Today, 10 March 2004

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  • 13 1 TODAY 1 todayonline.com we set you thinking Wednesday •March 10,2004* MITA (P) 002/11/2002
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  • 630 1  -  Lee Ching Wern FOR three years they made their points politely and waited patiently, but nothing happened. Now, with Singapore's procreation policies at the top of the policy makers' agenda, they are no longer pulling their punches. Women MPs yesterday spoke
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  • 203 1  -  Tor Ching Li ATTENTION world: If a random blimp appears on your radar screens, splashed with the tagline "Uniquely Singapore" well, it is ours. Or rather, the Singapore Tourism Board's (STB). If sighted, it should be understood that the free-floating blimp is
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  • HOT NEWS
    • 437 2  -  Tan Hui Leng Playground mishaps account for 19.5% of children's limb fractures: KKH A GRAZED knee, most parents will agree, is part of growing up. But when one in five children who fracture a limb do so at the playground, then the matter is no longer just
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    • 226 2 VETERAN backbencher Tan Cheng Bock yesterday asked why it was necessary for Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew to intervene in the Singapore Airlines pilots saga, when younger Government ministers were capable of handling the issue. Said the outspoken MP for Ayer Rajah: "Now,
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    • 427 3  -  Tor Ching Li It's STB's pitch to attract 7.6 million tourists this year THE next time you tuck into kaya toast with an aromatic brew of kopi at your regular hawker centre, sit back and think: Is this uniquely Singaporean? Mr Lim Neo Chian, deputy chairman
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    • 425 4  -  Asif Ansar S'pore, US maintain firm stance in the fight against terrorism SINGAPORE said yesterday that it will make no apologies for using the powerful Internal Security Act (ISA) to deal with militants, while the United States defended the use of such practices in its
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    • 141 4 BATAM In an attempt to preserve "moral standards", the Batam mayor's office is to conduct raids on unwed couples who are cohabiting maybe even forcing them to marry. The head of the social office, Mr Azwan, told The Jakarta Post that Batam's
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    • 141 4 KUALA LUMPUR An independent election watchdog called for Malaysia's March 21 vote to be postponed yesterday, charging that 48.14 per cent of voters in the electoral rolls could be "phantom" voters. Malaysians For Free and Fair Elections (Mafrel), said a scrutiny in three parliamentary constituencies
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    • 334 2 \/^>V National University fj^Ep*»gKsH&^. 0/ Opportunities I rif a j°urney of a thousand miles must begin with a single step." —Lao Tze I I 904K Schedule of Faculty Talks Multi-Purpose Sports Hall 2, Level 2 )FfM m I^S S/NO TIME FACULTY DEPARTMENT TITLE 1. 10:00 am-10:45 am Office of Admissions
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    • 241 4 I BUSINESS Top Universities. Recognition Assured. In Australia, the top universities belong to the Group of Eight a league of universities that hold the benchmark of Australian tertiary education. Having produced all of Australia's Nobel Prize winners, the Group of Eight and its graduates are highly regarded the world over.
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 201 6  -  Raymond Andrew MEN often say they dislike working with women because females are too emotional. Is this a fair comment? Ms Candy Tymson, author of Gender Games: Doing Business with the Opposite Sex thinks that a better understanding of how the sexes are different could help
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    • 409 6  -  Tay Tsen-Waye More are finding jobs, getting better pay: survey GRADUATES are finding jobs more easily and getting paid more than they were a year ago. That has been the experience for National University of Singapore's (NUS) graduating class of 2003, according to an employment survey
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    • 94 6 THE influenza A Fujian bug, which has been found in countries in the northern hemisphere, has hit Singapore. In an update on flu activity, the Ministry of Health said yesterday the strain was obtained from patients diagnosed with influenza-like illnesses here at the end of
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  • LETTERS
    • 418 8 Adoption process is rigorous and involves scrutiny of documents by the court I REFER to the letter, "Close Loopholes in Adoption Rules" (Today, March 8). We are happy to note that Ms Matilda Chan is committed to providing good services to Singaporean couples seeking to adopt
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    • 82 8 COUPLES who wish to adopt are encouraged to contact any of the following agencies. TOUCH and Fei Yue are approved to process adoptions from the PRC: TOUCH Community Services Tel: 6377 0122 Email: tcs@touch.org.sg Website: www. touchnet. org.sg Fei Yue Community Services Tel: 6563 11 06 or 6425 4377 Email:
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
    • 162 10  -  THE region's manufacturers gathered in Singapore yesterday to compete for a slice of some USS3OO million (ssll million) worth of procurement business on offer from Korean electronics giant Samsung. The two-day Samsung Electronics Sourcing forum featured over 40 companies,
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    • 249 10 Competition law should focus on these two areas of business, urges MP SINGAPORE, which plans to introduce a competition law governing businesses, should focus on petrol retailers and mobile-phone operators as examples of companies which can cut costs, said a Member of Parliament yesterday.
