The Straits Times, 12 May 2004

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  • 30 1 The Straits Times BEST IN NEWSPAPER DESIGN IN ASIA Established 1845 Vv^B€broSCl3,y May 12, 2004 134 Pages in six parts mita (p) 048/03/2004 %BfA Singapore Press Holdings publication OVJ Cents
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  • 553 1  - Union chiefs hope workers get good news EUGENE LOW Time is right for the NWC to recommend rewarding workers who accepted wage cuts, freezes during downturn, they say *L UNIONISTS are hopeful next week's National Wages Council (NWC) recommendations will include a call to reward workers adequately for having borne
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  • 61 1 AFP Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong and his British counterpart, Mr Tony Blair, chat outside 10 Downing Street in London after their meeting yesterday. They exchanged views on the war on terror and on developments in Iraq, the Middle East and East Asia. Mr Goh, in Britain
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  • 346 1  -  EDNAKOH FINANCE CORRESPONDENT IT STARTED with a bang but ended with a whimper. All eyes had been on a spm deadline yesterday that was key to resolving a tussle for United Overseas Land (UOL) involving United Overseas Bank (UOB), its controlling shareholder, billionaire
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  • 406 1  -  SELINALUM Bu A WOMAN, who was drawn into a web of deceit spun by her husband and his brother to falsely claim an insurance payout of more than $330,000, was sent to jail for a year yesterday. Her husband faked his death
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  • NEWS FLASH
    • 146 2 CHURCH GETS $64,000 ANSWER NEGOTIATIONS between the Faith Assembly of God church and the Singapore Land Authority (SLA) won the church a much bigger payment for land that the Government is acquiring for road widening. Originally, the church was offered $1 for the 200 sq m plot of land.
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    • 72 2 THE PARADOX OF SHORT WARS SHORT wars have become the norm in modern times, a result of the power of today's military forces like those of the US. But the continued fighting in Iraq show that therein lies a paradox: Wars today could be too short to inflict enough
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    • 91 2 IS MICROWAVED FOOD REAL FOOD? NO, writes Mr Richard Seah, who offers this alternative view: Food cooked in a microwave oven, he says, is like fuel that generates heat. This is because in a microwave oven, heat is generated from inside the food and travels outwards. So microwaved food
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    • 98 2 L I FE! DAD WOULD HAVE BEEN PROUD BUDDING actress Catherine Tan's landing a role in the upcoming Channel i comedy, Durian King, has a tinge of sadness her father died in the Nicoll Highway collapse before he could see her television appearance. Mr Tan Lock Yong was one of
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    • 121 2 HOME THE Government cannot rescue its companies to help creditors, say MPs, businessmen and lawmakers in the aftermath of the winding up of Synergy Construction. Subcontractors had pleaded for the Government to step in, but observers pointed out that such risks of losing money were
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    • 80 2 Flawed pension Bills passed JAPAN'S Lower House has passed a package of controversial pension reform Bills amid strong public dissatisfaction. Critics have pointed to their failure to address deep flaws in Japan's complex pension system, which aims to finance pensions for retirees from the incomes of active workers. Recent
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    • 79 2 ASIA Postelections violence feared THE Philippine military has been put on standby following rumours of a coup and renewed destabilisation after Monday's general elections. President Gloria Arroyo's main rival challenged the early results, while his supporters alleged vote fraud, raising fears of unrest. The Commission on Elections has come under
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    • 83 2 UOB TOP MAN PLAYS IT COOL WHILE most of corporate Singapore held their collective breath as the minutes ticked down to the expiry of Temasek Holdings' offer for United Overseas Land shares, the top man was not around. Banker Wee Cho Yaw had calmly headed j for Thailand to
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    • 85 2 WAR ON TERROR MOVES TO AFRICA TOP US generals see the largely ungoverned territory stretching from the Horn of Africa j to the Western Sahara's Atlantic coast as the i next Afghanistan. Investigators have linked terrorist attacks to North Africa, and military officials fear that the deserts could become
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    • 143 2 SETBACK FOR VAJPAYEE'S ALLIANCE INDIAN Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's National Democratic Alliance faces a setback with the voting out of the Telugu Desam Party in the assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh. The unexpected departure of NDA's key ally strengthens fears that the alliance will fail to secure a
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    • 68 2 S PORTS MORE OF EVERYTHING AT S-LEAGUE GOALS and shocks galore have been drawing the crowds to S-League matches this season. Apart from the incredible scorelines of nine or more goals, there have also been amazing turnarounds by teams at the last minute. No wonder, then, that overall attendance has
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    • 858 2 MAIN Prime 3,4,6 World 8-19 Editorial 20 Commentary 20,21 Forum 22,23 HOME Home Hl-H6 Tech Science H7 ASIA/SPORTS/ MONEY Asia AI,AS China A2,A4 Philippines elections A6 S-E Asia A7 Malaysia.... AB, A9 Sports ....AlO, All Money... Al3-A22 LIFE! The Buzz L2 Cover story L4 Movies L5 Comics L6 Cinema listing.
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  • PRIME NEWS
    • 510 3  -  NARENDRA AGGARWAL Insurer to give NKF a cut of premiums plus ongoing support, and will not use charity's database to contact supporters directly *l 'Database access was not on the table at any point of the discussions. Therefore, the question of buying
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    • 378 3  - Quake tremors trigger evacuation TANYA FONG GLENYS SIM Bu am TREMORS from an earthquake in Sumatra caused panic in four buildings at Beach Road, Jalan Besar and St George's Lane yesterday at about 4.30pm. Despite assurances from the authorities that the buildings were safe, many of the tenants, already jittery
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    • 585 4  - UK troops accused of killing harmless civilians ALFRED LEE Reports by Amnesty and the Red Cross describe cold-blooded shootings, mass arrests and the abuse of Iraqi prisoners By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES LONDON British troops in Iraq cold-bloodedly shot and killed civilians, including a young girl and an unarmed man
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    • 498 4  - China's crooked officials turning to crime younger JASON LEOW NEW FACE OF CORRUPTION They are also better educated and bolder than criminals of the past, warns court By CHINA BUREAU CHIEF BEIJING Corruption within the Communist Party is spreading to stateowned enterprises, involving young, ambitious public servants who hold little
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    • 604 6  -  CHONG CHEE KIN Seven-year-old received more than 140 injuries at the hands of mum's boyfriend, who also cheated 5 people of $300,000 *1L BRUTAL, depraved and horrific, prosecutors said of child batterer Chong Keng Chye, 36. Even lawyers Subhas Anandan and Mr Anand Nalachandran, who represented
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    • 327 6 TILL the end, Chong Keng Chye, 36, tried to insist that his girlfriend and her two daughters were also to blame for the death of her son, whom Chong had physically abused for nearly six months. He said that she
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    • 529 6 The early bird catches South Korean attention Many heeding book's advice and are rising earlier for work SEOUL Since the early bird catches the worm, many South Koreans are ditching their night owl habits to taste success on the advice of a Japanese doctor. Hiroshi Saisho's bestseller, Early Morning People
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  • WORLD
    • 718 8 Despite protests from conservationists, city officials are planning taller buildings to remake London as a denser urban area LONDON Perhaps it is the weather, which sometimes seals London with a grey ceiling for weeks on end. Or maybe it is Britons' penchant for understatement,
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    • 59 8 THIS phallic structure standing tall in the J City, London's central financial district, is the latest addition to the British capital's cluster of skyscrapers. Nicknamed the "erotic gherkin", the 180m high, 40-storey building was opened on April 27. The skyscraper, known as 30 St Mary Axe, was designed
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    • 490 9 Six Israeli troops die in Gaza ambush Deadliest blow in more than a year came during an Israeli raid that killed seven Palestinians and injured 110 others GAZA Palestinian militants blew up an Israeli military vehicle in the Gaza Strip yesterday, killing six soldiers in the deadliest blow to Israeli
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    • 331 9 US to impose economic sanctions on Syria WASHINGTON US President George W. Bush will levy economic sanctions against Syria this week for supporting terror and not doing enough to prevent militants from entering neighbouring Iraq, congressional and administration sources said on Monday. The sanctions, which were to be imposed as
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    • 1220 8 Dissident Academic Defiant mom Rally At Normandy ff|}fe* Combating Digital Pollution mm Punish me or Tree me, says the academic, PyWwi J une is u ast tiule Sll^' (> i (lllt numbers oi v&HM rjl A new breed of activists meeting in Seattle Jy^St^Jm charged with blasphemy tor questioning F^hmtfr
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  • IRAQ PRISONER ABUSE
    • 694 10 'After the torture and vile acts bij the American army, President Bush goes out and congratulates Rumsfeld. It's just incredible. I am in total shock. Mr Omar Belhouchet, editor of Algerian daily El Watan 7 cannot believe the United States reacts the way
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    • 474 10 FAIRFIELD (Ohio) Round the clock, seven days a week, O'Gara Hess Eisenhardt churns out heavily armoured Humvees, designed for the guerilla combat and roadside bombs bedeviling United States troops. The frenetic activity is repeated all over the country underscoring the dictum that
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    • 93 10 US MILITARY personnel singled out senior officials of Saddam Hussein's regime for special abuse in prison, including solitary confinement for months on end. The Iraqi officials were identified only as "high-value detainees" in a confidential report by the International Committee of the Red Cross. But an official
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    • 107 10 AN ATTORNEY defending US Army Private Lynndie England said on Monday her client was being made a "poster child" for Washington's flawed Iraq war policies. England is seen in one photograph holding a leash attached to an Iraqi prisoner and in another, smiling as she points
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    • 73 10 SOUTH Korea delayed the dispatch of troops to Iraq by at least a month yesterday. The government had said it would send 3,600 troops to one of two destinations in northern Iraq by June, after previously scrapping a plan to send troops in April. The June
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    • 99 10 ARAB ministers agreed on Monday to hold an Arab League summit this month in Tunisia, despite differences over Iraq, Israel and US reform demands that forced them to postpone a meeting in March. The council of ministers has agreed to the Tunisian suggestion that the summit
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    • 548 11 SECRET WORLD OF DETENTION CENTRES Away from public eye, prisoners have no rights and face torture WASHINGTON The Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, where a unit of United States soldiers abused prisoners, is just the largest and suddenly most notorious in a worldwide constellation of detention centres run by the
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    • 244 11 WASHINGTON A lack of leadership at the Abu Ghraib prison facilitated the abuse of Iraqi detainees by US guards who were given charge without discipline, training or supervision, the general investigating the abuses told US lawmakers yesterday. Asked to say in "soldier's language"
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  • WORLD
    • 506 12 Academic who urged Muslims not to follow religious chiefs blindly tells court to carry out death sentence or free him TEHERAN Iranian dissident academic Hashem Aghajari has been defiant in the face of a renewed death sentence for blasphemy, telling the hard-line
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    • 232 12 PUTIN HONOURS SLAIN LEADER GROZNY Russian President Vladimir Putin made a rare lightning visit to Chechnya yesterday to honour slain local leader Akhmad Kadyrov and ordered more than 1,000 extra forces to be deployed in the troubled province. The high-profile move, announced by Mr Putin himself
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    • 116 13 LONDON Doctors have slammed a raft of new TV programmes on cosmetic surgery. The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons said the shows were encouraging people to have surgery for the wrong reasons, the BBC reported. They criticised MTV's I Want a Famous Face,
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    • 534 13 Minister Tells Australians: Treasurer promises A53,000 for every baby born after June as part of an A519.2 billion family package CANBERRA Australian couples owe it to their country to have more children and should get on with the job, the nation's Treasurer said
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    • Quickly world
      • 179 13 LOS ANGELES A man who cheated U5537.5 million (Ss6s million) from about 900,000 credit card owners by signing them up for pornographic websites has been sentenced to more than 11 years in prison. Kenneth Taves, 52, was also ordered on Monday to pay full
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      • 169 13 WASHINGTON Nearly half a century after the brutal killing of a 14-year-old black youth in Mississippi became a flashpoint in the civil rights movement, the US Justice Department said on Monday it was opening a criminal investigation into the case of Emmett Till in the
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      • 118 13 SITKA (Alaska) A 70.5m ferry with more than 100 people aboard struck a reef off Alaska on Monday and began taking on water, forcing all 86 passengers and 23 crew members to abandon ship. They were evacuated from the vessel and put into life
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      • 89 13 GLASGOW Two people are feared dead and dozens injured after a powerful explosion destroyed a plastics factory here, emergency services have said. Up to 20 people were believed to be trapped in the rubble and another 60 were injured when the building in a
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      • 123 13 SYDNEY Australia will host a massive air combat training exercise next month attracting more than 100 aircraft and 1,500 air force personnel from France, the United States, Thailand and Singapore, defence officials said yesterday. A year in the planning, Exercise Pitch Black is the
