Today, 28 July 2003

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    Lock icon Farcical coup
    739 1  -  Kim-Kyna Tan The drama is over but the fallout may hurt Arroyo by kim@newstoday.com.sg AS an attempted coup, it was almost amateurish. Some 300 heav-ily-armed junior officers, holed up in Manila's "Wall Street", accused the Philippine government of corruption and asked for President Gloria Arroyo to step down.
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    Lock icon Teenagers show Dr Chee their mettle at SDP forum on democracy
    692 1 Lee Ching Wern DOMESTIC politics bores them. They live comfortable lives, avoiding disruptive risks. They can't see beyond their examination grades. All these easy stereotypes about Singapore's younger generation appeared to be thrown out of the window when some
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      31 1 DPM Lee on helping the unemployed Page 4 Vasu Menon: Is the worst over for stock markets? Page 10 Surreal ZoukOut Page 17 S-League shocker Grabovac to quit SAFFC Page 38
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  • HOT NEWS
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      An overblown crisis – and here's why
      698 2 An overblown crisis and here's why News Comment/Elisia Yeo TO THE fading refrain of the Sars rap, the final tally on Sars victims and deaths in Singapore recently heralded what shoppers in Orchard Road already knew: The crisis is over for now. Singapore's economy is now clawing its way back
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      Lock icon Sewing DJs
      128 3 News Radio 93.8 Today photo by A CONSTANT stream of people turned up for Channel News Asia's second "Fabric of the Nation" roadshow yesterday at the Toa Payoh HDB Hub. Each person contributed a piece of patchwork to be stitched together to form a giant tapestry. At the
      – News Radio 93.8; ALVIN TOH  -  128 words
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      Lock icon To avoid Sars, speak a lingo that 'spits' less
      219 4 Tan Hui Leng ONE theory that emerged during the Sars crisis was that general hygiene could have played a part in which countries were hit by the virus. The Japanese were singled out for their good hygiene practices, with some people
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      Lock icon The grassroots way
      516 4 Newsßadio 93.8, Channel NewsAsia to give customised assistance to needy Singaporeans THE problem of unemployment here is likely to stay for the long haul, said Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (picture). He said the Government is ready to do more to help the jobless and needy
      – Newsßadio 93.8, Channel NewsAsia  -  516 words
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      Lock icon Escaped kidnap suspect nabbed
      180 4 Channel NewsAsia POLICE have arrested a kidnap suspect who escaped from custody at the Changi General Hospital on Friday. Thirty-one-year-old Indian national Allagan Nalliappan (picture) was caught at an HDB block ai Marsiling Estate at 10am yesterday. Police said they laid an ambush at the block
      – Channel NewsAsia  -  180 words
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      Lock icon An alternative to culling stray cats
      167 4 Channel NewsAsia "OPEN hearts, open minds" that was what the Cat Welfare Society was hoping to encourage with its adoption drive held at the National Youth Park over the weekend. Hot on the heels of the culling of stray cats in Singapore, the non-profit
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      8 degrees and counting
      376 6  -  Joy Frances Programme director takes learning to the next degree by joy@newstoday.com.sg AT the age of 50, Mr Clement Franklin (picture) has spent more than half his adult life or 17 years absorbed in tertiary studies. Starting with a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Diploma
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      Lock icon Junction 8 makes space for entrepreneurs
      283 6 iviaaemne vnong CONVENIENCE food that can last for two years without preservatives, colouring or monosodium glutamate? "The secret is in the packaging," said Mr Fang Tze Liang, 26, a partner in SawyFood, an innovative food company. It uses a packaging technology that seals in
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      Lock icon Singaporeans stepping out in hordes
      256 6 -Jasmine Yin RESPONSE to the Singapore Tourism Board's (STB's) Step Out! Singapore campaign has been good, with an estimated 1.4 million people taking advantage of the many deals and discounts on offer. The $2-million campaign was aimed at encouraging Singaporeans to live life normally in
      -Jasmine Yin  -  256 words
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      29 6 If you are caring for your elderly loved ones and need help and support, don't miss our three-part "Eldercare Special" series, starting tomorrow Another public education effort by: MCDS
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      A fee hike let-down
      162 8  -  Fok Kah Hon Some may be left out if Raffles and Hwa Chong JCs go independent AS Singapore's top junior colleges Hwa Chong and Raffles have been given the go-ahead to go independent, it is likely that fees will be raised. These will be comparable to
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      No 'SEX' now, maybe next time
      191 8 I REFER to the article, "Gays OK, but SEX disallowed" by Mr Lee Han Shih (Today, July 18), and the letter, "Lighten up LTA, you'll SEE more profits and help remake Singapore" by Mr Chia Boon Teck (Weekend Today, July 19-20). Currently, when a
