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...That's a frightening thought, particularly given that regional security officials say there is little chance the growing trend of pirate attacks will be reversed anytime soon. While Singaporean and Malaysian authorities do their best to police their parts of the strait, in Indonesian waters pirates roam virtually unchecked, using the hundreds of islands and bays as bases and sanctuaries. Indonesia's navy, says a senior officer based on Sumatra's east coast, is "poorly paid, poorly equipped and poorly motivated. The government can't even pay our wages on time or in full, and often...
...Even the country the size of a booger criticized Taiwan." CHEN TAM-SUN, Taiwan Foreign Minister, responding to Singaporean Foreign Minister George Yu, who cautioned against Taiwan's asserting its independence from China in a U.N. speech...
...suspicion with which many Australians now regard their nation. The fear goes both ways; one pesantren student, asked why he hated Australians, retorts, "because you have banned girls wearing headscarves to school." But Javanese hospitality to strangers endures. Ba'asyir's Ngruki pesantren banned Australian, American and Singaporean journalists after they reported links between the school and members of terrorist group Jemaah Islamiah. But after a special plea by an Indonesian-Muslim journalist, Ba'asyir approves from jail a visit by a group of Australians - who soon find themselves on his daughter Nanik's floor, lunching on fried chicken...
...tough to be a foreign bank in Singapore. To protect the local banking industry, the Southeast Asian city-state limits the number of automated-teller machines, or ATMs, that foreign banks can operate and restricts their access to local ATM networks. Citibank has found a way around this: become Singaporean. The bank, which currently has four branches in the country, plans to spend about $880 million by year-end to incorporate as Citibank Singapore Ltd. Citibank wants "to grow its international business and to be embedded in the local community," says Sophia Tong, a spokeswoman for Citibank in Singapore. Citibank...
...charges about half as much as major competitors, but only about 30% of his seats are sold at the lowest advertised price. Fares increase as the plane fills up, especially on very popular routes, so passengers need to buy early to get the dirt-cheap fares. Sam Chan, a Singaporean trader, found this out on a June business trip to Malaysia. He purchased a one-way ticket from Kuala Lumpur to Kota Kinabalu the same day as the flight for more than $80-not much less than the Malaysia Airlines price, he says. And then, he gripes...