Today, 2 July 2002

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    Masthead
    4 1 TODAY Tuesday MITA(P) 063/11/2001
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    Of punks, slam-dancing and that 4pm 'advice'
    364 1  -  Yee Wei Zhen REMAKING Singapore will be a slow and stuttering process if events over the last weekend are anything to go by. As live bands from several countries gathered on Saturday for the Asian Youth Music Festival 2002, the National Youth Council
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    Puzzle on the table
    503 1  -  Ng Boon Yian EVEN before Singaporean and Malaysian officials dived into a full day of closed-door negotiations, some parameters and priorities were spelt out Singapore Foreign Minister Prof S. Jayakumar stressed that discussions on the package of issues must be conducted on the basis that "nothing
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    DPP slipper man and father sacked
    266 1  -  Jose Raymond OVER the last two elections, Mr Tan Lead Shake (picture) has grabbed the Singaporeans by campaigning in rubber slippers. But now he has been sacked from the Democratic Progressive Party, along with his father Mr Tan Soo Phuan. And it has nothing
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  • HOT NEWS
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      CPF minimum sum up
      99 2 STARTING yesterday, the CPF Minimum Sum for those aged 55 and above has been raised from $70,000 to $75,000. The Medisave retention sum was also raised from $21,000 to $23,000. The adjustment to the CPF Minimum Sum is made annually, until it reaches $80,000. With $75,000
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      Feed your boss to the sharks
      150 2  -  Rosalyn Lim IN A rare event, employees will help determine their bosses' fates. There are two options to let them walk, or "feed" them to the sharks. Accenture, Ericsson, HewlettPackard (HP), Microsoft and MobileOne (Ml) will be putting their top executives out on a
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      What's exclusive?
      428 2  -  Elaine Quek Miffed club members take gripes to court A CLUB that promised to be "exclusive and limited" and offered members "unparalleled privileges and facilities" was sued yesterday by 4,895 members, who discovered that there were some 19,000 members in the club. Raffles Town Club (RTC) is being
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      Lock icon Indon students show their anger
      108 3 Reuters JAKARTA A clash between police and some 500 protesters broke out yesterday after they destroyed the main gate of Parliament. The protesters, mostly students, pushed down the gates, weakened by repair, but were blocked by more than 100 police personnel who turned the water
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      Lock icon BJP returning to hardline roots?
      116 3 Agencies NEW DELHI -Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee has announced sweeping changes to his Cabinet line-up yesterday. Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha and Foreign Minister Jaswant Singh yesterday swapped portfolios and four new faces were brought into the Cabinet. Among them was Jana Krishnamurthi, who
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      Lock icon No can do?
      337 3 Agencies Tung re-appointed as HK grapples with growing crisis of confidence HONG KONG Back in 1997, Hong Kong was consumed by fears that China would renege on its promise to give the former British colony a high degree of autonomy. But as the Special Administrative Region celebrated
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      IDA will not appeal against SingTel compensation ruling
      165 4  -  -Joy Frances THE Infocoram Development Authority of Singapore (IDA), which lost its lawsuit against SingTel on May 30, announced yesterday that it would not appeal against the court's ruling. The government telecom regulator had claimed that $388 mil- lion was a tax
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      Drinks, dispute and a death
