Today, 5 December 2003, Afternoon Edition

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    8 1 TODAY todayonline.com MITA (P) 002/11/2002 December 5,2003 Friday
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon Rally lifts Dow to 2003 high
      67 1 U1 v.t:t: J-"~l wilt, Reuters NEW YORK A modest rally on Wall Street pushed the blue-chip Dow Jones to a new 2003 high yesterday, gaining 57.4 points, or 0.58 per cent, to 9,930.82. The Standard Poor's 500 Index rose 4.99 points, or 0.47 per
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      The proud 'consultants'
      603 1  -  Teo Hwee Nak They prefer false fronts to downgrading by hweenak@newstoday.com.sg HE has seen more of Singapore in the past six months than he has ever done in his whole life. Every morning, the 45-year-old puts on his shirt and tie, carries his briefcase, and goes out
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Cannibal tells tale of horror
      103 2 KASSEL (Germany) It was horror films that fuelled Armin Meiwes' fantasies to eat friends. Meiwes' obsession, which began when he was between eight and 12 years old, climaxed on the night of March 10, 2001, when he killed and ate a fellow human who allegedly
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      Lock icon MEDIACORP SWEEPS ASIAN TV AWARDS
      649 2  -  Elisa Chia Channel 5 returns to top this year MEDIACORP came out tops at the Bth Asian Television Awards, held at the University Cultural Centre last night, bagging seven awards. Channel 5 reclaimed the Terrestrial Channel of the Year award from Channel U. MediaCorp's King
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      Now, for the other message
      735 3 News Comment/Siew Kum Hong After reining in the pilots, it's time to address employers TRIPARTISM is one of the keystones of Singapore's industrial policy, resulting in the harmonious industrial relations that have been crucial to Singapore's success over the years. So, it was only predictable
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      Lock icon Marathon wager
      354 4  -  Tor Ching Li Beat my tinning, get 2 days off, says IMH CEO BEAT your boss and get an extra two days off work a deal too good to be true? In the Institute of Mental Health (IMH), it's called a healthy incentive. Its chief executive officer, Mr
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      Hawkers donate day's takings
      180 4  -  Ted Chen ALTHOUGH times are bad and their profits have decreased, hawkers from more than 70 food stalls at the Maxwell Food Centre yesterday donated their day's earnings to raise a whopping $16,688 for charity. The sum, which exceeded the target of $10,000, was earned by
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      223 3 E t w Celebrate r;^ mmmm^ The New Mimo. Be Different. \£*%V l£j>\' *h %/l'& BOSe I jfGStVIG 18 widescreen format 100 Hz Real Flat Wltfl V'—"" > r^Vu MediaPlus technology Split Screen TV/Teletext Mi Digital Home Entertainment System virtual Dolby Surround" NexTView-Unk Now Ji_M_l I r>- r*r*n rxnn nn
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      33 4 MEsP*" r 11 i NTUC Sf J t?3H E For more of the festive spirit... 3| H^t— Btyt-3^g^SSt '^^^i r "i http://pdf.todayonline.com/index_pdf.htm Sk or http://www.fairprice.com.sg KsKilili J til iltyiVm/tll AVi I i W
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      54 5 Season Of Tjiving Christmas Solitaire Specials Jm a n ANG MO NO BUGIS JUNCTION CHYLINK MALL •CI£MENH HOUGANG MAIL IMM JUNCTION 8 JURONG POINT LOT 1 SHOPPERS' MALL ORCHARD EMERALD PARKWAY PARADE PLAZA SINGAPURA SUNTEC CITY MALL TAMPINES MALL TOA PAYOH HDB HUB VEST MALL WISMA ATRIA ENQUIRIES: 1800 382
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Lock icon Save your prayers Duran Duran fans, the band will not be cancelling
      260 6 ALTHOUGH Limp Bizkit and Jose Carreras have bowed out, fans will not be disappointed by Duran Duran, who have said that they will not cancel their Dec 16 concert in Singapore. The lead singer of the pop group,
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      A first for MediaCorp Studios
      217 6  -  Serene Foo THE very first feature-length animated film to be produced in Singapore is already in the works. MediaCorp Studios' Raintree Pictures, The Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) and Silicon Illusions announced their collaboration on Sing To The Dawn yesterday, at the Asia Media
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      Chew on this ...
