Today, 5 April 2002

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    8 1 TODAY Friday April 5, 2002 MTTA (P) 063/11/2001
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    Bush acts, at last
    157 1  -  Elisia Yeo 2AM LATEST WASHINGTON Under the weight of growing international pressure, US President George W Bush finally decided to act on the Middle East crisis by sending Secretary of State Colin Powell to the region next week. In making the announcement early this morning, Mr
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    Bait battle
    671 1  -  Francis Kan PSA wakes up to new reality by francis@newstoday.corn.sg IF the head honchos of Evergreen Marine ever decide to write a book on business warfare, it would probably be called How To Squeeze Your Suitors By Keeping Them Guessing. Yesterday, one of these suitors, PSA Corporation, was
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      Lock icon Same card to travel, eat and read
      76 2 Newsßadio 93.8 THE new ez-Link card for students will make school life easier than before. In addition to providing concessionary rates on the bus, MRT or LRT, the School Smart Card will double as a student identification pass. It will function as a
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      A father's heart
      435 2  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahim MPs ponder: Will our sons fight for Singapore? by zackaria@newstoday.com.sg AN EARNEST question from the 11-year-old son of Minister of State (National Development) Vivian Balakrishnan (picture) sparked a passionate debate on children and nationhood in Parliament yesterday. "If there's a war, why should we
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      The fighting monks ...
      293 2  - The fighting monks -Joy Frances A NOBLE endeavour to spread Buddhism has degenerated into a court battle. 'Freelance' monks the Venerable Seek Kwang Chou and Mr Lau Ngan Song alias Venerable Seek Wan Chin were advisors for a holding company, Lumbini, set up in 1988. Lumbini ran the Bodhigaya Book
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      NTU hostel fees hiked
      202 2 HOSTELITES at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) will have to pay $20 more each every month for their rooms from the next academic year. This is despite an appeal made by the presidents of the 15 halls of residence at NTU on March 19 against the
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      Tweaking the taxes
      182 3  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahim THE Government all but made it clear that it will lower direct taxes to attract talent-intensive industries to Singapore. On the other hand, to balance the budget, the Goods and Services Tax (GST) and taxes on cars could be increased, Deputy Prime Minister Lee
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      Lock icon Pakistan's dilemma
      88 3 Reuters ISLAMABAD President Pervez Musharraf has presented Pakistanis with a major dilemma whether to keep him in power through a referendum. A human rights activist, Ms Samina Imtiaz, said: "I do agree with some policies of General Musharraf because he has taken some measures which even the democratically-elected
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      First fruits for Mr Free Trade
      337 3  -  Elista Yeo But how will he deal with differences? BANGKOK United States Trade Representative Robert Zoellick (picture) is a man with a mission and, in Southeast Asia, this amounts to one key thing: Greater trade liberalisation. Mr Zoellick yesterday started a fourday tour that
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      Big haul of illegal VCDs at Tuas
      133 3 CUSTOMS officers have seized their largest haul of illegal VCDs and CDRoms at the Tuas Checkpoint since it was opened in 1998. The 3,700 pieces of obscene or uncensored items and 207 cartons of cigarettes were hidden in a secret compartment under the
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      3,000 jobs up for grabs
      141 4 ABOUT 3,000 jobs are up for grabs at two separate job fairs to be held tomorrow. North West Community Development Council is offering more than 1,900 jobs at its fair to be held at Buona Vista Community Club from lpm to spm. Advice on training
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      Laser hope for childless
