Today, 25 June 2004, Afternoon Edition

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    12 1 TODAY we set you thinking todayonline.com Friday June 25,2004 MITA (P) 002/11/2002
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon US stocks lower
      42 1 NEW YORK US stocks closed slightly lower yesterday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 35.76 points to 10,443.81, the Standard Poor's 500 Index dropped 3.44 points to 1,140.62 and the Nasdaq Composite Index fell 5.41 points to 2,015.57. Reuters
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      A new poser: Is there a whistle-blower at Informatics?
      570 1  -  Val Chua val@newsto day, com. sg POISON pen letters. Allegations of misconduct A CEO's sudden resignation. An enigmatic tycoon in the wings. And now, a possible whistle-blower. The drama at Informatics continued yesterday as it clarified why Ernst Young had abruptly
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Tussle of wills over $34
      531 2  -  Lee Ching Wern PA threatens legal action, ex-employee feels refund not justified IN SINGAPORE, $34 is just enough to purchase four cinema tickets. But that small amount has left Ms Leng Sze Min and her former employer, the People's Association (PA), locked in a tussle
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      Warning on travel to Iraq
      77 2 IN A travel advisory, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has warned Singaporeans against travelling to, or remaining in, Iraq. Singaporeans residing or travelling within the region should continue to monitor developments and are reminded that they should register with the nearest Singapore embassy or
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      Lock icon Bangladesh urged to open up
      122 2 Channel News Asia DHAKA Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong yesterday urged Bangladesh's leaders to open up the country's economy to attract foreign investment, as well as to play a leading role in the fight against terrorism. He asked its political and business leaders to open
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      Lock icon No room for the Germans
      592 3  -  Neil Humphreys Voeller's boring side won't be missed DRIVING past the magnificent Estadio Jose Alvalade, the eerie silence was deafening. The streets were deserted. It was late, but it was still difficult to comprehend the fact that just a few hours earlier, some 52,000 spectators
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      Lock icon Blasts in Istanbul ahead of Bush visit
      333 4 Agencies 3 killed, 2 policemen injured in two explosions ANKARA Two bomb blasts rocked Turkey just two days before United States President George W Bush arrive for the Nato summit The first blast took place near the Hilton hotel in Ankara where Mr
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      Lock icon Roh denies plans to fire minister
      139 4 Agencies SEOUL South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun has denied a newspaper report saying he is planning to sack his Foreign Minister over the death of South Korean hostage, Mr Kirn Sun-11, in Iraq. The Kookmin Ilbo had said on its website that the president
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      Lock icon Worst attacks in Iraq to date, scores killed
      332 4 Agencies BAGHDAD Fierce fighting erupted in Iraq yesterday as guerrillas went on a nation-wide rampage to turn up the heat before the United States-led coalition ends its occupation in six days' time. Worse is expected to follow. Iraq's nascent security forces bore
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      No winner in design contest
      487 6  -  Loh Chee Kong Entries for URA bridge competition fall short of expectations cheekong@newstoday.com.sg THE ambitious plan to use a bridge network to link three hill parks in Singapore is still on the drawing board. That is because no winner has emerged from the Southern Ridges
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      Prisons officer a true captain of lives
      204 6  -  Eveline Gan IN A place where some of the toughest convicts reside, Staff Sergeant Tan Boon Kwee is mindful of his words. His mantra: Never swear. Said the 32-year-old senior personal supervisor with the Prisons Department "The convicts may hear what you say,
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      10 3 I from Portugal, farkbcttr Official Beer of UEFA EURO 2004
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      145 7 REGISTERED FASHION DESIGN ir I I Another Innovative Fashion Design by Lee Hwa SASHAY A sexy necklace set to sweep you off your feet. This swinging tassel-inspired piece hangs by a chain of round brilliant diamonds. Get it and flaunt it this summer. There are also other hot deals on
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Hitting the wall for a good cause
      238 8  -  Surekha A Yadav IT was supposed to be an adventure. So, when I reached Downtown East and gazed up at Asia's highest temporary rock wall, I thought the climb looked easy. The first few metres were simple enough -1 could still glimpse the
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      A step back in time to Gluttons Square
      361 8  -  Tan Hui Leng Spore goes on nostalgia trip with hawker centre's re-opening huileng(gnewstoday.com.sg MORE than 20 years ago, Mr Lav Thye Chua sold oyster omelettes, or or luak, in the car park opposite Centrepoint Shopping Centre. For a month starting next Friday,
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      Lock icon Tattooisttakes top prize at MediaCorp News awards
      236 8  - Tattooist takes top prize at MediaCorp News awards Ted Chen MS SEOW Kheng Ling, 27, was named the winner of the Best Feature award at the MediaCorp News Annual Excellence Awards 2003 for her documentary, Tattooist. Ms Scow, a producer with MediaCorp News Chinese News and Current Affairs, told Today
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      ENOUGH IS ENOUGH
      114 10 g, horn- But we can stop being But we tari stop being port of the chai mass communication that the cxl In an editorial on yesterday's front page, we at TODAY said we would no longer publish pictures released by terrorists of hostages being tortured and killed.
