Today, 13 February 2004, Afternoon Edition

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    13 1 TODAY we set you thinking todayonline.com Friday February 13, 2004 MITA (P) 002/11/2002
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon Parting Temasek's veil of secrecy
      731 1  -  Derrick A Paulo derrick@newstoday.com.sg TRANSPARENCY is not a term usually associated with Temasek Holdings, but yesterday its executive director, Ms Ho Ching, parted slightly the veil of secrecy that has shrouded the investment holding arm of the Government The annual average return of Temasek's investments
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      Lock icon Pistol scare on jet
      81 1 AFP MIAMI A Miami-bound American Airlines jet reversed course to the Turks and Caicos Islands after a passenger alerted the crew yesterday that she had a pistol. An embarrassed Liz Williams, a prominent businesswoman in the Caribbean state, told the crew that she had accidentally packed
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      Lock icon US soldier arrested
      69 1 -AFP WASHINGTON A soldier has been taken into custody for allegedly attempting to communicate and pass information to AI Qaeda, a senior US official said yesterday, adding that charges of "aiding the enemy" were pending. The soldier was detained at Fort Lewis, Washington, and is from a
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      Lock icon Stocks close lower
      43 1 -AFP NEW YORK US shares swung lower in quiet trade yesterday. The Dow Jones industrial average dipped 43.63 points to 10,694.07, the Nasdaq composite fell 16.05 points to 2,073.61 and the Standard and Poor's 500 dropped 5.65 points to 1,152.11.
      -AFP  -  43 words
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Is it a witch-hunt?
      508 2  -  Raymond Andrew Some top heads are rolling in Malaysia, leading to speculation of a clean-up raymond@newstoday.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR Whispers of a witch-hunt have surfaced now that Land and Cooperative Development Minister Kasitah Gaddam has been slapped with two counts of corruption. After a surprise dawn arrest
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      Lock icon Clark to back Kerry for nomination
      206 2 Agencies WASHINGTON Senator John Kerry's race for the Democratic presidential nomination gathered pace yesterday when it was revealed that former General Wesley Clark, who dropped out on Wednesday, would endorse the front-runner. After winning 12 of the 14 states so far contested, the Massachusetts
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    • NEWSfocus
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        Microsoft OS-tracised, but...
        540 3  -  Ariel Tarn weigh pros and cons of alternate systems before migrating MICROSOFT is under attack. Or so it may seem. The recent deluge of security alerts over the Windows operating system (OS) seems to have put the software giant on the defensive. The response following previous revelations
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      5 2 NUMBERS TO REMEMBER BH ISSBI
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Saudi Arabian prince sues S'pore company
      392 4  -  Joy Frances Chinkara is accused of using his name without authority THE name of a Saudi Arabian prince is the subject of a courtroom drama that will unfold in Singapore's High Court soon. His Royal Highness Prince Turki bin Mugrin bin Abdul Aziz Al
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      Lock icon Sentosa's latest draw
      64 4  -  lay Tsen-Waye Rising up from Sentosa Island's lush, tropical landscape is its latest addition a 1 10-metre-tall cylindrical structure called the Sky Tower. The $6 million landmark is also Singapore's highest viewing point. To reach the top, passengers board a disc-shaped cabin, which revolves 360 degrees around
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      Lock icon Forging closer S'pore-Egypt ties
      87 4 Channel News Asia OPPORTUNITIES in Egypt the second largest economy in the Arab world are now open to Singaporeans with the signing of a wide-ranging economic and technical cooperation agreement between the two countries. The first framework agreement to be signed between both countries, also covers
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      S'pore tests bird flu outbreak readiness
      209 6  -  Ted Chen PICTURE this: A poultry farm in Lim Chu Kang, 45 men in bio-secured protective gear and 5,000 chickens to be culled. This scene will be lived out next Wednesday when Singapore's biggest culling exercise takes place. As the rest of Asia battles
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      A world first for S'pore medical team
      146 6  -  Tan Hui Leng A TEAM from the National University Hospital (NUH), the National University of Singapore (NUS) and Temasek Polytechnic beat 20 teams to become the world's first to use a biodegradable polycaprolactone polymer as a scaffold to reconstruct the whole thickness of
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      Lock icon Nightmare turns into nursing dream
      377 6  -  Tay Tsen-Waye Things fall perfectly into place for former banker FINDING the pink slip in the mail is any employee's nightmare. But for Miss Cheong Leng Sin, 50, it was her ticket to realising a life-long dream. After committing nearly half her life to a
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  • LETTERS
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      Are feedback units up to the task?
