Today, 18 October 2003

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    10 1 weekendTODAY SHAREYOURg^SEX www.todayonline.com October 18 -19 2003 MITA (P) 009/03/2003
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    Outrage over DR M'S OUTBURST
    663 1  -  Elisia Yeo But what did his remarks on Jews really mean? by elisia@newstoday.com.sg r v 1 JYIUAIA \i\LdLdySLdJ Mr Controversy has done it again and the world leaders are falling over each other to slam Dr Mahathir Mohamad for his string of anti-Semitic comments. But
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    Lock icon The delicate task of being tough
    851 1  -  Teo Hwee Nak News Comment by hweenak@newstoday.com,sg BLINDFOLDED, he had to roll down a hill. He would not have been able to avoid a rock if it were in the way. He would not have been able to stop himself if the slope was
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      39 1 A-w e j| Humphreys/6 \'l On flaming bikes and torched toasters ll Simon Tay/22 J f\r\ Wants to give Bush some chewing gum Jfer\ jtSfflk Dave Barry/23 W^T. /'^Rk. 'jfor"! Takes a byte out of the vampire myth ■Ok
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  • NEWS
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      Lock icon Sengkang flats fiasco
      175 2 Channel News Asia HDB flats in Sengkang are in the limelight again. Nine subcontractors involved in an HDB project there allege that Tong Hup Seng Construction, a company blacklisted by the HDB, got in through the back door and took over the project as the main subcontractor.
      — Channel News Asia  -  175 words
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      That high-rolling lifestyle of Chia
      500 3  -  Jose Raymond He paid $30,000 a night to stay in palatial villas He flew on private jets from Singapore to Melbourne I He spent tens of millions gambling in Australia by j ose@newstoday.com. sj HE stayed in palatial top-floor villas the size of three suburban
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      The crusader general
      488 4 Top US military man angers religious groups with inflammatory remarks WASHINGTON The top US military general leading the hunt for Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein and other highprofile targets sounds like a Christian crusader. He has declared that the Christian God is "bigger" than Allah, who
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      Lock icon MOM mulls annual leave for maids
      108 4 Channel News Asia THE Manpower Ministry (MOM) is considering a standard set of guidelines to protect the welfare of maids. It has been gathering feedback from employment agencies and the public on contracts which specify minimum terms under which maids can be employed. The
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      Things are getting better but unemployment may be here to stay
      374 4  -  Teo Hwee Nak UNEMPLOYMENT looks set to become a fact of life in Singapore, even as the economy begins to look up. Acting Manpower Minister Dr Ng Eng Hen handed out this sobering truth yesterday, warning that even with
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  • HUMOUR/NEWS
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      THE GREATEST HDB SHOW ON EARTH
      737 6  -  Neil Humphreys Motorbike arsonists proudly present by neil@newstoday.com.sg WATCHING TV in my flat last week at 3am, I was disturbed by the sudden smell of gas. Admittedly, this is not an unusual occurrence. But on this occasion, it emanated from the kitchen. So I
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    • Singapore Snippets
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        Lock icon TV Media appeals Slim 10 ruling
        69 6 Channel News Asia TV Media, a losing party in the Andrea De Cruz Slim 10 legal suit, has filed a notice of appeal. Justice Tay Kwong Yong of the High Court had founaTV Media negligent and liable for Andrea's liver failure and had ruled
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        Lock icon Getting battle-ready for Sars
        77 6 Channel News Asia Singapore and Malaysia are getting ready to deal with any resurgence of Sars during the northern winter period. Senior officials led by Permanent Secretaries of the Health Ministries met in Singapore on Friday to take stock of preparations to deal with the virus.
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      • Article
        McCafé opens first outlet here
        64 6  -  Derrick A Paulo After priming customers with cappuccino and latte at some restaurants for more than a month, McDonald's yesterday launched its first McCafe here. The outlet at Great World City is the first of 1 0 McCafes here that the burger chain has planned
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  • LETTERS
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      Tekan-ing of NSmen must be looked into
      161 8  -  Irvin Lim I REFER to the investigation into the unfortunate death of a National Serviceman during training brought up in Parliament. When I was enlisted for basic military training about 15 years ago, our mindsets then, partly due to experiences related by previous
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      Pampered bimbos?
