Today, 18 December 2001, Afternoon Edition

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    6 1 TODAY TllCSdiiY December 18, 2001 MITA(P)O6I.'II/2WI
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      Pay rise in rough skies
      611 1  -  Ng Boon Yian DrYoung's prescription to improve the outlook by boonyian@n ewsto d ay.com.sg AT a time when wage freezes or cuts are the norm, one company in the battered aviation industry, no less has enviably bucked the trend by dishing out wage increments this
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      Lock icon Vivendi in $19 billion deal
      105 1 -AFP NEW YORK French conglomerate Vivendi Universal bolstered its media empire yesterday with the purchase of the entertainment assets held by USA Networks for US$lO.3 billion ($l9 billion). The deal is seen as part of a bold strategy by Vivendi Universal chairman Jean-Marie Messier the
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      Lock icon Stocks rally
      63 1 AFP NEW YORK Stocks rallied here yesterday, lifted by enthusiasm for a new set of big mergers and a technical rebound in the technology sector after a big sell-off last week. The Dow Jones industrials advanced 80.82 points to end at 9,891.97 and the Nasdaq composite added 34.28
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      Lock icon ElectionS
      368 2 Channel NewsAsia What parties spent to woo your vote HOW much did the People's Action Party spend to persuade the average voter to see its point of view? Not very much, actually. In each contested ward, it spent the equivalent of $1.50 per voter about $1 million in all.
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      Lock icon For some hotels, the end of the year is still boom time
      313 2 Channel NewsAsia IT is not all gloom in the hotel catering business. While some hotels are experiencing a 40 per cent drop in bookings, others have actually seen a rise at the end of the year. A location
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      Lock icon It was just a little Mcßlast
      269 3 Agencies Investors in China not losing any sleep BEIJING American firms in China continue to see the country as one of the world's safest places to do business despite the bomb blast at a McDonald's restaurant in Xi'an on Saturday. Police said yesterday that
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      Lock icon Colourful celebrations
      118 3 AFP photo Balloon vendors waiting for customers as thousands of Bangladeshi Muslims leave a mosque after special prayers to kick off celebration for Eid al-Fitr in Dhaka yesterday. Millions of Muslims of this South Asian country are celebrating Eid, which marks the end of the holy fasting month
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      Lock icon Is Suharto's illness a ploy?
      136 3 Agencies JAKARTA Indonesia's ailing former President Suharto was taken to state hospital last evening, suffering from high fever, one of his aides said. The 80-year-old Suharto was conscious when he was wheeled into the hospital but had an oxygen tube attached to his nose. "The
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      When Ler broke down ...
      512 4  - When Ler broke down Elaine Quek Faces of the defendants that only their lawyers could see by elaine@newstoday.com.sg ON Dec 5, the High Court convicted Anthony Ler, 34, of instigating a 15-year-old boy to kill his estranged wife, Madam Annie Leong, 30. Throughout the 11-day trial that started on Nov
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      Lock icon Exotic cars remain a roaring business in recession-hit S'pore
      166 4 -AFP SINGAPORE may be going through a severe recession, but tell that to highend car dealers who are still doing a roaring trade as wealthy enthusiasts spend fortunes on exotic wheels. When collectors snapped up five gleaming new Lamborghini Murcielagos each
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      Cruising in
      226 6 Vanilla Sky stars arrive in town HOLLYWOOD megastar Tom Cruise arrived here yesterday just before 3am, Cruise, 39, is in town to promote his latest film, Vanilla Sky, together with co-star and partner Penelope Cruz, 27, and writer-director Cameron Crowe. The three will hold a press conference this
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      The one-eyed lion is hungry
      379 6  -  Joy Frances AMONG the images of weeping children, homeless families and relatives mourning their dead, it is hardly surprising that the non-human victims of troubled Afghanistan have been all but ignored. And yet, in another time and place, the plight of the animals in the
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      Jammed at Tuas
      265 8  -  Lee Boon Hwee But SIR did its best to clear congestion quickly PLEASE refer to the letter "Gosh! Two hours to clear 2nd link" by Tay P H (Today, Dec 14.) On Dec 9, there was an 80 per cent surge in the number of travellers arriving
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      Let MPs decide
      177 8  -  Kathleen Kwan I DISAGREE with Mr David Soh's suggestions in his letter, "But can one get to see the MP?" (Today, Dec 14). I think it is important for MP Direct Scheme to be addressed at the constituency level, rather than the national level because this allows
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      The feminine touch
      610 10  -  Mansor Haji Sukaimi Women MPs can insist on the best for security and continuity I READ your UpFront article, "Pigeonhole politics" while having my usual kopi-0 after breaking my fast (Today, Dec 10). The effect was unexpected. I quickly gulped my coffee and rushed home to write
