The Straits Times, 10 March 1998

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    13 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 1998 60 CENTS MITA(P) 114/12/97
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    MPs call for more moves to stimulate economy
    645 1  - MPs call for more moves to stimulate economy Chua Lee Hoong Help needed for those hit by financial turmoil By MORE should be done to stimulate the economy this year to give relief to companies and families hit by the regional economic turmoil, several MPs said yesterday, as Parliament began
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    Lock icon Indonesia, IMF Dlav down discord
    686 1 US envoy called back for 'consultations' JAKARTA Indonesia and the International Monetary Fund yesterday sought to mend fences after the fund's unhappiness with the pace of government reforms and a senior economic minister's warning that the country might be better off without its assistance. The
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    Lock icon Red card for referee
    123 1 LONDON Football referee Melvin Sylvester sent himself off after losing his temper and attacking a player who had jostled him, The Daily Telegraph reported yesterday. Mr Sylvester, 42, was refereeing an amateur game at Charlton, southern England, when he punched the 27-year-old player several times, giving
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    EDB chief rapped for asking MP to quit over bond-breakiiifif issue
    938 1  - EDB chief rapped for asking MP to quit over bond-breakiiifif issue Sandra Davie By We must always be on the lookout for such intolerant attitudes especially of some in the apex of government. We cannot value human resource if we are not able to win over those who do not
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      Suzhou Park to get 'top priority'
      595 2  -  Mary Kwang New mayor outlines proposals to ensure that park breaks even this year By China Correspondent BEIJING Chinese officials involved in the China-Singa-pore Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP) have tabled several proposals to ensure that the bilateral flagship government project in Suzhou would break
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      What it should have been
      192 2 IN OUR report headlined "Donation draw cancelled because of printing error on tickets" yesterday, we said that Kolorbok Concepts was the printer. We said that it had apologised to Catholic Welfare Services and all others concerned, admitting that it had made the error leading to
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      Lock icon GETTING THE ALL-CLEAR
      153 2 Residential buildings in Hongkong blanketed by a thick fog, which threw the airport into chaos and wrecked the travel plans of thousands of passengers over the weekend. But relief is in sight for travellers: aviation authorities were clearing the backlog in flights yesterday. Civil Aviation Department spokesman
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      China wOling to pay price of mantaining value of vuan
      522 2  -  MARY KWANG We will continue to pay the cost due to this situation. But we also believe that such a decision will contribute favourably to China's economic development and stability.' Mr Long Yongtu. BEIJING China said yesterday that it was
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      MOE reduces bond period for degree courses
      432 3 Schemes for A-level holders, non-grad teachers THE Education Ministry will reduce the bond Eeriod from five to four years for A-level olders and teachers who apply for degree courses this year. But the new terms will not apply to those now in the
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      Youth slashed by gang of seven in front of crowd
      686 3  -  Sharon Vasoo Jasbir Singh By 1 ran up to some people and begged for help but they all just stood there and said that they didn't have mobile phones. No one tried to stop the attackers. 'When the gang disappeared,
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      Lock icon FOR BARGAINS. LOOK FOR 'IMF'
      50 3 Korea, the acronym IMF has become associated with a good bargain. Shopkeepers often feature the letters IMF on their sales billboards as an advertising gimmick. Many Koreans, like these shoppers in Myong-Dong shopping district, are taking advantage of these "IMF" sales. DENISE TAN Picture by
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      Ministry expects more illegal immigrants from Indonesia
      259 3 Ministry expects more illegal immigrants from Indonesia MORE Indonesians are expected to try to slip into Singapore illegally as the economic situation there deteriorates, said the Home Affairs Ministry yesterday. Responding to press queries, the ministry said in a statement that the problem of illegal immigrants from Indonesia sneaking into
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      Lock icon Clinton's ex-business paitner dies from heart attack
      213 4 Clinton's ex-business paitner dies from heart attack FORT WORTH (Texas) A former business partner of the US President who later helped prosecutors investigating Mr Bill Clinton's personal finances has died in a "Texas hospital. Officials said James McDougal, 57, apparently -suffered a heart attack at the prison hospital in Fort
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      Lock icon US probes bizarre State Dept security breach
      657 4 Intruder believed to have walked away with top-secret documents meant for Albright A MAN said to have been wearing a brown tweed jacket entered the executive secretary's office, opened a zippe red pouch containing highly classified documents, put most of the contents in
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      Lock icon US President's high-school 'lover' threatens to sue
      256 4 WASHINGTON A Tex as lawyer who alleged in her book that she had an affair with President Bill Clinton has threatened to sue him for defamation for denying the affair under oath, Newsweek magazine reported yesterday. "He's calling me a crazed liar," said
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      Lock icon Something to Cheer about
      69 4 picture. NO, WE are not drunk we are just cheery. Cast members ofthe out-of-production television comedy Cheers fell over one another after posing for a picture at the US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen on Sunday. The cast, (from left) Kelsey Grammer, Rhea Perlman, John Ratzenberger,
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      Bad governance 'spurring Islamic revival'
      716 6  -  Felix Soh Resurgence also due to efforts to strengthen Islamic identity, says scholar Are there any role models out there? Reports by SAUDI ARABIA The country is not viewed as a true example of an Islamist state because most Muslims did not see it as
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      The West is 'the centre of new Islamic thought'
      333 6 WESTERN countries have become the richest centres of new Islamic thinking for Muslims from all over the world, said political scientist Graham Fuller. "In the US and Britain, Muslims are able to meet each other to compare notes," he said. "They
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      Lock icon 1,500 army officers urge Netanyahu to save peace plan
      282 6 JEKUSALEM More than 1,500 Israeli army reserve officers, including 216 generals and colonels, published an open letter on Sunday calling on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to save the teetering peace process by handing over more land to the Palestinians. "An historic
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      Lock icon Ring Fahd in hospital for tests
      147 6 DUBAI King Fahd of Saudi Arabia was admitted to a hospital in Riyadh yesterday for medical checks, following a gall-bladder infection, the royal court said. The statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) gave no further details. King Fahd's health has been
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      Lock icon US to wean Russia off Iran missile deal
      363 7 Satellite-launch contracts offered to Moscow as reward MOSCOW The US is offering Russia the opportunity to expand its lucrative business of launching foreign satellites if it clamps down on the sale of missile technology to Iran, senior American officials said. The US
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      Lock icon Big powers urge action in Kosovo
      513 9 but a peeved Milosevic says conflict in province is an internal matter PRISTINA (Serbia) M_*jor powers have called for urgent international action to halt the fighting in Serbia's Kosovo province before it spreads. But at a meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Ismail Cem in
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      Lock icon Serbs say they have crushed rebels
      201 9 PREKAZ (Yugoslavia) Serbian police said on Sunday they had dealt a lethal blow to ethnic Albanian guerillas in Kosovo after a threeday operation in which they killed a key guerilla leader. "We have struck at their heart and we have dealt the terrorists a
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      Lock icon Angry army veteran ends standoff with Texas noliee
      196 9 WACO (Texas) —Adaylong standoff involving an angry US Army veteran who seized a Veterans Administration building in downtown Waco ended peacefully on Sunday night when he surrendered. Jason Leigh, 48, walked from the two-storey building shirtless and with his hands up, witnesses
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      Lock icon Heavyweight problem
      270 10 The obese run up higher medical bills CHICAGO Severely over weight people run up much higner medical bills than most people and US healthcare costs totalling US$45.B billion (5576.9 billion) could be reduced significantly if obese people lost excess weight or never put it on, according to researchers
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      Lock icon 'Bird flu' to come under scrutiny at US conference
      417 10 International meeting will also look at superbugs ATLANTA Scientists and researchers from more than 70 countries have gathered here for the first international conference on emerging infectious diseases, such as the avian flu that killed six people in Hongkong recently. "Superbugs"
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      Lock icon New US tobacco Bill may cost makers $1 trillion
      439 11 WASHINGTON Two US senators one Democrat and one Republican have been putting the finishing touches to tobacco legislation that would cost cigarette makers US$62O billion (Ssl trillion) over 25 years. The legislation, which was being watched closely because it was the
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      Power supply in Auckland almost back to normal
      489 13  -  Temporary line to provide extra power also under way By Irene Ngoo THE electricity supply to Auckland's central business district is almos back to normal, after the area was plunged into darkness nearly three weeks ago. Mr David Kersey, New Zealand's High
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        Lock icon PLANE EVACUATION
        74 13 Hundreds of passengers were evacuated from a Continental Airlines DC 10 jet after flames were seen shooting from an engine just before the aircraft took off from Manchester airport on Sunday, an airport spokesman said. All 249 passengers and crew slid to safety down the emergency inflatable chutes.
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        Lock icon LITTLE HOPE
        52 13 Hopes of finding survivors from floods in south-western Pakistan had faded, and an estimated 1,500 people were still missing, government officials said yesterday. Rescuers had found 300 bodies by Thursday but many of the people reported missing could be buried under 1.6 m of mud left by the
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        Lock icon POLLS TENSION
        63 13 Tension rose in Armenia's presidential election campaign on Sunday after two aides to a leading contender were badly beaten up by what they said were supporters of a major rival. Witnesses said the two aides in former Prime Minister Vazgen Manukyan's camp were beaten up by attackers as
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        Lock icon ATTACK ON POLICE
        46 13 Tiger rebels attacked a police post in north-eastern Sri Lanka early yesterday, killing at least three policemen, the Defence Ministry said. It said in a statement the rebels had attacked the post at Pachchanur village in north-eastern Trincomalee district at 2.45 am. Reuters
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        67 13 The United Nations said it would set up soup kitchens to feed the neediest people in warravaged Sierra Leone but had no plans for a general distribution of food. The World Food Programme announcement came ahead of the return to Freetown of President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah today
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        Lock icon ELEPHANT RECORD
        51 13 A zoo in Emmen, the Netherlands, on Sunday announced the birth of its fourth baby elephant within four months, saying it had broken the "world record in captive elephant breeding". The 1 1 o kg young female elephant Ma Palai (Pearl in Myanmar) was born earlier last week
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      Lock icon US has no right to use force against Iraq, says Annan
      516 14 It should consult other Security Council members first' WASHINGTON United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has said that the United States did not have the authority to use force against Iraq, even if Baghdad again interfered with the work of
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      Lock icon Iran may pull plug on illegal Iraqi oil sales
      153 14 NEW YORK Iran has decided to keep smuggling barges out of its waters and may derail much of Iraq's lucrative illegal oil trade. according to Newsweek magazine. Quoting "high-ranking Iranian government sources", the magazine, in its latest edition, said that the
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      Lock icon SADDAM DROPS IN
      38 14 SADDAM DROPS IN: President Saddam Hussein acknowledging supporters during a visit to government-controileaareas in northern Iraq on Saturday. After the Gulf War in 1991, most of the north is controlled by Kurdish groups AFP picture.
