Today, 10 December 2002

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    9 1 TODAY Tuesday i December 10, 2002 MITA (P) 002/11/2002
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    A star in its own right
    123 1 VIEWERSffIP for Sunday night's live telecast of the Star Awards 2002 hit an all-time high. An average of 31.5 per cent of viewers, or 1.2 million people, watched the annual awards show on MediaCorp TV Channel 8 from 7pm to 10.30pm, making it the
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    Lock icon Chiam's final lap
    1040 1  -  Lee Ching Wern In the twilight of his career, opposition MP eyes new goal by ch i ngwern® newstoday.com.sg THIS man and his machine have been together for 20 years. The man has renewed his trust in the maroon Volkswagen Beetle by extending its COE. It is
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      A home-loan hub
      390 2  -  Derrick A Paulo Battle of banks in the heart of the heartlands by dernck@newstoday.com.sg YOU have heard of home shopping networks stores claiming to have everything under one roof. But have you heard of a shopping-for-home network under one roof? Welcome to the housing hub in the
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      Glass particles claim against SIA rejected
      197 2  -  Tan Hui Leng A MAN who claimed that he had swallowed glass fragments in a glass of pineapple juice aboard a Singapore Airlines (SIA) plane had his claim rejected by a Hong Kong judge yesterday. Mr Stephen Graham Olding, a 48-year-old old British engineer,
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      NatSteel saga takes new turn: 98 Holdings ups offer by two cents to $2.05
      394 2 HOTELIER Ong Beng Seng fired a new salvo in the intriguing battle for control of industrial giant NatSteel yesterday, raising his offer to $2.05 per share from $2.03. The revised offer from Mr Ong's 98 Holdings
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      Lock icon Will peace hold in Aceh?
      353 3 Reuters reported. GENEVA After numerous false starts towards peace, the Indonesian government and Aceh rebels yesterday signed a landmark peace deal which will end one of South-east Asia's bloodiest conflicts. The pact, mediated by the Genevabased Henry Dunant Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, was signed by
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      Lock icon Snow chosen to be Treasury Secretary
      175 3 -AFP WASHINGTON US President George W Bush announced yesterday that he had chosen to nominate CSX Corp chairman John Snow as his new Treasury Secretary, replacing Mr Paul O'Neill. "John Snow has excelled as a business leader, an expert on economic policy, an academic
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      Lock icon McDonald's bombers from Bali group
      207 3 JAKARTA Officials said that the attackers who bombed a McDonald's restaurant and used-car showroom in Makassar are part of the same network that staged the Bali bombings. They were also planning to bomb churches in the city and other towns in South Sulawesi, the region's
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      Lock icon 'Rebels'were illegal immigrants
      85 3 Ag&ndes KUALA LUMPUR In the wake of a heightened alert for fleeing members of the Abu Sayyaf rebel group, Malaysian security forces in eastern Sabah have arrested 15 Filipinos, a top military official said yesterday. The 13 men and two girls were spot- ted in a boat
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      Leaky woes
      366 4  -  Grace Tay ...and squeeze exercises for women by grace@newstoday.com.sg URINARY incontinence can be an embarrassing problem for many people. What is surprising is that the ailment does not just affect older women and those who have recently given birth. More than 180,000 women here suffer from leaky plumbing,
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      Hotels aim for 5-star security
      199 4  -  Tan Hui Leng HOTELS have to face up to new threats to security these days. That was the message of Mr Pakir Singh, chief executive of the Singapore Hotel Association (SHA) last Thursday. "The security considerations in these areas (hotel services) usually relate to fire
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      Lock icon Low grades score GRC help
      169 4 Newsßadio 93.8 THE Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC has launched an Education Assistance Scheme for its needy residents. Believed to be a first of any GRC to do so, it has since raised $300,000 for the scheme. Those eligible must be students living within the GRC and
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      298 5 Standard <§^ Chartered §5 in providing for those who provided for me. Hr tH Hr B. J™ mfaL; it vHBhBB^I isß IBi^i ■■—I k Give thanks to those who gave you a future with RightSteps™. Your horizon has widened; your opportunities are limitless. As for your parents, they have finally
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      When even old sacred bulls must give way
      157 6 THE Association of Women for Action and Research (AWARE) wishes to join the Association of Women Doctors in welcoming the removal of the quota on female medical students in Singapore. The independent research on attrition, which was conducted by the Association of
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      Joyful moment with PCK
      80 6  -  Mary Chan I AM one of those Singaporeans who were pleased about the country being featured in the reality show, The Amazing Race. I am glad that the contestants had a glimpse of HDB life when they had to search for Phua Chu Kang's "home" in
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      Gorans we're not
      251 6  -  Michael Loh Yik Ming Better to seek excellence in table tennis I REFER to Mr Steve Brice's observation that indoor sports could be our forte ("For Singapore, indoor sports could be the best bet" Today, Dec 9). I believe that another way of looking at the situation
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      It should have been...
