Today, 17 September 2001

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    8 1 TODAY METAfP) 13S. 11.2000 September 17, 2001 Monday
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  • GROUND ZERO/ UNEASY ALLIANCE
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      32 1 Afghan refugees waiting to enter Pakistan at the Pakistan-Afghan border. Traffic has increased amid fears of US retaliation in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington. Afp photo
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      Bizarre bedfellows
      615 1 AS AMERICA moves swiftly to assemble an international supporting cast for its new war, it is clear that the firestorm in New York and Washington has changed the world with stunning abruptness. Sworn enemies India and Pakistan are lining up under the same banner to fight the same
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      59 1 DAY 9 Country G S B Malaysia 108 74 83 Thailand 101 84 86 Indonesia 72 71 79 Vietnam 33 35 64 Philippines 30 66 66 Singapore 22 31 42 Myanmar 19 14 52 Laos 13 7 Cambodia 115 Brunei 0 5 6 Brought to you by ML N Tv
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  • GROUND ZERO/ TERRORISM IN SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Terror at our doorstep
      473 2  -  Elisia Yeo Osama's followers in the region working hand in hand: Expert by elisia@newstoday.com.sg He said one of the key suspects in the 1998 US Embassy bombings had told American investigators that Osama had ordered the assassination, Mr Gill is the founding President of the Institute
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      Lock icon No choice but to strike
      38 2 -AFP WASHINGTON Vowing to go on the offensive against terrorism, US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said yesterday the United States had "no choice" but to strike high-value targets in countries that harbour terrorists.
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      Lock icon Israel 'escalating war'
      61 2 AFP CAIRO The Arab states yesterday kept up charges that Israel is hiding behind the massive terrorist attacks in the United States to escalate its war on the Palestinians. In an interview published in the government newspaper Al-Ahram, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said he hoped Israel would
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      Lock icon Alert not needed
      53 2 Reuters WASHINGTON Despite a Federal Aviation Administration alert to the military air defence command, officials were unaware that a hijacked passenger plane was hurtling towards the Pentagon on Tuesday. Navy Rear-Admiral Craig Quigley said no immediate efforts were undertaken to evacuate the Pentagon. "Hindsight is a wonderful
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      Lock icon Red Cross foreign staff out of Afghanistan
      40 2 ■Afp photo Tke International Committee of the Red Cross said yesterday that ail 70 of its foreign personnel have been evacuated from Afghanistan in the aftermath of the attacks against the United States.
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      Lock icon Using pagers to sniff out survivors
      190 2 Reuters WASHINGTON In a desperate attempt to find survivors, technicians from several major telecommunications companies are scouring the wreckage of the World Trade Center for signals from mobile phones and pagers. The ad-hoc "wireless emergency response team" has been collecting information about these and
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  • THE SEARCH CONTINUES /GROUND ZERO
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      47 3 RSUTESS photo NEW YORK-A tourist buys a souvenir photo of the World Trade Center Towers in New York's Times Square. Following last week's attack on the towers, sales of World Trade Center memorabilia suck as t-shirts, post cards, photos and hats have been brisk.
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      Lots of gold buried under WTC ruins
      101 3 NEW YORK Although few may know it, a hoard of precious metal to the value of US$23l million ($4OO million), including gold worth US$llO.3 million, now lies buried under the ruins of the World Trade Center. The 11.8 metric tonnes of gold and
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      'Bosnian terrorists?'
      116 3 TWO Indian nationals on board a Singapore Airlines (SIA) flight on Saturday may have been mistaken for terrorists due to a linguistic misunderstanding. The SIA flight, SQ 860, bound for Hong Kong, was delayed for two hours after one of the two Indians allegedly told another passenger that
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      Lock icon 36,000 leads, another arrest
      401 3 Agencies Father of hijacker says son was mentally ill NEW YORK The largest investigation in history is starting to yield results at last as the police have arrested a second person who, they say, could give them leads on the hijacking of the planes that were
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  • HOT NEWS
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      CDC has designs for the disabled
      232 4  -  Audra him A GROUP of disabled artists are being trained to become graphic designers, thanks to a new training programme which began on Sept 9. The programme is jointly organised by the Marine Parade Community Development Council (CDC) and Very Special Arts (VSA) Singapore.
