The Straits Times, 5 February 2003

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    32 1 The Straits Times Established ISC, PACIFIC AREA NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR W CCinGSCiciy February 5, 2003 92 Pages m six parts mita (P) 094/03/2002 •fIP A Singapore Press Holdings publicatum OU Cents
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    Lock icon Doctors hit as lawsuits pile up
    614 1  - Doctors hit as lawsuits pile up SALMA KHALIK By lI KM. TiI COKKI N POM) I. VI Insurer hikes premiums as patients get higher payouts m disputes; some specialists expect to charge more now SINGAPORE doctors will have to pay more to insure themselves, as more unhappy patients are taking
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    Lock icon Nasa experts may have been wrong about shuttle damage
    594 1 HOUSTON In a major turnaround, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) has acknowledged that its "best and brightest" minds may have made a wrong assumption about damage to tiles on the Columbia space shuttle. They had concluded m a report
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  • NEWS FLASH
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      95 2 THIEF STRIKES AT KARAOKE PAIR THK pair of young factory workers from China were feeling relaxed, having just emerged from a Chinese New Year karaoke session. So they were caught offguard when a thief rode up suddenly on a motorbike. He snatched Miss (Juan Bi I long's handbag from
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      150 2 TECH SCIENCE FBl's BULLET TESTS UNDER FIRE A FORENSIC technique that America's FBI has long relied on for convicting defendants m gunshot crimes has been criticised as flawed. The FBI has replied by launching a vigorous defence of its method, m which crime-scene bullets are tested for traces of contaminants
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      75 2 S'POREAN WITH MALAY VALUES THANK you, Malaysia, for ditching Singapore m 1965, writes Ms Zalinia Ariffin, commenting along with several others on recent remarks by Dr Mahathir Mohamad. For that enabled her to grow up a Singaporean, m a nation with a sound leadership and a safe environment. Yet
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      62 2 L I FE CHINGAY, WAY BACK THEN NOT many people know that the Chingay street parade goes back more than 100 years or that one of the earlier Chinatown street processions was captured by a German artist of the 19th century. A copy of his sketch and of other old
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      88 2 Asean tourists flock to Singapore SINGAPORE is continuing to draw high numbers of tourists, especially from Asean countries. Close to 7.6 million people came here last year above the Singapore Tourism Board's target of 7.5 million. There was a strong growth m \isitors from Japan, China and India. And
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      102 2 End of the road, says little Bohemia RESIDENTS of Portsdowii Road estate dubbed little Bohemia will miss their leisurely Sunday brunch at the Colbar. Their old hangout and two adjoining shops will be torn down to make way lor a new road linking Queen sway to the Aver Rajah
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      81 2 ASI A Riots to hurt Hun Sen THE regional standing of Cambodian Prime Minister Him Sen at a high after his country's recent hosting of the Asean summit is at a new low after he failed last week to quell the aiti-Thai riots and protect the Thai embassy m Phnom
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      54 2 MANUFACTURING STILL AHEAD. JUST SINGAPORE'S vital manufacturing sector is continuing to see new orders coming m marking 1 1 straight months of slight growth. But its business leaders and those m the commerce and service sectors are expecting weak conditions over the next six months, according to two new
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      95 2 BIG SHORTAGE OF TEACHERS IN U.S. AMKRICA is facing ;in acute shortage of teachers. Rut its schools are making the fffoblem worse by rushing new teachers who ack adequate training and support straight into the classrooms. Each year, ahout 16 per cent of teachers cjuit, move or retire. But
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      179 2 WAGES FIDDLE: TOKYO BOSS HELD A JAPANESE who runs a nursing home has been arrested for under-paying his overtime workers the first time anyone has been detained for what is a very widespread practice m Japan. The operator was accused of tampering with the time cards and computer data
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      63 2 U-23: TOUGHENING UP NEEDED IT WILL be tough going for Singapore's national Under-2.'* squad m the S-I,eague this season unless it does something to prove itself soon. It has not won a single game m its four friendly matches this year. And yesterday, the young prospects for Goal 2010
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  • PRIME NEWS
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      Lock icon JI suspect had book on suicide bombings
      639 3  -  K.C. VIJAYAN By IN I WJI AC I'IN.WC. KIN I Singaporean terrorist fug- jvc was trailed and watched for 16 hours before Indonesian authorities closed m on him WHEN Indonesian police nabbed terrorist fugitive Mas Selamat Kastari m a white minivan some 12
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      331 3  -  DEVI ASMARANI H'l TIIK STRAITS TIMES INDONESI BUREAU JAKARTA Police here indicated yesterday that Singapore branch Jemaah Islamiah (JI) chief Mas Selamat Kastari could be charged with immigration violations and deported to the Republic, if he is not found to have
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      Lock icon 23 years' jail, 24 strokes for Internet sex fiend
      770 4  - 23 years' jail, 24 strokes for Internet sex fiend ELENA CHONG By Ol 111 OHIU SI'ONDIA I Polytechnic graduate, 26, knew that the Internet chatroom was fertile ground for preying on teen victims, says judge HE KNEW GIRLS' PSYCHE His use of trickery and threats show him to be a
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      Lock icon Just weeds, but they're a good source of income
      238 4  -  CHEW SENG KIM Text and pictures by IN THE early hours of the morning, Ah Ix)o, 59* makes his way from his Yishun flat to Sungei Seletar. He walks the 10-minute distance to save transport money. At the river, m tranquil
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      Lock icon WHAT PARENTS CAN DO
      356 4 TI I E In'st way for parents to prevent tliHr children from falling victim to sexual predaton is to suj>ervise their tune online, says scxial psychologist Angeline KllOO. Dr khoo, speaking (or the Parents Ad\i son Croup for the Internet, said that to Ircnagrir the idea
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      Lock icon Global poll: New managers committed most frauds
      554 4  -  LEE SIT SHY AN By OMI'WH S (:<>!< It I SI'ONDIA I One reason for this is alack of background checks By firms PRESSURE ON REVENUES, COST CinTING AND THE 6ROWING COMPLEXITY OF ORGANISATIONS ARE ALL CONTRIBUTING TO THE CURRENT RESULTS.' Mr Paul
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      Lock icon Farm's US debut kicks off in style
      59 5 SINGAPORE actress Farm Wong shared the limelight with co-stars Jackie Chan (left) and Owen Wilson at the American premiere of the new action comedy, Shanghai Knights, on Monday m Holl\Avood. The film, the sequel to Shanghai Noon, is showing m cinemas m Singapore.
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      Lock icon Door-to-door to help poor get ERS
      292 5 Door-to-door to help poor get ERS FROM this week, grassroots leaders will go from door to door to distribute special forms to the 9,75)1 poor Singaporeans who missed out on their Economic Restructuring Shares (ERS). To ensure that they do not miss out again next year, these forms will let
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      Lock icon Shanghai set to join list of global cities
      633 5  -  LARRY TEO By THE STRAITS TIMES CHINA DESK City symbolises China's economic resurgence and is likely to become a global metropolis, alongside New York, London and Tokyo COSMOPOLITAN Shanghai, once dubbed Paris of the East, is set to become China's first global
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      49 5 'Shanghai Is brilliant too m other benchmarks set by the study group being a vibrant regional hubforthe Yangtze Delta, a city with a mature service industry including finance and shhrping, an ideal place for work and home otvnership, and a society with growing civic consciousness. Urbanisation specialist Ma Yang
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon 'I FEEL BLESSED TO BE HERE'
      393 8 'I FEEL BLESSED TO BE HERE' This is an edited extract of an e-mail from Columbia astronaut Laurel Clark. It teas released on Monday and published on the BBC website. The 41-year-old commander m the US Navy who was also a naval flight surgeon sent the message to family and
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      611 8 What Nasa needs: New spacecraft A new generation of space vehicles will help inject vigour into the 'lethargic' US space programme If history repeats itself, ice tvill see not only a re-emergence of interest m the space programme, but also a greater willingness to fund it. Mr John Douglass, president
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      Lock icon Bush: Our space journey will goon
      247 8 Bush: Our space journey will goon WASHINGTON President George \V. Bush has lauded the American space programme and vowed to overcome the loss of the space shuttle Columbia and deaths of its seven crew members. "America's journey into space will go on," he said m a speech at the National
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      Lock icon Russia puts space tourism on hold
      389 8 But flights will resume once the shuttle's future is resolved MOSCOW Russian officials said they have put the country's space tourism programme on hold because of America's space shuttle catastrophe. However, they vowed to continue flying tourists to the International Space Station (ISS) for
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      Lock icon Reality check for China's manned space ambitions
      591 9  -  CHITA CHIN HON B« i m straits TIMES CHINA BI'RKXI" But despite concerns, the shuttle disaster will not stop China from pushing ahead with its space plans BEIJING Chinese New Year celebrations here have nearly been overshadowed by saturation news coverage of the
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      Lock icon Shuttle scene taken off movie trailer
      192 9 FILMMAKERS' REACTIONS LOS ANGELES The destruction of the space shuttle Columbia has prompted Paramount Pictures to withdraw a trailer for the upcoming sci-fi adventure The Core because it features a fictional shuttle with landing troubles. The film, about weather chaos and magnetic disturbances caused
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      Lock icon TV show on plane crash pulled out
      76 9 WASHINGTON The ABC television network has pulled out a TV movie about a plane crash, citing taste concerns m the wake of space shuttle Columbia's cra^h. It has withdrawn its planned made-for-TV flick NTSB: The Crash Of Flight 323, a fictional account of
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      121 10 Iran jails 2 Tor selling secrets to CIA groups' TEHERAN Two Iranian pollsters who outraged hardliners with a survey that found strong public support for contacts with the United States have been sentenced to prison on charges of selling secrets to groups linked to the CIA, lawyers said on Monday.