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    • 60 14 New heights in dining A GROUP of friends toast their new world record for the highest altitude formal dinner. The six Britons and one Australian enjoyed a five-course meal 6,805m up a Tibetan mountain last week to raise money for charity. They wore ties and hats and carried up tables,
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    • 327 14 He accuses the President of doing nothing while allowing increasing medical costs to push families to the brink of financial ruin EDINBORO (Pennsylvania) Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry launched a week-long offensive on Monday accusing President George W. Bush of letting skyrocketing
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    • PEOPLE
      • 145 15 Rabin's killer has wedding bid rejected STATE REFUSES REQUEST JERUSALEM Yigal Amir, the jailed assassin of Israel's former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, has been refused permission to get married. The state prosecutor's office said the event could "harm state security and provoke a disturbance of public order", Israel's Channel Two
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      • 89 15 LONDON Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver, 28, whose endorsement helped supermarket chain Sainsbury's boost sales by up to £1.2 billion (553.64 billion) over the past four years, has won another lucrative deal. He will earn £1.2 miliion for a 12-month advertising deal, compared to the £900,000
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      • 113 15 JAILED AFTER 20 YEARS ON THE RUN SAN FRANCISCO James Kilgore of the Symbionese Liberation Army was sentenced on Monday to six years in state prison for killing a bank customer during a botched holdup in Carmichael, California, in 1975. The SLA, a small but violent group, made headlines in
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      • 93 15 MANCHESTER Robin and Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees will be awarded honorary degrees from the University of Manchester today. They will also accept a degree for their brother Maurice, who died in January last year. The Gibb brothers became famous in the 1970s
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    • 212 16 American military officials say the principal Islamic terrorist groups in North Africa have strong ties to Al-Qaeda and extensive support networks among Islamic expatriates in Western Europe. Moroccan Islamic Combat Group Leader unknown Formed in Afghanistan, its members are blamed for the Casablanca bombings last May
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    • 410 16 US seeks to deny Al-Qaeda foothold in Africa Officials say a largely ungoverned region straddling the continent is turning into a base for terrorists STUTTGART (Germany) The American campaign against terrorism is opening a new front in a region that military officials fear could become the next base for Al-Qaeda
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    • 236 16 WASHINGTON Even now, 30 months after the Sept 11 attacks, America's clandestine intelligence service numbers fewer than 1,100 case officers posted overseas, fewer than the number of FBI agents assigned to the New York City field office alone, according to US government officials. Since Mr
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    • 545 17 The qovt says it will deport Mullah Krekar, who became a talking point after he was outraged by a female comedian's playful act OSLO The founder of Ansar Al-Islam, a militant terror group, has sparked a national debate in Norway after getting embroiled
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    • 460 18 It is finalising details to host last major commemoration of Normandy landings which spelt liberation of western Europe 60 years ago CAEN (France) Preparations for the last major commemoration of the Normandy landings move into top gear this week, less than a month ahead
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    • 487 19 'Information environmentalists' want to reclaim quiet mental space from the persistent presence of cell phones, PDAs, e-mail and cable TV SEATTLE The newest polluters are not chemical manufacturers leaking toxins into the air. Nor are they logging conglomerates clearing ancient forests or avaricious developers turning
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    • 83 19 AFP This silver Ass coin, on display at the Koyal Australian Mint in Canberra, might fetch a tidy sum in future. It is one of three Olympic coins to be the first in the world to feature a colour hologram, the rest being the tri-metal Asso and
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    • 149 19 LONDON A Danish fishing trawler has landed a bigger catch than its crew are used to a submarine. The trawler was in the Skagerrak waters between Norway and Denmark, close to the Danish port of Hirtshals, when it made its surprise catch. The submarine was
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  • COMMENTARY ANALYSIS
    • The Straits Times
      • 601 20 THE statistics are telling. About 650 of Mendaki's 3,600 volunteers, or 18 per cent, are non-Malays. That number represents a substantial increase from the 4 per cent, or just over 30, of the pool of 788 volunteers which the Malay/Muslim self-help group had in 1999. Over at
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    • 870 20  -  PRANAY GUPTE By FOR THE STKAHS TlMhfr GOREGAON (India) When the prestigious Cannes Film Festival opens in France tomorrow, the Indian pavilion is certain to be among the most visited exhibitions. India, after all, is the world's biggest producer of feature films some 1,000 are
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    • 941 20  - Confronting the Iraq War's deadly paradox ANTHONY PAUL By SENIOR WRITER NOT long after the communist takeover in Indochina in 1975, I interviewed the United States Commander-in-Chief Pacific, then-admiral Noel Gaylor, in his Pearl Harbor office. A huge map of his vast command, the Pacific and Indian Oceans and surrounding
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    • 723 20  -  TOM PLATE By FORTHK STRAITS TIMKS IS IT WISE TO ADD POSSIBLE INSULT TO INJURY IN IRAQ BY APPOINTING A DIPLOMAT WHO STARTS ON DAY ONE WITH THE IMAGE OF DIRTY HANDS? LOS ANGELES You don't have to work too hard to convince
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    • 972 21  - How food makers can grow bigger: Think small JOHN GAPPER FINANCIAL TIMKS SALT, STARCH AND SYRUP ARE USED i PROCESSED FOODS FOR A REASON: THEY NOT ONLY ADD FLAVOUR AND TEXTURE TO CHEAP INGREDIENTS, BUT ALSO THEMSELVES COST LITTLE. WHO would be in Mr Neville Isdell's shoes? The day after
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    • 712 21  - When Shanghai becomes a study in Englishness DEEP K. DATTA-RAY Bu FOR THK STRAITS TIMES YOUNG Chinese boys may soon cut a typically English pose on the Bund Shanghai's promenade from the colonial period in the first time since the 1950s that students will stroll along the waterfront in blazer
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    • 149 22 Unsafe stretch of shore blocked off WE REFER to the letter, "Cordon off unsafe stretch of seashore" (ST, May 7), and thank Mr Lee Hup Seng for his feedback. The National Parks Board (NParks) is aware of the eroding coastline at West Coast Park. We have been working with the
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    • 180 22 CONCERNING the editorial, "Stain on US honour" (ST, May 5), it would be little comfort to anyone in the "civilised" world to grasp for higher moral ground because we "hang our heads in shame" over reports of systematic abuse of
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    • 558 22 Speech To Council On Foreign Relations In Washington am glad to say that PM Goh's speech has given me new hope. We need more clear-minded and balanced leaders like him, who are not afraid to make a stand. AS A Singaporean, I am
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    • 533 22 Would you eat 'spent fuel BREAST MILK, RE-HEATED IN A MICROWAVE, LOSES SOME OF ITS ABILITIES TO FIGHT INFECTION. IN RESPONSE to Dr Andy Ho's declaration that "Microwave ovens are safe, just keep the eggs away" (ST, May 8), I would like to present an alternative perspective, plus some scientific
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      • 70 23 I was very surprised when I called the National Dental Centre to enquire about having braces fitted. I was told that I could opt for a subsidy or pay the normal private rate. However, for subsidised patients, there is a waiting period of about three years.
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      • 49 23 Recently, my family and I went for a swim at Changi Beach. During our swim, we saw rubbish, broken glass, rocks and corroded cans on the seabed. Can the Ministry of the Environment do something to make our beaches safe and user-friendly? MONTY GWEE CHWEE KOH
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      • 52 23 I tried tofor ahome $70,000! apply loan of about $70,000 from a local bank but was turned down because the amount was less than the required minimum of $100,000. Is the HDB aware of this? Will it provide loans at market rates in such cases? CHAN Mil
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      • 89 23 i n.r, r u, u, c PANEL, report, "It's lights off in NEL tunnels" (ST, May 1), and would like to suggest that the contact phone numbers and e-mail address of The Cut Waste Panel be publicised. Large public organisations and companies are usually unreceptive to
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      • 91 23 Every day, thousands of people pass through the Causeway Customs. On April 28, at about 7.30pm, a man and a woman on the coach I was travelling in went through Customs empty-handed, leaving all their bags behind in the coach. From the woman's behaviour, it would seem
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      • 90 23 I was at the National University of Singapore on April 29 at 7-30pm. It was drizzling and lightning struck many times. To my horror, there were still a few people swimming in the NUS pool, including a coach with five kids. I saw two men
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    • 629 23 At The Heart Of Construction-Industry Woes Lies... CONTRACTORS going bankrupt and the Nicoll Highway and Ayer Rajah collapses are all symptoms of a deeper problem the lack of professionalism within the construction industry. Unless the cause of this problem is addressed, the Government's efforts at helping
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    • 268 23 Families should engage elderly relatives in their daily routines I REFER to the article, "Grandpa's at home, but lonely" (ST, May 6), and the editorial, "Old and lonely" (ST, May 9). In the race to get ahead, we may overlook the reality and issues of old age and loneliness. This
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    • 200 23 WE WOULD like to thank Mr LimYit Chiun for his feedback ("Don't use bleach"; ST, April 26). Our cleaners use a diluted bleaching solution to remove stubborn stains on tiled surfaces. Thereafter, it is washed off thoroughly with water. We have
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    • 8 1 The Straits Times home Wednesday, May 12, 2004
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    • 616 1  -  DARYL LOO $6HpOO §2 Amount for church's 200sq m plot adjusted as acquisition case is a 'special one' but another $1 offer for condo land stays FROM $1 to $64,000: That was how negotiations progressed between the Faith Assembly of God church and the Singapore
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    • 524 2  -  KARAMJIT KAUR Maiden flight cancelled at last minute, after Indonesians informed airline of 'minor problem' Hu 'THEY TOLD US EVERYTHING WAS IN ORDER MID, ON SUNDAY, WE RECEIVED A FAXED COPY OF THE AIR-WORTHINESS CERTIFICATE. LATER THAT DAY, WE WERE INFORMED THERE WAS
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    • 534 2  -  ARLINA ARSHAD Bu. AT LEAST one travel agent has muscled in on the budget airlines action and a few dozen others are trying to do the same. Chan Brothers Travel is offering a three-day Bangkok package with a Valuair flight
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    • 415 2  - New Mercedes E-class cabs to go on the road CHRISTOPHER TAN By SENIOR CORRESPONDENT CITYCAB is buying 124 new Mercedes-Benz E-class cars to replace its fleet of ageing luxury cans. The E220 CDI model sedans are scheduled to arrive by the end of the year. CityCab was the first taxi
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    • 648 3  - Don 't expect bailout, MPs tell creditors TAN HUI YEE Daryl Loo GOVT-LINKED BUILDER IN DEBT Synergy may be a GLC, but firms cannot expect Govt to treat it differently from a private firm and rescue it with public funds Hu REPORTING BY IT CANNOT BE THAT THE GOVERNMENT AND
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    • 372 3 THE fortunes of Synergy Construction appeared to be at its brightest in 2002 when Jurong International took a 51 per cent stake in it. They seemed to wane the following year. Started in 1995 with just 16 employees, its staff strength stood at 82 when
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    • 132 3 THAILAND'S Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn arrives in Singapore today for a three-day official visit at the invitation of President S R Nathan. She will meet the President and Mrs Nathan later today. Mr Nathan will also host a dinner in her honour. Princess Sirindhorn
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    • 482 4  -  ALEXIS HOOI Lim Swee Say fields a variety of queries from students in i-Contact from doubts on political vibrancy to slow progress in recycling efforts Bu THEY came prepared with questions. They knew they were going to be on television with Environment Minister Lim
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    • 511 5  - Swiss who leapt off SIA plane faces ban BEN NADARAJ AN Airline says it may bar 21-year-old from all flights in future even as many express surprise at slap on the wrist for Swiss Bi, ANY ATTEMPT TO INTERFERE WITH THE SAFE CONDUCT OF THE FLIGHT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A
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    • CASE FILE
      • 81 5 A WOMAN in her 30s lost about $1,000 in cash and a cellphone worth $300 at about 10.45pm on Monday when a man snatched her handbag inside a lift at Block 121, Kim Tian Place, in Tiong Bahru. He got into the lift with
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      • 79 5 A BUSINESSMAN who left his vehicle unlocked at the loading bay of the Bukit Timah market for just five minutes returned to discover his cellphone worth about $150 missing at about 3pm on Monday. When the man, in his 50s, came back after making some deliveries,
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      • 254 5 A COFFEESHOP assistant, 53, died in a motorcycle accident yesterday morning after ramming into the rear of a parked bus. According to the police, Mr Chan Wah Bin was riding along Balestier Road towards the Central Expressway at about 5.30am when he ran into
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    • 439 6  -  HO AI LI Govt's aim is to raise sector's contribution to GDP by boosting content and capability. Media investment fund is also on the cards By MEDIA REPORTER A BIGGER pie is up for grabs for the media industry here the Government
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    • 37 6 DIRECTORS Joshua Chiang (left) and Gilbert Chan got help under the Film Incubator Programme to make the film SI 1. Under the initiative, first-time film-makers are mentored and get a production budget of $100,000.
