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1.  THE CIVIL SERVICES IN ASEAN SHOULDANTICIPATE AND RESPOND TO CHANGE CREATIVELY. OR THEY WILL BE LEFT BEHIND IN AN INCREASINGLY COMPETITIVE WORLD SAYS THE PERMANENT SECRETARY  IN THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE.  ENDS... FOR SUCH OFFICERS" VI: 1.25

2.  PAKISTAN'S PRIME MINISTER HAS CRITICISED HER OFFICIALS FOR FAILING TO DEAL WITH THE FLOODING IN THE COUNTRY. SHE BLAMED THE IRRIGATION DEPARTMENT FOR NOT MAINTAINING EMBANKMENTS IN TWO DISTRICTS. THE FLOODS HAVE DESTROYED MORE THAN 50 THOUSAND HOUSES. MS BHUTTO HAS CALLED FOR AN URGENT REHABILITATION PLAN TO ASSIST SOME HALF A MILLION PEOPLE AFFECTED BY THE DISASTER. THE FLOOD SITUATION IS PARTICULARLY BAD IN THE PUNJAB AND SINDH PROVINCES WHERE WATERS FROM THREE RIVERS SWEPT THROUGH DOZENS OF VILLAGES, DESTROYING HUNDREDS OF HECTARES OF CROPS. ROAD AND RAIL TRANSPORT WERE ALSO DISRUPTED.

3.  MUDFLOWS FROM MOUNT PINATUBO VOLCANO IN THE PHILIPPINES SENT THOUSANDS FLEEING FOR THEIR LIVES. THE BOILING MUD BURST DYKES AND BURIED HOUSES. NO ONE WAS REPORTED  HURT. THE MUDFLOWS WERE TRIGGERED BY TROPICAL STORM GARY AND REACHED HEIGHTS OF THREE METRES IN SOME PLACES. MADE UP OF ASH AND ROCKS, THEY WERE TURNED INTO RIVERS OF MUD BY THE HEAVY RAINS. MORE THAN 200 HOUSES WERE DESTROYED SINCE THE MUD STARTED POURING ON FRIDAY.

4.  MORE HELP FOR DYSLEXIC CHILDREN IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS. WORKING TOGETHER TO DO THAT - THE EDUCATION MINISTRY AND THE DYSLEXIA ASSOCIATION OF SINGAPORE. OUT:... FOR ADULTS."

5.  HOSPICES ARE NOW MORE ACCEPTABLE TO THE PUBLIC COMPARED TO A FEW YEARS AGO. THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SINGAPORE HOSPICE COUNCIL LAUNCHED TODAY, DR. SEET AI MEE SEES ONE SURE SIGN OF THE ACCEPTANCE. OUT:... HOSPICE CONFERENCE."

6.  THE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS SAYS SURGING COE PRICES CAUSED THE RICHEST HOUSEHOLDS TO EXPERIENCE THE "HIGHEST RATE OF INFLATION LAST YEAR. THE DEPARTMENT TODAY RELEASED THE FIRST OF SEPARATE INFLATION FIGUES FOR THE TOP 20, MIDDLE 60 AND LOWEST 20  PERCENT INCOME GROUPS.

7.  A NEW METHOD OF PRICING GOLD JEWELLERY. THE SINGAPORE JEWELLERS ASSOCIATION SAYS IT'LL ADOPT THE  INTERNATIONAL STANDARD OF PRICING REGARDING GOLD LOSS. OUT:...CRAFTSMANSHIP."

8.  BUILDING UP ONE'S SELF-ESTEEM WITH THE CLOTH ONE WEAVES. THAT'S WHAT 15 VERY SPECIAL PEOPLE DID WITH THEIR SAORI FABRIC WHICH ORGINATES FROM JAPAN.

9.  AND IN SPORTS NEWS, AUSTRALIA'S DARWIN CUBS 2-NIL WIN OVER GEYLANG INTERNATIONAL IN A PREMIER LEAGUE SOCCER MATCH LAST MONTH HAS BEEN OVERTURNED. THE CUBS HAD FIELDED AN "INELIGIBLE PLAYER, ROBBIE MIDDLEBY DURING THE MATCH IN DARWIN AND AS SUCH, GEYLANG WILL GET THE THREE POINTS FOR A WIN INSTEAD. THE FAS SAYS IT ONY RECEIVED THE REGISTRATION FOR MIDDLEBY 4 DAYS BEFORE THE JUNE 4TH MATCH, A DAY "SHORT OF THE MINIMUM 5 DAY REGISTRATION PERIOD.

