Today, 28 July 2001

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    The election arithmetic
    458 1  -  Chan Chao Peh Does economy suggest polls will be next year? by chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg THE latest growth forecast by two economists, known for their accuracy, has put an interesting spin to the election date guessing game. All that talk of Singaporeans going into the voting booth this year
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    Northeast homes cheaper
    82 1 PROPERTY prices in the northeast fell steeply in the second quarter, the Urban Redevelopment Authority's latest figures showed. Overall, terrace house prices dipped 4.1 per cent compared to the first quarter, but in the northeast region, prices tumbled a hefty eight per cent. Condo prices there plunged
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    Lock icon Forced vacation
    79 1 Bloomberg STMicroelectronics NY, Europe's biggest semiconductor maker, will shut two plants in Singapore next month, after a three-week closure in June failed to reduce stockpiles. The company has told about 1,600 workers at the plants to go on leave for two weeks starting in the last week of
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  • HOT NEWS
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      A question of standards
      367 2  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahini Will an intake of 9,000 hurt fourth university? by zackaria@newstoday.com.sg TO spruce up the image of the proposed fourth university, a committee has recommended that it "should not cater to polytechnic graduates only as it would then be perceived as a second-rate university".
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      Taxi companies band together to help elderly cabbies
      234 2  -  Lee U-wen by uwen@newstoday.com.sg WITH nearly half of Singapore's taxi drivers aged 50 years old and above, the three main taxi associations have banded together to provide discounted health screening for them. Nearly 8,000 Comfort, City Cab, and Tibs taxi drivers, out
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    • Article
      Lock icon Bandwith auction
      120 2 Channel News Asia THE Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) will no longer allocate its telecom bandwidth spectrum to mobilephone operators. Instead, it will auction this off. IDA said this method will make sure that the spectrum is used efficiently by the operator. It will likewise auction the
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    • Article
      Strange repayment
      157 2  -  Joy Frances SHE worked all her married life to support a husband almost twice her age and their two children. In return, he tried to murder her. Mdm Salmah bte Abdullah, 38, decided to divorce Aziz bin Wahid, 60, and left their marital home in March when matters
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      Nurses' new path
      159 2  -  Leong Phei Phei A NEW career path for nurses has opened up, Health Minister Lim Hng Kiang announced yesterday. Traditionally, the main modes for advancement was along the management or education tracks. But in the last few months, the ministry and the two healthcare clusters have been
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      Lock icon Talk, and be friends
      301 3 Agencies Powell: We're trying to resume dialogue SEOUL President Kirn DaeJung made full use of his meeting with US Secretary of State Colin Powell during his visit to South Korea yesterday. Urging Washington to actively engage North Korea in dialogue, Mr Kirn stressed that the development
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      Lock icon Did Mr Arroyo take bribes?
      121 3 -AFP MANILA The question of graft reared its head again yesterday when President Gloria Arroyo announced prosecutors are to investigate corruption allegations against her husband, Mr Jose Miguel Arroyo. A presidential aide quitted last week after accusing the First Husband of accepting a bribe. The
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      Lock icon Megawati's maiden visit
      111 3 -AFP JAKARTA Putting the appointment of a new cabinet on hold, Indonesia's new President, Ms Megawati Sukarnoputri, made her first working day trip as head of state yesterday. In Bandung, she told graduates at the academy of government administration that they were expected "to have the intuition,
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      Lock icon 'Don't make trouble, or else ...'
