Today, 22 February 2002, Afternoon Edition

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  • AFTERNOO EDITION
    • 382 1 Agencies MANILA The American fight against terrorism suffered a blow yesterday when a helicopter with 12 US troops crashed in the Philippines, about seven nautical miles (13 km) off the coast of the Negros island in the Bohol Sea. The Chinook MH47 helicopter was on a night flight
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    • 239 1 -AFP WASHINGTON The US economy is already powering out of recession and looks set to defy lukewarm expectations, experts said this morning after the release of a closely-watched barometer. The Conference Board's index of leading economic indicators a basket of economic data that
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    • 87 1 Agencies KARACHI A videotape received by Pakistani and US officials confirmed the death of kidnapped reporter Daniel Pearl. It showed scenes of his murder, a statement issued by Pakistan's Sindh provincial government said this morning. US President George W. Bush deplored the "criminal and barbaric" slaying of
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  • HOT NEWS
    • 134 2 Coffee, tea or a whiff of oxygen? PASSENGERS on long haul flights to Changi Airport can now take a breather at its latest facility which offers oxygen therapy, among other things. For $15 you can get a 10-minute whiff of oxygen to rejuvenate your senses to kill jet lag. The
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    • 454 2  -  Tan Hui Leng Not directors when it comes to fees, says survey by huileng@newstoday.com.sg DIRECTORS of companies were expected to be the first to take pay cuts in this economic downturn, but results of a recent survey seem to indicate otherwise. According to the second Singapore Board of
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    • 271 2  - Jobs aplenty but only for engineering grads Zackaria Abdul Rahim DRAWN to the prospects of employment, they came, they browsed, then walked away. "They are all looking for engineers" was the common complaint of several general degree students at a job fair organised by the National University of Singapore yesterday,
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    • 383 3 Agencies Smiling diplomacy as Bush and Jiang meet BEIJING President George W Bush and President Jiang Zemin did not budge from their original positions on several issues from human rights to the missile defence shield to Taiwan during their talks yesterday in Beijing. Mr Bush wanted
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    • 177 3 Agencies HONG KONG The mad-cow disease claimed its first death in Hong Kong when a 35-year-old woman, who had been living in Britain, succumbed to her illness. She died on Wednesday after battling the ailment for 16 months. Identified only as Chan, the woman
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    • 184 3 Agencies PHUKET Asean foreign ministers have agreed to counter a growing impression that the region is a hotbed of terrorism. "There is a lot of misunderstanding of Asean countries and what we have done. "In fact we have done a lot, but perhaps we have not done
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    • 129 3 AFP COLOMBO Sri Lanka yesterday agreed to a historic ceasefire deal with Tamil Tiger rebels as part of a Norwegian attempt to broker peace to end nearly two decades of war. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's government gave its consent to a document prepared by Norway,
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    • Article, Illustration
      362 4  -  Chan Chao Peh Virgin Asia chief reveals phone figure by... chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg SINCE its launch last October, Virgin Mobile has been tight-lipped about its subscriber base. Yesterday, in an interview with Today, Mr Andrew Craissati (picture), the Asia chief executive of Virgin (Asia) Management, let in on its
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    • 300 4  -  Joy Frances A NEW initiative launched yesterday follows a path paved by the likes of the Economic Development Board (EDB) and could help Singapore realise its goal of becoming a research and development (R&D) hub. The Singapore Millennium Foundation (SMF), a non-profit organisation,
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    • 271 4 FROM midnight on March 1, motorists using the Woodlands Causeway and Tuas Second Link will have to pay a higher toll. The increase ranges from 10 cents to $2.50 depending on the type of vehicle. The Land Transport Authority explained that the increase is necessary
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  • LETTERS
    • 164 6  -  Dhanesh Jagwani ON Feb 17,1 boarded a Comfort taxi from Ngee Ann City to my home in Bedok. The taxi driver, Mr Koh (SH 2872L), was a lively gentleman. Soon, we were having a conversation about football and life in Singapore. When I reached my destination, I
