The Straits Times, 21 April 2003

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    31 1 The Straits Times PACIFIC AREA NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR Established IH4S "Q*Q^^fey April 21, 2003 •64 Pages in five parts mita (p) 033/03/2003 •■T A Singapore Press Holdings publication OvJ Cents
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    Lock icon Sars: China sacks health minister
    683 1  -  GOH SUI NOI Beijing alone has 346 cases, 10 times more than previous official figure; mayor sacked; week-long May Day holiday off By THE STRAITS TIMES CHINA BIREAU BEIJING China signalled its seriousness in tackling Sars yesterday by sacking two top officials, revealing dramatic new
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    Lock icon Search on for 2,400; new veg supplies stepped up
    603 1  -  TAMMY TAN PASIR PANJANG MARKET SHUIf ORIO DAYS By DEPUTY NEWS EDITOR TO GET your vegetables, go to the supermarket. The Sars outbreak hit home in a new way yesterday, when the Government decided that the Pasir Panjang Wholesale Market should
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  • NEWS FLASH
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      70 2 NTU TAPPING STAFF STRENGTHS LECTURERS at Nanyang Technological University can soon choose to focus either on teaching or on research, instead of having to do both equally. This will allow NTU to harness their strengths. But if they are strong in both areas, says the NTU president, then they
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      92 2 TECH SCIENCE AMERICA'S NEW DRUG PUSHERS SPORTS stars in America are becoming successful pushers of legitimate drugs. Golfing legend Jack Nicklaus extols the blood pressure medicine he uses, baseball star Rafael Palmeiro praises the wonders of Viagra, while others urge people to check out their drug of choice. id all
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      76 2 REBUILDING IRAQ: 'BRING U.N. IN' IN THE reconstruction of a war-battered Iraq, America will be stronger working with the United Nations than without it. But the world body is being kept waiting. Washington's neo-conservatives, who want the UN sidelined, may yet get their way. But post-war analysts say that
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      95 2 'DONT DEPRIVE MAIDS OF LIBERTY' FOREIGN maids who gather in groups on their days off are at no greater risk of getting Sars than parents who wait outside schools and chat with each other, says Mr John Heng. So why discriminate against the maids and imply that they are
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      52 2 MADONNA OUT OF FRESH IDEAS? MADONNA, the diva without peer when it comes to reinventing herself, was voted the greatest woman in music by an online poll. But her fans may be feeling jaded at last. And perhaps not even her latest album, American Life, can revive their interest.
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      104 2 Michael wins race soon after mum dies WORLD champion Michael Schumacher went up to the victory podium at the San Marino Grand Prix, wearing a black armband. Despite his grief at the death of his mother hours earlier, he gave Ferrari its first win of the season. He fought
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      101 2 'Misers' take free showers in condos A FAMILY of four from a Pasir Panjang condominium take their showers each day not in their own apartment, but in the shower room next to the swimming pool, say some of their neighbours. They swim a few laps sometimes, but usually they
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      81 2 FBI offered biogerms A SOUTH African scientist offered to sell the US freeze-dried bacteria and a host of other germ warfare materials. The former government researcher secreted a vial of the mutated bacteria out of the country and to the FBI last May, hidden inside a toothpaste tube. He
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      84 2 HOMEBUYERS CANT CANCEL DEALS HOMEBUYERS who have signed a sale and purchase deal cannot back out even if they find themselves suddenly unemployed. They are bound by the agreement, say housing experts and lawyers. One homebuyer wanted to know if those retrenched could cancel purchases of new homes under
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      59 2 ARAFAT AND ABBAS QUARREL HOPES for peace in the Middle- East were dealt another blow, after a power struggle between Palestinian premier-designate Mahmoud Abbas ana President Yasser Arafat. Mr Abbas stormed out of Cabinet talks on Saturday and threatened to quit, after Mr Arafat blocked his choice for nead
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      233 2 SUCCESS IS IN THE AIR THE humble village home where South Korea's new president was born has become an unusual tourist attraction. Many are flocking there, eager to know how a poor boy called Roh Moo Hyun, brought up in a farmhouse without an indoor toilet, could have risen
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  • SARS OUT BREAK
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      Lock icon Sars fund to help cover lost income
      577 3  -  GOH CHIN LIAN The Courage Fund will give up to $70 a day to people affected by the outbreak, to encourage more to go for check-ups *L THE Courage Fund will provide financial help to self-em-ployed people and those whose incomes are hit
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      Lock icon S'poreans throng cut-price attractions
      137 3 THE holiday weekend saw crowds packing attractions here after admission rates were cut by half from Friday. The Singapore Zoo, Night Safari and Jurong BirdPark saw admissions go up between 30 per cent and 100 per cent on Saturday. Over at Underwater World and the Dolphin
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      Lock icon Market closure sets off rush to buy elsewhere
      669 4  -  KRIST BOO NEO HUI MIN Jane Ng Shoppers throng markets, supermarkets, for greens, after Pasir Panjang market is closed; sellers vow not to raise prices By am. With additional reporting by SINGAPOREANS emptied supermarkets of green leafy vegetables yesterday after the surprise
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      Lock icon MALAYSIA: 30-year-old may be second fatality
      241 4 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia yesterday announced a possible second Sars death, after a 30-year-old died following breathing difficulties, in a hospital where he was treated for a urinary tract infection. "We consider this case as 'pending' because the patient is young and has no history
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      443 3 COURAGE FUND WHERE TO DONATE: rou*> There are 68 donation boxes at various public hospitals and polyclmics. Donation boxes are also at Raffles Junior College, the National University of Singapore (Medicine Faculty), Nanyang Polytechnic, ITE Bishan, Thomson Medical Centre and the Sin Chong Medical Hall at Pearl Centre. HOW TO
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  • PRIME NEWS
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      Lock icon Allies about to declare victory over Saddam
      317 5 Allies about to declare victory over Saddam BAGHDAD The United States and its allies are preparing to declare victory in the war in Iraq in the next few days, with work underway on a formal statement to mark the end of the military campaign. Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer told
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      Lock icon FREEDOM OF FAITH
      44 5 REUTERS Shi ites begin the Arbaiin pilgrimage to Najai and Karbala, which was banned under Saddam, for the first time in quarter of a century. Thousands are expected to take part in one of the holiest events of the Shi'ite calendar.
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      Lock icon Iraq to be US military staging post
      643 5 But while America aims for a permanent foothold in M-East it is also trying to ease regional tension by removing troops WASHINGTON Iraq will serve as a military staging post for the United States in the Middle East, long after American troops and
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      Lock icon Fury after French minister tells Muslims to remove veils
      478 5 Fury after French minister tells Muslims to remove veils He insists that heads must be bared for identity photos PARIS A French minister has sparked a row by insisting that Muslim women must remove their veils for identity photographs. Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy drew boos and whistles at a Muslim
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      Lock icon The show goes on, for charity
      180 5 The show goes on, for charity SARS or no Sars, charity came first at the second instalment of the NKF Charity Show last night. The event, which ran for close to four hours, saw performances by an allMediaCorp cast, which included Zoe Tay, Vincent Ng and Fiona Xie appealing for
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Abbas walks out on Arafat
      609 6 Leaders' feud over Cabinet roles threatens US roadmap for peace RAMALLAH (West Bank) The Middle-East peace process is under a cloud again after reports of a power struggle between Palestinian premierdesignate Mahmoud Abb.\s and President Yasser Arafat. Sources said Mr Abbas had stormed out of
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      427 6 Britain's 3-minute doctors Outrage over f)roduction me ~w > 5 nrtcdicme at hospitals LONDON Hospital doctors are being forced to slash the time they spend on individual patients sometimes to less than three minutes as managers resort to "stopwatch" techniques to deliver the government's stringent National Health Service (NHS) targets.
