The Straits Times : Weekly Overseas Edition, 10 May 2003
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The Straits Times : Weekly Overseas Edition
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Title Section25 2003-05-10 1 The Straits Times Weekly Edition PACIFIC AREA NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR Saturday, May 10,2003 Price: S$ 1.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MITA(P) 090/03/200325 words
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Article, Illustration763 2003-05-10 1 ZURAIDAH IBRAHIM - Historicfree trade agreement signed and ties reaffirmed By ZURAIDAH IBRAHIM POLITICAL EDITOR WASHINGTON Singapore and the United States reached new heights in their friendship with the signing of a historic Free Trade Agreement that will erase tariffs on two-way trade worth US$33 billion (SssB billion). The removalREUTERS - 763 words
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Page 1 Advertisements
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Advertisement49 2003-05-10 1 Adventure Lofty Ambitions These NUS undergraduates are part of a 11-member team which has left for Nepal to scale two mountains there. PACE 8 Fund-raising Signs Of Charity Auction of old road signs receives furious bids from more than 4,380 people and organisations and raises $288,000 for charity. page49 words
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PRIME
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478 2003-05-10 2 DAVID BOEY - To take effect from July next year, anti-terror measures call for improved security on ships and in shipping firms By DAVID BOEY DEFENCE CORRESPONDENT SHIPPING lines using Singapore have a year to improve security on their ships and in their companies to keep abreast of478 words
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Article, Illustration277 2003-05-10 2 K.C. YIIAYAN - By K.C.YIIAYAN FOR killing his wife and mother-in-law last June, David A. DeArmond could have been given the death penalty. Or made to spend the rest of his life in jail without parole. But when a United States military court convenes277 words
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533 2003-05-10 2 NEOHUIMIN - Bn NEOHUIMIN A FENCE is being put up along the northern coast of Pulau Übin to act as a deterrent to illegal immigrants coming by sea. It will reduce the number of possible landing spots on the island, and make it easier for533 words
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Article, Illustration691 2003-05-10 3 CHRISTOPHER TAN - Fares on the North-East MRT line will be five to 25 cents higher than on other lines, but there is a 10-cent discount for first 3 months By CHRISTOPHER TAN SENIOR CORRESPONDENT FARES on the North-East MRT line (NEL) will beSourer Ruok frmpart Counci me SftS Two*; I.IM YO\(. Photo OKS MONO WKK - 691 words
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282 2003-05-10 3 Zuraidah Ibrahim - Zuraidah Ibrahim WASHINGTON The United States and Singapore are set to join forces to combat new diseases such as Sars and biological warfare threats, and this could lead to two American research institutes setting up base in the Republic. The Centers282 words
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622 2003-05-10 3 ZURAIDAH IBRAHIM - By ZURAIDAH IBRAHIM POLITICAL EDITOR WASHINGTON Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong has called on the United States to be more involved and to embed itself in what he sees as East Asia’s growing regionalism. This is essential for strategic balance and622 words
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WAR on SARS
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Article, Illustration650 2003-05-10 4 KRISTBOO; and SHERWIN LOW - Situation improving after the US removes its travel warning for Singapore, which has not nad a new Sars case for 12 days By KRISTBOO and SHERWIN LOW THE dark clouds which have hung over the tourism industry for eight weeks began to lift yesterday,650 words
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378 2003-05-10 4 LEE SU SHY AN - §1 LEE SU SHY AN WITH Sars seeming less of a threat now, some banks in Singapore are scaling back their quarantine operations. DBS Bank and the local operations of United States-based Citibank along with Singapore Computer Systems (SCS), which runs back-up offices378 words
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Article, Illustration246 2003-05-10 4 LIXUEYING - §1 LIXUEYING MISS Tabitha Yee, 25, presented her ear to the security guard and his thermometer. He read it and said: “Okay, you can go get married now!” This unusual bridal accessory must make for the definitive wedding snapshot at the RegistrySTFPIIANIE YEOW - 246 words
