The Straits Times, 8 June 2005

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    24 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 112 PAGES IN FIVE PARTS MICA (P) 093/03/2005 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8 2005 •£*A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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    Lock icon Govt okays youths' ideas for change
    665 1  -  Vivi Zainol By The top 5 recommendations >> Outsource National Education to commercial providers Social enterprises or individuals interested in the subject may replace teachers and should use real-life examples W Establish a "Super Pitch" panel comprising secondary school and junior college students The
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    Lock icon 38 DEAD IN NEPAL BUS BOMBING
    129 1 At least 38 people were killed and more than 10 injured when a bus was ripped apart by a bomb in a Maoist-controlled area of Nepal's southern Chitwan district The attack is one of the bloodiest against civilians since the communist insurgency began nine
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    Lock icon PacNet to roll out wireless network
    439 1  -  Alfred Shew SURFING the Internet looks set to become cheaper next year, when Pacific Internet rolls out a new service that promises to shake up the telecommunications industry. It will also make it easier for people to make international phone calls from their computers
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon S'pore foray to gain foothold in Egypt
      998 1  -  Li Xueying By WOMEN in Cairo will have the chance to match Charles Keith footwear to their headscarves this month. But they won't be stepping out in the strappy sandals that line the shelves of the brand's shops in Singapore. For its Egyptian
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    Lock icon Charles ft Keith heads for Cairo
    103 2 Five shops selling 1 pairs of Charles Keith shoes are planned for the first year in Egypt, increasing to 22 to 25 shops in the next five years >> The shoes will retail at about $86 a pair, about twice the price in Singapore
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  • IN A FLASH
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      Lock icon ASIA
      42 2 Terror scare Terrorist bomb-maker Azahari and pranksters are blamed for a wave of Indonesian terror threats. PAGE 6 Alert in Philippines Police go on alert, saying moves are afoot to destabilise the pa? F e i n 9 y" PAGL 12
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      37 2 PAGE Attack on insurgents Helicopters, troops and tanks mount pre-dawn attack on insurgent stronghold in Iraq. PAGE 15 Africa shortfall US cash pledge for Africa falls short of lifting the region out of poverty. PAGE 16
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      Lock icon REVIEW
      18 2 Pakistan rising Already ahead of India, Pakistan wants China s top spot for fastest lC?r%^ SrowthPAGE 22
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      62 2 Forged signatures? Forgery claims in case of dead businessman who is thought to have killed his adopted son. PAGE HI Tech show money pot Visitors are expected to spend some $200 million on hotels, food and shopping during next week's ibmX tech show. PAGE H2 Last respects Over 500
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      63 2 Here to serve Don't let scarce resources get in the way of serving people well, one reader tells health officials. PAGE H8 SPORTS Who'll host 0-Games? After losing out twice to Barcelona and Beijing Olympics front-runner Paris is cautious. PAGE H9 NBA blues for Shaq Basketball star Shaquille O'Neal
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      Lock icon MONEY
      21 2 PWC's denial PWC dismisses claims that it failed to disclose a possible conflict of interest in CAO case. PAGE H22
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      Lock icon WHAT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN
      66 2 In our June 3rd report "No cert: 3rd lawyer jailed", we said a Law Society letter stated that although Shamkumar Bhaskaran and his former partner had paid the premium, clients would not be covered by the insurance. The Law Society has clarified that the duo
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      186 2 SECTION ONE Prime 3-4 /\s j a 6-14 W0r1d............... 15-20 D oo op; Keview ZZ-Z5 FYI 26 SECTION TWO Home Hl-H7 p orum l_|g e-^4. Lj'i'n"un SP°rts HlO-Hl2 Obituaries Hl3 Money Hl4-H22 LIFE! Buzz L 2, LlO Arts L 5 Movies L6-L7 p vpntc rub Horoscopes &TV L 9 l\
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  • PRIME
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      Lock icon Universities offer courses to top poly students
      681 3  -  Sandra Davie By Education Correspondent Latest move makes it easier for them to take local degrees At home in the big pond "It was a bit intimidating at first to be in tutorials with the other undergrads. But you soon forget that. I
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      Lock icon S'porean boy and 3 others lost in Fraser's Hill
      489 3  -  Reme Ahmad Leslie Lau By In I kasfh's Him. (Pahang) A NINE-YEAR-OLD Singaporean boy and his three young Malaysian cousins are lost in the thick jungle of the Fraser's Hill resort area. Jeremy Tio and the others were last night facing
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      Lock icon More claims of MRT work damage
      851 4  -  Goh Chin Lian By I Serangoon MRT station sinks Icm S! RANGOON MRT station sank by about lcm in late February, after tunnelling work tor the MRT Circle 1 iOC there ran into an unusually large amount of groundwater. I'lr- "slight" slump in the
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      335 3 The Trichologist You Can Trust MB D ]d i IVII I IU I I aW Loss and Scalp^T C x j HQh Around 80% of men and women suffer from hair loss or £pPH scalp problem at any one time in their lives. Can anything tfamfJ/r be done to prevent
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      155 4 EVOLVE AT WILL AROUND THE WORLD. Can your network turn a tight race into a commanding lead? Can it move quickly into global markets, help drive down costs and be nimble in the tietWOrk face °f changing competition? Can it offer both worldwide IP-VPNs and business continuity services 7 Can
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      302 4 I Today in I I The Business Times I Retailers beware An army of Expiry date spies is being trained B if BtS 4t^' 1 -;> HJHUmiil^il^il^K H It JO»t-'"*lflß?r^*P- By IT %< SKf Is hair loss affecting your professional image? ■■■■■■(■■l As a working professional, maintaining your image is
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      288 5 Golfing privileges at home and For a start, each week, enjoy a free round of golf* at two local country clubs. In addition, enjoy access to a total of ten clubs locally and abroad. Club membership. Be a member of Club Oasis at Grand Hyatt Singapore, without having to pay
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon TERROR ALERT OVERDRIVE
      776 6  -  Derwin Pereira INDONESIA'S 1^ Wave of warnings increasingly seen as smokescreen to create confusion Indonesia Bureau Chief In Jakarta AZAHARI is here. Azahari is there. Azahari is everywhere. Wanted posters and mugshots of terrorist bomb-maker Azahari Bin Husin and his notorious Malaysian accomplice Mohd Noordin Top are
