Streats, 13 February 2004

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    9 1 Streats FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13,2004 E-mail: streats@splixom.sg mita (p> 111/03/2003
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    Lock icon ‘Babe’ takes on SIA
    664 1  -  Air Asia CEO Tony Fernandes says 27-year-old S’porean woman will lead fight in Spore By Chua Kong Ho AIRASIA’S new Singapore chief executive is a 27-year-old woman who is believed to be a relative “babe in the woods” when it comes to the airline industry. But
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  • Morning Rush
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      Lock icon Burke’s Disney dream
      381 2 If Comcast’s bid succeeds, it would surpass Time-Wamer in size Bloomberg NEW YORK Mr Stephen Burke, who runs Comcast Corp, wants to create the world’s largest media company by making a hostile bid for Walt Disney. If his US$54.l billion (5590.6 billion) offer for Disney, whose chief
      – Bloomberg; AFP  -  381 words
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      Lock icon Case gives new AIA settlement offer thumbs-up
      178 2 THE consumer watchdog is advising AIA policyholders in a dispute over a “critical year” clause to seriously consider the insurer’s improved offer to make amends. The Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) said yesterday that it will be sending out notices over the next
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      Lock icon Masterpieces to send all your friends
      335 3  -  By Gregory Leow Ong Kim Seng’s works on stamps for first time IT is fitting that 10 of local watercolour artist Ong Kim Seng’s best works will be displayed on a series of stamps here as the artist has himself been a stamp collector
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      Lock icon Another low-cost threat?
      328 4  -  Reports by ChuaKongHo ‘We aim to be the market leader in Thailand and the region’ -Mr Sarasin MR Patee Sarasin knows what it’s like to be in a cut-throat industry. He headed advertising giant Bates Worldwide’s Thai operations, winning pitches to handle the advertising and branding campaigns
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      Lock icon Not really
      195 4 ‘ln a bruising free-for-all, who do you think will be the first to be defeated?’ Dr Cheong RETIRED SIA veteran Dr Cheong Choong Kong dished out this warning to budget airlines yesterday: Expect big guns such as SIA and Qantas to outspend, outinvest and outlast you in a
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      Lock icon Pathaks in pickle over shares
      416 4 Founder’s daughters claim they were duped LONDON Mrs Meena Pathak, one of the UK’s most successful Indian businesswomen, watches helplessly from the sidelines as a legal row threatens to undermine her husband’s multimillion pound food business. Patak’s curry sauces a brand which is available in
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      Lock icon THREATENED SPECIES
      235 6  -  By 'Ashleigh Sim ONLY three species of monkeys can be found in Singapore and two are in danger of disappearing from the island. The most critically endangered is the shy banded leaf monkey which lives deep in forested areas, said the National Parks Board. Its population has been
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      Lock icon What was she doing at the hotel?