      545 6  - Chew on this Shobha Tsering Bhalla Eating human flesh is not a crime here, but one can still be punished THERE may be rules in Singapore against eating endangered wildlife. But, chew on this: there is nothing in the law books that says you can't eat the flesh of a
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      Asean maritime support slack
      248 8  -  Ted Chen Expert suggests framework sensitive to member needs A EXPERT in maritime security has called on the Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean) to identify a maritime policy framework that is sensitive to member countries' interests so as to spur greater cooperation. Mr J N
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      Thrill of a Mars mission
      462 9  -  Pamela Pang 14-year-old Tan Wei Lin becomes the first Singapore student to take part in Nasa project A 14-YEAR-OLD Raffles Girls' Secondary student will become the first student from Singapore to take part in a mission to Mars with the National Aeronautical Space Administration (Nasa).
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      Newater plants a tourist attraction
      251 9  -  Madeleine Chong NEWATER will be making a bigger splash in industries with two more plants set to be completed in three years' time. "The third Newater plant at Seletar will be ready by early next year and the fourth plant at Ulu Pandan will be
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      Recycle trash, get cash and shop at Tangs
      199 9 YOU HAVE heard of loyalty points and airline miles now, chalk up on cash-for-trash points. Going one up on the old karang guni system, a local webbased company called Recycling Point Dot Com is offering companies and residents recycling points for discarded
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    • Article
      Flu alert for travellers
      69 10 LAST month, Singapore polyclinics saw a weekly average of 12,513 acute respiratory infections including influenza cases. This compares to 13,960 in October. The Health Ministry advises all Singaporeans to be vaccinated against influenza within two weeks prior to leaving for temperate countries in the north. Children
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      Frugal chairman
      365 10  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla World's second-most profitable IT firm's boss is 'Gandhi of the corporate world' HIS net worth is just short of US$2 billion ($3.42 billion), but Mr Narayana Murthy, the chairman of India's Infosys Technologies, earns less than US$5O,OOO a year. Together with the seven founders of
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      454 7 A An advertising feature p3 Christmas treats at Parkway Parade l_ with American Express \I j j^ff™^**™ i 'y eni°yec' breezy outdoors cup of coffee, so it was a good Tunes gifts and Meet-and-Greet 9J FriClCiy/ D6C 5 with soothing sounds of water thing that Starbucks was there sessions at
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      18 10 Samsung's DNle™ Technology Motion Optimizer I"' I Eliminates noise for clearer images Ey9 DEFINING THE PERFECT PICTURE 4soO*
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      New leaders could still face old problems
      461 14  -  Michael Loh Yik Ming Alpa-S chiefs will face members' ire if they reach an unpopular deal with SIA I REFER to the move to amend the Trade Unions Act, which has a direct impact on how the Air Line Pilots AssociationSingapore (Alpa-S) operates.
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      Jettison 'jet'
      209 16  -  Quah Tjeng Nien Readers come up with more confusibles I REFER to Dr Khoo How San's commentary, "Confusibles at work" (Today, Dec 4). Let me add two pet peeves of mine. The first is the often-used term "sports rims" in local motoring advertisements and magazine articles. There is
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      Regardless, do not use 'irregardless'
      61 16  -  Jonathan Ngo I READ with interest Dr Khoo How San's commentary "Confusibles at work" (Today, Dec 4). I have another classic confusible the word "irregardless" should always appear without the "ir" in front, no matter how strongly we feel about the irrelevance of something. Incidentally,
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      Cross the line, you're dead
      139 16  -  Su Hoong I ENJOYED Dr Khoo's "Confusibles at work" (Today, Dec 4). The following website may provide a possible explanation of the origin of the word "deadline" (www.wordorigins.org/wordord.htm). It says: "The sense of deadline meaning a time limit was originally newspaper jargon and first appeared
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      Road signs that go missing
      203 18  -  Chiew Yi Peng More must be done to prevent such thefts We are a civil engineering main contractor laying water and sewerage pipelines for Public Utilities Board. The nature of the job requires us to work on public roads. For the safety of the general
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      Why have a female cleaning the men's loo?
