Today, 4 June 2002, Afternoon Edition

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    7 1 TODAY Tuesday June 4, 2002 MITA(P) 063/11/2001
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon Dow slump
      339 1 -AFP Closes down 215.46 NEW YORK There seems to be no stopping the Dow Jones' week-long slide. It took a drubbing yesterday losing 215.46 points, or 2.17 per cent to close at 9,709.79. In the past week, the blue-chip index has shed a total of 533.92 points. Analysts
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      Lock icon The pope to retire?
      101 1 -AFP PRAGUE Pope John Paul 11, showing increasing signs of ill health, may announce his retirement in August, a Czech newspaper quoted Polish church sources as saying. The pontiff is likely to make the announcement during a visit to his native Krakow in Poland, the weekly
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      34 1 Rivaldo: 'I was glad the guy got sent off. Creative players must be protected.' Ronaldo said to suffer a pay cut despite brilliant performance. Pg34 jBBbT BBBftM 1 I "■^■r Jm\ |L IS X
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Something's fishy about fire at security firm
      196 2  -  Jose Raymond WHEN you have a fire at a security firm, a lot of sleuths get into the act. A blaze at King's Security and Fire Safety Management at Orchard Towers, initially reported to have been caused by tripped wires, has now been
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      Lock icon The killer within
      427 2  -  Low Shi Ping Profit motive, not rivals, may spell death for papers by shiping@ne wstoday. c o m.sg LIKE boxers in a ring, local newspapers have their jaws exposed. The question is where the killer punch will come from. Recently, the Singapore Mass Rapid Transit announced it
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      UnionWorks radio station fined
      294 2  -  Elaine Quek UNIONWORKS, a 50-50 joint venture between SPH Media Works and NTUC Media Co-operative, was fined $15,000 for adding personal comments to news bulletins aired over a one-and-a-half month period. This happened between March 14 and April 29, on Union Works' Mandarin radio station, UFMIOO3,
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      Lock icon Jackpots gone
      119 2 I Channel News Asia TWENTY jackpot machines went missing from a club in Joo Chiat Road on Sunday night. The Overseas Chinese Club was set up last November by three friends who pooled $90,000. Two months later, Mr Desmond Lim, one of the partners, was told that the
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      Fighting the radical
      302 3  -  Elisia Yeo Bring him into the mainstream, urges professor by eiisia@newstoday.com.sg ADELAIDE While the international community struggles with the idea of Islamic militancy in the post-Sept 11 world, a landmark study has suggested that quelling radicalism will only increase its power. The research by Dr Riaz Hassan,
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      PAS and Genting
      242 3 KUALA LUMPUR The PAS president has made a public promise that will either return to haunt him or help his party shore up its credentials as a moderate Muslim group. In an interview with The Star, Datuk Fadzil Noor said the Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) would not
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      Foes pull back from the brink
      272 3 NEW DELHI Rivals India and Pakistan yesterday showed signs of pulling back from the brink. Among the signs: An unnamed senior Indian official ruled out immediate retaliatory action in the event of another deadly attack by militants in the disputed territory of Kashmir, reported
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      Forehead not shapely?
      423 4  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahim Rapid Prototyping Centre will help you redesign it by za ckaria @news tod ay. com. s g WITHIN Nanyang Polytechnic is a centre that doctors call upon frequently. The poly's Rapid Prototyping Centre was involved in preparations for the ground-breaking 97-hour-long separation surgery on
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      Police looking into Miss Raja's death
      221 4  -  Elaine Quek THE police are investigating the "unnatural death" of Miss Selvarani Raja, who died on Saturday of liver failure from having taken Slim 10 pills. They are waiting for the results of the post-mortem into her death. Meanwhile, doctors told Today that the
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      Quick service
      92 4 THE new police service pledge promises to attend to customers at its service counters within 15 minutes at least 75 per cent of the time. This was announced at the Police Day Parade last night at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. The pledge also aims to cut down the
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      Lock icon 2 hurt in tanker blast
      67 4 Jose Raymond TWO Taiwanese nationals were hurt, one seriously, after an explosion last evening in the boiler room of a Taiwanese-registered tanker docked just outside Singapore waters. Mr Kirn Chang Bung and Mr Hwang Su II (picture) sustained burns and were taken by speedboat to
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      76 3 ■%J Ll I Singapore Institute BBBM UNIVERSITY OF LONDON Direct Honours degrees U^ilUjLjl B.Sc BUSINESS ■UttWKi B.Sc MANAGEMENT B.Sc ACCOUNTING FINANCE B.Sc ECONOMICS MANAGEMENT B.Sc LAW WITH MANAGEMENT DIPLOMA IN ECONOMICS I SIC has been conducting the London degrees in Singapore I since 1990. It is one of three schools
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  • LETTERS
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      Oh, for a civilised world
      169 6  -  Chaitali Tarafdar Your letter can also appear on this page. Give your full name and address and write to; Today, 24, Raffles Place, #28-01/06, Clifford Cenfre, Singapore *****1; Fax:6s-*****17; E-mail: news@newstoday.com, sg ONE of Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore's most memorable poems begins with, "The world
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      Too much red tape?
