Today, 22 December 2003, Afternoon Edition

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  • 9 1 TODAY todayonline.com Monday December 22,2003* i MITA (P) 002/11/2002
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  • AFTEARNOON EDITION
    • 204 1 AFP WASHINGTON The United States yesterday raised its nationwide terrorism alert from "elevated" to "high", saying the threat of an end of year holiday attack by Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda network was as great as before the attacks on Sept 11, 2001. "High" is
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    • 126 1  -  Jose Raymond AN OFFICER with the Gurkha Contingent is under police investigation after several junior officers complained that he had taken money from them. The officer is said to be in his 40s and a senior member of the contingent, with at least 10 years of service.
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    • 696 1  -  Derrick A Paulo Chia calls media to clear the air on those 'nude' pics by derrick@newstoday.com.sg AT THE end of the interview, Steve Chia leaned his head back and squeezed his eyes shut in a painful grimace, perhaps hoping that when he opened them, the events
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    • 140 1 P^ "^^B|» W r w w^ if mm- Ww^kmPm A amW «9 4^H >, m St (I tut '1 lfek\ I Ik J Waafcdsys Whskands, Christ!— Day Haw Year's Day jfiHP-S^H Australia. China. Hong Kong. Dni/]I3 Malayaia. Taiwan. UK. USA. I /7», li^at ii^\ h> Country Aram Wtphona 1 I
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 51 1 NEWS£yWWS life on mars? Beagle aims for Christmas landing to find out/3 200 killed? Landslides wreak havoc in the Philippines/20 colonial rule Capture of Saddam could increase resistance/32 TOSHIBA I bbw^V aVaHffurß^ 1 aaV^TCaBBa Who's top now? The battle between the big three couldn't be closer, but who's in front?
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  • HOT NEWS
    • 463 2 Agencies Arabs want Jewish state to abandon WMD CAIRO The head of the Arab League said on Saturday that Israel believed widely to have nuclear weapons' capability should be put under pressure to follow Libya's decision to abandon weapons of mass destruction (WMD). Libya took the
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    • 499 3 AFP Probe to see if we are alone in the universe PARIS On Christmas Day, a small round object will streak like a shooting star across the skies of Mars before landing and starting a mission that, at last, may reveal whether the stuff of life
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    • 244 5 MRS Lee Kuan Yew, who turned 83 yesterday, is now nearly back to her usual routine after recovering from a stroke last month. Mrs Lee was discharged from Singapore General Hospital (SGH) on Nov 26 after she recovered from her left-side weakness.
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    • 108 5 -AFP PIRATES roaming the waters of South-east Asia should be regarded as terrorists, Singapore's Home Affairs Minister, Mr Wong Kan Seng, said amid a rising number of attacks on ships and tankers. Mr Wong told AFP in an interview last week there should be no distinction
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    • 526 2 Save 5% GST on your insurance premiums Savings can fund extra insurance plan for one year GST will increase to 5% from 1 January accident insurance for added peace of 2004. NTUC Income will absorb the full mind. 5% GST on our general insurance plans It also means that the
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 379 5  -  Ng Shing Vi But upgrade top-up and leakages bother some residents by shingyi@newstoday.com.sg ABOUT 96 per cent of the residents of Blocks 7 and 8 in Tronoh Road have moved into the new Towner Heights Estate on McNair Road since July this year, underscoring the success
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    • 210 5  -  -Tan Hui Leng SINGAPORE can lay claim to a scientific breakthrough. The Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology and Britain's University of Sheffield have identified a gene that controls the development of slow-twitch muscle fibres from precursor cells during the development of an embryo. "This gene
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    • 842 6  -  Ng Shing Vi Once a special needs child, Lisa Barron empathises with the children at her school by shingyi@newstoday.com.sg SHE came halfway across the world from Orlando, Florida, to an Asia she had never seen. She founded a school for special needs children in Singapore, where
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    • 210 8  -  Chirag Agarwal Tone down expectations of what children can achieve I REFER to the news comment by Shobha Tsering Bhalla and couldn't agree more with what she said. I am 16 and have just completed my 0 levels. I know what happens to students when their parents'
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    • 150 8  -  Miss Tan Lay Van I LIVE next to East Coast Parkway. Recently, several Harley motorcyclists have begun to gather at the East Coast Park Service Road (near the Costa Sands Resort building) during weekend evenings. Sometimes, they would remain at the roadside for hours, taking turns to
