The Straits Times, 5 May 2002

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    21 1 The Sunday Times May 5, 2(K)2 •74 Pages m four parts mita (P) 095/03/2002 A Singapore Press Holdings publication t)O tents
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    Lock icon A changed France heads for decisive poll
    590 1  - A changed France heads for decisive poll GRACE SUNG New president to be picked today; tussle between incumbent Chirac and far-right leader Le Pen has altered political mood hgfhj* F.I ■ROPFCOHHKSPONDKNT PARIS France picks a new president today m one of the country's most decisive elections a poll that has
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    Lock icon World Cup boycott should Le Pen win
    211 1 PARIS France's national team, the reigning World Cup champion, has warned that it would boycott the tournament should far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen become the next French president. The warning from French midfielder Robert Pires underscores the anti-Le Pen sentiments m the country.
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    Lock icon MPs praise 'balanced' Budget
    728 1 It is good for businesses and individuals; also helps the needy THE word "balanced" popped up often when MPs were asked to comment on Friday's Budget statement by Deputy Prime Minister ancl Finance Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Cuts m corporate tax made it pro-business, but cuts
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      183 1 ISLAMIC: GROUP CIIIIvF lli'U> Police arrest head of group that incited l Ambon killings page 6 Desiga: PETER will. l VMS Photo: JOHN COSCROVE [Sir World. Pap 10] 4 #>^> x V^Hb^ -^ji m home theatre, the Z7 A k state^of the art JVC Home i A/ ;+h +h^ rii^lh+
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  • NEWS FLASH
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      88 2 PARKING: HEARTUNDERS HIT BADLY PEOPLE living m the heartlands whose jobs require they have a tar. ami who park their vehicles overnight m a I lousing Board lot, are groaning over the hike m carpark charges. Probably the worst hit m the across-the-board hike for parking at 1 1
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      69 2 CHEAPER CARS, BETTER DEALS? OWNING a car here will be cheaper, a result of "this year's Budget provisions, and some ear companies are capitalising on this. For instance. Tan Chong Motors, the dealer for Nissan and Toyota, will pass the savings on to those who booked its cars
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      91 2 ALL-OUT BID FOR CHINA MARKET JAPANESE companies are scrambling to get a foothold m the world's biggest emerging consumer market China. Though they were among the first to set up factories there and Japan is the country's third-largest investor, Japanese brands do not sell well. So organisations like Toshiba
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      71 2 MUSK, DRAMA AT THIS RESTAURANT ATTHE new performing-arts centre at the Esplanade, you will be able to catch shows at a restaurant that is being planned for the venue, just like some set-ups m Europe and the United States. The SI.S-million eating place, to be called Ristorante Teatro
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      87 2 NOH WINS FOR HAVING 'HEART' SEMBAWANG Rangers striker Noh Alam Shah has been unanimously voted The Straits Times-NTUC Income Player of the Month because of his performance m last month's S-League games he scored three match winners m four League matches. The 21-year-old, known forgiving 100 per cent to
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      79 2 FA Cup final: Arsenal triumphs ARSENAL took its first step towards a dream double by winning the 121 st English FA Cup soccer final against Chelsea. It scored twice m the second half, through midfielders Ray Parlour and Frederik Ljungberg, at the Millennium Stadium m Cardiff, Wales, m the
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      85 2 Islamic militant chief arrested THE head of a major Islamic militant group m Indonesia. Jaffar Umar Thalib, has been arrested. His Java-based group is blamed for worsening the sectarian conflict m Maluku, where thousands have died. Jaffar faces two separate charges plotting against the government and insulting the dignity
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      86 2 How-to-date primer SIXGAPORE'S official matchmakers have come up with an eight-page booklet to help inept singles navigate the trick)' business of courtship. (Jailed When Boy Meets Girl The Chemistry Guide, it suggests, for instance, replacing the traditional dinner and movie with a picnic on the beach and a stroll.
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      79 2 SINGAPORE SUCCESS IN CHINA A SINGAPORE company is making its presence felt m China's car market. Eight-year-old GA Holdings, which has no businesses here, started off by clinching the BMW distributorship m Fujian province. Its latest coup is becoming the first and only licence holder for the Hertz car-rental
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      80 2 U.S. CATERING TO ASIANS THE growing Asian consumer market has prompted a major American supermarket chain, Albertson's, to double its stocks of such items as oyster sauce and coconut milk at 4O of its stores around the country. The move is part of a trend m the US to
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      238 2 TAIWAN'S LOTTERY BLUES TAIWAN punters' romance with their national lottery is waning. Four months after the game of chance was launched, the amount betted has dropped 25 percent and the long queues of betters are gone. Most punters realise their chances of winning are low one m 5.2 million.
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      Lock icon Walkout, drama at condo's first AGM
      600 3  -  NEO HUIMIN Residents of Waterfront View, a former HUDC estate, question validity of privatisation and panel's right to chair Byl THE panel of Housing Board and town council officials and lawyers, who had called the Waterfront View Condominium's first annual general meeting (AGM), had
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      Lock icon Panel proposes law against market bullies
      359 3  -  GOH CHIN LIAN Competition law will prevent misuse of clout by big firms Bu A GOVERNMENT-APPOI-NTED panel tasked to boost entrepreneurship is proposing a competition law that would prevent big businesses from misusing their clout against smaller firms. Such a law would provide a
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      Lock icon A MOTHER'S GRIEF
      66 3 AFP Grieving mother Julekha Bcguam, 30, mourns over the body of her two-year-old daughter, who was found dead after the ferry they were on sank m Chandpur, Bangladesh. The ferry carrying up to 150 people sank m a whirlwind yesterday. About 35 of the passengers were rescued.
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      Lock icon Car taxes cut — but crowds still not back in showrooms
      519 4  - Car taxes cut but crowds still not back in showrooms LEONG CHAN TEIK DOLLY NEO Distributors suggest buyers may still be weighing their options. COE prices may fall m this week's tender exercise and CUTS m car taxes announced m this year's Budget on Friday failed to bring back the
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      Lock icon CHANGES TO BENEFITS
      126 4 Note: ARF is 130% of OMV. New PARF benefits apply to cars registered with COEs obtained from May 2002 tender. bom; foktin Age of Car at Deregistration Old New New (equtatent) Less than 5 years 130%ofOMV 75% of ARF 97.5% Of OMV 5 years to less than
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      Lock icon Drop in scrap value of cars
      243 4 WHILE the upfront cost of a car has been cut, a change m the scrap benefit scheme, also known as the Preferential Additional Registration Fee (PARK), has diminished the scrap value of cars. The PARF is now a percentage of the ARF. instead of
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      Lock icon HK keeps eye on Budget here
      406 4  -  MARY KWANG flr/ HONGKONG CORRF S PO N I) E N T MAJOR Hongkong dailies yesterday gave prominent coverage to Singapore I Budget and proposed tax cuts, a reflection of the territory's worries about its own economic competitiveness and how closely it monitors the
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      Lock icon SBS driver, passengers escape bus fire
      143 4 THE driver of an SBS service 83 bus and l() passengers escaped when the bus caught fire early yesterday morning near Block IO6D at Punggol Field Road. No one was hurt and the fire was put out within 10 minutes. The bus serves the
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      56 6 GEORCE GASCON Coif legend Gary Player, who held a golf clinic at Jurong Country Club yesterday, was so impressed by the driving accuracy of one of the young participants, nine-year-old Gavin Angoh, that he offered to hold the ball m his mouth for the next shot.
