Today, 15 July 2002, Afternoon Edition

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  • Title Section
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    8 1 TODAY Monday July IS, 2002 I MITA(P) 063/11/2001
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      At last ... the CPF proposals
      260 1 At last the CPF proposals Tharman's committee releases its recommendations THE eagerly-awaited Central Provident Fund (CPF) recommendations are out. At a press conference this morning, a sub-committee chaired by Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, the Senior Minister of State for Education and Trade and Industry, made the following key proposals. For those
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      No about turn, the start of a long journey
      406 1  -  Chan Chao Peh eh aopch@newstoday.com.sg THE much-feared rocking of the CPF boat is not going to take place after all. Instead, the announcements by the Economic Review Committee (ERC) this morning come across more like a gentle steering of this delicate
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      23 1 /A=ryJP\CoRP CHALLENGE ■^^^^J^^H organised by co-organised by jfl j& C....L „m, Wi(!™mll!rl# F sponsored by HI f}^' SIEMENS supported by -x<-'? <: official media
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Sifting the truth
      323 2  -  Lee Ching Wern AS if to underscore just what a complex case this is, the panel looking into the allegations against the former principal of Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road) will submit its findings to the Ministry of Education only by the end of the month. The hearings
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      Lock icon Three-year CPF wait?
      142 2 Channel News Asia CPF contributions are not likely to be fully restored this year despite the economic recovery. Labour chief Lim Boon Heng says he only expects a full restoration over the next three years. Speaking to reporters yesterday, Mr Lim also gave a hint of the
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      Lock icon Aware raises $50,000
      63 2 GODDESSES walked the earth at the Association of Women for Action and Research's (Aware) fund-raising charity walk at Haw Par Villa yesterday. TV actress Irene Ang (picture, signing an autograph), in T-shirt and jeans, portrayed a 21st Century Goddess of Justice. Aware raised close to $50,000 from
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      Blowing hot
      381 3 Anwar blasts Dr M, backs PAS KUALA LUMPUR As Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi flew to Kedah last week to get favourable ground ahead of the by-elections in Pendang and Anak Bukit, jailed former deputy Anwar Ibrahim refused to be left out. In a letter published by
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      Lock icon Tensions rise after Kashmir killings
      184 3 -AFP JAMMU Just when the tensions between the two nuclear rivals are cooling, a bloody incident has undone weeks of negotiations and agreements. India accused Pakistan yesterday of being behind what it described as a "horrible" attack by Islamic militants disguised as Hindu holy men
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      Lock icon Difficult... when there are 3 in a bed
      222 3 Agencies WASHINGTON In the course of one week, China, the United States and Taiwan have sent what seem to be confusing signals as to where their relationship is heading. The South China Morning Post reported yesterday that US President George W Bush
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      Lock icon Don't pick the coral
      508 4  -  Joy Frances but how come there's no law which says you can't stomp on it? FOR a country whose calling card says "clean and green", Singapore must really ask itself if its laws to protect the environment are adequate. For example, just one law exists to
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      PTC might drop land transport operators
      291 4  -  Tan Hui Leng PUBLIC transport operators are not likely to remain in the future line-up of the Public Transport Council (PTC), says Transport Minister Yeo Cheow Tong. "...it's useful to have them there but we need not really have them there as members. "They
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      309 2 ALTRON C Qjj RSES^pH CREATE MORE Bg s OPPORTUNITIES^^ for CAREER ADVANCEMENT! '%LTRDN Old economy jobs that were lost during the economic downturn are gone forever However, new economy jobs are being created everyday for those wtth the relevant skills. Do you have them? If you don't, now's the time
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      147 2 Want to earn better returns on your cash and CPF savings? Here is an attractive investment the Singapore Bond Fund. Expected Yield of 4%* Stable and Attractive Returns Projected yield over next 5-10 years is about 4% p.a. We plan to increase the fund size to about $500 miliion more
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      104 4 vy'^ SOCIETY OF BUSINESS PRACTITIONERS (UK) gCPiUI Be Certified! Qualify For This Professional UK Award For Senior Managers Executives. Dynamic Modular Distance Learning Part Time Course. Can be completed in six months. jgf Graduates can proceed to an accredited Regis'ef lake! degree program. /lU9usl "o'^fiSS Exemptions Granted to candidates with
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      277 5 Touch the lives of children in need. I A %^bl BBr^ 4^^^B^Bthh^Br WKn^ i Jrw JF Hr S .^r '^VLi^^^P m 4j ft. Xi jf 4 1 BffiPfMS p-W om sincjle-parDiiti c any of us. these -^w^. n 9l/), m R":ig| '-"^Nflfl chjicsi"a ai&-L IOjJOi :i; art!; ns. However, to
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      So worrying...
