The Straits Times, 22 March 1999

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    21 1 The Straits Times JVIOIIQciV March 22, 1999 92 Pages m four parts mita(P) 054/12/98 A Singapore Press Holdings publication OU Cents
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    Singaporeans come first, but...
    756 1 Singaporeans come first, but. FOREIGN TALENT GIVES 'EXTRA BOOST PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong cited three examples of how Singapore would be poorer without foreigntalent r ECONOMY sPer5 P er cent of total secondary Singapore loses some of its own r, re*. school enrolment At The Chinese talent to other
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    Asia papers create network
    368 1  -  EDWARD TANG By THAILAND CORRESPONDENT BANGKOK Eight major Asian newspapers, including The Straits Times, will set up a news exchange network which will enhance their coverage of Asia significantly. They agreed last week to establish a system to share reports, analyses and photographs produced by their
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    Lock icon S'porean robber shot by JB police
    164 1 JOHOR BARU Police shot dead a Singaporean who wounded a shopkeeper seriously during a robbery attempt at a sundry shop here on Saturday. Johor CID chief Mokhtar Hassan said yesterday that the 38-year-old robber was shot after he tried to attack two policemen. He
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      217 1 LIBEL Ml IT: Sing Tel Mobile threatens to sue 'Nokia Boy' over discount sham message page 50 Be b bh w i 1 riii You may love or hate the jjffi J^A. Merlion, but you certainly s cannot ignore it. l^i^^tff The half-fish, halMion T^mZ^'m creature is used widely fj
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  • PRIME NEWS
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      Prepare for election, says Mahathir
      501 2  -  BRENDAN PEREIRA Launching his nationwide tour, he urges Umno and National Front not to be easily cowed by rival Islamic party By IN AI. OR STAR PRIME Minister Mahathir Mohamad yesterday began a nationwide tour and immediately went on an election trail. The 73-year-old leader
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      GRISLY TROPHY
      70 2 See Page 16 An indigenous tribesman on the island of Kalimantan, m the Indonesian province of Borneo, holding up a human ear and brandishing a sword near the village of Sukarame yesterday. Malay and Dayak tribesmen rampaged through the town of Sambas on a manhunt for Madurese. They
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      Lock icon Umno sets up group to fight slander
      254 2 FIVE QUESTIONED OVER TAPES KUALA LUMPUR Umno has formed a committee to handle slander against national leaders as police questioned five people over a tape alleged to contain calls for the assassination of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad and other leaders
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      Lock icon MEATY DEAL
      277 3 PIG VIRUS SCARE 'Keep prices low' THOSE selling fish and meat other than pork should not take advantage ot the situation by increasing prices, said Minister without Portfolio Lim Boon Heng yesterday. He also advised stall holders and other retailers to fix reasonable prices. Mr Lim was speaking
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      Pricier chicken likely this week
      522 3  -  WENDY TAN Wholesalers and stall holders say prices will be raised as demand for the meat is expected to go up both here and m Malaysia while supplies run low Bu CUSTOMERS OUTRAGED 'One day it's $4, the next day it's $4.50. Where will it
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      Lock icon No crisis teams 'due to lack of doctors'
      264 3 KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said that a shortage of doctors had prevented the government from establishing crisis team.-- to handle outbreaks like .Japanese encephalitis. "When we talk about crisis teams, are we talking about setting up a
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      Veteran trade unionist
      458 4  - Veteran trade unionist VH MAD OSMAN Mr G. Kandasamy, founder of Aupe and an ex-MP, was taken to hospital after he complained of breathing difficulties *L VETERAN union leader G. Kandasamy, who served the labuu. movement for more than 50 years, died on Saturday night at the age of 77His
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      UNION CHIEF
      145 4 Good role model MX(; Kandasamy founded the Amalgamated Union of Public Employees on Sept 26, 1959. He was its general secretary until he stepped down and became a senior adviser on April 1. 1995. The union is the largest m the public sector with more than 20.000 members.
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      Lock icon Spratly dispute 'a bilateral matter'
      397 4 CHINA SHRUGS OFF MANILA'S CALL FOR UN HELP MANILA China said yesterday that its dispute with the Philippines over the Spratly Islands was a matter they could settle between themselves, apparently pushing aside attempts by Manila to get the United Nations to step m. Chinese
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      79 2 INSIDE I"—"" World... 6,7,8,9, 10, 11 People 11 East Asia... 12. 13, 15 Indonesia In Transition 16 S-KAsia 17 Malaysia.... 18,19, 21 Weather 25 World Focus 22, 23. 24 Home 28-34 Home Focus 35 Editorial 36 Forum 39 Sports 41-44 Racing 44 Money 46-50 Currency 46 LIFE! jVw'Sj BB ij^t^rX
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Bihar widows swear revenge
      583 6 INDIA'S INTER-CASTE KILLING FIELDS JEHANABAD is the most turbulent which Maoist guerillas are the most region m the violent eastern state of Bi- powerful. har where 28 years of inter-caste feud- The entire te of more than a mg has earned it the sobriquet "India's million
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      Soon: Clothes that will tell customers if they fit well
      470 6 Soon: Clothes that will tell customers if they fit well Talking' apparel to make debut m Britain LONDON They could be the trousers that will not belt up. Customers m some of Britain's top clothing stores may soon find their prospective purchases announcing whether they would be a good fit,
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      Lock icon Fraud cases in EU report 'tip of iceberg'
      435 7 Fraud cases in EU report 'tip of iceberg' The official who blew the whistle on the fraud which led the European Commission to quit claims there is a lot more that needs to be addressed COPENHAGEN The fraud cases revealed m an independent report that forced the European Commission to
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      Lock icon Corruption and cronyism? West just as guilty, says Leon Brittan
      343 7 'CORRUPTION IS NOT A PROBLEM CONFINED TO THE DEVELOPING WORLD. ITIS NOT SOMETHING ON WHICH THE WEST CAN SIMPLY LECTURE OTHER COUNTRIES.' Sir Leon Brittan (left) LONDON A top member of the discredited European Commission has said that cronyism and
      Reuters  -  343 words
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      Lock icon Serbs attack Kosovo as monitors pull out
      569 8 Yugoslav onslaught drives thousands of civilians from their homes ahead of possible Nato air strikes against Serbia after peace talks break down GLOGOVAC (Yugoslavia) Yugoslav forces marked the withdrawal of 1,300 international monitors from Kosovo by launching a new offensive against villages m
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      Lock icon Touchdown!
      37 9 After 19 gruelling days circumnavigating the globe, the Breitling Orbiter 3 touches down m Dakhla Oasis m Egypt's Western Desert early yesterday. A speck m the sky, AFP Down it floats. AFP AFP Back to earth.
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    • WORLD FILE
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        Lock icon OSAMA 'HIDING IN EAST AFGHANISTAN'
        56 9 SUSPECTED international terrorist Osama bin Laden, who vanished last month from his Afghanistan stronghold m Kandahar, is now living m the east of the country, a Sunday Telegraph report has said. The article, which cited Western intelligence reports, said he was moving between three camps
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        Lock icon DEAL BY U.S. AIRLINE AVERTS STRIKE
        40 9 AMERICA West Airlines, the ninth-largest carrier m the US, has reached a tentative contract agreement with its flight attendants. The deal has averted a strike which could have left thousands of passengers stranded. AFP
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        Lock icon MEXICO WANTS DOG POO OFF ITS STREETS
        54 9 1 THE authorities i$ Mexico City are appealing to the owners of the city's 1.2 million dogs to help deal with their pets' faeces. They say the canines leave behind 120,000 tonnes of faeces each year and this is contributing to the city's
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        Lock icon RUSSIANS LAUNCH ASIASAT-3C SATELLITE
        33 9 A RUSSIAN Proton rocket successfully launched a Chi-nese-built Asiasat-3C satellite early yesterday, ItarTass news agency reported. The rocket was launched from the space centre at Baikonur m Kazakhstan. AFP
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        Lock icon THOUSANDS MARK 'FRANCOPHONE' DAY
        41 9 THOUSANDS of Frcnchspeakera m 52 countries celebrated world "Francophone" day on Saturday. The celebrations, m their 11th year, are held to pay tribute to the French language and culture, especially its grpwing presence on the Internet. AFP
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      Lock icon Balloonists land safely in Egypt
      437 9 Duo are rescued from remote desert after making aviation history with the first balloon flight around the globe We were having great difficulty realising our dreams have come true. We are with the angels. Piccard, speaking from the balloon DAKHIA OASIS (Egypt) Having beaten one
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      Lock icon Flying firsts
      182 9 SWISS balloonist Bertrand Piccard and his British co-pilot Brian Jones add their names to a roll-call of aerial firsts. Here are some of their predecessors: Oct 19, 1783: Pilatre de Rozier is the first person to fly when he takes off from Paris m the Montgolf ier brothers'
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      Comeback for the dodo?
      251 10 LONDON Scientists will extract DNA from a dodo for the first time, raising the prospect that the bird whose name is synonymous with extinction could be resurrected. According to a London Sunday Times report, British experts will recover fragments of genetic material from a preserved head
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      BIRD-BRAINED FRUIT-EATER
      74 10 An illustration of the dodo. It was about the size of a turkey with undeveloped wings. DODOS descended from a type of pigeon which settled on Mauritius four million years ago. With no predators, they did not need to fly and lost the ability to do so. They
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      Altering crops may unleash super-viruses
      330 10 Making plants resistant to common scourges through genetic engineering could end up wiping out farms, warns a report to the British government LONDON Crops genetically altered to be resistant to common plant viruses risk creating mutant strains of "'super-viruses" which could wipe out entire farms,
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    • PEOPLE
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        16th child for Casino King Stanley Ho, 78
        114 11 FOURTH WIFE IS PREGNANT HONGKONG Hongkong Casino King Stanley Ho is preparing to be a father again for the 16th time at the age of 78. His fourth wife Angela is pregnant and is expected to give birth m August, according to
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        Lock icon MURDOCH'S SHY DAUGHTER SPEAKS
        167 11 Publicity-shy MacLeod is tired of being ignored. SYDNEY After a lifetime of shunning publicity, media magnate Rupert Murdoch's "forgotten" first daughter, Mrs Prudence MacLeod, says she is tired of being ignored and wants a non-executive board role m her father's News Corp. In an interview yesterday
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        Lock icon ROMANTIC END TO MOUNTAIN ORDEAL
        100 11 BUENOS AIRES An Irishman and his Australian girlfriend who survived two weeks m the freezing Andes mountains of southern Argentina after he fell and broke his leg, now plan to get married. Mr Brendan Timmis, 28, and Ms Lee Su Yin, 31, are both engineers
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        Lock icon CHARLES TO HELP GRANDMA PAY BILLS
        202 11 LONDON Prince Charles has been given the tai>k by the royal family of persuading his grandmother to cut back on her lavish lifestyle after she ran up a huge overdraft, a newspaper report said yesterday. The Sunday Express said that the prince had devised
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      Lock icon Baghdad and Riyadh trade charges over haj
      450 11 The Saudis have accused the Iraqis of exploiting the pilgrimage politically, while Iraq says it wants its assets frozen m the kingdom released RIYADH Saudi Arabia and Iraq waged a war of words yesterday over the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca after Baghdad
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      67 11 SINGAPORE and BASF BRINGING OUT THE BEST Eg I J^^^*" uk I BASF m Singapore is committed to H I training and further education of its i^Ht employees. To bring out the best of Hi. Ik I PJ BASF believes that it is by developing B IHHHp^# best products and
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  • EAST ASIA
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      A ROLLS YOU CAN EAT
      71 12 A ROLLS YOU CAN EAT a chocolate replica of a Rolls-Royce, with the auspicious number 8888 (which m Cantonese means prosperity), goes on display m Beijing's Palace Hotel. According to a recent report, both overseas tourist arrivals and tourism foreign-exchange earnings surged m January this year. About 5.5 million tourists
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      PLA's business valued at $9.7 b
      589 12  - PLA's business valued at $9.7 b MAKY KWANG It has been transferred to the state sector, following the move to get the military out of business, and the mopping up will be finished this year By CHINA CORRESPONDENT SINCE THE UMBILICAL CORD WITH OUR PARENT WAS NOT THAT SECURE BEFORE,
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      Lock icon Drought...then floods along Yellow River?
