Today, 19 December 2002

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    13 1 TODAY T h u r s d ay number 19,2002 MJTMP) OOltl I/MKC
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    An icon stumbles
    722 1  -  Val Chua McDonald's warns of first-ever loss by val@news to d ay.co m. sg GOOD ol' Ronald would have found it hard to keep on grinning at times like these. His namesake, McDonald's an American icon whose golden arches have become a symbol of US cultural imperialism
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      29 1 National Lt-16 U. Poulsen should W*^^* H Am. e^F^mmmW^M'H&lS'- tf&m? *^R 3 J 11^^^!!*, star chosen by S^ qurt after this PVaK?^* Everton scout mW^ttM p humiliation, says N,
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  • HOT NEWS
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      COE prices at year's low
      90 2 COE prices for all vehicle categories have fallen to their lowest this year. And in the case of Category B cars (1601cc and above), quite drastically. Category B COEs cars now cost $23,890 a drop of $3,399. COEs for Category A cars (1600cc and below),
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      One-cent teaser
      701 2  -  Vai Chua 98 Holdings ups offer for NatSteel shares to $2.06 by val@news today.com.sg THE champagne won't be popped this Christmas to celebrate the end of the tussle for NatSteel the object of desire for two enigmatic tycoons. The saga looks set to drag into its seventh month
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      Lock icon Gone bust
      297 3 Agencies US insurer in third-largest bankruptcy NEW YORK Following in the footsteps of WorldCom and Enron, US insurance giant Conseco Inc filed for bankruptcy protection on Tuesday. Conseco's filing is the third-largest bankruptcy in the corporate history of the US. In court documents, the Indianabased company listed U5552.2
      — Agencies  -  297 words
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      Lock icon Oil slick threatens Thai coast
      146 3 -AFP BANGKOK The Thai coast of Chon Buri was threatened by an oil slick after a cargo ship and a tanker collided and spilled about 20 tonnes of oil, maritime officials said yesterday. The Panama-flagged tanker Sky Ace, which was carrying 240 tonnes of oil,
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      Lock icon Terrorism fears hurt Arroyo in polls
      251 3 -AFP MANILA According to Philippines President Gloria Arroyo (picture), her popularity in the country has been hurt by "anxiety about terrorism and war". Her comments came in the wake of reports that an action movie star and a former senator who resigned from her
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      Lock icon KL holds three for terror rumour
      141 3 Reuters KUALA LUMPUR Three Malaysians have been arrested under the Internal Security Act for spreading rumours on the Internet that Kuala Lumpur was a target for terror bombings, police said yesterday. The two men and a woman, aged between 22 and 40, had bulk-forward-ed
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      Cheating scandal
      456 4  -  Tan Hui Leng MOE reveals 158 students 'colluded' on N-Level exam by h uileng@ne wstoday. c o m.sg NEARLY 15,000 students received their N-Level results yesterday, but their performance was overshadowed by news that some 158 of them had conspired to cheat in one of their subjects. The
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      Lock icon STT soothes doomsayers
      134 4 Channel NewsAsia ST Telemedia {STT} has dismissed fears that Singapore will dominate Indonesia's telecommunication industry. A local business paper, Bisnis Indonesia, had reported worries by some analysts that Singapore would get a lock on Indonesia's booming cellular market. This came after STT's winning bid for a nearly
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  • HOME NEWS
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      UBS in the spotlight
      526 6  -  Chan Chao Peh Profit from M1 shares? by chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg ÜBS Warburg, the joint underwriter of Mi's initial public offering (IPO), has been steadily buying shares of Singapore's second-largest mobile operator a move which some industry watchers said could possibly reap a tidy profit for the Swiss
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      Integrative sciences get a boost
      109 6  -  Sarah Chua THE National University of Singapore announced the establishment of the NUS Graduate School for Integrative Sciences and Engineering (NGS) yesterday. Spearheading trans-disciplinary graduate education and research in science, engineering and medicine, the endeavour aims to complement the discipline-based undergraduate and graduate education and
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      Lock icon Beat those queues
      374 8  -  Sarah Chua Pay parking fee by handphone by sarah@newstoday.com.sg FUMBLING for coins and standing in long queues at the autopay station could become a thing of the past at Suntec City. Yesterday, the shopping hub became the first car park in Asia to introduce a mobile payment
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      E-greeting cheers for kids
      147 8 SEND an e-card this Christmas and help a sick child. MSN Singapore has tied up with the NKF Children's Medical Fund (CMF) to host virtual Christmas cards designed by the fund's beneficiaries children suffering from life-threatening and chronic illnesses. For every card sent from the website,
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      The poster girls of a university
      401 8  -  -Janice Liu TWO young women who are taking up the Singapore Management University's (SMU) accounting programme have become poster-girls for the school. Ms Elsie Lin, 20, and Ms Marina Rumi Ibrahim, 21, have been appearing in the university's print advertisements in the past few
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      327 6 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 -ioih
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      213 10 SINGAPORE MA NAG EMENT UNIVERSITY v^wk iilisM Peng Fons iffk §m is different. X|k /;;||f He's an m r SMU student. !l^^^S Peng Fong approaches '^^^^ff problems from all angles. i M We believe it takes a different type of person to excel in the new 1 VV" Tm economy.
