The Straits Times, 7 December 2000

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  • 26 1 The Straits Times Established 1S45 1 hurSQciy December 7, 2000 158 Pages in seven parts mita (P) 034/12/1999 %RJ A Singapore Press Holdings publication \J\J < Jents
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  • 478 1  - Govt relaxes rules on Singdollar lending DOUGLAS WONG MAS move will let foreign investors borrow Singdollars for stocks, bonds and non-residential property *L SINGAPORE'S central bank announced two key changes yesterday, loosening its hold on the Singapore dollar to allow international investors to borrow it more freely for investments. The
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  • 387 1  -  KOH BOON PIN By CONSUMKR COR RKSPON DENT PILOTS from as many as 30 airlines, including major international players, may boycott Taiwanese air space if the authorities there do not allow the pilots involved in the SQ 006 crash to return home. Led by
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  • 305 1 A 22-YEAR-OLD motorist died early yesterday morning when his car collided with another, spun around, turned turtle and crashed, leaving him trapped in a mangled wreck. The accident happened at about 2.10 am wnen Mr Chiang Chen Yet, a student, was driving his father's
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    • 133 1 BABY MIX-UP: Parents of girls switched at birth 30 years ago act against Ipoh maternity home page 4 k I E 'ten I -\.*t I B I I They wanted good w **s Us #u looks, out ended up fi fid with botched \s~sJl*S±J operations done J beauty parlours. The
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  • NEWS FLASH
    • 165 2 TROUBLE IN UMNO YOUTH UMNO Youth deputy chief Datuk Aziz Sheikh Fadzir has quit his post, taking the blame for Barisan Nasional's defeat in the Kedah by-election. Party insiders said that he gave his resignation letter to party president Dr Mahathir Mohamad last Friday. Meanwhile, the head of Umno
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    • 118 2 ZOUK'S RESPONSE 'CALLOUS' A STRAITS Times reader has written in to say he was appalled and saddened by Zouk's response to the tragic drowning of young Malaysian Wong Wee Chieh in the Zouk Out event ("So hip it hurts", Life!, Dec 4). Mr John Miller takes issue with Zouk's
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    • 85 2 HELLO, PLAIN MAY BE BEST MOBILE phones may come with all sorts of newfangled devices these days, but when all is said and done, many want their phone to be no more than just a phone. Most of the bells and whistles are often superfluous anyway. And when those
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    • 56 2 MARC OF A REBEL LOUIS Vuitton's Marc Jacobs looks and acts more like a grungy college kid than the 36-year-old creative director of one of the hippest names in haute couture. But despite his unconventional ways and designs, he has shown his mettle, says ELISABETH GVVEE, who spoke to
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    • Article, Illustration
      110 2 Starless Open will have its thrills TIGER Woods will not be here. No other big names either. And no clear favourite. So it has been described as a starless Singapore Open 2000. But that means golfs showpiece of the year celebrating its 40tn season will have a level playing
      WONG MAYE-E  -  110 words
    • 148 2 High-rise falls claim lives of 7 children SEVEN children have fallen to their deaths from high rises so far this year. An eighth child, who plunged from the 14th floor of a condominium, might have died if his fall had not been broker by a zinc roof. Falling from
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    • 82 2 FASTER CORPORATE FACTS MORE facts, more often and demanded by law. Timely corporate information tailored to the most exacting international standards will come the way of Singapore's investors soon if the recommendations of a high-level reviewcommittee, Disclosure and Accounting Standards Committee (DASC). are accepted. And the duty of companies
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    • 152 2 FALLING LIKE NINE PINS RUSSIANS are dying faster than at any time since World War 11, and the trend is likely to accelerate, according to latest official statistics. Nearly 930,000 more Russians died than were born last year, the largest gap since 1992. 'The population decline, which started in
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    • 160 2 LIFE FOR HELLO-KITTY KILLERS' THE three men who had cut up a young woman's body in one of Hongkong's most grisly murders have been sentenced to life imprisonment, reports LOH HUI YIN, ST's Hongkong Correspondent. The three killers had also tortured their victim, a 23-year-old nightclub hostess, and stuffed
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  • PRIME NEWS
    • 464 3  -  CHUA CHIN HON The future is in digital TV, it says, urging SBA to push broadcasters and viewers to make the switch By IF ALL TV SERVICES GO DIGITAL. the TV set will become a digital gateway into an explosion oj new multi-media programmes.
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    • 418 3  -  WONG FEI WAN Neighbours' quarrel ends with nursing home boss being caught in the act §1L A WOMAN vented her frustrations over what she said were "unbearable" taunts and verbal abuse from her neighbour by splashing urine on the front door of his apartment. But
      CHEW SENG KIM  -  418 words
    • 170 3 PENANG A woman, upset over a divorce settlement, stripped her 37-year-old office-manager husband naked, tied him up and beat him up with a baseball bat at his apartment last Sunday. The man was earlier given a spiked drink by the woman, who is in her
      The Star; Asia News Network  -  170 words
    • 389 4 Maternity home sued for switching babies In a multi-party suit the two girls and their parents charge the home with negligence for the switch 30 years ago IPOH It was a twist of fate tliat brought six people from two families together at the High Court here on Tuesday. It
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    • 453 4  -  WAN HAMIDI HAMID By IN KUALA LUMPIR ALL is not well within Malaysia's ruling party. Umno Youth deputy chief Datuk Aziz Sheikh Fadzir has tendered his resignation from the position, accepting blame for Barisan Nasional's defeat in the Lunas by-election in Kedah
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    • 440 4  - HK varsity appeals to protesters IRENE NG Keep the peace when SM Lee receives honorary doctorate, they are urged By Political Correspondent HONGKONG The Chinese University of Hongkong has appealed to its students to keep the peace when it confers Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew an honorary doctorate today. University
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    • 557 6  - Interpol mulls global DNA profiling centre YEOH EN-LAI The proposal, to be advanced at a Melbourne meeting, is geared mainly at tracking international criminals *L STORE: Trail to killers THE authorities in Singapore have used DNA testing since 1991 to solve paternity cases and several high-profile murders. 1995: Briton John
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    • 157 6 AN ARMY of giant caterpillars attacked a tree in Seletar Hills yesterday, stripping it bare of leaves. The fat, white creepy-crawlies, each measuring up to 11 cms, were found dangling from the tree's branches, sated from their meal. Others were wriggling on the ground. Mr Rajookumar,
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  • WORLD
    • 516 8 Russia a dying nation ♦Population down by 3.3m since Soviet collapse 550,600 Russians died in < first 9 months of this year ♦Population forecast to shrink by llm in 15 years The weaker sex IT APPEARS that men are particularly vulnerable as the Russian population dwindles dramatically. Here are some
      Reuters; AFP  -  516 words
    • Article, Illustration
      526 9  -  ALFRED LEE You're naughty, bad, you are being silly or don't be stupid SAY I don't like the way you are doing that, or it would be better if you did not do that British nursery staff have been told to encourage good behaviour, not stigmatise bad behaviour,
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    • HEALTH & MEDICAL NOTES
      • 41 9 THE American Medical Association has approved a resolution asking the US government to consider making the morning-after contraceptive available without a prescription. The AMA's policymaking body passed the recommendation without discussion during a convention in Orlando. AP
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      • 88 9 PEOPLE who smoke cigarettes for 2() years or more a~e about 40 per cent more likely to die of colon cancer than are non-rmokers, according to a study that blames tobacco use for ■boot 12 per cent of US colon ancer deaths. Researchers at
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      • 114 9 THOSE übi(]iiitous back belts however effective they may look do nothing to prevent back injuries, according to a study of WalMart workers. The study, published in yesterday's Journal of the American Medical Association, found that workers who used the belts regularly while lifting were just
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      • 75 9 THE incidence of gonorrhoea, a sexually transmitted disease that can lead to infertility in women and increases both sexes' risk of acquiring the Aids virus, is rising in the United States for the first time in 25 years. The gonorrhoea trend, described on Tuesday at
        Washington Post  -  75 words
    • 160 11 Bill Gates sues to get his name back BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS: Despite personal problems, including his company Microsoft's anti-trust clash with the US government, billionaire Bill Gates (right) manages to enjoy himself over a game of bridge with Mr Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, recently. The two were
      AFP; AP  -  160 words
    • 540 11 UN lets Iraq spend more oil money OIL: Saddam's profit flow SINCE December 1996, when the oil-for-food programme went into effect, Iraq has sold more than US B37 billion worth of oil. Oil is also being smuggled out of the country, with profits going directly to Saddam and his circle,
      New York Times; AP  -  540 words
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    • 516 8 World j Wo hid p*^i^S^^^' World »»J» IHHp 3HBP S I Kidnap Record M A Not-So-Nice Summit wßk iB us ra^ a ones s orces Police i reed this Colombian executive from ■jm Expect a nasty showdown at the European U I^E The country's militan- is in for a major
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  • U.S. ELECTION DEADLOCK
    • 793 12  -  LEE SIEW HUA The handover of the presidency is proceeding on dual tracks, with both candidates preparing to take over while waiting for the final outcome By] US CORRKSPONDKNT Little time for postings THE Florida flap has substantially shrunk the transition time of
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    • 448 12 Final legal showdown may be played out today State's highest court seems likely to make or break Gore TALLAHASSEE (Florida) The legal wrangling over the US presidency appears set for a final showdown at the Florida Supreme Court as Mr Al Gore takes his last legal shot at winning the
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  • WORLD
    • 647 17 What all this is generating is panic and fear. Colombia feels kidnapped. Mr David Buitrago, an analyst at Free Country Foundation, who believes that the media learns about only a fraction of the kidnappings hitting prominent families Guerrilla groups' rising demand for hostages
      AP; AFP  -  647 words
    • 261 17 LOS ANGELES A policeman who killed an actor holding a toy gun at a Halloween party shot the man from behind, an autopsy concluded. Deputy Medical Examiner Jeffrey P. Gutstadi declared on Monday that Mr Anthony Dwain Lee was shot four times on Oct
      AP; AFP  -  261 words
    • 131 17 Woman jailed for road-rage killing COLUMBIANA (Alabama) An Alabama judge has sentenced Shirley Henson dubbed the "road-rage queen" to 13 years in prison for shooting to death a motorist on a local highway. "This is the most difficult sentence I've ever had to face," said Shelby County Judge D. Al
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    • 52 18 The European Union summit beginning today at the French Riviera resort of Nice is loaded with potential conflict. With 13 new members knocking on its door, most of the EU members want to re-organise structures within the bloc, but they have yet to agree on how, PROSPECTIVE NEW
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    • 880 18  -  GRACE SUNG Leaders attending the Nice summit will face difficult tasks and tough negotiations as each member will have its own list of interests to protect By KIROFK COKRKSFONDKNT BRUSSELS European Union (EU) leaders are to meet for a landmark summit starting today that is
      AFP  -  880 words
    • 123 18 What about Nato? BRUSSELS United States Defence Secretan William Cohen has bluntly warned Europeans that Nato will become a "'relic of the past" if they set up a competing defence structure while failing to meet their commitments to the Atlantic alliance. The Defence Secretary said the issues he raised in
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    • Article, Illustration
      190 19  -  G. CIIANDRADAS inese are tne mam issues at the summit: RE- WEIGHTING VOTES The re-weighting of votes in the Council of Ministers. A significant issue, as more decisions will be taken by majority voting in future. The bigger countries want a system which reflects population size more fairly.
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    • 521 19 Protesters in 'paradise' NICE Mention the name of the tourist haven of Nice and the picture conjured up is one of palm trees, sunshine and the blue waters of the French Mediterranean. This playground of the rich is so much a symbol of the Riviera that it
      AFP  -  521 words
    • 355 20 The $22b boost ONE hundred new warplanes are to replace Australia's ageing fighter bombers. Four new surveillance aircraft and new helicopters are on the cards. 4 The navy would receive three new frigates and system upgrades for its six Collins-class submarines. The number
      AP  -  355 words
    • 196 20 US acts to thwart attacks on warships WASHINGTON Senior US Navy officials have said that the United States planned to negotiate new security arrangements with every count ry that US warships visit, establishing tougher measures meant to thwart attacks like the one against the destroyer Cole in Yemen in October.
