The Straits Times, 16 March 2003

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1 18 The Straits Times
  • 27 1 The Sunday Times PACIFIC AREA NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR March 16, 2003 •84 Pages m four parts mita (P) 095/03/2002 M^A Singapore Press Holdings publication OC/ cents
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    9 1 Design: Photos: and PETER WILLIAMS DESMOND FOO DESMOND WEE
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  • 870 1 Killer flu spreads beyond Asia; 3 more die MX GUANGDONG: A mysterious pneumonia outbreak kills five people and infects 300. mm HANOI: A 48-year-old American businessman falls ill with flu-like symptoms after returning from a trip to Shanghai and Hongkong. Twenty hospital staff later become similarly ill. TORONTO: A Madam
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  • 478 1 U.S. SUMMIT WITH ALLIES WASHINGTON The United States' summit with allies Britain and Spain today is expected to pave the way for war, with an ultimatum likely to be issued to Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein soon to step down or face a military strike.
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  • NEWS FLASH
    • 81 2 II OM X WHEN Mr Andy Low's kidneys were failing, a 25-year-old man whom he met at his church came forward and offered one of his. Free. Amazingly, it proved to be a perfect match. The 48-year-old owner of an aircraft electrical engineering company in
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    • 81 2 THE Public Utilities Board gives Singaporeans an 11-month grace period for them to settle their utilities bill before they cut off their water, MPs were told yesterday m Parliament. If a householder has not paid at least his current bill after five months, a thimble will
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    • 90 2 TOURISM here will no longer be just a matter of bringing m visitors, it will be serious business. A $100 million Tourism Investment Fund will be set up to boost tourism products and infrastructure here. Already, the Singapore Tourism Board is m a joint venture
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    • 89 2 SIM) A V I. IFF! SOME newly-weds are spicing up their memories of their big day by getting themselves snapped topless and m the altogether. Six of the 10 photographers Sunday Life! checked with say they offer such a service. One revealed that he had been
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    • 54 2 SPORTS MANCHESTER United managed to stretch its unbeaten run m the English Premiere League by beating Aston Villa 1- 0 yesterday at Villa Park. David Beckham scored the goal, which allowed his team to cut Arsenal's lead at the top of the table to
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    • 110 2 10 schools to nurture sporting talent SPORTS POTENTIAL sports talents will be nurtured at at least 10 primary schools here. Eight of them are m Woodlands, close to the Singapore Sports School. The ninth is m Bukit Batok and the last m Hougang. All are introducing a privately-run sports programme
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    • 103 2 HOMK A MAN who spent several days unconscious m hospital after being hit on the head while m Jakarta on holiday, has been asked by OCBC Bank to pay $2,000 run up on his credit card m the Indonesian capital and m Singapore
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    • 72 2 MONEY NINE months after joining Temasek Holdings —the Government's investment arm as managing director of corporate stewardship, capital management guru Chris Matten is leaving it. He is the highest-ranking staff member to do so m the last few months. The 44-year-old leaves m the wake of a
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    • 85 2 MX) IV THE way the world's second richest man and chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, Mr Warren Buffett, runs his company and how Singapore chiefs run theirs are worlds apart. For one, his outfit has six managers over 75 years old; while m Singapore, most masters of
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    • 81 2 \V X I. D WILL the Iraqi military fight off an American invasion? Observers say that the most likely scenario is that a large number will desert or surrender immediately once the country is attacked. But a third of the army the elite Republican Guard and
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    • 71 2 ASIA SIX groups of Singaporeans from the Singa-Sino Friendship Association are making separate trips to China that will cover the whole country, from Lhasa m Tibet to Shanghai. The visits are to mark the 10th anniversary of the group, which was set up to
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    • 74 2 A PROPOSAL by the authorities to ban young students from using Bangkok's cybercafes late at night saw protests not just from cafe owners and students, but also some parents. All called it an over-reaction. The suggestion came after a survey revealed that many young
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    • 65 2 ACTING Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has ordered a full probe into allegations that scores of Indian computer software professionals were ill-treated by police during a raid at their condominium. Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar also assured Indian High Commissioner Veena Sikri m
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  • PRIME NEWS
    • 634 3  -  LI-ANN WEE ft. ♦Woman loses $100,000 ♦Man chalks up $6,000 debt THEY TOU» ME TO KEEP MY PRIZE A SECRET, TO PREVENT ANY MIXING UP OF NAMES AM NUMBERS. THEY ALSO CAIIID ME MANY TIMES TO SAY THEY NOUUt SEW OVER MY WINNINGS...' IF
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    • 160 3  - A mini garden to call their own WANG HUI FEN Text and picture by A FAMILY staying on the ground floor of an HDB flat at Blk 2958 Compassvale Crescent have turned the common space outside their flat into a mini garden. There is a fish tank, a parrot m
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    • 589 4  -  DENESH DIVYANATHAN a BG Yeo says economy will be stronger because of restructuring outlined by ERC report and free trade pacts being sought IF FIVE days of debate dwelt too much on worries about the future, Trade and Industry Minister George Yeo saw fit yesterday
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    • 547 4  -  DAVID HSIEH By THE STRAITS TIMES CHINA BUREAU Big support for Hu Jintao, many rejection votes for Zeng Qinghong BEIJING China's Parliament yesterday sent the country's political bosses a message by overwhelmingly endorsing Mr Hu Jintao as president and giving his potential rival, Mr
      AFP  -  547 words
    • 118 4 IN OUR report on March 14, "Welcome to the Hotel HDB", we said China was the second largest source of visitors for Singapore last year and that the Chinese were also the biggest spenders. The Singapore Tourism Board has clarified that last year, China was
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    • 689 6  - S' poreans still heading for virus-hit areas TRACY QUEK LIANN WEE By and PREGNANT, BUT HAVE TO GO If not for the meeting, I wouldn't be taking the risk. Til stay m the hotel and avoid crowded places. Mrs Janet Yeoh, 32, who is seven months pregnant with her first
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    • 375 6 WHAT is atypical pneumonia? It's a lung infection that is caused by certain organisms like mycoplasma, leeionella (Legionnaires' disease) and chlamydia. However, the agent that has caused the recent outbreak of atypical pneumonia m Hongkong has not yet been identified, though the suspicion is that it
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    • 499 5 The basics of affordable healthcare i^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^Kl*T^M |T*Hn I?H IMI I i^LWBBi^BHLmi^L^BB Healthcare subsidies r "^^i^n HHUHHIHI Public hospitals here offer a range of ward Want class Subsidy Differences m^^^^^^^^^^^ m^^^^^^^^^^^4 choices to cater to the different budgets of Amount t^\ «;innannrpan^ A 0% 1-2 bedded. alr-conoltlonlng. ittoched Amount l^J singaporeans.
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    • 990 6 Culinary Masterclasses Watch overseas culinary maestros demonstrate their creations 'live' m an interactive classroom environment. This will be an excellent opportunity for gourmet enthusiasts I I to learn about the 'secrets' from the culinary greats and sample their signature dishes. Definitely not to be missed! >^§SsXv i Date: 31 March
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  • NKE
    • 205 7 AN ORGAN DONATION NEWSLETTER BROUGHTTOYOU BYTHE NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION A serious shortage of organs hampers successful transplants.This fourth of a series of newsletters on the proposed changes to the Human Organ Transplant Act (HOTA) deals with how the proposed changes can make organ donation easier. The current
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    • 176 7 When it comes to organ transplants, some Singaporeans may harbour a fear that doctors who are treating potential donors will not do their best to save them. That fear is unfounded because doctors are held responsible for
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    • 120 7 Singapore has two laws governing organ donation the Medical (Therapy, Education and Research) Act 1972 (MTERA), and the Human Organ Transplant Act 1987 (HOTA). MTERA is an opt-in system. People aged 1 8 and above who are living or working m Singapore can pledge their organs
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    • 127 7 Current HOTA: Only kidneys can be harvested for transplants New HOTA: Includes livers and corneas from individuals who have not opted out. Liver transplants save lives, but there are not enough livers available. Cornea transplants restore sight to many who are blind. Current HOTA: Only
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  • WORLD
    • 770 8 It will surrender m droves. It will fight tooth and nail DERWIN PEREIRA, our roving correspondent m the Middle East, looks at which of these paths Iraq's military will choose. WILL they or will they not fight an American invasion? That is the key question being asked
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    • 686 9 US is losing patience with Blair's domestic difficulties and tells Turkey it will stop lobbying for the use of bases LONDON The time for talk over Iraq is nearly over. United States President George W. Bush's patience with the predicament of chief ally British
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    • 445 9 Azores talks last drive for peace or path to war? EMERGENCY SUMMIT ON IRAQ 'An event like this is always a surprise for an island that is so small, that isn't even on the map on the world scale, and is completely forgotten. Marco Soveta, 32, a jewellery store owner
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    • IRAQ BRIEFING
      • 26 9 In final preparations ahead of a likely Iraq invasion, US Marines m northern Kuwait were ordered to don their chemical warfare suits yesterday.
