Today, 22 February 2003

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  • NEWS
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      The real job stars
      518 2  -  Tan Hui Leng As varsity grads face joblessness, their ITE counterparts are smiling by huileng@newstoday.com.sg UNIVERSITY graduates used to wait till school was over before looking for employment. Some would even take time off for a holiday. But a staggering 6,000 students turned up at the
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      Lock icon Crystal clear Newater... how it is made
      191 2 Channel News Asia IT isn't the Science Centre but there is still a lot of information on solids, liquids and gases the specifics on how Newater is made. The $5 million Newater Visitor Centre is the focal point of the public education programme
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      Lock icon Rumours, panic ... and Myanmar
      760 3  - Rumours, panic and Myanmar Francis Kan Snowball effect leads to run on banks, leaves govt without options by francis@newstoday.com.sg A COUNTRY that controls its people with an iron hand is now suffering a backlash. In Myanmar, where access to information is severely restricted, people treat rumours as the truth and
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      Lock icon NY oil terminal bursts into flames
      189 3 Agencies FAIRFAX (Virginia) Two people were missing on Friday after an explosion ripped through a Staten Island, New York, oil distribution terminal, ExxonMobil said. One worker was injured, the company said. Law enforcement officials said there were no initial indications that the blast was
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      E-mail code cracked
      132 3 NEW YORK Researchers at a Swiss university have cracked the technology that keeps people from eavesdropping on e-mail sent over the Web. Professor Serge Vaudenay of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology has found a way to unlock a message encrypted with the Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
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      Lock icon Touring ChemGallery
      29 3 ERNEST CHUA Mr David Tan, deputy director ofJTC Corporation, giving Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo a tour of the ChemGallery in invrwia Tzlawrf rm Kviday, Today photo b
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      Device snaps pictures of fire extinguisher vandals
      256 6  -  Derrick A Paulo AFTER reading newspaper reports of vandalism and theft involving fire extinguishers, four Ngee Ann Polytechnic students decided to tackle the problem. They have developed a security device that captures the images of such mischiefmakers. It will cost only a fraction
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      Sport a green ribbon from the NKF
      212 6  -  Tor Ching Li OVER the next six weeks, you can signify your support for amendments to the 1987 Human Organ Transplant Act (Hota) by sporting a green ribbon. The ribbons and flyers will be distributed by a National Kidney Foundation (NKF) task force
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      Consumers do not buy it
      566 6  -  Joy Frances and slogans like 'Just do it' can backfire by j oy@newstoday. com.sg CONSUMERS are smarter now they are no longer buying misleading stories from unscrupulous companies. And advertisers need to change their tactics in order to retain the trust and loyalty of this
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  • LETTERS
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      No time to waste
      301 8  -  him Boon Hee PSA Corp must complete retrenchment exercise quickly I REFER to your report, "SM on foreign talent" (Today, Feb 19). Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew is right when he tells us that the management of the Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) is far from
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      Demos are not the S'pore way
      179 8  -  Oscar Lee I REFER to your report, "Why no anti-war rallies?" (Today, Feb 18). NMP Zulkifli Baharudin suggested that Singaporeans "will just have to be more creative" in expressing anti-war sentiment I agree that mass gatherings, even for peaceful purposes, can turn into violent
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      IDA on competition in telecoms sector
      206 8  -  Dulcie Chan (Ms) I REFER to your report, "The cry of a giant" (Today, Feb 17). The article seems to suggest that current telecoms regulations inhibit market competition and the operators' ability to provide innovative services to grow the market. The IDA would like
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      Lock icon Are our trains at risk?
