Today, 22 November 2000

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    8 1 TODAY Wednesday November 22, 2000 MITA(P) 138; 11/2000
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    Are life sciences dying, Mr Yeo?
    448 1  -  Ng Hwee Koon EDB chief says AFP report doesn't apply to Singapore by hweekoon@newstoday.com.sg YESTERDAY, the very day that the Economic Development Board (EDB) organised an investment seminar for the life sciences, a report came out saying that "life sciences...are on the verge of
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    Who doesn't have problems, Jacelyn?
    340 1  -  Hazel Tan by hazel@newstoday.com.sg FOR almost a year, Jacelyn Tay couldn't bring herself to tell her family about the mess she had got herself in. She had got her fingers burnt on stocks and was sued for bankruptcy in May. Her family found out last
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Lock icon Arabs hit back
      236 2 AFP Egypt recalls ambassador to Israel; Saudi Arabia denounces raid CAIRO Arab nations have reacted strongly to the latest Israeli bombardment of Palestinian territories. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak recalled his ambassador to Israel saying it was "completely reevaluating" its relations with Israel after what it described as
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      Lock icon HK hospital standards slammed
      158 2 -AFP HONG KONG A prominent British journalist whose wife died suddenly in a Hong Kong hospital yesterday condemned the standard of medical care in the country as "way below what is acceptable in a modern society." Martin Jacques had told the inquest into her death that
      -AFP; AFP photo  -  158 words
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      Lock icon Fined for not wearing lipstick
      203 2 -AFP SHANGHAI A nurse didn't wear lipstick on the job and she was fined 50 yuan (US$6) for it Her colleague was given a similar fine for having a hole in her stocking. "Whether or not I choose to wear lipstick is a private matter,"
      -AFP  -  203 words
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      Lock icon 'Demoralised' officers warn Estrada in newspaper ads
      216 2 -AFP MANILA President Joseph Estrada, fighting for his political survival in an impeachment case, has been served notice of "widespread demoralisation" in the officer corps of the armed forces. "Concerned Senior Officers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines" said in a paid-for
      -AFP  -  216 words
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      Solve that problem!
      276 3  -  Ng Hwee Koon by hweekoon@newstoday.com.sg A NEW teaching method has taken over 20 per cent of the syllabus in the Medicine Faculty and has started to infiltrate the Faculty of Dentistry. Soon, the "Problem-Based Learning (PBL)" bug may bite the rest of the National University of Singapore
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      Upgrading Kampong Glam
      176 3  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahim by zackaria@newstoday.com.sg IT has been a good 10 years since Minister for National Development Mah Bow Tan last visited the Kampong Glam area. Yesterday, he returned with a bunch of good tidings. Not only have 248 more flats been identified for the Main Upgrading
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      Movie buff Tan is new TCS chief
      232 3  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahim by zackaria@newstoday.com.sg THIS is no ordinary movie buff. He watches an average of 400 films a year and he holds First Class Honours in Business Administration from the NUS. And now, Kenneth Tan, chairman of the Singapore Film Society, will
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  • RUSH NEWS
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      Undersea cable disaster
      357 4 SingTel to repair damage to world's longest cable ONE week after a cable marine manager warned that bigger and more modern boats cquld pose a threat to undersea cables, disaster struck. The SEA-ME-WE 3 cable could have been hit by an anchor or snagged on a trawling
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      Lock icon More claiming GST rebates
      260 4 GETTING your money back has never been easier. Global Refund (GR) offers tax refund services for tourists on goods purchased in three steps at over 700 cash refund points across the world. It works for us when we shop abroad in 28 other participating countries, and
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      Appeals thrown out
      102 4 TWO Tanglin Cub members clashed in the High Court again yesterday. Mr Chandran Aral, 65, a lawyer, and Mr Victor Chew Chik Aik, 71, an architect, had appealed against an earlier decision on a defamation suit. The court had found that Mr Chew had defamed Mr Aral
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      Lock icon Ambassador attacked by mob
      78 4 Reuters JAKARTA A pro-Jakarta East Timorese mob attacked Australia's ambassador to Indonesia yesterday. Witnesses said police did nothing. Ambassador John McCarthy had just inaugurated a building in the capital of South Sulawesi province, Makassar, when the mob struck. He was not seriously hurt in the attack.
