Today, 23 January 2002, Afternoon Edition

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  • 16 1 TODAY We d n e s d ay j>nua ry 23,2002 M!TA (P) 063. 11 2001
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
    • 352 1 -AFP Economists optimistic about outlook WASHINGTON A key barometer of the US economic outlook rose sharply in December, and many economists said it was more evidence of a quick end to the recession. The Conference Board said yesterday its index of leading economic indicators a basket
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    • 80 1 NEW YORK Stocks gave back early gains and ended lower yesterday as positive reaction to strong earnings results from blue chip firms and Amazon.com was outweighed by jitters about profits and valuation levels in the tech sector. The Dow Jones industrials fell 58.05 points (0.59 per cent)
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    • 82 1 -AFP JERUSALEM A Palestinian gunman ran amok in the centre of west Jerusalem yesterday, wounding more than 30 people before being shot dead. The shooting spree came shortly after the Islamic radical group Hamas threatened "total war" on the Jewish state for killing four of'its militants in a
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    • 315 1  -  HSBC is planning to spend an additional $5 million to $10 million this year after securing the Qualifying Full Bank (QFB) licence last month. In an interview with Today, Mr Nick Winsor, HSBC's head of personal financial services, said the funds would be
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  • HOT NEWS
    • 316 2  -  Leong Phei Phei and straight talk for employers by pheipheiCSnewstoday.com.sg THE National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) yesterday announced a series of programmes to help the unemployed tide over the recession in the year ahead. At a media briefing yesterday, Minister (Prime Minister's Office) Lim Boon Heng added
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    • 187 2 AFP WASHINGTON A 105-year old retail history and a well-known brand name are no longer enough to fight the bad times. Kmart, the third largest retail giant in America after Wal-Mart and Target, filed for bankruptcy protection yesterday. The decision, taken at the board
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    • 162 2  -  Jasleen Randhawa SINGAPORE will host this year's World Schools Debating Championship (WSDC). The 10-day meet to be held for the first time in an Asian country will see 220 debaters in 28 teams, mostly from non-native English-speaking countries. In the Singapore team are
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    • 185 2 Channel NewsAsia A BUSINESSMAN was charged yesterday with receiving bribes worth $60,000 from a former nominated MP, Mr Chuang Shaw Peng, and his sub-contractor, Mr Koh Piak Chong. Kulandaivelu Palaniyappan, 46, is accused of receiving the money between Sept 18 and Oct 31, 1996. The money was
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    • 303 3 Malaysian PM has second thoughts on Singapore's water price offer KUALA LUMPUR Four weeks after Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Mr Lee Kuan Yew agreed in principle on a water deal, the Malaysian Prime Minister seems to have second thoughts. He said the rate offered
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    • 189 3 Reuters BEIJING The official word is out A few electronic bugs will not be allowed to undermine China's warming ties with the United States. A government spokesman said he had no knowledge of any Chinese investigation into reports that more than two dozen electronic eavesdropping
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    • 56 3 Channel NewsAsia SINGAPORE'S former President, Mr Ong Teng Cheong, spent his 66th birthday at the National University Hospital yesterday. It is understood that he was admitted over the weekend. Mr Ong was diagnosed with cancer in 1992. Sources say that he is in stable condition and
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    • 46 3 -AFP JAKARTA A decision by the government to raise phone charges is likely to spark off protests by Indonesians. Transportation and Communication Minister Agum Gumelar said yesterday that the 15 per cent hike was necessary to attract foreign investors to expand the national network.
