Today, 28 January 2003

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    8 1 TODAY Tuesday January 28, 2003 MITA (P) 002/11/2002
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  • Article
    HDB at crossroads
    752 1  -  Ng Boon Yian Housing icon prepares for change amid some misgivings by: boonyian@newstoday.com.sg LOOMING high in Toa Payoh, the gigantic, shiny HDB Hub occupied just last year seems a sign that the public institution was caught somewhat off-guard by how much the world has changed. As the
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      170 1 /A=£)Jj-\CORP Carrefour if 4 Singapore CHECK INSIDE fOR IDDRITS Carrefour mm •ss^l 111 ■mwiniiv I i^^l Now Great Eastern does more than give flexible and affordable protection Xw Iksß \r- f°r y°ur family- We also help you extend your love by providing a Free Will WLt" 1 1 service. Whole
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Lock icon Two more top NOL execs to leave
      333 2 Bloomberg NEPTUNE Orient Lines (NOL) is to part ways with two more high-profile executives. NOL, which this month terminated the services of its Chief Executive Officer Flemming Jacobs, said the chief operating officer and the head of Asia at its liner unit would
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      It's bad faith
      371 2  -  Ng Boon Yian M'sian Foreign Minister criticises disclosure of letters between leaders by boonyian@newstoday.com.sg AFTER the lull, the storm finally broke. Malaysia hit out at Singapore's release of letters between the leaders of both countries on bilateral issues yesterday. This, despite the fact that the letters' contents
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      Lock icon 2am latest: Blix report fuels US case for war
      161 4 Agencies UNITED NATIONS Top UN weapons inspector Hans Blix's report to the UN Security Council early today on his team's progress in Iraq looked set to give the United States more ammunition for its case to launch a war against President
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      Death of a fugitive
      402 4  -  Francis Kan Once Singapore's hotel king, he had to flee crumbling empire by francis@newstoday.com.sg HE was dubbed Indonesia's best-known escaped convict and came to symbolise the corrupt excesses of the Suharto regime. But fugitive businessman Hendra Rahardja, whose death in Australia from kidney cancer was announced
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      Foul air traced to gas leak
      139 4  -  Tor Ching Li THERE was an ammonia gas leak at Blk 2 of the Pasir Panjang Wholesale Centre at 9.50pm on Sunday not news that the stallholders would have appreciated hearing with the Lunar New Year just around the corner. Property manager Tang Kok
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      304 2 I Formula C-23 works on a timeI tested and proven antioxidant I formulation powerful Vitamin I C combined with Vitamin A- to I repair your damaged skin cells, I to stimulate increased collagen f production and to accelerate 1 natural cell renewal. The results are astonishing as you can see
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  • SERVICE EXCELLENCE
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      Lock icon Stellar performance
      767 3  -  Tor Ching Li Star Hub makes it a point to identify service staff who are customer champs by chingli@newstoday.com.sg BURSTING into the telecommunications scene just over three years ago, Star Hub has already been leaving a glittering trail of Stardust behind it. Not only have its 600,000 hubbers
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      EXCELLENT SERVICE AWARD
      119 3 Launched in 1994, the Excellent Service Award or EXSA is a national award that recognises individuals who have delivered outstanding service. It seeks to develop service models for staff to emulate, create service champions and professionalise services. EXSA is managed jointly by SPRING Singapore and seven industry
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Lock icon Loss, debt and tears
      531 6  -  Joy Frances Emotional start as ex-DJs take battle with bank to court by joy@newstoday.com.sg TWO former radio DJs began their court battle against RHB Bank Berhad yesterday without lawyers. The pair Mr Bernardo Solosa, 61, and his ex-wife Ms Monica Lim, 51 want some US$99 million
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      STB shake-up ... and a $20b quest
      204 6  - STB shake-up and a $20b quest Kim-Kyna Tan THE biggest shake-up in the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) history has produced a leaner and meaner team tasked with wooing more visitors to spend big bucks here. The STB's long-term goal is to host 15 million tourists and generate $20 billion in
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      Taxi service to improve?
      350 6  -  Grace Tay WHILE the Land Transport Authority (LTA) is liberalising the taxi operation industry, it will also be keeping a sharper eye on operators and cabbies through a new licensing framework and vocational licence points system. The amendments to the Road Traffic Bill, passed in Parliament
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      16 6 See what Compaq has in store for you! On the back page of Info Tech today.