      298 4  -  Leong Phei Phei New IVF method available at KKH by pheiphei@newstoday.com.sg WOMEN undergoing in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment have increased chances for pregnancy with the use of a new technique. Called Laser Assisted Hatching (LAH), it helps the fertilised egg or embryo attach itself to a woman's
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      Lock icon President to visit S Korea
      78 4 -AFP PRESIDENT SR Nathan will be the first Singapore president to visit South Korea since diplomatic relations were forged in 1975. President Nathan's visit, for four days from April 16, is at the invitation of President Kim Dae-Jung. A presidential spokeswoman said the two leaders
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Quality TV
      322 6  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahim SBA highlights benchmark programmes by zackaria@newstoday.com.sg TWO television channels were introduced in Singapore last year, but increased competition has not improved the quality of television programming, said the Singapore Broadcasting Authority (SBA). The Programme Advisory Committee's (PAC) seventh annual report, released yesterday, said: "Broadcasters were
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      Charity with a star touch
      198 6 CONTINUING its philanthropic efforts, MediaCorp TVI2 Suria yesterday adopted the Muhammadiyah Welfare Home for a year beginning from this month. The scheme, under tlie Charity Adoption Scheme initiated by MediaCorp, will provide local Malay artistes opportunities to do volunteer work. This will raise the awareness
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      Appeal, Mr Yap
      269 8  -  Narayana Narayana Market integrity won't be hit by correction of errors I REFER to the report, "Remisiers rally around $127k slip-up" (Today, March 28). A DBS Vickers Securities remisier, Mr Alex Yap, had to bear a loss of up to $127,000 for erroneously selling 69,000 SPH shares
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      Too old at 38 to contribute to the economy?
      186 8  -  Hui Hiang Ng-McCulloch I REFER to the article, "A Ministry for Women? A Department of Enjoyment?" (Today, April 3). I am so pleased that Ms Irene Ng, MP for Tampines GRC, has suggested the setting up of an Equal Opportunity Commission.
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      There are worthier causes, Case
      172 8  -  Mohamad Rosle Ahmad I AM sure that all motorists appreciate the current relentless efforts taken by the Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) to take the big oil companies to task for what the association perceives to be an unjustified increase in prices. However, I would
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Numbers talking
      535 10 Analysts give economy predictions ahead of Govt's THE Singapore economy is likely to show a slower decline of 1.8 to 2.6 per cent in the first quarter of this year compared to that of the same period last year, economists said. This will be better than the 6.6
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      Businesses optimistic
      173 10 MORE firms here expect better business conditions over the next six months, according to a survey conducted by the Singapore Confederation of Industries (SCI). A total of 32 per cent of the survey respondents were more upbeat compared to seven per cent in an earlier survey. The respondents
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    • Market Watch
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        Singapore
        93 10 SHARES fell as global portfolio managers continued to "top-slice" their portfolio holdings in view of the recent price gains while penny caps bore the brunt of forced selling from last week's unpaid positions. Overall sentiment was weakened by overnight falls in Wall Street with nagging concerns over valuations, doubts
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        Malaysia
        94 10 DESPITE Moody's Investors Service having upgraded Malaysia's foreign currency outlook to positive from stable, and clarification that its revision was based on Malaysia's continued strong balance of payments and external financial position, investors continued to take their cue from the overnight performance of the US markets, Rising Middle East
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        SGX most active
        55 10 8y volume Apr4 Ipto STEngg Seolown Vikoy Ind Holy '000 37,127 31,840 16,220 13,630 13,053 LANKom KLW PoliTC Fisthei TotolAulo '000 12,565 10,770 10,546 10,090 9,402 ly value \pr 4 il&igg .(A JOB failure Chartered Value 72,268,408 41,646,908 40,189,351 23,380,900 20,411,440 DotoutMSS DBS SPH SingTel KepLand Value
