Today, 8 September 2001

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    9 1 TODAY SatUrday September 8, 2001 I MITA(P) 135.-I 1/2000
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    Lock icon Fall of a 'messiah'
    136 1 Reuters CASTELLANE A controlled explosion sent this statue of a cult founder crashing down in a village in southern France. The French authorities said the 33--metre monument to Mr Gilbert Bourdin, the late leader of the Golden Lotus cult, was built in 1990 without permission. "This
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  • Article
    Microsoft relief
    253 1 WASHINGTON Breaking up is hard to do, especially if it involves a software giant like Microsoft Corp. So, after three long years, the US Justice Department while still keen to clip Microsoft's monopolistic wings has decided that it would not waste any more time in trying to carve
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    Only for a select few?
    562 1  -  Francis Kan Some SMEs complain of aid bias by.. fran cis ©newstoday. com. sg HOME-GROWN companies may be the flavour of the month but some local entrepreneurs still have a bitter taste in their mouths. Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong's "new economic strategy", unveiled at
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Desperate to be PR here
      181 2  -  Audra him DESPERATE for Singapore permanent residency, a Filipina who had just married a Singaporean bought a birth certificate so that she could apply to be a permanent resident. In May 1996, Mendoza Wilma Alcantara, 39, submitted a Philippines Certificate of Live Birth together with
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      Health $ myth
      441 2  - Health myth Lee Ching Wern Healthcare costs not escalating, says Soo Sen by eh ingwern@n ewstoday. co m.sg WHILE admitting that healthcare is "not cheap" in Singapore, Senior Parliamentary Secretary (Prime Minister's Office and Health Ministry) Mr Chan Soo Sen said that it is a myth that healthcare costs here
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      Why training accounts for workers important
      294 2  -  Catkleen Tung LABOUR chief Mr Lim Boon Heng yesterday said that there may be a need to push strongly for individual training accounts for workers, especially when skills upgrading is critical to future employ ability. He questioned if it was fair to leave workers
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      $1 b for lift upgrading scheme
      262 2  -  Pearlyn Tham THESE may be bad times but National Development Minister Mr Mah Bow Tan is confident that Singaporeans know a "good deal" when they see one. He was referring to the Lift Upgrading Programme (LUP), whereby the Government will subsidise 75 to 90
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      Lock icon A draining operation
      66 3 -AFP photo A man-made canal has been connected to a lake formed in a crater on Mount Pinatubo volcano. The authorities have averted a disaster by partially draining the lake, which had risen to dangerous levels and threatened to inundate a number of villages. Some of the
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    • Article
      SingNet voted top ISP
      97 3  -  Sol E Solomon INFORMATION systems professionals here have voted SingNet as the best Internet service provider (ISP) in Singapore for the second consecutive year. This was revealed by the seventh Computerworld readers' choice awards survey conducted in April. It had responses from 1,019 participants who voted
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      Inappropriate comments?
      426 3 Malay daily, Minister criticise SM Lee KUALA LUMPUR Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew's references to the Malaysian political situation this week have upset some members of the establishment, if the sentiments expressed by a Minister and a newspaper are anything to go by. On Wednesday, Mr Lee told
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      Lock icon Indonesia's Budget aims to reduce debt burden
      260 3 Agencies JAKARTA President Megawati Sukarnoputri's first draft Budget for Indonesia, presented to Parliament yesterday, keeps next year's deficit in line with a target agreed with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The tough Budget for next year includes a steep rise in fuel prices
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    • Article
      Newly-wed footballer finds home ransacked
      92 3  -  -Jose Raymond FORMER Singapore international and Tampines Rovers footballer Mr Aidil Shahrin received a rude shock when he returned home to his Queen's Close apartment on Wednesday night. He found his newly-renovated, second-storey apartment ransacked. "Two padlocks (on the window grills) were cut. My wife
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      Uniformed groups get a taste of army life
      192 3  -  Lee U-Wen ABOUT 300 Secondary Two and Three students got a taste of what army life was all about when they made their first visit to Pulau Tekong's Basic Military Training (BMT) centre yesterday. The students all National Police Cadet Corps (NPCC)
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      60 2 Media buzz Radio and Television Channels 1990 2000 No. of radio channels O 18 No. of free-io-air TV channels 3 6 No. of pay TV channels 0 40 Number of local daily newspapers 1990 I p Daily newspaper circulation 1990 833,000 2000 1,662,700 1990 1,693 2000 I^^^^^^^H 3,870 1990 203
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  • LETTERS
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      Clear up positions
      360 4  -  Namyana Namyana It is the only equitable alternative to Links solution THE Securities Investors Association is to be commended for asking the Singapore Exchange to review the Links Island settlement formula after it had announced a "corner situation". Although this appears to be strange, after it had
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      Tip to reward good service
      167 4  -  Thomas him THERE is so much talk about improving the quality of service here. I have been to the United States and Australia, where they provide generally better service. I love shopping and dining there because they are usually more pleasant experiences. But it is
