Today, 6 July 2002

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  • 9 1 weekend TODAY June 6 7, 2002 MITA (P) 248:03/20(K
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  • 1440 1  -  Ng Boon Yian If you've time for just ONE report on talks with Malaysia... by b o onyian@ne wsto day. com. sg A S Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed XiHamid Albar fielded questions from journalists this week, one newsman asked him about "these wild estimates" going around about Malaysia
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  • 641 1  -  Jose Raymond by jose@newstoday.com.sg NUMEROUS gang fights between secret societies. Extortion. A stabbing incident. Possible sale and abuse of psychotropic drugs, no less. All these unsavoury incidents were reported and investigated at a clubhouse in Singapore. Not just any clubhouse, but that of Singapore
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    • 177 5 INFOCUS TOm Between TWO Lovers v/)xj —^SS^HH l^y yfc'iv*: noil »T V ia* ;nW buaul If 9Bfe '^M*' r *fl n7 s, *=s^' The Hanwei-Michelle-Ping Hui Love Triangle Unravelled IN a sudden twist of event, He openly confessed feelings for Catch Channel 8's new local the much speculated love tussle
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  • FOCUS
    • 1114 6  -  Simon Tay Of foreign talent, tired formulas and coping with failure SINGAPOREANS caught the World Cup fever. Thousands from many different walks of life watched the matches, whether along Orchard Road or at home. This included children so young they could hardly kick a ball and
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    • 127 7 GROUP Exklusiv, which holds the distributorship for Renault and Volkswagen, yesterday added Czech-made car Skoda, to its stable. It opened its new showroom yesterday at No 3, Leng Kee Road. Two models of the Skoda the Fabia and Octavia are on display at the showroom. Skoda's previous
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    • 396 7  -  Elaine Quek RTC case hinges on them, says counsel by elaine newstod ay. com. sg TWO points of law were raised by the Raffles Town Club (RTC) lawyers yesterday as they sought to get Singapore's biggest representative action suit to date thrown out. Senior counsel K Shanmugam said
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    • 826 8  -  Serene Foo Local filmmakers jump over geography by sere ne@news tod ay.com ,sg SOON it could be passe to slap labels like Hollywood, European, Asian, or even Singapore film, on a celluloid offering. As it is, many movies these days are collaborations with cast and crew
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    • 299 8  -  Joy Frances THE dangers of striking up a relationship through Internet chat rooms were revisited during the rape trial of an IT production supervisor on Friday. Last Christmas, Tan Khay Cheong, a married 34-year-old with two children, conned a woman in Johor into visiting him.
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    • 234 8  -  Joy Frances THIS Sunday, four pet-crazy societies are banding together to hold an adoption day in the hope that abandoned dogs, cats and rabbits will be re-homed. The event, held at Parkway Parade from 11am to 7pm, will see animals from the Society for the Prevention
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    • 169 8  -  Rosalyn him THE paints segment of Singapore's chemical industry is on the decline. Paint companies have been moving away to Xiamen and other parts of China and Vietnam. The workers in these firms who have lost jobs will find it hard to move to the more
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  • LETTERS
    • 274 9  -  Eric Tan Seh Yeow I AM writing with reference to reports that DBS Bank is looking into reviewing their current systems on Internet banking. Let me, at the outset, give my comments on remarks made by the bank's head of personal banking, Mrs Elsie
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    • 203 9  -  Tan Kin Lian I REFER to the letter from Lim Boon Hee, "Why didn't alarm ring?" (Today, July 5). He referred to the episode where 21 Internet banking transactions were made to move money into a hacker's account within half an hour. I suggest the following measures
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    • 334 9 I REFER to the letters on the new HDB Hub, "Explain the extravagance", by Mr See Leong Kit (Today, June IS), "Extravagance? No, just world class" by Ms Kathleen Kwan (Today, June 20) and "We need to know" by Ms Teo Seow Ling (Today,
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    • 242 9  -  Kathleen Kwan It's time to rethink our defence strategy AS OUR 37th National Day approaches, I could not help but wonder whether we should rethink our national defence strategy on an overall basis due to our small population, dwindling birth rates and an aging population which remains
