Today, 25 April 2003

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  • 10 1 TODAY Friday a phi 25' 2°° 3 MITA (P) 002/11/2002
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  • 935 1 'Model' Sars fighter in overdrive; Beijing a city of fear THE victims of a deadly enemy that has spread unprecedented terror in recent memory are more than ready to fight back. But the war against the Sars killer bug will be a long-drawn fight that is filled with
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  • 156 1 THE wife of the 72-year-old grandfather, who died on April 15, has been reclassified as a Sars case, bearing out her family's worst fears. As reported in this newspaper yesterday, the health authorities had told the family of eight initially that the woman had died of
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  • HOT NEWS
    • 630 2  -  Ng Boon Yian Sars battle plan looks at call forwarding and jail terms by boonyian@newstoday.com.sg THREE calls and you are tagged. Diverting calls to your mobile phone won't work either. As some Singaporeans under Home Quarantine Order (HQO) cook up new ways to beat the system
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    • 266 2 Singapore has a higher Sars mortality rate than elsewhere, with eight to nine per cent of patients dying, said Health Minister Lim Hng Kiang in Parliament yesterday.The average global fatality rate stands at six per cent. He said it's not clear why Singapore's death toll is higher, but
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    • 251 2  -  Val Chua THIRTEEN days ago, the Government began to quarantine newly-arrived foreign workers from Sars-hit countries in two dormitories in Tampines and Woodlands. In those 13 days, a problem arose to show that the plan to isolate workers as a precautionary measure could lead to other
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    • 64 2 AFX-Asia MALAYSIA The number of Singaporeans going to Malaysia in March has fallen 49.3 per cent, year-on-year, to 383,886. This is due to the Sars crisis, reported The New Straits Times, citing figures from a report by the Ministry of Culture, Arts and Tourism. Total tourist arrivals fell
      – AFX-Asia  -  64 words
    • 183 3 The US military is questioning some of its soldiers over the alleged theft of part of a multi-million-dollar haul of cash found in Baghdad a week ago, a spokesman at Central Command said. He declined to say how many soldiers were under investigation or how much
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    • Article, Illustration
      342 3  -  Stanley Ho Was it Latiff or his wife who was driving the car? by stanley@newstoday. com, sg SAFFC and ex-national winger Ahmad Latiff Khamarudin (picture) is under investigation for providing false information to the police following a traffic offence involving his BMW convertible. On Jan 13, the car
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    • 118 3 -AFP SYDNEY Australian police have arrested three students on charges of taking part in an international music piracy operation that cost the music industry up to As6o million ($66 million), officials said yesterday. Two Australians, aged 19 and 20, and a 20-year-old Malaysian student were arrested
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    • 202 5 OFFICE workers returning to their offices at Raffles Place after lunch were startled by a slice of real-life drama. A 32-year-old contract administrator was leaving the UOB Building at Raffles Place with her handbag containing $11,000 that she had withdrawn from the bank when a
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    • 416 5  -  Chan Chao Peh SingPost launches unique IPO campaign by chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg WHEN you have the reach, why not use it? Other companies planning an initial public offering (IPO) would give their right arm for the kind of publicity that SingPost has managed to generate for itself. What's
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    • 256 4 With the outbreak of SARS, it is important for all of us to maintain a healthy lifestyle and build up our immune system. It is also important to have peace of mind that we are financially protected against the adverse effects of SARS. We would like to reassure our one
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 254 7  -  Val Chua THE recent medical ethics breach at the National Neuroscience Institute (NNI) by two doctors was serious and unacceptable, said Health Minister Lim Hng Kiang in Parliament yesterday. But, he admitted it was not easy to legislate against such conduct. And although the Ministry of
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      299 7 Newsradio 93.8 'KL yet to ink Pedra Branca agreement' CLOSE to three months have passed since Malaysia and Singapore agreed to refer the Pedra Branca (picture) issue to the International Court of Justice (ICJ). And Foreign Affairs Minister S Jayakumar expressed surprise in Parliament yesterday that Malaysia has
