Today, 10 February 2003

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    9 1 TODAY Monday February 10, 2003 MITA (P) 002/1 1/201
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    Pfizer's new riser
    861 1  -  Kim-Kyna Tan New cholesterol zapper beats Viagra pants down in sales by kim@newstoday.com.sg PFIZER'S wonder drug of the century is not Viagra, its legendary blue pill for impotence... but a little white pill called Lipitor. You may call the cholesterol-buster Pfizer's best-kept secret but Lipitor sales for
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  • HOT NEWS
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      His story
      345 2  -  Tor Ching Li Play revisits Maria Hertogh riots by chingli@newstoday.com.sg COME mid-September, a Malaysian-produced musical based on a controversial piece of Singapore's history will be making its entrance here. Natra, as the musical is titled, is based on a real-life drama that took place 53 years ago the
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      KL insists on patrols around P Branca
      157 2  -  Ng Boon Yian THREE days after the Special Agreement was signed to refer the dispute over Pedra Branca to the International Court of Justice, Malaysia is insisting that it has the same right as Singapore to patrol and place its assets on the
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      Chingay delight
      49 2  -  WEETECKHIAN. Featuring the theme "Ocean of Harmony", the Chingay Parade 2003 showcased 3,000 performers in colourful costumes and props depicting the vibrancy of underwater life. This performer from the "Romancing Singapore" act filled the parade grounds with bubbles while showing off her dance moves. Today photo by
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      Lock icon Anti-war protest
      112 3 Reuters JAKARTA Thousands of people took to the streets yesterday in one of the biggest protests yet against a possible US-led attack on Iraq. The official Antara news agency put the number of protesters, who ranged from students to families with babies in their arms, at "tens of
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      Lock icon Malaysian envoys set to leave Iraq
      236 3 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR In anticipation of a US-led attack on Iraq, Malaysia has evacuated the family members of its diplomatic staff in Baghdad. Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar said only eight diplomatic officials remained in Baghdad but would leave if the United
      -AFP  -  236 words
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      Lock icon Aceh rebels begin to disarm
      324 3 Agencies BANDA ACEH Indonesia's Aceh province took a crucial step towards ending its bloody 26-year separatist war yesterday with the disarming of separatist rebels. The step comes two months after Indonesia and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) rebel group signed a deal aimed at bringing
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      Lock icon Eager crowds queue for a shot with PM Goh
      112 4 WONG KHING CHONG WHEN Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong arrived at the Chinese New Year Garden Party at the Istana Lawn, crowds of eager grassroots leaders swarmed towards him. A queue stretching at least 50 metres long waited patiently for their
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      Jet-setter's mite
      283 4  -  Clement Mesenas Property consultant does his bit for Filipino maids by clement@newstoday.com.sg LUXURY property consultant Edmund Tie is striving to keep a down-to-earth former school building in Pasir Panjang on its feet, so to speak, so that it can continue to provide skills improvement classes for Filipino domestic
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      Lock icon S'poreans say 'cheers' with wine
      150 4 Channel News Asia THE economic times may be bad but when it comes to the luxury of sipping wine, there is no stopping Singaporeans. According to recent figures, Singaporeans have been drinking up to seven million litres a year. This has lured a stream of
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Rocky road ahead
      573 6  -  Francis Kan New SGX chief has to battle dwindling volumes and attract overseas listings by francis@newstoday.com.sg A COLLECTIVE sigh of relief could be heard in the securities markets last month when industry veteran Hsieh Fu Hua, 53, was named to the top job at the Singapore Exchange
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  • LETTERS
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      Subway art
      166 8  -  Fok Kah Ron MRT pillars could do with some 'painting' THE pillars supporting MRT tracks have become dirty and unsightly over the years. The pillars do not blend in well with the roads, which are lined with trees and bushes. I would like to suggest that the authorities
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      Game software: Who will lose?
