Today, 23 November 2002

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    Masthead
    9 1 weekend TODAY November 23 24 2002 mita (p) 248/03/2002
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  • Article
    Lock icon Miss World madness
    418 1 KADUNA (Nigeria) The jinx on the latest edition of the Miss World contest took a horrifying twist as Nigeria's simmering religious tensions came to a boil, leaving more than 100 people dead and 500 injured. The violence erupted on Wednesday after the enraged Muslims set fire to
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    THE NEGOTIATOR
    1247 1  -  Ng Boon Yian Tommy Koh's inside story of how a deal was sealed PEOPLE who clinch historic deals must have many admirable qualities, but one wouldn't have thought that fighting sleep was one of them. But after sealing the USSingapore free trade agreement (FTA), chief negotiator Professor Tommy
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  • NEWS
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      Lock icon 150-year-old tree cut down
      542 2  -  Joy Frances THE Garden City lost a treasured tree on Wednesday and nature lovers are incensed. This Hopea sangal tree called Chengal Pasir or Chengal Mata Kuching locally is said to have lent its name to its home in Changi. The tree was at least 150
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      Union leader may be expelled
      382 2  -  —Jose Raymond HE was told bluntly: Leave the union or leave the opposition. Now, even that choice may no longer be Mr Muhammad Ali Aman's (picture) to make. As secretary-general of the Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA) and the Singapore Malays National Organisation (PKMS), he had
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      Money on the way
      126 2 CIVIL servants will receive a quarter month Annual Variable Component (AVC) and a one-month NonPensionable Annual Allowance next month. Together with the halfmonth AVC paid in July, this means a total of one-and-three-quarter months of variable components for this year. A statement from the Prime Minister's
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    • Article
      HIV? You Ye welcome here
      417 4  -  Kim-Kyna Tan Group aims to overcome HIV/Aids prejudice in workplace YOU may know The Body Shop as a champion of protecting the earth, but lately the retail giant has joined five others in crusading for a shunned group of underdog workers here. The five companies
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    • Article
      Panel urges making 'emergency' plans
      266 4  -  Tan Hui Leng FACED with a future in which full-time jobs and life-long employment are no longer the norm, Singaporeans may be woefully unprepared financially. The things we now take for granted monthly pay cheques and consistent CPF contributions will not necessarily be the norm,
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      Lock icon Keeping an eye on kids
      77 4 REUTERS photo An Indonesian soldier standing guard outside the French international school in Jakarta as students leave the campus after classes on Thursday. Several key international schools in Indonesia's capital remained closed on that day over security concerns. The closures came after the Australian and
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      Economic sabotage, says Dr M
      100 4 PUTRAJAYA Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said the latest US warning about possible terrorist attacks in Malaysia could amount to economic sabotage, The Star reported on Friday. "They (US) should tell us, who, where and when so that we can take action
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      Cheaper drugs?
      307 4  -  Joy Frances HOSPITALS could be on their way to lopping 20 per cent off their spending on medication preparation and medical supplies, thanks to a new commercial service here. Since April, medical product and service provider Baxter Healthcare (Asia) has been operating Asia's first commercial pharmaceutical services centre
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      132 3 the Hyundai life. <jip> living it at the Singapore Motor Show 'x_ *"thM______________t_-_. 'uf £r&tz-^^^J &(*'■> (ices Ladies Ist Club 55 Motor Spa Discovery Drive The MYD card is the key to a host of lifestyle rewards, motoring happenings easy financing. 8 Rediscover the joy of driving at the Singapore
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      13 4 HELD OVER Our report, Murder in Pearl Harbor, will be published next week.
