Today, 4 April 2003

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    10 1 TODAY Friday a phi 4 >2 3• MITA (P) 002/11/2002
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    It happened in Singapore
    879 1  -  Jose Raymond How a genetic study went haywire by j ose@newstoday.com. sg DOCTORS using Parkinson's Disease patients as guinea pigs without their consent Signs of tampering of evidence amid investigations into a possible breach of ethics. A key figure under investigation leaving the country amid the
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    Sars deaths show a trend
    388 1  -  Lee Ching Wem AS SINGAPORE registered its fifth Sarsrelated death yesterday a 78-year-old woman one trend seems to be emerging. Older and ill people are bearing the brunt of the attack. So far, all five deaths have involved people aged about 40 or above, the
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Fresh blow for SPH TV
      270 2  -  Chan Chao Peh Two senior execs step down by chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg TWO senior SPH Media Works executives resigned yesterday, following the sacking of chief executive officer Lee Cheok Yew on Monday. Mr Melvin Ang, chief operating officer for the media business group, and Mr Chris Rogers,
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      Untitled
      81 3 Will there be a day when we do not need the Internal Security Act (ISA)? I hope so. That is the ideal. Indeed, if we can work towards that day when the threats Singapore faces in the world are low and when a level of national resilience and cohesion prevails
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      Is it choice or cartel?
      557 3  -  Francis Kan Critical illness insurance debate by francis@newstoday.com.sg NEW policyholders can soon expect definitions of critical illnesses covered under insurance plans to be standardised across the industry, a move that some consumers worry might stifle competition and make it harder to receive payouts from such
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      Lock icon A good verdict
      753 3  -  Grace Tay by grace@newstoday.com.sg BESIDES its notoriety for legalese, the justice and legal system is next best known for its papers, papers and more papers. Singapore's legal registry, which is responsible for the processing, registration and custody of court records, sees tens of thousands of documents filed
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      YESTERDAY'S DEVELOPMENTS
      159 4 European Union and Nato foreign ministers lined up in Brussels to tell US Secretary of State Colin Powell that Washington must make room for the United Nations to help run post-war Iraq. US officials said Iraq was moving elements of four elite Republican Guard divisions southwards to defend
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      Lock icon Lynch was ready to die fighting
      274 4 -AFP WASHINGTON Ms Jessica Lynch, the US private rescued in Iraq, was recovering yesterday in a hospital in Germany as reports of her battlefield fight were revealed in the media. The 19-year-old supply clerk was flown from Kuwait to Ramstein, Germany, where she is
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      In no hurry ...
      559 4 In no hurry as US-led forces close in on Baghdad BAGHDAD After two weeks of fighting and a rapid drive north, US-led forces are knocking on Baghdad's door, but with caution. The arrival of US forces just 10km from Baghdad's southern outskirts yesterday and their attempt to take control of
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      Lock icon A day that Nader, 5, will never forget
      280 4 Agencies HILLA (Iraq) Five-year-old Nader (picture) should not have been out playing on Tuesday. He now lies on a hospital bed with a bandage covering one eye after stepping on an explosive. "He may not be able to see again with his
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      Companies split staff
      419 6  -  Francis Kan Stringent strategies to deal with Sars by francis@newstoday.com.sg THE outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) in Singapore has left companies and government agencies here scrambling to modify their contingency plans to deal with the deadly virus. While traditional "business continuity plans" deal with situations
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      SARS UPDATE
      205 6 A relief fund has been set up to ease the financial and emotional burdens of Sars patients and their families. The Sars Relief Fund will be administered by a committee from the Singapore Medical Association (SMA) and the Singapore Nurses Foundation. The campaign will run as long as
