Today, 20 February 2003

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    Masthead
    8 1 TODAY Thursday February 20, 2003 MITA (P) 002/11/2002
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    The aftershock
    747 1  -  Lee Ching Wern In Singapore, after storm, to fix reputations by. chingwern@newstoday.com. sg IN the plush and peaceful setting of Fullerton Hotel, eight earnest people sat talking to this reporter yesterday about another meeting that several of them had attended two months ago. They were polite to a
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    Goodbye, king of jeans
    353 1  -  Derrick A Paulo by. derrick@newstoday.com.sg WHEN 30 retail outlets close for the day so that their 300-odd staff can pay their last respects to their founder, it speaks volumes of a boss. When they are joined by hundreds others, who were given just a half-day's notice
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
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  • HOT NEWS
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      The unpublished letter...
      317 2  -  Ng Boon Yian by. boonyian@newstoday.com.sg IT was some two weeks ago that the Foreign Ministers of Singapore and Malaysia engaged in some verbal sparring during a joint press conference in Kuala Lumpur. But until today, the fireworks have not subsided. Last Sunday, Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid
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      Women's raw deal
      550 2  -  Kim-Kyna Tan Dr Balaji prescribes flexi-workto aid female doctors by. kim@newstoday.com.sg IT takes a doctor to know, first-hand, the ailments that plague the healthcare system. Dr Balaji Sadasivan (picture), Minister of State for Health and the Environment, applied his neurosurgical know-how to a psychoanalysis of the factors
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      Lock icon Indonesian women cheer 30% quota
      210 3 Agencies JAKARTA Indonesian women's groups are jubilant after legislators passed a law opening the way for more female Members of Parliament The electoral Bill, passed late on Tuesday, carries a clause that at least 30 per cent of candidates in a general election, including the
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      Test case
      447 3 First 911 suspect jailed for 15 years HAMBURG Under a heavy security blanket, a German court yesterday delivered the first verdict worldwide on a person linked to the Sept 11 suicide bombings in the US. Mounir El Motassadeq (picture), a 28-year-old Moroccan student, was convicted of being an
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      Drive off with a smile
      820 3  -  Grace Tay by. gra ce@newsto day. com. sg YOUR heart sinks as you approach I your car. The left back tyre's com- j pletely flat, and you have no idea now to change it. If that's not bad I enough, imagine the CBD hourly j
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      Lock icon Who ordered Palace Star to be put down? Thwaites case continues...
      300 4 Joy Frances AS the case against top racehorse trainer Malcolm Thwaites continued yesterday, one of the six owners suing him told the High Court she had no knowledge that one of the horses, Palace Star, had been put down.
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      Titanium-gold jewellery
      87 4  -  WONG KHING CHONG LECTURER Loh Peng Chum (picture) has created the world's first titanium-gold compound by using a diffusion bonding technique, which he perfected after two years of research and development The two metals were previously thought incompatible as compounds of high-strength titanium and the more malleable gold
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      Haunted by a risky past
      506 4  -  Jose Raymond by. jose@newstoday.com.sg SPLURGES in the past have started haunting some loan-seekers. Some of them face the full implications of the recent developments in the banking scene. A couple wanted a bank loan for their second flat But they faced a snag: They had
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      89 2 120 22 Feb 9am 6pm www.nyp.edu.sg/openhouse Your Success Begins NYP! Chart New Directions Course Careers Exhibition Savour Vibrant Campus Life Carnival Bazaar Enjoy Celebrity Performances 'LIVE' Concerts Hi-5! Come in Groups of 5 for special tours and win a Nokia 6610, Giordano Timewear, MTV merchandise lots more! Log on to
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Lock icon Rice makeover
      522 6  -  Richard Seah See Hoy Chan revolutionises rice trade once more by. news@newstoday.com.sg IT IS a business that has remained largely unchanged for over 30 years and, to some extent, continues to be run by old men wearing singlets. Enter a bespectacled young executive and what you get is
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      Drop in COE prices 'expected'
      291 6  -  -Joy Frances TWO weeks after a frenzy of bidding for Certificate of Entitlements (COEs) caused prices to shoot past $30,000 in the A, B and Open categories, the upward trend seems to be ebbing. Yesterday, all three categories closed lower, with category A (cars 1,600
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      Lock icon Getting Typhoon on the shortlist
      154 6 Bloomberg BAE Systems chairman Richard Evans met Singapore Government officials earlier this month to try to place the Eurofighter Typhoon plane on the final shortlist for a fighter order from the Republic. Mr Evans may hold further talks in another visit in May if the
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      Learn from the PSA
      200 8  -  Narayana Narayana YOUR report, "800 jobs lost, lesson learnt" (Today, Feb 18), brings home the message that the PSA Corporation may have found out how necessary it is to listen to the ground, in this case very late in the day. It is almost three years
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      Sell SilkAir
      469 8  -  Prithpal Singh and allow it to become a lean, no-frills airline I REFER to the report, "The Silk Air buzz" (Today, Feb 18). Has Singapore become a nation of talkers and bystanders? In view of the economic malaise, we should be transforming ourselves into a people who are
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      132 8 Inspector or Reliability Engineer C 0 Singapore Quality Institute Application starts now for the following intakes: Certified 17 May 4 Sat, Dip/Deg and 5 yrs n,,-iitw 8.30 am spm experience in quality "uailiy related fields Manager Certified 7 Apr 4 Mon.Wed.Fri, Dip/Deg and 2 yrs Quality 7pm-10pm experience in Engineer
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Downgrade?