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      Lock icon Armies work together
      90 4 -AFP HUA HIN (Thailand) Southeast Asian army" commanders pledged at their first ever meeting yesterday to devise ways their forces could join together to handle humanitarian disasters in the region. "We have agreed to cooperate more closely on disaster relief cooperation, for situations which are beyond the
      -AFP  -  90 words
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      93 4 READ 0N... Wake up Singapore A reader blames complacency and bureaucratic inertia for recent tragedies/6 Winning man Eugene Wijeysingha is grandpa of the year/6 Choice Marina site for sale Developers show keen interest/8 Partial offers now allowed Investors are now allowed to make voluntary partial offers for shares in listed
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      54 5 I l>8> 91 I fHMHBHHB SIEMENS M SIEMENS M*fl L M SIEMENS T 1 L I E?fl A I I SIEMENS P^ A L I ii is 'jjy;' B if [>?* Kfl wP^*^"^VA SIEMENS [SB II II BS2I B A I I SIEMENS II M 1^^„ A Silent Alert SMS
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      It's time to wake up, S'pore
      435 6  -  See Leong Kit Reader reacts to tragedies and punishment ALTHOUGH it happened in another country, the SQOO6 aircraft accident in Taiwan has become somewhat of a national tragedy, drawing out much sympathy and plentiful questions from Singaporeans. Our government has said that "Singapore will
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      Lock icon Grandpa of the Year Wijey learns a new word
      292 6  -  David Ngiau by david@newstoday.com.sg THE grand-daddy of education in Singapore was voted Grandparent of the Year yesterday. In doing so, Mr Eugene Wijeysingha learnt the meaning of a new word: Makeover. The former headmaster of Raffles Institution, who was nominated by
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      Acton good faith, Taiwan
      328 6  -  George H. Croy The Taiwan authorities are trying to nail the SQOO6 pilots so that attention won't be focussed on the shortcomings of the airport in Taipeh, said our Page One report yesterday. A reader responds: THE news of the fate of the "pilots of SQ
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      294 7 Australia $0.31 $0.34 $0,316 9% Canada $0.19 $0.30 $0,276 37% China $0.57 $0.60 $0,576 5% China-Beijing' $0.51 $0.60 $0,576 15% China-Guangzhou' $0.51 $0.60 $0,576 15% China-Shanghai' $0.51 $0.60 $0,576 15% Hong Kong $0.31 $0.34 $0,324 9% I «N Indonesia $0.43 $0.46 $0,436 7% |Jt Indonesia-Jakarta 4 $0.39 $0.46 $0,436 15%
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Choice Marina site for sale
      502 8  -  Ng Boon Yian URA to sell 1.14 ha land at Marina Boulevard by: boonyian@newstoday.com.sg IMAGINE owning an apartment facing the Marina Bay where your Shenton Way Office is less than a five-minute-walk away. If you are looking for such an apartment, keep a close watch
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      Lock icon CapitaLand shares fall on market debut
      224 8 Bloomberg News SHARES of CapitaLand fell by up to 3.3 per cent on their debut yesterday, hurt by a general selldown of stocks by investors. CapitaLand was formed after DBS Land, formerly the second largest developer, merged with Pidemco Land, to be a developer
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      Singapore allows voluntary partial offers
      246 8 SINGAPORE will now allow investors to make voluntary partial offers for shares in listed companies. This is to align its takeover code with financial centres in London and Hong Kong. The change, effective immediately, will give flexibility to investors who may not wish to make
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      King Wan receives nod for Sesdaq listing
      148 8 KING Wan Corporation, a local mechanical and electrical contractor, has received in-principle approval for a Sesdaq listing. Since 1997, it has completed 180 projects worth $320 million. Mr Chua Kim Hua, the company's executive chairman and managing director said the company's strong order
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      Lock icon UEM saving Renong?