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      Retailers who give us a bad name
      162 4  -  D L Mallinson I REFER to the letter "Customers who wayang" (Today, Sept 7). Many retailers here do not provide an adequate service, especially when selling expensive and complicated products. Someone who has spent $2,000 and above on a computer should not be
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      SMRT will grow to be even better
      217 4  -  Ananda Perera I WAS pleasantly surprised when girls, dressed in MRT yellow-striped alert jackets, were on hand to educate passengers boarding trains to stay within the demarcated yellow lines. This allowed passengers to get off smoothly and made it pleasant for those getting
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      A German's rubbish plea
      133 4  -  Claudia Waegner I REFER to the letter "Waste watch" by Ms Foo Pei Yau (Today, Sept 3). I am an exchange student from Germany and enjoy studying at the NUS. In many instances, I am really impressed with Singapore but one aspect, as mentioned by Ms
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      125 4 Reach us at T«>\Y > Letters New Products To advertise Want to get something off your chest? Showcase your new product. Let your business associates know who's on More than 280,000 copies (audited) are printed Write to us with your views. Give us your Send us a concise description including
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      43 4 FeaturihgToday... i V. IT 12 Malaysia's outspoken minister Datuk Shahrizat (above) 14 Kids and dancing t!LY 15 A teacher's tips on English Lf !6 Creating your own style ■g 18 Suzuki's Liana renaissance 20 Woman producer for Oscars n 24 Singapore Hit Awards
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      1600 breached
      466 6  -  Lee Yew Meng ST Index dips below psychological barrier by ye wmengts'ne wstoday. c om. sg THE worst fears of investors have come true the key market barometer finally dropped below the 1600 psychological support level yesterday. For the past several months, it had steadfastly held on to
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      SingTel stops over in Indonesia after Optus
      362 6  -  Chan Chao Peh by.. eh a opeh@ne wstoday. co m.sg SINGTEL is set to make its first mobile foray into Indonesia, right after sewing up its Optus acquisition. Yesterday, SingTel confirmed that it is in talks with KPN to buy the former Dutch
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      Lock icon SIA looking beyond Kiwi carrier's price
      316 6 Channel NewsAsia IT looks like the grey skies over Air New Zealand are likely to stay for a while longer. This seems to be the case after Singapore Airlines representatives, sitting on Air New Zealand's Board, said that SIA cannot commit to a price
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    • Market Watch
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        Omni shareholders told to reject offer
        103 6 OMNI Industries shareholders were urged by the proxy advisory firm, Institutional Shareholder Services, to reject rival electronics maker Celestica Inc's US$B9O million ($1.55 billion) cash-and-stock takeover bid, the Wall Street Journal reported. It said that while Omni shareholders would benefit from increased liquidity and
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        Your S$1 buys...
        26 6 Uss 0.5700 UK£ 0.3918 69.154 HK$ 4.4457 RM 2.1659 Euro 0.6371 Rupiah 5220.9 Baht 25.472 Peso 29.290 A$ 1.0968 Rupee 26.914 Won 734.22
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      Paperless time saver
      330 7  -  Ivay Tan Image-based cheque clearing here by year-end by.. ivay@newstoday.com.sg BANK customers can expect both their local and US dollar cheques to be cleared faster with the implementation of the Cheque Truncation System (CTS) nationwide by the Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS). The ABS announced yesterday
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      Building on one-stop business
      266 7  -  Elaine Quek by elaine@newstoday.cora.sg HONG Lai Huat Group Ltd (HLH) is adopting a one-stop solution approach to fight the lull in the construction industry. After its public listing in June last year, the group started exploring new business opportunities with the emerging economies of East Timor,
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      Lock icon Jurong Port bulk cargo volume down 5-10%
      286 7 Bloomberg JURONG Port Pte, Singapore's second-biggest port operator, said bulk cargo volumes have dropped between five and 10 per cent this year, as the region's economy slows. The remainder of this year is likely to be "quite difficult", although some shipping lines are
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    • Market News
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        Singapore
        254 7 A WEAK US market plus the bearish regional markets all conspired to cause the Straits Times Index to dip 31.05 points to close at 1576.95. In all, 518 million shares were traded yesterday, with 214 losers and 56 gainers. Total market value was $498 million. Most active in the
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        Malaysia
        243 7 STOCK markets around the region suffered heavy losses caused by the overnight fall in Wall Street to its lowest in two years. Bucking this trend, the Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) performed strongly, gaining 8.6 points or 1.3 per cent to 696.6, despite posting losses in early trade. It
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      Luxurious crossbreed
      1273 8  -  Lee Ching Wern Why people choose service apartments by.. eh i ngwern® newstoday.com.sg IT can cost up to $1,000 a day to stay at TreeTops Executive Residences, the topend of Singapore's service apartments. But the guests keep coming in chief executive officers and top management personnel of multinational
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Business or religion?