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Article, Illustration440 2003-05-10 5 CHONG CHEE KIN - ĔL CHONG CHEE KIN CHUA Hock Seng, 50, who violated a home quarantine order, was given the maximum penalSr of six months in jail yesteray. He became the first person to be convicted under the amended Infectious Diseases Act, which gives the GovernmentLIANHE ZAOBAO - 440 words
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Article, Illustration900 2003-05-10 5 CHEONG SUK-WAI - Still, Tan Tock Seng Hospital's CEO has kept his composure amid the crisis, while praising staff for a job well done §li_ CHEONG SUK-WAI ASK Dr Lim Suet Wun how he feels about heading what some Singaporeans call a death hospital, and900 words
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HOME
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504 2003-05-10 6 GOH CHIN LIAN - Saying its in best interests of everyone, it gives up chance to use a legal argument in its defence against the 90-odd plaintiffs Bjl! GOH CHIN LIAN SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA), which is trying to avoid a lengthy and504 words
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Article, Illustration84 2003-05-10 6 OFF TO SCALE NEW HEIGHTS: National University of Singapore undergraduates (from left)"" Terence Teo, Lum Chune Yang, Vincent Goh, Ang Kai Yang and Teo Wee Eong are part of a 11-member team which left for Nepal on Wednesday to scale two mountains the 6,476-m MeraJACQUELINE ONC - 84 words
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550 2003-05-10 6 CHRISTOPHER TAN - CHRISTOPHER TAN SENIOR CORRESPONDENT IF YOU want to save a few thousand dollars on a new car, buy a scrap certificate. Now’s a good time because dealers are offering discounts with the current glut of certificates. A scrap certificate, also known as Parf550 words
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274 2003-05-10 6 PRICES of certificates of entitlement (COEs) for cars rose for the third time in a row, this time by more than $l,OOO, proving that Sars fears and a foot-dragging economy cannot depress Singaporeans’ desire for a new car. “It sticks out like a sore274 words
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Article, Illustration600 2003-05-10 7 ARLINA ARSHAD - Despite extra capacity, website traffic slows to a crawl with 235,000 hits on last day of auction; about $288,000 raised for charity *L ARLINA ARSHAD PUB owner Peter Wong tried for 45 minutes, but hot action by last-minute bidders locked him out of the websiteCHEW SENG KIM - 600 words
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Page 7 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous1070 2003-05-10 7 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 Word1,070 words
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COMMENT
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Article586 2003-05-10 8 TUESDAY May 6,2003 ON THE two main counts of epidemiology and public awareness, there is reasonable confidence that Singapore has got the better of Sars. The Government is reluctant to declare the crisis over, which is rational as the people could pick up cues not intended. Also,586 words
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Article605 2003-05-10 8 WEDNESDAY May 7, 2003 SO much has been accomplished in devolution talks between the Sri Lankan government and the dissident Tamil Tigers that to back-track at this stage would be unforgiveable. A seventh session scheduled last week was deferred. This by itself would not do much605 words
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Article, Illustration915 2003-05-10 8 I) CHUALEE HOONG - SATURDAY With I) CHUALEE HOONG IN SINGAPORE, you know that the stakes are high when political leaders who speak English most of the time take a dive into the less familiar waters of Chinese dialects to communicate with the public. It’s beenNOEL ROSALES - 915 words
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COMMENT/PERSPECTIVE
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Article, Illustration904 2003-05-10 9 M. MRMALA - THE WAY I SEE IT By 1 M. MRMALA IN THE Government’s efforts to tame this beast named Sars, the Achilles’ heel has been the inability of Singaporeans to listen and follow advice on how they can keep themselves alive. Here are a few examples: OneLUDWIG mo - 904 words
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662 2003-05-10 9 LIM SAY BOON - LUCRUM By LIM SAY BOON WHILE the world was being distracted by war and Sars, the global economy had been slowly, almost imperceptibly, deteriorating. And while we may avoid a doubledip recession in the United States, we are almost certain to struggle662 words
