Today, 2 July 2003

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    20 1 TODAY SHARE YOUR FREE COPY We d n e s d <iy jui y i -> 2°° 3 mita(p) wmmwi www.todayonline.com
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    3 years after furore. Links' boss charged
    462 1  -  Jose Raymond THE topsy-turvy saga of Links Island Holdings took another vicious twist when the chairman of the group was charged in court yesterday for allegedly trying to manipulate the price of the stock. The stock, which has spent more time being suspended
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    Bill that shocked a school
    457 1  -  Derrick A Paulo St Margaret's reeling at $200,000 utilities bill by derrick@newstoday.com.sg WHEN St Margaret's Secondary School celebrated its 160th anniversary last year, the last thing it expected was to be slapped with a $200,000 utilities bill that it could not pay. In July last
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Lock icon The man SIA fears
      625 2 Newsmaker/Chan Chao Peh AirAsia boss takes potshots, spells out plans THERE is no doubt that this man loves the attention that he has been getting. He loves the fact that existing giants are probably hoping that his fledgling, 18-month-old airline is a "nightmare that will go
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      Curtain fell just when fame came knocking
      527 2  -  Razali Abdullah by razali@newstoday.com.sg FOUR DAYS before he was to sign a contract that would take him and his music to another plane, 33-year-old singer-songwriter Amran Ahmad died. What will go unrealised is the potential many saw in the man, touted to be
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      Lock icon Alleged Singapore Jl chief jailed
      134 3 Reuters JAKARTA An Indonesian court has jailed the alleged Singapore chief of Jemaah Islamiyah network, who has admitted to plans to attack US facilities in the city state, for immigration offences, an official said yesterday. Mr Mulianto, a senior official at the Dumai court in
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      Jogger was not raped
      318 4  -  Jose Raymond by iose@newstoday.com.se THE 23-year-old jogger who was found at the Macßitchie Reservoir trail on Monday was not raped, the police clarified yesterday. Said police spokesperson Rachel Yeo: "Based on medical examination and preliminary investigations, police have classified the Macßitchie Reservoir case as that of
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      Was Slim 10 cause of Andrea's agony?
      249 4  -  Joy Frances AN expert witness for TV Media in the Slim 10 case said a significant number of liver transplant patients have carried pregnancies to full term with specialist care. Dr Julia Wendon, who heads the Liver Intensive Care Unit at King's College
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      CNA brings TCM closer to you
      152 5  -  Eu Yan Sang. BUILDING on the growing popularity of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), Channel News Asia will hold its second of a series of seminars this Saturday. The seminar will teach a person how to manage pain the TCM way. It will be conducted
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      SARS AND THE LAW
      441 5 HOW IT MAY AFFECT YOUR EMPLOYMENT IN LINE with the Ministry of Health's advisory, the Ministry of Manpower has recommended that employees who are served with a Home Quarantine Order (HQO), for the prevention of the spread of Sars, be deemed to be on paid hospitalisation
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      Hunt on for biz talent
      422 5  -  Jasmine Yin SOE launches awards plan by iasmineyin@newstoday.com.se MENTION the term "entrepreneur" and some familiar names come to mind: Mr Sim Wong Hoo (Creative Technology), Mr Ron Sim (Osim International) and Mr Kenny Yap (Qian Hu Corporation Limited). The Spirit of Enterprise (SOE), a local
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  • HOME NEWS
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      The inline whizz-kid
      610 6  -  Lee Ching Wern How a 28-year-old tripled his business after a trip to Australia by chingwern@newstoday.com.sg A 10-WEEK trip to Australia last year has reaped a bountiful harvest for Clinton Ang (picture). The 28-year-old managing director of HTB (Hock Tong Bee) Group of Companies, which owns the
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      Lock icon Visitors have their say
      829 8  -  Kim-Kyna Tan STB tweaks nomination categories ofTourism Awards to reflect changes by kim@newsto day, com. sg THE times they are a-changing and nowhere is this more evident than in the "remaking" ethos that has gripped the nation's imagination. "Change or become obsolete" is a lesson the
