Today, 25 March 2003, Afternoon Edition

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  • 9 1 TODAY I Tuesday March 25, 2003 < MITA (P) 002/11/2002
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
    • 577 1 Reuters Dow sheds 307 points on fears of a long war NEW YORK Stocks slumped yesterday on fears of a long war with Iraq, snapping an eight-session streak of gains, as investors switched to the safety of bonds and gold, and pushed oil prices more than US$l.5O ($2.64)
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    • 164 1 -AFP WASHINGTON There's a new twist to the war in Iraq. The Americans are now accusing the Russians of supplying weapons to Iraq. The United States believes Russian private sector technicians are in Baghdad helping train Iraqis to use electronic jamming systems that could endanger US forces
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    • 107 1 AFP WASHINGTON US health authorities said yesterday they had detected a virus that was the probable cause of a mystery pneumonia that has caused at least 17 deaths around the world. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said the virus causing Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars)
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      496 2  -  Elisia Yeo Troops target town that wouldn't give in by i" ehsia@newstoday.com.sg NASSIRIYA (Southern Iraq) Until a few days ago, most of the world had not heard of the southern Iraqi city of Nassiriya, located 180 kilometres north of the Kuwaiti border. But after being the location at
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    • 506 2 Reuters, BBC AFP FIVE captured American soldiers were shown on Iraqi television immediately sparking an outcry from the United States that these prisoners of war (POWs) had been humiliated and the Geneva Convention breached. American officials went so far as to say that those
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    • 599 3  -  Lee Ching Wern 740 quarantined, some pre-schools closed, as virus scare spreads in Singapore by chingwern@newstoday.com.sg MORE than 700 people in Singapore are under home quarantine in an effort to contain the spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars). Making the announcement yesterday, the Health Ministry (MOH)
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    • 822 4  -  Douglas Hamilton Reuters Iraq war is no re-run of Gulf triumph by news@newstoday.com.sg DOHA The US-led attack on Iraq is now longer than the land war in the 1991 Gulf conflict It passed the 100-hour mark at 9.30 on Monday morning (2.30pm on Sunday, Singapore time)
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    • 503 4 AFP SAFWAN (Iraq) The tactical move by US forces to skirt Iraqi cities en route to Baghdad has created a dangerous vacuum, with angry locals running out of essentials and armed bands reportedly seeking vengeance. US commanders have made no secret of their desire to avoid
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    • 34 2 MORE WAR REPORTS PAGE 4 SHOWDOWN IN IRAQ BATTLEGROUND IRAQ Watch our exclusive series for the Asian perspectives on the war. Stay tuned to Channel NewsAsia. Refer to page 26 //I=d/aCorp __H_________________S Channel NewsAsia
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 88 6  -  —Joy Frances A PROPERTY management company was yesterday fined $8,000 for chopping down a rare tree. The Subordinate Courts also ordered DTZ-Debenham Tie Leung Property Management Services to pay $76,035 in compensation to the state. At over 150 years old, the Hopea sangal in Halton Road, was
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    • 584 6  -  Ng Boon Yian Top veteran journalist to take on the mantle by boonyian(gnewstoday.com.sg AFTER 33 years of poring over newsprint, veteran journalist P N Balji will be taking a break from the daily grind of the newspaper business. He will step down as this newspaper's chief