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      Foolish pride
      133 11  -  Michael Lok Yik Ming Success must be seen in context I REFER to Dr Kiipal Singh's comment that young Singaporeans "have had it good...and many of them still think they have a fallback position" (Today, Nov 28). Young Singaporeans have an arrogant attitude when it comes to foreign
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      Achieving the Sporting Singapore vision
      354 11 I REFER to the report, "MCDS says no to 2010 Commonwealth Games bid" {Today, Dec 17), which reported Acting Minister for Community Development and Sports (MCDS) Dr Yaacob Ibrahim as saying that Singapore would not be bidding to host the Commonwealth Games in 2010 because
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      Smoking drivers pose danger
      120 13  -  Henry Tan I AM writing to point out the danger posed by motorists who smoke while they drive. It is common to see drivers with one hand on the steering wheel, while the other holds a lit cigarette outside the window. It makes me wonder how
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      Undue fears
      164 13  -  Lint Boon Hee Condom use no threat to public morals RATIONAL and clear thinking has been obscured by moralistic and religious overtones in the debate over encouraging the wider use of condoms to fight the Aids virus. Those opposed to using condoms fear that this will lead to
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon Power trading
      258 14 Bloomberg Electricity market operator plans talks with SGX SINGAPORE'S Energy Market Co, which will operate the first wholesale power market here from Jan 1, said it will hold talks next year with the Singapore Exchange about listing power futures to help traders lock in prices. Singapore's new wholesale
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      Lock icon Share deal
      58 14 -AFX News THE Hyflux Group of Companies has signed a share subscription agreement with Seletar Investments. According to the agreement, Seletar will take a five per cent stake in the company by subscribing to 11.811 million new Hyflux shares at $1 each. The $11.81 million private placement is
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      Lock icon Over-subscribed
      40 14 -AFX News DMX Technologies Group's initial public offer of 55 million shares at 21 cents each was 4.3 times subscribed, while its retail tranche of 12 million shares was 16 times subscribed, Trading will commence on the Sesdaq tomorrow.
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    • Market Watch
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        Singapore
        117 14 SHARES closed lower, checked by institutional selling in technology stocks and weakness in the US index futures. The STI slid 8.35 points to 1,334.66, with some of the index shares mining new trading lows. For every stock that rose, about 1.5 fell while 372 counters were unchanged. The volume
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        World markets
        55 14 Index Vahie Change Pis Nikkei 225 Hong Seng All Ordinaries Taiwan Wtd *****1 9546,65 2957.00 4535.93 -166.72 167.09 ,30 -9.69 -1.96 -1.72 ,01 ,21 Korea (omp SET Index Jakarta Camp Phils Camp Shenzen B Vumlnii 709.22 350.62 406.39 1018.40 196.46 3333.31 +4.73 ■2.21 +4.00 +3.01 ■2.61 +52.25 +.67
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 14 m JKE fu m m Euro Supiah 0.***** *****9 69,4408 4.***** 2.***** 0.55B30 5096.05 Peso AS Indian h Won C$ Yuan NZ$ 30.7652 1.***** 27.5558 689.083 0.***** 4.7387 1.***** Hi 24.6299 NT$ 19.9504
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        Lock icon Commodities
        16 14 SkjJ( iilverusSAi 4.645 'Intinura uss/h 609.90G KubbercmnAg 118.50 ?tilli:jil 1,1-; 1669 Brent trade us$/WI 27.77
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        SGX most active
        51 14 ly volume >ec IS Close Change 'OOO MuliiVis Ctarieted UM SernbCorp DatarftUSS UniFocd Ml 0.255 0.780 0.020 0.730 0.700 0.35S 1.210 -0.010 ♦0.005 -0.015 +0.040 ■1.3 +33.3 2.0 +3.3 99,711 31,82! 13,45! 12,53' 10,81 10,721 8,991 GMG USS 0.020 8,555 BILIntl TTInt 0.460 0.415 -0.020 4.2 8,391
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        SGX top rises