      228 12 Drought... then floods along Yellow River? BEIJING China, hit by floods along its major rivers last summer, is facing both drought and floods along the Yellow River this year. Vice-Premier Wen Jiabao told the official Xinhua news agency yesterday that measures were needed to fight "serious drought" m some parts
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      Lock icon Beijing 'coerces' foreign firms to snare technology
      470 13 Beijing 'coerces' foreign firms to snare technology Western companies wanting to do business m China have to transfer technology as 'sweeteners' to close deals, according to a US survey WASHINGTON China "coerces" foreign firms routinely to share technology as the price of doing business m the country, a practice that
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      Lock icon HK singer files suit against Apple Daily
      263 13 HONGKONG Singer Jenny Tseng, claiming that her chances of finding a husband have been destroyed by a newspaper article containing "outrageous statements", is suing the Hongkong daily for libel. The libel action against Apple Daily, known for its reports on gossip and sleaze,
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      Lock icon Jiang takes in the sights of Venice
      122 13 VENICE Chinese President Jiang Zemin yesterday stepped out to play the tourist here before the start of an official 10-day European tour likely to be clouded by hu-man-rights protests. The relaxed-looking Chinese leader, who arrived here on Saturday, led a small armada of
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    • EAST ASIA FILE
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        Lock icon RISING-SUN FUG A HIT WITH STUDENTS
        49 13 MORE than half of Japan's high-school students support the rising-sun flag as Japan's national symbol, according to a survey by the Kyodo news agency released yesterday. The poll showed that 59 per cent thought the "Hinomaru" was suitable as the national flag. AFP
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        Lock icon VIAGRA SHIPMENT 'BOOKED FULLY'
        62 13 THE first shipment of the anti-impotency drug Viagra to be made available legally m Taiwan, consisting of 100,000 tablets, has been booked fully even before it goes on sale today, an official with the drug's US manufacturer, Pfizer, told the Commercial Times m Taipei. The drug
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        Lock icon OBUCHI HAPPY WTTH SEOUL VISIT
        47 13 JAPANESE Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi said m Tokyo yesterday he was satisfied with his visit to South Korea, aimed at cementing ties and reconciling policies towards North Korea. "We renewed our determination to further economic development and security cooperation," he said. AFP
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        Lock icon FOUR HURT IN JET-FIGHTER CRASH
        49 13 FOUR people were injured when a Chinese jet-fighter crashed near a brick factory m the southern province of Guangdong, it was reported yesterday. Three factor}' workers and the F-8 pilot were hurt m the incident on Friday, said the Sunday Morning Post report. AFP
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        Lock icon FEWER JAPANESE GOING OVERSEAS
        52 13 THE number of Japanese travelling overseas dropped for the first time m seven years last year due m large part to the country's anaemic economy, the Justice Ministry said yesterday. The number of Japanese tourists travelling abroad totalled 15.8 million, down by 5.9 per cent from
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      Lock icon Hearing into 'right of abode' test case today
      445 15 The landmark case, brought by 18 mainland Chinese m Hongkong on visitors' visas, is being followed by thousands of potential migrants HONGKONG A court here will today start hearing a landmark immigration case that could open the floodgates to tens of thousands
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      Lock icon Taipei rep tipped to be Macedonia envoy
      171 15 TAIPEI Taiwan is to appoint its deputy representative to the US as the island's first ambassador to Macedonia, barely two months after the nation switched diplomatic recognition from Beijing to Taipei, it was reported yesterday. "It has been decided that Peter Cheng would
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      Nepalese 'frisked 3 times' at HK airport
      253 15 Nepalese 'frisked 3 times' at HK airport HONGKONG A Nepalese man has claimed that Customs officers forced him to undergo body searches on his last three flights into Hongkong from Kathmandu, it was reported yesterday. His account comes as figures show that people from Nepal are the most likely to
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  • INDONESIA IN TRANSITION
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      Lock icon Thousands flee violence in Indonesian Borneo
      476 16 More than 6,400 Madurese refugees are expected to arrive m Pontianak soon, desperate to escape ethnic violence which has left 90 dead SINGKAWANG (Indonesia) Thousands of refugees yesterday poured out of rural areas of Indonesian Borneo, fleeing ethnic bloodshed which has left some 90
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      Lock icon Suharto failed to restrain followers, says Muslim leader
      306 16 Suharto failed to restrain followers, says Muslim leader JAKARTA The head of Indonesia's largest Muslim organisation has accused former President Suharto of failing to restrain his followers from stirring up unrest m the country. Mr Abdurrahman Wahid, leader of the 40-million-member Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), prominent Suharto critic and possible contender
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      Lock icon Jakarta to rebuild Ambon
      96 16 Jakarta to rebuild Ambon AMBON The Indonesian government aims to rebuild this riot-torn city racked b\ months of Muslim-Chris-tian clashes that claimed some 200 lives and left millions of dollars of damage, the governor said yesterdax More than 2.500 of the 3,680 houses damaged m the violence will be rebuilt.
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      Women voters take cue from hubby, says study
      225 16 Women voters take cue from hubby, says study JAKARTA The political preferences of about 80 per cent of all rural women m the country are shaped by men while urban women fare only marginally better. a recent nationwide survey has found. The Jakarta Post report quoted Mr Sutrada Ginting of
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      ST readers to get more value with network
      537 17  -  EDWARD TANG News-exchange network will provide Singapore readers with the latest regional news on the same day they are published by other papers «v THAILAND CORRESPONDENT NETWORK: The 8 papers The Statesman Indonesia The Jakarta Post Malaysia Sin Chew Jit Poh, The
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      Lock icon MORE GOLD FOR PAGODA
      44 17 REUTERS The Shwedagon Pagoda m Myanmar is piling another tonne of gold onto its central stupa. The 2,500-year-old pagoda is already decorated with 2.3 tonnes of gold and encrusted with more than 5,000 diamonds as well as other precious stones.
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      Carter joins Fnilippine housing project
      404 17 By NIRMAL GHOSH PHILIPPINES CORRESPONDENT MANILA Former US President Jimmy Carter will today start sweating under a hot summer sun alongside' President Joseph Estrada. Mr Fidel Ramos. Mrs Conzon Aquino and hundreds of Filipino and other volunteers to build homes for poor Filipinos. Mr Carter
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      Lock icon Vietnam gets tough on dissidents and rights groups
      166 17 HANOI Vietnam has hardened its stance on human rights, issuing a warning to human-rights groups and arresting several dissidents m an effort to suppress dissent, diplomats here say. "Individuals or organis- ations which come to Vietnam to conduct activities concerning human rights
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon Pig cull stepped up in Negri Sembilan
      401 18 Over 700 soldiers enter villages m the country's largest pig-breeding region. Meanwhile, an opposition leader calls on the Health Minister to resign CHUAH Malaysian troops stepped up a cull of pigs yesterday to stop the spread of the virus that has killed more
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      5 18 THE SUN
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      253 18 PORT DICKSON Firms renting out equipment for the pig-culling operation are exploiting the situation, asking double or even treble the normal rates. Faced with a dire shortage of equipment m the operation to kill 300,000 pigs, a plea has been made to contractors
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      SHOTGUNS NOISY BUT EFFECTIVE
      78 18 THE sound from shotguns which are used for the destruction of pigs m Negri Sembilan can be heard 700 m away. Although the authorities would prefer to carry out the operation quietly, Deputy Home Minister Datuk Ong Ka Ting said only shotguns could kill the animals
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      DEVELOPER OFFERS TO HOUSE VICTIMS
      84 18 A DEVELOPER m Port Dickson is willing to forgo six months' rent for 20 shop lots at his project m Lukut to help families evacuated from their homes m Bukit Pelanduk. The Sunday Star said the developer, who preferred to remain anonymous, decided to provide
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      54 18 THE Drainage and Irrigation Department m Malacca has advised pig farmers located near rivers to treat their animal waste and discharge to avoid river pollution. Its director-general Keizrul Abdullah said pollution m pig farms was a significant problem and the cost of treating the animal
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      94 18 THE Malaysian Medical Association m Kuala Lumpur has advised people living within a 2-km radius of pig farms m Negri Sembilan to continue vaccination against the deadly Japanese encephalitis (JE) disease because of the discovery of a new virus, Hendra. "They must continue their vaccination. lam
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      60 19 THE STAR Taking BO Chances while covering the Japanese encephalitis outbreak m Malaysia, a press photographer (left) dons a mask. Children (above) m Bulrit Pelanduk, Negri Sembilan, have another reason for covering up the handkerchiefs help block the stench of dead pigs. The authorities have ordered a cull of pigs
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      434 19 Homeless, penniless and jobless, she is worried about making ends meet after her lorry-driver husband died of Japanese encephalitis two weeks ago PORT DICKSON Widow Siew Fah Looi, 35, has hardly any tears to shed these days. Left with the task of sin-gle-handedly
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      376 19 US drug tried out on victims of new virus PETALING JAVA Doctors at Universiti Hospital (UH) are treating victims of the new Hendra-like virus with a drug used to combat another virus that attacks the respiratory system. The US drug, called Ribavarin, has proven to be effective against the respiratory
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      411 21  -  BRENDAN PEREIRA Home Minister warns peace will be maintained at all costs, a day after police dispersed demonstrators calling for Mahathir to resign By IN K.EPALA BATAS. PKNANC MALAYSIA'S new Home Minister yesterday delivered a stern warning to demonstrators: Take to the streets
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      159 21 Sanusi dismisses Anwar 'conspiracy' ALOR STAR Kedah Mentri Besar Tan Sri Sanusi Junid yesterday dismissed allegations by certain parties that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad was behind a conspiracy that toppled his deputy, Anwar Ibrahim, m September last year. "A conspiracy only happens when someone tries to plot
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      1369 22 TJie younger members ofTJiatiand's influential middle class have weathered the country s economic crisis well. To a large extent, they have their parents' wealth to thank for this. But the youths have also demonstrated a liardnosed response to tlie crisis, says Straits Times Foreign Editor FELR SOH
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      328 24  - Thrift drive sees short NPC session Mary Kwang BEHIND THE SCENES FROM STRUTS TIMES OVERSEAS BUREAUS THIS year's National People's Congress (NPC) session, which began on March 5 and ended last Monday, was the shortest m 20 years, lasting only 11 days, compared with the fortnight that was the norm
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      317 24  -  Lee Siew Hua UNITED STAT E S NOW that the impeachment crisis is over and the global financial storm is abating, there is renewed speculation that Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin may finally quit Washington and pack his bags for New York to spend time
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      36 24 JAPAN ENGLISH-SPEAKING Japanese politicians m their 30s and 40s these days are often auoted m the Western press, tnanks to American and other Western journalists who are after a good quote and
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      203 24  -  Kwan Weng Kin Men at helm Focused on work, Mr Rubin says he will not quit. Humility is now part of Mr Summers' style. find these young and often American-educated politicians usually only too eager to express tfieir views. But observers note that the views of these outspoken young
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      861 26 GLOBAL AGEING Living longer may be a medical miracle, but it can also be a demographic time bomb er "IT -T ASHING- TON In Japan, it is called rourT T ci shakai, elderly society, so old that one out of three will be
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      466 25 WEATHER N TOOAYi Showers are expected over northern. HAZE WATCH Abkfian a/2K Cloudy Cbristchurcii VMC Cloudy to Lumpur 2VJ3C Showers hiar yet Ran 33 western and central Singapore m the > Kifl AdelBi<}e n/W Cloudy Colombo 2V33C Showers hiding 24/3 X Showers Pyoagy^ -tfW Cloudy M— afternoon. v, £> 5/TJC
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      972 27 At the new Mandarin Ori c n t al Ku al a Lumpur, it takes 1719 words to paint a picture. this is now he has r c i t e^-* venues \v i r h n AX \t)*& *W^ *e// v»t\VP^' 1 u r SO C It *%D 1\
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      468 28  -  KOH BOON PIN A 55-year-old Chinese man, an abattoir worker, has been admitted into Tan Tock Seng Hospital after his condition worsened during observation «7 ONE more person suspected to be suffering from encephalitis or inflammation of the brain was admitted to Tan Tock Seng
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      No more horse rides and pig displays at zoo
      367 28  -  ZUZANITA ZAKARIA ACTING ON PUBLIC CONCERN Bu PIGS have been taken out of public view at the zoo and horse rides have been suspended as well. These steps were taken m light of public concern about the killer pig virus, although
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      PM to visit France, Italy and Vatican
      462 29  -  IRENE NG His swing through Europe is expected to open new bilateral links, renew old ties and boost investment efforts *1L PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong left for Europe yesterday on a six-day working visit which will take him to France, Italy and
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      156 29 A GROUP of teenagers detained a 43-year-old man yesterday after they found Kirn robbing another man at knife- point. The police have confirmed this and said the man has been arrested. A freelance photographer, who snapped the scene of the teenagers detaining the man, sent
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      Drug traiiicker on m-cycle held in CNB raid
      459 29  - Drug traiiicker on m-cycle held in CNB raid CHONG CHEE KIN By HE RODE his big, black Yamaha chopper motorcycle all over the island to conduct his "video equipment business". But the 29-year-old man was a drug trafficker and the leader of a heroin syndicate, said the Central Narcotics Bureau
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      9 30 AI.PHONSO CHAN Visitors found it almost deserted
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      9 30 ALPHONSO CHAN Looking worse for wear
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      10 30 Not the same level as Disneyland DENISE TAN
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        348 30 THE Malay Village touts itself as the "only living kampung" m Singapore. The S3O-million village m Geylang Serai, run by a company under Ananda Holdings, was one of three places described as "stale and outdated". When The Straits Times was there last Monday,
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        Tang Dynasty performances hit by cutbacks
        382 30 Tang Dynasty performances hit by cutbacks TANG Dynasty City calls itself the World's Only Living Empire. The 12-ha park, set up m 1992, aims to give visitors an idea of life during the Tang Dynasty (AD 618 907), a period m Chinese history known for the flourishing of poetry and
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        Some Sentosa attractions 'boring'
        419 30 SENTOSA Development Corporation (SDC), Sentosa island's landlord, prides itself on the attraction's "green-lung" concept: beautiful beaches, gardens and nature trails. The 395-ha southern island playground also has more than 20 attractions to keep visitors occupied for a day and more. There are three museums, six theme
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        331 30 1 USD HOW THE ANIMALS ARE SO FREL WE COULD GET SO CLOSE TO THEM. IT'S VERY UNLIKE MOST ZOOS.' Ms Florence Gallon, 59, a Canadian tourist IT WAS named the Best Leisure Attraction of the Year last year, and it is easy to
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      681 31 *We have stale and outdated theme parks like Haw Par Villa, Tang Dynasty City, the Malay Village and the various gardens. Only the zoo is capable of bringing m repeat customers. Mr Inderjit Singh (Ang Mo Kio CRC) The remarks could not have come at
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      Please 'don't the Merlion'
      412 31 Please 'don't the Merlion' History THE Merlion was chosen by the then Singapore Tourist Promotion Board over the national flower, the orchid, for its rich historical symbolism. The lion head evokes the story of how Sang Nila Uf ama discovered Singapore, then Tumasek, m the 11th century. The Indian prince
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      303 32 STRENGTHENING STUDENT BONDS PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong yesterday threw up an idea to strengthen bonding among students some of Singapore's best schools may want to bring back pre-uni-versity classes so that friendships made m secondary school can be continued m junior college.
