The Straits Times, 16 February 2004

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    36 1 The Straits Times BEST IN NEWSPAPER DESIGN IN ASIA /o^*^*X<\ *-mmmmna Man IVI OllQay* February 16, 2004 •76 Pages in five parts mita (P) 033/03/2003 Ljw Dprp|WCn^^^V*' n r/ P ore ress Holdings publication OvJ Cents
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    Lock icon protest against US claims of N-link
    404 1 protest against US claims of N-link Foreign Minister says the allegations are uncalled for as the country is not among those capable of nuclear proliferation KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia will protest against allegations by United States President George W. Bush that it was involved in a black market operation to sell
    The Star; Asia News Network; AFP  -  404 words
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    Lock icon Moscow water park collapses; 28 killed
    565 1 More than 110 hurt in 'biggest technical accident' in city MOSCOW The snow-cov-ered glass dome of a popular Moscow water park collapsed on swimmers and killed at least 28 people, besides hurting more than 110 others in what the city's mayor called its biggest
    AP; Reuters; AFP  -  565 words
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  • NEWS FLASH
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      154 2 STILL NO TO EARLY WITHDRAWAL UNABLE to find full-time work for eight years, former engineer Shahid Hussein, 51, wrote to the Central Provident Fund Board asking if he could withdraw the money in his CPF account early. He was turned down, like the other 400 or so people who
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      80 2 TEACHERS STAY, CLASSES MOVE AT COMPASSVALE Secondary, the students go to their teachers for lessons rather than the other way round. The school is one of three The Straits Times found which use the American "homeroom" system. Teachers in particular find this helpful as it means they do not
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      81 2 ENVIRONMENT NEEDS MORE FUNDING THE world's wetlands provide US$7O billion (*****.6 billion) worth of goods and services annually, including water nitration and flood control, yet governments spend only about US$3.2 billion annually on national parks, reserves and the like. The 187 governments meeting now for the Convention on Biological
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      92 2 CREDIT CARD SHOCK AND SOLUTION USE that credit card discreetly, suggests Mr Albert Lai Hon Nyien. After he and his wife used theirs in Malaysia last year, the card issuers told him others later used the cards in the Philippines and Japan. To prevent such incidents, Mr Bruno Wildermuth
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      221 2 Laundries may be taken to cleaners THE laundry industry here may be the first to feel the impact ofthe impending consumer protection legislation, which comes into effect next month. The Consumers Association of Singapore is upset with outlets which absolve themselves from blame or limit their liability when they
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      91 2 Reyes puts two in for Arsenal ARSENALS £2O million (5563.6 million) Spanish signing, Jose Antonio Reyes, filled in adequately for an injured Thierry Henry yesterday. In his fourth outing for the team, the 20-year-old shot two goals in the space of five minutes in the 56th and 61st minutes
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      85 2 BIG RUSH TO FILE YEAR'S RESULTS ABOUT 250 companies, after their financial year ended on Dec 31, are rushing to release their year-end results before the Feb 29 deadline set by the Singapore Exchange. Only one in six had done so by last Friday. Some which have not are
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      84 2 KERRY SWEEPS NEVADA, DC THOUSANDS turned out to vote for the Democrats' presidential front-runner John Kerry at the party's Nevada caucus. He also scored a victory in the District of Columbia. Now, he is eyeing a blowout victory in Wisconsin. If he wins, it would make it very hard
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      212 2 NUCLEAR SCANDAL IN PAKISTAN TRUSTED senior people at the Khan Research laboratory gave scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan technical resources and information after he left Pakistan's premier nuclear facility two years ago. He used those for his private business, say investigators. They had presumed the activities of his and his
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      879 2 MAIN Prime 3,4,6 World 8-11 People 10 Editorial 12 Commentary 12,13 Forum 14 HOME Home Hl-H6 Education H7-HlO ASIA/SPORTS/ MONEY Asia AI,A2 China A3 Asia A4 S-E Asia A5 Malaysia A6 Sports A7,AB Money... AlO-Al6 LIFE! Cover story L2-L5 Comics LB Arts L7 Cinema guide Ll2 What's On Ll2 TV
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      Lock icon Cap on car numbers may be raised
      444 3  - Cap on car numbers may be raised CHRISTOPHER TAN Limit to be reviewed next year and may be raised as S'pore can support a larger car population, but ERP may be extended SENIOR CORRESPONDENT NEXT year was to be one to dread for motorists. The Government had said it would
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      Lock icon Kissingfeat takes Italian's breath away
      284 3 Kissingfeat takes Italian's breath away ROME In a town near where Romeo and Juliet found true love, an Italian needed oxygen after a Valentine Day's kissing marathon. Organisers of the event in northern Vicenza said the 31--year-old man's lips were locked, non-stop, to his companion's for 31 hours 18 minutes
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      Lock icon NTU and NUS are eyeing SMU campus
      549 4  -  SANDRA DAVIE This is one HOT property Varsity to vacate place in the middle of next year By EDUCATION CORRESPONDENT A BATTLE could be brewing over a large property in Bukit Timah where hundreds of Singaporeans are wont to say they spent some
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      564 4 Use a serving spoon please SHARE a meal, by all means, but use a serving spoon. Making this call, Acting Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan said that restaurants and hawkers should make it a "standard operating procedure" to provide
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      538 6  -  ALFRED LEE Airline to do away with seat pockets, shades, reclining seats By IN LONDON THE no-frills experience will soon deepen even further for Ryanair passengers who already have to walk up to 15 minutes from air terminals to their aircraft because
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      Lock icon store, temple fires in China kill 90
      526 6 Cause of fires still unknown; many of the wounded in store blaze were injured after jumping from burning building BEIJING At least 90 people were killed and dozens more injured in a case of a double whammy when two massive fires struck in
