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    11 1 TODAY we set you thinking todayonline.com Thursday November u>2004 MICA(P)io3/07/2o °4
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    Singapore facing alarming Aids epidemic: Dr Balaji
    386 1  -  Tor Ching Li IN SIX years, Singapore could see more than a thousand new cases of Aids each year. "We are facing an alarming Aids epidemic in Singapore," said Dr Balaji Sadasivan, Senior Minister of State for the Ministry of Information, Communications and
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    Palestine keeps vigil for Arafat
    552 1  -  Clement Mesenas, RAMALLAH Palestinians waited yesterday to be told that their beloved leader Yasser Arafat, who has been lying in a coma in a French hospital for a week, had died. A senior Islamic cleric, Mr Tayssir el-Tamimi, said to be a close friend of
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      5 1 CE3WHB THERE WILL |P^^S AFTERNOON
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      35 1 EHifrsji (921 NEWSX\VIEWS H Constance Singam So, where can the elderly 'get a life'?/3 William Pfaff Europe hopes Bush will change tack/10 I say When poverty was our curse and blessing/15 C 3fc* W\ /for
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      44 1 Mm y I For comedian Kumar, Deepavali this year is an especially joyous one he is talking with his father after years of estrangement. We join Kumar for some last-minute Deepavali shopping in Little India. J^^ SINGAPORE m A^torshowss X^s^ by Motor Trailers Association
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      Tycoon Oei loses case against SPH
      298 2  -  Yvonne Lim Court dismisses his claim of defamation TYCOON Oei Hong Leong lost his defamation suit against Singapore Press Holdings (SPH), former reporter of The Business Times Catherine Ong, 98 Holdings and one of its directors, Mr David Ban. The High Court yesterday dismissed
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      Channel NewsAsia on Chinese screens
      317 3 CHANNEL NewsAsia is now accessible in China's top hotels and foreign residential compounds for the first time. Channel NewsAsia's availability is the culmination of a breakthrough agreement signed between MediaCorp and China International TV Corporation (CITV) in Beijing on May 14. Under the agreement, Channel
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        So, where can the elderly 'get a life'?
        822 3  -  Constance Singam The dignity of older people is being eroded by the arrogance of youth and marginalisation IN SINGAPORE ageing with grace, energy and dignity is hard rebellious work especially for women. This month, as senior citizens' week approaches, one is reminded
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      Parents are unhappy
      635 4  -  Lee U-Wen Survey: Differences among educators, parents and students A NATIONWIDE survey has thrown up a wide gap between the way different stakeholders students, parents, teachers and principals view our primary school education, with parents surfacing as a dissatisfied group. The survey, which involved close to 4,000
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      Nine new NMPs are presented to Parliament
      348 4  -  Derrick A Paulo A NEW list of Nominated Members of Parliament were presented to Parliament yesterday. The nominees underscore the generational change facing Singapore as Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong had emphasised in recent months. While none of the previous nine were from
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      Lock icon Safety is top concern when making decision to open fire
      244 4 Newsßadio 93.8 THE decision to shoot a suspect such as a bank robber is made to protect the lives of customers and staff. The commandant of the Cisco Auxiliary Police Force said under such circumstances, his officers have the go-ahead
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      Initiative helps retrenched in new careers
      282 4  -  Eveline Gan A SCHEME has been cooked up to help retrenched Singaporeans start a new career as waiters, waitresses or kitchen helpers in Chinese restaurants. The Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA) and the Restaurant Association of Singapore (RAS) launched the Place-Train-Adjust-Programme (PTAP) two months
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      Schools to pilot 'softer' approach for discipline
      506 6  -  Ng Shing Yi Education Ministry moots usage of 'restorative practices' By January next year, teacnerassistants (TAs) will be deployed to schools to help teachers with their "non-profes-sional" and "para-profes-sional" duties. With an increased manpower grant of up to $40,000 from the MOE, each
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      Master classes for budding musicians at 3-day camp
      219 6  -  Surekha A Yadav YOUNG budding pianists and cellists now have a chance to learn under local and international accomplished musicians. A three-day music camp to be held at the National Community Leadership Institute between Nov 17 and 19 from 9am to 2pm
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      MediaCorp journalists donate blood to aid S'pore Red Cross
