Today, 8 October 2002

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  • 7 1 TODAY TUGSdaV October 8, 2002 MITA(P) 063/11/2001
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  • 745 1  -  Lee Ching Wern How will CX Tang group use windfall? WHEN Mr C X Tang bought a piece of property for $72,982, he probably did not realise that half a century down the road it would turn into a windfall for his family's sprawling empire. Over the past
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  • HOT NEWS
    • 128 2 THE Singapore Dance Theatre (SDT) moves into a new era this month. It is putting up a curtain-raiser performance for the Esplanade Theatres On The Bay's opening this Saturday and plans to move its performance venue from Kallang Theatre to the new centre. The company
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    • 458 2  -  Tor Ching Li New wonder drug in danger of dying prematurely BOTOX the relatively painless and effective facial rejuvenation method has kept women everywhere wrinklefree for almost a decade now. While many plastic surgeons swear by its ability to zap away those fine lines, few people are
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    • 140 2 SINGAPORE has appointed Mr Ashok Kumar Mirpuri the next High Commissioner to Malaysia. Mr Mirpuri, 42, who was Singapore's High Commissioner to Australia from July 2000 to August this year, will assume the post in Kuala Lumpur on Oct 18. Mr Mirpuri has extensive experience
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    • 122 2 Agencies BANGKOK The Thai capital was thrown into chaos yesterday when a combination of rain, high tide and flood waters flowing down the Chao Phraya River swept into the city. Traffic came to a standstill, school exams were delayed and thousands of workers were forced to stay
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      354 3 Suspect sought by US is in Malaysia KUALA LUMPUR To his peers at the International Islamic University in Gombak, Mr Ahmed Ibrahim Bilal (picture) was friendly and cheerful. They respected him for being "extremely religious" and knowledgeable about Islam. But in his country, the Californian-born AfricanAmerican was
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    • 103 3 Agencies PARIS It may be a while before a conclusion is reached on the explosion on the French supertanker off Yemen but yesterday speculation continued about the blast as a terrorist attack. The anti-terrorist section of the Paris Public Prosecutor's Office opened a preliminary
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    • 52 3 JAKARTA Indonesia's House of Representatives and a number of Cabinet ministers met yesterday to discuss terrorism. "Information from the government on terrorism will hopefully encourage us t< reach a common perception to deal with the issue of terrorism," House Speaker Akbar Tanjung was quoted as saying
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    • 348 4  -  Lee Ching Wern WHEN someone comes up with his very own music album, it is only natural that he would want it to be his claim to fame. But for these 14 reforming offenders who came up with their own music CD, it was no champagne-popping
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    • 115 4 ONE in three Singaporeans and permanent residents has opted out of the Elder Shield severe disability insurance scheme for those aged between 40 and 69, the Ministry of Health said yesterday. The majority of those opting out are either in the lower income or very high-income groups.
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    • 161 4 SINGAPORE is brewing with excitement over the grand opening of the Esplanade Theatres on the Bay this weekend. MediaCorp will be fuelling the festive mood by highlighting many of the festivities on TV and radio in the coming weeks. Channel News Asia (CNA)
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    • 171 4 A SINGAPOREAN man who was shot after he swung a knife at a police officer on Sunday was charged with criminal intimidation and possession of offensive weapons yesterday. A security guard had seen 42-year-old Sociago Kennerd tampering with the licence plate of a stolen motorcycle earlier in
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  • LETTERS
    • 225 6  -  Ritawillis Selamat I REFER to the report, "Way of the JI" (Today, Oct 2). If it is true that most of the Jemaah Islamiyah 01) members became religious only after they became adults, it is then critical to provide a solid grounding in the correct
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    • 182 6  -  Peter Chan I REFER to the report, "Bye, Deep Throat" (Weekend Today, Oct 5-6). The saga of the Comfort Group's ban on a journalist of The Business Times continues to be amusing. Sadly, though. Now, Comfort group chief executive officer Goh Chee Wee has revealed
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    • 78 6  -  Chia Hern Keng I REFER to the report, "Education provides a key but not a lock" (Today, Oct 3). When they debate the quality of Singapore education, our leaders continue to narrow their definition of success to academic results. Our education system ought to provide students
