Today, 8 December 2000, Afternoon Edition

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  • 7 1 TODAY Friday December 8, 2000 MITA(P) 138/11-2000
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
    • 446 1  -  Kim-Kyna Tan by kim@newstoday.com.sg A GROUP of Singapore artists is putting up a website to showcase all the snips and tucks their works have been subjected to. It will be an archive of all the censored and banned works over the years, the material that
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    • 69 1 AFP NEW YORK Stocks slumped universally yesterday, amid concerns about deteriorating corporate profits.The Nasdaq shed 43.84 points (1.57 per cent) to close at 2,752.66. The Dow Jones index slipped 47.02 points (0.44 per cent) to 10,617.36. A sheaf of profit warnings made investors realise that,
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  • HOT NEWS
    • 391 2 Reuters Prosecution produces $5m cheque as evidence of alleged corruption MANILA The Philippine prosecution dropped a bombshell at President Joseph Estrada's impeachment trial yesterday, producing a cheque for 146 million pesos (555.2 million) as alleged proof he had amassed wealth in office. Shortly after the trial began, prosecutor
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    • 199 2 ACTRESS and radio deejay Vernetta Lopez is the best comedy actress, according to last night's Asian Television Awards" 2000. The wife of actor Mark Richmond was thrilled with her win. She told Today: "It's ironic that now that I do radio from Mondays to Fridays, I win
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    • 230 2 Wire agencies KUALA LUMPUR The uncertainty is over: Malaysia appointed yesterday Mr Mohamed Dzaiddin Abdullah as the new Chief Justice of the Federal Court, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's office said. The statement came a day after opposition leader Mr Lim Kit Siang urged Dr Mahathir
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    • 231 2 Reuters KUALA LUMPUR Six members of a shadowy Malaysian Muslim cult were sentenced yesterday to 10 years each in jail after pleading guilty to preparing to wage war against the king. The six were among 29 members of the Al-Ma'unah group arrested in July, after
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    • 51 2 PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong underwent a minor operation yesterday on his knee. PM Goh was at Singapore General Hospital to repair a torn cartilage in his right knee. The tear was from a sports injury. He is well and should be discharged
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    • 427 3 Tehelka.com Suicide rate, Viagra sales go through the roof in Kashmir NEW DELHI The suicide rate across the troubled state of Jammu and Kashmir is rising alarmingly. There have been 107 suicides reported over the past three months, and psychologists blame the rash of self-destruc-tion on incessant
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    • 133 3 JUST when it seemed that ST Engineering had lost its most ambitious bid so far to supply light combat vehicles to the US Army it has been given a second chance. The US Army has suspended the US$4 billion deal it had
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    • 497 4  -  Ng Boon Yian No escaping technology, says Chief Justice by boonyian@newstoday.com.sg IF you can't beat them, join them. There is no escaping the winds of technology, not even for one of the oldest, reputedly change-resistant professions law. Chief Justice Yong Pung How (right) said this about
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    • 184 4 A PREGNANT woman is lying in the intensive care unit after being knocked down by a car. Madam Ong Ai Lian, and her husband, Mr Lim Ming Tong were on their scooter travelling towards Sims Drive on Wednesday evening when a Malaysian-registered car slammed into them.
