Today, 3 November 2001

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    7 1 TODAY Saturday November 3, 2001 MITA(PH3S.; 11/20M
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  • Article
    Who stole our debate?
    660 1  -  Ng Boon Yian and Francis Kan Wasted opportunity as a non-issue dominates by n ews@news tod ay.com. sg COINCIDENCE, bad luck or a deliberate strategy? All the way from last Sunday through Wednesday, the focus of this election campaign was on Dr Chee Soon Juan ranting
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    Lock icon Microsoft to settle at last
    159 1 -Reuters WASHINGTON The case that has been hanging over Microsoft for three years seems to have been finally settled. The US Justice Department said yesterday it had reached a settlement that would impose a "broad range of restrictions" on Microsoft, which was found to have
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      29 1 Elections 2001 Special Edition Today will publish a 24-page Special Edition tomorrow. Get your copy from 9am onwards! See Page 17 to see where you can get a copy
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    Lock icon Shadow PAP
    540 2  -  Ng Hwee Koon Artificial Opposition possible if sweep happens by h weekoon newstoday. com. sg THE PAP-dominated Parliament may soon see some internallygenerated Opposition. Prime Minister Gob Chok Tong outlined his plans for an Alternative Policies Group yesterday, if his party makes a clean sweep of the 84
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    Career not hurt by my brother, says Ms Chee
    178 2 WHILE Singapore Democratic Party chief Chee Soon Juan was strangely subdued at his final rally last night, his sister, Miss Chee Seok Chin, came out fighting. "Being the sister of the chief gangster has not hurt my career," said the former
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    Lock icon Tan's objection overruled
    251 2 Channel NewsAsia THE Elections Department has clarified DPP candidate Tan Lead Shake's claim that he had "spotted a blank" in the name of the electoral division in Health and Second Finance Minister Lim Hng Kiang's nomination form for West Coast GRC. It said that the original Nomination
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    No recounts unless votes are very close
    232 2  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahim UNLIKE previous elections, candidates for today's polls can ask for a recount only if the difference in the vote tally is not more than 2 per cent. Previously, candidates could ask for a recount regardless of the difference in the
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    Lock icon What's new?
    306 3 Chiam says shadow cabinet is just another innovation of PM SINGAPORE Democratic Alliance chairman Chiam See Tong yesterday dismissed Prime Minister Goh Chok long's suggestion of a shadow cabinet as another idea to keep the Opposition out. He also refuted the claim that opposition MPs do not strive
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    Prof Ho on his plans, temple episode and bookies
    375 3  -  S Gulam by gulam@newstoday.com.sg AS the most-hyped battle of this General Election goes to the wire, Associate Professor Ho Peng Kee has a sobering question for the 28,456 voters of Nee Soon East: Do you want to risk it? "This (the
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    140 3 lam trying to A^L bring back, on the eve of these W polls, a sense of f reality. {That is) because we have been talking about so many trivial things that we have forgotten that the world is heading towards a major, unpredictable and growing crisis. Senior Minister Lee Kuan
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    Ultra quiet at Hong Kah
    379 4  -  Tan Hui Leng SDP seems to be concentrating on Jurong by huileng@newstoday.com.sg FOR a constituency that's being contested, Hong Kah GRC is so quiet, you can imagine hearing the voting slip fall into the box as you walk through the estate. Both the incumbent People's
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    Mr Tan makes emotional call for compassion
    282 4  -  Chan Ckao Peh INDEPENDENT candidate for Bukit Timah, Mr Tan Kim Chuang (picture), is a passionate and emotional man. Those qualities have come across clearly in the 106 speeches he has made at Speakers' Corner. And yesterday, as he called the government and
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    Dr Balakrishnan promises to continue speaking his mind
    386 4  -  Leong Phei Phei by pheiphei@newstoday.com.sg AS Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong speaks of the possibility of a clean sweep, there are fears that alternative viewpoints will remain unheard. One PAP candidate, though, says that he will continue to speak his mind. Dr
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    Catch all the election action 'live'
    277 4  -  Elaine Quek TONIGHT from 9pm onwards, catch all the live action of the elections on five of MediaCorp TV's channels, and four of MediaCorp Radio's stations. About 900 MediaCorp staff have been deployed to bring you the thrills and spills of the elections. Starting
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Once a Saint, always a Saint
      272 6  -  Sophia Ang YESTERDAY, the bell at St Andrew's School rang seven times instead of the customary three at assembly. It was the last day of school for the secondary students, and it was also the last day for their principal, Mrs Priscilla Krempl (picture).
