Today, 11 May 2002

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    Masthead
    6 1 weekendTODAY WAV** Mavll 12 2002 mita(pj243/03/2002
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    Bubble that swallowed us
    676 1  -  Lee Yew Meng by ye wmeng @ne wstoday. com. sg IF solutions can ever be perfect, this was one. It allowed the Singaporean to afford his dream flat. It sent the price of his property spiralling. It made him rich. And all the while the money
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  • NEWS
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      Pierre puts movie on hold
      453 2  -  Serene Foo by serene@newstoday.com.sg WHILE Singaporeans were holding their breath, following each twist and turn of the Pierre Png-Andrea De Cruz saga, a group of people in Thailand were equally anxious. For while MediaCorp artiste Pierre was playing real-life hero, donating a part of his
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      Will cars be cheaper?
      254 3  -  Elaine Quek BUDGET measures announced last Friday were aimed at bringing car prices down, through reductions in excise duties and in the additional registration fee. But at the close of the threeday bidding exercise on Friday first since the Budget announcement COE prices fell only marginally
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      ... and then the terrible tangle
      310 3 and then the terrible tangle As it is, some 30 to 40 per cent of Singaporeans' household income goes towards housing, compared to an average of 25 per cent worldwide, said Mr Tay. Nor will it help if the CPF contribution is cut for workers aged more than 40. Colliers
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      Lock icon On the cards: Prescription by race
      367 4  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahim MAJOR research is underway at the Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) that could one day see doctors prescribing medicine tailor-made for different races. Researchers are working on genemapping to create a database for the local population. Although similar research is being
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      But the line wasn't clear ...
      478 4  - But the line wasn't clear Joy Frances Those tricky talks between IDA, Sing Tel by j oy@ ne wstoday, co m. sg THE organisations in question are in the business of communication, yet, ironically, a breakdown in communication seems to be at the heart of the legal battle between the
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      Lock icon Freed -13 Palestinians labelled 'very dangerous terrorists' by Israel
      402 4 Agencies IRRITATING Israel right to the end, 13 key Palestinian men who had been holed up in the Church of Nativity walked free on Friday. To Israel, they are "very dangerous terrorists". To the Palestinians, the men, at least five of
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      DPM Lee: Promise to reinstate 40% CPF rates will be kept
      256 5 THERE will be a reinstatement of the CPF rates to the 40 per cent level eventually, Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said. In a Post-Budget Forum special on MediaCorp TV's Channel 8, where he discussed issues with a
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      Lock icon 12 years for man who cheated bank of $13m
      161 5 Channel News Asia A FORMER HSBC employee, who cheated the bank of more than $12.6 million, was sentenced to 12 years in prison yesterday. The court spent two hours listening to the deputy public prosecutor reading out the 1,400 charges against
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      Lock icon Train derails: 3 killed
      73 5 Agencies POTTERS BAR (England) In the latest disaster to hit Britain's rail network, a passenger train derailed north of London on Friday, killing at least three people. Firemen said people were trapped in twisted wreckage strewn across the station while Rail operator Railtrack reported three of
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      Lock icon A storm called Darrell
      788 5  -  Kim-Kyna Tan He is trying to usher in a new work culture at Sentosa and it's fun by kirn® ne wstoday. co m. sg THERE is a small storm blowing through Sentosa and he goes by his first name. Darrell. Plain Darrell. The new chief executive
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      Message to mums
      717 6 Ravi Veloo's THERE is nothing more terrifying than a mother. If only half the matriarchs of the world were to get together as a political force, they could iron out any political conflict by next week, dust off troublesome world borders (or at least reorganise them into
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      Not only about Budget
      220 6 THE debate on this year's Budget starts on Monday. But apart from debating the statements and financials of each ministry, MPs also have other questions. After the tragic drowning of a mother and her two kids last month, Professor Chin. Tet Yung wants to know what
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      The blind author, the baron, the ambassador...
