Today, 24 October 2001, Afternoon Edition

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  • Title Section
    Masthead
    8 1 TODAY Wednesday 24 >2 °01 MITA CP) 138/11/2000
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  • Article
    Lock icon Anthrax bacteria near White House
    201 1 AFP. WASHINGTON Anthrax contamination touched the presidency yesterday, as spores of the bacteria were found in a remote White House mail facility but President George W Bush said he was free of the disease. "Today, at a remote facility, we detected some anthrax. And just
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  • Article
    Tease and tell
    589 1  -  Ng Boon Yian by.. bo onyian@newsto d ay, com. sg IN A small, crowded room in the PAP Geylang Serai branch office, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong made his first public appearance in Singapore after the polls were called last Thursday. Behind the wit and casual humour,
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Lock icon Deadly voyage
      400 2 Agencies 350 boat people die trying to enter Australia GUNUNG PUTKI (Indonesia) Fourteen people dinging on to a plank in the high seas for hours. One man holding his child on his shoulder as crashing waves take his wife away from him. Human tragedies such as these broke
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      Lock icon PAP's new prescription
      491 3  -  Chan Chao Peh Quarter of new candidates are doctors by ch a.opeh@newstoday. com. sg ONCE it was a wave of lawyers, followed by SAF scholars and then trade unionists. The current batch of new People's Action Party candidates, however, suggests that it may be the doctors who
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      Return of the Indian chiefs
      757 4 COMMENT BY RAVI VELOO Language or leadership the community must decide CHAUVINISTS mock people who don't speak their language or practise their religion. People who take pride in their language or religion never mock the non-practitioner. So the Tamil-speaking community, which makes up four out
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      Timing of petition by civil rights group questioned
      558 4  -  Elaine Quek by... elaine@n ewsto day. com. sg A CIVIL society group held a press conference yesterday with its chief executive having to answer a question that kept cropping up Why now? Why send a petition to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
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      JBJ quits WP
      333 6  -  Francis Kan by.. francis@newstoday. com. sg VETERAN opposition figure JB Jeyaretnam has finally parted ways with the Workers' Party (WP), after falling out with the party's leadership. But while he may have resigned from the party, the 76-year-old lawyer made it clear that he was not quitting
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      SDA and SDP's similar idea
      263 6  -  Ng Hwee Koon by: hweekoon® newstoday. com. sg CONSIDERING that their chiefs are not known to get along, the Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA) and the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) came up with remarkably similar manifestos. SDA chairman Chiam See Tong wants a law to give
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  • HOME NEWS
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      More MRT, LRT lines
      367 8  -  Joy Frances Good news for residents of Bukit Timah, East Coast and Jurong by.. j oy @n ews to day.co ra.sg TWO MRT lines and one LRT line will be built to serve Bukit Timah, East Coast and Jurong resi- dents over the next 10 to
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      0.5% rise in prices
      107 8 CONSUMER prices rose 0.5 per cent in September, compared to the same period last year, the Department of Statistics said yesterday. The consumer price index, which measures inflation, was pushed up in part by rising food and healthcare costs. The statement from the department said that
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      Shark shock
      337 10  -  Joy Frances Hard-hitting ad campaign aimed at shark fin lovers by.. j oy @news today, c o m. sg A NEW advertising campaign is set to shock shark fin eaters into thinking twice before digging in. The target? Wedding banquets serving traditional shark fin soup. The series of
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      Slow-down in airport traffic
      156 10 AIRLINES are not the only ones that are suffering the brunt of the economic crisis. Airports all over the world are also reporting drastic declines in passenger and cargo traffic. Changi Airport saw a drop of 4.9 per cent in total passenger throughput from Sept 11
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      Help for minors
      109 10 MINORS who come under the care of the Law Ministry's Public Trustee's Office can now enjoy cash-free outpatient treatment at a panel of clinics. The new Mediguard programme, jointly developed with the American International Assurance (AIA), covers common ailments like flu and fever. It offers unlimited access
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      Flats at a discount
      119 10 LOWER-INCOME Singaporeans renting HDB flats in the Toa Payoh, Marsiling and Bedok districts will be able to buy their apartments at discounted rates. Over 1,200 flats will be offered at subsidised prices. These range from $28,500 to $51,000 for a two-room flat. Eligible tenants will be
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      No deadline for NSS
      74 10 THE queues are still winding round the various CPF branches all over Singapore. Thousands stood in line, hoping to cash in their allotments of the New Singapore Shares {NSS). Half a person's allotment can be cashed in at any time before Nov 1 next year. After
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  • LETTERS
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      Shares: Not fair to me
      250 12  -  Simon Lai I FEEL that the New Singapore Shares have been unfairly allocated in my case. As of end-August, I was selfemployed with a monthly income of about $1,300, based on the previous year's income tax submission. As I am living in a house rented
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      Dengue risk at bus stops
      150 12  -  See Leong Kit LET us not forget the serious threat of dengue fever during the year-end rainy season. Dengue has claimed the lives of an eight-year-old schoolgirl and a young mother. An 18-year-old dengue victim even had to sit for his A-level examinations in a
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      Let's not bite the hand...
