Today, 10 June 2003

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    17 1 TODAY SHARE YOUR FREE COPY L 11 6 S €1 3-V JUIle 10' 2003 MITA (P) 002/11/2002
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    The ant on four wheels
    623 1  -  Chan Chao Peh Gas man eyes taxi market with novel strategy chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg AS a delivery boy who weighed barely 50 kilograms, Mr Teo Kiang Ang often found himself lifting gas cylinders heavier than himself as he went from door to door on his lorry. "Just
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      73 1 /A=iyjJ\CoßP Dreaming of an extreme lifestyle, a house in Australia, an early retirement or overseas degrees for all four children? V Then talk to your Life Planner about getting your Life Plan L^—_^^^B mapped out. To find out more call 6248 2211 or log on to WWW.Lifeisgreat.COm.sg and be one
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Students come first
      451 2  -  WEETECKHIAN Tan Hui Leng NTU chief aims to remake institution from the bottom up by huileng@newstoday.com.sg WHEN a man sets about changing the way an institution operates, there are bound to be some adventures along the way. Somehow, you get the feeling Prof Su Guaning (picture), the
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      Awkward but perfectly legal
      320 2  -  Val Chua WHAT can a cash-rich investor do in this bear market? Quite a lot, if you are SingTel chairman Ang Kong Hua (picture). Raising eyebrows with his recent purchase of 235,000 shares in rival company, MobileOne (Ml), Mr Ang has also taken some flak for
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      Thailand, the unwilling ally
      617 3 Washington prefers leaders like I President Gloria Arroyo of the Philippines— who has pledged allegiance publicly to the US in the campaign by the International Herald Tribune. Fear of reprisals keeps Bangkok from supporting America publicly BANGKOK When Thailand's Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra visits Washington this
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      Shipyard awards
      582 3  -  Derrick A Paulo by derrick@newstoday.com.sg NOT MANY companies can say that its customers have sailed the seven seas. However; Jurong Shipyard is proud to serve as the port-of-call for ships from Norway to Iran. Given the importance of the maritime industry to Singapore and the island's strategic location
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      81 3 Innovation S/nga/w/e Redefining performance Organisations committed to the NSRS constantly redefine work performance. ulillllllir re000, 11' 56 their people to scale new heights. wr^ More than 5,000 companies are implementing the NSRS. More than Y 100,000 have been trained, assessed, certified. And recognised for achieving r nn I K I/*"*
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Yes. Mr Oei
      368 4  -  Francis Kan NatSteel board blinks first in standoff by francis@newstoday.com.sg AT the end of the day, it was a battle the NatSteel board could not win. Realising that its proposal to attach certain conditions to a $205.5 million dividend payment was effectively doomed, the board was forced
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      Lock icon Gift sets
      66 4 WONG KHING CHONG Mr Wong Poh lam, a senior engineer of the biomedical engineering department at the Tan Tock Seng Hospital, receiving gifts on behalf of the hospital. In aid of the Community Chest "TV Project", Courts has donated three 14-inch and two 214nch TV sets, worth $1,600,
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      No deal so SIA pilots row goes to court
      294 4  -  Francis Kan THE dispute over wage reductions between Singapore Airlines and its pilots will be put to the Industrial Arbitration Court (lAC). This was decided yesterday after a second round of talks between SIA and its pilots union, mediated by the
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      Lock icon A thought for 'boss'
      481 6  -  Tan Hui Leng SGH in full swing while Prof Ong recuperates by huileng@newstoday.com.sg WHILE 200 Singapore General Hospital (SGH) healthcare workers celebrated a homecoming party yesterday, the man who had led them through the toughest months following the Sars outbreak was noticeably missing. Prof Ong Yong
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      Sars vaccine taking longer
