Today, 1 December 2000

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    7 1 TODAY MITA(P) 138/11 2000 Friday •December 1,2000*
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    CEO blew $44m in four months
    366 1  -  Ng Boon Yian Reckless cowboy or gung-ho risk taker? High Court to decide by boonyian@newstoday.com.sg HE was a young high-flyer and "an obvious marketing man" headhunted to spearhead a virgin stockbroking firm. In just four months, Thio Gwan Choon managed to lose $44 million
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    Extra bonus for civil servants
    132 1 CIVIL servants will get an extra quarter month's bonus this year. This one-off special payment will bring the total amount this year to two months. The long-awaited good news came from the Prime Minister's Office yesterday. The total payout includes the one-month annual variable component
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    Lock icon Bomb scare grips Hong Kong
    135 1 AFP HONG KONG The city that aims to be the safest in the world is echoing with a roar of bombs. Last Friday, a bunch of homemade bombs were found outside a boutique in a shopping mall in Kowloon Tong. On Wednesday, a 43-year-old goverment
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Wake up, Asean
      380 2 Investments flowing north SOUTHEAST Asia's share of foreign direct investments to East Asia has halved in four years. Down from 33 per cent to 15 per cent. The weight of its equity markets has shrunk even more. It used to be twice that of Northeast Asian markets
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      Lock icon Villagers burn polluting plant
      141 2 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Angry villagers have burned down a factory which had spewed pollutants for years, reports said yesterday. Some 30-50 villagers armed with parangs, iron rods and sticks set the aluminium recycling plant ablaze at Kangkar Tebrau, Johoron, Tuesday, newspapers reported. They took cans of
      -AFP  -  141 words
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      Redas sees prices rising
      321 3  -  Ng Hwee Koon But Colliers Jardine disagrees by hweekoon@newstoday.com.sg SOMETHING has to give. The executive director of Real Estate Developer's Association of Singapore (Redas), Mr Ho Wing Yin, says that property prices were bottoming out after having dropped 2.7 per cent in the third quarter. Already,
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      Massage parlour sex: Even cashiers fined
      211 3 THE law is coming down hard on those involved in the massage parlour sex trade. Not only were three owners of a health centre offering sex services fined in court yesterday, their two cashiers were also hit hard. The court heard that on May
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  • Rush news
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      'Not protest'
      437 4  -  Kim-Kyna Tan Theatre groups plan No Art Day to make a point by kim@newstoday.com.sg members of the arts community to the unfavourable and unfair treatment of artists, particularly in the area of the artists' freedom of expression, by the authorities and members of the public," reads a statement
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      Judge: Rioter must have tough sentence
      153 4 IT was a vicious attack that left a teenager paralysed from the stomach down, unable to pass motion or urine without help. Yet, Suresh Jiwa, who was part of the gang that attacked the teen with knives in February this year, thought he could
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      Sinseh exam blues
      115 4 THE number of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) practitioners could fall soon. This is because many of them say they will retire early if they have to take an exam to be registered by the government. Take the Soos, who run Soo Cheng Kirn Chinese Physician one of
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      Lock icon Bras make the bridge
      52 4 AFP photo Cableconstructor John Corber helps to string together bras to build a "bridge" alongside the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol. Hundreds of women lent their support to cancer research by donating their bras as part of the Bras Over Bristol appeal run by a local
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      Baby in exchange for rent
      145 4 ANKARA A poor couple from southern Turkey is looking to give away their baby son in return for the recipients paying their rent, Anatolia news agency reported yesterday. It is the third time the couple has resorted to giving away their children in an attempt
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      Dial-aconcierge
      81 4 Dial-a-concierge WANT to know where to eat, shop, or boogie the night away? Call the Sing Tel Yellow Pages City Search line at 1900-777--7777 from today. One call can link you to a whole range of products and services. The service even helps make restaurant reservations on your behalf. The
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      Grab freebie from Coca-cola
      74 4 From Nov 29 to Dec 9, CocaCola light is giving Singaporeans the opportunity to "Do Something For Themselves" sample the newly formulated low-calorie drink for free. Over four million cans of Coca-Cola light will be distributed islandwide. To try the "Great new taste", simply find the
