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  • 18 1 WEEKEND TODAY /AEiyjACofiP Frew incorporating JMTCfIiS we set you thinking todayonline.com July 2 3 2005 mica (P) 105/07/2004
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  • 1672 1  -  Leong Wee Keat Favourites' curse and the London-Madrid alliance weekeat@newstoday.com.sg IF THE bookmakers, the evaluation reports and the pundits are to be believed, Paris should already be putting up streamers on the Stade de France, the proposed main stadium for the 2012 Olympics. But the French, touted
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  • hot news
    • 164 2 LONDON Population: City 2.9 million, Greater London 7.4 million Bid slogan: "Back the bid" Cash investment: US$3.B billion for the Games, US$l5.B billion on infrastructure. Main Olympic stadium: 80,000 capacity for Games, reduced to 25,000 for use after the Games. Distances: 97 per
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    • 718 3  -  Leonard Thomas World Cup experiment of twin hosts not for Olympic movement Sports Editor leonard@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE is now into the final throes of its preparations to get into tip-top shape for the 117 th edition of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session.
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    • 168 6  -  Dawn Quek Okay, it wasn't a real car but it was close enough. It was 2.9 m long, could carry one passenger and weighed 20kg. What made it special was the source of its power. It could be driven I.2km on the energy provided
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    • 480 6  -  Tor Ching Li WITH the Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean) ministerial meetings due later this month, the issue of Myanmar's chairmanship of the 10-nation grouping next year has resurfaced this time with a twist Rather than advocating that militaryruled Myanmar be stripped of its
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    • 729 6  -  Oon Yeoh Malaysian Chinese Association gets on with business now that Dr M is out of the picture MALAYSIAN political parties generally do not see the post of presidency being contested. The United Malays National Organisation and the Malaysian Indian Congress have not had
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  • singapore news
    • 423 4  -  Lee U-Wen /Oi._ j_ .1 As Microsoft head speaks, 12-year-olds market wheatgrass invention u-wen@newstoday.com.sg A 49-YEAR-OLD whose name is synonymous with enterprise was talking about it at Suntec City on Friday. Meanwhile, a 12-year-old was among those handing out a do-it-yourself kit, which allows people
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    • 327 4  -  Tor Ching Li EVEN given the host of improvements to the university education system here, one thing has not changed: Young people here still are averse to taking risks. Making this observation on Friday, president of Johns Hopkins University William Brody asked Prime Minister
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    • 169 4  -  Dawn Quek IF YOU thought movies like Mcc Pok Man or Money No Enough were all there was to the local film industry's legacy, here's your chance to catch up with some made-in-Singapore classics that go all the way back to 1955. Next month,
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    • 227 4  -  Ansley Ng YOU could soon check your Central Provident Fund (CPF) statements of account on your mobile phones The CPF Board will run a trial with about 200 mobile phone users, allowing them to access their account information on their mobile phones.
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    • 619 8  -  Wong Fei Wan Body-parts murder accused must wait as police seek bank records feiwan@newstoday.com.sg THE MAN alleged to have murdered and chopped up a colleague is to be detained by the police for another week without being able to see his
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    • 304 8  -  —Jasmine Yin IT was a blast from the past when the 12th Singapore Food Festival (SFF) kicked off its month-long celebration on Friday with "Makan Mania of the 60s" at Parco Bugis Junction. For this three-day event, around 34 street hawker stalls have
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  • world news
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      1301 10 Today Foreign Desk FIRST there was Yahoo. Then along came Google. Barely seven years old, Google has already become part of modern culture, taking a place once occupied by the family dictionary, the encyclopaedia collection, the phone book and more. At last count, Google had indexed a staggering
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    • shotalk
      • 66 12 Now you can shed the pounds as you enjoy your daily cuppa, thanks to the new Xando Slimming Coffee.This aromatic brew contains the purified extract of green coffee beans that stabilises the body's blood sugar, which leads to reduction in body weight. The new Xando Slimming
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      • 74 12 Keep your food fresh and bacteriafree with LG's latest range of threedoor refrigerators, the GR-B2IBJTA and GR-F2IBJTTA.The refrigerators are equipped with the Biosilver technology that strengthens the anti-microbial functions with the help of the silver ion coating within, The Bioshield prevents the I proliferation of moulds.The Magic Crisper,