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      515 8 Suspicion falls on shoddy construction or maintenance Cool fun without chill THE Transvaal Aqua Park In Moscow's south-western suburbs was a favourite for those who did not care for the traditional Russian winter swim in an ice hole. The park, which opened In 2002, was
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      Lock icon S'pore-Jordan tree trade pact to be ready by July
      497 9  - S' pore-Jordan tree trade pact to be ready by July LYDIA LIM IN AMMAN THE free trade agreement (FTA) being negotiated between Singapore and Jordan is on course to be ready by July, putting the Republic on track to become the first South-east Asian nation to have such a pact
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      Lock icon Kerry continues to blow away his rivals
      579 9 Kerry continues to blow away his rivals Dean and Edwards are locked in a standoff, each hoping that the other would quit the race WASHINGTON Democratic presidential front-runner John Kerry scored victories in Nevada and District of Columbia caucuses and is noweyeing a blowout victory in Wisconsin tomorrow that could
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      Lock icon Reformists braced for defeat
      294 10 Iran's Elections Pro-reform camp fears the worst, with thousands of candidates blacklisted and the main reformist party staging boycott TEHERAN Iran's embattled reformist camp conceded yesterday that it was poised for a defeat in this Friday's parliamentary elections, blaming the mass disqualification of its can- didates
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      122 10 KUWAIT CITY Iraq and its neighbours have agreed to form security committees to check infiltration by terrorists. "We have asked neighbouring countries to help us. ..to prevent infiltrators sneaking into Iraq to carry out terrorist and criminal attacks," Iraqi Interim Foreign Minister
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        Lock icon Anti-tobacco groups nime at Arnie
        159 10 'SMOKING PLAZA' AT CAPITOL SACRAMENTO Anti-tobacco groups have protested against Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's efforts to return the smoke-filled room to California's political lexicon. To comply with the state's strict smoking laws, the cigar-loving Mr Schwarzenegger is converting the interior courtyard ofthe state s Capitol building
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        Lock icon TEENAGE VIRUS CREATOR NABBED
        57 10 BRUSSELS A 19-year old female technology student, "Gigabyte", who gained notoriety for creating computer viruses, has been arrested by the Belgian police. A Computer Crimes Unit inspector said she was an extremely talented student. If convicted, she faces up to three years in prison and fines
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        Lock icon WAS DIET GURU ATKINS OBESE?
        99 10 WASHINGTON The widow and the company of diet guru Robert Atkins are denouncing the release of medical records showing he was obese and suffering from heart disease when he died last April. A rival author defended the publication, saying Dr Atkins concealed a dangerous condition
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        Lock icon TALK SHOW HOST GOES OVERBOARD
        84 10 OTTAWA The Canadian government has taken television talk show host Conan O'Brien to task for insulting people in French-speaking Quebec and seeming to suggest that all Quebeckers were homosexual. Ottawa and the province of Ontario paia Csl million (551.27 million) to help O'Brien bring his
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        59 10 The first "official" biography of Princess Diana, The Portrait, will be published this year. It will "redress the balance" after a series of other books that went for scandals, her sister Sarah McCorquodale said. The orphan at the centre of a custody battle in Taiwan and Brazil, Iruan Ergui Wu,
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        48 10 Quoteworthu W<_? were military men. And soldiers do not question their orders/ Mr Viktor Venogradov, one of 1 ,500 former soldiers marking the 15th anniversary yesterday ofthe end of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan that cost the lives of 15,000 soldiers and fuelled the rise of Islamic radicals
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  • Face-off over outsourcing
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      654 11 Advantages Enables companies to tap lower costs elsewhere would generate higher incomes in destination countries The higher incomes stimulate demand for goods from countries which outsource their jobs Would enable new industries to replace older ones that have been exported. Disadvantages Leads to uneven job losses in some
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      566 11 THE furore over outsourcing has much to do with the fear of job losses hitting some workers especially hard. Politicians who argue against outsourcing have employed "heart economics" the popular desire to see leaders fighting against American jobs being shipped overseas. As Democratic Senator Edward Kennedy thundered against
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      225 11 *W UN I VERSITY The Prestigious Newcastle Business School invites applications Recognised by Times Good University Guide 2002 as one of the top U.K business schools Voted 'Best New University' in 1998, 1999 and 2000 Rated as one of U.K's top nev/ universities in teaching and research quality by 'Asian
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  • COMMENTARY • ANALYSIS
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        Lock icon The nuke tentacles
        576 12 THE Abdul Qadeer Khan affair reveals how easy it is to bypass the existing an-ti-nuclear proliferation regime. The world's best intelligence agencies, as well as the International Atomic Energy Agency (lAEA), had no idea what Dr Khan was up to and worse still, when they did get
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      5 12 JALEHA HASHIM
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      Lock icon It pays to invest in the environment
      715 12  -  CLAUDE MARTIN By K)K TIN. STRAITS TIMES IN ITS simplest sense, a good investment is one that either creates wealth, or prevents the destruction of wealth. The world's natural environment does both. So one might think that governments and the international community would
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      Lock icon Japan's birth death
      896 12  - Japan' s birth death COLIN DONALD FOR THF. STRAITS TIM FS GRIM economic predictions have been commonplace in post-bubble Japan but the most potentially devastating of all is only now starting to alarm policy makers and business leaders. The dramatic slump in the nation's birth rate is the economic earthquake
