Today, 6 November 2002, Afternoon Edition

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    8 1 TODAY MITA (P) 002/11/2002 November 6, 2002 Wednesday
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Late gains lift Wall Street
      157 1 NEW YORK Blue chips climbed yesterday as investors remained confident the US Federal Reserve will lower interest rates today. The Dow, lifted by late-day buying, climbed 106.67 points, or 1.24 per cent, to 8,678.27. The Nasdaq composite added 4.66 points, or 0.33 per cent, to
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      Shifting ground rules
      641 1  -  Lee Yew Meng Players in the land game may get more room all round by yewmeng@newstoday.com.sg THE ERC's subcommittee on land has made a series of wide ranging recommendations to optimise the use of scarce land resources here to meet the challenges of increased globalisation and competition.
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  • HOT NEWS
    • AFTERNOON EDITION
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        Lock icon News Corp reports jump in profit to $285m
        143 2 -AFP NEW YORK Media conglomerate News Corp yesterday reported that earnings rose sharply amid improving advertising and subscriber revenues, in a sign of improving conditions for the economy and the ailing industry. Net earnings jumped to US$l62 million ($285 million) in its
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        Lock icon See, touch and buy
        415 2  -  Sol E Solomon by solomon@newstoday.com.sg COMPUTER maker Dell has taken its sales pitch to a new dimension. For the first time here, PC or laptop buyers will be able to see, touch and get a feel of the US company's products before deciding whether to buy.
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      Lock icon Hellfire in Yemen
      467 3 Agencies Key Al Qaeda man, 5 others die in US missile strike SANAA (Yemen) The United States has taken the anti-terror fight in Yemen into its own hands, unleashing a deadly weapon for the first time outside of Afghanistan. A missile fired by a pilotless Predator aircraft
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      Lock icon Bali bombing suspect arrested
      221 3 Agencies JAKARTA Indonesian authorities yesterday announced the arrest of a man who resembles a suspect in the devastating Bali bombing. The man was apparently preparing to fly to Penang, Malaysia on a fake passport when he was held in the North Sumatra provincial capital of Medan
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      Lock icon China's secret party congress
      160 3 Agencies BEIJING China's Communist Party elite ended a secret meeting yesterday after approving an amendment to the party constitution three days before its pivotal congress, an official notice said. The official Xinhua news agency carried the communique from the plenum, which started on Sunday, trumpeting the
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      Lock icon Fighter crash kills 3
      148 3 Agencies CHANDIGARH (India) At least three people were killed and nine injured when an Indian fighter jet crashed into a residential area in the northern city of Ambala yesterday. The British-made Jaguar aircraft caught fire soon after taking off from Ambala air force base. Air force
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      Lock icon Security stepped up
      59 4 WONG KHING CHONG IN yet another step up in security at key installations, Singapore Armed Forces troops have been deployed to protect Jurong Island. The deployment started last week and the troops will conduct regular patrols. The SAF will also work with the Police Coast Guard, which
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      Freebies to lure visitors to S'pore
      189 4 THE Singapore Tourism Board (STB) yesterday announced a $2 million plan to develop and promote the Singapore Visitor Kit, which will comprise freebies and shopping vouchers. It is hoped that the kit will increase tourist arrivals from South-east Asia during the Christmas holidays. The
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      Temasek tightens grip on NatSteel
      351 4  -  Val Chua THE Government's investment vehicle, Temasek Holdings, has increased its hold over Nat Steel, the national steel mill under the spotlight of a fierce takeover bid. In an announcement, Temasek Holdings said that while its direct stake in Nat Steel has remained at eight
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      $50b pot of gold