      350 8  -  Koh Sing Liang Are all Spore women like that? Lan De Cotta should keep an open mind I READ with interest, and a fair bit of dismay, Mr lan De Cotta's article, "The Singapore woman has such a long way to go" (Today, Oct 16). While I understand
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      On escalators, do not ...
      100 8  - On escalators, do not Hiranmaya Dash I REFER to the article "Where kissing is risky" (Today, Oct 17). It is true that it is very dangerous for romantic couples to be kissing on the moving escalators. If they fall, they can hurt people in front or behind them. Another activity
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  • BUSINESS
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      Lock icon Flat screen money spinners
      53 12 Bloomberg photo A sales clerk standing behind Samsung Electronics' flat screen displays in an electronic shop in Seoul. Samsung Electronics Co, the world's No 2 semiconductor maker after Intel Corp, reported an unexpected 6.3 per cent gain in third-quarter profit, bolstered by demand for flat-panel displays
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      Sept exports post highest rise in 3 years
      347 12 Gain signals recovery in key electronics sector SINGAPORE'S exports had their biggest gain in three years last month, suggesting that the economy may have expanded faster in the September quarter than the Government's preliminary estimate. Non-oil domestic exports (NODX) grew 26 per
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      Lock icon Banyan Tree plans share sale
      170 12 Bloomberg HOMEGROWN boutique hotel and spa chain, Banyan Tree Hotels Resorts, is looking to list on the Singapore Exchange, probably in the first quarter next year, to fund expansion into China and Sri Lanka. Banyan Tree, which runs resorts in Indonesia, Thailand and the Maldives,
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    • MarketWATCH
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        ST Index: 1,772.18 +17.99
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        Lock icon Singapore
        206 12 Dow Jones SINGAPORE shares ended at an 18-month high on Friday, led by banks, semiconductor stocks and hard disk drive component makers, as better-than-expected export data confirmed that an economic recovery is underway. The ST Index gained 17.99 points, or one per cent, to end at 1,772.18, its highest
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        SGX most active
        58 12 fy volume Close Change '000 vtegachem Idroit .abroyMar Uma MliedTech SinSoonH 'at Cent :rt Links taaTel Mil 0.640 0.125 0.620 0.125 0.635 0.120 0.315 0.155 0.620 0.500 +0.005 +0.030 +0.005 +0.050 -0.010 +0.020 +0.010 +0.025 +0.035 +4.2 +5.1 +4.2 +8.5 -7.7 +6.8 +6.9 +4.2 +7.5 113,62' 97,798
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        SGX top rises
        76 12 By$ Close Changi DBS 14.700 +0.701 OCBC 12.200 +0.301 SPH 100 20.300 +0.201 UOB 14.100 +0.201 STIETF100 17.790 +0.181 SATSvts 2.300 +0.171 Unisleel 1.470 +0.141 MFSTeth 1.070 +0.10^ APB Breweries 6.400 +0.101 GrealEasI 11.300 +0.101 fy percentage ilrike W*****5 Close i 0.020 Change +33.3 3reenWor 0.250 +31.6
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        SGX top falls
        78 12 )y Close )BS Bk 6% NCPS 10 108.000 Changi -0.201 IITYDEV 6.150 -0.101 :realive50 18.900 -0.101 ilA 11.600 -0.101 law Par 4.420 -0.081 IKLand USS 1.610 -0.081 ;P Bal 3.700 -0.061 !DBn5.07M***** 10k 1.100 -0.061 XC 5.800 -0.051 By percentage Benefun 20k Close 0.020 Change -20.0 El-Nets
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        World markets
        60 12 Index Nikkei 225 Hang Seng All Ordinaries Taiwan Wtd Value 11,037.89 12,044.49 3,301.40 6,042.71 Change Pts +12.74 +16.92 -0.90 +6.97 +0.12 +0.14 -0.03 +0.12 Korea Comp 767.75 -9.22 -1.19 KLCI 781.05 -3.07 -0.39 SET Index Jakarta Comp 588.60 649.65 +4.99 +0.35 +0.86 +0.05 Phils Comp Shenzhen B 1,367.33
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        Lock icon Commodities
        22 12 SGX, Gold uss/oi 372.900 Silver uss/oi 4.930 Platinum uss/oz 717.000 Rubber centsAg 228.5 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1729 Brent crude uss/borrel 30.82