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      Lock icon A lesson from Napoleon for Mr Bush
      798 12  -  DMITRY SHLAPENTOKH By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES AS RECENTLY revealed by American inspectors in Iraq, Saddam Hussein did not have any stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction, the major pretext for the war. This discovery, or lack thereof, provided a fresh line of
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      Lock icon An Indian mirror for politics in Sri Lanka
      1071 13  - An Indian mirror for politics in Sri Lanka KALINGA SENEVIRATNE By I R I 1 1 1 si r i is I i m e s I OBSERVED THE BEGINNINGS OF A BUDDHIST REVIVALIST MOVEMENT ON IK ISLAND, VERY SIMILAR TO THE USE OF INE BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY'S HNOUTVA DEOLOGYM
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      Lock icon Pay higher MRT fares so more can own carsr
      616 13  - Pay higher MRT fares so more can own carsr CHRISTOPHER TAN By SENIOR CORRESFOHDF.HT WOULD you pay $5 to $10 for each pass of an electronic road pricing (ERP) gantry so that a neighbour who's earning a little less than you can afford to own a car? Put in a
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  • FORUM
    • Credit Card Woes
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        157 14 Surely no need to cull chickens? I READ with great sadness that the Agri-food and Veterinary Authority has decided to cull 5,000 chickens in an exercise to test its operational procedures to handle a potential bird flu epidemic ("S'pore to cull 5,000 chickens in crisis test"; ST, Feb 12). I
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        206 14 waived these fraudulent transactions. Singaporeans and other visitors to Malaysia please beware Use your credit card discreetly and use a card with i an„rova i amount p f Vj rreieraDiy, use casn in any transaction you make. ALBERT LAI HON NYIEN I WOULD like to
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        228 14 I REFER to the letter "Hang on to that credit card transaction slip" (ST, Feb 10). Credit card slips issued in Australia and the United States do not carry the full card number but only the card type and sufficient digits to allow
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      Lock icon South Korea actually a strong proponent of WMD non-proliferation
      446 14 South Korea actually a strong proponent of WMD non-proliferation GLOBAL CONCERNS ABOUT PROLIFERATION OF HMD HAVE INTENSIFIED OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. IN THIS RESPECT, THE ROK HAS ESPECIALLY HIGHER URGENCY AND PRIORITY THAN OTHERS BECAUSE OF PYONGYANG'S NUCLEAR PROGRAMME. I WAS dismayed to read the article, "Seoul puts itself
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      Lock icon Nightclub owner was warned in molestation case
      301 14 Nightclub owner was warned in molestation case I REFER to the report "Cleared of molesting waitress at his nightclub" (ST, Feb 13). The report suggested Mr Nanik Radhakrishin Khemaney was acquitted because of a lack of evidence. We have consulted the Attorney-General's Chambers on the report. It is incorrect and
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      440 1 Home Jjfud Wpplc INTERNET DANGERS a Which to you is the greater danger facing children on the Internet? Total Vote Count: 200 Accessing undesirable sites, such as porn or hate ones: 45 Online chatrooms, where sexual predators and such may lurk: mmmmmmmwmmmmm mmm 155 Q. Have you taken steps to
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      47 1 UADDV TA DC Al lift HAITI IU Bt ALIVt ■wm __r___ 'They all thought I was dead. But I came back to life again. Mr P. Puspalingam, 48, father of three, who made a miraculous recovery after being infected with the deadly Nipah virus five years ago
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      8 1 The Straits Times home Monday, February 16, 2004
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      Lock icon Case tells laundry shops: Clean up your act
      683 1  - Case tells laundry shops: Clean up your act KELVIN WONG With new law soon, it plans to go after those which cap compensation when they spoil or lose customers' clothes By THE AMOUNT INVOLVED MAY BE SMALL IN SOME CASES, SO SOME PEOPLE DON'T BOTHER. BUT THE PROBLEM EXISTS. CONSUMERS
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      13 2 LIFE IN SINGAPORE, BY IHE NUMBERS Text: Graphics: CAROL ENG JALEHA HASHIM
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      Lock icon Board firm against early CPF withdrawal
      741 2  -  LEONG PIK YIN About 400 were turned down in the last 2 years. CPF Board says those in financial difficulty can get help from CDCs, MOM By 7 can understand their urge to take out the money. They feel they cant even survive the
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      Lock icon Little-known group that builds fighting spirit
      656 3  - Little-known group that builds fighting spirit GOH CHIN LIAN JOANN TAN Mita's nine-man unit on psychological defence helps Singaporeans stiffen their resolve to beat such crises as bird flu anc IT IS ABOUT SINGAPOREANS STANDING UP TO FKHT BACK WHETHER THE THREAT IS AN EXTERNAL AGGRESSOR, TERRORISM, AN ECONOMIC CRISIS
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      Lock icon A day to mark WWII surrender
      195 3 A day to mark WWII surrender MORE than 5,000 people thronged Safra Yishun Country Club over the weekend for a carnival to commemorate Total Defence Day. Yesterday, President S R Nathan, with Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean and Minister of State for Defence Cedric Foo, joined about 2,000 Singaporeans to
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      597 4  -  JANE NG BUKIT TIMAH CAMPUS' 75TH ANNIVERSARY It was all veru formal, the professors came in their mortarboards and gowns. No one wore slacks like they do today. Prof Baker (above, right), reminiscing at the Bukit Timah campus with Prof
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      317 4  - LAW Society submits plan to C J BEN NADARAJAN By THE Law Society has submitted its proposal for new and tougher accounting measures for lawyers to the Chief Justice ahead of the .stipulated deadline, which was yesterday. It was done last Wednesday, said the society's council members yesterday. Chief Justice
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      1273 5  - 'I' ve not held my Children in five years' VTVI ZAINOL Doctors tell him he is well but Nipah virus survivor P. Puspalingam still lives in fear. He says: Although there is no evidence of human-to-human transmission, a possible relapse haunts him By Avoiding others... 'My children are still young.
