Today, 19 December 2001, Afternoon Edition

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    7 1 TODAY Wednesday December 19, 2001 MITA(P) 063/11/2001
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Suharto's real tragedy
      626 1  -  Ng Boon Yian by boony ian@newsto day.com.sg HEAVILY escorted by Indonesian police, a handcuffed prisoner (picture) visited his ailing, 80-year-old father in a Jakarta hospital yesterday. Even as former Indonesian President Suharto lies critic ally ill, he cannot remain untouched by the disgrace that has clouded his
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      Lock icon US stocks close higher
      96 1 -AFP NEW YORK A strong report on the housing sector and an upbeat outlook from key firms sparked a rally yesterday that lifted the Dow Jones industrials to within a hair's breadth of the 10,000-point level. Although the Dow was just above 10,000 at the closing
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      Lock icon Cancer boy's sad end
      75 1 Reuters BOGOTA A 12-year-old boy, whose deathbed plea to see his kidnapped father touched warweary Colombia, died of cancer yesterday, sparking fresh outrage at rebel captors who snubbed his last wish. Andres Felipe Perez died at his home after suffering a respiratory crisis, doctors said. The
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Go-between acquitted
      105 2  -  Elaine Quek THE go-between man, Chin Gon Chang, 40, who carried the bullet extortion package from Malaysia to Singapore was acquitted in the subordinate court yesterday. Chin and fellow Malaysian nationals Wong Tong, 57, and Yap Kok Foy, 47, were charged with conspiring to commit extortion by threat
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      Fine food burglars
      107 2  -  Tan Howe Yang SINGAPORE'S oldest Cantonese teahouse, the Mouth Restaurant at Chinatown Point, was broken into early yesterday. The burglars evaded security and helped themselves to raw abalone, among other items. Marketing manager Steve Goh said the burglars took "only the good stuff". They also stole $17,000
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      Soft words, steely mind
      408 2  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahim Mendaki CEO has a full plate by zackaria @news tod ay. com. sg ANYONE meeting Mr Sumardi Ali for the first time is left with the impression of a soft-spoken, mild-mannered, almost meek man. His tone is conciliatory. His words are well chosen.
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      Raising the stakes
      280 3 India accuses Pakistan of wanting to destroy Delhi's leadership NEW DELHI India upped the ante yesterday when it formally blamed Pakistan for supporting last week's attack on its Parliament. Home Minister L X Advani told Parliament that evidence collected confirmed the attack was carried out jointly by
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      Lock icon Downpayment disputes: Buyers required to pay
      117 3 Channel News Asia PROPERTY developers have the right to claim and recover from buyers any shortfall in downpayments. This is in the event that the Sale and Purchase Agreement is annulled before the balance of the downpayment is paid. Singapore's Deputy Controller of Housing
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      Lock icon Taiwan's first F-16s
      52 3 Reijters photo CHIAYI (Taiwan) President Chen Skui-bian yesterday vowed to keep step with China's military buildup as he took part in a ceremony to put into force the island's first F-16 fighter wing at the southern airbase yesterday. The 70 U&made jets form the backbone of Taiwan's
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      Lock icon Beijing on alert
      94 3 -AFP BEIJING Security in the Chinese capital has been beefed up despite the government's insistence that the spate of recent bombings were "isolated" criminal acts. On Saturday night, a bomb explosion killed two and injured 27 at a McDonald's restaurant in north China's Shaanxi province, the 24th
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      Aiming for the stars
      330 4  -  Elaine Quek MediaCorp, eSun to produce films for regional markets by e1 a me @ne wstoday. to m. sg OVER the next five years, the Media Corporation of Singapore Group (MediaCorp) and the eSun Holdings Group (eSun) of Hong Kong will be working together to produce
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      Institute on island
      174 4  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahim A NEW Institute of Chemical Sciences will be set up on Jurong Island sometime next year, with the sector showing strong double-digit growth in the past few years. This was revealed by National Science and Technology Board's deputy executive director, Professor Andrew Nee, at
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      Sharity target within reach
      120 4  -  Fayen Wong THE Sharity Gift Box project is well on its way to reaching its 300,000 gift target. It had only achieved 20 per cent of the target figure last week, but with media coverage, the number of new gifts streaming in has more than tripled.
