Today, 22 October 2004, Afternoon Edition

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    13 1 TODAY we set you thinking todayonline.com Friday October 22, 2004 MITA (P) 103/07/2004
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      Lock icon US stocks close mixed
      106 1 -AFP NEW YORK US stocks closed mixed yesterday with blue chips weighed down by troubling economic news, strong oil prices and a tumbling dollar. The Nasdaq benefitted from a surge, however, closing at its highest level in two weeks as tech stocks rose on an upbeat
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      Lock icon Powell may bring up arrest
      84 1 -AFP WASHINGTON US Secretary of State Colin Powell, who will be visiting Beijing on Sunday, may again raise with China the fate of a New York Times researcher arrested for allegedly leaking state secrets a crime punishable by death. Zhao Yan was formally arrested on
      -AFP  -  84 words
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      Heeding the call for 'civil unrest"
      709 1  -  Ng Shing Yi Idea of 'guerrilla units' welcome; scepticism prevails on acceptance LAST week, without tabling a white paper on the matter, two top civil servants, aided by an "outsider", virtually asked the rest of their kind to move into a state of civil
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      48 1 NEWSX^/lEWS I Ng Shing Yi Extending the niche of a school's reach/3 EPL fans irked StarHub's rates for sports channel are going up/14 Wimar Witoeler SBY Cabinet all set to get business moving/20 •aW -^<*a\\Wn\\ \^m*m. ir mm* 7' J&.^&f*! P'smf I fart kal-jAl*^ <j» ~""WM Sir mm
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      13 1 IRAN BLAMED PLOT IN LAOS HOT NEWS 4 U.S. THANKS BRITAIN WORLD 24
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      GIC trio fined $715,000 by MAS
      306 2  -  Val Chua But GIC did not breach Act, says regulator IN ITS first such move, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has taken civil penalty action against three Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) employees for insider trading involving Japanese shares, fining the individuals
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        Extending the reach of a school's niche
        594 3  -  Ng Shing Vi Neighbourhood schools should find creative ways to ensure all students benefit from their strengths WHENEVER I pass Fuhua Secondary School, there's no missing the huge, simple banner proudly proclaiming the school's top dog status in robotics. For a neighbourhood school
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      Indon fugitive in Singapore?
      152 4 FUGITIVE businessman Adrian Waworuntu, a key suspect in US$l9O-million ($3lB-million) Bank Negara Indonesia scandal in Indonesia, is said to have taken refuge in Singapore, the Jakarta Post reported yesterday. "He is now in Singapore We have sent officers there to cooperate with Singaporean authorities to arrest
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      Lock icon Court kills plan to relocate capital
      243 4 -AFP Ruling a blow for S Korean president Roh SEOUL President Roh Moo-Hyun suffered a major debacle yesterday when the Constitutional Court scuttled his plan to relocate South Korea's capital from Seoul, declaring the move unconstitutional. "The special law on relocation of the capital
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      Iran behind terrorism in W Bank: Israeli leader
      146 4 VIENNA Iran is behind "terrorism" in the West Bank, visiting Israeli President Moshe Katzav charged yesterday. "Iran is very active in the area of terrorism" and "between 60 and 70 per cent of West Bank terrorism is carried out by the Hezbollah
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      Lock icon Bomb plot in Laos: US
      92 4 -AFP WASHINGTON Opponents of the Lao government may be plotting bomb attacks in Vientiane and other areas of Laos timed to coincide with a summit of South-east Asian leaders the country is hosting from Nov 25 to 30, the United States said yesterday. The State
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      Lock icon Looking for the next 'big bet'
      472 6  -  Tan Hui Leng High-powered ministerial committee to review R&D strategies and identify new growth areas SINGAPORE has formed a new ministerial committee to review Singapore's research and development (R&D) strategies and identify the country's next big growth areas. The high-powered committee, chaired by Deputy
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      Lock icon Man last seen with missing girl identified
      130 6 Channel News Asia POLICE have established the identity of a man who was last seen with missing eight-year-old Huang Na. Police are now looking for 22-year-old Malaysian Took Leng How to help them in their investigation. Took is a friend of Huang Na's
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      Lock icon Changes to way condos are managed
      201 6 Newsßadio 93.8 WITH the recent changes to the Bill on building maintenance and strata management, paying different maintenance fees despite staying in the same condo could become a reality. The amended Bill will see new properties adopt a two-tier Management Corporation (MC). The main
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      Service ... with a smile
      524 8  - Service with a smile Lee Ching Wern Skills framework part of effort to ensure retail workers 'trained to serve' HAVE you ever received disdainful looks after deciding not to buy any of the shoes you tried on? Or wished that the salesman serving you knew more about the watch he
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        Lock icon SM Goh meets with NZ leader
        61 8 Newsßadio 93.8 New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark met Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong here yesterday. Ms Clark, who has just completed an official visit to India, shared her assessment of the country's economic outlook. The two leaders also exchanged views on the forthcoming
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        Lock icon Drug bust at Mohammed Sultan clubs
        37 8 Newsßadio 93.8 Fifty-three suspected drug offenders were arrested at two discos along Mohammed Sultan Road yesterday morning. Four tested positive for drug consumption. The rest were released on bail pending investigations.