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      • 32 9 Eight US Navy ships, including a cruiser, a destroyer and three submarines, transited the Suez Canal yesterday en route to support naval forces already stationed m the Gulf.
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      • 23 9 AUSAir Force B-lB bomber used precision-guided weapons to target two anti-aircraft radar sites in western Iraq on Friday, military officials said.
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      • 33 9 Iraq submitted a promised report to the United Nations on the deadly nerve gas VX, UN officials said. The report covered only VX and not anthrax as had been expected.
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      • 33 9 The Bush administration has agreed upon a strategy for administering post-war Iraq that borrows key elements from its experience m Afghanistan and emphasises a rapid transfer of authority to Iraqi leaders.
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      • 25 9 Anti-war protesters staged huge demonstrations around the world yesterday. Thousands protested m Baghdad, about 10,000 marched m Tokyo and 4,000 m New Zealand.
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      • 43 9 Hundreds of fighters from Iraq's main Shi ite Muslim opposition faction put on a rare show of military force at their northern Iraqi base yesterday, with their leadership vowing they would act independently of the US m the battle against Iraq.
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    • 192 10 NORTHERN KUWAIT DESERT In final preparations ahead of a likely invasion of Iraq, US Marines m northern Kuwait were ordered yesterday to don their special suits to protect themselves against possible chemical or biological attacks. They broke out the protective clothing after units were placed on
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    • 384 11  - EARLY-BIRD DEFENCE BETSY PISIK By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES CAMP FOX (Kuwait) Marines m the Persian Gulf have a new avian force to protect them pigeons. Each US Marine has been issued gear worth about US$45O (S$8OO) to protect against exposure to deadly agents. The gas mask, glove liners, bulky
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    • 704 11  -  MATTHEW SALTMARSH By] FOR THE STRAITS TIMES Divisions over Iraq undermine Europe's aims to speak with one voice on the world stage BRUSSELS Europe's differences m approach to the Iraq crisis threaten to leave its goal of establishing a common foreign policy m tatters
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    • 313 11 War will bring more terrorism to US: Arabs WASHINGTON A stunning number of Arabs believe that war with Iraq will produce more terrorism against the United States and greater instability m the Middle East and will worsen prospects for settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, according to a newly released poll.
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    • 713 12  - More enrol in military programmes at American universities PAUL ZACH By IN ATHENS, OHIO Training at Ohio University is m full swing even as memories of the 1970 riots against the Vietnam War remain fresh OHIO University (OU) students opposed to the war m Vietnam tried to run the Reserve
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    • 238 12 WASHINGTON On the eve of a potential US-led invasion of Iraq, the army's top two leaders and Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld have intensified a long-running feud that underscores a bitter rift between the military's largest branch and the Pentagon's civilian boss. Amid rumours
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    • DATELINE ASIA
      • 193 13  - Actor 'can't recall talking to gangster' V. K. Raghunathan INDIA I WAS DRUNK, CLAIMS DUTT BOLLYWOOD star Sanjay Dutt probably thinks that confessing to a small "sin" can get him out of bigger trouble. At a court hearing last week of a case involving connections between Bollywood and the underworld,
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      • 105 13  - NEW CALLING FOR FORMER DIPLOMAT Kwan Weng Kin l_J___ MR HISASHI Owada, former top Japanese diplomat and father of Crown Princess Masako, has found a new calling at the age of 70. He was recently appointed to the International Court of Justice at The Hague m the Netherlands. An expert
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      • 117 13  -  Goh Sui Noi CHI N A HE IS a painter and a photographer, but Mr Zhai Mo's biggest quest now is not m the arts arena. Rather, the 35-year-old wants to be the first Chinese sailor to circumnavigate the world sin-gle-handedly. He launched
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      • 132 13  -  Devi Asmarani INDONESIA PROMINENT Muslim cleric Mustofa Bisri recently earned criticism from fellow clerics and terror threats after displaying his work of art showing a controversial singer surrounded by a group of praying clerics. Mr Mustofa's painting featuring 24-year old Inul Daratista, whose erotic performance
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      • 72 13  - SINGER WANTS TIME WITH SON Reme Ahmad MAI.\ V S 1 A SINGER Jamal Abdillah, who went through a second divorce recently, wants to spend more time with Osama and is staying away from the topic of marriage. No, not Osama bin Laden, but his one-year-old son Osama Yamani. Jamal
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    • 489 13 Moscow m recent years. Year-on-year rises are estimated at 23 per cent, with a two-bedroom flat m the Mayfair of Moscow expected to double m value to US$l million (551.76 million) this year. The flats once owned by Soviet apparatchiks are now worth
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    • 139 13 3 die in bid to retrieve cell phone from latrine NAIROBI Three Kenyans died trying to retrieve a mobile phone that slipped down an open-pit latrine while its owner answered a call of nature, a newspaper reported on Friday. Anxious to recover her phone, the owner m the coastal town
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    • 613 14 Shooting of Serbian PM Allies of former leader Milosevic are accused of organising the fatal sniper ambush as police arrest 181 people m an intensive sweep BELGRADE Anti-terrorist police demolished the sprawling headquarters of an underworld group linked to Slobodan Milosevic and arrested
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    • WORLD FILE
      • 38 14 NASA PLANNING SHUTTLE LAUNCH NASA is making plans to return a space shuttle to orbit as early as this autumn. Mr William F. Readdy, Nasas associate administrator for space flight, issued a memo on this last week. AP
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      • 44 14 KIDNAPPED GIRL'S COUSIN TARGETED SEVEN weeks after Elizabeth Smart disappeared, the man accused of abducting her nine months ago might have tried to kidnap her 18-year-old cousin, investigators said. According to a sheriffs report, the would-be intruder fled when the family woke up. AP
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      • 49 14 RUSSIAN DEFENCE Minister Sergei Ivanov reaffirmed plans to recruit the core of the armed forces on a contract basis, instead of by conscription, by the end of 2007. Mr Ivanov said the shift would begin next year, the ITAR-Tass and Interfax news agencies reported. AP
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      • 44 14 MUCH-WANTED drug lord Osiel Cardenas was arrested on Friday after a gun battle with Mexican soldiers m the border city of Matamorps. Cardenas allegedly headed an army of hitmen and drug traffickers m the Gulf coast state of Tamaulipas. AP
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      • 66 14 COLD WAR SPY RELEASED FROM JAIL CHRISTOPHER Boyce, whose Cold War spying was immortalised on film m The Falcon and the Snowman, was released on Friday after about 25 years m prison. Boyce was 22 when his father, a former FBI agent, helped him land a summer job as a
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    • 270 14  -  ALFRED LEE By. THE STRAITS TIMES EUROPE BUREAU LONDON The case that has engaged many m Britain has taken an interesting turn as a college lecturer accused of coughing to help a British army major win a £l-million (Ss2.B--million) quiz show prize
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    • 898 14 Family Diary March 2003 issue A ramify Education Programme Bulletin by the Ministry of Community Development and Sports Maximise Your Time j HSj^k As working parents, you may find that you have little time to be with your family. Here are some simple tips to help you increase fun time
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  • Family Matters
    • Article, Illustration
      628 15 about losing your job and say that you are not going to have a baby because of that, then chances are you won* t." -Mr Latiff Not enough money and not enough time. So not enough babies. Couples shy away from having kids. But they don't know
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    • 133 15 GRANDPARENTS are a real boon. They stand m for you at a moment's notice. And give loving care to your kids. Sometimes, though, they might get lonely taking care of the kids alone at home.That is why Lakeside Family Centre is starting
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    • 232 15 f if Having Mark did involve a big change m our lives. No more sleeping m, no taking a holiday at a moment's notice, or just heading off for a late late supper or movie. Now it's all carefully planned. Do we have mum over to babysit? If
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    • 441 15 FOR the Menons, having big family does not .mean spending tons of money. "You don't have to be rich to have kids, but with kids you are rich," says dental surgeon tur/ied homemaker Kamala Menon, 44. It is important to be
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  • CHINA
    • 880 16  - China's stability depends on Hu-Zeng relations CHING CHEONG National People's Congress Meeting Bu E.AST.AS/.A CORRESPOSDEST As forecast by ST THE line-up of China's new leaders has kept the world guessing. Who will fill the country's most powerful positions? Will outgoing president Jiang Zemin (left) succeed m placing his men m
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    • 471 16  -  CHUA CHIN HON NEW PARLIAMENT CHIEF By THE STRAITS TIMES CHINA BUREAU BEIJING Mr Wu Bangguo, the No. 2 man m the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), formally took over as chief of the country's legislature yesterday with almost
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    • 51 16 Rise from ranks Wu Banoquo: Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Born In July 1941 m Attended Qlnghua University and earned a W^pvB 111 wHS%*I OHIv vactwm tube technology. Joined the Communist Party m nHML- Spent most of his career rising through the party ranks m Shanghai.