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    • 95 6  -  Chng Guan Poh I AM glad that the Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) is taking up the issue of high interest rate charges for credit cards imposed by banks. I hope Case can also ask banks why consumers have to pay an extra commission (usually two to
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    • 336 6  -  Elaine Lim Lixian We are trained to teach autistic children, but... I REFER to the letter, "He's autistic, he's my son" (Today, Feb 20). Two years ago, I taught an autistic child during a relief teaching stint. The child was a much slower learner
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    • 604 8  -  Han Liang Yuan They don't need to remember the exact fare or use the validator WE REFER to Mr Lim Boon Kiat's letter (Today, Feb 18) and would like to thank him for the opportunity to address his concerns. With the new ez-link card system,
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  • HOME NEWS
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      550 11  -  Cathleen Tung A journey of discovery for the young ones by cathleen@newstoday.com.sg HAVE your inquisitive children ever asked you questions like: "Who invented the MRT?" or "Why is the City Hall station the interchange station"? Or have you always had to remind the young ones not to
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    • 202 12 THE inaugural Lee Kuan Yew Global Business Plan Competition, organised by the Singapore Management University (SMU), received a total of 202 business concept outlines when submissions closed on Feb 11. Entries poured in from 74 universities, colleges and polytechnics from 19
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    • 372 12  -  Leong Phei Phei Viagra maker switches focus, but in S'pore... by pheiphei@newstoday. com.sg A CAMPAIGN is under way in the US to encourage impotent men in their 40s to give Viagra a try. In the latest print advertisements by Pfizer Inc, younger men are told that the
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    • 154 12 Channel News Asia POLICE officers on the move will soon be able to access crucial crime-busting information real-time anywhere in Singapore thanks to a new device called the mPOD. It is a hand-held Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) that has been customised for the police. The mPOD does more
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    • 114 12 Channel NewsAsia A MAN accused of cheating a group of Chinese nationals of their money has been charged with another 200 counts of criminal breach of trust This brings the total number of charges against Lam Chen Fong to 400 and the total amount
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    • 105 12 CITIGROUP is celebrating its centennial in Singapore and five other Asian markets with a series of events. It will invest more than $1 million in community and arts programmes including a financial literacy programme for secondary, junior college, polytechnic and university students and another to help intellectually-disabled adults
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  • 1138 14 "To when Possible... To Relieve y Often... To Comfort y Always... ANNOUNCING THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE SHAW-NKF CHILDREN'S KIDNEY CENTRE With the generous $4 million gift from The Shaw Foundation, and the magnanimous support of the principals, teachers, students and parents
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    • 103 15 I^-^ '<cXhis is a remarkable achievement by J*rS y the principals, teachers, students and C eremCVtJ parents of Singapore, together with Guest of Honour: <The Shaw foundation, they have RAdm Teo Chee Hean ~1 ,j I tin ,r s-it Minister for Education and Second Minister for Defence contributed to build
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
    • 142 16 Bloomberg SEMBCORP Industries may sell shares at more than $1.60 in its $300 million stock sale, according to the bank arranging the sale. Deutsche Bank is managing the sale of 186 million new shares for SembCorp, which said yesterday that it would sell the stock at
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    • Market Watch
      • 73 16 THE ST Index reversed a fourday losing streak as bargain hunters lifted the key stock index 2.48 points to 1731.83. The index was higher on the back of stronger finishes on Wall Street but gains were trimmed as dealers squared off positions that were due. Market breadth was poor
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      • 57 16 IN the absence of fresh leads, profit-taking activities continued on the KLSE yesterday in spite of a better overnight showing over by Wall Street The benchmark KLCI fell 5.4 points to 717.39. The market saw red with losers thumping gainers 502 to 200. Another 176 counters were unchanged and
