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1.  INDIA WANTS TO PUSH AHEAD WITH AN AGREEMENT TO JOINTLY DEVELOP R&D FOR NEW WEAPONS WITH SINGAPORE. SPEAKING TO TCS NEWS, INDIAN EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MINISTER IK GUJRAL SAID THAT HE WANTED BOTH COUNTRIES TO START WORK ON THE PROJECT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. ENDS: TO VISIT INDIA. DUR: 51

2.  ALL ADULT SINGAPOREANS WILL START GETTING THEIR OFFER LETTERS FOR THE SECOND TRANCHE OF SINGTEL SHARES, OR ST-2, TOMORROW. THEY'LL HAVE NEARLY FOUR WEEKS TO DECIDE IF THEY WANT TO TAKE UP THESE SUBSIDISED SHARES. ENDS: TOLL-FREE HOTLINE. DUR: 2.03

3.  NOW SOCCER AND THE S-LEAGUE PIONEER SERIES. SAF FC EXTENDS ITS LEAD AT THE TOP TO FOUR POINTS DESPITE BEING HELD TO A 2-ALL DRAW BY WOODLANDS WELLINGTON. ITS CLOSEST CHALLENGER, BALESTIER CENTRAL LOST GROUND AFTER SUFFERING A THREE-NIL LOSS TO TIONG BAHRU. ENDS: WOODLANDS 2

4.  COMPUTER TRAINING FOR TEACHERS WILL BEGIN EARLY NEXT YEAR. AND THE EDUCATION MINISTRY EXPECTS ALL TEACHERS TO BE COMPUTER-LITERATE IN 3 YEARS. ANSWERING QUERIES FROM TCS NEWS, MOE ASSURED TEACHERS THAT THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OR IT PROGRAMME WILL NOT ADD TO THEIR WORKLOAD. ENDS: LATEST TECHNOLOGY

5.  THE CONSUMERS ASSOCIATION OF SINGAPORE, CASE, WILL REMAIN INDEPENDENT, SAYS ITS PRESIDENT TOH SEE KIAT. THIS, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOW GETTING MORE FUNDS FROM THE GOVERNMENT. DR TOH TOLD TCS NEWS THE MONEY MEANS THE GOVERNMENT RECOGNISES ITS WATCHDOG ROLE, GIVING IT MUCH-NEEDED CLOUT. ENDS: AVERT DISPUTES. DUR: 1.53

6.  INDONESIAN TOBACCO TYCOON JONATHAN SAMPOERNA HAS REVISED HIS MANDATORY CONDITIONAL TAKEOVER OFFER OF TRANSMARCO, TO 8 DOLLARS 55 PER SHARE, UP FROM 6.50. HE MADE THE OFFER THROUGH MIEL INVESTMENT CORPORATION, WHICH AT NOON TODAY AGREED TO BUY ONE MILLION TRANSMARCO SHARES AT 8 DOLLARS 55 PER SHARE. THE OFFER REMAINS CONDITIONAL UPON MIEL RECEIVING ACCEPTANCES REPRESENTING MORE THAN 50 PER CENT OF TRANSMARCO'S ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL OR 13.75 MILLION SHARES. TRADING OF THE STOCK WAS SUSPENDED AT MID-DAY TODAY AFTER THE SHARE RAN UP 95 CENTS TO $9.80.

7.  THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE ROYAL THAI ARMY, GENERAL PRAMON PHALASIN WAS TODAY CONFERRED THE MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL (MILITARY). HE RECEIVED IT FROM DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER FOR DEFENCE DR TONY TAN KENG YAM AT AN INVESTITURE CEREMONY. THE AWARD RECOGNISES THE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS OF GENERAL PRAMON IN STRENGTHENING THE EXCELLENT TIES BETWEEN THE THAI AND SINGAPORE ARMIES.

8.  MORE PEOPLE WILL LIVE IN THE CITY WHEN PLANS FOR SINGAPORE'S EXPANDED CITY TAKE OFF WITH THE SALE OF THE FIRST SITE AT RAFFLES PLACE NEXT YEAR. THE NEW DOWNTOWN AIMS TO INTEGRATE BOTH APARTMENTS AND OFFICES THROUGH A NETWORK OF PEDESTRIAN AND TRANSPORT LINKS. NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT MINISTER LIM HNG KIANG GAVE DETAILS AT THE OPENING OF THE NEW DOWNTOWN EXHIBITION TODAY. ENDS: OF THE SEA. DUR: 1.46

