Today, 4 March 2002

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  • 541 1  -  Chan Chao Peh Some questions as CEO prepares to leave by chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg LAST week, when OCBC's chief executive, Mr Alex Au, sat down for the very last time to announce his bank's financial report card, there was a hint of mystery in the air. Mr
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  • 143 1 ANDERSEN, the US accountancy firm at the centre of the Enron bankruptcy scandal, has suffered a double blow, the BBC reported. The first came when pharmaceutical company, Merck, ended its 31-year relationship with Andersen, which is under scrutiny for its part in the collapse last year
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  • 149 1 Agencies HOUSTON In what must be one of the most exciting space chases in memory, the US Space Shuttle Columbia and the Hubble space telescope hurtled around earth at speeds of up to 27,000km an hour. After a two-day pursuit, the craft's robotic arm reached out
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    • 27 1 g Pfizer and g Another New scheme S the Viagra Japan bubble to help top wisdom I bursts athletes Page 2 PQ Page 1 1 Page 30
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    • 38 1 2.30am latest Man United stumbles at Derby in thriller Page 31 Look out for SingTel's new EPL contest /30 The women that other women must thank this Friday /20 ARTS EXPLOSION Our guide to the arts. Centre pages
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  • HOT NEWS
    • 602 2  -  Leong Phei Phei Of Singaporean mindset and Pfizer's strategy by pheiphei@newstoday.com.sg WHETHER you want to be caught dead seeing a psychiatrist for medication depends on which culture you come from. In New York, the answer is probably yes because that's a sign of being in control of
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    • 172 2 SUBSIDISED fees for public sports facilities may be revised soon, the new Chief Operating Officer of the Singapore Sports Council, Mr Richard Tan, told Channel NewsAsia. Currently, subsidies range from 50 to 60 per cent. The SSC has been providing newer and better facilities
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    • Article, Illustration
      39 2 FEMALE World Wrestling Federation (WWF) wrestler, Lita (picture), celebrates her victory over her opponent, Mighty Molly. The WWF wrestlers performed in front of a jam-packed crowd at the Singapore Indoor Stadium yesterday. Today photo by WONGKHING CHONG
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    • 120 2 Channel NewsAsia DESPITE the recession, NTUC FairPrice has increased its study grants by about $100,000. It gave out grants worth $200,000 last year, and this year, it will raise the figure to almost $300,000. It has also revised the income criteria for members so that more can
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    • 366 3 Ex-colonies tell London to keep 'pink noses' out COOLUM (Australia) The split in opinion over Zimbabwe between African nations and former colonial master, Britain, became personal yesterday at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (Chogm). The ire from Africa forced Britain to climb down from its original
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    • 121 3 AHMEDABAD (India) For authorities here, the fastest way to impose order in the country's worst Hindu-Muslim bloodshed in a decade is to start with the sources of information. Cable operators were told to "block" all programmes that could incite violence and enmity between the
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    • 183 3 A STRANGE and intriguing report on the New Straits Times (NST) website yesterday quoted an opposition member as saying that Singapore interests owned a five per cent share in both the NST and The Star, another newspaper in Malaysia. The report which did not say whether
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    • 134 3 Agencies MANILA A Singaporean Jemaah Islamiyah 01) terrorist member, Faiz Abu Bakar Bafanaa, met two key suspects ahead of bombings in Manila. Bafanaa's rendezvous with Indonesians Reduan Hishammuddin better known as Hambali and Fathur Rahman Al Ghozi occurred in December 2000, Philippine immigration chief Andrea
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    • 474 4  -  Elaine Quek Sept 11 firefighters tell of the horror of finding their colleagues' bodies by elaine@newstoday.com.sg FDNY may stand for the Fire Department, New York for most of us, but to one man it means, Fidelity, Devotion, Never Yielding. That personal motto helped firefighter Anthony Cotroneo
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    • 122 4 Channel NewsAsia INTRODUCING racial quotas in schools may lead to certain "distortions", says Minister of State for Community Development and Sports Yaacob Ibrahim. "Apart from demographics, we must not make it onerous like what they do in Boston where they actually have to bus