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      107 4 M Should there be legislation to prevent HIV discrimination in the workplace? Just to this week's poll on your mobile phone. Win a Motorola E360 and 6 months n3^ FREE Sing Tel Mobile subscription KEY: (T) [T| [T] f^SH for YES f*i m iti fa] n^*n for no (T| [7]
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  • HUMOUR/NEWS
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      BOND AND BENG
      828 6  -  Neil Humphreys I WAS outside New York's Bloomingdales department store this week, when it hit me. There is only one man who can save Singapore James Bond. The suave super-spy will stir up the Republic's economy and shake it to its very foundations. To celebrate the 40th
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      Iranian twins here to realise dream
      302 6  -  Grace Tay THEY have been joined at the head for the past 27 years of their lives. Despite their condition, conjoined Iranian twins Ladan and Ladeh Bijani (picture) have earned law degrees and seem like healthy young women. But now, they want to put
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      Three-way MMS
      118 6  -  Lee Sze Yong MULTIMEDIA Messaging Services (MMS) has brought Singapore's three mobile phone service providers together. Ml, Sing Tel and Star Hub have joined forces with Nokia to educate the public on the benefits of MMS. MMS is an adaptation of Short Messaging Service that allows users to
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  • LETTERS
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      It was motivation, not greed
      201 8  -  Angle Lim I REFER to Mr Jerry Tan's letter, "Plague of Greed" (Today, Nov 21). I am surprised at his conclusion that the contestants hoping to win the car were ignorant and driven by greed. The final two contestants, who lasted over 60 hours, have
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      Belt tightening should start at the top
      113 8  -  David Soh MANY have asked for bosses and managers in the workforce to lead by example. Employees will see their bonuses cut this year. They might also have to do without pay rises. With the tightening of wages, it is time for the
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      Pay the piper
      187 8  -  Lim Boon Hee Slap on the wrist not enough I REFER to the report, "Real cost" (Today, Nov 22). Shouldn't the Land Transport Authority (LTA) ask the Singapore Light Rapid Transit (SLRT) why it should not be fined more than $10,000, instead of asking for reasons why
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      59 8 Your letter can also appear on this page. Give your full M#9 name and address and write to: Today, 24, Raffles Place, f #28-01/06, Clifford Centre, Singapore *****1; Fax:6s-6534 4217; I E-mail: news@newstoday.com.sg Advert ID:***** 257 mm By 181 mm Booking Code: WROP,SENIOR CITIZENS WEEK Customer ID: MINISTRY OF COMMUNITY
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  • SAVVYINVESTOR COORDINATED BY VAL CHUA
    • MMONEY TALKS
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        98 Holdings set to rule Nat Steel
        593 10 AS the Nat Steel takeover saga continues, there are those who are betting on corporate raider Oei Hong Leong emerging the ultimate winner. But that is unlikely to be the case. It is clear that the 98 Holdings consortium, which includes hotelier Ong
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        A low cost airline for S-E Asia?
        369 10 SOME observers are still puzzled about Ong Beng Seng's venture into Nat Steel. Was he goaded into leading the charge on the steel and construction group? If that is not the case and the lifestyle-business guru has actually taken an interest in hardware,
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        Club members disillusioned
        476 10 OBS has made a success of his Hard Rock Cafe clubs, for which his companies hold the rights for this region. But the same cannot be said of other social clubs such as the handful of proprietary clubs in Singapore. They have fallen, one after another, like
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    • What The Experts Say ...
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        Lock icon Delgro/Comfort – BUY
        86 12 Delgro/Comfort BUY -DBSVickers The surprise merger of DelGro and Comfort will create synergies that more than justify the combination. NewCo will be Singapore's first muJ timodal land transport company, offering rail, bus and taxi services with significant market share in each. Shares in NewCo theoretically trade at below 8 times
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        Lock icon Datacraft — Underperform
        99 12 Datacraft Underperform OCBC Research Loss for the 15 months to Sept 2002 of $34.8 m (after exceptional items) exceeded expectations. Our forecast of a $31.5 m loss was already at the high end of market estimates. Competition from local systems integrators continues to exert downward pressure on hardware margins. Services
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        Lock icon People's Food – Outperform
        126 12 People's Food Outperform OCBC Research People's Food's recent analysts briefing was a follow-up to its announcement denying negative rumours in relation to the acquisition of its fifth plant in Daqing. Management stressed that the acquisition was from independent parties. It also stated that its operations and strategy of "growth by
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        Lock icon Seksun Corp – BUY
        128 12 Seksun Corp BUY Phillip Securities Research The pessimism surrounding the stock market has seen Seksun, which produces hard disk i (HDD) top covers, trading at a PER of between 5 and 10 times for the past six months. Seksun is seeking to add Maxtor, Samsung and Toshiba to its clientele
