The Straits Times, 18 May 1999

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    25 1 The Straits Times EstaJAislwd 1845 IUCSCIciy May 18, 1999 100 Pages m five parts mita (P) 054/12/98 Ml A Singapore Press Holdings jmblication OU Cents
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    Five-year bank reform plan
    718 1  -  AMY B ALAN More foreign banks can gain access to domestic market; programme nudges local ones to consolidate and grow §1 SINGAPORE yesterday announced a package of measures to let more foreign banks gain access to its domestic market as it turns up the heat on
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    Lock icon THE BIG BANK SHAKE-UP
    381 1 SIEHW-STEP LIBERALISATION MAS will commit toadefmite package only In first three years, from 1999 to 2001. More measures may follow after a review. OUT: Protecting local banks from stiff competition. til QuaWtfng foreign banks will get a bigger biteat^TjjHHethrough a new licence, Quaßfywg-Fuß Banks <QFBs).Sxfica»wsmi>ft4fcen (taring
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    Panels to ensure strong corporate governance
    233 1 UNDER the new open banking regime, Nominating Committees (NCs) will ensure strong corporate governance and also be the core defence for local banks to ward off foreign predators. Observers said it will also be the tool for MAS to push for key changes m
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    Part of woman's ear bitten off
    352 1  -  KAREN WONG By A WOMAN bit off part of a friend's ear m a fight over an alleged loan, a district court heard yesterday. The court heard that at about 6.30 pm on Oct 17 last year, Ng Siow Kirn, 44, a hawker s
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  • PRIME NEWS
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      Lock icon MAHATHIR'S COMMENTS: Then and now
      335 2 DEC 17, 1998 I thought that it is best that we resolve as a package, including of course the problem of CPF and Clob. We would rather like to settle the whole thing as a package so that the water supply is linked to the
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      3 opposition parties set to form alliance
      416 2  -  SUSAN SIM Involving Amien Rais r Abdurrahman and Megawati, it may be tactical response to nomination of Habibie By INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT JAKARTA On the eve of the hustings, which begin tomorrow, Indonesia's three most important opposition parties were late last night set to
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      Lock icon Sonia resigns from Congress
      109 2 NEW DELHI Sonia Gandhi has resigned as president of India's Congress part)', Star TV reported yesterday. The resignation of the Italian-born widow of assassinated former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi was report- ed as the party's elite Congress Working Committee held an emergency meeting to consider a
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      SIA extends check-in by phone service
      397 3  - SIA extends check-in by phone service EVELYN YAP From today, those flying economy class can call or fax to save time on flights out of Singapore n SINGAPORE Airlines' economy class passengers can now call or fax ahead to check m for flights out of here, a move that will
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      Lock icon A touch of Singapore in the Ginza
      431 3  -  KWAN WENG KIN SIA PROMOTES UPGRADED SERVICES IN JAPAN By JAPAN CORRESPONDENT TOKYO Recession-weary Japanese consumers m Tokyo's glitzy Ginza district yesterday received a spot of good cheer and a touch of Singapore m a week-long campaign by Singapore Airlines to promote its
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      Lock icon Teens pose as CID men to rob foreign workers
      366 4  -  CHUA CHIN HON Aged 14 and 15, they try to pass off a resort membership card as a police warrant card, but ruse is exposed By TWO teenagers who posed as Criminal Investigation Department officers to rob Bangladeshi workers twice their
      AZIZ HUSSIN  -  366 words
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      Lock icon Crown Prince of Brunei visits
      189 4 BRUNEI'S Crown Prince Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah arrived m Singapore yesterday for a three-day visit at the invitation of Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong. It is his first official visit here. He called on Acting President Lim Kirn San and met Mr Goh at the Istana
      LAU FOOK KONG  -  189 words
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      Woman, 95, an heiress to million-$ estate
      307 4  -  TAN OOI BOON Bu THE High Court has named a 95-year-old blind, wheel-chair-bound Dutch woman as an heiress to a woman's multi-million-dollar estate, after she proved that she was the dead woman's aunt. Mrs Annie Verspeten-Le-gran, who lives m the United States, is
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      695 2 INSIDE World 6,5-14 Yugoslav crisis 12, 13 People 14 East Asia 15-17 Indonesia m Transition 18. 19 South-east Asia 20 Malaysia... 21,22. 24 Weather 29 Home 25-28, 30-33 Editorial 34 Forum 36,37 Sports 38-41 Money 43-52 LIFE! ■p: "3 pBP i I Natalie Portman is a real pro Page 12
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      334 3 HOW IT WORKS SIA'S economy-class passengers with confirmed flight reservations can call m or fax their travel details up to 48 hours before the scheduled flight time, but not later than two hours before. Details needed are the traveller's name, flight number and date, and destination. The phone/fax check-in service
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon 'Thanks' written with new hand
      275 6 Surgeons who grafted Perth man's hand to see results m a letter PERTH The world's first hand-transplant patient Clint Hallam has written a letter of thanks to his surgeons with his new right hand, the Perth Sunday Times has reported. Mr Hallam, 49, who lives
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      Lock icon US crime down, seven years in a row
      330 6 The strong economy, curbs on the drug trade, tougher sentences and better policing get the credit, say officials SAN DIEGO United States President Bill Clinton has announced that US crime declined last year for the seventh consecutive year, but warned that more
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    • ELECTIONS '99
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        Lock icon Parade of wrestlers follows in Ventura's footsteps
        374 8 Parade of wrestlers follows in Ventura's footsteps GLASTONBURY (Connecticut) When Mr Bob Backlund hits the campaign trail as a Republican congressional candidate m greater Hartford, he is not asked about school vouchers nor abortion nor Kosovo, but about the "cross-face chicken wing". Other politicians can only dream of leaping from
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        Lock icon Ethnic Indian stakes claim to Fiji's premiership
        648 8 Ethnic Indian stakes claim to Fiji's premiership 7 am in the runningfor Prime Minister. I think Fiji is ready for an Indian prime minister on the basis of our election success. Mr Mahendra Chaudhr> 'He has the won the right as leader of the biggest party to become Prime Minister
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        Lock icon Little hope of stability as Nepalese go to the polls
        159 8 KATHMANDU Nepali voters began casting their ballots yesterday m the final round of a parliamentary election expected to do little to end the chronic political instability blamed for perpetuating the nations poverty. "We need a stable government for economic development,"
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        Lock icon INDIANS PREFER VAJPAYEE TO SONIA
        13 9 FOO HWEI WEN Pictures by and REUTERS AFP
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        Lock icon Sonia hit by revolt within Congress
        541 9 Sonia hit by revolt within Congress She should stay out of the prime ministerial race because of her Italian origins and inexperience, say rebels NEW DELHI Indian opposition leader Sonia Gandhi's prime-ministerial hopes have suffered a jolt after an unprecedented and damaging revolt from within her Congress party over her
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        Lock icon IN SRI LANKA The 'dead' turn up to cast their vote
        203 9 IN SRI LANKA The 'dead' turn up to cast their vote COLOMBO Sri Lanka is trying to stop the "resurrection" of voters, following reports that someone impersonated an aboriginal chieftain, who died last year, at a local election. Elections Commissioner Dayananda Dissanayake said yesterday a plan would be implemented to
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        Lock icon It's Barak... according to final survey
        650 10 It's Barak. according to final survey *With Labour ...we are going to see a Palestinian state at the doorstep of Tel Aviv... a state which will endanger our very existence. Mr Netanyahu But the Israeli Premier's pollsters predict a close finish m yesterday's two-man race instead, saying voters would decide
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      Lock icon BALLOON INVASION
      42 11 REUTERS iot-air balloons flying low over the skyline of the English city of Bristol on Saturday. Each year, the city plays host to the International Balloon Fiesta. Teams from all over the world will attend Europe's largest hot-air balloon competition.
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      Lock icon Duma 'will confirm ex-KGB man as PM'
      400 11 The communist-dominated body regards Stepashin as the lesser of two evils, compared to liberal reformers, says the national media MOSCOW Russian deputies will confirm Mr Sergei Stepashin as Premier later this week after their humiliating failure to impeach President Boris Yeltsin, the national
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    • THE YUGOSLAV CRISIS
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        Lock icon Pentagon wants to send in soldiers: Magazine
        745 12 Pentagon wants to send in soldiers: Magazine The Joint Chiefs of Staff have warned that ground troops would be necessary to fulfil the political objectives of the Kosovo campaign, says Newsweek WASHINGTON Pentagon chiefs have warned the Clinton administration that it cannot achieve its aims m Yugoslavia without the use
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        Lock icon Powell lashes out at Natos war campaign
        605 12 Go all out and expect casualties, says general wno won the Gulf War On the war front STRONG explosions shook several central Serbian towns overnight as Nato launched a 55th day of air strikes against Yugoslavia, local media said yesterday. THE Yugoslav army
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        Lock icon '100,000 men' missing in Kosovo
        364 13 The men may have been killed by Serb forces, says Cohen, adding that the Serb campaign against ethnic Albanians is likely to continue WASHINGTON Up to 100,000 ethnic Albanian men m Kosovo of fighting age have vanished, and may have been killed by Serbian forces,
        Reuters  -  364 words
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        Lock icon Massacre captured on video
        243 13 WASHINGTON A videotape documenting the massacre of 127 people m the village oflzbica, shown on Sunday m a CNN report, was smuggled out of Kosovo by an Albanian doctor who said he wanted to "show the world" what was happening to the people of Kosovo. "We
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        Lock icon Will this target icon survive the war?