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      Lock icon S'pore must 'accept KL's views'
      544 6  -  BRENDAN PEREIRA OUTSTANDING BILATERAL ISSUES Be walling to compromise to resolve matters, says Mahathir «V MALAYSIA COHHKSPONDF NT KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said the outstanding package of bilateral issues with Singapore could be resolved if the Government m the Republic was willing to
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      Lock icon Jakarta arrests leader of Islamic militant group
      509 6  -  ROBERT GO Chief of Laskar Jihad faces charges of inciting sectarian violence m Ambon and attempting to undermine a truce STRAITS TIMES INDONESIA Bl Kl \l JAKARTA Indonesian police yesterday arrested the head of a major radical Islamic croup, charging him with stoking
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      Lock icon LASKAR JIHAD: The group and its leader
      164 6 EAST Java-bom Jaffar UmarThalih. the 41 -year-old leader of the radical I^askar Jihad group, is the seventh of eight children. Jaffar insists that the mission of his supposedly 10.(M)0-strong group, founded m early 2000, is to forge a spiritual form ofjUtad through preaching,
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      Lock icon Pipe bombs go off in rural US mailboxes, 5 hurt
      533 6 DEADLY MAIL: Dubuque sheriff investigator Dennis Avenarius takes crime scene photographs after a bomn exploded when a mail carrier opened a mailbox on Rupp Hollow Road north of Dubuque, lowa. Pipe bombs accompanied by anti-government notes exploded m rural mailboxes
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon AMERICAN SUPERMARKETS GO ASIAN
      919 8  - AMERICAN SUPERMARKETS GO ASIAN ZURAIDAH IBRAHIM fhgdhjfj The fast-growing Asian consumer market has prompted national chains to stock their shelves with Oriental products H,, STRAITS TIMES I MTKDSTVIKSBl HKU WE WILL HAVE CERTAIN BRANDS THAT ASIANS WILL HAVE AN ATTACHMENT TO FROM THEIR HOMELAND, AND THAT GIVES THEM A HOMELY
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      Lock icon Britain hopes prefab homes will ease housing crisis
      404 8 Public-sector workers have been priced out of the booming property market LONDON With soaring property prices keeping pub-lic-sector employees out of the market, the government is chipping m to build thou- sands of cheap prefabricated homes for teachers, nurses and police officers.
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      Lock icon Operation Snipe leaves American troops sniggering
      410 8 Operation Snipe leaves American troops sniggering KABUL The latest mission to pursue Al-Qaeda and Taleban fighters is drawing chuckles from American forces not for its objective or its methods, but for its name. In a tiny ca.se of cultures clashing. Operation Snipe, a name chosen by Britain, fails to take
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      Lock icon Mayor of London's new office
      65 10 Mayor of London's new office THE London city government's stunning new headquarters on the banks of the Thames are near completion. The budding has an assembly chamber, committee rooms and public facilities as well as offices for the mayor, assembly members and staff of the Greater London Authority. The spiral
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      Lock icon Many in France are tired of living in fear
      694 10  -  GRACE SUNG Why Immigrants May Still Vote For Le Pen In Poll Today The surging crime rate is the electorate's No 1 concern, as extreme-right presidential candidate Jean-Marie Le Pen knows well ghhgfhg I IKOI'K COHRISI'ONDI AT CRIME: Media accused of
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      Lock icon Nose-pegs for town's defiant left-wing voters
      237 10 CARCASSONNE (France) The overwhelmingly left-wing voters m the southern French town of Villemagne will be able to wear nose-pegs or gloves to show their frustration at having to vote for centre-right incumbent President Jacques Chirac m today's election, the mayor has said. Mr Alain
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      Lock icon Boston diocese backs out of settlement deal
      271 10 Accord with 86 victims of priest just too costly, says finance council BOSTON The Archdiocese ot Boston has backed out of its settlement agreement with 86 victims of defrocked priest John Geoghan because the deal would essentially strip it of resources. Rejecting Cardinal
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        199 11  -  Goh Sui Noi Ex-film star leads protest over N-dump PM PRESSURED INTO VISIT TAIWANESE former actress May Chin proved that she was more than just a pretty face last week when she led fellow aboriginal legislators to protest against delays in the removal of nuclear waste from the island
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        104 11  -  Brendan Pereira BANKER DENIES NEWSCASTER LINK TOP banker Nazir Razak, the younger brother of Umno vice-president and Defence Minister Najib Tun Razak, is irritated with people linking him to newscaster Normala Samsuddin. A newspaper report had said she was in a dilemma as to who to marry' a prince
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        69 11  -  LACSON WANTS TO BE PRESIDENT ENDING months of speculation, Senator Panfilo Lacson finally admitted that he was interested in seeking the presidency in 2OO4-. "I will be a hypocrite if I say I didn't" think of 2OO+," he said. And if he does hecome chief executive, the former police
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        166 11  -  David Hsieh CANCER-HIT ACTOR BACK AT WORK RECOVERING from chemo and radiotherapy for treatment of sinus and throat cancer, veteran Chinese actor Li Xuejian is back in front of the cameras again, this time portraying a flawed but honest taxman fighting corruption and other temptations. One of China's most
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        94 11  -  Edward Tang MONK IN COURT TO ANSWER CHARGES A CONTROVERSIAL Thai monk and founder of a major Bu ddhist sect is back in the public eye after months of absence. Dhammachayo, who created a stir last year when the huge assets owned by his temple were revealed, was in
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      Lock icon Israeli raids lead Palestinians to question suicide-bomb tactic
      544 11  -  ABRAHAM RABINOVICH Israel's forceful retaliation has prompted some Palestinians to voice doubts about the wisdom of such suicide attacks gfhgfhgfhf 1NJKRI SAI.KM ISRAEL'S massive armoured incursion into the Palestinian territories, condemnned by much of the world, is viewed as a strategic success
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      Lock icon Demand for bottled water skyrockets in India's parched cities
      524 12  -  NIRMAL GHOSH Dwindling supply and the shunning of tap water have sparked the increase as the authorities crack down harder on illegal manufacturers Ih, INDIA CORRKSFONDKN I NEW DELHI Riding on the heat of another scorching Indian summer, the bottled water
