Today, 8 March 2002

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  • 590 1  -  Ng Boon Yian Singapore's Ambassador to US speaks to Today by boonyian@newstoday.com.sg AMID all this talk of remaking Singapore, a book on Singapore's original liberal has quietly found its way back into the bookstores. Even more interestingly, it was written by a political scientist who
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  • 236 1 ILLEGAL bookies intending to make a killing out of betting on the upcoming World Cup matches are in for a rude shock. This is because Singapore Pools has been granted approval by the Government to start offering bets on English Premier League (EPL)
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    • 43 1 /A^diaCorp We love to see you shine Here's to all women on International Women's Day especially our female DSTA members. Thank you for your shining contributions in providing leading-edge technological solutions for Singapore's defence and security. Shine on ladies! Defence Science Technology Agency
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  • HOT NEWS
    • 138 2 Channel NewsAsia THE new National Cochlear Implant Programme will help young children with severe deafness get cheaper implants. It will subsidise up to 80 per cent of the cost of a $27,000 implant, and the pilot programme will help 15 children a year for the next
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    • 333 2  -  Joy Frances Two charges in rubbish chute case by joy@newstoday.com.sg ON A Sunday morning last July, a cleaner was shocked to find a frightened eight-year-old girl crouched at the bottom of an HDB rubbish chute. She had abrasions on her body and bruises on her head from
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    • 149 2 Agencies JAKARTA The youngest son of former Indonesian president Suharto now faces the death penalty for the murder of a Supreme Court judge. Central Jakarta prosecutor, Mr Andi Rachman Asbar, said yesterday: "I have submitted three dossiers to the central Jakarta court". The dossiers charge
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    • 195 3 Agencies WASHINGTON In a rare revision of his testimony to Congress last week, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan yesterday painted a more rosy economic picture, saying the US economy was already rebounding from recession. Delivering his testimony to the Senate Banking Committee, Mr Greenspan said: "The
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    • 471 3 as Indon cleric files suit against S'pore Govt JAKARTA Indonesian religious cleric Abu Bakar Bashir has filed a suit alleging slander and libel against the Singapore Government, represented by the Ambassador to Jakarta. The suit, filed yesterday in a south Jakarta district court, is for "moral compensation to
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    • 125 3 Agencies JAKARTA Although no details of any charge were released, the AttorneyGeneral's office yesterday detained Mr Akbar Tandjung, the head of Indonesia's second-biggest party, Golkar. Mr Akbar, who is also parliamentary speaker, was held after being questioned over the misuse of non-budgetary funds from the State Logistics
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    • 198 4 AS the International Women's Day dawns, it has been revealed that the world's first womb transplant has been performed on a 26-year-old woman in Saudi Arabia. This could raise the hopes of thousands of childless couples all over the world. Right now, their only chance of
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    • 241 4  -  Jose Raymond Briton sought to shed light on twin murder by jose@newstoday.com.sg A LOVE triangle involving an expatriate, his driver and their object of love may have led to a double murder. On Jan 8, police found the grizzly remains of two bodies in a car on the
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    • 78 4 Newsßadio 93.8 SCULPTOR and print-maker Chng Seok Tin has been named Singapore's Woman of the Year. The blind artiste is recognised for bringing contemporary print-making to new heights. The award, pr& sented since 1991, honours women who have made outstanding contributions to society. The Young Woman
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    • 68 4 Channel NewsAsia SEVEN more bunker surveyors have been charged with accepting bribes from the Navi Marine Services in the third corruption case involving the maritime fuel supplier this year. An eighth man was also charged with receiving bribes from another supplier, Tyson Marine. All have been charged
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      311 6  -  Tan Hui Leng by huileng@newstoday.com.sg THE First Degree supplement published by Today was so popu lar that reactions to it came in a few hours after it hit the newsstands on Wednesday. Today's phones have been buzzing with requests for a copy of the 116-page supplement. The
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    • 175 6 ANNIvfRS^H YAYASAN MENDAKI m% /kelp__e^\ ms^^L T€ PEAT y Yayasan MENDAKI will be launching our home reading programme on Saturday, 9 March 2002. We are still recruiting volunteers for our Home Enabling Learning Programme (HELP) Help us inculcate the love and culture Who can be KELP vo unteers? ~l. vuiurnceis.