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INSIGHT
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Article, Illustration1737 2003-05-10 10 Karen Wong; Laurel Teo; iandNeo Hui Min - Additional reporting by Karen Wong. Laurel Teo iandNeo Hui Min Mr David Lira’s departure from Cabinet caught most people off guard. Insight writer TAN TARN HOW looks at the career of the scholar-politician and how it fits in with the way exiting office-holdersI.UDWIC ILIO - 1,737 words
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Article, Illustration1428 2003-05-10 11 Bj PAUL JACOB - THINKING ALOUD By Bj PAUL JACOB READING some recent foreign reports on Singapore’s handling of the Sars outbreak, you’d think that the enemy was the Government, not the dreaded disease. Because of its usual no-nonsense approach when dealing withI.OH JAHAN - 1,428 words
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SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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599 2003-05-10 12 DEVI ASMARANI - Proposed ruling: All presidential candidates must have college degrees DEVI ASMARANI THK STRAITS TIMES INDONESIA BUREAU JAKARTA President Megawati Sukarnoputri may not qualify to run for next year’s presidential election if the Indonesian Parliament agrees to adopt a requirement stating599 words
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Article, Illustration56 2003-05-10 12 HANDICRAFT PARADE: A truck bearing a giant wicker vase and young women in traditional costume joins a procession of wickerwork products in the district of Phanat Nikhom, Chonburi province, on the eastern coast of Thailand. The area is weli known for its vibrant handicraft industry and such celebrationsBANGKOK POST - 56 words
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554 2003-05-10 12 ROBERT GO - By ROBERT GO THE STRAITS TIMES INDONESIA BUREAU JAKARTA A debate on Indonesia’s relationship with major lender International Monetary Fund (IMF) is heating up as the deadline for Jakarta to extend their contract approaches. Directly at stake are billions of US dollars in IMF554 words
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263 2003-05-10 12 New Straits Times, The Star/Asia News Network KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia is revamping its school system to make it less exam-ori-ented in a move to better gauge students’ abilities, said the Education Ministry. “We need a fresh and new philosophy in our approach toNew Straits Times, The Star/Asia News Network - 263 words
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MONEY
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614 2003-05-10 13 MARKET activity surged this week for no apparent reason as proprietary dealers and housetraders churned penny stocks as if there was no tomorrow. The benchmark Straits Times Index rose just 10.4 points on the week to 1309-6 but average daily turnover rocketed 90.2 per614 words
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Article130 2003-05-10 13 WEEK'S TOP RISES Cents Volume DBS Bk 6% NCPS10 ***** 80.0 0.8 3,800 c&c 472 52.0 12.4 1,871,000 TAC BtIO 200 88.5 45.3 41.6 55,039,600 SPH 1700 40.0 2.4 6,303,000 JMH US25C 400 595 34.8 3.5 528,400 DBS Grp 915 25.0 2.8 38,928,000 SPH 100 1690 20.0 1.2 128,700 Elec130 words
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Article130 2003-05-10 13 WEEK'S TOP RISES Cents Volume Armstrong W*****0 2 300.0 1.5 261,000 UniFiber 10c 13 271.4 9.5536,040,000 •Over&Gen 7.5 150.0 5.1 16,000 CSC Hldgs 5c 4 100.0 2.0 2,391,000 CSC W*****7 1 100.0 0.5 200,000 Inno-Pac1c 4 100.0 2.0 27,797,000 PanpacMed W*****9 1 100.0 0.5 256,000 Strike Engg 5c 4.5 80.0130 words
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Article126 2003-05-10 13 WEEK'S TOP FALLS Cents Volume GreatEast 50c 910 -35.0 •3.7 1,582,000 UOR 1050 -20.0 -1.9 16,097,000 People's Food HK50c. 74.5 -13.0 -14.9 173,260,000 B Sembawang 1010 -10.0 -1.0 6,000 Transit 15c 9 -6.0 -40.0 74,000 ASJ Hldgs 20c 47 -5.5 -10.5 13,000 Tri-M 30c 14.5 -5.5 -27.5 42,000 FSN .795126 words
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Article130 2003-05-10 13 WEEK'S TOP FALLS Cents Volume ChipEngS W*****2 2 -42.9 -1.5 61,000 Transit 15c 9 -40.0 -6.0 74,000 Tri-M 30c .14.5 -27.5 -5.5 42,000 Koh Bros W04 2 •20.0 -0.5 106,000 Nam Lee 10c 12.5 -16.7 -2.5 10,000 People's Food HK50c.. 74.5 -14.9 -13.0 173,260,000 GenMaq 20c 9 -14.3 •1.5 37,000130 words
