The Straits Times, 20 March 2003

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  • 31 1 The Straits Times PACIFIC AREA XEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR Established 1845 TKS#silav March 20, 2003 136 Pages m six parts mita(p) o33/03/2003 mm (2(\ A Singapore Press Holdings publication \J\J Cents
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    813 1  - Set to strike WARREN FERNANDEZ Bush expected to go on TV this morning to declare: Orders to attack have been given FOREIGN EDITOR Graphics Plu.lu A MASSIVE United Statesled strike on Iraq looks set to happen at any time, perhaps as early as this morning, as Iraqi President Saddam Hussein
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    • 143 1 CiOIINI Primary 1 and 2 classes to be reduced from 40 to 30 pupils each from 2005 home hi GXtrß [ekstro A definition from McDonald's 1. Extra Value Every JcWi If McDonald's Extra Value Meal" saves you $1.20 or more. It's great savings M M*. everyday! 2. Extra Special You
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  • NEWS FLASH
    • 154 2 HOM E CLASS SIZES TO BE SLASHED CLASS sizes for Primary 1 and 2 will be shrunk from 40 to 30, beginning m 2005. The surprise announcement from Education Minister Teo Chee Hean came hand m hand with another piece of news: From 2014, all Primary 3 to Primary 6
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    • 73 2 CO MME NTA RY WAR MIGHT NOT BE ANTISEPTIC UNITED States' military leaders are so confident of a short, sharp and successful war against Iraq that they have virtually discounted the possibility of worst-case scenarios arising and ruining their beautiful choreography. But military affairs analyst William Arkin warns that the
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    • 184 2 STONES TO ROLL IN SUNDAY NEXT week's Rolling Stones" concerts will be the biggest and most expensive rock 'n' roll shows ever staged here. The Monday and Wednesday night gigs are costing more than $3 million to put on, and more than 2,000 tans have parted with $500 for
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      97 2 HO ME Shop's door of shame criticised I I()W far should one go to stop young shoplifters? A gift shop which displayed the particulars of those it had caught stealing from it went too far, said lawyers. Even the records of convicted shoplifters are not accessible to the public, pointed
      WONG KWAI CHOW  -  97 words
    • 109 2 HOM E Eight more infected with Sars THE number of people struck with severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars) here has risen to 31, following the confirmation yesterday that a further eight people have been infected. Meanwhile, the 32-year-old Singaporean doctor who is battling Sars at Frankfurt University Hospital, Dr Leong
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    • 76 2 ASI A Leung kept mum HONGKONG Financial Secretary Antony Leung is under more intense political pressure following the disclosure that he remained tight-lipped about buying a Lexus, even though another minister had announced that he had bought a new car. The purchase declaration by Health Secretary Yeoh Eng Kiongwas made
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    • 69 2 MO NE Y COMPENSATION FOR LINE DELAY? THE operator of the North-East MRT line. SBS Transit, has asked the Government to compensate it for lost revenue became oftfae delay m the line's start. The line was due to start running late last year, but is now expected to do so
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    • 92 2 WOR LD TOBACCO FIRMS SUED FOR SSIIB AMERICAN tobacco companies have been told by the United States government that they should be coughing up US S 2 89 billion (SSSII billion) m damages for deceiving and defrauding smokers and the general public about the link between smoking and cancer. It
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    • 151 2 ASI A MILITARY'S LOYALTY QUESTIONED A MULTINATIONAL company m Indonesia has revealed that it paid the country's armed forces millions to protect it m the last two years. While the fact that some companies pay the military to look out for them is an open secret, the huge amount involved
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    • 72 2 ICEMAN KIMI IS A NICE MAN FINNISH racing driver Kimi Raikkonen. who is expected to shut out rival Michael Schumacher at Sunday's Malaysian Grand Prix, is far from being the Iceman, he has been called. The 23-year-old signed autographs and shook the hands of his 100 or so fans
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  • IRAQ: The final hours
    • 609 3 Saddam's dirty secret Intelligence reports suggest Iraqi leader has given field-level commanders authorisation to use chemical weapons WASHINGTON The United States may plan to "shock and awe" with a hard and fast military campaign. But Iraq could well retaliate with chemical and biological weapons, according to intelligence reports. Pentagon spokesman
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    • TRUSTED AIDES
      • 517 4 MEET CHEMICAL ALI fdsfsdfsfsdfs fdsfsdfs PRESIDENT Saddam Hussein has appointed a cousin, nicknamed "Chemical Ali", as commander of the southern region, a move seen as a signal to any invasion force. General Ali Hassan Majid is wanted especially for his role m a 1988 operation m which chemical weapons were
        REUTERS  -  517 words
      • 267 4 THE sons will have to follow their father into exile if war is to be averted. In his ultimatum issued on Monday, US President George W. Bush gave Mr Saddam Hussein and his two sons 48 hours to leave Iraq. Sons Qusav and Udav are
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    • THE ROAD TO BAGHDAD
      • 62 6 They're getting out. KURDS fleeing from Iraqi government-run cities crossed into the rebel-held Kurdish enclave at Chamchamal yesterday, before US President George \Y. Bush's 48-hour ultimatum tor Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein and his sons to relinquish power runs out. A defiant Mr Saddam has rejected the deadline fixed at 9.15
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      • 621 6 Got US$3, OOO? That will give you the hottest ticket m town an entry visa for Iraq, Derwin Pereira reports from Amman IT IS just a piece of paper with a stamp on it. But it is the hottest ticket m town and people are
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    • THE BRITISH CASE
      • 708 8  -  ALFRED LEE Saddam can arm terrorists with weapons of mass destruction, the British PM warns m his most brilliant speech ever By IHK STRAITS TIMES El KOJ'K BYRE U LONDON British Prime Minister Tony Blair has decisively won a parliamentary vote to commit troops
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    • REGIONAL IMPACT
      • 428 9 Everyone wants to go home including Asean ministers Foreign ministers of the grouping cut short their meeting ahead of a looming US-led attack on Iraq KOTA KINABALU Asean foreign ministers, divided over a looming US-led attack on Iraq, cut short their informal talks here, with most heading home yesterday. The
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      • 326 9 Anti-war ministers stick to their guns UNITED NATIONS With war against Iraq inevitable, the world's staunchest opponents of invading Iraq told the United Nations (UN) Security Council there was no proof that Mr Saddam Flussein posed a threat to any country. The foreign ministers of France, Russia and Germany spoke
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      • 167 9 ANKARA Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said yesterday that Turkey was preparing to open its airspace to US warplanes but would not allow them access to airbases, even for refuelling. The Turkish proposal, expected to be voted m parliament today, tails far short of original
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      • 74 9 BAGHDAD Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz yesterday personally denied he had defected, and said that such rumours were being circulated to "sap the morale" of the Iraqi people. His comments at a televised press conference followed a statement by the British Foreign Office that it
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      • 112 9 France 'shocked' by British attacks PARIS France denounced British attacks on its Iraq policy yesterday as Paris sought to pick up the pieces after defying heavy pressure from Washington and London to support the looming war against Baghdad. Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin pronounced himself "shocked and saddened" at seeing
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      • 92 9 ABOARD USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (Gulf) Warplanes from the USS Abraham Lincoln bombed Iraqi positions yesterday after coalition aircraft patrolling a no-fly zone were fired on by Iraqi forces, a top admiral said. "There were yesterday four firings against our aircraft flying m the southern no-fly
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      • 130 9 MOSCOW Russian lawmakers have postponed a vote on ratification of a US-Russian nuclear arms treaty, saving the measure could not be considered amid the tensions over the threat of an imminent US military strike on Iraq. The treaty, agreed to last May by Russian President
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      • 107 9 IRAQI diplomats were ordered to leave Bangkok and Berlin m the latest round oi expulsions following a request from the United States to send diplomats home. Thailand's Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said yesterday the country had expelled three Iraqi diplomats hecause they represented a threat
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    • ECONOMIC IMPACT
      • 58 11 AP US Marine Corporal Brian Shumylo wears a facemask \vith his surname printed on the tront in Arabic. The Marine had just arrived by helicopter at an airbase in Kuwait and was shielding his face from blowing sand around the landing pad. He works in
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      • 509 11  -  NICHOLAS FANG Singapore Airlines joins other international carriers m reducing flights to United States, North Asia, Middle East and possibly Europe By TRANSPORT iEPOBTEB SINGAPORE Airlines is among a number of carriers cutting flights to the United States, Europe and the
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      • 358 11 WASHINGTON A quick, decisive victory m Iraq by US and allied forces may revive the stalled US economic recovery. Something less may push the world's biggest economy back into recession. A computer study for the nonpartisan Centre for Strategic and International Studies m Washington
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      • 184 11 BERLIN Saudi Arabia, the world's biggest oil exporter, has pledged to keep delivering oil "whatever happens" m Iraq. Oil Minister Ali Naimi said m an interview with the German news magazine Stern published yesterday: "Oil is no longer a weapon. A
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    • SINGPOREANS IN THE MID-EAST
      • 611 14  - In the danger zone Some Singaporeans m states bordering Iraq are heading home, but others feel no sense of danger and are staying put Bu ami CLARA CHOW GINNIE TEO 'Life opes on as normal that's why Vm not so concerned about my husband's safety. Madam Bharoocha (left), being greeted
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      • 400 14  -  GOH CHIN LIAN Security measures m place already By AMERICAN Susan Murray and her family plan to go ahead with their holiday m Bali next week, while one of her daughters will fly home to New York tonight. The 48-year-old housewife,
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    • IMPACT ON SINGAPORE
      • 787 15  -  HELM I YUSOF They are against war but fear that they would be labelled as 'radicals' if they voice their views Hi, TOOD SUPPLIES: No disruption expected FOOD supply chains m Singapore are unlikely to be disrupted by a war m Iraq,
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      • 203 15 SINGAPORE'S Foreign Affairs Ministry yesterday said all Singaporeans living or travelling m the Middle East should register with the Singapore embassies or consulates m Riyadh or Jeddah m Saudi Arabia, Cairo m Egypt and Dubai m the United Arab Emirates. "In view of the current
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    • SECURITY ALERT
      • 66 16 Danish premier sees red SPLATTERED with red paint, Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmnssen walks into Parliament after a confrontation with an anti-war protester m Copenhagen on Tuesday. The man who hurled the paint was quickly overpowered by parliament security and hauled away, shouting: "You've got blood on your hands."
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      • 673 16 The US is on 'deep' orange alert, while around the world other nations boost security measures People m London start to carry gas masks on the Subway WASHINGTON bristled with barricades and antiaircraft batteries and police brandishing submachine guns. Helicopters hovered anxiously above the White House. Fortress America
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  • WORLD
    • 374 17 Britain three terror suspects Arrests of the three, who have not been finked to any group or target, follow the discovery of two bombs LONDON British police said yesterday that they had arrested three men under anti-terror-ism laws after finding two explosive devices at a home near Gatwick airport, south
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    • 414 17 Zivkovic will press on with reforms by slain predecessor I BELGRADE Serbia's Parliament has made reformer Zoran Zivkovic its new Prime Minister. The move is likely to allay tears of a power vacuum m the volatile Balkans, following last week's assassination of premier Zoran Djindjic.
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      57 17 DELICATELY balanced between two balloons, an Israeli girl performs during the annual Purim parade m the suburb ofHolon just south of Tel Aviv, Meanwhile, another girl behind her is tossed into the air as part of a gymnastics display. The Jewish holiday of Purim commemorates the deliverance of
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    • 532 18 to march 6.r> km to a mountain campsite. It was at the campsite that Elizabeth was assaulted for the first time, then restrained with a cable. Prosecutors said m the charge documents that Mitchell told Elizabeth he would harm or kill members of
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    • PEOPLE
      • 161 18 She's got the look an angry one ROXETTE SINGER SUES STOCKHOLM She's got the look, but it's not a happy one. Marie Fredriksson, one half of Swedish pop duo Roxette, sued a Swedish newspaper on Monday claiming it falsely reported she was suffering from a second brain tumor. Fredriksson and
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      • 111 18 SENECA FALLS (NewYork) Ms Gertrude Ederle, who m 1926 became the first woman to swim across the English Channel, is being honoured by the National Women's Hall of Fame. She will be enshrined with 10 others. Ms Ederle was 19 years old when she
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      • 105 18 BOMBAY He is irascible, hard-driving and pays peanuts, but some of Hollywood's biggest stars cannot resist working with him. Since India's Ismail Merchant stepped into the world of cinema about 40 years ago, the producer-director of the celebrated MerchantIvor}' duo has worked with stars such as Paul
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      • 56 18 VALPARAISO (Chile) A daughter of Marxist president Salvador Allende. who was toppled m a bloody 1.9 7-* coup, was elected Speaker of Chile's Lower House on Tuesday. Ms Isabel Allende, a member of her father's Socialist Party, is the second woman m Chile's history to lead
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      • 50 18 Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria has demonstrated her combat and first-aid skills to the media as part of a three-week military training course to prepare her for international peacekeeping missions. US resident Tencj Chunyan, jailed m China on spying charges, was released yesterday snort I v before her three-year term ended.
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      • 72 18 Quoteworthy Tve got the rest of my life to stay right here. Tm not going ant /where." v/ Mr Dwight Watma, 50. of Whitakers, North Carolina, a tobacco farmer who says declining subsidies art' fort-ing him out of business. He held police at l>ay h\ claiming that he had evplosix
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      43 19 EUROPE'S oldest mummies, found on a remote Outer Hebridean island by University of Sheffield archaeologists, could dramatically change theories on how Bronze Age society treated its dead. The four skeletons dating hack 3,500 years were uncovered m a sand quarry. AFP
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    • 434 19 The industry is accused of lying about cancer link, denying smoking is addictive and targeting youths WASHINGTON Tobacco companies m the United States should pay US$2B9 billion (Sssll billion) m damages for their scheme to deceive and defraud smokers and the general public,
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    • 202 19 WELLINGTON A sweeping Bill banning smoking m restaurants, bars, casinos antl even taxis could be passed into law later this year, a New Zealand parliament, iry committee said on Tuesday. The law, which would go into effect late next year, would levy fines ot
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  • COMMENTARY • ANALYSIS
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      2 20 CHIT CHAT
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    • 7 20 THI'HSDW. MARCH 20. 2003
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    • 579 20 WHILE all attention is on Iraq, the Palestinian power structure has been undergoing reform. A positive outcome leading to a resumption of the Middle East peace track can moderate Arab opinion towards the war and its aftermath. It will determine whether and when United States President George W.
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    • 1370 20  - What if 'shock and awe' doesn't work with Saddam? WILLIAM ARKIN *il "ANALYSTS write about war as if it's a ballet," General Norman Schwarzkopf said after Operation Desert Storm, "like it's choreographed ahead of time, and when the orchestra strikes up and starts playing, everyone goes out there and plays
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    • 802 20  -  THOMAS FRIEDMAN By \I W I I Ml S PRESIDENT George W. Bush is fond of cowboy imagery, so here's an image that conies to mind about the United States' pending war with Iraq. In most cowboy movies, the good guys round up a
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    • 1137 21  -  By ABDULLAH AHMAD M M KM IS I I\M S WHAT can be done? Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's first address as acting Prime Minister to the Oxbridge Society on March 6 was a forthright indictment of what ails this country
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    • 749 21  - Killer bug exposes WHO's weakness ANDY HO By lAST Saturday, the World Health Organisation (WHO) warned that a mystery killer pneumonia, christened severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars), was spreading rapidly from East Asia to other parts of the globe. With 219 cases excluding Guangdong province already reported, it released a
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  • FORUM
    • 728 22 1 See a doctor if you have high fever and respiratory symptoms and have been to the affected areas or had close contact with patients. 2 Avoid travelling to Hongkong, Hanoi and Guangdong for now. 3 Keep children away from school when
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    • 350 22 A couple of symptoms do not a disease make I AM writing m response to the article, "Two more fall sick: toll hits 23" (ST, March 19). The advisory Cathay Pacific put up on our check-in counters makes it clear that the symptoms of severe acute respirator}- syndrome, or Sars,
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    • 380 22 WE REFER to the article by Health Correspondent Salma Khalik ("Quick-to-sue patients push dentists' costs up": ST, March 13). While we congratulate Ms Khalik on her research concerning the rising costs of insurance for Singapore dentists, we would like to urge the public not
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    • 259 23 Spare me... 'Love' hurts I WAS horrified to read about the variously tattooed fish on display at the Singapore International Fish Show which ended on Monday ('This one's no cold fish"; ST, March 15). What will people think of next m the name of novelty? Trimmed fish tails and fins?