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      Lock icon Australia nabs North Korean freighter in drug crackdown
      401 6  - Australia nabs North Korean freighter in drug crackdown ROGER MAYNARD K.C. VIJAYAN By IN SYDNEY and INSINGAPORK A NORTH Korean-regis-tered freighter believed to have been involved in a massive drug-smuggling operation was forced under military escort into Sydney harbour last night, after it failed to obey repeated requests to enter
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      Lock icon N. Carolina shootings lead to closure of bus route
      249 6 N. Carolina shootings lead to closure of bus route DURHAM (North Carolina) Officials shut down part of one bus route and guards were hired to ride other routes after gunfire damaged three municipal buses in three weeks in the city that is home of Duke University. All three buses had
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    • PEOPLE
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        Lock icon Lewinsky hosts TV dating show
        180 7 Lewinsky hosts TV dating show HELPS IN SEARCH FOR LOVE LOS ANGELES Monica Lewinsky, who knows about the risks of sharing romantic confidences, is sticking to listening in a new reality TV dating show that she hosts. The Fox series, called Mr Personality, makes its debut today. Lewinsky gets high
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        Lock icon NAZI-HUNTER SAYS HIS WORK IS DONE
        119 7 NAZI-HUNTER SAYS HIS WORK IS DONE VIENNA Renowned Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal is set to close his files after nearly 50 years because his work to track down the perpetrators of the World War II Holocaust is complete. "I found the mass murderers I was looking for and I have
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        Lock icon IT'S ONLY WORDS, SAYS MCCARTNEY
        61 7 LONDON Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney is to share his songwriting secrets in a special radio series starting today, ananova.com reports. The musician tells a British Radio 2 interviewer that his love of words was instilled by a schoolteacher. "I love to find uses of words...a lot
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        54 7 WIFE-STUNNER LOSES SIREN BERLIN A 73-year-old man who stunned his wife into silence with an air-raid siren has had his machine confiscated. "My wife never lets me get a word in edgeways, so I crank up the siren and let it rip for a few minutes. It works every time,"
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        53 7 Former prime minister Chuan Leekpai who led Thailand out of its 1997/98 economic crisis, yesterday stepped down from the helm of the opposition Democrat Party after 12 vears as chief of the country's oldest party. Sir William Gunn a sheep farmer who revolutionised Australia's multimillion dollar w(X)l industry, has died
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        57 7 Quoteworthy 'As rock'n'roll is deeply rooted in my mind, I once thought that I would become an American in the end mentally and even physically. But when I played hunraku, I vividly felt and realised tJiat I am just a Japanese. Veteran rocker Rvudo Uzald on his latest collaboration with
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      Lock icon South African scientist offered vials of bacteria to FBI for $9m
      532 7 IT'S HARD ENOUGH TO SECURE FISSILE MATERIALS, WHICH ARE LARGE AND EASY TO DETECT. HOW DO YOU BEGIN TO CONTROL A SUBSTANCE THAT LOOKS LIKE NOTHING MORE THAN SUGAR?' South African scientist Daan Goosen US rejected deal, say newspapers;
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      Lock icon Marines pull out of capital
      72 8 US Marines pulled out of Baghdad yesterday, leaving the job of maintaining law and order to a reconstituted Iraqi police force and US Army soldiers. Iraqi engineers began the huge task of repairing the city's southern power plant, telephone service and waterpunfication systems. And for
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      469 8 for American prisoners of war 'This almost makes me as nervous as being shot at.' Chief Warrant Officer Ronald Young Jr EL PASO (Texas) Seven soldiers captured in the war in Iraq have returned home to a rapturous welcome, greeted by a cheering crowd of family members and other
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      Lock icon No bite to accusations against Syria
      611 8  -  MICHAEL HOARE By A BURGEONING chemical weapons arsenal, home to terrorists, friend to rogue states. The rhetoric fired at Syria by the White House in the last fortnight has a familiar ring to it. It used the same charges to prosecute Saddam Hussein's Iraq,
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      Lock icon ...while an Iraqi revisits his prison
      295 8  - ...while an Iraqi revisits his prison ONG SOH CHIN By ADNAN first burst onto the world's consciousness on Jan 25 when he stopped a United Nations vehicle in Baghdad. CNN cameras captured him, highly agitatea, as he shouted "Save me! Save me!" in Arabic before forcing himself into the driver's
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      Lock icon Exile pledges new rule of law
      72 8 A LONG-TIME Iraqi exile who has proclaimed himself in charge of Baghdad pledged yesterday that the country's new constitution would be derived from Islamic law and promised to try anyone whose 'hands are stained with the blood of the Iraqi people." Mohammed Mohsen alZubaidi
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      Lock icon First UN food convoy arrives
      69 8 THE first post-war convoy of UN food aid reached Baghdad yesterday, opening an aid corridor from Jordan which UN officials say should keep the capital supplied with food when stocks run low in coming weeks. The 50-truck convoy, chartered by the World Food Programme (WFP)
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      Lock icon Garner touches base in Baghdad
      51 8 Garner touches base in Baghdad JAY GARNER, the retired US general charged with supervising the reconstruction of Iraq, w;ll travel to Baghdad today to get a first-hand look at the situation in the capital, a US official in Kuwait said. Mr Garner heads the Office for Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance.
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      Lock icon Turkey answers US call for help
      55 8 TURKEY had responded positively to a US request for peacekeeping troops and experts to help stabilise and rebuild Iraq, Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said yesterday. The Americans were seeking peacekeepers, doctors and experts in communications and infrastructure, he said. They also wanted experts in
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      Lock icon Bush sees positive signs of Damascus heeding calls
      184 8 FORT HOOD (Texas) United States President George W. Bush said yesterday that there were "positive signs" that Syria was heeding US calls to deny sanctuary to fleeing members off Saddam Hussein's administration. "There's some positive signs. They're getting the message that they
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      Lock icon PRECIOUS RUINS
      562 9  - PRECIOUS RUINS BETSY PISIK Marines stand watch over historic sites to prevent a repeat of the ransacking of national museum By FOR THK STRAITS TIMKS UR (Iraq) Shortly after the 392nd US Infantry Brigade captured this desolate flatland in southern Iraq, soldiers were dispatched to guard monuments and archaeological sites
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      Lock icon How to Motivate Your Child in Primary School
      252 9  -  ADAM KHOO By #1 Best-selling Author 'I Am Gifted, So Are You!' My child can do better! If you find that your child is lazy, easily distracted, unmotivated and finds studying a pain, the good news is that they can do much
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      Lock icon Saddam's Babylon monument stripped
      127 9 BABYLON The monumental palace Saddam Hussein built on the oasis and archaeological treasures of Babylon have been stripped bare. The immense pyramid-like residence has been looted down to the last electrical switch and gas tap, like so many other buildings across Iraq since Saadam's regime crumbled.