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    • 268 9  -  Tan Kong Soon Think Centre I REFER to the letter "Frightful views on website" (Today, July 5). The writer expressed his horror upon reading the online contents of fateha.com website and asked for restrictions on freedoms of speech and
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  • BUSINESS
    • 649 10  -  Chan Chao Peh by ehaopeh@newstoday.com.sg MOST people hardly take a second glance when they discard their old electronic devices like handphones, computers and personal digital assistants (PDAs). However, Citiraya Industries, a local company that collect these products, literally finds gold in such "waste". Soldered on
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    • 592 10 Bloomberg KUALA LUMPUR For Mr T Ananda Krishnan, Monday marks the first time, since the Asian crisis, that one of his companies will debut on the Malaysian stock exchange. It offers a gauge on how well the tycoon's
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    • 146 11 GLOBAL power and automation technology group ABB has launched a new industrial IT centre in Singapore as part of a $15 million expansion plan. This included a high-tech training facility, a research and development team and a customer centre, reported Channel NewsAsia. ABB says the centre's
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    • 130 11 -AFP SILKAIR will launch a twice-weekly service to Chengdu in China this month, increasing its number of destinations to 25. Airline chief executive Subhas Menon said the conclusion of an expanded air services agreement between China and Singapore paved the way for the flights to
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    • 180 11 THIS weekend, OUB Centre will launch a selection of choice units at the Modena housing project. Located in Simei Street 4, the development is opposite the Simei MRT Station and Eastpoint Shopping Mall. The units come fully furnished with plush furniture and furnishings. These
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    • 472 11  -  Francis Kan Fate ofTemasek's chipmaker unclear clues about the fate of Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing from Temasek Holdings press conference earlier this week would have been disappointed. Rather than quell speculation about the Government's plans for the flagging chipmaker, Temasek executive director Ho Ching's comments on the matter only
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    • Market Watch
      • 142 11 THE market continued its upward movement in anticipation of a rebound on Wall Street after the 4th of July Independence Day celebrations took place without any major incidents. Also, increasingly, there have been calls by market strategists for investors to raise their investments in Asia as economic growth driven
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      • 56 11 Index Value Change Pis X Nikkei 225 *****.09 +193.28 +1.12 Hong Seng All Ordinaries Taiwan Wid *****.16 3164.30 5255.23 +40.58 +7.70 +124.43 -0.38 -0.24 +2.43 Korea Cotnp SET Index Jotarto Camp 787.83 399.48 492.78 +19.09 +1.69 +4.06 +2.48 +0.42 +0.83 Phil; i>ii|] Shenien B Mumbai 1119.72 262.31 3327.26
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      • 36 11 US$ 0.5642 OKI 0.3715 Yen 67.998 HK$ 4.4007 RM 2.1440 Euro 0.5797 Rjpioh 4998.9 Boht 23.494 P»so 28.543 A$ 1.0149 Indian b 27.550 Won 679.78 C$ 0.8653 Yuan 4.6697 NZ$ 1.1664 NTS 18.945
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      • 26 11 Gold uss/oz 3)1.60 SiWr ust/n 4.955 Plotinum utthi 519.00 Ruhhtr [f mVk g 152.25 Palm oil RM/iM.B 1307 Brent crude u:.s. :f ■<. 7 j .it
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      • 5 11 Straits Times Index 10-Day Cfiart
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      • 55 11 By volume Jul 5 '000 BlLlntl 33,202 SingTel 30,777 PocCent 19,29? DdlocrflUSS 16,061 Autron 12,273 By value Jul 5 DBS 64,653,324 Venture 60,206,000 DOB 57,427,380 SingTel 45,840,876 Creative 50 41,774,330 'OM Chartered 11,345 FuYu 10,629 KLW 10,465 SembCorp 9,908 Eosilecfi 9,401 i Cfiarterd 41,216,740 OCBC 40,476,689 SIA
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      • 74 11 JulS Creative 50 Close Change 18.500 +1.900 Venture GreatEosI DBS 14.300 +0.900 10.100 +0.600 13.400 +0.500 SPH 21 .200 +0.500 5IIFTF *****PV 16.569 +0.425 JOB OCBC 13.700 +0.300 12.200 +0.300 SPH 100 CentrolP 21.000 +0.300 19.200 +0.300 By percentage M5 Close Change Strike W*****0 0.010+100.000 SembCoip □BECWO3022eO.D65+3tt.00O
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      • 79 11 Jul 5 Close Change DBS Bk 6% HCPS*****.400 -0.200 AseanlOOUSS 7.750 -0.050 G&W Group 0.290 -0.050 MLnnd 1.180 -0.040 LionTetkt 0.120 -0.030 (hhnnlP 0.370 -0.030 KingWnn W*****4 0.040 -0.020 SIAEngg 2.3S0 -0.020 imests 0.400 -0.020 Food Junt 0.555 -0.020 By percentage Jul5 (lose Change KingWan W*****4 0.D4O