10.  A MANILA COURT HAS SENTENCED FERDINAND MARCOS JUNIOR, SON OF THE LATE PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT MARCOS TO NINE YEARS IN JAIL ON TAX EVASION CHARGES. THE COURT ALSO ORDERED HIS IMMEDIATE ARREST FOR FAILING TO SHOW UP FOR THE SENTENCING. MARCOS WAS FOUND GUILTY OF VIOLATING THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE AFTER FAILING TO PAY INCOME TAXES FROM 1982 TO 1985. MARCOS, A FORMER CONGRESSMAN WHO FAILED TO WIN A SENATE SEAT IN LAST MAY'S CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION IS REPORTED TO BE OUT OF THE COUNTRY.

11.  CUBA'S IVAN PEDROSO HAS SET A NEW WORLD LONG JUMP RECORD LEAPIING 8.96 METRES AT AN ATHLETICS MEETING IN SESTRIERE IN ITALY.  VT DUR: 0.48" ENDS: HOWEVER WIND-ASSISTED

12.  TELEVISION HAS TAKEN MANY BY STORM THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. AND IN THE US, IT HAS BECOME A LIFESTYLE.  OUT:...UP TO DATE." DUR: 1.22

13.  AND MANY RESIDENTS AT GILLIMAN HEIGHTS HUDC ESTATE ARE ALSO IN FAVOUR OF PRIVATISATION. 86 PERCENT OF THE OWNERS OF THE 301 UNITS HAVE SIGNED APPLICATIOIN FORMS FOR STRATA CERTIFICATION. ANOTHER 10 PER CENT ARE EXPECTED TO SIGN THE APPLICATIONS. THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE, WHICH IS THE EN-BLOC OWNER OF ANOTHER 303 UNITS, HAS ALSO AGREED TO THE IDEA. THERE ARE A TOTAL OF 607 UNITS AT GILLMAN HEIGHTS, THREE OF THEM OWNED BY HDB. THE PRIVATISATION PROCESS IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN 14 MONTHS, AFTER THE FORMATION OF A MANAGEMENT CORPORATION AND THE UPGRADING OF THE ESTATE. VT: 41 SECS

14.  IN JAPAN, AN EXPLOSION RIPPED THROUGH A METAL FACTORY WAREHOUSE INJURING OVER 20 PEOPLE. THE BLAST IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY BUTANE GAS. OFFICIALS ARE STILL INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE. ABOUT 700 PEOPLE WORK IN THE METAL FACTORY WHICH PRODUCES AIRCARFT MATERIALS AND OTHER METAL PRODUCTS. THE FACTORY, OWNED BY MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION IS REPORTED TO HAVE STOPPED PRODUCTION.

15.  CHILE HAS BEEN HIT BY A MAJOR EARTHQUAKE. THE QUAKE STRUCK AT THE NORTHERN COPPER PRODUCING CITY OF ANTO-FA-GASTA. TWO PEOPLE WERE KILLED; ANOTHER 12 INJURED AND BUILDINGS AND ROADS WERE DAMAGED IN THE QUAKE THAT MEASURED 7.8 ON THE RICHTER SCALE. THE TREMOUR LASTED 90 SECONDS  AND WAS FOLLOWED BY TWO AFTERSHOCKS.VT: 31 SECS

16.  HUDC ESTATES ARE GEARING UP TO BE SELECTED INTO THE FIRST BATCH OF PRIVATISATION. ONE OF THEM IS THE HOUGANG HUDC. AND THEY ARE WAITING TO SEE IF THEIR OVERWHELMING 98 PERCENT VOTE FOR PRIVATISATION WILL PUT THEM IN A GOOD STEAD.  OUT:... EXPECTED NEXT WEEK."

17.  THE EDUCATION MINISTRY HAS ANNOUNCED WAYS TO "IMPROVE THE MANAGEMENT OF SCHOOL DISCIPLINE. AMONG THEM, IS TO RAISE THE STATUS OF THE HEAD OF DEPARTMENT AND TO SET UP DISCIPLINE COMMITTEES.  OUT:.. WIELD THE CANE." DUR: 1.33

18.   MINISTER FOR DEFENCE, DR LEE BOON YANG THIS AFTERNOON BID FAREWELL TO MINDEF AND SAF STAFF ON HIS LAST DAY WITH THE MINISTRY. DR LEE WHO'S ALSO LABOUR MINISTER TOOK OVER THE HELM OF MINDEF ON 2ND JULY LAST YEAR. HE'S SUCCEEDED BY FORMER CABINET MINISTER, DR TONY TAN KENG YAM,  WHO'LL BE SWORN IN AS DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER TOMORROW. VT: 35 SECS