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  • SPECIAL REPORT
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      Lock icon Ugly face of unilateralism
      1161 10  -  JASON LEOW Like the world at large, the Iraq war has left Asia divided. But one thread tying countries together is their need to come to terms with the might of the United States, which the war proved spectacularly. The Straits Times regional correspondents report. China
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      Lock icon All the right noises
      514 10  - All the right noises V.K. RAGHUNATHAN India By INDIA CORRFSFONDF.M NEW DELHI After the initial mumbles and fumbles, India is making the right noises to reassure the United States and get a foothold in Iraq for post-war reconstruction and rehabilitation deals. Indian Foreign Secretary Kanwal Sibal told a group of
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      Lock icon Relief at speedy victory
      491 11  - Relief at speedy victory KWAN WENG KIN Japan Bu JAPAN CORRESPONDENT TOKYO Japan is relieved to see a speedy end to the United States-led war in Iraq. Even before the US had declared a victory, Tokvo had focused on the issue of post-war reconstruction assistance for the Iraqis. "The Japanese
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      Lock icon Kim's turn to be toppled
      75 11 FIRST Saddam Hussein in Iraq, next North Korea's Kim 11 Sung. Seeking inspiration perhaps from th£ recent emotionally charged dismantling of Saddam statues in Iraqi cities, protesters in Seoul topple a cutout of the late North Korean founder, portrayed by South Korea as a demon
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      Lock icon Hectic bid to diffuse N-crisis
      486 11  -  WILLIAM CHOONG Korea EILI AS THE war in Iraq peters out, another potential conflict could be averted on the heavily armed Korean peninsula if the diplomatic dances being planned between the two Korean capitals and Washington work out. In Seoul, plans are being made to
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      Lock icon A matter of principle versus pragmatism
      658 11  -  BRENDAN PEREIRA Malaysia By MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT They know how to destroy Iraq, so they must know how to reconstruct it. Dr Mahathir, on the Americans KUALA LUMPUR This has been a tough war for Malaysia. To hope for defeat meant cheering every fallen allied
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      Lock icon Growing tide of anti-Americanism
      469 11  -  ROBERT GO Indonesia B, STRAITS TIMES INDONESIA BUREAU JAKARTA The Iraq war has spawned a much more visceral anti-Americanism in Indonesia. In fact, the sentiments rage so strong that the government could align itself closer to countries that opposed the United States and its Iraa plans,
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  • COMMENTARY ANALYSIS
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        Lock icon The world limps along
        611 12 The world limps along WHEN one is in a deep pit, it is generally a good idea to stop digging. The world's major economies, however, are not doing that, but instead persisting with policies that they ought to know will lead to no good. In the United States, President George
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      Lock icon Virus may be biggest enemy of China's economy
      984 12  - Virus may be biggest enemy of China's economy LIM SAY BOON LUC RUM By WHILE it is a pity that it seems to take the sound of money going down the drain to catch the attention of the Chinese government, one should be grateful that at least something has succeeded
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      Lock icon Iraq: US will gain by giving UN key role
      999 12 THE United Nations is able, ready and willing to play a central role in war-battered Iraq's reconstruction but it cannot act. It is waiting for President George W. Bush's green light. There is no clear sign that the American leader will
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      Lock icon S'pore mustn't fail in war against Sars
      1902 13 Heavy price to pay THERE are two heavy costs: The human cost people falling sick, and 4 or 5 per cent of those infected with Sars dying and the economic cost. Asia: The Far Eastern Economic Review has estimated that the economic costs
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    • ASIAN CURRENTS
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        151 13 TELL TRUTH ABOUT U.S. TROOPS' MOVE IN THE light of North Korea's nuclear threat, the role and importance of the 37,000 United States troops stationed in South Korea has never been recognised as much as it is now. However, the govern- ment seems to be keeping secret the
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        Lock icon MALAYSIA
        86 13 YES, MINISTER WITH DEDICATION APART from upholding the public service ethos of neutrality, anonymity and continuity, civil servants in Malavsia must embrace a work culture that anticipates the needs of the public. It is the central task of department heads to infuse their organisations with values and an institutional
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        Lock icon HONG KONG
        78 13 SARS: WAR ON THRO FRONTS THE Sars outbreak has rubbed salt into Hongkong's wounds as hopes for an economic revival become even more remote. The government needs to tackle the impact of Sars from three directions: Containing the outbreak, cooling down the economic fever and taking measures to
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        Lock icon INDONESIA
        116 13 ACEH PEACE PACT NOW IN DANGER THERE is a real danger that the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement between the Indonesian government and separatist rebels in Aceh will collapse only four months after it was signed, as the situation at the moment is really disheartening. President Megawati Sukarnoputri recently signalled
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        Lock icon THAILAND
        122 13 TIME TO RAISE TAP-WATER RATE AS IS always the case during the Songkran festival, no water will be spared in the merrymaking to ring in the traditional Thai new year. In recent years, how- ever, the celebration has been clouded by ominous signs of prolonged drought and water shortages
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      126 12 THE COURAGE To honour our Healthcare Workers and for the relief of SARS victims and their families The least we can do is offer them a token of our support. For Cash Donations Look out for Courage Fund donation boxes set up by the Community Chest For Cheque Donations Cross
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  • FORUM
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      267 14 Let's bring back good business values The Sars Outbreak ON THE closure of childcare centres and the demand for refunds, MCDS has stated clearly that it is a business risk childcare centre operators have to face. This is a fact operators cannot deny. Parents are consumers; they have the right
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      71 14 not concentrate only on TTSH staff but on the rest of the front-liners in other hospitals. Remember the incident in SGH wards 57 58, where medical professionals were exposed unknowingly to patients who are down with Sars? These workers are not given the same protection as
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      198 14 Let maids carry on with normal lives too I REFER to the letter, "Eye on maids" (ST, April l6)byWuPei Tong. It suggests the congregation of maids when they take children to school is of prime concern and that measures should be taken to prevent the spread of Sars. It pains
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      269 14 Cabby who gave nurse free ride rewarded I THANK staff nurse Atiqah Tanty Suboh for her letter, "Free ride to TTSH for nurse" (ST, April 15), commending our driver, Mr Ng Geok Beng, who ferried her to work without charging the taxi fare in appreciation of her efforts and patience
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      95 14 KE everyone else, I have been closely following updates on the Sars epidemic both on television and in the press. I am perturbed that our care-givers who are handling Sars cases, while being properly gowned, gloved and masked, do not use surgical caps to protect their
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      86 14 7 THE Sars virus is also spread by cockroaches and rats, Singapore may be in big trouble. I saw big black rats running freely in the wet market just the other evening at Redhill market. Behind the Serangoon Central Drive block, rodents and cockroaches run freely.