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    • 95 23 Seahorse in the soup I RECENTLY received an e-mail flyer from Underwater World Singapore, advertising the promotions for its upcoming 12th anniversary. As part of the celebrations, "Neptune Tonic, a Chinese medicinal seahorse wellness soup" will be served up to visitors. The curative properties of seahorses are dubious (as are
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    • 230 23 Tuck in but hold the foie gras, please 1 AGREE with SPCA's comments m the letter, "Sharks alive! What cruelty" (ST, March 6). While Singaporeans have become more aware of the cruelty involved m the harvesting of shark's fin, we seldom hear about the production of foie gras. In the
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    • 489 23 Jack of all trades Not arts graduates DON'T BE MISLED... MANY PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO ARE SUCCESSFUL DO NOT HAVE 'PROFESSIONAL' DEGREES. I REFER to the article, "Do arts and science grads have a future?" (ST, March 7). The article portrays arts, business and science graduates as jack of all
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    • 41 1 LAW UNTO ITSELF The shop owner can't be his own judge. The shop is not authorised to run a small criminal court/ la«ur Amolat Singh, on a shop's attempt to shame young shoplifters by displaying their personal particulars at its entrance
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    • 8 1 The Straits Times home Thursday. March 20. 2(K)3
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    • 768 1  - Smaller classes for Primary 1, 2 SANDRA DA VIE About 700 teachers will be hired to boost numbers so that move can be carried out. MPs r teachers and parents welcome news By I 1)1 VI lON COKIUSI'ONDKM Too many to handle "Most of my pupils are very responsive and
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    • 444 2 THF. worst is over tor the 32--year-old Singaporean doctor battling severe acute respirator)' syndrome, or Sars, at Frankfurt University Hospital, according to one of his German doctors. Earlier this month, Dr Leong Hoe Nam, a SingH ealth infectious diseases specialist, seconded
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    • 824 2 Four of the 29 people still warded are m intensive care; TTSH converts seminar rooms into dormitories EIGHT more people here, including five Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) staff, have been infected 1 by the mystery bug, now identified as a
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    • 360 2  -  Salma Khalik, Li-Ann Wee Karen Ho Reports by AND THE mysterious bug has been nailed as belonging to a family of common viruses that also causes mumps, measles and the deadly Nipah virus that killed more than 100 pig farmers m
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    • 68 2 VIETNAM: Dr Jean-Paul Derosier, a 65-year-old French doctor who treated the first case of Sars diagnosed m Vietnam, died yesterday after contracting the virus. CHINA: A couple have died m Beijing from "atypical pneumonia" but health officials could not confirm if the deaths were linked to Sars.
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    • 141 2 MALAYSIA: Hospitals m Kuala Lumpur are treating two patients with symptoms akin to Sars. One of the victims had travelled to Hanoi recently and the other to Singapore. BRUNEI: A 28-year-old woman with pneumonia remptoms was being treated m a hospital after returning from a trip
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      620 3  -  ARLINA ARSHAD Fed up with youngsters stealing repeatedly from it, a gift shop hit upon a solution by putting up their particulars on its door By SHOPLIFTERS DESERVE IT 'It's wrong to shoplift. It may be embarrassing but they deserved it. Toh Bee Siang, 15, a student
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    • 578 4  -  BEN N ADARAJAN Six-hour manhunt m forested area of Tampines fails to flush out suspected assailants of young Bangladeshi *!L POLICE officers and search dogs ploughed through a forested area m Tampines for six hours on Tuesday night, searching for six Thai construction workers who are
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    • 326 4 A ROBBER who zeroed m on the elderly m lifts and is believed to have been involved m about 50 cases islandwide, was arrested on Tuesday morning. With descriptions of the 45-year-old unemployed man obtained from closed-circuit television (CCTV) camera footage and a
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    • CASE FILE
      • 83 4 A 15-YEAR-OLD girl reported a 30-year-old computer programmer to the police after having sex with him four times m about two months at a hotel m Katong and at his flat m Tampines. The teenager had met Rickson Chua Chin Gee through an Internet
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      • 82 4 A CLEANER was jailed for four years and eight months and ordered to be caned 18 strokes for molesting his stepdaughter over a period of four years. A district court heard that the 28-year-old man had molested the 11-year-old girl at their home m the northern
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      • 67 4 KTV lounge owner Loo Tong Lip was fined $10,000 yesterday for allowing sexual acts m his lounge. A district court heard that police officers found one employee performing oral sex on a customer and another masturbating a man m separate rooms during a
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      • 52 4 A ROBBER followed an elderly woman into a lift at Block 3, St George's Road m the Upper Serangoon area on Monday afternoon and got away with her gold chain and pendant worth $700. The woman, 83, said he was wearing a black shirt
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    • PARLIAMENT
      • 1010 6 Water: Don't expect to keep paying as Little as now Newater is helping keep cost of water down, but key to doing this m future is conservation and controlling per capita water use Playing the Green like Tiger Woods Budget: $1.5 b 5% of total Budget Up 21.6% A KEEN
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      • 254 6 Responding to concerns that Newater may result m higher PUB charges for water, Environment Minister Lim Swee Say related an imaginary conversation on why this would not happen. Mr Lim: The other day, when I talked to Mr Newater, he was a bit down. I asked him
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      • 465 6  -  Sharmilpal Kaur. M. Nirmala Karen Wong Laurel Teo and Sue-Ann Chia Reports bu INSTEAD of filling plastic bags with reusable trash every two weeks, recycling for Housing Board residents could be as easy as opening a rubbish chute along their common corridors. Environment Minister
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      • 390 6 ASK Environment Minister Lim Swee Say for an assessment of Singapore's environment and he will tell you that it is m the pink of health. And the picture he painted yesterday, with a palette of other colours, is enough to make anyone green with
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      • SNAPSHOTS
        • 107 6 RISE IN DENGUE CASES LAST YEAR MORE people suffered dengue fever here last year, up to nearly 4,000 compared to 2,370* m 2001. Environment Minister Lim Swee Say, who revealed this figure m Parliament yesterday, said this increase of two thirds m the number of cases was not bad compared
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        • 182 6 NEW hawker centres may be built as the Government is reviewing its longstanding policy of not introducing more of them here. Environment Minister Lim Swee Say said the National Environment Agency is looking into the long-term development of hawker centres and it will study
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        • 116 6 FACT: MEN take 30 seconds to pee while women take 92 seconds. Flashing these figures from the World Toilet Organisation at fellow MPs yesterday, Dr Amy Khor (Hong Kah GRC) argued that women should thus have more public toilets. To be fair, they
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        • 94 6 THERE are fewer crows m Singapore, down to 40,000, a third of their peak population when they were a menace to public health. Culling of the birds which feed on rubbish and leftover food has worked, said Minister of State for the Environment Balaji Sadasivan. He
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      • 601 7 Chinese language standards in need of attention MP suggests the Education Ministry hire retired mother-tongue teachers to do translations at public exhibitions Budget: $6.54 b 21.9% of total Budget Down 1.8% Hard to please everyone on mother tongue Sometimes the ministry is told that standards are too low for mother
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      • 376 7 Graduates from these institutes have done well, says minister j THERE is no need to lose heart if your child does not make it into the EMI stream, or into university. As Education Minister Teo Chee Hean argued yesterday, there are more routes
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      • SNAPSHOTS
        • 53 7 NURTURING ENTREPRENEURS SCHOOLS are not about to produce entrepreneurs by the busload, but will help by trying to instil attributes such as the courage to take risks. Senior Minister of State (Education) Tharman Shanmugaratnam said there wili be a study done on how the spirit of enterprise and innovation can
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        • 88 7 THE Xanyang Technological University has come a long way and as a comprehensive university today is not the same as the Xantah of old. MPs Zainudin Xordin (Bi-shan-Toa Payoh GRC) and Ang Mong Seng (Hong Kah] suggested there be a name change to better
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        • 149 7 S'PORE STUDENTS NOT BEING SQUEEZED OUT DON'T blame foreigners if you do not make the cut into a local master's programme. Blame your grades. This was essentially what Dr Ng told Non-Constituency MP Steve Chia. who said he was worried Singaporeans were being squeezed out of a local MBA programme
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        • 74 7 THE rise m the number of jobless graduates this downturn should not deter anyone from pursuing higher education. Manpower projections show that by 2010, the types of jobs available will require 65 per cent of the workforce to have post-secondary education. "We should not be
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        • 94 7 MORE needs to be done m schools to help obese children slim down, and Dr Warren Lee (Sembawang GRC) has several ideas. Many of these children complain about being left out of sports training programmes or teams. Schools should allow more of them
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      • 880 7  -  TAN TA RN HOW PARLIAMENT is sometimes boring, occasionally amusing and, regrettably, only rarely enthralling. It has however never been, m my memory, surreal. At least not m the way the House was yesterday after Environment Minister Lim Swee Say
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      • 455 7 SMALLER CUSSES: Why he kept mum 'I have repeatedly raised the same questions too many times. I'm afraid it would be stale to raise the issues again... If I had known, I would have staved on.' Mr Chiam (right), on what he said to the
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    • 439 8 COE prices down for third fortnight in a row Depressed by the weak economy and Iraq war threat, COE prices dip again, and no quick rally is expected SLIDING DOWN PRICES of Certificates of Entitlement (COEs) for cars have fallen for the third consecutive fortnight, this time possibly pushed down
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    • 379 8 Cases of deafness from workplace noise hit new low THE number of people who become deaf from noisy workplaces reached a new low of 339 last year. It has been decreasing since regulations against excessive noise were introduced m 1.997In 1996, the yearjust before the Factories (Noise) Regulations took effect,
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    • 444 9  - Not so easy to snatch a Cisco officer's gun K.C..VIJAYAN Allaying concerns after shooting incident, agency reveals that officers' revolvers are kept securely, and personnel are trained Bi f SNATCHING a gun from a Cisco officer's belt is not as easy as stealing candy from a child, the security agency
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    • 162 9 IF YOU are planning to make a trip to the cemetery or columbarium during the Qing Ming festival which falls on April 5, avoid the peak periods between 6 am and noon on the weekends before and after the festival, said the National Environment Agency.
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    • 688 10  - Credit Bureau tracks only real debts DENNIS CHAN KRIST BOO Non-payment of fees for contentious card membership should not be reported to the bureau m the first place By ■/Mi, INDIVIDUALS who are worried about their payment record can ask for a credit rating report from the Credit Bureau. If
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    • TECH & SCIENCE
      • 420 12 Nasa examining all that might have gone wrong to fix and get programme on its feet again even as it awaits probe report VV ASH ING TON By the time an investigation board announces its conclusions about the Columbia space shuttle disaster.
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      • 507 13 Much more needs to be done to protect mankind against pandemics which could kill thousands and devastate economies MORE new diseases will inevitably emerge, and the world is unprepared for their impact, experts warn. A lot more must be done to
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      • 606 13 Ancient crab but it's now major draw for modern science ALTHOUGH horseshoe crabs have been around for more than 200 million years they predate flying m ects, dinosaurs and humans scientists know little about them. But that is changing. Now, the species is playing critical roles m assuring biomedical safety
        The Washington Post  -  606 words
      • 362 14 Low-cost scanner may help spot hidden nukes' Cosmic particles called muons have the potential to be used to identify nuclear materials more cheaply than X-rays PARIS Terrorists with plans to smuggle a nuclear bomb into a city may be thwarted by a scanner said to be more accurate, cheaper, safer
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      • 63 14 FRIEDA, a nine-month-old female octopus (Octopus Vulgaris), carries a jar which contains its favourite seafood snacks of shrimps, crabs and clams m between its tentacles m the HeUabnmn Zoo m Munich. Germany, on Friday. It learned to open ajar about three months
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      • IN SHORT
        • 113 14 MALE. Obsessed with computers. Lacking a girlfriend. Aged 14 to 34. Capable of sowing chaos worldwide. That is the profile of the average computer-vi-rus writer, an anti-virus expert said on Tuesday. About 1,000 viruses are created every month by virus writers increasingly intent on
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        • 193 14 HUMAN Genome Sciences Inc, a biotechnology company with no products on the market, said it is developing a drug that may prevent and fight anthrax by bolstering the body's defence against the deadly germ. It said it plans to file soon with the United
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        • 271 14 PALL Corporation, the largest United States maker of blood filters, said it has developed a technology that may help identify mad cow disease. The method might help prevent the spread of the human form of the bovine illness through blood donations. In Britain alone,
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    • 302 1 Chin Productive Parliament Under chairmanship of li Peng, 113 laws were passed. p\ck %a AM, Pro-US Stance Sparks Row Taiwan spokesman under tire for backing US on Iraq. pack 44 *S" mm; I '-JF i Mai n s 1 Robbed Twice In 48 Hours Opposition MP gets 1 1 stitches
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    • 36 1 THE TROUBLE WITH TOILETS 7/ is a complete engineering failure/ Water polie v ail* ist-i In^var Aiifh-i sson on how one-third of water bills m Western homes goes down the drain literally m maintaining flushing toilets
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    • 8 1 The Straits Times asia Thursday, March 20. 2003
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    • 102 1 THINGS came to a head after 200 of tycoon Tommy Winata's men assaulted stall of Tempo magazine and demanded that it retract a critical story on him. The attack led to a protest by dozens of journalists from the Solidarity for Press Freedom, including Tempo's senior editor
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    • 741 1  -  ROBERT GO The growing scourge of gangs, underlined by a recent magazine assault case, now threatens every level of society By I 111 si X VI fS TIMES INDONESI BUREAI JAKARTA The growing menace ot'premans or thugs is taking centre stage as the Indonesian public
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    • CHINA
      • 611 2  -  Although another minister declared he had bought a new car, Hongkong's Financial Secretary still said nothing By MARY KWANG UONt.KONC. C()KRKSF()\I)K\ 1 CHIEF Executive Tung Chee Hwa has hammered a nail m Financial Secretary' Antony I-eung's coffin with the disclosure that Mr
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      • 170 2 NANNING This is a feat that will make anyone with a phobia of needles sick. But for a Chinese physician, who stuck 2,003 2-cm-long needles into his head and face, the achievement may win him a place m the Guinness Book Of World Records.