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        SGX top rises
        72 10 By$ Apr 4 SPORS 10USS Oose Change 113.000 +4.400 Venture GreolEasI 18.400 +0.500 11.500 +0.200 ISH 500USS 2.800 +0.090 5NP500 0.735 +0.075 SpComp r«kwoh F&N 1.690 +0.060 0.265 +0.050 7.950 +0.050 iplndex 0.395 +0.045 fololAuto 0.335 +0.045 Sy percentage Apr 4 Oose Change hclnrah 0.265 +23.256 SBR
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        World markets
        51 10 Index Value Change Pts Nikkei 225 Hong Seng Ml Ordinaries laiwun Wld *****.20 *****.37 3322.90 6207.09 -21.51 -2.59 -6.10 -87.57 -0.1' -o.o: -0.11 -1.3' Korea Comp SET Index 918.01 361.95 -0.58 -2.16 ■O.Oi -0.5' lakarla Comp 502.50 +14.34 +2.9' Phils Comp Shenzen B 1426.27 233.12 +6.55 +3.39 +0.41
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        SGX top falls
        79 10 Apr 4 Cose Change Creative 50 21.400 -0.500 SPH100 24.100 -0.500 DISBk&XIKPSIO 102.600 -0.400 IS DJ USTECHI0USS 48.600 -0.400 SLA 13.300 -0.300 SIA200 13.300 -0.200 UOB 14.800 4100 DBS 14.500 -0.100 STEngg 2.250 -0.090 Keptcnd 1.650 -0.070 By percentage Apr 4 Close Change El-Nets 0.025 -16.667 Strike
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        Your S$1 buys
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        Lock icon Commodities
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      Lock icon Optic and voice network in Oz
      111 12 -AFP SINGTEL said yesterday that its Australian subsidiary will have a US$l75 million ($321.87 million) optic and voice network built by Nortel Networks. The network will link the Australian cities of Brisbane and Perth, a SingTel statement said. It will also allow SingTel Optus
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      Lock icon BOE keeps interest rate at 4%
      125 12 Bloomberg LONDON The Bank of England kept its benchmark interest rate at four per cent for a fifth month, a sign that policy makers are looking for more evidence of economic recovery before raising borrowing costs from a 38-year low. The bank reduced the
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      Lock icon Stake up, shares up
      301 12 Agencies SingTel gains raising Telkomsel stake THE stock market appears to have given tlie thumbs up to SingTel's move to increase its stake in Indonesia's number one mobile phone firm, PT Telkomsel. SingTel shares closed two cents up at $1.58 despite some analysts' initial concerns that
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      Lock icon Opec says no to increasing oil supply
      167 12 -AFP LONDON Opec Secretary General Ali Rodriguez yesterday ruled out an oil output hike by the producer group to quell a recent spurt in oil prices caused by escalating violence in the Middle East. "We cannot increase supply if the demand is so
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      Lock icon Asia Pulp creditors get specialist help
      214 12 Bloomberg EXPORT credit agencies, being owed as much as one-third of Asia Pulp Paper Co's US$l3.4 billion ($24.61 billion) debt, stepped up efforts to recoup their money by hiring Sydney-based financial restructuring specialist, Ferrier Hodgson, to act on their behalf. Asia Pulp creditors are
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      Going for gold
      409 14  -  Val Chua S'porean firms unite for slice of Olympic market by val@newstoday.com.sg TWENTY Singapore companies are teaming up to claim a slice of the lucrative Beijing Olympics 2008 development projects, which is said to be worth US$22 billion ($4O billion). They have formed three groups to target
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      Lock icon Japan-Asean exchanges
      134 14 Channel NewsAsia PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong has called for more exchange between Japan and Asean countries. He was speaking during a meeting yesterday afternoon with a delegation from Japanese conglomerate, Keidanren. A statement from the Prime Minister's Office said that the delegation briefed Mr Goh on the
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      Lock icon Major banks dragged into Enron suit
      160 14 Bloomberg HOUSTON JP Morgan Chase and Co, Citigroup, Merrill Lynch and Co and Credit Suisse First Boston will be named as defendants in suits seeking billions of dollars over Enron's collapse, sources familiar with the litigation said. Enron investors and former employees have decided
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      Lock icon Bye, HK?