      394 9 Bloomberg News $3.1 billion purchase seen as bailout KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian businessman Halim Saad is shuffling assets of the Renong group of companies in a move that may help rescue both the group and him again. The move, announced by Renong's unit United Engineers (M), to buy
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      Lock icon Petronas posts first-half profit of $4.6 billion
      150 9 Bloomberg News KUALA LUMPUR Petroliam Nasional, Malaysia's state oil company, said first-half net income was 9.9 billion ringgit (554.55 billion), as higher oil prices boosted revenue from exports and its overseas investments. Revenue in the six months ended Sept 30 was 36.3 billion
      – Bloomberg News  -  150 words
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      Lock icon Nissan to help boost Renault's profit
      159 9 -AFP PARIS French car maker Renault SA said it expected its Japanese partner Nissan Motor to make a positive contribution to earnings in the second half of this year. Nissan would contribute 453 million euros (***** million), including 21 million euros in goodwill, to
      -AFP  -  159 words
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      Lock icon Korea's 3-qtr growth seen cooling to 8.1%
      190 9 Bloomberg News SEOUL South Korea's economic growth probably slowed for a third straight quarter in the July-to-September period as exporters churned out fewer computer chips and other goods, and consumers and companies held back on spending at home. Gross domestic product probably grew
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      Lock icon Introducing ... The new Pentium 4 chip
      59 9 Introducing The new Pentium 4 chip Reuters photo Intel Corporation introduced the Intel Pentium 4 processor, its newest microprocessor/or high-performance desktop computers. The Pentium 4 processor platform is based on the high-performance Intel 850 chipset. The 850's dual RDRAM memory banks complement the Pentium 4 processor's 400 MHz system bus,
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      Lock icon Compaq sales up ...
      67 9 Compaq sales up Bloomberg News COMPAQ Computer said its third-quarter revenue from Asia Pacific expanded 41 per cent, putting it on track as one of the company's fastest growing regions. The increase came from more sales of highpowered computers to run Internet sites, Compaq said. Compaq's Asia Pacific region, made
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      Lock icon ... also HP's
      97 9 also HP's Bloomberg News HEWLETT-Packard, the number two computer maker, said it expects the contribution from Asia Pacific to its total sales to rise from 15 to 20 per cent in two to three years on higher demand for its products. It said the share of its revenue from the
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      Late recovery boosted by technology stocks
      454 11 SINGAPORE shares yesterday recovered much of the earlier losses on bargain hunting in the afternoon, with most issues ending off their lows. The STI index resisted breaking the 1900 level to close at 1924.36, down 9.Blpoints. The negative breadth narrowed with 157 losers to
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      Selling pressure continues in KL
      294 11 KUALA LUMPUR Trading activity remained dull throughout yesterday, with the KLCI fallinc 12 points to close at 727.1. Sentiment was adversely affected by concerns over the negative,impact of the United Engineers (M) Renong restructuring proposal on minority shareholders. Selling was also aggravated by overnight falls
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Not over for Mori
      347 12 -AFP Reprieve only temporary as Japanese PM faces voter cynicism TOKYO Gaffe-prone Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori may have survived a parliamentary no-confi-dence vote after a climbdown by his chief rival, but the political machinations can only add to voter cynicism and disillusionment. Mr Mori was already
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      Lock icon Schools closed as protests continue in Indian capital
      235 12 -AFP NEW DELHI Thousands of angry Indian workers staged a second day of violent protests here yesterday, forcing the authorities to close the capital's schools. "There have been crowds, throwing stones in the streets since 10 this morning," said an official at
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      Lock icon South Korean farmers lash out
      185 12 -AFP SEOUL Farmers clashed with police across South Korea yesterday during stormy demonstrations against agricultural imports. The farmers attempted to take over the two main highways along the eastern and western side of the country, police said. Fighting broke out as police tried to disperse
      -AFP  -  185 words
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      Lock icon Church in court
      92 12 -Reuters LONDON Teenage opera Charlotte Church is set to appear in court this week to contest a 6.8 million pound compensation claim by her former manager, Jonathan Shalit. The 14-year-old, whose golden voice has made her one of the highest-paid entertainers in Britain, will be called to
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      Lock icon Friendly leaders
      303 13 -AFP Putin and Blair getting along famously MOSCOW A "special relationship" is being hatched between Britain and Russia, and it started with an unofficial, no-neck-ties night-out in Moscow. Russian President Vladimir Putin and British Prime Minister Tony Blair have been displaying their increasingly friendly relationship here as the
      -AFP; AFP Photo  -  303 words
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      Malaysia's rubbish problem
      146 13  -  Bernama. KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's garbage mountain is growing bigger and bigger. Getting rid of all the rubbish is fast becoming an acute problem, with 80 per cent of the 230 disposal sites nation-wide projected to reach saturation point in two year's time. Beyond that, residents would have
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      Lock icon EU to set up armed force
      90 13 -AFP BRUSSELS The European Union will have set up its own rapid reaction force by 2003. The force will have a total of 100,000 troops, some 400 warplanes and 100 warships. It will be able to jump into Kosovo-like trouble spots within 60 days