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    • 417 6  -  LEE HUI CHIEH Bu RESEARCHERS here have devised a method to measure tumour sizes more accurately, which will eventually lead to better treatment for cancer patients. A team of six from the National Cancer Centre (NCC) and Nanyang Technological University's (NTU's) Biomedical Engineering
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    • 213 6 ASTHMA patients can walk into major pharmacies for free counselling this month. Pharmacists will help them evaluate how well controlled their condition is with the help of a quick questionnaire. They will also assess the medication being used and let the patients know which critical
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    • TECH & SCIENCE
      • 447 7 Top games publisher goes Xbox Live Electronic Arts to release a dozen games supporting it after publisher and Microsoft bury the hatchet LOS ANGELES Microsoft and the world's largest video games publisher, Electronic Arts (EA), put aside long-standing differences over online gaming on Monday as the latter said it would
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      • 325 7 SAN FRANCISCO Intel, the world's largest chipmaker, unveiled on Monday a new mobile processor for notebook computers that boosts performance while keeping battery life roughly the same as previous versions. The Pentium M processors are Intel's first mobile processors built with a cutting-edge manufacturing
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      • 66 7 HELPED by lower pricing and exclusive games, the Xbox games console is said to have outsold Sony's PlayStation 2 last month for the first time. The best thing about Xbox Live is that you can play with gamers from 24 countries, including the United States,
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    • 217 1 fig- mBS^-;-' /-a T H A N S I'OHT CityCab's Hew Mercs The first taxi operator to put Mercedes cabs on the road is replacing its older cars page h2 T HAVKI, Agencies Want Budget Flights Travel agents see potential in including the flights as part of package deals page
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    • 70 1 GET REAL It's a business deal. If it turns out good, you make money. If not, you lose money. Dr Teo Ho Pin, an M P for Holland-Bukit Panjang GRC, on creditors left in the lurch by a government-linked company going under. They said they had given debt-laden Synergy Construction
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    • 212 3 Two new diplomats here BOTH Brunei and China have new heads at their Singapore missions. Brunei's High Commissioner is Pengiran Dato Paduka Haji Yusof Pengiran Kula who succeeds Haji Adnan Haji Zainal. Mr Zhang Yun is the new ambassador of China, taking over from Mr Zhang Jiuhuan. home The Straits
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    • 16 1 The Straits Times asia Wednesday, May 12, 2004 The Straits Times money Wednesday, May 12, 2004
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    • 93 1 I TOKYO Under Japan's multi-tier system, the basic National Pension Scheme covers all residents but offers only minimal benefits. The compulsory scheme requires each resident between the ages of 20 and 59 to pay monthly dues of 13,300 yen (Ss2oo). Although the authorities send out reminders to
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    • 634 1  -  KWAN WENG KIN Reform measures fail to address deep flaws in the system Bu\ JAPAN CORRESPONDENT TOKYO A package of pension reform Bills was pushed through the Lower House yesterday, but aside from basically imposing higher premiums and lower benefits, they fail to address
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    • 112 1 H£ TOP actress Makiko Esumi, who had urged Japanese Ba to pay their national pension premiums in a B government TV commercial late last year, admitted K she had failed to take her own advice. "I thought I had been paying the premiums. I'm K sorry," she said
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    • CHINA
      • 612 2  - Report fails to address defects in HK politics CHUNG CHEONG After the limits demanded by Beijing, the government paper could only play with numbers and little else NEWS. ANALYSIS By CHIEF CHIS A CORRESPONDENT HONG KONG The Hong Kong government released yesterday its Third Report on Constitutional Development which failed
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      • 462 2  -  MARY KWANG Bu HONG KONG CORRESPONDENT the methods of choosing the chief executive and Legco. Revisions could involve enlarging the Election Committee which votes for the chief executive, changing its sectoral composition and determining how committee members are themselves to be selected. The Election
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      • 230 2 Taiwan appoints new defence minister TAIPEI Taiwan yesterday appointed a former naval commander as the new defence minister, a job that must handle the pressing threat of a major weapons buildup by the island's biggest security threat, China. Mr Lee Chieh, former navy commander-in-chief and chief of the general staff,
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      • 403 4 Zigong in Sichuan is fertile ground for dinosaur relics CHONGQING All through China's tumultuous experiments with first, communism, and then, market economics, Mr Zhou Shiwu has stayed devoted to the study of a period 150 million years ago when dinosaurs ruled the earth. The 64-year-old paleontologist has
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      • 576 5  - Key BJP ally loses office in state polls V.K. RAGHUNATHAN Defeat of Telugu Desam party in Andhra Pradesh fuels fears of India heading towards hung Parliament Bu IN NEW DELHI A KEY ally of Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's National Democratic Alliance has been dumped from power in Andhra
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        • 119 5 BEIJING A court in southern China has begun hearing a lawsuit filed by seven lawyers against Singapore Airlines for allegedly withholding their travel documents and for discrimination, Chinese media reported yesterday. The lawyers told Shenzhen city's Intermediate People's Court on Monday that they want SIA to
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        • 106 5 JAKARTA Indonesian police have travelled to the Philippines, Singapore and Malaysia to try to build a new terrorism case against Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, a senior official said yesterday. "The team has already questioned witnesses in the Philippines a while ago, was in Singapore for
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        • 82 5 JAKARTA The politically powerful husband of Indonesia's President Megawati Sukarnoputri left Indonesia yesterday for medical treatment in Australia, a legislator and a close aide said. Mr Taufik Kiemas, a legislator and businessman, "needs further checkups after suffering some medical problems because of his obesity", said
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        • 82 5 SEOUL South Korea's Constitutional Court will announce its ruling on Friday on parliament's unprecedented vote two months ago to impeach President Roh Moo Hyun, a court official said yesterday. Most political analysts expect the court to overturn the vote, allowing the former labour lawyer to
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        • 93 5 PUTRAJAYA Malaysia's jailed ex-deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim received a new setback at his final appeal hearing yesterday when the judges refused to consider a bail application. Anwar's lawyers had applied for bail so he could return home and attend court until a judgement is made
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    • PHILIPPINE ELECTIONS
      • 670 6  -  LUZ BAGUIORO Opposition candidate Fernando Poe and his followers question the President's lead as rumours of a coup start to swirl Bu PHILIPPINES CORRESPONDENT MANILA The spectre of unrest loomed anew yesterday after President Gloria Arroyo's main rival challenged the early results of Monday's
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      • 122 6 I r TitCM T* Cf CWTf* fTl TTlf-^YlT f*liTYi TYi f^TTf^t^ktK MANILA All independent poll watchdog has questioned the airing of government-funded television ids mentioning President Gloria Arroyo's name during election day on Monday. In a statement yesterday, Patriots a! leged that such commercials should have been pulled to
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      • 285 6 Stocks and peso fall over slim lead for Arroyo MANILA Philippine stocks fell to a three-week low yesterday and the peso also weakened as voter surveys showed President Gloria Arroyo with only a slim lead over movie actor Fernando Poe Jr in national elections. But the benchmark 91-day T-bill rate
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
      • 596 7  - Fitness tests for candidates in Jakarta ROBERT GO Indonesia's Presidential Elections Some say the seven-hour screening is unusual and has only one aim to exclude Abdurrahman from the race By INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT JAKARTA A battery of 520 questions from psychiatrists checking for psychosis, neurosis, retardation or personality complexes; up to
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      • 268 7 JAKARTA Indonesian Vice-President Hamzah Haz has joined the race for the presidency and picked a retired general as his running mate. Mr Hamzah, who was spurned by President Megawati Sukarnoputri as a running mate, has announced that he will contest the top job
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      • 233 7 BANGKOK Two attackers on a motorcycle fatally shot a university student yesterday in Thailand's Muslim south. Mr Jirasak Nontzeeprai, whose age was not known, was shot three times in the chest, shoulder and right arm in the Wang district of Narathiwat province as he
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    • MALAYSIA
      • 375 8 CANNY ONG MURDER TRIAL SHAH ALAM The man charged with raping and murdering IT analyst Canny Ong said he stabbed her and left her to bleed to death in a manhole. The 10-page confession, made by Ahmad Najib Aris, 29,
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      • 675 8  -  REME AHMAD Former premier says Proton is 'still healthy' but analysts say the carmaker needs a foreign partner to help boost flagging sales By MALAYSIA BUREAU CHIEF KUALA LUMPUR There is one quick fix to Proton's problems: sell a big stake to
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    • 494 9 The accord, under which barriers to bilateral trade will be tackled, may lead to a broader FTA WASHINGTON The United States and Malaysia have signed an agreement setting up a special forum to address trade issues, marking Washington's fifth such pact with export-driven South-east
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    • 499 9 S'pore can't invite US to patrol straits: KL PUTRAJAYA Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar says Singapore cannot invite the United States to patrol the Straits of Malacca as this may transfer the superpower's own problems to the region. He said inviting outside interference in the region, specifically in the
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    • 99 9 TRYING to prove that he deserves a position with the Royal Malaysian Police, Mr Loo Boon Heng works through a push-up drill under the watchful eye of Corporal Suhaimi Amat. The drill is part of a physical test for police constable applicants at the General
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      • 859 10 SOCCER Reds fan Morgan announces his offer even as Thai PM Thaksin says he's 'sealed' a deal BANGKOK Liverpool were yesterday assessing two multi-million pound bids after businessman and fan Steve Morgan offered to inject £73 million (Ss22O million) into the English Premiership club. Earlier
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      • 254 10 LIVERPOOL Michael Owen, whose contract ends next June, has promised not to move on a free transfer. But that has left fans more jittery than ever because the striker also warned that Liverpool need to improve. Since the star striker did not say
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      • 431 10 LONDON Ray Parlour (above left) could make more history than .just finishing the Premiership unbeaten with Arsenal. The midfielder found himself at the centre of a landmark divorce case when his ex-wife Karen sued him for half his future wages. He initially
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      • 347 11 Which teams have surpassed expectations? Which teams have under-achieved? Here is Timesport's S-League report card after a third of the season. (Ist, 7 wins 1 draw (loss, zlpts) Started with six straight wins, but stumbled after a 1-6 thrashing by Home United. Defence is Achilles heel.