        264 13 BELGRADE The man who produced one of the most powerful images of the Kosovo conflict, the black and white target logos worn by thousands of ordinary Yugoslavs m defiance of Nato bombers, thinks the idea will survive the war. The targets, displayed on
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      Lock icon Egypt sees red over anti-Sadat street
      164 14 ASYUT (Egypt) A Teheran street named after one of President Anwar Sadat's assassins is a barrier to improving Iranian-Egyptian ties, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said m remarks published yesterday. "The presence m the Iranian capital of a street bearing the name of Mr Sadat's
      AFP  -  164 words
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      Lock icon New cancer therapies... experimental but promising
      476 14 They include the use of tiny radioactive spheres that kill liver tumours but leave the organ alone ATLANTA From anticancer nose drops to tiny radioactive spheres that fight liver tumours while spanng the organ itself, new treatments may transform the way cancer is attacked.
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    • PEOPLE
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        Lock icon Thai Princess to divorce American
        177 14 HIS AFFAIRS CITED AS REASON BANGKOK Thai Princess Übol Ratana has filed for divorce from her American husband, ending their 25-year marriage, according to newspaper reports here. The eldest daughter of the Thai King said she was divorcing Mr Peter Jensen because of his extra-marital
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        I GOT HELP FOR GRIEF, SAYS SINGER
        98 14 PARIS Singer and actress Julie Andrews, 63, is denying a tabloid report that she was treated for drug dependency. She said she checked into the Sierra Tucson facility m Arizona recently to get help m coping with grief related to throat surgery and
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        OLDEST PERSON TO CLIMB EVEREST
        95 14 KATHMANDU Mr Lev Sarkisov, 60, has become the oldest person to climb Mount Everest, Nepal's Tourism Ministry said. Mr Sarkisov, a mountain guide from Tbilisi, Georgia, reached the 8,848-m peak on May 12. He climbed to the highest point on earth at the age of
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        Lock icon It wasn't drug
        37 14 dependency, says Julie Andrews. soy said he would wait until May 12 to reach the summit. He and his team have returned safely to their base camp at the foot of the mountain. Reuters
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        Lock icon CHARLES ANGRY AT GODSON'S DRUG USE
        91 14 CHARLES ANGRY AT GODSON'S DRUG USE LONDON The heir to the British throne, Prince Charles, has given his mistress' son "the roasting of his life" after The Sunday Times revealed that he had taken cocaine. "Stupid!" the Prince was said to have roared m a telephone call to Mr Tom
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        48 14 Andy Dick, an actor on television sitcom Newsßadio, was arrested on dnmk-driving and drug-possession charges after his car crashed into a utility pole m Los Angeles. Retired White House artist C. Earl Leslie, whose decorative lettering embellished government documents and proclamations, died on May 6 at age 91.
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        33 14 Quoteworthy 7 don't know. Refugee husband, I suppose/ Prince Philip, husband of Britain's Queen Elizabeth, when asked m an interview with the Sunday Telegraph on how he thought he was perceived by others
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  • EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Some HK bosses put maids on video scrutiny
      361 15 Some HK bosses put maids on video scrutiny Filipinas ask their visiting President to take up the issue of employers monitoring them from work with phone-activated cameras HONGKONG Some employers are keeping their maids under video surveillance, a practice Philippine President Joseph Estrada will raise m talks with Hongkong officials,
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      Lock icon 'Tough decision soon' on 1.6 m Chinese
      177 15 HONGKONG Chief Executive Tung Chee Hwa, stressing that Hongkong cannot shoulder the influx of 1.67 million Chinese claiming right of abode, yesterday promised that a tough decision would be made "very, very soon". He told an investment forum here that, based on all
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      Lock icon BUYIN6 INTO A GIANT DREAM
      83 15 Enthusiastic Tokyo residents queue m the Ginza shopping district to buy tickets for the Dream Jumbo lottery. Tickets for the draw, which features a maximum payout for first prize of a record 300 million yen (554.2 million) went on sale across Japan yesterday. Each ticket
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      Lock icon More say Obuchi will stay in power
      170 16 TOKYO A growing number of Japanese expect Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi to remain m power following the end of his first term as leader of his ruling party later this year, according to a survey released yesterday. The poll conducted by the Jiji
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      Lock icon Pyongyang's new food
      278 16 ♦50% wheat ♦20% maize cob ♦20% tree leaves 10% grass CHONGJIN (North Korea) To combat chronic famine m the country, the food factory here uses grass and leaves to make dark brown noodles for many of the city's hungry masses. The "alternative food", made from 50 per
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      Lock icon White House set for chill in China ties
      448 16 China sees the bombing of the embassy m Belgrade as a display of hegemonic power while the US sees the strong Chinese reactions as overblown WASHINGTON The Clinton administration, which once hoped that stronger ties between China and the United States would
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      Lock icon 'Veiy serious' blow to relations
      251 16 THE VIEW FROM BEIJING WASHINGTON China's relations with the United States have suffered "very serious damage" because of Natos bombing of the Chinese Embassy m Belgrade, Chinese Ambassador to the US Li Zhaoxing said. He brushed aside a swarm of other issues surrounding Sino-US relations
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      Lock icon Analysts mull over significance of Zhu's tears
      357 16 Analysts mull over significance of Zhu's tears He 'came across as compassionate but also hurt politically' SHANGHAI Why did Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji cry at last week's memorial services for the three journalists killed m Natos accidental bombing of the Chinese Embassy m Belgrade? Beyond the first reason, that even
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      Lock icon Where heroin is just too cheap
      562 17 Where heroin is just too cheap Chinas Drug Kingdom For only 125 yuan (Ss24) v addicts m Yunnan province, most of whom are under 25, can buy one gram of imported heroin, enough for a week KUNMING A pioneering 2,000-bed heroinnletoxification centre, the biggest m China, is at the front
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      Lock icon Taiwan cuts troops on Matsu
      140 17 TAIPEI The Taiwanese military has nearly halved the number of troops deployed on the Matsu islands near China but have enhanced their firepower, it was reported yesterday. The changes were part of a plan by Taiwan's Defence Ministry to develop a leaner and more effective
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      Lock icon Taipei-Beijing ties: 'Free press vital'
      334 17 TAIPEI Any change m the formal relationship between Taipei and Beijing must depend on democratisation m China, the head of the International Press Institute (IPI) said yesterday. In his opening remarks to the IPI World Congress, director Johann Fritz said his organisation's contacts with China
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      22 17 ANY VISION FOR A CHANGE OF THE STATUS QUO HIKES ON THE DEMOCRATISATION OF CHINA.' J International Press Institute director/ Johann Fritx
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  • INDONESIA IN TRANSITION
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      Lock icon Suharto suing Time magazine for 'big lies'
      392 18 REPORT ON USSISB FORTUNE JAKARTA Former President Suharto has ordered his lawyers to sue Time magazine over a report which said it had traced US$l5 billion (5525.5 billion) accumulated by him and his family, the Berita Buana evening daily reported yesterday. The news
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      Lock icon Mob raids party office in Sumatra
      112 18 Mob raids party office in Sumatra PADANG Dozens of disgruntled members of a Muslim party taking part m next month's polls attacked the office of its West Sumatra provincial chapter, said police yesterday. The attack on the United Development Party office m Padang on Sunday was apparently carried out by
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      579 18 His critics say he remains too closely identified with the former Suharto regime and that his oovt has yet to lick a number of key socio-economic issues JAKARTA President BJ. Habibie is the best of the worst presidential candidates m Golkar, political activists and critics have
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      193 18 JAKARTA Military chief General Wiranto has assured Indonesians that the armed forces and the police will stay neutral during the June 7 general election, the Suara Karya daily reported yesterday. This intention to be neu- tral is not a trick or a farce, because
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      1030 19  -  DOMINIC NATHAN It has already taken the major step of breaking off its involvement m day-to-day politics as a step towards democracy, says visiting general *t 'The key to success is unity. Indonesia must stay united. Lt-Gen Bambang OUTLOOK FOR THE NEXT MILLENNIUM:
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      263 19 DILI Pro- Indonesia militias killed five East Timorese civilians m "a brutal attack" as villagers prepared for a church service m Atara village, United Nations officials here said m a statement yesterday. Quoting "reliable sources", the officials said terrified villagers were chased
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      48 20 AFP Thai women paying their respects yesterday at the feet of "Luang Pho To", the standing gigantic statue of the Lord Buddha m Bangkok. The statue is said to be the world's largest standing Buddha image at 32 m high. It is 1 1 m wide.