      234 18  -  Albert Lum Teck Meng WHILE I was at Suntec City on Dec 2,1 went to the restroom on the second level, near Carrefour. I was shocked not to mention irate when I stepped into the gents' restroom. There was a middle-aged woman
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      Cars parked illegally outside church
      82 18  -  Ow^ 7k& £ew^ I REFER to the recent letters on the Traffic Police summoning those who had parked in Onan Road over the Hari Raya period. Each Sunday, from early morning till early afternoon, scores of cars are parked illegally outside Wesley Methodist Church along
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      226 18 digestive /v Team Singapore v^ Athlete: Jason Goh Koon-Jbng Sport: Chess m^ Chess is the oldest I skill game and is believed to have originated in India in the 6th century. Chess is more than I j a game of skill -it is a medieval Jk history lesson as U^
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      31 18 rr. Your letter can also appear on this page. Give your full name and address and write to: Today, 24, Raffles Place, #28--01/06, Clifford Centre, Singapore *****1; Fax: 65-*****217; E-mail: news@newstoday.com.sg
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon New rules for power supply
      235 23 Agencies S'pore energy regulator's move to reduce price SINGAPORE'S energy industry regulator will force the nation's three main power generation firms, Senoko Power, Tuas Power and PowerSeraya, to produce a fixed amount of electricity next year to help boost competition. Although Singapore already caps power
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      Lock icon More US companies keen on doing business in S'pore
      177 23 Bloomberg THE free trade agreement (FTA) between Singapore and the United States is paying off, judging from the heightened interest shown by US firms in the Republic. Mr Frank Lavin, the US Ambassador to Singapore, said that the number of US
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      Lock icon Sales soar after Sars
      135 24 Agencies Card spending in S'pore rises to $1.89b, says Visa CREDIT card company Visa International said card spending in Singapore rose 5.9 per cent to HK38.56 billion ($1.89 billion) in the third quarter, signalling that the credit-card business has recovered from the impact of the Sars
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      Lock icon corporate briefs
      309 24 Bloomberg Dow Jones Channel NewsAsia Dow Jones Bloomberg Stamford Tyres reported a net profit of $5.9 million, or 3.44 cents a share, for its first half ended Sept 30, up from $2.9 million, or 1.92 cents a share, in the year-earlier period. Sales rose 1 1 per cent
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      StarHub extends global net
      208 26  -  Chan Chao Peh 20WBA partners now from initial five THE global wireless partnership spearheaded by local telco StarHub has nearly doubled its membership to 18 and two more European partners are slated to join. The new partners have increased the total number of partners in the
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        Lock icon Singapore
        193 28 Agencies SINGAPORE shares ended lower yesterday as investors locked in profits in the absence of fresh leads. The ST Index closed 5.5 points down, or 0.3 per cent, at 1,732.01, after touching an intraday high of 1,751.37. On the broader market, losers outnumbered gainers 211 to 87, while 296
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        SGX most active
        62 28 iyvol fy volume JeautyChina irillidiit bartered WultiVis Stamford Tyre \ccs .antroVis tooHldg >T Engg MX Tech Close 0.440 0.715 1.690 0.315 0.615 0.660 0.410 0.695 2.010 0.780 Change +0.005 -0.010 -0.010 +0.005 +0.015 +0.020 +0.015 -0.010 +0.020 +0.030 +1.1 -1.4 -0.6 +1.6 +2.5 +3.1 +3.8 -1.4 +1.0
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        SGX top rises
        80 28 By$ Close Changi /enture 20.000 +0.401 IMH 400USS 8.800 +0.201 KepCorp Noble 5.750 +0.201 2.900 +0.201 ISH 500USS 4.180 +0.161 >hang Asia 2kHK$ rVBLCorp 7.450 +0.151 3.020 +0.111 Breweries 6.200 +0.101 Ti|wil F&N 2.380 +0.101 11.800 +0.101 By percentage Close i Change Koh Bros W*****6 0.025 +25.0
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        SGX top falls
        76 28 )BS Close 14.300 Change -0.400 Creative 50 18.400 -0.300 XBC 11.900 -0.200 >IA 12.100 -0.200 ilA 200 12.100 -0.200 jreatEast 10.800 -0.100 iPH 19.500 -0.100 iPH 100 19.600 -0.100 SATSvcs 2.180 -0.080 )UE 6.850 -0.050 )y percentage liap Hoe 3MG USS Close 0.025 0.040 Change -16.7 -11.1
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        World markets
        60 28 Index Nikkei 225 Hang Seng Ml Ordinaries Taiwan Wtd Value 10,429.99 12,342.65 3,231.90 5,920.46 Change Pts +103.60 -18.53 +11.80 +35.49 +1.00 -0.15 +0.37 +0.60 Korea Comp 805.13 -3.21 -0.40 KLCI 790.13 -5.44 -0.68 SET Index Jakarta Comp 659.29 641.15 -0.14 -2.713 -0.02 -0.42 Phils Comp Shenzhen B 1,351.50
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        Lock icon Commodities
        26 28 SGX, Bloomberg Gold uss/oi 403.60 Silver uss/oi 5.485 Platinum uss/oz 781.00 Rubber centsAg 209.00 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1,877 Brent crude uss/borrel 29.42 Information provided by
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 28 US$ 0.5825 UK£ 0.3377 Yen 63.00 HK$ 4.5238 RM 2.2133 Euro 0.4821 Rupiah 4,948 Baht 23.25 Peso 32.19 A$ 0.7902 Indian Rs 26.58 Won 693.6 C$ 0.7605 Yuan 4.822 NZ$ 0.9021 NTS 19.86
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      Lock icon Bush to end steel tarriffs 16 months early
      124 30 Bloomberg UNITED States President George W Bush will announce today that he will end US tariffs on steel imports that have been in place for 20 months to protect companies such as US Steel Corp and Nucor Corp, White House officials familiar
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      Lock icon $4.1 b injection
      328 30 Bloomberg Or Hutchison may have to delay breakeven for 3G business HUTCHISON Whampoa, Asia's biggest investor in European wireless networks, said it may increase spending on its highspeed mobile-phone business by 11 per cent after customers and sales lagged forecasts. The company may add up to two
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      Lock icon US on brink of jobs recovery
      186 30 -AFP WASHINGTON The United States may be at the leading edge of a jobs recovery, economists said, as data showed the existing workforce stretched to the limit and the services sector hiring at a three-year high. Corporate America boosted productivity at a 20-year record
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      Lock icon Capital controls?
