Today, 30 April 2002

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    Masthead
    7 1 TODAY Tuesday April 30, 2002 MITA(P) 063/11/2001
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  • Article
    Yes, they did it again
    240 1  -  Joy Frances IN less than six months, a group of Singaporean nature lovers has again succeeded in persuading the powers-that-be to rethink their development plans. The Nature Society of Singapore (NSS), of Tanjong Chek Jawa fame, said yesterday that a plan to develop a golf
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    Tajudin's pain ...
    447 1  - Tajudin's pain Elisia Yeo is XL telco's gain by elisia@newstoday.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR The collapse of the business empire of Tan Sri Tajudin Ramli a one-time poster boy for the new Malay entrepreneurial class has sparked a seismic shift in the country's telecommunications sector. The state's bad debt agency, Danaharta, finally
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  • HOT NEWS
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      A sombre message
      262 2  -  Ng Boon Yian PM Goh's words of caution this May Day by boonyian@newstoday.com.sg EVEN though there have been some signs of an economic recovery, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong cautioned workers not to expect a quick rebound in the labour market As the labour market tends to
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      Dr Chee's May Day defiance
      146 2  -  Elaine Quek SINGAPORE Democratic Party chief Chee Soon Juan yesterday said he would be going ahead with his exhibi-tion-cum-rally outside the Istana tomorrow, despite the Public Entertainment Licensing Unit (Pelu) rejecting his application for a licence to hold the event. Pelu yesterday said the exhibition
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      Lock icon Speech at 2pm
      48 2 News Asia Newsßadio 93.8. DEPUTY Prime Minister and Finance Minister Lee Hsien Loong will begin his Budget statement this Friday at 2pm, half-an-hour earlier than previously announced. His speech in Parliament will end at about 4.30pm. The statement will be aired "live" over Channel and
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      Stepping down
      34 2 ACTING Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts, Mr David Lim, will relinquish his appointment as Senior Minister of State for Defence tomorrow, according to a statement from the Prime Minister's Office.
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      Lock icon Woman loses final bid to die
      160 3 -AFP STRASBOURG A terminallyill and paralysed British woman lost her final legal bid yesterday to be allowed to die with the help of her husband. The European Court of Human Rights rejected Mrs Diane Pretty's (picture) appeal, saying the British courts' earlier ruling did
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      Lock icon Hot DBS topic
      438 3  -  Chan Chao Peh by chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg MINORITY shareholders made their voices heard at the DBS annual shareholders' meeting yesterday when they queried the hefty increase in the fees for executive directors last year. While the bank's net profit last year fell 28 per cent to $999.1 million, the
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      Girl found dead in Yishun flat
      101 3 A FOUR-year-old girl died in what was believed to be a drowning incident at a Yishun flat on Saturday afternoon. Neighbours who were called to help resuscitate the girl said she was lying on the bathroom floor unconscious. Her lips were blue and she
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      Lock icon Operation Free Arafat
      194 3 Agencies RAMALLAH British and US security experts yesterday took the first step towards freeing Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat from his compound. US President George W Bush had proposed the plan to release Mr Arafat by placing the six Palestinian militants wanted by Israel under the watchful eyes
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      New campuses
      231 4  -  Tan Hui Leng NUS puts question mark on fourth university by huileng@newstoday.com.sg THE National University of Singapore is planning to set up two new campuses by 2010. The first will be sited at Outram Park and will focus on postgraduate medical education. The location of the other campus,
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      Posthumous award for HDB executive
      166 4  -  Elaine Quek MR Lim Kok Leong, the late HDB chief housing administration officer, will be given a posthumous medal of commendation at the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) May Day Awards ceremony tonight The 49-year-old was found dead near his hotel on April 14, in
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      ERP revision
      79 4 THE Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) rates at two expressways will be revised from Monday, following the Land Transport Authority's latest review. Motorists passing the gantry along the Pan-Island Expressway near the Adam Road exit will have to pay 50 cents more between 8.30 am and 9am. The new
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      Lock icon Jail, cane for man in rectum-injury death
      106 4 THE man who caused grievous hurt to a woman by forcing his fingers into her anus last September was yesterday sentenced to five years and three months imprisonment, plus six strokes of the cane. Thirty-six-year-old delivery assistant Rajendran Ramchandran had been living with
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      Hot springs reopen
      143 4  -  Joy Frances SINGAPOREANS are expected to throng the Sembawang hot springs (picture) on Labour Day when the Ministry of Defence (Mindef) reopens its doors to the public. The site had been closed for two months while Mindef covered the area with subsoil and concrete to prevent mosquito
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      17 2 HYYDURHLLJ Win up to worth of g V WINAPHZEI Look out in TODAY on 02 May 2002.