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        Lock icon Your S$1 buys
        37 12 Bloomberg US$ 0.5749 UK£ 0.3436 Yen 63.223 HK$ 4.4501 RM 2.1845 Euro 0.4961 Rupiah 4854.7 Baht 22.963 Peso 31.416 A$ 0.8353 Indian Rs 26.041 Won 675.39 C$ 0.7581 Yuan 4.7579 NZ$ 0.9669 NTS 19.517
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      Lock icon Star Cruises to sell new shares for new ships
      186 14 Channel News Asia STAR Cruises is turning to its shareholders to raise more funds to help pay for two new cruise ships. It is seeking to sell $175 million worth of new shares through a rights issue to existing shareholders. These
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      Lock icon SP PowerAssets issues $4b bonds
      392 14 Dow Jones Power Grid's electricity transmission business to gain from sale SINGAPORE Power's newly-cre-ated unit, Power Assets, has issued about $3.8 billion in debt paper in the country's largestever offshore offering and one of the biggest in Asia ex-Japan this year, sources said on Friday.
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      Lock icon China's Q3 economy up 9.1%
      170 14 -AFP BEIJING China's economy grew 9.1 per cent year-on-year in the third quarter, 2.4 percentage points higher than in the second quarter when the country was hit by Sars, the National Bureau of Statistics reported on Friday. China's gross domestic product rose 8.5 per cent
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      Lock icon S'pore is recovering but ...
      316 14 S'pore is recovering but Chan Chao Peh SINGAPORE'S nascent economic recovery, heavily dependent on its electronics exports, might be hampered by rising competition from China, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said on Friday. "The emergence of China as a 'factory of the world' has altered the trade dynamics in
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    • corporate briefs
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        Lock icon BreadTalk eyes Middle East markets
        73 14 z/ Agencies Sesdaq-listed bakery chain, Bread Talk, said it has signed a franchise deal with Kuwait-based food and beverage company, Al Mejhem, to open Bread Talk stores in Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. "We are targeting to open two
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        Lock icon Metals trading team to move here
        68 14 Dow Jones Barclays Capital said on Friday it will shift its metals trading team in Sydney to Singapore next January to centralise its commodities team in Asia. By the end of next year, the Asian commodities team will comprise 1 1 to 12 traders,
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        Lock icon NYSE floor trading firms to be fined
        88 14 Reuters The New York Stock Exchange said it will discipline and seek substantial fines against five floor-trading firms for improper practices that could have caused clients millions of dollars in losses. It did not name the five, but the announcement comes at a
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  • SAVVY INVESTOR
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      Lock icon Don't rush to buy houses Down Under
      587 16  -  Joseph Rajendran Tighter immigration rules and rising interest rates may derail property boom in Australia and NZ by news@news today, com, sg WITH the local real estate market still in the doldrums, those who want to invest in residential property may want to
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      Save for retirement and enjoy tax relief when you open an SRS account
      450 17  -  Lee Yew Meng by yewmeng@newstoday.com.sg THE message from the recent Central Provident Fund (CPF) cut is clear you cannot rely solely on your CPF funds for retirement. And with the CPF salary cap reduced to $5,500 next
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      Anniversary gift from Henderson
      65 17 HENDERSON Global Technology Fund is celebrating its sixth anniversary with a 0.25 per cent discount in the form of bonus units to be given to investors from now till Nov 30. The minimum initial investment is $1,000. As at Sept 30, the fund an openended unit
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    • What The Experts Say ...
