Today, 27 November 2002, Afternoon Edition

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      389 2 Wj^sss*El^M Double A Copy Center W owners have their say 7 Mdm. Esther Ng of One Stop Docutech was impressed with Double A's marketing plans and proposals. In fact, for her it was a meeting of minds since these were exactly what she had in mind plans for promotions, lucky
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  • HOT NEWS
    • AFTERNOON EDITION
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        Lock icon Europe hit by strikes
        381 3 Reuters Transport workers, teachers and firefighters take to the streets LONDON Normal life was affected a s industrial unrest gripped Western Europe yesterday. Striking transport workers, teachers and firefighters made travellers' lives a misery and gave hundreds of thousands of students a day off. Disgruntled workers
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        Lock icon Profit-taking stems rally on Wall Street
        281 3 -AFP NEW YORK Wall Street's rally ran into a speed bump Tuesday, with stocks falling sharply despite strong economic news as traders locked in gains from the seven-week runup. The Dow Jones industrials tumbled 172.98 points (1.95 per cent) to 8,676.42, while the Standard
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        Hole a golf ball, pocket a chopper
        259 3  -  S Murali EVERYONE has heard of luxury cars being given out for holes-in-one during golf tournaments in Singapore. But next January, one company will be putting up a prize never offered before in any golf tournament in the world a US$l million helicopter.
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      Special needs
      298 4  -  Tan Hui Leng by. huileng@newstoday.com.sg YEARS ago, ambassador-at-large Prof Tommy Koh made a promise to a group of hearingimpaired students that he would champion their cause. These young people had wanted to return to Singapore to find work after their studies at a Washington university. They eventually went
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      Tree-some salvages trunk for posterity
      226 4  -  Joy Frances THREE women-turned-sleuths went in search of a 150-year-old tree on Monday but not for a shady place to have a picnic. The women were looking for the sawn-up trunk of the last known Hopea sangal in Singapore. Last Wednesday, it was chopped down
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      69 5 If everybody voted on conscience, there would not be any party. Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad, on whether elected representatives should be allowed to vote in Parliament based on conscience, rather than party lines. The Mew Straits Times reported that Dr Mahathir yesterday said two Barisan Nasional
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      Victims of US race profiling
      295 5  -  Shanoo Maharaj AS head of the Indian computer giant, Wipro, Mr Azim Premji (picture) is the world's richest Indian. He travels widely and was recently invited to the United States to address a seminar on cyber security attended by, among others, two White House officials.
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      The question that has no answer
      311 5  -  Derrick A Paulo WHEN Parliament imposed the moratorium on foreign maid levies in 1999, it was due to the economic uncertainty at the time. The moratorium was to last till the end of this year, when the Government is expected to announce if it
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      The next big thing
      344 6  -  Chan Chao Peh Open source software opens new doors but questions remain OPEN source software (OSS) touted as the next big thing in the infocomm industry is opening new doors for programmers and users. In fact, industry experts like Dr Brian Chen, chief technology officer at
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      193 4 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 0/° 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
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
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      337 5 V^y "Gtti keaelstart m -fxr /fft^Af- -futwr-i SflK/ 4F nftWqrftdAAJltUM'. OF _^HL SHB RAD F O RD Oklahoma City University Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Business Management Studies With options to specialise in Marketing or Accounting Finance (Awarded by University of Bradford) Commencing April 2003 24 to 36-month full-time direct
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      82 6 RELIGIOUS MEETING I jfMjfjj Great Men Great Lessons 28th 30th November 2002 7.30pm to 9.30 pm nightly Peninsula Excelsior Hotel 5 Coleman Street 5 Floor Orchid Room Speaker: Michael W. Mayo, Evangelist Nov 28 Thur Giants In The Land Genesis 6:1-4 Nov 29 Fri If I Could Just Go Back
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Ticking time bomb
      281 8  -  Lan De Cotta Unsafe teenage sex on the rise A DANGEROUS sex trend is emerging among teenagers in Singapore. If it goes unchecked, it may hamper efforts to fight the HIV/Aids problem here. This was revealed in the Durex Global Survey 2002 released yesterday, which said that