      288 8  -  Michael Loh Yik Ming Perhaps, the suggestions themselves are not feasible I REFER to the article "Feedback letdown" (Today, Feb 12) about the disappointing response from various Government bodies to feedback. One comment was that many responses were point-for-point answers and repetition of
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      Kiasu in chicken rice land
      197 8  -  Henry Lim Li Shun SINCE the regional outbreak of bird flu, many assumptions have been made about eating chicken. Fear, rather than understanding, has crippled our sense of logic, causing many people to give the chicken rice stalls a miss. At the usual lunch peak
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      When 'Hope' applies and when it doesn't...
      363 8 WE REFER to Ms Shalena Mohamed Shukor's letter: "'Hope' and despair: Programme contradicts Government's call to have two or more children" (Today, Feb 9). Hope (Home Ownership Plus Education) is a programme designed to help young low-income families move out of the poverty
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      Charity with clear purpose
      149 8  -  Mr S Sivadas WE refer to your article "A life's earnings to go to charity" (Weekend Today, Feb 7-8) on Mr S Sivadas. The article stated that the Hindu Endowments Board stands to receive a windfall of over $6.5 million in shares from Mr Sivadas. An
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon OCBC eyes Indonesia
      390 12 Bloomberg It may expand its franchise, buy a bank, or join an alliance: CEO THE Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC) may buy an Indonesian bank or join an alliance to help boost overseas profit as competition intensifies at home, chief executive David Conner said yesterday. "We're probably doing
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      Lock icon Trio fined for deceitful trading
      118 12 Newsßadio 93.8 THREE former employees of Alliance Capital Management were fined after pleading guilty to deceitful trading in unit trusts. Brian Cheong Hock Lai, 27, a regional financial controller, was fined $100,000. Connie Low Li Meng, 29, a unit trust administrative manager, was fined $50,000
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      Lock icon CORPORATEbriefs
      122 12 Dow Jones Dow Jones Marco Polo Developments has agreed to pay China Airlines $35.1 million for 30 freehold apartments on its Amber Close site. Together with the Sea View Hotel site, it would be redeveloped into new residences. Malaysian cruise operator Star Cruises said it has sold its SuperStar
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    • Market WATCH
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        Singapore
        67 12 SHARES ended lower yesterday for the third straight session, led by Government-linked companies such as SIA. The ST Index closed down 5.57 points, or 0.3 per cent, at 1,862.94. Losers led gainers 234 to 1 1 0. Volume was steady at 1.1 billion shares, worth $971 million. Government-linked companies
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        Lock icon STI -1,862.94 -5.57
        54 12 Dow Jones SIA fell 20 cents to $1 1.60, after rising as much as 3.5 per cent earlier this week. NOL fell on rumours that it would seek an acquisition. Its shares fell 7 cents to $2.09 amid fears it may overpay for such an acquisition. It
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        World markets
        60 12 Index Nikkei 225 Value *****.26 Pis +93.86 Change +0.91 Hang Seng All Ordinaries Taiwan Wtd *****.13 3339.90 6436.95 +100.37 +24.60 -17.44 +0.74 +0.74 -0.27 Korea Comp 877.95 +1.61 +0.18 KLCI 825.65 +7.43 +0.91 SET Index 748.16 -5.08 -0.67 Jakarta Comp 766.08 -3.71 -0.48 Phils Comp Shenzhen B Mumbai
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        Lock icon Commodities
        23 12 SGX, Bloomberg Gold uss/oz 413.500 Silver uss/oi 6.550 Platinum uss/oz 841.700 Rubber centsAg 214.75 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1892.50 Brent crude uss/barrel 29.86s
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 12 US$ 0.5986 UK£ 0.3165 Yen 63.1322 HK$ 4.6505 RM 2.2748 Euro 0.4665 Rupiah 5020.35 Baht 23.2926 Peso 33.3234 A$ 0.7594 Indian Rs 27.0515 Won 694.42 C$ 0.7861 Yuan 4.9543 NZ$ 0.8546 NTS 19.792
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        SGX most active
        57 12 By volume Citiraya Elite KSB NOL ChinaFlexP ChipEngS W*****2 Cosco Corp UnitedTAC Thakral TPV Celestial Close 0.475 0.260 2.090 1.020 0.030 0.900 1.150 0.170 0.960 0.420 Change +0.005 -0.070 -0.070 -0.005 -0.030 +0.020 +0.035 -0.025 +1.1 -3.2 -6.4 -14.3 -2.5 +13.3 +3.8 -5.6 'OOO 95,432 68,802 40,750
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        SGX top rises
        74 12 By$ Close Change Creative 50 18.900 +0.400 DBS 15.300 +0.300 thai Prime200USS 12.200 +0.200 Fortune Reil HKS 5.200 +0.150 F&N 13.100 +0.100 IMH 400USS 9.400 +0.100 KepCorp iPH 100 7.000 +0.100 18.800 +0.100 Ezra 1.330 +0.090 Ely percentage 'NE Micron Close i 0.200 Change +21.2 El-Nets 0.030
