Today, 2 August 2003

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    13 1 weekedTODAY August 2 3 2003 MITA (P) 009/03/2003 |www.todayonline.com SHARE YOUR FREE COPY
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    Economists apologise, back down on jobs data
    474 1  -  Va\ Chua and Teo Hwee Nak by news@newstoday.com.sg EVEN as analysts had started a grumble campaign about how opaque labour data was, the two men who launched the Great Job Debate quietly slipped off the bandwagon. Gone was the assertiveness with which they
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    LAW THAT MAKES GROWN MEN WEEP
    770 1  -  Joy Frances by joy@newstoday.com.sg IT usually appears as a passing inconvenience more than a lifechanging trauma. The credit card bills start mounting. You have used up your bank overdraft facilities. Then one day, you realise that no amount of juggling will allow you to
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      61 1 ,l^r* '3^l m^K m^m\ Amm\ m¥ *AmmW mmr ti; ftirS'" .^J^^H BAD BOYS PAGE 20 f X. ]i<rormalJanpro>M«4b>Slnwwn'n3rfaub ■^■^■^^^^^^^^Q^^ I A total of 1,922 Ngee Ann Polytechnic students and 50 staff members folded 48,135 SingTel Touching Lives Fund paper hearts in half an hour I I to try and enter
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  • NEWS
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      Business as usual at Ananda
      331 2  -  Lee Ching Wern by chingwern@newsto day. com. sg TRAVEL agency Ananda Travel is not closing shop. And it is understandably incensed with certain media reports which were published on Friday claiming that it was. A flood of anxious and irate customers called the agency, after
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      Expat Group to expand
      193 2  -  Derrick A Paulo AS THE debate rages on about where the jobs in Singapore are heading, the Expat Group, which publishes two magazines for expatriates in Singapore, has announced that it is expanding. And in line with that expansion, the group will be running an advertising
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      51 2 I think the period of talking and negotiating is now over. We want to have arbitration according to the provisions of the agreement. Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamed (picture) at a news conference in Putrajaya on Friday, quashing any lingering thoughts of a new round of talks on the water
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      Lock icon Cheers! We have a deal
      697 3  -  Elisia Yeo by elisia@newstoday.com.sg THE sparkling wine had been on ice for days, but on Friday it was time to finally pop those corks. Amidst fractious debate on a mammoth energy bill, US Senators found the time to squeeze through legislation to implement the US
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      UPS is tops, thanks to Mary
      320 3  -  -Jasmine Yin IN THE male-dominated industry of transportation and logistics, Ms Mary Yeo, cuts a rare female figure. Under her leadership as the managing director of United Parcel Services (UPS) Singapore, the company came out tops among 34 countries in the UPS global network
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      Lock icon Hearts for the record
      424 4  -  Pamela Pang Ngee Ann Poly students do their part for charity, break world record by pamela@newstoday.com.sg ALMOST 2,000 people gathered outside Ngee Ann Polytechnic's Convention Hall on Friday with two goals. The first was to help the SingTel Touching Lives Fund by folding as many paper
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      Lock icon New look at varsity criteria
      221 4 Channel NewsAsia HOW students are assessed for university admission is set to change. Acting Education Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam announced on Friday a new committee to review admission criteria over the next six months. It is not only the "A" levels that count From this year,
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      Adidas Originals Store puts S'pore in sports fashion league
      326 6  -  Tor Ching Li SPORTS, heritage, fashion Singapore has it all. Now that Adidas has opened its first Adidas Originals Store in South-east Asia at Orchard Road on July 25. The 145 sq-metre store located at Pacific Plaza is the sixth of
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      CPIB's public face
      417 6  -  Joy Frances New coffee-table book dispels bureau's mystique a little by joy@newstoday.com.sg IT'S AN organisation so secretive that a press conference it held yesterday was the second in its 50 years of existence. The Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) used the occasion to release a coffee-table book.
