The Straits Times, 25 December 2002

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    30 1 The Straits Times PACIFIC AREA NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR Established M« Wednesday December 25, 2002 98 Pages m six parts mita (P) 094/03/2002 •JPA Singapore Press Holdings publication \J\J Cents
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    Lock icon US warning: We can take on both Iraq and N. Korea
    581 1 US warning: We can take on both Iraq and N. Korea Rumsfeld cautions Pyongyang not to go on with its nuclear programme while Washington is preoccupied with Baghdad WASHINGTON The United States has warned North Korea not to use US preoccupation with Iraq as an opportunity to press ahead with
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    Lock icon Baby Zachary beats the odds
    408 1  -  LIANG HWEE TING By WHEN Zachary Lee was born 18 months ago, he had a deformed skull, a hole m the heart and webbed fingers and toes. Many parents would have buckled under the pressure of raising such a child, but for 33-year-old quantity surveyor
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    Lock icon Christmas wishes
    45 1 THE PRIME MINISTER wishes all Christians a Merry Christmas. THE STRAITS TIMES wishes its Christian readers a Merry Christmas. There will be no publication tomorrow. THE HEW PAPER will not be published today because of the Christmas holiday. It will be back tomorrow.
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      185 1 TERROR WATCH: Indonesian Muslim groups pitch m to protect churches againpjmmkmgs page 6 <4___ r a _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-B--_-_-_-_-_k _ra_R ___k pv 92 v_| mr Bwmm mWAm BT Am A^at** W __r V_ P^____r_a__Yfl __P_P^HY^___W__ al H -1-Hr l.i--_T-t_-il BikE- wammm. V--I l r --P--^--r-l-rl-_P r3 HHHIH--I1 iHll __-_ll _-_-_l___l-l fl r*E
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  • NEWS FLASH
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      181 2 HOW HOSPIT/U. TRIPS CAN BE CUT TRAINING GPs m home-based care for the elderly is the first step m creating a culture of treating old people at home. The College of General Practitioners, which is launching a course for this purpose, hopes that some GPs will form groups or
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      103 2 WINNERS AW LOSERS THIS YEAR THE losers include Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, Saudi Arabia, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and, of course, the Al-Qaeda. The winners are Israel, India and Russia, whose respective struggles with the Palestinians, the Kashmiris and the Chechens have taken on a
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      109 2 WHEN A TEMPLE IS YOUR NtUGHBOUR THE authorities need to take a tougher stand on temples sited m residential premises, as it has become a common practice m many flats, says reader Ooi Yung Chiun. He complains that his next-door neighbours operate a temple, holding regular worship sessions and
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      77 2 Open wallet era dawns m China BEIJING undergraduate SongYing, 21, spends almost half her parents' combined pay on clothes, cosmetics, mobile phone bills, movies and tuition. She is a typical product of China's one-child policy that spawned a generation of spoilt "little emperors The first of them started work
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      215 2 Residents glad that lots are gone TWELVE parking spaces outside the black-and-white houses near Newton Circus have been removed, but the people who live m these houses are more relieved than rankled. Some residents say patrons of the food centre, which operates till the early hours of the morning,
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      62 2 FLEXTRONICS IS BULLISH ON ASIA THE world's biggest electronics manufacturing services firm continues to be bullish on Asia and expects this region to overtake Europe as its largest market soon. In the third quarter of the year, Asia overtook the Americas as Flextronics International's second biggest market, supplying more
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      100 2 NOW FOR RED COLLAR CRIME INFLATION of a new type is coming up m China. Some companies are working hand m glove with overseas buyers to boost their order books so that they will look good to investors, says international risk consultant Stephen Vickers. But once the money comes
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      133 2 AS I A FRESH WORRIES OVER NEW HK LAN WORRIES over the proposed anti-subver-sion legislation have been fuelled anew by the recent resignation of a Bank of China International researcher, Mr CV. Ho, whose opinion piece questioning Hongkong government policy drew harsh criticism from Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji. Businessmen fear
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      64 2 WHAT NON FOR SINGAPORE'S LIONS? The team that broke Singapore hearts when they lost 0-4 to Malaysia has succeeded m generating intense public discussion. To date, readers and Net users have posted 187 messages on The Straits Times Interactive chatroom, fired ofi°B6 e-mail messages to Timesport, sent 19 letters
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      414 2 MAIN Prime 3,4,6 World 8-11 Editorial 12 Commentary 12,13 Forum 14,15 HOME Home Hl-118 Tech or Science HlO ASIA/SPORTS/ MONEY Asia Al China A2.A3 Asia A4,A5 S-EAsia A6,A7 Malaysia A8 Sports A9-All Money... Al3-Al6 LIFE! Movies L 3 Comics L 4 Health L 5 Christmas stories L6.L7 What's On 1,8
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      198 2 GIVE YOUR PARENTS THE GIFT OF GOOD BONE HEALTH Many parents believe that raising children will ensure that they will be well cared for m their old age. So, as grown-ups, one of the most thoughtful gestures to show our gratitude is to show our concern for their health. Before
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      181 2 Don't wait till your parents feel the aches and pain. The best way to prevent these problems from occurring is to prevent them from happening m the first place. Other than paying close attention to their daily diet, get your parent to exercise more regularly. Another vital step is to
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      206 2 supplement to strengthen their bones and joints. Now, through JNCI (S) Pte Ltd, your parents can benefit from a US-patented product BioCalth. Specially formulated with the addition of vitamin C extracted from plantbased raw materials, it is manufactured using advanced pharmaceutical techniques to yield results. Not only does BioCalth provide
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  • PRIME NEWS
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      Lock icon Don't worry, just forgive and be happy
      655 3 More psychologists are closing m on the secrets of happiness m their studies. And the answers are quite simple, really THE HAPPIEST PEOPLE.- Spend the least time alone; Pursue personal growth and intimacy; Judge themselves by their own yardsticks, never against what others
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      469 3  -  SIM CHI YIN By HOW TO DONATE: BYCHEOUE Make it out to: School Pocke Money Fund', and mail it to Singapore Press Holdings, School Pocket Money Fund, Finance Division, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Singapore *****4. BY PHONE Call the School Pocket Money Fund hotline
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      Lock icon OH $1.8M CHRISTMAS TREE, OH $1.8M CHRISTMAS TREE...
      63 4 THOMAS WHITE The final touches are put to this tree decked with 100 pieces of jewellery, containing more than 300 carats of diamonds, 400 pearls and a necklace by Italian designer Stefan Hafner. Installed m all its $1.8 million glory- at Shangri-La
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      Lock icon Rise of red-collar crime iN China
      541 4  -  MARY KWANG Risk consultants warn of firms turning to cooking their books or setting up bogus factories to impress foreign investors By HONGKONG CORRESPONDENT HONGKONG Some companies collude with overseas buyers to inflate their order books to make themselves look attractive to investors, m
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      Lock icon Forget the gifts, Santa, where's your passport?