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      Recycling for cash and saving the environment
      139 4  -  Hazel Tan A NEW recycling project between the Ang Mo Kio-Cheng San GRC and Transnational Recycling Industries Pte Ltd, will encourage residents to recycle and protect the environment. At the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding yesterday, the GRCs' mayor and MP for
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      'C' for comfort
      448 4  -  Ng Hwee Koon More opting for lower class wards in hospitals by hweeknnn@n ewstn d ay. en m. sg IN the 1980s and 90s, affluent Singaporeans shunned Class C wards for the higher classes. The flow has reversed, as more are now opting for Class C wards.
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      Lock icon Forgot the Missus, old chap?
      28 4 WEETECKHIAN Sleep was not an excuse to miss the 10th Anniversary Sheares Bridge run yesterday morning, which attracted 60,000 people. TOBAY photo by
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    • GROUND ZERO/ READERS WRITE IN
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        Musings of an angry American
        475 6  -  Bill Book The damage has been done and all we do is talk, he says AS an American, I would like to share some of my thoughts regarding the events in New York. We lost. We have been made fools of, expertly and with acute
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        It's payback time
        269 6  -  Ananda Perera AN agitated American lady asked in a letter, "Pray tell me, when should the US strike back?" The answer is yesterday, or many moons ago. The US should have struck back in 1991 during the Gulf conflict But Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was allowed to
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        What the devil ...
        99 6  - What the devil Julia him SOME local newspapers carried a "frightening" picture of the "Devil" emerging out of the smoke from the burning towers of the World Trade Center. The papers suggested that the smoke created a peculiar image that resembled the face of the "Devil". I was puzzled by
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        The cycle of hate
        100 6  -  Wong Hoong Haoi THE rhetoric about the attacks not cowing the US was too predictable. The attackers probably could not have cared less. The US does not always make itself popular. Its arrogant news reporting and popular literature can offend many. As long as the US
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        Lock icon Airlines will forget lessons
        116 6  -  Neil Wilkinson AIRLINES are now planning to put armed personnel on all flights but that's like locking the stable door after the horse has bolted. It is too late. It is also human nature to forget very quickly and in a year's time (if not sooner),
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        Where was security?
        189 6  -  Simon Ng Yap Peng IT is inconceivable that four separate terrorist teams managed to hijack a total of four airliners before the brutal attacks in the US. How could so many hijackers slip through airport security without a single one getting caught or stopped from boarding the
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    • READERS WRITE IN/GROUND ZERO
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        A time for reflection
        400 7  -  James Tak Tze Sin US is not the only country suffering MR Alex Ren describes America as "the very proxy of the free world". This is over-simplifica-tion. In case people are wondering if I condone the act of violence unleashed on the US, no, I do
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        Explain the disaster to our children
        241 7  -  Mrs Marianne Teo LIKE many other Singaporeans, I read and watched with horror the senseless carnage in the US. While we ponder the insanity of this act, let us also not forget the impact that such scenes might have on our young. We are
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        Punish terrorists but let war be the last resort
        146 7  -  Tom Ong LAST week's attacks on the US could have farreaching consequences. Global markets have been hit, racism seems to be rearing its ugly head and there is talk of war. As the US prepares to retaliate, one wonders how many
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
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      50 4 fi Featuring Today... 13 19 Expats shocked at UK Chat with Farm Wong jj* television programme and Christopher Lee 14 20 I I Americans stay away The season's best picks v. from the movies in town (picture) 15 22 i Fortnightly calendar on L'ecole Gourmande I the arts scene in
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon Down to earth
      429 8 Bloomberg Airlines likely to affect US stocks as market reopens NEW YORK The US stock indexes may plunge as much as 10 per cent when trading opens today. Airlines such as AMR and UAL, which account for one-fifth of the Amex Airline Index, may lose more than
