Today, 1 February 2002, Afternoon Edition

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    9 1 TODAY Friday •February 1,2002. Mil A (HI 063/1 1/3001
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Of SAP and isolation ...
      479 1  - Of SAP and isolation Ng Boon Yian Relooking old policies in touchy times boonyian@newstoday.com.sg AS Singapore pondered its race relations with a sense of sobriety, an old institution came under the glare. Do the mainly Chinese students in Special Assistance Plan (SAP) schools, such as Chinese High, find it harder
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      Lock icon Unemployment insurance here?
      268 1 Bloomberg SINGAPORE may adopt measures such as unemployment insurance to prepare for a higher jobless rate as factories move to China and other lower-cost countries, NTUC Deputy SecretaryGeneral, Mr Heng Chee How, said yesterday. "Planning on the basis of continuous full employment is something that we better
      Bloomberg  -  268 words
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      Lock icon Wall Street higher
      66 1 AFP NEW YORK Stocks rallied for a second straight session yesterday, boosted by lateJanuary portfolio additions and new data indicating that the US economy has begun to recover from its slowdown. The Dow Jones industrials closed up 157.14 points at 9,920.00, and the Nasdaq composite added 20.68
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  • HOT NEWS
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      One voice for 10 countries?
      311 2  -  Elaine Quek BG Yeo suggests a coordinator for all of Asean by elaine@newstoday.com.sg THE region is in danger of being sidelined unless its members band together to do business with the world, said Minister for Trade and Industry BG (NS) George Yeo at the Asean
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      Lock icon Remittance man charged
      100 2 Channel NewsAsia LAM Chen Fong, a partner of Wen Long Money Changer at City Plaza, was charged yesterday with criminal breach of trust. Lam, 29, had allegedly collected $7 million from more than 1,000 people who wanted to remit the money to their home countries. The police
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      Lock icon HFMD strikes again
      62 2 Channel NewsAsia THREE children and four teachers at a private school on Turf Club Road have contracted Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD). The first case was detected at the Julia Gabriel Centre on Jan 11. The centre closed for a thorough disinfection on Tuesday. Two children
      – Channel NewsAsia  -  62 words
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      Lock icon Johor to treat its own water by next year
      190 3 Reuters KUALA LUMPUR Johor plans to stop buying drinking water from Singapore next year when its RM6SO million ($313 million) treatment plant starts operation. Mentri Besar Datuk Abdul Ghani Othman told the New Straits Times: "Barring any major problems, the project
      — Reuters  -  190 words
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      Lock icon The Enron aftershock
      217 3 Agencies Congress arm sues White House WASHINGTON The White House is facing a potentially damaging battle in the aftermath of the collapse of energy giant Enron. The General Accounting Office (GAO), an investigative arm of Congress, declared yesterday that it would file an unprecedented lawsuit against the
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      Lock icon Koizumi feels Tanaka tremor
      132 3 -AFP TOKYO Snap polls conducted yesterday showed a sharp drop in Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's popularity after he sacked Mrs Makiko Tanaka. A Nippon Television Network poll of 3,500 respondents conducted on Wednesday and yesterday showed that 87 per cent opposed Mr Koizumi's move, while only
      -AFP  -  132 words
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      Lock icon Squatters to go
      105 3 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia will demolish squatter houses and step up security following the ban on the hiring of new Indonesian workers. Hundreds of marine police have been deployed to prevent Indonesians from entering Malaysia illegally. Selangor has instructed enforcement agencies to demolish squatter colonies populated by
      -AFP  -  105 words
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      Unemployment at 4.7%
      143 4 SINGAPORE'S unemployment rate rose to 4.7 per cent in December the highest in 15 years. This was up from 3.8 per cent in the previous month. The preliminary estimates exceeded the high of 4.4 per cent experienced in December 1998 due to the Asian economic crisis. But
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      District judges with toothaches
      446 4  -  Joy Frances CJ and those crazy appeals by j oy@newstoday. com.sg THREE men turned up at the Appeals Court yesterday with some incredible justifications for their crimes. Their excuses were rewarded with Chief Justice Yong Pung How's brand of sardonic humour. First was Tan Yew Liang.
