Streats, 20 August 2003

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  • 10 1 Streats WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 2003 E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 111/03/2003
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  • 694 1  -  Dissatisfied with Law Society, lawyer proposes association for small practices By Conrad Raj LAWYER Lim Wee Teck feels that the Law Society has fallen short in representing the interests and needs of the smaller law firms and sole proprietorships. So he is proposing that fellow professionals who
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    • 783 1 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 2003 E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg mita <p) m/03/2003 NOT ENOUGH FATHER’S FEARS Even at 30%, the CPF rate may be too high for S’pore to remain competitive, says LEE HAN SHIH PAGE 17 S K JOHN frets for the future as his little girl prepares to join 2004’s Primary
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  • Morning Rush
    • 462 2  -  NParks leases out Orchard Rd space By Janice Wong MS Sophia Tang, who visits the Orchard branch of California Fitness gym, used to enjoy the view of Orchard Fountain Comer during her workouts. Now the open space is surrounded by hoardings. By December, a sizeable
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    • 513 3  -  Four graduating S’pore Poly students singled out for their enterprising spirit By Zubaidah Nazeer THEIR business plans may be humble now but in the long term, they have lofty visions of where they want their venture to go. Four students of different nationalities from the Singapore
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    • 138 6 BUZZSTOP Reuters INDONESIA-BORN tycoon Oei Hong Leong went on a share-buying spree yesterday, investing at least SlO million in three Singapore firms. Mr Oei is expecting a special dividend payout of some $62 million in September from steelmaker Nat Steel
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    • 141 6 Internet scam A NEW Internet scam to obtain credit card or bank ATM card numbers has been unearthed, reports The Business Times today. The e-mail, believed to have originated in the US, appears to be from Citibank and asks recipients to give their card numbers or risk
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    • 143 6 China’s Aids villages AFP A LEADING health official in China’s Aids-stricken Henan province has been arrested, allegedly for leaking secret documents on the infection of tens of thousands of villagers through blood transfusions. Mr Ma Shiwen, deputy director of the Henan Centre for Disease Control
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    • Article, Illustration
      53 6 CARAT STICK An official from Thailand's anti-money laundering office holding a gold bar seized from drug dealers at the department's fourth anniversary in Bangkok yesterday. The authorities said that drug dealers were laundering illicit wealth through legitimate businesses which included crocodile ostrich and fish farms jewellery shops, luxurious mansions and
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    • 153 6 IT’S a dying slang, the secret acronyms that doctors here scribble in their patients’ notes. CTD stands for “circling the drain”, British idiom for “about to die soon”. The “Freud squad” is psychiatrists, “gassers” are anaesthetists and “slashers” are general surgeons, the BBC said yesterday,
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    • 82 6 A MYSTERY plane triggered an emergency yesterday morning, with two RSAF A-4 fighters scrambling to intercept it. It turned out to be a private plane, a Portuguese-registered Beechcraft 33, piloted by Portuguese national Faria Mello. He had filed flight plans with Seletar Airport but had an electrical
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    • 98 6 Wire services INCREASING numbers of Saudi Arabian Muslim militants are crossing the border into Iraq in preparation for a jihad, or holy war, against American and British forces, security and Islamist sources have warned. A senior Western counter-terrorism official said on Monday that the presence of
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    • 86 6 ap SICHUAN Airlines in south-western China has successfully bid 2.33 million yuan (*****,000) for the phone number 8888-8888, saying that it hopes to make its customers happy. Many Chinese consider the number eight to be lucky because it rhymes with the Mandarin word for getting rich. The
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    • 86 6 AP THE days of free flags in Malaysia are over. Where once the national flag was handed out to encourage national fervour in August, when the country celebrates Merdeka Month, it will now be sold. “The people should sacrifice to buy their own flags because they
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  • Financial
    • 802 8  -  Hotel Plazas St Gregory cannot survive in S’pore alone, says COO By Choong Choon Yee ST Gregory Spa’s chief operating officer, Mrs Tan-Wee Wei Ling, 51, is a believer in taking business overseas and it is something she is working firmly towards for her
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    • 71 8 Bloomberg DBS Group Holdings yesterday named Mr N R Narayana Murthy, chairman of Indian software giant Infosys Technologies, as a director. Mr Murthy (pictured) becomes the fifth foreigner to join the bank’s board. Bangalore-based Infosys is India’s largest software services company by market value. Mr Narayana
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    • 79 8 Bloomberg SINGAPORE A $1 billion mediumterm note programme has been set up by Singapore Airlines, although it has no immediate plans to raise money. Citicorp Investment Bank (Singapore) and DBS Bank arranged the programme, the company said yesterday. SIA said in June that it wanted to
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    • 99 8 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Malaysian tycoon Chen Lip Keong’s NagaCorp Ltd plans to be the first Cambodian company to sell shares overseas, aiming to raise US$5O million (5587.41 million) for a hotel and gaming complex to replace its seven-story floating casino moored on the Mekong River in Phnom Penh.