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        Lock icon Here's how to make 'genuine' Italian pizza
        230 16 ROME Tired of pineap pie toppings, black-pud-ding options and other half-baked alternatives, the birthplace of pizza is putting its foot down. Egged on by perfectionists in Naples, Italy's National Standards Body (UNI) is laying down stnct rules for the "genuine pizza" as it
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        Lock icon Ancient surprise for Italian fishermen
        131 16 MAZARA DEL VALLO (Italy) Fishermen working off the southern coast of Sicily landed a prized catch when they hauled up from the depths an ancient Greek bronze statue. Archaeologists said the 1.7-m statue, distinguished by its prominent genitalia and pointed ears, could be the ancient
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        Lock icon Man locked in boot for biting policeman's hand
        150 16 SOFIA A Georgian salesman bit a Bulgarian policeman who was carrying out a routine document check in his BMW car in central Sofia, and was promptly locked up in the boot of a police car, state news agency BTA said. "The Georgian
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        Bunnies make a meal of EU flower flag
        142 16 YORK (England) Thousands of flowers laid out in a pattern to depict the European flag for a summit of EU finance ministers in Britain in two weeks' time have been eaten by rabbits, it was reported on Saturday. Gardeners spent £20,000 (5552,908)
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      Lock icon BJP prepared to concede radical policies to woo allies
      521 17 NEW DELHI India's Hindu nationalists conceded yesterday that they could freeze their most radical rightwing policies in an attempt to attract support for a coalition. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP, or Indian People's Party) said it was giving "second thoughts" to
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      Lock icon CONGRESS PRESIDENT QUITS
      87 17 NEW DELHI The president of India's Congress party resigned here yesterday after his party's poor showing in the just-conclud-ed national election. Mr Sitaram Kesri quit after his party won 140 out of 545 seats. The Congress party's share of the popular vote has declined in every election
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      Lock icon Danish polls may send tremors across Europe
      525 18 Outcome could affect Danes' vote on Amsterdam treaty COPENHAGEN Danes choose a new Parliament tomorrow in an election which could send Shockwaves far beyond the borders of their small, prosperous Nordic nation and across Europe. Social Democratic leader Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, F*rime Minister
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        Lock icon Mother Teresa honoured at home
        103 20 SKOPJE (Macedonia) Mr Branko Crvenkovski (above), the former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia's Prime Minister, laid a wreath at a memorial stone for Mother Teresa (right) on Sunday, International Women's Day. The Prime Minister had unveiled the plaque which marked the place where she had been
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        Lock icon Gen Pinochet quitting to become a senator
        153 20 SANTIAGO Chile's former dictator, General Augusto Pinochet, one ofthe world's longest-serving military figures, retires as the army's commander-in-chief today, only to continue his controversial political career as a life-long, unelected senator. Gen Pinochet, 82, will step down from the post he has held
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        Lock icon Here's looking at you, First Lady
        53 20 Anka, who is of Lebanese origin, was in the country for the first time and was decorated by President Elias Hrawi with the "Order ofthe Cedars' picture. AFP BEIRUT Lebanese First Lady Mona Elias Hrawi danced with Canadian singer Paul Anka (above) during his
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        Meanwhile...
        136 20 Meanwhile EX-SLAVE TURNS 1 27: Ms Maria do Carmo Jeronimo, who says she can remember being a slave over a century ago and is regarded as Brazil's oldest woman, has turned 127. SCHROEDERS DOUBLE JOY: A week after an election victory set him on the road to be Germany's next
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        45 20 *He terminates people, they don't terniinate him/ Interior designer Alexander Blarek on why he could not quit working for reputed Caii cartel kingpin Jose Santacruz Londono, who died in a 1996 gunfight with Colombian security forces. Blarek was convicted recently of laundering millions for Londono.
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      Lock icon '$820m greased palms' in Taiwan arms deal
      515 21 Former French minister denies any part in scam PARIS Former French Foreign Minister Roland Dumas, questioned over suspect ed corruption in an arms deal with Taiwan, declared his innocence on Sunday but added that the case involved US$5OO million <SsB2o million), 10 times
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      Lock icon Egypt to help polluters cleanup their act
      429 22 Egypt to help polluters cleanup their act Technical aid and cheap loans for worst offenders CAIRO Egypt has launched an ambitious programme to reduce air pollution which, the World Bank said, causes the premature deaths of up to 17,000 Egyptians every year. The project aims to "lay down the basis
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      221 24 HONGKONG A 40-m-long hairline crack has appeared across the runway of Hongkong's new Chek Lap Kok airport. But an airport spokesman said yesterday that it would be fixed before the airport's scheduled opening in July. The crack, discovered earlier this year, was caused
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      682 24 Incident latest in a series of school stabbiners Other assaults A junior high-school student was arrested on Feb 2 after assaulting a 54-year-old police officer patrolling eastern Tokyo on his bicycle, police officials said. The boy stabbed him in the chest with a 10-cm
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      267 24 BEIJING As a row over media freedom blazed in Hongkong, Chinese President Jiang Zemin yesterday clowned with journalists from the territory covering the National People's Congress. He raised a laugh with his broken Cantonese and invited Hongkong photographers to take nis picture with the first
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      362 24 BEIJING With the axe about to fall on China's bloated bureaucracy, the People's Daily newspaper yesterday told civil servants to adopt "a sense of urgency and a sense of crisis". China needed officials who could help it compete in the 21st century,
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      587 25  -  Mary Kwang As a joint venture between China and S'pore, it has precedence over local rival Reports by China Correspondent BEIJING Suzhou Mayor Chen Deming said that the municipal government's first goal was to promote the Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP) to foreign investors. He affirmed
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      397 25 BEIJING Shanghai-born Chen Doming, who was elected Suzhou mayor in January, has spent most of his career with the Jiangsu provincial governmentHe was transferred to the 2,500-year-old scenic tourist city of 5.7 million people as acting mayor last December to replace the incumbent, Mr
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      411 27 The cause: Time spent on books and computers TAIWAN More Taiwanese children have become shortsighted, with a sizeable number having alarmingly poor eyesight, as the island's parents forced many of their toddlers to spend inordinate amounts of time on books and computers. According
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      352 29 Pardon for economic and security crimes SEOUL South Korean President Kim Dae Jung was preparing to grant a mass amnesty to people convicted of various economic and national-security crimes, officials said yesterday Justice Minister Park Sang Cheon will be meeting Mr Kim
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      48 29 picture. This diamond-and-sapphire brooch depicting the Argentinian flag, once owned by tne late Argentine first Lady Eva Peron, is now on show at a jewellery exhibition in Hongkong. The brOOCh, u/nrth hotwMin ITQtAO AAA .Q_f_l AAA. an/1 f TC* I9A AAA urill Ka an/tti/__i___rl AffkuPhrictU'e AFP
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        57 29 The head of a cash-strapped Japanese book-binding company drove his car into Tokyo Bay, police said, becoming the latest suicide victim of Japan's economic woes. In one of four suicide notes, Mr Ryu taro Kotaki told his wife: "I'm sorry for causing trouble, but please make sure the
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        61 29 Hongkong's health authorities said yesterday that the number of cholera cases in the territory has risen to 14, with two more victims having been identified. A Health Department spokesman said the two new cases haa no direct link with food centres in Causeway Bay, believed to be
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        63 29 A team of IC experts rrom me ua-Dasea Carter Centre observed village elections on Sunday in China's Jilin province, the Xinhua news agency said yesterday. The team, led by Mr Robert Pastor, witnessed village heads being chosen bv secret ballot in Gujialingzi village. It wiil observe village elections
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        40 29 Hongkong police yesterday said tney nave arrested 22 people believed to be linked to a bomb planted at a nightclub during a wave of bombings and bomb hoaxes last week. All those arrested were suspected triad members. Reuters
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        70 29 Southern China's chicken farms have exported more than 1.6 million live birds to Hongkong in the month since a ban Erompted bv the "bird flu" scare was fted, the China Daily said yesterday. Although exports have risen to 80,000 chickens a day, this was still not enough
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        67 29 Hongkong's Buddhist clergy has warned tnat phone monks, who have wives and smoke ciga rettes, were preying on the faithful at ru nerals. "There are impostors and it's some thing that's been going on for a long time it means people are not getting the services they paid
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      612 30  -  Derwin Pereira Reports by in Jakarta INDONESIAN legislators yesterday lashed out at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for its decision to delay disbursement of aid money, saying that it could push the country deeper into economic malaise. While many were in
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      34 30 picture. Indonesian police, in full riot gear, guarding the entrance ofthe University oi Indonesia in Jakarta's southern outskirts yesterday. Student Drotests continued in a number of major cities in the country. Reuters
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      539 30 PRESIDENT Suharto was yesterday granted new security powers to counter social unrest and subversion. The Peoples Consultative Assembly (MPR), the country's top policy-making body, gave no details of the powers in a decree announcing the move. The MPR has given the President
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      422 31 He stresses need for care and sensitivity in IMF package CANBERRA Australian Prime Minister John Howard said yesterday that he had written to international leaders about the situation in Indonesia, specifically on the need to organise food aid. He told the Parliament in Canberra
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      351 31 Sugar: Indonesians urged to consume less to save foreign exchange JAKARTA Indonesia's government has urged its people to trim sugar consumption to save the country precious foreign exchange amid a severe currency crisis, a Sugar Council official said yesterday. But it could prove an uphill battle
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      188 31 HANOI Vietnam has agreed to sell Indonesia 10,000 tonnes of rice under deferred payment terms, the Indonesian Embassy said yesterday. "Our Ambassador met with Vietnam's Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Cong Tan last Friday and they agreed to sell 10,000 tonnes, an embassy
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      199 31 JAKARTA Indonesian police were questioning a magazine editor yesterdaj and said that they planned to try him on charges of spreading hatred against President Suharto by depicting him as a king on th< magazine's cover. National police spokesman Brigadier-General Dai Bachtiar
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      488 33  - More social problems as money crisis hits Thailand Edward Tang Rise in drug abuse, domestic violence and suicides By Thailand Correspondent BANGKOK Thailand's economic crisis has taken a toll on society. There has been a rise in domestic violence, alcohol and drug abuse and even suicide among Thais seeking a
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        53 33 dia's situation to date, describing global efforts to push a peaceful solution to the country's current crisis as "naive" and "wishful thinking". In the latest edition of his monthly bulletin, the ailing 75-year old monarch said there was no chance for his son, deposed co-premier Prince Norodom Ranariddh,
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        59 33 A 10-year-old boy, who jumped into a pond to save his drowning mother and sister, was saved from the same fate by his pet dog, which pulled him to safety, Thai police said yesterday. The dog rescued the boy on Sunday from a pond near Bangkok. But
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        63 33 A Thai prison escapee has surrendered to police at the urging of his father, ending five days on the run, but three others are still at large, the Bangkok Post reported yesterday. Adirek Ta-wong, 18, Save himself up on Sunay after visiting his father in Sa Keaw province,
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        44 33 A Taiwanese man, arrested in the Philippines, was deported to his home country yesterday to face charges of fraud and illegal gambling, immigration officials said. Chin Chang, 35, who entered the country in 1997 using forged travel f)Qr\ppP iifoo orrnelfti. !•*-___•_> Fndaj AFP
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        43 33 At least 17 Muslim extremists were killed and five soldiers wounded in separate clashes in the southern Philippine island of Basilan late last week, military reports said yesterday. Also, two bombs exploded in residential areas in Isahela nn Sundav night AFP
