Today, 16 December 2002

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    Masthead
    7 1 TODAY Monday December 16, 2002 MITA(P) 002/11:1001
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    Telco coup
    764 1  -  Chan Chao Peh STTelemedia gets Indon stake but two issues arise by chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg YET another government-linked company is paying big bucks to buy a ticket to move overseas in a big way. Yesterday, ST Telemedia (STT), part of the massive Singapore Technologies Group, and a majority owner of
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    Lock icon Urgent help... a heartbeat away
    248 1  -  Leow Aik Kheng -Today art by TRAINING hard for your annual NSmen's Individual Physical Proficiency Test and worried that your heart may give up on you while you are labouring on the Macßitchie trail? Or fretting that the old ticker isn't as good as it
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  • HOT NEWS
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      The big issue
      287 2  -  Tor Ching Li How to pay for daily needs if you're jobless by ch i n gli ©newstod ay.com. sg IN THE context of a world in crisis, Acting Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Tony Tan called to mind the wise saying that "All politics is
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      Stuck freighter plane removed
      136 2 THE private commercial jet that overshot the runway at Changi Airport last Friday has been towed off the grass verge where it was stuck after the incident. The DC-8 aircraft operated by United States-based Arrow Air overshot Runway 1 on arrival from Yokota, Japan, on a
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      Lock icon The hit list
      258 3 Agencies CIA gets free hand to kill terrorists WASHINGTON US president George W Bush has given the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) a free hand to kill terrorist leaders who have been named in a list prepared by the White House, the New York Times reported yesterday. The
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      Lock icon Don't use us, Arafat tells Osama
      187 3 Reuters LONDON Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (picture) has ordered Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden to stop exploiting the Palestinian cause to further his own interests. In an interview with Britain's Sunday Times newspaper, Arafat said he believed bin Laden and his Al Qaeda
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      Lock icon Braving it out in Bali
      102 3 -AFP JAKARTA A regional conference on fighting money laundering and terrorist financing starts tomorrow in Bali, a little over two months after the bombing that killed more than 190 people and devastated the island's tourist trade. The venue for the two-day meeting was decided before
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      Lock icon Royal locks in jeopardy
      170 3 Agencies LONDON Prince Harry was warned of a plot to steal some of his hair in a bid to obtain a sample of his DNA, a newspaper reported yesterday. Britain's Sunday Times said police had been alerted after the private secretary of Prince Charles, Harry's father
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      From battle to war
      441 4  -  Francis Kan NatSteel tussle over dividend payout goes on by francis@newstoday.com.sg THE takeover battle for NatSteel Limited has shifted in recent days to a war of words over the amount of the dividend the steel maker should declare. Indonesian businessman Oei Hong Leong yesterday rejected NatSteel's
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      Lock icon Fingerprints for peace
      70 4 Today photo by DESPITE the rain, some 1,000 peace-lovers gathered on the slopes of Fort Canning Park on a wet Sunday to pledge their commitment to preserve world peace and eradicate violence at the second Women for Peace rally. The participants got to make their mark for
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      PM Goh to meet Mega
      124 4  -  Ng Boon Yian JAKARTA Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong kicks off a two-day working visit to Indonesia with a morning meeting with President Megawati Sukarnoputri at the Bogor Presidential Palace today. PM Goh, who is here at the invitation of President Megawati Sukarnoputri, is the
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      Premium HDB units on offer
      196 4 THE Housing and Development Board (HDB) is offering 1,466 premium apartment units for sale at Sengkang and Punggol 21 under its Build-to-Order (BTO) System. The four-room units are available at three locations. In Punggol, 21,582 flats are available at Edgedale Green and another 450 units