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      75 2 I" :IvlCSI: CCNA"''I (TODAY/35 x 5/19 December 2001) H Please fax this slip to *****08 or send it to Marketing Department, 51 Bras Basah Road, #06-07 SB Plaia-By-The-Park, Singapore *****4. H I lrrm interested to know more about the programme I Q Yes! I want to know iirtore about Microsoft
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      227 4 XV All diploma holders, join the big surge of degree Students in Singapore. Act now or live to regret it. Join us at our the most talked event for this festive season. Whe*i? 20 Dec, Thu YJhore? Carlton Hotel, Level 2 Party starts at 6pm. (Please bring along a photocopy
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  • HOME NEWS
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      To Penang ... with love
      272 6  - To Penang with love Joy Frances Club Rainbow helps bond family of ill children by j ay@ne wstoday. co m. sg FAMILIES of chronically-ill children need as much help as their sick charges and charity group Club Rainbow is providing it. It organised a four-day trip, which departs today to
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      Watch out criminals
      203 6  -  Tan Howe Yang HIGH-TECH criminals beware. The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is beefing up its high-tech crime-busting arsenal with the help of Nanyang Technological University's (NTU) School of Computer Engineering (SCE). Both parties signed a memorandum of understanding yesterday to cement their collaboration in dealing with computer-related
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      156 6 i Any Sally Hansen purchases AA* °f $5 or more participating 1 Only Redeemable at: f^ A /4"l—iQ^) Watson's Amara Hotel Watson's Bugis Junction \.~J I CjvvTf] \/i v a W Watsons Change Alley Watson's International Plaza VV Visible Results in Wotson O UB Centre Watson's Ngee Ann CiV Just
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      47 7 6 Days&f- I To Christmas I jrU.?.sBoB Today Only /J to 24 December 2001 H Get into t/ie holiday mood with 12 specially-priced pieces for the 12 days before Christmas. What's more, we've got a fabulous offer piece for each and every day! AS PIA L J
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  • LETTERS
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      The write incentive
      325 8  -  Wong Teck Tian Cash awards will spur our writers to come up with their best work IT IS about time we give recognition to our local book writers and publishers. The National Arts Council (NAC) should organise an annual writers' awards ceremony, similar to the one held
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      A solution to false fire alarms in car parks
      137 8  -  David Kwok Ng Kan WHILE I applaud the Town Councils for installing fire alarms in multi-storey car parks all over the island, the process with which fire alerts are sent out is outdated as it still requires feedback from civic-conscious residents.
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      Power to create new jobs?
      229 8  -  Liv Fook Thim I REFER to the article, "Toppling the pyramid" (Today, Dec 15). With Singapore's unemployment rate expected to rise to 4.5 per cent this year and projected to worsen in 2002, more retrenched workers realise that most of the jobs being slashed may
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    • Letter
      Why course fees vary
      212 8  -  MsOngEngNeo WE refer to the letter written by Mr Henry Lim Li Shun, "Same course, different rates" (Today, Dec 11). The Institute of Technical Education (ITE) works with private schools, through its Approved Training Provider (ATP) scheme to create training opportunities for persons to acquire or
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      Will higher prices follow discounts?
