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  • 7 1 TODAY FridftV August 2, 2002 MITA(P> 063/11/2001
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    746 1  -  Ma no Sabnani Frank answers from feisty Malaysian minister to tough questions by mano@n ews to day.com. sg THE Iron Lady from Malaysia has never been shy of taking the bull by the horns. And in Singapore yesterday, Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz (picture) did not try to hide
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  • HOT NEWS
    • 324 2 'Newater good, but we'd still like to buy M'sian water 7 Channel NewsAsia SIXTY thousand bottles of Newater will be distributed to spectators at this year's National Day Parade, said Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong, who got his first sip of the reclaimed water at the Istana yesterday morning after
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    • 296 2  -  -Joy Frances Top women lawyers to merge their law firms THE matching outfits they wore to the press conference yesterday showed how their friendship brought their firms together. Two top women lawyers, Ms Helen Yeo (picture, right) and Ms Lee Ai Ming, have announced their decision to
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    • 210 2 AFP THE man who is expected to take over as the new secretary-general of Asean considers the correction of "the distorted image of South-east Asia" that is dampening efforts to woo investors and tourists as one of his first tasks. Mr Ong Keng Yong, 48, currently press
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    • 307 3  -  Zackaria A Rahim Asean-US pact to crack down on terror BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN Asean yesterday signed a comprehensive pact with US Secretary of State Colin Powell to combat terrorism, cut off terrorist funding and develop more effective counter-terrorist policies. The agreement binds South-east Asia and the
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    • 261 3  -  Elisia Yeo JeAKARTA The favourite son of former Indonesian President Suharto dropped a bombshell yesterday, saying he would not appeal against his conviction and 15-year jail term for murder and other offences. Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra, 40, insisted he was innocent of the charges, which include
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    • 110 3 AFP HONG KONG A soft-porn star leapt to her death in Shanghai, three weeks after giving birth to a boy, it was reported yesterday. Shanghai-born model Pauline Chan, 30, reportedly swallowed pills and slashed her wrist before leaping out from the window of
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    • 236 4  -  Leong Phei Phei by phe iphei@i_ews tod ay.com. sg NURSE Lim Swee Hia's (picture) impressive resume stems from her belief in going beyond her call of duty. "My vision for nurses is that they must be knowledgeable, skilful, and provide high quality care,"
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    • 237 4 RETAIL sector workers can sign up for a host of courses in areas like cashiering, merchandising and food hygiene at the FairPrice Training Institute (FPTI). The institute will offer 10,000 training vacancies in its first fiscal year some of which will be open to the 27,000 Singaporeans
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 671 6 THE newly-launched PR Academy, which aims to impart the art of communication to civil servants, tackles some questions put to them. Below are excerpts of the responses from the PRA and the Public Service Division (PSD): The public transport fare hike debate
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    • 400 7  -  Rosalyn Lim The KFC ConceptTrains leave commuters salivating by ro salyi_@ne wstoday. co ra. sg ADVERTISING on MRT trains is headed towards a new destination with the launch of the Concept Train. Promotional messages which were usually seen only on intrain panels are now making a
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    • 190 8  -  Joy Frances THE senior citizen executive committee member charged with poisoning three people with plant pesticide last New Year's Eve is expected to plead guilty today to culpable homicide. Quek Loo Ming, 56, was supposed to stand trial for murder yesterday but the case
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    • 164 8 IT is a smaller contingent this year but expect as much, if not more dazzle, from the Singapore Soka Association (SSA) at the National Day Parade. This is the 17th year it is participating. Last year, 2,001 youths put up a vibrant
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 91 8 FIVE pairs of NDP 2002 tickets are to be given away today. Answer this question correctly: What is the age group of participants for the Singapore Soka Association's item this year? Send your answer on the back of a postcard or envelope to: TODAY NDP Contest No 5, MediaCorp Press
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  • LETTERS