      – Newsradio 93.8  -  299 words
    • 78 7  -  Val Chua A SINGAPORE Armed Forces team of 13 medical personnel will be heading for Baghdad as part of the Singapore Government's $3 million medical help towards the post-war rebuilding of Iraq. The team will be rotated on a threemonth basis. Apart from this contribution, the
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    • 367 8 -AFP US businesses praise Singapore's efforts US BUSINESSES in Singapore yesterday endorsed the extraordinary measures taken by the Government to contain the spread of the Sars virus. The American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) said in a statement that it will communicate details of Singapore's efforts to its global
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    • 297 8  -  Grace Toy A PINK dolphin from Sentosa's Dolphin Lagoon (DL) had 11 teeth extracted on Wednesday morning. While Underwater World Singapore (UWS) curatorial director Bruce Mackay said that the atrocious state of Jumbo's teeth was due to wear and tear, a veterinarian said Jumbo had been
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  • LETTERS
    • 191 10  -  Cindy Tan, WE refer to the letter, "Quiet, old, a little run-down but River Valley pool is a charming asset" (Today, April 17). We would like to thank Mr Michael Dwyer for his feedback regarding the River Valley Swimming Complex. The Singapore
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    • 721 10  -  Dr Patrick Kee Sars outbreak has to be looked at in a rational way PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong has pointed out rightly that "it's not just a crisis of Sars: it is a crisis of fear" and that if the fear continues to take hold here
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    • 201 10  -  Josephine Khoo I FOUND Mr Sunny Goh's article, "Disquiet over China's silence" (Weekend Today, April 5-6), interesting. I agree with him totally that the Chinese government is absolutely aware of the seriousness of the Sars situation but chose to cover it up to prevent
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
    • 148 12 -Bloomberg OSIM International, the Singapore-based provider of healthcare products, said it stopped selling an electrical device in the US after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said the product lacked regulatory approval. Osim broke US law by selling certain products, such as computerised blood pressure monitors and
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    • 88 12 SINGAPORE Exchange Ltd (SGX) said yesterday it would waive mandatory quarterly reporting for companies with market capitalisation of $75 million and below to fall in line with Government changes. This will be reviewed in mid--2005. Companies that wish to continue with quarterly reporting may do
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    • 351 12 Bloomberg Sars compounding East Asian economic woes ECONOMIC growth in East Asia will slow by about one percentage point from last year's pace as the outbreak of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) curbs tourism and hurts commerce, the World Bank said. Growth in East Asia, excluding Japan,
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    • Market Watch
      • 230 12 Bloomberg STOCKS fell yesterday, sending the Straits Times Index to a one-month low. DBS Group Holdings Ltd and shares of the island's largest companies fell on concern that the spread of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) will hurt economic growth. The Straits Times sank 23.07, or 1.8 per
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      • 36 12 USS 0.5624 UK 0.3565 Yen 67.688 HKS 4.3863 RM 2.1370 EURO 0.6158 Rupiah 4915.22 Baht 24.0423 Peso 29.5335 AS 0.9070 Indian Rs 26.6232 Won 685.516 CS 0.8138 Yuan 4.6550 NZS 1.0074 NTS 19.5757
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      • 54 12 Index Value Change Pis NIKKEI 225 INDEX 7793.38 2.92 0.04 HANG SENG INDEX 8519.60 -52.31 -0.61 4SX ALL ORDINARIES 2964.00 21.80 0.74 LAIWAN 4564.93 8.83 0.19 KOREA COMPOSITE 598.09 -5.23 -0.87 SET 375.39 -3.58 -0.95 JAKARTA COMPOSITE 447.69 4.95 1.12 PHILIPPINES COMPOSITE 1083.88 -33.24 -2.98 CHINA SE SHENZHEN
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      • 21 12 Gold uss/oi 333.95 Silver uss/oi 4.61 Platinum uss/oi 638 Rubber centsAg 177.25 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1434.5 Brent crude uss/barrel 29.91
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      • 5 12 Straits Times Index 10-Day Chart
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      • 56 12 By volume April 24 LeongHin Goldtion StaiCiusUSS Ipco NOL Close 0.075 0.010 0.165 0.075 1.150 Change -0.120 -0.005 -0.005 -0.030 -61.5 -33.3 -2.9 -2.5 'OOO 40,537 25,873 14,815 14,704 13,292 Chattel ed ST Engg 0.640 1.470 -0.020 -0.060 -3.0 -3.9 12,879 12,751 Populai 0.330 12,706 Asiatic PKTech
