Today, 17 June 2004

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    13 1 TODAY we set you thinking todayonline.com Thursday* June 17, 2004 MITA (P) 002/11/2002
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    Lock icon Pak Lah and the anti-graft gambit
    795 1  -  Derrick A Paulo Pressure could determine how fast he acts Malaysia. "For him to take bold moves before the party polls is not realistic." But not everyone is convinced that bold moves are even on the horizon. Said Dr X S Nathan, senior research
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    Lessons in genius and valour
    1032 1  -  Rohit Brijnath Rohit Brijnath N EWSCSDUDSD^ IN 1985, on a day not to be forgotten, Germany leads India 5-1 in a Champions Trophy hockey match. There are six minutes or so left The clock is dying. Then, India scores. 5-2. Watchers like me went "Well,
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      151 1 /A-diaCorp ATHENS 2004 999 fA^DIACORP class 1 faiesdaywednesdayftiday I SHARE YOUR FREE NEWSPAPER f^«^^ OLYMPUS -"-^^^T^- w Your Vision, Our Future f\ /^^K A L=- I l^fe^ Advanced Super View Display ■■L^ Ci it )J '/fa THE WORLD'S Ist1 st DIGITAL CAMERA WITH 2.5" ADVANCED SUPER VIEW LCD. O W
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      28 1 NEWSX^/lEWS William Pesekjr Japan's tourism push not lost in translation/26 2am Latest Spain, Greece draw, group wide open/60 great s'porei £rllfilsSß33 IN GOD'S OWN COUNTRY TRAVELLER PAGE £3
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      Lock icon Iraq oil under fire
      365 2 -AFP Security chiefs killing heightens fears as handover looms BAGHDAD Iraq's oil industry took another hit yesterday with the murder of a top official. Police said Ghazi Al Talabani, the security chief for Iraq's northern oil fields, was gunned down outside his home in the city
      -AFP; REUTERS  -  365 words
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      Lock icon No Iraq-AI Qaeda link in 911 attacks: Panel
      372 4 Agencies WASHINGTON The official panel investigating the 911 attacks said yesterday that there was no "credible evidence" that Iraq had helped Al Qaeda in any attacks against the United States. The panel's findings contradict the US administration's claims of links between Al
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      Singaporean charged with kidnapping envoy
      130 4 KUALA LUMPUR A Singaporean and three Pakistanis were yesterday charged with kidnapping South Africa's deputy high commissioner Cornelius Van Niekerk Scholtz, who went missing last month. Singaporean Narajan Singh Ujagar Singh, 67, Nisar Ahmad Khan Sardar Ali Khan, 35, Arshad Mehmood Mohammad Shafi, 38 and
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      M'sian snatch theft cases prompt action
      108 4 KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian government may introduce a law to empower the public to help curb crimes following a raft of snatch thefts, Bernama reported yesterday. "I'm looking into how to beef up the legal provisions to authorise the citizens to a certain degree
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      Lock icon Aceh rebels refuse to give up struggle
      179 4 Agencies JAKARTA Rebels fighting to split Aceh province from Indonesia yesterday vowed not to ditch their decades-long struggle despite their leaders being arrested in Sweden. Swedish police detained two senior Free Aceh Movement (GAM) officials, self-styled "prime minister" and Singa-pore-born Malik Mahmud and
      Agencies; AFP  -  179 words
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      149 4 I Winning I Magic Minute I Tue, 15 June I 13:41 I First time in Singapore! The largest business school in I!^% USA is now in Singapore and ?r ysifB&\. applications are now open for the }%Wa§~o $^%V premier intakes of the following I^f|p? international executive programs: life!' Ipt mm
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Lock icon Town Council devises plan for residents to pay overdue conservancy charges
      242 6 Channel News Asia SINGAPORE households owe their town councils about $24 million in conservancy fees. But rather than come down hard on those who are finding it difficult to make ends meet, some, like the Pasir Ris-Pung-gol Town Council,
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      Singapore's other link to the Olympics
      394 6  -  Tor Ching Li Home-grown Trans-Link to be sole logistics provider for Athens Games A SINGAPORE-BASED logistics firm Trans-Link Group has been appointed the official logistics provider for all the eight Olympic Villages and Lodgements for the Athens 2004 Games. This means it will be
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      Lock icon Nanyang Poly students clinch marketing top prize
      57 8 TED CHEN Final-year Nanyang Polytechnic marketing students from the group X-Factor won the Gold Award and $3,000 cash at the first Chartered Institute of Marketing (Singapore! National Marketing Competition 2004. The group planned a marketing campaign for local lingerie company, ERO Incorporation which
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      SingTel tops in Asia
      91 8  -  Kevin Tan SINGTEL, South-east Asia's largest telecommunication firm, was named the best mobile operator of the year in Asean and the top Asian mobile operator of the year last night. The mobile operator CEO of the year award went to Ms Agnes Nardi, managing director of
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      Lock icon Elderly skirt dental care
      211 8 Newsßadio 93.8 A RESEARCH project has found dental and oral care are the most neglected treatment among the elderly, with only 15 per cent of Singaporeans over 55 visiting the dentist at least once a year. Instead of paying twice-yearly visits to the dentist, most do
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      S'pore's first vending machines with touch screen add a new dimension to shopping
      313 8  -  Ted Chen SHOPPING for some items is about to get more convenient and efficient for consumers. Ngee Ann Polytechnic, together with local distributor of computer and office automation consumables QCS Marketing Trading, have developed a smart vending
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      Our medical benefits are good, so why top up Medisave?