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      117 4 READ 0N... Singapore economy forecast to grow 6.5 pc in 2001 The forecast by an IMF official is on the high side of official government estimates/8 First Lady anyone? Mexico's most eligible bachelor President Vicente Fox/12 Candid-camera shot not funny She ran and tripped, only to be caught for candid-camera
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  • Home news
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      Lock icon Zoe gets cozy
      341 5  -  Hazel Tay The queen of Caldecott Hill invites you to her new party by ha2ei@newstoday.com.sg SOMEONE is going to drink to this. Zoe Tay has set up a wine bar with some of her friends and it is slated to open for business before Christmas. The first-time
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      Case dives into courses
      141 5 SCUBA diving may be the hottest new sport in town, but few new divers realise that they are risking life and limb. Many of those who conduct such underwater courses simply don't bother to warn their trainees of the hazards involved. It is an accident waiting
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      Pet house misery
      435 6  -  Leong Phei Phei Unlicensed operators are the cause by pheiphei@newstoday.com.sg 'TIS the season to go on holiday, for that little bit of R&R. But while you're having fun in the sun or snow, your pet may be having a lousy break at the boarding house you sent
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      One man triumphs over mental disability
      282 6 EVERY day, Mohammad Yusni Saleh travels one and a half hours, switching between bus and train, just to look after his seven-year-old nephew Michael. Yusni is intellectually disabled. And though he can't name the buses, he knows which ones to catch, where to transfer
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  • Business news
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      IMF: S'pore to slow next year
      515 8  -  Chan Chao Peh Projection falls within MTI estimates By chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg AN International Monetary Fund (IMF) official predicts that Singapore's economic growth for 2001 will slow to 6.5 per cent, down from nine per cent this year. The forecast is however, still on the high
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      Lock icon Singapore to auction off five broadband licenses
      143 8 -AFP SINGAPORE will auction off five fixed wireless broadband (FWB) licences, the Infocomm Development Authority said. The licenses will have a reserve price between $2 million to $4 million dollars depending on the speed of the FWB spectrum. FWB uses a combination of
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      Lock icon Creative's Jukebox on track
      73 8 Bloomberg News CREATIVE Technology said it is on track to meet its target of Usloo million ($176 million) in sales from its portable Nomad Jukebox audio players in the first year of shipments, as holiday shoppers snap up the devices. Creative next year plans to unveil
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      Lock icon ING Barings upgrades Singapore stock market to 'overweight'
      143 8 Asia -AFX ING Barings has upgraded its recommendation on the Singapore market to "overweight" from "underweight" previously. It said it is raising its 12-month target for the Straits Times index to 2,200 from 2,050 point levels. "Singapore's higher quality earnings and defensive
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      Lock icon Oct bank lending up four per cent
      103 8 Bernama-AFX COMMERCIAL bank lending to nonbank customers rose four per cent year-on-year in October, driven by higher demand for loans from professionals and private individuals as well as from the building and construction sector, the Monetary Authority of Singapore said. Lending to professionals
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      Sing Tel: No sweat
      730 10 CORPORATE WATCH Confidence stems from being Singapore's largest network operator TELECOM users are now spoilt for choice following the industry's liberalisation and the entry of two new players, Ml and Starhub. But despite the competitive environment, Singapore Telecom is confident of keeping ahead of the rest
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      Meanwhile, both M1 and Starhub exceed performance targets
      472 10 CORPORATE Watch also finds out how Ml and Starhub stack up six months after full liberalisation in April. For Ml, Singapore's number two mobile operator, its market share increased in spite of competition. Mr Neil Montefiore, CEO, Ml, said: "Our market share
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      Pas steals the show
      484 11 Which Front will it be when election comes? LUNAS (KEDAH) A member of the opposition Keadilan party may have won the Lunas by-elec-tion on Wednesday. But it was Parti Islam (PAS) which stole the show, reported the Malay Mail. Keadilan, PAS, the Democratic Action Party (DAP)
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      Lock icon Dead Sea is sinking and shrinking
      176 11 -AFP AMMAN The level of the Dead Sea, the lowest place on earth, is sinking rapidly, and environmental experts are calling for the revival of a canal project to ensure that it survives. The sea's high salinity means that nothing can live in it.