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      • 500 11  -  CHIA HAN KEONG SOCCER More fans, goals and shocking scorelines in first round of the S-League Bu MORE fans turned up, more goals were scored, and more teams are vying for the SLeague title at the one-third mark this season. But these are not the only
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      • 334 11  -  G. SIVAKKUMARAN COMMITMENT personified, whether young or old...remember that towering, merciless Malaysian defender Santokh Singh (left)? That is him today on the right. Arid he says he still kicks a mean ball despite weighing in at 100kg, or 25kg more than at his peak
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      • SPORTS FILE
        • 51 11 ROMAN Abramovich, owner of English Premier League football club Chelsea, now wants Monaco coach Didier Deschamps as Claudio Ranieri's replacement. According to The Daily Mail, Abramovich believes Deschamps, whose team knocked Chelsea and Real Madrid out of the Champions League, is less confrontational than Porto's Jose
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        • 60 11 INDONESIA thrashed New Zealand 3-0 yesterday to set up a mouth-watering quarter-final clash against Malaysia in badminton's Thomas Cup in Jakarta today. Thailand beat England 3-1 and will face South Korea while Japan will play favourites China after beating South Africa 3-0. Germany,
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        • 62 11 LEEDS striker Alan Smith says he will consider moving to English Premiership soccer club Manchester United. He told The BBC: "They're a massive club. I'm 23, I've got a lot of football in me and I'm an ambitious person." Meanwhile, Eddie Gray has been sacked
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        • 58 11 THE Minnesota Timberwolves recovered after surrendering a 14-point lead with less than five minutes left to beat the Sacramento Kings 114-113 in overtime for a 2-1 lead in their National Basketball Association second-round play-off series. Kevin Garnett, the NBA's Most Valuable Plawr h«H 30
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        • 44 11 ASIA'S top hockey clubs will face off in Singapore in October's Asian Club Champions Cup, which has been resurrected after an eight-year hiatus. The Singapore Hockey Federation will host the third edition of the tournament from Oct 6-10.
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      • 375 11 WHEN the final whistle went at the Jurong East Stadium last night, it was as if Tanjong Pagar United had won the S-League title. Chairman Matthew Kang rushed down from the stands to hug coach Karim Bencherifa, the players were giving each
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      • 476 11 BADMINTON Thomas Cup In Jakarta: Denmark 5 Japan 0, China 5 Indonesia 0. Über Cup: China 5 Holland 0, Taiwan 4 Germany 1, South Korea 5 Australia 0. BASEBALL American League: Cleveland iO Boston 6, Toronto 9 Kansas City 3. National League: Arizona 12 NY Mets 8. BASKETBALL NBA
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        58 11 I The family of the late I I KOH SIN LENG 1 Departed 8 May 2004 Swish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to Dr. Dinq Yew Yoonq, Dr. Allyn Hum and nurses of Ward 7b, TTSH for their love and care to him, relatives and friends for their
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        58 11 P The Family Of The Late j MDM HAN LEE WAH Departed on 5 MAY 2004 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives, friends, colleagues, business associates for their condolences, assistance, attendance, donations and wreaths during their recent bereavement. Special thanks to doctors, nurses and staff
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        31 11 j g gs With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to the Family Of The Late YOU BOK PUAY Departed 10 May 2004 From: Management Staff of Infineon Technologies Asia Pacific Pte Ltd
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        146 12 r Purple Heart Service Trading Enterprise^! Managing Director Mr Cyril C.J.Tan jt Director Mdm Mary Chua 4 Beloved mother-in-law mother 1 TEO GUAKLEE. LILY Age: 83 passed away peacefully on 11-5-2004, leaving behind loved ones. (Husband: Chua Kah Yam, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Chua Seng Huat Goh Theng Sung Chua Chye
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        125 12 MISSON JOHN Age: 70 was called home to be with Lord on 11 May 2004 (Wife: Marian Elizabeth Rodrigues nee Misson, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Nicholas Misson Tony Misson Bernadette Nathan Stephen Misson Patricia Lopez Michael Misson Catherine Garnell Donald Misson Karen Aeria Jack Misson Ricky Misson Guy Misson Mary Kenny
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        43 12 Ist Anniversary J In Loving Memory Of I YAP CHIP GUAN Departed: 12 May 2003 "In the sweet by and by, we shall meet on that beautiful shore." Deeply missed, forever loved and remembered by wife Lily, family i loved ones. I a
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        70 12 rist Anniversary in Loving Memory of ■■■>:■■■;■ PATRICK CHUA Departed 12 May 2003 In our hearts, Your memory lingers Sweetly tender, fond and true. There is not a day, dearest Papa, That we do not think of you. Thank you Lord for granting him heavenly rest. Forever loved and remembered
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        41 12 j The Family Of The Late Tj CHUNG TAK CHEUNG Departed on 7 May 2004 wishes to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives, friends colleagues for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, wreaths donations during their recent bereavement. j
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        33 12 \r 1 I Ist Anniversary I I In Loving Memory Of i MADASAMY S/0 SHANMUGA THEVAR Departed on 12 May 2003 Sadly missed and fondly remembered by j L family members j A
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        20 12 j 3rd Anniversary j I In Loving Memory of I A Veerappan Dearly missed always remembered by wife, children relatives
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        78 12 "The Lord Is my Shepherd, I shall lack nothing. Psalm 23:1 M TEOSIEWMUI The family members of the late TEO SIEW MUI are grateful to: the Chairman of the MAS j the Managing Director of the MAS I Siew Mui's colleagues at the MAS the Pastors and members of the
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        191 12 JpV am the resurrection and the life. He who believes^ 1 1 in me will live, even though he dies" John 11:25 I EUGENE TAN YEW JIANG Age: 86 was called home to be with the Lord on 10 May 2004 Dearly missed and always remembered by loved ones. (Wife:
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        81 12 ANANDAN JAGANNATHAN Age: 91 I was called home to be with the Lord on 11 May 2004, I leaving behind loved ones. (Wife: V. Mariyayee, deceased) Daughters: Sons-in-law: Tavemani (T. Ayya Pillai, deceased) Mary V. S. Suppiah (Shantamani, deceased) K. Kannan Marial Jeyam V. Raja Grandchildren, great-grandchildren. relatives and friends.
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        51 12 With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to Mr Edmund Yong Kin Kwong (Chief Operating Officer of Accord Customer Care Solutions Limited) on the demise of his beloved brother EDWARD YONG KIN WEN I \_y«i^)« MJvd^lxTl ill L^ldllvlcil vl JL llllv^ I The Management and Staff of Accord Express Holdings Pte
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        122 12 mmmwmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmwmmsmm WOON EYE LENG AGE: 85 passed away jjeacefuCCy on 5 'May 2004 in tfainan China, (eaving behind (aved ones. (Husband: Foe Mang Men® Han Jiong Tin, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: I I Yin Jam Lucy Lim Sen Eng I (Yin Huang, deceased) I 1 HangFong Rosalind Tan I I HanLih
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    • 64 13 May 11 CHANGE HONGKONG: Hang Seng *****.09 +22.59 MALAYSIA: KLSE Comp 810.16 -3.28 CHINA: Shenzhen B 245.84 +1.21 AUSTRALIA: Sydney All Ord 3362.90 +1.00 JAPAN: Nikkei *****.18 +22.48 THAILAND: SET Index 618.10 +12.48 INDONESIA: Jakarta Comp 718.26 +11.04 PHILIPPINES: Manila Comp 1508.26 -46.43 SOUTH KOREA: Seoul Comp 791.02
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    • 5225 13 52-WK Tel Currency last 'Vol Day Gr's Net M cap High low Codt Company Trtdtd Silo ♦or- 'OOP High Low Dl» *H. P/E 13.5 6.5 1000 Acmasc 7 +0.5 451 7 6.5 54-7 1001 Alliance Tech 11.5 susp ,9 37.5 9 1002 AsiaFood&Prop 37 +0.5
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    • 33 13 AsiaPharm US2r 53,346,000 SingTel 15c 44,067,000 Informatics 5c 32,971,000 FibreChem HKlc 26,309,000 Chart SemiCond 26c 20,307,000 PacificCenturyiOc 18,379,000 BeautyChina HKIO 17,590,000 Bio-Treat HK4Oc 17,025,000 Wee Poh 0.5c 15,633,000 UO L 15,190,000
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    • 124 13 MAIN SDO TOTAL Up Dn Unch Up Dn Unch Up Dn Unch Multilnd 773 000 773 Manufacturg 77 21 40 18 9 16 95 30 56 Commerce 24 13 20 4 3 2 28 16 22 Tpt/Stor/Com 19 39 200 21 39 Finance 6 6 11 0
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    • 34 13 Change Straits Times Index 1803.39 +11.61 BT 08/OS -706.00 +119.00 BTCADI -*****.00 +115.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -70.00 UOB Sesdaq 103.56 +0.20 STI Futures 1803 +13 SIMSCI 220.23 +1.61 SiMSCI Futures 220.30 +2.40
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    • 109 13 TURNOVER COOO) VALUE ('000) Main Sdq Total Main Sdq Total Multi Ind 14,297 14,297 30,862 30.862 Manufacturg 216,230 23,752 239,982 207,969 3,599 211,568 Commerce 50,103 3,106 53,209 48,665 740 49,405 Tpt/Stor/Com 113,699 279 113,978 216,408 239 216,646 Finance 40,196 94 40,290 128,907 55 128,963 Construction 16,881 27,828
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    • 1562 13 52-Wk Tel Currency last 'Vol Day Gr's Net M Cap HioH Lew Code Company Traded Sale ♦or- '000 High Lew Dl» HI SmR MANUFACTURING 42 15 2101 AP01I5C 29.5 +1.5 2 29.5 29.5 5N 11.4 31.1 46.5 15 1501 AS Auto 10c 23.5 unch 120 23.5 22.5 -N
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    • 220 13 EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS STOCK PRICES LEGEND Straits Times I ndex Stocks N Net or Tax-exempted dividend xd ex-dlvldend cd cum dividend ct conditional trdq crl cum right issue cbi cum bonus Issue co cum offer xrl ex-rlqht Issue xbl ex-bonus Issue xaii ex-all cdxa cum dividend ex-all cdca cum
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    • 521 14 The United States economy will expand 4.7 per cent this year, which will be the fastest pace in two decades, the OECD says Buoyant Asia continues to fuel global recovery while the US is expected to raise interest rates mid-year to curb inflation PARIS
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    • 348 14 NEW YORK Intel and Texas Instruments, the two biggest semiconductor makers in the United States, have increased inventories to their highest levels since 2001 in a bet that spending on electronics will rise. "It's certainly a sign of management's confidence," said Ms
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    • 78 14 Yesterdays close: 11,508.09 (Up 22.59 points) Leading Hong Kong shares ended on a firm note as bargain hunters picked up bruised China commodity and property shares after a sharp sell-off. Traders were cautious, however, and said that the market was likely to come under further
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    • 141 14 .'TTlisB Company Close Bank Of China HK 12.70 -0.10 Bank Of East Asia 20.65 0.20 Cathay Pacific 13.20 0.10 Cheung Kong 55.00 0.30 Ch Kong Infra 17.40 0.10 China Mobile 20.20 0.10 China Res Entp 9.30 unch China Unicorn 5.60 0.05 CITIC Pacific 17.65 -0.65 CLP 41.10 0.30
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    • 134 14 ■.-•jT f> ffi^ffgffsSpg- Rubber Futures (Closing prices) RSS 1 (S cents/kg) Month High Low Sett Vol Open Int Jun04 229.50 Jul 04 228.75 Aug 04 229.25 Sep 04 228.25 RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Month High Low Sett Vol Open Int Jun04 131.75 131.75 131.75 400 2250 Jul 04
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    • 129 14 KSUj Company Close AMMB Holdings 3.38 -0.08 B Amer Tobacco 48.00 0.25 Berjaya Sports 4.28 -0.06 Commerce Asset 4.80 0.02 Digi.com 4.54 unch Gamuda 5.15 -0.20 Genting 15.30 unch Golden Hope 3.76 unch Hong Leong Bank 4.62 0.10 I0I Corp 8.90 0.10 KL Kepong 6.30 0.30 Lafarge MCement
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    • 64 14 CRUDE PRODUCT PRICES Crude/Product Month* Change Price (US$) BBL Brent Blend Jun -0.48 35.83-35.88 W Texas Interm Jun -0.52 38.71-38.75 Dubai Fateh Jun -0.70 33.06-33.11 Tapis Blend May -1.10 38.40-38.50 Timing of cargoes. Prices as at 17:35 11/5/2004 Crude/Product Month* Change Price (US$) BBL Minas May -1.10 37.60-37.70 tNaphthaCIFJap -14.75/-15.75