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      • 77 12 By$ Apr 24 Close Change DBS Bk6% NCPS10 106.500 +0.200 SPH100 16.400 +0.200 CenlialP 19.600 +0.100 SPH 16.300 +0.100 KepCoip 4.520 +0.060 JMH400HSS 5.600 +0.050 Iselan(S) 2.180 +0.040 CKTang 0.180 +0.030 Hiap Moh 0.260 +0.030 By peicent itage Apr 24 MediaS Close Change 0.010 +100.0 TyeSoon LKN
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      • 79 12 Bloomberg By$ Apr 24 Seaview Close Change 4.960 -0.440 DBS 8.450 -0.350 SIA 8.400 -0.350 SIA 200 8.400 -0.300 TTInl 0.170 -0.285 Creative 50 11.100 -0.200 OCBC 9.100 -0.200 HOB 10.300 -0.200 STIETF100 12.760 -0.180 SingamasC 2kHKS 2.100 -0.150 By percentage Apr 24 Close Changi Vicplas W*****9
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    • 372 14 AFX-Asia March manufacturing output forecast to grow SINGAPORE'S manufacturing output may have expanded by more than three per cent year-on-year in March, reversing February's 1.4 per cent contraction, with a strong rise in pharmaceuticals underpinning overall growth, economists said. Most economists polled by AFX-Asia forecast a rise
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    • 243 14 Bloomberg HONG KONG The debt rating outlook for Hong Kong was cut to negative by Fitch Ratings, which cited the impact of a deadly virus outbreak on the city's economy. The outlook change to negative from stable means Fitch is more inclined to
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    • 286 19  -  Lee Yew Meng but sales get a boost from overseas projects by yewmeng@newstoday.com.sg KEPPEL Land has suffered a 15 per cent fall in first-quarter net profit to $21.5 million. One reason for this was that it lost rental income after selling Capital Square, a 16-storey office
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    • 190 19 AFX-Asia PROPERTY adviser DTZ Debenham Tie Leung said it expects property prices to further weaken given the sluggish economy and the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome outbreak. "Although occupancies, rents and prices will trend down further, it is likely that we are approaching support
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    • 140 20 Reuters THE Asian information technology market is forecast to grow 7.6 per cent to US$77 billion ($137 billion) this year, but this figure could shrink further due to poor demand arising from the Sars outbreak, a research firm said yesterday. The Asia-Pacific, ex-Japan,
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    • 255 20 AFX-Asia Philips rumoured to be Chartered Semicon's Volume customer' CHARTERED Semiconductor may win orders to supply some of Philips Semiconductor's needs after the latter shut down two of its fabrication plants in the US, said Kelive, Kim Eng Ong Asia Securities' portal unit. Kelive believes
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    • Corporate briefs
      • 45 20 AFX-Asia MediaStream said it has requested a trading suspension tomorrow, pending the outcome of a court hearing seeking to place its unit, Allandes Corp, under judicial management. MediaStream will make an announcement when the outcome of the hearing is known, it said.
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      • 50 20 Bloomberg Cathay Pacific Airways and parent, Swire Pacific, may cut final dividends to save cash amid the airline's biggest-ever slump. "It's a sensible move for Cathay for the survival of the company and improvement of cash flow," said Mr Francis Wong, investment director at Tai Fook Asset Management
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    • 78 22 -AFP TOKYO Japanese game software maker Namco said it has asked rival Sega to consider a merger to create the largest game software company in Japan. The outlook for the merger appears uncertain, however, because of differing opinions among Sega's top executives and stockholders, the Nihon
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    • 80 22 Bloomberg INFORMATICS Holdings, a Singapore-based education company, said it may sell its unprofitable UK unit if it fails to break even in the first quarter of fiscal year 2004. Informatics' 60 per cent-owned unit, IGUK, has been unprofitable for more than three years. It posted
      — Bloomberg  -  80 words
    • 200 22 Only MAS to inspect SGX members from July SINGAPORE Exchange (SGX) announced that the MAS (Monetary Authority of Singapore) will assume primary responsibility for on-site inspections of SGX securities and derivatives members from July 1. Currently, SGX and MAS assume a supervisory role in respect to securities and