      97 6 RESEARCHERS will take five to 15 years to come up with a vaccine for Sars, said Dr Franz Humer, chairman and CEO of Hoffman-La Roche AG, at a recent conference in Switzerland. "A vaccine may work against one virus but the virus may have changed at
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      More help for Indian students
      89 6 THE Singapore Indian Education Trust (SIET) disbursed $216,475 to assist Indian students in the fiscal year ended Dec 31, compared to $163,801 in the previous year, said its chairman, Mr R Ponnampalam. The SIET was set up to provide bursaries, scholarships and fellowships to Indians
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      NTUC Income wants families to keep fit together
      487 6  -  Razali Abdullah By razali@newstoday.com.sg NTUC Income has embarked on a campaign to drive Singaporeans to exercise. The cooperative hopes to increase public awareness on the need to keep fit. Mr Lai Meng, manager of Income's business enterprise division, said the idea came
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      373 4 Obtain your second degree in Law in just 2 years! UNIVERSITY OF LONDON Doctors, CEOs, GMs, Engineers, Entrepreneurs everyone seems to be doing Law as a second degree at SIC Why Law? All of us are presumed to know the law Do we really know the law? Knowing the rules
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      Kudos to Mr Lee Han Shih
      100 8  -  Jason Goh fun foe I REFER to Mr Lee Han Shih's commentary, "Why raise fares when there's a way out?" (Today, June 6), a well-written and thought-provoking piece on the North-East Line MRT fares. We need journalists like Mr Lee,who are vocal and yet
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      Lack of trust
      151 8  -  Tan Suan Tiu UT industry needs to level with investors I REFER to your report, "Unit trust blues" (Today, June 6), and the letter from Mr Michael Loh Yik Ming, "Cause for worry" (Today, June 7). I bought into an Invesco unit trust when it was launched
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      Ban Living Dead dolls
      56 8  -  Nancy Ng I WAS troubled after reading your report, "When dead is truly better" (Today, June 9). Toys are meant to encourage creative play. I hope the Government will ban the import of such morbid dolls. I am glad a department store in Orchard Road has
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      290 8 Your letter can also appear on this page. Give your full name and address and write to: Today, 24, Raffles Place, #28-01/06, Clifford Centre, Singapore *****1; Fax: 65-*****217; E-mail: news@newstoday.com.sg s I INFORMATICS f" j^ mm\ mmmmmm^ HHHHHHHlllllllllll^ After you graduate from ITE, take the next step in your professional
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      184 8 rM.,.»TM. Duration Start Date Normal After SDF^ Diploma Title 2003 Fms N owyoupay Diploma in Business Studies 360 7 July $4,243.20 $643.20 Diploma in Management 36Q Ju|y $*****0 747 20 I Diploma in Enbepieneurship Studies 360 7Ju|y $4,243.20 $643.20 TeSSlogy' nformSl' 0n 360 7 Ju|y $4,243.20 $643.20 I Diploma in
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      187 9 Digital perfection comes with _^^H^. DIGIC and 5 megapixels. *tij| .V Canon PowerShot S5O and powerful 3x zoom lens focus on getting it right. Its slick, silver-clad body and Canon's 3x zoom lens offer a hint of what's to come a surge in digital performance with 5 megapixels producing colours
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      PTP bunker 'unviable'
      207 10 Syed Mokhtar faces a roadblock THE bunker development that Malaysian tycoon Syed Mokhtar AI Bukhary was planning for the Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) in Johor is "not viable", a feasibility study has concluded. The Business Times reported yesterday that its viability may have been clouded by
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      Lock icon GIC unit buys into China firm's IPO
      57 10 AFX-Asia GIC Real Estate, a unit of the Government of Singapore Investment Corp (GIC), said it has signed an agreement to subscribe to 9.8 per cent of the entire issued share capital of Beijing Capital Land in its planned listing on the main
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        32 10 SINGAPORE shares closed off highs as the market began to consolidate following recent gains. The STI rose 4.48 points to 1,443.73, off a high of 1,447.35. AFX-Asia
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        World markets