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        SGX top falls
        77 12 ly$ Close Change )CBC 12.500 -0.200 ,IA 11.600 -0.200 IPB Breweries 7.100 -0.100 DBS Bk 6% NCPS10 107.100 -0.100 jrealEast 11.900 -0.100 .IA 200 11.700 -0.100 ,PH 18.700 -0.100 IOB 13.700 -0.100 'enlure 20.900 -0.100 loble 3.560 -0.080 By percentage CSCW*****7 Close 0.010 Change -33.3 KLWW*****6 0.050
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      Lock icon MAS: No change to S'pore dollar policy
      346 14 Agencies Spore says it's not the subject of a G7 statement asking for 'more flexibility' in exchange rates THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has no plans to change its currency policy as the Singapore dollar hovered at a four-year high against its
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      Lock icon SembCorp may supply utilities to Shell in China
      306 14 Bloomberg SEMBCORP Industries aims to supply services to a US$4.3 billion ($7.2 billion) petrochemicals plant that the Royal Dutch/Shell Group is building in China. SembCorp may provide utilities such as water and steam to Shell the world's second-largest public oil company which
      – Bloomberg  -  306 words
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      Lock icon AirAsia ties up with S'pore partner to fly here
      328 19  -  Kevin Tan Suresh Mark Kumar $120 m joint venture will be headed by S'porean woman MALAYSIAN budget airline Air Asia announced that it was ready to "rock and roll" into the Singapore market with a $120 million joint venture with a
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      Lock icon GE in talks to sell insurance in China by end Sept
      209 19 Bow Jones GREAT Eastern (GE) is seeking to set up a 50:50 joint venture in China and will apply for an insurance licence there after firming up ongoing talks with local partners. The insurance provider, 48.9 per cent owned
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      Amoi Electronics sets up regional office in Sp'ore
      258 19  -  Emril Shafeeq Jamil SHANGHAI-based Amoi Electronics, one of China's top domestic brands, has set up a regional office in Singapore to exploit the Republic's strength as a gateway to the region and the global market. Amoi manufactures consumer electronics and IT products
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      CORPORATEbriefs
      162 19 Elec Eltek International reported a net profit of $1 8.68 million, or 12.79 cents per share, for its second quarter ended Dec 31, up from $12.81 million, or 8.77 cents a share, in the year-earlier period. Revenues surged to $153.24 million from $1 1 9.76 million. Colex Holdings reported
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      Lock icon Greenspan says sustained expansion ahead for US economy
      315 20 AFP WASHINGTON Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan said on Wednesday that the US economy has embarked on a vigorous expansion but the outlook is menaced by massive budget deficits. "Looking forward, the odds of sustained robust growth are good, although, as always,
      AFP; BLOOMBERG  -  315 words
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      Lock icon Fans oppose a Disney sale
      453 20 Reuters Dismay over Comcast's hostile bid for the 'Magic Kingdom' LOS ANGELES Die-hard Mouseketeers gnashed their teeth and rent their three-fingered white gloves amid fears that the Magic Kingdom that Walt Disney built could be overrun by a cable TV giant named Comcast The US$54
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  • SAVVY INVESTOR
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      Lock icon Ringgit key to reviving KL market
      686 22  -  Jerry Low If China revalues its yuan, Malaysia may also re-peg the ringgit, rekindling interest in its bourse CHINA could surprise by revaluing its currency sooner than expected and, ironically, this could boost the Malaysian stock market and help it to break out of
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      2321 22 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 Upper A Reuters Company and may be incomplete. No offer or solicitations to buy or sell
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      M'sia: N-tech transfer role overblown
      350 24 But promises to share investigation data with Washington KUALA LUMPUR Even as Malaysia pledged yesterday to share information from its investigation of a man involved in a vast network trafficking nuclear technology with Washington, it accused US President George W Bush of unfairly singling out
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      Lock icon Bollywood stands still for 'super weddings'
      203 24 -AP LUCKNOW The cameras in Bollywood stopped rolling as the Indian industry shuts down this week as stars attend two "super weddings". Bombay film stars, political leaders and business tycoons are among 10,500 guests converging on the northern Indian city of Lucknow for the