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    • 134 4 A 21-YEAR-OLD student's stint as a drug pusher in cyberspace was foiled when he tried to sell Ecstasy pills to a CNB officer over the Internet Relay Chat. The Chinese Indonesian chatted with the female officer throughout last month and revealed that he was an Ice and
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    • 120 4 READ 0N... Going Thai... ...and Australia. NTUC FairPrice going for 'in store' concept/6 She has got the extra... Tangs woman wins top award/7 Town Councils ineffective? Researcher wonders about new move by PM/8 PSA sets up new company for harbour projects The move is to facilitate future equity participation by
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 471 6  -  Kim-Kyna Tan NTUC Fair Price to experiment with theme supermarket concept by kim@newstoday.com.sg pie everywhere drinking wine. We must be in tandem with lifestyle changes. People these days don't just shop for basic groceries," said Mr Das with one of his easy smiles. FairPrice also keeps trying to
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    • 306 6  -  Shazalina Salim by shazalina@newstoday.com.sg THE Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (Muis) gave out a total of $603,000 in Ramadan aid to more than 18,000 needy Muslims yesterday. The Ramadan aid conies from the tithe collection that Muis administers for the Muslim community. This year, every Muslim was
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    • 87 6 KFC is giving its Muslim customers free dates during the fasting month to help them break their fast The famous fried chicken chain has been doing this for three years. Muslim customers will get two complimentary dates with any purchase of KFC Colonel's Value
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    • 225 6 HONG KONG The protesters made their point at the ceremony yesterday to present Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew with an honorary doctorate, but that did not stop SM Lee from making his. And that was how perplexed he was at the persistent "dark mood"
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    • 408 7  -  Lee Ching Wern by chingwern@newstoday.com.sg FROM cashier to superstar, Chieng Meng Sim (right) has come a long way. Since 16, Ms Chieng has been with C K Tang department store. For 22 years, she gave silently. She started out as a cashier and worked her
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    • 165 7 WE thank Madam Sharon Tay for her letter "Bus Stop Advertisement Panel danger" (Today Dec 2) and the opportunity for us to clarify our guidelines on the location of these advertisement panels. Our guidelines to the contractor are that the advertisement panels
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    • 79 7 I REFER to the article in which National Arts Council's (NAC) Director of Artist Development, Ms Stacey Tan, was reported as hoping "...that things would get better with the two new grant schemes that NAC was introducing." The schemes were launched on Sept 13.
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    • 512 8  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahim 1 S2\- _._j Researcher wonders about new move by PM by zackaria@newstoday.com.sg AN academic caused ripples at the Town Councils 21 Conference yesterday, by questioning if they had been effective at all. Dr Ooi Giok Ling, senior research fellow at the Institute of Policy
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    • 230 8  -  Mahesha Thenabadu by TWO voluntary welfare organisations will,soon get new specially-equipped ambulances, thanks to Cycle Carriage. On Wednesday, the company donated $65,000 each to the Red Cross Home for the Disabled and the Society for the Aged Sick. The ceremony was officiated
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    • 210 8  -  David Ngiau by david@newstoday.com.sg A CENTRAL Narcotics Bureau officer who lost drugs she was carrying as evidence made matters worse by trying to replace them with another powdery substance. Ironically, her colleague had spotted her dropping the drugs and picked them up. But Magesvari
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    • 77 8 -CNA A MAN has been charged with stealing nearly $6,000 from a mosque. Yazid Mohd, 23, is alleged to have taken the money from the Darul Aman mosque in Jalan Eunos on Nov 3 at 1 am. The cash belongs to the mosque's chairman, Mr Salleh
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    • 618 9  -  Shazalina Salim One man lives to smell the roses, thanks to a station manager's quick response with first aid by shazalina@newstoday.com.sg THE heart attack on Sept 25 came as a shock to Mr Dicky Yap. The feisty 55-year-old Operations Assistant with The Lions Home for the
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
    • 466 10 PSA forms new company to spearhead projects here and abroad PSA CORPORATION has set up a new company to spearhead its harbourfront projects here and overseas. PSA will hold 20 per cent of the venture, with Temasek Holdings the rest The venture, called The HarbourFront Ltd, will own
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    • 240 10 Bloomberg News HONG KONG Hong Kong sold a large piece of land near the Kowloon waterfront for less than expected after only one bid. This casts doubts about developers' claims that apartment prices are certain to rise next year. Amoy Properties Ltd., Hong Kong's number four developer, paid
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    • 187 10 Bloomberg News TOKYO -Japan's DDI Corp., also known as KDDI since merging with KDD Corp. in October, and SingTel have shelved plans for a joint venture to offer data communications services to businesses. KDD and SingTel originally planned to set up a
