The Straits Times, 28 May 2001

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  • 527 1  -  ARTURO BARIUAD By STRAITS TIMES PHILIPPINES BUREAU Muslim group Abu Sayyaf accused of taking 20 hostages in armed raid on upmarket Philippines holiday resort MANILA Suspected Abu Sayyaf Muslim rebels seized 20 people, including three Americans, after raiding a popular upscale resort on Palawan island
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    77 1 WHAT'S this plane doing here? Firefighters worked hard amid the pouring rain yesterday morning to put out the blazing rear-end of a light aircraft near Block 18 at Holland Drive. But no, it wasn't an urban disaster just a civil emergency exercise Exercise Vulcan 11, conducted yesterday. The
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  • 420 1  -  MARIANNE KEARNEY ROBERT GO By and STRAITS TIMES INDONESIA BUREAU JAKARTA President Abdurrahman Wahid's supporters have begun to react violently to the likelihood that Parliament will push for his impeachment this week. In the East Java capital of Surabaya, a leading figure from
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    • 177 1 GRANNY FLATS: Housing Board relaxes rules so more people can buy studio apartments page 4 FOR MORE SAVINGS DURING THE GREAT SINGAPORE SALE, USEHSBC'S CREDIT CARDS or ~T Sf? i l mo ke [7 We v «^7 1 1 %-^<%s**r\r\r\ ifj&&% Shoppin» Rewards. \s a credit cardholdei of HSB( you'll
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  • NEWS FLASH
    • 152 2 OLD BUILDINGS FORGE BONDS THE Magnolia Snack Bar in Centrepoint was closed down in the 1980s, but it still holds a special place in the memory of Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. He fondly remembers going there for ice cream as a child. In an interview which touched
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    • 81 2 HUMAN RIGHTS BODY DOING OKAY ONE year after its formation, the credibility of Malayia's Human Rights Commission continues to hinge on how it walks the tightrope between government pressure and the public's high expectations. Despite this unenviable position, the commission has shown a willingness to take on controversial issues
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    • 75 2 FORU M FARE RISES NOT FAIR INCREASES in bus and MRT fares at a time when the economy is weakening and wage restraints are imminent cannot be justified, writes Straits Times reader Lim Boon Hee. Commenting on moves by Tibs and SMRT Corp, the writer says the last substantive fare
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    • 70 2 BUFFET NOT EVERYONE'S CUP OF TEA THUMBS up to Adrian Pang's ex- Ah Beng movie critic persona but a big thumbs-down to the tacky, 1970s set and the speedier-than-sound delivery by presenters. Public opinion on The Big Buffet, the trump card for TV Works' new English-language channel, is as
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      94 2 Scnumi wins Monaco race WORLD champion Michael Schumacher won the Monaco Grand Prix for the fifth time yesterday. The German led Ferrari to a one-two finish, with Brazilian team-mate Rubens Barrichello coming in behind him. Briton Eddie Irvine came in third, giving Jaguar its first points of the season.
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    • 78 2 Walkabouts signal looming election IN YET another sign that the General Election is likely to be called this year, two ministers went on walkabout yesterday: Trade and Industry Minister George Yeo to Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC, and National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan to Tampines West. Mr Mah urged residents
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    • 65 2 Reporters oppose bid STAFF ottwo Chinese-language newspapers in Malaysia are trying to block a bid by the Malaysian Chinese Association to buy the dailies. About 50 journalists from Nanyang Siang Pau and China Press met with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad yesterday and urged him to intervene
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    • 79 2 DBS TO SELL FINANCE BUILDING DBS Group Holdings is mo\ing to shed its non-core assets by offering to sell the DBS Finance Building, a 14-storev freehold office building in the financial district. The decision puts it ahead of the other Big Four banks OCBC, United Overseas Bank and Overseas
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    • 77 2 FILIPINO NURSES EXPLOITED FILIPINO nurses recruited to work in private British nursing homes are being exploited. The\ say they are being forced to work long hours for low wages, often in domestic duties. Nurses hired from hospitals in Singapore to work in Britain said they were made to sign
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    • 146 2 CASINO BOSS DENIES WEBSm LINK MACAU casino tycoon Stanley Ho has not onl\ distanced himself from a gambling website named after him, but has lashed out as his son-in-law for using his name without his approval. News of the site, DrHo.com, created a media frenzy in Hongkong last week,
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    • 66 2 LATIFF COULD REJOIN ROVERS SINGAPORE football's runaway son, Ahmad Latiff Khamaruddin, has said he wants to come home and Tampines Rovers say they want him back. So the rematch could happen sooner than expected. Club chairman Teo Hock Seng said: "...we have talked to him about joining us back
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  • PRIME NEWS
    • 605 3  -  IRENE NG GEARING UP FOR GENERAL ELECTION? By POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT 'I THENK WE WRi HAVE A GOOD MANIFESTO. THE OLD FOLKS MUST HAVE SOMETHING, SO THAT THEY ARE LOOKED AFTER. SO TOO, THE YOUNG PEOPLE OR THE WOMEN AND THE DIFFERENT ETHNIC GROUPS/ BGLee
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    • 424 3  -  AHMAD OSMAN By* AFTER 30 years, the Workers' Party has a new leader in Mr Low Thia Khiang, 45. Mr Low, who is also MP for Hougang, was elected the party's new secretarygeneral yesterday. He replaces veteran opposition politician J. B. Jeyaretnam, 76, who
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    • 134 3 UNITY is strength, says this banner outside the Workers' Party office in jalan Besar. And in a show of unity, party cadres unanimously elected Mr Low Thia Khiang as the new secretary-general. Mr Low (above) was quick to unveil his plans: The WP
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    • 438 4  -  LAUREL TEO By Decision follows poor take-up of apartments since scheme began three years ago, says Minister Mah Bow Tan MORE Singaporeans can apply for studio apartments designed specially for the elderly as the Housing Board has relaxed its rules. Previously, these flats, each
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    • 119 4 WHERE other grenny flats are: In Bedok Jurong East and Yishun. These will be read\ T later this year In Bukit Merah and Toa Payoh. To be ready next year. Some features: Grab bars and support bars in the flats, handrails in corridors Light
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    • 371 4  -  NEAL COOKE *!L IT WAS SO PAINFUL TO KNOW THAT WE COULD HOT AFFORD TO GET PROPER HELP FOR SUM WE ARE SO GRATEFUL TO THE PEOPLE OF SINGAPORE FOR HELPING US EVEN THOUGH THEY DON! KNOW US.' MrTian A LITTLE Indonesian
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    • 528 5  - Street battles in Britain as race riots erupt AFERD LEE BU: Hundreds of police called in to quell trouble sparked by white extremists' unprovoked attack on Asian family in north-west town of Oldham STRAITS TIMES EUROPE BUREAU LONDON In Britain's worst race riots for 20 years, over 200 police officers
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    • 194 5 SMOKE GRENADE EXPLOSION One of the 8 hurt in mishap on Pulau Senang is believed to have lost hand FIVE police officers, hurt when a smoke grenade exploded during a routine exercise on Pulau Senang on Saturday, have been discharged from hospital. They were
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    • 276 5 DONT SHOP TUi YOU DROP SINGAPOREANS proudly claim shopping and eating as their twin passions, so it's not surprising that there is a rising number of people declaring bankruptcy because they visited one sale too many. And who are these shopaholics whose credit card bills show more figures than their
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  • WORLD
    • 525 6  - Discontent on the rise among Israeli reservists CHRISTOPHER SLANEY ?2 IN TEL AVIV Those who report for duty every year say they feel like suckers shouldering the load of others who fail to show up THE Palestinians call it an uprising, while the Israelis prefer to see it as a
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      33 6 if Ry vf w« on nt irofu lines risking our lives for a country that no longer cares about us, Israeli reservists are asking. JERUSALEM -A car Npfl ■phi t w*^b www
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    • 611 8  -  GRACE SUNG fiy< EUROPE CORRESPONDENT These low-cost carriers are making it cheaper to travel In the region, with fares going as low as less than a tenth of what normal airlines charge 'It's so cheap and easy, I can't believe it. Simona, an Italian
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    • 136 8  -  Grace Sung PISA (Italy) Many budget airlines have gone bust and many of those operating currently are losing money. Virgin Express reported losses of nearly USS6O million (SsloB million) last year. Easyjet, whose flights were 85 per cent full last month, recently reported losses totalling
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    • 29 8 Ryanair chief executive Michael O'Leaiy points at the tailfin of one of his planes. Last year the company enjoyed after- tax profits of US$65 million (Ssll7 million).
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    • 112 8 MOST budget airlines adopt some of these formulas to succeed: Lowering operating coiti: No frills, fewer staff, no assigned seats. All drinks and snacks, if available on board, are sold. Using secondary airports: Fees are sometimes as little as 10 per cent of
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    • 240 8 Two-thirds of Britons opposed to joining euro: Poll LONDON As the debate over the euro continued to dominate Britain's election campaign ahead of the June 7 vote, an opinion poll showed that two out of three voters were against joining the single currency. The poll by The Sunday Times said
      AFP  -  240 words
    • 424 9  -  NIRMAL GHOSH Bit INDIA CORRESPONDENT Bombay is a distant second in the shame stakes behind the capital, where 14 million live and more than 52,000 crimes were reported in 1999 NEW DELHI The Indian capital is India's most unsafe city, according to
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    • 76 9 AHMEDABAD The cyclonic storm threatening western India's Gujarat state has weakened and is likely to cross the coast with only minor impact this evening, state meteorological department officials said. The cyclone yesterday was positioned 450 km off the port town of Porbandar on Gujarat's
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    • INDIA FILE
      • 41 9 A WOMAN in the Andhra Pradesh town of Timarpur allegedly sacrificed an 11--month-old boy to appease a Hindu goddess. Police said G. Pocnamma beheaded her tenant's son last week "to attain prosperity and spiritual powers AFP
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      • 30 9 SIX workers were killed and six others injured when part of a building collapsed in TadepaJli in Andhra Pradesh, The Times of India reported.
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      • 41 9 THE first test flights of the indigenous surface-to-air Trishul missile have failed, The Indian Express reported. The missiles, test-fired last week, developed snags in their electronic system and crashed into the sea off Cochin in Kerala.
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      • 56 9 A DEFENCE Ministry probe panel has prima facie found three civilian officials H.C. Pant, Narendra Singh and P. Sasi guilty of corruption and misconduct in defence deals exposed by tehelka.com journalists. The panel has submitted its report to Defence Minister Jaswant Singh for further
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      • 30 9 A MODERATE earthquake on Saturday rocked nve north-eastern Indian state and parts of Myanmar, said a seismologist at the Regional Seismological Centre in Shillong. AP
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      32 9 AP An Indian soldier stands guard on the "zero line" at the Indian-Pakistani border checkpost in Wagha after Pakistani troops showered rose petals on 18 Pakistani prisoners freed by India.