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      73 14 COULD the media revive No Spitting posters? I have during this Sars period witnessed at hawker centres, markets and shopping centres people spitting and rubbing off the sputum with their footwear. Some arresting TV advertisements would perhaps make people pay attention. Radio and TV could help
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      105 14 LOOKING at our many measures to fight Sars infection in schools, I am not sure whether the following common practices will be given up: students sitting on the school ground during assembly, sitting on the classroom floor during lessons, sitting on the canteen floor (which
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      352 14 'IT IS THROUGH THE SHARING OF SUCH VALUABLE INFORMATION THAT WE ARE ABLE TO EMPATHISE WITH THE (SARS) VICTIMS AND TARE PRECAUTIONS.' I WAS disgusted with Miss Cherylin Fu's letter ("Help! I've reached Sars-turation point"; ST, April 15), in which she lamented the excessive
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      57 15 The Straits Times home NO PAIN, NO GAIN 'Twice a week, we climb the stairs of (an HDB) block in dementi. We walk the 22 storeys to the top and take the lift down. We do that 10 to 15 times a session. Undergraduate Ee Khong Lean on preparing to
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      821 15  -  LAUREL TEO Drastic measure is to stop Sars spreading from wholesale market Su Tslot every one of the 2,400 will have intimate contact with one another. But because we cannot pinpoint who has that close contact, we are forced into this measure. It is not something
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        Lock icon 'Not such a frightening disease'
        480 16 'Not such a frightening disease' About 90 percent ofSars victims recover, says the Health Minister, and early treatment is key to survival Of those infected here, more than half have recovered and are back home. MOST people win their battle against the Sars virus in Singapore. Among the victorious are
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        720 16 'ff THERE IS ATM TO ACT mm wiroii wMniifn wCnwCf n IS NOW. IF THE AUTHORITY'S NTUTIVE IS CRKUMSCRKD BY STATUTORY AND LEGAL CONSTRAUTS,THE GOVERNMENT OF HONGKONG CAN AND SHOULD CHANGE TUB IMMEDIATELY/ Aapa director-general Richard Stiriand, urging Hongkong's airport to give
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        272 113 GDFGD How China's official fine on Sirs has changed, starting from last month until it came clean about the virus outbreak at a press conference yesterday NOVEMBER 2002: First known cases of Sars reported in southern Guangdong province. Guangdong outbreak begins to get out of control and
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        670 113 Beijing breaks with old practices and finally acts But some observers say its drastic moves and sacking of top officials have come a little too late, as much damage has already been done BEIJING The precipitate sacking of Health Minister Zhang Wenkang and Beijing Mayor Meng Xuenong for their poor
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        315 113  -  MARY KWANG By HONGKONG CORRESPONDENT MANY Hongkong residents expressed concern yesterday about the sharp rise in China's Sars cases and wanted the government here to quickly impose mandatory temperature checks on travellers entering the territory. Their calls for speedy government action
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        358 113 BEIJING Chinese authorities ordered doctors in Beijing to hide Sars patients from a team of World Health Organisation experts last week in an attempt to downplay the extent of the epidemic, Chinese doctors and other sources have said. The authorities transferred about 40 patients
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        390 114 CANADA: Staff infected? Hospital closes ER 14th victim dies; emergency room closed and action planned to make people obey quarantine amiii fears bug may be spreading into community TORONTO Sars has claimed its 14th victim in Canada a 99-year-old man and forced a Toronto hospital to close its trauma unit
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        78 114 7 can't tell you how upset 1 am, because of the fact that people are potentially creaking quarantine or not staying home with signs and symptoms, ihe potential to have the disease expand is significant. CawMJiMi none Pat Tatnlin,whohasjaot recovered from San after contracting it from a
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        823 114  -  ABRAHAM YERGHESE By TIIK K\V YORK TIM KS THE CASE FOR QUARANTINE The temporary loss of liberty that might come with quarantine/or Sars, while painful, is a pill that I would find easier to swallow. SAN ANTONIO (Texas) My nephew in Singapore tells me
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        444 114  -  ALFRED LEE By THE STRAITS TIMES EUROPE BUREAU LONDON One of Britain's top virologists says that all students returning from Singapore, China and Hongkong should be put into quarantine for 10 days to prevent the spread of Sars. Dr
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        281 115 Rigorous training for the 13 selected ABOUT 70 applicants were put through a series of interviews, physical fitness and psychological tests before 13 were selected for the National University of Singapore's (NUS) planned Centennial Everest Expedition in 2005. Eight of the 13 picked are students, four are NUS alumni and
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        99 115 Twice a week, we climb tlw stairs of a Housing Board block in Clementi. We walk the 22 storeys to the top and take the lift down. We do that 10 to 15 times a session. Fourth-year arts and social sciences undergraduate Ee Khong Lean, who is leading
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        762 115  - NUS team aims for the top of the world YANNI TAN The university wants to put a team on the peak of Everest during its 100th anniversary celebrations in 2005 the hopefuls are already training hard Bu Who's going THIRTEEN National University of Singapore (NUS) students, staff and alumni will
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        646 116  - Teaching or research: Lecturers at NTU given choice JANE NG Instead of a 50-50 split between teaching and research, NTU will allow its lecturers a more flexible 25-75 spread of workload Bu_ LECTURERS from the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) vHW be allowed to choose whether they want to focus on
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        710 116 Coaching your child can be a frustrating experience, as two exasperated parents found out. An educational psychologist tells JANE LEE how they can help their children, one of whom lias difficulties with Chinese, while the otfier struggles to recall what was taught. DO
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      65 116 IF YOU have a problem with your child's education, tell us about it and we will ask the experts to help. Please mail your question, marked "Ask the expert", to The Straits Times Education Desk, 1000. Toa Payoh North Podium, 2nd storey, Singapore *****4, fax it
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      456 117  - 'Miserly' condo residents take free showers... LEONG PIK YIN Some neighbours are upset about family taking showers in common bathroom at condo swimming pool B, EVERY day, a family of four living in Pasir Panjang will shower at the communal bathroom by the swimming pool in their freehold condominium. Sometimes,
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        140 117 A 23-YEAR-OLD factory worker, taking her sister home on her bicycle, died after a car hit them on Saturday night. Ms Bao Ji, a China national who lived in Pasir Ris, died the following 'morning, about four hours after the accident on Tampines Avenue 12.
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        114 117 TWO elderly women were robbed separately on Saturday morning. Madam Lim Ah Eng, 78, was walking up to the sixth floor of Block 408 Bedok North Avenue 2, after coming out of the lift when a man came from behind and grabbed her wallet, containing $270.
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      181 117 55-hour movie marathon FIVE people managed to sit through 29 movies non-stop to win a place in the Guinness Book Of World Records. The 55-hour movie marathon at the Cathay Cineieisure Orchard Mall started on Friday at 10 am and ended yesterday at 5 pm. The movies included Ix)rd Of
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        727 115 Sports stars push pill sales, doctors cry foul Sales hit record levels, but endorsement of prescription drugs sparks concern about side effects and rising health costs 'DOROTHY HAMfLL DOESN'T TELL PEOPLE THEY HAVE A FOUR TIMES HIGHER RISK OF HEART ATTACK ON VIOXX. I'M HOT SURE SHE EVEN KNOWS THAT.
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        52 115 the first rescued from a cull on North Uist in Scotland's Western Isles, is weighed for record-keeping. The saved creatures are being freed into the wild elsewhere or put in a rescue centre. Scottish National Heritage is culling 5,000, to protect rare wader birds whose t the hedgehogs
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          Lock icon NAMCO BIDS FOR SEGA
          116 115 A NEW bidder has emerged for the Sega Corporation, Japan's biggest maker of arcade games. Namco, a direct competitor, said it was in talks with Sega over a merger that would bring two of Japan's bestknown arcade characters Sonic the Hedgehog and Pac-Man under one roof.
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          67 115 HITACHI'S third-gener-ation DVD camcorders are expected here in June. And one of their selling points is the 120,000-pixel liquid crystal display screen, giving about twice as many pixels as the previous Hitachi models. This makes for easier viewing, even in very bright conditions. Users
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          Lock icon NOTEBOOK FOR SPEEDY SURFING
          45 115 Intel's Centrino chipset, allowing wireless surfing at broadband speed. It has integrated Bluetooth and some serious security features. Four buttons launch applications, but can also be used to set a password. It retails from 554,288. FUJITSU'S new LifeBook ***** comes with
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          121 115 ENTERTAINMENT HUB IN A PC FOR those who want a regular desktop PC, check out the latest in Hewlett-Packard's line of Pavilion PCs. Its sleek blue-and-silver HP Pavilion tls2d home computer has an integrated sixin- o n e digital media reader. Its six slots let you plug in any of
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          65 115 SAMSUNG is starting mass production of its multimedia cards, which are used in mobile phones, digital cameras, MP3 players and other handheld products. Such cards are quickly becoming a draw in newage mobile phones, as they store and transmit photos or movie clips. The top-range 128
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        Lock icon NO CURE FOR DEFECTIONS
        41 23 'There are facilities available even for a heart transplant, but this syndrome of political defections is yet to find a remedy. Indian Prime Minister A.B, Vajpayee, on frequent defections which threaten the stability of the coalition government
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        628 23  - Thailand's backpacker haven goes upmarket NIRMAL GHOSH Khao San Road Trendy clubs open and cafes upgrade as the industry realises that the budget travellers pack a spending punch By RIGHT UP THEIR ALLEY BANGKOK'S Khao San Road, which is a moving kaleidoscope of the world's different races and faces, offers
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          582 24  - Wanted: PhD holders to join the army DAVID HSIEH In a bid to transform itself into a modern army able to fight high-tech wars, the PLA wants better-educated recruits By THE STRAITS TIMFS CHINA BUREAU BEIJING Mr Huang Haiyan is a typical People's Liberation Army recruit of the 21st century.
