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    13 1 TODAY we set you thinking todayonline.com Tuesday March 16, 2004 mita (P) 002/11/2002
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    Nope, we don't need women in NS
    787 1  -  Lee Ching Wern Mindef fends off MP calls for equal treatment GENDER-RELATED issues have dominated this year's Budget debate, but while the Government has shown an uncharacteristic readiness to reverse its stand on some longstanding issues, such as equal citizenship rights, it has
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    Has the terrorist threat to S'pore increased?
    512 1  -  Raymond Andrew HAS Singapore's terrorism threat gone up a notch after last week's bomb attacks in Madrid? This is a question on the minds of many Singaporeans, including Members of Parliament, as Al Qaeda claimed responsibility for the attacks that left 200 train
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      61 1 NEWSX^/lEWS Green cars ENV revs up for cleaner air/2 Rosier forecast Economists project 5.5% GDP growth/8 Owen blunder Allegations fly after star misses penalty/34 Karim Raslan A Kelantan Malay woman's wish/4 ■Jose Raymond PAS tactics will not work: Abdullah/16 Oon Yeoh Who says it's about Islam?/! 7 Ei f i.
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      11 1 fsdfsdf Al Qaeda linked to Madrid blasts, says US: Page 18
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  • HOT NEWS
    • PARLIAMENTARYbriefs
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        Lock icon Desalination plants to be launched in '05
        164 2 Newsßadio 93.8 The fourth Newater plant will be set up in Ulu Pandan and a desalination plant will be ready by the end of next year, said Environment Minister Lim Swee Say. The starting price of desalinated water in 2005 will be fixed
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        Oversight led to 600K credit for servicemen
        220 2 The mistaken crediting of over $600,000 to the retirement accounts of servicemen was due to an "oversight" by officials and the missing systems check has since been put in place, said Minister of State for Defence Cedric Foo. Responding to MPs' questions on
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      Lock icon Govt to jump-start 'green' car usage
      569 2  -  Tor Ching Li More incentives to speed switch from diesel to natural gas REVVING its engines towards the goal of cleaner air in Singapore, the Environment Ministry announced yesterday new emission standards for all newly registered diesel-powered vehicles starting in October 2006. Singapore's transport
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      Lock icon More compensation for mishaps involving NSmen
      181 2 Channel NewsAsia THE Ministry of Defence is increasing compensation paid to the families of National Servicemen who die in service. This comes after three deaths during training last year. Since then, the SAF has set up safety hotlines in the army, navy and air
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      Lock icon 36 couples gear up for 'Surviving the Sky*
      227 3  -  Loh Chee Kong FROM 10am today, at least 36 couples will spend the next seven days 90 metres up in the air without going anywhere. These couples from six countries will try to last the week, stuck in cable cars with just
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      SingTel clarifies opt-out scheme
      493 3  -  Ng Shing Yi It says earlier M1 scheme did not draw flak WHEN the Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) criticised SingTel over their opt-out scheme for the Overseas Missed Call Alert (MCA) service yesterday, it soon found itself having to take on the latter's competitors, Ml,
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Lock icon BN wins again without contest
      279 4 Three more state seats give coalition total of 15 KUALA LUMPUR The ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition gained three more state seats yesterday without contest as two oppo sition candidates and one independent withdrew at th< end of the three-day "cool-ing-off" period, reported the New
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      A Kelantan Malay woman's wish...