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    • 526 8  -  Joy Frances Club operators await police decision on panel advice by joy@newstoday.com.sg THE battle of the nightspots could get hotter if police accept an advisory panel's recommendations to extend licensing hours and liberalise restrictions on dancing. And if the proposals made by the Advisory Panel on Licensing
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    • 114 8 PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong will be in Japan on a working visit from today till Sunday. PM Goh will be meeting Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and other business leaders. He will also speak at the Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry
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    • 85 8 Channel News Asia NINE Singaporean students who were studying in Kuwait are back in Singapore. According to the Foreign Ministry, their parents had asked the ministry to help bring the students home in view of the war in Iraq. Ministry officials worked with Saudi and Kuwaiti authorities
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    • 372 10  -  Val Chua in London Students in UK engage in plain talk by val@newstoday.com.sg AS PLACARDS like "Ashamed to be British" and "Blair, you're the weakest link" were being carried by the human wave of anti-war Londoners in Hyde Park on Saturday, some 150 overseas Singaporeans were engaged
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    • 266 10 Tor Ching Li READERS did a double-take when they were greeted by an "upsized" version of Today for their morning read yesterday. The Big Issue, a one-day transformation, came about as a result of Hewlett-Packard's (HP) first branding campaign since its merger with Compaq in May
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    • 396 12  -  Henry Lim Li Shun UN inspectors must resume checks immediately MANY observers have been surprised by the manner with which the United States has started the war against Iraq. The US is obviously trying to wipe out Iraqi President Saddam Hussein but I wonder if it should
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    • 151 12  -  Eddie Leong THE report, "What China has to gain", by Sunny Goh was a refreshing read (Today, March 21). China is proving to be very careful in its international relations and is handling the Iraqi crisis with great skill. It has a lot to gain by not
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
    • 473 14 CPI up, but Reuters Threat of deflation persists as food, clothing costs fall FIRM oil prices nudged consumer prices higher for a fourth straight month in February on year-on-year terms, but a surprise drop in food and clothing costs revived concerns of deflation. Singapore's consumer price index (CPI) rose 0.4
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    • Market Watch
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      • 81 14 AFP SINGAPORE share prices closed 2.01 per cent weaker, with investors worried about the possibility of a long US-led war to disarm Iraq, dealers said. The STI fell 26.59 points to 1,299.56. Volume traded totalled 384.5 million shares worth $409.20 million, up from 284.39 million shares valued at $419.58
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      • 36 14 USS 0.5665 UK£ 0.3603 Yen 68.2995 HK$ 4.4182 RM 2.1526 Euro 0.5320 Rupiah 5067.70 Baht 24.2923 Peso 30.8775 A$ 0.9535 Indian Rs 26.9984 Won 708.645 C$ 0.8410 Yuan 4.6892 NZ$ 1.0265 NTS 19.7063
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      • 49 14 Index Value Change Pis NIKKEI 8435.07 240.02 2.93 HANG SENG 9108.45 -70.74 -0.77 ILL ORDINARIES 2828.50 -10.90 -0.38 LAIWAN WEIGHTED 4570.68 -16.24 -0.35 KOREA COMP SET 569.85 361.28 -5.92 -2.34 -1.03 -0.64 JAKARTA COMP 395.09 1.05 0.27 PHILIPPINES COMP 1033.09 0.94 0.09 SHENZHEN B 197.12 -0.01 -0.01
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      • 23 14 SGX Bloomberg Gold uss/oi 330 Silver uss/oi 4.38 Platinum uss/oi 659.50 Rubber cents/kg 187.5 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1478.5 Brent crude uss/borrel 27.36
