Today, 5 November 2003

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    15 1 TODAY todayonline.com We d 11 c S d ay November 5,2003 mita (P) 002/11/2002 I
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    Golden touch club
    883 1  -  Val Chua TODAY IS SINGAPORE'S 2ND LARGEST CIRCULATING DAILY NEWSPAPER! Why Personality Investors are smiling as STI hits new highs by val@newstoday.com.sg ON A day that local stocks surged, at least three counters may have had more going for them than just positive economic data or corporate
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      57 1 NEWSX^/lEWS I Janice lee Just give Ho Yeow Sun a break. She's got talent/3 growth ahead 4.3% economic growth for Spore next year/26 coach sits out Sundram faces an uncertain future/70 THE END I IS HERE I ,I^"* i The wait is over hmJBL< > as The Matrix B r'
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  • HOT NEWS
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      It's not junk mail
      435 2  -  Chan Chao Peh Those marketing mailers in your postbox form a key earnings driver for Sing Post by chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg THE overall volume of mail delivered by Singapore Post has been edging slightly upwards, but there is one segment that is enjoying doubledigit growth. For the quarter
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      Lock icon Terrorists target Mecca
      201 2 Agencies RIYADH Even Mecca has not been spared by terrorists. Saudi Interior Minister Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz said yesterday that Al Qaeda fighters were hatching an "evil" plot to kill pilgrims in the holy city during Ramadan. "These people are targeting the (holy Muslim) month of Ramadan.
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      EZ-Link blasted for changing card terms
      135 2 THE chairman of the Government Parliamentary Committee for Transport has criticised EZ-Link for moving to deter people from buying extra ez-link cards by charging commuters a non-refundable $5 for every card they buy. According to Straits Times TV, Mr Chai Wai Chuen, who is
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      Just give that girl a break
      653 3 News Comment/Janice Lee So much fuss about that eye-popping red dress misses the bigger picture completely J US 1 when you thought the world was starting to seem a more accepting plaa tongues have started a-lashing once again. This time, about a pastor's wife
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      Lock icon Jurong Island gets $30m high-security checkpoint
      210 4  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla JURONG Island now has what is arguably the most secure checkpoint in the region. The new $30-million high-security checkpoint has a three-tier, antivehicle barrier and a heavy vehicle X-ray scanner that can detect the presence of explosive materials in just two
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      How hotel staff saved their jobs
      395 4  -  Ng Shing Vi but they complain that only the management get bonuses in good times by shingyi@newstoday.com.sg WHEN Sars arrived in March and occupancy rates in hotels collapsed by up to 30 per cent, the first thought that struck unionist Tan Soon Yam was
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      Lock icon Sri Lanka President sacks ministers
      155 4 Agencies COLOMBO Sri Lankan troops took up positions at key locations in the capital as President Chandrika Kumaratunga yesterday sacked three Cabinet ministers after she rejected a landmark peace proposal with Tamil rebels. Ms Kumaratunga dismissed the defence, interior and information ministers while her political
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      213 2 "V" Children's Holiday Camps Fun, Meaningful Enriching Dates: 24-28 Nov, 1-5 Dec, 8-12 Dec, 15-19 Dec 03 Venues: YMCA (Orchard) SACPS (Bedok) I^Hf Budding Entrepreneur's C$J9 Adventure Leadership cy 3 CyberNet for Kids Animal Lovers Eco-Scientist J Emotional Intelligence f Maths Wizard Study Skills r YMCA Education Centre No. 1
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      209 4 A INFORMATICS IN THE $10 BILLION MOBILE SERVICES INDUSTRY, WHERE ARE YOU TODAY? fm -\Q fll MI jH I Mobile Services Web Services Development Engineer Development Engineer Designed specifically for This first-of-its-kind certification the IT professional that wants provides you with an intimate to equip himself with the understanding of
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Skyline thrill for Sentosa visitors