      292 16 Bloomberg If taxed, funds may move here HONG KONG Hong Kong, which bills itself as Asia's premier financial centre, faces a dilemma: Exempt offshore funds from profit tax or risk losing them, their revenue and jobs to arch-rival Singapore. Hong Kong's role as a base for many of
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      Lock icon EVA restores staff salaries
      149 16 -AFP TAIPEI Taiwan's EVA Airways Corp has restored employees' salaries to levels before a 10 to 30 per cent cut enforced in January amid a grac ually recovering aviation industry, officials said yesterday. "There has been significant improvement in EVA's earnings as a result of its
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      116 14 Discover how to Refresh Your Life over a Cup of Coffee! Coffee/tea will be servedl Date 7 Apr 2002 (Sunday) Time 9.30am 11.15am (English Service) 11.30am lpm (with Mandarin interpretation via headsets) Venue Pan Pacific Hotel, Level 2, Ocean 3 Pastor Rev. Dr John Lim Online Sermon: www.thelivingfaith.org Living Faith
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      Sharon, Arafat in checkmate game
      441 18 International troops may be answer to Mideast quagmire WASHINGTON The two mortal enemies gambled heavily and lost. Palestinian President Yasser Arafat thought that by not actively discouraging the 18-month uprising some said he actually encouraged it he could extract bigger political concessions from Israel. He
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      Lock icon Court adjourns cleric's suit against S'pore Govt
      142 18 Agencies JAKARTA A defamation lawsuit initiated by Indonesian Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir (picture) against the Singapore Government made little headway yesterday. The court adjourned the hearing to April 25 "because the Singapore Government cannot yet send representatives to the court", a court
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      Lock icon 'Happy birthday Mrs A, now where's our present?'
      215 18 -AFP MANILA The birthday girl has one wish: That she would get more credit for trying to turn around the Philippines' struggling economy. President Gloria Arroyo, who turns 55 today, has been under fire for not doing enough for millions of poor
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      Japan dwarfs China: Li Peng
      200 18 TOKYO Visiting Chinese leader Li Peng tried to allay fears of China's growth being a threat to the Japanese economy, which is in the doldrums. Mr Li, chairman of the National People's Congress, told Japanese businessmen that while China has an annual growth of seven
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      Lock icon Vague words, strike ends
      136 18 -AFP SEOUL A leading South Korean labour union yesterday apologised to power workers for agreeing with the government to end their 38-day strike against privatisation. But the strike against the government sell-off of five affiliated firms of the giant Korea Electric Power Corp state utility had
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      Lock icon Want to be a cop? Grease a palm ...
      162 21 Want to be a cop? Grease a palm -AFP JAKARTA Indonesia's efforts at shedding its corrupt image took a beating when aspiring policemen claimed they were asked to pay bribes of up to 15 million rupiah ($2,855) in order to pass the selection process. "The price is too high for
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      Pioneer toddler
      308 21 Doctors' hopes rise with gene therapy success LONDON Doctors are hoping that a pioneering gene therapy that corrected a potentially fatal disorder in a toddler could pave the way for a cure to a host of diseases, including cancers. Rhys Evans, who is 18 months old now, was
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      Lock icon Bill Gates fooled
      89 21 Reuters MONTREAL Two French radio comics here managed to fool the world's richest man by impersonating Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien. Mr Marc-Antoine Audet and Mr Sebastien Trudel had a 10-minute telephone chat with the Microsoft Corp boss, Mr Bill Gates, on April 1. "We were happy.
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      So who's being over-sensitive?