      New York Times  -  196 words
    • 609 22 THREE YEARS OF PROGRESS HAVE BEEN WIPED OUT IN TWO MONTHS OF CONFLICT.' Mr Terje Rod Larsen, the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East, on the Palestinian economy Israeli curbs on movement of people and goods from Gaza and West Bank have cost Palestinians more
      New York Times; Reuters  -  609 words
    • PEOPLE
      • 59 22 The world's oldest man, farmer Benjamin Harrison Holcomb, died peacefully in his sleep in an Oklahoma City nursing home. He was 111 years old. Marvel Cooke, a journalist and political activist who was one of the first black women to work full time for a white-owned newspaper, New York Daily
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      • 48 22 Quoteworthy The next thing he's going to ask is if they'll share one tea bag between three policemen. Brian Necson, a New /calami police* officer, responding to Police Minister George Hawkin's order for officers to return mobile phones issued to them in a hid to cut o|M>r:itint> costs
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      • 170 22 Indian star slams station for firing him STAGE ACTOR TO REPLACE HIM BOMBAY Famous Indian film star Anupam Kher on Tuesday lambasted India's largest private television channel, Zee TV, for suddenly sacking him as co-anchoi of the country's richest television game show, which has flopped miserably. Zee TV launched the
        AFP  -  170 words
      • 94 22 ROCHESTER Former US President George Bush had surgery to replace his left hip at the Mayo Clinic on Tuesday and was doing well, the clinic said. Mr Bush, 76, was expected to remain in the hospital for five days. Hip replacement is a common surgical
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      • 140 22 LONDON Marketing consultant Shelaine Green shelled out £6,200 (5515,550) on Tuesday at an unusual charity auction just to be immortalised in the pages of a future novel by writer Kathy Lette. Smaller sums were paid by buyers to have characters named after them in books by
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      • 96 22 MARYIAND The late Jim Henson is being honoured by his alma mater with a life-size statue. The Muppets creator, who died in 1990, began his puppeteering career in 1954 as a University of Maryland student with his own show, Sam and Friends, on a local NBCTV
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  • COMMENTARY ANALYSIS
    • The Straits Times
      • 550 24 ONE can imagine households echoing to a collective cheer at news of a possible fourth university here, just as Singapore Management University has begun accepting students. Demand for an undergraduate education has been near insatiable in the past decade. There is significant unfulfilled demand over and
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      2 24 CHIT CHAT
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    • 1323 24  - US-S'pore FT A: It's good for more than just the two TOMMY KOH Hu THE U.S. CAN HELP TO RESTORE CONFIDENCE IN ASEAN. THE USSFTA WILL HAVE A POSITIVE EFFECT BECAUSE IT INVOLVES AN ASEAN COUNTRY, BECAUSE IT COULD LEAD TO OTHER FTAS BETWEEN THE U.S. AND OTHER ASEAN COUNTRIES
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    • 612 24  -  THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN By THE NFW YORK TIMKS I FEEL sorry for Vice-President Al Gore. It appears increasingly likely that he will lose the US presidency by some 500 votes. But I am also relieved that the different courts seem to be building
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  • COMMENTARY ANALYSIS
    • 700 25  - New US consensus on China: Get tough CHING CHEONG B'l EASI \.s/ OKKISI'OSDI I WHEN the new US president takes office, he will be certain to find himself surrounded by heaps of for-eign-policy proposals telling him to get tough on China. Think-tanks are driving home the same message: The US
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    • 713 25  -  JINETEIFEL DREYER B RICE A. ELLEMAN ROBIN LIM nil (1)1(1 MR PUTIN IS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO GAIN LEVERAGE OVER BEIJING. TO CHINA'S DISPLEASURE, HE HAS BEEN TRYING TO DEAL RUSSIA BACK INTO THE EQUATIONS OF POWER ON THE KOREAN PENINSULA. RUSSIA ALSO SEEKS
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    • 357 26 THE article, "Hooked on hookers" (Sunday Times, Dec 3), about a man who frequents a smorgasbord of prostitutes, unmindful that he is putting not only himself, but also his wife and future offspring, at risk of contracting the Aids virus, was a departure
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    • 106 26 MR DUDLEY Au very rightly brought up the matter of "beating about the bush" in official replies, in his ietter, "Films Department did not address issue raised" (ST, Dec 5). It is not confined to this particular department. The frequency with which these "koodu-pusing", or
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    • 266 26 I AM appalled and saddened by Zouk's response in the article, "So hip it hurts" (Life!, Dec 4), to the tragic drowning of Mr Wong Wee Chieh, at its Zouk Out party. Zouk's marketing manager Andrew Ing referred to the drowning as a "hiccup" in
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    • 303 26 Surrender pets, don't abandon them IREFKR to the report, "Neglected, sick dog abandoned in lift" (ST, Dec 4). The Agri-food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) would like to appeal to the public to come forward with information and testify if they know who the owner of the dog is so that
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    • 96 26 Liquor sampling will be just that sampling I THANK Mr Tan Chee Keong for his feedback and concern on air-rage incidents in "Re-think duty-free liquor tasting" (ST, Dec 4). The purpose of the Sampling Corner is to introduce consumers to selected products and offer an option to sample before making
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    • 187 27 Having a university that admits only polytechnic graduates will strengthen tlie myth tlmt they are inferior to university graduates. lAPPIAUDthe Government for the germinal plan to set up a fourth university. "Govt to look into fourth university" (ST, Dec 6). As a polytechnic graduate
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    • 258 27 I AGREE with the idea of having a fourth university, and I think the timing is just right. The number of polytechnic graduates is growing every year, and they are also improving in calibre. With only three universities in Singapore, including
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    • 352 27 Opportunities aplenty for study of Tamil I REFER to the Insight report, "When it is cool to say "Yanakam* (ST, Nov 25). I agree with the picture drawn by Ms M. Nirmala about the surge of interest in Singapore in the study of Tamil language and culture. It may be
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    • 117 27 I AGREE with the observation ot Mr TongChee Kin in "Long wait tor hill from Power Supply" (ST. Dec 5). Not only did I have to wait for five months to receive my July bill, but the charges for that month also staggers the imagination. My
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    • 103 27 I REFER to Mr Paul Khoo kok Wall's letter, "Make sure mobile phones are safe for use (ST, Dee 6). Like him, 1 was also loyal to the Ericsson brand until I bought a T2B five months ago. Since then. 1 have been a regular visitor
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    • 488 1 E-AUCTION No Bids For Donated Art Bids' deadline for painting in aid of waterways society may be extended. pageh7 \t A W E R Disabled Can Work Don't treat it as an act of charity when hiring the disabled, says DPA chief. page us H I I.T II Asians Can't
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    • 8 1 The Straits Times home Thursday, December 7, 2000
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    • 48 1 WE NEED TO KNOW This is serious. The Government wants us to save water, but how can we do it if we don't know how much we've used?' Mr Stephen Loke, who chairs the consumer affairs committee of consumer watchdog Case, on the delay in Singapore Power bills
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    • 446 1  -  LIANG HWEE TING Case is hearing a load of complaints about beauty parlours, ranging from botched-up jobs to misleading ads 52 ONE woman had her face burned by hot tongs. Another ended up with a gaping wound on her eyelid which had to be stitched up
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    • 241 2 NO PAIN, no gain, her beautician told her. But even after suffering 2O minutes of excruciating pain, Ms Lim Yue Li, who had wanted her facial warts removed, still could not see the benefits of the procedure. The 27-ycar-old secretary had opted to do what she thought
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    • 362 2 LAURA (not her real name) was impressed when she stepped into the spa in Beach Road. It was furnished beautifully, well-equipped and resembled a posh club. But when she walked out of the place about four hours later, she was close to tears and seething
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    • 612 3  -  SELINA LUM THERESA TAN But parents can prevent more deaths by supervising their children closely and being vigilant when they go out, says child-safety expert Bu -By Autistic kids and danger MADAM Denise Phua has to keep a vigilant eye on her five-year-old son
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    • 478 4  -  ELENA CHONG The 47-year-old is jailed for punching another cabby who had argued with him for overtaking three vehicles at the Changi Airport taxi stand ih A CABBY who jumped the queue at Changi Airport's taxi stand punched another taxi driver who protested
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    • 170 4 CPF cash top-ups now easier HERE is good news for parents and grandparents. Individuals can now make one cash top-up per year into their grandparents' Central Provident Fund retirement accounts and enjoy income-tax relief of up to $6,000. The approved toppingup limit is the difference between the minimum sum and
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    • 332 4  -  ELENA CHONG They were for company's policy holders, but manager sold them off Bu AN INSURANCECOMPANY employee misappropriated 1,000 Motorola mobile phones worth 8825,000, and sold them to a man for $580,000. Teo Yeovv Boon, 28, was a customer-and-care manager at Prudential Assurance
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    • 261 4 New lease of life for bio research body THE Institute of Molecular Agrobiology, which was rumoured to be facing a shutdown just a week ago, not only has a new chairman, but also seems to have a fresh lease of life. Its new chairman, Ms Ho Ching, has been getting
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    • 527 5  -  YAP CHUIN WEI The charitable organisation, an idea proposed by PM Goh, will be a constituency-based body spearheaded by a citizen's consultative committee Oil *We hope they will give a half per cent or more of their disposable income, but this figure
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    • 253 5 WHETHER it is a ,orl, or 5 per cent, clubs set up to donate a fraction of their members' incomes to community and charitable causes are not new. Here is a look at how some overseas counterparts of Singapore's "half per cent" clubs go about
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    • 271 5 FOUR budding Italian poets are in town on an exchange programme. Selected for the programme through a national Coetry- writing competition ack home, the four hail from Rome and Umbria, a region In central Italy. One of them, Mr Alessandro Olivieri, 21, an
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    • 431 6  -  TRACY QUEK ARTHUR POON If it takes in only those who cannot Bet a place elsewhere, its qrads will e seen as inferior, say those polled and SOME polytechnic students here would think twice about enrolling at a fourth university, even it" it
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    • 389 6  - Case: Solve billing problems, S'pore Power KRIST BOO ARLINA ASHAD By <ind COMPLAINTS: Over months AT LEAST 10 readers have written to The Straits Times Forum page complaining about Singapore Powers delayed billing and bad service since September. Their grouses have ranged from having to fork out shocking sums for
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    • 447 6  -  JASON LEOW ±L A GLOWING bacteria may be all it takes to get a student fired up about tbe life sciences. Raffles Girls' School believes that by giving its 1,84.3 students hands-on laboratory experience with germs and genes, they could gain the interest and
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    • 238 6 More life sciences bursaries from EDB TWENTY Singaporeans and permanent residents will have the chance next year to pursue undergraduate studies in the life sciences, under the Economic Development Board's (KDB) scholarships scheme. Another 20 scholarships will be offered to Masters and PhD students for research into the area, HDB
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    • 424 7  -  SARA VINCENT Society hopes to raise $10,000 via artwork sale over the Net to keep rivers and canals here pollution-free, but its efforts may come to naught Bu EXTENDING AUCTION DEADLINE MR HO Kah Leong has donated several paintings to be sold for charity
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    • 263 8 He found a job easily DESPITE DISABILITY MR JULIAN Wee has difficulty getting around, but no difficulty finding work. Horn with cerebral palsy, Mr Wee, 2.'J, who gets around in a wheelchair, said that it is the offices that are the obstacle, not employer bias against his handicap. The main
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    • 477 8  -  THERESA TAN The handicapped do not want to be employed out of charity; employers are also urged to change mindset and to provide necessary training By- 'The awareness among employers that disabled people can be gainfully employed has gone up over the years. The
