar said on Tuesday. He— Bernama,; Sin Chew Daily/ Asia News Network - 386 words
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163 2003-01-11 15 Bernama PLTRAJAYA Singapore has agreed to a date proposed by Malaysia to sign the Special Agreement allowing the issue of Pedra Branca to be brought to the International Court of Justice in the Hague, Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar said on Wednesday.Bernama - 163 words
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464 2003-01-11 15 The Star/Asia News Network MALACCA The principal of a secondary school here has backed down from her plans to implement a new rule requiring students to wear the baju kurung on Fridays after drawing flak from parents. Instead, students of the InfantThe Star/Asia News Network - 464 words
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SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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496 2003-01-11 16 DEVTASMARANI - They are key to differentiating the Hundreds of Indonesian parties and a way to ride on the popularity of major ones By DEVTASMARANI THE STRAITS TIMES INDONESIA BUREAU JAKARTA With a glut of new parties set up ahead of next year’sTHE STRAITS TIMES INDONESIA BUREAU - 496 words
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Article, Illustration578 2003-01-11 16 DEYT ASMARAM - By DEYT ASMARAM THE STRAITS TIMES INDONESIA BUREAU JAKARTA Billed as the biggest protest action against the Indonesian government’s rash of price hikes, a nationwide strike that promised a turnout of tens of thousands across the country fizzled out on Thursday. By mostTHE STRAITS TIMES INDONESIA BUREAU; TIEN CHUNG PING - 578 words
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322 2003-01-11 16 ROBERT GO - By ROBERT GO THE STRAITS TIMES INDONESIA BUREAU JAKARTA Indonesia could be building nuclear power plants by the end of this decade, as part of government efforts to provide alternative energy sources to the country’s power-hungry households and businesses, said seniorTHE STRAITS TIMES INDONESIA BUREAU - 322 words
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MONEY
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620 2003-01-11 17 THE local bourse was stuck in range-bound trading this past week despite a slew of developments on the world stage. At the close, the Straits Times Index rose just 7-2 points to 1347-17 as average daily turnover swelled 78.4 per cent to620 words
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Article132 2003-01-11 17 WEEK'S TOP RISES Cents Volume ChODBeCWO9IO26 9460 313.0 1.9 2,000 F&N 830 55.0 7.1 1,721,000 DBS Bk 6% NCPS ***** 40.0 0.4 6,700 Great East 50c 910 40.0 4.6 869,000 OCBC 965 20.0 2.1 11,117,000 L- Jacob 20c 91 18.5 25.5 11,913,000 HL Asia 20c 112 13.0 13.1 5,107,000 ST132 words
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Article140 2003-01-11 17 WEEK'S TOP RISES Cents Volume New Wave W *****1 8 60.0 3.0 287,000 Noel Gifts 10c 11.5 43.8 3.5 143,000 GenMaq 20c 11 37.5 3.0 26,000 L-Jacob 20c 91 25.5 18.5 11,913,000 GulTech W *****7 2.5 25.0 0.5 68,000 CheunqWoh 5c 24 23.1 4.5 22,435,000 Surface MT HK2Oc 49.5 20.7140 words
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Article129 2003-01-11 17 WEEK'S TOP FALLS Cents Volume VentureCorp2sc 1380 -60.0 -4.2 6,043,000 JMH US25c 400 605 -52.2 -4.7 123,600 Yonqnam 20c 2 -11.5 -85.2 46,453,000 B Sembawanq 1030 -10.0 -1.0 10,000 DBS Grp 1100 -10.0 -0.9 12,522,000 SIA 200 1020 -10.0 -1.0 26,600 SIA 50c 1020 -10.0 -1.0 4,958,000 JSH US5c 500129 words
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Article135 2003-01-11 17 WEEK'S TOP FALLS Cents Volume Yonqnam 20c 2 -85.2 -11.5 46,453,000 PanpacMed WO4 1 -80.0 -4.0 1,000 Koh Bros WO4 2 -55.6 -2.5 236,000 See Hup Senq 3 -53.8 -3.5 2,576,000 LSM 1c 0.5 -50.0 -0.5 109,792,000 Nucleus Elec 5c 7.5 -44.4 -6.0 61,000 BBR Hldqs 5c 1 -33.3 -0.5135 words
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Article84 2003-01-11 17 Straits Times Index Tht Straits Timas Indei rosa 7.2 points on tha waak to 1347.2. DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday 1,331.62 (-8.3) 259.44 m (225.22 m) Tuesday 1,318.74 (-12.9) 240.45 m (258.72 m) Wednesday 1,332.32 (*13.6) 297.94 m (242.81 m) Thursday 1,335.09 (+2.8) 392.76 m (337.83 m) Friday84 words