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Lock icon Muslim remains to move in Aug
      313 6 Kim-Kyna Tan EXHUMATION of Muslim graves in Bidadari Cemetery will commence in August. After the 68,000 graves have been exhumed and re-interred under phase two of the exhumation project, the land will be used for high-density housing. The exhumation will be in strict observance
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      Lock icon Diabetes: NTUC to help out
      167 6 Jasken Randhawa THIRTY-FIVE per cent of the workforce today is between 40 to 59 years of age. This age group, more than any other, is prone to diabetes. The ailment affects nine per cent of adults here, more than twice the worldwide average. That is
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      Lock icon Shopping on the go
      442 15  -  Cathleen Tung All under one roof and for 24 hours by news@newstoday.com.sg WANT to grab a quick bite while on the go? Need to pick up some groceries on your way home? Forgot to charge your mobile phone before you had left home? Now, you can
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  • LETTERS
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      A S'pore affair
      214 8  -  him Boon Hee Umno Youth's 'big brother' mentality unacceptable WHATEVER the merits or otherwise of Singapore's policies and handling of the tudung issue in schools, it is for Singaporeans alone to decide. We are a sovereign independent nation. Dr Mahathir Mohamad has acknowledged this fact. By criticising
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      Apology
      22 8 WE apologise for a wrong Scholl contest advertisement that was published in yesterday's edition. The next advertisement will appear on Monday.
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      The battle between realpolitik and principle
      330 8  -  Ngiam Shih lUng THERE is a touch of hypocrisy in Israeli and American attempts to label Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat a "terrorist" by linking him to a clandestine arms shipment intercepted by Israel. How did Israeli guerrillas fight their war for independence against the
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      On every floor, in every block
      509 10  -  Dharmendra Yadav How the net must widen to ensure harmony HANDS up, all those who took race relations in Singapore as a given? I did and I don't blame anyone else for it. But now, I have an opportunity to do something about it.
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      For a smoother ride
      109 10 I REFER to Mr Chai Min Fook's letter "Install bigger signs, remove camera" (Today, Jan 29). Mr Chai is right that traffic congestion on the roads during peak hours is inevitably caused by high volume of traffic. Speed limit cameras are installed to discourage speeding and
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      29 8 Your letter can also appear on this page. Give your full nome and address and write to: Today, 24, Raffle* Place, #28-01/06, Clifford Centre, S'pore *****1; Fax:6s-*****17; E-mail: news@newstoday.com.sg
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Reality check for extravagant credit card users
      410 12  -  r Chan Chao Peh by chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg TIME is running out for people who use several credit cards and have an extravagant lifestyle. From September, the banking industry, through the Singapore Consumer Credit Bureau, will collect and share information such as the number of
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      Lock icon F&N's share buy-back
      120 12 Bloomberg FRASER Neave (F&N), a beverage company with property and publishing interests, will distribute $237 million to its shareholders to reduce capital and boost its shares value. The move comes as it tries to restructure and boost profit. In recent months, F&N has bought back shares and
      – Bloomberg  -  120 words
    • Corporate Briefs
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        The Ascott's $41m profit
        44 16 SERVICED apartment giant The Ascott has reported a 20 per cent increase in net profit to $41 million for its last financial year. This was mainly on the back of higher exceptional gains from its divestment of non-core property assets.
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        Sun opens $64m storage centre here
        55 16 SUN Microsystems yesterday opened a US$35 million ($64.19 million) storage centre here. The centre's storage experts and system engineers will work with colleagues at centres in Denver in the US, and the United Kingdom to help clients build IT applications. This minimises clients' use
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        Hong Lai Huat starts tech businesses
        44 16 MAINBOARD-listed Hong Lai Huat Group has set up a subsidiary to tap into the growth potential of the technology/electronics sector. Called Alpha-Glyph Technologies, it has three core businesses wireless multimedia, content development and software integration and special projects.
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      Still 3 days
      322 16  -  Tan Hui Leng SGX won't shorten settlement period yet by huileng@newstoday.com.sg STOCK punters can rest assured that the current T plus three trading settlement period will remain unchanged. Mr Tom Kloet, SGX's chief executive, said that, unless necessary, the SGX will not change the present settlement period.
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      Lock icon Older estates more popular
      127 16 Channel NewsAsia. THERE are, on average, more than three buyers eyeing each of the 1,900 unsold flats in older estates. More than 6,600 applications have been submitted to the Housing Board. The exercise, the first of its kind to clear unsold flats, ended at midnight last
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      Lock icon The slow horse?