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      549 6  - It's final Seletar Road hawkers must vacate by Sept YVONNE KOH No more extensions to deadline new shopping complex coming, so hawkers and shopkeepers there must move out HOPES DASHED 7 had hoped that HDB would consider building a new market beside the shopping centre, but I learnt today tnat
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      359 6 CAR ownership has increased although car numbers have shrunk a few times in recent years. The car population contracted in 1998, after the Asian financial crisis hit Singapore. Numbers fell from 377,595 units in 1997 to 375,427 then. The numbers also fell in 2002,
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      129 6 Woman caught in CNB net A WOMAN suspected of drug trafficking was nabbed on Friday in an ambush laid by narcotics officers at her condominium in Arcadia Road. Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) officers arrested the 30-year-old suspect at about 11.15pm after she drove into the condominium's premises and parked her
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        906 7  -  LYNN LEE Some schools adopt 'homeroom' system, where students move from class to class for different subjects Bu GREAT FOR STUDEHTS... 'When I leave my Chinese class to go for science, for example, I can mentally prepare my self for it while walking
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          451 8 TWO weeks ago I held a contest for students to demonstrate their writing 1 11 1 skills. I received 95 entries from youngsters studying at a wide range of secondary schools, institutes, polytechnics and junior colleges. Many types of writing were submitted. The main purpose ofthe contest
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          88 8 I WAS lowered slowly down to the ground, as if those barbaric creatures had any tinge of sympathy. A bout of hatred seized me. Hot blood coursed down my entire body. The moment is here. It went through. At first nudgingly, then forcefully. The skin was
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          492 8 A GOOD indication of an effective niece of writing is that it makes the reader think about something in a new way. This piece achieves this by depicting the slaughter of an animal from the animals perspective, as opposed to the usual human perspective. In the lesson
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          257 8 1 The next time you write something, check to see if you've used any cliches. If you're not sure if an expression is a cliche, ask your English teacher. If you do find a cliche, try to think of a more original choice of words to replace it
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          351 8 A CLICHE is a trite or overused expression. The use of cliches is a problem I have come across frequently in student writing in Singapore. So, it wasn't a surprise to me that many of the pieces submitted to the Good Writing Contest were marred
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        98 9 IN LAST Monday's The Expert Is In column, "Which route to take after O levels?", the information on co-curric-ular activity (CCA) bonus points for admission to junior college (JC) stated that a student "will get two points for a CCA grade of Al to 84,
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        128 10 THE National University of Singapore has teamed up with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, one of the top five engineering schools in the United States, to offer a joint PhD programme in chemical engineering. This follows the joint Master of Science
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        149 10 LOCAL fine arts gallery Chateau d'Arts is holding weekend workshops for children to teach them how to paint, draw and act out scenes from their favourite books. The 90-minute drama ses- sions for those aged six to 11 start on Feb 22 and will
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        157 10 LEARN ABOUT ART: Apart from workshops for the young, fine arts gallery Chateau d'Arts is also running weekly art classes for adults. Artist Marcus Lim's still-life sketch is an example of what participants may learn in drawing workshops. NANYANG Polytechnic is holding a seminar
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        164 10 FOR around six weeks each year, Pioneer Junior College students go scuba diving, ride horses and go kayaking after school or during the weekends. The activities are a few of the 10 outdoor sports and activities they have been able to take up at
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      238 1 Wt w Chin a Who Won TV Debate? Opinion polls put President Chen ahead of rival Lien page A3 Ii r f"3j i<s _^<w _____________________Sk PJh M Asia Pyongyang's Holocaust Documents allege families were gassed to death. pacea4 Ht Malaysia First NS Batch About 27,000 youths begin national service training
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      44 1 no a mill r nir imr UKAnlnb THE Lint VIUIIIRIIV Rblllßb If need he, we will call the police. Malaysian Education Minister Musa Mohamad, after being told that rulers bearing the logo of an opposition party were sent to a primary school in Kedah
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    • ASIAN AGENDA: ELECTION FEVER IN INDONESIA
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        1452 1 It is election year in Indonesia. There will be legislative polls in April, a presidential election in July and a possible run-oTf in September. Over the next two weeks, The Straits Times Indonesia bureau chief DERWIN PEREIRA will meet, travel with and interview the top election candidates
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          795 2  - Big 5 will most votes DEVI ASMARANI THE PARTIES PDI-P and Golkar are likely to remain the main parties in parliament while Islamic parties are expected to increase their representation By THF. STRAITS TIMES INDONESIA BUREAU JAKARTA Despite the fundamental changes in Indonesia's electoral system this year, the country's political
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          575 2  -  ROBERT GO THE ISSUES By THE STRAITS TIMES INDONESIA BUREAU TOMORROW Bambang Yudhoyono: Is he the dark horse presidential candidate? JAKARTA Life is tough for most Indonesians. They still struggle for a living and Jakarta's efforts to stabilise the economy have not translated
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        809 3  -  GOH SUI NOI Beijing has succeeded in winning over world opinion on the referendum issue but can it stop Taipei from going ahead? By THE STRAITS TIMES CHINA BUREAU BEIJING One of the noteworthy features of Chinese President Hu Jintao's recent four-nation tour was his
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        198 3 BEIJING Popular politician Bo Xilai yesterday was named as China's new trade minister and will step down from his post as governor of north-east Chinas Liaoning province, state press said. Mr 80, who is attending the Liaoning provincial people's congress, has nominated Mr
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          51 3 THOUSANDS of students and teachers marched to Hong Kong government headquarters yesterday in a noisy protest against planned university funding cuts. A protest spokesman said 5,000 people turned out. University spending for 2004-5 may be slashed by 10 per cent, or HK$l.l billion (***** million).
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          41 3 CHILDREN wearing heely shoes have caused so many accidents in Guangzhou that restaurants and subways have banned the shoes. Restaurant operators have called for regulations on the use of heely shoes, reported the Beijing Youtn Daily.
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          65 3 THE arrests of three ethnic Chinese Zhou Qiang, Liu Ping and Yong Zhongqi over a US$25 million (Ss4l million) scam at the New York branch of the Bank of China are linked to the bank's former chairman, China Central Television has reported. Wang Xuebing was
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          45 3 LANDMARK SUMO SHOW IN S. KOREA FOR the first time since 1945, Japanese sumo wrestling was staged in South Korea yesterday as part of efforts to improve cultural ties. Such cultural shows were banned for decades after occupation bv Ja- pan ended in 1945. AP
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          56 3 JAPAN'S Agriculture Minister Yoshiyuki Kamei yesterday said the ban on US beef would not be reconsidered until Washington proposed tighter safeguards. Before it suspended imports on Dec 24, Japan was the most lucrative market for US beef, with sales of almost US$l billion
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          41 3 FIVE of South Korea's top business groups, including the powerful Federation of Korean Industries, yesterday urged parliament to ratify the much-delayed free trade agreement with Chile, saying a further delay would hurt credibility and exports. AFP
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        47 3 AP Plain-clothes policemen arresting a drug dealer in Xian, in China's northern Shaanxi province, on Friday. The man was caught with 300g of heroin to be traded. Chinese officials said that China had 1.05 million officially registered drug addicts at the end of last year.
