The Straits Times : Weekly Overseas Edition, 15 March 2003
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The Straits Times : Weekly Overseas Edition
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Title Section25 2003-03-15 1 The Straits Times Weekly Edition PACIFIC AREA NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR Saturday, March 15,2003 Price: 551.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MITA (P) 098/03/200225 words
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604 2003-03-15 1 ZURAIDAH IBRAHIM - The signs so far this year are positive, says DPM Lee, rejecting calls for a deeper deficit because of global uncertainties By ZURAIDAH IBRAHIM POLITICAL EDfTOR DEPUTY Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Wednesday gave his assessment that despite the dark clouds of an604 words
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Article, Illustration167 2003-03-15 1 KARANG guni man Oh Ow Kee has been swinging around town and his neighbourhood with strings of wooden balls he calls Woodball Woola Chains. A friend brought him the fitness device from China three years ago, and the 60-year-old loved it. “I exercise and have fun at theWANG HUI FEN - 167 words
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Advertisement61 2003-03-15 1 W ILDLIFE Newborn Manatee For Zoo A newborn manatee swims with its mother hours after being bom at the Singapore Zoo on Tuesday. The female baby joins a pod of four others, page 4 Education Joyride With A Creative Twist Youngsters from Gongshang Primary are thinking up solutions to their61 words
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PARLIAMENT
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Article571 2003-03-15 2 LEE KIM CHEW - Its weapons pose a threat to the world, and Baghdad must act or war without second UN resolution will be justified SINGAPORE’S STAND Bu LEE KIM CHEW SINGAPORE yesterday spelt out its stand on Iraq, stating unequivocally that it must disarm immediately or571 words
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Article, Illustration381 2003-03-15 2 CHONG CHEE KIN; and ALEXIS HOOI - By CHONG CHEE KIN and ALEXIS HOOI EVERY vehicle, whether car, truck or motorcycle, was inspected as it entered the Woodlands and Tuas checkpoints yesterday, as Singapore moved to gird itself further against potential terrorists, especially with war looming in the Middle East.WANG HUI FEN - 381 words
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848 2003-03-15 2 HE WAS mindful of keeping costs down in an economic downturn. But Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Tony Tan said yesterday that Singapore cannot afford to take a "feast and famine” approach to defence spending. In these critical times, adequate spending was not848 words
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694 2003-03-15 3 MP warns: Budget doesn’t go far enough to address worries of Singaporeans, who wonder if PAP can tackle slowdown THE Feedback Unit chief on Tuesday gave the House a stark warning that Singaporeans were losing faith in the ability of the People’s Action Party leadership694 words
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Article, Illustration113 2003-03-15 3 Perhaps people living in Ang Mo Kio GRC are much richer and don’t ask for help and thereby he’s not aware of the problem y y Opposition MP Low Thia Khianq (Houqanq), who said the cost of living was a "great burden" and was unconvincedTIEN CHUNG PING - 113 words
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Article, Illustration361 2003-03-15 3 NMP tells of how red tape hindered her bid to revamp medical service business WHEN the private medical group Health Management International (HMI) hit a rough patch in the late 1990 s and started losing money, founder and chief executive Gan See Khem made361 words
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Article184 2003-03-15 3 NTUC Foodfare not only took more than a year to set up a 13 sq m snack counter at the Jurong East MRT station, but also had to deal with seven separate government agencies. That happened in the late 1990 s while Mrs Yu-Foo Yee184 words
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HOME
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461 2003-03-15 4 GINNIE TEO - Public anger at amount it was spending on creating a new image leads the zoo to put its planned name change on hold B .y GINNIE TEO CONSUMER CORRESPONDENT THE Singapore Zoological Gardens is sticking with its name for now. The zoo461 words
