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    11 1 TODAY we set you thinking todayonline.com Wednesday Juiy2i,2oo4* mita(p) 103/07/2004 I
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    Pak Lah's Iraqi initiative
    723 1  -  Raymond Andrew M'sia reinforces its leading-Muslim-nation status by offering help to war-torn country JUST a day after his political party signalled their strong endorsement of his domestic position and agenda, Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi took a decisive step to put Malaysia on the international
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      28 1 NEWSX\YIEWS Karim Raslan Complacency is Umno's worst enemy/3 Eric Teo When will Asia kiss and make up?/23 Strange link Sinchi behind moves to bring Chinese clubs to Sleague/30
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      95 1 TIGER TERMINAL? •MAM l?^ T Tlirn fft fho navf nQn^ Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore IVI AH 4 Mv I UNI 10 til6 neXl Ddge to build low-cost carrier terminal at D/\/\0 I changi Airport PAGE 2 y\j\j jf% p f or the best deals from IN PARLIAMENT i^X II
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      CMS to build lowcost carrier terminal
      506 2  -  Tay Tsen-Waye Tiger Airways agrees to operate from new facility IT WAS exactly as Transport Minister Yeo Cheow Tong had promised last month. As long as one airline signed on the dotted line confirming its interest in using a terminal dedicated to low-cost carriers
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      NUS alumni appeal for Bukit Timah campus
      230 2  -  Derrick A Paulo THE Education Minister will soon hear from thousands of alumni from the National University of Singapore (NUS) about its application for the soon-to-be-vacated Bukit Timah campus. Led by former Foreign Affairs Ministry permanent secretary Harry Chan, 77, a group of
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      Complacency is Umno's worst enemy
      888 3  -  Karim Raslan N EWSSSDUDSUL Party members deserve to be represented with alternative candidates and policies HOW times have changed. Back in 2000 when Umno was undergoing its last internal polls, Kuala Lumpur was seething with talk of the party's imminent demise. Many of us including
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        Lock icon Start of joint patrol in Strait of Malacca
        42 4 Reuters The Indonesian, Singapore and Malaysian navies began joint patrols of the Strait of Malacca shipping lane yesterday in an effort to combat piracy and terrorism and to demonstrate they can handle the job.
        — Reuters  -  42 words
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        Lock icon Mahathir off the hook over gift to Mugabe
        59 4 AFP Malaysia Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi told the Malaysian parliament that his predecessor, Mr Mahathir Mohamad, will not be prosecuted over a RMIOO,OOO ($44,800) gift of timber to Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe. Mr Abdullah said in a written reply to lawmakers
        – AFP  -  59 words
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        Lock icon Former chess champion could be deported
        51 4 Agencies Former world chess champion Bobby Fischer, wanted by American authorities for defying a ban on doing business with Yugoslavia, could be deported from Japan for travelling on an invalid passport. Mr Fischer was arrested last Wednesday when he tried to leave Tokyo's Narita
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        Lock icon Anwar sodomy appeal verdict postponed
        44 4 -AFP Malaysia's Federal Court yesterday postponed indefinitely its verdict on a sodomy appeal by jailed ex-deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim due today. Anwar's lawyer said the court did not fix a new date nor give any reason for the move.
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        Lock icon Qurei agrees to stay on as Palestinian PM
        60 4 -AFP Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei yesterday agreed to stay in his post for now, three days after tendering his resignation to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, officials said. But Mr Qurei refused to retract his resignation, which means he would stay for
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        Lock icon Doctor who exposed Sars cover-up released
        56 4 Reuters Dr Jiang Yanyong, the military doctor who exposed China's Sars cover-up last year, was released yesterday after being held by the authorities for seven weeks during which he underwent "study sessions". Dr Jiang was detained after calling for a political reassessment of the
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      Lock icon Captors set Filipino hostage in Iraq free
      212 4 Agencies BAGHDAD Militants in Iraq yesterday freed Filipino hostage, Angelo de la Cruz, less than 24 hours after the Philippines completed the withdrawal of its troops from Iraq. Mr De la Cruz was dropped off on a street corner outside the United Arab
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      Legal eagles in sharp exchange
      756 4  -  Wong Fei Wan as defence decides not to call Nat Steel's Ang Kong Hua TYCOON Oei Hong Leong is "cynically" using his ongoing libel suit as a crusade to run down several people and organisations. And that is why Senior Counsel Davinder Singh told the