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    • 270 9 Movie makers threatened by gangsters BOLLYWOOD EXTORTION BOMBAY The mob is back in action. As many as 10 Bollywood personalities received calls from the underworld early this month demanding money if they desired a smooth passage for their work. All the demands were for a similar amount: 1 rupee crore
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    • 222 10 What type are your 'Choice of typeface reveals user's personality' LONDON The size and style of a computer typeface used in an email or a printed letter can say more about a writer's personality than the message itself, says a new study. Fonts could reveal whether the writer was mean,
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    • 667 10  -  ALFRED LEE Tough Times For Nurses By STRAITS TIMES EUROPE BUREAU Some Filipino nurses say they are overworked, underpaid and forced to do menial tasks under the threat of deportation by private nursing homes LONDON The British government has launched an urgent investigation into
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    • 197 10 SYDNEY Nurses in the Australian state of New South Wales are to be trained in self-defence following a spate of attacks in the state's hospitals this year. More than 50 nurses, mostly women, have reported being punched, hit or kicked by violent patients so far
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      222 11 RX MEMORY By Arizona Tea, this drink contains ginkgo biloba, which is thought by some to enhance memory but which may exacerbate bleeding. SNAPPLE'S FIRE With ginko biloba, ginseng and guarana, it is one of several herb-containing beverages that promise to give an energy lift. WISDOM This is
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    • 461 11 Latest drinks craze: Juices with a dash of herbal medicine US food makers are adding to their products ingredients found in dietary supplements and herb remedies, even though they may be useless or unsafe NEW YORK "Nutraceuticals" drinks that promise health benefits from the addition of dietary supplements and traditional
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    • HEALTH & MEDICAL NOTES
      • 66 11 BOTOX, the drug derived tsom the botulism bacteripim and capable of poison4hg rivers, is sweeping Aus*salia as the latest cosmetic *«ti-wrinkle craze and •pausing fears of misuse. f It is injected into the *|fcce, but can potentially j£use paralysis of the facial Jbuscles, including the
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      • 82 11 VIAGRA, which has revolutionised the treatment of impotence in men, could !help women with similar problems, according to a |new study. Doctors in Italy have tried the drug on 51 women in their twenties and thirties who complained that, although they were attracted to their husbands
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      • 48 11 SCIENTISTS have zeroed in on the part of the brain called the nucleus accumbens that controls willpower. Rats with lesions in this area were more impulsive than those without lesions, said the latest issue of Sciencexpress, the online version of the journal Science.
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      • 67 11 THE authorities in the French Caribbean have confirmed three cases of a brain-wasting ailment, saying one could be linked to mad-cow disease. Two of the patients are on the French island of Guadeloupe and the other patient is on St Martin. Three people in France
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    • 324 11 Doctors turn to the emu to save 'dead' hips DES MOINES (Iowa) The Australian emu that cannot fly hut runs like a sprinter can help doctors save patients' hips. Researchers in lowa are using the ostrich-like bird to study a disorder that forces thousands of people in their 3Os and
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    • PEOPLE
      • 184 12 HEIGHT ONCE BOTHERED HER MANILA Standing tall at the top of the country's political hierarchy, Philippine President Gloria Arroyo no longer worries about her height. The pint-sized President admitted to CNN Talk Asia during a long interview aired on Thursday that she had been conscious
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      • 128 12 OXFORD Chelsea, the daughter of former American president Bill Clinton, is expected to follow his footsteps and study at Oxford University. Ms Clinton, 21, is thought to be preparing for a postgraduate course in history following her graduation from Stanford University next month, the Daily
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      • 83 12  - CELEBRITY DOCTOR BACK IN INDIA NEW DELHI He was feted and fussed over last year when he successfully operated on Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's left knee in Bombay. This week, New- York based Indian-born D£», Chitaranjan Ranawat is set for an encore on the »> Indian Prime Minister's right
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      • 83 12 KOHL JR'S WEDDING A TURKISH DELIGHT ISTANBUL Peter Kohl, the son of former German chancellor Helmut Kohl, married his Turkish fiancee Elif Sozen Saturday at a Roman Catholic church in Istanbul in a match the Turkish media hailed as the "wedding of the year". For many Turks, the wedding brought
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      • 57 12 Malcom McLean, whose innovative use of large cargo containers revolutionised the global shipping industry and changed almost overnight the way goods were moved around the world, has died in New York. He was 87. Alberto "Korda" Diaz Gutierrez, the photographer whose images helped make Ernesto "Che" Guevara a guerilla icon,
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      • 26 12 Quoteworthy TSfo one lives on tlie ground l floor anymore. Enrico Biscotti. a resident of Venice, referring to the now frequent flooding of the lagoon city
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    • 393 13 Moscow plans to use the earnings to clean up the environment and design better reactors, but critics fear spent fuel can be reused in N-weapons MOSCOW Russia is preparing to store most oi the worla s nuclear waste despite strong opposition from the
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    • 134 13 LONDON A medieval Essex girl with syphilis may have proved Christopher Columbus did not bring the disease to Europe. The skeleton remains of the female found in Rivenhall show signs of the dis- ease in her bones. It was thought Columbus brought the disease
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    • 313 13 LONDON Two shopkeepers were found guilty yesterday of smuggling the bodies of rare and endangered African animals into Britain to be sold for traditional tribal recipes. Mobolaji Osakuade and his lover, Rose Kinnane, offered lions, monkeys, antelope, porcupines and ant eaters, along with snake
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    • WORLD FILE
      • 52 13 A SIAMESE twin died after an emergency operation to separate her from her sister, a Brisbane Royal Children's Hospital spokesman said yesterday. Bethany Nolan, who had no kidneys or bladder, did not survive the operation on Saturday night Her sister Alyssa was in a critical
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      • 55 13 A 56- YEAR-OLD woman has become the oldest British mother to give birth to twins, the Mirror newspaper reported. Ms Lynn Bezant of Croughton gave birth on Thursday to a boy and a girl, the newspaper said. She and her husband Derek, 56,
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      • 52 13 A MAN who spent five years on death row was found innocent at a retrial and released from prison. Mr Gary Wayne Drin- kard, 45, was set free on Friday after a Morgan County, Alabama, jury found him innocent of the murder and robbery of a
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      • 56 13 MACEDONIAN forces used helicopter gunships and heavy artillery in their fight to "kick out every last terrorist" from the north of the country, but the ethnic Albanian rebels returned fire with mortars and machine guns in a fresh show of resolve in which two soldiers
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      • 64 13 A FRENCH high-speed train (TGV) on Saturday travelled from the Channel port of Calais to the Mediterranean port of Marseille in just three hours and 29 minutes, setting a new long-distance record, rail authorities said. The special train, carrying SNCF chairman Louis Gallois and some
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  • COMMENTARY • ANALYSIS
    • 564 14 The StraitsTimes MONDAY, MAY 28, 2001 Washington redrawn WHEN asked why he left the Democratic Party in the *****, former United States President Ronald Reagan replied that he had not left the party, the party had left him. Vermont Senator Jim Jeffords, who left the Republican Party last week to
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      5 14 TIEN CHUNG PING
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    • 1142 14  - Malaysian human rights commission searchesfor political niche JOCELINE TAN FORMER Supreme Court judge Tan Sri Harun Hashim smiled somewhat ironically when asked about his work as a commissioner of the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia, which was formed last April by an Act of Parliament. "I thought I had seen
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    • 1099 15  -  ABRAHAM RABINOVICH I\ JERUSALEM 9k THE announcement last week by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of a unilateral Israeli ceasefire offered a glimmer of light in the eight-month-old Palestinian intifada. It is not a light at the end of the tunnel but an illumination
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    • ASIAN CURRENTS
      • 142 15 CHEN SHOULD FOCUS ON DOMESTIC AFFAIRS TAIWAN President Chen Shui-bian marked his year in office recently with an overseas trip to Central America. He may think that his diplomatic trip can divert the attention of the Taiwanese people from the island's increasing woes, but the foreign exchange and stock
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      • 105 15 POLL FRAUD: IMPOSE STIFF PENALTIES THE Philippines must go bevond merely detecting fraud, and start mak- poll ing sure that the problem is eliminated from the 2004 presidential election. A good way to discourage fraud is to impose stiff penalties. Punishment should cover not just those involved directly, but
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      • 126 15 EMPLOYEES URGED TO UPGRADE SKILLS HONGKONG'S Pacific Century CyberWorks chairman Richard Li met Companv employees last week to discuss relocating some ot its customer-ser-vice operations to China. His decision is yet another reminder that, as the restructuring of the econonjy is an on-going process, employees must move with the
        Ming Pao Daily News  -  126 words
      • 132 15 INDONESIA THE Indonesian government is phasing out fuel subsidies next month. Fuel and electricity are two hot political commodities that can sustain or bring down a regime, depending on how it plays its cards subsidising prices or promoting economic efficiency. Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid
        The Jakarta Post  -  132 words
      • 130 15 NEED FOR WATER POLICIES A SEVERE spring drought is causing a serious shortage of drinking water in some regions of South Korea. Although the likelihood of a water shortage has been pointed out for a long time, the government's policy on the management of water resources has been
        THE Korea Times  -  130 words
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  • FORUM
    • 517 16 DURING the morning rush hour, one often sees motorists who jam on their brakes or swerve to the road shoulder just before the electronic road pricing (ERP) gantries. The consequences of such actions are usually crushed car bonnets (like the Lancer I saw
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    • 208 16 PTC should reject. proposed SMnTj Tibs fare hike hike I REFER to the report, "SMRT, Tibs seek to raise fares by possibly 5 cents" (BT, May 26). It was stated that "at least two public transport operators are seeking approval for a small increase in fares... SMRT Corp and bus
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    • 69 16 I DISAGREE with Mr Robert Bartlett's request of Singapore Airlines ("Forget about the games and give us more legroom"; ST, May 26). I have heard no complaints about lack of space in SlA's Raffles or first-class seats. Economy or tourist class is optimised on saving passengers' money.
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    • 268 16 WE REFER to the letter. "New knee operation is flawed" (ST, May 25) by Dr Fung Hoi Chu. Unicompartmental Knee Replacement (UKR), the procedure of replacing only the diseased part of the knee while leaving the heathly portion untouched, is itself neither new nor ineffective.
