Today, 28 February 2003, Afternoon Edition

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    8 1 TODAY Frid&y February 28, 2003 < MITA (P) 002/11/2002
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Seize the Day
      658 1 Applaud entrepreneurship, encourage new ideas, grab opportunities, says Minister DIVERSITY should be a way of life for Singaporeans, says Mr David Lim, the Acting Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts (picture), and growing diversity is not a bad thing. "Diversity of ideas and ideals is necessary
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      Lock icon France: Most members against war
      184 1 Agencies UNITED NATIONS The majority of UN Security Council members do not believe that the time for war is ripe, the French ambassador to the United Nations said yesterday. "The majority do not think it is time to go to war and it is possible
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      Lock icon Wall Street rallies
      93 1 Reuters NEW YORK Stocks jumped more than one per cent yesterday after the United States lowered its terror threat level a notch, brightening sentiment in a market that has been pounded by worries over a war against Iraq and fear of more attacks at home. The blue-chip
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      10 1 fine food, freili Umil FOR THE BEST OFFERS, TURN TO
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      38 1 Owen strikes, Liverpool wins '> weekend r Bush dreams of world domination, ,/^^-»^^-"-»^f-^ writes -S^LJ^rr"^ NORMAN MAILER,* America's -a-—, best'known^L novelist Available at newsstands, 7-Eleven, Borders, Cheers, Cold Storage, Fair Price, Kinokuniya, Carrefour and Esso, Mobil, Shell petrol stations.
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Lock icon Boy's body found
      108 2 Channel News Asia THE body of three-year-old Pan Jiawei, who was swept away in a drain on Tuesday, was found yesterday. The body was spotted floating in Jurong Lake, just opposite Lakeside MRT station, by two PUB workers. His body was sent to the mortuary some three
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      Break for buyers
      372 2  -  Lee Yew Meng Cooling-off period from April 25 yewmeng@newstoday.com.sg THE Housing and Development Board (HDB) has taken another step to bring the transactions of resale flats closer to those of private property practice. From April 25, it will introduce an option to purchase (OTP) to replace the
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      Lock icon Desert shield
      545 3  -  Derrick A Paulo Oil will decide Iraq's fate as prices soar to post Gulf War highs by derrick@newstoday.com.sg AS oil prices rocketed to post-Gulf War highs over the last two days and American oil inventories dipped to historical lows, the fate of oil will be central to the
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      Lock icon Drug war review
      264 4 -AFP Thaksin to re-evaluate 'strategy of suppression' BANGKOK After slaying nearly 1,000 drug gang members and arresting over 21,000 suspects, Thailand announced yesterday it would review the controversial war against narcotics. Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said yesterday his government would look at the much-criticised policy of
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      Lock icon Ships collide off Johor
      139 4 AFP KUALA LUMPUR A cargo ship and a semi-container vessel collided in the waters off Malaysia's southern Johor coast on Wednesday night, a marine office spokesman said yesterday. The Sanko Robust, a cargo ship registered at Monrovia port, and the Tirta Mas, a semicontainer registered in
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  • HOME NEWS
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      The jobs hangover ...
      505 6  - The jobs hangover Val Chua Likely to get worse as Government announces economic results by val@newstoday.com.sg TO get an idea of how dismal the job situation is, consider this: Even if Singapore's economy grows at a rate of five per cent this year it grew 2.2 per cent last year
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      Lock icon Back after 13 years
      343 8  -  Ng Boon Yian Brunei Sultan tells of strong, positive and optimistic Asean by boonyian@newstoday.com.sg CRITICS may say that Asean is an organisation past its prime. But for Singapore and Brunei, it remains an important cornerstone of their foreign policies, said President S R Nathan yesterday. "We
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      One group to settle motor claims disputes
      249 8 A NEW group has been set up to handle insurance and motor claim disputes, as well as complaints about the conduct and service of insurers. In the past if you were unhappy with how you were treated by an insurer, you could take
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      Newater is kiasu water
      558 10  -  Derrick A Paulo Experts yet to conclude tests, but these are extra and beyond WHO'S guidelines by derrick@newstoday.com.sg IT HAS been eight months since Singaporeans began sampling Newater. But, until today, a couple of tests on its long-term health effects have yet to be completed. The
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      Lock icon Lifescan to the rescue
      306 12 Channel NewsAsia Low-income diabetic children to be provided with DIY monitoring kits DIABETIC children from low-income families may soon be better-equipped to manage their condition. In Singapore, diabetes affects 300 to 400 children aged under 15. And there are 20 to 30 new cases each year.
