Today, 19 April 2002

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    7 1 TODAY Friday April 19, 2002 MITA(P) 063/11/2001
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    Who will cross-examine PM or SM?
    588 1  -  Joy Frances by joy@newstoday.com.sg MINUTES after the High Court had dismissed his application to get Queen's Counsel from Hong Kong and Australia to represent him, opposition politician Chee Soon Juan had a poser for the media: Which local lawyer would want to engage in
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    Lock icon Plane hits Milan tower
    354 1 Agencies 2AM LATEST Pilot radioed for help before crash MILAN A small plane crashed into the upper floors of the tallest building in Milan during the evening rush hour, killing at least three people and injuring about 20 others. Local media reports said the pilot of
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Student pirates
      334 2  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahim Majority of tertiary pupils in Spore flouting copyright laws, says survey by zackaria@newstoday.com.sg AS many as seven of 10 tertiary students here seem to be ignoring copyright laws, according to the findings of a survey released yesterday. Not only do they bust the legal limit
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      Lock icon Tempers flare over flats
      160 2 Channel News Asia EAGER flat-buyers who camped outside the Sengkang Housing Board Area Office as early as Tuesday will have to wait another two nights before selection opens tomorrow. This situation saw tempers flaring yesterday. Some 20 people stood in line yesterday to take advantage of
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      'New Malay' S'porean
      185 2 SELF-RELIANCE, confidence, creativity and independence these qualities will create a community of excellence among the Malays here, said Minister-in-Charge of Muslim Affairs Yaacob Ibrahim yesterday. "A culture of excellence demands higher standards in the way we fulfil our obligations as parents and children, in the services that
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      M'sian crackdown
      231 3 Civil servants among 14 KMM members arrested under ISA KUALA LUMPUR Civil ser vants were among 14 Muslim extremists arrested in Malaysia yesterday under the Internal Security Act (ISA). Police Chief Tan Sri Norian Mai said the arrests of the members of the Malaysian Militant Group (KMM) were
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      Lock icon Indonesian bomb expert jailed for 12 years
      156 3 Agencies GENERAL SANTOS (Philippines) An admission of guilt to the charges against him did not spare expert bomb maker Fathur Rohman Al Ghozi (picture) from a heavy sentence. The Indonesian, who is linked to the Al Qaeda terror network, was yesterday sentenced to
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      Lock icon Mistake kills four Canadians
      102 3 AFP WASHINGTON A US F-16 fighter pilot dropped a 500-pound bomb on Canadian troops in Afghanistan. Four Canadians were killed and eight were wounded because the pilot mistook a live-fire exercise on the groun( for hostile fire. The trouble began when two F-16s reported taking fire
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      SIA adds 2 flights to NZ
      81 4 SINGAPORE Airlines will add two new flights weekly from Singapore to Christchurch, New Zealand, starting Sept 2 until the end of March next year. The flights, using Airbus A 340-300 aircraft, are scheduled for Mondays and Wednesdays. SIA operates flights thrice a week between
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      Lock icon Riot breakers
      359 4  -  Wong Khing Chong Police armed to quell street violence by khingchong@newstoday.com,sg IT LOOKED like a scene from TV news. Disgruntled workers demanding higher pay and fair treatment burst into violence. They smashed windows and lit fires. Within minutes, about 35 officers from the Police Task Force (PTF) arrived
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      Charred body of NSman found in toilet
      175 4 A NATIONAL serviceman is believed to have set himself on fire in a toilet in a mosque on Wednesday night. The caretaker of Masjid Al Muttaqin at Ang Mo Kio Avenue 6 told the police he last used the toilet at about 11pm.