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      Lock icon SingTel's offer to Optus shareholders ends
      136 8 Bloomberg SINGTEL said that its offer to remaining shareholders of Australia's Cable Wireless Optus will close tonight as planned. Optus shareholders who accept the offer will be paid the following week, while those who reject will be paid only from Oct 15 at the
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      Lock icon Qantas jobs for Ansett staff
      184 8 Bloomberg SYDNEY Qantas Airways may take on as many as 7,000 employees of grounded rival Ansett Holdings, as it extends its dominance of Australia's air travel market. About 16,000 Ansett workers do not know if they have jobs after administrators grounded the nation's second-largest airline
      – Bloomberg  -  184 words
    • Market News
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        Singapore
        187 8 LAST week, the ST index shed 11.2 per cent in pre-emptive redemption selling by investors, especially mutual funds, which went on forward pricing because of the crisis that resulted from the terrorist attacks in the United States. This phase of the market is not fundamentally driven as investors usually
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        Malaysia
        118 8 INVESTORS remained relatively upbeat and indications were that foreign institutional buying would emerge on market dips. US brokerage house Merrill Lynch upgraded its strategic recommendation for Malaysia to "neutral" from "underweight". Share price movements by some of the quality stocks suggested that foreign money was returning to this country.
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      Sleepless in Shanghai
      496 10  -  Chan Chao Peh by c haop eh @newstoday. com. sg THREE Singaporeans, attracted to the bright tights of Shanghai, have entrenched themselves in a city of nearly 15 million. And they have cast their lot there, knowing full well that they face whopping competition from not 320
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      Swinging a storm
      120 10 EVERY time Alan Ho fires one of his workers from the Storm of Shanghai night club, which he manages, the disgruntled one will threaten: "You'd better watch out." No one said it was going to be easy managing a hundred workers, who come and go, in a
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      An American dream
      345 10 THIS is how Singaporean Dominic Yee, who is married to a Shanghainese, described his previous career as an investment banker in Shanghai: "I had a few good years." However, he was not content with the wheeling and dealing of the financial world, and soon became a restaurant
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      In a hard place but China is the flavour of the month
      323 10 AN international brand like Hard Rock Cafe is held in high regard and a sure bet for business. But for Mr Allan Pek, who has been working in China since 1989 and who is the general manager of
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Beating VCD piracy
      246 11 Bernama M'sian minister calls for joint action KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's recording and film companies have been criticised for leaving the fight against piracy to the government. Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said the industry could have taken legal action under the Copyright
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      Teachers who take bribes
      236 11 JAKARTA On a starting monthly salary as low as Rp700,000 ($133), many Indonesian teachers resort to various means to make ends meet from offering tuition, becoming a hawker to taking bribes from parents in exchange for good grades for their children. Many also do not have
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      Lock icon North and South Korea in talks again
      48 11 SEOUL North Korean chief delegate Kirn Ryongsong (left) shaking hands with South Korean Unification Minister Hong Soon-young ahead of ministerial talks yesterday. North Korea demanded electricity and other benefits from the South in return for implementing confidence building projects. Reuters photo
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      Lock icon Malaysia needs 'world class people7
      184 11 Malaysia needs 'world class people 7 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Sen Dr Mahathir Mohamad's proposed stimulus package should focus on education and training, analysts said yesterday. Dr Mahathir had said Malaysia was considering further measures to mitigate a weakening of the US economy due to last week's
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      Lock icon Taiwan's Lee refuses to quit KMT
      66 11 AFP TAIPEI Taiwan's former president Lee Teng-hui yesterday refused to quit the main opposition Kuomintang (KMT) party over his public support for a rival party, the Taiwan Solidarity Union, "The party line is wrong now. It was anti-communist, but now it is trying to
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Lock icon Easy money?