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    • 156 16 Hu Jintao: New President Mr Hu was born m December 1942 m eastern Anhui province. He attended Qinghua University, earning a degree m hydroelectric engineering. He joined the Communist Party m 1964 at the height of the Cultural Revolution. He worked his way up through the
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    • 185 18 Protesting workers factory gate BEIJING In another labour protest, textile workers m central China have staged a sit-in at their mill to protest against unpaid pensions and corruption among managers, a factory official and workers' rights group said yesterday. An average of 200 workers have blocked the mill's gate each
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    • 409 18  - Growth 'must not endanger ecology' DAVID HSIEH By THE STRAITS TIMES CHINA BUREAU China's new President stresses need for sustainable development and respect for natural resources BEIJING Newlyelected President Hu Jintao has voiced strong support for making an ecological clean-up of China a pillar of its development. According to Mr
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    • 218 18 BEIJING China's neighbours yesterday offered congratulations to new President Hu Jintao, who was voted m formally by parliament. North Korea's reclusive leader Kirn Jong II was among the first to send congratulations to Mr Hu. "I would like to express the belief that the bilateral friendship
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    • 158 20 HONGKONG A week after Philippine President Gloria Arroyo vowed to sue Hongkong over a pay cut for foreign maids, the top Philippine diplomat here said yesterday her government has changed its mind. "The Philippine government is not suing," said Con-sul-General Victoria
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    • 398 20  - China-wide tours for S'pore groups XIE HONG Friendship Visits By THE STRAITS TIMES CHINA DESK The trips will include all 27 provincial capitals m a move to deepen understanding between people m the two countries DURING the next eight months, six groups of Singaporeans will make separate trips to China
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    • 38 20 AFP Taiwan s Education Minister Huang Jong-tsun performs with a student during a Taipei press conference to promote school sports. Mr Huang hopes students can learn at least one type of sport while at school.
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    • 191 20 HONGKONG The Hongkong government plans to offer a HK$2,OOO (Ss4so) monthly subsidy to employers for each fresh graduate they hire m a move to reduce unemployment amid the economic downturn. According to the Chi-nese-language Sing Tao Daily, the authorities hope that the
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    • ASIA FILE
      • 70 20 CHINA has decided to further relax travel restrictions for its citizens planning to visit the two special administrative regions of Hongkong and Macau, it was reported yesterday. Hongkong's Sing Tao Daily quoted Mr Gu Chaoxi, deputy director of the Beijing's National Tourism Administration, as saying the
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      • 59 20 TIBET'S spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, plans to visit Japan m November m a move likely to spark protests from China, press reports said. The Dalai Lama, who has visited Japan seven times, accepted an invitation to visit the country again when he met Japanese
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      • 55 20 THE British government, under fire for giv- ing unequal pay to Gurkha soldiers, said yesterday that it was boosting pension payments to the Nepalese veterans by 12 percent. Pensions to former Gurkhas or their widows had the year before increased by 10 per cent, the British
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      • 60 20 A DRAGONAIR Airbus carrying 133 passengers and seven crew made an emergency landing m Guilin, southern China, after a crack was found on the cockpit's windscreen, a spokesman for the Civil Aviation Department said yesterday. The flight was half way to Chengdu m south-western China
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      • 48 20 JAPAN'S population expanded by 0.11 per cent last year, the lowest rate on record, the government estimated. In a survey issued on Friday, the Public Management Ministry said the population rose by 145,000 to stand at 127.43 million as of Or. tober. AP
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  • ASIA
    • 528 21  -  MARY KWANG By HONGKONG CORRESPONDENT Hongkong's Chief Executive publicises a letter he wrote to Antony Leung over his conflict of interest m car tax hike FINANCIAL Secretary Antony Leung, accused of abusing his position, had been involved closely m active Budget delibera- >
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    • 137 21 MULTAN (Pakistan) Seven Shi'ite Muslims died as they flagellated themselves with knives and chains during the annual Ashura ceremony to commemorate the death of a seventh century Muslim saint. The deaths occurred due to "excessive bleeding 9 hospital officials said. Shi'ite community
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    • 331 21 Seoul sees no missile preparations in North SEOUL South Korea said there has been no sign that North Korea is getting ready to test a long-range ballistic missile which can reach far beyond Japan and possibly hit parts of the United States. The Defence Ministry said m a report to
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    • 586 22  -  NIRMAL GHOSH By THAI LAND CORRESPONDENT Students and parents say police move is an over-reaction while cafe operators warn their businesses will be damaged BANGKOK A police proposal to ban young students from using cybercafes late at night has been labelled an over-reaction by
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    • 203 22 Bomb-maker 'hiding in Indonesia' DENPASAR The man who made the massive bomb used m the deadly Bali attack is believed to be still hiding m Indonesia. Latest police information suggested that Dulmatin an expert m explosives and the maker of the van bomb used to blow up the Sari dub
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    • 253 22 Phuket airport blockaded after guard kills cabby PHUKET An airport security guard shot the driver of an "illegal" taxi at Phuket International Airport, causing about 2,000 passengers to be stranded for more than three hours after colleagues of the driver blockaded the airport. The incident started when security guard Pairoj
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    • REGIONAL FILE
      • 38 22 CAMBODIA TO PAY $10M OVER RIOTS CAMBODIAN Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday that his government would pay US$5.9 million (SslO million) to Thailand for the damage caused when a mob torched Bangkok's embassy m Phnom Penh. AP
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      • 44 22 PHILIPPINE President Gloria Arroyo said yesterday that she was dropping government appeals for clemency for a Filipino arrested on drugs charges m Malaysia. In a statement, Mrs Arroyo said the Philippines also imposed harsh penalties for drug charges. AFP
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      • 33 22 NEARLY 700 Indonesian students staged a noisy rally yesterday to call for the resignation of President Megawati Sukarnoputri, accusing her of deserting the poor who had backed her. AFP
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      • 38 22 A COURT m northern Vietnam has sentenced six people to death and 11 others to life m prison for trafficking heroin from neighbouring Laos, the Tuoi Tre (Youth) paper said yesterday. AP
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      • 55 22 INDONESIA will hold elections to national and local legislatures on April 5 next year, but has yet to decide the date of its first direct presidential election. The General Elections Commission picked the ballot date to allow time for party and voter registration, said its
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  • MALAYSIA
    • 567 23 Acting to smooth strained ties with Delhi, he vows to get to the bottom of claims that police had ill-treated Indian nationals KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian leaders have moved to protect strained bilateral ties with India from worsening by promising to get to
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    • 180 23 16-year wait for man to get his name cleared KUALA LUMPUR A Tenaga Nasional technician who was sentenced to five years' jail for sodomy took 16 years to clear his name after the Court of Appeal acquitted him of the alleged offences. Mr Shuid Hussain, 54, was spared the nine
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    • 184 23 KUALA LUMPUR A group of Indian nationals m Malacca has lodged police reports alleging mistreatment by their employer. A lawyer for 39 Indian workers claimed that a factory run by Fudex Rubber Products had employed them on a monthly salary of RM6OO (*****), but they had
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    • 312 23 KUALA LUMPUR A Malaysian paraplegic suffered five months of abuse at the hands of her Indonesian maid who later fled with her cash and belongings. Madam K. Kaliamah, 36, was scalded with boiling water and pushed off her wheelchair on several occasions
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    • 191 24 Security guard drives on with banks' money KUALA LUMPUR A 43-year-old guard of a security firm fled with more than RM500,000 (*****,000) m cash during a routine collection from banks m the city centre here on Friday. In the 10 am incident, the guard, who is an ex-soldier, arrived with
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    • 415 24 KL urged to rein in religious vigilantes The call comes after a boy student and a girl student were whipped for chatting m a school canteen KUALA LUMPUR Women's groups and politicians have called on the government to act against religious vigilantes who carry out summary punishments m the name
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    • MALAYSIA FILE
      • 39 24 THE Malaysian Human Rights Commission (Suhakam) said that overcrowding m prisons and police lock-ups has reached a worrying level. Suhakam said the problem should be addressed to reduce pressure on prise" q <* inmates. Bernama
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      • 53 24 MALAYSIAN police believe they have busted a multi-million-ringgit credit card forgery gang following the arrest of five people and the seizure of a substantial number of cloned gold credit cards and take identity cards. The suspects were arrested m Seri Kembangan, Selaneor. on TupsHav. The Star
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      • 53 24 A WAILING sound on an express bus travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Seremban in Negri Sembilan yesterday led to the discovery of a baby girl. A passenger said the abandoned newborn was lying in the aisle but nobody noticed her until she cried. The StAR
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      • 31 24 COMPUTERS at Johor schools are becoming the target of thieves, with 92 units worth RM500,000 (*****,000) stolen from nine schools since January. The Star Asia News Network
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      • 66 24 KELANTAN police are planning to set up three permanent roadblocks at the main entry points into the state from Thailand to curb smuggling, especially of rice. Acting state police chief Abdul Aziz Nawi said the roadblocks would be m Pasir Puteh, Jeli and Gua Musang to
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  • The Sunday Times home
    • 697 25  - Stranger, your kidney saved my life... WONG SHER MAINE Bu FDSA aaaamWdtmwWßnUMUn^^llTlm FASFFDFSA WHEN Mr Andy Low's kidneys started to fail two years ago, the 48-year-old was resigned to dying soon. But out of the blue, he was offered a kidney by an acquaintance who was practically a stranger from
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    • 176 26 Abdullah on checks: S'pore has every right KUALA LUMPUR Singapore's move to tighten border controls with Malaysia is a security measure within the Republic's jurisdiction, Acting Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said yesterday. "They are worried a war might break out m Iraq any time. So, as a security measure,
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    • 523 26  -  THERESA TAN Sa Queues stretch during morning peak hours due to stepped-up security linked to looming Iraq war and terrorist threat AT LEAST 30 motorcyclists at the Woodlands Checkpoint yesterday found a way to keep themselves and their vehicles cool while waiting to come
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    • 222 26 THE 35-year-old woman who allegedly stabbed her live-in boyfriend m the neck with a pair of kitchen scissors, was yesterday charged m court with murder. Soh Lay Keow, a masseuse at a health centre, is accused of killing Mr Teo Hwa Eng, 42,
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    • 442 27  -  SHAHIDA ARIFF Bu 7 just feel the whole thing is absurd. It's an obvious fraud case: How could I possibly have used my cards while lying m hospital?' MrChua Man was attacked m Jakarta and credit card stolen; card used while
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    • 116 27 THE Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe, Ms Maria das Neves, met Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong at the Istana yesterday afternoon. The two leaders exchanged views on strengthening bilateral cooperation, said a statement from the Prime Minister's Office.
