Today, 10 January 2003

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  • HOT NEWS
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      Practical terrorists
      639 2  -  Rahul Pathak Bloodlust, pragmatism and the danger ahead by rahul@newstoday.com.sg YESTERDAY'S shock has given way to today's acceptance that terror is here to stay. But, the sheer nonchalance with which some Singaporeans approached the business of training to kill their compatriots still takes the breath away. With the
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      New dive team
      173 2  -  -Jose Raymond THE task of retrieving the aft portion of the RSS Courageous has been passed to a commercial salvage company. Twelve divers from Semco, which had been hired by the Defence Ministry (Mindef), have been working since Monday to recover the piece of the ship. Yesterday,
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      Lock icon Hello, smart watches
      111 2 Reuters LAS VEGAS Microsoft has unveiled plans for a radio-linked wristwatch as it tries to move its software from desktops to hands and pockets. Chairman and founder Bill Gates, sporting the watch (picture) at the Consumer Electronics Show, said the market for "smart objects" such as watches
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      Saddam's exile option
      509 4  -  Tan Hui Leng Will the Iraqi President head for Russia? by huileng@newstoday.com.sg THE talk about Iraqi President Saddam Hussein (picture) going into exile has been hovering in the hot desert air of the Persian Gulf for the last decade after his much vaunted Republican Guard received a
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      131 2 MASTER A NEW LANGUAGE AT BOSTON, Bahasa Indonesia French V' German *^Thai i/'Japanese Other courses: Diploma in Teaching English to Speakers of Other languages TESOL (UK Award] Specialist Certificate in Teaching English to Young learners Teenagers TEYIT Business English Communicative Grammar Conversational English |Elementary) Certificate of Business English English for
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  • SERVICE EXCELLENCE
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      Lock icon First-class service
      825 3  -  Tor Ching Li by; chingli@newstoday.com.sg STEPPING out of Changi Airport after a trip to a temperate country where the weather is cool and crisp is quite an experience it feels like you've walked into a warm oven. Walking into any Singapore airport terminal is quite similar one is
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      EXCELLENT SERVICE AWARD
      113 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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  • HOME NEWS
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      Local scientists' discovery-thanks to fruit flies
      338 6  -  Grace Tay by gra ce@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE scientists have unravelled a genetic mechanism in fruit flies that could help find cures for degenerative disorders such as Huntington's, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. These diseases are suspected to be caused by damage or death of nerve cells in
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      Senai threat to Changi?
      400 6  -  Francis Kan Upstart AirAsia targets S'pore market by francis@newstoday.com.sg EVEN as Singapore prepares for the possibility of setting up an airline operating out of Thailand, it is faced with the prospect of Malaysian rival, AirAsia, camping at its doorstep. Earlier this week, Thai officials said that
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      World honour for Tan
      328 8  -  Chen Sze Kai by szekai@newstoday.com.sg CULTURAL Medallion winner and eminent artist-philosopher Tan Swie Hian (picture) has become the first Singaporean to clinch the World Economic Forum's (WEF) Crystal Award. At a press conference yesterday, Mr Simon Kudus, South-east Asia advisor of the WEF, said Mr Tan
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      Lock icon GM in the soup
      95 8 Newsßadio 93.8 A GENERAL manager has been hauled to court for allegedly punching and robbing a 4D betting outlet supervisor of $26,000 last month. The incident happened in the West Coast area. Tay Ann Hin, 55, was nabbed on Tuesday evening at a car park along
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      Lock icon SMU tie-up
      71 8 Channel NewsAsia THE Singapore Management University (SMU) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Carnegie Mellon University in the US. Over the next four years, the collaboration will help design and implement undergraduate as well as postgraduate programmes for the SMU's School of Information Systems. It will