      358 9 Uproar over motives behind raid on web-hosting company in the US DALLAS A Texas-based company which hosts a variety of Arabic websites, including Arab's leading independent news channel, has been raided by US anti-terrorism officials. The move has sparked cries of an "anti-Muslim witch hunt". Officials said
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      Lock icon 'Academic' clones
      64 9 Reuters THREE dotted species a cow, a boer goat and a piglet are shown by student Shawn Walker at the College of Veterinary Medicine on the campus of Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. The Veterinary School announced that A&M University became the first academic institution to
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      Lock icon Code Red on Code Blue
      146 9 Reuters BEIJING Red is out, blue is in. A "Code Blue" worm with similarities of the Code Red worm hit China last month, causing an estimated US$2.4 billion ($4.2 billion) in clean-up costs, a computer security expert said yesterday. "We've already got hold of the
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      Lock icon Wings clipped
      401 10 Agencies Internal feud forces Thaksin to intervene inThai Airways BANGKOK A row between the powers that be at Thai Airways has finally taken its toll. The feud between airline president Bhisit Kuslayanon, known to be at odds with Deputy Transport and Communications Minister Pracha Maleenont, has resulted in
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      Lock icon South Korea reshuffles Cabinet
      223 10 Agencies SEOUL South Korean President Kim DaeJung, pressured to revamp his Cabinet, yesterday named five new ministers, including one to handle North Korea. Ambassador to China, Mr Hong Soon-Young, was named the new Unification Minister along with Mr Kim Dong-Tae, president of Agricultural and Fisheries Marketing
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      Lock icon On the right track
      35 10 Reuters Thai railway police have come up with a unique idea to make use ofout-of-use train carriages by refurbishing them to house junior officers, instead of selling them to a junkyard.-
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    • Article
      'General paid Abu Sayyaf
      107 10 MANILA Investigators have found convincing proof of a conspiracy between several Philippine military men and the Abu Sayyaf bandits, a senior senator said yesterday. Mr Ramon Magsaysay Jr head of a senate committee probing the allegations, said in a television interview that a nurse had testified
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      Lock icon US group warns of threats to KL
      139 10 Bern am a KUALA LUMPUR An influential American group, in a special report to US Congressmen, has warned Malaysia of the danger posed by the Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) to Malaysian democracy. The Washington-based American Defence Council describes Malaysia as "the most politically
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      Lock icon Coup-maker now kingmaker
      70 10 Agencies SUVA From coup-maker to kingmaker. That's the position George Speight finds himself in now. Speight, the man who deposed former Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry and is in jail on trial for treason, is at the centre of a political deadlock after no party won a majority
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      Lock icon Security beefed up in Banda Aceh
      85 10 Agencies JAKARTA Police and troops were deployed on every corner of Banda Aceh yesterday, on the eve of a visit by Indonesian President Ms Megawati Sukarnoputri, witnesses said. Killings have continued unabated in the province this week, with a human rights advocate and university
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Lock icon Time to journey to China's west
      1045 11  -  Chan Chao Peh Love her or loath her, she has much to offer in terms of business DEPENDING on which group you belong to, China today is a country that conjures up a potpourri of feelings shifting among love, loathing and aloofness. While seasoned
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon One smart cookie
      483 12 TODAY Foreign Desk Malaysia s outspoken Shahrizat shoots from rouge lips photo MALAYSIAN Cabinet minister Datuk Shahrizat Abdul Jalil (picture) has something in common with former US First Lady Hillary Clinton, Both have been hauled over the coals for making politically incorrect, albeit diametrically opposite, statements about
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    • Article
      They use Mandarin in English-speaking circles
      319 12  -  Ng Hwee Koon by h weekooo® ne wstoday. com. sg In Singapore, where English is the working language, Channel 8 stars who sing, act and host unduhbed programmes in Mandarin are certainly "different". But is it possible for them products of a bilingual school
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      The virtual Hong Lim Park
      488 12  -  Edmund T Shern My Say A famous man once said, "You want the truth? You can't handle the truth!" and then walked off with a string of Oscars and a longer string of girlfriends. What is the truth in this case? Some people just can't
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
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  • HEALTH
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      Dancing for the fun of it
      439 14  -  Rachel Lo But potential health problems call for supervision /"CHILDREN dance all the time. They dance without knowing they are dancing. In fact, most children like to dance. And dancing is a form of exercise that can encourage children to have fun while exercising
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    • Article
      Suffering from the flu? It can turn into bronchitis
      519 14 DO you get influenza often? Next time you catch a bout of the flu, take good care because it can worsen into bronchitis. When a person contracts influenza, the virus or bacteria affects the upper respiratory tract, producing symptoms such as
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  • FAMILY
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      Don't just listen. Speak it!