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      30 4 mmm W^mtmrnMrn Hp^ '"^P^y Sub JmwA A time of rejuvenation and revitalisation Look outfora newSPRINGon 2May2002 V Special May Day Edition What is at the heart of NTUC's membership drive?
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  • LETTERS
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      Breaking the silence
      535 6  -  Edmund Lim Wee Kiat Catholics have discussed sexual-abuse issue and prayed for victims THE first edition of Weekend Today, which cost 50 cents, was indeed noteworthy. I enjoyed reading the thought-provoking perspective on our leaders by Ravi Veloo. The articles by Kirpal Singh, Ivy Singh-Lim, Maurice Perera
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      Where is the domestic recycling?
      148 6  -  Heidi Tucker I AM concerned about the apparent lack of domestic recycling in Singapore. In a family of two, I have managed to save 100 glass bottles and jars for recycling in the past six months. In Melbourne, most households voluntarily save this waste. Local
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      Growing Up and the S'pore family
      132 6  -  Teo Kian Lam Christopher I WAS deeply touched when I watched the Growing Up: Flashback Special on MediaCorp TV Channel 5. The show did a very good job of depicting the core of a typical Singaporean family. Having grown up in the 1960s and
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon S Korea leads Asian slump
      162 8 Bloomberg ASIAN stock markets fell yesterday, led by the 3.6 per cent slump in South Korea's Kospi index. The fall, due to the latest University of Michigan consumer confidence survey, also dragged computer-related stocks lower in Taiwan, Singapore, Australia and Hong Kong. The survey showed
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    • Market Watch
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        Singapore
        92 8 SINGAPORE shares started weak and stayed the course through the day, pushing stocks to key support levels. The STI index fell to a low of 1,704.08 before recovering to close 16.06 points down at 1,712.26. There were four losers to every gainer, with 281 counters unchanged. Volume was 304
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        SGX most active
        56 8 By volume Apr 29 Day en Ipco Poh Lian SingTel Integra 'OOO 36,420 23,079 9,699 7,198 6,981 TPV Chartered TTInt DatacrftUSS Beyonits 'OOO 6,323 5,778 5,568 5,160 5,107 By value Apr 29 Day en Chartered DBS UOB OCBC 27,656,385 26,573,908 22,979,890 21,794,250 20,020,970 SIA SPH Venture SingTel
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        SGX top rises
        78 8 By$ By percentage Apr 29 Close Change ChODBeCW*****61 US$102,800 +1.800 Apr 29 Close Change GMG USS 0.025 +25.000 WantWantUSS 1.900 +0.100 Dayen 0.785+11.348 GreatEast 11.000 +0.100 Nam Lee 0.175 +9.375 Dayen 0.785 +0.080 Dragon USS 0.070 +7.692 Want Want W*****4US$0.915+0.060 Want Want W*****4USS 0.915 +7.018 Innovalu 0.915
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        SGX top falls
        81 8 By$ By percentage Apr 29 Close Change DBS Bk6% NCPS *****.500 -1.400 Apr 29 Close Change Kian Ann W*****7 0.065 -27.778 Creative 50 21.400 -0.500 LHT 0.080 -23.810 SPH100 22.100 -0.400 Seatown 0.020 -20.000 DBS 13.700 -0.300 KingWan W*****4 0.070 -12.500 SPH 22.200 -0.300 EWSport 0.080 -11.111
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        World markets
        54 8 Index Value Change Pis Nikkei 225 *****.39 -107.33 -.92 Hang Seng *****.49 -23.59 -.21 Ordinaries 3304.20 -25.00 -.75 faiwan Wtd 6205.09 -101.84 -1.61 Korea Comp 838.51 -31.14 -3.58 SET Index 371.01 -5.43 -1.44 Jakarta Comp 525.86 -14.10 -2.61 Phils Comp 1315.01 -8.95 -.68 ihenzen B 229.66 +2.85 +1.26