      177 23 KUALA LUMPUR Wanita Umno yesterday slammed Singapore for failing to seriously consider Malaysia's concern over the impact of the land reclamation issue. Internationa] Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz, who is the chief of Wanita Umno, said: "The Singaporeans are the ones who are
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      Lock icon Voices raised against music piracy
      109 23 -AFP TAIPEI Thousands of singers, songwriters and employees of the music industry yesterday took to the streets in the island's biggest protest against piracy. Wearing black and grey, they marched to the Presidential Office to appeal to Mr. Chen Shui-bian for help, saying piracy was
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      Lock icon Mission Impossible
      320 23 Agencies JAKARTA He was the top Indonesian military commander whom some accused of having a hand in the 1999 bloodbath in East Timor. Yesterday, the world finally got to hear General Wiranto's side of the story when he appeared before a special human rights court. But those who
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Dodging China's shadow
      744 25  -  Sanjay Kapoor Vajpayee's 'Look East policy' throws up interesting equations by sanj ay_k@vsnl .com LAST month, Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee (picture) could not fly out to Australia for the Commonwealth summit because of the bloody riots in the western state of Gujarat He was aware
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      397 25  -  Susan Ferroa by I TO work off a week of stress and lunches of instant noodles and leftovers eaten at the desk, I decided to walk to the club where my four-year-old has his swimming lessons. The pavements are broad
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      37 25 Study in New Zealand 1 Seminar Talk by ijfjli^j Mr. Peter Wilkins Eastern Institute of Technology sth of April, 6.30pm (Fri) I 68, Duxton Rd (MRT EWIS) «+n^s£a.j»,s Enquiries on UK, LSyyJy^^U Australia and Ireland etc, welcomed
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Is he still fit to lead?
      406 27  -  Today Foreign Desk NEW YORK Roman Catholic Americans, shaken by a spate of sex scandals involving their priests, had been banking on the Vatican to provide them with some guidance. But the image of a frail-looking Pope John Paul II which greeted them during
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      642 27 Reuters Gender Equality Minister takes on patriarchy SEOUL In male-dominated South Korea, Gender Equality Minister Han Myung-sook (picture) may well have the toughest job but she says the country must give a greater role to women if its economy is to be globally competitive. In
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      Day in the sun for S'porean songwriters, singers
      283 27  -  Low Ski x°ing LOCAL music talents will show off their art on April 14, the third and last day of the Singapore Music Festival 2002, when it pays tribute to local singers and songwriters. Said Mr Lim Sek, managing director of festival
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  • TIMEOUT
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      Lock icon A plague on your house
      439 29  -  r Low Shi Ping This play deals with confinement, survival and Sept 11? by shiping@newstoday.com.sg WHEN the Black Death swept across England during the mid-17th century, few emerged unscathed from its deadly claws. The few who did found themselves prisoners in their homes. One Flea
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      Vanessa Mae, not
      302 29  -  Low Shi Ping A DELE Anthony (picture) was once mistaken for Vanessa Mae after a concert in Australia. But that is the last thing this violinist, who only plays classical music, will be. Said the pretty 31-year-old: "I have been trained in classical music all my life
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      MediaCorp artistes helm food fight
      231 29  -  Elisa Chia PREPARE for a showdown this Sunday, when Xiang Yun (picture) faces off Huang Shinan at Downtown East's Fun With Food. The two MediaCorp artistes will be leading a team each, spurring their members to pit their culinary skills in a cooking competition. "I've
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      Jewel: Gem of an artiste
      271 29  -  AsifAnsar A GEM of an artiste will take to the stage tonight at the Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre at Suntec City and it's none other than the multifaceted Alaskan beauty, Jewel (picture) This singer, songwriter, poet, author, activist and actress has returned with
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      531 32 Australia's fashion capital has the best bargains EVERYTIME I head down to Sydney, I make sure I carry only one credit card and a ration of cash. Otherwise, the temptations are just too hard to resist. In its bazaars, shopping centres, markets and factory outlets, I could spend