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      PM urges to mix more with others
      872 32  - PM urges to mix more with others JASON LEOW Cultivate a sister-school relationship with neighbourhood schools and hold joint activities, Mr Goh suggests Reports hu ASSUMPTION 'UNFAIR' IT IS "unfair" to assume that Special Assistance Plan students mix little with Singaporeans of other races, several The Chinese High boys who
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      Pugnacious and honest
      102 33 Pugnacious and honest PUGNACIOUS and independent-minded, the late G. Kandasamy, 77, devoted his life to the union movement because he believed Singaporeans should decide their own destiny and not be ruled by colonial powers or unfair employers. He was more than a firebrand unionist, and insisted on honesty with the
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      534 33 More ULlctil d firebrand unionist The late G. Kandasamy, 77, never lost his instinct to protect and promote the interests of Singaporean workers 'WHAT HE LEARKT IS ETCHED DEEPLY IN THE MINO...WHEN THINGS HAPPEN, HE WILL INSTINCTIVELY KNOW WHETHER IT SPELLS GOOD OR BAD, AND HOW SERIOUS IT COULD BE.'
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      Mendaki offers scholarships
      116 33 MENDAKI is inviting Muslims who want to study at the University of Brunei Darussalam, Management Development Institute of Singapore (MDIS) or Edith Cowan University m Perth to apply for its scholarships. One scholarship at either undergraduate level or rr.aster's level will be offered for those who wish
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      Housing co-op's role to trim prices
      259 34 NTUC CHOICE HOMES NTUC Choice Homes was set up as a cooperative to see if it could play a role m moderating prices of private apartments, labour chief Lim Boon Heng said. During a community visit to the Bukit Gombak constituency yesterda), he was
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      160 34 $77,000 raised for disabled children THE walk ended at the Fountain of Wealth and raised $77,000 for the Asian Women's Welfare Association Special Sch<x>l for disabled children yesterday. Some 3,800 people, young and old, took part m the 1.5-km charity walk organised by the Community Chest. It was flagged off
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      Hillview Estate residents to move
      396 34 1,589 households will be offered replacement flats m Bukit Batok after estate is picked for the Selective En-bloc Redevelopment Scheme HILLVIEW Estate has been picked as the second site this year for the Selective En-bloc Redevelopment Scheme. Residents affected those m Blocks Ito 8, 10
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      170 34 A 29-YEAR-OLD Myanmar national was killed m a fight near the Gay World Park m Geylang yesterday morning. Police found the man's body m a carpark after receiving a call about a fight outside the amusement park m Geylang Road at about 3 am. The
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      642 28 We Mix With Other Races rajjok Hillview Estate Next Wf^M Lawyers Break New Ground ,^?XU^ It's not fair to sa\ SAP students keep avva) j L,589 households affected by the en-bloc SLjJaffi Seven legal firms will advertise their '^^l from Singaporeans ot other races, say scheme will be offered replacement
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      247 30 isisnscTOfinsii <> EVE TYPISTS GLORY SECRETARY'S PRIME DIRECTOR'S CHAIR LUXURY 2} O CHAIR AWm* CHAIR f>7 MK/^ EXECUTIVE'S CHAIR >5 )u •Hydraulic Cash Carry Bb K**tfSv->^B Hk )Q iC> 3 Colours y r flfl HBk K^M B^^^ itY) Tnlnitrc vM SvStBfn _^^^-JB-^^»» flf 9 X I IH^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^k ilAi LOIOUTS jflHßflß
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      257 31 1 Citi Money Manager Fund I J mmt\ Like all investors, you want to watch your money grow. But you also want to keep it m a relatively safe, low risk investment Look then at the Citi Money Manager Fund. It invests primarily m fixed deposits and high-quality Singapore corporate
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      646 35 A first for lawyers here -advertising in the media Ads from seven law firms will appear m a special supplement tomorrow after more liberal publicity rules went into force last December 'WORD-OF-MOUTH PUBLICITY IS OUTDATED. JLSO, WE BELIEVE THAT BY GIVING MORE INFORMATION ABOUT OUR PRACTICE, IT PUTS US ON
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      167 35 No misleading, deceptive, false or inaccurate information lawyers sets out clearly what lawyers cannot do while advertising. But beyond that, it does not impose any limits on them. This means that under the Legal Profession (Publicity) Rules, lawyers are free to advertise the areas of work that they
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        621 36 Japan must restructure JAPANESE economic agencies issued last week a series of excruciatingly-nuanced, ex-asperatingly-parsed, finely-meshed slivers of modest optimism. The Economic Planning Agency offered these: 'The economy is m the process of slowing its downward momentum"; "the downward momentum continues to slow to a halt". Another agency, the Bank of
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      1673 36  - 10, 001 A stock odyssey RICHARD WATERS By FINANCIAL TIM KS The average American household now has more than a quarter of its wealth m the stock market: more than half of its financial assets are m the form of shares. LIKE the passing of the Millennium, the moment the
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        122 37 rHAILAND WHAT has become a pleasant surprise m recent weeks was the willingness of residents of Bangkok to bring about change previously thought impossible. The campaign to reduce dangerously-high air pollution levels along Silom, Ratchaprarop and Phahon Yothin roads, for example, has been a startling success. So
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        112 37 CHINA THE United States should learn from its past and not forfeit its share m the Chinese market, such as losing its foothold m the Chinese nuclear energy industry to the Russians and French m the 1980s, because of mistrust. The ongoing hullabaloo over
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        Lock icon FREEING UK INTERNET
        139 37 MALAYSIA THE recent decision against Internet censorship is proof that the government is prepared to give more leeway m the field of Information Technology (IT). We believe the decision will be welcomed by international IT firms that have shown much confidence m the Multimedia Super Corridor. The
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        Lock icon POTENTIAL NOT INDICATED FULLY
        106 37 r\'UAS THE present political images of Vice-Premier Lien Chan and former Taiwan governor James Soong do not provide an accurate indication of their potential as they had been formed under the patronage of President Lee Teng-hui. The problem would be corrected if the two men were
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        91 37 REPLACE JUSTICE SECRETARY aired by many legislators have cast doubt on her legalistic and political judgment. The lack of public confidence m her will, m future, subject all her prosecution ana legal policies to scrutiny. This will bring tremendous pressure upon the government and herself. Since the Justice Secretary is
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        119 37 INDONESIA IT IS time the people of Ambon and its surroundings start working side-by-side to restore peace. People outside Ambon should stop yelling slogans to incite island residents to continue fighting their own brothers and sisters. People living m Ambon should be able to restrain themselves. We
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        102 37 PROTECTING PEASANTS' LAND CHINA PREMIER Zhu Rongji told delegates at a Hunanese caucus held on the sidelines of last week's National People's Congress: "To safeguard the stability of rural villages, the following maxim must be observed: 'No transferring of land titles, no increase m burden, no hike m grain prices,
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        94 37 MACAU MANY people are worried that law and order m Macau will crumble with the triads getting increasingly vicious. However, a greater worry is the non-existence of a government after the handover to China m December, as the civil service is slow to transfer power
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        163 37 I'HILIPIMNKS A RECENT Inquirer story gave air pollution m Metro Manila a human face. The story Quoted doctors as saying that Benneth "BJ Caimbon, one year and eight months old, has to live hooked up to an oxygen tank for the next seven years, unless
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      1038 37  -  TAN SAI SIONG BY THE WAY BJ, YEARS ago when I was working m London, I found myself penniless one Friday night just before a bank holiday weekend. I had forgotten to cash my weekly cheque, a must ritual m days when there was no
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      1249 39 I would recommend caution at this juncture for both the banks ana the final customer. -W- -TlTHthe present housing loan war hotting y T up, especially among the local banks, are the banks not only chasing their own tail for a zero-sum game of
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      268 39 AFTER many weeks of reading from various news reports that there is a serious outbreak of Japanese encephalitis m Malaysia, ari many assurances from the authorities here that it is safe to eat pork from Malaysia, the virus has finally arrived here, and
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      133 39 Library building was gift from Lee Kong Chian THE considerable and varied significance of the National Library building to many of us is clear from reading your columns. But one aspect has hardly been mentioned. I believe the building itself was m large part a gift to the people of
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      771 40 "W" "W 1 "THREAD with /m interest the debate m \f Parliament T on education and the ministerial vision of life-long education and values (ST, March 18). The Association of Women for Action and Research (Aware) believes that education policies have a direct impact on
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      167 40 I REFER to the letter "Mix-up m credit card statements", by Mr Paul Nah Soon Heng (ST, March 18). First of all, we thank Mr Nah for bringing the incident to our attention. We have investigated the matter and believe that the case quoted was
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      250 40 I REFER to the article "Playing high stakes on the nigh seas" (The Sunday Times, March 14). Star Cruises has painstakingly helped to develop a world-class cruise industry m Asia m the last five years, culminating with the introduction of the 76,800-tonne SuperStar Leo
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      Lock icon Nielsen wins Cup for Spurs
      447 41 ENGLISH SOCCER Dane heads injury- time clincher for Graham's 10-man side LONDON Dane Allan Nielsen scored an in-jury-time winner to give 10-man Tottenham Hotspur a 1-0 victory' over Leicester City m the English League Cup final yesterday. Nielsen plunged forward to direct a diving header
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      Lock icon Ronaldo is Brazil's second-worst footballer
      155 41 RIO DE JANEIRO Inter Milan striker Ronaldo has been voted the second-worst current Brazilian footballer m a poll conducted by sports newspaper Lance. Corinthians player Mirandinha won the worst player category with 130 votes but Ronaldo, twice voted World Player of the Year, came second
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      Arsenal has the smoothest ride
      463 41  -  GODFREY ROBERT COMMENT ANOTHER hectic week, but no change at the top. And as England's three most talked-about teams, Manchester United, Arsenal and Chelsea continued to figure out where to place their priorities m a congested season, Leeds knocked on Premiership title doors with the
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      Lock icon Man United keeps its momentum
      374 41 LONDON Manchester United re-established its four-point lead at the top of the English Premiership yesterday when a second-naif goal blitz gave it a 3-1 victory over Everton at Old Trafford. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Gary Neville and David Beckham all scored m the space of 13
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      PREMIERSHIP BIG GUNS
      94 41 Remaining fixtures MAN UNITED ARSENAL CHELSEA 3/4: Wimbledon (a) #3/4: Southampton 43/4: Charlton Ath- 10/4: Blackburn Ro- (a) letic (a) vers(a) #5/4: Blackburn Ro- 5/4: Leeds United 17/4: Sheffield vers(h) (h) Wednesday (h) 10/4: Tottenham 10/4: Wimbledon 25/4: Leeds United Hotspur (a) (a) (a) ♦1774: Wimbledon 17/4:
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        INTER MANAGER QUITS AFTER LOSS
        105 41 INTER MILAN manager Mircea Lucescu resigned immediately after his side was thrashed 4-0 at Sampdoria m Italy's Serie A soccer league yesterday, Italian radio reported. Inter has not won a match since Feb 7League leader Lazio made short work of Venezia, winning 2-0 through goals
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        TODAY'S EVENTS
        82 41 SEPAKTAKRAW Perses Div 2: Prisons SA v Marsiling, Radin Mas v Nanyang (Perses Centre. Bpm'). SOCCER SBHFL Div 2: DBS Bank v Keppel FELC (Tanglin 1). Div 3: Nippon Express v Sime Singapore (Tanglin 4) 5.15pm. TENNIS Singapore International Junior Championships, qualifying rd (Singapore Tennis Centre, East Coast
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      Lock icon MORE DRAMA FOR PETIT
      178 42 MORE DRAMA FOR PETIT LONDON Arsenal's French international midfielder Emmanuel Petit, who last week threatened to walk out on English football, Saturday found himself at the centre of more controversy. Coventry manager Gordon Strachan revealed that his Swedish international ftJlback Roland Nilsson had been taken to hospital with two broken
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      Lock icon 10-man Dundee derails Rangers
      266 42 GLASGOW Ten-man Dundee United pulled off the shock of the Scottish League season by beating runaway Premier Division leader Rangers 1-0 at Ibrox on Saturday. Swedish striker Kjell Olofsson scored the goal to end Rangers' 16-match unbeaten run m domestic competitions and breathed new life into
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      Lock icon LOCKED IN BATTLE
      29 42 Arsenal's Nigel Winterburn heads withPaul Telfertheir (right) locking Coventry City's during Premiership match at Highbury on Saturday. Winterburn was subsequently booked by referee Paul Alcock. REUTERS
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      Lock icon Praise for Parlour
      735 42 ENGLISH SOCCER Midfielder celebrates England call-up with brilliant goal LONDON Ray Parlour celebrated his call-up to the England squad with a goal as Arsenal beat Coventry 2-0 on Saturday to fuel belief that it is going to be a twohorse race with Manchester United to the title.
