The Straits Times, 8 February 2000

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  • 24 1 The Straits Times Established 1945 IUCSQtIV February 8, 2000 74 Pages in four parts mita (P) 034/12/1999. A Singapore Frets Holding? ptilAicatum \J\J Cnfti
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  • 441 1  - Faster track at NUS for business SANDRA DAVIE Top students can soon skip courses and graduate in a shorter time. The curriculum is being revamped too by TOP-scoring A-level students entering the National University of Singapore business school in July can skip up to eight courses and graduate a semester
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  • Article, Illustration
    41 1 JEROME MING Singapore skipper \azri Nasir (left) and the Lions celebrate their first goal in a 3-1 win over arch-rival Malaysia in a friendly soccer match at the National Stadium last night, watched by 35,000 fans. See Page 33.
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  • 319 1 LONDON British police launched urgent negotiations yesterday with the hijackers of an Afghan passenger iet diverted to a London airport with 165 passengers ana crew on board but were expecting the process to be long-drawn. "It is a long job and it is about
    AFP; AP  -  319 words
  • 325 1  - SIA man allegedly took $15.9m last year SALMA KHALIK Hu MORE than half of the $29-6 million that a Singapore Airlines employee allegedly misappropriated from the company was pocketed last year alone. Former SIA cabin crew supervisor Teo Cheng Kiat has been charged with 13 counts of criminal breach of
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  • PRIME NEWS
    • 675 2  - Quitting will prove I'm guilty: Wiranto SUSAN SIM But he leaves open the possibility that he may resign if the President demands it on his return fdsfds INDONESI CORRKSPONDF.NT JAKARTA Coordinating Minister for Security and Political Affairs Wiranto, rejecting any personal responsibility for the atrocities in East Timor, said yesterday
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    • Article, Illustration
      63 2 Diving dolphins and other aquatic designs help the fast-growing Sengkang new town stay in touch with its roots. Formerly known as Kangkar, the town used to have a jetty for fishing boats. Housing Board planners sought to retain some of its old character and charm when they chose
      JOSE RAYMOND  -  63 words
    • 171 2  -  TAN KAH TIAN By A 27-YEAR-OLD woman was raped while she was jogging at the Bukit Batok Nature Park on Sunday morning. She was believed to have been jogging close to Lorong Sesuai, which links the park to Upper Bukit Timah Road, when she
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    • 258 2 ATLANTA Who gets to be a millionaire? Conventional wisdom says it is tljose who get good grades and go to elite universities or those from wealthy, well-connected families. But neither is typical, says Mr Thomas Stanley, who surveyed 1,300 millionaires in the United States for his new
      AP  -  258 words
    • 627 3  -  M. NIRMALA Solutions must increasingly come from a dialogue between the Government and other sectors, says Tony Tan by/^ SINGAPORE will Ik- courting failure it" the Government alone continues to issue directives to overcome the challenges thrown up in a fast-paced global market. A potent
      JOSE RAYMOND  -  627 words
    • 165 3 Telecom: 'Free up or lose out' IF SINGAPORE had not moved quickly to liberalise its telecommunications sector way ahead of the planned schedule, more ground would have been lost to competitors in the region. And, with it, hopes of becoming an information communications hub would have also evaporated, said Deputy
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    • 249 3 EU begins big push to close IT gap BRUSSEI.S All European Union workers art' to be given the chance to become computer-literate by 3004, in a bid to close the information-technol-ogy jobs gap with the United States. An 18-point plan, to bv approved by the European Commission this week. will
      Financial Times  -  249 words
    • 579 4 Putin has announced the capture of Chechnya's capital but fighting rages on elsewhere in the breakaway region, following the routes of rebel retreat NAZRAN (Russia) Acting Russian President Vladimir Putin declared the long and ruinous battle for Grozny over, saying that the last rebel
      Washington Post; Los Angeles Times; AP  -  579 words
    • 389 4 He calls for budget surpluses to shore up, health care WASHINGTON President Bill Clinton has sent Congress a US$l.B4 trillion farewell federal budget that carves up the nation's burgeoning surpluses by showering billions of dollars on new government programmes. Mr Clinton's eighth and last budget
      AP; New York Times; Washington Post  -  389 words
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  • WORLD
    • 426 5 Dot.com firms help push US salaries up A booming economy and competition for talent from dot.com companies are factors pushing employers in the US to raise salary levels to retain staff Jobless rate at record low LAST month, the US unemployment rate hit a 30-year low of 4 per cent,
      AP  -  426 words
    • 193 5 Rome comes alive with sound of footsteps ROME Skating, cycling and strolling, Romans reclaims their cobblestone streets from motor vehicles on the capital" first car-tree Sunda\ It was perfect weather sunny and bright for walking the dog or taking a jog and thousands did just that, throngiii] the uncharacteristically quiet
      AP  -  193 words
    • WOMEN IN POLITICS
      • 529 6 The First Lady tells New Yorkers she may be new to the neighbourhood but not to their concerns as she takes on Republican Mayor Rudolph Giuliani PURCHASE (New York) US First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton formally launched her Senate campaign on Sunday,
        AP; AFP  -  529 words
      • 396 6 Former civil servant wins Osakapost with blessing of top parties TOKYO A former civil servant from Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi's party on Sunday became the first woman to win a governorship in Japan. Ms Fusae Ota, a 48-year-old former senior official of the Ministry of
        New York Times; AFP; AP  -  396 words
    • 399 7  -  LOUISE BRANSON The Vice-President's brainy, beautiful and blonde daughter is helping to prove to American voters that Dad is not a humourless android By IN WASHINGTON BLONDE and vivacious Tipper Gore wife of VicePresident Al Gore used to be considered the woman who could
      AP  -  399 words
    • 351 7 Former radical unionist wins office in close election race HELSINKI Fiona made history when they voted in Foreign Minister Tarja Halonen a former staunch left-wing unionist as their firsl female president in a tight election on Sunday. "We have together, men and women, been successful
      AP; AFP  -  351 words
    • 64 9 Let the tears flow A WOMAN visitor to tin- Budapest Art Gallery being fitted with a special tear collector on Sumla\ The woman was attending a performance entitled The Places Of Memory at a special theatre in the gallery and the gadget was meant to collect any tears shed by
      AP  -  64 words
    • 501 9 US to give Russia $169m for halting nuclear fuel sale New storage site for plutonium material UNDER the new agreement, the plutonium will not be separated out from spent nuclear fuel. Instead, the unreprocessed material will be stored at a new site somewhere in Russia that the US will finance.