      294 6 MEDIACORP journalists talk of "sweating blood" for the job. However, yesterday, they actually donated blood for a good cause. Many from the company's stable of radio, broadcast and print units took time off yesterday from meeting their deadlines to join in
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      Stalled cable work completed: IDA
      121 6  -  -Jaime Koh CABLING work stalled due to a dispute between SingTel and StarHub Cable Vision (SCV) since last year have been completed, said an Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) spokesperson yesterday. As of Oct 31, over 80,800 homes in Woodlands, Sengkang and Sembawang have
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      72 5 j^ I N°s. COLLECTION SEDUCTION Three acts, three exceptional products... Succumb to all the magic of N°s. CHANEL invites you to a luxurious fragrance layering experience with the NEW Collection Seduction at Tangs Beauty Hall. Available at CHANEL counter. Tangs Beauty Hall from November 12-18, 2004. p a n I
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      388 7 Wclcoma to Citibank Online 2@S] H'' ral w If Lz^i a X*J m Citibank Brokerage opens up a whole new world of online trading. Mfi* A I Through a single account, you'll have the world's investment markets at your fingertips. On top of being able %&3nEZ?Mv j^.. >t to trade
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  • world news
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      As Fallujah totters, relatives of PM kidnapped
      308 8 BAGHDAD As the US-Iraqi forces pressed into Fallujah yesterday and took control of 70 per cent of the city, three members of the interim Iraqi Prime Minister's family were kidnapped in Baghdad. Prime Minister Ayad Allawi's cousin, his cousin's wife and another relative
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      Shopping a pain for most women
      141 8 LONDON Boyfriends and husbands may be rejoicing at the news that the majority of British women find shopping tiresome and stressful, media reports said yesterday. The study by retail analyst Mintel found that only 17 per cent of women enjoyed shopping. It has become
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      2 quit Bush team
      62 8 WASHINGTON Attorney General John Ashcroft and Commerce Secretary Don Evans have resigned, becoming the first senior US administration members to quit since President George W Bush was re-elected last week. Cabinet overhauls are common features of presidential second-terms. Also expected to resign is Secretary of State
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      Not easily replaced
      919 8  -  John Gee News Analysis Arafat gave Palestinians a sense of nationhood MR Yasser Arafat's plane crashed in the desert of southern Libya during a severe sandstorm. It was 12 hours before he was found, shaken but alive. That was in April 1992. I knew a lot of
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        Europe hopes Bush will change tack
        708 10  -  William Pfaff Will he? Or, is it an improbability that will happen only 'when the pig whistles'? TONY BLAIR said after the United States elections that Europeans must deal with the "new reality". He accused some governments in the European Union of remaining in
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      Lock icon M'sian laws on gay sex need to be amended: Anwar
      348 10 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's laws on homosexuality need to be amended, says former deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim (picture), whose conviction and nine-year jail sentence for sodomy were recently overturned on appeal. Mr Anwar, who spent six years in prison on
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      Shocking revelations of former Indian beauty queen turned porn queen
      368 10 SRINAGAR The Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, wracked by violence over the last two decades, has been hit by another bombshell of a different kind from what the state has got used to. Revelations by former Miss Jammu 2001,
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      74 8 Too Much Work? Missed Those Precious Moments In Your Child's Life? First Smile... First Words... First Steps... First Concert... Does Money Work Hard for You? Or do you Work Hard for the Money? Make money work for you... Day and Night... Come find out How... RE-GAIN CONTROL OF figte^ YOUR
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      319 11 Ir I Jl I V\ new balance^ "SMI %l Nis for marathon. Nis about you and the road. Nothing else matters. Not pain. Not logic. V yl Just the very next step that you absolutely must take and your burning desire to do W something that you will remember for
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      Focus On The Family
      252 14  -  Dr James Dobson Tbiws by, HOW TO HELP A SICK MUM (part 2 of 2) Yesterday, we talked about a remarkable young woman who suffered from terminal breast cancer, Wendy Bergren, the mother of three beautiful little girls. She knew she was dying, but she was
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      Unfair closure of centre?