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 70 8 MR KHUN Charnvit Jarusombathi, the marketing director of Double A, is flanked by a bevy of beauties during a campaign to promote paper, manufactured by the company. A pair of Harley Davidson riders, known as the Twin Angels, handed out free samples at Far
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    • 325 8  -  Elisa Chia Documentary on taboo topic wins award by elisa@newstoday.com.sg CHANNEL NewsAsia (CNA) producer Mark Pestana found himself doing an awkward assignment in India. He had to quiz men about their chastity. "Most of them were shocked at our questions because it was considered a taboo topic," he
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    • 187 8 IN KEEPING with the popularity of reality television, the latest TV commercial from SingTel Mobile urges viewers to vote for the outcome of the advertisement. Called the Get Connected series, it is styled around a dating game show where three male "contestants" vie for
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  • LETTERS
    • 83 10  -  him Boon Hee IT is significant that Defence Minister Dr Tony Tan has been reminding Singaporeans about the relevance of the Singapore Armed Forces as it celebrates 35 years of existence. I agree that we need to have a strong and credible force to serve as a
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    • 61 10 WE refer to the letter, "Off-put-ting, these fees" (Today, Feb 22). We would appreciate it if Mr Chng Guan Poh could write to us with more details of the transaction, as banks do not charge an "extra commission" when credit cards are used to buy items over the
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    • 459 10  -  Kathleen Kwan Reader laments lack of exciting males here I BURST out laughing when I read Mr Ravi Veloo's article, "Why are women today so dull?" (Today, March 6). I agree with him that women who live by guidelines set out by female magazines are a sorry
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    • 91 12  -  See Leong Kit I REFER to your article, "MRT's next stop: Potong Pasir" (Today, Feb 28). In Singapore, voters are enticed with promises of HDB upgrading, MRT services and what-have-you. They are also treated like three-year-old children and given infantile explanations about "ridership",
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    • 309 12  -  Narayana Narayana Why its demise may cost consumers more I REFER to the report, "Farewell, one-cent coins" (Today, Feb 28). It seems logical that the Board of Commissioners of Currency Singapore (BCCS) will stop issuing one-cent coins because there are 700 million of them in circulation, which is
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    • 398 12 WE refer to the concerns raised by Mr See Leong Kit on the safety of imported chicken. ("How safe are imported chickens?" Today, Feb 28). The Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) is responsible for ensuring that Singapore's supply of meat, seafood, eggs,
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 332 13  -  Sarah Chua Air-conditioning plants are being upgraded at MRT stations by sarah@newsto day. com. sg IF you have been feeling warm at Outram Park or Tanjong Pagar MRT stations, take heart a cooler environment is in the works. The SMRT is in the process of upgrading the air-conditioning
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
    • 178 15 STARHUB has entered into a mobile roaming agreement with its Korean counterpart SK Telekom. Currently, Singapore and Korea use the GSM and CDMA mobile network system, respectively, which does not allow direct auto-roaming between the two countries. A Singapore user going to Korea need
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    • 250 15 Bloomberg TOKYO Microsoft Corp is recalling the Xbox video-game console in Japan because of a defect two weeks after its debut in the country, setting back its entry into the home turf of rivals Sony Corp and Nintendo Co. Some of the 250,000 consoles shipped
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    • 255 15 Agencies EDB sets up $1 billion fund SINGAPORE plans to begin investing in European pharmaceutical and medical companies as part of a broader effort to lure investment in the life sciences industry here. The Economic Development Board has set up a $1 billion Biomedical Sciences Investment Fund one