      233 4 NEW YORK Times have changed. An Ontario businessman who has donned a Santa Claus outfit and made a river crossing from Canada to the United States on a windsurfboard every Christmas for the past 18 years as a stunt for charity has been
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      Lock icon US$3OO giveaway truly on the wall
      150 4 CHARLOTTE (North Carolina) A businessman has decided to share some of his good fortune with others, a dollar at a time. Mr Mike Jeffcoat, 42, a corporate furnishings consultant, taped 300 US$l (551.75) bills to his office window on Friday along with a note:
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      Lock icon Muslim groups join police to guard churches
      569 6  -  DERWIN PEREIRA Two Indonesian groups send a signal to extremists that they do not have the support of the moderate Muslim majority Bu INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT JAKARTA Two of Indonesia's largest Muslim groups have joined forces with the police to provide security to churches,
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      Lock icon Mayor and 12 others killed in Philippines blast
      293 6 COTABATO (Philippines) A bomb planted by suspected Muslim militants m a residential compound killed 13 people, including a prominent Muslim mayor, m the southern Philippines yesterday. Datu Piang Mayor Saudie Ampatuan died when the homemade bomb exploded during a party he was
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      Lock icon RADICALS GIVING US A BAD NAME
      108 6 RADICALS GIVING US A BAD NAME 'There is this misperception that Muslims in Indonesia are hostile to Christians. The radicals are giving us a bad name. They are a small group and do not represent Islam because their teachings are all flawed. By protecting churches, we are sending a strong
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      107 6 y lally to all our viewers business associates HAVE A MERffr CHRISTMAS A JOYOUS fIEW YEAR! —BR*-* _B Bk. B Bi. _H IL Am, m Am M 888,, Mm. km m Mm ■H||| t_^ _l _Ql__W M A B B* B BJ B B B?- _-_-r «_i m, __i a_B
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Gulf War II can be over in a flash
      644 8 U|f*U QDECA Bombers with 'smart' weapons UUI I VI CUI can hit 200 targets m one night |||f*l| TEf*|| Microwave bombs can knock out III VI I ILvII Baghdad's power supply |||f*|| IMPAPT TnermoDaric bombs can destroy niUll llTllftvl chemical and
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      Lock icon UN seeks cash for food aid in case of Iraq war
      301 8 UN seeks cash for food aid in case of Iraq war UNITED NATIONS The United Nations has appealed for U5537.4 million (Ss6s million) to prepare food and other humanitarian supplies m case of military action m Iraq, a UN spokesman said. UN humanitarian agencies met with key donors m Geneva
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      Lock icon Iraqi warplane shoots down US drone
      451 8 'BREACH OF AIRSPACE' WASHINGTON An Iraqi warplane has shot down an unnamed US surveillance drone, a move seen as likely to escalate tensions amid a buildup of United States forces m the region. The Pentagon said the Predator drone aircraft was shot down while
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      Lock icon Of carts and cars
      50 8 SIMPLY put, it's a tale of the rich and poor m Baghdad. For tnese vendors, the threat of war translates into hard times. In contrast, all is calm at this car showroom, where dealers have worked around UN rules to get these luxury' cars. AP AFP
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      Lock icon Christ's birthplace loses holiday spirit
      445 8  -  ABRAHAM RABINOVICH By INJEBUSALEM 'I HOPE THAT GOD NIL HELP US HAVE A PEACEFUL CELEBRATION.' Bishop Aristorchus of the Jerusalem Inter-Church Committee THE radar beams scanning the eastern sky from the holy land this Christmas season are not searching for the biblical three wise men.
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      Lock icon US sets up defence system against terrorist nuclear attack
      638 9 Known as Ring Around Washington, it aims to detect a nuclear or radiological bomb before the weapon could be used 'These guys continue to go back after targets they have tried before. That's why I expect they're going to go back
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      Lock icon Restaurant execs nabbed for buying British beef
      395 9 Restaurant execs nabbed for buying British beef FRENCH MAD-COW PROBE PARIS The director of a French steakhouse chain and another executive have been put under investigation m a probe into allegations that the company violated a ban on British beef imposed to stop the spread of mad cow disease. Charges
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      Lock icon Top Irish judge okays experimental treatment
      191 9 BELFAST The family of a teenager infected with the human form of mad cow disease won final legal approval on Monday for him to have an experimental treatment which has never been tested on people. Northern Ireland's highest-ranking judge, Sir Robert Carswell, said he
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      Lock icon Allies fight over German imirngration laws
      794 10  -  WILLIAM BOSTON Opposition parties find themselves m battle with their allies the churches and business m the immigration debate NEWS ANALYSIS Ru FOR THE STRAITS TIMES Govt to push for Bill again Germany's ageing society is faced with a scarcity of highly-skilled local labour.
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      Lock icon Iran plane crash kills 46 from Ukraine
      128 10 TEHERAN A plane carrying Ukrainian and Russian aerospace experts crashed m central Iran on Monday, killing all 46 people on board. The aircraft had taken off from Kharkiv, Ukraine, m the afternoon with a delegation of officials from the city's aircraft plant onboard.
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      Lock icon Seafood feast marred by oil slick
      86 10 SEAFOOD, including octopuses like these being held up by a fishmonger at her shop m Madrid, is traditionally a popular main dish during the holidays m Spain. But this year's feast is set to be marred by memories of the devastation wreaked on the
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      Lock icon Britain 'had planned to exterminate Germans'
      363 10 Britain 'had planned to exterminate Germans' Retired general joins debate on British actions during WWII BERLIN A retired German Nato general said that the British had planned the "extermination of the German civilian population" with the Allied bombing of major cities at the end of World War 11. Joining a
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      Lock icon New US Senate leader vows to heal racial rift
      396 11 A close Bush ally, transplant surgeon Frist shifts the focus onto economic growth and health care as key agenda priorities WASHINGTON Tennessee senator Bill Frist, who was chosen unanimously as the new Senate majority leader, has pledged to neip neai the
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      Lock icon Call to speed up extradition of Fujimori
      161 11 Call to speed up extradition of Fujimori LIMA President Alejandro Toledo has called on Peru's judiciary to expedite its case to bring former president Alberto Fujimori back from Japan to face corruption and murder charges. Peruvian officials fear the extradition request could hinder efforts to unblock US$7OO million (551.22 billion)
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    • PEOPLE
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        Lock icon Pressure on Hillary to run for President
        181 11 Pressure on Hillary to run for President 2004 POLLS AND NOT 2008? WASHINGTON Could former First Lady Hillary Clinton be m line for the top job of the country? There is a growing pressure on her to challenge Mr George W. Bush for the US presidency m 2004 after the
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        Lock icon EASING UP ON SANTA NEXT XMAS
        74 11 VIENNA Anti-Santa crusader Phillip Tengg is the first to admit he's been a bad boy this year and deserves coal m his stocking. After causing a stir this month, Mr Tengg, a former divinity student leading a spirited campaign "for a contemplative Christmas time",
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        75 11 Victor Emmanuel, the son of Italy's last king, returned to Italy on Monday with his family after a half-century of exile imposed because of the monarchy's support for fascist dictator Benito Mussolini. Mexican pop star Gloria Trevi has spent her first night m prison following her extradition from Brazil on
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        46 11 Quoteworthy The commission considers that it would be foolish to make any further comment until April I A statement from European Commissi on officials who got into festive mood by issuing a bogus press release on fines against four companies for dominating the Christmas card market
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        Lock icon EARLY RELEASE FOR JAILED BRITISH SPY
        122 11 LONDON British spy David Shayler, who was jailed for revealing disturbing allegations of wrongdoing m the intelligence services, has left prison on early release. Shayler, 37, grinned broadly as he hugged his waiting partner Annie' Machon and brother Phil. fe The renegade MIS M>y,
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        Lock icon QUEEN ELIZABETH STRAINS HER KNEE
        49 11 »*_ONDON Queen Elizabeth II has strained -a ligament m her knee and is using a cane to x walk. The palace said the monarch had hurt herself during a visit to Newmarket, m Suffolk, east- ern England, on Friday and was healing well. AP
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  • COMMENTARY ANALYSIS
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        605 12 THE contest of will between North Korea and the United States over nuclear arms intentions is heading nowhere for the protagonists. In the space of 48 hours, the North Koreans have violated treaty sanctions by removing monitoring equipment on their Yongbyon nuclear installation, then tampering with
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      Lock icon Terror wasn't the only big story of 2002
      848 12  -  FAREED ZAKARIA Bu NEWSWEEK THIS year has been the first year of the post-Sept 11 world. So as 2002 winds up, it is a good time to look back and ask, "Who are the winners and losers of the new international order?"