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    • 397 12 Bloomberg SEMBCORP Industries' bid to take its marine unit private is the latest effort by a Singapore company to revamp operations and cut duplication. More may follow the examples of SembCorp, Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) and Keppel Corp in taking their units back into the
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    • 1636 12 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Enquir^Col] BS2 2973 S6OO E-mail lipjißr.oiia@reuiers.tom Dole FundKnm NAV/M Mhr Priie Prke Ahirdifn Asset It qnajtmeni (Asia) i/7 i\ c r:ct-n Sc MTcritar Onpnriunnics 0.626 0.&59 HwiBiii i Hi -liTd Fd 1.1(1 1.M1 Yi !is|™i^"^ |Fm 8:11 i:i ft m m5 fflmSffi*' Ifi L13 /7 ilHiHScMTiS'liilv 1584
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    • 728 13  -  Vasu Menon More such shocks may dent US investor confidence, so a safer bet could be Asia by A POLL of 18 fund managers during the week showed that only three have unit trusts with some exposure to WorldCom. And these three have a negligible exposure of
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    • 1219 14  -  Lee Ching Wern The property market just wants to know by chingwern@newstoday. com. sg EVEN as the property market anxiously awaits the Government's announcement of Central Provident Fund (CPF) housing policy changes, analysts believe that any change is unlikely to have a drastic impact on the market.
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    • 348 15 Bloomberg City Developments to sell over 1,000 homes CITY Developments and other property firms expect housing demand and prices to rise later this year, thus allowing Singapore's biggest developer by market value to match last year's sales of over 1,000 homes. Developers, brokers and analysts
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    • 294 15 Bloomberg TOKYO Japan Airlines' QAL) cargo arm has joined the freight units of Lufthansa, Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) and Singapore Airlines {SIA} in an alliance on air cargo services. JAL's joining the team, which is known as "WOW", gives its partner carriers increased access to
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  • WORLD
    • 1049 16  -  Kalinga Seneviratne Tigers play politics, Sinhalese start to grumble SIX months ago, when I was last in Colombo, there was an air of optimism in this war-weary country. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe's United National Front (UNF) had just won a resounding victory in the Dec 5 polls,
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    • 711 17  -  Jaime Koh Martha Stewart's image takes a beating from scandals by j aime @ne wstoday. com. sg Except that she built her US$295-million empire by selling perfection. She has tips on to how to do almost everything perfectly from clearing the clutter in the living room,
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    • 326 17 LONDON Most parents assume they have a right to choose the schooling their children will receive. It is, however, a little more complicated for British Prime Minister Tony Blair. Having pledged that one of his government's priorities is improving the
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    • 635 18  -  Valerie Ng Will PAS become more radical under Abdul Hadi's leadership? MALAYSIA'S opposition Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) has always been perceived as a radical party when compared to other Malay parties, such as Umno and Keadilan. Now, some observers expect it to be even more
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    • 346 18 Agencies KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian Prime Minister has virtually given his seal of approval to Defence Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Eazak to be the new No 2 when he leaves office in October next year. But several Umno leaders, including Datuk Seri
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    • 109 18 JOHOR Warning: If you carry out activities outside the fenced compound, you will be arrested and legal action will be taken against you. That is the message that State Tourism and Environment committee chairman Datuk Dr Chua Soi Lek has for the Singapore personnel manning the lighthouse
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      421 19 Agencies Tensions rise after shooting at LA airport WASHINGTON The shooting at Los Angeles International Airport heightened anxiety across the United States, which had already been jittery on its first Independence Day anniversary since the Sept 11 attacks. On Thursday, a man opened fire and killed two people