    • 153 10  - When tudung girl goes to Australia Ahmad Shukor I read the report, "Tudung girl quits Singapore" (Today, July 30), and one question came to my mind. The report described how six-year-old Nurul Nasihah Naseer, a former White Sands Primary student, is now studying in the King Khalid fslamic College in
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    • 322 10  -  THE report, "No more swing? Is red tape and imitation tying down gyrating limbs in Singapore" (Weekend Today, July 27-28) stated that "...even though one club can hold up to 1,000 people, it is not allowed a legal capacity of more than 400 as
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    • 143 10  -  Abdul Islam I REFER to the letter, "Smartvoice clarifies" (Today, July 31). Mr Chua Wai Sie, Deputy General Manager of Smartvoice, says the databases were bought from external marketing and advertising business partners, who, in turn, obtained personal details from surveys and lucky draws. I
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    • 162 10  -  Vasuki Shastry I REFER to the letter by Mr Shi Guo Ji, "Are banks breaching Secrecy Act?" (Today, July 29). Banks need flexibility to develop business ideas and should not be unduly hampered in promoting financial products and services. The Banking Act allows limited disclosure for the
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
    • Article, Illustration
      271 12 Bloomberg S'pore refineries running at 60% of capacity OIL refiners in Singapore, South-east Asia's biggest oil processing centre, are running their plants at the lowest level in 15 years because of a fuel glut and slowing demand, analysts said. Shell, Exxon Mobil and Singapore Refining Co, whose plants
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    • 273 12  -  Chan Chao Peh AFTER months of hype, multimedia messaging (MMS), viewed by mobile operators as a cash cow, is about to hit our shores. MobileOne (Ml) will start offering MMS from tomorrow the first among the three local operators to do so, the company said
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    • 144 12 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's trade surplus rose 23 per cent year-on-year in June and was up eight per cent from the previous month on export growth. Malaysia posted a surplus of RM4 billion ($1.86 billion) in June, up from RM3.7 billion in May, the Trade
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    • 64 12 CHARTERED Manufacturing named deputy chairman Jim Norling to replace chairwoman Ho Ching, who resigned. Ms Ho, chairwoman since 1995, quit to focus on her new role as executive director of Temasek Holdings. Mr Norling had been deputy chairman since March 2001 and also served as interim chief executive
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    • 310 15  -  Val Chua by va l@ne wstoday. co m. sg SEVERAL high-profile businessmen have joined hands to uncover Singapore's next Sim Wong Hoo. Names like Qian Hu's Kenny Yap and Sakae Sushi's Douglas Foo are among those behind the newly set up Entrepreneur's Resource Centre (ERC), a
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    • 299 16 Reuters WASHINGTON The White House on Wednesday said a "double-dip" recession was unlikely despite new figures showing the US economy grew at a slower than expected rate from April to June. "There's no discussion of a double dip," White House spokesman Ari Fleischer told reporters,
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    • 139 16 Bloomberg LOCAL manufacturers turned more pessimistic in June from three months before on prospects for a recovery in production and sales, a survey by the Economic Development Board said yesterday. One in four manufacturers expected an improvement in the business climate in June. Three months
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    • Market Watch
      • 135 19 SHARES closed higher yesterday on the back of bargain-hunting in select blue chips but market sentiment remained cautious amid disappointing US economic indicators. The Straits Times Index closed up 8.65 points at the day's high of 1,517.01. Volume reached 478.290 million shares worth $383.9 million, while gainers outnumbered decliners
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      • 5 19 Straits Times Index 10-Day Chart
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      • 59 19 Index Value Change Pis Nikkei 225 9793.51 -84.43 -1.24 Hong Seng All Ordinaries *****.02 3024.10 -87.34 -8.50 -0.85 -0.28 Taiwan Wld 1916.59 -23.79 -0.48 Korea Camp SET Index J (i tc rin Comp 707.80 377.32 461.28 -50.19 +1.30 -2.39 -1.42 +0.35 -0.51 Phils Co in Stienzen B Mumbai
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      • 36 19 US$ 0.5680 UK£ 0.3660 Yen 68.215 HK$ 4.4302 RM 2.1584 Euro 0.5833 Rupiah 5193.1 Baht 23.944 Peso 29.070 A$ 1.0558 Indian Rs 17.636 Won 671.85 C$ 0.9001 Yuan 4.7011 NZ$ 1.2282 NTS 19.121