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      • 282 2 Auction firm's new item on the block graduates GUANGZHOU An auction firm m south China has set it.> sights on a new business venture: holding "talent" auctions. The firm, which is possibly the first one m Guangzhou to put fresh graduates on auction, hopes to replicate the recent success of
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      • 767 3  - Parliament kept busy under Li Peng DAVID HSIEH SEWS ANALYSIS 871 I OK I Ht >l li\ll I l\ll.> During his term as chairman, the National People's Congress passed 113 pieces of legislation BKIJING China's parliament has been more energetic and productive under arch-conservative chairman Li Peng than when the
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      • 363 3  - Beijing 'seeks economic bloc in East Asia' XXE HONG COUNTERING U.S. INFLUENCE /VV THE s IB UTS IIMES (11 IN DISK CHINA hopes that economies m East Asia, including Asean and JaKan, will integrate into a ugt* regional bloc to curb the political and economic influence of the United States
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        49 3 AFP While trying to evade an inspection, an overloaded truck tumbled off a steep mountain road into a 20-m-deep gorge m China's south-west Yunnan province on Sunday, killing 20 people and injuring 16. The driver made the detour because the cargo vehicle was illegally ferrying 42 passengers.
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    • 529 4  - Opposition blasts Taiwan's govt for backing US LAWRENCE CHUNG Our security is being jeopardised, say critics who rear that the island would become the target of terrorists By THE STRAITS TIMES TAIWAN HI HI- VI TAIPEI Opposition lawmakers have slammed the government for being overzealous m its support for the
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    • 277 4 KYOTO While wars are unlikely to erupt over water alone, water scarcity could prompt simmering conflicts to boil over into international and interstate violence, experts at the World Water Forum warned yesterday. The explosion of a key pipeline m the southern
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    • ASIA FILE
      • 47 4 THE decaying body of a young Asian was found m the wheel compartment of an All Nippon Airways plane from Hongkong at Xarita airport, police said yesterday. The dead man did not have a passport or identification papers on him. AFP
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      • 48 4 AN AIDS victim murdered his 70-year-old male lover and the man's daughter m Beijing, according to a rare report on a subject long taboo m China. Guo Yuanbin \va> arrested for the March 3 murders, the Beijing Evening News rpnnrted yesterday. AFP
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      • 44 4 CHIANG MAI will get two giant pandas from China m September, said the Zoological Parks Organisation. Their arrival will precede a visit by Chinese President Hu Jintao, who will attend an Apec meeting m Thailand m late October. AFP
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      • 41 4 HUNDREDS of armed soldiers will be on guard during National Day celebrations m Islamabad on Sunday, officials said yesterday. The events will involve a parade of soldiers, tanks and long-range missiles down Islamabad's main street. AP
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      • 33 4 PAKISTAN appointed a newair force chief yesterday. Air chief marshall Kaleem Saadat succeeds the late Mushaf Ali Mir, who died m a plane crash last month. AP
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    • 490 5 Analysts predict North Korea will take advantage of the Iraq war, possibly to conduct a nuclear test SEOUL A consensus is growing among analysts that Pyongyang will seize on the Iraq war as an opportunity to raise the stakes further m its fivemonth standoff with Washington, perhaps
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    • 293 5 Missile shield 90% effective: Pentagon WASHINGTON The Pentagon says it should be able to deploy a missile defence system with a 90-per-cent chance of* blocking a North Korean missive by next year, but lawmakers cast doubt on the projection. Defence Under-Secretary Edward Aldridge, defending the controversial programme at a Senate
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
      • 517 6  - S 'pore-style streaming for gifted Thai students NIRMAL GHOSH Bright students can finish high school m two years instead of three and be mentored by experts m various subjects By THAILAMJCORRFSrONDKM BANGKOK Thailand is trying to reform and modernise its education system by introducing a Singapore-style streaming experiment for its
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      • 267 6 BANGKOK In his third anticrime drive this year, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has ordered immigration officials and border police to crack down on the international trade m prostitution. The Thai News Agency reported yesterday that Mr Thaksin called on the Immigration Police Bureau
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        58 6 BANGKOK POS'I WHO will be Miss Pearly Teeth 0 Or Miss Silky Hair 0 More than 100 girls up to 12 years old the youngest merely past her first birthday strutted their stuff and gave their best shot m the Kid Super Model contest m Bangkok earlier this
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      • 101 6 Manila to probe illegal currency speculators MANILA President Gloria Arroyo yesterday directed her officials to start a probe on illegal currency speculators who are believed to be responsible for the fall of the peso to a record low of 55.1 pesos (551.77) to a US dollar. Ms Arroyo said the
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      • 90 8 SWAYING to the rhythm of Gambvong a Javanese traditional royal dance is Indonesian Xurindra Dewi Astrini, 23, who belongs to the royal family from one ot the kingdoms on central Java island. Ms Nurindra is learning to perform the dance for welcoming guests at
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      • 620 8  -  DEVIASMARANI Multinational company's disclosure that it forks out huge sums m protection money raises questions over the TNl's mercenary role By THE STRAITS TIMES INDONESIA BUREAU JAKARTA The Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) is m the spotlight as a multinational company reveals that it has
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      • 242 8 MANILA The main Muslim separatist force m the Philippines has agreed to resume peace talks with the government later this month m Malaysia, a senior adviser to President Gloria Arroyo said yesterday. Kuala Lumpur has been acting as an intermediary and the talks could
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    • MALAYSIA
      • MALAYSIA FILE
        • 40 9 ENTERTAINMENT joints m Kuala Lumpur will be barred from selling liquor to those aged below 21 under an amendment to existing legislation that is expected to be debated m Parliament. The Star Asia News Network
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        • 40 9 A SENIOR lawyer, Balwant Singh, charged with the murder of a dispatch rider, was ordered to enter his defence by the High Court m Kuala Lumpur yesterday at the close ot the prosecution's case. Bernama
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        • 33 9 SOME 108 schools m Pahang have been identified by the State Education Department as having purchased the controversial CD-ROM that feature clips of scantily-clad women. New Straits Times
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        • 28 9 A SMALL number of policemen are corrupt and they even shield brothel operators. Deputy Home Minister Chor Chee Heung told Parliament yesterday. Bernama
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        • 50 9 THE number of kidney failure cases m the northern part of Sarawak is higher than m other parts of the country, prompting researchers from Curtin University of Technology, working with the Miri General Hospital, to try and find out the reasons. New Straits Times
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      • 306 9 KUALA LUMPUR An opposition member of parliament (MP) who was a victim of a snatch thief m her constituency m Penang on Sunday received 11 stitches on her forehead and fingers after she was robbed a second time just 48 hours later. Ms
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      • 475 9  -  REME AHMAD Manual check led to work passes being defaced during raid, says Home Ministry m a bid to appease New Delhi over alleged ill-treatment By IN KIALAI IMI'l H MALAYSIA'S Home Ministry has expressed "deep regret" over the treatment of Indian IT
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      • 1673 10  - Islamic school issue PAS' new election weapon against Umno BRENDAN PEREIRA The government's decision to stop funding religious schools has provided PAS with the weapon to draw voters away from Umno By \l VI.\>SIAC:ORRFSP()\I)FVr 'UMNO APPEARS 10 HAVE TAKEN THE APPROACH TO BE ENEMIES WITH MALAYS.JT IS DISTURBING THE LIFESTYLE,
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    • 8 11 The Straits Times sports Thursday, March 20. 2003
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    • 35 11 A PRAYER FOR PEACE 7'/// a peace-loving person and pray every day that war doesn't break out. Brazil's 1994 World Cup striker Roinario, who signed a three-month contract with Qatar! soccer club Al-Satl last month
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    • 865 11  -  JEFFREY LOW MOTOR RACING McLaren's Finn wants to shut world champion out at Sepang and win as well BIL 7 was disappointed I didn't win m Melbourne, but I feel okay now and I'm looking fora good fight again with Schumacher.' Raikkonen ICEMAN he
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    • 312 11 GOLF ORLANDO Since winning the British Open last July, Ernie Els has played the best golf of his career, winning four times already this year and vaulting pass Phil Mickelson to become the world No 2. But has the gap betw r een
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    • 65 11 Results and Standings Group C: AC Milan 0 Borussia Dortmund 1 Lokomotiv Moscow 0 Real Madrid 1. Group D: Basel 2 Juventus 1 Deportivo 2 Manchester United 0. 0 Qualified tor quarter-finals MOTE: The draw for the quarter-finals will be held tomorrow. The first legof the quarter-finals will be on
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    • 643 11 SOCCER MOSCOW Real Madrid and Juventus both made it into the next round of the Champions League, ensuring that the quarter-final line-up will be a star-studded one. Former champions AC Milan, Manchester United and Barcelona had already sewn up their berths earlier. A rare headed
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    • 513 11 FIXTURES: Uefa Cup Uefa quarter-finals, second leg: Boavistav Malaga Besiktas v Lazio (Live on Ch22, tomorrow. 2.55 am) Liverpool v (Celtic (live on Channel i. tomorrow. 4am Panathinaikos v Porto LIVERPOOL Hennk Larsson backed his Celtic teammates to bounce back from Sunday's Scottish
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    • 555 12 CRICKET It is not taking today's rival lightly, but has one eye on final clash on Sunday 4 DURBAN (South Africa) Try as it might to avoid it, India cannot help having one eye on Sunday s World Cup final. Although India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh and
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    • 230 12  -  MARC LM SWIMMING Ba BRENT BARNES will have to wait for another shot at the 50-metre freestyle world record m the 45-49 age group. The 45-year-old American had hoped to break Gary Schatz's three-year-old mark of 24.75 seconds, but could only
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    • 493 12 PORT ELIZABETH (South Africa) Sri Lanka's World Cup semi-final loss to Australia on Tuesday ended the international career of recordbreaking batsman Aravinda de Silva and the team may struggle to replace its most prolific run-maker. The 37-year-old played 93 Tests and scored a Sri Lanka
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    • 1548 12 BADMINTON Sudirman Cup mixed-team championShips m Eindhoven Group 1A: South Korea bt SAeden 5-0 Group IB: Denmark bt England 4 1 Group 2A: Japan b! Taiwan 4-1 Malaysia Dt Scotland 50. Group 2B: Holland bt Ukraine 5-0 Hongkong bt Germany 3-2. BASKETBALL NBA: New Jersey 87 Boston
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    • SPORTS FILE
      • 163 12 STRIKER Andy Cole's future at Blackburn Rovers was plunged into doubt last night after a second bust-up with manager Graeme Souness. The pair were due for a showdown meeting on Monday after their first row saw Cole storm home m a huff and
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      • 108 12 FORWARD George Reilly, who scored Watford's winning goal m the 1984 FA Cup semi-final, has had his ear bitten off by a disgruntled Plymouth fan who had held a grudge over his team's defeat for 19 years. Reilly, a 1.9-m striker, became a
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        17 12 BERITA HARIAN The Macau national team has a workout at the East Coast Park yesterday.
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      • 77 12 MACAU and Pakistan, Singapore's opponents for the Asian Cup qualifiers, are raring to go ahead of tomorrow's kickoff. The two teams will meet m the tournament opener tomorrow and had their first training sessions at the Jalan Besar Stadium and the Clementi Stadium
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      • 117 12 SALT LAKE CITY Winter Olympic figure skating champion Sarah Hughes won the Sullivan Award yesterday as the United States' top amateur athlete for 2002. The victory by the 17-year-old high school senior marked the second year m a row the honour had been taken by a
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      • 127 12 FIFA, the governing body of world soccer, is suing a journalist and the British newspaper The Daily Mail over an article that said Fifa president Sepp Blatter received secret payments and tried to conceal them. Fifa said it was taking legal action against
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      • 167 12 THE world's leading men's tennis players welcomed an initiative to overhaul the structure of the game on Tuesday and expressed their concern at the "dangerous" move by some of their peers who have set up a breakaway union. On a night of off-court politics every bit
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      • 95 12 LEEDS manager Tern- Venables, under pressure after five defeats m six games, received a triple boost yesterday when three of his struggling squad's injury problems receded. Leeds is only seven points above the drop zone going into Sunday's English Premier League soccer clash with Liverpool at
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      • 58 12 SOCCER: Uefa Cup q-final, 2nd leg: Besiktas V Lazio (Ch22. tomorrow. 2.55 am). Liverpool v Celtic (Channel i, tomorrow, 4am > CRICKET: ICC World Cup s-final 2: India v Kern a (Pay-Per-View Ch37, 8.30pm India, with a strong batting line that includes Sachin Tendulkar. is favoured m
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    • 833 13  -  G. SIYAKKUMARAN SPORTS SCHOOL Sports School holds trials to pick Primary 6 pupils to include m first intake Biji THE Sports School carried out its first talent spotting programme when it held trials m netball for Primary 6 pupils yesterday. More than 100 pupils
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    • 518 13 BASKETBALL PORTLAND (Oregon) Portland's run to the National Basketball Association play-offs suffered a major setback, when the Trail Blazers learnt they would be without Scottie Pippen for at least three weeks. The regular season ends on April 16 and the play-offs begin
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    • Obituaries
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        199 14 F'l am the tight of the world. UB Whoever follows me will never walk m darkness But will have the light of life' John 8:12 NEOKHENGCHOO Age: 80 was called home to be with the Lord on 19 March 2003 (Husband Ong Chew Cheng, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Ong Yang Peng
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        75 14 VALLI AHMA Age: 81 passed away peacefully on 19 March 2003, leaving behind loved ones. (Husband: G. Kallaperumal, deceased) torn: Daughters-in-law: Chandra Gowri Ramasamy Saraswathy Krishnan Vasantha Raja Karunanithi Muthulichme Dauqhten: Sons-in-law: Sagundalai Subramaniam Ghandimathi Soundarajan Krishnakumari Nithianandan Panu Mady Balakrishnan Vijayalakshmi Chandran Mohan Grandchildren, grandsons-in-law, granddaughters-in-law and great grandchildren.
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        81 14 The Family of the Late 1 TEO SHOCK HOON Departed 15 March 2003 wishes to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives, friends, colleagues, pastors and church groups of The Carmel Church and Zion Bible-Presbyterian Church for their kind assistance, condolences, prayers, wreaths and donations during their recent
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        64 14 fdsfsdfsfs RAJANTHRAN S/0 THE LATE V.K.SINNACHAMY Departed on 6 Mar 2003. i Dearly missed by family loved ones. Karumathi prayers will be held on 20.03.03 (Thur) night at Blk 209 Boon Lay Place 810-259. Athma Shantl Pooja will be held on 21.03.03 (Frl) at 7.30pm at Sri Slvan Temple I
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        35 14 I ATHMA SHANTI POOJA R. VAISUVANATHAN (Ex Govt. Printing Office) Departed on 5 March 03 j Prayers will be held at i Hanmathan Temple < (Kallang) on 20.3.2003 at 7.30pm. Please treat this as personal invitation.
