Today, 23 November 2001, Afternoon Edition

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  • 7 1 Frid&Y November 23, 2001 MITA(P) 063/11/2001 TODAY
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
    • 122 1 Agencies LONDON European bourses closed modestly higher yesterday as technology and media stocks returned to favour. But business was slow as leading stockmarket Wall Street closed for Thanksgiving Day. In London, the FTSE 100 index gained 32.1 points, or 0.61 per cent, to finish at 5,345.9
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    • 1121 1  -  Ng Boon Yian Slowly but surely, the Premier is preparing the nation for a new era by boonyian@newstodayxom.sg AT 60, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong would be considered by many of his peers, at home and abroad, as a relatively young leader who still has many
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  • HOT NEWS
    • 360 2  -  Lee Ching Wern Top woman entrepreneur came from poor family by I ch ingwe rn@n ewsto d ay. c o m .sg A "NEVER-SAY-DIE" attitude helped Ms Doris Phua-Chearn Siew Hua (picture), winner of the 4th Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (ASME) Woman Entrepreneur of the
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    • 154 2 A VIRUS, which arrives as an attachment called BinLaden_Brasil.exe, has been detected. It exploits a vulnerability in Internet Explorer 5.01/5.5 (but not 5.01 with Service Pack 2), according to anti-virus maker Sophos. The subject of the e-mail is related to the conflict in
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    • 334 3 Agencies Taliban launch attack in Kabul MAIDAN SHAR (Afghanistan) The Taliban staged the first of their muchthreatened guerrilla war yesterday in the capital, Kabul. About 600 rogue Taliban elements descended from the hills of Maidan Shar, about 20km south-west of Kabul, to open fire at the Northern Alliance.
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    • 233 3 ISLAMABAD Pakistan has decided to close the Taliban's embassy in Islamabad, cutting the militia's last formal diplomatic contact with the world, the Foreign Ministry announced yesterday. Spokesman Aziz Ahmad Khan said Pakistan had been cutting back the Taliban's missions as the Islamic militia progressively lost control of Afghanistan.
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    • 92 3 AFP ZAMBOANGA (Philippines) A judge yesterday ordered the arrest of Mr Nur Misuari, the alleged leader of a bloody revolt on the southern island of Jolo. Mr Misuari, 60, was charged with rebellion and faces a 20-year jail term if convicted. Earlier reports from the Philippines
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    • 302 4  -  Tan Hui Leng SIA and NGH get together on travel health by h ui le ng@ne wsto da y. c o m.sg SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) and the National Healthcare Group (NHG) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) yesterday to work together on aviation health and medical
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    • 243 4 TIBS Taxis is firing the first salvo in battling poor business by cutting its flag-down fare by 10 cents and doing away with the $2 after 11.30pm booking fee. It hopes these changes, starting January, will encourage more people to take its cabs. This move
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    • 182 4 LOYAL shoppers can look forward to being rewarded in a loyalty programme when Turf City Shopping Mall opens its doors at the end of the year. Customer relationship management services consultants, SurfGold, and Community Planet a member-club marketing specialist will collaborate to implement and
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    • 58 4 Vin A TSokia 83 lO at Carina Square Turn to page 1 2 FeaturingToday... UpFront 38 Mr India's turn to take centrestage in world beauty quests :P. 43 Languish in Langkawi £6 Jan Dara is more than just naked bodies (above) y Listings 72 TiimeOut 73 Fine wines and grilled
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 278 6 Leong Phei Phei RESULTS of a year-long clinical trial on the first oral medication for balding men are finally out. Thirteen pairs of Singaporean and Korean twins took part in the Asia Pacific Twin Challenge which was sponsored by Merck
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    • 522 6  -  Joy Frances Teenager did not want to kill with child around by joy @newstoday. com. sg THE 15-year-old teenager who allegedly killed former website designer Anthony Ler's wife said Ler told him to commit the crime even if it was to be done
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    • 90 6 SINGAPORE'S "Father of Pathology", Professor K Shanmugaratnara, received the inaugural Lee Foundation-NHG Lifetime Achievement award last night. The award comprises a citation, a crystal trophy and $10,000 cash. Prof Shanmugaratnam, 80, has been a professor of pathology since 1960, and has been credited for putting Singapore
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    • 259 8 The $5 contract Woo Sue-Ann HOME-OWNERS can now use a new standard agreement drafted by the Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) to protect themselves against dishonest renovation contractors. The public can buy this contract for $5 and use it as a yardstick when they sign agreements with renovation contractors. Case
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    • 306 8  -  Tan Howe Yang Sembawang Park is latest to be adopted by howey ang@ne wsto day, eo m.sg THE Service Quality Centre here plans to mix work and play with a healthy dose of nature thrown in. This is possible with its adoption of the Sembawang Park.
