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Title Section8 2001-09-11 1 TODAY TllCSClfty September 11, 2001 > MITA(P) 138,'! 1/20008 words
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Article, Illustration331 2001-09-11 1 – Kelvin Phang - Kelvin Phang KUALA LUMPUR SHE is a blue-eyed, bead-and-flower carrying Ukrainian blonde who can take your eye out from 25m with a gun. Sounds like a character straight out of a James Bond movie? Not exactly. In fact, she is Malaysia's SEA Games goldmedal shootingWONG KHING CEONG - 331 words
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Article40 2001-09-11 1 Reuters LONDON Britain's leading share index fell to its lowest dose in three years yesterday. The FTSE 100 ended down 36.6 points or 0.72 per cent at 5,033.7, off a low of 4,895.9. Oil stocks were the main losers.Reuters - 40 words
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Article413 2001-09-11 1 Francis Kan - What is the for? Francis Kan by fran cis@newsto d ay.co m ,sg FOR some, it's an idea that makes much sense during these tough times: Dipping into Singapore's US$lOO-billion ($175.2 billion) reserves to help those affected by the economic downturn. Proponents of the move, such as opposition Member of413 words
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Advertisement63 2001-09-11 1 KUA[,.\ U.MPL.H Jljlll > I I slip"; DAY 3 Country G S B Malaysia 30 17 18 Indonesia 15 13 19 Thailand 13 15 16 Vietnam 10 11 16 Philippines 6 14 14 Singapore 6 6 6 Mvanmar 4 5 14 Brunei 0 0 3 Cambodia 0 0 1 Laos63 words
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HOT NEWS
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Article, Illustration440 2001-09-11 2 Ng Boon Yian - Ng Boon Yian SM Lee, Dr M share same stage and offer different perspectives bY boony i a n@news to d ay.com .sg THEY shared the same stage and were conferred the same distinguished award for outstanding political leadership. Yet, when Malaysian Prime Minister Dr MahathirWEE TECH HI AN - 440 words
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307 2001-09-11 2 Chan Ckao Peh - Chan Ckao Peh SINGTEL shares, which made their debut on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) yesterday, closed one Australian cent above its opening price of Asl.Bl. However, compared to last Friday's closing price of $1.70 (A$1.88), the counter fell 3.2 per307 words
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Article75 2001-09-11 2 OCBC Securities has suspended a dealer, pending conclusion of a Commercial Affairs Department investigation into a posting of false information on the website Sharelnvestor.com. The posting by a "jerrysoh", stated that Canadian contractmanufacturer Celestica was planning to take over Singapore's Venture Manufacturing, when in fact, Celestica's target was Omni75 words
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Article194 2001-09-11 2 Channel News Asia ASEAN members should harmonise trade laws to make the region more attractive for foreign direct investments (FDI), said Singapore's Attorney-General Chan Sek Keong at the opening of the 7th Asean Law Officials meeting in Singapore yesterday. He noted that harmonising Asean's trade laws– Channel News Asia - 194 words
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Article162 2001-09-11 2 TWENTY delegates from 12 Commonwealth countries are in Singapore to get an insight into Singapore's experiences in nation building and development. The Study Programme and Seminar for Permanent Secretaries from Commonwealth Countries is part of the Singapore Cooperation Programme, which offers technical assistance to developing countries. The162 words
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Article, Illustration252 2001-09-11 3 Tan Siew Eng - PAS the Buddha Tan Siew Eng What does statue say about party? by sieweng@>newstoday. com. sg KELANTAN There's no better time for the opposition Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) than now to inaugurate Southeast Asia's largest sitting Buddha statue (picture). The statue, the second in PAS-led Kelantan and unveiled on Sunday,252 words
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229 2001-09-11 3 Agencies TOKYO The first case of mad cow disease has been reported in Asia, with Japan's Agriculture Ministry yesterday saying that a dairy cow in the Chiba area, east of Tokyo, had tested positive. Ministry officials tried to reassure the public over health— Agencies - 229 words
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158 2001-09-11 3 Agencies MANILA Philippine armed forces chief General Diomedio Villanueva yesterday offered to quit in a sign of mounting pressure on the military to resolve the conflict with Abu Sayyaf rebels. The general said he would step down for what he described as "tactical lapses" that– Agencies - 158 words