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          381 24 army, so much so that parents try to get their sons in by hook or by crook. Farming families receive substantial benefits for their sons' service. Required grain sales to the state are waived and subsidies of 300 yuan or more are provided for every year
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          465 24 Chen and Lu put on united front to boost poll chances TAIPEI It was all smiles and praises instead of nasty exchanges and accusations between President Chen Shuibian and his deputy Annette Lu during a function on Saturday. Their attempt to project a united front one day after Taiwan's two
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          292 24  -  XIE HONG MOUSE-CLICKING REVOLUTION FFDSF By THE STRAITS TIMES CHINA DESK MORE Interaet-sawy Chinese are now enjoying the convenience of online shopping, an option that was almost unheard of in China just a few years ago. Today, three in five of China's
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        Lock icon Geomancy believers flock to Roh's home
        438 25 They think the topography of President Roh Moo Hyun's village holds the key to his and hopefully their success BONGHA (South Korea) The boyhood home of newlyinstalled President Roh Moo Hyun has become the latest attraction among South Koreans. Thousands of visitors flocked to
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        Lock icon Fortunes linked to ancestral tombs
        134 25 BONGHA In South Korea, with its strong adherence to Confucian tradition, special attention is paid to the tombs of ancestors and how the resting place of the dead will impact the destiny of the living. At least three former presidents Mr Roh Tae Woo, Mr
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        364 25 Nobody's sure how Pyongyang will approach N-crisis talks WASHINGTON Only a fool would try to read the mind of North Korea's unfathomable leader Kim Jong 11. That's one common answer any official, analyst or amateur Pyongyangologist in Washington will give, wherever they stand
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        311 25 Lessons to learn The Army Training Command will examine the doctrines ■MterplMtef the Special Forces. Almost all future batches of off icers from the Defence Services Staff College which trains captains and majors are expected to prepare a dissertation on Iraq. The College
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        74 25 IS IT a top-secret lab with no doors or windows? Or a high-tech disco with flashing lights on its exterior walls? Xo, it's a work of art by Los Angeles artist Hiro Yamagata, known Tor his laser-light installations. He created these gigantic
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          69 25 SOUTH Korean railway workers cancelled a planned strike yesterday after their management agreed to scrap plans for the state industry's privatisation. The breakthrough followed overnight negotiations between union leaders and managers on how to reform the debtstricken industry. The deal was a blow to the
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          85 25 A JAPANESE mail carrier was fired after his superiors discovered he had hidden more than 10,000 letters which he had not delivered, a news agency said yesterday. The 43-year-old employee in the western city of Osaka failed to deliver 10,776 letters and packages over 1!
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          51 25 REPAIR work on the former residence of China's last emperor Pu Yi is under way in north China's Tianjin and is expected to be completed in two years. An exhibition hall with cultural relics will be set up within the 3,360-sq-m Garden of Tranquillity, or "Jingyuan
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          64 25 A 35-YEAR-OLD Pakistani woman killed herself and two of her daughters by jumping in front of a moving express train because her failure to give birth to a boy angered her husband. Police said yesterday the woman and her six-year-old and 18-month-old daughters were
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          74 25 A JAPANESE man was shot dead outside an of- fice building allegedly used by a major crime syndicate in what appeared to be a turf war between rival gangs. Police said yesterday Takao Nishida, 59, was shot in the head by an unidentified assailant late on
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          Lock icon KAREN REBELS OWN UP TO PIPELINE BLASTS
          85 26 A REBEL ethnic group opposed to Myanmars military government has claimed responsibility for sabotaging sections of natural gas pipelines in the military-ruled state in recent weeks. In a statement yesterday, the Karen National Union said its militant arm blew up some sections of
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          80 26 POLICE in Indonesia's East Java province have raided hotels, inns and brothels to look for civil servants who are spending time with prostitutes during working hours. "The raids target civil servants who are doing immoral acts but other members of the public doing the
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          67 26 AT LEAST 2,000 people marched through the streets of Yogyajarta in central Java yesterday, calling for a holy war against the United States in one of the largest protests here against the US-led coalition in Iraq in recent weeks. Police were on hand
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          44 26 PRESIDENT Gloria Arrovo said yesterday she is hopeful the Philippines will attain self-sufficiency in rice production by next year, thanks to new Chinese-developed hybrid rice varieties. She said local scientists had already adapted Chinese hybrids for local conditions. AFP
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          71 26 INDONESIAN police in the restive Maluku province arrested seven suspected separatists yesterday during a dawn raid on a house in the provincial capital of Ambon, police said. The seven were detained for holding an illegal meeting at the house of a man identified as Jhony
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        42 26 Gone fishing for rubbish IT IS not your usual idyllic river cruise. Rather, these two Indonesian scavengers are hard at work, trawling for garbage in this river. The Indonesian government pays each worker 18,000 rupiah (Ss3.6o)adaytoclean up polluted rivers in Jakarta. AFP
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        545 26  -  DEVI ASMARANI Indonesian President may have to offer counter-trade deals or dip into off -Budget funds to pay for weapons By THE STRAITS TIMES INDONESIA BUREAU JAKARTA President Megawati Sukarnoputri is eyeing Romanian tanks and other military hardware to beef up Indonesia's military strength,
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        395 26 Preachers fear Abu Sayyaf will go after families ESCAPE FROM REBELS ZAMBOANGA Two female Christian preachers who have just escaped from the Abu Sayyaf band said yesterday they are afraid that the group would go after their families in revenge. One of the two recounted how she witnessed her husband
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        168 26 JAKARTA The governor-elect of a province in Sumatra was flown by helicopter to the Indonesian capital to face corruption charges after he repeatedly ignored police summons, a police spokesman said yesterday. Alzier Dianis Thabranie, voted in as governor in the south Sumatran province of Lampung last
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        309 26 Cambodians continue to resent all things Thai PHNOM PENH The portraits of Thai actors and pop singers have been ripped out of popular magazines by angry youths. Thai movies and soap operas are no longer shown on national television and even Thaiowned radio stations have dropped Thai music from their
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        656 27  -  REME AHMAD The party will focus on winning the votes of Malay Muslims, who make up 55% of the population, says acting president B» 1\ kl U AI .I'MPI R PARTI Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) will implement its version of an
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          49 27 ACTING Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has asked the Malaysian Trades Union Congress not to picket over the Employees Provident Fund's (EPF's) low dividend for 2002. He said the 4.25 per cent dividend was still better than the fixed deposit rate. New Straits Times
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          Lock icon JEFFREY KITINGAN APPLIES TO JOIN UMNO
          57 27 DR JEFFREY Kitingan has applied to join Umno, ending months ot speculation about whether he would form an opposition party or join a Barisan Nasional party. Dr Jeffrey, the younger brother of Parti Bersatu Sabah president Datuk Joseph Pairin Kitingan, put in his application
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          59 27 TEACHERS involved in opposition parties will be transferred or sacked if they do not heed the government's advice to be neutral in the classroom, Education Minister Musa Mohamad said. He said working for the opposition violated the Government General Orders, which bar them from
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          58 27 THE Government is looking for training camp sites for its proposed compulsory national service programme, Defence Minister Najib Razak said. The minister, who is the chairman of the Cabinet Committee on National Service, said the sites would be determined soon as the programme begins
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          60 27 A WOMAN, 23, was found dead with head injuries at a snooker centre-cum-video game arcade where she worked in Bandar Baru Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, on Friday. Police said Ms Cheah Wai Lee may have been dead for several hours before she was found. The
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        203 27 KUALA LUMPUR A well-known former television host has lodged a police report claiming she was assaulted by the son of a senior Sarawak politician. The 22-year-old woman, who did not want to be identified, alleged that she had been "strangled,
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        338 27 Human Resources Ministry will appeal against proposed ruling SHAH ALAM The Human Resources Ministry will appeal against a proposal to stop non-Muslims from hiring Muslim maids. It says the move would affect thousands of families who depend on maids from mainly Muslim
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        49 27 THE STAR ASIA NEWS NETWORK Malaysia's oldest temple, Cheng Hoon Teng temple in Malacca, has been recognised by the UN as a fine example of restoration work. Founded in the 1600s, it received a merit award in Unesco's 2002 Asia Pacific Heritage Awards for Culture Heritage Conservation.
