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1.  CHINA HAS REPEATED ITS CALL TO THE US TO IMPROVE RELATIONS.  AT A MEETING WITH FORMER PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH, PRESIDENT JIANG ZEMIN SAID WASHINGTON MUST TAKE ACTION TO IMPROVE TIES.  REFERING TO WASHINGTON'S REITERATION THAT IT WILL FOLLOW THE 'ONE CHINA' POLICY, MR JIANG SAID SUCH SPOKEN ASSURANCES WILL NOT DO.  MR JIANG HAS ASKED THE US GOVERNMENT TO ADOPT CONCRETE AND EFFECTIVE MEASURES TO ELIMINATE THE SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES ARISING FROM TAIWAN PRESIDENT LEE TENG-HUI'S VISIT TO AMERICA.

2.  MALAYSIA'S PRIME MINISTER DR MAHATHIR MOHAMAD IS NOT CONVINCED THAT BOSNIAN MUSLIMS WILL NOT BE TERRORISED NOW THAT A PEACE AGREEMENT'S BEEN AGREED TO BY THE WARRING FACTIONS.  HE SAID SO LONG AS THE BOSNIAN MUSLIMS ARE NOT ABLE TO DEFEND THEMSELVES, THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THEY'LL NOT BE HARMED.  BOSNIAN'S WARRING FACTIONS HAVE AGREED TO THE PLAN DURING TALKS IN GENEVA.  ENDS ... IN THAT DIRECTION" DUR: 1'08"

3.  US AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS -- MEDELEINE ALBRIGHT-- MET MYANMAR'S PRO-DEMOCRACY ACTIVIST AUNG SAN SUU KYI TODAY.  SHE'S THE HIGHEST US GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL TO VISIT MYANMAR SINCE THE MILITARY CRACKDOWN SEVEN YEARS AGO.  THE MEETING TOOK PLACE AT SUU KYI'S LAKESIDE HOME.  MS ALBRIGHT, -- CONSIDERED AN OUTSPOKEN DEFENDER OF DEMORACY,  -- IS EXPECTED TO SPEAK TO REPORTERS BEFORE LEAVING YANGON LATER TODAY.

4.  THE FRENCH AUTHORITIES HAVE TAKEN ACTION AGAINST 20 PEOPLE IN CONNECTION WITH THE RIOTING IN TAHITI.  THIRTEEN OF THEM WERE CONVICTED AND JAILED WHILE THE REST WERE CHARGED WITH VARIOUS OFFENSES.  MORE THAN A HUNDRED PEOPLE HAVE ALSO BEEN ARRESTED DURING THE CRACKDOWN BY THE AUTHORITIES WHO HAVE VOWED TO PUNISH THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE UNREST.  CALM HAS NOW BEEN RESTORED TO THE CAPITAL PAPEETE.  ENDS... MORE TROUBLES" VT: 1.30 MIN

5.  FRENCH POLICE HAVE ARRESTED DOZENS OF PEOPLE SUSPECTED OF BEING INVOLVED IN YESTERDAY'S BOMB ATTACK ON A JEWISH SCHOOL IN LYON.  POLICE SAID MOST OF THOSE ARRESTED HAD CONNECTIONS WITH MUSLIM EXTREMISTS.  THEY WERE BEING INTERROGATED BY 150 POLICE OFFICERS FROM PARIS AND LYON, WHO CARRIED OUT THE JOINT OPERATION.  THE BOMB EXPLOSION INJURED 14 PEOPLE. IT EXPLODED ONLY MINUTES BEFORE 700 PUPILS WERE DUE TO GO HOME.

6.  THE PEACE PROCESS IN NORTHERN IRELAND COULD TAKE A LITTLE LONGER THAN PLANNED AFTER A HARDLINER WAS ELECTED TO LEAD THE ULSTER UNIONISTS.  DAVID TRIMBLE IS KNOWN FOR HIS TOUGH STANCE TOWARDS SINN FEIN, THE POLITICAL WING OF THE I R A. END: ... IRISH GOVERNMENT CIRCLES" DUR: 0.42 SEC

7.  THE PRESS SECRETARY TO THE PRIME MINISTER HAS SAID DR CHEE SOON JUAN, SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE SINGAPORE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, IS A COMPULSIVE LIAR.  MR CHAN HENG WING SAID THIS IN HIS REPLY TO A LETTER WHICH DR CHEE WROTE TO THE PRIME MINISTER YESTERDAY.  HE SAID DR CHEE HAD CONGRATULATED PRIME MINISTER GOH CHOK TONG ON HIS AWARD OF AN HONORARY DEGREE FROM WILLIAMS COLLEGE.  BUT HE NOTED DR CHEE WILL ALSO TAKE PART IN A COUNTER PANEL DISCUSSION WHICH HAS BEEN ORGANISED TO  OPPOSE THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE TO PM GOH.  MR CHAN SAID SUCH ACTIONS GIVE THE LIE TO DR CHEE'S WORDS, JUST AS IN THE FLOR CONTEMPLACION SAGA WHEN, HE SAID, DR CHEE POURED OIL ON THE BURNING PHILIPPINE PRESS BUT CLAIMED HE WANTED TO BE HELPFUL TO CALM BOTH SIDES DOWN.  RESPONDING TO THE SDP LEADER'S REQUEST TO SEE  PM GOH IN WILLIAMSTOWN, MR CHAN SAID THIS DOES NOT PROVE DR CHEE'S COMMITMENT TO SINGAPORE.  IT PROVES THAT DR CHEE IS A WILLING STOOGE OF AMERICAN MEDIA AND HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS WHO WANT TO INTERVENE IN SINGAPORE'S DOMESTIC POLICTICS.