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      85 2 Tel: 6337 1511, website: today.income.com.sg Income's health screening packages can help to detect certain common <jt but serious illnesses. "T~ k^t Our heath screening rates are 18% to 30% lower than normal rates. Basic >A,i VT% rV>l\ package starts from $130 and the comprehensive package costs $350. \\l.y Each year,
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      392 3 The economy isn't the only thing j we develop s\~ t\^ BL Our efforts to bring out the best in our people has won mmmmm^^* j us the People Developer Award m Known tor its role in Singapore's economic transformation, EDB is now receiving M4D- attention for iis efforts al
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Reinventing medicine
      102 6  -  Tan Hui Leng THE Singapore General Hospital (SGH) will see an unprecedented 220 scientific abstracts presented at the SGH 13th Annual Scientific Meeting, to be held from April 25 to 28. Covering a range of topics, the event titled "Reinventing Medicine in Singapore" will discuss the challenges faced
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      Need information?
      307 6  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahim Just dial a number by zackaria@newstoday.com.sg BIG plans are underway for the National Library Board (NLB) to be at the forefront of what it calls a "Knowledge Renaissance". With the infrastructure in place, libraries here hope to spruce up its research and reference functions, said
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      Lock icon Pay cab fares with your mobile phone
      171 6 AFP YOU could pay for parking or buy a drink from a vending machine by using a mobile phone. City Cab is adding another use to your trusted cellular phone pay taxi fares by using a hotline number. The pilot scheme called Tele
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      Spark, not squeeze
      665 8  -  Tan Hui Leng The EDB approach to people development f huileng@newstoday.com.sg SINGING by the beach, trudging through forests, taking coffee breaks in armchairs. Things you do while on holiday? The people working at Singapore's Economic Development Board (EDB) do these things in the name of work. The
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      282 8 mtp' fUJIHUII I |WBMsCrlir| A LUCKY DRAW i W W FinePix J* fll l/Y^/^RIF^-l PEOPLE DE^j^ ELOPER sINCA p <> a F The People Developer Standard is a mark of distinction. This national standard distinguishes organisations that have a comprehensive system for developing their people. They provide their people with
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      Oh, Rafidah
      320 11  -  Lim Boon Hee How can politics and business be kept separate? I AM confounded by Malaysia's International Trade and Industry Minister Rafidah Aziz's comments. Responding to concerns by businessmen on how to interpret hostile signals emanating from the spat between Malaysia and Singapore over land reclamation, she was
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      What happens to all our feedback?
      230 11  -  Narayana Narayana MR Anthony Chng Yeong Siong makes some valid comments in his letter, "Why no reply?" (Today, April 18). However, in writing that certain agencies, such as the Feedback Unit, do a wonderful job of soliciting and responding to the concerns of the
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      29 11 Your letter can also appear on this page. Give your ful name and address and write to Today, 24, Raffles Place, #28-01/06, Clifford Centre, Singapore *****1; Fax:6s-*****217; E-mail: news@newstoday.com.sg
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      That search at the Tampines library
      210 11 I REFER to Mr Raja Mitra's feedback on "Staff who irritate" (Today, April 10). We would like to clarify that our staff extended immediate assistance to Mr Mitra's wife by conducting a search in the Tampines Regional Library when the item was reported lost.
