Streats, 29 October 2003

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  • 8 1 Streats WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2003 E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg mita
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    536 1  -  Valuair ropes in corporate heavyweights as investors By Chua Kong Ho PROMINENT lawyer Sat Pal Khattar has joined the Lim Chin Beng-led Valuair as a pioneer shareholder. The senior partner (right) at Khattar Wong Partners, who made the news recently with a $l-million donation to the Lee Kuan
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  • Morning Rush
    • 484 2  -  Insurer to partially restore bonus cuts after stock market bull run Reports by Chug Kong Ho NTUC Income policyholders stand to gain as the insurer has pledged to partially restore bonus cuts in the light of stellar stock market gains. Policyholders will receive
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    • 227 2 INCOME chief executive Tan Kin Lian’s hardline approach to tackling mounting motor claims has paid dividends. Income’s motor repair claims have come down by $l4 million or about 25 per cent a car since it required third-party claims to be processed through the
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    • 261 3 MRS Lee Kuan Yew suffered a stroke in London on Sunday and is currently being treated in a hospital there. “Her condition is stable and improving,” the Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement yesterday. Madam Kwa Geok Choo and Senior Minister Lee
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    • 264 3 SINGAPORE Airlines has decided to do away with its compulsory unpaid leave scheme for pilots and cabin crew from next month. A spokesman for the national airline said that the cost-cutting measure has been stopped because of an increase in the number of flights.
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    • 491 4  -  Selfless benefactor of poor for more than 70 years nominated for seniors award By Zubaidah Nazeer SOME have labelled her their Florence Nightingale and others have likened her to Mother Teresa. And not without good reason, as she is selflessly committed to social and community work.
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    • 138 6 BUZZSTOP SMRT has Transport Minister Yeo Cheow Tong’s backing if it strikes a deal to take over the North East Line (NEL) from ComfortDelgro. Mr Yeo said yesterday that the Government is open to the merging of their rail systems
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    • 45 6 A South Korean forest service helicopter dropping water during a fire drill near the statue of a Chosan dynasty war hero in Asan, 110 km south of Seoul, yesterday. Hundreds of firefighters using helicopters also held fire drills around the country AFP
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    • 136 6 Malaysia objects AP MALAYSIA complained yesterday that it was “another Muslim country” being singled out for discipline by the US after the Senate tied US$l.2 million (Ss2.l million) in military aid to religious freedom in the country. The Senate’s action came in response to
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    • 149 6 Philippines faces crisis -AFP THE Philippine Congress abruptly stopped the impeachment of a Supreme Court chief justice yesterday by adjourning the House, giving President Gloria Arroyo two weeks to solve a problem which could plunge the country into a constitutional crisis. Congress went into recess
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    • 153 6 Move will raise funds for elderly -AFP THE French government will eliminate a public holiday to help finance a raft of measures aimed at helping the elderly, the primary victims of this summer’s deadly heat wave. “It will be Pentecost Monday and it is
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    • 110 6 -AP THAILAND’S Supreme Court yesterday sentenced in absentia a former health minister to 15 years in prison for taking bribes from a pharmaceutical company. Rakkiat Sukthana has been missing since Sept 19, the original date for the verdict, and an arrest warrant has been issued. The court had
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    • 87 6 -AP ISRAEL’S national airline, El Al, has installed an anti-missile system on some of its aircraft, Israel TV reported yesterday. The report said that the Flight Guard system was now on “a few” planes. The system responds automatically to an approaching heat-seeking missile, firing flares that
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    • 93 6 AP AUSTRALIAN media mogul Kerry Packer yesterday lost a libel case against a newspaper which his lawyer said portrayed him as a greedy “megalomaniac”. Mr Packer sued The Sydney Morning Herald over an article which appeared in one of the newspaper’s lighthearted columns on Dec \6,
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    • 74 6 IN a move to protect children from crime, the Tokyo metropolitan government is considering revising its law on minors to restrict them from going out late at night. Metropolitan government officials yesterday said that other measures include-restricting the sales of knives that could be used in crimes,
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  • Financial
    • 507 8  -  UK chain moves into HDB heartlands to expand customer base By ShervinSeah THE Body Shop regional director Colin Buchanan (pictured) has good news for shoppers price cuts. Affordability and accessibilty are the two new watchwords of the Britainbased international skin and personal care chain in Singapore,
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    • CORPORATE RESULTS
      • 94 8 Reuters SINGAPORE Singapore Exchange reported a 76.4 per cent jump in quarterly profit yesterday as equity trading rebounded and China-based firms lined up to list. On revenue of $85.3 million, up 46.7 per cent, SGX made a $32.84 million profit in the quarter to Sept 30.