      772 4  -  Karim Raslan N EWSSSDUDSD^ WHEN you've been on the road for as long as I have, you tend to run out of clean clothes. And, if like me, you're too lazy and disorganised to wash anything, you end up buying new shirts most times. That
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      New rules may see youth speaking only English
      263 6  -  Fok Kah Hon THE Ministry of Education made changes recently in its education policies on the teaching of Chinese Language in schools offering the Mother Tongue "B" Syllabus to students from Sec 1 onwards and the Bilingual Approach to teaching the Chinese
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      Cycle tracks are for cyclists, too
      261 6  -  Mary Chan Guidelines needed for public's usage I RECENTLY took up cycling at Pasir Ris Park on Sundays. Last week, I was yelled at by a man because I had not kept to the track's left side and we had nearly collided as a
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      Convert garbage... offshore
      126 6  -  Tan Kok Tim IT HAS been said that Singapore could, in future, have a population of eight million. But, has anyone thought of how we would dispose of the tonnes of waste that such a population would generate? We cannot continue to build more incinerators and we
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Economists: 5.5% GDP for S'pore
      255 8  -  Kevin Tan Jobless rate likely to be 4% by year-end kevin@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE'S economy will expand by 5.5 per cent this year even as the unemployment figure hovers around the 4-per-cent level, according to a recent survey of private sector economists. The Monetary Authority of Singapore's
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        Lock icon Singapore
        95 8 Dow Jones SHARES ended slightly higher yesterday, as a firmer Wall Street helped the local market snap six straight sessions of falls. The ST Index rose 3.15 points, or 0.17 per cent, to 1,838.23. Losers led gainers 181 to 159, while market volume slid to 570.3 million shares worth
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        STI – 1,838.23 + 3.15
        3 8 STI 1,838.23 3.15
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        World markets
        60 8 Index Nikkei 225 Value *****.90 Pis +155.15 Change +1.39 Hang Seng All Ordinaries Taiwan Wtd *****.41 3410.30 6635.98 -12.82 +8.20 -164.26 -0.10 +0.24 -2.42 Korea Comp KLCI 852.26 890.29 +3.46 +5.74 +0.41 +0.65 SET Index Jakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzhen B Mumbai Sensex 678.42 724.15 1419.34 295.54 5520.66
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        Lock icon Commodities
        26 8 SGX, Bloomberg Gold uss/oi 399.200 Silver uss/oi 7.145 Platinum uss/oz 907.100 Rubber centsAg 232.50 Palm Oil RM/tonne 2000 Brent crude uss/barrel 33.51 Information provided by
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 8 US$ 0.5836 UK£ 0.3238 Yen 64.6561 HK$ 4.5481 RM 2.2177 Euro 0.4778 Rupiah 5055.88 Baht 23.0127 Peso 32.8985 A$ 0.7956 Indian Rs 26.414 Won 688.9609 C$ 0.7785 Yuan 4.8307 NZ$ 0.9063 NTS 19.505
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        SGX most active
        56 8 By volume Interra Unified Bio-Treat SingTel Chartered UnitedTAC UniFiber Aqua-Terra Strike ChinaAvOil Close 0.225 0.545 0.845 2.280 1.570 0.870 0.145 0.405 0.055 2.300 Change +0.025 +0.005 -0.020 -0.030 -0.030 -0.025 -0.005 +0.010 +0.160 +12.5 +0.9 -2.3 -1.3 -1.9 -2.8 -3.3 +2.5 +7.5 '000 33,735 24,012 19,129 18,190
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        SGX top rises
        76 8 By$ CMShekou 100 HKS Close Change 7.000 +0.600 F&N 13.900 +0.200 (liiniiAvOil 2.300 +0.160 Creative 50 17.400 +0.100 DBS 13.900 +0.100 DBS Bk6% NCPS10 107.800 +0.100 Fortune Reil HKS 5.100 +0.100 OCBC 12.200 +0.100 SIA 11.100 +0.100 By percentage Falmac Close Change 0.080 +23.1 PNE Micron 0.180
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        SGX top falls
        73 8 By$ Bukil Sem Close Change 13.700 -0.600 Venture 19.000 -0.400 JELCorp 0.335 -0.060 Parkway SBSTransil 500 1.080 -0.060 1.360 -0.060 TAC200USS 2.920 -0.060 APB Breweries 7.150 -0.050 G&W Group 0.220 -0.050 JurEng 2.620 -0.050 By percentage Globa Close Change 0.015 -25.0 G&W Group 0.220 -18.5 Grea Ironic
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      Lock icon CORPORATEbriefs
      174 10 Bloomberg Channel NewsAsia Bloomberg Mainboard listed Chip Eng Seng has clinched a $1 1 1 million Housing Board contract. The contract is to build 1,158 flats as part of Toa Payoh's re-develop-ment. Last month, the firm reported a 1 15 per cent jump in full-year net profit to $8.5
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      Flextech acquires HK firm
      229 10  -  Emril Shafeeq Jamil It expands presence in China with $20m deal MAINBOARD-listed Flextech Holdings has acquired Hong Kong-based Dynax Digital Creation for $20.3 million or 53 cents per Flextech share. Flextech, an electronics components distributor, is acquiring Dynax's extensive customer network as a platform to penetrate
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      Lock icon 13 months of decline come to an end at SIA
      127 10 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) said it filled more space on its planes last month, breaking 13 months of decline as travel picks up with economic growth. The airline filled an average 69.4 per cent of its combined passenger and cargo
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      Axis Systems, Microsoft tie up