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      431 2 I V*W University of "jft Sunderiond Jm> 1 UK's Best New University for Research-2002 -The Times Good University J Guide The Best New University in England--2001 -The Guardian Newspaper University Wr Guide One of the Top 5 New Universities in England for Computer Science -The Times Good University Guide May
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      83 2 MASTER A NEW LANGUAGE AT BOSTON r/?v/ *\x m *f Bahasa Indonesia *f French German *f Thai A 61 i Japanese Mandarin v/' Spanish t/^ Vietnamese Other courses: Diploma in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages TESOI (UK Award] Specialist Certificate in Teaching English to young Learners Teenagers TEYLT
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      253 3 In learning, xL. M To upen press trie re are Ij countless doors to be 2U USQ UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND Established in 1967, the University of Southern Queensland (USQ) has up to date garnered sJ/^S in 42 successful intakes. USQ was awarded 'Australian University of the year 2000-2001' by
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      110 5 j^H^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^W^" ;'J I^^ %StiS& fa nfa n rfi I |V^^iM^^^^tt SSB^* I^^ B^: B < t^VHm B^o BJjP^^ 4B^^H B^k Today's knowledge-based economy requires skills that extend beyond the technical know-how. That's why ITE (Institute of Technical Education) is training a new generation of highly-skilled talents like Process Technologists and
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Chip of the 'gray matter' block
      329 6  -  —Janice Liu ARTIFICIAL intelligence (AI) has just become smarter with a breakthrough invention that has the potential to save lives while making life easier for stressed-out human beings. The homegrown "Digital Gray Matter" Cortical Chip is the brainchild of two Ngee Ann Polytechnic (NP)
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      Baring for a cause
      437 6  -  Tor Ching Li Nursing mums turn models by chingli@newstoday.com.sg LET'S make a clean breast of it: Public breast-feeding isn't common in Singapore, nor have the benefits of breast-feeding been given much exposure till now. Determined to bring to bare the benefits of mother's milk, a group
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      Lock icon Bears not sharks
      295 7  -  Sarah Chua Everest hero battles new challenge by ne ws@newsto day. c o m.sg THE unstoppable Indiana Jones of Singapore, professional adventurer Khoo Swee Chiow, is geared up to beat the odds again in his latest sailing expedition, the Trans-Oceanic Challenge. But so far the biggest challenge
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      Suckered into a bad deal? Get help from the tribunal
      463 7  -  Grace Tay 'TIS the season to be shopping and with the Small Claims Tribunal (SCT) as your guardian angel, you can shop till you drop with the assurance that your rights as a consumer are well-protect-ed. For the hordes of
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  • LETTERS
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      Ironic, Chiam
      273 8  -  CH Young His reunification aim questioned I AM writing in regard to your article, "Chiam's Final Lap" (Today, Dec 10). Mr Chiam's uphill battle to develop a strong and viable second party in Singapore politics is very honourable, and that process is indeed necessary for the continued growth
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      Clear message to athletes
      169 8  -  Jeffrey Law READING the exclusive report, "Scandal at the Games" (Weekend TODAY, Dec 14-15), I was disconcerted by the misconduct by the two Singapore sailors who competed in the recent Asian Games. What goes wrong with our athletes when they represent Singapore overseas? Are they there
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      It's baffling, Mita
      272 8  -  Dharmendra Yadav I REFER to the letter, "Inclusion of foreigners in MDA board desirable" (Weekend TODAY, Dec 14), by Ms Ho Ai Phang, Deputy Director (Corporate Communications) for Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts. I have no concerns about the presence of foreign elements
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      173 8 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: 65-*****217; E-mail: news@news today.com.sg fenjlH^ '"MANDARIN §MU| FESTIVITY* Enjoy; /^J One night accommodation at South Tower 1 1 1I (Single/Double occupancy) \^B Complimentary
