Today, 21 November 2002, Afternoon Edition

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    8 1 TODAY lllirSdfty November 21, 2002 MITA (P) 002/11/2002
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  • Article
    FTA and the bank squeeze
    489 1  -  Val Chua AS the impending Singapore-US Free Trade Agreement is set to open the door wider for foreign banks, financial institutions in "overbanked" Singapore faced a battle for survival, said Standard Poor's (S&P) yesterday. But it did not change its "stable" outlook for the three
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon Osama: Time Person of the Year?
      288 1 Reuters NEW YORK What does US President George W Bush have in common with the world's most wanted man, Osama bin Laden (picture), rapper Eminem and Iraqi President Saddam Hussein? They are all on the "short list" for Time Magazine's 2002 Person of the
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      Lock icon Wall Street surges
      82 1 -AFP NEW YORK US stocks shifted back into rally mode yesterday after a two-session time-out, amid increasing optimism that the recent six-week surge signals that the worst may be over after a brutal bear market. As a late-day rally accelerated, the Dow Jones industrials jumped 148.23 points
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  • HOT NEWS
    • AFTERNOON EDITION
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        Lock icon 400 machines seized in raids
        385 2  -  rose Raymond THE clubs had been warned repeatedly over the past month. And yesterday, in an islandwide operation that began just after noon, the police conducted raids on 18 clubhouses and seized more than 400 illegal gaming machines. In response to queries yesterday, police spokeswoman
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        Lock icon Lies will not be tolerated. Bush warns Saddam
        211 2 Reuters PRAGUE/BAGHDAD US President George W Bush warned Iraqi President Saddam Hussein yesterday that his days would be numbered if he continues to deny having weapons of mass destruction. Mr Saddam's government has promised to comply with UN demands that it submits
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      If HK reserves were to run out
      578 3  -  Jaime Koh HONG KONG For a territory that is grappling with a crisis of confidence, the words of outgoing Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji must be music to its people's ears. During his three-day visit to the Special Administration Region which ended yesterday, Mr
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      Lock icon KL banker survives landslide
      171 3 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Apparently undermined by recent heavy rains, the house of Affin Bank chairman and former armed forces chief Tan Sri Ismail Omar collapsed in a landslide before dawn yesterday, killing at least five people. A crowd clapped as Tan Sri Ismail walked from the
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      Lock icon 'Yes' to anti-terrorism centre
      144 3 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia has agreed to set up an anti-ter-rorism centre in partnership with the United States, Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar announced after a Cabinet meeting yesterday. It will be known as the Southeast Asia Centre for Counter-Terrorism and will focus on
      -AFP  -  144 words
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      Expedient plan
      443 4  -  Lee Ching Wern Online travel service bucks trend to expand ONE of the biggest casualties of the post-Sept 11 era has been the global tourism industry, with airlines announcing record losses, travel agencies going belly up and the hotel industry taking a big hit But not everyone involved
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      Lock icon Has Jacko gone wacko?