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      Manila waste report may hurt pact with US
      497 20  -  LUZ BAGUIORO Commission which investigated toxic waste left behind by US forces is suggesting that Washington be made to clean it up and compensate victims By IN MANILA THE expected passage of a defence pact with the US next week could be
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      330 20 Beijing: Feel free to cross S. China Sea Navigation rights there 'guaranteed' despite claims on Spratlys MANILA China guarantees freedom of navigation m the South China Sea despite its territorial dispute with five neighbours, its ambassador to the Philippines said yesterday. Speaking at a briefing with foreign correspondents here, Ambassador
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      250 20 Thai cosmetics sales good despite recession BANGKOK Thai women, determined to look good, have not allowed the recession to curb their enthusiasm for cosmetics although they have kept a close watch on costs, according to research results here. Data from the Thai Farmers Research Centre showed that the demand for
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        38 20 AN earthquake on Sunday shook an area m Irian Java about 4,000 km north-east of Jakarta. No reports of damage or casualties were heard. The jolt hit 6.1 on the Richter scale. Reuters
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        38 20 A HERD of about six elephants have trampled a peasant and his wife to death m central Vietnam, officials said. Nine people have died this way m Vietnam m the Dast six months. AFP
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        47 20 CAMBODIAN lawyer Kar Savuth has been appointed to represent Kang Khek leu, the chief Khmer Rouge executioner also called Duch. The defendant headed the Khmer Rouge's secret police and the top-security prison S--21, where 16,000 people were tortured to death. Reuters
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        28 20 THIRTEEN Thai women, allegedly prostitutes, have been arrested m Johannesburg and face deportation from South Africa for overstaying and working illegally, said police. AFP
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        33 20 TOKYO has agreed to grant Vietnam a concessional loan of US$l6O million (***** million) to help Hanoi revive its economy and ease the pain of economic reforms. AFP
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      588 21 THE MSC: A partner nearby THE Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC), Malaysia s Silicon Valley, is near Port Klang, winch can benefit from the new technologies generated there, says Prime Minister Datuk Sen Dr Mahathir Mohamad. Hie MSC is a 750-sq-km
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      129 21 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia will launch Cyberjaya, its first intelligent city and hub of the country's high-technology zone, on July 8, its developer said yesterday. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad would launch the 7,000-ha city, which will be a global test-bed for
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      400 21 'MUAYSIA IS AT THE MOMENT HAWK A PROBLEM BECAUSE THE DESIGNATED SUCCESSOR WHO HAD BEEN GROOMED TO TAKE OVER FROM THE PRESENT PRIME MINISTER WAS suddenly found to be totally unsuitable; Dr Mahathir, qualifying his views on a good leader wearing out his
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      252 21 KUALA LUMPUR A Malaysian court yesterday began hearing an appeal by a Far Eastern Economic Review journalist sentenced to jail for writing an article questioning a court case. Murray Hiebert, a Canadian journalist with the Hongkong-based magazine, was convicted of contempt of court
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      531 22 Das said no one, including members of the opposition, had addressed their minds to this "continuous state of emergency m the country". "What makes people rather indifferent to the constitutional state of emergency is that we don't see the usual apparatus of emergency
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      165 22 KUALA LUMPUR Former Al-Arqam leader Ashaari Mohamad has demanded an apology from a Malaysian Cabinet minister and two others for alleging that he is involved m attempts to revive the banned movement He said that claims reported m several local dailies and magazines were
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      Virus hits Malacca, affecting 79 pig farms
      110 22 MALACCA The Malacca government ordered the immediate closure of 79 pig forms m Alor Gajah yesterday, as the Nipah virus spread to yet another state m Malaysia. Chief Minister Datuk Sen Abu Zahar Isnin said four farms confirmed to be affected by the
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        109 22 A TAIWAN television station broadcast a segment recently on an female inmate serving her prison term m Taichung. With tears m her eyes, she expressed deep remorse over her crime, little knowing that her every tear and gesture were captured on camera for all
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        Lock icon BOMBING AKIN TO INVASION OF CHINA
        95 22 THE bombing of the Chinese Embassy m Belgrade is akin to China's land being invaded. China must not only demand a formal apology and compensation from Nato, but it must also ask for a full report on what actually transpired m the mission. In
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        133 22 I CAME to Hongkong from Australia four years ago and was amazed by how drugs such as marijuana and cocaine can be obtained with ease, especially among the expatriate community. Drugs get passed around within the community like candy m a kindergarten. More recently,
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        124 22 A FEW people have written to The Nation, suggesting that Thai Deputy Premeir Supachai Panitchpakdi should quit the race for the top job at the World Trade Organisation (WTO). They say he has proven that he has no qualifications. I would like to ask them: "Has
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        112 22 HUNDREDS of schools and 11 hospitals have to be built to accommodate the influx of 1.6 million mainland Chinese to Hongkong. A HK$7lO-billion (Ssls6-billion) government expenditure and 6,000 ha of land for 13 housing estates are also needed. This is good news as
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      525 24 Selangor orders a freeze on all work at Bukit Antarabangsa as a precaution after the neighbourhood was rocked by several landslides on Saturday PETALING JAVA The Selangor government has ordered a freeze on all new developments m the vicinity of landslide-hit Bukit Antarabangsa. Selangor Mentri
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        33 24 ABOUT 160 Malaysians were among 1,397 people who tried to enter Australia illegally m the past eight months, Immigration Minister Philip Ruddock told the federal Parliament. Bernama
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        36 24 A MAN was burnt to death when the car he was driving burst into flames after a collision with an express bus at Kilometre One, Gua Mu-sang-Kuala Krai Road, yesterday morning. Bernama
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        Lock icon BREAK-INK GANG HELD
        36 24 POLICE have detained 15 men believed to be involved m several house break-ins m the Klang Valley. Electrical appliances and four stolen cars worth a total of RM400,000 (S$180,000) were also recovered. Bernama
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        52 24 CHINA and Malaysia are working on a political document which will serve as a framework for the development of bilateral ties m the next century, Chinese Ambassador Guan Dengming said. Besides politics, the proposed document will also deal with economic ties and military, cultural, science and technology
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        MILK LORRY INJACKED
        33 24 MILK LORRY INJACKED A LORRY carrying several hundred thousand ringgits' worth of milk powder was hijacked by gangsters on the North-South Expressway on Friday night near Kuala Kubu Baru. The Sun reported yesterday.
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      390 25  -  LAN TAN Mr Sam Lee is believed to have been slashed to death by a robber as his watch and wallet were missing Bu WELL-KNOWN hairstylist Sam Lee is thought to have been murdered by a robber who attacked him as he was returning to
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      292 25 BURGLARS broke into a church at Toa Payoh early yesterday morning, forced open a safe and made off with about $50,000. The money was the church's weekend collection and donations from a special religious celebration it held on Thursday. Money for other church expenses was
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      He came in a Merc and misled girlfriend's dad
      520 26 He came in a Merc and misled girlfriend's dad Pastor's son was jobless, but he even offered to pay girlfriend's quarter share m a 55.4-million luxury flat THE son of a pastor, described by a High Court judge as a "master conjurer", courted the daughter of a senior executive m
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      361 26  -  CHANG AI- LIEN Bu AN HOUR'S delay m clearing cargo could mean hundreds of thousands of dollars lost for the shipping or air cargo industries and the Customs and Excise Department is making sure this will not happen on Jan 1, 2000. It has spent $3.5
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      136 27 Tony Tan visits maritime warfare institute A TRAINING unit at Tuas Naval Base had a YIP visitor yesterday afternoon: Defence Minister Tony Tan himself. The Deputy Prime Minister was at the navy's Institute of Maritime Warfare as part of regular visits to see the combat readiness of the armed forces.
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      Man gets jail and cane for extortion
      259 27 Man gets jail and cane for extortion A FOODSTALL assistant punched a man's wife because he claimed that the man owed him $70,000. He also threatened to hurt the man's 12-year-old daughter unless he received the money. Lim Peng Soon, 43, was jailed 30 months and two weeks and given
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      Next: A halal stamp on make-up?
      408 27 Stamps on food products MUIS has been providing halal endorsements for imported food products since January this year. Distributors off imported products such as corned beef, pfiieh already carry a haial stamp from an Islamic aojoflcy abroad^ can row apply for a Muis halal
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      Lock icon Art in the park
      365 28 More than 250 sculptures will be on display at the Botanic Gardens, Singapore Art Museum, Far East Square and the airport from Friday THE Botanic Gardens has been turned into an art park m recent weeks, with sculptures from the Asia-Pacific region being put up on
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        As-you-like-it flats for the future?