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      402 10 The teacher shortage is caused by low salaries and the lack of adequate training and support, says panel WASHINGTON Americas acute teacher she rtage problem is actually one of retention made worse by schools rushing new teachers into the classroom without enough training
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        Lock icon Rock legend arrestedin LA murder
        179 10 AFP WOMAN'S BODY FOUND LOS ANGELES Legendary' rock producer Phil Spector, who revolutionised pop music with his lush Wall Of Sound recordings m the *****, was arrested for the fatal shooting of a woman at his mock castle on a Los Angeles hilltop. Spector, the
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        91 10 LONDON Radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza Al-Masri, who has called on God to destroy the United States, was sacked from his position at a London mosque yesterday for "inappropriate political statements The Charity Commission, which suspended Mr Al-Masri last April as an agent of the Finsbury
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        103 10 NEW YORK A US$4O-million (Ss7o--millicn) case against re-al-estate magnate Leona Helmsley went to a jury yesterday which will decide whether she fired her hotel manager because he was gay or because he used drugs, lied on his resume and threw wild parties. Mr Charles
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        Lock icon WELLES' DAUGHTER FILES SUIT FOR FILM
        94 10 HOLLYWOOD Film director Orson Welles' daughter has filed a federal lawsuit m San Francisco seeking ownership rights to the movie classic Citizen Kane. Ownership of The Magnificent Ambersons was also m dispute m the suit that named Turner Entertainment Co and RKO Pictures Inc
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        50 10 Richard Clarke, the official known for warning about a potential "digital Pearl Harbour" attack on computer networks, has tendered his resignation as the top White House cvbersecuritv adviser. Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, 58, has had four kidney stones removed m a successful operation at the Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital m Paris.
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        36 10 Quoteworthy The blue Monday is a thing of the past. Mr Dieter Hobrweber, a spokesman for Austria's Social Affairs Ministry, welcoming the fact that fewer public servants were faking illnesses and spending their Mondays m bed
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      Lock icon FLURRY OF DIPLOMACY
      346 11 DIPLOMATIC activities scheduled for this month: MONDAY, FEB 3 MOSCOW: Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi meets Russian President Vladimir Putin. MOSCOW: Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal holds talks on Iraq with Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov. Washington: Bain aim King Hamad al-Khalifa meets US President George
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      552 11 If arms inspectors deliver negative report on Feb 14, a new resolution on the use of force may be passed Likely votes HERE'S where UN Security Council nuMnbers will stand if a second resolution authorising the use of force against Iraqis tabled
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      177 11 Blair fails to win over Chirac LE TOUQUET (Frame) Britisli Prime Minister Tony Blair, Washington's key ally over Iraq, failed yesterday to soften French President Jacques Chirac's opposition to an attack on Baghdad. At a joint press confereue last night after their meeting. Mr Chirac reiterated Paris" stand that the
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      234 8 Producer Held Over Murder RJS Why They Quit Pll^BL. J US Britain winnin 9 Battle? ?%te! I,t -rinl.irx rock producer Phil Spector is -JH I <o\\ pa) and poor Balance tilts m favour of US and Britain .it BMl^^^Ufll arrested tor the murder of a woman at his y^m fl
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  • COMMENTARY • ANALYSIS
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        571 12 THE Indonesian security authorities are to be commended for their despatch m arresting a terrorist suspect, the wanted Singaporean Jemaah Islamiah (JI) leader Mas Selamat Kastari. They had acted on information given by the Singapore police. The various operational and intelligence branches of the Indonesian military and
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        2 12 CHIT CHAT
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      1163 12 If you were the Finance Minister. IT'S ALL ABOUT BALANCING THE BURDEN OF THE COSTS AMONG DIFFERENT SINGAPOREANS. EVERYONE WANTS THE BENEFITS NOBODY LIKES TO PAY THE PRICE. THK economy is recovering slowly from last year's bad patch, but the future is still uncertain. The various economic growth forecasts clash.
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      936 12  -  NARENDRA AGGARWAL By i o\o\iirs( oitursmNor.vr FEBRUARY is the time when many Singapore husinessmen's thoughts turn to the nations upcoming Budget. Ixmg nurtured by the State, they Degin pondering what further help would be m store tor companies when the new Budget is
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      Lock icon Land costs Hooted, CPFs ailing: Any cure?
      1712 13  -  SUSAN LONG By ORIGINALLY scheduled to be unveiled on Jan <i, the report of the Economic Review Committee (BRC) will be released tomorrow. The talk is that m the final stages of charting Singapore's economic blueprint, two issues proved so thorny to unravel
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  • FORUM
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      Lock icon Time to look into being self-sufficient
      225 14 Time to look into being self-sufficient Letter To Singaporeans IAM a Malaysian student studying m the United States and have learnt recently about the water spat. To make sure I hear Doth sides of the story, I read The Straits Times and, of course, our filtered Malaysian online dailies. I
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      Lock icon KL trying to split S'poreans and Govt
      187 14 THE Malaysian Prime Minister is very adept at diverting attention from their water antics, as well as loose war talk over Pedra Branca. He is now trying to drive a wedge between Singaporeans and their political leaders by suggesting that we had been
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      376 14 Response To Mahathir I READ with interest Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's invitation to Singaporeans to visit and spend money m Malaysia an invitation I found to be dripping with sarcasm and insincerity ("No quarrel, come and spend, urges Mahathir"; ST, Jan.il). In the same breath
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      Lock icon Singaporeans' Take On Across-The-Causeway Buzz
      757 14 Let Singapore girl's other boyfriends decide for themselves PRIME Minister Mahathir Mohamad likened the exchange of letters between Malaysia and Singapore on bilateral issues to a Malaysian boy writing to his Singapore girlfriend ("Mahathir dismisses sovereignty issue and all talk of war"; ST, Jan 31),
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      379 14 I AM a student of National University of Singapore (NUS), and would like to express my opinion about the uproar over the Singapore Management University advertisements "Are you really so different, SMU?" (ST, Jan 29). I am glad that SMU is producing skilled business
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      305 14 NUS undergrad enjoying stint at SMU I READ with interest the article, "Are you really so different, SMU?" (ST Jan 29). I am an engineering undergraduate from National University of Singapore on an exchange programme at Singapore Management University this semester. The higgest shock I had was the heavy vveightage
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      193 14 Traffic Police patrols to book jaywalkers I REFER to Mr Floyd Ang's letter, "Stop jaywalkers before someone gets killed" (ST, Jan 30). Jaywalkers pose a danger to themselves and fellow road-users. Traffic Police take a serious view of jaywalking. Offenders can be handed a $2O on-the-spot fine, which can go
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      57 1 REFUSING TO BE A VICTIM TheStraitsTimes home We drove up close to him, but he looked inside the taxi and must have recognised us because lie quickly sped off. Miss < ii;iii Bi Hong, who hailed a cab and chawed after a snatch thief who grabbed her bag, but eventually
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      793 1  -  THERESA TAN Hu Several shops will be torn down to make way for a new road m the idyllic estate, and residents are bemoaning their loss Green and serene 'My husband and I fell m love with this place instantly. It's so
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      Lock icon THINKING OF KIDS IN NEED
      65 2 'I don't want only myself to be comfortable, I want to help other children as well. Compass* ale Primary punil S. Thavanesan (second from right), who gave $7 to the CT Pocket Money Fund, with schoolmates (from left) Tan Yong Khai, 10; Nursy afiqah Noorahmad,
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      Lock icon Pupils give hongbao money to ST fund
      256 2 PUPILS at Compassvale Primary School are being encouraged to donate their Chinese New Year hongbao money to The Straits Times School Pocket Money Fund. For one week from yesterday, the pupils will be coaxed to give, as part of the school's community involvement
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      Lock icon Rise in tourist figures looks set to go on
      580 2  - Rise in tourist figures looks set to go on DAWN WONG By Singapore Tourism Board expects last month's arrivals to continue the trend that began m September Rich and mobile We would anticipate a lot of people from China m the coming months. One of the reasons is they are
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      Lock icon Fewer Muslims head for Haj as home prices drop
      531 3  - Fewer Muslims head for Haj as home prices drop GOH CHIN LIAN §v In the past, more than half of Muslims would use proceeds from flat sales to make pilgrimage; but many can't afford $8,000 price-tag this year THE number of Singaporeans making *he Haj pilgrimage this year has hit
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      205 3 A CHARRED body was found m a taxi that went up m flames along a deserted road near Pasir Ris on Monday night. The man, who at press time had yet to be identified, was found m the driver's seat, which had been reclined. Police