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    • 297 8 But she resigned because of blindness 'I AM NOT GOD. I WILL SURELY MAKE MISTAKES EVEN IF MY EYESIGHT WAS NOT FAILING, I DID NOT DARE STAY ON/ Miss .oh. who said her boss told her she would lose her job if she made a mistake THE l upervisor at
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    • 518 9  -  PAULA McCOY Survey reports that the root cause is stress for 92 per cent of the moderate to severe sufferers, with many not seeking help for their sleep problems *L Sleep survey OF THE 3,668 adults surveyed: More than half had
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    • 470 12 BEYOND TEXTBOOK ANSWERS When I first started with problem-based learning, it was hard and stressful I was no longer spoonfed information and there were no textbooks to follow. Now, when I am faced with a problem I haven't seen before, I know what
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    • 591 13  - Local volunteers enriched by US stint PANG AI LIN In Camp USA 2000, 26 Singaporeans spent a few months in camps across America as counsellors, spending time with children and the disabled By DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE 'America has a very different outlook towards the disabled. The handicapped live their own lives
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    • TECH & SCIENCE
      • 294 15 HITCHES: Message too long INITIAL experiments revealed a few hitches, said Professor Kazushige Magatani. In some cases, the computer message was too long and complex and caused confusion. In others, the system failed to work after some people took a wrong turn while walking
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        48 15 Ms Claudia Trittmacher, an employee ot Sony Entertainment, watches as three of Sony's Aibo entertainment robots perform ballet at the company's European headquarters in Berlin on Tuesday. Called the Aibo-Nitas robot ballet, it was presented for the first time at the Sony Music Box. J REUTERS
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      • 528 15 ASIAN NATIONS CRY FOUL Just like the Wild West, whoever gets to the Internet first rules. US dominance of the Internet created a structure that could be balanced withinfive years, by which time, the majority of Internet users may, in fact, be in China. Mr
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      • 143 16 If money were no object, which of today's super-sexy, super-functional mobile phones would you pick? STEVE DAWSON asked 10 people tlxat and got six different ansicers. Cell phones are becoming very personal pieces of equipment. Some want them small, some want them simple, some want them
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      • 656 16 A phone for work and play AS YOUR mobile phone is always with you, it has to suit your lifestyle, and Siemens, Samsung and Ericsson have come up with devices that fit in when you are at work or at play. Siemens SL45 Billed as
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      • 188 16 FLIPPER kings Motorola and Samsung have a new competitor Nokia. Here is what you can expect: Nokia 8850 Sports an attractive matt al-uminium-alloy finish and a nifty sliding front panel that unveils the key pad. The navigation buttons are a bit tricky for
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      • 691 17 Holder models iys have to pay what's on the lofty price some of the high-end mobile devices reviewed on this page. The cellular-phone market is extremely competitive, so manufacturers launch new and improved models frequently, just to keep their heads above water. So, unless you
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      • 462 17 WAP's wrong with my phone? HONGKONG For a selfdescribed wireless-gadget freak, Mr Greg Tarr can get awfully upset about his new Internet-enabled telephone. "Ixmsy, lousy, lousy," Mr Tarr lamented at a restaurant table as he tried to log onto the text services for his late-model Nokia telephone, designed for WAP,
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    • 392 1 K S I ASI Mahjong Crazy In Chengdu Chengdu residents choose mahjong over other icons for a city symbol. page \9 Sol TH-EAS I ASI Red-Card Warning Thai election candidates may be disqualified if caught buving votes, paceaij South -e ast %sia Back At The Helm Disgraced Bank Indonesia's governor
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    • 8 1 The Straits Times asia Thursday, Decemlier 7, 2000
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    • 481 1  -  LOH HUI YIN The Hongkong trio of Chan Man Lok, Leung Shing Cho and Leung Wai Lun were cruel, depraved, callous, violent and vicious. They tortured a young woman, cut her body into many pieces and then had her skull stuffed into
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    • 149 1  -  THE three men who committed one of Hongkong's most gruesome murders almost got away with it except for the nightmares of a teenage girl who took part in some of the torture of the victim Fan Man Yee. Wracked with guilt and fear, the
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      • 547 2  -  GOH SLI NOI The Taiwanese prosecutor in charge of the case says he will not be swayed by international criticism of the conduct of the investigation I \IW COKKI.SPONDFM TAIPEI The prosecutor investigating the SIA airliner crash at Chiang Kaishek airport in Taoyuan
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      • 274 2 HONGKONG A Taiwanese undertaker is alleged to have bribed officials at Taipei's Chiang Kai-shek Airport in order to provide coffins for victims of the recent Singapore Airlines SQ 006 crash, it was reported yesterday. According to Hongkong's Oriental Daily News, the undertaker's actions
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      • 225 2 HONGKONG Police chained street children as young as six to roadside railings in southern China's Shenzhen to stop an alarming spate of pickpocketing by child gangs, the Chineselanguage Sing Tao said yesterday. Most of the children, believed to have been recruited by syndicates from
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      • 237 2 Former SCMP editor joins CNN HONGKONG The former China editor of Hongkong's main Englishlanguage newspaper, who quit last month amid claims that he was being sacrificed to appease Beijing, has joinea CNN. Mr Willy Lam Wo Lap has been appointed senior China analyst for CNN's website CNN.com, the broadcaster announced
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      • 668 4  -  MASAKI WAT AN ABE A Canadian adjudicator has ruled that Chinese fugitive Lai and his wife should be detained and has scheduled their case to be heard this month By IN VAM.OI VI.K LAI WILL NOT FLEE' HIS lawyers maintain that Lai Changxing
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      • 361 4 95% of the Three Gorges relocation funds used up BKIJING The Chinese authorities have recovered 95 per cent of all embezzled funds originally earmarked for relocation of people in the Three Gorges area, where the world's largest hydro-power projoct is being built, state media said yesterday.
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      • 77 6 TWO workers giving guidance to a woman on how to fill in a ballot in Manbian Village in Dai autonomous region, Yunnan province, on Tuesday. The villagers elected the Rrrt village committee from 10 candidates by means of nonnamed and multi-can-didate elections. "Dai" means peaceand
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      • 531 6  - Cash-strapped Taipei can t pay workers' bonus LAWRENCE CHUNG Taiwan govt's predicament is due to the stock-market slump and reduction in consumer spending, which have slowed down the economy By STRAITS TIMES TAIWAN Bl KF.AI SLOWDOWN: Factors CONTINUED stock-market slump Sharp reduction in consumer spending Reduction in industrialproduction and investment
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      • 215 6 SOS callers gripe about job, debt woes SOS hotlines all over Taiwan have seen drastic increases in the number of callers complaining about unemployment, debt and related problems with a surge in joblessness over the past few months. "We have seen a rise of 30 per cent in such cases
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      • 690 9  -  MARY KWANG Mahjonq VS panda: Which is Chengdu's preferred icon? Chengdu can boast of pandas and historical icons. But in an Internet survey, its residents choose mahjong as its most representative icon H,j CHINA CORRKSPONDFNT BEIJING Chengdu, an ancient Chinese city known widely as home to the panda
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      • 309 9  -  Mary Kwang Housing estates, hotels and eateries provide Facilities CHENGDU is a mahjongmad city, with at least three quarters of the population playing the game, according to an unofficial estimate. Almost every housing estate has an activity centre with a mahjong room. Hotels, teahouses
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      • 162 10 HONGKONG China and the US mobilised their military personnel yesterday to take part in a joint search anc 1 rescue operation, organised by Hongkong's civil aviation authorities. Expert units from the Hongkong garrison of the Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) joined forces with US
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      • 556 10  -  FRANCESCO SISCI Editor says it needs to be more readable and convincing in its arguments, while at the same time continuing to propagate party policies By] STRAITS TIMES 11 1 BIKKAI WE NOW THINK THAT WE NEED TO REPORT IN GREATER DEPTH THAN THE DAIUES...WE
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      • 331 10 Legislator points finger at researcher in think-tank HONGKONG Taiwan's security authority has identified a senior researcher in Beijing's top think-tank on cross-strait affairs as Chinas spy chief responsible for the island. Mr Yu Keli, vice-director of the Institute of Taiwan Study of the Chinese Academy
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        • 51 10 EARLY snow storms itf Mongolia have killed almost 16,000 head of livestocß and thousands of families^ are migrating to save herd£ from another bad winter, v More than three millionhead of livestock starved and froze to death last win'-* ter the coldest ir> :sb years.
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        • 53 10 A MODERATE undersea earthquake jolted a string of volcanic islands off Tokyo yesterday, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The quake, with a magnitude of 4.1, was centred at a very shallow depth near Niijima, a small island in the Izu
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        • 46 10 PLAN TO MERGE TAIWAN GROUPS TAIWAN'S Presidential Office is working on a merger of the National Unification Council and the President's Advisory Group on CrossStrait Relations to establish a new cross-strait policymaking institution, a Na- tional Security Council offa cial revealed, Taipei Time% reported yesterday. 2*
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        • 71 10 REPORTS of corruption in. Hongkong soared to a ret* cord high in the first M^ months of 2000, fuelled by the lingering effects of Asia recent financial crisis, thrfe. anti-graft group, the indiV pendent Commission^ Against Corruption (ICACjj* said in its latest report. 2 The
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        • 43 10 SOUTH Korean President Kim Dae Jung will make a state visit to Norway this week during which he will receive the Nobel Peace Prize at a ceremonv in Oslo on Sunday, his office said yesterday. AP
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        79 13 Hot news items AP TO MARK this year's top news events, Japanese doll-maker Kyugetsu has come up with a set of seven battledores. Featured here by an employee at a downtown Tokyo store are the US presidential rivals embroiled in a debate, and the South and North Korean leaders showing
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      • 422 13  -  KWAN WENG KIN PM Mori's ignorance of IT is infamous, but a new survey shows that his team of ministers fares little better in their knowledge and use of computers By J\H\\C()KRKSF()\|)FNT TOKYO Japan is desperate to become a leading information technology nation, but key
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      • 180 13 Mori's Cabinet called weighty yet shallow TOKYO Weighty, yet shallow is the description being applied to Japan's new Caninet, which has been criticised for trying to prolong Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori's tenuous hold on power rather than tackling the numerous challenges facing the nation. While the line-up is heavy with
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      • 596 14  - Thai election cheats to be shown the 'red card' EDWARD TANG Some 120 candidates, mostly from the opposition Thai Rak Thai Party, could be disqualified for vote-buying violations ahead of the Jan 6 poll H,j THAILAND CORRESPONDENT How votes are bought Pay voters a "salary" to sign up as members
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      • 394 14  - Major efforts needed to smooth path GRACE SUNG EU-ASEAN MEETING By KI •ROFKCORRF.SFONDI "'l BRUSSELS Senior Asean and European Union officials will nave substantial differences to work out this weekend before the first ministerial meeting in Laos between the two sides in more than :3 a years. The Europeans want
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      • 88 14 SINGAPORE'S Foreign Affairs Minister. Professoi S. Jayakumar, will lead Singapore's delegation to the two-day Asean and European Union (EU) ministerial meeting in Laos. The ministers will meet in Vientiane from Monday. They will discuss regional and global political security issues. This 13th Asean-Euro-pean Union Ministerial Meeting
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      • 473 15  -  JAMES EAST With the increasing use of newspapers, posters and cut-outs by politicians, advertising companies have got a chance to make big money /<•/ sTKUTSTIMKS I'll MI AM) BURE U Message tlirough posters WITH restrictions imposed on election speeches and expenditure by politicians in Thailand,
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      • 247 15 BANGKOK Thailand's prime ministerial hopeful Thaksin Shinawatra has reversed a decision not to debate Premier Chuan Leekpai and has agreed to front up to the anti-graft body probing his investments, officials said yesterday. Mr Thaksin's Thai Rak Thai partv downplayed suggestions that it