19.  SENIOR OFFICIALS FROM ASIA AND THE EUROPEAN UNION HAVE DISCUSSED THE COMING ASIA-EUROPE MEETING WHEN THEY MET FOR THE FIRST TIME TODAY IN  BURNEI. ASEAN OFFICIALS AND THOSE FROM KOREA, JAPAN, CHINA AND THE EUROPEAN UNION/ ALSO MADE PROGRESS FOR TOMORROW'S ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM. OUT:...NEWS 5 IN BRUNEI"  FOREIGN MINISTER S JAYAKUMAR AND PHILIPPINE FOREIGN SECRETARY DOMINGO SIAZON HAVE DISCUSSED HOW BOTH COUNTRIES CAN PROCEED WITH THE PROCESS OF NORMALISING RELATIONS. PROFESSOR JAYAKUMAR AND MR SIAZON AGREED THERE ARE VERY IMPORTANT SHARED INTERESTS AND FUNDAMENTALS WHICH UNDERPINN BOTH COUNTRIES' BILATERAL RELATIONS. THERE ARE ALSO SHARED PERCEPTIONS ON SECURITY MATTERS IN THE REGION, AS WELL AS THE  NEED TO CO-OPERATE CLOSELY IN ASEAN. AND  IN THE SINGAPORE- PHILIPPINE RELATIONSHIP, ONE OF THE MANY FACETS IS THE QUESTION OF FOREIGN WORKERS.  DUR: 55?

20.  US SECRETARY OF STATE WARREN CHRISTOPHER SAYS HE WILL DISCUSS A "POSSIBILE U-SCHINA SUMMIT WITH HIS CHINESE COUNTERPART QIAN QICHEN. HE SAID PRESIDENT CLINTON HAS WRITTEN TO HIS CHINESE COUNTERPART ABOUT THE MEETING. BUT MR CHRISTOPHER SAID IT MAY BE "DIFFICULT TO HAVE THE SUMMIT UNLESS AMERICAN HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST HARRY WU IS RELEASED FROM DETENTION.

21.  INDIA SAID IT WILL STRENGTHEN ITS DEFENCES "IF THE UNITED STATES SUPPLIES PAKISTAN WITH A 370 MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF MILITARY WEAPONS. IN A NEWSPAPER INTERVIEW INDIA'S FOREIGN MINISTER SAID INDIA WOULD HAVE TO KEEP ITS DEFENCE FULLY EQUIPPED AS IT CAN'T COMPROMISE INDIA'S SECURITY NEEDS. THE MINISTER SAID NEW DELHI HAS PASSED ON ITS OBJECTION TO WASHINGTON. THE U-S STOPPED "TRANSFERRING MILITARY EQUIPMENT TO PAKISTAN EQUIPMENT TO PAKISTAN FIVE YEARS AGO AS THE U-S WEREN'T SURE  IF PAKISTAN WAS SEEKING NUCLEAR WEAPONS.

22.  CHECHEN SEPARATIST LEADER ZHOSKHARDUDAYEV HAS REJECTED A RUSSIAN-CHECHEN MILITARY ACCORD. HE CLAIMED IT WAS SIGNED UNDER DURESS AS THE RUSSIAN NEGOTIATING TEAM HAD ALLEGEDLY REPORTED TO "THREATS AND PHYSICAL PRESSURE." THE ACCORD, DUDAYEV SAID, WAS THEREFORE "WITHOUT ANY LEGAL BASIS. ITS TERMS INCLUDE A STEP-BY-STEP DISARMAMENT OF THE CHECHEN FIGHTERS,  A PARTIAL WITHDRAWAL OF RUSSIAN TROOPS AND AN EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS. MEANWHILE THE CHECHEN CHIEF NEGOTIATOR HAS SAID THAT THE DEAL WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED "AS SOON AS POSSIBLE" AND THE RUSSIANS HAVE CALLED THE ACCORD A "GREAT SUCCESS" AS IT HAS ACHIEVED THE GOAL OF ENDING THE 7-MONTH WAR.

23.  ISRAEL HAS TESTED ITS NEW "ARROW 2" ANTI BALLISTIC MISSILE. THE MISSILE WAS FINANCED BY THE UNITED STATES AND WILL UNDERGO FIVE MORE LAUNCHES BEFORE IT BECOMES FULLY OPERATIONAL. ISRAEL HOPES THE ARROW 2 WILL BE AN IMPROVEMENT ON THE U.S. PATRIOT MISSILES WHICH WERE FIRED AT IRAQI SCUD MISSILES DURING THE 1991 GULF WAR. JANE'S DEFENCE WEEKLY SAYS ISRAEL WILL DEPLOY TWO OPERATIONAL BATTERIES OF THE ARROW 2 MISSILES, "CAPABLE OF DEFENDING UP TO 85 PERCENT OF THE COUNTRY'S POPULATION.

24.  THE GOVERNMENT WILL PROVIDE 'MORE GRANTS FOR R AND D PROJECTS THAT ARE COMMERCIALLY VIABLE. TRADE AND INDUSTRY MINISTER YEO CHEOW TONG HAS ANNOUNCED A 50 MILLION DOLLAR BOOST TO THE R AND D COMMERCIALISATION GRANT SCHEME.  ENDS... TO EXPERTISE HERE