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      MediaCorp COO quits
      122 6 MEDIACORP'S Farrell Meisel is leaving after more than two years as the group's chief operating officer. Yesterday, the media group announced that Mr Meisel wishes to return to the US after working overseas for 12 years. He will go on to act as the leading full-time consultant
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      Andrea back in hospital
      98 6 ANDREA De Cruz was re-admit-ted to hospital yesterday and will undergo a stomach scope today. Her brother-in-law, Mr Kevin Pereira, told Today that her blood tests were okay. "She's back there (the hospital), but this has become something that happens every couple of months now," said
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      114 3 The liver is our largest internal organ. th©ITISOn Carbohydrates, fats and proteins are Traditionally iisoj as liver wnic metabolised in the liver. The liver aids in the digestion of fats. The liver removes metabolic waste '"'tfd^' products and old red blood cells. 120 c»»i» »t«S3OO Milk thistle has been used
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      26 6 (Recipes, Cooking Tips and more... Learn to cook Spicy Stuffed Beancurd Puffs with Prawns fromMAGGPHoMECHEF/n WeekendToDAY! m m New recipe to be collected fortnightly. P^^ J
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  • HUMOUR
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      Beware the impostor!
      713 8  -  Neil Humphreys Whether you go to the NDP or a spa FROM hookers to wannabe politicians, I've had my share of great pretenders this week. Apparently, it's no longer sufficient to live your own life. We must lead double lives. I was at the National Day Parade
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  • LETTERS
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      Singaporeans not racist
      328 9  -  Michael Loh Yik Ming but some may dislike to mix with other races I REFER to Ms Constance Singam's commentary about "racism" in Singapore schools ("Where racism is 'normal'..." Today, July 31). I feel the word "racism" may be too strong in the Singaporean context Racism in
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      29 9 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:6s-*****217 E-mail: news@newstoday.com.sg
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      NEAC water ad: MP Irene Ng clarifies
      349 9  -  Irene Ng IN its recent advertisements on the water issue, Malaysia's National Economic Action Council (NEAC) twice quoted an article I had written in The Straits Times and used it to support its claim that Malaysia had never accepted Singapore's many offers for
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      Fly the flag, in good times and bad
      183 9  -  Rodney Tan Wee Hong IT is only a week to National Day. I have counted the number of flags that have been put up by HDB and private home owners in the East Coast area and I feel sad to note that
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  • BUSINESS
    • Market Watch
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        World markets
        60 10 Index Value Change Pis Nikkei 225 9611.67 48.46 0.51 Hang Seng KLCI All Ordinaries *****.60 723.03 3126.00 113.77 +2.47 19.30 1.12 +0.34 0.62 Taiwan Wtd 5390.51 72.17 1.36 Korea Comp 727.26 +13.74 +1.93 SET Index 491.54 +7.43 +1.53 Jakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzhen B 508.70 1235.30 231.27 0.72
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 10 US$ 0.***** UK£ 0.***** Yen 68.3477 HK$ 4.***** RM 2.***** Euro 0.***** Rupiah 4,847.08 Baht 23.9182 Peso 31.2148 A$ 0.***** Indian Rs 26.2543 Won 671.878 C$ 0.***** Yuan 4.***** NZ$ 0.***** NTS 19.5729
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        Commodities
        21 10 Gold uss/oi 354.700 Silver uss/oz 5.***** Platinum uss/oi 683.000 Rubber centsAg 180.50 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1427 Brent crude uss/borrel 28.92
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        Lock icon Singapore
        92 10 SGX AFP SINGAPORE shares closed virtually unchanged on Friday on selective blue-chip buying, dealers said. The Straits Times Index fell 1.79 points, or 0.11 per cent, to close at 1,557.08. Volume traded was 894.866 million shares worth $475,961 million, up from 875.733 million shares worth $562,412 million on Thursday.