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      381 7 W£j l&U^l l£u^l l&j^l l£u^J I^U^J |£M j&U^l l&j^l j&u^l l£o^ fejO^l KM l£(j^l l&J^l KM KM^ |£M KM KM KM KM KM KaJ^l KaJ^ l&ui^l Kui^ K?M KM KM KM KM Ku^ K?J^ Ku j2l KM KM KM KM^ t£u^l &ui The Journey Across Middle-earth Is Long I But
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  • LETTERS
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      Please pay on monthly basis
      151 10  -  Lee Mui Lin IN September last year, I enrolled in a six-month course in pre-school education under the NTUC Surrogate Employer Programme. I was told that I would be paid $1,000 a month and that I was to remain unemployed during this time. After starting
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      Why Navy ship was towed back
      228 10  -  Colonel Bernard Toh I REFER to the letter, "Discomfort over Mindef statement" (Today, Jan 8). The rescue operation was launched at sea immediately following the collision at 11.35pm on Jan 3. An RSAF Super Puma helicopter and two Police Coast Guard vessels were activated
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      A good start
      286 10  -  Lai Yew Chan Let's look at people-to-people ties I REFER to the report, "Singapura teruk" (Weekend Today, Jan 4-5). I would like to commend the reporters for their efforts in surveying public attitudes in Malaysia towards Singaporeans. Also laudable is the open and candid style of the
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      New fight
      156 12  -  Lim Boon Hee Changi must meet KL challenge THE fledgling Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) was once dismissed disdainfully as a possible threat to the PSA Corporation. This cost PSA Corp two of its largest customers, Denmark's Maersk and Taiwan's Evergreen Marine. Similarly, the Malaysian strategy is to
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      Sorry
      38 12 IN the article, "The Reit way for a share in commercial property" (Today, Jan 9), we stated that CapitaMall Trust shares closed at $104. This is incorrect. The correct figure is $1.04. We apologise for the error.
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      Timely feedback a fundamental goal
      385 12  -  Tan Yew Soon I REFER to Mr Kirpal Singh's letter, "Develop Forum to its full potential" (Today, Jan 3). The People's Forum is a pool of people from all walks of life which provides the Feedback Unit with public views on national policies and issues.
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon Sluggish sentiment
      363 14 Reuters Manufacturing sector's growth to remain weak, says MAS THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has forecast weak growth for the manufacturing sector in the first half of this year with unemployment rising and worries about terrorism hurting consumer spending. "Growth of Singapore's manufacturing sector is expected to
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    • Market Watch
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        Singapore
        105 14 SHARES closed modestly higher yesterday on rotational interest as investors continued buying beaten-down issues. The STI gained 2.8 points to 1335.1, helped by firm buying in banking issues. Market breadth was 1.7 risers over every falling issue. Volume was 392.8 million shares valued at $337.8 million. Banking shares extended
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        World markets
        51 14 Index Value Change Pis "k Nikkei 225 8497.93 -19.87 -0.23 Hang Seng Ordinaries laiwan Wtd 9675.41 3035.60 4813.73 -12.80 -6.80 23.20 -0.13 -0.22 -0.48 Korea Comp SET Index 630.40 359.73 -21.32 -0.68 -3.27 -0.19 lakarta Comp 396.03 6.61 1.70 Phils Comp ihenzen B 1035.31 195.67 -5.11 2.73 -0.49
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        Your S$l buys
        36 14 USS 0.5756 UKE 0.3574 Yen 68.503 HK$ 4.4892 RM 2.1870 Euro 0.5469 Rupiah 5143.9 Baht 24.587 Peso 30.847 A$ 0.9957 Indian Rs 27.597 Won 678.35 C$ 0.8977 Yuan 4.7641 NZ$ 1.0770 NTS 19.891
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        Commodities
        13 14 Gold uss/oz 354.30 Silver uss/oi 4.867 Platinum uss/oz 611.60 Rubber cents/kg 30.56
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        Straits Times Index Intraday Chart
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        SGX most active
        60 14 )y volume Ian 9 DMXTech MultiVis Close 0.260 0.300 Change +0.010 +0.015 +4.0 +5.3 'OOO 35,770 25,662 Citiraya Surface MT Ml SembCorp SingTel Pac Cent Chartered 0.470 0.455 1.210 0.855 1.250 0.315 0.775 +0.025 +0.050 +0.120 +0.035 +0.020 +0.005 -0.005 +5.6 +12.3 +11.0 +4.3 +1.6 +1.6 -0.6
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        SGX top rises
        82 14 By$ Jan 9 Close Change OCBC 9.550 +0.250 DBS 11.000 +0.200 C&C 3.200 +0.120 Ml 1.210 +0.120 DBS Bk6% NCPS10 104.300 +0.100 OUE 5.900 +0.100 F N 8.050 +0.050 GreatEast 8.850 +0.050 SingTel 10 1.270 +0.050 SingTel 100 1.270 +0.050 By per centage Ian 9 Close Change