        598 30  -  SALMA KHALIK Owner can decide on the configuration of this flexible home. It was one of the ideas thrown up at a feedback session Ba IMAGINE an HDB flat which comes as just one big room. It is for you to decide how many rooms,
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        Inter-ministiy group set up
        126 31 NEEDS OF SENIOR CITIZENS AN INTER-MINISTERIAL committee, chaired by Communications Minister Mah Bow Tan, was set up last October to look at the needs of Singapore's rapidly ageing population. In March, six workgroups, each chaired by a Member of Parliament, were set up to establish basic
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        Housing options for the elderly preferred
        296 31 People want this choice because they are not sure how they will age and if they will be able to live with their kids PEOPLE want to have a choice m the type of housing available to them when they grow old. This could
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    • SINGAPOREANS EATING TOO MUCH
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        'Cut down at Chinese dinners'
        638 32  -  SALMA KHALIK YVONNE KOH Healthy lifestyle campaign chief Tan Kin Lian calls for smaller portions and fewer courses at wedding dinners Stories aru PEOPLE eat too much and waste too much food at Chinese banquets. So Mr Healthy Lifestyle Tan Kin lian is calling for
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        MP to show healthy way by serving less at big dinners
        550 32 MP to show healthy way by serving less at big dinners CHENG SAN GRC MP Yeo Guat Kwang is willing to lead the way by having smaller portions and healthier food at his constituency events. Not only will he instruct his grassroots leaders to cut down on the elaborate dinners
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        580 32 Lots of food wasted during seventh month festival meals 'IF IHEY WAMT MNE COURSES, ITS NOT UP TO ME TO DISSUADE THEM. NATMNUL DAY CEtEBRATMNS AND SEVENTH MOON FESTIVALS ARE VERY TRADITIONAL WE COMPETE WITH OTHER RESTAURANTS AND WE HAVE TO BE VERY COMPETITIVE.' Restaurant manager Pang Lo Tin, who
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        758 33  -  WONG AH YOKE And to prove it, Mandarin Hotel was challenged to come up with a wedding dinner with less fat, cholestorol and salt. Ten judges liked what they ate Bt TALK to the unconverted about healthy eating and you often get the defensive
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      186 28 OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED (Incorporated m Singapore) ANNOUNCEMENT OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE The Directors of Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited are pleased to announce that the final dividend (the "Final Dividend") of 11 cents for every Ssi ordinary stock unit, less 26% Singapore income tax, m respect
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      80 33 What matters more, health or 'face'? DO YOU think people are earing and wasting too much food? If you were hosting a wedding dinner, would you be prepared to serve fewer courses and opt for healthier food? Or would "saving face" be more important to you even if it meant
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      616 34 Stay the course, Japan THE only piece of good news coming out of Japan these days is the rising stock market. So far this year, the Nikkei index has gone up by about 20 per cent m yen terms, and about 14 per cent m dollar terms. Much of the
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      SIA helping tourism in Indonesia
      378 34 THE INDONESIAN OBSERVER EDITORIAL AS INDONESIA'S tourist industry is experiencing its worst slump m recent years, it is quite neartwarming to know that our neighbour Singapore is giving us a helping hand to get more people to come our way. Singapore Airlines (SIA) says it
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      772 34  - Scaling the economic and political risks in Indonesia RAYMOND LIM STRAIGHT TALK ENCOURAGING TRENDS HE FACT THAT WE MAY BE BORED WITH HEARING ABOUT SERIOUS POLITICAL RISK IN INDONESIA DOES NOT MAKE IT ANY LESS A RISK. AND WE NEED TO BEAR IN MUD THAT AN ECONOMIC BOnOMING OUT IS
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      In the end, it was Primakov who folded
      919 35  - In the end, it was Primakov who folded JOHN HELMER By I\ MOSCOW PRESIDENT Boris Yeltsin succeeded m undermining Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov, and then destroying him and his support m parliament, for good reasons, Russian politicians told The Straits Times. "Prime ministers are not irreplaceable," a Yeltsin adviser said
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      751 35  -  DAVID E. SANGER THE NEW YORK TIMES Family doctor "RUBIN (left) was something like an old family doctor m the days before antibiotics. He knew that even if there was not much he could always do, most things get better over time, so the important thing is
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      273 35 THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE Established 1853 The University of Melbourne ranked by Asiaweek (April 1 999) as one of the top five universities m the Asia-Pacific region for both academic reputation and research output and ranked by Asia Inc. for three consecutive years for having the premier Business School m
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      Lock icon A nation cannot be defined by a list of criteria
      815 36 A nation cannot be defined by a list of criteria I REFER to Chua Lee Hoong's article, "A nation is built on shared memory and forgetting" (ST, May \sj. It seeks to inform readers of the concepts of nation and nationality, but its approach is fundamentally flawed. It answers the
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      Monk's compassionate act warms the heart
      244 36 I REFER to The Straits Times report "Monk's $100,000 gift to Catholics" (ST, May 16). As a Christian, I was privileged to be invited by Venerable Master Chin Kung to the Buddhist Lodge's Chinese New Year dinner, where 3,200 welfare-home residents of all races
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      Kind act a reminder of religions role
      132 36 Kind act a reminder of religions role I READ with great pride and joy the article, "Monk's $100,000 gift to Catholics" (ST, May 16), not because I am a Buddhist or a Catholic, but because I am Singaporean and, perhaps, because I am human. In an era when sometimes all
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      Support for Nato should not be labelled pro-West'
      191 36 V T 7 HILE I understand the T V indignation of the people of China, and that of Mr Wong Hoong Hooi, I believe that The Straits Times editorial and Mr Anthony Lee Mvi Yu's letter on the Chinese embassy bombing are
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      Serious hackers will not be tempted
      245 37 Serious hackers will not be tempted I WONDER WHETHER ANYONE WHO TRULY CONSIDERS HIMSELF A HACKER Will PARTICIPATE IN THIS COMPETITION. 1 REFER to the "hacking" competition currently being held. I think it is a foolish and dangerous public relations attempt. Serious hackers are rarely tempted by US$lO,OOO (S$17,000). This
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      Lock icon Hacking competition nothing but a cheap stunt
      266 37 I REFER to the competition inviting people to break into three computers as part of the Info Security exhibition. It is appalling to see such companies resorting to stunts to get cheap publicity. Here are some issues to consider: The organisers should use
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      Title change: Much ado over nothing
      154 37 IN HIS letter, "Title change: Censors not over-reacting" (ST, May 15), Mr Amos Wu said that "with the interests of the public at stake, the board is to be lauded for its attempt to look for a less suggestive substitute word". What public interests
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      Clarify when e-mail is libellous
      114 37 Clarify when e-mail is libellous SUNDA\"S TCS 5 news bulletin carried a report that e-mail containing defamatory remarks can make any person forwarding that e-mail to another party liable for slander. I think there must be some confusion between e-mail and postings on a bulletin board/chat room on the Internet,
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  • SPORTS
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      KELONG: THE SCOURGE OF ASIA
      352 38 Malaysia: In 1994, close to 100 players were arrested but not charged m court because of a lack of evidence. However, some were banned for up to five years by the Football Association of Malaysia. Hongkong: 1999 Six players have been charged m court with
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    • THE LATE NEWS
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        BANGLADESH BUNGLES HI DEBUT
        59 38 BANGLADESH bungled its World Cup debut yesterday as it was skittled for 116 before losing to New Zealand by six wickets. Strike bowlers Geoff Allott and Chris Cairns and medium-pacer Gavin Larsen all took three wickets as Bangladesh recorded the lowest total of the tournament, while
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        YOUTH KILLED IN CELEBRATIONS
        81 38 A 14-YEAR-OLD boy was shot dead yesterday as paramilitary troops opened fire on students celebrating the Pakistan team's victory against the West Indies m the cricket World Cup, police said. Police said around 60 students chanting "Lone Live Pakistan" marched m Karor Pacca town. When they
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      Lock icon Is Score! the cure for corruption?