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    • 110 19 -AFP\ JERUSALEM Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has worked out a secret peace plan with the Bush administration to end the Middle East conflict, according to reports on Friday. Although he did not provide any details about the plan, Mr Sharon was quoted as saying to
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    • 172 19 -AFP TAIPEI American arm sales to Taiwan, long a controversial issue, is set to arouse Beijing's displeasure again. Taiwan said on Friday that it is prepared to receive the delivery of 120 advanced air-to-air missiles from the United States, after China test-fired similar weapons last week.
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    • 125 19 Agencies GAZA CITY Some 30,000 Palestinians marched here on Friday carrying the coffin of Mr Jehad Al A'marin, 45, the local leader of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades. The funeral, one of the largest since the Palestinian uprising started 21 months ago, was also for his
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    • 240 19 MANILA Philippine authorities said on Friday they have established links between a detained Indonesian Islamic militant and two bomb blasts in Jakarta and Manila in 2000. Agus Dwikarna, who was arrested at the Manila airport in March this year, has been implicated in the two bombings,
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    • 134 19 AFP Reuters WELLINGTON Air New Zealand maintenance engineer Mohammed Nour al-Din Saffi, 36, stepson of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, admitted to making a mistake by entering the United States on a tourist visa. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) said on Friday that Mr
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  • COMMENTARY
    • 155 20 AFP BEIJING Viewers in China will not be able to view BBC World television news for now as the Chinese authorities have switched off the channel's signals. The transmission of BBC World was suspended earlier this week because it had infringed broadcast rules
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    • 100 20 Reuters HONG KONG At least 30,000 Hong Kong civil servants are set to take to the street on Sunday to protest against a pay cut. If all turn up, it will be the largest demonstration in the Special Administrative Region since over a million people took to the
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    • 135 20 Agencies WELLINGTON Despite admitting there was a case to answer, New Zealand police said on Friday that they would not prosecute Prime Minister Helen Clark for signing artwork she did not paint. Ms Clark admitted in April that she signed another person's artwork after being asked
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    • 601 20  -  Ivy Singh-Lim by weeke nd@ne wstoday. c o m.sg THE customer is always right! That was the first, last and "al 1-th e-time" rule that was drilled into me when I started work as a "rookie" salesperson in one of the world's largest manufacturing
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    • 776 21  -  Dave Barry by weekend@newstoday.com.sg THE topic of this column is a recent Washington Post report stating that manufacturers of appliances, computers, cars, etc want to know why Americans don't read their owners' manuals. WARNING: THIS COLUMN IS INTENDED FOR READING PURPOSES ONLY. DO NOT
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  • WEEKEND FEATURE
    • 679 22  -  Janice Lee by (a handy Ss7o million over the past 12 months) but also the media coverage and website downloads. In Britney's case, the gossip copy that she inspires acts as a spur to the rest. Come on, admit it. At some point or
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    • 1366 23  -  Colin Yong Car prices are at their lowest, but where are the buyers? by colin® newstoday. com, sg Ehas been more than two onths since the vehicle tax structure was changed to make buying a car cheaper, but using them more expensive. Contributing to the former are
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    • 529 24  -  Yee Wei Zhen TV series aims to ignite creative streak in kids by weizhe n@ n e wsto day. c om.sg WHETHER we like it or not, innovation is the new buzz word for Singaporeans young and old. The Government has been promoting it; even business
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    • 587 24 T^HERE comes a point in everyone's A life where roles are reversed within the family unit. Not only does the child mature and become a parent of his or her own offspring, but there is also a flip in responsibility when one's parent
