NewsRadio 938 (1800)

07/05/2003
Record Date
07/05/2003
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00:12:37
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English
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2003000661
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Station: Nes Radio 93.8FM
Date: 07/05/2003
Time: 1800hrs
1. Singapore and the United States (US) signs a landmark Free Trade Agreement, strengthening the economic and strategic links between the two countries.
2. Singapore must go ten more days without any new Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) cases reported before it can say it has brought the epidemic under control.
3. Increased screening measures at Singapore's land immigration checkpoints begin today.
4. The SARS outbreak has altered the way Singaporeans live and that will be a reality for some time to come.
5. The US is taking tough action against the import of SARS to the country.
6. China's Premier Wen Jiabao warns of the consequences of allowing SARS to spread to the country's vast rural areas.
7. China reports five new SARS deaths and 159 new cases.
8. Three SARS deaths have been reported in Taiwan, raising the death toll to 14.
9. The World Health Organisation (WHO) moves to calm fears surrounding the resilience of the SARS virus.
10. The US appoints Paul Bremer as the new top administrator for Iraq.