      467 6  -  Chung Lyn-Yi THE old boys of Class of 1952 from Raffles Institution were out to play on Thursday night and lost no time taking digs at each other. "It's just like Jurassic Park revisited," mused Mr Tan Guan Heng, blind author of the
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      Lock icon Counting sheep in vain
      170 10 Channel News Asia ONE in two Singaporeans are insomniacs, according to a survey of 430 Singaporeans by pharmaceutical company Sanofi-Synthelabo. Yet most do not even know that they have a sleep disorder. Symptoms include being unable to fall asleep after lying in bed for half an
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      Lock icon Most damaging spy
      133 10 Reuters ALEXANDRIA (USA) Robert Hanssen (picture), the disgraced former FBI agent, considered to be one of the most damaging spies in US history, was sentenced on Friday to life in prison for selling secrets to Moscow. Hanssen, who pleaded guilty last year to disclosing sensitive secrets for
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      A link to the past
      800 10  -  Clement Mesenas The old St Joe's produced gangsters and Ministers by cle me nt@news to day.com. sg I WAS passing this beautiful old building in Bras Basah Road the other day and the taxi driver told me: "That's the Singapore Art Museum." That's my old
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      30 3 Who is looking at whom? Now you can exchange rings Hey, what is the boy doing there? Photographer WEE TECK HIAN captures the different moods. r f*|v B X" W-^/T^r
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      Govt should ease seat belt rule
      219 8  -  Dcv Rai THE recent implementation of the seat belt rule affects all Singaporeans. Firstly, the Government is encouraging Singaporeans to have more children. Like most citizens, I can only afford a small car to take my children and my wife to work and to
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      Food and water, first
      260 8  -  Kathleen Kwan Only after these basics have been met will people think of political issues I DlbAfjKhii with Roger Mitton s commentary, "Does democracy work?" (Today, May 9). For any country and any political system, the basic needs of its citizens should always come first. Housing,
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      It's taxpayers' money, not IDA's
      86 8  -  Tham Kirn Chow I REFER to article, "Arm twisting over $sb" (Today, May 9). In opening the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore's (IDA) case, senior counsel Davinder Singh from said it was "unconscionable" for Sing Tel to keep the sum. Should Sing Tel be awarded
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  • WORLD
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      Can he be trusted
      1209 12  -  Anita Pratap Journalist who knows Prabhakaran writes about the man the world fears by LIKE Nostradamus, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) leader V Prabhakaran is a man who can see tomorrow. He is the only leader I know whose foresight is 20-20. In the mid-1980s,
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      First his daughter-in-law, now his daughter
      326 12 NEW DELHI Even before the dust has settled on the death of an estranged daughter-in-law of Congress leader Natwar Singh, the family has had to deal with another mysterious family tragedy. On Thursday, Mr Singh's London-based fashion designer daughter, Ms Ritu Singh, was found
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      Lock icon Noodle maker sets Guinness record
      127 12 AFP BEIJING Hailing from a family of noodle makers, a Chinese chef has broken his own record by hand-making 2,852 km of noodles from one kilogramme of dough. The 24-year-old Li Tao performed the feat in north China's Hebei province, Xinhua News Agency reported on
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      Lock icon Maluku troublemakers to be evicted
      304 14 JAKARTA The Indonesian government has issued a directive ordering the expulsion of troublemakers from the Maluku islands in an attempt to end the violence there. Political and Security Affairs Minister Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said on Friday that the five-point directive ordered the removal of Islamic
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      Dr M for merit
      430 14 Suspension of quota system continues KUALA LUMPUR The suspension of the decades-old quota system favouring bumiputras (sons of the soil) has not been as deleterious as many had feared. In fact, the implementation of the merit system for admission to government universities this year has worked
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      293 13 IJM'M I life is Great with Children' Photo Competition Jo&l *l :;fi&: ]J 'Pick £r Donate to Children Care' Contest Week 3 > Pick yojr favourite 'Life is Great with Children' photo and donate to I J^X_™. <m^a^^^^^^^^^^^^^m Children Care. Stand a chance to win 5 Canon Prima Zoom Shot
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      68 13 A question of merit Dr M: Suspension of quota system for varsity admission stays/14 H&^ m The Lady is finally free But is Myanmar really on the verge of a new dawn?/15 ■jpjjßr ■'{^■jj^B j^1" BIT. jHBHkt i VBV j BBfeb ■tI j^^^Bljii- < 'Sh^^B^^^^l Ht BffV X it Cheaper
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      65 14 3-SHOWROOM SALE 3rd April 23rd June >>w?_ J f^ TplmL- W »JIW |ill|l.aii'^ Pg(Wi-J srd April Sirt December 2002 -^gjg||SsL Every $500 cash. j NAM HUAT TILING PANELLING CO. PTE. LTD. P I (A member of the WH Ceramics LW Group; Head Office: 1 J Tuas Avenue 8, Singapore *****7.