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 8 USS 0.5536 UK£ 0.3797 Yen 70.897 HKS 4.3173 RM 2.1032 Euro 0.6138 Rupiah 5161.9 Baht 23.921 Peso 28.038 AS 1.0256 Indian Rs 27.110 Won 715.47 C$ 0.8666 Yuan 4.5818 NZS 1.2356 NTS 19.182
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        Lock icon Commodities
        27 8 Bloomberg Gold uss/oz 310.500 Silver uss/oz 4.610 Platinum uss/oi 541.500 Rubber centsAg 121.25 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1 230 Brent crude uss/barrel 25.80 Today Tuesday April 30,2002
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      3213 10 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS (All prices are indicative) Enquiries: Call 852-2973-6600 E-mail lipper.asia@reuters.com Fund Names NAV/Bid Price Offer Price Horizon US Equity (USD) 0.411 0.427 HorizonAsia Ex Japan (USD) 0.53 0.55! Savers Global Trust Fund 0.889 0.934 Savers India Fund 0.495 0.52 Savers Japan Fund 0.743 0.781 Savers Korea Fund 1.673
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      Lock icon Bonds up
      307 10 Bloomberg Gloomy forecasts boost interest SINGAPORE bonds experienced a surge in interest over the past week, with fiveyear yields falling to four-and-a-half month lows, on expectations that reports this week will show US growth slowing. The four per cent Singapore local-cur-rency bond maturing in March 2007 rose 0.2
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      Sats launches online cargo tracking
      118 10 THE Singapore Airport Terminal Services (Sats) will launch an online air cargo tracking facility tomorrow, Sats sources told Today. Called the Web Track and Trace Service, it will improve the monitoring of the progress of cargo shipments into and out of Changi airport. The new
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      Top man leaves PSA
      322 11  -  Francis Kan KhooTeng Chye moves on as port operator meets new competition by francis@newstoday.com,sg PSA Corporation president Khoo Teng Chye will leave the group at a time when the port operator's position as the region's premier transshipment hub is being challenged. Mr Khoo will leave PSA
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      Singapore's King Wan is out to paint a new China
      443 11  -  Val Chua by val@newstoday.com.sg AT a time when the Government is nudging Singapore firms towards globalisation, one local company King Wan has gone bravely to China without much hand-holding. The company has moved beyond its traditional core businesses as a
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      Lock icon JTC site releases to be lower this year
      111 11 Channel News Asia SINGAPORE'S chief industrial landlord JTC Corporation is releasing less land sites for sale this year. The company is releasing 36 hectares, compared to 40 hectares last year. Of the total amount, 20 hectares will be released under JTC's Open
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      Lock icon Chip maker back in the black
      179 11 Bloomberg HSINCHU (Taiwan) United Microelectronics Corp, the sec-ond-largest maker of chips for other companies, had an unexpected first-quarter profit after selling assets and forecast an end to four quarters of operating losses. Net income fell 97 per cent to NT$2l6 million ($11.3 million) from
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Minister quits as Vajpayee's govt gears up to face censure motion
      231 13 Agencies NEW DELHI An Indian minister yesterday resigned over the government's inability to curb sectarian violence in Gujarat, which has claimed 900 lives. The resignation of Mr Ram Vilas Paswan, the Minister for Coal and Mines, came on the
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      Lock icon Martial law for Ambon?
