Today, 24 July 2002, Afternoon Edition

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    6 1 TODAY Wednesday July 24, 2002 MITA(P)O63/11,'200
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Cable ship from SingTel, ACPL
      214 1  -  Chan Chao Peh by eh a o peh S1 n c wsto ri ay. co m. sg ASEAN Cableship Private Ltd (ACPL) and Sing Tel have taken delivery of a $67-million cable ship, which would be used to repair, maintain and install submarine cables in
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      Lock icon Five-year lows
      106 1 Reuters NEW YORK Stocks sank to new five-year lows yesterday in a day of volatile trading as jitters over tepid corporate profits and fears of more corporate chicanery slammed Wall Street. The tech-laced Nasdaq Composite Index lost 53.66 points, or 4.18 per cent, to 1,228.98, sinking to levels
      – Reuters  -  106 words
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      A rebel leaves town
      422 1  -  Jose Raymond Ex-Fateha chief seeks refuge in Melbourne THE man who has constantly sniped at Singapore's policies and leaders over the past year or so has slipped out of the country. The controversial former CEO oifateha.com the same man who raked up the tudung issue and
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  • HOT NEWS
    • AFTERNOON EDITION
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        Lock icon Infants given Viagra for lung disease
        123 2 Reuters LONDON Doctors are giving babies the anti-impotence drug, Viagra, to save them from a life-threatening lung condition, even though it has not been tested on children, a magazine said yesterday. The drug, produced by Pfizer, has been used to treat children with pulmonary
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        The water margin
        594 2  -  Ng Boon Yian TO AVOID constant disputes over the price of water as well as ensure a competitive rate, Singapore came up with a proposed pricing formula for future water supply which "can withstand the test of time", said Foreign Minister S Jayakumar. It makes sense for
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      Lock icon Funds row
      271 3 Agencies UN, China blast US for non-payment BEIJING Not unexpectedly, the United States' decision to withdraw a US$34 million ($6O million) payment to the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) has drawn criticism from China and the United Nations. The Bush administration said on Monday that the funds have aided
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      Lock icon Hamas vows revenge for Israeli strike
      170 3 Agencies GAZA CITY In its bloodiest attack in over two years, an Israeli air strike killed a top Palestinian militant yesterday as well as 15 people, including nine children. Killed in the attack on a crowded residential area was Mr Salah Shehada, the head
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      Lock icon HDB to ease sub-letting restrictions?
      223 3 Lee Ching Wern THE Housing and Development Board (HDB) is looking into easing certain rules, such as sub-letting restrictions. In Parliament yesterday, National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan said: "By moving towards market practice, bank origination can gradually pave the way for HDB to further
      – Lee Ching Wern  -  223 words
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      Colonial retreats
      334 4  -  Joy Frances WHILE Malaysia builds theme parks and replicas of European cities, Singapore is reaching into its ethnic past and using its tropical island features to create space for recreation. The Urban Redevelopment Authority's (URA) Identity Plan says colonial black-and-white bungalows, now government-rented residential houses, can be converted
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      Lock icon TV Media pleads guilty
      267 4 Channel News Asia SLIM 10 distributor, TV Media, yesterday pleaded guilty to 58 charges in court. It admitted to distributing the pills wholesale without a licence, as well as continuing to sell the pills to customers after the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) had told it to
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      New driving licence valid for life
      174 4  -  Toh Boon Ngee FROM Dec 16, the hassle and expense involved in renewing driving licences will be eliminated. The new valid-for-life driving licence (picture) is more durable and harder to forge than the old paper ones. Drivers pay a one-time fee of $50 for
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      120 2 Incomeshield No increase in premium with 30% savings* As a cooperative, NTUC Income aims to keep the premiums of medical ,^Jm| insurance affordable. »j£3 WB^ -'100,000 policyholders enjoy increase in cover from $300,000 to "^^^BBpWw^JcTmfWj^^F; $450,000 with no increase in premium. jM B^W*^ SjUbHß^ You now enjoy about 30% savings
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      295 3 v V J BUS ■B:f'.. ■HflAflljiliHH^i^^MMplM Professional Event 2002 "Entrepreneurship" presented by CSUH Alumni Association (Singapore) and Hartford Management Centre 3 August 2002 (Sat) at 7pm Laguna National Golf Country Club Eagle Room, 1 1 Laguna Golf Green Speaker: Mr Chua Kee-Lock, Deputy President of Nat Steel Ltd Singapore's very