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        Lock icon SGX top falls
        82 14 SGX Bloomberg )y$ Ian 9 Close Change SIA 10.100 -0.400 Venture 13.800 -0.200 SIA 200 10.200 -0.200 Creative 50 12.600 -0.100 SPH 18.400 -0.100 SPH100 18.400 -0.100 STEngg 1.790 -0.070 Transpac 1.150 -0.050 UOL 1.630 -0.050 ShanghaiAC 40HKS 0.340 -0.045 iy per centage Ian 9 Goldtron Close
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      Lock icon Eye on the Eagle
      257 16 Bloomberg M'sian line plans to buy NOL unit KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysia International Shipping Corporation, Southeast Asia's biggest shipper, may buy a stake in American Eagle Tankers, which carries more than a 10th of US crude oil imports, as part of efforts to expand overseas. The
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      Lock icon Premas in Thai venture
      106 16 Reuters CAPITALAND said yesterday its subsidiary, Premas International, will form a joint venture with four partners to offer integrated property management and consultancy services in Thailand. The city-state's second biggest property firm said in a statement that Premas, through a wholly-owned unit, would own a 49
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      Lock icon HK's dilemma
      609 18 Bloomberg HONG KONG Chief Executive Tung Chee-Hwa's plan to raise taxes to plug a record Budget deficit may damage Hongkong's image as a business centre and do more harm than good to the economy, analysts said. Mr Tung said in his annual policy address on Wednesday that tax
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      Lock icon US talks trade with Central America
      101 18 -AFP WASHINGTON The US and five Central American nations announced the launch of freetrade talks aimed at eliminating tariffs and other barriers to trade in goods, agriculture, services and investments. The five Central American nations are Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua.
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      Lock icon Home-grown confidence
      359 20  -  Chan Chao Peh Shipping logistics company Sinwa to go public by chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg SINWA KS Limited, a home-grown marine supply and logistic company, provides vegetables, groceries and other items to shipping vessels. It goes to great lengths to satisfy customers' need such as searching for and bringing in lingo
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      Lock icon Fake soundcards: Company fined
      102 20 Bloomberg CREATIVE Technology, which makes Sound Blaster computer audio cards, said Singapore-based company Cosmos Trade-Nology was fined $800,000 for selling counterfeit versions of Creative's products. A Singapore court fined Cosmos Trade-Nology the maximum of $100,000 for each of eight counts of selling counterfeit products, Creative Technology
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      Lock icon MAS sees home-loan boost
      137 20 Channel NewsAsia THE Monetary Authority of Singapore expects the opening up of the HDB home loans market will contribute to the turnaround in the financial services sector this year. In its bi-annual macroeconomic review, MAS said it expects the financial services sector to expand modestly this
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      Lock icon Payment time for DBS
      91 20 Channel NewsAsia DBS Bank Group will make its final payment of HK$l5.3 billion ($3.4 billion) for Hong Kong's Dao Heng Bank today. The payment covers the final 28.4 per cent stake in Dao Heng, which DBS purchased for HK$45 billion(Sslo billion) back in April 2001. DBS
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      UOB slashes home loan rate
      169 20  -  Lee Yew Meng UNITED Overseas Bank has revised its HDB loan package yesterday. For new and existing UOB CashPlus or UOB Credit Card customers, the first year's fixed rate remains unchanged at 1.55 per cent but the second year's fixed rate has been reduced to
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      Lock icon Bond issue
      144 22 -AFP ADB to launch $1.7b global bond THE Asian Development Bank (ADB) said it has launched a US$l billion ($1.74 billion) three-year global bond to augment its lending operations. The bonds, issued through a syndicate headed by Lehman Brothers and ÜBS Warburg, have a yield of 70 basis
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      Lock icon Chinese news service to buy AFP-Asia
      196 22 Agencies HONG KONG Xinhua Financial Network (XFN), a Hong Kong-based news service partly controlled by the Chinese government, is buying the Asian financial news operations of Agence France-Presse (AFP) for an undisclosed sum. It also plans to expand into television. XFN said it is
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      Lock icon February boost?