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Errant power firms face $2 million fines
      268 6  -  Lee Ching Wern ACTING on his promise that the Government would not hesitate to be heavy-handed on power companies if need be, Minister of State for Trade and Industry Dr Vivian Balakrishnan unveiled in Parliament yesterday a series of punitive and preventive measures
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    • PARLIAMENTbriefs
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        Help for unpaid workers
        80 6 Acting Manpower Minister Ng Eng Hen said the Government was committed to helping workers recover as much of unpaid wages as quickly as possible. But when companies are insolvent, workers may have to accept whatever is available at the time and then allow the legal processes
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        No Causeway bridge talks yet
        53 6 Foreign Minister S Jayakumar dismissed media reports that quoted Malaysian Works Minister Samy Vellu as saying that bilateral talks about a bridge to replace the Causeway had begun. Professor Jayakumar said Malaysia was yet to get back to Singapore with specific proposals to resolve the
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        Lock icon When the Iras owes you
        79 6 Channel News Asia The Government said it had tried its best to return the $28 million in unrefunded taxes sitting in its coffers. But it had some $23.34 million to refund, which included $22.11 million that belonged to foreigners who had not left their overseas
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      United front against terror
      442 6  -  Tor Ching Li New high-level unit to 'close the gaps' TO ensure a robust national response to any form of terrorist attack, Singapore will set up a National Security Co-ordination Secretariat (NSCS) under the Prime Minister's Office. Announcing the new security framework in Parliament yesterday, Deputy
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      SGH helps employees' children learn to read
      250 6  -  Lee U-Wen AT the age of 4, Emma Yeo can write from A to Z and read books borrowed from her pre-school library. She is way ahead of her schoolmates and her mother, Madam Tay Swee Eng, a secretary with the Singapore General
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      Lock icon CapitaMall to raise $238m from new units
      278 10 Dow Jones Funds will help pay for Plaza Singapura purchase CAPITAMALL Trust is raising $238.14 million from an offer of new units to help finance the $710-million purchase of the Plaza Singapura shopping mall from its parent, Capita Land. The retail mall trust
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      Lock icon Israel's Formula Telecom seeks SGX listing
      128 10 Channel News Asia FORMULA Telecom Solutions (FTS) is the first Israeli company to seek a listing on the Singapore Exchange (SGX). FTS, which provides integrated billing and customer-relationship-manage-ment software solutions for telecom suppliers, lodged its preliminary listing prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore
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        Lock icon Singapore
        247 10 Dow Jones SHARES closed lower yesterday as concerns mounted over the prospects of the global technology industry and how it will hurt Singapore's export-driven economy. Investors continued to sell technology stocks as downgrades of the global chip sector from major investment banks such as Merrill Lynch have increased in
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        SGX most active
        57 10 By volume Close Change '000 L&M Bio-Treat China Paper Chartered lechcomp Unified iVee Poh MAC Cosco Corp GuangzhaolFB 0.010 0.845 0.350 1.140 0.385 0.325 0.010 0.665 0.865 0.235 -0.025 -0.025 -0.050 +0.035 -0.015 -0.005 -0.045 -0.015 -2.9 -6.7 -4.2 +10.0 -4.4 -33.3 -6.3 -1.7 46,616 42,151 28,662
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        SGX top rises
        80 10 By$ Close Change Creative 50 17.400 +0.600 Bukil Sem 13.100 +0.200 lardine C&C 6.150 +0.150 CITYDEV 5.800 +0.100 IMH 400USS 12.100 +0.100 iingamasC 2kHKS CITYDEVW*****0 3.925 +0.075 3.280 +0.060 3PBal 3.360 +0.060 Fortune ReilHKS 5.450 +0.050 DUE 7.250 +0.050 By percentage Close Change :frPlus W*****7 0.030 +20.0
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        SGX top falls
        74 10 >IA Close 10.700 Change -0.300 /enlure 16.100 -0.300 KepCorp DreatEasI 7.300 11.600 -0.250 -0.200 XBC 12.500 -0.200 SIA200 10.800 -0.200 DBS 15.300 -0.100 ISH 500USS 5.400 -0.100 UOB 13.800 -0.100 DianHu 0.525 -0.065 By percentage Wee Poh Close 0.010 Change -33.3 Hor Kew 0.045 -18.2 Inno-Pac 0.025
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        World markets
        59 10 Index Value hange Nikkei 225 Hang Seng Ordinaries laiwan Wtd Korea Comp 11,258.37 12,123.63 3,507.100 5,325.68 737.00 Pts -177.63 -43.32 -28.000 -163.42 -13.40 -1.55 -0.36 -0.79 -2.98 -1.79 KLCI 838.64 -4.51 -0.53 SET Index lakarta Comp 645.58 756.66 +3.46 +2.39 +0.54 +0.32 Phils Comp Shenzhen B 1,533.00 252.92
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        Lock icon Commodities
        26 10 SGX, Bloomberg Gold uss/oz 406.10 Silver uss/oi 6.635 Platinum uss/oi 832.80 Rubber centsAg 215.00 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1,468 Brent crude uss/barrel 37.95 Information provided by