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    • 372 9  -  Cathleen Tung SMRT launches its courtesy awareness programme for commuters by cathleen@newstoday.com.sg COURTEOUS commuters are what the SMRT is after. The company's annual courtesy campaign has been relaunched as a courtesy awareness programme, with the objective of promoting courtesy as a way of life for all commuters.
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    • 123 10 Gillian Wong THE ramps are too steep, there are no lifts and the swimming pool for hydrotherapy is above ground. That is the current state of the building in which 139 children with multiple disabilities go to at the Asian Women's Welfare Association (AWWA)
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    • 158 10 DESPITE the hard times, Microsoft Singapore and the Boys Brigade are spurred to give more. And it's not just cold cash they are doling out. Said Microsoft Singapore's managing director, Ms Natasha Kwan: "People need more support at times like this, but it's not
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    • 470 10  -  Ng Hwee Koon Newer Asean members on learning trip by h weekoon® ne wstoday, co m. sg IF you have been to Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam, you will know that food and water hygiene can be a problem in these countries. In August, more than
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  • LETTERS
    • 305 12  - Picky, demanding and out of work Wong Teck Tian Unemployed workers need to change mindset THE unemployment rate has increased and the Government has reminded workers to lower their expectations when they seek employment. From my conversations with friends, I get the impression that there are still people in Singapore
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    • 225 12  -  R Raymond I REFER to the Elections Department response to Mr Chan Soey Meng's letter about serialised voting ballots in Singapore (Today, Novl9). In it, the head of the Elections Department, Mr Robin Chan, said Canada used the same serial number method to ensure
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    • 230 12  -  Oei Khoen Hwa I REFER to the article, "Flight detour" {Today, Nov 20). Recently, several Singapore Airlines (SIA) planes encountered long delays that lasted until the next day. It also involved putting up passengers in hotels overnight. As far as I know, this month
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    • 253 14  -  Kathleen Kwan One thinking Singaporean's view I DISAGREE with Mr See Leong Kit in his letter, "Hard to bond with resentment" (Today, Nov 22). He said "many thinking Singaporeans do not know of any other political party in the world that goes through
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    • 97 14 I REFER to Mr Chiang Ky's letter, "City dwellers' safety in question" (Today, Nov 20). We wish to assure Mr Chiang that at Changi Airport, all arriving and departing flights keep clear of densely-populated areas. Their flight paths are generally over the sea. The Civil Aviation
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    • 162 14 I REFER to the letters "Frog bashing" by Ms Christina Phillips (Today, Nov 16) and "Frog bashing issue" by Ms Deirdre Moss (Today, Nov 19). We would like to thank them for their feedback. The Agri-food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) agrees that the slaughter
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    • 199 14 him Choo Beng SINCE the Sept 11 terrorist attacks in the US, the crude oil price has lost about 40 per cent of its value, coming down from US$2B ($5l) to US$l7 per barrel. Yet, pump prices are still high here in Singapore. When
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    • 178 14 Chu Siu Bun I LIVE at Blk 628, Jurong West Street 65, and our flat overlooks a basketball court. Since we moved in two years ago, we have been kept awake frequently at night by unruly people playing basketball, cycling, shouting and generally making a
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
    • 263 17 Bloomberg SembCorp, Keppel can't agree SEMBCORP Industries and Keppel Corp, two of Singapore's largest diversified companies, said they have ceased merger talks because they could not reach acceptable terms. Last month, the two companies said they were in talks to merge parts of their business, including their
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    • Market Watch
      • 66 17 L&M Group Investments, a Singapore-based engineering company, will buy a6O per cent stake in an Indonesian natural gas processing and transmission plant for US$l5.2 million ($2B million). The company will pay sl million cash and issue 185 million new shares at $0.14 each to fund
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      • 61 17 CONSTRUCTION group BBR Holdings says its subsidiary, Singapore Piling and Civil Engineering, will be participating in a US$l4O million ($258 million) expressway project in South Korea. The project will be implemented by Daejon Riverside Expressway Company, in which Singapore Piling has a33 per cent stake. DRECL won
