Today, 17 April 2002, Afternoon Edition

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    9 1 TODAY Wednesday A P m i?, 2002 M(TA(P)II6_V| *****
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      The dengue outbreak that not many knew about...
      297 1  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahim AN outbreak of dengue fever that affects a big group at around the same time does not happen often in Singapore. But when it did recently, not many Singaporeans were aware of it. As many as 43 workers from
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      Lock icon Three cheers
      406 1 Agencies US figures show economy on the mend WASHINGTON Three figures released yesterday showed that America is on its way out of recession, experts said. US factories, power plants and mines pushed up production 0.7 per cent in March, the Federal Reserve said. Manufacturers alone boosted output 0.8
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      Lock icon 'Progress', but still no truce
      166 1 Reuters JERUSALEM US Secretary of State Colin Powell said yesterday he intended to leave the region, but might not be able to broker a ceasefire or an Israeli troop pullout from Palestinian cities by the time he leaves today Mr Powell held what looked set
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Caltex raises petrol prices by 3 cents, diesel by 2 cents
      232 2  -  Joy Frances CALTEX has raised its Vortex petrol prices at its 32 stations by three cents a litre and diesel prices by two cents a litre. The rise took effect at 11pm last night This follows a hike in
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      Call for Dayen shares watch
      317 2  -  Sol E Solomon Sias fears recently-listed company's shares may have been cornered by solomon@newstoday.com.sg IN an unusual move, the Securities Investors Association of Singapore (Sias) yesterday asked the Singapore Exchange (SGX) to look into the performance of shares of the recently-listed Dayen Environmental. On the
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      Lock icon Like Chang and Eng...
      245 3 Bloomberg We are like Siamese twins, Rafidah tells businessmen KUALA LUMPUR Business leaders should ignore the political squabbling between Singapore and Malaysia and focus on building stronger business links, Malaysia's International Trade and Industry Minister Rafidah Aziz said. Her comments echoed those of Minister for Trade
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      Jakarta detains 3 soldiers for murder
      174 3 JAKARTA The Indonesian army has detained three officers a major, a captain and a low-ranking soldier for being involved in the murder of Irian Jaya separatist leader Theys Hiyo Eluay. Mr Eluay, who had declared that Irian Jaya was to be known as Papua,
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      Lock icon Powell strives for Mideast ceasefire
      160 3 Agencies TULKARM (West Bank) As Israel stepped up military action in the West Bank, US Secretary of State Colin Powell said he was "making progress" on an Israeli-Palestinian ceasefire agreement. Speaking to reporters at the start of a meeting with Palestinian civic leaders at his
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      Lock icon Gusmao heads for landslide victory
      90 3 Agencies DILI (East Timor) Right from Day One, it was never a surprise. East Timor's favourite leader Xanana Gusmao, 55, is heading for a landslide victory and is set to become the country's first president. East Timorese voted overwhelmingly for independence from Indonesia and have
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      Lock icon No hiding from Mobix
      153 4 Channel News Asia Today photo by ILLEGAL immigrants are having a tough time hid ing from immigration officers when they try to pass through Singapore's land checkpoints. That is because the Singapore Immigration ane Registration (SIR) has been using a $2.65 million mobile X-ray vehicle (picture),
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      The older we get...
      350 4  -  Leong Phei Phei by pheiphei@newsto_.ay.co__.sg WHAT is the difference between a physiotherapist and an occupational therapist? Most of us are stumped for an answer, said Health Minister, Mr Lim Hng Kiang, yesterday as he illustrated how the allied healthcare (AHC) profession is a little-known occupation here.
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      Kranji tragedy: Boy still missing
      261 4 POLICE coast guards yesterday recovered the bodies of a 32-year-old woman and her eight-year-old daughter, who have been missing in the waters off Tanjung Buloh near Kranji since Sunday. Madam Ling Sow Yong was spotted about 100 m from the shore near the Kranji Reservoir
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      18 2 GOLF BAEGAINS Member of PAN .VEST Group of Companies For details on Golf Offers, turn to page 13.
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      230 4 GMAT GRADUATE MANAGEMENT ADMISSION TEST Do you have what it takes? Ef 21 ST INTAKE GMAT CLASS STARTING 7 May 2002 V J "Health Matters of Modern Men and Women "7* a Regislraiion fee: Public (555.00 per person) Registration by fax and credit card (please use form below) Date: Saturday,
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      3 4 TOMORROW'S j. ENTERPRISES
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      223 5 100 YEARS I N SINGAPORE ______k __3l_M 2=s_li |^^^j| I 1 I [JAN P™^!*^!*^ M¥l I W W _5 I a biii te p~ r'T'll ____—i_-^^i ______^_________j As part of our celebration of 100 years in Singapore, Citibank is giving away a total of $1 million over 10 months. From
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Softly, softly ...