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    • 269 16  -  Chan Chao Peh Postal services thrive despite e-mail growth by chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg WITH the prevalence of electronic communications, doomsayers have been predicting the demise of mail service providers. "The so-called doom did not happen," said Mr Teo Yew Hwa (picture), chief executive of Spring Asia Pacific, a
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    • 163 16 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Countries unhappy with the US decision to raise tariffs on steel imports should take action together, Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday. "We are not happy... I understand Europe is not happy and Japan is not happy. We have to
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    • 339 18  -  Chan Chao Peh SingTel wants the mom-and-pop segment to adopt advances in technology by chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg SINGTEL which earns around $500 million from providing services like faxing, video-conferencing and Internet access to small and medium enterprises (SMEs), aims to push this market segment further, according to Ms Lian
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    • Market Watch
      • 142 20 PORTFOLIO managers continued to sell blue chips deemed to be expensive on a price to earnings basis while traders and retail participation focused on second and third tier stocks. The STI lost 5.28 points to close at 1794.31, the third day of declines in a row. There appeared to
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      • 126 20 THE Malaysian market opened the day firm as it was supported by Wall Street's strong recovery overnight Bouts of intra-day profit-taking were well absorbed. The KLCI gained 4.67 points to 741.72. The overall market volume stood at 195,770 lots, with 404 gainers as opposed to 277 losers, while 196
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      • 45 20 By volume Stocks Price Volume ('000) Ipco Pac Cent Chartered Roly Ellipsiz 0.180 0.555 5.100 0.310 0.445 59,975 25,329 21,935 18,152 17,638 Stocks iingTel 'oh Lian ZirPlus .afeTech (inqboard Price 1.680 0.275 0.160 0.260 0.375 Volume ('00 15,337 15,279 14,732 13,630 12,759
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      • 45 20 By$ Stocks Creative 50 Thai Prime200US$ Chartered ST Assemb DBS Bk 6% NCPS10 DBS Isetan(S) SIA 200 Close 23.800 4.560 5.100 2.870 102.300 14.500 2.460 14.600 Rise +0.400 +0.200 +0.200 +0.120 +0.100 +0.100 +0.100 +0.100 SPH 100 SPH 23.500 23.700 +0.100 +0.100
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      • 35 20 Stocks ieaview Close 6.000 Fall -0.800 Venture )CBC JOB ihang Asia 2kHK$ :&N 5reatEast feoHS iPB 17.300 12.900 14.100 6.550 7.600 12.600 1.840 4.760 -0.700 -0.500 -0.300 -0.300 -0.100 -0.100 -0.060 -0.060
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      • 60 20 :Bhomherg^M Some: Stocks Nikkei 225 Hang Seng III Ordinaries faiwan Wtd Value *****.29 *****.07 3440.00 6048.15 Change Pis +140.88 +185.07 +43.50 -49.42 +1.35 +1.68 +1.28 -0.81 (orea Comp SET Index lakarta Comp 3hils Comp Shenzen B II L 829.44 391.67 472.39 1432.56 236.64 n/nn m -13.62 -0.04 -4.57
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      • 37 20 US$ 0.5492 UK£ 0.3847 Yen 70.918 HK$ 4.2837 RM 2.0871 Euro 0.6252 Rupiah 5462.2 Baht 23.793 Peso 28.014 A$ 1.0497 Indian Rupee 26.762 Won 721.67 C$ 0.8685 Chinese Yuan 4.5461 NZ$ 1.2770 IW$ 19.204
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      • 21 20 Gold uss/oi 293.90 Silver uss/oi 4.530 Platinum uss/oz 510.30 Rubber cents/kg 118.75 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1155 Brent crude uss/barrel 23.15
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    • 182 22 TOURISM entrepreneurs will receive an insider's guide to investment opportunities in China at the China Tourism Investment Outlook Forum to be held here next Friday. Organised by the Singapore Tourism Board (STB), it is the first in a series of information sharing
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    • 182 22 Bloomberg NORELCO Centreline Holdings, which produces equipment for companies that make disk drives and chips, may benefit when US-based Electroglas Inc shifts a plant to Singapore this year, analysts said. Electroglas has said it is moving the manufacturing of probers used to inspect
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    • 86 22 Bloomberg WELLINGTON The New Zealand government has put its London ambassador's residence up for sale, eyeing more than US$B million ($14.6 million) for the property, the Dominion reported. The three-storey mansion on Chelsea Square was purchased in 1978 for NZ5474,300 and is now valued at