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      655 4  -  KAREN WONG Arrest Of Singapore JI Head Bu Children didn't play with other kids, say neighbours; family moved out of flat after Mas Selamat went on the run THE second-storey corner flat m Block 106, Teck Whye I«ane had an abandoned look about it. Hardly
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      466 4  -  K.G. VIJAYAN By IN TAN JUNG l'l\ \\C liivrw The authorities said Mas Selamat's 40-year-old wife is believed to have known about her husband's activities and provided moral support. This may be why she showed little reaction when they were stopped 16 km
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      437 4  -  S HEFALI REKHI WAR ON TERRORISM /<,, INDIA'S visiting Deputy Prime Minister I,al Krishna Advani said his country is seeking closer cooperation from countries m Asia to fight against terrorism, pointing out that the "operational centre for extremists is m the region. In a
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      434 5  - Bank denies it misled 2 ex-DJs over credit line LI-ANN WEE «JL Credit facility stopped because value of couple's bungalow had dropped from $4.4 million to $4.1 million, say RHB Bank's lawyers lAWYERS acting for RHB Bank said that the allegations of breach of contract and misrepresentation m its dealings
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      379 5 A YOUNG couple who were the victims of a late-night snatch theft refused to allow the culprit an easy getaway. The two Chinese nationals immediately hailed a cab and chased the motorcycle-riding thief from Bendemeer Road to Queensway, but lost
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      270 5 A YOUNG Indonesian maid wns found crying at the void deck of a block of flats m Choa Chu Kang Avenue :i, shortly after she had been molested by her boss for the third time m two months. The resident who found the sobbing maid
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        83 5 STORKMAN Rahmat Abdul Rahman, 2. r died on Monday night after his motorcycle collided with a van at the junction of Punggol Road and Sengkang Kast Avenue. Fie suffered serious chest and face injuries and died an hour later, at 10.17 pm, m Changi
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        98 5 TOO intoxicated to go up to his home, a 22-VMT-old man slept at the void deck of the block where he was living. When he woke up 2' hours later, at about (i am on Monday, his wallet containing $0^ and his mobile
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        572 6 US team building first land route to South Pole The Iv6oo1 v 600 km trail is supposed to offer an alternative means of transporting cargo other than by air FINDING AN ICY CALM 'It's a pretty serene environment down there. You are this little tiny speck m the middle oj
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        472 6 FBI defends its bullet matching technique WASHINGTON The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) mounted a vigorous defence of a forensic method it has used for more than 30 years to link bullets found at crime scenes to those owned by criminal suspects. The comments on Monday came at the first
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        289 6 VIRGINIA Microsoft will not have to bundle Java into Windows, while it appeals a court order to include the Sun Microsystems' software m its operating system. The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals m Richmond, Virginia, granted Microsoft's request to suspend a judge's Jan
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        268 6 LIFE is like high school, according to researchers who tracked a sample of high school students through their early 20s to see if the teenagers' perceptions of themselves accurately predicted what they would be like as young adults. In 19H7, senior
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        119 6 )T only people need protection from weapons of mass destruction. Pets need it too. Which is why Israeli firm Supergum, a manufacturer of nuclear, biological and chemical protective gear, lias developed a patent-pending, protective kit for animals like Catty (right), which it says is the
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        268 7 TOKYO Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has developed a robot on wheels that the Japanese manufacturer says will become a future house-sitter, caretaker, nurse and friend for the family. The 100-cm-tall bubbleheaded, mouthless robot, shown to reporters yesterday, has cameras inside its head and
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        656 7  - Stem cell treatment offers diabetics hope CHANG AI-LIEN By S( IK\( 1 OKKISI'OMMN I Singapore firm has means to develop insulin-producing cells for patients, doing away with need for daily injections Worked m mice ES CELL has a licence from America's Stanford University to turn stem cells into a renewable
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        230 7 Modified grass carp will eat plants that suck river dry TEXAS Texas authorities have spent years struggling to save the dehydrated Rio Grande from thirsty exotic plants which clog the river and absorb its waters. Soon, they will deploy an unconventional new warrior m
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        638 8  -  SHERWIN LOH 5a Original games can cost up to $100, but when consoles are modified with a chip, bootleg copies as low as $2 can be played AS SONY and Microsoft slug it out to push their respective Playstation 2 (PS2)
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      54 6 MAS: glimpses of its inner workings A paper released by the Monetary Authority I of Singapore has offered rare insights into its past operations m times of international crisis. A must-read for market participants anxious about the economic impact of a war m Iraq. Plus Why some Singapore companies are
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      47 1 TheStraitsTimes asia POLITICAL PERFORMERS Like a football player, our movements are being monitored closely. Only those who perform icell will be retained. Perak M« n I i Bcsar Tajul Kosli. on the new lint'-up after Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad steps down in October Wednesday, February 5, 2(X)3
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      657 1  -  TOM FAWTHROP By KOHTHISIKAHS II MIS Failure to curb the Thai Embassy attack has dampened his efforts to play the nationalist card PHNOM PENH The Cambodian government's failure to contain the riots and protect the Thai Embassy m Phnom Penh last week will not
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      515 1 Allegations come m wake of earlier scandal involving Terengganu ministers' kids KUAIJ\ lAJMPUR The opposition Parti Islam SeMalaysia government m Terengganu has come under new attack as fresh allegations emerged that it has been spending about RM.'i million (Ssl.4 million) of the
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      61 1 THAI Foreign Affairs Deputy Permanent Secretary Bandhit Sotipalalit (above) checks what is left of the Thai ambassador's house m Phnom Penh as a delegation from Bangkok assessed damage from last week's anti-Thai rioting. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen (right) has accused his government of incompetence m preventing
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        744 2 INCH MOBILITY: China had 420 million MOBILE PHONE USERS LAST YEAR The Chinese elite m Beijing is soaking m the American dream, choosing to live m Western-style houses m the countryside Fashion statement Especially in Beijing, it's a kind of fashion and if you don't
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        62 2 AFP The popularity of double-eyelid surgery, such as what this Chinese woman has just undergone m a Shanghai hospital, may spell the end of the almond-eyed Chinese. The procedure adds an extra fold to the eyes to give them a rounder look. The surgery costs about 2,500 yuan
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        Lock icon HK studying plan to make teachers share their jobs
        353 2 HK studying plan to make teachers share their jobs It would help keep surplus teachers employed HONGKONG Faced with 600 extra primary school teachers due to shrinking classes, Hongkong's Education and Manpower Bureau is considering implementing a scheme m which two teachers share a post. The Professional Teachers' Union has,
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        Lock icon Hunan cops nab suspect in HK murder
        331 2 Hunan cops nab suspect in HK murder BEIJING Chinese police have arrested the man suspected of gunning down a businessman at a popular Hongkong teahouse last year, a newspaper m southern China reported yesterday. Yang Wen, 25, was arrested last Friday m southern Chinas Hunan province on suspicion of killing
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        Lock icon Taiwan poll shows little cause for optimism this year
        235 2 TAIPEI Many Taiwanesepredict decreasing incomes, rising unemployment, and worsening political power struggles to be dominating factors for the Year of the Goat m Taiwan, a recent opinion poll showed. About 23 per cent of 1,068 respondents to the China Times Express
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        Lock icon S'pore Embassy relocates
        88 2 S'pore Embassy relocates THE Singapore Embassy m Beijing is moving to a new location. Its new address from Feb 17 will be: No. 1 Xiv Shui Bei Jie. Juffl Guo Men Wai, Beijing IOOo'OO. The embassy can be reached at its new premises by telephone on 86-10-6532-Ul5 and by fax
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        Lock icon No clues yet on cause of Harbin restaurant fire
        283 2 No clues yet on cause of Harbin restaurant fire BEIJING Investigators combed through charred restaurant supplies, wiring and space heaters as officials said yesterday that they were still uncertain what caused the fire that killed 33 people m an icy north-eastern city during the Chinese New Year weekend. The investigation
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        Lock icon Surge in demand leads to power cuts
        445 3 Blackouts Across China Cities are grappling with higher energy consumption from industrial growth and domestic heating m the cold snap BKIJINCi Cities across China's east, central and western regions have been hit by power cuts as strong economic growth and an unusually cold
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        Lock icon FEELING BLUE
        44 3 AIN HU The traditional printed and dyed fabric which orginated from the Tang Dynast) (oTS-907 AD), can now be seen at The Nantong Blue Calico Crafts Museum m the eastern province o( Jiangsu, dedicated to collecting, researching exhibiting and producing blue calico.
