The Straits Times, 15 July 2002

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    28 1 The Straits Times e Straits Times Established 1845 MOnQciy July 15, 2002 •72 Pages in five parts mita (P) 094/03/2002 •■f A Singapore Press Holdings publication \J\J Cents
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    Lock icon NOT TO HURT, BUT TO HELP
    62 1 We have to be clear in our explanations to the public that policy recommendations are not meant to hurt but to help people. That is the essence.' T 1 1: chief Li in Boon Hen g. when asked whether workers can take more "bad
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    Lock icon CPF hike may start next year: NTUC chief
    624 1  - CPF hike may start next year: NTUC chief AHMAD OSMAN Minister Lim sees rate being restored fully over next three years if economy continues to grow healthily Bu LABOUR chief Lim Boon Heng made it plain yesterday that he expects employers' Central Provident Fund contribution rate to stay unchanged this
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    Lock icon Islamic militants kill 27 in Kashmir
    586 1 Disguised as Hindu holy men, they open fire on Hindu settlement JAMMU Islamic militants disguised as Hindu holy men threw grenades and opened fire in a crowded slum in Indi-an-controlled Kashmir, killing at least 27 Hindu civilians in an attack likely to raise tensions
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      69 1 END OF THE ROAD? Three transport operators likely to lose their seats i^^S^Q page 3 rhUrl I vaU/\Il/\l\l I tztzLJ Call your Great Eastern A Jjj representative or T^3^-"" vyLvUI 1 LI CX I our enquiry line now at for higher returns 6248 2211 aaaaaMHaaiiaaaaaiaillllliaaaaM r^M Great Eastern Head Office:
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      71 1 WILLIAM TELLS Singapore's pioneer architect turns 70 this Friday with a party and the launch of No Limits, a book of essays about him He tells TAN SHBE about his rebellious ways and how he keeps vital by visiting Zouk and travelling to places Dtsuuga m us uMoy THRIK-UD EM
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      224 2 NURSERY RHYMES FOR HARMONY A BOOK of nursery rhymes in Singapore's four main languages will be compiled as a way of promoting racial harmony. It will be one of several projects designed to help grassroots leaders in the planning of activities that foster greater understanding among Singapore's different races.
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      109 2 WHO HEEDS A FREE LUNCH? SINGAPOREANS do not expect a "free lunch" from anyone least of all from the Government, which many see as giving with one hand and taking with the other, writes Mr Lim Boon Hee. Commuters do not want "free food" when it comes to public
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      65 2 FUSION UNDER THE STARS THE latest season of Ballet Under The Stars will see an injection of outside talent and disciplines into the Singapore Dance Theatre. For its opening programme at Fort Canning Park, the classical company presents the result of a first-ever collaboration with two rising choreography talents
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      100 2 China lure pulls 12,(X)0 to fair NEARLY half a million Singaporeans visited China last year, despite the recession. So, it was little wonder that 12,000 people thronged the weekend China Travel Fair a first for Natas. Many of the 33 travel firms reported good bookings up to SBOO,OOO in
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      108 2 Japan's old 'fit and not a burden' ELDERLY people in Japan do not deserve to be labelled sick and useless. Most are in good health, contribute actively to society, and are able and willing to work even after retirement, a Tokyo forum heard. It is unfair to paint them
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      75 2 WOR LD US budget in red AMERICA'S federal budget will be in deficit this year, to the tune of about USSI6S billion (SS29O billion) the first time since 1997 that more money has been spent than taken in. The deficit is not a surprise only the size of it is.
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      Lock icon MONEY
      53 2 NTUC FREES 100 AGENTS NTUC Income is going to allow 100 of its 3,500 tied insurance agents to set up as independent financial advisers. And as promised, these agents get to keep their current clients and renewal income for past sales but will receive smaller bonus com missions. MONEY:
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      74 2 TUITION 6RIND FOR TINY ONES BRITISH children of only two or three years old are being pushed by their parents into taking private tuition, so that they can compete for places in the best schools later on. Parents defend their action, claiming their bright kids are ready for the
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      163 2 'CATCH TAX EVADERS' ORDER THAILAND'S taxmen have been told to work harder to catch an estimated 50,000 tax evaders. The government needs the revenue for costly programmes like the nationwide health subsidy scheme. Those suspected of tax evasion can expect a phone call or a visit soon. They include
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      85 2 SPO RTS SHOW TRUE GRIT, ATHLETES TO EXCEL, Singapore's athletes can learn from the example of Tanzanian marathoner John Stephen Akhwari. This was the advice given to the Commonwealth Games team yesterday. Singapore National Olympic Council president Teo Chee Hean, in presenting them with the national flag, recalled how Akhwari
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      899 2 MAIN Prime 3-5 World 6-11 Editorial 12 Commentary 12. 13 Forum 15, 16 HOME Home Hl-H5 Education. H6.H7 Tech Science H8 ASIA/SPORTS/ MONEY Asia Al East Asia... A2, A3 S-EAsia.... A4,A5 Malaysia A6 Sports A7-A9 Money... All-Al6 LIFE! What's On L2 Cover L4, L5 Comics L6 Arts LT LifelTV L8
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  • PRIME NEWS
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      Lock icon Operators may lose seats in PTC
      436 3  -  KARAMJIT KAUR Minister Yeo won't give a firm 4 yes r but says the three execs in the council can be resource people rather than members By] TRANSPORT CORRESPONDENT THE days of the three transport executives in the Public Transport Council (PTC) seem numbered.
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      7 3 Supersonic jet prototype exploes dfsds dsfsdf AFP
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      Lock icon India to offer 22 million dual citizenship
      283 3 LONDON More than 22 million people of Indian origin scattered across the world are to be offered dual citizenship by India. Mr Rhismha Agnihotri, appointed India's "ambassador at large for non-resident Indians and persons of Indian origin", said during a visit here that
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      Lock icon Indonesia and S'pore must go 'beyond govt ties'
      607 4  -  DERWIN PEREIRA Bu INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT Calls to maintain links at all levels to deal with any problem in bilateral ties and to address new issues JAKARTA Singapore and Indonesia need to broaden links beyond government ties and keep channels open at all
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      Lock icon FOSTERING GREATER UNDERSTANDING
      93 4 TAN STAN ANN An official of the Central Sikh Temple helps Acting Minister for Community Development and Sports Yaacob Ibrahim to put on a head scarf as a mark of respect when he visited the temple in Towner Road yesterdav. Dr Yaacob, who is also the Minister-in-charge
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      Lock icon New life for old Parliament House
      355 4  -  VLADIMIR GUEVARRA M. Main chamber may become arts venue; food and retail outlets planned IN WHAT may be its first property venture, the National Arts Council (NAC) is planning to turn about 940 sq m of space in the old Parliament House into a
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      Lock icon US praises S'pore life-sciences effort
      431 5  -  CHANG AI-LIEN m SCIENCE CORRESPONDENT 'Because Singapore has grown a biomedical industry within a very short period... useful lessons... may be drawn from a closer examination of its model. I S technology-policy analyst David Brantley White Paper notes strong backing of government; urges US firms
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      Lock icon NUS dons research unbreakable cell phones
      500 5  - NUS dons research unbreakable cell phones TAN OOI BOON Bu ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR Their work attracts the attention of mobile-phone giants here THREE university dons have perfected the art of smashing up things in the course of trying to build a new range of "unbreakable" mobile phones. Their research, possibly
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      277 5 _dH_ -v fl .rW _B _B _HHH_H_H_i 1 fl l i JB__ j z STEVEN LEE *We even tested whether mobile phones could stop a bullet, out of sheer curiosity. Of course, they couldn't but some manufacturers may want to look into this since some VIPs like to put phones
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      Lock icon Private tuition at age two for British kids
      695 6 Private tuition at age two for British kids Parents think it will help their children to enter top schools LONDON British toddlers, some as young as two, face such intense competition for places in the best schools that many parents are pushing them into private tuition before they are out
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      Lock icon Pakistan on alert for backlash after Pearl verdict
      577 7 Police ready for militant violence as guilty verdict expected on four accused of abducting US reporter HYDERABAD Pakistani police are preparing for a violent backlash by Islamic militants ahead of the verdict today in the trial of four men accused in the
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      Lock icon India rejects plan to split Kashmir on religious lines
      314 7 PROPOSAL FOR THREE-PART DIVISION NEW DELHI Indian Deputy Prime Minister Lai Krishna Advani has rejected a proposal by right-wing Hindus to divide violence-torn Kashmir along religious lines. Such a move would play into the hands of arch-rival Pakistan, he said. Right-wing
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      60 8 QUESTION: How do on play a trumpet underwater? Answer: Badly, but that did not stop these musical divers from celebrating the Lower Keys Underwater Music festival in their own waekv stvie at the weekend. They were among 500 divers and snorkellers who enjoyed music piped