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      Cashing out
      325 6  -  Joy Frances Over 130,000 cash their S'pore shares by joy@newstoday.com.sg OVER 130,000 Central Provident Fund (CPF) members cashed out their New Singapore Shares (NSS) yesterday, said the CPF Board. This is 6.6 per cent of the 1,991,000 Singaporeans who were issued New Singapore Shares on Thursday. These Singaporeans
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      Crash bus driver jailed 2 years
      221 6  -  Audra Lint THE SBS bus driver who caused the deaths of two teenage girls along Henderson Road last month was sentenced to two years' imprisonment yesterday. Wong Gion Chin was also disqualified from driving all classes of vehicles for 15 years upon his release.
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  • LETTERS
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      Ever been retrenched?
      237 8  -  Yeo Kok Seng Most election candidates have not gone through this awful experience I AM surprised at how distant some of the election candidates are from the people when they talk about unemployment. I think most of them have never been retrenched, especially candidates who are former
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      Reducing the foreign maid levy is not the answer
      313 8 WE REFER to the letter by Ms Kaajal Mulchand, "Review maid levy, please" (Today Oct 23). Ms Mulchand suggested that the foreign domestic worker (FDW) levy be reduced to help families cope with their expenses with the economic downturn. The FDW
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      We need balance
      69 8  -  Philip Sok I AM an ordinary man with very little education and not eloquent enough to express myself in writing. For people like myself, our hopes rest on our team of non-partisan intelligentsia to come up with value-added viewpoints to rectify the dominance by a particular group
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      Upgrading? Better to provide food coupons
      136 8  -  Lee Tkien Poh THE Government keeps talking about the upgrading of HDB and private estates during the recession. I wonder how many citizens, especially those who are affected, will really appreciate a new garden, new lighting, or lift stops at every floor. They already
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      Out of work? Swallow your pride and go drive a taxi
      108 8  -  Tan Yan Ren THE Government can and must help the jobless and those retrenched during this period of recession. However, jobless Singaporeans must help themselves even while they are seeking help from the Government. There are many jobs out
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      Bus stop gutters are regularly checked to prevent dengue risk
      242 8 I REFER to the letter, "Dengue risk at bus stops" by Mr See Leong Kit (Today, Oct 24). We would like to inform Mr See that the Ministry of the Environment (ENV) has a regular programme to check bus stops
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      115 8 Reach us at TbDW Letters New Products To advertise Want to get something off your chest? Showcase your new product. Let your business associates know who's on 280,000 copies are printed daily, Monday Write to us with your views. Give us your Send us a concise description including price, your
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      The right network
      499 10  -  Ivay Tan Govt projects buffer Datacraft rivals' business by i vay @news today, com. sg THE woes of systems integrator Datacraft Asia are unlikely to affect its ma inboard-listed rivals like Singapore Computer Systems (SCS) and Frontline Technologies Holdings, analysts said. They said that while Datacraft derived
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      Lock icon China to join Asean FTA
      245 10 AFP BRUNEI The world's largest free-trade area (FTA), with China and Asean nations as partners, will get the green light soon. China's Prime Minister, Mr Zhu Rongji, and Asean leaders are expected to agree on the plan at their meeting in Brunei next week, reports
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      Lock icon M'sia Airlines in tie-up with Garuda
      107 10 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia Airlines yesterday announced a tieup with Garuda Indonesia to boost cargo business at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport. The Malaysian carrier, in a statement, said this would allow the two airlines to jointly offer competitive and effective air cargo transportation
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      Lock icon CityDev hotel units business hard hit
      203 10 Channel NewsAsia LISTED property heavyweight City Developments says its unit, Millennium Copthorne (M&C), is expected to enjoy substantially lower profits in the second half of the year than it did in the first half of the year. This comes after M&C estimates significantly lower
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      Lock icon Taiwan chip output for 2001 to fall 26.6%
      148 10 AFP TAIPEI Taiwan's semiconductor industry is expected to suffer a worse-than-expected contraction in output this year as global demand tumbled in the wake of the terror attacks in the United States, analysts said. The Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) projected this year's
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      Lock icon New will to talk trade
      68 10 Reuters UNITED States Deputy Trade Representative Jon Huntsman said yesterday that the Sept 11 attacks had helped create a strong political will towards launching a new round of world trade liberalisation talks later this month. The World Trade Organisation is to meet in Doha, Qatar,
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      Your S$l buys...