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      293 9 H 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 or
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon Getting to work
      376 10 Agencies With new team in place, Bush pledges aid to jobless WASHINGTON With a new economic team in place, President George W Bush promised on Saturday to take measures to shore up economic growth and investor confidence, starting with the extension of unemployment benefits for 750,000 Americans
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      Lock icon China expects growth of 8 per cent this year
      162 10 Channel NewsAsia CHINA'S economy is expected to grow by eight per cent this year, helped by strong investment, consumer spending and exports, said the country's chief statistician. "This year investment, spending and exports, the three carriages of the horse-driven cart pulling
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      Lock icon High road to China
      505 12  -  Neelam Matthews India pact seen to boost travel by in New Delhi news@newstod ay. com. sg INDIA and China have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that grants approved destination status (ADS) to India. The move will permit China's growing outbound travellers, estimated at around 10
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      Good haul for Pacific Ancles
      313 14  -  Carmen Lee HAVING emerged recently from the restructuring of certain aspects of its operations, Pacific Andes Holdings is raking in the benefits of a more 3 focused operation in China. The retooling has delivered results, shown by an i 11 per cent rise in net
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      Dividends Declared by SGX Companies
      459 14 Dekor Holdings Ltd C Ord Itm CNY 1.20 Net *****2 *****3 *sia Pacific Breweries Ltd C Ord F SGD 12,00 Net *****3 *****3 liotech Holders Trust C Ord O USD 0.77 TBA *****3 ;erebos Pacific Ltd C BonusF SGD 6.90 Net *****3 *****3 ;erebos Pacific
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    • Market Watch
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        Singapore
        69 14 The STI closed almost unchanged last week with midweek gains being eroded by profit taking on Friday. Sing Tel hit an all-time low on the listing of Ml and tech stocks like Chartered Semiconductor. But by midweek, the STI started to buck the weakness in the US markets from
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        Your S$1 buys
        34 14 JE ten m m uro tupiah saht 0.3602 69.021 4.4670 2.1769 0.5593 5083 5 24.787 Peso A$ Indian Rs Wan a Yuan NI$ 3063/ 1.0132 27.600 639.92 0.8945 4.7411 1.1132 19.898
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        Commodities
        21 14 Gold ust/oi 333.800 Silver uss/oi 4.712 Nullum no 601.700 Slili!:,:,. -i 143.00 Pdm oil SJI/tonm 1617 Brent crude usMmrel 25.91
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        SGX most active
        59 14 ly volume )c: 9 to 13 Close (bartered 0.830 Pac Cenl 0.305 DotarftUSS 0.690 Semitech 0.205 Goldlron 0.015 1PV 0.540 SembCoro 0.785 HOL 0.820 NatStecl 2.040 Hint 0.410 Change ■0.035 -4.0 +0.010 +3.4 ■0.040 -5.5 0.005 -2.4 0.010 1.8 -0.020 2.5 -0.010 -0.5 +0.010 +2.5 '000 37,222
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        Lock icon World markets
        54 14 SGX Index Nikkei 225 Value *****7 Change Its 192.62 •2.2 Hong Seng til OrdinoriES re'',.,mi Wld 9728.43 2941.20 4588.14 ■85.35 ■14.50 -81.56 -o.s; -0.4 1 1.7! 231 e:i tamp 708.13 -7.25 -1.0 SET Index 356.00 ■2.64 -0.6; lokorlo Comp 391.22 ■2.44 ■0.6; Phil; Comp stamen 8 1030.18 194.24
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        SGX top rises
        86 14 iy$ Dec 9 to 13 SATSvrs Close 1.630 Changi +0.101 JSH 500USS 2.580 +0.071 JMH 400USS 6.200 +0.051 HDBnS.07%*****110k 1.140 +0.031 IDT 1.420 +0.031 CM Pacific 0.285 +0.02! GS'.V Group 0.255 +0.02! m GPInd Goodpack 0.160 0.580 0.445 +0.02! +0.021 +0.021 ly percenlogo Dec 9 to 13
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        Lock icon SGX top falls
        81 14 Bloomberg Dec 9 to 13 UOB Close 11.700 Changi -0.301 GreatEast 8.450 -0.201 SIA 200 Thai Prime200U5S CSC 10.500 4.460 3.330 •0.201 0.141 -0.101 Creolive 50 13.100 ■0.101 DBS 11.600 -0.101 OCBC SIA 9.600 10.500 ■0.101 -0.101 SPH 19.800 ■0.101 ly percentage Dec 9 to 13 Jotkslnt
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      From boom to bust
      615 16  -  Adrian Tan What S'pore companies can learn from the C&W debacle by n ews@newstod ay. com. sg WHAT a difference a year has made. This time last year, C&W a UK-based global telco had £4.1 billion ($11.5 billion) in cash while other telcos had massive debts.
