Today, 29 November 2001

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    16 1 TODAY I h U r S Q 2i V Novenll >e r 29, 2001 MITA(P) 063/11/2001
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    Boom in gloom
    671 1  -  Francis Kan Cash registers ringing for chic-but-cheap retailers by franci s@n ews to d ay. C 0 m. sg AT a time when many retailers are crying uncle, there exists a group which can still afford to laugh all the way to the bank. It is made
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      33 1 9 A It" J^^^^^^^l It- '^^^w i Tommy Suharto (in white T-shirt), who had been on the run from the law for a year, was finally arrested in Jakarta yesterday. See Page 2
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      28 1 WOMAN POWER/3 I T^^^^K^l 'Girl' who saved an airline j empire? ™P£^s!SiM THE NEW WAR/22 j P^M^F America's huge gamble J i in southern Afghanistan wHh p e/e?/5
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Lock icon I surrender
      354 2 Agencies Tommy offers no resistance after police raid house JAKARTA The humiliation the Suharto family has been trying to avoid became a reality yesterday. Former president Suharto's youngest son, Hutomo Tommy Mandala Putra, 38, is in police custody after being on the run for a year. He faces
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      Lock icon China Vice-Minister on 3-day visit
      88 2 China ViceMinister on 3-day visit -AFP CHINA'S Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs and Economic Cooperation, Mr Long Yongtu, will pay a three-day visit to Singapore from today until Saturday. As part of his visit, Mr Long will deliver a speech on the regional impact of China's entry into the World Trade
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      Ler admits having financial problems
      333 2  -  -Joy Frances ANTHONY Ler, the man on trial for masterminding his wife's murder, admitted yesterday that he had serious financial problems. Ler and his wife, Madam Annie Leong, co-owned a house, which was bought for $630,000 when his business was good. When business went bad,
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      SilkAir to take in former SIA trainees
      164 2 SILKAIR, a subsidiary of Singapore Airlines, says it will absorb several of the 114 cabin crew trainees released by Singapore Airlines earlier this month. Those selected will begin training in the middle of next month. Silk Air's CEO, Mr Subhas Menon, said that
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      Lock icon Flying high
      437 3 Woman turns around Taiwan airline's fortunes TAIPEI When employees of Taiwan's China Airlines (CAL) were told that they would be getting a new boss, many thought it would be a twostar general. "Instead, they got a girl," Mr Paul Wang, a 30-year-old CAL veteran, told Asiaweek. More than
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      Lock icon Un-lslamic shares
      78 3 AFP KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian government will stop investing the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) in gaming and liquor-related companies as they are contrary to Islamic beliefs. The national retirement fund would dispose of its holdings in these shares when the share market improves, Deputy Finance Minister Chan Kong
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      Lock icon Army loses privilege
      109 3 -AFP BANGKOK Uniformed Thai army personnel would be stripped of their immunity from arrest under a new deal agreed between the Defence and Interior ministries. Deputy government spokeswoman Nahathai Teupaingarm said the Cabinet had agreed on a draft bill that would allow police to detain and arrest
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      The two Ms
      400 4  -  Sandra Leong Memories, memorable experiences the way to go for services sector by sandra(S>ne wstoday. co m. sg TO BE a cut above the rest, the services sector must give its customers "Moments of Truth" and provide "Many Memorable Experiences", said Mr Lee Suan Hiang, the Singapore
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      Improving Sentosa
      89 4  -  Tan Howe Yang SENTOSA Development Corporation (SDC) has set up an advisory panel to get "the customers' point of view" on its services. It is also seeking industry expert opinions to improve its product and services. Nominated Member of Parliament Mr Simon Tay will chair the 33-member panel.
