Today, 30 August 2001, Afternoon Edition

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  • Title Section
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    6 1 TODAY Thursday •August 30,2001* MITA<P| I38.;l]/200()
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon Voting begins
      418 1 AFP East Timorese choose own leaders for first time MANATUTO (East Timor) The first votes were cast early this morning in East Timor's elections for a constituent assembly. Polls opened shortly after sunrise at 7 am at 248 booths across the territory, under tight security from 1,500 United
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    • Article
      Lock icon Stocks fall on profit fears
      72 1 I Reuters NEW YORK Stocks fell yesterday with key market gauges hitting their lowest closes since April, as investors worried about weak corporate profits. The Dow slumped 131.13 points, to 10,090.90, its lowest close since April 11. Standard Poor's 500 Index fell 12.95 points to
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      Bob Hope in hospital
      76 1 LOS ANGELES American entertainment icon Bob Hope, 98 (picture), was rushed to hospital yesterday after a bout of pneumonia, his publicist, Mr Ward Grant, said. Hope, who in May 1990 performed in Berlin for the first time in 20 years, is said to be in stable
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      Lock icon Disabled man to cut off feet
      165 1 Reuters LUMBERTON (Mississippi) A disabled man who urgently needs a new pair of prosthetic legs has threatened to use a home made guillotine to amputate his feet. Mr Paul Morgan also wants to broadcast the procedure live on the Internet to raise money for
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Medisave rate raised to 4%
      323 2  -  Leong Phei Phei An extra $200 $300 in each account every year by... pheiphei@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPOREANS can expect to see more money in their Medisave Account soon. Come Oct 1, the Government will raise the interest rate for Medisave Account to that of the Special Account.
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      Think Centre applies to be political society
      173 2  -  Kim-Kyna Tan THINK Centre has set in motion its evolution from thinktank to political society. The research organisation that began as a business entity in 1999 submitted its application to the Registry of Societies (ROS) yesterday. The group has also posted its proposed
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      Will Howard back down?
      306 3  -  Tan Siew Eng Troops board refugee ship amid impasse By... s ieweng® newstoday. com. sg CANBERRA Australian commandos yesterday boarded the Norwegian freighter packed mainly with hundreds of Afghan refugees after the captain defied orders not to enter Australian waters. Bolstered by public support, Prime Minister
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      Support our own SMEs
      171 3  -  Lee Cking Wern SINGAPORE must support its own, before small and medium enterprises (SMEs) can even think of going global. This point was raised by a group of Mandarin-speaking professionals on Wednesday night during a feedback session of Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong's National Day Rally
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      60-year-old wife stabber jailed
      105 3  -  -Joy Frances THE 60-year-old man who pleaded guilty to stabbing his wife was sentenced to three years in jail yesterday in High Court. Aziz Wahid used his sons to gain access to see their mother at her workplace at Singapore General Hospital on April 11. Madam
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      Acting good
      417 4  -  Lee U-Wen Camera helps teacher improve students' behaviour by... uwen@newstoday.com.sg WHEN Big Brother or in this case, your friend watches, behaviour somehow improves. Teachers and pupils of a Normal Secondary One Technical class at Kuo Chuan Presbyterian School found this out earlier this year. The students of this
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      He tried to clone Sentosa tickets
      152 4  -  Shazalina Salim ENGINEERING student Loh Weng Kuen, 19, thought he found a foolproof plan to make extra money from his parttime job. He sold Sentosa Night Entry Permit tickets, which were attached with Night Entry Scheme Food Beverages redemption coupons. However, he forgot about
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      Lock icon Loansharks crippled
      141 4 -Newsradio 938 POLICE have crippled a major illegal money-lend-ing syndicate. They arrested 19 Singaporeans including two brothers, who were the masterminds. Thirteen of them were nabbed during a 12--hour islandwide raid, which ended early yesterday morning. Six other syndicate members were detained in Johor Baru by Malaysian Police.