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      Iranian twins' surgery set for Sunday
      238 8  -  Tan Hui Leng THE operation to separate conjoined Iranian twins Ms Ladan and Ms Laleh Bijani is set to begin at Raffles Hospital on Sunday. To prepare for the operation that is expected to last at least 48 hours, the team is scheduled to
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      144 8 TOURISM AWARDS SINGAPORE You Are Of Sterling Quolity 6 Professionolism! POD Tutors and Staff of the CPS FINAL EXAMINATIONS faculty are proud to present the 17th batch of administrative professionals in Singapore to be conferred the CPS® rating. Congratulations on passing the May 2003 CPS Examination! CPS is the internationally
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  • LETTERS
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      The price of daring
      299 10  -  Yak Chin Hua NEL may be a bold experiment but who will pay for it? I REFER to the letter, "Come, ride with us" (Today, July 1), from the Land Transport Authority (LTA), which was in response to Mr Lee Han Shih's commentary, "The driverless guinea
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      Clean inside, dirty outside
      88 10  -  I NOTE with interest the news about substituting this year's clean estates campaign with the "Singapore OK Our Town Sparkles" campaign. By and large, we have been fairly successful in raising awareness about cleanliness but whether we practise this outside of our homes is another issue.
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      To ensure easier rides for disabled ...
      213 10  - To ensure easier rides for disabled Koh Nai Teck I REFER to the report, "Better accessibility for the old and disabled" (Today, June 27). I would like to applaud the Remaking Singapore Committee for its recommendation to set up a National Council on Accessibility (NCA) to address the problems faced
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      Who says job seekers are choosy?
      138 10  -  I him Boon Hee MANPOWER Minister Ng Eng Hen has said that financial assistance will be further tightened despite the depressed times and high unemployment rate. He thinks jobs are available but that Singaporeans are too picky and unwilling to take hardship. Many ordinary
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      To save 5 million jobs
      413 12  -  Val Chua Asia-Pacific governments join travel industry efforts to revive tourism by val@newstoday.com.sg ABOUT five million jobs now at risk in the global travel industry could be saved in 12 months' time, if a campaign by the Pacific Asia Travel Association (Pata) to woo travellers
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      Lock icon Corporate Briefs
      240 12 AFX-Asia AFX-Asia AFX-Asia AFX-Asia AFX-Asia JTC Corp said preliminary estimates show that termination of industrial leases rose to 82.80 hectares in the second quarter, up from 30 hectares in the first quarter and 25.50 hectares a year earlier. Termination of leases on readybuilt factories also rose to 64,200
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      Lock icon Biz 'matchmaker'
      499 14 Bloomberg Goldman Sachs is top mergers, acquisitions adviser THE New York-based Goldman Sachs Group was the top global mergers adviser in four of the past five years and which manages four of the 10 biggest acquisitions extended its dominance in the field in the first half of this
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      Lock icon XO fails to block offer
      253 16 AFX-Asia Focus now on legal efforts to stop STT WASHINGTON XO Communications failed to persuade a majority of Global Crossing's senior debt holders to reject an acquisition offer by Singapore Technologies Telemedia (STT). XO, the carrier controlled by billionaire takeover specialist Carl Icahn (picture), said
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      Lock icon Japan urged to boost economy with FTAs
      176 16 AFX-Asia TOKYO The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has proposed that Japan revitalise its economy by signing free trade agreements (FTAs) with economically-dynamic Asian nations, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported. In an annual White Paper on international trade released yesterday, the ministry
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      Lock icon Second yuan branch for UOB
      83 16 AFX-Asia UNITED Overseas Bank Ltd said its UOB Shanghai Branch has received approval to conduct yuan banking business. UOB Shanghai is UOB's second branch in China to offer yuan banking services. It will commence the yuan banking business in the third quarter of this year.
