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1.  INFORMATION ON THE SERVICES OFFERED BY THE POLICE, IMMIGRATION AND NATIONAL REGISTRATION DEPARTMENTS CAN NOW BE ACCESSED INTERACTIVELY ON THE INTERNET. THE HOME AFFAIRS MINISTRY'S HOMEPAGE WENT ONLINE TODAY. OUT:...THIS INTERNET ADDRESS. DUR: 1.07"

2.  TABLE TOPPERS POLICE TAKE ON THE AILING TIONG BAHRU UNITED TEAM AT THE JALAN BESAR STADIUM TONIGHT. THREE OTHER MATCHES WILL ALSO BE PLAYED IN THE FOURTH ROUND OF THE TIGER BEER SERIES. NEWS-5 TAKES A LOOK AT WHAT'S IN STORE. OUT:..KICK OFF AT 7.30PM

3.  PRIME MINISTER GOH CHOK TONG SAYS ONE MAJOR CHALLENGE TO SINGAPORE'S SOCIAL COHESION WILL BE THE WIDENING INCOME DISPARITY. IN HIS MAY DAY MESSAGE, HE SAID THAT OVERALL INCOME DISTRIBUTION HERE HAS BEEN GETTING MORE, NOT LESS EQUAL. OUT: ...ALL A HAPPY MAY DAY. DUR: 1.45"

4.  TWO SITES IN QUEENSTOWN WILL BE REDEVELOPED UNDER THE SELECTIVE EN BLOC REDEVELOPMENT SCHEME. IT'LL INVOLVE ONE BLOCK IN FORFAR HOUSE AND TWO BLOCKS OF FLATS IN MARGARET DRIVE. MARGARET DRIVE WILL BE LATER REDEVELOPED INTO A PRIVATE HOUSING ESTATE. OUT:..FLATS IN PRIME AREAS. DUR: 1.57" WE NOW GO LIVE TO OUR REPORTER, TEO CHIA LEEN AT ONE OF THE AFFECTED BLOCKS AT MARGARET DRIVE. AND THAT WAS TEO CHIA LEEN REPORTING LIVE AT MARGARET DRIVE.

5.  SINGAPORE AND HONG KONG TODAY SIGNED AN AVIATION AGREEMENT THAT WILL ALLOW THEIR AIR-SERVICES LINKS TO CONTINUE THROUGH AND BEYOND 1997, WHEN THE TERRITORY REVERTS TO CHINESE SOVEREIGNTY. ANGELA EE REPORTS. ENDS...NEWS FIVE HONG KONG. VT: 1.03MIN

6.  NTUC SECRETARY GENERAL LIM BOON HENG SAYS THE LABOUR MOVEMENT IS A SUCCESSFUL ORGANISATION AND A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH AFTER YEARS OF EXPANSION AND UPGRADING. HE SAYS NTUC NOW HAS LARGE SUCCESSFUL ENTERPRISES WHICH ARE AN ATTRACTION TO YOUNG GRADUATES. HE MADE THESE POINTS IN THE FIRST ISSUE OF NTUC NEWS WHICH GOES ON INTERNET FOLLOWING THE LAUNCH OF NTUC WORLD TODAY AT THE MAY DAY DINNER CELEBRATIONS. ON THE SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE NTUC AND THE GOVERNMENT, MR LIM SAID THIS HAS KEPT THE PAP FIRMLY PRO-WORKER.