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      Lock icon Mobile theft on the rise
      133 12 Channel NewsAsia YOUNG people in Singapore are stealing more mobile phones and are also increasingly becoming victims of such thefts. This worrying trend was revealed by the police, who said that 96 cases of mobile phone thefts were reported last year, with a third involving
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      Lock icon Construction firm fined
      106 12 Channel NewsAsia A CONSTRUCTION company LKN Construction has been fined $35,000 for violating a safety provision. The violation was discovered during an investigation into a fatal accident The accident occurred at the Serangoon MRT station last April. One of the four workers who was carrying out cladding
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      No war is just ...
      502 14  - No war is just Narayana Narayana and Bush's campaign doesn't have many supporters I READ Assoc Prof Brian Farrell's article, "UN's future is in your hands" (Today, Feb 14), with little more than passing interest, as it was addressed primarily to two people: President Jacques Chirac of France and President
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      Baby drop should only be used as the last resort
      238 15  -  Nelson Quah MS SHOBHA Tsering Bhalla's commentary, "Oh baby, baby, it's a wild world" (Today, Feb 26), touched on the humanitarian aspect of the problem of unwanted babies. The "baby drop" scheme is generally accepted by the West However, if
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      Dialects on TV good for Chinese
      372 15  -  Liew Kai Khiun It will help them appreciate their culture more I REFER to the article, "Back to gong Hokkien on TV" (Today, Feb 27). I welcome the recommendations of the Programme Advisory Committee to reintroduce dialect programmes on free-to-air television. While dialect drama
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      Mr IMF's diagnosis
      336 16  -  Val Chua Asia more resilient to external shocks by val@newstoday.com.sg KNOWN as "Mr IMF" for his recovery efforts in the 1997 Asian financial crisis, you'd imagine that Dr Hubert Neiss (picture) would have a radical prescription to get the region out of the current economic uncertainty. But,
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    • Market Watch
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        Singapore
        116 16 SINGAPORE'S stocks fell for a fourth day, led by DBS Group Holdings, on concern the jobless rate may rise this year, making it difficult for borrowers to repay home loans. The STI dropped 15.89, or 1.2 per cent, to 1271.25. The index's underlying futures contract fell 0.9 per cent
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        World markets
        55 16 Index Value Change Pis Nikkei 225 8359.38 2.57 0.03 Hang Seng All Ordinaries Taiwan Wtd 9134.24 2774.70 4432.46 17.96 -29.50 -24.23 0.20 -1.05 -0.54 Korea Comp SET Index Jakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzen B Mumbai 582.46 358.89 398.95 1005.63 207.11 3279.51 -7.80 2.87 1.41 5.36 -0.50 19.03 -1.32
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 16 US$ 0.5769 UKE 0.3644 Yen 67.449 HK$ 4.4992 RM 2.1920 Euro 0.5343 Rupiah 5132.8 Baht 24.556 Peso 31.3710 A$ 0.9501 Indian Rs 27.506 Won 684.68 C$ 0.8601 Yuan 4.7751 NZ$ 1.0205 NTS 20.045
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        22 16 SGX Gold uss/oz 354.6 Silver uss/oz 4.65 Platinum uss/oz 682.5 Rubber cents/kg 177.25 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1619.5 Brent crude uss/borrel 37.7
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        SGX most active
        58 16 By volume Feb 27 KepLand SingTel Chartered UniFood StarCrusUSS PFood LeongHin DBS IPC KepCorp Close 1.290 1.300 0.720 0.415 0.265 0.900 0.740 9.600 0.035 4.000 Change +0.040 -0.030 -0.005 +0.010 -0.010 +0.010 -0.200 -0.005 +0.120 +3.2 -2.3 -0.7 +2.5 -3.6 +1.1 -2.0 -12.5 +3.1 'OOO 10,989 10,301
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        SGX top rises
        80 16 By$ Feb 27 Close Change DBS Bk 6% NCPS*****.900 +0.300 By percentage Feb 27 EKN Close Change 0.035 +75.0 KepCorp 4.000 +0.120 SPH100 18.200 +0.100 Noble 1.640 +0.080 TTL MediaS Hor Kew 0.150 +42.9 0.020 +33.3 0.050 +25.0 STIETF100 13.000 +0.080 CSC 0.030 +20.0 Thai Prime200USS 4.740
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        Lock icon SGX top falls
        79 16 mam By$ Feb 27 Creative 50 Close Change 11.100 -0.200 By percentage Feb 27 BBR Close Change 0.010 -33.3 DBS SPH C&C JMH 400USS 9.600 -0.200 18.100 -0.200 3.460 -0.180 5.600 -0.150 Twinwood Shining TungLok Eton 0.030 -25.0 0.050 -16.7 0.110 -15.4 0.035 -12.5 OCBC 8.800 -0.150
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      Lock icon Profit gain for Venture
      376 18 Bloomberg Thanks to increased printer sales VENTURE Corp, the biggest electronics maker listed on the Singapore Exchange, may report a 29 per cent increase in its second-half profit because of higher sales of computer printers, analysts said. The company's net income probably rose to $102 million
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      Deficit is not a dirty word
