Today, 4 December 2004

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    13 1 weekendTODAY December 4 5 2004 MICA (P) 105/07/2004 we set you thinking todayonline.com
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    NO-NONSENSE MAN
    1559 1  -  Teo Hwee Nak, Deputy News Editor LOW THIA KHIANG hweenak@newsto day, com. sg THE first thing that greets you when you enter his air-conditioned office is the lingering whiff of smoke from the freshlystubbed cigarette. And you can't help but notice that the warm water the amiable auntie
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  • Article
    IBM TO SELL ITS PC BUSINESS?
    500 1  -  Wong Fei Wan feiwan@newstoday.com.sg ELECTRONICS giant IBM, which in 1981 brought personal computing into the corporate and consumer markets, is said to be in talks with a Chinese company to sell its entire personal computer business. Quoting sources close to the negotiations, the New
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  • hot news
    • Article
      $80 million rebuilding plan to make Clarke Quay'cool' again
      175 2 AN $80 million redevelopment plan is being put in place to draw the crowds back to Clarke Quay. Landlord Capita Land wants to make it a "cool" place again. Come September next year, the streets will be covered with transparent canopies.
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      UN to reopen scandal probe on Singaporean Dileep Nair?
      384 2  -  Tor Ching Li chingli@newstoday.com.sg THE United Nations staff union in New York will not let the issue of Mr Dileep Nair's scandal probe rest. In return, Mr Nair's department has disowned "their" union. Mr Nair, a Singaporean who heads the UN
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      Lock icon SM Goh invites young doctors to enter politics
      208 2 Channel News Asia SENIOR Minister Goh Chok Tong has been granted honorary membership in the Medical Alumni Association. Mr Goh is the first recipient of this title who is not from the medical profession. Previously, only outstanding doctors, dental surgeons and pharmacists
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      Making S'pore a great city
      535 3  -  Ng Shing Vi PM urges private sector to be bold in creating a unique cityscape shingyi@newstoday.com.sg PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong has called for the private sector to boldly push new frontiers in determining the future physical landscape of Singapore for the next 30 years.
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      Lock icon Too early for General Election, says MM Lee
      417 3 Channel News Asia MINISTER Mentor Lee Kuan Yew has dismissed all speculation of an early General Election. He said the new Government had some work to do, such as letting the people feel the benefits of basic policies, before any General Election
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      CAO under probe by CAD
      415 4  -  Francis Kan francis@newstoday.com.sg CHINA Aviation Oil Singapore Corp (CAO), which revealed a US$55O million ($9OO million) trading loss earlier in the week, is being probed by the Commercial Affairs Department (CAD), which investigates white-collar crime. "CAD has commenced investigation into the CAO matter and is
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      Lock icon HIV tests for couples getting married?