      566 15  -  Rachel Lo Learning English is no easy task, but there are ways to get it right, from the start THE English language, just like any other language, is a powerful medium for communication. For Ms Lorna Whiston (picture), a teacher for 23 years, English is
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      SCV's solution to hyper kids this September
      283 15 IS your hyperactive child getting on your nerves, and nothing seems to quiet the kid down? Try this simple solution. Your child can sit still and watch SCV MaxTV, which has a whole lot of programmes lined up for kids this month. Cartoon
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      Come on, learn with Kumon
      246 15  -  Rachel Lo CHILDREN here, in Asia and around the world are discovering a more effective way to learning mathematics and languages. With the help of a home education supplementary programme from Japan called Kumon, many students from primary to pre-university have been excelling in solving
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
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      222 15 E LDERLY.AN D_ E C_O NO MX TA_LK A seminar on the "Impact of the Ageing Population on the Economic Development of the Country" on the eve of the 2nd Asean Gerontology Course. Speakers include ProfTroisi and local geriatrician, Prof Philip Choo, Head and Senior Consultant from the Dept of
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  • WEEKENDSSTYLE
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      Colour culture
      621 16  -  Serena Sim Create your own individual style fearlessly by s eren a@newstoday. com. sg It's a jungle of colours out there. After ploughing through endless pots, jars, tubes and sticks of them, one can get totally lost. Cosmetics companies have launched new colours for the new season and
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      Lock icon The best- and worst-dressed celebs
      417 17 Reuters IT'S official. Actresses Charlize Theron, Julia Roberts, Catherine ZetaJones, Penelope Cruz and Gwyneth Paltrow, and tennis star Venus Williams are the year's most glamorous and bestdressed celebrities. That's according to People magazine's 22nd annual list, The Best Worst Dressed 2001, which hit American newsstands
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    • Article
      You can get this laser treatment during lunch
      365 17  -  Pearlyn Tham ZAP your crow lines and acne away during your lunch-hour. That's what a new laser treatment allows you to do. CoolTouch is a chemical-free laser treatment for the face. Its practitioners say it is designed to be safe for every
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      Elegance can be fun
      62 17 SIMPLICITY and elegance, with a lot of fun, is something we can all look forward to. The new Polycarbonate range from STORM features transparent straps and trendy ice pastel colours. The Milliplex and Babiplex (left and centre) retail at $124 while the Nemiplex (right) retails at
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      Window fashion
      62 17 IF you're around the area, make a trip to the main window at Takashimaya, Level 1 (outside the cosmetics department), between 2.30pm and 3.30pm today. Fashion brand A/T will showcase its Fall/Winter 2001 collection with live models in the store display windows. Also, Shiseido's international makeup artist Yasuhiro
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    • NEWONSHELVES
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        MAKE NO MISTAKE
        62 17 If there is one must-have in your makeup bag, this pencil duo has got to be it. This month, Shiseido introduces the Corrector Pencil and the Eraser Pencil.The first visibly removes small imperfections like dark spots, fine lines and acne scars, while the latter deletes small makeup
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        FOR YOUR BROWS ONLY
        51 17 Get your brows in line with the Prescriptives Brow Shaping Kit an eyebrow makeover in one handy case. Comes with two brow colours, one highlight colour to use under the brow line, mini tweezers and an angled brush for blending and shaping. Price: $30 Available at:
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        BITE INTO THIS
        53 17 Here's something that tastes as good as it looks. New from Tommy Hilfiger are Sweet Stix, a range of six flavoured lip colours. With delicious names like Caramel Cluster, Berry Bite, Vanilla Cream, Mochaccino, Choc Frost, jelly Ring, can you resist biting into them? Price: $21 Available
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        LOVE THE COLOURS
        56 17 Pick them and click them. Colordicks, the latest toy from Prescriptives, is a lip and eye pencil combination which you can attach and detach at your whim. From 24 shades of lipsticks and eye pencils, just pick any two and click them together into one easy, portable
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        SPARY AND MOISTURISE
