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    13 1 TODAY we set you thinking todayonline.com Tuesday January 27, 2004 MITA (P) 002/11/2002
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    Can Singapore stomach this?
    484 1  -  Serene Foo A WOMAN is raped. For 10 agonising minutes, she is brutally violated in an underpass. The rapist then beats her up so badly that she falls into a coma. A man has his head bludgeoned by a fire extinguisher and his skull caves in.
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    Bird curse hovers over Asia
    823 1  -  Teo Hwee Nak Singapore safe but the flu spreads and kills elsewhere AN illness that seemed so distant till recently affecting poultry and chicken farmers in remote areas of Thailand suddenly assumed menacing dimensions with health experts shuddering at the prospects of a global flu
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      55 1 NEWSX^/lEWS No WMD, Kay? Weapons inspector Kay blames US Intelligence/4 Rosnah Ahmad How pop is helping bridge Japan-Korea divide/1 o Lord of the Globes Peter Jackson dominates, as expected/1 8 Hewitt ousted Federer triumphs in four breathtaking sets/30 ZIDANE SHOCKER I World Player of I the Year admits I having
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  • HOT NEWS
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      DPM visits Indon to 'update himself
      199 3 DEPUTY Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will be in Jakarta on a working visit until tomorrow. The visit has been described as a chance for Mr Lee to catch up with events in that nation, reported Channel News Asia. Mr Lee said: "I have
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      Lock icon Royals caused failed franchise?
      532 3  -  Joy Frances Briton seeks damages for Brunei duo's alleged failure to honour $23m deal A BRITON whose plans to set up a cafe franchise in the United Kingdom never got off the ground, is pinning the blame on two relatives of the Sultan of Brunei and
      WONG KHING CHONG  -  532 words
    • SINGAPOREsnippets
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        NTUC Income ups coverage by up to 10 per cent
        135 4 From March 1, NTUC Income will enhance its Incomeshield plan coverage to benefit all and existing Incomeshield policy holders. The lifetime limits will be raised from $450,000 to $900,000 for Plan A, from $325,000 to $500,000 for Plan B and
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        SIA has triple-honour month
        95 4 Singapore Airlines (SIA) has won the US-based Air Transport World's Passenger Service award for 2004, in what has turned out to be a month of triple honours for the flagship carrier. It also bagged the Best Airline to Asia Pacific Rim award at the Irish Travel
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      Lock icon Compensation case thrown out
      99 4 Channel News Asia A PROPRIETOR of five plots of land acquired for the Circle Line construction wanted compensation due to him, to be calculated on the value of the entire land acquired for the project in the affected area and not just on his strata titles.
      – Channel News Asia  -  99 words
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      Lock icon Failure to find WMD 'not a political issue'
      385 4 US arms inspector blames CIA instead for lack of spies in Iraq WASHINGTON Is the jury still out on the Iraqi weapons of mass destruction (WMD)? Or are the actors unwilling to accept that their premise for war last year was wrong
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      Survey: Men more indifferent to Sars and terrorism
      245 4  -  Haryani Othman A SURVEY conducted by Ngee Ann Polytechnic School of Business and Accountancy suggests that men and women have different attitudes toward the twin threats making global headlines Sars and terrorism. Men are more indifferent about Sars, with 9 per cent
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      61 5 Who will be Singapore's cutest baby? I V This Lunar New Year, you be the judge! I I GQQOIO OQQOO QQQQO OOQQQ OQOQO H if^^H ,40*^%. /^B"^v /^^u^v *^B l Ail V 1 tal M El OQQ9O OQOQO QQQOO QQQQO OQOQO OQOQO QQQOO OQQQO OQQQO OQOQO I OQOQO QQOQO OQOOO
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      Let us not be captives of the past
      1044 6  -  X Kesavapany PM Abdullah's visit has paved way for easier dialogue, says Spores former envoy to Malaysia I REFER to the article "Dealing with Mr Abdullah" by Mr Karim Raslan (Today, Jan 21). I share Mr Karim's sentiments that Malaysian Prime Minister
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      151 6 Your letter can also appear on this page. Give your full name rfl and address and write to: Today, 24, Raffles Place, #28-01/06, Clifford Centre, *****21; Fax: (65) 6534 4217; E-mail: news@newstoday.com.sg I'Tyjl rs jp When it comes to cough and cold, insist on Heritage's Herbal Cold Flu Formula. This
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon Marginal growth in Dec
      424 8 -AFP Pharmaceutical and biomedical sectors drag down overall output SINGAPORE'S manufacturing output slowed sharply last month, but analysts remained upbeat about the economy's prospects for 2004 thanks largely to the strength of the vital electronics sector. Total factory output for December grew by just 0.3 per