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    • 201 22 AFX-Asia CONSTRUCTION firm Leong Hin Holdings, whose shares took another battering yesterday, said the company is not being investigated by the Commercial Affairs Department (CAD), the police unit that investigates commercial crimes. "Please note that the CAD is not investigating the company," Leong Hin's group general
      – AFX-Asia  -  201 words
    • 616 24  - When hysteria rules William Pesek Jr Fear over Sars could be more damaging to the economy than the outbreak itself by news@newstoday.com.sg TOKYO Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong put it best last week when he warned a "crisis of fear" was consuming Singapore's economy. The reference was to Severe Acute
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    • 313 26 Reuters If reappointed, he will be on course to become longest-serving Fed chief WASHINGTON US Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan (picture) agreed yesterday to accept a fifth term as the head of the world's mightiest central bank, putting him on course to become the longest-serving Fed
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      332 28 New York Times. Already, 11 of 55 most-wanted Iraqis are in custody BAGHDAD The US government appears to have been dealt a weak hand from the deck of cards displaying its most wanted Iraqi leaders. The capture of four more associates of deposed Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's
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    • 141 28 AFP reported. LONDON Toppled Iraqi President Saddam Hussein tried to protect a member of Britain's ruling Labour party from the potential scandal of being linked to Iraq's intelligence agency, The Daily Telegraph said yesterday. The paper reported that an official letter, from Mr Saddam's deputy in
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    • 101 28 -AFP SYDNEY-Australia's trade minister and a dozen corporate leaders will go to the US next week in a bid to win a slice of the multi-billion-dollar business of rebuilding Iraq, officials said yesterday. Trade Minister Mark Vaile said officials would demand a role in both public
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    • 331 28  -  Derrick A Paulo IT was just one word, but it sent tremors throughout the realm of international realpolitik, especially in the Gallic world. When asked during a TV interview if France would face reprisals for its opposition to the USled war in
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    • 228 28 KFAR SABA (Israel) Groups tied to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's main Fatah faction and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine claimed joint responsibility for a suicide bombing at a train station here yesterday. The Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, an armed offshoot of
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    • 159 30 -AFP NEW DELHI India's opposition took the government to task on Wednesday over reports that bicycle pumps were being used to sterilise women in Uttar Pradesh, the nation's most populous state. Opposition MPs in Parliament also demanded details of state-backed medical
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    • 137 30 -AFP JAKARTA Four men who ran a theft racket at an Indonesian oil refinery have been arrested after a fifth thief complained to police that his fellow crooks were cheating him, the Jakarta Post reported yesterday. The four were detained for stealing truckloads of liquefied petroleum
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    • Article, Illustration
      302 30 -AFP Hygiene standards up in HK amid Sars fears HONG KONG Handshakes are out, hand-washing is in. Hong Kong is in the grip of an outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) and people are going to great lengths to protect themselves. "Before this virus, I did," said
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    • 267 32 Reuters RebelTigers pull out of Thailand talks, want govt action on earlier promises COLOMBO The peace process in Sri Lanka is facing greater uncertainty after Tamil Tiger rebels walked away from a planned meeting on humanitarian issues yesterday after having suspended peace talks earlier. In a
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    • 168 32 -AFP PAGADIAN (Philippines) Violence escalated in southern Philippines after Muslim separatists attacked a town and ambushed two buses, killing at least six people and taking policemen and commuters hostage, the military and rebels said yesterday. Four people were killed when their bus
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    • 412 34 Agencies North Korea and US take tough stand at talks BEIJING The US envoy for Asia, Mr James Kelly, yesterday began a second day of talks in Beijing on the festering Korean nuclear issue as Pyongyang insisted that the key to solving the crisis was with Washington.