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    • 191 27 A BOOK that contains letters exchanged between Singapore and Malaysia leaders on the bilateral water dispute has been published ana put on sale by the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts (Mita). The book, titled Water Talks? If Only It Could,
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    • 292 27 THERE are no ministries, statutory boards or govern-ment-linked companies (GLCs) on a hit list for downsizing, said labour chief lim Boon Heng. Speaking to the media yesterday, he said that he wanted to dispel "coffeeshop talk" that more large retrenchment exercises were
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    • 85 28 COMEBACK MDSFHE YEARS LATER... Sebastian Chay, one of four Comeback Kids featured m The Sunday Times m 1998, made the headlines two weeks ago when he acedthe O levels. The four had trust funds tungpifrfwm $5,000 to $7,000 set up for them from the public donations that poured m after
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    • 460 28 Sebastian Chay, 19 THEN: Afterjust afew months m Primary 1 at Blangah Rise Primary, Sebastian dropped out because his family could not afford to keep him m school. His father did not have a regular job and his mother was a sickly
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    • 395 28 She's a dropout but volunteers won't let her waste her life Patricia Chay, 13 THEN: Patricia, Sebastian 's sister, went to school for the first time when she was nine, m 1999. Her parents could not afford to pay for her education before that She enrolled m Primary 1 at
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    • 485 29 He puts studies aside to support the family Jamil Jam aludin, 16 THEN: He suffered from scabies and malnutrition, surviving on one meal a day. He lived with his divorced mother and four sisters m a three-room Chai Cheeflat. But Jamil completed his Primary School Leaving Examination and went to
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    • 494 29 Taunts or truant... why did she drop out? NURULHEMAWATI SHARIL, 16 THEN: Her parents divorced when the Chariton Primary schoolgirl was 10 years old and it affected Nurul so badly that she ended up m the slowest EM3 stream. Despite the odds, she passed her Primary School Leaving Examination, earning
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    • 490 29 Chen Hui Ting, 17 THEN: Hut Ting had to make do withfree tuition offered bya community centre because her mother could not afford to hire a private tutor. Her father had a stroke, and her elder brother was mentally handicapped. The family
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    • 117 25 Q oms back Kid Her Biggest Challenge Girl who worried about completing secondary school gets 3 As m O levels. pace t9 fIH AVI Security Keeping Cool At Woodlands Some motorcyclists wait for queues to clear before heading to the checkpoint. pace 26 Insurance High Cost Of Drink-driving Those who
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    • 58 25 HO CASH, NO OUTING 'He couldn't go out with his friends today because he had no money. Madam Halimah Abdul Khan, 47, on why her son Jamil Jamaludin, 16, one of the Comeback Kids, happened to be home. The youth, who passed his N levels recently, is his family's sole
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  • PARLIAMENT BUDGET DEBATE— DAY 6
    • 392 30 Coming up: Cuts m Power Grid charges, JTC rental deposits and permit fees. Spore isn't uncompetitive: Tharman THE cost of doing business here is not only competitive, but has also been falling m recent years, Senior Minister of State (Trade and
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    • 322 30 Here's good news on that $20,000 cap 'FAIR TRADING' LIMIT UNHAPPY consumers who want their money back can make claims of up to $20,000, a more generous limit than an earner cap suggested by a proposed Fair Trading Act And they have the Consumers' Association of Singapore to thank for
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    • 243 30 A NEW platform to help Sin-gapore-based companies grow their business and economic ties with neighbouring Indonesia is m the offing. Network Indonesia which will follow two successful groupings set up for dealings witn China and India reflects Singapore's growing links with
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    • 569 30 SERIOUS money is about to be spent on strategic projects to build up tourism here as a destination and a business. A new $100 million Tourism Investment Fund is going to be used to boost tourism Eroducts and infrastructure ere, Trade and
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    • 64 30 PowerGnd to cut gnd charges by average of 8 per cent for commercial users, 14 per cent for industrial users from April 1. JTC will halve rental deposits to one month's rent for customers paying by Giro from April 1. Fees for application of business permits via
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    • 299 30 ENTREPRENEURS must learn to stand on their own two feet but can expect some help along the way from the Government like conducive conditions m which to operate and easier access to funding. There is also the plan to match such businessmen with
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    • 327 30 Water cut off only if you don't pay for 11 months SINGAPOREANS struggling to pay their utilities bills will have water for up to 1 1 months before their taps are turned off. The Public Utilities Board (PUB) will let them run into arrears for at least five months. After
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    • 737 32  - Finally, a speech that raises our spirits a little TAN TARN HOW FROM THE GALLERY By TRADE and Industry Minister George Yeo came to sell some medicine m Parliament What he was purveying was not meant for your everyday ache m the back or pain m the neck, but for
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    • 474 32 TWO MPs pushed for pedal power yesterday, arguing for more consideration of cyclists. Two others made a pitch for a public transport system that is more friendly to elderly and disabled people. Championing the cyclists were Tampines GRC MPs Ong Kian Mm
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    • 494 32 Minister says the charge is minimal and that it is aimed at covering cost of monitoring operators' quality of service THE $25 levy question was the burning issue for two of the seven MPs who spoke on taxi matters yesterday. Mr
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    • 374 32 PSA Corporation has become more innovative and flexible m its approach to customer service and looks able to hold its own against the competition and continue to grow. Transport Minister Yeo Cheow Tong, expressing optimism about the outlook for the port operator, said
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    • 310 32 THE aborted $40.3 million communications system for providing real-time information on bus arrivals, will not be a total loss. So far, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) has spent $10 million developing a radio communication system to transmit signals, the equipment for a central computer system
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    • 654 31 Here are the select few who helped them get there. Top Director Top Business Top New Top District IndS^ 0 Top >wviser Of AgenCy Manager TOp AdViSer AdViSer Retail Investment Retail Investment Retail Investment Lee Urn Sin Andy Tan Kok Seng Richard Tay Lip Wee Alwee Goh Wee Noon Alan
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  • MONEY
    • 471 33 'MrMatten is going to leave Temasek at the end of this month. But he will continue to work with Temasek on some projects... There will be no replacement because of the way we have restructured. 9 —Temasek spokesman Eva Ho, on Mr