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    • 151 4 Channel NewsAsia FAMILIES in Serangoon Gardens and Marsiling have a "bigger" reason to go green they have been given crates, instead of plastic bags to recycle their rubbish. Instead of the usual green plastic bags, SembCorp's waste management subsidiary is giving plastic crates to
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    • 133 4 Channel NewsAsia SOME 500 homeowners from six blocks at Tampines Street 42 will soon have lift landings on all floors. This lift upgrading programme (LUP) will be completed by April 2004 and construction will start in July. At least 75 per cent of
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    • 21 2 If YOU can imagine it, you can create it. If you can dream it, you can become it." Ward, William Arthur
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  • LETTERS
    • 205 6  -  Harish Shah Those who set pilgrims on fire, or those who sought mindless revenge? IN the article, "Politics of Fire" (Today, March 2), the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) is referred to as a radical group. The VHP is a council that preserves Hinduism, maintains its practices,
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    • 328 6 WE refer to the letter "CPF and overseas study" by Mr Lee Kah Hui (Today, February 18). The primary objective of the CPF is to help CPF members save enough for their old age, medical and housing needs. To help low-income families support their
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
    • 185 8 -AFP SINGAPORE US giant Boeing Co and Europe's Airbus Industrie are vying for dominance of Asia's aviation industry as the sector emerges from the turbulence triggered by the Sept 11 terrorists' attacks. China has emerged as a key battleground with the restructuring of its civil
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    • 325 8 AFP, Reuters BEIJING China will announce this week a record US$37 billion ($6B billion) budget deficit as the government attempts to soften the impact of the ongoing global economic turndown and the "severe shock" of WTO entry. During his budget report to the annual National People's Congress
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    • Market Watch
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        228 10 THE market did not enjoy the same bullishness as US equities but our turn will come this week. The STI was stuck in a narrow range last week but closed up 31 points or 1.9 per cent to 1722. The week had started on a poor note with the
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      • Article, Illustration
        207 10 THE market started the week clouded by concerns over the deferred listing of Technology Resources Industries' (TRI) restricted shares and the decision by the California Public Employees' Retirement Systems to pull out of Malaysia. Sentiment improved when the TRI issue was resolved. The market was also encouraged by the
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    • 255 11 -AFP RAYONG (Thailand) AJfa Romeos will begin rolling off assembly lines at a General Motors (GM) plant here this month, sealing the US giant's first industrial cooperation deal with Italian car maker Fiat. "This is the first time we're producing an Alfa Romeo model outside of Italy
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    • 397 11 -AFP Sato Kogyo files for bankruptcy TOKYO Japan's second-tier construction firm, Sato Kogyo Co Ltd, yesterday filed for bankruptcy, depressed by a sharp decline in public works and massive debts dating back to the country's "bubble economy of the 1980s. It followed the demise of
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 244 13 Reuters WASHINGTON The latest fear in Washington is that remnants of Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda network will engage in nuclear terrorism. The Washington Post reported yesterday that President George W Bush had instructed his national security team to give nuclear terrorism priority over other threats
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    • 195 13 -AFP TOKYO Children at a nursery have been under watchful eyes since it opened last year. The nursery boasts an Internet monitoring service that allows parents to see real-time images of their children on a computer or a mobile phone screens while at work. One parent, Mdm
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    • 228 14 AFP Military budget raised by $5b BEIJING There's a price for sovereignty as China modernises its military with a hefty increase in the defence budget. Delegates attending the National People's Congress said Finance Minister Xiang Huaicheng was expected to increase defence spending by 25.2 billion yuan
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    • 40 14 Reuters RESIDENTS of a Palestinian refugee camp near the West Bank town of Bethlehem celebrate after it was announced that a suicide bomber from the camp killed nine people, including a baby girl, in Jerusalem on Saturday.