      102 12  -  Staphnie Tang A VOTE for the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) is a vote for good living. The Government has been fair to all Singaporeans with its recent move to issue the New Singapore Shares. We cannot take for granted a good, clean and c.aring
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      Where's the new blood?
      185 12  -  Siaw Kin Kiak Others must follow PM's example PRIME MINISTER Goh Chok Tong has said that some of our older MPs will be retiring after this coining General Elections. This is to make way for a new group of MPs. I think this is a fantastic
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      Why no subsidy for teaching course?
      186 12  -  Julie Chooi I REFER to the Ministry of Manpower's letter "Help from MOM for retrenched" (Today, Oct 11). Ms Jean Tan wrote that "MOM has initiated the People for Jobs Traineeship Programme directed at older workers who are prepared to learn new skills and
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      So harassing -these bank staff
      110 12  -  Neil Wilkinson I HAVE been approached by bank staff at shopping centres, asking me to invest with their bank. Not happy with a simple "no thank you", they continued to harass and badger shoppers. They kept asking for the shoppers' contact numbers and names. While
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      Should the meek suffer pay cuts?
      103 12  -  Richard Litcan I REFER to the letter "What's the priority of SPH?" (Today, Oct 22). There is absolutely no justification for Singapore Press Holdings to cut the salaries of its staff. The company has seized the opportunity to save some money at a time
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon 5-year high
      213 13 Bloomberg China rally as state-owned share sales halted SHANGHAI China halted sales of the government's $241 billion stake in publicly traded companies, and excluded state-owned shares from initial stock offerings, sparking the biggest rally in its equity market in five years. The government scrapped a June 14 rule
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      Semiconductor sector stabilising?
      140 13  -  hay Tan THE semiconductor industry is near its bottom and reaching a point of stabilisation, said president and chief executive officer Barry Waite of Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing. But analysts see the sector unlikely to take off before the second half of 2002. Mr Waite said that Chartered
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    • Market Watch
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        Autron clinches big China contract
        80 13 AUTRON Corporation's wholly-owned subsidiary, American Tec Co Ltd, clinched a US$9 million ($16.4 million) supply contract in China to supply nine operational lines of surface mount technology equipment to Chang Hong Electric, the biggest TV manufacturer there. This is the biggest single supply contract to
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        KFELS inks deal with Atlantia Offshore
        43 13 KEPPEL FELS Limited (KFELS), the offshore arm of Keppel Group, has clinched a $40.16 million contract from Atlantia Offshore to build a Tension Leg Platform hull structure. The project is expected to be completed by December 2002.
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        Your S$1 buys...
