Today, 25 January 2002, Afternoon Edition

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  • 7 1 TODAY Frid&y January 25, 2002 MITA(P) 063/11/2001
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
    • 616 1  -  Ng Boon Yian just like relations between the two countries by boonyian@newstoday.com.sg A STRANGE and sloping bridge could soon be built at our doorstep as complicated as the ties between Singapore and Malaysia. The proposed bridge will replace part of the Causeway. But all the changes will
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    • 158 1 THE Productivity and Standards Board (PSB) will be renamed as the Standards, Productivity and Innovation Board or Spring Singapore and innovation will be its new buzzword, in addition to productivity and standards. The Trade Development Board will be restructured to focus on international enterprise. It will
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    • 44 1 Reuters NEW YORK The blue-chip Dow Jones advanced 65.11 points, or 0.67 per cent, to 9,796.07. The Standard Poor's 500 added 3.97 points, or 0.35 per cent, to 1,132.15. The tech-laced Nasdaq gained 20.20 points, or 1.05 per cent, to 1,942.58.
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  • HOT NEWS
    • 237 2 NEW evidence was unravelled by the Government yesterday to link the Al Qaeda terrorist group with the 13 Singaporeans who were detained under the Internal Security Act for terrorismrelated activities. It said one of the men, Mohamed Khalim Jaffar, who produced the infamous
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    • 461 2  -  Ng Boon Yian S'pore launchpad, Indon codes, European firms by boonyian@newstoday.com.sg AS early as 1995, Singapore figured in the minds of terrorists such as the World Trade Center bomber Ramzi Yousef. After he went to the Philippines, he had planned to attack 11 American airlines flying over
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    • 189 2  -  Kim-Kyna Tan A GLOBAL headhunting quest is now on for a successor to the founding president of the Nanyang Technological University (NTU). And it may not necessarily be a top foreign talent type the university is looking for. Said Dr Cham Tao Soon,
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    • 344 3 Agencies Manila and Jakarta match pieces of terror jigsaw puzzle MANILA A 30-year-old bomb expert has been arrested in the Philippines. Manila received information about him from Singapore, where 13 members of a previously unknown terror group, the Jemaah Islamiyah 01), were arrested. Similar arrests were
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    • 197 3 Reuters KUALA LUMPUR Criticised over its treatment of Al-Qaeda and Taliban prisoners, the United States said its new anti-terror laws are different from Malaysia's controversial Internal Security Act (ISA). "It is fashionable in this country to draw a parallel between your ISA and the measures
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    • 231 3 AFP I BANDA, ACEH Aceh separatist rebels yesterday accused Indonesian authorities of tracking and then killing their military commander by inserting a microchip into an invitation for peace talks. The exiled leadership of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) said in a statement that the microchip
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    • 80 3 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Serf Dr Mahathir Mohamad yesterday defended the government's temporary ban on hiring new Indonesian workers and said the decision would not sour ties between the two countries. He blamed troublemakers among Indonesian workers, hundreds of whom rioted at
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    • 131 3 -AFP JAKARTA Indonesian police said yesterday they have arrested the man accused by Tommy Suharto of making off with almost over 20 billion rupiah ($3.51 billion) intended for buying him a pardon from then President Abdurrahman Wahid. Senior police commissioner Anton Bachrul Alam said Dodi Sumadi was
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    • 148 4 WITH the delisting of AsiaOne yesterday, Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) announced that 17 out of the 72 staff at the Internet unit would be laid off. It said the remaining staff at AsiaOne would be redeployed mainly to the Marketing and Information Technology divisions
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    • Article, Illustration
      419 4  -  Jasleen Randhawa Carpenter's body unclaimed a month after murder by jasleen@newstoday.com.sg OVER a month has passed and no one has come forward to claim the body of 63-year-old Mr Chay See Choy (picture, below). The carpenter at Sin Huat Sawmill Company was robbed and killed at his workplace
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    • 160 4 Channel NewsAsia A MAN was sentenced to 18 years' jail and 24 strokes of the cane yesterday for ordering his gang members to attack two men on separate occasions. Balachandran Bernard, 20, was the leader of a group belonging to the "369" secret society. He
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    • 89 4 FORMER US President Bill Clinton will be in Singapore to speak at the National Achievers Congress 2002. Held at the Singapore Indoor Stadium, the May 23 to May 24 event is organised by Success Resources. The motivational seminar will focus on the secrets of success, improving