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Article, Illustration99 2003-03-15 4 WATER BABY TAKES FIRST SWIM A newborn manatee swims with its mother hours after being bom at the Singapore Zoo on Tuesday. Weighing 9 kg and about 60 cm long, the female baby joins a pod of four others. Manatees face a high risk ofALBERTSIM - 99 words
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380 2003-03-15 4 YANNITAN - Bjl YANNITAN WHEN prison inmate Chris (not his real name) learnt that the Kaki Bukit Centre Prison School was setting up a new science laboratory after he finished his N levels in 2001, he wasted no time asking for a transfer there380 words
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483 2003-03-15 4 ALEXIS HOOI - fly ALEXIS HOOI PETROL discounts once confined to the Bukit Timah area are fuelling a fierce price war all over the island. Last month, eight stations operated by three big players Caltex, Shell and Exxon Mobil began offering discounts of 6 per cent483 words
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598 2003-03-15 5 SANDRA DAVIE - It is to take in 200, let qualified poly grads into second year and start a fast-track PhD programme B 'j SANDRA DAVIE EDUCATION CORRESPONDENT STUDENTS here just cannot get enough of the life sciences, so the Nanyang Technological University, which had to598 words
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506 2003-03-15 5 ALEXIS HOOI - BtL ALEXIS HOOI THE operator of the Bukit Panjang Light Rapid Transit (LRT) line has been losing about $2 million to $3 million a year even with cost-saving measures in place, and it could go further into the red. Singapore MRT (SMRT) president506 words
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Article, Illustration526 2003-03-15 5 HARLEEN KAUR - Bn} HARLEEN KAUR ILLEGAL diesel suppliers are back. This time, they were spotted doing brisk business from “tankers" parked on a quiet stretch of road at Ang Mo Kio Industrial Park. A cabby who did not want to be identified said drivers learnt of theirCHEW SENG KIM - 526 words
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403 2003-03-15 6 KARAMJITKAUR - BtL KARAMJITKAUR MORE than 380 passengers and crew on board a Singapore Airlines Boeing 747 were evacuated after the aircraft made an emergency landing at Auckland airport in New Zealand minutes after take-off. The Singapore-bound plane’s tail dragged along the runway during take-off at 10.29403 words
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563 2003-03-15 6 SALMA KHALIK - More unhappy patients turning to the law and size of payouts is increasing, so dentists’ insurance premiums go up By SALMA KHALIK HEALTH CORRESPONDENT ONE man was so upset with what a dentist did to his teenage daughter’s teeth that he sued him for563 words
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Article, Illustration148 2003-03-15 6 LETTUCE Ladies Holly Fraser (left) and Lisa Franzetta braved the rain outside Takashimaya Shopping Centre on Tuesday afternoon, to campaign for vegetarianism. Ms Fraser, 27, from Canada and Ms Franzetta, 28, from America work for People for the Ethical Treatment of AnimalsERNESTGOH - 148 words
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411 2003-03-15 7 TEE HUNCHING - *IL TEE HUNCHING THE young and the restless will have Orchard Road as their playground come May 31. Graffiti artists, break-danc-ers and rappers are among the more than 800 aspiring and established performers expected to strut their stuff when the411 words
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575 2003-03-15 7 ANELMENON - The ‘No U-Turn Syndrome’ chapter in Sim Wong Hoo’s book strikes a chord with lawmakers who tear into such a mindset il ANELMENON A WHIMSICAL book by Creative Technology chairman Sim Wong Hoo, that was published three years ago, seems to575 words
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Article189 2003-03-15 7 How Nuts or “No U-Turn Syndrome” works, or does not work. One example from Mr Sim Wong Hoo’s Chaotic Thoughts From The Old Millennium IT WAS decided that a group of children would sing patriotic Singapore songs at the opening ceremony of Creative’s corporate headquarters. After all189 words
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Article, Illustration51 2003-03-15 7 Seek Destroy The Republic of Singapore Navy yesterday became the first naval force in South-East Asia to successfully fire a torpedo at a submarine, in an exercise with the Indian Navy in the Arabian Sea. m CHIN UAH and UM YOHfi show how the RSS Valiant moved in for the51 words