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      Lock icon 92-year-old kills himself after forced release from jail
      188 8 OROVILLE (California) In this tree-lined old mining town still called the "City of Gold", a 92-year-old man found a home and friends behind bars, then apparently committed suicide after he was released from the county jail against his wishes. It was in
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      382 8  -  ALFREDLEE By THE STRAITS TIM FS EUROPE BUREAU It hopes the new environment will inspire convicts to better themselves and cut down the number of repeat offenders PRISONERS who do not know how to use members and friends, but messages will be they will be
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      Lock icon Israel steps up patrols after foiling bomb plots
      289 8 Itpostpones talks with Palestinian Authority JERUSALEM Israel was back on high alert yesterday, fearing new suicide attacks after thwarting two bomb plots and postponing the latest bid to rekindle its dialogue with the Palestinians. Police said the move to step up security
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    • PEOPLE
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        Lock icon Taipei judge flaunt his balding head
        208 9 Taipei judge flaunt his balding head Once ashamed off his shiny top, Mr Su tried a comb-over to hide it, onlv to be ridiculed. INSPIRATION FOR POLL LOGO TAIPEI Popular Taipei County Magistrate Su Chen-chang is proud of his shiny bald spot. He likes it so much that he was
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        Lock icon SQUASH CHAMPION MADE U.N. ENVOY
        81 9 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's world junior squash champion Nicol David has been appointed national goodwill ambassador for the UN Development Programme (UNDP), a distinction the 18-year-old shares with football stars Zinedine Zidane of France and Ronaldo of Brazil. The squash champion, ranked 16th in the world,
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        79 9 BERLIN A German court is investigating former tennis star Boris Becker for tax fraud, a prosecutor in Munich said on Saturday. Becker, three-time Wimbledon champion, is suspected of having hidden 4.8 million euros (SsB.3 million) in income from 1992 to 1993, the German magazine Focus
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        Lock icon JUDE LAW TAKEN FOR CAR THIEF
        131 9 BUCHAREST Hollywood actor Jude Law got an unexpected earful this week at the Bucharest airport when a Romanian politician mistook the British heartthrob for a car thief. Mr Dinu Patriciu, a leading member of the opposition Liberal Party, said on Friday he became enraged
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      442 9 Gangsters are threatening to kill film stars and producers unless they pay huge amounts of money, say Bombay police BOMBAY Bollywood film stars and producers are in the grip of a terrifying extortion campaign unleashed by mafia dons who are threatening to kill them
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      Lock icon Unfair! Too many jurors with'G' surnames
      137 9 Unfair! Too many jurors with'G' surnames MIAMI A man who won a new trial on federal gun charges because his original jury had too many people whose last names began with "G" has been acquitted. Attorney David Markus argued that Roderick Carter, 24, was denied a fair trial because the
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      Lock icon US faces $290b Budget deficit
      416 10 Bush aides blame it on a weak economy from Clinton era, war against terrorism and 'whipsaw' effect of the stock market WASHINGTON The White House has signalled that this year's federal Budget will run a deficit of about US$l65 billion (Ss29o billion), the first since
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      Lock icon Chirac survives attempt on his life at Paris parade
      309 10 At the head of the column of soldiers who were leading France's national day parade down the Champs Elysees, President Chirac and Army General Jean-Pierre Kelche were travelling in an open-top jeep when a gunman in the crowd fired a rifle
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      Lock icon Young girls cannon fodder for Colombian guerillas
      281 10 Young girls cannon fodder for Colombian guerillas COLOMBIA Young girls are fighting for Colombia's largest guerilla group. The Armed Revolutionary Forces of Colombia (Fare) is training girls as young as 13 to be killers, and has used women to hijack airliners, The Observer reported yesterday. When soldiers collected the bodies
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      578 11 Voracious eater Can walk' on that can grow its fins and live very quickly on land for days WASHINGTON The torpedo-shaped Asian snakehead fish is causing panic among US naturalists. The marauding invader, dubbed "Frankenfish", has a voracious appetite and seemingly supernatural powers. It has aroused fears from the
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        69 11 SPAIN has vowed to press its claim for a Mediterranean islet in "language everyone can understand" but is not saying what it will do next against Morocco. The football-field sized islet is off the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, which borders Morocco. Defending the despatch of
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        Lock icon FIJI APOLOGISES TO RAPED TOURIST
        42 11 FIJI'S government has apologised to an American who was allegedly raped by a local resident near the capital, Suva. Tourism Minister Konisi Yabaki said the suspect being held for the crime would be "appropriately dealt with". AFP
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        62 11 MEXICAN farmers armed with machetes and homemade bombs took at least three more hostages on Saturday while demanding talks with federal officials in a stand-off over a new airport for Mexico City. The central government has sought to stay out of the conflict in which
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        54 11 SNOW and freezing weather in south-east Peru has killed at least 18 people in less than two weeks and left 32,000 with limited food, water and shelter. President Alejandro Toledo declared a state of emergency in several regions on Saturday before flying out to visit
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        50 11 DOZENS of people have been killed and hundreds of homes razed in fighting between Christian and Muslim groups in central Nigeria, witnesses said on Saturday. Most residents and officials from the area had fled the burnt and looted villages and were afraid to return. AP
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      Lock icon THE SNAKEHEAD: Popular sport and food fish in parts of Asia
      228 11 THE snakehead fish is the largest representative of the widespread snakehead genus Channa (formerlv Ophicephalus). It is a popular sport and food fish a\idlv pursued in several Asian countries bv local fishermen. It has been recorded at over 35
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      80 9 Photographer Yousuf Karsh, whose portraits of the famous and powerful are known to millions, died on Saturday. He was 93. Israeli Air Force chief Benny Peled, who oversaw the rescue of Israeli hostages at Entebbe in 1976, has died at age 74. Quoteworthy What in the past communicated youthful. individual
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  • COMMENTARY ANALYSIS
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        557 12 Lift the gloom THE Government should be grateful to Mr Tan Soo Khoon. His speech in Parliament last Tuesday conveyed, succinctly and honestly, the public's distress over the recent transport fare hikes. The debate did not result in the Government reversing course, as many had hoped, but Mr Tan's message
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      1183 12 ENRON, WorldCom, Tyco there is nothing new or particularly surprising about these and other scandals rocking Corporate America now. Indeed, they say more about the stage of the United States' economic and market cycle than anything else the more breathless commentators might have
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      Lock icon Protein diet may help you lose weight — anahealth
      469 12  - Protein diet may help you lose weight anahealth DEAN ORNISH _SDFSDFSF_ SAUSALITO (California) In Woody Allen's movie Sleeper, a man wakes up 200 years in the future to find that science has proved deep-fried foods to be healthy. Is the future here already? By now, many Americans are exasperated by
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      Lock icon For real change, the people and Govt must set goals
      953 13 For real change, the people and Govt must set goals GIVEN the dire predictions ot what could happen should Singapore fail to cnange, I was relieved to interview Mr Paul Saffo, a director of the Institute for the Future in California. Mr Saffo, who studies technology trends, was here recently
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        83 13 CHALLENGE TO HK'S COMPETITIVENESS HONGKONG has risen from third place to become the world's most expensive city, in a recent lifestyle survey covering 144 cities. Critics of the survey may ignore the warning sign on Hongkong's competitiveness and argue that investors still flock to the territory as it is
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        83 13 JUSTICE HAWED BY POLITICS DESPITE widespread criticism, Parti Islam SeMalaysia has passed a Bill to impose strict Islamic criminal law in the state of Terengganu. Even though the party insists that harsher punishments invoke fear among potential lawbreakers, and so prevent crimes, offenders may not be deterred as stricter
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        86 13 HEED NATURES WARNING SIGNALS DROUGHT has begun to threaten crops and food production in East and Central Java. Water shortages are also threatening the livelihood of rice farmers in West Java. The Indonesian government's lack of preparedness against floods and droughts, which happen almost every year, is disturbing. Possible
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        81 13 NARROW THE WAGE6AP PART-TIMERS and temporary workers in Japan earn much less than full-time employees due to their abundant supply and the rigid se-niority-based wages enjoyed by full-time staff. The huge wage gap is demoralising for such workers and will trigger job-hopping among them, thus endangering the economy's vitality.