      108 13 -AFP JAKARTA The Indonesian government was yesterday considering whether to impose martial law in the religiouslydivided city of Ambon following the massacre of 13 Christians on Sunday. The army chief, General Endriartono Sutarto, said troops needed a "legal umbrella" to protect them if they take steps
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      Canada and terrorism
      105 13 WASHINGTON Canada is unwittingly playing host to at least 50 "terrorist" groups and some are targeting the United States. Mr David Harris, the former chief of strategic planning for the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, said in the television programme, 60 Minutes: "We've established through our intelligence service
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      Suspect detained
      116 13 MANILA His companions may be free but suspected Indonesian terrorist Agus Dwirkana will have to go through the courts before he can be released, the Philippine government said yesterday. "Unless the criminal case against him is resolved, we would have to keep him in the country," Ms Andrea
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      Lock icon No plans for Iraq attack yet
      96 14 Agencies CRAWFORD (Texas) The White House has reaffirmed that the ouster of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is a top foreign policy goal but denies having a military blueprint to topple the leader. White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said on Sunday the Pentagon had "multiple
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      China crisis?
      326 14 Jobless rate to rise to over 20 millio BEIJING Before China can reap the benefits of its World Trade Organisation (WTO) membership, it will have to deal with the severe problem of unemployment. At a labour seminar on Sunday, ViceMinister of Labour and Social Security Wang Dongjin warned
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      Lock icon Clinton may broker peace in N Korea
      315 14 Reuters PYONGYANG Former US President Bill Clinton could follow in his predecessor Jimmy Carter's footsteps as a peace broker after news that Pyongyang has asked him to mediate with Washington. A North Korean official yesterday said that the country's leader, Mr Kirn Jong
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Lock icon Can Vajpayee ride the Tiger?
      817 18  -  by Sanjay Kapoor by taking on a bigger role in Sri Lanka A FEW days after Norway brokered the ceasefire between the Sri Lankan government and the Tamil Tigers, I was in Colombo to speak at a seminar on conflict journalism. I was told that
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  • UPFRONT
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      Hans Christian Andersen would have liked it, too
      454 19  -  -Low Shi Ping IF Hans Christian Andersen had seen Honk!, he would not have recognised it as an adaptation of his tale of the ugly duckling. The script is full of puns and jibes at farm birds and the show itself boasts
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      Happily single
      647 19  -  Melissa Hyak Back off, folks, marriage is not on my mind by I AM in my 30s and single. By today's trend of tying the knot at a later age, some would say that I am at a prime marriageable age. Others, however, would demur and insist that,
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  • BUSYCOOK
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      Drunken chicken
      416 20  -  Pauline DLoh is Here's the busy person's version of the French classic, Cog au Yin YOU won't get a rooster easily in Singapore, but that apart, there are plenty of nice birds you can throw into the pot for a wonderfully aromatic chicken cooked in red wine. The
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      Red Wine Chicken with Chestnuts and Buttered Mushrooms
      318 20 Ingredients: 1 bottle Bordeaux 1 large chicken, cut in pieces 10 red shallots, peeled, whole 5 cloves garlic, peeled, whole 3 sticks cinnamon 1 jar cooked chestnuts A handful of raisins Salt, sugar to taste Method: 1. Marinate chicken pieces, cinnamon, garlic
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      Wine cellar collectibles
      170 20 THE wine shelves at Carrefour have a wide range not just from France, but from all the up and coming "new world" vineyards such as Chile, and South Africa. During the coming French Festival, the gentlemen at Carrefour have set aside a few bottles for collectors, for
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      On the shelf
      53 20 Organic chocolate hazelnut cookies sound as if they were made in heaven. And when they are only $2.50 per pack, then it's sheer foodie paradise. Where to find them? Head for the organic food section in Carrefour supermarket. But be warned.You may end up buying more than