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        79 14 I OM i NAMA SIVAYA S.P. MUTHIAH PILLAI Age: 71 Passed away peacefully on 19.03.2003, leaving behind beloved: Wife: S. Kanniammah Sons: Daughters-in-law: M. Thevan Amutharani M. Jayachanthiran Sulochana M. Uthayakumar Charmaine Lee M. Sambasivam Daughter: Son-in-law: M. Ghandhimathi Narayanamurthi Brothers: Sisters: S.P. Rajagopal S.P. Meenatchi S.P. Balakrishnan S.P. Thanam
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        43 14 jjj*~ J l| i |M| W |J -uwidju iciiJiniii. iii.pl j rnm-u -m With Deepest Sympathy g Heartfelt Condolences To The Family Of Our Late Director g 1 IQBAL KHAN SURATTEE From: 1 The Management Staff Of No. 1 Costume Costume Pte Ltd
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        25 14 4TH ANNIVERSARY j IN LOVING MEMORY OF TANCHOYKIN ROSALIE TAN Departed: 20/3/99 Departed: 4/4/99 Dearly missed fondly remembered by all your loved ones. fa BE
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        25 14 IN LOVING MEMORY OF PUAN SRI KHOO TECK PUAT Departed 20th March 1995 Deeply missed and always remembered by your beloved husband, children and grandchildren
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        94 14 rOMNAMASIVA ATHMA SHANTI POOJA PALANISAMY ALAGAN 3.8.1954 1.4.2002 'Fondly loved and deeply mourned, heart of our hearts we miss you 50... Always remembered by: Wife Maliga D/o Manikam Son Taiagaraja S/o Alagan (Raja) Daughter Vishalatchi D/o Alagan (Visha) Mother Kupomah Mother-in-law: Vaili Relatives and Friends Athma Shanti Pooja will be
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        70 14 KUNJIRAMAN MADAHAVAN Depart efl on 19/3/2003 Leaving behind: Wife: Mdm Devarki Sons: M. Mohan Dass M. Jaya Prakash M. Jaya Gobi M. Ramesh I M. Sathis Kumar Daughter: M. Nirmala Dcvi Son-in-law: Surenanaran Daughters-in-law: i Manoranjithan Sumathi Sujatha I grandchildren, relatives and friends. Body resting at Blk 701 Ylshun Aye
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    • MONEY
      • 41 15 Change Straits Times Index 1285.01 -H0. 89 BT 08/ OS -80.00 +138.00 BTCADI -*****.00 +69.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -8.00 UOBSesdaq 54.43 +0.26 UOB Blue Chip 467.44 +2.35 STI Futures 1292 +12 MSCI Singapore 157.57 +1.10 SiMSCI Futures 159.20 +2.50
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      • 67 15 Mf 19 CHANCE MONGnONG «iigi*ng 9158 59 ♦117.08 MALAYSIA. KLSE Comp 627.94 *0 86 ChiSA: Sn«iin«n B 196.90 »0.78 AUSTRALIA Sydn»y AM Orel 2814.70 »10.30 .APA.v NHMI 8051.04 '96 58 THAILAND SET lnfl«i 361.13 -1.72 NOONESiA j«art<iComp 385.48 •0.84 =M' L 'POiNES Manila Comp 1020.46 »14 87 j:i.r«
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      • 36 15 Chart SemiCond 26c 38,665.000 Accord Customer 2.5 c 19,729.000 Sing Tel 15c 17,038,000 DatacraftiOc 16,588,000 TPV USIC 15.841,000 Citiraya 2.5 c 14,797.000 PacidcCtnt jryiOc 13,566,000 SemßCorp Ind 25c 11.471,000 •StarCruists 10c 10.192.000 NOL 9.715.000
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      • 111 15 MAIN SDO TOTAL Up On Unch Up Dn Unch Up On Unch Multnnd 636 000 636 Msnufacturg 47 19 32 8 4 13 55 23 45 Commerce 17 11 7 2 1 2 19 12 9 Tpt/Stor/Com 14 2 7 0 0 1 14 2 8 Finance
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      • 98 15 TURNOVER COOO) VALUE COOO) Main Sdq Total Main Sdq Total Multilncl 24.373 24.373 39,691 39.691 Manutacturg 139,826 13.036 152,862 142.314 2,127 144,440 Commerce 16,797 929 17,726 10.033 182 10.215 Tpt/Stor/Com 41,878 91 41,969 65,149 12 65.161 Finance 29,204 29,204 111,560 111.560 Construction 11,388 3,431 '4,819 4.439 144
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      • 4055 15 fsdfsdfsdfsdfs S2-Wk Currtncy last Voi Day Gr'f N*t M Cip N* m Caw Tn+i M»««r- 000 W U. Dt» P/I '0 5 4.5 Acmasc 5.5 "0.5 260 6 5.5 42.9 Allure* T»ch 11.5 SUSP 9.5 8 4 AsuFood&Prop 7.5 unch 310 7.5 7.5 217.7 68
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      • 1113 15 52 Wk Currtncy last vol D«v Gr s tin M Cap Ht# I— Clilf TnX* SHi r- OOP HHt I— W»% P/I MANUFACTURING 24.5 15 APOH5c 17.5 unch 174 '7.5 17.5 27 6.4 15 4 58 10 AS Auto 10c _....11.5 '0.5 106 11.5 11 -N 15.1 51.5
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      • 221 15 STOCK PRICES LEGEND NOTES All snares ouotM hay* i par value of $1 and art Straits Tiroes Index Stock* treOed m lots of 1.000 shares each unless otherwise N T a* -exempted dividend xd ex-dlvtdertd specified ed cum dividend ct conditional trd<j Currency traded -SS unless otherwise specified
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      • 593 16 We found out that they have no idea where the economy is heading. Lehman Brothers' Ethan Harris, on the Fed's failure to give an economic outlook 7 guess if the Fed can't figure it out, there's no reason why h 7/7 Merrill
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      • 54 16 Yesterday's close: 9,158.59 (Up 117.08 points) Hongkong's toy share index erased early losses to close more than 1 per cent higher as investors betting on an easy USled victory over Iraq piled into blue chips. Turnover shot up to HKS9.O3 billion, compared with a recent average
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      • 141 16 fsdfsfsf Company Clo»« Ban* Of China HK 8.35 0.10 3an« 0< East As.a 14.75 0.50 Catnav Pacific 11.35 0.20 Cneunq Kong 47. 6 C 2.70 Cft Kong nfra '5.00 0.40 Cruna MoOile 17.15 0.40 China 9es Ento 6.45 0.05 Crima Unicorn 4.88 0.25 CiTiC Pacific 16.05 -0.10 CLP 32.40
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      • 66 16 KU AL A LUMPUR: Composite Index Yesterday's close: 627.94 (Up 0.86 point) Malaysian shares surrendered early gains to close just slightly higher as investors moved to the sidelines ahead of a US deadline for Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and his sons to leave or face war. Volume dipped to 121
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      • 127 16 fsdfsdfsdf Company Clou AMMB Holdings 3.70 unch Berjaya Sports 3.10 -0.04 B Amer Tobacco 37.50 unch Commerce Asset 2.96 -0.03 Digi.com 2.36 unch GamuOa 5.30 0.10 Gentmg 14.10 0.20 Golden Hope 2.98 0.01 Hong leong Bank 4.32 0.02 101 Corp 5.15 0.05 KL Kepong 5.80 unch Magnum Corp
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      • 118 16 Mmm r RSS (Sctnt>/kg) Montn Mob Low S«tt Vol Open Int Apr 03 187.25 May 03.... 186.75 JWOa 184.75 Jul/S«cO3 184.25 R5S 3 (US cents/kg) Month High Low S«tt Vol Op«n Int 4 0 rC3 105.50 1100 May 03 105.50 104.75 105.25 1400 1600 JunO3 104.50 104.50 103.50
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      • 64 16 CRUDE PRODUCT PRICES Cnid«/Product Month* C(wnq« Pflct (OSS) BBL Brent B^end May -070 28.0628.11 W T*«as lnt»rm Arjr 0.88 30.82-30.86 Ouoa. Faten Aor 136 25.95-26 00 Mar -1.00 29.30-29 40 Tminq of cargoes. Prices as at 17:30 Crudt/Product Month* Chingc Prlct (USS) BBL Minas Mar 1.00 30.00-30.10 NapnthaCIF Jap -17.00M8.0C
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      • 685 16 fsdfsdfsfs OPEN HIGH lOK SETT VOL OP/INT EURODOLLAR FUTURES JurO3 ***** 98 805 ***** 98 795 ***** 33T30 Se(>o3 98 645 98 685 98.640 98 660 ***** 298 7 7 O«cO3 98.375 98 420 98 375 98 395 ***** 3799S MarO4 98.030 98 085 98.030 98 055
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      • 293 16 NEW YORK The Federal Reserve on Tuesday promised "heightened surveillance" of the economy, a statement some analysts said signalled a possible rate cut, perhaps even before its May 6 meeting. 'The only two words you really have to know are 'heightened surveillance'," said
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      • 157 16 fsdfsdfsdfsdfds Company Clost Anhui Gujmg D B 4.90 -0.03 Beijing Or Elec B 4.76 0.09 Bengang Steel B 3.03 0.01 Ch int Marine 8.23 -0.12 China M Shekou B 5.15 0.01 Ch South Glass B 3.71 0.04 China Vanke B 6.71 0.48 Chqing C Auto B 4.06 0.10 Dalian
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      • 45 16 Yesterday's close: 196.9 (Up 0.78 point) China's stock indexes ended a touch higher but investors sold shares m firms which had warned of losses or sharp profit falls for last year, brokers said. Turnover was HK5119.6 million, up 7.6 per cent. Reuters
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      • 124 16 Foreign Currency Note Rites (9am, Mar 19) Buying OD Selling Singapore dollars to one unit Australian dollar 1.0420 1.0580 Canadian dollar 1.1840 1.2090 Euro 1.8690 1.8920 NZ dollar 0.9610 0.9880 Sterling pound 2.7510 2.7800 US dollar 1.7600 1.7710 Singapore dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Chinese renminbi 21.20
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      • 59 16 SYDNEY: A l l-Ordinaries Yesterday close: 2,814.7 (Up 10.3 points) Australian share prices rose by 0.4 per cent to consolidate the previous day's big rally due to hopes for a short, sharp and successful war m Iraq, brokers said. National turnover totalled 630.3 million shares worth A52.03 billion, with 593
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      • 127 16 fdfdsfsfsfsf Company Clost AMP Limited 7.77 0.19 ANZ Bank Grp 17.32 -0.08 Brambles Ind 4.69 0.11 Broken Hill Prop 9.54 0.09 Coles Myer 6.16 -0.03 CSL 15.98 0.21 CSR Ltd 6.44 -0.01 C'wealth Bank 24.91 0.36 Foster's Grp 4.36 -0.02 General Prop Trt 2.88 0.03 Macquarie Bank 24.70 0.56
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      • 404 16 BONDS, LOANS WARRANTS 52-Wk La:t Vol Day Last Ouoii High Low Company Site ♦or- 'OOP High Low Buyr S«Wr 37.5 17 ASTIWO4O62I 17.5 4.5 0.5 AcmaWo4lll6 4.5 2 5 101 48 Amtek W*****0 56 H 20 56 55 55 7 0.5 Armstrong W*****0 0.5 15 7 Boustead W*****2 12 3
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      • 480 16 Oracle blames war worries for sales drop TAKE-UP OF NEW SOFTWARE LOS ANGELES Oracle attributed third-quarter declines m new software sales to major customers' unease over the looming war m Iraq, and it cautioned that the trend could accelerate m the coming months. The maker of database programs said overall
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      • 61 16 TOKYO:N ikkei 225 Stock Average Yesterday' close: 8,051.04' (Up 96.58 points) Japanese share prices rose 1.2 per cent to close above the key 8,000-point mart as hopes for fresh government support and a late wave of bargainhunting erased morning losses, dealers said. Volume was estimated at 711 million shares. Decliners
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      • 125 16 fsdfsfsdfsdfsdf Company Clou Canon Inc 4350 30 Denso Corp 1750 25 East Japan Rail *****0 -***** Fanuc Ltd 5110 160 Fuji Photo Film 3620 12C Fujitsu 339 -1 Hitachi 451 6 Honfla Motor 4110 70 Ito Yokado 3200 70 Kansai Electric 1833 25 Kao 2395 20 Kyocera Corp 6170
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      • 423 17 Singapore court reserves judgment on APP It should make known its decision, m written form, on Widjaja family's control of firm m about 3 weeks THE Singapore Court of Appeal ended a hearing yesterday without ruling on whether to allow Indonesia's Widjaja family to retain control of Asia Pulp Paper
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        • 94 17 THAILAND'S stock exchange will stop trading for up to a day should the benchmark index drop by 10 per cent or more during a war between the United States and Iraq, stock exchange president Kittiratt Na-Ranong said. It is the first time that the 28-year-old
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        • 73 17 THE global airline industry has emerged as one of the first corporate casualties of war, as credit agency Standard Poor's moved to put 11 airlines on credit watch for a possible downgrade amid expectations that war would trigger further collapses m revenue. The list
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        • 82 17 ALLIANZ braced itself for a dramatic overhaul of its ailing Dresdner Bank division yesterday, one day after a top-level management shake-up saw Dresdner's chief replaced by a rival from peutsche Bank. I The exit of Dresdner head Bernd Fahrholz and his surprise replacement by the head
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        • 102 17 A TEXAS jury on Tuesday cleared Bayer, the German drug company, of all liability m a lawsuit brought by an 82-y^^.T--old retired oil company engineer who claimed he fell seriously ill after taking Baycol the firm's anti-cholesterol drug. The lawsuit was the first to
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        • 59 17 INDONESIA'S foreign direct investment (FDI) approvals, which fell sharply last year, jumped to US$2.3 billion (Ss4.l billion) m the first two months of 2003, from U*****.8 million m the same period a year ago. State investment agency BKPM said the biggest investment approvals m the period
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      • 207 17 JAKARTA The Indonesian government may delay selling several state companies including Bank Mandiri and drugmaker Indofarma if there is a war m Iraq, an Indonesian official said. "This is the worst-case scenario, if the war happens," Deputy Minister for State Enterprises, Mr Mahmuddin Yasin, said
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      • 362 17 SEOUL Domestic creditors of SK Global, the scan-dal-stricken trading arm of South Korea's third-largest conglomerate, yesterday said that they have agreed to freeze the company's debt for the next three months m a move to keep it afloat, as business
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      • 71 18 WITH game' consoles, digital personal video recorders and MP3 players beginning to use hard disk drives, data storage analysts said they expect demand from this sector to grow from 12 million drives last year to over 100 million drives m 2006. Analysts say this will help the
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      • 641 18  -  BRYAN LEE Republic's move to higher-end activities will counter strong competition from low-cost rivals *L 'Singapore to us is strategic. We nave a design centre here where we design low-cost drives. Seagate president and chief operating officer William Watkins
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      • 419 18  - CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICERS' VIEW: Long Gulf war 'more costly than most think' NARENDRA AGGARWAL Bu ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT A LONG war m the Gulf could be much more costly for the global economy and companies than most people think, financial experts meeting m Singapore said yesterday. The assumption of a smooth
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      • 280 18  -  NICHOLAS FANG By TRANSPORT RKPORTF.R SMALLER logistics firms m Singapore those with fewer than 10 workers turned m better profits m proportion to their sales than their larger counterparts m 2001, the Singapore Department of Statistics (SDS) said. In its latest survey of
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        66 20 'Through our partners, ice can... get out to the markets that are hot at any moment m time" Mr McNeaiy, on the importance of keeping m close contact with technology partners SAFE HAVENS I lealth care: People still gel Governments: They never sick shrink Education: People go hack to Energy:
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      • 253 20 THE skies are gloomy everywhere these days hence the importance of sticking close to clients m the health-care, government, education and energy sectors. Sun Microsystems founder and chief Scott McNealy told journalists m Singapore yesterday. "These sectors never shrink when the economy does,"
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      • 478 20  - Sun Microsystems to invest over $200 m here SOHWENUN It will donate software to groom Java programmers, and partner IDA m project that could create 500 jobs By AMERICAN high-tech giant Sun Microsystems said yesterday that it is investing well over $200 million m Singapore over the next five years
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      • 301 20  -  NICHOLAS FANG By TKWSI'OKTKKI'OKTIK SINGAPORE'S Changi Airport has maintained its reputation as the best regional air cargo hub by being voted the best Asian airport for the seventeenth consecutive year by readers of industry journal Cargonews Asia. The award was presented last night at
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      • 449 20  - Kimtrans drives into used car export market VLADIMIR GUEYARRA EPZ LICENCE FOR CAR STORAGE ?s TRANSPORT and logistics firm Sembawang Kimtrans yesterday said it expects to garner 40 per cent of a new $200--million-per-year used car storage and export market after being awarded a licence to operate an ex-port-processing zone
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        • 69 21 SM SUMMIT IN THE RED WITH $9.9 M LOSS SM SUMMIT Holdings reversed its 2001 net profit Off $1.3 million to a net loss of $9-9 million for the year ended December. Turnover decreased 7 per cent to $43.3 million, it said. Loss per share was 2.67 cents, compared to
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        • 74 21 AP PARE 1. -MAKER Ocean Sky International announced yesterday that tour major investors have bought more than 35 per cent of the 92 million shares available m its initial public offer (IPO). Gimmill Industrial, Phillip Capital Management, DBS Asset Management and ÜBS AG
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        • 67 21 SIAEC TO REVAMP CHINA AIRLINES' UNIT SIA ENGINEERING Company (SIAEC) will restructure China Airlines' engineering maintenance division under a memorandum of understanding signed yesterday. Eight of SIAEC's senior management staff will be on secondment, undertaking management positions at China Airlines. They will assist China Airlines m its maintenance operations and
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        • 68 21 SEMBCORP Engineers and Constructors (SembCorp E&C) has been awarded a 513.4-million contract by Carsem-Suzh-ou to design and build an assembly and test facility m Suzhou, China. Located m the Suzhou Industrial Park, the 17'2,000-sq-ft factory will provide packaging and test services for CarsemSuzhou's
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      • 456 21  - People's Food posts meaty 172 m profit Lee Su Shyan 19% JUMP IN TURNOVER The firm's 33 per cent jump injull-year gain puts it among the top earners which have reported results so far CHINESE consumers' growing appetite for premium meat products means Singapore-listed People's Food is really bringing home
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      • 583 21  - Asian bourses still rallying, at a steadier pace COLIN TAN TAKIXG STOCK By M \RKI l S CORRESPONDI ALTHOUGH stock markets m Asia continued to climb higher yesterday, the trek was more measured compared to the sheer exuberance of Tuesdays rally as investors cashed m on the previous day's gains.