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      Lock icon S'pore-linked firm bags water contract with Indian Railways
      182 12 S'pore-linked firm bags water contract with Indian Railways A SINGAPOREAN collaboration m Madras Membrane Technologies Limited (MTL) has bagged the contract for the supply of water to Indian Railways' vast southern network. The water, labelled Team (Titanium Equipment and Anode Manufacturing), comes from a 200-million-rupee(Ss7.B-million) unit on a farm m
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      Lock icon UNCERTAIN FUTURE FOR HIV GIRL
      56 12 REUTERS This man and his HIV-positive daughter, three, were arrested m Australia last week and ordered to return to England. They fled m 1999 with the girl's HIV-infected mother after a judge ordered the baby to be tested for the deadly virus. Her parents, alternative
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      Lock icon Airliner slams into Nigerian city suburb
      211 12 KANO (Nigeria) A passenger jet with 106 people on hoard crashed into a dense-ly-populated suhurb of the northern Nigerian city of Kano shortly after take-off yesterday, airport officials said. Airport and state officials said it was too early to confirm the death toll, either
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        Lock icon GUNMAN WITH 20 HOSTAGES SURRENDERS
        61 12 A GUNMAN yesterday burst into a luxury Istanbul hotel. fired shots m the air and took 20 people hostage, but surrendered two minutes after seeing police anti-terrorist units moving into the hotel. The gunman, who is apparently a Chechen, took the hostages to protest against
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        Lock icon 250 MAOIST REBELS KILLED, SAYS NEPAL
        39 12 AT LEAST 250 Maoist rebels were killed by Nepalese security forces this week, a minister said yesterday. The figures make the battle the deadliest m the Maoists' six-year war against the monarchy. AFP
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        Lock icon ANOTHER VENEZUELA COUP BIO SUSPECTED
        34 12 THE Venezuelan vice-presi-dent-designate said on Friday the government had evidence of a new coup attempt being hatched m the country, including a plot to kill President Hugo Chavez. AFP
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        Lock icon JAIL FOR TAMPERING WITH PHONE ID CODES
        54 12 THE British government introduced a Bill on Friday that would make altering a telephone's identity number or reprogramming a mobile phone punishable by up to five years m jail or an unlimited tine. Changing the identity numbers makes it impossible for manufacturers to
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        Lock icon BUND SUE U.S. 60VT OVER CURRENCY DESIGN
        56 12 THE American Council of the Blind sued the federal government on Friday, seeking changes m the design of the US paper currency. The lawsuit contends individuals who cannot identify currency denominations are precluded from participating m transactions integral to daily life. All US
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  • EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Bets are down, queues are gone
      536 13  -  LAWRENCE CHUNG After months of frenzied sales, Taiwan's lotto craze loses steam as punters fail to win big prizes Bx, STRAITS TIMES TAIWAN BUREAU TAIPEI Taiwan's lotto craze has lost steam after four months of frenzied sales as cash-strapped residents now realise their chances
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      Lock icon First shipment of water from China arriving in Taiwan
      303 13 First shipment of water from China arriving in Taiwan TAIPEI Facing its worst drought m decades, Taiwan is buying water from China for the first time since the two rivals split amid civil war 53 years ago. A Taiwanese ship today is expected to bring 2,300 tonnes of water back
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      Lock icon Days of cheap seafood are ending in Japan
      585 14  - Days of cheap seafood are ending in Japan KWAN WENG KIN Crackdown on illegal seafood imports from Russia will choke supplies, push prices up and hurt many businesses By JAPAN COHHKSt'ONDKVr TOKYO Illegal imports from Russia is the secret behind all those cheap eat-all-you-want buffets featuring crab and other seafood
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      Lock icon A Mei crowned Female Artiste of the Year
      218 14  -  GOH HSUI NOI By TAIWAN COK K I M>()\ 1)1! M TAIPEI Superstar Chang Huei-mei, better known as A*Mei, beat off competition from fellow Taiwanese Shunza, Hongkong's Sandy Lam and Singapore's Stefanie Sun to be crowned Female Artiste of the Year at
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    • EAST ASIA FILE
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        Lock icon RECORD LOW RATIO OF KIDS TO ADULTS
        47 14 THE ratio of children to adults m Japan has fallen to a record low of 14.3 per hundred. Government data shows that the number of children under 15 has fallen by 200,000 over the past year to 18.17 million. AFP
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        Lock icon LABELS WANTED FOR GENE-ALTERED FOOD
        34 14 GREENPEACE says most Hongkongers want the government to order labelling to identify ge-netically-engineered (GE) food. Some 71 per cent of those surveyed said they would choose GE-free foods. AFP
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        Lock icon OFFICIALS TREATED SPECIALLY'
        59 14 SOME 130 senior government officials got preferential treatment when applying for luxury apartments m a satellite city of Seoul last year, Kirn Eun Sung, former deputy director of the National Intelligence Service, said in a court petition. He is under arrest for taking a 50-million-won (S$74,OOO) bribe
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        Lock icon HK PRIESTS FACE NEW ALLEGATIONS
        36 14 A SENIOR Catholic cleric said yesterday that the church had received two more child sex-abuse complaints after admitting this week that three priests who worked m Hongkong had abused children. AP
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        Lock icon SEOUL TEAMS UP WITH U.S. VARSITY
        45 14 SEOUL city signed a memorandum of understanding with Fordham University of the US on the dissemination of the city's online administrative system. Seoul and the university will share ideas on fighting global corruption. The Korea Herald Asia News Network
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      562 15  -  ROBFRT GO Tha nations status as a top offender will repel investments, particularly m high-tech sectors H,, STKXITS TIMES INDOXKSIABIKKM $7 DVDs SOLD m Jakarta: DVD copies of recent theatre releases, starting from 40,000 rupiah <Ss7.Bo).Thty contain either official previews or eo-camera-in-the-atre versions.