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      Lock icon Free of ice after 62 hours
      245 11 Reuters NEW YORK After spending nearly 62 hours standing in a small cavity inside a six-tonne block of ice, illusionist David Blame emerged shaky and disoriented. Blame, who last year spent seven days buried in a glass-topped coffin, was sealed inside the ice block.day
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      Lock icon Indonesian President leaves Cabinet meeting early on medical advice
      134 11 -AFP JAKARTA Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid left a routine cabinet meeting early, saying he had been advised to do so by his doctors. "I have a cold," he told journalists as he left the meeting yesterday. "I had been advised by
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  • MARKET NEWS
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      Tech hit again
      527 9 Nasdaq sets underlying bearish tone TECH shares were hit once again yesterday, weighed down by the fresh lows created by the Nasdaq overnight as another series of earnings concerns jolted the PC and chip sector. While the underlying tone was bearish, the STI Index managed to close
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      Market loses ground on light selling
      426 9 KUALA LUMPUR The market continued to lose ground on light selling pressure. At yesterday's close, the Kuala Lumpur Composite Index was down 2.3 points to 729.9. Again, if not for the emergence of last minute buying, the index would have closed a further 2-3
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Wanted: Lady for the President
      231 12 -AFP MEXICO CITY Mexico's most eligible bachelor rancher and politician Vicente Fox will make history when he is sworn in as the first president since the 1800s to take his oath without his wife at his side. In the election, Mr Fox, 58, of the
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      HK pension fund fails
      274 12 Despite 5516.7 m spending on soft ads A CAMPAIGN of "soft advertising" costing at least HK$76 million (5516.7 million) has failed to sell the Mandatory Provident Fund schemes, according to business leaders. "The message just didn't get across," General Chamber of Commerce chief economist lan Perkin
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      Lock icon Dr M's advice to forces
      133 12 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR The armed forces and police were told on Wednesday to maintain professionalism in discharging their duties and to refrain from being involved in politics. Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said recently there had been efforts by certain quarters to
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      Lock icon Family visits allowed, so Anwar protest off
      248 12 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Jailed Malaysian ex-deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim has ended his hospital protest after prison authorities allowed his family to visit him, his lawyer said yesterday. Anwar, who was admitted on Saturday for a slipped disc, had refused treatment and solid food
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      Four nominated for UN post
      55 12 BANGKOK Acting Foreign Minister Surin Pitsuwan confirmed yesterday that he will run for the United Nations secretarygeneral's post next year. The other three candidates nominated for the UN's top post include Philippine Foreign Minister Domingo Siason, exIndonesian Foreign Minister Ali Alatas and ex-Singapore Permanent Secretary
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      Lock icon ATMs that can call the cops
      124 12 -AFP TOKYO Japan has installed smart vending machines that alert police within seconds when a thief tries to steal cash, cigarettes or drinks, an official said Wednesday. As soon as the machine detects a break-in, a personal handyphone system in it sends a signal
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      Lock icon What is he up to?
      205 13 Reuters Sharon to fight polls and link up with PM THE man who is blamed for starting the recent violence against the Palestinians is in a quandary. Opposition leader Ariel Sharon (right), caught off guard by Prime Minister Barak's bombshell announcement of snap elections, is
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      Smile, you've tripped on the candid show
      120 13 BANGKOK A woman passenger complained to the police after she was tricked into running off a bus during the rush hour for the sake of a candidcamera shot for television. The TV crew, including the three co-hosts, resorted to a bomb-scare ploy to
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      Lock icon Massage by nuns
      31 13 Reuteks photo MANILA Feeling tired after a long protest against Philippine President Joseph Estrada? These Filipino Roman Catholic nuns are on hand to massage demonstrators demanding his resignation.
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      Lock icon Gucci to sue
      57 13 AFP PARIS Italian luxury group Gucci is to file a criminal defamation suit against its rival, LVMH, in a bitter fight over control of Gucci. The defamation case is the latest missile in an increasingly vicious battle between Gucci and LVMH, a French group which holds a
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      Indian mobster names Thai cop
      249 14 'He took $1m to help mafia boss escape' BANGKOK The Thai immigration bureau has been rocked by claims that one of its senior officers had accepted a 25-million-baht (Ssl million) bribe to facilitate the escape of an Indian mafia boss. Mobster Chhota Rajan escaped from
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      Lock icon Bad news for all: Russia is broke
      219 14 -AFP Revters photo MOSCOW Cash-strapped Russia faces a hurdle in its effort to destroy its stocks of chemical weapons. General Viktor Kholstov, comniander of the chemical and biological defence force, said lack o money prevents the government from complying with the internationally-agreed time
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      Lock icon Santa with drugs?