      -AFP  -  90 words
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      Lock icon Singer has hepatitis C
      130 13 Reuters CORPUS CHRISTI (TEXAS) Grammy Award-winning country singer Freddy Fender has hepatitis C and needs liver and kidney transplants. Fender, whose hits include Before the Next Teardrop Falls, was diagnosed with the disease and resulting kidney failure last week, his publicist Kirt Webster said yesterday. "His
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      Lock icon Jailbirds to fill labour market
      158 13 Reuters BOSTON With employers scrambling to fill jobs in the tightest US labour market in 30 years, firms are beginning to look behind prison bars for workers. "It's pretty much a standard job interview situation," said Mr Don Heenan, director of operations for 28 car-exhaust
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      Lock icon Teacher tears boy's ear
      144 13 -AFP SHANGHAI An enraged teacher tore the ear of a pupil because the child did not empty a trash can. The incident is the latest in a string of reports of violence in China's classrooms, reported The Shanghai Morning Post yesterday. Zhou Yanbiao, a young teacher
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      Lock icon Yahoo! in breach of law
      296 14 -AFP French court orders ban on Nazi auction sites PARIS In a ruling that's likely to cause ripples in cyberspace, a French court has given US Internet company Yahoo! three months to stop French surfers gaining access to Nazi auction sites. The web company faces
      -AFP  -  296 words
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      Lock icon Divers find Hitler's phoney fortune
      210 14 Reuters NEW YORK A salvage firm has found evidence in an Alpine lake of a wartime Nazi operation to make counterfeit US dollars and British pounds CBS News reported yesterday that its programme, 60 Minutes 11, would solve a mystery of World War II: what
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      Lock icon Granny wins $2.5 m in TV show
      240 14 AFP LONDON A well-heeled grandmother has become the first contestant to scoop a one million pound (Ss2.smillion) prize on a British television quiz show, the game's organisers said on Monday. Mrs Judith Keppel, 58, won the jackpot after a nail-biting round of questioning
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      Lock icon 170 Chinese officials punished for graft
      148 14 -AFP BELTING About 170 government officials have been punished for embezzlement and taking bribes this year in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong. Corrupt officials have been exposed in 1,060 major cases of embezzlement and accepting bribes, the official Xinhua news agency reported. Bribes
      -AFP  -  148 words
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      Lock icon 4,000-year-old tomb
      192 14 Reuters ABU SIR (EGYPT) Archaeologists excavating a 4,000-year-old tomb near Cairo have found an empty sarcophagus that they said could yield vital clues about the collapse of the pyramid-building era in ancient Egypt. Mr Zahi Hawass, director of the Giza Plateau, said a team of Egyptian and Czech
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      Lock icon Life sciences' appeal fades
      241 15 -AFP Pharmaceutical giants pull out due to low returns LONDON Life sciences, the fusion of agriculture and pharmaceuticals, heralded as the future of food in the mid-*****, is on the verge of becoming extinct. One by one, pharmaceutical titans have backed away from the life science
      -AFP  -  241 words
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      Lock icon 75 and still dancing
      86 15 Reuters MOSCOW For Russian ballerina Maya Plisetskaya, age is no reason for her to stop dancing. The renowned dancer celebrated her 75th birthday with a gala performance before a packed audience at Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre yesterday. Mrs Plisetskaya, who was accompanied by Russian President Vladimir Putin
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      Lock icon Crisis landing kills crew member
      96 15 -AFP MIAMI A crew member was killed when an American Airlines Airbus 300 was forced to make an emergency landing yesterday at Miami International Airport. After landing, the flight attendant opened the aircraft door before the plane was sufficiently depressurised and was thrown onto the
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      Lock icon Radiation scare on board plane
      140 15 -AFP SAO PAULO About 100 passengers endured a tense three-hour wait aboard an airliner in the Brazilian city while technicians checked for radioactivity. The precautionary move was taken after a worker carrying a container of Cesium 137 became sick. The Brazilian airport worker feared the
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      272 13 I* s ;:i* i'l iiw-}« sgrn ms r-sr A GUINEA PIG with the introduction of SAT! By 2003, the SAT will be compulsory (or entry into NUS or NTU. Students taking I their '0' Levels this year will be the first batch to meet this new entry requirement where the
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Through life's lens
      901 16  -  Susanna Kulatissa Recording history transcends time and space THE heat's full on in the Philippines and history's pen is poised to print the twists and turns of Filipino politics. Will President Joseph Estrada be removed after all or will the senate overturn the call for an impeachment
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      Lock icon Television drama on scientist who allegedly stole nuclear secrets
      167 16 -AFP LOS ANGELES The saga of scientist Lee Wen Ho, subject of a real-life investigation over nuclear weapons secrets, will be fodder for a television miniseries and an autobiography. The tale of the controversial probe that ended with the former Los
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      774 17 Music and memories .1 with The Platters Compiled by Rosalind Png Shopping Walk For Our Children 2000 rosalind@newstoday.com.sg Today t m Dec 31 2 6 Nov City Link Mall 8 am The new shopping hub in town has over Start point: Causeway Bridge near KFC 50 shops of various kinds.