7.  FRESH VOTING IS NOW IN PROGRESS AT 447 INDIAN VOTING STATIONS AFTER THE FIRST PHASE OF GENERAL ELECTIONS WAS MARRED BY ALLEGED RIGGING AND CLASHES. THE ELECTION COMMISSION ORDERED THE REPOLLING TODAY. THE DECISION WILL AFFECT POLLING STATIONS ACROSS SIX STATES, INCLUDING ANDHRA PRADESH, THE HOME STATE OF PRIME MINISTER NARASIMHA RAO. OFFICIALS SAID THERE WERE COMPLAINTS OF RIGGING, SNATCHING AND TEARING OF BALLOT PAPERS, AND INTIMIDATION OF VOTERS. THE FIRST PHASE OF VOTING COVERED 150 PARLIAMENTARY SEATS SPREAD ACROSS 14 STATES AND FEDERAL TERRITORIES. THE REST OF INDIA GOES TO THE POLLS ON MAY 2ND AND MAY 7TH. AND IN THESE AREAS, CAMPAIGNING CONTINUES AS CANDIDATES WOO THE POOR FOR VOTES. OUT:..BOOM COULD END. DUR: 57"

8.  VIETNAM SAYS IT WELCOMES THE RETURN OF ITS PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN LIVING IN REFUGEE CAMPS IN THE REGION. THE VIETNAMESE VICE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, VU KHOAN TOLD OUR INDOCHINA CORRESPONDENT THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS PLEDGED TO DO WHAT IT CAN TO HELP THE RETURNEES REINTEGRATE INTO THEIR COMMUNITY. OUT:..IN THE U.S. DUR: 45"

9.  CHINA HAS TURNED DOWN AN OFFER BY TAIWAN TO RESUME TALKS. A FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN SAID TAIWAN MUST ABANDON ITS BID TO REJOIN THE UNITED NATIONS AND STOP DEVELOPING OFFICIAL RELATIONS WITH OTHER COUNTRIES. FOREIGN MINISTER QIAN QICHEN SAID CROSS STRAITS DIALOGUE WOULD NOT BE RESUMED BECAUSE OF THE ISLAND'S RELUCTANCE TO CLEARLY RENOUNCE INDEPENDENCE. TAIWAN HOWEVER SAID THAT IT WOULD NOT CONSIDER THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AS THE ONE CHINA. PREMIER LIEN CHAN SAID TAIWAN SUPPORTED EVENTUAL REUNIFICATION WITH THE MAINLAND. BUT THAT IS A LONG TERM GOAL. UNTIL THEN, IT WOULD VIEW ITSELF AS A SOVEREIGN COUNTRY.

10.  IN TASMANIA AUSTRALIA, POLICE HAVE CHARGED THE 28-YEAR-OLD GUNMAN, MARTIN BRYANT WITH MURDER. IN HOSPITAL FOR BURNS TO HIS BACK, BRYANT DID NOT ENTER A PLEA WHEN THE CHARGE WAS READ TO HIM AT HIS BEDSIDE. BRYANT WAS ARRESTED BY POLICE YESTERDAY WHILE TRYING TO ESCAPE A BURNING HOUSE IN PORT ARTHUR. BEFORE THAT, BRYANT ALLEGEDLY WENT ON A SHOOTING SPREE, KILLING 32 PEOPLE AND WOUNDING 19 OTHERS. BRYANT ALLEGEDLY TOOK 3 HOSTAGES, WHOSE REMAINS WERE LATER FOUND IN THE BURNT OUT HOUSE. POLICE SAY ALL THE BODIES OF THE KNOWN VICTIMS HAVE BEEN FOUND.

11.  THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT HAS ORDERED A MASS QUARANTINE OF SOME 15 THOUSAND MONKEYS IN BREEDING FARMS FOR A SUSPECTED STRAIN OF THE DEADLY EBOLA VIRUS. OFFICIALS SAY POSSIBLE MASS DESTRUCTION OF THE INFECTED MONKEYS IS POSSIBLE TO SAFEGUARD PUBLIC HEALTH. THE QUARANTINE CAME ABOUT AFTER TALKS WITH US HEALTH EXPERTS WHO ARRIVED IN MANILA TO FIND OUT HOW MANY MONKEYS WERE INFECTED. TWO MONKEYS IMPORTED TO THE US FROM THE PHILIPPINES LAST MONTH HAD DIED FROM THE VIRUS. SO FAR, THIS PARTICULAR EBOLA VIRUS ONLY INFECTS MONKEYS. BUT THERE'S WORRY THAT IT MIGHT MUTATE TO INFECT HUMANS.