      215 9 Pressure on Aussie phone firms BRISBANE Fitch Ratings may lower its credit ratings on phone companies operating in Australia such as Sing Tel, Telstra and Telecom New Zealand if competition increases. The introduction by Hutchison Telecommunications Australia of its As 3 billion ($3.11 billion) high-speed wireless Internet service at
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    • Market Watch
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        Singapore
        119 9 SHARE prices in Singapore closed 1.68 per cent higher yesterday, boosted by a rally on Wall Street, dealers said. The ST Index rose 21.72 points to 1,315.53. The All-Singapore Equities index added 4.72 points to 350.37. Dealers said the momentum was not expected to continue as a likely conflict
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        World markets
        52 9 Index Value Change Pis Nikkei 225 8678.44 -14.53 -0.17 Hang Seng Ml Ordinaries laiwan Wtd 9427.63 2849.90 4550.83 30.58 21.00 -54.48 0.30.74 -LIE Korea Comp SET Index 600.83 371.18 -2.62 0.73 -0.40.2C Jakarta Comp 401.95 -0.99 -0.25 Phils Comp Shenzen B Mumbai 1029.30 207.98 3302.04 -1.34 1.40 12.95
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 9 US$ 0.5711 UK£ 0.3585 Yen 67.975 HK$ 4.4544 RM 2.1697 Euro 0.5328 Rupiah 5076.7 Baht 24.549 Peso 31.006 A$ 0.9642 Indian Rs 27.243 Won 684.86 C$ 0.8642 Yuan 4.7274 NZ$ 1.0335 NTS 19.876
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        Commodities
        21 9 Gold uss/oi 347.05 Silver uss/oi 4.57 Platinum uss/oz 671.5 Rubber centsAg 173.75 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1617 Brent crude uss/barrel 36.96
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        Straits Times Index Intraday Chart
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        SGX most active
        55 9 iy volume :eb 19 Chartered DatacrftUSS SingTel STEngg TTInt Autron LeongHin Ml Surface MT TPV Close 0.710 0.690 1.340 1.690 0.435 0.200 0.735 1.280 0.515 0.530 Change +0.015 +0.020 +0.010 -0.005 +0.005 +0.060 +0.020 +2.2 +1.5 +0.6 -2.4 +0.7 +4.9 +4.0 '000 12,292 10,245 9,242 9,134 7,146
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        SGX top rises
        81 9 By$ Feb 19 Close Change Shang Asia 2kHKS 5.900 +0.400 &eative 50 11.800 +0.400 DBS 10.500 +0.400 SPH 18.400 +0.200 SPH100 18.300 +0.200 UOB 10.900 +0.200 Venture 13.500 +0.200 OUE 6.200 +0.150 APB Breweries 5.000 +0.140 F&N 7.950 +0.100 By percentage Feb 19 Close Change L&M 0.010
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        SGX top falls
        83 9 ly$ :eb 19 Close Changi SIA200 9.650 -0.101 JMH400USS 5.700 -0.051 ChuanHup 0.415 -0.041 KepLand 1.120 -0.031 SingamasC 2kHKS 2.550 -0.02: Haw Par 3.360 -0.021 Haw Par 40 3.380 -0.021 Hr Glass 0.430 -0.021 ITE 0.300 -0.021 Goodpack 0.435 -0.01: iy percentage :eb 19 Close Change Penguin
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      Tiong Bahru site for sale
      211 10  -  Lee Yew Meng by. yewmeng@newstoday.com. sg ONE of Singapore's hottest residential sites in Tiong Bahru is up for sale today. Industry sources expect property heavyweights to be gunning for the site, which is next to the Tiong Bahru MRT station and Tiong Bahru Plaza. The
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      Lock icon Investor's delight
      384 10 Bloomberg Shopping centres are hot property WHAT should you buy in a city that loves to shop? A mall, say some investors. Prudential Pic and the other companies which paid US$6B4 million ($1.2 billion) to purchase shopping centres in Singapore last year may keep buying this year, amid
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      ABN returns to woo home buyers
      264 10 AFTER lying low for more than a month, ABN Amro is back to woo HDB flat owners with a vengeance. It is offering a new loan package that offers the lowest average rate of 2.07 per cent for the first three years. The package
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      Pernas sells Singapore, UK properties
      117 10 KUALA LUMPUR Pernas International Bhd, a Malaysian hotel and plantation group, will sell its properties in Singapore and London to pare debt and raise working capital, The Sun said, citing a report by theedgedaily.com that quoted Pernas chairman Megat Najmuddin Megat Khas. Pernas plans to
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      Lock icon Ascendas shares remain unaffected
      162 12 Bloomberg SHARES of Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust closed unchanged after the property trust amended a statement following the release of its results for the period from Nov 19 to Dec 31. The owner of eight Singapore industrial buildings said it earned $4.5 million for the