      386 4  -  Tan Hui Leng SOPHISTICATED drugs, including the money-spinner Zetia for cholesterol-manage-ment, will be produced in Singapore in two state-of-the-art biotechnology facilities being set up by US pharmaceutical giant ScheringPlough. The US$225 million ($395 million) project is expected to start production next year. Schering-Plough, which was the
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      4 years more
      349 6  -  Joy Frances CJ ups jail term of man who attacked lawyer THE man who punched a woman lawyer in a judge's chambers had his sentence increased from six years to 10 years yesterday. Pius Gilbert Louis, 51, went before Chief Justice Yong Pung How to appeal his
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      Lock icon Terrorists... and the city planners
      196 6 -AFP CITY planners in Asia must take into account new threats such as terrorism and high-profile crimes like the recent sniper shootings in the Washington DC area, Minister of State for National Development Vivian Balakrishnan said yesterday. City officials, he added, should be prepared to
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      189 2 <f Tel: 6788 5255 Visit: today.income.com.sg Email: mkquot@income.com.sg Our motor insurance'Quality Plan' now offers you 2 options: Discounts /^Quality Plan Plus discount will be given for loyal policyholders who the excess for first two accident repairs will be waived have insured their vehicles with us for at least 3 years,
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      Standards needed for grading project work
      170 8  -  Fok Kah Hon AS the Ministry of Education increases the emphasis on project work in schools, I begin to wonder if the guidelines for grading project work by teachers are fair. Project work will be used as a university entry requirement in a few
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      Helping hand
      231 8  -  Ritawillis Selamat ERS could be used to aid jobless I REFER to the report, "Rough ride" (Today, Nov 1), which mentioned that the unemployment rate was 4.8 per cent, its highest level since the mid-1980s. I am not about to waste my breath criticising the Government for sticking
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      Check before taking degree
      244 8  -  Joyce Chia (Ms) WE thank Mr Francis Tan for his letter, "Paper poser: Are part-time degrees worthless in the Civil Service?" (Today, Oct 31). He said that many of these qualifications are not recognised by the Civil Service, even though the institutions are reputable and well-regarded
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon Fed to cut rates?
      153 10 AFP WASHINGTON Rising alarm over the outlook for a sputtering US economy will force the US Federal Reserve and its chairman, Mr Alan Greenspan, to cut interest rates later today, experts said. A stagnant job market, a decline in manufacturing and the threat of a consumer
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      Property fund
      337 10  -  Chan Chao Peh It aims to raise $240 m to buy 8 properties ASCENDAS has entered into a joint venture with Macquarie Goodman to launch a listed-property trust, which aims to raise as much as $240 million to buy a portfolio of eight industrial properties. Called the Ascendas
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    • Market Watch
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        Singapore
        146 10 TRADING was volatile yesterday, with the opening gains met by sellers before the market ended 6.44 points up at 1434.04. A 25-basis points cut in US interest rates has already been priced into the market There were two gainers to every loser at lunch break. But by the day's
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        Straits Times Index — 10-Day Chart
        5 10 Straits Times Index 10-Day Chart
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        World markets
        54 10 Index Value Change Pis Nikkei 225 8937.56 +251.84 +2.90 Hang Seng Ordinaries faiwan Wtd 9655.36 3007.70 4566.10 -65.47 -1.80 -17.58 -0.67 -0.06 -0.38 Korea Comp SET Index 664.90 355.77 -7.78 -3.03 -1.16 -0.84 lakarta Comp 374.91 -8.96 -2.33 Phils Comp ihenzen B 1042.31 208.76 -8.67 +4.95 -0.82 +2.43
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 10 US$ 0.***** UK£ 0.***** Yen 69.3065 HK$ 4.***** RM 2.***** Euro 0.5684 Rupiah 5245.62 Baht 24.596 Peso 30.0954 A$ 1.***** Indian Rs 27.5266 Won 693.094 C$ 0.887 Yuan 4.7149 NZ$ 1.1447 NTS 19.7209