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      THUMBS UP
      916 10  -  Nynke Jennes Nazurah Omar Courageous journalism I REFER to your front-page editorial (June 23) on the hostage killings in Iraq. Call me a starry-eyed journalism undergraduate. But your well-argued piece left me applauding your ethical standards. At university, we are taught the ethics and responsibilities of journalism. But
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      THUMBS DOWN
      394 10  -  Dr Ng Swee Ching Jyen Timothy Liv No right to look the other way DO you think that burying one's head in the sand helps change the world? As long as there are bullies who spoil for a fight on flimsy justifications, how do you expect the underdogs
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      Argument not made for dictatorship
      429 13  -  Amit Jain Writer Amit Jain defends his commentary on democracy's inherent weakness in the war on terror I THANK readers for their comments on my commentary, "Democracy's power to obstruct" (June 14). I anticipated that some of the arguments I was making would be uncomfortable
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      Bias against part-time degrees disheartening
      158 13  -  Michael Chua Kheng Hwee I AGREE with Goh Wee Choon's letter, "MOM should help stop bias against part-time qualifications" (June 17). Employers generally discriminate against holders of degrees obtained from part-time or distance learning programmes. So what's the point of the Government encouraging the workforce
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      Can Immigration authorities explain breach of confidentiality
      197 13  -  Tak Tze Sin RECENTLY, I received a notification from the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) to renew my Identity Card (IC), as I will be 30 years old soon. On the outside was my name and address. But imagine my shock when I
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      Act unfair to small accountancy firms
      220 14  -  Eric Tan Professional indemnity insurance clause in Accountants Act loaded against small firms IT IS difficult for audit firms to corporatise because of Section 28 of the Accountants Act regarding professional indemnity insurance. It states that every accounting corporation registered under this Act shall
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      'Sandwich generation': How I coped with a similar plight
      322 14  -  Rene Yap AS I read Kenneth Goh's letter, "'Sandwich generation' needs Government help" (June 23), I felt sad that he harboured "bitterness" towards a grandparent for falling sick. I felt sad also because his letter implied that a family's responsibility of
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      ABN in tajks with 4 foreign banks on joint ATM network
      459 16  -  Kevin Tan The Dutch bank opens 6th branch here, plans Internet banking, credit card kevin@newstoday.com.sg A WEEK after the Government's move to further level the playing field for foreign banks, ABN Amro said that it was in talks to
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    • Market WATCH
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        Singapore
        148 16  -  Dow Jones SHARE prices closed slightly higher for the second straight session, as overnight gains on Wall Street encouraged some selective buying. But investors remained cautious on concerns ahead of the Federal Open Market Committee's meeting next week and the transfer of power in Iraq. The ST Index closed
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        ST Index: 1,799-48 — +4.83
        4 16 ST Index: 1,799-48 +4.83
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        SGX most active
        57 16 By volume Noble Grp Stamford Tyre Bio-Treat SingTel LifeBrandz ST Engg Rowsley UniFiber Chartered Horizon Close 0.880 0.470 0.875 2.200 0.205 2.050 0.115 0.155 1.350 0.130 Change +0.065 -0.070 +0.025 +0.040 -0.015 +0.005 +0.005 +0.010 +8.0 -13.0 +2.9 +1.9 -6.8 +4.5 +3.3 +0.7 '000 27,997 24,192 23,594
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        SGX top rises
        85 16 By Close Change Creative 50 17.700 +0.300 DBS Bk 6% NCPS 10 106.800 +0.300 SIA 200 10.600 +0.300 JMH400USS 10.800 +0.200 SIA 10.400 +0.200 Haw Par 5.050 +0.110 TPV 1.220 +0.110 BukitSem 13.000 +0.100 DBS 14.300 +0.100 OCBC 4.5%NCPS 100 101.800 +0.100 By percentage Close Change Benefun