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Miscellaneous10 2001-09-11 3 Here's your chance to win healthcare products See Page 2110 words
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HOME NEWS
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Article310 2001-09-11 4 Shazalina Salitn - Shazalina Salitn Overcoming industry's low productivity, poor service by shazaJ in atS'newstod ay.com. sg DESPITE government promotion for a few years now, our cleaners are not ready yet to deliver professional services and raise the productivity of the cleaning industry, says Manpower Minister Lee Boon Yang. "Unfortunately, today,310 words
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Article115 2001-09-11 4 COE prices for October are up for almost all categories. In the latest closed bidding exercise, only the price of goods vehicle and bus COEs fell. The largest increase was in the Open category, where the COE shot up by $2,408 to $29,110. This was115 words
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156 2001-09-11 4 – Elaine Quek - Elaine Quek A TEENAGER preyed on a six-year-old boy, performing carnal acts on him, Mohammad Ridwan, now 17, is a school dropout from Geylang ITE. Last September, he asked his victim, who lived in the same block of flats as him, for some156 words
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Article137 2001-09-11 4 -Joy Frances - -Joy Frances MOVERS and shakers from some of the world's top companies are all set to descend on Singapore for the Forbes Global CEO Conference. This is the first time the conference is being held outside the US. Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew, Deputy Prime137 words
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Article150 2001-09-11 4 Elaine Quek - Elaine Quek RUMOURS caused the death of a man who picked a fight with the suspected gossip-monger. Koh Tang Kok, 37, and Soh Kai Cheong, 45, were colleagues working at a shipyard. On April 15, Koh telephoned Soh, accusing the latter of speaking ill of him behind150 words
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310 2001-09-11 4 Lee U- Wen - Lee U-Wen by uwen@newstoday.com.sg WHILE hundreds of thousands of people may have passed through Singapore's libraries last year, others just don't have the luxury of access to such books and information until now. Unable to go to a library, 180 youths from troubled backgrounds310 words
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Miscellaneous53 2001-09-11 4 FeaturingToday... IT 14 Why Sophie Leu (above) is staying put in San Francisco i 14 Web-based courses for staff EMAS 17 Teen horror flick is a hit n 18 Who are the leaders in this year's Emmy race? LT 19 Put your meat on sticks Jt 20 Restaurants share healthy53 words
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LETTERS
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Letter411 2001-09-11 6 Narayana Narayana - Narayana Narayana until you find an honest shopkeeper I REFER to the article "Forex in markets?" and the letters that followed. Ms Sian E Jay's article has elicited a sympathetic response from Mr K Will, whose letter appeared in Today on Sept 1. Obviously, the issue is restricted411 words
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461 2001-09-11 6 Ananda Perera - Ananda Perera I DO not think anyone else is so eminently qualified to do what Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew did for Singapore, when he clinched the historic agreement with Malaysia last week. Some have said that Mr Lee conceded more than a461 words
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Letter202 2001-09-11 6 Leo Chan - Leo Chan I REFER to the letter by Simon Ng Yap Peng (TODAY, Sept 6). I came from HK seven years ago, got a job, and with with my wife and son, settled down to become Singapore citizens. I do not consider myself a "talent" at202 words
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Letter136 2001-09-11 6 I REFER to the letter, "Relax rule", by Mr David Soh (Today, Sept 5). Mr Soh suggested that a spouse under 21 years of age should be allowed to co-own an HDB flat. We wish to explain that a person below 21 years old is a136 words
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Letter79 2001-09-11 6 Steven Wong - Steven Wong I TOOK my family to the Mandai Zoological Gardens last Sunday and would have enjoyed ourselves thoroughly, if not for the presence of some bank officers upon entering the zoo. I was surprised the zoo allowed this bank to set up a booth near79 words
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Business News
