Today, 26 March 2004, Afternoon Edition

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    13 1 TODAY we set you thinking todayonline.com Friday March 26, 2004 MITA (P) 002/11/2002
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon US stock prices snap 5-day losing streak
      97 1 Reuters NEW YORK Stocks soared yesterday, sending the technology-packed Nasdaq on its biggest one-day climb in nine months, as bar-gain-hunting investors scooped up shares that were beaten down to year-lows. The rally snapped a five-day losing streak for blue-chip stocks, which fell to
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      The Russians are coming!
      500 1  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla And they are giving tourism industry a big boost EVEN as the newly-confident Singapore tourism industry sets a visitor arrival growth target of 24 per cent for this year, two surprise factors look set to drive it in the short and medium term
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      Lock icon EU acts on terrorism
      95 1 -AFP BKUSSjKjLSEuropean Union leaders yesterday adopted a raft of security measures in the wake of the Madrid bombings, notably appointing a new "antiterrorism tsar" to better coordinate action after the deadly blasts which have raised the spectre of Al Qaeda over Europe. At the start of
      -AFP; AFP  -  95 words
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      Lock icon US casts veto
      105 1 Reuters UNITED NATIONS The United States yesterday vetoed a UN Security Council resolution introduced by Arab nations to condemn Israel for assassinating militant Palestinian leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin. The US veto killed the resolution because it is one of the five permanent members of the council with
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    Lock icon STARRY, STARRY NIGHT
    260 2 L#**A», W* EI BBS Today PHOTOS BY AND President SR Nathan (centre) flanked from left to right by Mr Darrell Metzger, CEO of Sentosa Leisure Group, Mr Lim Neo Chian, Deputy Chairman CEO of STB, Mrs Pamelia Lee, Senior Director of STB and Mr Wee Ee-chao, Chairman
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Lock icon CNA man's longest 15 mins
      473 3 Channel News Asia PAS mob attacks Channel News Asia cameraman inTerengganu A CAMERAMAN from Channel News Asia covering a post-election event was assaulted by a mob at a Parti Islam seMalaysia (PAS) rally in Terengganu on Tuesday night Mr Mohd Khadri, 36, was filming the
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      SM ON TWO HUGE MARKETS
      154 3 Well, barring shocks like Madrid, or 911, or Bali, I think we will be able to make 3 to 5 per cent per annum. We are now a mature economy but we've got to take advantage of the growth in China, which will gallop along
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Woman who jumped to her death called to tell her husband she had cancer
      271 4 SHE was a 34-year-old Singaporean who taught in Thailand with her 26-year-old French husband. Madam Yap Cheng Chui's whirlwind relationship with Mr Nicolas Olivier Prud'hon led to marriage almost four years ago and to the birth
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      Sail way to creative learning
      665 4  -  Tav Tsen-Wave But new teaching method optional for schools and won't affect exams waye@newstoday.com.Sj WORKING out the answer to 256+445 is easy with a calculator, until you are told that the number "5" button is missing from the keypad. How then do you go about
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      219 4 1.1:1 g It's a store 1 I and more, I ~"-*^BH l I m Coca Cola Terms and Conditions: I I Offer only valid with original coupon in Today from 22 March I 11 April. Offer valid in all Singapore's 7-Eleven stores only, while stocks last Coupon cannot be used
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      28 4 Your chance to star with Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Chris Moore awaits. See page 21 for details. l^^aßai BY IBsVI IB^Shk. THE DRAW OF INDIAN STOCKS BUSINESS 24
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      215 6 Stop Wearing Bras. Researchers have discovered that: Wearing a bra is like breast binding; this suppresses the lymphatic system which is responsible for the removal of toxins from your body 1 The more hours per day your bra is worn, the higher your chance of getting breast cancer 2 Pre-cancerous
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  • Home Financing
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      Happily ever after
