The Straits Times, 27 May 2002

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    25 1 The Straits Times Established 1H45 Monday May 27, 2002 58 Pages in five parts mita (P) 094/03/2002 •*W A Singapore Press Holdings publication KjVJ Cents
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    Lock icon Tension mounts as Pakistan fires second test missile
    573 1  -  NIRMAL GHOSH Islamabad's test-f irinq sparks tension even as Vajpayee warns of limit to India's tolerance of cross-border militant raids By INDIA CORRESPONDENT 'EVERY TME YOU HAVE TWO ARMES HUT CLOSE AND HUT LEVEL OF TENSION, THERE IS THE LUUHOOD OF AN
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    Lock icon 3 MILLION WOULD DIE IN 'LIMIED' NUCLEAR WAR
    219 1 3 MILLION WOULD DIE IN 'LIMIED' NUCLEAR WAR LONDON A minimum of three million people would be killed and 1.5 million would be seriously injured in the event of a "limited" nuclear war between India and Pakistan, a new study has warned. According to the study by New Scientist magazine,
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    Lock icon Putting cabbies' gift of the gab to good use
    321 1 LONDON They love to talk. Now, British cab drivers are to be given a unique role in offering professional advice and a sympathetic ear to victims of domestic violence. The novel initiative to help women trapped in abusive relationships will involve
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      79 2 BRITISH COUNCIL IN HEARTLAND Tl 1 E British Council will open its latest training eentre in the brand new Fuchun Community Club in Woodlands next month. It will offer English enrichment and speech-and-drama lessons at post-secondary, secondary, primary and kindergarten levels. If the response from residents is good, the
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      71 2 ST T E LEVIS ION MORE LIVER TRANSPLANTS SOON DMORE surgeons will be trained to perform liver transplants in Singapore. This will mean an available liver from a dead donor can be used to save two lives instead of one. The splitting of cadaveric livers into two has been carried
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      95 2 CHILDREN RUED FOR RACIHG PARENTS who expect too much of their children are caught in what Asad Latif calls the "racecourse fallacy". These demanding parents see the world as a racecourse and their children as precious thoroughbreds ones they have produced, trained and want to cheer on to victory.
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      69 2 SRS COOL UNDER COST PRESSURE RUNNING Singapore's first air-conditioned public-transport interchange in Toa Payoh may have increased its operating costs, but SBS Transit says it is working with the authorities to find ways of defraying some of these costs. It will, meanwhile, continue to strive to give quality service
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      45 2 LIFE FUND TO HONOUR DR RATNAM A GROUP of doctors is setting up a fund to help children in memory ot the late Dr S.S. Ratnam, who produced Asia's first test-tube baby, among other achievements. Proceeds will go to the Singapore Children's Society. LIFE! L4
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      98 2 Cameroon draws 2-2 with England CAMEROON arrived late in Japan, missing out on a warm-up match. But yesterday, it showed that it still had the mettle to draw 2-2 with England in a World Cup friendly. Meanwhile, England captain David Beckham is recovering from his foot injury, and should
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      184 2 Moving for more transplant organs MORE lives couldDe saved if more families allowed doctors to use the organs of their dead loved ones for transplants. But only three out of every 10 families approached would agree. The trauma and grief of losing a family member make it difficult for
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      Lock icon MONEY
      73 2 KUDOS FOR SINGTEL, FLEXTRONICS SINGAPORE'S Flextronics and SingTel made a list of the world's top companies and were even handed the "most likely to change the world" accolade, in a Top 100 survey by American magazine Red Herring. "Behold a telecommunications giant in the making," the magazine said of
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      113 2 ISRAELI RESERVISTS TAKE STAND ISRAELI reservists are still refusing to serve in the Palestinian areas, even though the army has locked up many of these rebels. And some have even formed a 460-strong group to oppose Israel's presence in the territories. They are mostly Israeli officers from different backgrounds.
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      132 2 S'POREAHS BUY HOMES IH CHINA YOUNG Singaporean expatriates in China are opting to put their money into property in cities like Beijing or Shanghai, rather than back home. They are just being pragmatic, they say. The Singapore property market's golden years are over, older and wiser Singaporeans have told
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      52 2 BOSTON CELTICS' GREAT COMEBACK THE New Jersey Nets led for three whole quarters performing like world-beaters and making the Boston Celtics' 10-game home winning streak yesterday's news. But then, the Boston Celtics put in the greatest fourth-quarter comeback in NBA play-off historv and ended up winning 9 4 "9°
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  • PRIME NEWS
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      Lock icon Plane broke into 4 parts in midair
      686 3  -  LAWRENCE CHUNG China Airlines Crash Taiwanese investigator says plane split up soon after take-off before plunging into sea; 80 bodies recovered so far By STRAITS TIMES TAIWAN BURKAI TAIPEI The China Airlines (CAL) iet that crashed on Saturday broke into four parts in
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      Lock icon 2 S'poreans missed ill-fated flight
      297 3  - 2 S' poreans missed ill-fated flight JANE LEE AT 25, Miss Karen Tang has written a will. The eldest of three children has realised that she does not want "everything to be in a mess" if she dies suddenly. She almost did. She was supposed to be on the China
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      Lock icon Israeli reservists refuse to serve in Palestinian areas
      673 4 GAME SPARKS OUTRAGE LONDON— A computer game in which players control a suicide bomber and try to kill as many people as possible has sparked outrage among Jews in Britain. According to The Telegraph newspaper, the game called "KaboomT" is circulating freely
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      Lock icon Great Sale gives Chinatown a boost
      408 4  -  SHAHIDA ARIFF Merchants offer big discounts to draw shoppers back to area *t FOR four years, Chinatown merchants saw little business owing to the construction of an MRT station and later, the recession. Now, they hope to make a comeback, by taking part in
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      Lock icon Bukit Merah pipeline blast: It was air, not gas
      393 5  -  K.C. VIJAYAN By COMPRESSED AIR not gas became a ball of energy and escaped through a weakened joint in an underground gas pipeline, causing Saturday night s explosion in Bukit Merah. The layer covering the 20--cm joint between two iron pipes
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      Lock icon THE BIG CPF PROPERTY DEBATE
      54 5 THE BIG CPF PROPERTY DEBATE In today's Business Times: Which is more profitable property investments, unit trusts, or leaving your money in the Central Provident Fund? How a cap on the use of CPF money will affect mortgage payments Home buyers must review their priorities even if there are no
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      Lock icon Fresh evidence of cloning dangers
      389 5 Fresh evidence of cloning dangers New study details abnormalities among cloned animals and warns that a cloned child could die in infancy or be deformed PARIS Fresh evidence emerged yesterday about the perils of cloning, amid claims by rogue scientists that the first human replicant may be born just months
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      Lock icon Valium may be among weapons of the future
      511 6 Valium may be among weapons of the future Despite strong criticism. US military chiefs are also hoping to use genetically modified bugs against enemy forces NEW YORK American military chiefs are working on plans to use tranquillising drugs and genetically modified bugs in future battlefields. A report in The Observer
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      36 6 Bugs are being developed as devices to corrode roads and runways and produce "targeted deterioration of metal parts, coatings and lubricants of weapons vehicles and support equipment as well as fuels".