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      Lock icon Global layoffs
      347 12 Reuters Micron to axe 1,800 jobs to reduce costs BOISE (Idaho) Micron Technology, the sec-ond-largest player in the competitive computer memory chip market, said it would cut its worldwide workforce by about 10 per cent as it seeks to cut costs in a brutal pricing environment By the
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      Lock icon Power struggle
      156 13 Bloomberg Tuas Power expects stiffer competition, smaller profits TUAS Power, one of three Singapore Government-owned power-generating companies, expects its profits to decline as competition intensifies. Power prices will continue to fall after the deregulation of the electricity market, said Mr Lav Gar Ning, chief executive officer of the
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      Lock icon Noble eyes bigger slice of China pie
      204 13 Reuters COMMODITY trading and shipping firm Noble Group aims to boost its presence in China to take advantage of the country's vast appetite for raw materials. "We are planning to expand operations in China," said the Singapore-listed and Hong Kongbased firm's executive director,
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      Autron shares fall 5%
      120 13 SHARES in Singapore electronics equipment supplier Autron Corp fell as much as five per cent on Wednesday after announcing it would sell nine per cent of the company to the Government at a discount to the market price. Seletar Investments, a unit of Temasek Holdings, plans
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      Toyota steps in
      288 14 Firm plans to buy 46% of Indonesian car maker JAKARTA Toyota Motor Corp, the world's third-largest car maker, plans to take control of a joint manufacturing venture with PT Astra International, Indonesia's largest car maker, an Astra executive said. Astra, 34 per cent owned by Singapore's Cycle
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      StanChart profit surges 45%
      106 14 STANDARD Chartered Pic (StanChart) said second-half profit rose a better-than-forecast 45 per cent as it set aside less money for bad loans. The London-based bank's net income rose to US$42B million ($749 million), or 38.8 US cents a share, from US$295 million, or 26.1 cents, a
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      462 10 The Society of Remisiers (Singapore) presents 3 seminars for traders users of technical analysis by Daryl Guppy #I:TRADE OPPORTUNITY ANALYSIS I Saturday: 22 Feb 03,9.30am-12.30pm. About the Speaker: Daryl is an Capital Tower Auditorium- 9th Floor Australian based trainer and a fulltime Use technical tools to identify the opportunity active
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  • TECH NEWS
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      Dawn of a new age
      542 15 The new age of mobile communications is now here, thanks to the Sony Ericsson PBOO smart multimedia handphone that's truly global so you can use it anywhere in the world. And since the PBOO comes with a built-in camera, this multimedia smartphone with access to
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      More than just a handphone
      265 15 The Sony Ericsson PBOO multimedia smartphone is a phone, PDA, digital camera, music player and Internet access point. A Memory Stick Duo® device supplied with the handphone gives additional 16MB memory capacity to the phone and helps you to easily back-up files as well as
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Many ignore London levy
      245 16 LONDON An early challenge has emerged for the city's newly-introduced traffic management scheme, with as many as 10,000 motorists refusing to pay the £5 ($13.96) charge for entering the city centre, The Guardian newspaper reported yesterday. Manual checkers were looking at photographs of the licence plates
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      Lock icon New resolution
      345 16 Agencies UN backing unnecessary, US says again WASHINGTON The weight of widespread opposition to war has failed to make a mark on the United States, which is now working with Britain on a new United Nations resolution authorising the use of force against Iraq. In a mammoth UN
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      Lock icon Tragedy of errors in subway inferno
      300 16 -AFP DAEGU The subway inferno in South Korea's fourth-largest city was a disaster waiting to happen, experts said yesterday as investigators launched a probe into why so many people died. The toll in the arson attack reached 125 after 72 bodies were recovered from
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      Lock icon Cherie Blair acts for Gurkhas