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      75 4 NEW AUSTRALIAN 4SS|S°» PROPERTY BRIEFINGS in SINGAPORE Today, Thurs, Fri, Sat Sun (24 28 July) \J^j7 TOPICS COVERED-TAX SAVINGS, EXCHANGE RATE ADVANTAGE, LATEST MARKET TRENDS, CAPITAL CITY COMPARISONS, COMMON PITFALLS, NEW RELEASES LEARN HOW TO SAVE UPTOAUDS3B,OOO IN GOVT STAMP DUTY, 'HOT INVESTMENT AREAS PLUS FREE INVESTOR PACK J,,||^Bfe4 A
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      35 4 Direct Final Year entry for polytechnic students Charles Sturt University INFO TALK Thursday, 25 July at 7pm CTP can 6337 8000 k W H 250 Middle Road S.I.C. Building Email: enquiry SSsic.edu. sg Website: www.sic.edu.3g
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  • HOME NEWS
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      That's the spirit
      376 6  -  Hannah Teoh More S'poreans taking up volunteer activities MORE Singaporeans have awakened to the idea of volunteerism, according to the National Volunteer Centre. Over the past two years, the national volunteer participation rate increased from 9.3 per cent to 14.9 per cent. The rush of volunteer activity
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      Plastic surgery expert fined
      184 6  -  Leong Phei Phei ALREADY a well-known figure in the field of plastic surgery, Dr Woffles Wu is in the limelight again this time for the wrong reason. He has been charged with professional misconduct by the Singapore Medical Council (SMC). According to a press statement from
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      438 6 Wl^^@|^^^^^H for Professionals and Executives I About the Programme I Il] l|l I flj |L>| 1 i_J ■T■ 1 J Singapore Professionals' Executives' Co-operative (SPEC) was formed to promote the economic and professional interests of I 1 I spJ 'I I IVImI I sJ sJ HPfl^l professionals and executives. The
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      How to weed out the fussy
      213 7  -  Roland Ang Kok Siang I FEEL that the current system of assistance for unemployed workers needs some adjustment. The job-matching services offered by the Manpower Ministry, NTUC Job Link Centre and the Community Development Councils are not yielding desirable results. Unemployed workers do not
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      Only sex and lust?
      334 7  -  Wendy Goh Inter-racial relationships are based on more than that I READ with wide-eyed amusement Mr Neil Humphreys' article, "One ang moh's tale" (Weekend Today, July 20-21). Though there is admittedly a small number of Singaporean women who are hoping for a good time with ang
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      Ang moh boyfriends, accents and public impressions
      224 7  -  Bridget Tracy Tan Li Lin I AGREE with Mr Peter Lim when he speaks of his "naive and silly Singaporean women friends" ("Hi, ang moh Today, July 22). Often, we take for granted that expatriate men are gentlemen that they receive the hand
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Towards equality
      565 8  -  Lee Ching Wern Better to make CPF adjustments sooner than later AT Monday's session of Parliament, many MPs felt that the amount of pay one gets should not be determined by one's age. The Economic Review Committee's sub-committee on taxation, CPF, wages and land, had proposed that employers'
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      Lock icon Reuters' loss
      175 8 Bloomberg LONDON Reuters Group, the largest provider of financial news and information, had a first-half loss because of slumping sales, the cost of eliminating jobs and losses at its electronic stock-trading unit. The company lost £73 million ($2OO million) compared with net income of £269 million, a year
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      Lock icon Developers' reports may signal recovery
      212 8 Bloomberg DEVELOPERS Capita Land and Keppel Land are likely to post profits when they report first-half earnings this week. Still, analysts said house and apartment prices driven to their lowest level in three years may take a year or more to begin to rise. "Recovery
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      Lock icon Hanjin to save millions from PSA's rates
      151 8 Bloomberg PSA Corp's reduction in fees will save Hanjin Shipping Co millions of US dollars a year, a Hanjin executive said yesterday after signing a new contract with Singapore's main port operator. Hanjin, South Korea's second-largest shipper, extended its five-year agreement with PSA
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      Lock icon Rare rise
      240 10 Agencies US$ makes a rebound in Asia TOKYO The US dollar staged a rare surge in Asia yesterday despite continued falls in US share markets. While many traders saw the dollar's rebound as a natural correction after its recent drop, some said sharp slides in global share prices
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      Chase sells 3% of Indian bank to GIC
      88 10 MUMBAI JP Morgan Chase Co has sold three per cent of India's HDFC Bank Ltd to the Government of Singapore Investment Corp (GIC) for about 973 million rupees ($35 million). JP Morgan Chase's stake will decline from 11.5 per cent stake to
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    • Market Watch
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        Straits Times Index — 10-Day Chart
        5 10 Straits Times Index 10-Day Chart
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        Singapore