      264 4 Newsßadio 93.8 THE Government is considering making it compulsory for couples getting married to go for HIV tests. This is part of its efforts to stem the spread of HIV, which has been on the rise here. The Senior Minister of State for Health,
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        Lock icon Petrol gets cheaper islandwide
        54 4 Channel News Asia Petrol firms have announced a 1 0-per-cent discount on petrol at most stations here. Shell was the first to slash prices on Friday morning. Caltex followed suit by offering similar discounts at 27 of its 29 stations. ExxonMobil and Singapore Petroleum Company also
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        Lock icon NMP Olsen for volunteerism
        62 4 Newsßadio 93.8 The youngest Nominated MP, Ms Eunice Olsen, was appointed Youth Volunteerism Ambassador by the National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre. CEO Tan Chee Koon said Ms Olsen's hopes to use her NMP platform to raise awareness on volunteerism issues makes her an appropriate choice. On
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        Lock icon Man charged for molestation
        60 4 Newsßadio 93.8 The alleged Choa Chu Kang serial molester, army regular Tan Lug Tong, 27, was charged in court on Friday. He is said to have molested three young girls after they agreed to help him do sit-ups. He was caught on Wednesday after an 11
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      Lock icon Local trio to go without oxygen on new Everest climb
      193 6 Channel News Asia THREE seasoned mountaineers will climb Mount Everest again next March, this time without the help of bottled oxygen. If they succeed, they will be the first climbers in South-east Asia to achieve the feat Six years after
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    • Article
      Fewer unhappy workers in S'pore
      451 8  -  Ansley Ng But lost productivity could still cost economy $4b ansley@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE'S workers are a less disgruntled lot compared to last year, according to a survey conducted by Gallup Organization. The September survey of 1,010 Singapore citizens and permanent residents showed that the proportion of
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      'Spotty' supplement pills edible, says doctor
      226 8  -  Tan Hui Leng IF YOU see spots and inconsistencies on your multivitamins or other health supplements, don't panic they're most likely still safe for consumption and are non-toxic, said Wyeth Consumer Healthcare's international product development director, Dr Michel Bhereur. "Health supplements need to be
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      3 firms get local green awards
      350 8  -  -Jasmine Yin REVISIONS in the eligibility criteria of a local environmental award scheme has resulted the quadrupling of the number of applicants from the manufacturing and services industries. From 12 companies last year, 45 entities took part in the Singapore Environmental Achievement Awards this
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      Lock icon EXPOSED! Tobacco firms' plot to lure Asians
      660 10  -  Marwaan Macan-Markar IPS I BANGKOK Finally, the world has a stark picture of the plots hatched by tobacco multinationals to lure Asians to smoke. The revelations have been made in Tobacco Control, a quarterly published by the British Medical Journal. The details are
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    • this QUIRKY world
      • Article
        Randy monk busted
        58 12 It was tough luck for a Buddhist monk who decided to break his vow of celibacy by soliciting an undercover police officer instead, reported Ananova.com. Mr Hoa Trung Nguyen, 47, from a temple in Sydney, haggled with the "prostitute" for a better deal on "full sex". When
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        'Sorry officer, I was being chased by aliens'
        63 12 Aliens, a dead hamster and an urgent need for the toilet were just some of the excuses offered by speeding motorists desperate to avoid demerit points, reported Ananova.com. Mr Ray King, manager of a company supplying speed cameras, said: "Really the alternative
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        Men, avoid these X'mas CDs
        48 12 Men who buy their lovers CDs for Christmas by Mariah Carey, Celine Dion or Whitney Houston could end up dumped, reported Ananova.com, quoting a survey where 25 per cent of 20,000 women claimed they would dump their man if they got such gifts.
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      Lock icon The rise of Bernard Kerik
      272 12 Agencies, CNN, NYT From dropout to US security chief WASHINGTON Mr Bernard Kerik, a high school dropout who worked up the ranks in the New York Police Department, has been offered one of the country's toughest jobs: Chief of Homeland Security. Known for his no-nonsense
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      Lock icon New election called in Ukraine
      181 12 Agencies, CNN KIEV Ukraine's supreme court annulled the results of a disputed presidential election on Friday and called for a new runoff vote with the same two candidates, which the opposition said must be held by Dec 26. The ruling came after an appeal by
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      Retire in comfort
      762 13 HOW TO GROW YOUR MONEY Early financial planning is a key element to make this possible DESPITE the rising life expectancy and a rapidly greying population here, a worrying trend is emerging: Retirement planning is still not a priority for many Singaporeans. According to a Ngee Ann
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      PROMOTIONS
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    • Letter
      Visitors reminded to keep park clean
      160 16  -  GEORGE TAY I Letter from Deputy Director of Parks Management, National Parks Board I REFER to the letter, "Leaving others to clean up our offal" (Dec 2) and thank Mr Ananda Perera for his feedback. With some 7 million visits every year, East Coast
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      isav GO GREEN, GO DIESEL
      396 16  -  Nicholas Lim Shuqing LIKE many other petrolheads here, I went to the recent motor show. There, I joined others in huddling around and ogling supercars more difficult to get into than letterboxes, and limousines lined with profane amounts of cowhide. In contrast, the exhibits at
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      Lock icon Beware the wife, Taufik!