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        257 27 Two more cases of mishaps in maternity wards KUALA PILAH (Negri Sembilan) Following two cases of mishaps in Seremban Hospital's maternity ward, another two incidents of alleged negligence have surfaced in Negri Sembilan. In one case, a baby's right arm was apparently fractured during delivery. In another case, a Caesarean
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        49 29 7 think the way he drove today shows just what he is as a man and that was venj important/ Ferrari sporting director Jean Todt, after Michael Schumacher won the San Marino CP on the same day his mother died. Story in A8
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        869 29 SOCCER Madrid's stars ridicule Fergie's boys ahead of Champions League 2nd leg MADRID European champion Real Madrid struggled to contain Barcelona to a 1-1 draw on Saturday, but that did not stop Roberto Carlos from a damning assessment of Manchester United ahead
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        193 29 i want to Itnow wfiy the United coddi bo&eves he has the right to criticise me. He should keep his opnon to tansehV Real Madrid's Roberto Carlos, on Alex Ferguson's insistence that die international ban on Carlos for pushing Israeli referee Alon Yefet during a friendly in Portugal
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        311 29 GOLF LAS VEGAS For Taiwan's Candie Kung, the Takefuji Classic ended at just the right time here. The 21-year-old bogeyed the final hole on Saturday, but still won her first LPGA tournament in 27 career starts by two shots over a charging Annika Sorenstam with a
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        478 29 LONDON Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger are still at it. Even though their sides will not be in action in today's Premiership programme, the managers continued their psychological battle in order to gain any advantage in the tight Premiership title race. Manchester United is
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        228 30  -  JOHN BELL HORSE RACING Wrrttan 3y TRAINER Hideyuki Takaoka was the toast of Japan after preparing his first Singapore winner when Ipponzeoi scored a runaway win in Friday nighfs $55,000 Benchmark 81 at the Singapore Racecourse. Takaoka, who relocated to Kranji late last year after
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        42 30 RACE 3 Nos. 8-10-11-4 No Winner Scratchings: Nil. RACE 5 Nos. 9-10-5-3 $7,988 Scratchings: 4. 7. 11 RACE 7 Nos, 6 -9-8-1 $3,818 Scratching*: 15. 16. 17 RACE 9 Nos. 3-11 -5-10 $3,931 Scratchings: 6 Payouts for C
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        45 30 RACE 3 Nos. 11-7-10-14 No winner Scratchings 12,18.19 RACE 5 Nos. 5-7-6-15 $22,565 Scratchings: 1, 11 RACE 7 Nos. 8-1-5-10 $24,607 Scratchings: Nil. RACE 9 Nos. 7-11-5-1 $2,647 Scratchings: 1? RACE 11 Nos. 13-1-2-16 No winner Scratchings: 17 Payouts for $2
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        42 30 RACE 3 Nos. 4-8-2-7 $33,686 Scratchings: Nil. RACES Nos. 10-8-7-6 No winner Scratchings: Nil. RACE 7 Nos. 8-3-5-2 $12,782 Scratchings: 9 RACE 9 Nos. 12-9-11-7 $4,698 Scratchings: 8 RACE 11 Nos. 6-11-12-10 $6,223 Scratchings: Nil. Payouts for $2
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        750 30 Race 1 Class S (5) 1100m 15 LADY TYCOON. I Istnadi 1 16 Miss Nesol. App Y Arty 2. 13 Blu. D Daniels 3. Margins: 3/4 len x 2-1/2 len. Time: l 06 1 Nos. 15. 16. 11 Win: S33 Place: $11, $20,
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        960 30 MOTOR RACING MOTHER OF WORLD'S FASTEST SONS' DIES riMBiW Miiliil Schttmckorrasfeed to their coadWMMflwattd.lMtfs SMMariao6raMPrii.Aßd |BBjwafsts^Mdpißltfjraahors an amvai ai ne iMTversiiy WKKm Wmw Wm «MHNJ> la that realfy necessary?' 9108, MOB3I MlClMcl, IS a physician escorted the Bfouers past joureaiisis ibio ERsahethSchußiacher,ss, dtedearty yesterday after
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        434 30 BASKETBALL SAN ANTONIO (Texas) On Jan 14, at the end of regulation time, Phoenix Suns' Stephon Marbury tossed in a 7.5-metre attempt off the glass with the SBC Center buzzer sounding. The Spurs shrugged it off and won in over-time, reported The San Antonio Express.