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
    • 205 8 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Technologies Engineering's third-quarter profit fell 3.1 per cent to $82.5 million on lower income from its shipbuilding and aerospace units. The company also said it will fire 460 workers, or four per cent of its workforce. ST Engineering has struggled with
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    • 148 8 Reuters ASIAN stock markets tumbled yesterday as Japanese shares crumbled to fresh 19-year lows, after Wall Street posted a sixth straight week of losses amid fear and uncertainties about the Middle East and global economic recovery. Tokyo's Nikkei average closed 3.76 per cent lower at 8,688, its
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    • Market Watch
      • 148 8 THE market bucked the regional downtrend, with bargain hunting of selected bluechips pushing the ST index up 11.04 points to 1378.61. However, total volume traded was extremely low, with 183 million shares traded, suggesting that retail participation in the market was still low. There were 68 gainers versus 141
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      • 5 8 Straits Times Index 10-Day Chart
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      • 56 8 )y volume Dct 7 'OOO '001 bartered latacrftUSS -ederal j'tiraya 1IL Intl 21,042 16,904 11,472 11,065 9,586 PohTC TPV L&M UOB LeongHin 7,66' 7,55: 6,32' 5,331 4,87: )y value Dct 7 JOB IBS iPH 3CBC bartered 65,098,263 35,908,172 29,836,620 27,100,850 20,246,000 Venture DatacrftUSS SIA BIL Intl CITYDEV
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      • 51 8 Index Value Change Pis Nikkei 225 8688.00 -339.55 -3.76 Hang Seng Ordinaries faiwan Wtd 8931.40 1821.19 3924.04 -119.97 -12.05 -143.75 -1.33 -0.66 -3.53 Korea Comp SET Index lakarta Comp 627.40 335.88 401.84 -23.52 -5.04 -6.59 -3.61 -1.48 -1.61 Phils Comp ihenzen B 1098.01 231.61 -3.63 -.18 -.33 2
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      • 36 8 UM> 0.55/9 UK£ 0.3564 Yen 69.314 HK$ 4.3516 RM 2.1201 Euro 0.5681 Rupiah 5029.7 Baht 24.434 reso it.iw A$ 1.0152 Indian Rs 26.981 Won 689.03 C$ 0.8835 Yuan 4.6163 NZ$ 1.1522 NTS 19.520
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      • 21 8 Gold uss/oz 322.800 Silver uss/oi 4.480 Platinum uss/oi 555.000 Rubber cents/kg 151.25 Palm oil RM/tonne 1367 Brent crude uss/barrel 28.32
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      • 74 8 By$ Oct 7 Close Change HoMsia 20.000 +3.000 By percentage Oct 7 AcmaW*****6 Close Change 0.030+500.000 SPH100 20.100 +0.400 Presscrete 0.050 +66.670 UOB 12.300 +0.400 ABR 0.130 +30.000 SPH 20.100 +0.300 BakerTech 0.095 +26.670 DBS 11.800 +0.200 LCDev 0.095 +26.670 STIETF100IOPV 14.087 +0.113 DBS Bk 6% NCPS
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      • 81 8 Bloomberg Dct7 )ukit Sem Close Change 10.700 -0.300 Oct 7 Close Changi KingWan W*****4 0.020 -33.331 Creative 50 DUE 11.300 -0.300 5.800 -0.250 Compart 0.050 -28.571 BBR 0.015 -25.001 Chartered 0.930 -0.060 Koh Bros W*****6 0.035 -22.221 (epCor >p Land ilet USS 4.180 -0.060 3.160 -0.060 1.810
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    • 353 10  -  Tan Hui Leng Reality bites as eWorld of Sports merges with China firm CHINESE mineral water producer Hangzhou Kingsea Food is seeking a back-door listing here through a merger with Sesdaq-listed eWorld of Sports.com (eWOS). "It has been a tough economic environment in the last
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    • 3888 10 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Enquiries: Call 852-2973-6600 E-mail lipper.asia@reuters.com Dote Fd Name NAV/Bid Oiler Price Price Aberdeen Asset Management (Asia) 4/10 A >erc een Se -American Opportunities 0.542 0.57 4/10 Aberdeen Se -Asian High Yield Fd 1.213 1.25 4/10 Aberdeen Se-China Opportunities Fd 0.901 0.947 4/10 A lerc een Se-Continental Europe
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    • 382 12 Bloomberg CHARTERED Semiconductor Manufacturing investors may snub an offer to buy US$246 million ($440 million) of its shares, leaving the underwriter, Merrill Lynch, holding as much as a fifth of the unprofitable chip-maker. Shares in the world's No 3 maker of custommade chips have plunged
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    • 257 14 .-AFP photo Bloomberg HONG KONG Hutchison Whampoa Ltd, the world's largest port operator, said containers are piling up at its Hong Kong terminals as ports on the US West Coast remain shut "In a similar situation of a typhoon, of course
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    • 557 14 Bloomberg Its shares plunge 21% in past month, dragging down its market value THE Plaza on New York's Fifth Avenue and other hotel holdings bolstered City Developments Ltd (CDL) shares this year as other Singapore property stocks slumped. Now, investors say the hotels have become a liability.