      272 4 Agencies LOS ANGELES The selfstyled King of Pop Michael Jackson has lived up to his nickname Wacko Jacko yet again. The eccentric recluse, who has led a troubled and controversial life, dangled his third and youngest baby son, Prince Michael 11, over a fifth-floor hotel balcony
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      NUS undergrad gets Inventors Award bronze
      106 4 ZHENG Zhongming from the National University of Singapore won the bronze award at the 2002 Young Inventors Awards yesterday. Using a naturally-occurring fungus to clean up toxic waste, Zheng discovered that soil could be washed and then the polluted water rendered harmless by treating
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Lock icon Mum's little hero
      349 6  -  Tor Ching Li Cancer didn't deter him from passing exams ABOUT a year ago, Madam Raimah (picture, right) suspected there was something wrong with her son, Muhammad Faiz bin Mohamed Ilias (picture, left). He was returning from school listless, bruised and tired. Then, he would go straight
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      Pay rise on hold
      81 6 THE government has accepted the National Wages Council's recommendation for severe wage restraint It believes that extending the wage restraint until June next year will help companies hold down wage costs and save jobs. In a statement, the government added it supports the NWC's call for
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      No more queues
      139 6 COMMUTERS will no longer need to top up their Ez-link cards personally. The introduction of the Giro-linked Ez-link card, means the card will top itself up with a preselected amount when its value falls to zero or below. This feature removes the need to visit a ticket
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      From ideas to quality
      234 8  -  Grace Tay E-learning gets new focus and new standards THE e-learning wave has hit almost every sector of society and even taxi drivers have been getting their feet wet on the Web. Since the launch of its e-learning programme in July 1999, City Cab has trained
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      Another water row
      217 8 JUST when it looked as if water talks would resume, another snag emerged. This came after Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar told a local daily on Tuesday that the country would only discuss reviewing the price of water in the coming talks. Singapore has to accept
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      Poly's summer school
      99 8 NGEE Ann Polytechnic will offer greater flexibility for students with differing abilities through a new Summer School initiative, which will be introduced next year. Under this initiative, the polytechnic will offer selected modules during the May to June and November to December vacation periods. Academically-weaker students will
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      A Chineview of Jiang Zemin
      142 10  -  Shang Liang I AM a reader from China, and I have read Sunny Goh's article, "What's Jiang playing at?" (Today, Nov 18). I think Mr Jiang ZeMin is retaining the post as military chief because of the Taiwan issue. He has always said that he
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      Plague off greed
      144 10  -  Jerry Tan Event tells a lot about us I REFER to the report, "What price, to a free car?" (Today, Nov 20). It is beyond my imagination that an event like this can happen in a civilised society like ours. The behaviour displayed tells a lot about
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      Key question on letterboxes
      99 10  -  A&fifw/ 7s/aw BESIDES the postman from Singapore Post, do any other organisations have master keys to the letterboxes of HDB flat owners? I have had a number of advertisement leaflets and brochures, even magazines from companies and businesses, put into my letterbox even when the "anti-junk
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon Delayed yet again
      286 12 Reuters Temasek defers sale of three power companies GOVERNMENT investment arm Temasek Holdings said yesterday it will defer the sale of its three power generation companies until 2004 at the earliest due to weak market conditions. This is the latest of many delays that has dragged out
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      This deal allows easier access
      122 12 CHINA and Singapore have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that will pave the way for goods certified in either country to enter the other without having to be certified again. The Standards Productivity and Innovation Board (SPRING) said the MoU covers a wide range