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      Lock icon Pessimism and faith
      990 12  -  CHIA LEE HOONG WEDNESDAY -M«mmMMM»MMMM_aaMM WITH THE VERDICT: The past year nas been full of gloom and doom. But like gifts, what we make of next year depends on what we expect. LATE December is when it is customary m the newspaper business to look back at
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      Lock icon Leadership is no spectator sport
      1194 13  -  R. PALAKRISHNAN By Don't let cynicism dog you Cynicism is deadly. It bites everything it can reach like a dog with afoot caught m a trap. In fact, the root of the word "cynic" is the same as the Greek word for "dog. Cynicism devours
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      Lock icon Govts must look at long-term solvency, not current deficits
      669 13  - Govts must look at long-term solvency, not current deficits STEPHEN CECCHETTI _2_ WITH each month, budget deficit estimates seem to grow. The gap between United States government revenue and expenditure now looks to be about 2 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) next year. 'And m Europe, a number
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    Lock icon Keep up the responsible journalism
    140 14 AS A year comes to an end, and a new one looms, I want to say "Thank you" to The Straits Times for practising responsible journalism during the year. This is especially important after 911 as new sensitivities arose, affecting the social cohesion of our
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    Lock icon My flat is next to a 'temple'
    339 14 'TEMPLES' IN A BLOCK OF FLATS IN BEDOK RESERVOIR ROAD, WHERE LARGE QUANTITIES OF JOSS STICKS, CANDLES AND PAPER OFFERINGS ARE BURNT IN THE COMMON CORRIDOR. AS A RESULT, TNE COMMON CORRIDOR IS DIRTY AND UNSIGHTLY, AND THE CEILINGS ARE BLACKENED DV THE
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    Lock icon Time to rate all discos on fire safety
    211 14 Time to rate all discos on fire safety I APPLAUD the Singapore Civil Defence Force s surprise inspections of discos, just before the festive season that will inevitably see more crowds ("Exposed the fire exit which wasn't"; ST, Dec 21). The majority of those who died m discotheque fires m
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    Lock icon MERRY CHRISTMAS
    279 15 MERRY CHRISTMAS AS I grabbed a quick sandwich lunch m the middle of another busy work day last Friday, I took 10 minutes to read The Straits Times. And there, on the Forum page, I found two letters to lift my spirits and touch my soul ("Let the light shine
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    448 15 Rainwater Harvesting WE WOULD like to provide an alternative perspective to the issues presented m the article, Before you build that water recycling tank" (ST, Dec 9). Our limited land resource necessitates a multiple land-use approach. As water is a precious natural resource, full support
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    228 15 I READ with interest the article on the prohibition on owners of private houses thinking of storing rainwater for their own use. I live m the Bukit Timah area and, as far as I am aware, the rainwater normally flows into the drain,
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    263 15 SINGAPORE is tapping two new sources of water, namely desalinated and reclaimed water. Their methods of production, however, involve large capital outlay and high recurring operating expenditure. They use oil or gas. As the world's oil and gas reserves are being depleted, their pricing
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    335 15 NTUC didn't advocate weakening Sing dollar I REFER to the article, "Weaken $to boost economy, says NTUC chief" (ST, Dec 21). The headline gave the impression that I was speaking for the National Trades Union Congress and that the NTUC was advocating a weakening of the Singapore dollar. Both points
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    164 15 Impose small charge for plastic bags I AM heartened by the recently introduced signs m shops which exhort customers/staff to use fewer plastic bags. However, I believe this is not sufficient to change the general attitude towards plastic bags ana to reduce the amount of refuse this generates. I regularly
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      65 1 EASY DOES IT Tmjust afraid of the disappointment. I mean, what if we plan and plan and I don't make it to Oct 18?' Andrea De Cruz of her upcoming wedding to Pierre Png who gave her part of his liver m a life-saving transplant seven months ago. The TV
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      659 1  - Gone a whole lo t of trouble ARTI MULCHAND Removal of parking lots near Newton makan spot comes as a Christmas gift for residents vexed by air, sound pollution By THIS Christmas, residents of Monk's Hill Terrace which lies adjacent to Newton Food Centre have more than one reason to
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      1548 2  -  LIANG HWEE TING This is the last of our series on newsmakers, but for Pierre Png and Andrea De Cruz, it's a fresh start after Slim 10 saga By W MY HEART, ILL ALWAYS IOIOW THAT I HAD AN
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      295 2 April: MediaCorp artiste Andrea De Cruz is hospitalised with hepatitis. She is rumoured to have taken Slim 10, a made-in-China slimming pill. She is admitted to Mt Alvernia Hospital, where she stays for three weeks. May 4: Her liver fails. She is transferred to the National University Hospital's intensive
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      826 4  -  SIM CHI YIN A new course will train GPs m providing home care, so elderly patients do not have to go to hospitals or nursing homes Bu IME NEED TO CREATE A CULTURE OF HOME-BASED CARL ITS MEANINGLESS FOR ALL OF US
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      215 4 GOING HOME GAVE HIM BACK HIS DIGNITY HOME care has made a difference to the life of retired security guard Jimmy Evan Rantun. The 65-year-old stroke patient, who was bedridden for 13 years after his first stroke, was left unable to speak or swallow when a second one struck him
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      493 5  -  K.C. VIJAYAN Orchard Towers Murder Lawyer says he expects to get a decision on the petition from Minister for Justice and Customs by the end of next month bjl BY NEXT month, it may be known whether Orchard Towers murder accused Michael McCrea will
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      125 5 THE National Library Board (NLB) will have a new chairman from Jan 1 next year. Miss Lim Soo Hoon, Permanent Secretary (Community Development and Sports), will succeed Dr Tan Chin Nam, who has led the board since it was established m 1995. Dr Tan,
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      366 5  -  K.C. Vijayan HOT on the heels of a month-long publicity campaign, some 5,000 Singaporeans have joined the People s Forum, a move aimed at getting public feedback on current issues. But the forum membership figures released by the Feedback Unit yesterday
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      137 5 AS HEAVY rain is expected over the next few days, avoid low-lying areas, says the weatherman. A Meteorological Service statement yesterday said periods of widespread and heavy rain are expected islandwide between Dec 25 and 30, because of strong north-east monsoon winds. The north-east
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        278 8 Science can kill in wrong hands THE same scientific advances m biotechnology, genetics and medicine that are intended to improve life Could also be used to develop biological weapons capable ef causing mass destruction. Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's Centre for Civilian Biodefence Strategies sounded
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        687 8  -  CHANG AI-LIEN The work, which is not without ethical controversy, could five hope to patients with permanent brain and spinal damage By SCIENCE CORRESPONDENT A GROUP of researchers here is planning to clone human embryos, m the hope that the controversial research will
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        219 8 SCIENTISTS m favour of therapeutic cloning say that this is the path which will load to major nodical advances, through the tailor-made production of tissue to treat everything from cancer to Parkinson's disease. They believe that such research will load to: Creating healthy colls which can
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        411 10 Now, a test to tell if smallpox vaccine works This can also be used to gauge if a person who has been vaccinated against the disease actually develops immunity WASHINGTON A laboratory test for the effectiveness of smallpox vaccines has been developed by a team of European researchers. In a
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        720 10 ONLINE GATEKEEPER CAPTCHAS, shorthand for "completelyautomated public Turing tests to tell computers and humans apart", aim to distinguish real people from intelligent computer programs. They will not stop Web robots from finding your e-mail address on the Internet or trying e-mail
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        651 10 THE mathematics are inescapable. The higher the altitude, the less oxygen the air will hold, and the more difficult it is to breathe. Either the body adapts, or the person dies. For decades, scientists accepted an "Andean man" model for
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      38 1 TIP ON COURAGE AND WISDOM *We must have the courage to change what we cannot accept and also the wisdom to accept what we cannot change. Penang Chief Minister Koh Tsu Koon advising civil servants to be self-critical
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      65 1 CHRISTMAS just isn't the same without Santa. Beijingers have discovered the economic value of the jolly old guy m a red suit as restaurant staff set up this dancing Santa doll (right) to attract customers. In Manila, however, a gen-toting Santa is actually a police officer
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      392 1 PIRANHAS IN BEIJING BEIJING Owners of the deadly flesh-eating piranha fish m Beijing have begun killing them on government orders to destroy the dangerous species, Chinese media reported yesterday. According to Beijing Youth Daily, aquariums, ocean amusement parks and pet fish dealers
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      783 1 Tis the season to be merry and wary —in Asia The festive season catches South-east Asia on edge over terrorist attacks, spending cutbacks in Hongkong and an anti-US demonstration in Seoul Worrying concerns IN INDONESIA: Two-thirds of the country's 270,000 police officers are to be patrolling churches, shopping malls and
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        805 2  - Style-conscious 'little emperors' set to change consumer trends CHUA CHIN HON The products of China's one-child policy, these youths have a big influence on how their parents spend their money Bu TBI STRAITS TIMES CHINA BUREAU 'They have a huge say m how their families renovate their homes, which restaurants
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        189 2  -  Chua Chin Hon BEIJING The four hottest consumer markets for the "little emperors" are m travel, health products, apparel and skills upgrading, according to a recent report m the Beijinq Youth Daily. These urbane youths are m search of the thrill of travel, entertainment
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        256 2 BEIJING Mineral reserves m around 20 per cent of mining cities m China are almost exhausted, sparking job-loss fears and an intensive search for alternative investment. But civic leaders m 400 towns dependent on mineral wealth could lessen the impact of depleted
