Today, 13 April 2004

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    13 1 TODAY we set you thinking todayonline.com Tuesday April 13, 2004 MITA (P) 002/11/2002
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    Lock icon Growth surge but still some way to go
    779 1  -  Chan Chao Peh Ministry of Trade and Industry Property, construction and job sectors yet to pick up THE economy's surprisingly strong surge of 7.3 per cent in the first quarter was the fastest growth seen by Singapore in more than three years,
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    The Roundtable calls it a day
    595 1  -  Lee Ching Wern POLITICAL discussion group the Roundtable has decided, after 10 years, that it has done all it can to further the cause of civil society in Singapore. At the 10th annual general meeting on Sunday night, its 13 members voted in favour
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      59 1 NEWSX^/lEWS Alex Au What's so subversive about People Like Us?/3 AAAS: S$ to rise Move to pre-empt inflation surprises economists/8 Sing Post lure Stock is stable and a good dividend play/14 William Pfaff Why US military option is failing in Iraq/20 Pain is gain Artistes get on the edge for
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Did Singapore Polo Club staffer embezzle $100,000?
      165 2 THE Singapore Polo Club has dismissed a former membership assistant for allegedly siphoning more than $100,000 from its membership funds. The club's general manager, Mr Francis Lee, confirmed yesterday that the club had noticed discrepancies in the accounts about a month ago, prompting
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        New pact for SingTel workers
        101 2 A new collective agreement for over 5,000 Sing Tel employees has been concluded with improvements in areas such as work allowances, flexible benefits and retirement awards, a company statement said last night. The accord was signed by Sing Tel president and CEO Lee Hsien Yang
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        The price of dishonesty
        66 2 A Newton Food Centre hawker has been suspended for a month for overcharging customers. On March 3, a group of 25 diners had ordered six bowls of shark fin soup and five plates of abalone from Newton Grilled Seafood. The stall did not have the items
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      New school options
      487 2  -  Derrick A Paulo but only for those with $15,000 a year to spare THE face and fee benchmarks of private schools for Singaporeans are set to change with the arrival of two newcomers. Anglo-Chinese School (International) and Hwa Chong International will open next year, after getting the
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      Whaf s so subversive about People Like Us?
      813 3  -  Alex Au |\IEWS£S!S!S£SL In the matter of sexual orientation, Spore should not be insulated from the world THE Registrar of Societies has again refused to register People Like Us, as it did seven years ago. Despite the claims of freeing up civil
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      Lock icon 21 die in stampede for sarees
      69 4 REUTERS Indian paramedics loading dead bodies at a hospital morgue after a stampede at a rally in the northern Indian city of Lucknow yesterday. At least 21 women were killed when a crowd of about 15,000 women carrying infants and children came to collect
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      US jitters over spate of kidnappings
      637 4  -  Raymond Andrew Two Czech, seven Chinese nationals taken hostage in Iraq EVEN as the fate of the three Japanese hostages in Iraq remains unclear, fresh abductions of more foreigners have shaken the international community and are threatening to undermine the United States-led coalition. In
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      336 3 "Unlike other private education institutes, MDIS offers an intensive course. Coming from a non-biology background, I have benefited greatly from the hands-on laboratory practicals and lecture sessions." Sherene Ng MDIS Student BSc IHons) in Pharmaceutical Management University of Bradford, UK B M Biomedical sector to grow to $20b by 2010
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  • HOME NEWS
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      No cane available, so mother used chopper on son
      189 6  -  Wong Fei Wan feiwan@newstoday.com.sg SHE could not find the cane, so she used a chopper instead all because her eight-year-old son did not finish his homework. Yesterday, the 26-year-old woman pleaded guilty to slashing the left forearm of her son, now
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      Lock icon Home free
      70 6  -  Ted Chen DAVID YEO consultant Wilson Tan, with his wire Chwee Hong and son Jaden, was all smiles yesterday when he received a styrofoam "key" to a new two-bedroom Lakeshore condominium unit by Car refour managing director Patrick Ganaye. The 36-year-old beat 200,000 lucky draw participants to snag
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      Lock icon $100m boost for New Downtown
      384 6 Channel NewsAsia and NewsRadio 93.8 Govt plans to build $40m waterfront waterway, $70m bridge in Marina South THE development of the New Downtown in Marina South will get a boost with two Government projects costing $100 million in the pipeline. A $40 million waterfront walkway
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  • LETTERS
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      Odd -the timing of barrage against NKF
      532 7  -  Lee Lai Yong Armchair critics should get off their high horses and do a stint of volunteer work AS a supporter of the National Kidney Foundation (NKF), I'm disturbed by the recent adverse publicity the organisation has been receiving. In particular, I question
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      The desperate need our time. Can we offer them a listening ear?
