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1.MOST UNIONISTS SURVEYED RECENTLY BY NTUC FEEL THEIR STANDARD OF LIVING TODAY IS BETTER THAN IT WAS 10 YEARS AGO. AS FOR LIVING COSTS, MOST ALSO SAY THEY'RE NOT OVERSPENDING BEYOND THEIR MEANS. OUT: DOLLARS A MONTH. DUR: 1.04

2.FORMER SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT CHUN DOO HWAN MAY APPEAL AGAINST HIS DEATH SENTENCE AFTER ALL. CHUN HAS BEEN KEEPING KOREANS GUESSING AS TO WHETHER HE WOULD CHALLENGE THE VERDICT OF  A COURT, WHICH ON MONDAY FOUND HIM GUILTY OF MUTINY, TREASON AND CORRUPTION. BUT YONHAP NEWS AGENCY QUOTED ONE OF CHUN'S LAWYERS AS SAYING THAT CHUN HAS DECIDED TO CONTEST THE RULING, ON THE ADVICE OF HIS LEGAL COUNSEL. CHUN HAS UNTIL MONDAY TO SUBMIT HIS APPEAL.

3.SINGAPOREAN ARTISTS WHO'VE MADE A MARK PN THE WORLD AND AT HOME. AND FOR THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS, THEY WERE HONOURED TONIGHT BY THE NATIONAL ARTS COUNCIL. OUT: PROFESSIONAL ARTIST

4.IN TWO WEEKS, SINGAPORE TELECOM'S 2ND SHARE OFFER WILL CLOSE. MANY OLDER SINGAPOREANS ARE MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE ENOUGH IN THEIR CPF ACCOUNTS TO QUALIFY. AND AS HASEENAH KOYAKUTTY FINDS OUT, NOT ALL NEED THEIR CHILDREN'S HELP TO TOP UP THEIR FUNDS. OUT: ELIGIBLE FOR ST2. UDR: 1.44 OUT: IS SEPT 16

5.THE NATIONAL FIGURE FOR HOME OWNERSHIP IS 90.3 PERCENT. BUT TCS LEARNT THAT FOR MEMBERS OF THE UNION OF POWER AND GAS EMPLOYEES, THE FIGURE'S EVEN HIGHER. THEIR VIEWS ON HOME OWNERSHIP HAVE ALSO CHANGED THROUGH THE YEARS. OUT: EVEN HAVE FAN. DUR: 2.03

6.THE TRADE AND INDUSTRY MINISTER HAS CALLED ON SINGAPORE BUSINESSMEN TO STRENGTHEN THEIR BUSINESS LINKS WITH THEIR THAI COUNTERPARTS INSTEAD OF COMPETING WITH THEM. MR YEO CHEOW TONG WAS SPEAKING TO JOURNALISTS FROM SINGAPORE AFTER VISITING AN INDUSTRIAL ESTATE IN THAILAND'S EASTERN SEABOARD REGION. OUR CORRESPONDENT GERALDINE GOH REPORTS. ENDS: TCS NEWS MAP TA PHUT

7.S-LEAGUE CLUB, WOODLANDS WELLINGTON HAS PARTED WAYS WITH ITS COACH, STEVE WICKS. CLUB OFFICIALS SAY THEY HAVE, WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT, TERMINATED THE SERVICES OF THE ENGLISHMAN. WICKS GUIDED THE RAMS TO SECOND-PLACE IN SERIES-A BUT THINGS TOOK A TURN IN THE SECOND SERIES. A STRING OF BAD RESULTS AND REPORTED FEUDS WITH PLAYERS AND OFFICIALS IN THE TEAM, PUT THE ONE-TIME ENGLAND NATIONAL PLAYER UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT. CLUB OFFICIALS TOLD TCS NEWS THAT THE LAST STRAW WAS THE HEATED EXCHANGE HE HAD WITH RAMS' GOALKEEPER, SANDRO RADUN DURING A MATCH AGAINST TIONG BAHRU. WOODLANDS WELLINGTON SAY ITS TWO ASSISTANT COACHES WILL NOW ACT AS CARETAKER COACH OF THE TEAM.

8.THE STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE IS PUTTING TOGETHER A PROPOSAL TO IMPROVE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF AUDIT COMMITTEES IN LISTED COMPANIES. THIS COMES IN THE WAKE OF AMCOL'S TROUBLES, IN WHICH ITS AUDITORS FAILED TO MONITOR THE COMPANY PROPERLY. OUT: INTERNET IN FUTURE. DUR: 1.37

9.IN MALAYSIA A MASSIVE LANDSLIDE IN THE NORTHERN STATE OF PERAK HAS KILLED AT LEAST 14 PEOPLE AND LEFT 40 MISSING. ENDS: IN THE AREA. DUR: 0.54"

10.JAPAN'S DEFENCE MINISTRY IS SEEKING ITS BIGGEST BUDGET RISE IN FIVE YEARS. A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAYS THE MINISTRY HOPES TO BUY THE LATEST SHIPS, TANKS AND AIRCRAFT WITH THE PROPOSED 46 BILLION U.S DOLLAR BUDGET. HE SAYS THIS IS TO GUARD AGAINST POSSIBLE THREATS FROM NORTH KOREA, CHINA AND RUSSIA. OVER THE PAST 5 YEARS, JAPAN HAS APPROVED ONLY MEAGRE GROWTH IN ITS DEFENCE BUDGET BECAUSE OF RECESSION. JAPAN'S DEFENCE BUDGET IS THE THIRD LARGEST IN THE WORLD AFTER THE U.S AND RUSSIA.