      742 18  -  Neil Humphreys She's bonkers over the man especially after catching him live WATCHING Singapore Idol could be grounds for divorce. I'm not willing to challenge this theory in the courts, but it could make for an interesting discussion with the lawyer. "My wife is obsessed with
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      READERS'SHORT TAKES
      174 18 Grant Yeo: 'Pushy knees' in cinema, too I SHARE Bienvenido L Gonzalez IV's sentiments ("When one person's comfort is another's pain", Dec 3) as I have been a victim of pushy knees too not on the bus, but in the cinema. While you're enjoying a movie, the person
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    • Letter
      Spot check timings not revealed
      83 18  -  CHIAMYEOWKHONG I Letter from I Head, Environmental Health Department, National Environment Agency WE REFER to Ms Lee Xinying's letter, "Supermarket Checks" (Nov 26). The National Environment Agency (NEA) conducts regular inspections at supermarkets to ensure proper hygiene standards. The date and timing of such inspections
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      Condom 'myth' is no tall tale
      409 20  -  |DRHWEEKEEMPENG Facts support doubts on their effectiveness against HIV, STI I Letter from I REFER to the letter, "Bursting the 'bad condom' myth" (Dec 2) by Christopher Low, who claims that the condom is effective in preventing sexually transmitted infections (STIs). This is a
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      Visitors at a loss when at Gardens
      207 20  -  I IRIS KAN I Letter from AS a regular walker in the Singapore Botanic Gardens, I have somehow become its unofficial visitors' guide. During every visit, and especially since its facelift began, I have been asked for directions by foreign and local visitors.
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    • Letter
      Redress insider trading of CAO shares
      183 20  -  BINHEEHENG Letter from APPARENTLY, China Aviation Oil's trading losses took place over a long period. Yet, the general investing public was none the wiser especially in light of the reassuring words of the company's CEO before and after the release of its quarterly results.
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  • Businesstoday
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      Lock icon Suntec Reit priced at $1 a unit, $722 m IPO is largest in S'pore this year
      222 22 Dow Jones SUNTEC Real Estate Investment Trust, or Suntec Reit, priced its shares on Friday at $1 a unit in the biggest initial public offering (IPO) in Singapore this year. The success of the
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      Lock icon CAO fiasco puts S'pore in spotlight
      456 22 AFP Standards of corporate governance questioned SINGAPORE'S reputation for having one of the best corporate governance regimes in Asia is coming under close scrutiny after a high-flying Chinese firm listed here lost almost a billion dollars in speculative oil trades. China Aviation Oil (CAO)
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    • Article
      Lock icon US jobs growth slowed sharply in Nov
      133 22 Dow Jones WASHINGTON Employers in the United States slowed the pace of hiring sharply last month, surprising Wall Street and rekindling worries about the strength of the economic recovery. Non-farm payrolls grew by a lacklustre 112,000 last month after a robust 303,000 increase
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    • Market WATCH
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        Singapore
        86 22 SHARE prices closed mixed on Friday as volume thinned ahead of the release of US November employment data and as investors diverted funds to the initial public offerings of Suntec Reit and Yellow Pages. The ST Index fell 1.18 points, or 0.1 per cent, to 2,061.58, after trading between
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      • Article
        SGX top rises
        79 22 By$ Creative 50 23.800 +1.800 By percentage GulTech W*****7 0.015 +50.0 FSN 15.200 +0.300 North 22 USS 0.015 +50.0 JardineC&C 10.500 +0.300 WeePoh 0.015 +50.0 Shang &ia 2kHKS 10.500 +0.300 CrealiveSGAeCW*****0 0.570 +37.3 Bukit Sem 13.200 +0.200 Creative DBeCW*****3 0.585 +36.0 DBSBk6%NCPS 10 106.700 +0.200 PakTech 0.085