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        110 13 HALT TREND FOR CAESAREANS FORTY per cent of South Korean women who gave birth last year underwent caesarean sections, well above the 10-per-cent average recommended by the World Health Organisation. Caesarean sections are often mistaken as a less painful and safer way to deliver. The trend for the
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  • FORUM
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      Lock icon Competition may lead to fare increases
      139 15 Competition may lead to fare increases 'Singapore is a tiny island and it already has three public transport operators that have served commuters for many years... I do not think bringing in more competition is a good idea. I REFER to the recent call made in Parliament to allow private
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      86 15 I DO not think Singaporeans have ever expected any "free lunches" from anyone, least of all the Government. The widely-held perception is that the Government gives with one hand, but takes away with the other. It is ultra-prudent about budgetary balance and phobic about incurring
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      263 15 I REFER to the report, "Hongkong bus, train fares twice those in Singapore" (ST, July 11). Is Transport Minister Yeo Cheow Tong making a fair comparison? I have been to Hongkong several times and have tried its public-transport system. It includes the Mass Transit Rail, the Kowloon
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      163 15 WE SAW a lively round of debates in the pristine chambers of Parliament. It proves that parliamentary democracy is not dead. However, it also shows the public that the Cabinet is not in tune with the elected representatives, or vice versa. In the past, some
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      442 16 I REFER to Mr Kenneth Tan's letter, "Govt radio funding not a grant" (ST, July 11). I note Mr Tan's confirmation that indeed half of MediaCorp Radio's stations listed in his previous letter ("Radio ad contradicted norms of fairness and equity", ST, July 4) continue
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      Lock icon HDB asked to rectify design flaws
      125 16 I REFER to the broadcast on Channel I's 9.30 pm news on July 7; the report, "Residents slam design of Sengkang blocks" (ST, July 8); and Mr Gurmit Singh's letter, "Unfair to make HDB residents pay" (ST, July 11). For those defects that have
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      125 16 ONE of the conditions imposed by the bank when taking up a mortgage loan for my condominium unit is the assignment of the fire insurance policy. I understand that this is a requirement imposed by most, if not all, banks here. After checking with
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      49 16 I REFER to the letter, "Truck holds up traffic" (ST, July 10). We have asked the contractor to reschedule the sweeping activity on that stretch of Queens way to a later part of the morning. EDWARD JOHN T AILFORD Senior assistant director Corporate communications National Environment Agency
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      8 1 The Straits Times Home Monday, July 15, 2002
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      56 1 In Singapore, we have this mindset that we... cant make much of an impact. But... I've come to realise that Ym as big as the next individual from.. Japan or the US.' Singaporean Andrew Yeo, a banker who worked in Hongkong for two years before moving
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      642 1  -  GINNIE TEO By TOURISM CORRESPONDENT THEY SEEM TO BE MORE INTERESTED IK NATURE-ORIENTED ATTRACTIONS, SHOPPING AND GOOD FOOD. THEY ARE LESS ATTRACTED TO HISTORICAL RELICS AND SITES.' Mr Zhang G uanyu, deputy director of die China National Tourist Office here, on Singaporean-* preferences About 12,000
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        407 2 Out soon: Nursery rhymes in local tongues This book is being planned as part of efforts to foster greater understanding of the different cultures and religions here A BOOK of nursery rhymes from Singapore's four racial communities will be compiled by a national committee set with the task of promoting
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        253 2 TWO markets and one hawker centre will soon be given facelifts. The places that have been selected are the 43-year-old Kallang Estate market and the 30-year-old market and hawker centre at Redhill Lane. The three are part of the 16 hawker centres identified for
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        205 2 Get flight info off mobile phone FLIGHT information can now be retrieved by using mobile phones. Available only to SingTel mobile customers, all they need to do is to dial *111. They will then receive an SMS asking them which flight number they want to track. After that, the system
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        573 3  - CDCs to offer training for confinement help NEO HUI MIN SPECIAL SKILLS THE Southeast CDC is working with Mount Elizabeth Hospital and the Association for Early Childhood Educators Singapore to develop a four-day training course. Nannies-to-be will be taught the physiological changes a new mother goes through, how to cook
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        257 3 Gone...coffeeshop 's sitting ducks THIEVES struck at a Jurong coffeeshop, but they did not appear to be after money. Their haul 20 ducks that were meant for the dining table. The birds were stolen from a locked container that was left outside the coffeeshop. They were meant for the Xin
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        152 3 THE Anglo-Chinese School's (ACS) board of governors yesterday concluded its inquiry into allegations of molestation which involved former ACS (Barker Road) principal Ng Eng Chin. It is now deliberating on its report which it will submit to the Ministry of Education by the end of the month.
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        1123 4  -  TEO HUEI HUEI Bir 'TO A CERTAIN EXTENT, WE'VE IMBIBED THE AMERICAN VALUES OF OPTIMISM AND HOPE AND THAT CAME THROUGH. IT WAS DEFINITELY COMMENTED ON.' Mr Kuik And it's worth a lot more than that, going by the way the
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        166 4 2 cars broken into at hospital carpark THE open carparks at the Singapore General Hospital became the target of thieves, as two hospital employees had their car windows smashed and belongings stolen. The break-ins took place in separate carparks on Saturday afternoon. The first car belonged to a 40-year-old senior
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        323 4 Schoolgirl dies after being hit by bus After being hit, Marion was taken to hospital, but died within hours. A 15-YEAR-OLD schoolgirl was killed when she was knocked down by an SBS Transit bus that was turning into Changi Village bus terminal. Marion Jang Li Ping died in hospital less
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        678 5  - Banking online? Some advice... NATALIE SOH On shared terminals and Downloading programs Recent reports of a hacker pilfering from accounts of Internet banking customers have raised concerns for many online users. The Straits Times spoke to IT consultants and banks on hotv this could happen and what consumers can do
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        327 5 MOST banks here have in place computer programs that can detect "unusv.ar banking patterns of their customers. But while such features may help to stop fraudulent transactions involving regular users who have fixed banking patterns, they may not be sensitive enough to detect transactions of
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        566 6 Centre serves up music to 1 1 schools Pasir Ris Crest's music lab welcomes students from schools nearby, giving them the chance to learn an instrument TAXI driver's son Tan Kuok Sheng wanted to learn to play the guitar, but his school, Siglap Secondary, did not have guitar lessons. Another
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        40 7  -  —JC teacher The SAT tvas introduced because it is supposed to test something different from die A levels. But now that purpose is not going to be served. We should relook it and not stress our students unnecessarily.'
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        577 7  - Revised SAT test: Just like the A levels? SANDRA DAVIE By JC teachers and students interviewed say that it is now more a measure of classroom learning rather than aptitude EDUCATION CORRESPONDENT THE changes announced to the Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) 1 would make the test resemble the A levels,
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        417 7 SAT LANGUAGE GENERAL PAPER SAMPLE 1: SAMPLE* "Dinosaurs have such a "Language reflects the range powerful grip on the public and depth of our experience, consciousness that it is easy But our experience is being to forget just how recently impoverished to the extent scientists became aware
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        302 8 Scientists to reunite whale with family BRITISH COLUMBIA With a young female killer orca whale safely returned to her home waters on Canada's Pacific coast, scientists are now trying to reunite her with her family pod, something that has never been done before. They see the effort to reunite the
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        402 8 Light therapy to treat damaged eyes Shining near-infrared light on injured retinal cells can help prevent blindness: Researchers PEOPLE blinded by light could be treated with more light. Researchers have found that shining nearinfrared radiation on damaged retinal cells can keep them alive and prevent permanent blindness. According to weekly
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        80 8 TEST ON RATS: Better sight DR HARRY Whelan, a neurologist at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, and his colleagues have put the LEDs to the test on eye injuries. He blinded rats by giving them high doses of methanol, or wood alcohol. At five, 25 and 50 hours
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        383 8 Top guns will be picked to represent Singapore at finals in Seoul FANCY having a shot at being like the world's best commandoes, rescuing hostages and blowing up key enemy structures as part of a mission to counter terrorists? For some, like
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      8 1 The Straits Times asia Monday, July 15, 2002
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      623 1  -  HAU BOON LAI By THE STRAITS TIMES JAPAN BUREAU Experts debunk notion that the country's economy will be severely strained by a growing population of old people TOKYO Being old is not being useless. Most of Japan's senior citizens are in good health, and willing
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      40 1 'The sad story of our country can be told in the long queues before the recruitment agencies. Senator Edgardo Angara, saying that more Filipinos are going abroad in search of jobs under President Gloria Arroyo's administration
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        509 2  -  LAWRENCE CHUNG By THE STRAITS TIMES TAIWAN BUREAU She did not elaborate, but she was obviously suggesting that President Jiang Zemin's preparations to leave office could be disruptive. She also stopped short of saying whether restrictions would remain on the amount and
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        Lock icon China calls on US to be constructive over Taiwan issue
        298 2 BEIJING China has urged America to play a constructive role in the peaceful reunification between mainland China and Taiwan while maintaining its military build-up is defensive in nature. Beijing has previously said that the issue of Taiwan is an internal
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        Lock icon Paper storks' sale sparks anger
        144 2 YOKOHAMA A furore has erupted among World Cup volunteers after they learned that the paper storks which adorned the approach to Yokohama stadium when it neld the final are now being sold to the highest bidders. Critics say the efforts of elementary school children nationwide
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        Lock icon Crowd haggles as Boy drowns in river
        258 2 Crowd haggles as Boy drowns in river BEIJING A 12-year-old boy in central China's Henan province lost his life because a crowd of onlookers haggled over a monetary reward and refused to save him from drowning until an amount was fixed. According to Chinese media reports, the victim had gone
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        Lock icon Actress Liu Xiaoqing held for evading taxes
        282 2 HONGKONG Famous Chinese actress Liu Xiaoqing has been detained for tax evasion amid a nationwide campaign to pressure tycoons and celebrities to pay up their overdue taxes. Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji is reported to have ordered investigators to go strictly by the book
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        548 3  - Taiwan scheme trains stray dogs for therapy LAWRENCE CHUNG Bj) THE STRAITS TIMES TAIWAN BUREAU To save them from being killed, activists promote their use as pets for people with physiological and psychological problems TAIPEI Animal lovers in Taiwan have launched a drive to promote the use of stray dogs
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        Lock icon 2,000-year-old corpse found intact in mystery fluid
        203 3 BEIJING The corpse of a woman who died more than 2,000 years ago has been found well preserved in a mystery fluid in eastern China, state media reported on Saturday. The body of the woman, who was believed to have lived during the
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        273 3 SHANGHAI Most families in this eastern Chinese city are leading comfortable though not extravagant lives on an average disposable income of 105 yuan (Ss22) a day, according to the latest figures. The city's statistical authority revealed on Friday that Shanghai city
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          Lock icon AIRPORT STAFF FIRED AFTER SECURITY TESTS
          61 3 SEVERAL security staff at Hongkong's international airport have been fired after failing secret tests by the firm responsible for keeping the airport safe from terrorists. The company has not revealed the number of those sacked, but most were fired after company staff posing as
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          51 3 THREE North Koreans holed up in the South Korean consulate in Beijing for the past month will arrive soon in Seoul, South Korean officials said yesterday. The three two men and a woman are already in Thailand for a flight to Seoul, said television reports.