      New York Times  -  501 words
    • 162 9 PERTH About half of the dozen boat people who sewed their lips together as part of a hunger strike have now had the stitches removed, the Australian Immigration Department said yesterday. A spokesman for Immigration Minister Philip Ruddock said the hunger strike at the
      AFP  -  162 words
    • WORLD FILE
      • 62 9 PROSTITUTES WHO QUIT TO GET $420 A NIGERIAN state which recently enacted Islamic law is offering payments o 25,000 naira (J*****) to ev ery prostitute willing to giv up her trade and get mar ried. The payments had so far been accepted by 27 forme prostitutes, saia Mrs K.ari ma
        AP  -  62 words
      • 74 9 A GROUP of about :u "skinheads" beat a gay m ai to death early on Sunday in front of a bar in downtown Sao Paulo, police said. Mr Edson Neris Silv; was talking with a friend when both were attacked, police here said. The
        AFP  -  74 words
      • 65 9 CHEMICAL tests on the cargo of a Russian tanker Mixed by the US Navy confirm that the vessel was smuggling oil products out of Iraq in violation of United Nations sanctions, Defence Secretary William Cohen said on Sunday. The tanker, the Volgo-neft-147, was being escorted
        Washington Post  -  65 words
      • 56 9 AT LEAST nine people were killed and more than 100 injured when a passenger train was derailea at a station near Cologne early on Sunday, police said. The accident occurred as the overnight train from Amsterdam to Basle, Switzerland, was entering the suburban Bruehl station,
        AP  -  56 words
      • 52 9 THE famous statue of Christ the Redeemer, which overlook! Rio de Janeiro from atop Corcovado mountain, disappeared behind a mask of scaffolding on Sunda\ ■head of an exhaustive restoration. The task of cleaning and waterproofing the 46-m stone monument is expected to be completed by
        AFP  -  52 words
    • 124 12 LONDON British billion a ire Ruhard Branson has signed up tin- world's richest man, Microsoft's Bill Gates, as a partner in his "People's Lottery" his bid to win Britain's fatter) monopoly. The duo appeared together on television station BBC One t«> announce
      AFP  -  124 words
    • 58 12 AP These supporters of striking students at the National Autonomous University ot Mexico (Inam) sit dejected on a roadside after police raided the campus and arrested 632 students on Sunday. The strike, which lasted nine months, was prompted by a Unam administrators' plan to impose a
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    • 521 12  -  ABRAHAM RABINOVICH It has sent a pointed message to the Hizbollah with a dramatic helicopter-launched rocket attack on its commander in South Lebanon By IN Jt Kl SM.KM AN [SRAELJ helicopter attack on Friday on a senior Hi/bollah officer may have failed to
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    • 304 12 Haider accuses leaders of treason BERLIN Joerg Haider, leader of Austria's far-right Freedom Partv, threatened on Sunday to launch a parliamentary inquiry into "high political treason by Austrian leaders whom he alleges encouraged the European Union to impose sanctions against Vienna if the far-right came to power. He suspects conservative
      AFP; New York Times  -  304 words
    • 193 12 HYDERABAD -Three students of a religious school in southern India hanged a friend from B tret- in the hope that their school would shut down for a month of mourning, police said. The incident took place last Friday in Kudkuda, a village 120
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    • PEOPLE
      • 149 13 SI.SM SET ASIDE FOR TRIPS HONGKONG Hongkong tycoon Li Ka-shing will finance trips abroad for 1,000 high school students, his foundation announced yesterday. Mr Li, one of the world's richest men and a firm believer that life experience can teach as much
        AFP  -  149 words
      • 137 13 SIMI VALLEY (California) Ronald Reagan was too ill to join the 700 guests who gathered at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum to celebrate his 89th birthday. His wife, Nancy, said on Friday during CNN's Larry King Live snow that her husband diagnosed
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      • 97 13 WILLIAMSBURG (Virginia) American founding father Thomas Jefferson underestimated the leadership potential of women but was otherwise right on, says I^idy Margaret Thatcher. "I regret to say that lie didn't fully understand the importance of women in building a great nation,'* the former British Prime Minister told
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      • 100 13 NEW DELHI India's first Internet wedding will take place on Valentine's Day next week and the bride and groom want web surfers to take part in the traditional nuptial ceremonies, the Pioneer daily said yesterday. The marriage will take place according to Hindu tradition on
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      • 45 13 US Senator Edward Kennedy, 68, was admitted to hospital on Sunday for a viral illnrss that left liini with hack and shoulder pain, an aide said. Israel's Supreme Court on Sunday rejected American spy Jonathan Pollard's appeal to oversee efforts in securing his prison release.
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      • 32 13 Quoteworthy Japan has the hardware oftJw Western press hut there is no software. The inside is empty.' Japam-st author I atsu\;i l\va«.«\ on tlie japaiu-M- pn-ss' imwilliu^iK-sK to discuss nataWve subjf< ts
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  • EAST ASIA
    • 478 15  - China needs drastic bank reforms: Experts LARRY TEO Deflation has persisted in the country for more than two years because the state banks are unwilling to lend sufficient funds to the private sector by DRASTIC measures, such as dumping the practice of fixing bank rate by fiat, are needed to
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    • 191 15 BRING in competition that is one sure way to force state banks to shape up, economists say. Although there are many fraudulent private co-opera-tives in China, a number of them have proven to be nifty set-ups, with one in Zhejiang province boasting
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    • 33 15 AP This model at a chocolate fashion show in Tokyo yesterday was actually wearing a dark brown tank top with matching arm and hair accessories made of chocolates.
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    • 222 15 TAIPEI Eleven suspects have been arrested in connection with a number of high-profile arms thefts at the Dayuan air base in Taoyuan county last year, Taiwanese reports said yesterday. The suspects, including three former soldiers, were held for four thefts thac
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    • EAST ASIA FILE
      • 47 15 MACAU has been hit b\ ries of arson attacks on five motorcycles and goods vehicles the first such incidents since the former Portuguese enclave reverted to Chinese sovereignty on Dee 20. Police believe the attai ks were the work of one gang. AFP
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      • 32 15 A LEADING Communist Party official in southern China, Yan Wenyao. has been sentenced to 19 years' jail lor bribery and embezzlement, the state-run Jiangxi Daily reported. AFP
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      • 39 15 A NEW U5568.35 million (*****.5 million presidential Boeing 737-800 landed in Taipei yesterday with an air force spokesman denying that the plane would allow the president to communicate with the island's defence command. AFP
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      • 45 15 DAYS before a visit by Russia's foreign minister, more than 1,000 Japanese leaders including Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi rallied yesterday to demand the return of a group of islands held by Russia since the end of World War 11. AFP
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      • 38 15 CHINESE Premier Zhu Rongji has taken his west-ern-development plan to the region's heartland to drum up public support, spending the Chinese New Year weekend in Guizhou province, the South China Morning Post said yesterday.
