Today, 24 January 2003, Afternoon Edition

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    8 1 TODAY Friday January 24, 2003 MITA (P) 002/11/2002
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon Toast for peace? Doubts remain
      109 1 -AFP SEOUL North and South Korea agreed to work together to resolve the nuclear crisis peacefully, a joint statement released at the end of marathon cabinet-level talks said here yesterday. "North and South Korea have agreed to actively co-operate to settle this problem in a
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      War drums
      354 1 Onus on Iraq to prove charges wrong NEW YORK The United States yesterday showed scant regard for the growing opposition, both at home and internationally, to a war with Iraq. Washington dismissed the objections of its allies, with US Secretary of State Colin Powell saying Washington would find
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      58 1 NEW YORKWall Street snapped a five-session losing streak yesterday and pulled itself higher. The Dow Jones industrials closed up 50.74 points, or (0.61 per cent) to 8,369.47. The broad Standard and Poor's 500 rose 8.98 points, or 1.02 per cent, to 887.34. The techlaced Nasdaq composite surged by an impressive
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      11 1 Don't miss our 24-page festive special inside Pages 34 to 59
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      22 1 CKAi. BUSINESS FOR \z SINGAPORE IN 1 a INDONESIA vL^^KW_T BY MICHAEL Z'M MZ BACKMAN :m MR' v ._r T_ Page 28
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Lock icon Temasek eyes stake in Indon bank
      200 2 Bbomberg JAKARTA Temasek Holdings, Malaysia's Rashid Hussain Berhad and financial institutions from Taiwan and China may bid for a 51 per cent stake Indonesia is selling in PT Bank Danamon, the Bisnis Indonesia newspaper reported recently. A Temasek spokesperson declined to comment on the
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      Food fright
      358 2  -  Tan Hui Leng 99 in 100 face risk of malnutrition by. huileng(s>newstoday.com.sg THE word evokes images of half-starved African nations, rather than glutted cities like New York or Singapore. Yet the startling news is, if you subsist on a typical yuppie on-the-go diet, you're a likely candidate for
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    • SERVICE EXCELLENCE
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        Lock icon SingPost delivers again
        696 3  -  Tor Ching Li Mail, logistics and retail company bagged 41 awards in 2002 EXSA by. chingli@newstoday.com.sg WITH a whopping 2.4 million items to handle each day and transactions ranging from telecommunication bill collections to tax payments, Singapore Post is, undoubtedly, the Republic's communication nerve centre. You may
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        CXCELLENT SERVICE AWARD
        119 3 Launched in 1994, the Excellent Service Award or EXSA is a national award that recognises individuals who have delivered outstanding service. It seeks to develop service models for staff to emulate, create service champions and professionalise services. EXSA is managed jointly by SPRING Singapore and seven industry
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      Lock icon Back to the future
      80 4 Agencies Report Waiters serving meals to customers during the opening of the first Drive-in Cafe" in Thailand at a theatre in Bangkok yesterday. The Drive-In concept is a unique combination of restaurant and theatre that evokes the American movie drive-ins of the *****. While movie-goers can't
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      Surprise icing
      377 4  -  Jaime Koh Jakarta gets more loans than requested by. jaime@newstoday.com.sg JAKARTA Something surprising took place in Indonesia this week. Instead of pressuring President Megawati Sukarnoputri's government to stay with what are considered sensible policies such as the removal of telephone, fuel and electricity subsidies the country's major donors
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      Entry to Al Azhar university tightened
      111 4 CAIRO In the wake of growing security concerns in the region, Malaysia has decided to tighten the entry system for its students to Egypt's prestigious Al Azhar University, the oldest seat of learning in the Islamic world. The prime minister's religious advisor, Tan Sri
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      14 2 Special Sermon Series: DIVINE JRf GUIDANCE LIVING FAITH CHURCH® O Come and be blessed
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      7 2 Test drive Tra\et free gifts. coupon tomorrow.
