Today, 2 November 2002

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  • NEWS
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      Lock icon Two S'poreans face Thai death penalty
      104 2 Agencies BANGKOK Two Singaporeans and an Indonesian man are facing the death sentence in Thailand's biggest Ecstasy trafficking case. Thai authorities working with British and Swiss police seized 62,363 Ecstasy tablets. Hassan, 41, an Indonesian, and Singaporean Tee Chong Lim, 24, were arrested on
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      Lock icon Hoax call man held
      155 2 Channel News Asia Police trace call to security guard POLICE have arrested a 48-year-old security guard for calling in a bomb hoax to the Internal Security Department (ISD). The ISD received the call on Thursday warning of an impending explosion at a factory at Tuas Avenue
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    • Article
      Oei raises Natsteel stake again – and wants more
      198 4 Oei raises Natsteel stake again and wants more INDONESIAN businessman Oei Hong Leong has made two moves on Natsteel in one day. He bought another 7.969 million Natsteel shares at an average price per share of $2.03, raising his stake in the company to 14.7 per cent from 12.5 per
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      Lock icon People don't care
      460 4  -  Janice Lee Demolation hoax of heritage site fails to evoke public interest THE sign was put up to see if Singaporeans cared. As expected, this sign indicating an impending destruction of a heritage site did not provoke any public interest, let alone outrage. The person behind the
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      The answer is still 'no'
      105 4 THE fact that female civil servants cannot claim outpatient subsidies for their dependents which their male counterparts can has seen some heated debates. When Ms Irene Ng, an MP for Tampines GRCj asked in Parliament on Thursday if this policy could be reviewed, the answer
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      CPF: No, nod yet
      63 4 MANPOWER Minister Lee Boon Yang said yesterday that a restoration of the employers' contributions to the CPF is unlikely early next year because of the slowdown in the third quarter of this year and the deterioration of the business climate. But, he did say that the
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      Lock icon Bali blast VR-style
      156 4 Agencies BALI With a nationwide hunt on for three suspects in the Bali bombings, investigators have unveiled a new tool to help them with clues: A virtual reality reconstruction of the bomb scene. Australian investigators unveiled the computergenerated tool in Canberra on Friday. It was developed with
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      Chartered Semiconductor catches up with competitors, narrows losses
      396 4  -  Chan Ckao Peh CHARTERED Semiconductor Manufacturing (CSM), the distant No 3 player in the global foundry industry, expects to catch up with its Taiwanese rivals by the end of next year in terms of wafer production technology facilities. By that time, it
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  • SPECIAL REPORT
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      To kill a site
      1457 6 Belated lessons from literature LAST year, Indian website Tehelka.com achieved instant fame by launching a daring sting operation that exposed the web of corruption in India's defence purchases. Posing as dealers, its journalists pretended they were trying to sell hardware to the army. They interviewed military
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  • HUMOUR
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      Lock icon The LRT 'wheel' be fine
      810 8  -  Neil Humphreys THE screaming was deafening. As the train pulled into east London's Canary Wharf, the highpitched whine drew the attention of everyone in the carriage. It was embarrassing because the panic-strick-en voice was mine. We were going to crash! Demonstrating my Jonahlike qualities, this
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      Lilly to pump $247m into research facility
      240 8  -  Tan Hut Leng THE time to develop new and better drugs to cure diseases such as diabetes will be reduced with state-of-the-art facilities at a new research centre here. Impetus was given to Singapore's drive to be a biomedical hub with the launch
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
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  • PROPERTY WATCH/BUSINESS
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      Gaga over resale flats
      1258 10  -  Lee Yew Meng Higher turnover expected but don't expect the market to revitalise THE relatively quiet HDB resale flat market is expected to liven up next year, following the relaxation of HDB policy effective Jan 3. This is good news for housing agents who have been
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    • Article
      Lock icon Gloomy outlook for S'pore manufacturers