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    • Market Watch
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        Straits Times Index—10-Day Chart
        5 18 Straits Times Index —10-Day Chart
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        Singapore
        62 18 SHARE prices closed off high as late profit-taking in blue chips dragged the market lower on concerns that Wall Street may continue to perform weakly, dealers said. The Straits Times Index closed up 9.29 points at 1,457.18, off an earlier high of 1,465.87. Volume reached 568.478 million shares worth
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 18 US$ 0.5687 UK£ 0.3427 Yen 68.11 HK$ 4.435 RM 2.161 Euro 0.4920 Rupiah 4683 Baht 23.86 Peso 30.37 A$ 0.8424 Indian Rs 2'« Won 676.8 C$ 0.7675 Yuan 4.707 NZ$ 0.9600 NTS 19.67
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        World markets
        55 18 Index Value Change Pis Nikkei 225 9278.49 +195.38 +2.1, Hang Seng Ordinaries 9577.12 3009.20 -80.09 +9.50 -0.8: +0.3: laiwan Wtd 5017.78 +145.63 +2.9 1 Korea Comp SET Index lakarta Comp 674.75 461.82 505.66 +4.82 +4.31 +0.16 +0.7: +0.9^ +0.0: Phils Comp ihenzen B Mumbai 1221.11 215.70 3,604.43 -1.69
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        Commodities
        21 18 Gold uss/oi 348.7 Silver uss/oi 4.557 Platinum uss/oi 666.0 Rubber cents/kg 169.22 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1495 Brent crude uss/barrel 28.39
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        SGX most active
        57 18 By volume July 1 Goldtron Reed Citiraya SingTel Chartered Hotung USS Sinomem MediaS AlliedTech Ipco Close 0.025 0.190 0.580 1.500 0.920 0.130 0.765 0.035 0.285 0.130 Change -0.005 +0.020 -0.010 -0.010 +0.010 +0.010 -0.010 -0.010 -16.7 +11.8 -1.7 -0.7 +1.1 +8.3 -1.3 -3.4 'OOO 38,102 28,951 23,337
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        SGX top rises
        72 18 lulyl GreatEast Close Change 10.200 +0.450 Creative 50 14.400 +0.300 :&N 8.900 +0.300 /enture 16.400 +0.300 )BS 10.400 +0.100 ihangAsia2kHKS 4.950 +0.100 JOB 12.500 +0.100 WJennings AS 1.650 +0.060 1o Negara 3.160 +0.060 iy percentage lulyl Hua Kok Close Change 0.080 +45.5 M Nets 0.020 +33.3 Vepco
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        Lock icon SGX top falls
        85 18 sgx bloomberg Information pmvidrtl by lulyl ilA 200 Close Changi 10.300 -0.201 iukit Sem 12.200 -0.101 ilA 10.300 -0.101 iPH 18.200 -0.101 Ihemlnd 1.000 -0.061 )UE 6.950 -0.051 (obinson 6.450 -0.051 ierebosPac 2.310 -0.031 -ooil June 0.575 -0.031 3eneMeilix 0.500 -0.031 Jy percentage lulyl itrike W*****5 Close
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      Lock icon Li plans bond sale
      367 18 Bloomberg With ratings cut, Hutchison eyes euro-denominated debt BILLIONAIRE Li Kashing's (picture) Hutchison Whampoa, whose debt rating was cut one level by Standard and Poor's last month, plans to sell 10-year euro denominated bonds later this week, according to an e-mail sent by HSBC Holdings to
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      Will Temasek buy?