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        Lock icon Akbar cleared of graft charges
        72 24 -AFP Indonesia's parliament speaker Akbar Tanjung yesterday won his appeal to the supreme court against a conviction and three-year jail sentence for corruption. The judges cleared him of misappropriating 40 billion rupiah ($8 billion) in state funds which were allocated to feed the poor during
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        Lock icon Pig lard to stop suicide attacks
        96 24 -AFP Israeli police have come up with plans to place bags of pig lard on buses in a bid to deter Palestinian militants from carrying out suicide attacks, the Maariv daily reported yesterday. Rabbinical authorities have approved the idea on grounds that it could
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      Lock icon Man to sue Thai govt for bird-flu cover-up
      233 24 Agencies BANGKOK The father of a six-year-old Thai boy who died of bird flu said yesterday he was suing the government, accusing it of covering up the presence of the disease. Mr Chamnan Bounmanut, whose son, Captan, was the first of Thailand's
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      A long-standing problem
      150 26 LONDON The plight of illegal immigrants picking cockles at Morecambe Bay was not highlighted only after 19 of them died tragically last week. In fact, the MP for Morecambe and Lunesdale, who had written to the Home Office last year to warn about such immigrants, was ignored,
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        Lock icon N Korea used chemical weapons on prisoners
        65 26 AFP South Korean human rights activists displayed a smuggled document yesterday which they said showed the Stalinist state had tested chemical weapons on political prisoners. The document bore what appeared to be North Korea's security police seals. It was among tnree that were
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        Lock icon A legal gay divide
        57 26 Agencies Massachusetts lawmakers postponed a controversial debate on Wednesday over whether to rewrite their state's constitution to include language banning gay marriage. After more than six hours of heated debate in a legislature picketed by passionate gay activists and their equally vocal opponents, lawmakers couldn't reach
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      Lock icon Bush's N-plan shifts focus from Iraq war
      301 26 Agencies WASHINGTON Arms control experts who hailed US President George W Bush's move to close a loophole that has allowed nuclear programmes to flourish, urged him to go further. In an election year speech on Wednesday, Mr Bush shifted the focus from the
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      Lock icon CIA turns to the Net for Iraq WMD tip-off
      293 29 Agencies It promises rewards for leads to 'smoking guns' WASHINGTON The search for Iraqi weapons of mass destruction (WMD) has been taken to the Internet. With the "smoking guns" still missing and the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) under fire
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        65 29 Floored by 1 m ransom money Reuters Relatives of a kidnap victim in Taiwan tossed ransom money of over Ts2o million ($1 million) in cash from a highway overpass right onto the path of a motorcyclist below, toppling and hurting him, local media reported yesterday. The ransom, packed into two
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      243 30 -AFP PARIS The telephone might be the best medium for sales employees who are encouraged to stretch the truth, but emails would be better for workers where honesty is a priority. Cornell University psychologist Jeff Hancock found that people who tell lies are
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      985 34  -  mr brown And, you better not flunk in this subject, or else YESTERDAY, Feb 12, a Caucasian guy wearing nothing but his underwear ran around the traffic junction near The Heeran, waving to the cars and pedestrians. And people stopped to stare at
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        90 34 Reuters An angry husband in Greece who came across a video of his wife having sex with her lover on the Internet called the police who arrested a man suspected of filming a string of people without their consent. The 25-year-old cheating wife
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        61 34 Reuters An Italian woman who had her breasts enlarged with the biggest silicone implants available is wanted by police after she skipped out on the 7,500 euro ($1 6,000] plastic surgery bill. She used a false name but police are relying on a
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        49 34 -AFP China has banned the internationally acclaimed women's rights play The Vagina Monologues in Beijing, a day before its scheduled opening, organisers said. An official at the Beijing cultural bureau confirmed the cancellation. The cancellation comes a week after the production was banned in Shanghai.