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Article, Illustration500 2001-09-11 7 Bloomberg Air New Zealand seeks Australian help WELLINGTON Air New Zealand has sought help from the Australian government to save its unprofitable Ansett unit. Chief Executive Gary Toomey said he called Australian Prime Minister John Howard in Washington yesterday. Even though it may help fasttrack plans to find— Bloomberg; AFP photo - 500 words
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Article217 2001-09-11 7 Sol E Solomon - Sol E Solomon by solomon@newstoday.com.sg BEING the third largest oil refining and trading centre, Singapore is able to leverage on its IT infrastructure and related hub services to be an e-business hub for the oil and gas industry. This country's quality banking and financial services,217 words
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Market Watch
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Article29 2001-09-11 7 US$ 0.5716 UK£ 0.3901 Yen 68.948 HK$ 4.4582 RM 2.1720 Euro 0.6326 Rupiah 5178.6 Baht 25.536 Peso 29.283 A$ 1.1133 Rupee 27.053 v&, SB Won 733.5529 words
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Article81 2001-09-11 7 CAPITALAND Commercial Limited (CCL), a subsidiary of CapitaLand Limited, has entered into a $409 million call option agreement relating to Tampines Mall. This transaction is part of CCL's efforts to establish a public-listed Singapore Property Trust (SPT) for retail malls. Tampines Mall is intended to form part81 words
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Article, Illustration296 2001-09-11 8 Bernama Country not immune to global downturn SYDNEY Australia's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the three months to June is expected to be up 0.5 to 1.5 per cent from the previous quarter, economists said. On an annualised basis, GDP growth for the June quarter is,Bernama - 296 words
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233 2001-09-11 8 Francis Kan - Francis Kan by... franc is@n ews to d ay.com ,sg DESPITE the current downturn in the electronics sector, there are still companies in the industry that manage to rack up profits. Ma inboard-listed Huan Hsin Holdings, a Chinabased manufacturer of telecommunications and IT-related233 words
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Article229 2001-09-11 8 SHIPBUILDER and fleet owner Jaya Holdings has announced record dividends. The ma inboard-listed company also proposed a special dividend of five per cent on top of a final dividend of five per cent for each share of $0.10. Together with the five per cent interim dividend paid229 words
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Market News
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Article254 2001-09-11 8 ADDING to the Singapore bourses' woes were more official statements from the government that it may lower growth estimates for the economy for the third time. The STI closed 18.50 points down at 1558.45, matching this year's nadir low in April. Market breadth was skittish and disheartening with four254 words
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Article193 2001-09-11 8 THE Malaysian stock market got off to a slow start for the week, and failed to sustain last week's bullish momentum, as profit-taking and weak US markets unnerved investors. However, the selling was reasonably muted, with the benchmark Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) lower by only 1.4 points to193 words
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245 2001-09-11 9 Bern am a KUALA LUMPUR Microsoft will continue to develop the Malaysian software industry and support the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) project by helping create new software companies among local enterprises. Microsoft vice-president Michael Rawding gave this assurance during his recent meeting with Prime MinisterBern am a - 245 words
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Article, Illustration214 2001-09-11 9 Bloomberg PARIS Pinault-Printemps-Redoute (PPR) has agreed to buy 8.58 million shares of Gucci Group from LVMH, the number one luxury-goods maker, to gain control of the fashion company. PPR, the retailer founded by billionaire Francois Pinault (picture), which owns about 42 per cent of Gucci, will immediatelyBloomberg - 214 words
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178 2001-09-11 9 Bernama HONG KONG China is working out regulations to allow foreign investors to buy small- and mediumsized enterprises (SMEs) in China, a senior official from the State Economic and Trade Commission (SETC) told a forum in Xiamen. Xinhua news agency reported– Bernama - 178 words
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WORLD NEWS