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      • 58 12 Enjoy the gentle feel of Kleenex tissues. Made from 100 per cent virgin fibres, the tissues are soft, strong and absorbent. Choose from the two-ply variant for everyday use or the three-ply variant for ultimate comfort. Kleenex tissues, priced from $3.35 to $5.45, are sold at
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      • 76 12 Pamper your hair and body with Watsons' new range of yoghurt-based products. The shampoo and treatment wax are made with natural yoghurt proteins to nourish the roots and improve hair texture.The bath and body lotion are made with fruit extracts and enriched with yoghurt and milkto keep your
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    • 163 12 -AFP LOS ANGELES A woman had the name of a casino permanently tattooed on her forehead after auctioning off advertising space on her head to pay for her son's school fees, she said. Ms Karolyne Smith (picture), 30, turned her head into a permanent billboard after
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    • 359 12 -AFP Did Iran's Ahmadinejad participate in storming of US embassy in 1979? WASHINGTON United States President George W Bush called for answers after former hostages implicated Iran's hardline president-elect, Mr Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in the dramatic 1979 takeover of the US embassy in Tehran. Five survivors of
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    • 137 12 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR A Malaysian serial rapist who targeted foreign tourists was sentenced on Friday to a maximum penalty of 24 strokes of the cane and 60 years in prison, a report said. Beh Soon Hock, a 38-year-old former bus driver, was
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  • voices
    • 777 14  -  Neil Humphreys Neil Humphreys denies stalkingToa Payoh in the nude BEING called a pervert really makes your day. A reader sent me an email this week and it was addressed to the "pervert ang moh". Now, that's the way to get someone's attention. I've
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    • 417 14  -  HARRY CHIA NELSON QUAH LUKE PHILIP TANG 7s being old in Singapore so difficult as Constance Singam makes it out to be, in "He said pensions, the magic died" (June 30)? COINCIDENTALLY, as I read this article, I was listening to
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    • 902 16  -  Yvonne Lim, Voices Editor THERE is nothing more Neanderthal, so some think, than telling a modern woman she should obey her husband. But when a university-educated career woman asserts that wifely submission is the key to her happy, 17--year marriage, it calls for readers to put
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    • 211 16  -  HASUNDA SHAMSUDIN I Letter from AS a concerned parent with a son who will have to serve his National Service in a few years, the sudden deaths of three of our soldiers in the last fortnight raises troubling questions. How thorough
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    • 312 16  - Many dads keen to pitch in if given more paternity leave CHOO ENG KEONG Letter from I AM writing to support the views of JoAnne Lee ("Pro-family policies: Focus on dads, too", July 1) and others who have raised the subject in the past I am reminded of a comment
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  • Businesstoday
    • 831 18  -  Valeric Law Spore, Hong Kong set to battle for leadership role in the region's property trust market valerie@newstoday.com.sg A BATTLE over the burgeoning market for property trusts in the region is looming between traditional rivals Singapore and Hong Kong. The Republic has a head
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    • MarketWATCH
      • 56 18 Index Value hange Nikkei 225 Hang Seng All Ordinaries Taiwan Wtd Korea Comp KLCI SET Index Jakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzhen B Mumbai Sensex 11,630.13 Closed 4,224.10 6,272.14 1,018.02 894.02 Closed 1,138.98 1,895.25 214.69 7,210.77 Pts +46.12 -5.80 +30.20 +9.86 +5.70 +16.61 -28.98 -1.73 +16.92 +0.41 -0.1' +0.41
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      • 36 18 us$ UK£ Yen HK$ RM Euro Rupiah Baht 0.5927 0.3327 65.695 4.6057 2.2519 0.4904 5,792.1 24.478 Peso A$ Indian Rs Won C$ Yuan NZ$ NTS 33.085 0.7810 25.785 610.91 0.7295 4.9051 0.8580 18.768
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      • 21 18 Gold us$/oi Silver us$/oi Platinum us$/oi 435.70 7.065 883.00 Rubber centsAg 261.00 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1,402.50 Brent crude us$/barrel 55.89
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      • 138 18 Dow Jones SHARES fell slightly on Friday, pressured by the overnight decline on Wall Street after the United States Federal Reserve raised its federal funds target rate by another 25 basis points on Thursday to 3.25 per cent. The STndex f J| 2J Qr 0 19 t t 9
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      • 4 18 ST Index 2,209.95 -2.71
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      • 62 18 SGX, Bloomberg Information provided by. By volume Oldiii UniFiber Sing Tel SuntecReit Meibdii Gp Man Wah Goldtron Wee Poh ST Engg Rotary Close 0.925 0.390 2.740 1.220 0.630 0.290 0.015 0.005 2.440 0.410 Change +0.045 +0.005 -0.030 +0.010 +0.005 +0.020 +0.035 +5.1 +1.3 -1.1 +1.6 +1.8 +0.8