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Article75 2003-05-10 13 Straits Times Index TIm Straits TIims Index rot* 10.4 points on th* week to 1,309.6. DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday 1,325.19 (*26.0) 1.18b (495.28m) Tuesday 1,315.61 (-9.6) 968.01m (553.10m) Wednesday 1,307.52 (-8.1) 558.39m (479.80m) Thursday 1,317.91 (♦10.4) 1.08b (482.15m) Friday 1,309.60 (-8.3) 1.09b (485.69m) BT-SRI Index Th* BT-SRI75 words
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Article, Illustration446 2003-05-10 13 LEONC CHANTEIK - Domestic firms rank second after South Korean ones, according to a new study *L LEONC CHANTEIK SINGAPORE has ranked the highest in Asia for its environment which promotes corporate governance, according to a study just released. In addition, Singapore companies as a whole*#« asffHW**.kmu'i iiAntoowtirhimm*wi'av<iai«*; RAYMOND I KK - 446 words
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546 2003-05-10 14 BRYAN LEE - Btt BRYAN LEE AIRLINES, retailers and hotels may be taking a beating from Sars but the virus has not conquered Singapore’s economy. That was the conclusion of Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry, and Education, Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, who546 words
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475 2003-05-10 14 NICHOLAS FANG - By NICHOLAS FANG TRANSPORTREPORTER SINGAPORE port operator PSA Corp on Monday said that its domestic volumes last month were affected slightly by the recent Sars outbreak, but added that the marginal decrease was offset bv a positive performance from its transhipment business.475 words
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Article, Illustration481 2003-05-10 14 NARENDRA AGGARWAL - April PM I stays below 50, but readings are seen as better than expected, reflecting a positive business sentiment By By NARENDRA AGGARWAL ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT SINGAPORE’S purchasing managers index (PMI), a dipstick of manufacturing activity in the economy, shrank last month, the second monthSource: SINGAPORE INSTITUTE Of PURCHASING & MATERIALS MANAGEMENT; Graphics: LIM YONG - 481 words
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Advertisement27 2003-05-10 13 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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FORUM
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297 2003-05-10 15 THE last round of bus and MRT fare increases occurred when the economy was bad and many people were retrenched. Worse, many statutory boards added to the people’s burden. The public was furious that the Public Transport Council (PTC) approved the fare increases ana297 words
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243 2003-05-10 15 I REFER to the reports on households which are not able to receive cable services, and the recent letter by Ms Patricia Wee on the matter. I understand the difficulties and inconvenience experienced by Ms Wee and other residents and sympathise with them. May I243 words
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Article, Illustration608 2003-05-10 15 WE REFER to recent letters on nature conservation in Singapore. We agree that our natural heritage is important. In the 1992 Singapore Green Plan, we worked with other government agencies and non-government organisations (NGOs) to identify areas with valuable biodiversity. Since then, we608 words
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Article255 2003-05-10 15 I HAVE had dyslexia from Day One in primary school an English-medium school and for the past 30 years. I am not able to associate sounds with letters and words, and to spell words according to the sounds that are associated with them. Somehow, I255 words
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Article, Illustration84 2003-05-10 16 NECESSARY MEASURES: Regular visitor to Singapore Kamariah Mohamed Salleh, 50, finds it “troublesome” to fill the health declaration card, but good “for safety’s sake”. Wednesday was the first day all social visitors had to fill in the cards. Also introduced: Random temperature checks on drivers and passengers ofCHEW SENG KIM - 84 words
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506 2003-05-10 16 JANE LEE - B}L JANE LEE PROFESSOR Eddie Kuo, who started Singapore’s first communication school, will be stepping down from his post as its dean at the end or the month. But he will remain at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), where he will set up506 words
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524 2003-05-10 16 SANDRA DAVIE - New high school opening in 2005 wants students with ability in the two subjects, top grades in others not necessary By SANDRA DAVIE EDUCATION CORRESPONDENT THE National University of Singapore will scour Singapore for children who are bright sparks at mathematics524 words