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      • 33 16 By Volume Stocks Volume ('000) Ipco 42,635 Vikay Ind 23,751 Media Ring 17,849 Beyonics 17,278 GES 12,582 Stocks Volume ('000) Goldtron 11,263 Inno-Pac 10,601 SingTel 9,148 TPV 8,324 DatacrftUSS 7,407
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      • 42 16 By S Stocks Close Rise SPH 22.30 +0.40 SPH 100 22.20 +0.30 GreatEast 13.30 +0.30 DBS 14.30 +0.20 F&N 7.90 +0.20 OCBC 13.00 +0.10 C&C 4.54 +0.08 WBL Corp W*****1 JSH 500USS 0.48 2.55 +0.07 +0.05 OUS 2.06 +0.04
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      • 45 16 ByS Stocks Close Rise IS DJ USTech 10US$ Creative 50 48.70 22.30 -0.80 -0.60 Venture 14.30 -0.30 SIA 13.20 -0.30 KepCor Elec USS 3.88 2.72 -0.14 -0.10 SIA 200 13.30 -0.10 Semb Log 2.02 -0.08 Robinson 4.62 -0.08 WBL Corp 2.10 -0.05
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      • 55 16 Stocks Value Change Its Nikkei 225 *****.42 +461.29 +4.69 Hang Seng All Ordinaries *****.90 3379.70 +39.84 -2.90 +0.37 -0.90 Taiwan Wtd 5656.10 -36.08 -0.63 Korea Comp 787.62 +10.73 +1.38 SET Index Jakarta Comp 365.52 459.39 -10.79 +0.93 -2.87 +0.20 Phils Comp Shenzen B 1443.44 218.70 -9.73 -0.9 -0.67
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      • 27 16 USS 0.5470 UK£ 0.3832 Yen 73.034 HKS 4.2662 RM 2.0785 Euro 0.6286 Rupiah 5568.2 Baht 23.949 Peso 28.060 AS 1.0600 Rupee 26.608 Won 721.32
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      • 19 16 USS/oz 292.60 utz 4'4° Planum 467.00 Rubber 113.75 cents/kg Palm oil 47 RM/lonne Brent crude 90 USS/barrel a'33
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    • 386 18  -  Francis Kan by francis@newstoday.com.sg IT'S a good time to be a home buyer in Singapore. First, there were deferred payment schemes offered by property developers and now a local bank is offering a deferred repayment scheme for its housing loan.
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    • 382 18 But food, beverages and tobacco continue to record growth BOTH Singapore's overall domestic and foreign trade indices saw marked falls in the last quarter of 2001 over the fourth quarter of 2000. The overall domestic wholesale trade index fell by 24 per cent in 4Q 2001 over
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    • 189 18 Bloomberg HONG KONG Star Cruises said it will borrow US$45O million ($824 million) from HSBC Holdings to refinance a loan of the same amount, helping it avoid demands for early repayment of other credits. The loan is due in seven years, Asia's biggest cruise line operator said
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    • 245 21 Bloomberg I CHICAGO Andersen's offer to pay more than US$6OO million ($l.l billion) to settle all claims by Enron shareholders, former workers and creditors over the energy trader's collapse was rejected, an investors' lawyer said. Although the offer included US$26O million
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    • 190 21 Bloomberg LAST year's profit for Great Eastern Holdings rose 12 per cent, thanks to a merger and easing of investment rules. Profit rose to $202.2 million or 43 cents per share, from $180.1 million or 46 cents per share, the insurer said. It expects this
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    • 371 22  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahim Endowment policy for education by zackaria@newstoday.com.sg INSURER John Hancock has rolled out a new endowment policy that provides greater flexibility to policy holders and dishes out three guaranteed payouts for each university year. For the first time, parents can choose when they want
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    • 80 22 SINGAPORE signed two agreements for the avoidance of double taxation yesterday with Romania and Kuwait At the signing ceremony of the agreement with Kuwait, Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong noted that bilateral trade between Kuwait and Singapore has been rising over the past 10 years. "Singapore businesses
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    • 70 22 ANALYSTS have predicted an economic recovery this year. How local SMEs can develop their information technology (IT) strategies to take advantage of the turnaround will be covered in a seminar conducted by Sun Microsystems. Among the IT issues the SMEs face are the importance of security and
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    • 516 23 FROM chic new upholstery and designer carpets, right down to state-of-the-art Bose theatre sound systems, plasma TVs and high-speed Internet access, M Hotel more than matches its claim to be a new generation business hotel with everything business travellers want, and nothing they don't need. There
