Today, 20 July 2004, Afternoon Edition

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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon Malaysia ready to send doctors to Iraq
      390 1 -AFP Abdullah makes pledge during meeting with Bush WASHINGTON Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi told US President George W Bush yesterday that Malaysia is ready to send a medical team to Iraq and hopes to take part in reconstruction efforts. "I'd like
      -AFP; REUTERS  -  390 words
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      Lock icon Italian mother jailed 30 years for killing son
      226 1 Reuters AOSTA (Italy) A 33-year-old woman was sentenced to 30 years in jail yesterday for the brutal murder of her three-year-old son in a case that horrified Italy, a Catholic country in which mothers are revered as virtual saints. The court had
      — Reuters  -  226 words
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      Lock icon At least 21 miners killed in Ukraine mine blast
      142 1 AFP MOSCOW At least 21 miners have been killed and 17 were missing in a gas explosion and fire that ravaged a coal mine in eastern Ukraine, the Itar-Tass news agency reported early today. The methane blast and the fire occurred
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      Lock icon US stocks close mixed
      79 1 -AFP NEW YORK US stocks ended mixed yesterday as blue chips struggled on disappointment over 3M's third quarter outlook, while tech shares edged higher on bargain hunting. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 45.72 points (0.45 per cent) to 10,094.06 while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index
      -AFP  -  79 words
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      Lock icon Oil prices at 7 -week high
      174 1 AFP NEW YORK The main crude oil contract in New York climbed to a seven-week high yesterday, nearing record levels amid worries about terrorism, supply risks and political tensions. New York's benchmark light sweet contract for delivery in August rose US 39 cents to
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      44 1 ATHENS 2004 999 jM=diaCorp ACTION BEGINS ON SATURDAY, AUG 14 >_iWSX^/IEWS Prithpal Singh Why heartland aunties see red/3 Adopt a lab National Cancer Centre to raise funds/6 Shop worship Manila mall woos Muslims with mosque/26 \W^___^m\ |k>~ I ___P^>—_B'W jtA^-A l\\S**_ r_M B_ -gp
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      11 1 SUDAN CRACKDOWN HOT NEWS 2 DROGBA DEAL ALMOST DONE SPORTS 39
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  • HOT NEWS
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      NatSteel needed defence
      461 2  -  Wong Fei Wan Steel miller's director was protecting company's integrity when he spoke to BT feiwan@newstoday.com.sg AT THE time, fingers were pointed at NatSteel suggesting that it should be blamed if its shareholders were to lose out on a dividend payout So, the steel miller's director David
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      Lock icon Sudan crackdown
      109 2 Reuters KHARTOUM A Sudanese court has sentenced 10 Arab militiamen to amputation and six years in jail in the first conviction of Janjaweed militia fighters for looting and killing in the Dai—ir region. As news of the ruling emerged yesterday, the United Nations and rights groups said villagers
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      Lock icon Service and conservancy charges to increase between 2% and 7% for some
      300 2 Derrick A Paub SERVICE and conservancy (S&C) charges are set to rise between 2 and 7 per cent In a letter dated July 15, the 14 People's Action Party-run town councils told residents that rates will rise between
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      Why heartland aunties see red...