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    • 599 33  -  LEONG CHAN TEK *L GOOD NEWS FOR GOOD SAMARITANS GOOD Samaritans are protected after all. People wondering about the insurance liabilities m the recent case of 10 Good Samaritans who tried to push a car off the tracks before an MRT train hit
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    • 197 33 NEW YORK The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose, led by United Technologies, which gained after a Salomon Smith Barney analyst said profits at defence companies would grow faster than other groups. The Dow average rose 37.96 points, or 0.5 per cent, to 7,859.71, and the
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    • 506 33 'Suddenly, everyone's a military expert/ A trader at aUS pnnuury ocMicrj on die many predictions of when the war against Iraq wifl start NEW YORK Investors, heading into a week that will be dominated by rapid-fire headlines on the likelihood of a United
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  • FAMILY MONEY
    • 1624 34 Taking a leaf out of Warren Buffett The world's greatest investor, Mr Warren Buffett, released his latest annual letter to shareholders of his company last week. UEMR CHAN TDK extracts parts ofvt and compares Mr Buffett's comments with what is happeninghere WITH a net worth of some US$3O billion (5552.71
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    • 76 34 'On the right is Ms Shirley Wong, group vice-president, who is last year's most respectable revenue generator. A caption m Frontline Technologies' 2001 annual report, which also paid tribute to its army of sales professionals 'Ajit Jain's reinsurance division was the major reason
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  • REVIEW
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      345 35 POT SHOTS Cheong take on the week s news The high life: The Singapore Tourism Board wants to convert old public flats m Tiong Bahru into hotels. They think these will attract tourists from China who seek an authentic stay m Singapore. Guess that will include urine m the lifts
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    • 2563 35  - 'If looKs could kill, I would have died for sure' Susan Long The HDB Story -WE MAM HIM CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSING AND DEVELOPMENT BOARD IN 1960 WHEN WE FORMED HDB. IT WAS CRUCIAL, LJFE AND DEATH, ff WE FAILED, WE WOULD NOT BE RE-ELECTED. THIS WAS THE FIRST YEAR
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    • The Sunday Times
      • 308 36 PAGE 4 of Thursday's Straits Times had a picture of smiling cleaning women that conveys a sobering message. Only the misguided would be so condescending as to say the women looked grateful just to have jobs. Sure they are appreciative, and it calls for an attitude change
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    • 140 36  -  NOEL ROSALES atOldTraffordwillbe as a player. *5 Former Manchester United star George Best on fellow Irishman Roy Keane, who is tipped to become the team's next coach 441 am at a loss for words. Perhaps we should rotate the replies. Deputy Prime Minister Lee HsienLoong
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    • 901 36  -  Lydia Lim THE WAY I SEE IT IN THIS year of layoffs, the axe has fallen equally on bosses and workers. But m retrenchments as m other aspects of life, some are more equal than others. When Danish shipping executive Flemming Jacobs was asked to leave Neptune
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    • 951 36  -  Jason Leow 'Nowhere else m China are people more gung-ho, more extravagant and more earnest about being at the forefront than m Beijing.' CORRESPONDENT'S NOTEBOOK BEIJING My 40-minute wait for a table at Nam Nam, the French colo-nial-style restaurant with its massive windows and
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  • 1536 37  - I'm happy I failed' Lee Su Shyan Oei Hong Leong says: In short Oei Hong Leong is a happy man and happy that he lost out m his bid for Nat Steel last year, for now die years of hard work are over, says the retired multi-millionaire, who spends most
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  • 1223 38  - Return of the native... ..rebirth of a nation GARRY EMMONS Reviving Serbia *L In short Bozidar Djelic gave up a privileged life m Paris when his homeland of Serbia beckoned. In 2000, he went back as its Minister for Finance and the Economy, working to revive the economy. By day,
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  • 839 38  -  GAVIN W.JONES Book Review Bu< The Indonesian Crisis: A Human Development Perspective Edited by Arts Ananta Published by the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies 464pages/$49.90 THE Asian countries hit by the financial crisis m 1997 have had vastly different experiences since then. South Korea and
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  • VERHEAR
    • 271 38 Pardon my French... BE careful what you wish for, warns the Christian Science Monitor, of recent attempts by some Americans to excise French culture from everyday life. The paper showed how futile that was, m a piece de resistance on Friday entitled English sans French. It writes: "The Franco-American dtspttte/afiing
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    • 79 38 BUT then, language is such a delicate thing. Member of Parliament Ho Peng Kee discovered this on Friday when he brought the House down replying to nominated MP Ngiam Tee Liang's question about how sex offenders were rehabilitated. After giving details about current programmes, he
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    • 313 44 [^^M^^H ||^H^ jg j~ LONDON It seems that Chelsea is coming apart at the seams. After a bad run of form with just one win from its last four Premiership games, the Blues were hit with a training ground punch-up on Thursday. Carlton Cole, 19, punched
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    • 311 44 FSAD LONDON Blackburn Rovers manager Graeme Souness' decision to put on his boots again ended m a furious bust-up with his striker Andy Cole. The club's record £8-million (5522.6-million) buy from Manchester United was unhappy about a pass given to him by his boss
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    • 781 44  -  CHIA HAN KEONG SOCCER By Championship race wide open after Blackburn beats Arsenal a second time NO PATRICK VIEIRA. No David Seaman. No Sol Campbell. So it was no surprise that an understrength Arsenal fell, not by one, but by two goals to feisty
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    • 485 44 CRICKET EAST LONDON (South Africa) Sri Lanka skipper Sanath Jayasuriya yesterday confidently predicted World Cup defeat for defending champion Australia when the two sides come face-to-face m Port Elizabeth on Tuesday. "I think on that pitch we can win it," he said after the
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    • 486 40  -  G. SIVAKKUMARAN POWERBOATENG By THE roar of powerboats will once again be heard on local waters after Singapore won the right to host a leg of the sport's Formula One championship. Singapore had hosted the championship from 1986 to 1992 at Marina Bay, but the
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    • 791 40  -  TAY CHENG KHOON GOLF TAY TO GREEN SO ASIA has taken an 8-4 lead over Japan m the inaugural Dynasty Cup m Shenzhen and should wrap up the title after today's 12 singles. Dynasty Cup? What Dynasty Cup? Take heart,
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      48 40 AP South Korea's Grace Park rues a missed putt on the 18th hole m the second round of the Welch's Fry's Championship m Arizona on Friday. She is on 12-under 128, four shots behind leader Meg Mallon, m the US Ladies Professional Golf Association Tour event.