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      126 8 BEING A MUSLIM IN EUROPE Speaker :Dr Tariq Ramadan, jKte^y renowned autnor *-WtW7l of the book J* s§? TO BE A EUROPEAN £ttjLs > MUSLIM 1 Speaker's Profile Dr Tariq Ramadan is the grandson of Imam Hassan Al-Banna, founder of the Ikhwanul Muslimun (Muslim Brotherhood), Dr Ramadan is described by
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon Unions may bankrupt BA
      215 10 Bloomberg BRITISH Airways (BA) chief executive Rod Eddington said the airline could follow Swissair Group and Sabena into bankruptcy if unions prevent managers from cutting costs. "The industry is fragile," he said in an interview with BBC. Europe's biggest airline said it lost "tens of millions"
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      A-Reit has potential
      283 10  -  Carmen Lee IN recent weeks, the market here has seen a big switch into small and mid-capitalisation stocks. For the first quarter of this year, it averaged $1.04 per traded stock. By the second quarter, the figure dwindled to 77 cents. This month, it fell to 52
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      Lock icon Bangkok, KL ink trade pacts
      65 10 -AFP MALAYSIA and Thailand sought to work towards closer integration and tap growth in Asean. After talks between Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and his Thai counterpart Thaksin Shinawatra, the two countries inked pacts yesterday to boost technology and business cooperation, facilitate movement of goods
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      Does bullish US economic and earnings data signal end of long bear market?
      405 10  -  Vdsu Menon RECENT better-than-expected economic and earnings data coming out of Wall Street have given rise to optimism that the worst may be over for global stock markets. Second-quarter corporate earnings in the United States have surpassed
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    • Market Watch
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        Lock icon Your S$1 buys
        33 10 SGX JK£ 0.57 RM 0.35 Euro 68 Rupiah 4.47 Baht 2.18 Peso 0.5 A$ 4,867 Indian Rs 24 Won 30.89 C$ 0.86 Yuan 26 NZ$ 676 NTS 4.74 0.97 fen
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        10 10 Bloomberg jold us$/oi iilver us$/oi 'latinum us$/oi 5.07: 690.:
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      Lock icon Demand prompts SIA to fly almost 90% of capacity
      356 12 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Airlines Ltd (SIA) plans to fly almost 90 per cent of its capacity as increased travel demand prompts it to restore flights cancelled during the Sars outbreak. The airline cut 30 per cent of its capacity a measurement of
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      Lock icon Tourism turnaround
      367 12 -AFP Signs of recovery in global travel PARIS World tourism, battered by terrorist-inspired fears of flying, the war in Iraq and the outbreak of Sars, may be on the verge of a recovery, industry professionals say. In Singapore there are now "encouraging signs" that tourist arrivals will reach
      -AFP  -  367 words
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      Lock icon Pitfalls in FTA pursuit
      524 14 AFP If Asean doesn't watch out, trade could be diverted from Afta to the big boys KUALA LUMPUR As Asean nations chase bilateral free trade agreements (FTAs) to cope with the China challenge, analysts warn that the grouping stands to lose more than it gains if
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      Lock icon MCI faces fraud inquiry for 'laundering' calls
      261 14 Reuters NEW YORK US prosecutors are investigating accusations that MCI, the nation's No 2 long-distance carrier, defrauded other telephone companies of hundreds of millions of dollars over nearly a decade, The New York Times reported. Citing people involved in the inquiry, the newspaper
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      Casa Robina up for sale
      199 14 CAS A Robina, a 15-storey freehold, is up for sale by tender. Marketing agent DTZ Debenham Tie Leung said the development comprises 49 units of mostly 1,100- to 2,500 square-foot three-bed-room apartments. Situated in Robin Road, off Stevens Road and Bukit Timah Road, the re-launch
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      603 12 Every Monday, we will carry a table of dividends declared by companies listed on the Singapore Exchange (SGX). The list, compiled with the I assistance of Telekurs Financial, will appear every Monday on our business and finance pages. The new service is in line with the efforts of the editorial
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Remembering the 'Forgotten War'
      434 15 Agencies PANMUNJOM Amid warnings of renewed conflict from North Korea, veterans from 16 nations stood on the Cold War's last frontier yesterday to mark the anniversary of the 1953 Korean War armistice agreement A statue of an arrow curving towards the off-limits hut where US Lieutenant-General
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      Lock icon Blast as Cambodian polls begin
      238 15 Agencies PHNOMPENH-An explosion in the capital marred an otherwise smooth start to national elections in Cambodia yesterday. Police said the bomb exploded outside the Funcinpec party headquarters but did not cause any casualties. A short while later, two hand grenades were found outside the Royal