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    • 89 8 Bloomberg KUALA LUMPUR No-frills carrier Air Asia may sell shares in its online booking site before it sells the rest of the company to the public. The unit “will probably go to market faster” than its other business units, executive director Kamarudin Meranun said in an
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    • 486 11 Signs of recovery abundant but other factors are cause for concern AFP WASHINGTON Investors, glimpsing better times ahead, sent Wall Street’s blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average up 90.76 points, or 0.97 per cent on Monday, the highest finish in more than a year. But while
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    • 277 12 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Bank stocks here are failing to match the performance of their peers in Hong Kong and for good reason, say investors. Take DBS Group, Singapore’s biggest bank by assets. Profit fell 13 per cent in the first half, even
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    • 430 12 STI: 1,615.28 «6.96 Reuters SHARES dipped yesterday as banks and techs such as Creative Technology fell on profit-taking after recent sharp recent gains. But analysts said that the rally had not ended. “People seem to be looking forward to a better 2004 in terms
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    • 24 12 •AS AT AUGUST 18 US$: 551.751 552.775 EURO: 551.942 Ss: 68.26 YEN Ss: RM2.170 Ss: HK54.454 Ss: 23.79 BAHT Ss: 4,841 RUPIAH
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    • 513 14 Programmers made to train foreign replacements AP SAN JOSE Mr Scott Kirwin clung to his job at a large investment bank through several rounds of layoffs last year. Friends marvelled at the computer programmer’s ability to dodge pink slips during the worst technology downturn
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  • Comment
    • 801 17  -  By LEE HAN SHIH CAN the Central Provident Fund contribution rate go below 30 per cent? The truth is: No one knows. Of course, that is not what you hear from analysts and economists. To the last person, they are convinced the
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    • 654 19  -  By SKJOHN THE letter arrived last Friday. It confirmed that our daughter, six, will finally join what she calls a “uniform school”. It also ended weeks of serious discussion at home about which, where and what school to enrol her in. After all, education is all
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    • 276 17 SIM CONTINUING EDUCATION 1 Bachelor of Business in Business Administration Awarded by RMIT University Commencing January 2004 Full-time (32nd intake): 3 years 2 years Part-time (33rd intake): 1 1/2 years This programme adopts a practical approach to equip students with business management principles and applications to successfully manage their careers.
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    • 514 18 WK' w M From Miss Asia to Miss 'Heavyweight'.. And now, Slim Queen! This Fairy Tale Is Real! V m b\A Be»*» wS> o <*”£> awwM Miss Asia Turns 'Big'! Miss Asia 1999 Belinda Hamnett has all the makings of a star. Tall, svelte, gorgeous, and with a charming smile
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  • Vocal
    • 211 20 WE refer to the letters, “Keep Raffles Place as an open space” (Streats, Aug 14) and “Garden City is a tourist draw” (Streats, Aug 15), and would like to thank both writers for their feedback. The National Parks Board (NParks) would like to
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    • 548 20 THE ez-link system is primarily developed with the MRT in mind. Commuters go through a two-step process when getting in and out of the station. This works well because commuters focus on doing one task at a time. They flash the ez-link card
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    • 169 20 I REFER to the letter, “Needs, not discrimination” (Streats, Aug 19), by Ms Soh Fong Yee. Yes, I agree that this is an issue concerning needs and not race. But isn’t it strange that most job advertisements in the newspapers state a need for Mandarin speakers?
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    • 109 20 I DISAGREE with Ms Soh Fong Yee, who wrote that “some positions require Mandarin-speaking personnel”. In fact, most positions advertised in The Straits Times clearly states that candidates must be either Mandarinspeaking or bilingual in English and Mandarin. Even for the post of a delivery driver?
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    • 93 20 I REFER to the letter, “Maid ran away at first opportunity” (Streats, Aug 19) by Mr Muk Tuck Sang. It brought back unpleasant memories of my maid’s sudden departure. She had just arrived in Singapore and disappeared from the agent’s office. But I was slapped with the
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    • 46 20 IN yesterday’s report, “Comeback kid beats the odds”, we said that Singapore Polytechnic student Tay Chee Yong emerged second-best in this year’s graduating batch of electrical engineering students. The polytechnic yesterday clarified that he is actually the course medallist for the Diploma in Electrical Engineering.