      259 23 Reuters Opec may raise output to meet shortfall in Venezuela NEW DELHI Mr Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah (picture), president of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec), said that Feb 1 would be a "realistic" date for an increase in output from the group. Officials from Opec,
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      Lock icon Indon's interest rates to fall as fuel prices rise
      229 23 Reuters JAKARTA Bank Indonesia said yesterday that domestic interest rates, which are among Asia's highest, may fall further despite expected upwarc inflationary pressures, after last week's sharp hikes in the prices of fuel and other basic utilities. The fuel price hikes,
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      196 15 SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY Elsie is different. She's an SMU student. t m Elsie looks at things I from new perspectives. Mk V r e be''eve ta^es a different type of person to excel in the new J2 E^ economy. That"s why SMU is a different kind of university. One with
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon 2 crashes in a day
      206 24 Agencies Turkish jets collide hours after airliner goes down DIYARBAKIR (Turkey) Less than a day after the country's worst air disaster in more than 25 years, Turkey was dealt another blow yesterday when two military jets went down after a mid-air collision in heavy fog.
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      Lock icon India to allow dual citizenship
      99 24 -AFP NEW DELHI Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee yesterday kicked off the first Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, or Overseas India Day, by announcing that certain Indians living abroad would be allowed to hold dual citizenship. The Indian diaspora is huge, with 20 million people of India
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      UN retracts allegation of KL-AI Qaeda link
      146 24 PETALING JAYA The United Nations has retracted an allegation in one of its reports that Malaysia's ruling coalition, Barisan Nasional (BN), has links with the Al Qaeda terror network, The Star reported yesterday. The newspaper reported that a letter from UN Sanctions Committee
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      Lock icon P Branca signing on Feb 6
      86 24 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Singapore and Malaysia will sign an agreement on Feb 6 to refer their claims on Pedra Branca to the International Court of Justice, Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar said yesterday. Datuk Seri Syed Hamid and Singapore Foreign Minister S Jayakumar
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      Lock icon 7th ricin man held
      92 26 -AFP LONDON Anti-terrorist officers have arrested a seventh man after a highly toxic poison was found in London. The 33-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday, two days after six North African men and a woman were held after ricin was found in a flat The woman
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      Lock icon US to track students
      76 26 -AFP WASHINGTON The whereabouts of foreign students attending an American university can now be tracked using an information system. American University officials can now monitor if registered students are attending classes, verify their passport and visa validity and check their addresses. The university is the first
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      Lock icon Missile muscle
      169 26 Agencies India test-fires Agni NEW DELHI Nuclear rivals India and Pakistan have resumed their macho posturing after a bitter war of words. India test-fired a shorter range version of its nuclear-capable Agni missile (picture) yesterday which analysts said would boost the country's defence strategy against Pakistan. The Agni
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      Lock icon Loan shark terror
      764 28  -  Valerie Ng Errant debtors in JB are feeling the brunt... and the cops can't do much to help by in Johor Baru news@newstoday.com.sg NOWADAYS, almost every crime in Malaysia is suspected to have a link to loan sharks. A group of men who barged into a food
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      Lock icon God is only an SMS away
      177 28 Reuters ROME Italy, one of the world's most traditional Catholic countries, has opened the door to high-tech religion. The country's largest mobile phone operator, TIM, has begun a service to offer clients SMS messages with "the prayer of the day", "saint of the day"
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Lighthouse politics
      890 29  -  Assoc Prof Brian Farrell by news@newstoday.com.sg THE print media in Malaysia has been running frequent reports recently about tension in relations with Singapore. This is nothing new and the central issues remain familiar. But at least one Malaysian newspaper, the Malay Mail, used the "w" word this time,
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  • UPFRONT
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      On a second wind
      760 30  -  Felix Cheong by news@newsto day. com. sg r I "»HEY bring their careers to a -L standstill and let their talent lead them where it will. In spite of the current recession, these young professionals in their 20s and 30s feel the need to get out
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      WHO ARE THESE FOLKS?