      341 6 Three held as police hunt for Sabah minister’s killer KOTA KINABALU Murdered Sabah minister Norjan Khan Bahadar, 52, lived in a house 15 minutes away from the hotel where she was found dead. Police are investigating why the Assistant Rural and Entrepreneurial Development
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      Lock icon ‘Iron women’ show off cool invention
      320 6  -  By Khushwant Singh TWO students of Nan Hua Secondary School were the centre of attention for many girls and women teachers at an exhibition yesterday. The two were showing off their innovation: A smart iron which switches itself off if left unattended for more
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      Lock icon Chinese official confident China-S’pore economic links will strengthen
      135 10 BUZZSTOP A SENIOR Chinese official has said that economic links between Singapore and China are moving closer and are set to deepen further this year. Mr Zhou Hong Li, Minister Counsellor at the Chinese Embassy here, told The Straits Times that Singapore
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      Lock icon ANIMAL LOVERS
      42 10 Members of the animal rights group Peta (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) demonstrating topless in front of the Paris branch of luxury leather luggage firm Louis Vuitton yesterday\ to protest against the fur and the leather trade Reuters
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      Lock icon Business as usual: founder
      151 10 Pat’s Schoolhouse tax woes put behind PAT’S Schoolhouse, a popular childcare centre here, has sent letters to its pupils’ parents that its recent income tax offences will not affect the operations of its schools. In the letter dated Jan 28, the school’s founder-director, Mrs Patricia Koh,
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      Lock icon Qureia: We didn’t provide concrete
      142 10 Palestinian PM denies Israeli claim AP PALESTINIAN Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia on Wednesday rejected claims made on Israeli television that a cement company owned by his family provided concrete for Israeli settlements and the Israeli West Bank barrier. “I invite you and I invite the
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      Lock icon Mature stem cells cloned
      120 10 Scientific breakthrough Wire services SOUTH Korean scientists have cloned the world’s first mature embryonic stem cell line in what is seen as a breakthrough towards developing new methods of treating degenerative disorders and to grow specialised cells for use in transplantation medicine. The researchers, \vho published
      – Wire services  -  120 words
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      Lock icon Stolen cars confusion
      87 10 THE Singapore Police Force is seeking clarification on comments made by the director-general of the Royal Malaysian Customs about stolen cars entering Malaysia from Singapore. Records show that most cars reported stolen in Singapore are recovered, and those not recovered average about one a month, the police
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      Lock icon Osama’s driver in Cuba
      100 10 AFP OSAMA BIN LADEN’S former chauffeur is being held at the US naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the prisoner’s US military lawyer said on Wednesday. Salim Ahmed Hamdan, a 34-year-old Yemeni, worked in Afghanistan for the head of the A 1 Qaeda terror network from
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      Lock icon Hillary’s a ‘tough guy’
      107 10 AP US Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton has been called many things: a savvy politician, a devoted wife. But Men’s Journal magazine is adding one more description to that list Tough guy. In its annual list of “The 25 Toughest Guys in America”, Mrs Clinton weighs in
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      Lock icon Struck by mis-fortune
      85 10 Reuters RELATIVES of a kidnap victim in Taiwan struck a passing motorcyclist with more than NT$2O million (S$ 1 million) in cash when they tossed the ransom money to the kidnappers from a highway overpass. The ransom, packed into two nylon bags landed on 57-year-old Lu Fang-nan.
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      Lock icon M&A is the way
      565 12  -  Dotcom crash made Frontline more selective of the firms it chooses to invest in By Choong Choon Yee THE dot.com crash was a sobering experience for Mr Steve Ting. But the executive chairman and cofounder of Frontline Technologies Corp still has high hopes that his company
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      Lock icon S’pore to sell companies this year: DPM
      256 12 Bloomberg SINGAPORE The Government will this year sell stakes in some statecontrolled companies, Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said in a Bloomberg News interview televised yesterday. The Government said two years ago it plans to sell companies that aren’t a strategic resource
      – Bloomberg  -  256 words
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      Lock icon NOL: No acquisitions
      113 12 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Neptune Orient Lines Ltd denies that it is poised to make major acquisitions, as speculated by analysts and traders. “NOL is always open to exploring options, including acquisitions, that are in line with our strategic goals, and would carefully evaluate any opportunity,” the company said