      65 3 'Don't make trouble, or else AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Mahathir Mohamad warned yesterday the government may take "radical actions", such as reducing university places for ethnic Malays, to stop them from being involved in undesirable activities. He said financial aid could also be reduced. Mr Mahathir
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      Lock icon It's all about perspective
      434 4  -  Elaine Quek Why cling to old ways when new ones help readers more? by elaine@newstoday.com.sg THE rules of the game are changing and this was quite evident when a senior Straits Times journalist wrote a long piece complaining that an article in Today was more like
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      Strike a balance: BG Lee
      125 4 YOUNG people must look beyond their own careers and interests to be engaged in the issues that concern the community. If competitiveness is not tempered with an attitude of sharing and caring for fellow Singaporeans, it can make Singaporeans overly materialistic, dilute family ties, and
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      Rapist stepfather sentenced
      136 4 A MAN who repeatedly raped his 12-year-old step-daughter since she was seven years old was sentenced to 19 years and 24 strokes of the cane at the Supreme Court yesterday. Justice MPH Rubin ordered that the identities of both the rapist and the girl remain undisclosed. The
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      The wrath of a man
      141 4 AN angry man is a dangerous man. Chia Kok Cheng Kingsly is a living proof of that. This April, the 26-year-old quarrelled with his sales executive girlfriend at her workplace, Cupid Jewels. Less than an hour after he left the place in a huff, he
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      NDP goes wireless
      104 4 BLUENGINE, Cisco Systems and Microsoft have collaborated to provide organisers of this year's National Day Parade (NDP) with faster, smoother communication. All these years, the NDP team has relied on the telephone to get updates. This time round, a wireless broadband network will connect 25 computers at
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      13 more join Committee on the Family
      106 4 NEW members have joined the Committee on the Family (COF). Of the 13 new faces, most are from the private sector. They include former RGS principal Mrs Carmee Lim and lawyer Mr Faizal Wahyuni. Others are Ms Debra Soon, deputy political editor at
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
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      111 4 READ 0N... Not bad news The Government's $2.2b package is an indication/6 Home prices slide Non-prime property now more affordable/8 Powerful women Megawati joins elite club of women who lead their countries/ 11 Make the most of your CPF savings Invest wisely now and you may enjoy a comfortable life
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      143 5 m L J] Now we can bank while we shop for groceries at NTUC Fair Price supermarkets. POSB is pleased to announce that we have opened at POSB ATM NTUC Fair Price supermarkets in Hougang and Sengkang. Check your account balance Now you have the convenience of banking while you're
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  • LETTERS
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      Not bad news
      175 6  -  Narayana Narayana The Government's $2.2b package is an indication I REFER to the article "Why only $2.2b?" (Today, July 26). There seem to be mixed reactions to "the Government's announcement of a $2.2 billion off-Budget package to help ease the pain". Your writer poses the rhetorical question:
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      S'pore and its rich history through the years
      540 6  -  Wong Teck Tian TIME passes like burning candles. Very soon, the people of Singapore will be sharing in the joy and celebration on the occasion of Singapore's National Day. Books have been such wonderful teachers of history. Without the books, the younger
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      We should save, not idolise, our children
      280 6  -  Jeanne Tan May May I REFER to the commentary written by Ec Teck Ec (Today, July 27). I really commend him for his courage in writing the article, and cannot help but agree with him that parents nowadays idolise their children. I know
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      Opposition not needed
      142 6  -  S Ramamirtham BANKRUPT politician JB Jeyaretnam's quote to Neuisradio 938 as reproduced on the front page of Today, July 25, is not surprising at all. Mr Jeyaretnam now hopes the public will make monetary donations so that he can be saved from bankruptcy and run again in
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Cut my pay
      425 7  -  Ivay Tan DBS managers settle for less by ivay@newstoday.com.sg THE top brass of DBS Group Holdings has voluntarily agreed to take a 20 per cent pay cut for the rest of this year to help reduce its rising operational costs. Taking the pay cuts are DBS chairman
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      Lock icon New alliance to match hotel big boys