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      Equal opportunities in Parliament
      119 10  -  Nelson Ang HIDDEN behind the headline, "Pigeonhole Politics" (Today, Dec 10), is the question: Does feminism have a place in politics? It is a resounding "Yes!" if it involves honesty in seeking a different perspective on public issues. Why does it have to be one gender
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      Lock icon Flying lower
      315 12 Bloomberg Aircraft leasing fees could fall by 20% TOKYO Aircraft leasing fees may fall by a fifth as slowing economic growth and the Sept 11 terrorist attacks hurt demand from airlines. International Lease Finance Corp (ILFC), Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise (Sale) and other aircraft leasing companies have cut
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      241 12 Bloomberg AUCKLAND Qantas Airways is likely to form an alliance with Air New Zealand (Air NZ), investors said. Qantas' chief executive Geoff Dixon is meeting Finance Minister Michael Cull en tomorrow at the former's request, although the latter vetoed talks on the airline's finances
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      Corporate Briefs
      141 12 Two contracts for Hong Leong Asia HONG Leong Asia, through its 80 per cent-owned subsidiary, PT Karimun Granite, has been awarded two contracts for the supply of Armour rocks for civil engineering projects in Singapore and Indonesia. The first contract is to supply nearly 1.8 million tonnes of
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      Lock icon From Japan, with fear
      422 14 -AFP More Japanese firms expect bleak business prospects in Asean TOKYO Business sentiment among Japanese companies operating in Asean remained bleak, particularly in the Philippines, Indonesia and Singapore, an official survey showed. The government's Japan External Trade Organisation (Jetro) surveyed 1,578 Japanese companies with operations in
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      Lock icon Microsoft to buy 3.2 per cent of Korea Telecom shares: Report
      150 14 -AFP SEOUL The South Korean government has decided to sell part of its stake in Korea Telecom to Microsoft Corp, a report said. A committee overseeing the privatisation of state-owned firms has approved the government's plan to sell 3.2
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      Lock icon $60 billion of CPF funds not invested
      119 14 Bloomberg THE Central Provident Fund (CPF) Board has over $60 billion in cash that members haven't invested, the Business Times reported, citing data from the Board. As of Sept 30, there was $50.4 billion cash in the fund's ordinary accounts and $11.2 billion
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      Lock icon First Asian body for domainname disputes
      165 16 AFP BEIJING Asia's first official body to sort out wrangles over Internet domain names will begin work in February. The Asian Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Centre has been set up by the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission and the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre,
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      Lock icon The BEA attraction
      658 16 Bloomberg Slowing sales make Oracle anxious for new growth markets REDWOOD CITY (California) Oracle chief executive Larry Ellison, looking for new businesses to make up for slowing database software sales, has found a fresh target, BEA Systems. BEA is the biggest maker of application server software that
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      Air pockets
      279 18 China's aviation market may slow down HONG KONG China's much-vaunted domestic commercial aviation market may be seeing a slowdown, the South China Morning Post reported yesterday. The Sydney-based Centre for AsiaPacific Aviation (Capa) said exports have slowed dramatically this year and economic growth is waning. "Despite a good
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      Lock icon Mosquito bytes
      111 18 -AFP BANGKOK Computers that foil mosquitoes are the latest addition to the arsenal against those pesky disease-carrying insects. Thaiware.com has launched a program that it says will keep mosquitoes at bay by emitting a 15 to 20 kilohertz low-frequen-cy sound from computer speakers. Programmer Mr Saranyou Punyaratabunbhu said
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      Lock icon Protesters raid Sydney reactor
      54 18 REUTERS photo Greenpeace protesters raided Australia's only nuclear reactor at Lukas Heights near Sydney yesterday. More than 20 activists embarrassed security staff at the research facility, which had been on a heightened state of alert after Sept 11, by parking a van between open gates and
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      Lock icon HK officials took sex bribes
      102 18 -AFP HONG KONG It was payment in cash and in kind for 24 people, including 12 officials, who were arrested for alleged corruption in the territory. The Independent Commission Against Corruption said yesterday that the 12 from the departments of architectural services and building allegedly
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      Lock icon End attacks on Israel: Arafat
      196 21 Agencies JERUSALEM Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat may have issued a call for a ceasefire but yesterday his words seemed to have been all but ignored. Under enormous international pressure to stop the violence, Mr Arafat, deemed irrelevant by Israeli government last week, on Sunday called
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      What next?