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      Lock icon Zidane doubtful for United clash
      263 42 MILAN France's Zinedine Zidane has twisted his knee and could miss his country's next two Euro 2000 qualifying matches and Juventus' European Cup semi-final first-leg clash against Manchester United, the Gazzetta dello Sport reported on Saturday. The World Footballer of the Year was injured m
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      Lock icon Book claims Fifa election was fixed
      132 42 LONDON Twenty leading members of Fifa allegedly accepted a million dollars m bribes to "fix" the election of president Sepp Blatter, a new book claims, the Ix>ndon Observer reported yesterday. They each received US$5O,OOO (S$85,OOO) from the ruler of a Middle Eastern state who
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        MATCH STATISTICS
        299 42 Arsenal 2 (Parlour 16th niin. Overmars 80th Coventry City 0. Attendance: 38.073. Blackburn Rovers 3 (Ward 7th. Jansen 18th 26th) Wimbledon 1 (Euell 65th). 21.754 Leeds United 4 (Bowyer 18th. Hasselbaink 32nd. Korsten 45th. Harte 85th) DerbvCountx 1 (Baiano4th. pen). 38,971. Nottingham Forest 1 (Freedman 37th) Middlesbrough 2
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        LEADING SCORERS
        82 42 Leading scorers m the English Premier League after Saturday's matches: 16: Michael Owen (Liverpool), Dwight Yorke (Manchester United). 15: Andy Cole (Manchester United). 14: Jimmy Flovd Hasselbaink (Leeds United). 13: Dion 'Dublin (Aston Villa, 3 for Coventn I, Nicolas Anelka (Arsenal). 11: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (Manchester United). 12:
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        SNIPPETS
        232 42 A SENIOR North Korean sports official has hinted it would not be able to stage any matches during the 2002 World Cup soccer finals, being co-hosted by Japan and South Korea, a news report said. Chang Ung, secretary-general of the North Korean Olympic Committee, told Kvodo News m Lausanne
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      Lock icon Agassi pays price for being rusty
      754 43 TENNIS NO MORE DAVIS CUP FOR AGASSI ANGRY American tennis star Andre Agassi vowed on Saturday never to play Davis Cup for the United States again. Already at odds with US officials because they refused to stage last year's semi- final at a site
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      Lock icon US fancied to stage Lewis rematch
      126 43 BOXING LONDON The rematch world heavyweight title reunification bout between Lennox Lewis and Evander Holyfield is unlikely to be staged m Britain, according to Panos Eliades, promoter to Lewis. Eliades said yesterday the United States would be favourite for the rematch between WBC ti-tle-holder
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      Lock icon Barkley fires Rockets to win
      556 43 BASKETBALL HONOURS LIST: Half-way stage v (X 1 vyv/^ ciL .j wli IC cIV til \X I* 1 k *t. J o Ivy I tilt 111 jl 1 ldi t of the season.: Most Valuable Player: Karl Malone (Utah Jazz). An extremely touch pick here.
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      Lock icon COASTING HOME
      36 43 AZIZ HUSSIN Anglo-Chinese Junior College's Shawn Ow crossing the wire to anchor his team to the A Division 4xloo metres gold medal at the Singapore Press Holdings Schools Relay Championships at Serangoon Stadium yesterday.
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      Lock icon Herron, Love on par going into final day
      513 43 GOLF ORLANDO (Florida) Americans Tim Herron and Davis Love 111 took different routes m the Bay Hill Invitational but wound up where they started tied for the lead after the third round. Herron pushed his streak to 37 holes without a bogey
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    • SPORT IN SHORT
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        BAYERN GRABS LATE WINNER
        98 43 CARSTEN JANCKER grabbed the winner four minutes from time as Bayern Munich downed Werder Bremen 1-0 and maintained its 14-point lead over Kaiserslautern at the top of Germany* Division One soccer league. Bayern'fi win saw Oliver Kahn become the first goalkeeper m Bundesliga history to play
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        WEBB SNATCHES TWO-SHOT LEAD
        88 43 KARRI E WEBB, bidding for her third win of the young 1999 season, fired a three-under-par 69 on Saturday to grab a twostroke lead after three rounds of the LPGA Standard Register PING m Phoenix. Arizona. The Australian golfer began the day one shot behind American
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        M. BUTTERFLY'S 10TH SWIM TITLE
        83 43 AUSTRALIAN swimming queen Susie O'Neill captured her 10th consecutive national open 100 metres butterfly title m Brisbane to equal another record yesterday. The 25-year-old, who became the most successful Commonwealth Games athlete last year m Kuala Lumpur, tied Olympian Nicole Stevenson's run of 10 consecutive
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        SOUTH AFRICANS IN CHARGE
        87 43 SOUTH AFRICA was poised to win the Third Test and the series with New Zealand struggling at the close of the fourth day m Wellington yesterday at 217 for seven m its second innings still needing 60 to make the tourists bat again. Barring rain or
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      651 41 Petit Problems K^^S Never Again fajto- WA Victorious Valeric BF^H Emmanuel Petit, m the news for Andre Agassi says he will not play Singapore bowler Valeric Teo. 14 wanting out of English football, is once Davis Cup again alter the dismissal of I stuns world champion Maxine Nable at ¥\4tm
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  • SPORTS/RACING
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      853 44 BASKETBALL NBA: New York 96 Boston 78, Washington 113 Cleveland 83, Milwaukee 83 Atlanta 77, Indiana 94 Miami 89. Dallas 104 Sacramento 90, Houston 103 Phoenix 93 (0T), San Antonio 92 Vancouver 88 (0T). CRICKET 4th day of Final Test m Wellington: New Zealand 222 and 217-7 (N. Astle
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      Lock icon Beaten in cruel fashion
      477 44  - Beaten in cruel fashion S. MURALI RIGBY HK breaks Singapore's three-year record with late penalty By •^r* -W" -y ITH the last I kick of the match, \f Hongkong T T flyhalf Craig Mitchell ended Singapore's proud record of not having lost an age-group rugbymatch since 1996. The cruel blow
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      Lock icon Razor-sharp Wilkinson
      318 44 LONDON England maintained its hopes of a Grand Slam with a convincing 21-10 home win over France on Saturday but Scotland is also dreaming of the Five Nations' title after beating Ireland 30-13 at Murrayfield. Teenage centre Jonny Wilkinson was the England hero, landing all seven of his
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      Lock icon TRACK TRAGEDY: Woman rookie trampled to death
      164 44 TRACK TRAGEDY: Woman rookie trampled to death A WOMAN apprentice jockey died after falling off her mount and Deing trampled by other horses at a race m Hongkong yesterday. Kan Wai-yu, who was riding Happy King m the third race, fell when her horse stepped on the heels of another
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      YESTERDAY'S IPOH RACE RESULTS
      1113 44 RACEI CLASS4DIV4 1,400 m 3 CAPTAIN VAL 55.5 (35-9) Suhaimi (6) 3 1 1 6 WILD RIDER 54 (43-10) Schofield (4) 4 3 2 8 GOLDEN DELIGHT 53 (11-6) Ismadi (1) 8 7 3 1 ICHIBAN REFLEX 57 (16-7) Saifudin (2) 6 4 4 9 HARRIER
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      IPOH RACING EXCERPTS FROM PERAK TURF CLUR STIPENDIARY STEWARDS' REPORT
      484 44 IPOH RACING EXCERPTS FROM PERAK TURF CLUR STIPENDIARY STEWARDS' REPORT RACE 1: Trainer Ler Hock Hai was fined RMII4 (Sssl) for failing to produce the declared colours on Wild Rider. Golden Delight jumped awkwardly out and steadied shortly after the start when racing tight on the inside of Ichiban Reflex,
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      Valeric shocks world champ
      332 44  -  BOWLING Btf S. MURALI SINGAPORE'S Valeric Teo pulled off the biggest victory of her 14-year-old life when she beat world champion Maxine Nable last night to move into the semi-finals of the AM F Malaysian Masters Cup. The Raffles Girls' School student showed no nerves on
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      Double hoists Treymane to top of the table
      387 44  -  TAN THEAN LOON IPOH RACING Bv AGGRESSIVE New Zealand woman rider Catherine Treymane has shot to the front m the jockeys' table with her double at Ipoh yesterday. Her wins on Elaine s Pet and King's Bid have taken her season's tally
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  • OBITUARIES
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      850 DEATHS 850 DEATHS 850 DEATHS 850 DEATHS
      576 45 850 DEATHS 850 DEATHS 850 DEATHS 850 DEATHS KANDASAMY GOVINDASAMY (Former General Secretary, AUPE) (husband of late Lim Kirn Choo Margaret Anne) passed away peacefully on 20th March 1999 leaving behind beloved ones. Subhas Kirn Kandasamy Shanti Kirn Kandasamy and all relatives. Body resting at 268 Jalan Ulu Siglap, Singapore
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      850 DEATHS 850 DEATHS
      254 45 850 DEATHS 850 DEATHS am the Resurrection and the Life. Whoever believes In Me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes In me will never die." John 11.25 PAUL LEONARD PETER CASTILLO Age: 62 was called home to be with the Lord on 21/3/99 leaving behind
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      856 IN MEMORIAM 656 IN MEMORIAM 856 IN MEMORIAM
      305 45 856 IN MEMORIAM 656 IN MEMORIAM 856 IN MEMORIAM IN EVER LOVING CHERISHED MEMORIES OF DORAISAMY PALANISAMY KANDIER Departed 22nd march '93 The embodied-one, having crossed beyond these three GUNAS, out of which the body is evolved, is freed from birth, death, decay and pain, and attains to Immortality. Dearly
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      856 IN MEMORIAM
      124 45 I I In Everloving Memory Of ;l FAN WERN FOO Departed: 22.3.98 His life was earnest, his actions kind, A generous hand and an active mind. Anxious to please, loath to offend, A loving son, brother and faithful friend. Forever loved remembered by Family friends 7th Anniversary
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      858 REQUIEMS 858 REQUIEMS
      89 45 fOM NAHASIVAYA XX ATMA SHANTI POOJA The Family of the Late RAJASEKARAN VADIVELOO wish to express their sincere thanks and appreciation to all family, relatives, friends and colleagues for their valuable assistance, attendance, donations, wreaths and garlands during their recent bereavement. KARUMATHI prayers will be held
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      47 46 Change Straits Times Index 1472.99 6.92 BT OB/OS -125.00 -15.00 BT CADI -*****.00 63.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -12.00 DBS CPF Index 432.87 0.18 DBS 50 Index 481.22 -0.18 OCBC 30 444.74 -0.76 UOB 3lue Crap 574.82 3.06 MSCI Singapore 216.74 -1.81 Simsci Futures 216.70 +1.10
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      WEEKLY SCOREBOARD
      110 46 MAIN SOO Up Dn Unch Up Dn Unch Multi Ind 4 8 5 0 0 0 Manufacturing 30 49 11 10 20 5 Commerce 10 23 5 2 5 3 Tpt/Stor/Comms ...5 14 5 1 0 1 Finance 13 20 6 0 0 0 Construction 4 13 2
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      WEEK'S TOP ACTIVES
      41 46 UIC Wt99 50,922,000 UIC... 44,397,000 Van der Horst 33,482,000 DBS Land 29.679,000 Hoiur.g Inv NTS 26,991,000 GE S I. itl Ltd 20c 24,542,000 (amiionglntSOc 24,072,000 S'PC! I»l 15c 23,174,000 S F 'nance Wt99 22,623,000 SI i^gg 10c 19,153.000
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      TURNOVER (READY)
      65 46 TURNOVER (OOO) Main Sesdaq Total Multilnd 26.160 26 160 Manufacturing 37,271 4,613 ***** Commerce 11,024 189 ***** Tpt/Stor/Comms 13.735 1,099 14 834 Finance 41,085 41 085 Construction 3,426 866 4292 Properties 18,947 ***** Hotels/Hsts 959 507 1466 Services 7,897 330 8 227 Others BLW 32,392 152 32,544 Total
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      Market expected to move higher
      672 46 ROUND-UP Singapore THE Singapore stock market ought to trend slightly upwards and catch up belatedly with the positive developments in regional stock markets, brokers said. Investors will also be hawk-eyed over Wall Street developments, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average continues to test the psychologically
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      PRIME LENDING RATES
      526 46 Landesbank ABNAmroBankNV 5 1 Baden-Wuerttemberg 6 ABSA Bank Limited 6'i Lloyds Bank Pic 6 l A Agricultural bank Of China 6 Malayan Banking 6vt ANZ Banking Group 6tt MeesPierson NV 6M SSSS£K»=z I Arab Banking Corp 7 I Mitsubishi Trust Banking Arab Bank PLC 5' Corp, The
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      Lock icon Philippine shares to bounce back
      77 46 MANILA Philippine shares are expected to rebound this week with signs of positive economic growth m the future, analysts said last Friday. "We should be able to test 2,150. The momentum is there," said Mr Allan Araullo of Regina Capital Development Corp. Week on week,
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      Lock icon Tokyo to see further gains this week
      898 46 ROUND-UP Overseas markets SHARE prices in Tokyo are expected to move higher this week with no discouraging factors in sight even after strong gains, brokers said. 'Tokyo stocks will continue to rise this week", extending bullish sentiment seen in the 4.2 per cent
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      Lock icon Dow closes lower after record high
      426 46 Dow closes lower after record high FOCUS ON NEW YORK US STOCKS fell as the Dow Jones Industrial Average failed for the third time last week to close above 10,000. "The market's richly valued, and tech companies are even more richly valued," said Mr Henry Cavanna, a money manager for
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        GREENBACK DRIFTS LOWER
        36 46 GREENBACK DRIFTS LOWER THE greenback drifted lower against the Sing dollar last week despite bullish sentiment for US stocks. The greenback's decline is due to the surging yen. The US dollar closed at 1.7237 last Friday.