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 16 US$ 0.5814 UK£ 0.3202 Yen 63.093 HK$ 4.5345 RM 2.2095 Euro 0.4809 Rupiah 5476.1 Baht 23.831 Peso 32.692 A$ 0.8451 Indian Rs 26.578 Won 674.36 C$ 0.7907 Yuan 4.8125 NZ$ 0.9314 NTS 19.641
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        Commodities
        21 16 Sold us$/oi iilver us$/oi 'latinum us$/oi 394.8 5.890 809.5 Rubber centsAg 1574 Palm Oil RM/tonne 260.50 Brent crude us$/barrel 35.12
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        Lock icon World markets
        59 16 SGX, Bloomberg Information provided by Index Nikkei 225 Value *****.15 Change +163.59 +1.41 Hang Seng Ml Ordinaries Taiwan Wtd *****.68 3533.50 5779.09 +313.91 -19.20 +49.79 +2.65 -0.54 +0.87 Korea Comp 763.13 +24.20 +3.28 KLCI 826.80 +4.71 +0.57 SET Index 637.03 +9.79 +1.56 Jakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzhen B
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        SGX top falls
        83 16 By Close Chang* F&N 14.000 -0.201 OCBC 11.900 -0.201 Fortune Reit HKS 5.350 -0.151 lardineC&C 6.400 -0.101 KepCorp 7.050 -0.101 OUE 6.950 -0.101 Robinson 5.750 -0.101 Stamford Tyre 0.470 -0.071 STI ETF 100 18.430 -0.071 ilamford TyreW*****0 0.360 -0.06: By percentage Close Ch Globa 0.010 hange -50.0
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      Lock icon 10% annual growth for private banking
      243 16 Channel News Asia PRIVATE banking revenue in Asia is expected to grow by 10 per cent a year on average, according to a recent PricewaterhouseCoopers survey. But some private banks such as Citigroup are looking at an annual expansion of up to 30 per
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      Lock icon Rental rates for retail space rising
      155 16 Channel News Asia THE average rental rate for prime retail space in Singapore rose quarter-on-quarter by 1.2 per cent in the second quarter to $25.40 per square foot per month. Property consulting firm CB Richard Ellis said that the retail property market has picked
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      POCKET-SIZED CONVENIENCE
      569 19 A MOBILE phone is more than a communication device. It's a fashion statement: Your mobile phone says a lot about you. For the high-flying professional who only settles for the best, the Samsung SGH-D4IOC is a sleek gadget that lets you stand out from the rest. Stylish design
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      May industrial output seen rising 20.7% year-on-year
      176 20  -  SINGAPORE'S industrial production is likely to have continued to post healthy year-on-year growth in May, according to a Dow Jones Newswires poll of economists. The poll forecast industrial output rising 20.7 per cent in May on the back of higher electronics and Pharmaceuticals
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      Lock icon Rush for Asia's gambling pie
      455 20  -  Dow Jones Singapore's casino plan attracts top operators, jolts Manila into action THREE top casino companies expressed interest this week in Singapore's proposal to build a casino, prompting the Philippines to speed up its own US$l5-billion ($26 billion) casino project as the race for Asia's
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      Lock icon SingTel's fees under scrutiny
      448 22 Govt to rule within three weeks on corporate leased phone line prices THE Government plans to decide within three weeks whether to enforce a ruling which requires Singapore Telecommunications (Sing Tel) to lower prices for certain services by as much as 50 per cent, according to
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      Lock icon 0pec's Aug output hike on schedule
      210 22 -AFP JAKARTA The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) will go ahead with its planned increase in crude oil output on Aug 1 despite the recent fall in world prices, Opec president Purnomo Yusgiantoro said yesterday. "I do not think so," Mr Purnomo said
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  • ENTERPRISE
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      Three-day BlueSky Festival to celebrate the spirit of enterprise
      324 24 THE Action Community for Entrepreneurship (ACE) is organising the Blue Sky Festival, a three-day event to celebrate the spirit of enterprise. The theme for this inaugural Blue Sky Festival is "Seize the Day", to encourage to enterprises and individuals to seize