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    • 140 14 -AFP TAIPEI Guided by the motto that a lean organisation enhances efficiency, the Taiwan government would cut one-third of its Cabinet units. The United Daily News said consensus on reducing the number of cabinet units from the present 35 to 23 or less was reached
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
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  • COMMENTARY
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      659 19  -  Sunny Goh It's time our lawyers arguing molest cases looked for another plea WE have heard this one before: A scantily-dressed woman goes to a party or pub. A man molests her. In court, the man's lawyer argues that she asked for it because of the way
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    • 424 19 Invincible Jayalalitha return of the woman they call 'Amma' NEARLY all her former enemies and a constellation of stars were at the swearing in ceremony of Tamil Nadu's new Chief Minister Jayalalitha Jayaraman on Saturday. Among those present was Tamil movie superstar and her neighbour in the opulent Poes Garden
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  • UPFRONT
    • 845 20  - Women of courage Audrey Perera This Friday, women around the world will celebrate a day specially dedicated to them. Today kicks off this year's event with a trip down memory lane. TO many of us cynics and women included International Women's Day (IWD) is just another United Nations-designated theme day.
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    • 277 20 Today FomgnDesk WASHINGTON From eating dog food to assembling a power drill before a group of executives, adwoman Charlotte Beers had done them all in her 40-year career. Now, Ms Beers, 66, has been given the mother of all advertising jobs: Fixing Uncle
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  • EATOUT
    • 165 22 Tainan Extravaganza Mandarin Singapore brings you a Tainan food and cultural extravaganza at The Belvedere from today till March 10. Savour delicacies such as Chou's shrimp roll, tu bsiao yu ton tzu noodles and many more whipped up by six renowned guest chefs from Tainan. Penang Hawker Fare At
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    • 102 22 Want to find out where the best food can be found? Come discover it at the Central Singapore Food and Heritage Trail. The fun and thrills take place on March 31 from 10am to 6pm. At $15 per person (free for children under the age of three),
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    • 435 22  -  Karman Tse A place that makes you go mmm by karman@newstoday.com.sg WHEN I received an invitation to review Restaurant Suntory, I knew I was in for a treat. If you've been following the F&B scene closely, you would have been aware that the Japanese restaurant has been receiving
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  • LIVINGLEARNING
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      616 23  -  Jeffrey Tan Tips on getting by while looking for a job by J RECESSION and retrenchment are two words that no one likes to hear, but they are happening just the same. Many Singaporeans are discovering that being retrenched in the middle of a recession leads to a
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  • LIMELIGHT
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      536 24  -  Gail Wan Daniel Chan helps the National Kidney Foundation by HONGKONG pop idol Daniel Chan once said he would not let the opinions of others prevent him from doing the things he wants to do. In a partnership with the National Kidney Foundation for the second consecutive
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  • TIMEOUT
    • 332 24  -  Low Shi Ping Dutoit dispels some myths about classical music by smping(s)newstoday.com.sg COME March 10, the University Cultural Centre will be graced by the presence of world-renowned conductor Charles Dutoit (picture), who will make his Singapore debut Under Dutoit's baton, the NHK Symphony Orchestra, featuring
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  • Page 24 Miscellaneous
    • 148 24 PARTICIPATE International Symposium on Public Engaged Art This symposium brings together artists from Europe and around the region to share their experiences and knowledge to promote the arts in Singapore. Date: Tomorrow Time: Various times Venue: The Substation, Guinness Theatre Entry: Free Registration: Call Celine at 6 337 7535 THEATRE
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  • Page 25 Miscellaneous
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  • INCINEMAS
    • 435 26 -AFP PARIS Amelie, the feel-good film that has been a worldwide hit, picked up the top award for best film at the Cesars France's version of the Oscars in a glitzy ceremony on Saturday. The movie, which had 13 nominations, picked up three other
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    • 249 26 THE Beautiful Mind camp is working hard at "damage control" amongst Academy voters, following actor Russell Crowe's (below) outburst at the Bafta awards last weekend. After all, director Ron Howard and producer Brian Grazer know how much the Oscars can be a popularity
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    • 366 27 Reuters/Variety Damejudi gives Oscar tips and charms Oxford audience OXFORD (England) Doyenne of stage and screen, Dame Judi Dench (picture), said on Friday she would put money on her co-star in Iris, Jim Broadbent, scooping the best supporting actor award at the Oscars this month. Speaking to
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    • 191 27 -Reuters NEW YORK The president of ABC News was not informed of the network's talks with David Letterman (picture) to move his late-nighf television talk show from CBS to ABC, a source said on Saturday. If ABC is successful in its bid to lure Letterman,
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  • SPORTS
    • 492 28  -  Ivan Lim 1 y r>Q^? X by ivan@newstoday.com.sg THE Formula One season started with a spectacular bang yesterday. In one of the most dramatic starts to a season, fans at Melbourne's Albert Park circuit saw a first corner crash that took out a third of the field.
