Today, 5 September 2003

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    Masthead
    7 1 TODAY todayonline.com Friday September 5,2003* mita (P)002/11/2002
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  • Article
    If true, a mega scam
    536 1  -  Jose Raymond Stunning charges against former finance manager by j ose@newstoday. com.sg A STOCKY, middle-aged man sat silently in the lock-up area at Court 26 yesterday morning, looking nondescript among the group of people being charged with minor crimes. He wore blue. His eyes were
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    Lock icon Mahathir and the MM project
    103 1 -AFP CYBERJAYA Malaysia has bought the rights from a Japanese firm to the world's smallest microchip that can be embedded in everything from currencies to human bodies and will boost the global anti-terror war, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday. Dr Mahathir said the chip,
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      49 1 NEWS£yWWS censorship changes Why panel didn't propose radical changes/4 choo ai leng Why polished Singapore lags behind gritty NY/3 back in demand Asian stocks are hot again/34 mr brown power to the people/46 LOVE notes Actress Gigi Leung on why she will never make the first move bbbbbV bbbbbbT
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      29 1 Don't miss w See Pg3l to get ™p, 8 e pullout in on the best deals this byMinolta--104-page V N bumper m m *****011. MINOOA The essentials ol imaging
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Bonus unlikely for Govt staff
      560 2  -  Lee Ching Wern Adjustments need to be made: DPM Lee by chingwern@newstoday.com.sg CML servants are not likely to get a special bonus this year, Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said last night at a dialogue with Singaporeans about the CPF changes and forging a
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      Suggest how to cut waste
      180 2 THE Government has set up a Cut Waste Panel to receive suggestions from the public on where the Government can cut waste, remove frills and make savings in delivery of public services. The Panel, chaired by the head of Civil Service, Mr Lim Siong Guan,
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      BATTLE A TOWERING INFERNO
      132 2  -  Pamela Pang STAND two metres from blazing flames and experience temperatures as high as 700 degrees Celsius. That is just one of the four exhibits that members of the public can experience during this weekend's Community Bonding Day organised by the Singapore Civil Defence Force. The
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      Happy to be No 2?
      737 3 News Comment/Choo Ai Leng Why polished S'pore lags so far behind gritty NewYork NEW York's Yankee Stadium isn't easy to get to. It is off the tourist track in a rough neighbourhood that fills up with ticket touts and unsavoury characters on game day. Yet,
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      No big leap forward
      508 4  -  Yong Shu Chiang CRC recommends few changes in censorship rules by shuchiang@newstoday.com.sg MORE than 10 years have passed since Singapore's censorship policies underwent an overhaul. So, when the Censorship Review Committee (CRC) was convened earlier this year, there was much speculation as to how far it
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    • global roundup
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        Chu Mei Feng, a doctoral candidate?
        52 6 THE former Taiwan councillor-turned-celebrity, Ms Chu Mei Feng, has reportedly been accepted as an economics doctoral candidate at Shanghai's Fudan University. The director of Graduate Studies at the university, Professor Zhou Luwei, said there was no reason to reject any qualified candidate, Lianhe Zaobao
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        Lock icon New species of pygmy elephant found
        44 6 AFP A SMALLER and tamer sub-species of "pygmy" elephant has been discovered in Borneo island following DNA tests, the World Wildlife Fund said yesterday. Borneo's elephants are genetically distinct, making them one of the priority species for conservation.
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        Lock icon S Koreans detained for smuggling $2.6m worth of beer and wine
        83 6 Reuters TWO South Koreans have been detained on suspicion of digging a tunnel to smuggle more than US$l.5 million ($2.6 million) worth of beer and wine out of a US military base in central Seoul, Customs officials said yesterday.