11.TAIWAN SAYS IT'LL WELCOME A VISIT BY WANG ZHAOGUN, ONE OF CHINA'S TOP POLICYMAKERS. BUT IT SAYS CERTAIN PROCEDURES MUST BE FOLLOWED. IT DID NOT ELABORATE ON WHAT THE PROCEDURES ARE. A TAIWANESE BUSINESS DELEGATION, NOW IN BEIJING, EXTENDED THE INVITATION TO MR WANG AFTER TALKS WITH CHINESE LEADER JIANG ZEMIN. MR WANG IS CHINA'S MOST SENIOR TAIWAN AFFAIRS OFFICIAL. CHINA HAS NOT RESPONDED TO THE INVITATION. IF MR WANG ACCEPTS THE INVITATION, HE WILL BE THE MOST SENIOR CHINESE OFFICIAL TO SET FOOT ON TAIPEI SINCE THE END OF CHINA'S CIVIL WAR IN 1949. HONGKONG HAS REVISED DOWNWARDS THE FORECAST FOR ITS ECONOMIC GROWTH FOR THIS YEAR. IT NOW EXPECTS THE ECONOMY TO GROW BY 4.7 PERCENT -- DOWN FROM THE EARLIER RATE OF 5 PERCENT. THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT SAYS THE REVISION WAS DUE TO UNSATISFACTORY PERFORMANCE IN THE FIRST HALF OF THIS YEAR. IT EXPECTS ECONOMIC GROWTH TO PICK UP IN THE SECOND HALF.

12.THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT HAS SIGNED A PEACE AGREEMENT WITH MUSLIM SEPARATISTS ENDING THE 24 YEAR CIVIL WAR ON THE SOUTHERN ISLAND OF MINDANAO. THE PACT WAS INITIALLED IN INDONESIA BY GOVERNMENT CHIEF NEGOTIATOR MANUEL YAN AND NUR MISUARI, CHAIRMAN OF THE MUSLIM MORO NATIONAL LIBERATION FRONT OR MNLF. IT WAS WITNESSED BY PRESIDENT SUHARTO WHO LATER HAILED IT AS A MOMENT OF GREAT SIGNIFICANCE. PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT FIDEL RAMOS WILL FORMALLY SIGN THE AGREEMENT IN MANILA ON MONDAY. THE ACCORD COVERS 14 PROVINCES ON MINDANAO ISLAND. IT CALLS FOR THE SETTING UP OF A COUNCIL TO OVERSEE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS...AND IN 1998, RESIDENTS WILL VOTE TO DECIDE WHICH AREAS IN THE CHRISTIAN-DOMINATED REGION SHOULD COME UNDER AUTONOMOUS MUSLIM RULE.

13.PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON'S BID FOR A SECOND TERM AT THE OVAL OFFICE HAS BEEN MARRED BY A SCANDAL, INVOLVING HIS TOP CAMPAIGN STRATEGIST. DICK MORRIS QUIT AFTER NEWS BROKE OF HIS HAVING SHARED CONFIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN MATERIAL WITH A CALL-GIRL HE HAD KNOWN FOR A YEAR. THE NEWS CAME JUST BEFORE MR CLINTON FORMALLY ACCEPTED THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY NOMINATION, AS THEIR CANDIDATE FOR NOVEMBER'S ELECTION. DURING HIS ACCEPTANCE SPEECH, MR CLINTON SPOKE OF HIS VISION FOR AMERICA'S FUTURE. OUT: AND AT WORK, (APPLAUSE). DUR: 35" OUT: I NEVER WILL. DUR: 1.34

14.THE INTERIM JUDICIAL MANAGERS OF BELEAGURED AMCOL HOLDINGS, HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED IN THEIR POSITION. EARLIER TODAY, BONDHOLDERS OF AMCOL WENT TO COURT TO CHALLENGE THEIR CONFIRMATION, AS THEY FELT THE JUDICIAL MANAGERS HAD NOT ACTED IN THEIR BEST INTERESTS. OUT: RESCUE DEAL THROUGH. DUR: 1.13"

15.TWO COMPANIES HAVE BEEN AWARDED CONTRACTS TO INSTALL IN-VEHICLE UNITS FOR THE ELECTRONIC ROAD PRICING SYSTEM. THE UNITS ARE SMART CARD READERS NEEDED WHEN THE ERP SYSTEM STARTS AT THE END OF NEXT YEAR. OUT: REACHED FOR COMMENT. DUR: 53"

16.THE GRIM TASK OF RECOVERING BODIES FROM THE WRECKAGE OF THE RUSSIAN AIRLINER THAT CRASHED YESTERDAY NOW CONFRONTS RESCUE WORKERS IN NORTHERN NORWAY. THERE WERE NO SURVIVORS. EXPERTS HAVE BEGUN A PROBE INTO THE CRASH SITE. THE SCATTERED FUSELAGE IS ALL THAT'S LEFT OF THE TUPOLEV HEADING FOR LONGYEAR-BYEN AIRPORT, BEFORE CRASHING 10 KILOMETERS FROM IT. NORWEGIAN RESCUE OFFICIALS SAY THE PASSENGERS WERE COAL MINERS AND THEIR RELATIVES. SPITSBERGEN IS GOVERNED BY NORWAY BUT RUSSIA HAS RIGHTS OF ACCESS UNDER AN INTERNATIONAL TREATY FROM THE 1920S.