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    • 198 24 $2b bill and counting -AFP if Sydney airport is not sold fast SYDNEY Taxpayers face a As2-billion ($1.9-billion) bill for a runway upgrade if the Australian government does not sell off Sydney international airport within two years, a report from Salomon Smith Barney said. The report, published by the Australian
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    • 2892 26 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS (All prices are indicative) Enquiries: Call 852-2973-6600 E-mail lipper.asia@reuters.com Fund Name NAV/Bid Price Oiler Price Aberdeen Asset Management (Asia) Aberdeen Se American Opportunities 0.756 0.795 Aberdeen Se Asian Fixedlncome 1.174 1.21 Aberdeen Se-China Opportunities Fund 0.962 1.011 Aberdeen Se Continental Europe Equity 0.996 1.046 Aberdeen Se Global
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    • 306 26 -AFP South Korean banking culture is undergoing a sea-change SEOUL Western banks cashing in on South Korea's financial turmoil have increased their influence on the local banking scene. US and French institutions have led the changes with advanced marketing and management skills, while Japanese banks have lost influence,
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    • 95 27 Fashioned for Woman. I Aspial salutes woman this International Women's Day. In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man; if you want anything done, ask a woman. g^ For most oj history, Margaret Thatcher "Anonymous" -*f»~-^jjl "%<t^r was a womanCelebrating woman now tj)n"vO Onlv from 8 to 10
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 274 28 Bookies take bets on riots spreading NEW DELHI Bookmakers were allegedly taking bets over their mobile phones on the odds of the Gujarat violence spreading to other states. Seventy bookmakers, who fuelled rumours about riots to encourage the bets, were arrested yesterday, the Hindustan Times reported. The
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    • 124 28 Agencies BANGKOK The famous suffix that spells trouble "gate" has now been stuck to a new scandal engulfing Thailand's Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Complaining of Thaksingate, The Nation newspaper said Dr Thaksin was abusing his powers by using the Anti-Money Laundering Office (Amlo) to intimidate journalists critical
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    • 136 28 LEEDS A three-month-old girl with a severely deformed face will undergo emergency treatment following a court hearing. An agreement was reached between her parents, who had objected to the tracheotomy to open Maria Aziz al-Rafi's airways, and doctors, BBC reported. However, the procedure is just
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    • 311 30 Reuters SAN FRANCISCO US researchers have compiled a database on all available nuclear material and concluded the world is "awash in wea-pons-grade uranium and plutonium". The report, dubbed the Database on Nuclear Smuggling, was compiled by Stanford University's Institute for International Studies. The report plays up
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    • 90 30 What the regional papers said yesterday The Star/Malaysia Dr M and Cabinet sign loyalty pledge Cabinet members have signed a letter of undertaking for loyalty and good conduct, with Prime Minister Daluk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad leading the way, in separate ceremonies on Wednesday. The Jakarta Post//ndones/a Australia to gradually
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    • 227 32 Two Taiwan officials impeached for negligence resign TAIPEI They quit to save Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian further embarrassment Mr Ting Yu-chou, 58, Secretary-General of the National Security Council and Mr Yin Tsung-wen, 69, senior adviser to Mr Chen, were impeached by the Control Yuan, the island's
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    • 120 32 -AFP SEOUL A North Korean spy ship sunk by the Japanese coastguard in December may have been carrying weapons to terrorise the World Cup finals. A South Korean sports official said yesterday that the information on the ship's cache came from "the US side". Mr Kim
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    • Article, Illustration
      34 32 Reuters TOKYO Some 3,000 Japanese business students at a send-off ceremony in Tokyo yesterday cheered themselves on in their jobhunting efforts. Japan is in its longest economic downturn in a decade.