      96 14 -AFP RIO DE JANEIRO Drug traffickers have special ways to mark the holidays, too, it seems: Rio de Janeiro police on Wednesday confiscated 20 Santa Claus dolls carefully stuffed with cocaine. Military police on a routine patrol of the Jacarepagua neighbourhood became suspicious when a vendor hawking
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      Lock icon Work-related suicide
      116 14 Reuters ATHENS Weighed down by the lawsuits against his shipping company over a maritime tragedy, an executive plunged to his death on Wednesday from his sixth-floor office. Police said Mr Pantelis Sfinias, vice-president of the board of directors of Minoan Flying Dolphins, stepped out of his office onto
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      Lock icon Computer tells tired pilot to rest
      194 14 AFP PARTS Air accidents caused mainly by human error are expected to decrease in the future with the introduction of a computer software that will tel] pilots and traffic controllers when to take a break. British weekly New Scientist reported that a Japanese-made computer
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      Lock icon Bush in limbo-land
      504 15 Reuters Names aides, says he's ready to move into White House then waits AUSTIN (Texas) The man who assumes he is the rightful president of the United States is not in the Oval Office. He is living in limbo neither here nor there. Three weeks ago, Mr
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      Lock icon Cheney gets a clean bill of health
      211 15 Reuters WASHINGTON Republican vice-presidential nominee Dick Cheney (right) has been given a clean bill of health, one week after suffering a slight heart attack. Mr Cheney, 59, received the good news after going for a routine hospital checkup on Wednesday. "It went very
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      Lock icon Pigs can fly, say aviation regulators
      107 15 Reuters WASHINGTON US Airways has been vindicated over the recent "flying pig" affair. Aviation regulators say the airline did nothing wrong in allowing Charlotte.a 135-kg pig, to fly first-class last month from Philadelphia to Seattle. The pig's owner is a woman with a heart
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      Lock icon Surpise gift on Aids
      78 15 -AFP PARIS Wednesday's session in France's Lower House of parliament took a provocative turn when each deputy received a package containing a male condom, a female condom, lubricating gel and a syringe. The surprise gift was not an encouragement to spice up the grey world of
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      Lock icon Life on earth may have emerged from the sea
      157 15 AFP PARIS Contrary to conventional thinking, life on land may have emerged from the sea. According to new research into soil in South Africa published in the British journal Nature yesterday, the first micro-organisms developed from the sea more than 1.4
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      83 13 B^BlwfflSliliiiillili Asia Miles A Aong Kong has been our home for over fifty years. Our futures have, for all that time, been intertwined. As Hong Kong has prospered and become a world class city so too has Cathay Pacific prospered and become a world class airline. And as we have
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  • Analysis
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      The diplomacy of being neighbourly
      781 16  -  Alan Wheatley Singapore's tightrope of expediency in face of critricism by JUST as a child has no choice over its parents, Singapore is rocking from another painful reminder that a country cannot pick its neighbours. A prosperous, mainly Chinese island state of less than four
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      Singapore's 'sizeable' investments in Indonesia
      165 16 SINGAPORE has made a "sizeable" amount of investment in Indonesia in the last two years, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In January last year, the West Natuna Gas Agreement was concluded between Singapore's Sembawang Gas and Indonesia's state oil company. "This deal is expected
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  • RELAX
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      Touched by love
      417 17  -  Hazel Tan Fans shower gifts on Noriko Sakai's baby by hazel@newstoday.com.sg A MOTHER. But still as sexy, if not more so. Just check out that 33-22-33 body, even after childbirth. Well, Noriko Sakai isn't called Japan's sexiest actress for nothing. And it appears her fans love her
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      Beacon of HOPE
      1666 18  -  Peter Ooi A dying profession ploughs on silently to ensure a guiding light that never dims by! HAMIDIL Hassan, the lightkeeper, and his assistant, Mohamad Nor Awi, have just returned to Raffles Lighthouse for duty. It was time to change crew. The other lightkeeper and his assistant,