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        YEN RISES ON foreign mm
        32 46 YEN RISES ON foreign mm THE yen rose against the Sing dollar last week as overseas investors continue to find Japanese stocks and bonds attractive. The yen closed last Friday at 1.471.
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        STERLING CLOSES SUGKTLY LOWER
        29 46 STERLING CLOSES SUGKTLY LOWER STERLING dipped against the Sing dollar last week even though investors have become more upbeat about the British economy. Sterling closed last Friday at 2.805.
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        AUSSIE UNIT LOSES GROUND
        36 46 AUSSIE UNIT LOSES GROUND THE Aussie dollar fell against the Sing dollar last week after world leaders backed the sale of Internation Monetary Fund gold to help poor countries. The Aussie closed last Friday at 1.0824.
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        EURO FALLS AS RATES STAY PUT
        32 46 EURO FALLS AS RATES STAY PUT u THE euro fell against the Sing dollar last week after the European Central Bank kept interest rates unchanged. The euro closed last Friday at 1.8861.
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      Lock icon Samsung may lose another $457m
      418 47 Samsung may lose another $457 m Loss may result following the swap of its car-making subsidiary for Daewoo's electronics unit SEOUL South Korea's largest chipmaker Samsung Electronics, under fierce grilling from activist shareholders, said on Saturday that its parent Samsung Group could lose a further estimated 329 billion won (SS
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      Lock icon Creditors back PAL plan
      507 47 TWO SEIZED AIRCRAFT WILL BE RETURNED HOPEFUL PAL's plan requires US$2OO million m new equity so it can resume payments on U552.25 billion m debts. It forecasts profits by 2001, after projected net losses of 636.6 million pesos this year and next. MANILA Foreign creditors have
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        Lock icon CATHAY PILOTS FILE WRIT ON CONTRACTS
        96 47 PILOTS from Cathav Pacific Airways have filed an application seeking a Hongkong High Court ruling to prevent the airline from altering their contracts unilaterally, court documents said. The application, requesting Cathay or its subsidiary Veta not to alter any terms of the employment contracts,
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      964 48  -  NG WEI JOO EDUCATING THE AVERAGE INVESTOR COMMENT Bi THE Straits Times Money Desk's five-part series on financial planning has been an eye-opener. In the five weeks when topics such as investment planning, income protection and retirement and estate planning were discussed, many readers
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        195 3 LOS ANGELES The 19th annual Golden Rasberry Awards were announced last Saturday for the unlucky "winners" deemed to embody the worst of their art in films. An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn! won Worst 'Film for 1998 and its screenwriter, Joe Eszterhas,
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        128 3 Reuters MEXICO CITY Mexicans last Friday joined in a spontaneous day of mourning after the death at 72 of poet Jaime Sabines, whose h/rical treatment of love, the family and death reached across generations and political divides. Tributes from top politicians and writers swiftly followed the
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        95 3 Reuters LONDON Patrick Heron, one of the leading British painters of the 20th century, died at his home in Cornwall last Saturday at the age of 79Police said he died at his house in Zennor, a small Cornish village where he spent most of his artistic
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        137 6 IT WAS a whirlwind stop when the artistes of BMG record company held a press conference last Friday. Fashionably late, the nine artistes arrived at the RitzCarlton Millennia to promote the Ren Ci Charity Show, which was held at the? National Stadium on Saturday
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        589 6 India's toy towns set to take on China NEW DELHI Indian toymakers are throwing down the gauntlet to market-lead-er China by building two "toy cities" that they hope will crack the US$120-billion (S$205-billion) global toy market wide open. "In 1991, India and China were on par in export terms, but
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        809 8 And The Winner Is Wearing... At the Oscars, speculation is rife not only about the winners, but also who is wearing which haute designer LOS ANGELES Hollywood is set for its annual orgy of Oscar night excess: the US$80,000 (S$136,000) gowns and US$500,000
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        112 12 THE recent media storm over his alleged suicide attempt does not appear to have stifled Hongkong singer Leon I.ai's creativity. The singer, who spent much of his time burrowed in his recording studio during the week he was said to have been hospitalised for a
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        107 12 shortfall THIS must be Aaron K wok's year. Last week, the Hongkong singer received his third Most Popular Artiste award for the year. With Taiwanese crooner Jeff Chang, he won the award, given by China's Cen- tral Broadcasting Station, for being among the
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        116 12 Queen Zoe to play wacky Patricia CAN you imagine cool and sultry Zoe Tay as wacky comedian Patricia Mok? If you can't, tune m to the President's Star Charity show this Saturday. To help raise funds for charity, Tay will ditch her glamorous image to step into the shoes of
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        193 12 Banned from filming in China DONT expect any made-in-China films from Joan Chen for the next two years. The actress-director has been banned from shooting movies in her country of birth for that period following her sweep of seven Golden Horse awards in Taiwan last December for her directorial debut,
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        777 5 206 BUILDING/ 206 BUILDING/ CONSTRUCTION CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS MATERIALS WIN Wl HONG $UN SHADE SYSTEM Pit LTD The Perfect Answer To Your Sun Shading Need Textile Architecture, a new technology, uses flexible membranes that allow the enhancement of roof areas as well as great architectural freedom, and natural interior lighting WRjjF
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        748 5 209 BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES si j^] j^b rri^gf Start Makllia tfr^^f S°y Yes! j j-T We make it happen! Juronq East Central Business for Sale Interested please page: It's not true that you can't earn high income m the property market today Our lop agent has already earned over SBlOOO as
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        750 5 221 COMPUTER 221 COMPUTER PRODUCTS/SERVICES PRODUCTS/SERVICES EXCELLINK BUSINESS SYSTEMS FTK LTD BIK 9008 TAMPINES ST. 93 #02-01 SINGAPORK *****3 IKI, 784 3035 FAX *****39 Snppl} Install lIP CatS Cable $51.50 per node 24 Port Modular I'alch Panel $120 per panel UTP Cats Patch Cord (7-ft) $3 per length Fiber Optic
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        743 5 ACCOUNTING PACKAGE Custom isea Business software. Please call Mega House IT 753 6496 $15 ONWARDS TO Solve all PC prob lems, Internet, etc. Reliable fast. 24 hrs. Please call 9594-8584 SIM LIM SQUARE Tel: *****75. 802-20 Service Ctr., on-site, network, monitor, trade-in, upgrade BIZSOFT ACCOUNTING V 2.1 from $399. Easy
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        273 5 Business Services Products 239 PACKING/ STORAGE/ DELIVERY/ REMOVAL •DISMANTLING OF PARTITION. STORAGE PROVIDED FREE QUOTATIOW24HRS DAILYJ Mftii™.'imiHa Professional Movers HOUSE/ OFFICE REMOVAL SERVICE 'Experienced uniformed movers with effective supervision "Contractors for govt.. statutory board MNC 'Specialist m piano/ organ safe removal "Storage facilities Free Quotation Provided Mover Who t%f Cares
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        810 5 239 PACKING/ STORAGE/ DELIVERY/ REMOVAL FOR YOUR HOUSE/ office removal service. Free boxes/ quotation KSL 749-6423/ Pg: 9207-2679. VAN DELIVERY $10, pick up. open/ box/ powergate lorry for removal and disposal. Tel *****07 $30 UP 10FT lorry: 24 hrs house re moval/ delivery. Local to/ from Malaysia. *****69/ *****849 HOUSE/
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        801 6 Business Se 241 PHONES/ FAXES/PAGERS/ SPECIAL NUMBERS EXPRESS REPAIRS 244 PRINTING/ COPYING SERVICES A FAST INSTANT -1/2-hour service: irds. letterheads, invoices and invitation cards. Complete within 1 day. Blk. 1015 »02-125 Geylanq East Aye 3. *****35/ *****15/ fax: *****62 Golden Dragon Printer INSTANT PRINTING NAMECARDS, letterheards. invoices etc. $20. Leaflets
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        515 6 rvices Pro 303 AUDI FOR SALE BRAND NEW AUDI A6 2.4 Tiptronic auto (silver). Call 282-8585 Sin j Hock Lee, Authorised Audi Dealer, j RELIABLE END USER 2/ '9O Audi 100 2.0 auto. CD, well kept. Parf $29K. 244 44 44 Alfa Credit 9/95 AUDI A6 2.6 auto. 2 owners.
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        390 6 ducts Vetti 310 DAIHATSU FOR SALE BEAUTIFUL SPORTY 82 Charade. COE 2001. 3 units, engine g'teed. 2 yrs. Deposit $2500. $293 mthly. x 1 yr. $7200 above. Tel. 475H41 BEAUTIFUL '80 81 Charade. COE 2000 2001. 5 speed. New paint/ tax. Nice interior. Deposit ***** Mthly. $333 x 1-2 yrs.
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        916 6 cles 316 HONDA FOW SALE 316 HONDA FOR SALE FANTASTIC 2 UNITS '92 Civic ESi m^^^h^^^^^^^^hh auto./ manual 4-dr. OMV $!BK. 2K blue/ tax. A1 cond./ engine. S36K 317 HYUNDAI FOR SALE Loan 1-3 yrs. Mthly. S73B+. Deposit $8K driveaway. 732-4122 HONDA ODYSSEY BRAND new 2 ut o ri e
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        1295 6 325 MERCEDES FOR SALE 325 MERCEDES FOR SALE r^M^^^^^^^^^^M '98 BENZ 200SLK. Auto 2 drs.OMV BnTTiWj^^^ll $45,501. Tax 7/99. Nice no. Brand Q^^^Al^hl^^nl new cond. Tel: 468-2200. ALL MAKE MODELS M )90E AUT Converted to SpeBest Offpr Assured cial Tax 6/ 9 9 COE 11 /2 003 Wel1 cesiunerMssjreo kept
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        1807 6 326 MITSUBISHI FOR SALE 326 MITSUBISHI FOR SALE 342 SUZUKI FOR SALE ■91 SUZUKI 1.3. Manual. P/ steering. Full accessories T a« rsrrssT*ST?v 'ssrs^^si 00.525.8K0n. 0 9622-8224 CHENG YONG CREDIT] 77— 1. r il^l'J-^Vil BRAND NEW TOYOTA B rnal copollals mitsubushi $77,700 SPACEWAGON Bjlffl corona CHARIOT WiW $97,000 (2.4 GDI)
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        1689 7 349 OTHER MAKES FOR SALE 372 VEHICLE 378 CERTIFICATE OF 381 SCRAP VEHICLES ACCESSORIES/PARTS ENTITLEMENT WANTED 1000 1600 c.c. scrap car ATTN! ALL VINTAGE. ARS. 76 Aus- CAT.7 COE 3 pcs for sale at 1 0 c e n c Tel; 336 34^ tm Mini 1 Ktra for sale. Excellent
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        492 7 382 VEHICLES FOR HIRE CARS, VANS Trucks from $55 p/day. Long term eng. welcome. Falcon-Air Pandan Loop *****65 Falcon-Air Sin Ming 452-0880. Falcon-Air Tampines 789-7997. SIeUDGETjy DAVE'S SPECIAL: $75 $130. New cars. Long/ short term. Mercedes E2OO. $250 per day. Tel: *****43, B.ooam. to 10.00pm. daily. CHAN'S CAR RENTALS. Cars
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        2778 7 383 VEHICLES WANTED 383 VEHICLES WANTED 383 VEHICLES WANTED 387 LORRIES FOR SALE 391 VANS FOR SAIE I OFFER VERY HIGH price for 'Bo-'96 3/92 NISSAN CABSTAR. >lecab 4/91 MITSUBISHI L3OO Power r>7|TTr VY I H •iJTTK'i J* I fij I SBH J 3f|l J >l l LT% I vehicles.