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      • 608 16  -  ARTURO BARIUAD With his impeachment trial Asia's first scheduled to start in the Senate today, Estrada has been praying hard for the 'enlightenment' of his enemies By. STRAITS TIMES PHILIPPINES BURKAU MANILA Beleaguered President Joseph Estrada yesterday retreated to prayer and submitted his
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      • 203 16 MANILA Vice-Presi-dcnt Gloria MacapagalArroyo claimed that the Philippine National Police (PNP) chief flew recently to the United States to seek its support for a possible government takeover. PNP director-general Panfilo Ixicson had gone to the US last week to present himself to US
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      • 153 16 MANIIA A top aide to President Joseph Estrada plans to resign "some time in January", but added that this has nothing to do with the controversies hounding the President. Press secretary Ricardo Puno said on Tuesday he originally had planned to step down from office tomorrow
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      • 929 18  - Just how many provinces makeup Indonesia? DEVI ASM ARANI It used to be 27, but more provinces are being established after a new autonomy law came into play. In practice, only 30 of them exist NEWS ANALYSIS By STRA/TS TIMES I\IX)\F.SI.\ WREAL The new provinces Banten (formerly part of West
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      • 62 18 AFP A young Indonesian street performer from Surabaya in East Java blows a jet of fire into the air during a magic show in Jakarta yesterday. He is a member of a small group of street artistes who move around the city and its suburbs to
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      • 111 18 BANGKOK Thai soldiers will be taught the Myanmar language and trained in the art of negotiations to combat a spate of terrorist activities involving Myanmar nationals, a military spokesman has said. The Bangkok Post said three incidents involving Myanmar criminals had highlighted the need
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      • 500 18  -  MARIANNE KEARNEY Tribal and ethnic groups united six months ago are now fracturing Btj STRAITS TIMKS JAKARTA BUREAU JAYAPURA Just six months ago, Irian Jaya's diverse tribal and ethnic groups gathered for a historic Papuan congress and agreed to struggle for independence together. Today,
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      • 266 19 Don't hurry all trains will be late JAKARTA Officials have reassured millions of Indonesians planning to travel by rail during the holiday period not to worry about arriving at the station on time all trains will be running late. "We can be sure that all trains will be delayed," said
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      • 601 19  -  ROBERT GO The governor of the central bank has reclaimed his position after a six-month detention period and now plans to consolidate the bank By STRAITS TIM I S INDONESIA BUREAU JAKARTA Governor Syahril Sabirin reclaimed the helm at Bank Indonesia yesterday
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      • 784 21  -  BRENDAN PEREIRA The lack of youth-wing members campaigning during the by-election is a sore point amid other criticisms levelled at son of ex-Malaysian leader NEWS ANALYSIS By \i.\L\Ysi.\c()iint:si'oxi)i:\r Attack by proxy 'This is attack by proxy. They cannot r XL J attack
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      • 367 21 PENANG Home Ministry enforcement officers seized more than RM40,000 (S$18,OOO) worth of sex toys from two shops in the first such raids on the island of Penang yesterday. A 10-member joint team from the ministry and Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry
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      • 266 21 Firemen plagued by calls from women MUAR Many lonely women have been jamming the 994 Fire and Rescue Departments emergency telephone number to "chat" with firemen lately. These women, who abused the free emergency call line, formed part of the total 28,265 crank calls the Johor department received between January
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      • 347 22 Heat and poor upkeep 'caused rail mishap' BUKIT MERTAJAM Poor maintenance of railway tracks and extremely hot weather have been blamed for the derailment of the Singapore-Bangkok luxury Eastern Oriental Express train here on Tuesday. The Sun newspaper quoted a Malayan Railways (KTM) source as saying that the railway tracks
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      • 778 22  - KL's monorail will be running by 2002 REME AHMAD After delays caused by the financial crisis, the $536-million project has been revived and will make it easier for commuters to get around the city Hu IX KUALA LUMPUR FACTS AND FIGURES THE KL Monorail, being built at a revised cost
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      • 188 22 SEREMBAN A 66-year-old woman who wanted to double her money has ended up losing RM62,000 (5528.390) to a conman, who is her daughter's boyfriend. State Criminal Investigation Department chief Assistant Commissioner Kamarulzaman Itam said the old woman's daughter had introduced her to the man claiming
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      • 316 23 Dr Mahathir's statement that he knows nothing about the recent appointment creates puzzlement in legal circles and calls to clarify issue KUALA LUMPUR Comments In Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad saying he was unaware about the appointment of the country's new chief justice has
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      • 190 23 Japanese couple dance their way to title PENANG A Japanese husband and wife team beat six other couples to win the Professional Latin Open title at the First Malaysian International D°nce Sport Championship here. Mr Yoshi Yamamoto, 29, and Ms Hidemi Yamamoto, '26. stole the judges' hearts with their spectacular
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      • 224 23 KUALA LUMPUR Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew's recent visit to Malaysia has opened up several new ways of resolving bilateral issues, Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar told Parliament yesterday. "There is no time-frame given or resolving one issue at a time since
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      • 295 27 With the registration numbers of the vehicles in hand, police will raid homes and offices to nab the drivers KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian police say they will start a week-long blitz on Monday to arrest about a quarter of a million drivers who have dodged
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      • 259 27 After a brush with death, cop still raring to go JOHOR BARU A traffic policeman who had a brush with death after being shot in the jaw while on duty is hoping he will not be assigned to a desk job. "I felt as if I had stared death in
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    • 744 1  -  GODFREY ROBERT GOLF A lack of big names means there is no clear favourite for the title *L NO BIG names. No player in the Tiger Woods mould to intimidate opponents. No clear favourite. It has been described as a starless Singapore Open
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    • 182 1 SOCCER IT'S ON. The regional tournament which the Football Association of Singapore and Timesport had been plugging for will soon be a reality. South-east Asia will have its own Champions' Cup next year invoking the league champions of the 10 Asean countries. The decision was
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    • 836 2  -  PEH SHING HUEI GOLF Hi, TEED BITS Event: Singapore Open Golf Championship Venue: Sl( (Old Course), off Upper Thomson Koad Dates: Today till Sunday Admission: l 'ree Total prize money: l'SSM)().o()()(S.S7(M).()(X)) Winner: U5564,600 (S$ 112,578); Runner-up: U5544,520; Third: U5524,800; (4th) US$2O,OOO;
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    • 435 2 SOCCER THE HIGH 'It was a great victory after we let ourselves down on Saturday. I'm delighted for them. They are the ones who have done it. We deserve it, and I thought we may have scored some more.' I <-<-<ls l>oss I >.i\ i<l O'l
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    • 280 2 CHECKING THE DAMAGE: Paris St Germain's striker Nicholas Anelka has a look at his leg injury on Tuesday during a training session with his team in Istanbul where the French team was scheduled to play against Galatasaray in a Champions League match yesterday. Anelka said
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    • 266 2 TENNIS BARCELONA Australia's hold on the Davis Cup will face a mighty challenge this weekend as Spain bids to win the trophy for the first time on its favourite clay-court surface and backed by a partisan crowd. "We're going into this tie
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    • 844 3  -  ERNEST LUIS SOCCER The FAS seeks ways to prevent players losing touch dunng enlistment Hu_ LOW-LEVEL FOOTBALL S-League footballers now in NFL during National Service 1. Rizam Isa Status: Played for Balestier Central. Also a national Under-23player but is now playing for Safsa in
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    • 608 4 The answer? It's Shaq and Bryant BASKETS AM WHAT THEY SAY 'IT SHOWS WE ARE CAPABLE OF PLAYING THIS TYPE OF DEFENCE IF THERE'S THIS 816 A CHALLENGE. WE CONTESTED EVERY SHOT AND THAT'S ALL WE WANTED TO 00/ Lakers guard Kobe Bryant THEY'RE THE BEST TEAM. THEY'RE SO WELL-COACHED,
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    • 121 4 LAKERS' FOUR STARS SOH CHEE KIONG SEEING double? You would be if you were an opponent of the Los Angeles Lakers. Lakers Shaquille O'Neal (right) and Kobe Bryant (left) are such a class above the rest that Miami Heat coach Pat Riley told the Miami Herald that the team has
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    • 321 4 SALT lAKK CITY (Utah) Karl Malone moved past Wilt Chamberlain for second place on the NBAs career scoring list. The la// star hit a scoop in the lane with 4 min ~)K sec left in the second quarter of Utah's game on Tuesday against
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    • 292 4 BOXING LAS VKGAS Evander Holyfield wants Mike Tyson or Lennox Lewis. For now, he will have to settle for a rematch with John Kui/.. Holyfield will defend the WBA version of the heavyweight title in March against Ruiz in a fight that he hopes will
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    • 596 4 GOLF The first-round draw Retief Goosen/Darren Fichardt (Rsa) v Chawalit Plaphol/Thammanoon Sriroj (Tha), Stephen Ames/Robert Ames (Tri) v Jesus Amaya/Gustavo Mendoza (Col), Pierre Fulke/Mathias Gronberg (Swe) v Jamie Spent i/Brian Davis (Eng), Paul Lawrie/Gary Orr (Sco) v Mark McNulty/Tony Johnstone (Zim), Carlos Franco/Esteban
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    • 174 5 CRIGKFT The biggest scandal to hit cricket claimed more stars when the Board of Control for Cricket in India meted out severe punishment to those found guilty of hobnobbing with bookies in its inquiry on match-fixing. Yesterday, Indians woke up to headlines
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      • 38 5 EAGLES TRIAL FOR WOMEN'S TEAM AN OPEN Trial For Eagles Women's Team 2001 will be held this Saturday at Bedok Stadium from spm to 7pm. Girls aged 14 years or above are eligible. For details, please call 441-7873.
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      • 62 5 JONES CLEARED OF CHILD ABUSE CHARGES FORMER Southampton manager David Jones was cleared of child abuse charges in Liverpool after a key prosecution witness refused to testify. Judge David Clarke on Tuesday found Jones innocent of all 14 charges. Jones, 44, had faced a total of 14 charges 10 of
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      • 59 5 TIGER Woods has pledged US$5OO,OOO (S$87O,OOO) for the construction of an outdoor pavilion at Target House, a temporary residence for the families of patients being treated at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. The donation is the largest yet by the Tiger Woods Foundation, and the pavilion
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      • 77 5 LOS Angeles has made a bid to host the summer Olympic Games for an unprecedented third time, saying it had the finance, facilities and experience that would allow Olympic officials to "sleep at night." Flush with the success of the 1984 games which turned
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      • 78 5 CZECH Petr Korda, banned for a year in '98 following a positive drug test, has officially retired from the ATP tour after losing to Slovakia's Martin Hromec 6-4 3-6 6-7 (2-7) in his comeback ATP Challenger event. "I started my career in Prague
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      • 53 5 A SOCCER player who spent a week in coma after a postmatch fight has been released from hospital. Doctors said Francesco Bertolotti is likely to need surgery in the coming weeks. The 33-year-old Modena midfielder went into coma after hitting the floor following a confrontation in
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      • 74 5 HEAVYWEIGHT Andrew Golota, widely reviled for quitting against Mike Tyson in October, is expected this week to agree to a 10 per cent reduction in his US$2 million purse from Showtime, the pay-per-view broadcaster. According to a source close to the negotiations, he was forced to
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    • 735 5  -  GERARD WONG SOCCER Budgets to determine whether Kiatisuk plays in S-League fin CLUBS: The Kiatisuk factor Balestier Central: Finning up final two signings from Indonesia or Thailand hut has ruled out Kiatisuk. Clementi Khalsa: Has ruled out Kiatisuk as it plans to
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    • 318 5 DESPITE being one of South-east Asia's top players, Kiatisuk Senamuang's career has not taken off in England. Since joining Huddersfield Town last year, the 25--year-old striker has not broken into its first team even though it is currently at the bottom of the English First Division.