        80 14 Sy$ Dec 18 Close Change :hODBeCWD*****USS 92.800 +2.000 >PH 1 B.700 40,200 tobitison 5.500 +0.150 By percentage Dec IS Cose Chang. TyeSoon 0.095 +35.1 LeeMeial 0.080 +33.: LSM 0.020 +33J iTIETFlOO 14.050 +0.100 SPH100 1 B.700 +0.100 low Par 3.680 +0.080 fopCor 3.610 +0.060 3reotEost B.400 +0.050
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        Lock icon SGX top falls
        78 14 SGX fee 18 Close Change IDT 1.130 -0.270 By percentage Dec IE Close Changi Broadway 0.080 -23.! Cieafive 50 12.700 -0.200 Nucleus 0.085 -22.1 SIA 10.200 -0.200 Venture 14.200 -0.200 CityAxis 0.125 -21.' IDT 1.130 -19.: OUE 5.600 -0.150 HMI 0.065 -18J C&C 3.180 -0.HO JMH400USS 6.100
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      Lock icon Opportunity lost
      254 16 Bloomberg Asia Pulp's luck runs out as creditors dump debt payment plan JAKARTA General Electric Capital Corp and other Asia Pulp Paper creditors threw out a plan to pay half the US$l3 billion ($22.8 billion) the group owes, saying 21 months of talks have gone nowhere. "The whole
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      Lock icon New $863m pulp mill for Indonesia
      312 16 Bloomberg BEIJING Singapore building contractor, United Fiber System, awarded a US$B63 million ($1.5 billion) contract to build a pulp mill and a power plant in Indonesia to China National Machinery Equipment Import Export Corp. United Fiber's wholly-owned Indonesian subsidiary FT Marga Buana Bumi Mulia
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      Brave front
      541 18 Cisco dismisses price cuts by Chinese vendor HONG KONG Cisco Systems, the largest supplier of networking equipment, is unfazed by persistent undercutting from up and coming rivals, most notably China's Huawei Technologies. Shenzhen-based Huawei has been under-cutting Cisco by between 20 and 40 per cent an attractive proposition,
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      Lock icon S&P cuts Taiwan debt rating
      220 20 Bloomberg TAIWAN'S debt rating was cut one level by Standard Poor's, which cited the government's slow pace in carrying out banking and fiscal reforms. The island's foreign- and local-currency debt ratings were cut to AA-, the fourth-best investment grade out of 10 levels. The reduction
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      Lock icon Done deal
      331 20 -AFP ANZ stake sale to Qantas approved WELLINGTON New Zealand's govern ment tentatively approved the sale of 22.5 per cent of its international carrier Air New Zealand to Qantas. The government, which owns 82 per cent of Air New Zealand, approved the sale for NZ$55O million ($495.5 million)
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      Lock icon Multivision wins NetServer contract
      73 20 -AFX News MULTIVISION Intelligence Surveillance Ltd, a maker of digital video surveillance products which started trading yesterday, said it has won a contract to install the NetServer systems in schools in the St Louis district in Missouri, US. The company said it will supply 182 NetServer
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      Lock icon WorldCom exodus
      235 22 -AFP Majority of board members at bankrupt telecom company resign MISSISSIPPI Ailing telecom firm WorldCom's new chief executive, Mr Michael Capellas, has accepted the resignation of the majority of the company's board members, leaving only recently-named directors on the board. In a statement, the company said the resigning
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      Lock icon UAL issues deadline for union to seal deal
      177 22 -AFP CHICAGO UAL Corp, the parent company of United Airlines, gave its unions notice on Tuesday that it has eight days to negotiate a labour-savings agreement before the matter is taken out of its hands. United notified its employees and the US
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      C&C commits to Astra rights issue
      152 22 CYCLE CARRIAGE (C&C) plans to buy US$B7.5 million ($152.86 million) worth of shares in PT Astra International via a rights issue by the Indonesian car maker. Astra, in which C&C has a 32 per cent stake, announced a seven-for-13 rights issue at 1,000 rupiah
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      Lock icon Land of the giants?