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      56 6 Drugs recommended for "immediate consideration" included diazepam, better known as the tranquilliser Valium (above), and dexmedetomidine, used to sedate patients in intensive care. The search seems to be for drugs that would effectively act on the central nervous system tissues ana produce a less anxious, less
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      Lock icon FBI alert on small plane suicide attacks
      195 6 FBI alert on small plane suicide attacks WASHINGTON The FBI has issued a fresh warning that terrorists may be interested in using small planes to carry out suicide attacks. FBI supervisory special agent Steven Berry said on Saturday that the agency had issued an "intelligence update" to law enforcement on
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    • PEOPLE
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        Lock icon China's Li dumped for World Cup
        159 7 SOCCER FANS STUNNED BEIJING Li Ming, China's soccer veteran with more than 10 years' service in the national team, could not believe his ears when he was told he would not be part of the World Cup squad. The news arrived on May 19,
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        Lock icon MEDIA CHIEF GIVES A FITTING RESPONSE
        113 7  -  Kwan Weng Kin TOKYO China's media chief Zhao Qjzheng, a guest speaker at an international symposium here recently, poked fun at the notoriety of the Japanese for being unable to make their questions short and sharp. After an interminably long and rambling question was
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        Lock icon CHERIE BLAIR TO MEET HALF-SISTER
        96 7 CHERIE BLAIR TO MEET HALF-SISTER LONDON Prime Minister Tony Blair's wife Cherie will meet her half sister whose existence was kept secret from her for 35 years. Mrs Blair was said to have been in contact with Mrs Lucy Thomas, the fifth of her father Tony Booth's eight daughters, after
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        Lock icon SINGER WON'T FORGO THE FARM
        61 7  -  Nirmal Ghosh NEW DELHI Indian pop singer Lucky Ali, soon to debut in films, says his "bread and butter" is not music but farming. At home in Bangalore, he grows peanuts and bananas. But he is not exactly the traditional Indian farmer. "I have a
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      43 7 Quoteworthy Tm not trying to impress anybody except myself. I think I've shown tlxe world enough already. Former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney talking to the media about an exhibition of 70 of his paintings that opened last week at a Liverpool art gallery
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      66 7 Music qroup Dreams Come True became the first Japanese artists to perform at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, during an event on Friday to mark the 100th birthday of Walt Disney. Pauline Hanson, former leader of Australia's right-wing One Nation party, has been charged with fraud. Authorities allege she
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      Lock icon Low-fat diets leave young women at high risk of infertility
      532 7 They still have periods and are unaware of any problem until they try and fail to get pregnant, warns a new book LONDON Millions of healthy young women are making themselves infertile by surviving on low-fat diets that silently "switch
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      Lock icon Vajpayee's pledges not enough to Heal wounds
      535 8  -  NIRMAL GHOSH Indian PM's Aid Package For Kashmir Analysts say no new ground has been broken to ease Kashmiris' alienation, which has created terrorism in the state INDIA CORRESPONDENT US DESK THAT AUTHENTIC KASHMIRI VOICES SHOUID PREVAIL ML ONE DAY BECOME A REALRY;
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      Lock icon Sri Lanka to give US more access to ports and airspace
      321 8 Sri Lanka to give US more access to ports and airspace In return, the Americans will provide training to local troops COLOMBO Sri I^nka is set to enter into a defence agreement that will give the United States military greater access to its ports and airspace, it was reported here
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      Lock icon India lacks guts to attack Pakistan, says Kashmir chief
      353 8 JAMMU (India) India lacks the "guts" to attack militant training camps inside Pakistan, senior Kashmir leader Farooq Abdullah charged yesterday. Dr Abdullah, who is the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, said that continued inaction by India in the face of
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      Lock icon SOUTH ASIA'S NUCLEAR FLASHPOINT
      510 8  - SOUTH ASIA'S NUCLEAR FLASHPOINT LOH JAHAW Pakistan yesterday test-fired the Ghaznavi missile (above), which carries warheads to a distance of 290m The squabble over Kashmir, which began before Independence in 1947, has led to Pakistan and India flaunting their nuclear might at each other. ORIGINS OF THE DISPUTE Kashmir has
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        Lock icon POPE'S FOREIGN VISITS MAY BE CURTAILED
        86 8 THE Vatican acknowledged for the first time yesterday that it may have to curtail Pope John Paul ll 's future travel because of his feeble condition, suggesting that planned stops in Mexico and Guatemala in July could be dropped. Papal spokesman Joaquin Navarro- Vails
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        Lock icon 60 WEDDING GUESTS ELECTROCUTED IN INDIA
        45 8 AT LEAST 60 wedding guests were electrocuted in a village in Uttar Pradesh state in northern India on Saturday when high-voltage power wire got entangled with luggage piled high on the roof of a bus, news reports said. AP
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        Lock icon SUPPORT SWELLS FOR AFGHAN LEADER KARZAI
        50 8 THREE weeks before 1,500 Afghans gather in Kabul to choose Afghanistan's leader, Mr Hamid Karzai, the interim leader, has enough support to be named head of the government for the next 18 months, Afghan officials and Western diplomats said on Saturday. New York Times
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        Lock icon TEENAGER KILLED IN NEW ORLEANS ATTACK
        40 8 A CROWD of children and teenagers attacked and killed 16-year-old Vinicia Smith in front of her home in New Orleands on Saturday, police said. Two girls, aged 12 and 14, have been booked. AP
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        Lock icon FIRING AT SYDNEY WEDDING RECEPTION
        25 8 SEVEN people were shot at after a row broke out at a wedding reception in Sydnev, police said yesterday. AFP
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        Lock icon ITALY'S TINY BABY GIRL GOES HOME
        51 8 A HEALTHY 3 •> -month-old girl who came into the world weighing Just 285 grams spent her first full day home from the hospital on Saturday, and her doctors in Florence, Italy, said they believed she was the tiniest human being to live so
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      Lock icon ENTERTAINMENT ON WHEELS
      215 9 ENTERTAINMENT ON WHEELS FLAT SCREENS Smaller versions of laptops' crisp, bright liquid crystal displays (LCDs) are the norm. For families, DVDs most likely will be played on screens mounted on the ceiling. w 1 DVD PLAYERS Car video disc players are turning up everywhere in the dash, on the ceiling,
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      551 9 ln-car entertainment has become highly sophisticated in the US as more people take to the roads in the wake of Sept 11 ARLINGTON American cars are being turned into mobile home theatres. The cars are being sold with intricate audio and video systems as
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      Lock icon British schools to downgrade foreign languages
      474 9  - British schools to downgrade foreign languages ALFRED LEE CONTROVERSIAL REFORM By STRAITS TIMES EUROPE BUREAU LONDON Britons are set to become the language dunces of the world, with a survey revealing that a third of all British schools plan to drop compulsory language lessons for pupils over 14. Currently, only
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      Lock icon Bridge collapse traps drivers
      200 9 WEBBERS FALLS (Oklahoma) Part of a highway bridge over the Arkansas River collapsed yesterday sending at least nine vehicles plunging into the water and leaving at least half a dozen people trapped. A 150-m section comprising part of Interstate 40 collapsed during a severe thunderstorm, according
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      Lock icon US, Russia sign deals
      597 10 UNITED States President George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin met last week in Moscow. They signed a strategic nuclear arms treaty which will slash their respective arsenals by two thirds by 2012, a new framework for bilateral relations, and three other agreements dealing with
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    4 10 BONG FORTIN
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  • COMMENTARY ANALYSIS
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      Lock icon Look beyond the next exam, to the university of life
      879 10  -  ASAD LATIF HEART TO HEART WITH IN AN apparent indictment of the education system, EM.3 pupil Kok Pin wants to commit suicide in the film, I Not Stupid, which was cited during the Budget debate on education last week. Education
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      Lock icon What good are new pacts if US won't honour old ones?
      767 10  - What good are new pacts if US won't honour old ones? PAUL KRUGM AN By EARLY in the Reagan administration, I spent a year on the staff of the Council of Economic Advisers. While there, I got a disillusioning look at how economic policy is really made. But one favourable
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      Lock icon Time for Silicon Valley to grow up
      1025 11  -  CLAIRE TRISTRAM B V SAN JOSE (California) On some stretches of Highway 880, you can drive by row ai*ter row of pristine office buildings, constructed just before the bust, never occupied by a single tenant. Maybe because I have lived in this part
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        Lock icon DISRESPECT FOR LOCAL LAWS
        83 11 SOI'TH KOREA A PLAN by the United States' embassy in South Korea to construct a new chancery and staff residences on an ancient palace site in central Seoul shows disrespect for the laws and regulations of the host country. This is both a legal and ethical
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        Lock icon RELIABLE POWER SUPPLY NEEDED
        100 11 PHILIPPINES THE Philippines' National Transmission Company had only recently trumpeted that blackouts would soon be a thing of the past. The public could not help remembering its optimistic prediction after lights went out last Tuesday across Luzon. The blackout, which started as Congress was deliberating on
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        Lock icon TIME TO GET DOWN TO DIPLOMACY
        127 11 J U'AN IT IS only to be expected that the latest annual report of Japan's Foreign Ministry reads partly like a litany of resolutions, given the series of incidents and scandals that have hit the foreign service over the past year or so. The
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        Lock icon INDONESIA A FAILING STATE?
