Today, 27 May 2002

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    6 1 TODAY Monday -May 27,2002. M]TA{P) 063/11/200]
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    Lock icon An unwelcome distraction
    741 1  -  Elisia Yeo Indo-Pakistan row may hurt US terror campaign WASHINGTON The world worries whether rising Indo-Pakistan tensions are headed for a nuclear end game. Yesterday, Pakistan successfully test-fired a second missile, despite warnings that it would further raise temperatures in the region. A Pakistani spokesman said the
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    Tear drops in the ocean
    68 1 A RELATIVE of a passenger aboard the crashed China Airlines flight waves his loved one's clothes and picture towards the sea in a traditional spirit-calling ceremony on the island of Penghu. No survivors have been found from the Boeing 747-200 which crashed into the sea
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      43 1 See Page 3 111 1 111 HI -~UII Zidane injury scare as France edges out South Korea Page 31 Portfolio Financial goal setting: Making It real Page 21 1 L M KmH NAll>4fll AM* COUNCIL Your 8-page guide to the arts Centre pages
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Vesak Day educational tour for 40 youth
      289 2  -  Leong Phei Phei SOME 40 youth spent Vesak Day learning about the Buddhist faith. The day marks the commemoration of the birth and nirvana of the Buddha. As part of the South East Community Development Council's Racial Harmony Youth Ambassador Programme, the 40
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      Hospital make-over
      436 2  -  Leong Phei Phei Alexandra gets a facelift and occupancy jumps to 94 per cent JUST two years ago, Alexandra Hospital had been languishing in a state of disrepair. Wear and tear had given the 64-year-old hospital, which was once the choice hospital for geriatric services, a depressing facade.
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      Indian 'Oscars': A night of many firsts
      152 2  -  -Jose Raymond LAST night's "Oscars" of the local Indian entertainment industry boasted of many firsts. The Pradana Vizha 2002 was the first which presented awards to radio talent and the first featuring all of MediaCorp's Vasantham Central hosts for the year. It was
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      Lock icon Plane riddle
      370 3 Agencies How did China Airlines jet disintegrate in mid-air? TAIWAN Investigators are puzzled over the apparent disintegration in mid-air of China Airlines Flight CI6II on Saturday. The 225 passengers on board, including one Singaporean, are believed to have died when the Boeing 747-200 disappeared from the radar screen
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      Lock icon Protesters welcome Bush
      123 3 Agencies PARIS President George W Bush was greeted by a huge protest in France, the third leg of his European tour. Riot police said they were ready for up to 15,000 demonstrators, some of whom held banners depicting Mr Bush on a Wild West-style poster saying: "Wanted:
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      Lock icon Sydney wedding turns bloody
      145 3 Agencies SYDNEY A wedding reception in a Chinese-Australian restaurant in Cabramatta turned bloody yesterday. Seven people were injured when a man fired shots from a semi-automatic handgun. Police said five men, a woman and an eight-year-old boy were among the injured who were taken to hospital.
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      No sunset industry this
      465 4  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahim Demand for civil engineers when economy booms CIVIL engineering graduates are turning to jobs outside their field amidst the downturn. Statistics from a recent graduate employment survey found that about half of the 121 civil engineering graduates at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
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      Lock icon Blast 'not due to leak'
      180 4 Channel News Asia SINGAPORE Power, which owns Power Gas, has said that the pipeline explosion along Jalan Bukit Merah on Saturday night was not caused by a gas leak. This is because the pipeline had already been purged of gas a year ago. The subcontractor
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      Lock icon Cool respite
      104 4 Channel News Asia SINGAPOREANS are getting a respite from the hot weather. Yesterday, rain and strong winds were reported over several parts of the island, A thunderstorm in the Sembawang area caused a tree branch to fall across Sembawang Road yesterday afternoon. Eyewitnesses say it gave way at
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      Afraid to cough or sneeze ... and the resulting mess
      251 4  - Afraid to cough or sneeze and the resulting mess Leong Phei Phei FOR half a year, Ms Serene Tan (not her real name) did not dare step out of her house. She had to visit the toilet almost every minute and at the slightest cough or sneeze, she would let
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      Helping the blind see and the deaf hear
      189 4  -  Chung Lyn-Yi TWO gadgets developed by Singapore Polytechnic students are using the sense of touch to help the blind to "see" and the deaf to "hear". The Seeing Vest transmits a variety of vibrations to the blind wearer when he goes into
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  • LETTERS
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      Let's be constructive
      216 5  -  Chiang Ky M'sian scare-mongering not doing any good to ties with Singapore THE cross-straits relations between Singapore and Malaysia have been likened to intense sibling rivalry between an abang (big brother) and an adik (little brother). The citizens of both countries, I believe, are sober and are
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      Time to relook those explanations
      186 5  -  Jonathan Wong I AM amazed at some of the recent news concerning government ministries. I am sure many Singaporeans were as shocked as I at how the CPF Board rejected Madam Jenny Koh's insurance claim although it had collected the premiums and knew how difficult
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      Too 'image-conscious'?