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    • 441 17 Man goes to the cops with four bodies A damning confession? I have a large amount of debts, and I tried to commit suicide after killing my family/ What Yasuo I akt-da, 52, told the cops at the police station when he showed up with the bodies of hi* wife,
      AP  -  441 words
    • ASIAN VOICES
      • 74 17 A LIKELY merger between Singapore Telecom and Cable Wireless HKT has sparked concern among Hongkongers. While I do not think the merger will pose any problem and may even bring positive developments to Hongkong's telecommunications industry, it is important to ensure that it is
        Hung Leng; Hongkong Post; In Oriental Daily News  -  74 words
      • 73 17 I WAS appalled to read about the lulling of the 10 Karen rebels who staged a siege at Thailand's Ratchaburi hospital recently. While it is understandable that Thais are fed up with the problems these refugees present, shooting people as they are attempting to surrender
        D.L. Bradbury; VIA THE INTERNET; In The Nation  -  73 words
      • 84 17 I DO not think the election for Hongkong's Legislative Council (Legco) is democratic enough. With no restrictions on Legco members' term of office, the same people getting re-elected time and again. The Legco desperately needs fresh ideas and a new lease of life. Why
        Kung Fung; Hongkong Post; In Oriental Daily News  -  84 words
      • 66 17 WHAT has become of Malaysians? Until 1O years ago, very tew people bothered women but today, many women are beaten up and hospital. It is time we discard the notion that Malaysians are a caring lot. Let's be honest. It one is assaulted today in
        A.P.; VIA THE INTERNET; In The Star  -  66 words
      • 101 17 IF BEIJING thinks crossstrait relations will start automatically on a clean slat^ with the exit of Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui, it had better re-do its sums. It would only be painting a rosy picture if it l>elieves that anti-China sentiments built up over the years
        Shih Chih-Yu; Asia News Network; Taiwan; In United Daily News  -  101 words
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
    • 441 18 Gus Dur says he trusts Wiranto President says the former military chief once saved his life by alerting him to an assassination plot JAKARTA President Abdurrahman Wahid has tempered demands for his intransigent Security Minister to quit by saying that he trusts the general who once saved him from an
      The Jakarta Post; Asia News Network  -  441 words
    • 140 18 JAKARTA A powerful Indonesian Muslim group linked to President Abdurrahman Wahid yesterday tried to defuse tensions over the standoff triggered by Security Minister WirantoV refusal to resign. The 30-million-strong Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), which Mr Abdurrahman headed until becoming Indonesia's first democratically elected president last October, praised
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    • 66 18 Xanana says thanks to Filipinos EAST Timorese leader Xanana Gusmao joins Filipinos in community dancing at a gathering of non-government organisations which supported East Timor's struggle for independence, at the campus of the University of the Philippines in suburban Ouezon City on Sundav. He and another East Timorese leader, Nobel
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    • 322 18 JAKARTA The planned trial of 20 men, accused of shooting down 56 Acehnese in cold blood in July, has been postponed because a key witness has gone missing, press reports said yesterday. Indonesian Human Rights Minister Hasballah Saad was quoted as having said the
      AFP; Jakarta Post; Asia News Network  -  322 words
    • 186 18 BANDA ACEH An unidentified group of armed men has attacked and set fire to the terminal of Malikussaleh Airport, which serves the economically-strategic Arun gas fields. The main terminal of the airport, run by Mobil Oil Indonesia, had been gutted in the attack late
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    • 819 21  -  LUZ BAG UIORO The weaknesses of the Estrada government, which rode into office on the crest of immense popular support, are starting to become very evident By 11 1 1 IPPINES CORRESPOND! I 'The public can only gasp in dismay when their President admits, in
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    • 133 21 Tribesman held for killing Aussie tourist BANGKOK Thai police have charged an 18-year-old tribesman with murdering an Australian tourist and attempting to rape his friend after an ambush in a Thai mountain park, police said yesterday. Sangthong Saeyang was arrested on Sunday and had confessed to killing Mr Kelvin Bourke,
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    • 299 20 companies on the web. What are the problems Dot. Com Companies are faced with? The Internet market place is getting increasingly competitive. The World Wide Web contains 64 million web sites and is growing everyday. Potential customers need to sieve through countless search engines and thousands of websites and news
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    • 331 22 Indonesian workers torch quarters in fight Over 130 people have been arrested following the fight between rival Acehnese and Madurese workers KUALA LUMPUR A squabble over a mobile phone led to a pitched battle between rival groups of Indonesian construction workers in which some 100 workers' quarters were torched. The
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    • 200 22 KUALA LUMPUR Indonesia will be more stringent in selecting and evaluating workers wanting to work in other countries, including Malaysia, to ensure that only those with minimum qualifications are approved, the head of the Indonesian embassy's political section said. Mr Ermien Svamsawir said: "We will look
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    • 107 22 KUALA LUMPUR A Cessna aircraft belonging to the Selangor Flying Club crashed about 45 km from Jerantut, Pahang, in Kampung Merting yesterday. Police said three bodies were recovered from the site. The accident comes just two days after the crash of a twin-seater Bulldog
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    • 135 22 PENANG Malay parents should sacrifice more for their children's education, emulating the Chinese in striving hard to provide the best education for their children, Universiti Sains Malaysia lecturer, Associate Professor Dr Aminah Ayob, has said. "Although some Chinese are poor, they work very hard
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    • MALAYSIA FILE
      • 46 22 THE authorities have so far re-captured 31 of the 44 inmates who rioted and escaped from the Henry Gurney School, a correctional institution for convicted juveniles in Malacca yesterday. The inmates escaped using sharp weapons and wood on Sunday. Bernama
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      • 38 22 KELANTAN is being used as transit for smuggling of snakes from Thailand to states in the west coast, said State Wildlife and National Parks Department director Rahim Ahmad in Kotaßaru Bern am a
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      • 34 22 THE world's largest container ship, the Clifford Maersk, called at the new- ly-opened Tanjung Pelepas Port at Gefang Patah, Johor, yesterday and unloaded 2,151 containers in a non-stop operation. Bernama
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      • 39 22 MALAYSIA'S Anti-Cor-ruption Agency received more than 7.800 complaints of graft last year but could investigate only 413 cases because witnesses refused to testify. Of the 4KJ investigations, only 159 led to a prosecution. AFP
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      • 48 22 ABOUT 85 per cent of known drug abusers have regular paying jobs, according to a nationwide survey by the National Narcotics Agency. Most of them were found to be employed in small- and medium-scale industries in the private sector, the Sun reported.