      860 20  -  Francis Kan Derrick Paulo Budget to reflect changes in govt thinking By news@newstoday.com.sg LEE Hsien Loong may have stolen the thunder from Lee Hsien Loong. When the Finance Minister unveils his Budget today, analysts expect few surprises. They believe the Budget will just formalise
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      724 22 Bloomberg DirectTemasek bid may be effort to bolster ties with Indonesia THE Singapore Government, which for three decades has used some of the city-state's biggest companies to expand abroad, plans to branch out on its own. Temasek Holdings, the island's investment arm, is exploring a US$4lO million
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      Lock icon Microsoft's offer to cut prices hailed
      137 24 -AFP TAIPEI Taiwan's Fair Trade Commission (FTC) yesterday accepted a settlement proposed by Microsoft Taiwan in one of the island's most eye-catching case of unfair trade allegations. Microsoft Taiwan agreed to cut product prices by an average 26.7 per cent from last May's levels
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      Lock icon It's WCDMA
      171 24 Bloomberg Mobile phone operators reject Qualcomm's CDMA2OOO system MOBILE phone companies in Singapore have rejected Qualcomm Inc systems for high-speed wireless services, The Business Times reported. Citing company officials, the paper reported that the companies, including MobileOne and StarHub, said they will use systems backed by Qualcomm rivals
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      Lock icon And the preferred bidder is ...
      148 24 And the preferred bidder is Bloomberg SYDNEY Coles Myer, Australia's biggest retailer, said it chose Westfield Trust as its preferred bidder for its Sydney Central Plaza building. Westfield Trust, Australia's largest listed property trust was one of four bidders, including Government of Singapore Investment Corp, Centro Properties Group and CFS
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      Disaster entry pass
      428 26  -  Sol E Solomon New scheme for skilled workers to enter S'pore immediately by solomon@newstoday.com.sg THE Government has introduced a new employment pass scheme to make Singapore more attractive to multinational companies that want to host their disaster recovery and business continuity operations here. The scheme, which was
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      Lock icon Capitaland moves Ascot CEO
      98 26 Bloomberg SINGAPORE'S Capitaland Ltd, South-east Asia's biggest developer, said it appointed the chief executive officer of its servicedapartments arm to head its commercial and financial units. Mr Kee Teck Koon will leave his post as chief executive officer and managing director of the Ascott Group Ltd,
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      Partnership for wireless broadband
      119 26 STARHUB and two wireless broadband operators in Singapore 5G and Bluengine will form the country's first wireless broadband marketing partnership initiative. This initiative is created to develop a convenient and uniform roaming service, which allows any of the three companies' customers to use any hotspots managed
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      Lock icon Faith no more in Calpers
      646 28  -  William Pesek Jr Bloomberg US pension fund gets it wrong with the stock markets in Asia news@newstoday.com.sg MANILA Staking out the moral high ground in Asia has been expensive for California Public Employees' Retirement System (Calpers). It kept the largest US pension fund out of
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      Lock icon Bond drive
      162 29 -AFP Lower-risk investments sought TOKYO Asean countries and Japan plan to set up a body in two years to guarantee bonds issued by major Asian companies to help them raise stable long-term funds, a report said yesterday. They believe the scheme would also help decrease the regional dependence
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      Corporate Briefs
      113 29 INVESTMENT DEAL WITH PERU: Singapore and Peru have signed an investment guarantee agreement (IGA) aimed at giving investors from both countries greater confidence when ploughing money into each other's economies. The IGA applies to all approved investments, including those made before the agreement was signed, and will be
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      Lock icon Overhaul complete
      318 30 -AFP as economic adviser quits US President's team WASHINGTON White House economic adviser Glenn Hubbard has submitted his resignation which comes into effect today, according to a letter from Mr Hubbard which was released late on Wednesday by the US administration. "Serving you in the campaign and in
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      421 32 Agencies Tensions mount as Pyongyang restarts nuclear reactor SEOUL The stakes in the nuclear crisis on the Korean peninsula were upped yesterday with the news that North Korea has restarted a nuclear reactor at Yongbyon. The reactor had been mothballed since 1994. US officials broke the
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      138 32 -AFP MANILA The Philippine authorities yesterday detained a woman who allegedly pulled a US$92 million ($159.6 million) swindle on thousands of soldiers and police through a fraudulent investment scheme. Mrs Maria Teresa Santos, head of the familyrun MTST Trading, which is accused of heading the "pyramid
