Today, 15 May 2002

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    8 1 TODAY Wednesday May 15, 2002 MTTAiT) 063/1 LOOM
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    Lock icon When a giant blinks
    635 1  -  Joy Frances 'Who can risk a regulator's wrath?' ..by j oy@ne wstoday. co m. sg HERE you are, with a proud name like SingTel, the largest company in the country with a market capitalisation of $27 billion. You are also among South-east Asia's most profitable companies
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      DPM's reply
      600 2  -  Chan Chao Peh He answers chorus of protest from MPs by eh a opeh@ne wstoday. c o m. sg SOMETIMES, you have to press "send" more than once to get the message across. But then, it is not easy when the messenger is the same person, and you
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      CPF changes in June
      95 2 THE Government is expected to announce changes to the Central Provident Fund (CPF) scheme and wage policy next month, said Senior Minister of State of Trade and Industry Tharman Shanmugaratnam yesterday. Without giving details, he said: "The idea is not to overhaul what's working but to
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      Approach HDB early
      172 2 ALMOST 18,200 families have received financial help from the Housing Development Board between January last year and March this year. They applied to defer their loan installments for up to six months, extend their repayment periods or reduce their repayments. Giving this update in Parliament yesterday, Minister
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      Indon tourist killed
      69 2 AN Indonesian woman tourist was killed outside Chong Pang City along Sembawang Road on Monday. A lorry slammed into the back of another lorry, mounted a kerb and hit the woman and three other pedestrians. The woman, 36, who arrived here on Saturday, died on the spot.
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      Lock icon NCMP and Chiam in new committee
      113 2 Channel NewsAsia OPPOSITION MP Chiam See Tong and Non-Constituency MP Steve Chia will sit on the committee to guard against GST profiteering. The Committee Against Profiteering was set up to make sure retailers do not take advantage of the hike in GST. Mr Chan
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      Lock icon Time to do business
      169 3 -AFP SINGAPORE and India have set up a joint panel to look into establishing closer economic ties. Following up on initiatives Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong discussed with his Indian counterpart Atal Behari Vajpayee, who visited Singapore in April, the group will look into the benefits
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      Lock icon Taiwan kept out of WHO
      59 3 AFP GENEVA Taiwan failed in its bid to get observer status as a "health entity" at the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday following strong opposition from China. China and Pakistan spoke out at the World Health Assembly the WHO's highest decision-making body against Taiwan's
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      Lock icon Telling time
      327 3 Former high-flier ready to squeal KUALA LUMPUR Some dirty linen from Malaysia's corporate world may get a public airing if businessman Soh Chee Wen (picture) lives up to his promise to "tell all" during his graft trial. Mr Soh, a former Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) politician, returned home
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      Lock icon Finger pointed at Pakistan
      124 3 Agencies JAMMU (India) Police here said the men who opened fire on bus passengers and attacked an army camp in Kashmir yesterday, killing 30 people, were suspected Islamic militants. "We think the militants are all Pakistanis," a police spokesman said, adding a probe was still under
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      Safety company gutted
      173 4  -  Chung Lyn-Yi KING'S Security and Safety Management, which lists "fire safety training" under the services it offers, was dealt an ironic blow yesterday morning when its office caught fire. Its office occupies units 10-01 and 10-02 in Orchard Towers along with two other outfits. Although the Singapore
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      Lock icon Retail repair
      394 4  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahim Join forces and beat the downturn ..by zackaria@n ewsto d ay.c om .sg WHILE efforts are being made by government agencies and other organisations to bail the retail sector out of the doldrums, how this sector fares is very much in the hands of the
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      Lock icon Bail extension for Chee
      93 4 Channel NewsAsia SINGAPORE Democratic Party (SDP) chief Chee Soon Juan had his bail extended for two weeks yesterday. The police said this was because they are still investigating the incident which led to his arrest. SDP's Gandhi Ambalam and Fateha.com's Zulfikar Mohamad Sharif also had their
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      6 3 Carrefour <f^ ly>ft,-Ha axy /t*«j_ it!
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      Two for Arts
      755 6  -  Kim-Kyna Tan Arts Xplosion beefed up and we are pleased to present Backstage to give the arts scene a boost by kim@ne wstoday. c om. s g A RIPPLE of excitement is sweeping the arts community as two publications, previewing and reviewing the performing and visual arts,
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      Can they survive?