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    • 96 23 FOUR-veur-old Siti Khadijah Mirzan (above) found that there was no place safer than in grandpa's arms (right) grandpa being none other than Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Sen Dr Mahathir Mohamad. The little girl, who was with the Malaysian leader during Chinese New Year celebrations
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    • 369 23 The Chinese in Terengganu are also concerned that the state government's recent policies may hurt the community's interests KUALA LUMPUR Parti Islam (HAS) is facing scrutiny from the federal government over rulings which may be contrary to Islam, as well as from the Chinese
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    • 78 23 THE Terenqqanu Parti Islam (PAS) qovernment has closed down the state governmentowned Primula Beach Resort hotel in Besut because of its huge losses and hiqh operational costs. Senior State Executive Councillor Mustafa AH said the decision was made as the hotel was suffering RM40.000 (5517.790)
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    • 782 25  -  LYDIA LIM Debate Over National Library Building The Singapore Institute of Architects hopes that one of the plans may convince URA to save the area %by] ARCHITECTS here are quietlv adding their might in the fight to save the National Library building and
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    • 664 26  -  GERALDINE YEO Engineers have built rail and road tunnels to last for many years despite Singapore's heavy rainfall and the fact that the ground water level here is high *byL JAPAN: Tackling leaks and cracks LEAKS and cracks in tunnels are a very real
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    • 329 26  -  ZUZANITA ZAKARIA DONATIONS FROM MALAY-MUSLIMS IN THE U.S. Hu MONEY raised through the Aidilfitri Charity Fund, or Tabung Amal Aidilfitri (TAA), will soon reach the needy across the region with help from money raised overseas. Set up in 1992 by MalayMuslim community leaders to help
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    • 682 27  - Doctors turning to sign language, guides SHARMILPAL KAUR More foreign workers who cannot speak English are going to polyclinics, presenting doctors with a major communication problem »!L SIGNS: Tain here' They have limited vocabulary, so they always say that they are in pain. They point, "pain here". We have to
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    • 193 27 DICTIONARIES: Differences THE Health Ministry's dictionaries are simple. They include terms describinq some key symptoms and basic questions about a patient's medical history. Compiled with the help of foreign embassies, they are available in lanquaqes such as Bengali, Thai, Tamil, Mandarin and Indonesian, among others. Tourists who visit the polyclinics
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    • 140 27 FOREIGN workers account for about 5 per cent of the 10,000 patients polyclinits deal with daily, said Dr Shanta Emmanuel, director of the Family Health Service. "Each polyclinic sees a daily average of 30 foreign workers," she added. Some polyclinics get more than others, depending on
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    • 359 28  -  JOSE RAYMOND One is a rapidly growing new town which will house 95, 000 families once it is fully developed. The other is due for redevelopment at the end of next year. The contrasting images of Sengkang New Town and Outram Park estate are brought to you
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    • 508 29  -  TAN KAH TIAN The 30-year-old drives his car into a tree, and dies later the same day at reunion dinner time. One of his two passengers is still in the hospital §n A 30-YEAR-OLD man, whose car crashed into a tree on
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    • 169 29 Free online 'bus guide' TRANSPORT HELP LOST in lonely bylanes or seeking to see Singapore on a shoestring budget? A free online service will from next month help you find the fastest or cheapest MRT or bus route to your destination. The service should be available on mobile phones as
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    • 78 29 Hundreds turned up at the Istana grounds yesterday for a picnic on its manicured lawns. The grounds were opened to the public to mark the Chinese New Year holiday, and families took the rare opportunity to stroll up the driveway used by visiting heads of state.
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  • COMMENTARY • ANALYSIS
    • The Straits Times
      • 611 30 THE US economy presents two faces to observers: One is confident and relaxed, and the other is anxious and worried, conscious of imbalances about which the other is blissfully unaware. Commentators tend to emphasise one or the other face, but it is possible that each is, but
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    • 1023 30  - A ministerial system for Hongkong? JOSEPH CHENG »U SINCE the 1997 handover, the performance of Hongkong's civil service has attracted considerable criticism from the community. From the bird flu epidemic to the opening of the new airport, to the over-estimation of the territory's demand for electricity, the territory's top civil
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    • 833 30  -  OLIVER CHOU *L WITH communism losing its hold on the people as an ideology, the Chinese Communist Party is stepping up its indoctrination work as well as its build-up of a cult-like status for President Jiang Zemin to compensate for the loss of a collective identity.
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    • 1097 31  -  WILLIAM HALL ERIC FREY Ku and FINANCIAL TIMES ~aV "*f■# sT JL JL. ▼JL JL I m. t^_ JL -M liX -JL **J J m*^F v^XvvX W XX S FOR the second time in 15 years, Austria has elevated a national
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    • 608 31 Populist not a Nazi or a threat to democracy THE ECONOMIST Smelly but MR JOERG HAIDER wants to curb immigration, has used some crass language about foreigners and talks of the threat that outsiders pose to Austria's identity But smelly as he is, he is neither a Nazi nor a
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    • 386 31 ROTHSCHILD ASSET MANAGEMENT (SINGAPORE) LIMITED Are you good with figures? We are. 133.33% Returns in 1999* 124.32% Returns in 1999* Ranked No.l in its category* Ranked No.l in its category* Achieved 41% more returns than the next best Achieved 33% more returns than the next best performing unit trust in
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    • 738 32 FOR someone who is under so much pressure from "women, society and the law", Mr Wong Hoong Hooi certainh has a lot of time to write to you. 1 would like to respond to his letter, "Gender equality has put men's backs
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    • 385 32 SINGAPORE NEEDS TO AFFORD SOME PROTECTION TO UNFORTUNATE EXECUTIVES AND MANAGERS CAUGHT IN THE WEB OF ECONOMIC RESTRUCTURING. I REFER to the letter from Mr Ang Boon Hin, "Let executive staff be unionised" (ST, Feb 7)In the recent recession, many executives and managers in private
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    • 104 32 Draw goes against hongbao spirit SINGAPORE Pools has a Toto top prize of $10 million for its Millennium Hongbao draw. The Americans equate their chances of winning their lotteries' top prizes with going to the top of the Empire State building and tossing a coin backwards which then lands in
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    • 431 32 I refer to the article, "ENV cameras smoke out belching vehicles" (ST, Jan 22). I hope that the Environment Ministry can help me to clear up the following doubts: Does the reduction of the permissible level of sulphur in diesel from 0.3
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    • 283 32 I WRITE to express my concern over the issue of "statutory rape" in the light of reports of several child-sex crimes highlighted by your newspaper. The more recent articles, "Man on trial for raping runaway girl, 12" (ST. Feb 1) and "Judge to rapist: Victim
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    • 148 32 CD-ROM changed look of web-browser T UK look of my web-browser altered after 1 installed the "My SingTel" CD-ROM in my PC. The "My SingTel" logo renlaced the spinning "E at the top right corner. I am not complaining because 1 am an advocate of Microsoft's products but because I