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        816 8 Properties 402 001-08 CITY SOUTH-WEST PTEAPTS-RENT 05 Dover Parkview full Resort Facilities MRT Location Studio Apartments with private garden 1195 to 1216 sq.ft. 2 bedroom apartments 936 to 969 sq.ft. Jroom penthouse 2228 sq.ft. seaview from roof terrace Close to Holland Village Tel: *****11 Far East Organization THERESA VILLE. 2-RMS.
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        1682 8 404 DO9-10 ORCHARD/ 404 DO9-10 ORCHARD/ 404 DO9-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLiN/ HOLLAND TANGLIN/ HOLLAND TANGLIN/ HOLLAND PTEAPTS-RENT PTEAPTS-RENT PTEAPTS-RENT HermitagF ss^ji Located m Sarkies Road, onh *^aaau....- r "'iai-^^ > minutes awa\ from Orchard Road > '^'r l ii||p( I I ?ny Scotia Road and Newton MRT ''^^P^MPi' I 11 I*lll^1
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        980 8 404 DO9-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND PTEAPTS-RENT DORMER PK. $4000. 3 bdrms. P/furn. 1300 sq.ft. Facilities. Amenities. Quiet. SUNWIN 9505-3009 WESTWOOD ORCHARD BLVD. 2,850 sq.ft. 3+l. P/furn., pool, security, i 57.5K neg. 221-9572 (11 5.30pm) D.09 GRANGE HEIGHTS. 3+l+l rms. 2100 sq.ft. F/facilities. Near MRT. 53.3K neg. *****33/ *****52 D.lO HONOLULU
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        826 8 404 DO9-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND PTEAPTS-RENT D.lO 'ORAYCOTT' 4+l/3+l/2+l P/furn Co's lease Call *****77 PROMISES GDN. 2-RM. Facilities. Holland Village. 48 7 5226 agt. 406 Dll 21 NEWTON/ BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI PTEAPTS-RENT A CALL TO *****61 2+lSouthavenll $1.2K 2+l Dairy Farm $1.3K 3+l Hillview Green SI.3K 2+l Adams Place SI.SK 3+l Parkview/
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        851 8 408 Dl 2-14 BALESTIER/ 408 Dl 2-14 BALESTIER/ MACPHERSON/GEYLANG MACPHERSON/GEYLANG PTEAPTS-RENT PTEAPTS-RENT CONVENIENT LUXURIOUS LIVING at AFFORDABLE REST Choice of 68 furnished/ unfurnished apts 4 penthouses with breathtaking iew Facilities include pool, Jacuzzi, sauna, gj m. jogging trail, children's playground. BBQ corner and more Located minutes from city, close to
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        702 8 416 D 22-28 WEST NORTH PTEAPTS-RENT CHEAP! NORTHVALE BLK. 69, «09, 3+l. 1300 sq.ft. P/furn. Pool view/ MRT. Immed. Main dr. face South. SI.BK neg. John *****881 ERA URGENT! $2900 ONLY! 3+l rms. Pare Oasis. Face pool. F/furn. F/aircon. Condo. facilities. MRT/ mkt. Avail. 1/4/99. 294-4444. NORTHVALE. NEW 2+l rm.
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        930 8 410 Dl 5-16 EAST COAST 410 015-16 EAST COAST PTEAPTS-RENT PTEAPTS-RENT Ready for occupation m Aug 98 Choice of 2. 3or 4 bedrooms 1055 -2568 sq.ft. Spacious open terraces, balconies or bay windows Swimming pool, clubhouse, gym. tennis court, barbeque pits, board games room Close to East Coast Park, beach,
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        992 9 420 HOUSES FOR RENT D.20 OFF SIN Ming Rd. 2/storey corner. 3400 sq.ft. 3+l. Furn. Aircon. Quiet. $1900. *****351 Upl Oil HILLCREST D/STOREY 4+l. Spacious living dining. Cosy. Quiet. $3500. Adhome 225-2220 0.10 KINGS RD. vicinity brand new 3 storey semi-d. 4+2. Near Austrah SSSCO. Adhome *****20 MACPHERSON D/STOREY 3+l.
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        935 9 422 HUDC/ HDB APTS FOR RENT YISHUN 2-RM. 1-HALL near Khatib MRT. furn. aircon./ Haig Rd. l-rm. lhail. Furn. Aircon. 459-2656 Agt. MARSILING I-RM. 1 hall. Bt. Panjang, T. Payoh, Hougang, reck Whye, Bedok Res. 2-rm. 1 hall. *****90 F/FURN. HIGH FLR.: Geylang 5-rm. Pt. Blk. with aircon/ Lock 1
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        1267 9 424 SERVICE APARTMENTS 424 SERVICE APARTMENTS !lANDBAY BALINESE RESORT LONC H SHORT TERM ACCOMMODATION FROM PARADISE 1 TO SHENTON WAY I IN 10 MINUTES labilities. Located m trie prime stretch of East Coast, you re 9 and indulge yourself m: n Complete entertainment Gym. tennis court. pool and system with
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        2860 9 493 HDB APTS FOR SALE 493 HDB APTS FOR SALE 493 HDB APTS FOR SALE 493 HDB APTS FOR SALE 493 HDB APTS SALE 493 HDB APTS FOR SALE (BEDOK/CHAICHEE) (BEDOK/CHAICHEE) (BEDOK/CHAICHEE) (BEDOK/CHAICHEE) (BEDOK/CHA! CHEEj (BEDOK/CHAI CHEE) The Straits Times Classified PROPERTY GUIDE (HPB ESTATES) Classification Codes HDB Estates i/1
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        488 9 Properties 494 HDB APTS FOR SALE (BISHAN) 5 'I BLK. 166. Mid fir. Nc blockage. Marble fir. 4 bdrms. Aircon. Lshaped hall. MRT. 9317-7625 AM6 496 HDB APTS FOR SALE (BUKITBATOK) P4 Trusted Same s Amongst *fi M M\ Manx r J| Clients SERENE GOH Serwr Assoaaw Manager lMF Out)]
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        4555 10 Properties 504 HDB APTS FOR SALE 504 HDB APTS FOR SALE 504 HDB APTS FOR SALE 504 HDB APTS FOR SALE 504 HDB APTS FOR SALE 504 HDB APTS FOR SALE (HOUGANC/SERANGOON/ (HOUGANG/SERANGOON/ (HOUGANG/SERANGOON/ (HOUGANG/SERANGOON/ (HOUGANG/SERANGOON/ (HOUGANG/ SERANGOON YIOCHUKANG) YIOCHUKANG) YIOCHUKANG) YIOCHUKANG) YIOCHUKANG) YIOCHUKANG) CALL OUR ~r\ RESALE If- \^///f^tf
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        647 10 518 HDB APTS FOR SALE (YISHUN) lilil.'.wyi f^^ MOB RESALE > CHAMPION AWARD WINNER '*•"> FOR 4 YRS a w£ Dy*»K Mawtuio Ntewonal y w Cor*urt»nt "Committee Hit H^fones' i lesprob* [SUPm-Mpy 9708*4706 I Queen' s 3fcafty I M&^ HDB SPECIALIST M^T^k WP PRODUCER '-^■SAIfmTHiiMTH, Iv- M SHANTI ■k^^H Director
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        787 10 527 HUDC/HDB APTS WANTED (RENT/ BUY) EM SERVICES m up A SjbSiOidry Cc O' HDE l stec housing JSjtnc) HDB Flats Sellers, SEARCH NO FURTHER All you need to do is call us and our team of professional asents will be more than Slad to help you 1800-876 9in Casr
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        791 11 327HUDC/HDBAPTS WANTED (RENT/ BUY) HONG KONG PR is looking for a HO6 flat m any location. Owner please call 742-5555 First Estate HUNTING FOR A good tenant or exI '-*****99/ *****057 INOIAN/ MALAY OWNERS, «c lave casn r;ch ouyers. Commitment gteed. immed. *****396 RE/MAX I LADY DOCTOR wants to rent
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        805 11 S3l FACTORY SPACE S3l FACTORY SPACE FOR RENT FOR RENT zm ws m& ma mm mm mm mm mm mm m* mm I Factory Space (Food Industry) I QT^jfi S3 It i Cold Room: Size from 1,000 sq ft to 5,000 sq ft. 1 Kitchen: Size from 800 sq ft
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        1008 11 334 OFFICE SPACE 534 OFFICE SPACE 334 OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT FOR RENT FOR RENT KEYPggNT °^£o* 371 BEACH ROAD OFFICES RANGING ART FROM 500- 51.000 SQJT RI I<s I Ni F *\<s F RETAIL SPACE RANGING DUjIINLJJLJ FROM 120 -3.500 SQJT BEGIN WITH EXCELLENT LOCATION OUTSIDETHE A J 1
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        990 11 534 OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT KALLANG PL. 2000 sq.ft. Beautifully fitted. Central aircon. Security alarm. CTV. Must view to offer/ believe. Alan *****080 Kaizer GEYLANG MAIN HD. 330/ 400/ 430 sq.ft. Own entrance. Newly renovated. Near MRT. Aircon and carpeted. Immed. Call: 743-0357. HIGH STREET PLAZA. Office units for rent.
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        752 11 534 OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT D.07 GOLDEN MILE Twr. 458 sq.ft. Move-in cond. $1500 p/mth. neg mcl. PUB. Pg. 9311-7168 agt. OFFICE SPACE FOR rent/ takeover I or rms. with secretarial service. Near MRT. Call: 292-3738 D.02 INTERNATIONAL PLAZA 473 sq.ft. High fir. Near MRT. $1900 Ring *****313/ *****887 SML
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        860 11 537 SHOP SPACE FOR RENT MANDARIN f SHOPPING ARCADE Shoe space gl 345, 370 lftM| I Prmt location a! Thud floe Franitiess oas snoo"ont $i.i!dO>{ 'o' d k rxX Ol '.'iOti AK-Ktive fer.t TEL: 831 6340 D.05 WEST COAST Recreation Ctr. (Clementi area/ excellent location). Near MRT/ bus interchange. Complex
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        698 11 Properties 538 SHOP SPACE FOR SALE 0.21 KIM KEAT. Ground fir. shop hse. 1700 sq.ft. approx Heavy human traffic. All trades. $700 K. (Leasehold) Pg: *****328 BG/ OW. I FARE OPPORTUNiTYJ GOLDEN MILE TOWER. 5 280 sq.ft. Hign yield approx 6.0+% return. Ail trades. Asking $188K neg. Hurry l Bobby
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        487 12 Properties Travel Guide 543 WAREHOUSES/STORAGE 543 WAREHOUSES/STORAGE 574 CRUISES 574 CRUISES 574 CRUISES 574 CRUISES 574 CRUISES 574 CRUISES 574 CRUISES 574 CRUISES SPACE FOR RENT SPACE FOR RENT at Tajjore I.ane constructed by Obavashi Corporation I Please call: [Lv 452 "2661 Site) 220 0944( Office) t___^___ AT AIS INDUSTRIAL
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        140 12 556 PROPERTIES IN MALAYSIA/ BATAM Pengarang (JB) Industrial Land 2,450,000 sq.'t Freehold Foreigners can buy A mile away from the industrial Has a large area for commercial use Mr Ang *****543/ *****663 ONE UNIT DOUBLE storey bungaiow. Batam lsland(Baloi Total no.11) Hp: ********** Sherly. 558 LAND PRIME LAND AT Race
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        876 12 PS| pCffl! pß^ o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o (3)ongkhla, tranquil beaches, quaint fishing Hißu3l^r s a thriving southern city with rich heritage and ..«jjjjijjjj^»«i»«. M^ modern shopping, dining, non-stop entertainment «w*t l r^-r»T?!""*«'"!«!"' t --???r?-?Trrr!ssr?f ?crr r r T:^
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        479 12 FREE Transfer to Kuantan Town Shopping paradise Bargain hunt for wood carvings, handicrafts and batiks Bring home local produces like salted fish, prawn and fish crackers AWANA KUAL RESORT FREE Transfer from Awana Kijal Resort to Kuantan Town for shopping Magnificent resort facing South China Sea Longest private beach Hpjl
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        624 12 It's Trendy Q/n 1 999. about 8 million passengers will cruise around the world By 2003. Star Cruises will see the delivery of 3 more megaships increasing the fleet to 11 ships carrying about 1 million passengers. World-Class Megaship fi (ywice the size of the Titanic, the 76,800 gross tonnes
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        564 13 578 RESORTS 578 RESORTS 578 RESORTS j HMMMi M2gM*gaMP SS 9 581 TOURS 581 TOURS 581 TOURS 5/7/8 Seoul/Onyong/Suanbo/ «v mmtt iiL Mt. Sorak/Deamvung/ $%%O Pusan/Kyungju/Cheju Seoul City Tour. Pusan Seaport. Yong Dv Sanl, Pusan Tower. Haeundae S^K^^^mmt Beach, Kyongju, Pulguksa Temple. Cheju, Dragon Head Rock, Mok Su _J Wan.
