The Straits Times, 13 February 1999

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  • 24 1 The Straits Times Established 1845 OcltlirClclV February 13, 1999 122 Pages in five parts mita(P) 054/12/98 MMM A Singapore Press Holdings publication O\J Cents
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  • 494 1  -  CHUA MUI HOONG DEPUTY Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday ruled out any major new initiatives to cut business costs in the Budget to be announced on Feb 26, but said that the Government would monitor external developments carefully to watch out for
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  • 422 1  -  SOH CHUNG KIAT Bu A CITYCAB driver, speeding after a motorist wno had shown him a finger sign, crashed into a ditch and was killed on Thursday. The cabby, Mr Khoo Chye Hock, 48, had hit 140 kmh during the chase, said a passenger who
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  • 75 1 ALPHONS CHAN gaporeans jostled to send Chinese New Year greetings to Prime Minister Goh Chok T< last night after he launched the Singapore River Hongbao festivities at the Marina Promenade. Thousands of people cheered and clapped when fireworks lit up the night sky after
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  • 535 1  -  LEE SIEW HUA It fails to qet even a simple majority in final voting to convict the President on two articles of impeachment By OKKKSPONDKNT WASHINGTON President Bill Clinton was acquitted by the Senate in his impeachment trial yesterdav, allowing him to stay on while Amencans at
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  • PRIME NEWS
    • 163 2 JAKARTA Police opened fire on thousands of workers protesting in East Java, wounding four people while another was hurt by a rifle butt, a report said yesterday. Some 3,000 workers at PT Sinar Indo Megantara in Surabaya held a protest on Thursday to demand
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    • 475 2 It needs an extra US$l billion to unlock money promised under Japan's US$3O billion Miyazawa Plan to bail out Asia's crisis-hit economies. MONTEGO BAY (Jamaica) Indonesia is on the road to recovery from its deep financial crisis and is seeking an extra US$l billion (551.
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    • 401 2 INDONESIA'S PEOPLE ECONOMY INDONESIAN Cooperatives Minister Adi Sasono has said he has yet to see evidence of Singapore's interest in helping to develop a people's economy in his country a plan which envisages setting up 38 million cooperatives nationwide. And in a
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    • 438 3  - Betting game based on S' pore soccer TAY CHENG KHOON To be introduced by Singapore Pools on March 31, this legalised football betting will promote domestic league By SCORE, the new football betting game to be introduced by Singapore Pools on Mareh Sl, will not be based on results from
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    • 386 3  -  KAREN WONG SANTOKH SINGH Bl and THE team manager and coach of S-League football club Woodlands Wellington, Vengadasalam Rengayyan, 38, was yesterday charged with offering a' $15,000 bribe. A district court heard that his younger brother, Elamparithi Rengayyan, had committed housebreaking on Sept 3, 1995,
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    • 247 3 AN 11-YEAR-OLD boy died after he was knocked down by a bus at the Bukit Batok interchange yesterday evening. Police said Asrul Nizam Khamis, a Primary Five pupil of Princess Elizabeth Primary, was found under SBS bus service 361. He was wearing his school
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  • WORLD
    • 424 4 Hitting the six-billion mark GLOBAL population reached one billion in 1804, hit two billion 123 years later in 1927 but has since taken only 72 years to triple. The latest breakdown by region is as follows (estimate for 2025 in brackets): Asia
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    • 71 4 The subjects of a unique project by Forensic Science Service of Britain to decide if they are scientifically identical, twin brothers Tristram (far left) and Orlando Elmhirst, who both happen to work in forensic science, have been known to confuse even their own wives.
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    • 378 4 Forensic scientists to find out by taking DNA samples LONDON They look alike and even their wives have trouble telling them apart. According to a report in The Times of London yesterday, Mr Orlando Elmhirst and his brother Tristram even have the same gestures and
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    • CLINTON'S IMPEACHMENT
      • 360 6 Back from the brink again for Comeback Kid But he still faces dangers, including indictment WASHINGTON Back from the brink again. With Republicans on the retreat after waging their furious impeachment battle against him v President Bill Clinton would have staged at least his fifth recovery from potentially-fatal scrapes. He
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      • 95 6 Reno defends probe WASHINGTON US Attor-ney-General Janet Reno has denied any political motivation in moving towards an investigation of alleged misconduct by Mr Kenneth Starr's prosecutors in the Monica Lewinsky affair. She also maintained on Wednesday that the Justice Department had not been in contact with the White House about
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      • 697 6  -  LEE SIEW HUA NEWS ANALYSIS By US CORRESPONDENT It has been a year since the sex scandal broke. Americans find their bedrock institutions somewhat pummelled, but still largely in one piece WASHINGTON America has lived through one year of the impeachment saga and
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      • 7 6 JALEHA HASIM
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      • 206 6 WASHINGTON Ms Monica Lewinsky is pocketing US$3 million (Sss million) in advance payments for her book and television projects and previously- undisclosed magazine deals, according to sources familiar with the negotiations. And one ofthe people who secretly helped to secure those deals,
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      • 516 6 Think rehab' 'He wants blood' 'He wants to be remembered as the man who beat the odds, who got away with it. But more than that, he wants a legacy of vengeance and revenge against those who dared to speak the truth.' Mr Jim Nicholson,
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    • 448 7 JUDGMENT: Crazy and worrying 'The verdict contrasts with the principles of civil justice and is a worrying signal ...It is abackwards- looking ruling which strikes at the civil conscience of women and the whole country.' Mr Walter Veltroni, head ofthe Democrats ofthe Left
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    • 113 7 WASHINGTON Iraqi forces fired on a US fighter jet patrolling the Westernenforced northern no-fly zone yesterday but the aircraft was not damaged, the Defence Department said. US Defence Department spokesman Lt-Col Steve Campbell said the American plane was not damaged in the
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    • 389 7 US federal jury finds them guilty of negligence in allowing their products to end up in the hands of criminals BROOKLYN (New York) For the tirst time, a federal jury has found that gun manufacturers are liable for shootings with illegally obtained handguns
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    • WORLD FILE
      • 38 7 A BRITISH man with a record of sex offences against children was being held on Thursday after he travelled to Ohio to marry a 15-year-old girl he met on the Internet, police said. Reuters
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      • 32 7 A UNITED Nations hu-Bian-righta mission has charged that regional peacekeepers in Sierra Leone have summarily executed dozens of civilians suspected of being rebels, among them children. New York Times
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      • 29 7 AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD boy was detained by police in Scotland on Thursday on suspicion of being used as a "mule" to smuggle heroin into a prison. AFP
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      • 38 7 BRITAIN is offering to station UN monitors inside a Scottish prison where the two Libyan suspects in the Lockerbie bombing would be held if convicted of the attack, the Guardian reported yesterday. AFP
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      • 49 7 NEARLY quarter of American Airlines pilots in Wa.shington defied a court order and their union leadership and extended their >ick-out to a sixth day on Thursday, forcing the giant carrier to again cancel more than half of its 2.250 daily flights. Los Angeles Times
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      • 40 7 MR LAURENT Fabius, former Premier and wonderboy ot" the French left, denied putting financial considerations ahead of questions of public health at his trial on Thursday for manslaughter in a 1985 Aidstainted blood-transfusion scandal. AFP
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    • 356 9 i heir duties He drops by for occasional visits, usually during the daytime. He has no financial obligations to the woman. Many have "regular" wives at home. Leading imam says it is all right for women to enter into part-time unions where the
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    • 112 9 31 die in Russian police station fire SAMARA (Russia) The death toll in one of Russia's worst post-Soviet fires reached 31 yesterday as rescue workers unearthed more bodies in the rubble of a gutted police station in this Volga city. Another 27 people were missing while 35 were hospitalised, with
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    • PEOPLE
      • 156 9 Media man Robert Chua operated on BLOOD CLOT IN BRAIN REMOVED HONGKONG Singaporean media entrepreneur Robert Chua had a blood clot removed from his brain on Wednesday night, according to press reports. The 53-year-old was taken to hospital by his wife Peggy after he complained of a splitting headache earlier
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      • 139 9 THE HAGUE Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands is embroiled in an acrimonious political row after she was quoted as complaining about the high crime rate in Amsterdam and the number of empty prison cells. The Daily Telegraph said yesterday that she had told a
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      • 96 9 MUNICH Pop violinist Vanessa Mae, 20, said her looks have not necessarily helped her musical career, pointing out that she signed her first record contract when she was 13 and still wearing dental braces. Besides, she does not think she is particularly sexy, the
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      • 69 9 HONGKONG Classical music helps ease the pressure tor Ms Lily Yam, 52, in her job as Hongkong's top graft-buster. "In the office, I love to tune in to a classical music station and work while listening to its soft, soothing strains," she told the
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      • 45 9 Andrea Bocelli, the superstar Italian crooner and lvrie tenor, will make his US operatic debut at Detroit's Michigan Opera Theatre in October. Japan's oldest person Yasu Akino died yesterday at the age of 1 13 at her grandson's home in Shizuoka Prefecture, south-west of Tokyo.
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      • 36 9 Quoteworthy 7 bought this pageant... so I could get a date. Now they call ine a genius again/ Vmerican real-estate developer Donald Trump, in a light-hearted observation on nuying the rights to the Miss USA pageant
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    • 169 10 Home turned into a hen coop CHICAGO A Chicago man was arrested for endangering the lives of his children because he had turned his home into a chicken coop, police said on Thursday. Police investigating barnvard sounds in a neighbourhood west of downtown Chicago said they looked in a window
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    • 41 10 AFP scatioiding covers tne wasnington Monument, located in me u capital, which was closed on Thursday for restoration work. The memorial, which opened in 1888, will be covered with some 4,722 sq m of decorative fabric to protect workers.