        30 13 us$ UK£ 0.5474 0.3853 Rupicth Baht 5575.6 24.531 Yen 67.173 I Peso 28.426 HK$ 4.2699 A$ 1.0751 RM 2.080 1 Rupee 26.266 Euro 0.6161 j Wort 714.10
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      Lock icon Tapping into China growth
      291 14 ■AFP 300 HK entrepreneurs get Beijing invitation HONG KONG Beijing is inviting some 300 entrepreneurs from Hong Kong to bid for projects worth some US$9 billion ($16.4 billion). The offers will be extended to them at a two-day meeting on economic cooperation between China and Hong
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      Lock icon Toyota's cash reserve switch
      193 14 Bernama TOKYO Toyota is to switch a growing proportion of its almost US$2O billion ($36.5 billion) cash reserves from yen to foreign currencies mainly the US dollar and euro as part of a plan to increase manufacturing investment and financial services outside Japan. Toyota vice-president Ryuji
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      1865 14 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS (Ail prices are indicative)' .«if M Fund Nome Bid Prite/NAV Offer Price Aberdeen Asset Management Asia Ltd Aberdeen China Opportunities Fond 0.840 0.832 Abe tdeen Global MI4C Fand 0.619 0.651 uWrfeen Global Technology Fund 0.460 0.4B4 Aberdeen UK Blue Chip Fund 0.671 0.706 Aherdeen American Opportunities Fund
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      Lock icon Microsoft opponents cry foul
      609 16 AFP New Windows XP's software bundling anti-competitive or customer-oriented? WASHINGTON Microsoft will launch its Windows XP operating system (OS) this week, amidst controversy that it incorporates several programs that may harm competitors! Critics say the new OS shows Microsoft has failed to learn from its antitrust
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      Lock icon SIA on a lower plane
      447 18 Bloomberg Analysts forecast big drop in profits HURT by an overseas investment and a slowdown in air travel, with a tougher second half to come, Singapore Airlines will probably report a 78 per cent fall in first-half profit on Friday. Net income in the six
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      Capital financing for SMEs made easier
      335 18 IMPRESS is a new financing package from DBS designed to make it easier for SMEs to get working capital in the current economic downturn. Impress, which stands for Import, Production, Export, Sales and Services financing, will help SMEs fulfil purchase orders from their clients,
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      SingTel completes Optus acquisition
      74 18 SINGTEL'S wholly-owned subsidiary, SingTel Australia Investment, has completed the compulsory acquisition of all the outstanding ordinary shares in Cable Wireless Optus. SingTel Australia now holds 100 per cent of the ordinary shares in Optus or a total issued share capital of 17,825,826,694 ordinary shares. Meanwhile, Bloomberg
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    • Market News
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        Singapore
        258 18 SINGAPORE shares emerged mostly firmer following a two per cent rise in broadly followed US indices overnight. The key ST Index rose 17.51 points to end at 1405.49 led by gains in transport, conglomerate and property stocks. Some dealers mused that advances were made in stocks that formed the
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        Malaysia
        190 18 THE Malaysian stock market shrugged off its disappointment with the Budget's proposals, looking for fresh leads to generate trading opportunities. Despite slower manufacturing sales, which declined 15.1 per cent year-on-year in August due to significant contraction in the sales of semiconductors and electronic communication components, and the ongoing external
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  • THE NEW WAR/CRACK IN THEE ARMOUR
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      Afghan leaders may have escaped US raids because of Pentagon leaks
      303 19 WASHINGTON Could someone from the Pentagon be leaking information on US-led raids in Afghanistan to wanted terorist Osama bin Laden's men? And, is that why the prime suspect in the Sept 11 terror attacks is still able to dodge
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      Lock icon WAR ECHOES
      394 19 -AFP LONDON All nine camps identified in Afghanistan as being part of Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda network have been put out of action, British Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon said yesterday. "We believe that nine Al Qaeda camps were occupied before the start of the military operation," Mr
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      380 19 II I MORNING PROGRAMME AFTERNOON PROGRAMME 9,00am Welcome Address 2_oopm Companies Experience Pan 2 Professor Ronald E. Frank, President, "Growing Global: The Opportunities Challenges" Singapore Management University Panelists 9.05am Guest of Honour Address Mr Lam Pin Woon, CEO South Asia Health Supplements Division. Professor Tommy Koh, Ambassador-at-Large, Cerebos Pacific Ltd
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Anthrax fall-out
      353 20 Agencies Canada bid to break patent rule aborted NEW YORK Depending on how you look at it, the worldwide drug industry is in for a major headache or a shot in the arm over the anthrax scare gripping the world and particularly the United States. The patent for
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      Lock icon What cheek!
