Today, 30 April 2004

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    11 1 TODAY todayonline.com we set you thinking Friday Aprii3o,2oo4« MITA (P) 002/11/2002
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    Lock icon Second collapse in two weeks
    534 1  -  Tan Hui Leng Ted Chen Shock over industrial accident at Fusionpolis project YESTERDAY, even as workers moved in to clear the debris at the Nicoll Highway collapse, Singapore witnessed another tragic, industrial accident with unfortunate similarities. At about 1.45pm yesterday at the Fusionpolis construction site
    WEE TECK HIAN  -  534 words
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      42 1 NEWSX^/lEWS Stay away Thai rebels warn tourists not to visit Phuket, Krabi/6l Oh, behave! Sias frowns on unruly behaviour at AGMs/20 mr brown Uniquely Spore casino can nave cock fights/48 Injury shock Silat world champs will miss tournament/78 1 M 1 f
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      20 1 sn sheds 35.63 POINTS AMID FEARS CHINA WILL COOL ITS ECONOMY PAGE 8 MORE STORIES, PHOTOS ON PAGES 2, 3
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Lock icon Without any warning...
      506 2  -  Loh Chee Kong Wong Fei Wan Survivors tell of terrifying collapse and frantic efforts to save colleagues THE platform gave way under their feet very quickly and without warning. The next thing foreman Li Guiming knew, he was slipping uncontrollably downwards together with the steel platform he
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      Lock icon Collapses raise difficult questions
      592 3  -  Yvonne Lim, NEWS£fiS2S££— Has safety been sidelined as contractors rush to work faster and at the lowest cost? NINE days. Two massive worksite collapses and six deaths. Suddenly the stakes and the urgency for answers have been raised alarmingly. The initial storm of questions over the
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      Capt Ryan Goh calls it a day
      559 4  -  Derrick A Paulo Today Exclusive After settling loose ends here, ex-SIA union official heads for Australia AT a farewell dinner at East Coast Parkway, five men sat at a table, their mugs of beer half empty. There was little to distinguish them from
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      Lock icon Train accident could be plot to kill Kirn Jong II
      213 6 -AFP WASHINGTON The deadly train accident in North Korea last week may be linked to an assassination attempt on its leader Kirn Jong II or confusion surrounding his security, said several defectors from the Stalinist state. They spoke to reporters
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      Lock icon Thai rebels tell tourists to stay away
      475 6 Agencies Warning covers top resort islands of Phuket Phi Phi and Krabi BANGKOK Following the bloodshed in the Muslim south, Thailand held a parliamentary session in camera yesterday, as separatist groups warned foreigners to stay away from tourists hotspots in the south. In
      – Agencies; REUTERS  -  475 words
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      26 6 On Monday, we'll give you a reason to cheer. MbdiaCorp Get your FREE news, complete with advertisements, at: www.todayonline.com If JH jff^V We set you thinking.