        90 11 INDONESIA FOUR years ago, just after former Indonesian President Suharto finally owed to public demand and decided to quit the presidency, this newspaper published an editorial with the rhetorical question: Can Indonesians be optimistic? Hopes for a democratic nation that upholds the people's sovereignty remain just
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        Lock icon PAS' STAND HYPOCRITICAL
        121 11 MALAYSIA THE readiness of the leadership of Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) to defend Kelantan State Assembly- Speaker Wan Abdul Rahnn Wan Abdullah's illicit marriage to a 22-year-old Cambodian woman shows that the party has no moral standards. Kelantan Mentri Besar Nik Aziz Nik Mat's contention that Wan
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      193 12 I REFER to Mr Christopher Teo Kian Lam's letter, "Will commuters bear cost of interchanges?" (ST, May 22). I am happy to hear that he appreciates the cool comfort that our new air-conditioned Toa Payoh Bus Interchange provides, particularly in Singapore's hot
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      299 1 VESA! D A I Buddhist Feast For Thousands Buddhists chanted, prayed and gave out Free meals in a day to honour Buddha. paceim H I A L T II Danger Facing Kids On Bikes A helmet can save a child from head injuries in related accidents. pagehs IB i E
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        1527 2 SALMA KHALIK HEALTH CORKBSrONDENT MUM WOULD HAVE WANTED IT 7 understand fully the trauma of losing a loved one, hut I hope people will not let that stop them from helping others. By donating the organs, we can spare many others the
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        541 4  -  ALICIA YEO Buddhists celebrate Vesak Day, which marks the birth and death of the founder of their religion Bo FOR nine hours yesterday, Buddhist devotees and chanting monks in saffron robes, in a ceremonial cleansing, bathed non-stop a 0.6-m-high Buddha statue sitting in the
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        498 5  -  PAULINE LEONG Safety drive is on to encourage wearing of helmets as it can reduce incidence of head injuries by 85% By A $59 HELMET probably saved young Ryan Chua's life when he fell from his bicycle last year. The
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        149 6 ACCORDING to the United States Air Force report, some of the weapons that may be developed for future space wars are: Space lasers: They use millions of watts of power and large optics to deliver a speed-of-light knockout punch as a missile arcs over
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        430 6  -  CHANG AL-LIEN By SCIENCE CORRESPONDENT RESEARCHERS here have come up with software which allows companies to share their idle computing power, so that they can unleash the energy of a supercomputer without the need to spend millions of dollars. Using the same software, companies
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        188 6 SUPERCOMPUTERS were once isolated, expensive systems within the reach off only the cream off the research community, such as national laboratories and rich universities. But all that is changing with the advent of the distributed-computinq movement. This allows Internet buffs globally to help researchers sift through
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        172 6 BEIJING Chinese scientists will produce the world's, first cloned giant panda in one or two years, Friday's Beijing Youth Daily reported. Said Mr Chen Dayuan, a researcher with the Research Institute of Animals under the Chinese Academy of Sciences: "It is necessary to carry
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        101 7 It is run by students. It has a board of directors comprising four teachers and 11 students. It has gone "public" with shares valued at $1 each, and shareholders are paid dividends when the shop makes money. When you learn about concepts such as economies
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        748 7  -  SANDRA DAVIE "Hiey set up shops, run them and even sell shares to their schoolmates as part 4 efforts to raise entrepreneurial skills m AT ANDERSON Junior College, students learn about economic concepts such as supply and demand and the cost of production, not only
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        312 7 TEENAGER Natalya Ann Twohill was recently in New York to get up close and personal with one of her role models. .The Braddell-Westlake Secondary student was there not to meet a pop star, but United Nations Secre-tary-General Kofi Annan. 16, was Singapore's representative to the
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        692 7  -  WONG YUAN JUN Bu GAME show-style quizzes are not usually associated with Chinese-lan-guage lessons in Singapore. But Mrs Tan-Han Ai Ling, a Cedar Girls' Secondary School Chinese-language teacher, has introduced the quizzes to liven up her lessons. The recently married 27-year-old, who is still thought
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      122 7 SAT WORKSHOP 2002 Tuesday. 11 lune 2002 Ist session: 9.30am -11. 30am 2nd session: 2.30pm 4.30pm (repeat! Venue. National University of Singapore IT7A, Engineering Drive 1 (opposite University Culturel Centre) Soeafcers and nanelists from: Tie College Board ISA Educational Testing Service I.S.A Centre tor Testing aid Assessment. Singapore Regional language
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      42 1 The Straits Times asia HIDE-AND-SEEK IN PHILIPPINES 'Maybe it's easier to hide than to find. Philippine Colonel Alexander Aleo, on why a I mission is unable to find an American couple being held hostage by the Abu Sayyaf Monday. May 27, 2002
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      937 1  - S'poreans jumping on the China bandwagon JASON LEOW Jobs And Investment Overseas prospects are luring top talent. Wise long-term moves, say some. Making hay while the sun shines, say others By STRAITS TIMES CHINA BUREAU Bright future abroad... 'A Beijing home is my long-term investment. Mr Tars Wong, seen here
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        525 2  - Japanese firms 'forced' to relocate overseas to cut costs KWAN WENG KIN Businessmen say this is the only way for them to stay competitive if the govt does nothing to help them survive locally JAPAN CORRESPONDENT TOKYO Concerned with staying globally competitive, Japanese companies are being forced to shift production
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        404 2  -  JASON LEOW Btt STRAITS TIMES CHINA BUREAU BEIJING A novel scheme by a local government to create jobs for a growing pool of unemployed nas set off angry criticisms about the the authorities' ethics. The government of Kunming, capital of south-west Yunnan province,
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        469 2  -  Hau Boon Lai Bv TOKYO Japanese workers are forgoing wage increases and accepting pay cuts in a bid to preserve jobs. While the government and experts agree that job creation is the solution, the battle cry of much of Japanese industrv and
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        476 2  - Deaths from overwork hit all-time high in Tokyo last year HAU BOON LAI Bl STRAITS TIMES JAPAN Bl REAI TOKYO A record number of Japanese workers died from overwork last year as companies slashed their workforce but not the amount of work. Out of 143 professionals, transport workers and factory
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        507 3  - In Tokyo, 'free drinks' do not mean free drinks KWAN WENG KIN This erroneous translation from a Japanese phrase hiahliohts the nation's appalling standard of English By JAPAN CORRKSPONDKNT TOKYO When the words "Free Drinks" appear in a pub here, do not expect to be able to guzzle unlimited quantities
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        347 3 'They point guns and missiles at us and this simply cannot be tolerated by anyone. Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian TAIPEI Reunification with China will be impossible as long as it points guns and missiles at Taiwan, President Chen Shui-bian said on CNN
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          86 3 TAIWAN'S Department of Health has announced that E-Coli type 06 was the contaminant in the recent water pollution outbreak in Sanchung City, Taipei County. It urged the public not to panic over the E-Coli outbreak, pointing out that the disease is easily curable and requires
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          33 3 TWO FALUNGONG MEMBERS EXPELLED IWO Japanese followers of Falungong were expelled from China and a third member is believed to have been detained by Chinese authorities, the spiritual movement's Japanese branch yesterday. AP
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          63 3 UP to 44..J per cent of rain which fell in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong last year was acidic, a report by the Guangdong Environment Protection Bu- reau reveals. The situation is especially severe in the cities of Guangzhou, Foshan, Jiangmen, Henan and Meiznou, reported
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          53 3 AT LEAST 20 people have died and eight are missing following two coalmine accidents on the same day in central China's Hunan province. One of the accidents was in a mine ordered shut two days earlier due to safety hazards but the owner ignored
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          64 3 MORE than 1, protesters marched through Hongkong yesterday to commemorate the I.3th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square students' uprising, demanding an end to tne "one-party dictatorship" in China. The demonstrators gathered in Victoria Park, chanting and singing as they walked towards Hongkong government offices. Organisers claimed
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        262 3 Preschool staff jailed for tire that killed 13 BEIJING Four staff members of a kindergarten in south-east China have been sentenced to prison for between three and five nm for negligence which led to a blaze tnat killed 13 toddlers last June. The fire at the Radio and TV Arts
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        314 4  - S 'pore victim's kin slam CAL for flying old plane LAWRENCE CHUNG The parents and younger sister of Sim Yong Joo arrive in Taipei By STRAITS TIMES TAIWAN Bl KKAI TAIPEI The family of Singaporean air crash victim Sim Yong Joo yesterday lashed out at China Airlines for allowing the
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        63 4 TAIWAN'S government yesterday ordered China Airlines to ground four Boeing 747-200 planes, which are used only for cargo flights and are between 13 and 22 years old. "There are many causes that could lead to high altitude disintegration," said Mr Chang Chia-chu, vice-minister for transportation. "It
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        67 4 TWO helicopters and a group of rescue workers sent by the Hongkong Civil Aviation Department to the China Airlines plane crash site tiad to return because Taiwan had refused them, a senior aviation official said yesterday. The helicopters and rescue workers were sent immediately after
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        51 4 THE first batch of coffins and freezer containers for bodies retrieved from the Taiwan Strait arrived in Makung early yesterday morning, interrupting ferry services from Kaohsiung to Penghu. The ferrv fleet had been on standby after being alerted hv tH»> Ministry of Transportation and Communications.
