The Straits Times, 23 January 2002

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  • 23 1 The Straits Times l.stahlishrd /S/-> VVmnesday January 23, 2002 124 Pages in seven parts mita (P) 301/03/2(X)i Singapore Press Holding publication OU Cents
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  • 543 1  -  SUE-ANN CHIA View workers as stakeholders, carry out retrenchments properly and there will be rewards to be reaped, says NTUC chief 5* WHEN they have to go, they have to go. But companies that have to retrench should do it without hurting their workers'
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  • 360 1  - Gunmen kill five cops at US centre in Calcutta NIRMAL GHOSH By IM)IAC:()RKKSPOM)K\T NEW DELHI Five policemen were killed and at least 20 others were injured, several critically, when gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on security personnel at the United States Information Centre in the heart of Calcutta early yesterday
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  • 323 1  -  NARENDRA AGGARWAL KCONOMK S( ()KKKSPOM)i:\T SINGAPORE aims to attract $9.2 billion in new investments in its key manufacturing sector this year the same record sum as was achieved in each of the past two years. Recession notwithstanding, the latest data from the Economic Development
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  • NEWS FLASH
    • 83 2 TOA PAYOH, HIGHLY DESIRABLE ONLY IK new tlats are up for grabs in Tba Payoh. But nearly .'*<)() people are vying for them. They have applied to ballot for the ih four-room units, which are among 1,907 HOB four- and live-room tlats available in eight mature housing estates. TheToa
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    • 108 2 GANGSTER CAUSED UNO DEATHS A MAN ramping In East Coast Park died after a teenage gang attacked him and his friends under the orders of Balachandran Bernard, 20, a "hardened gangster". A second man was killed after Balachandran ordered tparana attack on two other victims inGeylang. I le pleaded
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    • 114 2 JAPAN NEEDS CHINA JOLT JAPAN has to be brave enough to move away from the post-war development model that served it so well between the 1950s and *****, but is now increasingly ill-suited to a mature and declining economy. And the threat from China's growing economic strength may be
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    • 84 2 BOWLED OVER BY BOLLYWOOD? THK Bollywood movie I^agaan about Indian villagers beating the British upper class at cricket has been entered for Best Foreign Film at the Oscars. But its makers want more than a cult audience they want it to be a hit with mainstream cinema-goers worldwide. Says
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    • Article, Illustration
      100 2 23-year-old boss shows the way WHEN all around her were groaning about the bud job market, economics graduate Peggy Ong simply got down to work by starting her own business. And the 23-year-old is now the boss of four thriving centres that proNidc before-and-after-school tuition services to nearly 1,000
      CHEW SENG KIM  -  100 words
    • 69 2 Tay more for water' MAI .AYSIA says it is proposing a higher price for supplying water to Singapore and that negotiations over a new agreement cannot "go on forever". There must Ix:- a time-frame to settle the issue, said Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Sen Dr Mahathir Mohamad. Citing the
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    • 89 2 Cost of producing doctors GETTING medfcd students to pay for the full cost of their medical training is a dangerous idea because it is moving towards the total commercialisation of medical cart 1 writes ST reader Ooi Can Seng. And two other readers fed that the cost of medical
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    • 85 2 KMART COLLAPSE HITS ASIA THE Kmart collapse has ■fleeted Asia. Two Taiwan firms joined the list of suppliers that suspended shipments to the retail discount-chain giant, which has been hit b) plunging sales and mounting losses. And the Kmart hoard has authorised a bankruptcy tiling, after talks with hanks
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    • 102 2 'BAN ALCOHOL ON FLIGHTS STOP serving alcoholic drinks on airline flights this is the call from a leading psychologist who ad\ ises Britain's Civil Aviation Authority. The move would lead to greater air safety, even though it might he unpopular with some passengers, said l)r Graham Lucas, Take the
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    • 130 2 CHINA PLAYS DOWN BUGGING CHINA has glossed over the bugging of President Jiang Zemins personal aircraft because it has no wish to sour relations with America, ahead of a United States presidenti.il \isit, say analysts. Kven though 27 listening devices were discovered inside the I'S-built Boeing that is Mr
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    • 60 2 GORAN'S GOLD HUNT NATIONAL bow ling coach Goran Bergendorff is confident he can strike gold for Singapore at the Asian Games in Pusan. Although the national squad will be selected only in April, he reeled off a list of names as medal prospects, such as Valerie Teo. Jesmine I
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    • 366 2 MAIN Prime 3,4,6 World 7-15 Editorial 16' Commentary 1fi.17 Forum is 19 HOME Homo Hl-Hl3 Tech Science 1115 ASIA Asia Al East Asia A2,A3 S-EAsia A5,A6 Malaysia A7,AB Weather A8 SPORTS/ MONEY Sports Sl-S4 Money S6-SlO LIFE! What's On L2 Comics IA Arts \A Cover Story I /> Cinema L6
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    • 282 2 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND JSi, Australian University of the Year 2000-2001 ■MHM MBA A BEng(Hons) Master of Business Administration Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) /4Q^\ with specialisation in: E ectncal Electronics HCE3I E-Business •Mechanical I I Information Systems Mechatronics *****14. wjmvz. I M e a S'ng ana9ement Advanced standing of up
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  • 546 3  -  AHMAD OSMAN Oil 'If he thinks he is answerable and this tiling is very damaging, he has to remove it. Why is it still there?' Mr Avoob (left), questioning why Fateha chief Zuftikar Mohamad SharifTliHs left the e-mail in circulation A
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  • 131 3 OSLO A passenger on a Scandinavian Airways (SAS) transatlantic flight got stuck on the plane's toilet for two hours after being suctioned to the seat when she flushed it. The American woman on the flight to New York, who did not want to be identified, failed
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  • 481 3  -  KWAN WENC KIN Donors' conference ends but questions remain: Will war-ravaged country be able to absorb funds? How will they be used? By JAPAN OHH ESPOXP I I TOKYO A two-dav donors" conference to help rebuild Afghanistan closed here yesterday with more than US$4.5
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  • 536 4  -  DERWIN PEREIRA Bowing to international pressure, police will probe Abu Bakar Bashir's links with Al-Qaeda and regional militant groups Iv, INDOM Sl\( OKKI M'ONDI M JAKARTA Muslim clericAbu Bakar Bashir, sought by Singapore and Malaysia for his role with militant groups in the
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  • 359 4  -  Derwin Pereira JAKARTA Arrested terrorist bomb-maker Fathur Rohman Al-Gho/.i, now under detention in the Philippines, is the son of a council member of Indonesia's Muslim-based Crescent Star Party (PBB), it was confirmed here. Mr Muhammad Zainuri, speaking from Madiun in East Java, told The Straits Times
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  • 209 4 Less pricey watches were left behind by burglars who broke into Watch Trend and Trading. A cell-phone shop and flower store nearby, at Block 132, Jurong East Street 13, were also burgled. About 10 mobile phones were missing from the first store, though
