Today, 27 May 2003, Afternoon Edition

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    11 1 TODAY SHARE YOUR FREE COPY Tuesday May 27, 2003 mita (p)002/11/2002
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon Day of US deaths in Iraq
      100 1 -AFP WASHINGTON Four US soldiers died and six others were hurt amid a flare-up of guerrilla activity in Iraq. One soldier was killed and three injured when their vehicle hit a land mine in Baghdad, the US Central Command said. The incident was described
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      Lock icon In-law of Saddam captured
      99 1 Reuters KIRKUK (Iraq) US forces have detained a brother-in-law of ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein in the town of Tikrit, a US military spokesman said. Mr Mulhana Hamood Abdul Jabar has been detained but is not on a list of 55 most wanted Iraqis, said Major
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      Sorry, no vacancies
      649 1  -  Kim-Kyna Tan Perfect storm in job market by kim@newstoday.com.sg STATISTICS are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive but what they conceal is vital. Number-crunchers at the Manpower Ministry (MOM) have predicted a historical high unemployment rate of 5.5 per cent from the present 4.5 per cent
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  • HOT NEWS
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      SIA missing woods for the trees?
      635 2  -  COMMENT/Ravi Veloo news@newstoday.com.sg "This is your Captain speaking... There appears to be turbulence ahead... Usually occurs every few years between our pilots' union and the SI A management. Please fasten your seat belts for a bumpy ride... And please, no smoking, while we're steaming..."
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      SARS UPDATE
      249 2 There were no reports of new Sars cases, discharges, or deaths in Singapore yesterday. However, a 35-year-old male air steward, who had flown from Singapore to Shanghai on May 16, has been warded for observation. He did not get off the plane during the one hour transit in
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      Where are they?
      237 3 US still searching for Saddam, family and WMDs WASHINGTON Frustration is building as US military officials continue in their seemingly futile search for Iraqi weapons of mass destruction and the former Iraqi first family. The only buzz over Iraq in the international media in recent days have
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    • Article
      Lock icon Grave abuses in Aceh campaign: Amnesty
      179 3 Agencies JAKARTA As the Indonesian military steps up its campaign against the Free Aceh Movement (GAM), reports are emerging of grave human rights abuses, including the killing of children. The rights group, Amnesty International, in a report, urged both sides to make protection of
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    • Article
      Only 1 try for students with fevers above 38
      226 4 STUDENTS who have temperatures higher than 38 deg C or those who are on Home Quarantine Orders on the day of the GCE 0 and A Level Mother Tongue exam will have only one chance to take the exam at year-end.
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      Lock icon ACE springs into action
      589 4  -  Francis Kan Head Raymond Lim announces initiatives to rekindle spirit of entrepreneurship by francis@newstoday. com, s; WHEN Minister of State Raymond Lim (picture) was appointed to spearhead Singapore's entrepreneurship drive two months ago, many wondered how his role would fit in with government agencies such as
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      Goodwill Sars payout
      197 4  -  Tor Ching Li SO YOU'VE recovered from Sars, but were you covered for it? In a show of goodwill, Singapore life insurers have agreed to honour all notifications of claims for Sars-related medical costs incurred under health policies (Hospital and Surgical) even though in some cases they
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Temperature revision
      377 6  -  Tan Hui Leng MOE raises 37.5-degree threshold to 37.8 for students aged 12 and below by huileng@newstoday.com.sg SEVEN-YEAR-OLD Claire Carter was happy in school yesterday for she did not have to spend time in the sick bay. You see, Claire has a persistently high body temperature of 37.6
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    • Article
      Travel in peace with a Travel Insurance Plan
      466 6  -  Razali Abdullah By razali@newstoday.com.sg THE June holidays are just around the corner. And if the threat of global terrorism or that of contracting Sars has made you put off your travel plans, you can lay those fears to rest. A check with
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      Lock icon Let them run your errands
      218 6 HAVE you been put under home quarantine due to Sars? Has this affected your daily activities? Fret no more. In line with the Government's efforts to add a caring touch to the quarantine process, NTUC Income is providing an errand service to those who have