9.  TAIWANESE VICE-PRESIDENT LIEN CHAN, WHO DROPPED OUT OF SIGHT AT THE WEEKEND, IS IN THE UKRAINE. IN TAIPEI, TAIWAN TELEVISION SHOWED SHOTS OF MR LIEN, WITH HIS WIFE AND OFFICIALS POSING OUTSIDE THE UNIVERSITY OF KIEV, WHERE THE ANNOUNCER SAID MR LIEN HAD RECEIVED AN HONORARY DEGREE. THE STATION ADDED THAT MR LIEN'S VISIT WAS ARRANGED BY THE UNIVERSITY, INDICATING IT WAS UNOFFICIAL. MR LIEN IS TO RETURN HOME ON THURSDAY. THE UKRAINIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY SAID IT HAD NO INFORMATION ABOUT THE VISIT. UKRAINE MAINTAINS ONLY ECONOMIC RELATIONS WITH TAIWAN WITH NO POLITICAL OR DIPLOMATIC TIES.

10.  INDIA HAS VETOED A DRAFT TREATY ON A GLOBAL BAN ON NUCLEAR TESTS. THE MOVE BY INDIAN AMBASSADOR ARUNDHATI GHOSE MEANS THE PACT DOESN'T HAVE THE UNANIMOUS SUPPORT IT NEEDS TO GO FORWARD. BUT THE 60 OTHER COUNTRIES INVOLVED IN NEGOTIATIONS ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR WAYS TO PUT THE DRAFT NEXT BEFORE THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY NEXT MONTH TO BE SIGNED BY WORLD LEADERS.

11.  AUSTRALIA'S FIRST CONSERVATIVE GOVERNMENT IN 14 YEARS, ANNOUNCED ITS BUDGET TODAY. OUT: SECURE OUR FUTURE. TO REPAIR AUSTRALIA'S CHRONIC DEFICIT OF 5.6 BILLION DOLLARS, MR COSTELLO SAID SPENDING WILL BE CUT BY ABOUT 4 BILLION. HOPEFULLY, THIS WOULD HELP RESULT IN A HALF-A-BILLION-DOLLAR SURPLUS NEXT YEAR....PUTTING THE ECONOMY ON THE ROAD TO RECOVERY. THE CUTS WOULD AFFECT HUNDREDS OF GOVERNMENT PROGRAMMES. BUT THEY CENTRED LARGELY ON UNIVERSITIES, SCHEMES TO HELP THE JOBLESS FIND WORK AND ABORIGINAL AFFAIRS. THE CUTBACKS SPARKED A BITTER BACKLASH FROM THESE ANGRY GROUPS FOR A SECOND DAY RUNNING TODAY. OUT: POLITICAL PROTESTS. DUR: 40

12.  MOVING ON TO WORLD NEWS. SOUTH KOREAN RIOT POLICE STORMED SEOUL'S YONSEI UNIVERSITY EARLY THIS MORNING. IT BROUGHT AN END TO MORE THAN A WEEK OF MILITANT STUDENT PROTESTS. ENDS: IN 32 YEARS. DUR: 1.07

13.  SINGAPORE'S TRADE FIGURES ARE LOOKING UP AGAIN. LAST MONTH'S NON-OIL DOMESTIC EXPORTS BOUNCED BACK AFTER JUNE'S POOR SHOWING. BUT WHILE THE UPTREND CONFOUNDED MOST EXPECTATIONS, ECONOMISTS SAY ITS NOT INDICATIVE OF AN IMMEDIATE ECONOMIC UPSWING. ENDS: GROWTH THIS YEAR. DUR: 1.10

14.  BELGIUM'S CHILD MURDER, SEX ABUSE AND KIDNAPPING SCANDAL HAS GONE INTERNATIONAL. POLICE THROUGHOUT EUROPE ARE BEING ASKED TO HELP INVESTIGATE THE ABDUCTION AND KILLINGS OF SCHOOLGIRLS - IN PARTICULAR THAT OF 2 TEENAGE GIRLS. IN A SEPARATE DEVELOPMENT BELGIAN POLICE HAVE CHARGED THE WIFE OF CONVICTED PAEDOPHILE MARC DUTROUX. DUTROUX, WHO'S ALREADY SERVED TIME FOR SEXUALLY ABUSING CHILDREN, LED POLICE TO TWO KIDNAPPED GIRLS. OUT: ABUSE AT HIM. DUR: 50"

15.  SINGAPORE AND MALAYSIA HAVE AGREED TO SET UP A BUSINESS COUNCIL FOR THE PRIVATE SECTORS OF BOTH COUNTRIES. AND FOR THE FIRST TIME, BOTH GOVERNMENTS WILL BE INVOLVED IN APPOINTING COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR A PRIVATE SECTOR GROUPING. THE IDEA OF A JOINT BUSINESS COUNCIL WAS MOOTED LAST WEEK, DURING A TRADE MISSION BY SINGAPORE BUSINESSMEN TO MALAYSIA. ENDS: INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES HERE.