Today, 18 May 2001

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    Masthead
    9 1 TODAY ji ricijiv May 18, 2001 MITA IP) 138/11/2000
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  • Article
    A fund and a fix
    491 1  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahim by and Shazalina Salim GOODNESS of heart or great business sense? The managers of a unique unit trust are topping up the losses their 10,000-odd investors suffered from falling unit price. They are even offering to reinvest this money in two new
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    The man in the picture
    199 1 A REGULAR letter writer to this newspaper got his shot at fame though not in the way that he would have wanted it. Political discussion group Think Centre pasted a photo of an old man on its website with these words underneath: "S. Ramamirtham? Maybe".
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  • Article
    Power failure on LRT
    49 1 A POWER failure shut down the LRT service between Bukit Panjang and Choa Chu Kang from I.lBpm to 4pm yesterday. Chartered Tibs buses were used to help the stranded passengers along the LRT route. Those who want a fare refund can call LRT at 893-6455.
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    Lock icon Pressure on Mega
    39 1 AFP JAKARTA Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid's party yesterday called for his deputy Megawati Sukarnoputri to quit. The Secretary-General of the National Awakening Party said if Ms Megawati no longer agreed with the President, she should resign.
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Surprise at two factories
      317 2  -  Lee U-Wen 46 illegal workers flushed out in ministry raids by uwe n@newstoday.cotn.sg SURPRISE raids on two factories yesterday afternoon netted 46 illegal workers. This number made up more than half of the 88 workers checked at Epex Industrial Pte Ltd and Soon Kim Hardware Trading
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      Wrestling to be shown after 10 pm
      134 2 THE Singapore Broadcasting Authority (SBA) has asked MediaCorp TV to schedule the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) programmes on its channel, City TV, after 10 pm. SBA said it made the decision after gathering public feedback on the WWF series and consulting its programme
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      Living room that's also a balcony
      226 2  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahim by zackaria@newstoday.com.sg CANT decide between having a bigger living room or having a balcony? Residents of blocks 43 to 47 at Marine Crescent may just get both. As part of the spaceadding item in the proposed Main Upgrading Programme (MUP), residents
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      Does your teacher have the 'X' factor?
      166 2  -  Najib Ahmad by re porte r@ ne wstoday. com. sg THE flashing blue lights may make yoi think he's outlandish. But Mr Jolyon Coplin, a Singapore Polytechnic (SP) lecturer, claims that there is more to his "James Bond" bag than meets the eye.
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      Lock icon They came close to a major clash
      333 3 AFP Taiwan and China had a face-off in water TAIPEI Rivals Taiwan and China came close to a major clash when a Chinese customs vessel intercepted a Taiwanese fishing boat near the island's Keelung harbour. The Kaohsiung-based fishing boat, Tsai Fu 1, issued
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      How new Chinese aides can help Dr Mahathir
      265 3 KUALA LUMPUR Providing the Prime Minister with an independent view of issues affecting ChineseMalaysians. Acting as a link between the government and the Chinese newspapers. These are among the tasks that will be carried out by Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad's two
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      Lock icon School fire kills eight
      110 3 -AFP SEOUL A cigarette was believed to be the cause of a deadly fire that swept through a barred classroom filled with teenagers studying for their college entrance exams. Eight South Korean students were killed and at least 24 others injured in the blaze which broke
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      Lock icon VIP plane crashes
      64 3 AFP TEHRAN Bad weather has caused an aircraft carrying Iranian Transport Minister Rahman Dadman and several members of parliament to crash in northern Iran, killing all on board, an interior ministry official said yesterday. The Russian-made Yak-40 went missing in a mountainous area near northern Sari town
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      Lock icon No chickens for us
      58 3 -AFP HONG KONG Fearing for their health, Hong Kong residents shunned chickens yesterday as the government tried to contain a fresh outbreak of the bird flu virus, which killed six people in 1997. "There is an obvious drop in people buying chickens," a vendor at a
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      Help across the Causeway?