      287 6  -  Madeleine Chong THE Sentosa visitor experience will be taken to new heights thanks to a towering new attraction slated to open in two months. With a viewing height of 150 metres above sea level, (about 50 storeys) the Sky Tower will be Singapore's tallest public
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      New school for insurers
      341 6  -  Pamela Pang Nanyang Poly, NTUC launch academy by pamela@newstoday.com.sg NANYANG Polytechnic and NTUC Income launched a new academy yesterday to train professionals in the financial services and insurance industry. Said NTUC Income chief executive officer Tan Kin Lian at the launch the new NYP-NTUC Income Academy:
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      Bus operators urged to cut waiting times
      220 6  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla WHILE the services of Singapore's two bus operators are improving, there are still instances of long waiting times and overcrowding, especially during peak periods. Also, some journeys take 30 per cent longer by bus than they do by car. This
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    • Singapore Snippets
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        3,000 jobs up for grabs
        66 8 For the first time, a job fair with 3,000 jobs from 33 companies up for grabs will be held at Orchard Road. Available are jobs for retail assistants, cashiers, cooks and technicians. Singaporeans can also sign up there for skill-upgrading courses. The fair, to be
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        Speeding shoots up
        52 8 Nearly 38,000 motorists were caught speeding in the first nine months of the year 12,000 more compared to the same period last year. The Traffic Police issued 233,000 summonses in the first nine months of the year. That was nearly 22,000 more compared to the same period
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      At the mercy of the bank
      573 8  -  Joy Frances when trying to restructure credit card debt by ioy@newstoday.com.sg TOUGH times call for flexible financing, but many banks are reluctant to rework large credit card debts even for creditworthy customers. John (not his real name) found this out last year when his
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      Admen who stand out
      543 10  -  Janice Lee Two leaders in local ad industry vie for top Hall of Fame award by janice@newstoday.com.sg ADS might stare at us everywhere we go, pleading for our attention. But only a few manage to be thought-provoking. Which is why the people behind these ads are
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      When infill the card saga end?
      261 12  -  Michael Loh Getting people to return ez-link cards better than the drastic measure of a price increase I REFER to the report "The end of free cards" (Today, Nov 4). The announcement by EZ-Link that commuters have to pay $5 for the card adds
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      EZ-Link owes public some answers
      270 12  -  him Boon Hee I REFER to the report, "The end of free cards" (Today, Nov 4). EZ-Link, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Land Transport Authority (LTA), could answer some questions of public interest: (1) Do ez-link card transactions for purchases other than public transport travel
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      We need to know the rationale
      131 12  -  Frederick Chiam THE purpose of replacing the Transitlink card with the ez-link card was to make public transport more convenient, efficient, reliable and even cheaper for the commuter. But in less than two years, EZ-Link is posting losses. If the costs are too high,
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      Timing of hike deplorable
      143 12  -  Lee Song Yong I CANNOT fathom why EZ-Link has imposed a $5 non-refundable fee. Is the company attempting to exploit its monopoly power over the millions of commuters who are locked in to the scheme and have no recourse to alternatives? Did the company consider the
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      Lock icon Contract staff out on a limb
      349 14  -  Jeslin him KH No benefits for such workers other than basic salary WITH the unemployment rate expected to rise and throngs of new graduates flooding the already saturated job market, there has been an increase in the use of contract staff. The trend toward
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      Body art show could give boost to tourism
      150 14  -  Lee Wei Yin I AM writing to appeal to the relevant authorities to allow the Body Art Exhibition. To allow the exhibition would have the following benefits: It is in line with the Government's push for life sciences studies in Singapore. It