      200 8  -  See Leong Kit I REFER to the SMRT's letter, "For a safe journey" (Today, Feb 19). One simple question remains unanswered: Why did the SMRT not proceed with calling a tender for the installation of CCTV (with recording capability) soon after the terrorist threat on
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    • Letter
      Motorists urged to give way to ambulances
      278 8  -  Lt-Colonel N Subhas I REFER to the letter, "Ambulances: Every second counts", by Mr Roberto Pregarz (Today, Feb 17). I would like to thank Mr Pregarz for drawing public attention to the need for motorists to give way to ambulances, as every second
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    • SAVVYINVESTOR/CO-ORDINATED BY VAL CHUA
      • MONEY TALKS
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          Restructured GLCs may lead a market recovery
          745 10 MENTIinked companies have come in for quite a lot of bad publicity. We have heard about bungles in making takeover bids, about restructuring necessitated by over-expansion or over-diversification; about loss of competitiveness and being outdated technologically. Some have incurred losses and these have
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          Rising yields, low valuations make them attractive
          458 10 OVERALL, however, the picture emerging in respect of key GLCs is that they are better prepared tor a recovery in the domestic economy as well as growth in the region and China. They have re-focused on core strengths and are clear on what
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          And, it's not only the Temasek firms
          370 10 BESIDES the GLCs, a number of other blue chips and sec-ond-liners offer attractive dividend yields, relative to bank deposits. The bear market has brought values down, even though many of these companies are doing well, with good management and rising profits. Some have
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      • SAVVYINVESTOR/BUSINESSNEWS
        • WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY ...
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            Robinson's – Outperform
            122 11 Robinson's Outperform Robinson and Co's first-half results were in line with expectations. Revenue rose six per cent to 168 million, benefiting from two new John Little's stores. Retail operating profit rose IS per cent to $10 million with margins improving from 5.5 per cent to six per cent. Net profit
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            Citiraya Industries – Hold
            147 11 Citiraya Industries Hold Citiraya's turnover jumped 103 per cent to $90.1 million. Net profit soared 412.1 per cent to $12.3 million in financial year'o2. The strong performance was due to the increased capacity of its Singapore recycling plant and higher precious metal yield from its increased waste collection. Its new
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            Singapore Airlines – Buy
            87 11 Singapore Airlines Buy SlA's January load factor data beat our expectations as well as those of the market. In particular, its cargo traffic snapped a nine-month downtrend, though we will want a look at the data for February to be sure. Meanwhile, SIA shares have been weak for a long
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            Marco Polo – Market Perform
            158 11 Marco Polo Market Perform Marco Polo's third-quarter results for FYO3 came in much lower than those of the corresponding period last year, with a 70 per cent decline in net profit.This was not surprising as its key earnings driver over the past few years, Ardmore Park, has reached the tail
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            Beyonics Technology – Buy
            99 11 Beyonics Technology Buy Beyonics Technology continues to demonstrate a strong cashflow focus in its interim result. In our opinion, near-term market concerns over the loss of the Seagate PCBA contract has been factored in the share price. We have modelled in the loss of the Seagate PCBA contract. Excluding the
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          Lock icon The Tai touch
          502 11 Bloomberg DBS GROUP HOLDINGS 2002 EARNINGS DBS Group Holdings Ltd, Singapore's biggest bank, said profit rose for the first time in a year and a half, bolstered by a one-time gain and cost cutting. DBS said profit in the three months to Dec 31 rose 69 per
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      230 11 Company Forecast EPS P/E Ratio PEG 12-Mth Price Target BOARDROOM LTD 0.05 9.13 0.21 0.68 CAPITAMALL TRUST 0.07 13.92 0.82 1.21 CHUAN HUP HOLDINGS 0.05 7.78 1.70 0.54 CSE SYSTEMS ENGINEERING 0.05 8.50 0.48 0.54 DARCO WATER TECHNOLOGIES LTD 0.02 18.08 3.12 0.72 EASTERN ASIA TECHNOLOGY LTD 0.04 6.31 -0.14
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  • BUSINESS
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      Lock icon Cycle & Carriage revs up