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        49 4 A MUCH-AWAITED holiday to north-eastern China turned into a tragedy for a family when seven of its members perished together in Saturday's crash. Mr Chung Hsing-hua lost his parents, a sister, two uncles, an aunt and a cousin. The China Times reported.
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        62 4 THE Taipei-Hongkong air corridor in which flight CI 611 crashed on Saturday is known as the "Golden Route" for its hefty contribution to airline profits. Plied by more than 30 daily passenger flights heading either for Hongkong or Taipei, it is by far
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        316 4 Setting aside traditional tensions, it sends its condolences and says Taiwan can enter its waters to search for bodies TAIPEI China and Taiwan set aside ill feelings yesterday to search for plane crash victims in the Taiwan Strait. The China Airlines flight with
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        136 4 HONGKONG The sea off Penghu Archipelago where a China Airlines flight crashed on Saturday is known as the "Devil's Waters" as several fighter jets from Taiwan's air force had gone missing in the area during the past 40 years. The waters are also called the "Bermuda Triangle
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        321 4 TAIPEI China Airlines placed a half-page apology in major Taiwan newspapers for Saturday's crash, its fourth fatal accident since 1994. Seen as responsible for nearly 700 deaths in less than 10 years, Taiwan's largest carrier again came under heavy criticism from the local media
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        336 5 Brunei refuses to allow 13 foreigners to leave LONDON Thirteen foreigners, including four Britons, are not being allowed to leave Brunei after being caught up in a feud over the alleged embezzlement of US$l4.5 billion (Ss26 billion) from the Sultan of Brunei. Britain's Sunday Telegraph newspaper said all the foreigners
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        502 5  -  EDWARD TANG Thailand's Growing Educational Woes As incomes dwindle and education costs jump, many parents say they cannot afford to send their children to school By THAILAND CORRESPONDENT BANGKOK Desperate parents have been taking family heirlooms and electrical appliances to pawnshops to raise
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        403 5 Equipped with patrol gunboats, it will watch out for kidnap gangs MANILA The government has formed a crack militaryair and sea squad to protect coastal tourist resorts in the central and southern Philippines from kidnap gangs. Dubbed Stingray, the strike force will
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        110 5 8 women raped every day in Philippines MANILA An average of eight women were raped daily in the Philippines from January to April, up by about 5 per cent on last year, a senator has said. Of the 901 rape cases reported in the first four months, about 10 per
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        426 5 CHIANG MAI (Thailand) Traders on both sides of the Thai-Myanmar border say the abrupt border closures since last week are costing them more than US$l million (SSI.B million) a day in lost business. Last Tuesday, Myan mar's military junta sealed the
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          52 5 THE Vietnamese Communist Party (VCP) won H9-7 per cent of parliamentary seats in national elections a week ago, according to official results releiised on Saturday. According to diplomats, Mr Tran Due Luong is expected to remain as president and Mr Phan Van Khai as prime
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          60 5 A US military serviceman was slightly wounded yesterday in a shooting accident in the southern Philippines, a US forces spokesman said. A US Special Forces soldier accidentally fired an M-l(i rifle while on duty in a military camp in Basilan island, hitting his colleague in
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          35 5 INDONESIAN search teams are hunting for a small aircraft with five people on board which went missing over the jungles of the easternmost province of Papua on Saturday. AFP
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          57 5 EAST Timorese President Xanana Gusmao will leave on his first official overseas visit to the Indonesian capital of Jakarta on Wednesday. During his visit, he was expected to raise various trilateral issues which were not adequately addressed by the UN Transitional Administration in East
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          72 5 MYANMAR opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said her countrymen were thirsting for education and should be allowed to pursue it. In a videotaped address to a graduation ceremony at Bard College, New York, the Nobel peace laureate said: "We would like to see a
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        489 6  - Police and army blamed in wake of fatal attack on ferry MARIANNE KEARNEY MALUKUS BLOODSHED By STRAITS TIMES INDONESIA BUIEAl) JAKARTA The police and the military came under flak for failing to collect intelligence to anticipate attacks in the Malukus after yet another incident undermined the shaky peace accord in
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        82 6 A ZOO worker keeps a tight grip on a python as he prepares to release it into a river in Avutthaya, about 50 km north of the Thai capital of Bangkok, yesterday. With the population of snakes in Thailand dwindling because of their popularity
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        524 6  -  DEVI AS MARANI The film shows young Indonesian models, who believed they were auditioning for a soap advertisement, stripping naked By STRAITS TIMES INDONESIA BUREAU JAKARTA A porn flick featuring aspiring young models, who stripped naked thinking they were auditioning for a
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        381 6 Princely rift poses threat to coalition govt in Cambodia PHNOM PENH A rift between two Cambodian princes has the opposition royalist party FUNCINPEC in turmoil. The crisis is such that it could allow Prime Minister Hun Sen to abandon the coalition government and rule alone for the first time since
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        90 6 The FUNCINPEC crisis could boost the numbers of Hun Sen's Cambodian People's Party (CPP) after its showing at February's local elections. And if the CPP gets an extra share of the vote that translates into a two-thirds majority of seats in parliament, Mr Hun
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        279 6 JAKARTA The United States is trying to control Indonesia's natural resources, using allegations that Islamic terrorist bases are spawning in the country, saysformer intelligence chief Maulani. He said the terrorist-bases claim was unsupported by evidence. 'The entire statement is based on an analysis,
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        419 7 High Graduate Unemployment A new proposal requires the students to take dual majors, including a practical subject, to make them more marketable PUTRAJAYA Undergraduates in public universities maysoon be required to take up dual majors, one of which must be a subject that
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        169 7 PETALING JAYA Language classes in national and national-type schools will be replaced by science lessons beginning next year in a move to introduce the subject from Primary One and make it more accessible to primary students. Deputy Education Minister Hon Choon Kim said that Chinese and
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        57 7 FOR 68-year-old Johor farmer Badri Bajauri, pineapple leaves are not mere waste. He turns them into threads to make dresses, thus reviving a trade which was in danger of dying. He displayed his skills, which he learnt as a young boy, at the newly opened Pineapple
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          69 7 WORKS Minister S. Samy Vellu has urged all states to make preparations in anticipation of a water shortage that could affect millions of people. States should take steps in light of the current dry spell, he said, adding that Selangor would be the first to