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      121 14 jt^^ S^^Si^ After all, it's not everyday that festive delicacies from all over Malaysia are found. For a wlyvs "^Mr^^^^A 3^*^^^^-. start, there's Bazar Ramadan al-fresco food fair held on almost every street in town "^HM^^v^^fc]^^^^^"-" 5^ across the country. You get to savour exotic specialities that you won't find
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon Jardine Matheson buys back 1.07m shares; stock surges
      215 16 Bloomberg JARDINE Matheson Holdings, the owner of supermarkets, car dealerships and hotels in Asia, bought 1.07 million of its shares this week, prompting speculation among analysts that it may purchase more. The stock, listed on the Singapore Exchange, jumped 80 cents, or
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      Lock icon US, S'pore boost Asian bourses
      241 16 Agencies STI hits 19-month high; Nikkei 225 has biggest jump in two months ASIAN stocks surged yesterday after reports bolstered optimism that the pace of growth in the Singapore and US economies will pick up. In Singapore, the benchmark ST Index rose almost two per
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    • Market WATCH
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        Lock icon Singapore
        88 16 Dow Jones SINGAPORE shares finished at a 19-month closing high yesterday, with upbeat US and local economic data boosting technology, banks and transport stocks. The ST Index surged 32.70 points, or 1.9 per cent, to 1,793.51, the highest level since April 2 last year. Gainers edged decliners 174 to
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 16 US$ 0.5731 UK£ 0.342 Yen 63.599 HK$ 4.4506 RM 2.178 Euro 0.5002 Rupiah 4882.1 Baht 22.877 Peso 31.821 A$ 0.8227 Indian Rs 25.969 Won 681.8 C$ 0.7669 Yuan 4.7437 NZ$ 0.9458 NTS 19.488
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        World markets
        60 16 Index Value Change Pis Nikkei 225 Hang Seng All Ordinaries Taiwan Wtd Korea Comp 10,847.97 12,431.10 3,279.50 6,108.99 796.06 +288.38 +44.29 +10.70 +21.54 +4.10 +2.73 +0.36 +0.33 +0.35 +0.52 KLCI 814.93 +1.84 +0.23 SET Index 668.29 +8.33 +1.26 Jakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzhen B 623.46 1,432.27 271.52 +6.19
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        Lock icon Commodities
        26 16 SGX, Bloomberg Gold uss/oi 378.900 Silver uss/oi 4.960 Platinum uss/oz 741.000 Rubber cents/kg 258.75 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1911 Brent crude uss/barrel 27.51 Information provided by
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        ST Index: 1,793.51 +32.70
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        SGX most active
        55 16 By volume Chartered Horizon <XD iastTech )eyonics iiillidiit Morelco iTAssemb Hiap Hoe 3iantWTech Close 1.800 0.215 0.440 0.540 0.300 0.675 1.310 2.410 0.030 0.515 Change +0.030 -0.015 +0.010 +0.005 +0.005 +0.010 +0.060 +0.010 +1.7 -3.3 +1.9 +1.7 +0.7 +0.8 +2.6 +2.0 'OO 35,602 34,442 29,638 27,749 24,289
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        SGX top rises
        80 16 iy Close Changi IMH400USS 8.500 +0.801 DBS 15.500 +0.501 SIA 12.700 +0.501 DBS Bk 6% NCPS *****.500 +0.401 SIA 200 12.700 +0.401 SingamasC 2kHKS 4.400 +0.201 Thai Prime200USS 9.400 +0.201 UOB 13.900 +0.201 STIETF100 18.010 +0.161 GP Bat 4.100 +0.141 By percentage Close Change Soldtron CPS*****6 0.030
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        SGX top falls
        78 16 )y$ )ukit Sem Close Change 14.300 -0.200 :iTYDEV 6.300 -0.200 Creative 50 18.200 -0.200 jreatEast 11.200 -0.100 ilet USS 2.780 -0.070 lurTech 1.200 -0.070 \PB Breweries 6.400 -0.050 (epCorp ip Land W*****3 6.050 -0.050 1.630 -0.050 Isiatravel 0.490 -0.040 By percentage Close C L&M 0.015 Change -25.0
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      Vietnam firms to use S'pore as a base
      120 21 THE sixth meeting of the VietnamSingapore Commission for Co-oper-ation held in Hanoi yesterday led to the two countries agreeing to strengthen ties in six areas: Investments; commerce; finance and banking; tourism; agriculture and fisheries; and education and training. A Vietnam centre will
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      Lock icon corporate briefs
      294 21 Dow Jones SembCorp Logistics reported al5 per cent rise in net profit to $23,626 million, or 2.8 cents a share, for its third quarter ended Sept 30, compared to that of the same period a year ago. Revenue rose nine per cent to $124,597 million from $114.768 million.