      265 6  -  Lint Boon Hee Couldn't somebody help Ms Raja? MISS Selvarani Raja's family, in your report "Her brave belief" (Today, June 3) turned to lawyers to help them overcome the legalities of getting the Health Ministry's approval for the distant relative to be a donor, but even
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      The price of being cool
      124 6 WE refer to the letter, "It cannot be free?" by Mr David Soh (Today, May 27). We are indeed happy to learn that Mr Soh finds that our new air-conditioned Toa Payoh Bus Interchange provides cool comfort, particularly in Singapore's hot climate. SBS Transit is
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      3G deadline to stay, IDA tells mobile telecom operators
      309 8  -  Chan Chao Peh by chaop eh@ne ws tod ay.com. s g THE Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) has turned down requests by mobile operators to roll out third generation (3G) mobile telecom networks according to their own schedule. The operators have to
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      An executive buy-out?
      140 8 SENIOR Nat Steel executives are proposing to buy out the company's core steel making business. The executives, who include the company president, Mr Ang Kong Hua, and the executive vice-president of corporate development, Mr Gan Kirn Yong, are offering to pay $294 million in cash. They are
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      Lock icon SIA denies Ansett talks
      159 8 Bloomberg SYDNEY Singapore Airlines (SIA) denied a report that it is in talks with the administrator of Ansett Holdings about buying the failed Australian carrier's operating certificate. The Australian Financial Review reported Saturday, without citing sources, that SIA is the most serious candidate out of three
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      Lock icon Venture to stay independent
      176 10 Bloomberg VENTURE Corp, an electronics parts maker with most of its factories in South-east Asia, is not interested in selling out to a bigger and more global competitor, the Asian Wall Street Journal reported, citing managing director Wong Ngit Liong, In the past 18 months, Venture's
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    • Market Watch
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        Singapore
        126 10 THE new trading month started on a quiet note as traders appeared to be fixated on the World Cup, while those who hoped for instant gratification (read: contra trading) shied away. Except for some re-adjustments following the last-minute MSCI re-halancing last Friday, trading was subdued and lethargic. The STI
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        World markets
        54 10 Index Value Chonge Hikkei 225 Hong Seng 411 Ordinaries fdiwan Wld *****.39 *****.80 332B.20 5571.08 +137.69 +57.86 +3.10 ■104.57 +1.17 +0.51 +0.09 ■1.84 Koreo (omp SET Index Jakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzen 3 Mumbai 804.93 106.77 523.87 1321.26 202.4! 3161.09 +8.53 ■1.19 -4.92 +6.26 -5.22 +35.36 +1.07 ■0.29
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 10 US$ 0.5596 IKE 0.3841 Y«n 69.527 HK$ 4.3684 RH 2.1283 Euro 0.6002 Rupiah 4785.8 Buhl 23.741 Peso 28.199 AS 0.9857 Indian Rs 27.471 Won 666.87 C$ 0.8593 Yuon 4.6319 Uls 1.1600 NT$ 19.118
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        Commodities
        21 10 Gold uss/oi 327.50 Silver usl/oz 5.042 Platinum uss/k 545.90 Rubber nnisAg 135.75 Pdm oil Rft/tonut 1428 Brent crude nsSAorral 24.70
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        Straits Times Index — 10-Day Chart
        5 10 Straits Times Index 10-Day Chart
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        SGX most active
        55 10 By volume Jun« 3 '000 «iafe 10,640 Ipco 10,362 Sing Tel 9,777 Frontline 9,563 Chartered 9,551 By volue Jure 3 Charlered 39,506,300 SIA 37,407,536 OCBC 31,623,790 DBS 26,882,962 UOB 25,870,100 '000 DmocrfiUSS 9,370 BILInl! 7,024 STEngg 6,281 QianHu 5,813 Hint 5,757 SPH 19,620,614 Venture 19,532,784 Sing Tel
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        SGX top rises
        75 10 Jy$ lune 3 ilA M Close Change 13.100 +0.400 6.900 +0.300 illYDEV 6.150 +0.250 jenlive 50 13.200 +0.200 iPH 100 3CBC Imlek \mlekW*****0 "I'C'lCICll 21.000 +0.200 12.300 +0.200 1.030 +0.185 0.745 +0.175 4.140 +0.120 JOL 1.850 +0.080 jy percertiage June 3 Close Change tatekWQ5Q610 0.745+30.702 fohBrosW041O06 0.045+28.571