        64 10 Index Value Change Pis NIKKEI 225 INDEX 8822.73 36.86 0.42 HANG SENG INDEX 9733.51 38.88 0.40 4SX ALL ORDINARIES INDX 3018.10 10.10 0.34 IAIWAN: WEIGHTED INDEX 4826.94 86.49 1.83 KOREA COMPOSITE INDEX 650.35 7.97 1.24 THAI STOCK EXCHG OF THAI 419.28 1.07 0.26 JAKARTA COMPOSITE INDEX 519.33 8.63
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 10 US$ 0.5785 UK£ 0.3507 Yen 68.4730 HK$ 4.5117 RM 2.1983 Euro 0.6777 Rupiah 4742.55 Baht 24.1163 Peso 30.8909 A$ 0.8779 Indian Rs 27.1247 Won 691.843 C$ 0.7861 Yuan 4.7887 NZ$ 1.0037 NTS 20.0526
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        Commodities
        21 10 Gold uss/oi 363.35 Silver uss/oi 4.55 Platinum uss/oi 653.50 Rubber cents/kg 181 Palm oil RM/tonne 1500.5 Brent crude uss/barrel 31.28
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        SGX most active
        60 10 By volume June 9 UniFiber Chartered JurTech Horizon Acma DatacrftUSS Ipco AsiaFoodP L&M DMXTech Close 0.130 0.975 0.425 0.090 0.105 0.830 0.115 0.205 0.015 0.250 Change +0.015 +0.030 +0.015 +0.005 +0.005 +0.025 -0.005 +0.005 -0.005 +0.010 +13.0 +3.2 +3.7 +5.9 +5.0 +3.1 -4.2 +2.5 -25.0 +4.2 '000
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        SGX top rises
        80 10 By$ June 9 Venture Close Changi 16.500 +0.601 C&C 5.650 +0.301 NatSteel 2.690 +0.211 SIA 10.700 +0.201 SIA 200 10.700 +0.201 OUE 6.600 +0.151 AURIC 1.000 +0.101 Creative 50 13.400 +0.101 U0LW*****2 0.785 +0.06: KepLand 1.370 +0.061 By percentage June 9 Close Changi GenMag 0.190 +35.; ChipEngS
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        Lock icon SGX top falls
        85 10 AFP By$ June 9 Close Changi GreatEast 9.200 -0.101 SPH100 18.300 -0.101 SingamasC 2kHKS 2.625 -0.07: APB Breweries 5.200 -0.051 Robinson 5.900 -0.051 Shang Asia 2kHKS 4.900 -0.051 U0I 2.950 -0.031 WantWantUSS 0.755 -0.02: Bonvests 0.450 -0.021 CITYDEV 4.360 -0.021 By percentage lune 9 Close Change Koh
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      Lock icon I bra's deadline to complete assets disposal
      148 12 AFX-Asia KUALA LUMPUR The Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (Ibra) will have to complete its assets disposal programme by September or October in order to wind up operations by Feb 27, 2004, vice-chairman Sumantri Slamet said. Ibra is conducting a two-day road show to
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      Lock icon Classy homes
      190 12 AFX-Asia Capita Land to launch three new projects CAPITALAND said it may launch three new residential projects in the second half of this year, depending on market conditions. "We have three distinctive projects in prime locations (for possible launch) this year," Capita Land residential deputy CEO Patricia Chia
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      Lock icon M'sia bucks trend
      207 14 AFP 11.8 per cent industrial output growth mi KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's industrial output in April beat market expectations and bucked the regional trend as it rose 11.8 per cent year-on-year, analysts said after the release of government statistics. The key manufacturing sector expanded 12.7 per cent Mining
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      291 14 Channel News Asia THE ASCOTT GROUP said its second serviced residence project in Tokyo a 14-storey property with 79 units named Somerset Ababa East has achieved 60 per cent occupancy within three months of operations. AFX-Asia KEPPEL FELS, a unit of Keppel Corp, has been awarded a US$96
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      Lock icon Four-year fixed rate
      187 16 Bloomberg ABN AMRO offers longest loan deal to home-buyers ABN AMRO Holding has offered fixed rates on its mortgages in Singapore for the first four years longer than any other bank here has offered. ABN AMRO, which is one of the six foreign banks that were awarded
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      Lock icon PSA throughput in Singapore rises
      75 16 AFX-Asia PSA Corp said its May throughput in Singapore rose to 1.49 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) from 1.44 million TEUs a year earlier and 1.43 million a month earlier. PSA's overall throughput for May stood at 2.32 million TEUs, which is slightly higher against
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      Lock icon K Plas plans IPO
      161 16 AFX-Asia K PLAS Holdings, a company involved in injection moulding of precision engineering plastic components, said it has filed a preliminary prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) for its plan to list 19.5 million new shares on the secondary board of the stock exchange.