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      Lock icon Seagate to invest $500m
      152 21 Channel News Asia LEADING disk-drive maker Seagate is planning to spend $500 million on capital investments in Singapore over the next five years. With global demand for disk drives growing rapidly, Seagate plans to spend $200 million to set up a new plant for making recording
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      $6m for biomed firms
      278 22  -  Tan Hui Leng Grant offered by EDB will make funding easier for start-ups by huilene@newstoday.com.s TO narrow the funding gap between the conceptualisation and commercialisation of biomedical ventures, the Economic Development Board (EDB) yester- day launched a new grant scheme for local biomed firms. The $6
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      Lock icon Economists predict US growth will be 4%
      228 22 Bloomberg ECONOMISTS are more optimistic about the United States economy than they were a month ago, according to a monthly Bloomberg News survey. Gross domestic product is expected to expand at a four per cent annual rate for the fourth quarter, based on
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      Lock icon No major changes for Yukos: New chief
      116 23 Reuters MOSCOW The new head of Russian oil giant Yukos said yesterday that he planned no major changes in operations in the embattled firm. Mr Simon Kukes, a Russian-born US citizen, took over yesterday from detained billionaire Mikhail Khodorkovsky who stepped down as
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      Lock icon Bosch in S'pore
      173 23 AFP German giant sets up regional automotive operation here GERMAN industrial giant Robert Bosch will set up a regional automotive operation in Singapore to spearhead its push into the region, the company said yesterday. Bosch, a major player in automotive technology, wants to increase its market share
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      Lock icon Japanese execs feel good about economy
      99 23 AFP TOKYO Business sentiment has improved significantly among top corporate executives in Japan against the backdrop of the stock market recovery and receding fears about the financial system, a newspaper poll showed yesterday. Seventy-eight per cent of the respondents believed the economy was recovering
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      Lock icon False disclosures by firms not our fault: HK banks
      167 23 Bloomberg HONG KONG Goldman Sachs Group Inc and Morgan Stanley are among 14 investment banks objecting to proposals by Hong Kong regulators to hold them responsible for incomplete or inaccurate disclosure about companies they help to list, the city's stock exchange
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      Lock icon US, China on a collision course
      800 24  -  Gene Sperling Bloomberg Commentary Avoiding a crash demands that both countries seek long-term benefits of economic relations by news@newstoday.com.sg OBSERVING US-China economic relations feels like watching a car wreck in slow motion. The US' bilateral trade deficit with China is ballooning, up 24 per
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      Better year ahead seen for S'pore
      364 26  -  Lee Yew Meng Morgan Stanley says economy will grow by 4.3 per cent by yewmeng@newstoday.com.sg Morgan Stanley has forecast that Singapore's economy will grow by 4.3 per cent next year and the country's growth prospects lie in market niches such as services. Mr Andy
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    • WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY ...