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    • 170 4 Channel NewsAsia EX-SPICE Girl Geri Halliwell (picture) will be spicing things up at next month's Caltex Singapore Masters, where it will be "raining men" as her hit song goes. "Ginger Spice" will not be swinging a club, but will be here to help raise money
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 535 6  -  Kim-Kyna Tan Treat of sights, sounds and tastes for residents who take it all for granted by kim@newstoday.com.sg LET'S face it. Like many Singaporeans, you think your hometown is the last place you would want to be caught dead having a holiday in. But truth be told, Singapore
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    • 184 6 STB Live It Up Singapore promotion Here's more reason to rediscover the wonders of Singapore: Fabulous vouchers to tours and attractions in the Weekly Lucky Draw. The Grand Draw at the end of the promotion on February 28 will treat a family of four to: A weekend stay
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    • 155 8 SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) will increase the number of flights to Kuala Lumpur over the Chinese New Year period. From Feb 7 to Feb 17, SIA will add 10 flights a day, bringing the total to 18 flights a day to Kuala Lumpur. Eleven of
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    • Article, Illustration
      256 8  -  Joy Frances In Hong Kah North, residents can exchange newspapers for facial tissue by joy@newstoday.com.sg HONG Kah North will be setting an example for other constituencies in its upcoming environmental awareness programme. From Monday to Friday nex week, residents can trade in "junk" for items like canned drinks
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    • 173 8 THE Singapore Red Cross Society will use $2.34 million out of the $3.6 million that Singapore raised for the Gujarat quake victims to build 46 anganwadis (child health care facility) and one primary health care centre in Gujarat The earthquake, which measured 7.9
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    • 451 11  -  Cathleen Tung Let hurrying passengers through, stand to one side of escalator by cathleen@newstoday.com.sg YOU'RE running late. Thankfully, the train ride was fast. All you need to do now is walk quickly up the escalator and you will reach your destination on time. But, as you
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    • 215 9 100 YEARS IN SINGAPORE I II JH ,a£.4£\ooo,oo° [li \m Ihar [JwT R II bmT^ [m fe p OCT I As part of our celebration of 100 years in Singapore, Citibank is giving away a total of $1 million over 10 months. From January October 2002, you get a chance
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  • LETTERS
    • 151 12  -  N Rlndran I REFER to the letter, "What's wrong with Black Hawk Down" (Today, Jan 21). While empathising with the writer's frustration with the portrayal of Somali Muslims as the "bad guys", I would also say that he is getting worked up over something that
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    • 239 12  -  Kathleen Kwan in any offer of dual citizenship I DISAGREE with Mr Francis Lim's point of view in his letter "Loyalty versus Talent" (Today, Jan 23). He suggests that dual citizenship should be allowed in Singapore to "stem the loss of talent however small the number".
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    • 94 12  -  P N Sarin I REFER to the article, "Second Link" (Today, Jan 21). Dual citizenship is like polygamy it is good to desire but difficult to endure. Loyalty, like virginity, loses its identity the moment it is shared. Dual citizenship may bring some benefits in the short
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    • 174 12  -  Tan Heng Huay N Subhas WE refer to the letter, "Fire-fighting tools for flats?" by Mr Yeo Boon Lock (Today, Jan 11). New HDB flats are designed with firefighting facilities such as dry or wet riser systems and firemen lifts to facilitate
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    • 177 12  -  Henry Tan IT is a frustrating experience for motorists to use the Central Expressway (CTE) these days. Traffic congestion on the expressway is notoriously common both in the morning and at night (till 10pm). Such traffic conditions are even prevalent during the weekends. Motorists
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
    • 337 14  -  Chan Chao Peh Residential sites may sell for 10 to 15% less by chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg THE selling prices of the residential land parcels under the reserve list may fetch prices 10 to 15 per cent lower than a year ago, analysts say. "We can see that the trend
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    • 162 14  -  Tan Hui Leng POPULAR Holdings yesterday revealed its online and e-Learning initiatives to capture a bigger market share from its traditional publishing and retail business. It expects the new moves to generate $25 million in net prof- it within three to five years including
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    • 160 14 -AFP HONG KONG Hong Kong has decided to delay plans to scrap the minimum brokerage fee on share transactions amid claims that it would put thousands of people out of work. Financial services secretary Mr Stephen Ip was cited by the South China