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Brawl erupts over a taxi honk
      154 18 -AFP SEOUL-Adding fuel to the fire in South Korea where anti-US sentiment has been growing at an alarming rate, three American soldiers were held yesterday for brawling with locals in a street fight over a taxi honk. The incident followed a candle-lit protest by
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      Lock icon Still talking
      324 18 -AFP Anti-Saddam group in London LONDON Opposition leaders met in London to map out a common strategy in anticipation of an American-led regime change in Iraq, while Baghdad urged the United Nations to stop the "undeclared war" waged by US and British war planes in the south of
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      Sunk, with 3,000 luxury cars
      80 18 DUNKIRK (France) Nearly 3,000 new luxury cars worth around 25million (s44.7million) to 31 million euros that went down aboard the Norwegian skip, Tricolor, in the English Channel early Saturday morning are probably unrecoverable, said their owners. "I think we. must consider them lost," said Mr
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      Lock icon OK to foreign medical students
      108 18 -AFP SYDNEY Foreign medical students, who have trained in Australia, will be allowed to work as hospital interns in a bid to ease the pressure on the pub- lie hospital system, the government said yesterday. Under the scheme, the students will be granted temporary visas
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      Lock icon Chavez unfazed
      298 19 Agencies Huge rally, US call for polls fail to impress him CARACAS (Venezuela) Despite intense pressure to call early elections, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez seemed bent on trying to defeat a two-week-old opposition strike that has crippled the country's oil industry. In a huge opposition rally in east
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      Lock icon A question of freedom on Internet
      165 19 Agencies RICHMOND (Virginia) US newspapers scored a legal victory when an appeals court limited the locations where they may be sued for libel over stories posted on the Internet The fourth US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Friday that two Connecticut newspapers, Tribune
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      Lock icon HK foreign workers rally against tax
      137 19 -AFP HONG KONG More than 1,000 foreign workers marched on Hong Kong government offices yesterday to protest against a proposed tax on foreign maids. Representatives from over 100 Asian migrant organisations from the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Indonesia and Nepal marched to the government
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      506 18 Advertisement Physician develops fastest hair care remedy \r^rm Herbal remedy solves famous local actors' hair problems in weeks Written by Snow Yeoh Beijing 101 Hair Consultants' laboratory Healthy Hair Therapy (HHT") techniques has enjoyed phenomena] .success a n d w^A worldwide. Developed 29 years ago equipment by Dr Zhao Zhang
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  • COMMENTARY
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      If only, Mrs Blair ...
      815 20  - If only, Mrs Blair Andrew Lynch The trouble with her and her husband's party is that they go to the British public too late by in London news@newstoday.com.sg IN England, it' a time for the pantomime season. But along with the usual seasonal slapstick, we are being presented with a
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      153 20 |~~|MANDARIN SINGAPQRE[~~| m mCei&brate this Christmas I -p v and New Year with us! Pi^lf Christmas Funland (25 Dec 02) f l4gpS| ACTIVITIES 24 DEC 02 31 DEC 02 COUNTDOWN Christmas Countdown New Year Countdown PARTIES 5525.00 nett SS2S.OO nett Tfyn Lunch Lunch J Me SS5O.OO* (adult) SS5O.OO* (adult) ft?
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  • UPFRONT
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      Bad time is good time
      858 22  -  Shibu Itty Kuttickal American innovator argues case for entrepreneurship bx sh ibu@newstoday.com.sg DR THOMAS S Emerson likes to tell stories that inspire. Talk to him and he'll tell you how an US$7O,OOO ($122,164) investment in General Electric in the 1950s was liquidated in the early
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      250 22 Japan Hour Homeviewers' Contest 2002 Watch Japan Hour every Sunday at Bam, 12noon or 7.30pm and you could be the winner of a pair of All Nippon Airways return tickets to Japan, plus a host of attractive prizes! Ist PRIZE 2nd PRIZE 3rd PRIZE Two ANA Return Economy Class OSIM
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  • LIVINGLEARNING
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      For general enquiries, please contact our education consultants at:
      133 23 MDIS HEADQUARTERS 190, Changi Road Singapore *****4 Tel: 6278 8000 Fax: 6278 5312 Website: www.mdis.edu.sg E-mail: etc@mdis.edu.sg MDIS CENTRE FOR BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AND MANAGEMENT 20 Orchard Road Singapore *****0 Tel: 6372 1000 Fax: 6227 0027 MDIS LIFELONG LEARNING CENTRES Bis nan
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      The science of national growth
      573 23 MDIS paves way for stronger life sciences industry TO further sharpen Singapore's, competitive edge, the Government has placed a high priority on developing the life sciences industry into an engine of national growth. And in line with the Industry 21 initiative to build a knowledge-based
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  • LIMELIGHT
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      Springing a tall order
      432 24  -  Elisa Chia Chor Meng takes on tough role as medicine man by elisa® newstoday. co m. sg THERE'S just something "so 60s and 70s" about my cherubic face, exclaimed Chew Chor Meng (picture). "That must be it! I can't think of any other reason why I've
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      Readers' Survivor contest