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    • 188 32 PERJUMPAANAKARUMBI KINI LEBIH ISTIMEWA H6»^?^"^^^^~»^ '■t J MUM NO LONGER A 'PACKEL— DRINK AND CAKE' AFFAIR The University of Adelaide Graduate Programmes In (O) Environmental Management UNEP Tn e United Nations Environment Programme joins The University of Adelaide and The Ngee Ann Kongsi in offering a Graduate Programme in Environmental
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  • SPORTS
    • 745 33  -  SANTOKH SINGH S4HCF.K 35,000 fans watch S'pore beat arch-rival Malaysia By BUT CREDIT TO THE WHOLE TEAM FOR PLAYING WELL IN THIS TENSE MATCH. IT SPEAKS WELL FOR OUR ASIAN CUP QUALIFIERS ALTHOUGH WE PROBABLY WILL STILL BE CHASING JAPAN. BUT FOR BOTH MALAYSIA AND US,
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    • 542 33  -  TAY CHENG KHOON By THERE is still passion for SingaiM»re soccer and not just because 35,000 fans showed up for the SingTel Challenge Cup at the National Stadium last night. No, to me, the passion was expressed in the Kallang Roar, the non-choreo-graphed yet
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    • 259 33 SWIMMLNG SYDNEY Australian Swimming officials have demanded an investigation of the drug testing procedures which prompted threats of a boycott by Australian swimmers at the World Clip short course meet in Berlin over the weekend. Australian Swimming president Terry Gathercole on Monday said the Germans had
      AP  -  259 words
    • 117 33 Singapot i- 3 Malaysia I Scorers: Singapore Zami Mohamed Noor (own goal, 57th min),ian Kim Leng (02nd), Ahmad Latiff Khamarudin 74th). Malaysia Nizaruddin Yutof(7sth). Yellow cards: Zulkarnaen Zainal I Singapore). Man of the Match: Na/.ri Nasir (Singapore). Teams: Singapore Rezal Hassan, Rafi Ali, S. Subramani, Robin Chitrakar (Basri
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    • 803 34 GOI.F Bad weather and hackers set to wreck Tiger Woods' winning streak PEBBLE BEACH (California) As far as some people are concerned, Tiger Woods' winning streak will remain intact no matter what the outcome of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro- Am. This does not count
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    • 213 34 PEBBLK BEACH (California) PGA Tour rookie Matt Gogel and former major winner Mark Brooks were tied for the lead after Sunday's third round of the weather-hampered Pebble Beach National Pro-Ani. Gogel carded a five-un-der-par 67 and Brooks shot a si.x-under 66 to reach 12-un-der 204,
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    • 266 34 British s<x:c:i:r LONDON American international Joe-Mai Moore scored the clinching goal on Sunday as Bverton with two other strikes from Kevin Campbell defeated Wimbledon 3-0 to move into the top half of the 2Oteain Premier l-cague. Moore, who played his first match for Kverton
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    • 211 34 Watson betters Games' 100m standard ATiiurncs KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian sprint king Watson NyambeK has beaten the Sydney Olympic Games qualifying mark by o.o2sec when he clocked 10. .38 for the 100-metre dash in a South African meet. The 22-year-old "Fixing Dayak" registered the time in his third and final race
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    • 309 34 FIROPKAN S<K < IK KOMI". I.a/io is the new league leader in Italy. The Romans picked up their first away victory since December, winning 4-2 at Tornio on goals by Sinisa Mihajlovic. Roberto Sensini, veteran Pabrizio Ravanelli and Chiles Marcelo Salas. The
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    • 701 34  -  GODFREY ROBERT COni REY.Xr LARGE /fdfbt>'>, ENGLAND'S sweep of all five titles in the First Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships in Singapore in 1971 reminded me of the country's World Cup BOCCer victory five vears earlier. Alter not-so-impressive ins in the group stages, followed by one-goal
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    • 161 34 STUTTGART Denmark's world 800-metre outdoor champion Wilson Kipketer broke the I,ooom indoor world record on Sunday, clocking 2min 15.2 ">sec just two months after undergoing a hernia operation. The 29-year-old Kenyanborn athlete, who holds both the indoor and outdoor SOOm world records, broke Algerian Nourredine
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      • 45 34 MICHAEL Schumacher believes he can lead Ferrari to its first Pi title since 1.979. a> Ins new car was unveiled yesterday. Schumacher, who will jhave Rubens Harris-hello as his new team -mate. said: "Seeing the new car. I'm von optimistic."
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    • 361 35 TENNIS ZURICH Hard-fought victories In Lleytoa Hewitt and Mark Philippoussis lifted Australia to a .'i-2 victory over Switzerland in their Davis Cup tic and salvaged the honour of the defending champion. Philippoussis struggled through a 3hr 4()min marathon against an unexpectedly strong George Bast] on
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    • SPORT IN SHORT
      • 85 35 JACQUI FRAZIKR-LYDE, daughter of former heavyweight world boxing champion Joe Frazier, made her professional boxing debut pn Sunday, stopping Teela Kaese in the first round. Fighting before a sellout crowd of 3,500, Fra-dfer-Lyde found her range the moment the opening bell rang, punching her opponent
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      • 89 35 SIYABONGA NOMVETE was the villain and the hero as South Africa reached the African Nations Cup soccer semi-finals with a 1-0 victory over co-host Ghana, Nomvete wasted three scoring chances before heading a Shaun Bartlett crass past goalkeeper Richajd Kingston with 42 minutes gone. The
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      • 84 35 ITALIAN PUTS UP $92M FOR CUP WIN ITALIAN fashion boss and yachting patron Patri/io Bertelli went publie yesterday to reveal that he had spent rss. r >"> million (Ss92 million) of his own money chasing yachting*! America's Cup, hut said it was passion not cash thai won great events. BerteUi
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      • 71 35 BRUCE FLEISHER, who won only one tournament in li() years on the PGA Tour, defended a title successfully for the firsi time in his career on Sunday, winning the Royal Cfti ihbean Classic. He had five birdies and one bogey in edging Vicente Fernandez.
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    • 226 35 SPORTSPEOPLE HAVANA Former soccer superstar Diego Maradona made the first kick in Cuba's national soccer championship, a match held in honour of the ex-captain of the Argentinian national team. "I am totally proud to be able to be in this stadium and to see a Cuban football
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    • 543 35 ATHLETICS International indoor meet in Stuttgart (winners only) Men: 60m: Jason Gardener (Gbr) 6.495ec. 400m: Stefan Holz (Ger) 46.08. 800m: Nils Schumann (Ger) 1:46.61. 1,000m: Wilson Kipketer (Den) 2:15.25 (world rec) 1,500m: Hailu Mekonnen (Eth) 3:35.58 60m hurdles: Tony Dees (USA) 7.50m. Triple jump: Michael Calvo (Cub)
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    • 532 35 II SKI 111 VI I 74-point tally from Houston, Sprewell and Ewing douses the Heat NEW YORK The big guns Allan Houston, Latrell Sprewell and Patrick Kvving came up huge with a tc*al of 74 points, and the New York Knicks survived injuries to
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    • 176 35 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Oivision W L Pet M Miami ...29 17 .630 New York 8 17 .622 M Philadelphia 26 21 .553 3 Orlando 22 26 .458 8 Boston 21 26 .447 8' New Jersey 18 29 .383 II Washington 15 33 .313 15 Centra) Division W I
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    • 240 35 WAS it not just a couple of weeks ago that the Ix>s Angeles Lakers were being crowned National Basketball Association champions? They followed their 16--pune winning streak by losing six of their next nine, and now Phil Jackson is sending signals that he
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    • 114 33 Draw No. 1464/2000 Mon, 7 Feb 2000 Group 1 Prize $1,187,888 Group 2 Prize $467,955 10 13 23 24 30 43 Add. No. 07 1 WINNING INFORMATION FOR DRAW NO. 1464/2000 Group 1 Prize: $1,187,888 each 1 Winning Share(s) Group 2 Prize: $27,527 each 1 7 Winning Share(s) Group 3
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    • 47 35 TODAY'S EVENTS BASKETBALL Schools' Championships East Zone, Group A (Anglican High School. lpm).Gpß(Geylang Indoor Stadium, lpm). NETBALL Schools' North Zone, C Division: (Northland Secondary, 2.40pm). Schools' East Zone, C Division: (Dun man Secondary, 3pm). LIVE ON TV BASKETBALL Collect: Miami v Georgetown (ESPN Ch23 and 25, 8am).