      144 6 IN our article, "Beyond a building" (Today, Dec 5), we made the mistake of referring to the Young Men's Christian. Association (YMCA) of Singapore as YMCA Singapore. YMCA's programme to help wayward youths is called YMCA Project Bridge, not Project Reach. Also, its effort to promote
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Upmarket Japanese
      188 8 Meidi-Ya Singapore to take over Daimaru's 46,000 sq ft spot in Liang Court COME April 1, Daimaru Singapore's supermarket space in Liang Court will be taken over by the upmarket Japanese food group, Meidi-Ya Singapore. The company beat NTUC FairPrice and other rivals to win the 46,000 sq
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      Tax benefits extended
      87 8 THE Government has extended two off-Budget stimulus measures. A property tax rebate, together with reduced petrol excise duties and a lowered diesel tax on taxis, introduced when the recession set in last year, will be extended for another six months to June 30 next year, the Ministry
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    • Market Watch
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        Singapore
        95 8 THE stock market finished down for the fourth consecutive day yesterday as investors dumped bank stocks due to a gloomy economic outlook. The market was also pressured by a heavy sell-down in SingTel on talk that investors were switching to MobileOne. The STI ended down 1.29 per cent, or
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        World markets
        54 8 Index Value Change Pis Nikkei 225 Hang Seng All Ordinaries Taiwan Wid 8828.05 9868.46 2987.90 4823.67 -35.21 -105.27 -2.80 +84.69 -0.40 -1.04 -0.09 +1.79 Korea Comp SET Index JnliiTin Comp Phils Camp Sdenjeti B 709.11 365.30 397.08 1027.53 194.06 3299.83 -8.98 +0.21 -0.65 -4.22 +0.05 ■6.46 -1.25 +0.06
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 8 us$ UKt Yen HK$ m Euro Rupioh Bahl 0.5473 0.3596 69.4831 4.4244 2.1558 0.5611 51DB.S 24.6475 Peso At Indian Rs Won CI Yuan m NT$ 30.2499 1.0076 27.3472 687.94] 0.8874 ***** 1.1278 19.7441
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        Lock icon Commodities
        27 8 SGX provided by: iold UWm ".liver us$/oi 1 :ifiiL r U5$ 327.100 4.650 i<sl 597.800 Rubber ronts/kg 148.00 Palm oil RM/mnne 1598 tnnt trade uss/tad 25.41
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        SGX most active
        54 8 By volume Dec 9 Chartered SingTel Nil MetroHldg DatncrftUSS TTInt SembCorp (itiraya UongHin Uiit-ccd Close 0.915 1.250 1.240 0.435 0745 0.410 0.810 0.450 0.690 0.375 Change -0.060 -0.040 0030 +0.005 -0.020 -0.015 -0.025 -6.2 ■3.1 -2.4 +1.2 -2.6 -1.8 -5.3 '000 35,738 20,569 8,943 7,755 7,389 6,978
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        SGX top rises
        80 8 By Ey percentage Det 9 Close Change Dsc 9 Close Change SembLog 1.SB0 +0.110 KohBro S W041O06 0.040 +0.020 Rohinson 5.550 +0.100 HnngFok 0.150 +0.025 SIA 10.900 +0.100 Tri-M 0.300 +0.050 Sp Land 3.160 +O.O3D Jipress 0.030 +0.005 SmgamctsC 2kHKS 1.520 +0.070 TyeSoon 0.095 +0.015 DelGroSOO 2.070
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        Lock icon SGX top falls
        71 8 BLOOMBERG 3ec 9. Close Change MDBeffllD9HH61lH$90.800 7.200 JOB 11.600 0.400 Dec 9 SunEighl W*****4 .'.'.eilxin R Close Changi 0.130 -0.101 0.025 -0.01! )GS Bk6% HCPS *****.900 -0.300 JTIETF100 13.8B0 -0.200 )BS 10.700 -0.200 irealEast 8.800 0.150 fa Prims200DS$ 4700 -0.120 XEC 9.5S0 0.100 HIE 5.850 .0.100 GBR
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      Lock icon Bankrupt but United flies on
      160 10 Reuters CHICAGO United Airlines filed for bankruptcy yesterday, becoming the biggest air carrier to seek court protection, after a weak economy, high costs and low air fares left the world's No 2 airline with too much debt and not enough cash. The airline, a unit
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      Lock icon Air NZ, Qantas seek approval for alliance
      203 10 Reuters WELLINGTON/SYDNEY Air New Zealand and Australia's Qantas Airways lodged applications for their proposed alliance with anti-trust officials yesterday, as a report said the partnership could bring more than NZ$l billion ($891.5 million) of benefits to each country. The report, by the Australian