      141 7 Channel News Asia TO compete with the big boys, five Asian hotel operators have formed an alliance to boost their marketing networks. The Asian Hotel Alliance comprises Singapore's Meritus Group (which runs Mandarin Hotel), Thailand's Dusit Group, Taiwan's Ritz Landis, Hong Kong's Marco
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    • $ Market Watch
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        Cyber Village to list on SGX
        118 7 SINGAPORE Malaysian e-business consulting company Cyber Village Holdings has received inprinciple approval from Singapore Exchange Securities for a Sesdaq listing. Cyber Village CEO Tony Pua said the company aimed to get listed by the end of August. The company is planning to raise $3.4
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      Home prices slide
      878 8 Non-prime property now more affordable HOMES in non-prime areas, both leasehold and freehold, are becoming more affordable because of the sliding prices. The affordability level or debt service ratio (DSR) for a freehold property has fallen to 37 per cent of a buyer's gross monthly household income
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      Sharp plunge in caveats lodged
      339 8 THE number of caveats lodged in May plunged sharply to 688, down by 403 from 1,091 in April. Year-on-year, this represents a 35 per cent drop from May last year. Caveats lodged for residential properties numbered 582, commercial properties 50, industrial properties 45, and 11
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      New banking framework
      155 9  -  Ivay Tan by i vay@newstoday. com. sg IN a move to propel Singapore banks towards international standards, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) will loosen its liquid assets requirements to suit individual bank's profile and risk management capability. The move is also expected to improve their profit
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      More of Cheers
      261 9  -  Audra Lim 100 more convenience stores in 5 years by audra@newstoday.com.sg DESPITE the economic downturn, NTUC Fair Price is going ahead with its expansion plans to set up 100 CHEERS stores within five years, with an initial target of 50 stores by March next year. NTUC Fair
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      GATX storage facilities sold
      166 9 LOCAL company Kuo International has bought GATX Corporation's petroleum and petrochemical storage facility in Singapore. It has renamed the facility on Pulau Busing as Tankstore. GATX, a US transport services and storage group, is dropping its storage terminal business to focus on its higher margin railcar
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      Volkswagen profit up 30%
      147 9 -AFP WOLFSBURG, Germany Volkswagen reported a 30 per cent increase in net profit to 833 million euros ($1.3 billion) in the first six months of this year, as demand for its cars remained strong outside Germany. VW said in a statement that it sold 2.66 million
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      Toyota sets up China marketing company
      155 9 Bloomberg TOKYO Toyota Motor Corp, the third-largest automaker, set up a marketing company in China to support its affiliates in the country. Japan's biggest automaker established Toyota Motor China Investment Co in Tianjin, capitalised at US$3O million ($53.8 million). Toyota began building Coaster mid-si2ed
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      New CPF Board man
      64 9 MR Koh Yong Guan, Permanent Secretary for National Development, has been appointed chairman of the CPF Board for a three-year term from Aug 1. He has held various senior positions in the civil service. These include the Commissioner of Inland Revenue, Permanent Secretary (Health), Second Permanent
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    • Market News
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        Singapore
        273 9 THE market did a late session surge with the ST index ending just 1.04 points up at 1640.4. For every stock that fell, two gained, while 327 counters were unchanged. Turnover was 294 million shares valued $270 million. Penny cap favourites like LANKom, AEMEVER, FrontLine Tech, Beyonics and Enzer
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        Malaysia
        207 9 THE Malaysian market managed to hang on to its gains to close the week on a positive note. Profit taking activities in the afternoon were well absorbed, as investors' interest in the takeover and restructuring plays was kept alive. The benchmark Kuala Lumpur Composite Index was up 3.5 points
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      'Murder' cover for teachers
      223 10 LONDON American schoolteachers are being offered a special insurance deal to compensate their families if they are killed on the job. The move comes in the wake of a growing number of violent attacks on school staff in recent months. The National Education Association (NEA), the
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      'I killed the bandit queen'
      143 10 AFP NEW DELHI One of the main suspects in the murder of MP and famed "bandit queen" Ms Phoolan Dcvi has confessed to the crime, Indian police said yesterday. Sher Singh Rana, who was arrested in the northern city of Dehradun, was suspected of driving
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      By what margin?