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    • 363 10 Paris criticises the use of quotas to limit immigration and instead calls on European Union countries to adopt preventive policies BERLIN French Interior Minister Jean-Pierre Chevenement has criticised countries that set quotas for immigration, saying such moves merely incited more illegal migrants to come.
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    • Article, Illustration
      535 11 US Navy blows up grounded cargo ship to avert major oil spill A spectacular fire is set off in the process of blowing up the ship to burn off its fuel oil so that the fuel will not leak and foul the beaches COOS BAY (Oregon) US Navy demolition
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    • 57 11 LONDON The British Broadcasting Corporation has launched an investigation and sent two producers and a researcher home amid claims that guests on a daytime talk show were bogus. In a statement, the BBC said two agencies had been used to provide guests on four items for
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  • EAST ASIA
    • 372 13 $170m can buy corn tor North Koreans Seoul intelligence reports that the money, enough to buy food to feed thousands, will be spent on lavish celebrations for the leader's birthday SEOUL Starving North Korea will spend more than US$lOO million (SSI69 million) enough cash to keep thousands alive during the
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    • 37 13 but it will go towards a party for Kim REUTERS Famine victims like this girl may have to starve longer for their leader's sake REUTERS Turning 57 is big enough deal for Mr Kim to celebrate lavishly.
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    • 101 13 Top men in HK airport project spared HONGKONG Hongkong has decided not to take action against two leading offi* cials blamed in the chaotic opening ofthe territory's new airport last July, the Airport Authority's working group said yesterday. Board member Maria Tarn said in a statement that th.' board has
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    • 248 13 BEIJING Hongkong Justice Secretary Klsie Leung arrived in Beijing yesterday to defuse a row between the territory and Chinese authorities over a landmark Hongkong court ruling. "I have come to Beijing to explain the Hongkong court verdict to the central government and
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    • 360 14 Singapore's handling of race 'a model for Taiwan' TAIPEI -Former Taipei Mavnr Chen Shui-bian has held up Singapore aa an example of how several different ethnic communities can live together, making it a useful model tor Taiwan to handle its own ethnic issues. "Singapore has a population of three million
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    • 104 14 Millennium starts in 2001, say Chinese BEIJING Top Chinese scientists have decided that the millennium kicks off on Jan 1. 2001, the official China Daily said yesterday. The scientists based their conclusion on the Gregorian calendar, which marks the beginning ofthe first century as year one. "If the start of
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      54 14 Newly-selected astronauts (from left) Naoko Sumino, 28, Akihiko Hoshide, 30, and Satoshi Furukawa, 30, pose with a miniature model ofthe International Space Station on Wednesday. Japan's National Space Development Agency announced that the three are to work on the station, bringing the number of Japanese astronauts on the
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    • 458 14 _f~ > A T'l 1" Military analysts, privy to a I V/l classified Pentagon report, were quoted as saying China is planning a clramatic increase in the number of missiles aimed at Taiwan which risks heightening tensions in die region. "jTX'rilk TT ATT A
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    • EAST ASIA FILE
      • 57 14 THE US has named its current Consul General in Shanghai as its new top representative to Taiwan, the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) announced yesterday. Mr Raymond Burghardt. 54, will replace the departing Darryl Jonnson in the summer as head of the AIT,
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      • 39 14 JAPAN is ready to return the ashes of six North Korean soldiers whose bodies were washed up on the shores of central Japan between December and last month, government officials said yesterdav Reuters
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      • 40 14 JAPANESE researchers ha\ < found one ofthe world's largest undersea mineral deposits, containing gold and silver, in Japanese territory officials said yesterdav. About nine million tonnes of metals were estimated ko be in the deposit. AFP
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      • 43 14 THE authorities in tin cast ern Chinese city of Hangzhou are hunting for a suspect after two brown bear.- in the city's zoo died and one fell ill from poisoning, the official Wenhui Daily reported vesterda\ AFP
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      • 37 14 THE Chinese customs authorities seized 13.48 billion vuan (552.6 billion) worth of smuggled goods in 4,305 cases in the second half of last year, the official Xinhua news agency said yesterday. Reuters
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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  • INDONESIA IN TRANSITION
    • 136 16 They're armed to maim ARMED with improvised weapons, these East Timorese separatists stop a passing bus to search for pro-integration supporters at a northern road west of Dili on Wednesday. Tension between groups which are proand anti-integration with Indonesia has risen since Jakarta aired the option of a free East
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    • 351 16 A free E Timor 'will pose burden to Aussies' Australian PH worries about this potential problem as UN chief cautions about major hurdles alonq the road to political settlement SYDNEY An independent East Timor could pose a financial burden for countries like Australia, said Prime Minister John Howard as the
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    • 316 16 BRAWLING STUDENTS WARNED: Offenders will be detained, says Jakarta's police chief JAKARTA The city's police chief warned brawling students on Thursday that his men would no longer show them mercy, but would begin to take stern measures against those fighting in the streets. The students have gone
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    • 116 16 JAKARTA An alleged motorcycle thief was mobbed and burned alive on Wednesday evening by dozens of people at Cibemng village in Bekasi. after he was apparently caught attempting to steal the vehicle from a parking lot. Th< la karta Post reported Police quoted witnesses
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    • 590 17 Adi's argument Move will help the poor 'The subsidised interest is to create millions of job opportunities and to develop opportunities for productive work which will reduce the absolute poverty. This will reduce social radicalisation 'What is the use of having a government elected by the people
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    • 196 17 Party nominates Muslim leader for the presidency JAKARTA The newlyformed National Awakening Party (PKB) has nominated popular Muslim leader Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid as its candidate for the presidency in the coming election, a newspaper said yesterday. This is serious. The PKB is nominating Gus Dur," PKB executive Muhaimin Iskandar
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    • 103 17 JAKARTA Three ofthe 11 members ofthe Army Special Forces (Kopassus) charged with abducting political activists in the last months of former President Suharto's rule admitted that they had kidnapped at least eight. The activists are among 23 people abducted by unidentified men since April 1997, The
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    • 93 17 JAKARTA Indonesia's disgraced former President Suharto has denied accusations that he has been masterminding the violence sweeping the country since his downfall, Kompas newspaper reported on Thursday. It quoted Mr Sulastomo, former head ofthe Association of Indonesian Muslim University Students who met Mr Suharto for three
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    • 96 17 JAKARTA A female student of Indonesian Christian University said she will sue the Jakarta military commander, the army chief of staff and the armed forces commander for alleged physical abuse at the hands of soldiers, The Jakarta Post reported yesterday. Ms Verayanti Hitipiu, 23, lodged a
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  • THE ANWAR CASE
    • 623 18  -  BRENDAN PEREIRA He says that he took the Oath of Secrecy to uphold the Constitution and not to serve the interests of certain individuals in government By IN -.\LALL'\!FL"R In his own words WHEN asked what his understanding of the Oath of Secrecy was,
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    • 537 18 A slanging match Ashmtingmateh ensued when the judge remnckdAmwrthtit his iriteretStvxmldbe served best if he answered questions directly. Prosecutor Datuk Abdul Gani: "He will hang himself for it." Anwar: "This is the arrogance typical of Gani Patail. He thinks he can hang anybody. These
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    • 32 18 The prosecution yesterday wrapped up its cross-examination of Anwar. The proceedings were anything but smooth, as prosecution team members and the accused locked horns over peripheral issues. Here are the highlights.
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    • 171 18 KUALA LUMPUR -The trial was stopped at noon, when Justice Augustine Paul noted that Muslims were required to attend Friday prayers. Hearing this, Anwar commented: "It makes no difference to me." His half-whispered remark made the judge look up from his notes. The former Deputy Prime
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    • 271 18 KUALA LUMPUR Former Deputy Premier Anwar Ibrahim yesterday denied a police contention that the Special Branch tapped the telephone at his official residence after he reported losing large sums of money. He had been told by the Special Branch that the police w r ere
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    • 72 20 'EVERY HOLIDAY SEASON, AS MALAYSIANS TAKE TO THE ROADS, THEY APPEAR HEU-BENT ON LEAVING A TRAIL OF E»ESTRUCTION, TWISTED LIMBS AND BOOY BAGS.' The Sun newspaper SINCHEW JIT POH Hit by a car along the trunk road Jalan Mahsan-Bahau in Negri Sembilan on Thursday, Mr Chen Cai
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    • 437 20 No let-up in road deaths as holidays begin Motorists are advised to use highways despite the toll charges, as many of the accidents occur on trunk roads which are not meant for heavy usage PETALING JAYA Death appears set to continue its bloody rule again along Malaysian roads, this time
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    • 284 20 Video shops penalised over 30% 'local' rule KUALA LUMPUR Video shops which did not have 30 per cent of their stocks made up of local titles lost three-quarters of their merchandise in raids on Thursday, according to a report. The Sun yesterday said that 14 officers from the National Film
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    • 144 20 KUALA LUMPUR The new toll rates at five highways will be implemented on March 1. Works Minister Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu said yesterday that the rates, some of which had already been quantified, would be an nounced after the Chinese New Year. The
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    • 449 21  - Daughter of cabby knew other diiver SOH CHUNG KIAT She says man who gestured rudely at her father before he crashed taxi, 'had sold her insurance 3 years ago' By 7 almost fainted when I found out that he was the BMW driver/ Ms Sarah Khoo (right), 24, on insurance
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    • 227 21 BURNS ON 80% OF BODY Boyfriend, who was also burnt, died on Monday THE lounge hostess who was set on fire by her boyfriend on Sunday has died. Ms Kua Sooi Lean, 29. a Malaysian, died at 11.35 pm on Thursday night, Singapore
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    • 434 24 Lawyer struck oil, suspended The first was declared unfit to be a lawyer for committing a dishonest act; the other was found guilty of touting A LAWYER, who is now serving a six-month jail sentence for taking more than $100,000 from his clients' account, lost his licence to practise yesterday.