      133 16 -AFP LONDON Seven former members of the British Army's Gurkha unit brought discrimination claims against the British government on Tuesday. The Nepalese Gurkhas, whose test cases are being argued by barrister Cherie Blair, wife of Prime Minister Tony Blair, claimed that they suffered inferior pay,
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      Lock icon Aussie fears after 911
      112 16 -AFP SYDNEY Islamaphobia is on the rise in Australia, according to a study which has found that 55 per cent of Australians would be concerned if a close relative married a Muslim. "The results clearly indicate an expanding Islamaphobia, no doubt linked to recent geopolitical events
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      Branded for success
      729 18 Course helps executives go international BRANDING guru and the author of Hi-tech Hi-touch Branding, Dr Paul Temporal (picture), was their lecturer on their first day in class. The 25 eager students of Nanyang Polytechnic's (NYP) Specialist Diploma in Strategic Brand Management course were impressed. "About half the
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        INTERNATIONAL
        169 18 FORMERLY known as the Singapore Trade Development Board (TDB), International Enterprise Singapore or IE Singapore for short is the lead agency spearheading Singapore's efforts to develop its external economic wing by helping local companies to globalise. IE Singapore's mission is to help local companies grow and internationalise. It offers
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        Who is eligible?
        126 18 Singapore-registered companies with at least 30 per cent turnover derived overseas. (The company must employ the executive in a position related to internationalisation for a period of at least six months after the completion of the course.) Both company-sponsored and self-spon-sored executives who are either Singapore citizens
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  • COMMENTARY
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      CHIP STAKES
      1145 20  -  Assif Shameen Does Singapore really need a bleeding Chartered Semicon? Where does one draw the line? by. news@newstoday.com.sg SO much has been and is being written about Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing that often it is hard to separate the wheat from the chaff. Why do people waste so much
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      176 21 I m. The 2003 City Shopper Rewards Programme is here. Now, you can redeem even more exciting gifts I p*——-^ a^s^ and privileges, and a chance to win the Peugeot 206! Every $50 updated on your City Shopper card E in a single day from now to 30 April 2003
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  • WATZUP
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      Spilt Gravy & split sides
      560 22  - Spilt Gravy split sides Yong Shu Chiang Jit Murad takes a humorous dig at upper middle-class Malay family life by. shuchiang@newstoday.com.sg MALAYSIAN theatre figure Jit Murad (picture) feigned anxiety when he received my call. He had missed our appointed interview time because hunger pangs drove him to gobble up some
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      Lock icon Woman chased by alien actors sues TV show
      289 22 Reuters/Variety LOS ANGELES Kara Blanc thought she was being chased by an alien while she was on her way to a posh Hollywood party and was terrified. But the alien turned out to be an actor in a monster suit and the
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    • DAILY BREW
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        And the nominated films are ...
        90 22 And the nominated films are TWO big-budget movies, Infernal Affairs and Hero, have garnered 16 and 14 nominations respectively for the Hong Kong Film Awards. But they face competition from a handful of smaller films, such as Three, Golden Chicken and The Eye, which picked up a total of 20
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        Singer sues tabloid over tumour
        50 22 ROXETTE singer Marie Fredriksson has threatened to sue a Swedish daily tabloid for an article alleging she could be suffering from a second tumour, AP reported. The Expressen said that doctors had discovered another possible tumour after the 44-year-old singer underwent brain surgery last September.
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        DPM's meeting with unionists
        62 22 CATCH Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in a talk with unionists on Channel News Asia at eight tonight DPM Lee addresses concerns about CPF cuts, the economy and what will happen if war breaks out in Iraq. A repeat telecast is scheduled for 12.30 am.