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        Straits Times Index: 1,557.08 -1.79
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        Lock icon SGX most active
        56 10 Bloomberg By volume Aug 1 Close Change 'OOO Devotion Integra AsiaFoodP UniFiber Ipco CirPlus Sinomem Full Apex Interra 0.290 0.110 0.325 0.130 0.145 0.125 0.755 0.530 0.320 +0.010 +0.020 +0.005 +0.005 +0.060 +0.020 +10.0 +6.6 +4.0 +3.6 +8.6 +3.9 89,830 46,834 35,063 31,394 29,678 26,683 25,042 20,161
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        SGX top rises
        84 10 By$ Augl Bukit Sem Close Change 13.200 +0.300 Shang Asia 2kHK$ 6.500 +0.300 DBS 11.600 +0.200 Thai Prime200US$ 6.900 +0.200 NalSleel 2.910 +0.160 GreatEast 10.300 +0.100 KepCorp OCBC 5.150 +0.100 10.800 +0.100 SIA200 10.900 +0.100 Venture 18.000 +0.100 By percentage Aug 1 Close Change NewToyoW*****7 0.130 +85.7
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        SGX top falls
        76 10 By$ Aug 1 Close Change JMH400USS 6.650 -0.400 OCBC4.55SNCPS *****2.700 -0.300 C&C 5.350 -0.200 SPH100 18.900 -0.200 JSH500USS 3.160 -0.140 CSA 1.320 -0.120 Robinson 6.450 -0.100 SPH 18.800 -0.100 UOB 13.100 -0.100 STIETF100 15.850 -0.090 By percentage Augl L&M Close Change 0.015 -25.0 GulTechW*****7 0.055 -21.4 Goldtron
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      Great mobile war
      422 10  -  Chan Chao Peh Consumers are winners as telcos offer new price plans by chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg WAR has been declared. The three mobile operators here have taken drastic steps in the form of new price plans to poach rivals' customers while defending their turf. The latest battle in the
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      Lock icon SembCorp Marine profit sinks 8.4% in Q2
      182 10 Bloomberg SEMBCORP Marine, the ship repair unit of South-east Asia's biggest civil engineering company by sales, said second-quarter profit fell 8.4 per cent as orders dropped following the March outbreak of Sars. The unit of SembCorp Industries said net income in the three
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      Lock icon DBS, UOB say 'no' to sharing ATMs with Citi
      161 11 Bloomberg DBS Group Holdings and United Overseas Bank (UOB) said they will not be sharing their 1,117 automated teller machines (ATM) with Citigroup and other US banks, in order to protect their market share. Under a free trade agreement between the
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      Lock icon Banks' profits fall
      361 11 Bloomberg DBS Group Holdings, Singapore's biggest bank, and United Overseas Bank (UOB), its secondlargest, said profits fell in the second quarter after the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome caused the island's economy to shrink and bad loans to rise. DBS group net income in the three
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      Lock icon Corporate Briefs
      65 12 AFX-Asia SNP Corp has issued $50 million of fixed-rate notes under its $200 million medium-term note programme. The notes will mature in August 2006 and carry an interest rate of 1.925 per cent per annum. The net proceeds from the issue will be used to fund the HK$323
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      Lock icon Innovalues Precision
      128 12 AFX-Asia AFX-Asia plans to expand its operations in Thailand and China with $10 million capital expenditure for this year. The company's operations in Thailand and China are currently running at 90 per cent capacity, buoyed by growing demand for office automation parts and hard-disk drive components. Innovalues managing
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      Lock icon The Economic Development Board's
      85 12 AFX-Asia latest quarterly survey showed that manufacturers expect their output to improve in the third quarter compared to the second quarter in anticipation of higher orders and exports. In the second quarter, manufacturing output was down 7.2 per cent on year. In the six months to
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      Lock icon Dr M's unusual bridge
      479 12 Agencies $500m JB-Singapore link to be completed by end of 2005 PUTRAJAYA A Malaysian group that includes DRB-Hicom Bhd has been awarded a RMI.I billion ($510.6 million) government contract to build a new road and rail link between Malaysia and Singapore. The project will be executed
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      Lock icon Discounts for million HK bus commuters
      133 12 Bloomberg KOWLOON Motor Bus, New World First Bus and two other bus operators in Hong Kong will offer passengers discounted fares, said Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works Sarah Liao. They will offer a 10 per cent discount for fares of HK$l5 ($3.40)
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      Lock icon KL 'on track to meet GDP target'