      801 3  -  Prithpal Singh NEWS3U3U3!^h Mainland Chinese can be an asset or a liability, depending on what they contribute to society A RECENT commentary in a local newspaper that irked me greatly was one written in a self-righteous tone about the indecent forays of nubile mainland Chinese
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      Lock icon Philippines completes pullout, Egyptian freed
      181 4 Agencies MANILA The Philippines' last 34 troops in Iraq headed out of the country yesterday to complete their contingent's withdrawal in an attempt to save the life of hostage Angelo de la Cruz. "This last component of the humanitarian contingent began their journey out of
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      Democracy in Umno 'alive'
      334 4 Pak Lah thanks party members for huge support KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi yesterday thanked his ruling United Malays National Organisation (Umno) members for choosing him to lead the party uncontested, while his deputy insisted that there was "still democracy within Umno". The
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    • GLOBALroundup
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        Lock icon Mr Roh? No, says CIA
        60 4 Reuters South Korea has been pushing the US Central Intelligence Agency to change the way it spells President Roh Moo-hyun's first name, but the CIA is sticking to its guns. In an online directory and in its World Fact Book, a standard reference, the agency
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        Lock icon Sex education for the tots
        59 4 AFP With an Aids time-bomb ticking, at least one Chinese province has decided that sex education needs to be taught from kindergarten onwards. New courses about sex and health are to be offered in kindergartens, primary and middle schools in southern Guangzhou, one of the
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      Job security is No 1 worry
      312 5 although Singaporeans exude consumer confidence, says survey EVEN though Singaporeans score high on optimism levels across the Asia Pacific region in consumer confidence, they are still the most worried about their job security. This was one of the key findings from a May 2004
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      First fuel cell car hits S'pore roads for testing programme
      320 5  -  Colin Yong IT LOOKS like a standard petrol pump from a distance, but the fuel it dispenses is far from ordinary. Located at BP's Upper East Coast Road station, the pump dispenses compressed hydrogen for use in DaimlerChrysler's fuel cell
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      Lock icon Kuwait and S'pore sign economic pact
      91 5 Channel News Asia THE Prime Minister of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmed Al Jaber Al Sabah, was in Singapore for a one-day official visit. He met his Singapore counterpart, Mr Goh Chok Tong, at the Istana yesterday. Both Prime Ministers witnessed the signing of
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Adopt a lab to help cancer research
      330 6  -  Surekha A Yadav National Cancer Centre launches fund-raising programme STATISTICS show that a third of Singaporeans are likely to get cancer. That is why, in the battle against the disease, the National Cancer Centre (NCC) aims to step up its cancer research programmes.
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      Chain SMS to win $200 a hoax
      138 6  -  Eveline Gan A CHAIN SMS message, supposedly sent by the three major service providers in Singapore Sing Tel, Mobile One and Star Hub has been making the rounds in Singapore. The SMS reads: "Just send this message to another 10 SMS users and
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  • LETTERS
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      Downgrade for Singapore Girl?
      337 10  -  Michael Loh Yik Ming Making benefits less attractive for SIA staff could compromise airline's image I REFER to your report, "SIA employee benefits need to be examined" (July 19). In the report, Acting Manpower Minister Ng Eng Hen describes SlA's medical benefits and retrenchment payouts as
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      Public remarks uncalled for
      164 10  -  Joel Tan I WAS dismayed to read your report "Big battle of the business schools" (July 16). I may not know the context in which certain comments were made about Singapore Management University by the new dean of the Nanyang Business School, Prof Hong Hai, but
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      Better to have friendly rivalry
      85 10  -  Chai Kok Hong Prof Hong Hai's comments about Singapore Management University were uncalled for. We do not exist in a closed box, where only NTU and SMU are fighting to produce the best graduates. We are competing with the rest of the world. I am
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      The attraction of high-yield bonds
      624 11 Economic recovery bodes well for speculative-grade debt paper, especially as default rates fall IF YOU think you should steer clear of bonds in the current environment of rising interest rates and inflation, think again. One bond product that does well during this climate is high-yield
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
    • MarketWATCH
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        Singapore
        61 12 SHARES closed mixed yesterday on the first trading day after the Government said on Saturday that Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will take over the premiership on Aug 12. The smooth transition of power is expected to help Singapore meet its target of as much as 7.5-per-cent economic
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        World markets
        58 12 Index Value Change Pis Nikkei 225 Closed Hang Seng All Ordinaries Taiwan Wtd 12,166.95 3,535.10 5,489.10 +107.75 +0.89 +1.60 +0.05 -13.04 -0.24 Korea Comp 750.4 +11.01 +1.49 KLCI 843.15 +0.50 +0.06 SET Index 642.12 -3.99 -0.62 Jakarta Comp 754.27 -1.82 -0.24 Phils Comp Shenzhen B Mumbai Sensex 1,544.26
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        Lock icon Commodities
        26 12 SGX, Bloomberg Gold uss/oz 407.00 Silver uss/oz 6.715 Platinum uss/oi 824.00 Rubber centsAg 219.00 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1,462 Brent crude uss/barrel 37.75 Information provided by
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        ST Index: 1,881.77+10.3
        39 12 The ST Index closed up 1 0.3 points, or 0.6 per cent, at 1,881.77. But on the broad market, losers outnumbered gainers 243 to 90. Traded volume amounted to 528 million shares valued at $486.9 million.