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      Lock icon IPO to raise $11.7m
      127 10 Bloomberg CHEUNG Woh Technologies, which makes parts for hard disk drives, is raising gross proceeds of $11.7 million in an initial public offer to finance expansion and repay loans. The company, which makes voice coil motor plates, will sell 51 million shares at 23 cents each,
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      Lock icon Hi, Bali ...
      333 12 Hi, Bali Bloomberg Visitors returning to region for their holidays HOTEL bookings across the region are picking up as tourists start to set aside worries about terrorism and prepare for the Christmas break. Even in Bali, where bomb attacks killed at least 190 people two months ago, about half the
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      Lock icon PSA set to achieve goal
      139 12 -AFP PSA Corp handled 1.39 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) at its domestic terminals in November, said the port operator yesterday. That makes it up seven per cent on the year. Including its overseas terminals, PSA's throughput last month grew 29 per cent to 2.12
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      Lock icon Out of steam
      263 14 -AFP Japan's recovery faltering despite higher GDP growth TOKYO A drop in machinery orders in October indicates Japan's recovery from recession is running out of steam despite the upward revision of economic growth data for the third quarter, economists said yesterday. Japanese private sector machinery orders a
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      Corporate Briefs
      100 14 KEPPEL LAND SALE: Keppel Land has raised $84 million in cash proceeds from the sale of its 70 per cent stake in Capital Square, higher than its initial estimate of $81 million when the deal was announced last month. DMX IPO: DMX Technologies Group will raise a net
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
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      162 8 Just more days to opt back into ElderShield Six convincing reasons: 1. Although $300 may appear minimal, this is far better than nothing. 2. If one is disabled, a benefit of $300 will help to reduce the burden on the children. 3. About 35% of males and 45% of females
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      313 9 ■I D Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) A Microsoft certification is an acknowledgement of your expertise in working with Microsoft products and technologies. Internationally recognised by employers, clients and peers, the MCSE credential validates your knowledge and proficiency in the IT industry. Whether you are planning to upgrade your skills
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      59 10 Be a better marketer. MAKE ME OVER! COSMETICS MARKETERS AND THE FIGHT FOR HANDBAG SHARE I **0 FREE-TO-AIR TV: HOW BIG ADVERTISERS W$i MaV^mm Hs 9fc^S W IjL :"^!m JaaWMMF #lfl RwS&t.- Hk*. dff ■■^M MMMMMMMmW&!&®&: W December edition on sale now at Borders, Kinokuniya, MPH, Popular, Times, WH Smith
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      374 12 The Singapore Science Centre turns 25 on 10 December 2002. In the coming year, we will be celebrating our anniversary with a host of new exhibitions, exciting events and fun-filled activities. For details and special promotions, visit our website at www.science.edu.sg Public Seminar Stage Performances Stage Performances Hands-On Workshops Hands-On
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      130 13 Canon The need for speed Introducing the fastest autofocus camera in its class The Canon EOS 300V Quite often, the best photographs are the ones that are captured in a split-second. Like a smile, or a racing bike bursting past the finish line. It's precisely why we've created the Canon
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Bandit's victim found dead
      90 16 -AFP BANGALORE Temperatures ran high in the southern Indian state of Karnataka after a former state minister, kidnapped by the country's most-wanted bandit more than three months ago, was found dead, police said yesterday. The body of Mr Hannur Nagappa was found in a jungle on
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      Lock icon Osama's eye on Australia?