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      31 6 'Not a religious conflict' Visiting Islamic envoy Syed Qasim Almasri finds tolerance towards the Muslim minority in restive Thai south. PAGE 14 a-^M* MH^V sy i *r« llWlßliWiPli Eg! whitening c
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  • CHINA
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      Lock icon Shh, our kids are having their exams
      383 7 Shh, our kids are having their exams Beijing CHINESE cities are diverting traffic, suspending construction and banning street hawking to reduce the stress on high school students as they began gruelling university entrance exams yesterday. There are more than eight million candidates taking the four-day exams in China this year,
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      Lock icon Taiwan approves sweeping charter reforms
      446 7 But the bar for holding public referendums has been raised Taipei TAIWAN yesterday voted in favour of a reform package which includes allowing public referendums on the Constitution, a move opposed by China. But under the reforms ratified by the National Assembly yesterday, any new
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      Lock icon New vice-minister for Taiwan affairs
      160 7 Beijing CHINA yesterday appointed an official who has been dealing with Taiwan investors as a vice-minister for Taiwan affairs as part of a campaign to woo the island, which Beijing claims as its own. The State Council named Mr Zheng Lizhong, 53, Communist Party head
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      Lock icon HK 'doing its best' to help resolve case
      808 9  -  Vince Chong ARREST OF ST CORRESPONDENT H\ Hong Kong Correspondent Lawmakers press for details, but Secretary of Security refuses to disclose more Press Qub statement THE Singapore Press Club yesterday issued a statement on journalist Ching Cheong's detention. It said: "The Singapore
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      Lock icon Defecting diplomat contacted US mission
      164 9 Canberra A CHINESE diplomat who defected and sought political asylum in Australia had also approached US officials, an American Embassy spokesman said yesterday. But the spokesman would not confirm reports that Mr Chen Yonglin, 37, sought asylum from Washington. The Sydney Morning Herald reported yesterday
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      Lock icon AT YOUR SERVICE
      43 9 Poise, balance and speed are some of the qualities a good waiter must have. To ensure they master the skill of delivering food promptly and without spills, waiters at a Chinese restaurant undergo rigorous training at a Beijing parking lot.
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      Lock icon Rumsfeld's claims groundless: China
      253 9 Beijing CHINA has rejected as "totally groundless" claims by US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld that it is spending considerably more on a major military build-up than officially acknowledged. "In recent years, in pace with China's economic development, Chinese defence spending has indeed increased a little," Foreign
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      Lock icon Japan will continue aid to China after 2008
      657 10  -  Kwan Weng Kin By Japan arresporuU 'n t In Tokyo Pledge comes one day after minister accused Beijing of being ungrateful FOREIGN Minister Nobutaka Machimura says Japan will still give environmental, health and other aid to China after ending low-interest yen loans
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      Lock icon Economic ties still strong, central bankers say
      157 10 SENIOR central bankers from China and Japan yesterday said recent bilateral friction is unlikely to have a major impact on economic ties between the two countries. "It's mostly a historical problem. I don't think it will have huge repercussions on the economy and
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      Lock icon FAREWELL, OLD FRIEND
      101 10 The Beijing Friendship Store was once famous for being the only place in the Chinese capital that sold imported goods. Now, this shabby, fluores-cent-lit complex is to be torn down. Its prime location on Chang An Avenue, a main thoroughfare running through the heart of Beijing, will
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      Lock icon A touch of Churchill and Mao from HK's Tsang
      419 10 Hong Kong THE electoral campaign of Hong Kong's leadership front-runner has been a mix of Chinese and Western flair. Speeches are sprinkled with quotes from Mao Zedong and Winston Churchill while Chinese calligraphy is used in the campaign logo. Mr Donald
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      Lock icon FASTER 'BULLET'
      81 11 Test cars of the next generation of Japan's bullet trains, known as the Shinkansen, being unloaded at Sendai port in northern Japan. More than 10 years of research have gone into producing the test cars, which will be able to run at speeds of 360kmh making them the
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      Lock icon India's opposition BJP leader Advani resigns
      506 11  -  P. Jayaram By India Correspondent In New Delhi He quits after protests by Hindu groups over statements he made in Pakistan THE leader of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) quit yesterday, a day after his return from Pakistan, following angry protests by
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      Lock icon North Korea not ready to hold talks, says US
      366 11 Washington THE United States and North Korea held a rare meeting on Monday, but Pyongyang "did not indicate" that it was ready to return to stalled talks on its nuclear weapons programme, the White House said yesterday. "North Korea presented their
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      Lock icon Wide impact of N-strike
      204 11 A SOUTH Korean military simulation of an attack on North Korea's main nuclear tacility projected devastating effects across the region, according to a newspaper report. The Chosun llbo daily yesterday said the simulation, commissioned in 1999, found that in the event of a strike on the
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Manila police on alert for attempts to topple govt
      492 12 A group is said to be trying to destabilise Arroyo as she battles graft accusations Manila POLICE across the Philippines are on full alert for any move to destabilise President Gloria Arroyo's administration as she fights graft claims against her and
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      Lock icon Jakarta blasts security hoaxes in Canberra
      316 12 Jakarta blasts security hoaxes in Canberra Jakarta INDONESIA has condemned as a "terror threat" the second security hoax at its embassy in Canberra in a week, amid growing resentment over its neighbour's obsession with a young Australian woman jailed in Bali on drug charges. Foreign Minister Hassan Wirayuda said the
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      Lock icon Yangon beefs up security to allay terror fears
      205 12 Yangon MYANMAR'S military government has stepped up security in the capital to alleviate fears of bomb attacks. Rumours spread by "destructive elements" are to blame for the panic, state media reported yesterday. The junta said anti-govern-ment agents were warning of bombings at
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      289 13 Congratulations to MOUNT FABER LEISURE GROUP for its Ground Breaking Ceremony 'It is definitely time for the next phase for Mount Faber The Jewel Box, a new iconic tourism product that all Singaporeans will be proud of and will definitely be a talking point among tourists as well. We would