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        Lock icon SGX topv falls
        83 10 Bloomberg ly$ Iuiie 3 jteotEast Close Changt 11.100 4401 teniure 15.900 -0.3IX :8N100 7.550 -0.251 JOB 14.500 -0.201 >IA 200 13.000 -3.201 VPB BrEweties 5.500 -0.151 Jtiisleel 0.610 -0.13: J35 14.000 4.101 \llgreen ip Lend W*****3 1.060 -0.09! 1.440 -0.08! By percentage June 3 viilie W*****5 Close
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
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      Lock icon Manufacturing sector up
      86 12 Channel News Asia SINGAPORE'S manufacturing sector expanded for a third consecutive month last month, according to the Purchasing Managers Index compiled by the Singapore Institute of Purchasing and Materials Management. However, the index shows that last month's expansion, was weak- er than April's. This was due to
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      Lock icon IMF will kill us: Indon minister
      173 12 -AFP JAKARTA An Indonesian minister yesterday criticised the International Monetary Fund (IMF), saying its prescriptions are dangerous for the country. National Development Planning Minister Kwik Kian Gie said the government should not extend its contract with the IMF when it expires on Nov 22,
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      Lock icon Malaysia's trade surplus plummets
      164 12 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR- Malaysia's trade surplus plunged 58.8 per cent to RM2.I billion ($1 billion) in April from the previous month, the Trade Ministry said yesterday. "The lower trade surplus was partly due to lumpy imports, namely aircraft and ships, which amounted to RMI.7 billion," it
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      CAAS wins Eagle Award ... again
      129 12 CAAS wins Eagle Award again AIRPORTS in the region are trying to lure Changi Airport's clients away but it may be a tough fight for them. The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) yesterday beat the competition by bagging two International Air Transport Association (lata) honours in Shanghai. It was
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      Buy NOL at the bottom
      374 14  -  Vasu Menon Share price could shoot up 28% when business rebounds by; SOMETIMES, the best time to invest in a company is at the lowest point in its business cycle when its share price is depressed. When business recovers, the company's share price is likely
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      $1.57b Maxis IPO launched
      135 14 KUALA LUMPUR Telecommunications company Maxis Communications Bhd yesterday launched Malaysia's biggest ever initial public offering. The issue is for the sale of 652.34 million shares to raise an estimated RM3.35 billion ($1.57 billion). The company has projected a profit after tax of RMB2S million for the
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      325 14 Stock Watch Turnover U554,737m U554,673m 3% EBITDA (mcl interest income) USs349m USss93m (41%) Depreciation and amortisation (USs267m) (USs243m) EBIT (mcl interest income) USsB2m USs3som (77%) Interest expense (US$ I 18m) US$ 131 m) Minority items and associates (USslm) US$l Im) •Tax (USs2om) 30m) Overall Profit/(Loss) (USss7m) USsl7Bm n.m. ft Take
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Crisis in Canada
      288 16 Chretien sacks Finance Minister and arch-rival OTTAWA In one of the most dramatic crises in recent Canadian political history, Prime Minister Jean Chretien yesterday sacked his Finance Minister and arch-rival Paul Martin. His removal, which came in the second Cabinet change in a week, was the result
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      Lock icon FMD back to haunt S Korea
      105 16 Reuters SEOUL South Korea confirmed yesterday the first positive case of foot-and-mouth disease in a pig since the World Cup matches began, dashing hopes that the outbreak was over after no new cases were reported for nearly two weeks. South Korea had confirmed 12
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      It was compensation, not hush money, says Australian Catholic Church head
      177 16 SYDNEY The head of the Catholic Church in Australia, Archbishop George Pell (picture), has denied offering bribes to cover up child sex abuse by priests. He said on Sunday night's Sixty Minutes programme that two girls abused by a
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      Lock icon Jiang set to play elder role?