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    • 634 25  -  Theresa Tan What can parents do to keep their children safe? by theresa_tan@ellemag.com.sg or having your child abused by paedophiles? I'll be honest, I think the latter is worse. I couldn't help myself: The thoughts kept flying through my head. Despite my concerted efforts to remind myself
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    • 748 25 Cot a problem? They'll give you a solution. E-mail earthmother@newstoday.com.sg Second-hand smoke lAM 65 years old, love playing mahjong and have known my group of mahjong kakis for 20 years. One of them smokes heavily. It never bothered me much until I found out recently
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      530 26 WAY BACK WHEN For the generation who still believes that retro is the way to go, here's a bold fragrance that transports you back to the fabulous sixties. To acid colours and neon. To wild dancing and endless nights. The Iceberg Effusion Man blends the freshness of apple and
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  • HOMECHEF WITH MAGGI
    • 319 27  -  Pauline DLoh Score points by keeping all the taste and none of the oil PAPER-WRAPPED chicken used to be a family treat reserved for special occasions. We patronised a restaurant at a chicken farm along Clementi Road. Going there was an exciting excursion for the kids. The problem
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    • 119 27 WINNING LETTER: Hi, I thoroughly enjoy your "fast to cook, good to eat" recipes using Maggi mixes and I make sure I don't miss any of them. I think it would be very nice if you could feature some simple but tasty Chinese dishes cooked in a microwave. That
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    • 137 27 Wrapping and cooking The Chinese do it.The French do it and even the South Sea islanders do it.They wrap their food in paper, parchment or leaves and bake it, steam it or bury it under an open fire. In Chinese cuisine, especially, wrapping meat or fish
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    • 147 27 Ingredients: 1 packet MAGGI Braised Chicken Mushroom Mix 4 whole chicken legs, cut up 2 red chillies, roughly chopped 1 teaspoon ginger juice 2 teaspoons sesame seeds Method: 1. Marinate chicken pieces in MAGGI Braised Chicken Mushroom Mix. Add chillies, ginger juice and sesame seeds. 2. Cut waxed
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  • EAT OUT
    • 539 28  -  Katrina Karim Hand-made dumplings, noodles at East Coast by eatout@newstoday.com.sg FANCY some good North-eastern Chinese cuisine? But wait. What is North-eastern Chinese cuisine? Fried seafood or steamed cabbage dumplings, marinated jellyfish and hand-made minced meat noodles are some of the more notable dishes. Sounds good? Then
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    • 423 28  -  Elisa Chia Where: Hsiang Hsiang Hainanese Chicken Rice Restaurant 20 Eastwood Road (Old Bedok Road) #01-03 Eastwood Centre Telephone: 6449 8171 270 Thomson Road #01-06 Novena Garden Telephone: 6256 6601 Opening hours: 11.30am to 10.30pm (daily) IF the chic de'cor lures you in
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    • 487 29  -  Katrina Karim This eatery dishes up good old-fashioned yong tau fu at hard-to-beat prices by They met, by chance, in Ampang when Mr Koh was on a feasting pilgrimage and chanced upon authentic Ampang yong tau fu. With the help of his friend, Mr Koh went about
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      230 29 Cool Ice Blended Drinks THE Coffee Bean &Tea Leaf is introducing two new versions of it: Original Ice Blended drink. Due to popular demand, the ChaiTea Ice Blended is being re-introduced, along with the new Caramel Rooitea Herbal Ice Blended. The Chai Tea Blended ($6) is made with
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    • 94 29 CHEF Lee Chi Hwa (picture) of Marina Mandarin Singapore's premier Chinese restaurant Peach Blossoms has won gold at the 4th World Championship of Chinese Cuisine. Organised by the World Chinese Cuisine Association, the competition was held at the World Trade Centre in Kuala Lumpur on
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  • INCINEMAS
    • 564 30  -  Serene Foo Kurosawa would by sere ne@newstod ay.com.sg FILM REVIEW DIRECTOR Kim Sung Su noted that his new war epic, Mush: The Warrior, was inspired by the late Japanese film doyen Akira Kurosawa. It shows. Much of the sword-fighting in this period epic is done "Samurai-style" a "slow-mo"
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      72 30 The only thing I really care about right now is boys. I go for the smelly ones I don't like clean-cut, white picket fence, khaki pants-wear-ing boys. All my boyfriends have been really ugly. Kelly Osbourne (left), teenage daughter of heavy metal legend Ozzy Osbourne, in an interview with CosmoGIEL!
