The Straits Times, 8 April 2003

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    29 1 The Straits Times PACIFIC AREA NEWSPAPER OFTHfjYFAR Establislied 1845 1 llGSQciy April 8, 2003 70 Pages in five parts mita(p) o33/03/2003 •0 A Singapore Press Holdings publication \J\J Cents
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    Lock icon US takes Saddam's Baghdad palaces
    592 1  -  IRENE HOE On their second thrust into the Iraqi capital, soldiers raid two palaces; British troops push further into Basra By ASSISTANT KDITOR A SANDSTORM blew in from the Persian Gulf as 100 American tanks and armoured personnel carriers bulldozed into the heart of Baghdad
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    Lock icon Two die, infections up sharply
    741 1  -  BERTHA HENSON New patients from Changi GH, nursing home for elderly By \l\\S 1.1)1 TOK HEALTH Minister Lim Hng Kiang walked into last night's press conference on Sars and told the gathered journalists: "It's not a good picture today." This is what he meant: There
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      212 1 WIWINCp COMPANIES: Which stocks are likely to gain most from a snap market rally? money ai6 sdfhgfkljl INSIDE It's a different Hongkong NOW PageS a cut-and-keep Sars guide HOME: H4 Other stories Pages 2-5, HOME:HI-H4 *fl FJ Wl Cash Harvest Saver give, your hard-earned savings a better run for your
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  • SARS OUT BREAK
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      Lock icon Top aim: Get life back to normal
      665 2  -  BERTHA HENSON Panel wants to get Singaporeans used to idea of living with Sars Bg \f\\s K.mroß COMMITTEE TO SEEK VIEWS ON VIRUS More important than plannitigcontitigencies is Singaporeans used to tin- idea of living with Sars. It is understood that the committee
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      Lock icon Doctor, 27, had made plans to many
      730 2  -  LI-ANN WEE KRISTBOO FIRST HOSPITAL WORKER DIES Bu and I lok Su's condition was very bad even as they sustained him. They are saddened but they realise there is still a lot of work to lie done.' Dr lim Suet Won, TTSH chief
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      Lock icon HONGKONG: Fear changes the face of Mask City
      896 3  - HONGKONG: Fear changes the face of Mask City MARY KWAXG HONGKONG CORRESPONDENT Since the Sars outbreak visitors will find a different place one of clean streets, deserted hotels and quiet restaurants TELEVISION journalists are covering their microphones with cling wrap before thrusting them at people. Many pastry shops now wrap
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      Lock icon HK PREPARING FOR THE WORST
      236 3 HONGKONG Health officials are preparing for a worst-case scenario of 3,000 Sars patients. About 700 are now in hospital and. with dozens of new cases daily, some are questioning how many more hospitals can take. Sars has left 23 dead here, while 1 16 have
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      246 4 BEIJING China has launched a media offensive to put the country in a better light on the Sars issue, to counter foreign criticism of its handling of the outbreak and the perception abroad that people live in fear of the deadly virus. News bulletins and current
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      Lock icon CHINA: It's cooperating now, says WHO
      477 4  -  GOH SVI NOI UN health body's chief, however, says China should have accepted international help to hunt source of outbreak earlier fiu IHK STRAITS rIMES CHIN BUREAU BEIJING China is cooperating with the World Health Organisation (WHO) in efforts to hunt down the origins
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      Lock icon US: Strict checks on those arriving
      799 4  -  ROGER MITTON By ISCOKKKSI'ONDINi WASHINGTON These days, anyone arriving in the United States from East Asia who coughs or sneezes may he quarantined under a new executive order signed by President George W. Bush last Friday. The order permits the US Health and Human
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      Lock icon MAIAYSU: Health Minister hits back
      392 5  -  LESLIE LAU By l\ KIWI .A I.IMI'IH MALAYSIA'S Health Minister yesterday hit back at media criticism of the handling of the severe acute respiratory syndrome outbreak. He suggested that the low number ofcases here showed the problem had been handled better than in Singapore. "The
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        42 5 FIRST CASE REPORTED LISBON Portugal reported its first confirmed Sars case of Sars yesterday, a woman who contracted the disease while in Hongkong. She has been in a Lisbon hospital for the past 10 days and her condition is improving. AFP
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        54 5 STORE SCHOOL SHUT BEIJING The Singapore International School (SIS) in Shanghai and two other schools in China are closing temporarily. The SIS is scheduled to reopen on Friday, but will decide on Thursday. The French school in Beijing is starting its holiday 10 days early. The other is Shanghai's
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        47 5 FIVE NEW PATIENTS HANOI Health officials are "deeply worried" by five new Sars cases over the weekend a setback to efforts to contain the virus. Vietnam, where four people died and 65 are infected, won World Health Organisation praise for steps to contain the spread. AFP
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        40 5 COOPERATIVE ACTION JAKARTA Indonesia will send a three-man medical team to Singapore today to work out strategies for cooperation against Sars. The team will study how Singapore is containing the outbreak. Indonesia wilJ establish similar cooperation with Canada. Bernama
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        39 5 WOMEN REFUSED ENTRY BANGKOK Thai authorities turned away 11 Vietnamese women at a checkpoint along the north-eastern border with Laos on Sunday, after two of them exhibited Sars-like symptoms. Thailand has 11 suspected cases, including two fatalities. AP
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      123 5 WASHINGTON Top US health officials are to brief US lawmakers on the mystery respiratory illness that appears to be spreading in North America and claimed a ninth Canadian life. Senator Judd Gregg, who will chair the hearing, said in a statement yesterday it will focus on the impact
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  • IRAQWAR ON THE BATTLEFRONT
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      Lock icon Strangling the regime
      665 6  -  MICHAEL HOARE American forces seize Saddam's palaces and other government buildings in a bold armoured thrust into central Baghdad Bu THERE was a brief lull in the constant barrage of mortar rounds and artillery tire searching for Iraqi targets in central Baghdad overnight. But before dawn could
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      587 7  -  SUSAN LONG Some flee Baghdad while others stay put, trying to understand contradictory accounts of the situation in the city 'in BAGHDAD yesterday was blanketed by an acrid haze from explosions and fires, as well as a thick cloud of confusion. As ambulances criss-crossed the capital with sirens
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      Lock icon US tanks in Baghdad fill Arabs with dismay
      442 7 US tanks in Baghdad fill Arabs with dismay Propaganda, sav some, as others sign up for jihad RIYADH Arabs reacted with dismay and disbelief to television images of American tanks in the heart of Baghdad, with some dismissing the news as propaganda and others signing up for jihad. While few
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      Lock icon Oil and gold fall on hopes war is ending
      233 7 LONDON Oil prices tell to near a five-month low yesterday and gold tumbled as US tanks surged into central Baghdad, raising expectations of a quick end to the war. "The expectations are that it' Baghdad falls, there will be no need
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      165 8 Run or he killed that is the message US tanks sent to Iraqi soldiers defending Baghdad yesterday as M-ls and Bradley fighting vehicles carried out a raid in the heart of the capital. Iraqis returned sporadic fire at the US forces, and the Information Minister declared: "I
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      Lock icon Mel Gibson and cold beer
      68 8 AJKHSFJDHFUDJ As their fellow soldiers put their lives on the line on the battlefront inside Iraq, these "rear echelon" coalition troopers enjoy a Mel Gibson movie at Camp As Sayliyah in Doha, Qatar. The troopers would probably have a cold beer after the show. Combat
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    • THE WAR ROOM
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        Lock icon Tank drivers told to destroy civilian cars
        87 9 BAGHDAD— US tank commanders warned that Irauis in Chilian vehicles could ram tanks in potential suicide attacks, and ordered tank drivers to destroy suspicious vehicles heading towards them. The warning came after tank drivers reported seeing secondary explosions when tanks fired at cars
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        Lock icon UN role needed' in post-war Iraq
        98 9 UNITED NATIONS UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said yesterday that UN involvement was required to confer legitimacy on any post -conflict administration in Iraq. "Above all, the UN involvement does bring legitimacy, which is necessary for the country, for the region and for the peoples
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        Lock icon Bomb kills 14 in central Baghdad
        86 9 BAGHDAD At least 14 civilians were killed when a bomb crashed into a residential area in central Baghdad yesterday, witnesses said. The explosion destroyed four houses on Ramadan 14th, a main commercial arterv in the al-Mansur area, they said. Nine members of a family,
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        101 9 AS SAYLIYA CAMP (Qatar) The British military thinks it has found the body of President Saddam Hussein's cousin, known as Chemical Ali. A British spokesman said at Central Command headquarters: "We believe we have found the body of Chemical Ali. However, we need
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        Lock icon Iraqi TV shows Sadaam and son
        61 9 Iraqi TV shows Sadaam and son BAGHDAD Mr Saddam Hussein yesterday chaired a meeting of top military brass including his son Qusay, head of the elite Republican Guard state-run television reported. Vice- President Taha Yassin Ramadan was also present at the meeting, footage of which was shown as US troops
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        Lock icon 'No harm intended' in attack on Russians
        92 9 MOSCOW US National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice assured President Vladimir Putin yesterday that "no harm was intended" if US forces were proven to have shot at a convoy of Russian diplomats fleeing Iraq, a senior US official said. Russia has been smarting over
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        90 9 BELFAST Police said three bomb alerts were issued in Belfast yesterday, hours before the arrival of US President George W. Bush for a summit with British Prime Minister Tony Blair. The first alert, at Belfast's international airport where Mr Bush's plane was to arrive at
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        Lock icon Marines take off chemical war suits
        66 9 NEAR BAGHDAD US Marines moving towards Baghdad joyously shed their chemical protection suits for the first time yesterday after being told that the threat of a chemical or biological attack was no longer considered serious. "It's great to have them off," Lieutenant-Colonel Fred Padilla,
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        Lock icon NZ Premier Clark sorry for remarks
        92 9 NZ Premier Clark sorry for remarks WELLINGTON New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark said yesterday that she had apologised to Washington over alleged comments that the Iraq war would never have happened if Mr Al Gore was US president. Ms Clark said her comments had been misinterpreted. "I judged in
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        Lock icon Syria worried US will partition Iraq
        112 9 ANKARA The US-led coalition against Baghdad aims to partition Iraq, Syrian Foreign Minister Farouq al-Shara said in a broadcast in Turkey yesterday. He said his country should join forces with Iran and Turkey to prevent such a development. The occupation forces are trying to
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      128 9 U "They don't know the region. Thev don't e\«en know now the oil wells operate. They think Iraq is like Texas Syrian Foreign Minister Farouq aJ-Shara, warning that the US will not have an easy time ahead "He wouldn't dodge bullets, he'd bite them." -Retired Air Force General Thomas
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      Lock icon Confuse, confound, demoralise
      636 9  -  JAN ADAS DEVAX Raids are part of strategy to avoid costly street battles, but they must work fast or run risk of mounting Iraqi casualties Bu TO KILL all the ants in an ant hill, one will first poke at it with a stick. As the ants
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      Lock icon Suspected chemical weapons site found
      302 9 NEAR BAGHDAD US biological and chemical weapons experts believe they may nave found an Iraqi storage site for chemical weapons near the city of Hindiyah. about lOOkm south of Baghdad, a US officer said yesterday. Major Michael Hamlet of the US 101st Airborne Division, speaking
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      453 6 Monday, April 7 10 am: US warplanes bomb centre and outskirts of Baghdad in dawn raids. 11.30 am: Iraqi television says President Saddam Hussein is offering US$B,OOO (S$14,000) to anyone who destroys an allied tank, armoured personnel carrier or artillery. 1.15 pm: Reports say US troops have taken Mr Saddam's
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      662 8 SOUNDBITES "We're in Baghdad, and we're in feaghdad tostav." -US Marine General John Kelly, after the marines reached the capital from the south-east "Saddam Hussein says he owns Baghdad. Wrong. We own Baghdad." Colonel David Perkins, commander of the 2nd Briqade of the 3rd Infantry Division 'The infidels are committing
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  • COMMENTARY • ANALYSIS
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        542 10 DISCLOSURES that medical staff at Singapore General and Changi hospitals have contracted the respiratory illness Sars raise the inevitable question of whether the defensive ring built around Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) has been pierced. Judgment has to wait, corresponding with the incubation period. Experience encourages optimism,
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      2 10 CHIT CHAT
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      Lock icon Learning to live with Sars
      2454 10 DEALING WITH WORST-CASE SCENARIOS The committee is useful because we have to think in terms of worst-case scenarios. The committee will be asking a lot of"wliat if' questions: Wliat if a housing block has several members stricken by Sars? We can take care oftJie medical
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      Lock icon No poetic justice in the Iraq war
      1035 11  -  LEE KIM CHEW By CHIEF REGIONAL CORRESPOSDESi THESE are ambiguous tunes, but the battle lines are drawn sharply. There is no middle ground. Despite the legal, moral and political ambiguities about the rights and wrongs ot the Iraq war, two sides in the
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      719 11  - Bush-Blair summit: If the walls had ears. WILLIAM SAFIRF By IMI HIKK IIMI"! UNITED States satellite surveillance is so sophisticated it can now provide transcripts of high-level meetings before they are held. Here is what British Prime Minister Tony Blair and US President George W. Bush are likely to say
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      556 12 Well done... thank you MY 20-YEAR-OLD daughter has returned to the United States after a wonderful semester at the National University of Singapore (NUS). R is very hard for parents to have their child on the opposite side of the globe during such a crisis as Sars. However, we
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      Lock icon Consider fear factor before rushing to judge others
      480 12 Sars Outbreak IT WAS disturbing to read the article, 'Nurses don't deserve this' (The Sunday Times, April (>). First, let me say that the doctors and nurses, as well as the back-up staff, have done an admirable job in the Sars situation.