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      • 88 8 -AFP SINGAPORE The Keppel Group said yesterday that third-quarter net profit rose 21 per cent on the year to $9B million thanks to a strong performance in its infrastructure and property divisions. Earnings for the nine months to September amounted to $290 million, up 10 per
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      • 70 8 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Raffles Holdings said third-quarter profit surged fourfold, boosted by a new property in Japan and additional gains from the sale of the Brown’s Hotel in London. Profit in the three months ended Sept 30 rose to $9.5 million, or 0.46 cents a share, from
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      • 95 8 Reuters SINGAPORE/NEW YORK Creative Technology beat expectations to post net income of US$29.l million (5550.81 million) and earnings per share of 35 US cents for the three months to Sept 30. It forecast double-digit sales growth for the final three months of this year. After excluding investment
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    • 279 8 Bloomberg JAKARTA Kookmin Bank, South Korea’s biggest lender, and the Singapore Government’s investment agency have been given three days to increase their bid for PT Bank Intemasional Indonesia, the nation’s sixth-largest bank by assets. Kookmin and Temasek Holdings were named preferred bidders
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    • 405 10 Transpacific carriers expect to post record profits Bloomberg SINGAPORE China, home to one-fifth of the world’s population and the fifth-biggest trader of goods, filled 31 per cent of all container ships heading to the US last year, up from less than 5 per cent
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    • 433 12 Entrepreneurs start to get formal acceptance Reuters YANGXUNQIAO, China This modest Chinese coastal town of just 32,000 inhabitants boasts four listed companies none of them state-controlled. Such entrepreneurial zeal, common in thriving Zhejiang province, is on the rise across China as the economy soars and
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    • 245 15 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Outgoing Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad yesterday launched a highlevel training institute that aims to produce a pool of chief executives for the financial sector and corporations in Malaysia and in South-east Asia. The International Centre for Leadership in Finance, set up
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    • 200 15 STI: 1,736.10 23.48 RISES Ranked by Stocks Closing See Hup Seng W05 21 147.1 See Hup Seng 10c 33 78.4 PDC Corp 5c 13 52.9 PanpacMed W*****9 1.5 50.0 L&M lc 2 33.3 StamfordTyre W07 51 27.5 MultiChem W*****6 11 22.2 StamfordTyres 10c 61.5 20.6 Ultra Tech 15c 24 17.1
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  • Comment
    • 621 17  -  By JANICE WONG MY LEGGY friend Shirley could have inadvertently caused a spat between a couple last weekend. I was waiting for her at a Holland Village cafe when she sashayed in. Being somewhat of an exhibitionist, Shirley was wearing an oh-so-retro mini skirt
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  • Vocal
    • 349 18 I REFER to Mr Michael Loh’s letter, “Change ‘nurse’ to ‘doctor’s assistant’” (Streats, Oct 20). Nursing is not about gender, strength or merely assisting a doctor. It is obvious from Mr Loh’s suggestion that he does not understand what nursing is and what nurses do. The
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    • 219 20 I REFER to the report, “Falling Angel” (Streats, Oct 28). I was fortunate enough to be invited by the Standards, Productivity and Innovation Board (Spring Singapore) to the first Action Community for Entrepreneurship (ACE) event at Qian Hu Corporation more than three months ago.
