Today, 8 February 2002

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    18 1 TODAY Frid&y February 8, 2002 m MITA (P) 063/11/2001 TODAY Fridiiy February 8, 2002 MITA (P) 063/1 t_ool
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  • Article
    Now showing, Rogue Trader II
    683 1  -  Rahul Pathak Echoes of Leeson, $1.4 billion down the drain by rahul@newstoday.com.sg A ROGUE trader with the audacity of Nick Leeson and equally trusting bosses has rocked another venerable European bank. When Allied Irish Banks finished totting up the losses it had suffered at the
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    Lock icon Dr M renews snubbing game with Australia
    184 1 Agencies CANBERRA There are no simmering issues between Australia and Malaysia at the moment Yet, Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad refused to let bygones be bygones. He has declined to attend a Commonwealth summit to be held in Queensland. Dr
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    No IDD charge for these calls
    129 1 FROM the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year (Feb 12) till Dec 31, all StarHub Mobile users can make calls to Malaysia without incurring any IDD charges. Normal call charges are still applicable. StarHub users call Malaysia more often than any other
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
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      33 1 OUCH, THAT HURTSI/24 Is it wise to scold judges in public? AAMIR KHAN SPEAKS/44 w\ _i^B_____K. Exclusive interview with Bollywood star BENNETT FUND RAISER/52 Wrexham fans donate beer money to sign Singapore PR
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Lock icon Vivian to head politics committee
      137 2 Channel NewsAsia A COMMITTEE of younger Singaporeans has been set up to look at political changes needed in the country, Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said yesterday in London. The committee will be chaired by Minister of State for National Development Vivian Balakrishnan. Speaking
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      After the bust-up
      377 2  -  Kim-Kyna Tan Security to be beefed up at Subordinate Courts by kim@newstoday.com.sg STATIONING police personnel in hearing chambers is on the blueprint for enhanced security at the Subordinate Courts. "We're looking at introducing police in the chambers in high conflict cases," said District Judge Lau Wing Yum,
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      Lift tudung girls' suspension: SDP
      155 2  -  Tan Hui Leng THE Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) wants the Government to lift the suspension of two tudung girls by next Thursday. A third girl was pulled out of school by her parents and a fourth is facing a suspension deadline. Dr Chee Soon Juan,
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      Disney man for Sentosa
      126 2 SENTOSA Development Corporation (SDC) appointed Mr Darrell Metzger (picture) as its chief executive from yes terday. He takes over from Mr Pek Hock Thiam, who retired from the civil service at the end of last year, after 32 years. The new chief holds an MBA from
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      Lock icon Back from the dead
      51 3 Reuters THE BOW of the sunken gas ship, Pak One, floating in the Gulf of Thailand on Wednesday after resurfacing about 60 kilometres off the coast of Koh Samet recently. The tanker sank in 1996 and now poses a danger to shipping, the Royal Thai Navy
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      Lock icon Bird flu strain belongs to 1997 family
      164 3 Reuters HONG KONG Government officials yesterday confirmed that the current strain of bird flu belonged to the same family as the virus that killed six people in 1997. The officials insisted, however, that the outbreak was under control and there was no evidence
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      Tudung stand
      260 3 Malaysian Islamic panel says education more important MALAYSIA'S special advisory panel on Islamic affairs has urged Muslims in Singapore to be pragmatic and to adopt an open mind when faced with a choice between getting an education and wearing the tudung in schools. The head of the think
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      Lock icon Jakarta flood claims may exceed $360m
      177 3 Agencies JAKARTA As the capital struggles to clean up after the floods, insurance claims, expected to exceed US$2OO million ($365 million), have started to roll in. "The amount of flood-related claims could be higher than the claims from the May 1998 riots which reached
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Lock icon Opera Estate's high-tech drain to ease floods
      253 4 Channel NewsAsia A $31 million system is draining away the stormy blues in Opera Estate. The estate suffered up to six floods a year because it is in a low-lying area and its main drain could not cope with the volume of rainwater.