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    • 385 24 PM ON WHY RIVER HONGBAO SHOULD BE HELD DESPITE CRISIS THE River Hongbao festivi ties at Marina Promenade, held to mark the Chinese New Year, should continue despite the economic crisis, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said last night. Such an occasion is part of the
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    • 460 24  -  LIM SENG JLN A DENTIST is appealing against the Singapore Dental Board's decision to bar him from practising, after he was found guiity of advertising when his clinic was featured in a women's magazine last year. Dr Ernest Rex Tan Sek Ho, 30, who operates
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    • 158 24 FOUR policemen were charged in a district court yesterday with stealing cartons of cigarettes that had the police had seized from suspects. Sergeant Lee Meng Wee, 22, and NS corporal Zulazli Abdul Latip, 21, were each charged with stealing three boxes of cigarettes, valued at
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  • 533 25  - Muslims advised not to celebrate Valentine's Day ZIZANITA ZAKARIA The day has its roots in other faiths, and Muslims celebrating it would be imitating their practice, Muis says. Bu 'Although the slant of Valentine's Day now has become more commercialised than religious, it is still an event which has non-Islamic
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  • 308 25 NEIGHBOURS swung into action on Tuesday afternoon to revive a 14-year-old boy who was found unconscious by his mother, but failed to save him. Residents from at least two other flats on the floor had gone to Low Wei Zhong's Woodlands Drive 14 home after hearing
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  • 239 25 PKMS calls for anti-bias body THE SINGAPORE Malay National Organisation PK.MS; yesterday called on the Government to set up a top level council to look into eliminating racial discrimination. A party statement said: "PKMS demands that the PAP Government establishes a supervisory council at the Prime Minister's level, with duties,
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  • PARLIAMENT
    • 744 26  -  TAN HSUEH YUN In the last quarter, 3,000 applicants a month dropped out of the queue, with many buying resale flats instead Bu A BUYER'S MARKET Bill to allow bridging loans passed PARLIAMENT has passed a Bill to enable the Government to offer bridging loans
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    • 486 26 Govt will educate biased employers HIRING LAWS 'MAKE MARKET RIGID' WORKERS who think that they have been discriminated against ean turn to the Manpower Ministry, which will investigate and warn employers against such practices, Manpower Minister Lee Boon Yang said. He does not think that legislation will solve the problem
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    • 261 26 PEOPLE who speculate in low-priced stocks and warrants should realise and accept the attendant high risk, said Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Thursday. Replying to Mr Leong Horn Kee (Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC), who asked if the Government would lower the speculative fever
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    • 476 27 IRCs are very useful for a whole range of private communications. Bad things can happen on phone lines, through fax machines and the postal system. You can than all these things just because bad things happen../ BG Yeo The Bill increases the penalties
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      420 27 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS BODY PROTECTED PARLIAMENT on Thursdav passed the Presidential Elections (Amendment) Bill to protect the Presidential Elections Committee from lawsuits that may arise from statements it makes while discharging Minister of State (Law and Home Affairs) Ho Peng Kee said that in doing its job, the committee
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    • 194 27 BAD things could happen to people when thev use the Internet Relay Chat (IRC) channels to meet people, but banning the channels is not the solution, said Minister for Information and the Arts George Yeo. He said this in Parliament on Thursday after
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  • 413 30 Only Singaporeans can change Republic's laws, says Home Affairs Ministry in rebutting AWSJ editorial SINGAPORE laws can luchanged only by Singaporeans through Parliament, and Chee Soon Juan has to win the support of Singaporeans, not foreign media or pressure groups,
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  • 277 30 IT WAS no ordinary school outing when about 4,800 students visited a Civil Defence training village in Mandai yesterday to see how people are rescued from collapsed buildings and how tires are put out. They saw how Civil Defence officers can locate people
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    • 300 30 EATS A SUNDAY Yummy ideas for eating out on Sunday The New Paper Fastads, every Saturday. faskmis I NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY H \WW P_ mW Wm __VP m. ____^-*r A. WmT m B_W___^^___P Towards A Knowledge Based Economy Hj In today's global world economy, information plays a vital role in
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  • 748 31  -  EVELYN YAP Bosses say that the downturn makes staff keen to work, so more shops and eateries will open on the first two days of Chinese New Year Bu WE'RE OPEN: A New Year guide HERE are some places which will be
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  • 10 32 B G LEES SPEECH TO THE ECONOMICS SOCIETY OF SINGAPORE
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    1801 32 What if... Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong spotUmted three economic scenarios in a speech last night and sketched oat how Singapore should respond in each case. IN ONE and a half years, the Asian financial crisis has totally altered the economic landscape. The currencies ofthe East Asian countries depreciated,
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  • 852 32 US: Will the bubble burst? THE US is the linchpin ofthe world economy. How it performs will determine whether the world avoids a major recession. Continued US growth will sustain global demand and facilitate an export-led recovery of the crisis economies. Recent economic numbers suggest that the
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    2051 33 Right bafics PROJECTS: They have to make economic sense 'We are reducing government charges to lower business costs and increasing spending on infrastructure. The projects have to support our long-term needs, and make economic sense. Thus we are speeding up reclamation works, and building more schools, and LRT and MRT
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  • INSIGHT
    • 1869 34 Wanted: technopreneurs. But who will show them the money? Market their ideas? And how do you smash mindsets that hinder innovation and creativity 0 IRENE NG discusses these issues with people in the field. TO UNDERSTAND the term "technopreneur". think The
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      618 34 RETURN OF FILIAL SON DO NOT trv to contact Mr Ling How Doong this weekend. The lawyer who was representing his Singapore Democratic Party colleague Wong Hong Toy in a court case last week, should be in Sitiawan, Perak. When he asked for the case to be
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    • 1292 35  -  HAN FOOK KWANG THINKING ALOUD By Singapore's success in developing such a supportive environment for business is to blame for the lack of entrepreneurs. The infrastructure has soaked in the bulk ofthe young talent needed to develop and maintain it, and has kept them
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    • 1170 35  -  CHUA LEE HOONG THIS WEEK IN POLITICS Bj| "PUBLIC entertainment", two words that have been cropping up recently. But alas, not in the context of The Corruptor, the latest action flick in town, nor that of Liang Po Po, the home-grown movie that
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  • COMMENTARY ANALYSIS
    • The Straits Times
      • 575 36 ONE paradox of Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's early stewardship of post-Kohl Germany is that the chattering classes label him an un-der-achiever, whereas he enjoys approval ratings of up to 75 per cent. This could be due to the whiplash effect: those accustomed to Mr Helmut Kohl are scandalised
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    • 923 36  -  GREG MILLER D AWAN MAHARAJ Bu and I. OS ANOKLKSTIMF.S 'these latest suits mark the first time that courts will be asked to decide whether search engines can sell trademarked keywords without restriction: THOUGH few Internet users know it, the simple act of typing a
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    • 961 36  - King Hussein' s funeral gives valuable insights and lessons PAUL COWAN THE events surrounding King Hussein of Jordan's funeral gave a new meaning to the expression "paying respects", as men who made no secret of their dislike of Hussein bin Talal during his life stood in silent respect beside his
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    • 724 37  -  GENEVA OVERHOLSER Bu THE WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON Loathing the culture is as American as apple pie. Americans loathe it from the right, decrying rents in the nation's moral and social fabric, and yearning for traditions lost. Americans also loathe it from the left,
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    • 980 37  -  TAN SAI SIONG LOOK BACK IN WONDER By TO THE pessimist, the Government's cutting of the size of its privatisation exchangeable notes, from US$l.3 billion (552.2 billion) to USs76's million, because of a shortfall in demand from institutional investors is a signal for
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    • 38 36 TH _B ft ««>. oijii-*^ ___K^^___ _L*J_%i_______________^^ MB W^L-WWaBBBM te^^K^i 1 S Tahun Baru Cina tidak lagi di Chinatown fi |ff tetapi di Kampung Melayu Geylang Serai. I REAKSI HABIBIE Pengamat politik anggap Presiden B.J Habibie keluar kenyataan menghasut.
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  • FORUM
    • 266 38 I WAS disappointed bv the reply (ST, Feb 11) of Captain Koh Chin Yee of the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF. to Ms Rohaiyah Md Tumpang's letter, 'Tamil and Malav ignored?" (ST, Feb 8) Captain Koh elaborated on how the SCDF "always strived"
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    • 69 38 Include poly students THE recent advertisements of scholarships in The Straits Times, offered by various government ministries and departments, showed that only O- and A-lev el students quality' to apply. Aa a concerned parent. I would like to know the situation for polytechnic students. With so much emphasis on ITE
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    • 164 38 German castle older than Disneyland I REFER to The Straits Times' special feature on studving abroad. A picture of Neuschwanstein Castle, near Schwangau in Bavaria, was printed in a storv about studving in Germany. I had always thought the joke about American tourists claiming that the castle was modelled after
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    • 193 38 Bus stamps sold widely I refer to the letter "Sell stamps in schools" by Mr Spencer Lee (ST, Feb 4). We would like to thank Mr Lee for his suggestion and take this opportunity to inform him and other bus concession stamp users, that there are many sales outlets that
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    • 165 38 IREFFR to the article. Are Singapore composers good enough for the SSO?" (Life! Feb 11), which reported that institutions such as the Singapore Youth Orchestra have commissioned works by Singapore composers. The National University of Singapore's Centre for the Arts has been an active supporter
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    • 533 38 Tale of garudas and lions holds lessons ALONG, long time ago, in a faraway island, there lived two neighbouring families. They were a family of giant garudas, and a family of miniature lions. One day, there was a drought on the island. The family of giant garudas did not have
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    • 276 38 I WOULD like to make this brief but to the point. I refer to the article "Habibie on ethnic Chinese" (ST, Feb 10) and the comments made by Dr B.J. Habibie, President of my country, Indonesia. Singapore is not racist. This is the point that
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    • 144 38 I READ with interest your report, "Prison failed to ensure inmates' safety" (ST, Feb 3). I would like to show my support of Justice Warren Khoo's decision in rewarding a reasonable payout to the ex-prisoner for the injuries he sustained while in the custody
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    • 495 39 LTA monitors road works contractors I WOULD like to thank Miss Evelvn Tan Siew Kwan (ST, Feb 8) for her feedback on the repaving of Upper Baal Coast Road, "LTA, stop doing the work for irresponsible contractors". Please allow me to clarify' first of all that the contractor working for
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    • 200 39 Taxis with no rear seat belts will go I WOULD like to thank Mr Philipp Schaumann for his feedback on seat belts in taxis (ST, Feb 4). Under the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Seat Belts) Rules, all new taxis registered on or after Jan 1, 1993 are required to be
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    • 379 39 I READ the letter from the Motor Traders Association arguing against an open bidding system. I know it wants to retain the status quo, whieh is working well for it. But is it the best system for consumers? I take the opposite view. An
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    • 142 39 Free rides on eve of New Year? ALTHOUGH I am bringing up a subject that is over a month old, it is one that has been on my mind for quite some time. On New Year's Eve, I waited almost two hours for a taxi, along with many other people.