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      105 4 888s$8.oo discount vouchers* 1888 28% discount coupons* To be given away with every purchase of 5530.00 above of Mattel Products. Chinese New Year Bonanza Offer! ART TEACHER SSIB.OO MAGICAL .j s M WARDROBE I SSIB.OO j^.jj VBp FASHION FRENZY SSIB.OO NOTE: Customers are entitled to redeem a Ang Pow containing
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      211 5 kill /^X^\ Wlt ILL- > j*^* j^ hi kJ^^H -/i Ik. Ev^Kml ■TV-- -Ti Bn 1 '&>s■ lH ■ro^r^ Hfi BB Hi ri SingNetßroadßand^V Roadshow OUB Centred! When: 23 24 Jan 2003 S/gn up for Sing Net Broadßand today I and get a free ADSL USB modem Iworth $159) I
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Lock icon FairPrice fills IT gap
      452 6  -  Val Chua New store in Marine Parade sells products for offices by. val@newstoday.com.sg NTUC Fair Price is venturing beyond supermarket retailing again. Since September last year, the giant grocery chain has set up an IT store called Office 1 in Marine Parade, selling anything from office
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      Lock icon XL's right to patrol near island: Najib
      205 6 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia has vowed to continue patrolling the disputed waters around Pedra Branca and says Singapore should stop making threatening statements. The comments by Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Defence Minister Najib Razak came after Singapore warned Malaysia to
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      Lock icon S'pore may get mobile X-ray device
      216 6 Newsßadio9B THE Secret Service in the US has it, customs officers in Hong Kong use it It is an X-ray screening system that detects bombs, drugs and human cargo, which the Singapore authorities are considering acquiring to help boost security at immigration checkpoints. The
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      Numbers do matter
      607 8  -  Clement Mesenas Why no-frills neophyte Cebu Pacific bowed out of the Spore market by. clement@newstoday.com.sg CEBU Pacific's ambitions to capture a slice of the lucrative Filipino labour traffic with a daily flight between Singapore and Manila took a nosedive when it could fill barely 20 seats on
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      215 9 Standard Chartered %^AJ^ the lowest is the best! As low as |«m£lu*#^»o How low can our balance transfer rates go? Now it's as low as 3.88%! You can have more cash to get the things that matter most to you with these 3 payment options, when you transfer your outstanding
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  • LETTERS
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      Can't MRT staff do the job?
      129 10  -  Kam Huey Siang I DO not see the point of spending a lot of money on cameras to monitor MRT platforms. In the Hong Kong system, staff are stationed at the centre of the platform to ensure safety. In Tokyo, two staff members are
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      Why bonus is a better option
      266 10  -  Tan Kin Lian It is fair and cost cannot be hidden I REFER to the report, "The trap: SIA chairman hits out at stock options, accounting tricks" (Today, Jan 22). Mr Koh Boon Hwee said that while the goal of stock options is noble,
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      Should N-E Line commuters pay more?
      342 10  -  Nor Azam Ahmad I WOULD like to add my views to Mr Michael Loh's comments in the letter, "Driverless but costly?" (Today, Jan 23), regarding possible higher fares on the North-East Line. Although plans have not been finalised, I do hope that SBS Transit
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      Our son, the butterfly...
      490 12  -  Ching Seek Meng, Eric He will be 'freed' from pre-school and learn through play at home "PLAY is the work of children," said the eminent German educator Friedrich Froebel, who in 1837 established the world's first kindergarten and created one of the first early childhood curricula.
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon Chain reaction
      302 14  -  Chan Chao Peh Demand for chemicals likely to fuel economy by. chaopeh(s>newstoday.com.sg CHEMICAL companies last year pledged to invest $2.1 billion in Singapore. This was 11 per cent more than the $1.9 billion pledged in 2001, but still below the level in 2000, when $2.2 billion worth of
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      Lock icon UMC, Infineon set up $6.2 billion plant
      226 14 Channel News Asia TAIWANESE microchip giant United Microelectronics (UMC) has launched UMCi a joint venture 300 mm wafer fab plant with Infineon Technologies. The company started moving in equipment yesterday and trial production at the Pasir Ris plant is expected to begin by