      324 16 -AFP Expert warns country will be target of terror attacks if it joins war on Iraq SYDNEY Australia is more likely to be targeted for terrorist attacks if it joins a US-led assault on Iraq, one of Australia's leading experts on terrorism warned yesterday. Mr Clive
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      Lock icon Arafat blasts Sharon's 'big, big lie'
      183 16 Reuters RAMALLAH (West Bank) Tensions rose again in Palestinian areas with Palestinian Authority chief Yasser Arafat saying Israel was using trumped-up accusations of Palestinian links to Al Qaeda and US threats of war on Iraq to step up its military campaign against his people.
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      Lock icon Chavez ups the ante
      261 18 Agencies Venezuelan President seeks to use the army to keep oil flowing CARACAS Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez appeared ready to use soldiers to break up a crippling nationwide protest which entered its second week yesterday. The strike, called by opposition leaders to force the leftist President
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      Lock icon The President who isn't
      128 18 Agencies BELGRADE Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunka yesterday refused to accept election results showing he had failed to win the presidency of Serbia in a weekend election because voter turnout was too low. Only 45 per cent of the 6.5 million registered voters in the larger of
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      Lock icon Cardinal slips away
      101 18 Reuters BOSTON Amid bankruptcy and sexual abuse scandals, the cardinal of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston abruptly cancelled an appearance at a Sunday Mass and slipped out of the city for the Vatican. Cardinal Bernard Law's departure came as a coalition of rank-and-file priests circulated a
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    • Singapore YOUTH AWARD
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        Arts & Culture
        300 19 Arts Culture THE path less travelled is a familiar route for the T'ang Quartet. Ng Yu-Ying, Ang Chek Meng, Lionel Tan and Leslie Tan formed the T'ang Quartet in 1992. Not only did they choose to "turn professional" in a career that was unconventional (by Singapore norms), they also chose
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        Continuing Excellence After SYA
        295 19 HE may have received the Singapore Youth Award for his contribution to the Arts and Culture in Singapore in 1999, but Salleh Bin Japar is still on the go. He has built up an extensive national and international profile participating in exhibitions held locally, as well
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        Roll of Honour Arts and Culture
        178 19 Individual Ms Kit Chan 2001 Mr Ekachai Uckrongtham 2001 Mr One Keng Sen 2000 Mr Eric Khoo Kim Hai 1999 Mr Salleh Bin Japar 1999 MrlvanHeng 1998 MsOvidiaYu 1997 Mr Reamgsak Boonyavanishkul 1996 MrQuahSyßen 1995 MrGlenGoei 1994 Mr Eric Goh Wee Seng, PBM 1993
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        Inspiring quotes from past SYA recipients:
        65 19 "I hold on to my vision and I have confidence in it" Glen Goei "Have faith in yourself. Never let anyone discourage you from your passion. Patience and determination, along with good old-fashioned hard work, always pays off Siow Lee Chin "To dream is
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      167 19 Advertorial «k The Singapore Youth Award (SYA) is the highest national honour bestowed upon youths who have significantly achieved excellence and contributed to the society. Administered by the National Youth Council (NYC), SYA was instituted in 1975 and known as the National Youth Service Award until it was renamed in
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Lock icon Dirty talk, roaming hands
      908 20  -  Kim Hyeh Won in Seoul But court ruling may stop sexual harassment of S Korean women by n ews@news tod ay.com. sg THE Korean court made a groundbreaking ruling late last month concerning a sexual harassment case lodged by employees of Hotel Lotte in downtown Seoul.