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      • 593 21  -  LEE SU SHYAN Shareholders get to choose between the cash payout, which would cost the bank $642 m, and a preference share offer By C (AU'Wll N( OHHI M'ONDI VI OCBC BANK yesterday proposed paving a whopping special net cash dividend of 49-75
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      • 374 21  -  HUGH CHOW By FINANCE CORRESPONDENT SINGAPORE'S biggest brokerage, UOB Kay Hian, reported a 26 per cent drop m full-year net profits despite aggressive acquisitions which boosted revenues by more than 50 per cent last year. Profits at the
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      • 506 22  - SBS seeks govt compensation over N-E line delay It has incurred expenses to train a 600-man team but start of operations has been pushed to next month Reports by LEONG CHAN TEIK SBS TRANSIT, the operator of the North-Fast MRT Line, is negotiating a compensation deal with the Government over
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    • 293 22 ml m, mkJ Tit HNOLOCI Higher-end Focus Singapore's disk-drive sector moves towards product and process development. pv<.f. ua Sol i i; i Java Hotspot Sun Microsystems will donate $200lH m software to educational centres here. mcbam Companies Special Payout OCBG plans to reward shareholders with a cash dividend ot 49.75
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    • 16 1 Life! CELEBRATES THE WONDER O I .LI E E The Straits Times Thursday, March 20, 2003
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    • 194 2 HOLLYWOOD Oscar organisers have opted to roll up the red carpet for the first time m the Academy Awards show's ~~> years. They have eliminated the parade of celebrities along the carpet on their arrival, over concerns that it would seem inappropriate now that the
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      121 2 LONDON Even as British newspapers take turns to eat their words on Nicole Kidman's affair with Jude Law, they have served up more proof of his worsening relations with wife Sadie Frost. People News reports that the Laws were seen having a heated argument m a London cafe.
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    • 141 2 LOS ANGELES A bad back could derail Tobey Maguire's return as SpiderMan. He may be replaced m the sequel by the real-life boyfriend of his on-screen love interest, Kirsten Dunst, Daily Variety reported on Tuesday. Maguire's spokesman told the entertainment trade paper that the actor is
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    • 103 2 What's Colin up to now? WILL Colin Farrell (above) give up a forest for a tree? The Irish playboy has been seen kissing and cuddling the mother of his unborn child American model Kirn Bordenave m Santa Monica. California, says British daily The Sun. The model, who is said to
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    • 254 2 Tamil TV stars in the making NEW faces will soon be seen on Vasantham Central. They will be unearthed when Nacharthiram 03 (Star '03), the Tamil equivalent of its sister station Channel Bs Star Search, hosts its 2 —hour-long grand finals this Sunday at 6 pm. It will be broadcast
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    • 188 2 THERE is no stopping this volleyball team, it seems. In Thailand, The Iron Ladies II made 37 million baht (SSI.S million) m its first three days when it opened last week. This is 78 per cent more than the 20.8 million baht that the first
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    • 1183 4  -  Chua Mui Hoong Even though none of us enjoy going through adversity, it is when we have pulled through difficult periods that we see how much stronger we nave become MY BANKER friend has been retrenched tor about a year, and is relishing the freedom. Oh, he
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      85 4 DESMOND WEE Get a bite of City Sharks, a homegrown road movie which opens m cinemas next Thursday. The comedy about three Singapore boys trying to pass off as loan sharks had its premiere at Shaw's Beach Road cineplex on Monday. Directed by (from left) freelance television
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      115 4 He behaves like he's black, looks like he has stepped out of a rap \ideo and wears all the fancy jewellery and clothes.' T\ producer Bruce Hepton on a hy footbath') David Beckham (above) is an icon to the British black community 'If you ask me to
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      • 380 5  -  TEO MENG JOO Audiences from Sweden to the US have had their eyes peeled on hearing- impaired actor Ramesh Meyyappan, without hearing a word Bu Meyyappan says bis hearing disability has shaped the way he approaches his craft NO DIALOGUE is heard nor sign
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      • 597 5  - Wear a ribbon forever hold your piece PAUL BROWNFIELD As the threat of war looms, a note flutters out to Oscar hopefuls Bu TO: Presenters and winners at the 75th Annual Academy Awards FROM: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts Sciences Ribbon Committee SUBJECT: Ribbons for the 75th Annual Academy
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      • 1383 6 Let's spend the night together? Hardly, but Life! spends quality time with rock's baadest boy, Keith Richards KEITH RICHARDS is confused. The censors m China have banned four songs at the Rolling Stones' gigs scheduled for Beijing and Shanghai next month and the decision has left
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      • 404 6  -  TOMMY WEE Bu MICK JAGGER and gang will arrive m Singapore on Sunday m two private jets. They will be staying at the Ritz Carlton Millenia hotel, where a block of 70 rooms has been booked for the band and crew. The Rolling Stones'
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      • 58 7 SINGAPORE'S BOY: The designs <»f Paris-l.ased Singaporean Andrew Gn will also he on show at the annual fashion festival, which is into its third ear. Touted as the Russian Ralph Lauren, Valentin Yudashkin (left) will show 70 haute couture pieces (far left) on 10 models, who
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      • 630 7  -  LIONEL SEAH With Eniamiel Ungaro's collection helming the opening show and more events this year, the Singapore Fashion Festival is set to kick off with a bang Bu WHEN Tunisian-born French designer Azzedine Alaia decided, at the last minute, to ditch his star billing at the
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      • 547 8  -  LIONEL SEAH With her 1.53-m frame, Candy Thong, 24, stands out among Zaobao's Glamour Quest finalists By CHINA-BORN Singapore citizen Candy Zhang Manlu would rather not mix with her girlfriends at her school if she can help it. But this is not because the 14-year-old
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      • 625 8 TOKYO When Japanese men such as Ryuji Shinozaki go shopping, they aren't likely to see their peers among the pantheon of foreign models on billboards. On Japan's leading fashion boulevard, Omotesando, Japanese male role models are almost non-exis-tent. A recent survey of images from
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      • 499 9  -  CAMILLA CHIAM Oscar nominees have an extra reason to be happy: They get plenty of freebies, like personalised plumes and Manolo Blahniks Bu WHEN an Oscar nominee says "it's an honour just to be nominated they are probably right. An honour which is shared by all
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      • 554 9 WORKS OF ART: Blahniks creations are on show at London's Design Museum. HIS shoes spell sex and class. Now, they are even considered works of art. The creations of Manolo Blahnik, 60, are on show at London's Design Museum till May 11. The exhibit is
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      • 383 10  -  Camilla Chiam ■■■■■■■■^■■■HpHHHHH EJul Cargo pants arc aiming fora slice of the luxury fashion pie and are noised for a massed attack with silk fabrics and lace-ups ONCE they clad the bums of army boys and sweaty plumbers. But now, cargo pants' Cinderella transformation
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      • 717 12 This years Singapore Fashion Festival scores several "firsts" and lands big-time sponsorships. It's a pity that the Singapore Fashion Festival 2003s star attraction withdrew just days ago. Cult French designer Azzedine Alaia, called the "king of cling" for his trademark figure-hugging designs, cited the
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      • 232 12 How many times have you driven to Sentosa via Gateway Avenue and not even noticed it? From tomorrow, the once dilapidated and now proudly refurbished St James Power House on Keppel Road will host the Singapore Fashion Festival 2003. One of the oldest power station buildings m
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      • 524 12 The Singapore Fashion Festival has secured a major sponsorship from Mercedes-Benz. SINGAPORE style has moved into a higher gear. The annual Singapore Fashion Festival, now m its third year, has managed to flag down Mercedes-Benz as a principal sponsor. Believed to be just over $500,000 m
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      • 791 13 Guts meets glam in fashion' s top Gn The Singaporean boy-turned-international fashion star stages his first-ever ready-to-wear show on home ground. GALA DINNER AND SHOW Where: The Grand Hal!, St James Power House When: April 4 Time: 7.30 pm Admission: $200/5250 per person Actresses Nicole Kidman, Elizabeth Hurley, Natalie Portman
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        102 13 Gn is the youngest of three brothers and two sisters. His father was a wealthy businessman, exporting luxury goods such as shark's fin, birds' nest and alligator skin to Europe. Gn's love affair with fashion began when his father bought exotic fabric such as obi silk from Thailand
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      • 400 16 Italian designer Giambattista Valli is trying to combine Emanuel Ungaro s vivacity and joie de vivre with his own hip, cosmopolitan outlook. A I 7<>, Emanuel Ungaro is the oldest couturier m Paris. Yet the designer, who presented his 45th couture collection m January, has a
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      • 164 16 From reports on the recent Paris collection, which will be shown here, Giambattista Valli is said to be making all the right modernising moves at Ungaro. The collection was described as a "fairy tale on ice", with the heroine m pale, drifty layerings of gossamer
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      • 570 16 Surrounded by inspiration From Russia With Luxe is the courtier s first show m Asia. You could say that Valentin Yudashkin is a self-made fashion designer because he succeeded m tasliion a decidedly capitalist career m a communist milieu. Bom near Moscow m 1963, Yudashkin entered Moscow Industrial Colleges fashion
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      • 571 16 Just as new Indian cinema has swept the world off its feet with its East-West, old-new themes, so too is Indian fashion finding its way into the closets of women and men the world over. On April 1, the St James Power House will light up
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      599 19 Beauty magic, designer tables, the art of jewels... The fringe is as glamorous as the festival itself. COLORS BY TERRY When: Tomorrow to April 4 Where: Tangs, Level 1 Admission: By appointment (tel: tf74.'*-2122) Three exclusive beauty collections for three very different looks. Body Soul steps back into
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    • 97 19 Take part m the Singapore Fashion Festival 2003 Lucky Draw. Just shop at Fashion Festival participating retail outlets from March 21 to April 6. For every $100 m one receipt, you stand to win a South-sea pearl pendant with yellow citrines and diamonds set m 18K white
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    • 122 19 BELLE SUPPER CLUB When: Mart h 25 Time: B.3<)pni Where: The Main Gallery, St James Power House (along Sentosa Gateway) Ilns "members-only*' evening features designer labels 'ike Zac Poser I righl Veronique Branqumho, Leonard, Sophia Kokosalaki, Hick Owens, Man by Marc Jacobs, Cacharel, D&G, \nii,iSi!i Elej Kishimoto,
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    • 1528 20 STYLE ORCHARD Top Orchard Road retailers and shopping malls come together for a spectacular offering of retail therapy and free fashion shows, beauty workshops and performances. Style c« N Orchard is a two-week event that kicks off on Saturday at 5 pin on a stage outside The Heeren. The highlight
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    • 659 23  - He' s just tired, no butts about it CLARISSA OON Sbm Rockwell who bared his butt and also shot to fame with Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind, says he is all worn out By NUDE AND IMPROVED: Sam Rockwell, who bared his butt m Confessions and also displayed full-back nudity
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    • 588 23 1 HAVE A GOOD EAR, THAT'S FOR SURE.' Bellucci on her flair for language§ BEVERLY HILLS These days, Monica Bellucci (right) seems to be speaking everyone's language. The Italian actress continues tc make films m her native tongue and expand her presence m Frenchlanguage films, the
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    • 352 24  -  Teo Meng Joo To assist the Jesuit Refugee Service's efforts m alleviating poverty m East Asia, the wife of the ambassador of France threw a charity dinner THE charity dinner was meant for 100 people but 188 came and $102,000 was raised, with more to
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    • 359 25  - African kids get into the Spirit Selena Vera Hey Umoja The Spirit Of Togetherness, a high-octane musical performed by South African kids, looks set to repeat its international success m Singapore CURRENT global uncertainties have sparked talk of a fuel shortage but there is certainly HO energy crisis m Umoja.
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    • 116 28 It's S.K. Poon to the rescue fsdfsdfsdfdsfs S.K. POON is playing super sub. The homegrown singer is filling m for veteran Taiwanese songbird Mci Dai, who is too sick to perform here. The latter was slated to sing with doyenne Wu Siew Choo a.k.a. Little Wild Cat on April 6.