      209 6  -  Francis Tan All this talk about feedback seems so futile DESPITE the fiery outcry from close to 20 MPs, the public transport fare hikes remain. We are encouraged to speak up and share our sentiments so that policies can be fine-tuned for the good of the public. But,
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      Now, who gave that bad advice?
      159 6  -  Ananda Perem I REFER to Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore's reply, "An honest mistake" (TODAY Jury 12). It would have been more apt to call it a "terribly expensive mistake". Where is the boundary between mistakes and "honest" mistakes? Such replies will be taken
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      Lower nanny levy can spur baby boom
      201 6  -  Paul Antony Fernandez IS there a way to encourage couples to have more babies? Our Government has been very good to our society. Laws and legislation have been implemented for the betterment of the people and our country has become a role model
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Blood oath for CEOs
      425 8 This ensures bosses stay for the long haul NEW YORK Chief executive officers must be in it for the long-term. Citigroup's chairman and CEO Sanford I Weill (picture) said this with reference to corporate executives in the United States pumping up the value of their companies
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      Lock icon $15.5b write-off?
      115 8 Bloomberg LONDON Deutsche Bank may write off up to 9 billion euros ($15.54 billion) tied to the acquisitions of Bankers Trust Corp and Scudder Asset Management, the Business newspaper said. The company, which paid US$9.2 billion ($16.05 billion) to buy Bankers Trust in 1999, may announce the write-off
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      Search on
      230 10 for outstanding managers THE search for this year's outstanding managers starts today, with organisers of the prestigious International Management Action Award (Imma) 2002 casting the net beyond Singapore for the first time. Launching Imma 2002, the organisers SPRING Singapore and the Chartered Management Institute (CMI), Singapore said this
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    • Market Watch
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        Singapore
        176 10 THE Singapore market shed 27 points or 1.7 per cent last week to close at 1,614. This was a reasonable performance and a healthy consolidation given the near six to seven per cent rise the previous week for the STI index and last week's collapse of the US markets.
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        World markets
        55 10 Index Valve Change Pis Nikkei 225 Hang Seng All Ordinaries Taiwan Wld *****.74 1D55B.S1 3142.10 5202.59 -266.92 ■228.73 -33.10 •59.42 -2.48 -2.12 -1.04 ■1.13 Korea Camp SET Index 764.88 397.97 •29.83 ■5.00 ■3.75 -1.24 Jakarta (omp 470.82 -6.56 -1.37 Phils (omp SheniEn E 1139.14 251.24 -13.98 +2.05 -1.21
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 10 us$ UKE Yen HK$ EM Euro Rupiah Boht 0.5731 0.3699 66.9302 4.***** 2.***** 0.5793 5212.18 23.5336 Peso A$ Indian Rs Wen C$ Yuan NZ$ NTS 28.9263 1.***** 27.9520 673.658 0.8777 4.7432 1.***** 18.9684
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        Commodities
        20 10 GcldusJAz 315.900 Silver ust/m 5.065 Platinum us$/m 529.000 Rubber (siis/kj 147.25 Palm ail BW/tmns 1353 Brent trade UStfamA 25.435
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        Straits Times Index — 10-Day Chart
        5 10 Straits Times Index 10-Day Chart
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        Week's SGX most active
        61 10 By volume July 8 to 12 '000 'OOO Aspnelcen Viz Brnni BILIntl DalncrFtUSS SingTel 152,441,000 152,430,000 126,444,000 77,655,000 73,016,000 CityAxis Goldlron Dayen law Chartered 60,790,000 57,981,000 51,585,000 47,165,000 41,632,000 By value July 8 to 12 DSS Venture Chartered DntarrftUSS SingTel 179,612,380 178,631,55! 154,605,813 109,114,3B0 105,860,054 0CBC