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        Lock icon Villagers arrested for buying votes
        184 3 BEIJING Two villagers and one official have been arrested m the eastern Chinese city of Yongkang tor bribing voters m the election of the People's Congress deputies, state media said yesterday. Yu Tingbiao, a villager who had tailed to quality as a candidate, decided to
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        Lock icon Japanese boss held for under-paying overtime workers
        618 4  -  KWAN WENG KIN By J U'VNCOKHI SI'ONDI VI Withholding or under-paying such wages is a common practice, but it is the first time an employer has been arrested TOKYO A nursing home operator has been arrested for under-paying workers for overtime duties, the
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        273 4 BOMBAY An American cargo plane forced to land m India after straying out of its flight path was misguided by Pakistani aviation officials, according to a news report yesterday. Pakistani air-traffic officials gave the plane a wrong route for its flight
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        Lock icon India offered F16 fighters to replace 'flying coffins'
        326 4 NEW DELHI US military aviation giant Ix>ckheed Martin Aeronautics has offered a lavish range of hardware, including Fl6 fighter jets, to replace India's ageing fleet of So-viet-built MiG-21 warplanes. The offer, including technology transfers and joint ventures, came ahead of a visit
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        47 4 Their smiles say it all (from left) Miss India World Ami Vashi, Miss India Universe Nik'ita Anand and Miss India Earth Swetha Vijav posing m New Delhi yesterday. Twenty-six young women from all over the country took part m the Miss India beauty contest. AFP
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          Lock icon 2 PAKISTANIS IN HK JAIL OVER KILLING
          49 4 TWO Pakistani men were m a Hongkong jail yesterday after a brawl left one man dead and two others injured. The men were arrested after a knife fight on Sunday left one Pakistani man, identified as A. Mohammed, dead, police said. AP
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          Lock icon KOREAN GROUP MAY SUE MICROSOFT
          72 4 A MAJOR South Korean civic group is considering filing a damage suit against Microsoft Corn over a virus-like attack that seriously disrupted Internet services m South Korea last month. It alleged that Microsoft was aware m July that the worm took advantage of a vulnerability
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          Lock icon JAPAN RUNWAY FOR U.S. JETS OPPOSED
          59 4 THE Japanese government's proposal to build a practice runway for US warplanes on Okurokami island has been placed m doubt with Hiroshima prefecture Governor Yuzan Fujita saving he opposed the idea. I le cited noise and the possibility of accidents m populated areas nearby
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          Lock icon SEVENFOLD RISE IN JAPAN FLU CASES
          56 4 FLU season has hit Japan hard this year, with seven times more people coming down with the sickness than last year, an official said yesterday. A total of 514,801 people contracted influenza between Nov 1 and Jan 26 as against 68,641 cases for the
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          Lock icon EUNUCH'S ELECTION RULED VOID AGAIN
          52 4 AN INDIAN court has upheld the order of a lower court which had declared the election of a eunuch, Kamala Jaan, as a city mayor m Madhya Pradesh state invalid on grounds that the seat was reserved for women. The court declared Kamala was a
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        457 5 US might beef up military presence near Pyongyang. Two dozen bombers have been ordered to prepare for deployment to the western Pacific to back up the 37,000 US forces m South Korea SEOUL The Pentagon is considering new deployments m the Pacific Ocean to signal to North Korea that the
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        Lock icon ...but remains coy on possible sanctions
        241 5 WASHINGTON The White House said North Korea's warning that it would view the imposition of sanctions as a declaration of war would not stop the United Nations from imposing them if it sees fit. "The United Nations Security Council and the United States inciuded,
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        236 5 S. Korean envoy in Washington to allay concerns WASHINGTON A top envoy from South Korea's president-elect Roh Moo Hyun has launched a critical mission to Washington, hoping to quell disquiet here over simmering anti-US feeling back home and to heal divisions on policy towards North Korea. Mr Chyung Dai Chul
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        441 5 SORE POINTS IN TACKLING NORTH KOREAN CRISIS BEUING China's failure to pursue assertively a solution to the North Korean crisis is irritating the United States and South Korea, threatening to undermine progress m US-China relations since the Sept 11 terror attacks, officials
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        Lock icon Group helps Manila fight anti-graft battle
        602 6  -  LUZ BAGUIORO By I III! iri'l\lS(()|Ull SI'OSDI I Procurement of goods and services is being made as transparent as possible by an organisation set up only two years ago Robbing the govt of billions Late last year, a boulevard named after the late father
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        244 6 Indonesia to deploy special border guards JAKARTA Indonesia's military will form a special unit to guard the country's borders, armed forces chief General Endriartono Sutarto said yesterday. He said that the plan was to form a permanent battalion to be stationed at the border areas for this purpose. Currently, troops
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        38 6 Vietnamese women praying at the foot of a Buddha statue at the Quail Thanh temple m Hanoi yesterday. Many of them believe that touching the foot of the statue will bring them luck. AP
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        Lock icon Bashir agrees to meet Bali blast suspects
        486 6 But he wants it to be m the presence of militant group members JAKARTA Detained Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir is willing to be confronted with key suspects m the deadly Bali bombing, a supporter has announced. Police have said Bashir is the
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        167 6 MANIIA President Gloria Arroyo apologised yesterday to a Filipino tan who "tried to kiss her during a visit to Kuwait hut was blocked by her bodyguards. A photograph of the man, dubbed the "kissing bandit" by newspapers, showed one of Mrs Arroyos security guards
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          Lock icon JAKARTA TO RELEASE VISA VIOLATOR
          73 6 SCOTTISH-BORN researcher Leriey Jane McCulloch will be released on Sunday after spending five months m prison for violating her visa by contacting separatist rebels m Indonesia's Aceh province, her lawyer and prosecutors said yesterday. McCulloch, of Australia's Tasmania University, was arrested m September along with
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          78 6 A ROMAN Catholic priest m Britain's Vietnamese community died m an apparent attack while visiting his homeland for the first time m many years, an official said on Monday. Monsignor Peter Dao DueDiem, 63, a British ritizen based at the Vietnamese Catholic Church m
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          Lock icon FLIGHT RECORDERS OF RUSSIAN JET FOUND
          66 6 INVESTIGATORS have recovered the voice data and flight recorders from a Russian cargo jet that crashed m Timor I^?ste, but officials said yesterday it remained unclear what caused the accident that killed the six-man crew. The Ilyushin-76 crashed as it attempted to land last
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          Lock icon MORE TOURISTS VISITED BALI IN DECEMBER
          69 6 TOURIST arrivals to Bali almost doubled m December from the previous month to 68,000, signalling a recovery m an industry that has been devastated by the Oct 12 nightclub bombings, Indonesia's statistics bureau said. Still, Indonesia's tourist industry, which contributes about 5 per cent
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          59 6 THE Indonesian military warned yesterday that it might withdraw from a fragile peace pact m Aceh province if separatist rebels keep attacking their troops. The army "will consider withdrawing from the peace agreement it signed if the rebels do not abide by
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        232 6 BANDAR SEN BEdAW AN The people of Brunei have begun taking down portraits of Sultan Hassanal Holkiahs second wife from shops and offices after their divorce was announced, witnesses said yesterday. An announcement on staterun television late on Sunday said the
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        513 7 Hired by the city council, the trucks operate even late at night and have towed away a car with a toddler inside JOHOR BARU For the past several weeks, some motorists m the Johor capital are worried sick that their cars may be towed
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        Lock icon Umno politician hit by SMS rumour
        338 7 Mobile-phone messages allege he is having an affair with a princess ALOR STAR A senior Umno politician m Kedah has become the victim of slanderous mobile-phone text messages, which circulated lurid details of his alleged affair with a princess and his second marriage m
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        Lock icon Mahathir wants jail for illegal clearers of land
        255 7 PUTRAJAYA Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has proposed jail for culprits of indiscriminate land clearing and hill-cutting after Acknowledging that fines have failed to be a deterrent. He said although existing laws prohibited the use of heavy machinery for wide-scale land clearing at
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          69 7 FEEDBACK received by teachers unions shows that the use of the English language to teach science and mathematics this year has been well received by students, according to teachers. Mr Shahul Hamid Mydin Shah, the secretary-general of the Congress of Teachers Unions m
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          33 7 KUAIA Lumpur folk should take care of their surroundings, especially recreational and public places, said Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad yesterday m conjunction with Federal Territory Day. Bernama
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          36 7 A FOUR-MAN gang, who entered victims' houses on the pretext of delivering hampers and later robbing the households, were crippled after Penang police detained two of the members recently. Bernama Bernama
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          Lock icon SELANGOR POLICE SEIZE 44 KG OF GANJA
          36 7 SELANGOR state police seized H kg of ganja and detained two suspected drug traffickers, both Indonesians from Aceh, m an ambush m Gombak over the weekend. New Straits Times
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          44 7 AT LEAST 10 men and two women were chosen by the Civil Defence Department to try and break the world ropetraversing record at the Highline 2003 Shah Alam Challenge to be held m the Selangor capital m August.