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      Lock icon Fewer taking public transport
      194 6 Newsradio 93.8 RIDERSHIP in Singapore's main modes of public transportation has dropped in the past few weeks since the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars), said Comfort Delgro and SMRT. SBS Transit, the public transport arm of Comfort DelGro, said it has seen a 10
      – Newsradio 93.8  -  194 words
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      Lock icon Singaporeans leave Frankfurt
      117 6 -AFP FRANKFURT Three Singaporeans admitted to a hospital in Germany with atypical pneumonia have recovered and taken a plane home, the Frankfurt university clinic where they were treated said yesterday. The head of the isolation unit at the clinic, Dr Hans Reinhard Brodt, said the three patients
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Lock icon Brave smiles upfront
      466 8  -  Tan Hui Leng Hotel staff not wearing masks but airline crew have second thoughts by huileng@newstoday.com.sg SERVICE with a smile. Hotel and airline staff, possibly at most risk from the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) virus after healthcare workers, are putting their best face forward by choosing
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      NUS, NTU stay open
      150 8 UNLIKE the Singapore Institute of Management (SIM), the National University of Singapore (NUS) and the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have no plans to suspend classes. The SIM, with 15,500 students, said yesterday that it has suspended all its classes and services until April 14. The SIM
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      Lock icon A chance to study these deep-sea treasures
      299 10  -  Joy Frances EVER wondered what lies below the opaque surface of our offshore waters? Your chance to find out and contribute to scientific research could come in a fortnight's time off Pulau Hantu. This is because of local diving enthusiast William Ong's initiative
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      Lock icon Visitor arrivals to Singapore drop 15%
      164 10 Reuters SINGAPORE'S visitor arrivals fell 14.8 per cent in March from the year-ago period, hurt by fears of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) and the effects of the US-led war against Iraq, preliminary data showed yesterday. The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) said in
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      First GST fraud case in court
      355 10  -  Joy Frances Fictitious claims on false invoices by joy@newstoday.com.sg AT a time when most people and companies are filing their tax returns, one woman has found herself in hot soup with the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (Iras). Madam Sabrina Shah Rambech was found
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      162 8 Flltrete IP I Yuks! What a filthy room! p m A lungful of Singapore air consists of more than just air. It contains pollen, Filtrete™ is easy to use. dust, smoke, and fungi. And, surprisingly, the air in our homes often has < ■B9J3SS got up to 100 times more
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      Steer wisely
      490 12 New vote on clubs welcome but not forced merger WE are members of the Changi Beach Club (CBC) who voted against the proposal to merge with the Changi Sailing Club (CSC). With reference to your report, "Club members can still decide to merge if they call for another
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      Keep the schools closed
      155 12  -  See Leong Kit HEALTH Minister Lim Hng Kiang says the Sars virus is "more infectious than we thought" as it can contaminate objects for up to three hours. Some Sars patients are also capable of transmitting the virus to many people. As a parent, I am
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      Will Newater be affected?
      66 12  -  Seetharaman Rajarajan I REFER to the report, "Sars virus in HK sewage" (Today, April 3). With evidence from the Hong Kong case suggesting that Sars might be transmitted through water or sewage systems, we must consider the impact of this on Newater. Is the technique used
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      Please, let's have qualified counsellors
      256 12 I REFER to your report, "CJ's jolt for a hooligan" (Today, April 2) I am deeply concerned that the only counselling provided to Jerrick Chen was through "six brief telephone conversations". The Chief Justice was right to be shocked. The CJ's call to "close this
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      Nurses, why not change out of your uniforms?