      539 12  -  Rosliwaty Ramly Bernama Get-rich-quick schemes are just scams by in Kuala Lumpur WEALTH has driven man to great extremes ranging from heroic enterprises to downright cheating and even murder. The selling point is always greed. Yet, people do not seem to learn from mistakes and so the story
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      Lock icon Mega's anti-graft crusade
      356 12 AFP The Jakarta Post comments on the practice of giving "grants" to Indonesian public servants: THE general public and officials of the Public Servants' Wealth Audit Commission (KPKPN) are tired of reading reports on so many public servants becoming unbelievably rich due to enormous hibah (unidentified grants)
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      262 12 Qi. in which years did Raffles City Shopping Centre win the first prize In the 'Best Decorated Building' Competition organised by Singapore Tourism Board? Q2. State one spectol offer featured in the 'What's Happening-Special Promotions' page. k l rjA\'t— r^y r- NamewMr/ws/Msj V'-'-^.'y"' -ir> V -'-;j.-^ Tel:_ _M_ _jcy _W
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  • UPFRONT
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      Simply no such things
      936 13 Expatriates in Singapore speak out against UK TV 'documentary THE reaction has been largely shock and disgust. A few have actually been moved to apologise. Following Today's expose (Sept 14) of the raunchy British "documentary" X.pats, supposedly a film on the free and easy lifestyle of
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      The man behind Ardent Productions
      396 13  -  Pauline D Loh by pauline@newstoday, com.sg "X^Pats was produced by Ardent Productions Limited. The only film production company of the same name registered in the United Kingdom is a company owned by Edward Windsor, Earl of Wessex, otherwise known as Prince Edward (picture), sixth in
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  • INCINEMAS
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      Sombre weekend
      338 14  -  Reuters/Variety Americans in mourning stay away from the movies LOS ANGELES -America's sombre mood hung over the weekend as advance ticket bookings for movies trickled after Tuesday's attacks. Only two new films Opened around the country: selfredemption film, Hardball, and teen thriller The Glass House. After Tuesday's attacks
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      Under fire
      100 14 THE US brought the attack upon itself. That is the view of some studio audience in Question Time, a BBC television programme. According to Studio Briefings, former US ambassador, Mr Philip Lader, who sat on a panel to discuss the terrorist attacks, was peppered with accusations that the
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      Jay and Silent Bab finally finds its own footing
      263 14  -  David Ngiau THE characters Jay and Silent Bob first appeared in Kevin Smith's debut film Clerks, mirroring Shakespeare's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, the comic chorus in Macbeth. Jason Mewes played Jay, while Smith himself played Silent Bob. Stationed outside the convenience store
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      99 15 i, ARThIN&APOKE 2QQI THE region's top galleries come together to n- n j, showcase the best in contemporary Asian art, *H# On display are paintings, sculptures and strength to strength l l r-L- J ceramics rrom countries such as China, |v, W brings you Vietnam, Japan, Thailand and Singapore. This
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      1039 16 RODRIGO ANNIVERSARY Date: Sept 26 MUSIC IN THE WOODS CELEBRATIONS/THE TWO Time: 1 pm In conjunction with Children's Day, COMMUTER CONCERT SERIES VIENNESE SCHOOLS Venue: NUS Theatrette [LT 13) the NUS Symphony Orchestra The Monash University Chamber This concert will feature world- Price: Free presents an afternoon of enchanting Ensemble
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      837 17 $60, $85, $105 (matinee) SEPTFEST DIARY OF A Ticketing: Call SISTIC at rfffiiiiart F.A.S.T. VIRGIN 348 5555 This monodrama is about a girl who could not get over her failure THE SECOND CITY to get her composition chosen for Catch this original, daring and a competition. She tries to rewrite
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      945 18 $8 (non-member) concert etiquette and expectations technologies have influenced r Ticketing: Call SISTIC at when attending a concert. artistic practices around the world, 348 5555 Date: Sept 29 including Singapore. Dr Time: 3pm 4.30pm Arisrarkhova teaches the studioTHE BEST OF BRITISH Venue: Bukit Batok CC based course, Cyberarts, at NUS.