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        365 3 TAIWAN OPINION POLLS TAIPEI President Chen Shui-bian received higher marks than his rival Lien Chan in Taiwan's first televised debate between presidential candidates at the weekend, according to opinion polls. But Mr Chen still lagged behind the opposition candidate in popularity. A
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      543 4 Pyongyang gassea prisoners, papers allege ABDUCTEES: No return TOKYO North Korea rejected a request to return Japanese citizens kidnapped decades ago, and instead condemned sanctions levelled by Tokyo against it over the abductions, a Japanese official said after talks in Pyongyang. The Japanese delegation, led by Deputy Foreign Minister Hitoshi
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      906 4  - Khan used govt lab staff for own business KAMRAN KHAN Pakistan's Nuclear Scandal Despite his transfer, the scientist still had access to govt resources through men who worked in the labs and his home By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES India considers curbs on its scientists abroad NEW DELHI India is
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      654 4 DUBAI The Sri Lankan businessman whom US President George W. Bush accused of brokering deals for nuclear technology had a taste for Versace suits and liked to mingle with diplomats and politicians. At his business, Mr Bukhary Syed Abu Tahir kept a
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      242 4 MANSHERA (Pakistan) The authorities were sending tents, blankets and food to a remote northern area of Pakistan yesterday, a day after two strong earthquakes triggered landslides and toppled walls that killed at least 20 people and injured about 30. Officials said at least one
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        521 5  - Thailand fashion hub NIRMAL GHOSH Grand parade part of $78 million effort to promote Thai textiles, garments, gems, jewellery, leather and footwear By THAILAND CORRESPONDENT BANGKOK Licking a chocolate ice-cream cone, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra yesterday afternoon kicked off a huge "fashion extravaganza" that converted a 2km stretch of Sukhumvit
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        281 5 BANGKOK Assailants have killed three more people and wounded two policemen in a weekend of violence in Thailand's restive deep south, police said yesterday after a visit to the region by Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Two employees ofthe Tele{)hone Organisation of Thaiand were
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        377 5 YANGON Myanmar's military rulers have released the deputy leader of the main opposition party from jail and put him under house arrest at his home in the capital, family members said yesterday. Tin 00, the 77-year-old vice-chairman of the National League for
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        645 5 BIRD FLU CRISIS IT IS A LITTLE EARLY. WE BELIEVE THE OUTBREAK WON! BE CONTAINED FOR SEVERAL MONTHS, PROBABLY YEARS.' INDONESIA: Free chicken JAKARTA Officials in Indonesia's West Java province yesterday handed out 6,000 chicken-dish packages as part of a campaign to
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          52 5 INDONESIAN police are investigating eight alleged gunrunners suspected of smuggling hundreds of firearms from southern Thailand to war-torn Aceh province. Indonesian police think they may be linked to the Jan 4 raid on the army arsenal in Narathiwat, Thailand, a spokesman said on Saturday. The
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          67 5 CAMBODIAN Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday that he has decided to form a two-party coalition instead of a tripartite government, and hinted strongly that the royalist Funcinpec party should join him in power. The Premier initially agreed with Funcinpec and the Sam Rainsy
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          45 5 INDONESIAN police said yesterday that they have arrested a key suspect in the deadly bombing of a cafe and karaoke lounge in south Sulawesi province. Salamun was arrested on Saturday in the central Sulawesi district of Poso, police said. AFP
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          63 5 COMMUNIST guerillas strafed a southern Philippine police outpost, killing two people and then fleeing with a number of rifles, officials said yesterday. The attack on Saturday came a day after rebel negotiators and the Philippine government ended a new round of peace negotiations in Norway,
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          72 5 ABOUT 700 United States Marines sailed into the Philippines yesterday for annual combat exercises to help train Filipino soldiers who are fighting a slew of Muslim and communist insurgencies, and bracing themselves for possible terrorist attacks by Al-Qaeda-linked groups. The Marines, from Okinawa, Japan, are
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          42 5 EXPLORATORY talks between the Philippine government and tne Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) have been delayed at the request of broker Malaysia, a Manila official said yesterday. Malaysia cited "administrative reasons" for the delay, the official said. Reuters
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        374 6 Abdullah heartened by anti-graft support Media ♦Mahathir ♦Rafidah feedback says he warns shows favours opposition public the govt against backing crackdown slander PENANG As public support mounts for Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi's anticorruption drive, he told Malaysians that they had given him the strength to continue his fight to weed
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        442 6  -  LESLIE LAU MALAYSIA'S FIRST DRAFT By IN KUALA LUMPUR NATIONAL service begins for the first time in Malaysia today as about 27,000 youngsters embark on 12 weeks of military boot camp, community service and cha-racter-building. The authorities hope national service can reverse years of racial
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          65 6 ONLY 2,000 out of an expected 100,000 people turned up at a rally on Saturday to demand the release of Malaysia's jailed ex-deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim. The rally at Cherok To'Kun in Anwar's home state of Penane was to have been the highlight of
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          55 6 AN INTELLIGENT Traffic System (ITS) is being introduced to enhance management of the country's road traffic, Deputy Works Minister Khaled Nordin said after officially opening the Sungai Skudai bridge in Johor Baru yesterday. He said ITS would improve traffic management standards without involving high
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          52 6 MALAYSIAN Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak has assured the Chinese community that the government will not close national-type Chinese schools with fewer than 10 pupils. "I personally guarantee these schools win not be closed," he said at a Chinese New Year function at the
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          Lock icon ELDERLY COUPLE KILLED IN KOTA BARU BLAZE
          55 6 RETIRED Kelantan/Terengganu Orang Asli Department director Nik Hassan Nik Yusuf, 73, and his wife, Nik Hasmah Nik Yahaya, 67, were burnt to death after being trapped in a fire at their home in Kota Baru last night. Their bodies were found next to
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        417 7 SOCCER LONDON David Beckham was so fed up with his career at Manchester United towards the end of last season that he almost quit football. The England captain said that time was so traumatic that he did not think it was worth it
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        356 7 LONDON England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson yesterday criticised a Fifa proposal to limit the number of substitutes allowed in international friendly matches to five, saying he had not met a manager who agreed with it. "I hope Fifa do not come through with this five substitutions
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        636 7  -  JEFFREY LOW No Henry, no Eroblem, as new oy scores twice to take Gunners into the q-finals By SOCCER CORRESPONDENT NO THIERRY Henry, no problem at all. There is always Jose Antonio Reyes, the latest rave in English football. In yet another testimonial to
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        352 7 LIVERPOOL HELD PORTSMOUTH forced an FA Cup replay with Liverpool after a 1-1 draw at Anfield yesterday. In the other FA Cup tie, First Division side Sheffield United advanced into the quarter-finals with a 1-0 win over Colchester United. LONDON Arsenal fans can look forward to a
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        320 7 MILAN Serie A leaders AC Milan were held to a 1-1 draw at lowly Lecce yesterday, but rivals AS Roma failed to take advantage, managing only a goalless draw at bottom club Ancona. The results handed thirdplaced Juventus a chance to close
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        Lock icon $2.8b bid for Utd?