      218 12  -  Joan D'Arcy TO all the people who are paranoid about nurses amid the Sars scare: Nurses are probably the least of your worries. They are taught to wash their hands after every contact with a patient and before heading home. Their managers
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon Asean plays down impact
      264 14 Agencies Trade will not be hit by Sars LUANG PRABANG (Laos) South-east Asian trade ministers meeting in Laos yesterday played down the impact of the outbreak of a deadly virus on regional trade, saying the effects are likely to be short-term. Their assessments came as tourism
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      M1 boss named Outstanding CEO
      184 14  -  Chan Chao Peh MOBILEONE's (Ml) Neil Montefiore (picture), forced to work from home as a precautionary measure against the Sars outbreak after returning from a trip to Hong Kong, was yesterday named Outstanding Chief Executive of the Year in the Singapore Business Awards. Mr Montefiore,
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    • Market Watch
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 14 US$ 0.5636 UK£ 0.3605 Yen 67.2034 HK$ 4.3958 RM 2.1412 Euro 0.5262 Rupiah 5011.97 Baht 24.2263 Peso 29.9394 A$ 0.9422 Indian Rs 26.7190 Won 707.284 C$ 0.8285 Yuan 4.6651 NZ$ 1.0281 Nls 19.6190
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        Commodities
        21 14 Gold uss/oz 325.15 Silver uss/oz 4.410 Platinum uss/oi 637.00 Rubber cents/kg 181.5 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1465 Brent crude uss/borrel 28.56
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        Straits Times Index – Infra-day Chart
        5 14 Straits Times Index Infra-day Chart
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        Lock icon Singapore
        136 14 SGX SINGAPORE stocks rose for a third straight session over optimism that the move to oust Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is succeeding, as US-led coalition forces advanced towards Baghdad and destroyed two of six Republican Guard divisions. The Straits Times Index added 2.77, or 0.2 per cent, to close
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        World markets
        53 14 Index Value Change Pts NIKKEI 8017.75 -52.10 -0.65 HANG SENG 8648.16 -58.03 -0.67 ALL ORDINARIES 2874.10 26.70 0.94 TAIWAN WTD 4358.39 46.83 1.09 KOREA COMP 545.24 2.32 0.43 SEl 365.12 2.10 0.58 MARIA COMP 400.76 2.70 0.68 PHILIPPINES COMP 1062.49 10.53 1.00 SHEN7HEN B 204.48 0.27 0.13 MUMBAI
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        SGX most active
        54 14 fy volume Iprtl 3 Singlel ComfortDelGro bartered latacrftUSS iembCorp itarCrusUSS ML flint \ccs \A1 Close 1.420 0.835 0.650 0.530 1.100 0.200 1.050 0.455 0.350 1.270 Change -0.010 +0.015 +0.005 +0.040 -0.005 +0.010 +0.020 -0.7 +1.8 +0.8 +3.8 -2.4 +1.0 +1.6 'OOO 17,94! 13,651 10,90' 10,71( 8,937 8,783
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        SGX top rises
        85 14 )y$ By percentage \pril 3 Close Change XBC 9.550 +0.150 April 3 Hiap Hoe Close Changi 0.010 +100.1 fhai Prime200USS 5.050 +0.150 MAE Engg 0.045 +28.1 3BS Bk 6% NCPS10 105.20 +0.100 KohBrosW*****6 0.025 +25.1 SreatEast 9.400 +0.100 (epCorp 4.340 +0.100 \PB Breweries 4.960 +0.060 lyeSoon Armstrong
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        Lock icon SGX top falls
        77 14 Bloomberg By$ By percentage Upril 3 JOB Close Change 10.800 -0.100 April 3 L&M Close Change 0.005 -50.0 /enture 14.100 -0.100 BBR 0.010 -33.3 Dssia 0.265 -0.095 Unidux 0.065 -27.8 H L Asia 1.230 -0.080 Ossia 0.265 -26.4 >IA 9.000 -0.050 Excel 0.015 -25.0 SIA200 9.000 -0.050
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      Lock icon Performance as promised: Optus
      99 16 Reuters MELBOURNE Optus, SingTel's Australian arm, expects to meet the performance it promised for its financial year, which ended on March 31, Chief Executive Chris Anderson said yesterday. Sing Tel said in February that Optus was on track to post a growth of more than 30
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      Lock icon OCBC Sec bullish on Jurong Technologies
      153 16 -AFX-Asia OCBC Securities expects Jurong Technologies Industrial Ltd to post strong sales and net profit in the first quarter, supported by strong orders from customers such as Maxtor, Allied Telesis and Motorola. "We are forecasting sales of $100 million and net profit of $4
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      Lock icon Chip Eng Seng gets HDB job
      75 16 AFX-Asia CHIP Eng Seng Corp said its wholly-owned unit, Chip Eng Seng Contractors (1988), has secured a $23 million Housing and Development Board contract. Under the contract, Chip Eng Seng Contractors will complete "the balance of works" on 456 units of HDB flats at
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      Lock icon Bond market weak
      694 16 Reuters New corporate debt issues fall in the first quarter WEAK investor demand, economic uncertainty and security concerns may mean more bleak months ahead for Singapore's corporate bond market after new issues fell in the first quarter, bankers and analysts said. Singapore dollar bond issuance was US$9O5
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      Lock icon Corporate Briefs
      188 18 AFX-Asia AFX-Asia CATHAY CHIEF QUITS: Mr Francis Lee Chin Guan has resigned as president and chief executive officer of Cathay Organisation Holdings Ltd (COH) as of March 31, the company said in a press release. Director Meileen Choo has assumed the functions of executive director and will head