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        Lock icon A Reit ($ 1.05) – BUY
        66 17 A Reit 1.05) BUY -DBSVickers Ascendas Reit reported an interim net distribution income of $22.1 m and distribution per unit of 4.05 cents for the half year to Sept 30, translating to an annualised yield of 7.7 per cent based on the current unit price. We maintain our Buy recommendation
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        Lock icon Nera Telecom ($0.62) – BUY
        45 17 Nera Telecom ($0.62) BUY Dow Jones Despite unexciting 3Q results, DBSVickers upgrades its recommendation for Nera Telecommunications to Buy from Hold, with a price target of 70 cents as it believes the company is "laying the ground to significantly boost its growth through new products".
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  • HOLISTIC + NATURAL HEALTH
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      Spirit of Bali at Holistic Fair
      193 18 From aromatherapy to organic foods, the wide world of holistic life will be on show at Fort Canning Centre this weekend, October 18 and 19. Fort Canning will be transformed into a corner of Bali for the third Holistic Living Festival, organised by Neil
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      Healing from head to toe
      364 18 David Tio, a holistic health pioneer who founded Osteopathic Treatment Centre in 1984, had an early interest in alternatives to health. "Since young, I always felt that there must be other ways, not everything standardised," David says. "I took up body building, karate and yoga
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      The Glory of Nature
      665 19 How Great Thou Art!, a traditional Christian hymn, greets visitors to the website of Nature's Glory. This is an organic foods and health products company whose founder, Peter Lim, is a staunch Christian who believes that being in harmony with nature will lead us to experience
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      Holistic + Natural HEALTH...
      151 19  - Holistic Natural HEALTH... Richard Seah is presented by Richard Seah in conjunction with the community of Holistic Natural Health practitioners and businesses in Singapore. This is a novel way for members of an industry group especially small and medium businesses to create an impact by teaming up to advertise as
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      266 18 presented by Singapore's holistic health community ARE YOU IN BALANCE? OR IMBALANCED? Free postural evaluation by David Tio, at the Holistic Living Festival, Fort Canning Centre, October 18/19. Certified workshops by USA-trained instructors: 1/1/ I <$# G\i>fif;xteff'& Cafe b u\l -Jie'ibfja Space MM A gentle, hands-on method to release restrictions
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  • WORLD IN REVIEW
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      Lock icon The greatest pontiff ever?
      948 20  -  Lan De Cotta A strong advocate for peace but critics say he has been slow on reforms by ian@newstoday.com.sg POPE John Paul II celebrated his 25th year as the 264 th pontiff and head of the Roman Catholic church on Thursday. There is much to celebrate
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Credit cards are too expensive, so I don't use them: Barclays chief
      228 21 -AFP LONDON The chief executive of British bank Barclays was pilloried by British newspapers on Friday, after he claimed he never used the firm's credit card to borrow money because it was too expensive. Mr Matt Barrett, who
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    • Article
      UN boost to US
      375 21 Yet, Iraq resolution's not the ideal one for Washington UNITED NATIONS The United States scored a major diplomatic victory when the UN Security Council adopted unanimously its resolution on Iraq, aimed at giving Washington a much-needed boost as it struggles to restore order in the warstricken
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      Lock icon 'Sheriff Howard says Bush was joking
      169 21 -AFP SYDNEY Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Friday brushed aside charges of him being a United States puppet following US President George W Bush's comment that Canberra was Washington's "sheriff" in Asia. "Can I make it very clear: I don't see this country
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      Lock icon Protests greet Mr Bush in Japan
      67 21 Reuters photo Japanese protesters carrying anti-US placards as they chant slogans outside the US embassy on Friday in Tokyo, where US President George W Bush kicked off a six-day Asia trip with talks with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. Mr Koizumi is expected to
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    • Article
      Staten Island ferry-crash probe to focus on pilot
      197 21 NEW YORK The focus of the investigation into the Staten Island ferry crash on Thursday is on what happened inside the pilothouse of the ferry before it slammed into the pier, The Washington Post reported on Friday. The investigation will focus on
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    • global roundup
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        $3,600 for killer wallpaper
        89 21 The tiny scrap of a red-and-gold wallpaper, which is suspected to have killed Napoleon Bonaparte, was sold for £1,250 ($3,640) at a Ludlow auction on Thursday, the Daily Telegraph reported. Tests on a lock of hair said to have been cut from the French emperor's head
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      • Article
        Lock icon Tallest Ferris wheel
        103 21 Reuters China's lofty talk of space tourism may take a while to materialise but, come 2007', Beijingers could be in orbit aboard the world's tallest Ferris wheel when the 21 0-metre, US$l 00-million wheel is ready in time for the 2008 Olympics. The English-language China Daily said
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      • Article
        Lock icon Stand tall, earn more
        98 21 Reuters Tall people earn considerably more money throughout their lives than their shorter co-work-ers, with each inch adding about $789 a year in pay, according to a study released on Thursday. The relationship between height and earnings was partic- ularly strong in the sales and management
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Lock icon Having a whale of a time in Riol
      43 22 Reuters photo A humpback whale swimming near the Leblon beach in Rio de Janeiro on Friday. The whales migrate north annually from the Antarctica to mate from July to November off the coast of Brazil.
