Streats, 19 March 2004, Afternoon Edition

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  • 12 1 Streats AFTERNOON EDITION FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 2004* E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg mita <p) 196/03/2004
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  • 390 1 Pakistani troops preparing to make final push latest AFP ISLAMABAD Pakistani troops prepared to storm a cluster of tribal villages near the Afghan border early today after having surrounded dozens of militants believed to include Al-Qaeda deputy head Ayman Al-Zawahiri. “We are pounding the area with
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    • 85 1 SHARE YOUR PAPER militants were putting up stubborn resistance in order to protect the senior Al-Qaeda figure. “There is a possibility that the possibility,” said one official asking not to be identified. The officials were speaking after Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf SHE GETS Judge boosts award for liver failure victim
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    • 7 1 Man United defender’s appeal is reieC,ed eacc9'
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  • Morning Rush
    • 78 2 LATEST Reuters NEW YORK US stocks ended slightly lower today, cutting earlier losses, as reports that Pakistani forces were closing in on a key Al-Qaeda figure tempered security fears. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 4.52 points, or 0.04 per cent, at 10,295.78. The
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    • 483 2 Three armed robbery suspects give Malaysian police the slip THE armed forces and the police, including a Gurkha unit, mounted a massive manhunt yesterday for three armed robbery suspects who had fled Malaysian police and landed on the southern shores of Pulau Tekong.
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    • 367 3  -  He faces 19 charges of misappropriating ss.lm of church donations and funds By Khushwant Singh A POPULAR Roman Catholic priest whom some parishioners believed would become an archbishop one day will be in court on Tuesday to face charges of misappropriating $5.1 million from
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    • 445 4  -  By, SarahNg DR Kala Kanagasabai (above) has always been concerned about different organisations caring for the aged keeping their own separate medical records for patients. This can be inconvenient for elderly patients if it means that they must undergo a
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    • 482 4  -  Primary schools to be given more flexibility to band students By Khushwant Singh PRIMARY schools were the focus yesterday of the series of changes initiated by the Education Ministry to improve the education system in Singapore. After announcing changes for universities and other
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    • 306 4 LONDON Lust has been identified as a factor in the tendency of Oxford University dons to accept female applicants to study there, a British newspaper reported yesterday. Four eminent academics came to this conclusion after they completed a study of how more than
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    • 410 6  -  Japanese club Albirex want teen footballers to buy adult tickets for S-League games By Tan Kim Han THE hard-luck story of Jurong Football Club, who were dropped from the SLeague this season, appears to be never-ending. Following the club’s exit from Singapore’s premier football
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    • 301 6 -AP LANSDALE, Pennsylvania When Ms Shari Bemstiel, a self-described “lifelong horse lover” finally got a horse (pictured), it wasn’t for riding She is legally blind and Tonto, a three-year-old gelding, is her guide animal. Tonto, a calm miniature horse with caramel
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    • 319 6 Andrea awarded l00k more in costs ACTRESS Andrea De Cruz will now receive a total of $1 million from her successful lawsuit against parties associated with the Slim 10 diet pills. The drug caused her liver to fail and nearly killed her. She had been awarded $900,000 last October after
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    • 315 10  -  Chewing gum, the medicinal kind, goes on sale for first time since ’92 By_ Ho Lian-Yi EVERY year on his son’s birthday, Mr Ben Ong, 44, makes this pledge to the boy: “I will quit smoking.” The managing director, who used to smoke almost 25
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    • 206 10  - Get music from the Internet legally By Gregory Leow A NEW online music download portal called ;Play lets users copy music legally via the Internet but only a limited number of times. Launched yesterday by EMI and Star Hub and available at www.starhub.com/play, it lets users burn music tracks onto
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    • 122 14 BUZ STOP Bloomberg THE number of American workers filing initial claims for unemployment benefits fell last week to 336,000, down from 342,000 the week before last and the lowest in more than three years, a government report showed. The number of new applications was
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    • 140 14 9 NTU dean gets a diploma in TCM PROFESSOR Hong Hai, a former MP and ex-Haw Par Corporation CEO, will receive a Bachelor of Arts in Chinese language and literature at the Singapore Institute of Management today: Prof Hong, 60, who is now dean of
