Today, 20 December 2002

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    7 1 TODAY Friday December 20, 2002 MITA(P) 002/11/2002
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    After 8 hours, an apology
    259 1 A member of the Chan family at the centre of the Joo Chiat neighbourhood dispute has been made to apologise to three families who live there. Mr Chan Cheng Koon, a key figure in the squabble, made an informal apology to the Gan, Loh and
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    A deal that soured
    686 1  -  Ng Boon Vian High-level help sought to resolve business row by boonyian@news today, com, sg THEIR first bite into the Indonesian market is giving an Indian software developer a bad case of indigestion. And Polaris Software Lab's dreams of expanding in a land of vast opportunities
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Door closed
      322 2  -  Tor Ching Li SGX clamps down on back-door listings by ohingli@n ews to day.com. sg through a reverse takeover by companies wishing to get a back-door listing on the SGX. The latter would then issue new shares to shareholders of the listed company. Recently, floundering listed Internet firm
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      Workers' Party's website hacked
      106 2  -  Lee Ching Wern THE website of the Workers' Party, www.wp.org.sg, has come under attack twice in the last two days by a notorious Brazilian hacker group that call itself the Smurf_RedHat. Early investigations showed that the website's passwords had been hacked. The party's IT committee tracked
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    • SERVICE EXCELLENCE
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        24-carat service
        447 3  -  Tor Ching Li Aspial aims to please by chingli@newsto day. c o m.sg DRIVING past Lee Hwa Jewellery Hub along Orchard Road one night, Mr Steven Koh, senior retail operations manager of the boutique's parent company, Aspial Corporation Ltd, saw that the shop was operating way past its
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        Lock icon EXCELLENT SERVICE AWARD
        129 3 Launched in 1994, the Excellent Service Award or EXSA is a national award that recognises individuals who have delivered outstanding service. It seeks to develop service models for staff to emulate, create service champions and professionalise services. EXSA is managed jointly by SPRING Singapore and seven industry
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      Lock icon Victor Roh
      207 4 Agencies Liberal becomes newS Korean President SEOUL After a neck-to-neck race, South Korea's liberal ruling party candidate Roh Moo Hyun, who favours rapprochement with the North, became the country's 16th President. Even before the final votes were counted, Mr Roh claimed victory over his hardliner conservative opponent Mr
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      Lock icon Supporters barred from meeting Suu Kyi
      110 4 -AFP YANGON Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi clashed with authorities on Wednesday when they tried to bar her supporters from meeting her during a trip to the country's western areas. Her party said yesterday the Nobel peace laureate had climbed on top
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      Lock icon Israeli airline cuts Thai route
      111 4 AFP BANGKOK Israeli airline Arkia has cancelled its service to Thailand as passenger numbers sank amid fears Israeli tourists could be targeted by terror attacks, officials said yesterday. The Nation newspaper said the company began offering flights to Chiang Mai and Phuket two months ago
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      21 2 FOUR MORE REASONS TO READ OUR COMMENTARIES fe. IVIIII Uli SUNNY GOH ''{^mJm-.^^j' Mm Vv is China the ex-presidential ■■-■jf^ a|fUlvßorlioll
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      31 4 FOUR MORE REASONS TO READ OUR COMMENTARIES DAVE BARRY the one who never lets his Pulitzer get in the way of NEIL HUMPHREYS the strange Englishman let loose in Toa Payoh
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  • HOME NEWS
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      First 2 multiple-journey visas endorsed
      239 6  -  Tan Hut Leng TWO entrepreneurs from China, Mr Nan Cunhui and Mr Chen Xiaoxiang, are the first to be endorsed by International Enterprise Singapore for multiple-journey visas. Introduced by the Singapore Immigration and Registration in October, the visas are aimed at wooing Chinese businessmen to
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      Lock icon Second licence
      337 6  -  Lee Ching Wern Sing Tel, Pacific Internet keen by eh ingwe rn@n ewsto d ay.co m .sg IF AWARDED the second pay-TV licence, Sing Tel could offer Singaporeans subscription-TV service by the middle of 2004. "Assuming the Media Development Authority (MDA) awards the licence in the middle of
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      Lock icon 325,000 gifts for Sharity
      121 6 Newsßadio 93.8 THE Boys' Brigade Sharity Gift Box has collected 325,000 food and household items in the last 21 days. More is expected to pour in till the end of the year. It was just a few days ago that only 30 per cent of the
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      Three arrested with 5.5 kg of cannabis
      175 8 A DRUG distributor and his accomplice resisted arrest on Wednesday by locking themselves in their Honda Civic as the police closed in. Their attempts proved futile, as officers brought their moving car to a halt at the junction of North Buona Vista Road
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      Living and learning
      304 8  -  Tor Ching Li New NTU campus to have club, education centre by chirtgli@newstoday.com.sg THE good view along the education belt of Buona Vista promises to get even better in 2005 when Nanyang Technological University's (NTU) OneNorth Campus and NTU Alumni is completed by June of that year.