      294 30 ANGELINA CHOO With two diplomas in mass communications, Angelina worked at a licensing company for two years before joining the Young Musicians' Society, where she stayed for another two years. Her involvement with arts management began with a series of small a cappella concerts which she
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  • TIMEOUT
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      Academy of fine arts gets new chief
      189 32  -  Serene Foo FORMER Nanyang Technological University (NTU) head Dr Cham Tao Soon (picture) is taking over as chairman of the management committee of the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (Nafa) from Professor Lim Yean Leng As the founding president of NTU, Dr Cham
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      Margaret's toy story
      281 32  -  Janice Lee Ten years later and she's plying her toy piano in public by janice@newstoday.com.sg SHE fell in love with the sound of it 10 years ago and is still fingering its keys today. The world's first professional toy pianist, Margaret Leng Tan (picture) is hailed as
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      296 32 -Reuters LONDON British chemists are to honour author and critic George Orwell with a search for the perfect way to make his favourite drink tea. The Royal Society of Chemistry said on Wednesday that the project will mark this year's 100th anniversary of the
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  • LIMELIGHT
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      Lock icon Clooney bares butt to promote film
      134 33 Reuters/Variety BERLIN Hollywood heartthrob George Clooney bared his bottom in the movie Solaris to stir up excitement and promote the film, he was quoted telling a German magazine on Wednesday. "If my ass helps the film, I don't have a problem with that," Clooney,
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      Lock icon Eastwood's daughter, Alison, bares all
      124 33 -AFP LOS ANGELES The actress daughter of Hollywood tough guy Clint Eastwood cannot be making her father's day by baring all in the US skin magazine, Playboy. Alison Eastwood, whose famous dad cast her in a major role in his 1997 film Midnight in the
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      Lock icon ... and very badass?
      182 33 and very badass? Reuters/Variety Hollywood actor in child porn case LOS ANGELES Actor Jeffrey Jones, who played a principal in Ferris Bueller's Day Off and a Puritan in The Crucible, pleaded innocent on Wednesday to child pornography charges. Jones, 56, who has been freed on US$2O,OOO ($34,727) bail, is accused
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      Ode to Red
      44 34 I Oh, red, colour of the H Lunar New Year, how you H revitalise and heal, H accent and enrich. In the next several pages, we I pay tribute to you and 1J your service to humanity. Dazzle on! m J
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      Red Fever Rising
      519 36  -  Sabina-Leah Fernandez m by sabina@newstoday.com.sg EVERY Lunar New Year, my family wear red when we visit our Chinese friends. This wins many compliments, but I've also noticed that we (a non-Chinese family) are usually the only ones decked out in that auspicious colour. Why is this so?
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      Red therapy
      566 38  -  Sabina-Leah Fernandez by! I—i sabina@newstoday.com.sg i WHY do you feel more relaxed in a room with blue walls than in one painted orange? No doubt colour has a great effect on your mood. It influences not only your psyche but also your physical well-being. Which is why colour
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      Shanghai or Silk Road?
      384 40  -  Sandra Leong Check out the wonders of each and more at the Chinese Arts Culture cum Travel Fair s by sandra@newstoday.com.sg THERE is no rule that says you have to spend the Lunar New Year at home fretting over the spring cleaning and entertaining visiting relatives.
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      31 42 Red V-neck stretch dress with ruched bustline ($79) brocade skirt by Marissa ($B9) 1 Floral print cap-sleeved blouse by Monsoon ($79) and sparkly denim pants by neu ($36)
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      147 40 Get into the Spirit ZODIAC STAMP SERIES (GOAT) STAMP EXHIBITION FAIR Celebrate the year of the goat. Check out the newly-launched goat stamp at the Singapore Philatelic Museum (SPM). Stamp enthusiasts can also pick up philately materials at the fair. Date: Till Sunday Time: 11am Bpm (Exhibition starts at 7.30pm
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      363 47 w U I 1111 111 A till 26 Jan Doubly Good Double Rewards The Lord Of The Rings-The Two Towers Craig David Slicker Than Your Average The Power Of Love Sftfclsl'lZ Holly Valance: Footprints Chicago The Story Of Chicago Wired-Up 2 i|s3£ :W$ 0 o Faith Hill Cry Die Another