      169 5  -  Yak Chin Hua I REFER to Mr Krishna M Singh's letter, "When posh is perfect" (Today, May 17). The police stations in Mr Singh's time were described as "pathetic" but do we really need to be in posh buildings to solve crime cases? The police in those days
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      It cannot be free...
      81 5  -  David Soh THE Toa Payoh air-conditioned bus interchange may provide extra comfort but I wonder: Who is footing the bill, the Land Transport Authority or transport operators? Are these improvements necessary? What if the costs are eventually passed on to commuters through fare hikes after 2003?
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      Delayed 'heresy'
      113 5  -  Mohamad Rosle Ahmad I REFER to the article, "MP gets a strange invitation" (Today, May 23). If PAP MP Inderjit Singh's views do bear an "uncanny resemblance" to what the Singapore Democratic Party chief, Dr Chee Soon Juan, has been saying, Singaporeans have to ask: Why did it
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Asian tech funds shine
      514 6  -  Vasu Me non Up 26% in six months, they are suitable for those with higher risk appetite ASIAN tech funds in the CPF stable have outperformed their global peers. The ÜBS Asian Technology Fund, the ACM Asian Technology Portfolio and the SGY Asian New Economy Fund
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    • Market Watch
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        Straits Times Index — 10-Day Chart
        5 6 Straits Times Index 10-Day Chart
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        World markets
        56 6 Index Value Change Ft Nikkei 225 *****.28 -3.57 ,03 Hong Seng Ail Ordinaries *****.78 333B.30 +2.03 +13.50 +.02 +.41 Taiwan Wld 5706.40 +156.44 +2.82 Korea (omp SET Index J(IIn: lii (omp B54.57 392.09 506.95 +9.06 ,76 +3.29 +1.07 ■19 +.65 Phils (mrp Shetuen B Nlumboi 1335.12 221.01 3255.62
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        Your S$1 buys
        37 6 US$ 0.5559 UK£ 0.3814 Yen 69.305 HKS 4.3360 m 2.1122 Euro 0.6036 Rupioh 4975.4 Bahl 23.818 Peso 27.434 A$ 1.0001 Indian R; W.237 Won 691.00 C$ 0.8531 Yuan 4.6168 NZ$ 1.1 808 NT$ 19.067
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        Commodities
        21 6 Gold m/a 320.700 Silver uss/n 4,872 Plotinurn tislAi 537.500 Rubber urt/kg 129.25 Palm oil m/iom 1332 Brent crude uss/bMrel 25.535
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        Week's SGX most active
        58 6 By volume May 20 to 24 ftsTe[h 153,634,(11)0 Ipu 150,793,000 Nnlfael 62,873,000 TKaiVillag 55,396,000 Goldiron 53,399,000 7ot(ent Roy AirGcecn IMC Int KLW 46,083,001 43,526,001 41,423,001 41,119,001 39,749,001 By value May 20 to 24 DBS 191,919,313 OCBC 143,118,502 SPH 129,862,190 NalSteel 98,864,700 Choierd 98,294,794 WesTeth SIA NarBroad
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        Week's SGX top rises
        76 6 May 20 to 24 Close Change totBrmd 3.1B0 +0.510 UeanSupr«mel 0OUSS5.S0O +0.300 latStel 1.560 +0.210 E ntralP 18.B0Q +0.200 Icble 1.560 +0.120 fhai Prime200USS 4.700 +0.100 JKBk6% MCPS *****.900 +0.100 :inDEV 6.600 +0.100 kUSS 2.760 +0.090 V llnri 0.465 +0.085 ty percentage Way 20 lo 24
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        Lock icon Week's SGX top falls
        85 6 Bloomberg May 20 to 24 Creative 50 Close Change 19.™ -1.100 5PH 100 21.400 -0.900 SPH SPORS10JSS 21.500 -0.600 109.400 0 mm:: Venture 16.200 -0.400 GreatEast 11.400 -0.300 Seaview 6.M0 -0.300 DUE Ho Negnrc STAssemii 7.050 -0.300 2.740 -0.2(0 2.400 0.230 By percentage May 20 Id
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      Lock icon The driving factors
      583 7 AFP Rising exports push Japan's recovery but private consumption remains flat TOKYO Japan's economy is poised for a cyclical recovery powered by exports but the strength of the rebound depends on global economic growth and the behaviour of financial markets, economists say. Fresh demand for electronics a