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      161 34 Agencies WASHINGTON The US Air Force's top general on Wednesday endorsed a Congressional call for a broader inquiry into the service's alleged failure to respond to charges of sexual assaults against female cadets. Chief of Staff, General John Jumper, said that the Air
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      313 34 Agencies photo UK PM seen to stand firm on war despite rebellion LONDON Despite suffering the biggest revolt from his ruling party since he took power, British Prime Minister Tony Blair is unlikely to soften his hardline stance on Iraq, the British press said. On Wednesday, in
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      360 36 But no black-and-white answers for twins in IVF mix-up case LONDON The landmark ruling in the in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) mix-up case raised awkward questions of parental and financial responsibilities of parents as well as that of the children's future. On Wednesday, a British judge ruled that the black
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      81 36 Reuters FRANKFURT Fed up with dogs fouling their streets, city officials in Germany's financial capital, Frankfurt, have proposed making them wear large number plates so that the offenders can be traced. Mr Peter Postleb, head of the Clean Frankfurt campaign, said city officials would rely
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      175 38 And on your right, is a waste of tax money Reuters BERLIN A Berlin bus tour that shuttles passengers around town to see examples of monumental waste of taxpayer money rather than monuments to heroic deeds has become the German capital's latest tourist attraction. The tours take in the chancellery,
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      422 38 AFP Peace activists try to stop US war machines photo PISA (Italy) Anti-war demonstrators spread out along railway tracks in Italy in a bid to prevent trains carrying US military equipment to the Gulf from leaving, as Rome mulled tough new measures to dissuade peace activists. The
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      323 40 Reuters Netanyahu ousted as Israeli Foreign Minister JERUSALEM Prime Minister Ariel Sharon ousted hawkish rival Benjamin Netanyahu as Foreign Minister in a surprise move after forging a rightist coalition likely to harden Israel's line against a Palestinian uprising. Mr Silvan Shalom, a Sharon ally who has
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      102 40 Reuters photo Renowned architect Daniel Libeskind's design for a towering spire has been selected to restore New York's skyline where the World Trade Center used to stand, US press reports said yesterday. The winning design calls for the building of one of the world's tallest structures.
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      318 41 Reuters photo Same name as that of fugitive spells trouble for man on holiday JOHANNESBURG A case of mistaken identity forced an Englishman to spend two weeks in a South African jail. The mild-mannered retiree from Bristol, southwest England, was arrested while on holiday in South
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      70 42 -AFP photo Mr Zhou Yu-tsun, a 73year-old veteran, holding a picture taken 54 years ago when he was a conscript in the Nationalist army. The photo shows Zhou looking at elephant Lin Wang, which he said he had taken care of for about two years. The elephant, which
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      276 42 Agencies Civilians suffer as rebels cut power supply ILIGAN (Philippines) In an overnight sabotage attack, about 18 million people in the southern Philippines were left in the dark as Muslim rebels blew up major pylons on Wednesday. Electricity supply was restored to most of Mindanao island
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      131 42 Reuters BERLIN A German priest demonstrated how necessity is the mother of invention. Michael Fey, 45, a Catholic priest from the city of Duisburg, came up with the idea of converting his 35-year-old top-loading washing machine into a beer brewing machine. The aim was to provide
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      705 44 Bush's reckless cry for war has pushed the US into a corner, says Senator Byrd IN a speech to the United States Senate on Feb 12, Democratic Senator Robert Byrd (picture) criticised the Republican Bush administration for being reckless, especially in its handling of the Iraqi
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      687 46  -  Yong Shu Chiang How can a shoot go so wrong? by shuchiang@newstoday.com.sg IDS are screaming in \jC the background and the air stinks of ■aL .^egreasy, re-fried fast food. None of these bothers Esan Sivalingam and Bratina Tay, who've endured worse much worse during their recent
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      543 47  -  Janice Lee While some say the bar is "seedy", many patrons go there as oftenas five times a\ week to get their quota of good raucous fun. Coyote Ugly keeps drawing the crowds by janice@newstoday.com.sg RAVE music has been the rage in Singapore recently, with clubs