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    • 136 39 IREFERtoMrPaoIa Caronni's letter, "'Ridiculous for taxis not to stop" (ST, Feb 6). I think it is high time that the companies reassess the midnight charges. Last Saturday, I tried in vain to flag down a taxi at around 11 pm but many taxis passed by without stopping.
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    • 239 39 IWORK in the Singapore Science Park area. Together with hundreds of other employees from that area, I troop out ofthe Buona Vista MRT station and run to take the SBS service 92. Although the service has a number of buses during the peak period
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  • SPORTS
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      • 694 40  -  TAY CHENG KHOON Revenue from Singapore Pools' betting will be used for development Bu S-LEAGUE clubs will be hoping that Score scores. For all the profits from Score the football betting games to be introduced by Singapore Pools on March 31 will be used
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        • 110 40 BRITAIISrS David Howell upstaged his more illustrious stablemates Darren Clarke and Lee Westwood by capturing the secondrouna lead in the Dubai Desert Classic golf yesterday. Howell showed he was back to full fitness with a composed four-under-par 68 for a one-shot advantage on seven-under 137-First-round joint
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      • 562 40  -  S. MURALI Bu ALL players in the S-League will be asked to sign a special code of conduct to ensure that they stay clear of illegal bookmaking activities this season. This new declaration will specify a set of rules and regulations which the players must obey.
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      • 602 41  -  GODFREY ROBERT SATURDAY SOAP BOX Hy SINGAPORE soccer was launched into international reckoning yesterday from a popular platform where the ordinary man will decide the fate of its new venture. Soccer betting, the much-talked about subiect since the S-League kicked off three
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      • 427 41  - Venga carries on with his job at Woodlands SANTOKH SINGH -_______________-_>_______B______---« No let-up in despite his r i» r _*_f #$*m ieelm§Jom^m.4w7: VENGA FACTFILE Name: R. Vengadasalam Age: 38 Track record wtth Woodlands: 1991 to 1995: Team manager Wellington FC. 1994: Division Two champion. 1995: Division One champion and FA
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      • 542 41  -  S. MURALI FOOTBALL POOLS By ABSOLUTE joy. That was the general reaction of most S-League officials and fans contacted by Timesport yesterday on the football betting system that starts next month. Said Singapore Armed Forces FC manager Kok Wai Leong: "I am
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        • 60 41 PETE SAMPRAS and Mark "Scud" Philippoussis overpowered and outclassed their second -round opponents on Thursday to reach the tennis quarter-fi-nals of the Sybase Open in San Jose, California. Top seed Sampras made short shrift of Argentine Martin Rodriguez's lethal inside-out forehand in a 7-5, 6-3 victory.
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        • 53 41 BRITISH television's main regulator has called for British Sky Broadcasting's proposed takeover of Manchester United football club to be blocked, the Financial Times reported yesterday. The Independent Television Commission said the takeover, and other such deals proposed by media companies, would impede the sale
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        • 46 41 THE second Tri-Nations series cricket final between Australia and England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground vesterdav was abandoned because of rain without any plav The match will be played today and if necessary, a third and deciding final will be held tomorrow
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        • 54 41 JAPAN named nine former and current International Olympic Committee members in a report on corruption during Nagano's bid for the 199S Winter Games. The Japanese Olympic Committee investigation panel said it would identifi them in its report to the lOC. but kept the names secret
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        • 60 41 FIORENTINA soccer striker Edmundo is keeping a low profile during a controversial visit home which happened to clash with Brazil's carnival. The striker appeared stung by suspicions that he engineered the break to take part in the carnival at a time when his club is
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        • 59 41 AMERICAN tennis star Andre Agassi's obscenities not onlv got him defaulted out ofthe Sybase Open but they also cost him US$l3,OOO (5522,100) on Thursday. Second seed Agassi cursed three times in a sec- ond-set tie-breaker, im warned and lost a point before being ejected on Wednesday, allowing
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        • 83 41 WORLD soccer's governing body Fifa said yesterday that it would not be taking any action over the cash-for-votes affair which cost Graham Kelly and Keith Wiseman their jobs with the English FA. Kelly, the FA's former chief executive, and Wiseman, the former chairman, lost
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    • 359 42 GOLF MELBOURNE Greg Norman stormed back into contention at the Australian Masters yesterday with a second- round five-under-par 68 at revamped Huntingdale. The ex-world No. 1, in danger of missing the cut after an opening 74, reached the halfway mark five shots off
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    • 248 42 ENGLISH TABLE, FIXTURES Fixtures Today's FA Cup fifth-round matches Arsenal v Sheffield United, Barnsley v Bristol Rovers, Everton v Coventry City, Leeds United v Tottenham Hotspur, Sheffield Wednesday v Chelsea, Huddersfield v Derby County. Tomorrow Manchester United v Fulham. Newcastle United v Blackburn Rovers. Today's Premier League matches
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    • 409 42 LONDON British police said yesterday they had charged three men with offences related to sabotaging floodlights at an English football ground. Scotland Yard said that the three, who live in London, had Asian names. Police said they were Ong Chee Kew. 49, a manager; Liu
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    • 152 42 LONDON Southampton striker Mark Hughes was hit by a two-match suspension by an English Football Association disciplinary commission after becoming the first player to incur 14 yellow cards during this season. He also received a £2,000 (SSS, S2O) fine and has been
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    • 481 42 SOCCER But victory against an in-form United will not come easy LONDON Fulham coach Kevin Keegan, widely tipped to become England's new manager next week, could give his current club Fulham a memorable "goodbye" present by leading it to victory over Manchester United in
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    • 185 42 LONDON English champion Arsenal, which had seven players in Wednesday's international between England and France, hav paid heavy price for its involvement in the match. Skipper Tony Adams suffered a broken nose, recalled veteran defender Lee Dixon was taken to hospital with concussion and Martin
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    • 612 42 BASKETBALL CLEVELAND The Cleveland Cavaliers ended nearly six years of frustration against the San Antonio Spurs as Shawn Kemp got 25 points and 12 rebounds in a 99-89 victory on Thursday. Zydrunas Ilgauskas scored 17 points for the Cavaliers, which had lost 10 straight meetings
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    • 431 44 No Singaporean in Hall of Fame SOCCEB FAS says that no Lion has won 100 caps in internationals NONE of Singapore's footballers has made it to the Asian Football Confederation's Hall of Fame. This came to light when the AFC released the names of its first 14 inductees in the
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    • 326 44 KUALA LUM PCR The Asian Football Confederation yesterday banned Iranian international Mohamad Ali Karimi and China's Hao Hawking for one year. Karimi was also fined USS3.OOO (555.100) for assaulting a referee at last months Dunhill Cup. while Hao who has been linked to a move
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    • 112 44 KUALA LUMPUR Peter Y T elappan has been asked to stay on as general secretary of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) until he takes up Fifa's full-time job as 2002 World Cup co-ordi-nator. "Ihe executive committee asked me to stay on until such time I
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    • 177 44 Lam Aw and six others pass test GOLF LAM CHIH BING shot a four-round total of one-over-par 289 to finish first in the national amateur golf trials which ended yesterday. Lam, 21, carded rounds of 69, 74, 16 and 70 to finish 13 strokes clear of his nearest rival Jimmy
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    • 811 44 BASKETBALL NBA: Atlanta 100 Charlotte 88, Cleveland 99 San Antonio 891 Orlando 87 Detroit 81, Miami 102 Toronto 84, Minnesota 86 LA Lakers 75, New York 73 Chicago 68, Houston 105 Dalas 95, Milwaukee 95 New Jersey 75, Utah 82 Phoenix 74, Indiana 101 VanCRICKET Shaw Foundation
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    • 119 41 TODAY'S EVENTS ATHLETICS Nike Swift Road Relay C'ships (Macßitchie Reservoir. 3pm SHFUnder-21- Girls: SCC vSHF Cubs; 3pm), Jansenites vSRC Lioness (4.30pm), NUS v SRC Cubs (6pm), Theresians v Police (7.30pm) Delta Sports Complex. SCC Challenge Trophy 11, 2ndrd Padang. 3 P m). SOCCER FAS/Spore Pools NFL Div 2: Ad mi
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    • 188 43 Treymane secures expat licence NEW ZEALAND rider Catherine Treymane has finally been endorsed as a Malayan Racing Association jockey. The 30-year-old is sponsored by Kuala Lumpur trainer Francis Nathan, with whom she has struck up a good partnership. With the departure of fel-low-Kiwi Michael Coleman, Treymane will be the sole
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    • 489 43  - Twilight racing at Kranji DANNY KHOO Starting in September, STC set to stage races from 4pm SUCCESS STORY ON THE CARDS: fust look at the countries that stage night racing. I have been to Hongkong, England and South Africa andevenj single one is a success story. Avid race-goer Edward Letcliiman
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    • 631 43 1.30 RACE 1 C4 D2 1400m (LC) 1 Serheed's Joy (1) Asogan 57 2 Follow The Wind (5) _Shahrul 55 3 All Is Well (3) DChee 54.5 4 Olympic Surprise (10) Ismadi 53.5 5 Run With Ciass (8) Sharrol 53.5 6 Beautiful (6) *M Leong
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    • 322 43 TAMBUNAN, who found one to beat in his debut, looks ready to go one better in the Restricted Terms event for two-year-olds and above over 1,400m in Race 4 tomorrow. Taken out by jockey Oscar Chavez in Kuala Lumpur yesterday, the three-year-old Australian-bred cantered one
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    • 81 43 E Operating Hours during Lunar New Year Season iting hours for the various services and facilities offered by the Singapore Turf Club during the Lunar New Year Season will be as follows: 4-D Branches Customer Service Counter Date Off-Course Betting Centres at Bukit Timah Telephone Betting Services Racecourse Eve of