        304 7 LONDON Despite continual denials, it appears that there will be a bid for Manchester United some time within the next few weeks. The Guardian reported that Manchester United insiders have admitted for the first time that a £900 million (552.79 billion) bid for the club was
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        Lock icon Valerie second-best in Masters
        379 8  -  PEH SHING HUEI BOWLING A PERFECT game and two gold medals, but there was no hat-trick for Valerie Teo as the Asian Youth Bowling Championships ended in Hong Kong yesterday. After a commanding week against Asia's best young keglers, the 19-year-old Singaporean came up second best
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        Lock icon Daly comes out of wilderness to take the lead
        824 8 GOLF 'Wild Thing' on the verge of a comeback win after turmoil in his personal life MARDAN FOURTH ATMYANMAROPEN SINGAPORE golfer Mardan Mamat shot a four-under-par 68 to finish joint-fourth at the Myanmar Open yesterday. His six-under 282 (73, 71, 70,
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          Lock icon RHAMANAN PARTNERS PAKISTANI TO VICTORY
          56 8 SINGAPORE'S Vivian Rhamanan partnered Mubahsir Gul of Pakistan to victory yesterday in the Ml International Jumbo Doubles Squash Tournament. The pair edged out veteran Zainal Abidin and Lim Jit Uei 15-14, 15-9 at Tanglin Club. Community Development and Sports Minister Yaacob Ibrahim was the guest
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          77 8 LIVERPOOL football star Michael Owen's sister, Karen, who is four months pregnant, was almost abducted near her home in North Wales, reported News Of The World. Two masked men pounced on her as she left her gymnasium after a workout. Owen's father, Terry, said: "Karen
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          Lock icon RODRIGUEZ CLOSE TO BECOMING A YANKEE
          73 8 ALEX Rodriguez is days away from joining the New York Yankees in a trade that will rank as one of the biggest in baseball history. The Yankees and the Texas Rangers agreed on Saturday to the outline of a deal that would send Rodriguez
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          Lock icon ROCKETS AND KINGS TO PLAY IN CHINA
          83 8 HOUSTON Rockets and Sacramento Kings will play two pre-season games in China, the National Basketball Association said on Saturday. "If the facilities permit, I think you could see a regularseason game in China within the next two to three years," said NBA Commissioner
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          Lock icon ANOTHER FIVE-TITLE FEAT FOR PHELPS
          69 8 MICHAEL Phelps, the first man to win five titles at one US swimming competition six months ago, repeated the feat on Saturday at the US spring nationals. With a victory in the 200m individual medley, the 18--year-old secured the men's award for high points for
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          56 8 MARCO Pantani, winner of cycling's two greatest races the Giro (.'ltalia and Tour de France in 1998 has died. The Italian was 34. Dragged down by doping accusations in recent seasons, he was found dead on Saturday in an apartment-hotel in the seaside resort of
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        824 8 CRICKET Tftree-e_v mmttM \m Harare: Bangladesh lst innings: 199 in 76 4 overs (S.Hossain 75: friend Z ?5 (w-4). Hondo 3 19. Ewing 2-31) Zimbabwe A Ist innings: 71-5 in 26 overs OOLF Oa M IrrrttaWenal ki La Jolla. Cailforma, 3rd i4 (USA entest .fated): 203 John
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        999 9 OM SAI RAM RAMACHANORAN 'CHANDRA BOTAK' (Rotlrod Polict DeUctlvt) Ago: 65 passed sway peacefully on 15/02/2004. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Kawsalyah Menon Sons: Daughter-in-law. Sivaprakash Nambiar Mala Mathavan Nambiar Daughter: Grandchildren: Nalini KNR Shoben Prakash Nambiar Sai Sanjhurah Nair Krishan Prakash Nambiar Sai Kashmmeera Nair
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        656 10 ROUND-UP Overseas markets MALAYSIAN stocks are likely to hold at current levels in rangebound trade with little incentive to drive prices higher after surging 1.3 per cent last week, analysts said. "The market is on a holding f.attern. Retail investors are ikely to remain largely
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        107 10 TURNOVER COOO) VALUE COOO) M«ln Sdq Total Main Sdq Total Multilnd 36,615 36,615 27,749 27 749 Manufacturq 296,606 27,326 323,932 294,424 9,979 304 403 Commerce 80,189 25.349 105,538 36,776 7,113 43 889 Tpt/Stor/Com 104,946 2.442 107,388 238.690 1,546 240 235 Finance 36,526 4,605 41,131 88,868 3,298 92,167
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        141 10 MAIN SDO TOTAL Up Dn Unch Up On Unch Up Dn Unch Multi Ind 11 2 4 0 0 0 11 2 4 Manufacturg 55 57 36 16 22 13 71 79 49 Commerce 28 25 11 4 11 4 32 36 IS Tpt/Stor/Com 18 10 4
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        38 10 Change Straits Times Index 1864.07 ♦1.13 BT 08/OS 2.00 -51.00 BTCAOI -*****.00 -20.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 UOB Sesdaq 120.28 *0.57 UOB Blue Chip 673.13 +0.69 STI Futures 1865 -5 SIMSCI 227.30 *0.2S SiMSCI Futures 227.60 ♦0.30
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        33 10 UnltedTAC USISC 540,355.000 PacificCenturylOc 242.018.000 ChinaFleiP USISc 191,504.000 SingTel 15c 139.502.000 AEM-Evertech 5c 128.220.000 Speedy-Tech 5c 128,183.000 Citiraya2.sc 126,367,000 Cosco Corp 20c 125.381.000 ST Assembly 25c 121,209.000 AEI Corp 15c 115.933.000
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        415 10 .ghnbvbbmdfgnm//,. ABN Amro Bank NV 5.25 ABSA Bank Limited 5.5 Agricultural Bank Of China 5.5 ANZ Banking Group 6 American Express Bank 5 Arab Bank PLC 5 Banca Di Roma 5.5 Bangkok Bank 6 Bank of America NA 5 Bank of China 5.5 Bank of Communications 5.5
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        Lock icon Aussie dollar brushes 7-year high