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        Week's SGX top rises
        72 10 luly 8 to 1? dose Change fenlure 15.200 +0.400 )BSBk6flNCPS *****.700+0.300 XBC 12.500 +0.300 ihai Frime200USS 5.200 +0.200 ilA 13.300 +0.200 tIA 200 13 200 +0.200 JtrlacrflUSS 1.500 +0.180 Hyfljx 1.280 +0.170 )oyen 0.910 +0.165 ;ingamasC2kHKS 1.840 +0.150 Sy percentage July 8 lo 12 Close Cham
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        Lock icon Week's SGX top falls
        84 10 Bloomberg By$ July 8 to 12 Clote Changi SPH 20.100 -1.100 SPH100 20.100 -0.900 DBS 13.100 -0.300 DIAMONDS 10U5S 94.700 -0.300 STIETMOOIQPV 16.280 -0.289 CITYDEY 6.100 -0.200 I win bin 1.170 -0.200 UOB 13.500 -0.200 GreatEnst 9.950 -0.150 CnpitaLand 1.570 -0.120 By percentage July 8 to
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      Steeling for growth
      515 12  -  Carmen Lee Higher sales of fasteners set to boost Unisteel profits UNISTEEL Technology, a maker of high-end precision screws, also known as fasteners, is poised to ride on the current higher demand trend for data storage players. This was reflected in its strong 1Q results in which
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      Lock icon Global Crossing gets $2b bid
      113 12 Reuters NEW YORK The bankrupt telecom group, Global Crossing, has received three or four offers to buy all or part of its fibreoptic network, according to a source close to the bidding. Buy-out firms Gores Technology and Platinum Equity have submitted a joint bid worth
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Educating Britain
      329 14 Govt to up school budget, enforce new policies LONDON In an effort to turn around its struggling education system, the British government would increase the budget of secondary schools in England and Wales by £50,000 ($135,537) each. This record increase in government spending, which brings the education budget
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      Lock icon Ghosts of Vietnam War past
      197 14 AFP HANOI The war may have been over for 27 years, but the scars still remain, literally. In a letter to the organisers of a coming conference in Sweden on the impact of chemical weapons used during the Vietnam War, Vietnamese Vice-President Nguyen Thi Binh
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      Lock icon Is Osama still alive, planning new attacks?
      122 14 AFP BERLIN It is perhaps not unexpected when German foreign intelligence said yesterday that the elusive figurehead of the Al Qaeda terrorist network, Osama bin Laden, is still alive and planning new strikes. This follows an earlier announcement last month by an Al
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      Identifying WTC victims
      174 14 NEW YORK Although it has been 10 months since terrorists flew planes into the World Trade Center, killing about 3,000 people, the identification process of the victims has yet to be completed. CNN reported that the city's medical examiner, Dr Charles Hirsch's office, has identified 1,229 victims,
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      Lock icon Climb, crash, burn
      138 14 AFP SYDNEY What was to be a spectacular launch of a model of a supersonic jet came to a disastrous end yesterday. The 11-metre model of the superjet climbed for about 100 metres before it came spiralling towards the ground, bursting into flames (picture). The launch was
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      250 14 NUSeiohTair 111 f™NUS Make a decision thai would give a renewed direction En your working life. Be part of the ejobfair held between July 1 28 and explore the horizon of careers in a multitude of industries, NUS graduates and alumni who are budding or established professionals or entrepreneurs should
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Real men do cook...