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      All the men's favourites
      81 6  -  ALVIN TOH First there were Xbox games. Now comes the Xbox babes. At the opening of the four-day Suntec's Comex trade show yesterday, the paintings on the babes' bodies drew a crowd at the Xbox booth. As part of the Xbox games' promotional efforts, these babes
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      Lock icon Sers woes
      845 6  -  Derrick A Paulo Greying population is unable to fork out additional cash in HDB re-housing plans by derrick@newstoday.com.sg THE Government may be changing the Central Provident Fund (CPF) rules so that retired workers' financial needs will be better met, but the retirement funds of one group of Singaporeans
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Lock icon Evergreen girls prove a point
      480 8  -  Ng Shing Yi Neighbourhood school gets into debate finals by shingyi@newstoday.com.sg THE odds were stacked against the all-girl debating team from the four-year-old Evergreen Secondary School. At the opposite end of the table was a team from the 117-year-old Methodist Girls' School, which has had
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      Thaksin in S'pore for two-day visit
      110 8  -  Jaime Koh THAI Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will be in Singapore today for a two-day informal working meeting with Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong. The two leaders met in Phuket in January this year. With the upcoming Asean summit and Apec Economic Leaders Meeting,
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      Lock icon Against the odds
      348 10  -  Ng Shing Yi Man gets diploma despite being hearing- and speech-impaired by shingyi@newstoday.com.sg IN A tight job market, it is common to hear stories about age, sex and race discrimination. But some people have more difficult things to worry about Imagine having to look for a job
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      Arts events did well last year
      156 10 SINGAPORE'S arts scene recorded new highs last year in ticketed attendance and in the number of performing arts events and exhibitions. The National Arts Council (NAC) said total ticketed attendance increased by 15 per cent, crossing the one million mark to reach 1,084,192, with
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      Young but inactive
      279 12  -  Pamela Pang NUSS starts club to involve and help those aged 35 and below by pamela(gnewstoday.com.sg MORE than a third of the 12,000 members of the National University of Singapore Society (NUSS) are aged 35 and below. And, surprisingly, this energetic group has been largely inactive within
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      Lock icon New road signs will have white-on-green letters
      151 12 DIRECTION signs to expressways are to have a new colour scheme. The old yellow on green signs will be replaced by a new white on green, with the white text describing an expressway destination, encased in a blue background. The Land Transport Authority
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      White-collar job fair
      149 12 WHITE-COLLAR job seekers will have 300 positions to choose from at the South West Community Development Council Career Fair tomorrow. In all, 1,000 vacancies will be on offer at the fair, organised in collaboration with the Singapore Professionals' and Executives' Cooperative (Spec). "There is, undeniably, an increasing
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  • LETTERS
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      A surprise from PM
      342 16  -  Jason Lee Boon Hong but MPs must not be demoralised I REFER to the report, "MPs and the OB markers" (Today, Sept 4). I had watched and heard Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong's address on the issue of the word "betrayal" live on Channel NewsAsia. Being
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      Readers judge for themselves
      235 16  -  Jeffrey Law Lee Beng IN his letter, "What's the agenda?" (Today, Sept 4), Mr Mardupi Ismail questioned why Singapore newspapers choose to run negative comments and reports about Malaysia. If the writer has followed events closely in the local media, he would have noticed that our
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      No waiver of premiums
      199 20 Insurer clarifies on flexible payment option I REFER to the report, "Flexible premiums?" (Today, Sept 2). During the Asian financial crisis in 1997, Great Eastern Life introduced the "Premium Holiday Deal" (PHD) to help our policyholders who have problems making their regular premium payments. Under the
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      SSC, justify the entry fee hike
      78 20  -  Ishwar Mahtani I READ with interest the letter, "From public to condo pools" (Today, Sept 4). The Singapore Sports Council (SSC) has decided to double its entry fees to swimming pools and sporting facilities. I hope the SSC can explain why it has decided
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      Why leave out existing shareholders?
      293 20  -  David Tan I WISH to express my concern over the proposed placement of shares by ASTI Holdings Limited at a large discount to current prices to an Interested Party. An extraordinary general meeting (EGM) has been called to vote on this matter. It will be
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      Clarification
      56 20 IN OUR report, "3G launch by next March" (Today, Sept 4), we reported that "Nokia was awarded 3G network contracts by rival operators StarHub and MobileOne". This is incorrect. StarHub has clarified that it only signed a letter of intent with Nokia. There was no contract awarded to them.