      461 14  -  i Dr ESTHER YAP Authorities should consider other factors besides residents' complaints Igjgjj? LAST year, I had to put my two-and-a-half-year-old daughter in childcare. I do not have the benefit of an extended family and was worried about leaving her alone with domestic help. After a
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      My preferred newspaper
      72 14  -  AZHAR KHAMIS HLetT^rfrorrT CONGRATS to Today for achieving something that was not imaginable four years ago. It has been more than deserving of its success. Although distributed free, the articles and the presentation have been as good as, if not better than, other established papers. Today will
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      Let Temasek manage part of CPF nest-egg
      245 14  -  TAN KOK TIM |g[gQi I WAS glad to read "Privately managed pension plan on hold" (Nov 10). There are clear signs that we are not ready and there is a need for caution. I wish to bring up just one of the many
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      MICA, IDA are in the midst of reviewing issue of data protection
      216 14  -  DULCIE CHAN (Ms) ÜBS Assistant Director, Corporate and Marketing Communications Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore I REFER to Mr Siew Kum Hong's commentary, "Time for Data Protection Laws" (Nov 8). As Mr Siew pointed out, there is sectorspecific
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      Freedom of choice to lower quality of smoker's life?
      182 14  -  TAN KEN JIN [gjgjjjjj I REFER to Kason Tan's letter (Nov 10) on allowing people the basic freedom to smoke in clubs. While I would be among the first to encourage civil liberties, one needs to consider the staggering numbers involved.
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      isay WHEN POVERTY WAS OUR CURSE ... AND BLESSING
      760 15  - isay WHEN POVERTY WAS OUR CURSE AND BLESSING Murali Kumara Sharma IS there a culture that the poor share? The Indonesian children who told Anwar Hashim ("Little in their hands but hope in their hearts", Nov 1) that they went to boarding school so they could have a better life
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      1008 16 The Singapore Learning Festival takes place islandwide from 5 Nov to 4 Dec, offering what you need to know about upgrading yourself. Learn about employability skills needed in the workplace, sign up for training, and have a chat with our advisors. Attend talks, learning activities, or visit a Learning Satellite
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      1034 17 Date Time Activity Venue Organiser Contact Details 6 Nov 10 AM-12 PM What's My Speed? (Workshop on typing) ITE(Bishan) Institute of Technical Education ite_slf@ite.edu.sg 6 Nov 2 6 PM Marketing Techniques for Home Businesses (Workshop) Nee Soon South CC People's Association 6753 3121 6 Nov 2 6 PM Acquire Financial
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      CORPORATEbriefs
      470 18 Haw Par's net profit was $20.29 million, or 9.8 cents a share, in its third quarter ended Sept 30, up from $14.73 million, or 7.1 cents per share, a year ago. Revenue grew 22 per cent to $28.15 million. Bonvests Holdings had a net profit of $1.74 million, or
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      A treat for special fans
      110 18 LAST Friday evening was an unforgettable one for 200 Club Rainbow children and their families who were invited to the FairPrice Opening Night of Disney Live! Winnie the Pooh and the Perfect Day. Not only did the children get to enjoy this internationallyacclaimed show, they
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      market BUZZ
      44 18 International Year of the Family 2004, FairPrice is glad to bring world-class, wholesome family entertainment to the local audience," said FairPrice CEO Tan Kian Chew. Disney Live! Winnie the Pooh and the Perfect Day is on until Novls at the Singapore Expo.