      470 7  -  Martha Lee With so many home loons available in the market, it can sometimes be difficult to decide which one really works for you in the long run. In this last of a three-part series, we look at the home loan needs of a young couple who
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      Analysis and Recommendations
      282 7 Young, successful and investment savvy, Galastein and Wan Sim have been focusing on growing their assets, as well as saving to start a family. To achieve their goals, they have decided to remain largely liquid with a low- to medium-risk investment portfolio consisting of insurance, endowment plans
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      Gala stein and Wan Sim's DBS Mortgage 1-2-3 Fixed+Floating Combination
      94 7 Fixed: 10% Floating: 90% Tt Fixed+Floating ($48,000) ($432,000) Rate I s'year $267 $1,629 $1,896 1.35% P .a. 2 nd year $281 $1,629 $1,910 1.4% P .a. 3 rd year $281 $1,629 $1,910 1.4% P .a. 4" year $281 $1,629 $1,910
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      DBS Mortgage 1-2-3 explains 'Daily Rest'
      179 7 Did you know that your home loan interest rate is calculated either on a daily or monthly basis? This can make a difference to how you can save on interest payments. In a daily rest calculation, interest is computed immediately based on the principal
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    • SINGAPOREsnippets
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        Teens who stole from vehicles to be charged
        64 8 Three youths suspected of stealing from 14 vehicles parked in the Bradell, Upper Serangoon and Yio Chu Kang areas over the last month, were arrested yesterday morning. Two 15-year-old boys will be charged in juvenile court today. The other suspect is a
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        Lock icon Five illegal immigrants arrested
        75 8 CNA illegal immigrants Police arrested five illegal immigrants yesterday for attempting to sneak into Singapore in a motorised sampan. The three Chinese women and two men who claimed to be Myanmar nationals were fished out of the waters near Lim Chu Kang, after being dropped off
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        Lock icon Brother Joseph to be remembered in Irish hometown
        48 8 CNA The late sculptor and teacher, Brother Joseph McNally, will be remembered in his Irish hometown through one of his sculptures to be unveiled this year. Trade and Industry Minister George Yeo said this at last night's Singapore Business Awards.
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      More breaches exposed
      418 8  -  Raymond Andrew Kang trial brings to light other misuse of church funds by priests raymond@newstoday.com.sg MORE cases of priests not adhering to church rules on financial matters came to light on the third day of Catholic priest Joachim Kang's trial yesterday. The head of the Catholic Church,
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      Nursing's a joy, but ..
      549 12  - Nursing's a joy, but Tan Hui Leng Only 65 out of 4,000 inactive nurses enticed to return huileng@newstoday, com. sg IT HAS been more than three years since the Ministry of Health launched the Return-to-Nursing programme but only 65 out of the 4,000 inactive nurses here have been enticed back
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      Key role for grandpa, grandma in this netball contest
      279 12  -  Loh Chee Kong TO CELEBRATE the 10th anniversary of the International Year of the Family (IYF), Netball Singapore has organised Granny's Big Game, a modified four-on-four netball competition for three-genera-tional families. The competition, to be held in July, will see two
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      Let's make Singapore the Asian Monte Carlo
      324 16  -  Shane Huang Jinwei I HAVE always thought that there should be a casino in Singapore. If Singapore seriously wants to promote itself further as a "fun" place, it should do better than merely tout bar-top dancing and reverse bungee jumping. I remember visiting
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      Fighting terror: No Govt is omnipotent
      302 16  -  Jason Lee Boon Hong It's suicidal to believe that the Govt can always protect us from terrorists I REFER to the article "Too much trust in the Govt?" (Today, March 25). If the results of Today's street poll are indicative of Singaporeans' true understanding
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      Trust? It's more like apathy, or laziness
      204 16  -  Kenneth Lim Chi Shen I READ with interest your article, "Too much trust in the Govt?" (Today, March 25). I am not surprised that Singaporeans have such great confidence in our Government's abilities. After all, it has thwarted, quite speedily, previous terrorist attempts.