      367 32 Agencies EC mulls measures to halt euro's rise TOKYO The European Commission (EC) is examining the legal basis for 1970'5-style capital controls to stop the euro surging to destructive levels, the online edition of UK's Daily Telegraph reported yesterday. A team working for European Economic and Monetary Affairs
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      Lock icon Saudis seek oil supply cut
      137 32 Reuters VIENNA Leading oil producer Saudi Arabia yesterday urged the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) to move aggressively to shore up prices by cutting production early next year. Saudi Oil Minister Ali Al Naimi recommended that Opec members agree in principle to introduce tighter
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      Lock icon Meet the new man from Pru
      515 34 Dow Jones Traditionally from the UK, now he could be Asian or be based in Asia LONDON In 10 years, a majority of UK insurer Prudential's employees could be from Mumbai or Beijing rather than the English shires. And corporate headquarters could be in
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      First-class service
      353 34 Your car gets nothing but the best at Shell's ProServ service centres MANY modern cars are designed to accommodate extended servicing intervals and with the latest synthetic engine oils, these cars can run for up to 1 o,oookm without having to visit a workshop. However, this also means
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      Lock icon India's enemy within
      604 36  -  Andy Mukherjee Bloomberg Crumbling state-owned companies and bloated bureaucracy a threat to growth IN INDIA, it is easy to get lulled nowadays by the sweet sound of a zillion computer keystrokes. Indian Finance Minister Jaswant Singh asked his countrymen recently to celebrate the pending arrival of "explosive"
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      114 23 [gospel meeting S|y.iU-i iiimmyl. lIU-k\ Venue: JURONG CHURCH OF CHRIST 120 Boon Lay Drive Singapore *****4 Tel: *****080 Fax: *****707 Website: www.jurongcoc.org Email: jcoc@jurongcoc.org Date Time Topic 5 Dec 03 7.30 pm How many Churches Did Christ Build? 6 Dec 03 7.30 pm How to Identify the Church that Christ
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        67 38 WBL Corporation ($3.02) BUY DBS Vickers Securities The key feature in its latest results was a 14-fold rise in pre-tax profit for the tech division to $71 million. One-off gains from the Flexible Printed Circuits (FPC) division helped to offset a $28 million loss from greenfield IT related businesses. Continued
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        95 38 MobileOne ($1.46) BUY Dow Jones Kim Eng Research keeps its "Buy" recommendation on MobileOne (Ml) as dumping of shares are unlikely although key holders' lock-up period ended yesterday.The net dividend yield is attractive at 6.3 per cent.The key holders may want a better offer than the current market price,given the
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      638 38 Early general elections could spur the Malaysian stock market, says fund manager Fund polls show Malaysia is gaining favour with foreign fund managers looking to invest in Asian laggards. Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi is expected to call for an election soon. The Malaysian market
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      285 40 Agencies Cash was withdrawn from Iraq Central Bank in three trucks, says US report WASHINGTON The more than US$l billion ($1.7 billion) withdrawn by former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is being used to fund the Iraqi insurgencies against the US troops, ABC News reported on Wednesday.