      166 8  -  Kenneth Tong when the bulldozers arrive? THE construction site for Singapore Management University's city campus, which sits between the National Museum and the Singapore Art Museum, houses various types of flora and fauna. There are different species of birds, lizards and even a squirrel or two, not
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      New gurus, old wine?
      324 8  -  Mohamad Rosle Ahmad THE article, "The business of motivation" (Today, May 14), should have been headlined "Talk me the money!" After all, isn't that the motive of most of the seminar's participants? I read the motivational book, Tke Monk Who Sold His Ferrari, by Mr Robin
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      A place to put the burden
      98 8  -  Avana Anna I REFER to the article "Children's burden" {Today, May 13). Until now, nothing has been done to address the problem of bad posture in children. Why can't heavy textbooks be kept in school? Schools can provide lockers for students, or they can
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon $1b SingFloat?
      349 10 Agencies SingTel in talks to sell SingPost shares JUST when investors had given up hope of a mega initial public offering this year, SingTel has indicated that it might float its postal unit, Singapore Post. The move could raise up to $1 billion, analysts said. SingTel said in
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    • Market Watch
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        Singapore
        105 10 THE STI ended a quiet session yesterday at 9.46 points, or 0,6 per cent, higher at 1742,25. For ever six shares that fell, 11 gained. About 447 million shares worth $368 million changed hands, more than two-thirds of the three-month daily average of $529 million. The rebound on Wall
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        SGX most active
        61 10 By volume May 14 'OOO 'OOO Ipto Fieri -I; Roly ShanghaiAC 2kHK$ 14,200 14,065 13,007 12,894 10,650 ASTI TPA UniFood I j i ri i ij EastTeth 10,607 9,235 9,231 9,226 8,468 By value May 14 UOB Chartered DBS SI Ass emb SingTel 66,973,900 28,985,220 22,311,133 11,465,790
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        Straits Times Index — 10-Day Chart
        5 10 Straits Times Index 10-Day Chart
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        World markets
        58 10 Index Valoe Change Pts JS Nikkei 225 *****.19 +19.24 +0.17 Hang Seng til Ordinaries *****.31 3263.10 -43.12 +10.90 -0.37 +0.34 it-i-.-.-ini Wld 5755.92 +13.26 +0.23 Korea Comp sEJIndex in I; ii rin Comp 837.37 3B2.09 538.63 +15.48 +1.42 +1.48 +1.88 +0.37 +0.28 Phils Comp shenzen B Mumbai 1347.54
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        Your S$1 buys
        35 10 IKE lm ,K$ tH luro j pi ci ioht U.JJJO 0.3815 71.096 4.3177 2.104 0.6108 5131.9223. 741 A$ Indian Rs Won C$ Yunn nn NT$ 1.0140 27.131 708.28 0.8643 4.5822 1.2159 19.141
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        SGX top rises
        81 10 By$ May 14 Vetilure Close 16.600 Change +0.200 By percentage May 14 HoGfoiW*****2 Close Change 0.015 +50.000 F& N100 7.750 7.750 +0.150 +0.150 St Tyre HHIW*****4 0.400 +17.647 0.035 +16.667 [ITYDEV 6.350 +0.150 PohTC 0.250 +16.279 J5H 500USS 3.060 +0.110 Shong_ioiAC.2l.__KS 0.024 +14.286 JOB 15.000 +0.100 csc
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        SGX top falls
        72 10 ]y$ Way 14 Close 11.700 Change -0.200 By percentage May 14 Close Armslrang W*****0 0.040 Change -42.857 1a Prime200US$ iVJennings A5 ,PH tDO 4.660 1.000 52.100 ■0.140 0.130 ■0.100 Broadway 0,070 SllyreV.*****0 0.120 Seotown 0.020 -30.000 -20.000 -20.000 JOVEHA 0.300 -0.050 GMGUSS 0.020 -20.000 iM5v.s 1.820 ■0.050
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        22 10 Bloomberg }old m/n iilvei us$/oi 'lalinum us$/« 310.90 5.840 525.30 Rubber anisylg Palm ail IM/lonix Brent (rods usj/hjirel 124.***** 5 26.11
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
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      Lock icon CityDev's $288.9m 'white' site
      66 12 Francis Kan A UNIT of City Developments (QtyDev) has been awarded a 99-year leasehold "white" site in Marina Boulevard. CityDev-linked Glengary won the site with a bid of $288.9 million, the Urban Redevelopment Authority said in a statement yesterday. Meanwhile, Tanglin View put in a winning
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      Lock icon UOB in talks
      247 12 Bloomberg to boost bancassurance UNITED Overseas Bank (UOB) is in talks with Allianz AG, American International Group Inc and two others to sell its insurance products, as Singapore's No 2 bank looks to expand and fend off rivals. UOB is the only one of Singapore's three banks
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      Lock icon Deutsche to axe 130 staff in Asia