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      • 57 14 By volume March 24 Ocean Sky L&M NOL Chartered ACCS Ipco SembCorp Horizon SingTel DatacrftUSS Close 0.265 0.010 1.030 0.660 0.380 0.075 1.040 0.065 1.340 0.540 Change +0.010 -0.020 -0.010 -0.005 -0.020 -0.010 -0.030 -0.020 +1.0 -2.9 -2.6 -6.3 -1.9 -13.3 -2.2 -3.6 'OOO 78,67: 36,15; 15,87i
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      • 72 14 March 24 _URIC Close Change 1.000 +0.100 fhai Prime200USS 5.000 +0.100 .alSleel 2.730 +0.060 DUE 5.850 +0.050 MetroHldg ISH 500USS 0.530 +0.045 2.290 +0.040 Noble 1.820 +0.030 Sing Inv Dssia 1.320 +0.030 0.300 +0.025 Jy percentage March 24 )akwell Close Changi 0.045 +0.00: \URIC 1.000 +0.101 \P0il
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      • 78 14 March 24 iPH 100 Close Change 18.100 -0.700 iPH 18.200 -0.500 Creative 50 11.400 -0.400 fenture 14.500 -0.400 )CBC 9.600 -0.300 »IA 9.900 -0.300 .IA200 10.000 -0.300 IBS 9.500 -0.250 jreatEast 9.400 -0.250 By percentage March 24 BBR Close Change 0.010 -0.005 Cyber Vill 0.020 -0.010 Kian
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    • 395 16  -  Lee Yew Meng Beyonics plans to acquire Flairis By yewmeng@newstoday.com.sg BEYONICS Technology said yesterday that it plans to take over Flairis Technology to create a company with more than $1 billion in annual revenue. The proposed takeover comes at a time when the bottom lines of electronic
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    • 297 17 EMIRATES has signed a US$l6O million ($282 million) financing agreement for two new aircraft using commercial bank funds, in a clear vote of confidence for the airline from the international financial community. The financing, over a 12-year term, was structured by Credit Agricole Indosuez, with the
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    • 201 17 -AFP HONG KONG Dragonair signed a deal to lease an Airbus A330 yesterday, the same day the government said a third airline had applied for a licence to operate passenger services to China. Dragonair will lease the plane from US-based International Lease Finance Corp.
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    • 444 18  - Where it all began Francis Kan HP alumni unite to develop entrepreneurial talent here by francis@newstoday.com.sg IN LOOKING to foster an entrepreneurial culture in Singapore, Mr Raymond Lim, the newly-appointed Minister of State in charge of entrepreneurship, might want to take a look at what goes on at Hewlett-Packard (HP).
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    • 151 18 Bloomberg SYDNEY Downer EDI, Australia's No 2 publicly-traded engineering company, will buy an engineering consultancy unit of the Singapore Government's Temasek Holdings investment arm for $131 million. The unit, CPG, will continue to undertake public works consultancy projects under an agreement with the Singapore Government
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    • 688 19 Reuters In an anaemic market, a no-frills shop like 0NE.99 makes money sense STRUTTING on the catwalks as a fashion model a decade ago, Ms Nanz Chong-Komo was trained to make a US$5O ($88) dress look like a thousand-dollar one. She is using that business savvy now as
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    • Corporate Briefs
      • 43 19 In response to customers' grouses, SingTel Mobile said that its subscribers can now use its Caller ID service for free even when they are travelling overseas. Previously, CallerlD was not available when SingTel Mobile subscribers use their phones overseas.
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      • 43 19 AFX-Asia SembCorp Industries said its offshore engineering unit, SMOE, has been awarded a $175 million contract for an offshore processing platform by Thailand's PTT Exploration and Production Public Co. The company said SMOE's order book now stands at $850 million.