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      53 40 AFP photo Bharatiya Janata Party president Venkaiah Naidu, left, offering sweets to Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee at the /offer's residence in New Delhi yesterday. The ruling Hindu nationalist party appeared set to wrest control from the opposition Congress in at least two of the four
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      110 40 KUALA LUMPUR The Anglican Church in Singapore and other countries in Southeast Asia is to freeze relations with its sister church in the United States following its appointment of an openly-gay bishop, reported the BBC yesterday. The Anglican Primate of South-east Asia described
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      333 42 Agencies CANBERRA The conservative government of Australia yesterday announced its participation in the United States' controversial programme of developing a missile shield. Stressing the missile system was purely a defensive shield and not offensive, Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said this would deter rogue states
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      74 42 Reuters photo Bears beg for food from tourists at the Aso Bear Park in Japan. A report released by the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) and Japanese animal welfare group ALIVE details how hundreds of bears continue to be kept on display in open concrete
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      103 42 Reuters VALABRE President Jacques Chirac met rescue workers on Wednesday in south-eastern France, where devastating floods have claimed five lives and forced 15,000 people to evacuate their homes. Mr Chirac said that almost 10,000 rescue workers had been mobilised to help those affected. The French government
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      123 44 -AFP BANGKOK Death sentences passed against nine Myanmar citizens accused of high treason including the editor of a sports magazine triggered outrage from media groups yesterday. Press watchdog Reporters Without Borders and the Burma Media Association (BMA) challenged Myanmar's Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt
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      271 44 Agencies Man's heart stopped during police beating, death ruled a homicide CINCINNATI Cincinnati's coroner on Wednesday issued a homicide ruling in the case of a black man whose death following a videotaped beating by police officers has spotlighted this city's troubled history of race relations. A medical
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      283 46 AFP Country tries to shake off notorious image LAGOS Nigeria has recovered some US$2OO million ($343 million) from fraudsters following a crackdown over the last eight months aimed at shaking off the country's notoriety for scams, anti-corruption officials said. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
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      160 48 Reuters LOS ANGELES Fifty-seven members of the bikers' gang, Hells Angels, were arrested in the United States on Wednesday. Police and federal agents raided homes and clubhouses across the western US, seizing guns, explosives and drugs. Authorities said the pre-dawn raids, which followed a
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      254 48 Reuters SEOUL South Korea President Roh Moon Hyun's ride just got tougher. Although the country's main opposition party ended its crippling boycott of Parliament yesterday, it voted to overturn Mr Roh's veto of an independent investigation into an election funding scandal. The Grand National Party joined
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      53 50 Reuters photo A joke sticker on the window screen of a United States Army vehicle in the form of a permit to capture Saddam Hussein. US soldiers are stepping up their hunt for the Iraqi leader who is believed to be directing guerrilla attacks against the coalition
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      300 50 Annual award goes to Indian reporter LONDON It was not the Pulitzer nor was it the Nobel Prize. It was a prize most authors would not want to win. But there had to be a winner for the annual Bad Sex in Fiction Award. And it went
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      128 52 ATLANTA (Georgia) An 11-year-old girl was tied up, starved and beaten with an umbrella by her parents until she died during the Thanksgiving holiday, the police said yesterday. Joella Reaves tried to escape her home, just south of Atlanta, but she was punished even
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      295 52 -AFP MANILA Television and the movies are transforming the Philippine political landscape, as the star-struck electorate put a film icon and a TV network star in pole position for next May's presidential election. Only five years ago, Filipinos elected film star Joseph Estrada as President and then dumped
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      374 43 I p Use your credit card from HSBC and get great value this festive season. j^^F flu i rir" I -AtJ J A __^^^^^^J\ Ht hsbc« hsbco Everyone likes finding great value. And retailers at the Malls of Centrepoint just i B £j|S/&] nothing would be better than getting a
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      89 46 ■pjTTTT^S3H| brand atf%lstffe V■ I tvL^att£ T* Esplanade Theatre 3-11 December 2003 Launch of Hi-5 Fan Club at Marina Square at 12.30pm today Good seats available for 9-11 Dec: 11am, Ipm, 3pm Book At SISTIC 6348 5555 booking website:www.sisiic.com.sg Tickets available at SISTIC outlets Official Mall Official TV Station Official