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      189 20 phoenix pro Latest Digital Hearing Aids from SIEMENS Available Now I R\ Dj-j:uJ iJ-urhj- Aid Muda ju Ailurd^'ul^ hum Sountex, the largest hearing care retail chain In Singapore Is proud j f™ to present PHOENIX™ PRO, the latest hearing aids from Siemens, i«iJ! driven by the newest state-of-the-art digital technology
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      206 21 m 111 I il W A ZSj -vH l^f 1: i^i^ijk SMS your answer by 17 Dec Midnight) Step 1 Compose your SMS Ql. Watching which movie on STAR Movies <Contest code star> <Name> <nric> will give you a chance to win a trip to Paris? <Answeri><Answer2> <Answer3> [A] Pearl
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon The many faces of Andy Lau
      904 22  -  Serene Foo Watch the superstar play a villainous policeman in the action flick, Infernal Affairs AS Andy Lau confessed in a recent interview at Shangri-La Hotel, he did not have the guts to view his latest cop-gangster offering, Infernal Affairs. Not that the Hong
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  • LIMELIGHT
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      Lock icon No heart-throbs, but popular
      345 23  -  Elisa Chia Billy, Gurmit and Michelle make it to list by elisa@newstoday.com.sg THEY aren't your regular faces on MediaCorp TV Channel 8. Neither are they typical heartthrob material. But first-time nominees Billy Wang and Gurmit Singh still cruised to the coveted Top 10 Most Popular Male
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      STAR AWARDS 2002 MAJOR AWARD WINNERS
      245 23 Each call is now about 50 cents. Six calls and you could have bought a bowl of fishball noodles for lunch. I think my fans are mostly married and have families to Feed, but yet [in this slow economy), they called to vote for
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      A season with STAR quality
      286 24 IF you're a die-hard couch potato, here's one more excuse to use when your friends try to drag you out of the house: I have a date with Nicole Kidman, Ben Affleck and Mark Wahlberg. This festive season, STAR Movies is presenting the TV premiere
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      Lock icon Hokkien hit makers
      547 24  -  Lee Sze Yong by szeyong@newsto day.com.sg DESPITE the dearth of dialect programming in the broadcast media, Hokkien songs like Hokkien swear words are alive and kicking. Judging from the 5,000-strong audience at the ABC Extra Stout Hokkien Superstar Concert held at Fort Canning Park last Tuesday, these
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      Viewers switch on en masse for Race
      112 24 LAST week, over 850,000 viewers here tuned to The Amazing Race, the popular reality show whose participants made a brief pit stop in Singapore. The TV audience watched the five remaining teams race from Switzerland to Malaysia and Singapore. Research showed that there
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      105 23 Lemongrass ginger tea Ingredients: Method: 1 satchet Lipton Lemongrass 1. Place the satchet of Lipton and ginger herbal infusion Lemongrass and ginger herbal infu--1 teaspoon good quality honey sion in a mug and pour enough boil--1 stalk lemongrass ing water over to make one cup. (for garnish, optional) 2. Add
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      533 26  -  Pauline DLoh Moist little cup cakes that are perfect for breakfast or tea QLIGHTLY bitter, like a good Seville marOmalade, these moist muffins are made with cooked mandarin oranges or tangerines. If you like, you can sprinkle icing sugar over them to sweeten it a bit, but they
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      122 26 ONE of our food writers is known among us as the "dessert princess". We are almost convinced she puts up with appetisers, entrees and mains only because she gets to eat dessert at the end of the meal. Her all-time favourite is chocolate fondue at a restaurant in
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      163 26 Ingredients: 1 punnet strawberries 1 punnet cherries 200g dark chocolate (at least 70% cocoa) Method1. Wash strawberries and cherries thoroughly. Dry them well and chill in the fridge for at least an hour, 2. Place the dark chocolate pieces in a glass measuring jug and heat
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      816 30  - Once upon a time Serene Foo Veteran actress Cheng Pei Pei looks back at Hong Kong film-making in the 1960s by serene newstoday. com, sg ONCE upon a time in Hong Kong, the paparazzi weren't so nosey and movie stars were shielded from excessive media scrutiny by their studios. They
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      502 32 -Reuters Just before the release of The Two Towers, the blues are setting in for director Jackson PARIS After living and breathing The Lord of the Rings over its seven-year journey to screen, director Peter Jackson has begun to resemble one of his Hobbit characters. And the
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      246 32 -Reuters PARIS Liv Tyler has music in her blood. And though she's not about to give up her day job, she wants to star in musicals. Speaking to reporters here before the European premiere of The Lord of the Rings: The Two