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      • 70 17 THE Sesdaq-listed publisher, Panpac Media.com, is closing its travel portal, ZingAsia.com. This is the result of uncertainties arising from the delay in implementing an agreement with creditors. The closure is also due to the gloomy outlook for airlines and the travel industry. Panpac Media.com has already made
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      • 73 17 GLOBAL ratings agency Moody's has downgraded DBS Bank's financial rating to reflect the worsening risk profile of Southeast Asia's biggest lender. Its revised rating from "B" to "B-"reflects "the moderate increase in the bank's risk profile that is likely to continue developing in coming years, despite the
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    • 98 17 THE High Court has sanctioned the proposed merger between transport operators Tibs Holdings and SMRT Corp. In a statement to the Singapore Exchange (SGX), bus company Tibs said the scheme is expected to become effective on or about Dec 11. The last day of
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    • Article, Illustration
      290 18  -  Ivay Tan Self-contained shophouses ideal for young professionals by ivaycgnewstoday.com.sg MAINBOARD-LISTED Straits Trading yesterday unveiled plans to build 81 "Live/Work" units (picture) at China Square Central the first such private sector project to be approved by the Urban Redevelopment Authority. The project, bounded by Cross Street, Pickering
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    • 166 18 Bloomberg MPH Ltd, a Singapore-based bookseller controlled by real estate developer Simon Cheong, said it sold its hotel and country club unit in the United Kingdom (UK). The property was sold for £4.3 million ($11.19 million). The transaction is "in line with the group's
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    • 250 18 CHINA Aviation Oil (Singapore), or Caosco, plans to raise $80 million to $95 million through its initial public offering (IPO), a banking source close to the deal said yesterday. The IPO is expected to be launched on Monday, the source told Dow Jones Newswires. The oil
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    • 128 18 OSIM International, which markets healthcare products, has posted a 22 per cent rise in net profit to $7,6 million for the nine months ended Sept 30, led mainly by sales in China and Malaysia. Turnover increased 24 per cent to $123.5 million, led by a jump
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    • 166 20 -AFP BEIJING Chinese airlines have lost over two billion yuan {$423 million) in the global slump worsened by the Sept 11 attacks on the United States, state media said yesterday. The huge losses have come about due to higher insurance costs, missed
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    • 393 20 Reuters DESPITE Asia's sluggish economies, the region's appetite for new mobile technology will continue to offer huge growth opportunities for handset giants like Nokia and Motorola, analysts said. Competition between Finland's Nokia, the world's largest phone maker, and its closest rival, US-based Motorola, is set
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    • 507 22 Bloomberg More business for mortgage banks as economy slows clown NEW YORK Mortgage banks are demanding more work hours from employees, adding night shifts and hiring more workers to keep up with a record boom in loan refinancing. The boom is a result of interest rates
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    • 584 24 Bloomberg Korean companies may join in to get a slice of the action SEOUL Samsung Corp and other Korean contractors may bid for a role in a US$6.5 billion ($11.39 billion) effort to rebuild Afghanistan, undeterred by unprofitable forays in Libya and Iraq that left the
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    • 1871 24 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS (All prices are indicative) Fund No me Bid Prke/NAV Olfer Price :url( Aberdeen Asset Management Asia Ltd Aberdeen Chirs Opportunities Fund 0.B9B 0.944 Aberdeen Global IINC Fund I}.60S 0.699 Aberdeen Global lerhuology Fucxf 0.533 0.561 Aberdeen UK Blue Chip Fund 0741 0.779 Aberdeen American Opportunities Fund 0.750
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    • 288 26  -  Chan Chao Peh Bringing e-business to SMEs by i chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg WHILE it is common for small and medium enterprises {SMEs) to use PCs for tasks like e-mail and spreadsheets, they have yet to integrate business processes using software applications. There is a "mindset change" to overcome, said
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    • Market News
      • 203 26 SINGAPORE shares dipped lower on profit-taking yesterday given the subdued institutional interest in blue chips with the US on Thanksgiving holiday. Market interest was mainly confined to China-related stocks. The STI index retreated 14.07 points to the psychological support of 1451.13. For every stock that rose, about two fell
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      • 18 26 THE Kuala Lumpur stock market was closed yesterday because of the funeral of the late Malaysian King.