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      413 47 I 1 t ///V a^ @lgffle& (§itif< fJeiHitcA dholes lW Limited numbers available island-wide from 6 December onwards. K'j sj. 0] JiNgle JaNgle is no ordinary reindeer he's plush, friendly and si; \r affectionate, and he's ready to put a song in your heart with a pinch W- K ft
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      139 49 SAMSUNG DIGIW JBT" everyone's invited™ U such as skin tone and J detail without the white spectrum. noise or flicker. The latest standard in picture-enhancing technology is here. DNle™ from Samsung. A revolutionary four-stage process that takes the best from any signal source and improves the image to give you
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      369 50 TOSHIBA Premiership Saturday Live Photo Courtesy: fl W/f SS3&BU r^*E3il*J zfy n W IH TOSMBAISTHE OFFICIAL SPONSOR OFTHE ESPN AND STAR SPORTS' I BROADCAST OF THE ENGLISH PREVIER LEAGUE Come down to Chijmes on 6 December for the "LIVE" screening to watch Newcastle United take on Liverpool and Manchester United
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      1035 51 SONY. *m w; Sony Year End Promotion J L^^^^^^^^m \f S Afcw -37 Dec 2003 fc^LAj 1 w -> Sony has been a household name in Singapore for the past 30 years. In celebration of our 30th Anniversary, gptt ,N we've lined up some surprises for you. For more information,
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      125 52 fn r r dasani™ K i- NUTRIWATER™ Present this coupon and redeem for one 500ml J| JH bottle of DASANI NUTRIWATER Mandarin Orange or DASANI NUTRIWATER Wild Berry, t Date 5 Dec 2003 Time :12 noon onwards Venue Raffles Place Park Terms conditions: Limited to one bottle per coupon per
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      919 54  -  mr brown You must have 8 A*s at PSLE, an IQ above 150 and excel in CCA and sports SOME call these men the greatest entertainers on earth flying without wings defying physical limitations. But the risks these men take are great Bodies have been
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      Lock icon US athletes face life ban
      375 69 Reuters Track and field body to get tough with drug offenders GREENSBORO, North Carolina US athletes will be banned for life for steroid use, even for a first offence, the board of directors of USA Track Field (USATF) unanimously recommended on Wednesday. The proposal, which
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      304 69 NBA LA Lakers 90 SA Spurs 86 Kobe top scores with 21 SAN ANTONIO They changed arenas, swapped burdens, reset their stares and then the Los Angeles Lakers beat the San Antonio Spurs again. Five days removed from their breezy rout of the Spurs
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        117 70 LONDON Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson underwent treatment in hospital yesterday for a minor heart complaint, the English premier league champion said in a statement. "Sir Alex received treatment in hospital today following a routine check-up several months ago which revealed a minor heart irregularity," said
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        Lock icon Blatter admits soccer has a doping problem
        468 70 Reuters FRANKFURT Fifa president Sepp Blatter exploded in anger at a news conference yesterday, admitting for the first time that soccer does have a doping problem and that the sport needed to re-define its image if it was to maintain its global popularity.
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        457 70 -AFP Real star now says La Liga better than the Premiership MADRID David Beckham has only been a Real Madrid player for a little over five months but he is already convinced that Spanish football is the best "Spain is the best league in the world and it
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      Lock icon No more Mr Nice Guy
      506 71 AFP Houllier slams his flops after shock exit English League Cup, 4th round Liverpool 2 Bolton 3 Bolton faces Saints in quarter-final LONDON The soft-spoken Frenchman is respected around Anfield for protecting his stars from public and media criticism. But those under-performing stars could cost
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      Lock icon Viduka for United?
      135 71 -AFP LONDON Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson was reported yesterday to have made Leeds United striker Mark Viduka his main target when the transfer window opens in January. Newspapers said that Ferguson was ready to make an official £5 million ($14.8 million) offer for the Australian on
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      Lock icon Two Rs just too good for rival Atletico
      244 71 Reuters MADRID Ronaldo and Raul helped Real Madrid reclaim the leadership of the Primera Liga, producing stunning goals in an emphatic 2-0 win over neighbour Atletico in the Madrid derby at the Bernabeu. Real made a dream start on Wednesday (yesterday morning,
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      C'wealth champ aims to break Singapore record
      298 71  -  Ray Chen TANZANIAN tiger Francis Naali (picture) is hungry for more after capturing the marathon gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in Manchester last year. Competing in this Sunday's Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon, he wants to make his debut here a winning one.