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      221 15 JAKARTA The Indonesian public is growing to accept that fuel prices must be driven by market forces. Jakarta remained calm and without the usual protests after the latest price hike. On Thursday, state-owned oil and gas company Pertamina raised fuel prices
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      290 16 Spore open to regional tie-ups against terror SINGAPORE said yesterday it was willing to help anti-terrorism efforts under a pact between Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines. "Singapore has indicated that if the three countries wanted the rest of Asean to be involved, they could send the trilateral agreement to us
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      557 16  -  EDWARD TANG The growing popularity of such courses has been prompted by an increase m violence, particularly m the home By THAILAND COHHF.S PON DK NT BANGKOK More Thai women are taking up self-defence courses to protect themselves not only from muggers and rapists
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      412 16 YANCiON Myanmars opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, under houte arrest for the last IS months, is unlikely to he freed until tomorrow, sources close to the ruling military junta said. Hopes that the Nohel peace laureate would be released yesterday faded
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      268 16 JAKARTA A lawyer for Tommy Suharto admitted yesterday that she had given money worth more than US$6OO (551,090) to witnesses who later changed their testimony m Tommys murder and weapons trial. But Ms Klza Syarief, who has been accused by police of bribing three witnesses
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        59 16 TWO men allegedly ate human body parts, washed down with a bottle of wine, but were freed by a Cambodian provincial court yesterday because there is no law against cannibalism. The two men. both crematorium workers, were arrested last week for eating fingers
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        67 16 FIVE people were killed and seven injured when a train crashed into a minibus m Indonesia's Central .lava province before dawn yesterday, the Antara news agency said. The Mata Remaja passenger train was travelling to the Central Java town of Malang when it
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        75 16 THE leader of a kidnap nag that abducted four Chinese workers hist year was killed along with two of his followers m an army raid m the southern Philippines yesterday, the military said. Kabilo Saguile, alias Commander Mayangcang, was killed with two of his
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        60 16 MORK than TOO workers from Myanmar suffering from communicable diseases including HIV 7 will soon be deported from Thailand, an official said yesterday. The workers were identified during medical checkups, which are mandatory for foreign workers when they renew their work permits. Dr Winai VVithoonkija.
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        60 16 WITH the lantern-lit main gates of the Vietnamese eitv Hue's ancient citadel serving as a backdrop, the two-week Hue Festival 3009 kicked off yesterday m a swirl of colours, light and the beating of ceremonial drums. Organisers are expecting between (>O,OOO and HO, OOO visitors 10.000
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      431 18 SHAH AIAM Malay graduates who majored m subjects like religion and are now unemployed have only themselves to blame tor their predicament. Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said. He said the government was curious why 94 per cent of unemployed graduates
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      406 18 Science will be taught in English 'if people want if' PETAUNG JAVA Malaysian students may soon be taught science subjects m English if there is a strong public support tor the proposal. Deputy Education Minister Abdul Aziz Shamsuddin said his ministry would consider implementing the proposal. "We will not just
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      678 18  -  BRENDAN PEREIRA Puteri Umno's pilot project to improve competency and make the language less intimidating will be expanded nationwide By MALAYSIA CORRKSPONDKNT KUALA LUMPUR Every Wednesday, more than 40 children of lahourers, production operators and shop assistants cram into an air-condi-tioned freight
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        43 18 SHALIDIN Yassin, 51, brother of Domestic Trade and Consumers Affairs Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, pleaded guilty to the possession of heroin m a Muar court yesterday. He faces a possible jail term of up to 20 years. New Straits Times
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        42 18 QUEUES at many police stations disappeared a day after a two-week reprieve was announced tor traffic offenders to settle their summonses. About KO per cent of the stations were quiet on Friday. New Straits Times
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        27 18 AVO men posing as patients and armed with knives robbed a private clinic m Klang of RM2,r»OO (551,200) on Friday afternoon. Bernama
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        32 18 THE Negri Sembilan state government has increased water tariffs by between :JO per cent and 100 per cent. It cited high management costs. New Straits Time s
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        26 18 TWO men, including the driver, were killed when their hus collided with a trailer on the North-South Kxpressway early yesterday. Bernama
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      235 18 KUALA LIPIS A 16-month-old baby girl was hit on the head by a golf ball that flew through the Front door of her house where her mother was breast-feeding her. Baby Farrah Diva vomited and had a swollen forehead but escaped without any
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      332 18 Let Mum be treated to a culinary surprise on Mother's Day At the M Hotel Singapore, we understand the significance of Mother's Day. Give Mum the day off and treat her to a sumptuous meal at a family get-together. CAFE 2000 LOBBY LEVEL For Mums who want to move away
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      220 20  -  REME AHMAD Ha IN MALACCA DEPU'IT Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi urged Malaysians and Singaporeans to value their bilateral relationships and strike up long-lasting friendships like the one he enjoys with Home Minister Wong Kan Seng. Datuk Seri Abdullah, who called Mr Wong
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      398 20 Malaysians lose $14m in'get rich quick' scheme The Indonesia-based scheme promises people attractive and quick returns on investments KOTA BARU A get-rich-quick scheme with international links is believed to have cheated Malaysians of RM3O million (5514.36 million) since it started operating m the country last year. The Deputy Secre-tary-General of
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      174 20 MAS chief steward arrested for stealing liquor SEPANG A Malaysia Airlines chief steward was arrested for stealing liquor and wine from an aircraft. The 52-year-old, with more than 20 years of experience as a steward, was arrested at his home on April 28 after security officials lodged a report alleging
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      54 21 GOT A DATE? SEE INSTRUCTIONS 'This is so typically Singaporean. It seems as thougji we need people to tell us what to do ana June to do it. Mi** lien Wvv Pi mi; 2H, a magazine editor and former SDl' member, on a booklet of dating tip* produced by the
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      1181 21  -  CHONG CHEE KIN *We race to see who owns Orchard Road. 9 One driver Bui They live for the thrill of illegal car racing, caring little that they are breaking the law and endangering lives WEARING just a T-shirt and Bermuda shorts, the wiry 21--year-old looked barely out
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      230 21 Police on the track of illegal racers FROM Orchard Road to Lim Chu Rang to Tuas West Road, the police are keeping a close watch on illegal speed demons. The Traffic Police also patrol regularly such popular racers" haunts as the West Coast Highway and Sungei Kadut Avenue. Police spokesman
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      1144 22  -  NEW HUI MIN It was only when the $19,000 fee for privatisation was due that residents there were galvanised into joining forces fiy THEY were once just neighbours going about their own business. But yesterday, 500 people from 583 households m trie Bedok Reservoir
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      338 22  -  NATALIE SOH By] BALLOT slips and election documents from the 2001 General Election went up m smoke yesterday at the Tuas South Incineration Plant, six months after Singaporeans cast their votes for a new government. At 8 am, Returning Officer and Home Affairs Ministry
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      314 22  -  SIM CHI YIN Bi/i CHINESE language standards here are declining, but the slide can be arrested even though it is like fighting the tide. Leading figures m the Chinese press could recommend ways of doing this, said Minister of State Chan Soo Sen (Prime Minister's
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      84 22 LIANHB ZAOBAO Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong signs the guestbook during his visit to the Aver Rajah campus of leading French business institute Insead yesterday. Looking on is (right) the Insead dean, Professor Gabriel Hawawini. PM Goh joined leading figures of major multinational and national companies from
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      149 23 MAN'S best friend may also turn out to be your best bet for a date. If you have a dog, why not take a stroll with the pooch. Popular haunts include the Botanic Gardens, East Coast Park and Bishan Park. Just make sure that your date is not
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      816 23  -  PAULINE LEONG If you have ever fretted over where to go on a first date or whether you should split the bill, the SDU now offers dating advice Ihj SO, YOU want the perfect date, but you're fresh out of ideas and
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      404 23 SDP chief defends illegal rally at Istana OPPOSITION leader Chee Soon Juan, who heads the Singapore Democratic Party, says he has a higher responsibility to fulfil than his duties as a police national serviceman. He was responding on Friday to police remarks concerning his arrest for holding an illegal public
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      228 23 A THAI man arrived at Changi Airport on a flight from Bangkok and hurried through the green channel, indicating he had nothing to declare. Central Narcotics Bureau officers stopped him and searched his bag, but found nothing. When they asked him the purpose of
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      685 24 Reactions To Budget 2002 While some appreciate the need to raise GST, others are concerned the offset package will provide only minimal relief IF THEY had their way, some Singaporeans, especially those who will not benefit from income tax cuts, would not want the Goods
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      82 24 Economic Restructuring Shares: $2,400 worth of shares ($1,200 each for Mr and Mrs LJm) Rebates on rent and service and conservancy charges: 1,137 over five years Impact of two-point GST hike: $373 per year Total benefits from Budget package: $3,537 (covers impact of
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      Lock icon 'Will char siew rice cost more?'