      232 8  -  Tan Suan Tiu I REFER to the letters, "High game prices invite piracy", by Mr Michael Loh Yik Ming (Today, Feb 7), and "Game software deserves to sell for more than $10 to $12", by Mr Samuel Ou Chung Wai (Weekend Today, Feb 8-9). Neither
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      Indications of higher N-E Line fares
      179 8  -  Alice Tan I REFER to Mr Michael Loh Yik Ming's letter, "Why not pick system that's cheaper to upkeep?" (Today, Feb 5). When the former Minister for Communications announced the Government's decision to build the NorthEast Line (NEL) in 1996, he indicated that, based
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Bright outlook
      446 10  -  Chan Chao Peh Star Hub expects mobile customer base to rise 25% this year by chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg STARHUB, the smallest mobile operator here by subscriber numbers, expects its subscriber base to grow by 25 per cent this year to about 800,000. The company had earlier predicted that it would
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      Lock icon In case of war...
      352 12 Bloomberg Airlines seek China's consent to fly over Tibet BANGKOK The International Air Transport Association (lata), a group of about 280 airlines, is seeking permission from China for its members to fly over Tibet as it prepares to change routes to avoid Iraq in case of
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      Lock icon Mitsubishi Tokyo to sell stock
      125 12 Bloomberg TOKYO The Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group's plan to sell about US$3 billion ($5.2 billion) of stock to individuals and institutions may demonstrate the confidence investors have in the nation's No 3 bank by assets. Japan's seven biggest banks need to raise money to cut
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    • Market Watch
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        Commodities
        13 12 3old us$/oz iilver us$/oi 'latinum us$/oi irent crude us$/borrel 4.650 673.600 35.120
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        World markets
        52 12 Pis Nikkei 225 8448.16 -36.03 -0.43 Hang Seng 9150.95 All Ordinaries 2886.10 Taiwan Wtd 4735.37 24.80 17.90 -98.21 0.27 0.62 -2.03 Korea Comp 577.48 SET Index 378.95 Jakarta Comp 394.63 -12.02 -0.15 0.18 -2.04 -0.04 0.05 Phils Comp 1041.83 Shenzen B 209.30 Mumbai 3279.77 5.27 0.54 -25.67 0.51
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        Singapore
        39 12 THE STI traded within a narrow band, closing at 1,285.41. Sing Tel reported its third quarter profit of $296 million on Friday, slightly above market expectations. The stock closed at the day's low of $1.32, down one cent
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        Lock icon Your S$1 buys
        38 12 SXT BLOOMBERG US$ 0.5732 Peso 30.938 UK£ 0.3512 A$ 0.8714 Yen 68.9384 Indian Rs 27.342 HK$ 4.4705 Won 678.67 RM 2.1779 C$ 0.8714 Euro 0.5297 Yuan 4.7461 Rupiah 5084.3 NZ$ 1.0430 Baht 24.599 NTS 19.918
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      Lock icon Dow heading down
      318 14 Bloomberg US stocks will go lower if the Iraq situation does not improve NEW YORK Since mid-January, the Standard Poor's 500 Index (S&P 500) and the Dow Jones Industrial Average have gone about two-thirds of the way towards six-year lows. They may get closer there this week.