      101 8  -  Ananda Perera I REFER to reports last week about DBS giving privileges to POSB card users. Is it fair to disagree with the general euphoria? Since POSB issues over three million ATM cards, can this be a genuine discount? The long-term effect could be inflation
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      More Capita Land homes for sale next year
      158 10 CAPITALAND will offer three to four home projects for sale next year. These will likely include both freehold and leasehold condominiums, a company spokesperson said. However, she said the exact date of the launch has not been decided yet. In a statement
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    • Corporate Briefs
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        SingTel's Expan extends service to Taiwan |
        72 10 SingTel's Expan extends service to Taiwan SINGTEL has extended its Asia-wide managed hosting services to Taiwan, at a cost of NT$l3O million ($6.89 million). The launch of Expan, as this service is called, comes just after a similar launch in Japan a week ago. Sing Tel plans to invest US$2BO
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        Your S$1 buys ...
        23 10 Your S$1 buys E 0.5438 Rupiaf 5524.1 0.3730 Baht 23.845 69.653 Peso 28.052 4.2417 A$ 1.0508 2.0666 Rupee 26.001 0.6022 I Won 702.65
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      Trade down, market up
      378 10 THE Singapore stock market yesterday shrugged off the weak November trade figures as a non-event as the numbers were within expectations. The 21.1 per cent decline to $7.98 billion is "completely not surprising," said Bank of America economist Simon Flint. "Since it is so close to
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      Reeling in Asian talent
      348 12  -  Ivay Tan EDB and National Geographic in documentary tie-up by i vay @news tod ay. com. sg TO bring more Asian perspective to its programmes, the National Geographic International (NGCI) has tied up with the Economic Development Board (EDB) to groom production talent here. Yesterday, they
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      Lock icon The test that next Thai Airways boss must pass
      174 14 Bloomberg BANGKOK Thai Airways International asked the three top candidates for the position as president to present their four-year strategic plans for the national airline before making a final selection for the job. "We accept the recommended list of (12) candidates
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      Exciting phones
      247 14  -  Chan Chao Peh Fun -that's what users want in 3G sets by eh aopeh newstoday. com, sg MOBILE users, Singaporeans included, want to have fun with their upcoming third generation of 3G handsets. According to a survey worldwide study done by HPI Research Group, 72 per cent of
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    • Article
      Schroder ups stake
      127 16 gobbles additional 35m shares in Parkway SCHRODER Capital Partners Asia has gobbled up more shares in healthcare group Parkway Holdings. It bought an additional 35 million shares in the healthcare group, through its member fund called Windjammer. This effectively upped Schroder's stake by almost five percentage points
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      Chuan Hup's subsidiary sells stake
      90 16 ACIS Holdings, a subsidiary of Chuan Hup Holdings, has sold its 10 per cent stake in Dredging International Asia Pacific for $15.2 million. Chuan Hup estimates the net profit before tax attributable to this sale to be $5.5 million. Its finance director, Mr Lim Kwee
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      Seah joins Capita Land
      59 16 FORMER banker Peter Seah has joined Capita Land's board as a non-executive director, the listed developer said in a statement. This follows Mr Seah's appointment last month as president and chief executive of conglomerate Singapore Technologies (ST). ST holds a 47.5 per cent stake in the
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      1998 16 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS (All prices are indicative) Fund Name Bid Prite/NAV Offer Price Aberdeen At set Management Asia Ltd ■I i. I.™ i;.lj-ii, ,i,.-. lu J 0907 0953 Aberdeen Global MNC Fund 0.645 0.679 Aberileen Global Terhnolwy Fund 0.545 0.57^ Aberdeen UK Blue (hip Fund D.717 D.753 Aberdeen American Opportunities
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    • Market Watch
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        Singapore
        175 16 THE local market yesterday closed firmer after a five-day losing streak. Better than expected trade numbers released over the mid-day break helped stir the market, with the key STI closing 25.2 points at 1,583.60. The main gainers were from the finance and property sectors. Turnover was fair at 388.7
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      350 15 PBPfe. ISSIHw -HE JSP i |£&1 ■KM Bit!- Jfc JJS^f■: "'I Vi:^^^^H \'^^^^^tH^^l .Jl^l B^■.:■■■.■■■.■■■.■■■■■■■■ j^H| Bp --''^''xdß&k^flHHn^' v pW- -*>' mm j It■■ '^■Hi^ilfl^^^H^^^Ei^B v ji"i"" ii~*1" Bl M B 1, i ■'■■■'-A-- r-:■■;■■■■■-■■■ :i v'^; y-":;';;^- SILENT NIGHTS This Christmas, bring peace into your home with Starmex air-conditioning,
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon HSBCtopaysl.lbtobond
      178 18 -ATP scam victims in Japan NEW YORK British multinational banking group HSBC will pay US$6O6 million <$l.lbillion) to victims of a major bond scam in Japan. The deal would settle suits brought by 51 Japanese plaintiffs against Republic New York Securities Corp (RNYSC) which HSBC bought in December 1999.