      497 24 RETIRED plumbing technician Lim Lye Moay, 64, has one main concern: that a plate aftharsuti rice will cost more. He thinks hawkers will exploit the impending rise m the Goods and Services Tax (GST), from 3 to 5 per cent from next year, to
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      506 24  -  Arlina Arshad, Wong Sher Maine, Chong Chee Kin, Sim Chi Yin Natalie Soh Report! hi/ AND] EVERY day. insurance agent Ong Soo Chong drives his Honda Civic to meetings with clients. At night, he parks his car m a
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      369 24 MISS Diana Chong, 28, a trailer producer at a media company, is considering buying a car. Car prices should come down now that the Government has announced cuts in the additional registration fee (ARF) and excise duty amounting to 21 per cent
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      228 24 Economic Restructuring Shares: 13,600 worth ($1,200 each for the family of three) Rebates on rent and service and conservancy charges: $480 over five years Income-tax savings: 1260 (given that most taxpayers will have tax reduced by at least 13 per cent) Impact of
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      Lock icon HDB aims to recover costs
      206 24 HOUSING Board carparks suffered a deficit of $99 million for the financial year of 2000, unable to recoup the cost of building new and maintaining existing carparks m all the HDB estates. Now, the HDB and the Urban Redevelopment Authority hope to recover some of
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      991 25  -  KOH BOON PIN Psychiatrist M. Winslow could well be called that, as he heads an addiction management programme Oil AS A child, Dr Munidasa Winslow was fascinated by the people who dropped by at his home to see his father, a psychiatrist. "They always
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      219 25 MR THARMAN Shanmugaratnam, Senior Minister of State (Education, Trade and Industry) will attend the Pacific Basin Economic Council's 35th international general meeting m Kuala Lumpur tomorrow and Tuesday. China's emergence as a global economic powerhouse and the need for greater regional security cooperation
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      86 21 H. _^B I I JhD Bl 1 < r 1 Hurray For Those Shares Latest Budget benefits will give elderly couple $3,500. PACE 44 P SVC II I AT H V Call Him Dr Addict Dr M. Window, who helps people manage addictions, says most can kick habit. pack 25
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      76 24 FEES: Effective from September Half-hour weekday HDB monthly residential parking charges season parking charges (within Restricted Zone) (covered lots) Now: 90 cents New:sl Now: 575 New: $90 (uncovered lots) (outside Restricted Zone) M M A Now: 45 cents New: 50 cents Now: 555 New: 565 Motorcycle day and night Half-hour
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      639 26  -  LEONG CHAN TEIK Firm holds the only licence for Hertz car rental business there and will list on Hongkong Exchange m a month or so «!L SINGAPORE firm GA Holdings may be little-known here but, m booming China, it is having
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        69 26 ELECTRONICS contract manufacturer Venture Manufacturing is m preliminary discussions with its customer. lomega, on the possible acquisition of the latter's facility m Penang. "Nothing concrete has been signed and neither party is obligated to the other to proceed with any transaction," said Venture on Friday. The
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        67 26 MARINE engineering firm Metalock suffered a 24-per-cent drop m net profit to $1.5 million for the year ended March .'3l. Turnover fell 14.6 per cent to 542.4 million, largely because of the sale of the group's trading business m Aqua-Tetra Supply. An unchanged first and final
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        53 26 A FRENCH government institutional fund on Friday bought six million shares of Aussino, which supplies home furnishings and fashion wear, mainly m China and Australia. Aussino said the shares were sold at 44 cents apiece by Foreswood Industrial Corporation, m which Aussino chairman Anthony Lim
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      Lock icon Stocks fall as unemployment rises
      375 26 U.S. RECOVERY DOUBTS NEW YORK American stocks slumped as the highest jobless rate since 1994 and slower-than-expec-ted growth m service industries cast doubt on the strength of a rebound m profits. Eight of the Standard Poor's (S&P) 500 Index's 10 industry groups fell, driving the
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      Lock icon Steep drop in US dollar
      226 26 NEW YORK The United States dollar had its biggest drop against the euro since January and against the yen since March 7. after a report showed the US jobless rate reached a 7 1 -j-year high last month, fuelling concern that an economic rebound may
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      278 26 SAN FRANCISCO Hewlett- Packard (HP) has closed the largest acquisition m technology industry history, ending a divisive merger battle as it bought Compaq Computer for U5518.69 billion (5533.7 billion) m HP stock. Opponents led by Mr Walter Hewlett, son of HP co-founder Bill Hewlett, tried m
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  • REVIEW
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      1997 28 IS SINGAPORE getting the maximum bang for the big bucks invested m various sports? Not really, if one goes by results, as measured by medals from international competitions and glory won for the nation. While some might argue that this is too narrow an approach
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        296 30 OUTDOOR performances by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra (SSO) at the Botanic Gardens, a feature for many years now, have usually drawn enthusiastic crowds. If not every person is there for the Brahms or Tan Dun, these occasions are ideal for picnics. The Singapore Dance Theatre (SDT),
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      214 30 To be a great talk-show host, you have to let guests take centrestage. When you are the former president of the United States, you are always a a going to be the centre. Larry Lyttle, president of Big Ticket Television, on the latest buzz on the US media circuit
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      989 30  -  BERTHA HENSON ■s WHAT are we to make of Dr Chee Soon Juan's antics outside the Istana on May Day? That he was asking to be arrested? That he wants to go to jail? That he was a brave man trying to