      548 38  -  S.MURALI KLL;DFKLDF AFC chief says Spore will be test for the continent Stories by 'IF I£6JUJSED BETIW6 IS PROVEN TO HOP REDUCE OR STAMP OUT CORRUPTION, IT Wlli BE AN iNVALUABIE TOOL FOR US».WE NEED A SEASON TO SEE IT THWWHJ4AYK IE CAN EVEN
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      Region's bookies are well organised
      201 38 A WELL-ORGANISED network of bookies is operating m the region. And they are difficult to catch. This was the message from most of the top police officials present at the Asian Football Confederation AntiCorruption Seminar yesterday. Said Malaysian Security Committee representative Mohd Ghazali, explaining why
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      'Referees mafia' controlled matches
      358 38 IF YOU think Singapore is the only country to nave major issues with referees, think again. Instead of just dealing with card-happy officials, the Indonesian Football Federation (PSSI) recently had to tackle a network of 45 corrupt officials. The case broke early last year when one
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      Refs, officials and players for dialogue
      194 38 Ref s, officials and players for dialogue A DIALOGUE session will be held between referees, club officials and players next week, according to SLeague chief executive officer Chris Chan. It is hoped that the session will allow the various parties to have a candid discussion on refereeing m SLeague matches,
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    • WORLD CUP CRICKET
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        Lock icon England hopes to win games – and fans
        339 39 England hopes to win games and fans CANTERBURY Cricket World Cup host England takes on rank outsider Kenya here today convinced it is at last beginning to win over the nation and even its football fans. Alec Stewart's side, written off as a no-hoper before the tournament by the local
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        Lock icon This is 'not' funny
        167 39 WORCESTER (England) Cricket World Cup organisers on Sunday ordered the host counties to review their security arrangements after Australian captain Steve Waugh joined India's Mohammad Azharuddin m complaining about lack of crowd control. Hundreds of fans invaded the playing ground after Australia beat Scotland by six
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        Lock icon 'Oldie' Roberts shoots to biggest pay day
        443 39 GOLF IRVING (Texas) Two months after wondering whether he was a has-been, Loren Roberts proved otherwise when he won the US$3 million (Sss.l million) GTE Byron Nelson Classic m a play-off on Sunday. He parred the first extra hole to beat fellow-Ameri-can Steve
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        Lock icon Capt Akram inspires Pakistani win
        593 39 He uses both bat and brains for his team to outwit the West Indies BRISTOL (England) Wasim Akram used his bat, then his brains to inspire Pakistan to a 27-run victory m their World Cup opener against the West Indies here on Sunday. Pakistan, badly
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      Lock icon A little rest and relaxation for gutsy AC Milan
      387 40 SOCCER MILAN AC Milan's stars headed for a well-deserved day-offat the golf course yesterday, after going top of' the Serie A and giving Lazio's coach a sleepless night. Milan was seven points behind Lazio last month and hoping for a place
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      ITALY
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      SPAIN
      170 40 v i i r m tartttOH 34 21 7 6 76 31 70 I. Mioru 34 II 6 10 43 26 60 LNrtM 34 tt 5 II 63 55 59 Certa Vi«o 34 15 13 6 64 3/ S3 toteria 34 17 7 10 54 35 SI D.uC00m 34
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      GERMANY
      161 40 9 I I. r I Ms i.«Wßrt 32 22 i 4 70 25 72 I. lewtaw.. 32 17 12 3 60 P 63 1 fcriii 32 14 3 8 51 31 Si <*«fsl*rtef» 32 16 6 W 47 42 54 Wl Whtefij 32 M 10 I 52 43 52
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      Lock icon One Cup up, two more to go
      653 40 t ri w» t\ t% ■r* t T^ j v~* tt r> rt t*v t* Red Devils look forward to winning FA Cup and European Cup MANCHESTER Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson wallowed m the glory of his fifth English Premiership title on
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      Lock icon Redemption of Andy Cole
      283 40 MANCHESTER Four years ago, Andy Cole was m despair after he and his team-mates failed to beat West Ham on the final day of the season, handing Blackburn Rovers the English Premiership title. The 27-year-old shouldered more blame than most, missing several sec-ond-half chances m a
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      Lock icon SUNDAY SNAPSHOTS WINNERS
      119 40 'WHAT A SEASON, WHAT A FANTASTIC NHKHOFUDS, THEY'VE BEEN ABSOLUTELY iiitUHnrciiT r fnAUfiiriVkll I —Alex Ferguson. United has won five out of seven recent seasons. THE CONFIDENCE IS DEFINtmY HIGH ANDITHINKWE CANGOONANDDO IT.' Dwight lorke on winning the treble 'I THINK I SCORED WITH MY RUST TOUGHAFTER
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      Lock icon SUNDAY SNAPSHOTS LOSERS
      131 40 WE6OT7B POINTS, THE SAME AS LAST YEAR BUT IT WAS NOT ENOUGH.IFEEL LIKE WE HAVE LOST H IrlnlUllßlUn IfJIvE BY ONE YARD/ Arsenal's manager ArseneWenger 'I HOPE THEY WIN THE CHAMPIONS' LEAGUEASITS IMPORTANT FOR ENGLISH FOOTBALL' WengeronUnited's "Z&ZSZZ 'TO TAKE IT TO THE LAST WEEKEND MARES IT
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    • SPORT IN SHORT
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        BADMINTON UMPIRES'COURSE
        45 40 INTERESTED m becoming a badminton umpire? The Singapore Badminton is conducting a course (Class 111 certificate) next month. Those below 35 years old are invited to register before May 30. Forms are available at the Singapore Badminton Association Secretariat. For enquiries, call 344-1773.
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        CZECH GP TARGET FOR MOHAN
        82 40 WORLD 500 cc motorcycle champion Michael Doohan will not recover from his serious injuries before the German Grand Prix on July 18. And the Australian five-time world champion said yesterday that it is more likely to be the following round m the Czech Republic on
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        DAVIS CUP-TIE ON HARDCOURT
        78 40 AUSTRALIA will play the United States on hardcourt m its Davis Cup quarter-final m Boston m July after Australian players threatened a boycott over a plan to play on clay. The decision follows a month of speculation over the surface to be used m the July
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        MALLON WINS FOR THE THIRD TIME
        59 40 MEG MALLON birdied the final two holes, while others faltered, to capture the golf LPGA Sara Lee Classic for the third time m Tennessee. Mallon, who also won this event m 1993 and 1996, overcame a twoshot deficit over the final three holes to
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        REID FINED FOR FOULING PIPPEN
        52 40 LOS ANGELES LAKERS' J.R. Reid was slapped with a US$lO,OOO (S$17,000) fine on Sunday for flagrantly fouling Scottie Pippen of the Houston Rockets m Saturday's NBA play-off game. Pippen was fouled from behind by Reid and fell on his back with 8:39 left m the
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        AMELIA Ml STAY
        64 40 ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger said on Sunday he was "95 per cent certain" that French striker Nicolas Anelka would be staying at the club, despite a string of reports linking him with a move to Real Madrid. He said: "It is 95 per cent certain that he
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        CZECHS WIN WORLD TITLE
        58 40 OLYMPIC champion the Czech Republic lifted the ice hockey World Championship group A trophy for the second time on Sunday when it beat Finland m a sudden-death play-off. The 1996 champion secured the title with a golden goal from Jam Hlavac 16 minutes into extra time
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        NO EXCUSES FOR DRUG-TAKERS
        58 40 THE International Badminton Federation toughened its drugs policy on Sunday. The new policy will prevent badminton players from escaping punishment for testing positive as tennis player Petr Korda did. A new clause ensures that claiming ignorance of how a drug entered a player's system, as Korda
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      Lock icon Knicked at the death
      484 41 NBA BASKETBALL Houston nails late jumper to knock out fancied Miami Heat John Stockton and Karl Malone got vital support from youngish veterans Bryon Russell and Shandon Anderson. Russell scored 16 points, including the tying threepointer with 48 seconds left m regulation. Anderson scored seven of
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    • Article
      Policemen rule in the NFL
      210 41 SOCCER POLICE Sports Association has taken over top spot m the Singapore Pools National Football League Division One competition. It beat Tessensohn Khalsa Rovers 2-1 on Sunday at the Jalan Besar Stadium to move above Sembawang Sports Club on goal difference. However, it was Tessensohn
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      Defeat fails to dislodge IA from the top
      209 41 CRICKET INDIAN Association kept its No. 1 position m the SCA Division One League table, despite its defeat by Singapore Cricket Club at Balestier Road on Sunday. But lAs tenure is likely to remain a brief one as the defeat means its
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      Jansenites retains men's title
      115 41 HOCKEY DEFENDING champion Jansenites has retained the Singapore Hockey Federation Premier League men's title. Jansenites won the title with a 1-1 draw against Police and then a 6-1 win over Safsa. On Saturday, Jansenites faced secondplaced Police and came away with a point, thanks to Silvester
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      SCORES AND STATISTICS
      1361 41 AUSTRALIAN RULES AFL West Coast 19.12 (126) Adelaide 11.6 (72), Geelong 14.16 (100) Sydney 21.15 (141), Richmond 21.9 (135) Brisbane 17.17 (119). BASEBALL American League: Detroit 9 Cleveland 3, Toronto 9 Boston 6, NY Yankees 2 Chicago White Sox 1, Baltimore 16 Texas 5, Oakland 4 Minnesota
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      254 38 kicket tJM^^j^H^^/^^IMWI Soccer F9 W 1 Basketball X More Than Cricket nm^S^Z\ Goal-King Cole HiP Just In Time nJklßfT'i Players are getting tired of the lack of M Once remembered more for his New York Knicks scores a historic vvin security m the World Cup after several nnsses Andy Cole
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  • OBITUARIES
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      850 DEATHS 850 DEATHS
      461 41 850 DEATHS 850 DEATHS WONG CHOON LUNG AGE: 71 Passed away peacefully on 15 May 1999 Sadly missed by all loved ones. (Husband: Goh Seng Kee. deceased! ?L-b&.'- Tan Pang Huay, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: (Goh Guan Yong, deceased) Goh Guan Soon He Teck Kin Goh Guan Heng, Tommy Kuo Sau
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      850 DEATHS 850 DEATHS 850 DEATHS 850 DEATHS
      89 42 850 DEATHS 850 DEATHS 850 DEATHS 850 DEATHS POH CHE TEONG AGE: 63 passed away peacefully on 16 May 99, leaving behind loved ones. Beloved wife: Judy, Neo Gon Hoi Children: Children's Spouse: Au\ Hoon Ho Tian Fui .lark, Geong Yeow Tjuliana Chua [dgar, Eng Yeow Lynnette, Gan Bee Ling
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      850 DEATHS 850 DEATHS 850 DEATHS 850 DEATHS
      107 42 850 DEATHS 850 DEATHS 850 DEATHS 850 DEATHS CHONG YUE KONG AGE: 79 Passed away peacefully on 17 *****, leaving behind loved ones Sons: Daughters-in-law: Fook Chee Qiao Ling Fook Choy Fook Choc, Francis Fook Choon Wan Sin Fook Seng, Patrick Swee Heng Chee Leong, Woffies Daughter Son-in-law: Lai Chan,
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      852 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 852 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
      45 42 852 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 852 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Family Of The Late WONG WAI CHUN Age: 83 Departed on 12 May 1999 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives and friends for their assistance, support, wreaths, donations, condolences and attendance during their recent bereavement.
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      856 IN MEMORIAM
      64 42 In Loving Memory Of KARMAGAM G. PILLAI DeparUd 18 May 1995 Oear Father, Though (our long years have silently passed your memory still lingers m our hearts. Always rwMMfcarvd by w fe. Madam. Kamachi Sons, daughters, son-in-law. daughter-in-law, grandchildren all loved ones Prayers will be held at:
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      856 IN MEMORIAM
      38 42 10th Anniversary In Loving Memory of U. KRISHNAN Departtfl 18-5-89 Sadly missed and always rtmtmbtrad by Wift and Daughttrv ATHMA SHANTI POOJA will be held on 18-5-99, Tuesday at 7pm at Sri Mahamariarnman Temple, Yishun.