      360 6  - Softly, softly Tan Hui Leng by huileng@newstoday.com.sg THE Far East Organisation (FEO) is taking home seven awards conferred by the Building and Construction Authority (BCA) this year. An annual event, the BCA awards recognise outstanding projects in the construction industry. FEO won two Construction Excellence Awards for its River Place
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      CJ listens, then acts
      208 6  -  —Joy Frances KETAMINE abuse is on the rise, according to statistics provided by a Deputy Public Prosecutor at a High Court appeal hearing yesterday. DPP Ng Cheng Thiam was appealing against an 11-month sentence handed down to Peck Mci Lian, 25, who was arrested last September
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  • YOUR FINANCIAL HEALTH
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      Building dreams
      617 7  -  Roulee Jane F Calayag Many women in their 30s still uncertain WE often marvel at how they manage to juggle the demands of home and the corporate world with such poise and ease. Confident and hardworking, women in their 30s seem to exude an aura of imperturbable efficiency
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      Financial Planning And You
      342 7  -  Angeline Tan, CFP™ How can you save for your child's university education? As a young mother, you might think it is still too early to think that far ahead. After all, there are already so many pressing needs now. How can you cope with living costs
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  • LETTERS
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      A crying need
      447 8  -  Lee Mvi Lin Baby bonus scheme fails to address key issues I AM a mother of two and I am expecting a third child in May. I have been following the discussions on the Baby Bonus. I am not sure if extended maternity leave, paid or unpaid,
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      TV licences and home for elderly
      179 8 WE REFER to the letter from Ms Vivien Tan (Today, April 4). We would like to clarify that the Saint John's Home for Elderly Persons had written in to apply for the appropriate TV licence in April 2001. A request was then made to
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      520 8 I Smaller companies represent one of the most exciting asset classes today. In fact, over the past 3 years, smaller companies have outperformed large companies by an average of 11% p.a. 1. Another interesting fact is that in 9 out of the last 10 recessions, smaller companies have produced better
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Pay hike
      191 10 Salaries up 3.4% in first quarter AFTER the spate of news of layoffs, wage freezes and pay cuts, salaries have risen 3.4 per cent in the first quarter for Singapore companies which conducted pay reviews during that period. The increase is down from the average 4.9 per cent
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    • Market Watch
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        Singapore
        122 10 THE market started feebly and appeared wobbly in the wake of a shaky Wall Street plagued by a bomb scare and earnings concerns. The cautious mood soon dissipated as traders read positively into strong Nasdaq Futures, buoyed by better-than-expected profit numbers, while others attributed the better performance to the
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        World markets
        55 10 Index Value Change Pts Nikkei 225 *****.66 +209.36 +1.88 Hang Seng All Ordinaries Taiwan Wtd *****.53 3336.90 6257.73 +60.55 +17.30 +61.73 +.56 +.52 +1.00 Korea Comp SET Index 901.29 379.63 +7.01 +1.68 +.78 +.44 Jakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzen B 551.61 1393.27 219.09 +1.77 -3.11 -3.12 +.32 -.22
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 10 USS UK£ Yen HK$ RM Euro Rupiah Baht 0.5449 0.3792 71.637 4.2502 2.0704 0.6189 5150.0 23.687 Peso A$ Indian Rs Won C$ Yuan NZ$ NTS 27.793 1.0267 26.662 722.45 0.8650 4.5104 1.2418 19.061
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        Commodities
        22 10 Sold us$/oz 300.70 iilver us$/oi 4.450 'latinum us$/oi 531.00 Rubber centsAg 124.00 Palm Oil RM/tonne 11 90 Brent crude us$/barrel 23.94
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        Straits Times Index —10 Day Chart
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        SGX most active
        58 10 By volume April 16 Dayen Ipco PNE Micron Jaya Hldg Integra 'OOO 72,347 55,692 35,770 29,083 28,232 FoodEmpire Europtron Parkway Teckwah KLW 'OOO 21,997 21,392 12,739 11,390 11,305 ByS April 16 DBS UOB SIA Venture Dayen Value 62,629,324 45,228,312 44,663,400 36,718,270 36,105,140 Chartered DatacrftUSS OCBC ST Assemb