        — Phillip Securities Research  -  128 words
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      Stock Picks — 'Strong Buys'
      199 12 Stock Picks 'Strong Buys' Company Forecast EPS P/E Ratio 1 2-Mth Price 1 TARGf BOARDROOM LTD 0.05 9.67 0.22 0.68 CEI CONTRACT MANUFACTURING 0.02 11.33 -0.41 0.29 POPULAR HOLDINGS LTD 0.03 10.00 0.80 0.50 ROBINSON CO LTD 0.36 15.25 1.08 6.11 HONG LEONG SINGAPORE FINANCE 0.22 8.56 0.46 2.89 JNP
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      Lock icon Cracker delayed
      89 12 Channel News Asia SHELL Chemicals has again delayed its decision on its cracker project and is expected to finalise plans only next year. The cracker and downstream plants are estimated to cost $4 billion. A cracker produces the ethylene feedstock needed to manufacture chemi- cal and plastic raw
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      Only 10% transfer Clob Shares
      141 12 SO far, only 10 per cent of the 12,000 Clob investors have accepted a share migration plan by Malaysia's Securities Clearing Automated Network Service, known as Scheme B, which will be carried out over nine months from Dec 31. Investors who wish to transfer their
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    • Market Watch
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        Singapore
        114 12 IT was not how much Wall Street advanced overnight but the convincing way that it broke through the key resistance level that stirred the buying interest in global markets. This lifted the ST index 24.71 points to 1423.61. The move was led by technology and banking issues. Gainers outnumbered
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        World markets
        55 12 Index Value Change Pis Nikkei 225 8772.56 +104.50 +1.21 Hang Seng All Ordinaries Taiwan Wtd *****.32 2999.40 4707.61 +61.78 +14.60 +128.16 +0.62 +0.49 +2.80 Korea Comp SET Index 692.87 363.22 +2.49 +4.78 +0.36 +1.33 Jakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzen B 381.45 1054.80 188.03 +8.23 +23.96 +1.60 +2.20 +2.32
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 12 us$ UK£ Yen HK$ RM Euro 0.5656 0.3576 69.4477 4.4112 2.1494 0.5644 Rupiah Baht 5094.3 24.5454 Peso A$ Indian Rs Won C$ Yuan NZ$ NTS 30.3713 1.0049 27.2666 685.511 0.8930 4.6818 1.1244 19.6564
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        Lock icon Commodities
        22 12 SGX 5old us$/oz 317.601 iilver us$/oi 4.46! 'latinum us$/oi 588.401 Rubber cents/kg 147.00 Palm oil RM/tonne 1566 Brent crude us$/barrel 24.67
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        Straits Times Index Intraday Chart
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        SGX most active
        60 12 By volume Nov22 Chartered DatacrftUSS ST Assemb TPV Pac Cent Citiraya Digiland UniFood Europtron TAC 2OOUS Close 0.950 0.675 1.430 0.585 0.350 0.505 0.135 0.390 0.380 0.625 Change +0.085 +0.045 +0.170 +0.020 +0.010 +0.010 +0.010 +0.005 +0.055 +9.8 +7.1 +13.5 +3.5 +2.9 +2.0 +8.0 +1.3 +9.6 'OOO
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        SGX top rises
        83 12 By$ Nov22 Venture Close Change 14.100 +0.800 Creative 50 13.900 +0.500 SPH 100 20.300 +0.400 DBS 11.600 +0.300 SPH 20.300 +0.300 UOB 12.600 +0.300 OCBC 10.400 +0.200 SIA 200 10.700 +0.200 DelGro 500 STAssemb 2.190 +0.170 1.430 +0.170 By percentage Nov 22 Close Change Strike W*****0 0.010
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        Lock icon SGX top falls
        82 12 Bloomburg By$ Nov 22 Close Change DBS Bk 6% NCPS *****.200 -0.100 F&N 7.750 -0.050 GreatEast 9.050 -0.050 HLSpFinF 1.860 -0.040 Ssangyong 1.010 -0.040 Cathay Org 0.170 -0.030 PFood 0.900 -0.025 C&C 3.680 -0.020 HawParHC 2.140 -0.020 KepCor 4.200 -0.020 By percentage Nov22 Wee Poh Close Change
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      319 11 I IF IT'S IN GOOD SPIRIT r*m t IT'S IN OUR CITY CHRISTMAS IN THE CITY 15 NOVEMBER 31 DECEMBER 2002 We've simply outdone ourselves in bringing you the treats you like. Gift-with-purchase The first 300 shoppers to spend a minimum many of which you won't find elsewhere This includes
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  • PROPERTY WATCH
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      Lock icon Prudent buys
      1475 14  -  Lee Yew Meng Four-room HDB flats, the choice by yewmeng@newstoday.com.sg JUST two days ago, we heard a solemn truth that household debt is rising rapidly in Singapore and was at 174 per cent of annual disposable income last year, up from 118 per cent in 1995. The ratio
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  • BUSINESS
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      Lock icon For higher dividends
      220 16 Bloomberg Mobile One to price shares at lower end of range, say bankers MOBILEONE Asia plans to price its initial share offer at the lower end of the marketed range, bankers said, indicating investors want a higher dividend payout to buy into Singapore's biggest stock sale in
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      Lock icon Advertising market still depressed
      207 16 -AFX News THE domestic advertising market remains depressed contrary to marginal growth indicated in the latest Nielsen Media Research survey. According to the Nielsen survey, advertising expenditure rose 5.3 per cent year-on-year to $1.2 billion in the nine months to September, driven by double-digit growth rates
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      Lock icon Qantas to announce 25% Air NZ purchase next week
      162 16 -AFX News AUCKLAND Qantas Airways is expected to announce the purchase of a 25 per cent stake in Air New Zealand on Monday, Television New Zealand reported. There was no official confirmation of the TV report, which was also carried on