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon US-S'pore FTA inked
      248 24 -AFP I WASHINGTON On Wednesday, US President George W Bush signed a legislation to implement free trade deals with Singapore and Chile and pushed to wrap up "essential" but stalled global commercial talks by their 2005 target. Said Mr Bush during the signing ceremony: "We want our
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      Lock icon Great sale for Sars-hit retailers
      140 24 -AFP THIS year's Great Singapore Sale gave a much-needed boost to the retail industry and reversed sharp revenue falls resulting from Sars, the Singapore Retailers Association (SRA) said yesterday. Revenues of participating establishments rose by an average of 15 per cent during the first two
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      Lock icon Heng Fung in bid for Enersave
      127 24 Agencies ENERSAVE Holdings has entered into a deal with Hong Kong's Heng Fung Holdings that will see the latter holding a 73.5 per cent stake in the Sesdaq-listed company and raise its net asset value to $91 million from $14.7 million as of June.
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      Lock icon NTU to launch degrees in shipping
      116 24 Val Chua JOBS are available in the maritime industry here, but what's missing are the right people for it, said RAdm Lui Tuck Yew, the newly-appointed chief executive of Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) in a speech to students from Singapore Polytechnic
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      corporate briefs
      198 24 JTC Corporation yesterday launched its Work Loft Chip Bee experimental work-live project, which consists of 20 units located at Chip Bee Gardens. The initiative is a test-bed for JTC to experiment with new housing concepts. Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust is proposing to acquire Ultra Building, an industrial
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      OCBC eyes SMEs for e-banking
      425 25  -  Val Chua Targeting the corporate segment makes fiscal sense for the bank by val@newstoday.com.sg HAVING made its name as a leading provider of online banking services to large corporations here, OCBC is now targeting small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to fuel its online growth. The
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    • market WATCH
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        SGX most active
        60 25 By volume Sept 4 AnnAik Singpu Chartered Magnet, (imp Beyonits Close 0.335 0.710 1.180 0.870 0.265 Change +0.065 +0.010 +0.080 +0.005 '000 91,909 +10.1 43,742 +0.9 33,816 +10.1 33,059 +1.9 32,413 StarCrusUSS 0.335 +0.005 +1.5 31,813 GES LafeTech Japan Asia Goodpack 0.605 0.245 0.110 0.725 +0.005 +0.015
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        auA tod rises
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        Lock icon SGX top falls
        86 25 SGX By$ Sept 4 APB Breweries Close Change 6.300 -0.350 By percentage Sept 4 CSCW*****7 Close Change 0.010 -33.3 Creative 50 18.100 -0.200 El-Nets 0.015 -25.0 OCBC 11.000 -0.200 TolalAulo 0.500 -17.4 Venture 19.800 -0.200 Globa 0.025 -16.7 SingamasC 2kHKS lotalAuto 4.275 -0.125 0.500 -0.105 ChipEngSW*****2 Casa
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        Singapore
        109 25 SINGAPORE shares closed higher yesterday, with second-tier stocks dominating trading after Wall Street's modest rise overnight and positive local economic data, traders said. The ST Index ended up 5.23 points, or 0.3 per cent, at 1,610.23, advancing for the second straight session. The September MSCI Singapore futures contract ended
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        World markets
        60 25 Index Nikkei 225 Value 10,646.95 Change Pis -68.74 -0.64 Hang Seng All Ordinaries Taiwan Wtd 11,138.62 3,233.80 5,625.63 +36.26 +14.60 -47.55 +0.33 +0.45 -0.84 Korea Comp 764.15 -2.17 -0.28 KLCI 752.26 +7.09 +0.95 SET Index 544.35 +4.47 +0.83 Jakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzhen B Mumbai Sensex 575.192 1,233.87
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        Commodities
        21 25 5old us$/oz 372.713 iilver us$/oz 5.***** 'latinum us$/oi 710.035 Rubber centsAg 188.25 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1405 Brent crude us$/barrel 28.29
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      182 29 Bloomberg Asian nations urged to leave currencies alone PHUKET (Thailand) The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) group of nations' talks on memberstates' currency policies aren't directed only at China, said Mr Zembei Mizoguchi, Japan's Vice-Finance Minister for International Affairs. "It's not just a China issue," he said.