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    • 135 10 SINGAPORE Keppel Corporation, Singapore's largest diversified group by market value, said it has won approval from India's Foreign Investment Promotion Board to raise its stake in Centurion Bank from 17.7 to 20 per cent. It is waiting for final clearance
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    • 752 11 Local sporting goods retailer Royal Clicks to use IPO funds for expansion HOME-GROWN sporting goods retailer Royal Clicks is set on world domination. The company, more commonly known for its chain of Royal Sporting House outlets, was listed on the stock exchange last month to raise
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    • 697 11 ESTABLISHED in 1988 and formerly known as Tsing Yi, Green World Holdings will soon be a familiar name to stock investors when it makes its debut on Sesdaq. The listing sees Green World Holdings offering 11 million new
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  • MARKET NEWS
    • 429 12 Bargain hunting and repositioning portfolios order of the day SINGAPORE shares closed off their lows on bargain hunting and portfolio realignment activities. Despite negative closings on Wall Street, investors were cheered on by prospects of rate cuts as the US beige book released yesterday gave more evidence
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    • 378 12 THE Malaysian stock market reverted to its sluggish mood of the past few months after a short spurt on Wednesday, as a lack of new domestic leads, and the US market's overnight fall provided an excuse for investors to trim their positions and take
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 266 14 Reuters Courts controversy over Hindu temple site NEW DELHI Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee has backed plans to build a Hindu temple on the ruins of a historic mosque. The 16th-century Babri Masjid mosque in Ayodhya in northern India was destroyed eight years ago by
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    • 160 14 AFP WASHINGTON Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (right) has been awarded the United State's highest civilian honour, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In conferring her the award in absentia on Wednesday, President Bill Clinton pledged unending US support for her quest
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    • 158 14 -AFP LOS ANGELES A canned TV film about two people who died from taking medication that had been tempered with has set the showbiz industry abuzz. The Los Angeles Times said USA Networks INC had cancelled the movie, Who Killed Sue
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    • 75 14 -AFP LONDON Trading standards inspectors have seized a batch of eau de toilette after tests showed that fake "Chanel No. 5" perfume had been diluted with urine, reported The Independent yesterday. Similar in colour to perfume, urine is mildly astringent on the skin and makes a
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    • 237 14 Reuters AUSTIN Memo to Al Gore from George W. Bush: I feel your pain. As the Republican Texas governor cautiously tiptoes closer to the White House in Washington, that is the new message coming out of Austin for the Democratic VicePresident. The partisan
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    • 103 14 -AFP LONDON Forget contaminated animal feed and mutating prions. The mad cow crisis could have been caused by comets bombarding the Earth with extra-terrestrial bacteria, said two British academics. They said cattle left to winter outside could have developed so-called mad cow disease,
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    • 180 16 Reuters LONDON The Scottish scientists who created Dolly, the cloned sheep, has teamed up with a US biotech company to breed chicken that produce life-saving drugs in their eggs. Dr Helen Sang, of Edinburgh's Roslin Institute, said the deal with Viragen Inc
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    • 69 16 Reuters WASHINGTON The World Bank has fired three employees for allegedly taking bribes from Swedish companies in exchange for awarding them contracts. The bank alleged in a statement that an internal investiga- Lion revealed that the bank staf "engaged in corrupt activities in connection
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    • 254 16 -AFP Software to over-ride server blocks SAN FRANCISCO An international band of programmers plan to release software that will bypass World Wide Web restrictions imposed by various countries, including China, Cuba and Iran. The programmers, who call themselves "The Cult of the Dead Cow", are
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    • 100 16 -AFP NEW DELHI A suspected Indian gangster claimed that a group of trained mountain climbers helped him escape a tightly guarded hospital room in Bangkok last month. In an interview with the Star Television network, Chhota Rajan said he is somewhere in Europe after staging
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  • COMMENTARY
    • 666 17  -  Ravi Veloo by_ I MAY have a solution for Singapore's continuing problem of finding top talent for Government: let's hire Bill Clinton (right). And while we are at it, why not hire Kofi Annan, and Madeleine Albright too? The list can go on. One day, if
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  • RELAX
    • 650 18  -  Cathleen Tung So the Peranakan were behind the beads and embroidery that are all the rage in fashion these days! by i Marriette Collection of silver and porcelain that is on loan by Mrs Betty Marriette. She is a Peranakan who has married a Swiss, and