      209 12 Bloomberg MALAYSIA'S economy accelerated in the second quarter, with exports and industrial production leading the way, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said. Malaysia's US$95 billion ($167 billion) economy grew more than four per cent from a year earlier, Dr Mahathir said, making it likely
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      Lock icon Shanghai producers face power shortage
      293 12 Bloomberg THE Shanghai industrial park where General Motors Corp makes cars and NEC Corp makes computer chips may suffer power cuts as the city copes with an electricity shortage during its hottest summer in 60 years. "The companies in the area have been notified by
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      The power of saving early
      388 13  -  Lee Yew Meng You can invest in funds, endowment or insurance by yewmeng@newstoday.com. sg FEW of us think much about saving a few dollars a day. That's enough for a lunch or two. But that little sum can multiply into a sizeable amount under the
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    • SAVVY/INVESTOR/CO-ORDINATED BY TIMOTHY GAN
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        STOCK PICKS — 'STRONG BUYS'
        292 14 STOCK PICKS 'STRONG BUYS' DEFINITIONS: Forecast earnings-per-share (EPS): The portion of a company's profit allocated to each outstanding share of common stock, forecasted for the current fiscal year. Price/Earnings ratio (P/E ratio): A stock's P/E tells us how much investors are willing to pay per dollar of earnings. A P/E
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        UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
        3820 14 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS The data contained herein has been obtained from company reports, financial reporting services, r r u nrn na-jr, 11nn periodicals and other resources believed to be reliable. Although carefully verified, datS on EnqUlNeS: Call 852-2973-6600 compilations is not quaranteed by Upper A Reuters Company and may be
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      Long-term bullish
      896 15  -  Rita Raagas De Ramos But fund managers suggest taking some profits now by news@newstoday.com.sg HONG KONG International fund managers remain bullish over the long-term prospects for equities globally but are recommending investors to reduce their portfolios to take profits from strong gains in the past three months. In
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      MARKETWATCH
      512 15  -  Chew Sutat Pullback ahead by news@newstoday.com.Sj AFTER another week of trying to cross 1,600 on the STI, the bulls got beaten back, barely hanging on to 1,550 once again. The muted undertone persisted despite better-than-expected GDP numbers from the United States on Thursday. This was precisely what we have
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      469 11 A high performance investment with a unique safety net Invest in the new Deutsche Brandßuilder Fund closes on Fund to enjoy 95% principal protection* 29 August 2003 with the potential for strong returns and a fixed payout in the first year. Jjfat Unique safety net feature safety net is designed
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      62 13 Start saving early and see the benefits Regular monthly savings of $240 starting at age 25 vs $486 at age 35 ro B IIMIIIIIIIII!III I I I I I I I I I I I I II I I 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 Age Assume 5% interest
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon A case of overkill
      776 16  -  Jaime Koh Why did the US troops not capture Uday and Qusay? by jaime@newstoday.com.sg AMONG the many questions asked after the deaths of Saddam Hussein's two sons No 2 and 3 on its most wanted list is: Why did the US not take them alive? "Who
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      Lock icon US APPROVES $30 MILLION REWARD FOR INFORMANT
      83 16 Agencies US Secretary of State Colin Powell on Thursday approved a US$3O million reward to the person who led US forces to deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's sons, Uday and Qusay. Washington speeded up the approval process to encourage Iraqis to provide information
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    • AROUND THE WORLD
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        Lock icon TALKS ON N KOREA LIKELY NEXT MONTH
        87 16 AFP The US may hold six-nation talks with North Korea next month, as a breakthrough appeared imminent in the nuclear showdown. South Korea, Japan, China, the US and Russia will participate in the talks and all received word at the same time from
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        Lock icon MANILA COUP MEANT TO KILL ARROYO
        77 16 Reuters Philippine Interior Secretary Jose Lina said on Friday a coup plot that led to an uprising by renegade soldiers last weekend may have included plans to kill President Gloria Arroyo and other officials. The National Bureau of Investigation is seeking coup charges against
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        Lock icon TERMINATOR VS MR HUSTLER?