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      • 110 19 AFX-Asia AFX-Asia PDC Corp said its net loss last year widened to $15,416 million from $3,268 million in 2001 because of a $14.90 million provision for potential losses in certain construction projects. Sales rose to $107,429 million last year from $67,351 million. IPC POSTS LOSS: IPC
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    • 576 20 boosted by strong exports of semiconductors, audio-visual components TOKYO Japan's trade surplus in February rose 20.4 per cent from a year earlier, following the growth in exports of semiconductors and audio-visual components, the Finance Ministry said yesterday. The surplus expanded to 936.2 billion yen ($13.7 billion)
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    • 193 22 Bloomberg War risks raising NOL prices NEPTUNE Orient Lines (NOL) Ltd, which runs the world's seventhlargest liner fleet, said war-risk insurance for cargo between North America and the Middle East may rise as much as 11 times starting from Saturday. Rates for containers carried from the US
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    • 107 22 Bloomberg AN ONLINE hotel reservations company, Asiatravel.com Holdings, said bookings fell 20 per cent for some destinations because of the Iraqi war and an Asian flu outbreak. But its entry into new markets may temper the decline. The Singapore-based company expects first-half and full-year profit
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    • 94 22 -AFP JAKARTA A new container hub port began operations here yesterday after a US$4OO million ($706 million) modernisation programme that started in 1999. The new port is a partnership between Hutchison Port Holdings and state firm Pelabuhan Indonesia (Pelindo) 11. Two existing container terminals were upgrad- Ed
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    • 41 20 Deficit/Surplus Change (in billion yen) (year-on-year) China -34.45 -85.5 South Korea 180.15 +55.9 Taiwan 147.09 +63.4 Hong Kong +262.02 +36.7 Singapore +89.38 1.7 Thailand +23.67 +57.5 Malaysia -14.09 +91.9 Indonesia -103.10 +44.7 Philippines 18.04 +50.7 Vietnam -1.94 -53.9 India -256 -80.7
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  • INFO TECH
    • 307 24  -  Sol E Solomon E-learning allows students to earn a degree from home by solomon@newstoday.com.sg YOU don't need to leave Singapore to get a Masters degree identical to that awarded by reputed UK universities to their students who do the same course on campus. The e-learning model has made
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    • 98 24 Dell Computer is set to launch its first three printers this week two laser jets, as well as an inkjet that can print, fax and copy documents. The multifunction printer, one of the hottest types of printers on the market, will be aimed at small businesses and
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    • 114 24 Hardware maker Sonicblue has filed for Chapter 1 1 bankruptcy protection and intends to sell its ReplayTV digital recorder and Rio MP3 player businesses. The bankruptcy notice is intended to let Sonicblue continue operations long enough to sell its main subsidiaries. The company plans to
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 224 25 SRINAGAR (India) Violence in the disputed Kashmir region escalated following the massacre of 24 Hindus by suspected Islamic militants dressed in army uniforms. The Press Trust of India quoted police as saying that 15 heavily armed militants pretending to be soldiers entered the village
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    • 299 25 AFP JAKARTA An Indonesian court ruled yesterday that the detention of terror suspect Abu Bakar Bashir is legal and rejected a suit from his lawyers seeking the release of the elderly Muslim cleric. Judge Tusani Jabri dismissed claims that Bashir's detention is illegal because police had
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    • 160 26 Reuters YANGON A top UN human rights envoy cut short a visit to Myanmar yesterday to protest against a microphone hidden in a room in which he was meeting political prisoners. Mr Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, a Brazilian academic and special UN human rights representative, said he saw
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    • Article, Illustration
      338 26 Agencies Chief of hospital authority falls prey to virus HONG KONG Hong Kong's hospital chief has been hospitalised with symptoms of pneumonia, fuelling fear that the killer virus causing Severe Acute respiratory Syndrome (Sars) could be spreading faster in the territory of nearly seven million people than first
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    • 220 26 Reuters KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's jailed former Finance Minister Anwar Ibrahim began a longdelayed appeal yesterday against a conviction on charges of sodomy but sounded less than upbeat about his chances of winning. "We have gone through a lot and we can only hope and pray," Mr
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    • 134 26 Reuters WARRI (Nigeria) Oil multinationals have shut down practically all their operations in Nigeria's troubled western delta with total losses of 37 per cent of the country's production, officials said yesterday. The Ijaw ethnic group at the centre of tribal violence and an
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    • 139 26 -AFP SYDNEY An Australian company said yesterday it was developing a skin patch that could protect wearers from attacks from nerve agents and other deadly gases. The patch would deliver directly through the skin the drug atropine, a substance used as an antidote
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  • COMMENTARY
    • 997 28  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla Why are our youths seeking instant gratification in sex or religion? I by news@newstoday.com.sg AS HUNDREDS of thousands of people opposed to the US-led war in Iraq pressed their cause in rallies around the world over the weekend, it was hard not to notice
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  • WATZUP?