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      Lock icon Being shunned adds to nurses' burden
      217 12 AS STAFF nurses, we have been perturbed by the actions that some members of the public have taken against nurses recently. It would be unfair to discriminate against nurses as a result of some incidents in which nurses unwittingly spread Sars to patients in
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      133 12 I JOIN my fellow Singaporeans in saluting the valiant efforts of our health-care workers in our battle against Sars. In such difficult circumstances, our doctors, nurses and other support personnel, especially those working at Tan Tock Seng Hospital, have shown us what it truly means
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      259 12 I WOULD like to ask the Central Provident Fund Board about its Home Protection Scheme (HPS). This scheme acts as insurance against the outstanding mortgage and is offered to Housing Board flat buyers. In the event of the death of the insured person, the
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      Lock icon Study ivore than directors' pay
      178 12 1 REFER to Ms Lee Su Shyan's article, "Half of less profitable firms pay directors more money" (ST, April 3). It quoted Remuneration Data Specialists (RDS) as saying that SingTel offered the "best value for money" because it paid its executive director only 0.07 per
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      113 12 Let more do hair transplants I REFER to Dr Cheong I,ai Leng s letter, '"Dermatologists are trained" (ST, April 4), in response to my letter, "My hair-raising experience with red tape" (ST, April l). No one denies that dermatologists are not trained. I am merely saying that they are not
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      56 1 THE LATE, LATE SHOW 'People often pay their bills late, and file their taxes at the last minute. It's a habit that difficult to change. —Dr Aim Khor, an MP for Hong kali IU siiggcstiiigprocrastination as a reason that thousands mi.ssed the extended deadline for Economic Restructuring Shares Tuesday, April
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      Lock icon IN CASE OF SARS...
      762 1  -  LEE SU SHYAN AZHAR KHALID Your phones will still work The MRTwill still run Electricity will continue to flow You'll still get your newspapers By and TELEPHONES will ring, lights will continue to glow at homes and suburban trains will ply no matter how badly the
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      Lock icon Kids see, feel, smell on road to creativity
      616 5  -  ARLINA ARSHAD Check out ants? Walk in drains? Two education centres take this route to bring out 'human potential' of pre-schoolers Ru TODDLERS and their guardians at two education centres go to wet markets, walk in the drains to learn balance and
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      Lock icon Only 1 in 5 met ERS extended deadline
      419 5  -  LEONG PIK YIN Bu MOST of the 10,000 or so people who were given three extra months to qualify for EconomicRestructuring Shares did not meet their March HI deadline. Only 1,991 did, depositing the minimum $50 into their Cejitral Provident Fund accounts.
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    • IN SHORT
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        Lock icon ARBITRATION JUDGE APPOINTED
        108 5 IN" A move to make Singapore the region's leading legal centre, Chief Justice Yong Pung How has appointed a judge to hear arbitration matters brought before the High Court. Yesterday, the Supreme Court announced that Justice Judith Prakash will specialise in hearing matters such as appeals against
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        Lock icon MALAYSIAN AWARD FOR POLICE CHIEF
        96 5 POLICE Commissioner Khoo Boon Hui will be conferred the PangHma Gagas Pasukan Polis (Kehormat) award by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong today in Kuala l.unipur. The awud, which means Heroic Warrior ot the Police Force Honorary), is the highest decoration for valour of the Royal Malaysia
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        Lock icon OLD MAN FATALLY HIT BY CAR ON AYE
        54 5 AN 80-YEAR-OLD man died while trying to cross the Aver Rajah Expressway (AYE) at 9 pm on Sunday. Mr Wee Soon Hian had crossed three of the four lanes before being knocked down by a taxi driven by a 37-vear-old man. He
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        Lock icon BIKE FORCED OFF ROAD, RIDER DIES
        90 5 A MOTORCYCLIST died after a car forced him into the railing on the Seletar Expressway after midnight yesterday. The 31-year-old car driver lost control of his car and caused the motorcyclist to veer left. The 44-year-old motorcyclist, a Malaysian working as an SBS Transit
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        Lock icon OLD WOMAN ROBBED ON STAIRS
        68 5 AN ELDERLY woman was robbed at knifepoint on the staircase <>t Block fi 10, Clementi West Street l at about 12.30 pm on Sunday. A slim man in his K)s tame from behind the 87-year-old woman between the sixth and seventh storeys, pointed a knife
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      Lock icon Man made bomb hoax calls after being retrenched
      321 5  - Man made bomb hoax calls after being retrenched CHONG CHEE KIN Bv THE day Ramiahthevar Thevadas was retrenched from the engineering company where he had worked for about 10 years, he made two calls saying there was a homh on its premises. The 48-year-old former storekeeper yesterday admitted making the
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    • SARS OUTBREAK
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        210 2 Medics help out at airport FIFTY medics from the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) have been roped in to help screen passengers who fly into Chargi Airport from Sarsafftvted areas. This is "in \ie\v of the large numbers of arriving passengers. said a Ministry of Defence spokesman. They will bolster the
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        Lock icon CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL PRIVATE NURSING HOME
        697 2  - CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL PRIVATE NURSING HOME S ALMA KHALIK BEN N ADARAJAN The three appear to have got the virus from Tan Tock Seng Hospital patients or people with links to patients there Bu miilß 2 nurses down 1 nurse down THREE nurses who work in the Changi area have
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        Lock icon SGH staff may have caught bug from 'super-infector'
        790 2  -  LEE HUI CHIEH ?s THE huge cluster of more than 2<> Singapore General Hospital staff suspected to have Sars indicates that they could have caught it from a "super-infector". Professor Tay Boon Keng, chairman of the SGH medical board, could only say:
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      • IN BRIEF
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          Lock icon SAF TAKES STEPS TO KEEP OUT VIRUS
          140 2 THE Singapore Armed Forces is not only scaling down its overseas training, courses and conferences, but it is also suspending temporarily some of them over the next few weeks because of Sars. Also, enlistees bound for the Basic Military Training Centre at Pulau
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          Lock icon HELP FOR BATTERED TOURISM INDUSTRY
          153 2 HELP is on the way for tourism operators reeling from the blow dealt by the Sars outbreak, the Singapore Tourism Board has assured. After a closed-door meeting with about 500 industry players last week, it has formed a task force to see what kind of
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          164 2 THE Japanese community here is tightening screening procedures at a clinic frequented by Japanese nationals living here. Since last Tuesday, the Japan Green Clinic at Paragon has had a nurse stationed at its 10th floor lift lobby to help patients mask up and fill up
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          127 2 THE National University of Singapore Business School will postpone the upcoming Shanghai Singapore segment of its Apex-Master of Business Administration programme for mid-career executives. The Apex-MBA is an ISmonth programme for executives made up of six residential segments of two weeks each. The
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        137 3  -  Vladimir Guevarra TOO scared to go house hunting because of Sars? Property agency ERA Realty said its 1 ,3(K) agents will now wear face masks and that it has 40. (KK) more masks available to hand out to clients as a precautionary measure against the
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        512 3  - 9 warned for breaking stay-home order S ALMA KHALIK Ministry thinking of putting Web-cameras in homes of those quarantined to ensure they stay in Hu ill \l 111 CORRESFONDENI DON'T PUT OTHERS AT RISK If people break quarantine, it defeats the purpose/ Dr Ooi Peng Lint, deput> director of epidemiology
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          118 4 Tan Tock Seng Hospital is Singapore's Sars centre. Special rooms have been set up there for Sars patients. Disposable plastic gowns, gloves and masks are a must for staff who handle Sars patients, and the gowns and gloves must be disposed of before they leave the
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          266 4 QUARANTINE Strict stay-home orders for those who are known to be in contact with victims. Fines can be imposed on those who violate orders. Daily checks on those quarantined. Those at home must check their temperature every day for 10 days. If symptoms appear, they are
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        641 4  -  KWAN WENG KIN Many Japanese wear masks to avoid spreading Serms to others By J \P\\ COKKKSI'OM)! I Group welfare comes first IN THE current severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars) scare, group welfare is clearly uppermost in most Japanese minds. Electronics maker Toshiba reportedly
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        365 4 S ATI' R DAY ni^ht would have been an evening of celebration For Tan Tocfc Seng Hospital, ifnoi for San The hospital was all set to host a fund-raising dinner to help need) patients at the Shangri-La Hotel, >un\ President S H Nathan
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          334 6 Microsoft pushing digital video/audio format for professional broadcasters WHEN WE FIRST CAME TO THE PROFESSIONAL SPACE AT N.A.8., PEOPLE SAW DIGITAL MEDIA TECHNOLOGY AS A MORE fringe-type of technology: Mr Michael Aldridge, lead product manager at Microsoft's digital media division SEATTLE Microsoft is working to make its digital video and
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          305 6 Apple adds high-quality features to movie and DVD editing software 'FINAL CUT PRO NOW MATCHES OR EXCEEDS WHAT CAN BE DONE WITH VIDEO PROCESSING SYSTEMS THAT COST HALF A MILLION DOLLARS AND UPWARDS.' Mr Phil Schiller, Apple's .senior vice-president of worldwide product marketing LOS ANGELES Apple Computer on Sunday unveiled
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        549 6 So small that it fits behind the ear and, instead of ringing, tickles... CHICAGO Thirty years after the first cellular phone call, inventor Martin Cooper still dreams about the day when futuristic telephone technology becomes reality. Mr Cooper's dream telephone is
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        626 8 Look out Google, Yahoo! is fighting back Yahoo! introduces new features to its search service in response to Google taking over as No 1 search site last year NEW YORK Can Yahoo! gain back the ground it lost in the search business? In 1.999, Yahoo! gave a small company its
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        148 8 THERE'S plenty of fish at the Pompa river near the city of Santo Antonio de Padua, about 280 km north of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, hut fishermen would do well to stay away from it. That's because the fish seen here have been poisoned after
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        657 8 NEW YORK Gorillas and chimpanzees, the most common of the great apes and humanity's closest relatives, are facing such severe threats from hunting, and now from the Ebola virus, that they should immediately be declared "critically endangered", researchers say. The scientists, from a
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        603 11  - One in 3 Chinese kids suffers from lead poisoning CHUA CHIN HON SHENZHEN: 65 per cent bom are victims HARBIN: 46 per cent bom suffer ailment HEFEI: Levels three times above norm By i in s \n \i i s i i\ii s c m\ m Rl u Tests for
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        206 11 BEDINCr After dram >vers and electricity cables, thieves in Beijing have found a new target hundreds of ground lamps that line the pavements in the c hinese capital. More than 60 lamps, costing up to 2,000 yuan S$ 13 tj each, have
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        293 11 TV show cancelled for political reasons: Sisy Chen TAIWAN DRAMA TAIPEI A Taiwanese talk show host and independent lawmaker who is watched on Chineselanguage cable television in several Asian cities accused Taiwan's President yesterday of pulling the plug on her programme for political reasons. Ms Sisy Chen said Star TV
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        264 11 34 councillors in Kaohsiung charged with buying votes TAIPEI A prosecutor yesterday charged 34 councillors in a massive vote-buying scandal in Taiwan's second-largest city, Kaohsiung. The councillors included 10 from the ruling Democratic Progressive Party, 10 from Kuomintang and six from People First Party. The others were independents. Kaohsiung city
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      49 9 CUSTOMERS RULE 'The customer is <iod. The law and the way things are done here are two different things. 9 lli« manager of a hardware faetor> e\plaining why he sells maehines without sai'«-t\ measures even though he is breaking Chinese laws Tuesday, April 8, 2003 The Straits Times asia
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      577 9  -  BRENDAN PEREIRA THE TALK IN KUALA LUMPUR By \iM..\rsi.\(:oi{i<i-:si > i)\m:\i NOT long after losing one of two contentious by-elections in Kedah to the ruling party last year, senior Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) leaders sat down tor a summit of sorts. High up
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      606 9 SWIMMING IN SEWAGE TOKYO It's Tokyo's premier beach a strip of wavewashed sand carefully constructed more than a decade ago in a nuilti-hillion-ven project to give Japans sprawling eapital an ultramodern waterfront. But the city has a warning to visitors: don't swim, don't even wade. And it might be best
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      493 10  -  JASON LEOW Although situated in a district which has half a million students, Zhongguancun lacks the hustle and bustle of Chaoyang B b lll\ OKhh'smMHA 1 Zhongguancun Established in 1988 at a cost of 200 billion yuan (5543.4 billion), it now
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      389 10 SHANGHAI When late paramount leader Deng Xiaopeng decreed that "to get rich is glorious", it seems many in China took his advice to heart, amassing personal fortunes which rival tycoons around the world. No doubt such is the case, according to local publication
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      372 10 Hospital workers suspected in street sales of placentas BEIJING Some hospital employees in a city in Chinas Guangdong province may be illegally supplying fresh placentas for sale on the street. People are buving placentas to cook and eat at home They believe that the organ, which connects a foetus with
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      344 10 Job losses feared 'Our salaries are pretty good. If the hospital is sold to private owners, we may lose our jobs and our salaries may be cut. Dr Wang Ming, who works at the Central Hospital in W afangdan More than 400 health
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      509 12 Japan calls on China to help in N. Korea dispute 'WE VERY MUCH HOPE THAT CHINA WILL EXERCISE INFLUENCE OVER NORTH KOREA TO CONVINCE NORTH KOREA TO ACT MORE RESPONSIBLY/ A Japanese government official Use your close ties with North Korea to resolve nuclear crisis, Japanese Foreign Minister urges Chinese
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      327 12 TOKYO The Japanese, both young and old, yesterday celebrated the birth date of cartoon character Astro Boy, who was recognised as an envoy by one Tokyo ward and a resident of a town north of the capital. The "birthday" of the popular robot boy,
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      322 12 SEOUL South Korean prosecutors said yesterday they had banned two aides of President Roh Moo Hyun from leaving the country as part of an investigation into a lobbying scandal involving a collapsed merchant bank. Any hint of wrongdoing in the new
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      318 12 SEOUL A substantial number of candidates for major posts in the new South Korean government have been dropped because of ethical concerns. These ranged from suspicious exemption from military service to suspected real estate fraud and dual citizenship. Top presidential aide
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      338 13  -  LYDIA LIM TWO-DAY VISIT Hi, IWIWDIIIII PRIME Minister Gofa Chok Tong has arrived in New Delhi for a two-day official visit aimed at enhancing bilateral ties and economic cooperation between Singapore and India. This evening. Mr Goh and his Indian counterpart.