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        42 33 A private US group will build a landmines awareness centre in the wartorn province of Quang Tri in central Vietnam, the Vietnam News reported. Earth stewards Network held the groundbreaking ceremony for the Danaan Parry Landmines Education Centre yesterdaj AFP
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      131 33 BANGKOK Thai Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai has been forced to cancel crucial confidence-building talks with US business leaders to answer an opposition-party censure debate this month, a report said yesterday. The meetings with top US business leaders were scheduled to
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      44 33 Giant bronze ants by artist Karnaya caught the eye of visitors to the Cipta Gallery in Jakarta on Sunday. Entitled "Sugar and Ants", the installation is Dart of the Indonesian ContemDorarv SculDture Exhibition, which showcases 39 artworks by 32 sculptors AFP
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      241 33 JAKARTA Rain fell over smoke-covered Borneo Island after a prolonged drought but eluded most spots where forest and ground fires were raging, officials said yesterday. "What is needed now is rain over the hot spots in East Kalimantan," said Mr
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      367 34  -  Derwin Pereira By injaKaria Malaysian firm wooing tourists at German fair INDONESIA might lodge an official protest against Malaysia following the promotion of the disputed Sipadan island by a Malaysian company at a tourist fair in Germany. The national Antara news agency yesterday
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      329 35 Unions vow to continue with chicken boycott k Yaders sometimes raise their prices about four times a year an increase during each major festival we celebrate. This is unacceptable and it has to stop.' -MTUC president Zainal Rampak. PETALING JAYA The two largest trade-union movements have vowed to continue with
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      365 35 KUALA LUMPUR The po lice will detain without trial people who forged red identity* cards (ICs) and issued them to illegal immigrants, Deputy Home Minister Datuk Tajol Rosli Ghazali said yesterday. The Internal Security Act, he said, had to be invoked be cause
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      222 35 Mum of five to free-fall onto North Pole drop zone MALAYSIAN Nordziah Mohamed Noor(left) will soon become Asia's first woman to drop by parachute on the North Pole, if everything goes according to plan. The 39-year-old mother of five, who is also an administrative
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      277 36 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's tax department denied yesterday that it was probing sole satellite broadcaster Astro for employing foreigners without work permits and not declaring their earnings. The Malay-language newspaper, Utusan Malaysia, quoted Inland Revenue Department spokesman Rozina Marican as saying
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      135 36 Teenager fakes kidnapping so she can elope PETALINGJAYA An 18-year-old girl, who wanted to elope with her Indonesian boyfriend, tricked her parents into believing that she was abducted by strangers while she stayed with her boyfriend's family in Sumatra, the Sun reported yesterday. P.C. Cheah, who went missing on Jan
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      454 36 KUALA LUMPUR The Sultan of Brunei is buying assets in Malaysia, economic adviser to the government Tun Daim Zainuddin said yesterday. He told Reuters in an interview that Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah was among various investors, mainly from the Middle East, who were buying
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      104 36 KUALA LUMPUR The government was considering fresh measures to stabilise the ringgit. Tun Daim Zainuddin said yesterday. He said that the National Economic Action Council (NEAC), charged with devising strategies to combat the financial crisis, had made its recommendations to the Cabinet. Asked about the
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      71 36 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian International Shipping Corp Bhd's purchase of shipping assets from a company run by Prime Minister Datuk Sen Dr Mahathir Mohamad's son was not a bailout. Tun Daim Zainuddin said yesterday. He said MISC's decision to buy ships and subsidiaries of
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      Lock icon Mahathir on two-day visit in Myanmar
      152 37 MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Mohamad Mahathir (right) and Myanmar leader Senior General Than Shwe (left) reviewing Guard of Honour yesterday, during a red-carpet welcome ceremony at Yangon international airport. The two leaders later held talks discussing regional issues, including the use of Asean currencies for
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      Umno issues no-contest circular
      414 37 KUALA LUMPUR Umno headquarters has issued a circular to inform divisions of the Supreme Council's directive on the no contest ruling for top party posts in the divisions. The Sun yesterday reported that the directive stated that Umno Supreme Council members were not to challenge or
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        Lock icon 4-D ROBBERY
        48 37 Two gunmen yesterday robbed a four-digit outlet of M$i 0,000 (S$4,016) at Jalan Kuchai Lama in Kuala Lumpur when there were only two staff members present, city police said yesterday. The robbers who wore crash helmets were believed to have got awav on a motorbike Bernama
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        Lock icon WATER OFF
        57 37 supply to several areas in Malacca, including the state hospital, will be disrupted for 15 hours on Thursday forpipe-laying works at the Bukit Sebukor water-treatment plant. Malacca Water Board general manager Abdul Rahim Shamsudin said thc disruption, from 9 am to midnight, would affect places like the Batu
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        Lock icon VIRUS STUDY
        51 37 A study on the Coxsackie B virus that killed 31 children last year is being undertaken in Sarawak to avert a similar incident this year, Sarawak Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Dr George Chan said in Kuching yesterday. He said M$500,000 (_.5213,000) had been allocated for the study Bernama
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        NEW HOMES
        38 37 All Orang Asli settlements in disaster-prone areas will be relocated in stages, said the Orang Asli Affairs Department. The Sun yesterday said that potentially dangerous settlements were those Srone to floods, landslides, ash-floods, erosion and sinkholes.
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        54 37 A magistrate court in Perak yesterday reduced the bail from M$ 15,000 (S$6,024) to M$500 of three youths who allegedly set fire to a school-building in Sungai Siput last year. The youths are also charged with breaking in and stealing goods worth M$10,000 from the Datuk Haji Abdul
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        FIRE DAMAGE
        35 37 Seven cars were damaged in a pile-up on the NorthSouth highway in Juru near Bukit Mertajam in Penang on Sunday when bush fire smoke reduced visibility to near zero, The Sun reported yesterday.
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      Undergraduates overseas want details on plan to absorb returnees
      304 38 Undergraduates overseas want details on plan to absorb returnees KUALA LUMPUR Two student bodies and a national youth organisation urged the Malaysian government to be more transparent on measures being taken to bring back its scholars from universities abroad in the light of the current economic slowdown. They said Malaysian
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      Several MPs decry shaming of bond-breakers
      542 39 Scholarship bonds SEVERAL MPs yesterday spoke out against the recent move by the Economic Development Board and the Nation al Computer Board to release to the media the names of those who break their scholarship bonds. Three scholars who broke their bonds without even
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      What some MPs say
      177 39 "When a government agency uses the moral argument, it must remember that it owes a higher moral duty through its sheer size, influence and clout not to overuse its power on individuals it comes into contact with." Mr Chng Hee Kok. explaining why he opposes naming
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      Lock icon EDB chairrnan is ardent advocate of scholarships
      369 39 A GOVERNMENT scholar himself, Economic Development Board chairman Philip Yeo, 51, is an ardent advocate of scholarships. He said only last year that he had been responsible for handing out nearly 1,000 scholarships here. Every cent spent on scholarships is well-spent, he told
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      ERKP will not be deferred, says Mah
      308 39 Road Pricinq COMMUNICATIONS Minis ter Mah Bow Tan yesterday turned down a call by MPs for the implementation of the Electronic Road Pricing system to be deferred from April 1. Road pricing, he reiterated, was a major pillar in Singa E ore's long-term
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      Reduction in personal income tax disappointing
      481 40 MPs echo man-in-the-street s gripe PUZZLING that was how MPs described the reduction of the income tax rebate from 10 per cent to just 5 per cent in this year's Budget. Several of them yesterday echoed the disappointment of the man in the street
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      Govt has become 'trigger-happy' in using money to modify actions
      350 40 The use of price mechanism to Influence behaviour WHILE the Government has used market forces effectively to allocate scarce resources, it has become too "trigger-hap-py" in using the price mechanism to influence the people's actions, said Dr Toh See Kiat
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      Govt urged to freeze all public-sector fees, charges
      359 40 MPs discuss the Budget's impact on business costs This year, in view ofthe economic situation and bearing in mind that the Government is often a monopoly provider of such services, the Government should carefully review all its charges. Where possible, the charges
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      QUOTES
      389 40 "When the Government holds other measures of help in reserve, it remains to be seen how well and how timely it will read the needs on the ground and shape its response. What we need at this juncture is a promise of close monitoring and that the Government will
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      What some MPs say might help
      189 40 Individuals Give higher income tax rebate of up t 15 per cent Give tax relief for interest payments on mortgage loans Increase rebates on service and conservancy charges Allow Individuals to claim tax reliefs for dependent parents-in-law and disabled siblings-in-law Grant more funds for
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      Threshold of pain must rise to survive, says Chen
      384 40 SINGAPORE has enjoyed good times for many years and the prolonged success of the economy has lowered the "threshold of pain" of Singa poreans, said Mr Bernard Chen (West Coast GRC). This might affect their ability to cope with the hard
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      Govt 'should do more' to retrain those retrenched
      467 41 Labour woes DO MORE to help Singaporean workers who are retrenched or face heightened competition from the influx of foreign workers hen., several MPs urged the Government yesterday. Among their proposals: the Skills Development Fund could be more generous in helping retrenched
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      Not enougn woraer protection, say opposition MPs
      474 41 Disappointing Budget OPPOSITION MPs yesterday criticised the Government for unveiling a disappointing Budget, which failed to offer Singaporeans adequate protection from the full impact of the regional economic crisis. To redress this shortcoming, Workers' Party MPs Low Thia Khiang and J.B. Jeyaretnam urged
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      Govt urged to give tax cuts early
      398 41 Don't wait for a recession before stimulating economy, says NMP NOMINATED MP Lee Tsao Yuan said yesterday that the Government should not wait for a recession before it acted to stimulate the economy. Dr Lee, the director of the Institute of Policy Studies,
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    • But we want more...
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        INCOME-BASED REBATES
        94 42 GIVE out rebates for Housing Board service and conservancy charges based on the income of families and not their flat size, urged Mr Harun Abdul Ghani (Hong Kah GRC) (right). That would ensure a fairer and more equitable system, which would "enable us to practise a better means
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        MORE FOR HEALTH CARE
        97 42 ■DR LILY Neo (Kreta Ayer-Tanglin GRC) (right) focused on the escalation of health-care costs, saying that it was a §ood time to review _e system. She suggested shelving plans for more new restructured general hospitals, while building more community hospitals. Building more new restructured hospitals would
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        MORE FOR COMMUNITY
        109 42 NOMINATED MP Claire Chiang (right) pointed out that the Community Development Ministry (MCD) was given the lowest priority in the Budget's development expenditure, with only $166 million (figure as in Budget Book). She suggested spending $3 million more on each of these six key areas: social development
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        CHARITIES AND THE ARTS
        95 42 MAKING his bid for charities and the arts, Nominated MP Simon Tay stressed that building up the "heartware of the country was even more important during "these testing times". He called on the Government to maintain its level of financial support for these sectors, so that
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        MORE CHILD CARE
        96 42 LACK of childcare and preschool facilities are holding back housewives who may have to return to work to buttress the family income in hard times, said Assoc Prof Chin Tet Yung (Sembawang GRC) (right) Also commenting on the relatively small budget allocated to the MCD, he said
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        A CRISIS BUDGET
        143 42 THE full impact of the currency turmoil had not been reflected properly in this year's Budget, said Mr Seng Han Thong (Ang Mo Kio GRC), who called on the Government to unite Singaporeans with a greater sense of urgency. Observing that small and medium enterprises and fiveroom
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      What does the issue of bond-breaking have to do with recession?