      344 12 Cycle Carriage revs up Bloomberg Automaker may report doubled 2002 earnings, with net income of $239 million CYCLE Carriage (C&C) will probably report doubled profit last year, helped by currency gains at Astra International Indonesia's largest car maker which the Singapore company owns one-third of. C&C may post a full-year
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      Lock icon Singapore bond yields on the rise
      515 12 Reuters A YEAR-LONG bull run in Singapore Government bonds which saw the yield curve flatten as yields halved may be drawing to an end as traders find yields are unduly low and most of the bad news is already priced in. Traders are positioning
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    • Market Watch
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        Singapore
        118 12 SINGAPORE'S Straits Times Index advanced, paced by Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing on optimism that chip-related shares may recover after Merrill Lynch Co upgraded the industry in the United States. The benchmark added 2.62, or 0.2 per cent, to 1,315.03 at close. It gained 3.3 per cent for the week its
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        World markets
        56 12 Im Index Value Change Pis Nikkei 225 8513.54 -137.38 -1.59 Hang Seng All Ordinaries 9250.86 2804.40 -139.62 -2.10 -1.49 -0.08 Taiwan Wtd 4548.35 -2.35 -0.05 Korea Comp SET Index Jakarta Comp 603.60 359.53 402.24 -1.91 -4.89 2.28 -0.32 -1.34 0.57 Phils Comp Shenzen B Mumbai 1015.70 204.24 3307.20
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 12 JS$ JK£ fen 1K$ .M luro (upiah Saht 0.5734 0.3591 67.867 4.4718 2.1784 0.5294 5110.4 24.562 Peso A$ Indian Rs Won C$ Yuan NZ$ NTS 31.102 0.9573 27.362 683.53 0.8626 4.7460 1.0240 19.925
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        Commodities
        21 12 Gold uss/oz 353.85 Silver uss/oi 4.64 Platinum uss/oi 667 Rubber cents/kg 179 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1626.5 Brent crude uss/barrel 36.79
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        Straits Times Index Intraday Chart
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        SGX most active
        56 12 iy volume :eb 21 Chartered ChewEH Close 0.755 0.010 Change +0.030 -0.005 +4.1 -33.3 'OOO 42,664 30,013 Citiraya DatacrftUSS 0.510 0.710 +0.005 +1.0 20,737 19,321 Pac Cent ST Assemb TPV L&M LeongHin MultiVis 0.270 1.290 0.530 0.010 0.735 0.305 -0.015 +0.030 -0.005 +0.005 -5.3 +2.4 -0.9 +100.0
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        SGX top rises
        78 12 Iy$ :eb 21 Close Change DBS Bk6% NCPS *****.600+0.300 By percentage Feb 21 Close Change L&M 0.010 +100.0 Robinson 5.600 +0.150 C&C 3.460 +0.100 Creative 50 11.700 +0.100 DBS 10.400 +0.100 BBR 0.015 +50.0 MediaS 0.020 +33.3 Vicplas W*****9 0.020 +33.3 Ossia 0.200 +25.0 JMH400USS 5.700 +0.100
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        SGX top falls
        79 12 :eb 21 Close Change Shang Asia 2kHKS 5.650 -0.250 SPH100 18.000 -0.200 Feb 21 Close Change LKN 0.020 -50.0 ChewEH 0.010 -33.3 SIA 200 9.650 -0.150 QaftP 0.050 -33.3 SIA 9.650 -0.100 ChuanSH W*****0 0.035 -30.0 Sp Land 3.180 -0.060 F&N 7.900 -0.050 Sunway 0.040 -27.3 Vikay
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    • PROPERTY WATCH
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        Lock icon Hit of the moment
        626 13  -  Lee Yew Meng New four-room HDB flats in big demand by yewmeng@newsto day. com. sg HDB flat hunters are becoming financially prudent They snapped up 448 new four-room flats on offer in various parts of Singapore on Thursday and Friday 78.5 per cent of the 571
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        Lock icon Sounds good
        520 14 Bloomberg Creative's new toys will boost earnings CREATIVE Technology's earnings this year will benefit from sales of digital music players, digital cameras and speakers that the company has added to its product line, according to a key investor. Causeway Capital, which owns about six per cent of Creative
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        Tie directors' remuneration to performance: Sias
        247 14  -  Lee Yew Meng THE Securities Investors Association of Singapore (Sias) has urged founding directors of listed companies here to reward themselves according to their companies' performances and not otherwise. "Give yourselves a pat on the back with performance bonuses if the companies are doing
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        SGX half-year net income up 42.8%
        210 14 THE SINGAPORE Exchange Limited (SGX) said yesterday its half-year net income increased 42.8 per cent as a result of higher clearing fees and the absence of rental income-related provisions. The SGX posted a net profit after tax and minority interests of $31 million for
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        BP raises petrol, diesel prices
        105 14 BP PLC has raised the retail prices of its unleaded petrol and diesel in Singapore because of higher international crude oil and fuel prices, the company said in a statement BP raised the retail price of 98 RON petrol, its premium grade, by eight cents