      376 18 -AFP Is he seeking a legacy on a par with Mao and Deng? BEIJING Chinese President Jiang Zemin may be due to leave his post but analysts say that the leader is making sure he has a lasting influence on the country. Mr Jiang
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      Lock icon Blast before talks
      63 18 Reuters photo Smoke rising from the house of slain Mahmoud AltiH, a member of the Palestinian Fatah movement, after Israeli soldiers demolished the house with explosives in the Balata refugees camp near the West Bank city ofNablus. Israel maintained a stranglehold on the city while a European
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      Lock icon US troops closer to Philippine battle zone
      159 18 Reuters MANILA The Philippines and the United States agreed yesterday to move American special forces closer to combat areas in the former country's south. This is part of a stepped-up manhunt for Muslim guerrillas linked to Osama bin Laden. "There was consensus that
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      Lock icon Let's start from zero, East Timor tells Jakarta
      161 18 AFP JAKARTA East Timor's new Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri has told Indonesia to drop its claim for assets left behind in its former territory but denies he is hostile to Jakarta. In an interview published on Sunday by Tempo magazine, Mr Alkatiri
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      Thaksin acts to ease bordeer tension
      168 18 BANGKOK Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra hopes to meet his Myanmar counterpart, General Than Shwe, in a bid to ease simmering tensions between the two neighbours. Dr Thaksin will be sending an envoy to Vangon this week to arrange for the meeting, The Nation
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      Lock icon Tough anti-separatist is Indonesia's new army chief
      264 18 Agencies JAKARTA A lieutenant-gener-al who has taken a tough public stance against separatist revolts in Aceh and Papua has been named as Indonesia's new army chief. Lieutenant-General Ryamizard Ryacudu (picture), as head of the strategic reserve Kostrad, staged a show of force last
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Lock icon Common goal
      873 19  -  Barry Hing For globalisation's good side, watch the World Cup by in Sydney THE first World Cup match kicked off on Friday and for the next month, literally the entire world will be riveted by the event in which 32 countries will play a total of 64 matches.
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Baby talk and Zoe
      1138 20  -  Debra Soon Channel NewsAsia Procreation requires incentives and proper childcare alternatives by MANY people have asked me if my son, Ethan, understands that another baby is on the way. Of course he does. He may not realise the fuD impact of what it means but he
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  • BUSYCOOK
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      'Baby' bakchang
      348 21  -  Pauline DLoh Small bite-sized dumplings don't take hours to cook MY mother is guest chef this week. She took on the multiple roles of head chef and narra-tor-of-stories as we gathered at her house for our annual bakchang wrapping session. I decided to bow to her superior knowledge
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      Bakchang or pork dumplings
      442 21 Ingredients: (makes 60 small dumplings) 2 kilos glutinous rice, washed and soaked 500gm belly pork, cut into small pieces lOOgm pork fat, cut into small cubes lOOgra dried Chinese chestnuts sClgm dried prawns 50gm dried shiitake mushrooms, soaked till soft. Salted egg yolk (optional), cut into
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  • INFOTECH
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      Going strong
      282 22 E-commerce solutions market to expand rapidly DESPITE losing some of its glamour following the downfall of dot-corn hype, e-commerce continues to play an increasingly important role in driving economic growth. According to International Data Corporation (IDC), the global IT market researcher, even with the current worldwide recession, spending
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      More from HP's all-in-ones
      204 22 HEWLETT-PACKARD has released the HP Office Jet D line of all-in-ones printer, fax, scanner and copier in one compact, flatbed device (picture). New to this generation of HP Office Jet all-in-ones is an intelligent printing system that combines separate printheads and ink cartridges to provide optimal
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      Your phone bills can be lower
      280 22  -  Sol E Solomon THE Asia-Pacific region's telecommunication services market will grow by 20.6 per cent to US$l6l billion ($287.5 billion) by the end of this year, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC). With the volume of voice calls by corporations growing, their telecommunications