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        SGX top rises
        71 10 jy uy percentage .pril 16 CloseChange April 16 Close Change JMT100 84.000+83.200 BMT100 84.000+*****.000 _ative50 20.500 +0.800 Vertex R400 0.010+100.000 iPH 24.000 +0.500 Vertex R 0.015+50.000 tenture 17.200 +0.400 Dayen 0.605+45.783 .IA 14.000+0.300 Armstrong W*****0 0.050 +25.000 ,PH 100 23.900 +0.300 GMGUSS 0.030+20.000 IBS Bk 6% NCPS10
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        Lock icon SGX top falls
        79 10 BLOOMBERG By By percentage April 16 CloseChange April 16 CloseChange ISDJUSHH10USS 46.100 -0.200 Bonvesls W*****5 0.005 -75.000 Asean 200USS 7.900 -0.200 ChuanSH W*****0 0.040 -33.333 F&N 7.500 -0.150 SPP 0.050 -16.667 C&C 5.100 -0.150 Shining 0.090 -14.286 F&N 100 7.450 -0.150 BBR 0.030 -14.286 DBS 14.000 -0.100
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      Lock icon US industrial production's biggest rise since 2000
      188 10 Bloomberg WASHINGTON US industrial production rose in March at the fastest pace in almost two years, an evidence that manufacturing is adding to the economy's rebound. Production at factories, mines and utilities rose a larger-than-expected 0.7 per cent last month, the biggest increase
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      Developers hail tax relief proposal
      381 13  -  Francis Kan Property firms to benefit most from ERC recommendations by francis@newstoday.com.sg WHILE much attention has been paid to the recently-proposed cuts to the corporate tax rate, property develop-'. ers and conglomerates here are likely, to benefit more from the Economic Review Committee's (ERC) recommendation
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      Lock icon Feb sales dip in Malaysia
      144 13 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's manufacturing sales in February fell 16.3 per cent year-on-year to RM22.1 billion ($10.67 billion), the Department of Statistics said. Sales were down 7.5 per cent from January. The department said in a statement that the total number of employees engaged in
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      3130 14 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS All prices are indicative) inquiries: Call 852-2973-6600 E-mail lipper.asia@reuters.com Fund Name NAV/Bid Price Oiler Price Aberdeen Asset Management (Asia) Aberdeen Se American Opportunities 0.748 0.786 Aberdeen Se Asian Fixed Income 1.18! l.!18 Aberdeen Se China Opportunities Fund 1.017 1.068 Aberdeen Se Continental Europe Equity 1.001 1.05! Aberdeen
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      Lock icon China's Q1 growth up 7.6%
      166 14 AFP BEIJING Economic growth in China gathered speed in the first quarter to 7.6 per cent from a year earlier, said its Finance Minister Xiang Huaicheng. China's statistics office is expected to officially announce economic growth figures for the first quarter later today. The growth
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      Lock icon HP all set on Compaq
      384 14 -AFP Despite lawsuit and other hurdles SAN FRANCISCO Despite a lawsuit and other hurdles, Silicon Valley tech giant Hewlett-Packard (HP) is moving ahead with its planned US$22 billion ($40.37 billion) purchase of Compaq. "It's full-steam ahead," HP spokesman Judy Radlinsky said. "We are putting everything
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      Lock icon Charting a new route
      457 16 Bloomberg Keppel's marine business threatened as low-cost China eyes the big pie KEPPEL Corp will have to find new ways to compete with China and other low-cost countries in the ship repair business, according to analysts and investors. While its marine and offshore operations accounted for
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      Batam still attracts
      148 16 WHILE companies in Singapore increasingly turning to China as a manufacturing base, Indonesia's Batam is still fighting for its share of investments. One such player is Heshe-Kabil Industrial Developments, a 50:50 joint-venture industrial estate owned by Heshe Group and PT Kabil, which is part of the Citramas
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon What was US plane doing in Venezuela?
      201 18 Reuters CARACAS President Hugo Chavez has promised to investigate the presence of a US-regis-tered civilian plane on the island where he was held during a military coup that briefly overthrew him last week. But the populist former paratrooper democratically elected in 1998 said
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      Lock icon Dent to air mergers?