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    • 311 3 SINGAPORE needs to battle hard to retain its status as one of the world's busiest container ports amid a spirited challenge from neighbouring Malaysia. Mr Teo Ming Kian, chairman of the Economic Development Board (EDB), said while costs could be higher at the
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    • 74 4 WANT to rub shoulders with the gorgeous Torrie Wilson, the brooding Chris Benoit (picture) or the impish Tajiri? All three World Wrestling Federation (WWF) stars will be at Suntec City Mall, Tower 4 Entertainment Centre atrium at 7pm today to meet fans and sign
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    • 107 4 FOR Chinese New Year shopping, you need venture no further than Millenia Walk. With a minimum purchase of just $50, shoppers can win $28,000 worth of prizes, including $18,000 worth of Samsung product vouchers in the Horsing Around at Millenia Walk lucky draw, held
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    • 369 4  -  Elaine Quek He stood indifferently while gang killed 2 by elaineCSnewstoday.com.sg WHEN he was 16 years old, Balachandran was sentenced to two years in jail for rioting with a deadly weapon. A year after his release, he and members of his 369 secret society continued to take
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    • 130 4 RETIREE Mr Thomas Ng (picture) had a big smile on his face as he walked away with the keys to a $90,000 Mitsubishi Space Wagon 2.4 GDI. The car was the grand prize in the Retail Promotion Centre's Heartland Shopping Surprise lucky draw. During the one-month
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    • 172 4  -  Jasleen Randhawa IF you are young and opinionated, the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef), MTV Asia and Levi's are inviting you to take part in their Speak Your Mind campaign. Until the end of next month, youths here and around the region can log onto www.unicef.org,
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  • LETTERS
    • 191 7  -  Francis Lim I REFER to the article, "Second link" (Today, Jan 21). It highlights a call for the Government to change the mindset of its own institutions. In the article, the Singapore Immigration and Registration says: "We have not reached the stage of nationhood where a Singaporean
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    • 296 7  -  Karen Tan WE REFER to the article, "The survey and the stethoscope" (Today, Jan 17) on the one-third quota on the yearly intake of female students to pursue a medical course at the National University of Singapore. The article said that the
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
    • 309 8  -  Lee Yew Meng by yewmeng@newstoday.com.sg THE Queens condo project at Stirling Road will be relaunched this Saturday at an average of $548 per square foot (psf), almost 22 per cent lower than its original launch price about one and a
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    • 317 8  -  Chan Chao Peh Mr Yeung. HK, S'pore firms can team up by chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg LONG-TIME economic "rivals" Hong Kong and Singapore can work together to tackle the China market, speakers at an industry seminar said here yesterday. The Western press may play up the competition between the two, but
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    • 168 10 Bloomberg PSA Corp said its venture in south-eastern China will expand container handling capacity 44 per cent by 2003 to meet rising trade in the country. Guangzhou Container Terminal, in which PSA owns a 49 per cent stake, will have an annual capacity to handle
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    • 103 10 Bloomberg NEW YORK Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB) has agreed to pay US$lOO million ($183.9 million) to settle Securities and Exchange Commission charges that the firm allotted shares in initial public offerings in exchange for kickbacks in the form of commissions. CSFB's lawyers successfully argued that the
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    • 385 10 AFP Bank Utama must merge or its licence will be revoked: Dr M KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad yesterday issued an ultimatum to Bank Utama (Malaysia) Bhd to find a merger partner by June or have its banking licence revoked. Dr Mahathir, who is also
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    • Corporate Briefs
      • 64 12 CAPITALAND has hired Citicorp Investment Bank (Singapore) Ltd to sell $125 million of fiveyear bonds and Salomon Smith Barney Inc to arrange $115 million of five-year bank credits. The developer, which may post a loss for 2001 when it announces earnings next month, had last reported
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      • 60 12 AMERICAN Technologies Inc, a US-based company involved in oil and gas exploration, said it is in talks to sell part of an 85 per cent operating interest it holds in Vietnam's two offshore fields. Bloomberg quoted an industry report as saying that Singapore Petroleum
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      • 27 12 US$ UK£ 0.5454 0.3793 Rupiah Baht 5649.7 23.954 Yen 72.181 Peso 27.919 HK$ 4.2535 A$ 1.0571 RM 2.0721 Rupee Won 26.221 719.94 Euro 0.6162
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    • Market Watch
      • 219 12 THE local market ended weaker yesterday, in line with the regional downtrend. Morning gains on the ST Index were wiped out as it closed down 8.3 points to 1,663. Volume was 488 million shares valued at more than $450 million. Losers swamped gainers by more than two to one.