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      548 13 A war of words erupts after New Delhi hints that Islamabad has not kept its promise to fight cross-border terrorism UNITED NATIONS India and Pakistan clashed in the Security Council after New Delhi described Islamabad as the "epicentre of terrorism" and charged it
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      145 13 Three militants die while planting mine in Kashmir SRINAGAR Three suspected Muslim militants were killed yesterday when a mine they were planting went off in Indian-administered Kashmir, a police spokesman said. He said they were planting the mine on a road near Kapran village of the southern Pulwama district yesterday
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      41 13 AFP priest in Bhopal grows wheat on his chest during nine days of meditation in praise of the Hindu goddess L/urga. i ne pnesi is also performing the ritual for world peace and for the well-being of his disciples.
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      155 13 AMRITSAR An Indian Air Force MiG-21 crashed into a residential neighbourhood in northern Punjab state yesterday, police said. It was the second such accident in three days. The pilot bailed out but was injured. Six people on the ground were hurt, two of them critically,
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        72 13 JOURNALISTS and other staff working for India's largest news agency, the Press Trust of India (PTI), began a day-long strike yesterday. "Some of our senior people were threatened and assaulted bv anti-social elements recently and the Delhi police refused to take any action."
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        70 13 SEOUL is thinking of setting up a special school to provide the children of North Korean defectors with a curriculum designed to help them adapt before joining regular schools. The Unification Ministry's statistics showed that 1.1*41 North Koreans reached the South last year, of
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        58 13 SEARCHERS yesterday found the bodies of two mountain climbers who were caught in an avalanche in central Japan, police said. The two men, in their 30s, were swept away by a 2OOm avalanche on Mount Kashimayarigatake in western Nagano prefecture on Sunday afternoon. A
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        43 13 FORMER South Korean president Kim Dae Jung made his first public appearance on Saturday after his retirement from office in February. He was at the wedding of one of his granddaughters, the Korea Times reported yesterday.
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        68 13 INDIA'S ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said yesterday it would recruit 10.000 volunteers in a bid to boost its electoral fortunes at the general election next year. Mr Venkaiah Naidu. president of the Hindu nationalist party, said: "We are completing the recruitment process by the
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        46 14 AP Sending pigeons fluttering, a 1 hai boy amuses himselt during a visit to a park in downtown Bangkok yesterday. While much of the world's attention is focused on the fighting in Iraq, most Thais in the country's capital are enjoying a holiday.
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        460 14  -  NIRMAL GHOSH By 111 AII.WDCOKIUSI'ONDIM BANGKOK Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has received crucial backing from the country's human rights commission for his war against drug lords and addiction that has so far resulted in more than 2,000 deaths. At a seminar on drug
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        630 14  -  DEVI ASMARANI Cash-strapped Indonesian broadcaster shuts down one station after another depriving govt of a vital link to the public By I UK STRUTS ITMI s INDONESIA BURE U Media for the masses FOR the masses, television is a favourite pastime and in many
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        313 14 Police probing Davao blast seek five Indonesian JI suspects WHARF BLAST: Eight killed THE huge blast which rocked the Davao city wharf area last Wednesday left at least eight people dead and 33 injured. Many of the victims were food vendors and children. The explosion occurred near the wharf gate
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        347 14 BANDA ACEH International peace monitors in Indonesia's Aceh province yesterday said they would withdraw from the south of the province after a mob of up to 900 people threatened to burn down another of the group's offices. The incident is the latest blow
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        45 14 FORMER Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak (left) and former Indonesian president Abdurrahman Wahid attending a Global Terrorism Conference in New York on Sunday. Their countries have no diplomaticties and formal trade ties. Indonesians' resentment against Israel runs high, given the Palestinian issue.
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          42 14 A FIRE gutted three houses and killed six people, including a nine-month-old haby. in Jakarta yesterday. Police said the fire in West Jakarta apparently broke out after a cigarette butt ignited paint thinner. AFP
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          53 14 THE International Committee of the Red Cross said it was trying to convince Myanmar's military government to extend areas that it could visit near the Thai border. The areas in Shan and Kavin states are riven by conflict between the military and rebel or
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          40 14 FIVE Vietnamese men illegally mining for gold were killed when their tunnel collapsed. A police officer said yesterday tneir bodies were recovered after Saturday's accident in Quang Nam province, 700km south of Hanoi. AP
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          38 14 INDONESIAN special forces have been sent to Papua province to hunt for separatists thought to have killed two soldiers in an attack on military post, said Colonel Sudirman. Papua's military operations chief. AP
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          54 14 VIETNAMESE police have busted a family operating a backyard refinery by using two pipes connected to an energy plant. They were apparently trying to process condensate, a by-product from tapping crude oil or natural gas, into petrol, a Dinh Co official in southern Ba Ria-Vung
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        542 15  - Kedah to boost fish exports via genetics project LESLIE LAI A joint venture with the World Fish Centre aims to produce a bigger, better and tastier tilapia species By IN Jll K VvkKDAll' *We statistically adjust the differences ofthepsh by sex, age and even the performance of its relatives. Then
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          70 15 THE government may introduce a compulsory course on drug abuse at public institutions of higher learning. Deputy Home Minister Zainal Abidin Zin said when the course is implemented, students must attend lectures and tutorials and pass an examination. "The paper, which will be based on
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          71 15 RADIO Television Malaysia will introduce guidelines to promote Kelantanese culture and arts despite the state government's move to discourage such activities. Deputy Information Minister Zainuddin Maidin said Kelantan possessed a rich heritage in arts and culture which could he exposed to the public. "It is
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          80 15 A BANGIADESHI construction worker in Alor Star was stabbed to death yesterday when he tried to reclaim his travel documents and handphone from a man who had taken the items. The victim, Mr Faiz.ullah Abdul Rahman, went to his friend's house to ask tor the
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          76 15 XASI kandar stalls, seafood restaurants, law firms and real estate agents in Kedah are among 18J professional firms and eateries that have yet to apply for a licence to collect the f> per cent service tax from customers, and the state
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          54 15 THRKK policemen have been expelled from the Perak poHce force for committing offences while on duty. They are among 22 policemen punished last month. The others were given warnings, demoted or given counselling. Among the wrongdoings were bribery-, khalwat (close proximity), extortion and inefficiency in carrying
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        386 15 BOTCHED RAID Move follows ill-treatment and arrests of Indian nationals KUAIA LUMPUR Malaysian police will penalise six officers held responsible for the mistreatment and wrongful arrest of scores of Indian migrant workers, the national police chief said yesterday. Inspector-General of Police Norian Mai said
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        54 15 THE STAR Nail technician Nuyen ran showing off some of her nail art creations at her shop, Nail Room, in Kuala Lumpur. A former stewardess, Ms Tan says nail art "injects more life into those fingers and toes". The latest trend, she says, is three-dimensional nail art to
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        315 15 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian government lawyers yesterday defended the credibility of a trial witness who accused former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim of sexual misconduct. Nearly three years ago, High Court Judge Aritin Jaka had tound Anwar guilty of sodomising his wife's former driver,
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        280 15 Murder case solved within one day KUALA LUMPUR Po lice solved a murder case in less than 24 hours because the victim and suspect were admitted to the same hospital. The victim, who was stabbed twice in the abdomen and chest, was sent to the Kuala Lumpur Hospital by his
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        789 16 SOCCER United not fancied as no final host has won the crown since 1965 MADRID No club has won the European crown on its home ground since Inter Milan lifted the old European Cup at the San Siro in 1965, and Real Madrid
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        452 16 AMSTERDAM Ajax coach Ronald Koeman should be able to start with almost his strongest line-up when the Dutch champion faces AC Milan in the tirst leg of their Champions League quarterfinal today. He has taken the pressure off his young side, which has an
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        506 16 LONDON Arsenal and Manchester United now look set for a thrilling two-horse race to the English Premier League title after Newcastle United's 1-2 defeat by Everton. Newcastle walked into Goodison Park on Sundayhoping for a win that would give it 64 points just
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        437 16 ARSENAL April 16: Manchester United (H) The title-decider, most likely. United won 2-0 at home but Arsenal's Highbury Stadium is like a fortress. April 19: Middlesbrough (A) Arsenal won 2-0 at Highbury but Middlesbrough has lost only once at home this season. April 26: Bolton Wanderers (A) Bolton
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        315 16 NEWCASTLE Newcastle United manager Bobby Robson said his team's challenge for the Premiership title was all but finished after a 1-2 defeat by Everton at Goodison Park on Sunday. The result left the thirdplaced Magpies six points behind leaders Arsenal and Manchester United and former England
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        162 17 How they finished: 1 Kimi Raikkonen Fin) Mel .m-n lln 29min53 I79sec average speed 204.197kmh)2Giancario Fiskhclla (Ita) Jordan 1:29.54.010 3 Fernando Alonso (Esp) Renault 1.29:59.8744 David Coukhard I Sco > NUI-mii 1 30:00.570 5 I leinz-1 larald Fivnt/rn I Ger) Saubei 1:304)2.57] 6 Jacques Villeneuve(Can) HAH 1:30:11.089
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        502 17 MOTOR RACING Raikkonen wins as race is stopped on Lap 55 after a series of crashes SAO PAULO (Brazil) McLaren driver Kimi Raikkonen believes he can go all the way and win the Formula One title this year after winning two races in a row. The
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        501 17 GOLF AUGUSTA Just a stone's throw away from the Augusta National Golf Club's main entrance, Tim Taylor stood under a booth selling buttons that read, "I Support Hootie". "Business isn't too bad," he said, after selling a handful of US$5 (Ss9) buttons
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        290 17 SWIMMING INDIANAPOLIS Michael Phelps fnght) broke his own M><) metres individual medley world record on Sunday, and closed in on the l()()m butterBy world mark in a breathtaking performance in the USA v Australia Duel in the Pool. "Huge," was how Australian l..">O()m world
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        1096 17 ATHLETICS Paris Marathon Men: I Mike Rotich (Keni 2hr 06mm 32sec 2 Seioit Z*ierzchieASki (Frat 2 06 36 3 Wilson Onsare (Ken) 2 06 46 Women: t Btnce om*an;a (Keni 2 27 43 2 Rosjria Console (Itai 2 27.47 3 Banuela Mrasham (Tanl 2.29 12 BASEBALL
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        252 17 > Won division title X ClinchedpLn offbertli Note: Standings indicate liow teams are poMtM.ni-d to iii;ik»'tli.-|il;i\-otVs.Tlii-tiin right Icains in .-arli conference uualifV for die nl.iv -offs Kith die tuu division winners seeded \o I and So 2 regardless ofdicir records TV top seed will pl.u tlir nglitli seed
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        173 17 P W D I F » Pts Real Madrid .28 I? 9 2 64 27 60 Deportivo 28 16 6 6 45 30 54 Real Sociedad 28 15 9 4 a 36 54 Valencia 28 13 8 42 23 47 CeltaVigo 28 13 6 9 33 24
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          87 17 SINGAPOREAN bowler Remy Ong failed to reach the final of the Sixth World Tenpin Masters in Dagenham, Essex, on Sunday, after losing 400-44-2 to Australian Andrew Frawle\ Frawiey delivered a 230 opening game to go IN pins ahead. In the second, Ong who had beaten England's
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          66 17 HONGKONG'S Under-1.9 rugby team flew into Paris on Sunday to play in the World Championship, which kicks off this w r eek. Hongkong will open the tournament against Uruguay tomorrow. But Taiwan was replaced by Poland. Organisers had originally asked both Asian teams to
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          79 17 INTER MILAN'S title hopes suffered a serious blow on Sunday when the Italian Serie A soccer club let slip a two-goal lead to draw 3-3 at home against AS Roma and leave leader Juventus five points clear. Inter was 3-1 up with just seven
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          120 17 DEPORTIVO LA CORITNA displaced Real Sociedad from second place by virtue of goal difference in the Spanish Primera Liga thanks to a comeback 2-1 win in an action-packed soccer match at the Riazor on Sunday. Sociedad, which is six points behind leader Real Madrid, took the
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          79 17 AMERICAN golfer Ben Crane, 27. staged a dramatic charge to capture his first career title at the BellSouth Classic. The second-year player carded a nine-under-par (53 tying a course record on Sunday to erase a six-snot deficit and post a four-stroke victory over Boh Tway.