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        SGX top falls
        72 22 Venture 16.000 ■0.300 KepCorp 8.300 ■0.200 HKLand USS 2.560 ■0.180 PFood 1.370 -0.090 SPC 3.500 ■0.080 YeoHS 2.930 ■0.070 HSCEIDB eCW*****1 0.670 ■0.060 CapilaMdl 1.700 ■0.050 JSH 5OOUSS 8.400 ■0.050 NableGrp 1.410 ■0.050 By percentage Kian Ann W*****7 0.005 -50.0 LSM 0.005 -50.0 FJBen W*****6 0.015 -25.0
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        Your S$1 Zuys
        36 22 US$ 0.6080 UK£ 0.3160 Yen 62.905 HK$ 4.7267 RM 2.3105 Euro 0.4579 Rupiah 5,513.1 Baht 23.928 Peso 34.082 A$ 0.7868 Indian Rs 26.845 Won 635.65 C$ 0.7252 Yuan 5.0325 NZ$ 0.8494 NTS 19.576
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        ST Index- 2,061.58-1.18
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        SGX most active
        59 22 By volume Wee Poh Close 0.015 Change +0.005 +50.0 'OOO 54,813 UniFiber SingTel Junma 0.170 2.390 0.455 +0.005 +0.005 +3.0 +1.1 37,856 19,935 13,206 China Sun 0.400 -0.010 -2.4 9,991 MKLand USS 2.560 -0.180 -6.6 8,922 STATSChP UTAC 0.950 0.495 +0.020 +0.015 +2.2 +3.1 8,875 8,770 Chartered
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        World markets
        58 22 Index Nikkei 225 Hang Seng Value 11,074.89 14,211.84 Change Pis +101.82 +0.93 -49.95 -0.35 All Ordinaries Taiwan Wld 3,951.40 5,893.27 -3.60 -0.09 +25.32 +0.43 Korea Comp 882.55 -1.55 -0.18 KLCI 917.17 -2.80 -0.30 SET Index 663.84 +2.76 +0.42 Jakarta Comp 981.407 -16.291 -1.63 Phils Comp Shenzhen E Closed
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        Lock icon Commodities
        26 22 SGX, Bloomberg Gold uss/m 451.40 Silver uss/oz 7.910 Platinum uss/oz 870.00 Rubber centsAg "8.25 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1,453 Brent crude uss/barrei 40.20 Information provided by
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    • business news
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        Lock icon Yellow Pages prices IPO at $1.66 a share, offer 8.5 times subscribed
        222 24 Dow Jones DIRECTORIES business Yellow Pages priced its shares at $1.66 each, raising $185 million in Singapore's third-largest initial public offering (IPO) this year, the company said on Friday. Singapore's latest yield play underscores investors' preference for dividend
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      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon Q4 GDP to grow 5.8%: MAS survey
        411 24 Dow Jones Full-year expansion forecast at 8.3% SINGAPORE'S economy is expected to expand 5.8 per cent in the fourth quarter from the same period last year to bring full-year growth to 8.3 per cent, according to a quarterly central bank survey of economists
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      Lock icon Don't break the dress code
      615 27  -  Pearlyn Tham Do you know your 'black tie' from your 'cocktail' dress? THIS being the first week of the festive month of December, you must have started to receive invitations to parties and dinners. I'm not talking about house parties or family dinners where you
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    • style
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        Lock icon Beauty treatments fit for royalty
        526 28  -  Pearlyn Tham By word-of-mouth, blue bloods flock to Cristalle de Paris pearlyn@newstoday.com.sg IT ISN'T every beauty salon that can count royalty among its clientele, much less have blue blood endorsing its treatments and products in an advertising campaign. But this is exactly what beauty salon
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        One cool Bikini Bra-vo
        194 28  -  Pearlyn Tham IT'S amazing how a piece of undergarment, designed originally to protect a woman's modesty, can be a work of scientific art. The Bikini Bra from Skin.Cool's first wireless range is designed without underwires to provide its wearer with natural comfort And, the unique Skin.Cool
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          Aigo P880 MP3 Player
          107 30 JUMPING on the bandwagon to offer highcapacity MP3 players, Aigo has launched the PBBO that boasts a 20GB storage capacity. The player has a 2.2-incn TFT LCD screen for displaying pictures and videos and supports MP3, WAV and WMA file formats, which can be transferred via