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        Lock icon Heavy demand for Bicultural Studies
        56 8 Newsßadio 93.8 More than 600 students have applied to join the new Bicultural Studies Programme to be launched next year, double the number of places planned for the course. Hwa Chong Institution received about 200 applications, Nanyang Girls High School had some 1 00 applications
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        Lock icon Peritoneal centre opens at SGH
        41 8 Channel News Asia A new million-dollar Peritoneal Dialysis Centre has opened at Singapore General Hospital, the first such joint collaboration between the hospital and the Singapore Children's Society. The new centre will see about 500 patients.
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      Witnesses to dunking 'mistaken'
      517 10  -  Wong Fei Wan Lt Diva maintains that he left site of incident DESPITE accounts by five witnesses who said they saw a commando repeatedly dunk a captain in a tub of seawater, the accused denied their versions and said they could have been "mistaken". Lieutenant Divanandhari
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      Educational tours for foreign students
      244 10  -  Surekha A Yadav IN A creative bid to capture a share of the foreign student market, Informatics Group Singapore, Singapore Cable Car (SCC) and Underwater World Singapore (UWS) have come together to offer five-day excursions that blend education and tourism. The Singapore's Learning Expedition and
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      Lock icon Sports fans to feel the pinch
      466 14  -  Tan Yo-Hinn Star Hub set to raise rates for sports channels from next month IN AUGUST, an unprecedented blackout of the "live" broadcasts of English Premiership League (EPL) matches here had looked a distinct possibility after cable TV operator Star Hub and broadcaster ESPN
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      Mdm Lee may be 84, but she isn't about to slow down
      469 14  -  Eveline Gan WHEN neighbouring drink stalls started hiring young skimpily-dressed waitresses to draw customers, Madam Mary Lee got all riled up. The 84-year-old grandmother of 13 was upset that she could not wear low-cut, revealing tops to fight
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      Lock icon Free medical check-ups for elderly in Hougang
      173 16 Newsßadio 93.8 THE elderly now have another place to turn to for free medical check-ups the Hougang Community Club. The service, part of a joint project between the Hougang Community Club and Sunlove Home, is available every Thursday from 11am to lpm and
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      Country club memberships on the rebound
      558 16  -  Lee U-Wen A stronger economy is driving up prices of social, golf clubs, post July COUNTRY clubs here appear to have broken the downward spiral spell of their membership prices. Rebounding on the back of strong economic growth and greater demand, prices for both
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      Another mall woos youth
      685 18  -  Surekha A Yadav But saturated market and limited spending bother veterans WHEN the Youth Zone in the renovated Marina Square opens next January, it will join the league of several other shopping centres courting the youth dollar. However, as one more jumps on the youth bandwagon,
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      Breast cancer awareness promotion
      166 18 IN DEFERENCE to its women customers who form the core group of NTUC FairPrice's customer base, the national supermarket chain has launched a breast cancer awareness drive as part of the "Breast Cancer Awareness Month". At its Orchard Grand Court Branch, it is selling 1,000 oranges
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      KEY MEN IN THE YUDHOYONO CABINET
      144 20 Mr Abdul Rahman Saleh: Attorney-General This former supreme court judge with a squeakyclean reputation will lead the war on corruption. Dr Sri Mulyani Indrawati: National Development Planning Minister A former leading director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and head of the country's Economy
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        SBY Cabinet all set to get business moving
        405 20  -  Wimar Witoeler But the long-term scenario for Indonesia is less clear AFTER last-minute lobbying, pressuring and horse-trading, President SB Yudhoyono announced his 35-minister cabinet last night and as many had feared, lived up to his reputation of being indecisive. The SBY cabinet
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      Lock icon S'porean held for Sydney card fraud
      83 20 -CNA MELBOURNE Two men, including a Singaporean, have been charged for buying cars in Sydney using counterfeit credit cards. The Australian Crime Commission (ACC) and New South Wales police arrested the men on Wednesday after an investigation found they had fraudulently bought five cars,
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        Humour columnist Dave Barry for President?