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  • 500 6  - 300 in queue for 18 new Toa Payoh flats ALICIA YEO WONG YUAN JUN With 1 r 907 flats in eight mature estates up for grabs, flat-buyers have set their sights on four-room flats in Toa Payoh (Hill CLOSE to ;«>O people have applied to ballot for the 18 new
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  • 423 6  - Ex-stewardess sues SIA over 'problem sandals' ALETHEA LIM ft A FORMER Singapore Airlines (SIA) stewardess blames her airline-issue sandals for causing her foot problems. Ms Betsy Yuen Foong Yee, 26, says the toes of her left foot swelled up and hurt whenever she wore the sandals at work. Though she
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  • 68 6 REUTERS An Israeli policeman leads a woman to safety after a Palestinian gunman yesterday opened fire at Israelis waiting for a bus on a busy West Jerusalem street. He wounded at least 20 people before be was sbot dead by police. Tbe shooting came hours after
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    • 314 7 hMIIA^INMTHIIItiIIIsM r j \y ()lt BLVH^^HH \V((H| I) Force To Guard US Bases W^m j Interview Scandal 'Return To Work' Plea &*kl* IS is building up a force to protect its Hw'^XflTH A SCamkll r tks BeI S ium as a senator i Bri^»» woos graduate mums back to work
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  • WORLD
    • 201 7 RAMALLAH (West Bank) Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has said he is ready to die to defend his goal of a Palestinian state, as Israeli tanks remained right outside his West Bank headquarters in Ramallah. "These tanks don't mean a thing. We will continue to defend
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    • 505 7 The raid in Nablus is followed by a pullout from the nearby town of Tulkarem, which Israeli forces occupied for 30 hours NABLUS (West Bank) Israeli commandos raided a Hamas hideout and an explosives laboratory here yesterday and killed four members of
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    • 507 10  -  GRACE SUNG A senator helps to smuggle a journalist into the jail cell of alleged murderer Marc Dutroux, supposedly under close guard By HIIDI'I OIUU SI'()\I)I I BRUSSELS Even behind bars, Belgium's most notorious criminal in recent memory still manages to rock
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    • PEOPLE
      • 173 10 50 YEARS IN SHOW BUSINESS LOS ANGELES Peggy Lee, the singer-composer whose smoky, insinuating voice in such songs as IThat All There Is? and Fever made her a jazz and pop legend, died on Monday. She was 81. Ms Lee died from
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      • 126 10 KUAIA LUMPUR A former national karate champion has been fined 2.000 ringgit (Ss96B) for inflicting injuries on i man who later died. S. Gunasegaran. who won a gold medal in the martial art at the 1991 South-cast Asian Games, pleaded guilty to voluntarily causing hurt
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      • 81 10 COPENHAGEN Denmark's Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen was hit in the head with a raw egg on Monday after a visit to a shelter tor homeless people. The Prime Minister, who was rushed away at- ter a man smacked the egg on the hack
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      • 66 10 RIGA A schoolgirl who swatted Prince Charles with a flower last year has been put under Vier mother's supervision and ordered not to associate with inappropriate people tor one year. A court here imposed the penalty after criminal charges against Alina Lebedeva were dropped.
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      • 42 10 German diplomat Michael Steiner who recently quit a top foreign-policy post, lias been appointed United Nations administrator of Kosovo. Canadian poet Anne Carson lias won the T. S. Eliot poetry prize the first woman to do so in the award's nine-year history.
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      • 36 10 Quoteworthy Its been like witnessing a national funeral What bothers me is that he's being remembered as something that's over, as if lie werebeingburied alive in a mausoleum/ Drsimn-i liiistian l-urnix. on tlu- rrtirriiK-iit «>R ishion
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    • 280 11  -  ALFRED LEE The move could be unpopular with some, but if smoking can be banned, why allow drinking, which is a safety threat, he asks By straits TIMES I I -ROPK Bl KKU LONDON Alcoholic drinks should be banned on all
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    • 66 11  -  Alfred Lee OFFICIAL figures show that last year, British aviation authorities received 1,250 reports of disruptive behaviour on aircraft. Alcohol was identified as a major factor in 533 of these cases. British Airways experiences about 200 cases of air rage each year, according to the
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    • 176 11 LONDON' Restricting the amount of television children are allowed to watch each day could help reduce obesity among youngsters, health experts have said. Television influences not only what children eat but how much and where thev eat. It is also associated with
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    • 620 13 Banking Crisis The government says it is forced to break a pledge not to convert US-dollar bank deposits into pesos 'After all we've gone through this year layoffs, salary cuts and rising taxes they do this to us! It just adds insult to injury.' Store
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    • 186 13 VIENNA Bulgaria's Parliament is planning to have weighing scales fitted to the seats of politicians to prevent cheating MPs from taking advantage of a colleague's absence to vote in their place. The Telegraph of London saia in a report that the way voting is
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    • 261 13 Asian students bring record revenues to NZ Earnings from education topNZslb WELLINGTON A flood of Asian students into New Zealand has helped double earnings from the education services sector in the past Uvo years, breaking the NZ$l billion CSSROO million; mark for the first time, officials said yesterday. Kducation New
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    • 280 15  - Graduate mums get 'back to work' plea ALFRED LEE Up to 50,000 British women scientists and engineers have not returned to their jobs, a big loss IIROPKBUHEAI LONDON The British government has launched a campaign to woo graduate mothers back to work after finding that up to 50,000 women scientists
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    • 55 15 AFP Muslim devotees cling on to a Dhaka bound train as it crosses a bridge in Tongi, Bangladesh. Over four million devotees concluded the three-day Bisvva Ijtema, the largest Islamic congregation after the Haj in Mecca, with the last prayer or Akheri Munajat on the banks of
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    • WORLD FILE
      • 49 15 MORE than half of all voters still approve of Mr Tony Blair's performance as British Prime Minister, according to an opinion poll published by The Guardian yesterday. A survey found 51 per cent made Mr Blair their first choice to lead Britain. AFP
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      • 68 15 THE Irish Republican Army's political wing Sinn Fein made another move towards normal party status on Monday when it took up its offices in the British Parliament for the first time in its history. But its tour MPs refused to take the oath of
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      • 50 15 THE embattled TV-b, the last major independent television network in Russia, stopped broadcasting yesterday after its broadcasting licence was annulled. The company is 75 per cent-owned by Mr Boris Berezovsky, a former Kremlin insider who is now one of President Vladimir Putin's harshest critics. AFP
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      • 52 15 THOUSANDS of Hindu activists and holy men set off on Monday on a 600--km procession from the northern town of Ayodhya to New Delhi to push their demand for a temple to be built on the remains of a mosque raxed nine years ago by Hindu