      203 10  -  Ananda Perera IN 1999,1 wrote to a local daily making a case for why pensioners like me with good medical benefits should not be continually asked to top up our Medisave accounts. All of my wife's and my medical bills
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      We'll uphold our integrity, says Asmi
      318 10  -  Winnie Low Association reacts to report on its chief's presence on inquiry panel WE refer to the article, "A conflict of interest?" (Today, June 15). We wish to clarify the following facts. As pointed out rightly in the story, one of the roles of
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      Magazine classification next?
      124 10  -  Dharmendra Yadav FROM July, the Media Development Authority (MDA) will introduce a new video classification system which will shift the emphasis away from censorship. The mature consumer will now have more choices while parents will have to exercise greater responsibility about what their children watch. This change
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      MOM should help stop bias against part-time qualifications
      218 12  -  Goh Wee Choon THE Manpower Ministry has encouraged workers to upgrade their skills through full- or part-time courses. But here's a cautionary note for would-be students: Part-time diplomas, degrees and certificates are often regarded as secondclass qualifications by employers, despite the fact
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      697 12 From the Letters Editor's desk THE outcry was sparked off by a letter from an unexpected reader. A blind Mr Sect Wee Sin vented his frustration with Maybank's refusal to issue him a replacement ATM card after the one he had been using hitchfree, despite his handicap for nine
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      Change bank policies to help visually handicapped
      204 12  -  I REFER to the article, "Local banks 'actively discourage' them from holding cards" (Today, June 11). I am writing to register our concern that local banks maintain policies which "actively discourage" visually handicapped persons from holding ATM cards. The policy to have the
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      605 13 Protecting Your Key Assets By Tan Kin Lian vehicle at the time of taking the It also covers losses due to forcible CEO, NTUC Income VVhGII PrOT.GCT.inCI insurance. Our premium rate does not theft, flood, water damage fire and depend on the sum insured. The other perils. It even covers
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      Lock icon OCBC extends GE offer
      408 14  -  Val Chua Two more weeks for acceptances, as bank holds 79.7% stake SHOWING the seriousness of its intent, OCBC has extended by two weeks its offer to take insurer Great Eastern Holdings (GE) private after it failed to garner enough acceptances to privatise the insurer yesterday.