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      Lock icon A crisis phase
      294 18 Bloomberg South Korean business confidence takes a dive SEOUL South Korean business confidence last month had its biggest drop in 10 months, signalling that an ongoing economic slowdown has reached a critical point, a business group said, citing the results of a monthly survey. The Federation of
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      Lock icon Stats on a rebound
      641 20 Reuters Analysts see the chip tester returning to profit by third quarter ST Assembly Test Services (Stats) may return to profit as soon as the third quarter, despite weak economic indicators in the West, as big clients increase their outsourcing, according to analysts. However, they said
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      Lock icon ST Engineering's US unit in $83m deal
      105 20 Reuters SINGAPORE Technologies Engineering (ST Engineering) said yesterday that its US-based indirect subsidiary, VT Halter Marine, had won a US$47 million ($B3 million) contract to complete the building of a car carrier vessel. ST Engineering said in a statement the contract was signed
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      Lock icon Global Active IPO in third quarter
      176 20 Bloomberg GLOBAL Active, which sold about a third of itself to Osim International Ltd last week, has said that it will proceed with an earlier plan to sell shares to the public in the third quarter after a delay. Global Active owns the General
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      Lock icon Thistle spurns BIL proposal
      162 20 Bloomberg LONDON Thistle Hotels Pic, the operator of 24 London hotels, has rejected a bid for the company from its main shareholder, and said it did not claim some investors will spurn any offer below 140 pence ($3.90) a share. "Thistle notes the Financial Times article
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      Online monitor for unit trusts
      110 22 ABN AMRO Consumer Bank has launched what is believed to be the first state-of-the-art Webbased straight-through processing unit trust system here. It said customers can now look forward to a monthly consolidated statement showing their total unit trust holdings invested with the bank, regardless of
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      Lock icon Black gold in Vietnam
      478 22  -  Lee Yew Meng Technics IPO fuels growth plans by yewmeng@newsto day. com. sg IN 1989, Mr Robin Ting (picture) ventured to Vietnam in search of new business for the small Singapore-based fabrication company he worked for. At the time, Singapore companies headed for China, rather than
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      When piracy falls ...
      302 24 When piracy falls the number of IT jobs goes up as people have more incentive to create software A 10 PER CENT drop in Singapore's piracy rate could create over 1,700 jobs and add US$l.3 billion ($2.3 billion) in new business opportunities. Such a fall in Singapore's piracy rate of
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      4001 24 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS RWERW Dote Nome NAV/Bid Oiler Prke Prke Aberdeen Asset Management (Asia) 1/4 Aberdeen Ameriain Opportunities 0.546 0.574 1/4 Aberdeen Asian Hrghfeld 1.253 1.291 1/4 Aberdeen China Opportunities 0.915 0.962 1/4 Aberdeen Continental Europe Eqty 0.707 0.743 1/4 Aberdeen Global MNC 0.457 0.481 1/4 Aberdeen Gbbal Tedrnoloay 0.283
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Mosques hit
      341 26 Mayor appeals for calm as tensions rise in Davao DAVAO (Philippines) Tensions rose in the southern Philippines after gunmen threw grenades at three mosques in the southern city of Davao yesterday, just hours after a blast at a nearby wharf killed 16 people and wounded 40 others, officials
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      Lock icon Colossal catch
      46 26 Marine biologists Steve O'Shea (left) and Kat Bolstad inspecting a rare colossal squid caught off Antarctica at a research laboratory in Wellington on Wednesday. The squid which has eyes the size of dinner plates, snags its prey with scores of razor-sharp hooks. Reuters photo
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      Hardliner with links to JI abducted
      234 26 JAKARTA A Muslim hardliner, believed to be close to some leaders of the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) regional terrorist network, has been reported abducted in the eastern Indonesian city of Ambon, police said yesterday. Mr Lamkaruna Putra reported on Tuesday the alleged abduction of his
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      195 26 -AFP SYDNEY An Australian schoolgirl was in a critical condition in hospital yesterday after she was shot with an arrow that passed through her chest and hit another girl in the leg. Police said the girl, 16, was struck in the left side of
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      385 30 -AFP China, Russia seek to remind US about their importance PARIS Having failed to block the war in Iraq, China and Russia are retooling strategies to reduce US dominance and ensure that Washington cannot override their interests with impunity in the future, experts say. Both countries remain committed