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      Where's Osama?
      306 18 Pakistan, Sudan, Iraq US has no idea TORA BORA Only last week, they were certain that Osama bin Laden was still in Afghanistan but today, US intelligence officials could not offer a hint as to where the terrorist is. US Secretary of State Colin Powell told an American
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    • AFTERNOON EDITION
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        What the regional papers say today . . .
        163 20 What the regional papers say today New Straits Times/ Malaysia Helicopters to monitor traffic flow Projek Lebuhraya Utara Selatan (Plus) had been directed to use helicopters to monitor traffic flow along the North-South Expressway immediately and during other festive occasions. The Jakarta Post/ Indonesia Papua students rally against autonomy package
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        Lock icon Refugees set centre on fire
        303 20 Agencies CANBERRA Reflecting rage and frustration at their situation, asylum seekers set fire to up to 15 buildings late Monday evening. It was one of the worst outbreaks of violence to ever hit Australia's controversial detention centres. The rioting took place at the Woomera detention
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        Lock icon Aristide sleeps through attack
        212 20 Reuters PORT-AU-PRINCE (Haiti) Raising fears of a return to the nation's violent past, gunmen stormed into the National Palace before dawn on Monday in a coup attempt against President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Security forces foiled the bid after a shootout with the estimated 30 attackers who were
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  • COMMENTARY
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      The Temasek template
      1580 22 What the mother of all GLCs is doing to keep up with the times In a speech to the Foreign Correspondents Association in Singapore last week, Mr S Dhanabalan, chairman of Temasek Holdings, touched on the role of government ownership of business in the era of globalisation.
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      266 22 COMPETITIVE EDGE PTE LTD PRESENTS f Anthony BOBBINS 'ERSONAL POWER FREE SUCCESS CONFERENCE! Thursday 20 th December Main Auditorium, Revenue House, i 55 Newton Road, Opposite Novena MRT I <;iM v jte(j 0 215 At ,e n( j eeSi Admittance I MtuU'i^ajß-i^S'^ strictly far prs-rag isle red guests only, I
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Cruise control
      914 26  -  David Ngiau Today photo by Megastar steers clear of his personal life with the media WHEN was the last time we had an "A-list" star in town? Technically, there was the Planet Hollywood opening in January 1997, for which Bruce Willis and Sylvester Stallone came to Singapore. Tom
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  • PORTFOLIO
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      3 get-rich schemes
      518 27  -  Channel News Asia Though not quick, they will assure dividends T^HE foundation of wealth is to live A within our means and invest excess income wisely. However, many people still fall into the debt trap, what with credit card companies and banks creating the illusion that one
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      Time to come out of hibernation
      223 27  -  Vasu Menon by LAST week's correction on global stock markets has raised questions about whether the recent rally was just a flash in the pan. Most analysts will agree that the medium-term outlook remains bullish. Fiscal and monetary stimuli should ensure that stocks will
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  • INCINEMAS
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      Scary new year