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    • Market Watch
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        Singapore
        121 12 SHARES fell yesterday, led by tech and banking issues, knocking the ST index down 10.46 points to 1383.31. There were 112 losers to 84 gainers while 365 counters were unchanged. Volume was 224 million shares worth $217 million. The lack of participation was driven by a listless Wall Street,
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        World markets
        54 12 Index Value Change Pis Nikkei 225 8459.62 +94.36 +1.13 Hang Seng 9975.03 +10.00 +0.10 Ordinaries 2969.00 +17.60 +0.60 faiwan Wtd 4653.50 -73.00 -1.54 Korea Comp 682.00 +10.56 +1.57 SET Index 352.18 -1.44 -0.41 lakarta Comp 371.59 +2.48 +0.67 Phils Comp 1034.20 +9.21 +0.90 ihenzen B Wumbai 190.22 3074.60
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 12 US$ 0.5652 UK£ 0.3851 Yen 69.162 HK$ 4.4080 RM 2.1476 Euro 0.5638 Rupiah 5068.7 Baht 24.571 Peso 30.332 A$ 1.0113 Indian Rs 27.255 Won 687.55 C$ 0.8951 Yuan 4.6779 NZ$ 1.1394 NTS 19.704
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        Lock icon Commodities
        22 12 SGX Gold uss/oz 318.800 Rubber cents/kg 147.00 Silver uss/oi 4.547 Palm oil RM/tonne 1570 Platinum uss/oi 592.00 Brent crude uss/barrel 24.38
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        Straits Times Index — 10-Day Chart
        5 12 Straits Times Index 10-Day Chart
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        SGX most active
        60 12 iy volume 4ov20 'at Cent Close 0.340 Change +0.015 +4.6 '00( 19,02; Astendasreit 0.900 -0.025 -2.7 12,94! Citiraya 0.490 -0.020 -3.9 10,811 JSH 500USS PFood BILIntl DatatrftUSS UniFiber UniFood 2.500 0.890 0.515 0.575 0.030 0.380 +0.020 -0.005 -0.030 +0.005 +0.005 +2.3 -1.0 -5.0 +20.0 +1.3 10,40: 9,397
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        SGX top rises
        76 12 iov 20 Close Change DBS Bk6% NCPS *****.400+0.100 DelGro 500 2.020 +0.100 Haw Par 3.800 +0.080 HawParHC 2.160 +0.060 F&N 7.800 +0.050 Koh Bros 0.145 +0.050 QUE 6.250 +0.050 L-Jatob 0.635 +0.035 GeneMedix 0.420 +0.030 Meiban 0.340 +0.030 ly percentage Jov 20 Close Change ChipEngS W*****2 0.035
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        Lock icon SGX top falls
        78 12 Bloomberg ,ov 20 OCBC Close Change 9.950 -0.350 UOB 12.100 -0.100 Creative 50 12.900 -0.100 DBS 11.200 -0.100 SIA 10.500 -0.100 SIA 200 10.600 -0.100 SPH 19.900 -0.100 STIETF100 14.100 -0.080 Ho Royal 1.240 -0.070 ly percentage Jov 20 Close Change StarCrus R140 US$ 0.025 -0.020 StarCrusRUSS
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      Lock icon The triumphant three
      321 14 Channel News Asia Hyflux tops list of most admired Sesdaq companies WATER treatment firm Hyflux Engineering, ornamental fish breeder Qian Hu Corporation and engineering firm Innovalues Precision have clinched the top three spots in this year's most admired Sesdaq Companies Awards. The awards were held yesterday, in
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      Lock icon NatSteel offer extended
      205 14 Reuters SINGAPORE investment firm 98 Holdings, led by hotelier Ong Beng Seng, said yesterday it had extended the closing date of its offer for Nat Steel shares from Nov 27 to Dec 4. It said the extension of the offer period came after clarification with the Securities
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      Lock icon No takeover bid ...
      297 16 No takeover bid Reuters but C&C looking to boost its stake in PT Astra JAKARTA Cycle Carriage said yesterday it wants to modestly increase its stake in PT Astra International and confirmed it will be a stand-by buyer of the Indonesian auto firm's rights issue. But C&C denied market speculation
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      Lock icon Building trust
      88 16 Reuters SAN FRANCISCO New World Com head, Mr Michael Capellas, said his biggest challenge is restoring the public's confidence in the bankrupt telecommunications firm. "The company has got incredible assets. It's got great technology and customer support remains good," he said. He was named last week as the
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      4105 16 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Enquiries: Call 852-2973-6600 E-mail lipper.asia@reuters.com Dote Nome NAV/Eid Oiler Price Price iberdeen Asset Management (Asia) 8 A)erceen Se-American Opportunities 0.58 0.61 8 AieneenSe-Asian High Yield Ftl 1.208 1.245 8 Aierceen Se-Cfiina Opportunities Fd 0.9 8 0.965 8 A ien een Se-Continental Europe Eqty 0.8 3 0.855 8