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      5 steps to security
      323 4  -  Elaine Quek Drive to focus on social and economic defence by e.la.ne@newstoday.con-.sg ECONOMIC and social defence is the emphasis of the Total Defence campaign this year, following the Sept 11 attacks and the arrests made by the Internal Security Department. This year, Total Defence Day on
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      After dark
      491 6  -  Kim-Kyna Tan From sumptuous spreads to durians and bizarre items in the bazaar by kim@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE by night is a different beast from Singapore by day when its residents are engaged in frenetic material pursuit As the sun goes down, people in this air-condi-tioned nation spill out from
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  • LETTERS
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      Principled approach to Palestinian issue
      116 8  -  Tan Lian Choo I REFER to the letter "The battle between realpolitik and principle" by Ngiam Shih Tung (Today, Feb 1) in which he alluded to Singapore's "silence on Palestine". Mr Ngiam has got it wrong. Singapore has always adopted a strong and principled approach
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      Men cry, too
      261 8  -  Tay Cheng Liang Should unfaithful wives get maintenance? I THINK that there is a real need for a Men's Charter. Look closely at the Women's Charter and you see that men do bear the brunt of a failed marriage. In today's society, women are financially independent and
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      Success at what cost?
      193 8  -  Kathleen Kwan I REFER to the article "Contradiction called S'pore" (Today, Feb 5). Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew said: "If we want to have successful entrepreneurs, Singaporeans have to accept a greater income disparity between the successful and the not-so-suc-cessful." I am not certain that with
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      No division in Islam on tudung
      341 8  -  Mumtaz Begam WITH reference to the commentary "Don't fall into the trap", by Mr Ravi Veloo (Today, Feb 5), I believe it is commendable of the writer to attempt to put the recent issue of tudung in proper perspective. There are more pressing problems
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      Lock icon Smooth ride to fly
      502 9  -  Cathleen Tung Now, passengers can get to Changi Airport fast and easy by news@newstoday.com.sg FROM today, passengers can enjoy the convenience of getting to and from Changi Airport by MRT. They can now do so via the through service, which provides a direct connection between the
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Beyond expectation
      373 10 Aerospace, marine sectors post strong growth EVEN with the local port having seen tough competition lately and the air industry worldwide suffering the effects of the terrorist attacks in the United States, Singapore's aerospace and marine industries grew last year. Despite the rapid slump in global aviation after
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      HDB's rebranding
      266 10 DAZZLING show flats, glossy brochures, slick adverts these are part of HDB's new marketing efforts for its flats. The HDB set up a marketing and planning section early this year to spearhead its efforts. And for the first time last year, it opened show flats in four new
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      Your S$1 buys...
      27 10 US$ 0.5461 Rupiah 5608.8 UK£ 0.3872 Baht 23.959 Yen 73.024 Peso 27.957 HK$ 4.2595 A$ 1.0760 RM 2.0750 Rupee 26.599 Euro 0.6298 Won 719.78
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      Pacific Internet cuts losses by 33% to $15m
      242 10  -  Chan Chao Peh by chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg INTERNET service provider Pacific Internet (PI) has narrowed its net loss for the full year, ended Dec 31, by 33 per cent to US$B.l million ($14.81 million). At the same time, Pi's revenue also increased by 29
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    • Market Watch
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        Singapore
        138 12 SINGAPORE shares headed south as investors stayed on the sidelines prior to the shortened trading week next week due to the Chinese New Year holiday. The ST Index slid 31.50 points to 1717.11, led by falls in financial and technology issues. For every stock that rose, five fell while
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        Malaysia
        217 12 THE much-awaited Chinese New Year rally has yet to materialise. The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) and the regional markets suffered from Wall Street's continued weakness. The KLCI lost 7.54 points to close at 707.68. It was led by a fall in the index-linked counters. The Second Board index
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      Lock icon Ansett's troubles worsen