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    • 646 5 BADMINTON S'pore Age-Group c ships 2nd rd Boy's U-12: Vountus Indra bt Hang Guoming 15-0 15-0, Malcom Teo bt Chen Oiang Sen 15-2 15-3. Chang Kwang Ping bt Won Heng Wai 15-4 15-6, Chow An Yuan bt Yan Shi Xian 15-7 15-3, Louis Tan bt Jonathan Tang
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    • 250 5 P W D I F Pts Bayern Munich 2 110 3 2 4 Lyon 2 10 13 13 Spadak Moscow 2 10 14 4 3 Arsenal 2 0 113 6 1 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP C P I 0 I F k Pts Real Madrid 2 2 0 0 6
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    • OBITUARIES
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        261 6 LEY AH MOEY AGE: 84 passed away peacefully on 5/12/2000. (Husband: Lee Teck Boon, deceased) Sons: Daughter-in-law: Lee King Hong Seah Bunk Ho (Lee Mong Hong, deceased) Daughters: Sons-in-law: Lee Swee Hong (Tay Swee Choo, deceased) Teh Tan Hong (Lee Boon Tin, deceased) Grandsons: Grand daughters-in-law: Lee Kok Leng, Joseph
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        222 6 «*> to our Managing Director, Victor Loh O on the demise of his father-in-law Loh Loke From the management staff of VICPLAS INTERNATIONAL LTD VICPLAS HOLDINGS PTE LTD VICPLAS TRADING PTE LTD RIMPLAS INDUSTRIES SDN BHD L FOREFRONT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY PTE LTD MEDIA VISION TECHNOLOGY PTE LTD PAUL FOO SIANG
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        249 6 > "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of *"-$w j my life] and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. jl JOHN LOH LOKE Age 83 I was called home to be with the Lord on 5 Dec 2000. I (Wife Mary Woo
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    • OBITUARIES
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        442 7 T/f/ 1 W/ith Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to f f Mr William Chow Keng Choi Managing Director ofSEB Plastic Pte Ltd on the demise of his beloved father CCHOW SIEW KHEONG who passed away peacefully on sth Dec 2000 From: SEB PLASTIC PTE LTD UNIVAC PRECISION ENGINEERING PTE LTD
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        274 7 "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever" Psalms 23: 6 NG KA ENG Age: 85 Has gone home to be with the Lord on sth Oecember 2000, leaving behind loved ones: (Husband: Cheok
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        300 7 JOSEPH LOW KHOON HONG Age 79 was called home to be with the lord on 6 Dec 2000. (Wife Agatha Koh Luan Aye. deceased) Leaving behind Sons Daughters-in-law lorry Low Ser Chye Laura Lee Sock Cheng Penny Low Ser Huat Kenny Low Ser Hock loon ChlM Chay Koon Charlie Low
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      • 41 8 Crude palm oil (Ms/tonne) Dec 00.. 800 (South) Refined palm oil (USS/tonn*) RBD Palm Oil Dec 00 225.00 (seller) JanOl 2.77 50 (seller) PBD Olein Dec 00 237.50 (seller) 'an 01 /40.00 (seller) RBD Stearin Dec 00 ,?'O OOlseiieri
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      • 18 8 Closinq prices (USS/troy oz) Tu* Wed Smqapore 4.72-4.73 4.71-4.73 Mon Tue New York 4.72-4.73 4.71-4.72 Source: ROTHSCHILD
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      • 10 8 Closing prices (N i'k'lo) KLTin 19.99(*0.15) Turnover 47 (-17)
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      • 181 8 Foreign Currency Note Rates (9am, Dec 6) Buylnq OD Selling Singapore dollars to one un t of foreign currency Australian dollar 0.9350 0.9530 Canadian dollar 1.1160 1.1400 NZ dollar 0.7300 0.7450 Sterling pound 2.4810 2.5070 US dollar 1.7350 1.7470 Singapore dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schillin.-j
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      • 411 8 Dec 6, 2000 1 HK$ ASM Pacific 12.75 0.20 Bank of East Asia 18.25 0.40 CP Pokphand 0.13 0.01 Cafe De Coral 3.05 0.05 Cathay Pacific Airways 13.45 0.10 CDL Hotels 0.43 unch Century City infl 0.16 unch Cheung Konq Holdings 96.50 6.25 Chira Motor Bus 44.00 2.00
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      • 177 8 Transaction date: Dec 6, 2000 1 •i K 52 k r Cu Last Vo1 Da V Cross Net M Cap m 9 h Lo Companv Tradtd Sal* *or- OOO High Low dlv P/E $mll HONGKONG STOCKS Cathay Pac 2Oc HK720 2 65 6 *****4 CheunqKonqSOc HK1780 240 3
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      • 106 8 SINGAPORE Physical <Ss) Wed Tue Kilobar ***** *****--*****.83 *****.60 100 gm 1516- 1522--1605.77 1611.95 50 gm 758-813.70 761-816.79 20 gm 303-336.81 304-337.84 sgm 76-99.91 76-99.91 1 qm 15-35.02 15-35.02 Bullion coins (Ss/oz) Wed Tut S'pore bullion coin 486-498 489-50! Canadian maple leaf 486-498 489-501 Australian nuqqet 480- 482--512.94 515.00
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      • 285 8 Dec6,2000| Rubber Futures (Closlnq prices) RSS 1 (Tonnes, S cents/kq) Month Hlqh Low Sett Vol Open Int Jan 01 109.75 50 Feb 01 111.50 50 Mar 01 113.75 950 Apr/JunOl 116.50 Jul/Sep 01 119.50 Oct/OecOl 122.50 RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Jan 01 62.00 61.75 62.50 100 2045 Feb
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      • 407 8 Dec 6, 2000 1 Eurodollar 3-Month deposit (100 implied interest rate) Open Hlqh Low Sett Est Vol Dec 00 93.4000 93.4200 93.3950 93.4125 9572 Jan 01 93 600 93.600 93.590 93.590 300 Feb 01 93.710 0 Act Vol (Tue ***** Open Int (Tue) ***** Sing Dollar
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      • 3701 8 Transaction date; Dec 6, 2000 20 °0 Last Vol Net High Low Company Sale COOO) P/E INDUSTRIALS Consumer Products 420 310 Ajmomoto 330 unch 1 18.1 158 45 Anqkasa 45 unch 10 670 290 Apollo Food Hlg 360 10 3 7 8 3825 2700 BAT SOC 3675 -25
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      • 105 8 c eml One 3 6 9 12 Value Unit mth mths mths mths mths Call date U SS 67, 6/, 6/.. s'/,, 5"/, 5/. 08/12 s'/,. s'/,,, s'/, 57, s'/, S 08/12 NZS s'', SV-, 6 6 A 6'/. 57. 08/12 STG S7„ SV, SV, 57. s'/,
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      • 65 8 CRUDE PRDUCT PRICES Crude/Product Month* Chanqe Price (US$) BBL BRENT BLEND Jan 82 27 78 27.83 WEST TEXAS Interm Dec 5.53 29.69 29 73 DUBAI FATEH Jan 1.29 23.55 23.60 TAPIS BIEND Dec 1.20 28.70-28.80 MINAS Dec 120 28.20-28.20 NAPHTHA (CIF Jap) -7.00 256.50 258 50 NAPHTHA 0.80 25.85-26.05 CST-180
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      • 52 9 Change Straits Tim«s lnd«» 1974.83 +21.22 B T OB/OS -40.00 +192.00 BTCADI -*****.00 +109.00 BT 10-aay MA -*****.00 -4 00 DBS 50 Index 675.33 +5.79 OCBC 30 653.08 +6.02 UOB B'ue Chip 718.13 -HO 65 UOB Sesdaq 82.64 +1.25 STI Futures 1982 +33 MSCI Singapore 254.73 +2.02 SiMSCi Futures
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      • 127 9 MAIN SDO TOTAL Up Dn Unch Up Dn Unch Up Dn Unch Muitilnd 11 32 000 11 32 Manufacturing 59 17 29 15 6 6 74 23 35 Commerce 22 8 13 0 1 4 22 9 17 Tpt/Stor/Comms 11 10 8 0 0 0 11 10
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      • 34 9 PacificCentu.-yiOc 59,751,000 Omni Ind 10c 24,548,000 Chart Semiconductor 26c 23.192.000 PCI 25c 21.095.000 Mediaßing 10c 18,129,000 IPCO 20c 17,822.000 KmgWan 10c 16.165. 000 SGX 1c 15,278,000 NOL 14,087.000 OUB DB eCWOIOI23 10,931,000
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      • 89 9 TURNOVER COOO) VALUE COOO) Main Sdg Total Main Sdg Total Multi Ind ",645 '1,645 21,767 21.767 Manufacturg 143,560 4.392 147,952 362.066 1.567 363.632 Commerce 8.947 148 9.095 11.978 33 12,011 Tpt/Stor/Com 28.650 28,650 62,869 62 869 Fmanc 92,355 92.355 190,342 190,342 Construction 33,41' 17,125 50.536 15,051 3,789
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      • 4944 9 Transaction date: Dec 6, 2000 1 52-Wk Curr Last Vol Day Cr's Net M Cap Wt Avq Miqn low Company Traded Sate ear- 'OOP High Low Div P/C Smll Price 163 75 mc AcmaSOc 78 5 +2 65 78.5 76.5 5 9.8 136.2 78 50.5 14
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      • 1218 9 BONDS,LOANS WARRANTS Transaction date: Dec 6, 2000 1 STOCK PRICES LEGEND NOTES Straits Times ma*x stocks All shares quoted have a par value of $1 and are traded in lots of 1 000 shares bl buyine-ln each unless otherwise specified s scrlplsss and non CPF All shares ait scnpless exceot
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      • 1094 9 52-Wk Curr Last Vol Day Gr's Net M Cap Wt Avq Hlqh Low Company Traded Sail ♦or- 'OOO High Low Dlv Pit $mli Price MANUFACTURING 200 72.5 c AS Auto 10c 82.5 +4 440 83 81.5 ION 33 108.3 78 82 45 c ASJ Hldgs 20c 50 3.8
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      • 453 10  -  JONATHAN WATSON SUPPORT Fed chief signals central bank is prepared to intervene to prevent economy from slowing down too quickly. Republican candidate George W. Bush seems close to winning disputed US presidential poll. Investors dive in to buy shares, giving the
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      • 473 10 THIRD-QUARTER FIGURES That we are still able to register a solid gain in productivity at a time we have slower growth indicates a lot of the change was structural/ Mr Michael Muran WASHINGTON Productivity of American workers rose in the third auarter at a
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      • 291 10 NEW YORK BEA Systems and Time Warner Telecom are among the stocks likely to join the Nasdaq 100 Index after Dec 15, according to Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Co. If the predicted changes take place when the Nasdaq stock market shuffles the index's line-up
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      • MONEY WORLD
        • 76 10 BRITISH Airways announced yesterday that it was reducing its operations at London's second airport Gatwick in an effort to trim losses at its struggling European operations. The widely expected move which will lead to 1,000 job losses is a key step in a
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        • 90 10 GENERAL Electric (GE) could be forced to spend USS46O million (SSBOO million) to clean up pollution along a 64-km stretch of the Hudson River, under an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposal which was to be announced yesterday. GE emitted carcinogen polvchlorinated biphenyls or
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        • 81 10 WANADOO, the Internet unit of France Telecom, agreed to buy Freeserve for £1.65 billion (554.13 billion) in stock to expand in Britain and double its number of subscribers. The French company will pay 0.225 of a snare, or 157p, for each Freeserve share. That
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        • 81 10 NEWS and information group Reuters Group yesterday chose the heaa of its main information division. American Tom Glocer, as its next chief executive to replace Mr Peter Job when he retires in July. Mr Glocer, 41, will be the first American to lead
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      • 306 11 FIRST-QUARTER SHOWING CUPERTINO (California) Apple Computer said on Tuesday it will report a first-quarter loss of as much as USS2SO million (***** million), its first unprofitable quarter in three years, as sales will miss already lowered forecasts. The stock fell as much
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      • 301 11 While PC sales growth is waning and prices are falling dramatically, server growth is strong ana higher profit margins are helping to support earnings. AUSTIN (Texas) With nothing but bad news coming out of the desktop-com-puter market these days, Dell Computer turned
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      • 484 11 The $52. 6b deal will help Vivendi's chairman realise his dream of dominating Europe's Internet market PARIS Vivendi and Seagram shareholders backed Vivendi's US$3O.2 billion (5552.6 billion) purchase of the owner of Universal Music, an acquisition that will further the French utility's transformation into
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      • 468 12 Indonesian banks chalk up better earnings Too early to rejoice, say analysts, who fear some banks may suffer relapse in the tougher environment next year JAKARTA Indonesian banks, mostly recapitalised by the authorities at great cost, have reported stronger earnings for the nine months to September but the key issue
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      • 405 12 6 Seoul banks to get 11b in funds GOVERNMENT BAIL-OUT SEOUL Seoulßank, Hanvit Bank and four other Korean lenders will receive a combined seven trillion won (5510.85 billion) in return for surrendering shares to the government in the nation's latest effort to fix the banking industry. The government said it
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      • 270 12 SYDNEY Qantas Airways, Australia's largest airline, yesterday asked shareholders of Hazelton Airlines not to accept a takeover offer by Ansett Holdings until it has decided whether to raise its own bid for the regional carrier. Chief executive James Strong reiterated Qantas' intention to buy