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      Lock icon Kerb-ing costs is child's play
      228 8  -  Tor Ching Li FADING paint Black and white arrow-shaped blocks. Savings of $16,000. How do these all fit together? Answer The new "Lego"style kerb design by the Land Transport Authority's Road Management Department The product of a Work Improvement Team initiative, this new design is
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      361 8 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 -lothintake
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      Fair, foul – and fear
      220 12  - Fair, foul and fear him Hong Tan GST hike will hit consumer confidence and affect business I REFER to the commentary, "When fair is f0u1..." by Ravi Veloo (Weekend Today, Nov 23-24). He asked: "Why are so many people against (the Goods and Services Tax or GST) if the benefits
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      Not fair to charge twice
      143 12  -  Michael Loh Yik Ming I REFER to the report, "Islandwide ERP?" (Today, Nov 26), on the proposed plan to extend the electronic road pricing scheme. It seems that the ERP system fulfils two functions. First, it reduces the amount of vehicular traffic on the road
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      NS good for S'porean women
      124 12  -  Ho Kwok Hoong I SUPPORT Mr Wang Yixing's view, in his letter "Yes to NS for women" (Today, Nov 22), that Singaporean women should go through national service. During NS, Singapore men learn the meaning of unity. When one soldier makes a mistake, the whole
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      179 12 Your letter can also appear on this page. Give your full name and address and write to: Today, 24, Raffles Place, #28-01/06, Clifford Centre, Singapore *****1; Fax:6s-*****217; E-mail: news@news today.com.sg f \holiday with silkair 1 \IN INDONESIA I Whisk the family away for a quick holiday! Pick your own tea
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Disclosure for new age
      437 14  -  Val Chua PwC suggests method for post-Enron era EVEN as more companies move towards better corporate disclosures in the postEnron era, a group of industry professionals is urging for a complete overhaul. Their charge: Too many companies are still locked in the short-term earnings game which
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      StarHub extends offer
      84 14 STARHUB is extending its IDD 018 long distance call promotion to Malaysia, its top overseas destination, until June 30 next year. Instead of paying long distance charges, Star Hub Mobile customers can call Malaysia at a local rate. Previously, IDD calls to fixed lines and mobile phones
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      Lock icon S'pore may avoid double-dip
      559 14 AFX News THE Singapore economy may avoid a double-dip recession, with industrial-output growth intact after showing a rise of 11.80 per cent year-on-year last month, economists said. While GDP in the third quarter rose 3.90 per cent year-on-year, it contracted 10.10 per cent on an annualised
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      Lock icon Eye on Europe
      149 15 Bloomberg Ascott keen on apartment-hotel chain THE Ascott Group, Asia's biggest operator of serviced apartments, said it is in talks to acquire a chain of short-stay apartments in Europe as part of plans to expand in the region. The target is the Citadines apart-ment-hotel chain, which has
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        Singapore
        119 15 THE ST index ended 18.25 points lower at 1,405.27 for the second day with investors unimpressed by Wall Street's gains overnight Dealers said clients were focused on fast trades and were flipping to trades that could reciprocate a quick return. For every stock that rose, three fell while 352
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        World markets
        54 15 Index Value Change Pis Nikkei 225 8823.99 -120.45 -1.35 Hang Seng Ml Ordinaries 9995.52 715.18 -105.25 -4.28 -1.04 -0.59 laiwanWtd 4677.89 -45.27 -0.96 Korea Comp SET Index 702.27 361.21 -3.59 -3.32 -0.51 -0.91 Jakarta Comp 381.95 +0.06 +0.01 Phils Comp Shenzen B Mumbai 1050.85 185.52 3187.76 -5.56 -3.17
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 15 US$ 0.5663 UK£ 0.3624 Yen 69.0687 HK$ 4.***** RM 2.***** Euro 0.5711 Rupiah 5088.20 Baht 24.5689 Peso 30.3763 A$ 1.***** Indian Rs 27.3027 Won 683.042 C$ 0.8916 Yuan 4.6873 NZ$ 1.1383 NTS 19.6891
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        Commodities
        21 15 Gold uss/oz 317.900 Silver uss/oi 4.473 Platinum uss/oi 584.600 Rubber centsAg 149.25 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1543 Brent crude uss/borrel 25.40
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        SGX most active
        58 15 iy volume 4ov26 DatacrftUSS SingTel TPV Pac Cent Citiraya Beyonics STAssemb Chartered Darco SembCorp Close 0.700 1.310 0.595 0.355 0.495 0.230 1.490 0.910 0.535 0.995 Change -0.010 -0.030 -0.010 -0.010 +0.005 -0.010 -0.030 +0.015 -0.015 -1.4 -2.2 -1.7 -2.0 +2.2 -0.7 -3.2 +2.9 -1.5 'OOO 14,085 13,202