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    • 123 22 I REFER to Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong’s announcement about changes in the Central Provident Fund Scheme. Please leave the CPF minimum sum alone. Any changes made to the scheme will not make any difference to the economy or the wage-cutting measures. CPF is
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    • 111 22 I REFER to the report, “Bigger breasts? How I wish!” (Streats, Aug 15). The comments made by Ms Sharon Au was revealing and there must have been many unhappy women nodding their heads in agreement when they read that she “thought of undergoing surgery
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    • 140 22 I REFER to the letter, “Will heavy traffic elsewhere cause leaks?” (Streats, Aug 15), by Mr Lim Boon Hee. The Code of Practice for RoadOpening Works stipulates that all utilities, including water pipes, are required to be laid at least one metre
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    • 85 20 HAVE YOUR SAY E-mail us at streats@sph.com.sg or write to The Editor, Streats, News Centre, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Singapore *****4. You should include your name, address and contact number. We reserve the right to edit your letters for brevity and clarity. By your writing to us, it shall be
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  • Global
    • 431 24 Swelling numbers put paid to expectations of automatic passage into ranks of elite HANGZHOU A dramatic surge in the number of college graduates in China has created fierce competition for relatively high-paying office jobs that were once conveyed almost by right to anyone with a university
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    • 208 24 WASHINGTON One in 37 adults living in the US is in jail or has done time. This is the highest incarceration level in the world, The Christian Science Monitor reported yesterday. More than 5.6 million Americans are in prison or have served time there,
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    • 406 24 LONDON The credibility of British Prime Minister Tony Blair is beginning to suffer serious blows following a series of damaging revelations made at the Hutton inquiry on Monday. The latest in a series of highly damaging revelations came as the inquiry focused on the
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    • 281 26 Reuters HAVANA Veteran anti-Castro activist Elizardo Sanchez, known around the world for his defence of human rights in Cuba, is a government spy code-named Juana, according to a book published by the government on Monday. The book by journalists employed in President Fidel
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    • 445 26 Boston family goes reality TV way BOSTON Borrowing from the script of NBC’s reality series, Who Wants to Marry My Dad, a mother in Southbridge, Boston, is taking matchmaking to a new level by holding open auditions on her front lawn for her daughter’s
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  • Medical
    • 285 28  -  By Khushwant Singh MEN should ejaculate at least twice a week and stay out of the sauna to keep their sperm in good i condition. The quality of a women’s eggs decreases the older she gets and smoking and alcohol hasten the deterioration. Fertility experts handed out
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    • 395 29 -X' M Planning to watch football with the guys at home but mum’s not cooking? Want to bond with your girlfriends over laksa? At a meeting but hankering for nasi lemak? Thinking of a hearty picnic breakfast at the park? Or perhaps you are planning a beach barbeque or a
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  • EasyStreats
    • Article, Illustration
      729 30 Puccini’s opera, Tosco, will sound in Singapore this weekend. SHER VIN SEAH speaks to one of the sopranos in the title role TODAY, her work is to travel all over the world singing for audiences that number by the thousands, but it is something that soprano
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    • 288 31 MEL Gibson’s The Passion is just one of several religious movies to be unleashed upon the world. Gibson’s film, told in Latin and Aramaic with no subtitles, is about the last 12 hours of Jesus before his crucifixion and is to be released early
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    • 110 31 THE hunt is still on for recalcitrant singer Bobby Brown, who has been missing in action since a warrant for his arrest was issued a month ago, according to E! Online website yesterday. He was wanted by the cops for his failure to complete 240 hours of
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    • 240 33 Good news for Arnold on video RUNNING for California governor is starting to pay off for actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, in video sales anyway: He has become hot property in DVD terms, says USA Today. One US online video rental store reported a 20 per cent rise in rentals of Schwarzenegger
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    • 201 33 A PROJECT to get primary school pupils to write essays about their maids has met with a cool response, with only 24 of the 174 primary schools here responding. The writing contest is organised by The Working Committee 2 (TWC2), a body of individuals
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    • 105 35 It’s rainy in Kathmandu too, but with rather more serious consequences. A deluge there delayed recent peace talks I between Maoist rebels and the Nepali government, Reuters reported. Government negotiators had to wait in Nepalgunj, 500 km west of Kathmandu, until Monday for the rains to
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    • Tune in TV & MOVIE NEWS
      • Article, Illustration
        49 35 10pm, Central delicately interlaced with a simple and touching love story are the people whose lives are shaped by the rhythms of nature, and Who instinctively express the joys and sorrows of life through song, poetry, and the tales they tell in their brilliantly-hued weavings of their carpets.