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      91 47 Sabotage Sound System Weekender Centro Featuring Cass Ramesh K (today), Cass Godwin P tomorrow Entry (inclusive of two drinks) after 10pm: $22 for ladies/$2B for men We Love House featuring CJ MacKintosh (UK) today and Lottie (UK) (tomorrow) Zouk Entry (inclusive of two drinks),
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      208 48 SINGAPORE television viewers will see Michael Jackson's (picture, left) retort to Martin Bashir's (picture, right) controversial documentary Living with Michael Jackson. MediaCorp TV will show the twohour special Michael Jackson Take 2: The Interview They Wouldn't Show You on MediaCorp Channel 5 on March 9
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      Sightless concerto for the sighted
      408 48  -  Elisa Chia elisa@newstoday.com.sg by FOR almost too long, the visually handicapped in Singapore have been left out of the arts scene. But, the Singapore Chinese Orchestra (SCO) under executive director Ken Chang hopes to make a difference to their lives. The first performance today is
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      Asia in a vault
      312 49  -  Mun Fong Museum's new home is a showcase of history by mun@newstoday.com.sg THERE is an exquisitely renovated building that stands on the banks of the Singapore River at Empress Place. It was once the East India Company Court House, but is probably better remembered by most
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      193 49 March 2: Opening programmes include live music, children's art competition, story-telling sessions, etc. Entry to all events are free. March 7: Curator's tour of the South Asia Galleries. Time: 7pm to Bpm. Entry: $10 per person. March 9: Henna painting for beginners. Time: 2pm to 4pm. Entry: $45
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      517 50  -  Janice Lee EBBBIS by jani ce@newstoday.com.sg SOMETHING has happened in the concrete jungle of Shenton Way. Spend some time in the area and you'll find it's populated with crabs, all decked out in power suits and briefcases as they scuttle to work. The hustle-bustle
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        53 50 Reuters HARRY POTTER'S creator is set to "appear" in the US cartoon show The Simpsons. JK Rowling (picture) will appear as herself in an episode in which Homer and his family are in England to find a girl with whom Grandpa Simpson had
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        Dead actress' son up for adoption
        66 50 FORMER category-three actress Pauline Chan, who committed suicide last year, left behind a baby son who is now awaiting adoption. The child's father, said to be a disco DJ in Taiwan, and Pauline's mum have expressed no interest in the boy. The actress had
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        66 50 THE National Library Board is helping Singaporeans rediscover their cultural heritage come March 1 with its Culture Discovery 2003 programme. A multilingual series of talks on the "Great Thinkers of the World" will launch the campaign, focusing on philosophers such as Socrates, Confucius, Adi
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      When women get together ...
      182 51  - When women get together Serene Foo by serene@newstoday.com.sg ATTENTION all women here's your chance to lean how to harness your inner strength and realise your full potential. In celebration of International Women's Day on March 8, MediaCorp Radio will present the much-anticipated Singapore Women's Congress 2003. The annual motivational conference
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      910 52  -  Bob Tourtellotte -Reuters Daredevil star Affleck says he's now more aware of consequences by LOS ANGELES Young, reckless, crazy? Not anymore, says Ben Affleck. His has been a daredevil act in high-fly-ing Hollywood ever since he and good buddy Matt Damon stormed the scene with the 1997
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        617 53  -  Yong Shu Chiang Polanski scores with The Pianist THE gaunt man, abraded by life if it could be called that in war-ravaged Poland, sits at the piano, his emaciated fingers poisec over its keys. It's all coming back to him. Eyes closed, he launches into an impromptu recital,
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        503 54 Da diva her lover and his friend Hey, man, it's just a role Bust up or break-up for Affleck and Damon? POP diva J Lo (picture, right) hardly behaved like your average "Jenny from da'block" when she swept into London this week for the premiere of her movie, Maid in
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        104 54 BILLY Bob Thornton (picture, left) will soon be completely wiped out of Angelina Jolie's (picture, right) life. The voluptuous Tomb Raider star says she's removing the last vestiges of the tattoo of his name on her arm using laser surgery. The couple split last year and
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      768 58 Kiwi Tataurangi stuns Els as three top seeds sink at Match Play CARLSBAD World No. 2 Ernie Els joined the list of fallen favourites yesterday, crashing out of the US$6 million ($10.4 million) World Match Play Championships after losing in extra holes to