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    • Market WATCH
      • 111 10 Dow Jones SHARES closed lower yesterday as market sentiment was damped by overnight Wall Street losses. The ST Index slipped 3.15 points, or 0.17 per cent, at 1,885.20. Losers led gainers 1 84 to 140, while market volume rose to 704.7 million shares worth $732 million, from 591.5 million
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      • 60 10 Index Nikkei 225 Value *****.04 Pis +29.18 Change +0.25 Hang Seng All Ordinaries Taiwan Wtd *****.25 3427.20 6973.90 -176.29 +1.80 +72.42 -1.30 +0.05 +1.05 Korea Comp 891.58 -8.52 -0.95 KLCI 882.96 +2.11 +0.24 SET Index 710.66 +6.20 +0.88 Jakarta Comp 771.07 -1.79 -0.23 Phils Comp Shenzhen B 1455.75
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      • 26 10 SGX, Bloomberg Gold US$/oz 402.800 Silver US$/oz 7.040 Platinum US$/oz 899.500 Information provided by Rubber cents/kg 232.00 Palm Oil RM/tonne 2003 Btent etude uss/barrel 33.97
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      • 36 10 US$ 0.5868 UK£ 0.317 Yen 65.2428 HK$ 4.5713 RM 2.2297 Euro 0.4729 Rupiah 5037.11 Baht 23.1187 Peso 33.0263 A$ 0.7723 Indian Rs 26.5366 Won 688.6021 C$ 0.7747 Yuan 4.8568 NZ$ 0.8654 NT$ 19.5784
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      • 54 10 By volume UniFiber Bio-Treat SingTel Chartered ISoftel 4EM-EVER UnitedTAC NOL Wee Poh Pac Cent Close 0.150 0.870 2.450 1.680 0.235 0.255 0.905 1.910 0.020 0.335 Change -0.015 +0.010 +0.050 -0.050 +0.020 -0.040 +0.005 -9.1 +1.2 +2.1 -2.9 +2.3 -2.1 +1.5 'OOO 51,904 31,078 26,846 21,208 21,107 20,295
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      • 71 10 By Close Changi SPC 2.550 +0.30I rAC 200USS 3.040 +0.30I rhai Prime200US$ 11.300 +0.30I Shang Asia 2kHK$ 7.650 +0.15( DBS 14.300 +0.1« JurEng 2.550 +0.1« PFood 1.460 +0.10I UOB 14.000 +0.1« IDT 2.190 +0.09I By percentage Close Change L&M 0.015 +50.0 Over&GeneA$ 0.110 +46.7 SinSoonH 0.090 +20.0
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      • 71 10 )y$ Close Changi :&N 13.800 -0.7M /enture 20.800 -0.701 Creative 50 17.600 -0.401 VPB Breweries 7.150 -0.201 DCBC 12.300 -0.201 ilA 11.100 -0.201 -Joble 4.400 -0.121 jreatEast 12.200 -0.101 law Par 5.000 -0.101 )y percentage Close Change Yetwrk 0.070 -22.2 Hiap Hoe lade 0.020 0.070 -20.0 -17.6
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    • 380 13  -  Kevin Tan Electronics parts distributor expects China to drive growth SNF Corporation, an electronics components distributor, plans to raise $7.36 million when it launches its initial public offering (IPO) today. The company is offering 23 million shares at 32 cents a share, comprising a public tranche
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    • CORPORATE briefs
      • 73 13 Dow Jones said yesterday that they will continue to strengthen bilateral economic ties after signing a trade agreement on Monday to expand cooperation in banking, aviation and telecommunications. "Our investments into Vietnam show no sign of slowing down," Trade and Industry Minister George Yeo told an investors'
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      • 55 13 Dow Jones will invest US$l5O,OOO ($260,000) to form a joint venture company to provide supply chain management services in Vietnam. The investment in the joint venture, in which SembCorp Logistics will have a 60 per cent stake, will be funded by internal resources, the company said in a
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      • 46 13 (SIA) has sold its 51 per cent stake in Aviation Software Development Consultancy India (ASDC) to the other shareholder, Tata Sons, for $5.3 million in cash, booking a gain of $4.5 million, based on the book value of SlA's investment in ASDC of $800,000.