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      26 41 TODAY'S EVENTS SNOOKER National Classics, 2nd rd (SBSC, 6.30pm). SOCCER SBHFLDiv3s-final: PSA Club vSime Singapore (Kallang, 5.15pm). TENNIS SLT Intermediate Singles I (Singapore Tennis Centre, 6pm).
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      121 42 OBITUARIES For booking enquiries, call RrTil tr4 T^Tr J CATS THE STRAITS TIMES K?feffffß^^^^^^^^^H CLASSIFIED |2t£UftflU2il2khtflH The verses m this booklet have been compiled m the sincere hope of rendering a service to those desirous of publishing an m Memoriam' announcement. In this special booklet, you will find many HI
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      186 42 They who think that you are gone, Because no more your face they see, Are wrong for m our hearts you live; And always will, m memory. $9.00 per line (Minimum 3 lines) $28.87 per col. cm. (Minimum 3cm x icol) $35.38 per co! cm. (Minimum 3cm x icol) (Above
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      28 42 MO FUNERAL DIRECTORS/ SERVICES Casket] jPalacel Tel: 291 9909 J (24 Hours) Your Budgt^ j His memon is as dear today, As m the hour he passed away.
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      KUALA LUMPUR
      3360 43 Transaction date: May 17,***** Ip Adjusted for n*w issues; Per wSa* MSI unless ottujn rise «p*clH*a R/t ratio* *r» wot I*rw«i**i| aWwi.m. 1999 Last Vol Net High Low Company Sale (OOP) p/t IWltlCTBIil ft mmmmi rrwKTs 330 255 Ajinomoto 316 17.4 86 46 Angkasa.._ 83 unch 96 283
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      SICOM FUTURES May 17,1999
      251 43 SICOM FUTURES May 17, 1999 Rubber Futures (Closing prices) RSS 1 (Tonnej, S cents/kg) Month High Low Stt Vol Open Int Jun 99 i 01.50 50 Jul99 104.25 775 Aug99 106.00 375 S«p99 109.00 275 Oc»/Dec99 113.50 1200 Jan/Mar 00 118.25 RSS 3 (US cents/Kg) Jun 99 58.50 225 1235
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      GOLD
      82 43 HlV*** <_SS> *0± Hitotttr *****.93-152T1 *****-*****.60 100 am 1599.59-1526.00 1525-1598.56 50 am 804.43-765 764-803.40 20 am 327.54-305 304-326.51 5 am 8838-76 76-88.58 lam 24.72-15 15-24.72 SuMon coins (SS/oz) Fri Moo Spor«ouHtonco»n 489-495 487-493 C»n*ii*nm*p*l»*» 489-495 487-493 Austr»»i*nnugqtt 487-509.85 487-509.85 ÜBS 90M Frt MOO (SVoz) 486-520.15 485-519.12 ooe iu»m (us<)
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      CURRENCY
      148 43 <9am.May 17) Buying 00 Se»m Singapore dollars to on* unit of foreign currency Australian dollar 1.1280 1.1440 Canadian dollar 1.1590 1.1840 NZ dollar 0.9470 0.9670 Sterling pound 2.7650 2.7940 US dollar 1.7090 1.7210 Singapore dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling 13.10 1350 Belgian franc 4.490 4.590
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      1217 43 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS May 18, 199S LEGEND. AH prices art Indicative except lor *J Ex Rlngglt Assets; Broadly Diversified; (CRT Approved); I Narrowly r*eus*d (CRT Approved); Lower Risk; A Low to Medium Risk; Medium to HlgtijWifc Hlohor Rli* opon-onoXI Managers prices t»j UNIT TRUSTS Mirtni Asset MatiUajtM HRptnMWIUM Aberdeen S'pore
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      HONGKONG STOCKS
      403 43 DML;F';LDF HK$ ASMPactfle 5.50 unch Bank of East Asia 18.80 -0.75 C P Pokphand 0_?3 -0.03 Cafo D« Coral 2.65 -0.08 Cathay Pacific Airways 12.20 0 JO CtH. Hoittt 3.10 -0.13 Century City tnt/l 0.34 -0.03 Cheung Kong Moldings 67.75 -1.00 China Motor Bus 53.75 unch DTK Pacific
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      PALM OIL
      43 43 Cru4* palm oK <Ms/tonn«) May 99 1,555.00 (South and Central] Refined palm oil (USS/tonne) RBD Palm OH May 99 450.00 (selWr) jun 99 440.00 (seller] RBD Oleln May 99 485.00 (sttlw! Jun 99 480.00 (s<Mltr! RBD Stearin May 99 350.00 (srtltr]
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      SPOT RATES
      26 43 Op«n Cto«« US$/Y«n 121.69 122.16 USS/SS 1.7071 1.7105 USS/HKS 7.75W 7.7516 AS/USS 0.6690 0.6680 Eur/USS 1.0663 1.0660 E7USS 1.6222 1.6M1 Source EXCO AP SPORE
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      SILVER
      18 43 Ck>jlog prices (USS/troy oi) Men Fr! Singapore 5.36-5.38 5.50-5.52 FH Thur New York 5J7-5J9 535-5.57 Source: ROTHSCHILD
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      TIN
      11 43 Ootinq octet (MS/MO) XL Tin 21.07 <-O.K» Turnover 108 (-81)
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      ASIAN CURRENCY UNITS
      87 43 Out 3 6 9 12 VakM UNjt til mttm mtht cntta mtta Caß USS 4"V V l h *"h ***<!» 3°/» 19/05 AS 4V» 4V. ft 4^/» 4J£ 3^4 19/0^ Wfr'," I*l, VA 4"/. 4»/» 4"/« 4</ 4 19/05 JY <(„ 'A, A. 'A, 19/05 DM 2
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      CRUDE & PRODUCT PRICES
      62 43 CRUDE PRODUCT PRICES Cn*»/Pr»duct Month* Clung* Prtc«(US»BBL BRENT BLEND Jun -0.51 15.89-15.94 WEST TEXAS Inttrm Jun -0.49 17.82 17.86 DUBAI FATEH Jul -0.28 15.42-15.47 TAPIS BLEND Jun -0.20 16.60 16.70 MINAS Jun -0.15 15.85 15.95 NAPHTHA (CIF Jap) -2.00 168.00 171.00 NAPHTHA -0.20 17 JO 17.50 CST-180 HSFO +2.00 86.00
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      SIMEX FUTURES
      358 43 May 17, 1999 >| Curi1«ir 3-Month tpirt 000 impliad inttrast r*t») Qua Waji Low Satt Ut Vol May 99 94.9850 94.9850 94.9800 94.9725 990 Jun99 94 925 94.935 94.920 94.920 6789 Jui 99 94.870 94.870 94.870 94.86S 20 Act Vol (FrO: ***** Open int (Fri): ***** £urov»n 3-Month
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      CLOB INTERNATIONAL
      158 43 Transaction date: May 17,***** S2-WK Curr Lett Vol Day Cross Ntt M Cap Hfrfc L— Cowny Tr»d— U*» *«r- '000 High Law «v P/E $mM HONGKONG STOCKS 345 t73 CDH2OOO) HK32sxd unch 24 325 325 8 n 6292.5 Cathay Pic .:0c HK72O 265 6 *****.4 Ch*ufM) KongSOc HKl7BO»d
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      4247 44 SES MAIN BOARD Transaction date: May 1 7,1999 MtUTI INDUSTRY 52- Wk Curr Last Vol Day Cr*t Net M Cap Wt Avq Hnjh Low Company Tr*J«<l Sal* +or- 'OOP High Low Dlv H P/E Smll Prlct 127 17 5 mft AcmaSOc 117 cd 4 898 125 115 10 9.6 193.5
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      47 44 Clwtwt I Straits Times Index 1880.45 -2.83 BT OB/OS 38.00 -238.00 BTCADI -*****.00 -121.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 +4.00 DBS CPF Index 580.04 +3.42 DBS 50 lnde« 630.70 +3.82 OCBC 30 585.37 +4.40 UOB Blue Chip 789.43 +6.86 MSCI Singapore 277.67 -0.37 Simsci Futures 271.00 -9.20
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      106 44 MAIN SDO Up Dn Uneh Up On Unch Multi Ind 6 10 2 0 0 0 Manufacturing 17 63 10 4 27 9 Commerce 7 29 14 4 2 Tpt/Stor/Comms ...5 17 3 0 1 1 Finance _21 8 10 0 0 Construction 2 16 2 0 6 1
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      41 44 Frt Links 20c 29,565,00 ST Capital 25c 27,959.00 Li Xin 10c 17,837,00 CM Telecom HK75c 17,564,00 PCI 2 ic 16,163,00 Cloven Hldgs 10c 15.035,00 S Coance 10c 14,243,00 Lah'oy M 20c 12.773,00 Lie^T Huat 10c 12,471,00 Urao HldqsiOc 11,860,00
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      60 44 TURNOVER COOO) Main Stsdaq Total Multiind 43,735 43.735 Manufacturing 161,398 29,286 190.686 Commerce 37.031 ***** 58,777 Tpt/Stor/Comms 88.701 9,960 98,661 Finance 50,782 50,782 Construction 23,955 4,472 28,427 Properties 54.159 54,159 Hotels/RsH 6,226 2,896 9.124 Services 21,544 13.239 34.783 Others BLW 65,895 348 66,243 TOTAL 553,426 81.951 635.377 CLOb 6,583
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      Investors jittery over Fed meet
      293 44  -  Ng Wei Joo MARKET REPORT mmmmm nmnt THE Straits Times Index (STI) closed slightly lower yesterday, weighed down by concerns that the US Federal Reserve might raise interest rates tonight. But market-watchers said the banking shake-up announced by Deputy Prime Minister and Monetary Autnority of
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      BONDS, LOANS & WARRANTS Transaction date: May 17 *****
      1325 44 BONDS, LOANS WARRANTS Transaction date: May 17 1999 1 STOCK PRICES LEGEND St/nlts Hems index Stocks m Msrqin stocks < Stocks appt<?^ututoC*rimn\m**rl$ct*fm (Pnwi UW1I64U to fftXtl nfprWjlMgjW^ N 1 4tf*^MBBV$4>d OTVMOft- 10 6)X~QfVW6*ni CO CSjnT l cii c*e*n riijht fatstis ctttaantwaulssus xil «*-riaMtasu* _W ex-bonus tssot x_fl ctfxt cwtt .In
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      1002 44 52-Wk Cm lot Vol Day Gf» Net M Ca* W1 Av<) High i-o» Company Traded Sate *«r- '000 H»|»j L— W»% P/t Ptta MANUFACTWIIN6 142 30 c 'ASAutolOc 113 -4 HT7 T16 113 15 N 10.7 129 116 63.5 45 c ASJ Hldgs 20c 78.5 cd *8.5 2872 83.5
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      Lock icon Capital curbs 'useful in averting crisis'
      521 45  -  LOH HUI YIN IMF chief Michel Camdessus however cautions they are effective only when used with fundamental measures By HONCKOXC CORRESPONDENT CAMDESSUS: Views on the financial crisis liberalisation of capital movements should be done m "a prudent and weil-sequenced fashion, taking into careful consideration