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Article315 2001-09-11 10 Agencies China warms up to KMT relations with Taiwan frosty BEIJING While ties are warming up between the Chinese government and Taiwan's main opposition, the Kuomintang (KMT), relations with the Taiwanese government remain cold. A KMT legislator said yesterday that Beijing will allow the party to setAgencies - 315 words
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Article117 2001-09-11 10 HONG KONG An education up to Form Seven, good spoken English and fluent Cantonese could guarantee a new career as a court prosecutor in Hong Kong no law degree needed. The South China Morning Post reported yesterday that despite complaints from legislators, the Department of Justice117 words
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108 2001-09-11 10 AFP BRIGHTON British Prime Minister Tony Blair looks set to be blasted by unionists on his plans for greater private sector participation in the public sector at a union summit today. Unions are backing a composite motion opposing any increased role for private companiesAFP - 108 words
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Article, Illustration67 2001-09-11 10 Reutebs NAURU Two-year-old Joe Young, the son of a construction worker, standing on a bed in one of 17 buildings in Anaoe Village in Nauru the world's smallest republic thai will house some of the 434 asylum seekers who were barred from entering Australia. Nauru– Reutebs - 67 words
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Article246 2001-09-11 10 Reuters SUVA In a test of racial stability for the country, indigenous Prime Minister Mr Laisenia Qarase yesterday offered his ethnic Indian political rival a place in his government, as required by the constitution. Mr Mahendry Chaudhry, who was toppled in a coup last year, accepted, but– Reuters - 246 words
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Article123 2001-09-11 10 -AFP JERUSALEM Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres will meet this evening with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat at an unspecified location on the Israeli border with the Palestinian territories, Spanish Foreign Minister Josep Pique said yesterday. "The meeting will take place tomorrow evening somewhere on the border-AFP - 123 words
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Article127 2001-09-11 10 BANGKOK Time magazine got a slap on the wrist on Sunday from Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra for suggesting that Thailand is the sex capital of the world. Dr Thaksin said that prostitution also exists in the city where the magazine is based and urged the public not127 words
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COMMENTARY
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Article, Illustration555 2001-09-11 11 Lionel Wee - Lionel Wee Focus on bad use of English alone will not help raise standards by IN a letter to this paper (Today, Aug 2), a reader expressed his concern about the falling standards of English. He noted that the kind of English used in forms of electronic555 words
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564 2001-09-11 11 -AFP IN its commentary yesterday, The Jakarta Post looked at Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri's visit to Aceh over the weekend, which has kept up the momentum for peace: SCEPTICS would be forgiven to conclude that President Megawati Sukarnoputri's visit to the conflict-ridden-AFP - 564 words
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UPFRONT
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Article, Illustration546 2001-09-11 12 Ng Hwee Koon - Ng Hwee Koon US-based poet asks: Does my country want me? She left Singapore to get a business degree in the United States. Five years later, the business degree is still missing from her curriculum vitae. But Sophie Leu (picture), who was a teacher, private tutor, and assessment546 words
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Article, Illustration389 2001-09-11 12 Reuters/Variety INDIAN women have won global recognition as beauty queens. Now, there's Mira Nair, film maker. Already well-known in Asia as a producer of hard-hitting films such as Salaam Bombay and Mississippi Masala, Ms Nair's latest film, Monsoon Wedding, won the coveted– Reuters/Variety - 389 words
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Miscellaneous9 2001-09-11 12 INSIDE: *16/lnCinemas •19/HomeChef -20/ Healthy Lifestyle »22/ TV Listings9 words
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INFOTECH
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Article, Illustration352 2001-09-11 13 Dell chooses Pentium 4 for mainstream desktop PRICING them comparably to its Pentium 111 predecessors, Dell has brought its mainstream desktops the OptiPlex GX24O and the Dimension 4300 to the Intel Pentium 4 platform. "Pentium 4 entering mainstream desktops is an important milestone," said Mr Amit Midha, director352 words