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      150 30 AFP PERTH The Australian authorities yesterday labelled as a fraud a Frenchman who claimed to be running around the world for peace, saying he is likely to be deported for breaching visa conditions. Police swooped on Mr Sylvain Quenel, 20, near the tiny West Australian
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      Auction of sharp objects
      138 30 GRAND RAPIDS (Michigan) Anti-terrorism security measures in the US have left an airport here with an unwanted bounty of sharp, confiscated objects. The authorities therefore plan to hold an auction to get rid of the thousands of knives, scissors, corkscrews and nail clippers. The news.com.au website
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      53 30 Top Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai being taken to a hospital in Mumbai early yesterday after a jeep hit her accidentally during the shooting of a movie She sustained, a minor fracture on the little toe of her left foot as well as abrasions on her elbow and
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      192 30 -AFP SYDNEY The Australian government yesterday formally abandoned its 12-year search for fugitive businessman Christopher Skase's missing millions. Skase, who died while on the run in Spain in August 2001, was Australia's most-wanted man after he fled the country in 1991 rather than
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      Lock icon Shifting sands, shifting alliances
      1131 32  -  Pepe Escobar by news@newstoday.com.sg As the war rages, the Arab world remains more divided than ever AMMAN Washington insists it is trying to win the support of the Shiites in southern Iraq. At the same time, it has warned largely Shiite Syria and predominantly Shiite Iran
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      496 33 Reuters Sars shares similarities with flu but looks worse WASHINGTON It jumped from ducks to farmers in the southern provinces of China, spreading via jet to the whole world within a year and killing half a million people. Sars? No, just ordinary influenza. As world health officials
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  • WATZUP?
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      Sars can't stop the music
      640 34  -  but clubs implement new door policies to screen visitors by Janice Lee janice@newstoday.com.sg IT WILL take more than a deadly virus to stop the music. The outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) may have seen crowds dwindling in shopping malls and other public areas
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      121 34  -  -Jason Wee PEACE drew more than 200 people, including undergraduates, writers and even reservists in uniforms, to the Substation on Tuesday evening. The Peace Concert lasted four-and-a-half hours, longer than the expected three hours. It had a carnival-like atmosphere, with booths for petitions, anti-war T-shirts and
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      Emil s heart of gold
      762 35  -  Serene Foo Veteran singer in town again to help the NKF raise funds IN THESE difficult times brought on by the outbreak of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, the US-led war on Iraq and the prolonged economic downturn, singer Emil Chau (picture) is yearning for
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      Music with a mission
      471 36  -  Serene Foo Umoja takes teens off the streets and on to the stage to sing, dance by serene@newstoday.com.sj SOUTH African musical sensation Umoja's uplifting brand of rousing rhythms may get you on the dance floor immediately. But the group's mission goes beyond providing uplifting entertainment. The
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        ATRIBUTE TO LESLIE CHEUNG
        79 36 Tune in to MediaCorpTV Channel B's TGIF today at Bpm for a tribute to Leslie Cheung. His classic films The Bride With White Hair and Double Tap will be aired on Saturday at I Ipm an on Sunday at Bpm, respectively. Star Hub Cable TV subscribers
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        SSO GUEST SHIES AWAY BECAUSE OF SARS
        90 36 Celebrated violinist-conductor Shlomo Mintz, due to conduct the Singapore Symphony Orchestra on April 11, has cancelled his Asian tour due to the prevailing Sars epidemic. The Israeli maestro would have been the first guest to conduct the orchestra from the violin. Mintz is
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        SCO GOES AHEAD WITH ERIC MOO
        94 36 Meanwhile, the Singapore Chinese Orchestra is proceeding with the first instalment of its Pop@SCO series on April 13 at the Singapore Conference Hall. Titled, Songs of Singapore, the concert showcases the classical works of local composers LeongYoon Pin, Dr Soh Kay Cheng, Liv Bin
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      Good health
      687 37  -  Clement Mesenas running with the bulls when I am 65 by clement@newstoday.com.sg My friend we were best friends in university retired the other day at 50. Nope, he doesn't have children. A matter of choice, I guess. He and his wife are medical people, they would have fixed
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      Lock icon Rich man, poor man
      837 38 -Reuters Fresh from rehab, Nolte reflects on fame's perks and perils LOS ANGELES One-time Hollywood heavyweight actor Nick Nolte decided years ago that when it came to the press, "the best approach to talking about my personal life was to lie", he had said. But there
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      Lock icon The award for best drunkard goes to ...