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      'No risk' of asset bubble forming
      179 45 'No risk' of asset bubble forming HONGKONG This year's rally m Asian stock markets does not risk creating a new "bubble" m asset prices, International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief executive Michel Camdessus said yesterday. "We are beginning to see the stock markets acknowledge economic strengthening m regional economies," he told
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      Hongkong's jobless rate starting to stabilise
      435 45  -  Loh Hui Yin REBOUND IN TOURISM AND CONSTRUCTION There is still concern that the job market will become tougher m the coming months when thousands of graduates join the workforce. HONGKONG Hongkong's unemployment rate has continued to rise but there are signs that it
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      Lock icon Rubin sees 'solid growth, low inflation' scenario staying
      465 45 WASHINGTON Outgoing Treasuiy Secretary Robert Rubin said on Sunday that US economic statistics released last Friday which showed that the prices American consumers pay for goods and services rose at its Fastest pace m nine years does not signal a broader rise
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      Lock icon Hoechst, Rhone-Poulenc in $38b share swap deal
      278 45 FRANKFURT Hoechst AG and Rhone-Poulenc SA said they will merge m a 20.5 billion euro (5537.6 billion) share swap to bolster their growth prospects and cut costs. Hoechst shareholders will own 53 per cent of the new drug company, the world's largest. Rhone-Poulenc
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      Lock icon $63b phone merger creates big player
      406 45 NEW YORK Global Crossing Ltd, a two-year-old company that is building a worldwide telephone network, and local phone company US West Inc said they will unite m a US$.37 billion (5563.5 billion) merger, forming a rival to the largest US telephone companies. The new
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        Lock icon JAPAN'S CURRENT SURPLUS JUMPS 18%
        74 45 JAPAN'S current account surplus surged 17.6 per cent to a record high m the past financial year, officials said yesterday, but a sharp fall m March signalled that the surplus may have peaked. The surplus stood at 15.2 trillion yen (*****.3 billion) m the past
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        Lock icon WAL-MART TO SETTLE MEXICAN LAWSUIT
        74 45 WAL-MART Stores Inc, the world's largest retailer, agreed to settle a lawsuit on Sunday over the break-up of a distribution partnership with a Mexican company that produced a US$624 million (551.07 billion) jury award. Terms of the settlement with Valores Corp, Mexico's second-largest grocery wholesaler,
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        Lock icon 45 INTERNET FIRMS CHANGE HANDS
        135 45 COMPANIES spent US$l2.9 billion (5522.2 billion) on acquisitions of Internet media businesses during the first quarter of this year, suggesting that many are opting to Duy a Web presence rather than build a new one, a new studyshows. Some 45 Internet businesses were purchased during
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        Lock icon SIEMENS CHIP WOT CUTS LOSSES
        81 45 SIEMENS AG, Germany's largest electronics and engineering company, said it slashed fiscal first-half losses at its semiconductor unit as memory chip prices rebounded, keeping the division on track tor an initial public offering by early next year. The Munich-based company, which last month reported total
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        Lock icon AXA'S REVENUE EDGES UP 4%
        57 45 AXA, the world's largest insurance company by revenue, has saia first-quarter sales rose 3.9 per cent on growth m life insurance and asset management. Sales rose to 105.4 billion French francs (5529.6 billion) as life insurance revenue rose 11.2 per cent and revenue from asset
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        Lock icon JAKARTA MULLING OVER BOND ISSUES
        104 45 THE Indonesian government is considering global sovereign bond issues to meet long-term liquidity needs, a report yesterday quoted Finance Minister Bambang Subianto as saying. "We need to find new ways to augment the supply of long term capital... among others by issuing global bonds," he
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        SHANGHAI P&T AND SINGTEL SIGN MOU
        65 46 SINGAPORE Telecom and Shanghai P&T said they have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore opportunities to enhance telecommunications services for business communications between Singapore and China. Included under the MOU are the exchange of information on telecommunications developments and opportunities; experiences and results
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        OUR TRIMS STAKE IN LION ASIAPAC
        104 46 OVERSEAS Union Bank (OUB) has ceased to be a substantial shareholder of Lion Asiapac after its sale of a total of nearly 18 million shares m the company last Thursday and Friday. This trimmed its stake to 4.96 per cent from 12.78 per cent
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        Lock icon CHASE TO ADVISE TRI ON RESTRUCTURING
        118 46 CHASE TO ADVISE TRI ON RESTRUCTURING TECHNOLOGY Resources Industries Bhd (TRI), Malaysia's biggest cellular phone operator, said it named Chase Manhattan (S.Ej\..) Ltd as adviser to assist m its financial reorganisation. TRI lost RM42.6 million (Ssl92 million) last year, following a loss of RM651.4 million the previous year. Looming ahead
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        Lock icon MULTI-PURPOSE TO RAISE $90M
        75 46 MALAYSIA'S Multi-Pur-pose Holdings said yesterday it has entered into loan arrangements with three financial institutions to raise RM2OO million (Ss9o million) to be used mostly for the redemption of bonds. Multi-Purpose said m a statement that it would get a term loan facility of RMI2S million
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      Difficult for Reits 'to take off
      558 46  -  KALPANA RASHIWALA MAS guidelines fail to offer widely expected tax breaks, says Redas president Daniel Teo Reports by THE absence of tax breaks m the newly-unveiled guidelines on property funds will make it difficult for them to take off given low property yields here,
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      Sell back shares and enjoy tax credit
      455 46 Sell back shares and enjoy tax credit SPECIAL TRADING COUNTERS If a company buys back its shares at $7.40 a share, the shareholder would receive $7.40 and a tax credit of $2.60 per share. THE Stock Exchange of Singapore (SES) is introducing special trading counters to enable shareholders selling shares
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      Lock icon ABN is lead arranger of Star Hub loan
      289 46 STARHUB has named ABN Amro Bank NY as lead arranger and underwriter for an $825 million loan to finance the project costs incurred m setting up and operating the fixed and mobile telecommunications services it will offer next year. Star Hub plans
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      Call to set aside land for elderly
      247 46 Call to set aside land for elderly THE developers' body will suggest that the Government set aside some land for private housing for the elderly should it resume land sales next year. Such land should have 99-year leasehold tenure, just like executive condominiums (ECs), which are a hybrid of public
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      Lock icon Wing Tai's HK project sells well
      221 46 HONGKONG Wing Tai Holdings said its residential Waterfront development m Hongkong has raised HK$4 billion (SsBB6 million) m sales over three days, with 80 per cent of phase one sold. Wing Tai is leading a consortium of seven Singapore and Hongkong companies to develop
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      Big 4 banks to offer online trading
      537 46  -  YEOW PEILIN Bu THE Big Four banks are jumping onto the online stock trading bandwagon finally and are likely to up the ante by allowing investors to trade shares via the mobile phone as well. DBS, OUB, OCBC and UOB Securities are expected
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      Lock icon RISING ASPIRATIONS
      51 47 l model of a German made Gottwald mobile harbour crane catches the eye of Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad during the launch of the 21st World Ports Conference in Kuala Lumpur. Dr Mahathir says the Malaysian government aspires to develop the country into a regional hub for transportation.