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      376 16 Agencies Wall St worried as poll leader heads to next round SAO PAULO (Brazil) After having waited 13 years to become the President of Latin America's biggest country, what's three more weeks for Brazil's leading presidential candidate Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (picture)? The former-metal worker and trade
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    • 123 16 The criminal gang in the White House, those agents of the Jews, are preparing to j attack the Muslim world and carve it up without you dissuading them, meaning that you have not learnt anything. I tell you, as God is my witness, that if America does not cease or
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    • 100 16 The Nobel goes tO Agencies STOCKHOLM Ground-breaking genes research nabbed this year's Nobel Medicine Prize for Britons Dr Sydney Brenner and Sir John Sulston and American Dr Robert Horvitz yesterday. The trio, whose work on the earthworm has revealed information about how cells develop and die, could open the way
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    • 263 17 Agencies NEW YORK As momentum grows for a US attack against Iraq, Baghdad has opened the door to a new UN Security Council resolution on arms inspections in a reversal of its policy. "We are not rejecting any resolutions
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    • 122 17 AFP NEW YORK Tens of thousands of people, led by top Hollywood stars, have demonstrated on the streets of the United States' largest cities to protest Washington's plans to invade Iraq. In New York yesterday, at least 20,000 people, including Oscar-winning actress Susan Sarandon and her
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    • 162 17 Agencies LONDON British Home Secretary David Blunkett yesterday unveiled a list of stringent measures aimed at cracking down on abuses by illegal immigrants. Writing in The Times, Mr Blunkett said the changes were to boost public confidence in the asylum system in Britain, seen as having
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  • COMMENTARY
    • 991 18  -  Raghav Sengupta WILL there be war? That is the question uppermost on the Arab mind today, if the region's Arabic language newspapers and satellite TV channels are any indicator of the popular mood. But there is no clear answer, only a million different opinions bombarding coffee
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  • UPFRONT
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      794 20  -  Shanoo Maharaj in New Delhi Purist laments the comedy on TV THERE was a time when the joy of watching a good game of cricket on television was enhanced by quality analysis by ex-cricketers-turned-commentators during the breaks. They would dissect the finer points of the game and relate
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  • YOUR MONEY
    • 544 21  - P stands for Ben Fok Yen Yok INVESTMENT planning is a major component of any financial plan. It plays a critical role in helping an investor to achieve financial independence. Investment planning involves the following: Identifying the investor's required rate of return and risk tolerance. Determining the constraints faced by
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  • BUSYCOOK
    • 457 22  -  Pauline DLoh Korean classic lightened up for an easy everyday tonic 'T^HERE is much more to Korean cuisine than -L just bulgogi and kimchi two of its most well known foods. But, thanks to K-pop, Bae Yong Jun, Choi Ji Woo, Korean romance dramas and JET TV,
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    • 181 22 PETITE Pains Grille means "Little grilled breads" and these are exactly that. In my distant childhood, we used to get hard, dried raisin toasts as a treat occasionally. Grilled bread tastes almost the same, but I am sure it's a lot healthier, being made
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  • LIMELIGHT
    • 285 23  -  Yee Wei Zhen RECENTLY, participants in a voice workshop had the chance to see a singer's voice box spring to life, muscles and all, as he burst into song. Organised by The Singapore General Hospital Voice Clinic and Young Musicians' Society, the event allowed participants to study
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    • 75 23 ORGANISED by the Home Nursing Foundation, Together We Share Charity Nite II saw MediaCorp artistes such as Jacelyn Tay (picture, left), Terence Cao (second from left), Yang Li Bing and Hong Hui Fang sashaying down the catwalk in Frederick Lee outfits designed for the occasion. Veteran artistes from
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    • Article, Illustration
      120 23 UNCERTAIN what type of exercise to take up? Planet Fitness is making it easier for busy executives to decide. Its branch at Far East Square is offering half-hour trial sessions during lunch and after-work hours as part of the relaunch of the fitness centre. From tomorrow until next
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  • INCINEMAS
    • 509 24 Reuters Russian vets approve of K-19, but with reservations ST PETERSBURG (Russia) Survivors of Russia's first nuclear submarine disaster could not hide ironic smiles on Sunday, when they watched a Hollywood rendition of their deadly fight against a reactor spinning out of control. But as the final credits
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  • TIMEOUT