      – Bloomberg  -  113 words
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      Lock icon Business leaders upbeat
      74 12 Reuters SINGAPORE Global business leaders are more confident about meeting revenue and profit targets in the next two to three years than they were a year ago, consultants PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) said yesterday. PWC chief executive Samuel DiPiazza said 80 per cent of 1,391 CEOs surveyed were confident
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      Lock icon Big on small firms
      87 12 Bloomberg SINGAPORE DBS Shenton Thrift fund’s purchases of shares in small companies such as DMX Technologies Group Ltd over the past 12 months have helped it double in value and outperform 11 other funds that invest here. Over one year, the fund has gained 109 per
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      Lock icon STA wins ‘Huey' deal
      79 12 AFP SINGAPORE Singapore Technologies Aerospace said yesterday that it had won a contract to supply the Philippines air force with 20 refiirbished UH-1H “Huey” helicopters. The contract is worth US$l2 million (Ss2o million) and involves procurement and refurbishment of the helicopters within a year, the engineering
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      Lock icon Temasek to seek credit rating
      397 14 Investment firm takes steps to demystify operations Reuters SINGAPORE Singapore investment company Temasek Holdings said yesterday that it would seek a credit rating to help demystify its business ahead of an eventual bond issue. Temasek, established in 1974, owns stakes in most of the country’s
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      Lock icon Schroder keeping Parkway stake
      146 14 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Schroder Capital Partners (Asia) has no intention of selling its stake in Parkway Holdings, Singapore’s biggest private hospital operator, chairman Anil Thadani said. “We are long-term investors, we believe in the health-care industry,” Mr Thadani said. “We like this investment very much and we
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      Lock icon Prince seeks $13m shares
      505 18  -  Member of Saudi royalty sues S’pore-based Bahamas firm By Janice Wong A SAUDI Arabian prince is suing a Singapore-based Bahamas firm, Chinkara Capital, and its managing director, Mr Rafat A Rizvi, for misusing his name and to recover US$B million (S$ 13.3 million) worth of shares.
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      Lock icon OCBC may buy Indon bank
      282 18 Bloomberg SINGAPORE OCBC Bank, the smallest of Singapore’s three banks, may buy an Indonesian bank or find an alliance to help boost overseas profit as competition intensifies at home, chief executive officer David Conner (pictured) said. “We’re probably doing something in Indonesia in the not-too-distant
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      Lock icon SembCorp in line for China Shell project
      194 18 Bloomberg SINGAPORE SembCorp Industries, South-east Asia’s biggest civil engineering company, may supply services to Royal Dutch/Shell Group in a US$4.3 billion (557.2 billion) petrochemicals plant that Shell is building in China. SembCorp may provide services such as water and steam to Shell, the
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      Lock icon GM scraps plans for SUVs in China
      169 18 -AP SHANGHAI General Motors yesterday announced it has cancelled plans to build two new sports utility models in China as the company moves to address problems at the worst-performing of its four manufacturing bases here. GM China chief executive officer and chairman Phil
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      Lock icon China will keep the yuan ‘stable’
      513 20 It may allow currency to move 2.5 per cent above and below the pegged rate in the third quarter Bloomberg HONG KONG Traders have decreased bets that China will let the yuan gain after its currency regulator said that the exchange rate will remain
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      Lock icon Beijing launches copyrights site
      145 20 AP SHANGHAI Chinese inventors have a new, electronic option for registering and advertising patents. Under foreign pressure to stamp out rampant piracy of patents and other intellectual property, the government launched a website in collaboration with state television. The site www.Cipmun.Net was launched on Tuesday. It
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      Lock icon Drug Co CEO not after profits
      374 22 She fights diseases by seeking marketing rights for drug compounds left undeveloped by big firms ■AP SAN FRANCISCO Ms Victoria Hale is chief executive of the ultimate oxymoron: a nonprofit drug company. From her office in San Francisco’s financial district, she hopes to wipe
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      Lock icon Booze buyers in Iraq – beware
      451 22 Booze buyers in Iraq beware -Reuters BAGHDAD In Baghdad’s bustling liquor trade, the ancient Roman buyer’s warning, caveat emptor, might better be translated as “let the drinker beware”. With no import taxes and no laws governing the sale of alcohol, and a post-war influx of foreigners with a taste for