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  • IN FOCUS
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      Lock icon From dawn to full morning?
      460 15 "THE Lady" as Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is known was finally freed on Monday, after spending 19 months under house arrest. Many hope the release of Ms Suu Kyi whose National League for Democracy was robbed of its victory in the 1990
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  • BUSINESS
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      SingTel's own
      400 16  -  Chan Chao Peh Regional mobile plan to fight rivals by chaopeh newstod ay. com. sg SINGTEL plans to launch a "regional mobile phone" targeted at the 22.29 million mobile customers that it and its Asian regional associates currently have. The launch could probably come either by end of
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      Expats can get tax benefits
      111 16 EXPATRIATES in Singapore can qualify for the Not Ordinarily Resident (NOR) Taxpayer benefits announced by Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong last week if they meet transition rules that would be put in place. The Finance Ministry said on Friday: "New resident taxpayers can get
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    • Market Watch
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        Singapore
        146 16 WHILE the STI edged 2.34 points up to 1735.95 on Friday, gains were not broadbased. Dealers reported a rather slow day with activity focused on a handful of rotational plays. Market breadth was positive with 298 counters unchanged. Volume was 421 million shares worth $383 million. Roly fell four
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        World markets
        53 16 Index Value Change Fh Nikkei 225 Hang Seng il- OlllillMNi:--loivranWd *****.1! *****.90 3279.10 5807.30 -102.19 5486 -6.40 6B.O2 -0.18 ■0.47 0.19 +1.19 Korea (omp SET Index 817,93 382.09 ■20.74 +1.39 ■2.47 +0.37 Jakarta Comp Phils Comp SftEnzert B Uumhoi 543.91 1350.77 223.15 3431.32 -3.84 -6.03 ■3.35 30.69 0.70
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 16 US$ 0.5534 lik£ 0.3789 Yen 70.815 HK$ 4.3174 RM 2.103 Euro C.6P76 Rupirjh 5139.9 Baht ***** Peso 27.471 A$ 1.0185 Indian Rs 27.12! Won 705.60 C$ 0.8643 Vuon 1.5819 NZ$ 1.2236 NT$ 19.109
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        Commodities
        22 16 Gold mi/a 310.800 Silver uss/n -1.630 Plniinurn usi/m 520.000 Rubber unMkg 121.75 Polm ;iihv .it' 1224 Btent crude its $/bo.rd 25.61
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        Straits Times Index — 10-Day Chart
        5 16 Straits Times Index 10-Day Chart
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        SGX most active
        53 16 By volume May 11 '000 Roly 42,419 KLW 29,042 Unifood 19,737 Europtron 17,25! QianHu 17,049 8/ value May 11 DBS 34,917,641 Ctiarlered 31,671,020 UOB 25,487,625 Holy 19,759,475 OCBC 18,708,200 '000 SlarCrusUSS 15,233 PFood 11,3!1 Goldtran 11,134 AUSSINO 10,492 Unisleel 8,273 Mood 13,755,395 Venture 13,438,102 PFood 12,929,920 SIA
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        SGX top rises
        79 16 May 11 ]UE fhai Prime200USS Close Change 7.250 +0.400 4.800 +0.280 WJennings AS 1.130 +0.120 JOB 14.900 +0.100 iATSvts ;ph 100 lobinson 1.900 +0.100 22.400 +0.100 5.700 +0.100 )B5 14.200 +0.100 Jnyen =i'ii 0.570 +0.065 7.600 +0.050 Jy percentage May 11 CSCW*****7 Transit Close Change 0.020 +33.333
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        Lock icon SGX top falls
        78 16 Bloomberg May 11 Close Change /enluie 16.300 -0.200 lukilSem 12.300 -0.200 ;rettiive50 20.300 -0.200 :K:rleie:l 4.400 4100 iiA 13.400 -0.100 it Tyre 0.340 -0.080 iiAGSEtW*****I 1.200 4050 :iTYDEV 6.150 -0.050 jipilalcnd 1.660 -0.050 loly 0.455 -0.040 U ly percentage Vloy 11 Close Change itTyre 0.340 -19.048 'altferh
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      Outstanding Asian funds
      569 17  -  Vasu Men on for better yields on your CPF savings by CPF investors looking for better medium term returns may want to invest in Asian funds. The funds have done exceptionally well in the last six months as global portfolio managers allocated more money to Asia's oversold
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      Lock icon Banks mull loan scheme for SMEs
      219 17 Channel News Asia SEVERAL Singapore banks have expressed an interest in a scheme to lend to small and medium-sized enterprises secured against their cashflow, according to Mr Ming Siu, chairman and CEO of the Hong Kong-based SMEloan. This model forms the basis of SMEloan,
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
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      Lock icon When 4 is fine
      1187 18  -  Val Chua Buyers not willing to pay $80,000 more for 5-room flats by val@ne wstoday. com. sg POTENTIAL flat-buyers want a cut in the the prices of 5-room flats. This was the strongest call made by those who turned up to book one of the 1,900