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      Customs one up on smugglers
      103 6 THE Customs and Excise Department seized over 20,000 pieces of pirated VCDs over two days. All thanks to a special equipment called the fibers cope. As more smugglers use more sophisticated methods to smuggle into Singapore, the department felt there was a need to acquire
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      Faeces thrown, cash seized
      109 6 A 71-YEAR-OLD man had faeces splashed on his trousers, before being robbed of $55,000 by two men. Mr Miskon Taib had just stepped out of an OCBC branch with the money, which his shipping company had entrusted him to transfer to a nearby OUB branch, when
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      Potong Pasir in new CDC
      513 6  -  Gillian Wong Merged with one in Marine Parade by gilh an^news to d ay.com. sg POTONG Pasir Community Development Council (CDC) has been merged with Marine Parade CDC and will come under Southeast CDC Mayor Mr Othman Haron Eusofe. Dispelling arguments that the move was
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      A fresh look
      339 7  -  Woo Sue-Ann Bus and rail operations to be integrated by sue annlS>newstod ay. com. sg BUSES run by the Singapore Bus Services {SBS) will shed their red and white hues, and commuters can start using a "contactless" smart card by next year. These changes are in line
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      Fantasy Christmas tree tops charity auction
      128 7 THIS "Christmas of Fantasy" tree by Lladro was the most sought-after tree at the Raffles Hotel Christmas Tree Auction on Tuesday night. It was successfully bid for two times, then re-donated for a third bid which fetched $19,000. The "Art of Beauty" tree, donated
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      19 2 Results of Double A "No Jam" contest will be announced at a later date. We apologise for the delay-
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  • E-LIFE News
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      Gateway to a better life
      692 8  -  Ng Hwee Kaon NTUC Income's new i-Lifestyle portal makes life's chores that much easier by h weekoon ©newstoday.com. sg For some time now, NTUC Income Insurance Cooperative has been providing services that at first glance, have nothing to do with its core business. Starting with
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      9 8 MrW% -*—rf JIJL "^tut VLt M. J J* www.income.com.sg/i-lifestyle
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      332 8 at N T U C Cooperative A Better Life Home Services T Hotline: 337 1511 A one-stop solution to many household problems. You can search for reliable contractors for home maintenance and even tutors for your children. Also a useful matching service for people looking for part-time jobs. ri-Shop Hotline:
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Virtual gaming league here?
      377 9  -  Tan Howe Yang 250,000 visit online gaming sites by howeyang(^ne wstoaay. c o m. sg SINGAPORE may very well have its own virtual gaming league soon, judging by the interest that has been generated in the sport. Research from Internet measurement company, Net Value, reveals that
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      Fancy handphone 'wallets'?
      216 9 IF you visit the Sitex2ool IT exhibition now on at Singapore Expo, you can use your handphone to buy food and drinks and pay parking fees there. This is because Systems@Work will unveil its VCoupon (Virtual Coupon) mobile payment system for visitors with infrared-enabled phones to get
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      Clinics open at lunchtime
      91 9 FROM Dec 3, the nine polyclinics under the National Healthcare Group (NHG) will stay open during lunchtime for walk-in patients seeking acute medical attention and emergency cases. The service was started as pilot scheme at the Choa Chu Kang and Ang Mo Kio polyclinics to ascertain
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      Messages needed as trains may not stop at last station
      241 10  -  Irene Kang I REFER to Ms Eden Chan's letter, "Too Many Messages" (Today, Nov 27). We appreciate Ms Chan's feedback and take this opportunity to explain that the names of the next station are announced to allow passengers to prepare
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      Just who are the brats?