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      • 74 18 By$ ISH 500USS Close Change 10.400 +0.200 By percentage StarHubSGAeCW*****7 Close 0.475 Change +58.3 ilarHubSGAeCW*****7 0.475 +0.175 CrealiveMBLeCW*****2 0.015 +50.0 :iTYDEV HL Fin /enture lurEng iembCorpMBLeCW***** 7.650 +0.150 3.480 +0.120 16.100 +0.100 2.550 +0.070 0.670 +0.065 FJBenW*****6 Tungfok A-SonicW*****0 Digiland FHTK 0.015 0.155 0.020 0.020 0.020 +50.0
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      • 84 18 By$ Juiiline C&C Creative 50 Close 13.100 11.000 Change -0.200 -0.100 By percentage PDC Corp Shining Close 0.020 0.040 Change -33.3 -33.3 DBS JMH 400USS 14.200 17.600 -0.100 -0.100 Yongnam W*****6 ISG Asia 0.010 0.045 -33.3 -30.8 OCBC 4.5%NCPS 100 Haw Par OUE 102.100 5.100 9.050 -0.100
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    • 580 19  -  Seah Siew Hua More than taking on Apple, Creative wants to be in every living room siewhua@newstoday.com.sg CREATIVE Technology is "fighting a big war" and not just in the MP3 player market, according to its founder and chief executive officer Sim Wong Hoo. Speaking at the
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    • 218 19 INVESTMENT holding firm TH Investments has made a mandatory conditional cash offer for CSC Holdings shares that it and its related parties do not already own. Besides TH Investments, the parties include Chwee Cheng Sons (CCSPL), the family of Mr Ng
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    • 117 19 SHAREHOLDERS of Valuair have approached Malaysia's Air Asia to ask the latter to take a 50-per-cent stake in the Singapore budget carrier for about RM11.4 million ($5.1 million), according to an unnamed source, Malaysia's Business Times reported on Friday. Air
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    • 258 19  -  Chow Perm Nee INVESTORS in Singapore have a tendency to hold on to losses for too long, but take profit too quickly. These were among the key findings of a report commissioned by Citibank examining the investment behaviour of
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    • 196 19  -  Wong Fei Wan ITE Electric chief executive officer Sia Teck Mong, its two directors and two individuals were charged on Friday with committing offences under the Securities Industry Act. Non-executive director Foo Jong Kan and his brother Yung Kuan are accused of creating
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    • 124 19  -  Valeric Law NEW Lakeside Holdings issued a profit warning on Friday ahead of the release of its results for its fiscal first halfyear ending June 30. In a regulatory filing with the Singapore Exchange, the China-based apple juice seller said its gross margins for the
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      596 20  -  Pearlyn Tham While you may not know the latest in designer styles, you will surely recognise their bags THE money seems to be in the bag fo high-end international designer labels. Think of a label or a collection and chances are its accessories particu larly the bag
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    • style
      • 957 21  -  Cathleen Tung Shirts are now their fashion statement, taking them from boardroom to parties news@newstoday.com.sg THINK the business shirt is only for strait-laced office workers and executives? Think again. When sex siren Sharon Stone sashayed down the red carpet at the Oscars in her
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      • 488 22  -  Pearlyn Tham New ground for world's oldest watchmaker pearlyn(gnewstoday.com.sg WHEN Ms Jasmine Audemars said that she grew up in a "horological atmosphere", it wasn't an overstatement After all, she is the great-granddaughter of JulesLouis Audemars, co-founder of the Audemars Piquet watch company. Established in 1875, Audemars Piquet
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      • AT A GLANCE
        • 66 22 Junior will like the new easy-to-read and durable watches from Nike Timing the Triax Fly (picture) and the Triax Roar. Made from comfortable materials, they are designed to fit around a child's wrist. The Triax Fly has a digital time and date display and a one-touch backlighting
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        • 72 22 Cheerful summer colours dominate the Summer Sport Collection 2005 from Swatch. Take your pick from tongue-in-cheek models such as Fish Mix and sporty chronographs such as Gripping Seconds. Or strap on the Summer Special design Elasticity ($B6, picture). This comes in a choice of three strap
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        • 71 22 A partnership between top hairstylist Addy Lee and MediaCorp artistes Quan Yifeng and Bryan Wong, Heatwave Salon boasts features such as the L'Oreal Professionnel Colour Patio where you can choose from a wide selection of hair colours. You can also enjoy a Kerastase Hair Spa Ritual Treatment
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      • 138 22  -  Pearlyn Tham IN TWO months, MediaCorp artiste Ivy Lee lost 12kg all thanks to slimming chain Mary Chia. Ivy, who has been a spokesperson for Mary Chia for five years, dropped from 72kg to 48kg after she gave birth to twins.