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        Commodities
        21 10 Gold uss/oz 318.700 Silver uss/oi 4.487 Platinum uss/oz 575.700 Rubber centsAg 148.00 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1544 Brent crude uss/borrel 25.74
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        SGX most active
        54 10 By volume Nov 5 '000 Citiraya 14,788 NOL 9,077 Pac Cent 8,962 BlLlntl 8,613 DatacrftUSS 8,342 By value Nov 5 DBS 59,154,400 UOB 38,626,522 SIA 17,254,600 Venture 16,127,900 SPH 12,696,799 '000 Chartered 7,945 TPV 7,908 PFood 7,706 LeongHin 6,528 UniFiber 6,465 CITYDEV 10,350,440 OCBC 10,041,900 Citiraya 7,306,580
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        SGX top rises
        77 10 Nov 5 Close Changi SIA 11.200 +0.501 Venture 13.400 +0.501 SIA 200 11.100 +0.401 Creative 50 13.300 +0.301 SPH 20.000 +0.301 Berger 50 0.220 +0.221 OCBC 10.200 +0.201 SPH 100 20.000 +0.201 STIETF*****PV 14.499 +0.171 rarcBLMiirKin lMQIW 4.(1 ini By percentage Nov 5 Strike W*****5 Close Changi
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        Lock icon SGX top falls
        80 10 Bloomberg Nov 5 Central? Close Changi 18.500 -0.501 DBS 11.700 -0.201 IMH 400USS 5.900 -0.151 F&N 7.550 -0.101 OUE 6.250 -0.101 UOB 12.900 -0.101 \PB Breweries 4.820 -0.061 >p land 3.220 -0.061 KepCor 4.260 -0.041 KepEand 1.100 -0.041 By percentage Nov 5 Close Change GenMag 0.060 -29.410
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      Quarterly reports stay
      410 12 Benefits of transparency outweigh drawbacks:Tharman SENIOR Minister of State for Trade and Industry Tharman Shanmugaratnam (picture) yesterday defended the Government's move to introduce mandatory quarterly financial reporting in the face of opposition to the new rule. He said the benefits far outweigh the negatives, so the Government
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      Ascott to sell malls
      166 12 THE Ascott Group is selling its two Singapore shopping malls and a golf course in China to fund plans to double its serviced apartments. The two malls are Liang Court in River Valley and Scotts Shopping Centre in Scotts Road. Ascott plans to raise between $500
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      Lock icon Analysts mixed on SingTel Q2 profits
      155 12 -AFX News SINGTEL is expected to report tomorrow its second-quarter net profit results, with analysts' forecasts ranging from $525 million to $588 million. This compares with $557.7 million for the same period a year ago. The estimate includes an exceptional gain of $228 million
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      $12m for former embassy site
      175 15 COLLIERS International has successfully sold the former China embassy site (picture) at Dalvey Road for $12.33 million. The sale price works out to about $480 per sq ft on a land area of 2,390.5 sq m (approximately 25,731 sq ft). The site received seven bids
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      Lock icon Looking up
      224 15 Reuters Capita Land's profit soars in 3rd quarter CAPITALAND yesterday reported a higher-than-expected net profit for the three months to Sept 30, helped by the sale of three retail shopping malls. Capita Land, 61 per cent owned by the Government, posted a net profit of $141.68 million compared
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      Lock icon Dow Jones to cut 230 more jobs
      207 15 Reuters NEW YORK Dow Jones Co, publisher of The Wall Street Journal, said yesterday that it plans to cut 230 jobs, or nearly three per cent of its workforce, in an effort to cut costs against the backdrop of a prolonged advertising slump.
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      Picture this
      214 16  -  Chan Chao Peh Star Hub, CSL forge ties on photo messaging STARHUB said yesterday that it had joined forces with the Hong Kong mobile operator, CSL, to offer global multimedia messaging service (MMS) to its customers. In separate announcements, Mobile One said that it launched a similar arrangement
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      Data deal for SingTel
      71 16 SINGTEL and Australia's Optus said yesterday that they had won a multi-million-dollar deal to supply a fully managed private data network to the risk insurance service firm, Marsh. The two-year contract will cover Marsh's operations in Asia, Australia and Fiji, as well as connections to New
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Mood-altering weapons for US?