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    • 143 28 Cool club cats at Heineken gig TAKE your mind off the impending Iraqi war if you can, at the groove with Heineken's Electracoustic gig tonight The action will be at Sound Bar at the GalleryHotel (formerly Gallery Evason Hotel) at Robertson Quay. The six-man soulful jazz-funk outfit from Britain boasts
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    • 128 28 HONGKONG Nicholas Tse's much-hyped return to showbusiness has had the wind taken out of its sails. First, he fell ill last week, the first week he went back to work. Now, Apple Daily says the singer, who was supposed to fly to Australia on Monday
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    • 111 28 IS IT the end of a beautiful friendship? Michael Jackson has fallen out with his best friend, Elizabeth Taylor, says the Internet Movie Database news site. The rift has come after the diva spent years supporting the self-styled King of Pop through allegations of paedophilia, among
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    • 22 1 The Straits Times Thursday; March 20, 2003 Natas Travel 2003 Special Produced by the Special Projects Unit MARKETiN_gMji t ttJto|_APORE Press Holdings
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    • 89 2 Editor GERALDINE YEO Writers ANNABELLE LIM KAREN CHO LEONG PIK YIN JERENA NG RICKY YEO UMA VENKATRAMAN Art 0 Dtsifft RICKY YEO PAUL ERIC ROCA PAULA GROSSE ANDREW TAN BHAWESH MISHRA SAMIR SHRIDHAR UMA VENKATRAMAN MERLENE MICHAEL JERENA NG Contributors EVELYN YAP WONG PUI SING BEATRICE ANG CHANG MAY
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      1003 2  -  EVELYN YAP Prepare to snap up rock-bottom bargains on travel packages and to experience new destinations. This weekends Natas Travel is all geared up to send you globe-trotting! By As far as good deals go, expect discounts, fresh itineraries and packages priced as low as they can go at
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    • 1028 3 Travelling south of Seoul m search of taste-bud tantalisers, RICKY YEO was surprised to find that Korean food was at its best simple and unadulterated. Skiing, shopping and the television drama serial Winter Sonata these are three reasons why Singaporeans make South Korea their preferred
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    • 128 3 To understand the South Koreans' love affair with kimchi, just visit the Gwanqju Kimchi Festival. Held yearly over a week m mid-October, it attracts people from all over the country. This year's festival will be held from Octl4tol9. They come to view the exhibition, taste kimchi from
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    • 1029 4  - Old world charm Just a short flight away from Singapore, the southern Indian city of Hyderabad is a grand introduction to the diverse culture of the country 7 By UMA VENKATRAM AN If you are tired of the usual beach vacations and shopping trips, head for a city that takes
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    • 306 4 ...meets the celluloid age Apart from its rich history, Hyderabad has a modem {ace. Touted as India's next Silicon Valley, it is also a popular filming location for Boll\Avood mo\ies. Drive out of the dry to take a look at Hi-Tec City m the newly created Cvberabad. One of the
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    • 866 5 Dubbed the Cit\ of Water for its proximity to the sea, steeped m history as the site of the country's oldest capital and strong m industrial development, Osaka shows all these influences and more, as ANNABELLE LIM discovers. Bleary-eyed off the ANA red-eye flight from Singapore,
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    • 436 5 Osaka highlights Shopping areas America-Mura (right): The funky flock here where fashion trends are first spotted and set. There are used-clothing and biker shops and much more. Minami Horie (pronounced hor-i-yay) and Kita Horie: These districts just beyond America-Mura are aimed at a slightly older crowd. New York's Soho springs
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      691 6 Ditch the chain stores. LEONG PIK YIN recommends 10 speciality outlets m Sydney that come with wacky names and wonderful buys. Good In Bed With a name like this, it is little wonder that this shop offers a risque range of lingerie, from marabou G-strings and chiffon
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      872 7 Ij xpect the unexpectl-^ ed m the waterfront A-J playground that is Cairns (pronounced "cans"). It offers a mind-bog-gling range of exciting activities that can leave you overwhelmed. But here's a list of 10 things that can make for an essential experience m Cairns. 1 Go snorkelling m
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    • 839 10  -  ERENANG New Zealand's more lyrical name is Aotearoa, Maori for Land of the Long White Cloud. Auckland is one gateway to this marvellous country which has lots to offer, from sporting events to thermal activity to dining. ■>'. Overwhelmed. That was how I felt when I arrived
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      303 11 WHERE TO STAY; So many choices HILTON AUCKLAND, ON PRINCES WHARF Built to resemble a cruise liner, the hotel offers a panaromic view of downtown Auckland and Davenport. Located as it was right on the waterfront, I found my wonderful view replaced one morning by a cruise liner that had
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    • 907 12  -  BEATRICE ANG Sail away to Alaska and live the life you've always dreamed about scrumptious meals, breathtaking views and days filled with exciting activities. MBy If you're planning to take m the majestic wonders of Alaska, there can be no better way to travel than
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      110 14 Currency Tala (WSTS) is Samoa's official currency. The exchange rate is about Ssloo WSTSI79. All major currencies are exchangeable m Samoa for Tala. Major credit cards (Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Diners and JCB) are accepted at most major hotels and some restaurants and stores. Climate The island paradise
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    • 1053 14 Rolling along m a rickety public bus, SIMON ROWE comes up close to everyday life m the treasured islands of the South Pacific. Beach Street, Apia. It's 8.05 am but already the air is as hot as the inside of an umu earthen oven. A dozen
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      387 15  -  CHANG MAY CHOON For a short period each year, all of Japan becomes swathed m stunning shades of pink when cherry trees blossom, signalling that spring has finally arrived. £.v If you can only go to Japan once, go when the sakura, or cherry blossom, is m full
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    • 345 15 Tne ue»i piatca iv see me musi spectacular cnerry blossoms are at temples and castles. Many are hundreds of years old, like the cherry trees grown m their courtyards. The older a cherry tree, the more beautiful its blossoms. Alternatively, parks and rivers are also popular tor hanamior
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    • 766 16 Besides climbing its signature limestone cliffs, there are many other reasons why adventure junkies are hooked on Krabi s quirky cliarm, says GEMMA KOH. Since it was discovered by rock climbing enthusiasts m the late 1980s, Thailand's Krabi has shot up the popularity charts with adventure travellers.
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      407 17 Accommodation ranges from non-air-conditioned options (which may cost a couple of hundred baht (100 baht Ss4)) to luxurious hotels. You may be able to get a good deal on the luxury hotels by going just before or after the high season (which runs from early November till
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    • 170 18 Singapore Airlines and CWna Eastern Airfines fly to Shanghai daily. SIA has a 3D2N free-and-easy promotion at $628, provided you travel with three Mends before March 31 A return ticket on CWna Eastern costs $570. Garuda's promotional fare is the cheapest, at $406, and is valid till March
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    • 693 18  - A tale of two SHANGHAIS CHANG MAY CHOON The most popular Chinese city with tourists, Shanghai straddles old and new comfortably, balancing history, heritage and a happening nightlife. By I have always wanted to go to Shanghai, ever since I received a postcard of the Bund from my German penpal
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    • 204 19 If you are tired of Shanghai's city life, hop onto a train and explore the scenic beauty of neighbouring Suzhou or Hangzhou. Suzhou, which is one hour away by train, is famous for its beautiful yuan tin (parks and woods), like Tiger's Hill and Lion's Grove.
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    • 244 19 Visit Zhouzhuang This is a charming little water village on the outskirts of Suzhou. The 100-year-old historical town is touted as the Venice of the East. Take a bus there from either Shanghai or Suzhou, then hitch a ride on a trishaw (for 30
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    • 19 20 Folklore, mystique and dramatic views all add up to a unique visit to pCornwall, declares KAYLENE TAN.
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    • 693 21 Cornwall is the "region oi dream M\d mystery" wrote the greal Victorian novelist and poet Thomas HarcK m 1870. Located at the most south-wesl point of England, Cornwall has always had its own unique and distinctive character which separates it from the tvst of England, Traditionally,
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    • 605 6 6 00 Mercedes Ben; E2OO Ne/. 'ace. P.ez S'26 8K 12'01BMW3i8iA OMVfttK SlOB 8K am VW Golf GTi Turbo OMVS2GK SlO2 8K 1O"O1 Corolla XLi Auto OMV (18K 566 8K 12.^00 Corolla GLi Auto OMVS2-K 566 8K 4 "C" Nissan Sunny 1 6SS Auto CV.S-7K. 562 8K 10/98 Honda CRV4WD
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    • 868 7 Wfft TOYOTA FORSALE E7TI TOYOTA FORSALE E7FI TOYOTA FOR SALE ETfl TOYOTA FOR SALE F^PREM y .o jsm^ jsr Auto (Brand New Model) _^J I_#%_^^^1 Toyota MR-S 1.8 6 Speed Toyota WINDOM 3.0 X Original S Edition Auto/Manual Toyota CELICA 1.8 SS-I SS-II (Lexus ES3OO) (New Facelift Model) (New Facelift
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    • 673 7 6/'O2 HARRIER (G). 1 owner. Low mileage. Low deposit. Beautiful. Asking cheap. 9007-0020 $0 DRIVEAWAY! '1998 Rav-4 Manual. 1 owner. Green. OMV $26,635. S/rims. 6469-0623 RAV4 1.8 AUTO, 10/01 1 owner, s/rims. Gold colour. 5-drs. Accident free. Call 9385-2111 Daniel 10/01 COROLLA I.SXU, manual. 1 owner. OMV $*****. Aqt maintained.
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    • 923 7 BfM VOLKSWAGEN Rfl VOLKSWAGEN U^ FORSALE WkM FOR SALE CARLINES 2000 PTE LTD 6382 931 1 93 95 Kovan Rd Singapore *****1 www.carlines.com.sg Authorised Sales Agent: Golf Bora New Bee'le Passat Free 2 Years or 60,000 km Service High Trade-in for used VW Commercial Vehicle Available ■WJ CERTIFICATE OF ENTITLEMENT
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    • 261 7 BTTI SCRAP VEHICLES •EXPORT/ SCRAP. LICENSED i model. 6873-2722/ 9766-6097 HIGH VALUE FOR your scrap vehicles. Private/ Commercial. Call: 6365-8977 PRICE ASSURED FOR scrap/ export for used vehicle. De-reg sve provided. Reliable. 9026-6327 ALL MODELS, YEAR 96 above. Cars for export/ scrap. Highest price. Call 9001-1909 G TEED LTA DOCUMENTATION.
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    • 699 7 WFhl VEHICLES FOR HIRE RENT-A-CAR NEW SALOON AND MPV > 1300CCTO24OOCC I *****777 Insurance Included Jin Buklt Merah Main Road PROMOTION! $35 ONWARDS! Cars, Vans trucks available for hire. Special rates for long term. Call Falcon-Air Sin Ming/ Pandan *****860. Tampines *****997 $25 VAN/ PICK-UP, $35 lorry, doublecab lorry, mini-bus,
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    • 763 7 wFyl VEHICLES WANTED WMBWIMyWB p**^^*S t Japanese Cors with or w/o COE Continental Cars Commercial Vehicles We Give Better Prices Pis call Mr Ler *****952 Carlimes iso 9001 9100 6181 r^^yjy.' C3£tirnes net v BEFORE YOU SELL, call urgently! Wanted any condition! Highest offer. '79-92 Charade. Suzuki, Pulsar, Starlet, Mazda,
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    • 917 7 ETTI LORRIES FOR SALL 00 ISUZU NHR69IO ft. Low deck Box P/Steering. New Tax/ Paint Tip Top Cond. 6542 3773 01 V PLATE Mit Canter 10 ft. Lorry Hood P/Steering. New Tax/ Paint Tip Top Cond. 6542 3773 00 1 OWNER isuzu NPR66 15 ft. Low deck Lorry. New Tax/
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    • 511 7 FSDFSDFSDFSDFSDFSDFSDF WlT\ PICK-UPS FOR SALE S2K DRIVEAWAY! 93 Vssan S^ glecab pick-up. Diesei. COE 4/2008. 6468-7555/ 9695-1171 MID '93 ISUZU Sinqtecab Pick-up Diesel 1 owner. COE 2006. excellent cond. Deposit SIX. *****300 4 units '92 Nissan Doubiecab Diesel COE 2012. Can -egd pte: Tip top. Depos $500. 9674-1842 5/'9B NISSAN
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    • 577 7 Eyjl VANS FOR SALE 59.2K ONLY' 4/95 N z ese \e». ca nt -,a» B -c. $;.2k .-.ay *****804 Alan '91 TOYOTA LITEACE 5 9r. Petrol. Good cond COI 12 06 Rebate ie $9200.6 7 56-3 7 4^ 08/2000 MINICAB PETROL Tax 08/2003. low -.e- 5 cellent cond. Tel: *****200
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    • 563 8 FDFSDFSDFSDFSDFSDFSDFSDFS a CITY i SOUTH-WEST PTE APTS RENT WESTPOINT CONDOMINIUM Pepys Road Mast Park Easy a Schools Financial districts -_<. *ow rise apartme r uil Cond Facilities Qua :y fitted furnishings 4»1 Dedrooms A me 2.100 2,914 sq.ft. V A.j RWMdUfI LIANG SEAH PLACE Near Buqis Junction Fu aircon. (urnbtml
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    • 859 8 mjHA Cm V SOUTH-WEST PTE APTS -RENT WESTCOVE/ REGENT PK/ Atstr.v, 2+l, 3+ 1/ 23M/ 3 l-rm. F/furn. NUS/ Japanese Sch/ Science Pk. F/facilities. MRT. 9683-7793 DW PEOPLES PK STUDIO. S9OO. F/ furn/ MRT. ParKwest 2-rm. F/ turn/ MRT Si 3K. Oueens 3+l. F/ furn/ MRT. S2.BK. *****086 KF QUEENS.
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    • 749 8 ■Tfl 009-10 ORCHARD/ Wufi DO9-10 ORCHARD/ WWt DO9-10 ORCHARD/ biLkJ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND liiL|| TANGLIN/ HOLLAND hiLkl TANGLIN/ HOLLAND I PTE APTS RENT I PTE APTS -RENT '^l PTE APTS -RENT WBL»*I^^HKwBr f** Prestigious Address at Leonic Hill Road 6JJLH. 'r &J£ A Few Minutes Walk to Orchard MRT |j| IPS
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    • 612 8 view. Pte lift lobby $13K 18 Anderson 4+l. 2880 sqft. H.gh fir. Nice view. F/furn $B.BK The Claymore 4+l. 3347 sqft. Renovated. Opp American cluDsll.sK Parisian 4+l. 4200 sqft. Orchard MRT/malls S7.BK Orchard Bel-air 4+l. 3200 sqft. High fir. Pte lift lobby S7.BK Ridgewood Townhse 4+l+l. 3000 sqft. Resort style.
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    • 732 8 Wf!ft DO9-10 ORCHARD/ Billy TANGLIN/ HOLLAND PTE APTS -RENT D.lO Exclusive Condo Avalon The Loft 2 Bdrms $4800 to $8900 3 Bdrms $5800 to $9500 Penthouses SI2K Viewing: Peggy *****448 Eileen *****577 Regency Pk corner $5800 2325 sqft, doneup, full greenery Teneriffe new townhse $5200 3200 sqft, 4+study, pool view
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    • 774 8 WVft DO9-10 ORCHARD/ luLkl TANGLIN/ HOLLAND PTE APTS -RENT BEAUTIFUL DECOR. 3800 sq.ft. with gdn. Balinese pond. 4+l. Single level. Facilities. Amenities. Immed. Agts welcome *****558 BRAND NEW RENOVATION! Excellent location: Kirn Sia Ct. 2+l. F/furn. Hign floor. Near MRT. SI.BK neg. Veron *****290 ERA D.lO NASSIM MANSION ißotanic Gdn/
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    • 950 8 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND PTE APTS RENT EXCLUSIVE. BALMORAL VICINITY $8000. Furn. JC Prop *****566 LEONIE TWR. NICELY renovated. Balcony. 4+i. 2900 sqft. Weil Kept. SSK. 9026-8321 BALMORAL RD LUXURIOUS condc. 3+l. Approx. 1800 sq.ft. Pis call 6482-2445/ 9732-6026 Owner 90 HOLLAND. 3+l Mais. 54.5K/ Aspen Hgts. 3+l/ 4+l. #01. Full
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    • 930 8 HDO9-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND PTE APTS RENT UE SQUARE 2 Mnru facilities. Amenities. Pool. Only $1900. 9575-7838 SLR D.lO TANGLIN PK. 3+l. 1400 sqft. nice big gdn. F/facihties. P/furn. Spacious living. neg. *****714 D.lO CLUNY CT. Brand new conservation 3 bdrms. apt. Balcony, air well. Botanic Gdn. *****601 D.09 HOLLYWOOD
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    • 967 8 mm\ dii 2l newton/ IuXI BTTIMAH/ CLEMENT I PTE APTS -RENT FAST, EASY, SAVE TIME SSS Maysprings. 4 00 Symphony Hqts "is. poc 1 $1200 Sherwood Condo $1200 Cashew Hqts Sl2OO Hillview Pk 3 $1500 Sprinqdale 2 r ms. pooi 2/ 3/ 4 rms Palm Gdn/ The Petals/ Hume Pk
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    • 742 9 PfTI Dll &21 NEWTON/ hnJ BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI T *l PTE APTS -RENT 0.21 cheap RENT! Pandan Valley. decor. 3+l. 1625 sqft. >.> ~e^ 9^09 "994 Dollars $1350! NEW HAZEL Pk. Condo. 3+' 1330 sq.ft. P/furn. Best view, windy. Immea. *****855 CLR D.21 PARC PALAIS. 2 StlMl) Nice/ cosy/ quiet. Full facilities.