      302 21 US can't just walk out after Afghan war WASHINGTON Analysts warn that the aftermath of the US-led campaign in Afghanistan is likely to be more critical to the future of Afghanistan, the subcontinent and the United States. And they say it involves far more than the fate of
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        Bonus time for some Thais
        169 23 BANGKOK Some Thais will have less of a gloomy Christmas than their regional counterparts this year, with several Thai companies paying bonuses again. A survey by The Nation newspaper found that some companies have managed to maintain payments at last year's levels or a little
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        What the regional papers say today ...
        200 23 What the regional papers say today New Straits Times/Mo hysia PM supports Ong's wishes to end frictions in MCA MCA Youth chief Datuk Ong Tee Keat wants to put an end to the problems in the party, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said. Bangkok Post/Tnai'/and 30 officers listed
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      Osama vs bin Laden
      528 25  -  Lionel Wee He has caused much terror, now his name is an international controversy by OF late, Osama bin Laden's name has been on most people's minds. What is on most people's lips, however, is more variable. The crucial and potentially confusing issue is whether bin
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      987 26  -  David Ngiau Gurmit Singh, best in Singapore, JB, and some say Batam IN our current cultural landscape of lame-brained sitcoms, an inspired creation like Phua Chu Kang, played by Gurmit Singh, is unquestioningly a rare anomaly. After all, aren't we all repeating Phua's warning "don't pray pray" (an
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      Good times ahead
      341 28  -  Woo Sue-Ann Tech sector expected to flourish next year by sueann@n ews today.com.sg EXPRESSING optimism for the year ahead, executives of networking product vendor, 3Com, expect 2002 to be a year full of IT activity. With firms entering the second or third year of relative hiatus after
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      Geared for e-learning
      127 28 THE Marketing Institute of Singapore (MIS) and the Singapore Polytechnic (SP) have revamped their postgraduate programme in marketing for the electronic medium. To reflect the new focus, the Graduate Diploma in E-Commerce Marketing has been renamed the Graduate Diploma in Electronic Marketing. The programme features action-oriented and
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        141 28 Microsoft released the first major collection of bug fixes for its Office XP business software last week. Service Pack I, a 17MB download, is supposed to enhance Office XP's performance, security and stability, while fixing a wide range of glitches. The download for system administrators, which
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        Key to next-generation wireless
        80 28 Asia will be a crucial test bed for the success of next-generation wireless networks, according to an executive of a Taiwan-based network hardware firm. Mr Philip Teo, marketing manager forAccton Technology Corp, believes that regulatory obstacles in Europe will have manufacturers leaning heavily on the US
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      Buzzing all the way to success
      315 28  -  Sol E Solomon WHILE others fell by the wayside, one company from the dotcom era, BuzzCity, continues to grow. This is because when the dotcom craze was brewing and most dotcoms based their existence on revenue models that depended solely on Web-based advertising, BuzzCity
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      360 29  -  Gail Wan She sings her way into the hearts of the Hard Rock Cafe crowd by gailftf'newsioday.com.sg SHINO Lin Xiao Pei (picture), a natural performer does not know what gives her the energy when she is on stage with a band. "It is just the whole atmosphere that
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      385 29  -  Jenny Kong TWO years ago, when Taiwanese newcomer Chiang Mei Chi (above) was belting out Better Be Nice To Me and Will You Change from her debut album I Love Faye Wong, her record label EMI expected the singer to be a big hit among Chinese
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      500 30  -  Roulee Jane i F Calayag L. Eat your way from the buffet menu to the sushi conveyor belt Where: Sushi Jyo Valley Point Shopping Centre #01-05 River Valley Road Telephone; 887 5962 Recommended: Buffet: $24.90+++ Ice-cream: $3 per scoop IT is a rare treat to find a restaurant
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      Game for crocodile bak fewer for a change?