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      350 24 AP BOSTON Terra Lycos, trying to carve a niche in a Web portal realm dominated by its rivals, hopes an overhaul will make it a major player in the trendy Internet field of “social networking”. The Lycos.com site, which has been edged out as
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      24 24 *AS AT FEBRUARY 12 US$: 551.673 Ss: RM2.271 533.163 Ss: HK54.644 EURO: 552.143 ss: 23.23 BAHT Ss: 62.98 YEN Ss: 5,029 RUPIAH
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      Lock icon NOL leads market dip
      339 24 STI: 1,862,94 5.57 Reuters SHARES gave up early gains to end lower for the third straight session yesterday, led by Neptune Orient Lines, which fell as much as 7 per cent on market talk that it was planning an acquisition. The Straits Times Index ended down
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      Lock icon Abdullah supports Syed Mokhtar
      205 24 Reuters PORT OF TANJUNG PELEPAS Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has pledged support for a tycoon he has stripped of two deals since coming to office. Datuk Seri Abdullah visited yesterday the Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP), jewel in the corporate crown of Syed Mokhtar
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  • Comment
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      Lock icon We triumphed over adversity
      868 26  -  By PHILIP LEE I HAVEN’T found the time yet, but this weekend I am going to a bookstore to buy a book recommended to me by Streats reader Mike Cox. He e-mailed a short note after my commentary last Friday about my bad childhood and how
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  • Vocal
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      Lock icon Trim the fat in civil service
      217 28 I REFER to your front-page report “Why so tardy?” (Streats, Feb 10). Whether in good or bad economic times, our civil service must always be lean and efficiently managed. Every year, our people are distressed to read about various “accounting lapses” in government agencies.
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      Lock icon Who gets the pick of the banknotes?
      185 28 THE letters in Streats about missing Singapore banknotes with auspicious serial numbers make one wonder. Just take a walk into the specialty coin and note collectors shops in town and you can see such notes in complete running sequence, such as AAIIIIII to
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      Lock icon HDB still hasn’t paid me
      210 28 I READ recently reports about government departments which are quick to collect fees but slow to make refunds. I have a personal experience which illustrates this. Last November, I was hired as a temporary part-time interviewer by the Housing and Development Board. I was assisting
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      Lock icon Road-lout cabbies will be disciplined
      149 28 I REFER to Ms Bey Lay Lay’s letter “Cabby was a road lout” (Streats, Feb 10). Comfort takes a serious view of feedback that includes complaints against taxi drivers and treats every complaint on its own merits. As a thorough investigation is necessary for each
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      Lock icon Perth is a safe city
      236 28 READING Ms Serene Lee’s letter “My time in Perth marred by racists” (Streats, Feb 10) made me wonder which Perth she was referring to. While I do not doubt her experiences, one has to put the incidents in context. It’s true that some younger Australians
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      Lock icon Medisave can be used for helping conception too
      129 28 WE appreciate the financial issues faced by some couples who need medical assistance to start a family, as mentioned by Ms Tan Li Li in her letter “Oh, for the joys of motherhood!” (Streats, Feb 11). Hence, the ministry allows the use
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      Lock icon Dutch taxi system worth a look
      120 30 I AGREE with Mr Tan Boon Lee, who wrote the letter “Scrap taxi booking fees” (Streats, Feb 10). Having lived and worked in Holland for some time, I think the taxi system there is worth looking at. The taxis do not usually cruise the
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      Lock icon I did follow LTA guidelines
      301 30 I REFER to the reply, “The choosy must pay” (Streats Feb 10), from the Land Transport Authority’s Mr Han Liang Yuan. Mr Han deviated from the main point I made that I followed guidelines published on LTA’s website and yet was still penalised. I quote
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      Lock icon Bridge stairs point towards bus stops when possible
      184 30 I REFER to Mr Edwin Yeong’s letter “Poor bridge planning” (Streats, Jan 27). In providing any pedestrian overhead bridge, we construct the stairs to face the direction of the nearest bus stop. This is to facilitate direct access for commuters heading to
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      24 30 IN yesterday’s horoscope, the reading for Pisces was the same as that published the day before. We are sorry for the editing error.