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        Nanyang Polytechnic's Open House
        103 22 AS part of its open house from today to Saturday Nanyang Polytechnic is introducing an SMS course advisory session. Lasting two weeks, the SMS session is targeted at students who need information on the polytechnic's offerings and admission procedures. Enquiries can be sent to 971 *****
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        Charity drive to bring cheers
        40 22 BRING a ray of hope to the needy families of Club Rainbow. Till Feb 28, you can contribute non-per-ishable foods such as rice, cooking oil and biscuits to them at 15 Cheers 24-hour stores islandwide.
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      Lock icon No joy for Jackson
      430 24 -AFP LOS ANGELES The besieged King of Pop, Michael Jackson, faced fresh legal woes earlier in the week as he battled a US$l3 million ($22.7 million) lawsuit filed by a former business manager who claims he is owed massive back-pay. A judge in Los Angeles gave
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      Two wishes granted
      95 24 IN conjunction with the debut episode of My Genie 11, KFC the sponsor of the sitcom had rolled out a May Your Wish Come True lucky draw promotion. With the purchase of certain meals between Dec 9 to 22 last year, customers had a chance of winning
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        Chicago, encore!
        610 25  - Chicago encore! David Ngiau Musical has critic singing again Chicago FILM REVIEW PERSONALLY, musicals just aren't my cup of tea. Joseph and his Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat was far from a dream and movie musical Moulin Rouge irritated me. But with Chicago, the film version of Bob Fosse and Fred Ebb's
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        Hot? Horrors!
        461 26  -  Yong Shu Chiang Expect no more than low-brow humour WAKING up to a bad hair day can be pretty upsetting. Waking up as a short, out of shape, foul-smelling man, with hair sprouting out all over your body essentially, that Rob Schneider can make one downright nauseous. Especially
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        Men behaving sadly
        242 28 MANY attractive, confident and highly-successful men are chronically unhappy with their lives because they feel trapped and worthless. Male depression is hardly talked about and rarely explored, but it's alive and kicking into men and their relationships. Bookstores are brimming over with books and magazines on the
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        487 28  -  Janice Lee Bernstein Dances is about the bond between people by. jani ce@newstoday.com.sg EVERY piece of music has a life of its own and a dance masterpiece is born when the choreographer is able to identify its soul. This is how the Bernstein Dances came about,
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        Battle the wrinkles
        359 29  -  Cathleen Tung by cathleen.tung@newstoday.com. sg WHICH woman doesn't yearn to reduce the effects of ageing on her appearance? Thanks to research and development in skin-care products, we are now hearing about anti-ageing and anti-wrinkle formulas from various brands of skin-care products. The skin-care product manufacturer, Nivea, has
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        Spring forward
        125 29 ARE catwalk offerings too outrageous? Elk picks Spring's most wearable designer pieces from hot designers. From slinky satin to Hawaiian prints, these clothes work. From Louis Vuitton to Miv Miv, Gucci to Emporio Armani, Prada to Celine and Bally, sharp white shirts and jackets are teamed with edgy
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        Short is in
        54 29 LEGS are fashion's current focus. As hemlines climb, strappy stilettos and peep-toe high heels lengthen legs. Tight, flared, pleated, ruched, embroidered and draped, short skirts and dresses rule the season. White cheongsam shirt, I flared skirt and silver heels I from Prada, belt from ILanvin and watch
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        Pretty tempting
        101 29 THE season's hottest looks play up skin with that sexy, sun-infused shine, hair with loads of volume and cheerful pops of unusual colour on the lids or lips. It'll sizzle! Frothy, fun and unusual make-up is all spirit at the moment. Try vibrant rainbow shades on lids in
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        346 30 Today Traveller Team Drive around Western Australia and fully experience the sense of wonder its natural attractions inspire DRIVING in Western Australia is an easy, relaxing adventure made pleasant by well sign-posted roads and friendly locals. And through it all is a sense of wonder at the
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        SIX SENSES. AUSTRALIA
        184 30 SCALE the Gloucester esi £"ff& Tree in Pemberton and take in the canopy view along the world's longest and highest treetop walkway. ENJOY the rich 11 aroma of roasted 1 7Jl' coffee along Fremantle's famous Cappuccino Strip. Traditional ale houses and restaurants make the city a trendy
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        190 32 TOKYO The city remains a glittering example of the miracle of post-Second World War Japan with its urban superstructures. Its streets are lined with tiny specialist shops and bustling restaurants but close to the soaring office blocks is another Tokyo where you will find a wooden Japanese inn, an