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        675 13 581 TOURS 581 TOURS 581 TOURS 581 TOURS 581 TOURS TOURISMT^T^-vet's MALfIfSIA IM^aysta Ag» vn ii 2D Genting frsss I J^M;Vi n^^ f 7m-v, Skyway Ticket) |2D DeS3rU f/?ooms, Breakfast. Transfer) frs6O 2D Malacca trs7B L■ Jill jj.^aij t {Rooms, Breakfast) IT\*l ~\*ft Ifl3"1 1 1 1 1 I 13D
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        422 13 Travel Guide 581 TOURS 581 TOURS Daily Departure I^^ M m Bongkok/Pattoyo/ Bongkok/Paftaya/ da> s Non 9 Neo<h vill «9«/ s Nong Nooch Viliogc/ Sriacha Tiger Zoo s<rfori >ark/chiongmoi/ Dreamworld ,L I (Htl4*Soi A Chiangrai/GoWen Twin Tonct C X9M Triangle j Pep Doi'v *J*^ Pep Da ly SjOO ■TOD MANILA
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        136 13 SfataMßNonlaorioMnClHirt Duec (tm ijuau Aircu <r >73 >all 9 abtun HriMM Kntw Scwrti Dins.-. Fern Enctufr Jvm ».»#3 >>53 acSuwwy L*»»oi Cbiipii i|Wi^ B> Toic* B< Coacf 2B BatM Rn«s slUaeu «r»^a fr»7» STgPtMnt S»4*»«U«n R»va! Puu {*m>« A UTkr iiA t fr ft 63 SCTuau LuMpw SA Smi liltnri
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        2213 14 Travel Guide Education Training 581 TOURS 581 TOURS 581 TOURS 581 TOURS 581 TOURS 581 TOURS 581 TOURS 581 TOURS 581 TOURS 581 TOURS L I 9^H "W I WL^ Il^ llmm I I I I M^m I D1 J| HV mJ^r HMMH JMMMMT MMMJ BMHr MB MM 7 MMMJ
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        474 15 709 COMMOKIAL COURSES 709 COMMERCIAL COURSES W*UFJg* Cert iii ()J)ict Skills Ifl |^1 w Cert m Husines\ Studies 1 W VJ \citnti:tiiig Secretarial! |7^B~B COS/CBS WpIOBW m Acc(»un»inn V>K Upgrade 'N/O* 'A' Level FULLTIME PART-TIME WEEKEND CLASS S^. S f ÜbSidy Al^lVl I s i>hii[i/Bishani t GUARANTEED J Tel: 758-0122/3
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        344 15 721 LANGUAGE COURSES ifor Foreign Students Jj Elem/Inler/Adv. ESOL (UK) Exam/ tudent Pass Sponsorship I can be arranged Conversation A Conversation A *****11 Conversation A Classes conducted by ipenenced qualified leachers I torman4mUt.pt .all Group of Schools \MH|Ml|lMlKvflff#PfMi Speak A New Language m Just 2 Months French German Japanese Malay
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        1308 15 715 FOREIGN EDUCATION 715 FOREIGN EDUCATION 715 FOREIGN EDUCATION pMlJMllllllllff I *VV *****111 UlHg Z tgpßJ EDWARDS Esfabfished m ?^2 Edwards College has m 2 CS\ I T prr excelled m preparing students for admission JJ VULLEUE /nfoPllfSTICIOOSAusfro/ian Universities. «X*C€D'«i PERTH WESTERN AUSTRALIA a Courses offered: M'JFY West leading to
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        570 15 730 SECRETARIAL/ 730 SECRETARIAL/ TYPING COURSES TYPING COURSES SPECIAL SHORT COURSE FOR DEC 1999 LCCI PSD EXAM fe,,— AT ONLY I 560 mm^M COMMENCING 5 APRIL 1 999 6 APRIL 1 999 Tel: 23 55 685 Fax: 734 5 1 30 I #06-01 Specialists' Shopping Centre I 736 TUITION 736
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        763 15 CEREBRAL TUITION AGENCY PRIVATE HOME TUITION We have committed reliable school teachers/ full/ part-time graduates undergrads/ 'A' ievei/ 1 Diploma holder to cater for your j child's needs at all areas/ levels/ subjects. Call Linda at *****513/ *****632 Email: lindateo 45inqnet.com. sq LEARNING SPECIALIST TUITION AGENCY Registered Tuition Agency run
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        520 15 736 TUITION *****33. EXPERIENCED i. reliable tutors sch. teachers avail, for all subjs., levels dists. music also. SPECIALISED IN PSLE Pri.4 streaming for all locations. Call 385-8323 Miss Tan FULL-TIME HONOURS GRAO. Specialise m A/ E/ C Maths. Chem./ Physics. Jenny 385-7803 No. agts. SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHER, east, offering tuition
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        473 15 Education Training 739 OTHER CAREER 739 OTHER CAREER DEVELOPMENT/ DEVELOPMENT/ EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES EDuCATiQNA. PROGRAMMES J (~yur practical and highly Q7n celebration of our i| effective course will help 2Sth Anniversary, wt are you to read faster, save time °ff erin S spf'"' 25% and keep pace with todays disiount enrolment
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        960 20 TENDER NOTICE SATS Airport Services Pte Ltd invites tenders for the supply, delivery and installation of the following: TR No Description ST-003-99 2 Window NT file servers 93 personal computers 1 6 printers 43 print servers Collection of Tender Document Tender application forms can be collected from the Cashier's Office,
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        1416 20 Notices IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES IN THE MATTER OF IVV^P^V^VVQV^H TELEMEDI-SYS PTE LTD I W T +M Zfl (Incorporated m Singapore! iHHHl^^^^HHfl^^^^^Hl^^H (In Members' Voluntary Winding Up) notice is hereby given that the creditors NOTICE iS HEREBY GIVEN that the Designs appearing herein have of the abovenamed company,
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        508 20 I IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE Companies Winding Up No. 53 of 1999 j In the Matter of Companies Act (CAP 50) and In the Matter of HEALTH-CONNECTION PTE LTD (ROC No. *****7538G) ADVERTISEMENT OF PETITION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a petition for the winding
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        1434 21 m^r pii^^j 111/ UNITED OVERSEAS LAND LIMITED (Incorporated m the Republic of Singapore) To: All Members ANNOUNCEMENT The Board of Directors is pleased to announce the following: UNAUDITED RESULTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 1998 THE GROUP THE COMPANY 1998 1997 1998 1997 IN $000 IN $000 TURNOVER 425,505
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        1437 21 Notices HOTEL PLAZA LIMITED (Incorporated m the Republic of Singapore) To: All Members ANNOUNCEMENT The Board of Directors is pleased to announce the following: UNAUDITED RESULTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 1998 THE GROUP THE COMPANY 1998 1997 _J998 1997 IN $000 IN $000 TURNOVER 205,986 188,037 10 39.915
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        544 22 ill H^^a 606 Professional/Executive 615 Lecturing/Teaching 624 Art Creative 627 Marketing/Communication 630 Sales 633 Counter/Telephone Sales 636 Customer Service 639 Agent /Broker /Trader 642 Hotel/Restaurant/Lounge 645 Beautician/Hair Stylist 648 Administrative/Clerical 651 Secretary/Personal Assistant 654 Technical 657 Production 660 Apprentice 663 Warehousing/Inventory 666 Security 669 Cleaner 672 Despatch/Delivery 675 Driver/Transport 683
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        1684 22 606 PROFESSIONAL/ 606 PROFESSIONAL/ 606 PROFESSIONAL/ 606 PROFESSIONAL/ 606 PROFESSIONAL/ 606 PROFESSIONAL/ 606 PROFESSIONAL/ EXECUTIVE POSITIONS EXECUTIVE POSITIONS EXECUTIVE POSITIONS EXECUTIVE POSITIONS EXECUTIVE POSITIONS EXECUTIVE POSITIONS EXECUTIVE POSITIONS ViT| \--^Tm^& "A Bl>< 502 Jurong West St 51 fr 03 817 #07-09 CPF Tampines Building Blk 134 Jurong East St. 13#02-307a1[
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        359 22 PROBIZ IMMEDIATE POSITIONS RECEPTIONIST/ ADMIN. ASST $1000 $1300 JUNIOR SECRETARY $1200 $1400 SITE ADMIN. CLERK (6 mths. 1 year Contract) $1300 $1400 (Witl driving licence/ PC liter- ate) FINANCE EXECUTIVE $2500 $3000 (Dip./ Degree m Accounting/ j Biz Admin.) LOAN ADMIN. EXECUTIVE $4000 $5000 (10 years experience m Financial institution)
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        561 22 Reputable British MNC seeks highly motivated and ambitious peopie to join us os Age 25-45 Possess working experience Diploma or degree holder Singaporean citizen or PR Perform field sales for financial products Source, maintain and build client network Analyse and plan client's financial portfolio Comprehensive training v/ill be provided Expected
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        389 22 609 ENGINEERING POSITIONS SERVICE ENGINEER (Analytical Instruments) Diploma/ ITC m Electronics Minimum 3 years relevant experience Knowledge on gas analysers Able to travel to overseas Working location: East Salary $2000 PLEASE CALL: Tel: 224 6864 Ext. 11, Mrs Goh Fax: 224 9473 email: jacspore pacific. net. sq SALES ENGINEER Dip./
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        632 22 612 IT POSITIONS COMPUTER TECHNICIAN Required Knowledge of computer assembly, Trouble shooting, Notebook Repair, Sales. Only hardworking need to Pis. walk-in interview from Ipm to 6pm: 1 Rochor Canal Road 804-69 Sim Lim Square CONTRACT HELPDESK TECHNICAL SUPPORT No experience required: training provided At least Diploma m Computer Studies Must
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        623 22 615 LECTURING/ TEACHING POSITIONS Established Language Centre urgently requires NATIVE-SPEAKING Teachers of English as a foreign language Thai as a foreign languange For interview pis call 339-4850 SAM'S EARLY LEARNING CENTRE 17 JALAN MUTIARA (Off River Valley) invites applicants for the post of NURSERY TEACHER Requirements: Basic/ Intermediate Certs. Good
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        632 23 621 HEALTHCARE 621 HEALTHCARE POSITIONS POSITIONS imnuihatt MCiiih'Uti tor: STWFNimSES (Inpatient) State- Register! None Certificate with relevant working experience Good interpersonal skills and able to work independently Able to work on 2 rotating shilts BL r SINESS OFFICE, iSSISTiNT You ill! be responsible tor registration of patients, attending to enquiries
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        406 23 630 SALES POSITIONS 2 yrs. experience m supervising a Boutique, or Dept. Store, p r eferably m Ladies Young Fashion Train motivate staff to provide excellent service salesmanship to achieve monthly sales target 9 Ability to work under pressure long working hrs Able to do visual merchandising display a Plus
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        658 23 630 SALES POSITIONS 630 SALES POS 'TIONS 630 SALES POSITIONS An iiucrn.uioii.il company specialising m beauty-related services has immediate vacancies for the position of. Female Indoor I Sales Consultant (Average Income: 5535,000 5545,000 per annum) Ai^od 24 years and above Experience m direct selling, preferably m beauty or insurance related
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        320 23 Classified Jobs FEMALE SALES EXECUTIVE c Preferably with some Sales experience Comprehensive 1 week training provided Monthly income upto $5000 above c Pleasant personality service oriented c PC literate Able to speak English Mandarin c Attractive incentives good prospect Interested, please call Ferrine (£>: 288-2183/ 288-2282 No. 12 New Industrial
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        603 23 530 SALES POSITIONS 630 SALES POSITIONS lip '''I IBH f EHM 1 I THE LEADER IN COMPUTER RETAILING j j Retail Sales j j Associates J Customer Service Associates Minimum GCE oor A Level qualification wm Must have knowledge of computer Able to do cashiering Friendly service oriented people I*
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        705 23 630 SALES POSITIONS 630 SALES POSITIONS An established company requires a Sales Executive Male/Female Able to speak English Mandarin Interested candidates are welcome to call us at 738 1155 for an immediate interview appointment. #01-05, Mandarin Hotel Shopping Arcade Singapore *****7 Due to our rapid expansion into the next «J
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        45 23 Beverage distributor has immediate vacancies for: 1) VAN SALESMAN 2) SALES REPRESENTATIVES 3) RETAIL MERCHANDISER Requirements: GCE 'NT level above Age 21-35 yrs. Working experience preferred Class 3 licence Fluent m English Mandarin Basic transport incentives Pis. call Hsleh Ling at 258-7706 for an interview
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        555 23 630 SALES POSITIONS A great opportunity to join the lucrative business of real esttt* sales. You must however possess (a)Good communication skills (b)A pleasant disposition (c)A desire to succeed (d)own transportation Besides being involved m all aspects of real estate sales, you will be included m our team that is
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        421 24 630 SALES POSITIONS :>ng consultant firm 2) Marketing Asst. 3) Business Manager mitted pleasant looKirq Great remuneration *****63 t 155 Ben/ Pearlie FEMALE SALES COORDINATOR for Fast Expanding Cleaning Maintenance Firm Must be able to speak Mandarin dialect PC literate Transport training provided sess class 3 lie. an advantage Basic
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        425 24 630 SALES POSITIONS SALES EXECUTIVES required by MNC to market various ranges of new products Basic $1.5K commission upto $40K pa. Sales mgmt. opportunity for tgood track record holders Dip. or degree holder preferred 0' level holder with 4 passes can be considered Age 23 above Call *****73/ 4 or
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        489 24 630 SALES POSITIONS Spot Cash Depl. I High Ri-rminer.ttion Package Guaranteed. Doni Hesitate. I Please i ill Mr Raymond Tan I 7472 9feB'J {(> 1 i^J i [Established Beauty Health Caret 9 Company Providing Products I 1 1 SALES EXECUTIVES Wrth or Without Experience a f: Ploawnt Penonafily i', Good
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        637 24 630 SALES POSITIONS FUND MGT. CO Seeks Admin. Staff aggressive Business Managers. High commission. Susan/ Rose *****82/ *****63 x 140/139. TELECOMS SALES EXEC. ITE/ Poly Grads. PC literate. Self-motivated sales oriented. Strong local con- tacts. Tel: 733-6009 $1900 P/MTH. SALES marketing career. Outdoor. Age 23-28. Dip. biz. admin./ 'A' level.