      296 20 20 per cent more of Bank Danamon up for sale JAKARTA Indonesia said yesterday the sale of 20 per cent more of fifth-ranked Bank Danamon would raise at least US$l4l million ($247 million), with Singapore's state-owned Temasek Holdings a possible buyer of the stake. The sale would
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      Lock icon Danaharta to sell properties
      104 20 AFX-Asia KUALA LUMPUR Pengurusan Danaharta Nasional Bhd is offering for sale 121 industrial factory plots in Johor, an integrated commercial complex in Penang and a shopping complex in Malacca. The national asset-management firm said the tender for the freehold properties will close on July 30. The
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      2995 20 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS The 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 solicitations to buy or sell
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      332 17 A giving people I A caring nation So many are helped, when you reach out! PRESIDEnrS CHHIIEIIGE2OO3 REfICH OUT SIIIGRPORE Get Involved, Have Fun, Make a Difference, Change Our World Join many others in fun and fund-raising activities or volunteer your services to show how much you care! Get Your
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      90 19 Another way to turn the pages of TODAY. You could be in Singapore or Sierra Leone, Thailand or Timbaktu. Now, all you need is an Internet connection and you will continue to enjoy commentaries by Michael Backman, Lee Han Shih and Simon Tay; get the hottest news from around the
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon UN officials in East Timor prostitution probe
      210 21 Reuters UNITED NATIONS The United Nations is investigating reports that young Thai prostitutes smuggled into East Timor were plying their trade on a ship used as a dormitory for UN personnel, reports said yesterday. The charge, made over the weekend in the Portuguese
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      Lock icon Weather girl flap
      89 21 Reuters BEIJING Chinese television censors have axed a controversial weather programme after the scantily clad hostess' flirty performances aroused nationwide debate over the limits of tasteful entertainment. Star Weather featured former beauty pageant winner, Ms Wu Rong, in the role of a bombshell meteorologist. In the programme,
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      Lock icon US looks at role in Liberia
      311 21 Agencies WASHINGTON The United States, under international pressure but wary of involvement, is considering whether to deploy forces in an international peacekeeping force in Liberia. Secretary of State Colin Powell told the PBS television network on Monday that Washington is "deeply concerned" about the
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      Armchair bombing
      270 22 ub planning new weapons mat let it strike enemies from home WASHINGTON The United States is planning a new generation of weapons that will allow America to strike its enemies at lightning speed from its own territory. Over the next 25 years, the weapons programme, codenamed Falcon (Force
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      Lock icon Protests in HK
      56 22 AFP Pro-democracy activists burn the Chinese flag as they attempt to march to a flag-raising ceremony attended by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao in Hong Kong yesterday. Tens of thousands of people gathered for a huge protest march against a controversial anti-subver-sion law on the sixth anniversary of
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      Lock icon US talks tough on immunity for troops
      198 22 AFP WASHINGTON At least 30 countries that have not granted American troops immunity to International Criminal Court prosecution could lose US military aid, a State Department spokesman said. The US Congress set a deadline that expired yesterday for signing bilateral accords exempting Americans
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      Lock icon Far-from-perfect couple
      421 23 Reuters New book tells of drugs and separate beds in John F Kennedy Jr's marriage LOS ANGELES They were once described as the perfect couple. But in reality, theirs was not a picture of marital bliss. Instead, by the time they died in the 1999 plane crash, John
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      Lock icon No need for US funding, says M'sia
      174 23 -AFP PUTRAJAYA Malaysia has dropped the United States as a funding partner in a regional anti-terrorism centre that was opened here yesterday, Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar said. The minister stressed that the decision to go solo was not "politically motivated", and that
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      Taiwan tests China's tolerance
      161 23 TAIPEI In a statement that is bound to rile the mainland, Taiwan's Cabinet spokesman said there was no need to hold a referendum on the island's sovereignty as it is already independent, Taipei Times reported yesterday. Last week, President Chen Shui-bian declared that Taiwan will hold
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    • IN BRIEF
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        Lock icon 'NASTY' BOSS SUED
        104 23 AFP A woman has filed the first sexual harassment suit in Beijing, taking her former supervisor to court for allegedly sexually harassing her and trying to jeopardise her chances at finding another job. Ms Lei Man, 25, who resigned from the Beijing Founder Order Computer Company after
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        Lock icon VATICAN MAY UPGRADE
        73 23 AFP The Vatican is seriously considering whether to upgrade its observer status at the United Nations (UN) to that of a full member, the Pope's top diplomat, Mr JeanLouis Tauran, said. But Mr Tauran, the secretary for relations with states of the Holy See, cautioned that no
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        Lock icon SECURITY STEPPED UP
        67 23 Reuters Thai authorities have tightened access to the US, Australian and British embassies in Bangkok as intelligence reports of attacks on foreign nationals sparked heightened security for the second time this week, Australian radio said yesterday. The Australian Broadcasting Corp said the police have set up checkpoints
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        Lock icon DISASTER STRIKES CHINA
        64 23 AFP Torrential rains and landslides in southern China have killed at least 148 people, affected 45 million and led to almost six billion yuan ($1.27 billion) in economic losses, state media reported yesterday. The affected areas are Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Guangxi, Chongqing, Sichuan and GuizhouMeteorologists say
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Four giants and a fund
      1039 24  -  Dr Eric Teo Together, they highlight the scope and potential of Asian regionalism IN the closing days of June, three significant events once again highlighted the need for and the potential of Asian regionalism. Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee paid an official visit to
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  • WATZUP?