      281 7  -  Sabrina Wong I WAS glad to read Constance Singam's news comment, "Suicide crisis on our hands" (Today, April 12). My letter is a response to her question: "What are we going to do about it?" Most of these
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon MAS to let S'pore dollar rise a little
      508 8 Agencies Move to pre-empt inflation surprises economists THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said yesterday it will allow a "modest and gradual" rise in the Singapore dollar in a pre-emptive strike against inflation, but some analysts and economists are questioning the wisdom
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      Biotech IPOs long way off
      467 10  -  Kevin Tan Listing rule, investor caution cited SINGAPORE may be striving to be a regional biomedical services hub, but the Singapore Exchange's (SGX) requirement for a time-frame for commercial viability and investors' caution over what is deemed as a highrisk sector, may mean that the
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      Lock icon CORPORATEbriefs
      122 10  -  Dow Jones Dow Jones Changi Airport handled 6.7 per cent more passengers and 7.4 per cent more freight in March, reflecting the strength of the transport and aviation services component of Singapore's economy. CapitaLand chief executive Liew Mun Leong said that South-east Asia's largest listed property developer may add
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    • MarketWATCH
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        Lock icon Singapore
        100 10 i Dow Jones Share prices closed lower as concerns over Iraq overshadowed the announcement that Singapore's economy grew by 7.3 per cent on-year in the first quarter. The STI closed down 3.65 points, or 0.20 per cent, to 1,898.27. There were 170 decliners to 140 advancers as 1 0.7
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        STI -1,898.27 -3.65
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        World markets
        60 10 Index Nikkei 225 Value *****.70 C Pis +145.19 Change +1.22 Hang Seng Ml Ordinaries *****.37 3456.60 -10.68 -6.40 -0.08 -0.18 laiwanWtd 6777.78 +157.42 +2.38 Korea Comp 918.86 +13.42 +1.48 KLCI 879.78 -3.31 -0.37 SET Index 701.72 +10.33 +1.49 Jakarta Comp 767.81 -11.80 -1.51 Phils Comp Shenzhen B Mumbai
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        Lock icon Commodities
        26 10 SGX, Bloomberg Gold uss/oi 422 Silver uss/oz 8.14 Platinum uss/oi 913.9 Information provided by Rubber centsAg 234 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1884 Brent crude uss/barrel 33.19
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 10 US$ 0.5957 UK£ 0.3247 Yen 63.411 HK$ 4.6445 RM 2.2637 Euro 0.4926 Rupiah 5114.5 Baht 23.290 Peso 33.527 A$ 0.7802 Indian Rs 25.994 Won 681.47 C$ 0.792 Yuan 4.9307 NZ$ 0.9023 NTS 19.557
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        SGX most active
        58 10 fy volume /GO Corp Jeauty China .inks Is JnitedTAC tfee Poh Jnified ChinaFlexP \droft \sia Env (1 Ventur Close 0.180 0.615 0.285 1.000 0.020 0.600 0.965 0.105 0.475 0.295 Change +0.015 +0.070 +0.060 -0.020 -0.005 +0.035 +0.040 +9.1 +12.8 +26.7 -2.0 -0.8 +3.8 +9.2 'OOO 52,042 42,298
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        SGX top rises
        76 10 By Close Changi ISH500USS 5.600 +0.201 XBC 12.500 +0.101 XBC 4.59SNCPS 100 102.100 +0.101 >IA 11.200 +0.101 SIA200 11.100 +0.101 BeaulyChina 0.615 +0.071 Links Is 0.285 +0.061 KepCorp 7.200 +0.051 biaEnv 0.475 +0.041 :EnerSave 0.265 +0.041 )y percentage Close i 0.020 Changi +33.: .KN 0.045 +28.1 .inks
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        SGX top falls
        84 10 By$ Close jealive50 18.600 Changi -0.301 F&N 14.200 -0.301 Fhai Prime200USS 11.200 -0.301 DBS Bk 6% NCPS 10 108.100 -0.201 PanUniled 0.495 -0.18. :MShekou 100 HKS 8.650 -0.151 Noble 4.400 -0.141 \?i Breweries 7.450 -0.101 IMH400USS 11.500 -0.101 DUE 6.550 -0.101 By percentage KLWW*****6 Close 0.040 Change
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      United Envirotech launches IPO here
      405 12  -  Kevin Tan Bth water treatment company to list on SGX UNITED Envirotech, a China-based water treatment specialist and environmental consultancy, launched its initial public offering (IPO) yesterday to raise about $30 million. The company is offering 63.8 million shares at 47 cents each, or almost
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      Lock icon CapitaLand mines China for revenue
      159 12 Bloomberg CAPITALAND expects revenue of at least one billion yuan ($2Ol million) from the sale of the 2,000 homes it will build on a site in Beijing, said a company official. Singapore's largest real estate developer bought 1.09 million sq feet of land at the
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      Lock icon FibreChem gets 2nd chance from MAS
      152 12 Channel News Asia CHINA-based FibreChem Technologies has received the green light to launch its initial public offering on the Singapore Exchange on its second try. Its first attempt was blocked by the Monetary Authority of Singapore after it discovered that FibreChem had failed to
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  • SAVVY INVESTOR
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      Lock icon The Sing Post attraction
      717 14 Dow Jones Analysts continue to see the stock as stable and an attractive dividend play ANALYSTS eyeing plans by Sing Post to roll out new financial services from June, appear hesitant to re-rate the stock immediately. But given low initial outlays for the new operations of
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  • WORLD NEWS
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        Lock icon Kidnap group holds 3 hostage
        70 16 Reuters Armed men in speed boats intercepted a tugboat towing a barge off Sabah, taking its Indonesian captain and two Malaysian crew members hostage, the Philippine navy said yesterday. Mr Feliciano Angue, a navy captain in Mindanao, said the men were part of a Philippine