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      • 151 22  -  Pearlyn Tham WHILE you can eat sensibly and exercise to lose weight and inches off your body, it is always tougher to tone and firm your facial contours. Bio-Essence Face Lifting Cream is formulated for this purpose. It contains herbal nutrients, as well
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      • 563 24  -  Karman Tse Clarks is raring to show Asia why it's the No 1 brand in UK karman@newstoday.com.sg FORMER Philippine First Lady Imelda Marcos had over 1,000 pairs. Carrie Bradshaw from Sex in the City had floor-to-ceiling shelves full of them. Shoes do strange things to
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    • makan
      • 547 25  -  CMLim People from all walks of life flock to this eatery with a pastoral appeal :ood@newstoday.com.sg TUCKED away in the lush greenery of sprawling Bishan Park is a restaurant nestled within the embrace of Mother Nature. Dining amid exotic foliage with birds chirping in
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    • gadget
      • SHOPPIG GUIDE
        • 130 26 THE Lenovo ThinkPad X4l Tablet claims to have the longest standard battery life of any 12-inch convertible tablet PC at 6.3 hours with an eight-cell battery. The weight of the PC starts at 1.61 kg and it features an Integrated Fingerprint Reader and Embedded Security Subsystem
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        • 100 26 IF YOU are thinking of participating in the Tour ac France or the next bike race here, you might want to beef up your training programme with Polar's CS2OO cycling computer. Designed for cycling enthusiasts of all levels, the device lets you set your targets and monitor
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        • 108 26 BUILT with an energy-efficient microprocessor design, the ZAP Portable Energy (PE) lets you charge your electronic devices anywhere, anytime. Using high-density lithium technology, the Zap PE comes with safety features that prevent damage to lowvoltage electronics through misuse. It is designed to withstand hard knocks with
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          105 26 THE Philips 760 clamshell mobile phone is a great entertainment device too. The 1 04g phone supports embedded and downloadable games, multimedia messaging service (MMS) and a 1.3-megapixel digital camera. There is room to store up to 70 photos at a resolution of 1,280x1,204 while a built-in flash
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      • 472 26  -  Sol E Solomon You'll be proud to be seen in the company of this MP3 player soiomon@newstoday.com.sg SAMSUNG Electronics touts its YP-F1 as a "wearable" MP3 player to match your outfit. And that is what it really is. The earphone that comes with the YP-F1 is designed
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      • 478 26  -  Seah Slew Hua WITH a tiny display screen and standard navigation buttons, you might mistake the Astone Xinc AY Palm Handheld Movie Theatre for a standard flash drive audio player or even an FM radio. However, this device packs a bunch
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      • 99 27 HOT BUYS PAY $99.23 for Star Hub's Max Online Fun Learning Pack (worth more than $320) and your children and you will be able to access information and entertainment online. The value pack allows your child to access free online learning content that is approved for primary and secondary school
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      • 569 27  -  Eveline Gan This game is a true test of your cunning eveline@newstoday.com.sg WITH so many new PC games these days, I'm a walking zombie from the overnight gaming. Among the latest real-time strategy (RTS) games to accentuate my puffy eyes is Empire Earth 2. The
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    • car'
      • 1048 28 The $40,000 car is here, but which is best for the first-time car buyer? Sheldon Trollope news@newstoday.com.sg THIS week saw oil prices reach record highs even though these prices should only come into effect in next month, petrol pump prices have already gone up. On the
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      • 89 28 MERCEDES-BENZ has revealed that its new S-Class, due for launch at the end of this year, will feature headrests that actively respond to rear-end collisions and help minimise neck injuries. Called Neck-Pro (picture), the system releases pre-tensioned springs inside the headrests if sensors detect a
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      • 407 29  -  Colin Yong New engine gives Mercedes-Benz A-Class a welcome performance boost IF you're looking for proof that size matters, the new Mercedes-Benz A 200 is it Not in terms of external bulk, for the range-topping A-Class retains the same 3.84m-long body used by the A 150