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      Round 2?
      380 10  -  Derrick A Paulo Raffles Town Club saga resumes by de m ckt^newsto day. c o m.sg IT was a saga that had made history in Singapore last year, but was brought to a halt last month. Today, the sequel sputters to life as lawyers in the class-action suit
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      Lock icon Let Mr Taxi show you around
      209 10 —Janice Liv COMMUTERS travelling in Comfort taxis can see short previews of the latest movies on an LCD monitor located between the front seats. Or they may choose to find out more about the top restaurants in town or view information on travel and
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      Flying high
      293 11 SIA tops local companies for the 10th time DESPITE a turbulent ride in the past year, Singapore Airlines has landed tops among Singapore's leading companies for the 10th time. The poll, which ranked local companies like Creative Technology and United Overseas Bank Group based on their leadership qualities,
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      Illegal foreign workers nabbed
      183 11  -  -Janice Liv THE Manpower Ministry's Employment Inspectorate found that nine out of 11 foreign workers at a coffeeshop were working illegally as stall assistants and cooks when it checked on the premises on Dec 12. The Ministry is investigating whether all the eight food stalls in
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      Lock icon He glows with pride
      134 11 Alvin Toh DON'T be mistaken. This man, with his suit of festive lights, is not a busker. He is a doorman at the Royal Plaza at Scotts and he is set to brighten up the hotel's facade during the festive season. Mr Syed Kadir Syed Hameed
      – Alvin Toh; Today photo by ALVINTOH  -  134 words
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      Easier travel insurance
      112 11 ABACUS International has partnered with Conrad Sons, a marketing arm of AXA Insurance, to ease travel insurance booking procedures for travel agents. Abacus Travel Secure has been enhanced to allow Singapore-based travel agents to book AXA Smart Traveller insurance products for their customers directly on their Abacus
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      156 8 Countdown and party till 6am with 20,000 people at the biggest New Year's Eve indoor party in Singapore! MM MINISTRY OF SOUND M^M NYE asia Dave Seaman ftwimw Slacker Electric Tease Godwin P Keishi Ramesh X Jj jfJJH ESSENTIAL NYE j Hed Kandi Mike \^n Loon (Amsterdam) Nicky Holloway (uk)
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      Better to be safe than sorry when travelling by air
      170 12  -  Ananda Perera I REFER to your report, "Milehigh marshals" (Today, Dec 18). Recently, I was on a seminar tour and flew from Colombo to New Delhi. There were armed air marshals on the flights that I was on. These were
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      Pre-emptive action, please
      121 12  -  him Boon Hee A ROAD depression the length of a car has forced the closure of two lanes on the Central Expressway near the Braddell Road exit towards the city. Nobody knows how long the repairs will take, but one can be sure that the jams already
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      Stop the bickering
      202 13  -  X D Sunil and get on with the show I REFER to the spate of reports about the Asian Television Awards (ATV), especially in the Singapore Press Holdings media. I do not support any camp but I think that more than enough has been said about the
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      Running out of patience
      102 13  -  Lint Yu Chong SINCE media liberalisation began more than a year ago, MediaCorp and SPH Media Works have not shied from baring their claws at each other in public. It is interesting for on-look-ers to watch the ongoing battle between the two but not for long.
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      The stacks that tell the tale
      169 13  -  S Ramamirtham YOUR analysis of the changes that morning free tabloid Streats has been undergoing since it was launched is most interesting ("Another big change at Streats" Today Dec 18). Everyone regards Today as consistent and strong in content ever since it began publication.