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      CNETAsia Breaking News
      147 22 TAsia asia.cnel.com/newstech Dell acquires Plural DELL Computer has acquired Plural, the technology consulting and application-develop-ment company. The acquisition comes as Dell seeks to bolster its professional services business, which accounts for 10 per cent of its revenue, said Dell spokesman Mike Maher. The terms of the deal
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  • INCINEMAS
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      224 24 Reuters NEW YORK Thoroughly Modern Millie won six awards, including for best musical and best actress, while Fortune's Fool and Private Lives dominated among the plays on Sunday at the 56th Tony Awards for excellence in Broadway theatre. Sutton Foster, the understudy-turned-star of the
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      56 24 IT IS very difficult to ||s overcome the bad smell of a bad review in a very important newspaper. I don't blame anybody but it would be sad if the show closes before it should. John Lithgow, who was picked as the best actor in a musical in the critically-reviled
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      Lock icon Two Brads and a Jen
      272 24 Reuters/ NEW YORK In a partnership that will test the hypothesis that two Brads are better than one, manager/producer Brad Grey and client Brad Pitt are going into the movie-production business together. They have formed a three-year venture that has struck a first-look deal at
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      Baldwin on hated list
      90 25 IF Alec Baldwin (picture, right) does not shut up about politics soon, he could lose his few remaining fans, says the Hollywood Reporter. Baldwin ranked high on a list of most disliked stars, based on their politics, in a poll about the political activism of celebrities.
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      166 25 Father spills the beans MADONNA is pregnant with her third child and the source is credible this time. After weeks of speculation, Madonna's father, Tony Ciccone, told the British tabloid, The People, that the singer is expecting. "We are very excited that she is expecting again," Mr Ciccone
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      Lock icon Women not on top, at least in Hollywood
      361 25 Reuters/ NEW YORK Forget about baby panic. Women in Hollywood have more pressing concerns. The number of female directors and writers fell sharply last year, according to a survey set to be released on Monday by Martha Lauzen, a professor at the
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      141 27  -  -lanDeCotta FANCY an adventure in South Africa? Now's your chance if you are a Singaporean or a permanent resident between 16 and 18 old. Two teenagers from Singapore will get a chance to win a trip to South Africa's famed Entabeni
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      467 27  -  Low Shi Ping Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard shines through in adaptation set in 1930s China COULD a masterpiece written by a Russian in 1903, set in Russia, originally performed by a Western cast and concerning early-1900s issues, be adapted to be relevant to Singaporean audiences a century later?
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Lakers still the kings
      666 29 NBA Western Conference finals Kings 106 Lakers 112 Lakers will meet Nets in final THE Kings are dead. Long live the king. The Los Angeles Lakers put a historical stamp on its dynasty, outlasting the Sacramento Kings, 112-106, in a game seven overtime thriller that capped
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      Lock icon Lewis favoured by fellow fighters to beat ex-champion Tyson
      297 29 AFP ATLANTIC CITY World heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis has grudging, even cynical, support from most top rivals in Saturday's boxing showdown with controversial ex-champion Mike Tyson. But one thing they agree upon is that the 36-year-old British ring king had best
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      NTUC Income-TODAY Fan of the Week
      139 29 SHE has been a die-hard fan of Tanjong Pagar United ever since its semi-profession-al days when the club went by the name of Tiong Bahru FC. But if a good football game involving other teams comes along, Hi day ah Birde will not hesitate
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      Sailing shocker
      441 30  -  Jose Raymond Veteran Tan quits Asian Games squad by j o se@newsto day. c om.sg THREE months before the Asian Games in Busan, defending champion Naomi Tan (picture) has quit in a huff. One half of Singapore's 420 ladies team, Naomi struck gold with Joan Huang at the
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      Lock icon Old man Agassi charges back
