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  • 13 1 TODAY we set you thinking todayonline.com mita (P) 002/11/2002 Friday March 5, 2004*
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  • 148 1 Agencies KARLSRUHE (Germany) The only person in the world to be found guilty of the Sept 11 attacks on the World Trade Centre in New York may go free soon pending a new trial ordered by a German court yesterday, his lawyer said.
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  • 686 1  -  Chan Chao Peh Tax exemptions from foreign-sourced income could open doors to influx of funds chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg IN THE exclusive world of private banking, the typical client is a successful, self-made entrepreneur. He is in his late 30s or older, has an appetite for sophisticated investment instruments like
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    • 45 1 NEWSJW/TEWS Twin blows Keadilan suffers major setback/4 mr brown For more babies, get women to do NS/24 Best bet Heartlanders jostle for lucky numbers/28 EAGLES OR STAGS? L *&M. W>*J m Catch Duric (left) and Nazri in action tonight at 7 on Channel News Asia
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  • HOT NEWS
    • 462 2  -  Lee Ching Wern Mother tongue grade can go towards university entry score chingwern@newstoday.com.sg STUDENTS will not need to use their mother tongue language (MTL) grades for university admission from this year on, but those who do well in their MTL can still have an advantage over their
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    • 317 2 IT MIGHT not be the right time for Asean to develop its own peacekeeping force, said Foreign Affairs Minister S Jayakumar yesterday. Speaking to reporters before the start of an annual Asean Foreign Ministers retreat in Vietnam yesterday, he said: "I
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    • 662 3 N EWS&finilll&llL Out-of-work America could sabotage President's plans for a second term in White House Choo Ai Leng news(gnewstoday.com.sg WASHINGTON The writing is on the wall for President George W Bush. Literally. Looking out from the White House, he probably has seen the
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    • 303 4 Key leaders barred from elections as 200 members defect KUALA LUMPUR The opposition Keadilan Party suffered a major setback after authorities barred three of its key leaders from contesting the polls and 200 members defected to the ruling United Malays National Organisation (Umno). The Election Commission
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    • 280 4 Agencies KUALA LUMPUR Signalling a breakthrough in the impasse between the military junta and the opposition democrats, opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said she is willing to work with Prime Minister Khin Nyunt She is also ready to "turn the
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    • 252 2 It's easy to see the flaws in people. But do you have J^k what it takes to recognise f/"lr T the good in them? r*~ >hLm As a key partner in Criminal Justice, our role at Singapore Prison Service is to protect society through the safe custody of offenders, as
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 119 6  -  Diana Neo SINGAPORE will host a global conference on ageing the first of its kind in South-east Asia. The International Federation on Ageing (IFA) will hold its 7th Global Conference at Suntec City from Sept 4 to 8. With the theme Global Ageing: Sustaining Development,
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    • 60 6 A FORMER finance manager of Asia Pacific Breweries will stand trial at the High Court on March 26. According to his lawyer, he is likely to plead guilty. Chia Teck Leng, 43, is accused of fraud, forgery, misappropriation of funds and money laundering. He faces 46
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    • 414 6  -  Tor Ching Li Killer's statements not given under duress: Court chingli@newstoday.com.sg TODAY would have been the 23rd wedding anniversary for Madam Siti Amnah Adong and Mr Rahim Othman. But, instead of warm memories, Madam Siti must bear with the grisly details of her husband's murder being
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    • 63 6 What does MediaCorp TV newscaster Chua Ying and Ronald Mac Donald have in common? They are both into books. The two were at the Library@Esplanade yesterday to receive tokens of appreciation from the National Library Board for participating in the library Ambassador Campaign,
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    • 268 6  -  Tay Tsen-Waye BY CUTTING down on the number of trips to the doctor, a new six-in-one vaccine against major childhood diseases not only saves parents time, it could also shrink a baby's immunisation bill by as much as $150. While the previous five-in-one
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
    • 348 10  -  Chan Chao Peh AP Moeller to add 20 new ships chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg AP MOELLER, the world's largest shipping group, plans to register 20 new ships in Singapore over the next three years, taking advantage of the tax cuts and other incentives. This shipping group, which
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    • 242 10 Bloomberg SINGTEL may pay a special dividend of as much as 15 cents a share after selling its stake in Belgacom, analysts said. Sing Tel may reap cash proceeds of as much as $3.1 billion from the sale of its entire 11.72
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    • MarketWATCH
      • 65 10 SHARES ended higher yesterday as stocks like Sing Tel rescued the market from profit-taking, traders said. Investors snapped up Sing Tel and SPH, on expectations that the companies stand to make huge gains from selling their stakes in Belgacom. The ST Index rose 12.43 points, or 0.7 per cent,
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      • 41 10 Dow Jones $827 million, from 834.7 million shares on Wednesday. NOL fell 5 cents to $1.99 after analysts downgraded the shipping company on fears that the container shipping industry cycle will peak in the middle of this year.