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Article, Illustration346 2003-03-15 8 JANE LEE - Gongshang Primary pupils sit in the car to brainstorm ideas, as part of a scheme to teach pupils to think out of the box iIL JANE LEE YOUNGSTERS from Gongshang Primary are thinking up solutions to their own day-to-day problems whileF.RNEST GOH - 346 words
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453 2003-03-15 8 SHARMILPAL KAIR - in SHARMILPAL KAIR THE quality of the reclaimed water Singapore is turning out from sewage has so impressed American facilities in the business that some of them are considering using the same methods. They include the 27-year-old Californian Water Factory 21,453 words
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486 2003-03-15 8 NATALIE SOH - *L NATALIE SOH YOUR mobile phone could soon double as a sort of electronic wallet to pay for things like parking, a movie ticket, or even a mobile phone bill. Five consortiums have been trying out their systems over the past 10486 words
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Article, Illustration435 2003-03-15 9 The 20-year-olds die after their bikes burst into flames in 4.50 am accident at Changi Coast Road TWO polytechnic students were killed when their motorcycles skidded, collided into each other and burst into flames early on Monday morning. The 4.50 am crash leftFRANCIS ONC - 435 words
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Page 9 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous1063 2003-03-15 9 RADIO SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL (ENGLISH) PROGRAMME SCHEDULES 1100 -1400 Hours (6MT) 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 Word1,063 words
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COMMENT
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Article554 2003-03-15 10 TUESDAY March 11,2003 THE job market for university graduates today is by far the bleakest it has been in five years. While 77-8 per cent of the class of 2002 from the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) did find employment, this was down from the 81.5 per cent recorded554 words
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Article595 2003-03-15 10 THURSDAY March 13, 2003 TOKYO has the drill down pat: First, there is yet another new crisis on this occasion, stocks plunging to new 20year lows. Then, the government and the Bank of Japan (BOJ) will announce the usual new emergency measures this time, the Finance Ministry595 words
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1070 2003-03-15 10 CHUALEEHOONG - SATURDAY B, CHUALEEHOONG WHAT is at once the most sneakingly exhilarating thing about the looming war against Iraq is also the most exasperating and tragic: the moral certitude with which the Bush administration is prosecuting its campaign to get President Saddam Hussein1,070 words
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COMMENT/PERSPECTIVE
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Article, Illustration864 2003-03-15 11 M. NIRMALA - THE WAY I SEE IT By M. NIRMALA MANY in the Chinese community are aghast at the idea of using English to teach Chinese classes because they feel it will further dilute the standards of the Chinese language. I too shuddered when I read aboutLUDWIG ILIO - 864 words
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764 2003-03-15 11 SALMA KHALIK - Bn SALMA KHALIK SUN Tzu knew the importance of information. In a war, money should be spent on spies, the ancient Chinese strategist said in his Art Of War, or vast resources could be wasted on wrong moves. So too with764 words
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INSIGHT
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Article, Illustration284 2003-03-15 12 INSIGHT ASKS POLITICAL WATCHERS AND ORDINARY SINGAPOREANS WHO THEY THINK MAY BE ON THEIR WAY UP CROWD FAVOURITE Madam Halimah Yacob, 46, Jurong GRC The buzz: j NTUC assistant f secretary-general m is top pick of many. ’1 Grassroots appeal belies keen intellect. Unflappable mien, highLUDWIG ILIO - 284 words
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Article1666 2003-03-15 12 As the world marks International Womens Day today TAN TUN HOW and NEO HUIMN look at why no Singaporean woman has made it to the Cabinet in more than a decade SINCE Dr Seet Ai Mee was ousted from her ward in the 1991 General1,666 words