      -AFP; BLOOMBERG  -  424 words
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      Lock icon HDB resale prices at three-year high
      235 8 Dow Jones PRICES of HDB resale flats strengthened further in the fourth quarter of last year, gaining 1.2 per cent from the third quarter. Figures from the HDB yesterday showed the resale price index for the fourth quarter at 103.9 points, its highest level
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      Don't mind doing it for the KIDS
      595 9  -  Gurmeet Singh SMRT Corp drums it up for your donations to the Share A Meal Programme YOU might think the money that you spend on an average lunch is probably not much of a great deal. But multiply that amount by more than
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    • MarketWATCH
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        World markets
        48 10 Index Nikkei 225 Value *****.59 Change Pis -96.41 -0.87 Hang Seng Ordinaries faiwan Wtd *****.37 3346.20 -23.31 +6.80 -0.17 +0.20 Korea Comp 869.04 +7.67 +0.89 KLCI 827.87 +3.21 +0.39 SET Index 735.08 -19.36 -2.57 lakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzhen B 786.87 1547.70 +0.99 -12.32 +0.13 -0.79
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 10 US$ 0.5898 UK£ 0.323 Yen 62.966 HK$ 4.5818 RM 2.2417 Euro 0.4688 Rupiah 4968.0 Baht 23.096 Peso 32.819 A$ 0.7649 Indian Rs 26.753 Won 698.85 C$ 0.7746 Yuan 4.8824 NZ$ 0.8778 NTS 19.833
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        Commodities
        21 10 Gold uss/oz 406.100 Silver uss/oi 6.315 Platinum uss/oz 851.000 Rubber centsAg 216.75 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1746 Brent crude uss/barrel 31.17
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        Lock icon Singapore
        131 10 Dow Jones SINGAPORE shares ended slightly higher yesterday but trade remained cautious as the outbreak of bird flu widened in Asia. The ST Index closed up 1 0.42 points, or 0.6 per cent, at 1,899.98 after slipping to an intraday low of 1,883.84 on profit-tak-ing. Investors turned cautious after
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        ST Index: 1,899.98 +10.42
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        Lock icon SGX most active
        63 10 SGX, Bloomberg Information provided by fy volume Speedy-Tech \ctionAsia Close 0.805 0.495 Change +0.110 +0.050 +15.8 +11.2 '000 147,930 53,664 TO 2.390 +0.110 +4.8 51,553 Ixcelpoint Celestial 0.400 0.505 +0.010 +0.005 +2.6 +1.0 39,125 36,176 >ac Cent 0.320 +0.010 +3.2 32,673 JeautyChina 0.545 -0.005 -0.9 31,111 >BI
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        SGX top rises
        72 10 By Close Change /enture 23.800 +0.600 KepCorp 7.000 +0.250 ISH500USS 5.100 +0.240 \?i Breweries 7.550 +0.200 XBC4.55SNCPS100 101.200 +0.200 SIA200 11.400 +0.200 STIETF100 19.000 +0.200 Haw Par 4.800 +0.120 MOL 2.390 +0.110 Speedy-Tech 0.805 +0.110 fy percentage Senefun 20k Close < 0.020 Change +33.3 ;asyknil5kHKS 0.200 +33.3
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        SGX top falls
        81 10 By Close rhai Prime200USS 10.600 Change -1.400 Creative 50 20.000 -0.400 DBS Bk 6% NCPS10 106.700 -0.400 GrealEast 11.100 -0.200 CITYDEV 6.900 -0.150 fAC 200USS 2.700 -0.140 PakTech 0.070 -0.110 Innovalu 1.610 -0.090 CerebosPac 3.420 -0.080 DalacrflUSS 1.700 -0.070 By percentage Close Change PakTech 0.070 -61.1 jlobu
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      Lock icon Japanese exports rise 4.7% to cap record year
      372 12 Bloomberg Trade surplus up 9.9%, firms raise 4th quarter GDP forecasts JAPANESE exports rose for the eighth time in the past nine months in December last year. This capped a record year for overseas shipments as rising global demand for digital cameras
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      Lock icon CORPORATEbriefs
      209 12 Channel News Asia Dow Jones Hong Kong-based cargo carrier Orient Overseas Container Line may follow Cosco's lead and operate its joint venture container berth in Singapore. Orient Overseas (International) Group chairman Tung Chee Chen said exploratory discussions were already underway with the PSA Corp. Yesterday, Overseas Orient illustrated its
      — Channel News Asia; — Dow Jones  -  209 words
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      Lock icon US fourth-quarter growth likely at 5%
      433 13 Bloomberg Tax cuts and low interest rates bolster demand THE US economy probably expanded at a 5 per cent annual rate in the final three months of last year, propelled by corporate spending and inventory rebuilding, which may also fuel growth this year, a
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      2555 13 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS The data contained herein has been obtained from company reports, financial reporting services, periodicals and other resources believed to be reliable. Although carefully verified, data on compilations is not guaranteed by Upper A Reuters Company and may be incomplete. No offer or solicitations to buy or sell