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    • 159 8  -  Ong Siew Hock I REFER to the article, "Air Asia's Tony lauds 'budget' airport" (Today, Dec 19). In the article, Mr Fernandes said his preference was Seletar Airport On some nights, I can hear the loud drone of aircraft flying over my apartment in Yio Chu
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
    • 451 10 AFP Expect resurgence to outpace official GDP target of 3-5% SINGAPORE'S resurgence from its Sars-induced slump is expected to gain momentum next year, with economists predicting growth to outpace the official target of between three and five per cent Fuelling such optimism is a
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    • MarketWATCH
      • 95 10 SHARES are in for an uncertain trading period this week as Asia waits to see if Sars makes a comeback after a Taiwanese man was infected with the virus, dealers said on Friday. The ST Index closed the week at 1,710.81 points, down 16.92, or 0.98 per cent from
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      • 36 10 US$ 0.5852 UK£ 0.3314 Yen 62.913 HK$ 4.5433 RM 2.2237 Euro 0.4716 Rupiah 4975.1 Baht 23.194 Peso 32.395 A$ 0.7893 Indian Rs 26.667 Won 695.89 C$ 0.7762 Yuan 4.8442 NZ$ 0.9009 NTS 19.893
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      • 26 10 SGX, Bloomberg Gold uss/oz 409.90 Silver uss/oi 5.738 Platinum uss/oi 821.50 Rubber centsAg 219 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1,796 Brent crude uss/barrel 33.02 Information provided by
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    • 311 13  -  Chan Chao Peh Fels Setal to build a semi-submersible platform in Brazil by chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg A UNIT of Keppel Offshore and Marine (O&M) has been awarded a US$775 million ($1.32 billion) joint contract by PNBV a Brazilian state-owned oil company to build a semi-sub-mersible platform
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    • 52 13 AFP photo The world's largest and most expensive passenger vessel, Queen Mary 11, will be handed over to her owners, Cunard Line, in St Nazaire today. Captain Ronald W Warwick (picture) will take command of the 150,000-ton ship, which cost 644 million euros ($1.4 billion)
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    • 170 13 AFP BEIJING Trade between mainland China and Taiwan is expected to exceed US$5O billion ($85.4 billion) this year up 25 per cent from last year, said state media yesterday. Trade hit U5546.63 billion during the first 10 months of this year, up 29.4
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    • 670 14  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla Experts believe odds are on Cathay's side by shobha@newstoday.com.sg ABOUT two weeks ago, Hong Kong and Britain struck a deal giving Cathay Pacific (CX) the right to serve the London-New York market, allowing Virgin Atlantic Airways to pick up passengers in Hong
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    • 192 16 Bloomberg Budget airlines may compromise safety by driving crew too hard LONDON Pilots on budget airlines lose concentration frequently because of tiredness linked to the hours they have to work, London-based daily The Times said, citing a study conducted by a university in Leicester. Low-cost carriers ask crews
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    • 147 16 Bloomberg SINGTEL'S Australian unit Optus may open call centres overseas as it tries to double sales during the next 10 years, The Australian newspaper reported, citing Sing Tel Optus chief operating officer Paul O'Sullivan. Optus, Australia's second-largest phone company, plans to double its number
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    • 308 18 -AFP Target 1.8 per cent growth led by less reliance on exports TOKYO Economy and Fiscal Policy Minister Heizo Takenaka yesterday expressed optimism over the prospects for the Japanese economy, saying deflationary pressure is easing gradually. "Deflationary pressure is easing gradually although the pace is
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 176 20 Agencies Death toll mounts after massive landslides in the Philippines MANILA At least 200 people were killed or are feared dead in the series of landslides that hit the central and southern Philippines over the weekend, civil defense officials said yesterday. They said 83 people were
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    • global roundup
      • 66 31 AFP Malaysia blasted the US over a report accusing it of restricting religious freedom. Malaysian Deputy Information Minister Khalid Yunus described it as "irresponsible and untruthful". The US State Department's annual International Religious Freedom Report put Malaysia, Turkey, Russia, Indonesia, Brunei, Belarus, Eritrea, Moldova and
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      • 54 31 Reuters South African police arrested two men on charges they gang-raped an Aids activist and then kicked her to death in fury when she told them she was infected with the disease. Police were hunting for at least one other suspect in last week's
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    • 296 31 Agencies S Korean govt also aims to stabilise chicken prices SEOUL South Korean Prime Minister Goh Kun yesterday ordered the purchase of 2.5 million chickens to be slaughtered in a bid to halt a bird flu outbreak that is spreading through the country.