      334 18 Agencies Crash could affect China's aviation plans and the World Cup BEIJING Safety remains the top concern for China after the crash of Air China flight CAI29 in South Korea on Monday. The China Civil Aviation Authority has ordered all passenger planes to be checked following
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      Lock icon Massacre fallout hits The Hague
      132 18 Agencies THE HAGUE A damaging report on the 1995 Srebrencia massacre in Bosnia forced the Dutch government to resign yesterday. Prime Minister Wim Kok's (picture) coalition government met for several hours earlier for a crisis meeting to discuss the fallout from last week's report, The
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      Lock icon Look like a star, be a politician
      167 20 -AFP MANILA A public relations expert has offered a formula for aspiring politicians: Package yourself as a showbiz personality. Mr Dante Ang, who was appointed by President Gloria Arroyo as her senior public relations consultant, said part of Mrs Arroyo's success as a
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      Lock icon More cuts in ratings?
      240 20 -AFP Budget deficit woes hit Japan TOKYO Further ratings cuts are possible for Japan as the government struggles with a growing Budget deficit. The warning by analysts followed a cut in the country's long-term credit rating to AA-minus from AA by Standard and Poor's (S&P). Mr
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      Lock icon Tax reduction helps Cheney
      157 20 Reuters WASHINGTON US President George W Bush's tax cut in June has helped his deputy save about U5543,000 ($78,887). Mr Dick Cheney's tax return, released by his office on Monday, showed the Vice-President's reported income as U554.36 million for his first year in office. That included
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      Lock icon Big catch, but...
      248 21 Barghouti may become rallying point for Palestinian uprising JERUSALEM The arrest of a top figure in the Palestinian uprising on Monday was a big catch for Israel. Mr Marwan Barghouti (picture), a high-ranking member of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement, is widely seen as a successor
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      Lock icon Call for oil embargo [Too soft'towards Iraq ...
      340 21 Call for oil embargo [Too soft'towards Iraq -AFP -AFP BAGHDAD Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has renewed an appeal to Iran to join the oißem# bargo against the United States and Israel. "Iran proposed this idea, it should implement it," the official INA news agency quoted him aS,^ saying. During a
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      Lock icon Scientists developing instant noodles for astronauts
      287 21 -AFP TOKYO Japanese instant snack noodles hope to dump their junk food status and soar to the higher gastronomical rank of space cuisine. Nissin Food Products Company said yesterday it would work with the National Space Development Agency of Japan (Nasda) to develop instant
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      Lock icon Sleeper in Tunisia?
      116 21 AFP DUBAI An attack on a Jewish place of worship in Tunisia has raised fears that sleeper cells of Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda network may have re-emerged. The group claimed responsibility for a blast near a synagogue that killed 15 people, the London-based Al Qods Al
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Oh, for a good laugh
      962 22  -  Roger Mitto» Isn't the ability to joke about one's leaders a triumph of democracy? COMEDY can be suppressed, but never killed. That is why despots hate it and that is why democratically-elected leaders view it with suspicion. They can pass laws to censor cartoons, curb
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      Lock icon My friends and I still crack those jokes despite the paranoia after 9/11
      612 22  -  Judith Tan Channel News Asia by I WATCHED the 74th Academy Awards and could not help but feel proud when Halle Berry and Denzel Washington took the Best Actress and Best Actor Awards respectively. Finally, Hollywood was
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  • UPFRONT
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      As polished as a gem
      840 23  -  International star Gong Li talks about dogs, diamonds and her diet I by Photography: Russel Wong Styling: Daphne Tso and Susie Cheung Hair L'Oreal Paris Makeup: Marjorie Teo-Aldridge Manicure: The Nail Room domes Accessories: Printed silk lace top by Tom Ford for YSL Rive Gauche,
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  • LIMELIGHT
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      Lock icon A different Darren
      375 27  -  Janice Lee The once shy boy is now busy carving a niche by janice@newstoday.com.sg HE was the little boy who used to sing in the shadows in his church choir and the shy one who always let his sister steal the limelight. But Talentime 2001 winner Darren
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      121 27  -  -ElisaChia FOR weeks, MediaCorp TV Channel 8 has kept viewers in suspense as to who will be the host for its gameshow, The Weakest Link, coming up next month. Guess no more. The host was unveiled yesterday. She is Taiwanese compere Cvi Lixin (picture), a regular host