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        Lock icon No Great Wall, but Earth was beautiful
        64 22 Reuters China's first man in space said he couldn't find the Great Wall as he was orbiting the Earth, although he said the latter looked "very beautiful". Popular myth had it that the serpentine Great Wall of China, begun more than 2,000 years
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        Lock icon 300,000 for Mother Teresa beatification
        81 22 AFP Up to 300,000 Roman Catholic pilgrims will flock to the Vatican on Sunday for the beatification of Mother Teresa, just six years after her death. The beatification will take the diminutive nun, known as the "Saint of the Gutter", within touching distance of a
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        Lock icon Immigrants to Italy must learn dialect
        83 22 Reuters For those wanting to gain Italian citizenship, learning the language is not good enough. They will also be required to pass a regional dialect test, Italy's populist Northern League party said on Thursday. Roberto Calderoli, the number two in the League that has
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        Lock icon Cut your tongue, to better your English
        80 22 Reuters Driven by a desire to give their kids an edge in an increasingly competitive society, a surprising number of South Koreans have turned to the knife in a seemingly drastic bid to help their offspring perfect tneir English. The five-minute operation, called
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      Lock icon When Bush arrives, give him some chewing gum give him some chewing gum
      1017 22  -  Simon Tay It would help show that Asian-American engagements are not just the prerogatives of the US, but also of their shared Asian counterparts AMERICAN President George W Bush comes this week to Asia en route to
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      Taking a byte out of the vampire myth
      770 23  -  Dave Barry SANTA CLAUS, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Frosty the Snowperson are starting to appear in store displays at the mall. You all know what that means! It means it's almost Halloween. Halloween is that very special night when your children
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
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      49 23 SINGAPORE Tmuk.™,™*! ikictiti JTF OP Ine illA is o non-prom, INTERNATIONAL "7™" 1 ihink-tank-AFFAIRS Through different programmes for its members and Singaporeans, it is helping to make Singapore a W i more cosmopolitan and global S society with a people who know and care more about the region www.siiaonline.org
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  • WATZUP?
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      Hype never hurts
      896 24  -  Yong Shu Chiang Serene Foo Any buzz for local films is good buzz, says Eric Khoo by and shuchiang@newstoday.com.sg i 4 S FAR as we're concerned, we never set out to make a controversial film for r^^ the sake of controversy. That's the last X i^Ltiling on
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      IMM's mall-wide sale
      110 24 BRACE yourself for great bargains when you shop at IMM on Sunday, as over 70 outlets at the mega mall will offer discounts of up to 80 per cent from 2pm to spm. This is the shopping complex's first mallwide sale. Go wild as you run through
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      Lock icon The Wedding of the Year
      526 26  -  Elisa Chia Jeanine Tan It's time for by and elisa@newstoday.com.sg AVERA Wang gown handpicked by designer Vera Wang in New York. Grey tail coat ensemble from Dunhill's current autumnwinter collection. An elaborate banquet for some 650 guests at the posh Shangrila Hotel, and well, the
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      Well-wishers all around
      402 26 We can't reveal details because it will take away the element of surprise. But it will be dressed up hair for sure. Andrea always looks very classic. The hairstyle is going to be princess-like, yet ultramodern. April Loke, director of marketing and operations at Mahogany, whose stylists
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    • MAGGI® HOMECHEF
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        Make it all chicken
        310 27  -  Pauline D Loh Make three dishes for dinner with just one chicke POULTRY is probably one of the most popular meats in Singapore today. Chicken and duck are available easily in supermarkets and wet markets and come dressed and ready to be cooked. While duck is
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        Chicken and vegetable soup
        50 27 Ingredients: (Serves four) 2 teaspoons MAGGI® Concentrated Chicken Stock 100g chicken breast, diced 1 cucumber and 1 carrot, peeled and diced Method: 1. Bring a pot of water to the boil and add MAGGI® Concentrated Chicken Stock, diced meat and vegetables. 2. Garnish with coriander leaves.