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    • 577 14 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT EURODOLLAR FUTURES Jun04 98.540 98.545 98.535 98.540 6901 ***** Sep04 98.025 98.035 98.025 98.030 ***** ***** Dec04 97.490 97.510 97.490 97.500 8162 ***** Mar05 96.985 97.005 96.985 97.000 8668 ***** JunOS 96.520 96.540 96.520 96.535 5853 ***** Sep05 96.130 96.135 96.120
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    • 52 14 Yesterdays close: 810.16 (Down 3.28 points) Malaysian shares recovered from a four-month trough but still ended down, its fourth straight day of losses, amid interest in banks and gaming firms like Magnum. Overall volume was moderate at 404 million shares. Decliners beat gainers by two to
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    • 49 14 Yesterday's close: 245.84 (Up 1.21 points) Chinese share prices closed tigtier as bargain hunters snapped jp oversold large-capitalised blue :hips and steel stocks in a technical rebound, dealers said. The Shenzhen B-share Index finished 0.5 per cent higher on :urnover of HK5186.38 million :ss4i.6 million). AFP
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    • 161 14 I Ml I Company Close Anhui Gujing D B 4.26 -0.04 Beijing Or Elec B 6.66 0.19 Bengang Steel B 3.42 0.05 Ch Int Marine 13.73 0.18 China M Shekou B 6.75 0.10 Ch South Glass B 4.88 0.08 China Vanke B 5.47 0.02 Chqing C Auto B 7.63
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    • 133 14 Foreign Currency Note Rates (9am, May 11, 2004) Buying Selling Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency Australian dollar 1-1910 1.2050 Canadian dollar 1-2310 1.2460 Euro 2.0320 2.0550 NZ dollar "111 1-° 340 1057 Sterling pound 3.0420 3.0770 US dollar 1-7130 ***** Singapore dollars to 100 units of
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    • 56 14 Yesterdays close: 3,362.9 (Up 1 point) Australian stocks ended just firmer as resources climbed, helped by a weaker local currency, while the country's largest Dank, National Australia Bank, won investor support ahead of its results. Turnover was 880.1 million shares worth A52.9 billion ($53.49 billion). Losers led
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    • 127 14 ESQ Company Close AMP Limited 5.58 -0.12 ANZ Bank Grp 18.10 0.02 Brambles Ind 5.61 0.04 Broken Hill Prop 11.52 0.05 Coles Myer 8.38 unch CSL 22.26 0.06 CSR Ltd 1.83 unch C'wealth Bank 31.00 0.20 Foster's Grp 4.65 -0.02 General Prop Trt 3.02 0.04 Macquarie Bank 34.64 -0.16
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    • 717 14 BONDS, LOANS WARRANTS 52-Wk Tel Last Vol Day Last Quote High Low Code Company Salt tor- 'OOP High Low Buyer Seller 25 15 3779 ASL Marine WOBO4Ol 15 15 16 53 2 3698 ASTIWO4O62I 37 unch 46 37 35.5 36 37 2.5 0.5 3697 AcmaWo4lll6 0.5 0.5 142 54 3602
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    • 455 14 Fed's rate hike a question of how much NEW YORK It is rare for economists on Wall Street to agree on anything, but for once they are united, sharing the view that the United States Federal Reserve will raise interest rates next month, or in August at the latest. But
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    • 75 14 Yesterdays close: 10,907.18 (Up 22.48 points) Japanese stocks closed firmer on bargain-hunting after the Nikkei average had lost 1,200 points over the previous six sessions due to fears that a rise in interest rates could slow growth in the US economy. Trade volume edged down
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    • 127 14 Ujn Company Close Canon Inc 5630 -20 Denso Corp 2180 -10 East Japan Rail *****0 ***** Fanuc Ltd 6340 -40 Fuji Photo Film 3380 50 Fujitsu 747 19 Hitachi 725 20 Honda Motor 4470 40 Ito Yokado 4000 -30 Kansai Electric 1900 -30 Kao 2560 45 Kyocera Corp 8490
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    • 397 15 Greater China may surpass US in new listings market 'CHINA'S STATE-OWNED SECTOR WILL CONTINUE TO MATURE, WITH MORE COMPANIES QUALIFYING FOR LISTING.' PwC partner Edmond Chan With a number of giant IPOs coming up, PwC expects markets in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Taipei to raise as much as $35b this
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    • 177 15 KUALA LUMPUR- Malayan Banking (Maybank) yesterday said its third-quarter earnings jumped 40.3 per cent, driven by faster loans growth and sharply smaller charges for bad debts. The biggest Malaysian lender, a bellwether for the sector, said net profit rose to RM683.87 million (*****.7
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      • 95 15 JAPAN'S index of leading economic indicators was above 50 per cent in March for the 12th month, signalling that its economy will probably grow for at least another six months. The index, which measures job offers, consumer confidence and other indicators of future
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      • 59 15 NEWLY formed FrancoDutch airline Air FranceKLM said yesterday that passenger traffic surged 19.5 per cent last month, bouncing back from depressed levels a year ago. The world's largest carrier by revenues said its load factor, a measure of how successful airlines are in filling
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      • 73 15 ÜBS, Europe's biggest bank, has been fined US$lOO million (*****.2 million) by United States regulators for transferring US currency to Cuba, Iran and other nations subject to Washington's trade sanctions and then trying to hide the transactions. A Federal Reserve probe found that
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    • 509 16 It says this will help cover higher fuel costs; British Airways and Qantas to start adding surcharge to ticket prices SINGAPORE Airlines Cargo (SIA Cargo), Asia's largest cargo carrier by traffic, said it raised a fuel surcharge on cargo flights
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    • 312 16 SEOUL South Korea, the 12th-largest economy in the world, said yesterday that surging oil prices could threaten its fragile recovery and promised to hold daily emergency meetings to monitor its volatile financial markets. The country's vice-minis-ters met early yesterday, a day after the stock
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    • 326 16 TOKYO Toyota Motor's fourth-quarter net income more than doubled, propelling annual profit to a record 1.16 trillion yen (Ssl7-7 billion), twice the combined earnings of General Motors and Ford Motor. The company forecast similar results for this year. The world's biggest
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    • 238 16  - PTP breaks container handling record NICHOLAS FANG By I TRANSPORT REPORTER MALAYSIA'S low-cost rival to Singapore's PSA Corp, the Port of Taniung Pelepas (PTP) at Johor, has thrown down the gauntlet again. It has set a new world record for the number of containers moved in one hour, as it
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    • 462 18  - IDA further tweaks competition rules AUDREY TAN Only non-competitive wholesale services will be regulated, suggests regulator, which is seeking public comments on competition code review BV THE Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) will compel dominant telcos to sell some wholesale services below retail prices but will not regulate others
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    • 321 18  -  LORNA TAN AUSTRALIA-BASED FINANCIAL PUNNING FIRM Bi WHEN it comes to retrenchment, even a founder of a company is not immune. That was the case for two Singapore founders of Australia-based financial planning firm Professional Investment Advisory Services (Pias), which is largely made up of agents
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    • 317 19  - Armarda eyes 13.5m from Sesdaq IPO LEE SU SHYAN Bu CHINA-BASED information technology services provider Armarda Group is set to launch an initial public offer today, seeking to raise $13.5 million from a Sesdaq listing. The company, which is offering 60 million new shares priced at 27 cents each, is
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    • 205 19 SECOND Minister for Finance and Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Lim Hng Kiang will chair a meeting on Saturday of finance ministers from Asean, China, Japan and South Korea, or Asean Plus 3, in Jeju, South Korea. This is the first
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    • 250 19  -  DARYL LOO Hu CAPITALAND'S CapitaCommercial Trust (CCT), Singapore's first commercial real estate investment trust (Reit), debuted strongly on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) yesterday to close at $1.18, well above market expectations. CapitaLand has distributed 200 CCT units to its shareholders for every 1,000 CapitaLand shares
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    • 502 19  - Brent futures contracts trading to take off in S'pore NICHOLAS FANG London's International Petroleum Exchange gets MAS approval to provide access to its electronic trading system By TRADERS and individuals in Singapore will soon be able to trade Brent crude oil futures, which are a benchmark for around two-thirds of
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    • 502 20 Rocky road ahead as banker tries to keep grip on UOL ONE objective, two advisers and two failed offers later, Mr Wee Cho Yaw is still no closer to resolving the prickly problem of how his bank can onload a big chunk of its shareholdings in United
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    • 519 20 Fresh offer possible as it hasn't given up the chase TEMASEK Holdings' $711-million unsolicited bid for 49 per cent of property firm United Overseas Land (UOL) has come to nought, but that does not mean it is giving up the chase. Indeed, do not rule out the possibility of
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    • 493 20 Most don't mind waiting a bit longer in hope of better offer SO WHAT if yesterday's spm deadline for accepting Temasek Holding's $2.06 offer lapsed without much ado? After all, United Overseas Bank (UOB) still has two long years before it needs to sell its stake in its
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    • 209 21 Asia Pharm jumps 14.8% on results rumours SHARES of recently listed Chinese drugs firm AsiaPharm Group jumped 14.8 per cent yesterday as rumours circulated that it will report "fantastic" first-quarter results tomorrow. Its shares rose six cents to close at 46.5 cents amid frantic trading on the Singapore Exchange. It
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    • 509 21  - Bruised STI claws back into positive domain HUGH CHOW Nearly all major Asian bourses end higher following less-than-expected declines on US markets overnight TAKING STOCK SINGAPORE stocks struggled to regain ground lost in Monday's region-wide share massacre as counters which had suffered most enjoyed a modest recovery on bar-gain-hunting. The
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    • 43 21 May 11 Cents FSN 1360 40.0 3.0 Noble GrpHKIOOc 364 32.0 9.6 OCBC 1230 30.0 2.5 AP Breweries 850 25.0 3.0 SPHIOO 2110 20.0 1.0 UOB 1330 20.0 1.5 TACBHO 200 224 17.2 4.7 Want Want USIOc 102 12.9 7.9
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    • 48 21 TOP RISES May 11 Cents R01yW*****8 7 75.0 3.0 L&Mic 1.5 50.0 0.5 Falmac Ltd 20c 8 33.3 2.0 Global Tech HKIc 2 33.3 0.5 Wee Poh 0.5c 2 33.3 0.5 KLW Hldgs W*****6 4.5 28.6 1.0 ChipEngS W*****1 3 20.0 0.5 North 22 USIc 3 20.0 0.9
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    • 46 21 May 11 Cents JMHUS2SC4OO 1030 34.4 1.9 CapitaLand 135 26.0 16.1 OUE 660 15.0 2.2 Isetan 50c 287 12.0 4.0 DBS Bk 6% NCPS IO ***** 10.0 0.1 JardineC&C 630 10.0 1.6 Keppel Corp 50c 690 10.0 1.4 Venture Corp2sc 1790 10.0 0.6
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    • 40 21 TOP FALLS May 11 Cents ColexHldgsiOc 12.5 19.4 3.0 OCBCDBSeCWO4 11.5 17.9 2.5 CapitaLand 135 16.1 26.0 PNElndiOc 10 13.0 1.5 Armstrong W*****0 4.5 10.0 0.5 KianAnn2oc 18 10.0 2.0 Teledata 5c 9 10.0 1.0 Asiatrave! 1.5c 44.5 9.2 4.5
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    • 272 21  - Broadband services boost PacNet's profit RACHEL LIN Bu broadband grew 32.5 per cent from last year to US$ll.4 million. But compared to the previous quarter, revenue fell 4.1 per cent. Seasonal weakness and stronger downward pressure on prices contributed to this decline. Dial-up revenues, too, continued to contract, decreasing 13.6
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      • 84 21 OCBC Bank says its 55 per cent owned subsidiary, Pasir Ris Properties, is selling Whitesands Shopping Centre located at Pasir Ris Central. As at Dec 31 last year, the property had a net book value of $84.8 million and a market valuation of $120 million.