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          93 17 SWEDISH golfer Annika Sorenstam capped a one-under-par 71 with back-to-back birdies yesterday morning (Singapore time), defeating South Koreas Pak Se Ri by four strokes to win her first Ladies Professional Golf Association tournament of the season. Sorenstam had a three-round total of five-under 211 and
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        579 18 'Because I live, ye shall live also' John 14:19 MARY SEAH CHEK KHIM Age: 95 was called home to be with the Lord on 6 April 2003, leaving behind loved ones. (Husband: Tan Lye Sia, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: (Robert Tan Chye Thiam, Alice Chua Siew Chin deceased) Johnny Tan Aye
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        405 18 r"l am the Resurrection and the Life. He who believes in me will live even though he dies. And whoever lives and believes m in Me will never die." John 11. 25-26 41 PANSY LIM Age: 78 Was called home to be with the Lord on 6 April 2003, leaving
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        298 18 rfJu' lord is »n shepherd, i shull not be iti until jMJI He makes me lie down in green pastures He lead's me beside quiet waters* V GILLIAN LIM BEE LING Age: 3l was called home to be uith the Lord on 7 April 2005, leaxing behind loved ones. Husband
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        302 18 HELEN MARIA YEO Age: 63 passed away peacefully on 7 flpril 2003. leac/na behind loved ones (Husband: Toh Chwee Guan. deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law; Alan Toh Bessie Seah (Andrew Toh, deceased) Betty Tay Anthony Toh Dizzie Sim Arthur Toh Patsy Ng Alfred Toh Susan Liow Bernard Toh Esther Chua Daughters: Son-in-law:
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        62 19 Apr 7 CHANCE HONGKONG: HanqSenq 8962 21 ...♦***** MALAYSIA: KLSE Comp 640.35.. +9.33 China: Snenzh«nß 211.37.. -1.41 AUSTRALIA: Sydney All Ord 2941.60.. 45.30 JAPAN: Nikkei 8249 98 ..♦175.86 THAILAND: SET index Closed.. INDONESIA: Jakarta Comp 423.81.. ..♦18.13 PHILIPPINES: Manila Comp Closed SOUTH KOREA: Seoul Comp 585.90
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        30 19 Chart SemiCond 26c TPVUSIC L&Mlc 43,674,000 27,685.000 21.374,000 17,294.000 16.390.000 15,376,000 ST Enqq lOc PacificCenturylOc Accord Customer Hiap Hoe O.Sc 2.5c... 13,799,000 12,844,000 12,501,000 11.852.000 ST Assembly 25c
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        147 19 MAIN SDO TOTAL Up Dn Unch Up Dn Unch Up Dn Unch Multiind 11 1 6 000 11 1 6 Manufacturq 73 12 19 16 3 13 89 15 32 Commerce 21 7 10 6 Tpt/Stor/Com 20 1 8 • 0 0 21 1 8 Finance
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        41 19 Change Straits Times Index 1338.83 ♦25.10 BT 08/OS 205.00 ♦266.00 +175.00 BTCADI .-*****.00 BT 10-day MA ..-*****.00 ♦20.00 UOE Sesdaq 57.08 1.43 UOB Blue Chip 485.16 +13.68 STl Futures 1330 29 MSCI Sinqapore 164.29 +2.80 SiMSCI Futures 162.90 ♦3.10 i
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        102 19 TURNOVER COOO) VALUE COOO) Main Sdq Total Main Scq Total Muitilnd 37,160 37,160 54.912 54.912 Manutacturq 157.004 16,358 173.362 153.006 3,257 156.263 Commerce 26,926 501 27.427 14,868 104 14.973 Tpt/Stor/Com 37.828 999 38,827 73,477 138 73.614 Finance 32,076 32,076 116,719 116.719 Construction 32.760 14,980 47,740 6.847 224
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        593 20 FIGURES: Grim THERE have been 2.9 cuts in first-quarter estimates for evenincrease, up from a 1.6 ratio a year earlier, according to Thomson Financial. Figures last week showed a contraction in manufacturing and service industries as well as a loss of 108,000 jobs
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        493 20 LONDON Ryanair Holdings and EasyJet, Europe's largest discount airlines, are winning new passengers as larger rivals dependent on long-haul routes are hurt by the war in Iraq and a killer respiratory disease from Asia. EasyJet, the biggest nofrills airline, reported yesterday
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        73 20 Yesterdays close: 8,962.21' (Up 139.76 points) Hongkong's main stock index erased early losses to rally more than 1.5 per cent as investors bet that the war in Iraq may end soon as US forces stormed into central Baghdad. Trade at HKS6.5 billion was about 4.6 per
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        145 20 Apr7| Company Close Bank Of China HK 8.35 0.05 9am. Of East Asia 14.55 0.25 Cathay D acific 9.90 0.05 Cheung Kong 45.20 1.10 Ch Kong Infra 14.60 -0.05 China Mobile 16.35 0.65 CMM Res Ento 6.50 unch China Unicorn 4.53 0.15 OIK Pacific 16.15 0.10 Z..P 32.70 -0.30
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        141 20 ASDKJAJKDHFUHD RubDer Ft RSS 1 (S< Month itures (Closing pr rents/kg) High ices) Low Sttt Vol Open Int May 03.... Low 179.75 178.50 176.75 176.75 Sett Vol Open Int Jun 03 Jul 03 ZZA.go3 RSS 3 (US Month i cents/kg) High May 03... Jun 03 Jul 03 .98.75
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        66 20 Yesterdays close: 640.35 (Up 9.33 points) Malaysian shares ended higher for the second day running, boosted by developments in the war on Iraq, as selling pressure waned for stocks affected by the deadly Sars virus hitting the region. Volume was 203 million shares, 3 per cent
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        142 20 Apr 7 I Company Close AMMB Holdings 3.44 0.06 Berjaya Soorts 3.14 008 B Amer Tobacco 39.00 uncn Commerce Asset 2.94 0.04 Digi.com 2 59 0.09 Gamuda 535 0.20 Genting 13.00 0.60 Golden Hope 3 08 0.06 Hong Leong Bank 4.18 002 101 Corp 4 92 0 06
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        64 20 CRUDE PRODUCT PRICES Crude/Pi oduct Month* Chang* Price (USS) BBL 3re -it Bi< .» Te«as ,o_ Tao^sßie • Timing «i(_ mterm :eh Jun Jun Jun -0.% -0.85 23.76-23.81 26.12-26.16 21.98-22.03 25.30-25.40 Prices as at 17:30 nd of cargoes. May Crude/Product Month* Change Price (USS) BBL
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        640 20 ASNFJDFKJSDKL OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT 1 EURODOLL juno3 98.830 ***** 98.800 98.820 ***** ***** Seoo3 ***** 98.770 98.700 98.730 ***** ***** Deco3 98.550 98.560 98.480 98.510 ***** ***** Mafo4 98.240 98.250 98.170 -,-> ***** ***** 4 97.875 97 385 97.800 97.825 '4893 ***** Sec 04
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        51 20 Yesterdays 211.37 (Down 1.42 points) China's shares fell after investors sold money-losers, such as Jinan Qingqi Motorcycle, although car stocks bucked the trend, brokers said. Changan Automobile, China's biggest mini-van maker, topped the B-share gainers' list in Shenzhen with a rise of 3.4 per cent to HK$4.85.
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        167 20 Apr 7 Company Close Livzon Pharm 9.26 -0.19 Luthai Text B 5.59 -0.05 ShdongCh Paperß 7 36 -0.17 Shjzhuangßaoshi 3.07 -0.04 Shzht?n Accord 3.99 -0.07 Shzhen Huafa 3.58 -0.15 Shzhen Nansh Pw 6.18 unch Shzhen Petroc B 2 75 -0.07 Shzhen Prop R 2.83 -0.06 Shzhen Seg
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        129 20 Foreign Currency Note Rates (9am, Apr 7) Buying OO Sellinq Sinqapore dollars tc one i nit of foreign currency Australian dollar Canadian dollar 1.0630 1.1930 1.0740 1.2180 Euro 1.8920 1.9140 NZ dollar 0.9470 0.9690 Sterling pound 2.7610 2.7900 US dollar 1.7720 1.7910 Singapore dollars tc 100 i nits of
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        46 20 Yesterdays close: 2,941.6 (Up 45.3 points) Australian share prices surged 1.56 per cent amid signs of an early end to the Iraq war, brokers said. Turnover totalled 563.5 million shares worth AS1.85 billion. Gainers led losers by 717 to 338, with Z65 issues remaining AFP
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        134 20 Apr 7 Company Clost AMP Limited 7.38 -0.01 ANZ Bank Grp 18.55 0.30 Brambles Ind 493 0.10 Broken Hill Prop 9.58 0.09 Coles Myer 643 0.06 CSL 1615 0.71 CSR Ltd 1.71 0.01 C'wealth Bank 26.89 0.39 Foster's Grp 4.39 0.04 General Prop Trt 3.00 0.04 Macquarie Bank 25.05
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        517 20 BONDS, LOANS WARRANTS 52-Wk Hiqh Low Last Company Sal* +orVOi 000 Day High Loo Last Ou Buver ct« 5.11.r 32 5 4.5 101 7 15 2 103 1028C 4.5 ■2 95 108 10 ie 5 5 98 3.5 18 105 120 109 ■06 108 ■oe ■09 na 116 122
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        290 20 White House seeks simple airline aid plan WASHINGTON The White House may not be able to talk Congress down from approving more than US$3 billion (555.4 billion) in airline aid, but the Bush administration prefers that any package be structured so it can be dispersed quickly. Congressional negotiators begin work
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        53 20 Yesterdays close: 8,249.98 (Up 175.86 points) Japanese share prices surged 2.18 per cent on high expectations of a speedy end to the Iraq war, dealers said. Volume was estimated at a heavy 984 million shares. Gainers led deciiners by 968 to 431, with 101 stocks
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        142 20 Apr 7 ASDFJDHJKFK Co mpany Close *± I Ca De Ea Fa non Inc 4330 80 nso Corp 1740 -7 st Japan Ran *****0 9000 hue Ltd 5480 180 Fuji Photo Film 3500 -110 Fujitsu 343 14 Hitachi 440 Z1 Honda Motor 4130 120 Ito Yokado 3350 140
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        484 21 SHOPS IN TROUBLE RETAIL sales have dropped every month except January' since February last year as consumers remain skittish about spending amid near-record unemployment and falling prices. The 12.4% tumble to $2.9 billion is much higher than economists had forecast,
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        485 21 NEW YORK Audit committees met nearly 50 per cent more often last year, as directors of the largest companies in the United States deepened their scrutiny of financial statement following corporate scandals and tighter regulation. A Financial Times analysis of regulatory
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        692 21  -  DORON LEVIN COMMENT By SOUTHFIELD (Michigan) A funny thing happened as US motorists were pursuing their love affair with sport utility vehicles or SUV's: High petrol prices and the Iraq war suddenly made petrol-electric hybrids chic. Toyota Motor and Honda Motor say
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          80 21 JAPAN'S index of leading economic indicators was above 50 per cent in February for a fourth month, a level pointing to an expansion in the world's No. 2 economy. The index, which measures job offers, consumer confidence and other indicators of future activity, fell
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          99 21 INDONESIA'S central bank estimated the country's economic growth in the first quarter was 3.2 per cent on trie year as consumer spending started to slow. This compared with 3.8 per cent growth in the previous quarter, and 2.7 per cent growth in the same period
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          83 21 CHESTERTON International, the real-estate seller and manager whose shares have fallen 42 per cent this year, said yesterday that it is in talks to be bought by an unidentified company. "The board of Chesterton International confirms that it has received an approach which mav
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          88 21 MR SUMNER Redstone, chairman and chief executive (CEO) of Viacom, was to marry Ms Paula Fortunato, a NewYork City teacher on Sunday, according to an announcement in the Weddings/Celebrations section of The NewYork Times. He has been CEO of the third-biggest US media
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        266 21 SEOUL South Korea said yesterday it would offer to cut Hynix Semiconductor's memory chip shipments to the United States if Washington suspended steep penalties on the chipmaker. In a move to minimise the fallout from punitive US duties, the Ministry of
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        512 22  - Sing slides against all 3 key currencies BRYAN IFF It has fallen 2.6% on average against US$ r euro and yen but analysts don't expect it to depreciate much further fi£ TRIPLE BLOW THE Singapore dollar, which has steadily depreciated against the US dollar, Japanese yen and the euro over
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        300 22 THE United States-based Certified Financial Planner (CFP) Board and the Financial Planning Association of Singapore (FPAS) have sued the Insurance and Financial Practitioners Association of Singapore (Ifpas) over a clash of acronyms that denote professional certifications. The tussle centres on the use
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        378 22  -  KELVIN WONG 10-YEAR BONDS Hu A MODEST coupon rate and bad market sentiment notwithstanding, Singapore Post's (SingPost) $300 million bond issue was snapped up on the very day of its launch, with demand being two times the size of
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        448 22  -  LORNA TAN Rcjunis by THE Life Insurance Association (LIA) may slash the interest rate used in sales illustrations to calculate the projected rate of return on traditional life insurance products, in the light of the weak investment climate. At an LIA press
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        442 23  -  H UGH CHOW Around 10 analysts have left the stockbroking firm after their roles became redundant as a result of the UOB-Kay Hian acquisition By I l\ WC I C OKKi sI'UMM I ANALYSTS at stockbrokers JM Sassoon Co have become
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        444 23  -  DENESH DIVYANATHAN 111 lIMHOC.^ KKI'OKII H By DEFENCE equipment giant Singapore Technologies Engineering (ST Engg) reported yesterday a bigger-than-ex-pected tall in hrst-quarter earnings due to lower interest and investment income. It was also dragged down by start-up losses from some of its new investments.