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        76 34 Reuters A man jumped four metres from the public gallery to the floor of the Australian parliament yesterday and ran among politicians, including Prime Minister John Howard, before being dragged away. The security breach occurrea during the daily question time in the House of Representatives.
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      973 36  -  Razali Abdullah Thai fans delirious at long-awaited concert by founders of 'nu-metal' genre ON NOV 21 last year, American metalcore band Korn released their sixth album, Take A Look In The Mirror. It was four days earlier than planned as the band had discovered that songs
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      289 38  -  —Janice Lee ADVISED by her managers to stick to her American tour, local singer Ho Yeow Sun will not attend tomorrow's MTV Asia Awards. Sun is in the running for the Favourite Music Artist from Singapore award along with Stefanie Sun, Tanya Chua, A-Do and
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      282 38  -  serene@newstoday.com.sg MediaCorp artistes, foreign stars bond to produce touching NKF-sponsored serial IT is never emphasised enough. Now, MediaCorp TV and the National Kidney Foundation can relay the message again that "prevention is better than cure" with its upcoming production, I Love My Home. The heart-warming family
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      65 38 -AFP LOS ANGELES The Simpsons are set to jump to the big screen with the announcement by Twentieth Century Fox studios that a feature film version of the hit animated TV series is in the works. No release schedule has been set for the planned
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      425 40  -  Yong Shu Chiang Stylish but meandering American Civil War romance needs some defrosting I FILM REVIEW Cold Mountain IN times of trouble, simple things take on a greater significance. American Civil War soldier Inman (Jude Law) had only known Ada (Nicole Kidman), a preacher's daughter, briefly before
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      302 44  -  pauline@newstoday.com.se Prepare to woo your Valentine with pan-fried prawns on top of pasta in a rich tomato sauce PLAYING the romance stakes is an art and it takes a master to pay attention to the winning details. The ultimate prize is to have dinner on top of
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      269 48 AUTHORS of highly-acclaimed books on parenting, Nancy Samalin and Dr Robin Goldstein, are scheduled to speak at a two-day parenting symposium to be held on March 6 and 7. Samalin has written Loving Without Spoiling, Loving Your Child is Not Enough, Love Anger
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      247 48 "I'VE STUDIED and studied, but I still can't remember much of what I studied," is the oft-heard cry of many students. Here are some tips to improve your memory, culled from some education websites: 1 Integra- r Hon. We Vremember best the things that are
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      260 56 -AFP LOS ANGELES A statue of former Los Angeles Lakers star Magic Johnson was unveiled outside the team's home arena here on Wednesday, an honour that brought tears to the retired National Basketball Association legend. Retired Lakers stars Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and James Worthy,
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      393 57 Reuters GOLF ANZ Championship, first round SYDNEY Laura Davies, the first woman to compete in an Australasian or European men's Tour event, said she felt the pressure during her opening 3-over-par 75 at the co-sanctioned ANZ Championship yesterday. The 40-year-old Briton was joint 127
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