Today, 14 November 2000, Afternoon Edition

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    Masthead
    11 1 TODAY U. C S Cl 3.V November 14, 2000 mitmpibs 11/2000
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    Suharto scare
    356 1 Ex-lndon president on oxygen since yesterday JAKARTA- Former Indonesian president Suharto, whose favourite son is on the run, went into a deep relapse yesterday, prompting fears of a worsening health condition. There was no official medical prognosis but Mr Suharto, 79, has had several strokes in recent years.
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  • Article
    Probe starts on SingTel shares puzzle
    189 1 THE greatest mystery on the Singapore stock exchange in recent times might have several unlikely endings, but Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong seemed to rule out at least one of them. It wasn't an error trade, at least not according to the Singapore
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      72 1 c Relax MB r I hp <;<=>rrp>t lite or Komario out ol" D '"l j'n" no KIACn n UJUI OAA t \/w v Richard Branson -2J NASDAQ has crashed below 3,000 points, World C_UD 40% lower than its peak in March. It lost 62.24, Olinlifipr or 2.1 per cent, to
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  • HOT NEWS
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      It's still out there: Minister
      329 2  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahim Update on hand, foot and mouth disease by zack ©newstoday.com.sg ALMOST as ominous as the popular TV sci-fi drama X-files slogan goes, the hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) is still out there. Yes, HFMD is not gone for good, said Acting
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      BG Lee has some messages for Mendaki, AMP
      212 2 JUST eight days after some hard-talking between Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong and the Association of Muslim Professionals (AMP), his deputy has entered the debate. In a speech loaded with messages for both Mendaki and AMP at the launch of the Mendaki
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      Lock icon House votes to impeach Estrada but he vows to fight on
      224 2 -AFP MANILA President Joseph Estrada yesterday voted to fight on after he was impeached by the House of Representatives for corruption. But analysts said his image has already been irreparably damaged. The 63-year-old former movie star will remain in
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      'It's utter rubbish'
      270 3 Rafidah says she didn't clash with US minister BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN Malaysia's feisty International Trade and Industry Minister yesterday pooh-pooed a report that she had a quarrel with her US counterpart. An AFP report had said that sparks had flown between Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz (left) and
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    • Article
      Changes to entertainment laws
      431 3  -  Kim-Kyna Tan by. kim@newstoday.com.sg IT'S been 20 years since someone took a long, hard look at the rules governing public entertainment. Back in the '80s, computer game centres were as unimaginable as Internet chatrooms. Times have changed, and it's time for a change, said Minister of
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      The New Public Entertainments Act
      221 3 A Demerit Point System For permanent establishments such as computer game centres, pubs and discos. Action will be taken against the licensee depending on the number of demerit points accumulated. This can range from reduced operating hours to the forfeiture of a security deposit. The
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      SMRT spends big to iron out the kinks
      139 3 THE Singapore Mass Rapid Transit (SMRT) is aware of public concern over train delays and is sparing no expense in fixing the problem. The company will fork out more than $77 million to improve its train system and meet the demands of
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    • Article
      Lower ERP during school holidays
      98 3 MOTORISTS will be getting a school holiday treat. The Land Transport Authority (LTA) will be cutting Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) rates from Nov 20 to Dec 29. ERP rates at the following gantries will be reduced by 50 cents for cars and taxis, and 25
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      Dead man had 3 wives
      222 4  -  Shazalina Salim He was planning to visit her in Jakarta By _i shazalina@newstoday.com.sg THE 50-year-old general worker who died under the high pile of cocoa beans on Sunday has been identified as Mr Abdul Samad Mohd Som, a father of two grown-up children. Mr Abdul
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      Lock icon First visit by China PM to Cambodia
      211 4 -AFP PHNOM PENH Chinese President Jiang Zemin arrived in Cambodia yesterday to a red-carpet welcome, becoming the first Chinese head of state to visit since 1963. The visit is seen as part of Beijing's push to boost its influence in Southeast Asia. Foreign
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      Lock icon Anwar gets treatment for back pain
      132 4 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Jailed former deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim is receiving out-patient hospital treatment for severe back pain, one of his lawyers said yesterday. Mr Sankara Nair said 53-year-old Anwar has already made five visits to an orthopaedic surgeon at a government hospital, the
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      Free legal service
      36 4 THE Consumers Association of Singapore (CASE) will be setting up a free legal counselling service. Lawyers will be available to advise consumers on their concerns. There will be 20 lawyers on the panel.