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 10 US$ 0.5883 UK£ 0.3155 Yen 63.685 HK$ 4.5764 RM 2.2301 Euro 0.4729 Rupiah 5,248.1 Baht 23.971 Peso 32.803 A$ 0.8036 Indian Rs 27.047 Won 681.15 C$ 0.7692 Yuan 4.8688 NZ$ 0.8971 NTS 19.928
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      The taxman changeth
      250 13  -  Val Chua Iras no longer needs to be led by Finance Minister THE board of the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (Iras) no longer needs to be headed by the Finance Minister, following the passing of a Bill in Parliament yesterday. The Government has amended the Iras
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      Del Monte issues profit warning
      140 13 DEL MONTE Pacific yesterday warned that its first-half and full-year net profit would likely be lower than year-earlier levels due to rising costs and customer price changes. The food and beverage company, which has significant operations in the Philippines, had earlier expected its fiscal 2004
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      Informatics sells 4 properties for $5.4m
      161 13 INFORMATICS said yesterday it had entered into transactions for the sale of some of its properties, following its announcement on July 9 that its two banks had granted a conditional three-month extension to Oct 15 of a repayment deadline for some $16.2 million in
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      Lock icon BILto sell six Thistle hotels in London
      216 14 Channel News Asia. SINGAPORE-listed investment firm BIL International has appointed ÜBS Investment Bank to sell six hotels in London. The hotels belong to Thistle Hotels, London's biggest hotel chain that is wholly owned by BIL, which is in turn controlled by Malaysian tycoon
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      Lock icon Visa bills get paid on time
      219 14 Channel News Asia Singaporeans manage card debt well SINGAPOREANS are managing their credit card debt well, according to research done by independent economic research agency Network Economics Consulting Group for credit card firm Visa. The research found that Singapore cardholders as a group manage
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        Soaring recital with SIA
        119 16 IT was an afternoon of fun as Singapore Airlines (SIA) organised a roadshow with MediaCorp Class 95FM on Saturday between 2pm and 4pm. Held outside CX Tang on Orchard Road, the roadshow saw Class 95FM personalities such as "The Flying Dutchman" Mark Van Cuylenberg and Glenn
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      Lock icon Singapore-Kuwait agree on FTA talks
      251 16 AP. Trade ministers to explore areas of cooperation SINGAPORE is looking to enter into a free trade agreement (FTA) with Kuwait, the Associated Press reported. The initiative came as Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheik Sabah Al Ahmed Al Sabah ended his two-day visit yesterday to Singapore,
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      Lock icon Flextronics makes a turnaround in its Q1
      186 16 Agencies FLEXTRONICS International is back in the black, with a first-quarter net profit of US$74 million ($127 million), or 13 US cents a share. This was a reversal from the loss of US$29O million previously, or 56 US cents a share, which included
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      Lock icon Sats will expand operations overseas
      245 16 THE Singapore Airlines catering and ground handling unit, Singapore Airport Terminal Services (Sats), will expand its operations overseas as competition increases in Singapore. Sats aims to increase its pre-tax profit share from overseas ventures to between 20 and 25 per cent in the medium term,
      BLOOMBERG  -  245 words
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Alliance pacts may be an exercise in futility
      537 20  -  Fabio Scarpello Mature Indonesian electorate may just vote for the person JAKARTA With the July 5 vote counting nearly complete, political analysts are now switching their focus to who will team up with whom to prepare for the Sept 20 run-off. However,
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      Lock icon Mega, Wahid meet privately
      165 20 AFP ENDING three years of icy ties, Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri had a private meeting with her predecessor Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid, it was disclosed yesterday. Mr Wahid denied that the apparently cordial meeting on Monday was aimed at discussing alliances before the second round of
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        Lock icon No HK visit planned for China V-P
        58 20 Reuters A day after reports that China's top man for Hong Kong, Vice-President Zeng Qinghong, was due to visit there next month, Mr Gao Siren, director of China's Liaison Office in Hong Kong said he knew of no such plans. It was unclear
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        MCA sets up anti-crime watch
        40 20 Concerned over the rising crime rate in Malaysia, the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) has set up an anti-crime action committee to coordinate efforts at all party levels to help tackle the problem, The Star reported.