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      Lock icon OCBC makes $324m in Q3
      383 18 Dow Jones Growth broad-based, as net interest income, fees rise OVERSEA-Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC) said yesterday that its thirdquarter net profit rose 11 per cent from the corresponding period a year earlier, helped by growth in net interest income and fee income and by larger
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        101 18 Dow Jones SHARE prices ended higher yesterday ahead of today's holiday as crude oil prices fell to a sevenweek low and companies continued to report strong third-quarter earnings. The ST Index rose 11.48 points, or 0.6 per cent, to end at 2,022.99, after hitting a four-year high of 2,027.62
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        STI – 2,022.99 +11.48
        3 18 STI 2,022.99 +11.48
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        World markets
        56 18 Index Nikkei 225 Value *****.96 C Pis +30.09 Change +0.27 Hang Seng Ml Ordinaries laiwan Wtd *****.37 3846.40 5948.49 +155.70 +10.90 +3.29 +1.15 +0.28 +0.06 Korea Comp 860.54 +16.39 +1.94 KLCI 882.29 +5.92 +0.68 SET Index 625.78 -7.16 -1.13 Jakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzhen B 918.71 1779.18 235.03
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        Lock icon Commodities
        26 18 SGX, Bloomberg Gold uss/oi 434.500 Silver uss/oi 7.500 Platinum uss/oi 845.000 Information provided by Rubber cents/kg 233 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1461 Brent crude uss/barrel 43.33
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 18 US$ 0.6048 UK£ 0.3256 Yen 63.907 HK$ 4.7018 RM 2.2982 Euro 0.4689 Rupiah 5423.7 Baht 24.583 Peso 34.022 A$ 0.7955 Indian Rs 27-3'2 Won 666.47 C$ 0.7253 Yuan 5.0054 NZ$ 0.878 NTS 19.942
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        SGX most active
        59 18 fy volume Siina Sun Wedi-Flex iisco Corp Moble Grp jpitaland ling Tel MnaAvOil :oscoCorpDBeCW*****7 \nwell IP Oil Close 0.435 0.380 1.180 1.380 2.000 2.340 1.330 0.295 0.330 0.400 Change -0.010 +0.050 +0.070 +0.020 +0.010 +0.035 -0.005 +0.030 -2.2 +4.4 +3.6 +0.9 +0.8 +13.5 -1.5 +8.1 'OOO 64,272
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        SGX top rises
        82 18 By$ DBS >hang Asia 2kHKS IMH 400USS Close Change 16.100 +0.300 9.250 +0.300 16.200 +0.200 By percentage IRE Corp MediaS NeoCorp Close i 0.020 0.020 0.025 Changi +33.: +33.: +25.1 >IA \?i Breweries 11.100 +0.200 7.650 +0.100 Yongnam Colorland 0.025 0.090 +25.1 +20.1 F&N jrealEast 14.400 +0.100
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        SGX top falls
        78 18 By$ jealive 50 3PBal KepCorp DUE Close 18.500 2.640 8.400 7.300 Change -0.500 -0.260 -0.200 -0.100 By percentage Eastgate W*****1 SHC Cap Nobel Des Inno-Pac Close 0.035 0.075 0.080 0.025 Change -22.2 -21.1 -20.0 -16.7 /enture 15.200 -0.100 STI DB ePW*****8 0.050 -16.7 iPH 4.700 -0.080 Casa
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      Lock icon Temasek rides on M'sian boom
      320 21 Agencies Investment firm joins merchant bank CIMB to form $435m property fund KUALA LUMPUR Temasek Holdings and Malaysia's Commerce International Merchant Bankers (CIMB) will form a RMI-billion ($435 million) fund to invest in properties in Malaysia, the two companies said in a joint statement yesterday.