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          53 7 MOTORISTS may soon be allowed to settle traffic fines using credit cards if a plan submitted by a consortium of banks is approved. According to the Sunday Mail, the plan is the first of many forms of payment that will be introduced to
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          38 7 THE Selangor government plans to conduct courses on defensive driving and communication skills for taxi drivers in the state in a bid to improve the cabbies' image among local and foreign tourists. Bernama
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          58 7 TWO new vaccines will be introduced into the child immunisation programme at government nealth facilities from July 1 to benefit thousands who cannot afford to get them from private clinics. The two vaccines are the Haemophilus influenza tvpe b (Hib) vaccine and the Measles,
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        305 7 Chinese schools under fire after stampede PETALING JAYA Chinese schools have been criticised for limiting the registration period for Primary One students to just a few days, resulting in last week's stampede for places at one school. Deputy Education Minister Hon Choon Kim said the mad rush of parents queueing
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        322 7 JOHOR BARU A black panther that escaped from Johor Zoo on Thursday was spotted in the forested areas of the zoo here before dawn yesterday. Johor Baru district police chief Hashim Mohamed Yusof, the head of the team searching the panther, said a team
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        203 7 PUTRAJAYA Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has denied that people involved in criminal breach of trust (CBT) probes were let off if they were close to the government. Acknowledging that the public had a tendency to make such assumptions, he said: "This is an
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          Lock icon BECKHAM SHOULD BE FIT FOR SWEDEN GAME
          295 8 KOBE (Japan) David Beckham's recovery from injury is on schedule and he should be fit for Sunday's World Cup Group F opener against Sweden, coach Sven-Goran Eriksson said yesterday. The England captain, who broke a bone in his foot last month, is due
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          Lock icon Cameroon shows far greater flair
          656 8 England still struggling, Fowler getting an undeserved, late equaliser KOBE Cameroon may well have been one of the last to arrive for the World Cup Finals. But it hinted strongly yesterday it might be one of the last to leave. For when it took to
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          Lock icon Zidane tears his thigh muscle
          549 8 SUWON (South Korea) World champion France is sweating over the fitness of star midfielder Zinedine Zidane who injured his left thigh during France's 3-2 friendly win over South Korea on yesterday. The world's most expensive player was substituted in the 38th minute after complaining of
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          Lock icon All clear for Ballack
          176 8 MIYAZAKI (Japan) Germany coach Rudi Voeller was in bullish mood yesterday after his team crushed a Japanese club side 10-0 in its final World Cup warm-up game. He tried out all the outfield players in his squad except inspirational midfielder Michael Ballack, who has been nursing
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          Lock icon Italy's Inzaghi to undergo scan on left knee today
          432 8 TOKYO Italy's build-up to the World Cup received a setback when Fifippo Inzaghi injured his left knee during the 2-1 friendly win over Kashima Antlers yesterday. The striker was hurt in the 29th minute and will undergo a scan today to
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          541 9 Keane to McCarthy: You can stick it up your MANCHESTER Ireland coach Mick McCarthy has described expelled captain Roy Keane's attitude in his tirade against him as "obnoxious, degrading to me and downright rude". "There was no dignity and precious little respect in his choice of language. I have never
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          Lock icon Batistuta or Crespo? Bielsa's big decision
          762 9 Latest odds Franca W-3 Argentina 9-2 Italy 5-1 Brazil 6-1 5pain 13-2 England 9-1 Germany, Portugal 14-1 Cameroon 33-1 Nigeria. Russia 66-1 Croatia, Japan, Paraguay, Poland, Sweden, Turkev 80*1 Ireland, Uruguay 100-1 Belgium, Denmark 125*1 Ecuador, Mexico, Senegal, South Korea 150-1 Slovenia 250-1 United
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            Lock icon ARGENTINA CAN'T RETIRE NO. 10
            96 9 FIFA has barred Argentina from retiring the No 10 shirt in honour of its former World Cup-winning captain Diego Maradona. The decision, taken by the world governing body's executive committee, goes against the recommendation of its World Cup organising committee, which had no problem with
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            108 9 NIGERIA'S notoriously unreliable electricity company appealed yesterday to the nation's soccer-mad public not to embark on "an orgy of destruction" if power failures interrupt televised World Cup games. The National Electric and Power Authority, whose acronym Nepa is referred to by Nigerians as "Never
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            Lock icon CUT OUT PLAY-ACTING, WARN REFS
            66 9 A PLAYER rolling in agony at this World Cup had better be in real pain or authorities win give him something to really complain about, referees warned yesterday. Fifa is determined to stamp out the playacting and exaggerated falls, dives and screams the minimum punishment
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            Lock icon GLOOM IN CHINESE CAMP
            83 9 CHINA arrived in Seogwipo, a South Korean tourist resort where coach Bora Milutinovic plans to conduct final preparations for the country's first appearance in the World Cup. Despite the cheers of several dozen flag-waving supporters and a choir of local schoolchildren singing songs of welcome, the
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          Lock icon Senegal has all to gain, nothing to lose in opener
          436 9 TOTTORI (Japan) The draw has put underdog Senegal against defending champion France in the opener of the World Cup Finals a chance for a rare kind of Cup glory. On Friday, the African team hopes to match what Cameroon did
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        Lock icon Coulthard stops Schumi
        648 10 MOTOR RACING RESULTS 1 D. Coulthard (Cbr) McLaren lhr4smin 3y.osssec, 2 M. Schumacher (Ger) Ferrari l.OSOsec 3 R. Schumacher (Ger) Williams H7.4504 J. TruiliUta) Renault 5 G. Fwichelladta) Jordan 6 H.H. Frvntzen (Ger) Arrows 7 R. Barrichello (Bra) Ferrari one lap 8 V. Heidfeld (Ger) 'SauberQE. Irvine
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        387 10 RA.SkF.TBAM. BOSTON For three quarters, the New Jersey Nets were world-beaters and the Boston Celtics' 10-game home winning streak was yesterday's news. And then came the time warp that left both teams staggered and stunned. FleetCenter became Boston Garden, Paul Pierce changed into Larry Bird,
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        Lock icon SCORES AND STATISTICS
        881 10 AUSTRALIAN RULES AFL: Port Adelaide 14.7 (91) Collingwood 12.14 (86), Geelong 17.3 (105) Western Bulldogs 18.9 (117). Melbourne 17.9 (111) Kangaroos 15.17 (107). St.Kilda 10.12 (72) Richmond 9.9 (63). Sydney 11.17 (83) Essendon 12.13 (85). Brisbane 16.13 (109) Fremantle 11.13 (79). West Coast 19.12 (126) Hawthorn 14
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        Lock icon Tway holds sway while Tiger waves white flag
        272 10 GOLF DUBLIN (Ohio) For the first time in four years, someone else other than Tiger Woods is going to win the Memorial. The American had owned the tournament, winning it the last three years. He entered this one in full stride, having
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        498 10 "The Lord is my Shepherd I shall not want. Surtly goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life.... and I will dwell In the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23 JOSEPH MOK KAM SENG Ago: 95 was called horn* to be with the Lord on