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          78 30 DO YOU fear losing your expensive home entertainment system to a power surge? Belkin's Surge Master Gold Series offers to protect your electrical equipment from power surges and even insures them for up to $10,000 should they suffer from surge-related damage. The device offers protection against
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          98 30 A SUCCESSOR to BenQ's DW1620 re-writer, the 1 6x speed dualformat DW1620 Pro features a fast 4x double-layer recording speed. Writing speed and quality is also top-notch thanks to BenQ's Write Right technology. Equipped with the Disc Doctor utility tool, it gives you the
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          95 30 THE ultra-compact (88.5x24x54.5mm) 4.2-megapixel Creative DC-Cam 4200ZS camera captures images in highresolution and rich colours. You can compose your shots using the standard viewfinder or through the 2-inch TFT LCD display. Featuring 3x optical zoom, the lens is fitted with Auto Focus capability to help you frame
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        An old school charmer
        299 31  -  Seah Siew Hua It's back to the basics with this new Nokia mobile phone siewhua@newstoday.com IF YOU have never found the need to own a camera phone that comes with features such as Bluetooth technology, video recorder and MP3 player, then the Nokia 2600 might just
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        Despite new name, Football Manager 2005true to tradition
        324 31  - Despite new name, Football Manager 2005 true to tradition Trevor Tan EVER wondered why Rafael Benitez bought that slow-mov-ing Josemi or why Alex Ferguson bought the lame Liam Miller? Think you can do better than Arsene Wenger or Jose Mourinho? Now, Football Manager (FM) 2005 is here to fulfil your
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        Make your own DVD-quality videos
        243 31 MAKE DVD-quality videos with JVC's palm-sized hard disk camcorders. The GZ-MC2OO and GZ-MCIOO let you shoot up to 60 minutes of DVD-quality MPEG-2 video or more than 5,000 highresolution stills of 1,600x1,200 pixels on a high-capacity 4GB Microdrive card. Both cameras offer the same performance
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        623 32  -  Low Shi Ping You'll enjoy tec's food and the ambience as much as the coffee food@newstoday.com.sg YOU can almost smell the sweetness of success before the aroma of coffee hits you as you walk into tec the coffee connoisseur. The first two outlets opened barely a year ago
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          More power for Cruisin'
          102 34 Chrysler's retro-styled PT Cruiser has been given an engine transplant for the 2005 model year. In place of the wheezy old 2.0-litre powerplant comes a larger and smoother 2.4-litre unit that produces 143bhp. The extra power gives the car a 14kmh higher top speed (it now
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          117 34 Versatility is the current buzzword in the car industry and manufacturers are falling over themselves to launch more spacious versions of their current models. On Thursday, Volkswagen revealed the Golf Plus, a taller variant of the latest Golf. Although the same length and width
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          Supermini trio ready for launch
          136 34 This is the first official photograph of the three new compact hatchbacks that will be introduced by Peugeot, Toyota and Citroen next year. Born of an alliance between the two French manufacturers and Japan's largest car maker, the Peugeot 107, Toyota Aygo and Citroen Cl
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        Heart transplant
        597 34  -  Colin Yong Addition ofToyota engine, gearbox transforms Lotus Elise IF there ever was a car that cried out for a better engine, it was the Lotus Elise. The Rover-made 1.8-litre unit that sat centimetres behind the heads of occupants was never short on power but it desperately lacked
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        If there's a wheel ...