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    • SHOCASE
      • 847 19  -  Rosalind Png Compiled by rosalind@newstoday.com.sg Alice In Wonderland (above) Today 7.30 pm Saturday and Sunday 2 pm and 6.30 pm Victoria Theatre Adapted and directed by Daniel Toyne with original music by Tim Bridgewater, Alice in Wonderland is for everyone. Experience the wonder of sight, sounds, characters
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        441 23  -  Douglas Tseng FILM REVIEW Little Nicky (Now showing) Little Nicky is a satisfying pop-corn movie by_ YOU have to be stoned, drunk or just plain crazy to appreciate the antics of Adam Sandler. How else would you explain his vision of Heaven where the angels are shapely, cell
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      796 24  -  David Ngiau Ganesan is the calm and friendly face fronting Tan Tock Seng Hospital by david@newstoday.com.sg TO Ganesan, all his "packages" come labelled "handle with care". They are all arriving patients to Tan Tock Seng Hospital's medical centre, but they're all also potentially time bombs waiting to go
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    • 348 25  -  Mahesha Thenabadu Avatar Exile, the first local science-fiction film, will hit the screens in 2002 by_ SINGAPORE'S first sci-fi movie is set to make film history. Avatar Exile, the debut film by Cinemancer Pte. Ltd will begin filming here in April 2001 with a release expected in
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    • 406 27  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahim Computing can be addictive. Once you start, you never get enough of it by zackaria@newstoday.com.sg ALTHOUGH she's already IT-sawy, Mrs Rajni Siva signed up for a basic computer literacy course just to persuade her sister to take it up. But, her altruistic move
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    • 758 28 Reuters The Bible, Rock 'N' Roll and Estradas impeachment MANILA Filipinos often say their colonial past is 300 years in a convent and 50 years in Hollywood a reference to the missionary zeal of Spanish conquerors and of later rule by the United States. As the country
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    • 1057 21 planet and frozen people in their ON CABLE ON RADIO tracks! HBO (Ch 60) Class 95 FM After much investigation, the Saving Private Ryan Love Songs children and the Diplodos discover 10.30 pm Love Songs host Yasmin plays you that Santos and the Zauradians The story centers on the mission
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  • TECH NEWS
    • 985 29  -  Numbskull Counter-Strike is a game of setting your objectives right by_ TO keep all of us on the right track, this article is written for those who are already familiar with Counter-Strike, and have an understanding of the basics of the game. Also, this
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    • 142 29 ACCORDING to the software company, E-Book Systems, online book enthusiasts can now read novels, magazines, view photo albums and browse catalogues, all in a turning-page form, as they would the hard copy thing. This is because the company recently launched what it describes as
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    • 443 30  -  Sol E Solomon With the Internet, privileged financial services are no longer restricted by solomon@newstoday.com.sg are looking to give more value-added services to customers through a wider and more comprehensive range of services, Ms Toh noted. And all these without physical branches, where possible, because
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    • 136 30 EINFOASIA.COM (S) Pte Ltd has launched the Singapore Dot Com Directory of local companies that have gone online. There will be two versions print and online. The Internet version (www.dotcomdirectory.com.sg), which provides dynamic searches of Internet companies, also features a calendar of Internet-related events. It
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    • 115 30 WIRELESS information portal, Nuuwz.com, delivers customised content to mobile users. Services that the portal offers include local and international news headlines, stock alerts, sports results and e-mail. Traffic ——————f, reports, weather reports and lottery results are also in the pipeline. The site says that its core
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    • 178 30 Comdex to comes to town physically and virtually THE communications and information technology show, Comdex/Asia at Singapore Informatics 2001, will be held at the Suntec Exhibition Centre from April 10 -12, 2001. The event will showcase exhibits, keynote addresses, panels, conferences, forums and awards. This series is committed to promoting
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      1203 31  -  Sol E Solomon In 1967, a 19-year-old bank clerk in Christchurch's National Bank tried his hands at programming for a mainframe computer. At 20, Gil Simpson had written the bank's direct banking system which it still uses today. Later, selling his computer programming language, Line, to Burroughs Computers,
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  • SPORTS
    • 537 32 -AFP Spain surprises by going with Ferrero and Costa Davis Cup Spain v Australia but tomorrow's a different day. It's the Davis Cup. "If I go out there and play my game, I'm in with a very good chance," said the 19-year-old Adelaider. "I always seem
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    • 151 32  -  Kelvin Phang TAIWAN'S Chen Chao Sheng is the second day leader at the Cathay Bowl Junior Classic at Safra Tampines after knocking 3,325 pinfalls (207.86 average) yesterday. Overnight leader Shaun Ng of Singapore trails in second after amassing 3,251 pins (203.2), while last year's runner-up Cheryl Soon