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      The tabla man ... and his belly-dancer wife
      536 25  - The tabla man and his belly-dancer wife Janice Lee by, janice@newstoday.com.sg HE'S a self-professed "mad scientist", because he huddles with his formulae until they are perfected. But test tubes and chemicals aren't the toys Hossam Ramzy plays with. This Egyptian master percussionist experiments with the magic of music. "I don't
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      A heartfelt letter from Sharon Auto Kym Ng — read it in 8 Days
      293 25 A heartfelt letter from Sharon Auto Kym Ng read it in 8 Days WORKING for rival TV stations doesn't have to signal the end of a beautiful friendship. Not that it has for MediaCorp star Sharon Au (picture) and her MediaWorks pal Kym Ng. Former co-stars of MediaCorp's riotously popular
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      414 26  -  Elisa Chia You can watch TV and listen to music too by elisa@newstoday.com.sg YESTERDAY, Economic Development Board (EDB)'s chairman, Mr Teo Ming Kian, found himself facing one of his most hair-raising assignments to date. The top gun was officiating the launch of QB Shell, a
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      220 26  -  Sian EJay ANYONE feeling stressed is advised to view the paintings of Koreanborn Australian artist Dok-Hi Kim. Her exhibition, Tranquillity, at Wetterling Teo Gallery, which will end on Sunday, uses colour and light in a style that one is tempted to dub "abstract impressionism".
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        472 27 Reuters LOS ANGELES Hollywood bid farewell to Katharine Hepburn on Monday by placing a wreath of flowers on its most famous boulevard. But Hepburn's name was spelt wrongly on the bouquet Perhaps, it was a fitting end to the turbulent relationship between Hollywood and one of its
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        215 27 AFP WELLINGTON Big-budget films and television productions in New Zealand will get grants to offset 12.5 per cent of production costs. The New Zealand government, hoping to entice more film-makers to the country, announced on Monday that film or television productions that spend
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        139 27 AFP LONDON Sean Connery (picture) created the worst accent in the histori of cinema in The Untouchables (1987), according to a poll conducted by Empire magazine. Although Connery won a supporting actor Oscar for his role in The Untouchables, a jury of industry professionals
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        400 28 Reuters/Hollywood Reporter Charlie's Angels sequel fails to outperform predecessor LOS ANGELES It may have driven straight to the top of the box office, but Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle had a far from heavenly debut Starring Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz and Lucy Liu as unlikely crime-fighters, with a
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      1489 30 TV Football Luis Figo Unicef Match, Live Thursday, channel 5,4am Detik The Remaking Singapore Committee Suria, 8 30 P m Hillary Clinton cna, 7.32pm mm The amount of money this guy makes, it's The Remaking Singapore Committee has rw In an exclusive W m\ W^^^H good to know he's got
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      552 31 -AFP But critics blast new Perugia signing who is not even in Libya's first team ROME Dismissed by cynics as nothing more than a publicity stunt, Perugia's latest signing is likely to prove its biggest gamble yet On Sunday the ambitious Serie A club, who made stars
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      489 32  -  Tan Yo-Hinn She used to curse them, but De Silva's now happily starring as an umpire by yohinn@newstoday.com.sg AS A player, she felt umpires were an unfair lot, especially towards defenders like her. So it is ironic she is now an umpire herself. And Vivian de
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      183 32 Reuters MADRID David Beckham flew into the military airbase of Torrejon on the outskirts of the Spanish capital yesterday to seal his move from Manchester United to Real Madrid. Beckham touched down in a private jet and the smiling England captain, wearing a white shirt matching the