      BLOOMBERG  -  408 words
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      SingTel's key 40% bastion
      154 14 SINGTEL will defend its share of the domestic mobile phone market aggressively if it fell to 40 per cent, said Mr Lim Chuan Poh, executive vicepresident for SingTel's consumer business yesterday. "I would say that at 40 per cent, we would make a decisive response," Mr
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        114 14 SHARES closed higher yesterday as fears of a sharp US interest rate hike, which has a spillover impact on domestic rates, receded. US Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan said on Tuesday that inflation was not yet worrisome and data showed US consumer prices were not rising as fast as
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        ST Index: 1,831.31 +10.81
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        World markets
        60 14 Index Nikkei 225 Hang Seng All Ordinaries Taiwan Wtd Korea Comp Value 11,641.72 12,161.78 3,486.80 5,560.16 752.34 Pis +254.02 +111.09 +18.40 -86.33 +0.24 Change +2.23 +0.92 +0.53 -1.53 +0.03 KLCI 818.16 +8.13 +1.00 SET Index 624.36 +10.60 +1.73 Jakarta Comp 707.887 +0.476 +0.07 Phils Comp Shenzhen B Mumbai
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        Lock icon Commodities
        26 14 SGX, Bloomberg Gold uss/oi 388.30 Silver uss/oi 5.72 Platinum uss/oz 783.80 Rubber centsAg 235.50 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1,526 Brent crude uss/barrel 35.33 Information provided by
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 14 US$ 0.5839 UK£ 0.3191 Yen 64.025 HK$ 4.5488 RM 2.2178 Euro 0.4825 Rupiah 5,485.7 Baht 23.878 Peso 32.813 A$ 0.8392 Indian Rs 26.498 Won 675.16 C$ 0.7998 Yuan 4.8353 NZ$ 0.9151 NTS 19.672
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        SGX most active
        59 14 By volume UniFiber Achieve SingTel AddvalTech FibreChem Autron W*****3 Autron 1st Software Cosco Corp ComfortDelGro Close 0.160 0.175 2.210 0.100 0.405 0.145 0.305 0.125 0.760 1.240 Change -0.020 +0.010 +0.010 +0.015 +0.025 +0.035 +0.020 +0.005 +0.030 -11.1 +6.1 +0.5 +3.8 +20.8 +13.0 +19.0 +0.7 +2.5 '000 45,299
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        SGX top rises
        80 14 By Close Change Venture 17.800 +0.400 SIA200 10.600 +0.300 Creative 50 17.300 +0.200 GrealEast 12.200 +0.200 OCBC 12.300 +0.200 St Trdg 2.070 +0.160 DBS 14.900 +0.100 JMH400USS 11.000 +0.100 OCBC 4.55SNCPS 100 101.700 +0.100 SIA 10.500 +0.100 By percentage El-Nets Close Change 0.020 +33.3 Autron W*****3 0.145
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        SGX top falls
        76 14 By Close Change F&N 13.600 -0.400 lardine C&C 6.000 -0.300 BukilSem 13.100 -0.100 OBS Bk6% NCPS10 106.400 -0.100 ihang Asia 2kHKS 7.700 :erebosPac 3.000 -0.100 -0.060 Haw Par 4.880 -0.060 HLAsia 1.640 -0.060 Fortune ReilHKS 5.300 -0.050 By percentage Close Change L&M 0.010 -33.3 North 22 USS
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      Surge in interest in Straits Trading
      205 17 SHARES in Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation-linked company Straits Trading surged to its highest level in almost three-and-a-half years yesterday as punters identified it as another divestment target, following similar interest in United Overseas Bank-con-trolled Singapore Land last week. Straits Trading shares rose 8.4 per cent,
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      Tele Choice offers 112m shares in IPO
      308 17  -  Chan Chao Peh The telecoms firm plans to raise $32.5 million TELECHOICE International, a subsidiary of Singapore Technologies Telemedia (STT), plans to raise $32.48 million in an initial public offering (IPO). The regional distributor of mobile equipment and provider of telecom services is
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      Lock icon Parkway to focus on critical illnesses
      170 17 Bloomberg PARKWAY Holdings, Singapore's biggest private hospital operator, will focus on treating critical illnesses to insulate its business from economic fluctuations in South-east Asia. It will concentrate on developing treatments for illnesses such as cancer and liver disease to attract more local and overseas
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      Lock icon More capital from Temasek for Indon bank
      177 17 Dow Jones JAKARTA The Indonesian central bank will ask Temasek Holdings to inject fresh capital into Bank Danamon Indonesia, a central bank official said yesterday. Temasek holds a 61-per-cent stake in Bank Danamon, which appears to have violated an Indonesia central bank regulation
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      Lock icon SingTel, Nera in broadband deal
      214 17 Channel News Asia SINGTEL has agreed to buy a two-way satellite broadband system from Nera Telecommunications in a deal that may amount to as much as US$lOO million ($172 million). The system, which will provide the infrastructure for interactive distance learning in Asia-Pacific, is made
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      Lock icon SGX wants more foreign companies to list here
      335 18 Bloomberg THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) said it will attract more foreign share sales on its exchange, as it takes a dozen of its listed companies to meet investors in London and New York. One-fifth of the companies traded in Singapore are from
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      Lock icon Valuair flights to Jakarta set to take off by month-end
      130 18 Bloomberg VALUAIR Singapore's only discount airline which delayed its inaugural flight to Jakarta last month, will start flights to the Indonesian capital by the end of this month, said executive director Jimmy Lav. It will also begin services to cities
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      Lock icon A-Reit might buy more assets
      239 18 Bloomberg ASCENDAS Real Estate Investment Trust (A-Reit) said that it may buy more assets to boost rents, after expanding its portfolio in Singapore with its biggest acquisition. Singapore's biggest industrial property trust said yesterday that it will buy C&P Logistics Hub, a cluster of three