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      98 29 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR French telecom equipment maker Alcatel will invest more than RM2OO million ($92.4 million) in the next five years to develop Malaysia as the hub for its third generation (3G) mobile business in South-east Asia, reports said yesterday. Mr Ron
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      355 34 Bloomberg NEW DELHI Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee has called for a tripling of trade with members of the Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean) in the next four years. "Trade and investment are the basic building blocks of the India-Asean relationship," Mr
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      371 35 Bloomberg Region has eight of world's best performing markets over past three months SWnZERLAND-based CFC Securities has scaled back its investments in US stocks by a quarter over the past few weeks and diverted that money to Asia. In Singapore, Mr Jan Lee, chief strategist
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      301 41 Agencies US commitment will encourage nations to join UN force WASHINGTON Under pressure to bolster military operations and reconstruction efforts quickly in postwar Iraq, the Bush administration is drawing up an ambitious spending plan that could cost up to US$65 billion ($ll4 billion), people
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      188 41 Agencies WASHINGTON The United States denied its claim that Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is on hunger strike was based on "flimsy" information, following another fierce denial from the Yangon junta. A senior State Department official also dismissed the notion that the
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        38 41 Reuters LAWMAKER Emily Lav, one of Hong Kong's most vocal critics, has complained to police that her office door was smeared with faeces in the latest of a string of attacks against her.
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        57 41 POLICE have charged 25 Hindu gurus for causing a stampede among worshippers in which AS people were killed at one of the holiest festivals in western India. Police said the gurus sparked the Aug 27 tragedy when they threw coins and distributed food among worshippers,
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      167 41 AFP MANILA Philippine authorities are taking preemptive action to head off the recruitment of military officers by groups allegedly involved in a fresh attempt to oust President Gloria Arroyo, security officials said yesterday. Ms Arroyo on Wednesday denounced what she described
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      39 43 Murderous minister executed Anti-abortion protesters outside Florida State Prison where Paul Hill, a former Presbyterian minister, was executed by lethal injection on Wednesday. Hill killed an abortion doctor and his bodyguard with a shotgun in 1994. I AFP photo
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        116 43 AFP The United States cannot meet the April 29 international deadline for destroying at least 45 per cent of its chemical arms stockpile and is seeking an extension until 2007, the Pentagon said on Wednesday. It cited "political and operational issues" as the causes
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      330 43 Agencies Pyongyang threat to test nuclear weapon WASHINGTON Despite Russian denials, the United States insisted on Wednesday that, at crisis talks in Beijing last week, North Korea threatened to test a nuclear weapon. US Secretary of State Colin Powell said: "That's what they said,
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      298 45 Reuters Disgraced reporter tells all NEW YORK Mr Jayson Blair, the discredited reporter who sparked a plagiarism scandal that caused a ruckus at The New York Times, has finally told his side of the story. Writing in a light, flippant tone tor Jane magazine, aimed at
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      144 45 AFP CARACAS Only a wizard could fix the mistakes in the bootleg Spanish-language version of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, which went on sale five months ahead of its official publication date. Sloppy margins, bad graphics and translation mistakes mar the
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      Lock icon In the driving seat
      740 63 -AFP Advantage Roddick, Agassi as American duo beats the rain to make last eight Tennis US Open Men's final on Monday? NEW YORK Andy Roddick joined Andre Agassi in the US Open quarter-finals as he beat Xavier Malisse 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (7-5) on Wednesday (yesterday morning,
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      The
      602 65 Argentina begins the great World Cup 2006 adventure Football World Cup 2006 qualifiers South America opens event RIO DE JANEIRO The 2002 World Cup finished 433 days ago and the next final is nearly three years away, but the qualifiers for the 2006 tournament will start again in South