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      421 32 -AFP PARIS Manchester United chief executive Peter Kenyon has been told he can have Paris St Germain's Brazil World Cup star Ronaldinho for £31 million ($90.3 million). PSG president Francis Graille, due to meet Kenyon and United directors David Gill and Maurice
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      412 33 Reuters Williams blasts Davenport, on course for third title Tennis Wimbledon It's Venus v Clijsters in one semi-final LONDON Venus Williams won the battle of the former champions when she wore down fellow American Lindsay Davenport 6-2, 2-6, 6-1 to stride into the Wimbledon semi-finals yesterday. Fourth seed
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      187 33 Reuters LONDON Once an explosive on-court presence, American Andy Roddick has radiated an air of calm determination at Wimbledon as he closes in on his first Grand Slam title. The man responsible is Brad Gilbert, the coach who helped turn Andre Agassi from tearaway wild child
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      561 33  -  Rohit Brijnath IT IS hard to admit, but in some terribly perverse way Andre Agassi's loss to Mark Philippoussis was what tennis needed. It was a demand of the times. Perverse because this pigeon-toed Buddha is
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      501 34  -  Stanley Ho School receives complaint from parent after Dolphins' U-18s play on pitch with manhole by stanley@newstoday.com.sg THE football pitch at Serangoon Gardens Secondary School (SGSS) is supposed to help nurture some of Singapore's young football talent. The ground has been used by S-League Sengkang Marine FC's Centre
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      285 34  -  Tan Wee Boon WHEN the final whistle blew, the SAFFC players hung their heads in shame. The Warriors had been knocked out of the Big Trumpet Singapore Cup. They had taken the lead and played with an extra man for the
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      569 35  -  Stanley Ho FAS sets Lions' boss Avramovic three targets as he starts two-year stint by stanley@newstoday.com QUALIFICATION for the 2004 Asian Cup in China, making the final of the 2004 Tiger Cup and at least a silver medal in the 2005 SEA Games. These are the
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      248 35  -  Tan Yo-Hinn FOR the moment at least, R Suria Murthi will remain the national under-16 coach. The ex-Lion had tendered his resignation to the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) on Monday, but he will now remain as head coach of the
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      64 35 rAKIs lour de France chiefs Patrice Clerc and Jean-Marie Leblanc launched celebrations to mark the centenary of the world's most famous cycling race yesterday. The duo inaugurated a new zone in Montgeron near Paris, named after 1903 winner Maurice Garin. Each of the 20 stages of this month's
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      57 35 LONDON Chelsea's Italian star Gianfranco Zola was reported yesterday to have decided to leave the club to finish his career on his island home of Sardinia with Cagliari. The Daily Mirror said Zola met his agent and lawyer, Naples-based Fulvio Marrucco, in Sardinia to confirm the move after
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      57 35 LEEDS Leeds United chairman John McKenzie has hit out at claims by Harry Kewell's agent that six clubs are chasing the Australian international. Kewell's agent Bernie Mandic said that AC Milan, Barcelona, Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester United plus an unnamed side wanted Kewell. But McKenzie said Leeds had granted
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      60 35 LONDON West Ham manager Glenn Roeder began his first day back at work yesterday, three months after an operation to remove a life-threatening brain tumour. The 47-year-old supervised the West Ham squad as it returned for pre-season training and he met his players for the first time since
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      53 35 LONDON Newcastle United and Wales striker Craig Bellamy faces three charges of racially aggravated offences following an incident in Cardiff city centre in March, a spokesman for Cardiff magistrates' court said yesterday. The 23-year-old Bellamy did not appear in court to hear the charges. Police said it was
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