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      Lock icon Cabby relief
      203 18 Channel News Asia TAXI drivers are feeling the crunch. The Tibs Taxi Operators' Association says with the uncertain economic situation, it is concerned ridership will fall. But there was good news yesterday from Tibs Taxis, it announced a $1 million Goods and Services Tax relief package for its
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      3703 18 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Enquiries: Call 852-2973-6600 E-mail lipper.asia@reuters.com Dote Nome NAV/Bid Oiler Price Price Aberdeen Asset Management (Asia) 11/20 Aierceen Se -American ODportunities 0.573 0.603 11/20 AierceenSe -Asian High field Ftl 1.213 1.251 11/20 A >erc een Se -CTiina Opportunities Fd 0.926 0.973 11/20 A lerceenSe -Continental Europe Eqty 0.794
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      Lock icon Xboxto increase Digiland revenue
      150 18 AFX News DIGILAND International has started selling Microsoft's Xbox gaming consoles and is hopeful the product will boost growth in the group's non-PC distribution business. Digital lifestyle products, like the Xbox, make up 10 per cent of the company's total sales, said chief marketing officer Khoo
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      Oei owns 20% of NatSteel now
      49 18 SANION Enterprises, controlled by Indonesian-born businessman Oei Hong Leong, has purchased a further 2,870,000 Nat Steel shares at $2.05 each Nat Steel shares held by Sanion now amount to a total of 75,156,000, which makes Sanion's stake in the company 20.36 per cent.
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      252 16 F IT'S IN GOOD SPIRIT ■I MM fctj IT'S IN OUR CITY Win Raffles City Shopping Vouchers this Christmas! Celebrate Christmas in the City and stand to win a $100 shopping voucher simply by answering this question. There are 10 vouchers up for grabs each week. Name the stage show
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon A symbol of solidarity
      1003 20  -  Jaime Koh Not just a headscarf, it's... IF you are in Australia next Friday, you may just see many women wearing headscarves of all colours and designs. The reason: It's Headscarf Day. But there are no rallies to attend, no petitions to sign. Neither is there
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      Lock icon Nina in trouble?
      130 21 AFP HONG KONG Asia's richest woman, Ms Nina Wang, may face a police investigation after a court case which gripped the territory with tales of adultery, kidnapping and murder. She lost a legal battle on Thursday when a court ruled that a will, written purportedly by her
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      Lock icon The man with 7 names
      542 21 Agencies CILEGON (Indonesia) Brilliant, a good student, a computer expert This is how people who know the suspected mastermind of the Bali bombings, Imam Samudra, described him. Samudra, 35, who was arrested on Thursday in west Java with two other men, confessed to planning and
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      Lock icon The taming of the sabre-bearer
      488 22 Agencies PRAGUE In what seems to be a toning down of its sabre rattling against Iraq, one of America's staunchest allies, Britain said that it would prefer any military action against President Saddam Hussein's regime to be backed by a fresh resolution of the United
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      Lock icon UK firefighters strike
      97 22 AFP LONDON Firefighters in Britain have gone ahead with a second, eight-day strike since yesterday, after last-ditch pay talks ended in failure, the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) said. The FBU was poised to suspend the strike after local governments the firefighters' employers proposed a 16 per cent
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      Lock icon The weeping Virgin
      41 22 AFP photo PERTH The Australian Catholic Church has commissioned an inquiry to determine whether the statue of Virgin Mary, believed to weep rosescented tears at its owner's home in Perth and hailed as a miracle, is a fake.
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      135 21 Now till 24 November 2002 TRUST YOUR EYES* Buy one piece of gem jewellery from a wide selection and we'll offer you another for FREE (of same value or less). Trust us when we tell you this is not an opportunity you should miss. Also, 30% storewide discount on other
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  • NEWS/COMMENTARY
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      Lock icon Al Qaeda man unmasked
      350 24 Reuters WASHINGTON The identity of the top Al Qaeda leader captured last week has been revealed, with US officials saying the move has dealt a major blow to the terrorist network. Abd Al Rahim Al Nashiri, described as Al Qaeda's chief in the Gulf and a
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      Lock icon Salvage operations
      55 24 Reuters photo Nigerians salvaging goods as smoke billows from the cargo wing of Lagos airport after an explosion ripped through the building on Thursday, killing at least one person and trapping others inside. Workers said the blast appeared to have started accidentally during handling of cargo in a
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      Obese kids sue McDonald's
      135 24 NEW YORK A lawsuit filed against McDonald's for eight obese children is threatening to unleash class actions similar to those that have won huge payouts from the tobacco industry. The suit brought by lawyer Samuel Hirsch was heard on Wednesday in a Manhattan federal court the
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    • Article
      When fair is foul...