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      Survey ripples
      330 7  -  Francis Kan Serene Foo What readership numbers really mean by and news@newstoday.com.sg A LITTLE brouhaha has erupted over a number. This newspaper reported last week that some observers were surprised at the surge in readership numbers of Streats, a publication of Singapore Press Holdings (SPH). A joint survey
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      Butterfly-roofs and eco-friendly photocopiers
      190 7  -  Joy Frances A BUTTERFLY-ROOF building that collects rainwater and a photocopier that removes ink could be eco-innovations of the future, thanks to two students' winning ideas. Miss Sylvia Bay, 20, from Singapore Polytechnic, and Miss Tai Jo Fen, 21, from the National University of Singapore, beat
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      Lock icon Thieves strike at The Oasis again
      209 7 Channel News Asia A FEW restaurants at The Oasis on Stadium Boulevard are popular with thieves. Over the weekend, thieves broke into Stormy Weather and Wild Fire, which are under the same management. It's not the first time that these two restaurants have been
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      Lock icon Flats to be upgraded
      101 7 Channel News Asia SEVEN precincts have been selected for upgrading. The Housing and Development Board yesterday announced that some 6,500 HDB flats will benefit from the effort. These include 11 blocks in Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10 and eight blocks in Bedok North Street 1, which
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      Real culprits
      256 8  -  Tak Tze Sin James Don't cull the cats, blame the humans I WEPT when I heard on May 23 that the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) was culling stray cats. The move is regrettable. At best, it is rooted in irrational fear and ignorance. At worst, it is
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      Strays pose a significant health risk
      288 8  -  Dr John James A YEAR ago, I wrote an article in Today, titled "The cat menace as seen by a vet". In it, I spelt out my concerns about what I considered to be the risks associated with an out-of-control population of stray cats
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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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      Recession risk
      356 10 Fall in April manufacturing output clouds Q2 outlook THE decline in manufacturing output for April signals an increasing risk that the economy could go into recession in the second quarter, if the impact of Sars spreads to the manufacturing sector, economists warned. Manufacturing output fell five per cent
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      NOL in the black
      69 10 NEPTUNE Orient Lines Ltd posted a net profit of U5520.28 million ($34.94 million) for the first quarter ended March 31, reversing the yearearlier loss of US$9l.4 million. Revenues rose to U551,341 billion from U551,155 billion. "With progressive recovery in container freight rates and successful implementation of
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      Sats cuts salaries
      174 10 SINGAPORE Airport Terminal Services (Sats), a unit of Singapore Airlines, said its management will take a pay cut of between 22.5 and 27.5 per cent effective June 1. "The move is in line with measures being taken to restructure costs with the decline in business demand," the
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    • Market Watch
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 10 us$ UK£ Yen HK$ RM Euro Rupiah Baht 0.5807 0.3541 68.0402 4.5287 2.2067 0.4900 4731.14 24.2582 Peso A$ Indian Rs Won C$ Yuan NZ$ NTS 30.6457 0.8819 27.2348 696.243 0.8009 4.8063 0.9944 20.1524
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        Commodities
        21 10 Sold us$/oi 369.85 iilver us$/oz 4.64 'latinum us$/oi 664.00 Rubber centsAg 180., Palm Oil RM/tonne 1477., Brent crude us$/borrel 29.6'
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        Lock icon Singapore
        154 10 Agencies SHARE prices closed higher on the Singapore Exchange yesterday, extending last week's gains, as investors shrugged off bearish economic data to buy banking and bank-related shares, dealers said. The Straits Times Index rose 17.20 points to 1,335.34. Volume totalled 917.845 million shares valued at $494,954 million. Gainers outnumbered
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        World markets
        53 10 Index Value Change Pis NIKKEI 8227.32 42.56 0.52 HANG SENG 9492.71 188.98 2.03 ALL ORDINARIES 2965.00 -2.00 -0.07 TAIWAN WTD 4465.57 116.05 2.67 KOREA COMP 617.65 6.14 1.00 SET 396.88 1.36 0.34 JAKARTA COMP 478.41 6.30 1.34 PHILIPPINES COMP 1046.94 -0.40 -0.04 SHENZHEN B 221.72 3.24 1.48 MUMBAI
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        SGX most active
        59 10 By volume May 26 WizOffice Hiap Hoe UniFiber Acma Chartered Ipco NWTech AsiaFoodP PFood Qtiraya Close 0.070 0.025 0.105 0.100 0.795 0.095 0.135 0.150 0.805 0.545 Change +0.010 +0.005 +0.015 +0.030 +0.010 -0.005 +0.015 +0.025 +0.005 +16.7 +25.0 +17.6 +3.9 +11.8 -3.6 +11.1 +3.2 +0.9 '000 56,097