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      • 262 29 TWO halls at the Singapore Expo have been turned into a huge parking area for some of the most exotic cars ever to seen in Singapore. Among the highlights at the Dreamcars Asia Motorshow 2005 are the only right-hand drive Mer-cedes-Benz CLX GTR in the world,
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      • Article, Illustration
        365 29 Small can be safe, crash tests suggest COMPACT cars can protect passengers as well as larger ones in an accident, according to a report by independent crash test organisation Euro NCAP. The organisation, announced earlier this week that the Peugeot 1007 is the highest scoring car ever across
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    • property
      • 398 30 Dow Jones SINGAPORE'S private home prices rose 0.4 per cent in the April to June period compared to the previous three months, continuing the mild recovery that started in the middle of last year, according to an advance estimate from the Government's real estate planning
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      • 639 30  -  Val Chua Fall largely due to no-cash-back rule enforced in April val@newsto day, com. sg FOR the first time in three years, the prices of resale Housing Board flats have fallen, largely due to the anti-cash-back rules that came into effect in April. The move to
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      • 249 30 CITY Developments' (CDL) launch of the remaining units of Savannah CondoPark, its condominium project located near the Singapore Expo, has been well received. "Thus far, we have sold about 70 per cent of the units (that have been) launched," said a CDL spokesperson.
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    • 1087 31  -  Jeanine Tan LiveB concerts may thrill some by bringing back the oldies but this could backfire I jeanine@newstoday.com.sg AFTER 24 long years, legendary rock band Pink Floyd are playing together again. But it's all for a bigger purpose, of course. The LiveB charity concerts
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    • 569 32  -  David Chew Discovery Channel's Alien Planet can't give concrete proof, but experts claim it only stands to reason david. chew@newstoday. com.sg ASTRONOMER Carl Sagan once famously said: "If we are alone in the universe, it sure seems like an awful waste of space." That notion
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    • 117 32 YOU can watch LiveB live' in Singapore. Star Hub Digital Cable is showing the London, Philadelphia, Berlin, Rome and Paris series of concerts on Saturday at 9pm and Sunday at 7am on Star Hub Preview Channel 01. If you don't have cable TV, you can go down
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    • 399 32  -  Mervin Tay ALL signs point to a sequel being planned for Initial D even as the ending credits are still rolling in Asian cinemas. And, as the week's top-grossing film across Asia having bagged HK$6O million ($l3 million) in boxoffice takings so far, with $1.5 million
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    • incinemas
      • IN CINEMAS ROUND-UP
        • 27 34  -  Yong Shu Chiang Gritty and intelligent exploration of the Dark Knight's origins with a stellar Christian Bale. Exorcises the demons of the old Batman films.
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        • 20 34 YSC Need-for-speed adventure starring Jay Chou delivers on a visceral level, but the love story's a speed bump.
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        • 23 34 MR MRS SMITH Comedy about a couple (Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt), both with double lives, hits the mark, most times. Tor Ching Li
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        • 29 34 YSC A woman (Joan Allen, in a fine performance) whose husband leaves her gets mad, drunk and unexpectedly wooed by a fellow alcoholic (Kevin Costner).
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        • 19 34 YSC Decent film about El Salvador's bloody civil war of the 1980s, as seen through children's eyes.
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        • 26 34  -  Patricia Yap Subway spook-fest that's typical of South Korean horror fare that have inundated cinemas in recent years. At times predictable, at times bizarre.
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        • 32 34 STAR WARS: EP III REVENGE OF THE SITH YSC A vast improvement on the cutesy Ep I and trite Ep 11. Purists, however, will pine for the magic of the first trilogy.
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        • 29 34  -  Neil Humphreys Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds, starring Tom Cruise, is decent entertainment. If only there could be more than just "Run, Tom, run!"
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        • 20 34 YSC How does a film with hot, steamy sex scenes end up boring? Flat, unsympathetic characters, pointless story.