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      1374 34 On TV* j&JSfelHjl Dreamseekers Miguel Warisan Baba Melaka Suria. 8.30pm Living with Lydia II In The Arena Tereitzio Channel NewsAsia, 8.30pm Uaima> Peter Lee takes l0 tke ance lral kom oflhn Channel 5,8.30pm Channel Newsfcia, 7.32pm ■PU There are many of us who dare to dream but Cheng Lock, meeting
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      311 35 SAN ANTONI- Every time the Sacramento Kings has a player go down, another player steps up. Recently acquired Jim Jackson scored a season-high 23 points and Doug Christie had a terrific all-around game with 16 points, nine assists and eight steals as the shorthanded Kings outclassed the San
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      241 35 SAN DIEGO Rich Gannon made National Football League history yesterday, and the Oakland Raiders took over sole possession of first place in the AFC West. Gannon registered his 10th 300-yard passing game of the season to set an NFL record, and the Raiders intercepted Drew
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      571 36 -AFP Golf Target World Challenge Woods falls short THOUSAND OAKS, California There is nothing silly about the PGA Tour's Silly Season. Padraig Harrington proved that when he won the Target World Challenge's US$l million ($1.76 million) top prize yesterday by overcoming a late double-bogey and holding
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      703 37 Agencies As Seaman recovers, Wenger says memory of 2000 will drive his men Champions League Grp B Arsenal v Valencia Live, tomorrow morning, Ch 24, 3.30 am LONDON Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has demanded his team put behind it a worrying slip in form by wreaking Champions
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      324 37 -AFP Champions League Grp A Barcelona v Newcastle Live, tomorrow morning, Ch 5 23, 3.30 am NEWCASTLE Newcastle United manager Bobby Robson fears a Catalan mauling against his old club Barcelona today (tomorrow morning, Singapore time). Barcelona's Dutch coach Louis van Gaal
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      105 37 MADRID Two goals apiece from Ronaldo and Raul and another by Guti re-ignited Real Madrid's Spanish championship challenge as the world and European club king thrashed Real Mallorca 5-1 yesterday. The victory moves Real Madrid up to sixth place with 21 points. Real has a game in
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      Stars in touble
      78 37 LONDON Everton's David Unsworth and Arsenal's Martin Keown are in hot water after off-the-ball incidents in last weekend's English Premiership matches. Keown may be dragged before the Football Association's video panel after being caught on TV shoving his hand into Ruud van Nistelrooy's face in the 2-0
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      89 37 ROME Italian champion Juventus missed the chance to join leader AC Milan at the top of Serie A after suffering its first league defeat of the season on Sunday. Goals from Markus Schopp and Igli Tare condemned Juventus, which could have moved level on 29 points with Milan,
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      Lock icon No women, just Fergie
      730 38 United hero Forlan ignores local ladies because he's "married" to the boss IF looks could kill, then Diego Forlan's corpse would be on its way to Montevideo this morning. At Manchester United's Carrrington training ground yesterday, two attractive employees at the club were searching for the
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      443 38  -  Neil Humphreys in Manchester by tie il@news to d ay.co m .sg TRAVELLING to Liverpool's Melwood training ground is easy. Bus drivers, shopkeepers and even old age pensioners all know where it is. In Manchester, however, no one has the first clue
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      477 39  -  Jose Raymond by j o se@news to day. c om.sg HE may have shone as a centre-back when Team Singapore took on the likes of Manchester United and Liverpool last year. And Division Three side Wrexham has used him as a central defender ever since the current English
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      599 39  -  Kelvin Phang by kelvin @ne wstoday. co m. sg FENCING may be classified in the 'other sports' category in this year's Singapore Sports Council (SSC) National Sports Association (NSA) Review. But Fencing Singapore president Felix Tan has his way, the small but
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      Lock icon Ban plea
      175 39 -AFP ROME AS Roma is to ask the Italian football authorities to ensure Pierluigi Collina never referees its matches again following a spate of controversial decisions made by the official against the Serie A club this season, according to Italian media reports yesterday. The Corriere dello Sport said
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      168 39 Reuters PERTH The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has introduced two new experimental rules designed to make the game easier to understand and more attractive to watch. Under the changes announced by hockey's world governing body, attackers will no longer have to stop the ball before
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