      255 12  -  Kevin Tan The aim:To market CRM systems to banks SESDAQ-LISTED Axis Systems Holdings launched a partnership with software giant Microsoft yesterday to market its customer relationship management (CRM) software systems to banks in the region. Malaysia-based Axis Systems, a developer of customised banking software solutions,
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      Lock icon January retail sales rise slower at 5.3%
      191 12 Bloomberg SINGAPORE'S retail sales in January rose at a slower pace than expected because the second goods and services tax (GST) increase in as many years crimped consumer spending. The Department of Statistics' retail sales index rose 5.3 per cent from a year
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      Lock icon China mulls tax plan to cut sky-high property prices
      202 14 AFP BEIJING China may impose a unified real estate tax to replace a plethora of fees that currently push housing prices to sky-high levels, state media said. The unified tax could slash housing prices by as much as 50 per cent,
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      Lock icon Telekom to sell Celcom shares
      250 14 Bloomberg CEO: No talks yet with Tern asek on offer TELEKOM Malaysia the nation's biggest phone company may sell shares in its cellular unit, Celcom, by October to realise gains in the value of the business purchased last year, chief executive Mohammad Khir Abdul Rahman
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      Lock icon Opec set to apply April 1 cut
      150 14 -AFP CAIRO The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) members appeared set to apply a cut in oil production on April 1 despite soaring prices, as Nigeria and Venezuela called for the oil cartel to raise its target price band. Several Opec ministers
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      M'sia's exports rise 7.5%
      313 15 Figure for January is lower than analysts' forecast of 12% MALAYSIA'S export growth slowed to a 7.5 per cent pace in January from a year earlier after the Lunar New Year holiday disrupted shipments of goods abroad. That compares with a revised 35 per cent surge
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • ELECTIONwatch
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        Monthly checks for Malaysian elected representatives
        55 16 Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said elected representatives will be subjected to an ethics and performance index. Mr Abdullah said during a radio interview yesterday that all elected officials, including himself, would be subjected to the index, reported Bernama. They will have to submit
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        Most prefer PM's Islamic view
        78 16 A poll commissioned by the New Straits Times has found that the majority of Malaysians prefer Mr Abdullah's vision of Islam over PAS' vision of an Islamic state. It said 52 per cent supported Mr Abdullah on the issue, compared to a mere 16 per
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      Goodies-for-poor opposition carrot
      146 16 SHAH ALAM Malaysia's opposition alliance issued a manifesto yesterday, promising goodies for the poor as it sought to end the ruling coalition's 46-year rule. The Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS)-led Barisan Alternatifs manifesto proposed Islam as a "way of life" for Muslims but made no mention of PAS'
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      Lock icon PAS' tactics will not work: Abdullah
      399 16  -  Jose Raymond, M'sian PM fends off opposition's Scomi allegations EVEN the constituents of Ipoh Timur about 200km away from Kuala Lumpur were surprised when Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (picture) popped in for a visit yesterday afternoon. Ipoh Timur is strongly sought after by
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      Who says it's about Islam?
      829 17  -  Oon Yeoh >N EWSfi&nun&nL It's not, although the foreign media has painted the Malaysian poll in simplistic religious terms "Role of Islam dominates Malaysian election"; "Malaysia pushes Islamic agenda ahead of vote"; "Parties vie for votes in the name of God". THESE are the headlines
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      Lock icon Taiwan expats urged to return to vote in weekend election
      152 17 Agencies SHANGHAI Taiwanese expatriates in China are being urged at unprecedented political rallies to be held in Shanghai with Beijing's quiet acquiescence to return home this weekend to cast their votes. Worried about the current cross-strait relations, Taiwanese businessman Eric
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      Lock icon M'sia national service trainees riot
      135 17 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Hundreds of Malaysian national service trainees took part in a riot on Sunday after four of their colleagues were beaten up by camp officials. Police said the violence erupted in Sarawak after a row between three medical staff on the national service
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        Lock icon Suharto's son-in-law aims for presidency
        85 17 -AFP The son-in-law of former Indonesian dictator Suharto who was discharged from the army for an alleged role in the kidnapping of prodemocracy activists launched his campaign for the Indonesian presidency yesterday. Retired Lieutenant General Prabowo Subianto is seeking the nomination of the Golkar party.