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        SGX top rises
        77 15 Nov 26 Close Change IS DJ USTECH10USS 37.400+10.400 Venture 14.800 +0.200 QUE 6.550 +0.100 F&N 7.800 +0.100 JMH400USS 6.100 +0.100 Thai Prime200USS 4.700 +0.060 Sp Land 3.240 +0.040 SembMar 0.960 +0.030 SingamasC 2kHKS 1.430 +0.030 By percentage Nov 26 Close Changi PakTech 0.085 +0.02: IS DJUSTECH10USS 37.400+10.401
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        Lock icon SGX top falls
        78 15 Bloomberg )y$ Yov 26 Close Change )BS 11.300 -0.400 »PH 100 20.100 -0.300 XBC 10.200 -0.200 JOB 12.300 -0.200 jeative 50 14.300 -0.200 IBS Bk 6% NCPS *****.000 -0.200 :iTYDEV 4.600 -0.120 kUSS 1.920 -0.090 iemb Log 1.560 -0.080 By percentage Nov 26 El-Nets Close Change 0.015
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      Lock icon Windfall for investors
      304 16 Bloomberg Edaran to pay dividend, return assets to shareholders KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's largest car retailer will pay RM7O2 million ($327.5 million) in a special dividend to shareholders and give them its 13.2 per cent stake in Singapore's Cycle Carriage. The net dividend of RM3.06 a share tax
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      Lock icon SIA: Qantas stake talk is 'speculation'
      287 16 Bloomberg SYDNEY Singapore Airlines has dismissed as speculation a report in yesterday's South China Morning Post that it may buy British Airways Pic's stake in Qantas Airways, Australia's biggest airline. Qantas, a member of the Oneworld airline grouping, yesterday agreed to buy as much
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      Changi ATM for Maybank
      98 16 MAYBANK has launched an off-site ATM at Changi Airport its second under the Qualifying Full Bank (QFB) privileges. It is located at the Terminal Two arrival hall. The first off-site ATM was installed at Jurong Point Shopping Centre and the bank has reported a 50 per
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      Lock icon easyJet profits take off
      104 16 -AFP LONDON British airline easyjet said pre-tax profits soared 78 per cent in the year to September as Europe's biggest budget carrier continued to cash in on the woes of the traditional aviation behemoths. The company reported profit before tax of 71.6 million pounds ($2OO million
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      Lock icon Transview sales up
      112 17 AFX News TRANSVIEW Holdings said sales of its golf equipment in the second half to October is likely to have grown by 20--30 per cent year-on-year, despite the prevailing economic uncertainties. In the first half to April, Transview's sales rose 35 per cent to $17.2 million while
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      Lock icon Treading water
      260 17 Bloomberg Renong shareholders OK stock sale to fight debt KUALA LUMPUR Renong Bhd shareholders approved a plan to sell RM4OO million ($186.6 million) of new stock to help keep one of Malaysia's most indebted companies afloat. The company said it will unveil a long-term plan by early next
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      Lock icon Bank founder's son jailed for fraud
      165 17 -AFP HONG KONG A son of the founder of one of Hong Kong's leading banks has been sentenced to 20 months in jail for multi-million-dollar bank fraud, it was reported yesterday. Rogerio Lam Sou-fung, son of the late founder of Hang Seng Bank, Lam
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      Lock icon Sime Darby sees Q1 net profit rise
      127 17 AFX News KUALA LUMPUR Sime Darby is cautious about its outlook for the full year despite turning in a higher first quarter to September net profit of RM214.125 million ($99.9 million) against RM183.392 million a year earlier. The company said margin pressure on
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      Lock icon HK export growth hits two-year high
      309 17 Reuters HONG KONG Hong Kong's exports jumped 12.9 per cent in October year on year, beating market expectations and registering the territory's strongest growth in two years, driven by a surge in China's exports. An even sharper jump in imports raised hopes that the
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      Lock icon Spend to mend
      271 18 AFP US tax cuts for consumers to ignite economy WASHINGTON The White House and Republican leaders in Congress are readying tax cuts and measures to stimulate a sluggish US economy. Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill (picture) indicated that the Bush administration would propose new stimulus measures in early
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      4036 18 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Enquiries: Call 852-2973-6600 E-mail lipper.asia@reuters.com 11/25 NTUC Takafulfd 0.391 11/25 NTUC Trust Fd 1.028 0.404 1.064 11/22 Five Arrows SE Asia Special Situations 0.605 0.64 11/22 Five Arrows Worldwide Enterprise 0.785 0.83 Date Name NAV/Bid Oiler Prke Prke Aberdeen Asset Management (Asia) /22 Alerteen Se-American Opportunities 0.591