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          65 3 COAL mining enterprises based in east China's Jiangxi province were told to buy insurance policies for all their miners by the end of this year to protect them from possible injuries on the job. The firms should ensure at least 50,000 yuan (S$10,600) in
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          Lock icon 2 SCHOOLGIRLS KILLED IN BEIJING HOTEL FIRE
          39 3 TWO teenage girls from Hongkong were killed after a fire broke out in their hotel room in Beijing on Saturday. They were among 51 Hongkong students in a cultural exchange tour. AP
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          32 3 TYPHOON Halong churned through Okinawa, Japan, yesterday, bringing heavy rains and strong winds that forced the cancellation of flights and ferries and stranded thousands of travellers. AP
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        539 4  - Thai taxmen cast net wider to ease Budget deficit EDWARD TANG By THAILAND COKKKS-UNDKN I The department is recruiting more staff to go after 50,000 tax evaders, many of them self-employed businessmen BANGKOK The tax authorities in Thailand have been told to cast their net wider to nab an estimated
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        29 4 Miss Universe 2002 Oxana Federova standing behind Indonesian orphans in Surabaya, East Java, vesterdav. The Russia] beauty queen is on a week-long visit to Indonesia. AP
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        212 4 Strong national support for emergency in Aceh JAKARTA Over 60 per cent of Indonesians back the imposition of a civil emergency in the restive Aceh province, according to a nationwide survey. The poll, published in Media Indonesia newspaper yesterday, said 62 per cent of 613 respondents surveyed said a civilian
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        210 4 JAKARTA Police confiscated two tonnes of a chemical used for making explosives and fertiliser, three hand grenades and a handgun in separate locations, a report said here yesterday. Acting on a tip from suspicious neighbours, police found 56 sacks of ammonia nitrate, a chemical
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        171 4 BANGKOK Hundreds of farmers in north-eastern Thailand have fallen victim to gangs that have borrowed land-title deeds to bail out drug suspects who have then jumped bail. A report in yesterday's Bangkok Post said about 900 farmers were faced with hefty fines after they
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        364 5 by some sectors of the media, and without needless political infighting." There was no realistic alternative, so why, he asked, "should we continue to raise petty issues about her personality, her political mistakes, as if she were superwoman?" Mrs Arroyo came to power
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        308 5 ...but Powerpuff Girls get the thumbs down MANILA If the Catholic Church has its way, the Powerpuff Girls will not get to save the world before bedtime in the Philippines. A Church panel has said that a movie version of the popular cartoon series may harm young minds because it
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        189 5 BANGKOK Thailand's Ministry of University Affairs is proposing to set aside 200 million baht (SsB.6 million) as a fund for college students who want to start their own businesses. Professor Woradet Jantharasorn, Permanent Secretary of the ministry, said it would seek the Cabinet's
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        77 5 THAILAND has agreed in principle to exchange rice for Indonesian civilian aircraft to be used in a royal artificial rain-making project, an official said on Saturday. Officials from the two countries met in Bangkok on Friday and agreed on a broad framework for the barter
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        64 5 ARROYO WILL ALLOW JUDICIAL EXECUTIONS PRESIDENT Gloria Arroyo has resolved to allow the state to carry out judicial executions later this year, her spokesman said yesterday, describing the Philippine leader's decision as in the "public interest". Last week, influential Roman Catholic bishops had urged her to impose a fresh moratorium
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        67 5 TYPHOON KILLS 10 MORE IN PHILIPPINES TEN people have been killed over the weekend in the Philippines in bad weather attributed to Typhoon Halong, raising the toll in eight days of cyclone-induced monsoon rains in the island chain to 65 dead or missing, rescuers said yesterday. Three people were buried
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        69 5 THAI BANDITS THREATEN TO CONTINUE ATTACKS BANDITS in Thailand's restive south have threatened to continue deadly attacks in the area despite a government pledge to boost security and capture the assailants, police confirmed. Yesterday's Daily News quoted sources as warning that bandits planned to attack police with rocket-propelled grenades in
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        67 5 THAI police have seized 467 live pangolins destined for China, bringing to 2,000 the number of the scaly anteaters seized in the past 10 days. Police in Nakhon Ratchasima province seized the animals, which are protected by Thai law, from a truck bound for
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        349 5 HANOI Vietnam and China have moved a step closer to settling their decades-old territorial disputes through the laying of a symbolic marker stone on their land border, officials said yesterday. The first marker along the western section of their common frontier was placed between Vietnam's
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        1026 6 Umno counts on its women to work the ground Run-Up To Kedah By-Elections They stay with supporters in villages and go door-to-door to persuade people that Barisan Nasional is the better choice WHERE would Malaysia's ruling party be without its women? In a tight spot. This fact crystallises during election
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        121 6 ALOR STAR Two Umno women members, campaigning in the by-elections in the state, have told police that a man lifted his sarong and exposed his private parts to them in Kampung Cegar on Thursday A police report on the incident has been filed with the
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        137 6 KUALA LUMPUR A nationwide alert has been issued about a possible outbreak of meningitis following three deaths in Selangor. Another 12 people suspected of having the airborne disease were hospitalised but have since been discharged. The Health Ministry's Di-rector-General Mohammad Taha Arif said all state and
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        524 6  - Vernacular schools will also have to switch to English medium LESLIE LAU CLEAR HINT BY EDUCATION MINISTRY By IN KIALAI.UMPIR But Chinese educationists say there is no need to change system IN THE clearest indication yet, the Education Ministry has hinted that Chinese and Tamil vernacular schools will have to
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          37 6 NO PORN WEBSITES FOR CIVIL SERVANTS THE government has warned civil servants against surfing pornographic websites at work, saying they would have committed a major offence. Repeat offenders would face disciplinary action. The Star Asia News Network
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          48 6 FrVE drugs used to prevent strokes and to treat mental disorders, schizophrenia and menstrual pains are now on a "concern list" following reports of adverse side-effects. The Drug Control Authority has told patients to report any adverse reactions. New Straits Times
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          56 6 THE Women and Family Development Ministry wants to build up a core team of counsellors from among its officers to provide rehabilitation for those involved in incest cases. The ministry is also looking at forming support groups at the homes of victims and caring
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          60 6 A 29-YEAR-OLD housewife claims that a traditional medicine practitioner in Kuala Lumpur molested her and warned that she would die if she stopped seeking treatment from trim. The man, 55, told her she was possessed by the devil, which was why she was having nerve
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          35 6 MALAYSIANS displaced by the war against illegal immigrants and squatters in Sabah will be moved into new homes being set ud bv the state. The Star A.sia News Network
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        Lock icon NO ESCAPE; BE YOU TIGER, BEAR OR APE
        48 7 7 don't care if you're Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus or King Kong, if it's knee-nigh rough, you're not going to get out of it.' —Jack Nicklaus on the deep rough awaiting golfers at this week's British Open at Muirfield, Scotland
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        705 7  -  G. SIV AKKU MA RAN Bm SOCCER Their Malaysian opponents may be young but they are battle-hardened EVEN with an attack that has been sharpened with the addition of new citizens Mirko Grabovac and Egmar Goncalves, Singapore would do well to take nothing for granted
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        250 7 LONDON Leeds United manager Terry Venables has urged Rio Ferdinand to stay at Elland Road and help the club win trophies as he prepares to meet the England defender to discuss his future. "Rio's still very young and there's still plenty of time
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        652 8  -  GERARD WONG HORSE RACING SDFSDF EMIRATES S'PORE DERBY 2,000m Singapore Group 1 Ist Smart Bet (Cassidy) 2nd Blizz Bless (Geroudis) 3rd Striking Diamond (K.B. Soo) 4th Firehouse (Carmody) Margins: Sht hd, 3/4 length, neck. Time: 2:04.00. Win: Sl4 Place: 87, $9, 534. FCT: $17. TCE:
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        378 8  -  BEN NAPARAJAN _DSF_ IT MAY be 13 points adrift of league leader Singapore Armed Forces FC, but defending S-League champion Geylang United is not going to relinquish its crown without a fight. Last month, Geylang showed its grit when it went on a
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        407 9  -  BEN NA DAR AJ AN COMMON. VE ATH GAMES __DFSFS SNOC chief Teo hopes athletes can achieve personal bests, national records EMULATE marathoner John Stephen Akhwari. That n _s the advice given to the Republic's Commonwealth Games-bound athletes by Singapore National Olympic Councfl's president
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        495 9  -  MAHMOOD GAZNAVI CRICKET __SDFSDFSDF CONFUSION reigned in the Asian Cricket Council Trophy fixture between Hongkong and eventual winner Malaysia at the Padang yesterday. In its turn to bat, Hongkong had scored 159 in 49.5 overs. The match was headed for a tight finish with Malaysia
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        724 9 Kenny Perry 64 70 67 202 Jess Daley 67 6 7 68. Joey Smdelar 69 58 65 Scattlth Open In Lxh Lomond, 3rd rd (Ghr end Irl unitss ttated): 202 Frednk Jacobson (Swe) 66 65 71 203 E Romero (Arg) 72 66 65 204 Stephen Leaney (Aus)
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          90 9 SERIE A soccer club Perugia has suspended South Korean Ahn Jung Hwan's wages and demanded that he rejoins it by July 28 or face sanctions, the player's agency, ePlayers, said. The club's manager Alessandro Gaucci claimed Ahn was its
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          72 9 MORE than 500 Japanese soccer fans gathered yesterday at Japan's Narita international airport to see off Philippe Troussier, the coach who piloted their national side into the World Cup last 16 for the first time, an airport official said. 'Thank you,
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          50 9 NEW ZEALAND beat Australia 1-0 in the Oceania Nations soccer Cup final in Auckland yesterday to qualify to play in the 2003 Fifa Confederations Cup. Washington DC-based Ryan Nelsen scored the winner from an Aaran Lines free-kick in the 79th minute.