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      356 10 Sensecurity Institute Security Practitioner (SISP) Java Programming Language Workshop (SL-285) Specialist Certificate in Information Technology Commences 29Mar2004 (leads to Sun Certified Java Developer) Commences 12 Feb 2004 SDF Pre-Approved* Singapore's Premier IT Security Certification. Commences 5 Mar 2004 SMEs (after SDF funding) ***** Covered in 2 tracks of 3 days
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      52 13 'Promotion available in January 2004 and February 2004 only. The Terms and Conditions Governing OCBC Lucky Day Draw 2004 shall apply to the promotion. Please refer to www.ocbc.com/luckyday or visit any OCBC branch for the Terms and Conditions Governing OCBC Lucky Day Draw 2004. 'Applicable to Singapore or foreign currency
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • GOLBALroundup
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        Lock icon Japan to send troops to southern Iraq
        80 14 Agencies Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi yesterday approved sending troops to southern Iraq, the first time the country's military will be sent to a combat zone since World War 11. The approval will allow Defence Agency chief Shigeru Ishiba to issue an order
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        Lock icon Microsoft to control spam
        56 14 Agencies Come mid-2005, spam will no longer be a serious problem for computer users, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates said on Sunday. He told a forum of Arab government officials in Caito that Microsoft has proposed some solutions, one of which requires the sender of an email
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        Lock icon Iran has new naval missile
        72 14 Reuters Iran, under international pressure to that prove its nuclear programme is for peaceful means, unveiled a naval missile on Sunday that is designed to be fired from ships or coastal batteries, the state television reported. Defence Minister Ali Shamkhani played down any suggestion that
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      Lock icon Johor Baru rapist receives 20 years and 24 strokes
      126 14 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR A Malaysian security guard was sentenced yesterday to 20 years in jail and 24 strokes of the cane after pleading guilty to raping a 10-year-old girl in a case that outraged the nation. Judge Abu Bakar Katar told
      -AFP  -  126 words
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      Lock icon Blair: Chirac 'out to get him'
      400 14 British PM says French President fears losing Europe leadership position LONDON British Prime Minister Tony Blair believed that French President Jacques Chirac was "out to get him" ahead of the Iraq war. It was not because of a difference in their opinions of the
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      165 14 s a. j To Kelp i i a rJisqMcti i i ill Andrew is all excited about taking part in Share A Meal on 28 January. You can join him too by donating your lunch money. (Nope, we're not asking for your life savings.) And you can be sure that
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      139 15 The Lunar New Year a time of joy and celebration is upon us. Presenting ABN AMRO's Double Bonus 3 Months SGD Time Deposit promotion. Enjoy one of the HIGHEST Time Deposit rates in town, PLUS receive a festive hamper* (free delivery) or vouchers* from Bee Cheng Hiang. But hurry, this
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  • COMMENTARY
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      The 'popular way to get together
      1128 16  -  Rosnah Ahmad Japanese-South Korean cultural cross-pollination could bring in an era of harmonious ties J-POP (Japanese pop), which has long had a following in Asia, is set finally to make its presence felt in South Korea legally. On New Year's Day, the South Korean
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      152 16 Healthy Participants Needed The Pfizer Clinical Research Unit (PCRU) needs healthy participants for a scientific study of an investigational medicine. The purpose of this study is to investigate the safety of this medicine, how well healthy participants tolerate this medicine, and the amount of this medicine in the blood after
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      Lock icon Lord of the Globes
      1193 18  -  Yong Shu Chiang Peter Jackson's toil on the LOTR films is finally rewarded, but was there ever any doubt? 'T^HERE were few surprises at the 61st -L annual Golden Globe awards as Oscar front-runners The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King and Lost
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      Lock icon Gigli gets nine 'Razzie' nominations
      274 19 Reuters LOS ANGELES Can it get any worse for Hollywood's favourite tabloid couple? In the same week that Jennifer Lopez confirmed that she had ended her highprofile engagement to Ben Affleck, Gigli the film that sparked their off-screen romance gets a most embarrassing honour. Gigli,
      – Reuters  -  274 words
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        Lock icon The British Invasion has begun!