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      Don't rely on public funds, start-ups told
      488 24  -  trtrf Self-made millionaire says it is not good for business GOVERNMENT grants may be the financial spark that ignites a thousand start-ups, but one successful local technopreneur and multimillionaire is warning against a growing reliance on public funding. "Grants are very addictive and
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      168 24 CID2OO4' C3 r^ ASIA PACIFIC ANTI-AGEING CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION 2004 June 24-27 2004 Raffles City Convention Centre See latest products and services relating te^nti-ageing. Exhibition dates: June 25 to June 27. Open daily from 10am to 6pm. Public Forums $10 per pax per session Diet Health Maintaining Brain Losing Weight
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Air pollution data to remain secret: M'sia
      254 28 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia said yesterday that air pollution figures would remain a state secret due to fears that its economy would be hurt by the publication of the data. "The only problem is that it gets distorted by the international media," said Deputy
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    • GLOBAL roundup
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        Lock icon Iran clears evidence
        47 28 Reuters A satellite image obtained on Wednesday showed that Iran had razed to the ground a suspected nuclear site in Tehran. The United States said the image is proof of Iran's bid to hide a nuclear weapons programme, a pursuit that Iran has rejected.
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        Lock icon Flowers threatens to sue Clinton
        48 28 AFP Ms Gennifer Flowers, who had an affair with former United States president Bill Clinton, has threatened to sue him over Mr Clinton's treatment of her in his memoir. She said she had "not yet read" the book, but that her lawyers would.
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        Lock icon Mosque vandalised
        36 28 AFP A controversial mosque in Australia was vandalised yesterday. Pigs' heads skewered on stakes and pork offal were smeared throughout the building. Developer Abbas Aly said it was a "very un-Australian thing to happen".
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      Lock icon What the country demands of Arroyo
      548 28  -  Miriam Grace A Go A cure for Philippines' budget deficit of billions and proof of a clean election win in Manila ARMED with another six-year mandate, Philippines President Gloria Arroyo now faces two major challenges the country's worsening fiscal woes and the threat of
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      Lock icon Hong Kong graft-busters begin campaign to stamp out possible electoral fraud
      160 30 AFP HONG KONG Hong Kong graftbusters began a campaign yesterday to stamp out electoral fraud following allegations that Chinese spies were trying to sway the city's upcoming legislative polls. The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) kicked off the campaign
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      Lock icon SBY, voter maturity twin winners' in poll
      585 30  -  Fabio Scarpello A TTT~\ A I~X I* X 1 in Jakarta AHEAD of Indonesia s July 5 presidential election, experts predicted both former general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono known as SBY and the country's political maturity as the twin winners of the elections. A
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      155 32 Agencies BEIJING North Korea and the United States agreed to a bilateral meeting yesterday on the sidelines of six-party talks their first contact since Washington offered a new way out of the festering nuclear standoff. Meanwhile, Japan offered to match international offers of energy
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      535 40  -  Zul Othman American DJ duo are finally getting the respect their Brit cousins get news@newstoday.com.sg SINCE 1997, Ken Jordan and Scott Kirkland, better known as The Crystal Method, have been pushing a new kind of sound which is heavily drenched in hip-hop and laced with an