      377 4  -  Kim-Kyna Tan Aids group negotiates with Malaysia for cheap drugs by ki m@news tod ay.com. s g DESPERATE to get cheaper drugs for Aids patients here, a local organisation has started talks with the Malaysian Aids Council. Malaysia has given the go-ahead to produce cheap generic
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      Jailed for extortion
      199 4 AN unemployed man, who was desperate for money, turned on an old man in a bus. While travelling on Tibs service 811, Tock Leong Thiam, 34, shook his fist at Mr Goh Kim Koon, 71. He told Mr Goh, who sells tissue paper for a living, that
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      TVMobile at Suntec
      107 4 TVMobile has started airing its programmes on screens at Suntec Fountain Food Terrace. This follows the signing of an agreement between MediaCorp's TVMobile and Suntec Food Leisure. TVMobile is the world's first commercial mobile DTV service with an islandwide single frequency network transmission system. It is also
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      91 4 READ 0N... Pack a punch DPM Prescott hits out during election campaign/12 Smile with glee, jump for joy With the new lineup of award winning serials on MecfiaCorp TV Channel 5/22 Canto rules Everyone's jumping on to the bandwagon/24 Cape to coast In Australia's southwest/ 25 Where the sun shines
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  • LETTERS
    • Letter
      Who wants to be well-read?
      347 6  -  Kevin Stew TV show reveals ignorance of S'poreans THE American education system is more liberal and goes beyond formal schooling and textbooks. There, a strong emphasis is placed on reading the newspapers daily, and there is a plethora of magazines, newsletters you name it for
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      Look at the intention
      170 6  -  Sean Tan I REFER to the article "God is not a product" (Today, May 16). I think we've got to look at the intentions of the group running the campaign. It is not fair to jump to the conclusion that advertising by them was akin to
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      No soul to match
      121 6  -  Jason Tey I READ the article "Nothing ever changes: Singapore Third World soul with a First World face" with interest. Singapore has achieved much, but we can improve. Take the public library. A lot of people abuse the facilities in our excellent public libraries. Books taken
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      Open up further, CPF
      160 6  -  Simon Yap I REFER to the report "CPF relaxes rules for withdrawals under education scheme" {Today, May 15). It is laudable that CPF Board has taken another step to enable the needy to use their savings under the CPF education scheme. One hopes that the Board
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      Learn to live with wrestling or switch it off
      131 6  -  Eswari S I REFER to the letter "Disturbing Storyline" regarding the World Wrestling Federation (TODAY, May 16). Almost everyone who is interested in professional wrestling, whether it is WWF, WCW or ECW, knows that the events and plots are not for
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      Stop being kiasu at MRT stations
      574 7  -  Shazalina Salim Bad habits could put you at risk. Even shopping bags may spell danger. by shazalina@newstoday.com.sg SAFETY is the top priority for SMRT, but commuters have to do their bit too. You may ask: What safety? After all, to many Singaporeans, travelling on
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Surprise fall in trade figures
      423 8  -  Ivay Tan Many forecasts off the mark, future looks bleak by ivay @newstod ay. com. sg THE April non-oil domestic exports fell 1.2 per cent to $8.2 billion, much against most analysts' earlier forecasts of an average of 3.5 per cent growth because of the
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      DBS defends compensation
      162 8 DBS Bank Holdings has defended its high compensation to its two top executives who reportedly earned more than $1 million last year. In a statement, DBS chairman S Dhanabalan said: "One of the executives, Mr Ng Kee Choe, had his 31 years' retirement gratuity scheme commuted and
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      Lock icon Nissan's dramatic profit turnaround
      237 8 -Reuters TOKYO Nissan Motor Co yesterday confirmed a dramatic turnaround in its fortunes, reporting group net profit of 331 billion yen ($4.8 billion) in the year ended in March compared with a huge loss of 684 billion yen the year before. The result beat the profit
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      Lock icon Japan Airlines' profit doubles
      95 8 -AFP TOKYO Japan Airlines yesterday posted a 107.8 per cent jump in net profit, thanks to strong passenger numbers and cost-cutting measures. Its net profit stood at 41.02 billion yen ($6OO million) in the fiscal year to March. "We made efforts to reduce costs by reviewing
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      Norelco launches IPO
      82 8 NORELCO Centreline Holdings, an integrated contract equipment maker, yesterday launched its IPO of 33.8 million shares at 21 cents each for a Sesdaq listing. The IPO comprised 25.35 million placement shares and 8.45 million shares reserved for the independent directors, employees and business associates. They have all
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      Lock icon 10% slump likely, says analyst
      83 8 -AFP HONG KONG -The Hong Kong commercial property market will likely fall 10 per cent this year, an analyst said. Mr John Saunders, Credit Lyonnais Securities Asia's head of regional property research, said many companies were starting to reduce their office space in Hong Kong.