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    • 83 14 THE Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has suspended the licence of Navi Marine Services to operate as a bunker supplier and a bunker craft operator from yesterday. This follows the conviction two days ago of five marine surveyors for accepting bribes from the company. With the
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    • 27 14 Your S$1 buys US$ 0.5440 UK£ 0.3798 Yen 72.786 HK$ 4.2426 RM 2.0669 Euro 0.6131 Rupiah 5649.7 Baht 24.007 Peso 27.932 A$ 1.0429 Rupee 26.302 Won 712.76
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    • 509 16 Bloomberg No bonuses for first time in six years with industry in doldrums SHANGHAI Stockbroker Albert Zhang was leafing through overseas holiday brochures when he got the bad news: For the first time in six years, he won't get an annual bonus. "Most of us
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    • 313 18 Agencies Focus on core business lifts sound card pioneer COMPUTER sound card maker Creative Technology has turned round three quarters of losses to post a U5526.3 million ($48.3 million) net profit in the final three months of last year. Brisk sales during the Christmas holidays
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    • 58 18 Bloomberg HONG KONG Hong Kong is the fourth-most expensive city for expatriates of seven major centres surveyed by the Hong Kong government, trailing Tokyo, New York and London. The survey found Singapore to be the fifth-most expensive city. The city's Census and Statistics Department survey was focused on
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    • 256 18 Bloomberg HONG KONG Kmart Corp has told shipping companies in Asia that it would keep paying its bills as it goes through bankruptcy, including amounts it owed before it became the biggest failure in US retail history. American President Lines Ltd, China Ocean
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    • 139 18 Bloomberg NEW YORK Wal-Mart Stores Inc, the 4,150--store global retail chain that sells everything from children's clothing to hunting equipment, is poised to become the world's largest company. It is on pace to record more than US$22O billion ($404 billion) in revenue for the 2001 fiscal
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    • Corporate Briefs
      • 125 20 KEPPEL Hitachi Zosen Ltd, a unit of Keppel Corp, said last year's profit rose more than four times to $35.1 million. Sales rose 80 per cent to $755 million. The firm said its overseas shipyards, Arab Heavy Industries and Keppel Philippines Marine, maintained their performance
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      • 80 20 SINGAPORE Airlines will defer the delivery of six Boeing planes. Five of the planes are 7775, two of which are firm orders and the others options, it said. The remaining aircraft is a 747-400 freighter. SIA is trying to avoid its first loss ever for the
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    • Market Watch
      • 211 20 THE market closed slightly lower, with the ST index down 3.4 points to 1662, on a moderate volume of 628 million shares valued at over $650 million. Gainers outpaced losers 158 to 114 with 297 counters unchanged. The blue chips were generally lower but second liners and selected situational
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      • 160 20 THE market weakened with the Kuala Lumpur Composite Index down 2.61 points at 685.95. The Second Board index was badly hit with a loss of 2.3 per cent to 132.43, as several recent star performers tumbled on heavy selling. Total turnover was a moderate 240,840 lots. Losers outpaced gainers
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    • 2044 20 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS (All prices are indicative) Fund Nome Bid Prke/NAV Offer Price Aberdeen Asset Management Asia Ltd Aberdeen China Opportunities Fund 0.940 0.987 Aberdeen Global MNC Fund 0.638 0.670 Aberdeen Global Technology Fund 0.517 0.544 Aberdeen OK Blue Chip Fund 0.717 0.754 Aberdeen American Opportunities Fund 0.735 0.773 Aberdeen
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 249 23 Reuters $6b to boost US police, fire departments WASHINGTON US President George W Bush will unveil today the first instalment of his homeland security budget plan, the White House said. The proposed US$3.5 billion ($6.43 billion) local anti-terror aid would be used to beef up local
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    • 139 23 KANDAHAR (Afghanistan) Iran has sent senior military officers into three southern provinces of Afghanistan in an attempt to undermine the fragile process of this war-torn nation's reunification, a Kandahar provincial government official charged Wednesday. Mr Mohammed Yusef Pushtoon, a close aide to Kandahar Governor Gul Agha
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    • 49 23 AFP photo A PILOT boards an Ariana Afghan Airlines Boeing 727 at the Kabul International Airport yesterday on its first international flight to New Delhi. The first international flight of the national airline took off with 25 passengers and 12 crew members for New Delhi.