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 360 28 Agencies Second mad-cow case found in Japan TOKYO In what would be the first mass slaughter of cows in the country, Japan's farm ministry yesterday said it might kill all of the 5,000-odd cows that had been fed meat-and-bone meal (MBM). The announcement came a
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    • 201 28 Agencies TAIPEI Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian is confident his party will win next week's legislative polls and offered to form a broad-based post-election alliance with opposition parties to break a parliamentary gridlock. But the island's two biggest opposition parties, the Nationalist Party and the
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    • 146 28 THOUSANDS of Malaysians offered prayers for their late King at the capital's national mosque yesterday, the day after he died. Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said yesterday that Malaysia had lost "a very good King" and was one of the first to sign the condolence book at
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    • 324 30 Agencies JAKARTA The death of Irian Jaya's independence leader, Theys Hiyo Eluay, 64, was murder, the province's police chief confirmed yesterday. Jakarta, however, has only classified the death as "unnatural". Mr Eluay was found dead in a car in a ravine
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    • 85 30 -AFP WASHINGTON Smokers, in a county in the US, already chased out of offices and public spaces, now face stiff fines for smoking at home if it offends their neighbours. If one lights a cigarette at home in Montgomery County, Maryland, and the fumes waft into
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    • 101 30 -AFP JAKARTA A Muslim hardline group said yesterday it smashed liquor bottles during raids on two Jakarta nightspots that refused to close during the fasting month of Ramadan. About 100 members of the Front for the Defenders of Islam raided a cafe and a bar on Wednesday
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    • 349 32 Agencies Opposition elects young, left-leaning leader SYDNEY Hoping to revitalise the party after its third federal electoral defeat this month, Australia's main opposition Labor Party yesterday elected the left-leaning Mr Simon Crean (picture, right) as its leader to replace Mr Kim Beazley. The party's federal parliamentary caucus
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    • 122 32 -AFP LONDON Two suspected dissident Irish Republicans were charged on Wednesday in connection with an 18-month bombing campaign on the British mainland, anti-terrorist police said. On Wednesday, Scotland Yard said one man had been charged with causing explosions outside the BBC headquarters in west London, on
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    • 179 32 BANGKOK A law imposing a 10pm curfew on young people is at the centre of a new row in Thailand. Interior Minister Purachai Piumsombun wants to revive the 1972 law, which bars people under 18 from staying outdoors after 10pm without parental supervision, the
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    • 400 34  -  Mr Nur Misuari. -AFP Five-year peace in southern Philippines shattered by rebellion MANILA A peace deal, signed in 1996 between, the government and Muslim rebels in the Philippines, is now in tatters and has pushed the country into a critical stage, analysts said. Officials blame the
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    • 631 36  -  Sisyphus DRY ICE by Historical perspectives bring into question the hullabaloo over Aids FRENCH surgeon Guy de Chauliac vividly described the dreaded disease: "The first (form) lasted two months, manifesting itself as an intermittent fever accompanied by spitting of blood, from which people died in three days.
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    • 787 38  -  Sudeshna Sarkar In addition to M^ the Manhunt International title, he has also won the award for the best national costume as well the best evening suit award. This is the first time India has made a dent in this contest since its participation from 1994. Mr
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  • 668 50 Pearls harboured Japanese fashion queens go fake /Reuters TOKYO Japan's fickle female shoppers are rediscovering a taste for pearls. But forget the famed jewellery their grandmothers cherished. Today's fashion queens prefer quantity over quality, and imitation over authenticity. For the shopaholics in Tokyo's hip Shibuya district, long strings of fake
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  • Article, Illustration
    226 52 FLORENCE TAN Florence visited Mauritius in March and has been in love with the place ever since, went for an underwater walk and touched the coral reef and fishes for the first time!" she gushed. The beach, with "very clean and white sand" and "water so clear you
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    • 258 54 /Cathleen Tung It was after a hectic week of work that I arrived at Amrita Spa with a lethargic body, topped with a heavy head and bleary eyes. I was to experience the Tranquil Priority Package, which promises to "liberate your body and mind of all tension" something I
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      258 55 /Veronica Nathan Perfect timing. Stimulating sensation. Invigorating moment. Know what I mean? Try just being and not doing. Perfect timing: After my recent 21-day vacation overseas, work seemed dreary in comparison. It was time to oil my oxidised body and soul, and Amrita Spa's Festive Packages came at the
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    100 56 This Canada-born artist has been captivated by China since he visited the country for work in April. "Beijing and Shanghai are totally different yet both are enchanting. One is full of cultural and historical references that show the past of China; the other is like a model of
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    297 56 ANDREA DE CRUZ The eloquent host of All Change had a "very memorable" experience on her recent trip to Bangkok she lost her mother (left) at the crowded Chatuchak Market! Still she enjoyed herself tremendously, her "ultimate favourite" being the smoked coconuts sold by hawkers on pushcarts. "They're
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  • 175 64 /Reuters What does it feel like to wear a multi-million dollar bra? Supermodel Heidi Klum says of the US$l2.5 million ($22.8 million) bra, which is lined with platinum instead of fabric: "At first, it feels a little cold. Then, it warms up with the body heat." Klum
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    • 618 66  -  Serene Foo Focus on the sex scenes and you could miss the plot FILM REVIEW Jail DarO R(A) (Now showing) I MiAI film/d!« Dara is not about X Christy Chung (picture). But after the recent brouhaha over her titillating pictorial, it's not surprising that many
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    • 115 67 Reuters/Variety KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian nightclubs and cinemas closed on Wednesday and the opening of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone was delayed as Malaysians began mourning the death of their King. Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah died at a Kuala Lumpur hospital shortly before noon
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    • 150 67 -AFP BANGKOK Thai movie-goers will have to conjure up an extra 20 baht (82 cents) to see British boy sorcerer Harry Potter when the magical film bearing his name opens here next week, a report said yesterday. Tickets for the film, which opens in 120 theatres
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    • 320 67 Reuters/Variety Potter matches Phantom's five-day box-office tally LOS ANGELES What do the boy wizard Harry Potter and pint-sized Jedi knight Anakin Skywalker have in common? They're both young heroes of the only two movies in history to gross US$lOO million ($182.3 million) in just five days.