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      Panpac Media to focus on China
      184 21  -  Jaime Koh WITH an eye "to capitalising on China's burgeoning business media industry", Panpac Media Group announced yesterday that it had appointed Chinese media mogul Bruno Wu as its executive chairman The group will also be changing its name to Sun Business Network (SBN)
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      Industry veteran to be Tiger Airways CEO
      188 21  -  Tay Tsen-Waye BUDGET airline Tiger Airways will replace outgoing chief executive officer Patrick Gan with British aviation industry veteran Tony Davis from Jan 1. The Singapore Airlines affiliate said yesterday that Mr Davis, who will also be the company's president, brings 18 years
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      SingTel raises stake in Globe to 45%
      215 21  -  Jaime Koh IN LINE with its focus to grow in the Asia-Pacific region, SingTel announced yesterday that it was raising its stake in Globe Telecom of the Philippines to 45.05 per cent from 40.05 per cent. SingTel will pay Manila-based conglomerate Ayala Corp
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      Jetstar Asia will avoid 'crazy PR' fares
      311 21  -  Tay Tsen-Waye FARES that are competitive but not gimmicky are what travellers can expect from Singapore's third low-cost carrier, which is likely to start flying next month. Jetstar Asia which is 49.9-per-cent owned by Qantas Airways promises to have a transparent fare structure,
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  • SINGAPORE motorshow2004
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      GETTING AROUND
      117 22 HERE'S your guide to finding your way to and around the Singapore Motorshow 2004 at Levels 4 and 6, Suntec Singapore OPENING HOURS Nov 1 1 (public opening day) 10.30am to 10pm Nov 12 1 1.30am to 10pm Novl3-Nov 15 10.30am to 10pm Nov 16 -Nov 19 1
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      GETTING THERE
      107 22 BY CAR: There are 3,200 parking lots at Suntec, with additional lots at Marina City and the Esplanade. This may still be insufficient during the weekends though, so it is a good idea park elsewhere and take public transport to the show. BY MRT: Suntec Singapore is a
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      YOUR ESSENTIAL SURVIVAL GUIDE
      294 22 WITH the show occupying 25,000 sq m of exhibition space, taking in all the exhibits and demonstrations is going to be more tiring than an average weekend shopping outing. This might sound obvious, but try to visit the show during the off-peak hours, which means anytime
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      SHOOTING THE STARS
      201 22 PHOTOGRAPHING cars at a motor show is not the easiest thing to do as the indoor lighting can be harsh and uneven. Here are some tips on how to bring back a better set of photographs: For conventional film camera users, use print film with a speed
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      SPECIAL PROGRAMMES
      277 22 Robo Grand Prix When: Nov 1 8 to 1 9 A biennial competition organised by Temasek Polytechnic, this year's RoboGP will be held at the motor show. Students will use Robo-racers on a predetermined course and try to set the fastest single lap time. They can use laptops
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      NEW MODELS GALORE
      850 24 Many manufacturers are launching new models during the motor show. Here are some of the highlights Chevrolet Optra 5 A five-door hatchback version hence its name of Chevrolet's mid-sized car. Although mechanically similar to the Optra sedan, the Optras shares no exterior body panels with it. It's
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      DREAM ON
      597 26 Apart from the plethora of new models being launched at the motor show, there will be some special cars on display WHILE the core of any good motor show is exhibits of cars that people can buy, it's also important for manufacturers to showcase models that set the
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      BUYING A NEW CAR
      738 27 Tempted by that shiny new model at the motor show? Here's some advice to help you make the right decisions WITH COE prices at record lows and car loan interest rates hovering at just over 2 per cent, now is as good a time as ever
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      232 26 suzuki XL7I Made in Japan Space. Power. Style. Apotent Combination! *F/' m Vl?"* Him Ihl W^sa«9BHß». fa H A "i^^" Check out the Singapore Motorshow 2004, booth 607 Series Suzuki *09 2001 Grand Vitara XL-7 wins "4WD of the Year" in New Zealand where its 2.7L V6 engine scores for
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      156 27 BUIVIPERCARE CONCEALED-TYPE [I It is one thing to drive in the urban traffic but quite another to actually ,^^Vt park the car. Modern cars tend to V Jk£^^LL\ e ar 9er anc' tne' r higher bootlines |J*% a' so hamper rearward vision. Along fj^P^* with tighter car park spaces, it
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      84 27 Showcasing the New at The Singapore Motorshow 2004 So stopover, and view our full line-up of Piaggio, Vespa and Gilera scooters, as well as a host of exclusive deals. 'If/ 9 /"**_>*■£ B BB BB aa aß*B*Br 0 3 ILERA TWO WHEELS AHEAD J Exclusive Motorshow 2004 Partner, A S
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      Lock icon Kumar's best Deepavali ever
      846 28  -  Surekha A Yadav The festival has brought him closer to his father, says the comedian, asToDAY shops with him in Little India STAND-UP comedian/drag queen Kumar is not your typical Indian guy if that hasn't been made obvious enough over the years. While he's proud of
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      So, who's next?