      353 4  -  Joy Frances Strange tragedy after friends fall out AS disputes go, this was a strange one. Among a group of friends, one is now dead, three have been jailed for their role in his death and another stands trial today. It started with an imagined
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      Zulfikar guilty of wilful trespass
      113 4  -  Jose Raymond FATEHA.COM editor Zulfikar Mohd Shariff has been found guilty of wilful trespass. Zulfikar had gone to Tanglin Police Station on May 1, following the arrest of Singapore Democratic Party politicians, Dr Chee Soon Juan and Mr Gandhi Ambalam. Before imposing a $600 fine
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      SAF might on display
      162 4  -  Toh Boon Ngee A TORRENTIAL downpour did not dampen the spirits of 50,000 active servicemen and NSmen who attended the celebrations yesterday marking 35 years of National Service at SAF Day 2002. The SAF's martial might was on show during a special pre-parade segment featuring the
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      228 2 a Charles Sturt University has achieved the highest rating, *stars for attraction of international students, and *siars for graduate employment, pp From 2003 Good Universities Guide imn iuirn Generai U DH co* mC"?$ DH I frarnSSlTevelopment Doctor of Business us -jj^jj™ Administration case-study assignments /HeXt' wlia' lt? 36 months duration
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      207 5 To Our Customers: I am just as concerned as you are over recent media reports on unauthorised Internet Banking funds transfers affecting 21 customers on June 19. Since then, there have been no further incidents. I want to assure you that DBS Internet Banking is secure and was NOT hacked
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  • LETTERS
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      20-cent poser
      281 6  -  Pang Kian Tiong Would you bother to recover this amount if overcharged for a bus ride? IT'S said that public transport in Singapore is not run by a monopoly. On paper, there are several companies providing transport services. However, these several companies are monopolies as they individually provide
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      Partners too
      131 6  -  him Boon Hee WHAT was not said by Transport Minister Yeo Cheow Tong when he commented on the suggestion to divest the Government's stake in Singapore Airlines is as significant as what was said. He had said: "SIA is able to compete against all the airlines in the
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      A whack to remember
      99 6  -  Kent Lee I REFER to the article "Caning too harsh?" (WEEKEND Today, June 29-30). As parents, we should be confident that the schools will provide an education for our children. Caning in the 1970s was not a rare thing. Many of us have been caned before.
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Firming up
      306 8  -  Chan Chao Peh Fall in housing prices checked SINGAPORE'S residential property prices seem poised for a turnaround soon, based on the latest flash estimates of the second quarter by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) and the Housing Development Board (HDB). The private property price index fell 0.6 points
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      CPF money can be for fixed deposits
      73 8 CPF members can soon buy Fixed Deposit (FD) products from Qualifying Full Banks (QFBs). From Monday, the banks can apply as FD and agent banks under the CPF Investment Scheme. Foreign banks such as Standard Chartered have expressed interest. "We are interested and
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    • Market Watch
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        Singapore
        141 8 THE Singapore bourse defended its recent gains and showed resilience despite some profit-taking after its recent bounce from the 1,520 level. The STI index managed to start July on a firm note as talk surfaced that portfolio managers had started to nibble on the local bourse again after a