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      'Army' told to surrender
      234 15 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has urged the 8,000 members of the busted illegal army to surrender, The Star reported yesterday. Mr Abdullah, who is also the Home Minister, said he hoped the members would surrender because they now know that it
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    • AROUND THE WORLD
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        Lock icon S KOREAN WINS $2.2M IN MACAU
        82 15 AFP A SOUTH Korean tourist was rewarded on his first visit to Macau when he won HK$lO.lB million ($2.28 million) on a slot machine in one of the gambling-mad enclave's largest payouts. The 50-year-old, who was not identified, won the payout on Saturday at
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        Lock icon CHARGED WITH ABUSING IRAQI POWS
        94 15 Agencies IN THE first case ot its kind, four US soldiers serving in Iraq have been charged with abusing Iraqi prisoners-of-war (POVVs). They are awaiting a decision on whether they will face a court-martial, a defence official said on Saturday. No names were released but
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        Lock icon SECOND WEST NILE VIRUS CASE IN CANADA
        56 15 AFP THE Canadian health authorities have reported the country's second case of West Mile virus. It was detected in a blood donor in Saskatchewan province in a preliminary screening of the blood sample. Laboratory tests confirmed the presence of the virus two days
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        Lock icon PAPER BLASTS DOUBLE STANDARDS
        106 15 AFP AN Egyptian government newspaper yesterday accused Washington of double standards by releasing photographs of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein s dead sons. The US had in the past denounced the Iraqis for showing pictures of dead US soldiers. 'The US and the Western media moved
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Lock icon EU, Asean and the Myanmar millstone
      981 16  -  Yeo Lay Hweaj b7 news@newstoday.com.sg Do not let thorny issue affect relationship between the two regional blocs IN THE Asia-Europe (Asem) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Bali last week, Myanmar was again in the limelight although it is not yet a member in the Asem
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      53 16 INSTITUTE OF The SUA is a non profit, INTERNATIONAL 7-8°" AFFAIRS Through different programmes nr^jjno for its members and Singaporeans, A^r^^*K it is helping to make Singapore a m V 1 mare cosmopolitan and global V society with a people who know end care more about the region 1. end
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  • WATZUP?
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      Lock icon ZoukOut slow to roll
      526 17  -  Jeanine Tan The two-day bash at Waterfront didn't get going until the final hours by. jeanine@newstoday.com.sg dance beats filled the surreal landscape at ZoukOut Singapore -»L. Nokia Remix at the Marina Bay Waterfront on Saturday night Here, oversized flowers loomed over the crowd and people dressed
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      Stereo MC's is back in the spotlight and ready to rock
      335 17  -  -Janice Lee AFTER spending almost a decade out of the limelight, Stereo MC's returned with a retrospective album and an appearance at ZoukOut Singapore Nokia Remix on Friday night In an interview with Today, Nick "The Head" Hallum (picture)
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      Mouthfuls of meaty crab
      502 18  -  Katrina Karim Feast on eight dishes during promotion by eatout@newstoday.com.sg FROM today till Aug 30, seize the opportunity to feast on crab at the Mouth Restaurant. The last time it held a crab promotion was three years ago. The meaty Sri Lankan crabs are back in
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    • EAT OUT
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          CHAMPAGNE ON SHERATON TOWERS
          101 19 HERE'S something to toast to.A bottle of Charles Heidsieck champagne courtesy the Sheraton Towers Singapore. Till Sept 3 I, diners at any of the hotel's fine restaurants The Dining Room,The Lounge, Li Bai Restaurant or Domvs, The Italian Restaurant will go home with a complimentary bottle
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          PETE'S BEEFS UP
          103 19 THE "Best of Italian Beef Dishes" returns to Pete's Place by popular demand. From now until Aug 8, diners are in for hearty Italian meals in a Mediterranean setting and with impeccable service, too. Pete's team of chefs have come up with dishes such as beef and
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    • IN CINEMAS
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        Brit panache
        349 20  -  Yong Shu Chiang Stars add glamour to this year's film festival by shuchiang@newstoday.com.sg THE buzz about British Film Festival 2003 is not likely to approach the level of last year's edition. About a Boy opened that festival and garnered much interest (fuelled largely by Hugh Grant), as did
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    • FOR LIFELONG LEARNERS
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        Lock icon Driven by passion
        491 23  -  Yee Wei Zhen There s no point having pieces of paper or a good job if you miss out on your kids growing up. That's one of the most important things to me. Keen to learn, lawyer finds course that fits into his schedule by' news@newstoday.com.sg MR