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      Mexican President in S'pore
      168 4 THE President of Mexico, Mr Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leon has kept his promise to Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong, He had said that before his term ended, he would come to Singapore to sign a Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Yesterday morning, at the Istana, he
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
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      125 4 READ ON... Singapore Superbugs 6 in 10 cases of pneumonia don't respond to penicillin/7 The report you missed Heard of the Goldman Sachs report? Here's one you haven't seen/8 Childhood lost Singer Tanya Chua wishes she could remember more of her past/ 18 The other side of Virgin Knight According
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Watch these signs
      348 5  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahim Stomach cramps, diarrhoea...they could be related to exam stress by r zack@newstoday.com.sg THE exam season is drawing to a close and thank god for it. It's not just students but even their parents who have been turning up to see psychiatrists and counsellors. Sometimes,
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      Beware revenge of the superbug
      323 7 Penicillin now a useless antibiotic against some common ailments IF you get pneumonia in Singapore, don't bank on penicillin to come to your rescue. In most cases, it won't work. Now, as a cure, you may have to turn to more expensive drugs, reports Channel
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      Ginseng woman jailed
      178 7 A WOMAN who had $1,050 in her wallet tried to steal a $190 packet of ginseng. Yesterday, Huynh My, 49, pleaded guilty to theft. District judge Francis Remedios jailed her two weeks and fined her $5,000. The court heard that on July 1 this year Huynh went
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      Pub party fight lands delivery man behind bars
      156 7 BUSYBODIES always get into trouble. That's what one young man found out the hard way. Jasman Arsat, 21, was at a party at Jams 200 Pub in Merchant Court on July 1 this year, at the ground floor of the hotel at
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      Why two editions?
      388 8  -  Leong Phei Phei Today CEO answers this and other questions from readers by. pheiphei@newstoday.corn.sg READERS have been calling Today since our launch on Nov 10 with questions, questions, and more questions. The CEO of Today, Mr P.N. Balji, answers some pressing concerns. Why are we doing two
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      The report you never saw
      151 8 A LOT has been made of the Goldman Sachs report. However, on Oct 25, Bloomberg filed another report that presented a slightly different picture. This report was not published. Here are some excerpts: "The battle for the island's Ss7oo million newspaper advertising money is already
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      A reader on meeting the challenge of competition
      456 8 WE received this letter from reader Lawrence T. Pereira. While the market has been buzzing with talk of a media war, this is his take on the situation. FROM the business point of view, understandably, it is the prerogative of the rival
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      83 5 Asia Miles f\ X. -Long Kong has been our home for over fifty years. Our futures have, for all that time, been intertwined. As Hong Kong has prospered and become a world class city so too has Cathay Pacific prospered and become a world class airline. And as we have
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Reprieve for M1 phone users
      362 10  -  Lee Yew Meng Move seen as forestalling them to switch to rival operators by.. yewraeng@newstoday.com.sg Ml has announced an alternative plan for its more than 50,000 CDMA customers to make up for the eventual loss of the CDMA spectrum to the 3G network next year.
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      C&C takeover unlikely, says Jardine
      336 10 JARDINE Strategic Holdings, an investment company that is part of the diversified Jardine Group, will not make a takeover offer for Singapore's Cycle Carriage, despite its recent stake increase in the car distributor. Shares of C C rose as much as 6.6 per cent yesterday
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      CWT, DuPont on e-logistics deal
      303 10  -  Sol E Solomon by... solomon@newstoday.com.sg CWT Distribution, the local logistics service provider, has clinched a $13.87 million deal with DuPont Singapore that should allow its DuPont Corian unit to cut costs by at least 10 per cent. Under the deal, CWT's proprietary Internet Supply Chain
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      Landlords to jointly develop office e-hub
      202 10  -  Chan Chao Peh by.. chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg MAJOR local land developers will jointly develop and operate an "office e-hub" which promises lower operating costs for office tenants, property managers and owners. Pidemco Land, City Developments and Singapore Land said in a statement that they will invest
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      Lock icon No change in rates?