      192 24 WELL, we11... who would have thought that they would be the last four standing contestants in Survivor: Thailand? The fifth season of this longrunning reality programme will climax on Friday. And Brian Heidik, Helen Glover, Clay Jordan and Jan Gentry all members from the original Chuay Jai
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      Lock icon Carnival Kelly
      413 25  -  Blisa Chia 1 Frolicking fun at HK pop princess' concert WHAT would you expect of a party where the worlds of pop music and fashion come together? A dynamic carnival, as Kelly Chen's "DynaCarnival" concert proved to be last Friday evening at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. It was
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      Fuss-free X'mas feasts
      319 26 Violet Oon shows you how to plan that perfect Christmas party THE year-end holiday period is the perfect time to plan parties for your family and close friends.The best part is that now you too can be a "guest" at your own party. FairPrice and its concept
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  • TIMEOUT
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      Madly in love with jazz
      353 27  -  Janice Lee Karrin Allyson talks of her college discovery SHE took a turn on to a different road and hasn't looked back since. Not many people know that jazz artist Karrin Allyson (picture) was a classical music major who only discovered jazz in college. "It
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      130 27 MUSIC HAIKOU CITY HAINANESE OPERA The HaikoLf City Hainanese Opera group will be performing The Story of the Wooden Hairpin, a popular tale among Chinese opera lovers. Learn about Chinese culture through the dramatisation by a cast of highly talented and experienced artistes. Date: Dec 17 Time: Bpm
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      439 28  -  Justine Moss Where: Mouth Seafood Restaurant 133 New Bridge Road, Chinatown Point 081-O2 Telephone: 6533 6696 Opening hours: Ham to 11pm daily This lobster deal is affordable, too MOST people like a good deal when it involves great tasting food, and I am no exception. It was, therefore) a
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      412 29 WELCOME.TRENTINO! LOVERS of Italian cuisine can now enjoy the best of trentino in Singapore. For this promotion, which started from last Thursday until Dec 22, Chef Gerhard Wieser has been specially invited to Prego at Raffles The Plaza to whip up masterpieces that are unique to the region. The
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  • INCINEMAS
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      Lock icon The next Crouching Tiger debuts in China
      273 30 -AFP BEIJING Famed Chinese director Zhang Yimou unveiled his first foray into the popular kung fu film genre on Saturday, premiering the star-studded Hero at the Great Hall of the People, with its producers already hopeful of Oscar glory. And it's being touted
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  • Page 32 Miscellaneous
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon A jump for the ages
      435 33 -AFP Student becomes first female to perform the 'impossible' TOKYO Mild Ando, a 14-year-old Japanese high school student, has become the first female to complete a quadruple jump in competition, a decade after Surya Bonaly's trailblazing attempt. Ando executed a clean quadruple salchow, a move
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      Lock icon Easy for Byrd as the southpaw defeats old man Holyfield
      201 33 ATLANTIC CITY In a fight won with guile instead of power, Chris Byrd scored a unanimous 12-round decision over Evander Holvfield to win the B£a*d*^;Hffi^erdayf mm^w?m%jMmk, "wite^^^i^^Mna^plias bee^lif^SH^e>il6e?i3f -the fio».tsB-<B^miilion) Byrrct tecaved US$21 jriillldii. TTh&BS^e^r^ld: southpaw Byrd raised ;2; witb2QKOs;
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      Superb Nash ends Grizzlies dream of equalling record
      254 34 DALLAS The Memphis Grizzlies came to town with visions of tying a franchise record. Steve Nash quickly brought it back to reality. Nash scored 15 of his 26 points in the first seven minutes as the leagueleading Dallas Mavericks cruised to a
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      Lock icon Illegal action
      337 34 -AFP SYDNEY-Most umpires believe Muttiah Muralitharan's (picture) bowling action is illegal but do not call the Sri Lankan for fear of losing their jobs, according to retired Australian Test umpire Ross Emerson, On Friday, cricketing bible Wisden named Muralitharan as the best-ever Test bowler, ahead of New Zealand's
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      Fans: No riot
      104 35 LONDON Six Celtic fans, arrested after an alleged "riot" on a passenger jet, travelled back to Glasgow yesterday after being released on bail as police and the airline denied claims that they had over-reacted. Fans rubbished allegations that there had been a "serious disturbance" aboard the Boeing
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      White squash-ed
      98 35 ANTWERP Australian David Palmer, the former world squash number one, added the only major title missing from his collection as he saved two match points to beat close friend John White of Scotland in the World Open final on Saturday. Palmer won 13-15, 12-15, 15-6, 15--14, 15-11 in
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      Naked anger
      81 35 TOKYO Japan's gymnastics chiefs are to lodge a formal protest with their Romanian counterparts after double Olympic gold medallist Lavinia Milosovici filmed a nude performance near Tokyo, local media reported yesterday. Five-time world champion Milosovici, 26, and two other female Romanian gymnasts performed naked on competition-standard apparatus such
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      Palmer wins
      47 35 NEW YORK Southern California quarterback Carson Palmer was named the 68th winner of the Heisman Trophy on Saturday. Palmer, the Pac-10 Conference's all-time passing leader, became the first west coast player to win American college football's most prestigious award since USC's Marcus Allen in 1981.