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    • 2989 24 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS (All prices are indicative) Enquiries: Call David Reducka 870 3128 Fund Name NAV/Bid Oiler Aberdeen Asset Management (Asia) Aberdeen Se-Singapore Dollar Fund 1.0016 1.0017 Aberdeen Se American Opportunities 0.722 0.759 Aberdeen Se Asian Fixed Income 1.172 1.208 Aberdeen Se China Opportunities Fund 0.96 1.009 Aberdeen Se Continental
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    • 430 24 Reuters Energy firm set up fake nerve centre for new operations HOUSTON It wasn't only the accounting that was creative at Enron. To hawk a new venture to Wall Street at a 1998 conference, the company built a makebelieve command centre and ordered employees to act like
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    • 122 24 AFP SYDNEY The most tumultuous period in aviation history inflicted a 41.6 per cent fall in interim net profit on Australia's biggest airline, Qantas, the company chairman, Ms Margaret Jackson, said yesterday. Qantas Airways posted a A5153.5 million ($144.77 million) net profit for the
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 111 26 Agencies RAMALLAH The UN Security Council scheduled consultations on the Middle East yesterday with Arab nations. The Arabs are demanding that Israel be condemned for escalating attacks against civilians and the Palestinian Authority. This week, Israel hit Palestinian targets across the West Bank and
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    • 98 26 AFP HONG KONG A court sentenced three men to eight months' jail in the territory's first Internet banking fraud case. The three pleaded guilty to stealing HK5520,000 ($121,836) from the account of a Taiwanese man last July. Police found that they had used a forged signature
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    • 369 26 Agencies Pilot caused EgyptAir crash: Report WASHINGTON Pilot suicide has been identified as the cause of the crash of EgyptAir Flight 990 off the Atlantic Coast three years ago. A National Transportation Safety Board report says the Boeing 767 crashed 100km south of Nantucket Island "as a result
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    • 315 28 Agencies Confusion surrounds minister's death NEW YORK Afghanistan Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah has contradicted his boss over who killed the country's Aviation Minister last week. While interim leader Hamid Karzai blamed elements within the interim council for the killing, Mr Abdullah said it was the work of irate pilgrims
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    • 166 28 Agencies TAIPEI Adding to the hostility between Taiwan and China, Taipei charged a retired military officer with spying for Beijing. Prosecutors in Taiwan sought a 30-month jail term for Ho Ying-ling after he was found collecting intelligence for China, reported The China Times. Ho joined
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    • 102 28 ISLAMABAD A former Fifa referee was picked up by police in connection with the kidnapping of Wall Street Journal correspondent Daniel Pearl. Mr Ahmed Ali was taken into custody from his residence, the News in Pakistan reported. The source said Ahmed, an employee of Pakistan International
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    • 334 30 Agencies WASHINGTON Red-faced and clearly embarrassed, the Pentagon tried to justify a plan to lie to foreign media in the campaign against terrorism. Officials, from Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld down, did not deny a New York Times report which revealed the existence of a top-secret department
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    • 175 30 Agencies JAKARTA One of Indonesia's most influential politicians has spoken up against privatisation. It is a key economic reform required by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund in return for much-needed loans. Dr Amien Rais said selling all state-owned companies was unpatriotic and wrong. Huge
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    • What the regional papers said yesterday ...
      • 47 30 Utusan Malaysia/Malaysia Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi expressed regret over the allegation reportedly made by an Indonesian provincial leader that Malaysian enforcement officers are corrupt and cooperating with syndicates to bring in illegals from Indonesia.
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      • 40 30 Bangkok Post/Thailand Schools have been told to let police deal with more than 2,400 students blacklisted for suspected drug dealing, as the Education Ministry moves on with a campaign to separate pushers from users.
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      • 36 30 Daily Inquirer/Ph/'/ipp/nes Philippine Air Force planes pounded hideouts of the Abu Sayyaf group on southern Jolo island on Tuesday, raising to 20 the number of bandits killed in three days of Fighting.