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      Lock icon A tale of 2 GLCs
      576 19 Bloomberg Keppel outpaces SembCorp in the stock market KEPPEL Corp and SembCorp Industries compete against each other in businesses from ship repair to engineering and utilities. When it comes to the stock market, however, Keppel is clearly the winner. Keppel shares have risen 47 per
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Landslide due to unstable wall; area safe
      151 20 KUALA LUMPUR The upmarket area where a landslide flattened a house last week, killing eight people, was declared safe yesterday after a report from a technical committee on the incident The main cause of the accident at Taman Hillview was declared to be
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      Lock icon Jl suicide squad busted in Johor
      360 20 Agencies KUALA LUMPUR In a major breakthrough in its crackdown on terror, the Malaysian authorities have busted a suicide squad of the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) militant group which had planned to bomb US interests in Singapore. The four suspected militants were arrested between Nov
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      Lock icon Nigerian state decrees: Kill journalist
      161 22 AFP ABUJA A majority Muslim state in northern Nigeria has pronounced afatwa urging believers to kill the author of an article on the Miss World pageant which was seen as insulting to the Prophet Mohammed, a state spokesman said yesterday. Zamfara state information commissioner Umar
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      41 22 Because there are men in the world. We know you guys prefer beauty to brains because you see better than you think. Best-selling author Kathy Lette, replying to a question from the BBC about why beauty pageants attract large television audiences.
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      Lock icon Putin vetoes media curbs
      247 22 Agencies MOSCOW Under intense pressure from Russian journalists, President Vladimir Putin has vetoed amendments to a media law that would have imposed tight curbs on reporting in crisis situations. The curbs were approved by Parliament within weeks of the armed takeover of a Moscow theatre by
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      Lock icon Shoe bomb arrests
      227 23 Agencies PARIS French police arrested five people in Paris yesterday as part of an investigation into a British man's attempt last year to blow up a transAtlantic flight with explosives in his shoes. "The arrests were part of continuing checks to establish what Richard Reid was doing
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      Lock icon Discordant notes
      457 23 Agencies US-Saudi Arabia ties set to hit new low WASHINGTON The United States' strained relationship with Saudi Arabia looks set to hit a new low. This is likely if a National Security Council group goes ahead with its plan calling on President George W Bush to force Riyadh
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      Lock icon HK legalises soccer gambling
      190 23 Agencies HONG KONG Desperate for new sources of revenue, the Hong Kong government yesterday said that it would legalise soccer gambling. The decision was taken after Chief Executive Tung Cheehwa's cabinet, the Executive Council, endorsed the plans by giving the Hong Kong Jockey Club a five-year
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      Lock icon Giant US dept formed
      148 23 Agencies WASHINGTON US President George W Bush on Monday signed a law creating the giant Department of Homeland Security to step up counter-terrorism efforts. He said the measure, which follows months of sometimes acrimonious debate on how the new super-agency will be run, showed the strength
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      Lock icon 70 children poisoned
      155 23 Reuters BEIJING Seventy children from a kindergarten were in hospital in southern China suffering from food poisoning after eating lunches that may have been laced with rat poison, local officials said yesterday. The children, all under the age of six, and two teachers began vomiting and suffering
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      Lock icon Identi-thieves
      365 26 Reuters Ring 'picked pockets' of thousands in US NEW YORK The US authorities charged three men with orchestrating the largest identity theft scheme in US history, a scam that "picked the pockets" of thousands of consumers to steal millions of dollars. Announcing the arrests on Monday, Manhattan attorney James
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      Lock icon Give up, LTTE told
      166 26 -AFP OSLO The United States led unprecedented international support for Sri Lanka's fragile peace bid at a historic meeting here and urged Tamil Tiger rebels to give up violence and accept Colombo's sovereignty. US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage (picture) told the one-day "peace support"
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      Lock icon Plane crash data lost