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        406 2  -  XIE HONG TRAVEL TO CHINA Embassy urges travellers to get visas before flying to China Bij THE STRAITS TIMES CHINA DESK THE Chinese authorities have eased visa restrictions for foreigners, allowing foreign visitors, m some instances, to apply for a visa on arrival
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        299 2 TAIPEI The Taiwan government says it will take legal action if a British firm fails to make a "satisfactory" apology for a liquor advertisement that was viewed as having seriously defamed the image of Taiwanese products. The ad promoting Diageo products at the expense
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        556 3 Businessmen fear new law may erode HK's edge Anti-Subversion Legislation Plan They worry the absence of free flow of information could destroy Hongkong's competitive advantage over the mainland HONGKONG Businessmen m Hongkong are worried that a government plan to enact anti-subversion legislation could wreck a vital competitive advantage the territory
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        161 3 HONGKONG Hongkong and China will build a new cross-border bridge linking the two sides and will soon extend the opening hours of one crossing to 24 hours a day to ease congestion, officials said yesterday. Many business groups have urged the government to open
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        280 3 Actress Liu's properties to be auctioned off BEIJING Nineteen houses and apartments belonging to Chinese actress and tax-fraud convict Liv Xiaoqing will be auctioned off early next month, state media said. The dwellings, 15 of which are m Beijing, will be sold off on Jan 5, Xinhua news agency said,
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        692 4 N. Korea on course to produce weapons grade plutonium Technicians are believed to be doing repair work at a f ive-meyawatt nuclear reactor despite US warnings, say reports weit nwenkjy 4hnmjky hj45mn United States: 'WE WU. NOT GIVE IN TO BUCNMJUL' South Korea: 'THE NORTH IS NOT LISTENING NOW.' SEOUL
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        288 4 2 Koreas discuss opening borderror tourists SEOUL South Korea and North Korea have discussed border-crossing procedures for southern tourists travelling to the North's Mount Geumgang on a newly-built road, the Souths Defence Ministry said. Working-level military officials from the two sides met at the truce village of Panmunjom to discuss
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        358 4 Police will get more access to scenes of soldiers' offences SEOUL Amid growing an-ti-American sentiment m South Korea, the United States military has agreed to give police here more access to the scenes of crimes involving US soldiers. Officials said yesterday
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        252 4 SEOUL South Korea has given permission for two Taiwanese airlines to operate chartered flights between Taipei and Seoul, and between Taipei and Cheju respectively, the Ministry of Construction and Transportation said. From this Friday, Taiwan's Far Eastern Air Transport will operate two flights a
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        600 5 Delhi hopes new subway can unsnarl traffic jams A DREAM CONE TRUE! The idea of a railway network m the capital was raised by the authorities half a century ago. But bureaucratic wrangling got m the way and delayed construction. Now, this spanking new train (above) is a reality. Prime
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        441 5 ISLAMABAD Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has asked his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Khatami to mediate between Pakistan and India on the issue of Kashmir. "We appreciate the efforts of Iran to reduce the tension between Pakistan and India," Gen Musharraf told President Khatami
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        254 5 AHMEDABAD Police lobbed teargas shells to control rioting Hindu and Muslim mobs m the western Indian state of Gujarat on Monday, a day after Hindu firebrand Narendra Modi took the oath of office as state chief minister for a second term, police
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        372 5  - Indian firm launches cheap mobile-phone service NIRMAL GHOSH CLASH OF SERVICE PROVIDERS Reliance network calls will be four times cheaper than others By INDIA CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI Indians are set to benefit from a mobile phone bonanza this week, as heavyweight Reliance challenges cellular phone service providers with its alternative,
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          59 5 TAIWAN'S largest carrier, China Airlines, said yesterday that it had completed a deal to buy 10 jets from Boeing and 12 from Airbus for US$3.7 billion (556.5 billion). The deal became controversial a few months ago when lawmakers accused the carrier of favouring
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          62 5 A GROUP of Japanese firms will team up witn Tokyo and an American aerospace company to build Japan's first publicly and privately funded rocket, estimated to cost 50 billion yen (***** million). The government will fund two-thirds of the cost of the
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          56 5 A JVJDGE has acquitted a politician accused ofleading rioters m the killing of Sikhs m 1984 after the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi by her Sikh guards. Mr Sajjan Kumar, a leader of the Congress party was acquitted because of a lack of"
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          44 5 BANGLADESH has barred private television stations from running tobacco advertisements m prime-time. No tobacco commercials will be allowed before 10 pm. Information Minister Tanqul Islam said the government was considering banning cigarette advertisements on televi- sion completely. AFP
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          49 5 THIEVES used an excavator to bulldoze an automated teller machine corner m Yokohama and steal two machines. Bank officials had put 17-4 million yen (*****,000) into the ATMs on Sunday. They are investigating how much money was stolen, the Mainichi Shimbun reported.
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          Lock icon PAKISTAN COPS SEIZE 1,130 KG OF OPIUM
          50 5 PAKISTAN police seized 1,130 kg of refined opium after a gun battle with traffickers near the Afghan border m Baluchistan province. The traffickers fled after a half-hour shootout, leaving behind the opium with a street value of about US$5O million (SsB7 million). AP
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          Lock icon EX-TAMIL REBEL LEADER STABBED TO DEATH
          40 5 THE body of Mr Poopalapillai Alaguthurai, a former Tamil rebel leader who vanished on Dec 16, was found with multiple stab wounds m Mandoor Lake m eastern Sri Lanka, po- lice said yesterday. AP
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    • TERROR IN THE REGION AND REYOND
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        Lock icon S-E Asia still a haven for Al-Qaeda: UN
        617 6  -  SHEFALI REKHI Operatives still get funding and even weapons from the region and might make it a centre to store assets, says UN group AL-QAEDA operatives are roaming around South-east Asia as radical groups m the region continue to receive external funding
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        Lock icon Suspects in Bali bombings fled Malaysia last year
        314 6 KUALA LUMPUR Police said two Malaysian suspects m the Bali bombings fled Malaysia a year ago to avoid a crackdown on alleged militants. Dr Azahari Hussin, a university lecturer, and Noordin Muhamad Top, a religious school head, were among scores of members
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        Lock icon Jakarta bishops call for religious harmony
        517 6 Christian leaders urge end to hatred and violence JAKARTA Senior Christian leaders m Indonesia have called for reconciliation among followers of various religions m a joint Christmas message. They said a movement for reconciliation was necessary m the aftermath of sectarian fighting and heightened
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        Lock icon Police blame unknown group for Sulawesi blasts
        255 6 MAKASSAR (South Sulawesi) Indonesian police have named an unknown local terrorist group, the KTL, as possibly being responsible for the bombing of a fast-food restaurant and and car showroom here earlier this month. They have ruled out the bombing as the work of
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        Lock icon Bomb lolls four in Philippines
        98 6 Bomb lolls four in Philippines COTABATO (Philippines) A Christmas Eve bomb attack by suspected Islamic militants killed at least four people and wounded 11 m the southern Philippines, the military said. Yesterday's bomb went off at the home of Mayor Saudie Ampatuan m Datu Piang town m Maguindanao province, said
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        Lock icon KL police to help in Bali probe
        100 6 DENPASAR Visiting Malaysian police chief Norian Mai yesterday promised to help Indonesian police investigate the Bali bombing. His remarks came the day after Indonesia announced it was seeking two Malaysians the first foreign suspects m the case. "We discussed what kind of assistance
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        98 6 Howard sends his sympathies CANBERRA A somber Prime Minister John Howard sent his sympathy to relatives of Australians killed m the Bali bombings m his annual Christmas message. "As we come to celebrate Christmas with our own families, we think particularly of those families of the victims of the Bali
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        82 6 Manila to go on tourism drive MANILA The Philippines will embark on an aggressive programme to lure visitors and shake off its image as a place of bombings and terrorist threats, a government official said on Monday. The Visit Philippines 2003 public relations blitz of TV ads and tour-package offers
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        Lock icon Stronger British travel warning on Indonesia
        167 6 LONDON Britain strengthened its official travel advice on Indonesia yesterday, warning its citizens there to avoid places of worship over the Christmas period. Citing "recent information received concerning Jakarta", the British Foreign Office warned on its website that Britons should exercise "extreme caution" at
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          Lock icon CAMBODIA TO SHUT DOWN GROUP'S OFFICE
          70 7 PRIME Minister Hun Sen said yesterday that he would shut down the office of an international environmental watchdog group for "inflicting damage" to Cambodia's reputation and national tyThe move came m response to "unacceptable" allegations by the group, Britain-based Global Witness, that Cambodian police
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          Lock icon 10 SOLDIERS JAILED FOR POLICE STATION ATTACK
          70 7 AN INDONESIAN military tribunal yesterday sentenced 10 soldiers to prison terms of between 12 ana 30 months for an attack on a police station m which six people were killed. Last week, nine other soldiers received jail terms ranging from five to 30
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          Lock icon SINGAPOREAN FOUND DEAD IN PHILIPPINES
          80 7 A SINGAPORE national was found dead m the Philippines m what police suspect was a suicide, government reports said yesterday. Mr Zulcafry bin Yusoff, 29, a resident oi Batangas City just south of Manila, was found on Saturday hanging from a rope m a room