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      Tall, handsome and bald
      360 12  -  Angie Ng and she's not talking about men but healthy, over-shorn trees I WAS glad to read Ms Joy Frances' article, "Green puzzle" (Today, April 10). My friends, colleagues, neighbours and I share the same feelings about trees in Singapore. For years, I have watched healthy,
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      Bigger flats, bigger problems
      197 12  -  Tan Kok Tim MANY Singaporeans are having problems meeting their housing loan payments in this severe recession. How did they end up in this difficult situation? Let's look back to the *****, when most Singaporeans did not own their own homes. The use of CPF savings
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      343 13 $0-55 ($0.25) fl ■f vJl ru de $24.15 111 I FOR BUSES Tap ez-link Card on card reader as you board and alight from the bus 7\ Am\ ImWx KWI Lz^*^ FOR MRT/LRT J^ Tap ez-link Card on card readers on faregates at MRT/LRT stations M ez-link Card is the
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon No loss
      273 14 Bloomberg More time to rebalance Optus SINGTEL does not plan to take a loss on the falling value of its US$7 billion ($12.76 billion) Australian investment, Optus. This is despite the writedowns affecting Nippon Telegraph Telephone Corp and other telcos on their investments. Instead, Sing Tel will rebalance
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      ERC proposal won't upset property mart
      150 14 SENIOR Minister of State for Trade and Industry Tharman Shanmugaratnam has come out to reassure Singapore's jittery property market. This came amid market concerns the Government may be asked to curb the amount of CPF savings citizens are allowed to spend on houses. He
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        Singapore
        132 14 THE Singapore bourse slid despite reassurances from influential US Fed chairman Alan Greenspan that the Federal Open Market Committee would not be raising rates any time soon. Some analysts have interpreted Mr Greenspan's words to mean that he was not confident of the sustainability of economic growth later this
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        World markets
        56 14 In. Index Value Change Pis Nikkei 225 *****.73 +32.02 +.28 Hang Seng All Ordinaries Taiwan Wtd *****.15 3356.00 6387.21 +126.57 +5.40 -3.47 +1.14 +.16 ,05 Korea Comp SET Index Jakarta Comp 937.61 387.48 534.84 +7.10 -3.25 -7.44 +.76 ,83 -1.37 Phils Comp Shenzen B 1401.78 214.37 -2.63 -6.75
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 14 USS 0.5479 UK£ 0.3793 Yen 71.503 HK$ 4.2731 RM 2.0819 Euro 0.6166 Rupiah 5,143.7 Baht 23.767 Peso 27.922 A$ 1.0192 Indian Rs 26.796 Won 720.89 C$ 0.8621 Yuan 4.5349 NZ$ 1.2319 NTS 19.141
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        Commodities
        21 14 Gold uss/oz 302.800 Silver uss/oz 4.450 Platinum uss/oi 544.800 Rubber centsAg 122.00 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1178 Bient crude uss/barrel 25.37
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        Straits Times Index — 10-Day Chart
        5 14 Straits Times Index 10-Day Chart
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        SGX most active
        57 14 By volume April 18 PFood Ipco Day en Poh Lian AEM-EVER '000 114,823 29,741 24,546 18,647 14,839 Ionics AsiaDekor USS Horizon SingTel OAF 'OOO 14,067 10,707 10,637 10,595 10,057 ByS April 18 PFood DBS OCBC Venture UOB Value 120,412,370 56,396,960 52,447,802 37,038,700 35,952,208 Chartered SPH SIA SingTel
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        SGX top rises
        73 14 By$ April 18 InchMotor Close Change 2.670 +0.360 By percentage April 18 Close Change SanTehW*****5 0.010+100.000 Thai Prime200USS F&N SingamasC 2kHKS Ho Negara 4.700 +0.200 7.600 +0.150 1.280 +0.150 3.400 +0.100 Vertex R400 0.015+50.000 Spindex 0.450 +21.622 EnerSave 0.165 +17.857 Boustead W*****2 0.140+16.667 Transmarco Spindex OAF 1.050
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        Lock icon SGX top falls
        79 14 Agencis By$ April 18 SPH Close Change 23.400 -0.800 By percentage April 18 Close Change HoGCenW*****2 0.005 -50.000 SPH 100 23.400 -0.800 New ToyoW*****7 0.025 -28.571 UOB 14.600 -0.400 KianHo 0.135 -18.182 OCBC 13.500 -0.300 Armstrong W*****0 0.045 -10.000 GreatEast 11.600 -0.300 FujiOffs 0.270 -10.000 CITYDEV 6.100
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      Bigger networks?