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    • 282 44 850 DEATHS 850 DEATHS GOH AH MUAY AGE: 69 passed away peacefully on 10 Feb. 1999. Leaving behind loved ones. (Husband: Tay Chin Kang, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Tay Thiam Hong Anita Tay Tay Thiam Hua Chan Oi Foong, Tracy Tay Thiam Boon Chan Yim Meng, Yvonne (Tay Thiam Yong, deceased)
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    • 407 44 850 DEATHS 850 DEATHS But we do not want you to be uninformed, brethren, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve, as do the rest who have no hope. For if we belie ve that Jesus died and rose again, even so God wili bring with Him
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    • 289 46 gdfgg Rubber Futures (Closing prlcts) RSS 1 (Tonnts, S cints/kq) Month High Low Sttt Vol Open Int Mar 99 109.25 200 500 Apr 110.25 850 May 112.75 925 jun 114.75 300 Jui/Sep. 118.25 825 Oct/Dec 121.75 150 RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Mar 99 63.50 63.50 63.50 640 425
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    • 91 46 SINGAPORE Ptiy«lc»l (Ss) Thu Frl K,loOir *****-*****.41 *****-*****.07 100 qm 1558-1632.55 1560-1634.6' 50 qm 781-820.91 782-821.94 20 qm 311-333.72 311-334.75 5 m 78-90.64 78-90.64 Igm 16-24.72 16-24.72 am rotn» (SS/oi) Thu Frl 5 core auiiion com 500-506 500-506 Canadian maole leaf 500-506 500-506 AmMM n u q<j«t 498-521.18 498-521.18
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    • 61 46 CRUDE PRODUCT PRICES Crudt/Product Month* Chang* Prlct (USS) BBL BRENT BLEND Mar +0.13 10.16-10.21 WEST TEXAS Interm Mar 0.30 11.90-11.94 DUBAI FATEH Mar +0.28 9.71 9.76 TAPIS BLEND Mar +0.20 11.25 11.35 MINAS Mar +0.20 10.60-10.70 NAPHTHA (CIF Jap) unchA0.25 112.50-114.00 NAPHTHA unch 11.20 11.40 CST-180 HSFO +0.50 55.50 56.50
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    • 178 46 Foreign Currency Note Rates (9am,Feb 12) Buying OP Stlllnq Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency Australian dollar 1.0840 1.0990 Canadian dollar 1.1210 1.1450 N2 dollar 0.9220 0.9410 Sterling pound 2.7240 2.7530 US dollar 1.6830 1.694C Singapore dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling 13.60 14.00
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    • 303 47  -  Jean Chia MARKET REPORT SHARES in Singapore yesterday moderated ahead of the shortened trading week for Chinese New Year celebrations. The benchmark Straits Times Index was almost flat, down 2.32 points at 1,354.85, on falls in DBS Local, Keppel Corp and OCBC Bank. Property
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    • 1070 47 BONDS, LONAS WARRANTS iwwif ■w^i>ji,i:i STOCK PRICES LEGEND NOTES StraHj TlmM lnd«x Stocks st«« (p<rt^ a p« ol S1 treud lets of 1.000 m m^.wwW. SIW-S.«llt_^SOt!iefW.Se Specified USSI^SE. lwM«™«t Sclwm M*_war.scripl«s«c«(>t»«r^F^«.ll*C.im*o<Al(ll«-as.l< t SmSL und.r CPF lnv.stm.nts Scft«n. (TrutaM Tm^ttT^ ri.rr irl«M _<_„_ rM _____>__. P/E H** C_KSOlt«___ed MM teSdU MO
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    • 58 47 TURNOVER COOO) Main Sesdaq Total Multi Ind 23,621 23 621 Manufacturing 30,321 10,040 40,361 Commerce 13,369 99 13 468 Tpt/Stor/:omms 12,299 122 12,421 Finance 23,683 23,683 Construction 4,794 2,765 7,559 Properties 22,823 22,623 Hotels/Rsts 774 1542 2 316 Services 3,795 2,966 6,761 Others BLW 63,095 267 63,362 TOTAL
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      • 52 48 NIPPON Telegraph and Telephone Corp vNITX the world's largest telecommunications company, will reduce its capital investment to between 1.5 trillion ven 5522.3 billion) and 1.55 trillion yen during the year starting April 1. or as much as 14 per cent, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported.
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      • 65 48 CHINA'S Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) will grant more than 100 billion yuan (SSI9-1 billion) in loans this year to finance government spending on building highways, telecommunications and power facilities to boost economic growth, the official Xinhua news agency reported yesterday. ICBC earned 3.39
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      • 44 48 HONGKONG'S economy will probably recover from the recession in Asia during the second half of this year as long as the world's financial markets remain stable, the International Monetary Fund said in Washington on Thursday. Bloomberg News
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      • 43 48 CITIGROUP's plan to defect from Visa International to MasterCard International could increase competition between the two card associations as they try to persuade the biggest creditcard issuers to align with one brand or the other. Bloomberg News
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      • 95 48 H.J. HEINZ Co, the fifthlargest US food companv, agreed to form a joint venture in Indonesia with ABC Central Food Industry of Jakarta, the world's No. 2 maker of soy sauces, to expand in the region. Heinz will own the majoritv of the venture, to
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      • 44 48 THE Federal Reserve couid be on the verge of reinstating outright purchases of US government agency securities as a way of adding permanent reserves to the banking system, traders and analysts said in New York on Thursday. Bloomberg News
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    • 526 48 Rubin wants both Treasury and the Fed to have equal say in regulating new activities of financial institutions WASHINGTON The rift over reforming US banking laws from the 1930s deepened yesterday as Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin set out an agenda that clashed with congressional Republicans
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    • 389 48 SEC GIVES NOD NEW YORK The Securities and Exchange Commission approved changes to the New York Stock Exchange's (NYSE) trading collars on Thursday, which will allow the Dow Jones Industrial Average to rise or fall 2 per cent before restrictions on programme trading
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    • 232 48 TOKYO The Group of Seven industrialised nations' finance chiefs and central bankers are unlikely to make specific proposals about Japan's monetary' policy when they meet in Bonn today, says Japanese Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa. "I don't think there will be a specific request" about Japan's monetary
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    • 389 48 CANBERRA Australia's Prime Minister John Howard has ordered his government to take urgent action on proposals to develop the country into a global financial centre, competing with Singapore and Hongkong. 'The Prime Minister's serious about this," a spokesman for Mr Howard said.
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    • 516 48 BOSTON Many executives at US mutual fund management firms are cashing in on what has been a meteoric stock market rally. Gabelli Asset Management founder and chairman Mario Gabelli raised US$lO5 million (*****.3 million) this week by selling one-fifth of his company's shares
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    • 521 49  -  WANG HUI UNG Politicians, property developers and investors cheer the move; Hang Seng Index rises 3 per cent By BONCKONC ORKESPONDENT THE Hongkong government announced yesterda\ that it would resume land >_ile.s from April 1 after a 10--month suspension, sparking a share market rally
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    • 403 49 40 Indonesian banks may fold up, says Ginandjar UNSOUND BUSINESS PLANS MONTEGO BAY (Jamaica) At least 40 Indonesian banks are likely to close because they will be unable to submit satisfactory business plans, Indonesian Chief Economics Minister Ginandjar Kartasasmita said on Thursday. Speaking to Reuters on the sidelines of a
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    • 267 49 TOKYO Japan has granted preliminary approval for a 7-45 trillion yen (Sslll.B billion) bail-out of 15 of the nation's biggest banks, the latest step in the government's drive to bring back confidence in the industry. The government will invest the funds in
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    • 333 49 Amid recent optimism in the United States and Australia, growth in industrial nations will ease as excess global supply squeezes profits. SYDNEY Asian economies are bottoming out and the extended period of slower world growth means excess supply is driving prices down,
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    • 212 49 GUANGZHOU Guangdong blames foreign lenders for abusing its system of using government-controlled finance firms to raise money on behalf of other companies, and will stop using that method as a result, the China Daily reported, citing MrWang Qishan, the province's vice-governor. Foreign lenders "did not
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    • 507 49 WO WAY' We believe that Astra can repay its debts; maybe they need some rescheduling, bat we are not interested at 20 cents or 30 cents to the dollar. Fuji Bank Singapore deputy general manager Kyoichi Nagata, expressing disinterest in Astra's
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      • 597 2  -  MARCU S WONG Enterf j rising students take radio online Bu MUSIC with a difference. That is what some students from the National University of Singapore Student's Union (NUSSU) aim to provide through Singapore's first official Internet radio programme, POP Radio. (http://nussu.nus.edu.sg/pop) The programme went
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        • 126 2 THOSE who need financial aid for their film projects or to pursue their dreams in films can noyv apply for assistance from the Singapore Film Commission (SFC). The SFC is offering investment funding twiceyearly for feature film projects of up to $250,000, and a short film
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        • 114 2 TIMES THE BOOKSHOP is closing down its pioneer outlet at Lucky Plaza as well as another outlet in Colombo Court at the end of this month. The Lucky Plaza outlet was the first Times the Bookshop in Singapore, set up in 1978. Mr
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        • 89 2 LOS ANGELES Victims of the McCarthy era witch hunts plan to protest against the granting of an honorary Oscar ayvard to film director Elia Kazan, long shunned for informing on his colleagues in the '50s. "Elia Kazan cooperated yvith the House Un-Ameri-can Activities Committee, validating
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    • 410 3  -  CLARISSA OON THEATRE _W8? V GOLD RAIN HAILSTONES Dramalab KL, Singapore Repertory Theatre Jubilee Hall, Wednesdaj Bu HE MOVED adeptly between multiple roles, switching accents as smoothly as he changed clothes. Yet actor-playwright Jit Murad seemed as likeable as one of my kakis. The
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    • 194 9  - Four scores and 35 years ago Ong Sor Fern E_ INDIVISIBLE BY FOUR: A STRING QUARTET IN PURSUIT OF HARMONY By Arnold Stcinhardt Farrar Strans (lirotix/ 3QBpag«/*39.99 ARNOLD STEINHARDT is one of four musicians who make up the Guarneri String Quartet one of the most enduring, and critically-ac-claimed, quartets around.