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        SGX top rises
        78 10 By$ By percentage May 26 Close Change Seaview 5.600 +0.400 May 26 Close Change Falmac 0.050 +66.7 F&N 8.750 +0.300 ITE 0.175 +59.1 UOB 10.900 +0.300 BBR 0.015 +50.0 OUE 6.600 +0.250 El-Nets 0.015 +50.0 GuocoLandNCCPS*****9 0.920 +0.220 SeeHS 0.030 +50.0 Creative 50 11.600 +0.200 OCBC 9.600
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        SGX top falls
        80 10 By$ By percentage May 26 Venture Close Change 15.100 -0.500 May 26 MediaS Close Change 0.010 -33.3 Haw Par 3.940 -0.140 Goldlron 0.020 -20.0 APB Breweries SingamasC 2kHKS SIA200 5.350 -0.100 2.400 -0.100 9.600 -0.050 Yongnam LHT Shining 0.020 -20.0 0.065 -18.8 0.050 -16.7 Transpac JurEng Avaplas
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      Lock icon Corporate Briefs
      108 12 AFX-Asia ASIA PULP TO PAY BONDHOLDERS: Asia Pulp Paper Co, which owes creditors US$l3 billion ($22.4 billlion), won approval to pay owners of its rupiah bonds 93 billion rupiah ($19.3 million) by October, according to the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency. MARCO POLO'S PROFIT DIPS: Marco Polo Developments said
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      Office blues
      368 12  -  Lee Yew Meng SinSov building still unsold after 2 years by yewmeng@newstoday.com.sg AFTER more than two years in the market, the SinSov office building (picture) at Market Street is still unsold, despite its recent low offer price of $38 million. It reflects how the downswing in the office
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      Lock icon Another IPO
      300 14 Agencies Leading Chinese shoemaker to list here CHINA-BASED shoe manufacturer Hongguo International Holdings said yesterday it plans to raise $11.7 million from an initial public offering (IPO) of 75 million shares to expand its operations in Singapore. Hongguo, which will be the first Chinese company to offer new
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      OCBC star banker quits
      172 14 OVERSEA-Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC) said yesterday that its head of group consumer banking and community lending, Mr Victor Ow, has given notice of his resignation. Mr Ow, 53, previously the general manager and head of consumer services at Keppel Tat Lee Bank, was appointed to head
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      Lock icon Reed's future uncertain
      131 14 AFX-Asia AUDITORS Ernst and Young said it has substantial doubts whether Reed Group will be able to continue as a going concern given its financial position and substantial losses. Reed Group had net current liabilities of $1,049 million and reported a deficit of $323,000 in its shareholder
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      Lock icon A stake in water
      218 16 AFX-Asia Darco to acquire 10% of Indonesian company DARCO Water Technologies said its wholly-owned subsidiary, Darco Engineering, has entered into a conditional sale and purchase agreement to acquire a 10 per cent stake in PT Air Bintan Biru (ABB) from PT Mahaya Naga Biru for US$3
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      Lock icon Corporate Briefs
      132 16 AFX-Asia GUOCO GOES TO BEIJING: GuocoLand said its unit Guoco Properties will develop a residential condominium project of up to 15 storeys in Beijing's Xicheng district The project will be developed in a joint venture with Beijing Jin Vi Property Development, it said. It will have approximately 47,000
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      2274 16 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS The data contained herein has been obtained from company reports, financial reporting services, FnniiiriGC-fnll B^9 9Q73 AAflfl I periodicals and other resources believed to be reliable. Although carefully verified, data on compila- tnqUlTieS. Lall Itol-li/ JOt)UU I fions is not guaranteed by Upper A Reuters Company and
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon No survivors in crash
      66 18 AFP photo Rescuers surveying the debris of a Ukrainian plane after it crashed outside Trabzon, near the Black Sea in north-east Turkey yesterday. The plane, which was carrying 62 Spanish troops returning from peace-keeping duty in Afghanistan, crashed after two aborted attempts to land in thick
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      Lock icon Scoop — in code
      568 18 Scoop in code -AFP How journalist transmitted news of historic Everest climb LONDON It was a majestic scoop. The news that Mount Everest had been conquered was announced to the world by The Times on June 2,1953 the day Elizabeth II was crowned as Britain's Queen by way of coded
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      Lock icon Hu ventures into Jiang's turf
      223 18 -AFP BEIJING Political popularity, won after China's President Hu Jintao built a strong campaign against the Sars virus, may now be giving him an opportunity to challenge his predecessor, Mr Jiang Zemin, said analysts. Mr Hu has called for military modernisation, urging the use of