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    • 219 20 WE thank Ms Clara Low for the feedback in her letter, “Improve maintenance at Punggol 21” (Streats, Oct 16). Punggol 21 is a young estate and the social responsibilities of community living may not be substantially cultivated as yet. So we will step up our
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    • 352 20 BECAUSE our incumbent broadcaster Media Corp bombards us with testimonials of its “No 1” status, I feel that this is an invitation for comment from the public radio listeners, in particular. Radio is obviously a controlled medium, driven by advertising and popularity. However, I feel
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    • 85 18 HAVE YOUR SAY E-mail us at 5ireats@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
    • 403 22 UN officials offered job to KPMG adviser, says newspaper KUALA LUMPUR A Malaysian private banker is being considered as a candidate to head the Iraqi Central Bank, the Malay Mail reported yesterday Mr Rashpal Singh, 42, who is currently an adviser to consultancy firm
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    • 264 22 WASHINGTON Mullah Krekar, the leader of the group branded the “principal terrorist adversary” in Iraq by the Pentagon last week, is increasingly becoming a thorn in the US’ side. US officials claim that the cleric controls the A 1 Qaeda-linked Ansar A 1 Islam,
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    • 108 24 -AP COLORADO A drive to recruit more blood donors in the US state of Colorado has been launched with an unusual incentive a free pint of beer for a pint of blood. Four local breweries are supporting the promotion, by the United Blood Services
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    • Article, Illustration
      43 24 Indonesian Muslims taking a rest as they wait for the time to break their fast at Istiqlal mosque in Jakarta yesterday, the second day of Ramadan, when observants abstain from eating, drinking, smoking and sex between sunrise and sunset AP
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    • 348 24 France to train N-missiles on countries with WMD in new defence doctrine PARIS China is soon to be targeted by French nuclear weapons, Britain’s Daily Telegraph reported yesterday. The targeting is reportedly being done as part of a new French defence doctrine which is the result
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    • 262 24 -AFP TOKYO Singapore and seven other Asia-Pacific economies agreed here on Monday to block exports of materials that could be used to develop weapons of mass destruction (WMD), particularly to North Korea. The accord was reached at an export control policy consultation among officials
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  • Page 26 Miscellaneous
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  • Medical
    • 531 27  -  Support groups reach out to patients 2/. Sarah Ng AS a breast cancer survivor, greatgrandmother Rosalind Lee knows the importance of having someone to turn I to for strength and support. That’s why she joined the Singapore Cancer Society (SCS) as a volunteer to
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  • EasyStreats
    • 712 28 The wait is over for The Matrix fans as the final installation of the trilogy, Revolutions, is released worldwide next week. YVONNE KWOK recaps what happened to each lead character, in Reloaded and takes a stab at their eventual fates NEO (KEANU REEVES) We left him:
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    • 447 29  -  By Gary Lim WHETHER it’s an Alpine horn, a saw, a pair of spoons or even a messy heap of cowbells, Jorg Dellacher made music out of them. In fact, the 5 5-year-old Austrian has been doing it for the past 27 years. Bom in the Alpine region
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    • 450 30  -  B y Gary Lim THIS is one pastor who is going places. Singapore’s Ho Yeow Sun, whose star appears to be shining brighter by the day, could soon be Hollywood-bound. Ho revealed this during a phone interview from her hotel room in Taiwan yesterday. She had just
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    • 153 30 -AFP MUMBAIInternationally acclaimed Indian film director Shekhar Kapur will make his much talked-about re-entry into Bollywood next year with a fantasy film called Mantra. Kapur had moved to London after making Bandit Queen in the mid-1990s and became well-known in the West when he directed
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    • 98 31 The weather stopped a world surfing competition in Brazil yesterday. Fox Sports said that stormy conditions forced the postponement of the opening round of the event. But the strong onshore southerly winds and mushy 1.3 m waves allowed the surfers an extra day’s rest after many
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    • Tune in TV & MOVIE NEWS
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        68 31 10.30 pm, Channel i Bounty hunter Jack Walsh finds bail jumper and former Mafia accountant, Jonathan “The Duke” Mardukas, when the FBI failed to do so. In order to collect his $lOO,OOO fee, Jack must take The Duke from New York to Los Angeles. However, the Mafia and
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      • 69 31 10pm, Central When Eun Young (Lee Mi Youn) returns to her alma mater as a teacher, she finds that anxiety and unrelenting fear now haunt its classrooms and hallways. After the body of an unpopular teacher is found hanging from a building and another teacher is fatally attacked,
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    • Happenin’
      • Article, Illustration
        68 31 REALIZATIONS Tomorrow till Nov 9; 11.30am-Bpm, Monday to Saturday and 12pm-5.30pm on Sunday Utterly Art (208, South Bridge Road, #O2-01, tel 6226-2605) Free At the end of February this year, a group of artists held a show of works-in-progress called Anticipations, displaying their then current sketches and ideas for
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      • 46 31 MUSIC PLATFORM Today, 1.05 pm NAFA recital hall (ill, Middle Road, tel: 6331-0386) Free Enhance your lunch break with some music in this free performance by Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts piano students, Wang Chuen Shu, Soh Chye Yen, Liew Shen Een and Karen Wong.