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Article, Illustration1096 2003-03-15 13 CHUAMUI HOONC - THINKING ALOUD By CHUAMUI HOONC A STORY in Business Week last month chilled me to the bone. The magazine’s Feb 3 cover story was about jobs moving out of the United States to India, China, Mexico and other developingALBERT SIM - 1,096 words
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SPORTS
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Article, Illustration560 2003-03-15 14 MARC LIM - National coach Sivaji calls up seven players from Under-23 team to replace the veterans By MARC LIM OUT: Nazri Nasir, Rafi Ali, Rudy Khairon, Zulkarnaen Zainal. IN: Seven new faces from the National Under-23 squad. Caretaker coach P.N. Sivaji on TuesdayAZIZHUSSIN - 560 words
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226 2003-03-15 14 CHIA HAN KEONG - Bl CHIA HAN KEONG DIRTY footballers, or simply robust players? S-League newcomer Sinchi FC had two of its players sent off in as many matches, but coaches and players from other teams defend the China players, saying they are not soccer thugs set226 words
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509 2003-03-15 14 – MARC LIM - MARC LIM THE door of the new Singapore Sports School has been opened slightly to pupils from the Normal stream. But the future Fandi Ahmads and Remy Ongs of Singapore will still not be taken in if they are Normal (Technical) stream material.509 words
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MALAYSIA
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812 2003-03-15 15 V.K. RAGHUNATHAN; and HEME AHMAD - New Delhi relooks aviation pact, palm oil concessions after reports KL police mistreated 270 Indians ‘lll-Treatment’ Of Indian Professionals By V.K. RAGHUNATHAN IN NEW DELHI and HEME AHMAD IN KUALA LUMPUR INDIA is reported to be planning a range of retaliatory measures against Malaysia in812 words
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359 2003-03-15 15 New Straits Times JOHOR BARU Johor is hoping to break its theme park jinx by persuading Universal Studios to build a US$2.2 billion (553.9 billion) entertainment complex here after a delay of more than two years. Johor Mentri Besar Abdul Ghani Othman saidNew Straits Times - 359 words
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Article, Illustration356 2003-03-15 15 New Straits Times KUALA LUMPUR Two months after its leader and his lieutenants were killed in police shootouts, the notorious M-16 gang has pulled in recruits and more firepower. Its members have struck twice in less than three weeks, pulling off the RMI millionNew Straits Times; NEW STRAITS TIMES - 356 words
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SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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453 2003-03-15 16 Drug lords angered by government crackdown have reportedly put a $3.3-million bounty on tne PM’s head Tight Security For Thai PM AP, Reuters, The Nation/ Asia News Network BANGKOK Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said his life was in danger because drug kingpins,— AP, Reuters, The Nation/; Asia News Network - 453 words
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Article, Illustration327 2003-03-15 16 ROBERT GO - By ROBERT GO THE STRAITS TIMES INDONESIA BUREAU JAKARTA Indonesia’s human rights tribunal yesterday convicted Brigadier-General Noer Muis, a former military chief in then-East Timor, of crimes against humanity committed just before its independence referendum in 1999. Gen Noer, who served as aAP - 327 words
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442 2003-03-15 16 DEVI ASMARAM - By DEVI ASMARAM THE STRAITS TIMES INDONESIA BUREAU JAKARTA Two nominees for the top job from the Golkar party have been voted the nation's most preferred pair to run for the presidential polls next year, according to a survey. The duo442 words
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MONEY
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660 2003-03-15 17 S u a res in the Singapore market rose higher this week on the back of some bargain hunting as hopes that a war with Iraq may be delayed. The benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) rose 24.7 points on the660 words
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Article125 2003-03-15 17 WEEK'S TOP RISES Cents Velume Central Prop 1900 180.0 10.5 3,000 SIA 50c 1010 60.0 6.3 7,091,000 SIA 200 1000 45.0 4.7 83,600 OCBC 860 40.0 4.9 12,637,000 GreatEast 50c 870 35.0 4.2 314,000 UOB 985 30.0 3.1 26,653,000 VentureCorp25c 1380 30.0 2.2 4 886,000 DBS Grp 905 20.0 2.3125 words