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 152 20 -AFP NEW YORK A former Salomon Smith Barney investment banker, Arjun Sekhri, has been ordered by a court to pay over US$9 million ($15.7 million), partly to disgorge illegal profits made through insider dealing. The New York federal court ruling orders Mr Sekhri who has been
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    • 278 20 Arafat's decline tilts balance of power JERUSeALEM The powerful bomb that blasted the Hebrew University cafeteria to pieces yesterday has demonstrated that Hamas is a monster that is seemingly growing bigger with every attack. And there seems no way of taming it. Four Americans, a Frenchman
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    • 139 20 Reuters JAKARTA Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri delivered a cautious report card on the country's progress at the opening of the People's Consultative Assembly yesterday. Defending her performance since becoming President a year ago, Ms Megawati cautioned that the country has to be realistic in
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    • 162 22 -AFP LONDON An in-vitro fertilisation mix-up that resulted in a white woman giving birth to black twins took a new twist when genetic tests established that she is their biological mother. The results, revealed yesterday by a court trying to sort out
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    • 373 22 Be wary of Iraq, US told WASHINGTON Mounting speculation over a US attack against Iraq has finally translated into formal government discussion, with lawmakers warning against a hasty war to remove Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. The bipartisan Senate Foreign Relations Committee, chaired by Senator Joseph Biden, on Wednesday
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    • 99 22 WE aim to become one of m^ the four biggest economies and a first-rate _t country in the world, but this is M impossible in the current envi- <^ ronment where women's advancement in society and employment rate is low and their leadership role is weak A female premier could
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  • COMMENTARY
    • 835 24  -  Roger Mitton Get a life, it's now hip to play house A FEW days ago, I went to see My Son the Fanatic. It is a marvellous, sweet-and-sad British film that stars Om Puri, arguably India's greatest living actor. Afterwards, I took my date
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  • UPFRONT
    • 577 26  -  Ginny Phang This is sad because it benefits you and your child in many ways by MY uncle was disgusted. "What are you doing to him?" he asked when he found out I was still breast-feeding my 15-month-old son. What is it about our culture that finds
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    • 397 28  -  Yee Wei Zhen Children can make their own discoveries with Toys 'R' Us science kits by we izh en@news tod ay. com. sg CHILDREN sometimes ask questions that stump us. In the field of science, however, they can find the answers with a wide range of
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  • INCINEMAS
    • 91 31 AFP AUCKLAND Lucy Lawless, the persona behind the television series Xena: Warrior Princess is using her striking assets to promote World Breast feeding Week, which began yesterday. As Xena, she became known for the bold leather bodice costume used to fend off mythical
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    • 92 31 EARLIER this week, Michael Jackson's former business manager, Myung Ho Lee, sued the pop star for allegedly owing him back pay of US$l3 million ($22.16 million). Myung produced a document signed by Jackson on Sept 14, admitting to owing Myung. Jackson now says that he was not
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    • 967 35  -  Joy Frances Walking in the city is a treat but where are those gentle people with flowers in their hair? by joy ©news to d ay.com. s g THE third time lucky, I boarded a plane bound for the land of the free. I
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  • 1392 36  -  lan De Cotta by i _m@newsto day. c om.sg SYDNEY and Melbourne are vastly different in many ways. Culturally, architecturally and historically, they are like two peas from different pods. While Sydney builds skyscrapers, Melbourne grows sideways. It would be a waste if you visited one city and
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  • LIMELIGHT
    • 458 38  -  Asif An sar When long hair was out and the Stones came to town by a s if ©news today.com. sg A LOT has changed since the days when pasar malams were held at Orchard Road and rock concerts at the old National Theatre near Eiver
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  • TIMEOUT
    • 520 41  -  Leslie Tan Noted violinist talks about her passions and way of life by THESE days, musical prodigies are a dime a dozen. But it is not often that one comes across young talent with the maturity of a seasoned adult. Jennifer Koh (picture) was one
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    • 296 41  -  Janice Lee EMOTIONS can sometimes prove too overwhelming to grasp. This month, three acclaimed Australian female artists will showcase the way with which they have dealt with their own feelings in Grip. The exhibition will bring together works produced over the past six years by