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    • 992 9 PTTT| D!5-!o EAST COAST ■^J P T E APTS RENT THE MAKENA 3+l Blk 121 !5'3 sqft. Sea view ndy/ Facilities 53.6K COSTA RHU 4+l 2050 sgft. Pool view/ Ouiet Nicely Furn/ Facilities S3.BK VILLA MARINA 3+l/ 4+l mais 1250/ 2028 sqft Resort facilities 52.7K/53.2K THE BAYSHORE 2/4+ l SN
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    • 956 9 ■TTTI 015-16 EAST COAST ■^J PTE APTS -RENT D.IS NEW LISTING! Lower rent. The Waterside. 2100 sqft. 3+l. F/facihites. P/furn. *****492 Rl D.15 TG RIA 1399 sqft. 3+V Part/ f/furn. Full condo facilities. 5 mms to CBD. 9679-2840 PR EBONY MANSION LOR M T Kurau. 3 rms. Beautiful. F/furn. Immed.
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    • 863 9 VTrl 28 VTrl D 2 ■dij WESTS NORTH BdlJ WEST NORTH I PTE APTS -RENT /I PTE APTS -RENT Penthouses with Roof Terrace Full Facilities 2/3/4 Bedrooms Rental from 53, 500 onwards BEST UNITS FOR RENT! 3+l Pare Oasis. --gn fir. Opp MRT 3+l Bt Regency Nee! 1540 sq.ft. 2/
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    • 602 9 Vffl MIXED DISTS B^J PTEAPTS-RENT 2+l MOONSTONE VIEW. 3 rms Eng Cnong Twr. High fir. Sea view. Near Lavender MRT. F/furn. For immed rental. *****313 DTZ 3+l YEW TEE MRT. Regent Gr./ Thomson Rd, Concorde. Furn Aircon Higp fir Facilities *****995 VHjl HOUSES FOR RENT Brand New Strata-Bungalows located at
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    • 1303 9 FSDFSFSFSFSDDFGDFGDF jnjl HOUSISFORPiN t KINGS VICINITY SEMI-D. 3500 sq.ft. 4/ s*l. Expat's community. Near amenities. Conven.net. S neg. 9002 8606 CBre D.21 SUNSET WAY d/storey bungiw. S6K. 3+l. 8400 sqft. Quiet. Poo 1 R T R *****228 D.ll GENTLE VILLAS 9000/ 3500 sq.ft. s+l. Designer decor. Easy access. RTR *****228
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    • 419 9 WShi HOUSES FOR RENI D.19 HOW SAN Newly renovate: Below Sl2OO. 9385-6787. D.lO JLN UNGGAS. 2/storey sem i9rC 27 ted.) |d *****383 HORIZON GDN CLUSTER DR. F/f a cihties. 4-storey. 2900 sq': S3BOO neg. 9272-8448 HA D.21 SUNSET VICINITY 2-storey detacnea near park. 8400/ 3500 sqft. 4+l, patio. *****883 Agt
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    • 1031 10 FSDFSDFSDFSDFSDFSDFSDF PW| HUDC/HDB RJJ HLDC/HOB iffl SERViCE Pffl SERVICE PWI SERVICE PWI SERVICE Wff\ SERViCE Wffi SERVICE PWI SERVICE PWI SERVICE iPTcrnpDn.T B OT ITC fr|fr| APARTMENTS APARTMENTS fcjfrfl APARTMENTS E^J APARTMENTS lvi APARTMENTS uU APARTMENTS L^J APARTMENTS FOR FOREIGNERS I HP 9100 9203 6885 5325/6/7 I 6885 5315/6/7 t+l
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    • 1012 10 2+l F/FURN NO Owner BLK 23 Sin Ming/ Blk 601 AMK/ 429 Juronq W/ blk 245 Kirn Keat/ 79! Woodiands. Edmund 9006-3311 C&H 4 A' BLK 318 Sembawang. High fir. Bright. 5 mins to MRT/ Sun Plaza. Aircons/ wardrobes. Already co-broke. *****032 agt. APPROVED 4 'A 1 Hougang Blk 616/
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    • 654 10 PRESTIGE SERVICE APARTMENTS I <^y\ow open fjoz lease I I Hii ■HfSifßs Hn lifts 41 Luxury living on Orchard Road Wirhin walking distance to the Somerset Dhoby Ghaut MRT Stations and Orchard j i Road's shopping, dining and entertaining attractions. Fully furnished 2 or 3 bedroom apartments. Rooftop swimming pool
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    • 695 10 wl^y\ Kr^ *^m\ 1M I UHBB^ For further enquiries T est Sei ced Apartment Res dei c? D^JHj and viewing, please call: n Singapore with 34 storeys J^M Tn C*****CC Minimum lease period of 1 week: long term I c R7997nni lenancv rates available ■fll ax ■6 "700 1 Q
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    • 568 10 00^ as home, but with even better service. wfA RIVFRnIDF apartment vvith SEßVla HriHF klMk ■Bp^jSf")!^' y L 2 Panoramic view of Singapore Riser k Cii\ Sk\ line VJ^gß^ v^ c choice of studios. 2&. 3-bedroom apartment I F^B^^BW^ l^t Business Centre, swimming pool gymnasium I |5| FAR EAST ORGANIZATION
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    • 575 10 J5 t^l FEATURES I Strategic Location t'legant Furnishings WU&^Sf/m^k Kitchen 4rH[^ t'^M Housekeeping Services i I ;^il I Sll P c r^ Facilities |hm^H I Attractive Rental I 298 Beach Road. I Singapore *****4 T*BBHB For Bookings or Enquiries: PE^PT!- |P^ I Ulr Tx GhWttda^ executive suites P!JI ROOMS FOR
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    • 644 10 ■Udl CITY i SOUTH-WESI PTEAPTS SALE DOVER PARKVIEW 1249 sq.ft. 3 Lowfli S neo, C 5 :iard Ellis *****396 *****72 CENTRAL GREEN 3+l. 292 sqft. Pool. Renta, I 53.6K/ 5840k. Commission stc. Call *****666 TERESA VILLE BLK 1005. Cheap! Mid fir, 2000 sqft, 4^l, f'hold, face pool. Lucy *****131 PN
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    • 856 11 Wfli 00! 08 mllM 00! 08 V7TI DOl-08 W\ai D11& 21 NEWTON/ WlXl DII S, 21 NEWTON/ WT\W Dll &21 NEWTON/ PRI D'U 21 NEWTON/ Pffl Dll &Zl NEWTON/ Pffl DTI &21 NEWTON/ CITY SOUTH-WEST ■udl C! T V S SOUTH-WEST ■udl CITY SOUTH-WEST |yd| CITY SOUTH-WEST ■ICII BT TiMAH/
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    • 744 11 SOMMERVILLE PARK. F'HOLD. i3oCsq.ft. Superb cond. Near Orchard/ Holland. Valued SUM URGENT SALE! TANGLIN View 2 bdrms. 871 sqft. F/ facilities. Near city. Sell with S2.BK tenancy. Any offer considered. *****169 PN DO9 YONG AN Pk F'hold 3300 sq.ft. 4+;. Hign fir. River view 52. 68 m 9703-3131/ 9818-0372 Agt
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    • 692 11 D.lO ARDMORE PARK. 2800 sq.ft. 4+l. Renovated. Greenery view. Exclusive. F noid. Y&Y *****943 BEVERLY/ REGENCY PK. 3800/ 3649 sq.ft. 4+l. Lusn greenery. Nice, Spacious. S neg. *****668 PWI D11& 21 NEWTON/ iicij BT TIMAH/ CLEMENTI I HOUSES -SALE SERIOUS OFFER CONSIDER! 2 storey bungiw Hillview. F'hold. 4950/ 5200 sqft.
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    • 574 11 MORTGAGEES AUCTION 27/3 V 3 Jaian ismai 1 off Jaian Eunos. 2 sto r ey ccne' serri-d 3378 sq.ft. F'noid. r\F *****392/ *****323 CHILTERN OR S/STOREY Ounglw. 20,700 sqft. Lush greenery. F'hold. S23opsf. Jon 9450-3117 ■FtjJl 012-14 BALESTIER/ iinJ MACPHERSON/GEYLANG I PTE APTS -SALE ERA WALK-UP i Balestier Ra. 339
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    • 619 11 KfWiffl PROPERTY GUIDE PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL 1^ V 79 1 -V^P.Ubin i 72 S 1 tr*-.**' 79 S »i i r 70 J ""7 >- V f 82 J k f s s*\ <s^^ 77 7 y i J 54 I r w yT" 67 A/f rt*^ i 5i so J'
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    • 445 11 Wffi Dl 5-16 EAST COAST ■^U PTE APTS -SALE PropNex AMYCHONG J 9809 001 0£ JL S36OK ONLY! EASTWOOD Lodge. Studio Apt. Nicely renovated. Cosy corrjfortable. Superb cond. MRT/ Food Ctr. 9066-2146 PN MANDARIN GDN 2/ 3-rms/ penthse. Sea full pool view. Inn. High fir. Open view! Balcony. Breezy. Fay
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    • 491 11 WfS% Dl 5-16 EAST COAST PTE APTS -SALE PEBBLE BAY 2+l rms. 1378 sqft. Good cond. Windy. Partial bay view. SBBSK. Pg *****428 DW NEPTUNE CT 99 yrs. High fir. 3rm. 1270 sq.ft. Move-in. Good view. $430K neg. Joyce 9239-9072 F'HOLD DAFFODIL/ BEVERLY 1000/ 1475 sa ft. 2/ 3+l all
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    • 405 11 IDI7-18 CHANGI/ PASIRRIS PTE APTS SALE IT'S THE BEST ceal m town! Prici include brand new furniture/ electrical appliances. Tropical Spring, high fir. 3+l, 1389 sqft. DAHLIA PK. JUST TOP! F'hoW. 1097 sq.ft. 2+l. Unblocked. Windy 1290 sq.ft. 3+l. Face pool/ N.S. High fir. Pat 9009-9392 DW CARISSA PK S67OK
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    • 374 11 FDSFSDFSDFSDFSDFSDFS HDI9-20 SERANGOON/ THOMSON HOUSES SALE HOME FOR ACHIEVER. =e-'e:t environment for kids. Brand new cluster hse at Horizon Gdns. 3storey basement. 6+l rms. CHARLTON 2-STOREY BUNGLW 5400/ 4000 sq't. Nemesu 1500/ 1800 sqft. Binchang Corner terr. 3300/ 2800 sqft. 9850-0326 agt OPPORTUNITY 2' -STOREY SEMI-D I Crowds! D. Lanq
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    • 453 11 Pffll Dl9-2C SERANGOON; ■JiJ THOMSON I HOUSES -SALE JLN. BINCHANG. MRT s ■shan. lO» price. New semi-d. 2500 sq.ft. 3Storei -c *****363 Chane D.19 PARRY MODERN 2 -storey :z-^e- 3100/ 2700 sqft. 4+l. Mcwe-ftL S"<V MWC *****36 OFF YIO CHU Kang 3300 sqft semi-d. 999 yrs. Quiet environment $966".. hFR9272-8111
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    • 647 12 FDSFSDFSDFHGFHDFGDFG a Ol9-20 SERANGOON/ THOMSON PTE APTS -SALE RIO VISTA CONDO 3 4 MUST SELL!! SEASONS View. 3 rms. Pool view. High flr. Showj. S neg. *****300 Rl SPRINGBLOOM. 1302 SQ.FT. 3 |»i flr. Pool view. Australian Sch. MRT. *****338 ERA BISHAN 8 TWR 3 IMS face pool. F/faciiites. Well
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    • 760 12 |J|J WESI I PTE APTS -SALE •••NORTHVALE CONDO AT HD3 DAIRY FARM. WIDEST choice. 2/3/4 rms. 1163-2206 sqft. Ground/ high flr *****338 ERA PALM GDN PENTHSE 2335 sq.ft. icilities. Pte lift. Pool view. Below value' 9456-8048 SUN PLAZA 3 DJrms. 125 sq.m. Renovated. MRT/ NTUC/ amenities. Ouiet. privacy. *****011 XT
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    • 919 12 PWS HDB APTS FOR SALE I (ANGMOKIO) 3 NG' BIK •r, !00°-o move m. 2-rms aircon. Windy. Sch/ mkt. 9772-0351 3 NG 180 Lift level. Well kept. 3 NG' 564. High floor. Unblocked 3 NG' 130 1 utility. 9487-7287 3 'NG' ULK 403. High fir. Unblocked. Next to corner. Amenities.
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    • 945 12 PfSl HDB APTS FOR SALE PTTI HDB AFTS SALE IWI HDB APTS FOR SALE IffTl HDB APTS FOR SALE PTO HDB APTS FOR SALE Pftl HDB APTS FOR SALI ft^U [BEDOK/CHAICHEE) W^U >SE DOK/ CHAi CHEE) B^U (BEDOK/CHAi CHEE) luM (BEDOK/CHAICHEE) IhM (BEDOK/CHAICHEE W^M [mOY :HA ia 9SSSS PROPERTY GUIDE
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    • 636 12 Wtff\ HDB APTS FOR SALE iy^ (BJK!T BATOK) 4 'A' BLK 291E corner. High floor. Best view! Beautifully renovated. SO cash! 4 'NG' 231 Corner. High flr. Marble flr. 9857-6848 PN 4 'A' 118 SSK! Corner Recess MRT 3 'NG 1 136/229. Unbiock Opp MRT Exec Mais 526. Opp MRT.