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        World markets
        52 8 Index Volue Change Pis Nikkei 225 Hang Seng 111 Ordinaries faiwcn Wtd *****.44 *****.55 3175.70 4969.32 -26.40 +80.46 +12.50 ■181.39 -0.2! +0.7* +0.41 ■3 51 Korea Comp 5EI Index 742.72 389.10 +32.29 +6.08 +4.5: +1.5' lakarlc Camp Phils Ccmp shenzen B 492.27 1195.37 235.76 -12.74 +39.02 ■2.70 -2.5:
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 8 US$ 0.5661 UKI 0.3700 Yen 67.813! HK$ 4.***** RM 2.***** Euro 0.5718 Rjpich 4931.07 Baht 23.5259 Peso 28.5504 A$ 1.***** Indian Rs 27.6459 Won 681.575 C$ 0.8588 Yuan ***** NZI 1.***** NT$ 19.0004
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        Commodities
        21 8 GoUifiVa 313.900 Silver uwsi 4.855 Plotinum ust/az 531.300 Rubber cenis/kg 1 53.50 Palm ail Rtt/u™ 1360 Brent [rude ust/loml 25.58
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        Straits Times Index — 10-Day Chart
        5 8 Straits Times Index 10-Day Chart
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        SGX most active
        54 8 By volume July] SingTel ECS SILIml l&M NOL 'OOO 9,740 9,604 7,860 5,650 5,469 lulton UniFiber Ffmd PatCenl ■!iiij||jt)(iif '000 5,404 5,242 5,086 4,676 4,624 By value July 1 m SIA SingTel DBS Chattered S 17,013,096 15,071,356 13,264,510 13,042,490 11,149,775 OCBC VcnIj b SPH ECS PFood 10,430,000
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        SGX top rises
        79 8 5y$ lulyl :SK Creative 50 Close Cbonge 7.950 +0.100 15.800 +0.100 ■ILSpFinF ilwctua" CIIVDEV I.Vill 400USS 2.220 +0.070 1.460 +0.060 5.750 +0.050 6.000 +0.050 ;D'.' 0.660 +0.040 ECS 0.755 +0.035 :h;- Food bnspnc O.S70 +0.035 1.500 +0.030 By percent July I IRE Corp Cob Otulus -Kolf itnge
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        Lock icon SGX top falls
        75 8 afp By 3 July 1 Close Change SIA 200 12.600 -0.100 SIA 12.600 -0.300 FirstEng 0.480 -0.180 Genetalix 0.770 -0.110 SIIEIF10D 15.630 -0.100 BukltSem 12.000 -0.100 DBS 12.300 -0.100 DBS Bk 6% HCPS*****.500 -0.100 WJenningsAS 0.950 -0.090 sy percentage Idyl .eeMetol (loss Changi 0.065 -13.47! :JRe R
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      CapitaLand launches real estate trust
      202 10 CAPITALAND has offered investors a yield between 7.06 per cent and 7.21 per cent in a real estate investment trust launched yesterday. Units in the trust, to be sold at between 94 cents and 96 cents, was first reported by this newspaper two weeks ago.
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      Lock icon Card bad debt rising
      153 10 Bloomberg SINGAPORE banks wrote off $12.1 million of credit-card debt in May, more than twice the level a year earlier. It was the largest monthly write-off of creditcard debt this year, according to statistics released by the Monetary Authority of Singapore, and compared with $5.7 million
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      2570 10 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS EnquiriesiCall 852-2973-6600 E-mail !ipper.asia@reuters.«jns Dole Find Nome WV/Bid Offer Aberdeoa Asset PAaiHgenieal (AsioJ 27/6 t len een Se -Araeiu ii 3 j|>[ ig i I's D.642 0.675 27/6 AieriE=r k J,= :i s:d Iicje Fa 1 1.145 1.2D1 27/6 AierceenSe -China ODpqnuniiies Fa 1.043 1.096 i!::silr* ill
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      Flying high
      87 12 BUSINESS is taking off again for regional carrier SilkAir, which plans to expand capacity by more than a fifth this year to meet rising leisure travel demand. It will start flights to Macau and Chengdu in China and Hyderabad in India, reported Channel NewsAsia. The carrier is also
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      Giant step forward
      323 12  -  Carmen Lee New products drive telecom equipment maker's earnings TELECOM equipment manufacturer Giant Wireless Technology's 2002 financial results have exceeded expectations. Net profit came in at four per cent lower at HK$5l.B million ($11.7 million), better than our projection of a 15-per-cent decline. The profit result in