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      • 44 15 POLICE are looking for an Indian headmaster who beat an eight-year-old pupil to death for getting a question wrong in a geography exam, a television channel reported. The boy sustained serious head injuries at the hands ofhis headmaster. AFP
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  • FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM
    • 159 9 AP DETAINEES BOUND FOR GUANTANAMOr United States troops escorting three detainees yesterday as they arrive at Kandahar airport, Afghanistan, en route to join other Al-Qaeda and Taleban suspects being held by US authorities in Guantanamo, Cuba. The detainees were restrained and are likely to remain
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    • 477 9 Critics say the plan to protect overseas bases only increases the danger to those outside the bases WASHINGTON The Pentagon is huilding up a force of 45,000 guards and sentries at scores of overseas bases as part of a five-year defence plan
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    • 18 9 News and views Are suspects beinq treated fairly? Include the when dialling on cell phone for links 88*5226
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  • COMMENTARY ANALYSIS
    • The Straits Times
      • 554 16 MUTUALLY-reinforcing moves to end the Sri Lankan civil war have been gathering pace since the change of government in Colombo, and prospects of a deal are so promising it can seem unnerving. The qualification is intentional. Yesterday, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe all but said he was
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      3 16 CHIT CHAT MIEL
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    • 714 16  -  DAVID IGNATIUS I in-: asiiinc; ion ros i PARIS Former Central Intelligence Agency director Richard Helms once made a trenchant observation about the Arab world. "Forget all that newspaper stuff about presidential speeches and Cabinet appointments. Pay attention to the things that are hundreds
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    • 689 16  -  LUZ BAGUIORO PHILimSES CORRESPOWI r MANUKA The Philippines has every reason to welcome the United States' support for its fight against the terrorist Abtl Sayyaf group. Short of cash, military equipment and counter-ter-rorism expertise. Manila needs all the help it can
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    • 713 17  -  GILLIAN TETT Hgi THREE decades ■«>, lsu/u, the Japanese truck-maker, symbolised the country's economic power: Its nationallyproduced trucks began to flood the world market and were helping to fuel an export boom. Today, the trucks illustrate the problems Japan fates. Isuzu plans to
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    • 623 17  -  JOSE ZALAQUETT a DID Sept 11 mark the end of a period of expansion of the human-rights idea and the beginning of a process of retrenchment? Leading human-rights organisations Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the International Commission of Jurists fear that this might
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  • FORUM
    • 181 18 Continue support for medical education I REFER to the report, "Bond for medical students may go" (ST. Jan 21)." While the Health Ministry is finding new ways to manage both the high demand for and the high cost of medical education in Singapore, I hope it will consider the consequences
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    • 176 18 I refer to the letter, "Cheaper to study medicine abroad" (ST, Jan 22). How is the cost of training a medical undergraduate calculated? The calculation should be limited strictly to the true cost involved. That being so, the following factors should be taken
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    • 252 18 Govt should be open about true costs I REFER to Mr Nigel Yeunsfs letter, "Cheaper to study medicine abroad" (ST, Jan T2 which called for greater transparency on the cost of medical education here. If not for his efforts to find out the cost of an oversea! medical education, the
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    • 351 18 I REFER to the letters, "What protection is there against slick salesmen?" and "Queries on selling scheme" (ST, Jan 15), by Lee Pheng Soon and Wong Fun Hong. The Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) shares the concerns raised about illegitimate Multi-Level Marketing
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    • 551 19 IF MEN ME EXPECTED TO BE THEIR FAMILIES' MAIN PROVIDERS WHAT IS SO DISCRIMINATORY, IN PRINCIPLE, ABOUT OCCUPATIONAL QUOTAS TO HELP THEM WITH THIS DUTY? THE justification for making men here pay maintenance to their wives is based on the assumption that
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    • 171 19 WHY are some public parks off-limits to dogs, even when they are leashed? At a park around Simei Street 1 recently, 1 was greeted with the "No Dogs Allowed" sign. "A civilisation's graciousness is measured by its attitude towards animals," is a quote I
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    • 221 19 All parking coupon designs have drawbacks WE REFER to the letters, "New design tor coupons needed" st. .Jan 11) by Mr Amos Wu Pom Hin and "Design idea tor carpark coupons" and Adopt Toto method" ST,Jan 19 h> Mr Sioh Wee lien and Miss Sharon Tav. The writers suggested new
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      • 55 4 CHINA'S Olympic badminton champion Gong Zhichao has retired and left the national team, Li Yongbo, head HMcfa of the Chinese national badminton team confirmed yesterday. The '24-year-old had said she was feeling exhausted after winning the women's singles title at the Ninth National
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      • 716 6 Jan 22 B«M ABN Amro Asia 34.25 2.25 Adkinson Sec 18.00 0 70 Advance Agro PCL 14.70 0.10 Advanced Info 4C. 00 0 25 Advanced info Service 40.00 0.25 Asia Credit 7.90 0.15 Ayuflhya inv. Trust 5.55 0.10 Bangchak Pef oil 5.45 unch Bangkok Bank 42.25 275 Bangkok Bk
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      • 580 6 J«n22 m»» Annul Gujmg Distill B 6.04 -0.36 Beijing OneM Elect B 5.20 -0.25 Bengang Stee' Plates B 2.78 -0.10 Changchai Co B 2.73 -0.30 ChengdeDimanTeiß 5.29 -0.42 Chin* First Pencil B 0.58 -0.04 Chin infl Minn« Cont 23.70 0.31 China. Merch Shekou B 5.36 -0.29 China Southern Glass
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      • 87 6 Jan 22 W» Akßar Indo Mk 265 20 Astra Aqro 1100 0 Astra Grjptiu 385 -5 Astra int'l Inc 2225 0 Bk Central Asia 1825 25 Gudang Oaram ....***** 250 H M Sampotrna 4200 0 indah Klat PtP 315 0 indofood Suksrs 775 25 Indosat 9450 -50 Karkavasa 35
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      • 748 6 Jen 22 Yen ACOM 6420 500 Advantett Corp.. 6890 -250 Aiful 8100 -250 Aism MM 1379 -2! AjinomotO Co 1196 -17 Alps Electric 1047 -17 ANA 312 6 Arabian oil 642 13 Asahi Bank 80 0 Asahi Brewerits 1108 -9 Asahi Glass 714 -23 Asahi Kltti 1.Z407 -12 Banyu
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      • 125 7 TURNOVER COOO) VALUE COOO) M«io Sac 'olii M«in Saa Totil Multi ra 34 696 34 696 8-094 e- 394 Mina'actur? '72.294 59 084 ***** 140.106 5 B'7 Commtrc* 29.437 i 172 30 609 '6 934 .-23 -7 25? Tpt/StO'/CotP 33 394 33 394 53 62' 53 62'
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      • 4949 7 S2-Wk Currency lift 'Voi Day Cr't Ntt M Cap Avg Ma* In Cw*«r Tr»*N Sato *m- IW m» la* Mv H P/l Prfc» 45.1 BcAcmasoc '0 unch 2517 10.5 9.5 0.5 4.1 78.1 10 16 6 c Ailianc*T»ch 12.5 10.3 11 14 6 s Asia
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      • 1424 7 52-Wk Currency Voi Day Gr» Ntt M CtD Avo MANUFACTURING 40.5 '2 cap on 5c 17.5 45 15 4 18 85 27 5 c AS Auto 10c 50 uncn 1002 51.5 49 ION 7 2 65 7 51 52 28 c ASJ HldQS 20c 38 3 8 6'
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      • 231 7 STOCK PRICES LfGCNO NOTES ttr«ltm Tim., hum «tnrk. All shares quoted have a Of value of $1 and are Straits Times Indei Stocks traded Ml lots o' VOOO sharei each unle« otherwise H buylng-ln specified f »crlpl»it and non CPr All ,h«r»» art tcripl»t» t»c»pt Burwlll MHC, IMC.