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA / MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon Violence in Thai south 'not sparked by religion'
      434 14  -  Nirmal Ghosh to I'hailand (orrespondent i\ Bangkok OIC team finds tolerance towards Muslims, calls for talks to settle issue THAILAND is relatively tolerant towards its Muslim minority and the conflict in the south is not a religious one, says the head of
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      Lock icon More aircraft needed for strait security: Najib
      316 14 Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA says more surveillance aircraft are needed to boost security in the pi-rate-infested Malacca Strait, though there is no evidence of a terrorist threat in the key shipping lane. "We have to engage the international community in capacity building, specifically for
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      Lock icon CATCH OF THE DAY
      89 14 Villagers living along the Sungeijerung river in Kedah holding up their catch. Whenever the river changes colour or emits a foul smell, villagers grab their nets and go fishing. But while they enjoy the bountiful catch, they fear the river is dying. They claim the river
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      Lock icon Fumes from rotting fish in boat kill three Thais
      187 14 Kuala Lumpur THREE Thai men died after being overcome by powerful fumes from rotting fish in a boat they were unloading in Malaysia's northern Perak state, reports said yesterday. Another Thai crewman who tried to pull them to safety narrowly escaped
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    • ASIA QUICKLY
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        Lock icon WIVES MOBILISED TO HELP FIGHT GRAFT
        103 14 BEIJING: China is calling on officials' wives to help stop their husbands from embezzling money as it seeks increasingly novel ways of cracking down on corruption. The All China Women's Federation, China's official women's rights body, urged "all wives in the country, especially those
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        Lock icon CHINA NEEDS $4008 FOR WATER SUPPPLY
        106 14 BEIJING: China needs to invest 2 trillion yuan (Ss4oo billion) by 2010 on improving the distribution and quality of water supplied to its cities. Vice-Minister for Construction Qiu Baoxing said yesterday. "Water wastage is a big problem in the country," Mr Qiu said at
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        Lock icon PROTEST AGAINST HK SMOKING BAN
        96 14 HONG KONG: Hundreds of people employed in Hong Kong's entertainment industry took to the streets yesterday in protest against government proposals to ban smoking in public indoor areas. Donning surgical masks, more than 200 people from mahjong parlours, massage and sauna establishments, nightclubs, discos and
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        Lock icon NESTLE APOLOGISES FOR IODINE FLAP
        129 14 SHANGHAI: Swiss food maker Nestle has issued an apology for violating government limits on iodine content in infant formula sold in China. The flap over excess iodine found in Nestle formula comes amid a national effort to improve food safety following a scandal last year
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        Lock icon AUSSIE DOLLARS USED IN JAKARTA BLAST
        130 14 JAKARTA: One of South-east Asia's most wanted Islamic militants used Australian dollars to fund the deadly bombing of Canberra's embassy in the Indonesian capital last year, a witness told a court yesterday. Ahmad Hasan, a witness in the trial of one of the key
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Major strike against Iraq insurgents
      566 15 Major strike against Iraq insurgents Troops conduct door-to-door search in city near Syrian border Tal Afar (Iraq) AMERICAN and Iraqi troops launched another major military operation against insurgents yesterday, in a show of force in the north-western city of Tal Afar. The city sits near the Syrian border, which has
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      Lock icon Bush to pledge extra aid for Africa after Blair plea
      587 16 Promise falls short of what the British Premier hoped to get from the US Washington PRESIDENT George VV. Bush was set to announce yesterday US$674 million (Ssl.l billion) in additional resources to respond to humanitarian emergencies in Africa. Mr Bush
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      Lock icon EU Constitution can still be salvaged: Britain
      369 16 1 ON DON BRITAIN has said the European Union's Constitution could be salvaged even after it shelved plans to hold a referendum. Prime Minister Tony Blair said the Constitution was "a perfectly sensible way forward" and the EU must have new rules to
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      Lock icon TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING
      126 16 Passers-by walk past the arresting sight of washing machines stacked on top of one another in Valencia, Spain. Through this installation art piece Entre Ciclos, Spanish artist Nuria Roman hopes to depict the wastefulness created by the consumer society. His work was one of
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
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        Lock icon BOLIVIA'S PRESIDENT RESIGNS
        112 16 LA PAZ: Bolivia's President Carlos Mesa, his 19--month-old government unravelling amid swelling street protests, tendered his resignation to Congress in a late-night nationally televised address. Hours after huge street demonstrations paralysed the capital and riot police fired tear gas to scatter demonstrators trying to lay siege to
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        Lock icon CELLPHONE PHOTO FEARS
        112 16 LONDON: One in 10 British children says he or she has been threatened or made uncomfortable by people taking a photograph of them with a mobile phone, according to a survey published yesterday. Children's charity NCH said nearly a sixth of this total believed their image had
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        Lock icon REVIEW OF AIRPORT SECURITY
        95 16 SYDNEY: Australia ordered a review of its airport security measures yesterday to allay public concerns over a leaked customs report that found some staff at Sydney airport were involved in drug smuggling and theft and could pose terrorism threats. Transport Minister John Anderson said the former
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        Lock icon 'NO' TO MARIJUANA FOR PAIN RELIEF
        123 16 WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court on Monday refused to sanction the use of marijuana for medical purposes, dashing the hopes of thousands of US patients illicitly using the substance for pain relief. By a vote of six to three, the US court refused permission
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    • Article
      Lock icon More milk means fatter children, study shows
      379 17 Washington CONTRARY to conventional wisdom, a study suggests that the more milk children drink, the fatter they grow and skim milk is a worse culprit than whole milk. A survey of more than 12,000 children aged nine to 14 showed that those who
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      Lock icon Boring, low-level jobs bad for the heart