      248 14 -AFP MELBOURNE All hopes of keeping Ansett flying appeared to be crumbling, as the consortium planning to take over the ailing Australian airline ran into major problems. In addition, negotiations for the transfer of the Sydney Airport lease to the Melbournebased Tesna consortium, which was the brainchild
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      Lock icon Inchcape Motors gearing up to delist
      291 14 Bloomberg UK parent offers $2.30 per share INCHCAPE has offered to pay $138 million to buy the shares it does not own in its Singapore unit and delist the subsidiary as the stock has failed to perform. The London-based company will offer $2.30 a
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      Sybase braces for high target
      115 14 DATABASE and e-business software vendor, Sybase, has imposed on itself a 30 per cent year-on-year growth for 2002. To achieve this, it will focus on three key initiatives e-business, m-business and vertical offerings. In the area of e-business, the company will focus on enterprise applications
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      3132 16 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS (All prices are indicative) Fund NAV/BidPrke Oiler Price Aberdeen Asset Management (Asia) Aien een Se -Singapore "Dollar Fund 1.0015 1.0015 A ien een Se-American Opportunities 0.716 0.753 A ien een Se-Asian Fixed Income 1.169 1.205 Aien een Se China Opportunities Fd 0.937 0.985 _)erc een Se Continental
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    • Corporate Briefs
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        Higher net profits
        93 16 MAINBOARD-LISTED Beyonics Technology, a provider of manufacturing services, has registered a 116 per cent rise in net profits to $8.6 million for the six months ended Jan 31, 2002. The higher profits were reported after a 146 per cent gain in turnover to $308.6 million. Beyonics attributed
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        Premium income
        82 16 INSURANCE provider NTUC Income garnered premium income of $2.88 billion last year, a 75 per cent gain over that of 2000. Single premium income for life insurance amounted to $1.9 billion, while new regular premiums brought in $65 million. General and health insurance premiums were $240 million. Based
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Jobs jeopardy as Bush's package is buried
      215 18 Agencies WASHINGTON Someone killed President George W Bush's economic stimulus package. The Democrats have been blaming the Republicans while the Republicans say it is the fault of the Democrats. The US Senate dealt a final blow to the plan on Wednesdayafter both parties
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      Sharon ups ante
      414 18 Israeli PM likely to ask Bush to sever ties with Arafat WASHINGTON After a year in office, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's position is looking stronger than ever as he arrived here for talks on Wednesday. Mr Sharon, who won a landslide victory in January last year,
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      Lock icon Sex video: Friend, former beau charged
      242 18 Agencies TAIPEI A best friend and a former boyfriend were among those charged yesterday in Taiwan for dragging the bedroom secrets of former city councillor Chu Mei-feng (picture) into the open. The friend, Kuo Yuling, 44, was jealous of Ms Chu's popularity and wanted
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      Lock icon G7 to talk up world economy
      266 20 Agencies WASHINGTON If US Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan could do it, why not the Group of Seven (G7)? The world's seven leading industrialised nations plan to talk up the world economy just like Mr Greenspan did two weeks ago when he said
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      Lock icon Higher spending blow to Koizumi
      264 22 -AFP TOKYO In a blow to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, a top member of his ruling Liberal Democratic Party yesterday said Japan would abandon a pledge to cap fiscal expenditure. "There is no prospect that the government can overcome looming crises such as the possible
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      Lock icon The 911 let-down
      289 22 Agencies CIA chief says there is no perfect intelligence WASHINGTON The Sept 11 terror attack plot was probably "hidden" in the heads of just three of four people. The director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) offered that as a reason why his agency was not able
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Ouch, that hurts!
      720 24  -  Sunny Goh Public scolding of judges: Is it wise? by sunny _goh@pacific.net.sg "WHEN I have laid bait for deer, I don't shoot at the first doe that comes to sniff, but wait until the whole herd have gathered round." So said 19th century German Chancellor Otto von
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      What the regional papers said yesterday ...