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  • LIMELIGHT
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      The golden couple
      458 19  -  Jenny Kong by Jen ny@n ewsto d ay. c o ra.sg QINGAPORE television has churned out some Oclassic onscreen "golden couples". In the 80s, there was Huang Wenyong and Xiang Yun in The Awakening, followed by Li Nanxing and Chen Liping in Good Morning Sir. In the
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      The big day soon in Friends
      177 19  -  Sophia Ang by sophia@newstoday.com.sg ZOE Tay may be making headlines with her impending marriage on Sept 22 but there is another wedding that is equally anticipated, which has kept fans on the edge of their seats. The much-touted wedding in the hit sitcom Friends
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  • Mooncake special
    • Mad about mooncakes
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        Harbour City Restaurant
        69 20 MOON tarts are what you can get here for a refreshing change, with walnut, macadamia nut (above) and jackfruit filling to choose from. And how about trying its mooncake with assorted seeds with ham or olive kernels filling? But if you're less adventurous, there are always the
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        Hua Ting @ Orchard Hotel
        76 20 Hua Ting Orchard Hotel CX mooncake ($lO a piece, above) is the flavour of the year at Hua Ting. No, not fashion guru Calvin Klein, but an equally renowned Chef Chan Kwok. In the unique golden case are melon seed, almond, walnut, ham and dried scallop pepped with a tinge
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        Crown Prince
        67 20 THE yam paste mooncake is a signature favourite at Long Jiang Sichuan Restaurant at Crown Prince Hotel. Pumpkin yam and chewy yam paste are popular choices as well. Traditional lotus paste mooncakes are also available. Get them from Crown Prince Hotel, Junction 8, Change Alley, Century Square, Hougang
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        Lock icon Concorde Hotel
        125 21 Today photo by IF your fear of calories is stopping you from indulging in the delicacy of the season, check out Kin Cuisine Chinese Restaurant's delectable offering (left). The restaurant uses white lotus paste, which its dim sum chef, Cheung Kin Nam, claims has a lower fat and
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        Mouth Restaurant
        91 21 THE restaurant associated with handmade dim sum and traditional claypot dishes is also offering handmade mooncakes. This year, Mouth Restaurant introduces its snow-skin ying yang mooncakes, in mango -and honeydew flavours. Prices range from $20 for eight Y^ pieces of mini red bean with f macadamia nuts mooncake
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        The Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore
        60 21 NEED to impress the in-laws? Get your mooncakes from the Ritz-Carlton. They are tastefully gift-wrapped in a red hardcover box bearing the insignia of the hotel. Prices range from $25.50 (for box of six) for the mini mooncakes to $40 (for box of four) for the
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        Grand Hyatt Singapore
        58 21 BESIDES the cool flavours of ice-cream mooncakes ($3O per box of four, above), the shop at Mezza9 is also offering two new creations. Indulge in deep-fried yam paste mooncake ($34 for box of four) or mooncake pralines in five mouth-watering flavours ($l6 for box of nine or
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        Swensen's
        67 21 THE name that rings the icecream bell in your mind will, of course, satisfy your craving for the cold dessert with its icecream mooncakes ($14.80 for four pieces). But if Mum and Dad prefer the more traditional baked mooncakes, there's a whole selection, ranging from vegetarian lotus seed paste
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        Plaza Hotel
        72 21 IF you order mooncakes from the Plaza Hotel, they come in a lovely gift pack with a box of Eight Treasure Tea (above). Prices for each box of four range from $23.50 to $28.50. There are also discounts of 10 per cent for three to five boxes, 15
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        Tai Thong
        63 21 IF there are sen- ior citizens in your home, they'll likely vouch for the goodness of tradition. Tai Thong, which has a 30--year history to boast of, is a name they'd be familiar with. And to appeal to children are a range of mooncakes in the shape of