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      Competition code and the MDA board
      154 13 MR DHARMENDRA YADAV asked why appointing executives from the main local media companies to the Media Development Authority (MDA) board, but not foreign companies, would result in a conflict of interest (Today, Dec 16). One of MDA's roles will be to implement a competition
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      Boon or bane-that new payment system
      205 13  -  Michael Loh Yik Ming I REFER to news that Suntec City will be introducing a parking-fee payment system using mobile phones ("Beating those queues" Today, Dec 19). However, the report was short on details regarding the cost to motorists and handphone users. For instance,
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Quarterly reporting from Jan
      107 14 LISTED companies will have to report quarterly earnings starting next year, the Singapore Exchange (SGX) has said. Companies with market capitalisation exceeding $20 million at the end of September must present their quarterly earnings from January. The new rules apply to companies which start their financial
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      $129m write-off
      273 14  -  Chan Chao Peh Keppel T&T makes 'prudent' move by eh aopeh ©newstoday. com. sg KEPPEL Telecommunications and Transportation (Keppel T&T), part of the Keppel Group, is taking a $129 million onetime charge for the financial year ending Dec 31. The company is also firing 99 staff a move
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    • Market Watch
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        Singapore
        123 14 NEWS of the third largest bankruptcy filing nudged US markets lower and set off some knee-jerk selling here in early trade. Dealers said the significant advances in oil and gold prices had tilted traders to the short side of trades. The STI closed 19.97 points higher at 1,354.63. The
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        World markets
        54 14 Index Value Change Pis X Nikkei 225 Hong Seng ill Ordinaries IciwanVYti 8387.57 mi.Si 29S9.2D 4549.23 +43.56 +9.21 +2.20 +13.30 +0.52 +0.10 +0.07 +0.29 Karen [3 in SET Index 709.22 350.25 +4.73 -0.37 +0.67 ■0.11 Jakarta Gomp Phils Corap Shenzen 3 420.33 997.78 196.49 +13.93 ■20.62 +0.03 +3.43
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 14 JS$ JK£ fen m j 10 ijpicii Ight 0.5726 0.3570 69.257 4.4651 2.1758 0.5530 5090.3 24.673 Peso A$ Indian Ks Won C$ Yuan NZ$ NT$ 30.794 1.0128 27.529 539.03 0.8901 4.7396 1.1096 19.972
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        Lock icon Commodities
        15 14 SGX jold us$/« iilver us$/oe 142.70 4.670 Rubber ccnn/kg Pnlm oil BM/tonm TU.JU 1663
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        SGX most active
        62 14 ly volume )n19 L&NI CheungWoh MulliVis [hartErEd AsiaDekor USS Sen h Corp Close 0.010 0.180 0.250 0.785 0.025 0.795 Change -0.010 -0.005 +0.O05 -0.005 +0.065 -50.il 2.0 +0.6 -16.7 +8.9 '000 62,916 32,332 29,645 !5 r B34 24,415 21,930 Criiraya DatacrftUSS SingTsj SnlSteel 0.450 0.715 1.230 2.070
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        SGX top rises
        77 14 By$ Dec 19 SPH Venture Close Change 19.000 +0.300 14.500 +0.300 By percentage Dec 19 Close Change PonpatMedW04Q109Q.050 +0.030 Broadway 0.105 +0.025 DBS JMH 400USS OCBC JOB 11.400 +0.200 6.300 +0.200 9.650 +0.20O 11.800 +0.200 Excel 0.025 +0.005 2ndChance 0.130 +0.025 OtyAxis 0.150 +0.025 FDSNetw 0.150 +0.020
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        Lock icon SGX top falls
        76 14 BLOOMBERG iy$ Sec i 9 Close Change Swview 5.000 -0.600 By percentage Det 19 Close Change L&M 0.010 -0.010 STIETF J 00 13.810 -0.240 ChuanSH W03T220 O.OSS -0.030 JuiEng 1.260 -0.040 SIAEngg 1.600 -0.040 ChuonSH W*****0 0.055 -0,030 Liang Hunt O.030 -0.010 WizOFRce 0.015 -0.005 AsiaDetar LSS
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      Lock icon UBS Warburg picks up more M1 shares
      159 16 Bloomberg ÜBS Warburg, which arranged Mobile One Asia's initial stock sale, said it has bought another 389,000 shares in Singapore's second-biggest cell phone company. This totalled 15.4 per cent of today's volume traded. ÜBS Warburg, which is the investment-banking unit of Switzerland's biggest
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      Lock icon Wall St tradeoff
      340 16 Bloomberg CEO won't be charged NEW YORK- Executives of 12 of the largest investment banks won't be prosecuted in a settlement of allegations that their firms misled investors with biased stock research, said New York Attorney-General Eliot Spitzer (picture). "In order to get the systemic reform that
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      PSA's smart solutions
      74 16 PSA Logistics has launched N2N Smart Container Solutions, an e-logistics suite designed to extend and complement Smart and Secure Tradelanes (SST), which together address the security, visibility and efficiency requirements of container shipments in real-time. SST lets supply chain partners secure their shipments more effectively and comply