      829 42  -  Koh Buck Song SURPRISINGLY, the pros and cons of shaming bond-breakers drew the most fireworks in the first half of yesterday's opening day of the Budget debate. The MPs who raised the issue most forcefully Dr Tan Cheng Bock
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      422 41 When would these off-Budget measures occur? I A Would they be implemented fast A enough, or would it be a case of too little too late. &W\] *By the time the first-quarter economic results came out, it could well be too B late Let us not be caught flat-footed t^*^"
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      S'porean taught for free in China
      521 43  -  Kao Chen He is first S'porean to do this there By A HARVARD-EDUCATED lawyer who has just returned from six months of teaching English at a remote Chinese university, is the first Singaporean to have offered his services there for free. Mr William Hui,
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    • Article
      11,000 tour packages sold at Natas travel fair
      158 43 A RECORD number of people visited the Natas Travel '98 fair held over the weekend. A total of 57,333 people, compared to last year's 36,071, went to the three-day event organised by the National Association of Travel Agents Singapore (Natas). And they
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      Water in Northern Tuas Basin is safe
      167 43 THE sea water in the Northern Tuas Basin has returned to normal following a chemical fire on Saturday, said the Environment Ministry. The public was warned earlier to keep away from the sea as some of the water, which was used to fight
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      2 sisters hurt after their bicycle hits taxi
      374 43  -  Sebastian Tong By A 12-YEAR-OLD girl was almost run over by a reversing lorry on Sunday afternoon after her elder sister, who had learnt to cycle only three weeks ago, lost control of the bicycle they were on. Going down a sloped
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      Lost hikers spent two nights in Muar jungle
      411 44  -  Wee Kek Koon By FOUR Singapore hikers were forced to spend two nights in the jungle of Gunung Ledang, near Muar, in Malaysia after they were separated from their friends. One of them, Mr Zairi Khamis, 27, a safety supervisor, said the
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      Accused 'heavily doped' during trial
      554 44  - Accused 'heavily doped' during trial Tan Ooi Boon Normally, about 25 mg ofthe drug can Tmock a person out for about 18 hours'. He said his client was given 100 mg of the drug four times the normal dosage. By^ A GOVERNMENT doctor came under attack yesterday for not telling
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      Third man on trial in lounge hostess kidnapping case
      322 44 A CHINESE national, said to be the third man in a gang of three from China who allegedly kidnapped a karaoke lounge hostess for ransom in December 1996, went on trial in the High Court yesterday. Lin Riping, 28, whose alleged
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    • Article
      About the case
      134 44 Ong Teng Siew, 29 (above), a chicken slaughterer, was sentenced to death in 1996 for killing an 82-year-old opium addict, Mr Ng Gee Seh, by slashing his throat with a chopper. But last year, the Court of Appeal directed the High Court to rehear the case after
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      Use ERP roads sparingly to keep rebates
      664 45 Use ERP roads sparingly to keep rebates The Land Transport Authority received more than 26,000 calls between last Wednesday, when the new vehicle taxes were announced, and Sunday. Ninety-five per cent of the calls were about calculating the new road tax. Here are LTA's answers to the six most common
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      Past and present RGS girls gather to mark event
      375 45 WATCHING students of Raffles Girls Secondary perform the Maypole dance brought back fond memories for Mrs Betty Chen, an old girl of the school. It took her back to the 1930s when she and her schoolmates used to do the dance
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      110 45 Working out the new road tax Find out your car's engine capacity and then ttse the following formula: Carcc New tax K55 ri e So 0r ccc oar0 ar 601 to 1 ,000 (cc-600) x 0.25 500 Uie'new tax is 1 ,001 lo 1 ,600 (cc-1 ,000) 600 m 800
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        Clear road ahead for taxis
        679 46 THE deregulation of taxi fares announced last week is, on paper, a good idea. It will allow market forces to prevail in transactions between commuters and taxi companies, which will be free to use their resources as they see fit to meet demand. That is
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      QUOTES
      77 46 'The person performing the rites should not be someone who smokes, goes back home to his wife and does things which aren't very moral.' Hin-hung, a senior monk at the Hongkong Buddhist Association, warning that phoney monks who have wives and smoke cigarettes are preying on the faithful at
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      Africa resents IMFs quick response to Asia
      761 46  -  Howard W. French Bv New York Times Seen from Africa, where many countries like Ivory Coast have been following "adjustment" programmes for two decades, the rush to help Asia's distressed economies with quick loan packages worth tens of billions of dollars looks more
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      Suharto's toughest tasks
      1515 46  - Suharto' s toughest tasks Lee Kim Chew By in Jakarta AS INDONESIA'S President Suharto is re-elected today for his seventh term, he faces what could be his toughest task in the twilight of nis long career: how to preserve the gains of his 32-year rule and prevent social upheaval in
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      China and Taiwan badly need tore-open negotiations
      1086 47  - China and Taiwan badly need tore-open negotiations Ching Cheong By Talking points WHILE most Taiwanese differed on what to talk about in political negotiation, finding a highest common factor was relatively easy. According to Dr Pang Shi-tang, adviser to the KMT's Mainland Affairs Committee, most Taiwanese agreed that priority should
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      Malaysian banks on a slippery slope
      525 47 The Economist MALAYSIA'S government is keen to portray the country's financial system as a source of strength in a sickly region. Last week that optimism became harder to sustain, as it emerged that two of the country's biggest banks are facing serious problems in
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      3 flats broken into in Pasir Panjang Road
      284 48 But police are not doing enough here I READ with disbelief about the action taken by the police after three apartments in Seletar Hills were broken into. Similar crimes have been committed at our estate along Pasir Panjang Road, but nothing has
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      Why users must pay for statements
      157 48 I REFER to Mr Edmund Baker's letter "Nets should take cue from CPF Board" (ST, March 6). Nets has already clarified in the past week why there is a need for Nets and its shareholder banks to charge a 20--cent fee for printing state-
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    • Letter
      Motorists with IU problems will get free rectification
      142 48 IN HIS letter, Mr Paul Lincoln has requested information on the safe use of the invehicle unit (ST, March 6). We are the managing agents appointed to fit the lUs in all vehicles. Regarding his concern that the IU might be dislodged
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      Lower road tax for weekend cars
      417 48 But day licences still a must I REFER to the letter from Ms Tan E-Laine (ST, March 6) on how the new vehicle tax structure and the implementation of Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) will affect weekend cars. Weekend Cars (WEC) and Off-Peak Cars (OPC)
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      Properly-fitted IUs will not be dislodged
      366 48 MR PAUL Lincoln has raised some issues with regard to the safety of the lUs in his letter "Insufficient information on safety of IU" (ST, March 6). These essentially address one concern that the IU might be dislodged from its fixed position and become
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      fearer position for in-vehicle unit?
      101 48 THE LTA's insistence that the in-vehicle unit's best position is on the right-hand side of the windscreen facing the driver is contradictory. I notice that lUs are installed in the middle of the windscreen for taxis. In fact, I find the taxi's IU position less
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      S-League as good as M-League, says Wicks
      748 49  -  S. Murali But it will take time to arouse fans' passion here SOCCER By! S-League standards are on par with the M-League. There are a lot of good local and foreign players in the S-League. They eat, breathe and live soccer and, for
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      Martin ends high-profile weekend on low note
      276 49 GOLF AUSTIN (Texas) Casey Martin's first tournament since winning the legal right to ride a golf cart in competition ended on Sunday with a disappointing wind-blown 78 and a huge sense of relief. "I hope every week isn't like this. I'm glad it's
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      Gerard's mission impossible
      335 49  -  Chan Tse Chueen By FOR national triathlete Gerard Yeo, getting a Sportsboy of the Year award nomination is not a difficult feat. After all, the 17-year-old Singapore Polytechnic student has done it in two consecutive years. Yesterday, the teenager, who won a Meritorious award last year, was
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      SCORES AND STATISTICS
      1152 49 ATHLETICS Asics-SAAA Allcomers/Junior Progressive Meet (selected winners only) Boys' U-15 800m Race 1: Christopher Lye (AND) 2.24.85. Race 2: Daniel Choo (StAS) 2.27.87. U-17 200m Race 1: Eddie Toh (JTSS) 24.28. Race 2: Alex Cheong (CJC) 24.75. Race 3: Tung Lim (BSS) 24.83. Race 4: Tan Chay
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      Coach Chan and former charge share spoils
      214 49 NFL SOCCER FORMER national coach Robin Chan and his former charge Thambiayah Pathmanathan shared the honours in their first clash in the Singapore Pools National Footall League competition. Chan's club Towner FC recovered from a goal down on two occasions to hold the
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        Warriors sign another Croatian striker
        164 49 THE Warriors will remain Croatian in their foreign outlook, confirming the recruitment of striker Damir Madiyasevic yesterday. Singapore Armed Forces FC, which retained Croats Ivica Raguz, Velimir Crljen and Davor Mioc, added the 29-year-old to its list after returning from a five-match tour of Thailand
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        Chitrakar recalled for Pattaya training tour
        155 49 FORMER national defender Robin Chitrakar has received a recall to the Singapore squad for a four-match training tour of Pattaya, Thailand, in preparation for the Tiger Cup qualifying-round competition from March 24-27 at the National Stadium. The 21-year-old was in the national squad in
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        Marine Castle hero Harun turns villain
        140 49 STRIKER Harun Jumaat, match-winner in Marine Castle's 2-1 win over Brunei in the first-leg Helix Charity Match at Bandar Seri Begawan on Saturday, will be fined by the club for misconduct against the home fans. Student Harun, 18, went on to taunt the Brunei