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      • 51 21 PRIVATE health-care services provider Parkway Holdings reported that net profit for the first quarter soared 54 per cent to $12.2 million, with all business segments performing well. Revenue rose 17 per cent to $98 million. Earnings per share rose from 1.1 cents to 1.7
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      • 71 21 FINANCIAL services company Hong Leong Finance recorded a 3.8 per cent rise in net profit to $19-9 million for the first quarter ended March 31. Its interest income and hiring charges slipped 6.6 per cent to $60.9 million. Earnings per share increased to
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      • 64 21 PRECISION engineering firm Sunningdale Precision posted a 96.4 per cent jump in net profit to $2.4 million for the first three months of this year from the same quarter last year. This was on the back of a 24.4 per cent increase in
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      • 129 21 STOCKBROKING firm GK Goh Holdings returned to the black in the first quarter ended March 31 with a net profit of $8.3 million, helped by buoyant stock market conditions in Asia. It had incurred a net loss of $3.1 million in the same
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      • 82 21 WATER treatment specialist Hyflux posted a healthy 31 per cent rise in net profit to $3.2 million for the first quarter ended March 31, from the same quarter last year, on greater sales to businesses in China. Turnover rose 13 per cent to $12.1 million.
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    • 253 21 CONTRACT manufacturer of consumer electrical products, Hi-P International, yesterday reported a 170 per cent jump in its first-quarter net profit to $16.1 million in its maiden set of results after its listing in December last year. Turnover surged 151 per cent to $111.5
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    • 370 21  - NatSteel sains surge on higher steel prices AZHAR KHALID By RISING steel prices have helped NatSteel rake in a hefty 255 per cent jump in first-quarter net profit to $34 million from $9-6 million in the same period last year. This was achieved on the back of a 27 per
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    • 504 22  - Man in the hot seat jets off to Bangkok LORNA TAN UOL Saga Wee Cho Yaw coolly sets off to seal UOB's purchase of Bank of Asia stake on the same day as Temasek's spm deadline Bu THE minutes ticked down, but the top man was already out of town.
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    • 420 22 These kinds of prices will really hurt everybody. But this price level is not because Opec isplaying. There is not much Opec can do. Mr Purnomo LONDON Opec president and Indonesian Energy Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro said high crude oil prices could
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      • 374 10  -  CLARA CHOW B ARTS REPORTER ALFIAN SA'AT has been appointed theatre company Wild Rice's first play-wright-in-residence. The poet-playwright's inaugural one-year residency was announced on Monday. Wild Rice's artistic director Ivan Heng said he chose Alfian because of their good working relationship. The pair had collaborated
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    • 1182 7 iTJi TOYOTA FOR SALE BfW TOYOTA FOR SALE jfj^ TOYOTA FOR SALE iC sa-ih siuTiongM 38 fllso auallable ITlazda RKB(m) from *sl, l9B nissan fnißinPVftoni^£1 1 258_^ BfflMßß^Hß^^ovotawiiS i ■illß5 L «^Kl Celica SSI/SSII, Altezza 2.0 (RS 200), RAV4, Wish. IST. Mark ll 2.0, I Caldina 1.8 (Sports Wagon), Allex
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    • 2348 7 ___~-~_-_r-___. Bffl TOYOTA FOR SALE Bffl VOLKSWAGEN 8991 SPORTS/ COUPES/ K^ K^FORSALE |m CABRIOLETS 12/'O2 COROLLA 1.6 Auto. Black. 1 03/'O3 AIRTREK TURBO. Rallyart owner OMV $17,391. OZ rims. TV, addition. Black. C&C maintained. good amp hi-fi set. View to offer!! mm mm 18" rims Hurry l Call *****144 Kallang
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    • 3600 8 Bffl VEHICLES FOR IRI VEHICLES WANTED |9fl VEHICLES WANTED Iffl SCRAP VEHICLES IRS OTHER COMMERCIAL ijfl OTHER COMMERCIAL Iff] OTHER COMMERCIAL IR] OTHER COMMERCIAL |JJ] O J^ R CpMMERC|AL jjn OTHER COMMERCIAL Rjl HIRE kISJ EI2I Elil KttJ VEHICLES FOR SALE B|S VEHICLES FOR SALE U|fl VEHICLES FOR SALE VEHICLES
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    • 2881 9 EWfm r, Mno Wrm nnamnarMAßn/ Pffl 009-10 ORCHARD/ Pf?l 009-10 ORCHARD/ Bffll DO9-10 ORCHARD/ JTTI DO9-10 ORCHARD/ Pffl DO9-10 ORCHARD/ WVfi Dll &21 NEWTON/ WVn DIU 21 NEWTON/ DOl-08 i[TJ Do '-0 8 CAI TU(urCT Wm ™tnXSI) E__J TANGLIN/ HOLLAND [i-J TANGLIN/ HOLLAND fc__i TANGLIN/ HOLLAND Mjd TANGLIN/ HOLLAND |i£]
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    • 1012 9 ARDMORE PARK. HIGH fir, 4+l, 2885 sqft, quality finishes, 1 greenery view. Immed. $12K neg. 9666 3616 KF 1) FOUR SEASONS Pk 6+ family, 3800 sq.ft. High fir. Unblocked. 2) Holland Hill Mansion 3+ balcoI ny, 1900 sqft. 9238-6633 ERA BDebenham| Tie Leung r EXPATS A CHOICE rfc 90 HOLLAND
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    • 1148 9 PALM SPRING PENTHSE. 3000 sq.ft. 4+l+l. P/ furn. Full facilities. neg. Call 9745 8111 ASPEN HGTS 2-RM High fir, pool view/ 3+l high/ low fir from $3.9K. 9683-2339 Newsman RIDGEWOOD CONDO 3 rms 1700 sq.ft. High fir. F/furn. Renovated. Immed. neg. *****891 AVALON BRAND NEW 2 bdrms. High fir. Nicely
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    • 2481 9 JBJ:Mj^^liHl FULL COMMISSION. ROBERTSON 100. Brand new! 3 rm. Facilities, «WV/MBHHHHF A Free maid service. 9455-4746 '^^^^^^^^^^^8 1 'Wm^M^l HV j9 HAMPTON CT. CITY area. 3/ 4/ 5 JM mJRA^ bdrms. Fr $5K up. Pool/ security. £/jßH|r Near Orchard. 9040-4817 UF D.lO BALMORAL TWR. 3+ 1 bdrms. udt 2500 sqft.
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    • 715 10 ""i i {'^_i Hi MM w J Ml k V 1 MM* U a DI2-14 BALESTIER/ R!f| Dl5-16 EAST COAST RWI Dl5-16 EAST COAST Wffi D22-24 Wifl D22-24 IWI HOUSES FOR RENT IWI HOUSES FOR RENT WXi HUDC/HDB IHS HUDC/HDB IWI HUDC/HDB MACPHERSON/GtYLANG |d_| PTEAPTS-RENT |J_J PTEAPTS-RENT ||I_] WEST Idij
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    • 1121 10 m Calf ERA NOW RENTAL IN THE East. *****881 Bayshore/ Pk. 2/ 3 rm fr $1.3K. i Eastern Lagoon 1/ 3 rm fr $I.IK. Changi Ct 2/ 3 rms from $1.3K. Must View SERAYA VILLE/ HAIG Ave. 3 rm. I Ground fir. Pool/ Furn. Bayshore Pk. 3 rm/ Sea/ Furn.
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    • 891 10 MANDARIN GDNS. 2-RM. High fir. 1000 sqft. Renovated. F/furn. F/facilities. NRS: 9009 1990 MAKENA. 3-RM. HIGH floor. Pool/ sea view. Fully furnished. neq. < NRS 9069-7306/ 6223-4567 D.15 THE MAKENA. Very high fir. Full seaview! 1800 sq.ft. 4+l. $5200. Colossians 9616-8080 D.15 SANCTUARY GREEN. Hiqh fir. 3+l. Brand new. Open
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    • 1720 10 Along Pasir Panjang Swimming pool Near NUS Maid service available Excellent accessibility Short term lease via AYE available 3 Bedrooms Utility Asking 552,000 pm DrainnaYeo 9368 7949 Chyi Feng 9694 6037 Darren Low 9108 7889 BBOHBHHMB THE MADEIRA JUST TOP! Blk 56 3+1.1302 sqft. High fir. NS facing. HOT uniKFC
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    • 1500 10 Located at Towner McNair Road Yfins from city) Near Boon Keng MR I Station, easy access to CTE Spacious 2/3/4 bedroom units With balcony, roof deck, courtyard and limber flooring samPoi 9632 8288 Sfetak^—., Daphne Low 9423 2927 BrandorTTeo 9682 8032 ■■■■H 1 fiih _^_^_|_B_____E_P_^_! i r iS^~_B •4+ 1
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    • 1148 10 I+l Bt Panjanq 117, 118 LRT $550 I+l Bt Batok 244, 267.... MRT $650 I+l Tampines 881, 849, 824... 5650 I+l Juronq W. 484, 926 $600 2+l T Payoh 17.157.Nice $900 2+l Bendemeer 44 renovated $900 2+l Tanqlin Halt 40 MRT $850 2+l Kallanq Bahru 12, 68 $700 2+l Marine
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    • 1107 10 5-RM FLAT PT blk 2, Delta Ave. HDB approved. 1-rm lock. F/furn. Windy. Ouiet. Mins to town. Near j Great World City. 9003-6358 PN j BISHAN 162 EXEC mais 3+l/ no owner. Aircon. Furn/ greenery/ j jogging/ cycling track/ mkt/ food ct. SI.3K neq. 9765-3172 PN BEDOK N. 97, 5-rm.