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      297 65 -AFP SYDNEY Australian rugby union selectors backed two of the game's bad boys to fire up the Wallabies' faltering World Cup campaign in a 30-man squad for the tournament named yesterday. Utility back Elton Flatley was promoted to vice-captain just two-and-a-half months after being dropped
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      182 67 TO EQUIP sports partners and service providers with the knowledge and understanding to explore different ways to attract sponsors, the Singapore Sports Council (SSC) held a "Sponsorship in Sports" seminar at the Pan Pacific Hotel yesterday. It is one of the many programmes under
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      246 67 Great Eastern surpasses target as golf event proves a hit A TOUGH economic year may have left its imprint on many industries in Singapore. But it looks as though the charitable heart still beats strong within many companies based here. Proving that point were the many sponsors who
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      242 67 AFP NEWPORT Steffi Graf, the 22-time Grand Slam singles winner married to top-ranked Andre Agassi, joined Sweden's Stefan Edberg as nominees for induction to the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Edberg, Graf and American octogenarian Dorothy Cheney will be considered for enshrinement at the
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      Lock icon Beckham skips England training
      469 69 Agencies But Eriksson expects skipper to face Macedonia LONDON David Beckham did not train with England yesterday but the English Football Association remained "quietly confident" he will be fit for tomorrow's Euro 2004 qualifier in Macedonia. The England skipper sustained a tight groin while playing in
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      263 69  -  TRIATHLON in Singapore will take a massive stride forward this year. For the first time, the OSIM Singapore Triathlon event has received the International Triathlon Union's (ITU) endorsement as a world-ranking event This means that triathletes can use the event to gain points for their
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      Lock icon Blues favourites, on paper: Vieira
      200 69 AFP PARIS Arsenal skipper Patrick Vieira said Chelsea has the strongest side on paper, but added that winning the English Premiership is as much about winning at clubs like Leicester City as taking points off Manchester United. Speaking to the L'Equipe sports daily yesterday, Vieira
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      Lock icon Woeful Lions
      462 70  -  Stanley Ho Lacklustre Singapore punished by 10-man Kuwait Asian Cup 2004 qualifiers Group B Singapore 1 Kuwait 3 Goncalves' goal couldn't salvage a point by stanley@newstoday.com.sg EVEN the best football coach in the world would struggle to improve the fortunes of Singapore. And new national coach Raddy Avramovic
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      Diouf found guilty
      107 70 GLASGOW Senegal football star El-Hadji Diouf was fined £5,000 ($13,800) yesterday for spitting on a fan during a Uefa Cup quarter-final between his club Liverpool and Celtic. Diouf pleaded guilty at Glasgow Sheriff Court to assault under provocation for spitting at supporter Dominic Shiavone at Celtic's Parkhead
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      Ferrari's tyre protests
      105 70 LONDON Formula 1 champion Ferrari has suggested it could lodge protests over several of this season's races after accusing rivals of using illegal tyres. Technical director Ross Brawn, in an interview with Autosport magazine yesterday, said tyre manufacturer Michelin had broken the rules for some time and
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      Chen breezes through
      101 70 KOTA KINABALU Top seed Chen Hong of China and Kenneth Jonassen of Denmark qualified for the third round in the men's singles event of the Malaysia Open here yesterday. Chen beat compatriot Wu Yunyong 15-6, 15-10 while Jonassen brushed aside Sergio Llopis of Spain 15-2, 15-10. Host
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      71 70 BRUSSELS Belgian police have raided the home of former world cycling champion Johan Museeuw in a search for banned performanceenhancing hormone drugs. Prosecution officials at Courtrai said detectives found quantities of suspicious drugs when they raided 21 homes of professional riders. The 37-year-old Museeuw, 1996 world road
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      Zidane won't take risk
      65 70 CLAIREFONTAINE France playmaker Zinedine Zidane, who is nursing a left thigh injury, said yesterday that he is almost certain to miss Saturday's Euro 2004 qualifier against Cyprus in Paris. "I hope I can be fit in time for the Slovenia game next week," Zidane told reporters.