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    • 158 14 Ministry reassures after AWSJ article THE status of permanent residents (PR) here is secure, the Home Affairs Ministry assured yesterday, provided that they do not behave in a way deemed detrimental to national interests. The ministry was reacting to an editorial, “Not so permanent
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    • 68 14 A 3.5 m tall butterfly shaking hands with the photographer outside the British Council yesterday. A pair of these gentle giants will flutter about at the UK in the Park carnival at Fort Canning Park tomorrow from 2pm to 7pm. A giant scrabble challenge, a graffiti competition and
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    • 147 14 -AP THE United States asked Malaysia to halt a shipment of suspected nuclear parts in the early *****, years before a local company was linked to a network that supplied Libya, Iran and North Korea with weapons-making technology, Malaysia’s former leader said yesterday. Former Prime
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    • 84 14 OFFICERS from the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) on Wednesday foiled an attempt to smuggle in Red Sanders wood, a controlled item under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species. When a container declared to contain ordinary wood logs was being radiographically scanned at the ICA
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    • 86 14 -AFP EIGHTY flights were delayed yesterday afternoon when the radar system at Indonesia’s main international airport broke down, officials said. Problems with the computer system that operates the radar lasted three hours and affected 80 departing or arriving flights, said Mr Effendi, the operational manager of
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    • 82 14 -ap WHEN William Shakespeare made his will nearly 400 years ago, it was written with a quill pen and parchment Now you can view the bard’s last wishes with the click of a mouse. Britain’s National Archives has posted on the Internet this week more than one
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    • 88 14 -AFP AN avant-garde toilet bequeathed by an Austrian artist to a small New Zealand community is causing a stink among officials who say that its popularity is becoming an inconvenience. The public toilet in Kawakawa, north of Auckland, was built by Mr Frederick Hundertwasser, who
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    • 445 16  -  slm Vietnam institution to be the first of many: Coomaraswamy By Choong Choon Yee AFTER more than 20 years in the banking industry, Mr Mohan Coomaraswamy, 46, is turning to something new education. The founder and managing director of Cetana Corporation, a
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    • 346 16  -  By Choong Choon Yee SINGAPORE companies seeking more information about foreign firms carried out the most number of credit checks on companies in Malaysia and China in the last quarter of last year. Infocredit D&B (ICD&B) executive director William Lim told Streats that the results,
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    • 105 16 Reuters SINGAPORE Goodwood Park Hotel Ltd, whose late chairman Khoo Teck Puat was Singapore’s richest man, yesterday said that it would delist its shares, less than a month after the 87-year-old billionaire’s death. In a statement to the Singapore Exchange, Goodwood said that Mr Khoo’s estate controlled
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    • 92 16 Bloomberg BERLIN Raffles Holdings Ltd, the Singapore-based owner of the L’Ermitage in Beverly Hills, and Kingdom Holding, owned by Saudi prince Alwaleed bin Talal, may open hotels in Eastern Europe to benefit from growth in the region. Raffles is considering opening hotels there under the Swissotel brand,
      – Bloomberg  -  92 words
    • 86 16 Bloomberg SINGAPORE GES International, a Singapore-based maker of products such as electronic cash registers for companies that include NCR Corp, opened its first factory in China to increase capacity and attract new customers. The Shanghai factory, which cost 80 million yuan (5516.4 million) to construct and
      – Bloomberg  -  86 words
    • 72 16 SINGAPORE Asia One, the Internet arm of Singapore Press Holdgins, yesterday announced that it has selected online travel company Zuji to be its official online travel partner. Asia One customers will be able to access Zuji’s travel deals on flights, hotel and car rentals; and booking engine
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    • 330 20 Oil prices retreat from 13-year high Reuters JAKARTA Opec president Pumomo Yusgiantoro yesterday said that the cartel, which controls half the world’s crude exports, is concerned about high oil prices but has already set in policy plans to cut output from next month. “The current oil
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    • 171 20 LATEST Reuters LONDON Royal Dutch/Shell cut its oil and gas reserves for the second time this year today in a fresh blow to investor confidence, as US regulators stepped up legal probes into the debacle. Shell’s decision to slash its proved reserves by 20 per cent
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    • 284 26 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing has regained its position as the world’s third-largest provider of made-to-order semiconductors, overtaking IBM, a market researcher said. Chartered had sales growth last year of about 49 per cent as IBM’s revenue from made-to-order chips slumped