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      Lock icon When prices fell
      511 16 Reuters Cheaper homes, rides and calls last year SINGAPORE suffered its worst deflation in four years last year as the cost of housing, transport and telecommunications fell but the trend may be easing after prices rebounded in the final two months of last year. The Department of
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      Lock icon Venezuela halts forex trades
      200 16 -AFP CARACAS Venezuela yesterday suspended foreign currency trading for five days as the Supreme Court cancelled a Feb 2 referendum aimed at forcing beleaguered President Hugo Chavez (picture) out of office in the latest round of a crippling 52-day-old strike. Mr Chavez had already declared the
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      Lock icon ST Engineering wins $81m deal
      93 16 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Technologies Engineering Ltd said one of its units won a contract worth about $81 million to build a communications system for Taiwan's Kaohsiung Rapid Transit Corp. ST Electronics will design, supply and install the communications system for two subway lines. The project is
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    • Market Watch
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        Singapore
        124 19 SINGAPORE shares closed mixed yesterday, with the STI down 4.72 points at 1,364.41. Gainers narrowly outnumbered losers 113 to 99, with 360 issues unchanged. The new listing, Hitchins, was the most actively traded, closing at 21 cents on turnover of 43.48 million shares. The stock was offered to the
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        World markets
        56 19 Im Index Value Change Pis Nikkei 225 8790.92 179.88 2.09 Hang Seng All Ordinaries Taiwan Wtd 9584.70 2997.80 5078.80 24.41 -1.30 85.53 0.26 -0.04 1.71 Korea Comp SET Index 625.18 376.56 2.69 3.39 0.43 0.91 Jakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzen B 406.77 1048.53 201.30 1.07 -3.91 -1.96 0.26
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 19 US$ 0.5774 UK£ 0.3559 Yen 68.199 HK$ 4.5031 RM 2.1938 Euro 0.5370 Rupiah 5135.9 Baht 24.655 Peso 31.032 A$ 0.9775 Indian Rs 27.658 Won 678.82 C$ 0.8819 Yuan 4.7791 NZ$ 1.0563 NTS 20.009
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        Commodities
        14 19 Gold uss/oi 359.90 Silver uss/oi 4.848 Platinum uss/oz 636.10 Brent crude uss/barrel 32.85
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        Straits Times Index Intraday Chart
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        SGX most active
        50 19 )y volume Ian 23 litchins bartered lAediaS latacrftUSS JewEH El-Neis >ingTel IMXTech iembCorp ML Close 0.210 0.795 0.015 0.805 0.010 0.010 1.350 0.295 0.910 0.940 Change +0.025 +0.035 -0.005 -0.005 -0.025 +3.2 +4.5 -33.3 -0.5 -2.6 'OOO 43,481 28,97: 17,67! 17,56! 16,991 14,91: 11,74' 11,241 10,951 10,431
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        SGX top rises
        76 19 By$ Jan 23 Close Change GreatEast 9.000 +0.250 KepCorp 3.880 +0.100 SingamasC 2kHKS 2.200 +0.100 Creative 50 13.100 +0.100 DBS Bk 6% NCPS*****.500 +0.100 HLSpFinF 2.030 +0.060 Ho Royal 1.200 +0.060 OUE 6.000 +0.050 SATSvcs 1.780 +0.050 By percentage Jan 23 Close Change Presscrete 0.055 +37.5 NHCeram
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        SGX top falls
        77 19 )y$ Ian 23 Close Change ilA 200 10.300 -0.300 ihang Asia 2kHKS 5.300 -0.300 ilA 10.200 -0.200 iPH 18.900 -0.200 DCBC 9.700 -0.100 iPHlOO 19.000 -0.100 )BS 11.000 -0.100 3A 1.100 -0.080 :&N 8.250 -0.050 IMH400USS 6.200 -0.050 fy percentage Ian 23 Close Changi *lewToyoW*****7 0.030 -33.:
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      Lock icon ASA sale plan is off
      146 19 Agencies ADVANCED Systems Automation (ASA) is not proceeding with a plan to sell about 22 per cent of the company to unidentified investors. "The parties to the proposed investment have decided not to continue negotiations," the company said yesterday, without stating why the deal was
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      Lock icon Gold rush
      439 20 Reuters Bad news for the world is good news for the metal SYDNEY Gold soared to its highest price in six years yesterday as fears of war in Iraq increased, prompting speculators to snap up the precious metal. Urged by tough talk from United States President George W
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    • Article
      The saga continues...