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        Lock icon Telstra, PCCW share prices plunge
        284 14 Bloomberg MELBOURNE Shares of Telstra and PCCW, the biggest telephone companies in Australia and Hong Kong respectively, plunged after they cut the value of their Reach undersea cable venture by US$l.55 billion ($2.7 billion) because of a price slump. Telstra wrote off its 50 per
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        Lock icon Allgreen profit up 24%
        113 14 Bloomberg ALLGREEN Properties Ltd, a developer controlled by Malaysian tycoon Robert Kuok, said 2002 profit rose 24 per cent after it booked more revenue from the sale of residential properties. Profit for the year ended Dec 31 rose to $84.1 million, or eight cents a share,
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        Lock icon Target Asia
        892 16 Reuters Singapore is sizing up projects in India, airports in China and Thailand and possibly an alliance with discount airline Virgin Blue in Australia after taking a dominant position in Indonesian mobile telecommunications THIRTY-FOUR minutes means a lot to Mr Albert Tjoeng. In that time, a passenger should
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        Lock icon Domestic consumption and the key to growth
        207 16 AFP ASIA will have to rethink its export-oriented growth formula and look more at domestic consumption if it wants to continue climbing up the economic ladder, a regional economist said on Friday. Against the backdrop of a volatile global economy, Asia will have
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        Lock icon New growth strategies
        152 16 Reuters SINGAPORE will consult a top-level advisory panel of international businessmen to help map out new growth strategies for the island-state, the Government said on Friday. The Feb 26 to2B meeting with 14 advisers will seek to identify new opportunities in a "knowl-edge-driven world economy" and preserve
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        Lock icon One for the MTV fans
        111 16 Bloomberg STARHUB the smallest of Singapore's three cellular phone companies introduced a calling plan it developed with Viacom Inc's MTV Networks to attract younger customers. Available for a monthly fee of $33, MTV Code will include free tickets to movies and news on music sent
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        Lock icon US to China: Play fair
        446 17 Bloomberg Record deficit, weak yuan and market barriers forcing US to take tougher action THE United States' record trade deficit with China last year may increase pressure on Beijing to meet its market-open-ing pledges and let its currency strengthen. China accounted for almost a quarter
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Raid blamed on police
      138 18 KUALA LUMPUR An Umno Youth leader has said the police were at fault for their controversial raid on the offices of the online daily, malaysiakini, last month. Umno Youth exco member Nur Jazlan Mohamed was quoted as saying by malaysiakini that his movement had lodged a
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      Lock icon Nightclub up in flames
      192 18 Agencies WEST WARWICK A fire has swept through a Rhode Island nightclub during a rock band's pyrotechnics display, killing at least 50 people and injuring about 165. Witnesses said the flash fire erupted at about 11pm on Thursday at The Station nightclub at the start of
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      Lock icon Untitled
      28 18 Reuters photo Afire-fighter looking at the sign announcing a concert at The Station nightclub in Rhode Island. A pyrotechnics display had blazed out of control leaving many dead.
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      DID BUSH BLINK?
      900 18  -  Clement Mesenas Have peace rallies dampened President's ardour for war? by clement@newstoday.com.sg THE magnitude of the world-wide anti-war protests has raised the stakes for United States President George W Bush to find legitimacy to launch an Iraq invasion through the United Nations. His task takes on a
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      Lock icon Suu Kyi sentenced to a day in jail
      200 19 Reuters YANGON Myanmar pro-democ-racy leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi (picture) was sentenced on Friday to one day in jail or a 500 kyat ($146) fine by a Yangon court in a case brought by her cousin, one of her
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      Lock icon Iraq vacation fully booked
      129 19 -AFP LONDON Fancy a fortnight of sunshine and fabulous archeological sites in a country off the beaten tourist track? You have to head for Iraq then, as a specialist British firm is offering regular trips to the country. "It's an amazingly beautiful country," says Mr Geoff
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      Lock icon S Korea subway staff to blame?