        82 20 Humour columnist Dave Barry is giving up his column, which also appeared in Weekend TODAY, from next January for at least a year, the Miami Herald reported. Following the news, his fans have begun suspecting the Pulitzer-prize winner of taking time out to gear
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        Waterbed can lead to fertility problems
        90 20 Back in the 70s it was a must have for any self-respecting playboy but researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have found that men who sleep on a waterbed are up to four times more likely to suffer fertility problems than those who prefer
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      Lock icon Iran rebuffs Europe
      384 22 Tehran will continue to enrich uranium despite European plea VIENNA Iran has vowed anew to continue enriching uranium, dealing a potential setback to a plan by the European Big Three to ease the nuclear standoff with Tehran. Britain, France and Germany gave Iran a last chance yesterday
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      Lock icon Prince Harry in scuffle with photographer
      255 22 AP LONDON Prince Harry, fast gaining a reputation as Britain's most unruly royal, was involved in a scuffle with a photographer outside a nightclub early yesterday. A spokesman at Clarence House, the office of Prince Harry's father, Prince Charles, said he was hit in
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      Lock icon Libel suit follows $1.7m birthday gift tale
      193 22 AFP PANAMA CITY Former Panamanian President Mireya Moscoso has denied receiving US$l million ($1.67 million) as a "birthday gift" from Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian, as claimed by opposition lawmakers in Taipei. The controversy comes in the wake of allegations that Taiwan gave former
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      Why did he trim his moustache?
      124 24 MADRAS Days after the slaying of India's most-wanted man, Koose Muniswamy Veerappan, the focus has shifted to the disappearance of the notorious bandit's luxuriant trademark handlebar moustache. News photos of the 60-year-old dead bandit showed that the bushy moustache which video shots in the
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      Lock icon More headscarf girls expelled
      106 24 -AFP PARIS Four more Muslim schoolgirls wearing Islamic headscarves have been expelled in France since Wednesday for flouting a controversial law on the wearing of religious insignia in schools. This brings the total number of expulsions to six and the education ministry estimates at least 70
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        War in the words
        673 24  -  I William Pfaff Islamism is not the threat fear mongering is THE language of political hyperbole used by some alarmists to describe the threat of Islamist radicals resembles the language of totalitarianism. It does not describe an empirically observed reality. It describes and exaggerates something feared
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      Lock icon US hails British decision to redeploy troops
      171 24 -AFP WASHINGTON The United States yesterday applauded Britain's decision to agree to a US request to redeploy 850 crack troops in Iraq to a volatile area west of Baghdad, calling it a sign of London's commitment to the Iraqi people and international security.