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      509 34 After wave of suicide bombings, Washington doubles reward on Jordanian’s head to sl7m BAGHDAD Jordanian militant Abu Musab AI Zarqawi has become a key figure in the American campaign in Iraq. And proof of this came as the US on Wednesday doubled the reward
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      156 34 Reuters EDMONTON, Canada For thousands of years, the majestic North American buffalo roamed freely over the wide-open plains of the Canadian prairies. Today, most of these brown, woolly beasts spend their time grazing on ranches or in the case of Bailey, watching TV in the living room of
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      309 34 AFP WASHINGTON Backed by a US$5OO million (*****.2 million) inheritance, Ms Teresa Heinz Kerry, 65, brings spontaneity and outspoken life to the sometimes leaden presidential campaign of her level-headed husband, Mr John Kerry. She has no problem admitting to using botox, and no problem to
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      339 36 KUALA LUMPUR Terengganu Mentri Besar Abdul Hadi Awang’s move to bar Muslims from attending entertainment programmes hosted by non-Muslims has come in for strong criticism from the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA). It called it a form of racial and religious segregation, The Star reported yesterday.
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      201 36 Reuters BANGKOK The father of a six-year-old Thai boy who died of bird flu said yesterday that he was suing the government for allegedly covering up the presence of the disease. Mr Chairman Bounmanut’s son Captan was the first of Thailand’s five victims
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      445 36 Recent high-profile arrests show PM Abdullah serious about tackling graft Wire services KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Land and Cooperative Development Minister Kasitah Gaddam (above) yesterday pleaded not guilty to two corruption charges over an allegedly improper share transaction. He was arrested and charged in connection with a
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      403 38 Appeals court decision eases way for House Speaker to run for president JAKARTA Indonesia’s Supreme Court acquitted House Speaker Akbar Tanjung of graft charges, ending a year’s wait for the result of his appeal of a three-year jail sentence handed down in September 2002. Bloomberg
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      212 38 CHICAGO Third grader Catherine Conway surprised a waiter at a Chinese restaurant by speaking to him in Mandarin. “He was so happy, he gave me extra fortune cookies,” she said. Catherine started taking Chinese lessons at her kindergarten in Maryland, which offers a Chinese immersion
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      41 38 Some 220 elementary school principals displaying the paper planes they made during a conference in Taipei's Education Ministry yesterday. The conference promotes children's creativity and will be held over three days at the Science Education Museum AFP I
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      175 38 Reuters BEIJING The city has cancelled a production of the controversial women’s rights play, The Vagina Monologues, just days after the show was called off in Shanghai, its director said yesterday. Mr Li Suyou said: “They told us we weren’t allowed to (perform) at
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      226 38 -AFP LUBAO, Philippines Movie star presidential candidate Fernando Poe was mobbed by large crowds yesterday as his showbiz-fuelled election bandwagon rolled into incumbent leader Gloria Arroyo’s hometown. Thousands of people lined the highways and clambered onto rooftops in sweltering conditions for a glimpse of their
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      212 42 LONDON British Medical Association has called for tougher anti-smoking measures, following a study that shows the far-reaching risks of smoking. According to the study, smoking damages almost all aspects of sexual, reproductive and child health, the BBC reported yesterday. It has caused impotence in 120,000
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      152 42 Reuters NEW YORK A low-fat diet can help dieters lose weight, but a moderate-fat diet that contains plenty of healthy, plant-based fats may be a better choice for boosting cardiovascular health while shedding weight, new research suggests. In a new study, people on low-fat
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      400 44  -  By Janice Wong Head of newly merged interior design body seeks recognition far interior designers INTERIOR designer Derek Mackenzie, 51, is fed up with the inadequacies of interior design and he plans to do something about it. The inaugural president of the Interior Design Confederation