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    • 323 24 Agencies Firm can start to rebuild with its liability gone: analysts HOUSTON Energy giant Enron, which filed for bankruptcy, distanced itself from its biggest liability: the company chief himself. Chief executive officer and chairman Kenneth Lay, 59, yesterday resigned from both positions. His resignation gives Enron the
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    • 176 24 Agencies KUALA LUMPUR The competition between CNN and Al Jazeera, a station deemed the "CNN of the Arab world", to reach Muslim audiences has intensified. CNN's chief international correspondent, Christiane Amanpour, and other star reporters have appeared on CNN to promote the network's
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    • 78 24 Reuters LONDON Fear of flying may be the main cause of the potentially fatal condition known as deep vein thrombosis (DVT), which affects up to 30,000 longhaul travellers a year, a British medical researcher said. Mr Peter Hughes, the 60--year-old founder of Hughes DVT
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    • 222 24 NEW DELHI India's Intelligence Bureau (IB) suspects that small local groups in touch with Dubai and Pakistani intelligence were involved in the shooting at the American Centre in Kolkatta. A senior IB official told The Times of India that the attack sent a dangerous
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    • 116 24 -AFP HONG KONG Authorities in southern China rounded up some 1,000 people from Hong Kong suspected of triad activity during a raid on a discotheque before it formally opened for business. Security officers in Zhuhai arrested three triad leaders in the discotheque, which is owned by a
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    • Article, Illustration
      345 26 Agencies Airline chief to be Taiwan's economic boss TAIPEI President Chen Shui-bian is banking on a woman to help turn the island's ailing economy around and boost his chances of re-election in 2004. Ms Christine Tsung (picture), 53, has been making waves in Taiwan as the woman who
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    • 147 26 Agencies SYDNEY First, they went on a hunger strike to gain attention and asylum. Then, about 200 Afghan and Iraqi refugees in the Woomera camp in South Australia sewed their lips and the lips of their children. When that failed, about 20
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    • 116 26 BEIJING Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has asked China to help revive the peace process in the Middle East The politician's appeal comes at a time when he appears to be in a corner over Israeli claims that he supports terrorism. Mr Arafat "appealed to China to use
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  • COMMENTARY
    • FASFS
      • 909 28  -  Sunny Goh NEVER before have Singaporeans had a better opportunity than now to slay a few sacred cows in our approach to religious sensitivities and, in the process, reach a new maturity in race relations. The criticism levelled at the Singapore Government for supporting the United States
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      • 130 28 What the regional papers say today Bangkok Post/Thailand 12 students on school study tour die when truck driver falls asleep Twelve high school students on a study trip were killed when their bus was hit by an 1 8-wheel truck in Saraburi yesterday. Seven more students and two teachers were
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  • UPFRONT
    • 604 30  -  Jeffrey Tan One hour with Errol Pang He wants beauty pageants to be accepted and respected He was a stockbroker who decided mid-career to invest in a future where beautiful women rule literally. Mr Enrol Pang (right), who owns and manages Derrol Stepenny Productions, is arguably
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    • 428 30  -  Low Shi Ping by shiping@newstoday.com.sg MUSIC, they say, can heal a tortured soul. And Maestro Yeh Tsung, Singapore Chinese Orchestra's (SCO) new music director (picture), is living proof of that For it was music which helped him to overcome the trauma that
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  • Page 30 Miscellaneous

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  • TRAVELLER
    • 497 32  -  Lim KuanChiang This historical English city offers plenty of attractions THE Anglophile in you is yearning to make that annual pilgrimage back to good ol' Blighty. But you're wondering where else to go once you've had your fill of London. How about Derby? It's just a two-hour drive
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  • LIMELIGHT
    • 373 34  -  Elisa Chia HK superstar reveals her true colours ahead of concert by elisa(s>newstoday.com.sg SAMMI Cheng (picture) may be a pop queen, but she'd rather cook up a storm in the kitchen. Hailed as Asian's answer to Madonna, the flamboyant Hong Kong singer revealed this secret ambition while
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    • 366 34  -  Rachel Lo by racnenffnewsioaay.com.sg British soul duo, Lighthouse Family, are reluctant celebrities. The talented pair was in town to publicise their third album Whatever Gets You Through The Day. At the press conference, vocalist Tunde Baiyewu (picture) faced the press while shy
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    • 257 34 MEDIACORP TV Channel 8 is still the primetime market leader of Chinese free-to-air channels, according to Taylor Nelson Sofres. The latest viewership figures show that Channel 8 has a 65 per cent market share, with shows like Food Glorious Food, blockbuster drama The Reunion and the
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    • 383 34  - He ain't stupid, he's my actor Serene Foo by serenecffnewstoday.com.sg OCAL funnyman Jack Neo (picture, in white T.L/shirt) called the four young stars of his film, I Not Stupid, a "godsend." Especially 12-year-old Huang Po Ju, who was found at the eleventh hour. For the role of "plump, fair-skinned and
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    • 419 36 There is an amazing similarity in the way the Lunar New Year is celebrated across Asia. In Seoul, for example, no one is supposed to sleep on je ya, or New Year's Eve. Lights are switched on in every room in the house, so that the new year