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      Lock icon Dressed as prostitute, she finds killer
      122 26 AFP I ATHENS A Greek woman who spent four months masquerading as a prostitute to track down the man responsible for her daughter's death six years ago finally got him and brought him to justice. Ms Eleni Fotiadou, a 50-year-old lab technician roamed the
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      Lock icon Another coal mine blast rocks China
      249 26 AFP At least 60 are feared dead and 88 are missing BEIJING A gas explosion in a coal mine killed at least 60 miners and left 88 missing in China's deadliest mining accident this year, the government said on Thursday. The death toll from
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      Lock icon Work-related deaths in China
      103 26 AFP Nearly 1 00,000 people were killed in China in traffic, work-related and other accidents in the first nine months of the year, according to official figures released on Thursday. A total of 98,809 people were killed from January to September the equivalent of 1 1
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      Lock icon Castro tumbles, but laughs off injuries
      234 26 AFP SANTA CLARA (Cuba) President Fidel Castro suffered a fall, possibly breaking an arm and a knee, but he laughed it off and assured Cubans he remained in good spirits and "in one piece". Television cameras on Wednesday captured the 78-year-old communist leader stumbling
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      229 28  -  Dr James Dobson TblMTs by i FATIGUE AND EMOTION It's amazing how many problems in our lives can be eliminated by this simple prescription -Rest. The late, greatfootball coach, Vince Lombardi, once made this statement, "Fatigue makes cowards of us all." How right he was. Physical
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      264 28  -  CHARLIE TAN Letter from I REFER to your report, "Signs of an election?" (Oct 8) about the recent flurry of electoral procedure-related activities that have fuelled speculation of early polls. We were told by former Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong
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      270 28  -  LIM WEI KAY Groom experts on China, as well as other regions Letter from I AM writing in response to the Chinese-lan-guage teaching and syllabi changes unveiled by the Ministry of Education (MOE) recently. I have been through four years in the Special Assistance
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      76 28  -  HO HWEI AN Letter fromj Assistant Director (Corporate Communications) National Arts Council I REFER to your report, "The unexpected medallist" (Oct 20). The National Arts Council would like to emphasise that the Cultural Medallion honours artists who have attained artistic excellence, achieved international recognition and made
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      386 28  -  HAN LIANG YUAN Letter from( Senior ManagenCon^oHjt^omrrTimcaTons^H Land Transport Authority I REFER to Mr Leong Sze Hian's letter, "Scrapping cars after 5 years is a waste of money" (Oct 15), and Mr Soon Kirn Hock's letter, "Need to replace cars puts
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      327 30  -  MICHELLE ANG Wrong to think recommendations arose out of controversy Letter from Deputy DirectoTHommumcation^^^ National Kidney Foundation WE write in response to Mr Michael Khoo's letter, "Steer clear of issues affecting NKF's finances, Jeremy" (Oct 20) and the response from Jeremy Lim,
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      311 30  -  CHIA WEI KIANGI Letter fromß Senior Corporateuommumcation^^ Executive For Commissioner Immigration Checkpoints Authority I REFER to the letter, "Fewer lost ICs or fewer reports?" by Yeo Li Jia (Oct 15). Since 1 July, 1998, when the Immigration Checkpoints Authority (ICA)
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      191 30  -  LEE BOON HWEE TRISTAN SIM I Letter from Head (Public Internal Communications Branch) Corporate Communications Division Immigration Checkpoints Authority Assistant Director (Media Relations) Singapore Police Force WE refer to Mr Jimmy Ho's letter, "Don't 'mark' ex-cons, honour their employers" (Oct 14) and other letters
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      1108 32  -  mr brown When bad rap happens to good folk and kids, downloading illegal music is very bad ONE of the problems with listening to MP3 music that your friends, er, "lend you to try", is that occasionally, some songs that come out of your iPod are,
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      SEIZING THE DAY