      359 30 AFP PARIS Andre Agassi, the fourth seed, mounted a thrilling fightback to beat French wildcard Paul-Henri Mathieu and move into the quarter-finals of the French Open at Roland Garros yesterday. Agassi, the 1999 champion at Roland Garros, was two sets and 2-0 down when rain
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      Just 138 paying fans at Bishan
      337 30  -  Stanley Ho by Stanley ©news tod ay.com .sg AS EXPECTED, S-League attendances have suffered an adverse reaction to the World Cup fever. While 32 of the world's top football nations are fighting it out for world football's ultimate prize in Korea and Japan, Singapore's
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      Lock icon Mexico clumps poor Croatia
      309 31 Agencies World Cup-Group G 1 Croatia 0 Mexico 1 Tournament sees first red card I YOKOHAMA-Croatian defender Boris Zivkovic became the first man in the World Cup to be given a red card yesterday, after his rash tackle gave away the decisive penalty in his team's
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      Lock icon Asian resurrection starts now
      498 32 Agencies YOKOHAMA Asia experiences its biggest day in World Cup history today when co-hosts Japan and South Korea kick off their campaigns and China makes its debut in the finals. All three sides will be eager to set the record straight for Asia, after Saudi Arabia's
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      Lock icon Korea to utilise support of Red Devils
      354 32 I World Cup Group D \live today on Ch 25-28, 7.30pm SEOUL While soccer experts are sizing up South Korea's coach Guvs Hiddink and his players, the World Cup co-host has a secret weapon. The Red Devils, a fanatical army of 110,000 young
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      Lock icon Troussier playing the crying game
      343 32 Reuters I World Cup -Group H \Live today on Ch 25-28, 5.00pm SAITAMA -Japan coach Philippe Troussier thinks the co-host has only an outside chance of reaching the second round of the World Cup as the mind games began on the eve of its group
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      Lock icon Bora begs for support of Chinese fans
      138 32 AFP [World Cup Group C \Live today on Ch 25-28, 2.30pm GWANGJU The Koreans might have their Red Devils, but China coach Bora Milutinovic implored Chinese fans to support his team against Costa Rica. "We need your help. We need you to support
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      Lock icon Brazil SOS: We need a Dunga
      635 33 Gaping miclfield holes are obvious I Tiger Beer j M Brazilian defence needs more protection HOW ironic that a footballer much vilified 12 years ago by his countrymen is now the kind of player who could deliver his people their most cherished valuable. After
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      Lock icon Ace marksman opens account
      245 33 -AFP World Cup- Group G j Italy 2 Ecuador 0 j Vieri hits a double for the Azzuri I SAPPORO Christian Vieri proved yesterday that the World Cup atmosphere is still to his liking as he revived memories of France '98 with two goals against Ecuador
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      World Cup ratings soar on Ch 5
      126 33 SENEGAL scored, Singapore roared and Channel s's ratings soared. MediaCorp TV's Channel 5 kicked off the Fifa World Cup 2002 in style, with an average of 433,000 football fans (11.4 per cent) catching the opening match on May 31 live. At its peak,
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    • AFTERNOON EDITION
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        Good Ronaldo
        402 34 He says his best is: vet to come ULSAN Brazil striker Ronaldo sent a chilling message to his rivals after scoring his first goal in a competitive international in over three years in the 2-1 victory over Turkey. The Internazionale striker proved he is returning to top form
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        Ugly Rivaldo
        198 34 He play-acted for the sake of the beautiful game ULSAN Rivaldo remained unrepentant about his disgraceful play-acting yesterday that resulted in Turkey's Hakan Unsal being sent off. He even insisted that he did it for the good of the game. Hakan was given his marching orders for kicking
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      Italy sounds a warning to its major rivals
      767 35  -  S Gulaii. by gulam@newstoday.com.sg ON A day when so much was expected from four-time champion Brazil and the France '98 darling Croatia, it was Italy which served up the main course. Led by the evergreen and elegant Paolo Maldini, the three-time champion,
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      Lock icon Convicts escape as Brazil beats Turkey
      125 35 AFP SAO PAULO Seventeen prisoners escaped from a jail here yesterday as football-mad Brazil ground to a halt to watch the nation's opening World Cup match against Turkey on television. Prison authorities said that the convicts escaped through a tunnel around 6am as Brazil
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