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      Free maid service with Robertson 100 condo
      259 18 DEVELOPER MCL Land has come up with a free weekly maid service to sell its latest freehold condo project, Robertson 100, near River Valley Road. The 186-unit project will be soft-launched this weekend at an average price of $890 per square foot. The
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  • COMMENTARY
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      NEWSPAPERS: For those who think young
      842 20  -  Dave Barry by we ekend@ne ws to day.com. sg n^HE newspaper -L industry is in trouble. The decline can be traced back to 1960, when the Reporter Dispatch in Westchester County, New York, made the suicidal mistake of letting me deliver it. I was
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      76 20 -AFP RIO DE JANEIRO A village in north-eastern Brazil marked its second annual Orgasm Day on Thursday, launched by town officials trying to boost the satisfaction level of local women. Officials in Esperantina found that 73 per cent of local women were less than satisfied by their partners and this
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      China's CHIP
      1192 20  -  Craig Addison The current craze over Shanghai's new semiconductor plants is reminiscent of dotcom mania by 'X^HE hype over China's emerging microchip industry and the apparX ent threat it poses to Taiwan and other Asian chip-producers, is beginning to resemble the dotcom mania of two-and-a-half years ago. Just
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  • weekend FEATURES
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      meet Mr Ivy Singh-Lim
      854 22  -  Jose Raymond by jo sen ewstod ay.com. sg HOW is this for the beginning of a long and beautiful relationship? A quiet, almost timid man walks in for his first date, slightly late. The fiery woman he is pursuing has taken along a girlfriend as if
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      Karen Mole's new attitude
      276 23  -  Elisa Chia by el i sa@n ewsto d ay, c o m. sg LET'S start with those slinky long legs. Hong Kong singer-actress Karen Mok caused a commotion at her press conference on Friday when she showed up in an oh-so-short mini-skirt. Imagine her minders' anxiety
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      Wewe debuts in S'pore
      230 23 AS you are reading this, a crowd of die-hard fans will have spent a night under the stars at Ngee Ann City's Civic Plaza on Friday. Their goal: To be among the first 200 in the queue for an autographed poster of the picture-perfect pair who
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      254 24 Congratulations on achieving the This is a great personal Just gotthe news, I Grand Slam. You and Paul made a achievement. Congratulations from Congratulations. I am so glad you very good journey to the North Pole one Singaporean to another.. .You made it. You must be "overthe moon" in just
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  • IN CINEMAS
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      Lock icon Episode II – Attack of the Fans
      534 26  - Episode II Attack of the Fans Gillian Wong by gtlli an@n ews to d ay.com.sg HE wailed his way through the 1977 screening of Star Wars, which his parents had taken him to see when he was one year old. Little did the Khors know that 25 years later, their
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      The Dark Side
      186 27 WHILE the Star Wars fever has hit many Singaporeans, there are a few on "the dark side" who have never seen an episode and are clueless as to the significance of May 16, the worldwide release of Star Wars: Episode II Attack of The Clones. Undergraduate Tay
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      Lock icon Force is back with Lucas
      315 27 Reuters LOS ANGELES The early reviews are in and the consensus, so far, is that film-maker George Lucas has regained the Force in his latest Star Wars adventure. And best of all: The annoying Jar Jar Binks plays a much smaller, subdued role. Critics agreed
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      Lock icon 600 hours – that's how long one fan has stood in queue
      427 27 600 hours that's how long one fan has stood in queue -Reuters/Variety LOS ANGELES With a week to go before the long-awaited Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones hits theatres, a ragtag universe of Star Wait: The Line is expanding rapidly along Hollywood Boulevard. Josh Cottingham and Ma
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      Lock icon Clones for Cannes
      58 27 Reuters/Variety PARIS The Cannes Film Festival will hold two out-of-com-petition screenings of Star Wars: Episode 11 Attack of the Clones on May 16, the day the space epic will be released around the world. Ep 11, long rumoured for a possible Cannes slot, is now set to
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      Jackman for Episode III?