      256 24 -AFP Will France see more bonding between banks? PARIS The planned tie-up between Credit Agricole and Credit Lyonnais has sparked a debate in France about a banking sector revolution that could lead to a bonding between BNP Paribas and Societe Generale before merger fever spreads abroad.
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      Lock icon Hope for Global Crossing
      280 24 -AFP NEW YORK Embattled telecom firm Global Crossing said a US court has accepted its Chapter 11 reorganisation plan, placing it on track to emerge from bankruptcy early next year. The reorganisation plan gives two Asian firms a controlling interest in a new Global Crossing. On
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      Lock icon Indian ministry presses for execs' release
      235 24 -AFP JAKARTA Lawyers for two top Indian businessmen, detained after a fraud complaint by a local bank, were to meet Indonesian police yesterday to seek their release, the Indian Embassy here said. An embassy source said local lawyers representing the leading Indian software firm,
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      Lock icon Guilty as charged
      334 26 -AFP FormerTyco director admits to $35 million fraud deal NEW YORK A former top director at Tyco International, Frank Walsh, pleaded guilty to receiving a US$2O million fee ($35 million) from the company without the board's knowledge. He admitted violating a New York business law by accepting
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      147 27 i I Wm^^ i I II mn| <#« &/s*j. "*>^ ■IB 1 Experience the adrenalin rush of Singapore Sports now! Get into the thick of sporting action at the first-ever Singapore Sports Festival! This year, we are inviting all Singaporeans to celebrate sports in the spirit of fun, solidarity and
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Iraq guilty?
      326 28 -AFP US to make declaration today, says report WASHINGTON The United States will declare today that Iraq has violated a United Nations resolution that requires Baghdad to disclose all its weapons of mass destruction, the New York Times reported. The paper said that the US is unlikely to
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      Lock icon Bearing the new standard
      64 28 BLOOM A shop vendor holds a bar of gold in Nanjing, eastern China. Once barred from commercially buying or selling gold dm to a j government monopoly, gold has once again become available across the. country on the open market to those ran afford it these
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      Lock icon Howard to resign soon?
      128 28 -AFP SYDNEY The sudden resignation of Australia's most senior public servant revived speculation yesterday about whether Prime Minister John Howard will see out another year in office. Mr Howard announced on Monday the departure of his top policy adviser, Mr Max MooreWilton, who will step down
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      Lock icon Rat killer again
      83 28 Reuters BEIJING The head of a Chinese kindergarten has been sentenced to death for mixing rat poison in salt at a rival school and making 70 children and two teachers seriously sick. Former doctor Huang Hu was arrested a few days after the Nov 25 poisoning at
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      111 30 -AFP NEW DELHI A special court yesterday sentenced three men to death over the deadly attack on the Indian parliament last year that brought India and Pakistan to the brink of war. In Bombay, activists from the Bharatiya Janata Party (picture) beat effigies of the
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      307 30 -AFP Jakarta caves in to Beijing pressure TAIPEI In retaliation for Indonesia's ban on a visit by Taiwanese President Chen Shuibian, parliamentarians yesterday urged the government to halt all Indonesia-bound investments. "If the Indonesian government does not make a proper apology, we should immediately stop our economic aid
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      96 30 Reuters SHANGHAI Thirteen passengers were taken to hospital in China bleeding at the mouth and with heart palpitations after a domestic flight lost cabin pressure and was forced to land, the Xinhua News Agency reported yesterday. The Shanghai-bound China Eastern Airlines flight carrying 65 passengers was
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      165 30 -AFP BANGKOK Thanks to a woman with the same name, a Thai woman landed up in jail for a crime she did not commit. Ms Thongkham Kornkong, 47, told The Nation that she had led a peaceful life on a small sugarcane and cattle farm until she
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      247 34 Reuters S Koreans to vote for a president SEOUL South Koreans will vote today to choose a president, as the country copes with North Korea's nuclear crisis and rising anti-American sentiments at home. Liberal ruling Grand National Party candidate Roh Moo Hyun and the conservative opposition standardbearer, Mr