      279 17 Washington DULL, steady, unexciting jobs may make the heart beat in an unchanging, rapid rhythm which, in turn, could lead to heart disease, British researchers have reported. They found that men with "low-grade jobs", meaning they had little control over daily tasks, and
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      Lock icon 'Super' bacteria can live for weeks on bedsheets
      389 17 Resilient strains THE bacteria could be detected: Eight weeks later on acrylic fingernails. Six weeks later on computer keyboard covers. >> Five days later on bed linen. The drug-resistant bugs also thrive on computer keyboard covers Washington THE mutated, drug-resis-tant "superbugs" that
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      Lock icon UN reform document avoids divisive issues
      697 18  -  3etsy Pisik By I Straits Times US Bureau In New York General Assembly president puts out reform draft but key conflicts remain US asks Japan to put off resolution US SECRETARY of State Condoleezza Rice has reportedly asked Tokyo to postpone a resolution aimed
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      Lock icon Research paper on terror tells too much
      308 18 Washington THE United States government has asked the National Academy of Sciences not to publish a research paper that officials described as a "road map for terrorists" on how to contaminate the nation's milk supply. The research paper on biological terrorism, by Stanford
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      Lock icon NOT TO BE SNIFFED AT
      34 18 A Maori craftsman playing a haunting melody on a nguru, a nose flute, in Wellington. Traditionally, the handmade instrument is used in ceremonies to replicate bird songs. PHOTO AFP
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
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        152 20 FORMER Bangladeshi military ruler Hussain Muhammad Ershad has filed bigamy and theft charges against his second wife. Bidisha, a well-known fashion des'gner, was placed on police remand for three days when she appeared in the magistrate's court on Monday. "She cheated me. She has got
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      406 22 IJV a startling move. United States Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld last week questioned China's military build-up: "Since no nation threatens China, one wonders, why this growing investment" in missiles and up-to-date military teclwology, he asked. China has not revealed the full extent of its military expansion,
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      785 22  - before Pakistan gains advantage Andy Mukherjee By INDIA is no longer the frontrunner to challenge China for the fastest economic growth among the most populous nations of the world. Pakistan is. According to figures released over the weekend by Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, the US$llO billion (SslB2 billion) economy
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      895 23  -  Reme Ahmad FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT: MALAYSIA By Malaysia Bureau Chief In Kuai-a Lumpur IF NOT HERE, WHERE? "Whenever we want to have a landfill, people put up Not In My Backyard opposition. But the rubbish has to go somewhere." MR CHOCK ENG TAH,
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      216 22 Let it flourish There is a strong case for continued research in therapeutic cloning. PAGE 24 THE STRAITS TIMES sINCAPOHI PRESS HOiniN(,s NEWS 1 N 1 RE, 1000 Toa Pavoh North, RDdhBiLwfJZ3IMM s I l\ i I R.\( TIVE: http://straitstimes.asial.com.sg SPI 1 1 hiet Aecutn e )ttker l.xecutive\"ice-President Man han
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      8 1 HOME THE STRAITS TIMES WEDNESDAY JUNE 8, 2005
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      737 1  -  Tanya Fong S'POREAN FOUND HANGED AFTER BEING ACCUSED OF MURDERING SON IN US By Police reports made here, alleging forgery of man's tax forms and living will SURPRISE MOVE "We were highly puzzled... because my brother was Chinese-educated and we have no relatives there." MR
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      369 2  - Deals worth billions expected at mega- IT show Serene Luo INFOCOMM MEDIA BUSINESS EXCHANGE By Delegates also likely to spend $200 m on stay, food and shopping NEXT week's Infocomm Media Business Exchange (imbX) show should be a boon for Singapore's hoteliers and retailers, as well as to the country's
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      238 2 APPLE Computer co-founder and Silicon Valley icon Steve Wozniak will be in town next week to share his experiences on product innovation. Mr Wozniak, or Woz as he is popularly known, was responsible for the design of the first computer launched by Apple 21 years
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      333 2 A VIRTUAL war has started among eight tertiary institutions as more than 800 students do battle for gaming glory. The students will pit their skills against each other in four computer games, to gain a place in the national games here in September.
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      255 2 THE WORLD Intellectual Property Organisation (Wipo) opened its first Asian office in Singapore yesterday. Wipo will work with governments and other intellectual property (IP) agencies on legislation, education and other efforts to "instil a culture of IP" in the region, said its dep
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      336 4  -  Khushwant Singh By STAFF Sergeant Alan Kit Kwee Wei of the Commercial Affairs Department (CAD) used to work on small-time cases. These days, he's cracking multi-million-dollar corporate fraud cases and getting so good at it he received a commendation for the third year in
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      424 4  -  Selina Lum By ALL'S FORGIVEN "I still love my wife; she's just hot-tempered." MR MOHAMED ALI, who said he will take their children to visit her. She is jailed 1 5 months for attacking husband with knife, but he says he'll wait
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      319 4 Punched over parked van ONG Yong Khoon had approached a parked van, raised his middle finger at the driver, Mr Koh Yong Hwa, and started hurling vulgarities at him. Ong then opened the van door and demanded to know why Mr Koh had ignored him
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      158 4 Marriage scam: 4th person charged A WOMAN alleged to be a second go-between in a marriage scam involving an Indian national and a Singaporean woman was charged in court yesterday. Vimla Dcvi Abel, 34, faces six charges of taking bribes from Indian national Rajangam Veerapandian. She is the fourth person
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      259 5  -  Teh Joo Lin By Newspapers and cardboard cleared day before, or blaze would have been worse RAG-AND-BONE woman Carol Wong should count herself lucky, even though a fire gutted her two-room flat in Block 29, Toa Payoh Lorong 5 yesterday afternoon. The evening
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      219 5  -  Alexis Hooi B\ A BARGE of waste material at the centre of a dispute between Singapore and Indonesia that lasted almost 10 months has been shipped back here. Solid waste recycling company ecoWise Holdings placed an announcement on the website of the Singapore