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    • 268 16 I WOULD like to thank DBS for its electronic fund-to-fund transfer option available at all its ATMs, and through its ghone- and Internet anking services. However, I must point out that its fund-transfer system is still flawed. First, while fund transfers to a third party are possible
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    • 90 16 Display petrol prices prominently I LIVE in Perth, Australia, where the price of petrol has risen by more than 50 per cent in three years. This has outraged many motorists who blame the government for petrol excise and the petroleum companies for raising prices every weekend. In Singapore, where prices
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    • 35 1 FROM BOORS TO GENTS 'They dress better and don't curse and swear so much anymore. Student Kevin Choo, on his friends who have gone for etiquette courses The Straits Times home Monday, May 28, 2001
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      • 784 2 Mr Low Thia KJiiang has taken over from MrJB. Jeyaretnam as Workers' Party secretary -general. He spoke to reporters about Mr Jeyaretnarns role and his plans for the party. 6. SNAKKUUMN has the details WHAT will happen to MrJB. Jeyaretnam now? I
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      • 334 2  -  N ATALIE SOH By] MUUnnlnw A nUwDnnU nil ll A FATHER: Gathered at the funeral yesterday were (from left) Dr Lee's youngest child, Jade, son-in-law Sebastian Quek, wife Lyn and eldest son Andre. MORE than 100 people turned up at the Mount Vernon crematorium to
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      • 511 3 Ministerial Visits In Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC, BG George Yeo speaks about pride in being Singaporean. In Tampines West, Mr Mah Bow Tan urges residents not to be too preoccupied with parochial concerns. The two ministers went on community visits yesterday yet another
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      • 460 3 'READ THE NEWSPAPERS, WATCH THE NEWS. DON! JUST WATCH THE MOVIES... AND WHO WANTS TO BEA MILUONAIRL BECAUSE WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH OUR NEIGHBOURING COUNTIES, THE U.S. AND JAPAN WILL AFFECT US DIRECTLY.' Mr Mah A PRIMARY school slapped with a $4-million fine, reauests
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      • 351 5  -  CHONG CHEE KIN *L More than Irooo1 r 000 are involved in the exercise, which features a mock airplane crash at a housing estate OVER 1,000 rescuers, firefighters and volunteers made the grade when they were put through a tough four-hour skills test yesterday.
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      • 423 5  - Smaller circus for Serangoon Gardens? JOSEPHINE JAMES *L SHOULD it go or should it stay? The debate on the fate of the Serangoon Garden Circus has surfaced again among residents. But this time, some suggested a compromise to appease those who want to see the traffic circus go and those
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      • 223 5 I THE Straits Times School Holidays Programme, which kicks off today with a photogt raphy workshop, has drawn more than 17,000 registrants i for its line-up of activities. When a similar pro- gramme was held last De- cember, there were only 13,500 entries. Because of
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      • 1332 6 BG Lee's ice-cream memories Many young Singaporeans are now debating what makes Singapore home. In a wide-ranging interview, Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong tells Political Correspondent HE N6 what anchors him emotionally to this place A favourite haunt of teens and couples in the *****, the Magnolia Snack Bar,
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      • 1043 7 As the powerhouse of the global economy, the US needs to realise the impact it wields on other countries THE Third World was once a place where people cried: "Yankee, go home and take me with you". That joke made a serious point. Citizens
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      • 557 8  - Labrador Beach a living classroom CHAN KAY MIN 5a The stretch of coastline near Pasir Panjang is the only place on the main island that has live coral next to shore To me, conservation doesn't mean preserving something for eternity. If Labrador Beach can be preserved for the next 20
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      • 434 8 THE children of the future may be conceived and spend their first few days of development on a computercontrolled chip. In a move reminiscent of Aldous Huxley's famous production lines for making babies in Brave New Worla, American researchers are building a chip that can
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      • 218 8 Internet baptism for Silicon Valley babies REDWOOD CITY (California) First you get spanked, then you get spammed. Under a new programme being sponsored by a hospital in Silicon Valley, the home of the microchip, some northern California newborns will get an e-mail address within minutes of being born, officials said
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      • 580 9 Coming to a screen near you A WIDER choice of gaming platforms systems will see more people getting Into MltlM* More people are expected to go online to play games as new and improved gaming systems equipped with Internet features become available 'The big difference
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      • 565 10  - Give external courses a closer look SHAHIDA ARIFF Bu Students should check with embassies and bosses to ensure that universities awarding the degrees are recognised IF YOU CAN COMPLETI A DEGREE COURSE IN LESS THAN A YEAR, IT WON'T 00 YOUR CARED PROSPECTS MUCH GOOD.' Ms Chan, on the need
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      • 674 11  - Are external degrees inferior? SHAH ID A ARIFF By Many say such qualifications are worth the time and money spent, but others feel discriminated against Course requirements COURSES Many of the undergraduate degree courses offered are in business, management, accountancy and information technology. Others include engineering, banking, finance and mass
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      • 262 12 BASIL Chai is not looking forward to the June holidays. Nor would you, if you were going to have private tuition five times a week throughout your vacation. This is not all. The Primary 6 pupil also has to attend his school's Chinese and English
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      • 707 12 The month-long school holiday starts today. What can parents and children do in that time? Well, it depends on how well your children did in the mid-year examinations. ALVIH CHUNG puts together a guide. BRIDGING THE GAP: If your child got Cs r Ds YOUR
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      • 389 13  -  EMILLA IDRIS *l Teachers say it is because of the emphasis on life skills and emotional intelligence by students and parents TELL US WHAT YOU THINK HOW do you feel about the Education section? Do you have a burning question on an education issue for
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      • SCHOOL NOTES
        • 101 13 AN OLD tradition sprang to life at Nanyang Girls' High School recently, when students, teachers and parents spent the day making dumplings, right in the school's canteen. On Friday, 2,500 dumplings were made after demonstrations and hands-on sessions were held by teachers and parent volunteers. Vice-principal Low
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        • 102 13 MURAL FOR NAN HUA SECONDARY THE exams have ended, so students at Nan Hua Secondary School have turned their attention to something else: painting. Since May 18, current and former students have been painting a mural on the 70-m wall of a walkway that links the school's two buildings, as
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        • 103 13 STUDENTS from lower-in-come families sitting for the O levels this year can now join a new tuition programme offered by the Chinese Development Assistance Council (CDAC). Covering additional mathematics and pure physics and chemistry, the programme aims to help students who are weak in these subjects
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        • 46 13 RAFFLES Institution is holding its first Celebrate Science event to increase awareness of the impact of science and technology on people's lives. Highlights of the event, which started last week and ends on June 15, include, workshops, exhibitions and a life-sciences symposium.
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  • The Straits Times asia
    • 46 1 PROTECTING THE KING Thai people will not tolerate such insults against our beloved institution. We will fight if we have to. Defence Minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh, criticising a New Light of Myanmar article which attacked 19th-century monarch King Mongkut The Straits Times asia Monday, May 28, 2001
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    • 331 1  -  SHEFALI REKHI Asians generally optimistic about region's future, but two worries crop up: By BASED ON REPORTS FROM STRAITS TIMES BUREAUS ypEpßfHfn| They fear it will spark an arms race and generate hostility and suspicion ASIANS are generally optimistic about trie region's future, although they perceive the US-China
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    • 319 1 Threatened by politics and US slowdown, they fear economy won't recover fast w Echoing this concern, Professor Ben Lim of the Asian Studies Centre at the University of Philippines said that the Bush administration's stance was a hardcore one against its imagined enemy China and it was creating
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    • EAST ASIA
      • 420 2 Canada moves Lai from house arrest to lock-up The rearrest sparks speculation that the Chinese fugitive and his wife are about to be extradited to China to face smuggling charges VANCOUVER Chinese fugitive Lai Changxing, who has been under house arrest pending his appeal for asylum in Canada, has been
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      • 282 2 Student kills man in Tokyo train dispute BRAWL OVER SPACE ON TRAIN TOKYO A student has turned himself in to police for bashing a railway commuter to death after the two got into a fight over space on a crowded train, the second case of fatal assault in recent months
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      • 266 2 TAIPEI More than half of Taiwan's primary school students have been to Internet cafes and as many as 400,000 school students go to such cafes at least once a week, spending as much as NTS 79- 6 billion (554.3 billion) a year altogether, according
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      • 50 3 AP Indian children give an enthusiastic and traditional Indian welcome to Chinese naval officers of the missile destroyer Harbin as officials look on at the Bombay port. The missile destroyer and the Chinese naval tanker Taicang are on a goodwill visit to its Asian neighbour.
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      • 218 3 TOKYO National universities punished 16 teachers for sexual harassment in the academic year 2000. The figure is a sharp increase on the three disciplined a year earlier, according to documents released on Saturday by Japan's Education Ministry. The rise was attributed to a
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      • 327 3 US sale of arms nothing to gloat over, says Chen It does not indicate any change in US policy on China, but it gives Taiwan an edge in negotiations and will help to normalise cross-strait relations SAN SALVADOR Taiwan President Chen Shuibian said he is realistic enough to understand that
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      • EAST ASIA FILE
        • 39 3 A NORTH Korean navy patrol boat crossed into South Korean territorial waters yesterday, but no clashes were reported. It crossed over while trying to stop Chinese fishing boats from entering Southern waters. AP
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        • 49 3 A TINY Japanese village yesterday voted down a plan by a giant power company to use recycled nucle- ar fuel at its local plant. Kariwa village's vote to reject Tokyo Electric Power s bid has dealt a blow to the nation's future nuclearenergy policy. AFP
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        • 43 3 AT LEAST four thousand people marched to the government offices in Hongkong yesterday to commemorate the 12th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square incident. The march was organised by the Hongkong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Movements of China. AFP
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        • 48 3 THE US and Japan have told South Korea they would both support a visit to Seoul by North Korean leader Kim Jong II to help reduce tensions on the Korean peninsula. Both endorsed South Korean President Kim Dae Jung's efforts at reconciliation. AP
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        • 48 3 A CATHAY Pacific Airways pilot who was sacked after throwing nuts at the comEany's chief executive has ad his appeal rejected. Mr Scott Munro was sacked after Mr David Turnbull accused him of showering him with nuts in a bar last month. AFP
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      • 289 4 Chinese treasures to go on display in Taiwan HONGKONG Three national treasures that China retrieved last year will soon be put on view in Taiwan at an exhibition organised and hosted by a son-in-law of late Chinese patriarch Deng Xiaoping, Chinese newspapers nave reported. The visit to Taiwan by Mr
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      • 319 4 HONGKONG Macau casino tycoon Stanley Ho is angry that one of his sons-in-law used his name without his approval to promote a gambling website. Advertising online gambling is banned in Hongkong. Hongkong's media went to town last week on news that the 80-year-old
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      • 140 4 Piano prodigy Lang Lang was born into a family of musicians in north-eastern China's Shenyang city. His musical talent took off when he joined the Shenyang Music College at the age of three and then won his first piano competition at five. Four
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      • 509 4  -  LEE SEOK HWAI Bu Although only 19 years old and still in music college, Lang Lang is entrancing critics and audiences wherever he displays his rare talent CHINA-BORN piano prodigy Lang I^ang, hailed by the American media as "a phenomenal talent" and "the biggest,
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      • 489 5  -  JAMES EAST Bu STRAITS TIMES THAILAND BUREAU His theory of dividing farmland into fish pond, fruit and vegetable patches, rice Daddy field, farmer's home and chicken sheds is bearing fruit BANGKOK Photographs and posters of Thailand's revered King are pinned on
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      • 363 5  - Yet another brainchild hybrid palm oil-diesel fuel EDWARD TANG THAILAND CORRESPONDENT BANGKOK Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej, a passionate environmentalist and inventor, has developed a cost-saving energy formula which combines palm oil and diesel to produce a hybrid fuel suitable for trucks and machines. The Thai Department of Intellectual Property is
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      • 550 6  -  ROBERT GO By STRAITS TIMES INDONESIA BUREAU There are 40 known cases so far this year, with more going unreported, as well-organised syndicates are preying increasingly on tourists and expats Fast and easy work for thieves THIS year, there have been 40 documented
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      • 473 6 Gunmen take food from fridges before fleeing with captives PHILIPPINE HOSTAGE DRAMA PUERTO PRINCESA (Philippines) Hooded gunmen kicked down doors, rifled through closets and emptied refrigerators before taking off from a Philippine island resort with 20 hostages yesterday. The raid was carried out at dawn at the Dos Palmas resort
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      • 194 6 Some hospitals are resorting to using their own water-recycling and treatment facilities or artesian wells, while others have had to call in water tanks from water companies. But these supplies are not enough for an entire hospital. The city's largest hospital, Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital, is
        Jakarta Post; ASIA News Network  -  194 words
      • 308 6 Protesting driver who flees without paying hailed as a hero BAGUIO CITY A thief in the night or a heroic protester? An unidentified public utility jeepney driver who sped off from a petrol station without paying for a tank full of fuel has become an instant
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      • 125 6 HANOI The Vietnamese government plans to have non-smoking residential areas on a trial basis in a bid to tackle the growing prevalence of smoking. The pilot areas will be in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Haiphong, Tuyen Quang and Da Nang.