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  • OBITUARIES
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      107 37 "Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Ps 23:6 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Our Managing Director Rodney Tan Executive Director Jeffery Tan And Their Family On the sad demise of their
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      109 37 TAN HOCK SENG Aqe: 73 years old passed away peacefully on 6th Feb 2000, leaving behind Wife Lim Lian Enq Sons: Daughters-in-law: Tan Kee Cheng Lim Geok Eng, Wina Dr. Tan Kee Guan Carrie Chin Choon Kim Daughters: Sons-in-law: Tan Jin Bee, Jean Ee Boon Tat, Victor Tan Joo Lee
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      220 37 TEO CHEOW KWAN, RICHARD Age: 52 passed away peacefully on 6/2/2000, sadly missed by all loved ones. Wife: Urn Ah Mol £> Urn Hong Kee, Nancy Mother: Mother-in-law: Lim Yoor Kee Tay Sai Lian Son: Daughters: Teo Kiat Loon Teo Kiat Ping, Joyce Teo Kiat Ling, Xenia Brothers: Sisters-in-law: Teo
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      140 37 "I 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 II: 25) ROBERT LIM AH TEE <?> LIM HSI HSUN Age: 66 passed away on 5 Feb 2000 leaving behind loved ones.
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      31 37 CORRIGENDUM In yesterday's announcement of the Late YEO THIAN LEONG, departed on sth February 2000, the word "borned" should read as "borne" and not as published. The publisher reqrets the error
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      52 37 SADASIVAM S/O RATHINAPADAYACHI Aqe: 71 passed away peacefully on 7 Fab 2000. Sadly missed by: Wife: S. Mariammal Sons: S. Shanmuqanathan S. Ariyanathan Daughter S. Pagampiriyal Daughters-in-law, grandchildren, relatives and friends Cortege will leave Blk 416, Seranqoon Central 803-468 on 8 Feb 2000. Tuesday at 4.30pm to Mount Veroon Crematorium.
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      23 37 With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfalf Condolences to the family of tha lata TOH BEN6 HUAT LINUS From The teachers students of ACJC Choir
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      164 37 r "But those who wait on the LORD Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary. They shall walk and not faint Isaiah 40:31 LOONG CHAY MEI was called home to be with Our Lord Jesus Christ on Saturday,
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      87 37 •riYii.se the Ixtrd Dh give thank* to the ljord\for He is gootU for Hi* loving kindness is everlasting 4 Paalm iOStl CRUSADE CHARITY LEE SOON TEE Age: 36 passed away peacefully on 5 '2/2000. Iluxbatul: Jason Lim Seow Mint{ Vake at Trinity Casket Pte Ltd, Chanel of Peace. Blk 38,
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      90 37 ALBERT HO SEOW IMM Age: 52 was called home to be with the Lord on 7th Feb 2000. Sadly missed by all loved ones. Wife: Jenny Han Juat Bian Sons: Daughter-in-law: James Ho Kee Hian Alan Ho Kee Tat Kathleen Koh Sock Yen The wake is held at the Geylanq
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      135 37 shongkumlin" Age: 70 years old passed away peacefully 6th Feb 2000, leaving behind loved ones. Sons: Daughters-in-law Grand Children Ng Pak Hoong (Adeline, Low Mui Marie Ng Yan Yi Pheng deceased 1995) (Andre, Ng Dong Ming a jg Ng Pak Kong deceased 1995) T Ng Pak Meng Lim Chwee Hoon
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      27 37 With Deepest Sympathy And Heartfelt Condolences To The Family Of The Late TEO CHEOW KWAN, RICHARD Departed on 6/2/2000 From: Management Staff Of COMPACT 6NGINEERING PTC LTD
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      40 37 KAM CHWEE NEO Age: 82 Departed: 8 Feb 1999 Today recalls sad memories Of a dear mother gone to rest. And the one who thinks of her today Is the one who loves her best. Always remembered by loved oms
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      129 37 S The Family Of The Late For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes In Him shall not perish but have eternal Me- John 3:16 ENDANG WARDANA AGE: 84 went home to the Lord Jesus on 4 February 2000 wish to
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      96 37 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me. All the days of my life; And I will dwell in the house of the Ijord, Forever. Psalm 23 QUEK BOON KIAN Age: 50 It pains us all to lose your physical presence, but wo will always cherish your friendship and it comforts
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      38 37 Ist Anniversary In Loving Memory Of HUMPHREY OEI Gentle Spirit of God e remember Humphrey who dwells now in your glor We loved him once with human love; We love him now in prayer and grace. Love, Mavis
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      78 37 r The Family of the Late LING KOON DUANG ANDREW Departed: 2.2.2000 wishes to thank Mr Leonq Horn Kee, MP for Blshan Toa Payoh GRC; Thomson grassroots leaders; Pastors members, Foochow Methodist Church; M/s Llnq Das Partners; CED staff, People's Association; Board of Directors, CEO staff, Metropolitan YMCA; Members, Victory
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      15 37 In everloving memory of JOSEPH TAY BUAN HENG Departed on 8.2.66 Remembered by beloved ones
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      92 37 THE FAMILY OF THE LATE NG NAI PUN Departed on 4th February 2000 wishes to express their heartfelt thanks and appreeiation to relatives. Rev Bernard Ix>w, Pastor Wong Teck Mee, memhers of Mt llermon BP Chureh, Pasir Ris Pentecost Methodist Chureh, Faith Community Baptist Church and friends for their prayers,
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      86 37 25th Anniversary, In Loving Memory Of CHELLIAH 7/9/1938 15/1/1975 Cone from our hves but not from our minds Tncuqhts of you bring tears to our eyes The pain of losing you lingers on till this day Lc /t, Wife: Bakiam D/0 Alagapan Nadar Son: Daughter-in-law: C. Raventhran M. R. Jamuna
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      48 37 All things work together for good for those who love God and who are called to his purpose. Romans 8:28 CHAN SWAN ENG d> TAN SWAN ENG 'SUNNY' Age: 77 was called home to be with our Lord Jesus on 3rd Feb 2000. Always remembered by loved ones.