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      Andersen S'pore acquired
      56 12 KPMG Consulting has acquired Andersen Business Consulting in Singapore. As a result, approximately 78 former Andersen staff, including two former Andersen partners, have joined a KPMG Consulting subsidiary in Singapore. They will be involved in a number of areas, including customer relationship management, shared services, strategy and
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      Changing of the guard at YHS
      54 12 YEO Hiap Seng Ltd has appointed Mr Philip Ng as managing director and CEO, replacing Mr Leong Horn Kee. Mr Leong will remain as executive director of the company. Mr Tjong Yik Min, the former president and COO of SPH Holdings, will be appointed
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      350 9 V.'-V<'V- J "-V-;'.'■.: \v\-, '~:^Bfc .'■■■-I''' ■'■%^|i|||BßßpJßK*\Bߥ- '''■'''■'"^SraSSsHMB r^SflßßßßK^lflkt-^ ■"V-V^-'-^ >'- "^^^^mmwl^BßSv'- ■•^< ""?"Jffip "BK ?^'^^(SJjfe- :I^^Bf 'SSL ■Hte^g j^fl ;':^^B 1 -a^^^l^^ i^^^f^**1 The CFP™ certification is a mark of excellence granted to individuals who meet stringent standards of education, experience and ethics. It is the most prestigious and
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      53 10 li THE I STUDY IN II UNIVERSITY TWF 7Ii |H of hull IHL UK Bachelor ■■■^■PH Masters Phd Rarffi**^i^H Engineering Computer Science ■VH I' Biological Science HMKjkHMHfI Arts/Social Sciences ■^•ililtgJMlHiEjll SEAsian Studies W-fTfl^j-ftrnM Art History UjXUiMJU' Sports Science !i-"■'"'■■" Accounting S Finance 9 Music Drama IPPHHHHH Psychology KttjjJjUffUijttttUa Politics nt°ffi
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
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      374 11 SHARP Slim down without giving up your dinner W. s: (Ps Lose the unsightly bulk of yourTV set. Switch to the future of TV. And you don't have to starve to own one. Sharp LCD TV. View them at the Great Singapore Sale now and get up to $500 worth
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  • WORLD
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      Student visa scam
      266 14 Australia expels 5,000 foreign students found working in brothels and cafes CANBERRA More than 5,000 foreign students were expelled from Australia as the authorities cracked down on education courses that are being used by foreigners as an easy passage for human smuggling. Between July last year and
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      Lock icon 'Dirty bomb' threat
      137 14 -AFP BANGKOK Thai energy officials have denied that the nation's stores of radioactive material were open to theft by terrorists intent on constructing a "dirty bomb". The Bangkok Post said Thailand was among some 100 countries that had been placed on a "security-risk list" by the International
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      D-Day beach row
      150 14 A NEW battle has ensued on Omaha Beach, 58 years after the landing of Allied troops for one of World War H's most famous battles, the D-Day invasion. But this time, it is between French fisherman Pascal Guilbert, who has plans to breed mussels off the beach
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      151 14 Banakok s*2s@ Bali s*43B f 20-30% less Hong Kong _js*4BB 20-30% less Phuket ss3±B $f 20-30%less mm l^^r I Sydney s*s7B 20-30% less Tokyo S*6sB 20-30% less New York s*±,6sB 20-30% less It's easy to Name Your Own Price™. Here's how: Know the market rate Prices and air seat availability
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Dr M's timing is right
      845 16  -  Wan Hamidi Hamid He has a year to prove that his ideas are for the good of the Malays THE issue is not about Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi becoming the Prime Minister. That would take another 16 months a long time in Malaysian politics.
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  • UPFORNT
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      Lock icon Got a billion to spare?