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      • 185 12 HONGKONG Cathay Pacific Airways, Hongkong's dominant airline, says it is committed to reaching an agreement with its pilots over scheduling practices to avoid possible flight disruptions over Christmas and New Year holidays. The airline's pilots union, the Hongkong Aircrew Officers' Association, said on Tuesday
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      • LIBERALISATION OF SING-DOLLAR POLICY
        • 800 16  - Stock market gets a shot in the arm AZHAR KHALID Equity Making it easy for foreign investors to borrow Sing will boost trading volumes and liquidity, say analysts M \RKI IS C()HHKSP()\DK\T POSITIVE IMPACT ON STOCK MARKET Tirst it allows more opportunities for equity derivative products to he offered onshore
          ONG CHIN KAI; WONG MAYE-E  -  800 words
        • 339 16  -  DEBORAH NG Banks *L BANKS yesterday hailed the Monetary Authority of Singapore's (MAS) move to loosen up on the use of the Singapore dollar. All major hanks contacted yesterday said they saw the changes as a major step forward in MAS' liberalisation and
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        • 471 16  -  CORNELIA TAN Property By PROPKRTYRKPORTKR PROPERTY market-watch-ers were mostly positive in their reactions to yesterday's move by the Government to further liberalise the use of the Singapore dollar. Despite some scepticism over whether the measures would boost the current weak market sentiment, most
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        • 206 16  -  DOUGLAS WONG Bonds By SINGAPORE'S fledgling corporate bond market should get a boost from the relaxed currency regime, investment bankers and analysts said yesterday. Foreign investors can now borrow Singapore dollars to invest in local bonds, and hedge their exchange rate exposure,
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        • 350 16 DRAW No. 12/2000 1st prize ($1.5 million) 119 8348 2nd prize ($400,000) 428 6999 3rd prize ($200,000) 294 5397 10 JACKPOT PRIZES ($10,000 EACH) *****10 *****06 *****34 *****48 *****60 *****33 *****26 *****70 *****21 *****66 10 LUCKY PRIZES ($5,000 EACH) *****52 *****19 *****83 *****51 *****39 *****55 *****15 *****20
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      • 379 17  -  NICHOLAS FANG Norwegian shipping firm's offer of 54.35 cents a preference share is below the last traded price of $1.01 lIUNSFOHT KF.I'OHTKK The offer of 54.35 cents was at a significant discount to the shares 9 market value. Osprey in a statement THREE days after
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      • BRIEFLY
        • 129 17 SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) vesterday said its overall load factor for October was flat at 73.9 per cent compared to the same period last year. The load factor is an indicator for usage of its passenger and cargo capacity. SIA said its passenger seat factor,
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        • 96 17 MAINBOARD-LISTED Ipco International is selling its 40 per cent stake in Malaysian port operator Lumut Maritime Terminal to Halim Rasip Holdings for RM2O million (559.2 million). The sale comprises 3.92 million ordinary shares of RMI each and eight million preference shares of one sen
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        • 101 17 KINGBOARD Copper Foil Holdings said its profit for the six months ended Sept 30 rose 44 per cent to HKSBB million (5519.8 million). Turnover was up 37.5 per cent at HKS244 million. The improved results were attributed to continued robust demand for copper foil. The company
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        • 87 17 MPH said its 50.2 per centnvned unit Tumble Tots International (TTIL) had sold the entire issued share capital of subsidiaries Tumble Tots (Singapore), Tumble Tots (Malaysia), Tumble Tots (UK), Tumble Tots Merchandising and Needmarsh Publishing and related trade marks for £395,000 (about SSI million). The company
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      • 427 17  -  CORNELIA TAN GOOD LOCATION By PROPF.RTYRF PORTER WITH a cheer>' name like Sunshine Plaza Residences, one would be surprised if sales did not turn out bright and breezy. Well, there were no surprises at the City Developments' Middle Road project's sales
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      • 457 17 ASIA IN ITS SIGHTS Embraer's executive vice-president for the airline market, Mr Frederico Fleiiry Curado (left), says the demand for smaller regional aircraft in Asia-Pacific is set to reach 300 to 400 over the next 10 years. He expects an equal number
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      • 452 17  - Caution still rules despite Nasdaq gains AZHAR k HALID TAKING STOCK Bj, SINGAPORE share prices rose yesterday but ended off their intra-day high as sceptical investors held back from making large purchases. Despite Nasdaq recording its biggest one-day jump overnight after US Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan suggested that the
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      • 73 17 Dec 6 Cents Creative T 25c 2350 120.0 5.4 DatacrattlOc 680 78.3 7.1 DBS Grp 2000 70.0 3.6 VentureMfg2sc 1580 70.0 4.6 OUBDBeCWO2 112 27.0 31.8 F&N 680 20.0 3.0 OUB 820 20.0 2.5 AvimoGrp2oc 362 16.0 4.6 Chart SemiCond 590 15.0 2.6 City Dev 50c 795 15.0
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      • 81 17 Dec 6 Cents Pac Cent RF CWOI 4 60.0 1.5 CityDev GS CWOI 2 33.3 0.5 OUB DB eCW*****5 112 31.8 27.0 UOI.WtOI 11 22.2 2.0 PacCentMLCWOI 14.5 20.8 2.5 CityDev CL ECWOO 6 20.0 1.0 BakerTech2oc 37 15.6 5.0 GRP 20c 23 15.0 3.0 OUBCLeCWOO 16.5 13.8
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      • 82 17 Dec 6 Cants SIA 1670 10.0 0.6 SIA 200 1650 10.0 0.6 Sembcorp Logist 935 10.0 1.1 CapitaLand 293 6.0 2.0 Nobel Designsc 22 6.0 21.4 ST Engg 10c 261 6.0 2.2 H Leong Fin 236 5.0 2.1 Nat Elec 10c 770 5.0 0.6 Ciipsal 30c 306 4.0
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      • 79 17 Dec 6 Cents CMIWtO2 4 27.3 1.5 Nobel Designsc 22 21.4 6.0 DBS DB ECW*****0 4.5 18.2 1.0 First Eng WtOI 5 16.7 1.0 Koh Bros WO4 6.5 13.3 1.0 Cybermast Ltd2Cc 24 11.1 3.C Intßoller 20c 17 10.5 2.0 LCDev 18 10.0 2.0 Transit 15c 18 10.0
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      • 399 13 CELLULAR INVESTMENT ZOOMING IN THE STAKE More than 20 per cent in Telekom Cellular BIDDERS Hutchison is not ruling out bids from rivals including France Telecom and Britain's Vodafone. KUALA LUMPUR Hongkong-based Hutchison Whampoa is close to buying a stake of more than 2O per cent
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      • 517 13  -  TAMMY TAN Telco may not bid for fixed wireless broadband licences since it has an island-wide cable network already By IN UONCvONC. *We do have plenty of access at the moment so we have to carefully consider whether we want to bid for the FWB
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      • 479 13  -  DENESH tin DIVYANATHAN TKCHNOI.OCY RKPORTKR IN GENERAL, THERE'S A NATURAL TENDENCY FOR A LOT OF CORPORATES TO WANT TO DO BUSINESS WITH US.' Mr iff, who says corporate* want dual carrier diversity to ensure their network is rcsilcnt SINGAPORE Telecom (SingTel) is
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      • 384 13  -  HUGH CHOW Bu THE dangers posed by computer viruses may be wellknown, but many smaller Singapore companies still treat tne issue of Internet security with disdain, says the regional head of Asia's No 1 anti-virus firewall-maker. "People will spend a quarter of a
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    • MONEY • DISCLOSURE AND ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
      • 524 14  -  LEE SU SHY AN Heavier workload from quarterly reporting is likely to result in more hires and possibly higher fees >±L Pros and cons SPREADING WORKLOAD Re\i< ws of quarterly reports will help reduce some of the accountancy (inns' year-end work. HIGHER FEES Accountancy
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      • 325 14  -  HUGH CHOW IN DISSEMINATING INFORMATION By A KHY recommendation of the Disclosure and Accounting Standards Committee calls for companies to use the latest information technology to instantly distribute financial results and annual reports. The committee believes that all companies listed on the Singapore
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      • 429 14  -  HUGH CHOW «!t INVESTORS: Changes long overdue You've got to have heavyweights on the review panel to confront the heavyioeights in the companies/ Investor Denis Distant 'Small investors have not had a good deal in the past. information from companies was
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      • 796 15  -  IGNATIUS LOW COMMENT By KXCUSE me fora moment, while f hyperventilate. That is not the answer you would get, of course, from any director or chief executive of a listed company in Singapore it you ask him about the myriad of changes proposed in the
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      • 478 15  - Committee calls for more timely reporting CHEE JANN PERNG It suggests quarterly reporting of results and more information on business operations and outlook By COMI'AMKSRKPORTKR THE wait may soon be far shorter for investors eager to learn how listed companies are performing if recommendations by a committee for more timely
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      • 457 15  -  Chee Jann Perng COMPANIES:Good habit to cultivate It is really a matter of discipline and having a system and tJie processes in place. It might be difficult for the first time but ycm improve as you go along. ST l "ngg president and chief
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      • 530 18  - Stricter disclosure regime mooted IGNATIUS LOW High-level panel calls for faster and fuller reporting of material information, with backing of the law By FINANCE (OH KKSPONDFM More reports on recommendations by the Disclosure and Accounting Standards Committee on Pages Sl4 and Sl5. 'It's important for a firm to be able
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      • 343 4  - Wake up, Joe's back on air JESSICA TAN Morning Radio Different station, different name and different mates, but Augustin wants to do what he has always loved to do, a show about real people having fun Bi* COME January, do not choke on your breakfast if you hear the roar
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      • 981 5  - From screen to sheen TEE HUN CHING Star Shine Taiwan cinema's hottest couple in the 1980s gave up the glitz of stardom for the alluring shine of crystals By IT WAS green, it was cool and it was the object of desire at the Star Awards two weeks ago. No,
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      • 590 8 Big Business Re-opening as a two-storey outlet in Takashimaya on Monday, Bulgari is on a roll in Asia YOU could say that Bulgari has really good timing. Buoyed by increased consumer interest in the luxury watch sector, Bulgari recently reported a monumental 137 per cent
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        • 160 11 BRITISH accessory brand Accessorize has opened three store corners at Metro Far East, Metro Marina and Metro Paragon. Which is good news indeed for Singaporean fans who previously had to travel all the wa\ to Ixmdon for their Accessorize fix. hmed by the same company that started
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        • 96 11 A COLLECTION of Peran-akan-inspired jewellery and ornaments has been launched by Risis. The Peranakan Series was created to tie in with the 100th anniversary of the Peranakan Association. A celebration of the culture, jewellery and traditions of the Peranakans, the series consists of the kerosang, a three-piece
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        • 108 11 ZOUK OUT may be over, but it is never too early to start preparing for the next one. Especially where lootwear is concerned. Short of going shoeless, most partygoers would agree that flip flops were the next best way to boogie on the beach. To begin
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        • 96 11 ESTEE LAUDER has teamed up with Manolo Rlahnik to create an exclusive 24-carat gold nail lacquer and limited edition bottle in honour of the 58th Annual Golden Globe Awards. The shoemaker designed the bottle to look like an inverted stiletto heel while the nail lacquer is
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        • 85 11 PIERRE CARDIN has put half his fashion empire up for sale. The Paris-based designer is looking for a business partner for his company that is estimated at £1 billion (Ss2.. r >3 billion). According to the Daily Telegraph, LVMH is being touted as a potential partner.