        453 10 REVIEW Currencies MOST regional currencies gained on the US dollar last week, some reflecting the strengthening yen, with the Australian dollar touching a seven-year high. JAPANESE YEN: The yen continued to gain ground last week, standing at 105.38-40 against the US dollar late on Friday
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        3044 10 UNIT TERUSTS FUNDS -THI -___-_--_-__________l AW Amro Asset M* (Spore. Star Europe Eqty!" 0.777/ tar Europe Bond 1.288/ Star Europe Bal 1.089/ Star Mi Tiger Eqty 0.937/ StarAsMßond 1.302/ sAS. Star Global Technology Tun*- 0.245/ Star m Finance Japan Fun*" 0.721/ ___.'xtl_^ F n™. Star Asm BondlUSO) 0 78/ MuNi
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        833 11 Global telcos in hot pursuit of AT&T Cingular raises earlier offer to $60b while Vodafone joins in the action with identical bid for the No. 3 US mobile carrier, say reports BIDDING WAR VODAFONE GROUP Offered about US$l3 a share, or US$35 billion (Sss9 billion), for AT&T Wireless, the Telegraph
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        420 12 It says its article, which sparked talk of a likely tweak to the yuan peg, was an analysis piece based on interviews with economic experts BEIJING When it comes to Chinese currency policy, followers of the country's increasingly bold financial media might
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        147 12 TOKYO Japan will propose a new currency swap framework with its Asian neighbour countries to avert a financial meltdown in the region, a daily said on Saturday. It plans to make the proposal in May, when finance ministers of Asean, China and South Korea
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        342 12 FRANKFURT It should have been easy. A few warning growls and a baring of teeth by Group of Seven (G-7) finance ministers and central bank governors at their Florida meeting last weekend could have had foreign exchange markets trembling in their
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        832 13  -  COLIN TAN COMMENT MARKET* CORRESPONDENT Critics, reserve judgment on independence level of free report scheme for now after all, only 5 of 800 reports have been issued IK CONCLUSION SEEMS TO BE THAT SUS REPORTS ME "MORE INDEPENDENT" THAN THOSE
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        262 13  - New ST section to cover media and marketing RACHEL LIN By COMING soon, go-ings-on in the world of media and marketing will make a splash of their own amid the pages of The Straits Times. The newspaper is launching a new section, Media and Marketing, that will appear every Tuesday
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        1207 14  -  HUGH CHOW The Way To An Indo-Chinese Businessman's Heart B__ Going with the flow Understand the culture: In Thailand, this may mean a Singaporean boss accepting the more laid-back work style of local staff in a land where "sanuk" or a sense of
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        496 15  -  EDNA KOH It would resemble a government bond and be able to act as a 'benchmark' from which other bond issues can be priced By FINANCE CORRESPONDENT A PROPOSAL by Temasek Holdings to issue 25-year or 30-year bonds as a way to borrow
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        527 15  -  COLIN TAN TAKING STOCK MARKETS CORRESPONDENT STOCKS on the Singapore bourse are expected to remain trapped in a trading range this week albeit with a downward bias, market strategists said. A key worry that will shroud the market is the surprise plunge in consumer sentiment
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        234 15 SINGAPORE port operator PSA Corp is set to invest 300 million euros (*****.4 million) in a new container terminal in Belgium's booming port of Antwerp, operated by its Belgian subsidiary, Hesse Noord Natie (HNN). It said HNN had won the licence to operate
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        41 15 WEEK'S TOP RISES Cents ISottdfc 13 44.4 4.0 Wee Poh 0.5c 2 33 3 0.5 GeneMedixip 42.5 32.8 10.5 WWantWO4K)24 48.5 24.4 15.9 SinqTelDßS eCW04 63 23.5 12.0 PNEMicronBc 20 21.2 3.5 ChinaAvOilsc 187 20.6 32.0 ChipEnqS W*****2 3 20.0 0.5
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        41 15 WEEK'S TOP FALLS Cwts Venture C0rp25c 2070 80.0 3.7 JMHUS2Sc4OO 940 58.6 3.6 JSHUSSCSOO 492 46.9 5.4 Creative T 25c 1860 40.0 2.1 ST Assembly 25c 194 35.0 15.3 NOL 206 16.0 7.2 DatacraftKk- 148 13.4 5.1 SATSvcsWc 198 H.O 5.3
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        42 15 WEEK'S TOP FALLS Cents NewWave W*****1 1.5 40.0 1.0 C5CW*****7 1 333 0.5 KohßrosWo4 1 33.3 0.5 El-Nets k 2.5 28.6 10 Benefun2ok HKk 1.5 25.0 0.5 Gk)balActivsc 34.5 20.7 9.0 Global Tech HKk 2 20.0 0.5 Strike W*****5 2 20.0 0.5
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        33 15 Onts TACBtW2OO 330 553 1U GreatEastsoc 1200 50.0 43 DBSGrp 1530 40.0 2.7 SIA2OO 1180 40.0 3.5 SIASOC 1180 40.0 3.5 Robinson 755 35.0 4.9 ChinaAvOilsc 187 32.0 20.6 DBSBk6%NCPSIO. ***** 30.0 0.3
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          Lock icon JEL APPOINTS NON-EXEC DIRECTOR
          53 15 TAN KOK HIANG: Appointed non-executive director at JEL Corp with effect from last Wednesday. Mr Tan, 53, is a member of the British Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and was most recently an executive director of Viz Branz. Prior to that, he was the managing director
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          70 15 VTVEK JETLEY: Appointed senior vice-president and head of international business development of Parkway Group Healthcare. Parkway Group Healthcare is a unit of private health-care provider Parkway Holdings. Mr Jetley has a Masters in Business Management and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Banaras Hindu
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          50 15 PRAM KURNIAWAN: Appointed associate director of Asian credit research at Barclays Capital. He will cover high-yield and distressed credits in Asia, excluding Japan. He was previously director of investments at MetLife Investments. Barclays Capital is the investment banking arm of British financial giant Barclays.