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    • 815 10 APPROVED HOUGANG 119 I+l high fir/ Corporation Dr. 368 2+l/ Sengkang 311D 3+l. 9525 1373 5-RM BLK 199 Pasir Ris. F/furn. Immed. Move-in/ aircon. Mkt/ amenities. 9455-2022 McR 3-RMS AMK BLK 174. High fir, no blockage, furn. Immed! $750. Must view! 9851-8363 Agt UPP BOON KENG Blk 12, 2+l. $900.
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    • 5332 11 BccDinrc Bffl Pifl SFRVIfF WTft SERVICE KTI SERVICE |f!I DOl-08 Iffl DOl-08 Pffl DO9-10 ORCHARD/ Iffl Dll &21 NEWTON/ PRI DII S 21 NEWTON/ Stints E| .pSnts El aSents El S™"ts El StMis Y Bs OUT s»'le" T jj SSf? 0 M pIS-^" 1 1 .jgLflW 3 HV9^WV!WC9V!^nrflW^ffl^Hl $9XXK! MARTINA
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    • 3173 12 omu ?1 NFWTON/ VTVI Oil &21 NEWTON/ PTfl Oil S2l NEWTON/ PRI Dll &21 NEWTON/ IRI 011 S2l NEWTON/ RPTI Dll S2l NEWTON/ JWI 019-20 SERANGOON/ WTFi D22-24 TTFI D22-24 WEST WUffl D22-24 WEST i|S||Sß PROPERTY GUIDE PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL y 1 A// 1 n^ IMJ >" w -I2"L I C.A.T.S.
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    • 938 12 S'GOON GDN SEMI-D 2 '.storey. s+l Well designed. Good orientation location. Near Club food ctr. Easy parking 9023-1577 PN KOVAN RD. 3 Storey inter-terr. F'hold. F/ renovated! 100% move in. MRT. 1600 2500 sg.ft approx. Must view! 9685-7535 C2l SEMI-D UPP Thomson Rd. 6551/ 4000 sqft. 4+l. Renovated. Cul-de-sac. F'hold.
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    • 2677 12 EJHECJJ I i-iot—fvizizl Lush living by the lake I Best P^ fcHflfffffifffgff^ Value LJ HllllTlfnßfflSliJil CASHEW TERR 2483/ 2300 sq.ft. lAlHlßuilil Orig. 999 yrs. 4+l. $1.05M neg. ■■■HHiISiM Chestnut 4200/4700 Semi-d 4+l jlflfl+^^^^^^B 51.75M *****993/*****587 KF KPPfff"ffffVPPilCfP!PM D.23 HILLVIEW VICINITY Corner HlJflljj||ljljkJL£||jb£-iaaUL^A|^ilUH terr. 3380/ 2100 sqft. 4+l. 999 JaaHffnjffßfiHiltlflßlflSffilEE^^ yrs.
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    • 988 13 ■TCI HDB APTS FOR SALE I^9 (ANGMOKIO) 4 'NG' AIRCON. AMENITIES/ mkt. Convenient. Chinese not eligible. Well kept! Also rent! 9688-4113 4 'NG' BLK 421 Mid fir, corner. F/aircon. Mins to MRT, mkt, amenities. Move-in cond. 9858-8308 4 'NG' CORNER Blk 232 #05. Below HDB value. Simple. Aircon. Mkt. $226K
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    • 724 13 a HOB APTS FOR SALE |TH HDB APTS FOR SALE WVCi HOB APTS FOR SALE PWI HOB APTS FOR SALE i!TT| HDB APTS FOR SALE TRR HDB APTS FOR SALE (BEDOK/ CHAI CHEE) mtil (BEDOK/ CHAI CHEE) fc^J (BEDOK/CHAICHEE) |^y (BEDOK/CHAICHEE) U^ (BEDOK/CHAICHEE) WH PROPERTY GUIDE NUd to IA I
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    • 871 13 5 'A' CORNER. 133 sqm. Price was $400K, now $340K. Chai Chee. Low fir. Renovated. MRT/ shops. See to believe! *****039 CBS I 5 T BLK 601 Bedok Res. Nice lay out. High floor. Unblocked view. Well kept. Must sell! Up for grab!! Call 9002-4410 DW S 'I' CORNER Blk
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    • 629 13 ■STI HDB APTS FOR SALE THE HOTTEST ANCHOR TEAM 3 'S' lBo Well renovated. Pk view i 4'S' lB9 Corner. High fir. MRT 4'S' l93 Corner. Lift upgrading 4 'S' l97 High fir Renovated. MRT 4 '5' 111, 113, 114 High fir. Move-in 4'5' 125, 172 High fir. Move-in 4
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    • 835 13 BrTI HDB APTS FOR SALE Associate S ii With Jk Excellence H£l_i_»-_J 5 'A' CORNER with recess Blk 235. High fir. Unblocked. Nicely reno- j vated. Facing Bishan Pk. Catholic High, amenities. 9777-7513 S 'I' CORNER Blk 170. Bishan St 13. Mid fir. Lift landing. Renovated. Marble fir. Sch/ MRT/
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    • 744 13 a HDB APTS FOR SALE (BUKIT BATOK) 3-rm 213 240 324 340 364 $155K 4 'A' 114 130 163 211 230 263 411 3 1 2 rm 148 corner unblock nice 4 'A' 105 ctr mrt Ist owner $255K 4 'A' 258 sole agt high fir S22BK 4 'A' 205
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    • 874 13 Irjfl HDB APTS FOR SALE |y±J (BUKITBATOK) 3 'S' BLK 281 #04. Urgent sale! Cheap! $13XK only. Near mkt/ amnenties/ sch/ s/pool. Hurry!! $1K to agt!! Call 9107-5155 ERA 4 'A' BLK 112 Bt Batok W Ave 6. #03. Well kept. Facing Mcdonalds. neg. Don't miss! Call now Rahaman *****786
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    • 924 13 WVfi HDB APTS FOR SALE mUM (BT MERAH/O'STOWN/ I TELOK BLANGAH) Alton-Property Advisor *****881 3 '1' 119 Bt Merah View High fir 3 '1' 163 Stirling Rd #06. Orig MRI 3 T 169 Stirling #16 Vacant, MRT 4 T 106 Henderson Cres High fir Dr to dr. 100% move in.
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    • 1219 13 Wun HOB APTS FOR SALE UJ IBT MERAH/O'STOWN/ I TELOK BLANGAH) 3 T UPGRADED Dover Cres Blk 21. 9 Low fir. Malay owner. Privacy. Near amenities. View to offer. r Call Zaini 9456-8932 PN AZHAR JOHAR 9112 4464^M 3T UPGRADED BLK 8 Empress Rd Opp Farrer Rd. High fir. Newly,
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    • 993 13 IHDB APTS FOR SALE (BT MERAH/O'STOWN/ TELOK BLANGAH) IT BLK. 7 C'wealth Ave. 127 sqm. Near Holland Village/ MRT/ amenities. Best buy! *****701 DW 5-RM DELTA AVE Pt Blk 1. Very high fir. Orig cond. Prime location. $428K neg. *****318 UT Bf!f!| HOB APTS FOR SALE I^J (BUKIT PANJANG) ALL
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    • 8839 14 a HDB APTS FOR SALE Rffl HDB APTS FOR SALE Rfl HDB APTS FOR SALE IJH HDB APTS FOR SALE R!1 HDB APTS FOR SALE [ffl HDB APTS FOR SALE Iffl HDB APTS FOR SALE |Jf| HDB APTS FOR SALE iffl HDB APTS FOR SALE fIW HDB APTS FOR SALE
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    • 1302 14 5 'I' PT. b1k.964. High fir. 121 sqm. Beautiful. Hougang Pt. Rosyth Sch. Below HDB value. *****293 5 T CORNER Blk 941 Hougang Ave 9. Near amenities. Renovat- ed. Can contra. *****663 5 T CORNER Pt Blk 956. #15. Bright/ windy. Move-in. Hougang Pt. S3OOK neg. 9066-2412 KPC 5-RMS. BLK
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    • 893 14 ""iiisnr"™"^" 1 4 'A' BLK 153 #06 Yung Ho with 4 bdrms. Unblocked. $225K neg. 5T corner Blk 647 #08 Jurong W. St 61. MRT/ windy. Ask S2BBK. Exec Apt 161 Yung Ping. High fir. PfOpHfiX ■r^Bßi HAJARABV -4 6476 5572^ 4 'NG' CORNER Blk 113 Jurong E St 13.
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    • 1207 15 ■pa unDADTCrrDCAir Pfl unc adtq me cai f 11P1 hod APT<; FOR SAI F Lffßl HDB APTS FOR SALE Rfl HDB APTS FOR SALE Rfl HDB APTS FOR SALE Hfl HDB APTS FOR SALE WTfM HDB APTS FOR SALE WTfm HDB APTS FOR SALE WTfM HDB APTS FOR SALE EB
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    • 1080 15 4 'A' 4o3 #06 lift fir, move in, 106 sqm, huge. Any offer considered! 4 'A' 680C #13. Nice. *****-676 4 'A' BLK 732. Jurong W. 8 yrs. Very high fir. F/ renovated. neg. Serious seller. *****531 4'A' 268 Toh Guan #03, corner. Low cash! Simple. Move-in. Near amenities. June:
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    • 790 15 NEW/ SUPER RENOVATION. Nice sea view. 3 T/ 4 'I' 30/ 33/ 64/ 60. Must view *****373 Orion NEW LISTING! 3-RM+l upgraded Blk 67. Next to corner. Lift. Move in. Vacant. *****788 Sole agt 3T BLK 35. Low fir lovers! Fairly new rountrystyle renovation. View to offer. neg. 9003-8737 3
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    • 1079 15 Associate jk-«"">f With .JSJt^i Excellence MBft._JkßhH 4 'A' 469 Next to corner. Pleasant renovation. Convenient Exec Apt 645 $350K up. Near amenities. Hurry! Give offer **4 'A' 184 Lift level. $235K only. 4 'A' 119/ 631 Mkt/ sch. Urgent!! 5 'I' 560 Near MRT. $288K. Urgent sale! Just offer! 9021-0097
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    • 1106 15 MRT, 5-MIN WALK Blk 316 Sembawang #03, Full Marble flooring. Aircons. Very good location. Rare Hurry Albert *****613 ERA $198KNEG!4 l A2'Blk479midflr, well kept, simple, bright windy, i near MRT/ amenities, just 5 yrs. Can contra. *****216 PN 4 'A' 478. High fir. Breezy. Lift level. Just 5 yrs. 1
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    • 805 15 liJiiWtii.nl Below Valuation ALL OFFER CONSIDER *****919 1) 4 'S' Simei 124 #9 up A1 $220K 2) 5 T 496F #10 up Cosy. $315K 3) 5 T 498M High fir. A1 $368K 4) Exec apt 329 corner #3 $396k 5 T SIMEI Block 155 -#04 -(3+l). 5 T Tampines Block
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    • 1121 15 1 f» i i^t*^V^J 4 'A' CORNER Blk 4878 Tampines. Designer decor. Lift level. Aircon 4'A'4B9C Simple. Well kept. Near Tampines JC. neg. *****573 4 'A' BLK 265 high fir, lift level. Renovated. Marble flooring, near MRT Corridor unit. Don't miss! Hurry! Sharlyn 9007 3438 DW 4 'NG' 5225K! Corner
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    • 926 15 5 T BLK 815 Tampines. Aircon. Near MRT/ mkt/ central. Move-in cond. Act fast. Call *****309 5 T CORNER Tampines Blk 719. High fir, windy, move in. Next to sch. Call now! *****543 RH S BLK 450C Tampines. Top fir. Windy. 2'j yrs. Malay owner. $500 to co-broke agt. *****614
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    • 1209 15 flffTTfT7!3 "k i I d.4K ruiuriu r«3m/ 3 T BLK 203 T Payoh Upgraded 1-rm. Unblocked. Windy. MRT, amenities, mkt. Chinese eligible! Serious seller! *****588 HSR IHB Good ERA Buy 4 'A' BLK 808 MRT Central. Asking 5342K yet neg! Hurry! 4 'A' Blk 142 New less than 5 yrs.