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Article, Illustration466 2003-01-11 17 VLADIMIR GUEVARRA - Building and Construction Authority cites drop in number of large projects and urges firms to venture abroad By By VLADIMIR GUEVARRA PROPERTY REPORTER CALL it the incredible shrinking construction market pie. Construction demand in Singapore is expected to fall by 15AFP - 466 words
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Advertisement27 2003-01-11 17 Log on to check prices Readers who want to see the latest stock-price and unit-trust listings can log on to the following websites: business-times.asial.com.sg www.asial.com www.fiindssupermart.com www.singaporeexchange.com27 words
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738 2003-01-11 18 NARENDRA AGGARWAL - B'L By NARENDRA AGGARWAL ECONOMICS COKRESPONDKNT EVEN the Government’s purse is hurting. Its revenue plummeted by a huge $4.3 billion in the first nine months of last year when compared to the same period of 2001 as a result of the slowing economy. The738 words
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Article657 2003-01-11 18 NICHOLAS FANG - By NICHOLAS FANG TRANSPORT REPORTER IN A dramatic sea change at Neptune Orient Lines (NOL), the Singapore shipping line announced on Monday that Mr Flemming Jacobs has stepped down from his post as group president and chief executive with immediate effect. After less than657 words
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Article, Illustration468 2003-01-11 18 REBECCA LEE - The port operator misses target of 17m containers by a whisker; cargo handled at overseas terminals surges by 115% By REBECCA LEE TRANSPORT REPORTER AMID slowing exports and growing competition, port operator PSA Corp chalked up respectable 8 per cent growthTIEN CHUNG PING - 468 words
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FORUM
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Article615 2003-01-11 19 I REFER to the column, “Schooled in singlehood”, by Tan Tam How (The Sunday Times, Jan 5). The writer has written an extremely biased article on the subject of being “schooled in singlehood”, as he put it. I am a Secondary 4615 words
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386 2003-01-11 19 WHAT a tragedy, the collision between the RSS Courageous and ANL Indonesia. It made me recall what I was doing at about 11.35 pm on Friday. I was ensconced in a sofa with my wife next to me, watching a DVD. What were386 words
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Article, Illustration231 2003-01-11 19 Recently, the Singapore Association for the Deaf (SADeaf) received a number of calls from members of the public, informing us that deaf peddlers were occasionally seen around town selling toys and other novelty items, claiming to be raising funds for SADeaf. SADeaf is a231 words
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325 2003-01-11 19 I REFER to the report, “Pedra Branca special accord can be signed in KL” (ST, Jan 7). When asked by reporters why there was so much talk of war, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said: “It is the press who keep on asking325 words
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Article, Illustration89 2003-01-11 20 LIGHTEN UP, YEAR OF GOAT IS COMING: With almost 2 km of lights stretching over three roads, this year’s Chinese New Year light-up in Chinatown promises to be the largest ever. Festive events ushering in the Year of tne Goat are also aimedERNEST GOH - 89 words
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465 2003-01-11 20 JANE LEE - JANE LEE THE Nanyang Technological University (NTU) will become a fully-fledged university in two years’ time, offering the same wide range of courses as the National University of Singapore (NUS). It will offer new degrees in physical sciences, humanities and design, but465 words
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655 2003-01-11 20 SANDRA DAVIE - Admission criteria too will vary. Aim is to differentiate one university from another and one campus from another By! SANDRA DAVIE PARENTS and students will soon have to get used to the idea that all universities here are not equal. Even different campuses of655 words