    • 390 25  -  Janice Lee Australian puppet troupe to perform at Esplanade opening THE grand opening of the Esplanade Theatres on the Bay this month will see Australia's wellknown Polyglot Puppet Theatre working its magic. Using simple everyday objects as props, the puppeteers of Polyglot will set out to
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    • 181 25 MUSIC BEETHOVEN'S NINTH The Singapore Symphony Orchestra (SSO), together with soloists and the Singapore Symphony Chorus, The Philharmonic Chamber Chorus and the Singapore Bible College Chorale, perform Beethoven's Choral Symphony. Date: Today Time: Bpm Venue: University Cultural Centre Hall Entry: Free Enquiries: Call the SSO at 6336 8949 THEATRE SIX
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  • Page 26 Miscellaneous
    • 1541 26 On TV m •Oh Carol! The Tai Tai Restless Print To Screen David Copperfield, Part 2 Arts Central, io P m •In The Arena and The Tutor Channel 5 8 30Dm f^ Channel 5,10pm Jft^ Channel News Asia, 7.32pm unuineiUlUlLnannei D, O.JUpm ~^m > In a two-part Children's Day Special,
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  • SPORTS
    • 469 27 Agencies Two of the four men conning to Singapore for Tiger Skins, engage in... ST ANDREWS Two of the men headed to Singapore for the Tiger Skins next month are in a heated battle for the European Order of Merit crown. After winning the Dunhill
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    • 371 27  -  Stanley Ho in Kuala Lumpur KUALA LUMPUR Bouncing back from Sunday's disappointment, the Singapore under-21 netball team scored an emphatic 63-13 victory over the Maldives to clinch bronze in the 3rd Asian Youth Netball Championship yesterday. Having lost a glorious chance to make the finals after
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    • 905 28 And who, pray tell, is going to stop the rampaging Gunners now? LONDON A football match is meant to last 90 minutes. This one lasted nine. Arsenal was already 2-0 up by the time the clock reached double digits. The champion, though, is slipping. Last season, it
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    • Article, Illustration
      654 29 Agencies Zidane, Figo and Ronaldo score for the same team. Welcome t0... MADRID The threat is being carried out With three World Footballer of the Years on the bankroll, everyone wondered what would happen when Real Madrid fielded its full side in a match. On Monday morning,
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    • 548 29 -AFP ROME Italy, which faces two crucial Euro 2004 qualifiers in the next 10 days, was rocked by a string of injuries to key players this weekend including inspirational playmaker Francesco Totti. AS Roma's attacking midfielder, who scored twice in his side's
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    • 235 29 -AFP LONDON England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson recalled Middlesbrough central defender Ugo Ehiogu and Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard into his 23-man squad for the opening Euro 2004 qualifiers against Slovakia and Macedonia. The pair have been chosen because both Manchester United's Rio Ferdinand and Liverpool's
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    • 497 30  -  Tan Yo-Hinn BODYBUILDING could become a merit sport once more, thanks to its superb performance at the Asian Games. This is the hope of Singapore Bodybuilding Federation (SBBF) president Paul Chua, who revealed this at a ceremony to welcome Team Singapore's bodybuilding heroes home yesterday.
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    • 253 30 -AFP BUSAN A Lebanese bodybuilder has been stripped of his Asian Games bronze medal after refusing to take a dope test, the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) said yesterday. Youssef El Zein, who won bronze for Lebanon in the 90kg bodybuilding final on Sunday,
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    • 100 30 BUSAN Hong Kong's Olympic champion windsurfer Lee Lai-Shan overcame a blunder by race officials to wrap up a successful defence of her Asian Games crown yesterday. Lee, the only athlete from Hong Kong ever to win an Olympic gold medal when she triumphed at the
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    • 276 30 BUSAN Iran skipper Ali Daei faces an agonising decision over whether or not to lead his team into its Asian Games quarterfinal clash against Kuwait today. The father of the 33-year-old veteran has fallen seriously ill at his Tehran home and the striker has decided to leave South
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    • 536 31  -  Kelvin Phang A DAY after shedding tears of joy after winning the trios' gold, national bowling captain Remy Ong was crying again after the Team of Five event yesterday. This time, however, it was bitter tears of disappointment for the double gold-medallist
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    • 254 31  -  Jose Raymond SINGAPORE'S national record holder, UK Shyam, (picture) may have qualified for today's 100 metres semifinals. But his 10.63--second finish in the heats yesterday was way off his best And, being the realist that he is, Shyam believes that a place
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    • 349 31  -  Jose Raymond ASIA'S inaugual Champions League tournament got off to its worst possible start in Singapore when only 187 paying fans turned up to watch Geylang United beat Duli Pengiran Muda Mahkota FC (DPMM) 3-0 on Sunday. What caused the poor turnout? Was
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