      202 38 The award for best drunkard goes to LOS ANGELES Jeremy Irons, Ashley Judd and Val Kilmer were among the film and television stars nominated on Tuesday for Prism awards which honour the accurate depiction of drug, alcohol and tobacco use and addiction. Other nominees for the awards, which are handed
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      Lock icon HK Film Awards to be held despite Sars
      195 38 -Agencies HONG KONG The 22th Hong Kong Film Awards will take place on Sunday as scheduled. There had been talk that the annual event would be postponed because of the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) and actor Leslie Cheung's suicide
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    • IN CINEMAS
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        682 39  -  David Ngiau A sad end for this disaster flick as it veers off the fun and campy course by david@newstoday.com.sg The Core FILM REVIEW OF ALL the silly lines in the disaster movie, The Core and believe me, there are many there are two that I can't
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      The tough and the tender
      657 40  -  Yong Shu Chiang Pacino growls, Farrell emotes angst HIS face is craggy and saggy, his body's hunched over and his hair's got a mind of its own. But that trademark voice, recognisable if a little hollow, resonates with authority. Just as he did in Insomnia,
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      Leave the instant noodles behind
      388 46 Packing for a trip is not difficult if you're not tempted to take the house along You may consider yourself an experienced and smart traveller. But even the most seasoned traveller encounter this pitfall: Over-packing. If you are going on a family holiday with children,
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      Suitcase or carry-on bag?
      209 46 NOW that you have a streamlined list of items to pack for your travel, its time to think about the luggage. No one wants to lug bulky bags on what is supposed to be a relaxing trip. As long as you stick to an adequate checklist,
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      1595 48 I TV I Survivor The Amazon Dharma channel B,7pm The Making of Chicago Arts Central, io.3Opm The Morning After cna, 1.04pm v. %£J& With 13 Academy Award Backroom strategists are honing plans to oust W'-- vfiP :'CV",'/ The Crown Prince ascends nominations and six wins, Iraqi strongman Saddam Hussein. Options
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Cub's growing into a Tigress
      574 49 Reuters Schoolgirl Wie seeks to emulate World No. 1 Woods LOS ANGELES Michelle Wie was just like any other 13-year-old this week when she returned to middle school in Honolulu. But it was the way she had spent her school holidays that marked her out
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      Lock icon Judge ponders plan to allow Masters protest
      277 49 -AFP AUGUSTA Martha Burk's hope to protest at next week's Masters outside the entry gates of Augusta National Golf Club rests in the hands of US District Judge Dudley Bowen. Lawyers for the leader of the National Council of Women's Organisations argued yesterday
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      Rockets downed
      112 49 MILWAUKEE Sam Cassell scored 20 points to help Milwaukee erase a 13-point deficit as the Bucks scored an important 106-99 win over the Houston Rockets in NBA action yesterday morning, Singapore time. Gary Payton and Toni Kukoc both scored 18 points for the Bucks, who scored 20 of
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      Sosa denied
      139 49 NEW YORK Al Leiter tossed a four-hit-ter over six innings and denied Sammy Sosa his 500 th career home run as the New York Mets downed the Chicago Cubs 4-1 in Major League action yesterday morning, Singapore time. Leiter struck out three and walked three as the Mets
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      Effenberg out
      56 49 BERLIN VfL Wolfsburg has released midfielder Stefan Effenberg from his contract with immediate effect at the captain's request, according to German media reports yesterday. The former German international was reportedly having problems with Wolfsburg's new coach Juergen Roeber. ZDF reported that Roeber had complained Effenberg was out of
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      Lock icon Home rampage
      622 50  -  Tan Yo-Hinn But coach unhappy with favourite's defensive display NTUC Income S-League Home United 7 Balestier Khalsa 3 Egmar, Peres grab hat-tricks by yohinn@newsto day. com. sg THE odds were generous for a Balestier Khalsa win yesterday. After all, the third from bottom Tigers were visiting league leader