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  • COMMENTARY
    • 856 32  - Beneath the turmoil Anil Bhatia India is one big market of 300 million middle-class consumers by anilbhatia@consultant.com RETURNING to Delhi after a five-year absence not only evoked a rekindling of cultural ethos, but also a curiosity to see the changes that have taken place during those years. However, my enthusiasm
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  • 1181 35 For many couples, reality takes precedence over romance VARIETY is the spice of life, we are told, and the ways in which we demonstrate our love can vary from the very practical to the ultraromantic. "Of course, every woman wants to be wooed with champagne and roses," said
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    • 528 36 Reuters Small Afghan office starts step two in liberation of women KANDAHAR While the men grapple with the awesome task of putting Afghanistan back on its feet again, a group of women in this southern city is trying to liberate their sisters from years of
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    • 456 36  -  Janice Lee by. janice@newstoday.com.sg THE King is back to hog the airwaves, with fans of Elvis Presley doing live renditions of his songs. This is all thanks to Gold 90.5FM's declaration that this year is the "Year of the King". The station will be
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    • 265 38 AS a destination, Holland is intriguing enough to warrant several visits, but for those who love flora there's one more reason to be heading to the land of tulips this year. Organised once every 10 years, the fifth Floriade is from April 6
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    • 130 38 THE Matterhorn is Switzerland's most recognisable landmark. But you may not have heard of the town which lies at its foot. Charming Zermatt, located in south Switzerland at an altitude of 1,600 metres above sea level, is an ideal ski location because it is sheltered
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    • 164 38 A DESTINATION XA-with loads of unforgettable scenery is the American state of Alaska. Alaska is a heady mix of wildlife and hauntingly beautiful scenery. You can watch bears or humpbacked whales at the Glacier Bay National Park or hike and camp in the Kenai Peninsula. But you
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    • 105 39 Finland, Estonia and Russia Delight (I ID)-From $2,948 Russian dinner and folklore performance •Visit Finland's old capital -Turku •Visit Taljinn, a jewel of the Baltics •Moscow •St Petersburg 'Taljinn Departure: April 28; May 19,26; June 2, 9, 16 Canadian Rockies (IOD) From $1,848 Return airfare Two
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    • 252 39 SCANDINAVIA the name evokes images of snow-capped mountains and azure blue skies with a nip in the air. A visit to the lands up north would not be complete without a visit to one of Mother Nature's most stunning creations: The fjord. Formed by
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    • 247 39 THE great city of St Petersburg owes its name and founding to no less a personage than Russia's celebrated czar, Peter the Great He laid the foundation of St Peter and Paul's fortress on May 27, 1703, in the delta of the
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      682 40  -  Adeline Goh Phi Phi does wonders for harried city souls by adeline@newstoday.com.sg AT first glance, the view of Phi Phi Islands from a ferry is picture-per-fect Craggy cliffs rise from the ocean, dotting the landscape of the island enclave. Strips of pearly-white beach glitter under the sun and
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    • 128 40  -  -lanDe Cotta CATHAY Pacific Airways has given away 10,000 free air tickets in a campaign labelled as the "The World's Biggest Welcome". The campaign was open to Hong Kong residents to invite their friends and relatives living overseas to visit Hong Kong between April 3 and July
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      272 43  -  Low Shi Ping Celebrating 100 years of love and laughter bj shiping@newstoday.com.sg WALT Disney was born one hundred years ago. Destined to teach us lessons in love, laughter and courage, he changed the course of show-business with a mouse! To celebrate this legend, 100 Years of Walt Disney
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    • 98 43 MEDIACORP TV Channel 8 kicked off the Year of the Horse by setting new records on Wednesday. According to Taylor Nelson Sofres, the gameshow Who Wants To Be A Millionaire peaked at 22.2 per cent (679,000 viewers). Channel B's Happy Ever After provided some competition
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    • 111 43 BEHIND every piece of architecture is a man who dares to dream. From Sunday, MediaCorp TVl2's Arts Central will bring you some of the individuals who created Singapore's cityscape. Building Dreams, an eight-episode programme features the architects behind familiar landmarks. Among them are Datuk Lim Chong