      495 18  -  Lee Yew Meng Feng shui expert disagrees with economists on prospects this year by yewmeng@newstoday.com.sg AFTER the traumatic year of the Golden Snake in 2001, how will the Singapore stock market fare in the lunar year of the Water Horse, which starts on Feb 12? Will it
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    • Market Watch
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        Market Movers
        97 20 lop Gainers Close lop Losers Close BMT100 Creative 50 "ISS&P*****US$ 74,00 +4,00 27.80 +3.50 118,80 +3,20 Venture SPH SPH 100 15.40 -0.10 23.50 -0.10 23.50 -0.10 UOB DBS F&N 14,80 +0,40 14,80 +0,40 8,35 +0,30 RattlesLas Prima TCIL3kHKj 0.48 -0.04 4,04 -0,04 1.32 -0.03 SIA SIAGSeCW*****1 12,80 +0,30
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        Singapore
        146 20 SHARES regained some lost ground in a broadbased rally that saw the ST index climb to an 11-month high in a hectic session of trading. The key index soared 37.44 points before mmm ending at 1786.89, up 31.28 points. Market breadth was positive with five aW^ gainers for every
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        Malaysia
        94 20 UNDERPINNED by the strong turnaround in the overnight Wall Street performance, the Kuala Lumpur market staged a powerful run despite a slow start in early trading. The KLCI gained 8.82 points to 718.82. Trading was brisk with 398,330 lots traded. There were 458 gainers compared to 257 losers, while
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        Your S$1 buys...
        27 20 US$ 0.5457 UK£ 0.3872 Yen 72.550 HK$ 4.2559 RM 2.0736 Euro 0.6327 Rupiah 5629.9 Baht 24.007 Peso 27.958 A$ 1.0732 Rupee 26.491 Won 717.18
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      3146 20 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS (All prices are indicative) Fund Nome NAV/Eid Price Oiler Prke Aberdeen Asset Management (Asia) A lert een Se-Singapore Dollar Fund 1.0014 1.001. A lert een Se-American Opportunities 0.738 0.776 A lert een Se-Asia Fixed Income 1.169 1.205 A lert een Se-China Opportunities Fund 0.95 0.998 A lert
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      India again? Whats up?
      184 22 BANGKOK The motive of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's visit to India today, his second in slightly over two months, has been questioned by the opposition. Deputy Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva said: "I hope the Prime Minister will not use his office to negotiate a private
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      Lock icon 1 roasted cat, 400 homeless
      87 22 Reuters PHNOM PENH More than 400 Cambodians were left homeless when a roasted cat caught fire, sending flames shooting through a village of wooden shacks. The fire destroyed 62 houses in central Kompong Chhnang province. Police said no one was killed or injured. "Witnesses said
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      Lock icon Airport panic
      33 24 Reuters photo THOUSANDS were evacuated from a San Francisco airport on Wednesday when traces of suspected explosives were found on a man's shoes. The man fled after the discovery was made.
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      Lock icon Canberra offers refugees cash to leave
      216 24 Agencies WOOMERA Australia is hoping to buy its way out of its refugee problem. The government announced yesterday that it would offer financial help to 4,000 Afghan refugees to go home. Prime Minister John Howard said: "Now that the Taliban is no longer there,
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      Lock icon No cut in maids'wage
      163 24 -AFP HONG KONG Bowing to pressure from Indonesia and the Philippines, Hong Kong announced yesterday it would not cut the minimum wage for foreign domestic helpers. A government spokesman said the minimum monthly wage of HK53,670 ($861.55) would stand for now but would be reviewed if
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Read between the labels
      618 26  -  Fiona Tan by IT'S something you hear on almost every news channel. "Fair", "objective", "unbiased". These are labels that serve a purpose to create an impression about what you are seeing and hearing. Who doesn't want news that has all three elements? If you stay up
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      What the regional papers said yesterday ...