        429 35  - If there's a wheel Sheldon Trollope Spores own Stamford Tyres finds the way to succeed internationally news@newstoday.com.sg MADE-in-Singapore exports such as Creative Technology's Sound Blaster products and Tiger Beer have become internationally-recognised brands and another company is set to join this elite fold. Stamford Tyres is a brand most local
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        Number of hydrogen cars grows
        220 35 FOUR more Mercedes-Benz F-Cell cars hit local streets yesterday when DaimlerChrysler handed them over to partners of the F-Cell Global Programme Partnership. The cars, which will be run by BP, Conrad Centennial Singapore, Lufthansa and Michelin, join the first unit that was delivered to the
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        210 35 A TRUE cinematic experience within the confines of a car this is what 13 vehicles, including businessman Alex Tan's Toyota Harrier, will be trying to impress judges with at the first Pioneer s.lch Sound Challenge for dealers on Sunday. The event brings together some of Singapore's
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        1347 36  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla Realtors report rise in landed transactions in last 2 months shobha@newstoday.com.sg WHILE it has been a banner half-year for the high-rise property sector with highprofile new projects like The Sail@Marina Bay and The Soho attracting strong market interest, its low-profile counterpart has been
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        ROOM with a VIEW
        96 36  -  Ted Chen THOSE who dream about owning their own pad out east may wish to consider putting down $1.18 million on this two-storey freehold corner terrace house located at 18, Jalan Terang Bulan. Jointly marketed by Louis Yeap Realty and PropNex, the terrace house comes with
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        444 38  -  Ted Chen 168 units will be launched this weekend at $590 psf tedchen@newstoday.com.sg PROPERTY developer Capita Land is launching Citylights, its latest condominium project this weekend. The 99-year leasehold project along Jellicoe Road is near the Central Business District and the Orchard Road shopping belt. It
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        97 38  -  Ted Chen Asking price: $950,000 FINDING a spacious suburban property for just under a million dollars would be a nice change from being holed up in a cramped apartment in the heart of the city. And for $950,000, this freehold doublestorey corner terrace house at Li Hwan Terrace
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        Fresh options at Pasir Panjang
        222 38  -  Ted Chen PROPERTY developer Heeton Holdings is soft launching The Cassandra, its latest freehold apartment project today. The 20-unit development off Pasir Panjang Road is situated on a land site area of 1,956.3 sq m and has a gross floor area of 2,734.8 sq m.
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      697 40  -  Ross Wallace Director fights to put controversial film on the big screen IT'S not hard to imagine Oliver Stone as a world-conquering hero. In the years since his Oscarwinning movies Platoon and Born on the 4th of July earned him a place on the directors' A-list, Stone's
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      259 40  -  Ross Wallace IT'S day 17 of a gruelling three-month film shoot. With 1,100 actors and extras in armour, sweating and grumbling in the Moroccan desert, you're faced with the reality that a historic battle simply cannot be recreated as written. What to do? If
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      444 42  -  Lim Kuan Chiang THERE will be no judges and those familiar aggregate scores on the annual live telecast of the Miss World pageant this Saturday, as this year's Miss World will be picked through a global vote by viewers from around the world. Not
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      527 42  -  Jeanine Tan Elisa Chia Asian Idol and a drama starring Spore Idol finalists are possibilities j eanine@newstoday.com. sg THE Singapore Idol has been declared. Taufik Batisah has his recording career ahead of him, and so does runner-up Sylvester Sim. While many have been disappointed to
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      245 42  -  Felix Cheong RICH Ho has gone from reluctant business school graduate to budding indie film-maker in just a matter of years. Last year, he won best technical award at the Canon Hive Short Film Contest 2003. This year, he became only the second Singaporean to be nominated