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    • 1124 15 JUMBO/ EXEC SPECIALIST Jumbo 803, 805 $60K Below HDB Jumbo 807, 808x2 Lift. Open view. MRT, mkt, Poly, schs. Causeway Pt. Jumbo 818 810 5 bdrms. MRT/ sch Jumbo 850 808. Open view. MRT Jumbo 832. MRT. All races. Low Jumbo 419, 420. MRT. All races Jumbo 330 811 lift.
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    • 756 16 RCI HDB APTS FOR SALE W^U (WOODLANDS) EXCLUSIVE AGT. 9796-8098 PN. Corner 5 'I' 543. #12. All races. Sell Below HDB Value! 751 550. I 4 'A' so3. Big hall. 619. $210K up! 4 'NG' 201. Jumbo 118, 115, 204. j ERA [_^_y SHOW HSE SUN 2-4pm. Must View 4
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    • 866 16 K[l HDB APTS FOR SALE I W^M (WOODLANDS) NEW LISTING! BLK 521 4'A 1 Cor- ner. Mid fir. Simple renovation, i I Near MRT/ 888 Plaza/ Vista Pt. I Don't miss! *****760 CBS I NEW LISTING! 4 'A' 556. High fir. Unblocked. Renovated. $210K I i up! Exec Apt 788
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    • 1195 16 Rf] HDB APTS FOR SALE W^M (WOODLANDS) 5 'I' WOODLANDS Blk 524. Mid fir. j Design built. Unblocked. F/ renovated. Near Vista Pt/ amenities. Price neg. 9384 2121 C2l-REA 5T 671. HIGH fir. 5 yrs. Unblock- ed. Renovated. 3 mins MRT. Shops/ mkt/ sch. neg. Must view. All races. 9853-5701
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    • 1036 16 ■jffl HDB APTS FOR SALE LINKVEST 9488-6822 3 'NG' 137, 207 At HDB value. 3'/2 corner 107 Hiqh fir, Mkt 4 'S' 603 809. Unblocked, move in 4 'S' 278. 15t owner, Unblock SI7OK 4 'S' 395, 249, 773 SISOK 4 'NG' 210 Hiqh fir, unblock, A1 4 'NG' 211,
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    • 1085 16 Hfl HDB APTS FOR SALE WWM (YISHUN) i 4 'A' 388, 427. Lift level. Corner. 4 'NG' 234. Mid fir. Move in cond. 4 'S' 867, 423, 774 move in cond. 5 T 850, 865 MRT. 9769-7888 1 4 'NG' CORNER 223. $210K only. 100% move in. Best layout View.
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    • 999 16 tHDB APTS FOR SALE (SENGKANG/ CORNER EXEC APT. 143. High fir. j Simple pleasant. Split aircon. Rivervale Mall/ Schs/ LRT. Con- venient. Jay 950-950-18 ERA ■h Near EM MRT EXEC APT 2508. $100K designer decor. High floor. Unblocked. F/aircon. Mins to MRT. neq. 5T 133. High fir. *****226 EXEC APT
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    • 808 16 Rfl PRIVATE APTS Ky WANTED (RENT/ BUY) ■35bb31 jK *v| A ssocia te Wk With i*w Ikl Excellence jKLW^. mi i URGENT BUYERS WANT to buy apts/ condo. Ready High bud- get. Professional reliable svc. Free bank value. Owners pis call RJ] HUDC/HDBAPTS WANTED (RENT/ BUY) ATTN! WE, RENTAL Specialist
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    • 552 16 fTTI FACTORY SPACE Rfl FACTORY SPACE Rfl FACTORY SPACE MUforwent I^Uforrent wftn for rent D0X833 Cap£taLand Prime Location For leasing enquiries, Call 6826 5590 844 I[JHh3 Technopark Chai Chee > m m^S/USIM Within walking distance to H JP" 11 li u PP er F| oor 500 50,000 sq ft igjB
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    • 508 16 Mgnnm are wviuumt; i I $8,000 Renovation Grant H for limited units I Own from $0.80 psf/mth I Affordable from 1 ,335 sq ft onwards I Surrounded by estates like Woodiands, H Choa Chu Kang, Bukit Panjang, R Yishun more I Near to Causeway, opening up your H business market
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    • 282 16 Rfl FACTORY SPACE FOR RENT TONG LEE BLDG. High fir. Light industry/ office/ store. 1180/ 810 sq.ft. 95cts p.s.f. Agt *****939 WOODLANDS BLK 38. 1100-3000 sqft. Ground/ Upp fir. Suits most trades. 9009 7912 ART ANG MO KIO Techplace I. 1761/ 2098/ 2205/ 1900 sq.ft. (ground fir). Rental neg. 9062-2226
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    • 485 17 ITH FACTORY SPACE DAJIN/ ELITE IND. Bldg. Thole Fty/ warehse cum office. 2056 3132 sq.ft. Loading bay. Cargi lift. Free parking $2xx p.s.f Don't miss! HARVEST *****88! OPPORTUNITY SALE/ RENT. 7-UNIT left. Ramp up fty. Approx 1830/ 2368/ 275( sqft. 60 yrs leasehold. Fre< parking. Low *****632 01 LOCATION NORTHLINK.
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    • 794 17 |T?1 OFFICE SPACE WTfi OFFICE SPACE ■T7I OFFICE SPACE |^y FOR RENT |^y FOR RENT |^J mn pfmt IgMgt Office Space i I if\ for Lease I I ,r?*jJS- \fe MNB BUILDING I 50 Robinson Road I O^MWMtk0 t Prestigious business I iM&KSr mA address of Robinson Road I M
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    • 1363 17 WTn office space WTn office space I^J FOR RENT |^U FOR RENT In the heart of CBD Next to Bangkok Bank Bldg Opposite Amoy street Food Centre Close proximity to Tanjong Pagar MRT Station 24 hr security Area from 1055 sq ft to 3434 sq ft Special rate from $2.30
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    • 941 17 WTn office space I^U FOR RENT JOO CHIAT COMPLEX 420 sq.ft. Fitted office/ partition room. Carpeted/ aircon. Incl PUB. Mkt/ food ctr. ***** 063 HSR NEW! E-CENTRE 9> Redhill. 300, 380, 1000, 1300, 1700 sqft. Fitted, aircon, immed. Near City. Most trades. Fr $500. 9109-2233 1 TONG ENG BLDG. Cecil
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    • 870 17 WTfl OFFICE SPACE K^Jforrent D.OB MAIN RD. Prime location. Renovated. Suitable for all businesses. Best rental. 9786-8266 LAVENDER MRT. DESIGN office for takover. 600 sqft. 2-rms, own toilet. $I.IK. 9022-4666 GP2I 1200 SOFT. PRE-WAR shophse of- fice at Geylang between Lor 42 44. MRT. Call 9009-0123 GP2I RAFFLES PLACE MRT.
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    • 1364 17 RJJ SHOP SPACE Rf] SHOP SPACE |^U FOR RENT |^U FOR RENT West Coast Rd, Opp West Coast Community Club Anchor Tenant Shop Save Good location shops 91 to 786 sqft Suitable for interior designers, fashions, training schools showrooms Ample parking PaulPoh 9066 0792 Ashley Ho 9687 7154 Jerome Lee
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    • 1029 18 VM SHOP SPACE j D.03 OUTSIDE CBD. Ground fir. 1000 sqft. Full glass front. Suits retail/ showroom/ office. Face rd Immed. neg. PMC 6285-2688 Opportunity SUIT ART Drama/ enriched class. Good beautiful ambience. 4600 sqft. Reasonable takeover fees rent. 9455-0487 j Sit Excellent era Location SHOPHSE OFFICES for rent. Prime
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    • 751 18 Bfl SHOP SPACE 1^ FOR SALE PRIME COMMERCIAL SPACE FREEHOLD River Valley main rd, good corporate image 9 Excellent investment returns Ground flr-8800 sgft Mezzanie-9600 sgft Full glass facade, any trade suitable (retail or wholesale, showroom) SOLE AGT WUAN 9670-5550 RARE FOR SALE People's Park Complex »02 452/ 904 sg.ft.
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    • 1052 18 t RESTAURANT/ Rfl RESTAURANT/ SPACE FOR RENT |jjSP^CEFORRENT^ REPUBLIC PLAZA 1,178 sf. Direct link to Raftles Place MRT underpass. No exhaust facilities; suitable only for F&B concepts which do not require heavy cooking. I^l City Developments Limited PRIME RESTAURANT] |fll WAREHOUSES/ CAFE PUB EMSd STORAGE FOR LEASE M Property Area
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    • 2166 18 Jffl WAREHOUSES/ JfPjl OTHER REAL ESTATE JfPjl OTHER REAL ESTATE JURONG/ SGKADUT. Special! Fty/ 1 f~ AUCTION SALE facilities. John 9272 6364 RH StOHOoSd" f- >-?- I SI 53 MUNSHI ABDULLAH AVENUE, D17, 2 storey terrace house 3 1 07 sf 999 years ft— U.bb^ W JLN SAYANG, DAVIS VILLE,
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        155 26  -  MIKE LEE Don't know what to do with all those digital pictures in your disc? Re-size them into tiny mosaics and create a jigsaw-like photo from them WBy IF YOU have loads of digital photographs lying around, why not re-use them creatively? How? Use dozens, if
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        302 27 from the Web. Here are some tips: 1. Gather the library pictures Various photo mosaic programs provide compilations, or libraries of tiny "cell" pictures on their download site. These are good starting points. If you have a large collection of digital images, you can create cells from them
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      • 247 27 Who invented the mosaic process? Robert Silvers, who was then a 26-year-old student at the MIT Media Lab, US. His invention quickly gained attention in the art, publishing and commercial world, including commissions for Life, Newsweek and Time magazine. His company's website is at www.photomosaic.com How many
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      • 40 27 Growing up with mosaic: You have a growing collection of pictures of your child since his birth. Take a portrait of the child now, and create a mosaic of it with the collection of growing up pictures.
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