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      Lock icon First the world, now for Europe
      574 35 -AFP 'Big Phil' promises Portugal first major international trophy LISBON Brazilian World Cup-winning coach Luiz Filipe Scolari arrived in Portugal yesterday to take over the country's national team and promised it could win the 2004 European Championships on home soil. "The majority of Portuguese
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      Lock icon Warne's shoulder busted as Australia romps
      357 35 Agencies MELBOURNE Australia leg-spinner Shane Warne will miss the remaining two Ashes Tests after dislocating his shoulder during a one-day international against England yesterday. Warne, 33, dived to stop a single off his own bowling and landed with his full weight on his right
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      Japan's so close
      447 36 Golf World Cup Japan holds one shot lead PUERTO VALLARTA It's hot and humid in this Mexican Pacific coast resort and that suits Shigeki Maruyama to a tee as he and partner Toshimitsu Izawa strive to end a 45--year-long drought. Last year on home turf at Gotemba,
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      Lock icon Thrills on and off the water as sports festival rolls on
      395 36  -  Kelvin Phang by kelvi n@news to d ay.com. sg THAILAND'S number one wakeboarder Bunyalo Jumruang lived up to his reputation at the Sportade Singapore Wakeboarding Open at Kallang River yesterday. The 23-year-old wakeboarding instructor thrilled spectators and competitors alike
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      Promising future for Singapore
      357 36  -  Kelvin Phang SINGAPORE may have finished only sixth in the 42nd Putra Cup, but it was still an encouraging debut by its four rookies. That is the verdict of Singapore Golf Association (SGA) vice president Ting Sa Tee, after witnessing the display of the Republic's youngest-ever
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      Lock icon A gamble that backfired
      701 37  -  Jose Raymond Comment by jose@newstoday.com.sg HE IS the all-time top goalscorer in the seven-year-old S-League. He has scored 133 goals in the four years he has been with S-League side SAFFC. He bagged the top scorer of the year award for four successive years and was
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      Myanmar holds host to a goalless draw
      288 37 JAKARTA Unheralded Myanmar sent shock waves through the South-east Asian football fraternity when it held its more illustrious opponent and host Indonesia to a 0-0 draw in the opening Group A match of the Tiger Cup 2002 at the Senayan Stadium yesterday, reported
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      Venners to quit in 24 hours?
      203 37 LEEDS Terry Venables could walk away from Leeds with a severance payment of £l-million ($2.8 million) if his side is beaten at Bolton today (tomorrow morning, Singapore time). Several sources claim the former England manager has been negotiating a pay-off with the Leeds board.
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      Lock icon Shocking Liverpool
      369 38 2am Latest WEARSIDE A Michael Proctor goal five minutes from time gave Sunderland a much-needed victory and heaped further pressure on Liverpool boss Gerard Houllier. Liverpool looked set to end its run of three straight Premiership defeats with a Milan Baros goal in the 68th minute. That cancelled
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      Lock icon Veron and new steely defence sparks Red Devils' rise
      388 38 -AFP MANCHESTER- Half-by-accident, half-by-design, Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson believes he has found a combination capable of reclaiming the Premiership title. United recorded its seventh straight win, a 3-0 demolition of West Ham on Saturday, to move within a point of
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      Lock icon Gunners can thank Keller
      708 39  -  dad West Bromwich 1 (Koumas 29) Charlton 2 (Euell Si-pen, Jensen 63) Manchester City 2 (Foe 73, 87) Everton 2 (Carsley 12, Rooney 25) Blackburn 1 (Cole 6) ■aa Man United 3 (Solskjacr 15, Veron 17, {j. Schemmel 60-og) jg West Ham 0 Eemi 32) d
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