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  • SPORTS
    • 89 42 Reuters MILAN Italian side Fiorentina has been refused a place in Serie B for next season and its best hope of surviving as a professional club now is a place in the third or fourth division. The troubled Florence club, relegated from Serie A last season
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    • 76 42 Reuters LONDON Bradford City's future was secured when creditors accepted a rescue package for the indebted English first division club yesterday. Chairman Geoffrey Richmond and two other major shareholders drew up a Company Voluntary Arrangement to save the 99-year-old club, which has debts of over £33 million ($9O
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    • 278 42 Reuters TORONTO ATP officials had to separate Andy Roddick and Nicolas Lapentti after the American's 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (7-5) second-round win over the Ecuadorean at the U552.95 million ($5.2 million) Canada Tennis Masters ended in an ugly shouting match yesterday. As the two players left the court
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    • 112 42  -  Ray Chen THE 2002 Ml Schools Rugby Series kicks off at the Yio Chu Kang Stadium today at 2pm. Newly-crowned schools C Division champion, ACS (I), is gunning for another trophy in the Under-14 main competition. In the novice competition, reigning C Division champion Jurong Secondary is
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    • 459 44  -  Stanley Ho by stan ley ©newstod ay.com. sg HOME United coach Jason Withe must really be feeling the heat now. Last night, after watching his charges fall to a shock 2-1 defeat to Tanjong Pagar United, the Englishman was literally sweating under the collar. No wonder. The Protectors
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    • 216 45 FANCY a football signed by the two R's of Brazil: Ronaldo and Rival do? How about Michael Owen's boots? If these items do not catch your fancy, then what about jerseys autographed by Fabien Barthez and Thierry Henry? The items will come under the hammer
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    • 325 45 LONDON Marcel Desailly could be in hot water. Yesterday, the Chelsea captain criticised his manager Claudio Ranieri, saying the Blues were a better team under previous boss Gianluca Vialli. The 33-year-old French captain fears Chelsea is now seen as a soft touch because it can no longer
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    • 449 46  -  Kelvin Phang Commonwealth Games by ke 1 vin@ ne ws today, com. sg THOUGH she has now qualified for six finals in two Commonwealth Games, Singapore's swimming queen Joscelin Yeo (picture) has yet to win a medal. Yesterday, she continued her quest in the 100m
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    • 269 46 A Sports Letter I REFER to the article "Has legalised betting left us in a fix?" (Weekend Today, 13-14 July 2002), and subsequent ones highlighting several S.League matches with high score-lines and their impact on SCORE customers. Singapore Pools would like to emphasise to
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    • 103 47 AFP ROME Italian ice dance Olympic bronze medallist Barbara Fusar Poli did not mince her words yesterday on hearing an alleged Russian crime boss had been accused of fixing Salt Lake Winter Games results. "They robbed us of our medal. We should have been first and we ended
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    • 61 47 MANCHESTER lan Thorpe set his sights on more gold at tbe Commonwealth Games as he swam the fastest time in the 100m freestyle heats yesterday. He also looked to today's 4x200m freestyle relay for his fourth title in his bid for a record seven. Thorpe easily won the
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    • 62 47 MANCHESTER Matt Welsh, the hot favourite to win the Commonwealth Games backstroke treble, was disqualified in the 200m heats yesterday, and an appeal by the Australian team was turned down. Welsh, the 100m backstroke world champion, would have been the top qualifier in the 200m heats, but was
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    • 93 47 MANCHESTER Natalie Du Toit, 18, earned a berth in the Commonwealth Games women's 800m freestyle final yesterday, a day after she won the women's 50m free for disabled swimmers. "It's the greatest thing mentally to make a final at the Commonwealth Games, to show that disabled people
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    • 449 47  -  Jose Raymond Today Exclusive by j ose ©newstoday. com. sg NATIONAL 100m record holder U K Shyam's (picture) plan for a medal at the Busan Asian Games has been thrown off track. Hit by back and hamstring injuries suffered in training, the sprinter was told on July
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