      201 20  -  Chan Chao Peh IN another salvo in the housing loan market war, POSB yesterday said that it would better, or at least match the first- and second-year interest rates offered by UOB and OCBC. Currently, the banks have been waging the home loans war by undercutting one
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      Lock icon Home smart home
      363 22  -  Sarah Chua by. sarah@newstoday.com.sg IMAGINE sitting at home and being able to access your office computer, surf the Internet on the fridge and feel safe, knowing that an SMS or MMS will alert you of any intruders. Such a home could become a reality for Singaporeans by
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Kuwaiti suspect was held over another attack
      148 24 Agencies KUWAIT CITY The Kuwaiti gunman suspected of killing an American citizen and wounding another on Tuesday had been arrested in October over the murder of a US marine. Saudi Arabia yesterday extradited Sami Mohammed al-Mutairi after arresting him on Wednesday. A senior
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      Lock icon A big 'no'
      371 24 Agencies McDonald's cleared of causing obesity NEW YORK People who wolf down upsized, high-calorie "junk food" should not blame the fast food industry for their weight and health problems, a US federal judge said in a landmark ruling. Wednesday's ruling was a major victory for McDonald's and
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      Lock icon US to protect oil
      190 24 -AFP LONDON The US military has drawn up plans to protect Iraq's oilfields in the event of a military strike on Iraq. The Guardian reported yesterday that the move was to prevent a repeat of the 1991 Gulf War, when Iraqi President Saddam Hussein set Kuwait's
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      Lock icon Ex-rebel killed
      55 24 Reuters photo A police officer with the body of former communist New People's Army chief Romulo Kintanar, 50, who was shot dead by suspected leftist assassins while having lunch in a Manila restaurant yesterday. Investigators said the killing of Kintanar, who had rejoined the government, bore the stamp
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      Lock icon Deadly crush
      67 26 Agencies BEIJING Shoppers in north era China got something they did not bargain for when two people were trampled to death and 14 injured in a stampede at a new supermarket. The China Daily said 50,000 people swamped the Hualian supermarket in Baoyou city in Inner Mongolia, for
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      Lock icon Chinese women tricked
      130 26 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR More naive young women from China are being tricked into prostitution in Malaysia, according to a local organisation which is called regularly to their rescue. They are lured to Malaysia by the promise of good jobs, said Mr Michael Chong, head of the Malaysian
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      Lock icon Coalition in the offing?
      286 26 Agencies Dutch hand defeat to anti-immigration party AMSTERDAM Politics in the Netherlands has returned to business as usual, with the resounding defeat of Mr Pirn Fortuyn's populist anti-immi-gration party in the Dutch elections on Wednesday. Results showed that the conservative Christian Democrats (CDA) party of outgoing
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Lock icon Dangerous liaisons
      991 28  -  Michael Backman It's risky business for Spore in Indonesia but... SINGAPORE is now the No 1 foreign investor in Indonesia in terms of new investment flows. And that was before Singapore Technologies Telemedia agreed to pay $1.1 billion for a 41.9 per cent stake in Indosat in December.
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      240 29 I New beginnings come with new expectations. Fulfill them at 1 I Wisma Atria with its abundance i R I of extraordinary offers, shop|R W I ping privileges and promotions I from now till 23 Feb 2003. Leonardo dicaprio torn hanks fß^g.:.>V^ iJSmf^^ W f JB ißEVßlßPiaiiiu W I real
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  • UPFRONT
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      She's not complicated
      684 30  -  Elisa Chia Treat me normally, says rock chick Avril by. elisa@newstoday.com.sg In a room at the Four Seasons Hotel, Avril Lavigne had just contorted her face to show her disgust at the thought of being worshipped as the next pop-rock icon. "I hate that! I don't like
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      141 31 i ak r\ .'Bm- K^ 1 J w rJ JrJ ~s' Mf \LteJ^H -V/ INDEPENDENT RETAIL AUDIT -i'^^P H Bk^ LA I Narcissus is No. 1 In The Canned Meat Mushroom Categories (Independent Retail Audit by ACNielsen, Jan '01 to Sept '02 in Supermarkets) For nearly 50 years, mothers all
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  • LIMELIGHT
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      Lock icon R Kelly held over child porn pictures
      216 32 -AFP MIAMI US rap singer and Grammy-award winner R Kelly (picture) was arrested at a local hotel on charges of possessing child pornography, police announced on Wednesday. Miami-Dade county police spokesman Juan del Castillo said the rap star, whose real name is Robert
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      Lock icon I don't want no privacy
      734 32  -  Sadiah Ahmad by. sadiah@newstoday.com.sg ALL you Shah Rukh Khan fans out there, here's an important message for you. Smile and wave joyfully if you ever meet him because he'll be very glad to see you. "I like it when people in passing cars get excited
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      We're just a band ...