      28 10 US$ 0.5461 Rupiah IUK£ 0.3727 8aht Yen 66.477 Peso HK$ 4.2596 A$ RM 2.0752 Rupee Euro 0.6040 Won 5810.6 24.424 28.378 1.0758 26.209 707.03 IIBIIM1HHHBBBBB
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      Condominium comeback
      477 11  -  Lee Yew M eng New projects launched despite downturn by ye wme ng@news today, com.sg only make the 20 per cent downpayment. The remaining amount is to be paid when the Temporary Occupation Permit is obtained. Lilydale's developer, CPL Land, said it is also absorbing the stamp duty
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      Optimistic outlook
      276 12 Up to 5% growth: Fund houses DESPITE the prediction of gloom by government and private sector economists, 11 fund houses here polled by financial portal, dollarDEX, are bullish on Singapore's future. The fund houses, which manage over $1 billion of Singaporeans' assets, are more optimistic on Singapore's economic
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    • Market News
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        Singapore
        159 12 THE Singapore market ended at 1341.57, down 5.94 points. For the week, the key index lost 70 points or five per cent. Losers outpaced gainers about 1.5 to one while 358 counters remained unchanged. Volume was anaemic on 220 million shares valued at $275 million with one-third contributed by
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        Malaysia
        91 12 SHARE prices on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange closed flat yesterday after some technical buying lifted the index to briefly test the 600 psychological level. The big blues closed mixed for the day, while the lower liners continued to make up most of the day's trading volume. Some 217,479
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      Lock icon America's PR counterstrikes
      310 14 The New War/no pause photo WASHINGTON With America fast losing its public relations war, the United States and Britain have set up news "war rooms" in Washington, London and Islamabad. Their purpose is to "provide accurate and timely information on the war against terrorism to the international
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      US bites the fast bullet
      588 14  -  Elisia Yeo Why there will be no military pause despite Ramadan by eli sia@n ews to d ay.com.sg ceasefire was not a viable option because there was no suggestion that the Taliban or Al Qaeda would stop fighting during the period. "If the US stopped,
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      What the regional papers said yesterday ...