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      Lock icon Datacraft may report $46m loss
      122 18 Bloomberg DATACRAFT Asia, which sets up and maintains corporate computer systems, is likely to report a loss for the 15 months ended Sept 30 because of slumping sales and bad debts. The company, which releases earnings today, probably had a loss of US$26 million ($46
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      Good deals for the risk-averse
      525 18  -  Carmen Lee OCBC looks at a selection of stocks with strong dividend yields, growth potential HIGH dividend-yielding stocks are not exciting during a bull market But in recent times, some investors including fund management companies have been looking to dividend yields as a key parameter
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      Lock icon China on overdrive
      362 20 Reuters Allows not four, but five, foreign banks to do yuan business SHANGHAI China's central bank said yesterday that it will allow foreign banks to conduct yuan-denominated business in five more cities from Dec 1, as it opens the shuttered banking sector more quickly than promised to
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      Lock icon More PCCW lay-offs
      174 20 -AFZAfews HONG KONG PCCW has announced another round of lay-offs, sacking 529 employees as part of its restructuring exercise. The employees affected come from various departments and employment grades. The company said the redundancies are part of its strategic realignment plans, which involve its voluntary subcontracting programme
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      Lock icon Rough air ahead
      83 20 Reuters THE world's airlines are headed for a combined loss of up to US$7 billion ($12.4 billion) on international routes this year as the ripples of the economic slowdown and 911 spread across the industry, the International Air Transport Association (lATA) said yesterday. Facing their worst crisis
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Peaceful labours
      401 22 Agencies New Labour leader wants to revive peace talks JERUSALEM The rise of dovish Amram Mitzna (picture) yesterday to the helm of the Labour Party could be a ray of hope for volatile Middle-Eastern politics but what are his chances of overcoming his biggest challenge yet, to beat
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      Lock icon 170,000 employees
      165 22 Agencies WASHINGTON Spurring the biggest government reorganisation in 50 years, the US Congress on Tuesday approved the creation of a massive new Department of Homeland Security. The new department absorbs key agencies such as the Coast Guard and Secret Service, but does not include the CIA or the
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      Lock icon Navigator ...
      420 24 Navigator Agencies Abdullah tells how he'll run the Malaysian ship KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's Prime-Minister-in-waiting, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (picture), has given the first detailed insight into how he plans to run the country when he takes over next year. His style will be different from Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's,
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      Lock icon How JI men got in
      154 24 AFP SYDNEY The authorities have launched an investigation into reports that members of the Islamic movement, blamed for the Bali bombings, gained entry into Australia by claiming religious persecution at home. Immigration Minister Philip Ruddock announced the probe after it emerged that several men claimed
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      Lock icon Aceh bickering
      112 24 -AFP BANDA ACEH Exiled leaders of the Aceh separatist rebel movement denied they set a date to sign an agreement with the Indonesian government on ending the 26-year-old conflict. The Swedish-based Aceh-Sumatra National Liberation Front (ASNLF), which is also known as the Free Aceh Movement, contradicted statements from
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      Lock icon US soldier acquitted over Korean deaths
      178 24 Agencies SEOUL A US military court acquitted an American tank navigator, Sergeant Fernando Nino, yesterday of negligent homicide in an accident which killed two South Korean girls and sparked months of angry demonstrations. The June 13 accident, in which two 13-year-old students were crushed
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Say yes unless ...