      131 24 What the regional papers said yesterday The Bangkok Post/Thailand Flawed from the start, says judge. Shortlist of nominees should be scrapped The process of selecting national telecommunications commissioners was flawed and should be overturned, an Administrative Court judge said yesterday. The Jakarta Post/ Indonesia No red carpet treatment for Howard
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  • UPFRONT
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      588 29  -  JHbiice Lee Talking points Playwrights who are 'coming soon' must seek out those who have 'come and gone' IT seems as if the younger generation is overtaking their older contemporaries on the freeway of successful play writing. While veteran playwrights like Robert Yeo have expressed feelings
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      361 29 -Reuters TOKYO Twenty-five-year-old Mari Taniuchi enters Tokyo's ultra-hip Shibuya district and glances at a tiny computer screen bolted to her jacket sleeve. A map of the area comes up. She sifts through information on places to eat and shop, tapping a keypad woven into her
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      Match and set
      914 31 Fire up your imagination in the pursuit of romance IN the days of yore, the Old Man in the Moon was a practised matchmaker. With his delicate red threads, he linked potential mates, weaving their destiny together for life. That is, until the Americans landed on the
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      461 32 m Great eats What's Chinese New Year shopping like in Chinatown? Take an armchair walkabout through the eyes of our ang mo writer, Justyn Olby Home chef Need an idea for an appetiser this Lunar New Year? Our home chef Pauline makes it look so easy with
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      342 33 The Solution to 1 Troubled Skin BOSKn Concept m m am _^_k. Bioskin is specially formulated for various skin problems and is customised •^^^^^**S______ to individual special needs. It is so effective that you can see remarkable -_Y^f- improvements within 2 weeks! ■*»j m M\********Sm^ r^ Principal and founder of
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      446 34 WALKING into Chinatown in the lead up to Chinese New Year, the assault on your senses is almost like a physical blow. All around are bright red and gold streamers, lanterns and sinuous dragons, while the noise of the bustling shoppers competes with the street theatre and vendors
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      Double happiness
      303 36  -  Pauline DLoh pauline@newstoday.com.sg Cooking with style Wave a wand and turn beautiful butterfly prawns into twin attractions HAPPY prawns! One of the most popular festive dishes during the Lunar New Year must be prawns. They taste good and their name in Chinese, especially in rather literal Cantonese "har",
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      186 36 t~* Recipe Double Happiness (Butterfly Prawns in Two Flavours) Ingredients: prawns. 1 packet MAGGI Chilli Prawn Mix 5. Place prawns in mayonnaise sauce beside the chilli prawns. /-TJTT T T T»r» A 1 i fk T I i Ty 1 kilo large grey prawns, (at least six inches long) Garnish
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      95 38 Deck the little ones in these miniature cheongsams and mandarin-collared gowns this lunar new year. This cute ensemble in its riot of festive colours will surely brighten up days of feasting and visiting this holiday season art direction: puaykoon photography: wee teck hian clothes: petals, pinkie, silk
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      147 39 \\^r^ *s*>- _______T _e3ular bud3et stores The OH __99shop Oet hearts aflame with groovij gins this Valentine s. I hanks to the vJI iL.9yshop, ijour buddies can receive spunkij, sparkling gitts that will brighten their daij. And ljou won t even have to burn a hole in ijour pocket. Oo
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      252 41 IN MARCH'S .^ESllir'** 1 \v iiiikFl ______»>*_ ______?s_____^__Pb Everything you need f^^^4^% f to be tnis season's i_«iß_P I^/ f ____r t:: :t_p tb Hj 1 What it's really H like to be a Geisha _J2_>*_Zi raOdVONIS Your looks can get you j@ET IK^H^K anything you want Aj\ -J_f_T^___ I
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      822 42  -  S Gulam Dubai is an Arabian paradise of shopping and nightlife by g_am@newstoday.com.sg FOOTBALL has taken me to many countries. But I love Dubai the most And it has nothing to do with football. I've been to Dubai, one of the seven emirates which make up the United
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      312 42 Koh Samui.Thailand One of Thailand's most exotic beach resorts. Clear crystal-blue waters and wide sandy beaches, Koh Samui is a great place to wind down and while your time away.A 3D tour starts from $428. Agent: Newsman Tel: *****78 Bali. Indonesia Great playground for a weekend getaway. Sandy