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    • 368 40  -  PEH SHING HUEI Bu IT HOSTED Tiger Woods for an exhibition game m 2001. Now Mission Hills Golf Club m China also wants to be a Nol. The club, already Asia's largest with 90 holes, has started work to double it by
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    • 264 40 ATHLETICS BIRMINGHAM By the time he started raising his head, Justin Gatlin (right) was already m the lead. By the time he crossed the line, he was the champion and the world had a new sprint star from the United States. The 21-year-old won
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    • 275 40 BASKETBALL MINNEAPOLIS (Minnesota) With some saying that the Los Angeles Lakers were in a slump once again, Shaquille O'Neal got defensive. He had five blocks and anchored a strong defensive effort in the fourth quarter as the Lakers held on for a 106-99
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    • 221 40 SHENZHEN (China) Asia took firm hold of the inaugural Dynasty Cup yesterday after a masterful display m the six four-ball matches at Mission Hills for an 8-4 lead. A swirling wind again troubled the 12 premier golfers from die Asian PGA and
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    • 817 41  - Catching them young at Woodlands CHIA HAN KEONG SCHOOLS *!L Eightprimary schools there to identify, nurture talent for new Sports School TEN primary schools, eight of them m Woodlands, have decided to introduce a privately-run sports programme to nurture potential sports talents. The Woodlands schools are close to the Singapore
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    • 336 41  -  Chia Han Keong SEA GAMES NATIONAL sports associations wanting to send their athletes to this December's South-east Asia Games have been given a wake-up call: Be sure to impress the selectors with facts and figures achieved at competitions. The Singapore National Olympic Council wants athletes to
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    • 736 42  -  SOCCER Fan club offers S-League three legends for kids holiday camps Ru JEFFREY LOW SOCCER CORRESPONDENT THE days of unaffiliated soccer camps are numbered if a plan by the S-League sees the arrival of three of Liverpool's greatest legends here m June. Right-back Phil Neal, leftback Alan
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    • 586 42  -  G. SIVAKKUMARAN PEH SHING HUEI By and MUSTAQIM Manzur may have scored the winning goal, but goalkeeper Lionel Lewis was the Singapore Under-23 team's hero m an NTUC Income S-League match last night as it pulled off its second upset m a row. The 21-year-old
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    • 1160 42 BASKETBALL NBA: Indiana 101 Utah 81. Philadelphia 90 Portland 79. Atlanta 107 New York 104. LA Lakers 106 Minnesota 99. New Orleans 87 Miami 83. Detroit 90 Washington 80. Houston 121 Chicago 91. San Antonio 107 LA Clippers 96. Dallas 116 Golden State 114. Sacramento 119 Toronto
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    • 105 42 NEWCASTLE UNITED forward Craig Bellamy was charged by the Football Association oh Friday with using abusive or insulting words to a match official after his side lost an English Premiership clash 0-1 to Middlesbrough on March 5. The Welshman and some of his team-mates vented their
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    • 121 42 SWEDISH multi-event specialist Carolina Kluft set a championship record of 4,933 points on the way to winning the women s pentathlon at athletics' World Indoor Championships on Friday. The 20-year-old posted the second-best ever tally for the indoor discipline. Only the 11-year-old world record of
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    • 84 42 WORLD No 1 Lleyton Hewitt stayed on course for his second straight Pacific Life Open tennis title after beating American Robby Ginepri 6-4, 6-2 m the quarter-finals on Friday. But sixth-seeded American Andy Roddick slumped to a 3-6, 2-6 loss to 15th-seeded German Rainer Schuettler. In
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    • 83 42 THAILAND'S soccer midfielder Therdsak Chaiman (right), last season's S-League Player of the Year when he turned out for Singapore Armed Forces FC, fired a superb winner m the 85th minute to help BEC Tero beat Shanghai Shenhua 2-1 m an Asian Champions League
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    • 127 42 TONGA hammered South Korea 75-0 m the first leg of a rugby World Cup play-off m Seoul yesterday, scoring 12 tries without reply. The second leg m Tonga next week will decide who gets the last place m a World Cup Finals group which includes
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    • 1157 43 ARSENE Wenger is either an arrogant man, or one blessed with supreme belief m the team he has put together. "We are at the moment of truth m our season," says the Arsenal manager. "We have the capability to win three trophies why not?" Well, fixture congestion for
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    • 458 43 'Ben's attitude has been fine. I spoke to him two months ago/ Hoddle, m reply to defender Ben Thatcher's accusation that players do not know where they stand It's like a journalist writing a match report ana missing three or four keys on his typewriter/ Hoddle, on an injury
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      • 712 7  -  CHEONG SUK-WAI I HAD to sing to get into Singapore. The year was 1988, and I was being interviewed for the Asean PreUniversity scholarship. My interviewer saw that, under Extra-curric-ular Activities, I had listed: Semi-finalist m Radio Televisyen Malaysia songwriting contest. He eyeballed me and
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      • 856 8  -  Elisabeth Cwee Vitiligo, which Michael Jackson claims to have, is a skin condition that makes white patches appear on the skin IT IS best known as "the Michael Jackson disease". Vitiligo (pronounced vih-ti-lie-go) is also one of the most traumatic skin conditions, say specialists here. Sufferers
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      • 574 11 B 009-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND PTEAPTS-RENT SUTTON PLACE. 4+l mais. Exclusive location. High fir. Mins to Holland Village/ Orchard. Sale/ lease *****186 PREMAS MUST SEEI GOOD/ quiet facing. $3.5 K. 3+l rms with balcony. Full facilities. Excellent cond. P/furn. Call 9858-0413 HSR VALLEY PARK. STUDIO/ 3+l. $2.5K/ 53.7 K. F/furn.
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      • 732 11 IPI DII S 21 NEWTON/ Im BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI PTEAPTS-RENT D.ll MORIMASA GARDENS 1850 sqft. Cosy 3+l bdrms. Condo facilities. Ouiet. Renovated. P/furn. Near Newton MRT 9066-2818 PN PANDAN VALLEY 2 units. 4+l. Rarely avail. 2530/ 3120 sq.ft. Open terr/ gdn. Spacious. Fully/ P/ furn. $3.8K up. *****052 C2l D.ll URGE LUXURIOUS
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      • 551 11 Pffl 015-16 EAST COAST PTE APTS -RENT UPPER EAST COAST Condo. 3+l. 1249 sq.ft. Near Temasek Sch/ JC. *****778/ *****997 SI.3K UP! CHANGI Green/ Ct. Near Expo/ Parbury Hill Abracca. East Coast. 2/ 3+l. 9455-5405. NEAR MRTI DAWNVILLE 3 rms. 1200 sq.ft. Furn. Pool view. Rental neg! Owner: 9685-7190 BAY
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      • 521 11 H 022-28 WEST NORTH PTE APTS -RENT PARKVIEW (BT BATOK) 2+l/ 980 sq.ft. SI.2K. Hillview Hgts 2+1 980 sq.ft. Regent Gr. 4+l/1325 sqft. F/aircon/ furn. 9271-5663 FER EUPHONY GDN/ MAYSPRING. 3+l/ 2+l. F/furn. Bright. Amenities/ LRT. Facilities. Immed. $12K up. Linda 9539-3599/ 9451-5707 REGENT GR. 3*l Beautiful showrm cond. F/
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      • 631 11 Pffil HOUSES FOR RENT D.21 SUNSET HGTS. 1 storey old charming bungrtv. Nice patio. Greenery. Far view. 8600/ 3500 sq.ft. 4+l rms. Ambel *****377 D.16 3-STOREV SEMI-D. New! Furn. s+l rms. 2700/ 3200 sq.ft. Serene environment. Lots of privacy! Call 9027 3003 ERA LENGKONG TIGA. RARELY avail. 3/storey semi-d. 2500/
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      • 2831 12 PJI ROOMS FOR RENT COMMON RM FOR rental m Bishan St 13. Near amenities. Call 9088-7988 for details Wfßl SHORT-TERM ACCOMMODATION NEW AIRCON HOME Katong. Facility. MRT. E6/ E7. Bus 15. 33 155. 2 pax rm. $300/wk $900/p.mth. Sum *****812/ Chen *****033 0.15 EAST COAST area studio/ D.23 CCX Central.
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      • 960 12 D 009-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND HOUSES -SALE 20A Nassim Rd *****/ ***** built-in sqft. 8 bdrms 8 bath/pool 30C Nassim Rd D/storey bunglw. ***** sq.ft. 6 bdrms. Huge gdn I 37 41 Maryland Dr 2 s/storey bunglw. ***** sqft. Elevated 1 Ridout Rd D/storey bunglw. *****/***** sq.ft. 8 rms /pool
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      • 787 12 t 009-10 ORCHARD/ i I TANGLIN/ HOLLAND I HOUSES -SALE New Ford Aye. *****/ ***** sq.ft Ridout Rd 17,000/ 10,000 sq.ft Whltehouse Pk17,000/ 5,000 sq.ft Dalveyßd 17,000/ 8500 sq.ft FernhlllCres 5700/ 3300 sq.ft Pierce Villa *****/ 7000 sq.ft CknyM. *****/5000 sq.ft. I Andrew Rd 17.000/6000 sq.ft < Holland Hgts 8800/
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      • 1115 12 1009-10 ORCHARD/ Wff\ DO9-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND lllJ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND PTEAPTS-SALE MM TE^TO-SALE ST. MARTIN RESIDENCE flßl^^R. :fIH SPR VSI Freehold Tenanted or Vacant Resort-style condominium r x n l l fA 1 mi 1 Oood investment Return m the heart of Orchard Rd Choice units 1/2/3 4% to 5%
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      • 695 12 a 009-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND PTEAPTS-SALE OPEN HSE FIFTH Aye Condo. 227' sqft (mais). 4+l. Unblocked view Ouiet/ convenient. F'hold. Facilities. Good price! HB 9852-7944 D.lO PRICE FROM $688 psf F'hold. Brand new 3-bdrm N Shanghai Rd. 1% to co-broke agt Hurry! 9758-6719/ 9062-2138 OPEN HOUSE IPM-SPM. Clydes view (Jervois
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      • 721 12 Vffli Oil &21 NEWTON/ Kfiy BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI D.21 CHENG SOON Gdn. D/storey corner terr. 3+l. Fnoio. Nice gdn. 2854/ 2024 sq.ft. approx 51.35 M neg. *****129 PREMAS GREENWOOD AYE. 3 storey inter terr. Land 1737 sq.ft. 6+2. Tenanted. 06/'O3. Good value: Good buy! 9304 3062 PN D.21 OPEN HSE 2-spm. 10
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      • 646 13 a DTI &21 NEWTON/ IRI DTI &21 NEWTON/ Rffl DH &21 NEWTON/ IRI Dll &21 NEWTON/ IRI Dll &21 NEWTON/ RR| Dll &21 NEWTON/ BT TIMAH/ CLEMENTI ■kCil BT TIMAH/ CLEMENTI KfiU BT TIMAH/ CLEMENTI EQI BT TIMAH/ CLEMENTI KCJ BT TIMAH/ CLEMENTI UJ BT TIMAH/ CLEMENTI PTEAPTS-SALE PTEAPTS-SALE PTEAPTS-SALE
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      • 300 13 Iffl 012-14 BALESTIER/ Kcfi] MACPHERSON/GEYLANG HOUSES-SALE URGENT! BELOW VALUEI Semi-D at Lor Marzuki. 3900/ 3200 sq.ft. Corner terr. at Jin Selamat. 4066/ 2690 sq.ft. Call me to suit your budget. *****002 RS D.13 F'HOLD SEMI-D Orig. Land approx 4400 sqft. Good facing. Easy access. Build your dream home. Good buy!