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      99 42  -  Elisa Chia SINGAPORE'S Selena Tan bagged the Best Comedy Performance by an Actress award at the 9th Asian Television (ATV) Awards on Thursday. Selena won for her role as Auntie Violet in MediaCorp TV Channel s's Daddy's Girls. The first-time nominee and winner is in London. Accepting
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        173 44  -  Zul Othman REGGAE and ska fans, rejoice. Pioneering Jamaicabased outfit The Skatalites who in the 1960s helped lay the foundations for ska, reggae and helped launch the careers of Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley will be performing at The Esplanade Concert Hall this Sunday at
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        Get your kids houseproud
        177 44  -  Tan Siyi Kwong Yu Hui had to learn She doesn't help out with household chores regularly, but thanks to her mum, the Bendemeer Primary School student won Singapore's first HouseprouaKid contest. The competition, organised by Century Sauare, Hougang Mall and Tiong Bahru Plaza in conjunction with
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      185 50 Agencies ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Chelsea v Newcastle LONDON Graeme Souness is not one to mince his words. But the fiery Scot believes fans will look back in future years and acclaim Jose Mourinho's Chelsea for their starring role in what he claims is a
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      560 50 Agencies Record debts could force Liverpool chairman out ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Aston Villa v Liverpool LIVERPOOL Rumours have been circulating since the season kicked off that Steven Gerrard will not be at Liverpool at the end of the campaign. England's finest midfielder has been ambiguous about his long-term
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      632 52 theweekendinterview with Olympian JOYCE CHEPCHUMBA SHE'S a doting mother and a loving wife. She used to work as a clerk at her local postoffice in Kenya. She's also an Olympic bronze medallist (Sydney 2000) and one of the best marathon runners in the world. Joyce comes
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      301 52 Agencies ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Man United v Southampton LONDON Ryan Giggs has won more medals and silverware than any other player in Manchester United's illustrious history. Targeted by Sir Alex Ferguson when he was just a boy, the Welsh winger was groomed by the Scot,
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      246 52 League I Home Team I Away Team Match Kick Off a II (Singapore date/time) E Premier Chelsea Newcastle Sat, 04/12/04 8.45pm E Premier Portsmouth West Bromwich Sat, 04/12/04 11.00pm E Premier Manchester Utd Southampton Sat, 04/12/04 11.00pm E Premier Aston Villa Liverpool Sat, 04/12/04 11.00pm E Premier Norwich Fulham Sat,
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      613 54  -  JOSE RAYMOND And that's just perfect, says coach Avramovic, ahead of opening Tiger Cup clash against hosts THERE was hardly any fuss, as the Lions arrived in Ho Chi Minh City on Friday. Almost unnoticed, the Singapore squad slipped into the Vietnam capital to begin their
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      409 54  -  JOSE RAYMOND IN VIETNAM jose@newstoday.com.sg THAILAND are the defending champions and have lifted the Tiger Cup three times, but the regional powerhouses arrive here in Vietnam under more pressure than in previous tournaments. For the first time, there are whispers that
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      824 55 Agencies Not so super Marion, as Balco chief says she even learnt to inject steroids Bashir: Are you saying that Marion Jones was a drugs cheat? Conte: Without a doubt Bashir: Do you admit to devising her programme for drug use? Conte: Yes I do. Bashir:
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      98 55 SINGAPORE'S hottest new game Beach Rugby is set to raise temperatures. The inaugural Singapore Beach Rugby Festival 2004 at Siloso Beach, Sentosa kicks off this Saturday. Organised by the Singapore Rugby Union, "Beach Rugby" is an easy-to-play outdoor version of the "Fun Touch" format, where three attackers
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      152 55 W^r iIK ft The Weekend Interview/52 Olympic medallist Joyce Chepchumba is a confident woman SATURDAY 11.30 am NBA Pacers v Kings, Ch23 spm Golf Nedbank Golf Challenge, Ch2l 8.40pm EPL Chelsea v Newcastle, Ch23 10.55pm EPL Man United v Southampton, Ch23 10.55pm EPL Aston Villa v Liverpool, Ch24 11 pm
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