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      Mapletree's URA job
      95 16 MAPLETREE Investments has completed its consultancy services for the business and financial centre (BFC) project of Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA). In August last year, URA appointed Mapletree as its consultant to provide inputs to the master plan for the New Downtown, advise on the tender conditions for
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      Lock icon Advantage SAP
      201 18 Bloomberg No 1 could gain as rivals plan to merge SAP, the world's biggest maker of accounting and inventory management software, could win a bigger market share while rivals Oracle, People Soft and J D Edwards and Co focus on integrating, investors said. Oracle, No 2 in the
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      3042 18 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Enquiries: Call 852-2973-6600 E-mail lipper.asia@reuters.com Trie data contained herein has been obtained from company reports, financial reporting services, periodicals and other resources believed to be reliable. Although carefully verified, data on compilations is not guaranteed by Lipper A Reuters Company and may be incomplete. No offer or
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      171 12 C INCOME tear Keep fit and healthy for a better life As a cooperative, we care about the health of our members and their family. Regular exercise helps to build your immunity and improves physical well being. Take the first step and join NTUC Income Fitness Centres. We have a
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      204 12 CLSIET SINGAPORE INDIAN EDUCATION TRUST (REGISTERED UNDERTHE SOCIETIES ACT 1966) The Singapore Indian Education Trust is a nonprofit organisation, which has dedicated itself to providing financial assistance to needy and deserving Indian students in Singapore, to help them advance in their education. Over the past 37 years over Ssl.s million
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon N Korea seeks nuclear arms
      274 20 Agencies And it's the US' fault, says Pyongyang SEOUL Yesterday, North Korea admitted publicly for the first time that it was seeking nuclear weapons and blamed "hostile" US policy for forcing it to develop a deterrent. Since the nuclear crisis erupted eight months ago, North
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      Lock icon Bomb parts found in bag
      73 20 -AFP DRESDEN (Germany) The components of an explosive device that could have claimed "a large number" of casualties were found in a suitcase seized by police at a railway station here, police said yesterday. The bag, found on a platform on Friday evening, contained "all
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      Lock icon Sri Lanka may give in to LTTE
      152 20 Reuters TOKYO Sri Lanka's Prime Minister yesterday made a lastditch attempt to revive stalled peace talks with Tamil Tiger rebels by saying he would be willing to alter the constitution to meet their demand for an interim administration in the war-torn north-east. Speaking
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    • IN BRIEF
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        Lock icon TAIPEI
        34 20 AFP An earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale rocked Taiwan yesterday morning. There were no reports of casualties or damage since the force of the tremor was reduced areatlv in the sea.
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        Lock icon DENPASAR
        31 20 AFP [Indonesia) An inaonesian court ruled yesterday that the trial of alleged Bali bombing mastermind Imam Samudra must continue and rejected defence arguments that an anti-terror law breaches the Constitution.
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        Lock icon BAGHDAD
        88 20 -A US soldier was killed by gunmen who AFP -AFP pretended to need urgent medical treatment at a checkpoint in an Iraqi town by the Syrian border, coalition forces said. JAKARTA Seventy-six village chiefs in an Aceh district have resigned because of harassment by the Indonesian military and the
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        Lock icon JERUSALEM
        28 20 AFP The Israeli army notitied Jewish settlements in the West Bank yesterday of illegal settlements that were due to be dismantled. Most of the dwellinas are uninhabited.
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        35 20 Reuters (Mauritania) Help from garrisons in the desert interior of the northwest African country helped troops seized back the capital yesterday from rebels who tried to oust President Maaouya Ould SidAhmed Taya on Sunday.