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      Lock icon No deal on Global Crossing
      292 7 Bloomberg NEW YORK Singapore Technologies Telemedia and Hutchison Whampoa have quit talks to buy Global Crossing after they failed to agree on the terms for purchasing the bankrupt fibre-optic network operator. Hutchison, owned by Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing, and ST Telemedia bid US$75O million
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      Lock icon Football widows
      527 8 Reuters Resorts target women neglected during World Cup WITH World Cup fever spreading across the region, South-east Asia's fun spots are cranking up their marketing machines to score profits. They have come up with ways to woo customers in the football-mad region in the run-up to the monthlong
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      Lock icon Boardroom to buy Andersen affiliate's unit
      201 8 Bloomberg BOARDROOM will buy Arthur Andersen's Singapore affiliate's corporate secretarial and accounting and payroll businesses as Andersen splinters amid a criminal trial. Singapore's largest provider of corporate secretarial and share registration services, Boardroom, will pay $6.5 million, comprising an initial $5.75 million for the
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      Lock icon Nera sees lower profits
      150 8 Bloomberg NERA Telecommunications said profits this year will be "substantially lower" than those of last year after it wrote down the value of its investment in an associated company. The Singapore-based maker of telephone components said it will make provisions of $6 million on its 20
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      Lock icon Banking on a woman's touch
      309 8 -AFP KABUL Afghanistan is pinning its hopes on a "made by Afghan women" label to stimulate exports and give its war-shattered economy a fillip. "We have come up with two ideas to promote our exports," Mr Ashraf Ghani, adviser to interim leader Hamid Karzai, said.
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Watch out for small planes
      307 9 Agencies FBI warns terrorists may use them as weapons WASHINGTON The US is plugging holes in its intelligence gathering systems amid warnings that terrorists may be planning to use small planes next to carry out suicide attacks. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued an
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      Lock icon Facing up to security threats
      38 9 Reuters photo Facial recognition technology is used to screen people visiting the Statue of Liberty in New York. With a heightened security alert, police have increased efforts to ensure safety at national monuments.
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      Lock icon Holidays are not good for laptops
      136 9 Reuters LONDON When technophiles go on a holiday, their laptops and computers also suffer from sunburn, water ingestion and excessive alcohol. The Computer World, a PC retailer, said an online survey showed that nearly 40 per cent of laptop repairs in September were related
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      Lock icon Global help for Sri Lanka peace talks
      191 9 AFP COLOMBO Peace broker Norway is assembling an international team of legal experts to help the Sri Lankan government and Tamil Tiger rebels when they open peace talks in Thailand, according to a report yesterday. The panel of constitutional experts would be available
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      Super-slim? Your fertility may be at risk
      161 9 LONDON The super-thin figure made popular by catwalk models is not something women who wish to have children should aspire for. Surviving on low-fat diets can silently switch off a woman's reproductive systems, the London Sunday Times reported yesterday, quoting a new book
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      30 9 Win a Holiday to 8 I^^^ iTiillll The winner will be announced in the TODAY newspaper on 6 June 2002. Family Matters decals and guides are available while stocks last.
