Today, 25 September 2002, Afternoon Edition

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  • Title Section
    Masthead
    9 1 TODAY Wednesday September 25. ***** MITA IP) 063/1 1:200
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      For 'holistic' education
      522 1  -  Tan Hui Leng THE schools ranking system should be reviewed with a view to fostering a "holistic" education, says the Economic Review Committee's (ERC) sub-committee on enhancing human capital. The report card of the sub-committee's working group on arts, culture, sports and recreation was released this morning.
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      Lock icon Dow dives as Fed disappoints
      246 1 Reuters NEW YORK Talk of a possible war with Iraq, dim profit forecasts and disappointment that the US Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged sent stocks reeling yesterday, driving the blue-chip Dow average to its lowest close in four years. The Federal Reserve, led by
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Lock icon Canada gets tough on Malaysians
      206 2 Agencies KUALA LUMPUR Malaysians visiting Canada will now need visas. The move came as Canadian Immigration Minister Denis Coderre said that Ottawa considered the Malaysian passport and the country's passport issuing system to be vulnerable to abuse. The rule change takes effect today. Malaysia has
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    • Article
      No to SingTel
      385 2  -  Chan Chao Peh IDA turns down application to raise rates REGULATOR Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) rejected SingTel's application to increase its fixed line telephone rates. When SingTel said it was seeking the increase in May, market analysts expected that it would be given the go-ahead after the
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    • Article
      Case shocker
      142 2  -  Kim-Kyna Tan MR STEPHEN Loke, once known as the voice of the consumer watchdog Consumers Association of Singapore (Case), has resigned along with 12 members. The former chairman of the Consumer Affairs Committee appeared on TV last night to announce his departure, citing "differences in ideology with the
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      Lock icon Abu Bakar is Jl chief
      192 2 Channel News Asia SEVERAL of the 13 Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) members detained by Singapore for terrorist activities last December have named Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir as the leader of the militant group and Indonesian preacher Hambali as his second-in-command. Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan
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    • AFTERNOON EDITION
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        Lock icon Commandos storm Indian temple after 30 killed in terror strike
        300 3 Reuters GANDHINAGAR (India) Commandos stormed an Indian Hindu temple early this morning to try to flush out gunmen who killed 30 people and wounded over 70 in a raid that could stoke tensions with Muslim Pakistan and spark new religious
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        Blair's black book furore
        378 3  -  Julie Sim THE dossier to convict Iraq as an imminent threat to the world has fallen flat. The document, delivered by British Prime Minister Tony Blair (picture) yesterday before a special House of Commons debate on Iraq was convened, has been slammed by one Labour party
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    • Article
      No B+ on your IC
      298 4  -  Toh Boon Ngee THE information about a person's blood type may help save his life but the Singapore Immigration and Registration (SIR) has decided to remove it from new identity cards from Sept 30. Reason: The information, which has been on identity cards since 1985
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      Date with Cannes
      69 4 MEDIACORP will be the only local broadcaster participating in this year's Mipcom in Cannes, France. The event, to be held from Oct 7 to 11, is an occasion for Singapore companies to promote their programmes to an international market. MediaCorp will showcase its programming content at the
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      May the force (and music) be with you
      284 4  -  Hannah Teoh POLICEMEN "don't catch people all the time", said Superintendent Idris Mohd Yusof (picture), the head of the Singapore Police Force (SPF) Band. "Today, the police force has its own parades and needs the band to perform for their functions the
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      Are you a Sensation Seeker?