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      442 46 A new home with a serene feel was a major step in starting life anew FINDING a new home is part of the process for many who start life afresh, and Italian Ivana Daniell is no exception. For her new beginning, naturally she sought peaceful surroundings to match
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      836 49 He was part of the UK’s Pop Idol, the show that sparked the American Idol phenomenon. Despite having a stammer, Gareth Gates is now one of the UK’s most successful pop stars. YVONNE KWOK interviews the 19-year-old IT isn’t easy for a wanna-be Idol to stand out
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      152 50 THE Italian press has lambasted Mel Gibson’s The Passion of Christ after a pre-release screening in the US, saying that it contains gratuitous violence, reported AFP. “The scenes are so cruel that many spectators had to turn away or close their eyes,” wrote Italy’s leading
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      95 50 A PLAY that was initially refused permission to be staged in Malaysia has received the go-ahead from the licensing department of Kuala Lumpur City Hall. Election Day, written by Malaysian playwright Huzir Sulaiman, who penned the hilarious Atomic Jaya which ran here last July, was refused a
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      62 50 GUYS, head to Raffles Place from noon to 2pm today. Expressions International is giving 600 blue roses to men and attached to each rose will be a 60 per cent discount voucher for all Men’s Expressions services and a $5O gift voucher to be redeemed on a
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      253 50  -  Byl Sharlene Tan IT was a slow easy ride to the top of the Carlsberg Sky Tower to take in the panoramic views of Singapore and beyond. That is, if the haze had let up a little. The Sky Tower on Sentosa, which opened yesterday, is
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        545 52 Fiorucci, that zciny Italian fashion label with its trademark twin cherubs logo, is making a comeback in Singapore, BRENTON WONG is pleased to report KNOWN for its antifashion looks, acid colours and clashing designs, this label has always appealed to the young and those with a
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        370 54 No one has to know that your crowning glory is a hairpiece thanks to custommade mgs designed by a local hair eoepert. RUTH CHEW finds out mure IF you’re suffering from hair loss and you hate the idea of buying ready-made hairpieces that look like rugs on your
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        231 54 BAD news for Marc Jacobs fans looking forward to his offering for autumn the general consensus about his recently-shown collection at New York Fashion Week has been unfavourable and his clothes generally seen as dowdy and matronly. “Shapeless wool coats with Peter Pan fur collars...
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      411 56  -  Looking to impress in the kitchen on a budget? Judi Low’s recipes for stylish, nutritious, yummy meals that are easy to do and cost $lO or less for four sewings, will see you through these tough times Stylish eating on a shoestring B 'J JUDI LOW
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      115 58 The days are getting hotter here; the daily maximum has risen to 32°C. So we can sympathise a little with the boney dry, drought-hit ilk southern African nation of Lesotho, which has asked for food aid to see it to next year’s harvest. AFP reported that
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        39 58 9pm, Channel i The second season premiere finds Johnny still shaken by his Armageddon visions. But his powers seem to declining, which is poor timing as a mysterious kidnapper taunts him with a series of biblical clues.
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        49 58 9pm, Starhub Channel 61 Teenage heart-throb Masahiro Nakai of mega-band SMAP stars in this Japanese answer to The Silence of the Lambs. An intelligent serial killer murders and mutilates women, and then takes advantage of the media and his instant fame to glorify his own crime.
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        64 58 AMOUREUX DE PARIS Till Feb 22, 11.30am-Bpm Monday to Saturday, 12pm-5.30pm on Sunday Utterly AH (208, South Bridge Road #O2-01, tel 6226-2605) Free Amoureux de Paris (In Love with Paris) is Lim Poh Lai’s loving look at the people and streets of Paris in paintings. It showcases the works
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        47 58 MEMORIAL SERVICE Sunday, 9-30 am War Memorial Park, Beach Road Free During this annual memorial service for the civilian victims of the Japanese Occupation, the Singapore Civil Defence Force will sound the all-clear signal on its Public Warning System to symbolically mark the restoration of peace.