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      253 20 Celebrating ITHE ORIGINAL RECIPE] Mif± U.^, Val Crown Prince Hotel Mooncakes Orchard Hotel Singapore relives the 31 AugUSt 01 OCtObeT 2001 tradition of celebrating the annual mid-autumn festival once again at the newly renovated Hua Ting Restaurant. i From 3 September to 1 October, Hua Ting's traditional mooncakes will be
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      559 25  -  Ivan Li m Colombian takes chequered flag as Barrichello stumbles in the pit JUAN Pablo Montoya finally won his first Formula One race in Monza at the Italian Grand Prix yesterday. In muted celebrations, and without champagne as a mark of respect for the victims
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      210 25 -AFP MADRID Zinedine Zidane should have been a happy man yesterday. Real Madrid's world record transfer signing, after several weeks of publicly-aired questions over how he would fit into the Spanish champion's playing scheme, and indeed whether the World Player of the Year was
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      177 26 Reuters LONDON Leeds United moved to the top of the English premier league as goals by Robbie Keane and Danny Mills, either side of a red card for Graham Stuart, gave it a convincing 2-0 away win over 10-rnan Charlton Athletic yesterday. The victory takes Leeds to
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      227 27  -  Stanley Ho NTUC-lncome S-League NTUC-lncome Giant-Killer of the Week by stanl ey® tie wstoday. co m. sg THERE were 35 goals hit in last week's NTUC Income S-League. But, sadly for the minnows, there were no giant-killing acts. With the championship race in the final
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      208 27 -AFP SEOUL Korean prodigy Kirn Dae-Sub lifted the Korean Open trophy for the second time in his fledgling career yesterday after winning by three strokes at Seoul Hanyang Country Club. The 19-year-old amateur, who won this event in 1998 aged 16, completed a wire-to-wire
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      155 27  -  Jose Raymond REBEL Lions' forward Ahmad Latiff Khamaruddin is now in Hong Kong on a onemonth trial with Happy Valley FC. The 22-year-old, who was with Indonesian premier division club FC Persikabo earlier this year, is hoping to impress Valley officials so
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      675 28  -  S. Gulam by in Kuala Lumpur gu la m@news tod ay.com. sg ARMS folded over his broad chest, his teary eyes peering into the distance, Tang Ngai Kin was a picture of dejection as he stood near the tunnel of the National Stadium in Buldt Jalil facing visibly
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      316 28  -  Kelvin Phang by in Kuala Lumpur kel vin@ne ws today, com. sg IMAGINE living on only US$l7 ($29) a month. Add the busy duties of a working mother and combine that with hard training for the SEA Games. That was
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      439 29  -  Kelvin Phang by ke 1 yin @ne wstoday. com. sg IF THAI sprint king Reanchai Seeharwong is "Ultraman", then his female counterpart Supavadee Khawpeng (right) should be known as Superwoman. The sprint queen's feat of four golds has gone largely unnoticed among the foreign media at the 21st
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      431 29  -  S. Gulam by gulam@newstoday.com.sg IT'S ONE sport in which Singapore is king. It's one event in which the gold is absolutely certain. The water polo Lions are champions again for the 19th time. It's an amazing winning run
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      197 30  -  Kelvin Pkang AN ATHLETE in the ongoing 21st SEA Games has been tested positive for a banned substance, the SEA Games Federation (SGF) president Tunku Imran Tuanku Ja'afar said yesterday in Kuala Lumpur. Tunku Imran, however, declined to reveal the identity of the athlete, including
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      345 30  -  Jose Raymond FORGET about full-time training. Singapore's 100 m SEA Games silver medallist U.K. Shyam said yesterday that he was not looking at the possibility of training full-time even if he is given the opportunity. Speaking at the Neptune Theatre after receiving an achievement
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      435 30  -  Jose Raymond by j os e@ newstoday. com. sg MOHD Zulfakar Mohd Ramli successfully defended the gold medal he won at the last SEA Games in Brunei when he defeated Vietnamese Le Van Long in the final of the 55kg60kg combat category in Johor Baru
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