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      Lock icon Over to you, Palestinians
      300 18 Agencies JERUSALEM Israel's approval of the US-backed "road map" peace plan removed one obstacle to ending conflict with the Palestinians but many more lie ahead. Although the Israeli Cabinet voted for the first time for the eventual creation of a Palestinian state on Sunday, it reaffirmed
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      Lock icon Boost for Schroeder
      88 18 Agencies BERLIN German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's governing Social Democrats scored a badly needed win in a regional election on Sunday in the northern German city-state of Bremen. The margin of victory was much bigger than expected, giving him a powerful boost as he tries to steer through
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  • COMMENTARY
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      What's missing in the Cabinet
      980 20  -  Toh Han Shih Unpredictable times need new type of ministers by news@newstoday.com.sg THE departure of Mr David Lim from the Singapore Cabinet got me thinking. As a Singaporean living in China, I read on the Internet that Mr Lim had left the post of Acting
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      121 20 Celebrate life on the bay in support of the Courage Fund how to donate V^*§7^ BY CHEQUE: BY CASH: BY PHONE: A crossed cheque made out to "The There are donation boxes at the The public can donate to the fund a*™^^""^ Courage Fund" should be sent to information desk
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  • WATZUP?
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      No shame, this game
      653 21  -  Sadiah Ahmad No self-respecting woman would chase The Bachelor ...by sadiah@newstoday.com.sg I CAN'T stand some women. You know, the kind who make a mockery of their own dignity by chasing the same man publicly on international television, no less. Whatever happened to selfrespect? Have they got
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      Come out and play!
      259 21  -  Janice Lee by, janice@newstoday.com.sg IT'S time Singaporeans got out to have a little fun in the sun. And a two-month campaign PLAY! Singapore will help them do just that. Organised by the Singapore Sports Council (SSC), the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) and events organiser Gwyndara International,
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    • DAILY BREW
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        Lock icon IT'S RAINING MARRIED MEN, HALLELUJAH
        86 21 AFP JERUSALEM US pop diva Whitney Houston (picture) arrived in the Negev Desert on Sunday to make a recording with the polygamous Black Hebrew sect. Houston and her family travelled to the desert town of Dimona, home to the 2,000--strong sect, and will be recording
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        Lock icon CRY BRITANNIA
        106 21 Reuters LONDON Britain nursed its wounded pride on Sunday after failing to score a single point at the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time and some commentators blamed a political backlash over the Iraq war. Others said British pop duo Jemini's (picture) nervous, off-key performance in the
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        GO DOWNTOWN EAST FOR A CAUSE
        131 21 FLOCK down to Downtown East and have fun during the June holidays, with all proceeds going to The Courage Fund. Wendi Koh, John Molina, 80's Gypsy and Speedway will be part of a seven-hour concert line-up. Tickets for the gig from 3 to 10pm
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    • HEALTH
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        Lock icon A welcome addition
        540 22  -  Genevieve Woo Vitamins have a place, but only as part of a healthy lifestyle by genevieve@newstoday.com.sg AT a time when it seems there's a vitamin or mineral panacea for every nervous twitch, scratch or sniffle, mega-dosing on supplements has become trendy. But, even as statistics show that
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        Choosing a multivitamin pill
        227 22 MS ZHANG cautions vitamin and mineral supplement users against "mega-dosing". "A supplement that promises you about 400 times more than the RDA (recommended daily allowance) is unnecessary and may even be harmful, as it may lead to toxic poisoning." Here are her guidelines: A multivitamin/mineral supplement
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    • IN CINEMAS
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        Lock icon Lucky at last
        533 23 Reuters/Hollywood Reporter Elephant steals the thunder from Dogville at Cannes CANNES Gus Van Sant won the Cannes film festival's coveted Palme dOr award on Sunday for Elephant. It's a film that tracks the lives of American students to see how they cope with shootings and violence at
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    • BUSY COOK
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        Portuguese chicken
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