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      • REGIONAL FILE
        • 57 6 THAI NAVY COPTER CRASH HIS FIVE A NAVAL helicopter with seven on board crashed during a search-and-rescue mission, killing at least five officers, a Thai navy spokesman has said. It was deployed on Saturday to rescue injured fishermen aboard a trawler in the Gulf of Thailand, but plunged into the
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        • 59 6 THAILAND'S war of words with Myrnmar has escalated, with its defence minister calling a Myanmar article critical of the Thai monarchy an "insult," a Bangkok Post report said yesterday. Defence Minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh said that last week's article in the state-run New Light of
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        • 73 6 AT LEAST 19 people, including a policeman, were killed in the separatistplagued Indonesian province of Aceh, Indonesian security officers and rebels said yesterday. The policeman was shot dead in a clash in the East Aceh sub-district of Birem Bayeun, while the rebel Free Aceh
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        • 50 6 AN EARTHQUAKE measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale nit Bengkulu in Indonesia early on Saturday morning. No casualties have been reported so far. There were 5,364 quakes here between June and December last year and 205 until April this year. The Jakarta Post Asia News Network
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        • 52 6 PHILIPPINES-U.S. EXTRADITION TUSSLE THE United States may be §oing slow on the arrest and eportation of two alleged accomplices of ousted president Joseph Estrada because it is waiting for the Philippines to extradite to the US fugitive tycoon Mark Jimenez, Justice Secretary Hernando Perez has said. Philippine Daily Inquirer Asia
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      • 74 7 JL JL V AGE-OLD Malay traditions unfolded with pomp and pageantry at the Acheen Street historical enclave in Penang on Saturday as 22 boys prepared for a mass circumcision ceremony. The boys were carried on the shoulders of their fathers or male relatives in a
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      • 232 7 Few buyers for local academic works KUALA LUMPUR Academic books written in Malay and worth about RM4O million (Ssl9 million) are lying unsold, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Badawi has been reported as saying. A report in Mingguan Malaysia yesterday quoted him saying
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      • 610 7  - Indians' slice of wealth put at RM16 billion REME AHMAD By IN KI' ALA LUMPUR Samy Vellu answers 'blinkered' critics who insist on seeing most Indians as being nothing much more than impoverished estate workers THE total wealth of Malaysian Indians has been put at RMI6 billion (557.6 billion) by
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      • 137 8 KUALA TERENGGANU A 72-year-old grandmother had a lucky escape from a python in her bathroom on Saturday night. Ms Ngah Hitam had gone to the bathroom at her home in Kampung Seberang Tuan Chik when a python suddenly placed its laws tightly around one of
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      • 612 8  -  REME AHMAD IN KUALA LUMPUR Fearing political influence, journalists say MCA control over Nanyang's two newspapers would pose a serious threat to press freedom in Malaysia STAFF of two Chineselanguage dailies yesterday called on the Malaysian government to stop the takeover of their newspapers
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      • 165 8 Car-theft victims lured by women KOTA KINABALU Sabah state police busted a statewide car theft syndicate which used pretty women to lure victims into drinking sessions before stealing their vehicles. The gang's 12-month operations with car thefts came to an end after police crippled its activities following the arrest of
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      • MALAYSIA FILE
        • 44 8 PRIME Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad will lead a Malaysian delegation to the G-15 summit of developing nations in Indonesia. The delegation will include Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar and officials from the public and private sector. AFP
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        • 45 8 EGG producers in Malaysia will raise prices by 2 sen each from today because of increased costs of production. Producers have been selling eggs for less than it costs to produce them for the past 10 months. New Straits Times
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        • 49 8 DATUK Zainol Md Isa, suspended by Umno for buying votes during the party's recent divisional election, will resign as a Kedah state executive councillor from June 1. Kedah Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Syed Razak Syed Zain announced this in Alor Star yesterday. Bernama
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        • 49 8 PENANG'S state government plans to bring back betel nut trees, symbolic of the island's Malay name, which are rarely seen. The state is checking with botanists to determine which species of the pinang tree would be suitable for ornamental purposes. New Straits Times
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        • 46 8 PETRONAS SPONSORS TRAVEL ADVENTURE MALAYSIA'S national oil company, Petronas, will send a team of adventurers to travel through seven countries and cover 20,000 km over a 60-day period beginning on July 31. A total of 65 people will participate in the Petronas Silkroad Adventure 2001. Bernama
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    • 231 7 "Liberal Arts A Dynamic Force 11 Straits Times. 28 Mar 01 on the future of broadbased education in Singapore The first of its kind offered in Singapore, the BA in Liberai Arts is a multidiscipiinary online degree programme coming from a US top-50 university D Contact PBS Marketing Management Services
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    • 54 1 MY WIFE, THE BARBER 7 1 old my barber I wanted a crew-cut but too much of the sides came off on top. This funny look is a rescue job. Fandi Ahmad, on his new hairstyle. The "barber" is none other than his wife, Wendy Jacobs The Straits Times sports
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    • 284 1 ENGLISH SOCCER MANCHESTER Eric Cantona will make a sensational return to English Premiership champion Manchester United to help out Sir Alex Ferguson in nis final season at the club, reports Soccernet. While the United manager confirmed on Saturday that he will see out his
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      136 1 A trn*AT\ T »*:*P #m Khamarudin, Jm Singapore toot- alls "Runaway JL JL Son'\ may soon >me to roost wjth tempt to i'.rui'.Tgo trials in Hand last Decem But the striker, who Said coach r lemming etrrtn<7 tpome Qipnn rpn "VjpH cer ker Noh Alam fhit trinrioiis ?oal« Oliun
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    • 211 1 ♦ftfiraflnrtpnt on the PadanE» *fhe Singapore Armed Forces FC coach, who turns 30 tomorrow, scored twice >■ in the Singapore All-Stars' 3-2 win over their Scottish final Ex-international R. Sur- ia Murthi scored the local tearn'tf other goal while John McGinlay bagged both Scottish goals. Also
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    • SOCCER SHORTS
      • 66 1 CAMPBELL TO LEAVE TOTTENHAM TOTTENHAM Hotspur confirmed yesterday t!bat its England defender, Sol Campbell, would be leavt ing the English Br&nief League soccer club. In a statement on the club's official website, Tottenham said Campbell had demanded a £20-million (5551.4- million), three-year deal, Campbell had also insisted that he be
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      • 91 1 ECUADOR coach Hefnan Dario "Bolillo" Gomes:, gunned down on May 8, said on Saturday he would return to Quito, reversing an earlier decision tp quit over fears for his safety. "I'm going back for the love of the people, for the massive support of all
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      • 67 1 CELTIC COMPLETES SCOTTISN TREBLE MARTIN cm&Sk saw the final piece of his restoration on Celtic completed on Saturday as his soccer team beat Hibernian 3-0 to win the Scottish Cup and secure its first treble in 32 years. After Jackie McNamara put it ahead, striker Henrik Larsson scored twice taking
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      • 60 1 30 INJURED AS FANS INVADE PITCH AT LEAST 30 Israeli fans were injured, one of them critically, when crowds of jubilant sup- portef| of new champion Ma€3J|e&Haifa ran on to the piti* minutes before the en^^ffci last league game -against Maccabi fgraeli television said thousands of chanting, ■^P^SranKfefe^ Haifa scored
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      • 729 2 BASKETBALL Sixers trail 1-2 in series and will bring on their MVP for Game Four 'Were they just resting him? Is he really hurt? Are they 77 putting all their eggs in Game Four?' Milwaukee coach George Karl on Allen Iverson (above) MILWAUKEE From
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      • 622 2 LOS ANGELES Unbeaten in the play-offs, one victory away from a sweep of tne San Antonio Spurs in the Western Conference finals, the Los Angeles Lakers have become the team that coach Phil Jackson always thought they could be. Even Spurs star Tim
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      • 238 2 SOCCER LONDON Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson expects to buy French left-back Bixente Lizarazu from Bayern Munich and hopes to capture Patrick Vieira from Arsenal, the News of the World reported yesterday. 'The player is very keen to join us as soon as possible," Ferguson told
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      • 446 2 BADMINTON SEVILLE (Spain) Danish romantic partners Camilla Martin and Peter-Gade Christensen are still pursuing their dreams of winning in the World Badminton Championships. Last time, in their home city of Copenhagen in 1999. top-seeded Cnriste^sen botched the attempt hile Martin, who was not expected to
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        • 69 2 SINGAPORE'S Monica Heah won the PSI/FEI World Show Jumping Challenge yesterday at the Bukit Timah Saddle club. She rose to the top of the leaderboard after accumulating 11 penalty points. Adrien Desb?illets finished second with 26 points. In the team event, which is held as
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        • 58 2 COLORADO captain Joe Sakic scored twice and goaltender Patrick Roy posted his third shutout of the play-offs, as the Avalanche took Game One of ice hockey's best-of-seven Stanley Cup finals by crushing defending champion New Jersey 5-0 on Saturday. Chris Drury, Rob Blake and
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        • 48 2 IN A move to make the sport of boxing safer, professional boxers who fignt in the Australian state 01 Victoria will have to undergo regular brain scans. They will also have to have a scan even three years when they renew their registration.