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      352 40  -  David Chew EMMA Shapplin's image is hard to pin down. The 30-year-old French beauty, who would rather classify her work as pop rather than crossover music, is anything but a diva. Despite her arriving at her press conference half an hour late. Shapplin's entrance, to
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      137 42 Reuters LOS ANGELES Proving they can still fight for their right to party, the Beastie Boys returned in style from a six-year recording lull to top the United States pop album charts with their latest release, To the 5 Boroughs. The group's sixth
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      391 42  -  Zul Othman But Smash!! won't discuss their famous friends news@newstoday.com.sg SERGEY Lazarev and Vlad Topalov may not be household names, but the Russian duo known as Smash!! have achieved a degree of success befitting their name. Their debut album, Freeway, released last year, is a major
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      176 42 Reuters WASHINGTON The United States Senate introduced a Bill on Tuesday to make it easier to sue "peer-to-peer" services such as Kazaa and eDonkey 2000, which allow users to copy music and movies for free online. The Inducing Infringement of Copyrights Act of 2004 would
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        675 44  -  Yong Shu Chiang Dazzling action, pitch-perfect storytelling, with a flair for comedy FILM REVIEW Spider-Man2 IT'S a surprising film. I mean, surprising as in "Wow", and not as in "Oh, look at what I just stepped on!" Much-hyped American summer blockbusters, especially sequels that can't throw off the
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        223 46 FILM REVIEW by jeanine tan LIKE a piece of paper tossed about by the wind, the plot of Windstruck seems to have no direction whatsoever. Korean film Windstruck starts off as being promising. A girl teeters at the edge of a tall building, and then jumps in an apparent
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        180 45 Whether it is a daring stunt for charity or performing a thrilling action scene onscreen, MediaCorp Artiste Farm Wong takes her personal safety seriously. This concern for safety extends to the products she personally endorses including Xando Tablets, a unique dietary product. The Singaporean star divulged
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        SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN 3 Times More Weight Loss
        327 45 The results of a clinical trial in Norway, published in the International Journal of Medical Research has found that people using Xando Tablets lose three times more weight than dieting alone. Conducted by Dr (PHD) Erling Thorn-one of Europe's leading researchers in the
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        248 45 Losing unwanted weight isn't an easy affair. For three ladies who have tried different kinds of diets and exercise regimens, they've finally found success in Xando Tablets, the dietary product that's three times more effective for weight loss. For business executive
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      39 48 Think the kitchen is the domain of women? Not when it comes to cooking for discriminating diners. We interview Emmanuel Stroobant of Saint Pierre and give you the low-down on kitchen wares. DESIGNED BY JENNIFER CHEN
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      991 50  -  Recta Raman Say what you want about Emmanuel Stroobant's cuisine, just don't utter the f-word fusion reeta@newstoday.com.sg I HAD heard about chef Emmanuel Stroobant even before I met him. My female colleagues had made their envy known when they found out I would be interviewing the chef
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      361 54  -  Pearlyn Tham New digital radio has sound and style to spare pearlyn@newstoday.com.sg WITH a name like The Bug, it's clear from the outset that this is no ordinary radio. Sleek and futuristic-looking. The Bug is the centrepiece of the new generation of digital audio radios from Pure-Digital. Pure-Dig-ital
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      457 56 Ryann Koh finds some fabulous bargains for budding chefs and gourmets Forget boring glass or plastic salt-and-pepper holders. Give your kitchen a mod touch with quirky shakers instead. Salt and pepper holders $17 (usual price: $29) from V.hive. Place mats protect your table and dress it up too.