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        Woodlands qualifies for Cup semis in Manila
        104 49 WOODLANDS Wellington virtually qualified for the semifinals of the Philippine President's Cup when it beat Taiwan's Tatung 2-0 in Manila yesterday. A Jan Janostak double sealed the Rams' second straight win in the competition. They beat Malaysia's Malay Mail 1-0 on Sunday. The
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        Gombak's foreigners fail to impress coach
        87 49 GOMBAK United's Danish coach Jens Steffensan is still on the lookout for two more foreigners. Five hopefuls were j-jven the boot last night after the Bulls lost 1-4 to Malaysia Cup champion Selangor at the Gombak Stadium in front of 1,000 fans. Nigerians Onyekaba
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      Newcastle ends 24-year wait
      348 50 Magpies sink 10-man Barnsley 3-1 to seal berth in FA Cup semi-finals SOCCER English FA Cup NEWCASTLE Newcastle United, fired by significant goals from Temuri Ketsbaia and Gary Speed, reached the FA Cup semi-finals for the first time in 24 years on Sunday. It beat Barnsley
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      Lock icon Pearce scores and sins for West Ham
      788 50 LONDON West Ham defender lan Pearce scored and then conceded a penalty at Arsenal on Sunday as a lively allLondon English FA Cup quar-ter-final ended in a 1-1 draw and scuffles after the final whistle. The burly Pearce gave the east Londoners a
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      Lock icon Vialli's still point-less as boss
      208 50 Vialli's still point-less as boss ENGLISH LEAGUE LONDON A goal by Julian Joachim gave Aston Villa an invaluable 1-0 win over Chelsea in their English Premiership match on Sunday leaving Chelsea boss Gianluca Vialli awaiting his first Premiership point since he took over last month. Joachim, who was scoring his
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      Ronaldo's miss from the spot leaves Inter Milan in a spot
      617 50 ITALIAN LEAGUE ROME Ronaldo missed a penalty as Inter Milan lost 0-1 at Parma on Sunday and squandered a great chance to make ground on Serie A leader Juventus, held 1-1 at Udinese. Although Juventus needed a last-minute goal
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      Bayern crashes for third time running
      211 50 Bayern crashes for third time running GERMAN LEAGUE BONN Schalke 04 defender Thomas Linke played the dual roles of hero and villain as his side handed Bayern Munich its third consecutive defeat in the German First Division on Sunday. He volleyed home from close range from a Michael Bueskens cross
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      Lock icon Jordan dazzles with 42 points for Bulls
      425 51 NBA BASKETBALL NEW YORK Michael Jordan added to his career highlight film with a dazzling performance on Sunday in leading his Chicago Bulls to a 102-89 victory over the New York Knicks in their National Basketball Association match. Jordan, inspired by what might
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      The Jolly Roger primed for Patrons' Bowl in May
      521 51  -  Tan Thean Loon RACING REVIEW By THE $250,000 Patrons' Bowl over 1,400m in May is The Jolly Roger's next target, said trainer Michael Kent of his Lion City Cup winner yesterday. However, the Australian added that he might enter his charge
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      SATURDAY'S IPOH WEIGHTS AND RATINGS
      435 51 Claes 2 Div 2 1400m (Ratings: 87-73) True Prospect 57 Eraser 56 Juragan 55.5 MrMagi 53 Best Challenge 52 5 Win Master 52.5 SetForLrfe 52 Just Forever 51.5 Son Of Songkhla 51.5 Star Betelguese 51.5 Scud Missile 51 SirCaversham 51 Super Bonus 50.5 First Strike
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      Lock icon Dong mystery at All-England
      454 51 Defending champion fails to arrive with Chinese team for premier event BADMINTON LONDON The All-England Championships were hit again yesterday by the surprise nonappearance of defending men's singles title-holder Dong Jiong of China. Twenty-four hours earlier, world champion Peter Rasmussen pulled out with a nagging ankle
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      Malaysian No. 1 is Zarinah's first opponent
      210 51 ZARINAH ABDULLAH heaved a huge sigh of relief yesterday, after looking at the draw for the All-England Championships. She has been drawn to meet Malaysian No. 1 Law Pei Pei in her first-round match today. Said Zarinah over the telephone: "Pei Pei is
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      Lock icon Colombian coach hopes history won't repeat itself
      299 51 SOCCER EBOGOTA Colombian national football coach Hernan Gomez demanded here on Sunday that his side's football fans accepted whatever happened to Colombia in the 1998 World Cup finals good or bad. Gomez, who received death threats last year when the Colombians had a
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    • THE SEEDINGS
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        Men's singles
        69 51 singles: 1 Peter Gade-Christensen (Den) 2 Sun Jun (Chn) 3 Dong Jiong (Chn) 4 Poul-Erik Hoyer-Larsen (Den) 5 Luo Yigang (Chn) 6 Heryanto Arbi (Indon) 7 Budi Santoso (Indon) 8 Peter Rasmussen (Den) 9 Ong Ewe Hock (Mai) 10 Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen (Den) 11 Chen Gang (Chn) 12 Indra
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        Women's singles
        69 51 1 Gong Zhichao (Chn) 2 Ye Zhaoying (Chn) 3 Susi Susanti (Indon) 4 Wang Chen (Chn) 5 Dai Yun (Chn) 6 Camilla Martin (Den) 7 Mia Audina (Indon) 8 Marina Andrievskaya (Swe) 9 Kim Ji Hyun (SK) 10 Zhang Ning (Chn) 11 Zeng Yaqiong (Chn) 12 Yao Yan
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      SUNDAY'S IPOH WEIGHTS AND RATINGS
      455 51 Class 2 Div 1 1200m (Rating: 89-76) MountFuji 57 Formsetter 56.5 Attraction 56 Draco 56 Key Diamond 55.5 TwoßyTwo 55.5 Northerly Wind 55 Top Revenge 55 Janet's Love 54.5 Ocean Sapphire 54.5 Dynamic Virgo 54 Flashy Duke 54 Gold Mark 52.5 Twin Heroes 52.5 ScarfaceEl
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      Ex-world No. 1 hopes history will repeat itself
      289 51 TENNIS SCOTTSDALE (Arizona) Comeback kid Andre Agassi fought off Australian Jason Stoltenberg to win his second successive title and promptly declared himself ready for a run at the top. The former world No. 1, whose ranking had plummeted to a career-worst ranking
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      Luo beats fever and Chen to win final
      199 51 BORLANGE (Sweden) China's world No. 5 Luo Yigang warmed up for the All-Eng-land championships by beating team-mate Chen Gang 18-14, 15-2 to win the Swedish Open title on Sunday. Luo, who was running a fever on Saturday, said: "I feel really good.
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    • SPORT IN SHORT
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        Arsenal's Wright close to comeback
        110 51 ARSENAL striker lan Wright is close to making his firstteam soccer comeback after being out since mid-February with a knee injury. Manager Arsene Wenger said after Sunday's FA Cup quarter-final draw with West Ham that he had considered making Wright a substitute for the match.
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        They just keep climbiner
        63 51 AMERICAN Stacy Dragila and Czech Daniela Bartova both broke the women's indoor pole vault world record by clearing 4.48 metres at a meet in Sindelfingen, Germany, on Sunday. They bettered the previous mark of 4.47 set by Australian Emma George in Adelaide on Saturday. In Berlin
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        Japan, Korea seek revamp
        58 51 JAPAN and South Korea are looking to boost their World Cup soccer squads after struggling in the Dynasty Cup tournament. Doubts have been raised about the future of South Korean coach Cha Bum Kun and K layers from both squads may e axed between now and
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        Honda for Formula One
        65 51 HONDA Motor Co Ltd said it will return to Formula One racing with a comprehensive team using its own engine, chassis ana management. It said in a statement it had begun a feasibility study on its return to Formula One, after withdrawing from the sport in
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        Francis to remain
        54 51 TREVOR FRANCIS has changed his mind about resigning as manager of English First Division club Birmingham City. He had quit after his wife, Helen, and son Matthew, had been abused by drunken fans. But after talks with chairman David Gold, Francis bowed to Eressure from supporters and
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        Aussies need 348 to win
        56 51 ii\dia set Australia 4_ runs to win in Madras yesterday on the fourth day of the First Test. Mohammed Azharuddin declared India's second innings at 418-4, with Sachin Tendulkar 155 not out, half an hour before stumps. India had started the day on 100-1. Australia
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  • OBITUARIES
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      850 Deaths 850 Deaths
      363 52 850 Deaths 850 Deaths 3 The LORD Is my Sherpherd; I have everything I need. He lets me rest In fields of green grass and leads me to quiet pools of fresh water. He gives me new strength. He guides me In the right paths, as he has promised. Even
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      850 Deaths
      54 52 NARAYANASMY RUKUMANI AGE: 73 passed away peacefully on 9.3.98, leaving behind Batovad Daughter Krwhnanveni Son-in-law: D Valaitham V Ramesh V Nagesh Qraix._augh.ar: V Vatanthi All relativea 6 friends tc moorr. foe K#f. Cortaga leaves Ilk 100, Aljuniad Craacant 111 343 1(3*0100) on 10.03 98 ai 4.00pm for Mount
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      850 Desths 850 Deaths
      187 52 850 Desths 850 Deaths YAP HOON SIONG AGE: 80 passed away peacefully on 8/3/98 leaving behind loved ones. Wives: Son Poh Hong Lim Mec Kee Sons: Daughters-In-Law Yap Soon Lee Khoo Soon Nee Yap Hock Soon Sng Chor Huan Daughters: Sons-In-Law: Yap Ang Thoe Lim Au Sia Yap Ang Kum,
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      850 Deaths 850 Deaths
      179 52 850 Deaths 850 Deaths NG AH GEK Age: 67 passed away suddenly on 9/3/98 sadly missed by: Beloved Husband: Yap Hock Kee Sons: Daughters-in-law: Alvin Yap Swee Leng Adeline Lim Siew Hong Yap Swee Choon Lee Souk Mei Daughters: Sons-in-law: Dr. Ivy Yap Lian Eng Irene Yap Lian Hoon Seet
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      852 Acknowledgements 852 Acknowledgements
      42 52 852 Acknowledgements 852 Acknowledgements THE FAMILY OF THE LATE KOH CHOON CHENG DEPARTED ON 4 MARCH 1998 wiahee to express their heartfelt thanks ft appreciation to all relatives, friends colleagues for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, wreaths donations during their recent bereavement.
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      852 Acknowledgements 852 Acknowledgements 852 Acknowledgements
      251 52 852 Acknowledgements 852 Acknowledgements 852 Acknowledgements The Family of the Late PETER LOKE KUM CHENG, PBM Departed 4th March 1998 extend heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends, colleagues, business associates and all who have expressed their care and concern, for their nightly attendances, messages of condolence, wreaths and donations
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      98 52 MAY WONG CHOW YIN Departed Sth March 1998 wishes to express their heartfelt thanks appreciation to all relatives, friends colleagues for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, prayers, wreaths donations during their recent bereavement. Special thanks to Fr. William Lim, Fr. John Sim and The Padre Pio Prayer Group of St.
