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    13 1 TODAY we set you thinking todayonline.com Monday November 8, 2004 mica (P) 103/07/2004
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    Lock icon Slow road to impartial financial advice
    716 1  -  Val Chua Switch from commission to fees reward will take time val@newstoday.com.sg SHE was just 24 when she became a member of her insurance agency's prestigious mil-lion-dollar club. The very next day, Ms Lim Mui Khim resigned to join a fledgling sector that is
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    Lock icon 60-day emergency as US, Iraq forces plan Fallujah assault
    391 1 Agencies BAGHDAD The Iraqi government yesterday declared a state of emergency for 60 days throughout the country except for Kurdish-run areas of the north as United States and Iraqi forces prepared for an allout assault on the rebel city of Fallujah.
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      51 1 NEWSfiyWWS Siew Kum Hong Time for data protection laws/3 Looking good Bush re-election augurs well for S'pore: LKY/8 Val Chua Takes stock of her money after fiasco with bank/22 Cool Wenger Gunners boss refutes crisis talk after draw/38 MllRmddll Olivia Lum steers Hyflux towards wider waters/25 John Bittleston on being
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      Lock icon Troubling issues: Jobs, healthcare, Mandarin drive
      250 2 Newsßadio 93.8 EMPLOYMENT and healthcare are among the chief concerns of members of the PAP Policy Forum. Set up early this year, the forum provides a platform for members to express their views on national issues. Giving an update on the group's work at
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      Fresh blood in the CEC
      707 2  -  Lee U-Wen 3 senior members in PAP decision-making body hand over reins u-wen@newstoday.com.sg THE People's Action Party (PAP) yesterday took another step in its renewal process. Coming three months after Singapore's leadership transition from Mr Goh Chok Tong to Mr Lee Hsien Loong, the biennial
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      Time for data protection laws
      806 3  -  Siew Kum Hong |\IEWS£&DIDI&D^— THE United States has it The European Union has it Australia has it Japan has it Malaysia has talked about it, promised it and even drafted it, although opposition from businesses has stopped it from becoming fact "It" refers to data
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  • singapore news
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      PM Lee to call on Indon premier
      361 4  -  Derrick A Paulo He will then leave for Bangkok to visit Thaksin derrick@newstoday.com.sg PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong will be the first head of Government to officially call on new Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono when he flies to Jakarta today. The trip
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        Lock icon Dr Tony Tan on 3-day visit to Switzerland
        101 4 Channel NewsAsia Deputy Prime Minister and Co-ordinating Minister for Security and Defence Tony Tan leaves today on a three-day visit to Switzerland. He is accompanied by Acting Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports and Senior Minister of State for Trade and
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        Lock icon Ship grounded after hitting reef off Raffles Lighthouse
        94 4 Channel NewsAsia A foreign-registered container ship, carrying 574 containers, ran aground in Singapore waters on Saturday night, after hitting a reef about 1.1 km north-east of the Raffles Lighthouse. None of thel 9 crew members on board the Antigua and Barbuda-registered MV
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      Lock icon 100 sign up for URA's Heritage Trail
      284 4 Channel NewsAsia WOULD you pay $15 to find out more about the Balestier area beyond its famous chicken and duck rice stalls? The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) thinks Singaporeans will. It has already managed to sign up 100 people ahead of the launch
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      Lock icon 260 errant motorists nabbed in 5-hour traffic operation
      206 4 Channel NewsAsia THE Traffic Police and enforcement officers from the Land Transport Authority caught more than 260 errant motorists on Saturday night and early Sunday morning after a five-hour operation. The 267 motorists were nabbed for traffic offences like speeding, drunk driving
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      Lock icon MM Lee: Leaders can work together
      465 8  -  Tan Hui Leng Outlook for Singapore is bright, he says, because of solid relationships with nations like the US, Australia and Japan huileng@newstoday, com. sg THE next few years look promising for Singapore as there are key world leaders who know and work well
      TREVOR TAN t-v ■ -i -*-v -a -a i -t -t -t a  -  465 words
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      LUCKY SHOPPERS LEARNED THAT YOU CAN INDEED WIN
      411 8  -  Surekha A Yadav WITH the second weekly draw of the Shop to Win Today promotion over, four more lucky winners have walked away with cash prizes from Today's shopping promotion plus a chance to win the latest Hyundai Tucson 2.0. This week,
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      Lock icon Psoriasis gets under skin of Singaporeans
      218 8 Channel NewsAsia ONE to 2 per cent of the population in Singapore suffers from psoriasis, an inflammatory skin condition characterised by recurring red patches. Patients with this disease suffer from sore, scaly, itchy, red patches, and they are often subjected to discriminating stares from
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      Lock icon Farewell, little Huang Na