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      933 30  -  KWAN WENG KIN H,j FOR the first time m the history of soccer, the World Cup finals will be hosted by two nations South Korea and Japan. But the attitudes of the two neighbouring countries towards what is billed as the world's
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  • REVIEW • FOCUS
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      1831 29 Singapore Issues A MORE CREATIVE SINGAPORE FOR many years, we concentrated on the economic side. But if you want the economic side to flourish, you need more entrepreneurs, you need more creativity. So, you must also look at the Arts. The two go together. Expatriates
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      880 29 International and Regional Issues TERRORIST THREAT IN THE REGION I DONT think there is an imminent threat hut the danger lurks hehind we don't knowwhere. We believe that there is a real possibility that things may go wrong somewhere, some time in the region,
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      1379 31 Doing Business COPYCATS: If you can't beat 'em ()NK( >X tlif reasons lor Japanese companies reluctance to enter tlie Chinese market is the learol imitations. Deakngwitti these imitations can produce different results, depending on the approach: FAILURE: Yamaha Motor Co (ailed to combat
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      545 31  -  TOKYO China's economic rise is a threat to the rest of Asia but it should also be regarded as a positive driving Force for change as well as the opportunities it will bring to Asian economies. For one thing, it has knocked Japan out of inertia
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      93 32 NALPON PETER DAMIAN AqmM Departed peacefully on 3 May 2002. Leaving behind loved ones: Wife: Marie Stella Sons: Daughters-in-law: Martin Nalpon Sarah Joseph Patrick Selvan Nalpon Melinda Ann Michael Daughter. Son-in-law: Matilda Nalpon Thomas Joseph Grandchildren: Matthew Thomas Jacklyn Nalpon Nicholas Thomas Samantha Nalpon Rebecca Thomas Shane Michael Nalpon Body
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      154 32 IRENE FOONG SOW YING Age: 83 passed away peacefully on Friday 3.5.02. Deeply missed by loved ones and relatives. (Husband: John Chan Siew Loon, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: (Anthony Chan Fee Hon, deceased) Sophia Sit Lai Hing Benny Chan Chee Hon Rosita Law Hinq Chu (Thomas Chan Koh Hon, deceased) Reena
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      82 32 WU LUM YING AGE: 60 passed" away peacefully on j 7Aa\j 2002, i>'i<\i>ii| l'i •fxiiid Uul ones. •Deeply lovedatid 'Missed' by: Husband: Chow Peng Kong Son: Daughter-in-law: Vincent Chow Monica Van Daughters: Son-in-law: Evelyn Chow Foo Yang Qe Clara Chow Grandson: Granddaughters: Aaron Chow Aleene Chow Jaime Foo Body resting
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      134 32 The Family Of The Late HAJI S.K. SAHUL HAMEED Departed 28 April 2002 wishes to thank all the kind friends and relatives for their tremendous help and moral support during their recent bereavement. Special thanks and appreciation to Dr Yee Woon Chee and his dedicated and efficient team of specialists
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      32 32 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to the Family of the Late TAY HUAT SENG who passed away peacefully on 4 Hay 2002. From: The Management Staff of DRIVES CONTROL (SEA) PTE LTD
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      40 32 TONG SING MOI, PAULINE Secretary Department of Gastroenterology Singapore General Hospital The stuff of Department of Gastroenterology, 'L' and 'B clinics, Singapore General Hospital extend their deepest sympathy and condolences to the family of the Late Tong Sing Mai. Pauline.
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      266 32 A New Day In the morning as the rising sun dawns a new day, On life's pathway we journey on alone. When the road seems long, and temptation strong, We remember how you press on, Keeping the faith to finish the race. In the evening, as the moon shines brightest,
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      108 32 "For whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved." Romans 10:13 The family of the late DR LOKE TAI POOI (Departed 20 April 2002) wishes to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends and colleagues for their attendance, condolences, prayers, gifts, wreaths and kind assistance
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      45 32 Athma Shanti Pooja ARUNASALAM DORAISAMY Departed 23 Apr 2002 Athma Shanti Pooja will be held on 5 May 2002 (Sun) at 7pm at Sri Sivan Temple, 24 Geylanq East Aye 2. Please treat this as a personal invitation to relatives and friends. Tel: 6757 4349
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      44 32 In Loving Memory of Julie Veloo net Rozels (Glrllt) Departed: 5 May 1991 Loved, cherished snd longed for You will be remembered with every beat of our hearts, till »c meet again once more for all eternity. Fondly rtmtmbtrtd by Children, grandchildren loved ones
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      35 32 First Anniversary In Loving Memory Of MRS ONG YONG-SOOK NEE HWANG Departed on 5 May 2001 Sadly missed and remembered always especially today by Husband: Michael B. B. Ong Sons: Ong Min-Tse and Ong Minghua
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      42 32 The Family of the Late MAJ(RET) WANG ANN THYE Departed on 30/4/2002 Wishes to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives, friends, colleagues, Pastors and church members for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, wreaths and donations during their recent bereavement
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      49 32 THALAI THEVASAM Ist Anniversary DEVANDRAN Departed 16/05/2001 Fondly loved and remembered by: Wife: Mangayakarasi Daughter Mohana Kuman Son-ln-Law: S Rajasekaran Grandson: R Viknesh Thalai Thtvasam prayers will be held on Sunday. 05/05/2002 at 7.30pm at Sri Vttramakallamman Temple at 141 Serangoon Road. Pitts* treat this as a personal invitation.
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      42 32 Thalai Thevasam Ist Anniversary A Veerappan Your presence is ever near us, Your love remains with us yet; You were the kind of father, Your loved ones will never forget. Sadly missed remembered by Wife:TAmbiga Sons, Daughters-in-law Daughters, Sons-in-law, grandchildren loved ones.