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  • LETTERS
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      Wrong message
      170 8  -  Loot Kok Yang Parent laments overuse of acronyms I REFER to the column, "Grrrr... Are we in Sesame Street?" (Weekend Today, Jan 25-26). I couldn't agree more with the writer. I attended a briefing for parents at St Anthony's Canossian Secondary School (it was called SACSS in the
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      End of the road for stock options?
      451 8  -  Narayana Narayana I REFER to Mr Roy Tan Chee Keong's letter, "Package deal" (Weekend Today, Jan 25-26). The writer recommended that "incentive and employee retention tools such as stock options, purchase plans and performance bonuses should be used collectively rather than singly to
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      29 8 Your letter can also appear on this page. Give your full name and address and write to: Today, 24, Raffles Place, #28-01/06, Clifford Centre, Singapore *****1; Fax:6s-*****217; E-mail: news@newstoday.com.sg
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Pharmaceutical cushion
      415 10  -  Derrick A Paulo Biomed growth boosts manufacturing sector by derrick@newstoday.com.sg THE economy looks like it will narrowly escape a double-dip recession, thanks to a strong showing by the Pharmaceuticals sector, which grew by 131.4 per cent in December. The crucial manufacturing sector grew 8.3 per cent last year,
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      Lock icon Stoxx 50 sinks
      123 10 Bloomberg LONDON The Dow Jones Stoxx 50 Index had its biggest drop in a year and the US dollar fell as speculation increased that the United States will attack Iraq. Bond and gold prices rose as some money managers sought safer investments. The Stoxx 50 sank 3.1
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      Lock icon Corporate Briefs
      137 10 Bloomberg OSIM'S PROFIT UP: Osim International said 2002 profit rose 28 per cent from a year ago after it introduced a new massage chair and sales increased in its main markets. Profit for the year ended Dec 31 rose to $17 million, compared with $13.4 million the previous
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    • Market Watch
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        Singapore
        102 10 SINGAPORE shares were thrown off balance following a rout on Wall Street last Friday as war talk went into full throttle. A weekend parliamentary discussion on the bilateral ties between Singapore and Malaysia did little to soothe the market The STI fell 26.8 points to 1,331.3, jolted by forced
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        World markets
        51 10 Index Value Change Pis Nikkei 225 8609.47 -122.18 -1.40 Hang Seng Ml Ordinaries Taiwan Wtd 9298.67 3000.10 4972.59 -161.93 2.30 -84.73 -1.71 0.08 -1.68 Koiea Comp SET Index 593.09 370.80 -16.34 -5.50 -2.68 -1.46 Jakaita Comp 393.56 -11.78 -2.91 Phils Comp Shenzen B 1038.67 207.37 -11.75 1.78 -1.12
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        Your S$l buys
        36 10 USS UK£ Yen HK$ RM Euro Rupiah Baht 0.***** 0.***** 68.1056 4.***** 2.***** 0.***** 5147.80 24.6706 Peso A$ Indian Rs Won C$ Yuan NZ$ NTS 31.0837 0.***** 27.7425 677.900 0.***** 4.7934 1.***** 20.0083
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        Commodities
        14 10 Gold us$/oz Silver us$/oz 3368.400 4.885 Platinum us$/oz 635.100 Brent trude us$/barrel 33.280
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        Straits Times Index Intraday Chart
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        SGX most active
        52 10 By volume Jan 28 Chartered MediaS DMXTeth DatatiftUSS Capitaland Ipco SingTel TPV TTInt LeongHin Close 0.725 0.020 0.260 0.725 1.010 0.065 1.320 0.515 0.430 0.720 Change -0.025 -0.020 -0.040 -0.050 -0.040 -0.025 -3.3 -7.1 -5.2 -4.7 -2.9 -4.6 '000 17,761 13,131 10,366 9,378 9,060 7,324 7,292 5,740
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        SGX top rises
        79 10 By$ Jan 28 HawPai40 Close Change 3.520 +0.140 By percentage Jan 28 LionTetkC Close Change 0.110 +0.030 Haw Pat JMH 400USS 3.540 +0.120 6.200 +0.100 Yongnam Falmac 0.020 +0.005 0.025 +0.005 CSA 1.150 +0.050 Koda 0.235 +0.030 Piima LionTetkC NatSteel Koda G8.W Gioup 4.540 +0.040 0.110 +0.030
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        SGX top falls
        84 10 )y$ Ian 28 Close Change tentute 12.900 -0.500 By percentage Jan 28 PDC Corp Close Change 0.100 -0.050 »PH 100 18.700 -0.400 El-Nets 0.010 -0.005 JOB 11.300 -0.300 Ossia 0.090 -0.030 jeative 50 12.600 -0.300 IBS Bk 6% NCPS *****.300 -0.300 Penguin W*****0 ISoftel 0.030 -0.010 0.040
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      Lock icon Lower profit for Keppel?