      352 10 Strangers touched by her tragedy turned up by the hundreds for send-off HUNDREDS of strangers turned up to offer their prayers and condolences at Huang Na's wake yesterday. The story of the eight-year-old Chinese girl has touched so many that contributions amounting to thousands of dollars
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      Lock icon Massive jump in medical lawsuits worrying: Balaji
      399 10 Channel News Asia, Newsßadio 93.8 THE eight-fold jump in the number of medical lawsuits in the last decade could lead doctors to practise "defensive medicine" and drive up healthcare costs. Senior Minister of State for Health Balaji Sadasivan expressed this concern at an
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      166 5 A SINGAPORE INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT When it comes to first class honours, we come first. This year, 19 of our University of London graduates were awarded first class honours an unprecedented achievement. Such success speaks volumes about the quality of education you can expect from SIM a trusted institution that
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      189 11 EPSON t^NST^j!, PHOTO ftSOO ■mb^^^ 1 l. g-i :'j World famous celebrities by a world famous photographer. s I Faces of Fame A Perspective by Greg Gorman I ■T"- Venue: epSITE, EPSON Imaging Gallery, Greg Gorman, celebrity photographer who has captured many faces of 50 i orchard Road, Wheelock Place
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      Lock icon Post-Arafat plans continue
      276 12 Agencies RAMALLAH (West Bank) Palestinians were planning yesterday for a smooth transfer of power in the event of President Yasser Arafat's death at a series of highlevel meetings while the veteran leader battled for life in a French hospital. Bulletins from France, where Mr Arafat has been
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      Lock icon Iraq and Middle East to dominate Bush-Blair talks
      227 12 AFP LONDON Iraq and the Middle East will dominate the agenda when British Prime Minister Tony Blair becomes the first foreign leader to meet President George W Bush following the American leader's re-elec-tion. Mr Blair will set off from London for Washington
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    • this QUIRKY world
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        World's cleverest woman can't find a job
        118 12 job Bulgarian Daniela Simidchieva, rated the world's cleverest woman, wants a British firm to give her a job after spending two years on the dole, reported Ananova.com. The mother of three has five masters degrees, an IQ of almost 200 and is listed
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        Burglar ordered to rebuild chimney he was stuck in
        60 12 Argentinian burglar Jorge Rolando, 21, who got stuck in a chimney while trying to rob a house in Guido has been ordered to rebuild it. Firefighters had to break open the chimney to release Rolando, who is a builder, and a
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      Lock icon 6 die in British rail crash
      336 13 Reports from AFP and The Observer UFTON NERVET (England) In the latest of a series of fatal rail accidents in Britain, six people were killed and dozens wounded when a high-speed train derailed after colliding with a car at a rural crossing in the
      – Reports from AFP and The Observer; AP  -  336 words
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      Lock icon China supports Iran
      78 13 Reports from CNN and AFP TEHRAN China will oppose any attempt to haul Iran to the United Nations Security Council over the issue of Tehran's nuclear programme, said Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing. Mr Zhaoxing said China believes the issue should be dealt with by the UN's nuclear
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      Lock icon 'Myanmar PM fired for graft'
      149 13 AFP YANGON Myanmar's ruling junta yesterday openly accused its former premier of corruption and said he was sacked to prevent the disintegration of the country's powerful military. The regime previously claimed Mr Khin Nyunt had retired for "health reasons" last month despite being kept under
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      Lock icon France sends troops
      520 14 Agencies 250 to reinforce presence as Ivorian riots target French ABIDJAN (Ivory Coast) Hundreds of reinforcement French troops poured in yesterday as thousands of machete-waving rioters looted and burned the capital, while laying siege to a French military base and searching house to house for French families.
      – Agencies; — EEC, AFP; AP  -  520 words
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        Lock icon Indian move welcomed
        53 14 AFP Kashmiri rebel Mirwaiz Umar Farooq yesterday welcomed comments by India's home minister that New Delhi would allow separatists to visit Pakistan, saying it would "push the peace process forward". Mr Farooq had earlier ruled out further negotiations with the Indian government unless the rebels can hold
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        Lock icon Eighth suspect detained
        58 14 AP Police have detained an eighth suspect in the slaying of Dutch film-maker Theo van Gogh, allegedly by a group accused of threatening to kill several Dutch politicians in the name of Islam, prosecutors said. Seven other suspects were arraigned on Friday on charges of murder, membership
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        Lock icon Malaysia to name tax-dodgers
        50 14 AFP Malaysia will publish the names or tax dodgers in newspapers beginning next Jan 1, a report in the New Sunday Times newspaper said. Inland Revenue Board director-general Zainol Abidin Abdul Rashid said they have detected 33,000 companies that had failed to submit their return forms.