      496 16  -  Val Chua Foreign banks want to hitch ride on Nets by val@newstoday.com.sg FOREIGN banks have confirmed that they are in talks with local electronic payment company, Network for Electronic Transfers (Nets), to offer point-of-sale services like the purchase of goods using ATM cards. They include Maybank, Citibank, HSBC
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      PM confident
      97 16 AS LONG as the cost of oil does not shoot above US$3O a barrel, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said he remains pretty confident Singapore's economy will emerge from recession during the second half of this year. He concedes the threat of a worsening Middle East conflict could
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      Lock icon HK layoffs
      81 16 -AFP HONG KONG The jobless rate shot to a record seven per cent in the three months to March due to intensifying corporate layoffs, the government said yesterday. It rose from 6.8 per cent in the three months to February, the Census and Statistics Department said, adding that
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      SMEs' staff payroll made easier
      263 16  -  Sol E Solomon by solomon@newstoday.com.sg A NEW application service provider's (ASP) offering introduced yesterday aims to simplify human resource (HR) functions for SMEs at a reasonable cost. While such a service is not new here, this one called i-HR, is the first to let user
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      CapitaLand buys $154m site in China
      88 16 CAPITALAND, through its China subsidiary, has bought a site in Shanghai on which it can build 2,000 residential units. The subsidiary, Capita Land China acquired a 97 per cent stake in the site which costs $154 million. The Shanghai Kin Tian Di Real Estate
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      3106 18 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS (All prices are indicative) Enquiries: Call 852-2973-6600 E-mail lipper.asia@reuters.com Fund Name NAV/Bid Price Oiler Price Aberdeen Asset Management (Asia) Aberdeen Se American Opportunities 0.728 0.765 Aberdeen Se Asian Fixed Income 1.182 1.218 Aberdeen Se China Opportunities Fund 1.021 1.073 Aberdeen Se Continental Europe Equity 1.01 1.061 Aberdeen
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      Lock icon Riding the crest ...
      146 18 Riding the crest Bloomberg Surge in Keppel's marine business KEPPEL Corp's first-quarter profit more than doubled to $82 million, led by an expansion in its marine business. Sales, however, moved down 24 per cent to $1.2 billion. "Offshore and marine businesses are expected to at least maintain the improved performance
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      Lock icon Inchcape parent ups offer, shares soar
      105 18 Channel News Asia TRADING of Inchcape Motor's shares surged as much as 16 per cent to $2.68 yesterday before being suspended. This came after its British parent, Inchcape Pic, increased its offer to take the company private. Inchcape raised its offer price to $2.70
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      Lock icon Optimistic forecast
      449 20 Bloomberg Malaysia's GDP expected to grow 4.5% KUALA LUMPUR A Malaysian think-tank has raised its economic growth forecast for the country for this year to 4.5 per cent, as exports to the US recover and consumer spending rebounds at home. The privately-run Malaysian Institute of Economic Research (MIER)
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      Lock icon Manila wants trading hours extended till 4pm
      280 20 Bloomberg MANILA Trading in Philippine stocks has shrunk by more than a fifth since the Manila exchange extended its hours to 2.30pm on Feb 20 in a bid to capture more business. That may bolster the arguments of brokers and officials who want
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      Lock icon Software battlefield
      470 22 -AFP How long will it be before China's IT sector poses a threat to India? NEW DELHI India believes China's growing information technology (IT) sector presents more of an opportunity than a threat to its vibrant software exports. But the Indians can only ignore at their peril the
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      183 16 COMPETITION We congratulate the following winners of the inaugural SBA National Scriptwriting Competition: Gold Award (Drama Category) $7,500 cash, trophy and certificate Ms Karen SikSwee Lin Title of Script: A Concerto For A Bus Driver Silver Award (Drama Category) Bronze Award (Drama Category) $5,000 cash, trophy and certificate $2,500 cash,
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Ex-King sets foot on home soil
      125 24 KABUL Afghanistan's former King stepped onto the soil of his homeland yesterday after 29 years of exile in Italy. Mr Mohammad Zahir Shah (picture), 87, might return as an ordinary citizen but he has a possibly significant political role. His distant cousin and Afghan
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      225 24 Reuters Sexual harassment now illegal in EU BRUSSELS Sexual harassment in Europe is not just intolerable; it has now been declared illegal. Under an unprecedented law passed by the European Union (EU) on Wednesday night, European workers will gain new protection from sexual harassment in the workplace.