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        Lock icon Tests delay scanningof vehicles for traffic offences
        321 7 JOHOR BARU Errant Singaporean motorists who have yet to settle their traffic summonses have now been given a short reprieve. The much talked about vehicle scanning system that can trace their traffic offences m Malaysia cannot be implemented as the authorities are still
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        Lock icon Two who missed train hurt in bus mishap
        265 7 Two who missed train hurt in bus mishap GEM AS Two train passengers who missed their train because of a derailment and offered to be taken to their destination by bus were seriously hurt when their coach collided with car and landed m a ravine. The bus was heading for
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        Lock icon English wait for Aussies' decision on Zimbabwe
        548 8 CRICKFT LONDON England's players awaited the outcome of an Australian team meeting yesterday before deciding whether to make a new request to switch their World Cup match against Zimbabwe to South Africa. The Australian players and officials were due to meet Jonathan Brown,
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        934 8  -  MARC LIM SOCCER H,j Winless m six matches, Spore U-23s are the green, new kids on the block A special team How the Under-23 squad is different from other S-League teams: Is not pegged to a designated area, where it can tap fan
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        476 8 Brash, bad boys get used to them BASKETBAIJ. WASHINGTON From Rasheed Wallace clenching his fist m a parking-lot confrontation to Ron Artest hurling a television set and making obscene gestures, basketball's "bad boys" are becoming a much bolder group. The National Basketball Association has been handing out suspensions faster than
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        56 8 Rasheed Wallace (Portland) Banished seven games for threatening a referee after being slapped with a technical foul. Ron Artest (Indiana) Four-game suspension for obscene gestures at Miami's fans. Jerry Sloan (Utah coach) Picked up seven-game suspension for shoving an official. Isiah Thomas (Indiana coach) Banned two
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        363 8 SALT LAKE CITY The Dallas Mavericks played so well at the heginning and the end against the Utah Jazz that it did not matter so much what happened m the middle. With just 13 seconds left, Nick Van Exel hit a
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        496 9 SOCCER SEOUL New national football coach Humberto Coelho warned South Korea yesterday that its astonishing World Cup run last year has produced an unwanted side effect. "South Korea's World Cup results were extraordinary, said the 52-year-old former coach of Portugal following his arrival. "But, from
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        622 9 SOCCER In battle with clubs, there is little else he can do but accept the situation LONDON SvenGoran Eriksson holds the football post with the utmost prestige, the greatest national significance, the highest profile and scarcely any power at all. The England coach
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        333 9 MANCHESTER Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson says the team that makes the least blunders will win the English Premiership. "Kveryone knows mistakes will be made on the way to the finishing line, and you will have to dig m at times to get the
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        295 9 LEEDS Former Leeds United manager David O'Leary can go back to coaching. He has agreed on a compensation package with his former employer. Club chairman Peter Ridsdale had initially said that O'lx?ary's departure from Elland Road had been by mutual consent but O'l^ary
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        883 9 BASKETBALL NBA: New Jersey 109 Seattle 108 iOT). Miami 99 Atlanta 79 New Orleans 103 Boston 96 Dallas 92 Utah 90 Phoenix 115 Chicago 111 iOT), Golden State 101 Memphis 91 GOLF Leading world rankings (USA unless stated, previous ranking m brackets): 1 (1) Tiger Woods 15.55 pts average
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          107 9 THE world's top sports court yesterday dismissed an appeal by former Olympic champion swimmer Claudia Poll of Costa Rica against a four-year drug ban. "Claudia Poll did not bring any convincing argument to establish that the laboratory analyses were not correctly conducted," the Court
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          57 9 BRITAIN'S Ralph Firman will make his Formula One debut with Jordan next month after signing a threeyear deal with the team yesterday. Virtually unknown outside motor-racing circles, the 27--year-old was last year's Formula Nippon champion m Japan, as well as being a kart champion
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        401 12 US economy will rebound later this year, says official Treasury staff's comment comes as data shows December factory orders rose, led by orders for furniture, petrol and PCs WASHINGTON A "resilient" United States economy will accelerate later this year, Assistant Treasury Secretary for economic policy Richard Clarida said yesterday. "Economic
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        228 12 Solectron wins HP deal worth $2.45 b MILPITAS (California) Solectron, the world's No. 2 maker of electronic goods for brand-name companies, said on Monday that it had reached a manufacturing and supply deal with No. 2 computer maker Hewlett-Packard (HP) that is expected to generate US$l.4 billion (552.45 billion) m
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        68 12 Yesterdays close: 9,252.71' (Down 6.24 points) Hongkong stocks ended flat on the first trading day of the Year of the Goat, reflecting investor caution ahead of a speech by US Secretary of State Colin Powell to the United Nations tonight, which could increase the likelihood of
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        28 12 Jan 30 close: 664.77 (Down 0.67 point) The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange was closed for the Chinese New Year holidays. It reopens today Reuters
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        33 12 jan 29 close: 209.3 (Up 0.54 point) China's stock and commodity futures markets are closed for the Chinese New Year holidays. Trading m both markets resumes on Feb 10. Reuters
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        443 12 7 don't want to sound heartless but... m almost every one of our businesses, there are 15 or 20 per cent of tfie people that really add 80 per cent of the value. Mr Paulson answering a question at an investment conference m Manhattan
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        409 12 PROBE INTO DESTROYED DOCUMENTS NEW YORK Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB) has suspended Mr Frank Quattrone, its star technology' banker whose unit managed the most share sales at the height of the Internet boom. This took place after it discovered evidence that he knew regulators
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        54 12 Yesterdays close: 2,926.1 (Up 5.6 points) Australian shares rose marginally as gains m resources stocks prompted by stronger offshore markets were partially offset by losses m the banking sector, brokers said. Turnover was 653.8 million shares worth Asl.7 billion. Losers led gainers by 525 to 495 with 346
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        68 12 Yesterday's close: 8,484.9 (Down 15.89 points) The Nikkei index ended lower, dragged down by falling futures contracts, but the Topix index closed higher for a second day as institutional investors continued to pick up large-cap issues as well as firms with strong earnings prospects. Trading
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        130 12 Foreign Currency Note Rates (9am, Feb 4) Ssurce: HSBC BanH USA. Spore Branch Unit Trusts table appears on Mondays Buying 00 Selling Singapore dollars to one unit Australian dollar 1.0140 VO3OO Canadian dollar 1.1360 1.1600 Euro 1.8730 1 8960 NZ douar 0.9420 0.9680 Sterling pound 2.8460 2.8760 bSaollar 1.7370
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        358 13 Introducing retail 10-year bonds, Tokyo wants to attract individual investors to help offset the snowballing public debts TOKYO Sick of rockbottom interest rates on bank deposits, Japanese individual investors including the country's Finance Minister have been rushing to buy a new type of Japanese
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          85 13 WESSEX Water chief executive officer Colin Skellett has been released without charge by British police looking into i'l million ($2.87 million) payment he allegedly received when YTL Corp bought Wessex from Enron Corp last year. Mr Skellett has committed no criminal offences m relation to
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          102 13 MR JOHN Snow was sworn m as the 7'*rd Treasury secretary of the United States on Monday. He took the oath m a private ceremony conducted by acting secretary Kenneth Dam. His family members were present at the event. Mr Snow is "looking forward
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          86 13 PROSECUTORS stepped up their case against Tyco International's former general counsel, Mark Belnick, by charging the one-time r>rosecutor with grand arceny for taking an unauthorised US$l2 million (Ss2l million) loan. Belnick, 56, who helped conduct the United States Senate probe into the Iran-Contra scandal, was
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          78 13 ALCATEL, Europe's biggest maker of telecommunications equipment, forecast sales to drop by as much as 90 per cent this quarter as demand wanes for fibre-optic parts and switching gear. It had a seventh straight quarterly loss. The net loss was 1.12 billion euros (552.12
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          76 13 WORLDCOM, the United States' second-biggest long-distance telephone company, will cut 5,000 more jobs or 8.3 per cent of its workforce as part of a plan to get out of the largest bankruptcy by the third quarter. To help save US$2.5 billion (554.4 billion) a year,
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          88 13 THOUSANDS of companies folded m Hongkong last year while fewer overseas ones entered as the territory continued to be plagued by economic woes. The total number of companies m Hongkong fell by 7,269, or about 1.4 per cent, to 503,111 at the end
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        177 13 TOKYO A record 214,000 Japanese individuals filed for bankruptcy last year as the nation continued to struggle with its now chronic economic slump, Japan's top court said yesterday. A total of 214,634 Japanese filed for bankruptcy at the country's courts nationwide last year, up
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        322 13 TOKYO Sharp, Japan's largest maker of liquid crystal displays (LCDs), reported a jump m quarterly profit yesterday while Hitachi, the country's biggest electronics maker, said it rebounded back to profitability m the latest quarter from the same period last year. Sharp, a pioneer
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        310 13 DOHA Opec may be forced to cut supplies m the second quarter m case of a resumption of oil exports from strike-bound Venezuela, organisation chief Abdullah al-Attiyah said yesterday. But policy was uncertain due to the threat of war m Iraq, he said.