      142 10 Reuters SINGAPORE manufacturers expect business conditions to worsen in the six months to March 2003 due to global economic uncertainties and rising Middle East tension, a Government survey showed on Friday. A weighted 22 per cent of the industrialists projected business would deteriorate, up from
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  • SAVVYINVESTOR
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      MONEY TALKS
      1135 12  -  Mano Sabnani The night is darkest before dawn Should proprietary trading be restricted? INVESTORS and businessmen in Asia have been buffeted by bad news for a long time. There has been little respite since the Asian financial crisis in 1997. The year 1999 and the first few months
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    • » THE BUZZ «
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        AN UNFOLDING DRAMA
        116 12 IN another surprise turn, Indonesian businessman Oei Hong Leong (OHL) bought another 7.9 million shares of Nat Steel on Friday at $2 to $2.05 per share, raising his stake to 14.7 per cent. Small investors described the unfolding saga as "more exciting than a drama serial". Investor
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        SPOTTING THE GEM
        86 12 "IF you take a look at our small caps, you can see plenty of value," wrote Paddy Grain. Someone asked him if the surge in Norelco was due to "speculation" surrounding the entry of businessman Koh Boon Hwee (KBH)."KBH brought attention to the stock, which was grossly
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        SPEND MORE TIME
        87 12 WHY do people rush into buying stocks without doing their homework? The habit is all-too-familiar, wrote Nike. Perhaps investors should take a leaf from the "aunties who buy bread from provision shops". "Some of them will spend up to five minutes, choosing the brand of bread, poking
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      Quarterly reporting stays despite criticism
      154 13 THE Ministry of Finance is sticking with its move to impose compulsory quarterly reporting for listed firms next year despite protests from Temasek chairman S Dhanabalan. The Finance Ministry said: "If a short-term attitude is decried on the grounds that it may lead to fraudulent
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      Stock Picks — 'Strong Buys'
      264 13 Stock Picks 'Strong Buys' DEFINITIONS: Forecast earnings-per-share (EPS): The portion of a company's profit allocated to each outstanding share of common stock, forecasted for the current fiscal year. Price/Earnings ratio (P/E ratio): A stock's P/E tells us how much investors are willing to pa/ per dollar of earnings. A P/£
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    • Market Watch
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        Singapore
        114 13 BLUE CHIPS ended lower on Friday on worsening economic prospects. The ST index closed 35.77 points down at 1,427.60, sliding 50 points from Monday, For every stock that rose, four fell while 281 counters were unchanged. Turnover was 269 million shares worth $278 million. DBS led the losers list
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        SGX most active
        56 13 !y volume Y«l •ooctEinpire JniFiber ill Inrl torSteel ;mrt '000 16,600 11,330 11,111 11,107 9,310 OolncrhLlSS Cilitoya PFdck) Chartered ShanghaiAC 2kHK$ '000 9,363 9,27S 8,398 6,787 6,612 By value Nov 1 DBS DOB NatSteel Venture SPH 44,013,420 25,356,335 22,532,140 19,101,300 13,283,830 SI* LXBC SingTel PFood DotacrflUSS t
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        World markets
        56 13 Index Value Change Its Nikkei 225 8685.72 +45.24 52 Hong Seng All Ordinaries Taiwan Wtd 9407.68 2966.70 4500.55 33.57 ■28.30 78.59 -.36 -.94 -1.72 Korea Camp SET Index Jakarta Comp 647.6S 357.68 371.14 -11.27 +.46 +2.09 -1.71 +.13 +.57 Phils (amp Shenzen B 1048.53 199.66 +2.B3 -.44 +.27
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        Your S$1 buys
        37 13 US$ 0.5663 UK£ 0.3622 Ytn 69.1930 HK$ 4.***** RM 2.***** Euro 0.5695 Rtipiob 5225 08 Baht 24.5045 Peso 30.0821 A$ 1.***** Indian Rs 27.3697 Won 654.790 C$ 0.8822 Yuan 4,6870 HU 1.1583 m$ 19.7038
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        Commodities
        22 13 L-ok! :j;,--.: 318.400 Silver us*/« 4.505 Platinum ii;sA> 571.800 Rubber ns/L 1-14.50 Palm oil myrow 1504 Brent cjJ: r:. jar.-d 25.38
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        SGX top rises
        80 13 Nov 1 Close Change HoRoyd 1.300 +0.120 DBS Bk 6% NCP*****3.S00 +0.100 Thai PrimeZDOUSS 4.500 +O.100 DelGroSOO 1.B40 +O.040 001 2.920 +0.040 StTrdg 1.570 +0.030 VICOWl 0.665 +0.030 SPP 0.075 +0.025 Wearneslnt 0.695 +0.025 CSC 3.820 +O.020 By percentage Nov 1 5PP Close Change 0.075 +50.000 Compact
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        Lock icon SGX top falls
        78 13 Bloomberg By$ Novl DES OCBC Close Change 11.900 -0.500 10.000 -0.400 By percentage Novl Benefun 20k Glitu WIM0326 Close Change 0.010 -33.330 0.01O -33.330 JOB 13.000 -0.400 Strike W*****5 0.010 -33.330 5IIETF100I0PV 14.329 -0.361 Lkldtron 0.015 -25.000 Creative 50 SIA 13.000 -0.300 10.700 -0.300 A05SIN0 Excel 0.280
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    • WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY ...