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          Lock icon JAKARTA LETS FBI JOIN PROBE INTO AMBUSH
          72 7 INDONESIA has agreed m principle to let agents from the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) join an investigation into an ambush m August that killed two Americans and an Indonesian m Papua province, reports said yesterday. Top security minister Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
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          Lock icon BANGKOK TO COT DOWN ON UNDERAGE DRINKING
          60 7 THE authorities m Bangkok will strictly enforce a ban on under-18s being outside their homes after 10 pm, Deputy Interior Minister Pracha Maleenondhe said yesterday ahead of New Year festivities. Bangkok's metropolitan police reintroduced the de-cades-old curfew two months ago m a bid
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          Lock icon HANOI PUNS TO ALLOW FOREIGN RETAILERS
          31 7 VIETNAM'S Ministry of Planning and Investment has sought the expansion of a pilot programme to allow foreign investors to operate supermarkets m the country. Xinhua
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        282 7 Some say he is a liability, others want extension of his leave MANILA Aides close to President Gloria Arroyo are divided over whether to allow Justice Secretary Hernando Perez to return to the Cabinet after he was asked to go on leave following charges
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        Lock icon Ex-minister gets two years' jail for Bulog scam
        507 7 But sentence is too light to convince activists that President Megawati is coining down hard on corruption Scam involving food agency The scam involves alleged misuse of US$5.3 million of funds from the state food agency, Bulog, by Speaker of Parliament Akbar
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        Lock icon Ne Win's kin lose appeal against death sentences
        270 7 YANGON Myanmar's Supreme Court yesterday rejected an appeal against death sentences for relatives of the late dictator Ne Win for attempting to overthrow the government, officials and lawyers said. The ruling upheld a lower court's rejection of an appeal by Ne Win's
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        Lock icon Mahathir criticises Singapore over Pedra Branca
        618 8  - Mahathir criticises Singapore over Pedra Branca REME AHMAD Soon after his words are published, BN Youth members demonstrate outside the Spore High Commission m Kuala Lumpur By IN KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad has criticised Singapore over Pedra Branca. This was followed by a protest at the
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          Lock icon TWO STUDENTS MOWN IN PERAK
          35 8 TWO students, Mohamad Nurul Hafiz Kosim, 17, and his relative Ahmad Ridzuan Hussain, 23, drowned during a picnic outing at the Sungai Bil Recreation area m Perak, said police. Bernama
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          Lock icon INFANT GIRL FOUND IN TABLE DRAWER
          51 8 A NEWBORN baby girl with her umbilical cord still attached was found m the drawer of a table m the Sungai Ringgi mosque m Merlimau, Malacca on Sunday. The baby, weighing 1.75 kg, was believed to be three days old. Network I Asia News
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          Lock icon STRANGE WEATHER FOR SARAWAK
          49 8 NORTHERN Sarawak is experiencing an abnormally hot and dry spell. The strange weather at the height of the mon- soon season has hit the northern divisions of Bintulu, Miri and Limbang. Meanwhile, heavy rain pounds the southern half of the state. Star Asia News Network
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          48 8 THE Selangor Religious Department (Jais) will send three of its officers to Thailand to investigate the authenticity of the marriage certificates of actress Aida Rahim and singer Joe Radzwill who were caught for alleged khalwat (close proximi- ty) on Dec 1. New Straits Times
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          Lock icon EMBASSIES MULL OVER RELOCATION
          41 8 FOREIGN missions here are still pondering a move to the new diplomatic enclave being built m Putrajaya. Most of the 90 missions cited high costs as the main obsta- cle to relocating. The Star Asia News Network
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        Lock icon Leadership row sparks crisis in labour union
        534 8 President refuses to step down despite pact THE LEAST ZAINAL COULD DO IS TO HONOUR MS PROMISE TO SHAFE AS IT WAS A PERSONAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TWO/ MTUC vice-president Abdul Razak Hamid PETALING JAVA Malaysia's largest labour union has plunged into a
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        Lock icon Fire damages historic railway station
        212 8 SEGAMAT Fire swept through the nearly one-centu-ry-old Segamat railway station, partly destroying its historical visage, ticketing counters and a storeroom. No one was hurt m the fire at the wooden structure, listed as one of the attractions m brochures for the Visit Johor Year 2003.
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        Lock icon Father of 20 kids accused of raping two daugnters
        277 8 KUALA LUMPUR A businessman, wilh about 20 children from numerous marriages, is alleged to have raped two of his daughters over the past two years. The man is accused of raping the 15-year-old girl and forcing her to splash hot water
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      40 9 FAT LOT OF GOOD IT DOES It's a bit like a greengrocer opening only on Mondays. Leeds United manager Terry Venables, who cannot think of a single benefit which the new transfer window will bring to the English game SOCCER
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      Lock icon A Black(burn) X'mas in store for Reds?
      590 9 Liverpool can expect no favours from its former boss Souness Premiership fixtures Tomorrow: Birmingham v Everton, Bolton v Newcastle, Chelsea v Southampton, Liverpool v Blackburn, Man City v Aston Villa, Middlesbrough v Man United (live on Ch23, 11.55pm), Sunderland v Leeds, Tottenham v
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      297 9 The Premiership transfer window opens next month. Most clubs are thought to have no money for expensive buys. Still, that has not stopped the rumour mill from operating at full steam. TOP PREMIERSHIP TARGETS Yildlr ay Basturk (Bayer Le vertu sen) The club will let the Turkish World
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      338 9 MANCHESTER Glenn Hoddle won the battle of the former England coaches at Maine Road as his Tottenham team came from behind to beat Kevin Keegan's Manchester City 3-2. Spurs, who moved up to seventh m the Premiership table, played out the last few
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      Lock icon Teenager opts for Arsenal over Utd
      383 9 LONDON Swiss teenager Philippe Senderos has signed for English champion Arsenal, rather than its rival Manchester United because the Londoners' manager Arsene Wenger speaks better French than Old Trafford supremo Alex Ferguson, his father has revealed. Senderos junior, 17, is one of European football's
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      168 9 f I F A M Arsenal 19 12 3 4 39 20 39 Chelsea 19 10 7 2 34 15 37 ««Utd 10 5 4 30 18 35 Ewrton 19 10 3 6 22 21 33 Liverpool 19 9 5 5 28 19 32 Keweastle 18 10 2 6
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      Lock icon Who says fans can't be bothered?
      478 10  -  PEH SHING HUEI SOCCER The reaction to Singapore's display m the Tiger Cup has been passionate Bu_ 'Our Lions are lousy. What we saw against the Malaysians was a bunch of lambs m lions' clothing/ Ong Swee Keong 'They played like schoolboys, threw tantrums
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      Lock icon Why aren't S-League clubs keen on me?
      434 10  - Why aren't S-League clubs keen on me? MARC LIM Bu PHOTO: you were a defender. Apart from the goal against Singapore, he also scored two against Laos. According to Thai national coach Peter Withe, Worawoot reminds him of himself as a big, powerful striker for England and Aston Villa. Said
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        Lock icon IRVINE MAY NOT JOIN JORDAN
        80 10 EDDIE IRVINE'S chances of driving for motor racing's Formula One team Jordan next season could be scuppered. Ralph Firman and Richard Lyons are among the names being considered to succeed Takuma Sato as Giancarlo Fisichella's partner with Irvine, 37, also m the frame. Firman, 27,
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        88 10 TRIPLE Olympic ski champion Janica Kostelic and her brother Ivica, the reigning slalom world champion, have been named Croatia's Sports Personalities of the Year. Janica, who inched closer to regaining the women's World Cup on Sunday by winning slalom and combined events m Switzerland, was named
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        96 10 ENGLISH Premiership soccer side Fulham has scrapped redevelopment plans for its Craven Cottage ground and may be forced to consider cheaper options. The London side, currently sharing Queens Park Rangers' Loft us Road ground, announced that original plans for its home on the banks of the
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      Lock icon Hong Kong Jockey Club Issues Challenge
      362 10  -  MURRAY BELL HORSE RACING Written By THE Hong Kong Jockey Club indeed most citizens of Hong Kong are swelling with pride at having beaten the best of international competition m three of the four Group One races at Sha Tin on December 15. But
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      Lock icon Veterans carry Utah through
      625 11 BASKETBALL In tandem, Malone and Stockton help the Jazz beat Houston Yao's stats Yao Ming's numbers m the last five games Dee 16: Houston bt Miami 105-100 (OT, away) 15 points, 12 rebounds Dec 18: Houston bt Indiana 95-83 29 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assist 4>
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      Lock icon Life's about to begin at 40 for Montgomerie
      379 11 GOLF LONDON Colin Montgomerie says he is not ready for the carpet slippers and pipe iust yet, but is determined the world will see a far more laid-back golfer treading the fairways next year. Life, he insists, really is just beginning for
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      115 11 AMERICAN FOOTBALL NFL Pittsburgh 17 Tampa Bay 7 BASKETBALL NBA: Cleveland 74 Miami 72. Indiana 112 Atlanta 97. Milwaukee 108 Orlando 103. New Jersey 99 Chicago 83, Dallas 92 Washington 86, Utah 96 Houston 91, San Antonio 99 New Orleans 94 (OT), Phoenix 89 Seattle 88. ICE HOCKEY NHL*
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      184 11 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division j W L Pet GB New Jersey 19 9 .679 Boston 18 9 .667 M Philadelphia 18 10 .643 1 Orlando 15 14 .517 4' 2 Washington 12 15 .444 IU New York 8 16 .333 9 Miami 9 19 .321 10 Central Division
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      Lock icon All Cup teams broke series' rules
      230 11 All Cup teams broke series' rules SAILING AUCKLAND Queries about suspected use of radar by Oracle BMW Racing has led to a finding that all teams m the America's Cup challengers series have been breaking the rules. In a rule interpretation issued yesterday, the Cup jury said equipment sucn as
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    • OBITUARIES
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        711 12 1 With Deepest Sympathy Condolences to Our Managing Director Directors Mr. Oon Soon Ann, Mr. IN oon Soon Kiat Mr Albert Oon on the demise of their beloved mother grandmother MDM. TAN GEOK YIP Age: 88 years passed away peacefully on 24 Dec 2002. Sadly missed by family loved ones.