        410 20  -  Neil Humphreys ARTISTIC reviewers, in a desperate attempt to get their hyperbolic sentences on movie posters or book covers, often go overboard in their praise (or condemnation). Well, the British comedy, The Office, is the greatest, most original and most profound comedy of the last
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    • health
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        Lock icon Seeing life through a tunnel
        462 21  -  Lynette Leong news@newstoday.com.sg FOR some people with the eye disease glaucoma, life is like walking inside a tunnel. Due to the disease, they can only see what's ahead. If they want to see what's on their left and right or below them, the only way
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        Lock icon Those with severed spinal cords may find themselves walking again
        422 21 Reuters When one leg does the walking, it does some talking to the other leg as well, US researchers have said. They said patients whose spinal cords were severed were able to move their legs with the help of therapists.
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        Soups for the soul
        668 22  -  Pauline D Loh Nourishing broths to warm both tummy and heart NO self-respecting Cantonese cook will serve a meal without soup. To the Cantonese, soup is the ambrosia of life. It must taste good, look good and be good for you keeping you healthy and wise.
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        KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAL
        179 22 CHICKEN SOUPS THEY say there is one thing Chinese mothers and Jewish mothers have in common, apart from the propensity to nag, and that is chicken soup. Cultures east and west both recognise the curative powers of a bowl of steaming hot chicken soup. Science, too, has proven
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      Gentle hands of love
      669 24  -  Pauline D Loh A COMMUNITY PROJECT BY CATHAY PACIFIC AND TODAY Helping disabled children live and learn I WILL never forget the little boy who was crying so much he left a spreading pool of dampness on the mattress under him. Tears and mucus smeared his
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      21 19 rif%KENTRIDGE] I 1 LANGUAGE SCHOOL Arabic Japanese Cantonese Korean Chinese Malay English Shanghainese French Spanish German Tamil Hindi Thai Indonesian Vietnamese
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
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      89 20 Golden Globe winning TV shows BEST DRAMA: 24 Sex and the City ACTOR (DRAMA): Anthony BEST TV MOVIE OR MINI-SERIES: LaPaglia, Without A Trace Angels in America ACTRESS (DRAMA): Frances Conroy, ACTOR, TV MOVIE OR MINI-SERIES: Six Feet Under Al Pacino, Angels in America BEST MUSICAL OR COMEDY: ACTRESS, TV
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      77 23 The spice of life. At your fingertips. Tom Yum Kung Chicken Green Curry Chicken Red Curry Stir-Fried Chicken with Basil If variety is the spice of life, consider this a sumptuous spread. Thai Thai now brings the authentic tastes of Thailand, right to your dinner table. So enjoy the convenience
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  • Page 25 Miscellaneous
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Mickelson's back among the big boys
      526 28 Birdie in playoff ends 18-month winless streak for American GOLF, FINAL ROUND Bob Hope Chrysler Classic LA QUINTA, California Phil Mickelson can hardly wait to tee it up again. He birdied the first playoff hole to beat Skip Kendall in the Bob Hope Chrysler
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      Lock icon Yao shows off his tricks against the Magic
      296 28 NBA Orlando 87 Houston 99 ORLANDO Orlando's weak interior defence didn't stand a chance against Yao Ming. Houston's centre continued his recent stellar play by scoring 21 of his career-high 37 points in the third quarter, leading the Rockets to a 99-87
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