      118 26 What the regional papers said yesterday The Star/Malaysia Now Kurup is PBRS president In a new twist to the Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah leadership tussle, incumbent Tan Sri Joseph Kurup on Wednesday was re-elected president by his faction, barely 24 hours after his suspended deputy Datuk Dr Jeffrey Kitingan secured
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon What a waste
      795 28 Today Foreign Desk Tanaka squanders chance to prove her worth in a man's world TOKYO The nation gasped. The markets shook. And Mr Lionheart must be wondering whether he would survive the "Tuesday Night Massacre" that he himself initiated. For many, Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's sacking
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      511 30  -  Low Shi Ping Growing Up mum returns to TV screen after fouryear break by shiping@newstoday.com.sg FANS of the drama, Growing Up, might recall that tear-jerker episode four years ago, when Tay Sumei died in an accident. That was not an unplanned accident. In reality, it was the
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      In with the new
      427 32 PRINGCLEANING before the Lunar New Year is a tradition in many Chinese households here as it is in many countries across East Asia. M What does this tradition owe its roots to? The Lunar New Year festivities are a celebration of the onset of Spring, the
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      52 32 m Great eats Our Chinese New Year restaurant guide gives you the towdown where you can have your Io hei sessions and reunion dinners. Party on! Home chef Wracking your head over what to prepare for reunion dinner? Our home chef has just the perfect recipe for you And it's
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      FEAST@EAST THIS CNY PERIOD
      121 34 Traditional Chinese New Year specialties will adorn the buffet counter of Feast@East's, at Century Roxy Park Hotel, to ring in the year of the horse. Have a buffet dinner on Chinese New Year's Eve for $28.80+++ (adult) and $18.80+++ (child). On the first and second day
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      CELEBRATION FIT FOR A KING
      124 34 Tien Court Sichuan Restaurant of Copthorne King's Hotel is showing up extensive a la carte and set menus to welcome the "Horse". January specials include braised sea slug with caviar (s9+++) and fried scallops with crispy filo (sB+++). In February, claypot shark's fin with chicken
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      SWENSEN'S SWEETS
      125 34 Impress your friends and relatives with Swensen's Chinese New Year goodies. Baked with the finest ingredients and packaged in elegant gold tins and boxes, Swensen's cookies are sure to fetch a smile on the recipients faces. Choose from six varieties of cookies: pineapple cookies, love letters, butter cashew
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      'LO HEI' AT HUA TING
      106 34 Greeting you this Chinese New Year is Orchard Hotel's Hua Ting Restaurant which promises an unforgettable reunion dinner experience. From Feb 1 to 26, the swanky restaurant will present an array of classic Chinese dishes from a la carte menus as well as set menus
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      TREATS AT TREADERS
      117 34 Usher in the year of the horse with an array of scrumptious goodies at Traders Hotel. Celebrate with your family and friends at Traders Cafe or Ah Hoi's Kitchen. Indulge yourself at Traders Cafe where irresistible entrees await you. The festive dining kicks off with a reunion
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      SPICE UP THE 'HORSE' YEAR
      109 34 The Sichuan chefs from China will spice up your reunion dinner at Plaza Hotel. The Sichuan Dou Hua Seafood restaurant has three varieties of yusheng to offer from Jan 20 to Feb 26: Fortune Abalone ($108), Harmony Lobster ($138) and Prosperity Salmon (small: $40, large:
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      MAKE IT A FAMILY AFFAIR AT TUNG LOK
      170 34 Recognising the importance of the family reunion dinner during Chinese New Year, The Tung Lok Group's 20 restaurants each has a unique rendition of yusheng to offer. Other house specialties are also available. While Club Chinois entices with prawns, stir fried with
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      GOOD THINGS ARE CHEAP AT PARK
      128 34 Value-for-money meals are what you can expect at Park Hotel. Reunion lunch and dinner buffet is available at the New Park Cafe from Feb 9 to 1 1 at $22 (adult) and 1 3 (child) for lunch, and $28 (adult) and $17 (child) for
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      Cookies for treats
      300 36 SWENSEN'S is offering TODAY readers a bonus for the Lunar New Year. Every purchase of four tins of Swensen's delicious Chinese New Year goodies, aptly named the Golden Gifts of Prosperity, will entitle you to a fifth tin free. All you need to do is to cut
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      Put a spring in your step at Wisma Atria
      286 36 HIS Lunar New Year at Wisma Atria, it's the ideal opportunityto shop for the festive season and win a whole array of exciting prizes to Prizes include the chance to walk away with gift vouchers worth 10 times the amount you
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      Catch good fortune strolling through ...