      33 20 -AFP photo Stall holders wearing masks of Saudi militant Osama bin Laden and US President George W Bush al the Hong Kong Toy Gifts Show at the Convention and Exhibition Centre.
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    • Article
      Lock icon The new threat- gene-terrorists
      220 20 AFP PARIS Biologists now fear that mankind's fastgrowing store of genetic knowledge will become the next weapon for terrorists. By tweaking bacterial and viral DNA, a geneterrorist could create an agent far more devastating than the bugs in the anthrax attacks. "The revolution in biology could
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    • AFTERNOON EDITION
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        Islamic threat more serious than communism, says Malaysian DPM
        214 21 KUALA LUMPUR The threat to Malaysia torn is iv Si- ';:i.; m.::':~" i desiLwitli m LJriLj ISJbCs, .■.l-..5-.l;:'-. Deputy Prime Minister D.itk.k :fjl! AWiJlaii Al.ixid Badawi said. .Jes-i'ilihf; rhe as a "new form of militancy V" their own brand of Islam
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        What the regional papers say today...
        131 21 The Srur/MnfayiM Dept to Inspect al possible anthrax cases ii Diw.! ,:i I ..1.1 Side, fomii. ;oirf yeslerdey 'W would rol tcke eily i Bush loves Mahathir's sense of humour T;ie\V l iteibu3sl^id3 .<..ifcad.«. mJ-.y1., r ls „l k, ■Kl-wer Pre- Jjhi George W
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        Lock icon Irian Jaya gets more power and revenue
        79 21 GDDSGFD \vArr, i3j-i.vi.ic-i.- ):l;i:. Jay:-, is sat t;; riaave greater power and revenue vv.tl. ::i;- appi o-. a! o. a srj^.irr aaluiionr-- pat^j;,-: hy rarliament. Eim-cvei, ic.iirl.ii.c sfti>;.rr.tii=-i .i!::ij hss !vj?ared the deal, saying it failed to address the rlsrailßs-nl-:l dem.i irl for
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon War of differences
      821 22  -  Jeffrey Tan Dispassionate look at events after Sept 11 RECENT reports of violence against Muslims and nonMuslims alike, in the wake of the Sept 11 terrorist attacks, point to one inescapable fact: that one can practise the politics of difference and garner a reasonably large following with
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    • My Say
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        Tackling curve balls
        476 22  -  Serena Sim by.. sercn a@iiewstoday.com.sg LIFE as a television scriptwriter must be rather exciting. When you have an ongoing drama series and one of your stars cannot come to work anymore, you have to trash your old script and hastily write up a new one to explain
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  • PORTFOLIO
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      When I am 62 ...
      416 24  - When I am 62 Karman Tse Planning for your ideal post-retirement life should begin now with SRS IF your career is just starting to take off, the notion of retirement if the word means anything to you at all is virtually light-years away. But, as the Solomons of money matters
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      Market trivia:. Don't ignore reality
      203 24  -  Vasu Menon by.. US equities rebounded sharply over the last few weeks. Momentum drove stocks higher as investors cast aside the dismal third quarter corporate profits and negative economic indicators. The S&PSOO and the Dow Jones indices have recouped almost all the losses posted after
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      MoneyMatters
      141 24 SRS Seminar If you are paying more than $12,000 in personal taxes, how would you like to lower your tax bill by as much as $3,000 or more? Now, you can have your questions answered at an exclusive Money@Work Seminar. Speakers from Rothschild Asset Management and Great Eastern Life
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      213 24 MM MET rf"V There are plenty of funds that guarantee capital. But there's only one thai also guarantees profit at mW f such a generous rate of 4.35% p.a. That works out to be 53.1% growth compounded over 10 years! f J Mm f I I Plus there's insurance cover
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  • INCINEMAS
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      Lock icon Record $82m sales for Phantom DVD
      201 25 Reuters/Variety HOLLYWOOD "Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace" (picture) has set a new firstweek sales record, with an estimated 2.2 million DVDs purchased since the title was released on Oct 16. The US$45 million ($B2 million) in sales barely eclipses the record set
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    • Article
      No playful matter
      132 25 FILMMAKING partners Pixar, the production company behind "Toy Story" and "A Bug's Life", and the Disney studio are not seeing eye-to-eye over a third "Toy Story" instalment. Chairman Steve Jobs and Disney chairman Michael Eisner are disputing a business matter that could jeopardise the Toy Story sequel,
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      Lock icon Judge Dredd to return to silver screen
      168 25 Reuters/Variety HOLLYWOOD Comic book publisher 2000 AD has signed a deal to produce two movies based on its character Judge Dredd, the heroic law keeper of a 22nd century metropolis whose mantra is "I am the law". The Dredd character was previously adapted
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      Still in character
      1526 26  -  David Ngiau Will the real Denzel Washington please stand up? DENZEL Washington is LOUD! I mean, man! He is one loud guy! You know how loud excited guys are, right? Their energy is infectious, and they talk! They talk, and you get swept along, am I right?