      335 12 Bloomberg Group to release earnings figures today KEPPEL'S profit probably fell 13 per cent to $333 million last year, after it sold its financial unit in 2001 to focus on oil rigs, ship repair, engineering and property. This is the average figure quoted by five analysts
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      3490 12 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Enquiries: Call 852-2973-6600 E-mail lippef.asia@teutets.tom 1/24 NTUC Global Technology Fd 0.16! 724 NTOCSingcippre.BondFd 1.16 fa IH?H Fd i:ffl 0.167 HI M 12/31 USD Cap Presw-Aug 2004 1.0491 ft USD Ch na Cap Gtd 0.957 2/3 USD cLa Capital Protection-Apr 2005 0.9851 2/3 USD Enhanced Return 0.9635 2/3
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      Lock icon Home sales to beat goal
      182 14 Bloomberg WING Tai Holdings, which expects to start selling homes at two of its projects this year, said Singapore developers will probably sell more homes than analysts had predicted. Wing Tai deputy chairman Edmund Cheng expects developers to sell more than 7,500 homes this year.
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      Best borrowers
      512 14  -  Lee Yew Meng Ratings company names most creditworthy firms by yewmeng@newstoday.com.sg THE years 2001 and 2002 were difficult for businesses, big and small, as they were hit by the global economic slowdown. But, despite the dismal Singapore economy, some bright spots shone through the gloom. In the latest
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      Dons advise change in foreign labour policy
      357 14  -  Val Chua TWO economists yesterday urged the Government to finetune its foreign labour policies in order to micro-manage the tens of thousands of unemployed Singaporeans. They also called for greater humility on the part of policymakers, as the country's "saw-tooth economy" loses its
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon War gambit
      357 16 Agencies Powell's speech draws fire at forum DAVOS (Switzerland) US Secretary of State Colin Powell's (picture) speech threatening to go to war in Iraq drew flak at the annual World Economic Forum meeting of world political and financial leaders. It was hard to hear a kind word about
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      Lock icon Uplift for Germany's Jews
      166 16 Agencies BERLIN Coinciding with the 58th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp, the German government and the Jewish community yesterday signed a convention formalising their relations. The symbolic accord, which will be signed by Paul Spiegel, the head of the Central Council of
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      Lock icon Spy plane crash
      130 16 AFP SEOUL The US Air Force yesterday began investigation into the crash of a US spy plane which hit a South Korean town and injured four people. In a statement, the 7th US Air Force said: "The investigation process began immediately with the convening of an interim
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      Lock icon FBI orders mosque count
      182 16 AFP WASHINGTON In a move that has angered Muslim activists, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has asked its field offices to tally the number of mosques in their regions as part of a demographic study, Newsweek magazine reported on Sunday. FBI director Robert Mueller
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      Lock icon Kasparov gets his revenge
      131 16 -AFP NEW YORK Still smarting from his 1997 defeat by a supercomputer, chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov (picture) exacted his revenge on Sunday by defeating a computer programme in just 27 moves on Sunday. The match between Mr Kasparov, 39 one of the best players in chess
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      Lock icon N Korea blasts nuclear body
      182 16 Agencies SEOUL North Korea yesterday lashed out at the UN's nuclear watchdog, saying it is in no position to discuss the crisis on the Korean peninsula. The remarks came as the International Atomic Energy Agency (lAEA) is considering a date for an emergency meeting to
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  • COMMENTARY
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      US double standards
      705 18  -  Stephen Zunes by news@newstoday.com.sg THE effort by the Bush administration and Congress to portray the planned invasion of Iraq as an effort to enforce United Nations Security Council resolutions reaches a new low in double standards. A survey of the nearly 1,500 resolutions passed by the Security
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      85 18 CHICKEN IN MINUTES! B||™+ Who says your instant food has to be meatless? Let VEE FOODS complement your instant meal with chunky slices of great-tasting chicken. No, not the kind of shrivelled, dried-up pseudo-chicken m you get in cup noodles. We're talking real, fresh chicken here. The kind you can
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      248 19 The many degree courses offered at the Informatics Centre for Open Learning are recognised by the finest Universities and institutions around the world. They give you the qualifications and credentials needed to succeed in life. USQ S UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND Established in 1977, the University of Southern Queensland (USQ)
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  • UPFRONT
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      Killer instinct
      950 20  -  Felix Cheong East and West view assassin differently by: news@newsto day. com. sg WHEN is an assassin a folk hero and when is he a brooding, menacing killer? Well, it depends on whether you're a fan of wuxia pian (Chinese martial arts films) or Hollywood thrillers. It also
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  • LIMELIGHT
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      Lock icon Atomic cartoon
      421 22  -  Elisa Chia British Kittens in new television series by elisa@newstoday.com.sg ACTION hero Jackie Chan has done it So has comedy star Rowan Atkinson, with his Mr Bean character. Now, the girl band, Atomic Kitten, are the next celebrities in line to launch a cartoon spin-off series. Liz McLarnon,
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      Lock icon Piano Man out of hospital
      85 22 -Reuters NEW YORK Singer/songwriter Billy Joel, who apparently lost control of his Mercedes Benz and crashed into a tree on Long Island on Saturday night, was released from hospital on Sunday. Joel, known for hits such as Uptown Girl and Piano Man, was taken to
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      Fancy a duet with him?