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        341 23  -  SOH WEN LIN Bl US$l.5l billion last year. Sales to the United States increased by almost two-thirds compared to 2001, making up about 23 per cent of the year's sales. Looking forward, TPV said in a statement yesterday that it expects the personal computer
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        311 23  - NatSteel just as baffled by price surge LEE SU SHYAN By NATSTEEL shares soared 26 cents or 11 per cent to end at 52.55 yesterday, prompting a query by the Singapore Exchange (SGX). The company, however, said it was not aware of any reason for the *harp rise in share
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          Lock icon TEMASEK'S BANK BID GETS HIGH RATING
          123 23 A CONSORTIUM made up of Temasek Holdings and Deutsche Bank is the most "serious" of three bidders tor Indonesia's Bank Danamon, a report said yesterday. The Asia Finance Indonesia consortium, along with Bank Artha Graha and the Bhakti InvestamaBank Mega consortium, are the three
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          62 23 CONTAINER depot operator Eng Kong Holdings yesterday said that its wholly-owned subsidiary Eng Kong Investments (China) had set up a 70:30 jointventure company with Qingdao Sanbaotong. Known as Qingdao Eng Kong Container Services, it will provide container depot services in Qingdao city. The
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          87 23 COSCO Investment (Singapore), a unit of China's largest shipping company, expects profit this year to rise from the previous year because of a gain in freight rates and contributions from its ship-repair unit. The company's president said in an interview that according to a poll, earnings
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        546 23  - Indian chamber's outgoing chief to take on two new roles NARENDRA AGGARWAL fly] rC.'ONOMK S OKHIM'OM)! I AFTER 23 years at the helm of the Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry as its executive director, Mr George Abraham is moving on to head the new Centre for Innovation and
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        304 22 PARTNERS Hongkong's CSL Malaysia s Maxis The Philippines' Smart Australia's Telstra SINGAPORE'S No. 2 cellular operator Ml has teamed up with lour other leading telco players in the region to improve and increase the access of 'ts customers to mobile data
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        581 24  -  COLIN TAN TAKING STOCK \i Mi Ki'.rs coniii.si'OM)! x i Investors pile into stocks ahead of an expected rally when hostilities end, which some analysts say could be within days STOCKS across Asia, Europe and the United States rallied strongly yesterday,
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        613 24  -  AZHAR KHALID By ma it k irs c.( kitl s i><) \1 1 1 7 think we can onhf pet some 7.7. clear indication of the Sars impact on the market within the next three months/ LOB Kay man's Ms Peggy Mak,
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        322 24  -  SOH WEN LIN Bu and 30 per cent in the past few weeks alone, it found. But there may be a silver lining. Singapore's exports to the Middle East formed only 1.6 per cent of total exports last year, far
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        37 24 TOP RISES Apr 7 Cents °/c Creative T 25c 1230 80.0 7.0 SPH 100 1790 30 0 L7 Venti_reCorp2sc 1480 30 0 2.1 JMH US2SC 400 600 __>.. 2.6 NatSteel 50c 255 Pli 11.4 C&C 436 ZOjC 44
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        39 24 TOP FALLS Apr 7 Cents KingWan W0 ***** 0.5 66.7 1.0 HuaKok 5c 2.5 50.0 2.5 Excel 20c 1.5 2SJO u Yongnam 20c 1.5 a o Bi Koh Bros WO4 2 20.0 ELS Tat Senq 20c 13 Iti 2.5
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      200 13 Learning with Kumon I Dear Parents, In accordance with the Ministry of Health guidelines and in the interest of vour child's health and safety, we advise J J that no child should be allowed to attend Kumon class at least until 14 April 2003 or further notice. However, in the
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      194 2 SINGER-ACTRESS Anita Mui was too upset by the suicide of her good friend Leslie Cheung to attend the Hong Kong Film Awards on Sunday night. But those who went to the presentation were brought to tears when entertainer Eric Tsang and the four Heavenly
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        144 6 RAP fans can party the night away with MP4, Hongkong's latest hit techno-rap band, at Genting Highlands this weekend. It is holding its MP4 Breakaway Tour Party at The Pavilion in First World Hotel on Saturday from 9 pm, and you can party till 4 am the
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      171 12 81/7J\f, NEW YORK There appears to be reasons why reports about the Iraqi war carry references to 007 James Bond. The British have been calling their effort in the war "Operation James". Two Iraqi targets outside Basra were codenamed Pussy and Galore, a
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      158 12 The Pianist gets in way of their friendship NEW YORK Winning Oscars for The Pianist has not exactly endeared Roman Polanksi to Adrien Brody. Polanski, who won the Best Director award for the Holocaust movie, is now calling Brody a "punk", says gossip columnist Cindy Adams. He was furious that
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      25 2 LOST OUT: Leslie Cheung, who was a Best Actor nominee for Inner Senses (right), lost to Tony Leung Chiu Wai in Infernal Affairs. THE BUZZ
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      15 2 Catch Ijcslie Cheung's funeral live on Phoenix Channel (StarHub Ch 50) today at 10.30 am.
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      23 3 Tickets for 5566 are available from Static. For tickets to Mariah Carey's concert on June 1 1, call 6549-7060, or log onto www.M2tts.com.
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      31 3 Resistance is nou on at Art-2 Gallery (140 Hill Street. #0/ -03. tel: 6338-8713) until April 26. Opening hours: 11 am 7 pm daily, except Sundays and public holidays. Free admission.
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        851 5 BflW BMW FOR SALE 11/01 318IA GREEN. $123. 8K. 12A01 320C1A cabriolet $179.8K. 09/'Ol 520iA 2.2 Blue. $145. 8K. PML svcd. 1 owner. 9060-9106 04/'O2 318IA 2.0 Bice $135. 8K. 06/'OO 320iA Blue. $109. 8K. 04/'OO 520iA Silver $117. 8K PML svcd. 1 owner. 9742-7426 S3K DRIVEAWAY! BEAUTIFUL 90 BMW
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        672 5 Kfjl HYUNDAI FOR SALE A 0 DOWNPAYMENTI MTHLY $70C.Eic200C Ist owner %r E:ant r a '.6 auto. Deprecate S5" :cf 29 :00k~ accessories. Agt mantamec/ wa^anty. Ca Anav *****364 12/00 ELANTRA I.6XD Manua OMV $14. 8K. Tax till 12/'C3. Leather. S/rims. CD changeBeautiful cono. Asking $53 9* neg. Cai' 9450-4903
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        809 6 sdfkljkljgf Bfßj HYUNDAI FOR SALE EfCI HYUNDAI FOR SALE jjffi] HYUNDAI FOR SALE B|T| HYUNDAI FOR SALE Results of March 2003 p 2nd Open Bidding Exercise For COE COE price Quota Bids Can (1600cc and below) Taxi $26,999 1,337 1.923 Cars (1601cc and above) $26,001 666 944 Goods vehicles and
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        193 6 i| Ma op«no7/ I UCff f a <L< > ACCENT I.SM/ A MATRIX 1 .6 -or j^- m^— mijgtß^ HiOOVan BWI MAZDA FOR SALE 9/2000 323 1.6. PARF $11,564. Low downpayment. Orig paint. S/rims. $57,800. 6742-8922. WBj% MERCEDES FOR SALE E-CLASS $189,888 CLK COUPE mSOB,BBB 5350L $313,888 Flexible financing BUY
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        697 6 RfJ MERCEDES FOR SALE Ejl MERCEDES FOR SALE lUftltJ^ No. 1 4 *r*< ff^r T^Jb-r^j mjjfyj =z~r~** H Ji te>ts»^a*.li |fiti»^ I bT^bh^BPV IbW £$sHb^b^H B^^^k^ < B^fc* Ti^t fl BHl^^ku^-^ VV^^Bl BBHMNC^^vflßßH^^^Bll 2 UNITS!! MID 2001 1 owner S2BO. full options, done only 12,000km, OMV SB6K, 3 yrs warranty
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        517 6 100% LOAN 5/'92 Benz 190E auto. Silver. Leather. S/rim. COE 4/'2012. Mthly $618. 9665-6068 9/'OO 320ML 7 seater. ***** km. Warranty. Full body kit. OMV $64K. *****479/ *****800 90 FULLY CONVERTED/ ABS E2OO. COE '09. 2 umts SO driveaway. $680 mthly. 9695-2444 '86 MERCEDES 200E modified to E2OO. White. Good
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        881 6 BIM MITSUBISHI fß^ Buy Sell Honest Dealings AiW New/ Used Cars KHJ AU Makes M(Kie|t CHEAPEST 8 SEATER MPV. Mitsubishi Dion 2.0 auto 12A00 going for $72,000. OMV $*****. 1 owner. C&C manufactured. Depreciation at 56.6K pa. Cheaper than a Trajet. 100% financing avail, with mthly of $908 x 7yrs
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        618 6 RJS MITSUBISHI S6.IK PA. 4/'O2 Lance^ 1.5 GDi auto. 1 owner, new cond. Deposit SSK, mthly $720. View *****122 5/'99 CHARIOT 2.4 silver, full accessories, Al cond. OMV 529.5K. Asking $73.8K! *****163 6/'OI GALANT 2.OGDi, silver. OMV $23. 5K. 1 owner. Agt sved. A1 cond. 575.8K 0.n.0. 9691-6939 6/99 SPACEWAGON
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        1052 6 Bfflj NISSAN FOR SALE KW! NISSAN FOR SALE KHJJ NiSSAN FOR SALE HJI NISSAN FOR SAIE I DIAL A I NISSAN 9 sim^^^^m^- '■■H B H I BmEECCu EhSSII IhB9H I B WBBBHMBW '^^KKK^EKK 8 I Loan financing up to 1 00% 1 m 1 0-year loan 2.45% 7-year loan
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        577 6 CHEAP! '1992 COROLLA I.6GL Auto. COE 8/2011. A1 condition!! Crystal light. neg!! *****886 DEPRECIATION $7.5K. 1 Owner. 11/'OO Cefiro 2.0 auto. OMV $30K. Silver. Low km. 9816-2373 1/'Ol SUNNY 1.5 Manual. 1 owner. Maroon. OMV 514.1K. Accident free. Ask 558.2K neg. *****593 '98 SUNNY 1.6 Manual. 2 owners. $0 deposit.