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Lock icon China stocks hit hard
      338 8 Agencies ST Index falls 2% amid fears China will cool its economy CHINA-linked stocks were the hardest hit amid a 2-per cent fall in Singapore stocks yesterday, as signs that Beijing is about to aggressively rein in its commod-ity-hungry economy sent a chill throughout the market
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      A boss who walks the talk
      545 8  -  Tay Tsen-Waye h/.nriiihVrl "WALKING the talk" is how Sing Health Group chief executive officer, Professor Tan Ser Kiat, 58, describes his management style. Every day, Prof Tan literally strides the corridors of the Singapore General Hospital and chats with the nurses and doctors he
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      Lock icon Sistic gets ahead in its services
      202 10 Newsßadio 93.8 SOON, Sistic customers can go online to book their tickets for a musical and even arrange for a taxi to pick them up for the performance. The ticketing company's $5 million new computer system, called Stix, aims to make bookings for their
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      When teachers and books play a supporting role
      852 10  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla At Dr Aghi's Universitas Global 21, education revolves around e-learning IT SPEAKS volumes for the potential of Singapore's higher education industry that a Silicon Valley stalwart should leave a top job and a comfortable life in California to head
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      MOE will maintain high standards of discipline
      408 14  -  Seah Jiak Choo (Miss) despite accepting Ng's offer to step down as principal WE REFER to the case of Mr Ng Lee Huat, former principal of Nan Chiau High, hitting a student with a soft-cover book. The Ministry of Education (MOE) takes school
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      Anger and violence are not good way to discipline
      229 14  -  Timothy Tang Nam Yen I REFER to the letter "Principal's resignation sends troubling signals" by Lim Kong Hiong, (Today, April 28). Mr Lim is wrong in saying that physical punishment is a good way to discipline a student What does it
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      Mother tongue hurdle to spoken English
      302 18  -  Michael Loh Yik Ming I REFER to Ms Liv I-Chun's suggestion of listing out the common errors in English that Singaporeans commit (Today, April 26). It is a commendable suggestion, but one I fear that will come to no avail as the majority of
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      Teacher, teach thyself first
      371 18  -  Cheong Chee Mun For better English, learn phonetics, grammar I AM not surprised to read Ms Liv I-Chun's letter on common errors in English (Today, April 26). Such errors in pronunciation and usage stem from the Ministry of Education's (MOE) lack of focus in its education
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Behave yourself at AGMs
      319 20  -  Val Chua Sias frowns on excessive consumption of food and disruptive behaviour SHAREHOLDERS who disrupt the proceedings of annual general meetings (AGMs) may find themselves booted out, if a new set of guidelines from an investor body is followed. The Securities Investors Association (Singapore), or Sias,
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      Lock icon UOB shareholders slam UOL sale
      209 20 Dow Jones UNITED Overseas Bank (UOB) shareholders have raised sharp questions over the bank's proposed partial divestment of its stake in its property arm, United Overseas Land (UOL), via a preferential offer. On Monday, UOB proposed to sell up to 259.7 million shares in UOL,
      – Dow Jones  -  209 words
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      Lock icon $89.7m Q1 profit for Great Eastern
      270 23 Agencies THE first quarter net profit of Great Eastern Holdings more than doubled to $89.7 million, thanks to its stronger insurance business and improved investment returns. The insurance provider, 48.9 per cent-owned by Over-sea-Chinese Banking Corp, made $40.1 million as net profit a year
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    • Market WATCH
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        Lock icon Singapore
        90 23 Dow Jones Share prices closed lower on an overnight plunge on Wall Street which sparked selling in local blue chips, while other stocks fell on concerns over an impending tightening in China's monetary policy. The ST Index closed down 35.63 points, or 1.9 percent, to 1,812.13. Decliners outnumbered advancers
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        ST Index—1,8l2.l3 -35.63
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        World markets
        60 23 Index Nikkei 225 Value *****.29 Change Pis -40.59 -0.34 Hang Seng All Ordinaries *****.58 3407.80 -159.73 -42.60 -1.31 -1.24 Taiwan Wtd 6402.21 -172.54 -2.62 Korea Comp 875.41 -26.42 -2.93 KLCI 849.72 -11.85 -1.38 SET Index 656.38 -15.96 -2.37 Jakarta Comp 801.96 -15.96 -1.95 Phils Comp Shenzhen B Mumbai
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        Lock icon Commodities
        27 23 SGX, Bloomberg Gold uss/oi 381.400 Silver uss/oi 5.590 Platinum uss/oi 785.000 Information provided by Rubber centsAg 255.5 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1 874 Brent crude uss/barrel 34.10
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        Your S$1 buys!