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      • 43 9 MAKE your own paper lanterns this Chinese New Year. The Rukit Batok Community Librarv is organising a handicraft workshop today at 2.30 pm for children aged between four and nine. Bring along 45 red packets and a stapler.
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      • 43 9 FOR some fun and games, kids between three and sev- en can join a story-telling session at the Central Community Library. The session is at 2.30 pm. Admission is free but limited to the first 30 participants.
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      • 36 9 MIMF performances are on the bill at the Jurong East Community Library today. Mime Unlimited will be staging a show at 3 pm. Admission is free. Register at the registration counter.
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      • 58 9 PARENTS ran l>arn hou- to apply EQ to child-raising today at the Bukit Merah Community Library. Dr Chan Cheng, president of the Singapore Psychological Society, IS giving a talk at 2.30 pm on how to help children manage negative emotions and raise selfawareness.
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    • 131 9  -  Simon Garner THE LONDON CAFE BOOK By Vega/'192 pages/'559.95 COFFEE is hot. And cafes are hip. This neat little book takes you on a virtual tour of London's best cafes. Classy black-and-white photographs accompany snappy descriptions. But the best bit is, if you cannot
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    • 279 9  -  Ong Sor Fern INK First jailed, then almost killed, exiled, now home free DISSIDENT writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn is expelled from the Soviet Union this day in 1974. He was tried for treason after the publication of The Gulag Archipelago, an account of the Soviet Union's infamous
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      • 24 11 CATCH top home-grown band Stoned Revivals at Zuma pub at Clarke Quav on Friday at 10 pm. No cover charge.
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    • 953 13 422 HUDC/ HDB APTS FOR RENT WOODLANDS/ SEMBAWANG APPROVED. 4 'A' blk. 680. 5 T blk. 129/ Exec. apt. blk. 305. F/furn. Low rent. Chandran *****88 TP. LOOKING FOR ANY area! Small or big units? Close to MRTs. At low rent! Short/ long term. Pg. Rental Specialisf now at: 9255-3112
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    • 1011 13 422 HUDC/ HDB APTS FOR RENT BLK. 156 BISHAN 3 rms. avail. Fully j aircon./ furnished. High flr. Newly renovated. Pg. *****142 sole agt. ABOUT SI.2K PASIR Ris mais./ Bt. Batok. Yishun, Woodlands. $900/ Seng Kang $800. 756-5934. 3 'A' TAMPINES. BLK. 853. 1 rm. 1 j j hall for
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    • 731 13 422 HUDC/ HDB APTS FOR RENT BT. GOMBAK BLK. 340, Hougang Blk. 702. 3 rms. Clementi Blk. 202 4 rms. near amenities. *****495 $950 ONLY. APPROVED 3-rm. West Coast Blk. 506. Furn/ aircon. Food ct/ Ginza Plaza. 9312-0242 Agt. HDB FLATS AVAIL, for rent in various area. Rent neg. Interested
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    • 464 13 426 ROOMS FOR RENT FOREIGN STUDENT S'goon/ Hougang. Pte. Aircon. Furn. Good rate. Owner *****138/ *****522 C&H YISHUN BLK. 174. Master/ common rms. F/furn. with aircon. Flexi-pay- ment arrangeable. Call 435-0176 WOODLANDS. MASTER Common rms. F/furn. MRT. Free to use i kitchen hall. 9595 8685 HSR INDIAN TENANTS CALL me
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    • 549 13 429SHCST-TERM ACCOMMODATION NEWTON/ EAST COAST. 1/ 2/ 3 bdrm. apts. MRT. $1000 $2800. Studio (weekly rate $300 only) Tel. 346-8993/ Pg. 9576-5668 HOTEL RM. NEAR Orchard/ MRT/ amenities. Short/ long term from $60. Convenient. Tim Too *****511 OUTRAM PEARLBANK. IMMED. rms./ studio from $210/ $420 wkly. $800/ $1500 per mth.
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    • 514 13 Properties ■■a 445 DO9-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND HOUSES -SALE VIEW TODAY 12-IPM. VANOA AVE! BEST LOCATION 2-STOREY MMMM Land 7600 built-in 4000 sq.ft. 4+l/ Freehold. Beautiful squarish flat land. Wide frontage, 27m. Possible for l pair of semi-d. Ouiet very breezy South-East facing Price S.V9SM neq BERNARD LIM *****-228 HAN
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    • 1219 14 Properties 446 DO9-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND PTEAPTS-SALE SCOTTS 28, 2174. 2034 sq.ft. 1733, I 1658 sq.ft. Very high low flr./ Ardmore Pk. 2885 sq.ft./ Aspen Hgts. 2700 sq.ft.. vacant. *****43 D.lO OLINA LODGE. F'hold. 1539 j sq.ft. 3+l rooms. Balcony. Full facil- ities. Greenery/ pool view, no blocking. $880K. TRS
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    • 784 14 450 Dll 21 NEWTON/ BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI HOUSES -SALE Open Viewing 2pm-6.30pm. D.ll NO. XX ORIOLE CRESCENT (Off Raffles Park) Fairly new 2' .--storey bunglw. Land 10,500 sq.ft. F'hold Built in 5,000 sq.ft. 6+l rms. High ground. Square land. Wide frontage. Big garden. Park 5-6 cars. Autogate. Marble flooring. Facing East South.
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    • 640 14 456 Dl2-14 BALESTIER/ MACPHERSON/GEYLANG PTEAPTS-SALE D.14 ASTON VILLA. New condo. Geylang Rd. Near MRT/ amenities. 99 yrs. 3+l. 1195 sq.ft. *****500 BOON TECK LODGE. 5 yrs Old. Mid flr. 1329 sq.ft. 3 bdrms. Renovated. F'hold. S6OOK neg. *****60 CW. S.BOK! F'HOLD. 1324 sq.ft. Boon Teck Lodge. Off Balestier. Buyer's home
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    • 1109 14 460 Dl5-16 EAST COAST 460 Dl5-16 EAST COAST 460 Dl5-I6 EAST COAST 460 Dl5-16 EAST COAST HOUSES -SALE HOUSES -SALE HOUSES -SALE HOUSES SALE Occlusive landed Komes wi+K cjoY\CiO facilrKes bedok roai l. Basement Carparks Sq im MRT o j_W^mviQKMN Private Gardens ;*e»c** v Bedok Redok K___T^ KEW .=35: 24-hr
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    • 344 14 466 Dl7-18 CHANGI/ PASIR RIS PTEAPTS-SALE AVILA GDN. F'HOLD. Pool view with gdn. Designer decor. 1323 sq.ft. 3rm. Windy Pg. 9_.22-8218 agt. D.lB MELVILLE PK. 1152 sq.ft. 2+l. Renovated. Fuil facilities. Poo! view. View to offer. *****373 PW MELVILLE PK. 3+l 1.453 sq.ft. high floor! Nice Layout. Renovated. MRT. market
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    • 464 14 470 Dl9-20 SERANGOON/ THOMSON HOUSES -SALE D.19 S'GOON. GDN. S/storey terr. 2200 sq.ft. Near Country Club/ interchange *****410 agt. V t STOREY SEMI-D. Serangoon Gdn. Move-m cond. Don't miss a good buy l 9-*****93 BTR D.19 51.69M. F'HOLD. bunglw. 6200 sg.ft. 5-rm. D/storey with pool. Renovated. HARVEST *****525 CHANDER RD.