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    • 547 26 1 Record rates are pushing up prices of commodities, farm products Reuters SINGAPORE Record shipping costs fuelled by China’s ravenous appetite for commodities have pushed up prices for metals, raw materials and farm products across Asia but done little to dampen demand. Spot shipping
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    • 263 31 Foreign investors give M’sia premier thumbs up ahead of almost-certain electoral victory AP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s domestic policies have won foreign investor approval ahead of national polls this weekend that his government is likely to win. Since taking over from retired
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    • 145 31 Reuters KUALA LUMPURMalaysia’s former finance minister doubts that Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad .Badawi will be successful with his anti-corruption campaign, a magazine reported yesterday. “We have always been trying to change the business culture, but we always relax after some time and exceptions are
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    • 536 33 Victor Li’s firm in tussle with carrier’s unions over pensions Reuters TORONTO Air Canada’s planned emergence from bankruptcy protection ran into turbulence on Wednesday when its main equity investor warned it could walk away from the deal due to “union intransigence” over pensions. Trinity
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    • 583 33 9 -AFP BEIJING Aspiring aviation power China hopes to put its own large passenger planes in the air by 2018 to meet voracious demand and save spending billions of dollars on foreign aircraft, state media reported yesterday. The plan will give Chinese
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    • 148 33 Bloomberg PRINCETON, New Jersey Kmart Holding Corp, the third-largest US discount retailer, said that it had its first quarterly profit in three years after lowering costs by closing stores and cutting jobs during its bankruptcy. Shares rose 15 per cent in early trading
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    • 372 35 Aussie distributor of file sharing program being sued -ap LOS ANGELES A native of Romania who claims to have written the source code to the popular file-sharing software Kazaa is suing the program’s distributor over the rights to the software and seeking US$25 million (Ss42
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    • 500 38 Developed with Creative Technology and ißiver, the device can play songs and movies and store photos Reuters LONDON The first handheld gadgets to play music and movies on Microsoft Corp’s “iPod killer” software will be available in Europe in the second half of 2004, the
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    • 286 40 Bloomberg MANILA The Philippines said that it will take control of Maynilad Water Services Inc in exchange for most of the seven billion pesos (*****.7 million) in concession fees it is owed by Suez SA’s unprofitable venture. The government will take a 61 per cent stake
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    • 306 40 STI: 1,835.18 m. 1.61 Reuters SHARES ended flat yesterday but Singapore Press Holdings shone as expectations were built that it would reward investors with a cash payout. The Straits Times Index finished up 0.09 per cent, or 1.61 points, at 1,835.18. Losers thrashed gainers 217 to 125
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    • 24 40 *AS AT MARCH IS US$: 551.693 553.090 EURO: 552.077 Ss: 63.27 YEN Ss: RM2.245 Ss: HK54.603 Ss: 23.32 BAHT Ss: 5,051 RUPIAH
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    • 555 41 Wuliangye posted s7oom gain last year, but still laid off 33% of workforce Reuters VIBIN, China The proper way to drink China’s potent “five grain” liquor, connoisseurs say, is to down it in one gulp in thimble-sized shots. That’s how the country’s movers and
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    • 148 41 -AFP Blenheim, New Zealand A leading Italian winegrowing dynasty bas bought a vineyard in New Zealand’s lucrative sauvignon blanc territory in Marlborough, an Overseas Investment Commission report said on Wednesday. Members of the Antinori family, through Campo Di Sasso Limited, have purchased a
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    • 824 42  -  Comment By WILLIAM PESEK Jr Bloomberg INDIA is reaching an important milestone and it’s doing it at China’s expense. Asia’s No 3 economy is overtaking its No 2 as the largest recipient of low interest-rate loans from Japan. It’s a backhanded compliment for
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    • 411 43 Online advisers enjoy booming growth Reuters SAN FRANCISCO Mr Evan Klarc Katz, a Los Angelesbased television and film Writer, personifies the US$4OO Million-plus (***** million) cottage industry blossoming around Internet dating. The 31-year-old author of I Can’t Believe I’m Buying This Book: A Commonsense Guide
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  • Comment
    • 711 45  -  By PHILIP LEE MY recent three-week stay at home to nurse a broken leg saw me spend many hours listening to the radio for the first time in quite a while. I have happily come to realise that many old songs I used to sing