      206 19 Agencies TAEGU Negligence and possible cover-ups are the twin focus of the investigations into the subway tragedy that killed at least 133 people in South Korea's fourth-largest city on Tuesday. Investigators said they are considering criminal charges against subway staff whose alleged negligence contributed
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      Lock icon US charges Islamic Jihad leaders
      228 19 -AFP WASHINGTON A US federal grand jury has charged eight leaders of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad with running a criminal enterprise that supported terrorists and conspired to kill others, including two US citizens, Attorney- General John Ashcroft said. Among those named in the indictment dated
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      Lock icon Expat gunned down in Riyadh
      259 19 Agencies as tensions mount over Iraq war RIYADH Amid mounting tensions over London-backed US threats to invade Iraq, a British expatriate working here has been shot dead by a Yemeni-born Saudi national on Thursday. Mr Robert Dent, a commercial officer at the Riyadh headquarters of
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      Lock icon Chemical warfare... on chewing gum
      152 19 Reuters BEIJING China is developing a chemical weapon for deployment in the war on a scourge that blights its public squares chewing gum. Under the project, dubbed "The 863 Programme" by the Ministry of Science and Technology, eight research institutions have applied for a one
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      Lock icon Venezuelans protest arrest
      103 19 Reuters CARACAS Venezuelans are protesting the arrest of an industrialist whom the authorities are charging with civil rebellion after he led a strike against President Hugo Chavez. Shots rang out as protesters and private bodyguards faced off with the state security officers who grabbed Mr Carlos Fernandez
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  • HUMOUR
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      Lust and the laundry man
      731 20  -  Dave Barry by weekend@newstoday.com.sg I RECEIVED a shocking letter from a person named Julia, who admits openly to being a woman. It concerns laundry. As you men know, laundry is a key area in which we have long enjoyed a tactical advantage over women, thanks
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      THE S FACTOR
      1040 21  -  Simon Tay or why Singapore should not worry about Shanghai being an economic threat by weekend@newstoday.com.sg I STOOD on the bank of the river, with a row of fine old buildings behind me and shining skyscrapers in front It felt as if I was between the past
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      Auction house debuts here
      346 22  -  ■Janice Lee ESTABLISHED Indonesian-based fine art auction house Larasati-Glerum has chosen to hold its first international auction in Singapore in April. The auction will be Larasati's first outside Indonesia. "A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step," said Larasati director Daniel Komala
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      Lock icon I am not an animal!
      1501 22  -  David Ngiau Michael Jackson continues the Elephant Man saga by david@newstoday.com.sg am not ...an animal! 1... am ...a human being! 1... am a man!" REMEMBER John Merrick, aka the Elephant Man? His story was the basis of The Elephant Man (1980), a heartwrenchingly moving Oscar-nominated
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      DAILY BREW
      310 23 Ben in hot soup after sexy dance ACTOR Ben Affleck, (picture, left), got in trouble recently with wife-to-be Jennifer Lopez, who reportedly saw actress Christina Applegate performing a sexy dance in front of him. According to the World Entertainment News Network, Affleck was rehearsing with Applegate when she
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
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  • WATZUP?