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      140 30 BEST PICTURE: Chicago BEST ACTOR: Adrien Brody, The Pianist BEST ACTRESS: Nicole Kidman, The Hours BEST DIRECTOR: Roman Polanski, The Pianist BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Chris Cooper, Adaptation BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Chicago BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: The Pianist, Ronald Harwood BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Talk to Her, Pedro
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    • 660 30  -  David Ngiau Focus shifts back to awards amid more subdued atmosphere TO HONOUR outstanding achievements in filmmaking, or to celebrate the cult of celebrity and glitzy glamour? With the world in flux over a war that half the globe says is unjustified, the awards themselves moved
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    • IN CINEMAS
      • 639 31  -  Yong Shu Chiang JrUST as the 75th Academy Awards got under way, host Steve Martin finished his opening monologue with a priceless crack that "there are no losers tonight but we're about to change all that". So, while there were plenty of "non-winners" yesterday
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      • 286 32 IN Weekend TODAY, film critics David Ngiau and Yong Shu Chiang, Raintree Pictures CEO Daniel Yun and Singapore Film Society president Kenneth Tan gazed into the crystal ball and took a stab at calling the Oscars in 12 categories. The surprise wins by The Pianist
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      • 393 34 Reuters Oscar winner Michael Moore exercises his freedom of speech on stage LOS ANGELES Politics grabbed centre stage at the Academy Awards on Sunday as maverick director Michael Moore (picture) charged US President George W Bush with waging a "fictitious war" against Iraq. Wagging his
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    • FEATURES
      • 71 36 MEDIACORP TV Channel s's Must See Tuesday nights will be more exciting when its latest local drama, Light Years, makes its debut at 9pm. Set in a polytechnic, the teen drama revolves around the lives of seven young people and explores how they deal with the various
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        584 36  -  Asif Ansar Have loads of fun with the Stones by asif@newstoday.com.sg I "W"^ OLLING I M Stones frontI man Mick X (picture) sang these words from Muddy Waters' Mannish Boy during the opening concert for the band's 40 Licks tour in Boston on Sept 3 last yean "Now
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        287 37  -  Serene Foo by: serene@newstoday.com.sg SHE exudes quiet femininity and an air of girlish sexiness. Meeting actress Gokgorn Benjathikul (or Coco as she prefers to be known) was an unexpected lesson in lady-like behaviour for this tomboy of a reporter an ironical situation since Coco used to be
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        335 38  -  Pauline D Loh Grill these rosemary-skewered chicken morsels for a tasty change by pauline@newstoday.com.sg SAGANO is a little town in Kyoto, at the foot of its maple-clad hills. One autumn many moons ago, I enjoyed a brief week there climbing the mountains, visiting its many temples, drinking from
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        329 38 ROSEMARY CHICKEN YAKITORI Ingredients (Serves four): 2 chicken drumsticks, skinned, de-boned I box rosemary (with stems) I bottle yakiniku no tare (Japanese barbecue sauce) I tablespoon sesame seeds Chilli flakes (optional) Method: I.Wash and rinse the chicken drumsticks. Pat dry, remove skin and trim tendons. Cut into bite-sized cubes.
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      • 157 38 Food on sticks the barbecue appeal IT IS a real throwback to the times when our ancestors poked a stick on a steak and held it over an open fire. These days, the necessity may be gone, but barbecuing has become a popular cooking style. It's also now most of
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      • 448 40  -  Genevieve Woo by genevieve@newstoday.com.sg THERE is no need for you to get jumpy and glare at the poor guy sitting across you in the train, as he sneezes and coughs into his hanky. A case of the sniffles does not make for a potential carrier of
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      • 106 40 See a doctor immediately if you have these signs and symptoms: High fever (more than 30 degrees) Coughing, shortness of breath, breathing difficulties Have had close contact with a person who has been diagnosed with Sars Other symptoms include headache, muscular stiffness, loss of appetite, malaise,
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      • 270 40  -  Lynette Leong by] news@newsto day. com. sg WE ALL know the goodness of fruit and vegetables but do you know that every 22nd of the month is "Fruit and Vegetables Day"? Since June last year, the Health Promotion Board (HPB) has designated the
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      • 43 40 When eating out, ask for more vegetables to meet your daily requirement. Include one vegetables-based forVverTetn teZi^ A kl bananas and strawberries, and sandwiches. 6 snack on fruit and vegetables. End your meals with fruit. Source: HeaM Promotion Board
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    • 533 43 Tiger shakes off upset stomach to win ORLANDO You have to hand it to Tiger Woods. The guy delivers. Neither rain, nor mud nor an upset tummy could stop him from making his appointed rounds on Sunday (yesterday morning, Singapore time) at the Bay Hill Invitational, where
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    • 44 43 LONDON A solo goal by Wayne Rooney against Arsenal yesterday, in the presence of England boss Sven-Goran Eriksson, has earned the Everton teenager a place against Turkey and Liechtenstein in the Euro qualifiers. Chelsea defender John Terry also gets his first call-up.