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon Temasek: No deal with Hana Bank yet
      201 18 Agencies But it has met up with the S Korean bank, regulators OFFICIALS of Temasek Holdings and South Korea's Hana Bank have met to explore banking opportunities, a spokesman for Singapore's investment holding company said yesterday. However, this may not necessarily mean a
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    • MarketWATCH
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        ST Index- 1,830.40 -4.89
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        Singapore
        192 18 SHARES closed lower yesterday on profit-taking after Wednesday's gains, but technology stocks bucked the overall trend, traders said. Creative Technology shares rose 50 cents to $1 8.40 while electronics contract manufacturer Venture Corp gained 20 cents to $19.20, with sentiment toward such stocks boosted by Hewlett-Packard winning a major
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        SGX most active
        55 18 By volume Intend Bio-Treat NewLakeside ChinaAvOil Mediating STAssemb Jaya Hldg Jade L&M SingTel Close 0.280 0.845 0.285 2.410 0.170 1.740 0.890 0.055 0.010 2.310 Change -0.005 -0.020 -0.090 -0.005 +0.030 +0.040 -0.015 -0.005 -0.6 -6.6 -3.6 -2.9 +1.8 +4.7 -21.4 -33.3 '000 59,358 31,430 18,406 18,183 13,804
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        SGX top rises
        76 18 By Close Changi rhai Prime200USS 11.300 +0.801 Creative 50 18.400 +0.501 ISH500USS 5.200 +0.201 OCBC 4.5%NCPS 100 101.400 +0.201 SPH 18.600 +0.201 Venture 19.200 +0.201 Noble 5.000 +0.161 SPC 2.610 +0.101 ElecUSS 3.080 +0.091 IDT 2.180 +0.061 By percentage UediaS ChipEngSW*****1 Close < 0.025 0.030 Change +25.0
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        SGX top falls
        71 18 By$ F&N Close 14.200 Changi -0.301 KepCorp iPH 100 7.000 18.500 -0.201 -0.201 STIETF100 18.370 -0.151 Haw Par JOLA 4.920 1.810 -0.131 -0.131 ZITYDEV lardine C&C IMH 400USS 6.100 6.400 10.100 -0.101 -0.101 -0.101 By percentage L&M /icplas W*****9 MW*****6 Wee Poh lade ieeHS W*****0 Close 0.010
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        World markets
        60 18 Index Nikkei 225 Hang Seng All Ordinaries Taiwan Wtd Value *****.91 *****.21 3395.70 6156.73 Change Pis +165.92 -157.92 +10.60 -56.83 +1.46 -1.25 +0.31 -0.91 Korea Comp KLCI SET Index Jakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzhen B Mumbai Sensex 853.38 890.14 664.66 727.10 1393.12 293.90 5414.44 -8.34 -5.17 -12.95 -11.69
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        Lock icon Commodities
        26 18 SGX, Bloomberg Gold uss/oz 416.700 Silver uss/oi 7.600 Platinum uss/oi 916.000 Rubber centsAg 226.25 Palm Oil RM/tonne 2,013 Brent crude uss/barrel 33.80 Information provided by
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 18 US$ 0.5904 UK£ 0.3234 Yen 62.7225 HK$ 4.604 RM 2.244 Euro 0.4865 Rupiah 5066.28 Baht 23.337 Peso 33.2979 A$ 0.7929 Indian Rs 26.42 Won 681.83 C$ 0.7923 Yuan 4.8872 NZ$ 0.9061 NTS 19.6327
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      Lock icon The Semiconductor King reigns in Asia
      290 20  -  Tor Ching Li 'Michael Loh Inc' to make $1.7b in sales by 2005 chingli@newsto day, com. sg FOR Mr Michael Loh, the world will soon be his Silicon Valley. But then, the Silicon Valley was pretty much his world for a good 25 years
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      FibreChem goes the extra mile in second try
      216 20  -  Chan Chao Peh SYNTHETIC fibre maker FibreChem, which is taking a second shot at listing here, has gone the extra mile in ensuring that it has fully complied with the listing requirements of the Singapore Exchange (SGX). Last year, the SGX pulled
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      Lock icon CORPORATEbriefs
      102 20 Channel News Asia Mr Ron Sim, the chief executive officer of Osim International, was named Businessman of the Year last night at the Singapore Business Awards 2003. Sing Tel CEO and president Lee Hsien Yang was named Outstanding Chief Executive of the Year, while homegrown water treatment firm Hyflux
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      Lock icon M1 investors approve share buy-back plan
      329 23 Bloomberg as mobile phone operator seeks ways to spend its cash MOBILEONE (Ml), Singapore's second-largest mobile phone company, won the approval of shareholders yesterday to buy back as much as 10 per cent of its outstanding shares, as it looks for ways to spend
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      Citibank launches new money-management scheme
      190 23  -  Chan Chao Peh CITIBANK launched a new moneymanagement service in Singapore aimed at those earning between $4,000 and $10,000 a month. The service Citibanking will combine customised personal financial-planning service from the bank's personal bankers with backroom support from its research and fund-management experts. According
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    • SAVVY INVESTOR
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        The draw of Indian stocks