      587 34  -  JASONSSIM SIM 32, founder and CEO of Jwinner Academy ONE'S jaw drops at his 11-page curriculum vitae, which zealously details every achievement —from being the top mathematics student in Secondary Two, to taking part in a men's cooking competition, to numerous awards as an over-achieving youth in
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      496 34  -  Syed Muhd Khairudin WE LIVE in an age of "upgrading". Flip through a newspaper or magazine and one cannot help noticing an abundance of advertisements enticing us to buy anything and everything. That is not all. One is encouraged to buy not just to be among
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      306 38  -  -Dow Jones Most manufacturers here expect conditions to get worse MANUFACTURING firms in Singapore are less positive about business prospects because of the threat of higher oil and raw material prices, a survey showed. While most manufacturing companies here expect to remain profitable in the months ahead,
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      China Aviation shares slide after parent's stake sale
      134 38 CHINA Aviation Oil Holding Co sold part of its stake in Singapore-listed China Aviation Oil (Singapore) Corp, or CAO, at a discount, sending CAO's shares down by as much as 10 per cent yesterday. CAO, which supplies almost all of China's jet
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      SIA expands Virgin code share
      120 38 SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) announced that its code-shar-ing agreement with Virgin Atlantic Airways has been expanded to include three new destinations in the United States. This will allow SIA passengers on the airline's daily Sin-gapore-London service to fly on to Boston, Washington and Miami on Virgin
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        63 38 Index Value Change Nikkei 225 *****.23 Pis -92.95 i -0.85 Hang Seng All Ordinaries Taiwan Wtd *****.20 3705.90 5797.24 +16.07 +5.90 +8.90 +0.12 I +0.16 I +0.15 Korea Comp 820.63 -7.98 I -0.96 KLCI 849.21 +0.56 i +0.07 SET Index 649.27 -3.19 I -0.49 Jakarta Comp Phils Comp
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        61 38 By volume Close ChinaAvOil 1.430 :ung Choi 0.390 Capitaland 1.840 'harmesis 0.370 iTATSChP 1.040 Chartered 1.080 Wagnecomp 0.760 JTAC 0.570 iPH DB eCW*****8 0.240 iunray 0.230 Change -0.140 +0.020 +0.070 +0.040 +0.060 +0.060 +0.065 +0.010 +0.005 -0.010 -8.9 +5.4 +4.0 +12.1 +6.1 +5.9 +9.4 +1.8 +2.1 -4.2
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        69 38 By$ By percentage jealive50 20.000 +0.300 El-Nets 0.015 +50.0 DBS 15.500 +0.300 Goldtron 0.015 +50.0 IMH400USS 15.000 +0.200 CapitalandDBeCW***** 0.250 +25.0 JOB 13.500 +0.200 CharleredSGAeCW***** 0.220 +22.2 :iTYDEV 6.300 +0.150 SIA DB ePW*****8 0.165 +22.2 BukilSem 13.100 +0.100 CSC 0.030 +20.0 :iTYDEVW*****0 3.840 +0.100 BreadTalk 0.315 +14.5
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        75 38 By$ CMProplOOHKS 5.150 DBSBk6%NCPS10 109.000 -1.150 -0.200 By percentage WeePoh 0.010 PNEInd W*****8 0.020 33.3 -20.0 Ftirtune Reit HK$ 6.000 -0.150 Teamsphere 0.065 -18.8 ChinaAvOil 1.430 -0.140 CMProp 100 HKS 5.150 -18.3 JardineC&C 7.850 -0.100 Dragon USS 0.045 -18.2 SIA200 10.400 -0.100 SIA DBS eCW*****0 0.055 -15.4
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        4 38 ST Index 1,969.18 +16.18
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        64 38 SHARE prices ended higher on bargain-hunt-ing. The ST Index rose 16.18 points, or 0.8 per cent, to close at 1,969.18. Gainers led losers 190 to 127 as 750.9 million shares worth $736.1 million were traded. Gains were led by technology stocks ahead of expected robust thirdquarter earnings by industry
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        36 38 US$ 0.598 UK£ 0.3271 Yen 64.339 HK$ 4.6563 RM 2.2725 Euro 0.4744 Rupiah 5448.1 Baht 24.72 Peso 33.678 A$ 0.8126 Indian Rs 27.353 Won 682.47 C$ 0.7447 Yuan 4.9496 NZ$ 0.8643 NTS 20.211
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        26 38 SGX, Bloomberg Gold uss/.z 426.400 Silver uss/oz 7.370 Platinum ussAi 850.100 Rubber ™tsAg 236.25 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1394 Brent crude uss/borrei 50.90 Information provided by
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      310 42 Bloomberg Bloomberg Dow Jones Keppel Telecommunications and Transportation said third-quarter profit rose 86 per cent, boosted by higher contributions from investments. Net income rose to $9.8 million, or 1.79 cents a share, in the three months ended Sept 30, from $5.3 million, or 0.96 cent a share, in the
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      PropNex banks on health plan
      376 42  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla EVEN as it eyes the Middle East and Malaysia markets, PropNex, Singapore's top realestate agency, is banking on health to help it keep its edge. The agency which opened its 22,000-sq-ft regional headquarters at Toa Payoh HDB Hub on Wednesday has set