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      333 29  - And the nominees Jenny Kong fhis year's Star Awards may just turn out some surprises by.. jenny® ne wstoday. c o m.sg BE prepared for surprises at this year's Star Awards as the underdogs battle the big shows of the year. Girl-power drama Three Women and A Half (toy, left)
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      309 29 NEXT month, Channel 8 will give you several good reasons to be a couch potato. Starting next Nov 3, a total of 10 programmes both returning favourites and new will be launched. Kicking off at Bpm is the new season of PSC Nile
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      39 29 THE "live" recording of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire (Chinese version) for tonight has been postponed. But MediaCorp is asking those who have tickets to retain them till further notice. It regrets any inconvenience caused.
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      474 30  -  Stanley Ho -m lA* rftlVm* -I HIT 4-.n J*■ Step in and be tempted by sinful drinks and curvaceous waitresses by... stan ley (S"n ews to a ay. co m.sg WANT to treat yourself to a night of sizzling spirits, sumptuous food and sensuous music?
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      African dance at the Night Safari and BirdPark
      179 30 THIS weekend another species will steal the show from the inmates at the Night Safari and the Jurong BirdPark Man. A troupe of 30 cultural dancers from Nigeria, called Ozulumba, will add more colour and life to the parks as they celebrate
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      263 30 THEATRE Blithe Spirit This outrageous comedy about love, marriage and living tells the story of Charles, who inadvertently summons his dead wife during a seance designed to help him write a book. Date: Until Tuesday Time: Bpm, 3pm (weekends) Venue: Jubilee Hall Price: $25-$52 Ticketing: Cali Ticket Charge at 296
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      606 31  -  Jeffrey Tan Safeguarding against illness and disability is CGLTs aim by.. jefft an@ne wstoday.c o m.sg SINCE its sale in July to the UK-based company, CGU, plans have been made to bring about change in Singaporean insurer ICS. For one, insurance giant CGU has brought in a dynamic
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      No one remembers No 2
      162 31  -  Roger Konopasek by.. rogoko ©pacific, net.sg IT was the biggest television broadcast the world had ever seen. On that fateful day in 1969, images flickered on black-and-white TV sets, showing the first man on the moon. A man by the name Neil Armstrong climbed down
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      344 34 Reuters NEW YORK The New York Yankees did not just beat the Seattle Mariners yesterday, it utterly trounced them, rubbing their noses in a 116-victory season as the Bronx Bombers sealed a 12-3 triumph and entry into its fourth consecutive World Series. Of course, New York
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      344 34 Reuters MELBOURNE Australia coach Frank Farina will defy any pressure exerted by clubs to recall players during his team's World Cup qualifying campaign next month, he said yesterday. Australia plays host to world champion France in a friendly in Melbourne on Nov 11 in
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      894 35  -  Rohit Brijnath Dear Mr Ferguson, I'm writing to confirm that you received the half-tonne of chalk and gleaming new blackboard I sent you after the Champions League match against Deportivo la Coruna. It is for Fantasising Fabien or Baffling Barthez, or whatever term of endearment you
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      126 35 AFP LOS ANGELES Tennis stars Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf were married Monday in a small, private ceremony in Las Vegas, Nevada, the Association of Tennis Professionals reported. The couple have been dating for more than two years and they are expecting their first child