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      Lock icon Germany considers scrapping IMS
      517 21 Reuters BERLIN Germany, under pressure to adapt its under-funded army for overseas missions, is considering ending conscription and making its armed forces fully professional. Germany's centre-left government will release a study on compulsory military service next month. The study was conducted at the insistence of the
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      Lock icon A 2nd Watergate
      118 21 AFP WASHINGTON US democratic presidential contenders have turned the missing Iraqi weapons into an election issue, accusing the Bush administration of lying. They drew parallels with the Watergate scandal. At a rally in lowa on Sunday, Governor Tom Vilsack said that Americans "must be able to trust
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  • COMMENTARY
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      851 22  -  Dr Khoo How San The Five Power Defence Arrangements can be adapted to fight terrorism by news@newstoday.com.sg I SUSPECT that many Singaporeans sit up and notice the FPDA the Five Power Defence Arrangements only when the newspapers splash pictures of sleek warships and missile-armed jet aircraft of the
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      374 23 Z2 Feel sad M about your unsatisfactory? Jk Perhaps your feelings have been hurt when your boyfriend m praised a beautiful lady with a sexy bust in a film? Or when you m were both out shopping he became suddenly attracted to a curvaceous, sexy woman and kept his eye
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  • WATZUP?
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      Lock icon Much ado about phones
      660 24 AS the movie, Phone Booth, rang its way into theatres recently, film nut FELIX CHEONG tapped into a conversation at a cinema queue between a father and his son and came away with afresh perspective on the flick starring Hollywood hunk Colin Farrell. Son (pointing to
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      120 25 Reuters NEW YORK The rock musical, Hairspray, won eight awards at the 57th Tony Awards on Sunday. The stage version of the cult film by John Waters swept the major categories, including best musical, best performance by a lead actor Harvey Fierstein and actress newcomer Marissa
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      170 25 TRUE COURAGE ENCORE By popular demand, MediaCorp Channel 5 will air the first episode of True Courage about Singapore's first Sars index case and the sacrifice of Dr Alex Chao at 9pm tonight. Viewer Deepa Ramesh said: "Channel 5 showed courage in standing up for the lady who
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        146 26 Reuters/ WASHINGTON In its continuing drive to eliminate tariffs around the world, the Bush administration has signed a free trade agreement with Chile that includes strong copyright protection. The agreement includes robust market access and copyright protection requirements, including implementation of Internet treaties that prohibit
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        67 26 Reuters LOS ANGELES America Online broadband users can watch B-movies, campy cult films and some classics for free, through an arrangement with MovieFlix.com. Called Theater-B, AOL's offering will feature a new movie each week based on the month's theme. June, for example, is
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        294 27  -  Pauline DLoh t Enjoy fish garnished with a bouquet of herbal flavours by pauline@newstoday.com.sg FIRST of all, thank you all from the bottom of my heart I am truly blessed to have the opportunity to meet so many of you the past weekend. Your overwhelming presence at
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          164 27 Ingredients: Small pomfret/sea bass/cod or threadfin fillet 1 tablespoon ginger, 1 red chilli, 1 bunch coriander, 1 bunch spring onion (all sliced very fine) FRESH FISH: As long as the fish is fresh, it doesn't really matter what your choice is. My family likes the little grey
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          69 27 Ingredients: 3 eggs 1 large brown onion RED OR BROWN ONIONS Brown onions are milder and sweeter and work well in large quantities. Use them in omelettes to take advantage of their crunch and sweetness. Red or Spanish onions are more pungent, with a more intense flavour. They
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          127 27 Ingredients: 1 packet okra (lady's finger) 30 g dried prawns OKRA OR LADY'S FINGERS: Okra is related to the common hibiscus and in fact its flower looks like a half-opened yellow hibiscus. The young pods are harvested and eaten in a great variety of ways,
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        128 27 Ingredients: Small pomfret/sea bass/cod or threadfin fillet 1 tablespoon ginger, 1 red chilli, 1 bunch coriander, 1 bunch spring onion (all sliced very fine) A little dark soya sauce Sesame oil, canola oil 1 small shallot, sliced fine Method: 1. Clean and dry fish. Rub well with
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        81 27 Ingredients: 3 eggs 1 large brown onion Salt and pepper Method: 1. Slice brown onions into fine slices. Beat the eggs to a froth with 1 teaspoon oil, salt and pepper. 2. Sweat onions in a little oil in a non-stick pan until they turn transparent. Do not
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        75 27 Ingredients: 1 packet okra (lady's finger) 30 g dried prawns 2 chillies, seeded Salt pepper Method: 1. Pound dried prawns and chillies together. Top and tail okra, slice into thick slices. 2. Heat some oil in non-stick pan and fry dried prawns and chillies till
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        579 28  -  Genevieve Woo by genevieve@newstoday.com.sg OUR immune system is the body's defence department. It is a 24-hour system that guards against the harmful effects of foreign antibodies. When your immune system is healthy, it can combat a wide range of viruses, fungi, bacteria and parasites.