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      185 24 Reuters JERUSALEM Israel plans to withdraw from most West Bank cities by the end of the week but said its forces would besiege Mr Yasser Arafat's compound and Bethlehem's Nativity church until militants inside surrendered. The promise followed a Middle East mission
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      289 26 Blair's govt raises taxes to save NHS LONDON Prime Minister Tony Blair's government is putting its future on the line by raising direct taxes to save Britain's ailing National Health Service (NHS). Under the budget unveiled by Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr Gordon Brown, on Wednesday, taxpayers will
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      72 26 -AFP MANILA Philippine gambling chiefs are planning to set up what is believed to be the world's first casino university to spread the art of dealing cards and spinning a roulette wheel. Pending approval from educational authorities, the state-run Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp will offer bachelor's
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      173 26 AFP BEIJING An attempt to hijack a domestic Chinese flight in mid-air was foiled by the plane's passengers and crew. The attempted hijacking took place on Wednesday night on Chinese Northern Airlines' Flight CJ6621 as it headed to the Liaoning provincial capital, Shenyang, in north-east China from
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      47 28 -AFP, President S R Nathan listens to US Army Lieutenant -Colonel William Miller yesterday while touring a village inside the demilitarised zone between North and South Korea. Mr Nathan and his delegation toured the area as part of his fourday visit to South Korea, photo
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      289 28 -AFP Yoga, herbs set to boost Indian soldiers NEW DELHI India's military research industry is to launch experiments with yoga to sharpen the skills of troops in modern warfare and help cope with battling domestic insurgencies. Scientists are also tinkering with exotic herbs in search of
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      852 30  -  Anil Bhatia Is an economic recovery underway? Figures show it's too soon to say by anilbhatia@consultant. com THE collapsed energy giant, Enron, recently made it to the Fortune 500, a listing of the world's largest 500 corporations by the respected Fortune magazine. It came in fifth,
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      136 30 What the regional papers said yesterday The Star/Ma/ays/a Surname choice Malaysians regardless of race may soon be able to adopt surnames that can be carried down for future generations, the National Registration Department said on Wednesday. The Bangkok Post/Thailand Shan want Chavalit as mediator Colonel Yawd Serk wants Thai Defence
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      525 32 Reuters Major challenges await E Timor's Mandela DILI (East Timor) To his many admirers, Xanana Gusmao has long been East Timor's Nelson Mandela. From poet to guerrilla and then political prisoner, Mr Jose Alexandre Xanana Gusmao made the comparison complete on Wednesday when he was declared the
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      503 32  -  Meera Thilagaratnam by I HAVE 21 months to beat the statistics. And I resent having an immutable deadline for something so important. An arrival to be prepared for, with all my resources of verve, energy and stamina, and every last grey cell. And once here,
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      485 34 Check this out and other marine matters at boat METS Asia/ADEX 2002 THE region's biggest boating, watersports and marine equipment show boat METS Asia (in conjunction with the Asia Dive Expose, ADEX) will be held till Sunday. Today reporter Kelvin Phang visited Suntec City Exhibition Hall
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      397 35  -  Elisa Chia Maggie back in the limelight with TV drama song by elisa@newstoday. com.sg LIKE Stefanie Sun, she was a singing sensation who did Singapore proud. Music whiz twins and Stefanie's mentors Li Weisong and Sisong have confessed that they are her fans. When reminded
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      These guys will leave you in splits
      285 35  -  Janice Lee by janice@newstoday.com.sg GET set to laugh yourself silly. Known for sending audiences into fits of hysterics, The Second City (picture), Chicago comedy troupe features a comic blend of scenes, songs and impromptu improvisations of hilarity. Established in 1959, the comedy group