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Article75 2003-03-15 17 Straits Times Index Tht Straits Timas Index rose 24.7 points on the week to 1250.9. DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday 1,213.82 (-12.3) 183.54m (271.55m) Tuesday 1,216.11 (+2.3) 226.80m (304.57m) Wednesday 1,233.68 (*17.6) 270.69m (342.29m) Thursday 1,231.77 (-1.9) 193.57m (266.45m) Friday 1,250.88 (+19.1) 377.64m (382.65m) BT-SRI Index The BT-SRI75 words
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Article, Illustration474 2003-03-15 17 SOH YVEN LIN - Two condos by Spore River, but The Pier at Robertson may cost $lOO psf more than Robertson 100 with its frontage, neighbours By SOH YVEN LIN PROPERTY REPORTER IT MAY be just a hop, skip and jump across the roaa, but City474 words
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Article849 2003-03-15 18 BRYAN LEE - Experiences of Osim and Qian Hu reinforce perception that Govt goes the extra mile for MNCs but not for local firms BRYAN LEE TWO of Singapore’s more established entrepreneurs on Wednesday endorsed a popular perception that the Government helps multinational corporations (MNCs)849 words
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Article, Illustration102 2003-03-15 18 Osim founder Ron Sim He did not receive any help from the Government for the first 20 years after he started his company in 1980. Qian Hu founder Kenny Yap The only time he seriously tried to ask for help from the EDB, he was put offG. CHANDRADAS - 102 words
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600 2003-03-15 18 IGNATIUS LOW - By IGNATIUS LOW DEPUTY MONEY EDITOR OCBC Bank is bracing itself for what looks to be a highly publicised legal wrangle with information technology (IT) firm JustLogin.com to be heard in the High Court next week. JustLogin.com is suing OCBC for600 words
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153 2003-03-15 18 ABOUT 10,000 entrepreneurs, innovators and venture capitalists will meet in Singapore in October at a marketplace designed to bring together buyers and sellers of technology and innovations. Singapore is pinning much of its hopes for future economic growth on this kind of cuttingedge industry. And153 words
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FORUM
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445 2003-03-15 19 Recent articles in the newspapers have supported the Programmes Advisory Committee’s (PAC) suggestion to relax current controls over dialect programming on television. The PAC’s suggestions were made in the context of increasing programming variety. It felt that because our Speak Mandarin policy has445 words
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Article, Illustration122 2003-03-15 19 I WAS aghast when I read the report, “Trees uprooted in storm crush several cars”; The Sunday Times, March 9). The question that came to my mind was whether the National Parks Board (NParks) had done a thorough job of planting and ensuring the healthy growth122 words
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221 2003-03-15 19 THE articles, “S’pore-KLties strained but there will be no conflict” (ST, March 6) and “Pak Lah’s Day 1 as Acting No. 1” (ST, March 8), serve to reassure the public on the true nature of our ties with Malaysia. First, may I say221 words
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355 2003-03-15 19 WE REFER to the letter by Mr Munir Shah, “First-class hall, economy-class seats” (ST, March 5), and Ms Teo Ching Hwa's letter published in the This That column (ST, March 7). The layout of Esplanade’s performing venues was designed by Theatre Projects Consultants (TPC)355 words
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577 2003-03-15 20 KAREN WONG - Between 1999 and 2001,624 lawyers left their practice, citing long hours and too much stress for what they were paid *L KAREN WONG HUNDREDS of voung lawyers have quit legal practice to work for foreign law firms or big companies as in-house legal counsel,577 words
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Article, Illustration618 2003-03-15 20 VLADIMIR GTEVARRA - By VLADIMIR GTEVARRA By VLADIMIR GTEVARRA IT MAY be a dirty business but the contract-cleaning industry is booming, with an estimated 15 per cent surge in contracts to nearly $4OO million last year and an eye-popping 5,000 job vacancies. And with unemployment biting hard, moreTHOMAS WHITE - 618 words