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      S'pore firm gets diabetes cell therapy patent
      220 19 SINGAPOREAN regenerative medicine company, ES Cell International (ESI), has been assigned the patent rights relating to the development of cellular therapeutics for the treatment of diabetes from Curis, a US biotechnology company. ESI, which provides products and technologies derived from human embryonic stem
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      Lock icon On the rise
      381 19 Bloomberg But UAL stock's climb may be short-term CHICAGO UAL Corp stock has climbed almost 50 per cent since the world's second-biggest airline sought court protection from creditors last week. The gain defies a history of industry bankruptcies that has almost always left shareholders with nothing. "I'm
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      Lock icon Tight-fisted Asia
      350 20 Reuters War fears, late economic recovery pose double whammy for consumers HONG KONG Asian consumers are increasingly pessimistic about an economic recovery in 2003 and are putting off purchases of everything from holidays to movie tickets, a market research firm said. AC Nielsen said in a consumer confidence
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      Lock icon Crude oil price rises on war fears
      250 20 Bloomberg TOKYO Crude oil rose for the fifth day in six, adding to an 11 per cent gain in a week, on concerns that the United States is moving closer to a war with Iraq which will disrupt global oil supplies already reduced
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      Lock icon Going shopping
      237 22 AFX News Thai Airways may buy 747-400s from United creditors BANGKOK Thai Airways International chairman Thanong Bidhaya said the board is studying a proposal to buy eight or nine 747-400 aircraft from creditors of UAL Corp's United Airlines, its partner in the Star Alliance. Business Day quoted Mr
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      Lock icon Rashid Hussain to own 67.3% of RHB Capital
      121 22 Bloomberg KUALA LUMPUR Rashid Hussain will hold more than two-third of RHB Capital's shares, after shareholders of Malaysia's third-largest banking group accepted its partial takeover offer as part of a merger plan. Rashid Hussain said it received acceptances for 11.9 per cent
      — Bloomberg  -  121 words
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      Eligible for SGX listing
      129 22 MAINBOARD-LISTED textile contract manufacturer and trader, Ban Joo, said its associated company, GKE International, has received a letter of eligibility to list on the Singapore Exchange. GKE is mainly involved in providing warehousing and logistics, fulfilment and inventory management services to companies from the metal, consumer
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      Lock icon Dirty deals?
      363 24 -AFP South Korea begins probe into alleged stock price manipulation SEOUL South Korean financial authorities launched an investigation into allegations of major stock price manipulation involving off-shore speculative funds. The government's Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) opened the probe after two leading South Korean securities companies reported more than
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      Lock icon Cheap and powerful
      315 26 Bloomberg India's super computer will sell for half the price of rival systems BANGALORE (India) In two months, India plans to introduce a super computer capable of one trillion calculations a second at about half the price of such machines made by companies in the United States
      – Bloomberg  -  315 words
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      320 30 Agencies US missile plan draws flak WASHINGTON -The United States decision to deploy a controversial missile defence system has drawn international opposition. Russia warned that the move could lead to a new arms race. On Tuesday, President George W Bush (picture) said his country would field a limited
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      392 34 AFP Court slashes amount tobacco giant Philip Morris has to pay ex-smoker LOS ANGELES A US court slashed a record US$2B billion ($49 billion) damages award against tobacco giant Philip Morris, branding it excessive and proposing that a dying ex-smoker get l,oOoth of the amount. A
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      384 36 Reuters Outdated views could cost Senate leader his post WASHINGTON A few, perhaps unthinking, words have landed a US senator in a whole lot of hot soup. At a 100 th birthday tribute to Republican senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina on Dec 5, US
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      218 38 Reuters Campaign aims to put Christ back in Christmas LONDON Santa Claus is not having a good year on the public relations front, judging by the bad press he has been receiving this year. From Austria to Australia, Santa has been accused by critics at Christmas time