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      515 36 Gather the gang and go on adventure in Sydney and beyond MY friend called up to say that she s faithfully cutting out my Sydney articles so that when she takes her kids down for their June holidays, they'd have a free travel guide "better than Lonely Planet,"
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      640 38  -  Lim Kuan Chiang Late nights, long siestas and lazy mornings in the vibrant Spanish capital by kuanchiang@newstoday.com.sg WHEN in Madrid, do as the Madrilenos do. That means late mornings, afternoon siestas, dinner at 11pm and party till dawn. After a late night out on the town, start
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      166 40 QANTAS offers direct flights from Singapore to Rome three times a week, using the airline's Boeing 747-300 aircraft The service, which began on April 1, departs from Changi at 12.40 am on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays and arrives in Rome at 7.05 am the
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      Air France sees positive growth
      145 40 DESPITE the difficult period that airlines had to go through over the last six months, Air France has been able to chalk up growth between April and December last year. Its turnover grew 2.2 per cent while operating profit increased by 46.1 per cent Now
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      175 40 MEDITERRANEAN I I D Mediterranean Fly/Cruise to Barcelona for 7N of cruising to Monte Carlo, Nice, Monaco, Livorno (Florence/Pisa), Civitavecchia (Rome) Naples(Capri) and Malta for $2988. Tour will be fully escorted from Singapore. Departure on May 3 I. Agent: Globetrotter Holidays Tel: 6221 9610 (Latifah) TAMAN NEGARA. MALAYSIA SDTaman
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      533 42 Today Features See the sights and sample cuisine that is mamma mia\ HEAVEN is here on earth it's sampling pizza slices and gelati (Italian ice-cream) while taking in Rome's grandeur. To taste la dolce vita (the sweet life) in the Italian capital, you have to strike the
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      68 42 /hbdlacokp Want a free Roman Holiday for two? Email your favourite Italian dish (with your name, IC/passpoft no. and contact no.) to rTL_T qantas2rome@mcsaatchi.com.sg. And you could win a pair of tickets to Rome.To double your chances, dine at Da Paolo or JSLJUrYjL Prego tor your chance at the second
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  • INCINEMAS
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      191 44 NOW you can win a prize by watching a movie at Golden Village theatres. Over the next four months, over $150,000 worth of prizes will be given out every fortnight to lucky customers. Just watch Showtime, Dragonfly, The Scorpion King, Spider-man, Star Wars Episode 11, Rollerball,
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      This scorpion has no sting
      491 44  -  David Ngiau by david@newstoday.com.sg CONCEIVED as a vehicle for World Wrestling Federation wrestler The Rock (aka Dwayne Johnson), The Scorpion King (picture) offers nothing beyond a straightforward action-adventure story. The film is predictable. And after an hour, it is boring. The evil Memnon (Steven Brand,
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      SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL SCREENINGS TODAY
      175 46 Talking Cock The Movie (Singapore) This is a feature made up of four tales by the people behind one of Singapore's most popular satirical websites. Director: Colin Goh 7pm, Prince I- 90 mins BatangWest Side (Philippines) A Filipino immigrant who arrived in the US
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      Sweet fluff
      261 46  -  Serene Foo A slow-paced love story that lacks bite FILM review Tiramisu (Now showing) THE only thing delicious about the movie Tiramisu is its swoon-wor-thy cast of the scandal-rid-den Nicholas Tse and sweetie-pie newcomer Karena Lam. But the saccharine-sweet pair as eye-candy can hardly distract the movie from
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      Lock icon A baby boy for Johnny
      84 46 Reuters LOS ANGELES Actor Johnny Depp and French singeractress Vanessa Paradis (picture) are the proud parents of a baby boy, a spokeswoman said on Wednesday. Paradis, Depp's long-time girlfriend, gave birth to Jack John Christopher Depp 111 in Paris, on April 9, the spokeswoman said,