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  • Vocal
    • 218 46 I REFER to the debate that started with the letter, “Local women marrying Caucasians an alarming trend” (Streats, March 15). Why is such a trend so alarming when many of the local men themselves look for women in countries such as Vietnam, China, Thailand and Cambodia,
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    • 174 46 I REFER to the letters of reply from Mr Jonathan Lloyd (“A small-minded view of healthy relationships”, Streats, March 18), and from Mr Christopher Cheney (“No lack of interaction”, Streats, March 18). Mr Cheney believes that I lost the plot by pointing out that letter
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    • 148 47 IT is deplorable that latestayers at some workplaces are favourably appraised, as Mr S Raju said in his letter, “Workers feel pressure to put in long hours” (Streats, March 16). Having worked as a human resource manager for many years, I believe, as do many
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    • 121 47 I WAS aboard bus service 166 (SBS 1913 K, ffomAng Mo Kio bus interchange) one morning at about 8.50 am when it broke down. Instead of printing complimentary bus tickets for passengers and not taking a fare, the bus driver advised us that we did not
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    • 310 47 IT is important to be clear that both local men and expatriates have their views. I disagree with Mr Michael Loh Yik Ming’s view (Streats, March 17) that locals and ang mohs cannot mix. I have seen many socialising happily together at bars, especially
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    • 305 48 I REFER to the Budget debate in Parliament on March 17. The two policy changes discussed in the debate which may have the most significant implications in absolute dollar terms for most Singaporeans are the reduction in subsidies for those with higher incomes opting for
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    • 85 48 IT was sad to read about two recent cases of four-year-olds drowning. Cases of kids drowning are common. Can’t we improve preventive measures? There have been too many deaths of kids that could have been prevented. My husband and I spend a lot of time
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    • 158 48 RECENT floods in eastern Singapore were a result of downpours coinciding with high tide. Because vast areas of the east are low-lying, heavy rain on a few consecutive days causes flooding. So could the Ministry of the Environment consider the following measures: Build
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    • 207 48 ALL the fears of a casino here being negative are unfounded. Singapore is behind the times as far as the issue of opening a casino is concerned. Casinos are in almost every city in Australia. Then you have them in Macau, Malaysia and South Korea,
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    • 376 49 PAS believes imposing a dress code will help curb violence against women MALAYSIAN ft i;i j I 2 BAYS toTSo AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia’s opposition Parti Islam seMalaysia (PAS) will require Muslim women to wear headscarves and ban mini-skirts for non-Muslims if
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    • 104 49 Bernama BUKIT MERTAJAM, Penang Buddhists have no problem supporting the former Grand Imam of the National Mosque, Datuk Pirdaus Ismail, because all religions teach people to be good, the Yee Lam Buddhist Association chairman Loo Kim Fong said yesterday. Mr Pirdaus is representing Barisan Nasional in
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    • 93 49 KEPALA BATAS, Kedah Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said that Chinese voters should support him by voting for Barisan Nasional so that he would receive a stronger mandate, the Star newspaper reported yesterday. Speaking at a dinner on Wednesday night in Kampung Selamat at the Kepala
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    • 88 49 JELI, Kelantan Parti Islam SeMalaysia has expelled its two candidates for the Taman Medan and Dengkil state seats in Selangor, even if they win the seats on Sunday. They went against the party’s instruction to withdraw to make way for Parti Keadilan Nasional, PAS’s partner in
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      58 49 A Taiwanese woman, overcome by excitement, lying in the street through which President Chen Shu-bian’s motorcade had passed in Taipei moments earlier. The country will hold its presidential election tomorrow. Psychiatrists’ couches have been filled by a new wave of activists with ‘election mania disorder who have become
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    • 200 49 JAKARTA The upcoming elections in Indonesia has its share of rotten apples, a grouping of respected nongovernment organisations has said. It has named 61 candidates as unfit to contest the April 5 parliamentary polls, laksamana.net reported yesterday. The list, released by The National Movement
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    • 425 50 Iraq occupation a fiasco, says Zapatero, while calling for a Kerry victory MADRID US voters should follow the example set by Spain and change their leadership by electing Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry in November, Mr Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said on Wednesday.