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      448 60  -  National team starts preparations under new coach, but there’s no sign of Shyam By Gary Lim THE future of UK Shyam (left), Singapore’s 100 m record-holder, is in limbo. The national team began preparations under new national sprints coach Uli Kunst last week, but Shyam
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      313 60  -  By Lim Han Ming LONG-DISTANCE runner Chamkaur Singh wants to break his 1,500 m national record this year. The 30-year-old looks to be back on track following a season wrecked by injury last year. Last month, he signalled his return to form when he clocked
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      586 62 Fergie determined not to let battle with racing tycoons affect EPL hopes Wire services MANCHESTER Alex Ferguson has vowed not to let the “offfield nonsense” of his legal battle with Irish racing tycoon John Magnier hurt Manchester United’s league campaign Reports have surfaced that Ferguson met
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      293 62 AFP LIVERPOOL Liverpool manager Gerard Houllier was in no mood to apologise for his tactics after Wednesday’s 2-1 win over Manchester City here at Anfield saw the Frenchman’s side move into fourth in the Premiership table. Michael Owen (3rd minute) and Steven Gerrard (51st) scored for
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      251 62 AFP BIRMINGHAM Australian midfielder Stan Lazaridis earned a glowing tribute from Birmingham City manager Steve Bruce after scoring a superb goal in their 3-0 win over Everton at St Andrews on Wednesday. After Damien Johnson had put City 1-0 up early on, 31-year-old Lazaridis sprinted nearly half
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      468 64 After closing gap on United, Ranieri ready to take on Arsenal Wire services PORTSMOUTH Claudio Ranieri warned Arsenal to expect “the real Chelsea” after his Blues roared back into the Premiership title equation. Scott Parker’s first goal for Chelsea in the 17th minute and a second from Heman
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      245 64 AP MADRID Real Madrid will lodge an appeal against the sacking of French star Zinedine Zidane during the second leg of their Copa del Rey semi-final against Sevilla, news reports said yesterday. Unless Madrid succeed, Zidane’s dismissal during Wednesday’s match will leave him out
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      226 64 LONDON The transfer window has closed, but Tottenham Hotspur have managed to get a Beckham on their books. David Beckham’s son, Brooklyn, is in training with the club after enrolling in their Football in the Community, scheme for local children. It seems the youngster, who will
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      482 66 Rockets’ Chinese star sparkles against NBAs most dominating man Wire services NBA CHAMPIONSHIP Houston 102 Los Angeles 87 HOUSTON Yao Ming played what he called the greatest game of his career, scoring 29 points and pulling down 11 rebounds against Shaquille O’Neal to lead Houston Rockets
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      251 66 Wire services MELBOURNE Heidelberg United, who play in Victoria’s state league in Melbourne, have fallen on hard times. They have successfully approached a local brothel, Gotham City, for sponsorship. Said Gotham City manager Angelo Corcasio yesterday: “They basically approached this establishment. They said, ‘you helped
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      475 67 Woods cannot afford to be rusty against challengers such as Vijay Singh -AFP LA JOLLA, California Defending champion Tiger Woods was set to make his return to the US PGA Tour here yesterday in the US$4.B million (SsB.2 million) Buick Invitational. He ended his break from the game
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      250 67 -AFP SYDNEY English star Laura Davies wobbled to a three-over-par round of 75 against the men on day one of the cosanctioned European Tour event and the ANZ Championship at Port Stephens yesterday. The 40-year-old former women’s world No 1 was minus one point
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        101 67 -AFP ROME Stefano Fiore scored twice as Lazio thumped holders AC Milan 4-0 here on Wednesday to secure a place in the final of the Italian Cup. An uncharacteristic drubbing for the current Serie A leaders and Champions League holders gave Lazio a handsome 6-1 aggregate semi-final
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        108 67 -AFP TUNIS North Africa rivals Tunisia and Morocco will meet in the African Nations Cup final tomorrow after coming through their semi-finals in vastly contrasting fashion. On Wednesday, Tunisia came from a goal down to draw 1-1 and force extratime against Nigeria before triumphing 5-3 in the penalty
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      79 67 GOLF THE Basketball Association of Singapore (BAS) will be organising a golf tournament at the Orchid Country Club today to raise funds for the building of a new sports hall in Aljunied Crescent. NTUC secretary-general and Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office Lim Boon Heng is the guest-of-honour.
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