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        619 6 Rfl PROTON FOR SALE PAY EXACTLY $428 nett pe- mtn (7 yrs loan). S2BB Sriveaway! Nc gimmicks: 5 units '92 Saga I.SGL COE 08/'ll, newly refurbished. Bt Timah Plaza #01-01H. 6469-3303 M Cars (50 other models avail) JUST $500 TO D-iveaway this 10/9" Saga I.3GL Manual. COE 8/2011. tip top
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        620 6 HJJ SAAB FOR SALE SAAB 9-3 2.OLPT 5-a'. V99 D;ue. Leatne r seats. S/rims. Fully maintained by agt. View :c appreciate. *****46^ 1 OWNER 09/'Ol. Saab 9-5. 2.OLPT. Auto. Electric memory seat! 5 rm5 .27.000 k.m only. o-ce- ag: wa-anty. 9501 5338 09/001 OWNER Saa: 95 I Z fUItC Ful!
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        620 7 BTn SUZUKI FOR >ALE 10/'96 SWIFT 1.0 4J'. OMV $12. 8K. New paint/ tax. Al. S2b.SK. AML SO3-I8 *****677 4/'96 SWIFT 1.0 4-dr Red. OMV S:^:s A;. :e ee sj' :i .Vest Cias: T e: 6872-2987 SO DRIVEAWAY 11/99 Wagon R+. 1.0 Auto. 1 owner. Paper value 545.5K. Act fast.
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        736 7 mTn TOYOTA FOR SALE 3f|Fl TOYOTA FOR SALE BTTI TOYOTA FOR SALE I TOTAL COMMITMENT UNDER ONE ROOF fc'fa.,^ftj| COMPUTERISED EQUIPMENT Lit^Jfct- i- wßffflfl fGUARANTEE 100%^ i^M« IWiUJgy^ I PARTS BACKUP J I'Mkg^kmmm^ iafmaaaal^aa)^aaaam .^awWWWf^aWW^^ 't-.^taWWWWmWW. r rinw I CvSkm appfy iToyoUCtlttoOWlnjomjPr^^ ilf^o- TOYOTA WISH t#r^l.BWN(7St«Hf) 2r***4L\ A -<b rr
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        609 7 7/'02RAV4. 1.8 Auto. 5 dr. Black. 1 owner. Brand new cond. 586,800. *****373 REPOSSESSED 7/92 CORONA 6 GLi Auto (*****07D). COE 3/ '2012. Highest offer. 6844-0088 •1 DOCTOR OWNER. 93 Corona GLi. Auto. New tax/ paint/ COE. Easy loan. Must view! 9007-1696 3/'OI TOYOTA ECHO 1.3 manual. Latest model. Most
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        598 7 Bffl VOLKSWAGEN 4/'96 POLO FUN-TOP. OMV $*****. COE $*****. Sporty black. Easy loan. Call *****777 BVH VOLVO FOR SALE $109,500 ONLY FOR this 5/01 S6O 2.0T auto. Fully agent maintained. Gold with leather interior. Mileage 30,000km only. 100% financing avail. 2.7% x 8 yrs. Mthly $1387. Call David 9845-5000 (Dynamic
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        640 7 EIIwORKSHOP P NkWSIUCK WRESTS I 17V70 X l3-536 195/65 Xl5-579 I I 185/60 Xl4 S5l 205/65 X l5-SB6 I I 185/65 X 14-553 235/60 X 16-SlsO| V95/50X15-S7O 215/45 X l7 -$138/ EESnSE333ZB!!3I TEL: 6783 2332^ \m 9006, Timpinw St 33, #01-212 1 SPECIALISE IN MERCEDES auto gearbox. 18 mths or
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        522 7 ■fljl SCRAP VEHICLES NEW CAR DEALER wants PARF, scrap paper, COE rebate, vehicle body. *****818/ *****919 Tay SCRAP CARS 1000-3000CC. Anymake model. Immed payment. 6336 1 134, *****395, *****938 EXTRA SCRAP cars, vans, lorries, mini buses. 82-2001 Car body for export. 6284-3064 Lim ALL MAKE WANTED. Export welcome. Parf/ COE
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        601 7 TPBf VEHICLES FOR HIRE CHAN'S CAR RENTALS. Cars from $50/ day. MPV, Vans, 10 ft. Call 6753 2536/ 6755 4218 YONG HONG- CARS, pickups, 10ft lorries, vans, douDle cabins for rent. Call *****777/ *****315 DOLLAR RENTAL TEL: *****002 Car, pickup, double-cab. 10ft lorry, van, box lorry, mini-bus MACPHERSON AREA. 14
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        969 7 [ffll VANS FOR SALE BWI VANS FOR SALE Kffl VANS FOR SALE I MERCEDES VITO TOYOTA HIACE TOYOTA LITEACE J 10 Seater 12/14 Seater r n M PA Plate, Diesei PA Plate, Diesel 3 0 r, P ia t* n,^ s^m Bfll VEHICLES WANTED BUY SELL 1995-2002 Mercedes Benz C,
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        619 7 sfjdgkfgj SPECIAL PROMOTION PACKAGE HlOO VAN TRUCK "Terms Conditions Apply 212 Tetok Kurau Rd (Bnght Centre) We open till 9pm g *****81 1 Bfflj LORRIES FOR SALE 2 UNITS 06/'99 Nissan Cabstar. Diesel. Silver. c*-e r 6464-6611/ 9066-7066 12/'OO CANTER 10 ft. Diesel. 1 owner. New paint. Low deposit. Al
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        671 7 IpWOF THM VgAWJ E- 3 Diese TurtaK/^ 12 Telok Kuraj Rd (Katoogi We open till 9pm fa *****535 JLI DEPOSIT $800. NEAR 99 LMMCC 5-dr. 1 owner. New paint/ tax. Al cona. $18 800. 9010-6606 DEPOSIT $800. 3/01 7/'OO. Da hats.. Extol '.3 owne r Wei kept $2\ooo neg. 9010-6606
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        503 8 sfdhgjfkjkf BCITY SOUTH-WEST PTE APTS RENT WESTPOINT CONDOMINIUM Ptpys RMd S :_3:eJ 1 '."e West Coast S; ence 3 a K Easy KCVS9 to various Schoois Financial districts Exclusive low rise apartments y»itn Full Cond Facilities Quality fitted furnishings 3+V 4+l bedrooms Area: 2.100 2,914 sq.ft. total: immediate Rent *****-S6COO
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        888 8 WuvM Dol oB Lilj CITY SOUTH-WEST f^l PTE APTS -RENT REGEMT PK 890 sq.ft. 2 rms. High fir. Pool view. F/furn/ facilities. Must rent! Immed. SI.SK. H/p: 9008-5466 WORKERS OR STUDENTS quarters «,m Mas Puteh. 2 aircon rms/ lounge nail/ Dalcony. PI furn. SI.SK neg. 9389-0630 ERA LOCATION Lj ANCHORAGE
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        518 8 WJCfX DO9-10 ORCHARD/ WuTt DO9-10 ORCHARD/ Wf!fl DO9-10 ORCHARD/ ■till TANGLIN/ HOLLAND MM TANGLIN/ HOLLAND KIUJ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND ,-y| PTE APTS -RENT ij^| PTE APTS -RENT |BH PTE APTS -RENT I HBipicuirenreshot on loc'a'tioH r b|^| L ~n Jiife of JLuxuru l/Jou I .^^P^t E| Prestigious address in district 10
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        688 8 MIRAGE TOWER 1770 sq.ft. 4+l New! Designer decor. Pool view FALCON CREST Near American Club MRT. 1200 sq.ft. 2+l with balcony. Renovated. (New) 72 GRANGE RD 4000 sq.ft. 4+l pte lobby, renovated w/oalcony. SPRING GR 1400 sq.ft. 3+l. Renovated. Full facilities. Ouiet. Pool view. $4K. CUSCADEN RESIDENCE 1460/ 1500/ 2400
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        786 8 WhfM DO9-10 ORCHARD/ MSI TANGLIN/ HOLLAND fJUJI PTEAPTS-RENT Shangn-la Hotel vicinity Exclusive Condo with 34 units 3+l/4+l bdrms (1,673/1 .916/ 2,390 sf) Penthouse s+l (4.941 sf with roof terrace) Modern comfort with private lift lobby full condo facilities Agents are welcome Four Seasons Pk 6/ 4+l. 382V 2260 sqft. $15K/
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        815 8 ■fifl DO9-10 ORCHARD/ mjjhl TANGLIN/ HOLLAND PTEAPTS-RENT TOKIO PROPERTY Kim Yam Hqts. 3 bdrms $3.0K Le Marque. 3 bdrms $3.0K Plnewood Gdn. 4 bdrms $3.5K Queens. 3 bdrms $3.5K Valley Pk. 3 bdrms $3.3K Valley Pk.l bdrm $2.2K Leedon Hqts. 3 bdrms $3.0K Astoria Pk. 3 bdrms $2.0K Tanqlin Reqency.
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        937 8 Wmi DO9-10 ORCHARD/ KiUJ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND •?ff| PTE APTS -RENT ASPEN HGTS/ UE Square. Studio/ 4 bdrms. Rent at $1800 $4000. Enquiries m Japanese or English. Cali Natsumi 9819-8778 THE BALMORAL CONDO, 3+l. F/furn. F/aircon. Mins to Orchard Rd. Nicely renovated. Peaceful. Immed avail. $SK. *****-622 MORNINGSIDE, RIVER VALLEY. 1750
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        960 8 HDO9-10 ORCHARO/ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND PTE APTS RENT LUCKY TOWER. RENOVATED. *H 2750 sq.ft. Anaerson Property Consultants. 968-6288 D.09 LEONIE TWR Blk A. Higr, fir. 4+l. 3200 sqft. Near amenities, immec 55.7K. *****053 owner MELROSE PARK. 4+l. 56.5K. Agents welcome. 1700 sqft. Immediate. Call Owner 9620-6673 RIVERSHIRE. 1650 SOFT. 3+ V
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        719 8 H I 009-10 ORCHARD/ ■tUftl TANGLIN/ HOLLAND I ;m|| PTE APTS -RENT SOMMERVILLE PK. FARRER. 3 ■300 sq.ft. Ba:cony. Renovatec Si.9KFac.tes. *c *****081 agt D.09 UE SOUARE F u rn. 1/ 2- rms. Near Orchard/ Daimaru. High ir 51.9-52.5K Facilities. *****393 Jfjfl Oil 21 NEWTON/ ■uXJ BT TIMAH/ CLEMENT! hlfjl
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        870 9 PfW| DI'iZiSEwTON; iuijj 3 T TiMAh, CYMES' I PTE APTS RENT 4+l PANDAN VALLEY. 'urn. r 3cii.ties. New pamt. 52.3K/ s+l. :err, 53.2K. 3200 sqft. Se-ene 9009-2472 DW D.21 BINJAI PK 2nd Fir Apt 4+l Facing Dunearn Road Call *****4"" BLOSSOMVALE. 1500/ 1600/ 1750 4+l. Poci/ greenery I Attractive rent!
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        775 9 WffH 015-16 EAST COAST i^J PTEAPTS-RENT BEST DEAL! THE Makena 3+l. P/furn. Low rent Sea pool view/ Parbury Hill. 2+l. F/furn. Cosy with gdn. *****039 PN I^LA ll ll l>^ i iT^m.MTlT'T'i COSTA RHU/ WATERSIDE 2056 2100 sqft. 4+l. High fir. Pool view. P/furn. S4.BK/ S3.BK neg. Full condo facilities.