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    • 370 50 Wire services BAGHDAD US soldiers and Iraqi rescuers yesterday called off the search for survivors in a powerful car bomb incident that destroyed a five-storey hotel housing foreigners in central Baghdad on Wednesday night. The US military had said initially that 27 people
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    • 234 50 Wire services SYDNEY A statement attributed to Al Qaeda has threatened “America’s lackeys” with attacks similar to those in Madrid last week, singling out Japan, Italy, Britain, Saudi Arabia, Australia and Pakistan, an Arab daily reported yesterday. “To America’s lackeys we say: a lackey of
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    • 316 51 AFP WASHINGTON Nasa has developed a computer program that comes close to reading thoughts not yet spoken, by analysing nerve commands to the throat. It says the breakthrough holds promise for astronauts and the handicapped. “A person using the subvocal system thinks of phrases and
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    • 417 52 Global tech giants pour cash into IT schools there BEIJING India is today the world’s largest source of software engineers, but China is fast closing the gap. With the country on an overdrive to capture the software crown from India, the next Silicon Valley could well
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    • 165 52 -AFP BANGKOK A volatile mix of Viagra, alcohol and reckless motorbike riding takes a heavy toll on Thailand’s tourists, and every year hundreds fail to survive their holiday in the kingdom. “The tourist death toll amounts to more than two Bali bomb attacks every
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    • 69 52 NEW YORK The mens’ toilet in the newly-designed Virgin Airways Clubhouse in terminal four of John F Kennedy t airport have urinals called Kisses that are shaped like a woman’s open mouth. “In anything that we do there has to be a smile, and that’s the smile
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    • 364 54 Well-liked and well-educated, grad student had problems with authority -AP LOS ANGELES A graduate student with alleged connections to a radical environmentalist group was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of firebombing and vandalising dozens of sport utility vehicles (SUVs), authorities said
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    • 244 55 WASHINGTON There’s hope yet for osteoporosis patients. A 10-year treatment for the bone-wasting condition was effective in trials on post-menopausal women, with no negative side-effects, according to a study published on Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine. Researchers administered lOmg of the drug
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    • 181 55 Wire services NEW YORK A breast cancer drug made by Pfizer increased survival rates by 63 per cent compared with the standard therapy tamoxifen, research shows. The research, funded by Pfizer, presented this week at a breast cancer conference in Hamburg, Germany, showed
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    • 508 58  -  For investors here, a look around the neighbourhood could prove profitable By Janice Wong THOUGH economic juggernauts China and India are an attraction for property investors here, there are opportunities closer to home such as Thailand, Malaysia and, to a lesser extent, Indonesia. Said Knight
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    • 717 60  -  He could not become aplastic surgeon, but Gregory Pong finds satisfaction being an interior designer By Khnshwant Singh MR GREGORY Pong had his heart set on becoming a plastic surgeon but took up interior design instead. So, instead of reshaping faces, he now designs the interiors of
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    • 919 64 B Gaudi was oiio of Spain’s foremost architects in fhi- late 1800 s. Hs Combined texture, tend Images M unusual ways, turning some of Barcelona’s notable landgiarks into works of art. GEMMA KOH finds out how he made buildings look so delectable. Cottages that look like sweet confectionery.