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    • 103 31 'X^HE May 13 cover of Us magaJ. zine (right) sounded the wedding/alarm bells for Julia Roberts, 34, and Danny Moder, 33, who tied the knot on July 4, "This could go all the way", Moder's father told Us back then. But for Roberts? In
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    • 220 31 Reuters LONDON The owners of an English memorabilia shop won the right to launch a full-scale High Court action against Spice Girl Victoria Beckham, for accusing them of selling a fake, autographed photo of her soccer star husband, David. On Thursday, the Court of
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    • 710 32 -AFP The old guys of LA's porn industry are being swept away by Viagra-fortified boys CHATSWORTH (California) The cousin that Hollywood is too embarrassed to admit to, the pornographic film industry, is being swept up by a little pill. It's Viagra. And the invasion of a new "Viagra
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    • 173 32 -AFP MOSCOW Russian cultural authorities are to recommend to film distributors that they blackball a Ukrainian movie chronicling early nationalist aspirations. Mikhail Shvydkoi, Russia's Culture Minister, said his officials believed Yury Ilyenko's A Prayer for Hetman Mazepa shouldn't be shown in cinemas as it could
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      309 33  -  Yee Wei Zhen Not just a boy band, Shin adds value with age by weizhen@newstoday.com.sg IT gets better with age at least for one Taiwan-based hard rock band. Sh!n, whose members average age is 30, is not made up of teen poster-boy material. They have been performing at
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    • 258 33  -  Priya Suri HAVE you ever felt you were not good enough to take part in Wheel of Fortune? Well, Singapore's first big winner says: "Don't be shy, join in!" Mdm Lily Chen, 54, believes that SO per cent of the show is based on luck and
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    • 233 33 MUSIC Lunch 'n Arts presents Whim 'n Rhythm The Yale Whim 'n Rhythm is back in town! Consisting of 14 singers, this a cappella sensation promises another dazzling performance suffused with tight harmonies and funky rhythms. Date: Monday Time: 12pm to 12.45pm Venue: Triple One Cafeteria Singapore Power Entry:
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    • 1597 34 Programmes Saturday A 7.00 Asia Tonight /st Otr Rf)o/ Brazj/ vs 3.30 goggles Popcorn Irama Dan Lagu (T^ttt 7 30 Singapore Upd.ite England 50 goggles Denpa Sbonen Mn Close 7.32Tonight in Person AFTERNOON 15 Castaway Girls! MORNING -A Shimmering Path for 2.00 Lois and Clark -The Dad International MORNING G
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    • 1719 35 Highlights i wVcscsl\\3f 1U SATURDAY fies Mudi and adds Huahu's name to the and highly-skilled attorney, faces the toughest 1~-ABLJL J enlistment list. case of his life. In the southern Mississippi RUSSIAN ROULETTE Wl mL™ rj,™«.f lU^kJ™ tOWn °f Canton' the KKK is active and tension Mondays to Friday 9(>m,
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    • 325 36 MERCEDES-BENZ'S C-class (above) has become only the second car ever to obtain the maximum rating in the independent European New Car Assessment Programme (Euro NCAP) crash tests. The C-class recorded scores of 88 percent for frontal impact and 94 percent for side impact, and its overall
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    • 638 36  -  Colin Yong It's time to bid farewell to the 626 TWENTY-FIVE years is almost an eternity in the car world, but this is how long Mazda used the 626 name for. Five different model generations carried 626 badges, and the name has become as familiar
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      347 37 A MANGY-looking guy walks into a bar ana orders a drink. The bartender tells him: "No way. I don't think you have the money to pay for it" The guy says: "You're right I don't have any money, but if I show you something you haven't seen before,
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    • 161 37 DID you hear the one about the unlikely hero at Boat Quay recently? This show-off declared that he would swim across the Singapore River. He jumped in and started swimming. But before he could reach the halfway mark, he started to panic and shouted for help. A crowd