      494 28 Director Wilson Yip's 2002 is a spine-chiller IT'S the season to send shivers down your spine. At least that's what writer-director Wilson Yip (Juliet in Love, Skyline Cruisers) seems to be suggesting with his latest offering, 2002. Yip's 10th film is about a special squad, made up
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      Lock icon Moulin Rouge tops Satellite list
      248 28 Reuters/Variety HOLLYWOOD Moulin Rouge was on top of the world when the International Press Academy announced the nominations for the sixth annual Golden Satellite Awards. The academy is a splinter group from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which organises the Golden Globes. Fox's musical led
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      Lock icon Bedroom shaping up as tops
      667 29 -Reuters/Variety Critics have picked their favourite film ahead of Oscar nomination announcements LOS ANGELES The turbulent family drama In The Bedroom is shaping up as a critical favourite as Hollywood moves into its awards season, but experts caution the field remains wide open and that
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  • LIMELIGHT
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      Andrea's next change: Mandarin speaker
      258 30  -  Jenny Kong by j c nny @news tod ay. co m. s g YOU'VE seen host-actress Andrea De Cruz flaunt her excellent command of the English language on Channel 5 programmes, such as the Showbuzz, Making Love and Ail Change. Soon, you will be surprised
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      Jeff lives up to title
      245 30  -  Gail Wan TAIWANESE singer Jeff Chang lived up to his title as the Prince of Love Ballads, crooning his way into the hearts of some 5,000 fans at his concert on Monday night. The strains of Ai Ru Chao Shui (Love Like The Floods) rang
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      The great escape
      277 30  -  Chua Chong Jin by tcj c hua@ ntu, edu. sg AS any adult refusing to grow up will tell you, sports is as close as you can get to being a child all over again. It offers a kind of escape from reality. But, for the young,
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      1288 31 /A~D]JkCORP /ABOiACORP The Practice Brother's HPH I r'me n9 s Arts Centfnl 10pin etett've lnvesti9ot'on Keepers Channel 5,10pm I After the devastation of World War 11, Files IV Chatmei 8, 9pm m W^^^W^^^BSLJl I HBil I a Robin Hood-like character named s «''■'< m ~*^k. I£\ /j I Sua Bai
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  • TIMEOUT
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      Lock icon Sacred textiles
      567 32  -  Sian E Jay New passion for ancient art weavings by women by. '"INHERE is something fascinatX ing about beautiful textiles, especially when they're woven in silver and gold thread on silk and cotton. There are quite a few of these, plus a few equally beautiful, but without the
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      An explosion of Asean colours and flavours
      186 32 IN the next three days, visitors to the University Cultural Centre Theatre will witness an explosion of Asean colours and flavours as the Third Asean Universities Arts Festival opens tomorrow. This three-day event brings together over 150 students from nine countries Brunei, Cambodia,
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      531 32 Three-Day the stocking with gleefully manic Christmas Carolling By humour. Catholic Junior College Only those 18 years and above Choir will be admitted. Get into the spirit of Christmas Date; Tomorrow till Saturday as the Catholic Junior College Time: 10.30pm choir performs Christmas songs. Venue: DBS Arts Centre Date: Today
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  • JOBBEAT
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      Who's doing the work?