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    • 1821 15 475 022-28 475 022-28 475D22-28 475 D22-28 WESTS, NORTH WESTS NORTH WEST NORTH WESTS NORTH HC'JSES-SALE HOUSES-SALE HOUSES-SALE HOUSES-SALE FREEHOLD landed luxury STARTS WITH YUNNAN GARDENS f\ *x>n tif Jurong y stAtHMt voc.tlonal Pr. Sthoo. n ,mut» Boon L-y V V r _>■ 1 School II J___Kjc -li-i >A if*
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    • 551 15 Properties 497 HDB APTS FOR SALE (BT MERAH/OUEENSTOWN/ TELOK BLANGAH 3 'i BLK. 2 Jalan Bt. Merah. High flr. Amenities. Valued $134K. View to offer. Pg. 9-*****78 SPP. 3 T BLK. 42 T.Blangah, high flr. renovated. Next to Mt. Faber/ bus stop. Price neg. Agt. *****500 3 'NG' TELOK Blangah
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    • 1274 16 Properties 500 HDB APTS FOR SALE 500 HDB APTS FOR SALE (CHOA CHU KANG/ (CHOA CHU KANG/ BUKIT PANJANG) BUKIT PANJANG) li *<.JK*I 4 Buy It. Sell It. Find It. \__^A 5-RM PT. BLK 210 802-477 Petir Rd. Well kept. Renovated. InterestP\ II ed please contact owner Hashim \^__XC€ll€Ht 9818-4068/
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    • 1021 16 501 HDB APTS FOR SALE (CLEMENTI/ WEST COAST) EXEC. MAIS. BLK. 6 Toh Yi Dr. 12th flr. Unblock. Renovated. Ameni- j ties/ schs. IO yrs. Contra. Valued S4B6K. Best price! View to offer. EXEC. MAIS. BLK. 15 Toh Yi. Very good location! Once in a life-time. Bring chegue to secure!
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    • 761 16 501 HDB APTS FOR SALE (CLEMENTI/ WEST COAST) 5-RM. PANDAN GDN. blk. 404. High flr. Must Sell! S2SK below valuation. 565-2392 agt. 5 'S* PANDAN Gdn. Blk. 404. High flr. Renovated. Value S2SBK. View to offer. Immed. *****697 C&H 5 S' PANDAN Garden blk. 406 814. Newly renovated. Move-in cond.
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    • 2458 16 504 HDB APTS FOR SALE (HOUGANG/ SERANGOON/ YIOCHUKANG) ERA BUY S SELL SPECIALIST HOUGANG/ SERANGOON 3 'NG' Blk. 24, Hougang High flr. Marble. Weil kept Unblocked. Good Amenities. 4 'NG' Blk. 235, Serangoon. High flr. Unblocked Good v ew. Move-m cond. Gcod Amenites. 4 'NG' Blk. 307, Serangoon. High Sr
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    • 1375 17 505 HDB APTS FCR SALE 506 HDB APTS FOR SALE I JURONG) (KALLANG/ WHAMPOA) 4 'A' CORNER _urong W. Blk. 429. BLK 48 BENDEMEER Dest exec. apt. Low flr/ low cash. Huge living hall. High flr. Unblocked, windy. Valued F/renovated. *****389 CR S4BSK. 4 bdrms. BGA 9415-8252. 4'A' BLK. 538.
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    • 2417 17 512 HDB APTS FOR SALE 512 HDB APTS FOR SALE 512 HDB APTS FOR SALE 512 HDB APTS FOR SALE 512 HDB APTS FOR SALE (PASIR RIS/CHANGI) (PASIR RIS/ CHANGI) (PASIR RIS/ CHANGI) (PASIR RIS/ CHANGI) (PASIR RIS/ CHANGI) mi'l *i~ .11 T _T I 'ul »'il ■tW j 1
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    • 410 17 514 HDB APTS FOR SALE (TAMPINES/SIMEI) View <^ EXEC. APT. 312. Corner! High flr. 4 i rms., balcony. Very well kept. Spacious layout, good facing. Movein cond. Convenient. *****303 DW. mmmm P_M itause VIEWING 2-SPM. EXEC. mais. 856D. Beautiful country style. Charming cosy. Central/ MRT/ sch. (Meet at lift lobby)
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    • 1311 17 Properties 514 HDB APTS FOR SALE 514 HDB AP^S FOR SALE (TAMPINES/ S'MEI) (TAMPINES/ S!ME 1 1 4 'A' TAMPINES 267, 318, 341, 348. SIMEI 5 T Corner Blk. 101. Low flr. 5 T Blk. 343. 387, 391G. 496F, 503. Very near MRT/ shops. Renovated. Exec. Mais. 427, 428. 860.
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    • 683 18 Properties Travel Guide 514 HDB APTS FOR SALE (TAMPINES/ SIMEI) 5 T CORNER Cik. 486A Tampines. Well renovated. 128 sq.m. Malay owner. Valued. *****796 aqt. 5 T SIMEI blk. 107. Corner unit. High floor. 100% move in. MRT/ Eastpoint. 4-bdrm. 9308-0300 DW 5 BLK. 113 Simei St. 1. MRT. EasL
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    • 1259 18 516 HDB APTS FOR SALE 517 HDB APTS FOR SALE (TOA PAYOH/ (WOODLANDS/ POTONG PASIR) SEMBAWANG) 5365K. 5 T corner Kim Keat/ Toa CORNER JUMBO WOODLANDS bik. j Payoh Blk. 252 walk-up, move-in 820. High flr. 177 sq.m. 4 bdrms. cond. Amenities. Pg. 9409-4106. j MRT. Must view! 9216-8067 CSR
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    • 588 18 517 HDB APTS FOR SALE (WOODLANDS/ SEMBAWANG) s 'l'/ 3 'l' Blk. 11. High flr. Unblocked. Renovated. Split aircon. Fully marble. Low cash. *****699 PSP 5 T. MRT. Corner. 802/ 165. 100% move in. Split aircon. Unblocked. Low cash! Windy. CP 9408-7977 5 T BLK 216 Marsiling, high flr unblock,
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    • 729 18 518 HDB APTS FOR SALE (YISHUN) NEW LISTING! EXEC. Mais. 405 Yishun. Unblocked. Renovated. Sch./ mkt. Valued $395K. 9525-9392 NO CASH! 4 'A' Blk. 386. Well-kept. Simple renovation. Mid flr. Unblocked. Pg. *****079. TUSCANY REALTY PTE Ltd wishes all clients 'Gong Xi Fa Cai'. Busi- i ness resume 19/2/99. 348-8380.
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    • 394 18 520 HDB APTS FOR SALE (MIXED/OTHER ESTATES) g^L R AML AN 1 ABDULLAH Snr. Associate TyA Director *****215 Blk. 506 Pasir Ris ExecApt Blk. 543 Jurona W. 4'A' Blk. 111 Ta.#nes 3'A FOR EFFICIENT HASSLE-FREE SELLING/BUYING TRANSACTIONS [_fpV Nationwide I ml Realty 3 'NG' Serangoon Blk. 206. 4'A' Yishun Blk.
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    • 494 18 525 HOUSES WANTED 525 HOUSES WANTED (RENT/ BUY) (RENT/ BUY) Buy It. Sell It. Find It. J!] 527 HUDC/HDB APTS WANTED (RENT/ BUY) WANTED URGENTLY I We have ready buyers for 3/ 4/ 5-rms. in Woodlands aa Yishun. Immediate transaction Call Raj at H/p 9671-6175 Pg: 9600-2905 TP RENTAL SPECIALIST
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    • 594 18 527 HUDC/HDB APTS WANTED (RENT/ BUY) URGENT! ALL AREAS/ types wanted. G'teed sell within a shorter time, owners call Chow *****866 (WORKING COUPLE) I need an HDB apt. near Clementi. Owner please call: 9788-1976. (No agents.) URGENT! DEAR OWNERS. Ready tenants in Lavender/ Tiong Bahru/ Redhill/ Kallang Bahru. 585-2609 AN
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    • 576 18 533 FACTORY SPACE 533 FACTORY SPACE WANTED WANTED |5 WANTED 1 Sales/Lease/Rent I MOTOR WORKSHOP Built up area: 50,000 to 60,000 sq ft O TENURE Between 30 to 50 years LOCATION Northern Zone Sembawang/Woodlands/Yishun OTHERS a Workshop preferably alonq main road; '"_l has high ceiling; column free and with oil
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    • 394 18 540 RESTAURANT/LOUNGE SPACEFORRENT D.Ol KARAOKE PUB for takeover. Around 1700 sq.ft. Rent only $3.5K p/ mth. With existing reqular clients. Fee neg. Call Alan *****037 BAKERY/ CATERING/ RESTAURANT. New. F/equipped. Aircon. Lights. Parking. 1720 sq.ft. Pg. 92u2-2802 D.OB LITTLE INDIA. Fully equipped restnt./ eating house. Rent $SK. Ample parking Agt
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      • 735 9 s. -iiija^ra ua_cu company wnicn provides engineering and management services to the offshore Oil aud Gas Industry and we are looking for suitable and quaiified person to join us for the following fT"? m H 1. Project Lngmeer 2. Structural Installation Engineer 3. QA Supervisor /QC Inspector Position I The
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      • 574 11 SIA Properties (Pte) Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Singapore Airlines, invites applications for the position of: ESTATES EXECUTIVE The successful candidate will assist the Estates Manager in the evaluation, negotiation, administration of leases for both local and overseas premises as well as in-house valuation and general land and estates matters.
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      • 1192 12 LP Automotive Systems Innovative People. Intelligent Solutions. R The next generation of drivers will likely be shopping for vehicles which provide them safer travel with superior I J protection In an accident, on-board communications syslems, passenger entertainment and mobile productivity, S__niOl7TfiS_ UP\/P___nmPl_t Jt as well as more environmentally cooperative operation.
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      • 685 13 Beyond Possibilities. Bevond innovation and bevond technological breakthroughs is a spirit of achievement. \nd nowhere is this stronger than at Fujitsu Computers. The company that's all about computers.... we provide the most advanced IT solutions, we supptv comprehensive network solutions and equipment, and we deliver valuaole professional services and expertise.