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    • 303 34 Agencies It shows it is serious about fighting terrorism JAKARTA Indonesia appears to have made some progress in convincing the region that it is serious about fighting terrorism. It is now helping Malaysian investigators track down Hambali, a key terrorist of the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) group which aimed
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    • 225 34 CANBERRA The story of a mother's sacrifices to raise a son who would become of the world's biggest gongfu stars was revisited at her funeral on Wednesday. And it drove the son, Jackie Chan, to tears. The late Mdm Chan Lee Lee, 87, used to take a
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      301 36 Reuters Mugabe from revered to reviled HARARE He was once revered as a model African democrat but after being in power for 22 years, he's now reviled as an example of the worst African traditions. Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe (picture) will enter a presidential election tomorrow dogged by accusations
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    • 84 31 I a z I Could you get a $159 billion economic workforce to do better? Or mobilise 100,000 people to avert a national crisis? How do you attract international talent and persuade our brightest to stay? Could you move 4 million people as one? The Bigger Issues. The Singapore Administrative
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  • COMMENTARY
    • 679 38  -  Doug Palmer Reuters by in Washington UNITED States President George W Bush's decision to slap substantial tariffs on imported steel may help his fellow Republicans in coming elections. But, analysts are calling it bad trade policy, particularly for a self-styled champion of free trade. "This creates
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  • UPFRONT
    • 860 39  -  Serene Foo Despite the strides made by women over the century, some professions remain a man's world. Today catches up with two women working in a male-dominated environment FOR many young women, the closest they are likely to come to war jets and explosives is through
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  • TRAVELLER
    • 550 40 It takes a determined traveller to discover the city's treasures and adventures You cannot go to Sydney for a week and claim you have done it all. Because you couldn't possibly have. Australia's most famous city is full of hidden surprises and adventure. Hey, I've been to
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      • 90 41 LOOK up and wonder. That's what I do whenever I'm within sight of the Bridge. At any one time, there are dozens or people doing the Bridge Climb, all eager to get that top-or-the-worla feeling, a good-looking certificate and a rush of adrenalin that's hard to beat, fne
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      • 89 41 PAUL "Pack of Divas" Capsis was playing at The Studio while we were there, and we managed to get tickets. Close your eyes and listen to Judy Garland, Billie Holiday and Carole King. He calls it "channelling" and I can well believe it. Sydney Opera House guided
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      • 101 41 GET shaken, stirred and moved by a virtual tour of Australian history and geography. Dive the Great Barrier Reef or soar above the Blue Mountains all the while seated safely on a cushy chair. (But you do get splashed with sea spray.) After that, get real and visit
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      • 72 41 IT'S near Chinatown and Haymarket. It's walking distance to trie city centre, but wander right up to Darling Harbour, and enjoy its carnival atmosphere. Take a bus there, or hop on the monorail. The Imax Theatre screen shows daily and the Sydney Aquarium opens weekdays and weekends. Stop
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      • 90 41 LIVE it up like one of the better coffered folks who can afford the sea view mansions that line Rushcutters Bay. Book a Harbour Cruise with East Sail, the people who own a fancy fleet of 40 yachts, mostly Brittany-made Benneteaus. You get to sail with experienced captains
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      • 93 41 EVEN if you are not a sun, surf and sea person, you have to go to Bondi (Bondeye) Beach. Here's where the beautiful people chill out. The beaches are popular all year. Summer's for swimming and winter's for surfing. Experience the culture as well, with its rows of
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      • 143 41  -  Pauline DLoh NOTICE I've reserved the most space for this one? I need it just to give you the facts and figures. Paddington Market at Oxford Street is a MUST. It's where arts and crafts cross boundaries and you can catch some of Sydney's top fashion designers while
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      1015 42  -  Jeffrey Tan From north to south, New Zealand offers plenty of attractions by j efftan@newstoday. com.sg "NTEW ZEALAND is a country that is big on adven1M tures and natural wonders. The boast that you can have a dozen holidays in this country is no idle one from north to
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      • 157 42 THE quality of optical and film products is so good these days that even a cheap camera can take sharp pictures. Then why do some photos turn out blurred? The answer is simple: You must hold the camera steady. More pictures have been ruined by unsteady hands
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    • 1361 44  -  lan De Cotta A weekend in Johor Bahru can be just the tonic for frazzled urban folks here by ian@newstoday.com.sg I NEEDED some convincing to spend a precious weekend in Johor Bahru. The thought of spending the better part of it caught in a traffic jam,
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      315 47  -  Low Shi Ping Extraordinary music and extraordinary fun for the kids by shiping@newstoday.com.sg TWANGING Bamboozles must be one ±Jot the weirdest show titles ever. "We heard it in a little poem that someone told us: 'Banging bamboozles, strings on a thing, dancers dancing, doing their musical thing.' "It
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    • 209 47  -  Low Shi Ping IMAGINE, it takes 30 hours to assemble the entire set of 100 Years of Walt Disney on Ice and 12 hours to dismantle. That includes one castle, four floats, 10 kilometres of cables and three inches of ice.