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  • COMMENTARY
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      The great courtship
      1046 10  -  Ng Boon Yian What lies ahead for a Singapore-EU Free Trade Agreement? THE courtship kicked off in earnest early this year and the ardent suitor has never let up on its wooing efforts since. Meanwhile, the object of affection has shown encouraging signs of interest but is
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      Lock icon Philippine President places faith in trickle-down economics
      462 10  -  William Pesek Jr Bloomberg THERE was a telling moment recently when Mrs Gloria Arroyo sat for an interview with Bloomberg Television. The exchange with her interviewer said much about what is right and wrong about the Philippine President. The interviewer asked if Mrs
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  • UPFRONT
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      This mad monkey has a message for you
      494 11  -  Anwar Hashim HE'S been labelled giia (Malay for mad) and monyet (monkey). At the age of 37, the mad monkey of local Malay pop has had his audience laughing in the third season of KOTT (Kopi "O" Teh Tank), which began on
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      Lock icon Don't, unless you're married
      509 11 AFP Bush has strongly endorsed the abstinence message, but it has fuelled a debate THE message from Washington: Don't have sex unless you are married. Everyone else should just say no. Sex is hot or, more specifically, telling teenagers not to do it is hot. President
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  • LIMELIGHT
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      Listen! It's Victor
      375 12  -  Elisii Chia Meet the Hong Kong singer who loves soccer LISTEN is Victor Chen's latest Cantonese EP but the Hong Kong singer will be listening to more than his own music from Friday. For the uninitiated, that is the day the World Cup 2002 kicks off. A
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      Lock icon The return of TV classics
      184 12 ENJOY your old favourite television classics once again with MediaCorp TV's Drama Festival 2002. Expect a slew of programmes and contests as part of the festival, which marks the 20th anniversary of locally-produced Chinese dramas. Last Thursday, MediaCorp artistes such as Zoe Tay, Shao Guang,
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      Lock icon On two wheels for charity
      295 12  -  Janice Lee NEXT month, 30 volunteers will cycle for a week to raise funds for the Children's Cancer Foundation, Bike Aid, conceived in 1992, is a group of non-professional cyclists who use their hobby to drum up cash for a good cause. It has organised
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      34 12 Recording postponed THE studio recording of Who Wonts To Be A Millionaire (English) scheduled for May 29 has been cancelled. The new date will be announced later.Tickets will be issued at a later date.
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      198 12 Top 15 Most telecast the winning telePopular Dramas movies from Oct 5, every Vote for the Top 15 Most Saturday at I Ipm. Popular Dramas from 50 short-listed dramas through Activities on i-weekly. MediaCorp Radio MediaCorpTV Channel 8 Mini radio dramas on will telecast the winning dra- YE593.3 FM. mas
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      375 13 strength to strength Lt*9 I IHaH Wv Tki^ .-.vkikiti^n >■ Btew PvftS*?W Auguste Rodin, perhaps H^. lff^~*^£*V^ trip nrpntpßt 1 Qth BUI B^^b£^V ft W| century sculptor, by HIS HJI EV showcasing 79 artefacts, Q^^H ML] Itl 1 v comprising prints and v Erf^l JH Hi sculptures. His t Shß^S
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      958 14 violin and tabla, as the Cj>^£St&jSfafe -"^""^S anc^ music t° *ne ensemble performs BSIP^LID^U Sa^-^jp.i =jp<!fr fc IE heartlands. SIBELIUS NIGHT BY contemplative music that will f SsSLj[^f LL Date: June 2 BRADDELL HEIGHTS lift your spirits and calm Mfi Ml PttV KfuM Time: Spin SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA your mind. ||^^^^^^fl^j^«WPw^^Mmt^KyPMßM|
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      1135 15 i Enjoy priority booking and a host of discounts and privileges to visual and performing i^^^^^^^^l .«:::s with the OCBC Arts Card. Apply by and you could :>e one af 10 people tf, to win $300 worth of Metropolitan Museum of Art voucherst Plus the first 500 approved HL ■%c