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        235 13 JAKARTA The Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (Ibra) filed a report with the police against 29 bankers and former bank owners to try to force some of the nations biggest and most recalcitrant debtors to repay about US$25O million (Ss43O million). The agency formed
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        559 14  -  LORNA TAN Hi/ EDB is 5 years ahead of target m drawing world-class education institutions here. It will start promoting the professional services industry m 7 key areas next INVESTMENTS m lucrative services such as education and the setting up of corporate
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        200 14 FOUR of Asia's biggest air freight carriers said yesterday that they will launch an Internet-based cargo portal by the middle of this year to improve efficiency. Cathay Pacific Cargo, Japan Airlines (JAL) Cargo, Qantas Freight and Singapore Airlines (SIA) Cargo
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        430 14  - Cathay woos shoppers with 'hip' L 2 VLADIMIR GUEVARRA />',/ I'KOI'I HH HI I'OIII I U New concept floor joins other malls designed to target youths THE race to design shopping malls that are ever more "young and hip" is on. Next month, Cathay Organisation is set to launch its
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        340 14 SINGAPORE Airlines' (SlA's) regional arm Silk Air will spend US$lOO million (Ssl74 million) on new engines for six aircraft that it ordered last October to expand its route network m the region. SIA said yesterday that Silk Air had chosen the V
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        886 15  -  AZHAR KHALID Don't rush m just yet v caution analysts, as equities m Spore and around the world may lose further ground amid uncertainty SPH ♦F&N DelGro ♦Want Want ♦Robinson Sing Tel ♦ST Engg Comfort People's Food Hyflux Some analysts are tn/m£
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        231 15 A TEMASEK Holdings managing director, Mrs Lim Hwee Hua, has been appointed to the board of Keppel Corporation. Mrs Lim, 44, is the managing director of corporate stewardship at Temasek. She is also a Member of Parliament for Marine Parade GRC as well as the
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          131 15 AUSTRAIAND Holdings, the Australian property unit of Capita Land, said yesterday that its net profit rose 11 per cent to A$J)O.4 million (Ss9.'*.l million) last year. This was despite the fact that gross revenues fell JAi per cent to Asl.U> billion for the 12
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          144 15 NEPTUNE Orient Lines (NOL), the operator of the world's seventh largest container fleet, may sell as much as US$2OO million (S$:J4.9»" million) of bonds secured by revenue to lock m lower interest rates, people familiar with its plans said. The Singapore-based company,
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          81 15 AERO- ASIA International Enterprises' takeover offer for cement-maker SsangYong Cement at $1.05 a share has turned unconditional. The announcement yesterday came despite the fact that SsangYong Cement shareholders had been advised by an independent financial adviser that the offer price was too low. With the takeover
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        409 15  -  BRYAN LEE MOVE TOWARDS GREATER TRANSPARENCY Bu SHEDDING some light on an issue often hotly debated by economists and foreign exchange traders, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) yesterday issued, for the first time, an in-depth explanation on how it conducts its
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        308 15  -  SIMON WILCOX By HEALTH Management International (HMI) has sold a stake m a Malaysian subsidiary m the latest m a series of moves to ease its tight cashflow situation. Wholly-owned subsidiary HMI Balestier Hospital has disposed of a 6.J
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        310 16 BEIJING Chinas 8 per cent economic growth rate last year was among the fastest m the world. That was not good enough for the country's local governments: They all said their own growth was even faster. Flouting the law of
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        759 16  - Manufacturing's mild growth enters 11 th month NARENDRA AGGARWAL Bu I -CONOMK S( OlilU SI'ONDI I Improvements seen m new orders despite war fears, but businessmen still cautious about next six months, surveys show SINGAPORE'S all-important manufacturing sector continued its mild expansion last month with an uptick m new orders
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        458 16  -  HUGH CHOW Bu GREEN cars and fancy jewellery have increased the lustre of platinum. Add to this fears of a worldwide shortage, and the result is that the price of platinum has been propelled to a 23-year high. The spot price of "high-octane gold" was
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      290 10 OBITUARY I Richard Liv Tai Fung We are deeply saddened to announce that our Group Vice Chairman, Richard Liv Tai Fung, aged 62 years, passed away on 1 February 2003, leaving behind his beloved Wife Kuok Siew Choon Sons Christopher Daughter-in-law Liane Julian Kevin I Daughter: Joanne He was very
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      441 6  -  THNG LAY TEEN Hu WHEN veteran Singapore singer S. K. Poon launched her fan club at her concerts on Monday, about 300 people signed up on the spot. The two Glorious Years mini concerts were held at Far East Square's Pavilion over the Chinese
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        341 7  -  KYLIE HO 'POwmm^mmw £3^im4w Written by She wants to slim down her thighs without affecting her weight and bust SANDY Chen's friends envied her for her seemingly ideal proportions she is 1 6 icm and weighs 45kg. Yet, she was not happy with
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        421 12 Jackson sees no evil POP star Michael Jackson (right) sees nothing wrong with sharing his bed with children despite having been accused m the past of child sex abuse, according to a British TV documentary that went to air on Monday. The controversial singer also told the ITV network that
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      102 6 WIN KING LEAR TICKETS Life! and the Esplanade Theatres on the Bay want you to see the Contemporary Legend Theatre of Taiwan's VVu Hsing-kuo as King Lear. In this solo performance, he will combine elements of Beijing opera and contemporary theatre. Q: Name the well-known actor and director who will
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      569 6 |^J WORKSHOP TOP SPEED MOTORS j I Wishing All Our Customers j 6QN6XIFACA* Thank you for your kind I support We will be closed I I till sth Feb Emergency call I k^9681 901 1^J DRIVE SHAFT SPECIALIST. A models. Quality work. 32 «a« 9jkit Cresc. Ttt 6846-8855 KJJaccessories/parts RAY
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      529 6 MOTORCYCLES/ BWI MOTORCYCLES/ RJI MOTORCYCLFS/ IW[i!J|jii^^ Lfcfc S MOTOR TfIADINF ■■■aHßaaaißilaaiw^BlaißD^BP^^^<^Qfe. c h p**™™ Evry Monm r o h.j, o ur c -2, ?^£mip&4&XW lnttrMt 4% fof mod* l 10% for first y*ar -AsLr^A^^^^^^ '^^^QJjjir N Down Payment Walk A Rio* Out 1 •aT V^^^^ 3rt Pirtv 2nd Plrt ut
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      474 6 Bfn LORRIES FOR SALE '97 MITSUBISHI FUSO a cj"e 7ton \e* paint/ ta« Tiptop cona. 6268-3'C5 ■97 ISUZU NHRSSE, c ese A'rcon. Hi! \ew 'i Im. Passes inspect nn $'5,800. *****234 06/00 MITSUBISHI FBSII. re" e'atea. It I :*"e' COt $30k p-5 ca 6738 9535 07/00 ISUZU NHR69EU3ES w:e 'cwne-
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      875 7 WuVM DOl-08 ■UUj CITY SOUTH-WEST PTE APTS -RENT OUEENS 2 bclrms i 914 sq.ft.) 52.5K up 3 bdrms (1184 sq.ft.) S3K up 4 bdrms ***** sq.ft 54K up 5 bdrms. iPenthse). 55.5K up Many choice units available! TANGLIN VIEW 3 bdrms 0141 sq.ft.) 53.2K up 4 barms. (17U sq.ft.) SSK
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      759 7 Wm DOt-08 Mns CITY SOUTH-WEST PTE APTS -RENT *****, 2+l ANCHORAGE. Furn. p ooi view/ Queens 3 bd'ms $2800. P/furn. 9066-2388 CR FULL COMMISSION. OUEENS/ TOT qlm Regency. 21 3/ 4+l rms. MRT immed. Call *****360 Ms Onq THE ANCHORAGE. 2 Ddrms. 1200 sqft. F/furn. Near city. IKEA. Immed. Don't
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      710 7 IDO9-10 ORCHARD/ Pffl 009-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND KyJ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND PTE APTS RENT New rear Bt^EVv Accessibility via public transport wLIISJM onl X 5 mins walk to Orchard ftfjTffllJ^Jl MRT statlon/ shpg belt ■■fnrTfnßl v 2 bdrms 800 sq.ft immed j^^^^^^H v Lap pool/ jacuzzi/ newly equipped gym/ 24-hour security
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      642 7 «< REGENCY PARK >» 3649 sq.ft. 4+l+l. Windy:: 510.5K 3175 sq't. 3+l+l. View!: $BK/S9K Futura 4+l. Panoramic view SIOK DGrove Villas 2750 sqft 4+: SBK+ Nassim Pk 4+1. 2000 sq.tt. 54.6K Aspen Hgts 4+1. 1583 sq.ft. S6K Valley Pk 3+1. 1701 sq.ft. SSK Costa Rhu 4+1. 2239 sq.ft. S6K The
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      907 7 aDO 9-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND PTE APTS RENT NEW HOLT RESIDENCE Penthse Mais 4+l+ beautiful landscape. 2900 sq.ft Pte lift lobby. Privacy/ bright. Cheap. *****550 C2l D.09 SOPHIA CT. 21 3/ 4 rms. Sophia View 3 rms. New! P/furn/ f/furn. Facilities. Near MRT/ Shops. SI.6K $3K. 9144-9405 REGENCY PK BLK
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      870 7 WWi DO9-10 ORCHARD/ ■Uly TANGLIN/ HOLLAND ■■pteapts-rent D.lO JERVOIS GDN. 2260 sq.ft Upp mais. 4 rms. Pool $5 2K Sale SI.9M. Owner 6235-3016 TUIIP GDN Mais. 4*l Facing pool. Renovated/ with balcony. 2820 sg.lt. 9796-4384 D.09 KIM YAM Hgt*. 4+l. 1808 sq.ft. With Patio. Full condo facilities. Rent $4K neg.