      72 27 HUGH Jackman has reportedly been approached by Star Wars creator George Lucas about starring in Episode 111. The rumour started with fans at a Star Wars convention who claimed to have overheard Rick McCallum, producer of Ep I and Ep 11, discussing the cast lineup for
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      Christensen: I'm not gay
      103 27 IN RECENT weeks, the sexual orientation of Episode II star Hayden Christensen has become a talking point, sparked off by a gay magazine that declared the actor to be "definitely gay". "I'm not gay. It's amazing how people will speculate if they don't have actual information
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      138 28 -«-^r» P P -m-mr^ T r T Reuters/Variety NEW YORK A judge has ruled that a 51-year-old German woman, who has allegedly stalked actor Richard Gere since last February, is fit to stand trial. At a hearing in Manhattan, Ursula Reichert-Habbishaw was ordered to stay
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      Lock icon Spidey 2 already in the works
      223 28 Reuters/Variety LOS ANGELES With Spider-Man still scaling record heights at the box office, Columbia Pictures said that it plans to launch a sequel to the superhero adventure on May 7, 2004. John Calley, chairman and CEO of Columbia parent Sony Pictures Entertainment, made the
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  • FAMILY MATTERS
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      662 30  -  Rawzah Amir by rawzah (<(■ newstoday.com.sg MY mother hates my hair, I had it chopped two Tuesdays ago and through dinner that night all she did was shake her head in disbelief. You see, in her mother's manual, short hair is for boys, or girls
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      865 30 Cot a problem? They'll give you a solution. E-mail earthmother@newstoday.com.sg He hasn't proposed MY boyfriend and I have been going steady for three years now. Last year, we decided to apply for a flat together. This was a decision we made after lengthy discussions and
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      Prawns and udon
      874 31  -  Pauline DLoh Silky-smooth udon and sweet shrimps soak up a hot sauce TAFANhbIi, udon is a really tasty pasta. It J doesn't have the overpowering alkaline taste of some of our local noodles, nor the fussiness of packet pastas. Its smooth, silky texture is an added incentive.
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      Breakfast at Tiong Bahru
      572 32 People get passionate about the good food here. Resident foodie Kotrina Karim tells us why Every visit to neighbourhood Tiong Bahru market is a constant trip down memory lane for me. For the last 30 years, I had been designated escort and helper to Grandma and
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      Eatz to her heart's content
      393 33  -  Pauline DLoh L- Treat Mum to a lazy Saturday lunch or dinner and beat the Sunday crowds TUCKED away in a corner of Beach Road is a tiny cafe that should be making bigger waves than its current modest ripples. Eatzl9 Cafe, on the corner
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      Get lucky with Maybank tr'eats
      232 33 IN conjunction with Maybank's dining rewards programme for its cardmembers, 20 lucky diners had the chance to indulge in a sumptuous lunch break at Paddyfields Thai Restaurant, hosted by YES 93.3's DJ Mary last Friday. Mr Chow Kin Yean of Wincor Nixdorf Pte Ltd was
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      FOODNOTES
      123 33 Poolstde_Stearnboat Have steamboat by the poolside at the Carlton Hotel for $21.50+++ (adult) and $13.50+++ (child) on Fridays and Saturday. For reservations, call 6338 8333 (cxc 5555). May -The Month For Bird's Nest If you've already forgotten your New Year's resolution to eat healthier this year, here's your chance
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      163 33 Cdiiiirici sii f@ooß@£« Do you have a favourite hawker stall or restaurant you'd like us to feature? E-mail us at eatout@n ewstoday.com.sg and win a restaurant voucher for four if your recommendation is picked. Your little Blue Elephant would like to take you out of the kitchen I on Sunday
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  • MOTORING
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      Laudable Lancer
      552 34  -  Colin Yong This Mitsubishi has no glaring weaknesses but it makes you look like a pro by colinC^ tiewstod ay.com.sg EVEN though the majority of midsized family cars sold here are automatics, there is still a loyal group of buyers who prefer to do their driving DIY-style. Since
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      COE prices still high despite quota increase
      168 34  -  Colin Yong EVEN though an extra 227 COEs were released for the latest bidding exercise that ended yesterday at 4pm, quota premiums fell only slightly across the board. The three-day open bidding exercise was the first since the new Budget measures were announced
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      StreetKa stunner
      82 34 THE stunning model in the photograph (the car, of course) is Ford's StreetKa. The company has announced that it will go on sale early next year. The car will make its official debut at the Paris Motor Show in September. Based on the humble Ka hatchback, the StreetKa
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      Spanish flair
      78 34 THE stylish Seat Leon imported by distributor Barcelona Motors will hit the showrooms next week. The Leon is basically a five-door hatchback version of the Toledo saloon, with the same basic platform that underpins other Volkswagen Group cars. Its chunky and modern design should go down well among
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      Start right, start young
      430 35  -  Serena Sim Some skin care mistakes to avoid by serena@newstoday.com.sg PREVENTION is better than cure, so treat your skin right when you're young. This may sound cliched but, the fact is, not enough people live by these words. These are also words that the president of
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      Lock icon Guerlain to sell plantation
      117 35 -AFP PARIS Jean-Paul Guerlain, who retired in January as head of one of France's most famous perfume houses, is selling his ylang-ylang plantation in the Indian Ocean island of Mayotte. Guerlain, 65, said he was selling the 20-hectare plantation because of problems with the Mayotte authorities,
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      Fairy, gypsy or boho babe? Be them all!