      203 4  -  -Joy Frances WHILE advertisers here are tightening their belts, international media research company MindShare Group has forked out half a million dollars on a study to help them market products better in Singapore. MindShare's study, called 3D, identified six faces among Singapore consumers Impressionables, Homemakers,
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      27 2 Wimar Wiioelur, former chief spokesperson for former Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid, writes for Today Commentary Page 19 -C n Miss Universe sacked Is she pregnant? Page 20
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  • LETTERS
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      Revenue already being used
      132 6  -  Chew Hock Yong I REFER to the letter, "Ever on the rise?" by Mr Yak Chin Hua (Today, Sept 20). Mr Yak asked why the revenue collected from taxes and levies is not used to offset the expenses of the health sector. The Government is already
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      Good option for parents
      381 6  -  Edmund Lam Kin Hong I APPLAUD the recommendation of the Economic Review Committee to allow Singaporean children to enrol in international schools in Singapore ("Freedom to study", Today, Sept 17). I would even go a step further to suggest that this decision should apply to all
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      205 6 S i "P IP, i i i oj r 11E s L^B^l* I•] *I*J 4l f. -J -i -i -i -I -J ~^l Ji |V J j j I ft'-' MBA the key to continued empfoyabitity Today, sth November 2001 It's time to take the next step into your future.
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon Oil hits 19-month peak
      541 8 Reuters OIL prices rose to a 19-month high in Asian trading yesterday, as forecasts of lower US supplies added to fears of an attack on Iraq and a tropical storm expected to hit the United States this weekend. Yesterday afternoon, the benchmark November US light crude
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    • Market Watch
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        Singapore
        72 8 THE STI closed down 38.75 points to 1377.07. Only 345.4 million shares were traded. Market breadth was negative, with 39 gainers losing to 250 decliners. Heading the actives list was United Food, which dropped 14.5 cents or 29.3 per cent to $0.35 on 42.2 million shares on news that
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        Straits Times Index — 10-Day Chart
        5 8 Straits Times Index 10-Day Chart
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        World markets
        54 8 Index Value Change Ph Nikkei 225 9321.61 -159.44 -1.61 Hang Seng Ml Ordinaries loiwanVYtd 9197,68 3033.30 4286.94 ■117.19 -13.40 ■41.46 ■1.21 04 ■0.91 Korea Loiiii SET Index 672,28 340.33 ■7.15 -7.M ■1.0! ■2.2( Jakarta tomp 40B.3D 2.47 ■0.61 Phils Comp Shenzen B Wumboi 1122.07 231.67 3022.25 -16.56 +0.24
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 8 US$ 0.5625 UKt 0.3620 Yen 69.219 HK$ 4.3878 RM 2.1372 Euro 0.5727 Rupinh 5076.1 Gain 24.352 Peso 29.428 At 1.0271 Indian R; 27.188 Won 686.34 C$ 0.8851 Yuon 4.6560 NZ$ 1.1997 NT$ 19.492
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        Commodities
        22 8 Gold ifit/d 327.100 Silver uss/« 4,675 PiolinuiU uss/di 571.000 Rubber ant/kg 153.8 Polm oil mi/ioniM 1350 Brent trade US Sflaii 28.91
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        SGX most active
        56 8 By volume Sept 24 llniFood Chartered R Uliir.yc SingTel MOL '000 42,17! 38,799 24,705 10,143 10,133 lints is Chartered SsmbCorp DalacrllUSS Chartered RSOO '000 9,344 9,074 7,452 6,835 6,253.6 By value Sept 24 U03 DBS OCBC CITVDEV UniFood 58,684,000 39,872,740 26,484,100 17,574,300 16,646,195 SIA SingTel Venlure SPH
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        SGX top rises
        77 8 Sept 24 Thai Prime200USS APB Breweries Clou Change 4.500 +0.200 4.900 +0.08(1 By percentage Sept 24 Goldlron LHT Close Change 0.015 +50.000 0.100 +42.860 ITE LHT PokkaSp EngKong Oipspl CorlJno 0.270 +0.060 0.100 +0.030 0,155 +0.030 0.210 +0.025 2360 +0.O20 0.200 +0.020 ITE PokkiSp Culm WizOfRce EngKonj
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        Lock icon SGX top falls
        79 8 Bloomberg BV$ Sept 24 UOB DBS (lose Change 11.900 -0.600 11.600 0.500 Gy percentage Sept 24 Chartered II Chartered R300 Close Change 0.020 -42.860 0.020 -42.860 Venture Seaview SPH SPH 100 STIETflOOiOPV OCBC S1A20O DUE 9.900 -0.500 5.500 -0.450 19.500 -0.400 19.400 -0.400 14.0/8 -0.392 9.900 -0.300
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      Lock icon PSA eyes ports in US
      99 10 Bloomberg PSA Corp may consider taking stakes in US ports as it expands overseas to offset increasing competition at home. The port operator already runs ports in Asia, the Middle East and this year bought an 80 per cent stake in Belgium-based port operator Hesse-Noord
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      Shares twist?