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  • TIMEOUT
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      453 48  -  Janice Lee 'Art-maker' Wong captures key moments in Japanese film by jani ce@newstoday.com. sg SOME say that art is an expression of one's emotions. But "art-maker" Steven Wong prefers to call his pieces products of thought and meaning. In his exhibition Cinema City: excerpt one, he uses traditional
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      Lock icon Putting back the fizz in life after work
      284 48 Clement Mesenas BEER is beer. You can drink it in a coffeeshop, or sprawled on the sofa at home. But to get the real fizz out of life and beer there's nothing like swigging your favourite brew in the company of friends,
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      213 48 Listing Listings marked with an asterisk are programmes under Take Art! MUSIC SSO Familiar Favourites -Verdi Extravaganza* The Singapore Symphony Orchestra celebrates the music of Giuseppe Verdi's with a concert featuring some of the Italian composer's most memorable operatic highlights conducted by the Italian conductor Giuseppe Cataldo. Orchestral excerpts and
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      1440 50 A» A Fading Drumbeat The "Orang Laut" People, The Vagrant channel B,9 P m Friday Profiles Isaac Hayes Soul Part 1 Channel News Asia, I f^nltvit^ Ma" Ar,sCen,ra''llpm channel Newsasia Their traditions and X^^rMp^SSmWmmm^mmm^ Xiaomin (left) to Isaac Hayes received the ventures were stuff that WsMja^^^^^'WK i^F'iX ~fi I their
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      869 51  -  Sunny Goh by sunny _goh@pacific.net.sg HERE is one prediction I am dunksure will come true. The Lakers will not roll to the NBA championship the way they swaggered to victory last season. Last year, the mighty defending champions swept the post-season almost lock, stock
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      65 51 LONDON Administrators of financially crippled British payTV broadcaster ITV Digital said yesterday they had decided against making a formal compromise offer to one of its biggest creditors, the English Football League. ITV Digital, owned by Granada Pic and Carlton Communications Pic, and the league are locked in a
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      Ref arrested
      68 51 BEIJING A referee has been arrested and charged with accepting bribes in a growing scandal plaguing China's fledgling professional soccer league. Gong Jianping was arrested on charges of "accepting commercial bribes" in documents issued on Wednesday by Beijing's Xuanwu district court, the Beijing Youth Daily reported. Several press
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      Giambi at last
      98 51 NEW YORK The New York Yankees belted five home runs, including one by the muchmaligned Jason Giambi, to defeat the Baltimore Orioles 7-1 in American League action yesterday. Giambi's homer was his first as a Yankee and earned him a standing ovation from the crowd as he
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      Showdown
      62 51 SYDNEY Australia and the United States have agreed to a head-to-head showdown next April to see who really is swimming's world No.l nation. The two swimming powers will meet in Indianapolis next April 6, just three months before the 2003 world championships in Barcelona. Australia knocked the US off
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      Lock icon Chow's a star
      450 52  -  Stanley Ho by stanley@newstoday.com.sg AMONG all the signings Tampines chairman Teo Hock Seng made this season, his latest will probably be the one he treasures most. For since the acquisition of Malaysian Chow Kwai Lam as head coach two weeks ago, the Stags have enjoyed a dramatic
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      NTUC-lncome S-League closing odds
      136 52 Match 3 Home Utd v Tanjong Pagar Bishan Stadium 19 April 7.30pm IX2 (1) Home Utd $1.33 (X) Draw $4.65 (2) Tanjong Pagar $5.80 1 11 Goal Home Utd (-11/2) $1.85 T Pagar (+1 1/2) $1.80 Total Goals 0 goal $15.00 1 goal $7.80 2 goals
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      365 54 Agencies STUTTGART Injury-hit Argentina served up a powerful World Cup warning by defeating old rival Germany away from home. Despite missing several stars, the double world champion beat Germany 1-0 in a friendly yesterday. Coach Marcelo Bielsa had to do without Roberto Ayala, Juan Sebastian
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