      193 14 What the regional papers said yesterday The Star /Malaysia Dam bombed US air raids crippled Afghanistan's biggest hydroelectric dam complex, cutting electricity to two cities in the Taliban's southern heartland, just weeks before winter sets in. The Jakarta Post/Indonesia Megawati paints grim economic picture President Megawati Sukarnoputri admitted on Thursday
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      WAR ECHOES
      269 14 KARACHI Pakistan's biggest-selling dailyjang, has been hit by anthrax, prompting the closure of its editorial section. Editor Mahmood Sham said about 80 staff members had been put on a 60-day course of antibiotics after tests confirmed that the white powder sent to a reporter last week in an
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      2058 12 Fund Name Bid Prke/NAV Offer Me Deutsche Asset Management (Asia) HSBC North-AmeriaFn Growth Fvnd 7.207 7.627 Infinity Euro Sloth Index Fund 0.758 Sdirader Bnlannil Growth Fund 0.9S 1 Deulsche Asia Premier Trust 0.836 0,8985 HSBC Pan- Eurg Growth fund 8.97 9.493 Infinity Globs I Slock Index Fund 0.75) Schroder Euro
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Extortionists hit Perth
      172 15 -AFP PERTH Asian businesses are paying thousands of dollars as protection money to extortion rackets operating in Western Australia. The West Australian newspaper reported yesterday that hired thugs had been targeting restaurants and retail outlets. The racketeers recognise each other's operations and usually stay away from rivals'
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      Lock icon Bomoh Mona hanged
      152 15 Reuters KUALA LUMPUR-The attractive bomoh of Malaysia, Mona Fandey, was hanged yesterday. Her husband, Mohamed Affandi Abdul Rahman, and their helper, Juraimi Hussin, also went to the gallows for the murder in 1993 of Pahang State Assemblyman, Datuk Mazlan Idris. "All three have undergone their sentence as
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      Lock icon Thais cry foul after murder suspect vanishes
      235 15 Agencies BANGKOK When a military officer, who is also the son of a prominent Thai MP, vanished after being accused of murder, tongues inevitably started to wag. The Thai media and social activists were quick to highlight the case involving Army Sub-Lieutenant Duangchalerm
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Time to develop You Inc
      1139 16  -  Dr Mike Teng while Singapore companies should work to reinvent themselves by_ FEEDBACK and response to the offBudget measures have been actively sought and published in recent weeks. The Marketing Institute of Singapore supports these measures as they are timely. However, it has also been
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  • UPFRONT
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      Life is like a game of chess
      671 17  -  Sian Jay You can ponder and play at this exhibition by THE giant chessboards that make up Chng Seok Tin's solo exhibition are the artist's way of making us consider life, which she regards as being like a game of chess. "I suppose
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      222 18 {129,073 voters) rm^ fif bauring Chua Chu Kang. Anchored by PAP 1 ST*-* M Kt w Communications and il f g *^Ki > Minister YeoCheow VO o hn Chen a m c "Xhmad Khalis Amy Khor f. I J_i Ttong. It w aS contested Yeo Cheow Ibng Ang Mo.g Seng
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      429 19 Aver Rajah (18,475 voters) Chua Chu Kang (24,863 voters) Hougang [23,320 voters) A PAP stronghold where the immensely popular Dr Tan Cheng Held by PAP's Low Scow Chay since 1988. It saw a three-cor- Workers' Party's Low Thia Khiang wrested this from the PAP Bock has stood since 1980. In
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  • WEEKENDSTYLE
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      Lock icon The year of the boot?
      173 20 ■Reuters NEW YORK If you buy just one thing for yourself this season, it must be a pair of boots. This is the unanimous opinion of footwear manufacturers, retailers and the fashion press in the West. Vogue magazine reported that boots were shown by every
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      Lock icon The plaid fad
      292 20 Stars flock to the new Burberry store in Beverly Hills BEVERLY HILLS Plaid is still a hot fad in Hollywood, USA Today reported. There is no mistake about it, judging from the celebrities who turned up at the grand opening party for a new Burberry store, this
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    • LIMELIGHT
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        Michelle's sorrow
        394 21  -  Jenny Kong Lawsuit, financial troubles take their toll on local singer by j e nny newstoday. com. sg first press conference to tell her side of the story at her lawyers' office yesterday. Michelle, who looked like she had lost a little weight dressed in her black sweater
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        Tough work in F4's meteoric rise
        361 21  -  Serene Foo by sere ne @news to d ay.com. sg TERRY Yan woke his I dancing instructor at 4am to practise for his band's first concert in Taiwan recently. His manager, Mr Jiang Yipeng, revealed that the 24--year-old hunk of Taiwan's boyband-of-the-moment, F4, was
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    • FAMILY
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        Creative child
        520 22  -  Lorn a Whiston Help your kid explore the realms of his imagination by lorna@lornawhiston.com.sg WHY is creative writing important to your child's development? After all, in primary school at least, most of the writing your child will be required to do is in the form of a structured
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        Grandparents — short on criticism and long on love
        330 22  - Grandparents short on criticism and long on love Tan Kong Wee by kongwe e ©pacific, net.sg IT is often said that when grandparents enter through the door, discipline flies out of the window. But I think this may be the exception rather than the rule. No doubt many grandparents have
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        Long way to go dad!