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    • 53 36 Great eats Eating out this festive season needn't be a headache, if you've got a handy guide to what's on offer. Get your ideas hot and fresh 19 Hot fashion Our fashion pages offer you ideas on what looks good for the Lunar New Year. Only for those who care
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  • Chinese New Year treats
    • 97 38 This Chinese New Year, Xin Cuisine Chinese Restaurant at the Concorde Hotel is offering a smorgasbord of traditional food items and promises you wonderful treats during the 15-day celebration. Xin Cuisine's Hong Kong chefs have specially prepared six festive set menus to usher in the Year of
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    • 140 38 Gather your family and celebrate this Chinese New Year at Shang Palace with three enticing menus priced at $988+++, $I,lBB+++ and $I,3BB+++. A specially created vegetarian dinner package is priced at $988+++ for a table of 10. A Chinese New Year a la carte menu
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    • 89 38 If you are planning to have a relaxed, traditional reunion dinner this Lunar New Year, the White Rose Cafe at York Hotel presents the most ideal setting. York's chefs will be whipping up a lavish spread for the Lunar New Year's eve buffet for $33.80+++
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    • 109 38 Gallop into the Year of the Horse with a toss to good luck and prosperity at Royal Plaza on Scotts. From Feb 8 to 26 (except on Valentine's Day), partake in the Lunar New Year buffet lunch or dinner at Cafe Vienna with a minimum
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    • 133 38 The Ritz Carlton Millenia Singapore is celebrating the arrival of the 'Horse' with a new yusheng creation fresh fruits yusheng (above), which will be available from Feb 3 at the hotel's Summer Pavilion Restaurant. The healthy dish, comprising honey dew melon, mango and strawberries,
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    • 103 38 Reunions are times for celebrating kinship, friendship and goodwill. Swensen's Sweet Reunion promotion allows you to celebrate with scrumptious set meals (below) specially created for the Lunar New Year. Priced between $12.80+++ and $13.80+++, the promotion features four mouth-watering set meals with juicy, oven-baked chicken, gold-en-fried
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  • INCINEMAS
    • 222 46 Director started the ball rolling on the franchise 22 years ago RIDLEY Scott (picture) is contemplating directing the fifth Alien film, 22 years after he started the ball rolling. Scott, whose latest film Black Hawk Down is currently ruling the North American box office,
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    • 209 46 On Harrison Ford, Blade Runner (1982): "There are these reports that Harrison and I fought and they are quite true it took a long time for this to wear off. But I talked with him
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    • 128 46 AFP LOS ANGELES Actor Sidney Poitier will receive an honorary Oscar this year. The award is being given to Poitier "for his extraordinary performances and unique presence on the screen, and for representing the motion picture industry with dignity, style and intelligence throughout the world,"
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    • 418 47  -  David Ngiau '*****' specialists deliver a touching tale SECRETLY, I'm a *****. I love watching slapstick, bozo comedy, everything from Jim Carrey to Pauly Shore, good and bad. For the discerning *****, there are the Farrelly brothers, Peter and Bobby, who are responsible for such puerile "classics" like
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  • TIMEOUT
    • 239 49  -  -Low Shi Ping NOMINATIONS for the National Arts Council's (NAC) prestigious annual award for arts sponsorship are now open. Individuals and organisations who have contributed to the arts industry during the period of Jan 1 to Dec 31 last year, may apply for either the
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    • 195 49  -  Low Shi Ping IF you think the arts is abstract and incomprehensible, then you haven't taken the first step. Now you can with Arts Central's campaign Take The First Step. The campaign, part of a two-year effort to promote interest in the arts, will
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    • 427 50 St Louis' Superbowl success depends on team effort ST LOUIS Looking for stars? Buy a telescope. Nothing to check out in this lockerroom but plain, old football players. Running back Marshall Faulk? Quarterback Kurt Warner? No question they are special performers, two of the
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    • 460 50 NBA LA Clippers 95 LA Clippers 90 After three attempts, Clippers finally beat their co-tenants LOS ANGELES It was as dull as an average morning shoot-around. Well, maybe not an average Clipper shoot-around, but you get the idea. The Clippers and Lakers
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    • 161 50 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia will now host the Asian Squash Championship after Pakistan pulled out due to the tense political situation in the region, a top official said yesterday. Wong Ah Jit, executive director of the Squash Rackets Association of Malaysia, said the Asian Squash
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    • 143 50 -AFP SEOUL The South Korean government has ordered teams of cheerleaders to be trained for each of the 15 foreign teams that will play their World Cup games in the country. The ministry of government administration and home affairs said yesterday it had set aside
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      564 51 Reuters Hingis and Capriati set up second successive final meeting Tennis Australian Open Live on Ch22 from 10.30am today MELBOURNE Martina Hingis stayed on track to break her grand slam barren spell by reaching the Australian Open final yesterday. But to do so she will have to wreak
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    • 301 51 Reuters NEW YORK A repentant Mike Tyson has apologised for his part in the brawl that erupted at a news conference to promote his proposed bout with world heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis in Las Vegas on April 6.