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        Lock icon SIA Engineering- Maintain BUY
        111 13 DBS Wckers Expenditure rose six per cent, led by provisions for staff bonuses and higher aviation insurance premiums. As a result, operating profits declined 13 per cent, Ebit margins declined from 21.3 per cent to 18.1 per cent. Despite the unexciting interims, SIA Engineering is an
        DBS Wckers  -  111 words
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        DBS – Maintain Hold
        107 13  - DBS Maintain Hold UOB Kay Hian DBS recorded net profit of S$ 1 99.1 million in 3Q02, which is lower than the $257.8 million in 2Q02. Provisions amounted to 150.2 m in 3Q02, sharply higher than the 107.2 million in 2Q02, and explained for the bulk of the deterioration. The
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        SIA – Maintain Sell
        127 13  - SIA Maintain Sell M Sassoon SlA's first-half earnings increased by 474 per cent to $774 million on a 10.5 per cent increase in turnover to $5.23 billion. Year on year, SIA has seen improvement in the load factors from both its cargo and passenger segments but yields continue to remain
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        Lock icon Keppel Corp – Maintain Market Perform
        133 13 Keppel Corp Maintain Market Perform OCBC Investment Research Keppel Corp's 3Q02 net profit rose 108 per cent to $81 million and this came in above market expectations. For the first nine months of the year, net profit rose 40 per cent to $249 million, helped by a strong offshore and
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        Lock icon CapitaMall Trust – Maintain BUY
        99 13 CapitaMall Trust Maintain BUY DBS Vicfcers Strong rental reversion underpins growth despite a six per cent unit price appreciation since listing. CMT continues to offer an attractive annualised yield of 6.9 per cent for FYO2. Rental reversion on expiring leases experienced a robust 26 per cent improvement over preceding rents,We
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  • BUSINESS
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      Lock icon $85m sale, $72m loss
      340 14 -AFX News Keppel Land and partner to sell Capital Square KEPPEL Land and partner Rodamco China Square have entered into a conditional sale and purchase agreement to sell Capital Square to Queensley Holdings for about $85 million. Keppel Land, which has a 70 per cent stake
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
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      135 15 X[>on't thro^^x away our future. Recycle us-^ O o oi })>y^ When we don't recycle, we're wasting precious resources. But when we do, it's National a X Environment amazing what they can be made into. Let's give our recyclable items a new lease of life Agency by putting them into
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon The Aussie DILEMMA
      1053 16  -  Jaime Koh To get out of Washington's shadow or jeopardise ties with Jakarta? IN THE wake of Sept 11 and the Bali blasts, changes in the relationships between countries are inevitable. The heightened sense of vulnerability and uncertainty has upped defences between friends, just as former adversaries
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      With this ring, I wed thee ... and thee ...
      753 17  - With this ring, I wed thee and thee Valeric Ng New association to protect wives in polygamous marriages NORA (not her real name) was almost beaten to death, allegedly by her husband's first wife. Her husband of three months has gone missing. Her relatives and friends call her a "husband-snatcher".