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        219 28 VITAMIN A Gorging on Vitamin A in doses of 25,000 lUs (five times the recommended daily allowance, or RDA) can lead to liver damage, hair loss, blurred vision and headaches. VITAMIN B6 Ingesting more than 400mg a day (200 times the RDA) can cause
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        456 37 -AFP Spurs' Popovich enduring palpitations despite super rookie shows EAST RUTHERFORD The San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich is growing old fast thanks to the "Young Guns" who have taken the team to the verge of a National Basketball Association title. With 21-year-old French guard Tony
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      1152 35 Jobs Today Regional Sourcing Manager TEST PRODUCT ENGINEERS MANUFACTURING ENGINEERS/ job: SUPERVISORS Reporting to the Regional Director for Resource Sourcing, you will be responsible Provide production support to Test Manufacturing for a budget spend of over USslsom covering purchases related to marketing, perations > Lead a team 0 f manufacturing
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      1759 36 •True Courage channel 5,8 30pm Under One Roof Moby Dick ArtsCentral,io P m Celebrate Life on the Bay n{ IT channel NewsAsia, 9 32 P m —i^_ The Couch Potato Channel 5, Bpm (Part 1 Sars Channel, 9pm d^^^k Dolly finally gets to shoot the pilot of her new MediaCorp
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      557 38 Agencies LONDON Built like a toy bull, 17-year-old Wayne Rooney (picture, right) is about to propel England to authentic, 24-carat gold glory. That, at least, is the theory. Sven-Goran Eriksson would not confirm who will replace David Beckham on England's right wing, let alone reveal his
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      89 38 WILMINGTON World No. 1 Annika Sorenstam claimed her fifth major and her first LPGA Championship when she beat South Korea's Grace Park in a sudden-death play-off at the Dupont Country Club on Sunday (yesterday morning, Singapore time). The Swede had to play 33 holes after Saturday's third round
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      87 38 LONDON Champions League winner AC Milan has revealed that it has made England captain David Beckham its top transfer target. The 28-year-old midfielder now looks certain to leave Manchester United after the club confirmed there was "firm interest" from clubs in Spain and Italy. Milan vice-chairman Adriano Galliani
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      65 38 LIVERPOOL Liverpool has agreed a deal to sign Ireland right back Steve Finnan from Fulham, the English Premier League club's website reported yesterday. "We have agreed terms with both the club and the player," Liverpool chief executive Rick Parry said. The 27-year-old is Liverpool's first signing since the
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      65 38 MILAN Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher will stay at Ferrari until 2006, the Italian-based team said yesterday. His existing deal was due to expire in 2004. Ferrari said that the team behind Schumacher's success would also stay until 2006 sporting director Jean Todt, technical director Ross Brawn,
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      363 39  -  Stanley Ho Dolphins stranded as Fitzpatrick's girlfriend gets pregnant by stanley@newstoday.com.sg HOURS before he was due to fly to Singapore and sign for Sengkang Marine FC, former Manchester United youth striker lan Fitzpatrick made a u-turn. Due to a personal matter, the 23--year-old former England youth
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      272 39  -  Stanley Ho SINGAPORE'S shot putt stars Du Xianhui and Zhang Gui Rong completed a clean sweep of the 2003 Asian Grand Prix circuit by finishing first and second in the fourth and final leg in Manila yesterday. Du, 21, picked up her fourth consecutive
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      381 39  -  Stanley Ho SINGAPORE'S national under-18 football team pulled off a stunning upset yesterday, when it beat tournament favourite Thailand 2-1 at the Asean Football Federation (AFF) Youth Under--18 Championship Group A match in Yangon. Co-hosted by Myanmar and Vietnam from June 7-18, the championship showcases
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