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      • 394 8 Utama-RHB merger talks break down Mahathir says Utama may lose its banking licence if it fails to find a partner to tie up with in six months KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said Utama Banking Group risked losing its licence after merger talks between RUB Capital, Malaysia's third-big-gest bank,
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      • 275 8 WASHINGTON With accounting firm Andersen mired in controversy over its audit of Enron, a United States senator announced plans on Monday to introduce a Bill to ensure auditors remain independent. Senator Barbara Boxer said accounting firms should be banned from providing consulting services for
        Reuters; Bloomberg News  -  275 words
      • 325 8 Interest rate cuts may be coming to an end IN THE U.S. AND EUROPE Cent nil banks must not pursue economic stability so aggressively that they put price stability at risk, says Mr Poole WASHINGTON Central bank officials from the United States and the European Commission have hinted at an
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      • 193 8 WASHINGTON A key barometer of economic outlook in the United States surged last month, rising tor the third month in a row and fuelling hopes of an imminent end to recession, the Conference Board said yesterday. Its index of leading economic indicators a basket of
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      • 242 8 US airfares sliced to 12-year low last month WASHINGTON Airfares fell to their lowest level in 12 years last month as carriers cut prices to lure travellers following the Sept 11 terrorist attacks. The average one-way fare fell 15 per cent from December 2000 to U*****.79 (*****.97). the lowest since
        Bloomberg News  -  242 words
      • COMPANIES IN BRIEF
        • 69 8 PSA CORPS Guangzhou Container Terminal handled 376,000 TEUs 20-foot-equivalent units in the second half of last year, representing growth of 23 per cent over the same period in 2000. The terminal, managed jointly b\ PSA and the Guangzhou Harbour Bureau, has si\ berths and
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        • 102 8 SIA STAKE IN AIR NZ DOWN TO 6.5% SINGAPORE Airlinessi.Vs shareholding in the enlarged share capital of Air New Zealand Air NZ) has been diluted to f>.r> per cent after the completion of the hitter's recapitalisation. The New Zealand government has injected NZmillion (*****.3 million) into the airline by subscribing
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        • 90 8 ELECTRONICS firm Datepulse Technology said yesterday it expects turnover and profit for the- first half to be "significantly lower" than in the same period the year before Business activity in the six months ending Jan 31 has been affected adverse!) by the global downturn in
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        • 92 8 AEM-EVERTECH Holdings, which makes equipment for the semiconductor industry, warned yesterdaj that it expects to incur a pretax los-- of about $4 million for the financial year ended Dee 31. The company had reported net profit of $9.7 million in 2000. In view of the
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        • 97 8 CSE SYSTEMS Engineering yesterday >aul its united States subsidiaiy, W-Indus-tries, has won a US$l million Ssi.si million control system contract from an unnamed IS oil and gas exploration and production firm. The contract tor safety and process control systems tor an offshore development project in
          Reuters  -  97 words
        • 99 8 SINGAPORE defence contractor ST Engineering (ST Engg) yesterday said its unit ST Airport Ground Services (Stags) has sold its entire ">() per cent stake in Changi Avi.it ion Services (CAS). The disposal, carried out due to the unfavourable regional economic environment, will
          Reuters  -  99 words
      • 440 9  -  COLIN TAN Hoping to replicate the success of recent relaunches, the developer will offer 150 units for sale at $548 psf this weekend By PROPER M OKKI si>o\l)l I SLASHED TO SELL YET another property developer has slashed the selling price of its upcoming
        ST GRAPHICS  -  440 words
      • 378 9  -  FELISA BATACAN Bu PROPERTY REPORTER DESPITE its far-flung location, many developers are expected to bid for the Boon Lay Way residential site released tor application from the reserve list by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (IRA yesterday. That is because the 2.7 ha
        DESMOND WEE  -  378 words
      • 310 9  -  LORN A TAN MASSIVE TECH CAPITAL WRITE-DOWN Oil KKPPEL Corps venture fund unit, kl Ventures, yesterday reported an interim loss of $53 million, following a massive write-down in its technology venture capital investments. Turnover for the half-year ended Dec 31, 2001 was $17 million,
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      • 339 9  -  REBECCA LEE Bu SINGAPORE needs to revisit its tax laws tor arbitration if it wants to be an international hub tor the service, former secretary-general of the International Court of Arbitration Yves Derians said yesterday. At present, most
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      • 348 9  -  HUGH CHOW TAKING STOCK Bij SECOND-LINERS slipped into the limelight yesterday as investors shunned the large-capitalised counters ahead of the re-opening of stock markets in the United States. The lack of support for hlue chips meant the benchmark Straits limes Index
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      • 35 9 TOP FALLS Jan 22 Cents El Nets 1c 2.5 37.5 1.5 MayfranW02 7 30.0 3.0 Global Tech 12 17.2 2.5 NH Ceramics 18 16.3 3.5 Nam Lee 10c 17 15.0 3.0 Colorland 10.5 12.5 1.5
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      • 31 9 TOP FALLS Jan 22 Cents SIASOC IZ4O 30.0 2.4 SPH 2200 30.0 1.3 BSembawang 1230 20.0 1.6 Creative! 25c 1790 20.0 1.1 GreatEast 50c 1170 20.0 1.7 SIA2OO 1240 20.0 1.6
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      • 33 9 TOP RESES Jan 22 Cents Keppel TST WtO2 1.5 50.0 0.5 GrandCentrl WO2 33.3 0.5 MMIWO2 6.5 30.0 1.5 Smgamas HKIOc 52 19.5 2.0 Shining 15c 9.5 18.8 1.5 ColexHldgs 10 17.6 1.5
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      • 32 9 TOP RISES Jan 22 Cents UOB 1360 ZO.O 1.5 C&C 336 16.0 5.0 SIADBeCWO2 125 13.0 11.6 DBS Bk 6% NCPS ***** 10.0 0.1 ElecBoc 300 9.2 1.7 OCBCDBeCWO2 110 6.0 5.8
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    • 8 10 Teh Straits Times money Wednesday, January 23, 2002
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    • 521 10  -  WILLIAM CHOONG Traders interpret O'Neill's comment that market forces should be left to work as sign that the US supports its decline Hz A FAILURE by a ton United States official to address the issue of the ailing yen sent the battered Japanese currency
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    • 383 10 Kmart files for bankruptcy protection BIGGEST U.S. RETAIL FAILURE TROY (Michigan) In the American retail industry's biggest business failure. Kmart yesterday tiled tor Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after slumping sales and mounting losses drained the secondlargest discount chain of cash. In its tilings in the United States Bankruptcy Court for
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  • The Straits Times asia
    • 8 1 The Straits Times asia Wednesday, lanuaiy 23, 2002
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    • 43 1 HEADHUNTING OPENS DOORS It is not an offence to headhunt students. It is about opportunities... Some of these students even end ft)) working abroad. Education Minister Mtisu Mohamad, on culls that he act against moves b> Singapore schools to recruit bright Malaysian students
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    • 643 1  -  BRENDAN PEREIRA Angry Mahathir on Indonesian workers: Malaysian Premier seeks to reduce dependence on workers from Indonesia and deport illegal ones more quickly Bu MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad has come face to face with the growing band of
      NEW STRAITS TIMES; AP  -  643 words
    • 234 1 KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian Defence Minister expressed disappointment yesterday that the Hollywood movie Black Hawk Down ignored the role played by Malaysian troops in rescuing US soldiers in Somalia in 1993. "We feel disappointed with the contents o\ the film.'" Datuk Seri
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    • EAST ASIA
      • 509 2  -  MARY KWANG Beijing seems more interested in not rocking Sino-US relations ahead of a visit by President Bush set for next month 1 1 1 N\( ()KKFSI'()\I)KNI What's the fuss about? 'I have heard of thisthing. I have also taken note of relevant
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      • 184 2 TOKYO Japan's Coast Guard said it will install long-range machine guns on new patrol boats to bolster the policing of Japanese waters. The announcement comes one month after a mysterious boat, believed to be a North Korean spj ship, made an incursion
        AP  -  184 words
      • 220 2 BEIJING Leading exiled Chinese poet and political dissident Bei Dao was allowed to return to China last month to see his siek father. "I obtained special authorisation to visit mv sick father and 1 stayed in China from Dec 9 to Jan (>," the poet
        AFP  -  220 words
      • Article, Illustration
        55 2 A security guard with a sculpture of the mythical Monkey King at a Beijing market on Monday. The figure, on sale for 1,800 yuan (SS400), depicts the lead character in Journey to the West, the famous story of a monkey which accompanies a monk sent to India to
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      • 344 2 North Korea to open up for rare two-month festival SEOUL North Korea is opening up the country to foreign tourists for a rare two-month-long festival that has been billed as "the greatest event of humankind". The communist state will stage daily performances of its renowned mass gymnastics displays, normally reserved
        AFP  -  344 words
      • 463 3  -  GOH SUI NOI The move to discipline members entering the DPP Cabinet has sparked accusations of pettiness against the Taiwan opposition party By l\\\\ I OKK1 Sl'()\l)l I TAIPEI The opposition Kuomintang (KMT) yesterday said it would punish its members who
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      • 43 3 REUTERS This single-seat electric car by Japanese toyniaker Takara is set to hit the market around September. To be priced at just over a million yen (S$ 13,700), it has a range of 80 km after an eight-hour batten charge.