        428 22  -  Adelia Wong BabyTalk bar. MOST men take pride in their ability to handle all kinds of situations. For some, nothing is beyond them. That is until they stumble into the realm of fatherhood. My husband Alex never sees himself as a know-all. But his level
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    • HEALTH
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        Prevention is the key
        261 23  -  Rachel Lo Diabetes affects one in 10 adult Singaporeans by rach e l@n ews to d ay.c o m .sg DIABETES affects 120 to 140 million people worldwide, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). It's a chronic disease that's either hereditary or a result of
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        Lock icon Sunshine vitamin D trims diabetes risk
        284 23 Reuters LONDON Making sure that babies and young children get enough vitamin D reduces their risk of developing diabetes, scientists said yesterday. Type 1 diabetes, which starts at an early age, has been associated with a deficiency of vitamin D, the so-called sunshine vitamin,
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      • Article
        No longer the hard way
        261 23 TIRED of wearing glasses and uncomfortable contact lenses? SofLens, a new range of contact lenses by Bausch Lomb, might just be the solution to your problems. As no one pair of contact lenses is perfect for any individual, it's important to ensure you find the
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      • Article
        World Diabetes Day Singapore 2001
        231 23 DIABETES ON THE BALANCE MANAGING YOUR WEIGHT A full day of talks and activities tomorrow. Fee: Free Venue: Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre, Suntec City TALKS At the Auditorium: "Obesity what can you do about it?" Time: I lam (English) "The myths of a
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  • MOTORING
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      Dream showcase in Japan
      905 24  -  Colin Yong Concept cars reign at the Tokyo Motor Show as manufacturers let their imagination roll by DESPITE scaled-down displays and presentations from most of the participating major car manufacturers, the 2001 Tokyo Motor Show is drawing a healthy number of visitors. It's the 35th time
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      128 26 AFP BOMBAY Indian film stars Salman Khan and Chunkey Pandey (picture) appeared in a Bombay court on Thursday as witnesses in the long-run-ning case relating to the 1997 murder of film producer Gulshan Kumar. Pandey expressed ignorance of any information related to Kumar's murder, while Khan
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      407 26 A PORNOGRAPHIC-anime parody of Star Wars has gotten George Lucas all hot under the collar and raised issues of acceptable limits of parody and satire. According to the Associated Press, Lucasfilm has sued New York-based Media Market Group Ltd for copyright and trademark infringement, saying
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      170 26 -AFP AUGSBURG (Germany) Seven German film lovers have broken the world record for movie watching by clocking 60 hours and 15 minutes before the silver screen, a movie theatre company in this southern German city said. The troupe emerged bleary-eyed on Wednesday evening for
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      550 27 -Reuters Director's wait for China's censors leads to Beijing Rocks HONG KONG Local director Mabel Cheung (picture, bottom) camped outside Beijing's film censorship office for a month in 1995 to plead with bureaucrats over their decision to cut out a large chunk of her epic,
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      608 29 Asian Children's Festival Philippines Children's Illustrators Exhibition Showcasing the best of children's book illustrations published in the Philippines. Date: Till Nov 11 Time: Noon to 9pm Venue: Wood lands Regional Library Entry: Free Enquiries: Call Kiran Shah at 447 3320 Children's Drama Fiesta Don't miss the many exciting
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      338 29 With tales, drama, films and workshops STIMULATE your child's thirst for learning and encourage their appreciation of Asian heritage let them join in the activities at the Asian Children's Festival (ACF) this month. Last Thursday, the National Library Board {NLB) launched ACF 2001. Encouraged by last year's success,