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      219 36 -AFP SYDNEY A war in Iraq could happen sooner than expected with key US-ally Australia preparing for battle amid reports that defence commanders are gearing up for a March campaign. Sydney's Daily Telegraph yesterday quoted senior military officers as saying they expected US President George
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      105 36 -AFP SEOUL A South Korean newspaper reported yesterday that North Korea has conducted high explosive tests for nuclear weapons even after it agreed to freeze its nuclear programme under a 1994 accord. Quoting unidentified government officials, the Chasun Ilbo said the Stalinist state has carried
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      112 36 Reuters SAN ANTONIO Peace on earth and goodwill towards others may be in the spirit of the holiday season, but one Texas prosecutor thinks it is bad for business. Bexar County District Attorney Susan Reed has ordered a halt to all major criminal trials until after
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      917 38  -  Roger Mitton A case for keeping the ban on chewing gum by rogernutt()n@h<) tma iI. com IN The Last Tycoon, F Scott Fitzgerald's final unfinished novel, a character in the opening chapter takes out some gum he's been chewing and wraps it in a piece
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      676 40  -  Yong Shu Chiang Choose to make your life happy, especially at work by shuchiaiig@newstoday.com.sg I a moment of silence as Scott Friedman (picX hire) looks this reporter up and down. The motivational speaker, who has spent the last 17 years travelling the world and
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      643 42  -  Katrina Karim They can prevent debilitating diseases by news@newstoday.com.sg SALADS comprise of raw or cooked food items served cold. Usually accompanied with a sauce or a creamy dressing, salads are eaten at the start of a meal or as a side dish to a main course. Salads
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      177 42 Ingredients 3 potatoes, medium-size, boiled with skin on 3 slices bacon Va cup onion, chopped 1 tbsp plain flour 2 tap sugar Va tsp salt 1 tbsp Chinese parsley, washed, removed stalks chopped •1A tsp white pepper 3/8 cup water 2 1/2 Ibsp vinegar Method 1. Peel boiied potatoes and
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      446 43  -  Janice Lee Globe-trotting Tang Quartet makes a brief return to home turf PRACTICE makes perfect, or so the saying goes. But the T'ang Quartet knows better. These four guys have been making music together for 10 years, but they claim there's still a long way to go. Musically-trained
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      472 44  -  Michelle Ang Xbox can get you high before Buffy returns on TV by michelle@newstoday.com.sg A RMED to the teeth with a wooden stake, a ilreaper wing, a crossbow and a super soaker that can shoot holy water or hellfire, there is only one thing to do
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      289 45  -  Janice Lee Olivia Newton-John's Koala Blue brand revived as affordable wine label by j anice@ne wsto day. c o m. sg AUSTRALIAN superstar Olivia NewtonJohn (picture) is best known for her songs and her role as virginal Sandra Dee in the hit 1978 musical flick, Grease. The budding
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      201 45 MAKb a date with your favourite buna stars this Saturday at The Ritz-Carlton Millenia hotel. Hosted bv Pesta Perdana's Best Host and Most Popular 'ersonality, Suhaimi Yusof, Lebaran Sinaran 'uria will feature a line-up of homegrown artistes as well as the wacky Chef Wan from
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      608 46  -  Pearlyn Tham Face Mapping helps pinpoint problems and identify the right treatments for you by pearlynffinewstoday. com, sg While others sleep through the night, I tend to dream. It's no wonder that I wake up feeling like I haven't slept the night before. To combat the fatigue,
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      322 47  - Paper, pencils and look ma, no pupils Pearlyn Tham AS a child, Sam Flores' mother couldn't afford to buy him many toys. So, when he was bored, she would hand him some paper and pencils. As a result, the San Francisco-based street urban artist taught himself to draw and paint.
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      347 47  -  Pearlyn Tham Want to know the secret to their beautiful hair? by pearly i > n ewstoday. com. sg YOU are what you eat. Or more accurately, your hair is what you eat, judging by the dietary habits of the three winners of the Most Healthy Hair contest.