      154 12 Bloomberg SYDNEY Deutsche Bank AG said it would fire as many as 130 operations and information technology support staff in Asia, as Europe's biggest bank tries to rein in costs. The cuts, which began yesterday and will last for the next few weeks,
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      Lock icon Hong Kong keeps strong rating
      153 14 -AFP HONG KONG The gioba] ratings agency, Moody's Investors Service, is maintaining its positive outlook for Hong Kong's financial strength. Moody's said yesterday Hong Kong would keep its A3 and Aa3 country ceiling ratings in "recognition of the island's ability to maintain its fiscal and
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      Lock icon Hello, hello
      331 14 Agencies Maxis talks of IPO after long wait KUALA LUMPUR Maxis Communications Bhd, Malaysia's biggest mobile phone company, said yesterday it is considering selling shares m an initial public offering (IPO). It is the first time Maxis, controlled by tycoon T Ananda Krishnan, has disclosed its intention to
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      Lock icon Tokyo economy on the upturn
      293 14 AFP TOKYO The Japanese economy has reached the end of a long slump thanks to a revival in exports and pick-up in price levels. Key ministers also said that private consumption appeared to be stable. "I believe the economy seems to have bottomed out, given
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      Lock icon Did Warburg tip off clients?
      104 16 Bloomberg SEOUL South Korean regulators are investigating ÜBS Warburg after its decision to slash the rating of Samsung Electronics Co shares triggered a plunge that wiped US$3 billion ($5.4 billion) from the company's market value in a day. The Financial Supervisory Commission sent three inspectors
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      Lock icon Er, our fault
      331 16 Bloomberg Many US firms admit faulty accounting NEW YORK US companies are filing financial restatements admitting false or faulty accounting at a record pace, according to a study at New York University's Stern School of Business. Restatements nearly tripled from 1997 to last year and this year's
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Beijing's nightmare
      307 17 Agencies China can do little to stop wave of N Korean asylum seekers BEIJING The safe arrival of three North Korean defectors in South Korea yesterday after spending almost a week holed up in the US Consulate in China unfortunately would not mean the end of Beijing's nightmare.
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      Lock icon Sharon defies own party
      144 17 Agencies JERUSALEM Backed by the United States, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon emerged defiant a day after a humiliating vote by his Likud party against a Palestinian state. "I have the intention to fulfil my promise that I had made to bring security and peace and
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      Lock icon US truckers on terrorist alert
      148 17 Agencies WASHINGTON US truckers will soon be trained to identify potential terrorist threats amid reports of traces of TNT and other explosives being found in a rented truck. A spokesman for the American Trucking Association said truckers had been told to lock the rigs to
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Lock icon New model: Korea Inc
      822 20  -  W rilliam Pesek Jr South Korea replaces Japan as Asia's blueprint for reform by in Jeongok (South Korea) IF ever there were a time for South Korea to think about its emergence on the world stage, it is now. "We've come a long way since the
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      Lock icon Arms reduction talks: Advantage US
      304 20 AFP MOSCOW The world will be a safer place. So said US President George W Bush on Monday when he announced a treaty with Russia to reduce their nuclear arsenals. Over the next 10 years, each side would slash 6,000 warheads to between 1,700 and
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Turning heads, turning letters
      676 21  -  Jose Raymond Eunice making waves as Singapore's Vanna White by j ose @newstocl ay, com. sg SHE's been to places as a former beauty queen. Now, she is making waves as Singapore's Vanna White. But listen to Eunice Olsen talk and you end up convinced she
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  • PORTFOLIO
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      Protect your family
      568 22 The Portfolio pages will be published on Mondays from next week but balance insurance coverage with an investment-linked plan YOU'VE probably heard of the phrase "putting the cart before the horse". In the context of financial planning, it would mean giving priority to investment returns over financial