        78 16 AFP In a twist worthy of Hollywood, it looks possible that Terminator star Arnold Schwarzenegger could face porn king Larry Flynt for the governorship of California. Mr Flynt, the outspoken publisher of Hustler magazine, said he had picked up candidacy papers for October's early elections. On
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      Lock icon Afghan burqa band
      56 16 -AFP Wearing a traditional burqa, a member of an Afghan girl group, Burqa Band, plays the drums during a performance of their song, Burqa Blue, in Kabul. A German firm produced the band and recorded its music which is aired in Germany but not in Afghanistan. Till
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      Lock icon BLACK CHURCH PAYS WHITES TO ATTEND
      84 16 Reuters A black Baptist minister looking to diversify his church plans to pay white people to attend his sermons. For the month of August, whites who attend Greenwood Acres Full Gospel Baptist Church in Shreveport, Louisiana, will get US$5 ($8.80) an hour on Sundays
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      Lock icon SCIENTIST DEVELOPS LOW-CHOLESTEROL EGG
      86 16 AFP A Taiwanese research team has successfully produced low-cholesterol eggs by feeding chickens with food blended with a natural cholesterol-lowering ingredient. The world-first achievement was the result of a four-year research project led by Prof Pan Tzu-ming of the Institute of Microbiology and Biochemistry at National
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  • WORLD NEWS/CMMENTARY
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      Lock icon US oil giant on the mat
      83 18 AFP LOS ANGELES The US oil giant, Unocal, must stand trial in California for alleged complicity in human rights abuses by Myanmar's military junta, including forced labour, rape and torture, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge has ruled. The suit arose from the construction
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      Lock icon A champion Kiss
      101 18 NEW YORK The world's largest piece of chocolate, all 3,068kg of it, has been unveiled by the Hershey Foods Corp, earning it a place in the Guinness Book of World Records. The candy (pictured with a company official holding a regular Kisses chocolate) stands 1.98-m high and
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      Lock icon Aussie roo-ad hazard
      121 18 Reuters SYDNEY Hopping kangaroos colliding with cars and trucks caused more than Asl6 million ($18.4 million) in damage to vehicles in Australia last year, according to the country's largest motor insurer. Drivers lodged a total of 11,000 animal compensation claims with NRMA Insurance last year, with the
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      Lock icon Persistent oil spill
      82 18 AFP MADRID The environmental watchdog, Greenpeace, says 1,137 beaches were affected by oil leaked from the Prestige, the tanker which went down off north-eastern Spain last November. The group's annual report noted that the tanker was still spilling heavy fuel oil that, besides Spain, also affected Portugal
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      Lock icon In the barracks again ... for now
      804 18  - In the barracks again for now Marites Danguilan Vitug Without military reforms, the threat to Arroyo remains by news@newstoday.com.sg FOURTEEN years ago, the Philippines witnessed the deadliest of a series of coup attempts. The failed attempt by rebels to overthrow then President Corazon Aquino left nearly 100 people dead and
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  • HUMOUR
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      Lock icon It's not my fault!
      782 19  -  Dave Barry by news@newstoday.com.sg I EAT a lot of Cheez-Its. I get them at the supermarket, when I'm wandering in the aisles, trying to locate the items on a grocery list made by my wife. For guys, this a stressful task. This is the Scavenger Hunt
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  • weekend WATZUP?
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      FULL OF SOUND AND FURY
      486 20 BEFORE my interview with the Bad Boys gang, I run into a TV journalist from Korea who had just finished hers. How are the stars? Will Smith is a charmer. Martin Lawrence, on the other hand, the New Yorkbased journalist sighs, is difficult To interview,
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      Bad boy, good guy
      410 20  -  David Ngiau in Miami Bad Boys II stars Martin Lawrence and Will Smith put on a show forToDAY in Miami JERRY Bruckheimer isn't coming, Michael Bay just cancelled, and sorry, Martin Lawrence will be here shortly. You'd be forgiven if you thought Lawrence was going to
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      WHERE THERE'S A WILL ...