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        703 9 WfH D22-28 ■dij WESTS. NORTH JIH PTE APTS -RENT PARC VISTA. 1076 sq.ft. 2 rms. $1.6K. Fully furnished. Greenery, Open view. Lakeside MRT. Please call: 9106-0887 Tokio Property HURRY! PALM GDN/ Bullion Pk 3+l. Catcny interior. Spacious living. Newly furn. Maplewoods 2+l. SS neg. Grab Fast! 9237-8527 PN SI.SK NORTHVALE
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        2378 9 jshdfuiuihk Pffl HOUSES FOR RENT Wff\ HOUSES FOR RENT PWJI HOUSES FOR RENT WJf% HOUSES FOR RENT PHI HJOC/ HOB Mm TC pec T CHARMING BUNGLW WITH c.e AUAI/ patio. 4+ Stuay. Near MRT and 2+1....Tampinei....498M 870 722 CHOICE HOMES Bishan Shpg Mall. Pg: 9214-0180 M Bt Batok 103 TOWNERVILLE
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        968 10 T*&T* frnX -1 -I -V J I*=P— L^ Ufa APTS FOR RENT $600 UP. TAMPINES, RwMH, Be- Pasir Ris. Teoan, Yishun. S'goon. Woodlands, Teck Whye, Jurong. Bt Batok, Potong Pasir. AMK. etc. Nora *****514 5 MINS MRT! 2+l Ghim Moh/ Yishun/ Bt Batok/ S'goon/ Bedok/ "ampioes, Woodlands. I+l Jurong E/
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        872 10 EjJ AOTCCnPDCMT APPROVED 5-RM BEDOK South blk 19. High fir. Nicely f/ furn aircon. immed. MRT. 9203 8590 agt YISHUN HI AIRCON. r urn. High fir. Privacy. Near amenities. No agts pis. Tel: 9001-7701 5750 ONLY! 3-RM Yishun blk 283. Near shops. Furn. Near Murata fty. Immediate. 9616-5164 HDB APPROVED
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        331 10 a SERVICE Hfl SERVICE IfTfl SERVICE Wff\ SERVICE APARTMENTS APARTMENTS WmM APARTMENTS fcKdAPARTMENTS jSp^" For F>n(Juirit'S Managed b\ TRE ETO PS Tel (65) 6887 0088 Fax (65 6887 0066 MB Jj| Leun^" 1 L. I -fc y^ Advance ror Lease Bookm,, a V Accepted J (From 1 week) s^Now> Prestigious
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        738 10 Wffji ROOMS FOR RENT CITY AREA WITH hotel facilities rm for rent. Daily, weekly S mthly. Rate rangers fr $20-$6O. Mthly rental fr $600-*****. Interested: *****555/ *****081 or www.waterloohostel.com.sg 2000 ROOMS FOR rent available tnrouqhout Sinqapore. Immed viewinq today. HDB S private apt. Master/ common rooms. Low rent. *****166 Aspen
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        672 10 WSfk ROOMS FOR RENT WESTPEAK CONDO. AIRCON rm. Furn. F/faciitilies. No cooking. Student/ single. Pg. 9700-6339 1 BED RM (Studio-like) own entract 9 Pearl Bank for immed rent. Please call 9738-1211 ROOMS IN CONDO for Foreign Students. Near ACS/ RJC/ SIM guardianship. 6465-4139 MASTER/ ALL RMS! Everton, Cantonment, Tg Pagar,
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        820 10 EDO9-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND HOUSES -SALE D.lO SWETTENHAM RD. Good class bungalow. *****/ 6800 sq.ft. s+l. Elevated. Huge inground pool. Luxury finishing. Near Botanic Gdn. Freehold D.lO NAMLY vicinity. Tropical bungalow. Elevated. *****/ 5500 sqft. s+l. Inground pool. Tip-top cond. 6 yrs old. Freehold. View to offer Jackie Lee 6481
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        915 10 tDO9-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND PTE APTS -SALE MUST SELL! BELOW value! Jervois Lodge 1238 sq.ft. 3+l. Pool view. F/facilities. SBlO p.s.f. neg. 9008-5466 D.lO BANK'S SALE. Pinewood Garden. 3 bedrooms. 1636 sqft. Freehold. Auction 16/4/2003. Call DTZ Tie Leung 900-87-920 D.lO BANK'S SALE. Spring Grove, #01. 1722 sqft. 99 yrs
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        830 10 HDII 21 NEWTON/ BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI PTE APTS SALE SIGNATURE PARK. PHASE 11. 3+l rms. 1356 sq.'t. Beautiful cond. F/facilities. F'hold. S73BK neg. Urgent sale! HB Jon 9450-3117 LOOKING FORWARD 28 S^e fort Rd. r 'hold. 840 sq.ft. 2 bd^ms. Full greenery view. Near elite sens. Hurry!! David 9006-2290 D.21 SYMPHONY HGTS.
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        654 10 ■WJI Dl5-lb EAST COAST unittr.ee Air NEW CORNER TERR Everitt Rd. 3000 sq.ft. 2-storey. Tao Nan/ Kong Hwa. neg. *****83C BUNGLW EAST COAST 520C 3200 sq.ft. 4+i. Delow valuation. Move in. Nice no. *****633 agt S94BK ONLY 3-STOREY terr. F'hold Rambutan 4+l (all attached) move-in MEA *****456 D.15 PRIME BOSCOMBE
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        556 11 tDII &21 NEWTON/ Pflfl DIIS 21 NEWTON/ PRI DU& 21 NEWTON/ IHI Dll &21 NEWTON/ PRI 011 &21 NEWTON/ Vffl Dll &21 NEWTON/ BTTIMAH/CLEMENT< IlCl| BT TIMAH/ CLEMENT! Kfill BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI mjUM BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI mUM BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI Kcl| BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI PTEAPTS-SALE PTEAPTS-SALE v PTEAPTS-SALE BH PTEAPTS-SALE SHI PTE APTS SALE I PTEAPTS-SALE BSBB PR
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        277 11 HOI^O SERANCOON/ THOMSON HOUSES SALE D.19 INTER-TERR LORONG 0"g Lye. 1800/ 2400 sqft. F'hold. 3+l. Sea r v 5-2C3 ?'44 z ROSYTH RD 2/STOREY semi-d. 5 -~s -123: sq ft -\i:-- N S'OCK De'ow value. 9-*****00 REALTY PK 2-STOREY ;nter terr 999 yrs. 1940/ 2300 sqft. Original. 3+l. 9742-1008 Hunters
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        299 11 Wftl Dl9-20SERANG00N/ ■dll THOMSON I PTEAPTS-SALE CHEAP! 5499K UP. D.19 Walkup aDt. '500 sqft. 3+l. F'hold. Movein. En-bloc potential. 9022 1933 D.19 CHARLTON COURT. Near Kovan MRT. 3 bdrms with pool. 5495K. F'hold. REB 6346-8831 EVERGREEN PK. $445,000 on y. Best deal! New condo. 3+l Ddrms. River view! HARVEST *****888
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        216 11 fns 22 28 |dfJ WEST NORTH HOUSES-SALE LENTOR GROVE 2 storey corner terr. 3200/ 1800 sqft. Well kept. F'hold. Also rent! *****012 UVR BEAUTIFUL! 51.25M SEMI-D. 2 -stoery Yio Chu Kang. F'hold. 2100 sq ft. 4+l. 7 yrs. Cosy. 9308-4330 BELOW VALUE! $1.66M. Florissa Park semi-d. 5160/ 2700 sq ft.
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        523 11 WfK D22 28 |diJ WEST NORTH afj| PTE APTS -SALE 1) MERALODGE. F'HOLD. 3+l. 2) Parkview. Leasehold. 3+l. Designer decor. Move-in. Unblocked. No noon sun. *****357 ERA D.27 BANK'S SALE. Jalan Malu Malu, off Sembawang Road, walk-up apt. 1367 sqft. 999 yrs. Auction 16/4. DTZ 900-87-920 JlS£i D .ebenham* |Mm
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        460 11 WRI HDBAPTS FOR SALE Ufa (ANG MO KIO) fsB^BT<vj a I i C^»j Outstanding Agents^ Outstanding Results. 3 'NG' BLK 225. 100% move-in cond. 2 aircons. Near MRT/ mkt/ shops/ schs. Bright breezy. Sepous seller. Hurry! *****177 3 'NG' BLK 571 Next to corner. Unblocked. Near MRT/ mkt/ shops. Exec
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        1060 11 a HDB APTS FOR SALE (BEDOK/CHAICHEE) LOW CASH! CORNER 4 NG' Blk 107 Bedok N. Unblocked. Very windy. Near sch/ mkt. Call: 9382-1548 SO CASH. 4 'NG' corner Blk 82 Bedok N. Beautiful, 100% move-in. Face N.S. Call Wil at 9060-4000 S3OK BELOW (HDB value). Corner Exec Apt Blk 10E.
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        911 11 a HDB APTS FOR SALE (BUKIT BATOK) EXEC APT 288F High floor unbiocked, condo decor. All races contra pg. 9570 5017 HURRY! 4 'A' corner 343. Spacicus. Face S. No noon sun. MRT/ amenities. S neg. *****209 Rl LOW CASH! 3/ 4/ srm/ Exec flats. Good location/ units avail. Best
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        823 11 sfjgkfhj BHDB APTS FOR SALE (BUKIT PANJANG) •^Hi^Hw H> i\ 9 Hi Hi Hi I Had BELOW VALUATION, $0! SO SO Exec Apt 529 corner. High fir. Exec Apt 253. Al decor, cond. Exec Apt 233. High fir. Vacant. Exec Apt 124. High fir. Al cond. Exec Mais 138. A
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        986 11 PJ]f!l HDB APTS FOR SAiE BELOW VALUATION, SO! SC s*l" 656 corner. Al decor. MRT 5T 501. MRT. Al decor. Windy. 5 r 485C corner. Al decor. Airy. 5T 485 corner. Al decor. Airy. 4'A P 673. High fir. Al decor. 4'A 1 484A. High fir. A1 cond. 4'A' 415.
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        755 12 triujgfdf &HDB APTS -OR SALE PfSI HDB APTS FOR SALE PfSI HDB APTS FOR SALE PWI HOB APTS FOR SALE iWI HDB APTS FOR SALE KWI HDB APTS FOR SALE (BEDOK/CHAICHEE) jBEDOK/CHAICHEE) 'BEDOK/CHAI ChEE) (BEDOK/CHAICHEE) (BEDOK/CHAICHEE) (BEDOK/CHAICHEE) HDB ESTATES S Buy It. Sell It. Find It. Sembawang y' I+, 513
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        581 12 WSJ HDB APTS FOR SALE KILLS (GEYLANG/EUNOS/ ;p|;| MACPHERSON) 4 'A' CORNER Joo Seng Blk 18. 2nd fir. Dr to dr. Valued S2O3K. Low cash. 100% move in. UnbloclvContra. Jean 9069 1909 5 T ALJUNIED Rd. Pt Blk 126. Lift level. Exclusive, quiet. 2 bus stop to MRT. Unique balcony.
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        629 12 Rfl HDB APTS FOR SALE ■Xkl (HOUGANG/S'GOON/ '^f§|YIO CHU KANG) 1111 lITITE LOW CASH! 4'A' corner 81k. 335 S'goon 802 mins to MRT. Malay renovated hse, marble fir. Unbiocked. HOB value 5254K. NEW LIST! 4 A 3k 524 Corner unit. Hiqh fir. UnC'Dcnea. F/renovated. Houqanq MRT/ bus interchange/ shpq ctr.
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        721 12 fffl HDB APTS FOR SALE KIImI (HOUGANG/S'GOON/ r f*| YIOCHUKANG) 4 'NG' CORNER S'goon central 314. 5 'I*/ 4 'A' corner Houqanq 966/ 531/ 926. 9459-8839 Alvin 5 T CORNER 419. Houqanq. 125 sq.m. Mins to Houqanq Mall/ MRT. Breezy. Ouiet. *****219 5 T 423 Houqanq. Hiqh fir. Renovated. 4
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        576 12 a HDB APTS FOR SALE (JURONG) Pstikk Poon 9852 0222 j^ 4 'A' 642. 807. 5 yrs. Orig. Low 5 'A' Mais Blk 559 806 Marble fir 3 'NG' Blk 528. 812. Simple. Mkt. Exec Apt 286C Toh Guon. High fir 5 T 265, Toh Guan. 820+. Unblocked. No noon
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        610 12 WW HDB APTS FOR SALE |^y (KALLANG/ WHAMPOA) $0 (BANK) 5-RM. pt bik 22 St George's. Nicely renovated. Beautiful view. HL *****100 3 T BENDEMEER Blk 30. High fir. Well kept. Move in cond. Near MRT/ wet mkt. Call 6545-4984 4 'A' Blk 6 Boon Keng Rd. Low fir. Opp
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        910 12 REI HDBAPTS FOR SALE ■^J (SEMBAWANG) 5 'I' GROUND floor Blk 324 'Rare' Face greenery. Condo layout!!! S3OK below bank value! 4 'A' Blk 323. MRT/ Sun Plaza/ Country Club/ childcare. *****577 ERA DESIGNER CORNER EXEC Apt 308. Very high fir. Unblocked. 4 rms. Split aircon. Mins Sun Plaza/ MRT.
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        898 12 Rfl HDB APTS FOR SALE 1^ (TAMPINES/ SIMEI) 3 'A' 271/ 297. Mid/ high flr. Lift level. Unblocked. Windy. Orig. Sch/ mkt/ shops. MRT. *****669 3 'A' SO cash! Tampines Bik 877. Well kept. Mid floor. Windy. SIB7K neg. 9002-3706 agt. 3 'A' 899 High flr. Lift level. Move in.
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        991 12 mHOB APTS FOR SALE (WOODLANDS) Best in buy lisu SO CASH! MUST SEIL! Bit- 554.4 A' Corner. High flr. Bus stop, amenities, sch. Good cond. Genuine buyer *****923/ *****595 3 157/ 158 i near Comer Ra-e Lift ievei/ Chinese eligible. Cosy. 5 'I' 630 corner, condo layout. Mid flr, move-in.
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        940 12 Rfl HOB APTS fORSA.E I^J (YISHUN) PETER TAN /J 9703 5412 V k A 'A' BIK 662 327 5 KM casr 5-rm Dik 805, 616. MR T neg Exec Apt 828. 2 units. All races. Call 9668-0879/ 9023-3095 5 T BLK 343 #08. High fir. unoiocked, park/ sea view. Serene
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        735 13 RSI HUDC/HDBAPTS WANTEC (RENT/ BUY', ARE YOU RENTING? Professional, family, couple, single, PR, expats with high budget need whole unit in ail areas. Immed. 100% legal. Owners pis call 9237-7971 PN RENTAL SPECIALIST! *****-100. Prufessional couple/ family/ single/ PR need whole unit HDB for rent in ail areas, immediate deRENTING!!