      988 24  -  Ravi Veloo How did a good tax get such a bad name? ON the Goods and Services Tax, no one said it more eloquently than Shakespeare, when one of his dramatic characters in Macbeth uttered: "Fair is foul." For such are the times we live in,
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      When the cows come home — as kangaroos
      797 25  - When the cows come home as kangaroos Dave Barry People always ask me: How come newspapers print so much bad news? How come the front page always has negative headlines like: "Freak Espresso Machine Explosion Destroys Crowded Starbucks?" Why don't we print stories with a positive slant, like: "Destroyed Starbucks
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  • WEEKEND FEATURE
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      Lock icon Angel's Rising Star
      695 26  -  Serene Foo Today photo by by serene@newstoday.com.sg HERE'S one star who probably doesn't know how bright she shines. Unpretentious and refreshingly down-to-earth, actress Angelica Lee is a straight-talk-ing lass, quite unlike starlets of the banal, idol-laden Asian pop factory. Lee almost defies conventions. Starlets grab as many
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      Lee and her shifu
      90 26 SYLVIA Chang's (picture) career is an enviable one. She successfully navigated through teen-idol fame to become an award-winning actress and acclaimed movie director-producer. "She understands me very well," said Lee. "Whether it's my life or my career, Chang has given me a lot of guidance. Her
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      HAPPENINGS
      153 27 FORTHE FAMILY/KIDS Family Matters Roadshow Celebrating Grandparents' Day and Senior Citizens' Week, this event features Jack Neo's skit Mother Knows Best, a treasure hunt, line dancing and balloon sculpturing. Date: Today and Nov 24 Time: 2pm to 6pm Venue: Paris Ris White Sands Price: Free The Emperor's New Clothes
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      Thai director on hunt for journalist
      439 27  -  Yang Shu Chiang THEATRE director Ekachai Uekrongtham will be in town this weekend to get his hands on a journalist. This is not revenge for a bad review but a casting call for Beautiful Boxer, Ekachai's first film. The US$2-million ($3.5 million) movie traces
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  • FAMILY
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      656 28  -  Adeline Goh Small steps to big things... Adeline Goh muses on the evolutionary path of commitment START with a potted plant, and if that doesn't die on you, move on to a pet dog. If concerned neighbours don't call the animal shelter to take it away
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      307 28  -  Tor Ching Li by chingli@newstoday.com.sg JOIN the RC, don't just MRT (Makan=eat, Rehat=rest, Tidur=sleep), ajor G Shanmugam's wife told him on his retirement in 1985 at the age of 51. "Major Shan", 68, did just that and hasn't stopped since. The merit award winner
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      The secret to strong nails
      523 29  -  Alice Leong Manicures are not enough; calcium plays an important role You know that calcium is good for your bones but do you know that it is good for your nails too? In the fifth of our eightpart series, we tell you the secret to
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      Chase the blues away
      367 30 by Janice Lee janice@newstoday.com.sg SCREAM louder girls, Blue is back. With their brand new album One Love comes a line-up guaranteed to cause some serious bumping and grinding on the dance floor. In May last year, the four I gorgeous British boys' unique motown sound caused
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      SOUND SCAPE
      261 30  -  AsifAnsar Album: Nirvana (Universal) Artiste: Nirvana WITH this collection of what is meant to be Nirvana's best hits, the muchawaited, never before released You Know You're Right finally sees the light of day. Shortly after recording it, the legendary frontman of the band, 27-year-old Kurt Cobain, put a
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      Lock icon Beatles bowing to Indian hit in world music poll
      267 30 Reuters/Variety LONDON Step aside the Beatles, Queen and Led Zeppelin. A Tamil song from a 1991 Indian film is topping them all in a worldwide poll to find the most popular song on the planet Rakkamma Kaiya Thattu is one of
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      The Music Man
      437 32  -  Janice Lee Manchester United fan John Klass pens a tribute to the Red Devils by janice@newstoday.com.sg THIS 32-year-old left his "dull" life as a radio disc jockey in 1998 to pursue a career in music. Now, four years down the road, John Klass (picture) has come a
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      189 32 Reuters BERLIN German police on Friday cleared pop superstar Michael Jackson of any wrongdoing when he dangled his baby from a fourth-floor hotel window in Berlin in front of hundreds of fans. Earlier, police launched a preliminary probe into the incident captured on film and widely
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      270 32  -  Lee Sze Yong Dayang Nurfaizah Awang Dowty (picture), one of the hottest songbirds in Malaysia, is now entangled in a court suit over a management agreement. She is seeking to declare that her agreement with three companies is void, claiming that she had signed it