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      • 159 3 HONGKONG Recent war games staged in the East China Sea are being seen as a warning from China to Taiwan over the island's independence aspirations. The naval manoeuvres were ordered by Beijing alter the island authorities decided to add the word Taiwan" to
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      • EAST ASIA FILE
        • 33 3 DESPERATE to control the galloping public debt, Japan may ask state-run gambling operators to fVed revenues directly into the national treasury, the Nihon Keizai financial dailv said. AP
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        • 36 3 A SECOND calf cloned bv Chinese scientists is alive and doing well, after the first cloned calf died in a premature birth on Friday, sources and state media said yesterday. AFP
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        • 42 3 CRIME in Japan jumped to a record high last year, while the arrest rate plunged below 120 per cent, its lowest level since the end of World War 11, the National Police Agency (NPA) said yesterday. AP
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        • 58 3 QUARANTINE workers in south China's Guangdong province have destroyed 23 tonnes of waste products imported from Belgium after it was found to contain beef infected with mad-cow dis- ease, provincial officials said yesterday. The waste imports were meant to he processed to produce recycled paper
          China Daily; Asia News Network  -  58 words
        • 38 3 HONGKONG movie tycoon Run Run Shaw has donated HKS2OO million (SS47 million) towards education development in China, a move that will benefit more than .500 schools, the pro-Beijing Ta Kung Pao reported yesterday.
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      • 161 3 Jailed for trapping girl for 9 years TOKYO A Japanese man charged with the kidnapping of schoolgirl whom he held captive tor nine yean was jailed for 14 years yesterday, a court official said. Nobuvuki Saito. 39i had pleaded guilty to charges of abducting the girl, now 21, and confinement
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
      • 547 5  - Audit chief slams Mega's battle on graft DEVI ASMARANI The head of Jakarta's audit watchdog says the present government is not doing enough to curb the widespread corruption in the bureaucracy By STRA1 rs TIMES INDONESIA BIRKAl JAKARTA The head of the government audit watchdog has lashed out at President
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      • 164 5 Maluku militants 'training Papua militia' JAKARTA Muslim militants from Indonesia's riot-torn Maluku islands have moved to Papua to train pro-Jakarta militiamen confronting Christian separatist guerillas there, a hu-man-rights group said yesterday. Militants from the island of Seram have for some time been seen training members of the Merah Putih or
        AFP  -  164 words
      • More Thais sinking below poverty line
        • 391 6  - EDWARD TANG rflAl LAND CORRESPONDENT BANGKOK Poverty has risen sharply in Thailand, with many poor people sinking deeper into the debt trap despite the Thaksin govermnetni pro-poof policies. Since the 1997 economic crisis, three million people have joined the ranks of the poor in the country, bringing the total number
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      • 380 6 An open break between the top two leaders may pull down the govt MANUKA Philippine Vice-Presi-dent and Foreign Affairs Secretary Teofisto Guingona is agonising over whether to make an open break with President Gloria Arroyo over the deployment of American
        Philippine Daily Inquirer; Asia News Network; AFP  -  380 words
      • REGIONAL FILE
        • 64 6 PHILIPPINE National Power Corp chief Jesus Aloordo lost his job alter I.u/on was hit by a blackout on Monday, leaving 35 million people without electricity for m\ hours. President Gloria Arroyo had warned that heads would roll in the power linn it any blackout
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        • 37 6 A 30-YEAR-OLD Filipino Gunner was arrested after he allegedly hatkcd to death seven relatives including his wile and three children as the) slept, police in Zamboanga del Norte reported yesterday. AP
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        • 63 6 THAILAND'S Phi Phi island. made famous by the film The Beach, could bo closed tor up to two years to repair serious environmental damage under a tourist police proposal. The island is said to have become badly polluted due to a lack of facilities
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        • 49 6 THE Thai army will investigate allegations that soldiers boat to death a hilltribe man at a drug rehabilitation centre in northern Thailand and drug addicts at the eentre had been detained in underground holes and tortured, a military spokesman said yesterday AFP
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        • 64 6 YIKTXAM'S commercial capita] of Ho Chi Minh City has launched a new subsidised bus service in a bid to boost public transport use in the congested and increasingly polluted city. first batch of K><> buses began operations on eight of the city's main commuter
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    • MALAYSIA
      • 523 7  -  REME AHMAD Malaysia-Singapore Negotiations He says bilateral efforts to settle the issue should not drag on indefinitely but discussions so far have not reached a deadlock yet Bu IN M MAI I MPI K MAIJVYSIA says negotiations over a new water-supply agreement with
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      • 129 7  -  Reme Ahmad KUAIA LUMPUR The skyline of Jobor Baru just after the current Causeway will be changed under a new project costing some RM2 billion [***** million) being planned by a private oompany. Old flats will make way for new buildings at the proposed Interna-
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        • 55 8 PERAK police have smashed a gambling syndicate, believed to be the country's biggest, with the arrests ot five men and two women in a raid on two shophouses at Taiping. The seizure on Saturday is the first and biggest of its kind this year, said
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        • 52 8 ONE of the main operation theatres of the Kuala Terengganu Hospital was closed temporarily on Monday after a light fuse blew out because of I fault in the electrical wiring system. However, there was no casualty nor any damage, the hospital's acting director said.