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      233 14 p, delicious b/en</ 0 LI j Guide 2002 as one of the top U.K. business schools Nnrthlimhrin llniuareilu Most famous Honorary Graduate is the ft 0 I 111 U 111 DI I a UnlVeiSliy Rt Hon Tony Blair NP, the British Prime Minister BACHELOROF aft-JSr ARTS iriOnS) 'Singapore's ONLY Direct
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      15 14 lELTSSATGMAT GRE TOEFL Do you have what it takes? (Next Intake: 15 Nov 2004) www.highq.com.sg
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      154 15 Before we give you a quality diploma, we give ourselves a quality checkup THE QUALITY OF PSB ACADEMY DIPLOMA IS TRIED AND TESTED. At PSB Academy, we are always checking for quality to Externally, Cambridge International Examinations validates maintain our academic standing. Internally, we are guided, our exams. Which is
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      Focus on TheeFamiy
      262 16  -  Dr James Dobson w TflMY's VALUE YOUR MARRIAGE Love, even genuine love, is a fragile thing. Like a plant, it must be watered and cultivated or it will wither and die. Some newly married couples have the misguided notion that their love will continue to grow naturally
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      Isay Junk that attitude
      535 16  -  Andrew Wood THE karung guni uncle below my block has been asked to move By the very people he was making life easy for. I don't know what is wrong with these people. You would think they would be happy to have someone who was willing
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    • Letter
      AVA investigating firm over unauthorised dog breeding; clarifies sequence of events
      260 17  -  GOHSHIHYONG I Letter from Corporate communications manager For chief executive officer Agri-Food Veterinary Authority I REFER to the letter, "Licence for animal smuggler?" by Ms Adeline Ang (Nov 1). We thank Ms Ang for her feedback and would like
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      Law needed to protect young from smokers
      328 17  -  |CHONGWEEMENG I Letter from IF SECOND-HAND cigarette smoke is that harmful, why aren't babies or young children being protected by law? I once had the misfortune of sharing a table with a smoker. A lady approached my table and asked me if she
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      No fat-cat salaries
      425 18  -  Dr Jules Schwager, Arizona, US Prices of drugs high due to prohibitive cost of R&D Letter from I READ Dr T Umapathi's comments in "High-priced drugs and fat-cat salaries" (Nov 2) with interest He is wrong on almost all counts. Let's start with the fat-cat salaries. It
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      It's time NEA adopts a more effective way to fight dengue
      235 18  -  See Leong Kit I Letter from IN HIS commentary, "If we don't do it, who will?" (Oct 27), 14-year-old Jeremy Lim had this advice for complacent adults: Dengue fever does not discriminate and can strike anyone. Better be safe
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      Review screening process for employment pass applicants
      171 18  -  KELVIN GOH CHIN TECK I Letter from THE recent case of how an American sex offender was able to obtain an employment pass and work in Singapore was a truly serious oversight on the part of the relevant authorities. How did a convicted
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      Lock icon Stats ChipPac sells 1st high-yield bond
      426 20 Dow Jones Orders for USsl.sb from Asia, Europe, US SINGAPORE chip tester Stats ChipPac has sold US$2l5 million ($356 million) in seven-year paper, marking the first highyield international bond from a sub-invest-ment grade borrower from Singapore. Singapore names are rare on the international bond
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        Lock icon Singapore
        239 20 -AFP THE ST Index closed up 35.08 points or 1.8 per cent at 2,015.77 last week. Average daily volume totalled 662 million shares valued at $796 million, from 589 million shares worth $540 million the previous week. This week, shares here are expected to trade higher as bullishness on
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 20 US$ 0.604 UK£ 0.3256 Yen 63.77 HK$ 4.6936 RM 2.2952 Euro 0.4659 Rupiah 5475.191 Baht 24.7003 Peso 34.0229 A$ 0.7918 Indian Rs 27.2854 Won 670.7638 C$ 0.7233 Yuan 4.9989 NZ$ 0.8697 NTS 19.977
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        Lock icon Commodities
        26 20 SGX, Bloomberg Gold uss/.i 434.300 Silver uss/m 7.505 Platinum uss/m 851.900 Rubber cents/kg 213.00 Palm Oil RM/..nn. 1471.00 Brent crude uss/iorrei 46.50 Information provided by
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      Lock icon SPH may buy 10% in Beijing Youth Daily
      259 21 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Press Holdings (SPH) may buy a 10 per cent stake in Beijing Youth Daily ahead of the latter's planned listing in Hong Kong, the Financial Times said, citing an unidentified person close to the deal. The stake would cost about