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        Kalian with velvet chicken fillets
        103 27 Ingredients: (Serves four) 1 teaspoon MAGGI" Seasoning 1 tablespoon cornflour 1 egg white, well beaten 1 teaspoon sesame oil 200g chicken breast fillets, sliced against the grain 300g kailan, cleaned and cut into sections. Method: 1. Marinate chicken with MAGGI" Seasoning, cornflour, egg white and
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        Black pepper chicken
        78 27 Ingredients: (Serves four) 1 packet MAGGI ffl Black Pepper Beef Mix 2 chicken wings and 2 whole legs Method: 1. Chop the wings and legs of the chicken into bite-sized pieces, marinate with MAGGI" Black Pepper Beef Mix. Leave for 15 minutes. 2. Place chicken pieces on
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        Water chestnut pudding
        115 27 Ingredients: (Serves four) 10 water chestnuts, skinned 1 egg, lightly beaten 2 tablespoons cornflour or water chestnut flour 3 tablespoons sugar 2 tablespoons CARNATION* Full Cream Evaporated Milk Method: 1. Cut water chestnuts into fine shreds. Place in pan with two cups water. Bring to a boil
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    • SHOPTALK
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        A BONUS DRINK
        63 28 Stay healthy with Nestles Bonus soya bean milk. It is enriched with calcium to help fulfil your daily calcium intake. Moreover it is low in fat, making it a healthy drink for young and old. The Nestle Bonus soya bean milk is sold at all major supermarkets,
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        FOR A BRIGHTER SMILE
        88 28 Darlie Fresh 'n Brite now sports a refreshing new look. The box bears a vibrant hologram background with the familiar Darlie trademark. The toothpaste is enhanced with the ALO Formula (Calcined Alumina) to help remove yellow stains and enhance the whiteness of your teeth. It also
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        FOOT WORK
        124 28 Pamper your feet with the Heating Electronic Foot Reflexologist from I Dwell Bodycare. This foot massager has an infrared unit that transmits heat to help aid blood circulation. It also has two electrotherapy functions to massage your tired soles. The massager is shaped to resemble the contours of
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      Lock icon Prodigy returns
      266 28 Reuters/Billboard Their long-awaited follow-up album is due for release early next year BRITISH electronica act, Prodigy, is starting to firm up information about the long-awaited follow-up to 1997's The Fat of the Land. A spokesperson confirmed that the tenta-tively-titled album, Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned, is due for release
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    • EPICURE
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        Sparklers galore
        405 30  -  Jeffrey Yang by eatout@newstoday.com.sq FOR the brand- and image-conscious Singapore wine consumer, champagnes are better accepted as a celebratory wine than sparkling wine. Appropriately enough, top vintage Champagne are streets ahead of the best sparkling wines made anywhere in the world. So, if it's prestige and top quality
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        Stirring the melting pot
        649 30  -  Pauline D Loh Meet a few of the movers and shakers who have contributed much to the maturity of Australian cuisine as it is today ON MY first visit to Melbourne 15 years ago I was introduced to the Australian meat pie, which my taxi-driver said
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    • IN CINEMAS
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        The dead resurrected
        481 34  -  Serene Foo What do directors do when characters are killed prematurely? Fans of Infernal Affairs want to know by serene@newstoday.com.sj OH, THE challenges that arise when a film exceeds expectations. There are sequels to think of and in the case of the award-winning Infernal Affairs which raked
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        Lock icon Oscar screeners: New hope for indie films