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      Lock icon EON sees car sales surging 48%
      185 47 EON sees car sales surging 48% KUALA LUMPUR Edaran Otomobil Nasional Bhd (EON), the distributor of Malaysia's best-selling Proton car, said it expects to sell 48 per cent more cars this year compared with last year as the country's econo- my recovers. 'The government's efforts to relax credit and the
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      Renong boss to wed a niece of Akbar Khan
      453 47  -  BRENDAN PEREIRA Engagement takes place after whirlwind courtship; bride-to-be is a lawyer m her late 20s By IN KUALA LUMPUR PROMINENT tycoon Tan Sri Halim Saad is marrying into the family of Akbar Khan, the Singaporean who wants to buy RM10.5
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      Lucio Tan has until Sunday to raise funds
      303 47  - Lucio Tan has until Sunday to raise funds LIZ BACUIORO THREE OUTSIDE PARTIES EYE PAL IN MANILA THE Philippine government has given Philippine Airlines (PAL) chairman and controlling shareholder Lucio Tan until Sunday to put up US$2OO million (***** million) m fresh capital as state regulators moved to approve the
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      Lock icon Strengthening the banking system
      3231 48 Strengthening the banking system BANK LIBERALISATION Singaporean banks can hold their own against foreign competition only by matching the quality and efficiency ofthe competition. Competition, not protection, is the best way to foster the development of strong and large local players. However, competition will not solve our problem automatically. Below
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      Removal of 40% foreign cap hailed
      840 50  -  JEAN CHIA BANK LIBERALISATION Investors and analysts applaud move but warn that Singapore banks may come under earnings pressure *L INVESTORS and analysts yesterday applauded the long-awaited lining of the 40 per cent limit on foreign shareholding of local banks, but warned of earnings
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      Foreign banks rush to claim new bank status
      632 51  -  WALTER FERNANDEZ BANK LIBERALISATION Among those eyeing the QFB licence are HSBC, Stanchart, Citibank, ABN Amro, BNP and Maybank Reports by BARELY hours after the mega blueprint to grant foreign banks greater access to Singapore s domestic market was unveiled, the pushing
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      Singapore will learn from other countries' mistakes
      296 51 SINGAPORE does not intend to see a repetition of events m Scandinavia or New Zealand where liberalisation caused serious trouble for domestic banks, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said. "If the liberalisation weakens local banks and displaces them from their pivotal role
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      SMEs to tap new products
      193 51 THE wide-reaching banking reform package announced yesterday could help small and medium enterprises (SMEs) gain access to new financial products developed by foreign banks, said the Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (Asme) yesterday. Currently, SMEs which total more than 90,000 m Singapore tap into
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      Making sure the best people occupy key posts
      492 51 Continued fnrtn Page 49 THE formation of Nominating Committees, while aim ing to make sure the best person gets the job when it comes to key appointments, wiil also help retain local control. This was one of the points to emerge from
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      MAS will award six licences between now and 2001
      396 51 NEW FOREIGN BANK CATEGORY THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has created a new category of full banking licences Qualifying Full Banks (QFB) and will issue six such licences to foreign banks between this year and 2001. The new licence will
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      Lock icon Big 4 banks to scrap dual listings
      602 52  -  WALTER FERNANDEZ Knee-jerk reaction on the stock exchange is likely to greet announcement, say market-watchers ■RNANDEZ DOWN WITH THE DIVIDE HOT on the heels of the Monetary Authority of Singapore's (MAS) move yesterday to scrap foreign ownership limits, the Big Four banks ended
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        So much drug use stillr
        683 2  - So much drug use stillr TEO PAU LINH Disco Drug Busts Mr Deen Shahul, boss of the Nova Group which runs several nightspots, is concerned about drugs popping up on the entertainment scene again B'i We will do everything we can... And we welcome CNB to continue to plant undercover
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        Lock icon Titanic unsinkable? No one said that before it sank
        309 2 It earned the name after going down, says academic SHE was called the "unsinkable ship" but a new investigation of claims made about the Titanic has revealed the unthinkable she earned the sobriquet only after she had sunk. Claims that one
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          SINGAPORE ARTS FESTIVAL SPECIAL DOUBLE DATES
          24 2 Rendezvous with romance during the Arts Festival with these riveting acts, which coincidental^, have two performance dates each.
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          TRIPLE TETE-A-TETE
          217 2 Capturing once again the essence of the spirit of collaboration, the Singapore Dance Theatres (SDT) partnering with the 60-year-old Australian Ballet for the performance billed Conversation is a classic case of marrying the old with the new. Founded m 1987, the SDT has grown by leaps and bounds
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          AURAL ECSTASY
          108 2 Those of you who were awed by Sydney Dance Company's rapturous Free Radicals at last year's Festival of Arts would have already had a foretaste of the good vibes Synergy can generate. In this year's Festival, Synergy brandishes a veritable artillery of instruments, including seven timpani, six conga
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          Ram Dam, Thank You Ma'am
          186 2 Cue lithe bodies m rest and motion; cue clever choreography that connects dance with daily life; and cue the whimsical relationship that language plays m real life. Compagnie Maguy Marin's irreverent yet pertinent performance is a scathing diatribe on the modern muck created by excessive
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          BIRTH OF A MATRON
          43 2 Young love is fraught with pitfalls m this authentic wayang Peranakan production set m the '40s. In Janji Perot (Pre-Birth Pact), two teens are thrown into a tug-of-war between their grandmothers and mothers, over whether free love or arranged
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          Nonya- and baba-styte
          108 2 humour m the play Janji Perot. marnage is the foolproof path to conjugal happiness. Put up by the Gunong Sayang Association, an 85-year-old organisation devoted to promoting the art of sirtging dondang sayang, the play will be a humorous representation of things baba and nonya. This production
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          CHOICE PICKS
          36 2 "Festival Village... an all-rounded cultural experience for the entire family and The Red Detachment Of Women... a critically-acclaimed world-class performance. Both are sponsored by the OCBC Bank." David Cheam (vice-president, corporate communications, OCBC Bank)
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          TICKET TIP
          50 2 Sold Out Piano Seven, Famous Door Theatre. Hot Takes National Ballet Of China, Dance Ensemble Singapore, Trisha Brown Company. All Singapore Arts Festival tickets can be bought from Sistic counters (hotline 348-5555) Discounts are available for OCBC Arts Card holders, Safra and NTUC members, students and senior citizens.
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          NEWSFLASH
          67 2 me two-nignt perrormance By Afro-Cuban All Stars has been cancelled. Holders of tickets to these shows can get a refund by mailing their tickets to the National Arts Council (460 Alexandra Road. 835-00 PSA Building, Singapore *****3). Include personal particulars (name as per bank account, address, contact number and
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          FESTIVAL CLUB SPECIALS: May 26- June 21
          139 2 Flash your Singapore Arts Festival tickets and enjoy the following privileges at the Stamford Cafe of the Westin Stamford and Westin Plaza Hotel: a 10 per cent discount on all covers at the Festival Club, cappuccino at $1 with a minimum purchase of
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        Lock icon Take tour to witness elections
        526 4  -  MAGDALENE LUM Unique Holiday Three Jakarta tour agencies are promoting the Indonesian polls as a chance to watch history m the making Bu WHEN people go on a holiday, they usually like to sightsee, visit museums, shop and watch entertaining cultural performances. Very few would
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        Lock icon Scalpers the real menace in Star Wars
        214 4 HOT SHORTS LOS ANGELES Three days before The Phantom Menace, the latest episode m the hugely successful Star Wars saga, opens m the United States, scalpers are out on the Internet, touting tickets for the first shows. On the eßay website, some fans
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        Lock icon Time Regained clocks in
        188 4 CANNES, France Chilean writer-director Raoul Ruiz made a daring leap on Sunday at the Cannes Film Festival as he tackled a classic from one of France's literary greats, Marcel Proust, m his movie Time Regained. "Proust had a way of looking at the world that makes
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        Lock icon JOHN BARRY SCORES IT'S A ROYAL WITH HIS LIFE SONG SOAP OPERA
        311 4 LONDON Composer John Barry has won five Oscars for his sweeping film scores but he says nothing will ever beat working with the legendary Louis Armstrong. The same does not go for Barbra Streisand, however. He quit working
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        Lock icon Hey, Singapore! We're back
        288 3  -  TAN SHZR EE Homecoming Concerts They've made their names m Moscow, Beijing, New York and Madrid. Next month, these homegrown musicians will be back to show their stuff Hit DO NOT call them Singapore's lost son and daughters. Jensen Lam, Lim Jing Jing and Margaret Leng
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        Miss home? Just eat chilli every day
        626 3 Miss home? Just eat chilli every day JENSEN LAM: On The first thing I'll do when I touch down: Co to the hawker centre and gorge. Shockers, on coming back: Car prices they're unbelievable. But I think the COE bidding system is a clever way out. What I miss most
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        LIM JING JING
        83 3 On The first thing I did when I touched down: Eatchurcha (cooked food) at Katong Coffeeshop. Shockers, on coming hack: Electronic Road Pricing. So high-tech. What I heard about home while m Beijing: The pork crisis. And apparently it's not over yet. I went to eat bak
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        Hear me play the classics with toy piano, tuna cans
        588 3 MARGARET LEN6 TAN: On The first thing I'll do when I touch down: Sleep. Shockers, on coming back: Usually there's nothing new that strikes me. More high-rises, I suppose. What I hope to see happening more often m Singapore: People
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  • IT & Telecoms Careers
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      14 1 THE STRAITS TIMES: Tuesday, May 18, 1999 A RECRUIT Special Feature IT Telecoms Careers
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