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      • 56 10 Index Nikkei 225 Value *****.79 C Pis +49.87 Change +0.4' Hang Seng Ml Ordinaries Taiwan Wtd *****.56 3399.70 7034.10 -2.53 +0.70 +101.93 -o.o: +o.o: +1.4; Korea Comp 907.43 +11.62 +1.31 KLCI 882.33 +5.13 +0.51 SET Index 700.59 +4.35 +0.6: Jakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzhen B 774.76 1474.07 293.73
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      • 22 10 Gold uss/oi 394.700 Silver uss/oi 6.790 Platinum uss/oz 881.000 Rubber centsAg 227.50 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1 993 Brent crude uss/borrel 32.96
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      • 42 10 'SGI I Bloomberg Information provided by US$ 0.5841 UK£ 0.3192 Yen 64.2805 HK$ 4.5514 RM 2.2194 Euro 0.4786 Rupiah 4997.2254 Baht 23.0246 Peso 32.8573 A$ 0.7789 Indian Rs 26.4114 Won 687.8559 C$ 0.7825 Yuan 4.8347 NZ$ 0.8721 NTS 19.4135
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      • 58 10 By volume Bio-Treat NOL UnitedTAC Unified Straco ISoftel Midas SingTel DMXTech ChinaFlexP Close 0.940 1.990 0.900 0.495 0.240 0.185 0.630 2.390 1.140 0.880 Change +0.040 -0.050 +0.025 +0.040 +0.015 +0.035 +0.025 +0.060 +0.080 +0.030 +4.4 -2.5 +2.9 +8.8 +6.7 +23.3 +4.1 +2.6 +7.5 +3.5 '000 63,323 47,793
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      • 82 10 iealive 50 Close Change 17.800 +0.300 IMH 400USS 10.600 +0.300 iPH 18.500 +0.300 :&N 14.700 +0.200 iPH 100 18.500 +0.200 >hang Asia2kHK$ ierebosPac 7.750 +0.150 3.100 +0.100 )BS 14.300 +0.100 :ortune Reil HKS 5.100 +0.100 ■loble 4.060 +0.100 By percentage ISoftel Close i 0.185 Change +23.3 PDC
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      • 76 10 )y$ jrealEasI Close 12.500 Change -0.100 (epLanil 1.830 1.990 -0.080 -0.050 )UE 6.600 -0.050 NBLCorp 3.100 -0.040 ihanghaiAC 2k HKS \SL Marine 0.475 0.575 -0.035 -0.030 lapitaland :ih 1.750 2.400 -0.030 -0.030 izra 1.110 -0.030 By percentage tficplas W*****9 Close 0.010 Change -60.0 Netwrk W*****1 0.010 -50.0
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    • 168 12 Dow Jones AFP DBS Bank, a unit of DBS Group Holdings, announced yesterday it will issue 10 million cash-settled put warrants based on the ST Index. DBS Vickers Securities, OCBC Securities and Phillip Securities are the placing agents for the warrants, while DBS Vickers is also the designated market
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    • 257 12  -  Emril Shafeeq Jamil But job market in electronics weakens emril@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE'S manufacturing activity expanded last month for the ninth consecutive month, according to a key index released yesterday. The Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) posted a reading of 53.1 points last month. A number above 50 indicates that
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    • 203 12  -  Chan Chao Peh THE Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) is calling for public feedback as to whether Sing Tel should be exempted from its classification as the dominant provider of International Capacity Services (ICS). A telco that is classified as "dominant licensee" in a particular market
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    • 85 12 Channel News Asia GIC Real Estate and UK's Property Fund Management have launched a £150 million ($470 million) fund to invest in British industrial real estate. GIC Real Estate the real estate unit of the investment company that manages Singapore's foreign reserves is pumping