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          65 9 ARGENTINA'S Eduardo Romero won golfs Scottish Open after a sudden-death play-off with Sweden's Fredrik Jacobson yesterday. The 47-year-old clinched his eighth European Tour title at the first extra hole when he birdied the 430-yard 18th with a putt from seven feet. Both
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          94 9 CYCLIST Karsten Kroon of Holland won yesterday's eighth stage of the Tour de France, sprinting across the finish line ahead of a small group that broke away from the main pack of riders. Igor Gonzalez Galdeano retained the overall leader's yellow
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        297 9 j. "You have made known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore" Psalm 16:11 CHOW FOON 01 Age: 86 was called home to qlory on 14 July, 2002 leaving behind beloved: Sons: Daughters-in-law: William Chan Chee
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        75 9 PETER ALMONTE Arp. 70 passed away peacefully on 13.7.2002. Sadly missed by family all loved ones. Rr_th_F_. eict_re.ln.l_i_* Brothers: Slsters-ln-law. Stanley Corazon Charles Theresa Patrick Magaret Sisters: Brothers-in-law: Mildred (Cecil Longue, deceased) Annie Stephen Solomon and a host of nephews, nieces qrandnephews grandnleces. Cortege leaves St Joseph's Parlour of Repose.
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        102 9 r I f.-._.l.~*y-r^ WILLIAM AUGUSTINE LAW AUOUSTINE LAW AGE* *2 was called home to be with the Lord on 13 July 2002, leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Helena Marie Ong Dauqhter: Adeline Theresa Law Vincent Bernard Law Brian Charles Law Mother-in-law: Magdalene Choo Brothers and Sisters-ln-law, Nephews and Nieces "0
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        66 9 OHSHANT, In Loving Memory Of V SI NG AR A M MUTHOO Departed: 15 July 1984 Sunshine fades and shadows fall, but sweet remembrance outlasts a//. Your presence is ever negr us your jove fmmm UJ yef yw were the kind of father, your love ones will never forget. Always
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        125 9 MARION JANG Ll PING W" Cal,,d nomt P*ac*fully to be with the Lord on 14 July 2002, leavIng behind loved ones. Father: PJU^ Janq Wu Choong mnmMJm Slew Lay Brothers: Januarius Jang Kheng Lim anS0 H n BST3SW Mai uncles: Dominic Jang wu Kang Anthony Jang Hu Lang Charlie Chow
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        50 9 SHANGAEA SINGH .»>, iorq Departed. 15th July 1989 How rare is tne one whom the Creator mgkes nis own Whose mind is always contemplating His Blessings. Granting His Grace, the Creator blesses him u^S2£U» of the Creator. he is victorious in this precious Human Life. W mmm by Family Friends
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        78 10 With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to the Family on the demise of THOMAS CHUA BOON LEE DEPARTED 12 July 2002 I From: Management and Staff of Hawk Rent A Car Pte Ltd The Board of Directors of Hawk Rent A Car (M) Sdn Bhd Dato Dr Mohd Noor
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        17 10 F 3rd Anniversary BH In Loving Memory Of SARASWATHY BALASUBRAMANIAN Departed 15/7/99 Dearly missed by Loved ones.
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        26 10 CHON6 KIAN CHAI Agt: 57 years passed away peacefully on 10/07/2002 in Johor Malaysia. Sadly missed by Wife, son, daughters, son-in-law, Granddaughter and all loved ones.
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        51 10 IN MEMORIAM i 1 We remember with fondness our beloved LOKE FOOK KEE who was called home to the Lord on 15/7/2000 We truly thank God for every remembrance of him, not just today, but every day. Loke Yuen Chi, Ronald, Mee Fong, Sheila, Jeanette, Charmaine, Brandon, all relatives and
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        50 10 1/ sth Anniversary In Loving Memory of 6RAOE GAN EE HO NGEONG (Departed IS July 1997) We treasure the times we were together; And joyful that you are I now with the Lord. y Dearly missed cherished Eg by husband: Eng Oon, W& sons, daughter-in-law, 3j*r grandsons all loved ones
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        115 10 IST ANNIVERSARY IN LOVING MEMORY OF LEE GEOK LAN Departed: 15 July 2001 Dearest Mummy Never have we felt so much grief Nor have we asked ourselves so very often "Why and if only" Why is that the good die young If only we had treasured our time together more
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        114 10 Tor God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever I believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.' John 3:16 Ist Anniversary IN EVER-LOVING MEMORY OF MRS JOLLEEN CHONG (JOLLEEN TAN KIA LIN) was called home to be with the Lord Jesus
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        190 10 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm |^f "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, <|f I have kept the faith." 2 Tim 4:7-8 j THOMAS CHUA BOON LEE Age: 68 was called home peacefully to be with the Lord on 12 July 2002, leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Lily Chua Daughter:
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        714 11 ROUND-UP Overseas markets A BRUTAL week on Wall Street has left investors dazed with stocks hitting fresh lows amid a deepening crisis of confidence even though experts say the United States economy is on solid ground. Last week, the Dow plunged 694.97 points, or 7-4
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        97 11 TURNOVER COOO) VALUE COOO) Main Sdq Total Main sacs Total Multilnd 32.555 32.555 33.713 33.713 Manufacturg 124.589 47.888 172,477 155,297 8,500 163,797 Commerce ***** 11.361 54,754 22,426 4.219 26,645 Tpt/Stor/Com 28.787 28,787 55,444 55,444 Finance 19,106 19.106 56.968 56,968 Construction 16,824 2,065 18,889 3,674 329 4.003 Properties
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        135 11 MAIN SDO TOTAL Up Dn Unch Up Dn Unch Up On Unch Multilnd 5 10 2 000 5 10 2 Manufacturg 34 57 29 11 24 14 45 81 43 Commerce 20 29 9 4 6 5 24 35 14 Tpt/Stor/Com 7 13 8 000 7 13
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        40 11 Change Straits Times Index 1614.09 +5.90 BT 08/OS _134.00 -32.00 BTCADI -*****.00 +96.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 +13.00 UOB Sesdaq 69.53 +1.09 UOB Blue Chip 601.43 +2.85 STI Futures 1623 +17 MSCi Singapore 202.11 +0.91 SiMSCI Futures 202.60 +1.80
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        36 11 Aspnetcen 2.5c 152.441,000 Viz Branz 20c 152.430.000 BIL Intl US2OC 126.444,000 Datacraft 10c 77,655.000 SingTel 15c 73,016.000 CityAxis 5c 60.790.000 Goldtron 5c 57,981,000 Dayen 8c 51.585.000 KLW Hldgs 10c 47.165.000 Chart Semiconductor 26c 41,632.000
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        441 11 ABN Amro Bank NV 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 Italiana SPA 7.25 Banca Nazionaie Del Lavoro SPA 5
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        415 11 REVIEW Currencies HONGKONG Most regional currencies strengthened against the US dollar last week as the greenback's value continued to suffer in the wake of a series of accounting scandals in the United States. The impact of the US dollar's slide on exports prompted intervention
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        3292 11 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS ABN Amro Asset Mgt (S'pore) Star Europe Eqty! A 0.667/ Star Europe Bd 1 047/ Star Europe Bal 0.848/ Star Asian Tiger Eqty 0762/ Star Asia Bond 1 236/ Star Asia Balanced 0 866/ Star Global Technology Fund!** 0 173/ Star Bhv Finance Japan Fund!** 0 778/
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        419 12 President plans to reassure investors by highlighting strengths in the economy, such as low inflation and interest rates WASHINGTON President George W. Bush plans to emphasise strengths in the economy, such as low inflation and interest rates, this week after stock indexes in
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        264 12 Chinese firms' US IPOs may have 'bolstered military' WASHINGTON Chinese government companies have raised more than US$l4 billion (5524.6 billion) in United States capital markets during the past three years, bolstering the communist nation's military, a congressional commission has said. The US-China Security Review Commission, in an annual report, recommended