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      • 229 13 ■ffll Dl 2-14 BALESTIER/ EaSM MACPHERSON/GEYLANG HOUSES -SALE HB f~\ ERA J^ LOR MARICAN 2-STOREY semi -d. 3750 sqft. F'hold. Big gdn. Peace- i ful environment. Mins to Kern- f bangan MRT/ amenities. Hurry!!! I F'HOLD $650K UPI Jin Gembira 2- storey inter terr/ corner, j 900-1486 sqft. 6287-7102 f
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      • 411 13 1012-14 BALESTIER/ WSH Dl 2-14 BALESTIER/ WBH Dl 2-14 BALESTIER/ MACPHERSON/GEYLANG UiJ MACPHERSON/GEYLANG UiJ MACPHERSON/GEYLANG PTEAPTS-SALE j^^ PTEAPTS-SALE HB PTEAPTS-SALE £l A LCOVE < 0DI Shearttfumdfy I Ami from 10 am to 7 pm H 6746 6770 9750 9858 PPS fl Deferred Payment Scheme (5% SX) Balance |Asrt^SS^S S «"t.op.
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      • 372 13 a Dl 5-16 EAST COAST HOUSES -SALE Branksoma Rd vicinity. S/storey- i bunglw 12,000 sq.ft. Best for ren- ovating or tearing down into two Bunglws. $3XX psf Price is as good i as a qlve awayl Bast buy 111 Slglap. Looking for a good buy! i This must be it!
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      • 190 13 Wff!\ Dl 5-16 EAST COAST HOUSES -SALE Goodman Rd. Bunglw. Brand new 8000 sqft Goodman Rd. Bunglw. Land only 11,000 sqft Wilkinson Rd. Bunglw. Land only 11,200 sqft Bournemouth Rd. Semi-d. Brand new 2800 sqft 9709-4877 agt View fc^ TO OFFERLj $I.IM ONLYI I9 Minaret Walk. Off Bedok Rd. 3
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      • 1424 13 HDI2-14 BALESTIER/ IW| 012-14 BALESTIER/ WGH MM4 BALESTIER/ ITJI Dl2-M BALESTIER/ MACPHERSON/GEYLANG |y±J MACPHERSON/GEYLANG fiOj MACPHERSON/GEYLANG Kfilj MACPHERSON/CCYLAIIC PTEAPTS-SALE [g| PTEAPTS-SALE PTEAPTS-SALE SALE Luxury Apartments llffl «UJi(j|f I from $520,000! Iffi 11 1 999 years tenure I»|JffijMf iff I deferred payment scheme H^^BKHTlff I attractive pricing EJmJimß i^^^l^B future shuttle
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      • 185 13 SIGLAP RD. BEAUTIFUL 2/storey inter-terr basement. F'hold. 1750/ 2715 sq.ft. s+l. Serene quiet. Renovated. 9487-3938 FT TELOK KURAU 2-STOREY hses. Semi-D/ Corner terr/ Inter terr. F'hold. 5-rm. MRT/ pk. 1800/ 3400 sqft. 9100-0023 agt I Iron© Low I Sr.' Aaocftrector I H^M L981£0063^13H OPEN HOUSE 2/ storey inter terrace Telok
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      • 691 14 aa^^^H I I ■^^■H Wm Dl 5-16 EAST COAST |W1 Dl 5-16 EAST COAST VT7I 015-16 EAST COAST fffll Dl 5-16 EAST COAST Wjfl Dl 5-16 EAST COAST u»,,erc.c,,r 1^ m»..c«.c*.r unncrc.cnc u»,,«c.Ci.r j^^ u».,erc.cA,r ftflßfJE>%Ci>US^^Br AoJl Prestigious address m District 16 &A^il 4+Guest Rm+l 3-Storey Terraces and liS^^w^ b^K^
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      • 371 14 Wfti Dl 5-16 EAST COAST Mfl 015-16 EAST COAST PTE APTS -SALE PTE APTS -SALE I from 19 mb to 6 pin I VWt mat 130 Tanjong Rhu Rd (lobby C) I or call 6348 9963 for enquiries VSGY3 tftf fiS |SV JUST T.O-P (Immediate Occupation) 150 Tanjong Katong Road
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      • 277 14 BAYSHORE PK. JADE Twr. Approx. 950 sq.ft. 2 rms. Mid fir. Unblocked. Face N.E. F/facilities. S4SOK neg. Susan 9023-0182 C&H CHANGI CT. F'HOLDI 3+l. 1163 sq.ft. Resort living. F/facilities. Excellent move-in cond. Serious seller. Adria 9758-3620 DW D.15 THE WATERSIDE. 2143 sqft. Very high fir. 3+l bdrms. Quiet. Renovated. Sea
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      • 716 14 Wffi 015-16 EAST COAST idjU PTE APTS -SALE Open House HIGH FLR. SEA view. Casa Mey- fort. 3+l. 1800 sq.ft. Motivated seller. Must view! Call *****617/ *****266 1-6pm. flnllSX 07^^ Sell 1 CHAPEL LODGE 1595 sq.ft. 3+l. j F'hold. Ground unit. Less than 10 yrs old. Lovely ambience. Katong area.
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      • 494 14 tDI7-W CHANGI/ PASIRRIS HOUSES -SALE HOUSE 2-S.3OPM. D.17 JLN Batalong East. Brand new 3/storey semi-d with roof gdn. 7+l. F'hold. Approx 3333/ 4900 sq.ft. Access to PIE/ TPE/ CTE. Call 9639-6708 Fj Debenham| 111 Tie Leung BEST &E; PRICE Jffl TOH DR. F'HOLD. 3 storey semi-d. 6+l. High ceiling. Quality
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      • 1112 14 ■771 Dl 7-18 CHANGI/ TTfi Dl 7-18 CHANGI/ I |U±] PASIRRIS KIUJ PASIRRIS I U PTEAPTS-SALE WBk PTE APTS- SALE 1 PpiCeladon View 1 'i^ Only Ss46o psf L *jfif Im I 8 jj 999 years tenure ■Hi3*.f«P-jßi ,^J5t M Immediate WBy 1 jHtej^r~'~^^ occupation Pb^^k Hif Jro^^HMfc 3 bedro
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      • 393 14 IDI9-20 SERANGOON/ WVT\ 019-20 SERANGOON/ WFT\ 019-20 SERANGOON/ THOMSON IZy THOMSON KZi*| THOMSON HOUSES -SALE HOUSES -SALE i2>^ 3 L>boice J^andea fiomes \^2l O/7^ Great J2ocaliiy I 3 -storey Corner Terraces and Semi- Detached Houses Spacious Garden Close to MRT station, Bus Interchange, good schools and amenities Ready for immediate
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      • 540 14 terr. Approx land 2800/ 1900 IS sq.ft. Beautifully renovated. Wide M frontage. 999 yrs *****008 C2l IMPRESSIVE PARRY PARK 2043/ 2600 sqft terr. 4+l. Ample n parking. Face pk. Beautiful po- n tential. 999 yrs. *****550 DW VIEW 2PM. 30 Mayflower Cres. 2- C storey semi-d. 2286 sqft. F'hold. F
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      • 508 14 a fTMjfiibcr of ftt cmi utQwrnpon I Rll Dl 9-20 SERANGOON/ ■iii thomson pteapts-sale^ IN GLADE, NEW (Serangoon). >2 sq.ft. 3 rms. #05. Full facilr 5. Near MRT amenities. TOP 304. Call: 9856-1392 C&H 19 RIO VISTA. Urgent sale! 1249 .ft. Type B. Choice unit. Face S. )ol view. TOP
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      • 464 15 tm-Vi SERANGOON/ RRI Dl 9-20 SERANGOON/ RRI Dl 9-20 SERANGOON/ BRI 019-20 SERANGOON/ THOMSON |o|| THOMSON |d|| THOMSON Kl|| THOMSON pteapts-sale BB_!lE^J!^L__ BB_!!^^l!i!£__ BBfj^^j^f^ Because, ftfie gkoutfdie, this refajowp. I -^~B JM a Close to two new North-East I FNTRAI VIFU/ wr nKovnnd C— I I l\#m I- It— W
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      • 333 15 IBS 22 2 8 WjUj WEST NORTH HOUSES-SALE D.28 BANK'S SAIL Detached hse at Jin Kechubong. Approx 7000 sqft. s+l. Carpark, 4 cars. Ask below $250psf. DT2 9238-7951 OPEN HSE 2-4pm. D.28 Stratton Green. Brand new 3-storey corner terr. 2528 3272 sqft. s+l. Roof gdn, f'hold *****615 agt OPEN HSE
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      • 374 15 t WESTS NORTH HOUSES-SALE 999 years Brand New 3-Storey Detached with roof garden, landscape, koi pond, Intelligent-Home System, carpark 3 cars 9128 *****1111 9641 4193 EDDY BURGUNDY VICINITY. 3 storey semi-d. s+l. Approx 2200/ 2300 sq.ft. Renovated. Good price. Open hse by appt. 9147-0997 IDA D.25 THE SPRINGSIDE. F'hold. 3storey
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      • 415 15 IB! D22 28 IJiJ WEST NORTH JJ PTEAPTS-SALE D.23 CASHEW HGTS. 1658 Sq.ft 3+2. Blk 103. Face pool S73OK yet neg. Motivated seller! Quiet S cosy. Philip 911-99-911 C&H REGENT GR. $5000 option. #03 3+l. 1173 sq.ft. Quiet. No Wesi sun. Opp Yew Tee MRT. F/facilities. Amenities. Flo *****954 D.28
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      • 804 15 t 022-28 Wfa 02Z 28 Rffll D 22-28 WEST NORTH iIQ WEST NORTH |[fcj WESTS NORTH HOUSES-SALE HOUSES-SALE HOUSES-SALE Year Tenure I Wfffi -.;<£.■ t'% J2r I jiu,. IT' f~. QTri l *'B~riT 1 I*'"<^"*.'1 <^"*.' I IvfC?i ;i^ khv" ■>.-- -.-^jwHP- IJiP 74ffl.^P; i 'Wj I "T"" T m
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      • 474 15 NEW LIST! GLENDALE Pk. Ground floor. 2 bdrms. 1184 sqft. Selling below value. HB 9006-2668 HILLINGTON GREEN. MID fir. 1356 sqft. 3+l. Renovated. Pool view. Keen seller! Sole agt *****-885 THE AMSTON 4*1. 1798 sq.ft. High fir. #08. Well renovated. 999 yrs. Must sell! *****146 D.23 REGENT GROVE. 3+l rms.