      57 35 Here's another reason to embrace the hippie movement and bring out the free-spirited in you! UK fashion house Ms Selfridge has opened an outlet at Wisma Atria, bringing the total number of outlets in Singapore to six. Be bowled over by the
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      1620 36 Weekend TV a i Programmes Saturday A 7.32 Tonight in Person with award- 2.00pm Lois and Clark 4.00 goggles Popcorn (Debut) CGntTQl winning author Jeffrey Denver The New Adventures of 5 00 goggles Taipei Walker II 8.00 Road Trip Plus Superman- Ultra Woman B. 30 Sandy Lam -"Truly Channel NewsAsia
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      1847 37 Highlights H f lIV I ART F H SATURDAY Memories of cold wet nights spent holed up I, COLLECTOR wil pnprnPN together with hundreds of day-old chicks seem Spm Central SCOOBY DOO HOUR A*rk st like a lifetime awayfor Mr Koh now one of It>s nOt what' s inside that
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      782 38 The lighter side Meehon Streak Today's Joke t ~T~HE SEEMS TO I [WTo AVOID SAYING"TAKE THAT" I I s-i, .W^g 1 ANTICIPATE EVERY BEFORE THROWING A PUNCH. fAFTER IS OKAY, j Y^"y secretaryI, MOVE I MAKE. \j*ft^ w0 wee^s a£° w35 my birthday and I wasn't .--b™*^ ;L ..aiot^ Is
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      Lock icon No Shaq panic yet
      590 39 Agencies But his fitness a concern for Lakers NBA SA Spurs v LA Lakers Lakers aim to regain home-court advantage LOS ANGELES During the regular season, when the Los Angeles Lakers, the two-time defending NBA champion, displayed a surprising tendency to come up short against some
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      Lock icon Barrichello upstages Schumacher
      280 39 Agencies SPIELBERG Ferraris battled for the top spots throughout the two free practice sessions on Friday and, in the end, Rubens Barrichello edged fourtime world champion Michael Schumacher for the fastest time before Sunday's Austrian Grand Prix. Barrichello, fresh from an extension of his Ferrari contract for
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      Daly improving
      69 40 SUTTON COLDFIELD John Daly produced a superb display with his putter to close to within a stroke of the early sec-ond-round lead in the Benson and Hedges International Open on Friday. The two-time major champion fired a three-under-par 69 to move to five-under 139 after 36 holes level
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      Veron still happy
      72 40 BUENOS AIRES Juan Sebastian Veron said that he would not play in Manchester United's last league match at the weekend as Arsenal had now won the title. Instead, he would join up with Argentina at a training camp near Rome. "It's not been a great year for
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      Anelka staying?