      260 10  -  Francis Kan Merrill may end up paying $400m WITH shares of Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing ending below $1 yesterday, the possibility is growing that investment bank Merrill Lynch will soon hold a large stake in the company. If the counter continues to trade under the dollar mark it closed
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      Lock icon Slump in top-end property sales
      194 10 -AFP HIGH-END residential property sales in Singapore plummeted 56 per cent in the third quarter, according to new figures. "Investors stayed prudent and selective in their purchases," property consultants Jones Lang LaSalle said in a report on residential investment sales, a term generally applying to
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      Lock icon SGX mulls new trading rules
      165 10 Bloomberg THE Singapore Exchange, which runs the country's securities aad derivatives markets, may ease restrictions on the number of shares investors can buy or sell as part of a plan to boost trading. Currently, investors must buy or sell shares in lots of 1,000. The
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      Lock icon New CEO at Neptune's APL Logistics
      67 10 Bloomberg NEPTUNE Orient Lines' APL Logistics unit said chief executive officer Dick Metzler resigned and will be replaced by Chief Information Officer Hans Hickler. Mr Metzler, who joined APL in June 2000, is leaving the company to "fully evaluate other opportunities", the company said
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      Lock icon Troubled subsidiaries
      116 12 Bloomberg SINGAPORE'S Penton International, a designer and manufacturer of plastic injection moulds, said its four United Kingdom-based subsidiaries have gone into receivership as they are unable to pay a debenture from HSBC Holdings. Penton Tools Limited, Tool Teck (Wales) Ltd, Vogue Moulds Ltd and CAC Tooling Holdings Ltd
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      BHQ status
      81 12 ACCORD Customer Care Solutions (ACCS), a provider of after-sales service for mobile phones, has been awarded the Business Headquarters (BHQ) status by the Economic Development Board (EDB). ACCS, which serves 16 telecom equipment manufacturers, runs 55 centres in the Asia-Pacific. Its customers include Nokia, Motorola, Samsung, Siemens, Sony
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      Lock icon Dell inks printer deal
      61 12 Reuters NEW YORK Dell Computer made its first foray into the printer market by signing a deal with Lexmark International for the two companies to develop and produce Dell-branded printers. Terms of the agreement and product descriptions were not disclosed. The companies have not set any
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
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      Lock icon Oh, Salomon
      268 14 Bloomberg Citigroup unit fined $9 million, but it's not over... WASHINGTON Citigroup will pay US$5 million ($8.9 million) to settle National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) charges that former analyst Jack Grubman misled investors by recommending Winstar Communications Inc as the telecom firm was sliding into bankruptcy. The
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      Lock icon $22.5m subway pact
      85 14 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Technologies Engineering and SMRT said their venture won a $22,5 million contract to maintain a subway fare collection system in Singapore for five years. SBS Transit Ltd, Singapore's biggest bus operator which will run three railway lines on the island state, awarded TranSys the contract
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      Lock icon Indon to declare Indosat buyer
      134 14 Bloomberg JAKARTA The Indonesian government plans to announce by mid-December the winning bidder in its sale of 42 per cent of PT Indonesian Satellite Corp (Indosat), the State Enterprise Ministry said in a statement. Earlier this month, the government met telecommunications companies including Telekom Malaysia
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      Lock icon Adelphia founder indicted for fraud
      193 14 Reuters NEW YORK Cable industry pioneer and Adelphia Communications Corp founder John Eigas and two of his sons were indicted on fraud charges, paving the way for the three to stand trial for allegedly looting the troubled cable operator. Former Adelphia CEO John Rigas, 77,
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Election violence
      70 18 Reuters photo Indian troops helping an injured colleague after they stormed a building in Srinagar, the summer capital ofjammu and Kashmir state in India, yesterday. Indian paramilitary forces blew up the building to flush out two Muslim separatists, ending a night-long siege as the second phase of state