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      Lock icon Malaysia's new offensive
      221 17 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia on Friday insisted it had the legal right to review the price of water a day after Singapore's Foreign Minister S Jayakumar denied the two countries had agreed on a price review. Prime Minister Datuk Sen Dr Mahathir Mohamad said Malaysia had every
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      Lock icon Italy quake: Hope fades as body count rises
      220 17 Agencies SAN GIULIANO DI PUGLIA (Italy) The children had been enjoying a Halloween party when the earthquake struck, reducing their school into rubble and killing at least 28 people. On Friday morning, the day after the quake, hope had all but vanished
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      Lock icon Foreign aid for Sri Lanka?
      170 17 AFP NAKHON PATHOM (Thailand) Sri Lankan negotiators made an early breakthrough on Friday on rebuilding the warravaged nation with foreign aid, officials said. Sri Lanka's chief negotiator GL Peiris said the former foes had come up with a structure to obtain millions of dollars in
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Lock icon Untitled
      43 18 Reuters Anti-way protesters hold pumpkins which spell out "Iraq" in front of the House of Parliament during a demonstration in London on Tkursday, Hundreds of police were on duty to pre vent trouble as a series of such protests took place across Britain.
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      Lock icon Welders blamed for fire
      111 18 -AFP HO CHI MINH CITY Two welders had been arrested for accidentally starting the deadly office blaze in Vietnam which left at least 61 people dead, officials said on Friday. Nguyen Phu Tin and Phara Viet Thanh were are accused of sparking the inferno which tore
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      Lock icon Shower with a friend
      134 18 Reuters MELBOURNE Australians, hit by one of the worst droughts in a century, should shower together, says the minister responsible for water restrictions in the nation's second most populous state. Victoria state Environment Minister Sherryl Garbutt said even those not in a relationship could "find a
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      Lock icon President's son jailed
      116 18 AFP SEOUL South Korean President Kirn Dae Jung's second son, Kirn Hong Up, was on Friday sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison for corruption, witnesses said. Hong Up was charged with accepting millions of dollars from businessmen through influence peddling and avoiding tax for political donations. He
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      Lock icon Leadership vacuum
      865 18  -  Dr Eric Teo 'Visionnaires' needed to take Asean forward IN Kuala Lumpur on Oct 8, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong called for greater Asean consolidation in economic cooperation in order to take the grouping towards an "economic community", similar to that of Europe in the 1950s and *****.
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      Bottles up, everybody!
      738 19  -  Dave Barry Water revolution sweeps the world but what will be next? ATORADE is now VXmaking water. I know this because I saw a Gator ad c commercial that asks the intriguing question: "What if Gatorade made water?" (Intriguing answer: Gatorade will charge you a dollar for
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  • WEEKEND FEATURE
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      ... a less friendly people?
      1079 20  - a less friendly people? Ravi Veloo Have we become... I HAVE to thank Hup Kee Seafood for re-igniting faith in my country. I was jog-a-walking at the East Coast Park last Wednesday night carrying only some cash, when I decided to buy dinner from stall number 57 at the hawker
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      A Memo-rable performance
      460 20  -  Yong Shu Chiang WHAT might be a masterpiece to s be overhyped or uninspiring to an Take, for example, Six Memos f Millennium, which will play at the Saturday and Sunday as the closin Asian Contemporary Theatre Festiv A first-time collaborative effort k experimental group Shakespeare's and
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      Lock icon The lost world
      730 21  -  Tor Ching Li SMACK in the heart of Singapore, brushing against the Central Business District a big, blue signboard in front of a colonial building proudly proclaims: "WELCOME TO MALAYSIA" (picture). Not so out of place in the CBD are the four white foreboding sculptures of muscular
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  • EPICURE
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      When is your wine ready to drink?
      370 22  -  Jeffrey Yang You've probably heard about wines being described as "young," "mature," or "over-the-hill." Wines, like us, have a maturity cycle and a finite lifespan. Drinking a wine in its youth can be fun and some wines are meant to be drunk young.