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      567 33  - Grouses should end with NUS dons saying new course is no threat TAY CHENG KHOON THE seating arrangement at last Monday's press briefing was telling. Urban Redevelopment Authority chief planner Koh-Lim Wen Gin, acting as moderator, sat m the middle. Way down her extreme left was Nature Society of Singapore
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      337 33 GOLF NEW ORLEANS South Korean Choi Kyung Ju took full advantage of the calm conditions and receptive greens to shoot a secondround 65 for a one-shot lead at the Compaq Classic. He is playing his third season on the US Tour and fashioned
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      428 33  -  GERARD WONG S-LEAGI'E SOCCER De Oliveira scores one, creates another m 2-1 win over Sembawang Bifi F EARLESS forward Noh Alam Shah may have given Sembawang Rangers and its band of fiercely loyal supporters something to crow aDout when he received The Straits Times-Tiger Beer
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      103 33 t I f I Pts SAFFC II 9 2 0 31 13 29 Home II 6 4 I 26 16 22 Sembawang 11 6 2 3 18 11 20 Jufong 11 6 2 3 17 16 20 Woodlands 11 5 3 3 25 12 18 Geylanq 11 5 3
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      597 33 ITALIAN SOCCER ROME When the Inter Milan players step on to the pitch for their decisive match against Lazio today, the unthinkable will happen Lazio fans will cheer them. Regarded as among the most hard-core, ferocious and racist fans m Italian soccer,
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      158 33 r-re legated t I I i f rts Inter Milan 33 20 9 4 60 31 69 Juventus 33 19 11 3 62 23 68 AS Roma 33 18 13 2 57 24 67 AC Milan 33 13 13 7 44 33 52 Bologna 33 15 7 11
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      1025 33 BASEBALL Aw rtcan Lmom*: Baltimore 4 Kansas City 3 Texas 4 Cleveland 2 Seattle 6 NY Yankees 2. Anaheim 6 Toronto 4 Boston 3 Tampa Bay 2 Chicago White Son 6 Oakland I Minnesota 8 Detroit 4 National tnani: Philadelphia 3 Colorado 2. Ny Mets 11 Houston
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      Lock icon Valencia can wrap up title today with a win
      318 33 SPANISH SOCCER MADRID Valencia has the first of two opportunities to clinch its first Spanish League title m 31 years when it travels to Malaga today. The title race looks to have swung decisively m favour of the Mediterranean club after
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      170 33 pwoi p m Valencia 36 19 12 5 47 27 69 Real Madrid 36 19 8 9 69 41 65 Deportivo Coruna 36 18 8 10 59 41 62 CeltaViqo 36 16 12 8 63 43 60 Barcelona 36 17 9 10 62 36 60 Realßetis 36 15
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        83 33 THE middle-order ensured that the West Indies got into position for a series-levelling win at the Kensington Oval m Bridgetown, Barbados, on the second day of the third cricket Test on Friday. Brian Lara. Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Ramnaresh Sarwan and Carl Hooper cracked half-centuries as the
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        Lock icon MALAYSIAN SWEEP AT ASIAN SQUASH C'SHIPS
        79 33 HOST Malaysia once again showed its supremacy at the Asian Squasn Championships with Ong Beng Hee. and Nicol David retaining the men's and women's individual titles at the National Squash Centre m Bukit Jalil yesterday. Both the Malaysians won m three games, with the
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        50 33 Borussia Dortmund captured its sixth Bundesliga title by beating Werder Bremen 2-1 m a dramatic match yesterday, thanks to goals from Jan Koller and Kwerthon. Bayer Leverkusen, which will play m the Champions League final, had to settle for second place despite beating Hertha Berlin 2-1.
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      710 34 B VSkl IK tl I Pierce leads Boston over 76ers, while Duncan spurs San Antonio BOSTON Playoffs are all about heroes, and there were two yesterday (Singapore time) Paul Pierce and Tim Duncan. Pierce scored 46 points the fifth-best play-on performance
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      314 34 SPORTSPEOPLE LOS ANGELES Was it Anna Kournikova, partially naked, m that Penthouse spread? And how about that juicy dust-up between Jennifer Capriati and Billie Jean King over practising with the Fed Cup team? The predominantlymale press seems to much prefer a scantily-clad vamp and a
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      45 34 'On June 8, flesh will not be enough. I will take Lennox's title, his soul and smear his pojnpous brains all over the ring when I hit him.' Boxer Mike Tyson (right) on liis upcoming bout with I riinox I »-w is
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      Lock icon E settles for being No. 2 player in Asia
      356 34 SNOOKER SINGAPORE'S Keith E lost to China's teenage star Ding Jun Hui 2-8 m the best-of-15 final of the Asian Snooker Championship m China yesterday. Despite the defeat, he was encouraged by his best competitive achievement, which he rated higher than
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      Lock icon CONFERENCE SEMIS
      243 34 Best of seven (2-2-1-M) Eastern Conference: New Jersey Nets 1 v Charlotte Hornets (4): Next Came at New Jersey (tomorrow, Singapore time). Detroit Pistons (2) v Boston Celtics (3): Next Game at Detroit \lonclu\ I First Round: Nets 3 Pacers 2. Pistons 3 Raptors 2. 'Celtics 3 76ers
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      707 34  -  YAP KOON HONG BY MOST accounts, Singapore's hosting of rugby's World Sevens Series was a modest success. To be sure, it was not easy. As Singapore Rugby Union president Chan Peng Mun recalled while we were watching New Zealand thump Fiji
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      Lock icon Indonesia 'can win' 13th title
      184 34 BADMINTON JAKARTA Despite a recent string of poor results, Indonesia says it can maintain its domination of badminton's Thomas Cup and win the event for the fifth consecutive time next week. "God willing, we will bring the trophy home," said team manager Lutfi Hamid. "The
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      1022 35  -  ROB HUGHES Final ignominy for Ferguson if it completes the DouTble at Old Trafford FOR a century and more, the FA Cup brought down the curtain on the English season. We thought it was all over. But yesterday's mighty trek of the
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        94 35 BRAZIL coach Luiz Felipe Scolari was harassed m the centre of Rio de Janeiro on Friday by a group of supporters demanding he include veteran striker Romario m his World Cup squad. The coach had to force his way through a group of around 5O angry
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        Lock icon BECKHAH BOOST FOR ENGLAND
        39 35 DAVID BECKHAMS left foot seems to be healing on schedule, giving a major boost to England's World Cup hopes. Manchester United has reported that X-rays of the midfielder's broken metatarsal bone show "there are signs
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        Lock icon NEVILLE DEALS WITH HEARTACHE
        53 35 ENGLAND defender Gary Neville is ready to face a summer away from the World Cup because of a broken bone m his left foot. He said: "I've spoken to Sven-Goran Eriksson and I'm obviously disappointed. But it's something I've come to terms with pretty quickly after
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        70 35 BARCELONA'S Spanish international defender Sergi Barjuan could miss out on the World Cup after falling victim to a troublesome ankle injury during the Champions League semi-final last week. Club doctor Ricard Pruna said that the 30--year-old player should nave arthroscopic surgery to clear the ankle of
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      Lock icon Blatter 'paid ref for evidence'
      355 35 26 DAYS TO THE FIRST SOCCER WORLD CUP IN ASIA ZURICH Beleaguered Fifa president Sepp Blatter risks facing criminal charges for corruption, according to a bombshell report delivered here on Friday by his general secretary Michel Zen-Rufti-nen. Zen- Ruff men alleged a trail of deception,
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      188 35 SOME of the revelations made by Fifa general secretary Michel Zen-Ruffinen about Fifa president Sepp Blatter: A1999 loan of US$9 million (5516.3 million) to Fifa vice-president Jack Warner's Concacaf was written off. Fifa overpaid one of Warner's sons over US$l million for an Internet project. US$l
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      Lock icon Ferauson seeks $53m to rebuild Utd squad
      393 35 ENGLISH SOCCER LONDON Partly to blame tor Manchester United's woes, Alex Ferguson has confronted the club's paymasters and spelled out what he needs to repair his side's tarnished image: £20 million (5553.3 million). Although the Scot maintains United has improved m Kurope, he
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      52 33 BOWLING SinaaporaCorporataC'iMp.'O'c hid Bowl 9am> FUTSAL National Firtsal Mania: praHmtaary ro«wh (8 30am Bukit Gombak Choa Chu Kanq Clementi luronq fast and Woodlands Sports Halls). HOCKEY SMF Laaava. Man's Pramiar Chenab v SRC (3pm) Po uce Jansemtes (4 30pmi Khalsa v CSC (6pm) Woman's Priwlir Police v SCC (7 30pm.