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      963 7 aDII 21 NEWTON/ BT TIMAH/ CLEMENTI PTEAPTS-RENT BRAND NEW! NEWTON 18 670/ 807 sq.ft. Studio/ 2 bdrms. Par- t tiaily/ fully furn. 5 mins to Newton MRT. C&W *****813/ 811 1 D.21 SIGNATURE PK T on Tuck Rd I 21 3+l/ 4+l. High/ iow fir. Good f facing, immed. *****987/
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      912 7 Iffl 012-14 BALESTIER/ liiiij MACPHERSON/GEYLANG I PTE APTS RENT SEYLANG HERITAGE. LOR 34 3*< iigh fir. brand new. fully aircon. roriev.ew Mansions. L^r 29. 3■m. F/furn. MRT. 9385-2888 PN ESCADA VIEW. 2 dm, F/ furn. vims to Kembangan MRT. immed. Zondo 'acihties. $1200. Call Jania at 9068-3700 C2l 3.12 NEW
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      893 7 Wtf% 015-16 EAST COAST D.15 THE ALBRACCA/ Costa Rn v 3/ 2*l. 1700/ 1350 sq.ft. Hjge balcony, immed. 9028-6655 M 2 0.15 THE WATERSIDE. 2411 sqft. hgn i'-r. Sea v;ew. Renovated F/furn. 55.3K Agt 9383 2473 SEA VIEW!! OCEAN PK/ Paimwooc (MRT)/ Lagoon v>ew/ Parneast 5K u p 9068 0923
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      815 7 P^l 019-20 SERANGOON/ m^PTE APTS RENT COMPASS HGT. MRT/ .9'/ Bus terc^ange/ shops/ etc Mot "g sur unblockej. 900 ***** RR CHILTERN PK. BLK. 09 3*l. F/furn. 1270 sq.'t. Face poo CTE. $1.7K neg 9487 3335 CRM 0.20 SI.3K PIERCE v ew 3*' f/furn. D.19 Compass Hgts new 3*l. $V6K
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      733 8 Jwjl HOUSES FOR RENT 2 Storey Terrace. 3 1 rms Rental from $1 800 per month New Management *****442/*****856 Viewing: 10am 6pm dally Merryn Rd J 2.- storey bunglw 4600/4500 sq ft. Pond, 6+7 New i $15K Brand New The Mondrian. Hindhede Place near Bt. Timah Nature Reserve J 3-storey
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      860 8 KTI HOUSES FOR RENT BRAND NEW CORNER:. Brjddeii. 2 storey. Good view. At bargain! 9682 6220 APPC D.ll UNIVERSITY PK. s+l. Semi d. Quality finish. Good expat neighbourhood. T. Rex 6467 4117 D.lO KINGSVILLE. BEAUTIFUL 3 storey senv-d. 3500/ 3500 sqtt. s+l Nice gdn $BK. *****298 BINJAI. RENOVATED BUNGLW. *****/5800
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      1019 8 WfU HUOC/HOB APTS FOR RENT YISHUN 5-RM. BLK 790. Furn High fir. immed. 2 mins to Khatib MRT. Windy. Aircon. Near amenities. neg 1 *****036 Roof 3/ 4/ 5-RM Cwealth, Pasir Ris. Simei. Jurong E, Clementi. Toa Payoh. CCX. Bt Merah, Bt Batok Yishun. neg. *****950 RH SIMEI, BT BATOK,
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      905 8 mj APTS FOR RENT APPROVED 4 'A 1 Yishun Central Blk 927. Near MRT. Family only. Immediate. 6893-5527 aqt 5-RM AMK BLK 458. F/furn. Approved. Near MRT. Immed. $950. H/p. 9105-2305. no agts ANG MO KIO Blk 634. Opp MRT. Woodlands Blk 787 E. Approved MRT. immed. Ken 9619 2533
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      505 8 BHI SERVICE RBI SERVICE PWI SERVICE m T UCMTt ||y I Premier Location: centrally located m the city at Havelock Road. I For leasing enquiries: Apartments With C^-J H^HHWRL*-. Services For Lease Serviced Office Tastefully furnished 1-, 2- r^DU B* V 4 Suites and 3-bedroom apartments. OPM HI VerSICie Furnished
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      218 8 RF!| DOl-08 ■j|l| CITY SOUTH-WEST MWWWW^ PTEAPTS-SALE S799KNEG! WESTPARK Apt 2. storey townhse. 1905 sq ft F'hoid. 7 yrs. *****680 CCN Bffl DO9-10 ORCHARD/ ■uyj TANGLIN/ HOLLAND HOUSES -SALE BIN rONG PARK Spectacular sights from hilltop 2 storey CCB Approx *****sqft Spacious frontage Best price. Also avail for rent. Dl
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      458 8 WJJH DO9-10 ORCHARD/ |uifi| TANGLIN/ HOLLAND HOUSES -SALE D.lO NAMLY VICINITY 2 storey Qunglw. Approx 6999/ 4850 sq.ft. Owner upgrading. H<qhes! offer secures. 9818H29 MRC SPACIOUS ***** SO.FT. 6*l, 2 storey bungalow witn swimming pool. Near amenities. Act fast! Call *****741 RH THE TENEHIFFE. OFF 6 Aye. Condo amenities. 3186
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      834 8 EDO 9-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND PTE APTS SALE WOOLLERTON PARK. 2357 IQfl 3+l+l. Tenanted. Bai'nese ambience like pool. 9671-0348 THE CLAYMORE. LUXURIES 3+l bdrms 2680 sq.ft. F/facilities F'noid. S2 85M. Aqt *****-522 MILL POINT. 915 sq ft. 2 bdrms. «18. Nice view. Near Great City 999 yrs. S$ neg. Hi
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      700 8 Bjffl Dl& 21 NEWTON/ ■yUI BT TIMAH/ CLEMENTI I PTE APTS SALE BIRMINGHAM MANSION. 1550 sq 't F*noM So. o-3 Ms* New. SB99K o" i 9271-6099 D.21 PANDAN VALLEY. With Gdn. Bauhima Blk. 3121 sq.ft. 3+l. Tenanted. $1.36 M neq. *****468 INCREDIBLE PRICE 5750K11 La Suisse 2. 999 yrs 1670
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      745 8 Vf{| Dl 5-16 EAST COAST I^UpTEAPTS SALE LEGENDA (CHOO CHIAT). Htmm cmc condo. Luxurious apt w<th roof terr/ free lac^z; 2000 sq.'t' 3+' "*is S73OK 0-0 Can *****990/ *****029 APN LE CONNEY PK. f "oid. 2rms paradise. Master on attic pool Lift Face NS $4«<* Ferttgntrs/ PRs eligible. Almost sold
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      543 9 Wff\\ Dl9-20SERANG00N/ ■dij THOMSON j HOUSES- SALE PATRICK LEONG 9632-1846 OW D. 19/20 Landed Specialist Thomson Terr 4300/2800 sqft Fulton Hill 2700/2000 sqft Glasgow Terr 3400/ 2900 sqft Paya Lebar Stml-d 4200 sqft RocK)i'« Semi-d 2800 sqft Ltltt r t.I-o 4000/ 2900 sqft Blqhtc-- Sunglw 5100/ 3800 sqft Raglan Bunqlw
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      1471 9 a 022-28 WtS D 2 2 "28 WESTS NORTH |uEj WEST NORTH HOUSES-SALE ■■HOUSES-SALE Land 3094 sq ft Land 4640 sq ft I Land 5451 sq ft Floor area 3537 sq f t Floor area 5006 sq ft J Floor area: 4525 sq.ft. s+l bedrooms 6+2 bedroofffs j 5+2 bedrooms
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      3183 9 aHOB ARTS FOR SALE PfSI HDB APTS FOR SALE WfjGl HDB APIS FOR SALE PWI HOB APTS FOR SALE PWEI hor *pt<; mo c», r Wfl unp »dtc cadc*i c £!Wrmmmr——wMfirll PROPERTY GUIDE HDB ESTATES fi < Buy It. Sell It. Find It. < Woodlands/ s- Sembawang f 517 y
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      743 9 k Bl*^ 1 WH HDB APTS FOR SALE EH] (GEYLANG/EUNOS/ MACPHERSON) 4'NG' DR'.c o- Bh 9 Eunos C-es. mid fir very near MRT/ mkt, wen nept. face S. 9487-3335 CRM HJfl HDB APTS FOR SALE EAj|l (HOUGANG/ S'GOON/ I YIO CHU KANG) BEN LOW 9008-3080 (DW) LOR AH SOO Exec
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      1027 9 U?l HObAP^S FOR SALE KXMM (HOUGANG/S'GOON/ J^jriOCHUKANG) 3 BLK 26' S goon Ctr Be v Com no VR T Su^ depot. *****48 v£S 4 A 1 CORNER S goo" Aye 3 gHr. unblocked/ S'm 96'61C36 Tl Gong X. F a Ca 4 'A 1 CORNER, a 549 \M Hi. HOjgang
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      905 10 QZaZ33uES3 rnjl HDB APTS FOR SALE (JURONG) 5 T BLK 532 Juroiq West Corner. Renovated. Nice landscape, sch. amenities. 9401 3695 Metro 5 T BLK .'BBD Toh Guan. Near 'MM. <7 aircon. High flr Nicely renovated 9851 1070 5 T BLK 246 Jurong East. Low flr/ Ong/ near IMM/ mkt/
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      535 10 WTvk HDB APTS FOR SALE I^J iStMBAWANG) 4 'A' 303. b ys High f r Reno 3 aircons. 5 mms MRT/ sch/ Sun Plaza. 9510-3518 EMS 4-RM SEMBAWANY Blk JTI Reno vated. Lift level Ssk above valuation *****946 agt 5 V GROUND flr. Blk 323. Well renovated. Marble. Split aircon.