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      364 52 *W She was too fair to bloom on earth, .1 The mist that binds us here. And, oh the wrench, an angel came, HTU_ M^ m J_^ Into the newer larger life, And took our dear child home." £11 AGf f that douded sphcrc I "When the dewy light was
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  • MONEY
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      HONGKONG
      340 53 March 9, 1998 HK» ASM PacMc S.70 +0.100 ADadlndlnri 033 -001 AatadOvaraaa 056 unch AaiaSacint 075 -003 BankotEA 15.10 -0.20 CPPofcphand 1.26 -008 CDtKoM 2 85 +0 03 CataOaCorai 1.77 +0 02 CathPacAir 638 -0.18 CanturyClty 126 -002 Chaung Kong 52 00 1 80 CNnaUgN 3840 -0 10 China
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      TOKYO
      383 53 March 9, 1998 YEN AdvanteatCorp 9090 -100 AMnomotO 1230 -20 AkaiElectnc 192 -1 Amada 600 -3 AaaNChamlnd 543 -22 AaaftOiaaa 768 +29 BkotTky-MNaubtaM 1740 -20 Brtdgeetone 2980 -80 Canon 2900 +30 Caato 1150 unch Citizen 900 -38 Dai Nippon 2220 -40 Oet-tch. Kartgyo 1070 unch Oetei 870 -13 Oamippon
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      BANK RATES
      277 53 ocbc oub uoe oes tlb posa kb OEPOSfT RATES Savings 3-. 3>, 3'. 3'-» 3'. 4 Fixed deposit 1 month M 5'. M M 5^ M 3 months let 5'. 5 1 5'4 5^ S'4 6momhs let 1*4 5'. S'4 5'i let 12 months 5 5 5 5
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      CRUDE & PRODUCT PRICES
      66 53 CRUDE PRODUCT PRICES CRUDE, PRODUCT MONTH* CHANGE PRICE (USS) BBL BRENTBLENO Apt -059-059 1340-1345 WEST TEXAS srajon Apr -064-064 1469-1473 DUBAI FATEH Apr -0 75-0 75 1113-1118 TAPIS BLENO Apr -030-030 12 75-1285 taMAS Apr -030-030 1170-1180 rUPHTMA (OF Jap) -4 25-4 50 *****-***** NAPHTHA -020-020 1480-1500 CST-1I0HSFO +3 00-
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      PALM OIL
      37 53 Cnicto ptlffl oi (MS/tonnt) Mar 98 2,385.00 (South) Raflned pafm oil (US*****) RBO Palm 04 Mar 98 620.00 (seller) Apr 615.00 (seaer) RBDOtem Mar 98 650.00 (seller) Apr 642.50 (seller) RBOSlaann Mar 98 520.00 (seler)
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      SILVER
      17 53 Closing pricee (USVtroy oz) Hon Frt Singapore 6060—6090 6320—6340 Frt Thu NewYork 6090-6110 6350—6370 Source Rothschild
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    • SIMEX FUTURES
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        Brent Crude
        27 53 Open Me* Low Sett Eel Vol %98 1340 1340 1340 1345 100 1386 0 Jun 1424 0 Act Vol (Fri) 5 Open lot (Fn) 231
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        Soot US Dollar/Jaoanaaa Yan
        28 53 Open High Low Sett Eat Vol Mar 98 127 30 127 30 127 30 ***** 0 Act Vol (Fn) 37 Open Int (Fn) 119
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        Eurodollar — 3-month deposit
        85 53 Eurodollar 3-month deposit (tOO impted interest rale) Open High Low Sett Est Vol Mai 96 ***** ***** 94 315 ***** 3932 Jun 94 370 94 300 94 360 94 365 2803 Sep ***** ***** ***** ***** 4424 Dec 94 250 94 260 94 245 94 250 4542 Mar 99 94
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        Euroyen — 3-month deposit
        53 53 Euroyen 3-month deposit (tOO implied merest rate) Open Hrgh Low Sett Est Vol Mar 98 ***** ***** ***** ***** 1557 Jun ***** ***** ***** ***** 4385 Sep ***** ***** ***** ***** 4248 Dec ***** ***** ***** ***** 5800 Mar 99 ***** ***** ***** ***** 1095 Act Vol (Fri) ***** Open
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        MSCI Taiwan Index
        43 53 Open High Low Sett Est Vol Spot 363 79 ***** ***** 363 53' Mar 98 *****/ ***** ***** ***** 4437 359 80 Apr ***** ***** ***** ***** 20 May 367 30 0 Act Vol (Fn) 3169 Open lot (Fri) *****
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        10-Year Japanese Government Bond
        30 53 10- Year Japanese Government Bond Open HMi Low Salt Est Vol Jun 98 ***** ***** 129 75 ***** 1131 Sep ***** 0 Ad Vol (Fn) 390 Open kit (Fri) 4441
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        I Nikkai inn
        45 53 Open High Low Sett Est Vol Spot 255 73 256 70 252 45 252 45* Mai 98 ***** ***** 14 Jun ***** 14 Sep ***** 0 Dec ***** 0 Mar 99 251 60 0 Ad Vol (Fri) 7 Open kit (Fn) *****
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        Nikkei Stock Auorano
        47 53 Open High Low Sett Est Vol SPOT ***** 49 ***** 35 ***** 53 ***** 53" M*98 *****/ ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** Jun *****/ ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** Sep ***** 0 Dec ***** 0 Act Vol (Fri) ***** Open lot (Fri). ***** 7
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        Spot US Dollar Deutscherr.ark
        32 53 Open High Low Sett Est Vol Mar 98 1 8351 0 Act Vol (Fri) 28 Open kit (Fri) 31 Spot Indei on market closed Settlement Price not available
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      CLOB INTERNATIONAL
      1934 53 Ore 1997 98 Curr Last Vol Day Dlv Nat M Cap High Low Company Tradad Sal* +or- 000 High Low P/E $mll 478 2* m s AISB50C 84 9 5 756 91.5 84 5.0 364 86 2 137 12 8 m a AMDB 50c 33 8 -6 6
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    • OVERSEAS MARKETS ROUND-UP
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        Lock icon HONGKONG
        124 53 share prices rose 0.7 per cent yesterday, supported by banks and a recovery in property stocks, dealers said. The key Hang Seng Index closed 74.56 points higher at 10,994.09 on a turnover of HK$5.93 billion. Bank of China Group chief trader of treasury Fong Fuming said the market had
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        Lock icon TOKYO
        89 53 Japanese share prices closed 0.9 per cent lower yesterday, hit by late profittaking that wiped out earlier gains on optimism about the government's new economic measures, brokers said. The Nikkei Stock Average of 225 selected issues fell 159.44 points to 16,972.53, while the Topix index dropped 11.14 points to
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        Lock icon SYDNEY
        85 53 Australian shares rose half a percentage point yesterday amid light trading as the market shrugged off mixed news from Asia, opting to take its lead from London and Wall Street, brokers said. The All-Ordinaries Index closed at 2,680.7, up 13.1 points. The All-Industrials rose 17.2 points to 4,589.4, while
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        KUALA LUMPUR
        80 53 Malaysia's key stock index dropped yesterday for a sixth day, led by Malaysian Airline System and bank shares, as the ringgit extended its slide against tne US dollar, threatening corporate profits. "You'll likely see some corporate failures that will shock the market," said Mr Tan Yan Heong, an
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        Lock icon JAKARTA
        112 53 Bloomberg News Indonesian stocks tell yesterday for a second day, led by clove cigarette makers FT Gudang Garam and FT Handjaya Mandala Sampoerna, on concern that Indonesia is not taking the right steps to alleviate the mounting economic crisis. "No company is safe," said Mr G.S. Hong, head of
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        Lock icon BANGKOK
        56 53 The Thai share market closed 0.4 per cent stronger yesterday despite worries over the direction of the Indonesian economy and the effect it could have on the region, analysts said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Composite Index firmed 1.91 points to 509.98, while the SET 50 selected index
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      GOLD PRICES
      97 53 Physical (Sa) Mon Fri Keocer *****-***** 68 *****—*****16 100 gm 1573-*****0 1580-*****1 50 gm 788-***** 782—***** 20gm 314-***** 311-***** 5gm 79-9167 78-9064 1 gm 16-24 72 16—24 72 Boaton colne (S$Aw) S pore bueen com 502-508 499-605 Canadian map* ktat 502-508 499-505 Australian nugget 502—525 30 498-521 16
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    • CURRENCY
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        COUNTER RATES
        148 53 Singapore dollar* to on* unit of foreign currency BuytngOO Sailing USdoaar ***** ***** Sairkngpound ***** ***** Austrahan doSar ***** ***** Canadian dollar ***** ***** NZdoftar ***** ***** EC unit 1 821 1 Singapore dollar* to 100 units Of fofasgjn currency Austrian schskng 12 5185 *****4 Baigtantranc ***** *****
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        SPOT RATES
        30 53 Open Close USVDMK 1.8329 ***** USWen ***** ***** USJVSI 1 6555 1 6520 USaVHKS 7 7420 7 7431 ASAJSS ***** ***** C/USt ***** ***** Scunm Em AP Spore
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      ASIAN CURRENCY UNITS
      106 53 Contract data): March 9, 1998 UMT ONE 3 I 12 rAII VALUE W T MTH MTH MTH MTH MTH CALL DATE US$ 5 ML 5',. 5% 5V M 47, 11/3/98 A$ 4%U 4»A. 4-4 4'4 4'4 3"4, 11/3/98 NZ$ 8'A. 8 7% 7% 7H 7*. 11/3/98 STG
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      TIN
      10 53 Closing prices (Mi/kilo) KLTin $20.52 (+0.61) Turnover 101 (♦14)
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      SICOM FUTURES
      276 53 March 9, 1998 Rubber Future* (Closing price*) RSS 1 Contract Tonnes (S cents/Vg) Month Hgh Low Salt Vol Open lot Apr98 ***** 825 May 121 75 121 00 121 SO 1600 2875 Jun 123 50 150 3325 JuVSep ***** 4095 OoVOec 136 75 136 00 136 75 1500
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      KUALA LUMPUR
      3428 53 Transaction Date: March 9, 1998 I I Adjusted lor naw laausa Per velue M81 unieee otherarlee apecHted; P E ratloe are rrotedhiefed lor enrrTsncy differ ericsa 1998 Last Vol Nat High Low Company Sale ('000) P/E INDUSTRIALS Consumer Products 310 180 Afinomoto 270 15 0 148 73 Angkaaa
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      4254 54 *****8 Curr Last Vol Day Ofa Nat MCapWtAvg High Low Company Tnadod Sale -for- '000 High Low Div N P/E Smll Pries 157 18 5 e ACE OynemiceeOc 3* -1 98 38 33 28 7 37 ASENT810 200 US 8*5 808 ASFUSIctOO US 885 31.2 88.5 n Aberdeen
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      INDICES
      82 54 March 9 Chang* ST Industrials 1538 66 -32 49 ST Finance 2762 86 -22 98 STHoWs 1607 90 -344 ST Properties ***** —8 56 BT Comports 1333 70 -24 99 BT-MGA 801 64 -5 53 BT— SRI ***** -7 54 BT OBVOS —446 -72 BT CADI —***** -161 BT06V
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      IMF-Indonesian face-off hits shares
      394 54  -  PATRICK TAN 11 il A DI/CT UAtt L ■■■af ml I P> I— I-1 l-_ -W LJ U L) i 1 D 11 I T I J II I 1 l_ I V_/ I I SHARE DHCeS CIOSCC. I a j weaker yesterday on connnrnc lhal
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      SESDAQ
      891 54 1997/98 Curr Last Vol Day Qr's Nat MCapWtAvg High Low Company Tradad Sal* +or- '000 High Low Dlv P/E Smll Pries 186 76 eABRHIdgaSc 97.5 -2.5 12 100 97.5 3 0 139.3 43.4 102 448 76 a AS Auto 10c 180 -7 114 185 179 150N 150 205 5
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      SCOREBOARD
      64 54 MAIN CLOB Up Dn Unch Up On Unch Industrial 26 121 27 2 46 1 Finance 7 18 2 0 11 0 Hotels 2 7 4 0 2 0 Properties 2 14 1 0 20 0 Plantations 0 0 0 18 0 Mining 0 0 0 0 2 1
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      TOP ACTIVES
      28 54 RenongBhd50c 17,833,000 M Resources 13.699 000 MBfCapital 12,056,000 Rekapaofic Bh 8,854,000 MBF Land Bhd 6,998,000 EasyknitHKIOc 6,120,000 Umphoenix 5,936,000 Mulpha Intl50c 5,273,000 InnovestBhd 5.056,000 STEngglOc 4,933.000
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      BONDS, LOANS & WARRANTS