      614 33  - We're just a band Chen Sze Kai by. szekai@newstoday.com.sg THINK of the American rock band Matchbox Twenty and singer-songwriter Rob Thomas comes to mind. But that doesn't bother the band's drummer, Paul Doucette. "It's fine!" he quipped. "It makes my life a lot easier." The 30-year-old is in town with
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      WINNERS OF THE SHAGGY – PARTY IN THE PARK CONCERT
      75 33 WINNERS OF THE SHAGGY PARTY IN THE PARK CONCERT Edward Han George F Kader Nabisah Shahul Hameed Noor Irdawati Fathillah Rosalind Ng *****8031 *****399G *****427G *****1121 *****968 D These five TODAY readers will each receive a pair of tickets to Shaggy's concert at Fort Canning Park this Sunday. Tickets must
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      235 33 J^^^ G\D/2~ Singapore Sculpture O^warcf M Create (Q O^ppreCl'a/e Organised by Supported by V r k The City Developments Limited (CDL) Singapore Sculpture Award aims to recognise l/Sk City nrvFinrMFMT*; I nurrm and encourage creativity in youth and local artists in the field of Sculpture, Pgg| "tvtLUPMiNis LiMiitu as well
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  • FESTIVE SPECIAL
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      toast the goat
      9 34 Dress, $189, from Artiris. re |^B
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      fresh face, same bargains
      595 38  -  Sandra Leong Chinatown emerges from its facelift to offer affordable wares and loads of atmosphere by. sandra@newstoday.com.sg FOR months, construction work deterred people from visiting Chinatown. The once bustling heart of Chinese culture was dusty and subdued. Although the facelift has finished and the area looks
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      a friendly note to the goat
      586 40  -  Sandra Leong Stick to people born in the pig or rabbit year to keep out of harm's way: geomancers by.; sandra@newstoday.com.sg "ARE you a goat? No you look more like a monkey." Say this to someone unfamiliar with the Chinese zodiac, and you may
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      mark the now year
      407 42 Goat ornaments are ideal souvenirs to commemorate 2003 Singapore Lunar Goat 5 oz Coin Set This set of Singapore Year of the Goat coins, comprising a pair of 5 oz silver proof and 5 oz gold proof coins, are the largest to be produced by The
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      the fab fowl
      465 44  -  Sandra Leong Turkey, ostrich meats make for healthy bak kwa by. sandra@newstoday.com.sg daily salt allowance. "Bak kwa is prepared by barbecueing meat over an open flame which could lead to the formation of cancer-causing substances on the meat," she said. "When fat from the meat drips into
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      spirit nouveau
      399 46  -  Katrina Karim Ariel range offers the best of wine, sans alcoho FRET no more if you are entertaining clients during lunch or out on a drinking binge with friends. With the launch of Ariel non-alcoholic wines last month, Singaporeans need not worry about getting tipsy. And since over
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      BONSAI MUSHROOMS
      356 46  -  Sandra Leong FIRST the luo han fish, now the mushroom bonsai? Even before Singaporeans have had enough of the slippery lottery-predict-ing creature, a new fad has emerged to give it a run for its money. The new mushroom or lingzhi bonsai, touted as the Mushroom of Immortality, is
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      shanghai's little gems
      471 48  - shangha i's little gems Sandra Leong Performing at Raffles City is child's play for these kids from China by sandra@newstoday.com.sg DURING his song and dance item, 10-year-old Shanghai-born Lv Fang (picture, top) yodelled, wiggled his bottom and oblivious to the microphone on his collar, whispered nervous instructions to his female
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      stack up the wealth
      338 50  -  Jenny Kong Troupe performs auspicious stunts at Jurong Point by. j enny@newstoday. com. sg YOU'VE probably watched acrobatic performances only on television. If so, here's your chance to watch it live at Jurong Point Shopping Centre. And it's free. My heart skipped more than once when
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      prospority spreads
      864 52  -  Karman Tse by. Auspicious food is a must in Lunar New Year festivities. We show you where to eat what THE ORIENTAL SINGAPORE THE Oriental Singapore ushers in the Year of the Goat in style. From Jan 27 to Feb 15, the hotel's Cherry Garden Chinese restaurant offers
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      toss high the good fortune
      871 54 With many restaurants offering yu sheng, the lucky fish dish, you'll be spoilt for choice THE RITZ-CARLTON MILLENIA SINGAPORE CELEBRATE a year of prosperity as you chomp on gourmet delights at Summer Pavilion and the Greenhouse. At the Summer Pavilion, Master chef Fok Kai Yee