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      121 38 Reuters DUBLIN The Irish are going that extra mile to protect their language by proposing a ban on home building by non-Irish speakers in a scenic coastal area of western Ireland, reports said on Wednesday. A local council wants the ban to apply to
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      114 38 Reuters LONDON A British couple won a landmark battle for damages on Wednesday after a local council didn't warn them that the five-year-old boy they adopted was "uncontrollable and vicious". The High Court heard that the boy, now 12, had attacked his mother during a Greek holiday
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      126 38 AFP PARIS What was the culprit for a 25 per cent rise in heart attacks in Britain in 1998? It was the penalty shootout during the 1998 World Cup match in which England lost to Argentina, according to a study to be published next Saturday in the
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      170 40 SEOUL The nightspots in Seoul's Itaewon district have fallen on hard times since the imposition of a curfew on US military personnel, the Korea Times reported yesterday. Following a knife attack on an American officer by three unidentified Korean man on Monday, the military
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      272 40 -AFP Bird flu plagues HK HONG KONG Despite the discovery of a potentially deadly strain of bird flu in a market stall on the outlying island of Lantau, a Hong Kong official stressed yesterday there was no need for concern. Ms Ingrid Yeung, acting deputy secretary for health,
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      117 40 -AFP JAKARTA After losing a legal battle with Malaysia over the islands of Sipadan and Ligitan, an Indonesian minister yesterday said the country must assert its claims over offshore islands more aggressively. "The government... must assert sovereignty over outer islands by building a landmark or whatever," Home
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  • COMMENTARY
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      740 42  -  Amitav Acharya Howard's call and SE Asia's anger by n ews@newstod ay.com. sg BY endorsing Australian Prime Minister John Howard's (picture) call for pre-emptive strikes against terrorist havens in South-east Asia openly, the Bush administration may be harming its relationships in Asia and its war on terror
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      476 44  -  Elisa Chia by elisa@newstoday.com.sg "EH, so is Zoe Tay pregnant or not?" a taxi-driver asked enthusiastically when he learnt that his passenger was a reporter. Er, no, Zoe said she's not. "And how come Tay Ping Hui is out of the Top 10 popularity category har?" he persisted
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      410 44 LONDON Farewell to the dumb blonde. Now the fair of hair not only have fun, they also exude power. So said British art critic Joanna Pitman who studied blondes through the ages for a book and exhibition on their startling evolution. "The dumb blonde joke seems
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      532 46  -  Lee Ching Wern Fear not, this little lady will save the world! by chi ngwern @newstoday. com. sg q^HEY A have taken magic carpet rides, ventured through the popular tales of Lireek mythology and gone all the way to "infinity and beyond" in their productions. But
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      129 47  -  -Janice Liv Xinyao Festival makes long-awaited comeback AFTER ten years, the Xinyao Festival is finally making a comeback. Xinyao started in the early 80s, when the local music scene came to life as students formed groups to compose lyrical works. The movement spread across the country and produced
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      307 48  -  Razali Abdullah Hear what 'mat rockers' have to say through this film-cum-gig by razali@newstoday.cotn.sg MAT rock mania returns with a re- screening of Reflections of the Misunderstood Mat Rockers, which premiered to a sold-out crowd at the Singapore International Film Festival in April this year. This time, it
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      232 48 Reuters LOS ANGELES Let it be, says Paul McCartney (picture) to Yoko Ono. McCartney, in a statement released on Wednesday, rejected suggestions that the widow of his late partner John Lennon might launch a court case because he reversed the credits of the Beatles songs on
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      195 48  -  Elisa Chia by cli sa@ne wstoday. c o m.sg Last week, former Chuayjai tribe member Ted Rogers was voted off Survivor: Thailand, leaving the "final four". Ted, the beefy 37-year-old software developer, will join the sevenmember jury to vote for the Sole Survivor, who
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      128 47 HHHHiiHIiniS^HHHHHi MUSIC SING INAUGURATION OF ESPLANADE CHRISTMAS CAROLS PIPE ORGAN The National Arts Council and the NTUC Celebrate the inauguration of the Club will be presenting a carolling conEsplanade Theatres on the Bay's Klais cert by Tic Toe Tone, a local a cappella pipe organ with recitals by Thomas Trotter.