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    • 343 14 Dow Jones Perc ranks Japan a distant second with Indonesia in last place SINGAPORE is the least corrupt nation in Asia. Indonesia was ranked as the most corrupt, according to a survey of foreign business executives, which was released yesterday. Respondents also said that most
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    • 155 14 Bloomberg DBS Thai Danu Bank, Thai Military Bank, and Industrial Finance Corp of Thailand have asked that their shares be suspended for three trading days while they consider a merger proposal. The three lenders planned to discuss a share swap, they said in separate
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    • 797 16  -  Andy Mukherjee COMMENTARY A stronger yuan will come from the sheer weight of speculation, not because of productivity gains, as the Fed chairman suggests news@newstoday.com.sg MR ALAN Greenspan says it's "fairly reasonable" to expect the Chinese yuan to rise from its current value of 8.3 to
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      • 218 18 SingTel ($2.39) and SPH ($18.50) BUY Kirn Eng Securities Belgian telecommunications operator Belgacom has announced its initial public offering that is expected to be launched before the end of the month. The shares are being offered by ADSB Telecommunications BY, a consortium that is owned by Sing Tel, US-based SBC
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    • 461 18 Kirn Eng Securities Lower exposure to office market and larger discount to revalued net asset value attractive, says Kirn Eng THE share price of property company Capita Land has underperformed those of its peers City Developments and Keppel Land over the past year, but we think
      – Kirn Eng Securities; AFP  -  461 words
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 553 20 -AFP |\|EW3comment TODAY marks an important day for Thai journalists, for March 5 is Reporters Day. Over the years, though, many journalists have lost interest in the importance of this day. They would appear to have become too preoccupied with their daily assignments or have simply
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    • 167 20 -AFP COLOMBO Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers made an unprecedented admission yesterday that there was a crisis in their organisation, but said they would resolve the problem. Scandinavian peace brokers have rushed to hold talks with the group as a rift within
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    • 182 20 Agencies JAKARTA Scores of illegal Indonesian gold miners were trapped and up to 13 were killed in a fire which was started to drive them out of the mine, The Jakarta Post said yesterday. The state-run company, Aneka Tambang, which owns the Pongkor mine south
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    • 120 20 Agencies SANAA (Yemen) Security forces have arrested two influential leaders of the Al Qaeda terror network in Yemen during a hunt for Islamic extremists in the southern province of Abyan, local officials said yesterday. Security forces backed by helicopters, tanks and armoured vehicles were deployed
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    • 341 22 -AFP Polls show 70 per cent of French people back the new law PARIS A controversial Bill banning the wearing of conspicuous religious insignia in state schools cleared its final hurdle with ease in the French Parliament on Wednesday despite loud protests inside and outside the
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    • GLOBALroundup
      • 38 22 AFP Achmad Roichan, the last defendant in the Bali bombing trials, was jailed for nine years yesterday for shielding Bali bomber Mukhlas when the latter was on the run after the October 2002 blast.