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      Internet not fully utilised
      179 4  -  Cathleen Tung YOU may have Internet access and may be aware of the various e-applications available online, but you're just not using them. An Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) survey showed that this is particularly in the areas of online shopping, job search, distance learning
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      President: Do more for charily
      212 4  -  Audra Lim IT is a challenge to get Singaporeans to donate to charity during the slowdown. But it is a challenge that must be taken up, said President S R Nathan yesterday at the launch of the President's Challenge 2001 and the official opening of
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
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      59 4 Featuring Today... UrfRONT 15 Do expats pay more for produce at wet markets? InfoTech 16 The biggest IT show, Comex 2001, is back! OtyStyle 20 K.Mi Huang, (above) the new darling of design! InOnemas 23-24 Double review: Cots and Dogs and A Knight'sTale TV Listings 25 TimeOut 26 Andrea De
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  • LETTERS
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      Please stay
      446 6  -  Ee Teck Ee We must do more to keep our talents IT is much easier to guard the borders of a country against intruders coming in than against talents moving out. For a small country like Singapore, both are destructive but the threat of the latter is much
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      Family support vital
      104 6  -  Jocelyn Kwek I REFER to the letter, "Some breast milk is better than none" (TODAY, Aug 28), and agree with Ms Evelyn Yeo's views on breastfeeding. I persisted for four months until I could not "supply" anymore. It was an enjoyable experience although I did not have
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      Why not in ringgit?
      60 6  -  Tan Beng Sor WHEN I boarded SBS service 170 at the Malaysian Customs, the bus driver told me that SBS only accepts payment through farecards. As I know it, passengers from Larldn Terminal pay RM0.90 to get into Singapore. Why can't we make the payment in
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      It's a Malaysian ruling
      93 6  -  Vincent Lim WE refer to the above letter. SBS Service 170 is a service that travels between Singapore and Malaysia. For the convenience of customers who board Service 170 in Johor Baru in Malaysia, we accept the ringgit as a currency of payment. The Malaysia authorities
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      Keep on playing
      133 6  -  David Chee I REFER to Ms Ng Lee Kim's letter "Don't kill that bright spark" (Today, Aug 29). I am surprised that ignorant teachers still exist in these modern times, especially in Singapore. Sitting in front of a computer doesn't mean playing computer games. Dear teachers, please,
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      Life's true beauties
      129 6  -  Akbarjhon DESIGNER clothes, sports cars, exquisite watches these are only beauties of material wealth. But life's true beauties come in many forms. Discovering new things every day is the beauty of learning. Imparting your skills and knowledge is the beauty of education. Succeeding from failure is the
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      Jobs, please
      124 6  -  Chia Kook Vee I WISH to thank Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong for the encouraging speech and his wish that Singaporeans should walk with their chins up during these difficult times. I agree that job losses are inevitable as companies are cutting costs to remain competitive and viable.
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Middle class aspirations
      333 8  -  Chan Chao Peh China housing opportunities for S'pore firms by... chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg XI'AN (China) The growing middle class in China has opened up more opportunities for Singapore companies particularly in housing. Minister for Trade and Industry BG (NS) George Yeo said this at the end of a 10-day
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      Lock icon Gateway lays off 430 staff
      90 8 Bloomberg GATEWAY Inc, the secondlargest direct seller of personal computers, has retrenched about 430 employees in Singapore and Malaysia as part of its plan to lay off 25 per cent of its global workforce. Of the total, 404 of the affected workers are at Gateway's
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      Lock icon US economy grows 0.2%
      59 8 AFP WASHINGTON Economic growth in the United States skidded to an eight-year low of 0.2 per cent in the second quarter, revised government figures announced yesterday showed. Wall Street analysts had expected the annualised expansion in US gross domestic product to be revised down to zero
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    • Market Watch
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        Panpac Media to raise funds
        83 8 PANPAC Media.com plans to raise $3.2 million in a private share sale to fund its expansion. It has agreed to sell 20 million new shares at 16 cents each to Singapore brokerage Millennium Securities subject to approvals by the Singapore Exchange. The share sale represents
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        Semac share capital reduced
        112 8 CIVIL engineering company, SembCorp Industries, said its garbage unit, Semac, has reduced its share capital and will return $50 million to SembCorp Waste Management. The money will help "to reduce debt" at SembCorp Waste Management, said a company spokesman. SembCorp Waste Management bought Semac, the island's
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        No 2G auction
        82 8 THE Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) has provisionally awarded two Second Generation (2G) Spectrum lots to each of the three eligible bidders at the reserve price of $120,000 per lot. Since the Initial Offers received by IDA was equal to the total number of 2G Spectrum