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  • INFOTECH
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      Heavyweight winner
      491 21  -  John Lvi This Fujitsu notebook has strong multimedia features and delivers excellent performance TAsia Product Reviews osio. cnet. com/reviews by IN ASIA, desktop replacements are popular, as they are seen to offer great value-for-money. Many a misguided IT department must have had this in mind when choosing notebooks
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      Mobile Office for road warriors
      190 21 ROAD warriors now have a consistent access environment that allows them to conduct business with or without a wired connection. GRIC Communications has launched its Mobile Office Solution, which delivers applications that enable secure interaction and collaboration around the world and across platforms. Through partnerships
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    • CNETAsia Breaking News
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        Dell gains in servers at HP's expense
        107 22 HEWLETT-Packard and Compaq Computer have said that their proposed merger will strengthen both outfits but, for now, the two seem to be losing ground to Dell Computer in key markets. In unit shipments of Intel-based servers, Compaq remains the top dog, accounting for
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        IBM inks storage deal with Adaptec
        52 22 IBM has signed a deal to use Adaptec hardware for new technology called iSCSI (small computer system interface) that links storage systems using conventional computer networks. Adaptec will supply IBM with cards and chips that support iSCSI connections using one-giga-bit-per-second and 10-gigabit-per-second speeds, the
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      Single-source supplier
      471 22  -  Ariel Tarn Foodbex helps the local hospitality industry go electronic by ari el@newstoday.com. sg FOODBEX Global has come a long way since it was established in December 1999. From an e-commerce portal, it has moved on to become an electronic broadline distributor supplying food and beverage items to
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      All-in-one communications appliance for SMEs
      234 22 THE high cost of deploying integrated voice and data applications has often discouraged SMEs from owning solutions such as unified messaging. Now, Alcatel has launched the OmniPCX Office, an e-communications appliance that integrates Internet, voice and data services. These services include unified messaging, telephony (circuit-switched
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      Market opener
      150 22  -  Sol E Solomon SINGAPORE-BASED eßworx, a regional IT services provider for the financial sector, has entered into a memorandum of understanding with the Institutional and Government Advisory (IGA) group of the ING Group, to market each other's products in the Asia-Pacific. "IGA will continue to play its advisory
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  • INCINEMAS
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      Lock icon Miramax boss strikes back
      258 24 Reuters/Variety HOLLYWOOD In an opinion piece published in the New York Post on Sunday, Miramax Films co-chairman Harvey Weinstein (picture) struck back at certain journalists who, he claims, exaggerated the arguments that he and Gangs of New York director Martin Scorsese had on the set and
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      Lock icon EU film-makers fear Hollywood
      137 24 AFP WARSAW Representatives of the European film industry appealed for support from the European Union to enable it to better compete against the growing impact of Hollywood on its home turf. "We appeal to the responsible political leaders of the European Union and the national governments
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      Lock icon All to gain
      454 24  -  Serene Foo Pierre and Yvonne go Thai in their next film by serene@newstoday.com.sg FOR local actors Pierre Png and Yvonne Lim, their latest film has been quite a learning experience. To begin with, Nothing to Lose is a Thai film, and the dialogue is in Thai. Nothing
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      No sex please
      484 25  -  Leong Phei aj Phei 40 Days celebrates the joys of abstinence A SEX comedy without any sex scenes is unusual, to say the least That 40 Days and 40 Nights is about abstinence is even more unusual, for a Hollywood film. Sex sells, but what about abstinence!
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      Lock icon Jolie to media: Please quit staring!