      314 10 Reuters Strong finish for LDP will aid reforms TOKYO As Japan gears up to vote in its Upper House election tomorrow, it seems clear the issue is not about who would win, but by how many votes. The ruling tripartite coalition, led by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's
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      British public prosecutors racist
      181 10 LONDON Britain's public prosecution service was accused of "institutionalised racism" in a damning report published yesterday. Mrs Sylvia Denham, an academic lawyer and former chairwoman of a London health authority, was asked to undertake the inquiry by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in January 2000. The
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      Former Beatle to wed
      98 10 Reuters LONDON Former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney and partner Ms Heather Mills have announced their engagement. They are to marry "some time next year". Sir Paul, 59, proposed to Ms Mills, a 33-year-old model and charity worker who lost part of her left leg in a
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      Virus spreads in US
      204 10 Reuters ATLANTA West Nile virus, the mosquito-borne illness that has killed at least eight people since surfacing in northeastern US two years ago, is spreading. But there's worse news yet. Federal health experts said on Thursday that the virus could soon jump to other parts of
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      Powerful women
      340 11 Megawati joins elite club of women who lead their countries Indonesia From: July 23, 2001 Ms Megawati Sukarnoputri, 54, became Indonesia's fifth President this week after former President Abdurrahman Wahid was sacked by the People's Consultative Assembly. She brings the number of women Presidents in the world to
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      Officers may get firearms in porn clampdown
      212 11 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR District officers in Selangor may be given firearms to defend themselves after receiving death threats amid a blitz on pirated and pornographic VCDs. The central Selangor state government was discussing the proposal with police to arm its enforcement officers to
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      Toothbrush camera
      114 11 LONDON There may soon be a solution to the perennial problem of how to clean those hard-to-reach back teeth. Scientists in Tokyo have developed a video toothbrush that has a camera on a stalk next to the vibrating bristles, tracking down food debris in even the most awkward
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      Commando cancer risk
      119 11 Reuters JERUSALEM Israel has knowingly ordered thousands of naval commandos to dive and train in poisonous waters for decades despite health warnings, a government inquiry said on Thursday. The panel, investigating cancer rates among former navy divers, said the military knew of potentially dangerous chemicals in the
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    • Article
      Asean adopts strategy to improve links with Russia
      255 11 -AFP HANOI Asean nations yesterday opened the door to stronger ties with Russia, announcing a three-pronged strategy in the academic, transport and trade fields to help cooperation. "We need not be overly ambitious but we need to progress. It may be better
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Apostrophe Wars
      634 12 DRY ICE by Sisyphus The evolution of dictionaries will at last bring world peace JOURNALISTS are not normal people. We fight over little things like apostrophes. One insists that since the fin belongs to the shark, it must be "shark's fin". A second argues by analogy with other
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  • FINANCIAL PLANNING
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      Make the most of your CPF savings
      938 13  -  Vasu Menon Invest wisely now and you may enjoy a comfortable life after retirement by Are you investing your CPF wisely? IN January this year, the CPF rules were liberalised to give individuals greater autonomy in managing their CPF savings. Two major changes
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      Financial security
      1417 14  -  Roy Jit Toon Ten steps to help you build and protect your hard-earned wealth by NO two persons are alike when it comes to wealth management and investing, due to different value systems, attitudes towards risk and capacities for investing. The life stage you are at also determines
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      Don't be greedy
      461 15  -  Kelvin Tan Owning too many investment funds can be disastrous by reduction element of this investment principle ceases to add value or reduce investment risk. If you are the owner of 15, 20 or 25 different funds, the golden principle of fund diversification may not be working
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      Tips on how to be a millionaire
      1058 16 Wealth creation strategies from a financial expert IN an exclusive interview with Financial Planner, Mr John Burley (right) a financial and investment expert and one of the most famous and successful self-made millionaires of the United States, in the likes of Mr Robert
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      Dreaming of an ideal retirement?
      856 17  -  Bernice Miedzinski Grow your nest egg without making these common mistakes by ARE you aware of the most common retirement-plan-ning mistakes? When it comes to accumulating a retirement nest egg, you're probably guilty of making the following three mistakes: You started saving too late; You're
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      105 13 You Won't 'Believe Your Eyesp The Worlds jvrosjt powjerful Public Lecture by Dr Seckel Singapore Science Centre. Only on Sunday, 29th July, 2.30 pm -4.00 pm. Armed with the world's greatest collection /Ni^n. of illusions, world-renowned scientist, i n. rAI Seckel is here! A leading Ay \^authority in brain perception,
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
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  • TIMEOUT
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      Fancy a performance where the audience is on centrestage?