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        218 12 Writedown will raise Qwest 's credibility DENVER Qwest Communications International, under investigation for its accounting, would improve its credibility with regulators and investors by wiping US$l billion (551.76 billion) off its sales last year, analysts said. Local phone company Qwest said in April that the United States Securities and Exchange
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        401 12 FINANCE MINISTER'S STAND TOKYO Japan wants to see the yen between 125 and 130 yen per dollar, Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa said, dousing speculation that the country would tolerate a stronger currency. 'The dollar trading between 125 and 130
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        200 12 July 14 2002 FIRST 7883 SECOND 4497 THIRD 7149 STARTERS 3773 0506 1904 0157 1478 7884 2904 8558 3508 6706 CONSOLATIONS 6903 2464 0313 2796 9168 3318 6911 9070 5899 5833 Singapore Electricity Pool Sale Prices 1.2 hour Ex-Ante 1,2 hor Ex-Ante PenoD Pool Sale Period PtwSae Ending
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        373 14  - Overseas Union Trust appoints extra adviser HUGH CHOW By FINANCECORRESPONDENT ANZ named as co-independent adviser for privatisation bid; this complies with Securities Industry Council's directions OVERSEAS Union Trust (OUT) has appointed an additional adviser to assess a privatisation bid bv parent United Overseas Bank (UOB), after a securities market regulator
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        525 14  -  IGNATIUS LOW 17% GAIN IN ONE YEAR By "We may be in a global down cycle but the market never goes down in a straight line. Mr Teo, on gains from bear market rallies FINANCE CORRESPONDENT AIB GOVETT Asia may still have one
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        551 15  -  COLLN TAN By INVESTORS will be watching developments on two separate fronts when the market opens for business today the continuing downward market movements in the United States and likely policy changes coming from the Economic Review Committee's (ERC's) recommendations on the Central
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        501 15  - Investors' confidence in Innovalues pays off AZHAR KHALID By MARKETS CORRESPONDENT Among them is Koh Boon Hwee, whose investment in the Sesdaq-listed company has doubled in value in just 3 1 2 months IT BEGAN as a friendly chat between Innovalues Precision chairman Goh Leng Tse and Singapore Airlines' chairman,
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        200 15 HOMEGROWN Ezyhealth Asia Pacific is easing into the Indian market with a planned $1.5 million acquisition of a majority stake in a local medical diagnostics and radiology laboratory. The provider of online connectivity and healthcare information technology solutions is in talks to acquire a 74
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        342 15  -  VLADIMIR GUEVARRA SHAREHOLDER NOD Bm READY-MIX concrete maker G&W Group Holdings received shareholder approval last Friday for a joint venture agreement to engage in property development in the booming China market. The joint venture between G&W subsidiary G&W Industrial and Shenyang Longhan Property
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        71 15 Cents VentureCorp2sc 1520 40.0 2.7 DatacraftlOc 150 31.5 13.6 DBSBk6%NCPS ***** 30.0 0.3 OCBC 1250 30.0 2.5 SIA2OO 1320 20.0 1.5 SIASOc 1330 20.0 1.5 Hyfluxsc 128 17.0 15.3 Dayenßc 91 16.5 22.1 TAC BtIO 200 119 15.7 8.2 SPCSOC 98 14.5 17.4 Robinson 550 10.0
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        72 15 Cents RotollOc 9.5 58.3 3.5 MultiChem WO5 7 40.0 2.0 KingWanWo4 5.5 37.5 1.5 Transit 15c 16.5 37.5 4.5 C5CW*****7 2 33.3 0.5 Pentonl2c 16.5 32.0 4.0 Lion TeckC 50c 15.5 29.2 3.5 LCDev 12 26.3 2.5 SingLunlOc 24 23.1 4.5 DayenSc 91 22.1 16.5 Presscrete6c 6
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        75 15 Cents SPH 2010 HO.O 5.2 SPHIOO 2010 90.0 A3 DBS Grp 1310 30.0 2.2 City Dev 50c 610 20.0 3.2 UOB 1350 20.0 1.5 Want Want USIOc 86 18.4 10.9 JMHUS2SC4OO 585 17.5 1.7 GreatEastsoc 995 15.0 1.5 CapitaLand 157 12.0 7.1 BSembawang 1210 10.0 0.8
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        76 15 WEEK'S TOP FALLS Cents See Hup Seng W05 2.5 44.4 2.0 LoMsoc 3 33.3 1.5 AcmaWo4ni6 2 20.0 0.5 LHTHWgsIOc 9 182 2.0 NewWave W*****1 23.5 17.5 5.0 Tye Soon 10c 8 15.8 1.5 SembCorpDßeCWo3 5.5 15.4 1.0 ASTI WO4O62I 20.5 14.6 3.5 HBM Print 10c 13 13.3 2.0 WWantWo4lo24
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        615 16  -  LORN A TAN By COMPANIES CORRESPONDENI They can keep their clients and renewal commissions but will earn less bonuses; other insurers not considering this yet INSURANCE cooperative NTUC Income is, for now, prepared to let only 100 of its 3,500 tied agents
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          140 2 Victoria Theatre. Saturday: 7.30 pm, Tickets: $10-$5O, Tel: 6348-5555 This Cantonese opera tells the story of the scholar Liu Meng Me, who has to bring his dream girl Du Li Niang back from the dead, then win the approval of her father, the Prime Minister
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          166 2 Asian Civilisations Museum, Tomorrow Saturday: 9 am 6 pm Friday: 9 am -9 pm, $1.50- $3 (Free on Friday after 6 pm Tickets available at the door See a photograph of Georges Clemenceau, the former French premier for whom Clemenceau Avenue is named, when he visited
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        527 3  - Fusion Dance Pirouettes ivith breakdance The Singapore Dance Theatre's collaboration with outside choreographers has resulted in a mix of different dance disciplines TAN SHZR EE THE Singapore Dance Theatre's (SDT) latest season of Ballet Under The Stars is kicking off with a new twist. Two rising choreography talents, Aaron Khek,
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        56 10 REUTERS Hongkong pop singer Kelly Chen, seen here in a Jean Paul Gaultier top with her younger brother Victor Chen, showed off seven designer costumes at her concert in Hongkong last Friday. The outfits cost more than HK$5OO,OOO (S$lll,500), said Apple Daily. Besides her brother, guest star Anita
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        162 10 LAST Saturday, six Ann Poh-wan-nabes wowed a 2,000-strong crowd at Suntec City during the taping of a Channel U contest between buxom beauties from Singapore and Malaysia. The contest was part of the weekly variety programme Snap. Last year's winner, Malay-sia-born jewellery designer Poh,
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        96 10 PRESENTER Cheryl Fox is now hosting a new programme about racial relations. Mosaic, on Channel News Asia on Thursdays at 8.30 pm, was conceived after the Sept 11 attacks on the United States. Each week, Fox presents two stories of Singaporeans whose bonds go beyond racial
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        259 4 Architecture icon William Lim turns 70 on Friday. But he still behaves like a young maverick who thrives on challenges and minor controversies IT ALWAYS begins with the hair. Most people recognise the shock of white sprouting from the distinguished, liver-spot-ted head that could well
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        390 4 WILLIAM LIM the man is captured in No Limits, a 167--page book of 32 articles written in tribute to him. Established names such as architectural academic Robert Powell, art critic T. K. Sabapathy and diplomat Tommy Koh, as well as younger ones like architect
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        388 4 FORTY years on, the master himself has tackled far bigger projects, including the pinktiled apartment block at Unit 8, Holland Road, where he also lives. But he cannot choose a favourite among them. He prefers to think of his efforts as jumping the gun of the
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        246 4 GOOD BUILDINGS BUT NO GREAT ONES HERE IRONICALLY, moving on has meant that the very buildings Lim helped to erect, like the Yeo Hiap Seng factory, sometimes have to be pulled down. He shrugs at such heartbreaking affairs. 'That's Singapore society, isn't it? Apathetic and unsentimental," he says. "There are
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        56 4 WOMEN To_t could marry an intelligent woman and you 'd quarrel once a month. Or you could marry someone who worshipped you, and bored you to death over time.' (His wife, Lena, a founder-member ofthe Association of Women For Research, runs Select Books and Select Publishing in Tanglin
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        29 4 We are too short of urban space in Singapore to give it up for golf courses. Anyway, compared to squash, it's not as exercise-effective.