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    • 69 29 Jill ittr u NIT€D OV e«S6AS VISA ■i t/oq bh Mii Savour win! Here's an appetising offer that's hard to refuse! Look out for "Ala Carte", our dining out guide in tomorrow's Streats and check out the scrumptious culinary offerings. Best of all, you can take part in our "Savour
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    • 73 31 If you wish to have your event highlighted in Happenin’, e-mail Streats at streats @sph.com.sg or fax 6319-8191-Please check with organisers for latest status of events. jajfti Whiskas 'xm 111 v*s 4 r Whiskas Made with Fresh Fish. I whiskas whiskas whiskas whiskas whiskas whiskas JR .jH WMĔM i s
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  • Page 31 Miscellaneous
    • 5 31 Muslims’ break-fast time: 6.52 pm.
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    • 478 31 Yourdailyhoroscope §P AQUARIUS PISCES JAN2O-FEB 18 by Kelli Fox atAstrology.com FEB 19 -MAR 20 Stay available to people who definitely need your input. The flip side of being so valuable is that you never get enough privacy. Accept the workload it’s a small price to pay for your superiority. Pisces
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    • 80 32 Readership of English Newspapers Paid Newspapers 1,307,000 456,000 The Straits Times The New Paper Free Sheets 392,000 Streats 432,000 Today Source: Nielsen Media Index 2003 Base: 3,137,000 Adults aged 15+ *Compared to 2002 readership THE FACTS Paid Newspapers The Straits Times has the highest readership of over 1.3 million daily
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  • Sports
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      585 33 The 18-year-old Leßron James is the talk of the NBA in the new season Reuters NEW YORK He has Michael Jordan’s number on his back and Michael Jordan’s number in his phonebook. Tonight, millions of Americans will turn on their televisions to see if an 18-year-old with
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    • 292 33 LONDON Fifa reportedly have warned Manchester United not to take their battle over Rio Ferdinand’s (below) dmg test to court. Football’s world governing body was expected to discuss the defender’s case in Zurich yesterday. The maximum punishment for deliberately missing the drug test is a
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    • Article, Illustration
      549 34  -  FAS unlikely to offer citizenship to Home’s Peres de Oliveira By Tan Kim Han PERES de Oliveira, the 2003 S-League Player of the Year, is the best footballer in Singapore. That is a fact. Along the way, the 29-year-old Brazilian scored 30 goals to become the S-League’s top
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    • 390 34  -  By Lim Han Ming GEYLANG United’s Scott O’Donell (below) is now one of the most soughtafter coaches in the S-League, thanks to the 2003 Coach of the Year award. But, yesterday, the 36-year-old Australian admitted that without wife Margaret he would not have realised
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    • 555 35  -  Tee-off with Godfrey By GODFREY ROBERT SIX years ago, some friends presented businessman Peter Quek with a set of old golf clubs. They advised him to take up the game as a near-retirement pastime. Quek, 52, an ardent squash player and occasional swimmer then, accepted the advice
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    • 267 35 GOLD COAST, Australia England coach Clive Woodward has vowed to get to the bottom of the fiasco that led to the World Cup favourite fielding 16 players during its 35-22 win over Samoa on Sunday. The appearance of wing Dan Luger for
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    • FOOTBALL
      • 131 35 -AFP LONDON Liverpool and England midfielder Steven Gerrard said yesterday that he is close to signing a new deal at Anfield. The 23-year-old Liverpool captain, who made his Reds debut in November 1998, wants to relive past glories with the struggling Merseysiders, who are currently 10th in
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      • 84 35 Reuters LONDON Leeds United’s annual losses have almost doubled to £49.5 million (Ssl46 million), the struggling Premier League club said yesterday. Second from bottom in the league table, the club announced that turnover fell by 21 per cent to £64 million and debt stood at £7B million, from
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