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      833 10 RFI HDB APTS FOR SALE Wmoampines/simei) URGENT SALE! 4 A Tampines Bik 343. Nicely renovated. Near Tampines Mart/ amenities. Low fir. View to offer: *****090 RH SOK CASH (BANK Loan) Selling S36OK. 5 A' Bik. 922 renovated showhse 803 Tampmes. MRT/ shops Abdu"ah *****444 ERA .^i^L^L^^. 'n' PropfaxMpMl StOK BELOW
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        690 10 are you one of them? One boy "threatened self-harm and even kicked his mother out of the house". Dr Brian \eo. Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre's consultant psychiatrixt, on a boy, 14, he treated for gaming addiction More people are getting snared and psychiatrists will launch a study next year
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        304 12 She almost chatted her grades away Undergraduate Adrienne Rang loved online chat so much that she almost chatted away her O level examinations. She loved meeting new people. When she discovered the Internet relay chat (IRC) that allowed her to meet thousands of people from
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        397 12 Schoolwork comes first, then fun on the Internet HE NET Teenager Nadiah Harun is clear about her priorities: She spends anything from three hours to the whole day online, but only when her homework is done. The l.'i-year-old, who scored 240 for her Primary School Leaving Examinations, does not believe
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        310 13 You would never guess who might be an online pornography-and-sex addict: They look as decent as can be. That is what Mr Suresh Anantha of the Institute of Mental Health (MH) observes. The senior counsellor of IMH's Community Addictions Management Programme (Camp), who is working with such
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        1005 13 Used m moderation, the Internet is a useful tool for communication and entertainment. But what happens when you lose all sense of time and live for the Net? Believe it or not. You could also become addicted to your mobile phone and e-mail. Two
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        554 14 Bad online habits m kids begin with PC games. But addiction could raise a generation of "I want it now" kids. Reports here and on the next page on child PC addiction and help that is available. "Singapore parents tend to
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        128 14 From bad to worse Young addicts usually go through three stages. Here are the warning signs. Stage 1: He spends a lot of time online and his grades start to dip. But he is still keen about his friends. Stage 2: The computer becomes Ms only interest You may have
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        275 14 Children addicted to the Internet today will become adults who demand instant gratification tomorrow. Why is that? The things that hook them online like online gaming and pornography "promote instant gratification", said Dr Brian Yeo, Mount Elizabeth Medical Centres consultant psychiatrist. Boys, m particular, are
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        395 15 Online addiction is not a death sentence. You can get over it. And some help is free. One IT professional m his late 40s had three computers m his home, so that if one crashed, he had two for back-up. One day, it
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        291 15 Counselling is the way to go, said counsellors and psychiatrists. That is because counselling gets to the r<x>t cause of the online cravings. For example, a pornography addict may be driven to it from loneliness. Or, he may be unable to make friends with
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        148 15 Do you spend increasing amounts of time on the PC or Internet and exclude other interests and responsibilities? Are you always spending more time than you planned on the PC or online? Do you have more virtual than real friends? Do you schedule your day around your Internet
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        79 15 WHERE TO FIND ADVICE AND HELP Parents Advisory Group for the Institute of Mental Health Internet (Pagi) Community Addictions Management Parenting advice from Pagi volunteers Programme on how to handle children Treats adults for free Tel: 6387-9786 Tel: 6389-2387/2389 Website: www.pagi.org.sg Website: www.camp.org.sg Child Guidance Clinic Samaritans of Singapore Treats
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        1073 16 WHERE ARE THE JOBS? It is still an employer's market, and jobs will be harder to come by. Hence, those looking for work will need to do one of the following: Upgrade skills to remain employable, learn how to write a good resume, or make new plans to earn a
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        533 17 Is the chief information officers (CIO) job m danger of becoming extinct? One of the most critical issues that has emerged m recent months concerns the CIO. Once thought to be a chief executive officer's indispensable righthand man, a CIOs job could now be m peril
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        560 18 No time to make New Year visits? STEVEN NG recommends video-conferencing instead. The only drawback? No hongbao. VIRTUAL VISIT: Video-conferencing allows you to "see and talk" to your relatives if you are too busy to go visiting during the festive season. It is the tifth day
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        95 18 PHILIPS Lsik mate jimp fotf&f 88 9 g The Philips Monitors i Grand Hong Bao Draw I $8 8 88* Win when you buy any Philips monitor during Chinese New Year! Promotion period from I 8 January I 8 February 2003, at Sim Lim Square or Funan the IT Mall.
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        491 19  -  MELVIN SEAH Palm Tungsten \V $998 without line (cheek with phone service providers for pricing with subscription) Available from authorised Palm dealers Overview: With the new Palm Tungsten W, you can literally carry your office everywhere m your palm. This latest 2-in-l personal digital
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        417 19  -  STEVEN NG InnoAX Q-Cute MP3 player $135 for 64 MB version Available from Costronic Technologies. Call 6333-9574 Ovu'vlum Do not be fooled by Q-Cute: The pager-sized device looks like a toy with its plastic exterior. But it is actually a solid-state MP3 player a decent one too that
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        218 19 Acrobat on a shoestring budget MakePDF for Word version 4.3 Licence: US$35 (Ss6l) per user Available from www.download.com MakePDF is a budget Word-document-to-PDF converter. It runs as a macro m Word and you need to give permission for it to execute. The MakePDF macro is digitally signed and you can
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        515 20  -  ANDREW LIM You'll need it m Prisoner of War, as you sneak past guards m this suspenseful, action-packed game. Prisoner of War $59.90 Available from New Era Edutainment. Call 6275-2338 Overview: If you enjoy trudging through rough terrain id playing camouflage, you will get a high
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        369 20  -  RASHID ABDULLAH Strike Fighters Project 1 $49.90 Available from Funan The IT Mall Overview: Here's a game dial's set m the Vietnam War era and lets you fly one of the leanest fighting machines of that time the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II airplane. So, get
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        175 21 This PDA takes good shots too Its two-megapixel digital camera captures still images good enough to print 4R photos. Sony has launched the Clie PEG-NZ9O/G, a personal digital assistant (PDA) that comes with an integrated twomegapixel digital camera. The handheld also comes with integrated Bluetooth connectivity and an 802.11 b
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        163 21 Local game developer Gime International has announced details of two upcoming releases Mobile Romance of the Three Kingdoms (MRTK) and GeON. MRTK, targeted for launch this quarter, is a subscription-based multiplayer online strategy game that can be played on PCs and mobile phones. Set m the
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        78 21 Lexmark has introduced the T42od. a monochrome laser printer designed for the distributed enterpriseprinting environment, as well as for small- and medium-sized enterprises. Printing is carried out at speeds of up to 21 A4-sized pages per minute, and you can connect up to three input sources to
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        94 21 Storage software provider Veritas has introduced Backup Exec 9.0, the latest version of its back-up and recovery software for small- and medium-sized enterprises. Version 9.0 allows back-up and restoration of Microsoft Exchange e-mail servers to be executed m less time compared to its predecessor. It also allows
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        111 21 The sun is shining on the penguin. Sun Microsystems has announced a range of initiatives m support of the Linux platform, to facilitate its expansion into the xB6 server market. The Sun ONE Application Server 7 and the Sun ONE Directory Server 5.1 are now available
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        53 21 IBM has introduced 10 new options m grid computing for the aerospace, automotive, financial, life sciences and government industries. The offerings are built around five focus areas, which are themselves based on customer feedback and grid implementations: research and development, engineering and design, business analytics, enterprise optimisation
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        55 21 Training Partners (TP), the professional training arm of IT services company Datacraft Asia, has signed a training services agreement with EMC Corporation to provide technical courses m automated networked storage across the AsiaPacific for EMC's customers and partners. Under the agreement, TP will fulfil EMC customer training requirements
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        458 22 With the right investments m R&D and product development, a new player m the consumer electronics field has reaped profits. Consumer electronic devices made by Singapore- listed companies created headlines m the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) held early last month. Creative Technology- took centrestage when its digital
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        618 22 STOP THE LEAKAGE Many telcos are losing money through revenue "leakages", which can occur m many different ways from unconnected calls, unprofitable products and billing errors to uncollecteo accounts and even fraud. Not making it any easier are billing systems which are now increasingly complex. Without an active fraud
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        675 23  -  RADIIA BASU All things tech for tots to teens Using IT tools devised in-house, students at Commonwealth Secondary School are building their own database of web links that is proving more useful than existing Internet search engines. Tired of being unable to use generic
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        112 23 Live webcasts are becoming increasingly common m schools. Last week, Primary Four students from Rosyth School (right) used the technology to bring to life the complexities of marine biology. The lesson had two parts. The kids first watched an hour-long video, titled Separating the Myths and
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