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        • 53 2 CHINA advanced to the next round of soccer's World Cup qualifiers by beating Indonesia 2-0 in an Asian Group Nine match, thanks to goals from Xie Hui and Wu Chengying. The top team in each of the 10 Asian groups moves into the
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        • 46 2 CHINA picked up five more gold medals at the East Asian Games yesterday to top the gold-medal standings with 8/5 out of a possible 204. But the Japanese stole the show when they won the men's football and volleyball titles.
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        • 43 2 SINGAPORE finished third in the B Division of floorball's World Women's Championship in Riga. Latvia, yesterday with a 4-2 win over Poland. Marina Rumi Ibrahim, Sonia Teo. Lousie Khing and Martha Quek were the scorers for the Republic.
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      • 441 3 MOTOR RACING Michael bags fourth victory of season as Coulthard stalls on grid MONTE CARLO (Monaco) Michael Schumacher of Germany drove his Ferrari to his fourth victory of the season here at the Monaco Grand Prix yesterday, after arch-rival McLar-en-Mercedes had another disastrous day. The world champion could
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      • 318 3 GOLF CORNING (New York) Scotland's Mhairi McKay shot a four-under-par 68 to retain her lead after three rounds of the LPGA Corning Classic, but Sweden's Maria Hjorth zoomed up the leaderboard within one shot with a sizzling 63. McKay, who entered the round
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      • 486 3 POTOMAC (Maryland) A fan took off his shoes and threw them at the ceiling of a corporate tent to help a golfer from Vermont. That unlikely scenario unfolded last Friday at the 17th hole, where Jeff Julian somehow r survived the calamity of hitting that
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      • 183 3 MONTE CARLO The proposed Formula One breakaway series may be launched before 2008 if the European car-makers decide it is the best thing to do, Mercedes-Benz chairman Juergen Hubbert said. The organisers of the new series may approach current Formula One ringmaster Bernie
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      • 423 3 RESULTS 1. Michael Schumacher (Ger) Ferrari 262.860km Jhr47min 22.5615ec (average: L46.BBlkmh). 2. Rubens Barrichello (Bra Ferrari at 0.4315ec. 3. Eddie Irvine (Gbr) Jaguar 30.698. 4. Jacques Yilleneuve (Can BAR-Honda 32 454 5. David Coulthard (Gbr) McLaren-Mercedes one lap behind. 6. Jean Alesi (Fra) Prost-Acer one lap. 7. Jenson Button (Gbr)
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      • 339 3  -  ELGEN KUA SAILING I2ILl 2lL TOH LIYING and Joanne Lock appear likely to make the cut for the South-east Asia squad, after beating their male counterparts at the Singapore 420 Championships at East Coast Parkway yesterday. They were in top form as they outwitted
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      • 600 4 BASEBALL American League: NY Yankees 12 Cleveland 5. Oakland 5 Minnesota 4 (10 innings Game One). Minnesota 7 Oakland 6 (1C Innings Game Two), Anaheim 10 Tampa Bay 4. Toronto 5 Boston 0, Chicago White Sox 8 Detroit 0. Seattle 7 Kansas City 2. Texas at Baltimore postponed. National
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        1198 4 FEATS OF CLAY As covers go off at Roland Garros, the spotlight falls on one man EROYKOPR5YI GUSTAVO KUERTEN (Bra) Age:24 Grand Slam titles: Two Kuerten comes to Paris as the favourite to complete a hat-trick of Roland Garros crowns. He has won three times on clay this year before
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      • 653 4 French Open facts The tournament is IK) years old. It first took place in 1891 in the form off a national championship and became international from 1925, according to atptour.com. Other facts: 44,200 ice creams were sold in the stadium last year. 22 physiotherapists
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      • 473 5 New Spanish League champion celebrates with 200,000 MADRID Real Madrid celebrated its first Spanish League title in four years with champagne, smiles and even a spot of bullfighting. The players, determined to enjoy the club's first championship for four years, made the short trip from
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      • 196 5 P W D L F A Pts 1 Real Madrid 36 23 7 6 78 38 76 2 DeportivoLaCoruna 35 20 7 8 67 42 67 3 Valencia 35 18 8 9 52 29 62 4 Real Mallorca 35 17 11 7 49 39 62 5 Barcelona 35 16
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    • OBITUARIES
      • 988 5 CHIAM TOW WEE Aqt: 43 passed away peacefully on 27 May 2001, leaving behind his beloved family: Wife: Dr Sabrina Lim Sons: Daughter: Gerald Chiam Te Wei Genevieve Chiam Pei Yen Galvln Chiam Te An Father: Mother: Chiam Toon Keng Chew Ai Hoon Mother-in-law: Lily Yeo Sister: Brother-in-law: Chiam Mong
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      • 51 6 cn«m« Straits Tim«s lnd«x 1687.75 -4.63 BT 08/OS 311.00 *116.00 BT CADI -*****.00 ♦125.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 ♦31.00 DBS 50 inde« 557.65 -2.99 OCBC 30 532.19 -2.27 UOB Sesdaq 68.24 *1.76 UOB Blue Chip 611.11 ♦O.OS 3TI Futures 1685 -9 MSCI Sinqaport 209.00 -1.07 SiMSCI Futurts 208.80 -1
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      • 679 6 BROKERS' CHOICE US INVESTMENT bank Merrill Lynch has cut its rating on Singapore Airport Terminal Services (Sats) from "buy" to "accumulate" as a result of a slowdown in the local airline sector. "We see limited upside for the shares in the intermediate term and
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      • 515 6 ABNAmroßankNV s'* ABSA Bank Limited 6>.> Agricultural Bank Of China 6 ANZ Banking Group 6 1 American Express Bank 6 Arab Banking Corp 6 Arab Bank PLC s>> Asahi Bank Ltd 6' 2 Banca Intesa Banca Commercial Italiana SPA 7'4 Banca Nazionale Del Lavoro SPA 5 Bangkok
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      • 133 6 MAIN SDO TOTAL Up Dn Until Up On Unci) Up Dn Unch Multllnd 14 23 000 14 23 Miiutacturing 84 20 13 30 7 4 114 27 17 C immerce 32 10 8 8 3 3 40 13 11 Tpt/Stor/Comms I 7 9 3 000 17 93
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      • 101 6 SEOUL Signs of progress in corporate restructuring and a firmer won should lift South Korean shares this week, though doubts about the US economy are expected to prevent the index from passing a 12-month peak hit last week. "It is certain that we are in
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      • 33 6 Unidux 6c 109,892,000 TPV USlc 104,036,000 Surface MT HK2Oc 94,465,000 Tianjln Zhonq 90,665,000 KWentures 10c 80.727,000 Norelco 5c 76,356,000 PCI 25c 74,838,000 Autron 66,691,000 PacificCenturyiOc 65.528,000 GES Intl Ltd 20c 56,155,000
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      • 100 6 TURNOVER COOO) VALUE COOO) Main Sdq ToUl Main Sdq Total Multilna 15,639 15.639 19,742 19,742 Manufacture 311.154 118,370 429.524 226,711 34,882 261. 59i Commerce 46,660 14.886 61,546 19,539 5.140 24,67ft Tpt/Stor/Corr, 29 843 29,843 44,373 44,373 Finance 38,294 38,294 77,917 77.917 Construction 16,070 23.797 39,867 4,436 4,666
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      • 416 6 FOCUS ON NEW YORK A MIXED week for Wall Street saw technology shares continue their recent rally while blue chips retreated after the Dow Jones industrial index began approaching its all-time record. The Dow fell 2.62 per cent for the week
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      • 770 6 ROUND-UP Overseas markets HONGKONG'S stock market is set to test the psychological 14,000 level on bullish sentiment this week amid hopes for further US interest rate cuts, dealers said. The kev Hang Seng Index gained 294.81 points, or 2.2 per cent, to end the
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      • 418 6 Upturn for yen amid choppy waters BVHJ];GY[]J'BNG5GH HONGKONG The yen's mixed fortunes enjoyed an upturn last week as it rose against the greenback, despite continued choppy financial waters throughout the region. Bolstered by the confidence of Japanese Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa, the yen rose against the US dollar, jumping to
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      • 419 7 BT sells its yellow-pages unit for $5.4b The sale to two buyout firms will help Britain's second-largest phone company to reduce its debts further LONDON Hicks Muse Tate Furst and Apax Partners agreed to buy British Telecom's (BT's) yellow-pages unit for £2.14 billion (555.4 billion) as Britain's second-largest phone company
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      • MONEY WORLD
        • 105 7 THE London Stock Exchange (LSE) has held talks with the futures and options exchange Liffe that could be a prelude to the LSE's takeover of the derivatives institution, The Sunday Telegraph reported. The LSE which last week confirmed plans for a July flotation had held
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        • 83 7 BRITAIN 'MAY DRIVE NISSAN AWAY' NISSAN Motor chief Carlos Ghosn has warned that a British decision not to join the euro currency bloc could jeopardise investment in Britain by the Japanese car maker. In an interview with The Observer newspaper, he said Nissan had not yet decided where to build
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        • 64 7 MILLENIUM DOME NEAR TO BEING SOLD BRITAIN'S Millennium Dome is close to being sold to a group including pri-vately-owned Grosvenor Estates and property company Quintain Estates Development, The Sunday Times reported. It said the group was in exclusive talks with the British government's English Partnerships agency, which owns the 60.71-hect-are
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        • 79 7 CONSUMER products giant Procter Gamble (P&G) said that about 2,500 employees are considering buyouts under a plan to trim its US workforce by 3,400 positions in a worldwide overhaul. P&G is still processing requests for buyouts, which had to be submitted by mid-May, and
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        • 64 7 BRITAIN'S governing Labour Party plans to privatise the Post Office, recently renamed Consignia, if it wins the June 7 election, The Sunday Times reported. Plans for the privatisation process had already been drawn up by the Department of Trade and Industry and would be
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        • 58 7 SILICON Valley-based networking equipment maker Cisco Systems plans to offer for sub-lease 750,000 sq ft of office and research and development space, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. It said Cisco plans to sub-lease the space throughout Silicon Valley to help adjust to a slowing economy
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      • 131 7 Frankfurt Airport operator Fraport and British car maker MG Rover are set to tap the initial public offer market for funds FRAPORT Will sell as many as 26. 1 million shares at between 32 euros and 37 euros each this week IPO proceeds may reach 966 million euros
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      • 153 7 Morgan Stanley mulls over $3.8b buy LONDON US investment bank Morgan Stanley is considering an offer for Britain's Cazenove that would value the target at some £1.5 billion (SS3.B billion), the Sunday Business newspaper reported. However. industry sources played down the report, saving there had been no talks between Cazenove
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      • 438 8 Thai savers look abroad for returns THAKSIN'S CONCERNS Limited investment options in Thailand, a fragile stock market and low interest rates have left most Thai investors high and dry. THAI Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's complaint that record-low interest rates have sparked capital outflows has pitted him against the central bank,
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      • 42 8 THEpoor turnover on the Philippine Stock Exchange has been blamed on: Political uncertainty; A share price-fixing scandal allegedly involving ousted president Joseph Estrada; Tighter securities legislation; and State pension fund operators cutting back on stock investments. REUTERS
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      • 553 8 More broking firms are expected to stop operations as country's political woes take their toll on the economy MANILA Four foreign broking houses have either ceased or suspended operations in the Philippines this year, hurt by low turnover in the local stock market.