      262 36 Catch good fortune strolling through THE Chinese Gardens has been transformed this Lunar New Year. At the Gardens' Imperial Summer Palace, the legendary golden terracotta warriors will be escorting the golden God of Wealth Cai Shen Ye. Another eight gods of wealth await at strategic parts of the Gardens, and
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      Nuggets for the season
      433 38  -  Pauline DLoh Celebrate with rosy shrimp-paste flavoured chicken and tender tofu rounds m A elcome Ml M back to the M M first of two festive ediIV tions of f Y Home Chef. We've saved these recipes for you to try during the Chinese New Year
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      TOFU&PHYTOESTROGEN
      155 38 WE have been hearing a lot about soya beans or tofu products and phytoestrogens. But what are phytoestrogens and are they good for us? "Phyto" means plant and "estrogen" refers to the hormone produced in a woman's body. Although phytoestrogens are similar to estrogens, they are not the true
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      Prosperity Shrimp Paste Chicken Nuggets
      146 38 Recipe Ingredients: 1 packet MAGGI Shrimp Paste Chicken Mix 500gm boneless chicken fillets 2 tubes white silken tofu 1 tablespoon shredded ginger A little sesame oil Some cut chilli for garnish Method: 1. Cut chicken up into small cubes, removing tough tendons. Marinate chicken with
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    110 40 art direction: puaykoon photography: wong khing chong hair: gina, marcus (lanza haircare) make-up: mona sim (estee lauder) location: M hotel clothes: morgan, phuture london, sinequanone isetan, scotts models: cheryl miles, cristal simon, claudine chan (cherry chocolate candy, winners of channel 5 talentime 2001) From left, Claudine's see-through lace
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  • INCINEMAS
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      143 46 -Reuters LOS ANGELES Four Hollywood film studios said on Wednesday they will start selling movies in a new digital videotape format, D-VHS, designed for high-end home theatre systems equipped with a player from Japanese electron- ics company JVC, which is a unit
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      Lock icon Hacker vows to challenge ruling
      236 46 -Reuters LOS ANGELES Eric Corley, the central figure in the "DVD Hacker" case who was barred by a court from posting online software to make copies of DVDs, vowed to keep fighting the copyright law on which the ruling was based. "We have every intention
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      63 48 At the I Not Stupid gala Today photos by Actor/director/screenplay writer Jack Neo (left) with CEO ofßaintree Pictures, Mr Daniel Yun, at the premiere of the latest local movie, I Not Stupid, held on Wednesday at GV Grand Great World City. The cast of I Not Stupid at the premiere.
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      305 48  -  Ambiga Raju 'Dirty' actors are all the rage in Tamil movies by ambiga@newstoday.com.sg TAMIL cinema renowned for, among other things, the thick make-up that heroes wear has been given a face-lift. Blame it on Vikram (right). The scraggly-look-ing hero in Sethu donned no make-up when he faced the
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      72 49 J—_ J_/ —An. > I £b is Number 1 I m^mj^ I *9 of the top 10 most-watched Chinese programmes are on Channel 8. I if t'ie '°P 1" Chinese programmes I f A on Channel 8 are produced in Singapore. We have more locally produced shows >n primetime than
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Els leads, thanks to technology
      324 52 -AFP Golf Heineken Classic Second round live today on Ch24 <■> Warn MELBOURNE Ernie Els (picture) laid siege to Royal Melbourne to dominate the Heineken Classic yesterday, lending further ammunition to those who say technology is rendering grand golf courses obsolete. The world N0.5 relished
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      Lock icon Brady to lead Patriots' bunch
      132 52 -AFP NEW ORLEANS Tom Brady will be New England's starting quarterback in Super Bowl XXXVI after showing no signs of pain from a sprained ankle during a 90-minute workout yesterday. "It's feeling good," an upbeat Brady said of his ankle. "Practice was good. Everything felt
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      Super Shaq shines for Lakers
      69 52 ORLANDO The Los Angeles Lakers produced a spectacular fourth-quarter scoring drive to defeat the Orlando Magic 111-93 yesterday. Shaquille O'Neal had 30 points and 14 rebounds in a dominant performance against his former team while All-Star colleague Kobe Bryant added 23 points and eight rebounds.
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    • AFTERNOON EDITION
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        Lock icon Champion Chelsea?