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      1068 16 seen before. Ticketing: Call SISTIC at a peculiar woman named Date: Juno 2-3 6348 5555 Sheryl. Time: Bpm k*rj OCBC Arts Card Date: June 6 9 and Venue: Victoria Theatre «x members enjoy a 13 15 Price: $16, $22, $32 10% discount. Time: Bpm &^*%tl **%MfA Ticketing: Call SISTIC at
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      695 17 8r Qtt9^l^! Rft£ GROUNDWORK 2 lakes digital photographs of glass jewellery and metal fc^ T l^rmi ft^^^Hr Visual Arts at LASALLE-SIA the images, translating the Time: 11am 7pm (Tues ranging from paintings to Time: 1 lam 9pm College of the Arts Beatrice Chia in The Morning People collages, digital imaging,
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      1187 18 BIGSMALLISLAND: exhibition showcases the Club (Toa Payoh), Bukit Mo HOUSE, HOME, master's key works in oil H;s:*3fc*-."« >a Swee Community Centre HOMELAND and ink, Chen is recognised (Bukit Ho Swee) and Three Australians, now for having contributed great- Serangoon North Community residents in Singapore, and ly to the early Centre
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      1109 19 fl^lHlHHHHKK9l|HH|^^^P^^^^^H| talk and fashion jamu: the ancient WrM'- MASTERCLASSES BY PHOTOGRAPHY ART OF HERBAL ■Tf: 9^l W *M LIN YUAN SHANG OF PRESENTATION AND HEALING 'CHINESE *****' WORKSHOP Irish born writer Susan Jane n-. 'Kjl^^^j I Lin Yuan Shang is the Some may argue that Beers became convinced of W
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      1048 20 conceivable high-rise Date: June 4 construction, Lucas Jodogne Time! 2pm 3pm shows how low and flat the Venue: Singapore Art FRIDAY EVENING TOUR man-made environment Museum Auditorium This evening tour around the remains. The talk is Price: Free Singapore History Museum followed by a workshop Enquiries; Call Santha promises to
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  • PORTFOLIO
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      Lock icon Live your dreams
      682 21  -  Jeffrey Tan Identify all financial goals instead of focusing on just one MANY of us dream, but much fewer actually plan methodically to achieve those dreams. It's a common Singapore dream to own a condominium, for example, but how many of us have a cogent plan for
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      Prudential Adviser
      466 21  -  Rachel Ask the Dear PRU Adviser, I have graduated and started work recently. I am 22 years old and am earning $2,000 a month. I save about $400 a month. Although I don't have much savings, I am concerned about the need to invest* early and insure myself.
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  • EATOUT
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      Lock icon Fresh findings
      461 22  -  Amy Van Tuck into succulent fish while enjoying live music LOCATED within walking distance from Raffles Hotel, La Smorfia touts itself as a warm and lively dining spot, which stands out from the crowd because of the live music it offers on weekends. Having gone through a semi-makeover,
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      Lock icon Discovering the pleasures of tea
      456 22  -  Candy Lim BLAME it on the popular culture of coffee haunts, the chic-look-ing coffee machines or the English tradition of afternoon tea but somehow, tea just does not seem as happening a drink as coffee. Sugar, milk, honey and lemon are often added to flavour
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      Lock icon Tas-tea meal
      331 23  -  Low Shi Ping Discover how good tea tastes on your food at Jade Restaurant honey welcomed us. A mixture of rose buds, Chinese pear and chrysanthemum, its sweetness was just right for my taste buds. After our palates had been cleansed, we were swept off to a spicy
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      108 22 Majybank COUNT THE CHERRIES SMS CONTEST 5 x DINNER FOR 2 TO BE WON AT LA SMORFIA Ql. How many cherries can you find on this whole page? Q2. Maybank Credit Card offers you more than 200 gifts from our Rewards programme, from tantalising tr'cats at over 70 restaurants to
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      17 22 Maybank Treats Count the Cherries SMS Contest Week seven NgCheeWee,S73o4o7lZ Winners wilt be notified by the organiser.