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      Sydney's Super Seven Shop Till you Drop Spots
      752 33  -  t Pauline DLoh Be. p/eeketwl Markets E^^tt artistic atmosphere makes shopping at this Saturday-only market a must-do every time I visit. The market offers what I can only describe as "fashionable craft" and "wearable art" one of a kind creations that are
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      Lock icon Dhaka haute couture
      262 34 Today Features Bangladesh hosts show boasting top French labels WEST met East recently when the world of Paris haute couture travelled on Emirates to Bangladesh. Creations by fashion legends including Balmain, Ungaro, Scherrer, Dominique Sirop, Gilles Rosier, Atsuro Tayama, Kenzo, John Galliano and Gres graced the Paris
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      Lock icon CNN hotel website for frequent travellers
      194 34 Agencies CNN has launched a website to serve frequent travellers and hotels that participate in its hotel partnership programme. The site, which was launched last week, can be found on the travel and weather sections of CNN.com. Frequent travellers will be able to search
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      Lock icon New Oz airline to boost Asian arrivals
      143 34 Agencies FROM October, a new Australian airline will start services between Cairns and the Asian destinations of Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore and Taipei. The announcement by Qantas that Australian Airlines will begin operations in October was described as great news for Australia's inbound
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      Lock icon Bargains in Japan
      415 35 -Agencies TOKYO Summer kimonos are going for US$22 ($40.50) at Oriental Bazaar, a souvenir store on one of this city's most elegant shopping streets. Near the central fish market, Tsukiji Tamazushi restaurant offers all-you-can-eat sushi for US$26 for men, U5524.50 for women. On an expressway north of
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      291 35 Tours SINGAPORE Get away from the hustle and bustle of city life right here in Singapore. Übin Lagoon Resort is just 30 minutes away by boat from Ponggol Marina. Come and explore the beautiful natural setting of Pulau Übin with the resort's 2D Übin Photography Getaway. Prices start from $240
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      1653 38 Vive La Famille (Finale) Friday Profiles Reputations Liberace Correspondent's Notebook channel NewsAsia, 9.30pm w\ Channel B,9pm Arts Central, 11pm hIOV ff *Maa*m*mtt*S&fr- I||bß^B^^Sjl a This film tells the inside story of <_.. killed while manning checkpoints mSfX^.\ channel news Asia and decadent private life, the plas- several bomb explosions in
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  • INCINEMAS
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      Bollywood film stars six heroes
      289 40 jyAANTE (Thorns), Bollywood's latest offering, will break Bollywood norms in more ways than one. First, it will be one of the few Bollywood films with a big all-men cast boasting six heroes Amitabh Bachchan (picture), Sanjay Dutt, Sunil Shetty, Kumar Gaurav, Mahesh Manjrekar and singer-turned-actor
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      Lock icon Major milestone for digital cinema
      317 40 Reuters/Variety LOS ANGELES In what could prove to be a milestone for digital moviemaking, Hollywood's seven major film studios said they will form a venture to set open technology standards for digital cinema. The venture's name and management will be announced in coming weeks but
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      Spaced-out Spacey scores
      624 41 KEVIN Spacey as a spaced-out wouldbe alien? And the "Starman" Jeff Bridges? Do you need another reason to watch K-PAX? Well, even if the two don't float your boat there are many more reasons to. K-PAX is a drama about delusion and its inadvertent value (which kind
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Late, late Ram-page
      447 42  -  Jose Raymond by. jose@newstoday.com.sg THE game ended 2-0 in Woodlands Wellington's favour. But if the Rams' strikeforce had been more accurate, Sengkang Marine would have been on the wrong end of an embarrassing result. But no thanks to Rams' forward Marten Diaz, who fluffed no less than
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      SAAA pulls out of hosting Grand Prix
      282 42  -  Jose Raymond SINGAPORE has backed out of hosting the third leg of the inaugural Asian Amateur Athletics Association's (AAAA) Athletics Grand Prix. Initially, the Singapore Amateur Athletic Association (SAAA) had agreed to host the final of the three-leg event, scheduled for next month.