      640 18  -  Clement Mesenas Marcos' desperate request and other interesting tales In the early 80s, when the Philippine economy was sinking, Ferdinand Marcos sent an emissary to Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew to ask for a $1 billion loan. Mr Lee did not oblige, so it was
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      A date with My Fair Lady
      257 18  -  Jeffrey Tan SHE was considered one of the 10 most beautiful women in the world. But Audrey Hepburn was no mere ornament adorning the movies she made. This gamine star could really act. It was said of Hepburn that she was the very personification
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      152 18 v [It \t L L f. T~I TH EATRE J^ji^)S^Ci™ .THE UNIVERSITY Of OXFORD I NEW SOUTH WALES BROOKES Wthlniake) j Bii9 {Bm^^MW UNIVERSITY V__ y I fjfj Kg^^^H Faculty of the Built Environment DBCOS Pnivitfer Cufe UW9SC BSc (Hons) MASTER OF REAL ESTATE !CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT MANAGEMENT I FuEyaccredikdk the
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
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      247 19 Understanding the upturn is critical highlights But where do you start? VTTT7 >/ ii Networking Reception CNETAsia, the leading source of IT information and Gartner, the unrivaled research and Presentations by advisory firm, are collaborating to bring you the CNETAsia Gartner Summit 2002. Gartner experts CNETAsia Gartner Summit 2002 will
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  • INFOTECH
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      Commitment to the cause
      293 20  -  Sol E Solomon SUN Microsystems has raised its commitment to medium-sized enterprises with the launch of its first Integrated Solutions Centre in Singapore, that it co-manages with Ingram Micro Asia. The commercial demands on local small and medium enterprises (SME) have made such firms require more
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      A billion and counting
      364 21  -  Sol E Solomon Gartner report highlights a PC milestone THE PC revolution has reached a milestone. A report released yesterday by Gartner Dataquest, an international IT analyst firm, revealed that in April, the billionth PC was shipped. Today spoke with Mr Lai Yit Loong, the Singapore
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      IBM's 'test-drive centres' for SMEs
      276 21  -  Rosalyn him THE opening of its two Business Solution Centres at Funan the IT Mall heralds IBM's first facility in Asean where small and medium enterprises (SMEs) can visit to view the vendor's e-business and traditional business offerings, as well as get a hands-on experience
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      CNETAsia Breaking News
      95 21 TAsia o$ 10. cnet.com/fiewsfecii AMD foufs Hammer chips AMD, w/i/c/i /Sad increased its share of the PC processor market in part by lowering the costs for computer makers, wilt try the same thing with servers next year. The chip manufacturer is touting the benefits of its Hammer
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      356 20 MM? 1C rlOY°£k iff Hhls^ Midnight Launch Countdown at Funan The IT Mall, 2nd July 2002 (Tuesday) from Bpm. Highlights of the Evening Bpm Play WARCRAFT 111 at the special gameplay corner before anyone else. 9pm Snap a picture with Ore and the WARCRAFT 111 Babes. 10pm Live contests on
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  • BUSYCOOK
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      Sushi 101 for instant Japanese
      829 22  -  Pauline DLoh Never tried making sushi before? It's all masak masak if you follow our easy steps SUSHI is now a staple in our eat-out routines. The popularity of these little Japanese morsels has risen right along all things Nihon, from J-pop idols to Harajuku
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  • TIMEOUT
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      There's art in globalisation
      475 23  -  Sian E Jay Artists' treatment of issue results in an intriguing exhibition of expression THE issue of globalisation has received a great deal of time and space in the press, though there are still those of us who question the validity of this flip, catch-all term.
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      639 23 mm Savour a musical smorgasbord served up by the award-winning Pasir Ris Secondary School Concert Band. \fis/£i La Musical^ J-pop. Folk songs. Mambo. Movie melodies and more... Date 9 July 2002 <Tue> Time 7.30 9.30 p.m. Venue Victoria Concert Hall Admission SlO (sold out) SB (limited seats) Call *****259 for
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  • Page 23 Miscellaneous
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      186 23 MUSIC MUSICAL Übs Private Banking 9th Singapore Fame -The Musical International Piano Festival An exhilarating new musical based on the Academy This year's festival features wo rid-renowned Award-winning film and TV series which recently pianists Artur Pizarro, Frederic Chin, Kathryn Stott celebrated its 2.000 th performance at West End. and
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      205 24 Reuters/Variety Electric company issues warning over children's film ST PETERSBURG (Florida) Warning: Copying 15-year-old rapper Lil' Bow Wow, the star of the basketball film Like Mike, could kill you. That message comes from US electric utility Progress Energy Inc, which says copying the actions of