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      Lock icon Richard Li quitting? PCCW denies report
      249 8 AFP HONG KONG Pacific Century Cyberworks yesterday denied a report that it was actively looking for a replacement for beleaguered boss Richard Li. "Richard is not stepping down," PCCW spokeswoman foan Wagner told AFP. "Richard has said we have a couple of agencies looking
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      Still the big spenders
      486 9  -  Alex Yong Singaporeans in Johor despite rising costs by KUALA LUMPUR Singaporeans are continuing their spending habits across the causeway despite the Singapore dollar's depreciation against the ringgit by about five per cent since early this year. Johor Consumer Association president Dr Yoong Jih Ping says
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  • MARKET NEWS
    • Rally at last!
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        Blue chips rebound but penny stocks dominate trading
        416 10 THE STI index rebounded 24.62 points to 1681.35 lifted by blue chip issues while penny cap trading continued to dominate volume on speculative rotational play. This follows the sharp delayed gains on Wall Street to the US Fed's rate cut. Broad gains
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        Market unchanged despite US rally
        376 10 KUALA LUMPUR Profit taking curbed any upside the market could have accomplished on the back of the mini rally in the US stock markets. Although there was a spurt of activity in early trading, with the local bourse reaching an intra-day high of 572.2, there
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Pack a punch
      313 12 Reuters DPM Prescott hits out during election campaign LONDON Britons woke up yesterday to newspaper reports of fiery Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott (right) punching a protester as the country's general election campaign descended into farce. Dubbed the "bruiser" of Prime Minister Tony Blair's Labour government, Mr
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      Hong Kong to ban Falungong?
      136 12 HONG KONG The end may be near for the Falungong movement in the territory. The government is planning a law to ban the group. The Hong Kong i-Mail reported yesterday that the message had been passed to the group through special channels shortly before the
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      Lock icon 'We can't revise our textbooks'
      227 12 Agencies TOKYO- He may be one of Japan's most reform-minded politicians but when it comes to dealing with the country's war past, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi is still very much a conservative. In a sign that he is ready to face a diplomatic backlash from
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      Lock icon American charged with spying
      194 12 AFP BEIJING Already tense Sino-US relations are set to worsen with China charging a US academic with spying for Taiwan, nearly three months after he was detained. The US Embassy said it was notified this week that 45-year-old Li Shaomin, a Chinese-born US citizen and a
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      438 18 TimeOut case, she realises that the victims all beautiful, young career women are Life with Mikey linked to the same mania--2 f>m cal killer. In this highly entertaining However, as she moves comedy, Michael J. Fox closer to solving the stars as a former child tel- crime, she begins to
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  • RELAX
    • Article
      Smile with glee, jump for joy
      404 22  -  Rachel Lo With the new lineup of awardAMnning serials on MediaCorp TV Channel 5 by rachel@newstoday.com.sg Most people have a favourite day in the week. For some, their favourite day is the day their favourite television programme is shown on television. If you are
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      Lock icon Canto rules
      570 24  -  Elise Teoh QUEEN OF CLUBS Everyone's jumping onto the bandwagon by elise.teoh@themediacampus.com Yvonne, 20, is a humble Malaysian factory worker in Singapore, who works shifts. Two nights out of seven, she's partying at Canto, dressed to the nines in a short, black velvet dress, a matching pair of
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  • travel
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      Cape to coast in Australia's southwest
      439 25  -  lan De Cotta by ian@n ewsto d ay. c om. sg THE most scenic among the five regions in the far south of Western Australia is probably Cape to Cape.The name indicates Cape Naturaliste in the uppermost tip of the western coast to Cape
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      Where the sun shines Down Under
      585 26  -  lan De Cotta by ian ©newstoday. com. sg WITH 25,760 sq km of coastline and with the Pacific and Indian oceans embracing it, Australia lays claim to some of the most exotic beaches in the world. And at every stretch of golden sandy beach
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