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  • EPICURE
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      88 for prosperity
      512 33  -  Katrina Karim There's more reason to visit Teochew Garden than good food Where: Teochew Garden Restaurant Raffles Place, Republic Plaza 81-05 Telephone 6255 6636 Operating hours: Lunch 11am to 3pm daily Dinner 6pm to 10pm daily THE enduring Teochew Garden Restaurant at Raffles Place outlives many of
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      Veggie, plain and yummy
      363 33  -  Richard Seah HERE is a dish that many restaurants cannot whip up: Plain, cooked vegetables with nothing added. I have often tried asking for this dish but ended up being served vegetables with oyster sauce, with oil or with strange, unexpected ingredients. Or not being served
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      Wine appreciation
      396 33  -  Jeffrey Yang by eatout@newstoday.com.sg FROM deciding what wine to order right down to what to do when the wine is poured for your inspection, ordering wine in a restaurant or a wine bar can be an awkward and difficult experience for many of us. Step 1: Knowing what
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  • MOTORING
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      Every day is a date to remember
      225 34 ITALIAN tyre manufacturer Pirelli, which eschewed nude models for its 2002 calendar saying that "total nudity is no longer fashionable", has done an aboutface for next year. The 2003 Pirelli Calendar was launched earlier this month at the Natural History Museum in London
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      Radical chic
      297 34  -  Colin Yong New Renault named Car of the Year by colin@newstoday.com.sg RENAULT'S radical-looking Megane hatchback (picture) has picked up the coveted Car of the Year award for 2003. The award is given out annually by an independent organisation comprising 58 motoring journalists across Europe. Formerly known as the
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      TODAY'S motoring tip
      159 34 Turbochargers need cooling down TURBOCHARGED engines can be found in an increasing number of cars these days, not just sporty coupes but also saloons such as the Audi A 4 (picture) and MPVs like the Mitsubishi Dion. Drivers of these cars should be aware that a turbocharger,
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      The power of 6
      637 36  -  Colin Yong A FEW moments spent crunching numbers on a calculator will be enough to convince you that the new 6 2.3 (picture) is the pick of the Mazda line-up. When the 6 was first launched earlier this year, about the only thing wrong with it
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      Wow, a German missile
      103 36 DON'T let the bright paint job fool you into thinking that this is just a show car. It's a serious racing machine from the Deutsch Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) series in Germany. Although it looks only slightly larger than the road-going car, this race-prepared Opel Astra has
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      Artistic way to entice customers
      183 36 LOCAL Volvo distributor SM Motors believes that art and cars do mix. It unveiled recently an art gallery (picture) on the second floor of its Alexandra Road showroom. Called The Art Loft, the 63 sq m gallery is used to showcase works created by artists
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      84 36 \MM f± f SINGAPORE Imllf/j^torshow^ TODAY wraps up its weekly showcase of significant new cars that are on display at the ongoing Singapore Motor Show, which runs till Sunday at Suntec Singapore. This week, the spotlight falls on the latest version of the Mazda 6, a car that has just
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  • IN CINEMAS
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      What's a guy like you
      1625 38  -  Kim-Kyna Tan Today meets 'dark and brooding' Irish actor Gabriel Byrne in Los Angeles, and the idealistic man gets frank and honest with us in a friendly 'bar chat' IRISH thespian Gabriel Byrne is mulling over a question, his deep-set blue eyes turning morose, and
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      Lock icon Spielberg to bring Tintin to screen
      89 39 Reuters/Variety NEW YORK Billions of bilious blue blistering barnacles! Tintin, the intrepid young reporter who inevitably finds himself at the centre of global adventures, is leaping from the comic book to the big screen. Steven Spielberg and frequent producing partner Kathleen Kennedy will produce
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      Lock icon From star to jailbird
      700 40  -  Sadiah Ahmad How the Voice of Truth made Salman's life more bearable behind bars HOME sweet home. Jail horrid jail. Inmate Salman Khan (picture), aka Bollywood heart-throb, couldn't help comparing the two different worlds during his 17 days in custody recently. "He would get very emotional
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      More fighting babes to ogle at ... alas, that's about it
      362 40  - More fighting babes to ogle at alas, that's about it Serene Foo IF THE recent kick-butt actioner So Close starring Asian babes Shu Qi, Vicki Zhao Wei and Karen Mok is what my colleague, David Ngiau, called in his review "porno for pyros and action fans", then Naked Weapon, the