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      • 184 10 BEIJING Jet Li. a self-professed friend of Jackie Chan, told reporters at a preview of his movie, The One, in China that the 1 longkons star acclaimed for leaping oft' buildings and pulling off other risky stunts in his films actually uses stunt doubles. Li
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    • 170 10 Robbie in LA to sober up LONDON Robbie Williams is said to have cone to Los Angeles in a bid to keen his craving tor drink and drugs under control, report- The Sun. Apparently, the British popster finds it easier to stay sober in Los Angeles than in Ixmdon. He
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    • 110 10 CHRISTOPHFR CROSS, best known for his high-pitched voice and 1979 Grammy-winning smgle Sailing, is coming to Singapore. The singer- songwriter, now 53, will hold a one-night gig on Feb 27 at Suntec. Baby-boomers will remember his ballads. including Ride Like The Wind. Swept Away. Sailing and
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    • 196 10 RELUCTANT X Files star David Duchovnv < right) is set to return to help w rap up the hit sci-fi series at the end of the last season, report the IMDh website. Series creator Chris Carter says his desire to have the star return to reprise his
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    • 470 8 UEf ACCESSORIES/PARTS TURBO KIT (INCREASE SOBHP. avail tor all types of vehicles Can. 9505 5577 Visa excepted. RSI CAR FINANCING/ K^m INSURANCE TAI THONG LEE offers lowest interest rate Immediate Approval Insurance Agent For New/ Used Cars Non transfer Loans t 100% COE Loans 173. GEYLANG RD. 5(*****5) TEL: 741-6868
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    • 464 8 Kfn VEHICLES FOR HIRE CAR RENTALS 1 Special I Chinese New Year Jt: Package From MB —f^L w ROBINSON Rent A Car Chines* New Year Package Tel 2SB 2002 Chines* New \viv Paikaut 3da>« r Chinese New Year Package Short/ lonq term rental Reservation call: 777-11-44 www.funcity.com.sq New Modjl Corolla
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    • 448 8 ■TTJ VEHICLES FOR HIRE T.C.A. CAR RENTAL Brand new MPV/ Cj; $50 only'. Pis call *****77 ttO? 32 Kim Seng Pla/a MACPHERSON AREA. 14 en box lorry, van for hire. Repair/ ;n spection svc *****27. *****59 WEEKDAYS OFFER PTE i tf< $55 nett (manual). $60 net to). Weekly $350 nett
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    • 4635 9 Pflfl DOlOB Pffl DOl-08 VRfl 009-10 ORCHARD./ Rflfl DO9-10 ORCHARD/ Hfll DO9lO ORCHARD/ WW\ DO9lO ORCHARD/ VTSTI DO9-10 ORCHARD/ ifTfl DO9-I0 ORCHARD/ VVJVI DO9-I0 ORCHARD/ W|T| DO9IO ORCHARD/ Kl_J CITY S SOUTH-WEST biLLI CITY SOUTH-WEST liiLkJ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND MUMM TANGLIN/ HOLLAND mUMM TANGLIN/ HOLLAND BUZaI TANGLIN/ HOLLAND Kljk] TANGLIN/ HOLLAND
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    • 937 9 D.09 ASPEN HGTS. JO sq.lt i bdrms. f/3ircon. P/U,--ties. Face greenery neq Avail immed. Allan *****688 ERA FURAMA TWR. 2010 sq.ft 4*l F/furn equipped tance to Ngee Ann City SSSOC Immed HB Jon 9450-3117 CHOICE 03 TANGLIN REGENCY/ TANGLIN jchess Cres: p/furn. All choice units $3K up Co-broke welcome. 9009
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    • 6910 10 a 009-10 ORCHARD/ Pflll Oil &21 NEWTON/ WAXIK OH &21 NEWTON/ W\ti\ ***** BALESTIER/ Wu!i 015 16 EAST COAST Pffll Dl5 16 EAST COAST W\VM Dl7-18 CHANGI/ W\fm D22 28 PW D2228 WvHi HOUSES FOR RENT TANGLIN/ HOLLAND liiUJ BT TIMAH/ CLEMENTI IdUJ BT TIMAH/ CLEMENTI ijiJiJ MACPHERSON/GEYLANG mdjjM PTE
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    • 566 10 $1300 ONLY MAYSPRING RT shpg roali. m- med 9105 3936 D.27 SUN PLAZA »*1 1330 sqft. library/ poo 1 '*****31 CB PARKVIEW APT. 2 1/ Tied. *****834 Gtygarden D.27 ORCHID PK. Jsq ft 3+l. F/ turn. Mid flr. MRT/ shops' I ties. Vacant. $1.7* *****055 aqt BULLION PK 3*l. 1259
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    • 687 10 Khe»m Hock Rd. 6780 5400 sq.ft. _i joi watt- $15K Cairnhili Circle 3588 2600 sqft J 2 storey cc Gardf S2.SK The Mondrain at Hindhede Place 2220/ 2962 sq.ft. -i TOP April 2002 $IOK TCD Tel: 736-3595 9842-1160 DALVEY ROAD GLENCAIRD RESIDENCE Baimese dt-sign c 15.000 sq.tt [I Built m
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    • 6102 11 RCJI HOUSES FOR RENT PWI HOUSES FOR RENT MflU HOUSES FOR RENT Wffl HUDC/HDB i|Jf| SERVICE Wffl SERVICE WTfli SERVICE PWI SERVICE VEII SERVICE PWI SERVICE lltU kliJ m^l Wml APTS FOR RENT KZfil APARTMENTS EISJi APARTMENTS WjHjM APARTMENTS Elhl APARTMENTS KIU APARTMENTS |IZS| APARTMENTS Kmfmvt 1 as lome ut
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    • 495 11 L. v^^ Advance ■or Lease r Book.n 9 a a. v Accepted rom 1 week) V^^ Now r restigious Jcrvice /\p*ftment» In District 9 Next to Orchard MRT Station ill Leasing Enquiries Tel: *****11 Easy Accessibility To All *>arts Of The Island Panoramic Seaview Exquisitely Furnished Lofts. Apartments And Penthouses
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    • 160 11 WCf\ ROOMS FOR RENT RMS IN BEDOK. A iunitd. Hou qanq, Tampmes. AMK. T Payof Bishan Central. *****633 JURONG EAST. 1 room available 1 furn Condo. Prefer female, n owner. *****70/ *****139. NO OWNER. PAYA lebar/ Juron LI De.ta/ River Valley/ Holland Bt Batok/ Teban Gdns *****83 SELECTED COSY ROOMS
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    • 883 12 VETS] SHORT-TERM YTul DO9-10 ORCHARD/ fffl 009-10 ORCHARD/ f?fl DO9-10 ORCHARD/ Vf9| nil kl\ Nf WTON/ BTSI nil s?\ UFwrnw/ OT9I mi c?i ucu/Tnw/ ■PPI m r,, ur nu BPPH r BOTI ■M >cco BEratr HSsr jj Ss- Hj^ u H rskS- M aSSSr M SSwsr 13 SS- 19 Sir
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    • 717 12 BARGAINS'! HOT SALES!!! Raffles Ph. ***** sq.ft. Rebuild dream hse Good price Call now TCS.nOOOsq.fi New. Cheap s. Namly Good price Holland. ***** ***** sqft fioms24o/sqtt Hurry! Call now Tanqlin. Cheap SS Chee Hoon. *****/ 4000 sq.f Chatsworth. ***** sqft Goods Peirce 000/ 7000 sq t! GoodS Nassim. l6soosq.fi Prestige
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    • 978 12 18 ANDERSON. 2777 sq ft 3+ fhold. Greenery S2.BM ARDMORE PK .'BB5 sq ft 4+ 1. F'hold. Few units 828/ 811...$ n«4) EUROASIA VIEW. 1926 sq.ft. Pool. 51.25M FOUR SEASONS PK. 2260/ 2874 sqft 4+l Pool. High fir ..Frs3.3M SCOTTS 28 1733 sq ft 3+l High fir Tenanted S neq
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    • 779 12 D.09 HILTON TWRS. HHJti fir De m cond. Good view Allstate 96/***** D.9YONGAN Bejutif ul. 4*W apt S/level. Good view F'hold 3434 sq ft $2.bM Y&Y 9210 3244 NASSIM MANSION. URGENT Greener 00 sq ft F'hc'd 53.35M Y&v 9210 3244 URGENT. VALLEY PK. 2 bdrms Open view. 1216 sq.ft. 4
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    • 551 12 BJggH PROPERTY GUIDE PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL "i ~r, < O^y "V "Nc-, I aTa\ w 78 -O' -*y^ 68 77 y M/ 1 r VS*nto»o I CATS. Bu V !t Sell It. Find It. A City South West 01-21 18 402,440,441 B Orchard Tanglin Holland 22-27 9-10 404, 445, 446 C
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    • 305 12 RfIAYV PRICED TO SELL! Teo Km 2 storev semi-d. Fhold. 5527/ 3200 sqft 5 rms. Marble/ parquet fir. 2 balconies *****787 LARGE NEW 3-STOREY semi d roof terr. F hold. 7+l. F/aircon. Face N.E. Serious seller. 9450-7984 RE/MAX 5499K ONLY! Way below value. Duplex terrr. Kim Keat Rd. 999 yrs.