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      Lock icon Right Royal letters
      982 24  -  Ann Lee Voices from the post revive memories. AJohor Sulton's poem now speoks from Moscow By Deep in the depths of the Lenin Bibliothic Museum, Moscow, is an old Malay manuscript of a poem, dated 1896, on the life of Sultan Abi Bakar of Johor. In fact,
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      Migrant enigma
      660 25  -  Susanna Checketts What do we know of our ancestors' homelands? Migrant descendants are caught between the distilled recollections of older generations and the desire to forge new identities in a new land. By The smell of Delhi is the smell of India fumes, flowers, cowdung, dust, history. Experiencing
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      Horror king's e-book enters hybernation
      141 26 LONDON Fans of Stephen King who have paid to read his latest novel on the Internet face years of wait before they find out the ending, reveals the BBC. King published The Plant on his website in monthly instalments for fans to download at US$l
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      Lock icon Spicy snub
      166 26 Reuters THE Spice Girls, who are not quite as popular as they once were, have attempt ed to boost their profile by asking Madonna to wear a T-shirt with the band's name emblazoned on it. The four Spices were hoping to capitalise on the type of instant credibility
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      Lock icon So what's this tale of the Bard's house?
      132 26 Reuters LONDON Shakespeare lovers keen to see the place where the Bard's mother Mary Arden grew up have been visiting the wrong house since the 18th century. The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust said on Wednesday new research had shown the Tudor farmhouse long-known
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      Ticket, please?
      655 27  -  David Ngiau by david@newstoday.com.sg WHO knows what guilt lurks in the hearts of bus commuters? The bus inspector knows... And you'd probably know too, if you were tasked with taking over 30 bus-rides a day, to check each and. every passenger's bus tickets for whether they've paid the
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      Lock icon Here's to a happy childhood
      760 28  -  Shazalina Salim SMRT raising money to help children with problems like learning difficulties by shazallna@newstoday.com.sg SCHOOL is a phase of life taken for granted by many people. They attend classes, take examinations, graduate. It seems as natural as breathing. There are, however, some children who
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
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      736 23 w Fly, Little Prince ■ml' Compiled by Rosalind Png f#J rosalind@newstoday.com.sg Remembering V^-* Red-Checked Days The New Adventures of Little Today till Dec 4 Prince The People's Association will be Today till Dec 3 launching the kindergarten Bpm (Dec 1 2), 3pm (Dec 3) book tided Rememberin 8 Red" Drama
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  • TECH NEWS
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      Modern gladiators
      674 29  -  Tan Min-Liang With US$3OO,OOO in prize money, professional gamers are on the rise by IN another era, you would find them bearing tridents and scimitars in an arena, surrounded by a cheering, bloodthirsty crowd. Or in smoke-filled pool halls idly chalking their cues while waiting for the next
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      Design consultancy offers hedge to risks in home renovation
      429 29  -  Sol E Solomon by solomon@newstoday.com.sg YOU'VE bought your dream home. But three months later, your flat still isn't ready because the renovation contractor that you engaged hasn't completed the job. Interior design consultancy portal, IDConnect.com, provides something that could cushion the
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      Get together to get better
      495 30  -  Sol E Solomon PSB points SMEs to e-commerce to boost competitiveness by solomonCS'newstoday.com.sg THE Productivity and Standards Board (PSB) hopes to have about one-third of small and medium enterprises (SME) in Singapore perform business transactions through the Internet by 2003. To date, a number of
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      Web phones for cybercafes
      134 30 MOL Access Portal Sdn Bhd, the manager of MOLCyberCafes, a global affiliation programme for cybercafes, will, together with voice over IP (Internet Protocol) product provider cool.com, launch MOLePhone for its affiliated cybercafes worldwide. MOLePhone is an IP telephone technology developed and run by the Singapore-based cool.com.