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        Lock icon South Asian nations hold talks
        60 20 -AFP South Asian foreign ministers yesterday began two days of talks in Islamabad on boosting trade and security to lift the region's 1.4 billion people out of poverty. The bloc, made up of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, the Maldives, Nepal, and Sri Lanka, represents one-fifth
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        Lock icon Bhopal victims to get $555m
        51 20 -AFP India s Supreme Court on Monday ordered the central bank to pay out 15.03 billion rupees ($555.5 million) to victims of the 1 984 Bhopal gas leak. More than 14,000 people died after toxic gas leaked from a plant owned by American firm Union
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      Lock icon 2 charged with racist vandalism in Perth
      210 20 -AFP PERTH Australian police yesterday charged two men over a spate of racist vandalism incidents in the west Australian city of Perth, linking one to a neoNazi group headed by a convicted firebomber. Police said the two were arrested by a taskforce investigating
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      Lock icon I did not desert army, says US marine
      156 20 Agencies WASHINGTON In his first public comments on his disappearance in Iraq a month ago, Lebanese-born American Marine Corporal Wassef Ali Hassoun on Monday denied he deserted the military. "I did not desert my post. I was captured and held against my
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      Lock icon 10 Arab militiamen face amputation
      178 20 Agencies NEW YORK In the first conviction of militias who looted and killed thousands in the western Dafur region, a Sudanese court on Monday sentenced 10 Arab militiamen to amputation. The 10 Janjaweed militiamen were also sentenced to six years in jail. Thousands of civilians
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Lock icon When will Asia kiss and make up?
      854 23  -  Dr Eric Tea A crucial question in the light of the process of reconciliation now under way in the West THE Western allies gathered on the beaches of Normandy on June 6 to celebrate the 60th anniversary of D-Day, when the liberation of
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      360 23 BA (Hons) Logistics S on i A\~ k a i Supply Chain Mgt XuN::i:r Y The BA(Hons) Logistics Supply Chain Management provides partcipants with an overview of how goods services are managed and move from source to final customer. J Direct entry for relevant diploma holders J One of the
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      342 24  -  David Chew An a cappella group from the famed university is making its way here IT WAS barely 7am in the Czech Republic and Pablo Ros, tour manager of the Harvard a cappella group Din and Tonics, had had barely enough sleep when he answered my call. The
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      174 24  -  David Chew THE Technical Theatre Association of Singapore (TTAS), a self-help organisation for and set up by behind-the-scenes technical theatre industry practitioners, was launched yesterday at the National Arts Council (NAC) offices at the Mita Building on Hill Street. The new guild is divided into four
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      81 24 Taiwanese film Formula 17 will not be shown in Singapore despite an appeal by its distributor Festive Films to the Films Appeal Committee (FAC). The FAC based its decision on the fact that the film "creates an illusion of a homosexual Utopia". According to the FAC, everyone in
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        343 25  -  Yong Shu Chiang THE Spider-Man has slipped. Set to be one of the biggest hits of the year in North America and Singapore, Spider-Man 2 has been knocked off the boxoffice peak after three weeks k on top. Its conquerer stateside is perenI nial summer
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      368 29 AFP BEIJING China named a 407-strong squad for the Olympics yesterday with the aim of securing at least 20 gold medals, but there was no room for world badminton champion Xia Xuanze or double Olympic diving winner
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      185 31 -AFP "™p ASIAN CUP, GROUP D Japan 1 Oman 0 CHONGQING, China Holders Japan overcame the absence of several star players through injury and the upcoming Olympics to open their Asian Cup campaign with a 1-0 victory over Oman last night The defending champions,
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      92 31 -AFP BEIJING Qatar coach Philippe Troussier was left stunned yesterday after being sacked following his team's disastrous start to their Asian Cup campaign. The experienced Frenchman, who saw Qatar crash to a shock 2-1 Group A defeat against Indonesia on Sunday, was told he had been
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      325 32 Agencies LONDON A man carrying a petrol can was arrested in the grounds of David and Victoria Beckham's Hertfordshire home last weekend, British police confirmed yesterday. The intruder was tackled by five guards, before police officers and a helicopter arrived at the
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      353 32 Agencies JINAN, China Continuing his conciliatory tone, Peter Velappan went out of his way to pacify the Chinese yesterday, when he praised the Asian Cup venue of Jinan. The general secretary of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), provoked a storm of protest
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      237 33 -AFP LONDON Arsenal were poised to sign Ajax right-back Hatem Trabelsi in a £4 million ($12.6 million) move last night, in an attempt to persuade captain Patrick Vieira to resist a move to Real Madrid. Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger was reported to want the
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