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    • 448 12 B 012-14 BALESTIER/ MACPHERSON/GEYLANG PTE APTS SALE RAJAH TWR. F'HOLD. 2200 sq.ft. 3+l huge dining/ living rm. Unblocked. Urqent! S3 neg. Tay Cheng Hee 9606 6678 D.12 MORTGAGEE'S SALE. Oleander Twr. bIK 913. Hign fir. Tenant ed. 861 sqft View to offer. Good price. DTZ Tie Leunq *****630 URGENT SALE!
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    • 406 12 BDIS-16 EAST COAST HOUSES SALE ARTHUR RD. 11 yrs Spanish style semi-d. F'hoid. 4700/ 3600 sq.ft. 5 1 5 baths Move-in. F/aircon. Matured gdn. 9818-4938 Agt OPEN HOUSE. 3PM-SPM By Appt Only. Jin Kens 2-storey terr. Face N.S. Move in, Park 2 cars. Call: 9856-7013/ 9272-8232 RH SIGLAP VICINITY- LUXUR'OUS
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    • 536 12 IWS Dl5-16 EAST COAST |^y HOUSES SALE 0.15 TELOK KURAU. 2 storey n ter terr. 2400 sq.ft. 4+l rms. Ren ovated. MRT. park. N.S. facing. 5995K/ 51.23M. Agt *****384 EAST COAST RD. Peranakar. te'r F'hoid S2OOK renovation' Land 1265/ ZOOO sq.ft. 3+l Unique rar.- 1 Good price. 9001-4264 0.16 FHOLD
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    • 339 12 a ***** EAST COAST PTE APTS SALE DISTRICT 15 iTi6 SPECIALIST Aaguna Ph -egh fi r 3*' .Good vew Renovated Poo SS6SK Amber View Above »16 1722 sq ft 3+l Sjperbview S6BBK Opp Parkway/staview High fir 3+ 1 Fat 'ties F'hoitf SBIBK Villa Marina 2 yrs 3+2 rnw 2013 sqft.
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    • 1576 13 aDi5-16 EAST COAST WJI 015 16 EAST COAST VT7I Di9 20 SERANGOON/ RTI D22-28 W7J% 022-28 Rffil HOB APTS FOR SALE PWI HDB APTS FOR SALE PTfl HDB APTS FOR SALE PWI HDB APTS FOR SALE RWS HDB APTS FOR SALE PTE APTS -SALE KiUl PTE APTS SALE ■JII THOMSON
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    • 835 13 >450K NEG! EVERGREEN Pk Con Designer de :or Best units .iv.niJbie. 1022/ 1173/ 1248/ 1238 sq.tt. Fortune 3 ark. F hold. Condo. Pool view Jr.blocked. Near Kovan MRT. >738K neg. 9642-9339 TLR 5.20 FABER GDN. 1870 sq ft. 3+l Hiqh fir Renovated/ 2100 sq ft. i*\ Low fir Onq cond.
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    • 743 13 D.28 KELULUT HILL v>l IHM New 2 storey. Almost 2200 sq ft. F hold. *****88 UPP THOMSON. 3 stoiey semi d. 2800/ 3200 sqft 7 rms. Face N.E. Si 38M neg. 9688 0819 C&H D.28 SUNRISE CL 2 storey corner terr. Move in. 2475/ 1800 sq.tt. HB *****80b/ *****338 LAKESIDE
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    • 858 13 REGENT HGTS. MODERN Condc icilities. 1500 sq tl 5638.000. HARVEST *****88 PARK VIEW CONDO. High flooi 980 sq.ft 2»i. F/ facilities $460K neg. 9660 1128 PMC PALM GARDEN. 2/ 3*l N.S facmc LRT Pte lift. Facilities. Bowline Amenities. 9007 5980 KVM 0.23 PALM GON. Blk 2C. $s»«f Mid fir 3*l
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    • 889 13 D 100% move in. Chinese not ehgi t ble. neq. Pq. 9509 9712 Roof 3 'NG' BLK 256. High fir. Ameni r ties/ sch/ mkt. Upqraded. Wei t Valued. 9835 0939 MJP 3 'NG' BLK 118 AMK High fir g 100% move in Unblocked. Nea q St Nicholas Sch. 9523
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    • 1037 13 |i- Lift level Well kept. Amenities/ sen mosque No contra Malays not eliqible 9388 7291 C&H 11 5 'A' BLK 718 Bedon Res. Corner. High fir 100% move in renovated ns with aircon. Near sch/ r amenities. Pq: 9520 5383 PN 5 'I' BEDOK S. Blk 14. Well reno vated
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    • 879 13 view. Condo layout. Marble. Near sch/ mkt. Contra. 278 2239 aqt 4 'A' BLK 271 °nced to sell Pte ;osy corner sitting on a hill.!!! ting Blk 288 5 I Bright bree.'y High tlr. 9271 8167 PN 4-RM i. 5 RM. |l -vB/ 290/ 292/ 29I B. Good cond. Valued.
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    • 868 13 R6OMBCS: Outstanding Ai:mt».T OutKtandinn Roilltv a J The opCKH and sharing of iJcjs L4& fflU amongNt all the colleague here ceiainl> I helps me in nn huNiiio^- M\ clients are Ik J I therefore able u> benefit from all the I input I receive Javtn h.Ki W&\ HDB APTS FOR
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    • 668 13 ■TJ?!| HDB APTS FOR SALE (CENTRAL/CITY) C til 3 A' ROWELL Lift level Superb layout. Nea r MRT/ hawker ctr. Can contra Janna 9068 3700 C2l Wynn 3 NG' BLK Gloucester Rd High 0% unblocked. Bright/ breezy Split aircon. 9027-3433 5 T PT BLK 106. Spottiswoode/ city Very high fir
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    • 5414 14 BHDBAPfS FOR SALE Pffl HDB APTS FOR SALE VfTI HDB APTS FOR SALE PWI HDB APTS FOR SALE PWI HOB APTS FOR SALE WffH HDB APTS FOR SALE ITf! HDB APTS FOR SALE |Tf| HDB APTS FOR SALE |Tf| HDB APTS FOR SALE PJlfl HDB APTS FOR SALE (BEDOK/ CHAI
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    • 937 14 di* niceiy 'enuvdieu. Hiityn. Wmdy Unblocked. 4 bdrm cusive/ Privacy. 9701-9792 DW HO CHING 3-RM 111/ Teb<?n 3-rm 5. 7/ 4-rm 25. 32. Exec Apt 51 rong E«ec Mais 287D. Apt. 2--5 rm 276. 522. ES 9 *****20. NEW LIST! 5 A Jurong W corner jh fir Unblocked. Windy. 4
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    • 663 14 Pro» M«x CECILIA NEO A i\ 9272 9029^ M RARE! ALL RACES. Corner terr Blk 58 Jin Mamor Land 297 sq m r ace S. Like pte vicnity. Valued. View to offer! LOW CASH! EXEC' 110 Towner Unblocked v CTE. Renovated Lim 9556-7010 NEAR KALI ANG MRT 4A Blk 113
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    • 759 15 E3 ssss E3 sßKgsar E3 ~?™> ffl ~r >lE BEET" HjEET H 8 "> EH c; ED El E ProiNexMjL 5 T 149/ »08/ *13 Unblocked Renovat ed. Spacious. Near sch.. mkt. shops View to offer 1 9415 0347 EXEC MAIS. 1572 H Blk 129 Valued S4ISK Apt Blk 237.