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        Lock icon Call to HK pro-democracy parties
        66 16 AFP Hong Kong s pro-democracy groups were urged to unite yesterday for a change in the law to allow the territory to elect its own leaders. The Democratic Party invited legislators of other parties to join them in planning their next move. They will also
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      Lock icon Thaksin and Abdullah display united front
      369 16 PUTRAJAYA (Malaysia) Thailand mended fences literally and figuratively with Malaysia yesterday, after relations between the two neighbours had become strained over growing violence near their common border. Visiting Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and Malaysian counterpart Abdullah Ahmad Badawi put on a united front
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      Lock icon Sri Lankan Tigers end factional war
      204 16 Agencies COLOMBO Sri Lanka's renegade Tamil Tigers have dispersed, marking an end to their factional war with the rebel group's leadership. The breakaway faction of the eastern commander, Mr V Muralitharan, better known as Karuna, gave up resisting the advancing columns of the Liberation
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    • ELECTIONwatch
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        Lock icon Indon polls: Golkar, Mega's party remain in virtual tie
        70 18 AFP The Golkar party or former dictator Suharto held a wafer-thin lead yesterday in Indonesia's general elections as vote counting continued a week after the polls. Golkar had 20.59 per cent of the 78.5 million ballots counted, according to the latest
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        Lock icon Filipino presidential hopeful overhauls campaign team
        69 18 AFP Movie star-turned-elecfion candidate Fernando Poe has overhauled his campaign team as he seeks to win ground back from incumbent President Gloria Arroyc ahead of the May 1 0 polls. \Ar Poe named Mrjejomar Binay, [he mayor of the financial district Df Makati, as
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        Lock icon Overseas voting begins in Philippines presidential polls
        50 18 AFP hlipinos working overseas have started voting ahead of the Philippines presidential election on May 10. Of the estimated 5.3 million Filipinos working abroad, some 258,294 have registered to vote. Around 200 voted on Sunday in Hong Kong, where 8,416 Filipino workers registered.
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      Lock icon Pyongyang weighs in on S Korean polls
      345 18 Agencies Calls for conservatives' defeat in legislative elections SEOUL As South Korea geared up for legislative elections on Thursday, North Korea weighed in with its own campaign, believing its economic future was at stake. A new balance of power in South Korea's parliament
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Why the US military option is failing in Iraq
      931 20  -  William Pfaff Worse still, Bush and his advisers show no sign of knowing how to get out of the chaos they have created PARIS The dramatic events of the past few days in Spain and Iraq show the difference between two
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      Lock icon NO PAIN NO GAIN
      806 22  -  Serene Foo Artistes get on the edge for NKF Charity Show IT IS a dilemma that presents itself almost every time a charity show features dare-devil stunts. Celebrities train hard and take on challenges for a worthy cause, but some of the stunts "designed" to drum
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        Without a Cut
        564 26  -  Serene Foo Board of Censorship's PG-rating on Royston Tan's satirical musical is a triumph of sorts LOCAL film-maker Royston Tan's Cut finally made the cut without any snips. The Board of Film Censors (BFC) gave the 13-minute satirical musical on censorship in Singapore a PG rating, according
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        Portabella party
        656 27  -  Pauline D Loh Mushrooms with a tofu prawn filling are hearty and healthy RECENTLY, I've been in constant contact with kidney dialysis patients who have to depend on machines to keep them alive. In my conversations with them, one issue recurs. Every single one of these patients regretted
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    • health
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        Succumbing to the pressures of life
        469 28  -  Lynette Leong Suicidal thoughts precede the act, says psychiatrist THOUGHTS of suicide can hit a person almost anytime. And anywhere. At times when a person becomes overwhelmed by such thoughts, he or she may attempt suicide. In some cases, these attempts can be fatal.
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        Tips on sound mental health
        71 28 Dr Yap Hwa Ling, senior consultant psychiatrist from the division of psychological medicine at Changi General Hospital, shares tips on how to maintain good mental health: Learn to deal with inter-personal conflicts in a healthy manner; Learn to cope with disappointment and setbacks; Respect the
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        Lock icon Canadian exotic bird owners furious over govt cull order
        286 28 AFP VANCOUVER Exotic bird owners are crying foul, as parrots, racing pigeons, budgies, fancy hens and ostriches are threatened by an order to cull 19 million poultry to stamp out avian flu in western Canada. "It's absolutely foolish because these birds
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      358 32 Reuters RAWALPINDI, Pakistan India captain Saurav Ganguly may open the batting in the deciding third Test against Pakistan, after Aakash Chopra was dropped from the team. Ganguly, who missed the first two Tests due to a back injury, left Chopra out
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