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      748 50  -  Yong Shu Chiang Director Chen's crossover debut a flop WHEN a film has a title like this and isn't very good, it sets itself up for lusty headline writing it's almost too easy. What's considerably more difficult is accepting that Killing Me Softly is the
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      542 51  -  Serene Foo Local audio artist hits big time with Hero by serene@newstoday.com.sg EVERYONE knows that a movie trailer can sometimes make or break the box office of a soon-to-be-released film. But not many know the importance of sound effects and sound design in blowing the minds of
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      191 52 Reuters RAMALLAH {West Bank) An Israeli director of Arab origin has thanked the Jewish country for banning his documentary on the plight of Palestinians, saying it had helped push his film into the international spotlight. Director Mohammed Bakri screened the Him Jenin, Jenin at a theatre
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      1514 54 On TV Enrthvisions Snake Country Arts Central 9 30pm Mother of a Different Kind page to Screen The Lord of the Rings Correspondent's Yearbook 2002 af^-^m Clwtl(ie! 8 nPm Arts Central,! Ipm Channel liewAsia, 9.30pm W&W^ Sister Lam is the kind ofnurse you feel at WM !>■: <i::-:-!>ellbinding hour, direc-
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      261 56 Reuters LONDON English first division side Sheffield United was rewarded with a League Cup semi-final tie against sixtime winner Liverpool in the draw made yesterday. Holder Blackburn Rovers face the bookmakers' favourite Manchester United in the other last four pairing. Sheffield United secured its first League Cup
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      399 57  -  Kelvin Phang by kelvin@newsto day. c o m.sg SOLID iron play helped Singapore's top junior Choo Tze Huang grab the outright lead at the 11th SICC Junior Invitational Golf Championships yesterday. The 15-year-old carded his second consecutive one over par 73 for a two-day total of 146.
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      130 57 SEA Games champion Zulfakar Ramli remained on course to win Singapore's first gold medal at the 12th World Silat Championships yesterday. The 21-year-old had an easy win over Philippines' Dul Nuan in the 55-60 kg semi-final at the Penang International Sports Arena. He scored a technical
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      366 58 Agencies 5-0 win over Cambodia puts it top JAKARTA Myanmar continued its impressive run in the Tiger Cup 2002, registering its second win in three games with a 5-0 win over Cambodia yesterday here at the Senayan Stadium. The win puts Myanmar top of Group A with seven
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      171 58  -  Tan Yo-Hinn CONTROVERSY continues to dog the Lions in the aftermath of their humiliating 4-0 loss to archrival Malaysia in the Tiger Cup. Some members of the public had allegedly spotted a few of the players "pubbing" in the Tanjong Pagar-Duxton Hill area near Amara Hotel
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      348 59  -  Irwan Jamil Most of Singapore's fans have not taken too kindly to the Lions'poor display against Malaysia. Former national coach Hussain Aljunied, ex-Tampines Rovers president George Pasqual and Singapore Bodybuilding Federation president Paul Chua were among those who voiced their opinions. Here are just some of the letters
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      293 59  -  Kuang]mgkai I WATCHED the Singapore vs Malaysia match at the National Stadium on Wednesday evening. The Lions showed that their main weakness is still their lack of mental strength and the desire to win. The Singapore fans in the stands were also
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      215 59  -  Felix Ang Kok Hou I AM disturbed to read S Gulam's report "Quit, Poulsen" (Dec 19) on the national football team's loss to Malaysia. Reading the bitter assessment made me wonder how much Gulam lost in football bets in that game. I also wonder how
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      262 59  -  Arthur him I CANT agree more with S Gulam's article (Quit, Poulsen, Dec 19). The media appealled to the fans to bring back the Kallang Roar and we did. Only to be betrayed by a bunch of pretty boys and prima donnas who think they're
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      492 60  -  Stanley Ho by stanley ©newstoday. com. sg ALLAN HARRIS (picture) was in a jovial mood yesterday. Of course, the Malaysia national coach, well known as a hard-nosed disciplinarian, had good reason to be happy. After all, he had just masterminded a 4-0 massacre of deadly
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      351 60  -  Stanley Ho NAZRI NASIR looked as if he had not slept a wink, "I just can't erase the humiliating defeat from my mind," the Singapore national team captain muttered, a day after the Lions had crashed, to Malaysia 4-0. "How can I? Especially
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      847 61  -  S Gulam Propelled by youngsters, Malaysia and Myanmar should make it to the semi-finals Comment by gulam@news tod ay.com. sg CHANGE, they say, is a dirty word. As a result, the same thing is done and the same people are relied upon. The perils of
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      913 62 AFP Arsenal star Pires sees Everton as a bigger threat for the title LONDON There are three teams capable of stripping Arsenal of the Premiership crown and Liverpool is not one of them. Robert Pires has written off the Reds' title chances and warned that Merseyside rival Everton
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      622 63 At the time, we were on A%the clouds, we had not lost for so long. We had got so used to everything going well that we did not Know how to react and we ended up on a run in which lost five out of six matches.