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      Hot spot
      355 22  -  Katrina Karim Let Lagun Sari's trademark sambal chilli spice up your lunch LAGUN Sari Indonesian restaurant lies just slightly off the Shenton Way beaten track. Located at Peck Seah Street next to the Tanjong Pagar MRT station, Lagun Sari is a great lunchtime getaway where you can enjoy
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      For a meaty vegetarian meal ...
      348 22  - For a meaty vegetarian meal Richard Seah SOME dishes in Chinese vegetarian restaurants are considered too "meaty". Salad eaters may not like this but it makes a vegetarian meal much more acceptable to meat eaters. More than that, it makes a vegetarian meal more balanced. Mock meat, or gluten also
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      25 22 Where: Lagan Sari Indonesian Restaurant 76PeckSeak Street Telephone: 6324 3478 or 6324 3607 Opening hours: Lunch 11am to 3pm daily Dinner: 6pm to 10pm daily
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  • FEATURE
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        122 24 YDU ARE MY SUNSHINE With all that talk about skin cancer, sun worshippers should know better than to step out without protection, GUNPLAY 3 is a revolutionary suncare brand from .Japan that lets you have all tttfiTun under the sun without worrying about gettircg.b.urnt or.toetanned. With SPF 130, the silk
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        87 24 Fhqm the days of Clebpatra, women the world, over have been searching for the secret to beautiful, youthful looking skin, these new formulas from t-'Oreal might just be it ACTIV-FLJTUR is a multiprotection fluid which actively protects the youtfifulness of your skin. One qfits main ingredients, Polyphenols (creFivEßdJcom natural grape
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        MIRACLE IN A BOTTLE
        78 24 Sun exposure is one of the major causes of excess production of free-radicals,/ which are responsible for i 1 several cell damage, leading to wrinkles and fine lines. Our suggestion? Slather on the.new improved UV PERFECT. Witfy triple protection technology, this latest innovation prevents UVA rays
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      Lock icon The bold and the beautiful
      617 24  -  Jenny Kong Winning designs blend Qesthetks and functionality IT is difficult to have the best of both worlds. In the realm of design, it is even harder to roll aesthetics and functionality into one. Last Thursday's Singapore Design Award 2002 organised by Designers Association Singapore
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  • HEALTH
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      D secret of absorbing calcium
      499 25  -  Alice Leong In the third of our eight-part series on calcium, here's how you can maximise the absorption of calcium in your body GOOD news for sun lovers. Do you know that experts recommend at least 30 to 60 minutes of sunshine a day for
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      163 25 In 20 years, this may be a difficult thing to do. Start investing in your bones now. Getting osteoporosis is serious. And as a woman Two glasses of NESTLE Hi-Calcium Non Fat under 30, you may be at risk due to an inadequate Milk a day provides your body with
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  • IN TUNE
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      Lock icon Rapping no more ...