        629 24  -  Shibu Itty Kuttickal India's long-term prospects attract surge in Singapore investors shibu@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPOREANS are buying into the Indian boom story in a big way. This is reflected in the surging inflows into India-specific equity funds registered in Singapore, say industry players. For instance, the Aberdeen
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        Lock icon Rocky road ahead for CapitaLand
        699 26 Dow Jones Expected slowdown of residential property markets in China, Australia will affect the group's profits CAPITALAND'S shares hit a 22-month high earlier this month, boosted by its plan to give units in a commercial real estate investment trust or Reit to shareholders and hopes
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      Lock icon Steel price hikes hit US car industry hard
      391 29 -AFP Situation can lead to bankruptcies within weeks, say players DETROIT Soaring steel prices have roiled the ranks of auto suppliers in the United States, pushing some to the brink of bankruptcy and threatening to disrupt its multi-billion-dollar auto sector. US steel
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      Lock icon China's central bank plans reforms to curb loan growth
      277 29 AFP BEIJING China's central bank plans to increase the cost of borrowing for commercial banks and will require the weakest of the country's financial institutions to raise their reserve holdings. The People's Bank of China will raise the required deposit reserve
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      614 21 I^..' 1 '-flap slit^wfib mSk. V V /^l Submit a series of photos for a chance to win an all-expense paid trip to visit the set of the next Project Greenlight film, produced by Ben Affleck, Matt Damon and Chris Moore. The winner will score a walk-on role in the
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      182 22 Citibank congratulates NATAS on its 25th Anniversary and j£Sr the following winners in the Mar "Fly For Free" program at NATAS <4§r Travel 2004 f 19-21 Mar 2004. O A pair of air tickets to Bangkok Ng Boon Chye, *****969G A pair of air tickets to Hong Kong Pauline Tan
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Blair's landmark Libya trip
      487 30 Agencies Tripoli's international isolation ends after it renounces WMD programme TRIPOLI Libya ended years of international isolation yesterday with a historic handshake between its leader Muammar Gaddafi and British Prime Minister Tony Blair. Mr Blair's visit was made possible as Tripoli has abandoned its illegal weapons
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      Indonesia plans to make military service compulsory
      240 30 JAKARTA Indonesia's Defence Ministry is drafting a legislation to make military service compulsory for young people, an official said yesterday. According to the proposal, men and women will have to undergo two months of basic training upon graduation from high school, AFP quoted
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      162 30 Reuters BEIJING China yesterday denounced Japan's detention of seven activists who landed on a disputed island, saying the arrests violated its sovereignty, and demanded their immediate release. The seven Chinese men evaded the Japanese Coast Guard to land on the rocky island in the
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        93 30 Indonesia announced yesterday it would pay its civil servants a special bonus in June, but its Finance Minister said the move was not linked to next month's parliamentary election, AFP reported. A ministry spokesman said the one-month bonus would help staff pay their children's school
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        77 30 A French railway worker found a bomb half-buried on the main line between Paris and Switzerland, alarming commuters across Europe. Bomb experts detonated the makeshift device and the Interior Ministry did not mention any Islamic threat in its statement. The Ministry did not say
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        71 30 AFP Thai Interior Minister Bhokin Balakula yesterday announced the government's plan to install closed-circuit cameras in government buildings and sensitive public areas throughout five southern provinces in a bid to halt escalating "urban terrorism". He added the government had dropped plans to send armed military vehicles
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      154 34 Agencies HAWARA CHECKPOINT (West Bank) "A frightened little boy" is how Israeli military spokesman Major Sharon Feingold described 16-year-old would-be Palestinian suicide bomber, Hussam Abdu, who was arrested by Israeli troops on Wednesday. "Move away, I am carrying an explosive belt," Hussam had yelled to
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      168 34 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's conservative opposition Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) has allegedly banned the father of a popular talk show host and motivational speaker from preaching at a local mosque after his daughter won the seat for the ruling Barisan Nasional at the