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  • INCINEMAS
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      Funny chicken
      500 49  -  Yong Shu Chiang Sandra's fans will be hooked on this FILM REVIEW Golden Chicken IF hype is to be believed, life for a resilient and streetwise prostitute is kinda like a box of chocolates. With its episodic structure and plucky protagonist, Golden Chicken, a Hong Kong film whose
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      Lock icon Willis turns amnesiac
      133 50 Reuters/Variety NEW YORK He's played a menacing hitman (The Whole Nine Yards), a reluctant hero (Die Hard) and a quiet superhero (Unbreakable, picture). Now, Bruce Willis will lose his memory to play an amnesiac in the crime drama, Me Again, which begins production in April. Willis plays
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      History with a twist
      391 50  -  Serene Foo Action-packed film explores how the past can be altered FILM REVIEW 2009 Lost Memories THE premise of sci-fi flick, 2009 Lost Memories, is as seductive as it is intriguing imagine being able to change the course of history with one significant act In Lost
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      323 50 *****, Golden Mile Tower Beach Road t V if VENGEANCE IS MINE R(A) SUMMER R(A) Tdy:1.00,7.00,9.00pm KATAWAN R(A) Tdy:3.oopm SAINT CYR R(A)* Tdy:ll.4spm JENNIFER I Ij^^^^^S tt| ANISTON SHAWTOWER, 100 BEACH ROAD Jurong 6 cineplex JURONGEASTST 13 j^hJT^ ll:Ot*'m"3:ls"'iS,it!sV"/ M TONIGHT/TOMORROW 11:30PM W^M^ >*i I^^*^^ -U^iTi^uTAfrtMrtDD^A"/ i i irtQM TOWERS
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      69 50 Tdy: 11.00am, 1.00,3.00, T Tdy: 1.3075'3079 30,11.30pm f Sneak PreviewsTdy: 5.00,7.00,9.00,11.00 pm 11.00 am, 5.00,11.00 pm SCHOOLTEACHER iaW Japanese With Eng/Chin Subtitles R(A) Tdy: 1.00, 7.00 pm JURIN SK Japanese With Eng/Chin Subtitles R(A) Tdy: 3.00,9.00 pm GOLDEN CHICKEN &Q Chinese With Eng Subtitles R(A) Tdy: 1 1.30 am, 1.30,3.30,5.30,7.30,9.30,1
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      56 51 The Comedy is Back with Bigger Laughs "A killer comedy sequel... you'll die laughing!" Earl Dittman, Wireless Magazine ji "De Niro is even funnier in this one!" 4 V Bill Zweclter. Chicago Sun-Times >* BJ^Lt. 1 f^""^ "A laugh-out-loud riot f ir l> painfully funny!" -Larry King dl Robert De
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      1559 52 I Inside The Actor's Studio Arts Central, n P m F»day Movies Repossessed Correspondent's Yearbook I Channel i,lopm <S#^> 2002 Channel NewsAsia, 9.30pm I Kevin Spacey: A brilliant stage and screen actor whose break- The Devi i is back But he s nemr with an fl fc j HT through
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      Lock icon The Serena Slam
      559 53 -AFP MELBOURNE Serena Williams calls it the "Serena Slam" and it all starts with Monday's opening grand slam the Australian Open. The 21-year-old American, with the skin-tight cat-suit, overpowered women's tennis last year, annexing the French Open, Wimbledon and US Open titles. Only a twisted right-ankle in
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      Lock icon Agassi bursts Gasquet challenge
      289 53 -AFP MELBOURNE Andre Agassi booked a place in the final of the Kooyong International as he held off an inspired comeback from promising French teenager Richard Gasquet 6-2, 5-7, 6-2 yesterday. The 32-year-old American icon, playing against a young gun half his age, copped a surprise
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      Lock icon Open to consider date change
      170 53 -AFP MELBOURNE Tennis Australia has not shut the door on a possible date change for the Australian Open provided the rest of the complex circuit can be re-organised. Federation President Geoff Pollard told a Melbourne radio show yesterday that the idea of moving the first
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      Lock icon Yao steals the Magic
      471 54 -AFP The Chinese rookie opens his box of tricks to destroy Orlando ORLANDO The Magic got its first look at National Basketball Association (NBA) rookie Yao Ming yesterday, and Yao's Houston Rockets got their first victory in Orlando in over 11 years. Yao torched the Magic
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      Lock icon NFL makes changes after playoff farce
      245 55 Reuters NEW YORK A botched call at the tail end of the San Francisco 49ers' dramatic 39-38 win over the New York Giants in opening round playoff action last Sunday has caused the National Football League (NFL) to tinker with its rulebook, with the
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      Lock icon No Tiger? Watch Els
      562 55 Reuters Resurgent South African is the favourite for theTour's curtain raiser KAPALUA Still basking in the glow of winning the British Open last July, world number three Ernie Els is back in a familiar place. The South African has again qualified for the winner's only Mercedes