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    • 352 68 AFP HONG KONG A delegation from Hong Kong's film industry is to visit Beijing to persuade the Chinese authorities to ease curbs on the territory's films, an official from the Motion Picture Industry Association (MPIA) said yesterday. Woody Tsung, MPIA executive director, said that
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    • 275 68 -Agencies Nair's film the ticket at Mumbai film festiva MUMBAI Indian director Mira Nair's award winning film, Monsoon Wedding, is emerging as the hottest movie to be screened at an international film festival that opens here on Wednesday. The film, which touches on rape and homosexuality as
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    • 155 68 Reuters/Variety HOLLYWOOD Director Steven Soderbergh (picture) and actor George Clooney are planning to team up again for Solaris, a sci-fi thriller based on a Polish novel by Stanislaw Lem. Solaris revolves around an astronaut sent to rescue scientists on a space station but finds
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  • LIMELIGHT
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    • 331 70 Lathleen Tung SHE may be only nine years old, clutching her storybook as she greets you shyly, answering questions in a soft voice and constantly looking at her mother and teacher for help. But Abigail Sin (picture) is not your average Primary Four
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    • 399 70 Sophia Ang UNLIKE her mends, school starts after Sam for Christel Bouvron (picture, left) But the 17-year-old ACJC student begins her day much earlier. Every weekday at 6am, the national swimmer is by the pool, ready for her two-hour training session. She's back in the
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  • TIMEOUT
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      345 73  -  Rachel Lo Fine wines and grilled ostrich at Science Park pub-restaurant by ra chel @ne wstoday. com. sg BEATING at the heart of the Singapore Science Park II is an Africa-themed pub-restaurant. African Heartbeat (picture), which is divided into the Safari Restaurant and the Kudu Bar, serves up
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    • 202 73 Sandra Leong SEE central Singapore through the eyes of amateur photographers Sherman Ong and Ken Ng. Amid the modern structures of the Central Business District, Ong only has eyes for the traditional shophouses along Emerald Hill. That is why the television
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  • SPORTS
    • AFTERNOON EDITION
      • 493 74 Reuters It begins legal action against players' union LONDON England's Premier League launched legal proceedings against the players' union yesterday in a bid to prevent an unprecedented strike from Dec 1. A league spokesman said it had initiated legal action in an attempt to win a
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      • 407 74 Reuters BERLIN Bayern Munich captain Stefan Effenberg has lashed out at David Beckham and Bayern's fickle supporters, who jeered him as he left the field in his team's draw against Manchester United. "Beckham was dreadful," Effenberg told Kicker magazine in an interview published
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      • 116 74 AFP MADRID Zinedine Zidane, the world's most expensive footballer, was yesterday honoured with the Onze dOr award for being Europe's top player for the third time in his career. The Real Madrid and French international midfielder was presented with his award by fellow French ace Michel
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      • 185 74 Reuters MILAN Spanish international Pep Guardiola became the second Serie A player to test positive for nandrolone within the space of a week as the banned steroid returned yesterday to plague Italian football. The Italian Olympic Committee announced that the former Barcelona captain,
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    • 630 75 -AFP Unprecedented four-in-a-row for world number one Golf PGA Grand Slam Open champ Duval has a nightmare KAUAI The PGA Grand Slam of Golf is turning into the Tiger Woods Invitational. Woods fired a seven-under 65 yesterday to capture his fourth straight PGA Grand Slam of
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