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    • 246 51 -AFP ADELAIDE A quip by Australian captain Stephen Waugh on fast bowler Steve Elworthy's brain scan has angered the travelling South African media and forced the Australian Cricket Board (ACB) to defend him. Elworthy was struck by a Glenn McGrath bouncer, the ball
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    • 118 51 -AFP MELBOURNE The allFrench men's doubles semifinal was interrupted by a death on centre court at the Australian Open yesterday. A bird, apparently chasing a moth, took the full force of a full-blooded volley by Michael Llodra and dropped to the court dead on
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    • 792 52  -  S. Muraliin Perth Thai leads JW Classic, beating top seed Garcia head to head by murali@newstoday.com.sg Golf Johnnie Walker Classic Day 2, live today on Ch2l, from 2pm THREE times Thongchai Jaidee has been in the media tent in a European Tour event. And
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    • 114 52 Reuters TEHRAN Croat soccer coach Miroslav Blazevic, 66, has resigned from the Iranian national team, citing health reasons and disappointment at not qualifying for the World Cup finals. Iran's IRNA news agency said yesterday Blazevic, who took over a year ago, had sent a letter
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    • 110 52 Holland beats Malaysia just -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Sydney Olympic champion Holland played lethargic hockey, but it was enough to beat Malaysia 3-2 in their final preliminary round match of the Six-Nation Invitational tournament at the National Hockey Stadium here yesterday. The win takes the Dutch team to seven points and
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    • 660 54  -  Leonard Thomas by leonard(s)newstoday.com.sg THEY say it never rains, just pours. A veritable storm of cheers, and jeers, have come out of Manchester United's fans over the last week. Uruguayan Diego Forlan came on board. Cheers. Arch rival Liverpool came to Old Trafford, saw and
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    • 230 54 English Premier League Leicester City 1 Arsenal 3 Gunners move to second spot LONDON Arsene Wenger would not be surprised if the race for the Barclaycard Premiership title went right down to the wire. The Arsenal boss believes five or six teams will be
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    • 244 54 Worthington Cup Tottenham 5 Chelsea 1 Spurs book a place in March final against Blackburn LONDON Glenn Hoddle has urged his Tottenham side to build a foundation for long-term success after the team reached the Worthington Cup final yesterday, reported Football36s.com. Spurs' 5-1 second
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    • 220 54 -AFP BAMAKO (Mali) Liberian legend George Weah said yesterday he would quit international football after the African Nations Cup, saying he feared for his life if he continued to represent his country. Former World Footballer of the Year Weah, who is also his team's technical director
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    • AFTERNOON EDITION
      • 463 55 Reuters Gregory says he needs a break BIRMINGHAM -John Gregory's stormy four-year reign at Aston Villa ended yesterday when he resigned as manager of the English premier league club. The 47-year-old Gregory, who spent much of his time at the Midlands club at loggerheads with chairman
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      • 131 55 DHAKA Pakistan beat Bangladesh by 72 runs yesterday in the second one-day international, a match marred by an incident in which Shoaib Akhtar was struck on the head by a piece of brick thrown from the crowd. Yousuf Youhana scored a career best 112 not
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      • 279 55 LONDON England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson said yesterday that he was facing a moral dilemma over whether to pick Leeds pair Lee Bowyer and Jonathan Woodgate for the World Cup. Eriksson and Football Association chief executive Adam Crozier have yet to decide the England futures of the
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