      407 11 Bloomberg News Analysts expect US Fed to leave short-term interest rates unchanged WASHINGTON The US Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) will leave short-term interest rates unchanged at its meeting on Wednesday, analysts said. There will be no fireworks at the meeting because the economy is slowing
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      Lock icon Crude oil rises to one-month high as Opec refuses to increase output
      236 11 Bloomberg News LONDON Crude oil rose to a onemonth high after the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) said it won't raise production targets again this year. It argued it is pumping enough oil to meet winter demand
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      Lock icon BT may sell Asian investments to reduce $25 billion debt
      227 11 BloombergNews KUALA LUMPUR British Telecom (BT) said it will evaluate its investments in Asia before deciding to sell stakes in companies such as Maxis Communications, Malaysia's secondlargest cellular company. The former UK monopoly, said last week it planned to sell
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  • MARKET NEWS
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      Jittery markets
      449 12 Singapore shares fall on regional sell-off SINGAPORE shares headed lower yesterday in reaction to Wall Street's sell-off last Friday. Dell's warning of a slower 20 per cent growth in FY2OOI triggered another earnings downgrade worry. The consensus for the S&P tech sector's earnings growth in FY2OOI is now
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      KLSE shares also hit by US woes
      383 12 KUALA LUMPUR The KLSE, as with the rest of the region, turned in a depressed performance yesterday, in reaction to last Friday's poor showing in the US markets. Uncertainties surrounding the inconclusive US presidential election, coupled with Dell's profit warning, rattled the US
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      HK in for hacker and virus attack
      252 13 By 2002, half of the SAR's firms could be hit HONG KONG Half of Hong Kong's companies will have their computer systems attacked within the next two years, the Productivity Council said yesterday. Sixty per cent of those firms will be unaware of
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      Mercury rising...and rising...and rising
      342 13 Mercury rising. ..and rising. ..and rising LONDON The wheel of climate change has been set in motion, and nothing will stop it turning. This is the contention of scientists who have warned thousands of government officials and politicians gathering for international climate talks in the Hague that the rise in
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      The invisible condom
      159 13 QUEBEC How many times have you heard the claim of an "ultra-thin" condom? Well fret no more. An AIDS researcher has come up with what may be the solution to your rubbery problems the invisible condom. Mr Michel Bergeron hopes to save lives with something that's barely
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      Star-gangster controversy
      503 14 Japanese celebrities at crime family's wedding TOKYO Ties between celebrities and gangsters have sparked a storm of controversy in Japan. This, after more than 10 singers, actors and television personalities attended the wedding reception of a daughter of a gang boss late last month, reported the Mainichi Shimbun.
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      Lock icon HK calls for war against human trafficking
      153 14 AFP During one of Prime Minister Tony Blair's visits to a home for the elderly, he said to one woman: "Do you know who I am?" She replied: "If you don't remember who you are, just go to the front desk and the
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      Lock icon Jiangsu official took bribes, had 13 mistresses
      164 14 AFP HONG KONG A sen ior official in China's eastern Jiangsu province has been arrested for using public funds to support his 13 mistresses and taking bribes. Xu Qiyao, 57, head of the Jiangsu provincial construction office in Nanjing, was arrested after he
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      Lock icon Who is King Tut? Or was it Queen Tut? DNA tests may provide the answers
      247 14 Reuters CAIRO Who is child Pharaoh Tutankhamun (left) or King Tut? Japanese and Egyptian archaeologists will conduct, for the first time, DNA tests on King Tut's mummy next month to solve that mystery, Egyptian officials
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      Hi-tech villages
      268 15 CAIRO Egypt plans to build hi-tech "villages" all over the country to try to become a regional technology hub. "Egypt is traditionally the intellectual capital of the Middle East and Arab-speaking countries and is where a lot of the content in media is produced," Communications Minister Ahmed Nazif
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      Anglican church worked up over newfeedom for occult practices in Queensland
      214 15 BRISBANE, Australia Queensland's state government has legalised witchcraft, sorcery and fortune telling. And this has prompted a backlash from Australia's Anglican Church reported AFP. Brisbane's Anglican Archbishop Peter Hollingworth warned that the move could encourage the practice of serious
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Saddam's revenge
      810 16  -  Neville Stack With oil as his weapon, the Butcher of Baghdad might yet avenge his humiliation at the hands of the West NOW Pol Pot, Josef Stalin and Adolf Hitler are safely out of th way, Saddam Hussein, the psychopath who is dictator of Iraq could lay claim
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      Gored and Bushed over the elections
      818 17  -  Vidya Shankar Aiyar The scene behind the scenes by. shankar@channelnewsasia.com YOU are not going to believe this! Not only was there chaos with the results of the US elections, but there was a lot going on behind the scenes at the Channel here. I
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      202 17 CASIO The Gift of the Season ~S 1 1 M < i j < I l o_ I i I^l t^ Pocket Viewer Cool and Slim, the Pocket Viewer from Casio is the perfect gift for your family or filends. Compact and equipped with a multitude ol functions, this slim
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  • RELAX
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      Lock icon Childhood lost
      548 18  -  Hazel Tan Singer Tanya Chua wishes she could remember more of her past by r lina@newstoday.com.sg I'LL Remember You, that's what Tanya Chua has been crooning on the airwaves recently. But chances are, the local singer might not. No offence, she just doesn't remember most things that happened
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    • SHOWCASE
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        A night of dance
        459 19  -  Rosalind Png Compiled by rosalind@newstoday.com.sg Est-Quest French Film Festival 2000 Today 9pm AGF Theatre, Alliance Francaise A romantic period drama directed by Regis Wargnier. It pays tribute to the victims of a tragic Stalinist episode. In June 1946, Stalin launched a major propaganda campaign aimed at
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      The other side of Virgin knight
      875 23  -  Sanjay Surin According to the latest expose on Sir Richard Branson, the "new age corporate God" lives an alternate world of sex and deception by.. Today's London correspondent IF only the story behind the success of Sir Richard Branson were as charming as the
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      Fathers of faith
      631 24 The Church sees red, the Mafia is angry, the newscasters are nude SICILY Call it the fathers meet the Godfathers. The Roman Catholic Church and the Sicilian Mafia have joined forces in an unlikely alliance to campaign against naked newscasts on Italian television. Video Golfo, a private
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      George Clooney hot for English lass
      524 24 BAD news, girls Hollywood love god George Clooney's fallen hook, line and sinker in love with Essex-born babe Lisa Snowdon, whom he met on the set of a Martini ad. And guys, if you think Clooney has all the luck, you ain't heard nothing
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      Lock icon The last Tacuma?