      1126 26  - Say yes unless Raymond Lim Minister's way to spark a new wave culture TODAY, we are at the cusp of a major economic transformation, possibly the most far-reaching since independence in 1965. Globalisation has compressed space and accelerated time, forcing change at an ever greater pace. In an increasingly integrated
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      556 27 V Iflflfll I CHINA SQUARE lib CENTRAL < f[J nristmas Vv is lies This holiday season, your Christmas celebrations will hit a high performed by our musicians and choirs. Showtimes: Wed to Fri at 12.30pm, note as all your shopping wishes become a reality at China Square Sat Sun at
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  • UPFRONT
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      Small, short, successful
      679 28  -  Clement Mesenas jazz maestro Jeremy Monteiro has composed more than 700 pieces "I HAVE small hands and short fingers," said Jeremy Monteiro (picture), holding up his hands to show what he calls his physical limitations. Pianist Oscar Peterson, whom he loves to listen to, has a hand
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      462 28 f\ I HOTEL SINGAPORE 111 If mt where traditional hospitality never dates. FUII Thai Seafood Buffet Spread At 3/4 the Price! Enjoying a fabulous dinner with C^ m j i\ people you love is one of life's great '■■C^ x/, joys. Now you can enjoy it even more ma. (~y
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  • Page 28 Miscellaneous
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      44 29 Gl!l FUJIFILM Sill Fuji film Lithium ILJ Battery at 50% When you buy a 4-roll promotional pack of vibrant Fujicolor Superia 200 or a 3-roll promotional pack of high-speed Fujicolor Superia Xtra 400. Don't run out of Fujifilm this holiday season! While stocks last.
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  • FOODFORUM
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      A favourite in Asian kitchens
      688 30  -  Katrina Karim Because water chestnuts are sweet and crunchy WATER chestnuts are unlike other vegetables. Though a water chestnut looks like a small, knobby nut with a flaky brown peel on the outside, the flesh within is white and crunchy. Water chestnuts are an aquatic
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      227 30 P3 Ingredients 12 large fresh brown mushrooms 250g minced pork 1 tbsp water chestnut, finely chopped 1 stalk spring onion, sliced For Pork Marinade 3/4 tsp sugar 3/4 tsp light soya sauce 1/2 tsp salt 1 1/2 tsp starch 1 tsp sesame oil 1 tbsp cold water pepper to taste
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  • TIMEOUT
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      Buskers a big draw
      221 32  -  Janice Lee THE Grand Parade at the Singapore River Buskers Festival Parade on Sunday attracted some 100,000 spectators, who took in performances by buskers from around the world. "Everybody is happy with the outcome," said Staphne Tang, director of festival organiser Gwyndara International. "The weather was
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      HAPPENINGS
      97 32 PARTICIPATE ISTH BABA CONVENTION Organised by the 102-year-old Peranakan Association of Singapore (PAS), the event will see some 200 Peranakan Chinese from Singapore, Malacca and Penang gather to discuss issues of cultural heritage and identity. Programmes include presentations, a talk show-cum-forum and a short commissioned play by local playwright
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      Top stars dive into charity work
      352 32  -  Elisa Chia EVEN in these troubled economic waters, this charity show makes a splash. For the first time, a TV fundraiser will take place entirely outdoors, when the Community Chest (Com Chest) makes its appeal for support this Sunday. True Hearts will see about
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      Not endangered, just rare
      73 32 First seen at the Frankfurt Motor Show last year, the Jaguar R Coupe is a concept car that showcases the British manufacturer's core design values for the future. It may never go into mass production, but many of the R Coupe's styling details will be found
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      Crossover stars
      375 34  -  Serene Foo Channel 5 artistes vie for Chinese Star Awards SOME Channel 5 stars have made a mini "invasion" of this year's Star Awards, which are given for all Chinese TV programmes. For the first time, local funnyman Gurmit Singh (picture, left) is in the running for the
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      SK-II birthday bash
      81 34 MEDIACORP artiste Ivy Lee (picture) and her daughter were among the guests at the SK-II birthday bash at Isetan Scotts. Coinciding with the Shichi Go San Festival, which marks the coming of age for three-year-old girls in Japan, the week-long event saw the SK-II beauty bar at
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      A golden union
      556 35  -  Pearlyn Tham THEY hail from different parts of the world he's from north-east Italy and she's from Singapore. But Marco Bicego and Rosalind FoongLim, the general manager of TianPo Jewellery, have much in common. Besides a passion for the jewellery industry, they believe in similar business strategies
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      It's new, it's hip, it's Dior
      158 35  -  Pearlyn Tham DIOR usually provides women with make-up and makeovers. But last Friday, the cosmetics brand gave itself a makeover. It changed its name from Christian Dior to Dior and replaced the matt gold trimmings with a sophisticated silver concept "We changed our name
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      Psssst ... ever tried putting toothpaste on your pimples?