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      • 828 12  -  Cat Ong Underwear Dressing Hair lIWID I HI-MI Rneal Salt >n make-up HI XOLIM 955H-O2HO using Ptvscriptit s *Ujlln& Wimi.W IK) HU'bll, l>ll(>ti>> r )<;nh)i I I W< -.//<« v Rio i 'olletlv Dinnijiftn at tillable at Club '2 /it the I "i; S Hot,! Collette Dinnigan,
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      • 127 20 JAPANESE super-idol Takuya Kimura married his girlfriend, singer Shizuka Kudo, in Tokyo on Tuesday. The 28-year-old member of pop group SMAP, a household name and said to be the sexiest Japanese man alive, had stunned Japan two weeks ago by announcing that he would marry his
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        357 20 BUZZINS... I'M NOT PREGNANT: Ong Lay Pheng, the Singapore girlfriend of Golden Horse Best Actor Francis Ng, has denied that she is expecting his child. On Hongkong media's speculation that she is pregnant as she had looked fat while out celebrating his win on Sunday, the 1992
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      • 64 20 REUTERS Supermodel Gisele Bundchen flaunts a US$15-million (S$26.3-million) red-hot fantasy bra set from Victoria's Secret lingerie line. The red satin bra and matching G-string panty are covered with 300 carats of Thai rubies set with diamonds and semi-precious stones. The set includes a US$3.7-million body
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      • 162 20 LOS ANGELES British comic Dudley Moore, battling a rare, incurable brain disorder, is outraged over media reports that he is on his deathbed. "I suppose my imminent death will sell papers, while my positive and life-affirm-ing work is of no interest," Moore said in an
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      • 163 20 Scottish nuptials for Guy and his Girl? LONDON American pop superstar Madonna added weight to rumours she will wed boyfriend Guy Ritchie before Christmas with a whirlwind visit to a Scottish cathedral, British newspapers reported on Wednesday. Newspapers carried blurred pnotos of Madonna and Ritchie stepping out of a private
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    • 200 19 COME CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS AT Exhibition The Best Parenting Show in town! Don't miss it! 7th to 10th December 2000 Singapore International Convention Exhibition Centre Level 4, Hall 404 1 1 .30am to 9.30pm daily Find out who will win the There s something for everyone! Most Beautiful Mother c SI
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    • 2417 14 J?V^ |>«- f 404 DO9-10 ORCHARD/ 404 DO9-10 ORCHARD/ 404 DO9-10 ORCHARD/ 404D09-10 ORCHARD/ 404 DO9-10 ORCHARD/ 404 DO9-10 ORCHARD/ 404 DO9-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND TANGLIN/ HOLLAND TANGLIN/ HOLLAND TANGLIN/ HOLLAND TANGLIN/ HOLLAND TANCLIN/ HOLLAND TANGLIN/ HOLLAND PTE APTS -RENT PTE APTS -RENT PTE APTS RENT PTE APTS -RENT PTE
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    • 788 14 EXPATS! APTS. IN Orchard/ Newton fmins. to MRT), avail, immed. Tastefully furn. Nice view/ quiet, 3+l/ 2+l. Pis. call 9300-3131 C2l HABITAT 1. 3600 sq.ft. 3+l. Suitable for couple. Very cosy renovated. $10,500 neq. CB Richard Ellis 224-8181/ 9206-5260 WALKING DISTANCE TO Tanqlin Mail 3-bdrm. Beautifully renovated furn! Long/ Short
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    • 948 14 404 DO9-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND PTEAPTS-RENT CAVENAGH HSE. 3*l. F/furn. Car peted. Facing greenery Facilities. neg. MRT. Owner *****70 Chen LEEDON HGTS. PENTHSE. 3200 sq.ft. 3+l+'. Roof attic. Renovated. Facilities. $6K. Col. 9607-8459 19A BALMORAL CRESCENT. Balmoral View. P/furn. Rental $3000. Good location/ locality. 2263-769 SPRING GR. 1389 sq.ft. 3+
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    • 5807 15 Properties 404 DO9-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND PTE APTS -RENT MARTINS BRAND new Balinese resort charm! 3+l+l bdrms. $8400. *****477 *****689 ASPEN HEIGHTS. 885 sq.ft. 2 rms. Mid fir. Good facing. F/furn. F/facilities. *****758 ELIZABETH HGTS. F/RENOVATED. Low fir. 4 bdrms. P/furn. F/facilities. $6K. JC 235-7566 sole agt. VALLEY PK. 1615
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    • 697 15 420 HOUSES FOR RENT D.21 3-STOREY SEMI-D New) Jin. Selantmg. 6+l. P/furn. Spacious. t F/aircon. Beautiful. Near Poly t D.05 2-storey corner terr. Spring- 5 wood Cres. 3+l. P/furn. F/aircon. Near Science Pk./ NUS. Immed. Call 5533-477/ 852-7HO AT good r*a location r .J CORONATION ROAD WEST Bunqlw. for rent.
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    • 890 15 420 HOUSES FOR RENT ).O9 0/STOREY CONSERVATION err. Expats Dream Home l Now in •)ath. Mohd iultan area. Landridqe 9 *****65 *LMOST NEW' 0.10 5000 sq.ft. Inqround pool. mmed. 514.8K. *****600 Shiloh ■10LLAND/ BT. SEOAP. Exclusive :ur.galows. s+l. Sparkling pool. ?ent $22,000. Agt 9618 4311 3.11 UNIVERSITY RD. luxurious iemi-d.
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    • 884 16 Properties 42OHOUSE.S FOR RENT D.14/ 15 CORNER terr./ inter, terr. 2-storey. 4/ 5 rms. Renovated. Air con. Spacious. MRT. *****715 Agt. SEMI-D. OFF TREVOSE Cres. 3800/ 4500 sq.ft. 4+ 1 rms Rerovated. Christina *****781 Orangetee MERRYN. 2-STOREY TERR. 1900/ 2100 sq ft. 3+l. Move in cond. Opp. SCGS. 52.5K. Aspac
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    • 710 16 422HUDC/HDB APTS FOR RENT APPROVED TAMPINES 5-RM. BLK 493A M'd fir. Windy. Mkt./ shops. Unfu n :ime<i 9450 0862 Faber 2+l (WOODLANDS, JLN. Teck Whye) F/furn. Near MRT. Indian expats act now! 9306-1091 Charisma 1-RM. 1-HALL CLEMENTI. MRT. F/furn. Aircon. Cosy. Prefer single expat. Immed. Pg *****006 agt. 3/ 4-RM.
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    • 919 16 426 ROOMS FOR RENT CHANGI/ UPPER EAST Coast Furn./ Aircon. Master single bdrms. in pte. hse. near Simei MRT/ Eastpoint. Tel Fauziah 332 9547 T. BLANGAH (1-RM.)- Hiqh fir. Un blocked Furn. Bt. Purmei (1-rm.)-Furn. Near amenities. Admiralty (2-rms.V Furn. Unblocked. Near MRT/ amenities. 9797-1119 JOT ALL AREAS- HDB/ private
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    • 716 16 426 ROOMS FOR RENT COMMON RM. FOR rent at Bishan, Hougang, Bt. Me-ah, Redhill. F/furn. Amenities. 9215-5027 PSP 5 T JURONG W. Blk. 644. New f/furn. aircon. room. Ladies/ couple. NTU/ mkt. *****686 owner. AMK AVE. 10 blk. 403. 1+ 1. With master bdrm. Furn. Call 9684-2746 BEAUTIFUL MASTER RM.
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    • 884 16 441 DO 1-08 CITY SOUTH-WEST PTE APTS -SALE SPOTTISWOOD PK. CHOICE unit! 1270 sq.ft. F/renovated. Good view! Pleasant environment! Amenities. 9582-7895/ 9318-2565 DW L ]^'^j i[»7.LiiH PALM MANSION, F'HOLD condo serene, pool view, near NUS, shortdrive to World Trade centre, Holland Rd. Call 9570-9939 DW D.05 F'HOLD. BANYAN Resort condo
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    • 1371 16 -z ;.#~v 445 DO9-10 ORCHARD/ 445 DO9-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND TANGLIN/ HOLLAND HOUSES -SALE HOUSES -SALE D.lO F'HOLD TERR. 2 storey. 1690/ m^^^^^mm^mm^m^^ 2000 sq.ft. 4+l. Extended renova 446 DO9-10 ORCHARD/ HOOT KIAM RD. 3 storey corner I 16^9^/ HOLLAND terr. 2392 sq.ft. fhold. Near CBD/ "TE APTS SALE Orchard.
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    • 1620 16 446 009-10 ORCHARD/ 446 DO9-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND TANGLIN/ HOLLAND PTEAPTS-SALE PTEAPTS-SALE Count to JL ...and they could be gone! There are just 2 units left at Kentish Green. prestigious, elegantly designed homes in a charming, central location close to schools, Orchard Road, Newton and Novena MRTs, and the upcoming
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    • 962 16 451 D11& 21 NEWTON/ BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI PTEAPTS-SALE D.ll SHELFORO GREEN. F hold 2830 sq.ft. 4+l. Mediterranean style condo. Pool/squash. Foreign er? eligible. 51.63M. Rolf *****11 VERY VERY CHEAP Price. Pare Palais. 1270, 1360, 1550 sg.ft. 3+ 1/ 4+l. Pool/ greenery view. All high f'r Best unit. Pg. 9204 1758 agt. MAPLEWOODS.
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    • 2136 17 451 011 &Z1 NEWTON/ 451 Dll S. 21 NEWTON/ 451 Dll &21 NEWTON/ 451 Dll 21 NEWTON/ 451 Dll 21 NEWTON/ 451 Dll 21 NEWTON/ STF T A M PT? /C^lf ENTI TI A M c A 4 /C^ M r ENT; BT TIMAH/ CLEMENT. BT TIM AH/ CLEMENTI BT
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    • 402 17 461 Dl5-16 EAST COAST PTEAPTS-SALE D.15 RARE! FHOLD. T Kurau apt. Apprcx 1300 sq.ft. 3 rms. Unblocked. Breezy. Valued S7BOK. Near MRT/ amenities. 9307-8215 DW 1 Freehold S9SOK ONLY! EAST Coast Ville Walkup upp. mais. 3 bdrms. all attached. 1905 sq.ft. Pool view. Must view 1 Edwin 9291-1262 ERA D.15
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    • 993 17 461 Dl5-16 EAST COAST PTE APTS-SALE BAYSHORE PK. 3531 sq.ft. s+lrms. Costa Ru 2056 sq.ft. 4+l High fir. Full sea/ poolview. *****342 VILLA MARINA. 3 rm. 1130 sq.'t. Re sort facilities/ Sigiap Ctr. Other units avail. Pg. 9209 4958 agt. CASUARINA COVE. SEA view. High floor. 1389 sq.ft. 3+l. Cosy.
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    • 682 17 466 Dl7-18 CHANGI/ PASIRRIS PTEAPTS-SALE to URGENT SALE! Avila Garden. 1285 sq.ft. 3 rms. Beautiful. Modern. F'hold. 9415-5536 LY MELVILLE PK. BLK. Good cond. High fir 1044 sq.ft. S.E. facing. Pool view. Great unit. 9212-6912 EASTPOINT GREEN SPECIALIST only 3 mins. to Simei MRT. Brand new 2+l. Windy. Sole agt.
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    • 520 17 466 Dl7-18 CHANGI/ PASIRRIS PTEAPTS-SALE 470 Dl9-20 SERANGOON/ THOMSON HOUSES -SALE Sharon Ch#iq MKJ 9563 6868 WF Jk D.19 HIGHLAND RD. 2-storey inter terr. F hold. 1830/ 2600 sq.ft. 4*l. 5 yrs. 100% move in. Good facing. Great location: Rare sale! Hurry! D.20 OUICK SALE! Pemimpin rare 2-storey bunglw. 9300
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    • 668 17 Properties 471 Dl9-20 SERANGOON/ THOMSON PTEAPTS-SALE D.19 KINGS GROVE Condo. 1370 sq.ft. 3 rms. Fhold. 8 years old. Facilities Unblocked. Greenery. Urqent! Sellmq cheap. *****996 IDA D.19 REGENTVILLE. SELLING uation. Bright/ breezy. Pool view. Quality finishes. Full facilities. Houqang Ave 9 Pq. 9506-7718 PN BRADDELL VIEW 10E. 3+ 1. 145j
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    • 719 18 Properties 475D22-28 WEST S, NORTH HOUSES-SALE SELLING CHEAP! 2' i storey corner terr. Gcodlink Pk. vfcinity. Beautifully renov. ted. No afternoon sun. Approx. i. jOO sq.ft. *****403 $< trs PETER TAN k 9703 5412 m± SPRINGSIDE CORNER TERR. R vated. f'hoid. Selling $1.4M still neg. Dont miss! Call Peter Tan
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    • 676 18 476D22-28 WESTS NORTH PTE APTS SALE 9306 T546 JvTjH DAIRY FARM CONDO. Designer decor F'hold. 4+ 1. High fir. Open view. 101% move in cond. Next to pool. Near Hillview. *****880 D.23 MERAWOODS CONDO. Approx. '938 sq.ft. 4+l rms. High fir. Unblocked. Move in. Full condo facilities. Serious seller! *****318
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    • 855 18 476D22-28 WESTS NORTH PTE APTS -SALE REGENT HGTS. D/STOREY ceiling. penthse.' 026. Panoramic view. 1496 sq.ft. $SXX p.s.f. *****488 MAYFAIR STUDIO JUST TOP 635 sq.ft. Pool view. F/facilities. Bowling alley. Vacant. *****488 C&H PARKVIEW. FULL CONDO facilities 1119 sq.ft. 3+l bdrms. Below $580K. View to offer. 9310-3172 MV D.23 HILLVIEW
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    • 770 18 492 HDB APTS FOR SALE (ANGMOKIO) DO NOT MISS! 100% Move-in. Gdn. view. Upgraded. 3-rm. a Bik. 256. Central/ MRT. 4-rm. a 443 lUP 3in •> Blk. 602. Pg: *****006 ERA EXEC. APT. dLK 104A. 6 yrs. High fir Unblocked, morn. sun. 100% mo> e in, nice layout, St. Nicholas
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    • 709 18 493 aSS^SSS^ 493 SB&SSS&f 493 SS&SJSSSS 1 493 SS«'SJBKffi t 493 XJ^l^ 493 rB D E B oo 4 K7c S H F A^H S E A E L E The Straits Times Classified PROPERTY GUIDE (HDB ESTATES) Classification Codes HDB Estates 496 Bukit Batok 502 Geylang/Eunos/Macpherson S?S Kallan 9
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    • 1076 18 V I "mv mm V NEW LIST! 4 A 658. J!n. Tenaga. High fir. Unblocked. Next to corner. N.S. facing. 5 yrs. Valued 5277K. Eileen 9291-8818 FT RARE JUMBO BLK 629 Bedok Res. Beautifully renovated. Valued. Convenient. Price neg. Grace 9575-8013/ 9632-7530 HSR PN SELL AT VALUATION!!! 5 I corner
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    • 648 18 494 HDB APTS FOR SALE (BISHAN) fEAL ESTATE Low Price $15K! 3 'NG7 5 V Pt. B!k. 309/ 402. Shunfu/ Sin Ming Ave. Both mid fir., move in cond. Valued $158K/ S3BOK. Shunfu Mart. 9207 0027 4 'S 1 BLK. 167 Bishan 2nd owner. Next to corner. High floor. Renovated.