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      Sput personalities
      799 24  -  Serene Foo Was broody, volatile Jerry responsible for F4's break-up? by serene@newstoday.com.sg SO is F4 hunk Jerry Yen the villain behind the "temporary" break-up of his own band? Taiwan's United Daily News reported that the popular foursome Jerry Yen, Vic Chou, Ken Chu and Vanness Wu were going
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      F4 FACT FILE
      204 24 The members of Asia's hottest boyband have not always done everything as a group.After their phenomenal rise to stardom with the wildly-popular Taiwanese idol drama, Meteor Garden, they have since ventured out on their own in other TV dramas and projects. For instance, Jerry has a solo
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    • FAMILY
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        Lock icon Children on a rough road
        866 25  -  Theresa Tan Parents must tell them about the birds and the bees by sorbet@pacific.net.sg FERTILITY has been a silent issue in Singapore for too long. We are finally beginning to address the issue: The fact is that too many of us cannot have babies. It
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        Why men will not commit ... and what women can do about it
        539 25  - Why men will not commit and what women can do about it Tom Blake by news@newstoday.com.sg YOU are dating a nice man and the two of you have fun together. You like him, he seems to like you. One night, over a glass of wine, you casually mention a future
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        696 26  -  Asif Ansar Newbies battle veterans for music's most sought-after prize by asif@newstoday.com.sg THERE will be no shortage of suspense and excitement at this year's Grammy Awards, as an unprecedented eight stars have been nominated for five awards each. Leading the pack are veteran rocker Bruce Springsteen, songstress
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        268 26 Reuters/Variety LOS ANGELES Sony Music Entertainment is readying a restructuring plan that would slash an estimated 1,000 jobs, trim its roster of artists and combine backoffice operations in a bid to cut costs, sources said on Thursday. The restructuring would mark the
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        264 27 Reuters/Variety HOLLYWOOD Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers loomed over its competitors to win eight of the nine Visual Effects Society (VES) awards for which the film was nominated. The award programme was the first for the six-year-old organisation which comprise
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        990 30  -  Cindy Tong A delicious mix of aesthetics and functionality by news@newstoday.com.sg THERE is no reason to neglect the kitchen the next time you give your home a makeover. Kitchens are, after all, a focal area in your home, according to Mr Raymond Goh, director of Kass Associates, an
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        314 32  -  Teo Siok Kuan Lessons on Incredible Edible Flowers by eatout@newstoday.com.sg FLOWERS have always been used in cuisine around the world and no more so than in Asia. In Singapore, we are familiar with the flavours of many flowers including the use of pink torch ginger flowers in
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        300 32  -  Karman Tse by karman@newstoday.com.sg COME March 28 to 30, the 10th Singapore Food Festival will be launched in style. Held at the Raffles City shopping centre, the opening event of the much-anticipated festival will woo hungry eyes and tummies alike with an exhibition of delicious
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        113 32 GOURMET cooking school at-sunrice at Fort Canning has gone wireless in an attempt to attract the working crowd. Members who sign up for cooking classes in the evening can bring their laptops and wrap up the day at the school's wireless cafe. They can enjoy a coffee while
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        215 32 AS ONE of the opening attractions of this year's Singapore Food Festival, Raffles City shopping centre and the students of LaSalle-SIA College of the Arts have decided to play with food. Food Art In The City is an exhibition of artworks
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        538 33  -  Katrina Karim Diners will be pleased to find less common fare here by eatout@newstoday.com.sg IT'S not often that you find teppanyaki at a food court. But Food Junction at Great World City is one such rarity. Tucked away at a corner of the food court are two
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        364 33  -  Jeffrey Yang by eatout@newstoday.com.sg IT'S generally acknowledged that dry, fresh, fruity whites with the right amount of acidity can do wonders with food. Apart from the white wines of Alsace, the other French whites that come to mind would be Chablis and Macon. Wines from the
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        453 34  -  Colin Yong Toyota's new entry-level saloon is a handy package by colin@newstoday.com.sg IT used to be said that if you were on a tight budget, your car would clearly reflect your financial status. The old Toyota Soluna was a good example. Cheap in concept and execution, it hardly