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      182 63 LONDON Fulham is reportedly the favourite to sign Argentine striker Gabriel Batistuta, according to the player's agent. Batistuta wants to leave Roma next summer and move to the Premiership and West Ham and Chelsea have also been linked with the forward. But Batistuta's agent, Settimio Aloisio, speaking
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      633 66 COMPASS POINT SHOPPING on a shoestring is my speciality because I've had years of practise. After all, I've just left school not too long ago. But the truth is, budget shopping does not mean that you will end up looking like Scrooge when you present your gifts
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    545 68 JURONG POINT I'VE had too many bad experiences buying Christmas gifts. The T-shirts are always the wrong size, the ties the wrong colours and the talking Santa dolls just plain wrong. Last year, I changed tack and presented my family and friends with a stack of vouchers declaring:
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    347 70 RAFFLES CITY IT'S that time of the year I love most, buying things for family and friends. I love shopping. And yes, I've been extravagant at times, but surely that's not a bad thing when it brings joy to the people I love When I was told
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    566 74  -  Pauline D Loh Maximise the compliments and minimise the cooking this year pauli ne@n ews to d ay.co m ,sg EVERYTHING you see in the picture above came straight from a supermarket. The only cooking I had to do was boil hot water for the jelly
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    163 76 Ingredients: 1 whole ham 1 cup marmalade A few cloves Lemon slices 1 bag corn on the cob 1 pkt petit pois (green peas) 3 tablespoons butter Method: 1. Remove protective covering from ham. Wipe excess moisture with a clean paper
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    59 76 Ingredients: 3 pomegranates, seeded 1 large mango, cubed 2 ruby grapefruits, segmented 1 can lychees, drained Seedless green grapes 2 tablespoons honey Method: 1. Use a large glass bowi. 2. Layer fruits in this order: Grapefruit segments, mango, lychees, grapes and top with pomegranates. 3. Dilute honey
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    66 76 (The honey will settle at the bottom and sweeten the grapefruits.) Ingredients: 1 rock melon 1 pkt proscuitto or parma ham Method: 1. Cut melon into half and scoop out seeds. Cut again into serving wedges. 2, Separate proscuitto ham slices, 3, Make two cuts in melon wedge
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    136 76 Ingredients: 1 smoked chicken, meat shredded 3 ripe avocados 1 packet rice-paper wrappers (Or substitute with ready-made crepes or springroll skins) Method: 1. Remove meat from smoked chicken, discarding fatty bits. Slice meat and skin into shreds about 3 to 5 cm long. 2. Run a
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    132 76 Ingredients: 1 pkt traditional smoked salmon 1 250g tub mascaporne cheese Grated zest of one lemon Method: 1. Mix lemon zest with mascapome cheese. 2. Place a large piece of waxed paper or baking parchment on a flat surface. 2. Layer overlapping salmon slices on top of
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    DARK CHERRY CHOCOLATE TRIFLE
    125 76 Ingredients: 1/2 chocolate cake (Sara Lee, for example}, cubed 1 pkt cherry-flavoured jelly crystals 1 can pitted dark cherries, drained 2 tablespoons apple jelly (or any jam or preserve of your choice) 1/2 cup Cointreau (optional) Method: 1. Divide chocolate cake cubes among 6 to 8
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    300 78 You can with this new range of non-alcoholic wines SINGAPOREANS have a new option this festive season they can happily drink as much wine as they can hold without worrying about leaving their cars behind or getting stopped by the police. That is, if their tipple of
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    THE ORIENTAL HOTEL
    287 80 I TAKE a look at the menus and you'll find Christmas at The Oriental seems like a blast. Starting with Cafe Dcs Artistes, you can have the buffet lunch at $39 or $60 (with free flow of champagne) per person or the semi-buf-fet dinner with a choice