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    • 328 14  -  Chan Chao Peh Education, R&D and creating a transparent culture are vital investments, even in downturns: CEO COMPANIES have to maintain their investments in three areas amid a fastchanging marketplace, said Mrs Carly Fiorina, chairman and chief executive of Hewlett-Packard (HP). Even during severe economic downturns,
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    • 141 14 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR The latest oil discovery off eastern state of Sabah could be Malaysia's largest deepwater find and is likely to boost the fortunes of South-east Asia's second top oil producer substantially, a media report said yesterday. Shell Malaysia and its partners,
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    • 219 14 AFP A WORLDWIDE steel scrap shortage, created largely by massive Chinese demand, is creating "havoc" for industries in the United States and forcing emergency action to cap prices in parts of Asia. American steel-consuming industries pleaded for the US government to suspend all
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    • 206 15 Our families are here to support and protect us, as well as care for our physical and mental well-being. In addition to being a pillar of strength for us, our senior family members also play an important role in cultivating good social and moral habits
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    • 32 15 Family Diary, April 2004 AboutFamilyLife.org.sg Another family education project by: Supported by: ifo, M CC TOUCH m ggjg?> lily JgslL Vo»*»i»swh« m^Tr,?*- J 111 Celebration Of ■^uGY^ Imcmationa] Year ofth€ Family 2004
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  • SAVVY INVESTOR
    • 531 16  -  John Dorfman Bloomberg Buying stocks when they are cheap relative to intrinsic worth is the path to prosperity I REGULARLY give advice from a value investor's perspective. Value investors buy stocks that are cheap relative to some measure of intrinsic worth, which
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      141 16 Air-cons at your doorstep NEVER before has buying an air-conditioner been so easy. Natural Cool, Singapore's leading company in air-con retail sales and servicing, is proud to introduce its Cool Mobile showroom (picture), which brings its air-cons right to the workplace, renovation site, landed property or HDB apartment.
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    • 277 16 SUF Corporation SNF Corporation Ltd. (Incorporated in Singapore on 6 February 2003) INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING INVITATION IN RESPECT OF 23,000,000 NEW SHARES OF 550.05 EACH COMPRISING:--(1) 3,000,000 OFFER SHARES AT 550.32 EACH BY WAY OF PUBLIC OFFER; AND (2) 20,000,000 PLACEMENT SHARES BY WAY OF PLACEMENT COMPRISING:--(A) 18,000,000 PLACEMENT SHARES
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 181 18 Reuters HONG KONG Despite charges that Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour will be destroyed, a court ruled that a massive reclamation project could go ahead yesterday. The government said it needs to reclaim the land to build a new road to ease traffic congestion, but many
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    • GLOBAL roundup
      • 47 18 AFP South Korean opposition lawmakers have submitted an unprecedented motion to Parliament to impeach President Roh Moo Hyun for a breach of electoral laws. The main opposition Grand National Party said it would seek a vote on the motion tomorrow.
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      • 59 18 Reuters The United States has stationed its own customs officers at Malaysia's Port Klang to check US-bound container cargo for any terrorist risk. Port Klang is one of 1 8 ports around the world now covered by the Container Security Initiative scheme launched by the
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      • 50 18 Agencies The alleged spiritual head of the Jemaah Islamiyah, Abu Bakar Bashir, is to be freed on April 4, after his jail term was halved by Indonesia's Supreme Court yesterday. An expert said the move could send the wrong signal about Jakarta's desire to fight terror.