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      Lock icon Opec plea to raise output
      83 18 -AFP JAKARTA The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) will officially call on non-member producers to increase output in a bid to push world prices down, its president Purnomo Yusgiantoro said. "Opec will send official letters to non-Opec countries such as Mexico, Angola, Oman and
      -AFP  -  83 words
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      Samsung's way to strong sales
      342 21  -  Ariel Tarn CommunicAsia 2004 3 hip models a year to wow users DEDICATION to quality and design contributed to Samsung's outstanding growth in the mobile phone market this year. At CommunicAsia 2004, the South Korean company underlined its commitment to live up to its motto,
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      Lock icon Asia to be the 'most important region' for Ericsson
      186 21 Bloomberg ERICSSON, the world's biggest maker of cellular network equipment, said that Asia will be its "most important region" in the next three to five years as China and other countries roll out plans for high-speed mobile networks. Within a year,
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      Lock icon Russia's richest man on trial
      281 22 Agencies MOSCOW Russia's wealthiest man, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, went on trial yesterday in what promises to be one of the most important trials since the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991. Mr Khodorkovsky, the former chief of Russian oil giant, Yukos, is standing trial with a top
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        Lock icon Indon militants change tactics
        37 22 Reuters Indonesia's senior police officer, Mr Suyitno Landung, admitted yesterday that militants operating in the country have changed tactics from bomb attacks to targeting individuals, such as foreign diplomats and senior police personnel.
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        Lock icon Pentagon 'unprepared'
        58 22 Reuters An independent panel investigating the 91 1 attacks round the Pentagon's domestic air defence command to be disastrously unprepared for a major terrorist strike on American soil, me New York Times reported yesterday. It said the air-defence command was slow and confused in its response to the
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        Lock icon Tax hikes hit Myanmar
        62 22 Reuters Panic-buying hit Myanmar yesterday after the military junta introduced massive tax and duty hikes on many imported goods, such as televisions, with no warning. The finance and revenue ministry gave no reason for the hikes, which saw the "commercial tax" on imports hit a flat
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      Lock icon Bangkok vigil for safe return of US hostage
      376 23 Agencies But hopes diminish after Al Qaeda-linked group's threat BANGKOK Friends and family of abducted American engineer Paul Marshall Johnson have mounted a vigil in Bangkok, a close friend said yesterday. The owner of Bangkok's 852 Bar, Mr Howard Ogden, who knew
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      Lock icon Aussie Muslims suffer 'greater discrimination after 911'
      163 23 -AFP SYDNEY Arab and Muslim Australians reported an increase in offensive remarks and physical violence against them following the 911 attacks in the United States and the Bali bombings, a new study showed yesterday. A report by Australia's Human Rights and Equal Opportunity
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      Lock icon Muslim countries to decide on backing for interim Iraq govt
      198 23 Agencies ISTANBUL Ministers from the world's Muslim countries insisted yesterday on the need for full sovereignty and political independence in Iraq, just two weeks before the United States-led occupation forces are due to hand over some power to an interim
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      Lock icon Malaysian port officials find toxic waste from Taiwan
      182 23 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian port officials have discovered a new batch of over 200 shipping containers from Taiwan containing toxic industrial waste, officials said yesterday. The latest discovery of 5,500 tonnes over the weekend follows last week's reports that nearly 12,000 tonnes
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      Lock icon Iran threat over UN resolution
      179 24 Agencies TEHRAN In a deepening row, Iran said yesterday it may resume uranium enrichment if a draft resolution rebuking it for inadequate cooperation with United Nations nuclear inspectors is approved. Iranian President Mohammad Khatami warned that his country would have no moral obligation to cooperate
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      Lock icon Smoking ban challenged
      89 24 -AFP DUBLIN Ireland's recentlyintroduced ban on smoking in public places, including pubs and restaurants, is to be challenged in a constitutional case before the High Court The ministry has been served with legal papers in connection with the surprise challenge to the law, a health ministry spokesman
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      Lock icon US called 'a whore' over defence tip to Taiwan
      317 24 -AFP Pentagon report draws senior Chinese general's stinging rebuke WASHINGTON A top Chinese general yesterday called the United States "a whore" for suggesting that Taiwan try to destroy the Three Gorges Dam, while maintaining that it could never be hit by
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        Lock icon Religions cut ties
        39 24 Reuters The Southern Baptist Convention, the largest United States Protestant denomination, voted on Tuesday to cut its links with the Baptist World Alliance, saying the global group is too liberal on gay rights and other issues
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        Lock icon Enter the mobile phone virus
        52 24 -AFP Anti-virus software developers said on Tuesday that the first mobile phone virus has been discovered. Call Cabir, the virus appears to infect the Symbian operating system that is used in several makes of mobiles, notably the Nokia brand, and propagates through the new Bluetooth