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        437 12 CHNG PENG NGEE passed away peacefully on tha eve of 23 Dec 2002 leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Chan Hui Keng Son: Father-in-law: Chng Sen Yew Lim Teo Joo Daughter: Mother-in-law: Chng Chin Ling Tan Mvi Gek Mother: Brothers-in-law: Loh Soo Lang Lim Eng Yeow Brothers: Lim Eng Hui Peng
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        371 12 JONATHAN TEO BOON LENG AGE: 36 passed away suddenly 24 December 2002, leaving behind loved ones. Father: Mother: Teo Lam Yong (Tan Gek Heok, deceased) Brothers: Sister-in-law: Teo Boon Lye Samantha Chan Kah Foon Teo Boon Leong Sisters: Nephew: Teo Kee Kirn Jordan Teo Yung Kang Teo Lay Choo Body
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        61 13 HONGKONG: hang S»ng 9561.63 -9.30 MALAYSIA: KLSE Comp 641.16 *1.96 CHINA: Shenzhen B 197.42 +0.05 AUSTRALIA: Sydney All Ord 2998.80 0.30 JAPAN: Nikkei 8512.37 »t05.49 THAILAND: SET Indei 350.93 »0.38 INDONESIA: Jakarta Comp Closed Closed PHILIPPINES: Manila Comp Closed Closed SOUTH KOREA: Seoul Comp 677.52 -13.56 Pec 23
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        36 13 Chart SemiCond 26c 9,393,000 IPCO 20c 6,090,000 KimCngOng 25c 5.734,000 TT Int 15c 5,124,000 Datacraft 10c 4,348.000 DMX Tech US5c 3,902,000 MuitiVis HK7c 3,742,000 Leong Hin 20c 3,223,000 El-Nets 1c 3,132,000 SunlightGrp 10c 3,050,000
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        111 13 Up Dn Unch Up On Uncn Up Dn Unch Mult- ma 663 000 883 Manufacturing 22 17 34 4 7 10 26 24 44 Commerce 11 9 13 2 1 1 13 10 14 Tpt/Stor/Comms 29 12 000 29 12 Finance 654 000 654 Construction 516 034
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        41 13 Ch«nq« Straits Times Index 1337.19 *2.10 BT 08/ OS -353.00 -33.00 BTCADI -*****.00 -5.00 BT 10-diy MA -*****.00 -35.00 UOB Sesdaq 51.88 -0.01 UOB Blue Chip 453.45 *0.67 STI Futures 1350 *5.00 MSCI Singapore 163.71 -0.06 SiMSCI Futures 164.40 *0.30
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        105 13 TURNOVER COOO) VALUE COOO) Main Sdq Tout M«ln Sag Tom Multilnd 5,672 5.672 8.725 8 725 Minuficturg 24,701 5.757 30.456 20.762 842 21.604 Commerce 10.014 534 10.548 6.433 60 6 493 Tpt/Stor/Com 5,838 5,838 7 257 7257 Fimnct 10,559 10.559 27,762 27 762 Construction 14,656 855 15,511
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        3978 13 SGX S ECURITIES TRDG: MAIN MAID iou jktyuhb S2-Wk Currtncy Kit Vol Day Cri Ntt M Cap I— Cmmm Tr—W |it«f Mat I— |aj 11.5 4.5 AcmaSc 6.5 unch 237 7 6.5 50.8 13 7 Allianc»T»ch 11.5 luip 9.5 9.5 4 Asia Food&Prop 6.5 *0.5 90 6.5 6 188.7 68
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        246 13 STOCK PRICES LEGEND NOTES «t»it> ti-». »"*res quoted have a par value of Si ana are Z. Vm. il stock* tridtd n o ,j of 000 hirts MCh unl# otherwise Dl ouying-in specified Sl__St*_ _____l n^? C r All shares are »cripl*»s except Burwlll. Fdltec. IMC, c Stocks
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        404 14 The 19% increase last month puts paid to worries over export-driven rebound, boosting Customs-cleared trade surplus TOKYO Japan's exports grew at a brisk pace last month as demand at Asian neighbours remained robust, despite worries about a possible fallout from a slowdown m the
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        Lock icon Stores hope late rush can save dismal season
        372 14 WEAK U.S. RETAIL SALES CHICAGO Time is running out for United States retailers to salvage the holiday season as Wal-Mart Stores, Target and other major chains report another week of disappointing sales, even after advertising aggressively and offering steep discounts. The busiest
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        Lock icon HONGKONG: Hang Seng Index
        58 14 Yesterdays dose: 9,561.63 (Down 9.3 points) 9 The Hanq Sent) Index fell, paced by Cheung Kong (Holdings), in half -day trading after the developer cut prices on its latest homes to stay competitive. Turnover was HK$1.7 billion. In the broader market, 218 stocks rose and 163
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        142 14 twoep jwenkjty et Company Ct— Bank Of China HK 6.10 0.05 Bank Of East Asia 13.25 -0.05 Cathay Pacific 11.05 0.10 Chaunq Kong 51.75 -0.50 Ch Kong Infra 13.55 -0.05 China Mobil* 19.50 0.05 China R»« Entp 7.05 unch China Unicorn 5.60 0.05 CiTiC Pacific 14.90 -0.05 CLP 31.70
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        54 14 Yesterdays close: 641.16 (Up 1.96 points) Malaysian shares eked out a small gain, ted by blue chips, as global political and etonomic uncertainties curtailed hopes of a tradrtional year-end ratty. Gains in Malayan Banking, Tenaga Hasional and r^tronas Gas helped push the index higher in thin
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        126 14 ■j Company Cto— AMMB Holdings 3.64 0.04 Btrjaya Sports 3.28 unch B Amcr Tobacco 35.25 -0.50 Commerct Asset 3.22 -0.02 Diql.com 2.19 -0.07 Gamud* 5.70 0.20 Gtntlng 13.20 unch Golden Hopt 3.10 0.04 Hong Leong Bank 4.30 0.12 101 Corp 5.70 0.10 XL Ktpong 6.55 unch Magnum Corp
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        66 14 Yesterdays close: 197.42 (Up 0.06 point) China's shares ended steady, recovering earlier losses as punters sought bargains while institutional investors tried to dress up their books for the end of the year, brokers said. "Late today, some retail investors bought shares that had been oversold in the
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        160 14 I Company Cto— Anhui Gujinq 0 B 5.19 unch Beijing Or Eltc B 4.56 0.01 Bvnqang Steel B 3.05 -0.01 Ch Int Marine 7.10 0.07 China M Shvkou B 5.16 -0.02 Ch South Glass B 3.82 0.01 China Yank* B 5.70 -0.06 Chqing C Auto B 3.75 unch Dalian
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        40 14 Yesterdays close: 2,998 (Down 1.1 point) Australian stocks remained steady as the market closed early in thin pre-Christmas trading lacking any significant leads from Wall Street brokers said. Only 227.5 million shares worth AS122 million were traded. AFP
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        131 14 tr5tpokm lw;oeit kjmt Company Clo— AMP Limited 11.46 -0.11 ANZ Bank Grp 17.67 -0.01 Brambles Ind 4.66 0.01 Broken Hill Prop 10.14 uncn Coles Myer 6.33 -0.05 CSL 21.55 -0.95 CSR Ltd 6.28 0.04 C'wtalth Bank 27 48 0.14 Fo»t»rs Grp 4.53 -0.04 G«n»ral Prop Trt 2.95 0.02 Macquarl*
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          Lock icon SHANGHAI BOURSE TO LAUNCH BOND INDEX
          78 14 THE Shanghai Stock Exchange will introduce China's first Treasury bond index next month as part of efforts to improve trading m the nascent debt market. The new index will be a benchmark indicator of the bond market, said Mr Liv Zhong, an official at
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          Lock icon EX-ANDERSEN PARTNER CHARGED WITH FRAUD
          74 14 FORMER Arthur Andersen partner Robert Putnam has been charged by the United States with securities fraud for approving false financial reports that led to US$9 billion (5515.7 billion) m investor losses at McKesson Corp. Putnam, 48, was the audit partner for HBO Co, which was
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          Lock icon SUN WINS CASE AGAINST MICROSOFT
          68 14 SUN Microsystems won a major antitrust victory against Microsoft on Monday wnen a federal judge ordered Microsoft to distribute Sun's Java programming language m its Windows operating system. United States District Judge Frederick Motz said he would grant the preliminary injunction sought by Sun to