      473 10  -  Chantel Tay Students were on a mission to help I REFER to Mr Ravi Veloo's "Taming our brats" (Today, Nov 27). I must correct a few points he made on the overseas programmes for our youths. Mr Veloo might like to take a look at
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      Don't brand and criticise all youths
      329 10  -  Jeffrey Yang Yung Wei I REFER to Mr Ravi Veloo's, "Taming Our Brats" (Today, Nov 27). While I found some parts of the article to be quite true and entertaining, I feel that it is unfair to brand all our youth with a broad
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      Suspension was a last resort
      329 11  -  Jeannie Ong WE REFER to the letter, "The Case for concern" (TODAY, Nov 28), from Consumers Association of Singapore's (Case) Mr Stephen Loke. Star Hub wishes to reiterate that the decision to suspend subscriber lines was taken very reluctantly as a last resort. Customers whose
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      StarHub acted within its moral right
      210 11  -  Peter Ng Tso Wong I DO not consider it a consumer's right to be delinquent in paying mobile phone bills overdue for 90 days or more. So, imagine my surprise when Today first reported on the number of people who lined up for hours
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      Elections: Explain the numbers
      241 11  -  See Leong Kit DESPITE the Elections Department's reply to "Why the number" (Today, Nov 19), three nagging issues remain. First, putting serial numbers on ballot papers to deter election fraud is acceptable. But why is it necessary to assign a serial number to a voter's name
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      Regional HQ boost
      424 13  -  Chan Chao Peh Solectron to go for high value design here by ~k.. chaop eh@news tod ay.com. sg WHILE many multinational manufacturers have headed north to avoid the high business operating costs here, Solectron Corporation the world's largest electronics manufacturing services provider is doing just the reverse.
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      CapitaLand to seek investors for trust
      140 13 TWO weeks after it scrapped a plan to float a real estate investment trust, Capita Land, Southeast Asia's largest listed property group, said yesterday its subsidiary had finalised plans to establish the Sing Mall Property Trust for private investors. Its subsidiary, Capital Commercial, will
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      Income performs well
      250 14 DESPITE the economic downturn, NTUC Income Insurance Cooperative has reported a 168 per cent increase in single premium life insurance to $1.6 billion for the first nine months of this year. This is because customers can use CPF funds for single premium insurance but not for regular
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      Haw Par or UOL?
      350 14  -  Francis Kan Which will be UOB group's holding company? by francis newstoday. com. sg UOB chairman Wee Cho Yaw's (picture) plan to buy United Overseas Land's (UOL) entire 3.7-per-cent stake in Haw Par Corp both part of the UOB group is seen as a first step
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      Lock icon Case in Deloitte & Touche's favour
      164 14 Case in Deloitte Touche's favour Channel News Asia LONDON A High Court judge yesterday threw out a major part of the negligence case brought against accounting firm, Deloitte Touche, by liquidators of Barings Bank. The bank collapsed in 1995 after rogue trader Nick Lee son ran up £830 million ($2.12
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      Chartered chip maker of Cirrus Logic
      70 14 CHARTERED Semiconductor has inked an agreement to make consumer product chips for US-based Cirrus Logic for an unspecified number of years. Chartered, the world's third largest contract chip maker, said it will also become a preferred manufacturer for specific chips from Cirrus Logic. The
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        Your s$1 buys...
        29 14 US$ 0.5454 UK£ 0.3851 Yen 67.169 HK$ 4.2536 RM 2.0727 Euro 0.6165 Rupiah 5,699.9 Baht 24.052 Peso 28.363 A$ 1.0438 Rupee 26.179 Won _6j>3' yo I
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        Keppel Fels' $134m worth of contracts
        82 14 KEPPEL Fels has secured US$77 million ($134.89 million) worth of contracts from American firm, Diamond Offshore Drilling, to upgrade a semi-submersible vessel and a jack-up rig. This, after the offshore arm of the Keppel Group clinched in July this year a US$34 million contract,
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      Lock icon Hi, Shanghai
      578 16 Bloomberg HSBC eyes 8% stake in Bank of Shanghai SHANGHAI HSBC Holdings Pic, Europe's largest lender by market value, is in talks to buy as much as eight per cent of Bank of Shanghai for about US$63 million ($110.36 million). This will make it the first foreign commercial
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      2069 16 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS (All prices are indicative) Fund Name Bid Prke/NAV Offer Price Aherdeea Assel Management Asia Ltd Abrrii Chir:: (J::i:::il..ril i:> Full 0.909 0.955 Aherdeen Global MN( fund 0.673 0.708 Aberdeen Global technology fund 0.541 0.569 Aherdeen UK Blue (hip fund 0738 0776 Aberdeen American Dppodunities fund 0756 0794
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      Lock icon Fat pay for expats in China
      725 17 Bloomberg China firms tap foreign expertise to cope with WTO entry BEIJING Dawson Zhu gets a pay cheque 15 times larger than his boss. The general manager of Shunde Kelon Electrical Appliances, which makes rice cookers and heaters, is one of a growing number
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      Wees seek to tighten grip on UOB empire
      952 18  -  Mano Sabnani COMMENTARY Haw Par will be main vehicle, but its shareholders may not benefit by mano@ne ws to d ay. com.sg IriH stock market is not with talk tnat trie Wees of UOB fame will soon move to decisively tighten their
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        Singapore
        285 18 US markets sagged overnight as investors drew sombre conclusions about the timing of the US economic recovery following a weak consumer confidence report. Negatives appeared to outweigh the positives as Singapore shares laboured to sustain Tuesday's advances as traders locked in profits following recent heady gains in most stocks.