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      217 64  -  Dan Pek MANCHESTER United have long held sway as the No 1 club for Singapore fans. But it looks as if besides Liverpool, a new force is emerging to challenge their stranglehold here. Not satisfied at beating the Red Devils to the Premiership title last season, Arsenal
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      425 64  -  KOHWEILING Defending champions move to the top with narrow win NTUC INCOME-YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2004 Home 2 Tampines 1 weiling@newstoday.com.sg IT MIGHT have taken them 15 games, but defending champions and favourites Home United are finally in pole position in this season's NTUC Income-Yeo's S-League. After last
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      582 65 Agencies 100 m world-record holder Montgomery faces lifetime ban for drug use SAN JOSE, California Tim Montgomery's career in the sprinting game has reached a critical point. The so-called World's Fastest Man Montgomery set the 100 m world record in 2002 is under the
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      350 65 AFP LOS ANGELES World No 1 Tiger Woods (picture) said he was stung by comments made by his former swing coach and will try to meet personally with Butch Harmon to smooth out their differences. "All I can say is that I'm disappointed
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      339 66  -  TAN YO-HINN yohinn@newstoday.com.sg IT APPEARS that the Singapore women's table tennis team have got the message. Last night, they successfully defended the team title at the 16th Commonwealth Table Tennis Championship in Kuala Lumpur. At the Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium, Singapore defeated
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      231 66  -  Jose Raymond NATIONAL sprinters Hamkah Afik and Mohd Shameer Ayub have been suspended by the Singapore Amateur Athletic Association (SAAA). Hamkah has been banned for three months, while Shameer is out for a month. This after the two were involved in a bust-up while away
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      336 66 Agencies American uses his booming service to great effect TENNIS Wimbledon, second round LONDON Second seeded American Andy Roddick fired down 18 aces, as he stormed into the second round at Wimbledon yesterday with a 6-3, 7-5, 6-4 over Taiwan qualifier Yeu-Tzuoo Wang. Roddick, a semi-finalist here last
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      132 66 BADMINTON fans can catch top Welsh female shuttler Kelly Morgan in action against her Singapore counterpart today. Morgan, the current world No 17, will spar against Singapore's world No 30 and Olympic Games-bound Li Li at 12pm at the Singapore Badminton Hall, as part of the Cheers
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      557 68 -AFP Opening Premiership day sees Chelsea v Man United, Everton v Arsenal LONDON New Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho faces a daunting introduction to the Premiership against Manchester United at Stamford Bridge, in the opening fixture of the 2004-05 season on August 14. Arsenal kick off the
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      200 68 Reuters LONDON US sports tycoon Malcolm Glazer has raised his stake in Manchester United Pic to 19.17 per cent, a move likely to re-ignite speculation of a takeover bid for the world's richest football club. Glazer, who owns American football's Tampa Bay Buccaneers, said yesterday
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      109 68 Reuters LONDON Charlton Athletic have agreed an undisclosed fee with PSV Eindhoven for their Danish winger Dennis Rommedahl, the Premiership club said yesterday. "He is a world-class player and one that has performed particularly well in the 2002 World Cup finals and in the current European
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      634 69  -  Santini Reuters Les Bleus looking at three more matches to defend title, Greeks want a miracle EURO 2004, QUARTER-FINAL France v Greece LISBON Champions France and surprise package Greece will be subject to very different expectations, when they meet in their Euro 2004 quarter-final today (tomorrow
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      206 70 Reuters LISBON England's defeat by Portugal on penalties in their Euro 2004 quarterfinal was very tough for the team to take, coach Sven-Goran Eriksson said. "Unfortunately, we lost on penalties and that's very hard," Eriksson said. "We were not lucky with some things but
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      500 71 AFP This time, Beckham and Vassell are the villains LISBON There were generous hugs amid the bitter heartache for England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson and his charges but sheer misery for David Beckham, whose latest miss from the penalty spot started the downfall of England's Euro 2004
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      146 71  -  Dan Pek MANY Euro 2004 soccer fans must have hoped for a chance to watch a crucial live match on a big screen with their buddies at least once during the tournament Thanks to eßay, they can, and all for a good cause. Located
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      165 71 It was a funny group, we played well against the Czechs and lost, then had a bad game against Germany and got a point. Now we've got a tough game against Sweden. I think they're playing the best football of the whole competition. But it's a
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