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      413 35 AFP UNIVERSITY PARK Michael Jordan played the role of superstar, assistant coach and fan attraction, but wasn't on the floor when the game was decided. Jordan, scored 17 points in 28 minutes, but sat out the fourth quarter as the Philadelphia 76ers rallied for
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      Last charge of the Warriors
      383 36  -  Stanley Ho NTUC Income S-League jj^H SAFFC v Woodlands or by sta nieyCsl n cwstotiay.com .sg THEY say strange things happen in football. So nobody should be surprised if SAFFC ends the season with the 2001 NTUC Income S-League championship title. Currently in third place
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      Keeping his fingers crossed
      251 36  -  Stanley Ho JUST a year ago, Fandi was on top of the world, leading the Warriors to the league championship in his debut season as coach, and winning the SLeague Coach of the Year award. But, after being knocked out in the semi-final stage of the
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      Hungry Eagles infill be king
      297 36  -  Kelvin Phang Geylang v Jurong I by.. kelvin@news to d ay.co m.sg IF THE football gods believe that consistency is the key to winning a league title, then Geylang United should be decreed the champion. By topping the table for a total of 28 out
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      Jang believes he has the luck
      406 36  -  Kelvin Phang GEYLANG coach Jang Jung is either the most optimistic man in the S-League, or the most confident. Even when his team was knocked off the top of table three weeks ago, he still claimed that the title would be his. Fast-forward a
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      Champion Home
      641 37  -  Jose Raymond I NTUC Income S-League TOffl Gombak Utd v Home Utd by.. j ose@newstoday.com. sg HOME United manager Noordin. Rahman thinks his men may have let the title slip into the Eagles' talons already. And he thinks it will be hard for his side to clinch its
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      322 37  -  Jose Raymond CALL him the master tactician, the wily orchestrator or just a damn good coach. In the six years he has been in the S-League, Robert Alberts has collected one championship medal, three runner-up spots and one Cup winners medal. And this year,
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        397 38 -Agmcies Man U strikes thrice in last 11 minutes and qualifies Champions League Manchastar Utd 3 Qlyrnpiakns C Mm: U auO Dtportim quality fur Phase If SSTER Super-sub Qle Gunnar Solskjaer sparked l;.tc goal i.i.^'i io lea: -Manibcsii.T l.Liiled :r.[.: thssc--ondf.hasr-Drt.hr Chsniirmf, League with s. 3-0 win over
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        249 38 Bayern advances along with five others Reuters Champions League Sayem 3 Fevenoord 1 Beysrn, Bayar Lwarkusen, LONDON Five other big dubs joined Manchester United _n the kast Iti el il.e C^amcio.]'. League thi.-. morning with one uialdi still to play, l'.uropeiu: cb.annion Baveru jl'juich, Jjayer Leverausen, Depordvo La Corona. .Inventus
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      Itimi punished
      242 39  -  Stanley Ho by.. stanley@newstoday.com.sg A THREE-MONTH suspension and a $1,000 fine. That was the sentence ex-Jurong player Itimi Dickson Edherefe received for striking out at Home United midfielder Harun Juma'at during a NTUC Income S-League match between the two clubs on Sept 28. The 17-year-old, accompanied by Balestier
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      255 39 Kelvin Phang WITH three teams still in contention for the title, S-League officials have been trying to figure out just where the championship trophy should be come kick-off time tonight. But, after much debate, director of competitions Chris Chan decided that the winner's
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      434 34 JobsToDAY The strength of m two leaders. CGU BR** H The Insurance Corporation of Singapore (ICS), Singapore's f largest group and corporate insurer, has recently become a part of the CGNU Group and is now looking to recruit a visionary professional team to drive plans for rapid business growth! CGNU
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