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    • 410 28 Agencies MIAMI South Africa's Ernie Els (left) has a cushion that may prove too much even for Tiger Woods. Barring a monumental collapse in the final round of the US$4.7 million ($8.6 million) Genuity Championship, Els is in position to
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    • 582 29 Reuters Pakistan boosts hopes in Group of Death World Cup Hockey Pakistan 2 Spain 0 Spain finds it tough going with 10 men KUALA LUMPUR Pakistan took full advantage of a tiring Spanish side to win 2-0 yesterday. And it moved into joint-third place with Argentina in Pool
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    • 134 29 -AFP NEW DELHI Spinners Harbhajan Singh and Anil Kumble brought on a Zimbabwean collapse to sustain India's hopes of winning the second and final Test yesterday. Off-spinner Harbhajan bagged 6-62 for his seventh haul of five or more wickets in a Test innings and leg-spinner
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    • 266 29 KUALA LUMPUR Scotland's Alastair Forsyth calmly holed a birdie putt at the second extra hole to win the Carlsberg Malaysian Open yesterday. The 26-year-old Glaswegian defeated Australia's Stephen Leaney after both players completed regulation play on the Royal Selangor course tied at 17-under par. Forsyth's
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    • 149 29 Jose Raymond A BELATED gift came the way of Tampines Rovers last Saturday. The club received $10,000 through last season's Giantkiller of the Week award, sponsored by Chenab Contractor, for beating eventual league champion Geylang United. Said Chenab's managing director Raj Dev Singh, after the
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    • 234 29 Stanley Ho LATE in the game, with the score tied at 0-0, the referee blew the whistle and awarded a free-kick against Sembawang Rangers. While the Stallions were organising their defensive wall a petite lady sitting on the terraces stood up. Her neck strained
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    • Article, Illustration
      684 30  -  Jose Raymond New SSC scheme to make sport a career alternative Today Exclusive by jose@newstoday.com.sg ELITE athletes in Singapore will no longer have to worry about money and other forms of support, thanks to a new scheme that will be launched by the Singapore Sports Council (SSC)
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    • 548 31 Reuters English Premier League Derby 2 Man United 2 Christie scores twice for Derby LONDON Derby County fought back to hold Manchester United at Pride Park, but was left ruing a controversial disallowed goal near the end. In a dramatic all-action match, Malcolm Christie looked to have snatched
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    • 498 31 Agencies English Premier League Newcastle 0 Arsenal 2 Brave Magpies suffer huge blow LONDON Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger believes his team can emulate Manchester United's 1999 treble success following the Gunners' highly impressive 2-0 win at English Premiership title rival Newcastle
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    • 126 31 MILAN Juventus posted a dramatic 2-1 victory over Bologna early this morning to leapfrog Roma in the race for the Scudetto. Juve's victory, courtesy of a late own goal by Bologna defender Massimo Tarantino at the Stadio Delle Alpi, gave the Turin side a one-point lead over
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