        52 17 For a light and refreshing alternative to body lotions, try Nivea Body Spray. With superfine and super-concentrated lipids that your skin absorbs instantly, you can feel moisturised all day long. It is easy to use and is gentle on the skin. Price: $7.90 Available at: Leading supermarkets
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        NO MORE PORES
        63 17 It won't close up your pores completely but it can make them so small they become invisible.This is the L'Oreal Skin Refiner range of four products, which is a complete beauty routine to minimise pores, refine your skin's texture, smooth out irregularities and clear your skin from
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  • MOTORING
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      An all-new feeling
      512 18  -  Colin Yong The Liana is a cornerstone of Suzuki's renaissance IN case you missed the small print in Suzuki's ads, Liana translates to "life in a new age". Trust the Japanese to foist yet another acronym upon us. The good news is that this one isn't as
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      Renault tops safety — and Jaguar teases
      259 18 Renault tops safety and Jaguar teases IN a recent challenge conducted by the British car magazine, Auto Express, the Renault Laguna (top) emerged first overall in a variety of safety-related tests. A total of 37 cars, ranging from small hatchbacks to luxury saloons, were assessed on their stopping distances from
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      Rally car drivers deserve more recognition
      340 19  -  Colin Yong. T^HE rallying scene may lack the X glitz and glamour of Formula One but it's probably the one form of motorsport that enables the closest transfer of technology from the race machines to the cars we drive every day. After all, how
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  • INCINEMAS
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      Lock icon Madam Oscars
      369 20 Reuters Ziskin silent on who will host show LOS ANGELES Next year's Oscars show will have its first female solo producer but she won't tell us who she is inviting to host the show, which will be telecast live on March 24. On Thursday, former studio executive Laura
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      Lock icon Moss hurt in car crash
      89 20 Reuters. LONDON British supermodel Kate Moss (right) was flown by air ambulance to hospital after being injured in a car crash north of here on Thursday. The model, whose delicate features have adorned countless magazine covers over the last 10 years, suf- fered a shoulder
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      Lock icon A future hit?
      377 22 Reuters A.I. may be too advanced, says child star Osment VENICE Steven Spielberg's futuristic movie A/. Artificial Intelligence has been lacklustre at the box office, but its 13-year-old star has no doubts it will be a classic in time. The film, which depicts a world far in
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      Lock icon A shoulder to cry on
      137 22 Reuters A CTRESS Julia Roberts, who lisplit from her long-time love Benjamin Bratt in June, has comforted British actress Kate Winslet (right) in the aftermath of her marriage break-up, British newspapers reported yesterday Titanic star Winslet, who announced on Monday she was separating from Jim
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      Lock icon I want you, Woody
      229 22 Reuters ACTRESS Mira Sorvino (right) would love to work with Woody Allen again after her Oscarwinning performance in his 1995 hit Mighty Aphrodite. That is, if he wants her, she said at the Venice Film Festival showcasing her latest movie The Triumph Of Love. "I'm not
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      A starry night
      479 24  -  Sophia Ang The Singapore Hit Awards returns tonight to honour the stars THE Singapore Hit Awards returns once again tonight to honour those musical talents who have given pleasure to so many of us, including commuters who have had to endure interminable (traffic) jams. One of the
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      119 24 EPISODE 111 will be the last episode of the Star Wars film series, said its director George Lucas. According to World Entertainment News Network, the legendary movie maker has just finished making Episode II: Attack of the Clones. The movie
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      325 24 WHEN SPH TV Works was launched on May 20, it was expected to challenge MediaCorp TV Channel 5 for viewers' attention. It appears that the entry of the new station has instead boosted viewership for all the English channels. Andrea Teo, Senior Vice-President of
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      1432 25 /y^OJACORP fA~OIACORP Tonight in Person, Forever Moggie Games Opening Selena Channel 5,7 P m JV Maggie Cheung (right) is the most acclaimed W a r,^,^ t.- i. at. n mY 5l w B After the SEA Games kick-off tomght, -m-\ actress tn Hong Kong cinema. She has captured ML I
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      The fugue challenge