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      • 53 22 AFP International Monetary Fund chief Horst Koehler is set to become Germany's next President after opposition parties agreed on him as their joint candidate yesterday. Once nominated officially, his election to the largely-ceremonial job would be seen as a formality, as tne opposition enjoys a
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      • 40 22 AFP Thailand is set to crackdown on mobile telephone download operators offering pornographic images, The Nation reported yesterday. The crackdown would also target dealers who approach teenagers at shopping centres with pamphlets offering sexually-explicit graphics.
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      • 57 22 Reuters Broadcasters and performers in the US be fined US$5OO,OOO ($856,000) for obscene broadcasts under legislation approved on Wednesday. Under the Bill, the maximum indecency fine would rise from U5527,500 to US$5OO,OOO for each incident aired on radio and TV. The Bill also applies to performers
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    • 1060 24  -  mr brown Time-honoured commands like, Tumping position down!', 'Stand by Bed!' may just do the trick THIS WEEK, we learn that our zoo has too many staff, and our country does not have enough babies. All the staff of the zoo are being
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    • 891 28  -  Serene Foo Life imitates art imitates life, in evidence as filming for The Best Bet starts LOCAL film-maker Jack Neo's latest production, The Best Bet, has already inspired residents around Block 409 in Ang Mo Kio scouting for lucky numbers yesterday. Almost 100 heartlanders braved the sweltering
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    • 860 30  -  Janice Lee Survivor B's Rob C gives us a lesson on how to win friends and influence people FOR many who watched Survivor: The Amazon last year, conniving Rob Cesternino was a wily Machiavellian character who weaseled his way in and out of alliances and
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      • 563 32  -  Yong Shu Chiang Kutcher's punk'd by role, while Timeline needs a pulse FILM REVIEW Timeline The Butterfly Effect IUST call them the ides of Hazard. Ashton Kutcher and Paul Walker both of whom have been mentioned as possible leads for the big-screen treatment of the classic
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      • 295 32 I FILM REVIEW by yong shu chiang I I Acacia O T ITTLEJin»\V— -L/sung, the £1 strange orphan boy in Acacia, has a couple of problems. One, he has a troubling eye for plagiarism, as all his crayon drawings look like amateur copies of Edvard
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      • 422 35  -  Serene Foo Dirty Dancing 2 stumbles FILM REVIEW serene@newstoday.com.sg LIKE it or not, the original Dirty Dancing (1987), with the gyrating Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey, was a cinematic milestone of the '80s. It played out like a campy love story, with no explicit sex scenes
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        • 86 35 Bhaskar's Arts Academy is presenting a grand and fun-filled celebration of Holi this Sunday, with colourful performances by a popular folk dance troupe from India. You can catch colourful Rajasthani and Gujarati folk dances, as well as a couple of folk dances
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        • 69 35 Millard Fuller, the founder and presiden of Habitat for Humanity International, will be in Singapore on March 1 1 to meet volunteers here. The organisation has helped build homes for about 1 million needy families worldwide. The meeting will take place from 6.30pm
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        • 87 35 From The Necessary Stage (TNS) comes this mini theatre festival. Such Sweet Sorrow, a twist on Romeo and Juliet, ends tomorrow at the Victoria Theatre. Mixed Blessings, a story of an interracial couple, is from March 1 0 to 20 while Secrets From
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      • 379 36 Jolie and Owen fizzle in purported love-among-the-ruins film I FILM REVIEW by yong shu chiang] WATCHING the second half of Beyond Borders is like trying to jam a square peg into a round hole it's utterly frustrating and pretty much pointless. After establishing itself as a study of
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      • 56 45 MANCHESTER Alex Ferguson has asked old friend Walter Smith to join him at Manchester United. The former Rangers and Everton manager was appointed as Ferguson's assistant until the end of the season yesterday, plugging a gap that has existed since Carlos Queiroz left last summer
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