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        286 11 ANG KOK TEE Age: 79 passed away peacefully on 26 May 2002. Sadly missed by all loved ones. Wife: Mdm Low Kim Keow Sons: Daughters-in-law: Ang Cheng Peng Er Li Lian Ang Cheng Poh, Paul Ong Lay Kheng, Lucy Ang Cheng Khian, Sam Chan Lai Yee, Hazel Daughter: Son-in-law: Ang
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        494 11 "I am the Resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in Me will never die." John 11:25-26 OWE YEO FONG HUNG Age: 70 was called horn* to be with tht Lord on 26 May 2002 Itavinq bthind lovtd
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        601 11 "Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life and I will dwell In the house of the lord forever" Psalm 23:6 TAN KAH JOO Age: 80 called home to be with the Lord on 26 May 2002. (Husband: Dato Aw Kow, deceased) Sons: Daughter-in-law: (Aw
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          159 12 Overseas markets TOKYO stocks are expected to climb further this week, supported by more evidence of an economic recover) at home and a rebound tor exporters such as Nissan Motor just so long as the yen does not jump. The only reason we didn't move well
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          71 12 THE Malaysian bourse is expected to trade mixed in the holiday-shortened week ahead with a downward bias after falling 2.8 per cent last week, analysts said. "Sentiment has turned slightly bearish due to a lack of interest and so long as the buying interest is absent, the downside
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          88 12 WALL Street broke oft' for a holiday weekend after losing momentum over the past week amid new fears about terrorism and concern over the pace of the United States economic recovery*. On the heels of its strongest week since September, the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 2.4
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          102 12 HONGKONG'S benchmark share index is likely to trade in a tight 2 to :i per cent range this week as investors focus on key export and gross domestic product data, which are expected to underline hopes of the territory's nascent economic recover)*. Among stocks that could get a boost
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          87 12 THE Indonesian stock market, which fell 4.6 per cent last week, is expected to continue to consolidate this week amid ongoing concern over the poor outcome of Indosat's placement last week, analysts said. "Most traders sav the market will stay flat tor the first few days of next week
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          68 12 THAILAND'S main stock index slipped slightly last Friday, weighed down by profittaking after a six-day rally despite foreign buying of property firms. The benchmark Stock Exchange of Thailand Index lost 0.76 point to 392.09 but was up 13.86 points lor the week. Analysts said the shortterm outlook was good
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          54 12 AUSTRALIAN shares face an uncertain week ahead with volatile US equity markets and uncertainty about global recovery likely to lead to nervous trade, dealers said. The All-Ordinaries Index fell 'I'.iSi points to :i,:i:is.:i amid anxiety about the US, which led to selling of resource stocks in favour of the
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          49 12 BRITAIN'S FTSE-1OO Index limped into the red at the close last Friday, ending the week down nearly 1 per cent, as Wall Street headed lower and index heavyweight GlaxoSmithKline sank after a setback for a key drug. The index fell 48.9 points to 5,169.1 last week. Reuters AFP
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        114 12 M«in Sflq Tottl Miln Sdq Tottl ML.tilnfl 25 571 25.571 30.511 30.511 Manufacturg 89.554 59.089 148.643 111.195 19,037 130 232 Commerce 27.885 41.133 69.018 12.685 25 178 37 863 Tpt/Stor/Com 32.019 32.019 32.707 32 707 fin«nc* 8.397 8.397 55.305 55 305 Construction 91.960 4 060 96,020 12.866
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        132 12 MAIN SDO TOTAL UP D" Unch Up On Unch up on Unch Multi ind 485 000 485 Manufacturing 36 65 24 14 27 9 50 92 33 Commerce 17 27 13 8 2 4 25 29 17 Tpt/Stor/Comms 9 15 5 000 9 15 5 Finance 10
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        36 12 \V*sT»ch 10c 153.634.000 IPCO 20c 150 793 000 NatStMl 50c 62.873!000 Th«iVill*g» 5c 55.396.000 Goldtron 5c 53.399.000 Pacif icC»nturylOc 46,088,000 Roly IntUSlOc 43.526.000 AirOcnn 5c 41,423.000 TMC lot 5c 41,119.000 KLW Hldgs 10c 39,749.000
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        40 12 Chang* Struts Timtsln<)«i 1722.31 *4 53 BT OB/OS -266.00 -98.00 BTCAOI -*****.00 -55.00 BT 10-Oiy MA -*****.00 -27 00 UOB S*sd*g 70.69 -0.73 UOBBlutCrtip 621.27 *0 07 STl Futures 1718 -4 MSCI Sinqaport 216.44 *0.78 SiMSCI Futures 215.40 -1.20
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        434 12 ABN AmroßankNV 5.25 ABSA Bank Limited 5.5 Agricultural Bank Of China 5.5 ANZ Banking Group 6 American Express Bank 5 Arab Banking Corp 6 Arab Bank PLC 5 Banca Di Roma 5.5 Banca Intesa Banca Commerciale ItalianaSPA 7.25 Banca Nazionale DelLavoroSPA 5 Bangkok Bank 6 Bank Brussels
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        Lock icon BOJ selling puts a brake on yen's rise
        434 12 REVIEW Currencies HONGKONG Intervention by the Japanese authorities to stop a rapid strengthening of the yen marked a week highlighted by dollar- negative market sentiment. YEN: The yen gained ground against the US dollar during the week, prompting Tokyo to intervene in
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        3641 12 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS ABN Amro Asset Mgt (Spore) Star Europe Eqty" 0 779/ Star Europe Bd 0 98* Star Europe Bal 0 885/ Star Asian Tiger Eqty 0 825/ Star Asia Bond 247/ Star Asia Balanced 0 90SStar Global Technology Fund 1 i 0 228/ StarBhvFinanceJapanFund 1 0 823/ Star
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        Lock icon Japan's growth in first quarter 'at 2-year high'
        579 13 Researchers forecast 7.9% GDP rise, thanks to robust exports and higher consumer spending: Newspaper survey TOKYO Japan's economy is expected to show its highest growth in two years in the first quarter of this year, putting a stop to three quarters of
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        Lock icon ANA to retrench 600 more staff than projected
        386 13 ANA to retrench 600 more staff than projected TOKYO All Nippon Airways (ANA), Japan s largest domestic carrier, said it will cut 600 more jobs than planned earlier to cope with falling demand for travel and increased domestic competition. It will make the cuts from the parent company within two
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        Lock icon Standard & Poor's 500 Index changes shrouded in secrecy
        1083 13 Standard Poor's 500 Index changes shrouded in secrecy NEWS ANALYSIS NEW YORK It is a club every United States company wants to join the Standard Poor's 500 Index (S&P 500) but the proposed new members are one of Wall Street's bestkept secrets. The changes are so secret they are on
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        Lock icon Deutsche Telekom to get rid of 22,000 jobs
        428 13 Deutsche Telekom to get rid of 22,000 jobs PROJECTED NET LOSS: $9 BILLION BERLIN German telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom is to cut 22,000 jobs or some 8 per cent of its global workforce, chief executive Ron Sommer was quoted by the newspaper Welt am Sonntag last Saturday as saying. "We
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          Lock icon CITIBANK EYES 3 PHILIPPINE BANKS
          69 13 THE Philippine unit of American banking giant Citibank has identified three savings banks as potential acquisition targets as it seeks to expand retail banking activities in the country, a central bank official said at the weekend. The official, who requested anonymity, said Citibank is keen
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          Lock icon NO RECOVERY IN SIGHT: LUCENT
          94 13 LUCENT Technologies does not expect a recovery in the telecom equipment sector in the next six months, its chief executive said in an interview on Saturday. Ms Patricia Russo told German daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung that the downturn is deeper and lasting longer than anyone