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        Words from winners
        264 23  -  Mdm Liew Khuen Yin Mr Wesley Wong wing cneung Dr Tan Kian Sing Mdm Pang Nyuk Yoon The Lifelong Learner Awards reward adult learners who are interested in continual learning. Last year, the event was organised by MediaCorp Radio with the support of Community Development Councils, the
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        Lock icon Time well spent
        560 24  -  Rosalyn Lim Sometimes, I had to take leave for my examinations but my officers were very supportive. Entrepreneur puts education on fast track by news@newstoday.com.sg WHILE many young Singaporean men regale their female friends with tales of macho merry-making during their time in the national service (NS),
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        Lock icon Beyond comfort zone
        505 26  -  Amanda Koh You can't afford to stop, with the way the world is changing. You have to keep on improving, to add value to yourself as a whole package. Banking executive Tinny Widjaja opts for unusual course by newsOnewstod ay.com. sq SHE is a high-flying career woman
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        Lock icon Learning to be even better
        486 26  -  Amanda Koh EIGHT years ago, Mr Wilson Chew left his job and set up his own company using just $300, a pager and a shabby computer. Now, the 32-year-old CEO has an office in Shenton Way and a successful business that employs more than 20
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        Lock icon Big on vision
        529 29  -  Jenny Kong He needs a magnifying glass to read every word. Handicap doesn't stop him from getting a degree by ienny@newstod ay.com. sq IF YOU think studying is a difficult task, try looking at the world through the eyes of Mr Tian Liat Shin (picture). The 46-year-old
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        Lock icon Hard night's work
        478 30  -  Yee Wei Zhen It's inevitable (the thought of giving up) But since I already started the course, I should persevere. Consultant takes on night classes to improve career prospects by news@newstod ay.com. sg WHILE many of his peers were studying for their A-levels or diplomas, Mr Freddie
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        Born to learn
        492 31  -  Rosalyn Lim I had lots of problems with my course in the beginning I had to read a lot and because I am Korean, I read slowly and it took a longer time to finish a book. Korean realtor gets down to business of studying by news@newstoday.com.sq
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    • LIVING & LEARNING
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        Lock icon A leg up for sports
        590 32  -  Cindy Tong Singapore Sports School to open next year for students by news@newstoday.com.sg Y"OU think you can give UK Shyam a mn for his track record and bowl over Remy Ong with your precision on the strip. But, the things that are stopping you from
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        Teachers' pride
        320 32  -  Jason Chong SOME people may think that teaching as a career becomes an option only when the job market is weak. But talk to the winners of the Outstanding Youth in Education Award (OYEA) and you will see how it was passion and not economics that steered them
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      397 36  -  Stanley Ho But coach plays down his side's title chances by stanley@newstoday.com.sg IT WAS a rousing start to the 2003 Singapore Rugby Union (SRU) National Rugby Championship (NRC) on Saturday. The Men's Premier League dished out some hard-hitting stuff as title favourites Wanderers took on
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      358 36 -AFP BARCELONA, Spain China's Zhou Yafei said the joy of her first world gold sparked her dramatic poolside collapse after she helped her team to the women's 4xloom medley relay title at the world swimming championships here on Saturday (yesterday morning, Singapore
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      456 37 -AFP Badminton World championships Retiring Dane hopes to defeat Chinese army BIRMINGHAM, England Camilla Martin, said to have single-handedly kept women's badminton alive, plays her last world championship before her retirement The former world champion from Denmark is the only player
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      55 37 NEXT January, four teenagers will "represent" Singapore at one of the world's most prestigious tennis tournaments the Australian Open. Josephine Chow and Chermaine Ma, both 15, and 14-year-olds Colin Pang and Ahmad Kamil Gazali, have been picked as ball-kids, after Open organisers held ball-kid selection trials outside
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      385 38  -  Stanley Ho QUIT SHOCKER It Mirko GrabovacJ Four-time top scorer wants new challenge by 5 stanley@newstoday.com.sg MIRKO Grabovac (picture), who has been the S-League's top scorer the last four seasons, is set to quit defending champion SAFFC at the end of this season. The striker's
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      283 38 QUIT SHOCKER 2: Roy Keane LONDON Manchester United captain Roy Keane (picture) has admitted this season could be his last as a player at Old Trafford. The Irish midfielder, who will be 32 next month, was dogged by a hip injury last season that sidelined him
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