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    • 599 38 More are taking the road less travelled to career success OVER the years, Singapore has become recognised as one of the region's leaders when it comes to quality educational institutions. The private education industry in particular has witnessed a significant growth in the past
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    • 526 40 AFP Joel Glazer rubbishes claim that Man United will not be able to spend big on new faces MANCHESTER Manchester United's new owners have assured manager Alex Ferguson he will have the cash to make big transfer buys in the summer. It had been widely reported that
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    • 588 41 -AFP After O'Driscoll-Umaga clash, Lions and All Blacks are out for blood RUGBY, 2ND TEST New Zealand v British Irish Lions WELLINGTON The second rugby Test between the All Blacks and the Lions promises to get off to an explosive start here on Saturday, with fear and
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    • 566 42 AFP Federer brushes Hewitt aside to stroll into third straight final TENNIS Wimbledon LONDON Roger Federer ruthlessly destroyed Lleyton Hewitt 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (7-4) in a breathtaking Centre Court semi-final demolition to move just one win away from a third successive Wimbledon title on
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    • 505 42 -AFP CYCLING Tour de France CHALLANS, France Lance Armstrong has named arch-rival Jan Ullrich as the man who will sit on his Tour de France throne although the soon-to-be-retired American expects that will not be until next year. Armstrong's
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    • 868 43  -  TAN YO-HINN Taufik triumphs as Singapore fans witness a classic show BADMINTON Aviva Open Singapore 2005 yohinn@newstoday.com.sg FOR anyone who asks, Taufik Hidayat is fond of telling them badminton is hardly a matter of life and death. Well known for his antics and almost casual style,
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    • 202 43  -  ERIC DING NTUC INCOME-YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2005 Balestier 1 SAFFC 1 sports@newstoday.com.sg SAFFC spumed the chance to close the gap on S-League leaders Tampines Rovers after recording a 1-1 draw against a spirited Balestier Khalsa on Friday night. Starting the game five points behind the
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    • 89 43 LINED up and ready for action, Singapore's national netball team are preparing to take on Asia's finest. The girls have embarked on an overseas training stint and will take on Fiji and Brisbane, before returning to Singapore on July 10. Papua New Guinea have then
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    • 588 44  -  LAN DE COTTA For the first time, there could be a genuine tussle between the best three drivers FORMULA 1 French Grand Prix IT RAISED a ruckus, but it was also an unexpected bonus, at least for fans of Michael Schumacher and neutrals around the
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    • 260 44 Colin Yong, Today motoring correspondent 1 X Raikkonen 2 F Alonso 3 J P Montoya Magny Cours suits cars with strong traction, so expect the McLarens and Renaults to be the class of the field. Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barichello will be racing more for points, especially
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    • 634 45 ghfgc with London 2012 bid leader LORD SEBASTIAN COE LORD Sebastian Coe set eight world records and won two Olympic 1,500 m gold medals in 1980 and 1984, but he admits his greatest sporting challenge will come on Wednesday. As head of the London bid,
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    • 363 45  -  CUBBYLEONG cubby@newstoday.com.sg AT 6am on Friday morning, International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge sportingly took questions from the media, despite stepping off a lengthy flight from Frankfurt just moments before. He was polite, articulate and showed no signs of jet lag. At
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    • 654 46 Royalty, galacticos, political bigwigs out in force MADRID King Juan Carlos is said to be using all his influence. Former International Olympic Committee (IOC) chief Juan Antonio Samaranch is phoning friends for help and is even rumoured to be ready to form an alliance with his
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    • 269 46 FAST FACTS Population: 5.5 million Previous games: None Previous Olympic bids: 1972 Bid leader: Feliciano Mayora Tagline: Preparados Para Ti (Ready for You) Games budget $3.3 billion lOC evaluation: High quality Race position: Darkhorses, odds 12/1 Positives: A major European sporting hub with a good
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    • 557 46 NO ONE in Singapore understands what it takes to organise a successful Games more than the Republic's Olympians. CUBBY LEONG caught up with five of them to get their take on the race to host the 2012 Games. Pat Chan, 51, swimming, 1972 It is anybody's game. Paris
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    • 84 47 THE opening ceremony of the International Olympic Committee's 1 17th Session, as well as the cultural performance, One Voice, One Rhythm, One World, will be broadcast live by MediaCorp channel Arts Central on July 5 from 7.30pm. The cultural performance will feature Singapore celebrities Jacintha Abisheganadan,
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