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    • 73 47 Singapore Women's Congress 2002: The Art of Success MediaCorp Radio presents Singapore Women's Congress: The Art of Success to commemorate International Women's Day. This event brings together a group of eminent ladies to speak about the challenges facing women today. Date: Today Time: 9am to Spm Venue: Suntec Singapore Ballroom
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  • INCINEMAS
    • 168 48 AFP PARIS English Patient Oscar winner Juliette Binoche has signed on to star in a film by British director John Boorman about South Africa's post-apartheid Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the French actress told a newspaper. Binoche, who will turn 38
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    • 160 48 Reuters/Variety Miramax signs up director Kitamura NEW YORK Miramax Films has signed Japanese horror director Ryuhei Kitamura to a first-look deal. Kitamura fright pictures like Versus and Heat After Dark have drawn keen interest on the festival circuit. Under the deal, Kitamura will receive and consider projects from
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    • 171 48 Reuters/Variety HOLLYWOOD Oscar will be stopping traffic literally. In what amounts to an unprecedented level of security for the Academy Awards, to be held on March 24, many streets and pavements near the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood Highland will be closed for 10 days (March 17 to 26),
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    • 152 48 Reuters/Variety HOLLYWOOD Hayden Christensen (picture), who is on the cover of the March issue of Vanity Fair, in the character of his career-making role as Anakin Skywalker the future Darth Vader in the Star Wars saga has signed a production deal with New Line Cinema. The
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    • 881 49  -  Clement Mesenas in Los Angeles k. Today catches up with a different Stallone SYLVESTER Stallone is an excited man these days. Or at least, he was the day we spoke at a Hollywood hotel. Reason: Rambo could hit the screen again and he's out to
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    • 1565 50 A» Blackjack Channel 5,11pm B|^^?jffiffPH W{ Ultra Protection Channel 8, 9pm W^ *M Killer Fog Arts Central, 9pm When the daughter of casino IL'L/-'Ol vJfijXS 7\ Yanzu and Huifang meet Zhengjie In 1952, a killer fog owner Bobby Stern is t m with the ransom. Zhengjie admonishes descended on London.
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  • SPORTS
    • 285 52 -AFP LONDON Fifa president Sepp Blatter was under growing pressure yesterday as further claims that he was the architect of the bribery scandal that brought him to power four years ago emerged. The report, only hours before a meeting of Fifa's executive committee (early this
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    • 264 52 NBA Utah Jazz 92 LA Lakers 84 Stockton, Malone and Kirilenko spoil Kobe's return SALT LAKE CITY NBA dynasties rise and fall, and rise again. Magic is gone and Kobe comes along. Kareem retires and now Shaq inspires. Showtime was replaced by the reign of the
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    • 761 53 Agencies Newcastle is now all but out of the Premiership race LONDON Manchester United yesterday took the lead in what has now become a dramatic three-horse race for the Premiership title. David Beckham and Ruud van Nistelrooy netted twice as Sir Alex Ferguson's thoroughbreds jumped back
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    • 311 53 LONDON Brazil superstar Rivaldo admits he has been taking secret lessons...from David Beckham. Barcelona star Rivaldo revealed to The Sun yesterday: "Of course I admire Beckham's free-kicks but it's not just that He passes and crosses the ball so well. "I
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    • The Big Three: Remaining fixtures
      • 43 53 Mar 16: v West Ham (a) Mar 23: v Middlesbrough (h) Mar 30: v Leeds (a) Apr 6: v Leicester (a) Apr 13: v Arsenal (h) Apr 20: v Chelsea (a) Apr 27: v Ipswich (a) May 11: v Charlton (h)
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        49 53 Mar 17: v Aston Villa (a) Mar 23: v West Ham (h) Mar 30: v Sunderland (h) Apr 1: v Charlton (a) Apr 6: v Tottenham (h) Apr 13: v Man Utd (a) Apr 20: v Ipswich (h) Apr 27: v Bolton (a) May 11: v Everton (h)
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        41 53 Mar 16: v Middlesbrough (a) Mar 24: v Chelsea (h) Mar 30: v Charlton (h) Apr 7: v Blackburn (h) Apr 13: v Sunderland (a) Apr 20: v Derby (h) Apr 27: v Tottenham (a) May 11: v Ipswich (h)
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    • 450 54  -  Stanley Ho The Brazilian's refusal to pass costs his side the win by stanley@newstoday.com.sg HE TWISTED left, jinxed right, and then proceeded to lose the ball to a sea of defenders. He repeated this fancy dribble time and time again and the result was always the same. Even
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    • 188 54  -  Jose Raymond by jose@newstoday.com.sg ARE the rails coming off the Woodlands Wellington bandwagon? Coach M. Karathu did not hide his disappointment after his side's shock 0-1 defeat to Jurong FC at the Jurong East Stadium. It was the second time in two weeks