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      Lock icon IT spending set to rise
      153 14 AFP ASIAN companies are willing to spend more on information technology (IT) this year despite economic challenges, global political risks and reduced confidence in the industry, according to a recent survey by the International Data Corp (IDC), which has its regional headquarters in Singapore. Half
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      Lock icon 'No' to euro
      284 16 AFP Brown does not agree with Blair LONDON Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown (picture) has decided privately that Britain should not join the European single currency during the lifetime of the current Parliament and possibly for years after that, reported The Sunday Times. A source close
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      Lock icon Indonesian perks for investors
      174 16 Bloomberg JAKARTA Indonesia plans to offer incentives to lure foreign manufacturers of goods like electronics and cars to the nation, reported The Jakarta Post, citing Trade and Industry Minister Rini Soewandi. The plan may include trimming or removing import duties and taxes on raw materials used
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      456 16 Every Monday, we carry a table of dividends declared by companies listed on the Singapore Exchange (SGX). The list, compiled with the assistance of Telekurs Financial, appears in our business and finance pages. The new service is in line with the efforts of the editorial team at Today to provide
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Key Thai ministers replaced
      187 18 BANGKOK In a move seen as a bid to defuse "ticking time bombs", Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra reshuffled his Cabinet that saw the important Justice and Finance Ministers replaced. He also said he would not hesitate to reshuffle the Cabinet again if he sees fit,
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      Lock icon Another Iraq row
      388 18 Agencies US left out of Franco-German plan to disarm Baghdad MUNICH (Germany) Transatlantic relations hit a new low as US officials yesterday lambasted France and Germany for leaving them out of the loop on a joint plan to disarm Iraq. Senior officials were deeply unhappy at being
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      Lock icon Japanese on alert
      157 18 Reuters TOKYO The Japanese government has drawn up plans to mobilise troops in case of a possible North Korean missile launch, a leading Japanese newspaper said yesterday. North Korea shocked the world in 1998 by test-firing a missile over Japan's main island of Honshu. It said later
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      Hope for peace?
      366 20 Sharon meets Palestinian Speaker; more talks in the offing JERUSALEM In what appears to be a softening of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's hardline stand against the Palestinians, the hawkish leader resumed direct contacts with them in a bid to implement a ceasefire aimed at ending ongoing
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      Lord Chancellor gives up pay hike
      142 20 LONDON Britain's Lord Chancellor has given up a huge pay hike after furious protests from public servants and Labour Party Cabinet ministers. Lord Alexander Irvine (picture), the head of the judiciary and a senior government figure, triggered outrage when he accepted a rise of
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      Lock icon HK riskier but still safe
      133 20 Agencies HONG KONG Hong Kong police said yesterday that they had upgraded the terror risk level to moderate but stressed that the territory remained safe. "There is no evidence to indicate that Hong Kong is a target of terrorist attacks," a police spokeswoman said. On
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  • COMMENTARY
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      The $5b bang
      598 22  -  Oon Yeoh Valuecap injects life into sleepy Malaysian bourse THE Malaysian stock market is the hot market right now. News of the creation of a new government investment fund has sparked a frenzy of buying that has lifted the stock exchange's key index by 5.6 per cent
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  • WATZUP?
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      Love ... and the Mad Chinaman
      810 24  - Love and the Mad Chinaman Elisa Chia DICK LEE (picture) otherwise known as The Mad Chinaman can't believe it He laughs hard and his face flushes red. "I read in the newspaper this morning my show is linked to Romancing Singapore!" chortles the singer-songwriter-producer. His one-night concert tomorrow, he jibes,
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    • LIVING LEARNING
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        Problems lease
        288 26  -  -Jason Chong Real situations more useful than classes AS Singapore's education system sees structural reforms, another revolution seems to be unfolding. Challenging the traditional didactic approach to education, this revolution sees students skipping lectures for a legitimate reason there are no lectures. Instead, students are given problems whose
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        What lies beneath?
        558 28  -  Yong Shu Chiang They're both tragic stories but Titanic was different because there's a grandeur and romari' ticism about it. Bismarck has a coldness and grimness to it and it's a story about revenge. Film director James Cameron, on the differences between Titanic and Bismarck. Cameron goes
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    • IN CINEMAS
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        Lock icon There no more ...