      962 15  -  Susan Ferroa but let's face it, women still do most of the household chores PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong has me applauding. He has taken the step towards getting his team and his people thinking again on balancing family and work and with positive input. Sure,
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  • UPFRONT
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      Soccer tables, massage chairs
      691 16  -  Rosalyn Lim Despite the difficult times, some companies are not sacrificing staff welfare DESPITE the gloom and doom brought on by Singapore's worst-ever recession, it's heartening to know that there are companies that chose not to resort to retrench and and belt-tight-ening measures. Staff welfare, they
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      Lock icon The last waltz for Bulgaria's popular dancing bears
      485 16 AFP SOFIA Bulgaria's brown bears are dancing a last waltz after the authorities in Sofia banned the decades-old Balkan tradition of dancing bears, which has provided a living for generations of gypsies. Bulgaria's Parliament last week adopted a law banning the hunting,
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  • PORTFOLIO
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      Midstream moves
      816 17  -  Jeffrey Tan WHEN Joel Goh, 45, was retrenched last year, he was not too worried. "I thought I'd get another job pretty quickly," he said. He was wrong. While he searched for another job, Joel saw his savings dwindle below the $5,000 mark, which was his own designated
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      518 17 PRUDENTIAL AFvuayE Listening. Always Understanding. Ask the Prudential Adviser Dear PRU Adviser, I am a 51-year-old single. I have a HDB flat with no outstanding loans. My monthly take home pay is $4,500. I would like to retire at 55. I am able to save $1,000 monthly. I hope to
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  • LIVINGLEARNING
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      Lock icon Unconventional maths
      457 18  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahim At HighQ, primary school students are taught to come up with questions to answers IMAGINE being given part of a mathematical solution and asked to come up with the question instead. A group of 11- and 12-year-olds are now learning this unusual reasoning method through
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      Biomed challenge
      445 19 MDIS takes it up with industry relevant programmes THE Management Development Institute of Singapore (MDIS), the oldest, not-for-profit professional institute for life-long learning, has taken up the challenge of supporting Singapore's biomedical science initiative through the provision of industry-relevant biomedical science programmes. The Economic Development Board and the
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  • EATOUT
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      Lobsters galore
      307 21  -  Katrina Karim i_tst,_ j The Meridien celebrates bi-annual harvest FROM now till July 21, The Meridien hotel is serving fresh Canadian lobster prepared in a variety of Eastern and Western styles. The Cafe Georges at the lobby is offering a special a la carte menu that celebrates the
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  • INCINEMAS
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      Lock icon Cheating heart
      283 24 Danny has a roving eye, ex-wife warns Julia THE ex-wife of Danny Moder, Julia Roberts' husband, has issued a warning to Hollywood's most powerful actress. Vera Steimberg said that her ex-husband will cheat on Roberts (picture), just as he cheated on her. "It won't last with her anyway,"
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    • Article
      Jude Law mistaken for car thief
      176 24 BRITISH actor Jude Law was mistaken for a car thief at a Romanian airport, and by one of he country's leading politicians and richest busilessmen, no less. Last week, Dinu Patriciu, a member of the )pposition Liberal Party, saw Law and another nan getting
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      583 27 -AFP I Kaif, Yuvraj and Zaheer lead India to rare series win NEW DELHI India's Prime Minister and the country's media were queuing up yesterday to lavish praise on its young Indian cricket stars after Mohammad Kaif, Yuvraj Singh and Zaheer Khan (picture) steered the team to
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      131 27 AFP BERLIN A German court is investigating former tennis star Boris Becker for tax fraud, a prosecutor in Munich said on Saturday. Becker, a three-time Wimbledon champion, is suspected of having failed to pay 4.8 million euros ($8 million) in taxes from 1992-1993, reported German
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      198 27 PHILADELPHIA Police found broken glass and smeared blood inside a vehicle frequently driven by Allen Iverson's wife, but an extensive search of the NBA star's home and cars failed to turn up any guns, a police official said. Investigators also found rocks
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      400 28 AFP PORT OF SPAIN Trinidad and Tobago sprinter Ato Boldon (picture) said health problems may force him to skip the Commonwealth Games, which begin on. July 25 in Manchester. "It is highly likely I will not defend my Commonwealth 100 metres
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        283 29 LONDON Claudio Ranieri has admitted that Chelsea's reputation as a big spender is about to become a thing of the past. Financial worries at Stamford Bridge have forced boss Ranieri to focus on the club's youth policy to bring new talent into his
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        415 29 LONDON-Mark Van Bommel should be an Arsenal player by now, sizing up a £1 million ($2.71 milhon) flat in Hampstead and settling down to a new life in London. Instead, the Dutch international is trapped in the depression gripping European
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      500 30  -  Stanley Ho Fed-up Home manager tells players: Stanley® newstoday. com. sg HE HAD hoped to end his football managerial career with a bang. But after seeing his charges put to the sword by SAFFC on Saturday, Home United manager No or din Rahman was a
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