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        357 42  -  Kim-Kyna Tan Serene Foo DN YSC -YSC YSC DN SF SF Double Vision.A sinister plot, both scientific and supernatural, baffles Taiwanese cops.Treading that fine line between good, believable horror and hokum is a delicate task, and Double pulls it off. Having not expected much,
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      292 45 MAN in his 50s bought a new BMW ertible and was on the highway for an evening drive. With the top down and breeze blowing through what was left of his hair, he decided to step on the accelerator. As the needle went over 140 km/h, he saw
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      216 45 TWO times a week, we go to a nice restaurant, have a little wine, some good food and good companionship. She goes on Tuesdays, I go on Fridays. We also sleep in the same bed. Hers is the top bunk and mine is the bottom. I
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      82 46 More Singaporeans turn to MediaCorp than to any other source Ist r m Quarter M^ Pf4 I I I Quarter I According to Singapore Broadcasting Authority (SBA) Quarterly Reports on TV Viewership (Ist Quarter, 2nd Quarter and 3rd Quarter 2002) H sur i a central ft TVmobie J^^ Channel News
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Much at stake
      512 47 As city's teams prepare for clash, Milan derby is back in the big time Serie A AC Milan v Inter Milan Live, Saturday, Ch22, 3.25 am ROME Every derby in the Italian league is something special, but there are a couple of reasons why Saturday night's match
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      288 47 Reuters LONDON Rarely in the 96-year history of England's rugby battles with South Africa have the odds been stacked so heavily in favour of an English victory as they are for Saturday's clash at Twickenham. Clive Woodward's side is seemingly on an irresistible roll while
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      Lock icon Super Mavericks roll on despite Yao's best performance
      452 47 Agencies DALLAS Michael Finley (right) scored 28 points to overcome a 30-point effort from Yao Ming and guide the Dallas Mavericks to its 12th consecutive win, a 103-90 victory over the Houston Rockets on Thursday. Dirk Nowitzki added 24 points and nine
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      Legal betting
      87 48 HONG KONG Betting on soccer matches may soon be legalised in Hong Kong, sources close to the administration said on Friday. Hong Kong leader Tung Chee Hwa's cabinet and the legislature's Home Affairs Panel are expected to discuss the likely legalisation of soccer betting in separate meetings next
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      New league?
      84 48 MELBOURNE A blueprint for Australia's new national soccer league will be discussed by domestic players next week. Australia's players' union wants a 10-team Australian Premier League to kick off in 2004, funded by a television partner, corporate support, players and a Asl.s million ($1.48 million) franchise fee from
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      Angry boss
      61 48 BOLTON Sam Allardyce, manager of Premiership struggler Bolton Wanderers, has criticised French Football Federation officials after Bernard Mendy was injured in a practice match while on duty with the under-21 side. Defender Mendy, on loan this season from Paris St Germain, fractured his leg less than 24 hours
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      Haan dynasty?
      72 48 BEIJING China's football authorities have appointed former Dutch midfield star Arie Haan to coach the national team, according to state press Friday. The former Ajax great, now 54, who played for the seminal Dutch national side in the 1974 and 1978 World Cup Finals, was mainly appointed due
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      Lock icon Almost a must win
      709 48 Agencies Three points against Magpies simply crucial for Red Devils English Premier League Man United v Newcastle Live, Saturday, Ch23, Bpm MANCHESTER Alex Ferguson will be banking on the international form of his top players when Manchester United hosts Newcastle United in the English Premier League
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      Lock icon Nigeria intends to lead joint bid to host World Cup 2010
      270 48 AFP LAGOS Nigeria will present a joint bid with several other west African countries to host the 2010 World Cup, sports minister Steven Akiga said Friday. "We will bid to stage the World Cup but we will not go
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        239 49 UNITED World College (UWC) took top spot in this year's under-18 category M 1 Schools Rugby Series (10-a-side). UWC edged out AngloChinese Junior College 12-0 to clinch the title after two days of competition (Nov 18-19) at the Yio Chu Kang Stadium.
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        M1 spurs the youth
        449 49  -  Tan Yo-Hinn EVEN though mobile services provider Mobile One (Ml) has ended its title sponsorship with the National Rugby Championships (NRC), it will still be very much involved in the sport's development in the country. This assurance was given by its assistant general manager Chua Swee
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      Lock icon Who cares if he's gay?