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        62 34 UPS Lively performance Excellent ride comfort High standards of finish DOWNS Noisy engine Cost-cutting evident AGENT Borneo Motors (S) Pte Ltd Price: $74,988 with COE ENGINE Type: 1,497cc, 16V in-line 4 Maximum power: I O9bhp at 6,ooorpm Maximum torque: l42Nmat4,2oorpm GEARBOX Four-speed automatic PERFORMANCE Top speed:
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        Nissan's Z path to happiness
        125 34 A SINGLE Nissan 350Z is a thing of beauty, so 11 of the sleek coupes lined up front to back were certainly a sight to behold at Tan Chong Motor Sales' Bukit Timah Road showroom. The local Nissan distributor conducted a mass delivery of the
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        37 34 February 2003 I st and 2nd biddings •Cat A I6oocc below $3 1,003; $29,999 •Cat B l6olcc&c above $33,657; $30,699 •Cat C Goods vehicles/buses $12,586; $11,201 •Cat D Motorcycles $l;$l •Cat E Open $33,901; $30,100
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        127 34 WHEN the Peugeot 307 CC (coupe cabriolet) is launched at the Geneva Motor Show next month, it will be the first car in its class to offer an electrically-operated hard top. As with the 206 CC, the 307 CC's retractable roof is stored automatically in
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        501 36 GEORGE W Bush was sitting in the Oval Office wondering which country to invade next, when his telephone rang. "Hallo, Mr Bush," a heavily-accented voice said. "This is Abul Abed, down here at Qahwet el Ejezz. I am calling to tell you that we are officially declaring war
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      559 37 Reuters Former world champion predicts that he will floor the "Black Rhino" Boxing Mike Tyson v Clifford Etienne Make or break for both fighters TUNICA Clifford Etienne arrived late, left early and didn't have much to say as Mike Tyson grabbed the spotlight and refused to
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      499 37 Reuters Uefa Cup fourth round Auxerre 0 Liverpool 1 Reds look well poised to progress AUXERRE Liverpool coach Gerard Houllier praised a solid, professional job by his defence in its 1-0 victory at AJ Auxerre in the first leg
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      980 38  -  Rohit Brijnath But S Africa should get behind Pollock by weekend@newstoday.com.sg EVERY day you learn something new in sport Sometimes you wish you didn't Let's say a team, at home, in a big tournament, is down on confidence, is playing... well crap. How does it
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      640 39 This one, aimed at Eriksson and the United board, hints of an early exit LONDON A few days after maiming his star midfielder with a boot, Sir Alex Ferguson burnt some bridges with England boss SvenGoran Eriksson and the Manchester United board in a manner that hinted
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      441 39 Reuters Cricket World Cup Group B West Indies v Canada Live, Sunday, Ch 38, 4pm CENTURION Once mighty West Indies takes on lowly Canada on Sunday needing a big win to keep its World Cup Group B hopes alive after rain robbed it
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      384 39 -AFP LOS ANGELES There's a ringing in Tiger Woods' ears and it's not from the birds chirping on the tree-lined fourth tee at the Riviera Country Club. The world No. 1 golfer hasn't had a lot of luck at the US$4.5 million ($7.8 million) PGA
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      565 40  -  Stanley Ho Ex-national coach wants technical director's post Today EXCLUSIVE by stanley@newstoday.com. sg FORMER Singapore Malaysia Cup-win-ning coach Douglas Moore may well return. For the Kiwi has sent his application to the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) for the technical director (Goal 2010)
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      471 40  -  Stanley Ho AS A player, he was Singapore's brightest star ever since he burst on the scene as a 17-year-old in 1979. Now, Fandi Ahmad may well be a step closer to leading Singapore as national coach. On Friday, it was revealed that the
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      331 40  -  Tan Yo-Hinn by yohinn@newstoday.com.sg WITH so much at stake in this Sunday's friendly match between Sinchi FC and SAFFC, the clash at Jurong Stadium will probably be anything but SAFFC, the defending SLeague champion, and Sinchi are both eyeing the $10,000 winners' cheque. But
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      252 41 Reuters Golf Carlsberg Malaysian Open S African holds one-stroke lead KUALA LUMPUR Retief Goosen, seeking his first victory in nearly 12 months, carded a seven-under-par 64 on the second day of a storm-interrupted Malaysian Open on Friday. The South African moved to 12-under-par and a
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      114 41 DUNK national under-23 players Syed Mohd Fadhil, Faizal Abdul Hamid (both in picture) or Lionel Lewis in 'Dunking Mania' on Sunday for a chance to win prizes like a $50 G2OOO gift voucher, a Swatch watch or a hi-fi set, among others, at the NTUC
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      977 42  - Hated in Argentina, unloved in Italy Tan Jun-Lei Tan Jun-Lei by j unlei@newstoday.com. sg ON WEDNESDAY, the Theatre of Dreams was once i again packed with the usual I star cast for a Champions League clash. The usual suspects from Manchester United were there: Roy Keane, David 'Scarface' Beckham and
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