      1742 54 BONDS, LOANS WARRANTS AM shares quoted have s per value of $1 ureses otherwise specified, bi trading in this stock is reetrtcted to buying-in market only. Ad|u*ted for scnp/nohts N Tsi-eiempted dividend P/E ratios reflect the last annual consolidstsd results P/E ratios and Gr's V id of foreign shares srs
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      UNIT TRUSTS
      932 54 Mgrs' Prices, March 10 Abardaan Aaeet Mat Aala LM Aoeiraaeiri S pora GiTund 0943-0 991" Aberdeen Selact Portfolio (at NAV) Asian Fued incoms Fund 092*" Pacific Equity fund 0 959" Indonesian Equry Funo 0731" Maayaan Equity Fund 1 060" Phappine Equity Fund 0933" Smgapor* Equity Fund 0 902"
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      TURNOVER (READY)
      56 54 Total Market Fri Mon Industrials 147 716m *****8m Finance 48 280m 42 405m Hotels 2 690m 2 479m Properties 43 026m 39 308m Loans Stocks 27.345m 18 392m Plantations 6.033m 6123m Mining 1.245m 1284m Total volume *****5m 231.830m Total value in S$ *****1m 275.529m Sesdaq voluma 9 198m
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      Lufthansa, ANA and United to sign marketing agreements
      455 55 Deal will expand access to carriers' separate regions TOKYO United Airlines, Ail Nippon Airways and Lufthansa yesterday said they will sign separate marketing agreements that will give the three carriers global coverage. United and ANA said yesterday they will sign an accord
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      Thomson in the red despite slim operating profit
      317 55 PARIS France's Thomson Multimedia, a consumer electronics company which cost taxpayers billions of francs in a state bail-out, reported on Sunday a slim operating profit for last year, but remained deeply in the red. Thomson Multimedia, which makes television sets and owns
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      Lock icon US officials object to Lockheed's takeover of Northrop
      288 55 WASHINGTON Lockheed Martin Corp said US Justice Department antitrust officials are "fundamentally opposed" to its proposed US$l2 billion (5520.2 billion) acquisition of Northrop Corp and the companies expect them to seek a court order blocking completion of the transaction. The companies met
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      157 55 NEW YORK Four major gold mining companies have agreed privately to buy bullion from central bankers that sell the metal in an effort to stabilise its price, an action that might conflict with US securities and anti-trust laws, Barron's reported. Officials from Canada's
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        97 55 First Pacific Co Ltd yesterday said on Monday it will make an exceptional profit of "well over" US$5OO million (*****.2 million) from the sale of its 39.7 per cent stake in the Dutch firm Hagemeyer. "Hagemeyer has brought First Pacific a return on investment of 24 per
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        74 55 Samsung Heavy Industries Co Ltd said yesterday it has won shipbuilding orders worth US$2OO million (*****.5 million) from two foreign shipping companies. It said it won an order to build four oil carriers from Premuda Shipping Co of Italy for US$l5O million, with the delivery to be
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        81 55 General Motors Corp's Shanghai joint venture is expected to turn out its first locally built Buick sedans by the end of the year, the China Securities newspaper said yesterday. The US$l.57 billion (552.6 billion) venture with Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp will complete its assembly plant in
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        108 55 Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd HHOHfcRTY SALE: Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd yesterday said 60 per cent of the 160 units on offer at ib Chelsea Heights residential development in Tuen Mui had been sold on the first day of the sale on Saturday. "Sixty per cent of
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      611 56 BO J probes reports of misconduct bv officials Inouirv on insider trading to cover 600 executives TOKYO Japanese central bank governor Yasuo Matsushita yesterday said the bank was investigating reports that Its officials may have given out insider trading information in exchange for lavish entertainment. He told a parliamentary committee
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      Bilateral aid loans to Seoul may be delayed
      238 56 SEOUL Disbursement of US$B billion (5513.4 billion) in aid to South Korea promised by 13 industrialised countries is expected to be delayed until Seoul raises fresh overseas capital, a Finance Ministry official said yesterday. "The industrialised nations plan to extend US$B billion
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      Japanese firms 'to earn less this year'
      546 56 More than 90 per cent of 143 parent companies that have revised full-year earnings outlooks since Feb 1 have lowered their profit projections or widened losses. TOKYO Japanese companies are likely to earn less this year on average than last year because of
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      Bank Negara Malaysia denies it is relaxing monetary policy
      432 57 the tight monetary policy, overall annual credit growth ofthe banking system slowed down from 26 per cent at the end of December 1997 to 23 per cent at the end of January.' Mr Fong. KUALA LUMPUR Malay sia's central bank said
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      316 57  -  Edna Koh By NUTRITION and health care company Roche Vitamins Asia Pacific unveiled its $6 million plant yesterday and remained optimistic about the region's prospects despite a slowdown in sales. Sales had fallen by "less than double digits", said area industry manager thuman nu
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      ADB hands out $16b in loans and investments
      330 57  -  Luz Baguioro Bv in Manila THE Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved US$9.5 billion (Ssl6 billion) in loans and equity investments last year in response to the regionwide financial turmoil. The volume of operations surged 68 per cent over the previous year and
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        TAX CUT LOBBY
        96 57 Mr Shoichiro Toyoda, chairman of Toyota Motor Corp as well as Japan's biggest business lobe; said he will ask Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto today to cut the corporate ta* rate by almost 10 percentage points to help boost the economy. Speaking at a regularly scheduled press conference
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        71 57 The number of Japanese declaring themselves bankrupl soared to a record 71,299 last year, up 26 per cent from the previous year, the Supreme Court said yesterday. The figure was the highest since the court started compiling data in 1960, eclipsing the previous record of 56,494 in
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        92 57 Jardine Matheson Holdings' property agency arm, Colliers Jardine, fired 116 people across Asia, including one-quarter of its Jakarta office staff, the company said. Support staff, such as drivers and tea ladies, made up most ofthe 40 staff fired in Jakarta, out ofa previous total of 160. In Singapore,
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        52 57 Industry and government sources said local industry groups were seeking Korean government support to get US$B4O million (Ssl.4 billion) in additional export credit guarantees from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The USDA has so far released US$675 million ofthe US$l.l billion in exnort credits offered to
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        98 57 One of the world s largest advertising agencies, J. Walter Thompson (JWT), is considering a number of investment options in crisis-hit Asian economies, a report said yesterday. JWT Asia-Pacific chairman Alan Fairnington said the company the thiix largest ad agency in the world by billings was in the
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      The Woodgrove – sold out within 10 days of launch
      540 58  - The Woodgrove sold out within 10 days of launch Kalpana Rashiwala By Interest is very strong and more than 1,000 people turned up at the showflat over the weekend/ Miss Ivy Lee, senior associate director of SML Real Estate. BUYERS will snap up new homes if they are priced attractively
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      Court orders MP to pay M$15m to Sime Securities
      635 58  -  Brendan Pereira By in Kuala Lumpur EVERY small victory is savoured at Sime Securities these days even though they do not clear the massive losses incurred over the past eight months. And it grabs every chance to nibble away at potential
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      129 58 KUALA LUMPUR Bank Simpanan Nasional is in merger talks with another bank as well as Oriental Bank Bhd, BSN chief executive officer Mohammed Kassa Abdul Aziz said yesterday. "At the same time, we are talking to another bank with a possibility of merging
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      541 58 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's central bank has called for a consolidation in the insurance sector amid the regional economic crisis, according to last year's insurance annual report released yesterday. Bank Negara Malaysia governor Ahmad Mohammed Don urged insurers to consider seriously "mergers or
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      564 58 Rashid Hussain moves fast to get Sime Bank KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's top brokerage Rashid Hussain Bhd is moving quickly to acquire financially troubled Sime Bank Bhd from its two major shareholders amid moves to restructure the banking sector. KUB Malaysia Bhd, the cooperative arm of Malaysia's ruling United Malays National
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        Overseas contributions to UOB drop to 17%
        449 59  - Overseas contributions to UOB drop to 17% Tan Li Eng By CONTRIBUTIONS from the overseas operations of United Overseas Bank (UOB) fell to 17 per cent last year from 32 per cent previously, said chairman Wee Cho Yaw yesterday. Earnings from its Malaysian operations wnich was the main engine of
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        Eltech Land seeks partner for Kembangan project
        411 59 ELTECH Land is understood to be looking for a third partner to invest in its Jalan Kembangan condominium development- for which it has just been given a further threemonth extension to settle die bill for the land. The property unit of listed Eltech
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          60 59 Keppel Corporation subsidiary Keppel Shipyard has won a $100 million contract to build an offshore support vessel for Norway's Smedvig Asia. The vessel is expected to be completed in April next year and will be used by Brunei Shell Petroleum. The semi-submersible self-erecting drilling tender will be
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          50 59 Creative Technology said yesterday it had filed a patent infringement lawsuit last month against US firm Aureal Semiconductor, known previously as Media Vision Technology. The suit, brought by Creative and its US subsidiary Emu Systems, Inc, sought injunctive relief and damages, it said, without specifying the amount.