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    • 744 44  -  David Ngiau FILM REVIEW The Shipping News (Now showing) AFTER directing the sickly sweet Chocolat (2000) a best picture Oscar nominee a couple of years ago it's almost as if Lasse Hallstrom went out of his way to look for a morose tragedy. And what
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    • 401 45  -  David Ngiau FILM REVIEW The Mothman Prophedes (Now showing) by david@newstoday.com.sg THE Mothman, as the film's normative "expert" explains, has been around for millennia. It's a spirit maybe an angel or maybe a demon that appears just before a disaster strikes. In 1986, the Mothman allegedly appeared
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    • 121 45 Reuters/Variety SANTIAGO (Chile) Fourteen years after it was released amid a flurry of controversy around the world, Martin Scorsese's The Last Temptation of Christ is still making waves in Chile, Latin America's most socially-conserva-tive nation. On Wednesday, Chilean lawyers said they asked the Interamerican Court of
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    • 73 45 Reuters/Variety NEW YORK Oliver Stone is set to direct Heath Ledger as Alexander the Great in an independently-financed project, due to begin filming on Oct 16 in India. It is likely to put him ahead of two other Alexander films which are in
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    • 147 47 IT IS a big job, the cleaning of the big top. And in the grand tradition of the Cirque Du Soleil, trained abseilers are employed to do it. In order to keep the tent in its signature sparkling white state, it is cleaned in every city
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    • 321 47  -  Rachel Lo Rhythms and Rhapsodies to kick off today by rachel@newstoday.com.sg FOR the second year running, Rhythms and Rhapsodies is back to thrill music lovers. The month-long music festival, organised by the National University of Singapore (NUS) Centre for the Arts, will kick off today with
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    • 436 47 DOMINATES THE TOP 25 PROGRAMMES IN SINGAPORE 1 22 out of the Top 25 25 out of the Top 25 No Title Channel No Title Channel 1 NEWS BAT TEN MediaCorp Ch 8 H SUNDAY MOVIE MediaCorp Ch 5 2 REUNION, THE MediaCorp Ch 8 2 WHO WANTS TO BE
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    • 70 47 MUSIC PARTICIPATE Cantonese Opera Concert Meet Neil Humphreys An evening to enjoy some of the The author talks about his hilarious most loved Cantonese opera songs best-selling book on Singapore Date: Tomorrow Notes From An Even Smaller Island. He Time: 7:45pm will also sign copies of his books. Venue: Kreta
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    • 1688 48 A* The World Journeys The Gourmet Hunt Ultra Protection Inside the Actor's Studio EiOfi Arts Central, 10.30pm Channel 8, 9pm Gwyneth PdltrOW Arts Central, 11pm f_\ This programme tracks down one of the first satay stalls at Mtmmm. Gwyneth Paltrow (right) came into her "^•-^d channel newsasia the old Satay
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    • 83 49 SWEEPS BOTH NUMBER 1 AND NUMBER 2 POSITIONS! mAmWm I Channel 8 had the highest average weekly reach of wwv HRPI 72.8% (2.7 million viewers) and I t Channel 5 had 62.2% (2.3 million viewers) in the fourth Quarter of 2001, ahead of all other TV channels in Singapore. M
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      499 51  -  Kelvin Phang O'Hern, not Faldo, steals Caltex show on Day One by kelvin@newstoday. com.sg WHILE hundreds of fans scrutinised Nick Faldo's every move yesterday, another Nick was quietly rewriting the record books in the opening round of the Caltex Singapore Masters, presented by Carlsberg. Stepping off the Masters
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    • 596 51 Agencies CARLSBAD What's the worst fear of big-time, match-play golf? It's a star-power outage, reported the LA Times. Usually, the best you can hope for is that the stars make it to the weekend. But Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson
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    • 220 51  -  Kelvin Phang PRACTISING two times a week at Laguna National's Masters course paid off for Singapore's Mardan Mamat as he carded a five-under-par 67 in yesterday's opening round. The 34-year-old professional finished the first round of the Caltex Masters just three strokes behind
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    • 112 51 THANKS to a narrow win by Xiao Luxi and Liu Zhen in the deciding second doubles, Singapore still has a shot at the semi-finals of the Über Cup preliminaries in Melbourne. The Chinese-born shuttlers beat Taiwan's Cheng Wen Hsiung and Chien Yu-Chin 2-7, 7-2, 0-7, 7-3,
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    • AFTERNOON EDITION
      • 462 52 Reuters Day 14 Winter Olympics The controversies continue UTAH Russia's team at the Winter Olympics is considering pulling out of the Games after it withdrew its cross-country relay team yesterday following "abnormal" blood tests", the team spokesman said. "It has been discussed