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        619 5 DSFSDFSFSAF PERHAPS it is about time to retire and take life easy, you ask? Recent engagements on his diary, however, prove the opposite. Sundays may be reserved for quality time with family. Sometimes it is a lunch appointment with his older eyesurgeon
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        553 7  -  CLARA CHOW bk The Necessary Stage's play deals with big post-911 issues, with dollops of diva-doings from television's Patricia Mok and Norleena Salim PUT two comedians like Patricia Mok and Norleena Salim together and you can bet there ■MMMMiM will be a barrel of
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        241 7 THEATRE MEDEA: ONE ON ONE Verena Tay Guinness Theatre I__st Thursday IN WHAT could have been an attempt to globalise the story of Medea, the set design of this production had Asian influences such as Balinese topeng masks, black sheets and boxes wrapped in red
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        226 7 THEATRE ORAXG ORANG Fundamental Multi-Disciplinary Sculpture Square I .ast Friday YOU know you can always expect a powerful and cutting edge performance from Zai Kuning. The multi-talented artist did not disappoint with the first showing of his latest work-in-progress dance, which is inspired by
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        712 8  -  CLARA CHOW __SDFSF. Aaron Aziz says his first-ever acting audition was terrible. But that didn't deter the former Manhunt finalist from trying until he landed a 'succulent' role TELEVISION hunk Aaron Aziz went from bowling alleys to the small screen. One year ago, he quit his
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        241 8 THE WORST 1. The Jerry Springer Show 2. My Mother The Car 3.XFL 4. The Brady Bunch Hour 5. Hogan's Heroes 6. Celebrity Boxing 7 AfterMASH 8. Cop Rock 9. You're In The Picture 10. Hee Haw Honeys LOS ANGELES There must be something about
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        871 5 Bjl OFFICE EQUIPMENT/ Hfjl OFFICE EQUIPMENT/ SUPPLIES Wjm suppijES """"■"-'"fl 5 SHELVES I -T-- Adjustable Multi-Purpose Ste^rack m hip H|D W j Brown/ Gre y| White I 90cm $95.00 $*****1 120cm $115.00 $125.00 ij 4 ~M 60cm $100.00 $110.00 I IW 90ot $105.00 $115.00 I Ll 4. 105cm $125.00 $140.00
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        725 5 Kfffl AUDI FOR SALE 9828-9000 FELIX TAN BfjTjl BMW FOR SALE BEST OFFER °___f e// BMW Year 1992 2002 All Models BRAND NEW BMW 3, 5, 7 SERIES Low downpayment 3 years agent warranty High trade-in Peter .*****121 Terence .9691 5508 Grace €9691 0660 BRAND NEW BMW DRIVE AWAY 3201A
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        590 5 BffjV DAIHATSU FOR SALE DEPOSIT $IK. '87 Daihatsu 1.0. Red colour. COE 6/2007 Can: 6456-6789 BJH FIAT FOR SALE $1500 ALL-IN-ALLI MID 1996 Fiat Brava ELX. Seldom available! Sporty look! Full bodykit. Original build-in hi-fi. Electric sunroof. OMV $19K. Trade-in welcome. $41.8K negi Hurry! Pis call: 6-*****31 Paul. $1500 ONLYI
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        1653 6 BRI HYUNDAI FOR SALE W\¥M HYUNDAI FOR SALE E__H___^____^ll ACC-N TI.3(M/A) (4 Doo/I-— *> *ccimi.r^ I;. S__J-__i_-l. Hotd-odc(M) 1V j/gf $t$ I YONG CHUAN MOTOR 500 Changi Rd (Junction Frankel Ave) &&.LOW D'PAYMENT i Matrlxl.6 r&ttiU 1777fe ONLY $488 DRIVEAWAY!!! Selling cheap! '91 Hyundai Excel 1.3. New 2k paint/ tax/
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        612 6 ■STI MERCEDES FOR SALE BW| MERCEDES FOR SALE RJS MERCEDES FOR SALE Fancy the C-Class? Call us for our Special Package. ""~"^__B^^" mm ■■^mmm^— Immediate registration*. /TTN Free lst instalment and insurance*. f JL j Package extended to C-Class Sports Coupe. Limited units. Low downpayment of around $35,000. Mercedes-Benz Conditions
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        610 6 5/'9B BENZ C200, 1 owner, biack, low mileage. C&C maintained. Special price $96K. *****377 2/'99 C240 AUTO. 1 owner. OMV $47,670. Black. Leather interior. Sepcial price $113K. 9620-1447 Al COND. 94 Near Benz ClBO. OMV $*****. COE $*****. New Facelift. Body Kit. Call *****222 6/'Ol NEW MODEL ClBO 2.0 auto.
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        401 7 ■fjfl SCRAP VEHICLES LICENSE DEALER EXPORT/ Scrap/ Buy all 92-2001 models. Buy sell PARF/ COE 9789 8888 BKW ALEX *****757/ *****537. Best prices offered for scrap cars non-C.O.E. lorries, p.ckups, taxi SPECIALIST FOR ALL makes scrap cars commercial. Highest cash payment!! Call: 9200-5744 CHENG YONG CREDIT cash payment for 800cc
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        592 7 Bf!S VEHICLES FOR HIRE '2000 ESTIMA 3.0. $3500/mth. New Dion $2500 p/mth and New Sonata. $2200/mth. 6337-6723 EASTERN CAR RENTALS. Opppsite Khatib Camp. I.3cc fr $50 p/day, $1100/mth *****201/ *****338 L S CAR Rental. Islandwide. New cars/ lorries/ vans/ pte plate. $50 up. 6453-1967/ 9627-9900 BLUE RIO RENTALS. Car MPV
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        886 7 ■fflj VANS FOR SALE HRI VANS FOR SALE gfl] VANS FOR SALE RJI VANS FOR SALE MERCEDES VITO TOYOTA HIACE TOYOTA LITEACE TOYOTA REGIUS 10 SEATER PA Plate 12/14 SEATER G Plate, Diesel 2.2 PA Plate, Diesel 3.0 Diesel PA Plate, Diesel 3.0 BWI VEHICLES WANTED A BENEFIT TO all
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        551 7 ■ffj LORRIES FOR SALE '2000 NISSAN CABSTAR. 10ft diesei. New paint/ tax. Low deposit. Asking $33,800. Call: 9742-1147 ONLY $10,200 '91 Nissan Doublecab. COE 8/2005. Diesel (Personal name can buy) *****003 ONE OWNER (YK 66) 1/'99 Isuzu Highdeck. No need VPC. Wooden body. Class 3 $33,800. *****331 SELLING $11K. 8/
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        835 7 C__*C! Frontier CmOEN Jumpy &*Z%>JL 'KlAPrsgio HYUNDAI HD6S LSf^^\Jr PIAGGIO Porter MITSUBISHI Carter 4 Scooter pqFl >• Wfm\, J &many (^J/AwSm^ __J, W apply (All vehicles come with Agent's Warranty) v.un_n9 ■tasmw i\omoanoan ___H_._ ______r 2002 '92 DAIHATSU 1.0 Urvan (Hijet. 5 dr) COE 7006-2012. New tax/ paint. No repair.