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 12 US$ 0.5881 UK£ 0.3145 Yen 63.758 HK$ 4.5876 RM 2.2345 Euro 0.4736 Rupiah 5,240.8 Baht 23.995 Peso 32.896 A$ 0.8023 Indian Rs 27.101 Won 680.77 C$ 0.7715 Yuan 4.8678 NZ$ 0.8923 NTS 19.928
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        SGX most active
        59 12 )y volume Close Change '000 tfee Poh )io-Treat Ihina Paper Jnified bartered ML Iosco Corp SuangzhaolFB j'tiraya inowcity 0.015 0.870 0.375 0.340 1.190 2.430 0.880 0.235 0.590 0.200 -0.060 -0.035 -0.075 -0.050 +0.080 +0.015 -0.020 -0.005 -0.025 -6.5 -8.5 -18.1 -4.0 +3.4 +1.7 -7.8 -0.8 -11.1 41,811
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        SGX top rises
        83 12 By$ JOB Close Change 13.900 +0.300 ISH 500USS 5.500 +0.150 KepCorp Bukit Sem 7.550 +0.150 12.900 +0.100 DBS 15.400 +0.100 F&N 13.700 +0.100 ilA 200 11.000 +0.100 MOL 2.430 +0.080 >IA Engg 2.270 +0.070 DUE 7.200 +0.050 By percentage PNE Ind W*****8 Close 0.030 Change +50.0 NH
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        SGX top falls
        77 12 By$ Close Change Venture 16.400 -0.200 Jmiliiie C&C 6.000 -0.150 Creative 50 16.800 -0.100 GPBal 3.300 -0.080 Unified 0.340 -0.075 Bio-freat 0.870 -0.060 Hi-P 1.330 -0.060 Sp Land 4.300 -0.060 fAC 200USS 2.730 -0.060 WBLCorp 3.080 -0.060 By percentage Goldlron Close Change 0.015 -25.0 IRECorp 0.030 -25.0
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      Creative's $100m target
      330 12  -  Tor Ching Li Company launches 6-month campaign to grow local market share CREATIVE Technology the world's digital entertainment leader has set aside a "sevendigit budget" for the next six months for an unprecedented marketing campaign to grow its share in its home-base, Singapore. "We're ready for prime
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      Lock icon M1's Q2 profit rises 26% to $39.7 million
      234 17 Dow Jones IDD, mobile data services boost results MOBILEONE (Ml) posted higher secondquarter earnings as customers spent more on international direct dialling and mobile data services at Singapore's sec-ond-largest mobile phone operator. The company reported a net profit of $39.7 million for
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      Lock icon Jakarta to sell struggling Merpati
      109 17 Newsßadio 93.8 INDONESIA is seeking a financial adviser to help it sell its struggling domestic airline, Merpati Nusantara. The State Enterprise Ministry said that companies had until 3pm on Friday to submit letters of interest Earlier this year, Deputy State Enterprise Minister Ferdinand Nainggolan said
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      CORPORATEbriefs
      144 17 Global Tech (Holdings) has removed independent non-executive directors lan Robinson and Richard Tanner as a result of disagreements between them and other members of the board over Global Tech's "business strategies, the methodology of its internal controls and the provision made on a trade receivable", a company statement said
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      Lock icon S'pore investors still wary of M'sia
      398 18 Dow Jones ...even as warmer ties boost business SINGAPOREAN companies are more interested in investing in Malaysia after Mr Abdullah Ahmad Badawi took over as prime minister in November, but events of the past mean it will take a while before many deals are
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      2983 18 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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      Lock icon IE S'pore gathers 30 global buyers at trade exchange
      220 19 Channel News Asia TRADE promotion agency International Enterprise (IE) Singapore has brought more than 30 global buyers to the Republic for a procurement meet Called Global Asia Trade Exchange, or Gateo4, the week-long event connects Asian suppliers to purchasing companies from
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      Lock icon GIC says returns 'difficult'
      257 19 Bloomberg Double-digit returns unlikely to be repeated THE Government of Singapore Investment Corp (GIC) expects a "more difficult" investment environment ahead as inflation and interest rates rise. The Singapore investment company, which manages more than US$lOO billion ($l7O billion), said "double-digit" global returns in both equities
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  • INFOTECH solutions for BUSINESS
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      Lock icon POWER, PORTABILITY AND 'POKE-ABILITY