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        Malaysia
        177 18 THE KLCI closed at 641.06, bucking the regional downtrend after the overnight loss on Wall Street. Gainers outpaced losers 352 to 300 with 201 counters unchanged. Trading volume was 390,510 lots. Telekom and Tenaga Nasional reversed earlier losses to close higher by five sen and 15sen at RM9.25 and
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      This sun is not setting
      314 20 SEOUL Despite setbacks in dealing with North Korea, South Korean President Kirn Dae-jung remains committed to his "Sunshine Policy". "Although we are disappointed, we are not downright discouraged by it because, when we are dealing with the North Koreans, of course we will experience setbacks
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      Lock icon Russia, US disagree on smart sanctions
      200 20 Agencies UNITED NATIONS (New York) The US has renewed its focus on Iraq since its war against terrorism started but it was unable to persuade Russia to agree to a new programme of "smart sanctions" against Iraq. Proposals for these sanctions are aimed at
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      Extremist groups in M'sian varsities?
      137 20 KUALA LUMPUR A special committee of police officers has been set up to look into underground activities in Malaysia's public universities, according to malaysiakini.com. Speaking in Parliament yesterday, Parliamentary Secretary of the Home Affair Ministry, Datuk Abu Zahar Isnin, said: "This special committee is set
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      Lock icon Nepal unleashes army to crackdown on Maoist rebels
      288 21 Agencies KATHMANDU The Nepalese army launched its first campaign against Maoist rebels after the proclamation of a state of emergency by King Gyanendra on Monday. Nepali soldiers chased Maoist rebels up treacherous mountain trails yesterday and foiled a bid by them to
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      Lock icon Malaysia and Indonesia go after sea pirates
      170 21 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia and Indonesia yesterday launched a joint naval operation to combat piracy in the busy Straits of Malacca. Malaysia's First Admiral Abdul Aziz Jaafar, the deputy navy fleet commander, said the 10-day operation involved 16 officers and 120 personnel along
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      Lock icon Malaysia denies link
      138 21 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Adding mystery to an already cloudy issue, Malaysia yesterday denied that it had wanted to link a submarine deal with France to Malaysian Airlines (MAS). Defence Minister Datuk Sen Najib Tun Razak said Malaysia was studying several other offers. He denied Jane's Defence Weekly
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      Lock icon Let's shake on it
      82 21 Reuters HANOI Vietnam's National Assembly yesterday approved a historic agreement that will normalise trade with its former enemy the US. Trade officials from the two countries say it is likely to take effect from the start of next year. The agreement will finally remove Washington's Vietnam
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      Gamble on the ground
      374 22 Why the fight in South will be real dangerous WASHINGTON Putting Marines in Kandahar, the southern den of the Taliban, is a huge gamble for the Pentagon. The odds are stacked high against it because it can no longer depend on a proxy group, the Northern
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      Lock icon India, US hold talks amid furore over flight
      170 22 -AFP NEW DELHI India and the United States began talks on defence cooperation yesterday, amid a protest by opposition MPs over a violation of Indian airspace by the US. Officials said Admiral Dennis C Blair, the com-mander-in-chief of the US Pacific Command,
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      Lock icon Northern Alliance holding fort