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    • 505 68 A coffin-sized room is what many exhausted salarymen in Japan pass the night in after missing the last train home. SIMON ROWE checks in for a cultural experience. Less is more, say the Japanese of their minimalist theatrical art called Noh. Completely the opposite applies to
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    • 228 68 IN TOKYO: Capsule hotel listings are provided by the Tourist Information Centre at Tokyo International Forum, 3-5-1, Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, (tel: 81 (0)3-3201-3331) from 9am to spm on weekdays and from 9am to 2pm on Saturdays. Japan-Travel Phone information and assistance in English (81 (0) 3-3201-3331)
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    • 559 70  -  Get a taste of the Sabahan jungle on the North Borneo Railway, one of the last functional woodburners left in the world. By 1 NAZIR KESHVANI These days, steam trains are mostly tourist attractions with few scheduled services. An exception is the North Borneo Railway, one of
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      695 72 Taiwan is not just the land of oretty Chinese Toy bands, but it is also home to the world s tallest building, bustling night markets, hotspring towns and quaint shopping malls. ELLA MEI lists the 10 things you’ve got to try. 1. Taipei 101 As the name Taipei
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    • 539 74  -  Victorias Secret, Noritake porcelain, rare teas all yours at knock-down prices in Sri Lanka’s capital. By j AUDREY PERERA You’ll be amazed at the range and quality you can buy in Colombo in a single day. On a recent trip, for my Christmas lists, I
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    • 476 78  -  The Observatory’s Time Of Rebirth album is one of a kind By Sharlene Tan THOSE who have seen local band The Observatory’s Time Of Rebirth album are often blown away by the unique CD packaging. The disc is not housed in the usual
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    • 109 78 -AFP SOME 40 Chineselanguage authors from China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and the Chinese diaspora will be in Paris from today, for the annual Paris book fair that this year will have a special area dedicated to Chinese literature. Ironically, the country’s internationally best-known author, Nobel
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    • 100 78 -AFP STEVEN Spielberg (pictured) is to make a film version of HG Wells’ 1898 book, The War of the Worlds. The drama, about a Martian invasion of Earth, sparked panic in the US in 1938 when Orson Welles turned it into a radio play. Listeners
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    • 109 78 Wire services THIEVES who broke into the Elvis-A-Rama museum in Las Vegas made off with U *****,000 (*****,089) worth of jewellery and kitsch but left behind a million-dollar gem: the King’s blue suede shoes. Museum owner Chris Davidson, said to own the single largest private collector
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      • 443 79 Twofashion bigwigs lend the weight and strength of their names to the upcoming Singapore Fashion Festival, from April 2 to 18 THE Singapore Fashion Festival 2004 kicks off with a bang on April 2. The 17-day Festival comes right to the heart of Orchard Road this year. And
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      • 307 81 Hermes is backatLiat Towers with a vengeance says JASMINE MILLER LAST week, Hermes celebrated the reopening of its store at the podium level of Liat Towers. The store represents a major project for the French brand. Renovating this three-storey site meant demolishing and subsequently altering the
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    • 419 82  -  Reports by Zubaidah Ncizeer YOU could be forgiven for mistaking 41-year-old Hong Kong actress Rosamund Kwan for a teenager. She looked like one, save for the heavy make-up and black Louis Vutton dress, as she faced reporters at a press conference yesterday where she was introduced
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    • 231 82 CHRISTY Chung would not mind becoming overweight for a movie role. This was her response when asked if she would consider putting on weight for a good role, as Charlize Theron did for her Oscar-winning role in Monster. The Chinese-Canadian actress, in her 30s, has an enviably
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    • 94 82 FANS of Shanxi noodles should head to Meritus Mandarin Singapore, which has brought in five chefs from Shanxi, China, for its Shanxi Taiyuan Noodles Festival at Pine Court Chinese Restaurant from March 17 to 23. The festival has an almost acrobatic demonstration of noodle-making, including One String
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    • 173 82  -  Text and picture byAshleigh Sim Ashleigh Sim STRETCH and pull and we’re not talking about this candy-maker’s arms, but the candy itself. Australian candy-maker David Ryan, 49, is in Raffles City for the next three days to demonstrate the art of traditional candy-making. He and his wife
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    • 387 83  -  By, Sharlene Tan HE has been called the greatest Indian film-maker of all time and was the first Indian national to receive the prestigious Oscar Lifetime Achievement award in 1992. The late Satyajit Ray’s first film, Pather Panchali, made in 1955, will open
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    • 487 84  -  Looking to impress in the kitchen on a budget? Judi Low’s recipes for stylish, nutritious, yummy meals that are easy to do and cost $lO or less for four servings, will see you through these tough times Stylish eating on a shoestring By.. JUDI LOW
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    • 121 85 Students from the Renaissance School in Indianapolis are going the extra mile to x 'X make sure people in thentown are prepared for any J potential tornadoes. They are making severe f/y weather kits that contain itents such as severe weather guides, flashlights, ponchos, whistles. first
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      • 44 85 10pm, Channel i Indiana Jones teams up with his father to find the Holy Grail. Once again, the Nazis are after the same prize and try to foil Indiana’s plans. Starring Harrison Ford, Sean Connery and John Rhys-Davies.