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      Lock icon Back to his best
      946 71 Agencies But Owen is still reluctant to sign a new Reds contract LIVERPOOL Michael Owen was a troubled man last Saturday. Liverpool had yet to win in the Premiership, there was no Champions League campaign to look forward to and Gerard Houllier's rather predictable formations had
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      The truth about Takeshi
      1179 75  -  Serene Foo He is ponderous, likes subtlety and values solitude GIRLS want Takeshi Kaneshiro (picture), that devastatingly gorgeous Japanese heartthrob with the brooding good looks, sexy baritone voice and charismatic screen presence. Most guys, I suspect, would give an arm or a leg or more to
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      636 77  -  Serene Foo Like Eve in Turn, Gigi is solid in romance IT WOULD be real life imitating reel life. Like her character who has a fervent suitor in her latest romantic offering Turn Left Turn Right, Hong Kong actress Gigi Leung (picture) recalled being the obsession of one
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      522 79  -  Janice Lee and is love inconceivable? by janice@newstoday.com.sg WHEN I was a little girl, I believed marriages were supposed to last a lifetime. Well, shouldn't they since nuptial vows usually include the words "till death do us part"? Blessed with parents who, till this day,
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      Lock icon Laughing at taboos
      918 81 Reuters people do scare me... I mean, I see three or four of you guys on a plane and I'm off." Nasim replied that he felt "exactly the same way about the Portuguese". Whoopi said that such exchanges, aside from hopefully winning laughs, are intended to deconstruct
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      It's time to do some housework
      511 83  -  Sian E Jay and to turn it into a work of art by news@newstoday.com.sg IMAGINE taking your laundry to an art exhibition to be washed and ironed! And being able to get the artists to come to your home and do your housework! A
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      Happenings at Junction 8, Liang Court and IMM
      326 83 MOONCAKES GALORE Visit Bishan Junction 8 from now till Sept 10 and have your pick of premium mooncakes. Choose from more than 20 brands including Crown Prince Hotel, Raffles Hotel, Bengawan Solo, Harbour City, Bee Chun Hiang, St Honore, Grand City, Tong
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      Lock icon Off on new adventure
      212 83 Channel News Asia ADVENTURER Khoo Swee Chiow has set off on another expedition. This time, it is a bike ride from Singapore to China. He hopes to cover more than B,oookm in 80 days. Khoo decided on cycling because it is cheaper than his past expeditions,
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      Lock icon This Flint takes his torch to a new band
      611 85  -  Keith Flint Janice Lee New partners, same attitude The eccentricity continues for Prodigy singer by janice@newstoday.com.sg HE'S been known to destroy stages with his scary behaviour and eccentricities, donning spiky, frightful hairdos and with copious quantities of steel piercing his flesh.