      367 25 What may be Daewoo's last ever car makes its debut in Singapore MEET th'e funky Tacuma minivan (above) Daewoo's latest all-new and possibly last ever car. The curious vehicle was unveiled at Suntec City just 24 hours after the financially crippled Korean car giant declared itself bankrupt.
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      Legs too short
      433 26 Short schoolgirl surgically stretches legs to become air stewardess LONDON Sometimes we need to stretch ourselves to achieve our goals. But schoolgirl Emma Richards, who was six inches too short to fulfil her dream of being an air hostess, took this quite literally when she decided to
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      Virtual survivor: Thai geek to live on Net for a year
      437 26 SOME people worry about technology taking over our lives, but not Chavalit Tankchokprasert. In fact, he's celebrating it. According to The Nation, he wants to show that it is possible to survive by relying on the Internet alone. Chavalit,
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      Scottish prison a management dungeon
      200 26 KILMARNOCK The staff at Scotland's only private prison have a bit of a morale problem the inmates are enjoying a higher standard of living than them. Premier Prison Services, which operates Kilmarnock Prison or the "Killie Hilton" as it is affectionately known, is paying inmates
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      236 18 Do You Know AM FANCL products 'llAf I^ m -aresopppular m j mm mm B^B mm among Japanese j» I y Jg consumers _J It was in 1980 that FANCL was founded in Japan. The founder Kenji Ikemori simply wanted to help consumers suffering from skin problems C:\; resulting from
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
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      1126 20 i-^ 9.00 World Famous Tales 9.00 Gelora (Ep. 43): Naomi is Emperor's New Clothes taken aback by Murad's questions WJ 9.30 Willi WohJmouse Takes A her background. o^j .^EJ Trip Around The World Hilal tries to pacify Naomi, askm ijy^ T/ xyrp c 10-00 AhXue (Ep.26/35) ing her to be
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      1050 21 I ON CABLE ON RADIO W Entertainment (Ch 56) Gold 90.5FM l^ 1 f Persian Cat Gold Breakfast Show B><B?1 3pm 7-10 am A secret fonnula to a nuclear Wake up to the the brand new M .J~ mk weapon is hidden in the eyes of a wholesome yet wacky
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  • SEEFOOD
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      Meet Audrey
      241 27 A little computer that looks more like a toaster than your conventional desktop is making its way to kitchen counters SANTA CLARA From office to home and now into the inner sanctum. US computer manufacturer 3Com Corporation has introduced Audrey, an Internet appliance created for the kitchen or
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      Food Radio: culinary round-ups
      87 27 EVERYDAY from Mondays to Fridays, Dorothy Tan hosts Buon Appetito on Newsßadio 93.8. Buon Appetito that's Italian for "Enjoy your meal". Whatever the language, it's all about Food with Dorothy Tan on weekdays at 12.15pm, 1.15pm and 5.15pm. Every Friday, join radio's favourite food presenter as
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      Websites for foodies
      43 27 CHECK out these websites for cooking lessons, recipes and food tips. www,epicurios.com combines both Bon Appetiti nd Gourmet magazines' online content. www.foodtv.com is the online site for the Food Channel, American cable television 24-hour network where celebrity chefs are resident.