      58 40 LONDON The permanent transfer of French striker Nicolas Anelka to English Premiership side Liverpool from Paris St Germain is close to being concluded, the French club and player said Friday. "Liverpool and Paris St Germain have reached a financial agreement concerning me and now it's up to the
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      United's Irwin out
      80 40 MANCHESTER Denis Irwin, one of the most successful players in English soccer history, will not be offered a new contract after 12 years at Manchester United. "I had a chat with him and I explained to Denis that we had to move on," manager Alex Ferguson told
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      Lock icon Park blows field away, Mardan happy
      442 40  -  Kelvin Phang by kelvin@newstoday.com.sg DESPITE coming up short against winner Unho Park (picture), Singapore's Mardan Mamat was all smiles as he walked off the final hole in the Singapore IT Federation Golf Masters yesterday. Mardan, who led by one stroke going into the final
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      Lock icon Battle for survival
      522 40 Reuters LONDON After the drama of the battle for the Premiership ended in midweek, now the spotlight turns to the other end of the table. Ipswich Town or Sunderland will pay a heavy price when one of them is relegated from the English Premier League on Saturday,
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      Lock icon Turn pro? Not just yet
      490 41  -  Jose Raymond by Jose @newstoday. com. sg DESPITE the netball scene enjoying a good following and an ever-increasing pool of players, there are no plans to turn the NTUC Fair Price Netball Super League (NSL) into a professional league for the time-being. This was revealed
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      Too close to call at the top
      264 41 SATURDAY'S NTUC Fair Price 2002 Netball Super League (NSL) top of the table clash between the Carlsberg Southside Sharks and the NTUC Income Stingrays could well decide this year's NSL champion. The Sharks and the Stingrays are currently at the top of the
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      Lock icon Journeyman Molder upstages big names, including Tiger, after first round
      349 41 -AFP IRVING Bryce Molder has struggled during his first full year on the PGA Tour, but the US university stand-out may be getting closer to breaking through for his first victory. The 22-year-old Molder carded a seven-under-par 63 yesterday to
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      Lock icon Chow's desperate move
      751 42  -  Stanley Ho RubbishTampines turns goalkeeper Djalilov into striker by Stanley @news tod ay.com. sg IN ONE of the most bizarre moments ever witnessed in the history of SLeague football, Tampines Rovers goalkeeper Zaldr Djalilov was deployed as a striker in the Stags' 0-2 home defeat to SAFFC
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      Singaporeans must learn how to survive in the water
      366 42  -  Stanley Ho by stanl ey@n c wsto day. c o m.sg ACCORDING to statistics from the Singapore Life Saving Society (SLSS), there have been 4,377 drowning cases in Singapore since 1940. That means around 70 cases per year, and at least
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      A great man's silly mistakes
      868 44  -  S Gulam by gulam@newstoday.com.sg IS SIR Alex Ferguson (picture) still the best football manager in the world? If the answer is yes, why has Manchester United ended the season empty-handed? If the answer is no, shouldn't he call it a day? After ah1, United and
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      Lock icon Reds' turn next season
      853 45  -  Terry O'Connor Comment by wee ken d@ n ewstoday.ca m ,sg AT just after 3.30 am Thursday morning, an alarm went off in my house. In my sleepy state, I couldn't work out whether it was the clock, timer or some other device. But by the
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      Lock icon Thomas Cup hero Taufik does it again
      326 46 -AFP LrUANIrZHUU A tremendous comeback win by Taufik Hidayat inspired Indonesia to an unassailable 3-0 lead as the champion began the defence of the Thomas Cup men's team tournament here on Friday. Singles star Marleve Mainaky got [ndonesia's defence off to the best
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      Lock icon Blatter in the dock
      155 46 Reuters ZURICH Eleven members of Fifa's executive committee began legal proceedings against Fifa president Sepp Blatter with the Zurich First Prosecutor on Friday. In a joint statement, five Fifa vice-presi-dents David Will, Lennart Johansson, Issa Hayatou, Dr Antonio Matarrese and Dr Mong Joon Chung confirmed they
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      How these clubhouses make money
      137 46 CLUBHOUSES established in S-League clubs' names are allowed to be open 24 hours a day. This is because they are considered private clubs and for the use of only members and their guests. Some of the activities offered in these clubs are billiards and snooker,
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      941 47  -  Rohit Brijnath Why newspapers go gaga over by weekend® newstoday. co m.sg SCENE: Daily newspaper The Igloo Times somewhere off the Arctic Circle. It's evening, the sports desk, which has four pages, is meeting. Sports Editor: What have we got? Assistant Ed: Romario's out. Ed: Anyone order a hit
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      649 48  -  Jose Raymond Jose Raymond S-League clubs' Today Exclusive by jose@newstoday.com.sg FIVE S-League clubs have stumbled upon a lucrative way to make money. In fact, each club stands to make up to $600,000 a year, without lifting a finger. All they have to do is lease their names to
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