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      • 326 8 Volatility slows as cost of hedging increases VOLATILITY, the bogeyman of Asian currencies, has made itself scarce in recent months, to the delight of central bankers but the chagrin of traders. Some regional currencies, like those in Taiwan. South Korea and Singapore, have flat-lined because the market is waiting for
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      • 366 9  -  LORN A TAN MULTIPLE OPTIONS Bu EMPLOYEES of Prudential Singapore will get to create their own package of company benefits beginning next month, choosing the options that best suit their lifestyle. Pru Flexi- Ben scheme is the first of its kind to be
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      • ASIA UPDATE
        • 76 9 CHINA'S top exporting province, Guangdong, had exports of USS27-97 Billion (5550.6 billion) in the first four months of this year, up only 2.1 per cent from the same period last year, the official Xinhua news agency said yesterday. The southern province, which accounted for
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        • 66 9 AFTER six years of negotiations, Swedish car giant Volvo appears to be cooling on a proposed tie-up with Chinas third-largest truck maker. A major stumbling block was the unexpected discovery that state-owned China National Heavy Truck, assigned to Volvo as a joint-venture partner, is
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        • 75 9 TAIWAN President Chen Shui-bian has promised that his government will push ahead on several fronts to end a credit crunch facing the industry and stimulate a faltering economy, local newspapers reported yesterday. The government would take steps to attract more foreign investment, stimulate the
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      • 562 9  -  LEE SU SHYAN Hu Raffles and Hotel Grand Central are offering minority shareholders discounts on room rates and food PERKS The Raffles Holdings privilege card: Is valid for six months. Provides 25 per cent off the lowest published room rates for hotels including the
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      • FOCUS ON CEO PAY
        • 408 10  -  IGNATRS LOW B'i Paying for performance is one reason why US firms have surpassed their Japanese and German counterparts FINANCFCORRF.SPONDFAT THEY do not blush at paying sky-high salaries, yet are prepared to axe chief executive officers (CEOs) who fail to perform this is one
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        • 708 10  - It's if a CEO excels but the sack if he does not ZU RAIDAH IBRAHIM By STRAITS TIMES UNITED STATES BUREAU United States PALO ALTO When times are good, chief executive officers (CEOs) have an easier ride but with the US economy weakening they have to achieve tougher performance goals
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        • 356 10 Measuring Performance PALO ALTO Linking pay to performance is a widely accepted management principle among American companies and is fast becoming a global trend. But how to measure performance continues to stir debate. Some compensation boards look at shareholder return, which is the sum
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      • 515 11  - Payoff goes to successful team efforts KW AN WE NG KIN FOCUS ON CEO PAY Japan JAPAN CORRESPONDENT TOKYO An increasing number of Japanese companies have introduced performance-pegged wage systems in recent years to hang on to talented employees. But paying top dollar for a chief executive officer (CEO) remains
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      • 619 11  -  AZHAR KHALID Bj IT WAS a fast and furious ride last week for penny stocks, which thrived on rumours and hearsay from market players whose main motive appeared to be churning out trades for a quick buck. But it is likely that
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      • 504 11  -  Strong debut by tech firms last week raises question of whether the S'pore market can mirror the US performance *1L BRUCE CHONG THINK this is a bad time to list a technology stock? Think again. Initial public offerings (IPOs) of three tech companies on
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      • 359 11 PRINCETON (New Jersey) Delistings on the Nasdaq stock market have tripled this year as oncehot Internet and telecommunications companies succumb to falling stock prices and the slowing economy. In the month of April, 147 companies were removed from Nasdaq trading, up from 46 in the
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      • 72 11 WEEK'S TOP RISES Cents SembcorpLog..- 885 WO.O 12.7 VentureMfg2sc. 1430 100.0 7.5 Central Prop 1480 60.0 42 GreatEast 50c 980 60.0 6.5 BSembawang 1300 50.0 4.0 OmnilndlOc 310 420 15.7 OUB 720 40.0 5.9 EJecBoc 269 36.1 8.0 Creative T 25c 1720 30.0 18 JMHUS2SC4OO 590 27.1 26 rianjinZhong 715
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      • 74 11 WEEK'S TOP RISES Cents First EngWtOl 3 WO.O 1.5 PacCentMLCWO! 1 100.0 0.5 TeckWahCorpWL... 4 100.0 2.0 SanTehW»2 3 50.0 1.0 El-Nets k 8 45_ 2.5 Goodpacklc 65 35.4 17.0 •GentingW M_ 31.8 63 KWentureslOc 19.5 30.0 4.5 Armstrong We 15.5 292 35 Noble Grp HK100c 120 28.2 26.4 ChuanSoon
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      • 72 11 WEEK'S TOP FALLS Cents SPH 2010 80.0 -3.8 SPHWO 2010 70.0 3.4 Chart SemiCon 525 35.0 6.3 V Ballas 25c 88.5 26.5 23.0 TACBHO 200 252 18.1 3.8 CiC 312 18.0 5.5 SCS2SC 169 13.0 7.1 Juronq Cement 120 12.0 9.1 SIA 1280 10.0 0.8 Marco Polo 195 9.0 4.4
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      • 77 11 WEEK'S TOP FALLS Cents KianHoWOZ 2 33.3 1.0 VBallas2sc 88.5 23.0 26.5 EasyKnit 2kA 27 20.6 1.6 JurongEng Wto2 10 20.0 2.5 Noel Gifts 10c 14 17.6 3.0 SCoffeemixWOl 5 16.7 1.0 Supertxwllsc 16 15.8 3.0 Mayfran W*****7 5.5 15.4 1.0 Tai Sin 10c 14 15.2 2.5 BakerTech2oc 35 13.6
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      • 659 12  - DB S Finance Building to be sold FELISA BATACAN Bu Bank makes further headway in sale of non-core assets while its Big Four rivals have still a long way to go DBS GROUP Holdings has streaked further ahead of Singapore's other Big Four banks with its programme of selling non-core
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    • 112 4 SOCCER Friendly: Singapore Under-23 v Combined teams of AC Siena/Fluminese (Choa Chu Kang Stadium. spm). SBHFL Div 2: Roylindo Express Services v Sime Singapore (Tanglin 1), SCV v OCBC (Tanglin 2) 5.15pm. BASEBALL Detroit v Chicago (ESPN Ch23, Bam). BASKETBALL NBA Play-offs Eastern Conference Finals, Game 4: Milwaukee Bucks v
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      • 315 3  - Singing along with Tanya LIONEL SEAH National Pride Bu Pupils compete for the honour of being chosen to sing the theme song with Tanya Chua at the National Day Parade LAST Friday, Tanya Chua performed at three schools on the trot, singing her National Day theme song, Where I Belong.