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      Lock icon Japan's trade surplus with rest of Asia shows a sharp rebound in September
      315 47 AFP TOKYO Japan's trade surplus with the rest of Asia rebounded strongly last month, particularly on robust demand for equipment to produce semiconductors, the Japanese finance ministry announced yesterday. The surplus with the region jumped 37.6 per
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      Lock icon Opec calls for oil output hike
      370 47 Agencies Crude prices remain high on supply concerns CRUDE oil prices continued to hover near recent record highs in Asian trading yesterday, even as the president of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) urged the cartel's members and other oilproducing nations to increase
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      197 42 ;^B^ TKe Supreme Master Cfiing tfai S/ dm The Quan Yin Method Are you ready to meet an Enlightened Master and to embark on a journey into the beautiful and mysterious Kingdom of God within you? The Supreme Master Ching Hai, enlightened from the Himalayas, will guide you home. Through
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      640 44 Dow Jones UOB fund bets on absolute returns from IPOs AMID a boom in Asian initial public offerings (IPO) which has included some highprofile duds UOB Asset Management launched its new mutual fund aimed at capturing returns from IPOs regardless of how they perform.
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      Lock icon C2O Holdings and Zhonghui launch IPOs
      184 44 C2O Holdings expects to raise $2.95 million in net proceeds from its initial public offering (IPO), the Singapore company said. The communication products distributor is offering 25 million shares, of which 1 million will be to the public at 20.5 cents each. The IPO
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      Bread Talk to acquire Megabite food court chain
      214 46 FOOD beverage chain Bread Talk Group has entered into a conditional agreement to acquire Topwin Investment Holding, which owns and operates 13 food courts under the award-winning brand-name Megabite in China, for $11 million to be paid by the issue of up
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      He's animated by animation
      507 46  -  Tay Tsen-Waye Full-length feature film on the cards A SINGAPORE-made action-cum-romance-cum-fantasy animation film, creatively reminiscent of Dream Works' photo-real-istic box-office hit Shrek 1... That is the bold promise from local entrepreneur Axl Loon's year-old digital company, which develops 3D animation content. Written, directed and produced by
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      624 50  -  David Chew Concert halls here will be filled with a flood of acts in the next two months CLASSICAL music buffs will have no reason to complain that Singapore is a cultural desert at least till the end of the year. Despite the ever-declining audience numbers at art
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      Local acts take centrestage
      299 50 BEGINNING tonight, the Esplanade plays host to a three-day showcase of local talent, on a scale to rival the big concerts staged here by Linkin Park and the Eagles this year. "As Singaporeans we often put local talent second or third spot in terms of sponsorship,
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      From Leipzig, with song ...
      93 50  - From Leipzig, with song David Chew IN 1992, five choristers, who met when they were in Leipzig's St Thomas' boys choir, formed the ensemble "amarcord". They shared a desire to continue the Leipzig tradition of unaccompanied singing, associated with great composers like Johann Sebastian Bach. Since then, amarcord's large repertoire,
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      Hitting the right notes
      343 52 That's the judges, not the contestants, says Razali Abdullah THE judges got it right this week. Christopher gave his best performance and, unfortunately, Maia didn't do too well. In a week when the seven remaining Idol hopefuls had the chance to distinguish themselves as they were
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      Lock icon MediaCorp DJs get their due
      196 52 TWENTY-FIVE shiny trophies were given out at the inaugural Singapore Radio Awards last night at Swissotel The Stamford. Organised by MediaCorp Radio, the awards pay tribute to radio stars from its 11 stations. The winners were chosen by listeners, who voted for the DJs via
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      What would you like to hear on your last day on earth?