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      • 658 15 ifJH HDB APTS FOR SALE (ANGMOKIO) 3 'NG' BLK 440, high fir. Unblocked. Move-in cond. Valued $145 K. Near amenities. Open hse today 1-3pm. *****289 ERA 5 'A' CORNER Blk. 609 AMK. High fir. Windy. Lift landing. Renovated. Walk to Yio Chu Kang MRT good schs. 9028-2268 ERA 5 'I'
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      • 847 15 BRfl HDB APTS FOR SALE UytBISHAN) BISHAN 212 EXEC Mais. Oper h'se. Today lpm-4pm. High fir Renovated. Well kept. F/aircon Unblocked. Breezy. Near MRT market/ sch. 9635-1865 HSR ENJOY SPACIOUS HALL with I bdrms? Eating place/ Shpg mall/ MRT available. View to appreci ate. Call: 9027 3003 ERA HERE'S AN
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      • 1283 15 ■Wl HOB APTS FOR SALE (BUKIT PANJANG) NEW LIST! 4 A 1 jelapang Blk 514. Mid fir. renovated, move m. neg 5 T Blk 538. High fir. Renovated Move m. neg! 9387-6688 HSR URGENT! $0 CASH! 5 T 541 ttOB 100% move-in, unblocked. Just 5 yrs. F/aircon. Amenities/ Plaza. Miss
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      • 835 16 ■J;MJd;HI*m BJfjl HOB APTS FOR SALE (CHOACHUKANG) ■■■HS ERA KM CCX SPECIALIST 9351-6515 Irene 4-rm Blh 289. 483 high floor. 5-rm BIK 121. 484. 703 corner. Exec Blk 274. 764 amenities. *^^H^^^» MUST VIEW! CCX Beautiful 4 'A' corner 295. Move m. Malay hse. Below value! Corner 485A 806/ 483
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      • 880 16 tHDB APTS FOR SALE (CLEMENTI/ WEST COAST) 3-RM BLK 48. Teban Gdn. Aircon. Near mkt/ sen/ hawker ctr/ reservoir. Quiet surroundings. Move m. Can contra. *****880 PN 3'a-RM CORNER CLEMENTI 339. Orig. Face river. Open view. Near mkt./ sen./ MRT. Can contra. Cobroke welcome. 9304-4690 PN 4 NG' CLEMENTI 379.
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      • 816 16 Rfl HDB APTS FOR SALE Etill (HOUGANG/S'GOON/ '^J YIOCHUKANG) NO CASH! EXEC Apt corner S'goon Nth. 2 units. Blk 544/ 516. High fir. Open view. Renovated. Rosyth sch/ mkt. *****880 ERA OPENHSE 10AM-12PM TODAY. Blk 940 Exec Apt. Big spacious. Well renovated. Serious seller! Must not missed! 9001-6381 SUN 2-SPM.
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      • 727 16 Rfl HDB APTS FOR SALE 3 'A' 514 Jurong West. Mid floor. 4 'A' 691 Jurong West. High floor 5 T 279 Toh Guan. High floor.!! Exec Apt 285A Toh Guan. Low fir Call Thila 9852-7446 CBre EXEC APT 285A/ 286 C Cosy done Exec Mais 285 C Renovated. Rare
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      • 832 16 Rfj| HDB APTS FOR SALE [fly (MARINE PARADE) BLK 58 MARINE Terr. Fantastic city view. High fir. Unblocked. Windy. Design to your taste! View now! Doris *****650 DW 3 'I' BLK 7 Marine Terr. E facing. F/renovated. well-kept. Malay owner. Mkt/ sch/ amenities, windy. Move-in. 9650-9715 C2l j 1 3
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      • 613 16 Rfl HDB APTS FOR SALE $0 CASH! $0 cash! SO cash! SO! Exec Apt 304. Below HDB value. $70K decor, best price *****335 Rfl HDB APTS FOR SALE ,T».nmrr/r.»rn mm Q Seller/ Bayer Call *Bs7jS.^ff DWTampines.com Exec Mais 333 Designer decor. View to appreciate! Exec Mais 863 Renovated!! EXtc Apt
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      • 742 16 Rffl HDB APTS FOR SALE SIMEI) Outstanding Agents^; Outstanding Results. 4 'A' TAMPINES blk 898A. High fir. Big hall. 100% move-in. Air- i con. Windy, bright. Mkt/ shops. St I Hilda's Pri. 2ispm. 9523-0326 4 'S' 4sl Tampines St 42. High fir. Lift level. Bright/ breezy. Reno- i vated. Schs/library/wet
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      • 648 16 t HDB APTS FOR SALE (TOAPAYOH/ POTONGPASIR) 5-RM UPGRADED T. Payoh Blk 163. I High fir. Lift level. Opp MRT/ Cenral. *****387 Sole agt. 'S' BLK 51. Mid fir. Near ameni:ies. Valued SI43K. Renovated. :all Sen 9068-0346 I 'A' SO cash blk. 241 Kirn Keat .ink. Renovated. Move-in cond. Mear
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      • 828 16 a HDB APTS FOR SALE (WOODLANDS) OPEN HSE SAT/ Sun. 2-5 PM Exec Apt 7888. Genuine seller! neg. Move m. 5 mins MRT/ amenities. Contra. 9494-6262 ERA 3 'A' 217. Mid fir. Indian eligible. 4-rm corner 202 sea view. SI3SK. 4 'A' 409. 620 beautiful can wait. Jumbo 179, 420.
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      • 872 16 Rfi HDB APTS FOR SALE I^mSHUN) I 1 ■H l\ ERA $0 CASH (BANK loan) 4 A BUi 284. Serious seller. Must view 4'A' Blk 817. Low fir. Beautiful. View to offer! Blk 759 Near MRT. 3 'A' YISHUN 320. high fir. Fully aircon, next to corner, includes furniture. Can
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      • 681 17 lOllglfl a K?5, 1 found it! And the feeling is as good as striking TOTO (which I never buy, anyway). I v Here's what happened: My family members were pouring their hearts out to me about how they were feeling down for various reasons. To cheer them up, I thought
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      • 465 17 Rfl SHOP SPACE ■Mforrent FULLY EQUIPPED OPTICAL Shop for immed lease or takeover near AMK central. Ready customers. Pis call Mr Ng <S> *****030 HOUGANG BLK 102. 700 sq.ft. Opp food centre/ turf club. Suits all trade. Good frontage. Rental neg! Call: John 9007-3216 DW HALF/ FULL SHOP for rent
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