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    • 253 18 Group moves to avert another poll debacle TALLAHASSEE (Florida) Even though the United States is a flourishing democracy, its coming presidential election is not spared from scrutiny. Four years after Florida became the object of international ridicule, officials for the Catholic group, Pax Christi USA,
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    • 386 21 AFP Top Shia cleric calls the newly signed draft Constitution an obstacle BAGHDAD In a statement that stunned the Iraqi Governing Council, the spiritual guide of Iraq's Shia Muslim majority denounced the country's recently-signed transitional Constitution as an obstacle to a permanent one. The Grand Ayatollah
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    • 132 21 AFP WASHINGTON US Secretary of State Colin Powell (picture) made an unexpected foray into the US presidential campaign on Monday by insisting that the issue of whether the Bush administration had misled the nation about Iraqi weapons of mass destruction be excluded
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  • COMPAQ CUSTOM-TO-ORDER
    • 349 23 Buy your made-to-measure Compaq PC online SOME like it simple and affordable, while others are willing to splurge for maximum power. Everyone has his or her own needs when it comes to getting a desktop PC, but the important thing is to be able to buy
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    • 566 24  -  Serene Foo My Girl producer reveals his secret for casting the active star of the hitThai film THE hyperactive child star whom Thai producer Yongyoot Thongkongtoon was referring to, Chalermpol Thikamporntheerawong, was at that very moment flapping his arms frantically. If what Yongyoot said
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    • 410 26  -  Katrina Karim Level-headed Evelyn is far removed from her LightYears alter ego MEETING Evelyn Ng in person, I can't help but wonder if she'll set her claws on me. After all, she plays the snobbish and materialistic Melissa Chow on Light Years, the MediaCorp TV Channel s's teen
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    • IN ADDITION
      • 56 28 Luciano Pavarotti, one-third of the famed Three Tenors, is bidding adieu to New York's Metropolitan Opera with three performances of Tosca the last on Saturday. Suffering from poor health and with his celebrated voice fading, the 68-year-old Italian is set for a global
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      • 47 28 Actor-writer Spending Gray has been found dead in a New York river two months after disappearing from his city apartment. The 62-year-old was known for performing spoken-word pieces such as the autobiographical Swimming to Cambodia and acting in films such as The Paper.
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      • 62 28 A nationally syndicated US column, Dear Abby, has been pulled after a "reader's letter" was found to closely resemble an episode of The Simpsons, where Marge is tempted to stray with a bowler. The purported letter-writer described herself as a 34-year-old mother of three married
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      • 41 28 No Sex the City movie AP. Michael Patrick King, executive producer of the ground-breaking comedy, Sex ana the City, has asked fans not to expect a spin-off movie. "This is exactly the way we wanted to end the series," he told
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      292 28 -AP William Hung gets record deal NEW YORK -Who needs American Idol': William Hung doesn't He already has a recording contract The singer, who became a fan favourite but not the judges' favourite during open auditions for the television series with his spirited version of Ricky Martin's She
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    • incinemas
      • 264 30 -AP LOS ANGELES Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ took in US$5l.4 million ($87.4 million) in its second weekend to remain the top movie, racing past the US$2OO-million mark in just 12 days. Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson's action comedy, Starsky Hutch, debuted in second place
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    • KIDZ TODAY
      • 381 34  -  Elise Tan MOST parents want to give their child a headstart in life with a well-rounded early education giving them the opportunity to develop knowledge and skills to stay ahead of the competition when they progress to primary school. At Cambridge Child Development Centre, the
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      • 197 35 FIND out your how well your child knows his mathematical concepts in the IMTA 2004 International Maths Competition. Organised by the International Maths Teaching Association (IMTA), the competition helps determine a child's general abilities in the subject, hence there is no need to study
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      • 313 36 Fun classes make learning more enjoyable and permanent TEACH your child to study smart with a little help from Ascend International. The learning centre uses the Smart Series learning programmes to help children learn better and develop greater interest in the range of academic and practical subjects. The
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    • 192 24 iVitna id MINISTRY Of HEALTH l^'P Nanyang V/V/LJ/X g^' c y pment Singapore IVI IT Polytechnic The Singapore Workforce Development Agency and the Ministry of Health, in collaboration with Nanyang Polytechnic and participating hospitals, are launching the 3rd intake of the Strategic Manpower Conversion Programme for the healthcare sector to
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    • 159 45 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Asian football chiefs unveiled plans for an annual fixture pitting the continent's best club against the winners of Europe's Uefa Cup yesterday. The first edition of the match the AFC/Uefa Challenge will be held at an as yet undecided Asian
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