      185 52 IF A radio station could broadcast one last programme, what should be in it? That question was what inspired MediaCorp Radio Gold 90.5FM's Last Radio Broadcast, which is hosted by Mr X. The show begins tonight at 10.15
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      401 54  -  Christopher Tan A spicy black bean sauce for seasoning, dips and marinades FERMENTED black beans historically, one of the oldest traditional seasonings have a robust, salty flavour that holds its own alongside other rich ingredients such as spring onion, garlic and ginger, and that is well
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      248 54 Spicy black bean chicken and capsicum Ingredients (serves 3 to 4): 2 large chicken breasts, skinned and deboned 1 tblsp rice wine 1/2 tsp sugar 2 1/2 tblsp Lee Kum Kee Spicy Black Bean Sauce 2 tblsp water I small red capsicum 1 small green capsicum 3 tblsp oil
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      MIA-OUCH!
      311 56  -  Eveline Gan Fve never met anyone like Twila, any man or woman like her. She's just an angry woman who doesn't like women and got stuck with women. Mia Galeotalanza (right) on her bitter Survivor: Vanuatu rival Ousted from Survivor: Vanuatu, but she's still catty HER torch has been
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      Yap 'rented' out to direct hubbies
      311 56  -  David Chew IT'S a huge business, renting husbands. There are currently, worldwide, more than 100 franchisees handling more than 45,000 customer calls a year. The brainchild of American Kaile Warren, it's touted to women "for those jobs (around the house) that never get done!"
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          470 58  -  Yong Shu Chiang Timely but flawed political thriller can't keep its own secrets FILM REVIEW WITH a topnotch cast and a script that finds relevancy by tapping into the current political climate, The Manchurian Candidate is the latest film this year to ponder the inner workings of
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          In My Skin
          237 58 I FILM REVIEW by eveline gan IF ACTRESS and director Marina de Van intended to shock with her first feature film, she succeeded. In My Skin, a stomach-churning portrait of a young lady's morbid fascination with her body, crosses so far over the line that a number
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          Yesterday Once More
          162 58  -  ELISA CHIA FILM REVIEWby THIS being the third time he's paired Sammi Cheng and Andy Lau after Needing You (2000) and Love On A Diet (2001), director-producer Johnnie To strikes a different tone. Instead of the classic boy-meets-girl premise, the film features the two box-office magnets as
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        468 60  -  YONG SHU CHIANG Biopic highlights gay composer's platonic marriage FILM REVIEWby" De Lovely A FILM about one of the 20th century's greatest composers, Cole Porter, can scarcely do without a generous helping of his works, which have been interpreted many times over by countless artistes. Director Irwin
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        Prostitution film in charity screening
        163 62 THE story of a girl from the former Soviet Union who is sold into sexual slavery fronts the first-ever gala charity screening organised by the United Nations Development Fund For Women (Unifem) and the Substation. Lilja 4-Ever is a Swedish film lauded by critics for
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      Lock icon Barrichello ready to beat home hoodoo
      527 69 AFP Brazilian wants to take chequered flag in Sao Paulo for the first time FORMULA 1 Brazilian Grand Prix SAO PAULO Ferrari driver Rubens Barrichello is desperate to capitalise on one of his greatest ever chances of home success here this weekend as he
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      Lock icon He used to be daft as a brush, now he's G8
      231 69 -AP LONDON Call him "the soccer player formerly known as Gazza". Former England footballer Paul Gascoigne, known affectionately by fans as "Gazza," says he wants to be called G8 from now on. G8 is a combination of the first
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      Lock icon Ponting keen to get thumbs up for Test
      214 69 AFP MELBOURNE Australian skipper Ricky Ponting is so eager to return, he is considering wearing a guard to protect his thumb in the Test cricket series against India. Ponting, who has missed the first two Tests in the four-match series on the
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      Lock icon Awards night for rugby
      398 70  -  TAN YO-HINN NRC fraternity come together to honour the season's finest ON OCT 12, 2002, the local rugby fraternity were rocked when several Singapore Cricket Club players were among the casualties of the Bali bombings. But former British Lion star Martin Bayfield believed the tragic episode
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      Reds aim to shine on Asian stage
      115 70 SINGAPORE (picture) will face the continent's best when they take part in the biennial Asian Championship in Hong Kong from Oct 27 to Nov 1. The Reds will play in the Plate competition alongside Thailand, the Arabian Gulf and Kazakhstan, and are looking