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      601 59 Nehra takes a career-best six for 23 for a rampant India DURBAN Ashish Nehra claimed a career-best six for 23, the third best in World Cup history, as India defeated England by 82 runs yesterday to virtually book its place in the Super Sixes. The left-arm seamer braved
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      196 59 -AFP ISLAMABAD Former captain Imran Khan said Pakistan would have a better chance of winning its crunch match against India if it sheds its current defensive mindset and goes all out on the offensive. "It has to be aggressive and must go into the match with
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      520 60 Reuters PHILADELPHIA Eric Snow got his first career triple-double the hard way. Snow missed two free throws before rebounding Shane Battier's potential tying three-pointer and sinking the clinching foul shot to lift the Philadelphia 76ers to their seventh straight victory, a 111-107 triumph over the
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      504 61  -  Tan Yo-Hinn AKIRA wants to work with a brand name by yohinn@newstoday.com.sg TO SURVIVE in professional football today, physical fitness is a necessary prerequisite. And Geylang United has taken it so seriously that it even boasts the S-League's fittest player in full-back Zahid Ahmad, who registered
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      448 62  -  Stanley Ho by stanley@newstoday.com.sg WHEN the Lion Red Rugby Football Club steps onto the pitch to defend its Singapore Rugby Union (SRU) National Rugby Championship (NRC) Sevens Series title tomorrow, look out for two young men who are eager to set the pitch alight.
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      509 62  -  Stanley Ho WHEN Sengkang Marine takes on S-League new boy Sinchi FC tonight, one man's heart will be divided. Steven Chan, the regional consultant of Hardaya Equipment the sole distributor of Spanish soccer apparel giant Kelme is at odds with himself
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      110 62 FOR the first time in three years, Singapore will see a major boxing event with the staging of the Singapore Amateur Boxing Association (SABA) Tournament today. To be held at the Liverpool FC Complex at Maxwell Road, competitors will be competing in eight different weight categories. According
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      41 62 PRIMARY school children who produce their student passes will gain free admission for tonight's S-League match between Balestier Khalsa and Sembawang Rangers. The match will be held at the Toa Payoh Stadium and kick-off is at 7.30 pm.
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      355 63  -  Tan Yo-Hinn S-League Jurong FC 1 Tanjong Pagar 0 Zainal sent off for the Jaguars by yohinn@newstoday.com.sg AFTER its worst-ever finish last season when it finished ninth, Tanjong Pagar United was keen to start the new season on a positive note. Having got rid
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      446 63  -  Stanley Ho Veteran striker pops up with a last-minute winner S-League Woodlands 0 Geylang 1 Rams left stunned by late goal by stanley@newstoday.com.sg LIKE a pickpocket, Nahar Daud came on and stole a victory from his old employer Woodlands Wellington, and set Geylang United on
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        519 65 Liverpool to meet Celtic in Battle of Britain Uefa Cup 4th round, 2nd leg Liverpool 2 Auxerre 0 Liverpool wins 3-0 on aggregate LONDON Michael Owen equalled lan Rush's European goalscoring record this morning as he helped Liverpool to a 2-0 Uefa Cup victory over Auxerre, booking an
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        89 65 AFP CARLSBAD Reigning Masters and US Open champion Tiger Woods shot four birdies and went bogey free for the second-straight day as he beat South Korea's KJ Choi 5 and 3 this morning to advance to the third round of the World Match Play Championships. Northern
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        148 65 Reuters MANCHESTER Under-fire Liverpool manager Gerard Houllier should be given a job for life at Anfield, says Manchester United's Alex Ferguson. The Old Trafford manager has sprung to the defence of his opposite number ahead of Sunday's League Cup final against bitter rival Liverpool in Cardiff. "I
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      773 66 United winger Giggs really doesn't want to leave Old Trafford LONDON Ironically, it could be described as one of the greatest commercials live Italian television has ever seen: Ryan Giggs running free through a disorientated Juventus defence in front of an enraptured national audience. Except that
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        476 67 Agencies Y ou ore there to be shot I at, but I've been criticised as a striker when that's not been the position I've been operating in. I've been playing down the left. If I'd flopped at the job I think suits me best, there would
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        137 67 ZURICH The crisis continues to deepen at Fulham. After losing 3-0 in the FA Cup to First Division side Burnley yesterday morning, the west Londoners have now incurred the wrath of Fifa. Fulham has been given a month by the world football body to stump up
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