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    • 696 12 PWI HDB APTS FOR SALE MUM (BT MERAH/O'STOWN/ I TELOK BLANGAH) 3 'l' 8LK.38 Tanglin Halt. Lift lev el. Marble fir. Amenities Low 3 T Blk. 86 Redhill Close. Mid flr. Bernard Wu 9290-6008 PN 3 'NG' BT Merah Central Blk 161. Walk-up top flr. 3 aircons. Orig. Library/ interchange/
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    • 681 12 Pffl HDB APTS FOR SALE ■y^ (BUKIT PANJANG; ERA TOP AGENT 2002 BT PANJANG SPECIALIST T X Wee, Sam *****496 ERA Exec Apt 529 ;c-r- Exec Apt 253. -cc::- SO SO! i Exec Apt 233. Al: Vacant Exec Apt 138 W :ond Sneg Exec Apt 124. gti I r. A"
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    • 632 12 Pff!l HDB AP'S FOR SALE (BUK^ANjANGi BT PANJANG PLAZA. 5 T Mid flr. No West sun. 121 sqm. 6 yrs. Move m. HDB va^e 5296 K. *****864 CORNER EXEC MAIS Bik 503 Jeioa n g. High Ir. Panoramic view. Amenities/ pk. *****699 Palms EXEC MAIS 239 M d I i
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    • 721 12 ET7T7I HDB AP'S FOR SALE |^y (CHOACHUKANG) CHOICE UNIT. EXEC Apt Corner B 35. High fir. Beautiful open ew. Renovated. Very spacious. Nea- MRT/ Lot I. 9566-6613 HSR EXEC MAIS 120 Ml fir. Renovated. Quiet. Wa k to LRT/ MR T sens. Mns Lot I KJE/ PIE. 9797-8998 ERA EXEC
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    • 860 12 ijffjjj hDE ARTS '"ORSAIE 4 'A' BLK 4 ay CORNER. Gangs Unblock* >nd. *****811 4 'A 1 BLK fc 7 Just B n. \ea r Don 1 1 9734-929 5 T 469 S2^l' up secures. Ear v cvated. Nc noon sun. 906-00-266 CE-e 5 'I' PT c Lane. Higti jnt
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    • 800 13 ■TTI HDB APTS FOR SAIE 4 ng p blk. 4i. dns. Hign -227 KF 5 i corner and. High fir. 100% move m. Unblocked. D. Bus Si .'l9OB S-RM PANDAN GDN t. High fir. Good facing. Lift level. Split aircon. Amemt.es. *****785 ERA a HDB APTS FOR SALE iGEYLANG/EUNOS/ MACPHERSON!
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    • 908 13 ITTI HDB APTS FOR SALE KiLy .hougang s:ccn I YIOCHUKANG) HOUGANG HIGH FLR! 6556-2252 4 A' corner 665/ 660. Unblocked. 4 A' central 836/ 528. Lift fir 5 I perfect 573. UnblocKed. Nice 5 T newest 699/ 699A impressive 5 T budget 627. New renovation Exec Mais 538/ 558. Al
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    • 1087 13 |7TI HDBAP T S FOR SAIE EIJjIJ (HOUGANG/S'GOON/ I YIOCHUKANG) EXEC MAIS HOUGANG Aye 8, 15 sq.ft. Near amenities schools. Accent *****711/ *****890 EXEC MAIS HOUGANG blk 715. Mid floor. Unblocked. Windy. Marble flooring. *****811 Mickey ERA EXEC MAIS LOR Ah Soo Blk 141. Below value. Unblocked. School, park, future
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    • 943 13 fTTI hDB APIS FOR SALE 4 'A' 643. High fioo r jnbiocked. 4 'A' 934. High floor. Low cash. Exec Mais 472 corner. High fir. Exec Apt 687 corner. Near MRT. 4 'NG' 218 Jurong E. Low f100r... Alan *****739 PN 5 126 3, 977/ 4 A' B2o/ 3 'A'
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    • 1047 13 |7jn HDB APTS FOR SALE SO CASH! 4 NG' Blk 481/ 3'.-RM Blk 231. Near mkt/ sch/ MRT/ snop. *****322 agt SOK! SOK! SOK! 5 T Corner Blk 271/ 272 Toh Guan. Move m cond. Unblocked. MRT. 9855-4523 3 'A' SI4OK! Jurong West blk. 544. #03. Unblocked. Walk-up. Orig. 9457-3434
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    • 1046 13 ■jnj HDB APTS FOR SALE B^J CPASIR RIS/CHANGI) MUST SELL! 4 A' Pasir Ris Blk 234. Lift level. Renovated. Good facing/ layout. Breezy. Privacy. View to offer. 9450 8921 Nic C2l NEW LIST! PASIR Ris 5 T Blk 117 corner. High fir. Unblocked. Big access area. Near sch/ amenities. Call
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    • 1073 13 ■Tfl HDB APTS FCP SALE (TAMPINES/SIMEI) BLK 256 5 Tamf ?s. Low fir F/renovateo recently. Near park, MRT, sen, amenities. View to offer 9773-2103 RE/MAX DESIGNER QUALITY AT value! 5 T Corner Blk 716 Tampines. Must see for home hunters!! MRT/ shops. Suzanne 9455-3231 DW EXEC APT 856 D Tampines.
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    • 722 15 WOODLANDS CORPORATION HO! 4-storey lift. 3100/ ***** sq.ft. Bal 53 yrs. *****037 Chambers DUNLOPSTSHOPHSE. 1500 sq.ft. Renovated. Good investment. 9201 0037 Chambers RW SHOP SPACE FRANCHISING GROUP URGENTLY Near MRT/ tow" 1 9383-2288 t RESTAURANT/ SPACE FOR RENT Authentic Restaurant For Takeover 'ns-ae CBD i~g Paga r Sea Rental 53.7K
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    • 652 20 fTTI PROFESSIONAL/ EXECUTIVE POSITIONS I Degree m accountancy or 4 equivalent I Able to do full set a/cs n Must know int'l trade •< I practices h 'FACT' experience preferrean Ace to start work i immediate'y f Co^tjc 1 Mr Ojasat H I Tel: 6220 1815 ■< I Fax: 6224
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    • 635 20 Wff* CONTRACT EXECUTIVE S2BOO 5-DAY WK ;-year contract Credit Control Exec for US MNC m Orchard. Dip or accounting qualifications with experience m AR, credit control. MNC accounting environment. Go to www. adecco-asia.com to register online or call 6737 1333. Lie. No: C0826-03J UP TO S2OOO l-yr contract fresh grad.
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    • 503 20 iTTI ART/CREATIVE __J POSITIONS Manufacturing Co. (5 i day) INTERIOR DESIGNER Possess Autocad 2000, 3D modelling, 3D Max, Freenand. Photoshop, etc Commercial/ retail layouts display experience preferred 0 Fluent <n English Mandarin Blk 5 AMK Ind. Park 2A »04-17/ 18, Spore *****0 Tel: *****886/ Fax: *****876 Email: pgsBB^singnet.com.sg Design Co.
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  • IRAQ WAR SPECIAL PACIFIC AREA SEW SMl'ER OF THE YEAH The Straits Times Thursday, March 20,2003 WAR
    • 18 1 IRAQ WAR SPECIAL PACIFIC AREA SEW SMl'ER OF THE YEAH The Straits Times Thursday, March 20, 2003 WAR
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    • 822 2  -  DERWIN PEREIRA BY IN AMMAN Action follows Bush's war words but the scale of operations remains unclear THEHRST STRIKE The early morning grey of Baghdad is ruptured by the orange of an explosion as the US launches Its first air strikes. DAWN brought war to Iraq, some
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      • 80 2 BAROMETER THE FIRST HOURS Allied troops ready to join battle More than 40 Cruise missiles fired today from US warships In the Persian Gulf More than countries are providing support such as the use of naval and air bases US Dow Futures up i points to 8,270 Japan's Nikkei rose
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      227 3 SINGAPORE (.<. "Some people are uncomfortable with us for being so explicit m our stand but we do it (support the US) for our own national interest. Not Iraqi or US interest. Our key concern is that this does not become a source of internal division. But my gut
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      180 4 WORLD This is our day. Let us start the fight. \Ve will be victorious. \Ve will all die as faithful martyrs. Saddam Hussein's son, Uday "The war has just begun. The Philippines is part of the coalition of the willing. We are giving political and moral support for actions
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    • 640 4 'We Will accepy no outcome but victory' At 11.15 am yesterday, United States President George W. Bush went on television to tell the American people that the war to disarm Saddam Husseins Iraq had begun. This is the text of his speech: "My fellow citizens, at this hour American and
      AP  -  640 words
    • 44 5 US military plans are likely to unleash a two-day aerial bombardment so fierce as to persuade the Iraqi military that any resistance would be futile. Ground troops are expected to be involved from the very beginning, unlike the earlier Gulf War.
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      216 6 SINGAPORE 44 "Consumers don't spend m a time- of uncertainty. It's been especially bad m the last two weeks. People who are running their own businesses are holding back, not spending. Retailers like departmental stores, jewellery, clothing and furniture shops are suffering/ Mrs Jannie Tay, president of the Singapore
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    • 557 6 Work came to a standstill for Sinaporeans when news of Iraq war broke FROM homes and coffeshops to trading floors and offices, all work came to a standstill this morning as Singaporeans stayed glued to their television when news broke of the first cruise missile
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    • 600 8 TIME'S UP: THE clock has just run out for Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, whose image adorns a watch being adjusted by an Iraqi trader before he places it on sale m downtown Amman, Jordan on Wednesday. Mr Saddam has defied the 48-hour deadline imposed by US President
      AP; USA Today  -  600 words
    • 450 9 S 'pore on coalition list It was part of a group that was cooperating behind the scenes but did not wish to be WASHINGTON Singapore, Bulgaria, Portugal have agreed to be named as part of its "coalition of the willing" to disarm Iraq, bringing the total number to 33, according
      Reuters; AP  -  450 words
    • 471 9 Here's a look at the two multinational coalitions formed against Iraq Afghanistan Afghanistan Argentina Albania Britain Colombia Canada Czech Republic Czechoslovakia Denmark Denmark El Salvador Egypt Eritrea France Estonia Germany Ethiopia Greece Georgia Hungary Hungary Honduras Iceland Italy Italy Kuwait Japan Morocco South Korea Netherlands
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      964 10  -  SHEFALI REKHI BY A spike m oil prices, damage to economies, more terrorist attacks and death among civilians are main concerns AMERICA'S decision to strike Baghdad without a mandate from the United Nations will provoke strong anti-American sentiments m the region, the latest Straits Times Asia Poll shows. Though
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    • 333 10 THEY DON'T SUPPORT SADDAM, BUT... Sample size: 100 Cities: Bangkok, Beijing, Hongkong, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Lahore, Which side are you on m the war against Iraq? If the war is not backed by a UN mandate, will \i provoke strong anti-American sentiments m your country? If the war is backed
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      • 724 148 W^l#%l Plt#% m im Uj IVHHf Allf AIIAvIl #^bfer# YH^ar M nr^mT *>TAMJI1IA Coalition forces are likely to achieve ■■■VrKl \IIIHmINh complete dominance of Iraqi skies within IfkwMll UIvHITIIIIU the next 24 to 48 hours. US planes will then m The ground battle of Gulf War II be able to
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      • 1062 12 I The air attack has started, and troops are already on the move towards Baghdad. Experts believe that the US will be able to achieve complete air superiority and wind down aerial bombing within three days. But what s the allied forces' next move? The Straits Times looks at the
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    • 1630 13 Families in the line of fire US and Iraqi families may be on opposite sides of the fence but they share a common destiny. LI XUEYING talks to two IRAQI: Even if my mum dies, war is stiu needed TWELVE years ago, Iraqi law professor Munther Al Fadhal made a
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    • 1197 15  -  BRYAN LEE In what seems like a paradox, a slump m oil prices reflects hopes of a swift victory By THE TV pictures of missiles streaking across the night skymay have only just begun but the single biggest casualty of the war has already been identified: The
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    • 564 16  -  REBECCA LEE Long hauls will take longer as jets fly around war zone or stop to refuel By TRANSPORT REPORTER LONG-HAUL flights from South-east Asia to some European cities may be affected by the fighting going on m Iraq as airlines alter their flignt paths to keep a
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      604 17  -  WILLIAM CHOONG BY WHEN Iraqi President Saddam Hussein gassed the Kurds of northern Iraq m 1988 to put down a rebellion, he was doing what had been done before by the British. According to historians, Britain used poison gas to quell a 1920 tribal uprising m the northern Kurdish
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    • 375 17 Pre-lslam (c. 3500 BC-AD 632): Iraq was formed from the fertile plains of Mesopotamia, which give birth to some of the world's earliest civilisations Sumerians, Babylonians and Assyrians. Early Islam (632-1533): The armies of Muhammad, the founder of Islam, take Mesopotamia. Baghdad, founded
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    • 554 18 LOOKING BACK THE 1991 Gulf War lasted 43 days, from Jan 16 to Feb 27- It was largely an aerial campaign with the US-led multinational coalition conducting 90,000 sorties over the course of a campaign to eject Iraqi troops from Kuwait. Some 500,000 coalition ground troops
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    • 590 19 White House nerve centre They provide information, produce summaries of international events, and are indispensable. They are the Situation Room staff WITH the start of the US military strike on Iraq, there is a group m the West Wing of the White House that will be indispensable to President George
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      • 65 19 nieStrtiitsTlmes Mobile News Aiert IRAQ WAR SPECIAL The latest updates! Time: 8.30 am, noon, 6pm midnight How to receive it: Stepi Go to "Create Message" under SMS function Step 2 Key m STlraq Step 3 Send to ***** Every news aiert request costs 30 cents (includes GST). The item will
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    • 911 20  -  LONDON Regardless of how the war progresses, one conclusion is already evident: America has embarked on a new international strategy, one which will transform security relations around the world. Some of the reasons for this new US strategy are limited to Iraq, while others owe their origin
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    • THE WAR ROOM
      • 108 22 WASHINGTON US forces launched a military strike against a "target of opportunity" betore the official announcement of war, according to a senior government official. The target near Baghdad was chosen after US intelligence detected the possibility of Iraqi leaders being m the area. The official declined to
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      • 72 22 BAGHDAD The main Iraqi state radio frequency appeared to have been taken over by the US military as US warplanes began bombing Baghdad at dawn yesterday. "This is the day we have been waiting for," an announcer said m Arabic shortly after the normal Iraqi broadcast went
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      • 118 22 WASHINGTON The United States has issued a global alert to US citizens warning of potential terrorist attacks, including those using biological and chemical weapons, m reprisal for the just-begun war against Iraq. The State Department said it issued the alert to advise "Americans of an increased potential for
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      • 119 22 Refugee camps AMMAN As war began m Iraq, workers m Jordan battled sandstorms and raced to prepare camps for thousands of people expected to flee the fighting. Even before the expiration of the US deadline for Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein to go into exile or face war, thousands of Kurdish
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      • 110 22 SYDNEY Australian special forces troops stationed m the Gulf have begun combat duties m the Iraq war, Prime Minister John Howard said yesterday. "I can inform the House and inform the Australian public m general that forces have commenced combat and combat support operations," Mr Howard told
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      • 106 22 JAKARTA Muslim leaders m Asia have condemned the US attack on Iraq saying Americans would never live m peace again. "This is not an attack on Islam but an attack on humanity," said Syafii Maarif, head of the 30-million-strong moderate Muhammadiyah Muslim group m Indonesia, the world's most
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      • 106 22 LOS ANGELES US cable and broadcast TV networks were quick off the mark yesterday as the long-awaited war against Iraq began, with CBS News anchor Dan Rather declaring: "Good morning Baghdad" as the bombing started. The networks, which have been primed for weeks for the start
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      • 92 22 KUWAIT CITY Two hours after the beginning of the air campaign, ground forces had not received orders to launch an attack but were ready to go, according to British military spokesman Colonel Chris Vernon. US spokesman Major David Andersen said he was unable to confirm any ground
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      • 97 22 SI A fee waiver SINGAPORE Singapore .Airlines (SIA) said yesterday it would waive charges for passengers who cancel their trips due to the US-led war against Iraq and fears over a respiratory disease sweeping three continents. "Singapore Airlines will assist passengers wishing to avoid or defer travel to or through
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      • 62 22 Those behind The Straits Times special war supplement: Asad Latif, Audrey Quek. Chan Tse Chueen. Edmund Goh, Eugene Low, Felix Soh, Harvati Manmood, Helen Chia. Irene Hoe Jayandra Menon, Jo mar Kho Indanan, Lee Yee Hwa. Leslie Koh, LiXueving. Lim Chuan Huat Linda Collins, Robert Bartlett. Sim Mvi
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