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        Apply for certificate of titles
        103 8 SINGAPORE Land Authority (SLA) will start to send letters to owners of about 3,000 flats today to get them to apply for new certificates of titles. These flats are in Tiong Bahru, River Valley Road, Kim Tian Road and Geylang. The leases to these units
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        Your S$1 buys
        23 8 t 0.5726 Rupiah 5239.6 0.3935 Baht 25.325 68.393 Peso 29.311 4.4664 A$ 1.0801 2.1760 Rupee 26.980 0.6275 Won 732.90 WmmmmmAlMmmmWSaammmmmmt
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      Lock icon SIA closer to Air NZ deal
      275 10 AFP But it would likely be less than the 49% target AUCKLAND Singapore Airlines may have beaten Qantas in the battle for a bigger slice of Air New Zealand. The New Zealand Herald reported that the government is expected to take a lead role
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      Singapore should not fear China ... for now
      193 10  - Singapore should not fear China for now Ivay Tan by... i vay @newstoday. com. sg SINGAPORE is not about to be replaced by China as the procurement hub of Asia despite foreign multi-national corporations being lured to the country by its low-cost manufacturing. With companies' sales hit hard by the
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    • Market News
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        Singapore
        283 10 SINGAPORE shares finished another slow and drudgery session yesterday, slightly down with spotlight on some defensive stocks. The key index erased some losses to end the day 5.82 points down as programme traders moderated the downslide with buys in some key index component stocks. For every stock that rose,
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        Malaysia
        169 10 UNSURPRISINGLY, the market had a mixed day yesterday against a backdrop of mixed corporate earnings and the US markets' overnight weakness. At the close, the Kuala Lumpur Composite Index was 2.4 points lower at 689, after having traded to an intra-day low of 685.7 in the morning. Second Board
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      Lock icon Choice offer
      444 11 Bloomberg Luxury apartments being sold at relatively cheap price CAPITALAND has placed a Singapore luxury condominium on sale at a relatively cheap price and earlier than expected, as it hurries to raise cash, analysts said. The company, which this month posted a $268 million loss and has $7.7
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      Lock icon 'Don't tie up food with politics'
      146 11 AFP ASIA-Pacific leaders meeting in China in October should renounce food embargoes as a political weapon in case of trade disputes arising from liberalisation, the region's top businessmen said yesterday. The executives, playing an advisory role to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) forum, said
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      145 8 SINGAPORE STEPHEN TONG GOSPEL RALLY\ 2001 Singapore Indoor Stadium 29/8/2001 31/8/2001,7.30pm 10.00pm (Mandarin) 01/9/2001 02/9/2001,4.00pm 7.00pm (Mandarin with English Translation) Question Answer 1/9/01 M 2.00pm -4.00pm 2/9/01 H 2.00pm -4,00pm The questions will be answered in rhe I m^t)f9m% language in which ihey A f*i?XT9m^m\ 'tSrSSS J^m!&*i U^r J**-* j./
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      171 9 Fight Myopia Myopia or short sightedness, is an eye disease that can lead to blindness. As parents, you can help your children practise good eye care habits. When you read 4sljjl:. ve Vour eyes a break of 3to 5 minutes Jjr^f a^ereverY 30 to 40 minutes. A a §|f\ SlAf
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      187 11 Featuring close to 1,000 jobs available in the services sector including Call Centre Agents, Cashiers, Hotel Room Attendants, Restaurant Service <& Kitchen Crew, Retail Assistants and Pharmacy Assistants If you are: I T~j I a Singaporean or Singapore Permanent ml M Resident /rti/ jui«e™it» Mto W SHOPPING 40 years old
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Thaksin 'has failed'
      326 12 Poll: Government failed in tackling cost of living and unemployment BANGKOK Six months into the job and Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's (right) popularity is taking a beating. And the public is blaming the government's handling of the economy, says an opinion poll. The poll, conducted between
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      Lock icon Abu Sayyaf arms for Indon rebels
      226 12 -AFP MANILA Co-operation between the Philippines and Indonesia has extended to the Abu Sayyaf offering arms to Indonesian separatists. Retired general Eduardo Ermita, a security adviser to President Gloria Arroyo, yesterday named the rebels for the first time in connection with arms shipments to
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      Husband concession
      132 12 PETALING JAYA Malaysian women have yet another cause for cheer after the government announced concessions for those with foreign husbands. Women who are married to foreigners with high qualifications and skills in certain fields can now reside in the country on a year-to-year basis until they find employment,
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      Speedy nab
      104 12 KUALA LUMPUR With lightning speed, Malaysian police arrested four people in connection with the country's biggest household robbery, just 12 hours after it took place on Monday. Also recovered was almost half of the RM2 million ($918,000) loot stolen from the home of Pernas Group Chairman and CEO
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      US worry over China's moves
      335 13 Beijing has 300 missiles aimed at Taiwan WASHINGTON The US must guard against complacency, or "superpower" China could emerge as a threat, warned a top Pentagon official. Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz told The Washington Times: "I think the right way to think about China
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      Lock icon Will you pay to use Napster?