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      • 112 52 LONDON Indonesia has emerged as the latest country bidding to host Mike Tyson's heavyweight bout with world champion Lennox Lewis, reported BBCSport Online yesterday. Restauranteur Ron Muller wants it held at Jakarta's Gelora Senayan Stadium. Muller insists he has the backing of his government and financial
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      • 96 52 Reuters CARLSBAD Top South African starts Ernie Els and Retief Goosen joined the list of casualties at the Accenture World Matchplay when they were knocked out in the second round early this morning. Els was beaten one-up by Tom Lehman while Goosen was outlasted by
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      • 496 53 Reuters Uefa Cup Inter Milan 3 AEK Athens 1 But celebrations muted after fan gets serious injury celebrating Inter's third goal MILAN An Inter Milan fan was seriously injured after he fell from the second tier of the
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      • 681 53  -  Leonard Thomas Ranieri may well decide final resting place of championship THE Chelsea of today, like the Chelseas of previous managers Ruud Gullit and Gianluca Vialli, is not going to win the English championship. And that has been one of the great mysteries
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    • 500 54  -  Jose Raymond IN A historic move, Singapore will be able to field two foreign-born strikers in August's Tiger Cup. This was revealed after Today learnt that two of the S-League's deadliest forwards Egmar Goncalves and Mirko Grabovac have been informed by the
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    • 345 54  -  Jose Raymond WITH hotshot strikers Goncalves and Grabovac's impending inclusion in the next Singapore squad, a few of the local stalwarts will surely have to make way for the duo. Just what are the feelings of some of the local striking talent currently
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    • AFTERNOON EDITION
      • 429 55  -  Stanley Ho S-League T. PagarO Woodlands 5 New look Rams deliver against Jaguars EVEN the incessant downpour at Queenstown Stadium last night could not douse the fiery form of Woodlands Wellington striker Emmett Glassco. While the slippery pitch made it difficult for players to pass and move with
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      • 131 55 Match 5 SAFFC v Tampines Choa Chu Kang Stadium 22 February 7.30pm IX2 (1) SAFFC $1.65 (X) Draw $3.85 (2) Tampines $3.65 1/2 Goal SAFFC (-1 1/2) $2.45 Tampines (+1 1/2) $1.45 Total Goals 0 goal $16.00 1 goal $8.00 2 goals $4.50 3 goals
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      • 92 60 James Bond may like his Martini shaken, not stirred, but his alter ego Pierce Brosnan must have been shaken and stirred a wee bit. The James Bond star injured his knee while shooting an action sequence for the latest 007 film, which has the working title Bond2o.
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      • 92 60 First, there was the rumoured love triangle involving Jay Chou, Stefanie Sun and Jolin Tsai. Now, it looks like it's just Jay and Jolin. But are they or are they not an item? They seem to have deliberately stood apart during the recent
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        78 60 Jackie Chan also injured himself while filming his latest movie, Highbinders, in Thailand. While performing one of his stunts in mid-air, the cable he was attached to broke and flew towards his L face,causingafive-inchcutacross, V The gung-ho actor was notthe least worried about the cut leaving a
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      • 141 60 Ethan Hawke proves he's a man of many talents writer, actor and now director. He has just received an Oscar nomination for his role as an idealistic young cop in Training Day. He's also moving behind the scenes as well. The 31-year-old actor will be making his
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    • Musicreview
      • 148 62 IFILBUm DF THE UJEEh Okay, so here'swhatyou should know about Latin bombshell Shakira: s'ies a'reaaV released four Spanish-language albums; her mum's Colombian, dad's Lebanese; her name means "woman full of grace" 'n Arabic. Although unknown to the rest of the world, her record companyishopingdebutEnglishalbum,ia///«//ySefv/ce,willchange all that. er
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      • 125 62 Get an insight into the Pink psyche with Mlssundaztood, her second album. In it, the newlyblonde dynamo sings about a dysfunctional home (Family Portrait), self-loathing (Don't Let Me Get Me) and drug abuse (Just Like a Pill). She doesn't promise to be a slave for you; neither does
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      • 156 62 The girls may have outgrown Westlife, ditching them in favour of energetic newcomers Blue. Which is ironic, because this is Westlife's best album to date. Sure, they're maxing out the ballad formula and yes, the lyrics are head-shakingly trite ("I wanna grow old with you/I
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