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    • 100 38 *Most stages won in a single Tour: 8 Charles Pelissier (1930), Eddy Merckx (1970, 1974) and Freddy Maertens (1976) *Most stages won in Tour de France career: 34 Eddy Merckx *Biggest winning margin (since 1947): 28 minutes 27 seconds Fausto Coppi/Stan Ockers (1952) *Smallest winning margin:
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    • 707 38 Agencies It looks as if only tragedy can stop Armstrong now Cycling Tour de France American bidding for fourth in a row LUXEMBOURG When Lance Armstrong (picture) starts warming up prior to the Tour de France prologue this Saturday, he would be forgiven for using compatriot Greg Lemond
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      431 39  -  Jose Raymond Singapore Uncler-21s set Asian championship target by j ose@ n ewstoday. com. sg FOUR years ago, Singapore missed out on being crowned Asia's best in the Asian Junior Netball Championships in New Delhi. That year, it was defeated 30-51 in a forgettable final against Sri
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    • 251 39  -  Jose Raymond A DAUNTING task it may be, but Standard Chartered Dolphins coach Tony Tan is looking forward to the encounter against the Carlsberg Sharks on Saturday in the 2002 NTUC FairPrice Netball Super League at the Kallang Lifehub. The Dolphins only climbed out of
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    • 473 39 Agencies Golf I Western Open Thunderstorms disrupt first round LEMONT David Gossett took advantage of calm conditions on Thursday morning to cram nine birdies into a pace-setting seven-under-par 65 in the first round of the Western Open. Severe thunderstorms later
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    • 536 40 But he warns things will be different next season MANCHESTER First, it was club captain Roy Keane who pointed the finger at the players for Manchester United's failure last season. Now, United winger Ryan Giggs (picture) has done the same. Speaking to The Sun, he
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    • 311 40 Reuters LYON Roger Lemerre (picture) was sacked as coach of 1998 world champion France on Friday, the president of the French Football Federation (FFF) announced. "Roger Lemerre has been relieved of his duties as coach by the Federal Council of the FFF,"
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    • 74 40 LONDON Premiership champion Arsenal's star Swedish midfielder Freddie Ljungberg could be out of action for at least three months, it was reported by The Sun on Friday. The 25-year-old is to undergo an operation Saturday on his worn away hip, which restricted him to just two appearances at
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    • 81 40 MILAN Veteran Italian international Demetrio Albertini's dream of ending his career at AC Milan appears over after the Italian side loaned him out to rival Atletico Madrid, he told a press conference on Friday. The 31-year-old, who was a member of the Italian side that reached the
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    • 79 40 SEOUL South Korea's soccer squad resolved a dispute over bonuses on Friday with each player and manager Guus Hiddink receiving 300 million won ($444,000) after the best performance by an Asian side in the World Cup's 72-year history. And in another development, South Korean Football Association president
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    • 92 40 GLASGOW David Murray has quit his role as chairman of Scottish giant Rangers after 14 years at the helm, he revealed on the club's official website here Friday. Multi-millionaire businessman Murray has pumped around £60 million ($162 million) of his own money into the club during his
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    • 81 40 LISBON Joao Pinto's club coach Laszlo Boloni has defended the Portugal striker who was provisionally suspended after punching a referee when he was sent off in the World Cup finals. "His reaction was an evident symptom of physical and mental fatigue," Boloni, coach of Sporting Lisbon, told