      71 22 ■AFP photo Northern Alliance fighters entering a fort near Mazar-i-Skarif in northern Afghanistan on Tuesday, where hundreds of pro-Taliban prisoners staged a revolt. The fort was recaptured by the Northern Alliance backed by heavy US bombing yes terday. An Alliance commander, General Abdul Atifsays they killed
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      Lock icon Misuari's case is key to peace
      151 22 AFP MANILA So long as detained Muslim leader Nur Misuari's case is not resolved, analysts believe his armed supporters will continue with violent actions. The 60-year-old Misuari, who is facing rebellion charges for allegedly masterminding the first revolt last week in southern Jolo island,
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      Lock icon Competing with China
      143 22 Reuters BANGKOK Japan's top financial diplomat yesterday urged Southeast Asia to promote intra-regional trade to cope with growing competition from China. Vice-Finance Minister for International Affairs Haruhiko Kuroda said the Association of South East Asian Nations (Asean) should speed up its plans for an Asean Free Trade
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      Lock icon Over 500 kids languishing in Aussie asylum camps
      217 25 Agencies SYDNEY A major investigation into the detention of more than 500 children under Australia's hardline policy on asylum seekers is underway. Canberra's Human Rights Commissioner, Mr Sev Ozdowski, said anecdotal evidence suggested unaccompanied children, some as young as eight, were being
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      Lock icon Identity theft
      124 25 Reuters HILLSBORO (Oregon) Police in the United States seized compact discs that contained private information that could possibly be used to defraud the state's 2.5 million drivers. Four dozen discs, death certificates, Social Security cards and other documents were found in the apartment of Jody Gene Oates, 44,
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      What the regional papers said yesterday ...
      197 26 What the regional papers said yesterday The Siar/Mahysia 50% drop in CLP passes The number of clear passes in (he Certificate in Legal Practice examination Fell by half after the Legal Profession Qualifying Board restored the original marks given by the examiners. The Bangkok Post/Thailand Uniform is no longer a
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      Lock icon Phnom Penh inferno
      52 26 -AFP photo Flames raging over a squatter camp housing mostly ethntc Vietnamese in Pknom Penh yesterday. Police said the inferno, the second in less than 48 hours, spread across the shanty town about five km south of the Cambodian capital, leaving at least one dead and several
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      Lock icon Keeping nurses home
      146 26 AFP CHRISTCHURCH Commonwealth health ministers have decided to act against the poaching of health staff by more wealthy countries. The New Zealand Health Minister, Ms Annette King, said yesterday that the ministers had reached an agreement on the principles of a code that hopefully would put an
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      Lock icon For my ex-colleagues...
      107 26 AFP SYDNEY An Australian man who became an instant multi-millionaire after winning a local lottery has brought cheer to an embattled company where he used to work. The 55-year-old anonymous Sydney native, who won more than As 4 million (s3.Bmillion) in the Oz Lotto, offered A 550,000
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      639 28  -  Chay Ting Ngee Four 'heavenly kings' fight it out with an eye on 2004 prize by i THE four heavenly kings are performing to packed audiences in cities across Taiwan this week. No, I am not talking about the heavenly kings of Canto/Mandarin pop. I am referring to
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  • UPFRONT
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      Care to smell like your dog?