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    • 63 43 SAN ANTONIO Tim Duncan had 27 points and 17 rebounds as the San Antonio Spurs completed a season-sweep of the Los Angeles Lakers, downing the three-time defending NBA champion 98-89 yesterday. Other NBA results: Sacremento 109 Houston 108, Cleveland 93 New Jersey 88, Philadelphia 112 Toronto 95,
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    • 37 43 CHENAB will aim to beat Singapore Cricket Club in a Singapore Hockey Federation Men's Premier League 2003 tonight to increase its title chances. The match is at the Delta Sports Complex, Bpm. Admission is free.
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    • 401 43 JOHANNESBURG Due to current constraints placed upon all warlike sports-writing imagery, it is virtually impossible to convey the magnitude of Australia's World Cup victory on Sunday night Let's just say that there was a lot of collateral damage. When sanity returns, it might
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    • 367 44  -  r Stanley Ho by stanley@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE'S spluttering 2-0 win over Macau in its Asian Cup preliminary Group E opener on Sunday did not impress fans. A poor first-half performance resulted in the Lions being booed off the pitch as they were expecting an avalanche
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    • 134 44  -  Stanley Ho THE last time Singapore played Pakistan was 13 years ago, at the 1990 Beijing Asian Games, where the Lions hammered Pakistan 6-1. That humiliating result was on the minds of Pakistan national coach Tariq Lufti and his team, as they boarded their flight to compete
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    • 451 44  -  Tan Yo-Hinn Singapore Sports Awards 2003 winners (Selected) Sportsman of the Year Remy Ong bowling Sportswoman of the Year Li Jiawei Table Tennis Coach of the Year Sheik Alau'ddin (picture)- Silat Team of the Year National Tenpin Bowling Men's trios Sportsboy of the Year Mohd Imran Silat
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    • 823 45  -  S Gulam Nothing less than a convincing victory will do for Singapore tonight Comment by gulam@newstoday.com.sg WHAT'S happening to Singapore football? Is there no end to this slide into mediocrity? When will the governing powers realise that there is something seriously wrong with the game
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    • 702 46 Agencies It was scrappy, but Arsenal refuses to be intimidated English Premier League Arsenal 2 Everton 1 Creativity sacrificed for hard work LONDON It was an ugly, scrappy bit of workmanship. More Dulux than Picasso, more busker than Beethoven. With its combination of route one
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      • 578 47 Reuters Okocha holds his nerve to convert last minute spot-kick f English Premier League Bolton 1 Tottenham 0 Bolton climbs out of relegation zone LONDON Jay Jay Okocha scored from an injury-time penalty to give Bolton Wanderers a 1-0 home win over Tottenham Hotspur and lift
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      • 169 47 AFP CARDIFF Wales's build-up to Saturday's Euro 2004 Group Nine qualifier with Azerbaijan was hit yesterday by claims that striker Craig Bellamy is at the centre of allegations of racial abuse at a nightclub here. The 23-year-old Newcastle forward missed training, though Wales boss Mark Hughes
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