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      • 729 8  -  ARTHUR SIM Simply Magic Bu David Blaine has no need for lavish productions. He has his own bag of tricks as well as some famous friends to make Ms TV shows a treat to watch A REPORTER asked up-and-coming American magician David Blaine: "So, what do you
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        • 110 9 TO LAUNCH its US$l2O--million (Ss2l6-million) mini-series, Band Of Brothers, HBO is arranging for World War II veterans from Easy Company and their families to attend the premiere of the show on June 6 (D-Day) at the Utah Beach Memorial in Normandy, France. About the exploits of Easy
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        • 88 9 FANS of manga and anime can look forward to more animated action in the next two months. June sees Manga Madness on Arts Central's Film Art on Wednesdays at 10 pm, where titles like Catch the mummy madness on Discovery Ghost In The Shell and Spriggan will
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        • 68 9 STARTING tomorrow on MediaCorp TVs Channel 5 at 8 pm is Mr Kiasu, a sitcom adapted from the homegrown comic book by Johnny Lau. Playing the bespectacled title role is Channel 8 crossover, Chew Chor Meng along with a supporting cast which include Perfect 10 DJ Daniel
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      • 276 14  - I don't have a man right now TOMMY WEE By Romance On The Rocks Vonda Shepard is singing the blues now as she lets out a painful secret that she broke up with her beau five months ago. And she's not telling why AT A press conference last Tuesday in
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        • 110 14 Lopez 's beau takes a leap ACTRESS-SINGER Jennifer Lopez seems to be going all out to boost the credentials of her lesser man, Cris Judd. Within a few months, her new beau's job description has gone a step up from dancer to choreographer. Soon, he will be known as a
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        • 175 14 We made up half the story, says Esquire ATLANTA Tom Junod will not apologise for making up much of a profile on R.E.M. lead singer Michael Stipe for Esquire magazine, saying he wanted people to question celebrity journalism. In the profile for the June issue, Junod describes the 41-year-old Stipe
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      • 836 4 Personal Services Products Business Services Products ISO DOMESTIC HELP ISO DOMESTIC HELP ISO DOMESTIC HELP ISO DOMESTIC HELP ISO DOMESTIC HELP ISO DOMESTIC HELP 150 DOMESTIC HELP AVAILABLE AVAILABLE AVAILABLE AVAILABLE AVAILABLE AVAILABLE AVAILABLE I jiHH^^^"^?\ H I ri, I*^ 1 J L :>- '%:-X £QCS!SE %^^CI3!!iC Director Mr Ron,
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      • 554 4 i—^ 180 GARAGE SALES If you are looking for high quality reconditioned NEW USED furniture/ electrical offict equipment. COME DOWN NOW TO THE BUDGET HOUSE 20 Sims Lane Tel: 846-9830 (behind Blk. 53 Sims Dr.) TV console $40. Dining table $100. All size mattress $20- $138. Office table $45. All
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      • 819 5 305 BMW FOR SALE DEPOSIT SSK. 5/'92 BMW 3201A. 10 yrs. COE. Tax new. Full bodykit. M3 steering. Call: *****92 7/*OO BMW 7281A. Grey. Low mileage. View at: 110 Middle Rd. Chiat Hong Bldg. 801-00. 5//96 BMW 5231A. Maroon. Low mileage. PML svc. Memory seat. 9857-8449 1 0WNER 7/'OO BMW
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      • 1404 5 316 HONDA FOR SALE 316 HONDA FOR SALE MwwtHliMelWMMTHn SPORTY '81 CIVIC 1.3 5-d'. COE fflTfWTmrjJ IJIJ' 11 1 4/20C2. New ta> S/r ms No re I i"lw/ 3 USVi H VJ 1 1 i I m\ I^J :s Sell S33ooonlv 2=~C236 A -J-— ,g»~7V^ 02/99 CIVIC SIR. Be ge
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      • 1593 6 Vehicles 328 NISSAN FOR SALE IMMACULATE COND. 1 owner 92 Sunny I.6SSE. Auto. COE 10 yrs. CD. S/rims. Quiet engine. $44K. Deposit S2.BK. Call *****22 s»vin£ff/ 6-MTH. OLD NISSAN Cefiro. 1 owner. Mileage 8000km. S/rims. Expensive Hifi. Showrm. cond. Selling $*****0 only. *****949 Gilbert DEPOSIT 52.5K ONLY. 1 owner. 5/92
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      • 874 6 334 PROTON FOR SALE BUT SELL Miss No t24-hours> PECLUJIEDCT WEEKENDS CARS 1 OWNER 12/'97 Wira LSGU Manual. New paint. S/rims. Tip top condition. Call 453-1619/ 453-2116 DEPOSIT $8001 7/'99 Wira 1.3 Manual. 1 owner. Low mileage. A1 cond. High loan/ trade in. *****805 01/'94 PROTON WIRA 1.6XL1. Auto. 4
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      • 691 6 342 SUZUKI FOR SALE 7/'97 SWIFT 1.0. 4 dr. Manual. OMV $13K. S/rims. Centra) lock. Low mileage. P/steering. ?*****46 8/'9l MAROON SWIFT 1.0 GL, 4-dr. Tax 7/'OI. S/rims. 5 yrs COE. 526.8K. Call 454-0012 Lim 344 TOYOTA FOR SALE L MODILS CoJSfSttl Buy Soil P| wuintfiiMiifini m™ !a» seSwvJtbe §M
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      • 735 6 344 TOYOTA FOR SALE 344 TOYOTA FOR SALE 344 TOYOTA FOR SALE 344 TOYOTA FOR SALE Ki^^^H ESl *T^ Cn2 E^3Edh I I AJI C4valnei*«lv* «^COfl~ I jSwJE!!ziJL«Jpm|'"S i IffIMfTWTfT WUVB>Y r n:t y \TOYOTA ESTIMA TOYOTA CAMRY HONDA ODYSSEY HONDA ACCORD 2^f T 2.3 Auto 5135.800 f*£]F°£ Wsl $t
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      • 463 6 346 VOLKSWAGEN FOR SALE MID 1999 GOLF 1.6 Auto. S3.Sk deposit. White. 1 Owner. Excellent cond. New tax, leather, S/Rims. C&C maintained. Low mileage! $85K neg. 454-0330, Carz House BRAND NEW VOLKSWAGEN Beetle. Leather seats/ sunroof. G'teed COE. Immed. regn. View: AML Bldg. Übi Ave 2, #02-12. *****00 1 BANKER
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      • 635 6 DRIVE SHAFT SPECIALIST. All mod■■■■■bhbi e s Ouai work. 5 Kirr Chuar Ter W r Mj t JffJ race Tei; *****30/ *****32 u "J""JjJJ l l l[""!j™_ HEARING NOISE WHEN Turning! KHANG'S AUTOMATIC Specialist front *hee c e TRANSMISSION PTE LTD snaft<oranymooei Te *****5 Remanufactured Dyno Tested for:- Audi. BMVV.
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      • 640 6 377 CAR FINANCING/ INSURANCE HateUjfe^^ COE(PQP) I NEW USED CAR FINANCING Call 738 6233 or 738 9623 a. (attor office hour*) LOANS HIRE PURCHASE c- new/ usec COE ca r s MM lornes motorcycles Non-transferabie arrangeabie Buyinr selling new/ used sc r ac ca r s CING DIEN CREDIT 486
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      • 206 7 »77 CAR FINANCING/ 377 CAR FINANCING/ J77 CAR FINANCING/ 177 CAR FINANCING/ INSURANCE INSURANCE INSURANCE INSURANCE Repayment period Interest rates* 7 years -2.35% o years £.*3j/o 5 years 2.35% 4 years 2.30% 3 years 2.30% 2 years -2.15% To apply, visit any of our branches or our website at www.ktf.com.sg
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      • 89 7 382 VEHICLES FOR HIRE vPalO TnSiimirrri KaWM 1.5(A)/1.6(A) $65 SALOON CARS (I.3cc -3.occ) Daily Weekly Monthly for rate>i A I Ntw Saloon Car Fr. $70 New Diesel Lorry Fr. $50 NewDieselVan Fr. $60 Pick-up Fr. $28 1 .61tr A) CjmJß mwmiVSliATt ROBINSON Rent-a-Car NEW MPV FOR MALAYSIA USE Ttl: 288
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      • 537 7 382 VEHICLES FOR HIRE l^^aW^M New Cora 1 j I *Matoyx*o ittt aralhbh 1 JVA RENT-A-CAR OFFERS Merl cedes E2BO/ 230/ Lexus ES3OO/ 1 Cefiro/ Mitsubishi Galant for long/ short term rental Wedding. Call 9855 1111/ 883 0880 Thanks gUPERI BAUM FALCON-AIR OFFERS VANS $750 p/mth. Special rates avail for
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      • 80 7 WANTED (All model vehicles) WE OFFER EXTRA $2500 Immed. transfer. Immed. full finance settlement (if any). Cash transaction. I VEHICLES WANTED! Extra *$2500* All model '93-VO *****83 (24 hrs) MJH^Trf&rKaBH Any condition, Any models. Attractive cash offers. PARF/ Non-PARF. WitW without COE. Cal; to view at your comnnfrnce. Anytolk»Bonvn«ndqay For
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      • 600 7 383 VEHICLES WANTED j^ttoalwittotßOt^^ [View Deal Motoring MEET YOUR PRICE! Buying/ Selling All Used Cars PRICE GUARANTEED!!! VALUATION GUIDEII Call Mr Nelson H/p. 9845-2433 Pg. 9303-4416 Call Immediately ■Japanese Car, PB, Commercial! Q-piate. Scrap car I I wWithoutCOE I •Highest Offer* EEjESEiOEhH] Toyota Corolla GLI '91-'92 1 Toyota Corona GLI
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      • 1981 7 387 LORRIES FOR SALE 387 LORRIES FOR SALE J&,«©tmilM7oo Ijj Revolutionary Spate Creation I|HJ eoncpf^ warn KIAUTOPTILTD 494 AAtA 39 Dofu Low 12 (off Pcyo Lebor Airport Rood) WOW VVWW REGD. ONLY 9 mths. 8/2000 Toyota Dyna 200D 14ft. (box sliding dr.). 1 owner. Hardly use. Well kept. Class 3
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      • 801 7 387 LORRIES FOR SALE 8/'96 TOYOTA DYNA 10ft. aiesei. 7ft. canopy. Carpk. $55. Tip top cond. 524.8K. Owner 9742-4329. NEW MITSUBISHI I4' high/ low deck 6/ 10 ton. prime mover, immed. delivery. Low deposit. *****727 REPOSSESSED 'GM947BU' 10/93 Canter 10' iowbec. aesei. HWwst offer secures. Pis. call 344-1918 END '92
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      • 1326 7 Vehicles 3»1 VANS FOR SALE 391 VANS FOR SALE G***~~<&) HYUnDOI pP l *el W ir^ DOVV^IPAYMENT $1500 ONLY 1 H-T6o\^^^^^ i '3 yrs. warranty. 'High trade-in j F HICKY TAY MOTOR TRADtAK? I 61 Übi Ave. 2 #01-06 T A 4J7 7ft 70 1 Megamart Igl, 04/'/0/0f y^ him
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      • 628 8 Vehicles Properties 391 OTHER COMMERCIAL 391 OTHER COMMERCIAL 391 OTHER COMMERCIAL 391 OTHER COMMERCIAL VEHICLES FOR SALE VEHICLES FOR SALE VEHICLES FOR SALE VEHICLES FOR SALE I I^^^^ 1 n f"i y\^j l^T^i i iii p" i^ f 1 I i«i \I 5# 1 1 »A/i II" 1 Til ■T^
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      • 470 8 *****1-08 402 001-08 CITY SOUTH-WEST CITY SOUTH-WEST PTEAPTS-RENT PTEAPTS-RENT •3 1 rms. 1282 to 1 284 sq ft Short term lease available Private and exclusive {minimum of 1 mth) Grand Hotel style lobby Immediate occupation Full recreational facilities SCV cable TV ready FAR EAST ORGANIZATION TEL: *****1 1 ANCHORAGE. 4*l
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      • 838 8 404 009*10 ORCHARD/ 404 DO9-10 ORCHARD/ TAMCLIN/ HOLLAND TANGLIN/ HOLLAND PTEAPTS-RENT PTEAPTS-RENT -Brand new luxurious condominium in the heart of Orchard Rd -Resort setting with tropical landscape design -Choice units available 1/2+l/3+l bedrooms -Roof garden with Jacuzzi Ground floor units with patio just next to swimming pool -Well-equipped gymnasium ISP
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      • 788 8 404 DO9-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND PTEAPTS-RENT Aspen Heights s+l. 2411 sq.ft. $12k 4+l. 1582 sq.ft. $6k 2+l. 1044 sq.ft. $4k Valley Park 3+l. 1701 sq.ft. 2 units $5 3k IProps Realty Pte Ltd James Gan *****669 (PG) 4+i Ardmore Ph. $***** 4+l Regency Ph. $***** 4+l Wing on Life $*****
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      • 947 8 404 DO9-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND PTE APTS -RENT D.lO ARDMORE PK. Brand new elusive condo. 2800 sq.ft. 4*l h,gh fir. Designer decor. Full facilities. Immed. RTR *****28/ *****228 MT. ROSIE GDN. Mais. 2400 sq.ft 3* family *1 big balcony facilities. 15 units oniy. Serene/ greenery. 10 min. to Orchard. *****066
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      • 910 8 404 DO9-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND PTE APTS RENT D.lO WOOLLERTON PK. High fir. 235C saft. Split level. 3*l bdrm. Face greenery 481-2747 (agent, BEL-AIR. 4*l. 3200 sq.'t Renovdtea. Pa r tiai fu^n. Greene* v Quiet neg. Immeo. 7882"i28/ *****901 LEONIE TWR. 4*l r^s 2950 sq.ft Newiy renovatec. G'eenerv. Mais. $6.3K.