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      Connery scores with The Rock
      306 27  -  Pauline D Loh WHEN it comes down to a battle between Scan Connery and Brendan Fraser, Singapore viewers showed that they preferred the older and better thespian. Last weekend was movie bonanza for TV viewers. On MediaCorp's Channel 5, viewers locked on the channel as
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  • INCINEMAS
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      'Basinger a nutcase'
      296 28 William Baldwin comes to his brother's defence over ex-wife ACTOR William Baldwin (picture) has revealed his side of the story of the divorce between Kirn Basinger and his brother, Alec. In an interview with the American tabloid, The National Enquirer, the 39- year-old actor blasted Basinger. He
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      Lock icon Hollywood honour for Senator McCain
      184 28 -AFP LOS ANGELES Hollywood is set to immortalise the life of US presidential candidate and former prisoner-of-war in Vietnam, Senator John McCain. Robert Geisler and John Bordereau, who were behind the 1999 war drama, The Thin Red Line, will produce the film version of the
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      Lock icon $162m not enough, says Smith
      198 28 AFP LOS ANGELES Former US model and Playboy pin-up, Anna Nicole Smith, has sought an additional US$3O million ($55 million) in interest on the estate of her late oil tycoon husband of 14 months, according to court documents. The move came after the judge awarded
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      Lock icon Lane Number 1
      191 30  -  Reuters/Variety Michel I film charges past Panic Room HOLLYWOOD Boomer films are booming. Paramount's psychological thriller, Changing Lanes, sped past Panic Room to open at No 1 with an estimated $17.6 million ($32.3 million) in weekend box office takings. Panic Room had been leading the pack for
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      Lock icon It's About a Boy and not about Hurley's
      170 30 Reuters LONDON British actor Hugh Grant (picture) fended off questions about former girlfriend Liz Hurley and her son when he arrived at the premiere of his latest film on Sunday. Hundreds of people gathered outside the Empire cinema in London's Leicester Square
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  • TIMEOUT
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      360 32  -  Stan E Jay Showcase of works from emerging artists YOUNG Singaporean artists often find it difficult to showcase their works and may have to wait years to hold their first solo exhibitions. Some lose heart and give up art altogether. The Art Galleries Association (AGA) of Singapore recognises
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      LOOKING FOR THAT ONE BRIGHT SPARK.
      254 32 VISUAL ARTS An Exhibition by Shan Fan and Chua Ek Kay A showcase of Chua Ek Kay's Chinese ink paintings and German-based Chinese artist Shan Fan's abstract art. Date.Till Sunday Time: I Oam to 7pm (weekdays), 10am to 4pm (weekends) Venue:WetterlingTeo Gallery Entry: Free
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      202 32 JobsToDAY l> Per kin Elmer fluid sciences We are a US multi-national company with an exciting new start-up in Asia. Our Fluid Sciences business serves the aerospace, semiconductor, power generation and a host of other industries that demand the highest level of production standards. We now seek suitably qualified candidates
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      240 32 An established global organisation, manufacturing and distributing high quality and medical products to hospitals and community homes has vacancies for the following positions: The successful candidate must have excellent book keeping/accounting skills -sound computor skills -good analytical skills ability to be independent and work autonomously good time management skills The
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      1334 33 t Job listings brought to you by r_Tk.kl_._o JODS TjQW and S/KfEF Looking for a job? Find it in JobsTODAY. This listing is taken from SgEmployers, website of the Singapore National Employers Federation (SNEF). If you're interested in any of the positions listed, log on to www.sgetnployers.com for details. Professional/Executive
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      1336 34 A* Singapore Stories Pasar Malam x"Files Nothing Important Film Art Como Aqua Para Chocolate Channel News Asia, 8.30pm Happened Today Part 1 (Debut) Arts Central, 10pm n -j iv jc Channel 5,10pm Two lovers, PedroMuzquiz *m\\ channel Newsasia "vt Jfhl^tTt John's push for the HT> T and Tita de la
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      446 35 REAL-LIFE DRAMA WmmXTMM^ DARING RESCUES MWt* REAL-LIFE HEROES DON'T MISS 995 Watch real-life emergencies unfold as you share BF3 in the stories of the men and women of the If] Singapore Civil Defence Force. Plus, learn how you can prevent household fires. First episode: April 17 (Wed), 9pm, Channel 5.