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      Underdog Holmes sneaks through
      465 56  -  Tan Yo-Hinn He could now face local favourite Lam by yohinn@newstoday.com.sg HE IS a virtual unknown on the local golf circuit But that appears to be working to his advantage as he has quietly worked his way into the last four of the $33,000 Accenture Champion
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      Lock icon Ryder Cup hero Price to take part in Caltex Masters
      351 56  -  Tan Yo-Hinn THE 2003 Singapore Caltex Masters already boasts an impressive lineup. But it's now even more impressive with the news that European Ryder Cup star Phillip Price will be taking part in the tournament, to be held at the
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      England defiant
      89 56 LONDON English cricket officials appeared set to defy the British government yesterday and go ahead with their World Cup game in Zimbabwe. England and Wales Cricket Board chief executive Tim Lamb said as the government refused to pay compensation if England boycotted its World Cup match in Zimbabwe
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      Dacourt off
      60 56 MILAN French midfielder Olivier Dacourt was set to complete his transfer from Leeds United to AS Roma yesterday after undergoing a medical test in the Italian capital. The 28-year-old arrived in Rome late on Wednesday after Roma and Leeds agreed terms on a deal. Dacourt was likely to
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      Matsui nervous
      69 56 NARITA Japanese home-run king Hideki Matsui said yesterday he was both thrilled and nervous as he flew out to join the New York Yankees as Japan's most expensive baseball export. The 28-year-old outfielder quit the Yomiuri Giants after powering the Tokyo club to the national championship in October.
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      Winning return
      86 56 SYDNEY Lindsay Davenport, emerging from a nine-month injury absence, fought back from breaks in the final set and tiebreaker to reach the semifinals of the Sydney International yesterday evening. The former world No. 1 prevailed on the pressure points to defeat rising 19-year-old Slovakian star Daniela Hantuchova, 6-4,
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      Lock icon Start winning again, United
      435 57 -AFP Ferdinand is worried that his team-mates have lost confidence MANCHESTER Manchester United's record signing Rio Ferdinand has called on his team-mates to show a winning mentality if they are to stand any chance of landing the Premiership title this season. The 23-year-old England centre half
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      Lock icon Shock defeat for Aussies
      202 57 Reuters SYDNEY World champion Australia conceded its highest total in a one-day international as it slumped to defeat by 79 runs against Sri Lanka yesterday. Captain Sanath Jayasuriya and Marvan Atapattu smashed centuries in a record opening stand to help the Sri Lankans pile up 343
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      Lock icon Trezeguet will stay
      158 57 -AFP ROME France star David Trezeguet, who last week said he was ready to walk out on Juventus if he did not get a massive pay rise, said yesterday he saw his long-term future with the Turin club. "I feel fine with Juventus. I'm happy. I want
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      Lock icon Man United's fans can't all be wrong
      724 58 Giggs must learn that even if they eat prawn sandwiches... MANCHESTER Superstars at Manchester United have never been shy when it comes to biting the 70,000 pairs of hands that feed them. The reaction of Ryan Giggs to criticism of his recent performances
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      Lock icon Houllier blames everyone else
      521 59 Agencies SHEFFIELD After another defeat to a lesser opponent, Liverpool boss Gerard Houllier was unhappy with Sheffield United's physical approach to the first leg of the Worthington Cup semi-final. The Frenchman claimed the aggressive aspect of United's side made life difficult for his Premiership superstars. Houllier
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      Bowyer sparks race fears
      180 59 LONDON Lee Bowyer completed his move from Leeds United to West Ham United as racial equality groups warned yesterday that the deal would threaten to increase tension in the East End of London, reported The Daily Mirror. "It is a deal which will polarise football fans
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      159 57 Match League Home Away Kick-off (Singapore Time) Start of Sales Close of Sale No. Team Team 01 Liverpool Aston Villa 02 Sunderland Blackburn 03 Chelsea Charlton 04 Bolton Fulham Sat, 11 /I/2003,11.00pm Fri, 10/1 /2003,8.00am Sat,ll /I/2003,7.00pm 05 E Premier Manchester City Leeds 06 West Bromwich Manchester Uld 07 West
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