      463 26 Rapping no more Agencies DJJam Master Jay gunned down in Queens recording studio NEW YORK Death reared its ugly head again in the violence ridden rap music industry with the slaying of DJ Jam Master Jay (picture) of the pioneering hip-hop group, Run-DMC, bringing back memories of the shootings of
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      103 26 AFP MIZELL is the sixth prominent rapper to be killed since 1995. Randy "Stretch" Walker, a rapper who had toured with Tupac Shakur, was shot in 1995. •Tupac Shakur,2s, was shot in Las Vegas after a boxing match in 1996. He died in hospital. Notorious BIG {Christopher Wallace), 24, was
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      Lock icon Jazz cat Eldee to play at Chijmes
      331 26 -Janice Lee HOLLYWOOD HALLOWEEN COSTUME CARNIVAL JAZZ veteran Eldee Young is no stranger to Asia's jazz scene and definitely no stranger to Singapore. In a phone interview with Today from Bangkok, he called Singapore his "second home" and expressed his eagerness to return
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      125 26 Top Ten Charts 1. Voyage 2 Various Artistes 2. Let Go AvrilLavigne 3. Sentimental Hits Various Artistes 4. The Chicago Story Chicago 5. Max 10 Various Artistes 6. Elvis 30 #1 Hits Elvis Presley 7. Stars: The Best of Cranberries 1992-2002 S. Moods An Various Artistes Inspirational Moments 9. Modern
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  • IN CINEMAS
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      Real face of Darth Maul
      586 27  -  Ng Boon Yian Ray Park emerges from the makeup and he's quite charming UNTIL Ballistic: Ecks vs Sever, Ray Park has literally been a man without the face on the big screen. Star Wars fans might have been wild over the villainous Sith Lord Darth
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      97 27 Reuters/Variety HONG KONG Jackie Chan will be teaming up with Hong Kong director Stanley Tong. In Titanium Rain, Jackie will play a Ming Dynasty guard who chases a samurai for 400 years The US$4O million ($68.18 million) film will be shot in India, China and Hong Kong,
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      205 27 Agencies HAVANA Director/movie mogul Steven Spielberg will visit one of Washington DCs arch enemies, Cuba, to attend a special tribute to his films there next week. Spielberg has been invited to Havana for a retrospective of his work. He will also meet Cuban filmmakers,
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      85 27 OSCAR-winning actress Halle Berry (picture) has accused the British of being racist and claimed many Britons look down on her because of her cross-cultural roots. Berry also said that racism in Hollywood is still rife, despite her history-making Oscar win for Monster's Ball this year. She was
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      570 28  -  Janice Lee David Ngiau Yong Shu Chiang Serene Foo Elha Chia DN DN DN YSC YSC DN YSC SF YSC SF Recommended films Mr Deeds:An update of Frank Capras 1936 classic, with the poet Deeds now an aspiring Hallmark card writer. I was in hysterics! Even if you
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      150 30 HOT on the heels of the well-received 6 comes the 2, the second car from Mazda to reflect the company's new model naming policy. Replacing the Demio (the Japanese version of the car retains the old name), the 2 shares many major components with the Ford Fiesta.
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      54 30 MOTORISTS will soon pay less when passing through the Ophir Road ERP gantry along the East Coast Parkway (ECP) between Bam and 9am on weekdays. The current rate is $1, but will be reduced to 50 cents starting next Tuesday. However, the rates for the other
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      115 30 ITALIAN tyre giant Pirelli has announced that it is working with Canadian company SmarTire Systems, to produce devices that keep tabs on the pressure and temperature of vehicle tyres. Currently, some cars have tyre pressure sensors that can detect the loss of pressure, but they are
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      Driven installation: Bug art
      139 30 THIS one-off Beetle 1.6 was presented to Esplanade Theatres on the Bay last Monday by Volkswagen, which is the first founding partner of the new arts complex. Created in about a week by renowned American spray-paint artist Darren1 Pinney, the Esplanade Art Beetle's design was painstakingly
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      291 30  -  -Jenny Kong BUYING a new car is an exhilarating event for anyone, and the joys and thrills of driving a gleaming new car can be overwhelming. Yet, this thrill wears off as the paintwork starts to deteriorate. But this can actually be prevented with some simple car
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      All 4 the better
      758 32  -  Colin Yong The Z4 marks a return to form for BMW in the small roadster class NOW that it is no more, the BMW Z3 will probably be best remembered by many for its role in the James Bond movie Goldeneye. It certainly would not be
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      SELLING STYLE