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    • 218 34 Reuters TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi could well be re-elect-ed as ruling party chief in September and keep the nation's top post not because he's doing a great job but because there's no viable challenger. That was the prevailing view among economists and financial-market participants
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    • 115 34 BANGKOK Thailand's first batch of female police have completed preliminary riot-control instruction, as the authorities seek to respond to more women participating in protests, police said yesterday. Some 150 officers from stations across Bangkok took part in a three-day course in using batons and shields,
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    • 123 34 AFP VANCOUVER The preliminary court hearing for accused Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton adjourned until July after nearly four months of what prosecutors warned would be sensational evidence. Pickton was arrested in February 2002, and is now charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of 15 women. All
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    • 1053 38  - From hero to zero to Shobha Tsering Bhalla How rumours of Saddam's whereabouts add to the by news@newstoday.com.sg THE rumours abound. He left Iraq alive at least a week ago. He's in Syria as a guest of the government No, he's hiding with his sons and closest cronies in an
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    • 868 40  -  Oon Yeoh KL should focus on containment of Sars, not managing the media by news@newstoday.com.sg IT is an understatement to say that the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) has made everybody scared. Paranoia is more like it. Malaysians are postponing trips to Singapore. People are horrified
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  • 759 42  -  Janice Lee' by janice@newstoday.com.sg THINK HIP-HOP, and almost immediately images of swish cars fancy jewellery and scantily-clad women shaking their booty will flash through your head. Such is the culture associated with the genre that it is predominantly male-domi-nated and often accused of exploiting women
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  • 482 46  -  Rachel Fang It may be poor but Cambodia is a beautiful place by rachel@newstoday.com.sg IN EVERY country, tourists can expect to find at least one element that attracts, be it the landscape, the architecture or the people. Although Cambodia has all three, we tend to overlook the beauty
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    • 90 47 Reuters America's love affair with American Idol helped pushed the album debut of the reality show's winner, Kelly Clarkson, to the top of this week's US pop charts, industry trackers said. The former cocktail waitress won a recording contract with Bertelsmann AG's RCA Records
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    • 101 47 Model-actress Elizabeth Hurley has hit back at claims that she had ruined her lover's marriage, according to the World Entertainment News Network. Model Valentino Pedroni said that Hurley had befriended her on the pretence of stealing her husband, Arun Nayar, away from her. But
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    • 89 47 Voluptuous singer-actress Jennifer Lopez was insistent on wearing the same bodysuit that Jennifer Beals donned for Flashdance for her new music video. J Lo is basing the video on her single, I'm Glad, on the 1980s flick, said the World Entertainment News Network, but her prized
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    • 74 47 Some 30,000 cards designed by The Working Committee 2 on maid welfare are being distributed islandwide by Zocard Singapore. Designed by Saatchi and Saatchi, the picture on the cards portrays a Singaporean couple with a child. On closer examination, we see that another pair of
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  • 181 47 YONG-EN Care Centre, a non-profit voluntary welfare organisation, hopes to raise $80,000 for the needy living in Chinatown. These include the elderly and the young and a little money will go a long way for them. For instance, $2 buys two meals for an elderly person under
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    424 48  -  Yong Shu Chiang Karen wants to sing and dance, with her clothes on by shuchiang@newstoday.com.sj LOOK out, Renee and Catherine, razzle-dazzled star Karen Mok (picture) wants to pinch your dancing shoes. The Hong Kong actress and singer admitted gleefully that she had seen Chicago the Oscar Best Picture
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  • 644 52  -  David Ngiau Angst-ridden film helps the depressed escape their woes by david@newstoday.com.sg Anger Management FILM REVIEW OBJECTIVELY speaking, Anger Management is a mess of a film that veers all over the map, tied together by a pretty flimsy story. But personally, and completely subjectively of course, I
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  • 307 52  -  Elisa Chia Willard FILM REVIEW IF YOU'VE seen the trailers, you'll know that Willard is far from a cute Stuart Little family comedy with a friendly CGI-generated mouse. Here, you'll get hordes of ravenous rats that attack people. The rats are real: Some 550 of
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    • 473 53  -  Serene Foo Almodovar in his element once again Talk to Her FILM REVIEW OSCAR Best Director nominee Pedro Almodovar's latest offering, Talk To Her, showcases his signature quirky style, albeit in hush tones. Talk, also nominated for Best Original Screenplay, is an intimate study of conversations
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    • 535 54 -Reuters Michael says of Kirk in family film LOS ANGELES They may be father and son and Hollywood royalty but they trade quips like a pair of Borscht Belt comedians and memories like best friends. Because he is older, 86, and his knees are
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    • 209 55 -AFP BANGKOK Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie (picture) has gone under the needle in Thailand, having her left shoulder blade emblazoned with a traditional Khmer tattoo, a report here said yesterday. The 15-minute operation was performed with a traditional needle, The Nation newspaper reported. "She
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    • 339 55 casts live. 7pm Prince I jealousy is My Middle Name (Korea); I23mins Dir: Park Chanok Part-time plumber Wonsang's life and dreams crumble when his girlfriend dumps him for another man. He starts a job with a magazine, only to find that the publisher is the guy
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    • 750 56 Reuters/Hollywood Reporter Host country takes five of 20 competition slots at next month's Cannes Film Festival PARIS Despite a poster in Italian, it is France that gets pride of place in the official line-up for the 56th Cannes Film Festival, with one quarter of the competition
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