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      158 5 Help for parents of autistic children WHEN a child is autistic, his parents often spend years trying one thing after another, and losing precious time, before they hit on the most suitable therapeutic method. Parents of autistic children need to come to terms with the fact that their child may
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      190 5 THE ruler of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, will make a state visit here from tomorrow to Saturday. He will be accompanied by three ministers, members of the royal tamily and senior officials. The ministers are: First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister
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      92 6 Visitor Royce Tan, seven, gawking at the 2Am-tall spider made of 104,525 Lego bricks at the Lego Creator Show 2005 in Raffles City. The model is constructed on a 1:16 scale. The show opened on Friday and is on till June 19. Spread over 350 sq m, it
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      495 6  - Scientists back tough Bill on biosecunty Chang Ai-Lien By Science Correspondent Nod for moves to ensure public safety and prevent misuse SCIENTISTS working with biological agents and toxins have largely approved a tough government Bill to regulate the movement and use of these substances, even though they may stand to
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      281 6  -  Maria Almenoar By] NONE of the headaches that marred last year's university admissions was repeated this year. The problem of students holding on to multiple offers till the last minute was solved with National University of Singapore (NUS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and Singapore
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      844 7  -  Elgin Ton By MM: He maintained high standards OFFERING CONDOLENCES: Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong spoke to the late Mr Wee's family for about half an hour after paying his last respects to the former chief justice at his family home in Cluny
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        240 8 I WAS greatly disappointed to hear that the National University of Singapore (NUS) business and law schools will move to the current Singapore Management University (SMU) campus. What was upsetting was that we had to hear it first from the newspaper
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        457 8 I WAS struck by the contrast in two letters from the health services sector which appeared in ST Forum over the past two months. One was from the Ministry of Health (MOH) in response to the closing of the night clinics ("Resources finite,
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          381 8 1 REFER to the letter by Mr Rajpal Singh ("Link COE to owner instead of vehicle"; ST, June 6). Mr Singh's proposal appears to address the average vehicle owner's understanding of the certificate of entitlement (COE) system, excessive scrapping or export of otherwise good-condition
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          125 8 No more tinkering 1 REFER to the letters "Scrap COE, jack up ERP charges instead" (ST, June 2) and "Link COE to owner instead of vehicle" (ST, June 6). I suggest the Land Transport Authority (LTA) resist juggling with the COE scheme as previous changes have proven it is far
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        456 8 I REFER to the letters by Mr Ang Ting Yang ("Fear of planted drugs in check-in luggage"; ST, June 2), Mrs Vivien T?n, ("Cash stolen from luggage after checkin"; ST, June 4) and Mr Allein G. Moore, ("Drugs could have been put in
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        263 8 I AM amused at the prospect of a reply from the HDB to the query by Mr Joseph Wong Yong Lye about the sound of marbles on the floor of the unit above his in the wee hours of the
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        179 8 Patients' needs based on objective clinical appraisal WE AGREE with Mr Leong Sze Hian that public hospitals should "treat patients based on needs, not ability to pay" (ST, June 3). This is indeed our approach. A patient's needs are based on objective clinical assessment, not a layman's individual preference. Hence,
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          87 8 I DON'T think current fines for expired food are a deterrent to department stores that make millions and are fined only a few hundred dollars. Three weeks ago, I noticed a department store in Serangoon Road continues to sell expired food items. Curry powder on the
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          60 8 THE Kylie Minogue concert here was cancelled and it is really unfortunate she has breast cancer. I booked tickets, and my grouse is that Sistic refunds only the ticket amount but not its fees and handling charges. I find it rather ridiculous that Sistic should earning $2
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          90 8 AS WE try to think of new tourist attractions for Singapore, we seem to have forgotten old ones that made way for redevelopment but were icons of Singapore tourism. 1 am referring to the old Satay Club, which was once a must for tourists in Singapore.
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          64 8 RECENTLY, I bought an ice-cream at Swensen's and noticed my bill was rounded up from $7.78 to $7.80. I am accustomed to restaurants rounding down in favour of the customer to avoid having to deal with 1-cent coins, but this is the first time I have
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        648 9  -  Tay Cheng Khoon OLYMPICS Sports Editor Paris wants Olympics to rally country, redevelop area and boost tourism IN THE north-west quarter of Paris known as Les Bastignolles, lies a deserted railway yard. Valeric Amant's job is to help visitors ignore the dust
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        480 9  - Pans remembers past let-downs Marc: Lim By IT WAS a crisp autumn's day in October 1986 in Lausanne. Members of the Paris 1992 Bid Committee stood huddled in a room, expecting to get the nod to stage the 1992 Olympic Games. Millions more awaited the news anxiously in Paris. But
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        418 9 New York NEW York's bid to host the 2012 Olympics suffered a near-fatal blow on Monday, after plans to build the host stadium were rejected. There is even talk of pulling out of the race altogether. "If we don't have
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        292 10  -  Chan Vi Shen SOCCER By HOME United coach Steve Darby was fined $300 yesterday by the Football Association of Singapore for bringing the game into disrepute. The Englishman had called the League's Beep Test "stupid", following his team's 1-2 loss to Tampines Rovers
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        514 10  - Lions to face charged Malaysians Marc Lim By In Penam, Probable teams Malaysia Syamsuri Mustaffa, Wan Rohaimi Wan Ismail, Norhafiz Zamani Misbah, Lim Chan Yew, Nor Fazly Alias, Ivan Yusoff Tengku Hazman Raja Hassan, Muhammad Shukor Adan, Idris Abdul Karim, Hairuddin Omar, Nizaruddin Yusoff. Singapore Lionel Lewis, S. Subramani, Baihakki
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          50 10 THE South-east Asia men's basketball championship, scheduled for Singapore from June 19-26, has been postponed. It will now be held in Kuala Lumpur from July 5-9. The teams competing in the biennial championship include Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines and Indonesia. Singapore has yet to confirm its participation.