      471 35  - Psssst ever tried putting toothpaste on your pimples? Toh King Yu, Miss Ever Soft WHAT'S easy to get but hard to get rid of? Pimples the dreaded "P" word that haunts us from the time we hit puberty. Nobody likes having them although from time to time, you may get
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      Cruising with a superstar
      910 36  -  Lan De Cotta A vacation on a mini city that sails to nowhere can be quite a weekend A BUNCH of us, who had never sailed on a cruise liner, were getting instructions from an experienced cruiser a friend from the office. Among his edicts: We
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      BA makes a cameo in new Bond film
      163 37 STYLISH. Elegant Well travelled. Experienced. Qualities epitomised by James Bond, but now shared by British Airways, which is the official airline of the new Bond film, Die Another Day. The 20th Bond movie, which opens on Dec 5, will see James Bond
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      India to make its airports world class
      102 37 JALANDHAR (India) Indian Union Civil Aviation Minister Shahnawaz Hussian said the country's international airports were being upgraded to match the best in the world. He said the government, through joint ventures with private partners, will spend over 160 billion rupees ($5.8 billion) for
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      QUICKTOURS
      476 37 KOREAN WINTER WONDERLAND Winter in Korea is a festival of sorts. One, the Korean Fun Snow Ski Festival lasts for over three months from December.The largest, oldest and arguably the most popular ski resort in the country is Dragon Valley. It has fifteen modern ski lifts to get you
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      Lock icon Hollywood mourns James Coburn
      153 38 AFP LOS ANGELES Hollywood mourned tough-guy movie star James Coburn (picture), 74, a day after the actor died of a heart attack. Fans piled bouquets of flowers on the late actor's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. "He will be missed," said one fan, contemplating
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      Lock icon Director may have faked beating
      135 38 Reuters/Variety NEW DELHI Actor-director Raja Bundela, allegedly roughed up by some 25 people purporting to be Hindu militants angered by his film Pratha, may have staged the beating to gain publicity. The incident happened in Bhopal on Sunday, as TV cameras were rolling. Police acknowledged
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      Fast moving
      444 39  -  Yong Shu Chiang But Clockstoppers is too frivolous a tale FILM REVIEW Clockstoppers A HIGH-TECH invention somehow XA.ends up in our young hero's hands. He proceeds to explore its possibilities, and takes care of bad guys along the way. Invariably, the invention throws up good fun at first,
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      Lock icon Afghan war on film
      103 39 -Reuters LOS ANGELES In what would be Hollywood's first take on the war in Afghanistan, Columbia Pictures is developing a film about the exploits of US commandos fighting the Taliban on horseback. The untitled film is loosely inspired by the reallife battle for the key Afghan
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      Lock icon An uphill Test
      592 42 Agencies hngland stands little chance against the greatest ADELAIDE Australia may have given up hope of ever being allowed to keep the Ashes trophy, but its players remain determined to win yet another series. The second Ashes Test, starting today, is shaping up as possibly one of
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      Lock icon Lakers outclassed in every department by Mavericks
      350 42 Agencies DALLAS On a Tuesday night in a place where the Lakers almost never lose, the weight of too many games without Shaquille O'Neal and too many jump shots gone astray became too much to bear. Steve Nash collected 21 points and Dirk
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      Three records
      70 42 WARSAW China's Wang Mingjuan set three world records on the first day of the world weightlifting championships on Tuesday on her way to victory in the 48kg category. She lifted 115.5 kg in the clean and jerk and followed up with another record in the snatch, 92.5 kg,
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      Jordan sued
      77 42 CHICAGO A woman who had a sexual liaison with basketball star Michael Jordan 10 years ago counter-sued the athlete for breach of contract yesterday. Karla Knafel, who had a twoyear sexual relationship with Jordan ending in 1991, claims Jordan violated an agreement they had by failing to pay
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      Eyeing No. 1
      81 42 TAOYUAN World number eight Padraig Harrington tees off in the BMW Asian Open today hoping to get a jump-start in his quest to become Europe's number one player. The Irish Ryder Cup star finished runner-up for the second year to Retief Goosen on the European Tour when
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      Jones stripped
      46 42 NEW YORK -Undisputed light heavyweight champion Roy Jones Jr was stripped of his International Boxing Federation crown on Tuesday for making a date to fight World Boxing Association heavyweight champion John Ruiz. The two are set to meet on March 1 in Las Vegas.