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    • 172 32 Reuters KARACHI Inzamam-ul-Haq and Yousuf Youhana surged to unbeaten centuries as Pakistan recovered emphatically from a shaky start against England in the third and final test on Thursday. After losing its first three wickets for 64 in the morning session, Pakistan team reached the close
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    • 420 33  -  Kelvin Phang Roger eyes podium finish in his third Asian X-Games by kelvin@newstoday.com.sg THE difference between competing at the biennial South-east Asia Games and the X-Games is easily described in a three-letter word FUN. So says Roger Koa, who won three gold medals in
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    • 577 34 The Eastern Conference simply stinks NBA EAST v WEST IN all seriousness, who could possibly represent the East in the Finals in June and not get swept away? The Sixers are assuredly the best of the conference, but against the West, they've gotten their
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    • 208 34 Reuters HORNETS 91 PACERS 88 CHARLOTTE Charlotte coach Paul Silas offered no apologies for getting ejected, then flashing an obscene gesture at a referee in Wednesday night's game against Indiana, reported ESPN.com. In fact, Silas thought it was the best thing that could have happened
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    • 378 35  -  -Leonard Thomas THE prospect of Manchester United without Sir Alex Ferguson at the helm is a really frightening thought for many of the Red Army. Unfortunately, that time is fast approaching 18 months and counting. When Manchester United Chief Executive
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    • 503 35  -  Leonard Thomas Red Devils are seven months from our shores but... by leonard@newstoday.com.sg IS Manchester United coming armed with Roy Keane, David Beckham, Jaap Stam, Fabien Barthez and Ryan Giggs? Naturally, that has been the question on everyone's lips ever since the official announcement was
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    • 563 36 Red Devils flex their muscles at the Arnold Schwarzenegger Stadium Champions League Sturm Graz 0 Man United 2 GRAZ Denis Law would surely have been leading the applause for the man who has matched his European landmark of goals, reported Soccernet.com. Although Law's goalscoring record had already been
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    • 312 36 Champions League Panathinaikos 0 Valencia 0 ATHENS Valencia took a deserved point from Panathinaikos after a tight and defensive Champions League 0-0 stalemate on Wednesday, reported Soccernet.com. From the start, Valencia invited the host to attack and was rarely in
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    • 213 37 Galatasary 1 PSG 0 ISTANBUL A penalty from Umit Davala (left) handed Galatasaray a welcome victory over struggling Paris St Germain in its Group B Champions League clash, BBCSport reported. Davala put the Turkish side ahead in the 51st minute after team-mate Mario Jardel
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      478 37 Milan midfielder stops the unbeaten run of Deportivo Champions League AC Milan 1 Deportivo 0 LA CORUNA A first half injury time goal from AC Milan midfielder Thomas Helveg ended Deportivo La Coruna's unbeaten run in the Champions League this season. But, more than that, it has kickstarted
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    • 137 38 Reuters Liverpool cruises through in comfortable win Uefa Cup Liverpool 2 Olympiakos 0 Heskey latched onto Barmby's clever through ball in the 28th minute. He slipped his shot between the legs of goalkeeper Dimitri Eleftheropoulos to put Liverpool ahead 3-2 overall. Barmby sealed victory in the 60th
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    • 213 38 Reuters HAMBURG AS Roma defender Aldair was the inspiration behind the Italian club's 3-0 win over Hamburg in its Uefa Cup third round, second leg tie. The 34-year-old Brazilian scored from a 29th minute corner to break the deadlock in a tightly-contested match and help the
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    • 392 38  -  S. Murali by murali@newstoday.com.sg INDIA'S Arjun Atwal is considered one of the longer hitters on the Davidoff Asian PGA Tour. But in the first round of the Singapore Open yesterday, he found himself consistently out-driven on nearly every hole, and by
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    • 463 39  -  S. Murali He played chip-putt on Island by murali@newstoday.com.sg GOLF these days is all about Tiger Woods-wannabes strutting their stuff around with a youthful vigour that has transformed the face of the sport. Well, yesterday at the 40th edition of the hallowed Singapore Open,
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    • AFTERNOON EDITION
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        290 40 New coach axes some recognised faces in reshuffle ONLY a week into his stint and Singapore's new national coach Jan Poulsen (right) has made the news. His training squad for the World Cup qualifiers, to be announced today, will throw up some major surprises. Out go defenders Tan
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    • 36 41 'Ml woo/! > asl iaV _^—^^mm x.^m\. .^m\ m\.' W <'^^mW^ W- l"jfi .^fl y rjmm^*, l7d# kl A a« Bf ■> v Mm mc m^^^ > B>hl D >A Kan tmsl^^^mm mim'^mmULJMagmu RfJH |jj^^ Today art by puaykoon
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  • shopping