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      224 24 Reuters/Variety LOS ANGELES The poorly performing movie studio, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, has replaced its worldwide marketing and distribution president. Robert Levin joined the studio last June after a five-year stint as marketing president for Sony Pictures Entertainment. In a statement, MGM said Levin had asked
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      256 24 Reuters/Variety NEW YORK The US government has given the movie business a thumbs-up on its marketing clean-up efforts but gave the music industry a less glowing review. Studios may have stopped deliberately marketing R-rated films to children but they continue to advertise such films on
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      88 26 SHE'S one of my favourite people. ?1 Everyone says we're J getting married but it's not romantic. She's just an amazing person and everyone should get to know her or someone like her, as I have. Friends actor Matthew Perry (picture) on rumours that he is romantically involved with ten
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      374 26 ■AFP photo BENJAMIN Bratt just cannot seem to stop moaning about the pain of fame. It was "fame" that he blamed for his split with Julia Roberts last year. He was engaged to her and was planning to marry her in January. In February, Bratt
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      219 26 The Spy Who Spanked Me PERHAPS inspired by James Bond's "licence to kill", actor Pierce Brosnan decided to give himself a "licence to spank" recently. Brosnan is the current incarnation of the world's most famous British secret agent. The 49-year-old Irish actor played Bond in Goldeneye (1995), Tomorrow Never Dies
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      522 28 Reuters LONDON Defending champion Venus Williams ruthlessly dismissed the challenge of doubles specialist and 16th seed Lisa Raymond to charge into the Wimbledon quarterfinals with a 6-1, 6-2 win yesterday. The tall and elegant Williams, looking in perfect shape to win the title for a third
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      585 29  -  Jose Raymond This will be top manager's final season ONE of the S-League's longest serving managers has decided to call it quits. The 2002 S-League season will be reigning Manager of the Year Noordin Rahman's (picture) swansong season. The 60-year-old has resigned as club and team manager
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      Asian FIQ silver for young Valerie
      289 29  -  Kelvin Phang THANKS to team-mate Remy Ong, who helped her make a late adjustment, Valerie Teo got Singapore off to a great start at the 17th Asian FIQ Championships in Hong Kong on Sunday night. The 17-year-old clinched the silver medal in the singles
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      Lock icon O'Neill Venables, or both for Leeds?
      263 29 Agencies LEEDS Manager-less Leeds United approached Celtic yesterday for permission to talk to Martin O'Neill after sacking David O'Leary last week, British newspapers reported. Leeds had a meeting at the weekend to narrow its list of six candidates believed to include O'Neill and Ireland
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      One man's lasting memory
      787 30  -  F! oh it Brijnath fdsfsdfdsfsafs WHEN we are much older and the mind unsteady, we will be betrayed by our memories. The pictures of this World Cup will have become a clutter, faces vanished from immediate recall, goals all jumbled together, only a residue of what
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      Ronaldo, Rivaldo and record ratings for MediaCorp TV Ch 5
      169 30 Sunday night's World Cup showdown between Brazil and Germany was about the redemption of Ronaldo, the riveting ball play of Rivaldo, and a rollicking good end to a terrific tournament. It also sent ratings rocketing through the roof for MediaCorp
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      Lock icon Germany flexing its muscles again
      297 30 -AFP SEOUL Germany eventually bowed to Ronaldo's brilliance, but the thought of 'die Mannschaft' appearing in its seventh World Cup final seemed ridiculous 10 months ago. The 5-1 defeat to England in Munich in September was the most humiliating defeat in recent German footballing history.
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      Lock icon Guess 2006's favourite?
      723 31  -  Leonard Thomas I FORGET when, exactly, but I read some great advice a long time ago. Always count on Brazil to be one of the main favourites at every World Cup. I've never forgotten. Which is why even during an unprecedented gloomy qualification run, Brazil remained my
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      602 31 Reuters TOKYO Diego Maradona has dismissed Brazil as a "mediocre" team which was lucky to win the World Cup. Maradona also criticised the quality of the football during an upset-filled tournament. "The final summed up the tournament. It was a poor match. Brazil
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      129 31 Reuters MORE than $200 million worth of bets were placed on matches in the World Cup, it was reported yesterday. In a bid to neutralise illegal bookmakers, Singapore Pools launched Strike, a betting game on foreign football. And yesterday, a Singapore Pools spokeswoman said: "We have
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