      690 21 WHERE THERE'S A WILL THE tension during Lawrence's interview dissipates when Will Smith steps in. Smith, 34, is a stark contrast to the tough-talking, taciturn Lawrence. He overwhelms you with his infectious good mood. Smith, who looms over us all at an imposing 6'2" (nearly 1.9 metres), looks you in
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      In a Chinatown 'attic'
      496 22  - In a Chinatown atti c' Yong Shu Chiang West End dreams are not far from new East side space by shuchiang@newstoday.com.sg T k HE Toy Factory Theatre Ensemble had been living with a problem for a long time. Little did the drama group know that the answer was merely three
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      A coming together for Pao Kun
      355 22  -  Yong Shu Chiang THE three arts institutions that theatre doyen Kuo Pao Kun founded will collaborate next month to celebrate his legacy. For the first time in The Substation's 13-year history, its sister arts institutes, The Theatre Practice (TTP) and the Practice Performing Arts
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      New look for morning show
      82 22 WAKE up to a new Prime Time Morning on Channel NewsAsia from Monday. The threehour show, hosted by Timothy Go and Suzanne Jung (both in picture), will start at 6.30am every weekday with a half-hour news wrap, including a live stock market report by Nathan
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    • THE GROOMING EXPERT
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        Smooth glider
        347 23 Sport an ultra-sleek look with the revolutionary FreeGlider THE new Braun FreeGlider is the hottest gadget in shaving to give guys a cool look with minimum fuss and in less time. Offering an ingenious alternative to an old practice, Braun's FreeGlider electric shaver is designed with features that
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        A taste for the afterlife ...
        589 24  - A taste for the afterlife Teng Qian Xi A journey from an exhumation to a cemetery for Oxford-educated lawyer and film-maker by qianxi@newstoday.com.sg WIIAT does a grave digger do during the Hungry Ghost month? That's one thing Tan Pin Pin (picture) tried to find out when she filmed a grave
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        Music, art and dance at Pasir Ris
        363 24  -  JamceLee THE World of Music, Arts and Jt|<@ Dance (Womad) festival is a chance for local and international artists to perform and communi- 1-jp^ cate through the universal lan- i' guage of rhythm and music. In its sixth year, organisers are r planning
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        Art designed as a lifestyle choice
        404 24  -  Sum EJay A HUGE sign has appeared along Bras XABasah Road to remind people that behind the dirt and rubble at the MRT construction site, the Singapore Art Museum is open as usual. Visitor figures have dropped by 10 to 20 per cent in
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        516 26  -  Serene Foo serene@newstoday.com.sg ACTOR Ekin Cheng seems poised to become Asia's second action hero, after Jackie Chan. For his latest cops-and-robbers flick Heroic Duo he leapt from the top of one 13-storey building to another, using a flimsy wooden plank as a springboard. In another perilous scene,
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        135 26 by IF Spider-Man fans have felt a strange tingling sensation in recent days, it's probably because their Spidey sense has picked up on Columbia Pictures' unveiling of its first look at Dr Otto Octavius, better known as Doc Ock. As Spidey fans would know, Doc Ock is
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        426 32  -  Jeffrey Yang by eatout@newstoday.com.sg MY PET dachshund, Nellie, has good taste in wine. She likes to take a whiff of Barossa Valley reds from Australia (Elderton's Ashmeade Cabernet Sauvignon is her favourite). She is also keen on Chapoutier's La Bemardine Chateauneuf-du-Papes (a staple in my household) or exotic
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        499 32  -  Kiran Narain Vansh presents classical Indian fare with a modern touch by eatout@newstoday.com.sg In the following weeks, Today and the Vegetarian Society (Singapore) will bring you a weekly column featuring recipes and restaurants for the green generation. MILLIND Sovani, the executive chef of the chic Indian restaurant,