      148 26 AFP MANILA The black box of a Philippine LaoagAir aircraft that crashed earlier this month, killing 19 people, failed to record the fatal last minutes of its flight, investigators said yesterday. The black box or flight data recorder of the Fokker-27, which went down into Manila
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      Lock icon N Korea may face N-inspections
      263 26 Agencies TOKYO The International Atomic Energy Agency (lAEA) will this week urge North Korea to scrap its nuclear weapons programme and accept inspections by the agency, a Japanese newspaper reported yesterday, citing government sources. The lAEA's board of governors, which will meet tomorrow in Vienna,
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      Lock icon Row over Hu
      104 26 AFP HONG KONG Two reporters from a pro-Beijing newspaper in Hong Kong have come under pressure to halt publication of a biography they wrote of newly appointed Communist Party leader Hu Jintao, it was reported yesterday. The Ta Kung Pao newspaper's Beijing bureau deputy director Ma Ling
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      Lock icon Hotel staff win suit
      127 26 AFP SEOUL Nineteen women who accused one of South Korea's top hotels and its male executives of sexual harassment yesterday won a landmark ruling after a two-year legal battle. The women union members of Lotte Hotel claimed in the suit that they had been repeatedly sexually
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      807 28  -  William Pesek Jr Bloomberg As crises mount, policymakers and executives look the other way WATCHING his bank's stock price fall to record lows recently, Mr Yoshifumi Nishikawa couldn't help but point fingers at Japan's government "The market is in an uncertain state because the content
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      604 28  -  Teo Chia Leen IT'S not as simple as A, B, C or D anymore. I am referring to the labelling of classes during my school days. I suppose that was one of the earliest forms of streaming. EMI, 2
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      937 30  -  Audrey Perera And now, mediocrity is replacing life's richness and depth JOSEPH McNally and Kuo Pao Kun. Two of Singapore's finest examples of passion and drive, whose work enriched everyone and everything they touched, were "called home" during a week that left a deafening silence, a
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      346 31  - Punk junk Pearlyn Tham IT'S hard not to be taken aback when Quintella Koh tells you she's a "fried chick-en-hamburger-chocolate person". The 23-year-old not only has a well-toned physique but also naturally shiny and smooth hair that many would envy. Even her fondness for bleached hair hasn't marred it "I
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      436 32  -  Yong Shu Chiang Today photo by FOR the last 15 years, Han Sai Por's job has required long hours and physical toil, while providing very little in terms of remuneration. Sometimes, the 59-year-old (picture) even forgoes food and rest to focus on her work. But the renowned
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      467 33  -  Yong Shu Chiang ON rainy mornings, one might think Andrea De Cruz (picture) would be sleeping in. After all, she's still recovering from her life-saving liver operation six months ago required after an unfortunate encounter with slimming pills and our telephone interview could have been done
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      387 34  -  Asif Ansar On her nude frolics and 'rivalry' with Kylie Minogue WHAT'S with these girls from the long-running Australian soap opera, Neighbours'? First there was pop diva Kylie Minogue, then rock chick Natalie Imbruglia and now it's siren Holly Valance's turn to sizzle the airwaves and steam
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      236 34 MORE than 900,000 viewers watched MediaCorp artistes and overseas celebrities make waves at the True Hearts charity show broadcast "live" on MediaCorp TV Channel 8 from the Toa Payoh Swimming Pool on Sunday night The first of its kind here, the waterthemed fund-raiser featured
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      87 34 THERE were many happy faces at the Nespray "I Am a Star" award ceremony last Saturday. Some 90 kindergarten children from Kinder World received awards for their skills in learning, creativity and the arts, and good manners. The top three winners from each class were awarded a Popular
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      53 32 Singapore Lyric Opera. 2 Piano Concert Date: Today Pianists Ong Lip Tat and Ling Ai Ec Time: Bpm will perform works from Mozart, Venue: Victoria Concert Hall Rachmaninoff, Bennett, Infante, Price: $15 (student), $20, $30, $45 Liszt and Gershwin.This is a and $80 fund-raising event for the Ticketing: Call Sistic
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      415 35  -  Serene Foo Alfian's bold foray into Mandarin theatre IT started out as a proposal and eventually became a dare which playwright Alfian Sa'at took up. The award-winning Malay playwright has written his first play for Mandarin theatre. Called Fugitives, it is staged by the theatre group, Drama Box.