      113 22 SCREAM, F4 fans! Here's your chance to cosy up to Jerry Yen (picture), arguably the most popular member of the Taiwanese boy band. At each of their concerts on Feb 11 and 12 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium, Jerry will pick a fan from the
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  • BUSYCOOK
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      Eat more vegetables
      684 24  -  Pauline DLoh After all that rich food, get healthy, get green and orange WE are sure to have a surplus of meats and toothsome treats all through the coming festive period. Chicken, duck, fish and seafood will be the main fare for at least a week or
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  • INCINEMAS
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      Lock icon Redford to show art films to the masses
      264 25 THE Sundance Film Festival continues to champion independent cinema in the US, owing its success in no small part to the guidance of festival director Robert Redford, who took over the reins in 1985. Come August, the 65-year-old veteran actordirector plans to
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      Oscar ad spending 'pointless'
      193 25  -  Reuters/Vanety HOLLYWOOD There's enough tension associated with Oscar campaigns already but now the academy's lofty leaders are adding to the angst Bruce Davis, executive director of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, has sent letters that express tacit disdain for the marketing advisers hired
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  • Page 26 Miscellaneous
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      1448 26 Living With Lydia II BPH HI^H^VPI Gourmet Trendsetters Akhir Kata Suria, 8.30 P m Celebrate Life! The Fatal I Matter Of Principal I" ip Channel 8, 8.30pm In recent days, car dealers have reported Game Channel News Asia, 7.32pm tK ■^F^ Lhannel D, b.JUpm '5^L- JrS^~ BL^W '> This week,
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Yuccaneers no more
      564 27 Reuters Tampa's tough defence reigns supreme to clinch first championship Super Bowl XXXVII Buccaneers 48 Raiders 21 Gannon's high-powered offence blows up SAN DIEGO The Tampa Bay Buccaneers completed its odyssey from National Football League (NFL) laughingstock to champion. The top-ranked defence in the NFL defused the
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      Lock icon Raiders' impotence part mystery and partly down to Gruden
      412 27 Reuters SAN DIEGO "The Raider Nation" played like a Third World country in Super Bowl XXXVII. The Oakland Raiders were dominated on both sides of the ball during a 48-21 hammering by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers yesterday, a woeful performance dubbed
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      Lock icon Not feeling the Blues
      592 28 -AFP Londoners relaxed about lack of rest after FA Cup win English Premier League Chelsea v Leeds Live, tomorrow morning, Ch23, 3.55 am LONDON Chelsea boss Claudio Ranieri has no complaints about being pitched into today's (tomorrow morning, Singapore time) Premiership clash with Leeds just 48
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      Lock icon End is nigh for Dutchman as crisis goes from bad to worse
      390 28 Reuters BARCELONA Barcelona's besieged coach Louis van Gaal is likely to find out within the next 24 hours whether he has a future at the club after a 2-0 defeat at Celta Vigo left the Catalans heading for
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      Lock icon Unfit Gazza gets Chinese contract
      311 28 Reuters BEIJING Former England midfielder Paul Gascoigne joined the bottom team in China's second division from the poor western province of Gansu, saying the chance to become a player-coach was too good to pass up. Gascoigne, with his trademark cheeky humour, suggested a diet of
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