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      • 133 12 MARKET sentiments weakened yesterday, undermined by the poor performance of key regional markets and the weak Japanese yen, which dipped to a three-year low against the US dollar. The trend of benchmark KLCI was low for most of the day, losing 5.7 points to close at 690.2. Losers beat
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    • 2135 12 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS (All prices are indicative) Fund Name Bid Prke/NAV I Offer Price Aberdeen Asset Management Asia Ltd \berdeen China Opportunities Fund 0.950 \berdeen Global MNC Fund 0.638 \berdeen Global Technoloqy Fund 0.531 iberdeen UK Blue Chip Fund 0.715 \berdeen American Opportunities Fund 0.737 \berdeen Continental Europe Equity Fund
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    • 106 11 CITIBANKS On the face of it. we've changed. But we're still as committed as ever to you. citibank There are certain things in life that will never change. Like how over the past world has to offer. As a further sign of our innovative spirit, we've taken on a new
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 188 14 Agencies TOKYO While Afghanistan managed to obtain US$4.5 billion ($8.3 billion) in aid promises from world leaders, the challenge now is to ensure that the money is used properly. Mr Torek Faradi, economic adviser to the Afghan interim government, said: "We are fully conscious
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    • 242 14 AFP Why cross-strait business ties could slow down TAIPEI A close scrutiny of Taiwan's new Cabinet has thrown up a new concern: That growing cross-strait business ties may slow down. Parliamentarian Lin Yu-fang said: "The new Cabinet line-up shows President Chen is not in a hurry to
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    • 57 14 A giant goldfish named Bruce, or more formally known as a Red Oranda, measuring 38-cm, is lifted from the water at a fish farm in the southern Chinese city of Dongguan. Its breeders are confident that Bruce will win a place in the Guinness Book of
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    • 125 14 -AFP OSLO The moral of the story is that you should never flush while you are seated on an aircraft's toilet An American woman who did this was stuck on the seat for two hours held in place by the vacuum created by the flushing
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    • 142 14 HONG KONG Parents here are willing to fork out six-figure sums for their children's kindergarten education, believing it will help their kids to progress to elite primary schools. According to the Hong Kong iMail, a three-year kindergarten package can cost a whopping HK5268,344 ($63,088) almost twice
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  • COMMENTARY
    • AFTERNOON EDITION
      • 796 17  -  Patrick Smith The world needs a new voice post-Sept 11 by in New Delhi SITTING in a private club in Mumbai the other day, Mr Sanjay Sachdev explained why I might detect an air of anxiety as I made my way across India. Enron, Arthur
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      • 116 17 What the regional papers say today New Straits Times/ 'Malaysia If there is Indonesian uprising, Malaysia will be in trouble: Dr M Following riots and trouble caused by Indonesian workers, more stringent checks will be carried out before approval is given to applications for permanent resident status to ensure that
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  • UPFRONT
    • 928 18 The talk is Today Foreign Desk Tina Brown, America's best-known Englishwoman, faces the first failure of her glittering magazine career NEW YORK Success used to be the middle name of Tina Brown (picture), America's best-known Englishwoman. So, when Talk, her glossy magazine on celebrities and pop culture, folded up last
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    • 106 18 Reuters LONDON Canada's Anne Carson has become the first woman to win the TS Eliot Prize for the best collection of new poetry published in Britain and Ireland. Carson, who has been called "a philosopher of heartbreak", won the 2002 prize for
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  • PORTFOLIO
    • 409 19 Log on and select FTC course OVER the past few months, there have been a number of fundamental changes in the provision of financial market training in Singapore. The Institute of Banking and Finance (IBF) previously the market's largest provider of financial training redefined its role
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    • 323 19  -  Vasu Menon by North Asian bourses have done well over the last four months, aided by attractive valuations and an abundance of liquidity. Taiwan and Korea were the best performers, posting gains in excess of 50 per cent between Sept 21
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  • LIMELIGHT
    • 477 20  -  Gail Wan MediaCorp artistes cut hair for Chinese New Year charily GETTING a haircut in preparation for the Chinese New Year is nothing unusual. But for Mr Kuah Peng Kian, 76, who had his hair trimmed in the hair saloon of the Bukit Batok Home for