      153 32 MORE than 300,000 Z3s found homes in the seven years that the model was on the market, making it by far the best-selling two-seater BMW sports car ever. With the premium roadster market slowly but surely growing, the Z4 looks likely to be just as successful. Although the
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      131 35 AN out-of-towner drove his car into a ditch in a rural area. Luckily, a local fanner came to help with his big strong horse, named Buddy, He hitched Buddy up to the car and yelled: "Pull, Nellie, pull!" Buddy didn't move. Then the farmer hollered: 'Pull,
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      83 35 Meehon Streak WHAT WAS FAME LIKE~T~ H P I OH, I WAS FAMOUS "I ~1 UNFORTUNATELY, I AFTER YOUR FIRST MOVIE ?J LONG BEFORE JHEN. NO6OPY REALIZED IT^ Shoe MVWIFE V MVWIFE 5 z WYW|F£ WATCHES W I COOS TO ME SINGS TO WE Ur v /£c*afT "^LIKE A HAWK<
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      285 35 /C 'tf\ Today's ioke f A 1 A environmentalist, a humanitarian, .AjVand the CEO of a multi-national company were in an aircraft that crashed. They find themselves in heaven and God is sitting on his great, white throne. God addresses the environmentalist first. "What do you believe in?" The environmentalist
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      797 36 World's best struggle as conditions at East Lake make it hard work Golf Tour Championship Only eight break par in first round ATLANTA Phil Mickelson made comedy. Gusty winds created humility. On a cool, windy Thursday (Friday morning, Singapore time) at East Lake Golf Club, Tiger Woods
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      379 36 WASHINGTON Michael Jordan played like Michael Jordan, Kwame Brown played like a No. 1 pick and the Washington Wizards handed the Boston Celtics a historic loss. Jordan, who had just eight points in a season-opening loss on Wednesday, scored 21 in 21 minutes and Brown
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      Lock icon The problem with GENIUS
      908 37  -  Rohitßrijnath Gifted individuals in a team environment need to be understood, not pampered LATRELL SPREWELL is what some in the New York Knicks might call a proctological nuisance. Or so that he might figure it out, a pain in the posterior. He is the new age
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      383 37 LONDON Sven-Goran Eriksson is staying as England boss, despite the shock resignation of England Football Association (FA) chief executive Adam Crozier. The England coach told the FA's official website on Friday: "I am shocked and saddened by the news like
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      690 38 Agencies LONDON Arsenal skipper Patrick Vieira is "100 per cent" sure that it will end its losing streak with a win against fellow London side Fulham on Sunday. And the midiield inspiration said that knowing full well he is suspended for the match. Vieira is so confident as
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      226 38 AFP BANGKOK Rising tennis star Paradorn Srichaphan will be appointed as a cultural ambassador for Thailand and honoured with a diplomatic passport, the government announced on Friday. Deputy Prime Minister Korn Dabbaransi said the title would be bestowed on Thailand's newest sporting hero on Nov 11 in
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      208 38 Reuters CALCUTTA Left-hander Shivnarine Chanderpaul was thrilled to fulfil his dream of scoring a Test century away from home on Friday. It took him 61 Tests but the 28-year-old finally reached three figures outside the Caribbean in the third and final Test against India at Calcutta's
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      290 38 Match 1 Liverpool v West Ham 2 Nov 11pm IX2 (1) Liverpool $1.40 (X) Draw $4.75 (2) West Ham $4.90 1/2 Goal Liverpool {-1 1/2) $2.00 West Ham (+1 1/2) $1.67 Team news: Liverpool: Gerard Houllier will most likely pick Emile Heskey to partner Michael Owen in attack
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      Singapore's poor run continues
      367 39  -  Stanley Ho IN THE end, statistics never lie. It has been more than a decade since Singapore's rugby team defeated Hong Kong in a 15-a-side match. Yesterday, Hong Kong ensured that streak will continue for at least a little while longer when it pipped the Reds
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      138 39 GLASGOW Henrik Larsson pounced late on to give Celtic a 1-0 win over Blackburn Rovers in their much-hyped clash in the Uefa Cup second round, first leg on Thursday. Swedish striker Larsson stabbed the ball home from close range five minutes from time after substitute John Hartson's
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      1112 40  -  Jose Raymond Jose Raymond Just how good is Poulsen's... GO TO A Lions' training session these days and there is a certain buzz in the air. There seems to be a greater energy in the players' stride. The enthusiasm is evident as they go about their paces
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      168 40 Reuters ANTANANARIVO Newly-crowned Madagascan champion AS Adema thrashed its opponent 149-0 in a top national league match on Thursday after the opposition deliberately scored one own goal after another in a protest over a refereeing decision. Radio Madagascar reported on Friday that Stade Olympique l'Emyrne (SOE) scored the
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