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      Strawberry Tiramisu – Food for the soul
      262 27 Strawberry Tiramisu Food for the soul 'TVramisu must be one of Singapore's favourite desserts. Here's J. how to make one with strawberries. It's pretty easy to put together this no-bake dessert. Try this out for your next party. This recipe serves about 8 people, or four if they really have
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      Makanhaven
      513 28  -  Pauline Dawn Loh Watch this space for food news, reviews and recipes SPICE of life? Food for thought. The English language is a smorgasbord of culinary references. In Singapore, as in all Asian cultures, we greet each other with "had lunch? dinner?" or just simply "eaten yet?" It seems
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      28 28 Get your FREE copy of Today. Available from Monday to Saturday I at MRT stations, bus interchanges, Shell petrol stations*and F&B outlets. Up to December 2000 m I
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  • TECH NEWS
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      Why there is no money
      487 29  -  Sol E Solomon Becaise online retailers spend 76 per cent of revenue on advertising by.. solomon@newstoday.com.sg A SURVEY of 60 online retailers has found that on average, 76 per cent of revenue is spent on advertising. "That's why they don't make money," suggested Mr Richard
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      Taking the WAP course
      233 29  -  Sol E Solomon by. solomon@newstoday.com.sg THE interest in mobile access to the Internet is increasing, says Mack Palomaki, Asia-Pacific managing director of AU-System Singapore Pte Ltd, a company that develops the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) browser for Ericsson-based phone systems worldwide. For technical people, this heightened
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      Have fun at work
      122 29 DELL Computer Corporation has introduced the Inspiron 8000, a multimedia notebook which provides versatility for both business and fun applications. This is achieved with Mobile Pentium 111 processors, up to 32M8 of video RAM with 4X AGP ATI Mobility M4 video chipset, and a fixed optical
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      Low-cost enterprise servers
      121 29 SUN Microsystems' first UItraSPARC 111 server, Sun Fire 280R, boasts enterprise-class capabilities at PC server prices. With its 750MHz chip, the server running on Sun's Solaris 8 OS is designed to deliver scalability, real-time response, continuous service availability and agility in a compact, rack-opti-mised package. This server
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      Quick surf
      522 30  -  Sol E Solomon Major hotel brings broadband to guests by. solomon@newstoday.com.sg THE Pan Pacific Singapore has taken the World Wide "Wait" out of die Internet for its guests. As Mr David G A Perry, resident manager of the hotel, puts it: "Our guests don't want to spend more
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      Creating the wireless future
      671 30  -  Kelvin Tan by. BY all counts, the future of computing and the Internet is wireless. According to Nomura International, there will be more wireless Internet users than PC Internet users by the year 2002. This translates to a huge new market and a new industry, because
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon King off the 17th
      862 32 AFP Wedge clinches win for Weir Golf ANDALI/UA Mike Weir played many good shots on Sunday afternoon. Mm none was as important as his p-" iurr packed wedge to Valderr.ima's treacherous, tiered 17th green. Weir was leading the World Golf Championships Americas Exp i Championslu:» at
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      Lock icon Give me Tyson
      475 33 Otherwise, I won't fight: Lewis LONDON Lennox Lewis is threatening a long boycott of the ring in a bid lit force his loug-■-•.vaite-.! --ash with Mike on ii i silly, Biii;m irid h ;tvy ghl unpion wmtHS I .ics he v '11 not fight mi until September
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      Lock icon Els and Westwood pull out of Johnnie Walker
      164 33 AFP BANGKOK South African Ernie Els and Englishman Lee Westwood have withdrawn from the Johnnie Walker Classic which starts on Thursday Els, the World N > 2 from South Africa, gulled out of the V;;'dt rrama tournament with the reerareftOQ of a
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      Lock icon Supersonics go down yet again
      246 33 ReuL MICHIGAN Jerry Stackhouse scored 38 points as the Detroit Pistons held on for a 101-92 victory over the Struggling Seattle SupcrSonics on Sunday. Having lost three of four on a five-game road trip, the Sonics got off to a bad start, missing their first
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      Lock icon My racist hell
      446 34 Costa Rican striker reveals hatred suffered at former club West Ham LONDON Paulo Wanchopc has lifted the lid on the racial abuse that made his life hell at W«rt Ram, according to The? Sun Online. The Manchester City striker retuun i| Bo Upton Park for the first
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    • Article
      Lock icon Inter Milan's yo-yo fortunes continue as Roma reclaims top spot
      700 34 Reuters .MILAN Italian gianr Inter Milan suffered another shock defeat, losing 1-0 at home to Lecce, which played with 10 men for an hour after defender Alberto Malusci was sent off. Just when it seemed like Inter was beginning to
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