      110 19 -AFP WASHINGTON The United States made an attempt to develop mood-altering weapons similar to the gas used in a recent hostage crisis in Moscow but abandoned the programme because it could not be reconciled with international law, a US government-sponsored scientific panel has acknowledged. The disclosure
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      Close race
      316 19 WASHINGTON US voters went to the polls yesterday to set the political agenda with ballot measures that cover everything from how to make up billions of dollars in state Budget deficits to whether or not cockfighting should be legal. The more than 200 state initiatives on yesterday's ballot
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      Lock icon Disarmament resolution possible: Iraq
      189 19 Reuters BAGHDAD/UNITED NATIONS Iraqi President Saddam Hussein vowed to consider cooperating with a new UN disarmament resolution as long as it does not "provide a cover for America's ill intentions", while US officials sought to achieve unanimity among the Security Council's 15 nations. The comment appeared
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      Lock icon Woman breaks arms of lover's mum
      120 19 -AFP TEHERAN An Iranian judo enthusiast broke the arms of her boyfriend's mother after she refused to approve the pair's plan to marry, a report said on Monday. "I hit her so hard that I broke her arms. This woman took away the best
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      Lock icon Jewish group chief brain dead after suicide bid
      128 20 Agencies LOS ANGELES The head of a militant Jewish group accused of plotting to bomb a mosque and the office of an ArabAmerican congressman has been declared "brain dead" after slitting his throat. Jewish Defense League chief Irv Rubin, 56, slashed his
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      Lock icon Sharon's call
      353 20 Agencies Early election to rebuild Israel's govt JERUSALEM Israel is reeling from the Palestinian conflict, a weakening economy and a possible war against Iraq but yesterday Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was forced to call an early election. Mr Sharon's announcement came after he failed to forge a
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      Lock icon N Korea's threat
      194 20 Agencies TOKYO North Korea, already under fire for its nuclear arms programme, yesterday warned it would "reconsider" its moratorium on missile tests if normalisation talks with Japan failed to make progress. The Korean Central News Agency quoted a North Korean foreign ministry official as saying talks last
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      Lock icon S Korea's strike
      72 20 Reuters photo An estimated 120,000 members of the Korea Confederation of Trade Unions marching and shouting slogans in Seoul yesterday. Automaker Hyundai and 165 other businesses were hit by the strike as workers fought to stop a new labour law shortening the working week, which they fear
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    Striving for balance
    869 22  -  Debra Soon MY non-working days (note how I don't call them my days off) now revolve around attending children's parties, visiting relatives and friends who have children, buying stuff for the kids, taking them for a walk or swim, you get the drift They render the notion
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      635 26  -  Janice Lee Ladies who shop in the 100 NEWS flash, ladies: The public toilet might become a place you can go to for a spot of shopping. Believe me, there'll come a time when it becomes a one-stop convenience store. That is what I found out during my
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      678 26 Reuters Does information from the Web help patients? LONDON When Alexis Haines learned she had breast cancer, one of the first things she did was to search the Internet for information about her illness. Instead of relying on doctors, her family, friends and books, Haines and millions of
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      446 28 HERE are 10 tips for successful salary negotiations: Be persuasive: It's hard to force your boss to increase your compensation. Trying to do so can even damage your working relationship, according to msn.com. On the other hand, it's much easier to persuade him that it may
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      154 28 the Singapore Perspective Goodwood Park Hotel $10 kof mcmhcti; (Tudor Ballroom) >. At Aa „...(,*.,< 9 November 2002 $15 fa* flomrflUmlHM 2 (Registration at lpm) (Includes FREE Membership for One Year and a FREE Peakflow Meter valued at $50 Programme: for first 50 registrations. Hurry!) 2.00pm Welcome Address Chairperson Dr
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      360 29 2040 Stays c B 2030 with you. w* Grows 2020 with you. Changes with you. Today Just starting out in life? There's no better time to think about the long-term. Growth Path, you'll find the combined strengths of Singapore's most-awarded Growth Path is the first investment that adjusts as you
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  • LIMELIGHT
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      276 31 -Reuters ...on why her marriage to Cruise broke up HOLLYWOOD Nicole Kidman has said that she is only beginning to understand what caused the breakup of her marriage to Tom Cruise last year and that, whatever people say, the couple had a "real marriage" for the nine
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      Just call her style 'Keiko's music'
      188 31  -  YeeWeiZhen HER fans describe her music as uplifting, with a certain healing power. But, contemporary jazz musician Keiko Matsui (picture) simply calls it... Keiko's music. "I don't know how to explain my music. Everything goes through my filter and becomes Keiko's music," said the
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      Suria wins cultural award
      122 31  -  -LeeSzeYong MEDIACORP TVI2 Suria is on the right track planning and producing its programmes. Singapore's Malay station has been awarded the Anugerah Serantau Pilihan Sagang 2002, a Cultural Award (Regional Category) by Yayasan Sagang in Pekanbaru, Riau, Indonesia, for the channel's promotion of the Malay language.