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    • 176 31 Reuters WASHINGTON US health officials said they are investigating whether this year's flu epidemic, which struck earlier than usual and has killed dozens of children, is any worse than that in previous years. With influenza reported in all 50 states and widespread in 36, the
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    • 487 31 #A 7 THE FESTIVE I ATMOSPHERE AT OUR COURTYARD CELEBRATION! Come down and join us in the Robertson Walk courtyard to celebrate the Christmas and New Year festivities. Be entertained by the 'live' band, have a relaxing dinner or simply join the crowd and party the night away. With so
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  • COMMENTARY
    • 1004 32  -  Kalinga Seneviratne Now that Saddam has been captured, suspicions that the US intends to plunder Iraq could drive the resistance by news@newstoday.com.sg LAST Sunday, when US President George W Bush addressed the nation on television from the White House, he said with a sombre face
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  • WATZUP?
    • 385 34  -  Janice Lee Seeking bigger markets, club's next stop is Kuala Lumpur LOCAL super club Centro has expanded to Jakarta and it isn't going to stop there. Michael Lv, director of the Centro 360 Group, once told Today that the group was looking to move out of
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    • 302 34  -  Zul Othman THE Ministry of Sound Essential NYE 2004 countdown party at the Singapore Expo Hall is in trouble if a posting on the party's official website is to be believed. The posting on frontallabs.com talked about last-minute cancellations from DJs, cash-flow
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    • 479 36 Reuters Nicole Kidman also has The Hours producer Scott Rudin to thank for forcing her back on her feet SYDNEY Struggling to recover from the break-up of her marriage to Tom Cruise, Hollywood golden girl Nicole Kidman almost walked away from the role that won
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    • 124 36 Heavy rain didn't stop 3,500 partygoers from having a jamming good time at the Woodlands Civic Centre on Saturday. The Jam Hop Session, organised by the North West Community Development Council (CDC), featured homegrown bands like Urban Xchange, Triple Noize, Bushmen and CCCrush. Said Dr Teo
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    • IN CINEMAS
      • 169 39 -AFP 3 finalists to be named on Jan 27 LOS ANGELES The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King and Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World are among seven of the movies competing for nominations for this year's visual
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    • EAT OUT
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        439 40  -  Katrina Karim Steamed, fried, chilled, coated with cereal there are 41 crab dishes to choose from by news@newstoday.com.sg WHILE many people who enjoy eating crab usually order dishes such as chili crab or pepper crab, more zhi cha (wok-cooked) eateries are offering crabs cooked in other ways.
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      • 147 42  -  Katrina Karim SKYLIGHT, the flagship brand of KYH International Pte Ltd, is the premier producer of ready-to-serve, fine-dining restaurant-grade delicacies such as abalone, shark fin and bird's nest. Targeting fine dining establishments, Skylight supplies its range of delicacies to top restaurant names such
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      • 527 42  -  Sam Chua Just desserts at Baker's Inn? No, there's a lot more in store I by eatout@newstoday.com.sg DANIEL Tay, the founder and director of Baker's Inn, has a resume that reads like a dream. It includes a gold medal at the World Pastry Cup
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        147 43 INSTANT LUXURY On Dec 12, Hiap Heng Chng launched their "Building Brand" of ready-to-cat canned seafood products. Hiap Heng Chng is a premium supplier of Chinese delicacies to top establishments such asAhYat's Abalone Group, Raffles Hotel and Raffles Town Club. You can enjoy restaurant-grade delicacies such as shark fin
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