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      Ken-Air certificates are valid
      77 42 Ken-Air Tours issued a notice yesterday saying that its travel insurance partner, Extra Sure Travel Insurance, has confirmed "that certificates issue by Ken-Air Tours Pte Ltd prior to Feb 1 is valid". But you can also get a refund by filling out its "Request for Refund
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      174 43 >i_2a, 111 SHOPPING Hij£| *_p? v.*) FESTIVAL cs> 9--—-^ ®ne world, ©ne Pa_iiy. One Festival. II WAA i^___Bßß _Sf___ i -__j_liM____| 1. ____T '<^^ _.M 3t_______^___2____ I v* 4 '__s____ _-*-____S_t Dubai in one sparkling package. Starting from just US$27. To celebrate this year's Shopping Festival, Emirates gives you Dubai
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      Gosh! I spoke with Aamir
      649 44  -  Jasleen Randhawa The thespian and the gentleman leaves our reporter star struck A AMIR Khan spoke with me! Yes, I'm a "lucky devil" at least that's what a colleague exclaimed. The exclamation from another was more like: "Aamir who?" Well, he's one of the finest
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      Lock icon Labour of love
      716 45  -  Shiela Vesuna The Week by MOTHER-CHILD themes are passe even in cliche-riddled Bollywood but Meghna Gulzar, daughter of film lyricist and scriptwriter Gulzar, and actress Rakhee, is serving up something strikingly refreshing. Her debut film Filhaal, set for release on Feb 1, is about surrogate motherhood, a
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      Lock icon Rings and Rouge win big, again
      189 45 Reuters/Variety LONDON The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and Moulin Rouge dominated the honours at the Empire magazine film awards show. Both movies picked up three awards, with Lord of the Rings, the first of three films based on JRR
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      1461 46 A« First Touch -My Baby Brings Peace BBC Correspondent cna, 8 02 P m Inside the Actor's Studio Channel 5, 8.30pm w"~n_N____4PW!f?____l_____l Melanie Griffith Arts Central, 11pm I Vij **m\ m9*m*y mm****. i^T^ }k I ________________^C_* _J___r' Fil 9\*~i f*m I that can happen to a Wss_s_?________ her acting debut
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  • LIMELIGHT
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      332 47  -  Janice Lee Twenty finalists get set for Miss Singapore Universe 2002 by. j ani ce@newsto day, com. sg WITH their nails done and hair set, the Miss Singapore Universe 2002 semi-finalists looked like mannequins on Wednesday. A total of 34 contestants vied for a spot in the finals
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      Mr Speaker opens up on air
      163 47  -  Elisa Chia by elisa@newstoday.com.sg DON'T let his stern demeanour scare you. Speaker of Parliament and MP of East Coast GRC, Mr Tan Soo Khoon (picture), will give you a glimpse of his personal life during a live interview on Gold 90.5FM tonight Learn about
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      BLIND DATES
      324 47 Indulge in pre-Valentine's Day fun! Blind Dates A communication game that is interactive as well as a fine dining experience. Join us for a Blind Date at Intermezzo. Date: Today Time: 6.30pm to 9pm Venue: Intermezzo, I Raffles Link #01 -03 Cost: $59 per person (includes a three-course
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      156 47 Chinese Programmes Rating Rating ('000) Channel 1 The Reunion 17 636 8 2 The Mission 15 570 8 3 Food Glorious Food 15 555 8 4 News 8 At Ten 14 548 8 5 City Beat 14 528 8 6 A Kindred Spirit 13 500 U 7 Lucky Numbers 12
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      Lock icon Murthy guzzles Brew at the finish
      378 48  -  Kelvin Phang TODAY photo by by kelvin@newstoday.com.sg LIKE an ice-cold glass of beer on a hot afternoon, Phil Brew looked irresistible and headed for a runaway win in yesterday's Heineken Challenge at the Orchid Country Club. But the season-opener of the Singapore Golf Circuit
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      Lock icon Nordberg, Loar share lead
      227 48 Agencies YANGON It was a day of contrasts on the Yangon course yesterday. Swede Olle Nordberg, an old Asian hand, and tour rookie Edward Loar of the United States shared first day honours at the US$2OO,OOO ($366,000) London Myanmar Open at the Yangon Golf Club. The
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      PBSI heads to S'pore to settle Taufik issue