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          Lock icon GLOBAL AIR TRAFFIC UP 2% THIS YEAR
          80 14 SCHEDULED air traffic rose by 2 per cent worldwide this year but airlines continued to struggle because that is still 2 to 3 per cent below 2000 levels, the International Civil Aviation Organisation said on Monday. Preliminary data shows that passenger traffic rose
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        42 14 Yesterdays dose: 8,512.37 (Up 105.49 points) Japanese stocks rose, sending the Nikkei 22S Stock Average to its biggest gain in a month. Some 749 million shares changed hands. Gamers outnumbered losers by 741 to 601 Bloomberg News
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        126 14 Company Clo»t *h Canon Inc 4460 200 Dtnso Corp 1920 East Japan Rail *****0 -4000 Fanuc Ltd 5200 40 Fuji Photo Film 3830 120 Fujitsu 353 17 Hitichi 472 15 Honda Motor 4430 0 Ito Yokado 3520 70 Kansai Electric 1693 15 kjo 2490 30 Kyoctra Corp 7010 SO
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        479 14 BONDS, LOANS WARRANTS iurhbklu hnbriur kjh ngyjuy7 ieruh bkewty hwkejty kj4t 52-Wk LMt voi Day Last Ouote Hlo,h Low Company Sa<o ♦f 'OOP High Low ■nyr tator 37.5 17 ASTIWO4O62I '7.5 5 0.5 Acma W*****6 1.5 05 2 101 31 AmtekWoso6lo 70 unch 10 70.5 70 66 7 1 Armstrong
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        119 14 ■H2K! Rubtor futures (Clotlng prlc««) RSS 1 (S ctnti/Hg) Mortlt MlfH Lew »ft VI Openlnt J«n03..._ 147.50 F»bO3 147.75 M»rO3 148.00 Apr/JunO 3 150.00 RSS 3 (US ctnts/kq) I—nth High Lew Srtt VI 0»»n Int J»nO3 82.75 82.50 82.75 300 2075 FtDO3 64.75 84.75 84.50 100 3150 Mar
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        192 15 SYDNEY Crude oil surged yesterday to a 23-month high of US$32 a barrel as supplies remained choked off from strike-bound Venezuela and the looming threat of war m Iraq continued to stoke fears of supply disruptions. Venezuelan output has fallen 90
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        345 15 DELL Computer, the world's biggest personalcomputer (PC) maker, has increased advertising m Singapore about eight-fold this year as it targets more consumers m its drive to increase sales m Asia. The Austin, Texas-based firm is running four-page colour newspaper inserts and full-page ads touting
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        409 15  -  COLIN TAN Bt, MARKETS CORRESPONDENT TWAS a day before Christmas when at the Exchange, Not a broker was stirring, not for the small change; The stockings were hanging, half-empty and threadbare, And hopes of a rally went poof! into thin air. Take mad men
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          77 15 ENGINEERING and construction group Econ International's interim net loss has widened to $32 million from $6 million previously. Turnover for the half year ended Sept 30 edged up 2.1 per cent to $159-4 million. Loss per share worsened to 5.8 cents from 1.1 cents
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          63 15 MOODYS Investors Service has assigned its top rating for the bulk of US$l2l million (Ss2l2 million) of debt backed by proceeds from a Capita Land residential development m Singapore. The remaining debt was rated A2, sixth-highest of Moody's 10 investment grades. The 2008 bonds
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          66 15 SINGAPORE Technologies Industrial Corp, a unit of SembCorp Industries, plans to sell its 65 per cent stake m Chong Qing Zhong Kin Garden City Hotel m China. It has entered into a deal to sell the stake to Sichuan Exhibition Center and Mecßonn
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        501 16  -  LORN A TAN The region, which has already overtaken the Americas as firm's second-biggest market, is expected to oust Europe soon By companies correspondent Asia's share of the firm's sales, at about 36 per cent, isjust slightly less than Europe's nearly
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        489 16 WHERE NOW? SPEHDRK Top worldwide semiconductor companies, including computer chipmakers, spent about US$2l billion (5536.7 billion) on new plants and equipment this year compared to US$42 billion m 2000, says a report by US Bancorp Piper Jaffray Spending; next year is expected
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      191 2 WHILE F4 was away m Hongkong charming tens of thousands of fans at its concerts, a new boyband is giving it a run for its money m Taiwan. The five-man band called 5566 has sold more than 100,000 copies of its first album titled First Album
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      124 2 MEDIACORP will be counting down to 2003 from Sentosa's Siloso Beach on New Year's Eve. Expect rocket-shaped pyrotechnics and a fireball measuring 4.8 m m diameter to usher m the new year with a bang. Hosted by Gurmit Singh, Naiip Ali and Dasmond Koh, the
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      511 5  - SEASON'S EATINGS Yee Hun Ching rwelk urhwkeju hn AND OTHER HOLIDAY HAZARDS TIS the season to eat, drink and be merry. But as with all things, moderation is key. As Associate Professor Daniel Goh, a consultant paediatrician with the Children's Medical Institute at National University Hospital (NUH), says: "Do not
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      6 1 computertimes Wednesday, December 25, 2002 computertimes.asial.com.sq
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      109 1 Its Christmas, but... m Computer Times wishes readers a Merry Christmas spotlight Back to school with high-tech gadgets CT6 to CTI3 reviews Nokia 6100 is an MMS phone to check out CT23^\ Are you making merry or slaving away at your computer, trying to remotely diagnose
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        462 2 i__pd.it* i 3 While you are busy celebrating this festive season, hackers may be busy trying to crack open your network. Stay vigilant. 4 A customised speech recognition system allows Sing Post to handle postal code enquiries faster. 5 Confused about the various high-tech payment methods for car park charges?
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        150 2 Editorial Publishing Director Grace Chng editorct@rnagix.com sg Editor Hellen Tan tanykh@sph.com.sg Assistant Editors Alfred Siew siewtha@sph.com sg Eileen Yu yusce@sph.com.sg Writers Billy Teo teoyhb@sph.com.sg Chua Hian Hou chuahh@sph.com.sg Radha Basu radhab@sph.com.sg Steven Ng stevenng@sph.com. sg Enquiries Badanah Abdul Ghaffar bag@sph.com.sg Advertisement sales nalini@sph.com.sg Tom Yuen 9623-1128 TanSu-Lin 9620-1419 Terence Tay
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        765 3 While you are busy celebrating this festive season, hackers may be out m force trying to crack open your network. So how do you stay vigilant and still enjoy the holidays? "Determine if software patches need to be updated. Intrusion detection system signatures should be updated. Review
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        445 4  - Speech recognition eases Sing Post's festive workload Hellen Tan A customised speech recognition system allows Sing Post to handle postal code enquiries faster and without adding more staff. Using speech recognition, the Sing Post Postal Code Helpline sorts out an enquiry m about 30 seconds. Singapore Post did not have
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        217 5 Mr Patrick Carthigasu came to satisfy his curiosity about DVDs, but he walked away with a new Panasonic DVDRAM video recorder, the EMR-E3O. worth $1,500. The 68-year-old retiree was one of the 800 Computer Times readers who attended the Computer Times-Panasonic DVD Video Recording seminar last Saturday.