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        Lock icon Who will be Kerry's VP?
        50 17 AFP Speculation about Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry's possible running mate is rife with the list including Mrs Hillary Clinton. Mr Kerry's campaign began searching for a running mate on March 3 and Time magazine reported that he could name his vice-presidential candidate by May.
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      Lock icon Putin's expected win
      215 18 Agencies MOSCOW There were no surprises in Sunday's Russian presidential elections when incumbent President Vladimir Putin won decisively, confirming Russia's desire for the post-Soviet stability they see embodied in him. Mr Putin was leading at 71 per cent with 90 per cent of the ballots counted, a
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      Lock icon Spain's voters elect Socialists
      266 18 Agencies Analysts say voter anger ended PP's 8-year rule MADRID Spain's opposition Socialist Party swept into power on Sunday, riding on the wave of voter anger over the outgoing government's handling of last Thursday's train blasts. Voters ousted the cen-tre-right Popular Party (PP), which, until last
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        Lock icon Defused in time
        55 18 Agencies rolice round a car rilled with explosives, a timer and detonators outside the United States consulate in Karachi yesterday, just two days before US Secretary of State Colin Powell's visit to Pakistan. It was towed away and defused. A car bomb outside the consulate had killed
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        Lock icon Thailand to develop south
        73 18 Reuters According to a government document seen yesterday, Thailand plans to spend 32 billion baht ($1.4 billion) to develop the Muslim south to undermim a new surge of violence there. The document proposed the creatioi of more jobs, the building of more highways and better access
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        Lock icon Graffiti attack on Aussie ship
        43 18 AFP Political activists sprayed the words, "John Howard, US bootlicker" in a graffiti attack on an Australian Navy ship anchored off Wellington, officials said yesterday. A group called Ethical Foreign Policy is Possible claimed responsibility for the taunt.
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Could Pavlov have solved our knotty baby problem?
      1181 19  -  Simon Tay Perhaps, but parents should not be straitjacketed with a thousand rules and red tape THE debate about babies in Singapore is in danger of becoming a mess of strategy and tactics, mixing long-term needs and short term fixes. Much of
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      Bucking the age of innocence
      815 20  -  Yong Shu Chiang Not 'Iranian enough' for Europe, Abadan screens at the SIFF DIRECTOR Mani Haghighi is in a strange situation. Iranian authorities have frowned on his debut film, Abadan, and it looks almost certain that it will never be screened in Tehran. Nor at
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      TRICKS & TREATS
      280 22  - TRICKS TREATS Elise Tan Spice up the school holidays with Lunar Circus from Australia GET your adrenalin rush-M ing, blood pumping andl nerves a-tingling when you I catch Lunar Circus live in action at the Clarke Quay I Bandstand. For the school holidays this month, Clarke Quay will stag^^^M circus
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        Weighty issues
        512 24  -  Lvnette Leong How regular exercise helps women SIT up if you are a woman reading this. According to the Health Ministry's 2001 National Health Surveillance report, only one in five women aged 18 to 69 exercised regularly (at least three or more times weekly and at least 20
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        WOMEN AND EXERCISE
        143 24 Can a menstruating or pregnant woman exercise? Experts from Changi General Hospital dispel some misconceptions. 1. Myth: Women should refrain from exercising during menstruation. Truth: The blood lost during normal menstruation is replaced quickly by the body. It is perfectly alright to continue to exercise during menstruation
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        Lock icon When drinking more water is not good for your health ...
        192 24 When drinking more water is not good for your health Reuters DRINKING plenty of fluids while suffering from a cold or respiratory infection could cause more harm than good, researchers said recently. Doctors often recommend drinking liquids to prevent dehydration but Chris Del Mar of the University of Queensland in
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        Easy as apple pie
        711 25  -  Pauline D Loh Tangy apples and honey sweet dates make this special I KEEP a bowl of apples in my office most days. It's a useful store of instant nutrition, especially on days when my colleagues and I are too caught up with deadlines to go
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