      385 33 How to get a team going THE joke about teamwork goes like this: "Why is it that with teamwork, everyone else is the team but I do all the work?" While we may laugh at the one-liner, working through the reality is no joke. Sometimes a
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      Transporting bricks too expensive? Mail them
      179 33 HANDS up those who had a pet project, found too many obstacles and gave up. There's a strategy for eliminating obstacles that stand between us and our dreams. In 1916, the small town of Vernal in Utah wanted to build its first bank with
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  • SPORTS
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        Lock icon Furious Gunners
        478 35 Reuters LONDON Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger (picture) refused to criticise referee Graham Poll publicly after his team threw away a 1-0 lead to lose 3-1 at home to Newcastle United in a controversial premier league clash yesterday. But it was no surprise that Wenger was unhappy with many
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        Lock icon Leeds midfielder Bowyer slams transfer-listing
        303 35 AFP LONDON Leeds midfielder Lee Bowyer accused the Premiership club of victimisation yesterday after the Elland Road club placed him on the transfer list for refusing to accept a fine. Bowyer was last week found not guilty of affray and grievous bodily harm with intent
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        Lock icon More money for the winner
        183 35 -AFP ZURICH The winning team in the 2002 World Cup finals in South Korea and Japan next year will receive 12.4 million Swiss francs ($l4 million), 70 per cent more than in the last World Cup, Fifa announced yesterday. The executive committee of world football's
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        Lock icon Real reaches quarter-finals
        89 35 -AFP MADRID Raul hammered a hat-trick to help Real Madrid into the quarter-finals of the Spanish Cup yesterday. Real beat Gimnastic Tarragone of the second division after having to overcome a 1-0 deficit from the first leg. Raul scored in the 4th, 45th and 47th minutes with
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      Walking with an angel
      1050 36  -  Rohit Brijnath by rohit@news to d ay.co m. sg SOME years choosing the Sportsperson of the Year is an arduous business. The mind, dulled by nicotine and alcohol, the middle-aged man's crutches, feebly swirls back through time. Who did what and when, and what did it
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      Lock icon Wright's job on the line as India heads for final Test against England
      387 36 AFP BANGALORE India goes into the series-clinching final Test against England from today burdened by a captain who cannot score runs and a coach who cannot hang on to his job. While the lack of an alternative
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      How the sixth best player in Europe became the world's No.1
      429 37  -  Stanley Ho by stanley@ne wsto day. c om.sg IT IS well known that football coaches and journalists don't often see eye-to-eye. And you need to look no further than Sunday's announcements of the World and European Players of the
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      No titles in November
      578 37  -  S. Murali How a week made all the difference in the world [Comment by mura! i@ntf ws Loday.{:o m .Kg FUNNY game, football. One minute, you have an 11-point lead over your arch rival with a game in hand and four days later, the lead is
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      Move to oust Sheik
      492 38  -  Jose Raymond Today Exclusive by jose@newstoday.com.sg TWO-TIME world silat champion Sheik Alau'ddin (picture) is in danger of being ousted as Technical Director of the Singapore Silat Federation (SSF). And the man behind the call to have the 1999 Coach of the Year vacate his position is
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      Warne spins Aussie win
      60 38 ADELAIDE-Shane Wame spun Australia to a crushing 246-run victory in the first Test as South Africa collapsed to 128 all out at the Adelaide Oval on Tuesday. Warne captured three for 57 on the fifth and final day to finish with eight wickets in the match
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      Parma sacks Passarella
      48 38 MILAN Parma has sacked its Argentine coach Daniel Passarella following its poor run of form. The struggling Serie A club announced the decision on its official website on Tuesday and said Gedeone Carmignani would take temporary charge of the side for the game at Torino.
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      New BAR boss
      31 38 BRACKLEY David Richards is the new boss of British American Racing (BAR) after the shock resignation of team principal Craig Pollock, the Formula One team said on Tuesday.
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      Tze Huang to carry Singapore hopes
      332 38  -  Kelvin Phang CHOO Tze Huang (picture) is a big boy. In fact, the 14-year-old weighs in at a whopping 95 kilogrammes. But the national junior will be by no means the biggest fish at the 10th Singapore Island Country Club Junior Goif Championships, which
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      138 35 /AsdiaCorp producer-presenter Passion 99.5FM A station of the National Arts Council We are looking for an individual who is effectively bilingual in both Mandarin English, creative, has a good voice and an engaging personality. You should also have a passion for the arts, at least 1 year of radio broadcasting
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      428 39 AFP English Premier League Arsenal 1 Newcastle Utd 3 Geordies go to the top of the table after surprise win LONDON Newcastle went to the top of the English Premiership yesterday with a 3-1 win over Arsenal at Highbury in a match that finally saw the Geordies break
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