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        67 24 -AFP The Sept 1 1 Victim Compensation Fund, set up two weeks after the attack, is expecting to hand out nearly US$7 billion ($l2 billion) to those who made claims. A final tally of all claims is to be released today. Mr Kenneth Feinberg, who is
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      913 26  -  William Pesek Jr Japan wakes up to the economics of tourism and movies form part of the buzz MILES away, in New York City, Mr Chris Alcazar had heard Japan's siren song. The 36-year-old hastily booked a flight and visited the world's No
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      1098 29 FOOD&BEVERAGE Choose any of the 6 Pastas with a Drink: Vongole, Bacon Aglio, I Al Funghi, Mediterranean, Amatriciana Chicken Sausage. I (Now $4.90) Valid from 6 -10pm only. Sm' i Not valid with other promotions. Fountain drinks only. 1 Slice Cheezy French Toast at $1.20 (UP $1.50) only! M M
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      408 30  -  David Chew IF YOU'RE lucky this weekend, you may just bump into the French artists, Pierre and Gilles, at a tattoo parlour. The photographer and painter collaborators may be getting tattoos as their travel souvenir from Singapore. What started out as something they did
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      395 30  -  Wendy Cheng Mark Lee makes a foray into singing with an album tied in with the film, The Best Bet MARK Lee can dish it out, but he can take it, too. In a singing contest aired recently on the MediaCorp TV Channel 8 variety show, Top
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      232 32  -  Liyana Othman THE King of Rock 'n' Roll may have died 27 years ago, but that won't stop an enterprising producer from bringing him back on stage for a live concert Thanks to state-of-the-art technology, footage of Elvis Presley will be projected on a giant video screen
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        865 33  -  Koh Chieng Mun Throw a DIV pizza party and make your favourite pizzas IT'S the school holidays and you'd like the family to spend some quality time together. Here's an activity that you and your children whether they are teenagers or toddlers would enjoy. Have a DIV pizza
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        492 34  -  Jeanine Tan Director Frank Coraci turns Around the World in 80 Days into a blockbuster action-comedy WHEN Jules Verne wrote the literary classic, Around the World in 80 Days, in the 1870s, he probably never imagined it would be made into a modern actioncomedy blockbuster.
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        195 34 -AFP LOS ANGELES California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger faced his voters yesterday in a decidedly un-gubernatorial role, when he makes one last movie appearance as a womanising Turkish prince. The "Govern-ator," who announced last August that he was giving up his US$3O mil-lion-a-film career to run
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        64 36 Catch Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London at Cathay Cineplexes and do your part for charity. For every ticket purchased, 50 cents will be donated to the Children-At-Risk Empowerment Association. According to Cathay Organisation and Lighthouse Pictures, this is the first charity drive organised for the entire
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        115 36 Meet your favourite Chinese DJs at MediaCorp Radio's family carnival. Organised by Y.E.S. 93.3FM, Capital 95.8FM and Love 97.2FM, the annual extravaganza will be held this weekend from 1 1 am to 9pm, at Suntec Convention Hall 602. There will be a host of activities, including a Mini
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        90 36 Reuters Pop star Michael Jackson, who is facing a trial on child molestation charges, paid more than US$23 million ($39.5 million) to a boy and his family in the mid-1 990s to settle similar accusations, CourtTV reported on Tuesday. Though it
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      281 37  -  Chocolate praline brundt cake with caramel ice cream Two 'Chefs with Altitude' take the dining experience to a new level ONE of them whips up gourmet dishes from the 41st floor of Sydney's Chifley Tower. The other on Switzerland's 1,084m-high Mont-Pelerin. The two celebrated chefs Dietmar Sawyere of
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      37 36 "t. I vUf v^v^ l^k^ta V^B* Hki7^ V. S-|l> |^l IBM Al mu^H kxt v^^m i^ Vvv bdLmfJu ISciiani L^ 1 iI Li LLi. JWk When you follow your dream, there's no telling what you'll become. 4MO'vK
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      6 39 It's timelfor the 1
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      620 40  -  Jasmine Oei Child actors Heng Li Rong and FraserTiong make their mark in the localTV industry FOR 12-year-old Heng Li Rong and 10-year-old Fraser Tiong, the life of a child actor may be fun and exciting, but it is definitely not child's play. As child actors, their
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      837 42 There are more activities for children than piano classes and tennis lessons, as Jasmine Oei (jasmine.oei newstoday. com.sg) finds out A star is born Jw^^ Drama queens and kings can explore their talent at ACT 3's Drama Academy, where children as young as 18 months old can learn
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        313 44 DIARY OF A WORM by Doreen Cronin, with illustrations by Harry Bliss Published by HarperCollins Publisher Price: $23.10 A SQUASH AND A SQUEEZE by Julia Donaldson, with illustrations by Axel Scheffler Published by Macmillan Children's Books Price: $30.40 STEVE'S SUNDAY BLUES by Neal Layton Published by
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        347 44 THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX by Kate DiCamillo, illustrated by Timothy Basil Ering Published by Walker Books Price: $19.90 A 2004 Newberry Medal winner, The Tale of Despereaux is a story that combines time-honoured themes of good versus evil, unrequited love, loyalty and the search for identity.