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    • 674 18 496 HDB APTS FOR SALE (BUKITBATOK) NEW LIST! BLK. 120 exec. mais. Bt. Batok high fir. Unblocked, marble/ aircon. Move in condition. 5 A' pt 81k. 115 high fir. No noon sun. Walk to MRT. Alice 9558 8830 PW ATTN. LOW FLR. Lovers Exec. Mais. Blk. 524. Near MRT/ hawker/
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    • 718 18 496 HDB APTS FOR SALE (BUKITBATOK) CASH $5K NEC! 3 NG Blk. 138. Low fir. Valued SI2SK. Marble fir Mkt SCh./ MRT. SI3OK neg 9521 3322 EXEC. MAIS. BLK. 542. Near MRT Windy. Low flcor. Can contra. 9327 4267 Joy City. EXEC. APT. BLK. 299. just 5 yrs. Designer decor.
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    • 7096 19 Properties 496 HDB APTS FOR SALE (BUKIT BATOK) 5 A' CORNER with recess. 2< fir. Unblocked. 1603 sq.ft. Move in. Mins. to MRT/ Mall 9311 7265 ART 5 T CORNER Blk. 331. All races. Low cash. Renovated/ airco;.. MRT/ sch./ mkt. neg. 9-600-1221 K&O 5 T CORNER b1k. 190; 4
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    • 795 19 502 HDB APTS FOR SALE (GEYLANG/EUNOS/ MACPHERSON) $0 CASH! 8LK.73 Geylanq Bahru Malay owner. Near amenities Good buy 1 *****549 agt. SIOK CASH! 4 A' Corner Blk. 343 Übi. High fir. unblocked! Maha Bodhi Sch.! 9490 4477 Orion S3K ONLY! 3 c Circuit Rd. Blk. 57/ 58. High fir. Renovated.
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    • 847 19 504 HDB APTS FOR SALE (HOUGANG/SERANGOON/ YIOCHUKANG) EXEC. MAIS. BLK. 407 Houganc. High fir. Houqanq Mall/ MRT. Blk 526 S'qoon N. Mid fir. 100% move in. Rosyth sch. *****354 HBAG EXEC. APT. 850 Houqanq. Renovated. Bright/ windy/ MRT/ amenities. Valued $480K. View to offer *****343 WT LOOKING FOR UNIT in
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    • 7168 20 Properties 505 HDB APTS FOR SALE (JURONG) 5 'A' MAIS. Blk. 559 Jurong W. High fir. Windy. Well kept 137 sq.m. Valued S3O9K. No contra. Near amenities. Pg. 9602 1638 AMB-PN 5 'A'! SIOK below valuation! Marble fir. new windows. Move in cond. Juronq W. St. 42. Amenities. Urgent Sale!
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    • 816 20 514 HDB APTS FOR SALE (TAMPINES/SIMEi) ANY OFFER CONSIDER. 5 1 corner Blk. 456 Tampines St. 42. 810. Unblocked. 101% movem. Marble fir. Near MRT/ sch/ mkt. *****313 AT VALUE! 4 NG' Corner Blk. 217 Tampines. Mid fir. No blocking. Near market, shops schs Value 5246K. 9385-8345 NCPN BEAUTIFUL 4
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    • 690 20 514 HDBAPTS FOR SALE (TAMPINES/SIMEI) @n GeorginaLee J^^ 9757 6656 H^k fll S2OK BELOW VALUE consider! 5 T corner Blk. 112 Simei. away from highway, unblocked, lower mid fir. Amenities. 9558-6686 ERA 3 A' BLK 421 Tampines. High fir. Valued $172K. Move-in, well maintained, mins. to MRT/ sch./ mkt/ amenities.
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    • 1016 21 Properties 514 HDBAPTS FOR SALE (TAMPINES/SIMEI) 5 T CORNER 5 yrs.) Tampines bin. 715. High fir. N S. facing. Windy! Mins. to MRT. scti. NTUC. 100% move in. 9805-2381 Mickey ERA. 5 T CORNER Simei blk. 126 High fir. Unblocked. F/aircon. Der. gner decor. Just bring in your lugoage Walk
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    • 996 21 514 HDBAPTS FOR SALE (TAMPINES/SIMEI) 4 'NG' CORNER Tampines Blk 223. Well kept. Near mkt./ sch./ shops. Valued $235K. Pg. *****281 Agt. 4 'NG' TAMPINES Blk. 811. high fir., well kept. N.S facing, near ameniti«. Pg. 9256-7455 A-Homes 4 'NG' BLK. 227. 805. 4 S' Blk. 445. Corner. Move-in. Well-kept.
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    • 921 21 516 HDBAPTS FOR SALE (TOAPAYOH/ POTONGPASIR) 3 T BLK. 85C. Toa Payoh. High fir Valued. Unblock. Toilet upgraded View to offer'!! 9672-3303 PSP 3 T BLK. 225. Low cash! Well kept. 3 T Bik. 128. Renovated. Valued!!! 3 S' 47/ 51. High fir. 9307-7009 3 T 1 utility rm Blk
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    • 903 21 517 HDBAPTS FOR SALE (WOODLANDS/ SEMBAWANG) 4 'A' BLK. 605/ 719 Woodlands. Nicely renovated. Low fir. Malay owner. Near amenities. View to offer. Good buy! *****345 NC PN 4 'A' BLK. 874 Woodlands. Huge living area. 115 sq.m. Orig. Near sch. amenities. Valued $229K. View to offer. *****345 NC PN
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    • 839 21 517 HDBAPTS FOR SALE (WOODLANDS/ SEMBAWANG) LOW CASH! EXEC. Mais. 8938, 802. 100% move-in. Mins. to MRT, Causeway Pt. Andy *****041 FEA LOW CASH! 4 A' Corner Blk. 363 Woodlands. Original. Can contra co-broke. Pg: 9290-5836 i-gate. LOW CASH! 5 yrs. Exec. Mais. 893C Woodlands. 5 mins. MRT/ central. Well
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    • 973 21 518 HDBAPTS FOR SALE (YISHUN) BEST OF YISHUN 3 'NG' 142 «08 fir. Unblocked ncq 4'S'4o7. Move in Breezy $5K 4'5'762. MRT. Lift landing. $neq 4 'NG' 107, 124. All races. $3K 4 'A' B3o corner. High fir. $neg 5 '1' 213, 306. MRT. High fir neg 5 T 755,
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    • 1041 21 518 HDBAPTS FOR SALE (YISHUN) LOW CASH! 4 S' Blk. 638, low fir. Nice renovation, near amenities/ MRT. Must view! 9214-8248 DP. NO PRICE! 4 NG' corner Blk. 227. High fir. Nice condition. Near sch./ amenities/ MRT. 9200-9607 UFI VACANT! 4 'S' Blk. 754 Yishun Central. Nicely renovated. High fir.
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    • 671 21 525 HOUSES WANTED (RENT/ BUY) WOODLANDS, YISHUN, SEMBAWANG, Bedok, S'goon many other areas whole units for rental. Please call Niviya at 9856 1040 YOUNG COUPLE WANTED rent 21 3 house below $1500. Owner pis call hp. 9751-4941 526 PRIVATE APTS WANTED (RENT/ BUY) A FEW HOTEL clients require apts./ condo.
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    • 593 21 526 PRIVATE APTS 526 PRIVATE APTS WANTED (RENT/ BUY) WANTED (RENT/ BUY) 527 HUDC/HDB APTS WANTED (RENT/ BUY) URGENTLY REQUIRES 1-5-rm. flats Toa Payoh/ Bt. Batok/ Jurong E7 Tampmes, etc. Ready tenants/ expats. Owners pis. call *****745 ALL AREAS HDB f^t 25 rms. Furn./ unfurn. Professional/ workers/ students. Ready apt.
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    • 701 21 531 FACTORY SPACE FOR RENT JTC FLATTED FACTORY Come with existing M&E facilities (600amp 3 pnase. mechanical ventilation partition' It Bik. 1092 Lower Delta Rd. »06-13 to 16. 364.2 sg.m. »06-10 to 12. 272.6 sq.m. (mechanical ventilation partition) ready for takeover Interested pis, call *****14 CENTURY INDUSTRIAL BLDG. NEW INDUSTRIAL
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    • 573 22 Properties 531 FACTORY SPACE FOR RENT D2O AMTECH BLDG. 'Sin Ming Rd.) Cheap Rent/ Immediate *****15 532 FACTORY SPACE FOR SALE 156ACULCmCLE| •Land Area. 120.063 sq.ft. Built-in Are? 744 sq. ft. Factory A with mezzanine office Factory 81 1.625 sq ft. Tenure 30 years w.e.f. 1 Feb 1974 15 years
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    • 864 22 I i^aM^aannßaaanß ■^^■^^P^^MMMB^^^^^^M Ba^^^^^^^^^^^^Bi^Ba____ 532 K£ T c° A R T SPACE 532 FACTORY SPA CE 532 FACTORY SPACE 532 FACTORY SPACE FOR SALE FOR SALE FOR SALE FOR SALE SHDP^SfI^^H Customised Building Wm%A for Sale Wmti l/iiM mfrimwlir^m Located in a prime industrial J?ft I|hlJ|3hl area at Übi Ave
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    • 471 22 534 OFRCE SPACE FOR RENT 420 SO.FT. Office near Dhoby Ghaut MRT. Peace Ctr. Fully furn. Carpeted. Wall cabinet. Prefer short lease 3-6 mths. $1600--$lBOO. Call Mr Tan hp 9839-3870 ANSON RD./ CECIL St./ Orchard Rd./ Middle Rd./ Beach Rd. 500/ 800/ 1200/ 1500/ 2000/ 3000/ 5000-10.000 sq.ft. Cheap. MRT.
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    • 1805 22 534 OFFICE SPACE 534 OFFICE SPACE 534 OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT FOR RENT FOR RENT SHELL HOUSE UE SQUARE Office Space For Lease Excellent opportunity to takeover superb fitted space with immediate availability Break lease space of 7918 sq.ft or 9744 sq.ft Column free Raised floor Competitive terms available upon
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    • 1261 22 535 OFFICE SPACE 535 OFFICE SPACE FOR SALE FOR SALE Own a Beautifully Conserved Commercial Shophouse si -si Neil Road Ml D.03 HENDERSON 1238/ 2401/ 6082/ 4844 sq.ft. Partitioned rms. Owner *****90/ Pg: 9808-3955 PENINSULA HOTEL. 999 yrs. 314 sq.ft. All trades. Office/ shop use. Good r etums Ida 9696-2660
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    • 3353 23 Properties Travel Getaways 537 SHOP SPACE FOR RENT 537 SHOP SPACE FOR RENT THE CONCOURSE SHOPPING MALL BEACH ROAD Shopi ranging from 592 to \45~ tq ft tmtabU for 1/ Fducatiun/linpnnement Centre Children-related trade Restaurant/ Minhnarts Furniture/I nterior/llome Furnishing/Lightings Travel Agency Fushion/GifisfroysJOthen Hong Fok Group I TEL: 292 8181 Prime
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    • 899 23 544 WAREHOUSES/ STORAGE 544 WAREHOUSES/ STORAGE SPACE FOR SALE SPACE FOR SALE 5 i i t t' t n FREEHOLD __L-^^^^_m.. -tt-L-w^ir. •Unit si2e: 1.119 2.540 sq ft Separate passenger and cargo lifts Virtually column free layout Attached toilets Dock Levellers at loading unloading bays For immediate occupation or investment
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