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      464 34 Agencies US terrorism expert says Al Qaeda not taken seriously enough WASHINGTON The controversy over Washington's handling of the terrorism threat widened on Wednesday with a former top security official telling an inquiry into the Sept 11 attacks that President George W Bush had not taken Al
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      150 34 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Pressure mounted yesterday on Malaysia's election commission chief Abdul Rashid Abdul Rahman and his team to quit over his handling of the polls, which gave the government a landslide victory. A local watchdog, the Malaysians for Free
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      106 34 Reuters TAIPEI A resolution to Taiwan's controversial presidential election result could emerge finally today when Parliament presents a motion to revise the election law to allow for a recount. The breakthrough at a Parliament committee meeting that had been scheduled, cancelled and rescheduled,
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      reaching for the skies
      587 37  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla "The service was excellent, with very attentive staff right through the flights." Katie, MacFadyen, Jan 22, 2004 "Best cabin crew I was served by..." Lim Shu Hao, Dec 1, 2003 "The cabin crew were attentive and met every small need of passengers. Even
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      retail therapy round the clock
      624 40  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla FOR someone who has been variously dubbed the "King of Little India" and "Singapore's Retail Raja", winning awards should be par for the course. But not for the self-effacing boss of Singapore's most profitable department store, Mr Mustaq Ahmad, the Singapore Tourism
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      moving with the inn crowd
      461 42  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla Most Promising Tourism Star HAI MAVERICKS have a way of standing out even when they do their best to blend in and earn a living quietly. Just ask Hai, winner of this year's Most Promising Tourism Star award. Fighting shy of fame,
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      keeping cool
      399 44  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla WHEN the Sars epidemic swept like a tornado through the region, one gritty woman whose hotel chain, the Shangri-La Group, represents the very essence of Asia's mystical appeal refused to lose her cool. Even as the World Health Organisation (WHO) and foreign tourists got all
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      he showed the world lah!
      422 44  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla Special Recognition Award ROBERT W GUY, MANAGING DIRECTOR PACIFIC WORLD DESTINATION MANAGEMENT SINGAPORE IF ANYONE can overcome a national crisis, it must surely be the intrepid Mr Robert Guy, managing director of destination management service firm Pacific World Singapore. After all, he
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      on wings of love
      454 46  -  Ted Chen Tourism Host of the Year Leisure Attraction JUNE GUAI, BIRD TRAINER, JURONG BIRD PARK WHEN Miss June Guai graduated from Ngee Ann Polytechnic with a diploma in Business Studies six years ago, she was clueless about what she wanted to do for a living,
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      bar none, #1
      411 46  -  Loh Chee Kong Best Nightspot Experience BAR NONE WITH high voltage live rock n roll music set in the contempo-rary-retro feel of ostrich leather bar stools, vinyl cushions, poster light boxes and modular system furniture, Bar None offers an all-round aesthetic and acoustic experience that few other
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      heart of the arts
      470 47  -  Ted Chen Best Event Experience ESPLANADE THEATRES ON THE BAY; OPENING FESTIVAL (THE ESPLANADE] SYDNEY has its Opera House, Milan has its La Scala, and Singapore has its Esplanade-Theatres on the Bay. You know a city is on its way to joining the ranks of the
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      luxe for all seasons
      374 47  -  Ted Chen Best Accomodation Experience FOUR SEASONS HOTEL SIPPING a tall drink on a balmy evening, nibbling on caviar and whispering sweet nothings to your gorgeous date as you stretch out by the pool of an internationally renowned hotel. To most tourists, this would be an
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      front line excellence
      328 47  -  Loh Chee Kong Most Memorable Shopping Experience Retail Outlet ROBINSON AND CO PTE LTD CLINCHING this year's award for the Most Memorable Shopping Experience Retail Outlet makes it Robinson Co's eighth win in 13 years. Mr Tom Hartnell, general manager of operations, is justifiably proud to be
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      a spa-cial feeling