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        265 32 -Agencies Seoul-Beijing cycle tour to mark WTO assembly in China A BICYCLE tour from Seoul to Beijing (picture), organised by the members of the World Tourism Organisation (WTO) will help to commemorate the 15th WTO General Assembly in Beijing in October. Since the South Korean capital
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        95 32 FANCY watching the recent blockbuster Red Dragon in German or Italian, or Jackie Chan in The Tuxedo in French or Japanese? Now you can, with the latest feature in Singapore Airlines' (SIA) inflight entertainment system, KrisWorld. At the touch of a button on the KrisWorld handset, SlA's customers
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        Raffles ties up with Lufthansa
        99 32 RAFFLES International Limited has tied up with Lufthansa as its latest preferred partner. Members of Lufthansa's Miles More, the airline's frequent flyer programme, can now credit 500 miles to their accounts when they stay at qualifying rates at Raffles International hotels located at gateway destinations
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        Blooming trail
        542 33  -  Teo Siok Kuan Chasing cherry blossoms in South Korea by. tr a veller@newsto day. com. sg f^HERRY Pink and Apple Blossom \*s White. You can almost hear this evergreen big band classic playing as you gaze upon the clouds of flowers on the trees. We often hear of
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      674 36 Robson speaks of the quarter-finals, Wenger keeps mum LEVERKUSEN From being on the verge of an early exit, Sir Bobby Robson now speaks confidently of Newcastle United making the Champions League quarter-finals. He was speaking on his 70th birthday, but no one thinks his prediction is
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      290 36 Uefa Cup, fourth round II Auxerre v Liverpool Live, tomorrow morning, Ch22, 3.40 am PARIS Liverpool seeks to salvage a faltering season when it takes on French side Auxerre in the first leg of the Uefa Cup fourth round in
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      Hot Bryant hits 52 points
      300 36 LOS ANGELES Yao Ming may not have had to deal with Shaquille O'Neal yesterday morning, but he did have to contend with the red-hot Kobe Bryant It was the rematch that never was between Yao and O'Neal, so Bryant stepped up on one leg and
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      Fight on again
      64 36 MEMPHIS The on-off heavyweight bout between Mike Tyson and Clifford Etienne is back on after the former champion said he was ready to fight. Less than 24 hours after issuing a statement saying Saturday's fight was off because he had the flu, Tyson had a sudden change
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      Lock icon Fergie's prehistoric ways
      620 37 Agencies The raging temper and vitriolic outbursts make him a dinosaur in modern football LONDON An 'act of nature', Sir Alex Ferguson called it, and he could not have been more accurate. The nature in question is his own choleric temperament. But he also called it a
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      Learn, from Sinchi
      956 38  -  S Gulam S-League clubs, don't complain about a lack of sponsorship THE S-League is about to enter its eighth season, with title-sponsor NTUC Income's big-bash this Sunday at Takashimaya set to get the ball rolling for next Thursday's kickoff. A new chief executive officer, a new chief
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      Sinchi must keep its cool
      187 38  -  Tan Yo-Hinn by yohinn@newstoday.com.sg LOSING your temper gets you nowhere. That is something Sinchi FC's players must realise if they are to beat S-League champion SAFFC in a friendly this Sunday and help the club secure a $100,000 sponsorship deal with Osim International. In yesterday's
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      Young Rams get in free
      142 38  -  Stanley Ho IN AN unprecedented move, Woodlands Wellington has announced that it will allow free entry to its home games for all children under 12 for the 2003 S-League season. This means they can now watch new signings like Basri Halis, Rudy Khairon and Vincent
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      Lock icon Captain Ganguly leads India to victory
      561 39 HARARE Under-fire Indian captain Sourav Ganguly grabbed three wickets in six balls here yesterday to resurrect his team's World Cup campaign and lift the mood of millions of fans back home. The Indians bowled out host Zimbabwe for 172 in 44.4 overs after Sachin
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      Brilliant Sri Lankans race into record books
      157 39 JOHANNESBURG Sri Lanka smashed its way into the world record books yesterday as it sent woeful Canada crashing to 36 all out the lowest ever score in one-day cricket history. Sanath Jayasuriya's men cruised to a nine-wicket win in the World Cup match
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      England has to sweat to beat Namibia
      219 39 PORT ELIZABETH England finally beat minnow Namibia but it was a hard-earned victory in Port Elizabeth. England thought the 272 they had scored after being put into bat on a slow pitch would be enough to beat the amateurs and claim a valuable
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