      218 13 Reuters NEW YORK Napster's going legal. The once wildly popular filesharing service will have a payversion ready this year, despite its legal pummelling by the record industry, said Mr Thomas Middelhoff, chief executive of media giant and Napster-backer, Bertelsmann. "Out of the one-time pirate,
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      Singapore hit by rise in dengue fever
      188 13  -  Elista Yeo MANILA Singapore has been listed as one of the countries worst-hit by a rise in dengue fever in the Asia-Pacific region this year. A statement released yesterday by the World Health Organisation (WHO) said Singapore reported 1,334 cases by July 2001,
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      118 12 Fight Myopia Give your eyes a break V After every 30-40 minutes of reading, give your eyes a break of 3-5 minutes by looking at distant objects. MIRAGE GREAT VALUE LIFESTYLE REFRIGERATORS RF1159 457< f W :730mm, D 688mm. H 1653mm MBX(Blue) UP. $960 $799 j^^^_ GNX (Grey) U.P. $890
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      338 13 FIGHTING CANCER Topics: 1. Announcing the findings of Selected Vegetables (SV) in the treatment of lung cancer. 2. The future development of Selected Vegetables (SV) towards the treatment of other tumours. Date: Tuesday, 11 September 2001 Time: 7.30 pm 9.30 pm Venue: Singapore Conference Hall, Auditorium Shenton Way, Singapore The
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  • COMMENTARY
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      The telltale signs
      900 14  -  Chay Ting Ngee Bare pantry, fewer potted plants may point to a company in trouble by... NOW, let's see. Whose turn is it to go? Is it S K Tan, P J or Siva T? The game of anticipation is played and re-played in many organisations today.
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      Lock icon China trade plan okay but...
      256 14 Reuters BEIJING An official Chinese newspaper gave a cautious welcome yesterday to a proposal from a Taiwan government advisory panel to open direct commercial links with the mainland. In the first reaction in Chinese state media, the China Daily said in an editorial that the
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      101 14 CRON Computer School has been a leader in the field of career-oriented training since 1996, having certified and trained more than 10,000 students over trie last 5 j^mm W^^^^ mmmm^ vea;.J":irs-ai,c, 'i:he'SB(:x'!.Tirtsnp;v3;jc.CßONConp,.te rS;"oslhs; mf hW developed an I.T, FOUNDATION CONVERSION TRAINING M W W ft PROGRAMME... With justone objective in
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  • UPFRONT
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      Forex in markets?
      591 15  -  Si an E Jay Some expats claim they get short-changed at local stalls by_ It is legend among long-term expatriate residents in Singapore, that traders in the wet markets charge Caucasians more than Asians. "They also give you inferior produce if you're white," claimed an American acquaintance.