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        211 44 GET YOUR CHILDREN With more than 40 years of experience of working and heading the children's section in the National Library between them, retired librarians Vilasini Menon and Mavis Siregar give readers tips on how to inculcate good reading habits in young children. There's no short cut. Reading to
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      1092 46 There's Alice in Wonderland and Harry Potter, but what about local children's literature? Recta Raman (reeta@newstoday.com.sg) speaks to writers who dare enter the children's world. Remember Mooty I the Mouse? I^^ "I'm still waiting to be r^^ accepted by Singaporeans," Jessie Wee said. Jessie, mind you,
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      508 48  -  Pearlyn Tham Try your luck at the mini toy-vending machines FROM betting on Euro 2004 to taking part in lucky draws, everyone loves courting Lady Luck. In fact, some of us may even remember Gashapon capsule toy vending machines as our very first experience at taking the gamble
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      915 50 Your kids can have a great time this Great Singapore Sale while you enjoy fabulous bargains. Jasmine Oei tells you where to go. PROMOTIONS Bukit Panjang Plaza, Clarke Quay, Funan The IT Mall, IMM, Bishan Junction 8, Liang Court, Lot I, Plaza Singapura, Rivervale Mall, Scotts
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      270 52 is theTOYS, say the girls and boys! Sabrina Goh shows you where to get the ingredients to add zest to your child's life Keep secret charms and letters to Santa safe in this pretty treasure box. Barbie secret treasure box $29.95 from Toys "R" Us. She is
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      43 39 DESIGNED BY JENNIFER CMEN On Li Rong, right: Pink tank top with flower appliques $23 and shorts $33 from Fox Kids. On Fraser:T- shirt $19 and sports shorts $16 from Fox Kids at #01-1 2 Tampines Mall, and sunglasses $6.90 from Isetan Scotts.
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      391 41 Greater value awaits you at the i Great Singapore Sale I V Wmm i HSBC<i> HSBC<X> As the world's local bank, we know that everyone loves a sale, especially the most exciting one of the year. That's why we have more in store for you during the Great Singapore Sale.