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      38 37 Ist Anniversary In Loving Memory of Kam Chwee Neo Departed: 8/2/99 Dearest mama. We miss you dearly love you always Deeply missed always remembered by, One only loving grand son, Gerard Seah Daughter Son-in-law Mr. Mrs. Philip Wee
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      42 37 IST ANNIVERSARY S In Loving Memory Of Our Father LIM JOO CHANG called home to be with the Lord on 8.2.99 Phil 1:23 "...to be with Christ, which is far better." Always Remembered and Dearly missed by Children, Grandchildren and Loved ones
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  • MONEY
    • 485 38 Boom in US pulls admen to new sites To grab the attention of young consumers, advertising agencies are going to some unusual places WASHINGTON lake a trip to an automated teller machine for some quick cash in the US and you may be greeted with an advertisement for Compaq computers.
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    • 170 38 SAN FRANCISCO International Business Machines (IBM), the worlds biggest computer company, said it has developed a computer chip that runs up to five times faster than today s top chips, consuming half the power. IBM said it will demonstrate the chip and the
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    • 328 38 INDIAN GROUP REVERES YOUTH MUMBAI If you are worried about being too old to fit into the e-conomy, brace yourself. Infosys Technologies, the Nasdaa-listed information technology (IT) company that is India's top glamour stock, has banned employees aged over 35 from addressing its
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    • MONEY WORLD
      • 35 39 MAJOR Japanese financial firms including top brokerage house Nomura Securities are to set up a joint website to offer financial services to customers via the Internet, a re|M»rt said. AFP
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      • 30 39 MICROSOFT, the worlds largest software maker, said it will sell small busia package of services including Web-page creation ami storage on its bCentral network. Bloomberg News
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      • 48 39 FOSTER'S Brewing Group, Australia's No. l brewer, said first-half profit rose a better-than-expected 27 per cent as millennium celebrations sparred sales. Earnings for the six months ended December 31 rose to A5243.3 million (***** million) from A5191.1 million a year earlier. Bloomberg News
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      • 48 39 HONDA Motor Co. is in talks to increase its stake in units of PT Astra International, an official at the Indonesian carmaker said. Negotiations are aimed at generating cash so that Astra can repay principal and interest on its debts. Bloomberg News
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      • 42 39 LG INFORMATION Communication Ltd, a South Korean mobile phone maker, said last year's profit increased fourfold as it sold more handsets and booked a one-time gain from the sale of a stake in an affiliate. Bloomberg News
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    • 501 39 NEW YORK Pfizer said that it will buy WarnerLambert for about US$9l.4 billion (*****.5 billion) in stock and debt to create the world's second-largest drugmaker, winning after a three-month battle with American Home Products. Pfizer will exchange 2.75 of its shares for each snare
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    • 360 39 CHEMICALS STORAGE EXPANSION ROYAL Vopak, the world's top chemicals handler, said that it will huild a $200 million tank farm in Singapore to expand its husiness of helping chemicals companies ship, store and distribute their products. Vopak said it is negotiating with
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    • 694 39 In an open letter to Gus Dur she defends her actions for allegedly blocking the govt's sale of the firm JAKARTA Pi; Astra International president Rini Soewandi, made a final plea to keep her job, the day before the government seeks
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    • 293 39 This report is based on a purely hypothetical conversation. Sony, refuting the report b> the Nihon kt-i/ai Shimbun TOKYO Japans Son} Corp yesterday quashed reports that it planned to take a minority share- in the IS television network CBS. "There is absolutely no truth to
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    • 179 39 TOKYO A day after a top official all but admitted the worlds second-largest economy is slipping back into recession albeit temporarily analysts said yesterday that Japan might still hit its modest fiscal-year growth target. Economists agreed the Japanese economy is still on course to grow on
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    • 446 40  -  TAMMY TAN The Singapore power giant is said to be interested in a fourth involvement in that country's utility assets within just four weeks by SINGAPORE Power (SP) may have a second go at tendering for two South Korean power plants now that
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  • Life!
    • 8 1 Life! The Straits Times Tuesday, February 8, *****
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    • 79 1 My friend, Madonna Gwyneth Paltrow's new best girl pal LAST year's Best Actress Oscar winner, Gwyneth Paltrow, says singer Madonna has been acting as her secret adviser for more than a year. "I have be«'n able to see her or phone to discuss everything, like hoy problems, career problems and
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    • LIFE! COVER STORY
      • 832 2 MrWWF Its stunts may be fake, but the profits are very real. How did Mr Vince McMahon create the phenomenon of the World Wrestling Federation? At a time when television has lost the ability to seduce young male viewers with sex and violence, WWF chairman Vince
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        433 2 THE SUBSTATION TK FWMT ETOTT. UT COMWHM Rt 7.30 9.30 pm. Free The symbiotic relationship between artists and their communities is discussed by Ong Kim Seng, Goh Chong Chia, Linda Lim, Jason Lim and Vincent Leow. VICTORIA THEATRE NAYKIMT fri Mat 8 pm Tickets at $20. $30 $40
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      • 147 3 DO NOT dismiss the seeming frivolitvol the World Wrestling Federation. Blood and sport equal big bucks in America. The company is projecting sales of US$34O million (***** million) for this year, up from US$25O million in 1999. The American stock market values the company, 83 per cent of
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      • 536 3 VINCENT KENNEDY MCMAHON was born on Aug 24, 1945, the second son of parents already speeding toward divorce. Raised by his mother and stepfather in rural North Carolina, he met his father when he was 12 and began his twin obsessions with famih and business
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    • 1401 4  -  Kian Jin Company Valuation Asking about the valuation of an enterprise was sensitive business. But it was a thing that had to be done NORMALLY, hate to ask this question, but I found myself doing it anyway. "So, how much is your company worth?" I
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    • 35 4 AP Ritte von Messner from Augsburg, the 51st International Toy Fair in Nuremberg, Germany. The handmade dolls cost about DM 7,000 (555,8&0) each. This toy fair is the world's biggest exhibition.