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      373 36 AFP BOMBAY India's most loved and despised leader, Indira Gandhi, is making her way onto the silver screen, with one of Bollywood's most controversial figures taking the lead in the biopic. "Her life was more dramatic than many
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      403 36 Disney's latest animated film updates Treasure Island A BOY discovers a treasure map, on which X marks the spot of untold riches. And so the 15-year-old sets off in search of the bounty aboard a ship, as a cabin boy, and comes face to face with pirates,
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      84 37 Reuters/Variety HOLLYWOOD The British spy outgunned the British wizard at the weekend. Die Another Day (MGM) opened with a US$47 million ($BO.l million) gross, the biggest 007 debut ever. In exit surveys, Day drew the best ratings of the past four Bond films. Day is
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      633 40 Agencies Between them: The PGA Grand Slam of Golf KAUAI, Hawaii Beating Tiger Woods when he's relaxed and having fun at the PGA Grand Slam of Golf has been nearly impossible. Today and tomorrow (Thursday and Friday morning, Singapore time) Justin Leonard, Davis Love 111
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      314 40 Agencies. PHILADELPHIA Larry Brown has coached Allen Iverson in all but one of the superstar's six NBA seasons, and said he's never seen him play better. Iverson helped Philadelphia 76ers stay unbeaten at home, downing the New Orleans Hornets 108-87 yesterday to avenge
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      226 40 AFP SAN FRANCISCO Philadelphia could win without injured quarterback Donovan McNabb, but the Eagles lost replacement Koy Detmer as well in a 38-17 rout of the San Francisco 49ers yesterday. The Eagles rose to 8-3 in the National Football League, one
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      501 41 MADRID The last-minute withdrawal of Ronaldo from the Real Madrid side before last Saturday's clash with Barcelona may have thrilled Catalan fans, but it fuelled speculation about the Brazilian's status at the club which paid £30 million ($B3 million) for him this summer. Speaking after the
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      341 41 AFP MEXICO CITY International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge is locked on a collision course with the 28 international federations that make up the Summer Games committee (ASOIF) over plans to expel three sports from the Beijing Olympics. Rogge announced on Sunday
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      298 42 LIVERPOOL Jerzy Dudek (picture) claims sniping critics are trying to undermine his confidence and destroy Liverpool's title challenge, reported The Sun. Kop 'keeper Dudek admits he is suffering from a dip in form and knows his place is under threat from Chris Kirkland. The
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      628 42 Agencies Pressure grows as Venners, Ridsdale to meet LEEDS It seems as if each new day brings up more intrigue at Elland Road. The club is on a run of eight defeats in 15 league games and is just four points off the Premiership drop zone. Yesterday, it
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      437 43 -AFP Champions League Newcastle v Inter Milan Live, tomorrow morning, Ch24, 3.30 am PARIS Newcastle United prepares to host Italian giant Inter Milan today (tomorrow morning, Singapore time) unsure, at least to some extent, whether it has the ability
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      759 43 Capello hails Wenger's men, but don't be fooled Champions League Roma v Arsenal Live, tomorrow morning, Chs 23, 3.30 am ROME Two months ago, Roma players had to cower outside the club's training ground in Trigoria when a mob collected there to express its disgust at a
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      549 44 Agencies Van Nistelrooy double 1 lifts Man Utd to victory! Champions League Basel 1 Man Utd 3 Man Utd goes top of Group D BASEL Manchester United came back from a goal down to beat Basel 3-1 in their opening Group D Champions League second phase match this
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      251 44 Reuters MILAN AC Milan confirmed its return to the continent's elite with a 1-0 win over European champion Real Madrid. Both sides created ample chances in a fascinating encounter and Andriy Shevchenko's 40th minute goal was enough to seal the victory for Milan.
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      232 44 Reuters LONDON Juventus, another former European champion in action, fought back superbly to gain a 2-2 draw at Deportivo Coruna after the home side had raced into a 2-0 lead after only 11 minutes. Diego Tristan scored in the ninth minute and Roy Makaay added another two minutes
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      134 44 Reuters BERLIN A sharp first-half header by Stefan Beinlich and a clumsy own-goal by Fulham striker Facundo Sava gave Hertha Berlin a 2-1 victory in a tight Uefa Cup third round, first leg match this morning. It was Fulham's first defeat in 13 European matches Intertoto and Uefa
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      369 45  -  Tan YoHinn IT MAY be his last match in Singapore. And it is definitely his last match in charge of S-League club Geylang United. Yet, there was little hint of regret or bitterness from Jang Jung, who instead made it clear he
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      798 45  -  Stanley Ho Ex-Sunderland man says it's not always the boss' fault if things go wrong PETER Reid said two things that struck home yesterday. First, the ex-Everton and England stalwart, recently sacked as manager by English Premiership club Sunderland, said that he may well have stayed
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      404 45  -  Stanley Ho TODAY, in Dubai, the Singapore national football team will be pitting its skills against a side it knows next to nothing about In the first of its three-match training tour in the Middle East, the Lions will meet a
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