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      A child is precious in every way
      319 15  -  Richard Heng My Say richard.heriE@mediacorppress.coni.sg I THINK people who say they do not want children are basically narcissistic. They want the undivided attention and pampering by their significant others. And this applies to both sexes. There is also another often heard lament about
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      Myopia in children: How to protect your child's eyesight
      445 15  -  Rachel Lo by rachel@newstoday.com.sg Myopia in children can be prevented. Protect your child's eyesight. Get wise on the preventive measures. Many parents only have vague ideas on how they can prevent their children from getting myopia. Factors such as lighting and
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  • INFOTECH
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      Something for all
      223 16 Comex 2001 returns with a whopping display of consumer and corporate products INTO its ninth year, the Comex computer and IT exhibition returns today at the Singapore International Exhibition Convention Centre (Suntec) Halls 402, 403 and 404. The show's organiser, Eastern Directories, promises that this year's event
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      An industry first by Samsung
      138 16 The Samsung SyncMaster 240T, the industry's first WUXGA 1920 by 1200 resolution, 24--inch TFT-LCD monitor, will be on show at Comex 2001. With a wide 170-degree conic-viewing angle and superb image quality, this multifunctional display satisfies various applications, Samsung said. Its slim design fits on
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      BREAKING NEWS
      58 17 www.zdnetasi a com/news Single effort, double returns \ntel showed off a new chip technology that, if successful, will allow one chip to act like two. Called "hyperthreading," the technology essentially takes advantage of formerly unused circuitry on the Pentium 4 that lets the chip operate far more efficiently
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      DOWNLOADS
      159 17 www.zdnatagia c om/downl o sds/tt>d*y TOP PICKS OF THE WEEK NoiseNakPlus This programme allows the volume on your PC to be adjusted to different limits depending on the time and day. Accuracy Glance For you to monitor and optimise the performance of your computer graphically. It allows you to
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      Clearer, brighter, thinner PC displays
      645 17  -  SolE Solomo Thanks to low prices, flat screens are overtaking their bulky counterparts SPECIAL FEATURE Monitors by! solom on@ news today, com. sg WITH the prices of flat displays continually falling, such displays are beginning to be released as standard issues, overtaking the bulky fat
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  • CITYSTYLE
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      Designed to win
      486 20  -  Pearly n Tham K.Mi may well become the next darling of the local scene This young designer deserves to wear the crown, or gown, of success. She quit her job as an art teacher to join a contest in which she had to design, draft and sew
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      Be brave! Try on different colours
      378 20  -  Serena Sim by... s eren a@ ne wstoday. com. sg "TO be beautiful is a never-ending dream for women," said Ms Toshiko Maeda, a beauty expert from Japan who was in Singapore recently to introduce Ayura's new range of makeup. Appealing to the busy
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      Mrs Becks' 'rock chick' ouchlook
      131 22 IT must be hard being Victoria Beckham (picture). Not only did she have to pierce her lips for a new look recently, she also went to great lengths to avoid bandmates, Geri Halliwell, Emma "Baby" Bunton and Sophie Ellis-Bextor, who were also present at the
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      It's a war!
      523 23  -  Elaine Quek This movie is full of antics and big on laughs FILM REVIEW CatS and DogS (Opens today) THE rivalry between cats and dogs to be man's best friend has supposedly existed since the beginning of time. Dogs, with droopy eyes that say "I'll be there
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      Knight will, Knight will rock you ...