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        497 34  -  Colin Yong Stylish and refined, Renault's Megane will get plenty of stares by colin@newstoday.com.sg DRIVE the new Renault Megane on the expressway and you might as well wear a white uniform and tight black pants, while riding a big white motorcycle with a red siren. Like a traffic
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        58 34 RENAULT MEGANE 1.4 UPS Stylish Superb ride comfort Best-in-class safety record DOWNS Slow initial acceleration Fairly small boot Agent: Exklusiv Auto Services Price: $84,777 including COE ENGINE Type: 1,390cc, 16V in-line 4 Maximum power: 98bhp at 6,ooorpm Maximum torque: 127Nm at 3,750rpm Gearbox: Five-speed manual PERFORMANCE Top speed: 183km/h 0-100km/h:
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        154 34 RENAULT is proud of the fact that the Megane remains the only car in its class to achieve the maximum five-star rating in the independent European New Car Assessment Programme (Euro NCAP) crash tests. Cars are launched into an offset barrier at 64km/h for the frontal impact tests,
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        211 34 Today's motoring tip BEFORE setting off on a journey, most drivers simply jump into the car, turn the ignition key and zip off. Some people even start up the engine while standing outside the car, so that the air-con can cool the
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        372 35  -  -OMnYong Neater styling and new gearbox freshen up BMW's 3 Series coupe EVEN after newer rivals began appearing on the scene, the BMW 3 Series Coupe has remained by far the best driver's car in its class. There was no denying that its styling had begun to age
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        101 35 PIAGGIO is taking scooter enthusiasts for a ride this weekend a pillion ride around Orchard Road, that is. The "X9 Evolution Experience" is being held in conjunction with the launch of the 200cc X9 Evolution scooter outside The Heeren Shops on Saturday and
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        359 35 THE CENSOR'S MINI PERFORMANCE MOTORS LIMITED s^^. PERFORMANCE CENTRE, 315 ALEXANDRA ROAD IS IT LOVE? TEL: 6319 0220/6319 0221. A MEMBER OF B GROUP S% SS J'^ Deals on wheels Volvo S6O R The S6O R (picture, top) is being marketed as a serious performance car
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        494 36  -  Georgia Lee Use floor-to-ceiling shelves and wall recesses by news@newstoday.com.sg A COMMON dilemma faced by many home owners is the need to create storage room without compromising on space. Another common problem is ensuring that ready-made storage furniture does not clash with the rest of the furniture and
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        507 37  -  Cindy Tong City living amid a garden paradise by news@newstoday.com.sg YOU like the convenience of living next to the city but hate the noise and pollution that come with it. What you want is a tropical paradise complete with lush trees, singing birds and crystal clear
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      1539 48 WATZUP?^^^^^™ -tv Programmes Saturday Highlights 1/ 7.00 Tamadun Terancam !S^ **^F s, -^XH CHANNFT ii' MORNING B.3oJe]akJenayah Ok MK "^tfl Wliil\l\r,L j^ 6.00am Fighting With Sand 9.00 KPO". -Aaron Aziz J fc -M^ MZEA MORNING 6.30 Our World 9.30 Pernikahan Dini .^V J 6.ooamTheAquanauts 7.30 Cyborg Kuro Chan I 0
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      424 49  -  Tan Yo-Hinn Coach refuses to rule out playoff spot even though chances are very slim by yohinn@newstoday.com.sg IF THE Westside Dolphins do pull it off, it will certainly be the greatest comeback in the Netball Super League (NSL). With four games left, the Dolphins' chances of reaching
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      386 49 AFP Tri-Nations rugby Australia v South Africa Live, Saturday, spm, Ch 24 BRISBANE The besieged Wallabies might panic if their senior players don't produce the goods ahead of this year's World Cup, South African coach Rudolf Straeuli said here on Friday. The world
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      225 49 Reuters MELBOURNE Test cricket's second leading run-scorer Steve Waugh is the best player Australia has produced apart from Don Bradman, Zimbabwe coach Geoff Marsh said on Friday. "I think he has to be rated as one of the best, if not the best," Marsh said.