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      Lock icon Defiant Israel says no
      137 18 Agencies JERUSALEM Israel remained defiant yesterday over its siege of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's compound, brushing aside a UN Security Council resolution calling for an end to the action. "The United Nations can do what it wants but Israel -will continue the operation until its aims
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      Lock icon Quiet noises
      207 18 AFP. Two signals on US-Taiwan ties TAIPEI In a quiet courtyard in the US office in Taiwan, the American officials did something that they have not done for 23 years: Raise the US flag. The flag-raising ceremony at the American Institute marked the anniversary of the Sept 11
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      Lock icon Abu Sayyaf kidnap threat
      63 18 Agencies ZAMBOANGA (Philippines) Security was tightened yesterday around schools in southern Basilan island after the Abu Sayyaf group threat- ened to abduct teachers to retaliate against a military offensive. A provincial spokesman said the threat was indicated in an intelligence report submitted to BasilanGovernor Wahab Akbar
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Lock icon Fallen nation, rising people
      758 19  -  Wimar Witoelar Indonesians emerging to claim country's future ON the sidewalk in front of Scotts Shopping Centre, arrows point in the direction of faraway places. Once, I walked by with a young friend, who pointed to one marked "Indonesia" and asked: "Is that the right direction?".
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      Gore warns against Bush's military dominance strategy
      261 19 SAN FRANCISCO US President George W Bush's rival in the 2000 presidential election warned on Monday that America's enemies "will be legion" if it embarks on the path of seeking world dominance instead of partnership and cooperation. Former US Vice-President Al Gore who
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    Equal rights for men's toilets
    694 20  -  lan De Cotta Rbißdoh I MADE the fortunate mistake of stepping into the ladies' 100 the other day. Fortunate because I've final!/ figured out why women spend a long time in there. And, I don't care if you believe me or not, I did not
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Pregnant problem?
      563 20 Agencies Scandal as Miss Universe is dethroned LOS ANGELES The world of beauty pageants was rocked yesterday as a sharpshooting Russian police lieutenant was stripped of the Miss Universe title. Oxana Fedorova, 24, was reported to have married. She did it secretly, said a New York tabloid. And
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  • JOBBEAT
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      Lock icon Coping with job uncertainty
      704 21  -  Yee Wei Zhen Mapping a career path in turbulent times means setting goals and staying flexible REALITY bites when it comes to finding employment these days, now that Singapore's emerging knowledge-based economy (KBE) makes lifelong skills and lifetime jobs all but obsolete. No longer can we
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      117 21 I 1 w fl^H After being in sales, I jP*^ /"5" finance and HR, I *Bk& tm^ fflf he's finally reached the I §RH| fl pinnacle of his career I u Z y With the desire to Learn and to embrace BBWfrW t change, you'ti certainly go far. Because BL
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  • INCINEMAS
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      Lock icon At the Just One Look premiere
      51 22 YEE WEIZHEN MediaCorp Radio Love 97.2FM DJs Boon Kwok Sien (left) and Chen Biyu celebrating their station's eighth birthday with listeners at the Monday night premiere of Hong Kong film Just One Look at Lido cineplex. The film, opens on Sept 26. TODAy photo
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      A toast to family
      655 22  -  Yong Shu Chiang Mira Nair's Monsoon is one of the best of the year FILM REVIEW Monsoon Wedding NO 16 DRUNK, satisfied, and still yearning more not many people wanted to leave the cinema after having watched this rare cinematic gem from acclaimed film-maker Mira Nair.
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      Lock icon Barbershop stays at No 1 in US
      296 23 Reuters/Variety HOLLYWOOD Barbershop (MGM) threw open its doors to crossover audiences this weekend. The urban comedy sheared through four wide-Opening films to stay on top of the North American box office rankings with U5512.82 million ($21.85 million). The Banger Sisters (Fox Searchlight), starring
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