      551 24  - Knight will, Knight will rock you David Ngiau FILM REVIEW A Knight's Tale (Now showing) Brian Helgeland's medieval film A Knight's Tale opens to an awesome beat: The earth shaking stomping and clapping that precedes Queen's rock anthem We Will Rock You. The crowd of peasant spectators at a jousting
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  • TIMEOUT
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      Andrea conquers her fears for the sake of charity
      294 26  -  Sophia Ang by... 3 o pbi a W newstod ay. com. sg ANDREA De Cruz fears heights. Neither does she love flying, the sultry 26-year-old sheepishly admits. But she will be putting her misgivings aside to ferry water atop verticallyaligned polyfoam
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      Strong cast gives II Trovatore a boost
      281 26 IL Trovatore looks set to break hearts and draw tears as the Singapore Lyric Opera's strong cast unravels Giuseppe Verdi's tale. The plot tells of two brothers, separated in infancy, who are trapped in a deadly contest over the lovely Leonora. In the
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      MTV Asia Awards to be held in Singapore next year
      273 26  -  Sophia Ang by s ophia@ne wstoday. com. sg MTV boomers, set your digital clocks for Feb 2, 2002. MTV Asia has announced that the first-ever MTV Asia Awards will be held at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on that day. The
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      190 26 Three-Day Listing MUSIC Venue: Suntec City, Compass Night- Rock Auditorium Heaven And Earth Price: $28, $48, $68 Chinese rock band. Ticketing: Warn aRi a Heaven and Earth, will Cafe (Causeway Point) be performing their lat- and Muzika est songs in the midst of preparing their sec- PARTICIPATE ond ER The
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  • SPORTS
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        Lock icon Unstoppable
        543 27 Reuters Kuerten and Ivanisevic mow down their opponents US Open NEW YORK Gustavo Kuerten and Goran Ivanisevic confidently opened their campaigns for a second Grand Slam title of the season with convincing victories at the US Open tennis championships this morning, Kuerten and Ivanisevic both lost their opening matches
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        Lock icon Prize purse tops million-dollar mark
        211 27 -AFP Golf KUALA LUMPUR Prize money at next year's Malaysian Open will total US$l million ($l.B million). It will be the first time that a national open in Asia hits the mil-lion-dollar mark. The Malaysian Open has been the richest national open in the region
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        Reds agree fee for new keeper
        415 28 Poland keeper Dudek's arrival could costWesterveld his place ANFIELD Liverpool has dramatically clinched the £4.9 million ($12.43 million) signing of Poland international Jerzy Dudek (picture) from Feyenoord a move that could also see the exit of the Reds' current number one, Sander Westerveld. The
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        Lock icon Coach Eriksson's working on a winning formula
        451 28 Reuters LONDON Coach Sven Goran Eriksson is working on his team formation and tactics in the knowledge that all of England hopes he can find a winning formula against Germany on Saturday. Though he has more or less settled on his line-up for
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      Lock icon Hofland's not coming
      409 29 AFP Dutchman rejects Man U, as does Cannavaro LONDON Manchester United's hopes of replacing Jaap Stam with either Italy's Fabio Cannavaro or PSV Eindhoven's Kevin Hofland have suffered a blow, with both players ruling out an Old Trafford move. The English champion is on the hunt for
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      Lock icon Muralitharan grabs eight as India crashes for 234
      338 29 -AFP COLOMBO Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan grabbed eight wickets for 87 runs to send India crashing to 234 all out on the opening day of the third and decisive cricket Test here yesterday. The wily off-spinner claimed his 26th five-wicket haul as
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      Lock icon Magnum joins Minardi
      151 29 Reuters LONDON Minardi followed up its signing of Alex Yoong as Malaysia's first Formula One driver by announcing Malaysian gaming company Magnum as a major sponsor yesterday. Minardi said Magnum Corporation Berhad Ltd, which sponsored Yoong's rise to Formula One, would have its yellow logo on the
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      Expect fewer individual golds from Jos
      562 30  -  Kelvin Phang by 1 kel vin@newstoday. com. sg FORGET about another six individual golds from swim queen Joscelin Yeo (above) at next week's SEA Games. Speaking to Today via e-mail, the US-based swimmer said she is cutting down on her individual programme, despite holding
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      Lewis may be Cubs' number one for the Games
      491 30  -  Kelvin Phang LUCK and good timing have played a part in goalkeeper Lionel Lewis' ascent to becoming a strong contender for the number one jersey for the next month's SEA Games. The 19-year-old Geylang United custodian and Sembawang Rangers' Yazid Yasin
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      Drug test worry for sprinter
      466 31  -  Jose Raymond Shameer says he's been taking Noni juice by jose@newstoday.com.sg NATIONAL sprinter Mohd Shameer Mohd Ayub has not been sleeping very well for the past week. This is because the 17-year-old is concerned about the results of his out-of-competition doping test conducted by the
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      The Mardani case
      135 31 IN September 1999, Mohd Mardani was tested positive for the banned muscle building agent metandienone after a random urine test. Tests conducted by the Department of Scientific Services of the Institute of Science and Forensic Medicine also found that Mardani's Noni juice bottle contained banned stimulants caffeine
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