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          104 13 THE European Commission (EC) is checking whether Microsoft's system of collecting personal data from Internet users breaks privacylaws, compounding the software giant's antitrust probe headaches in Europe. The European Union's executive arm announced its investigation into Microsoft's free .NET Passport service in a written response
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          85 13 AN UNDERSEA cable system spanning 28,000km and linking Europe, Africa and Asia has been completed, one of its owners said on Saturday. State-owned Telekom Malaysia said the US$63B million (551. 15 billion) fibre-optic cable system would offer a reliable alternative to other East-West submarine cable systems,
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        Lock icon Rising incomes to propel US economy
        489 14  - Rising incomes to propel US economy N ARENDRA AGGARWAL Households are becoming more affluent and baby boomers hold the biggest buying power, says the Conference Board By ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT AMERICAN consumers will continue to be a formidable economic force and will propel the world's largest economy forward in the years
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        89 14 A report by The Conference Board's chief economist, Ms Gail Fosler (left), and the director of the flunk-tank's Consumer Research Center, Ms Lynn Franco, found that: Half of American households will each earn US$5O,OOO (5590,350) annually by the end of this decade, up from 30 per cent in
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        Lock icon Insurance costs to soar 40% for Asian firms
        257 14 INSURANCE premiums for Asian businesses are heading for steep increases of about 40 per cent following the terrorist attacks on the United States last September. And they are unlikely to drop again any time soon, says a leading industry expert. "After Sept
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        Lock icon NEC 'planning to close plants in Britain, Malaysia'
        262 14 TOKYO Japanese computer giant NEC will close its plants in Britain and Malaysia in a bid to revamp its troubled personal computer (PC) businesses, a newspaper said last Saturday. NEC plans to shut down its Scotland factory, which produces 350,000 desktops a
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        Lock icon Gateway to settle lawsuits for $19m
        173 14 Gateway to settle lawsuits for 19m CALIFORNIA Gateway has agreed to pay U5510.25 million (5518.5 million) to settle lawsuits by shareholders who alleged that the personal computer maker had misrepresented its financial performance. The firm said in a statement on Friday that it made the deal to avoid prolonged litigation
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        Lock icon ST Telemedia ends talks with Global Crossing
        585 15 GLOBAL WOES Global Crossing buckled under US$l2.4 billion of debt, stiff competition, a glut of high-speed network capacity, scant demand and falling prices The firm, which faces a federal investigation into its accountingpractices, remains in Business, but has closed nearly 200 offices and
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        Lock icon E&Y launches S'pore entrepreneur award
        244 15 ENTREPRENEURS seeking to make it to the world stage now have another avenue. They can vie for a chance to represent Singapore in the Ernst Young (E&Y) World Entrepreneur of the Year Award next year. First, though, they will have to prove themselves worthy 01
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        Lock icon SPT RELAUNCH: No date yet
        51 15 CapitaLand called off the launch of the SPTlast November after only 78 per cent ofthess3o million offer was taken up. SPT's portfolio comprises Funan The IT Mall (left), Tampines Mall and Junction 8. lust $50 million out of the $410 million raised came from retail
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        Lock icon Reits unlikely to take off unless capital values drop
        482 15  -  VLADIMIR GUEVARRA ANALYSTS' VIEW Yields 'must range from 6.5% to 7.5%' to attract investors Br FORGET about reviving F»lans for Singapore's first isted real estate investment trust (Reit) this year unless capital values of the properties involved are slashed by property
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        613 15  -  COLIN TAN TAKING STOCK By MARKETS CORRESPOS'DEST WHAT will this week be like for the stock market? Well, last week's report or the one before that could be used in this very slot and it would not make much difference. Why? Because the
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        73 15 WEEK'S TOP RISES Ctits ASFUSkWO 580 54.0 5.5 NatBroad25c 318 51.0 19.1 NatSte«M50c 156 21.0 15.6 Central Prop 1880 20.0 1.1 ElecBOc 276 16.2 3.4 Noble GrpHKIOOc.... 156 12.0 8.3** City Dev 50c 660 K).O 1.5 DBSBk6%NCPS ***** 10.0 0.1 ThaiVillage 5c 46.5 8.5 22.4 BILIntlUS20c 53.5 8.0 17.6 HLSpFin
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        72 15 WEEK'S TOP RISES Cfrts GrandCentr1W02 1.5 50.0 0.5 Craft Print 15c W 33.3 2.5 KohBrosWM 5 25.0 1.0 ThaiVillage 5c 46.5 22.4 8.5 Berg«rlnt25c 23 21.1 4.0 SeatownSc 3 20.0 0.5 NH Ceramics 20c 21.5 19.4 15 NatBroad25c 318 19.1 51.0 BlUntlUSZOc 53.5 17.6 8.0 S Chance 10c M 16.7
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        74 15 WEEK'S TOP FALLS Cents Creative! 2sc 1920 HO.O 5.4 SPH WO 2140 90.0 4.0 SPH 2150 60.0 2.7 VentureMfg2sc 1620 40.0 2.4 GreatEastsoc 1140 30.0 2.6 OOC 705 30.0 4.1 Sea View 600 30.0 4.8 HNegara 274 26.0 8.7 TACBtW2OO 98 25.2 12.5 ST Assembly 25c 240 23.0 8.7 FSN
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        503 16  -  WILLIAM CHOONG They are among the companies that are 'most likely to change the world', according to survey by a US magazine Bu TECHNOLOGY RF.PORTKH SINGTEL and Flextronics are among the world's top corporate movers and shakers at least according to a Top 100
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        278 3 VIENNA French actress-turned-animal rights activist Brigitte Bardot said last Saturday that she has received death threats tor criticising the South Korean practice of eating dog. Laet year, she said she planned to distribute protest pictures depicting the torture of dogs before the upcoming 2002 World
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        345 3 CANNES, France A film that depicts graphically a murder and a rape provoked fainting and a walk-out by shocked members of the audience at its black-tie screening at the Cannes Film Festival last Saturday. Some 250 people fled the packed 2,400-seater theatre midway through Irreversible,
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        206 3 HONGKONG Hongkong actress Cecilia Cheung is sitting out one event that may make her the Queen of Korean the first Hongkong star to be named in the Korean Grand Bell awards, the forthcoming Korean Oscars. Cheung is competing for the Best Actress award with this
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        297 6 SAME TIME NEXT YEAR (right) Two old flames meet in a dinky motel for a single night of adulterous passion for 30 years. All hell breaks loose when their respective spouses turn up, too. Directed by Lianhe Zaobao correspondent Ng Wai Choy, this Mandarin comedy by
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      513 5 RRj SUZUKI FOR SALE $8. NO GIMMICKS, ncl insurance. transfer, tax 7/2002. 93 Suzuki 1.0. 4-dr. P/steermg. 16-V. New 10 yrs COE *****9. Call 6288-'832 12/95 SWIFT 1.0 4-dr. 528.8K 4/1996 Swift 1.0 4-dr. 532.8K. Two owners. Lot A4B Tur* City. Tei. 6468-0082 Rexy Motor SPORTY '90 SUZUKI 1.3 6TL
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      262 6 I OTHER MAKES FOR SALE AUTOBAHN MOTORS -CONVERTIBLES And COLLECTORS' 98 3181 (Manual) Convertible 97 3181 (Auto) Convertible 91 3161 (4 Doors 82 320' (M) Bauer (Tarqa Top) 82 628 CSI Sunroof 75 2002 Ti Collectors 73 3.0 CSl Collectors For more information Stt ads for SAT. 204 Burnt Timah
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      790 6 Bffl VANS FOR SALE BOOK A DRIVEAWAY FREE Inaurance m JpT-^fat Porter Van Oieael BRAKES i PEDALS AUTO No '8 Übi Road 4 «C'-C1 »C2-0* Jbi Car Man Tai *****027 '92 DAIHATSU HIJET LO Petrol New paint. COE 5/2007. Selling $*****. Can *****274 LATE '95 TOVOTA Liteace. 5 dr. van.