      628 30  -  Gail Wan Or have your dog smell like you? by gail@newstoday. co m. sg WE share our lives with them, our houses, our thoughts, our affection but our perfume? Before you sniff at that idea, let's say it's a very real possibility. Every dog
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      292 30 STARTING at midnight tonight till Sunday, Broadband's Entertainment Carnival gives you non-stop movies, cartoons and documentaries. This weekend, turn your PC into your own virtual cineplex. Tune in to the 24-hour broadband channel for highquality movies online, unrestricted by a screening schedule you decide what you
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      106 31 ■si Mi^febw. fc...*-tm HHff^ Find the right gifts at www.centrepoint.com.sg Sometimes buying the right gifts can be difficult.To avoid embarrassing It's like window-shopping without the walking. Shopping has never been mistakes, visit www.centrepoint.com.sg, an online shopping guide supported easier and you'll never have to lose hair over finding the right
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  • INFOTECH
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      A show for the masses
      418 32 IT possibilities for everyone at work, home and during leisure SITEX 2001, described as the IT Lifestyle show that reaches out to the masses, irrespective of age and IT literacy, opens today. To this end, the event demonstrates the IT possibilities for everyone at work,
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      Tools that entertain
      588 34  -  Kelly Tan Cameras, scanners and printers together make the digital world 'fantastic' by HAVE you ever wished you could create your own movie, or have you wanted to watch your favourite movie while travelling? What about surfing the Internet wirelessly while on the road? These are just
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      CNETAsia Downloads
      147 34 asia.cnel.com/downtoods/ioday Wave Surround for Winamp ARE you wild for Winamp, but wish your MP3s sounded more "live"? Wave Surround plug-in for Winamp gives you an exciNng new way to listen to stereo recordings. Web Album Creator WEB Album Creator is a Web publishing tool that generates Web pages
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      Technology of the future
      821 36  -  Eric Goh Internet will enable 24-hour access everywhere to business, personal information by IN five years, the Internet will be the most pervasive and widely-used technology ever developed. Internet access will be wireless and users will be able to pick from a wide variety of customised
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      Continuing education
      852 38  -  Woo Sue-Ann There is a course to suit every need by sueann(g?n ews today.com.sg AS early as 1990, plans were laid for Singapore to be a digitally-wired nation so as to improve the quality of life of its citizens. Fast-forward 11 years to today, we find ourselves living
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      Are you game to play this game?
      215 40 STARHUB Internet, GIME International and Cyber Business Network have together launched Century of Three Kingdoms (C3K), a massively-multiplayer game which allows up to 2,500 players to compete and/or cooperate with one another as they try to unite a divided China. C3K, which comes
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      Plug-and-play secondary store
      166 40 THE Diskey (digital information Storage Key) from Electee utilises a standard Universal Serial Bus (USB) port to operate as a secure, reliable and removable hard drive. Because it connects with host computers through USB, the Diskey (picture) can be used just by plugging it into the computer.
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  • INCINEMAS
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      A Monster task
      502 41  -  Simon Banner, It's all about the story and not the animation, says producer A t a recent advance screening in Hollywood, Monsters, Inc. direcXitor Pete Docter and executive producer John Lasseter asked kids under five years of age to raise their hands. Only a handful of eager
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      289 41 Reuters/Variety LOS ANGELES A team of Las Vegas sleuths, a grumbling sports writer and a group of back-stabbing wannabe survivors positioned CBS to take the ratings crown for total viewers in TVs important November "sweeps" period, according to data released on Tuesday. The network's top-rated
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      Lock icon Celluloid ambitions
      753 42 Reuters Movie biz hopping with pop stars who just want to act HOLLYWOOD Could Beach Blanket Britney be next? Britney Spears, a former Mouseketeer, is at the centre of an aggressive drive into the movie business by a handful of young pop stars. Not since the *****, when
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      Frightfully good
      567 43  -  David Ngiau FILM REVIEW Monsters, Inc. (Opens Today) by j david@newstod ay.com. sg In a world of monsters live James Sullivan and Mike Wazowski better known as Sulley and Mike who are best buddies and colleagues at Monsters, Inc., a power supply company. How the company gets its
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      Lock icon Asian sweep
      300 44 AFP Regional films bag awards at Bangkok Film Festival BANGKOK Asian films scooped a clutch of awards at the fourth international Bangkok Film Festival which ended this weekend, organisers said. Chinese director Zhang Yang took the prize for Best Feature for Quitting, the real life tale of '90s
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      Lock icon Hollywood celebrities visit US troops
      258 44 -Reuters LOS ANGELES Actor David Keith, who co-stars with Gene Hackman in the military drama Behind Enemy Lines, hosted a screening of that film for American troops aboard a US aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea over the Thanksgiving holiday. "You are our fists to
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      Flight of spy fancy
      569 45  -  David Ngiau FILM REVIEW Spy Game (Opens Today) Intriguing, inventive, imaginative, ingenious implausible. Spy Game is one big rush of a film that aims to overload your senses and distract you as it gradually builds up to its outrageous climax. Believe it or not, but enjoy
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  • LIMELIGHT
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      Will you remember me?