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    • 620 41 Barrichello fastest in wet conditions Formula 1 British Grand Prix Schumacher promises to go all out SILVERSTONE Ferrari's Brazilian Rubens Barrichello led the way in Friday's first free practice for the British Grand Prix, which has been overshadowed by Arrows' fight for survival. The orange cars were conspicuous
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    • 243 41 AFP PARIS The farcical behaviour by Ferrari at last month's Austrian Grand Prix has prompted the sport's governing body, the International Automobile Federation (FIA), to launch a review of team orders, it was announced on Friday. FIA decided on the course of action
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    • 159 42  -  Kelvin Phang EXPECT plenty of excitement, thrills and hard-hitting tackling action at the Standard Chartered National Rugby Youth League 10-a-side tournament down at the Yio Chu Kang Stadium on Saturday. Rugby outfits Lion Red, Police Sports Association and two sides from the Singapore Recreation
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    • 429 42  -  Ray Chen Spotlight on Bennett but Masrezwan steals the show by ray@ newstoday, com, sg WHILE the entire spotlight was on future Singapore citizen Daniel Bennett, a homegrown boy decided to steal the show in a one-sided encounter as league leader SAFFC handed Sengkang Marine a 6-1
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    • 421 42  -  Kelvin Phang by kel vi n@news today.com. sg TEENAGE sensation Valerie Teo (picture) remained within Striking distance for her fourth medal at the 17th Asian FIQ Championships in Hong Kong on Friday. After the first block of eight games, she is in sixth
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    • 771 43  -  Stanley Ho and Ray Chen Despite Strike's huge success, Singapore Pools says not necessarily so by Stanley ©newstoday.com. sg THEY raked in a whopping $500 million from a frantic month of World Cup betting fever. That was more than double what Singapore Pools expected when the
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    • 321 43 Agencies CHESTER-LE-STREET England skipper Nasser Hussain urged his batsmen to learn from the latest Sachin Tendulkar (picture) masterclass following the rain-ruined game at Durham. Tendulkar's 105 was his 32nd one-day century, but his first against England, and steered his side to a total
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    • 964 44  -  Rohit Brjjnath EVERY time one of tennis' leading men loses a match he shouldn't (15 seeds gone in Wimbledon's first week, was it?), it's nothing to do with his attention being diverted by his blonde entourage, or that he's forgotten his coach said, "hit to
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    • 387 44 WIMBLEDON Time beats everybody. Paul Gascoigne can't glide effortlessly past the first defender anymore. Richard Gere plays suburban dad rather than dangerous stud. Hey, it happens. When you get old, you get old, reported ESPN.com. When Pete Sampras' last
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    • 639 45 The rest may lament it, but the sisters don't have a problem dominating Tennis Wimbledon Women's final, live on Ch24, Saturday, 9pm LONDON Even before a ball was hit on the manicured lawns of the All England Club, it seemed inevitable that the Williams sisters would meet
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    • 331 45 AFP TOKYO Former Brazil international Zico has reached an agreement with the Japan Football Association (JFA) to coach the national team, Kyodo News agency said on Friday. Zico's attorney Antonio Simoes da Costa ended negotiations on the four-year-long contract with association representatives
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    • 326 45 Agencies SYDNEY The Wallabies could yet be at full strength for next week's TriNations rugby opener against New Zealand, with key players Toutai Kefu and Jeremy Paul both likely to play. Outside-centre Matthew Burke is also expected to recover from a shoulder injury, with
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    • 1937 48 Agencies LONDON Just 12 months ago, he was touted as the best young manager in the country. His name even came up in some quarters when a replacement for Sir Alex Ferguson was mentioned. He was the blue-eyed hoy on the fast
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