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          73 10 SPORTS scientist Istvan Balyi will be organising two workshops for coaches this Friday and Saturday at the Civil Service College from 9am to spm. Registration fees are $40 for one day and $60 for both days (NROC/NSA staff/SPEA members/PESS staff and students/Singapore Sports School staff). For the
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          67 10 MALE basketball enthusiasts can form teams to compete in a midweek evening league or Saturday afternoon league, organised by BBAXN. The midweek league starts on June 21 while the Saturday league starts on June 25. Closing date for registration is Friday. Registration is free, but teams
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        516 11 Give us Parker and we'll call it quits SOCCER SET UP FOR LIFE "I can't turn this down. It will make me for life. I've found myself in the middle of this situation but I'm very calm." FRANK ARNESEN, on the Chelsea job Spurs ask for player instead of cash
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        649 11 Fans queue to see Brazil attack, attack, attack Argentina Montevideo BRAZIL against Argentina is always an occasion to savour. Just ask the fans who started to queue on Sunday night outside River Plate's Monumental stadium in the hope of buying tickets. The eight-man wide queue was two kilometres long. Riot
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        371 11 Liverpooi HARRY Kewell, Liverpool's misfit midfielder, is taking Gary Lineker to court today. In an article published in June 2003, former England captain Lineker attacked Kewell's controversial move from cash-strapped Leeds in The Telegraph under the headline "Kewell move made
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        348 11 Manchester PARK Ji Sung looks set to become the Premiership's latest Asian import, after admitting that he may be tempted to move to Manchester United. His Dutch club PSV Eindhoven said on Monday that they would allow the 24-year-old to speak to the
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        107 11 Group A Kuwait v South Korea Live, Ch24, tomorrow, 1.30 am S. Arabia v Uzbekistan Group B North Korea v Japan Live, Ch24,6.30pm Iran v Bahrain Live, Ch24,10.30pm Standings P W D L F A Pts Saudi Arabia 4 2 2 0 6 1 8 South Korea 4
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        472 11 Group 1 Czech Rep v Macedonia Live, Ch21,10.55pm Romania v Armenia Finland v Holland Live, Ch22, tomorrow, 1.55 am Group 2 Kazakhstan v Turkey Denmark v Albania Greece v Ukraine Group 3 Latvia v Liechtenstein Estonia v Portugal Luxembourg v Slovakia Group 4 Faroe Islands v Ireland Group
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        692 12 BASKETBALL NBA champs prove that team work can overcome a superstar and his sidekick Miami OOPS, the Detroit Pistons did it again. They sent Shaquille O'Neal home without a championship. But, this time, the big man with the Superman tattoo will not even get
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          90 12 OHIO: Bernhard Langer ensured he was not among some big-name failures during qualifying for the US Open on Monday. The former Masters winner and European Ryder Cup captain, 48, shot a two-round total of 134 to make the field for Pinehurst. Those who did not
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          57 12 LONDON: India s first Formula One driver Narain Karthikeyan faces a spell in the wilderness before Sunday's Canadian Grand Prix. His Jordan team's fitness trainer has taken Karthikeyan and Portuguese team-mate Tiago Monteiro to a secluded lake north of Montreal to get in shape for
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        372 15 But Taiwan firm's monthly revenue gain points to rebound this year Taipei UMC, the world's second largest contract chipmaker, posted a 33 per cent drop in sales last month from a year ago, as it scrapes along the bottom of
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        492 15 Washington GENERAL Motors (GM) will cut at least 25,000 US manufacturing jobs in the next three years to bring the struggling car giant out of its slide, chairman and chief executive Rick Wagoner said yesterday. Speaking at the company's annual shareholder meeting,
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        40 15 Yesterday's close: 11,217.45 (-53.17 points) Tokyo's Nikkei share average fell 0.47 per cent as the strong yen spurred selling in Toyota Motor Corp and other exporters, although investors bought mid- and small-capitalised stocks with profit potential. REUTERS
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        40 15 Yesterday's close: 13.837.29 (-23.26 points) Hong Kong stocks ended 0.17 percent lower with property shares hurt by fresh mortgage rate increases, but China plays were boosted by strong gains for oil stocks such as PetroChina. REUTERS
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        32 15 Yesterday's close: 1,030.94 (-3.44 points) Chinas shares slid 0.3 percent, as fund managers shed holdings of large-capitalised stocks such as China Shipping Development Co amid lingering liquidity concerns REUTERS
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        49 15 Yesterday's close--4,205.6 (+7.6 points) Australian stocks rose 0.2 per cent to close higher tor a fifth straight day. led by big banks, while the major miners and oil stocks took slight losses. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 Index recorded its highest close in nearly three months REUTERS
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        36 15 Yesterday's close: 876.92 (+4.95 points) Malaysian shares closed 0.57 percent higher after the country's prime minister ordered a central bank probe into a bank which barred marginfinancing on a list of stocks AFP
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        39 15 Yesterday's close: 6,781.25. (+23.06 points) Indian share prices closed 0.34 percent up as investors focused on banking stocks while other blue chips held steady. Banks were keenly sought as the sector had missed a recent rally AFP
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        41 15 Yesterday's close: 682.15 (-0.15 point) The Thai stock market closed flat in mixed trade with tew Iresh leads to spur investors, who engaged in lastminute profit-taking th?t erased modest early gains Gainers led losers 167 to 127. AFP
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          111 15 SINGAPORE: Johor Port, Malaysia's second-biggest port operator, expects to handle 24 per cent more containers this year, helped by an increase in global trade. "We expect to do one million this year," said Datuk Mohd Taufik Abdullah, executive chairman of Johoi Port, in
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          93 15 SHANGHAI: The Chinese government has approved the country's first bank-run fund management company, a tie-up between Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) and Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB), state media said yesterday. ICBC will hold a 55 per cent stake in the 200 million
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          113 15 NEW YORK: United States online advertising sales rose by 26 per cent to US$2.B billion (554.7 billion) in the first quarter, as companies moved ad spending to the Web, PricewaterhouseCoopers and the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) said yesterday. The first-quarter total was the most
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          159 15 NEW YORK: Another two senior executives resigned from Morgan Stanley on Monday, extending what has become a stream of departures from the investment bank. Mr David Topper, a managing director in Morgan Stanley's capital markets unit, has been with the firm for 22 years. He