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        474 24 Classified Jobs 630 SALES POSITIONS SALES MAN REQUIRED. Must have experience m wholesale marketing of shoes. 9631-6939. SHOWROOM SALES ASST. SI.3K. Retail m furniture. llam-7pm. Newton. Immed. Tel: 459-5607 633 COUNTER/TELEPHONE SALES POSITIONS FEMALE PART-TIME TELEMARKETEERS needed. Mon. Thurs. 'A' ic.el above. S6 p/hr. *****606 PART-TIME TELEMARKETERS. PREFERABLY staying m
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        572 24 636 CUSTOMER SERVICE 636 CUSTOMER SERVICE POSITIONS POSITIONS 9 Golden village SERVICE CREW LEADERS Reporting to ihe Cinema Managers, he/she will ossisl m supervising and Iroining cinema crew; manpower rostering and cosh handling You should be an experienced "hands-on" person who rs good m serving and attending to customers. Basically,
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        534 24 42 HOTEL/RESTAURANT/ 642 HOTEL/RESTAURANT/ LOUNGE POSITIONS LOUNGE POSITIONS enior Accounts Officer Sal Neg write-in/fax m only) Primarily responsible for the Revenue Audit section Provides support for the Credit and AR sections Pleasant personality with positive attitude Minimum 2 years' relevant experience m a supervisory position Assistant Executive Floor Manager Sal
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        575 24 642 hO t E:. 'RESTAURANT' LOUNGE POSITIONS FULL TIME/ PART TIME A; CASHIER lAqe t*io» 40 6) DISHWASHER (Age D*low 45,' O KITCHEN ASS T (Age beio* 45) Prefer Singapore Walk m MMfIM 2.30pm-5.00pm Eastclub Steam Boat Restaurant 46 East Coast Roac 801-01 East Gate Tel: *****36 IVINS REOUIRES PARI/
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        748 25 648 ADMINISTRATIVE/ 648 ADMINISTRATIVE/ 648 ADMINISTRATIVE/ CLERICAL POSITIONS CLERICAL POSITIONS CLERICAL POSITIONS wnCmlwMk (Affiliates of Exxon Corporation) Exxon Chemical Singapore Pte Ltd is an affiliate of Exxon Corporation with marketing and manufacturing activities m Singapore. One of our core values is Diversity and International PflfllC We have a position m
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        584 25 Classified Jobs 648 ADMINISTRATIVE/ 648 ADMINISTRATIVE/ CLERICAL POSITIONS CLERICAL POSITIONS SHIPPING EXECUTIVE/ ASSISTANT At least CCE '0' level with a minimum of 3 years "hands-on" experience m a trading or service sector Highly proficient m handling large volumes of LC's to countries m the Asia Pacific, Europe and Middle East
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        713 25 648 ADMINISTRATIVE/ 648 ADMINISTRATIVE/ CLERICAL POSITIONS CLERICAL POSITIONS ij Leading Shipping Agency Company invites applications for j the positions of: Singapore Citizen or Permanent Resident CCE 'OVA' level j Minimum 2 years' experience preferably m shipping agency Knowledge of MS Office Possess communication and interpersonal skills 1 1 Alternate Saturday
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        504 25 648 ADMINISTRATIVE/ CLERICAL POSITIONS Able to handle full sets cf accounts with experience ESSEHjBI Mm. 1 year experience For both positions, able to work m Jurong area Call 220-6009 for interview appointment. POST FIXTURE EXECUTIVE Conversant m all types of shipping accounts Experienced m post fixture operation Knowledge of various
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        578 25 648 ADMINISTRATIVE/ CLEPiCALPOSITiONS 1) ACCOUNT ASSISTANT 2) ADMIN ASSISTANT A Equipment Rental Trading Company In Tuas Area Requires The Above Post Able to speak fluent Mandarin English Computer knowledge Good typing skill Li^mg around Jurong area Interested party please contact 862-3887 Miss Lee/ Miss Chonq for appointment. Address: Plot A*****
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        733 25 648 ADMINISTRATIVE; CLERICAL POSITIONS SHIPPING CLERK/ ASST. ($l3OO $1700/ Jurong Sporean/ PR H GCE N/ '0' level with 3 years of relevant experience Chinese speaking female aq» 20-28 Pseasant disposition and able to worn overtime 5 days and alt. Sat./ immediate Call *****37 ext. 15 (Jacey) Fax *****73/ *****93 Mfel
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        582 26 648 ADMINISTRATIVE/ CLERICAL POSITIONS a/CS EXEC/ ASST. 5 days. Full/ par- experienced ACCPAC/ £xec. 5 days. Dip. 3 yrs. experience m payroll time mgmt system, (mfg). Pauline *****00 x I *****00 Recruit Express A WELL ESTAB. transport co. requires accounts clerk. Able to keep full set of accounting. Must t\a\ie
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        479 26 648 ADMINISTRATIVE/ CLERICAL POSITIONS ADMIN. ASST. IN Übi/ Kaki Bukit. Mia 0' levels l yr. experience. PC literate. Bilingual m Eng. j Mandarin. s'; days wk. Sl.lK $1 3K. Call Wai Ling *****20. DATA ENTRY CLERK. GCE 0' levels j PC literate. Experience unnecessary. 5 i days work. Call *****88
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        411 26 648 ADMINISTRATIVE/ CLERICAL POSITIONS RECEPTIONIST CUM CLERK. Good telephone customer service skills. 2-3 yrs. experience. Interested pis. call: *****01 x 21 PAYROLL CLERK. $1400. 5 days wk. Alexandra (near Ikea). '0' level. 3 yrs. experience. Must know paymaster. Select *****33 x 14 MtEDiATE ADMIN. EXEC. REQUIRED urgently j at 60
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        426 26 648 ADMINISTRATIVE/ CLERICAL POSITIONS 2 SHIPPING ASSTS. $1.4K-SI.SK. 2 yrs. experience. Mandarin speaking. 5-days. Immed. East. *****17 EXPERIENCED ADMIN. ASST. Mm '0' levels. PC literate. Chinesespeaking preferred. 741-7069 RECEPTIONIST MILLENIA Twr. 07 N' level. 1-2 yrs. relevant experience, PC literate. *****25 x 12 SALES ADMIN. EXEC. SI.BK. Jurong E. Bi?
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        389 26 Classified Jobs 648 ADMINISTRATIVE/ CLERICAL POSITIONS MKTG. ASST. MALE/ Female. Teban Gdn. Alt. Sat. off. Fresh Poly Dip. SI.2K. Speaks Mandarin. *****56. IMPORT CLERK BELOW 30 yrs. Tradenet/ portnet. Chinese speaking. Immed. SI.6K town. 222-3310 URGENT! SI.SK-S2K. HR cum Sec. PSC, Dip. m HR (Jurong). $1.5K up. Sec. to MD,
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        660 26 651 SECRETARY/ PERSONAL ASSISTANT POSITIONS JUNIOR SECRETARY (BALESTIER/ s'.' alternate). Age Delow 30. MS Office. SI.2K $1.3 K. Business Edge *****33 x 2 (Lie. C*****1C) JR. SEC. MIN. 0 1 level. No PSC required. Fluent m English. PC literate. Near Tg. Pagar MRT. 5 i -days wk. Call Jennifer 329-8364/65
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        678 26 654 TECHNICAL POSITIONS 654 TECHNICAL POSITIONS 654 TECHN'CAL POSITIONS 654 TECHNICAL POSITIONS Bit^l H Bt B nH fl I I H w^^ HAH Mi H^^^^^^^^ H^^^H' HW TO INCREASE YOUR EARNINGS. Join us at Asahi Techno Vision Singapore's only colour TV glass manufacturer, and you'll sec what we mean. We
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        263 26 Marine? fitte™ At least 4 years experience, especially V m engine repairs Written/ spoken English W 4 is an advantage Salary negotiable Interested applicants. please call MEMLMACWNESBIGINEERINfi SERVICES PTE LTD 16 Tuas Avenue 10 S( *****0) Tel: 861 OAB4 A leading interior decoration firm urgently requires: 1. PROJECT MANAGCR 2.
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        618 27 654 nOtfCAl 3 05! T ;0\5 654 TECHNICAL POSITIONS MANPOWER ©TECHNICAL SNR PROJECT PRODUCTION/ ENGINEER QC SUPS •Do Deg m Mech/Mfg/ ITC/Dip m all disciplines Prodry Ind Engineering with 2-3 yrs' experience m 3-5 years experience m precision machining md plastics, 'metal industry Good communication and PLANNER ,eadersh,p skills G
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        671 27 654 TECHNICAL POSITIONS 654 TECHNICAL POSITIONS W si SUMMIT CD P i-JjjJ] MANUFACTURE PTE LTD In line with our expansion, we invite qualified individuals to fill m the position of: i J J) JJ. J s>J J. IJ. You are required to run the production line, troubleshoot, repair and perform
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        544 27 Electrical Construction Company requires MALE SITE FOREMAN Diploma m Civil/ Building Engineering Possess valid class 3 driving licence Computer literate Singaporean PR only Must be bilingual able to speak local dialects Hardworking and able to work independently Able to start work immediateiy Interested please fax m resume to Fax: 742
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        726 27 Classified Jobs 654 TECHNICAL POSITIONS DRAFTSMEN/ ASST. QUANTITY Surveyors (2 3 yrs. experience with bldq. main contractor). $1800 I $2500. Leo *****18. Lie. CIBISOIJ FEMALE OA. DIP. m quality assurance. Rotating shift at Jurong. Training provided. Fresh qrad. welcome. Please call- 339-3855 x 02 AIRCON CO. REQUIRES Service Technician with
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        581 27 657 PRODUCTION 657 PRODUCTION 657 PRODUCTION POSITIONS POSITIONS POSITIONS I Growyour skUls. Reward your taletltS. Start up, operate and perform minor troubleshooting of automated I I assembly machines Requirements: Minimum Secondary education Able to work 1 2-hour permanent shift Malaysians with minimum 5 SPM credits are welcome to apply Able
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        546 27 657 PRODUCTION 657 PRODUCTION POSITIONS POSITIONS I IMMKDIATK VACANCIES! 3 Shifts Singaporean SPR I Good Eyesight Secondary 2 Above > Welcome Temp Worker Benefits Transport Allowance I Lots of Overtime > Attendance Allowance WALK-IN INTERVIKW JIT ELECTRONICS PTE LTD 1 Kallang Place (Mon-Fri:9am to 4pm) Printing Co. Requires GTOS2 Operator
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        470 27 JURONG FEMALE OPERATORS hr. day $68. 12-hr night $75. Prefer Chinese speaking. 270-8300. ALEXANDRA MALE TEMPORARY Op erators. 7am-7pm. $58. Must do O/T. 5 days week. *****00. KALLAN& OPERATORS. OA expenence 3pm. to 11pm. $43 Call *****95 JURONG MALE/ FEMALE Operators 7.45am-4.30pm $47. Bam-5.20p0-542. Sporeans. Call 4688-325 JURONG SINGAPOREAN OPERATOR
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        508 28 666 SECURITY POSITIONS 666 SECURITY POSITIONS Requirements: Secondary education Willing to work on three rotating shirts I Must be fit and healthy I Some security experience m manufacturing I environment preferred Retired army or police personnel are welcome to apply > Singaporean only WALK-IN INTERVIEW Mon Fri: 9.00 am to
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        351 28 669 CLEANER POSITIONS US CLEANING CO. urgently requires Supervisors m Tuas/ Orchard Rd./ Scotts Rd./ Pungqol Dover Rd. Salary $1200 above. Able to start immed. Walk m interview at 460. Alexandra Rd. PSA Bldq. 802-02. Mon. Tues. from 3-spm. CLEANING COMPANY REQUIRES Cleaners to work m hotel kitchen from 11pm.
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        358 28 675 DRIVER/ TRANSPORT 675 DRIVER/ TRANSPORT 675 DRIVER/ TRANSPORT POSITIONS POSITIONS POSITIONS jyL^^^ Invaluable You are the invaluable person behind the steering wheel entrusted with the safety of our passengers. That's why we have created a very comfortable cabin m all our buses just for you. BUS DRIVERS Requirements: Besides
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        208 28 Trading Co. m ÜBI area requires urgently: DELIVERY CUM STORE ASST. Physically fit. Possess class 3 licence. Ciass 4 would be an advantage. Familiar with dept. store location advantageous. Able to start work immediately. Able to read simple English. Interested parties ease call 7433 628 for an ir.'.*rvlew. pcßionai DRIVER
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