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      184 33 Woman's Dt* t Police B CSC Fo«es (3pm Police A Hoilandse Club (4 30pm) SRC I CSC (6pm) CCAB Bukit Timah. SOCCER NTUC Incoma Prima Laamjc Juronq v Singapore U 18 (Juronq la%v Tanionq Paqar i Clementi lOueenstown) Geylanq Gombak (Bedoki Semoawanq v SAFFC (W shun) Sengkanq v Woodlands (Houqanq)
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      744 36  -  PHILIP ALLEN FA C:iP SOCCER Parlour and Ljungberg exploit sick Teriy to beat Chelsea 2-0 fh. TWO superb strikes by Ray Parlour and Fredrik Ljungberg gave Arsenal the first half of a probable Premier League ana FA Cup Double. It beat Chelsea 2-0
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      318 36 CARDIFF Arsenal's Swedish midfielder Fredrik Ljun^berg is m red hot form going into the World Cup Finals, which is bad news for England drawn m the same preliminary group as Sweden. He hailed Arsenal's 2-0 victory over Chelsea the first all-London final for 20 years
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      Lock icon Gutsy Alam Shah is April's best
      461 36  -  MARC LIM S-LEAGUE SOCCER *!L HE IS always aggressive, he is always hungry for the whole 90 minutes of every match he plays m. "It's all about heart," said Noh Alam Shah, the 21-year-old Sembawang Rangers striker, who has emerged as one of the
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      Lock icon Kournikova to sue Penthouse for 'fake' topless photos
      397 36  -  PEH SHING HUEI SPORTSPEOPLE By IN NKW YOKK ANNA KOURNIKOVA could well be on her way to winning a big court battle m a court of law that is. When Timesport asked me to scrutinise some nude pictures m the June issue
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      Lock icon STBC to clear air on Wednesday
      168 36 BOWLING THE external auditors of tin* Singapore Tenpin Bowling Congress will finalise the as sociations financial statements tomorrow. These will then be «li^ cussed at the STBCi monthly council meeting on Wednesday. When asked to comment on rumours of "missing funds", STBC vice-president (sports
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      76 36 Knockout Blows pJBHSI E-lated With Second W^W^ Going Home Happy Boston and San Antonio send E Despite a loss m the \m,ui Hi W^ Brazilian helps Home United heal wtL X Philadelphia and Seattle fixing out BCTf^WLf^^P Championships final, Keith Eis NP Sfinhawan^ Runners to climb to *9 &*W of
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      617 2 Rising Star Kirsten Dunst has gone from being a little girl m Interview With The Vampire and Little Women into a poised and lustily sexy woman KIRSTEN DUNST wants to sot the record straight. The pretty young star of Sni-der-Man is blunt about her relationship with
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        1733 4  -  Biological Insurance Cord blood may help save your child's life one day, so goes one advertisement. But is private umbilical cord blood banking capitalising on parents' anxiety? Arti Mulchand VOICES of discord are still being heard over the issue of umbilical cord blood banking. Should
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        261 4 MOST of the people who choose to store their child's umhilical cord blood are educated professionals, reveals Cord Life. They tend to understand the "potential" of umbilical cord blood stem cells. The company also reveals that it has a significant number of clients who
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          98 5 NUT-LOVERS will be happv to know that those very fattening peanuts a mere handful of the snack contains 13 g of fat are actually good for the heart. A recent study cited by HealthScoutNews.com found that those who ate nuts five times a day cut their risk of
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          117 5 BEWARE of what you dip your foot in when you go for a pedicure. Customers at a California nail salon were left with boils and skin ulcers after thev softened their feet, ankles and calves in a whirlpool footbath. It turned out to be the
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          132 5 CALCIUM and exercise are not the only musts far good bone health. Keeping salt off your diet will also help to ward off bone-thinning osteoporosis, according to Australian researchers. They monitored the sodium intake and hip-bone density of 124 post-menopausal women over two years. Those who
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        287 5 What you want to know about fruits I j\ST week, Sunday Plus ran a story on the myths and realities of fruit. Dietician Low Yen ling of the Health Promotion Board answers readers' queries. cm a fruit -lover and eat all kinds of fruit. However, 1 am a
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        1023 6  -  Karl HO While the main draw of shopping m Johor Baru appears to be the low prices, some Singaporeans do not think it is really worth the trip ALTHOUGH relations between Singapore and Malaysia might be bumpy, Johor Baru
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        Lock icon I just fill the car with things I don't really need
        564 6 I just fill the car with things I don't really need OMINOUS dark clouds on a Saturday afternoon remind Jane See of a trip to Johor Baru four years ago. Then, it was already pouring when the 38--year-old sales executive was shopping there with a friend, account executive Koo Fei
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        303 6 A SHOPPING cart of groceries from the Giant hypermart m Johor Baru cost Singaporean housewife Ivy Khoo RM'23O (Ss96) about half, she says, what she would have to pay m Singapore. The 36-year-old mother of one, had been shopping at Pelangi Leisure Mall m .IB last
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      768 7  -  Suzanne Sug Child's Play Mr Leonq Scow Hoe is one tough guy who's man enough to do a job associated with women, yet soft enough to handle the kids as well REACHING retirement age seems more like a second childhood tor Mr Leong Scow Hoe. Surrounded
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        630 9  -  TEE HUN CHING Theatre Restaurant A new restaurant at Esplanade Theatres On The Bay will be music to the ears of diners. The menu will include standup comedy, opera, jazz and classical music fi£ EVEN when there are no shows at the
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        560 9  -  Wong Ah Yoke The menu at Renn Thai is extensive, with almost all the classic dishes gfhgfhjfh m WHEN you next walk through the fourth floor of Ngee Ann City where many of its restaurant tenants are, take a look at the Thai restaurant. At a
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        200 9 YES, it is time for your weekly Yummy King fix. Last week, Adrian Pang and Michelle Chia, hosts of the Channel U food show, sampled the best porridge m Singapore from the six stalls voted by Comfort Cab taxidrivers and Lianhe Wanbao readers. Catch tonight's
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        475 10  -  UMA VENKATRAMAN With Mother s Day a week away, we salute mothers who juggle two careers m the workplace and at home. Ifiyl The day my daughter took her first steps, I was away at work. The day my daughter first went to school, I wasn't the
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        594 11 Just one day m the year, we let the special woman m our lives know we love her. But how did Mothers Day come about? LESLEY TURNEY finds out. The idea of having a Mother's Day began m Europe during the Middle Ages as a kind of
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