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      Lock icon Unhappy Tiger
      655 44 Agencies And that could be bad news for his opponents Golf Dunlop Phoenix Can Duval and Co stop Woods? MIYAZAKI Globe-trotting superstar Tiger Woods, frustrated with events back home, will nevertheless be looking to cap another recordbreaking season with victory in Asia's richest golf tournament here, starting today.
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      Ferguson plans shake-up at troubled Old Trafford
      268 44 LONDON It looks as if Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson's onfield problems is now being compounded by off-field developments. He is now believed to have targeted Sunderland coach Ricky Sbragia as an addition to his backroom staff, reported BBCSportOnline. Sbragia's possible arrival
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      Right choice
      78 44 LONDON Chelsea's Italian coach Claudio Ranieri has hit the right note of putting consistency first at Stamford Bridge and is on the way to success, according to former star Paul Elliott. Five consecutive clean sheets have moved the Londoners up to third place in the Premiership, and Elliott
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      Let off the hook
      87 44 PARIS Nicholas Anelka looks to have escaped a Fifa ban for refusing to play for France in a friendly against Yugoslavia. The striker faced a twomatch worldwide ban but is set to be in Manchester City's starting line-up against Middlesbrough on Saturday. The failure of the
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      Fergie fury
      86 44 MANCHESTER Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is reported to be involved in a row with the club's own MUTV station. Ferguson is thought to have been so upset at criticism levelled at him and his players after their Manchester derby defeat that he could refuse any more
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      Full backing
      60 44 ATHENS Stephen McPhail has leapt to the defence of under-fire Leeds manager Terry Venables and insisted the players are behind him and believe in what he is doing. The 22-year-old believes Leeds has a big month ahead of it and insists the players were capable of easing the
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        Lock icon Wales marches on with comfortable win in Azerbaijan
        417 46 Reuters Euro 2004 Group 9 qualifier Azerbaijan 0 Wales 2 Wales makes it three wins out of three BAKU Wales continued its flying start to the Euro 2004 qualifying campaign with an easy 2-0 win at Azerbaijan this morning. Wales' third successive
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        596 46 AFP World Cup absentees too classy for Germans International friendly Germany 1 Holland 3 Dutch display superb finishing GELSENKIRCHEN World Cup finalist Germany fell victim to a sec-ond-half smash and grab by two strikers based in the English Premiership in a friendly international against Holland this morning. With
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        Lock icon France back on track, Italy held
        265 46 Agencies PARIS France ended a disappointing year on a high note after two goals from Eric Carriere helped the European champion to a 3-0 win over Yugoslavia in an international friendly. Elsewhere, Christian Vieri scored Italy's equaliser in a 1-1 draw at home to
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      Lock icon It's tough being Steven Gerrard
      590 47  -  Comment by Razali Abdullah razali@newstoday.com.sg SELDOM has a player being benched prompted so much interest, such massive debate with opinions and advice sought from ex-professionals, coaches and even international managers. On the eve of the day when other footballing nations are involved in European qualifiers
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