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      377 32  -  Pearlyn Tham JILL Chua's friends admired her glossy long hair so much that they submitted an entry photograph of her for this contest without her knowledge. "They are always telling me that I should be in a shampoo commercial," the 24-year-old told Today without the slightest hint of
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      Laughing gas
      356 33  -  Janice Lee Whose Line troupe hits town next week NO, it isn't Drew Carey and his mad bunch but these comedians have been together longer than their American counterparts and will be in Singapore next week to tickle your funny bones. Acclaimed British comedians Andy Smart, Stephen Frost,
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      131 33 PARTICIPATE FUN FOR GOOD FUND-RAISING FAMILY CARNIVAL Celebrate Singapore Children's Society 50th anniversary at the Fun for Good fund-raising family carnival.The carnival will feature a host of activities to entertain both parents and children. Kids will be treated to games that teach them about health and nutrition and colouring activities.
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    Get all your questions answered
    478 34  -  Chan Sect Fun FIND out more about opportunities for postgraduate study at the Nexus Postgraduate and MBA Fair. For the eighth year running, Nexus World of Study will be bringing in representatives from universities around the world for the fair, which will be held on
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    533 35  -  Cindy Tong If you're thinking of pursuing a master's degree, the MDIS has a wide range of high-quality programmes. WITH the burgeoning education industry and the variety of postgraduate programmes available in the market, don't put off furthering your degree. The Management Development Institute of Singapore (MDIS),
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    553 36  -  Chan Sect Fun YOU may think that a bachelor's degree is getting commonplace. You are probably right. Some people are even going beyond the master's degree and are heading back to school to earn the right to put a "Dr" in front of their names.
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    Studying in Britain
    227 36 POSTGRADUATE study in Britain has something for everyone and is attractive to many students because of its location as the gateway to Europe. The British doctorate (PhD or DPhil) is world renowned. In many countries, it is a necessary prerequisite for an academic career. It is a
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      46 36 HhHHHH E» wm BnTTTTxljjl FOR MORE INFORMATION: please visit us at the Nexus Postgraduate Fair, Suntec Exhibition Centre 9& 10N0v2002 V success. H British Council, 30 Napier Road Singapore *****9 Call 6470 7175/6 or e-mail us at english@britishcouncil.org.sg for a copy of the course brochure. www.britishcouncil.org.sg
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      352 37 EH Our Prestigious Partner Institutions University of University La Trobe Asia Pacific South Australia of Hull University School of Business National University University of Monash Southern Illinois of Ireland Louisville University University The following programs are now open for registration in Singapore: School of Business Management PhD in Business Management
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    One foot in S'pore, the other in UK
    575 38 GET the best of both worlds with the Nottingham University MBA programme which gives you a chance to further your business education in Singapore and, at the same time, learn more about the business environment in the United Kingdom. The programme, offered
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      496 38 11/wH^nl POSTGRADUATE AND MBA FAIR 2002 visit us atthe How would you write your ■"■assEssr y ci irrFSS story? \4, A 9-10 November 2002 jULLLjJ D I Ul\T I Suntec City SICEC, Level 3, Booth No. 22 iffM'iPUffliyPflfflWßUfflßM ■:l*!m'il«mffTlH»^^M rarj| Ihe University WPJ 6 I^l of Nottingham Lffll Learning Style!
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  • INCINEMAS
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      Possessed by poetry
      389 39  -  David Ngiau FILM REVIEW Possession ADAPTED from AS Byatt's novel of the same name, Booker-Prize winning Possession is the story of parallel romances, one in the 19th-century and the other in present day. The former works beautifully while the latter featuring Gwyneth Paltrow (picture) lets the film
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      Dialogue, plot? Make way for the action!