      149 29  -  Elisa Chia IS there a pattern in how often the Singapore Idol finalists appear in the "unsafe" group during the results shows on Friday evenings? The remaining four have all been on the chopping block before. But is it really determined by votes, or by sly TV
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      DAPHNE
      92 29  -  Tata Young Believe, Ni Yao De Ai (The Love That You Neea), by Penny Dai I've never really been popular, I think. The negative comments from the forums and newspapers do emotionally hit me. I get disheartened, like I don't deserve to be here. I could have avoided reading
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      292 30 -AFP LOS ANGELES Organisers of the Golden Globes have barred the political documentary Fahrenheit 9/11 from consideration for Hollywood's second most prestigious awards, the industry press said on Tuesday. But the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) has embraced the other highly controversial
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      223 30 -AFP HONG KONG Hong Kong's Canto-pop star Charlene Choi was knocked unconscious but escaped serious injury after being involved in a traffic accident in China, press reports said on Wednesday. Choi, from the territory's hugely-popular Canto-pop music duo Twins, is currently filming in
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      214 32  -  Alexander McCall Smith Tor Ching Li DO NOT be put off by the seemingly metaphysical title of this subtly gripping "whodunnit". For one, the titular club never once meets. Perhaps this is because the nominal president of this phantom club and selfappointed
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      105 36 fVj H°w can she leave me? She said she loved me and I was her favourite snack. Then came fl [)el Monte fruit snacks with its cholesterol-free message. And she changed to a health T 4 eJSB^- conscious tune. She even wanted a diet based on fruits rich in antioxidants
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      615 37 -AP Shaq leads Miami to 4-0 start and point guard Wade is revelling in the big man's presence NBA Heat 103 Wizards 93 MIAMI When Shaquille O'Neal was traded to the Miami Heat from the Los Angeles Lakers in the off-season, he was quick to point
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      391 37 -AP LOS ANGELES Serena Williams knows a thing or two about sex appeal. And the tennis star complimented Russian teenager Maria Sharapova for having lots of it. "She's sexy," Williams said, yesterday. Organisers of this week's WTA Championships have
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      335 38 -AFP SEOUL -The South Korean Skating Union said yesterday they had opened an investigation, after female short-track speed skaters accused coaches of beating and abusing them. Two coaches submitted their resignations on Monday, after six skaters staged a brief protest walkout from the world champions'
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      321 38 -AFP DUBLIN A second dope test on a blood sample taken from Irish Olympic showjumping gold medallist Cian O'Connor's horse has tested positive for banned substances, the rider said yesterday. In a statement issued by his solicitor, O'Connor said he had been "unofficially
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      103 39 LONDON Wayne Rooney (picture) had an amazing escape, after his car was rammed by a 23-ton truck. The Manchester United ace was on his way to training when the lorry ploughed into his £40,000 ($123,000) Cadillac Escalade, reported The Sun. A friend of Rooney said he clambered out
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      1046 40  -  ROHITBRIJNATH A great skipper is impossible to define, but like Jordan, Keane, Eales and Border they all need luck Sourav Ganguly, the Indian captain, once admitted to being somewhat taken by his own batting, slipping in videos to admire the way he hits the ball. Whether
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