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      Lock icon Watch out Macau
      494 21 AFP Las Vegas giants eye Singapore casino project INTERNATIONAL gambling companies searching for new Asian markets are waiting for Singapore to give the go-ahead for a proposed Las Vegas-style casino resort aimed at boosting tourism here. Singapore is expected to issue a formal Request for Proposal (RFP)
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    • Article
      ... OF MY FUNDS, THAT IS
      669 22  - OF MY FUNDS, THAT IS Val Chua val@newsto day, com. sg A PERSONAL fiasco with my bank has made me wonder if it would be safer to put my money under my bed. It's not regressive thinking; just a natural conclusion after a series of careless humanand "system" errors which
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      Dividends Declared by SGX Companies
      597 22 Tetekurs Financial Web: lAJiANAJ.telekurs.com.sg Email: sales.sgp@tielekurs.com Arntek Engineering Ltd C Ord F SGD 5.50 *****4 *****4 Aussino Group Ltd C Ord F SGD 0.70 Net *****4 *****4 Axis Systems Holdings Ltd C Ord F TBA TBA *****4 *****4 Bio-Treat Technology Ltd C Ord F SGD
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      market BUZZ
      121 22 Sweeping for charity SIXTEEN women from 3M Technologies and players from Team Italians FC (picture) joined up for "Operation MopUp" at Chen Su Lan Methodist Children's Home on Oct 30. The Italians play in the 1 4-team Cosmoleague, which has kept expatriate football in Singapore alive since 1
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      Lock icon China to ease up slowly on currency peg to US dollar
      229 24 AFP BEIJING China's central bank said it would take a "gradual and safe" approach to loosening the yuan-dol-lar peg, following International Monetary Fund (IMF) calls to let the currency float in a wider margin. A spokesman for the People's
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      Lock icon CHINA'S OIL DEMAND 'MAY SLOW'
      138 24 Bloomberg China's government expects oil consumption growth to slow to 6.7 per cent next year from 20 per cent this year as government measures to crimp economic expansion take effect. The nation's oil consumption may rise to 320 million metric tonnes next year from an
      Bloomberg  -  138 words
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      Lock icon Oct jobs boom may result in US rates rising
      411 24 AFP Economists sure Fed will up rates by a 1/4 percentage point on Wed WASHINGTON The discovery of life in the American jobs market may see the Federal Reserve raising interest rates until the end of this year, analysts said. Economists
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          Heading for wider waters
          670 25  -  Ng Shing Yi Hyflux boss Lum wants to be a global citizen on roads less travelled shingyi@newstoday.com.sg When you see a child behind a stall on the street, do you see the entrepreneur within? Chances are, not likely. Hyflux chief executive Olivia Lum (picture) does. "When
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          BE CONFIDENT
          673 26  -  John Bittleston IS YOUR boss confident and secure, or, if you are the boss, can you claim these essential virtues for yourself? Most true adventure stories involve life-threatening danger and leadership. That leadership comes from confidence and security. Managers are not often faced with life-threatening danger, but their
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          What's Up
          202 27 MSc in Applied Finance Information session The Masters of Science in Applied Finance programme aims to raise the standard or practitioners' knowledge and skills in applied finance, a critical training need as identified by the Economic Review Committee and the finance industry. Offered by the Singapore Management University,
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      516 21 A Secure Future... Amidst Uncertainty IN today's competitive environment, jobs b. Attractive returns. They wish to invest are uncertain and earnings are volatile. for the long term in large, well managed What should you do? and diversified funds that can give Of the people who responded to our projected returns
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      285 35 AFP WELLINGTON Reports yesterday said New Zealand cricket captain Stephen Fleming (picture) claims he was offered £200,000 ($615,000) during the 1999 World Cup to join a match-fixing syndicate, which hinted at links to prominent sportsmen. He details the incident in his
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      289 38 -AFP LONDON Tottenham's stand-in manager Martin Jol admitted he wants the job full-time, after seeing his side lose 3-2 at home to Charlton on Saturday. Spurs manager Jacques Santini quit the club on Friday after only four months in charge, a decision the Frenchman claims
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