        36 23 US$ 0.5856 UK£ 0.333 Yen 64.856 HK$ 4.5679 RM 2.2254 Euro 0.4959 Rupiah 5096.2 Baht 23.463 Peso 32.796 A$ 0.8216 Indian Rs 26.014 Won 685.26 C$ 0.8056 Yuan 4.8472 NZ$ 0.9519 NTS 19.502
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        SGX most active
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        SGX top rises
        75 23 By$ Close Change SPH1OO 21.400 +0.200 OCBC 4.5%NCPS 100 102.200 +0.100 SPH 21.300 +0.100 Transpac 2.120 +0.040 SATSvcs 1.950 +0.030 Unisleel 1.250 +0.030 SMRT 0.610 +0.025 OKP 0.140 +0.020 WPG 0.310 +0.020 Berger 0.235 +0.015 By percentage :irPlusW*****7 Close 0.030 Change +20.0 <ian Ann W*****7 0.030 +20.0
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        SGX top falls
        73 23 By$ Close Change Venture 19.100 -0.500 Jardine C&C 6.600 -0.450 SIA 10.500 -0.400 Noble 3.140 -0.380 CITYDEV 6.100 -0.300 GreatEast 11.400 -0.300 Thai Prime200USS 10.700 -0.300 KepCorp GP Bat 7.050 -0.250 3.200 -0.240 Creative 50 17.300 -0.200 By percentage tficplas W*****9 Globa Close 0.005 0.015 Change -50.0
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      Lock icon Creative's profit up on investment gains
      271 25 Nomad player surpasses sound card sales CREATIVE Technology's fiscal third-quarter profit rose to US$57 million ($97 million) as it reaped investment gains and Inter-net-based music gained popularity. Net income rose to 68 US cents a share in the three months ended March 31, from
      BLOOMBERG  -  271 words
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      Accounts error won't affect Global Crossing funding
      100 25 SINGAPORE Technologies Telemedia has reaffirmed its willingness to spend up to US$lOO million ($l7O million) to keep its Global Crossing unit afloat On Tuesday, Global Crossing had said that accounting errors could jeopardise outside funding that it was expecting in June, the Associated
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      Lock icon Stats' Q1 below expectations
      237 25 Bloomberg ST ASSEMBLY Test Services (Stats), the biggest provider of chip-testing services in Singapore, posted a first-quarter profit of US$4.l million ($7 million) amid production delays and higher costs. It was expected to earn US$9 million, or 8 US cents per share, according to analysts polled.
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      Lock icon US GDP up 4.2% in first quarter
      75 25 Bloomberg THE US economy expanded at a slower-than-expected 4.2-per-cent annual rate in the first quarter as corporate investment in buildings and plants fell. The gross domestic product (GDP) rise follows a 4.1-per-cent pace in the fourth quarter and 8.2 per cent in the
      – Bloomberg  -  75 words
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      CORPORATE briefs
      68 28 SembCorp Logistics said net profit for its first quarter ended March 31 rose 37 per cent to $25 million, or 2.9 cents a share. Revenue rose 60 per cent to $180 million. Accord Customer Care Solutions said net profit for its first quarter ended March 31 rose 153
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      Fed funds at 6% in two years?
      270 28  -  Kevin Tan US Federal Reserve likely to nudge rates higher this year from the current 1% THE key federal funds rate the rate at which US banks borrow funds overnight from each other may rise as high as 6 per cent over the
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  • SAVVY INVESTOR
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      Lock icon Banks likely to report higher Q1 profits
      676 30 Bloomberg Economic recovery to boost performance, as lenders expand overseas to offset competition at home THREE local banks are likely to report that their first-quarter profits rose as the economy rebounded after two recessions in six years. Net income at Singapore's largest lender,
      – Bloomberg; WEE TECK HIAN  -  676 words
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      2190 30 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS The data contained herein has been obtained from company reports, financial reporting services, periodicals and other resources believed to be reliable. Although carefully verified, data on compilations is not guaranteed by Upper A Reuters Company and may be incomplete. No offer or solicitations to buy or sell
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      Much ado about Quality
      566 35 Cold Storage works hard at keeping its produce fresh WHILE many of us are still asleep, the team members at Cold Storage's Fresh Food Distribution Centre (FFDC) are hard at work. In fact, the FFDC, a HACCP<ontrolled environment, is already a hive of activity from 3am.