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      • 1741 14 Executive Appointments //(u A partnership for W\\ Being a turnkey provider of quality WTT mM ■^%l /~tt /^I/IPP Wk ,W_f<^k*^ik customized manufacturing services, WM mm I_— M m _/tt^^_^^ **S fc'i^m* 1 m uv strive to form strong and lasting Jf jf M /M^^tlV manufacturing partnerships witb m m\ s\
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      • 612 14 MERCK MERCK (S) PTE LTD a subsidiary of Merck KGaA, Germany, is the regional office fbr Merck's activities in Malaysia and Singapore. We are engaged in the trading of pharmaceuticals, laboratory chemicals and specialty chemicals like pigments, liquid crystals, vitamins and electronic chemicals. Merck also supplies chemical supply systems and
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      • 727 15 mm?/ mS* 8 awmmmsS^^mmm'.kZj' _H____Mrl %SNw WKM IiWJHII._H_BITWWon--JB|M For Aspiring Profes^j 3VI is a leading US Fortune 500 multinational company. Ounlq£g has come from providing innovative solutions to our customers" problems. Join 3M and be part of the continuing tradition of innovation. Advanced/Senior Applications Engineer (Integrated Circuit Packaging) Job Responsibilities:
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      • 784 15 I ENGINEERING IDEAS THE CUTTING EDGE. Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, a member of Singapore Technologies, operates the most advanced integrated circuit processing facilities in South East Asia. In creating the technology roadmap into the 21st century, we have built three world-class wafer fabs and are now embarking on two more SMP
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      • 332 15 Executive Appointments 4 m mmm CMS ENERGY, one of the world's largest energy infrastructure companies, with more than 110 years of track record in power generation and distribution business invites applications from qualified candidates for the position of: Personal Assistant to VP/MD Secretarial Diploma with minimum GCE 'A' level certificate.
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      • 1134 16 Executive Appointments For Electronic Design in Asia, the word for growth is Cadence. I •MaHa_____nM_______H___*__aH_______».- __U..t__MHM-N_M_H_______M-M-_-M__^____________^^ 'j^nfNmftmm^^MMMM HRWM_______Btt____P^^^^^_BßMß^B!^ > Cadence Design Systems Inc is the largest supplier of software products, consulting and design services used to accelerate and manage the design of semiconductors, computer systems, networking and telecommunications equipment, consumer
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      • 618 16 I Singapore Press Holdings publishes 12 newspapers in addition to 8 j i| popular periodicals, making us Singapore's foremost publisher as well j I as one ofthe leading publishers in the region. II jj Our Newspaper Circulation Department, which manages the V j I marketing and distribution of newspapers and
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      • 1039 17 I 1 'I ill- I Jf moMirI opportunity to _m_i- i# am *r m^mW «B BPW_. _■_<- WmmjmmMM mmmmiMmM mM #>*_j___fct'-.:.__ __fc£**'**-i K ta_l__^____l ■^yjHP^^^Vi___i Mr m XW ■■■■■■■■■■M We looking for energetic and dynamic mSK^ttUy^^USDl fiUKuulUiyh engineers who fulfil the following requirements: Good Bachelor of Engineering degree j TheTraining
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      • 658 17 Executive Appointments US O ppo r tunitie s S Consultants Application Programmer/Systems Analyst PEOPLESOFT ABAP/4 SAP-HR, FICO, MM, PM VB 5.0 with Crystal Reports SAP BASIS Powerhouse with experience of Oracle and conversion Oracle Applications Financials, Manufacturing experience from legacy systems to HP/UX and Oracle EDI for New Millennium project
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      • 1359 18 Executive Appointments f fi I I mm __H_k l Mtmm\ _____________________H__L _w__i____ffil__________BsiM_fl mmmmmmmmMMm^MmMl^mmm _Hk MmW^mmmv 4mWwm ____________________________r^fl_Bn __T__: W J_r (am v m^m m^m r* Ik. m& ''m^^^mr^ d_ Jfil it^ _______T a^L. j_____H^_____________»J. <_ BHHfe tv x^K a_ 'H- *m.-- w 7 ■^L h, t. mm, m c"^^^_l mm
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      • 847 18 FTI When you join EG&G Heimann Optoelectronics, you are joining a leader in global Science Technology a company that is committed to bringing 2 1st century technology into our qq world now. And with this ambitious drive, come tremendous opportunities for growth development, jj i DEVELOPMENT MANAGER PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT S
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      • 675 19 BOSCH, a German company, is one of the world's leading suppliers of automotive equipment, consumer goods, capital goods, and communications technology. Globally active in more than 1 30 countries, with worldwide sales of Ssso billion and employing more than 180,000 people, its key corporate principles centre on innovation and quality.
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      • 1134 20 EDB INVESTMENTS EDB Investments PteLtd(EDßl), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Economic Development Board EDB is responsible for strategic equity investments on behalf of EDB in a wide range of projects inside and outside Singapore. It manages in excess ofSs2 billion through its Cluster Development Fund Programme and its various subsidiaries
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      • 906 20 Executive Appointments mmmt n —^_>— a----------- i— M__B_MM_H____HHBnH_H_H______M__— l Singapore Airlines invites applications for the following appointments: OVERSEAS MANAGERS Requirements You should possess a Second Class Upper Honours degree or its equivalent with at least 5 years' proven record of managerial competence. You are expected to have a global outlook
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      • 583 21 QcSBy IN U Centre for Clinical Pharmacology partnership of 1 .liv Rs*_ar_h laboratories and T.il-_ NATIONAL Un.VKRSITY d/S|NO. .PORK This organisation has a primary mission to conduct clinical research studies to evaluate pharmaceutical agents in humans. We have recently occupied purpose built clinical research facilities and have already conducted several
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      • 552 21 |a&l| the mother tongue language teaching anard scheme As a new millennium approaches, rapid globalisation will open up exciting opportunities and new challenges for our nation. It is important that Singaporeans possess a sense of identity and belonging, while maintaining our distinctiveness as an Asian society. This will help us
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      • 133 21 Executive Appointments A leading Company specializing in printing machinery for the web offset printing industry seeks a Experience in the sales of printing machinery in commercial and newspaper industries. Technical background an added advantage. Proven track records preferably in China market. Effectively bilingual in English and Mandarin (spoken written). Willing
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      • 1097 22 Executive Appointments i fm- mm™ ""_St*~'- .~M.\jr •> I: X I __f<**^^3[_____w_-$^ _hI h__ HaH v -^H HRJhw_W__a_____________________i WM «-.<__________ Lj» 'Sggt X X Hgt S^H »«s««w* M«I -"••"TfiSfiJMWtMP^ i ■j^EP^^T V^J 'J- __£-__bs____i_3 _W*^ j HL w_\ v t i ■_____r*^____i_____i___Nxr v ___R_p _H _______tF* _Bfk_ _£l___B___-_^gj^!_!!B_fc' *4^_T* <m^~
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      • 816 22 llie Computer Centre spearheads the development of an IT intensive environment on campus and provides a comprehensive computing and networking infrastructure to enable the University community to fully exploit IT for teaching, learning, research and administration. NUSNET-UI is the University s mission critical campus-wide network interconnecting 13,500 computer nodes for
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      • 650 23 I J Exciting opportunity in Beijing SHOPPING CENTRE MANAGER Beijing Cofco Plaza is a grade A 1 20,000-m- office and retail development situated in the heart of Beijing's commercial district. Within the complex, there is a 60,000m 2 eight level shopping mall. Tenants include McDonalds, Park N' Shop Supermarket, Starbucks
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      • 377 23 Executive Appointments r^m_____fc We are a subsidiary of a well-established Group of Companies with operations In nine countries in Asia. We are looking for a professionally qualified accountant with at least four years' working experience in a commercial organisation to fill the position of in our organisation. Reporting to the
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      • 473 23 Ciba Specialty Chemicals is a well-established multi-national company with its headquarters in Basel, Switzerland. It is a global leader in the discovery, development and manufacture of innovative specialty chemicals The principal activities consist of maufacturing and trading in Additives, Consumer Cure Chemicals, Performance Polymers, Pigments and Textile Dyes. We invite
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      • 687 24 W^ Harriott Marriott International, Inc. manages up-scale hotel properties in major cities around the world and is expanding rapidly Marriott Asia Pacific Management Limited in Hong Kong, a subsidiary of the Group, is now inviting ambitious, dynamic and experienced candidates to work in China. Candidates who are equipped with working
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      • 775 24 Executive Appointments CTT^ Semiconductor Technologies Instruments Pte Ltd ,31 (A member ot The Flextech Group) Pioneering New Breakthroughs That'll I SHAPE THE INDUSTRY ...in the semiconductor equipment manufacturing industry. Yes, STI brings togefher the best of two worlds Tl and Telford. Wilh a wealth of experience behind us, we will
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      • 693 24 A subsidiary of a Public Listed Combany with over 30 years of manufacturing and extensive distribution network for a wiae range of FMCG is urgently seeking a The incumbent will have direct sales and marketing responsibilities. He will be assisted by a sales and marketing team, and will be expected
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      • 713 25 _S_i ir_rl^ TUP \m*+§ Vlv One World. One Team. CIRCLE INTERNATIONAL is a leading global provider of integrated transportation and logistics solutions. We are an essential part of our clients supply chain from sourcing to delivery of product to the ultimate customer In our continuous ettoit to (orge ahead, we
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      • 631 26 1 MMMM a. f Q| NatSteel Electronic- Ltd is ranked among the world's leading electronics contract manufacturers uith operations in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, China, U.S.A., Mexico ditd Hungary. In support of further expansion, wc are looking for dynamic and committed individuals who can take up the positions of: I
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      • 660 26 Jtesoon J.M. Sassoon Co. (Pte) Ltd (Member of the Stock Exchange Of Singapore Ltd) REMISIERS We are expanding our Remisiers Unit when we move into larger premises at OUB Centre next month. Within a conducive working environment, we provide ample facilities and competitive terms to Remisiers. If you are interested
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