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        308 3 If you need a broadband router with advanced anti-hacker mechanisms, you'll need the new SMC Barricade 7004V8R m^—^mmmW Introducing SMC Networks' SMC7OO4VBR. the latest addition to SMC Networks Barricade'" family of Cable/DSL The Barricade Broadband Router is the first router m class to offer an integrated Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI)
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        631 8 ALFRED SIEW talks to some students to find out how they pay for their expensive IT gear. "Usually, I get my parents to go shopping with me, so they pay." Edna Shen, 16 Agood digital camera costs more than $500. A high-end personal
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        353 9 Technology tools are increasingly helping students ease the burdens of classroom life. A handful of gadgetsavvy students share with RADHA BASU what they want for school when classes resume m the new year. Meanwhile, ALFRED SIEW, BILLY TEO and CHUA HIAN HOU check out the tech
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        194 10 It takes Mr Ong Hui Youngs Pentium 111, 733 MHz computer a whopping 22 hours to make a single calculation m a research project he is currently working on. Small wonder then, that the 23-year-old third-year engineering student would love to upgrade to a faster PC preferably
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        170 10 There's a mobile phone for everyone. In particular, at the low-cost spectrum, two models are value-for-money for the features they offer. Mitsubishi's M 320 (right) immediately stands out with its fun features. What is notable is its 4.096-colour screen (128 x 141 pixels resolution), which is big and
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        271 11 PDAs are joining notebooks and mobile phones m a student s list of must-have gadgets. Many students may have personal digital assistants (PDAs) to manage their hectic lives. Today, apart from a notebook and a mobile phone, the PDA is the next most important "musthave" tool
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        178 11 While many of his fellow classmates write lecture notes on paper, firstyear National Junior College student Yeo Zhiquan gets by with a few scribbles on his Tungsten T Palm device. A gadget buff, Zhiquan has been using personal digital assistants (PDAs) for the past five
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        268 12 There is a range of digital cameras for all study needs. The digital camera is beginning to become an integral part of a student's school bag. Some primary schools have started the pupils on digital photography. And there are students who take this skill and use it
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        188 12 The Toshiba laptop she bought through a university discount scheme meets most of Leong Jingyi's (below) academic needs with regard to her main subjects statistics and economics. However, the demands of her inter-faculty projects m subjects as varied as history and psychology have made
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        235 12 To complement a digital camera, a printer that can print photo-quality images is preferred. An entry-level inkjet printer is perhaps the best bet for the new academic year, m terms of delivering value-for-money prints. Get a printer that can print clear text documents, colour brochures or
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        298 13 A compact disc read-write (CD-RW) drive offers students an affordable way to back up their schoolwork and research into compact discs. Students can easily make a copy of their work for their classmates by duplicating or "burning" a copy of the disc. There are external and internal
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        257 13 Besides notebooks, PDAs and cameras, there are other high-tech tools that may be useful. These include portable drives that use Flash memory and the universal serial bus to carry hundreds of megabytes of data m a little device about the size of a pen or
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        258 13 No Flash in the pan fT"lhe USB (universal serial bus) flash memory drive I may be the students best friend. Because it uses sol--_L id state Flash memory, the drive is hardy and can withstand shocks and spills, unlike fragile portable hard disks or CDs. The USB interface also gives
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        940 14 AN EYE ON ASIAN IAN SITES Korean, Japanese and Chinese websites The Internet has given lots of joy to fans of Korean, Japanese or Chinese websites. Why browsers to view these Asian languages? BILLY TEO surfs the Net to find the answers. nese websites. Why do they surf such sites,
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        185 15 Users of Windows XP and the later version of Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) should have no problems viewing Asian websites with their native languages correctly displayed. IE 5.5 and above will automatically switch on the encoding that is needed to display the language characters.
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        71 15 As student Annabella Goh can attest not knowing a language is no barrier to surfing far information on your ravoume iwncan star. that offer the aMty to fm mAwinistaUM services are aMe to ojve tlieojstofajorofrtw- At the wry toast, you mlhave a rauoh
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        1716 16  -  DANNY ONG Network security If security is too restrictive, staff will flout the rules simply to get their work done. The result could be lower overall security than if you had implemented a more relaxed policy. Most successful attacks don't involve a flaw
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        923 18  -  ANNE EISENBERG Network diagnostics A musical detection service devised by a music teacher can tell if your data network is congested or delayed from the range of sounds produced m the transfer process. *BBy In one of Dr Chafe's programs, irregularities like packet loss and
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        642 19  -  M.K. WONG Image editing software can help you create perfect digital photographs. fTpjhe digital camera may I be high-tech, but m ____L. some ways it is no different from a conventional camera. For instance, it is prone to producing off-colour shots due to incorrect whitelight metering m many
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        490 20  -  JEFFREY TSANG Stuck with a Macintosh problem that no one can solve? Surf the Net. MBy IAUb Your Macintosh is quite crash-proof and reliable. But problems come up, especially when installing a new software or after a (rare) system crash. That is when you will feel quite
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        919 21  - This tablet is good for the whole family ANDREW BUAY The user-friendly Compaq Tablet PC TCIOOO ushers m the next level of mobile computing. ÜBy Compaq's decision to adopt a track-point mouse rather than touch-pad preserves the keyboard's efficient layout. When docked, the tablet's swivel base completes the designer look
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        418 22  -  ALFRED SIEW With the Astralink SMS3BB telephone, short messaging service (SMS) on a fixed phone line is as easy as ABC. MBy Astralink SMS3BB fixed line telephone •$B9 Available at www. singtelshop.com Overview: It had to happen sooner or later a fixed line phone that
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        480 22 Siemens Gigaset 4010 Comfort and Gigaset 4010 Micro telephones $268 and $328 respectively Available at electronics superstores Overview: Siemens' Gigaset cordless phones offer some interesting features for demanding users. Both phones let you send SMS (short messaging service) messages to friends. The Gigaset 4010 Comfort even
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        539 23 As slim as you get ALFRED SIEW gives the skinny on the Nokia 6100 Nokia 6100 mobile phone $778 (without subscription plan) Available at mobile phone retailers Overview: Nokia's 6100 is surely one of the slimmest full-featured phones you can find m the shops now. Thanks to an ultra thin
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        226 23  -  MOK HENG NGEE 01% Level One 11Mbps Wireless USB Adapter $140 each Available from cSecurity (Funan The IT Mall) and AAAs Com (Sim Lim Square). Call 6741--8418. Overview: If you want to tot up a small local area network (LAN) at home or m the
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        499 23  -  TAN EN LAI MBy Panasonic E.Wear SV-SDSO audio player •$299 Available from authorised Panasonic dealers Overview: A tiny audio player, the Panasonic E. Wear, comes m two models, the SDSO and the SDBO, which comes with a rechargeable batteiy. The SDSO, m a cool
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        668 24  -  ANDREW LIM Always wanted to play James Bond? This is your chance. Grab it. Jfc 007 Nightfire $59.90 (without GST) Available from Sim Lim Square, Funan The IT Mall, Popular Bookstore and Harvey Norman Overview: Recreating the screen action m James Bond movies m a computer
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        493 24  -  ALFRED SIEW mßy Fifa2oo3 $49.90 Available at Funan The IT Mall Overview: Just when you think soccer can't get more exciting on the PC, Fifa 2003 raises the bar once again. Like previous instalments of Fifa games, the latest one lets you play friendly
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      866 25 SUM IS STILL IN Slim and light continue to be the fashion as far as liquid crystal displays (LCDs) monitors are concerned. Samsung has just introduced three such LCDs: the SyncMaster 1525, 151N and 171 N. The 152s is a thin film transistor LCD for business and professional
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        645 26  -  Go shopping, make merry, meet friends. Whatever you do, for once, don't touch your e-mail... How time flies. It's Christmas, and next week this time, it'll be New Year. Like most people, it was hard to concentrate on work last week, torn between
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        517 26 etc* WIRELESS WORLD A new year, a new set of challenges. Wireless service providers looking for answers to these challenges can find them at the WirelessWorld Conference and Expo organised by IDG Expo. Participants will be able to learn about wireless trends, new business opportunities and emerging technologies at
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      521 27  -  STEVEN NG With proper parental supervision and time limits children can enjoy computer games without neglecting their studies and social skills. «y Both Counter-Strike and Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six are PC games m which players gun down opponents with assorted firearms. As its name suggests, Crazy Taxi is
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      266 27 Gaming is fun, but surfing the Internet for clean, wholesome websites is just as entertaining. Here are some websites that parents might like to explore with their children. www.geocities.com /magical_forest_ 2000 /I.htm A fansite dedicated to the Australian kiddiepop group Hi-5, a popular quintet with legions
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