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      anytime, anywhere
      244 56 Look your best celebrating the Lunar New Year but when the spotlight is off, relax in these chic comfy clothes Onige ap-peel (top} Orange top, $29, Nao. Stripe jeans, $68, Future State. Red pointed-toe slip on, $29.90, Code Red. Orange leather bag, $59, Utopia Fringe benefit* Spaghetti-strap top,
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      new square in the block
      163 58 Start thinking of excuses for a longer lunch break. With 14 new shops added into China Square, an hour's not enough to enjoy the food and browse the shops. When the feasting's done, the shops are just around the corner. Looking forward to that laidback
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      70 55 £idl 111® l At the table, a sumptuous feast awaits your guests, and so does Heaven Earth Reunion Tea. Specially brewed for the festive Q. season, it's the perfect complement when everyone gets together for food, drink and good company. As we renew our bonds with I family and friends,
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      101 58 CULTURAL ART TRAVEL FAIR January 17 February 16 Raffles City Shopping Centre Garden Court Come down to our road show enjoy the following offers: Free ***** worth of gift for the first 1000 passenger to book tour* rgamsers: Free Sheep Skin for the first 100 passengers* ft AC CI CC^ITV
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  • INCINEMAS
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      657 60 Reuters/Variety Salma Hayek rides high on her success PARK CITY (Utah) With a red cap pulled down over her head and a black ski parka keeping the wind chill out, actress Salma Hayek lets out a deep sigh and declares she is tired dead tired. She is, however,
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      353 60 and the agony Oh, sense of humour, where art thou? YOU'D think that comic genius Woody Allen (picture) would have a sense of humour about a play on him. Wasn't the quirky Being John Malkovich (1999) the ultimate tribute to the titular actor? Famed actor-writer-director Allen is livid over a
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      82 62 Reuters/Variety NEW YORK Dwayne Johnson, better known as wrestling star "The Rock" (picture), is ready to star in the MGM remake of Walking Tall, a film that will likely go into production in early summer. The 1973 film's premise of a Southern sheriff's mission to remove
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      294 62 -AFP BERLIN Canadian director Atom Egoyan will chair the jury of next month's 53rd Berlin film festival, the first major event on Europe's annual cinema calendar, organisers said recently. Egoyan, best known for his 1997 Academy Award-nominated film The Sweet Hereafter and his most
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      357 62 1900 912 1234 O gv.com.sg /^S 'ffiE MMUXL ADVENTURE IS EIGHT UNDER YOUR NOSE Jc- 11 v (~*l I v I^]v/| A's 'id lAl\)l )Al\^ I 11€:S^ The mob boss is back in therapy "A killer comedy sequel... R£tert D?J Hl*° you'll die laughing!" Billy Crystal Uj* analyze L 4
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      126 63 vUV^ a fami'iar name in the education business and an ftnA^!^ advocator of life-long learning, POPULAR is honoured V (JyVifl Ea l.tW o \a^. to partner with Golden Village and IMAX in the launch W H <^f^"*£ of Singapore's POPULAR IMAX Theatre at GV Grand W**^^n ??i^^ SUPER DEAL! -ARD
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      1498 64 Blueprint Missing channel 5,B P m Tenter Jangan Tinggal Fri(|ay Movies The Toy channe lOpm BBC p anorama CNA 7 32pm DaKU Suria, 9.30pm Polytechnic beauty queen _1 U S Bates is tlle wealthyowner Panorama contestant, Lisa, is kid- L^Tl The magistrate's daughter, Tahirah, is in i AVNHk o/a department
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  • SPORTS
    • A tale of two wide receivers
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        432 65 SAN DIEGO For 19 years, the Oakland Raiders have waited to return to the Super Bowl. For 15 years, they have been called "Tim's Team." And for those 15 seasons, Tim Brown has been running routes in a blur of black and silver,
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        409 65 Reuters SAN DIEGO Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Joe Jurevicius sent a sobering jolt of reality through America's biggest party yesterday, reminding everyone that holding the Super Bowl trophy would never be as important as cuddling his healthy son. In the hype and mayhem
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      Lock icon Gusta's back
      467 66  -  Stanley Ho And by all accounts, he is set to fire the Stallions' engine room by. stanley@newstoday.com.sg AFTER flirting with drugs, he decided to buckle down. So much so that in 1999, he was hailed as the rising star of Singapore football. Starring for Home United, Gusta Guzarishah