      877 50  -  Rohit Brijnath LAN THORPE is a great swimmer and an intelligent young man THERE are many sad days in sport, and one passed by quietly this week. Lan Thorpe this week said he was not gay. That he was straight. That he should have to
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      95 50 MELBOURNE A multi-million dollar funding shortfall has forced the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) to cut costs for the 2004 Athens team. The AOC Executive met on Friday and amended the budget for the 2004 team down from Asl6 million ($15.9 million) to A 513.8 million, because it
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      Slim lead
      67 50 MELBOURNE Charles Howell 111 shot a five-under-par 65 to hold a one-stroke advantage after the rescheduled first round of the Asl.s million ($1.49 million) Australian Open on Friday. The American carded six birdies and one bogey at the Victoria Golf Club to lead a group of five players
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      76 50 AARHUS Sports ministers from European Union (EU) countries agreed here on Thursday to make a united stand against doping but disagreed over how to fight the problem. The ministers from five countries and officials from the 10 others agreed to meet again in February with a view to
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      Cock up
      76 50 RABAT The Royal Moroccan Tennis Federation on Thursday sent a message of support to tennis player Mehdi Tahiri, wrongfully arrested by Italian police searching for a suspected member of the Al-Qaeda terror network. Mehdi Tahiri was training near Palermo, Sicily, last week when he was arrested by Italian
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      Lock icon Yokoo shoots ahead
      722 51 Tiger falls further behind, but insists he's still in the hunt Golf Dunlop Phoenix Home favourite holds four stroke lead MIYAZAKI Tiger Woods was left rueing a string of missed putts on Friday as he fell eight shots behind Japan's Kaname Yokoo (picture) after the second round
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      Lafeber leads, Daly struck by tragedy
      413 51 TAOYUAN Dutch golfer Maarten Lafeber moved four strokes clear after the second round of the US$l.5 million ($2.5 million) Asian Open by shooting a second successive six-under-par 66 on Friday. The 28-year-old Dutchman was on 12--under-par 132, comfortably ahead of Ireland's Padraig Harrington and
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      Storm brewing in bowling camp
      373 52  -  Kelvin Phang by kelvin@newstoday.com.sg AN INCIDENT involving two female national bowlers at last week's Taiwan Open is threatening to rock the bowling fraternity. According to reliable sources, five members of Team Singapore went to a karaoke with Taiwanese officials after the first day of the
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      Lock icon Match-fixing speculation rears its ugly head
      490 52 AFP NEW DELHI Cricket's anticorruption investigators must surely know, but the best indication how a series will pan out comes strangely from bookmakers. Many in India's illegal but thriving gambling industry had predicted even before the first ball was bowled that the one-day series
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      369 52 AFP ADELAIDE Ricky Ponting led Australia's charge towards a big total in the second Ashes Test here Friday as England surrendered its opening day initiative with another spectacular batting collapse. Coming into the second day at 295 for four, the tourists, needing to avoid defeat
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      599 53  -  Stanley Ho Thai hero admits that he never expected so much success TWELVE months ago, not many people knew who Paradorn Srichaphan was. Ranked 112 in the 2001 ATP Championship Race, even his own countrymen paid little attention to the Thai tennis player who ditched his
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      Lock icon Get behind the Lions
      142 53 WITH less than a month away to the Tiger Cup, the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) has started to drum up support for the Lions as they go in search of a trophy they won in 1998. On Friday, at the National Stadium Theatrette, the official
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      419 53  -  Jose Raymond by jose@newstoday.com.sg HE has been in the national team for a full decade now, having made his debut against Pahang in a Malaysia Cup match in 1992. But Rafi Ali (picture) knows that his long service with the Lions will not
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      182 54 Reuters GLASGOW Scotland defender Christian Dailly has said he was "raging" after Portugal captain Fernando Couto apparently spat at him during Wednesday's international friendly match. The West Ham United player, whose side lost 2-0 to the Euro 2004 host, was involved in the incident with Couto during
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      902 54 When the football world will come to a standstill f CAMP NOU They say the English Premiership is the most popular football entity in the world. But for this week- end at least,the most watched match in club football will not come from Old Trafford, the
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      336 54  -  Jose Raymond by jose@newstoday.com.sg THE island-wide clubhouse raids by the police on Wednesday have hit one S-League club. On Wednesday, when 407 gaming machines were seized by the police's Gambling Suppression Branch, one of the 18
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      Pride propels S'pore to third place
      414 55  -  Stanley Ho by in Bangkok stanley@newsto day. com. sg POUND for pound, it may not be a match for many of its opponents. But while the Singapore national rugby team may be lacking in size, it more than makes up for it in spirit.
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