      286 48  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla Best Spa Experience SPA BOTANICA IN A sign that the spa industry is fast becoming a force to be reckoned with, one of Singapore's toniest hotel resorts is not coy about crediting some of its business success this year to its spa. The Sentosa
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      a gem of a retailer
      423 48  -  Loh Chee Kong Tourism Host of the Year Retail EVELYN ANG LI LI, RETAIL MANAGER, ASPIAL-LEE HWA JEWELLERY SINGAPORE AN UPMARKET emporium to consumerism is hardly the place you would expect to see touching acts of kindness played out regularly in the course of a
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      a walk in the past
      391 48  -  Ted Chen Tourism Host of the Year Tour Guiding SAVITA KASHYAP, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER, JOURNEYS TT is late at night and you are leading .La group of wide-eyed tourists down the dimly-lit streets of Keong Saik Road in Chinatown. Your commentary is bringing to life
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      been there, done that
      403 49 Tourism Host of the Year Travel Agency TRACY WONG, ASSISTANT MANAGER, RETAIL TICKETING, CHAN BROTHERS THOSE who get the jitters every time they start planning their holidays may want to seek advice from someone who could easily qualify as the Patron Saint of Holidaymakers Ms Tracy
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      they've hit on a winner
      266 49  -  Loh Chee Kong Most Innovative Marketing Effort by a Foreign Tour Operator JAKARTA EXPRESS A STROKE of ingenuity. That was all it took for Indonesian tour operator, Jakarta Express to win the award for Most Innovative Marketing Effort by Foreign Tour Operator. Searching for a
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      adroit and accommodating
      300 49  -  Ted Chen A NIMBLE mind, calm disposition and cheerful -Tispirit have helped this year's Tourism Host (Hotel) winner resolve many a sticky situation on the job. Ms Angela Wong, a conferences services manager at the world-renowned Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore, believes that "the Ritz has always been the
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      the ride turn
      433 50  -  Ted Chen Tourism Host of the Year Transport (Taxi) TOMMY ONG, SOVEREIGN TAXI DRIVER HE WAS faced with what seemed like a dead end seven years ago, but Mr Tommy Ong chose to drive down the road that has proven to be a rewarding journey. The Sovereign
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      in-store gratification
      369 50  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla Most Memorable Shopping Experince Shopping Centre TAKASHIMAYA SHOPPING CENTRE WHILE other retailers were moving to scale down in the face of an economic slowdown in the early 2000s, Takashimaya SC, Singapore's largest department store, took the opposite path. Convinced that quality and choice were key
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      night fantastic
      332 51  -  Ted Chen Best Leisure Experience NIGHT SAFARI NO one can deny that the Night Safari at the Singapore Zoological Gardens is one of the best things that could happen in any urban metropolis. Enjoyed by old and young alike, even visitors from some of the most naturally endowed
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      hostess with the mostest
      330 51  -  Ted Chen Tourism Host of the Year Restaurant LORETTA BERTOCCHI, GENERAL OPS MANAGER, ORIGINAL SIN WORKING in Original Sin, one of Singapore's most talked-about restaurants, has been a novel experience these past two years for Ms Loretta Bertocchi, this year's Tourism Host of the Year Restaurant
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      inbound, service-hounds
      400 51  -  Loh Chee Kong Best Singapore Travel Experience IN AN industry where clients are becoming increasingly sophisticated and jaded, one has to fight exceedingly hard to get a share of the tourist pie more so during an economic downturn like last year's. Yet, there were several outstanding tour operators
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      860 52  -  Koh Buck Song Republic has moved ahead in balancing freedom with social order, but its critics maintaih:ie*u|dated views PROFESSOR Amitai Etzioni, who is hailed by the Western media as the "guru of the communitarian movement" advocating a fair weighting of societal rights and
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      547 56  -  Shanoo Maharaj in New Delhi No nudity for Queen of Bollywood in Hollywood news@newstoday.com.sg AISHWARYA Rai, a former Miss World and the Queen of Bollywood, is now happily saddled with assignments from Hollywood. The 29-year-old superstar, whom Time magazine called The New Face of Film when
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      368 56  -  Wendy Cheng SHE'S a swimming legend in South-east Asia and Singapore's most bemedalled athlete. But there's much more to Pat Chan (picture) than her fame as Singapore's first Golden Girl. She sings, for instance. Pat takes to the stage tonight