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        Lock icon SingTel ($1.78)-BUY
        53 26 Dow Jones ABN Amro keeps its Buy recommendation on Sing Tel, with a 12-month price target of $2.18, on strong growth in mobile subscriber base across markets.Tomorrow's results are also likely to be boosted by the strong Australian dollar. Sing Tel is "among the cheapest large-capi-talisation stocks in
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        Lock icon Stats ($2.41)-BUY
        55 26 Stats ($2.41) -BUY Dow Jones DBSVickers maintains its Buy recommendation on ST Assembly Test Services as the expansion of its manufacturing capacity indicates a positive outlook for the leading mixed-signals test player in the global arena. But DBS cuts its target price for Stats to $3.06 from $3.10 due to
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        SembCorp Marine (98.5 cents) – FULLY VALUED
        64 26  - SembCorp Marine (98.5 cents) FULLY VALUED DBSVickers Disappointing 3Q earnings have led us to reduce our forecasts again by 10 per cent to 15 per cent. Its order book is lean at $1 billion and the group needs to secure more contracts.Valuation is demanding at 18 times earnings. Downgrade from
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        UOB ($13.90)- BUY
        46 26  -  DBSVickers UOB's net earnings for the third quarter were in line with expectations.The expansion in its bottom line resulted mainly from lower provisions and an increased contribution from stockbroking associate UOB-Kay Hian.We maintain our Buy rating, notwithstanding the absence of specific positive catalysts.
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      1955 26 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS The data contained herein has been obtained from company reports, financial reporting services, periodicals and other resources believed to be reliable. Although carefully verified, data on compilations is not guaranteed by Lipper A Reuters Company and may be incomplete. No offer or solicitations to buy or sell
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      284 30 Man gets 8 years for knowingly infecting two lovers with HIV LONDON In a landmark sentence, a British court jailed a "despicable predator" for eight years. The "predator" knowingly infected two women with HIV, The Guardian reported yesterday. It said that 38-year-old Mohammed Dica talked his partners into
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      236 30 -AFP BAHOROK Rescuers combing through the valley of one of Indonesia's largest national parks had found 85 bodies by yesterday afternoon but 100 people are still missing and feared dead after a flash flood. Disaster relief coordinator Bonar Pasaribu said about 80 to
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      171 30 WASHINGTON After one of the bloodiest days for American forces in Iraq, senators gave final congressional approval to President George W Bush's request for US$B7.5 billion ($152 billion) to finance the occupation and reconstruction of the war-battered country. It was the biggest emer-gency-spending
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      398 32 Getty Images -AP Political dynasties blamed for blocking outsiders' chances TOKYO In a tried and true fashion, the offspring of Japanese lawmakers are vying for public office, something not surprising in a country where politics is often a family affair. Even though Japan's so-called political dynasties have
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      274 34 Kim's aim to rule one Korea Reuters Highest-ranking defector tells of leader's ambition WASHINGTON North Korean leader Kirn Jongil's biggest ambition is to rule over a unified, communist Korea, the North's highest-ranking defector said in an interview published yesterday. Mr Hwang Jang-yop, who spoke through an interpreter, said that Mr
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        70 34 w I Reuters A 1.5-metre-long crocodile, the first sighted in Hong Kong, is fast-becoming a media star in a city better known for its financial activity than for wildlife. One television station has started airing live hunt reports. Residents woke up yesterday to find
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      596 38  -  Chan Sect Fun RSAF fighter pilotTham finds that getting his wings first and then his degree has its pluses ~^Hafl4H by news@newstoday.com.sg IF YOU had to choose between flying an F-16 fighter jet and getting a degree, which would you pick? The question was a no-brain-er
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      288 40  -  Elisa Chia by elisa@newstoday.com.sg AFTER 66 hours and 52 minutes, with his eyes (not to mention his hand) firmly on the prize, David Gerald Felix emerged the winner of the MediaCorp Radio-Subaru Impreza Challenge and won a $60,000 car. At 7.54 am yesterday,
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      599 40 Reuters Appreciate Part 111 because there won't be any more Matrix movies FINALLY, after a sixmonth intermission and US$735 million ($1.25 billion) in global ticket sales, fans of the Matrix movies will get what they have been waiting for: The End. When The Matrix Reloaded unspooled