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      • 57 85 10.30 pm, Central Well-known local filmmakers talk about the challenge of producing films that sell while maintaining one’s artistic integrity. Eric Khoo (12 Storeys, Mee Pok Man) and Kelvin Tong (Eating Air) discuss filmmaking as a business and as a matter of survival, and the
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        55 85 GLOBAL VILLAGE Sunday, lpm-6pm Sentosa, Images of Singapore Free but admission to island applies The embassies of 16 Asia-Pacific countries present a showcase of performances and cultural booths displaying handicrafts from the different ethnic groups in the region. Visitors can try on native clothing such as kimonos and sarong
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      • 58 85 GUINNESS IRISH EXPRESS Today, 7-SOpm Pick-up point at Chijmes. Free For the first time, the Irish Festival ventures into the heartlands. Irish ambassador Hugh Swift and the Irish expatriate community will head to designated coffeeshops for a unique cultural exchange between the Irish and the Singaporeans. There will be
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    • 553 87 Chelsea deny rumours of Hitzfeld taking over as coach Wire services LONDON The future of Chelsea manager Claudio Ranieri (right) is again fuel for rumour mill despite a denial by the club that they have approached Bayern Munich’s Ottmar Hitzfeld. Chelsea chief executive Peter Kenyon said: “This
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    • 497 87 TOMORROW Arsenal (1) v Bolton Wanderers (13) Head-to-head: Arsenal won 45, Bolton 34. Draws 32. Previous league meetings: Dec 20, 2003 Bolton 1 Arsena 1, April 26, 2003- Bolton 2 Arsenal 2 Last 6 league matches: Arsenal WWWWWW, Bolton WDDLLL Team news: Arsenal Parlour and Wiltord out, Bolton
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    • 445 89  -  Defending champion becomes first Chinese to be invited for US Masters By. Godfrey Robert HE made the headlines one sweet and the other sour on the final day of the Caltex Masters golf championships last year. Sweet, for the dramatic way in which he snatched the title
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    • 288 89 -AFP LONDON Former Thai soldier Thongchai Jaidee has won the “Shot of the Month Award” for last month from the European Tour. He sealed his first European Tour win in the most astonishing style, holing a magnificent six iron at the 188 yard,
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      • 104 89 MISSED your chance to get tickets for the Singapore-Japan World Cup qualifier? Then, head for tonight’s S-League game between the Young Lions and Home United at the Jalan Besar Stadium at 7pm. Five lucky paying fans will each get a grandstand ticket for the March 31 qualifier at
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    • 83 89 BASKETBALL -AFP DALLAS Stephen Jackson carried the Atlanta Hawks to a huge lead before Steve Nash nearly brought the Dallas Mavericks all the way back. Jackson and Nash traded huge halves as the Hawks held on for a shocking *****0 victory over the Mavericks, afp Other
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    • 265 90 Extra-time goal sinks champions in Cup final Wire services BARCELONA David Beckham revealed that his Real Madrid team-mates were devastated after losing the Copa del Rey final 2-3 to Real Zaragoza in extra time. The England skipper claimed that “you could hear a pin drop in
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    • 252 90 Wire services' LIVERPOOL Gerard Houllier praised troubled Michael Owen after the Liverpool striker hit back at critics with two goals (28th and 58th minutes) in the 3-0 defeat of Portsmouth at Anfield on Wednesday. Dietmar Hamann scored the first in the sixth minute. Liverpool have
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    • 479 91  -  Try-shooter Liu may look fragile, but she is tough as nails Gary Lira .Weighing only 48kg, Angelina Liu (right) looks like she can easily be pushed around. But the truth is that she is a tough cookie. She plays rugby for the National Development team,
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    • 175 91 LATEST Reuters LONDON Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand’s eightmonth ban for missing a drugs test was left unchanged after his appeal was rejected today. A three-man independent appeal board dismissed Ferdinand’s appeal and upheld his conviction but said his failure to take the test was not “drug
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