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      Lock icon Button to stay at BAR, vows to join Williams later
      344 70 -AFP LONDON Jenson Button said he fully intends to become a Williams driver in the future despite having his hopes of switching from BAR Honda for the 2005 campaign dashed. The 24-year-old had wanted to return to Williams, where he
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      Lock icon Just 90 sec of Jordan costs Nike $50,000
      213 70 AFP TAIPEI Nike were fined NT$l million ($50,000) yesterday, after fans got to see basketball superstar Michael Jordan for just 90 seconds, during a whirlwind promotional visit to the island, officials said. The US sportswear giant's Taiwan branch was found to have
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      Lock icon In-form Vijay eyes victory No 9
      555 72 -AFP World's top golfer aims to reinforce his position within an exclusive group of all-time greats GOLF PGA Funai Classic LAKE BUENA VISTA, Florida There's just no quenching his thirst for accolades at the moment World No 1 Vijay Singh, who is seeking his
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        600 74 AFP Skipper's late penalty earns Newcastle win UEFA CUP, GROUP D Panionios 0 Newcastle 1 PARIS A late penalty from Alan Shearer earned Newcastle a 1-0 win over Panionios in Uefa Cup group action this morning on a rewarding night for British clubs. Newcastle's victory came after their
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        Lock icon Agassi, Safin advance as Henman suffers pain in Spain
        554 74 -AFP TENNIS Madrid Masters MADRID Top seed Tim Henman went off the boil, but there was no stopping the hard-charging pair of Andre Agassi and Marat Safin, who both cruised into the quarter-finals of the 2.425 million euro ($4.06 million) Madrid
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      Lock icon United will not accept home defeat
      653 76 Agencies Red Devils demand three points at OldTrafford: Neville ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Manchester United v Arsenal MANCHESTER Outside the emptying stadium in Prague, Gary Neville was searching for a word. That word was "goal". The Manchester United defender was attempting to explain why in the
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      Lock icon Misfiring Liverpool close in on unsettled striker Morientes
      395 76 AFP LONDON The team can't score on a regular basis and the striker seems to be perennially stuck on the substitutes' bench, so it could be a match made in Anfield. Liverpool are looking increasingly likely to sign Real Madrid's unsettled striker,
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      Lock icon Crocked trio racing against the clock
      364 77 Agencies Henry, Pires, Edu battling to play in United clash LONDON Arsenal striker Thierry Henry is so desperate to play, he is willing to aggravate a minor injury and risk missing subsequent games. That is how much Sunday's clash of the Premiership titans means
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      198 77 LONDON Ukraine's Shakhtar Donetsk have revealed an interest in signing Chelsea's shamed Romanian international, Adrian Mutu. He tested positive for cocaine after a drug test, but Shakhtar's boss Mircea Lucescu wants to help rescue the 25-year-old's career, reported BBC Sport Online. "I am shocked
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      624 78  -  JOSE RAYMOND Dropped Chinese athletes given 48 hours to accept new contract offer IN YET another astonishing turnaround, the Singapore Athletic Association (SAA) have once again backed down, just five days after sacking China-born athletes Luan Wei and E Xiaoxu. Yesterday, the SAA revived their earlier
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      412 78 AFC CUP, SEMI-FINAL, IST LEG Al Jaish 4 Home United 0 AFTER relinquishing their S-League and Singapore Cup trophies to Tampines Rovers last month, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Cup was the only silverware left for Home United as they sought to salvage
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      152 78  -  Jose Raymond S-LEAGUE hopefuls Paya Lebar Kovan have submitted their formal application for next season. Last month, this newspaper revealed that the new club were considering joining the S-League next year and S-League deputy CEO How Seen Yong said yesterday: "We will be forming
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      677 79 Agencies sT^^^Blßk^^ l£- BK--BBWP -4^T US BASEBALL PLAYOFFS Yankees 3 Red Sox 10 Boston win series 4-3 NEW YORK The date should go into the Boston calendar as an official no-school/no-work/no-mail-delivery holiday in Red Sox Nation. Mark it down. Oct 20. It will always be the
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      Lock icon Red Sox hero Damon blows away Yankees with two homers
      445 79 NEW YORK The Boston Red Sox made history, and it was left to Johnny Damon to supply the coup de grace. He hit two mammoth homers and drove in six runs as Boston advanced to the World Series. Derek Lowe
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