      246 30  -  Sandra Leong by sandra ne wstoday. co m. sg FRAGRANCE Foodstuff's new line of food products is an update of traditional pork and cuttlefish snacks guaranteed to satisfy even the most jaded taste buds. Bak kwa (barbecued pork) now comes in get
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      404 30 Pizza Hut's Christmas Special This Christmas, Pizza Hut has special offers that will make your day the Frosty D'lite (left) and the Christmas Pan Pizza (right). Loaded with grilled chicken, chicken ham, pineapple, tomato sauce with spice, mixed red and green capsicum and shredded cheese, the Christmas Pan Pizza
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      116 32 Vanilla Sky role: David Aames, playboy/publisher Selected credits: Risky Business (1983), Top Gun (1986), The Colour of Money (1986), Cocktail (1988), Rain Man (1988), Born on the Fourth of jury (1989), Days of Thunder (1 990), For and Away (1992), A Few Good Men {1992), The Firm (1993),
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      26 32 Vanilla Sky role: writer-director Directing credits: Soy Anything (1989), Singles (1992)Jerry Maguire {1996), A/most Famous (2000) Kudos: Original screenplay Oscar winner for A/most Famous
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      313 33 Agencies LA Film Critics Association names Inside the Bedroom LOS ANGELES In the Bedrooom has been named best film of the year by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, an important endorsement in the run-up to the Oscars. The film, about a college-bound man whose summer relationship
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      158 33 -Reuters LOS ANGELES Tom Cruise's new psychological thriller Vanilla Sky shone brightly over the North American box office in its first weekend, but the film's forecast is cloudy as Lord of the Rings leads a slew of new releases over the Christmas holidays. According to
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      98 33 Top 10 films at the North American box office (Dec 14-16) 1 Vanilla Sky US$ 25 million 2 (I) Ocean's Eleven US$ 23.1 million 3 Not/toother Teen Movie US$ 13.1 million 4 (2) Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone US$ 9.9 million 5 (3) Behind Enemy Lines US$ 5.5 million
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      542 35  -  Serene Foo Fantasia is the stuff of kids' dreams by sere ne@n e ws to d ay.com.sg CHILDREN, it seems, are natural artists, if you subscribe to Nichola Malpas' theory. The Australian artist enthused: "Until about age 10 or so, children create pictures without
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      593 36 NBA j Washington 93 Toronto 88 Wizards extend winning streak to six TORONTO Michael Jordan showed Vince Carter that it's not how you start, it's how you finish. Jordan's Washington Wizards held Carter scoreless in the second-half and pulled away for its sixth
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      Lock icon S Africa on the rack as Aussies up the pace
      237 36 Reuters ADELAIDE Matthew Hayden blazed his way to a century before Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne combined to pick up two vital wickets that left Australia in position to win the first cricket Test against South Africa after the fourth
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      Lock icon Greedy Tiger goes on birdie blitz to win own tournament
      500 36 Reuters Golf THOUSAND OAKS, California Tiger Woods proved an ungracious host by winning his own event, the Williams World Challenge, by three strokes over Vrjay Singh yesterday. The world number one carded 10 birdies, including five in a row from
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      Lock icon Chievo stuns Inter, and Italy
      809 37 AFP Serie A Inter Milan 1 Chievo 2 Small town club no longer a lightweight ROME Anyone who had suggested at the beginning of the season that Serie A newcomer Chievo would be on equal terms at the head of the championship race as the
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      192 37 Reuters PARIS Marie-Jose Perec, the 1996 double Olympic track champion, is back in training in her native island of Guadeloupe, sports daily l'Equipe reported yesterday. The Frenchwoman, who controversially walked out of the Sydney Olympics without competing in the 400 metres after claiming she had been threatened
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      1084 38  -  j S. Gulam Manager's rotation policy killing Leeds UnitecTs title ambition by SOMETHING is wrong at Elland Road. And I'm not talking about the legal wrangle Jonathan Woodgate and Lee Bowyer is involved in. I'm more concerned with Leeds United's dip in form in the championship
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      Reds not panicking despite thrashing, insists assistant manager Thompson
      351 38 LONDON Liverpool assistant boss Phil Thompson has ordered his players to sort out their act after they slumped to their worst defeat in nine years. The Premiership leader was routed 4-0 by a rampant Chelsea Thompson's first league loss since taking
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        Lock icon Angel comes to Aston Villa's rescue
        224 39 AFP LONDON Colombian striker Juan Pablo Angel returned to the Aston Villa line-up yesterday and notched two goals as the Midlanders beat bottomplaced Ipswich Town 2-1. Angel's strikes enabled Villa to recover from trailing to a Finidi George goal and join the growing pack
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        Lock icon Owen named Europe's best footballer
        107 39 Reuters PARIS Liverpool and England striker Michael Owen was named European Footballer of the Year by the French magazine France Football yesterday. Owen became the first English player to win the prestigious award since Kevin Keegan in 1979. Owen, who helped England to qualify top
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        Lock icon Beckham beaten by Figo ...
        554 39 Beckham beaten by Figo Reuters but legend Beckenbauer says he is the best ZURICH Real Madrid's Portuguese international Luis Figo beat off challenges from Manchester United star David Beckham and his Real teammate Raul to clinch the 2001 Fifa World Footballer of the Year award yesterday. In the poll of
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        NSAs to be more closely monitored from now on
        382 39  -  Kelvin Phang THE Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC) will now conduct random 'spot checks' on national sports associations (NSAs) on a more regular basis. Playing this watchdog role will be the Special Training and Assistance Committee (STAC). Previously, NSAs with athletes
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