      447 46  -  Elisia Chen Edison talks about his fear of being forgotten by cli sia^newsto d ay.com.sg DEAR fans, will you still be there for me when I return from my threemonth getaway? Edison Chen, a.k.a. Hong Kong's "It" boy at the moment, raised this fear at a
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      Make me an ugly demon, please
      377 46  -  Pearlyn Tham by pc arlynts'news to day.com.sg A fairy or a demon. These are the roles Hong Kong artiste Athena Chu Van has her eye on. One could very well imagine her as a fairy, given her impish beauty and petite stature. But, as
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      1377 48 A* Frasier First Do No Harm Love Revolution r '99er Happy TV Channels, 11pm Channel 8, 10.30pm J -'*J^X3 Arts Central, 1 0pm j^^j^h jffSk jdM Makiko Esumi (left in picture) .1_ Tj^^B^fJj '-"i^X jtt^^^^ fjL^. doctor. Everyone around her thinks 1,. J [JBL Bf1 -^^BBH!^" life but she doesn't
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  • TIMEOUT
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      Of Buddha and Elvis
      497 49  -  Serene Foo Artist Jay Rohrer draws a vicarious poport parallel between the two by serene ariewstoaay. com. sg IT'S quite unusual to liken the iconoclastic image of the Buddha to that of pop king Elvis Presley. But that's what artist Jay Rohrer {picture right) does. At
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      Jessica and friends in the Gardens
      217 49  -  -ElisaChia EXPECT more than flora and fauna when you stroll into the Singapore Botanic Gardens this Sunday evening. Taking centrestage at an outdoor concert is local talent Jessica Soo, who will be accompanied by musicians like Cat Ong and Francis Poh on the guitar,
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      258 49 MUSIC movement, images and sounds, Le Petits Chanteurs A La Croix De Date:Today tilt Sunday Bois (The Little Singers of the Time: 8pm Wooden Cross) Venue:The Substation, Guinness Theatre The little singers, who are between the Price: $15, $12 (Concession) age of 9 and 13, hail from Glaignes, 60 km
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      Lock icon Kobe explodes
      701 50 Lakers' superstar thrives with new zone defence rules NBA Los Angeles 104 Milwaukee 85 Kobe and Shag tandem look unstoppable LOS ANGELES This is what Shaquille O'Neal was talking about, what he saw coming, when the NBA rulers David Stern, Jerry Colangelo et al decided to legalise the
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      Lock icon Coughlin sets new world record in 200m backstroke
      148 50 -AFP EAST MEADOW American Natalie Coughlin set a world record in the women's 200 metre backstroke at the World Cup meet yesterday, with a 2:03.625 ec swim. She also came close to another world mark when she won the 50m backstroke in
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      Lock icon Sleep tight, Ivanisevic's about
      163 50 Reuters ZAGREB Wimbledon champion Goran Ivanisevic, who began his compulsory Croatian army service yesterday, says his country can relax now that he is part of its military defence. "Now that I am in the army, you can all sleep peacefully," the Jutarnji List daily quoted Ivanisevic
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      Lock icon Nibble, nibble
      140 50 Reuters LONDON Sevilla's Francisco Gallardo has been charged by the Spanish soccer federation for biting teammate Jose Antonio Reyes' penis after he had scored in the club's 4-0 win over Valladolid at the weekend. Reyes was besieged by ecstatic team-mates after scoring and Gallardo was seen to bend
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      Goodbye Anfield
      386 51 Fowler severs ties with fans who worshipped him LONDON Robbie Fowler has said the opportunity to move to Leeds United would have been "too good to miss". The Elland Road side has agreed to a £11 million ($2B million) transfer fee with Liverpool for the England striker, reported