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      555 23 tHH^M^MMk^JMBBBBM f )ap Mania at The Furama Hotel B ja| ft IV V^V JM JT /A FVSC This month, it is Jap Manm at the Furama Hotel. En|oy A-La ill fl M ../"-/^"^i ffmS M Minute at the Tiffany Coffee House and enjoy Salmon sashimi, tuna fish, octopus, temaki and
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  • INCINEMAS
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      Lock icon Can Alexander save Morocco?
      830 24 Reuters Movie on Alexander the Great will help its film capital, which is in economic ruin OUARZAZATE (Morocco) Ali Mestali could barely conceal his enthusiasm: "Alexander the Great is coining to Ouarzazate. It's the best news since Gladiator." Mestali, 31, has been out of work for
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      Lock icon Wedding boos for Schiffer
      92 24 Reuters ENGLAND German supermodel Claudia Schiffer was booed by a disappointed crowd on Saturday when she emerged for her English country wedding covered in blankets. Schiffer, who at 31 is still one of the world's most photographed women, was determined not to be snapped for her
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      Lock icon Cannes shocker knocks 'em out cold
      328 25 -AFP CANNES The Cannes Film Festival showed the last of its 22 films in competition on Saturday, including a French shocker a movie that depicts a murder and a rape so graphically that several in its audience fainted or walked out. The screenings wrapped
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      Lock icon THE BUZZ ON FILM PROJECTS
      333 25 Reuters/Variety CANNES —The Cannes film festival is a showcase for the type of arty films which draw a restricted audience, but it is also a key meeting place for industry movers and shakers. Here are some of the projects that were being talked about in
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      155 27 AFP DUBLIN Winless in more than six years, American Bob Tway fired a four-under-par 68 on Saturday and has a one shot lead after the third round of the US$4.5 million ($8 million) Memorial PGA tournament. "I think it would be a boost of confidence to know
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      656 28 AFP Coultharcl takes lead on first corner and holds on MONTE CARLO David Coulthard grabbed his first win of the season and breathed some much-needed life back into the Formula One world championship when he stormed to victory in the Monaco Grand Prix yesterday. The McLaren driver
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      225 28  -  Stanley Ho REIGNING S-League champion Geylang United wants to sign Thai international Surachai Jirasirichote to bolster its defence. The 31-year-old defender from Thai giant FC Sintana will arrive in Singapore today for talks with Eagles' officials. Australian midfielder Walter Ardone, who has had an. indifferent stint
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      125 28 KINGSTON -The second oneday international between West Indies and India was abandoned without a ball being bowled yesterday. Heavy rain over the last few days had left the Sabina Park pitch sodden which also resulted in Saturday's first match of the five-game series being washed out.
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      684 29  -  Leonard Thomas in XL IT WAS not quite the intoxicating samba beat many of us at Bukit Jalil Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, expected from Brazil. Saturday's performance by the best loved team in the world certainly did not endear many more admirers into its stable.
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      411 29 AFP SEOUL Beleaguered Fifa president Sepp Blatter and the man who has accused him of corruption Fifa secretary Michel Zen-Ruffinen declared an uneasy 48-hour truce yesterday. The two antagonists agreed to keep their bitter battle out of the public spotlight until the special Fifa Congress
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      208 30 -AFP BANGKOK It is apparently in the cards that giant Brazil will win an unprecedented fifth World Cup next month by defeating African upstart Cameroon 3-1 in the championship match. That was the prediction of Thai fortune teller Bancha Lertthanu. "Cameroon will
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      540 31 Reuters World Cup warm-up South Korea 2 France 3 Leboeuf scores winner SUWON Zinedine Zidane sustained a thigh injury as France completed preparations for its World Cup defence by beating South Korea 3-2 in a friendly yesterday. Zidane was substituted in the 38th minute after complaining
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      601 31 AFP KOBE Cameroon's Indomitable Lions are ready to roar again, their coach Winfried Schafer believes. The German was left brimming with delight at the way his side shook off the effects of a long and arduous journey out to Japan to
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