12.  FROM TOMORROW, THE MINIMUM SALARY CRITERION TO APPLY FOR AN EMPLOYMENT PASS WILL BE INCREASED FROM 1,501 DOLLARS TO 2,001 DOLLARS. THOSE EARNING 2000 DOLLARS OR LESS WILL HAVE TO APPLY FOR A WORK PERMIT FROM THE MINISTRY OF LABOUR. THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT SAID THEY ARE RAISING THE CRITERION AS THE MEAN GROSS WAGE OF PROFESSIONALS IN SINGAPORE HAS RISEN... PRESENT HOLDERS OF EMPLOYMENT PASSES, AS WELL AS THOSE APPLICATIONS RECEIVED BY THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT BY TODAY, WON'T BE AFFECTED BY THE REVISION. THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT SAID EMPLOYMENT PASS HOLDERS ARE USUALLY PROFESSIONALS AND TECHNICAL PERSONNEL.

13.  SINDA'S NEW CEO, WHO TAKES OVER FROM 1ST JUNE, SAYS ITS YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME IS OF PRIMARY IMPORTANCE NOW. OUT:....PRIVATE LAW PRACTICE. DUR: 1.09"

14.  A RUNAWAY CAR PLOUGHED INTO ANDERSON JUNIOR COLLEGE SPORTS FIELD YESTERDAY. AMONG THE 4 CABIN CREW COLLEAGUES IN THE CAR - 2 DIED AND THE OTHER 2 ESCAPED WITH SLIGHT INJURIES. OUT:...THIS NUMBER. DUR: 58"

15.  SINGAPORE BODYBUILDERS HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE GREEN LIGHT TO TAKE PART IN ALL COMPETITIONS. THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF BODYBUILDERS REVERSED ITS EARLIER DECISION TO BAN THE SINGAPORE BODYBUILDERS FEDERATION,  SBBF, FROM ALL SANCTIONED EVENTS FOR ONE YEAR. IT ALSO REVOKED A 4,000 DOLLAR FINE AND A FINAL RECORDED LETTER OF CENSURE AGAINST THE SBBF. BUT SINGAPORE'S TOP WOMEN BODYBUILDER, JOJO SINCLAIR WILL SERVE HER LIFE TIME BAN FROM THE SPORT. HER APPEAL WAS DISMISSED BY THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF BODYBUILDERS, IFBB, WHEN IT MET IN MONTREAL, CANADA, YESTERDAY. OUT: ...NATIONAL COLOURS. DUR: 49" THE SINGAPORE SPORTS COUNCIL SAYS IT WILL CONSIDER APPROPRIATE ACTION WHEN THE SINGAPORE BODYBUILDERS FEDERATION RESPONDS TO ITS EARLIER REQUEST. THE SSC SAID WHEN IT STOPPED ALL GRANTS TO THE SBBF IN FEBRUARY, IT HAD REQUESTED FOR THE FEDERATION'S EXPLANATION ON THE THREE ALLEGED INCIDENTS OF DRUG ABUSES BY JOJO SINCLAIR. BUT THE SBBF HAS YET TO RESPOND WITH A DETAILED EXPLANATION.

16.  A NETWORK OF GREEN YOUTH-GROUPS HAS BEEN FORMED HERE BY THREE ORGANISATIONS WHICH INCLUDE THE ENVIRONMENT MINISTRY AND THE NATIONAL YOUTH COUNCIL. THE YOUTH ENVIRONMENT NETWORK OR YEN HAS A MEMBERSHIP OF ABOUT ONE THOUSAND PEOPLE. THE NETWORK'S APPROACH IS THAT YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT CONCERNS FROM ADULTS WHEN IT COMES TO THE ENVIRONMENT. OUT:...AT THE END OF MAY. DUR: 1.03"