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      Lock icon Jos plays it cool
      539 72  -  Tan Yo-Hinn After 28 golds, swimmer not bothered by 'has been' tag THE haul of two silver and three bronze medals at her maiden Games in 1991 was a sign of great things to come. Two years later in the XVII SEA Games on home soil,
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      Lock icon Vietnam on course for semis
      124 72 -AFP HANOI Vietnam beat Indonesia 1-0 here yesterday to keep alive its hopes of claiming gold in the men's football competition, the blue riband event of the SEA Games. A goal from striker Than Thanh Binh on 36 minutes sent the crowd at Hanoi's Hang
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      Lock icon SEA Games medal guaranteed for debutant Hoffman
      333 72  -  Stanley Ho XXII SEA Games Bodybuilding Perfect birthday gift for Hoffman SINGAPORE'S bodybuilders clinched a medal without even striking a pose at the XXII SEA Games in Ho Chi Minh City yesterday. In the morning's pre-competition weigh in, Singapore debutant Robert Hoffman was
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      Lock icon First one and if»a GOLD
      742 73  - First one and if a GOLD Tan Yo-Hinn Waterpolo boys get Singapore's maiden medal and their 20th XXII SEA Games, Waterpolo Singapore 15 Malaysia 4 Coach wants Asian success next THE alarm bells were ringing on Monday. Singapore needed a last-gasp winner to edge out the Philippines 7-6 and there
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      Curiosity leads to silver for archer Loh
      295 73  -  Tan YoHinn FOUR years ago, curiosity got the better of Albert Loh. He decided to pick up the bow and arrow to see what it felt like. Four years later, he found himself standing on the SEA Games medal podium. At the National
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      Welcome to Vietnam, folksl
      54 73  -  Tan Yo-Hinn Niam Chiang Meng (left), Singapore's chef-de-mission at the XXII SEA Games, receives a welcoming gift from Nguyen Danh Thai, president of the SEA Games Federation and chairman of Vietnam's Physical and Sports Committee, at the official SEA Games flag raising ceremony outside the National
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      Lock icon The entertainer strikes back
      966 74 Agencies Okocha enjoys a new lease of life at Bolton after nightmare in Paris LONDON Tottenham Hotspur has been crying out for an entertainer to fill the boots of Paul Gascoigne and David Ginola but for some strange reason, the London club did not think Jay-Jay
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      137 71 Home Team Away Team Match KickOff (Singapore date/time) Newcastle Liverpool Sat, 6/12/03,8.30pm Manchester Utd Aston Villa Leicester Arsenal Leeds Chelsea Birmingham Blackburn Sat, 6/12/03,11.00pm Tottenham Wolverhampton Middlesbrough Portsmouth Fulham Bolton Deportivo Malaga Sun, 7/12/03,2.30am I Barcelona Real Madrid Sun, 7/12/03,4.30am Lazio Jtus Sun, 7/12/03,3.30am Check the current odds at any
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      Queen of the hill
      809 77  -  Raymond Tham Mum is to be obeyed in the hit show Ways of the Matriarch; same goes for traditions, say the actors I •'"N f^A C' s wnere the heart is. 1 >»/ I IE And just like the characters they play in Ways of the
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      THE COFFEE BEAN & TEA LEAF
      245 79 THE COFFEE BEAN TEA LEAF UNTIL Dec 31 ,The Coffee Bean &Tea Leaf is selling specialty coffee and tea merchandise and limited-time holiday drinks at all 41 of its stores and online. These holiday gifts include coffee, full-leaf teas and beverage mixes, pre-packaged in festively-adorned holiday gift boxes and gift
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        ORIENTAL HOTEL
        188 79 THE Cherry Garden on level five is serving a pre-Christmas set lunch and dinner menu on weekdays at $29 per person (three course), $39 per person (six course) and $49 per person (eight course) from Dec 7 to 23. On weekends, set lunches and dinners are going for
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        ORCHARD HOTEL
        101 79 THE Orchard Cafe is offering a Christmas Eve buffet dinner priced at $58 per adult (inclusive of a glass of house wine) and $31 per child. Goodies include cooked "live" Sri Lankan crabs, otah otah in banana leaves, ayam goreng, black pepper crabs and roast Christmas turkey with
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        HOTEL NEW OTANI TRADITIONAL GOODIES
        200 80 FROM today to Dec 24, The River Terrace is selling traditional festive goodies such as roast turkey (sso,4kg), honey-glazed gammon ham ($65,2.5kg) and log cake ($35, I kg). From Dec 20 to Dec 23 and Dec 26 to Dec 31,The River Terrace is also offering
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        THE PAN PACIFIC SINGAPORE
        157 80 PAN Pacific's Summer House is offering a lunch buffet ($28.50 per adult, $14.50 per child) and dinner buffet ($4B per adult, $22 per child inclusive of A free-flow of soft drinks) on Christmas Eve and a lunch buffet ($32.50 per adult, 14.50 per child), high tea
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        TAO'S MODERN PACIFIC CUISINE
        173 80 CELEBRATE the season with the unique flavours and aesthetics of Tao's Modern Pacific Cuisine at Paradiz Centre, melding the rich seasonings of East and West in an exciting set menu. The philosophy at Tao's is to use Japanese sauces and Western ingredients to create a variety
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        FOSTRE'S TREATS AVAILABLE ONLINE
        267 80 ORDER scrumptious festive treats online with Fostre at www.fostre.com. Goodies include Christmas turkeys with charred corn, sausage and herb stuffing. Spend $200 in a single receipt and get a $50 voucher or spend $500 in a single receipt and get a turkey and a $50 voucher.