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      • 792 8 410 Dl5-16 EAST COAST PTE APTS RENT COSTA RHU Pe-'.^se 4867 sq t; P/furr Sea view. 4+l+l. Baicory Roofterr $10* SOVEREIGN. High fir Sea vie* 4* 27OCsq.«: $6.5* THE TANAMERA 3*l 1518 1324 sq.ft. Nea r M rt H .gh < lr e<b e¥S $2.5* n«s. FPDSavills (S) Ptt Ltd
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      • 779 9 416 D22-28 WEST NORTH PTE APTS RENT Br f a^ 2 UNITS. PARC Oasis. 1227 sq.ft. 3+l. High fir. F/furn. 100% move in. Good view/ partial pool view. MRT/ amenities. Avail. Ist/ 19th June Woodgrove Condo. 3 rm. Rent neg. OPP. CHINESE SON MRT! Pare Oasis condo. 1507 sq.ft. 3+l+l.
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      • 946 9 410 HOUSES FOR RENT NEAR SWISS CLUB. Ola world charm 2-storey bunglw. Lots of cnaracter. 4+2 family. Huge cosy patio. Pool. $!2K. PAL *****651 D.OS PASIR PANJANG bunglw. $7K; Semi-Ds Jubilee $2K; Hong Leong/ Zennder 53.5K New towntise vPOOD. 52.3K *****880 Best Location D.09/ D.lO/ D.ll/ 0.21/ D.15/ D.16. Landed
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      • 729 9 414 SERVICE APARTMENTS 414 SERVICE APARTMENTS For Lease (S) (from 1 week) \NowX Prestisious Service Apartments In District 9 Next to Orchard MRT Station ■in >v» mM i^m s L *.^^k^B^^^ .^ka^ka^kaW J, >«M^^^' r!WK ß^B^i^^Hk J Leasing Enquiries Tel *****1 1 Easy Accessibility To All Parts Of The Island
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      • 612 9 426 ROOMS FOR RENT KHATIB/ TAMPINES. NEAR MRT. Students/ professionals welcome. Meals provided. 9753-0912 COMMON RM. AT condo, near amenities, Yio Chu Kang MRT, aircon, p/furn. Call 9759 5242 for info. 5 MINS WALK to Balestier: T. Payoh MRT; Thomson. Common master or $100 lady sharing. 9384-8654 BIG AIRCON ROOM
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      • 636 9 Properties 4»1 Dll &21 NEWTON/ 451 Dll &21 NEWTON/ 451 Dll &21 NEWTON/ 451 Dll &21 NEWTON/ 451 Dll &21 NEWTON/ 451 Dll 6 21 NEWTON/ BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI PTEAPTS-SALE PTEAPTS-SALE PTEAPTS-SALE PTEAPTS-SALE PTEAPTS-SALE PTEAPTS-SALE The Straits Times Classified PROPERTY GUIDE PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL A City South West
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      • 369 9 446 DO9-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/HOLLAND PTEAPTS-SALE D.09 D'GROVE PRESTIGIOUS condo 2400 sq.ft. 3+l. Near Shangri-La/ Orchard Rd. 9023-8662 Agt. D.09 DORMER PK. Tanglin. 2347 sq.ft. 4+l. Tenanted. Pool. $1.76M/ $750 p.s.f. Gates B 295-4997 KILLINEY/ RIVERSHIRE/ WILLYN Ville. (Holland) MRT/ schs. $I.IBM/ 51.32M/ 51.09M. 9325-2622 NC D.lO SOMMERVILLE PK. Studio. 624
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      • 326 9 486 012-14 BALESTIER/ MACPHERSON/GEYLANG PTEAPTS-SALE NEW Freehold Apt for Sale and Rent Open House 10 am 5 pm Near Balestier Rd, 60 Kim Keat Rd 3 Rm 2 Halls, from $520K, at 1098 sq.ft., Good location. Tel 269 7791 HP 9633 1986 9639 8911 j F'HOLD BALESTIER WALK-UP 1570 i
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      • 339 9 461 Dl5-16 EAST COAST PTE APTS -SALE WATERSIDE. ABOVE 20 fir. 2142 sq.ft. 3+l. Ouiet facing, facilities. F'hold. Good price. HB 9222-2999 S7OOK ONLY. MANDARIN Garden. 1780 sq.ft. 3+l/ 1000 sq.ft. 2 rms. Pool/ sea view. 9214-1187 REJOICE D.16 BEDOK CT. Blk. 297. 3+l. Big courtyard. 99 yrs. S/pooi. S72OK.
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      • 299 9 47t &t9-2n SERANGOON/ THOMSON PTE APTS -SALE VktorLte *****418 atd WMt www.vlctor-lM.com; P«.: 9317-2418 Jansen 28. 999 yrs. l-rm. apt 667 sq.ft. Grour.o Br. Direct poo v,ew. Nice no. Nice decor. Must sell! HAUNG CT. WALK-UP 3 bdrms. 1475 sq.ft. 999 yrs. Good cone 1 Vacant. 5 mins. to Hougang
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      • 501 9 492 HOB APTS FOR SALE <ANGMOKK» 5 PT. Blk. 460 AMK Mid fir. Urblocnec Lift leve;. Orig cone Good facing. Spacious layout. Ae: mkt./ hawKer ctr. *****62b PN AT VALUATION) 3 NG AMK Blk 546 walk up. Unbiockec. Wei: kept Amenities/ mkt 9409-0669 P* 3 'NG' 182/ 301. High Br.
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      • 682 10 Properties 4 •^T D^ T c s H F A <^?H^ E 4M c H B D E B^ T c s^?^i E ™X!iHTc^ m^KS^ "EffiiXFJlif The Straits Times Classified PROPERTY GUIDE (HPB ESTATES) ,1 X VClementi/ Jr^ 516. Bedok/^Jl^ i ni Mr. -a LinO rilal«i Sontosa I K HI
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      • 566 10 4«HDWgg^gAL£ NEW LISTING! 4 T Oueensway blk 168A. Very high fir. Bright. Nice no. Pool view/ greenery. Valued S2SOK. Edsun 9581-8432 RE/MAX BLK. 86. 3 'I' Redhill. Near Redhill mkt./ MRT. Renovated. Unblocked. Great potential. 9702-8288 agt. SEAVIEWI 3 'A' Best Blk. 110/ 112 Bt. Purmei. High fir. Unblocked. 100%
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      • 668 10 800 HDB APTS FOR SALE (CHOA CHU KANG/ BUKIT PANJANG) EXEC. APT. URGENTI Any offer below value. Bangkit Rd. Blk. 248. Low fir. Renovated. *****362 NR EXEC. APT. 529 CCK. Resort decor, i Big layout. Near amenities. Valued 5433K. Low cash neg.! 9487-0402 EXEC. APT. BLK. 555 CCK. High fir.
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      • 553 10 tHDB APTS FOR SALE (HOUGANG/ SERANGOON/ YK) CHU KANG) ■BJJPJHBmHBmBHHRBHHB EXEC. MAIS. 539 S'goon N. Rare unit. 4+l/ N S facing/ Rosyth/ mkt Move-in cond/ f/aircon/ well kept. Serious seller. Owner 9665-4141 EXEC. MAIS. BLK 628 Hougang. Mid fir. Unblocked. 100% move in. Bright breezy. Valued. $10K below. Low deposit.
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      • 561 10 503 HDS APTS FOR SALE (JURONG) Aqents Buyers Sellers Call 56H616 4 'A' 755, 814. High fir. Breezy. Mkt. 3 'NG' 306,480 Nice. Sch, mkt, MRT 5 'I' 721, 765. Beautiful, spacious 5 'I* 840, 933. Mid. fir. Cozy, mkt. 4 'NG' 205, 302. Nice, unblocked 5 'I' 204, 322.
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      • 548 10 SO* HDB APTS FOR SALE (KALLANG/WHAMPOA} RAREI HDB D/STOREY terr. Blk. 39. i Jin. Bahagia. Just renovated. Co- sy. 3 split aircon. Near City/ ameni- ties. Must view 9513-6640 DW ENBLOCI 3 T Upp Boon Keng, full benefits $30K discount. New 4/5--j rm opp Kallang MRT. 9201-0037 i 3-RM. BLK.
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      • 800 10 512 HDB APTS FOR SALE (PASIR RIS/ CHANCI) 5 'I' BLK. 470 Pasir Ris, dr. to dr. Renovated. High fir. Unblocked. Valued S34OK. 9385-9953 Flo. 5 'I' CONVENIENT. 4-rnin. walk to MRT/ pond, no blocking, 5 yrs. old. blk. 577 Pasir Ris. 561-4515 5 'I' CORNER b1k.634 Superb view! Privacy.
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      • 856 10 516 HOB APTS FOR SALE (TOA PAYOH/ POTONG PASIR) PnpNw W^*S DESMOND WONG^ 9857 9788fcaW Pmlinl I Ht2^_ BLST PRICE UNITS at Toa Payoh H 4 'A7 5 T Blk 35, 36, 48, 49, 50, 818, 82A, 84 Mm to central/ MRT/ Pei Chun sch./ wet mkt./ amenities MUST SELL
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      • 1063 20 SINGAPORE PETROLEUM PRODUCTS DEALERS' ASSOCIATION Minutes of the Extraordinary General Meeting held at 1 2th Floor conference room, 20 Maxwell Road, #03-01 E/F Maxwell House on Tuesday, the 24th day of April 2001 at 2.30pm. Attendance:The following persons were present at the meeting: 1. Mr Neo Choon Huat Mr Low
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      • 416 21 Singapore *****1 JUNIOR AUDIO PRODUCER teflgirt Production* is a media production company specialising in audio, video and interactive programming for the airline industry. Singapore is our regional headquarters and has been steadily growing since opening nearly 10 years ago. Our audio department which produces award-winning programmes hosted by top presenters,
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