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          58 30 REIGNING Olympic 100m sprint champion Maurice Greene has called for an investigation into allegations that prominent US Olympians like Carl Lewis failed drug tests. "Everybody who tested positive should get busted. There shouldnt be any cover-ups," he said on Saturday at the Mt San Antonio
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          70 30 LEEDS caretaker boss Peter Reid called his team as "second-best in all departments" after it lost 2-3 at Southampton on Saturday. And it was the soccer club's striker Alan Smith who bore the brunt of his manager's anger after picking up the ninth red card
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          59 30 LEICESTER CITY confirmed its place in English Premiership soccer next season with a 2-0 home win over struggler Brighton on Saturday. Goals from Turkey international Muzzy Izzet and Jordan Stewart erased memories of last season's relegation and put it a point ahead of Portsmouth
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          49 30 ITALIAN champion Juventus took a step closer to retaining its Serie A soccer title after defeating AS Roma 2-1 at Delle Alpi stadium early yesterday (Singapore time). Alessandro del Piero scored both goals for the holder. Vincenzo Montella scored for Roma. AFP
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          73 30 JAPANESE motorcycling star Daijiro Kato, 26, died in a hospital in central Japan yesterday after a crash at the Japan Grand Prix at Suzuka on April 6. The 2001 250cc world champion, rated Japan's top rider, suffered serious injuries to the head, chest and
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          47 30 STEWART CINK maintained his overnight advantage at The Heritage golf tournament after a two-under-par 69 in the third round on Saturday. .He is on 12-under 201 and leads by a stroke over Jeff Sluman, who made 64 in South Carolina. Reuters
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      1104 31 am the Resurrection and the Life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in Me will never die". John 11:25,26 KATHLEEN WEE SIANG CHWEE (Mrs Tan Beng Leong) Age: 81 years was called Home to be with the Lord on
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        680 32 ROUND-UP Overseas markets TOKYO stocks are expected to hold steady this week as investors size up a flood of earnings reports from top consumer electronics manufacturer Sony and other blue-chip firms from both the United States and Japan. Investors are not expecting the market
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        103 32 TURNOVER COOO) VALUE COOO) Main SOq Total Ham Sag Tom Multl Ino 26.330 28.330 41,407 41.407 Manufacturq 63.613 8,654 72,267 74,046 1.679 75.725 Commerce 19,185 676 19,861 7,119 104 7,223 Tpt/Stor/Com 57,826 10 57.836 81.760 1 81 76: Finance 12.839 12,839 92,355 92.355 Construction 14,136 6,072 20.208
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        32 32 •StarCruises tOc 117,901,000 Chart SemiCona 26c 76.647,000 Accora Customer 2.5c 43,842,000 SingTel 15c 40.181,000 DatacraftlOc 39,087,000 SemOCorp Ind 25c 34,765.000 NOL 33.301.000 ST EnqqlOc 32,14.0.000 TTIntlSc 30,419,000 MoOileOne 20c 28.686,000
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        42 32 Cheng* Change Straits Times lnde» 1282.51 -9 84 BT 08/OS -21.00 -31.00 BTCADI -*****.00 -52.00 BT 10-aay MA -*****.00 -3.00 UOB Sesoaq 57.87 -0.24 UOB Blue Chip 466.46 -2.82 ST, Futures 1283 -7 MSCI Singapore 157.49 -1.13 SiMSC! Futures 157.30 -1.20
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        431 32 US$ slips amid economic concerns REVIEW Currencies HONGKONG Concerns about the state of the US economy after the war in Iraq dominated currency markets in the region last week. Some dealers said there were worries that war was not over, with the US stepping up rhetoric against Syria, and others
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        3781 32 ABN Amro Asset Mgt (S'pore) Star Europe Eqty"* 0 591/ StarEuropeBd 1.211/ Star urope B.il 0 883/ Star Asian Tiger Eqty 0 632/ Star Asia Bond 1 35/ Star Asia Balanced 0.781 Star Global Technology Fund!" 0.168/ Stat ehv F.nance Japan Fund!** 0.535/ Multi Strategy Fd
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        429 32 *»*.,.«,,>■ ABN AmroßankNV 5.25 ABSA Bank Limited 5.5 Agricultural Bank Of China 5.5 ANZ Banking Group 6 American Express Bank 5 Arab Banking Corp 6 Arab Bank PLC 5 Banca Di Roma 5.5 Banca Intesa Banca Commerciale Italiana SPA 7.25 Bangkok Bank 6 Bank of America NA
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        492 33 But experts fear the move could stifle the market, given such debt makes up only less than 2% of country's bond market TOKYO The Bank of Japan BOJ) is considering buving debt backed by loans and securities to end a six-year lending
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        55 33 Debt hacked by loans, securities, property, credit-card payments and bifis due from customers is less than 2 per cent of Japan's bond market These debts amount to about S$ 125 billion worth of assetbacked bonds In comparison, Japan has the equivalent of U554.42 trillion of government debt outstanding,
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        550 33 WORRIES OVER CURRENT ACCOUNT AND BUDGET DEFICITS The bear market grip seems unlikely to break until institutions/eel confident enough on the US outlook to buy, not sell. This is probably dependent on a coincidence of better earnings and fundamentals. Mr Steve Pearson,
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          106 33 BRITISH Airways (BA). which cancelled flights to Iraq during the huild-up to the 19.91 Gulf war, plans to resume flights to Baghdad after a 13 -year gap. The carrier held talks with British Transport Secretary Alistair Darling about resuming flights, and plans to discuss
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          77 33 BRITAIN'S economy probably expanded at the slowest pace in a year in the fii-st quarter as consumers, who kept the country out of recession last year, pared spending, analysts^aid ahead of a government report. Gross domestic product rose 0.3 per cent in the first three
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          74 33 BANKRUPT telecommunications provider Global Crossing said last Friday that its net loss in February widened compared to that in January, primarily because of foreign exchange losses. The company, which filed for bankruptcy in January' last year, suffered a net loss of US$l42 million (***** million)
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        1137 34  -  BRYAN LEE \E\YS AXALYSIS Hf, A host of economic shocks lias liit Asia, starting from the regional financial crisis in mid-1997. But this year is arguably tlie worst, no thanks to a double whammy from the Iraq war and Sars Asia will bounce back
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        623 35  - Dutch financial firm back in business after revamp EDNA KOH ING Investment Management's S'pore team wants to re-enter the retail funds market, launching 2 to 4 funds a year HVVNCK CORRKSI'ONDI I AFTER having gone through a wrenching three-month restructuring that saw its staff size shrink by about half and
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        370 35  -  BRYAN LEE MAINLAND SALES EXPECTED TO HIT $5M ihi A SINGAPORE company that provides after-sales customer care for 20 mobile phone companies expects sales in China to soar to $5 million this year from just $1 million last year. This expected surge
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        263 35 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian economists and businessmen have advised the government to cut taxes to offset a prolonged slump caused by the Iraq war and Sars. Tax cuts would help lift consumer confidence, prevent companies from going into bankruptcy and workers from losing their jobs,
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        76 35 WEEK'S TOP FALLS Cents El-Nets 1c 0.5 50.0 0.5 LSMIc 0.5 50.0 0.5 Mediastream 5c 0.5 50.0 0.5 GRP20C 6.5 31.6 3.0 0culus7.5c 6.5 31.6 3.0 Jacks Int 20c 8 27.3 3.0 NewWave W*****1.. 6 25.0 2.0 Tuan Sing 25c 5 23.1 1.5 Inno-Pacic 2 20.0 0.5 Wepco50c500 12 20.0
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        798 35  -  AZHAR KHALID TAKING STOCK Bii M \RKETS CORRESPONDENT THE official downward revision in Singapore's growth forecast for the year and losses in business earnings owing to the spread of Sars are compellingenough factors to keep investors away from the market and depress
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        84 35 WEEK'S TOP RISES Cents PM Data 10c 12 71.4 5.0 Goldtron5c l.b 50.0 0.5 LHTHIdgsiOc 7.5 50.0 2.5 Strike W*****5 1.5 50.0 0.5 Yonqnam20c 1.5 50.0 0.5 Falmac ltd 20c 4 33.3 1.0 GMG Global 5c 2.5 25.0 0.9 Hup Seng H 10c 10.5 23.5 2.0 TTL Hldqs 10c 11
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        72 35 WEEK'S TOP FALLS Cents Central Prop 1900 50.0 2.6 SPH 1660 50.0 2.9 GreatEast50c 930 40.0 4.1 SPH 100 1670 40.0 2.3 Creative T 25c 1150 30.0 2.5 UOB 1050 30.0 2.8 JMHUS25c400 565 26.5 2.6 DBSGrp 880 25.0 2.8 SIA50C 870 25.0 2.8 SIA200 870 20.0 2.2 Informatics 5c
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        80 35 WEEK'S TOP RISES Cents DBS Bk 6% NCPS 10 ***** 40.0 0.4 Elec Ettek 80c 182 30.0 10.3 NOL 124 H.0 9.7 Noble GrpHKlOOc... 180 11.0 6.5 TAC BtiO 200 61.5 10.6 10.8 B Sembawang 1010 10.0 1.0 SembCorplnd25c... 125 9.0 7.8 H Royal 115 5.0 4.5 PM Data 10c
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        671 36  -  VLADIMIR GUEVARRA If homebuyers fail to pay up, developers can keep the downpayment, recover other expenses and resell the property B<r What if, on the contrary, the price of the property appreciates greatly? Would homebuyers allow developers to cancel their agreements?'