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      999 19 ON CABLE ON RADIO Star Movies (Ch 58) RSI Hour on Newsradio 938 Star of Jaipur Frontiers 11pm 8.35pm Private Detective Sanji Ray finds Bharati Jagdish looks at the strangers moving into his small, Receptomics Detection System ethnic Manhattan neighbourhood, developed by Lynk [m^^ l^fi savage murder leads him to
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      1151 20 Bring It On: 12.20pm, 1.30, 2.25, 3.35. Marooned: 12.20pm, 2.35. 4.50, 7.10, Men of Honor 11.45am, 2.15pm, 6.45, 4.30,5.40,6.45,7.45,9 9.30 9.15 C^jJ Chicken Rice War 12.40pm, 2.45, Men of Honor: 12.30pm, 12.50, 3, Lgg^ Wink 4.55,7.10,9.25 3.25,5.40,6.15,8.20,9.15 JIJKONG Chicken Run: 12.30pm, 2.35, 4.40, The Replacements: noon. 2.15, 4.35, Bedazzled: 11.15am,
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      58 27 News written in a crisp and concise way. TODAY updates you with the latest in a handy package. It is available islandwide from Mondays to Saturdays. But at a comparatively affordable $10 each month, YOUR copy will be delivered to your doorstep every morning. To subscribe, call 236 4919 or
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  • RELAX
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      Lock icon Am I ugly?
      685 28  -  Hazel Tan 'Not bad-looking' Taiwanese singer Grace Chow explains why she prefers to use caricatures on her albums rather than pictures by hazel@newstoday.eom.se SO you think she's an ugly duckling? So you think her plain looks is why a cheongsam-clad caricature graces her albums instead of her
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      PICK YOUR STAR!
      89 28 WHO do you think would cry if he/she receives an award in this year's Star Awards? 1. Patricia Mok: ah....AH....1 don't have have the strength to carry this back! 2. Sharon Au: 800h00....1 am ONLY a MediaCorp actress 3. Christopher Lee (fighting back tears) I've finally found
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      703 31 Hawaii of the East From Macau to Hainan Island, sel yourself to a time of cultural di ov lfj l countless scenic wonders, before reaching Sanya, affectionately christened by the locals as the Hawaii of the East. Take in the pristine scenes of Sanya by visiting tourist spots, including The
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    294 32 Brother Patrick could be next captain NEW YORK As Davis Cup captain, John McEnroe's biggest problem was that he didn't have someone like John McEnroe as a player. For lack of such a player, one of the best in the world who would put Davis Cup first
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    617 35 Reuters Player in coma after attack as violence and racism escalate ROME Italian football was in a contrite mood following the incident on Sunday that left Modena player Francesco Bertolotti in a coma. Bertolotti was allegedly assaulted by his Como opponent MassimHiano Ferrigno, who has been charged
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    450 36  -  Leonard Thomas With Gunners firing blanks recently, difficult Moscow trip may have come at the wrong time Champions League Spartak Moscow v Arsenal EVERYTHING seemed to be perfect at Highbury not too long ago. Arsenal was top of the pile in its Champions League first round group.
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    361 38  -  Leonard Thomas Although Malaysia did not reach final, he oozed class b y leonard@newstoday.com.sg HE .announced his re-entry into South-east Asian football with a bang While it may be a little controversial, TODAY has chosen Malaysia's Azman Adnan as the Tigerman for the recent Tiger Beer contest.
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    200 39 Reuters KUALA LUMPUR Taiwan's Yeh Wei-tze has smashed the money record on the Asian golf tour and put himself in pole position in the race to finish the year at the top of the order of merit. Yeh, winner of the season-opening Malaysian Open in
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