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        AUDREY HEPBURN'S INSOUCIANT CHARM
        71 81 The look: quirky fedora hat ($49.90), Commode sizzling bustier ($59), Ziegler Shoes coquettish polka-dot skirt ($69), Ziegler Shoes girlish heels with bow ($89.80), Substance 'f, smart handbag ($29.90), Precious glamorous earrings 16), Oppt Shop i Carry it off: Walk with small dainty steps and throw the
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        OLD-WORLD ELEGANCE
        137 81 The look: quirky fedora hat ($49.90), Commode very sheer pleated sheath ($45), Oppt Shop vintage sundress 109), Oppt Shop sweet-looking heels with butterfly ($65.90), Benno La Mode vintage embroidered handbag ($B9), Oppt Shop Carry it off: Adopt a languid lady-like gait and exude a sense of natural elegance.
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        POWER DRESSING WITH A SEXY TWIST
        91 82 The look: quirky fedora hat ($49.90), Commode maximum exposure jacket, such as the Baylene jacket ($109) from VP7628 flirty skirt, such as the mizu skirt ($69) from VP7628 attention-grabbing shoes, such as the silver maryjanes ($34.90) from VP7628 simple yet stylish necklace ($22.90), Precious
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        GO EAST!
        92 82 The look: quirky fedora hat ($49.90), Commode oriental-chic kimono top ($238), N.Joy edgy pants, such as the linen pants ($39) from Mazzario smouldering sultry heels ($49), Mazzario ornate necklace, such as the Moonlight necklace ($1 19) from Mudan flamboyant evening bag such as the snakeskin purse ($4B) from
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      Light it up
      381 83 Running out of ideas on how to decorate your tree? RaymondTham checks out two outlets for some tips BARANG BARANG, left (Level I, Great World City) THIS Christmas tree is not standard holiday fare. Barang Barang's Yuletide offering has a nature theme, with unique ornaments such as
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      Hang them right
      348 84 Raymond Tham takes a look at how you can best show off those gorgeous (and pricey) Christmas ornaments S^\ you've bought the Christmas ornaments and J\y you're now ready to decorate the tree. Here are some tips to get the best display out of your purchases and
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      Lock icon bibik barbies
      356 85  -  Raymond Tham She has been Cinderella and Cleopatra, now Barbie is going Peranakan /""N\ /C ner or nate ner> Lv/ Y Barbie has gone through many incarnations. She has been Cinderella, Cleopatra, Princess Diana and even Mrs American President. This Christmas season, Tangs has given Mattel's sassy girl
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      Christmas treehouse
      286 86  -  Raymond Tham Get an inside look at this festive evergreen r/""\ [J a Christmas story, r\«/ l\ this is one tall tale. The Christmas tree near the entrance to the HarbourFront Centre is a sight to behold not only for its height it stands three storeys tall but
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      What's on at the malls
      344 86 EVENTS Tangs (Orchard Road) Peranakan Cultural and Cooking Showcases Tangs comes alive with all things Peranakan tomorrow. Bebe Sect will demonstrate the "Traditional Hairstyles of the Nyonya" at the Trim Shop on Level 3 from 3pm to 3.45pm (with a second show at spm). Then,
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      home Improvement Part One
      165 87 doesn't have to mean breaking down the wall Calvin Zhang and Wu Peirong show you that sometimes, it's the little things that add pizzazz to a room When the work is done Relieve muscle aches and pains at the end of the day. OTO ElectroReflexologist ER-839
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      170 88 Self improvement It's the festive season and a time for partying and merrymaking. However, too much drinking and eating can bring about headaches, hangovers and an upset stomach.The late night partying can also sap us of the energy we need to carry on through the day.
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      KING BEAR
      787 89  -  Elisa Chia Having produced the hit animated film Finding Nemo, Disney is looking for another miracle in Brother Bear THE must-see animation since Finding Nemo, they proclaim. But the folks at Disney are realistic as they tell you that Brother Bear is unlikely to measure up to Nemo's
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      Lock icon New star rising
      344 91  -  Jeanine Tan But can Felicia Chin go further than earlier Star Search winners? IT MAY be a mere six months since Felicia Chin was crowned this year's Star Search winner, but she seems to have settled well into her new role as a fledgling celebrity. Her first
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      169 94 BROI E39 Ten months after the murder of Yan (Tony Leung), Ming (Andy Lau) is relegated to mundane office work, pending internal investigation. His wife left him,taking with her theiryoungdaughter. Exhausted mentally ana physically, Ming is running on empty, but he is convinced that he can reverse his fortune in
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