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      Lock icon BIG B JUST GETS BIGGER
      1094 87  -  Shanoo Maharaj by news@newstoday. com.sg HE IS India's top superstar and has been voted one of the greatest actors of all time. He's also a top model, a huge advertising brand and the country's most popular television personality. Amitabh Bachchan is all this and more,
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      Good is not enough
      569 90  -  Tan Kin Lian Strategies for companies to break good ceiling, achieve greatness Good to Great by Jim Collins BOOK REVIEW THIS book review is the fourth in a series of monthly reviews by Library Ambassadors for the Library Ambassador Campaign. Organised by the National Library Board
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      Get freebies at launch of Watson's new store
      215 90 ASIA's largest personal care chain, Watson's Your Personal Store, will celebrate the opening of its Third Generation concept store at Takashimaya this Friday to Sunday. It has lined up many activities for customers as well as freebies and goodies for young and
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      Old lessons, new tricks
      882 91  -  Felix Cheong The past is not passe for two authors who glean business tips from Raffles, SunTzu IN MUSIC and fashion, going retro seems the best bet when you're running on empty. Rather than scrape the bottom of the barrel, you raid the past for inspiration,
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      Lessons from S'pore's icon
      53 91 A cartoon of Raffles' enterprising spirit by Ang Lee Ming in Raffles: Lessons in Business Leadership. The book by Paul Madden gleans lessons from Singapore's founding father ranging from setting clear reporting lines to building stakeholder interest. It is a fun read and packed with understated
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      524 93  -  Pauline D Loh Add more fruit and vegetables to your daily diet by pauline@newstoday.com.sg THERE are many out there who are dedicated carnivores. Many children, for example, flatly refuse to eat vegetables when they are young. It's only when they are older and more aware of nutritional needs
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      THE A.B.C. OF HEALTHY EATING
      312 93 HIGH FIBRE Eating more fibre rich foods helps to keep the digestive system healthy, maintain proper bowel function and lower blood cholesterol. About 20 to 25g of fibre per day is recommended in our daily diet. Products which are labelled High Fibre must contain 6g
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      SHAVED VEGETABLE SALAD WITH SNOW PEAS
      189 93 Ingredients: 1 OOg snow peas 10 baby red radishes 1 small carrot 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar 1 teaspoon maple syrup A few organic almonds, sliced Method: 1. Rinse snow peas, top and tail them and slice into thin strips. 2.
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      Lock icon Jen and Ben set their date
      186 95 -Reuters NEW YORK Engaged actors Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez, one of America's most famous celebrity couples, will marry on Sept 14, according to reports published on Wednesday. Us Weekly magazine and New York's Daily News quoted unidentified friends as saying the nuptials the
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      Russell goes deep into Blue
      595 95  -  Yong Shu Chiang Veteran actor buoys solid cop drama Dark Blue FILM REVIEW CARS are being battered, fires being set ablaze and stores everywhere are being thrashed and looted. A frenzied black mob, their eyes clouded over by the red mist, rain blows on an
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      Role reversal
      369 97  -  Janice Lee While Legally Blonde celebrated how a bimbo can have brains, this sequel does the opposite SHE'S back, and swathed in even more pink than before. Let's all give a warm welcome-back screeeeaaam to the seemingly empty-headed blonde Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon, picture) and her sequel, Legally
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      317 97 Reuters/Hollywood Reporter LOS ANGELES -Pop star Justin Timberlake has signed on as the new spokesman for McDonald's. The fast-food giant announced Tuesday a two-year international partnership and brand campaign with Timberlake called "I'm Lovin' It". The deal ties Timberlake to commercials, concerts and charity
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      Lock icon Here's looking at you, gorgeous!
      651 99  -  Shanoo Maharaj Bo '10' Derek is back and rates as high as ever in her debut Bollywood film by news@newstoday.com.sg SHE was the undisputed sex goddess of the 80s who shot into fame in 10, a romantic comedy with Dudley Moore where she sizzled in
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      539 101 -AFP TheTerminaLor criLicised by candidaLes in race to be Governor of California LOS ANGELES Candidates running for Governor of California, both Republicans and Democrats, began this week by firing a broadside at actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, criticising him for declining to to take part in a televised
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      88 101 AFP AMMAN A documentary on Japanese star architect Tadao Ando and a Hong Kong production on street entertainment with an African flavour have been shortlisted for the 31st International Emmy Awards, organisers said in Jordan on Wednesday. A 24-member international jury, meeting on the sidelines of a
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      341 103 -Agencies Actor says he cannot imagine living there BERLIN Hollywood hearthrob Johnny Depp has slammed US President George W Bush's policy on Iraq, calling him "one of the worst liars I have ever seen", in an interview with German magazine Stern which appeared
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      241 103 AFP PARIS Veteran film-maker and serial neurotic Woody Allen conceded on Tuesday that the intellectual nature of his oeuvre has made him a minority taste in the United States and that few new directors there emulate him. "In my country I have a small, loyal
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      239 103 TELEVISION viewers around the world saw it most recently when she was on stage snogging Madonna at a music awards show. But apparently, pop star Britney Spears' hot figure isn't simply a matter of good genes and exercise. The singer has been found out
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