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PRODUCTS REVIEW
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Article, Illustration168 2001-09-11 13 TWO new large-for-mat colour printers for architects, engineers, computer-aided design (CAD) and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) professionals have been released by| Hewlett-Packard. The HP DesignJet 1050c plus and HP DesignJet 1055cm plus (picture) are designed for demanding production environments yet they require little user intervention, HP said.168 words
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Article, Illustration422 2001-09-11 14 Sol E Solomon - Sol E Solomon Staff and company can both benefit from web-based courses by solomon ©newstoday. com. sg WHILE providing learners with anytime, anywhere, any pace education, e-learning offers the benefit of greater efficiency to firms giving such an opportunity to their staff. The initial cost may be huge422 words
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Article, Illustration331 2001-09-11 14 – Sol E Solomon - Sol E Solomon FOLLOWING a corporate merger and acquisition (M&A), the information technology departments of the two former entities will seek to integrate their computer systems into one system. An M&A does not, however, necessarily imply the need to integrate two systems into one, says331 words
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BREAKING NEWS
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Article66 2001-09-11 14 Cnipmaker Intel has filed a patentinfringement lawsuit against Via Technologies and will seek to have the tatter's new Pentium 4 chipsets pulled off the market. The lawsuit alleges that Ws P4X266 andP4M266 chipsets, which were released earlier this month, infringe five Intel patents, S3, a former graphics66 words
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Article92 2001-09-11 14 A worm similar to Code Red has started attacking lIS web servers in China. Code Blue was firs! reported last October and Microsoft has a patch available. Like Code Red, Code Blue infects only lIS servers nol already patched. From an infected web server, it sends92 words
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Article151 2001-09-11 14 IN its push to promote the adoption and use of extensible markup language (XML), Software AG, provider of native XML products for e-business, has launched The XML Academy in Singapore. The academy is aimed at providing IT professionals with an opportunity to identify and engage in151 words
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Article130 2001-09-11 14 AVAYA and IBM have agreed to develop and provide joint offerings that will enable businesses and service providers to rapidly deploy new communications management, customer relationship management (CRM) and contact centre tools. Under the pact, IBM Global Services, a worldwide networking services and systems integration company, will130 words
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Article, Illustration297 2001-09-11 16 -Reuters Hannibal the humble talks about his career as a thespian TORONTO Had he not asked actor Richard Burton for an autograph many years ago, Sir Anthony Hopkins is convinced he would be living a limited life in South Wales where he grew up.-Reuters - 297 words
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Article, Illustration329 2001-09-11 16 Reuters photo TORONTO Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke got a taste of inner-city life while filming Training Day in some of Los Angeles' roughest neighbourhoods, director Antoine Fuqua said at the Toronto International Film Festival on Saturday. But the actors were never in any danger,Reuters - 329 words
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289 2001-09-11 16 Reuters NEW YORK -Blair Underwood has been set for the male lead in How to Survive a Hotel Fire (working title), which Steven Soderbergh will direct with an all-star cast. Underwood will likely be joined by Julia Roberts, David Duchovny, David Hyde Pierce, Catherine– Reuters - 289 words
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Article, Illustration528 2001-09-11 17 Joy Frances - Joy Frances FILM REVIEW Soul SurviVOrS (Now showing) Teen horror flick is the surprise hit of the season IF it's an amalgamation of Titanic, Night of the Living Dead and Friday the Thirteenth you're looking for, Soul Survivors is just the ticket. The teen horror/psychological thriller flick,528 words