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      • 69 35 10pm, Channel i The movie recounts the bravery of a group of Civil War soldiers often overlooked by history the 54th Regiment of Massachusetts, a troop of free black men who fought to help win liberty for their enslaved brothers. The privileged Colonel Shaw (Matthew Broderick) finds that readying
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    • Happenin’
      • 62 35 NOW YOU SEE IT Tomorrow till Aug 31,11.30am-Bpm, Monday to Saturday and 12pm-5.30pm on Sunday Utterly Art (208, South Bridge Road, #O2-01, tel 6226-2605) Free A group presentation of seven video and multimedia works from seven artists, all Nafa staff. For some of them, the show is an opportunity
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        80 35 BALANCE Today till Sept 7, Bpm; 3pm matinee on Sundays The Black Box, Fort Canning Centre Tickets at $29, $4l for a dining package, from Sistic Balance looks into the expectations, priorities, focus, preferences, impulses, choices and concerns of men. It presents the various what-ifs, the different outcomes and
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    • 370 32 4 eTH 5 its I m nr Magnetiam 21 -27 AUGUST Opening Forum: The Imagery of Brutality Violence in Contemporary Literature Acclaimed writers Dominique Siaaud, Ronny Someck, Hong Ying. Mawar Shafei and Sivakami confront the harrowing topic of violence, both real and imaginary. Chaired by Eleanor Wong. Date >2l August,
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    • 169 34 s I' Encore! Encore! "Footstamping ovation sets house rattling." Newbury Spring Festival, UK m:-': "MUSICAL IV one of the most extraordinary groups in the world... so effective that initially you think they must be using backing tapes or that real musicians are hidden offstage." Los Angeles Times, USA One of
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  • Page 35 Miscellaneous
    • 447 35 Yourdailyhoroscope jp aquarius* gfe pisces ©varies JAN2O-FEB 18 FEB 19-MAR2O MAR2I -APR 7 You’d prefer to live in the moment, but the recent past still breathes down your neck. Don’t let regret touch your independent style. Calm acceptance is easier to handle late in the day. Treat yourself royally when
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  • Sports
    • Article, Illustration
      599 36 Captain Beckham out to prove unwavering commitment to country Wire services IPSWICH England captain David Beckham (left) underlined how important his country is to him ahead of tonight’s (tomorrow morning, Singapore time) friendly against Croatia here. After a pre-season switch from Manchester United to Spanish champions Real
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    • 256 36 AFP STUTTGART Germany coach Rudi Voller has been forced to name a patched-up team to face Italy in a friendly tonight (tomorrow morning, Singapore time) with a host of injury problems. German Footballer of the Year Michael Ballack, Torsten Frings and holding midfielder
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    • 324 37  -  By Tan Kim Han DESMOND Ang may not know much about the German Bundesliga apart from Bayern Munich. But that will not stop the 39-year-old sales executive from learning more about that league and betting on it, too. That is
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    • 348 37 AFP PARIS The world athletics championships start on Saturday With the biggest names in track and field expected to participate, the eight-day event could see engrossing duels, 'j r g Thefollowing are some of them: 100 m Maurice Greene (US) v Tim Montgomery (US) COULD be
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    • 567 38  -  Tee-off with Godfrey By GODFREY ROBERT The Straits Times SHE was bom in Denmark, her dad hailed from Morocco, but is now an Australian just like her mum. And Malika Mahfoud (left) works in Singapore as a teaching golf professional because she loves its way of
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    • FOOTBALL
      • 81 38 JAPAN’S Olympic football team pipped Singapore 1-0 for the Tiger Beer Challenge trophy at the Jalan Besar Stadium last night. Myojin Tomokazu, its World Cup midfielder, found the net with a flying scissors-kick in the 26th minute. Though both sides had their fair share of the game, the
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      • 114 38 AFP LONDON Proud father Eddie Kirkland will share a £lOO,OOO (*****,000) payout if his son Chris makes his England debut in tomorrow morning’s friendly against Croatia. When goalkeeper Chris was a child, Eddie, like many fathers, was convinced his boy would one day play for England.
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    • 66 38 BOWLING THE National Masters Challenge II will be held from today to Saturday at Katong Shopping Centre’s Silver Bowl. Entry fee is $l5O per participant and the winner stands to gain $3,000 and a trophy. A bowler will be given a handicap based on his official Singapore Tenpin
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    • Article, Illustration
      436 39  -  Slovenia has no place for badminton, but Tvrdy soldiers on By Lim Han Ming SHE is the lone flag-bearer for Slovenia, a former Yugoslav state, at this week’s Yonex-Sunrise Singapore Open badminton championships. And, unlike the other participants, she does not have a coach or officials here for
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