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      Lifestyle reviews on independent portal
      138 30 A DINING and entertainment portal, Air-do-Asia, has been launched for those wanting unbiased reviews on dining, leisure and entertainment. The portal can be accessed via wireless application protocol (WAP), short message service (SMS), general packet radio service (GPRS) and soon, i-Mode. Air-do-Asia, the brainchild of
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      Study: TV the way for e-commerce
      161 30 THE Asia-Pacific region should lead in the e-com-merce phase of the future when consumers use their televisions to shop, bank and communicate electronically, a study on digital TV by Andersen Consulting revealed. Titled Riding the Next Wave: The Strategic Implications of Interactive TV and
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      561 32 New York gets out of the kitchen in 84-81 loss NBA New York 81 Miami 84 NEW YORK The faces were different but the intensity was the same. The Miami Heat renewed its rivalry with New York, getting big games from big men Brian Grant and
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      428 32 NBA San Antonio 82 Sacramento 79 SAN ANTONIO The San Antonio Spurs needed an eight-four rally, fuelled by three points from Tim Duncan and a steal by Derek Anderson over the final 2:47 to hold off the surging Kings 82-79,
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      Lock icon Aussies eye another World Cup
      188 33 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Hot favourite Australia is keen to add another World Cup to its collection when the inaugural Women's World Cup Golf ends at The Mines Resort and Golf Club on Sunday. Australian No. 1 Karrie Webb said: "That would be great. I was
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      Lock icon Woods sorts things out
      542 33 Meeting held to smooth things with PGA Tour official CALIFORNIA Tiger Woods seemed well on his way to resolving a dispute with PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem over marketing rights following a meeting which Woods described as "very positive, very upbeat". Woods is the No. 1
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      Lock icon Sampras back with fury
      431 34 -AFP as Safin tames Hewitt Tennis ATP Masters Cup LISBON The old and the new prepared for what should prove a monumental showdown at the Masters Cup at Lisbon's Pavilhao Atlantico on Wednesday as American legend Pete Sampras (bottom) got back to winning ways while young
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      Lock icon Kafelnikov insists he's bigger than Safin
      257 34 Reutt-rz LISBON World number one Marat Safin may be grabbing all the headlines in his native Russia at the moment, but compatriot Yevgeny Kafelnikov (above) insists he's still the nation's tennis superstar. Before the season-ending ATP Masters Cup in the Portuguese capital, the world
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      My salvation
      440 35  -  Kelvin Phang China trip changes 70-year-old marathoner's view of life by kelvin@newstoday.com.sg HE may not be the oldest competitor when this Sunday's Singapore International Marathon is flagged off. Neither is he confident of completing the 42.195 km route. But Chan Meng Hui (above) should be lauded for attempting
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      Lock icon What a night
      518 36 Dorigo looks back at trouncing with red face League Cup Stoke 0 Liverpool 8 STOKE -Veteran Stoke defender Tony Dorigo looked back on one of the most embarrassing nights of his career and admitted: "Liverpool was relentless." The former England international was in the side which suffered
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      Lock icon Johnson's last-gasp strike knocks Newcastle out
      323 36 Birmingham 2 Newcastle 1 BIRMINGHAM Michael Johnson's last-gasp strike saw First Division Birmingham come from a goal behind to knock Premiership Newcastle out of the Worthington Cup. It was a fitting end to an open and entertaining encounter at St Andrews, BBCsport.com reported. Newcastle
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      Lock icon 'We'll be clinical'
      691 37 -AFP Aussie skipper promises that professionalism will be the order of the day Cricket Australia v West Indies PERTH Australia will set out to be ruthless and clinical, but not vengeful, as it chases cricket history in the second Test against the West Indies starting Friday, skipper
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      Lock icon Off-spinner Saqlain jolts England
      460 37 Reuters FAISALABAD Saqlain Mushtaq snapped up the wickets of Michael Atherton and England captain Nasser Hussain just before the close to leave the second test intriguingly poised on Thursday. Opener Atherton fell to a pad-bat catch for 32 and Hussain went leg before for 23 to
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      Be good, Dwight
      727 38 Party animal Yorke feeling the pressure as the goals dry up LONDON Dwight Yorke's violent lunge at Emerson Thome at the Stadium of Light seemed like the action of a desperate man. For two years, Yorke was the resident Laughing Cavalier at Old Trafford. Scoring goals, 55
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      Lock icon Almost there