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Article, Illustration160 2001-09-11 17 AFP HONG KONG Mainland China has banned Shaolin Soccer, a comedy that has smashed box office records here. Sina.com quoted Mr Zhou Jiandong of the state administration of radio and film as saying the ban was a "punishment" for the film being shown in Hong KongAFP - 160 words
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Article148 2001-09-11 17 Reuters/ Variety NEW YORK Thai transvestite volleyball players (picture) hit the big screen on Friday as Iron Ladies opened here to start the first US national run for a Thai film. The movie, based on a true story about a Thai male volleyball team made upReuters/ Variety - 148 words
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LIMELIGHT
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Article, Illustration614 2001-09-11 18 -Reuters The West Wing charges ahead in Emmy race with The Sopranos hot on its heels PASADENA, California The West Wing got another head start in the annual race for television's top awards on Saturday, winning four prizes in the technical categories of the Emmy Awards.-Reuters; I urn fM~»»\^ - 614 words
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Advertisement202 2001-09-11 18 Celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival 3 September-1 October2ool Orchard Hotel Singapore relives the tradition of celebrating the annual mid-autumn festival once again at the newly renovated Hua Ting Restaurant. From 3 September to 1 October, Hua Ting's traditional mooncakes will be on sale together with the flavour of the year CK Mooncake.202 words
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HOMECHEF
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Article, Illustration472 2001-09-11 19 Pauline DLoh - Pauline DLoh Take out the grill and have a cookout with our easy BBQ-on-sticks Barbecues are special. They bring back memories of schooldays and courting days when gathering around a charcoal fire eating half-burnt, semi-raw chicken wings was the highlight of our social calendar. They472 words
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Article, Illustration216 2001-09-11 19 Recipe Ingredients: 4 tablespoons MAGGI Seasoning 2 tablespoons each of minced ginger, minced shallots, minced garlic and chopped mint 2 tablespoons lime juice plus 1 tablespoon sugar salt and pepper 1 piece round steak, (SOOg), cubed 1 chicken leg, deboned and cubed 1 piece of sting ray (50Og),216 words
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Article, Illustration167 2001-09-11 19 APPLES are a delicious way to keep healthy. Crunching on an apple is a good diet option to still hunger pangs between meals. Besides which, it cleans your teeth and breath. On an average, an apple has just 80 calories, and it also gives you vitamin A and C,167 words
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HEALTHYLIFESTYLE
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Article, Illustration318 2001-09-11 20 In conjunction with this year's National Healthy Lifestyle Campaign, 39 restaurants are offering healthier dishes on their menus. This week, we feature recipes from two of these restaurants. Crisp apple salad with mixed nuts, dried fruit and strawberries in low-fat yoghurt dressing Ingredients 250 gm red318 words
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Article684 2001-09-11 21 Richard Philip - Richard Philip Proper health management will reduce your risk by IF you knew all the things which could lead to a stroke, you might feel as if you were a freak accident waiting to happen. A simple blood clot, for example, could choke up a684 words
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Article, Illustration649 2001-09-11 23 Gregory Leow - Gregory Leow by... THE University of Malaya won the sth Biennial International Varsity Mandarin Debate Grand Finals, beating the Chinese debating team from Wuhan University, China last Sunday. They have reason to be overjoyed. Not only had they beaten seven other debating teams from countries around649 words
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Miscellaneous528 2001-09-11 23 Three-Day Listing MUSIC the works of Chang Dai-Chien, Festival Mexicano one of the most influential Fill your senses with song and Chinese painters of the 20th dance, wine and food, and art century. and film.This is an event promot- Date: Now till Oct 21 (closed ed by Singapore Tourism Board's528 words
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Article, Illustration609 2001-09-11 24 Hewitt, 20, was so quick, he's unbelievable, says 30-year-old US Open NEW YORK It is possible that Pete Sampras (above) lost the US Open when he won his huge fourth-round match against the former two-time winner, Pat Rafter. Or maybe when he won that609 words