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      480 42  - People who need people Yong Shu Chiang Cedric Klapisch's films are tender musings on the nature of human relationships by shuchiang@newstoday.com.sg THE FILM L'Auberge Espagnole, the latest by writer-director Cedric Klapisch, translates directly as The Spanish Inn. Starring Audrey Tautou and Romain Duris and also known here as The Spanish
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        242 46 -Reuters/ LOS ANGELES Matrix fans are waiting breathlessly to learn Neo's fate and Warner Bros Pictures is looking to break some additional box office records. But it may be the executives at Imax Corp who will watch The Matrix Revolutions most closely as the final Matrix
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        312 46 -Reuters/ LOS ANGELES The Halloween weekend proved to be a mixed bag at the North American box office, with Dimension's horror-spoof Scary Movie 3 treating itself to the top spot for the second consecutive session as it took in U5520.02 million ($34.12
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      413 62 Reuters LOS ANGELES Former world number ones Serena and Venus Williams, who have been out of action since Wimbledon, are both planning to make their comebacks in Australia in January. The two sisters will again be absent when the elite, eight-woman WTA Tour
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      394 66 AFP I Champions League, Group B Inter Milan v Lokomotiv Moscow Recoba should pair up with Vieri MILAN Inter Milan coach Alberto Zaccheroni (picture) believes the prospect of a place in the last 16 is all the motivation his team needs for
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      269 66 LONDON Charlton Athletic manager Alan Curbishley yesterday called for midfielder Scott Parker to get a full England cap after he produced another superb performance to help end Birmingham's nine-month unbeaten home record. Matt Holland scored the Charlton goals and Dean Kiely produced two
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      672 68  -  Tim Horan All Blacks and Australia yet to fire as the business end looms in World Cup Today Exclusive by in Australia news@newstoday.com. sg JUST when the call went out for some close games, the 2003 Rugby World Cup delivered. Samoa gave England an unexpected workout, Scotland
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      266 68 Reuters MELBOURNE The psychological warfare between two of rugby's most intense rivals began in earnest yesterday with South Africa saying it expected to encounter rucking from the All Blacks in their World Cup quarter-final showdown on Saturday. New Zealand has said throughout the event it
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      201 68 AFP SYDNEY Wallaby legend David Campese believes Australia coach Eddie Jones must sack skipper George Gregan and flyhalf Stephen Larkham to have any chance of World Cup glory. Campese added his voice to a chorus of former players and pundits who believe captain Gregan must
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      528 70  -  Jose Raymond With no S-League job for former Lions star, FAS could resuscitate the Sundram-Fandi partnership Comment jose@newstoday.com.sg FATE can sometimes be cruel. When V Sundramoorthy (picture) returns from South Korea at the end of the month, where he is attending the Asian Football Confederation
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      305 70 Reuters SAN FRANCISCO The man at the centre of a growing scandal over sports doping has no advanced training in science or medicine and does not even hold a state licence to conduct basic blood tests, California health officials said. The state
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      70 70 KARACHI China could be playing international cricket within two decades after being cleared to join the Asian cricket family later this month, the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) announced yesterday. ACC chief executive Ashraful Hug, who visited Hong Kong for the recent Super Sixes tournament, said Chinese officials approached
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      77 70 BERLIN Three-time Wimbledon champion Boris Becker says he took pills and alcohol to cope with the stress of the tennis world. The former world No 1 reveals in an autobiography to be published later this month that he was addicted to sleeping pills for years and also had
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      No 1 no more
      74 70 SYDNEY Former world No 1 Lleyton Hewitt will be Australia's second player behind Mark Philippoussis in the Davis Cup tennis final on Nov 28-30 against Spain in Melbourne, according to the latest tennis rankings. Hewitt, who slipped to 18 after a low-key year, has fallen behind
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      67 70 MELBOURNE Five-year-old mare Makybe Diva, owned by an Australian tuna fisherman, won the A 54.6 million ($5.6 million) Melbourne Cup here yesterday. Makybe Diva, backed from 15-2 to start at 7-1, dashed clear in the home straight, to beat 40-1 longshot She's Archie, by one-and-a-quarter-lengths. English stayer
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