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      1373 28 Afewt ?V A* Blood Money Channel 5, km Elections 2001, Live channels, Moments of Endearment Concert for New York ■nj|<mWj| When $4 mil- thaiinei 3- Sl ™< Vasantham Central, Channel U, Bpm c(innne l 5( TomorroW( 2.30pm siif»3B I lion and five Channel NewsAsia, 9pm Zhiwei increases his liking for
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      816 30 -AFP World Series Yankees 3 Diamondbacks 2 Series shifts to Phoenix with Arizona now in a must-win situation in Game 6 NEW YORK This is an entire team of Mr Octobers and Mr Novembers and Mr Can-You-Believe-Its and Mr Amazings. Maybe you saw it on television. Maybe you heard
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      316 30 Agencies NBA Atlanta 88 Washington 98 31 points from Jordan helps Wizards win on the road ATLANTA This is why Michael Jordan came back. No, it wasn't for a chance to fly through the air with his tongue
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      783 31 -AFP Barca's recent track record suggests Real should be a little worried Primera Liga Real Madrid v Barcelona live onCh24 3am, Monday MADRID Most of the world's great derbies are same-city affairs, but the bitter rivalry between Barcelona and Real Madrid stretches over nearly half of Spain.
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      411 31 -AFP BLOEMFONTEIN India, frustrated by rain and lack of match practice, faces an uphill struggle when it takes on South Africa in the first Test at Springbok Park here today. The Indians arrived in the central South African city
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      407 31 -AFP MILAN Misfiring northern giants Juventus, AC Milan and Inter Milan will hope to avoid further banana skins when they meet supposedly inferior Italian first division opposition this weekend, Serie A newcomer Chievo has surprised everyone including itself by taking a four-point lead
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      The Cup's not going anywhere, says Home
      403 32  -  Stanley Ho NTUC Income Singapore Cup THE climax to a thrilling NTUC Income S-League season will see league champion Geylang Utd take on the defending Singapore Cup champion Home Utd tomorrow. Will Geylang complete the double or can Home erase the heart-wrenching loss
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      Skipper Subramani: losing is simply not an option'
      378 32  -  Stanley Ho "WE JUST do not think of losing," said Home United captain S. Subramani yesterday. And, in a chilling warning to his teammates, the 29-year-old stopper said that failure will not be an option for Home United tomorrow. "Yes, our title
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      347 33  -  Stanley Ho Home Utd v Geylang, 7.30pm Sunday, National Stadium JANG JUNG still says his pocket seems a little empty. This despite a league championship medal already in his possession. Admittedly, the Geylang United head coach could be tagged a little greedy, for he wants
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      Yap's a step away from his dream
      364 33  -  Stanley Ho by Stanley ©newstod ay. com. sg AS A young lad serving his national service and playing for SAFFC, Winston Yap never dreamt that he would one day emulate his then captain, Nazri Nasir and lift the S-League championship trophy. But now,
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      Just another test for Ferguson
      786 34 Scotsman will look to silence all doubters at Anfield tomorrow by Leonard Thomas leonard ©newstoday. com. sg live on Ch 23 7.20pm tomorrow THE refrain echoing all around Merseyside since the turn of the year has been "we're back". Not from the long-suffering Evertonians, of
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      513 34 Agencies Champions League GENEVA Manchester United and Bayern Munich, who met in the memorable 1999 European Cup final and in last season's quarter-finals, were drawn in the same second phase group of this season's Champions League here yesterday. Bayern
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      Mass clear out at Woodlands
      373 35  -  Jose Raymond by j ose@newstod ay.com. sg AFTER finishing at the bottom of the table in the 2001 NTUC Income S-League, Woodlands Wellington is set to purge its current squad. Only four senior players out of 20 will survive the chop. Today understands that letters
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      205 35  -  Stanley Ho GET ready for some fast and furious tackling this weekend at the Singapore Cricket Club Rugby Sevens. This year's SCC Sevens, held at the Padang today and tomorrow, will see 23 teams trying to break defending champion Taradales' stranglehold
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