    • 1138 42 The shoppers alternative: T'S the most wonderful time of the year," as the song goes about Christmas. But with the Yuletide festivities requiring so much preparation, it's also arguably the busiest period. You might not even find time to shop for that allimportant party garb? So what's
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      114 44 Crablree Evelyn offers beautiful 'Colours of Christmas' collection of gift sets to pamper you this feafive season. Its Noel Home Fragrance Collection is inspired by the pageantry and flavours of European traditions by blending sophisricatealy Siberian fir, spices, frankincense, cranberry and orange to give you scented candles, potpourri,
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    • 320 44 New age animal Graphic News LONDON When it came to the question of domestic companionship, the world used to divide pretty easily into doggy people and nondoggy people. Not any more. The arrival of AIBO (pronounced eye-bo), Sony's beguiling robotic pet companion robot, has made sentimental anthropomorphists of the most
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    • 240 44 Looking for a new, sophisticated, highend mobile phone to suit your musical and business needs? Siemens presents us its latest luxury mobile phone, the SL4S, which promises the advancements in technology and design. The dual band GSM phone is a mean featherweight machine at 88 grams while packing
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      144 44 Unico has recently launched The Lady Silver, the latest digital cordless phone in the market. This phone digitally encodes speech before transmission, thus ensuring voice quality and privacy so that eavesdropping on the same frequency is not possible. The Lady Silver operates on a high frequency range and
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    • 303 43 ft W-^lffi 0: 3: MIM 0 OUR NEW FANCL HOUSE OUTLETS AT BOON LAY BISHAN! FANCL is one of Japan's leading brands in preservative-free FANCL has been extremely successful in Japan, spanning more cosmetics and food supplements. In 1980, FANCL started than 100 outlets. In Singapore, to complement our outlets
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    • 77 45 i^Guess who's busy H handing out the goodies?! Surprises shopping.yahoo.com.sg __Craq^giveaways at Yahoo! Santa Houses^l |free^ Not-to-be-missed! j H^SB I Children's H j k^ B Wlffllfffffff j Look out for... J Shop and win! j KV £fl Log on now A start your X'mas spree 9: asiasmart.com CO-RAMA Courts ebabyasla
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  • style
    • Article, Illustration
      673 46 THE company named after the Greek Goddess of Victory, Nike, famed by its sport shoes, now breaks new ground, not just in its own backyard but invades apparel and digital equipment with its own form of fusion of sports enhanced by technology coining the term, sports-technolo-gy. Without a
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    • 115 47 IN the mid-80s, Kenji Ikemori, a Japanese entrepreneur founded FANCL and came up with preservative-free skincare product after realising the harmful effects of those with artificial substances. Attempting to protect the vulnerable, drying skin of babies, a gentle baby soap, as well as shampoo and cream were
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    • 239 47 The need for women to reduce their cellulite has led to Expressions' launch of the new Intensive Slimming Ampoules and Babor's Refining Cellulite Treatment. The former is an easy-to-use, D.i.Y ampoule which when opened and applied onto flabby areas gets absorbed quickly into the
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  • travel
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      1243 48  -  Carol Kraal It's one place you want to go back to over and over again. That's Bangkok's weekend market, better known as Chatuchak. And for anyone who loves shopping, get ready for paradise! More than 5,000 stalls at Chatuchak Park next to the Vibhavadi Rangsit Highway gets ready for
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  • food
    • 290 52 PARTY PIMITERS Why bother to cook up a storm when there are such delicious pickings from the stores? For those planning for that special party, our Fresh Food People nave brought us new Party Platters for this season. You can choose to have the Pita Pockets
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      375 53 Icewines golden ambrosia of the cold Canadian winters What is Icewine? It is an increasingly common question among winedrinking Singaporeans who have probably tasted it and were instantly captivated by its honeyed sweetness. Icewine is an extremely rare wine in which grapes are left on the vines well
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    • Where to go CHRISTMAS Dining
      • 253 54 You can chiak and chiak (eat and eat) for the whole month of December at Traders Hotel, and also do your bit for the children of The Club Rainbow by adopting any of the cute stuffed toys decorating the Christmas tree in the hotel's lobby. For a
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      • 133 54 Relish the magic of Christmas with Swensen's golden Roast Turkey, succulent Roast Beef, juicy Pork Ribs, tender Leg Of Lamb, Chicken Pasta Toss and Roast Potato with Chicken Chipolata Swensen's famous ice-creams have gone into their Christmas Ice Cream Logs with Cassata, Sticky Chewy Chocolate, Hazelnut and
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      • 46 54 Enjoy this festive season with authentic hawker fare such as lor bak, laksa, char kway teow and apom balik at the York Hotel whipped up personally by specially-invited hawkers all the way from Penang. For more information, please call *****11 exf J 156.