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      Lock icon Asylum pitch for Olonga
      232 50 AFP SYDNEY Australia's main opposition party yesterday called on the government to grant asylum to Zimbabwean cricketer Henry Olonga so he can emerge from hiding in South Africa. The pace bowler angered the controversial Robert Mugabeled Zimbabwean government when he and team-mate Andy Flower wore black
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      Lock icon Fijian a Sars suspect, S'pore rugby series called off
      233 50  -  Tan Yo-Hinn LAST month's Credit Suisse First Boston Hong Kong Sevens 2003 has had its first suspected Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) case. Fiji Television reported that one of the players in Fiji's men's team, Kiniviliame Salabogi, had developed flu-like symptoms
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      Lock icon Not a French vintage
      489 51 Euro champion wins, but it wasn't pretty Euro 2004 qualifier Israel 0 France 2 Santini disappointed with his charges PALERMO The European champion still doesn't look like one. The unimpressive manner of France's 2-1 victory over Israel on Wednesday (yesterday morning, Singapore time) has once again
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      Valiant Indra falls as Gade, Taufik reach last eight
      380 51 TOKYO Singapore's Indra Wijaya failed in his bid to make the quarterfinals at the star-studded Japan Open yesterday. In a tough battle with China's ninth seed Lin Dan in the third round, a valiant Indra eventually succumbed 17-14, 11-15, 15-9. Two-time
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      FA rules out enquiry
      200 51 LONDON The English Football Association has ruled out an enquiry into angry tunnel exchanges between England and Turkey players during their Group Seven Euro 2004 qualifier, reported BBC Sport Online. But other aspects of Wednesday's (yesterday morning, Singapore time) stormy match at Sunderland's Stadium of Light
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      Oh, what a fine round
      110 51 BANGKOK Korea's Ted Oh snatched the firstround lead in the US$l5O,OOO ($267,000) Thailand Open with an impressive, bogey-free seven-under-par 65 yesterday, reported Asian PGA.com Oh opened up a one-stroke lead over veteran American Scott Taylor at the par-72 Krisada City Golf Hills course on the
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      Lock icon England delivers
      1098 52 Agencies Passion and youthful exuberance make the difference Euro 2004 qualifier England 2 Turkey 0 Confident Rooney inspires teammates SUNDERLAND England's victory over Turkey showed that with pride, passion and youngster Wayne Rooney in the side, Sven-Goran Eriksson's men can reach Euro 2004 as Group Seven winner. All
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      Lock icon Danes savaged after shocking Bosnia defeat
      204 52 Reuters Euro 2004 qualifier Denmark 0 Bosnia 2 Nation horrified by home loss COPENHAGEN Danish media reacted with barely-concealed horror yesterday after the national team's 2-0 home defeat by Bosnia in a Euro 2004 Group Two qualifier. "Fiasco" and "their worst game in five
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      Lock icon 11 DAYS
      681 54 Reuters if#l fi^t* I? [*MflMiil jK ffil i"/iSf^tftifcWl Hfejjii MANCHESTER Alex Ferguson's bid to avoid two years without a trophy faces an 11-day examination that could make or break Manchester United's season. The Red Devils play Liverpool, Newcastle and Arsenal in the Premier League and Real Madrid in
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      Lock icon Owen doubt
      185 55 -AFP LIVERPOOL England striker Michael Owen is doubtful for Liverpool's trip to Manchester United tomorrow. Owen limped off in England's 2-0 win over Turkey yesterday with a back injury after a clash with goalkeeper Rustu Recber. The Liverpool star, who scored when Gerard Houllier's side beat Manchester United
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      Lock icon Bullish Wenger
      445 55 -AFP Manager confident of another double despite Euro' exit LONDON Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger likes the pressure of leading from the front International fixtures have left Wenger without domestic football for the past fortnight but he is relishing the run-in to the Premiership and FA Cup. Arsenal, two
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