        153 29 There no more -Reuters Short story master Monterroso dies at 81 MEXICO CITY Guatemalan writer Augusto Monterroso (picture), winner of Spain's prestigious Prince of Asturias prize for literature and an acclaimed master of the short story, has died, his family said on Saturday. Monterroso, who was 81, died of a
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        Lock icon Oscar fever
        72 29 AFP LOS ANGELES As the United States frets over a looming war with Iraq, all eyes in Hollywood are trained on one thing the unveiling of this year's Oscar nominations tomorrow morning. In one of the tightest races in years, only two safe bets have emerged: The glitzy
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        Lock icon Flare up over Solaris
        594 30 AFP Clooney lays into journalist for 'boring' remark BERLIN An angry George Clooney (picture) blasted a Turkish journalist who found his sci-fi love story Solaris "boring" on Saturday. "I find you fascinating," Clooney told the journalist sarcastically when the latter volunteered his opinion at a press
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    • EAT OUT
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        Lock icon Resort-style dining
        545 32  -  Katrina Karim A welcome respite from the hubbub of city crowd DINING at S.E.A. Village is like visiting an enchanted kampong which overlooks tranquil waters, lapping gently as the balmy winds blow. "S.E.A." stands for South-east Asia and underscores the restaurant's culinary theme of regional favourites. To give
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        3 settings, 3 ways to celebrate your love
        301 32  -  Karman Tse Depending on what you and your loved one are in the mood for this Valentine's Day, you have the option of a serene evening where you dine while enjoying the view of a glistening pool; a more robust ambience dining
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        FOODNOTES
        107 33 ORIENTAL GOES NORTH INDIAN I he Oriental Hotel presents fine North Indian cuisine at the Captain's Bar, featuring dishes with subtle flavours and textures delicately created with the use of freshly blended spices in a traditional fashion. Look forward to sampling some of Chef Bhjarat Negi's signature dishes such
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      1596 34 WATZUP?— ON TV Scrubs -My Bed Banter and Beyond eh 5, n P m Earthvisions Crocodile Howard GoodalKs Big Bangs Arts Central, io P m •60 Minutes cna, 7.32pm Hunter Arts Central, 9pm Having crossed the line between m Howard (left) talks about the Tonight's i friends and lovers, JD
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      686 35 Mike's bowing out, but is there anyone to take over? NBA All-Star Game East v West Live, today, Ch23, 9am ATLANTA When Michael Jordan steps out amid the 20,000 flashbulbs at his final NBA All-Star Game today, his tongue will be out, waving goodbye to a generation while
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      67 35 Reuters ATLANTA Golden State Warriors guard Jason Richardson earned another NBA All-Star award by successfully defending his Slam Dunk title with a rim-rattling, between the legs throw-down yesterday. Richardson's dunk earned a standing ovation from one of the judges Michael Jordan. Sacramento Kings forward Peja Stojakovic also successfully
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      439 36 -AFP After death threat hoax, England delays decision JOHANNESBURG England cricket supremo Tim Lamb confirmed that the country's players had received what he described as a "hoax" death threat if they played their scheduled World Cup game in Zimbabwe. Lamb, who yesterday was engaged in a last-ditch bid
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      292 36 -AFP JOHANNESBURG Pakistan captain Waqar Younis believes reigning champion Australia is rattled at the prospect of facing his team in tomorrow's high-profile World Cup match. "The Australians are panicking and we must cash on it to have a cracking start in the tournament," Waqar said
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      424 36 AFP Golf Pebble Beach National Pro-Am Final round, live today, Ch 5, 5.30 am PEBBLE BEACH Davis Love (picture) made sure he will not have to come from behind to win this time along the Monterey Peninsula. He shot his second
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      397 37 AFP MADRID Real Madrid kept up the pressure on league leader Real Sociedad with a 4-1 victory over Real Betis yesterday. The win means the European and world club champion is only one point behind its Basque rival, although Real Sociedad has a game
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      199 38 Reuters LONDON Teenager Wayne Rooney is set to become the youngest player to represent England after coach Sven-Goran Eriksson included the 17-year-old striker in his squad for the friendly against Australia. In-form Southampton striker James Beattie and 19-year-old Newcastle United
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      459 39 ElEKEfffHiNm Robert hits fine equaliser against Arsenal and then gets sent off English Premiership Newcastle 1 Arsenal 1 Gunners waste one-man advantage NEWCASTLE Anyone who genuinely believes the Premiership title race is a marathon and not a sprint should have been at St James' Park to
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