      493 39  -  Ng Boon Yian THE PLOT is scanty. The dialogue is minimal. The characters are cardboard thin. It's all to make space for the truckloads of explosions, car chases and gunfights that you get in Ballistic: Ecks vs Sever. That's the most economical way
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      Singapore Top 10 (Nov 1 – 3)
      72 40 Singapore Top 10 (Nov 1 3) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Red Dragon NCI 6 1 Mr Deeds 2 Below 1 Samsara (Ladakhi) R(A) 1 Changing Lanes 2 The Transporter 3 The Era of Vampires (Mandarin) 3 The Tuxedo 5 Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya
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      North American Top 10 (Nov 1 – 3)
      119 40 North American Top 10 (Nov 1 3) 1 2 (2) 3 C) 4 (1) 5 (3) 6 (5) 7 (4) 8 (7) 9 (6) 10 (9) weekend gross cumulative gross The Santa Clause 2 US$ 29.01m US$ 29.01m The Ring US$ 18.12m US$ 18.12m /Spy US$ 12.75m US$ 12.75m Jackass:
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      Lock icon Santa Clause 2 has the last laugh
      302 40 Reuters/Variety HOLLYWOOD The Santa Clause 2 (Disney) had the last "ho-ho-ho" on anyone figuring the long-stalled sequel would open more naughty than nice, delivering its studio an early holiday gift of U5529.01 million ($49.45 million) in weekend-winning box office. The big Santa 2
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      537 40  -  Sadiah Ahmad FRESH from a break in Europe and the United States, Sushmita Sen (picture) is ready to face the world and speak candidly about life, love and lust The Bollywood siren, 27, is back in the groove, in front of the camera for Manisha Koirala's debut
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      1595 42 Smallville-Hot Head channel 5, lipm Road To Eternity Sajian Raya Suria, 9pm Maria Mariana Suria, io.3Opm Home Team Silat The ruthless *ififa(^s=*,-iJ£«3 Channel 8 '7Pm Z«»(,« s »mri(k(M««» y >(^»md fls Channel News Asia, 8.30pm hasdeadh ftmt ißMfh'Tjßßft 3BK in Sajian Raya as he shares recipes that c Hk-Sl Jh
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      355 43 Established since 1932, OCBC Bank has grown steadily to become a premier financial institution in the Asia-Pacific region. Recognised by the international financial community for its strong fundamentals and innovative retail and commercial business solutions, OCBC Bank's name is associated with high prestige and strong stature that ensure its continued
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      665 44 Agencies It'll take a brave person to do that seeing how good the sisters are Tennis WTA Championships Serena hoping to make history LOS ANGELES Venus Williams will have one last chance to get the better of little sister Serena when the topranked tennis siblings take
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      Ugly Knickerbockers beaten again
      208 44 NEW YORK Sam Cassell had 22 points and Michael Redd added 19 as the Milwaukee Bucks defeated the winless New York Knicks 97-88 yesterday. The Knicks played in front of the first non-sellout crowd in Madison Square Garden for nearly 10 years as 18,100 fans, more
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      Lock icon Power meeting
      489 45 -AFP Top European clubs brainstorm thanks to rising costs BRUSSELS Europe's top football clubs convened a meeting yesterday (today, Singapore time) to decide how they can control the enormous costs which are threatening their future welfare. The Gl4 group of the continent's top clubs, which has now increased
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      Serie A leader Inter does not mind 'boring' tag
      325 45 Italian Serie A Empoli v Inter Milan Live, tomorrow morning on Ch2l, 3.25 am ROME Italian league leader Inter Milan aims to stretch its unbeaten league run to eight games when it travels to Tuscany to face newly-promoted Empoli in one
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      Rooney cap?