        719 53 Blues captain Desailly confident Premiership title within reach English Premier League Chelsea 2 Leeds 0 Goalscorers Gudjohnsen and Dalla Bona ensure Blues still in league race LONDON French defender Marcel Desailly believes he can enjoy the perfect World Cup warm-up by winning the Premier League title with his
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        Lock icon Egypt advances, Tunisia bows out
        263 53 AFP BAMAKO Egypt reached the quarter-finals of the African Nations Cup with a 2-1 victory over Zambia this morning as World Cup qualifier Tunisia crashed out after only drawing with Senegal. The Egyptians clinched Group D's run-ners-up spot behind Senegal, thanks to goals in each
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        Lock icon Swede signs for Everton
        96 53 Reuters LIVERPOOL Everton completed the initial £2.5 million ($6.49 million) signing of Swedish international midfielder Tobias Linderoth from Norwegian club Stabaek, the English premier league club said yesterday. Linderoth has signed a four-and-a-half year deal and the 22-year-old is now set to make his debut in
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        Lock icon Four players face charges
        101 53 AFP LONDON The English Football Association (FA) hit four Premiership players with misconduct charges yesterday. Patrick Vieira (Arsenal), Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (Chelsea), Alan Smith and Mark Viduka (Leeds) all face possible three-match bans. Vieira is charged with elbowing Hasselbaink at Highbury on Boxing Day. Hasselbaink has
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      Jang 'replaced'
      427 54  -  Stanley Ho Coach of the Year will no longer pick team or decide how it plays by stanley@newstoday.com.sg AFTER winning the league title and claiming Coach of the Year honours last season, South Korean Jang Jung has been unusually rewarded this year. His control of the team has
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        Lock icon Boost for Nakata, blow for Baggio
        500 55 Reuters Italian Cup Parma 2 Brescia 0 Parma puts one foot in the final PARMA -Parma took a big step towards its third Italian Cup final in four years with a 2-0 semi-final first-leg win over Brescia this morning. Parma's victory was inspired by
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        168 55 Reuters NEW DELHI England earned a thrilling two-run win over India in the fifth one-day international yesterday to keep alive its hopes Df drawing the six-game series. Left-arm spinner Ashley Giles was England's bowling hero with i career-best one-day haul of five for 57. He
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      483 54 YESTERDAY, national bowling coach Goran Bergendorff said that former Asian FIQ champion Andrew Fang was dropped from the national team because he had decided not to undergo centralised training. Disappointed over his omission, Fang the reigning Sportsman ofthe Year writes to explain his position... I am naturally disappointed and sad
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  • Travel 2002 Natas Special
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      Lock icon Golden Dubai
      648 58 /Clement Mesenas Heaven is a place on earth, and its name could be Dubai the Arabian city has much to offer to shoppers and pleasure-seekers VISITING Dubai at this time of the year is like stepping into my version of paradise. Bright sunshine, fleecy clouds in a blue
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      Get high with Emirates
      432 58 PASSENGERS on Emirates can look forward to shopping at this year's Dubai Shopping Festival with their families. Each week in February, a lucky traveller will be chosen at random from contest entrants who fly Emirates, for the prize of a family holiday for four. The weekly
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      839 60 Uustyn Olby Tokyo is wonderful, but if you want to experience something of Japan other than the modern urban sprawl you need to get out of the city. I LOVE Tokyo, but on my most recent trip to Japan I wanted to venture a little further and see
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      459 60 Justyn Olby Japan, together with Korea, will be the first Asian host of the FIFA World Cup this year. The soccer will be beautiful, as will the sights you'll see TO say that Japan is gripped by World Cup fever would be something of an understatement. The
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      799 61 /Jeffrey Tan You don't need to know the language to realise Korea is the latest shopping haven in Asia BUSINESS was on the agenda for my first visit to Seoul. I must admit I was a bit worried I don't speak the language and there was no
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      569 64 Paris in spring /Pauline D Loh You will have to spend a lifetime to fully experience France, but if you only have a week, then Paris is a must in all seasons, while a side trip to Giverny in summer will garner some colourful Monet memories. CITY of Lovers. City
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      930 69 Colourful and unusual flora and fauna make a visit to the Land Down Under all the more memorable AUSTRALIA owes its charm much to its varied and diverse wildlife as it does to its beautiful cities. Yet many visitors to the Land Down Under may have missed the
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      Spain will reign
      566 71 in the memories of those who visit this land of sunshine THE movie My Fair lady may have immortalised the phrase "the rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain", but the plain fact of it is that it seldom pours in Spain, and there aren't many
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      Flamenco flair @ Natas
      179 71 Flamenco flair Natas VISITORS to the NATAS 2002 fair will have a chance to catch a little bit of Spanish culture in dance. Raices Flamencas is a flamenco group from the Spanish region of Seville, with a rather unusual method of propagating Andalucian art and culture to the world. Comprising
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