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      889 7 HDO9-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND PTE APTS RENT MONTANA 0 RIVrSvAIiJSY •Studio/I+l/2+l/3+l/4+l penthouse with Jacuzzi 560 to 2400 sqft infinity pool/open gym concept Modern with impeccable style •S2kto J9K CL'SCADEN <fi ORCHARD RD 2+l/3+l room 1 200 to 1 500 sq ft Exceptionally Prestigious condo Private lift lobby Pool /Tennis/Gym VINCE
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      882 7 Oil 21 NEWTON/ -BTTIMAH/ CLEMENTI PTE APTS RENT SI.2K UP. 2/ 3 rms. Signature Pk/ Mayspring/ Springdale/ Good luck/ HighGate/ Guilin View/ Astor Green. Pg. 9207-5720 HAN D.ll NEWTON MEADOWS 3700 sq It. MRT. Renovated. Huge living/ dining/ master rm. 4+l+balcony. 56.2K. Call 9452-5482 agt HUME PARK 11. 1023 sq.ft.
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      868 7 Bl Dl5-16 EAST COAST J PTE APTS -RENT D.15 EASTERN LAGOON Townhse. 5-rms. 3000 sq.ft. $4K. Facilities. Immed. 6355 9933/ 6250 9952 THE BAYSHORE. 2*l. »03/ «24 F/furn. $1750/ $1950. Immediate. Ken 9633-6066 3+l VILLA MARINA neq. Best facilities. Spacious, convenient, food outlets, sch. 9311-9600 Zi KEW GREEN, 3-STOREY Town
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      964 7 pffl HOUSES FOR RENT D/STOREV SEMI-D HILLCREST Rd 3+l rms. 5700 sq.ft. F/furn. Huge gdn. Near amenities. Immed. Rent $6K neg. 9C09-0208 ERA I AT BEDOK RD. 3 storey corner I terr. 4+l. Spacious, windy. Unblocked. Unfurn Near amenities. Rent neg. Wendy 9088-8149 0.21 TROPICAL DESIGNER Bunglw. Bt Timah Hill
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      1033 7 EHUOC/ HDB APTS FOR RENT NO COMMISSION. I+l Bik '10 Teck Whye Lane. Aircon. P/furn. Mkt. Cosy. Couple/ family/ professional. 9026-:'908 APPROVED 4 'A' Khatib MRT/ shopping. Yishun blk. 852. Furn. Aircon. Immed. 9608-3300 agt $650-5850. 1-2 ROOM 1 hall. Übi, Aijunied, Old Airport Rd, Yishun. Aircon. MRT *****350 no
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      876 7 WSTk ROOMS FOR RENT NEAR EAST COAST Rd. r/furn, co sy $650 ind utilities, immed *****674/ *****314 no agts 0.09 OOR3Y GUAT MRT Master/ common rm. Big ha'i/ balcony New Cold Storage. 9782-1995 RM FOR RENT in Bedok S. For 2 fe male students/ workers. Neai amenities. Call *****595 TAMPINES
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      665 7 HDO9-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND HOUSES -SALE SEMI-D PRICE! D.lO 3-storey huge bungalow Land/ floor area 4349/ 40l c sq.ft. Brand new 5 ensuite bdrms 1 maid'i i room Showhouse Open Daily 6469-2073/ 9388-4785 ERA HUA GUAN 3400-4700 sqft 2/storey Semi-d. Cheap $i.65M Watten 4800-4100 sq.ft. 2 units $2.5M. Mr Ong
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      1914 7 H 009-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND PTE APTS -SALE HBi^lH^lHEi^^i^HHjßi^i^i^i^H LISTING PARC STEVEN 2949 sg ft 3*7*l. Spacious layout. Bright serene. Tenanted. Mins. 'o Orchard. $1150 D.S.f. neq. 92i'2-9777 Outstanding Agents?/ j Outstanding Results. DO9 F'HOLD. CAVENAGH Gdns Blk 73 807-378. 3-6pm. 1550 sq.ft. 3 rms. Move m cond. Valued S7SOK.
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      674 8 B 012-14 BALESTIER/ PHI D1214 BALESTIER/ IT9I D1214 BALESTIER/ MACPHERSON/GEYLANG IkflJ MACPHERSON/GEYLANG KfilJ MACPHERSON/GEYLANG PTE APTS -SALE I PTE APTS SALE I PTE APTS SALE &UtA4e£* &3**4let4? faa* 24-27 \Vtat*} No restriction on foreign ownership KIM KEAT£ JSI GARDENS I^U^>:^»» A life in style begins with your cosy home, y^
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      384 8 .ii ii#f! 'it -*i j at i "^2mM tiKmmeWaWm2 rt units per lift lobby FfMllaf-iM 1(1.*****431 9CSJU9 Plea» -jart al-MHj Gailiemard Cnwcem, Sole Marketing Agent I 6836 6888 WffH 015-16 EAST COAST HOUSES -SALE must selli opera Est ZH storey terr. F'hold. s+lrms. F/ aircon. Well renovated. Auto gate. Easy
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      501 8 iffjl 015-16 EAST COAST I HOUSES -SALE D.16 EASTWOOD DR. 3 storey semi-d. 3240/ 3976 sqft. s+l face SE. Good layout. 2 car lot. 39 yrs. 51.35M neg. *****768 9M.ANOR 4*l CLUSTER Hse. New yr old Facilities 99 yrs Expo/ VIRT $960k! 9389-8839 EVERITT RD. BEAUTIFUL 3-storey :orner terr. 2880/
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      610 8 Wff\ Dl5-I6 EAST COAST Pffl Dl5-16 EAST COAST Wjf\ Dl5-16 EAST COAST I 1^ unncrc.cur um.crc r SkA' elf 4j\ 10% PAYMENT UNTIL I Be among the fortunate \S MAm %—\j\ *»i to live in this exclusive <»lj jj ff- Balinese resort-style 'jW^Hb!! Mkw** behold development. Rtt^mmmbmm HB East Coast,
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      342 8 H 017-18 CHANGI/ PASIR RIS HOUSES SALE 0.17 BUNGLW, ***** sq.ft. land. 50m. main rd frontage. Near Changi Hgts. 54.3M. Rebuild/ sub-divide. Call Mae 9704-8881 HDI7-18 CHANGI/ PASIR RIS PTE APTS -SALE BEST 3+l IN Estelia Gdn. is probably an understatement! Pool view. Designer decor. 1292 sq.ft. reasonable *****430 YES
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      600 8 HD^O SERANGOON/ I THOMSON I HOUSES SALE I NEAR MARIS STELLAI 3 storey T corner terr. Park 18 cars. 7600 V sq.ft. Suit 4 generation/ child- F care. F'hold. *****199 Sole agt "NEAJI7i BEST OF D.19. 2 units corner terr. C Perry/ Rosyth vicinity. 4200/ 9 3500 sq.ft. 3+l+l rms.
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      483 8 8D22-28 WEST I NORTH HOUSES-SALE GERALD PK 3-STOREY corner terr. 3100 sq.ft. F'hold. Tip top. View anytime $LSSM neg. 9818-6570 BANK SALEI LENTOR Dstorey F old Bungiw 5500 sq.ft. Pool. 4+2. aircon. Near MRT. *****626. B 022-28 WEST NORTH PTE APTS SALE SEASONS PARK FOR SALE Beautiful 2 rms unit
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      686 8 Bl 022-28 J WEST NORTH I PTE APTS -SALE HILLVIEW. WELL KEPT, high fir, unblocked. f/faciMies. tenanted, near MRT. Can *****839 C2l ORCHID PK 1205 sq.ft. 3+l. Poo 1 view High fir. Renovated. Beiow value Agt *****698/ *****288 OPEN HSE! OPP MRT New Pare Vista. Best view. Studio, gdn. 1044
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      447 8 EHDB APTS FOR SALE (BEDOK/ CHAI CHEE) EH OPEN ►^Jhouse 3-RM BEST BUYI Bedok Res 1 High fir. Near sch/ amenities. Buyers call Kelly og. 9606-1943 Value SI2SK. View 3-6pm DW. RrahaaS. G Wm 9204 9048 mmVWM 4 'NG' CORNER. New listing! Blk 79 Bedok North »03. Face North. Simple
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