      676 20  -  Francis Chin Desktop, laptop or tablet? Which is the right choice for you? tops can last for more than 10 years with minimal care. Finally, consider performance and reliability. The only advantage a notebook has is portability. In every other aspect, it is still more cost-effective
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      Lock icon Lasers offer faster and cheaper data transfer
      241 22  -  Francis Chin Republic Poly uses Canon for connectivity I FOR a cheaper and faster mode of I data communication, the one-year-old Republic Polytechnic, now temporarily at the old Ministry of Education premises on Kay Siang Road, has turned to laser beams. Two pairs
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      Insead scales up for enlarged user base
      262 22  -  Francis Chin I WITH plans to enrol 50 per cent more MBA students, the Insead graduate business school is expanding its Ayer Rajah campus and upgrading its computer system and Web applications. Insead operates two campuses: The main campus in Fontainebleau, France, has
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      CIOs to share views at forum on Friday
      103 22 I HOW do CIOs (chief information offiI cers) shortlist the computers and solutions they want to buy? Four CIOs from OCBC Bank and three high-tech companies will share their views at a forum on Friday, organised by IT management magazine MIS Asia.
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Is Arafat on his last legs?
      473 24  -  Jaime Koh Growing, explicit criticism of the Palestinian leader paints him as a liability GAZA After a weekend of violence and protest against his appointment of his nephew as the head of general security, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat reinstated Mr Abdel Razzek al-Majeida to
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      Lock icon Golkar may back Mega in election
      221 24 -AFP JAKARTA Indonesia's largest political party, Golkar, is considering backing incumbent President Megawati Sukarnoputri in the presidential election run-off because its own candidate looks certain to be eliminated from the race, the Koran Tempo reported yesterday. The newspaper quoted Golkar chairman Akbar Tanjung as
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    • GLOBALroundup
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        Lock icon Iraq appoints diplomats to 43 missions
        71 24 Reuters Iraq yesterday named ambassadors to 43 diplomatic missions, moving to boost relations with the outside world three weeks after sovereignty was regained, said Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari. Meanwhile, a group led by suspected Al Qaeda ally Abu Musab Al Zarqawi offered a reward
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        Lock icon Anti-terror documents found near Heathrow
        62 24 AFP Scotland Yard announced an inquiry into the disappearance of confidential plans aimed at preventing a terrorist attack on London's Heathrow Airport, reported The Sun yesterday. The documents, found by a driver on a road near the airport's Terminal 4, included a list of 62
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        Lock icon France demands explanation from Sharon
        42 24 Reuters France sharply criticised Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon after he urged French Jews to emigrate immediately to Israel to escape what he called "the wildest anti-Semitism". Paris has demanded an explanation for Mr Sharon's "unacceptable" language.
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        Lock icon S Korean serial killer lost track of victim count
        57 24 Reuters A 34-year-old South Korean man suspected of being the country's worst serial killer may have murdered at least 23 people, but the suspect was unsure himself of the number because there were "too many", police said. His victims were wealthy
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  • COMMENTARY
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      268 38 Agencies LONDON Despite rumours that Patrick Vieira will demand a transfer this week, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has said he will not shatter the club's pay structure to keep his captain. Yesterday, the Daily Mirror reported the Frenchman will ask to
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        452 39 Reuters LONDON Chelsea and Olympique Marseille have agreed terms for the transfer of Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba, the English premier league club said on their website yesterday. Financial details were not disclosed but British media put the figure at around £24 million ($76.18 million), a
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