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      GETFRESH
      148 35 Choosing fresh produce can sometimes be a challenge. Here are some tips to select fruits and vegetables and enjoy them at home. Select fresh-looking fruits and vegetables that are not bruised, shrivelled or mouldy. Buy only what you need. Apples, oranges and potatoes can be stored for some time,
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      313 36 US-led coalition up against Saddam's secret service: Report WASHINGTON A Pentagon intelligence report has fingered members of Saddam Hussein's secret service, M-14, as being responsible for the attacks on the US-led coalition in Iraq, the New York Times reported yesterday. The report, prepared by the Defence Intelligence
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      129 44 AFP KUALA LUMPUR A special security squad will be set up in Kuala Lumpur to protect foreign embassies, Malaysian police said yesterday. The squad will beef up the current system in which mobile units were stationed at "sensitive" missions such as that
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        49 44 Two days after South Africa celebrated the 1 Oth anniversary of the end of apartheid, a whites-only South African enclave will issue its own money, CNN reported yesterday. The community at Orania, populated by white Afrikaners, said it wanted to protect its Afrikaner culture.
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      269 50  -  Wendy Cheng AFTER playing an all-powerful Empress Dowager in the second-run of the musical, Forbidden City last year, local singer Kit Chan is returning to the stage here. Next, she stars in a "story-telling" concert, East Meets
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      579 54  -  Yong Shu Chiang Upcoming M'sian film-maker HoYuhang prefers to 'see things differently' HO YUHANG has a habit of making indelible first impressions. The Malaysian film-maker befriended theatre director and compatriot Huzir Sulaiman by hurling an insult his way the first time they met a few
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      452 54  -  Felix Cheong YEARS after the experience, Spanish actress Monica Lopez still shudders at the memory of the very first time she went nude on stage. "The night before, I was quite nervous," recalled the statuesque 34-year-old, who was in town
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      261 56 Reuters LOS ANGELES American Idol judge Simon Cowell predicted on Wednesday that La Toya London and Diana DeGarmo would advance to the final round of the latest television search for an instant pop star, dismissing suggestions that voters were racist or that the results
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      573 56  -  Serene Foo New-generation Chinese director Zhu Wen speaks his mind OUTSPOKEN Chinese director Zhu Wen shoots from the hip. He has no qualms about openly rubbishing a fellow director's work, telling you bluntly he thinks Zhang Yimou's epic Hero hailed as a "masterpiece"
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        235 58  -  YONG SHU CHIANG FILM REVIEW BY^ THIS time, it isn't Bennifer's fault. Formerly white-hot Hollywood couple, Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez, sank the god-awful "romantic comedy", Gigli, last year with career-worst performances. Here, they reunite briefly long enough for her character to die giving birth to his daughter
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      312 72 -AFP INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY Italy 1 Spain 1 GENOA He will always be remembered for missing the penalty that cost Italy the 1994 World Cup final, but the Azzurri fans showed just how much they will miss Roberto Baggio. Called up for the first time in
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      330 74 Agencies MANCHESTER Manchester United have moved quickly to stamp on a fresh wave of speculation suggesting Ruud van Nistelrooy could be on his way to Barcelona or Real Madrid in a £30 million ($9l million) summer move. Newspaper reports yesterday
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      473 78  -  STANLEY HO As Singapore gears up to host its first silat world championships Today EXCLUSIVE They must now undergo knee reconstruction surgery to save their sports career. Abdul Kadir will go under the surgeon's knife next month, while Zulfakar will have his operation in
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      60 78 INCLEMENT weather claimed another two NTUC Income-Yeo's S-League matches last night as the Home-Balestier and Sinchi-SAFFC clashes were called off. Referees waited the requisite 45 minutes but pitches at Bishan and Hougang both proved unplayable following heavy rain. The Home-Balestier fixture will now be played tonight at
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      85 78 BOLTON Bolton manager Sam Allardyce has admitted Rivaldo may be stalling on signing for his side in the hope of attracting an offer from a more glamourous club. On the Brazilian's failure to put pen to paper after more than a week of negotiations, Allardyce said: "If there's
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