        227 34 -Reuters HOLLYWOOD'S major film studios on Thursday signalled a willingness to ease their strict ban on Oscar screeners videotapes and DVDs of Oscar-nomi-nated movies that are mailed to voters. The ban had infuriated independent actors and film-makers, who said they couldn't afford to
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        Lock icon Chainsaw buzz
        151 36 Reuters/Hollywood Reporter Remake of 1974 slasher hit looks like a box office winner THE combined star power of John Cusack, Gene Hackman and Dustin Hoffman will face off against the appeal of the chainsaw-wielding Leatherface at the North American box office this weekend. But indicators suggest that Runaway
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      • IN CINEMAS ROUND-UP
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          Lock icon Recommended:
          284 40  -  Serene Foo )oy Frances Yong Shu Chiang YSC YSC -SF YSC Infernal Affairs II: Set before the events of the first Infernal Affairs, Edison Chen and Shawn Yue play the younger versions of Infernal's heroes. Sequels (much less prequels) are rarely as good, this is an exception. I can't
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          Lock icon Also playing:
          383 40  -  Yong Shu Chiang jeanine Tan YSC SF SF -DN YSC SF YSC -SF Brother: Takeshi Kitano aka Japan's Clint Eastwood stars and directs this bloody, uncompromising film about aYakuza seeking shelter with a half-brother in the US. Kitano doesn't need words; his presence alone fills the screen. Gigli:
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    • INSIDE OUT
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        Fusion nation
        464 42  -  Nicholas Chan Modern furnishings with a touch of the Orient VISITORS to this home will be struck by its unique design. Upon entering the house, they see large, dark-wood wall panels and statues of Bodhisattva. "We adopted a fusion design, mixing modern and Oriental styles," said Pure Concept
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    • DRIVE
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        Kia's masterpiece
        598 44  -  Colin Yong I Restyled Ijxxdy gives this big saloon more road presence by colin@newstoday.com.sg PROOF, if ever it was needed, that looks do matter can be found in the relative sales performance of the Hyundai Sonata and Kia Optima, which are virtually identical underneath the skin. The Sonata
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        Is this the next MX-5?
        130 44 MAZDA has hinted that the future replacement for its evergreen MX-5 roadster may be similar to this concept car in both design and technology. The two-seater Ibuki (picture) is one of the exhibits that the Japanese manufacturer will display at the Tokyo Motor Show on
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        A turn for the better
        179 44 LOCAL BMW distributor Performance Motors has announced that all versions of the new 5 Series, which will be launched here on Nov 1, will come with the Active Steering system as standard. In the US, Active Steering is part of an option package that costs
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        What's new and hot in showrooms
        301 45 Kia Carnival Kia is hoping to revive the Carnival's fortunes by introducing a version that's had a face-lift New front and rear lamps, a redesigned grille and high-er-grade interior trimmings make the cabin look more inviting. The 2.5-litre Carnival can ferry seven adults and
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        You can't top this
        454 45  -  Colin Yang y Some cars jiJSjjiiake rTfisre sense aslconvertibles, such as the MercedesXM^— IHAVE never been a fan of taking tops off. At least not those of cars. When you cruise, roof-down, in a convertible on Orchard Road, trying to look cool while pedestrians and other
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      1608 58 Programmes Saturday Highlights 9.30 Circus Princess ccnfrol lu^u """~—J3i i *J-JE in in Mr 101 AFTERNOON MORNING LOO Too bII Week UK '-M*^ 8 00am Thomas the Tank Engine TE 2°°3 L'FE f" Sl^ M.3oRugbyWorldCup2oo3 -The R/e of Young (Gndoichi 8 .30 Adventures of jimmy SoOirdoyCN/i. 9.30pm Sunday, Chonne 5.4
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