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      • 219 55 For the whole month of December, The Harbour Grill at The Hilton Singapore proudly presents a most sought-after delicacy of the rich and famous the very rare Golden Caviar. You can also discover other varieties of caviar such as the remarkable Beluga, the subtle Oscietre and the
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      • 122 55 The Intermezzo Restaurant at One Raffles Link has created a sumptuous feast for this Christmas. Their special three-course set lunch .menu has a choice of three main courses with prices from $30 to $34 inclusive of coffee or tea. The delightful five-course set dinner menu features Turkey Galantine
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      • 42 55 At Swensen's latest 24-hour restaurant in Holland Village, you can enjoy their famous delights and sweets at anytime of the day, or night especially for the partygoers during this festive season. Swensen's is located at 251/253 Holland Avenue.
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      • 47 55 Claymore's Cafe in the Meritus Negara features traditional Christmas goodies with oysters, smoked salmon, roast turkey, honey ham and pudding in their Christmas Eve Buffet Dinner, and their alltime favourite Yong Tau Foo Buffet at the Christmas Day Brunch. For more information, please call *****86/*****78.
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  • interior
    • 536 56 For a change, why not have a real live Christmas tree in your house and enjoy the fresh scent of pine needles? IKEA's freshly-cut live Christmas trees have been shipped all the way here in refrigerated containers from the deep forests of Sweden. Upon reaching
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    • 1242 58 Dt Address Built-in Contact Description Bungalow for Sale 05 FaberPk 4000 *****332 Dcrvid,FH,s+l,s 4.50M, nr nan hua sch/nus/MRT/ 05 Moonbeam Wlk 2880 *****396 Chrislina,999,4,s 3.95M, nr sch/cily 10 Coronation Rd West 5500 *****380 Jessie Tan,FH,5-t-2,$ 6.90M, nr sch/coronalion plaza 10 Margoliouth Rd 2200 *****761 Chrts!opher,FH,3+l,s 4.60M, nr holland area 11
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    • 1067 59 Dt Address Built-in Contact Description 5 Rm for Sale 22TahChingRd *****917 nr shop/val+slsk 22 Yung Loh Rd *****388 nr shosp/val+sBk 25 Woodlands *****606 $350K, nr shop 25 Woodlands *****606 $380K, nr shops 25 Woodlands *****076 $325K, nr shop 25 Woodlands *****852 $31 OK, nr shop 25 Woodlonds *****586 nr shops/val+slsk
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  • motoring
    • 98 61 More than 20 prototypes of the MercedesBenz Maybach, the company's forthcoming superluxury car, have been put on the road for practical trials. The top version of the Maybach will be around six metres long that's more than half a metre longer than the current Rolls-Royce Silver
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    • 72 61 The final local motorsports event for the year 2000 the SMSA Tour de Singapour Rallye will be held this Sunday at Kallang carparks B, C and F. A total of 40 cars, including this year's Supergrade Champion Jeff Beaumont's Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 6, will be participating.
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    • 96 61 Hardcore car enthusiasts should not miss www.burnpavement.com, a local site which is said to be 'a tribute to hard drivers, fast cars and the smell of burnt rubber'. Packed with interesting feature articles, stories and driving tips, the site looks very professionally designed and is
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    • 19 63 Check out our motoring section every Friday to select your next car. TfrlYlY To advertise, call 377 5305. JJLfVI
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