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    • 710 15 in v > llkll'^T7TTTM JUST SOLD BY US LAST WEEK h |*3A 244 Tampines $210,000 1 WZ ll*" 4 498L Tampines 5277,000 Q a•■ 5 T 842H Tampines $387,000 I Exec Apt 740 Tampines $490,000 JT L^V-- w mm PRESERVE FOR YOUR UNITS! Q a. I"J| BUY/ SELL? tfi MLjUjH^n
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    • 840 15 EXEC. APT. BLK 331 Tampines Mart. Well ventilated. Move in. Valued S43BK. 9003 5080 EXEC MAIS 149. Tampines. Move in. Low fir. Near MRT/ all ameni ties. Contra. 9604-5649 DTL. NEW LISTING! EXEC. Apt Blk 740 Tampines, beautiful f/renovated Condo layout. neg! *****126 NEW LIST! EXEC Apt. Tampines blk 330.
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    • 968 15 3*l RM. BLK 91 T Payoh. Upgrad ing paid. MRT. Valued SISSK. 4 'A' 11. Only 5 yrs. Top fir Valued S3SOK 9535 0680 Passion 3*l BLK 108 '\iyoh. Unblocked No noon sun. F/renovated Beaucontra. 2 mins to MRT/ Shops. Hurry!! l Jon 9601 2078 4 A' pt uk. 146
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    • 951 15 JUMBO BLK 345. 1872 sq.lt. Mid n Valued $400K. Chi nese buyer only. Dont miss 1 View to offer. *****979 DW UNBLOCKED 4 NG 1 blk 205. high fir Johor view. Windy. 100% move in Chinese owner. Low valuation. SSK cash. *****648 WALK TO MRT. 4 A' BIK 786D Woodlands.
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    • 962 15 5 T 787E Corner. High llr. Unblocked. Move in cond. Face N. E. Walk to MRT *****923 KPC 5 T BLK 761 High fir Lift-level Move-in cond. Can contra. Val ued 5276K. Eric 9455 2725 AL 5 T CORNER 8928 Woodlands F/ renovated. MRT/ amenities Vai ued All races. *****757
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    • 715 15 CHINESE. BRITISH COUPLE to rent D.ll-21. 22-28 m all areas, sizes. Good budget. Owners call *****97/ *****708 GENUINE BUYERS URGENTLY looking (or old apts/ condos/ hses. Budget SSOOK S3M. Sellers pis can Mr Yong *****933 TENANTS/ BUYERS SEEKING condo/ hse. $600k- $1.5M/ $2K SBK. Owners pis call *****761 RENT/ SELL
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    • 507 15 Jd^mj^Qj Cap/taLand Prime Location For leasing enquiries, Calf 239 6843/845/842 Technopark Chai Chee s 3^^^^^^^^ w 'thin walking distance to X ■y^j BE* m Bedok MRT Station I Upper Floor 1,300-50,000 sq ft ;^ri 4Qffa Su'table for IT business HkSHMfcfifli Hfe_ri£tf Wlt broadband connection Corporation Place M 'VO^ Superb corporate
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    • 291 15 ALJUNIfD INDUSTRIAL Floor Area: 1.382.00 sq. ft Interested, please call Tel: 2496 115/liq_ CENTURY INDUSTRIAL BLDG. NEW INDUSTRIAL RO. Upper floor units. Approximate 4600/ 9630/ 19.260 sq.ft. Tan Kok Enq Prop. Consultants TEL: 251 7387 FTY/ WAREHSE/ SHOWRM/ OFFICE PAYA LEBAR/ ALJUNIED/ ÜBI '000. 1600. 2200. 3000. 3600 4600. 7600
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    • 539 15 1, Bukit BatoiTlndTar?A: Eosv access to expressway? ■\s6s 7211 Ms Shennon JURONG 158 GUL CIRCLE FTY CUM OFFICE SPACE Factory space: 24.000 sg.lt. Office space 3500 sq.ft interested please call: *****51 Wareh W Fty/ Offke/ Open Yard Cheap Best Total Solutions for Storage, L.ght industry, Engrg. Chemica 1 Log.st'cs. Workers
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    • 4326 16 RT| FACTORY SPACE BH FACTORY SPACE ECU FACTORY SPACE BH FACTORY SPACE Rfl OFFICE SPACE BTI OFF ICE SPACE fTFI OFFICE SPACE fTfi OFFICE SPACE |T7| OFFICE SPACE RH OFFICE SPACE I FOR RENT |^1 FOR SALE |^U FOR RENT B^J FOR RENT |^J FOR RENT |^U FOR RENT I
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    • 834 16 GOLDEN MILE TOWER. 915 sqft interested can ***** or page: 9300-8703 HILLVICW TERR. 400 cj ft F/ai con partitioned office space $750 p/mth neg. Hp 9672 84< UIC BLOC. MUST !453 Sq Newly desiqner fitted Sea vie High fir. RH 9 *****02 cobrol 0.01 MAXWELL HSE. Near Tg P gjr
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      • 48 22 Why do hackers do what they do? Is it the thrill of doing something illegal, or the adrenaline rush that comes with breaking into other systems/ CHI A 111 HOI talks to three "black" hackers and a "n lute" one. From here to CT24.
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      • 514 23 "Successful hackers are the ones who don't hra«i. It is the amateurs who brag, ami bracing is the reason why most get caught/* Australian IT quality assurance engineer, 25, who has been hacking for eight years. WARNING! A real-life hacker is quite unlike theg)oryleeken typified by 1
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        231 24 An ethical hacker, this FT specialist protects networks from the people who are out to destroy them. It was easy tor Mr William Chong to say no to the power of the dark side. "I enjoy catching the bad guys rather than being hunted," said die IT
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      • 188 24 He got in through the "buck door", hut decided not to meddle with the systems. A 29-year-old [T consultant and hacker said he has never tried to enter into a system that did not belong to him. "Yes, ot course I know it is
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      • 237 24 This hacker knows that what he's doing is illegal, but he is addicted to it. His initial curiosit] about hacking became ati addiction, as successful break-ins gave him a "god-like' feeling. Said this experienced SO-year-old hacker, who works a> network administrator in tin Government: "Hacking is...
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      • 162 29 Finnish mobile phone manufacturer Bencfan has launched three phones here, the Esc!, the 'I rack Pro and Track )ne. These are the world's first (iSM phones to incorporate global positioning system (GPS) capabilities, according to Benefon. 'The Ksc!, which costs s 1,488, comes preloaded with maps of
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      • 69 29 NetScreen Technologies has tour new integrated security appliances and an enhanced ScreenOS software to protect networks from the threats caused by hackers, the vulnerabilities of wireless L\Ns and the business practices that are redefining which users can be trusted to access mission-critical data. The new appliances are
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          62 29 Sony Singapore has announced a sleek new Che handheld. Running on Palm OS 4.1, the new PEG T6ISC/Gcomeswithl6Mßof internal memory. This is double the amount found in other mainstream Palm OS handhelds. The new Clie is expected to reach storefronts late this month at $699 (inclusive of GST).
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        • 42 29 The NetWorkPlace business offering from Getronics is a portfolio of 12 services which provides a single point of contact to help enterprises plan, design, manage and maintain their ICT (information communication technology) infrastructure for e-business. Find out more from www.getronics.com
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        • 72 29 3M s latest overhead projector, the 1800 Series, is stylishly designed and offers enhanced performance to meet the needs of business and classroom presenters. It comes with an inverted head and stands erect at 140 mm 10 mm lower than conventional projectors. The 1800 Series comes with a
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