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      246 43 f FEEL THE BEAT AT*^^. PALAWAN BEACH Soak in the sounds of xinyao, jazz and D t mjss these dates blues at Sentosa this June. 12 June TCR Music Station Savour the electric and eclectic sounds of xinyao, jazz and blues as played by some Tune in to the group's
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      233 47 n a i i^ri 11 Michelle Sararr 'PS>=^l \\J7 'l fe**~>*W^ International Actress Client of Slimming Sanctuary >A o-—_JH.—jy^ STv_^r a <i Mediacorp Artiste itSS?^/ J^^ s~/t oq Sing <tooo 3 months Grcats|immin9Sanct^Draw Enjoy OO Treats for >J)OOO Vody'KSnance lIQI lljl CftD CDCC" What better way to celebrate the Great
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      52 48 Today goes with you, wherever you g0... Ask your friendly flight attendants for a copy of TODAY newspaper when you board these airlines. Air New Zealand AH Nippon Airways Qulf Air Lufthansa Qerman Airlines Northwest Airlines Scandinavian Airlines Silk Air Singapore Airlines United Airlines Valuair /A=diaCorp www.todayonline.com J!Lj!Ulr\jL We set
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      304 49 advice accredit. audit M free cnncn pßift J? ATE D Course brought to you by hbay OVER Enrich: "Educational Renovation Interior Course for Homeowners" -> every Thursday on 17 24 June 04 and KENOMATIOI\I> Friday 25 June 04 1"■ w at Harbour Front Centre Showroom C JW^^m' /Sunday Course o
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      614 53  -  Nazir Keshvani One is often lost for words in describing 'God's own country' IF you've ever had a dream where you were standing nowhere, looking out at a pristine body of water, watching waves dance and surrounded by untouched wilderness, where nature was calling you
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      337 53 ATHENS, home of the gods, the ancients and democracy, will host the 2004 Olympics from Aug 13 to 29. For sports fans eager to participate in the world's premier sporting event, here's a guide to the Greek city. Weather: August is the hottest month (temperatures can hover around
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        96 54 SRI LANKAN Airlines and The Sanctuary Spa of Colombo are offering travellers an unforgettable spa holiday package. From now until Oct 31, passengers who fly Sri Lankan Airlines from Singapore to Colombo may produce their ticket at The Sanctuary Spa to enjoy a four-hour
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        147 54 EMIRATES Airline is offering its travellers in Singapore an opportunity to experience summer fun in Dubai with value-for-money land packages which start from as little as US$29 ($49). Emirates' customers can choose from a range of three- to five-star city and beach hotels including
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      489 54  -  Tan Turkey's capital, Ankara, is a jewel waiting to be discovered MENTION Turkey and the first images which come to mind are those of Istanbul with its famous Blue Mosque and the Grand Bazaar. With the success of the recent box-office hit Troy, the littleknown region of Canakkale
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      69 55 England vs Switzerland 17/06 (Thursday) 11.50pm Starhub Cable Ch 21 Croatia vs France 18/06 (Friday) 2.35 am Starhub Cable Ch 21 I i i L l i -^etieafl afe^. jataßßßaaa! flhj. aaP\ ll BBBBlaBBBW>«^<W Playuntilyourwristbreatheshard. Ventilated ClimaCool'" techralogy and ieatures like a Sport Timer, 100 lap memory and S count
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    422 56  -  ALVIN CHUA Coach O'Donell hopes new Aussie ace will add more bite up front NTUC INCOME-YEO'S S-LEAGUE Geylang v Young Lions ONCE again, a failure to convert their chances cost Geylang United dear, in their heart-wrenching 2-1 loss to league leaders Woodlands Wellington on Monday. Goalscoring
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    182 56  -  Koh Wei Ling IT DIDN'T matter that the team was under a major overhaul, he still bore the brunt of the criticism after SAFFC's poor start to the NTUC Income-Yeo's S-League this season. But now, instead of the "I told you so" routine, Jimmy
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    411 56  -  Alvin Chua TANJONG PAGAR fans will have to wait to see Thai international Pitipong Kuldilog turn out in their colours. The S-League stragglers are close to completing a move for Pitipong, but for the moment, the 24-year-old has
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    524 57 Geylang v Young Lions Bedok Stadium 7.30pm IX2 (1) Geylang $2.75 (X) Draw $3.32 (2) Young Lions $2.15 1/2 Goal Geylang (+1 1/2) $1.23 Young Lions (-1 1/2) $3.50 Total Goals Ogoal $14 1 goal $8.20 2 goals $5.30 3 goals $4.40 4 goals $4.50 5 goals
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    470 57  -  ALVIN CHUA GREATEST MOMENTS Tampines keeper Rezal recalls Tiger Cup save f MY BEST moment has to be winM ning the Tiger Cup in Vietnam in 1998. Like some of my international team-mates have said before, the sweetest thing about the win was that nobody in Singapore
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    142 57 Which team do you hate? It has got to be Manchester United. I'm a Liverpool fan and I can't stand the Man United players. I think they're pretty arrogant! Have you ever been involved in a fight? No, not really. In school? Er, yeah once or twice, but