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        848 13 Kfl FACTORY SPACE ■^Uforrent CENTURY INDUSTRIAL BLDG. NEW INDUSTRIAL RD. Upper floor units: Approximate 2270/ 4600/ 9630/ 19,260 sq.ft. Free car parking space Tan Kok Enq Prop. Consultants Tel: 6251 7387 Paya Übl/ Übi/ Kakl Buklt Ramp up 1600-5000 sgft Fitted/ bare. 700-2000 sgft Hacphcrson/ Aljunied Ground fir 1900-***** sqft
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        526 13 RIJ FACTORY SPACE RH FACTORY SPACE RH FACTORY SPACE FREEHOLD Innovation Places Affordable size from 1,335 sqft /^n V CPF can be used for the purchase &Jsff* 1 %fl Located near Yew Tec Kranji ,-/-wf^^^^ MRT Stations '^]^^00&^ t fc *Cl Close to BKE. KJH SLE fc j3 Factory for
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        286 13 Rfl OFFICE SPACE Rfl OFFICE SPACE I^UFORJJENT I^UFORRENT PSA Vista L^^^fll Modern office building ''SMS I Panoramic sea view >^IPSS- Raised flooring system laßfif Good choice of |!u*^4£]| bare fitted units -Ji''Jiil;'^Jl Free shuttle bus service to and from MRT station < PSA Building Maple t roc- I[ J W
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        1342 13 dfgjfhjh a OFFICE SPACE Rfl OFFICE SPACE BTI OFFICE SPACE Rfl OFFICE SPACE Kfl OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT I^UfORRENT |^dFORRENT |^J FOR RENT SUNTEC TONG ENC BLDG "34 sq.'t. 6 rm; ~r|t/ Facing S Fountafn O^WeaUn' "ORTH BRIDGE CTR. 172 1648 -"^Commerca; Small unit of approx 2000 q ft Partition/
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        436 14 dfhgfjghf Rfi OFF;CE SPACE NEAR MRT WELL-FITTED OFFICES! BEST LOCATIONS I CHEAP RATES! Full List Of Bldqs/ Sizes/ Prices For Selection Within Your Budqet! Redhii!/ Tiong Bah'u/Outram .ebar/ Aljunied/ Kallang -agar/ Raffles/ Orchard 5-4 5/ City Hall/ Lavender Novena/ Newton/ Ang Mo Kio Jurong E. Biz. Pk/ Eunos Macpherson/ Übi/
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        515 14 Kfl OFFICE SPACE D.13 MACPHERSON. 2103/ 28!o sq.ft. F/fitted/ aircon/ workstation/ attached toilet. To view: www.crystaltime.com.sg (office rent) Tel: 6745-3888 owner. FORTUNE CTR. 1400/ "00/ 3300 sq.ft. Midland Hse. 1200/ 3500 sq.ft. Parklane. 900 sq.ft. Peace Ctr. 1100/ 1700/ 2800 sq.ft. Immed. *****-121/ 9213-4206 C2l OUTSIDE/ INSIDE CBD. Next to
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        588 14 Rfl OFFICE SPACE I^Uforrent NEAR MRT j GEYLANG MAIN RD. 120/ 200/ 300/ 500/ 1000 sg.ft. Self-con-tained units. Aircon carpeted. Easy access. Owner 6743-0357 BUGIS/ CITY HALL/ Raffles PI/ Tg Pagar. Fr 52.50-53.50 psf. 1150/ 1430/ 2357/ 3000/ 5700 up to 100.000 sqft. RMPC 9455-7137 SUNTEC TWR 1. 2777 sq.ft.
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        917 14 (ffl OFFICE SPACE EjjURjRRENT ÜBI IOOO SQ.FT./ Upp Thomson, 9 Mile. 1100 sq.ft./ Changi 5 1 Miles. 1000 sq.ft. 9857-8828 PN FULLY FITTED OFFICE. 1625 sqft. For takeover at Kaki Bukit Piace. Rental $1.40 psf. 9409-9496 Agt NORTH CANAL RD 1000 sqft. Self contained. 1-min MRT station. Avail immed. Owner
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        583 14 Rfl OFFICE SPACE 'STORE RIVER VIEW 430 sqft. 'High St Plaza 1 999 yrs. High fir/ unblock. S32OK. HFR: *****555 MANDAI IND BLDG, f/renovated unit. Fully partitioned with aircon office store rm. 6293-2461 TEXTILE CTR. HIGH fir. Corner office. 893 sq.ft. Renovated. $300 p.s.f. $268,000. 6345-8888 SHENTON 441 SO.FT. Fitted.
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        713 14 Ejjs! SHOP SPACE RE] SHOP SPACE c car T FOR RENT Prime Retail Shops For Lease Exciting Design m Direct MR T —"^T* J^ m connection 55*s,- Strong catchment z~^sm-"-~ --^»«^P*^ ST^yW"" !—*■*>■' K JMm of tourists, J office executives and K^""^iPfe§»» JK& I resi dential shoppers saP* "jrtp JnPI^S
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        669 14 EAST COAST RD 2-storey shophses. 754-816 sq.ft. Newly renovated. Suitable for F&B. Good location. 9389-0009 RS AMK BLK 608 Ave 5. HDB corner shophse. Wide frontage. 1755 sqft. Office/ retail. Immed. Sale also. Susan 9628-0905 PN CHOICEUNIT LUCKY PLAZA BASEMENT near escalator, 320 sq.ft, aircon, immed. shop can consider. Suit
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        884 14 RTj SHOP SPACE MEN'S TAILOR SHOP at Raffles Place for takeover. New lease. Rent $2900 p/mth. *****674 NEW LISTING! VERY cheap. D/storey shop hse. Newly renovjtec. Any trade. MRT. neg. *****633 ROCHOR CTR. 210 sq.ft. Good human traffic. Facing NTUC/ MRT. $1600 0.n.0. 9385-1886 FAIT LUCKY PLAZA. GROUND fir 400
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        554 14 ITffj SHOP SPACE FRANCHISING GROUP URGENTLY wants to rent/ buy HDB shop. Near MRT/ towr ct r 9383-2288 (ffjl RESTAURANT/ EjuJ lounge space for rent PRIME SHOPS NEAR MRT (ideal for fastfooo, cafe eta I.CHINATOWN -2000 sqft direct from escalator 2. TG PAGAR 300 sqft corner unit, 5 mins walk
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        676 14 PfEl WAREHOUSES/ E|£J STORAGE j:^3§| SPACE FOR RENT SHOWROOM/ WAREHOUSE SPACE AVAILABLE AT 110 PAYA LEBAR ROAD SINGAPORE WAREHOUSE Ground floor units II 5000+ sq.ft. Others levels 2000+ sq.ft.* onwarcs CANTEEN ALSO AVAIL Avail immediate Interested please call Connie at "*****355" WAREHOUSE/ FACTORY/ OFFICE/ OPEN SPACE Jurong. Wooc'ands. Senoko, Jin
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        1068 15 ■Tffl WAREHOUSES/ Rfl WAREHOUSES/ EJl£| STORAGE KiCl STORAGE SPACE FOR RENT .t>4| SPACE FOR RENT COL DROP jWS Kh» AT *IS INDUSTRIAL BUILDING, 103KALLANG AVENUE FOR IMMEDIATE OCCUPATION p' Chillers freezers of various sizes available Individually controlled witfi separate compressor ■> Equipped witfi hydraulic dock levellers Compressors operate on CFC
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        761 15 RJI OTHER REAL ESTATE RTI OTHER REAL ESTATE AUCTION SALE WED 16/4/2003, AMARA SINGAPORE, BALLROOM I, LEVEL 3 (2.30PM) 9-2!Lorooo3vGeylonaDl4, Resae-a aeveapment nie. i2 839 si f'hold 27 Lorong 39Geynng, D 14, 2 srv "'e^ec ce wr-xe house, '378 st f'hold 2B Ranugate ßood, DlJ, 2-s% de'cc n ec "Oi.se
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        1035 18 a PROFESSIONAL/ ifW PROFESSIONAL/ EXECUTIVE POSITIONS EXECUTIVE POSITIONS We are looking for a Business Development and Administration Manager to head the administrative operations of a growing company which runs five English language centres and a Speech and Drama centre. We require a person with management, organisational and planning skills, who
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        435 19 -r*FINANCIAL^*^! SERVICES ADVISER I Requirements; i Age 21 and above S ngaporean or PR only i 0 evei. Dipioma Degree I Good ro^TijPicatiOr ar*d interpersonal skiils Incentives: i A Mr..r and sales support A Tf a:n;rg and allowances 52CCC" D'CViaed Call us at 9002 2022 or rr e/nail: edlsh£pacific.net.sg We
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        412 19 dft shop reauires PART-TIME/ FULL-TIME SALES ASSISTANT Location in Toa Payoh Central/ Plaza Singapura 'nterested applicants, pis walk-in Toa Payoh Central Blk 190 901-540 ELECTRONIC SALES EXECUTIVE Min PoiyGrad. Min 2 yrs sales experience. Possess car. Able to travel regional. Self motivated, aggressive, hardworking. Interested email resume to: htganJstraitsmetal.com or
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        725 19 PCTI SALF.S POSITIONS r^BOOTHSTAND PROMOTION STAFF needed by an expanding Travel Company We are looking for energetic male female who are (prepared to work with full force. If you want to earn big 'buck', come and see us at: >■■>!•: T-g.'iiii'TmH-l I.'1 1 'IH IMMEDIATE REQUIRED FULL-TIME Part-time Promoters. (Female
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        851 20 •ffl ADMINISTRATIVE/ m CLERICAL POSITIONS ADMIN ASST GOOD Eng. PC literate pleasant. 5 day Walkms-6.30pm today. No 3 Tampines Grande 805-12 AIA Tampines. Opp the stadium 8 CLERKS NEEDED in Jurong. $1000-51. 3K. 5-day week. Walk in: Blk 134 Juronq East #02--309F Tel: *****700/ Fax: *****600 (Lie C*****28) SALES CO-ORDINATOR
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        857 20 WSf\ TECHNICAL WH TECHNICAL l^yposmoNs WWposmoNS 1 fj^ CAMERON I NTC 2/3 in Mechanical Servicing or Mechatronics or NITEC equivalent At least 2 years' experience in assembly, testing, repair and servicing of oil tool equipment j| Willing to work on 3 rotating shifts i Able to read blueprint 1 At
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        563 20 a TECHNICAL POSITIONS We are an ISO 9001:2000 certified air-con company. We require: a) HVAC Maintenance Supervisors/ Technicians b) Air-cond Technicians W'th Or without experience Please send applications to the address below: Blk 2 Defu Lane 10 801-507 Singapore *****3 Tel: *****887 Fax: *****062 Email: aircond.net work pacific. net. sq
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        558 20 A Construction Machinery firm I requires NTC 3 or relevant trade certificate With basic Mechanical Knowledge Knowledge of Electrical will be an advantage Malaysians a r e welcome Interested applicants pis call John at *****211 for an interview appt or fax resume to 6758-1732 HEAVY VEHICLE MECHANIC Experience n repair
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        903 21 a PRODUCTION Pffl PRODUCTION iR] PRODUCTION iR] PRODUCTION POSITIONS MM yM p»cmnyc mnintK. I scaled new heighU/?^ R j 1 oMMEP believes in Customer Satisfaction, Safety Awareness and Excellence in Quality. AfF I With expansion plans in the pipeline, we're looking jp t^|Hj for motivated individuals to join us in
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        393 21 PRODUCTION CUM GENERAL worker. Upp Paya Lebar. Non-smoker. M'sian welcome. 6283-4264 TSfT\ WAREHOUSING/ |2l£J INVENTORY -■<| POSITIONS STORE ASSISTANT ADie to speak any Indian language. Singaporeans only 5' j days week PC knowledge required Able to do packing for export Salary SSI2OO PART-TIME HELPERS Needec for packing Students welcome. 5
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        366 21 JjEfl SECURITY POSITIONS MALE/ FEMALE SECURITY OFFICERS Required In: Kranji/ Jin Bt Merah/ Orchard/ Tanglin/ Jurong W. Speak write simple Eng Pis call 6733 1060 A BEST SECURITY reguire 1. ASST SUPERVISOR 2. SECURITY OFFICERS At the Concourse, Beach Rd Day/ Niqht Shift Wee! 'y Advance 4 off days/ Public
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        399 21 Class 3 driving licence Min. 1 year experience Singaporeans only Able to speak English Mandarin Must be physically fit able to start work i immediately Interested, pis call 6383-5655/ 9672-2393 between Mon to Fri, 11am to spm Iteif/rWJilll Class 2B Class 3 Licence is a must Able to speak English
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