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        281 16 PM Abdullah orders inquiry into reports of Hong Leong Bank barring margin financing Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said yesterday that he has asked the central bank to investigate reports that Malaysia's Hong Leong Bank has barred margin financing, or
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        243 16 Jakarta BANK Central Asia (BCA) and Bank Danamon, majority controlled by Temasek Holdings and Deutsche Bank, said they may merge as Indonesia's central bank pushes the nation's 133 lenders to combine into fewer, larger institutions. BCA chief financial officer Jahja Setiaatmadja and his Danamon counterpart,
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        601 17  -  Tschang Chi Chu hina Correspondent Beiiing RESSURE TACTICS WONT WORK "As for the building up of international pressure, some of it is not out of economic considerations, some of it is politically motivated...Right now there is too much expectation on the role
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        353 17 Washington FEDERAL Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan said it was hard to say why long-term interest rates were so low, but even if they moved below short-term rates, it need not signal a weakening economy in the United States. Speaking to a bankers' conference in
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        249 20  -  Karen Tee to ASIAN investors will be able to connect directly to the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) once it opens its technology hub in Singapore later this year. Clients will trade on the Chicago board directly, instead of having to
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        569 20  -  Lee Su Shyan By Companies Correspondent Firms eager to list in Shanghai, Shenzhen could consider SGX and HK exchange BOURSES in Singapore and Hong Kong could be the big winners after China's move this week to suspend new listings on the Shanghai
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        294 20  -  Narendra Aggarwal By THE Singapore Government's trade promotion arm will soon open its ninth office in China, in the north-western Chinese province of Shaanxi. Located in Xian, the provincial capital, the International Enterprise (IE) Singapore liaison office will be up and running
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        255 21 Vantage's key attraction is its big cash hoard. But the firm disclosed last month that this amount has fallen from $63.6 million to $55.7 million. The two rival bidders still appear eager to get this diminished sum. But what happened to the other $7.9 million? It
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        417 21  -  Rachel Chang By A LEATHER sofa maker is counting on aggressive marketing and attractive pricing to ensure that its initial public offer does not end up as part of the furniture in the IPO losers' lounge. Hong Kong-based Man Wah Holdings, which has
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        577 21  -  Lee Su Shyan By Companies Correspondent They will decide whether to proceed with offer, as the firm faces challenge from Global Advisory THE intensifying takeover battle for Vantage Corp and its key selling point, a somewhat diminished cash hoard of $55.7 million, will
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        253 21 DIRECTORS' TRADES COMFORTDELGRO DIRECTOR CUTS STAKE MEMBER of Parliament Ong Ah Heng has trimmed his stake in transport giant ComfortDelGro, less than a month before public transport fares are due to go up. Filings with the Singapore Exchange show that he sold 200,000 ComfortDelGro shares at $1.74 apiece last Friday.
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          59 21 ASL WINS $100 M JOBS TO BUILD VESSELS ASL MARINE said yesterday that it has secured contracts worth $100 million to build eight new vessels. The contracts were clinched by its wholly-owned subsidiaries, ASL Shipyard and ASL Shipyard Indonesia. The projects, which include two chemical tankers and two crude palm
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          120 21 810-TREAT Technology has secured two waste-water treatment projects in Lianyungang city, in China's Jiangsu province, involving a total investment cost of 245 million yuan (Ssso million). Bio-Treat said the first project will be undertaken by a joint venture, Bio-Treat Water System, in which it will
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          82 21 BOUSTEAD Singapore's 90 per cent-owned Britishbased subsidiary, Boustead International Heaters (BIH), has secured contracts in Western Africa and Britain valued at about $9.5 million. BIH designs and supplies heaters, waste heat recovery units and associated equipment to the oil, gas and petrochemical industries. Boustead said
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        416 21  -  AZRIN Asmani TAKING STOCK By MARKET players expecting the good times to roll to a stop yesterday were left scratching their heads as the bourse continued to defy the odds and surged ahead for the fifth consecutive session. Not even high crude oil
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        782 22  - PwC denies failure to disclose possible conflict Goh Eng Yeow Lee Su Shyan CHINA AVIATION OIL REPORT H\ It draws flak for not making known link between CAO, itself and its elientJ Aron AUDITORS PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has rejected claims that it failed to disclose a possible conflict of interest involving
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        211 22 FIGHTING PIRACY IN ASIA PAC THE United Nations agency in charge of protecting intellectual property (IP) rights opened a regional office in Singapore yesterday in a bid to combat piracy and counterfeiting in Asia. The World Intellectual Property Organisation (Wipo) hopes to create a
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      1032 8 ■k DO9- 10 ORCHARD/ Wfk. DO9- 10 ORCHARD/ Cjll TANGLIN/ HOLLAND IELj TANGLIN/ HOLLAND gr PTE APTS RENT PTE APTS RENT \/VvLl?Aji% BUKIT TIMAH Spacious 954 sq ft fully/partially-furnished 1 -bedroom apartments with balcony in Singapore's premier residential belt Lush, exclusive, tranquil Minutes from town Free 1-way airport transfer Free
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      1788 8 BDO9- 10 ORCHARD/ flfe DO9- 10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND L^l TANGLIN/ HOLLAND PTEAPTS-RENT PTEAPTS-RENT ASTRID MEADOW. 2900 sq.ft. 4+l. »ap*l Nice interior. Choice unit, face pool, large balcony, P/furn. INVj Dran<j $9.5 K. View now! 9797-9995 OT I THE EOUATORIAL (STEVENS Rd) I jB 1 W licW Panoramic view. Spacious.
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      1318 9 jflK Dl 5- 16 EAST COAST Ife 19-20SERANGOON/ Hi/ PTE APTS RENT till THOMSON |r pte apts -rent D.15 TEMBELING RD. 3 Ddrm walk-up apt. Unfurn. Convenient. Rent at $1000. Tel: 6337-2165 D.15 EASTERN MANSION Jalan aflfc Kechil, 3 bdrm apt. unfurnished. PropNex f^ Rent $1300 neg. Tel: 6337-2165 %^f
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      1195 9 PjjK HOUSES FOR RENT igv HOUSES FOR RENT WoodGrovk ESTAXKI^ Luxurious bungalows with in-ground swimming pool or spa pool Near to the Singapore American School Minutes to major expressways and Marsiling MRT station Proximity to shopping and leisure facilities at Woodlands Regional Centre For Leasing Enquiries: d'^% J Far East
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      1866 9 FpK HOUSES FOR RENT Pi}\ HUDC/ HDB |£r hUf APTS FOR RENT JOBIN CLOSE 3-STOREY semi-d ?600/ 3200 sqft. 4+l+l. Quiet a^^ B c. $5500. HB *****223 KP^RH .IMAU GON (BEDOK) -^a^B|kW L >| ownhse. 2300 sqft. 4 bdrms. PrODNIIX MHUfIHH ).9 EMERALD HILL. Near Orchard L^^^^J ?d. 5000 sqft.