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      Lock icon Bad news for Eriksson and co as Spain is named as one of eight seeds
      405 51 AFP PUSAN Spain beat off competition from England and Mexico to be named as one of eight seeds for next year's World Cup finals, football's world governing body Fifa announced yesterday. As expected, established heavyweights
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      France v Argentina, says Pele
      259 51 LONDON Pele has tipped England's David Beckham and Michael Owen to shine in South Korea and Japan but insists neither are yet in the same league as Zinedine Zidane. Pele believes England will be among the leading contenders for next year's crown. But he warned
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      Lock icon Cricket's clash of East and West
      958 52  -  Rohit Brijnath by roh it@n ews today.com.sg CRICKET is in the grip of a confrontation between cultures, neither of which cares to understand the other. This has always been the case, just that now it is more evident. The West believes it is wholly
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      Lock icon Now referee Denness says Tendulkar did not tamper with the ball
      337 52 -AFP NEW DELHI English match referee Mike Denness clarified yesterday he had not charged Indian superstar Sachin Tendulkar with tampering with the ball and said his decision was misunderstood. "Tampering seems to be the instant word that everyone wants
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      Lock icon No chance against the samba kings
      391 53  -  Stanley Ho by s t.,i 111 ey ("/11 ews to r] ay. co m. s g SINGAPORE v Brazil. It just doesn't get better than that for home fans, does it? After all, how often do the Lions get to battle it out against
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      New men face uphill task
      751 54  -  S Gulatn But Chris and Quah have what it takes to succeed comment by gulam@newsf.oday.coin.sg NEVER before has the movement of two administrators created so much of a buzz in the sports scene. Chris Chan is quitting as S-League chief executive officer (CEO) to become
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      Mardan eyeing top 10 spot on Tour
      329 54 Golfl ft I Omega Hong Kong Open Live today onCh22@ 3pm I HONG KONG Singaporean number one Mardan Mamat has set his sights on a strong finish in the season-ending US$7OO,OOO ($1.2 million) Omega Hong Kong Open at Fanling, the course which launched
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      Lock icon India defies ICC
      184 54 -AFP JAIPUR India yesterday selected banned cricketer Virender Sehwag for next week's first Test against England, fuelling a crisis that could lead to the series being cancelled. The 23-year-old middle-order batsman from Delhi was included in a 14-man squad announced by the Board of Control for Cricket
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      Fitting farewell
      309 55  -  Jose Raymond Alberts watches his side rout the Thais by jo se@newsto day. c om.sg WHAT a send-off for Home United coach Robert Alberts. His charges routed the Royal Thai Air Force 5-0 in the Asian Cup Winners Cup second round return leg encounter at the Bishan Stadium.
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      Lock icon Israel referees in corruption probe
      114 55 AFP JERUSALEM Israel Sports Minister Matan Vilnai said on Israeli army radio yesterday that he had asked the police to open an investigation into football referees suspected of taking bribes to fix matches. The radio said at least four referees in the three top divisions
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      Lock icon Van Gaal quits, says Dutch paper
      130 55 AFP THE HAGUE Louis Van Gaal has resigned as manager of the Dutch national team in disgust at the attitude of the players, the Volkskrant newspaper reported yesterday. Van Gaal recently failed to lead the national team to qualification for next year's World Cup
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