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      543 50 Agencies It don't mean a thing Golf Buick Open, first round Woods struggles to a 69; Sposa leads GRAND BLANC, Michigan Tiger Woods (picture) is still searching for the swing he will need to win a Major this year. Woods did finish strongly on
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      248 50 AFP LYTHAM ST ANNE'S, England Australian Karrie Webb's love affair with the Women's British Open continued on Thursday (Friday morning, Singapore time) with a five-under-par 67 that earned her a share of the first round lead with American Solheim Cup player Wendy
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      200 50  -  Tan Wee Boon NATIONAL athletes Remy Ong and Rachel Ng were the stars at the Team Singapore Celebrates roadshow as they stopped by Temasek Junior College (TJC) yesterday. Organised to generate publicity for the main event on Aug 8 at the Marina Promenade, the
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      214 50 -AFP WASHINGTON World No. 1 Andre Agassi will not play in next year's 2004 Athens Olympics and the men's tennis star still has no idea whether pregnant wife Steffi Graf is carrying a son or a daughter. The 33-year-old American said on Thursday (Friday
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      430 51  -  Tan Yo-Hinn SBA secretary-general joins world body's 12-man council by yohinn@newstoday.com.sg EIGHT Singaporean shuttlers went to Birmingham and all eight came back empty-handed. But the country's involvement at the ongoing International Badminton Federation (IBF) world championships in Birmingham was not entirely fruitless. Steven Yeo, the secretary-general
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      184 51 -AFP BIRMINGHAM Roslin Hashim, who had vowed to win the title for the brother he beat on Wednesday, fell in the quarter-finals of the world championships here on Friday. Roslin's return to the centre stage came to an end when the Malaysian former world No. 1 was beaten
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      212 51  -  Tan Wee Boon Today photo by IT HAD been billed as a potentially hot-tempered northern derby between Woodlands Wellington and Sembawang Rangers. But the 3,737 fans present at the Woodlands Stadium on Friday night were forced to sit through a dour 0-0 draw. The away team
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      430 51  -  Stanley Ho by stanley@newsto day. com. sg AS SINGAPORE begins its preparations for the 2004 Asian Cup qualifiers with a friendly match against Hong Kong on Monday, the absence of a natural playmaker did not go unnoticed on Friday. Even though players like
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      273 52 Reuters LONDON Manchester United has been fined £1.652 million ($4.8 million) as one of 10 companies found by Britain's competition watchdog to have fixed the prices of Umbro replica football kits. The English Football Association was also among the companies hit and was fined
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      460 52 Agencies Football Champions World Series Manchester United 4 Juventus 1 EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey Now, Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson claims Juan Sebastian Veron will be an integral part of the side next season. Earlier in the week, the Argentine midfielder was off to
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      805 52 Agencies Beckham's debut for Real Madrid must BEIJING From the day he was formally presented as a Real Madrid player wearing a rather bizarre John Travolta-like suit last month, the world has waited for David Beckham to slip on his white jersey and join a star-studded line-up in
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      314 53 Reuters BEIJING David Beckham's debut for Real Madrid is likely to be the most widely watched sporting event China has staged with almost one billion people in the country having access to Saturday's game. Real will play a select squad composed of
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      130 53 LONDON Arsenal captain Patrick Vieira (right) wants to remain at Highbury and has blamed rumours about his departure on a former agent The French international's contract with the London club expires in one year and he has still not signed an extension, prompting talk of a
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      110 53 LEEDS Nigel Martyn (right) will be allowed to leave Leeds United after the club confirmed it had received enquiries from a number of clubs for the former England goalkeeper, reported Guardian Unlimited. The 36-year-old has been linked to Chelsea. With Paul Robinson set to be the Leeds
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      114 53 LIVERPOOL Everton's teenage striker Wayne Rooney (right) could still be fit for the start of the new season despite picking up an ankle injury, his manager David Moyes said on Friday. Moyes has not ruled the 17-year-old England striker out of his plans for the
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      644 54  -  lan De Cotta by ian@newstoday.com.sg Colombian can beat the Schumachers on their home turf and in style, too IF WILLIAMS ace Juan Pablo Montoya needs further motivation to win Sunday's German Grand Prix to boost his assault on the driver's championship, then he need look no further
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      241 54 AFP HOCKENHEIM, Germany World champion Michael Schumacher (left) has accused rival McLaren of using team orders to aid Kimi Raikkonen in the British Grand Prix two weeks ago. Schumacher and Ferrari were heavily criticised after manipulating the result of the Austrian
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      214 55  -  MURRAY BELL Horse Racing Written By I THIS year's International Racing Week, to be held at the Singapore Racecourse next Saturday and Sunday (Aug 9 and 10), has attracted participation from 16 of the world's major racing clubs and authorities. The International Racing Week
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