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        Lock icon Malaysian King invests $lm in telco firm Unified
        289 15  -  LEE SU SHYAN Bu MAINBOARJ) aspirant Unified Communications has made some royal connections with a new investor in the form of the Malaysian King. The Malaysian King, Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Syed Putra Jamalullail, has invested $1.03 million for 3.675 million placement shares,
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          Lock icon TEMASEK RAISES STAKE IN SIA
          68 15 SINGAPORE investment company Temasek Holdings' stake in Singapore Airlines (SIA) has been increased marginally to 57-03 per cent, up from 56.98 per cent. The change was the result of "open market purchases and sales, disposal of shares arising from exercises of put option, error in
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          86 15 IN A married deal, Citiraya Industries chief executive and deputy chairman Raymond Ng sold 82.5 million shares at 43 cents each to company president Ng Teck Lee who also happens to be his brother. After the sale, the chief executive's stake fell from 32.1 per cent
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          Lock icon ARISAIG BUYS INTO ASIATRAVEL
          65 15 INDEPENDENT investment management boutique Arisaig Partners became a substantial shareholder of Asiatravel.com after the company's directors and other substantial shareholders sold 20 million shares last Wednesday. After the purchase of 10 million shares at 56.5 cents each, Arisaig's stake has risen from 4.31 per cent previously
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          59 15 GLOBAL investment management firm The Capital Group raised its stake in CapilaMall Trust from 5.25 per cent to 6.83 per cent through an open market purchase of 14.3 million units on Jan 20. It is now a substantial shareholder and owns 61.9 million units of the
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          122 15 ISRAEL'S Formula Vision Technologies said on Sunday that software subsidiary Formula Telecom Solutions (FTS), in which it holds 51 per cent, is considering a public offering in Singapore. FTS plans to raise between US$25 million and US$3O million (5542.1 million and 5550.6 million) in an
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        8 16 FOR THE WEEK 1864.07 (♦9.66)
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        828 16  - 5 in 6 firms yet to report full-year results LEE SU SHY AN Given SGX' s earlier Feb 29 deadline this year, about 250 companies have a fortnight left to release their figures By COMPANIES CORRESPONDENT ITS rush hour for corporate results. With only two weeks to go before year-end
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      348 2 ASIANS THIS WEEK "S| k-fi* il .33 CHINA The government will accompany reporters to central Hubei and eastern Shandong provinces tomorrow to dispel notions that bird flu has spread. Shanghai hosts a world travel fair from Thursday to Sunday. TAIWAN A banking consortium auctions off assets of the Tuntex group
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      31 7 BEATS ME, WHY WE LOST "In the second half it was strange because we lost something. I don't know why. Chelsea manager Claudio Ranieri, on his team's 1-2 defeat by Arsenal
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      562 12 1^ ___________h_^l ___r ____r^____fl^______^ I UNIFIED COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore on 27 December 2002) Invitation in respect of 73,500,000 ordinary shares of Sso.oB each comprising 38,000,000 New Shares and 35,500,000 Vendor Shares as follows:--(1) 8,000,000 Offer Shares at 550.28 for each Offer Share by way
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      97 14 This announcement appears as a matter of record only February 2004 810-TREAT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED (Incorporated in Bermuda on 22 August 2003) Invitation in respect of 233,800,000 ordinary shares of HK$O.4O each comprising 156,000,000 New Shares and 77,800,000 Vendor Shares as follows: (a) 15,000,000 Offer Shares at 550.46 each by way
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      104 15 To find out more, join us at our seminars Register at any investor centre or visit www.poems.com.sg Date Time Venue 19 Feb -7pm to Bpm occu Raffles City (At City Hall) 26 Feb 7pm to 9pm y 21 Feb 10.30am to 11.30am OR o« Bukit Batok 2.30pm to 3.30pm 24
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      1056 16 \*n *_*B __S___!-___k C <> M I'A NIKS Connection Malaysian King invests $lm in mainboard aspirant Unified, a telco firm. pageais a^^"^> fJ^flßE' fl~ fl Vf^ _3 AC* ______BB^________ *_T^ i V 7 K N T U RES Winning Qualities Some pointers for S'pore firms who are looking for success
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      13 1 Life! THE STRAITS TIMES Monday, February 16, 2004 CELEBRATES THE WONDER OF LIFE
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      889 2  - Gareth won? A mei too? TOMMY WEE Mariah Carey was a surprise but Gareth Gates winning was not. And even the Black Eyed Peas could not save a lacklustre show By THE good news was, superstar Mariah Carey made a surprise appearance at the Singapore Indoor Stadium last Saturday night.
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