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Its getting scary now
      889 36  -  Rohit Brijnath HOW good is this golfer? How tough is this man? The best players of the world ganged together on the final day to tame the Tiger at the Masters. Except this is what happened. By day's end, he'd cooked Retief's Goose, left Vijay Singed,
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      Ten clubs to quit Scottish League
      170 36 GLASGOW Scotland's two leading clubs, Celtic and Rangers, could be left marooned after the other 10 clubs in the Scottish Premier League (SPL) voted to resign from the league yesterday. The 10 remaining SPL clubs gave two years' notice to quit at a meeting
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      Singh injured
      85 36 LONDON Vijay Singh, who finished seventh at the US Masters in Augusta, has been ruled out of golf for three weeks with a foot injury. The Fijian had been scheduled to play in a pro-celebrity skins event in India this week. He said in a statement released by
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      Celtics nick it
      42 36 MINNEAPOLIS The Boston Celtics edged a rallying Minnesota Timberwolves side 93-90 yesterday morning, as Paul Pierce scored 31 points, including two important free throws with 5.6 seconds left Other results: Chicago 98 Philadelphia 96, LA Lakers 111 Seattle 104
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    • AFTERNOON EDITION
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        Lock icon Steal for Spurs
        467 37 Agencies Liverpool captain Redknapp joinsTottenham on a free transfer LIVERPOOL Tottenham Hotspur manager Glenn Hoddle said his club may have made the "steal of the decade" after signing Liverpool captain Jamie Redknapp (picture) on a free transfer this morning. The 28-year-old signed a four-year contract with the
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        Lock icon Big guns' injury crisis gives fringe men final chance
        395 37 Agencies CARNAGO 'Player injuries' are the buzzwords around the football training grounds of Europe today. Giovanni Trapattoni's depleted Italy squad will have an unfamiliar look when it faces Uruguay in a World Cup warm-up at the San Siro tonight. It is
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        Rivals clash over dates
        207 37 LONDON Manchester United and Arsenal are involved in a disagreement over the date of their Premiership showdown at Old Trafford next month, reported the Daily Telegraph. United wants the game brought forward 24 hours from May 8 to May 7 because it would help it prepare
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        Nesta, Reiziger for Man Utd?
        99 37 MANCHESTER Manchester United is set for a very busy summer in the transfer market Sir Alex Ferguson has a new shopping list and central defender Alessandro Nesta is right at the top, according to The Sun. According to the report, the centre-back will sign for
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        Clarification
        40 37 IN YESTERDAY'S report, "Emphasis on youth", we named the new president of the Singapore Golf Association (SGA) as Dennis Lim Kim Yew. That is incorrect The new SGA president is Dennis Lee Kim Yew. We apologise for the error.
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      SSC wants fitter footballers
      646 38  -  Jose Raymond First task force set up to address serious problem Today Exclusive by jose@news today.com.sg PHYSICAL fitness, or rather the lack of it, has been a disease affecting Singapore football for the longest time. And in a bid to counter the plague, the Singapore Sports
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      Lock icon From a Bull to a singing Warrior
      193 38  -  Stanley Ho NTUC Income-TODAY Fan of the Week HE WAS an avid fan of his hometown S-League club Gombak United. But after watching SAFFC storm to the top of the NTUC Income S-League table this season, Muhammad Taufiq Bin Noor (pictured) couldn't help
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      More students to get sport exposure
      243 38  -  Stanley Ho by stanley@newstoday.com.sg INCREASING the base of students participating in sports. That is one of the goals of a pilot project being initiated by the Ministry of Community Development and Sports (MCDS), in collaboration with the South-east Community Development Council (CDC). Called the
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      Singapore important but real goal is Commonwealth Games
      345 39  -  Kelvin Phang by kelvin@newstoday.com.sg ALTHOUGH both England and Australia are major contenders for this weekend's Singapore Sevens, July's Commonwealth Games was actually the hot topic at yesterday's press conference. England, as host of the Games, is obviously under pressure to do well
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      Meet All Blacks, grab tickets
      113 39 HUNDREDS of local school children will get a chance to meet and learn from the mighty New Zealand rugby team as part of the build-up to this weekend's Singapore Sevens. Organised by Adidas Singapore, the All Blacks will conduct a coaching clinic from 3pm to
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      Sailing out of SEA Games?
      313 39  -  Jose Raymond Vietnam says it lacks the necessary facilities by j ose@newstoday. com.sg SINGAPORE could lose two gold-churning sports at the next SEA Games in Vietnam. Sailing and bowling, which the Republic is traditionally strong in, have not been included in the 24 sports confirmed
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      Lock icon Jenkin Pings past Poh
      230 39  -  S. Murali Today photo by IF LOCAL professional Poh Eng Wah had his way, different weight classes would have been introduced in yesterday's Ping ISI Tec Long Drive Championship at Orchid Golf and Country Club. Though the pro said it tongue-in-cheek, one could see his point
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