      351 39 Venables close to accepting offer as Boro boss bends over backwards LONDON Terry Venables was last night on the brink of accepting Middlesbrough's SOS call after an amazing U-turn by chairman Steve Gibson. According to Mirrorsport, Gibson has bent over backwards to get his man and has now
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      Lock icon Rivaldo, Zinedine and Figo? What about me, asks Romario
      305 39 -AFP RIO DE JANEIRO Brazilian striker Romario criticised Fifa's World Player of the Year award yesterday after three European-based players were nominated for the title. "I don't know what sort of criteria they use if it leaves out players like me,
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      230 39 -AFP BANGKOK Peter Withe, the British coach who steered Thailand to victory in the Tiger Cup, has been assured he will remain in charge of the national side for the World Cup qualifiers. Football Association of Thailand secretary Worawit Sampachanyastit said Withe
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      What went wrong for Vincent
      483 40  -  S. Murali Did a combination of factors force FAS to act? by murali@newstoday.com.sg CONTACTED yesterday, nation al skipper Nazri Nasir expressed surprise that coach Vincent Subramaniam will no longer be in charge of the Lions. Then, he added a more telling comment. "I didn't expect
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      41 41 This holiday season, forget the formal parties and the disco crowds. Pack a picnic bgsket, gather a few good friends and celebrate ire the park or under the stars. We help ydjj (fhoose the goodies. I urn me m&lt;j(\
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      624 42 the seasonal gourmet friends Cold Storage has again come up with delightful Christmas goodies to please our palates. From traditional to peppered and roasted, from party platters to cakes, a wide range is available. The Christmas Dinner Deals is a great idea for some outdoor dining at the beach or
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      32 41 interiors A-ZOF DIV DECOR Get the basics right -4 travel DREAM ATOLL Where the fishes die of old age 10 motoring TOP OF THE CLASS Mercedes Benz's C-class levels the score -12
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  • interiors
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      1003 44 Do It Yourself! Here's our guide for the novice decorator who wants to know more about the tips and tricks of professional designers... Accessories Don't scatter accessories; instead, put similar pieces together. Likewise, group pictures on walls or hang important works prominently. Space is all-important.
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  • travel
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      Takabonerate where the fishes die of old age
      827 50 Where (he fishes die of old age, is literally how I would describe the fish population in Takabonerate. After many years of exploring new remote angling frontiers in Southeast Asia, this area in the Flores Sea captivated me and it has become
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  • motoring
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      Levels the Score
      654 52 No longer is the BMW 3 Series the definite junior executive saloon the new Mercedes-Benz C-class matches it for desirability, says COLIN YONG Life was so much easier just a couple of months ago. At least it was if you were in the market for a compact
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        Alfa 147 Is Car Of The Year
        174 53 Alfa Romeo recently picked up its second European Car of the Year award in three years. The 156 won the award in 1998 and this year, the stylish 147 hatchback finished just three points ahead of the Ford Mondeo, a result decided by
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        Hot New SLK Launched
        151 53 Mercedes-Benz has taken the wraps off the fastest-ever version of its SIX convertible. Even with the standard fivespeed automatic gearbox, the SLK32 AMG is capable of accelerating from 0 to lOOkm/h in just 5.2 seconds. This makes it quicker than its closest rivals the BMW M
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        European Car of the Year
        13 53 ry Ford Mondeo Opel Corsa Chrysler PT Cruiser
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      Net Gain
      636 54 EDLYN GIAM looks at how the Internet has changed the way we buy sell, and even love our cars Back in the old days, you saved up, bought a car, depended on your friends or the local mechanic for advice, and loved it more dearly than your significant
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      Any Questions?
      278 56 Q: On my Mercedes-Benz Aclass, I notice that whenever I step on the brake pedal, the brakes groan as the car comes to a stop. This is especially noticeable when the car is being driven for the first hour. However, when it's been run for a couple of
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      Web Sighting Of The Week
      117 56 Recently-launched to the world was the 2001 edition of the famous Pirelli calendar. Filled not with images of tyres but of 1 2 beautiful women in striking poses, the entire calendar was shot by international photographer Mario Testino in Naples. Since even the most conservative
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