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      757 48  -  Shibu Itty Kuttickal Inside a 500 millionyear-old wonderland by s hibu @ne wst oday. c om. sg THE kilometre-long path towards the Hwanseon Cave, dotted with centuries-old water mills, is swathed in lush peaks that seem to go on forever. There is something mystifying about this backdrop
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      348 51 Reuters Hurley doesn't want Bing's baby money LONDON British actress-model Elizabeth Hurley (picture) sought to rebuff a provision this Tuesday by millionaire US film producer Steve Bing to pay 100,000 pounds ($279,000) a year for their baby after a transatlantic paternity feud. "The money is not wanted or
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      1132 52  -  David Ngiau But characters, epic scale make Two Towers a must-see for Lord of the Rings fans FILM REVIEW LOTR: The Two Towers THE pacing is quicker, and there's a lot more action in The Two Towers, the second part of the Lord of the Rings
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      251 53 TO mark the arrival of the second movie instalment of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Arts Central is screening a series of LOTR programmes starting tonight. Here are some highlights: French Sounders Special 2002 Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders bring you a mercilessly funny
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      54 53 MediaCorp artiste Michelle Liow (left) poses with characters from Middle Earth at the gala premiere of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. The event, sponsored by Mastercard, was held at Victoria Concert Hall on Tuesday night and drew a crowd of more than 700.
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      Lock icon A case for the defence
      614 58 Icons.com Since last season, Manchester United's defence has been criticised for its porousness. At the start of this season, the once resolute United back-line continued to be poor, culminating in an inept display in the defeat against cross-town rival Manchester City. But since that defeat,
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      371 58 Agencies KUALA LUMPUR The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) yesterday put a brave face on its failure to secure five automatic berths at the 2006 World Cup in Germany and expressed satisfaction at being allocated four-and-a-half places. "We are delighted to be
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      Locals lead
      180 58  -  Kelvin Phang SINGAPORE'S Choo Tze Huang and Reagan Png shared the clubhouse lead after the first day of the 11th SICC Junior Invitational Golf Championships yesterday. The duo both shot a one-over-par 73 at the Singapore Island Country Club's Island course, before rain suspended PlayLast week, the pair
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      Silat blow
      83 58 THERE was a double blow for Singapore at the biennial World Silat Championships in Penang yesterday. Asadullah Karimullah and Rafili Ramli both lost their semi-final bouts. Asadullah (45-50kg) suffered a fractured nose in his 0-5 loss to Vietnam's Ha Anh Tuan, while Asia-Pacific Championship winner Rafili (60-65kg) was
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      Perfect game
      59 58 SOUTH KOREANS Lee Quen Moo bowled the first perfect game in the ongoing Cathay Bowl Junior Classic at Safsa Yishun last night. The 17-year-old hit 12 consecutive strikes during game four in the first block of the 24--game qualifying series. He stands to win $30,000 if no one
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      Lock icon Nabeel hoping for a crack at Premiership
      611 59  -  Stanley Ho National under-16 star selected for trials with Everton Today Exclusive by stanl ey@ne wstoday. c o m. sg LIKE many young boys, Md Nabeel Md Yusoff is madly in love with football. And ever since he could kick a ball, he
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      Lock icon Angry Poulsen walks out
      481 60  -  Stanley Ho Tiger Cup Group B Singapore 0 Malaysia 4 Young Tigers humiliate Lions by stanley@ne wsto day. c o m.sg THE silence in the room was deafening. As if he was in a funeral procession, a dejected Singapore national coach Jan Poulsen walked into the
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      162 60  -  Tan Yo-Hinn PLEASE keep faith in the Lions because they need your support more than ever now. That is the plea of Winston Lee, director (marketing and communications), Football Association of Singapore (FAS). The abysmal 4-0 humiliation by traditional rival Malaysia yesterday left Singapore needing to
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      Lock icon Defending champion Thailand wins, but plucky Laos takes the plaudits
      345 60  -  Stanley Ho Tiger Cup Group B Thailand 5 Laos 1 Kiatisuk bags hat-trick THOSE that came to the National Stadium early to catch the first match yesterday must have expected a goal feast. After all, Thailand is the defending champion
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      Lock icon Quit, Poulsen
      836 61  -  S. Guiam For Singapore's humiliation is all clown to you Comment by gu] am® news Lo day.com.sg HOW can I describe it? Terrible? Horrible? Shameful? How about this: Humiliating. Even that sounds too kind for Jan Poulsen and his men. Nothing can be more painful, more disgraceful, than
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      478 61  -  Tan Yo-Hinn by yohinn@news tod ay.com. s g ONE is the tournament co-host and a joint-favourite to lift the Tiger Cup on Dec 29. The other is a sleeping giant, which has struggled since the 1980s. But currently what is being played out
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      551 62 Outcome of derby could prove crucial MERSEYSIDE Everton crosses Stanley Park on Sunday to meet Liverpool in what is shaping up to be one of the most compelling and significant matches of the season. The age-old rivalry between these two neighbours promises plenty of fireworks will fly in
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