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    397 58  -  ALVIN CHUA Alvin Chua Defending champions are Pools pick to repeat S-League and Singapore Cup double HIS side may be five points behind Woodlands Wellington in the S-League table. But Home United captain S Subramani remains the odds-on favourite to lift the S-League trophy
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    Lock icon Lions receive Tiger Cup boost as trio get Mindef green light for NS deferment
    340 58  -  Alvin Chua THE Ministry of Defence (Mindef) have handed Singapore's Tiger Cup hopes a shot in the arm. Just two months ago, national team coach Radojko Avramovic was a worried man, after his talented trio of
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    Rams soccer clinic
    109 58 WOODLANDS Wellington Football Club are organising a two-day soccer clinic for children under the age of 15 this weekend. To be held this Saturday and Sunday, at the Woodlands Stadium from 9am to 12pm, participants will be supervised by Rams' head coach Simon Clark and his S-League
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      597 59 Agencies 'Big Easy' could overhaul Tiger as world No 1, but the South African is only interested in Majors GOLF US Open SOUTHAMPTON, New York Ernie Els (picture) is the man in form going into this week's US Open and he feels he is ready to
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      Choo bounces back in style
      308 59  -  Stanley Ho AFTER a disastrous opening day at the Singapore Junior Golf Championship, at Tanah Merah Country Club, top Singapore amateur Choo Tze Huang (picture) redeemed himself yesterday with a sensational second round score of 7-under 65. Going into today's final round, Choo propelled himself
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      Home walk all over Warriors
      165 59 SAFFC'S defence was ripped to shreds last night at Choa Chu Kang Stadium, as visitors Home United handed them a 6-1 trouncing in the NTUC Income-Yeo's S-League. After leading 1-0 for 68 minutes, the imperious Protectors banged in five goals in 15 minutes, frontline trio
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      Lock icon Blair slams Britons on second day of violence
      614 60 Reuters ALBUFEIRA, Portugal Police arrested 34 people, mostly Britons, early yesterday morning, after a second night of violence in Portugal's Algarve region. Hooligans wearing England soccer shirts threw bottles and chairs at police in the same area of bars and restaurants in
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      Lock icon Greece hold Spain
      268 60 Reuters 2AM LATEST EURO 2004, GROUP A Greece 1 Spain 1 PORTO A 66th-minute goal from Angelos Haristeas cancelled out a strike by Fernando Morientes, to give Greece a battling 1-1 draw with fancied Spain in their Group A match yesterday morning (Singapore time). Spain appeared to
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      Lock icon Beckham vows backlash
      612 61 Agencies England skipper rallies troops in make-or-break Swiss clash EURO 2004, GROUP B England v Switzerland COIMBRA, Portugal David Beckham has vowed to take out the pain of defeat against France on Switzerland. After his costly missed penalty, Beckham said yesterday: "Nothing will defeat me. My mentality
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      Lock icon Schweinsteiger announces arrival
      385 61 AFP EURO 2004, GROUP D Germany 1 Holland 1 FARO, Portugal Germany appear to have unearthed a real gem in Bayern Munich teenager Bastian Schweinsteiger (picture). The 19-year-old midfielder shone as a second-half substitute in Germany's 1-1 draw with Holland, in the Euro 2004 Group D match
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      Lock icon Santini eyes win against Croatians, and then rest for players
      282 61 EURO 2004, GROUP B Croatia v France SANTO TIRSO, Portugal France coach Jacques Santini knows victory in their second match against Croatia today (tomorrow morning, Singapore time) would allow him the luxury of resting key players for their final group
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      Lock icon End is nigh for these Lakers
      366 62 AFP AUBURN HILLS, Detroit The Los Angeles Lakers were trying to put a for-the-ages cap on their dynasty, but instead it seems Phil Jackson and his star-studded line-up will simply limp off into the sunset. After failing to capture their fourth NBA title in
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      Lock icon PISTONS POWER
      498 62 -AFP Stunning Detroit celebrate first NBA title in 14 years NBA FINALS Pistons 100 Lakers 87 (Detroit win series 4-1) AUBURN HILLS, Detroit Forget Hockeytown, Detroit now belongs to basketball's Pistons. Richard Hamilton scored 21 points and Ben Wallace had 18 and grabbed 22 rebounds, as Detroit overpowered
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      139 59 League Home Team Away Team Match Kick Off (Singapore date/time) S. League Geylang Young Lions Thu, 17/6/04 7.30pm S. League Tanjong Pagar Bal Khalsa Thu, 17/6/04 730pm Portugal 2004 England Switzerland Fri, 18/6/04 12.00 am Portugal 2004 Croatia France Fri, 18/6/04 2.45 am 1 S. League Albirex Woodlands Fri, 18/6/04
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      33 59 CPQPT ON TV 10pm Tennis Nottingham Open, quarter-final, Ch24 10pm Golf US Open, Ch23 1 1.50pm Football Euro 2004: England v Switzerland, Ch2l Tomorrow 2.35 am Football Euro 2004: Croatia v France, Ch2l
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