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      Lock icon Still the man to beat
      627 44 Agencies Tiger gears up for sixth Major in 10 attempts AUGUSTA Augusta National has been newly-toughened and most of the leading contenders are high on confidence but the clear favourite for next week's US Masters is the same player who won last year's title. Defending
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      Lock icon Fifa should ban Israel from internationals, say Jordan and Syria
      352 44 Reuters LONDON Jordan has called on soccer's governing body Fifa to ban Israel from playing internationals following the invasion of West Bank towns by Israeli troops. Said Fifa spokesman Andreas Herren: "We have received a fax from the Jordan FA
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      Steroids in supplements
      96 44 GENEVA An International Olympic Committee (IOC) study shows that widely-used food supplements contain substances which could lead to positive results in anti-doping tests, Britain's Financial Times reported yesterday. An lOC source said that the Lausanne-based body would release a statement about the study which has yet to
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      Bonds blasts them again
      83 44 LOS ANGELES San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds hit two homers on Wednesday against the Los Angeles Dodgers to become the second Major League Baseball player to start the season with two-straight multi-home run games. Bonds belted his second homer of the game and fourth of
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      Mathis scores
      53 44 DENVER An opportunistic goal by Clint Mathis lifted the United States to a 1-0 win over regional rivals Mexico in a World Cup warm-up match on Wednesday. A collision between goalkeeper Oscar Perez and defender Manuel Vidrio left Mathis with the ball at his feet to volley home
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      Adams in
      64 44 LONDON Struggling English Premiership club Leicester City confirmed the appointment of Micky Adams as its new manager yesterday. He takes over from Dave Bassett to become City's third manager of the current campaign. Adams came to Filbert Street as Bassett's N0.2 in October on the understanding he would
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      He's ready to quit, again
      794 45 Angry Di Canio slams his club, his team-mates and his boss LONDON There is never a dull moment in the Premiership when Paolo Di Canio (picture) is around and he has made the headlines yet again. This time, he has demanded a transfer and launched
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      Lock icon Injured Jordan will miss the rest of the season
      381 45 -AFP WASHINGTON Michael Jordan (picture), who underwent surgery on his knee five weeks ago, has been placed on the injured list, ending his season and further jeopardising the Washington Wizards' chances of making the play-offs. "Following his surgery, Michael did absolutely
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      Lock icon Win it for Keane, says Fergie
      458 46 Agencies LONDON Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson believes his players owe it to injured captain Roy Keane to reach next month's Champions League final. Keane, who was suspended for United's victorious final with Bayern Munich in 1999, has been ruled out for at least
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      256 46 Agencies Champions League Panathinaikos 1 Barcelona 0 Spanish expect a Nou Camp comeback BARCELONA Carles Rexach is urging Barcelona fans to come to the Nou Camp next week in expectation of a Champions League comeback, following the side's 1-0 loss to Panathinaikos in its quarter-final first
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      Lock icon Greek sides punished for violence
      332 46 -AFP ATHENS A special sports judge yesterday punished Panathinaikos and Olympiakos for violent actions which occurred after their Greek First Division derby on March 24, which ended 1-1. Panathinaikos, which was the home team, was ordered by the judge to play its next four home
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      Lock icon Greatness, minus the great
      664 47 Agencies Liverpool edges ahead but its mediocre home performance earns criticism Champions League Liverpool 1 Bayer Leverkusen 0 Hyypia's scrappy first-half strike is enough LIVERPOOL Liverpool manager Gerard Houllier must be credited for talking his side up of late, claiming it is on the verge of
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      The Reds were negative, blasts Beckenbauer
      338 47 LIVERPOOL Bayern Munich president Franz Beckenbauer has accused Liverpool of playing negatively in its Champions' League quarter-final 1-0 victory over Bayer Leverkusen at Anfield. Sami Hyypia scored the only goal of the game, netting when a corner was only cleared as far as Michael
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      Lock icon Poor Marseille could fold
      215 47 Reuters MARSEILLE Struggling Olympique Marseille is far from being saved and there are still risks the French First Division club might still fold if it does not improve its financial situation, sporting manager Bernard Tapie said yesterday. Former chairman Tapie, who was recalled last year to
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