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        608 7 BSCI MOTORCYCLES/ fl| SCOOTERS GOOD CHEAP '93 Suzuki Bandit 400 $1100. '83 Yamaha RXK $750. Interested Call *****188 EDOI-08 CITY SOUTH-WEST PTEAPTS-RENT 1/I+l (678 to 850sf) J23ooup 2+l (1033sfup) $3300up 2+l Mais./terrace $4500 2+l penthse/jazz S6sooup 3+l (1 300sf up) $4800up 4 bdrm $8000up •4bdrm/penthse $9000 Joyce 9009-2080 2+l/3+l/4+l /Penthse
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        2078 7 Bl DO9-10 ORCHARD/ Pffl DO9-10 ORCHARD/ Wftfi DO9-10 ORCHARD/ J TANGLIN/ HOLLAND UjlmA TANGLIN/ HOLLAND KiLkJ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND I PTEAPTS-RENT I PTEAPTS-RENT WBPTE APTS RENT f"' __*_P^_Z > Prestigious Address at Leonie Hill Road r'" _U 5 Large Luxunous 4- 1 .\partment. New Show Apartments For Viewing Now! H LUCKY
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        1965 8 gylgylkgfykfy •fll 015-16 EAST COAST L^l PTEAPTS-RENT Block 9 2,400 sq.ft. Apartment (4 bedrooms) 2,100 sq.ft. Apartment (3 bedrooms) Complete recreational facilities. 5 minutes drive to the crty. Partially or fully furnished unit available BRAND NEW APARTMENTS FORTVILLE FORT RD OPEN HOUSE 10AM-6PM DAILY Expat's choice, brand new Breezy. East
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        788 8 HDII &21 NEWTON/ PS! DU& 21 NEWTON/ |B| MIS 2I NEWTON/ KJI D11& 21 NEWTON/ Wfti Dll _21 NEWTON/ Wffi Dll _21 NEWTON/ BT TIMAH/ CLEMENTI |lCl| BT TIMAH/ CLEMENTI UJ BT TIMAH/ CLEMENTI WLUM BT TIMAH/ CLEMENTI ftfill BT TIMAH/ CLEMENTI Kyi BT TIMAH/ CLEMENTI PTE APTS -SALE gfflfl|
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        613 8 E SERVICE (Wl SERVICE (Wl SERVICE APARTMENTS fclaJ APARTMENTS MU APARTMENTS FAR EAST PLAZA tSeryice Apartments in the Heart of City I For Lease: From One Week to One Year m WK' At the doorstep of the hustie and bustle of *^J| Luxurious penthouses and one bedroom '^SS > Swimming
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        622 8 "'A The Tango ...in a space of luxury For enquries, call 6732 2212 Indulge in the luxury of Le Grove Serviced Apartments, possibly the most generously-sized ones in the prime residential area. 5 mins to Orchard Road Pool, tennis, squash, gym, sauna Shuttle bus service to and from city _^H
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        400 8 E SERVICE (Wl SERVICE APARTMENTS ILJjJ APARTMENTS ■or Lease f i I >. Accepted J (from 1 week; N. Now _>/ r restigious bervice Apartments In District 9 Next to Orchard MRT Station —-4 fi tJ'lf 9 f I_fi__» %n > IS.IIIIIi|S •I. •tr 6 f eltoji I ii S
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        261 8 HDOI-08 CITY I SOUTH-WEST PTE APTS -SALE SPOTTISWOODE PK. 5-RM. High fir. Good cond. Serene. Best invest. S4OK below. *****277 S66OK/ $1800 NEG. Bayville Condo. 1270 sqft. 3+l bdrms. Pool. Freehold. Agt 9021-6617 BLK B/ D. Dover Parkview Condo. 99 yrs. Pool/ gdn. 3+1. 1249 sq.ft. View to offer. *****487
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        905 9 Bl DO9-10 ORCHARD/ j TANGLIN/ HOLLAND PTE APTS -SALE SIXTH AVE FREEHOLD condo. Walk-up apt with balcony, both 2 bdrm with attached baths. $650 psf. Hamptons Int'l 9222 o_oB D.lO. 12 LUTHERAN TWR. Blk 25 Tan Kim Cheng Rd. #12-27. 1916 sq.ft. 103 yrs w.e.f 1974. Mortgagee's auction 25/7. KF
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        737 9 E HDB APTS FOR SALE IRI HDB APTS FOR SALE Pfffl HDB APTS FOR SALE Pjfl HDB APTS FOR SALE Pttl HDB APTS FOR SALE PSI HDB APTS FOR SALE (BEDOK/CHAICHEE) |^j run met. iac^uir u_i.m:n |gy (BEDOK/CHAICHEE) CBEDOK/CHA^CHEE] MbU (BEDOK/CHAICHEE) HDB ESTATES 1 r Buy It. Sell It. Find
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        516 9 NEAR MRT 4 'NG' Bedok North Blk 411. Low fir. Unblocked. Renovated. Move-in. immed. *****738/ Pg: *****301 Hj Zack PN E HDB APTS FOR SALE (BISHAN) i Llttad Homing Agency MKkHM SGLO 5356K f_^l_».ll SOID(3_3K _tBcMais_6l SOLOSniX wSell/BnyWelcome EXEC MAIS 261. High fir. Marble fir., unblocked. Renovated. Mkt/ Catholic High.
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        650 9 BW\ HDB APTS FOR SALE IjJ (HOUGANG/ S'GOON/ g YIO CHU KANG) 838, HOUGANG CENTRAL. 5 T Corner. 5 yrs. Very beautiful. Unblocked. 1 min MRT, interchange, Mall. Reasonable price. 4 'A's units also avail. 9545-4525 DW LOW FLR LOVERS! Well renovated 4 'A2' 911. 95% loan. Malay owner. Unblocked.
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        611 9 E HDB APTS FOR SALE (PASIR RIS/ CHANGI) EXEC APT 538, mid fir/ Mais 471, ground fir. Designer decor. MRT. Urgent sale! 9730-3681 ARN "EXEC APT BLK 534 Corner. MRT. New balcony. Face N.S. Bright. Aircon. Beach. *****999 EXEC. APT. 270 Pasir Ris. 3+l. Mid fir. Renovated. Loyang Pt. Amenities.
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        621 9 B HDB APTS FOR SALE (WOODLANDS/ SEMBAWANG) Damien Lim *****011 C2l ML 5 T 731, high fir, 100% move in 5 '1' 733, 736 low fir, face park 5 T 795 unblocked. Walk to MRT 5T 643, high fir, 5 mins to MRT 5 '1' 649, mid fir, 3 mins
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        456 9 E HOUSES WANTED (RENT/ BUY) APPROVED HDB 3/ 4/ 5-rm flat wanted by Expats. Co lease. Prefer furn. Owners call *****108 Bl PRIVATE APTS J WANTED (RENT/ BUY) Leading Japanese agency looking for owners with condominiums for rent at Valley Park/ Aspen Heights/ Tiara/ Melrose Park/ UE Square Contact Mlmi
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        1197 9 HJH HDB APTS FOR SALE Rfjl HDB APTS FOR SALE |yj (MIXED/OTHER ESTATES) |jy (MIXED/OTHER ESTATES) ittft l_i-fr^ jtt_____i Ready Buyers Genuine Sellers 1. Tan Jick Keong 3rm East 1. 81k 216 JurongEast Exec 2 Sucipto Degawtdjaja srm East 2. Blk 314 Tampines Exec 3. Sudarsono Hanyanto Exec Central/East 3.
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        289 9 E FACTORY SPACE FOR SALE Near Jalan Bukit Merah 4th floor 4,844 6,082 sq ft Selling with tenancies Freehold 0.14 MORTGAGEE SALE. Eunos Warehse Complex. 2 units of warehse space. 3218/ 3703 sq.ft. 60 yrs wef 11/1/82. See to offer. DT2 *****971 MUST SELLI Fty/ Warehse/ Office Senoko: area 7202
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        1045 10 H OFFICE SPACE Rfl OFFICE SPACE Rll OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT B^UfORRENT |^J FOR RENT ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■j Servcorp Virtual, i Everything but the Office... B I First month free! Dedicated ohone number answered in your company name .__P and put through to your HOME OFFICE, MOBILE or VOICEMAIL g 5^ Prestigious
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        775 10 Bl OFFICE SPACE j) FOR RENT Near Tg. Pagar MRT Area: 356 -2,314 sqft Rental Negotiable Available immediately Enquiries: 6220 9911 FULLY FITTED UNITS NEXT TO MRT OUTSIDE/ INSIDE CBD RAFFLES PLACE $3.50 p.s.f. SUNTEC CITY $4.00 p.s.f. TANJONG PAGAR $2.50 p.s.f. BUGIS $2.60 p.s.f. CITY HALL $3.50 p.s.f. NOVENA
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        912 10 Bl OFFICE SPACE jj FOR RENT PropNexWMM PRUDENTIAL TOWER. 3900 sq.ft. Renovated. High fir/ 24 hrs aircon. Attractive rent. Immed. Sole Agt 9742-1207 Andrew Koh HSR Prop Nex W__MJ__l RAFFLES PLACE. 8000 sq.ft. Beautifully renovated. Mgrs/ Conference/ Workstations. Subsidised rental. Paul 9842-4348 RAFFLES PL/ CITY Hail/ Suntec City. 1500-3200 sq.ft.
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        697 10 Bl OFFICE SPACE J FOR RENT GOLDHILL CENTRE. THOMSON Rd. Beside Novena MRT. 700 sq.ft. Immed. Call Derrick 9784-5854 INT'L PLAZA/ NOVENA Twr/ Shenton Hse/ Lavender. Fr Si psf. 9692-8537 No agt. RAFFLES MRT. S'PORE Land Twr. Very high fir. Good view. 2658 sq.ft. $4.30 p.s.f. 9306-7502 agt THE PLAZA
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        1555 10 ESHOP SPACE RJ! SHOP SPACE FOR RENT r^n?:,. SHOPS SPACE FOR LEASE Building Area (Sq. Ft.) Central Mall 800 to 5,000 Chinatown Point 280 to 3,950 Delfi Orchard 420 to 740 IBM Towers 250 to 10,000 Katong Shopping Centre 65 to 3,500 Tanglin Shopping Centre 350 to 1.200 Orchard Hotel
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        1084 10 H WAREHOUSES/ Rfl WAREHOUSES/ STORAGE KifiJ STORAGE SPACE FOR RENT I SPACE FOR REN' PRIME WAREHOUSE CUM OFFICE IN RIVER VALLEY Superb location. Outside CBD. 1,500 -22,000 sqft up Some units with container access Short long term storage Good staff amenities support jft Attractive rental terms _r /^T^\ RUBY INDUSTRIAL
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        296 22 Convey your confidence and competence at job interviews with more than just words. open palm gesture is commonly regarded as a sign of openness and sincerity. Do not cross your arms in front of your chest as this is a strong sign of defensiveness. Unconscious gestures Be wary of actions
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