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        488 58  -  Serene Foo Rumours fail to irk Enter the Phoenix star, Eason Chan serene@newstoday.com.sg EASON Chan doesn't seem to be feeling the heat these days. Reports about him having to shoulder his dad's debts and rife rumours of a spendthrift girlfriend have been dogging the Hong Kong
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        227 58  -  Recta Raman PICASSO, Andy Warhol and Robert Mangold and other Modern artists are on show at the Singapore Art Museum. The Encounters with Modernism exhibition, which runs till June 6, is part of Amsterdam's renowned Stedelijk Museum's extensive collection of 20th century art Visitors to
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        272 58  -  Zul Othman SINGAPORE quintet, The Observatory, has obviously hit a chord with local music fans. They performed two sold-out concerts at The Substation in August. Their demo CD, released late last year, has also since sold 800 copies. Tonight, the band will perform at the
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        516 60  -  SERENE FOO Must-see dangerous liaisons of 18th century Korea FILM REVIEW by Untold Scandal SOUTH Korean heartthrob Bae Yong Jun ditches his sensitive, devoted Winter Sonata TV persona and makes a complete about-turn to play a flirtatious, manipulative, cad-of-a-playboy in his big screen debut, Untold Scandal. Bae's risque
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          92 62 Reuters Simon Cowell insists that what the public saw during Wednesday's broadcast or American Idol was an innocent posture, not an obscene gesture. During the show, he was seen with a middle finger to the side of his face, which made it seem like
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          107 62 -AP A family court judge ordered singer Bobby Brown jailed for 90 days or until he pays U5563,500 ($107,000) in child support. The husband of singer Whitney Houston testified that he was unable to pay the support money he owed for children, now 12 and 14,
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          69 62 Next up on the Romancing Singapore calendar is Romance Rhythm, which will bring singles together through karaoke. The event will be held on Saturday, from 2pm to Bpm, at Cha Xuan KTV (near Outram MRT station). Tickets, at $25 per person, can be purchased at the Tampines North
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      330 67 THE upholstery you use for that chair or sofa in the house can help to enhance its interiors. An upholstery should not be judged by its colour and design alone. One should also take into account its durability, "cleanability" and resistance to soil and fading. If
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      743 71  -  STANLEY HO Singapore can host Games: lOC marketing director stanley@newstoday.com.sg IN AUGUST, the Olympic Games will return to their historic and spiritual home of Athens. Athletes from 202 countries will come together to follow in the footsteps of the Ancient Greeks, who first lit the Olympic
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      265 71  -  KOHWEILING weiling@newstoday.com.sg NAZRI Nasir has been capped 101 times and, as skipper, led Singapore to their first international triumph when they lifted the 1998 Tiger Cup in Vietnam. After numerous Malaysia Cup and S-league campaigns, the combative midfielder is rarely intimidated on a football
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      231 71  -  Koh Wei Ling THEY may never get over the death of their son, but Jiang Tao's parents will always remember the generosity of Singaporean strangers. Jiang Tao was struck by lightning and killed instantly during a training session on March 10. The 18-year-old
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        216 72 AFP BARCELONA Celtic survived a 90-minute onslaught by Barcelona to draw 0-0 in their fourth round second leg match tie here on Thursday to progress to the quarter-finals with a 1-0 aggregate victory. The Scots, last season's beaten finalists, had teenage goalkeeper David Marshall to thank
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        241 72 Reuters PONTE VEDRA BEACH Aus tralian Adam Scott fired his lowest round of the season to take the first-round lead at The Players Championship this morning. World number one Tiger Woods, by contrast, tied his worst round at the TPC at Sawgrass,
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      921 74 Agencies Ranieri will rue not signing Pires now that he's back to his best for Arsenal LONDON His side had just conceded the Premiership title to Manchester United and there was talk that some of his illustrious team-mates were ready to leave Highbury.
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      31 72 SPORT ON TV 9.30 am NBA Detroit Pistons v San Antonio Spurs, Ch24 7pm Football S-League: Balestier Khalsa v Sinchi FC, Channel News Asia Tomorrow 6am Golf Players' Championships, Day 1,Ch24
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