      94 45 LONDON Sven-Goran Eriksson reportedly wants to fast-track Everton teenager Wayne Rooney into the full England set-up. The coach is said to want to invite the striker for the national side's get-together in December. And that could lead to the 17-year-olds inclusion in England's next game against either Australia
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      Keane blow
      87 45 MANCHESTER Manchester United captain Roy Keane will not return to action until January at the earliest, according to a report in The Sun yesterday. He is making slow progress following his hip operation in September as the problem has proved to be more complicated than first thought. Alex
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      Hong off to US
      63 45 SEOUL South Korea's highlyrated captain Hong Myung Bo will join LA Galaxy from 2003, becoming the first player from the east Asian country to play Major League Soccer. Hong, 33, won a Bronze Boot at the World Cup finals as the outstanding defender following Korea's fourth-placed
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      Geordies win
      63 45 TYNESIDE Newcastle boss Bobby Robson saluted his side's 2-0 win over Middlesbrough as a "super-human" effort Goals from Shola Ameobi in the first half and Stephen Caldwell late in the second sealed victory for Robson's side, which moved up to eighth in the Premiership. Said Robson: "We had
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      Lee's dream
      644 46  -  Kelvin Phang SBA's youngsters make Thomas Cup target possible SINGAPORE'S latest badminton hero Kendrick Lee has a dream. It is to guide the Republic to a prestigious Thomas Cup triumph 10 years from now. A pipedream for some, perhaps, but making headlines and breaking barriers are nothing new
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      392 46  -  Tan Yo-Hinn IT DOES look as if the NTUC Income S-League's latest club really means business in the discipline stakes. Last week, Sinchi FC expelled a player brought in for trials by Talent Resources for smoking. Club rules state that late-com-ing, drinking, gambling
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      Irish darling
      85 46 MELBOURNE Media Puzzle, ridden by Damien Oliver, won yesterday's 142 nd running of the As 4 million ($3.95 million) Melbourne Cup, giving Irish trainer Dermot Weld his second victory in Australia's richest and most famous race. Mr Prudent finished second, two lengths away, with Beekeeper third, a further
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      Out of order
      67 46 HONG KONG Cricket fans have expressed anger with the organisers of the Hong Kong Cricket Sixes after a Pakistan supporter was allowed to parade in front of the stands in an Osama bin Laden mask waving a Pakistan flag. Beer cans were thrown and insults exchanged between
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      Pack attack
      98 46 GREEN BAY The Green Bay Packers went up 14-0 on two second-quarter Ahman Green touchdowns and coasted to a 24-10 victory over the Miami Dolphins (5-3) yesterday. The Packers (7-1) boast the best record in the league and on the last two occasions Green Bay started the season
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      No Tendulkar
      55 46 JAMSHEDPUR India hopes the absence of injured Sachin Tendulkar will not matter as it strives to build on its recent one-day success during a sevenmatch series against the West Indies from today. India, which has not lost a one-day series in the last 12 months, will also be
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        679 47 Reuters McCarthy's successor will have to handle fiery midfielder LONDON Just as the name of Roy Keane helped precipitate Mick McCarthy's decline as Ireland manager, so the Manchester United midfielder will loom large in the appointment of a successor. McCarthy resigned from his post after six-and-a-half years
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        Lock icon Becks on target
        117 47 Reuters LONDON England captain David Beckham was on target for Manchester United in its League Cup third round match this morning just days after police foiled an alleged plot to kidnap his wife. Beckham converted an 80th-minute penalty in a 2-0 victory at Old Trafford over first
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        Lock icon Premiership sides crash to minnows
        219 47 AFP LONDON Premiership newcomers Birmingham City and Manchester City crashed out of the third round of the League Cup at the hands of giantkillers Preston and Wigan respectively. Second-half goals from Ricardo Fuller and US international Eddie Lewis earned Preston victory. Birmingham got itself an
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        Basel leapfrogs over Liverpool
        171 47 MOSCOW Basel moved a step closer to the Champions League second phase with a deserved 2-0 win at Spartak Moscow in their rearranged Group B match this morning. The Swiss side moved into second place behind Valencia, which has already qualified, and one point ahead of
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        Lock icon Rivaldo out of Brazil squad
        269 47 Reuters RIO DE JANEIRO Rivaldo asked to be left out as Mario Zagallo named Brazil's squad yesterday for this month's friendly against South Korea 24 hours after being called out of retirement to take over as coach of the world champion. Ronaldo was included, even
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