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      136 66 THE Singapore under-23 team was humbled 1-4 by Brunei at a Malacca quadrangular tournament last night. Despite starting strongly, P N Sivaji's charges crumbled after giving away a penalty in the 26th minute. In the second half, Brunei came out flying after the break and took
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      269 66 NEW ORLEANS Jamal Mashburn had 24 points and eight rebounds and Jamaal Magloire added 16 and 14 as the New Orleans Hornets rolled to a 103-94 victory yesterday over the Washington Wizards. But the big news is that the Wizards' Michael Jordan moved into third place
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      434 67 -AFP MELBOURNE Three-time winner Andre Agassi took just 88 minutes to reach the Australian Open final with an easy straight sets victory over South African Wayne Ferreira here yesterday. Both men were playing their 50th Grand Slam event and it was the first time since tennis
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      Lock icon Magnificent Williamses
      615 67 Reuters Sisters make final Down Under through entirely different routes Tennis Australian Open It's Williams v Williams again MELBOURNE Serena Williams saved two match points and came from 5-1 down in the final set to beat Kirn Clijsters 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 yesterday and reach her first Australian Open
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      Golf to help boost Bali
      250 68  -  Stanley Ho AT LEAST three of the world's top professional golfers will battle it out at the Bali Invitational Golf tournament next month, all for a good cause. Scheduled on Feb 8-9, the star-studded Bali Invitational is staged in a bid to revive the island's
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      774 68  -  S. Murali Question is whether the others will keep up by. murali@newstoday.com.sg HE WENT head to head with Ernie Els for 15 holes and, for most of the round, you could hardly tell the difference between the two. In fact, until the 14th hole, it was
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      488 69  -  Tan Yo-Hinn Sinchi FG has squads selected and sponsors secured by. yohinn@newstoday.com.sg SINCE its official introduction to the S-League last October, Sinchi FC has been the subject of much debate in local football circles. With no pedigree or track record, questions were inevitably raised over its
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      Lock icon Super Sorenstam interested in taking on the men
      300 69 -AFP ORLANDO Sweden's Annika Sorenstam tossed another log on the sport gender bonfire yesterday, saying that she would accept a sponsor exemption to play in a PGA Tour event. "I would love to play," Sorenstam said after a sponsor's event here. "I
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      Boost from S-League and Pools
      224 69  -  Stanley Ho THE SEMBCORP Power Gas Challenge Cup, the ongoing inaugural football competition organised by Woodlands Wellington, received a big boost from the S-League yesterday. While the initial top prize purse stood at $2,000, the SLeague announced that it would top up $6,888 to the
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      Lock icon Sorcerer Scholes
      538 70 Agencies Unglamorous he may be, but the player's a genuine star LANCASHIRE Keen to shun the limelight, Paul Scholes made a shy appearance for the cameras after yesterday's 3-1 second leg semi-final win over Blackburn. For someone so quiet off the pitch, Scholes has been making all the
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      Roeder Hammer-red over defeat to Charlton at the Valley
      230 70 LONDON West Ham fans called for boss Glenn Roeder's head as their side slipped closer to the Nationwide League after a 4-2 loss yesterday to Charlton Athletic. Roeder, speaking to The Sun, admitted: "It is between four teams now who will
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    • AFTERNOON EDITION
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        501 71 Thierry Henry says: LONDON David Seaman's position as Arsenal's No. 1 is under threat after Brazilian goalkeeper Marcos declared that he could be joining Arsenal as early as this month. However, the hottest striker in tlie Premiership, Thierry Henry, believes that Seaman, 39,
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      119 66 Usher in the Lunar New Year with Allswell Longan Red-Date Drink! §j§y2 Made with all A natural ingredients, A Ik Allswell Longan m Red-Date drink NMk. contains no artificial A MM fSH^ colouring and is I preservative-free, BMtliww offering the natural I and healthy start yL y to a prosperous
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      156 67 Match League Home Away Kick-off (Singapore Time) Start of Sales End of Sales No. Team Team 01 Gillingham Leeds Sat, 25/01/03, 8.30pm 02 Blackburn Sunderland 03 Southampton MJjj^jj^ Fri, 24/01/03, B.ooam Sat, 25/01/03,7.00pm 04 Wolverhampton Leicester Sat, 25/01/03, 11.00pm 05 ECup Sheffield Utd Ipswich 06 Wtfrd West Bromwich 07 Manchester
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