      241 25 Reuters photo ANGELINA Jolie has something to get off her chest She's tired of the media's apparent fascination with her bosom. Yeah, you really do have to wonder why... For her latest film Life Or Something Like It, which opened the weekend past, Jolie
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      1537 26 On TV Su«ess Stories Lee Kuan Uefa Champions League 2001 /2002 Print t0 S(reen Joan 0 f Ar( Alls Cenlial 10pm I7sJ£VsE3£f3l<T Yew, Part 1 channel News Asia, 7.32pm Leverkusen vs Manchester United, Live m^ammmmmm Channel 5 2 35am w jyears oe/WK «er aeam, Joa« wears voices. Six years later,
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  • LIMELIGHT
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      192 27  -  -ElisaChia WHAT makes an entrepreneur? Take a leaf from nine of Singapore's most successful entrepreneurs who are winners and finalists of the Entrepreneur of the Year Award. They include Dr Toh Sooh Huat, managing director of Novena Holdings Ltd, Mr Koh
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      Jazzy Keiko loves to clean
      402 27  -  Janice Lee Japanese crooner's reality check by j ani ce@newsto day. com. sg HER cute and cheeky smile makes her nose crinkle and reduces her eyes to two tiny lines, but when Keiko Lee lifts her voice in song, her deep velvet crooning touches your
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Horry's clutch, Pippen's dumped
      507 28 NBA Trail Blazers 91 Lakers 92 LA waits for either Spurs or Sonics in next round PORTLAND Scottie Pippen was victimised again by the Lakers, who took advantage of his mistakes down the stretch to edge the Trail Blazers 92-91 yesterday and win their playoff series
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        657 29  -  S. Gulam by gulam@newstoday.com.sg Champions League, semi-final, 2nd leg Bayer Leverkusen v Man United Live on Chs and Ch23, tomorrow, 2.30 am I MUST say that no team fights back like Manchester United when its back is against the wall. The Red Devils have
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        No, Keane and Giggs will inspire win
        615 29  -  Leonard Thomas by leonard@newstoday.com.sg THE SENSE of deja vu has been hanging heavy around the Old Trafford air for a week now. Ever since Manchester United's inexplicably poor performance against Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League first leg semi-final last week, the spirit
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      Arsenal braced for Vieira's exit
      403 30 LONDON The Patrick Vieira (picture) saga seems like it is set to run and run. Yesterday, the French midfielder's future at Arsenal was thrown into doubt after vice-chairman David Dein said he would be sold if he proves "difficult". Premier League leader Arsenal, which is
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      Shoaib record?
      56 30 LAHORE Express bowler Shoaib Akhtar delivered himself into the record books ahead of Pakistan and New Zealand's first Test starting here tomorrow. The 26-year-old Pakistani bowler, nicknamed the Rawalpindi Express, was clocked at 161 kilometres per hour in the third and final oneday international last Saturday, which, if
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      Baggio not ruled out
      53 30 ROME Italy coach Giovanni Trapattoni has raised the possibility of a dramatic World Cup recall for Roberto Baggio, insisting the 'divine ponytail' has not been excluded from consideration. Nevertheless Trap hinted that the pony-tailed star would have to impress him greatly to force his way into
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      Press upset
      71 30 NEW DELHI India's media yesterday criticised the sports ministry's decision to bid for the 2012 Olympic Games. "A part of the millions, if not billions, that go into hosting an Olympic Games could be better used for the promotion of Indian sport," the Times of India said. Sports
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      Longer hours for Pools outlets
      463 30  -  Kelvin Phang THE operating hours at your neighbourhood Singapore Pools outlets will now be extended to 8.30pm on certain days, thanks to the new foreign soccer betting game, Strike! From Friday, punters can bet on selected English Premier League (EPL), FA Cup, Champions League, Uefa
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      Lock icon Another head rolls
      277 31  -  Stanley Ho Gombak United sacks Sies, Salim takes over for now Today EXCLUSIVE by! stanley@newstoday.com.sg GOMBAK United caretaker coach Sies Senan has been given the sack after just 10 S-League games in charge. He will temporarily be replaced by former international and current club under-18 coach Salim
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      Lock icon Fifa chief Blatter blasts Hayatou's platform
      187 31 AFP DUBAI Fifa president Sepp Blatter said yesterday he needed a second term as the most powerful man in world football, dismissing his Cameroonian rival's manifesto as containing "discrepancies". He also blasted "people outside the running team" of rival Issa Hayatou, the African Football
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      Lock icon TODAY-NTUC Income Fan of the Week
      149 31  -  Stanley Ho HE WAS supposed to be studying for a "C" Maths paper on Saturday night. But Alvin Gan (picture) just couldn't resist watching his favourite S-League team SAFFC take on Home United. The match was live on television, but the 18-year-old wanted the
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      Sivaji can't wait to see charges in action tonight
      403 31  -  Stanley Ho TONIGHT, a new-look Singapore national under-23 team will play against reigning Singapore Cup champion Home United. The friendly game, scheduled for Bishan Stadium at spm, will be the Cubs' first test under new coach P N Sivaji. Earmarked to
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