      277 48  -  Kelvin Phang THE ongoing row between the Indonesian Badminton Federation (PBSI) and its Singapore counterpart over the latter's controversial signing of Taufik Hidayat (picture) could be resolved next week. Dr Jan Hadi, PBSI's deputy director of foreign relations, informed TODAY that he
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      Hammers' bubble bursts
      510 50 Cup exit should signal exodus of England's brightest young stars Comment by Neil Humphreys neil@newstoday.com.sg TRADITIONALLY, West Ham fans have never favoured the subtle approach, so it came as no surprise when Frank Lampard was booed every time he touched the ball yesterday. Having walked out on
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      Wrexham fans want to sign Singapore PR Bennett, with beer money
      355 52  -  Stanley Ho by stanley@newstoday.com.sg FANS of English Division Two side Wrexham are so impressed with Singapore permanent resident Daniel Bennett that they are willing to fork out their own money to sign him. That is the sensational impact that
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      Lock icon Surprising Singapore
      411 52  -  Stanley Ho Two good second half strikes seal win for Lions NTUC Income Challenge Cup Singapore 2 North Korea 1 Goals from Nazri and Azhar NOT many people expected the Lions to win last night against North Korea. And only 6,000 bothered to turn up at the National
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      Lock icon Fiorentina crisis worsens
      251 52 Agencies ROME Fiorentina defender Moreno Torricelli fears more players may try to have their contracts cancelled because of the cash crisis at the club. The players threatened to quit their contracts last year when wages were not paid and Portugal forward Nuno Gomes and team mate Marco
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      Why should the talented have to wait to play?
      561 53  -  Jose Raymond Comment by j ose@newstoday.com. sg AT WHAT age should a footballer be allowed to play at the highest level? Well, when Argentine football genius Diego Maradona was picked to represent the country's senior side against Hungary in 1977, he
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      Lock icon Out of Prost but into Arrows for Frentzen
      311 53 Reuters LONDON German HeinzHarald Frentzen will drive for Arrows alongside Brazilian Enrique Bernoldi for the 2002 season, the Leafield-based team confirmed yesterday. The 34-year-old Frentzen was left without a drive for the new season after the troubled Prost team was declared bankrupt
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      198 50 (arjsbgfg English Premier League exclusive feature I I Jointly sanctioned by the Asian PGA-run i HjLJvijH Davidoff Tour and European Tour, with I renowned world players such as lan Woosnam I Hflj| IP^^^^ anc' Nick Faldo vying for the championship 1-,^'^^Ll mW 0 J title and prize money worth US$9OO,OOO,
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      20 53 Hloney WordS Week 9 mill be postponed to the meek of 20-22 Feb due to the Chinese flew Year holidays.
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      It's all about money
      174 58  -  Compiled by Jenny Kong Quote of t_e weeK: ■i Have Grown siGniFicantLY, BotH personciLLY anD proFessionaLLY, aFter neari_ a DecaDe of raismG a FamiLY anD exPLonnG itiy craFt. i view itiy appearance in ployboy as tHe First step in presentinG mYseLF to tHe wor_D as i
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      Leave my little one alone!
      117 58 Hong Kong's paparazzi must have thoughtthey could get round the evasive Faye Wong's refusal to entertain questions about her love life when they decided to target her daughter instead. One reporter approached little Tong Tong outside her school and tried to I get a scoop
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      Who says Mariah is down and out?
      126 58 So, Virgin Records paid their way to have Mariah Carey off their list, fuelling talk that the singer's days as a pop diva are over. That, coupled with earlier reports that she was on the verge of a nervous breakdown after her breakup
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      Backstreet Boy spared the bars
      89 58 Backstreeter Nick Carter, who was earlier arrested for disobeying a cop's order to leave a club after a scuffle, was spared from going to jail. Carter was said to have agreed to the pre-trial intervention programme in order to avoid sitting behind bars. Now, the
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      OH JOSHI
      616 62  -  Philip Berk celeßites L By nt the Golden Globes, where he was a presenter. Josh Hartnett the smoulderingly handsome, stoopshouldered, and soft-spoken young actor whom we first noticed in Virgin Suicides confided in me that he was not happy with the way Somalians were treated in Black Hawk
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