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      118 4 someone. Still, I wish someone from heaven arms, and when she does, I*ll be alert enough to catch her/ TCS actor Pierre Png (left) on his low life 'See, you're so skinny. You'd better put on some weight!' How PCS actrvus Yumm Lim\ parents react when they
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        • 124 5 Sheen tipped to take Fox's Spin City slot NEW YORK Tin- hit u-lovi-sion sitcom Spin C ity may survive the departure «>t its star, Michael J. Fox. When Fox, who plays hard-charging deputy mayor of New York, leaves the show at the end of the spring season, be may be
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        • 111 5 ATLANTA A newly-un-attached Jane Fonda is returning to showbusiness but not Hollywood. Fonda, who separated recently from her husband, media mogul Ted Turner, made the announcement at a fund-raising dinner last week. She was honoured by the Atlanta Women's Foundation with a lifetime achievement award. She once
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      • 259 5 Royal Refusal Instead he suggests his son invite a few friends for his 18th birthday party in one of the family's country homes LONDON Prince Charles is increasingly concerned that his son William is mixing with the wrong kind of people on Loadon'i "jet
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      • 141 5 LOS ANGELES Sony Pictures Classics announcec last Friday it had acquirec North American distribu tion rights to Takeshi Kitan o's first English-languag film, Brother, now in pro duction here. Kitano wrote, directed and stars in his first film made in the US, in
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      • 108 5 NEW YORK Julia Roberts, Jerry Seinfeld, Bruce Willis, Bill Cosby and Steve Martin will relive their favourite l^ite Show moments next week as David I>etterman continue recuperating from heart bypass surgery The celebrities will roll tapes and reminisce abotl their appearances with Ix-t terman over
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      • 53 5 ROWLING IS AUTHOR OF THE YEAR LONEX)N The writer of the Harry Potter children's books has been named author of the year at the British Book Awards. J. K. Rowling, whose books about a child wizard enrolled in a witchcraft school, beat five other contenders last Thursday, including horror writer
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      • 84 5 BEVERLY HILI^ Oscarwinning producer and director Clint Eastwood will make his fourth presenter appearance on this year' Academy Awards broadcast producers announced las Friday. In 1992, Eastwood di retted and starred in Unfor given, which earned nin Oscar nominations and fou awards, including Best
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      • 164 5 LOS ANGELES A new "enterprise" is on the wa for former Star Trek's Jame Doohan. The 7y-year-old D<x)han immortalised by the Sta Trek catch phrase "Beam me up, Scotty", and his 43 year-old wife, Wende, ar expecting their third chih according to the
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      • 500 7 Movie Mayhem Hindu militants have halted filming of a controversial movie in India one protester even tried to kill himself NEW DELHI A northern Indian state has ordered an Indian-born Canadian producer to halt production on a film following violence by Hindu militants and
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      • 248 7 Disney whiz takes over as British CEO is sacked LONDON The chief executive of Britain's troubled Millennium Dome has been sacked and replaced with a French executive who helped reverse the fortunes of Disneyland Paris, the company that runs the dome said Sunday. Operations
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      • 439 7 France targets China in latest battle of the bottle AVIGNON, France The Rhone Valley, France's sec-ond-biggest quality wine producer after Bordeaux, is fighting back against an Australian offensive and is hoping to boost its niche in Asia, especially China. "By the year
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    • 283 8  -  ONG SOR FERN Budget Line Some 50 titles on the Naxos Jazz label are available in Singapore and a couple of new albums are coming soon H U NAXOS is a record label best known for its budget price classical recordings. It has
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    • 435 8 But Wynonna Judd says she is still her old bad self NASHVILLE, Tennessee Wynonna Judd is reaching into the future with a new solo album, New Day Dawning, at the same time she is reviving herpast with a reunion tour of The Judds.
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      18 8 Quality for less is what is known to come with this brand, and jazz has joined the lineup.
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    • 431 8 HERE are some noteworthy titles to check out: HAVANA FLUTE SUMMIT Jam- Hunrwtt, Orlando "Maraco" ValJe, O/iru Valh\ Ricliatd Egurs. Oscar Onifl fp»l i. Hilaiio Durati N ADI AN flautist Jane Hunnett is prohablv the most familiar name hero. She recorded Spint Havana with Cuban musicians in
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    • LIFE! PERSONAL TECH
      • 797 9  -  FRANCIS CHIN Search Is Over Look no further than Lycos Asia, the Internet start-up owned by Singtel and Lycos USA, for information on major cities of Asean, China and India *1L WITH US$5O million (SsBo million) in its war chest, Lycos Asia wants its
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      • 330 9 READ and write e-mail, surf the World Wide Web, scribble appointments and organise your life on the latest models of cellular phones. These hot gizmos are known as WAP (wireless application protocol) phones, which come in various shapes and sizes, but are no bigger than a
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      • IN THE LOOP
        • 93 9 PACIFIC Internet's e-busi-ness portal, Pacrosion.com, (www.pacfusion.com) lias teamed up with Asiacontentxom t<> spruce up its site with music and entertainment news from Asia and beyond. Prom next month, Asia(ontenl.com will provide specifically-tailored content from its online brands MTV Asia (www.mtvasia.com) and E l O n 1 i n
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        • 111 9 AN INITIATIVE between the National Arts Council and Nanvang Polytechnic has spawned ;t website that teaches students about the art of animation. It is designed for students from primary school ri«;ht through to junior colI In- ian log on to www aniination.org.sg Foi step-by-step demonstrations of now
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        • 81 9 CATCHA.COM, which specialises in providing directories of Asian Internet sites, has expanded its net to cover the Philippines. Its $I.H-inillion investment in Yehey.com (www.vehey.coni), I popular Philippine" search engine, adds its total regional coverage to existing search engines, focused on Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia
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      • 382 9  -  ANDREW LIM 32 Mi BOOKMARKS Radio presenter for Symphony 92.4, who plays /Vim/ Tan in Under Ow hoof and uill hi a]>f>earing uith Helena Tan in Maybe Knot, a musical stand-up comedy about the ttials and tribulations of lot I "STRANGE, wonderful and dangerous" is
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    • MALAYSIA: ALL-IN-ONE HOLIDAY DESTINATION
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        413 11  -  Magdalene Lum HOT SPOTS I 1 NAME: Ms Florence Ix-e. 2 V. a programme consultant at the iMCA of Singapore at Orchard Road FaveSpot: I he Endau Kompin National Park, at the border of Johor and Pahang. The attractions: A haven for adventure-seekers and bird-watchers, this park
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      • 461 11 FLIGHT of fancy Sulk no more, feathered friends. Once strewn with rubbish, KL's Bird Park is now landscaped, clean and shady THE Kuala Lumpur Bird Park in Tainan Tasik Perdana waj criticised in the early 1990s for ils dirty toilets, rubbish-strewn paths and the lack of information signs. All that
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    • 863 12 Through Thick And Thin A friendship with Madonna has given Gwyneth Paltrow the support and encouragement she needs to cope with the stress and strains of fame GWYNETH PALTROW has revealed how a close friendship with Madonna has changed her life. She and the controversial
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    • 592 12 GWYNETH PALTROW, who seemed to have disappeared from the public eye after her Oscar success last year, is back in the fame game. After taking several months off last year, she bought a house in New York and turned down many new movie
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    • 542 16  -  SUZANNE SNG New Year Event Prancing into the waterfront will be the nine sons of the dragon. The mythical creatures light up River Hongbao 2000 as hanging lights or neon figures Hu IT SEEMS like everywhere you turn this Chinese New Year, you see the mythical dragon. Posing
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