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  • InCinemas
    • 115 22 KEVIN Costner is considering shaving his hair off. The 47-year-old actor-director, whose mane has been thinning so much, is refusing to consider miracle cures, much less a wig or a toupee. Or as Costner puts it: "I'm not into plugs, rugs or drugs to correct
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    • 411 23 AFP SYDNEY Australia's film industry is set for a Hollywood-fuelled boost following the success of its stars and film-makers at Sunday's Golden Globe Awards. The Aussies won six of the 24 awards. Tlie Australian-made musical, Moulin Rouge, directed by Baz Luhrmann (picture), won awards for best
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    • 142 23 Reuters/Variety NEW YORK The whimsical comedy, Amflie, has become the highest-grossing French-language picture ever released in North America. Through Sunday, it had rung up US$2O.9 million ($38.3 million) on the US and Canadian box office. The last record-holder was La Cage Aux Folks
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  • TIMEOUT
    • 374 24  -  Rachel Lo Stellar cast brings it to life THERE is an engaging way to get in touch with Singapore's past The play, Belly of The Carp, based on Roger Jenkins' book which won the 1995 Singapore Literature Prize, projects stories of men and women whose lives
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  • JOBBEAT
    • 479 24 EMPLOYERS who insist on library-like quiet in the office should take note a new report on the workplace suggests that office chatter can boost creativity, according to ananova.com. Despite increased competition and need for a broader-based approach to business, many companies are still
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  • Page 24 Miscellaneous
    • 180 24 MUSIC PARTICIPATE filled with mystery, ExxonMobil Campus Supercroc romance, comedy and Concert-This is the See the model of the adventure, is about Moment mammoth croc up Judah Ben-Hur's efforts Immerse yourself in the close in this to overcome the misworld of musicals as exhibition and learn fortunes brought upon Matthew
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  • SPORTS
    • 645 27  -  Michael Jordan. McNabb may be the ticket to Philadelphia's Super Bowl ambition PHILADELPHIA The headlines were supposed to be about Michael Jordan returning. But the real story of the weekend in Chicago was about the arrival of another star. It also turned out to be
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    • 352 27 NBA Mavericks 113 New Jersey Nets 105 New-look Nowitzki simply too good DALLAS- The New Jersey Nets learned that Dirk Nowitzki is dangerous with or without the shaggy hair. The seven footer from Germany scored 39 points, including nine in a decisive 17-1
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    • 262 27 NEW YORK Life in Mike Tyson's world is never dull. Last week, his second wife filed for divorce, accusing the former heavyweight boxing champion of adultery. According to the filing, the former world champion has agreed to give Monica Tyson custody of their two
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    • 911 28  -  Rohit Brijnath ALL manner of excuses, some valid, some nonsensical, have been floated to explain the carnage at the Australian Open. In the men's draw, of course. The women are doing quite nicely, thank you. By the first few days seeds No. 1, 2, 3, 4 and
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    • 436 28 Tennis Australian Open Venus hit by hamstring injury and bows out MELBOURNE Monica Seles shocked an injury-hampered Venus Williams for the first time in her career yesterday to send the second seed limping out of the Australian Open 6-7,
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    • 597 29  -  Leonard Thomas England's star central defender back to his best at the right time English Premier League Leicester v Arsenal Wenger vindicated in signing ex-Tottenham man DG leonard@newstoday.com.sg FANS of long-suffering Tottenham Hotspur must be seething right now. Having been in the shadow of archenemy Arsenal
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    • 94 29 LONDON Bryan Robson's daughter needed stitches after being head-butted by a football thug, reported Football365.com. Claire Robson, 21, had been enjoying a night out with friends in Durham City on Saturday when the man attacked her at a taxi rank. Robson, who stepped down as Middlesbrough manager
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    • AFTERNOON EDITION
      • 309 29 Reuters MANCHESTER Uruguayan striker Diego Forlan completed his move to Manchester United from Argentine club Independiente yesterday. The 22-year-old player agreed a £7.5 million ($19.72 million) deal for four-and-a-half years, United chief executive Peter Kenyon told reporters at a news conference. The fee included associated
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