8.  THERE SHOULD BE A BETTER DATA BASE ON THE ASIAN POPULATION INFECTED BY HELICOBACTER PYLORI - A BACTERIA STRONGLY ASSOCIATED WITH PEPTIC ULCER DISEASES. EXPERTS FEEL THIS WOULD HELP IN OVERCOMING THE HIGH INCIDENCES OF PEPTIC ULCER AND CANCER. OUT: YOKOHAMA NEXT YEAR. DUR: 1.08"

9.  9TH SEPTEMBER.  A DATE WHICH MANY CHINESE CONSIDER AS AUSPICIOUS TO GET MARRIED ON.  UP TO 171 COUPLES TO BE PRECISE.  WHILE FOR THE HINDUS, THE NEXT TWO DAYS ARE POPULAR WEDDING DATES.  NEWS 5 FINDS OUT THE REASONS FOR THE WEDDING RUSH.  ENDS .. DAYS FOR MARRIAGE"  ENDS ... SCENE AT WEDDINGS"

10.  THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER FOR DEFENCE DR TONY TAN KENG YAM SAYS THE SAF MUST ALWAYS MAINTAIN AN EFFECTIVE LEVEL OF EXPERIENCE, EXPERTISE AND LEADERSHIP.  DPM DR TONY TAN SAID TO DO SO, THE SAF MUST STRIVE TO KEEP GOOD PEOPLE AND ENSURE THERE'S A HIGH LEVEL OF COMMITMENT FROM THEM. ENDS: COASTAL PATROL CRAFT. DUR: 1.18

11.  OVER 40 PASSENGERS WERE RESCUED FROM A FERRY LAST NIGHT. BUT IT WASN'T A REAL DISASTER, ONLY A RESCUE EXERCISE CARRIED OUT BY THE PORT OF SINGAPORE AUTHORITY. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME SUCH AN EXERCISE WAS CARRIED OUT AT NIGHT. ENDS....IN SINGAPORE'S WATERWAYS. DUR: 34"

12.  COURTESY SHOULD BE PROMOTED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND SCHOOLS ARE THE BEST PLACES TO START. MINISTER OF STATE FOR EDUCATION, SIDEK SANIFF SAID COURTESY SHOULD BE GENUINE AND SINCERE AND PRACTISED AT ALL TIMES. HE WAS SPEAKING AT A COURTESY PRESENTATION CEREMONY TODAY FOR STUDENTS.

13.  SINGAPORE WILL BE TAKING PART IN THE INTERNATIONAL YOUTH SKILLS OLYMPICS FOR THE FIRST TIME. 9 YOUTHS BETWEEN 20 AND 25 WILL REPRESENT THE COUNTRY IN THE COMPETITION TO BE HELD IN FRANCE NEXT MONTH. ENDS.....SKILLS WORLD WIDE. DUR: 1.04"

14.  THE DREAM FINAL EVERYONE'S TALKING ABOUT HAS BECOME A REALITY AS MONICA SELES AND STEFFI GRAF POSTED STRAIGHT SETS SEMI-FINAL VICTORIES TO SET UP A CHAMPIONSHIP CLASH AT THE US OPEN. SELES, MAKING A GLORIOUS RETURN TO GRAND SLAM TENNIS AFTER AN ABSENCE OF MORE THAN 2 YEARS, BREEZED PAST SPANIARD CONCHITA MARTINEZ 6-2, 6-2. OUT: SOME GREAT TENNIS. DUR: 15" . GRAF, ON THE OTHER HAND, IS BEING PLAGUED BY INJURY AND EMOTIONAL TRAUMAS OF HER OWN. SHE HAD TO BATTLE FIERCELY BEFORE BEATING LONG TIME RIVAL GABRIELA SABATINI 6-4, 7-6 TO SET UP TONIGHT'S SHOWDOWN AT FLUSHING MEADOWS.

15.  FORMER AC MILAN STRIKER DANIELE MASSARO HAS BEEN MAKING HIS MARK IN J-LEAGUE SOCCER. HE PLAYED A STARRING ROLE IN SHIMIZU S-PULSE'S 2-NIL WIN OVER NAGOYA GRAMPUS EIGHT. OUT: SUPERIOR GOAL ADVANTAGE. DUR: 45"

16.  THE SECOND LEG OF THE ASIAN CHAMPIONS CUP WAS A COMEBACK OF SORTS FOR IRAQ. IT WAS THE FIRST OFFICIAL FOREIGN TEAM PLAYING ON IRAQI SOIL SINCE THE 1990 GULF CRISIS. THE OUTCOME WAS A 2-1 WIN FOR IRAQ AGAINST THEIR NEIGHBOURS, JORDAN. OUT: A 5-2 AGGREGATE. DUR: 46"

17.  MALAYSIAN RIDERS TOOK THE HONOURS IN THE JUNIOR RIDERS EVENT AT THE ROLEX POLO AND EQUESTRIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS. THE EVENT IS BEING HELD AT THE SINGAPORE POLO CLUB. OUT: THE POLO FINAL.

18.  SOME 100 CAKE SHOPS THROUGHOUT THE ISLAND AND TWO FOOD COURTS ARE OFFERING DISCOUNTS TO SENIOR CITIZENS FOR A MONTH.  ITS ALL PART OF A PROMOTION KNOWN AS THE 'GOLDEN DEAL FOR SENIOR CITIZENS'.   OUT: IN NEXT YEAR'S CAMPAIGN.

19.  MAKING TIME FOR FITNESS DESPITE A BUSY SCHEDULE. OVER 350 WOMEN TURNED UP AT A FITNESS SEMINAR TODAY TO LEARN TO STRIKE THE RIGHT BALANCE BETWEEN CAREER, FAMILY AND FITNESS. ENDS..THE FITNESS SWING.