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          ASJ'S NET EARNINGS UP 1%
          57 59 ASJ Holdings yesterday reported that net profit edgedup 1 per cent to $4.6 million for the year ended Dec 31, although turnover shrunk 6 per cent to $35.3 million. It said the small profit rise was due to a higher tax rate of 23 per
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          62 59 Sembawang Corporation has agreed to sell Tridex Investments to Jurong Shipbuilders, a wholly owned subsidiary of Jurong Shipyard, for $6.79 million. The sale will be made through SembCorp's wholly owned unit, Sembawang Bethlehem. 1 Tridex has a one-third share in two vessels a gas carrier and
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          76 59 BER J AYA'S SHARE SALES Berjaya Group Bhd yesterday said it sold all of its shares in two health-care companies, Singapore-listed Parkway Holdings and Australian-listed Alpha Healthcare, raising M582.1 million (5533.7 million) to repay bank borrowings. The group said it sold 7.8 million shares of Parkway for $34.79 million at
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          118 59 Inchcape Motors has clarified that its expectations of better results for the second half of 1997 as indicated in an announcement in September had been based on an encouraging response to new vehicle models such as the Toyota Corolla. But despite good vehicle sales, second-halt results were hit
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        Aztech reverses fortunes with $2.3m full-year profit
        370 59  -  Tammy Tan ADAM LEE But earnings below analysts' expectations of $7.8m By AZTECH Systems yesterday reported poorer- than-expected full year net earnings of $2.3 million, citing price erosion and its discontinued CD-ROM product line. Its performance was below analysts' expectations of $7.8 million
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        Norwegian group keen to buy up to 30% of Dovechem
        295 59 NORWEGIAN tanker operator Stolt Nielsen has agreed to acquire up to 30 per cent of Dovechem Terminals Holdings and will seek a waiver from having to make a mandatory takeover offer. It has signed a letter of intent to buy
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        330 59 OVERSEAS Union Bank's hotel and property arm, Overseas Union Enterprise (OUE), yesterday reported a worse-than-expected 22.5 per cent fall in full-year net profit to $29.2 million. Turnover grew a marginal 1.2 per cent to $177.6 million, while earnings per snare fell to 23.19
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      845 60  -  Tan Li Eng By Poor showing by subsidiaries cited UNITED Overseas Bank (UOB) yes terday reported a 29.8 per cent slump in 1997 net profit to $502 million, dragged down by the poor performances of subsidiaries. The last of the local banks
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      412 60  -  Narendra Aggarwal By THE Government's finances are in the pink of health with a surplus of nearly $5 billion generated last year. And that tidy surplus was generated after a huge 55 per cent increase in development spending during the year. An excess of
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      8 1 THE STRAITS TIMES Life! TUESDAY MARCH 10, 1998
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        This play s so long it has meal breaks
        874 2  -  ONG SOR FERN in Perth ROBERT LEPAGE (left) is one of Canada's most acclaimed stage directors. The 41 -year-old is also an actor and filmmaker. His debut directorial effort, Le Confessional, a homage to Alfred Hitchcock, was shown at the 1996
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        Lock icon Fancy touching a corpse on show?
        507 2 IT HAS all the ingredients of a mediaeval chamber of horrors flayed corpses, diseased body parts, halfdeveloped foetuses and severed limbs. The Bodyworlds exhibition, which ended its fourmonth run in Mannheim in central Germany this month, is now on its way to Japan. On
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        What happens in The Seven Streams Of The River Ota
        278 2 PART ONE: Hiroshima. 1945 AMERICAN photographer Luke O'Connor has been despatched to document the destruction caused by the atom bomb. He meets Nozomi, a victim of the bomb, and has a brief affair with her. PART TWO: New York, 1965
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      Lock icon Miramax Screams victory in movie fight with Sony
      293 3 INDEPENDENT film distributor Miramax Films Corp has won another important legal round against Sony Pictures Entertainment over advertisements for Sony's hit film, I Know What You Did Last Summer. Miramax began alleging late last year Sony's Columbia Pictures unit and producer Mandalay
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      Catch 'em young for music and drama
      471 3  - Catch 'em young for music and drama TUMINAH SAPAWI START them young if you want your children to have an ear for music and a passion for drama. While there is no specific age as to when children should be enrolled for arts enrichment courses, child psychologists believe it is
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      Hey, man, did you see any awe-struck peasant lately?
      933 4  -  Irene Ng London Letter THERE I was at the Blackfriars tube station last Sunday, teetering in my heels, shivering in mv silk cheongsam and feeling foolish. Surging past me, in a seemingly endless stream, were hordes of people from the country,
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      Sign up for the Singaporeana KooL!
      253 4 DO YOU want to be part of the Festival of Arts? If you are between 13 and 25 years old, here is your chance. The National Youth Council is holding a series of performing arts workshops for youths, which will culminate in Singaporeana KooL!,
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        234 5  -  FRANCIS CHIN SOFTWARE ROUNDUP DR GENIUS MATHS Data Unlimited IF YOU go through life blissfully unaware of mathematical concepts and principles, pray that you do not encounter IMF or World Bank officials. It is not that mathematics will keep you in ready cash but
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        Basic maths concept to solve problems
        202 5 PROBLEM-SOLVING Europress IF BILL CLINTON has more hair than Bill Gates, but Gates has more money than Clinton, who has more bills? Any Primary 2 kid who has undergone commando training in words-based mathematics problem-solv-ing (i.e. ploughing through stacks of 100-question assessment books) would
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        121 5 DIAMOND DVD KIT Diamond Multimedia GOOD news for PC owners drooling over the clarity and awesomeness of DVD display: Diamond Multimedia, the US-based manufacturer of video display and voodoo graphics cards, will soon be offering an affordable DVD kit for about US$300 or S$480 Already, the
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        427 5  -  Francis Chin This compact machine from Hewlett-Packard makes fast, accurate scanning so easy and affordable Hardware Update SCANJET 5 100C SCANNER Hewlett-Packard GETTING a computerscanned picture that is true to the original used to be possible onlv in the hands of professionals. Getting digital text from
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        Lock icon Zap! New York police strap on laser guns
        656 6 It is a little like a giant video game. The laser pistols are the same size and weight as the 9-mm semi-automatic Glock pistols used by police officers. Trainees stand in a darkened room staring at a screen. The instructor, sitting at
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        492 6  - So easy to dream up pages via Web Adeline Goh Product Review Macromedia's Dreamweaver THE Web-authoring industry has finally been given a wake-up call with Macromedia's visual Web publishing software, Dreamweaver. Compared with other offerings, this one really does works like a dream. It merges seamlessly the power of a
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        842 8  -  LEONG WENG KAM This antique shop owner is no ordinary collector he has over one million matchbox labels, some dating back to the last century Everyday People MOST people collect matchboxes as souvenirs to remember a restaurant they have visited or a hotel
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        641 8  -  TUMINAH SAPAWI IS MUNSYI ABDULLAH the Father of Modern Malay Literature, or is he not? While historian Cecil Skinner in his writings claimed that Abdullah was indeed the Father of Modern Malay Literature, lecturer Dr Hadi jah Rahmat thinks otherwise. She argued her points
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        308 8 A TWO-VOLUME abstract of the 30-volume Materia Medica of China was released by Shanghai Science and Technology Publishing House in Beijing two weeks ago. The abstract, which contains information about 535 kinds of commonly-used herbal medicines, summarises the main material of the 30-volume work. The
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        198 8 IN THE Malay language, an adverb modifies a verb, an adjective or another adverb. For example: 1) Siti berjalan pantas. Siti walks fast. 2) Rumah baru Ahmad sungguh cantik. Ahmad' s new house is truly beautiful. 3) Ali berjalan sangat pantas. Ali walks very fast. In sentence
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      694 7 'It's a dangerous habit, don't be so free with images ofa habit which ultimately will kill half the people that take it up/ WHILE it is against the law to smoke in cinemas, cigarettes are lighting up the silver
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      Lock icon Scandal puts new slant to Primary Colors the movie
      656 7 'It's not about the Clintons; it's about their situation. I wouldn't have touched this film with a bare pole if it were some exploitative trashy film about the Clintons.' Emma Thompson, who plays a Hillary-like Susan Stanton PRIMARY COLORS the movie,
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      Sunflowers is genuine, after all
      457 12 IMAGINE paying £$24.7 million (Ss64 million then) for a fake artwork. But Yasuda Fire Marine Insurance of Tokyo, which paid that princely sum for Vincent Van Gogh's Sunflowers in 1987 making it the most expensive artwork then need not worry anymore. Sunflowers was not a
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      2673 4 209 Business 209 Business 221 Computer 230 Office Equipment/ t Opportunities Opportunities Products/ Services i Supplies H In, _»^^w____P "MMv i'i W. _T»_vir_^Ti_islJJ_^ m.- im m*A l\mW \\t i V-__^Bses_^_H ;*_WV<***£: r^22_______S lnte| Our Residential deparuneni invites highly- MHiMMG IV99MH _4__«__tM-_BB Exte motivated and experienced Real Estate Agents -^wmSmmSm I
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      3808 6 372 Vahicla 382 Vehicles For Hire 382 Vehicles For Hire 383 Vehicles Wanted 387 Lorrias For Sala Acoassories/ Parts __ss_________s_____________. CALL BLUE RIO for self drive BEST DEAL IN Townl We buy all 12/'B3 DAIHATSU Vl2 Hue. cars at low rates Tel: 352 1115 or brands of cars (1000 1600
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      4500 9 w "it •41 wowton/ 400 D ll Sk 21 Newton/ 408 Dl2 14 Balestier/ 408 Dl2 14 Balestier/ 410 015-16 East Coast I <ima_/ Clementi Bt Timah/ Clomonti Macpherson/Geylang Macpherson/Geylang PTE APTS Rent PTE APTS Rant PTE APTS Rant PTE APTS Rant PTE APTS Rant D.lB MAKENA BRAND new. CLEMENTI
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      1000 10 42 !0 Houaaa For Rent PONGGOL NORTHSHORE. BRAND new 2 storey bui.glw with attic. Built-up approx. 10.846 sq.ft. 6+l. F/aircon. P/furn. Condo facilities. Immed Tel: 222 1091 IST FLR. SHOP hse. to let for resident used at Tg Katong Rd. Apt. rm. Fully carpeted A aircon. Resonable rentel. Cell Ms
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      1054 10 420 Housas For Rent D.lO HOLLAND OR. 3 storey basement semid New. Ist class decor SIOK $12K 9413 5979 SML D.IO HOLLAND OROVE new de tached 3300 sq.ft. built-in. 4+l rms. Patio. 510.5K. Agt 733 9906 D.lO HOLLAND 2-STOREY. 7500 sqft. 4+l. Pool. Large patio/ family area. P/furn. 9-506-3778 0.10
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      1045 10 420 Houses For Rent JOO CHIAT AREA. Ist flr 3+l Suitable for foreign workers 9500 6450/ tel *****31 KATONO. JOO CHIAT. 3+l Furn. Aircon $1600 up. Geylang Jln Besar workers *****89 KEW WALK SEMI-D. 2400/ 3186 sq.ft. s+l. $5K only Aida St semi-d 4+l $3K. VI 9307 0007 MARCO POLO
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        1301 2 600 Professional/ 606 Professional/ 606 Profsssional/ 606 Professional/ Executive Positions Executive Positions Executive Positions Executive Position! I P*m*-m^mmmw^^^^mmwmmmmmmmmmmmmmwm^mmmmmmw*****wmmmmmmmmwm^^wam Z. We have immediate vacancy for tarn Production Executi You will plan, organise, oversee day to day operations and supervise a t to ensure production schedules are met. Requirements: 'A' level or
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        2848 3 612 IT Positions 612 IT Positions 621 Health Care 624 Art/ Creative 624 Positions Positions I P NEWHTORK ADMINISTRATORS I |s— bs_-_._______— (3 Vacancies) ll Haal Laboratory Pta Ltd I Aoe ranoe 24 30 vears e ar6 an a 99 ress ,ve ,orms labe,s P S?p.omTA"a?ce V Di.oma in IT
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