      396 19  -  Rosalind Png by rosalind@newstoday.com.sg HIGHLY energetic and physical is what you can expect to see in White Songs. You can get up close and personal with the performers, too. The audience gets to sit in the lighted circles while the performers
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      NAC launches New Media Arts Fund
      435 19  -  Sian E Jay by AS IT becomes an increasingly important part of everyday life, artists are also beginning to explore the possibilities offered by new media. Recognising this, the National Arts Council (NAC) has launched a New Media Arts Fund worth half a million
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
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      271 19 THREE-DAY LISTING MUSIC Date: July 30 activities and an exhibiTravis/Coldplay Time: Bpm tion area for low-ter-n of United Venue: Suntec City perature science. Kingdom's leading Convention Hall Date: Tuesdays to bands, Travis and Price: $51, $76, $101 Sundays Coldplay, join forces to Ticketing: Call Sistic at (closed on Mondays, rock
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  • InCenemas
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      Indian epic
      464 20  -  A Staff Writer FILM REVIEW Lagaan (Now showing) of British tax and cricket by TO ENJOY the biggest hit to come out of South Asia in recent times, you have to be an Indian and a cricket-lover. More often than not, it's the same thing. But these two
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      Hepburn leaves hospital after 9 days
      242 20 Reuters/Variety HARTFORD (Connecticut) Academy Awardwinning actress Katharine Hepburn (below) was sent home from Hartford Hospital on Thursday, after a nine-day stay during which she was treated for an infection and underwent physical py"She was discharged at 10.15 am," said James Battaglio, a spokesman for
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      Citizen Kane still influential
      398 21  -  David Ngiau HBO gives you reason to stay home tonight by david@newstoday.com.sg Film buffs and cineastes have a very good reason to stay home tonight. HBO will be premiering RKO 281, its 1999 film about Orson Welles and his struggle to make Citizen Kane, in Singapore
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    • Article
      Don't trust them with your old home movies
      208 21 -AFP PASADENA (California) The bean counters strike again. NBC producers working on a special celebrating 50 years of US television's celebrated Tonight Show found a gap an accountant had ordered show tapes from 1962 to 1972 erased. In the mid--*****, the NBC
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      High-flying debut for Jackie's Rush Hour
      243 21 Reuters HONG KONG Gongfu superstar Jackie Chan's latest action comedy Rush Hour 2 made a high-flying debut yesterday. It premiered on a non-stop flight from Los Angeles to Hong Kong. The movie was largely set in Hong Kong. The exclusive show was screened to
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  • RELAX
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      Mr Sensitivity or Mr Kiasu?
      374 22  -  Hazel Tan Chor Meng shows heart and a softer side in Cambodia r ha2ei@newstoday.com.sg Chew Chor Meng received a pleasant surprise in the mail last week. It was not the usual fan mail. The handwritten letter was from Cambodia, from his sponsored daughter whom he
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      N-Day Parade on TVMobile
      97 22 IF you're on the move this National Day, here's some good news. You can still catch the National Day Parade live. For the first time in Singapore's 36 years, you can catch all the action at the National Stadium on any of the 1,500 air-conditioned SBS
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      Scorpions to perform unplugged concert on Monday
      389 22  -  Lan De Cotta by ian@newstoday.com.sg IN September 1989, German rock group Scorpions released their apocalyptic hit Winds of Change. Three months later, in November, the Berlin Wall came down, bringing with it the Iron Curtain. The hit song became an anthem for democratic
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  • motoring
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      French fare, with flair
      649 23 PHUKET is usually associated with crystal clear waters, endless white beaches and some exotic nightlife, but great driving roads? Surprisingly, the little island has a wonderful collection of challenging roads weaving around its numerous mountains. Steep slopes, hairpin corners and multiple S-bends are all as much
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      Any Questions?
      202 23  -  YSKow Do you have a motoring or car-related question? Drop the experts at TODAY a line and they'll dispense invaluable advice to help, absolutely free of charge! Please e-mail questions to: colin@newstoday.com.sg Q. I have three cars: A Mercedes E260, a BMW 320 i and a new Nissan
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  • SPORTS
    • Mercedes Benz Cup
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        Safin crashes out
        420 24 Reuters US champion falls to lowly opponent LOS ANGELES Unheralded Belgian youngster Xavier Malisse caused the Mercedes Benz Cup's biggest upset so far when he ousted reigning US Open champion Marat Safin 7-5, 6-3 yesterday. Safin, the number two seed, could never get his game into gear
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      678 26 -AFP BERLIN All-conquering Bayern Munich will be up for more of the same as it opens its campaign for a fourth straight Bundesliga title today with a match at promoted Borussia Moenchengladbach. Bayern took its fans on a rollercoaster ride last season as it
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      The times they are a-tumbling at the pool
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      'Botak' shines
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      WONG KHING CHONG  -  350 words
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      Call him Mr Dynamic
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      Kim Leng's back
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