      467 26  -  Rosalind Png by.. rosalind@newstoday.com.sg A FUSION of classical music and modern dance is in itself an artistic challenge. Dancing to a fugue requires even greater creativity. Add to that the need to create synergy among the musicians, dancers and the audience, and you will have an idea
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      265 26 Three-Day Listings Ticketing: Call Sistic at Singapore Hit 348 5555 Awards 2001 Stars from Hong Kong, PARTICIPATE Taiwan, Malaysia and Elit Manjaßia 2001 Singapore will come Elit Ria returns this together for this one year with a bigger bash, hot event of the year. This event is a collaboDate: Today
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      Lock icon Woods and Daly continue good form
      329 27 -AFP MONTREAL Tiger Woods got off to a fast start yesterday, launching his defence of his title at the Canadian Open with a five-under 65 for a share of the first-round lead. Woods toured the Royal Montreal Golf Club course on He Bizard without
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      218 27 -AFP SAN FRANCISCO Barry Bonds homered yesterday against Arizona Diamondbacks righthander Albie Lopez, becoming just the fifth player in major league baseball history to reach the 60-home run plateau. It was the 554th homer in a Hall of Fame career for the San Francisco Giants
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      Lock icon Volcanic Roddick
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      The unbelievable, incomparable Mr Johnson
      542 28 BRISBANE Pandemonium. The public address announcer screamed: "It's hard to describe the magnitude of what we just saw." To mark an historic Olympic occasion, he played a New Age punk rock song in honour of Michael Johnson (below). You're Unbelievable. The message contained in the
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      Lock icon Pretenders must prove a point
      681 29  -  Leonard Thomas I I Chelsea v Arsenal I (Live tonight, 9.50pm, Ch23) by le ona rd@ n ewstoday. ram .sg THERE is a popular belief among the football folk in the north of England that has rankled Londoners for years. "When the going gets tough,
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      493 29 -AFP Serie A MILAN AC Milan coach Fatih Terim knows only victory will do when his charges host his former club Fiorentina at the San Siro tomorrow. A disappointing 2-2 draw in Milan's opening fixture at Brescia has
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      Lock icon Jekyll and Hyde Stags
      383 30  -  Stanley Ho NTUC Income S-League by.. s tan ley ©newstociay. com. sg AJEKYLL and Hyde show. That was how one could best describe Tampines Rovers in its 4-1 NTUC Income S-League victory over Jurong last night. While the first half was a no-show, an explosive second
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      Names on backs from next year
      196 30  -  Jose Raymond IF YOU are an ardent S-League fan, but have had problems identifying Home United's Aide Iskandar from Mohd Mardani during matches, you are not alone. Even sports commentators and stadium announcers have made glaring errors when announcing the names of certain players
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      No bias expected
      129 30 SINGAPORE'S wushu team manager Teo Seng Yeong said yesterday he was confident that the SEA Games wushu tournament being held in Penang would not be hit by biased judging. "Most of the judges are from China. "As Beijing has been given the nod to host the 2008
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      NTUC Income sends SEA Games contingent to KL
      218 31  -  Stanley Ho by st anleyffl'ne wstoday. co m. sg FIVE busloads full of happy tourists buzzing with excitement even before the break of dawn gathered outside the NTUC Income Centre at Bras Basah Road yesterday. The 200-strong group, made up of NTUC
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      No new equipment
      147 31  -  Jose Raymond WEIGHTLIFTING equipment necessary for SEA Games competition had not reached the Johor Jaya Muiti Purpose Hall, the venue for the weightlifting tournament, as of yesterday. But the SEA Games secretariat chief operating officer Zaki Abdul Rahman has assured all participating countries that the problem will
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      'Big sister' Joscelin
      668 31  -  S. Gulatn SEA Games' star displays new-found confidence and maturity by.. in Kuala Lumpur Kulaiu n ewstoday. com. se IT WAS the first official press conference for any individual athlete here. Not surprisingly, the honour went to Singapore's perennial golden girl Joscelin Yeo. Not surprisingly too, the
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      Lions floored
      915 32  -  S. Gulam Dumped out of the SEA Games after 1-2 loss to hungrier Myanmar team MANY did not believe it was possible, especially after impressive victories over Laos and Cambodia. But believe it or not, the Young Lions are out of the Southeast Asian Games football competition. Yes,
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