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Article298 2001-09-11 24 Reuters SYDNEY First came Australia's all-conquering Wallabies rugby union team, soon followed by Steve Waugh's world champion cricketers. Now brash youngster Lleyton Hewitt has added tennis to Australia's imposing list of international sporting success this year, smashing American Pete Sampras to win the US Open– Reuters - 298 words
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Article716 2001-09-11 25 -AFP MONTREAL For someone like Scott Verplank, a double-bogey at the 70th hole of a PGA Tour event is nothing. A captain's pick for the United States Ryder Cup team, Verplank overcame his late miscue on Sunday, carding a three-under-par 67 for a threeshot win at the-AFP - 716 words
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254 2001-09-11 25 Reuters DENVER Barry Bonds turned up the pressure in his pursuit of the single-season home run record on Sunday by hitting three in the San Francisco Giants' 9-4 triumph over the Colardo Rockies to move him within seven of Mark McGwire's tally– Reuters - 254 words
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Article, Illustration650 2001-09-11 26 -AFP Roma, Real Madrid hope to put behind indifferent domestic form Champions League Group A Roma v Real Madrid ROME AS Roma is looking anything but Champions League contender as it prepares to host the world's most successful club side Real Madrid of Spain in their opening-AFP; Allspokt photo - 650 words
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Article, Illustration490 2001-09-11 27 S. Gulam - S. Gulam Coach says sprinter Hamkah's late arrival in Malaysia not a problem HE HAS been at the centre of controversy over the make-up of Singapore's relay team. Now, he's not even in Kuala Lumpur. Hamkah Afik, the former national sprint champion, will arrive490 words
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Article, Illustration225 2001-09-11 27 – S. Gulam - S. Gulam Today pkotti by TANG Ngai Kin threw a challenge to his athletes yesterday: Win a gold and I'll go bald. The national coach's challenge came when asked about his team's chances for a gold. Tang said: 'This is not the■JVG KHINC CHONG - 225 words
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Article, Illustration322 2001-09-11 27 – S. Gulam - S. Gulam WHERE'S Shyam {picture, extreme right)? Who is this Shyam? How good is this Shyam, really? Singapore's latest sprint sensation U.K. Shyam was the man they all wanted to see at the Bukit Jalil Stadium yesterday. But hardly anyone recognised him.WONG KHING CH&NG - 322 words
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Article, Illustration471 2001-09-11 28 S. Gn hiii - S. Gn hiii! bY in Kuala Lumpur gulam@newsl.oday.com.sg THIS is one SEA Games story you might find hard to believe, especially at a time when man is trying to play God. It all began when the Thais arrived in the Malaysian capital toYen Yok - 471 words
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203 2001-09-11 28 Jose Raymond - Jose Raymond by j o se@"ne wsto day. c o m.sg THE Republic's fencers, who turned up at the JKR Multipurpose Hall in Johor Baru yesterday witnessed a gruesome death. While seated in the stands, awaiting their turn203 words
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Article, Illustration451 2001-09-11 29 S. (iii I Jim - S. (iii I Jim by in Kuala Lumpur gulam@newstoday. com. sg A DEFEAT is a defeat. When you lose, you just cry. Even if you don't shed tears, at least, show some sorrow, they say. But this was one defeat the Singaporeans couldWong Khing Chang - 451 words
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213 2001-09-11 29 Jose Raymond - Jose Raymond by jose@news to d ay.co m, sg SINGAPORE'S 100m record holder U.K. Shyam will have every reason to perform well at tomorrow's 100m heats and finals at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium in Kuala Lumpur. The chairman and CEO of OSIM International, Dr213 words
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Article, Illustration385 2001-09-11 30 Kelvin Phang - Kelvin Phang by... in Kuala Lumpur ke Ivi n@ncwstoday.com, sg SWIM QUEEN Joscelin Yeo is delighted that another Singaporean has established herself as the breaststroke star of the SEA Games. Nicolette Teo, the defending 200m breaststroke champion, earned herself a hard fought win in the 100m event385 words
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305 2001-09-11 30 TEAM Singapore added another gold, two silvers and a couple of bronzes to its overall tally yesterday during day three of SEA Games competition. At the Bukit Jalil Aquatic Centre, Nicolette Teo proved that she is perhaps the best305 words
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