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    682 80 With the deals out there, you're bound to find a great place to celebrate Christmas. Karman Tse shows you where ROYAL PLAZA ON SCOTTS LET the Royal Plaza's spread bring Christmas joy to your palate. On Christinas eve, enjoy Cafe Vienna's buffet lunch, high tea and
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    1167 81 HAVE a lush celebration at Shangri-La this year and dine at one of its five acclaimed restaurants. At Coffee Garden, there's a seafood-themed buffet lunch and dinner at $68 on both Christmas eve and Christmas day. Call 6213 4275. At Blu, enjoy a seven-course dinner at $165 per
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    GLAMOUR IN THE CITY
    60 82 media crop Sheer dress with attached slip ($B9) from F.W.S. at Tongs. Fedora hot ($73) from Topshop, Ftoa leather boots ($329) from Designer Shoes at Tangs. Long-sleeved ***** wild red stitch details ($109) from Designs; Mwi at Tongs. MondoriiHollar dress ($B3) and fedora hat ($73) from
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    47 84 Pullover with velvet details ($1 $3} Irani Designers Men at Tongs. Checked trousers ($93) from Toptnan, Shoes ate Desmond's own. Shirt ($209) from Designtu! Men at Tongs. (On screen) Crinkly skirt ($69) from Topman. 4 Lheongsant ($86) Irani Topshop. Tube dress with embroidered obi ($1161 from Topsho^.
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      138 86 READY-MADE: WHEN soap and water cannot remove the dirt on your feet, you know it's time for a foot scrub. Scholl's Rough Skin Remover exfoliating cream contains granules that remove dead and hardened skin from your feet. As a result, even stubborn dirt is removed. Apply
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      134 86 READY-MADE: NOT all of us can afford to go for a facia once a week. But with the new Refiner Jelly Oil Massage from I PSA, you can still have soft and smooth skin.This is a gel-like massage oil that leaves your skin feeling refreshed by improving blood
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      88 86 READY-MADE: Save face (literally) with the Future Solution Total Revitalizing Cream from Shiseido.This age-defying cream promises to return youthful elasticity to your face and reduce fine lines and wrinkles. ($368 from Shiseido counters.) HOMEMADE: To rejuvenate dry skin, try this recipe for a natural face cream. Bake
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      231 86 WITH just five products, you can convert your bathroom into a facial parlour. That is what Ginvera promises if you follow its Green Tea 5 Steps that include five products from its green tea range. These products are formulated with Biogel, ginseng and essence of
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    172 88  -  Sabina-Leah Fernandez By BABY INK. Caltex House BABY STUDIO, OUB Centre BLOCK STUDIO. Far East Plaza BUBBLEBOX, Change Alley ECLECTIC ATTIC, Orchard Point GIFT LORIEN, taltei House GOOD IMAGE, Kin Seng Plata IKEA. 317 Alexandra Rd MAFKX OUB Centre. Plau Singapura, Far fast Plata TINSEUDON, NIUC Downtown East
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    107 90  -  jenny Kong Go on, make your pet's day this Christmas. They, too, need to feel loved and why shouldn't we show our appreciation for the joy they bring us? Here are some gift ideas to give your pets a jolly, jolly Christmas. By MODEf, Moorhi PHOIOGRAPHER, Wont, Kiting
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    123 92 Need more gift ideas? Give something unique by going back in time. Some things never go out of style, as these vintage pieces prove. Sabina-Leah Fernandez Novol compass with suidid, $120, kin Dinky Dl Tibetan cloy buddhas. Price available on request a} Polar Art Asia
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    1251 94 EVEN if you don't celebrate Christmas, there's no reason to mope around at home. Although it's the holidays, the city is bustling with activities! Go to a concert, visit an art exhibition or hang out with friends for a drink there are lots of things to
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    648 95  -  Jenny Kong Sabina-Leah Fernandez by and jenny@ne wstoday. co ra. sg IF you're still in the mood to celebrate after Christmas, take heart.The New Year's holidays are just around the corner. Here are some suggestions to help you start the New Year right.
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