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      269 24 Agencies Nicole Kidman and Tobey Maguire deny romance LOS ANGELES Lest anyone think that Nicole Kidman is about to cast off her high heels again, a spokeswoman for the statuesque film star insists she and diminutive Spider-Man star Tobey Maguire are just friends. Kidman, eight years Maguire's
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      87 24 AFP TOBEY Maguire celebrated the success of the box office blockbuster by splurging on a Hollywood Hills home. According to The Los Angeles Times, the actor paid US$3.7 million ($6.3 million) for it. The residence, which is about 5,000 sq ft, is the first house
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      330 25 Reuters/Variety HOLLYWOOD Two weekends ago, Spider-Man chalked up a string of North American box office records, including the biggest ever three-day opening weekend gross. Since then, Spidey has added two more records to the books. Spider-Man's gross of U5571.42 million ($121.74 million) this weekend set
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      120 25 THE Rock (picture) apparently likes pretending to be gay. They say that the wrestling superstar, who stars in The Scorpion King, likes to adopt a fake gay persona, says the World Entertainment News Network. Once, when asked about his claim that he lost his
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      22 25 A top-rated Malay television drama is raising eyebrows with its portrayal of teen gangs in Singapore. Turn to LimeLight on Page 31.
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      166 26 YOU have just come out of the interview room believing you have landed yourself a job. As it is, your curriculum vitae probably already knocked the socks off your potential employer. Now all you need to do is sit back and relax, wait for
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      444 26 This growing industry needs people HERE'S an industry that appears poised for rapid growth. Excluding food and agribiotechnology, life sciences contributed $6.3 billion in manufacturing output in 1999. That's 60 per cent more than the previous year. That's not all: Double-digit growth is expected over
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      193 31  -  Serene Foo by sere ne@news to d ay.com.sg SINKING her teeth into her first sitcom was not daunting for the Queen of Caldecott, Zoe Tay, except that she was slightly peeved hy what was constantly landing on her face. Zoe said she had to endure tt
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      247 32 AFP ST JOHN'S West Indies captain Carl Hooper hammered his third Test century of the series as the fourth Test against India headed towards a dreary draw yesterday. Hooper cracked 136 and shared in a 186-run stand for the fifth wicket with Shivnarine Chanderpaul,
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      Lock icon Kings rule Mavs
      367 32 SACRAMENTO Win or lose, the Dallas Mavericks knew they would be going home. Hedo Turkoglu and the Sacramento Kings made sure the flight home would not be a pleasant one, reported NBA.com. Turkoglu jump-started the decisive run and recorded his first career playoff double-double with 20 points
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        505 33  -  Jose Raymond by jos e@ne wstoday. com. sg LAST Saturday was a day of mixed emotions for Woodlands Wellington coach M. Karathu. The 58-year-old was back in his hometown in Ipoh to receive a royal award, the Paduka Mahkota Perak from the Sultan of
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      No S-League break
      334 34  -  Stanley Ho by Stanley ©news today, com. sg IT LOOKS as if S-League clubs will be competing against the likes of Brazil, France and England for the Singapore football fan's attention next month. For it was announced yesterday that the 2002 NTUC Income S-League will not have
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      They did it in 1999...
      82 34 IN 1999, the S-League was forced into a break thanks to the SEA Games in Brunei. And according to FAS Chief Operating Officer John Koh, it was a mistake. Said Koh: "At the time, it was unavoidable because of the national team's involvement in the
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      Bennett not in squad
      243 34  -  Stanley Ho THE Football Association of Singapore (FAS) will field its full 'A' international team in its friendly against World Cup finalist Uruguay on May 21, it was revealed yesterday. GOAL 2010 director and national coach Jan Poulsen told Today that he would pick a team
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      776 35  -  Leonard Thomas ONE HAS been at the top of the world game for the last four years at least. The other is just beginning to display his prowess. Flair, dribbling skills, the former possesses in almost limitless abundance. Just like a former hero of France of a
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