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    • 159 54 Reuters FARIDABAD All-rounder Douglas Marillier hammered the fifth fastest 50 in one-day history as visitor Zimbabwe clinched a thrilling one-wicket win against India in the first game of a five-match series yesterday. Marillier, who came in to bat with 65 runs required in 34 balls, slammed 10
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    • 480 55 -AFP World Cup Hockey Germany 3 South Korea 2 Australia stands in the way of the Germans first title KUALA LUMPUR A jinx finally came to an end here yesterday. Matthias Witthaus scored the winner in the second-half as Germany shrugged off a 12-year drought to
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    • 264 55 BIRMINGHAM China continued to demonstrate its dominance at the All-England Badminton Championships here yesterday, with the major seeds enjoying easy second-round wins in the women's singles. Second seed Zhang Ning, a tournament favourite, barely broke sweat as she strolled past a clearly overwhelmed Wendy
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        116 59 Leading a dog's life is not bad at all-not if your owner happens to be the beautiful Cecilia Cheung or Michelle Reis. The two stunners, who are both reportedly unattached at the moment, seem to have shifted their affections to their pets instead. Cecilia, who broke up
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      • 112 59 Fans of Taiwanese drama serial My Fair Princess may be in for some disappointment. It has been con firmed that Vicky Zhao Wei will not be reprising her role as the naughty but adorable Little Swallow in the popular series' third instalment. Apparently, the actress has
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      • 144 59 Eating humble pie is not that hard after all. Russell Crowe must have regretted all the bad publicity he got for berating television producer Malcolm Gerrie at last week's British Academy Film Awards. Russell blamed Malcolm for editing histhank-you speech. Crowe telephoned Gerrie over the weekend
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      • 117 59 Madonna will star in a new play opening in London's West End in May, a spokeswoman for the original material girl said. Art world satire Up for Grabs is about an ambitious art dealer who risks everything to get ahead. "Madonna's really looking forward to appearing
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      • 92 59 Jason Biggs, best remembered as "the guy who did the pie" in the movie American Pie, has now landed a juicy lead role in director Woody Allen's next movie. And true to the director's style, the title and subject matter of the movie is still a
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      • 66 59 Dame Elizabeth Taylor will "marry" Sir Elton John in the singer's new video Original Sin the BBC reports. Mandy Moore will also appear as their daughter in the video, which is set in the '70s. Moore plays a fan desperate to meetthe singer. She is granted her wish
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    • Musicreview
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        • 133 60 (Epic) Smoky, sensual, smooth. No one delivers low-key lullabies better than British vocalist Sade. A winner at the recent Grammy awards (she scooped the Pop Vocal Album trophy for her last studio offering Lovers Rock), Sade released this live CD her first last month. Recorded while touring
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          136 60 (Atlantic) Q If you don't know by now, POD stands for Payable on Death. There's been a lot of interest in this San Diego Christian hardcore rock/rap-metal band, thanks to their energetically hypnotic performance at last month's MTV Asia Awards. Okay, so their blend of blistering sounds will
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        • 124 60 •Various (Warner) The movie, a set-in-the-'Bos spoof on all those cheesy teen flicks you secretly loved, opens in cinemas only next month. But you can sample the soundtrack right now provided you're a fan of '80s music. Be warned, though: Those revered classics have been
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        • 164 60 (Flawless) Q(H Here's a rock 'n roll story to warm your heart: Wes Scantlin, lead singer of Missouri grunge rockers Puddle of Mudd, sneaks backstage at a rock gig and passes a demo to Fred Durst's bodyguard. Weeks later, Wes gets a tinkle from the
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        • 165 60 (Edel) Qs( In his younger days, former East 17 frontman Brian Harvey was quite the hellraiser, famously sacked from the hard-edged boyband for publicly admitting to drug use. That was a long time ago, butto this day, Brian hasn't been able to fix his rough reputation. In
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        68 71 FBI agent Jake Malloy's partner and wife are murdered by a serial killer. Hit by depression, he becomes an alcoholic. He is sent to a remote and isolated rehab clinic for cops, where the patients also start dying one after another. Is the killer the same one who killed
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