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      676 9 sdfdfsdfsdfsd 9th DOl-08 ED CITY ft SOUTH-WEST H? PTEAPTS-SALE BLUE HORIZON. 3*l DC patio. p ee v vm. \ear Japanese sch/ NUS/ shpg. Just TOP! Selling valuation. 9834-6202 Ang MT FABER CONDO. 99 yrs 1356-1389 sqft. Quiet. Greenery. Near MRT/ shpg ctr/ eateries. TOP soon! Call *****899 OT ANCHORAGE 1195
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      1087 11 ©015-16 EAST COAST ifi| Dl 5- 16 EAST COAST PTE APTS SALE |i^F PTE APTS SALE NEAR MRT isHriJiW^laii-wna SSSOK UP!!! EAST Meadow 3+ CLEARWATER CONDO 3+l •5 sqft sqft, spacious, huge balcony, ideUnoiocked. 3 m,n s walk to MRt! f f r ia o nd t eap r e
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      1187 11 Wk 17-1 8 CHANGI/ W/h Dl9-2OSERANGOON/ Lky PASIR RIS Lfil THOMSON 0r PTEAPTS-SALE PP HOUSES -SALE D.19 BARTLEY VILLAS. Semi-d. Estella Gdn Blk 29. 2 bdrms. 936 Built up 2700 sq.ft/ land 2800 sqft. Facilities. F'hold $4xxK sq.ft. 4+l. Near MRT. *****828 »04-04 BA A N vi.a A G C
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      1106 11 PPK D 22-24 ffti D22-24WEST Qy WEST HOUSES MU PTE APTS SALE W SALE VILLA VERDE INTER terr, 3sto m^mmmmgmmmmmm rey. Built-in approx 3,000 sgft. I*l tf A No noon sun. A 1 designer. 7 yrs. I 9 A W m j-^f^w*. Must sell! Must view! 9842-3315 IH^I GOOD VERDE
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      2204 13 Wk. HDB APTS FOR SALE HDB APTS FOR SALE J^l (HOUGANG/ S'GOON/ U? (JURONG) W YIO CHU KANG) SELLING BELOW VALUE $227* ML^^^K iA 1 509 S'goon North #06 3'S' 153 S'goon N. V\ W W ■27 Houqanq. 984.-- mz S2OK BELOW VALUE! S'qoon Ctr WtJ A 4 S 335/
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      1697 13 P^ HDB APTS FOR SALE P*i HDB APTS FOR SALE tfl^r (jurong) Mr (kallang/ whampoa) PropNex r* MT^ l^iSlrl AUNUU JL 1 -S^ 9107 9700 3'S' 417. «03/ N. LOW$ DW GROUP NO 1' -*oon Lay 210. 807. Orig. W DB 2-Storey Come' I 4S' Corner 417 With recess 803
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      1807 13 fft\ HDB APTS FOR SALE PfK HDB APTS FOR SALE IK? (PASIR RIS/ CHANGI) hMf (SEMBAWANG) 4'A' BLK 404, high fir, next to corner, simple move in. Very Mfrfr. *****789/*****311 Z 3T??I "1 4'A' BLK 326. Marble, low fir, nice ~^~s^ I"J l* J decor, 101 sgm, move in. MRT/
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      1922 13 Rfl HDB APTS FOR SALE Wfk HDB APTS FOR SALE (U/ (TAMPINES/ SIMEI) fciy (TOA PAYOH/ Jf POTONG PASIR) SSwHJS laimL.-ti 4'A' BLK 842G"ampines. High fi r Renovated. F/aircon. Valued. 3 NG BLK -3 p otO ng Pasir. Un--5'A 1 Blk 912 Tampines. Mid fir. blocked. Windy. Lift landing. Ong.
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      1652 14 ffK HDB APTS FOR SALE iffy HDB APTS FOR SALE (11? (YISHUN) Ipr (YISHUN) 4 'A 1 CORNER Blk 862. High fir. ■^*ißißßi^^Br~^ S unblocked. Renovated. No noon wW^^^^^Jl sun. MRT/ amenities. *****799 I 4 'A' 236 High fir. Corner. No SiJZULJ noon sun. Simple. Valued $194 K. 9145-1188/ www.evasek.com
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      1393 14 ■fck HDB APTS FOR SALE lift HUDC/HDBAPTS EID (SENGKANG/ \jjf WANTED (RENT/ BUY) JIT PUNGGOL) HDB SPECIALIST. 10 years ex4UST SELL! 5T Anchorvale 306 A Penence Tenants wanted all ar ligh fir. Well renovated, LRT/ eas. Confirm rent immediately, imemties. Palms 9386-2699 aqt Act fast! Call: *****791 «EW LISTING! 4-RM
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      1692 15 Rtk OFFICE SPACE fff\ OFFICE SPACE Ur FOR RENT fa#? FOR RENT 'ÜBI/ ALJUNIED. 500/1100/3275 ■b^hmhh^^ sqft. Maxwell House 270/ 780 fSjlMHHßpfl^^^H sqft. Cheap l MRT. 9450-2373 jfiUMUfiSSSUaa SUNTEC CITY TWR 2 Very high fir. 1445 sqft. Beautiful view. Avail ME~\A/ Sept. 6881-3041 CBR 350-4300 SOFT. CARPENTER/ Or ICXIM/^ cular/
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        109 2 MY SPECIAL CHILD: DOWN'S SYNDROME Bringing up Zachary has been a challenge but his mother calls him a blessing. WHEAT BRAN BREAD Vegetable oil is added to this Sunshine product instead of vegetable shortening, a source of trans fat m r FRIDGE MAGNET: NADYA HUTAGALUNG She stocks exotic marmalade flavours
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        373 3 :s iA International Healthcare Facilities Exhibition Conference August 2 September 2005 "line oiA,ly eve^t of Its leli^d Lia, Asia, IH-FBC 2.00s wILL sen/c as |^B?^^fe» the oiA,e-stop -platform, for WOR.L.T3 CLA33 healthc-are providers. OUR KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Wt Wtlc OlM t tt 0U to be Our -partiA^r/' X M Mrs Tan-Hoong
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