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        387 36  -  LEE SU SHYAN Bu THE American Chamber of Commerce's (AmCham's) new Singapore head Kristin Paulson may be the body's first woman chairman here but she is not exactly flattered by that description. Instead, the former Washington lobbyist aims to do her
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        8 36 FOR THE WEEK 1,282.51 (-18.51)
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      73 16 /^>| Tinp T T 71 ITT X" At least thnt-qmrtm of Most Sars patients VjIL 1 WrljJ_ji-< sSS&ssiS! P Before MARCH 17 MARCHI7-24 II discharged MARCH2S-31 48discharged aprili-7 73discharged APRR.B-16 9ldisch»ged mmm mmm mtimMmi iiiiii ffff [Iff fit fit HHHtMMtttl HdHtdMilf MMHMMHMHHMft 91 n MARCHES Hd HH Htf is f
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      164 113 Is it safe to eat together? C I recently went for a business lunch at a Chinese restaurant. All of us were digging into the dishes with our chopsticks. I felt very uneasy, but didn't say anything in case I offended the others. Should I worry about Sars being spread
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      164 114 Did you miss these stories lately? ©Ex-Nantah graduate ranked last year by Fortune magazine as one of the 50 most powerful women outside US China's property bubble will soon burst, says state agency report ©Xiamen aims to be China's largest computer base ©China comes up with its own list of
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      280 115 Majors in flflD :> a^ DtPLOMA/ADVa DIPLOMA Business Administration Data Communications .^^4 Diploma for. •A level or mature candidates Management E-Business ■A. Diploma for. related Diploma or ITC/NTC MMAHK^ ttQ Networking Wifltßlltlmm MASS CoMMUNICATION Computer Science tSSg^Sn ■■■■gEfl Engineering Management i Biz Info-Technology Council, WA TirlWßrirV Engineering CN CT >
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      303 115 HHB| A D\ /IT Asia Pacific LIIIX^IVII Management Institute The Professionals in Executive Education ■n university of iiiMSEfclil nyi SOUTH AUSTRALIA iiimWlHl "One of Australia's Best Universities" PhD <m» Education I PhD in Business Management by research Singapore 10th Intake Register No*! Master of Education with focus on Leadersh.p. 6F
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      65 117 jTtI Are you worried about retrenchment? 34% Are you holding back purchases off big-ticket items? Yes 82% Total iqoa polled: 8% 178 Retrenchment for me will be a bombshell. I have to keep at my job no matter what. It does not matter pay-wise as long as I take home
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      334 115 V fl \&k II V i hb It I II 1| earn a NATIONAL I II I DISTINCTION I II I lil National Science and Technology Awards fl I I B II 111 e searc h s on or individuals and teams deserving of the 111 I I 'iHSB ill
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      89 23 Ciu\ Modern Challenge PL,\ sets out to transform itself into a modern army, pace as SOI Til- F. AST ASI A Fears Of Revenge Escaped hostages say rebels will attack their families. page 44 M AI.AYSI A pis Pledge PAS will impose Islamic laws if it gains power. page as
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      82 24 DAZZLING DATA: Shanghai is China's top A2 DIAMOND MARKET WITH SALES OF S$2 14 MILLION wftga i_, i CJyCvi rMjDuui ikja.nma.n yi\jtF^ Feeling bOred j Expect him to have it V ,-=--SKM^i-» tough right now? check out our tt .7 1 *^fo\£)^>-r W Believe it or not Pl-P6 Tamil :ff
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      359 25 JEfc^^S IOTIITn I BE PROTECTED! l^BiW mmBMMMMm N95 masks against SARS M lil4ll4d K3l IllU^i^^^ Suntec City JMn/Wov VWLpHHIILWaiIb|P L«3 International Plaza MmUIU&X W k T*l*i*l ll■\ 4 I I T Voarc Doing your own business? Made in USA ■■■■■■■■■■■■Kl^ ledls Jg Use our servtces and facilities i NIOSH certified
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      51 29 ErnESSEH Draw No. 1798/2003 Group 1 Pr«« $1,388,000. Group 2 Prixa $333,000. DRAW VENUE: Singapore Pools (Private) Limited Selegießood. *01 01. Paradiz Centre, Singapore I ***** Time 5.30 pm m No person under the oge of 1 8 years shall be allowed to purchase o ticket or to claim any
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      211 29 TODAY Birmingham v Southampton Blackburn v Bolton Chelsea v Everton (Live on Ch23, 9.55pm) Liverpool v Chariton Man City v Sunderland Newcastle v Aston Villa West Brom v Tottenham West Ham v Middlesbrough TOMORROW Leeds v Fulham P W 0 L F A Pt$ Man Utd 35 22 8 5
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      26 30 LIVE ON TV SOC€El:epl: Chelsea v Eveiton (Ch23, 9.55pm) Everton is still within Champions League sight but needs to beat fellow-aspirant Chelsea to stay on course.
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      960 30 BASEBALL 72 69 67. Greg Chalmers (Aus) 67 72 69 210 Darren Clarke (Nir) 70 69 71 (Esp) Renault 43.689 7 Juan Pablo Montoya (Col) Williams 452?! Jen aaaBBBHBaai 211 Per Ulnk Johansson (Swe) 73 69 69 Bernhard Langer (Ger) 71 70 70. son Button (Gbr) one lap WarM caaaataNHlaB
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      73 31 3rd Anniversary In Memorium Capt. Kaj Sorensen Alumnus Caltex Chevron APMoller Departed on 21 April 2000 A Gentlemen a Great Mentor From Harmohan, Lee, Victor, Steven, Enrico Lovinqly Remembered Aeria, Mario Joe 21 April 2001 Not a day passes, Without thinking of You. Not a week passes, Without mentioning Your
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      82 32 JL jmtm miii f !^^p Two non-Chinese |||H|iffiß||^r^^«^ feature in next month's BJjgl|Fj^iH^^Mmß| Mandarin play f Tiger Tally. &iv^ PSI Gary Urn finds out why ||i |^ja| COOL frjk CUSTOMER 1 qiean Sinchi's new head Uemdlia coach is unfazed JL Everybody wants bv the club's Ail their premises trnnhiDc M
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      176 33 KILLFIRE ASIATIC GROUP (HOLDINGS) LIMITED (Incorporated in Singapore on 25 October 2002) Invitation in respect of 15,000,000 New Shares of $0.10 each comprising:--(1) 3,000,000 Offer Shares at $0.22 each by way of public offer; (2) 12,000,000 Placement Shares by way of placement comprising (a) 9,500,000 Placement Shares at $0.22 each;
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        630 14 Hfjl SALES POSITIONS Wf\ SALES POSITIONS HFAR EAST ORGANIZATION requires SALES EXECUTIVES The Job To market and sell residential properties under the Group To attend and follow up on saies enquiries To liaise and build good rapport with agents Requirements Minimum GCE '0' level Good communication and interpersonal skills Bilingual
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        355 15 i KHiiaananHM Min GCE '0' or N 1 level Able to do simple accounts Computer literate Able to work independently Interested please call Sylvia after 11.30am Trinity Christian Centre invites applications for ADMIN ASST i '0' levels proficient in Microsoft Office Please call Cecilia Chong at 6460-1212 A Leading Aircon
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