        56 10 THE STI bounced 29.58 points to 1,565.72 on broad-based buying and some short-covering. For every stock that fell, about three rose while 299 counters were unchanged. Volume traded was 399 million shares worth $559 million. Riding high on Monday's announcement to relax financing rules on property purchases were banks
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        World markets
        53 10 Index Value Change Plr, X Hikes 225 *****.63 +26.62 +0.26 Hang Seng All ijirliiunk Faiwan Wid *****.89 3034.60 5159.23 +203.64 until +115.73 +2.01 unch +2.29 Karen Comp 743.52 +22.62 +3.14 SET Index 387.96 +4.89 +1.28 Jakarta Comp 477.08 +1,11 +0.38 Phils tamp Sbenien B 1158.05 246.38 +0.1 B
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 10 US$ 0.5723 UKf 0.3658 Ysn 67.437 HK$ 4.4636 RM 2.1747 Euro 0.5779 Rupiah 5159.1 Bahl 23.438 Peso 28.837 A$ 1.0557 Indian Rs 27.860 Won 671.37 C$ 0.9024 Yuan 4.7368 NZ$ 1.2051 HT$ 19.050
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        Commodities
        21 10 Gold uss/o! 323.500 Silver uss/d! 5.045 Plaiinum uss/oi 513,200 Rubber tents/kg 144.75 Palm oil RM/loone 1462 Brent crude usl/bomi 25,94
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        SGX most active
        55 10 By volume July 23 '000 Criorlered 20,511 HTIInt 18,395 Dnrco 15,350 DnltxrflUSS 12,283 QianHu 11,922 '000 i-:il I 10,885 Hltlnt 10,549 BILInll 10,060 FJBenWO7O7I6 8,990 Viißrani 8,902 By value July 23 LOB 69,648,054 CharlererJ 68,532,540 DBS 41,994,443 CITYDEV 36,586,770 SPH 34,177,700 Venture 33,498,348 OCBC 22,844,260 SIA 20,935,508
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        SGX top rises
        72 10 By$ July 23 CrenlivE 50 OCBC Ve nture Close Change 17.700 +O.70O 12.000 +0.500 14.300 +0.400 By percentage July 23 Close Change Broadway 0.140+47.368 ChuanSH W*****0 0,080+33.333 Grfdtron 0.020 +33.333 UOB SPH 13.300 +0,400 19.000 +0.400 SembCwp DBeCW*****80.055 +22.222 Oakwell 0.065 +18.182 SPH100 19.100 +0,400 LSH 0,035+16.667
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        Lock icon SGX top falls
        79 10 Bloomberg By$ July 23 Close Chnoge SPDRS10USS 83.600 -9.000 DBSBk6%HCPS*****.700 -0.100 By percentage July 23 total IB! Close Change 0.070 -26.316 0.015 25 000 BukiiSem 12.000 -0,100 APB Breweries 5.200 -0.050 JMH4O0USS 5.700 -O.OSO Ezyhealth MediaS Ullro 0.085 -19.048 0.035 -12.500 0.290 12.121 DUE 6.950 41.050 Ultra
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      SMEs on the slow track...
      435 11  -  Charmine Tan Only four in list of fast-growers WHEN the names of the top 50 fastest growing companies in Singapore were released yesterday, only four small and medium enterprises (SMEs) had made it to the list. Only one made it to the top 10. DP
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      SingTel broadband to get better
      97 11 SINGTEL has awarded a multi-million-dollar contract to USbased Sheers Network for a system that manages its broadband network. Sheers will provide the hardware and software that will be the core of SingTel's next-gener-ation operations support system. The Sheer Metro Central Broadband Operating System will help
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      Lock icon Monsanto's woes
      75 11 Reuters ST LOUIS The second-quarter earnings of the agricultural products maker, Monsanto Co, fell 62 per cent after reserving for bad debt in Argentina and restructuring charges. Also, wet weather in US maize and soya bean growing areas delayed use by farmers of Monsanto's flagship herbicide, Roundup, hurting
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      Lock icon Lucent, AT&T post losses
      79 12 Reuters NEW JERSEY Telecommunications product-maker Lucent Technologies posted its ninth consecutive quarterly net loss. The company, which began a massive restructuring in January last year, posted a thirdquarter net loss of US$7.9l billion ($13.8 billion), compared with a net loss of U553.24 billion, in the year-ago
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      Lock icon Payback time...
      175 12 Bloomberg NEW YORK WorldCom's three main bondholder groups are manoeuvring to get back as much of the US$3O billion ($52.34 billion) they are owed in the telecommunications carrier's bankruptcy reorganisation. On Sunday, World Com filed the biggest Chapter 11 reorganisation in history. Chief executive officer John Sidgmore said
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
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      86 10 information w%* I net research provided by: shaeeinvl5tor.com pf www.netresearch-a5ia.com By$ By percentage July 23 Close Change 17.700 +O.70O July 23 CI use Chonge CrenlivE 50 Broadway 0.140 +47.368 0G3C 12.000 +0.500 ChuanSN W*****0 0.080 +33.333 Venture 14.300 +0.400 Goldtron 0.020 +33.333 UOB 13.300 +0,400 SernbCwp DBeCW*****80.055 +22.222 SPH 19.000
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon China rankled
      169 14 Agencies BEIJING China, rankled by the words of Taiwan and the United States, launched a barrage of condemnation against the two yesterday. The mainland accused Taiwanese President Chen Shuibian of being irresponsible and damaging cross-strait relations when he said on Sunday that the island might be obliged to
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      Mega U-turn
      323 14 Reform champion allies with military JAKARTA A year into her leadership, Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri (picture) has fallen into a cosy relationship with the military that is alarming observers. As Ms Megawati completed her relatively peaceful year yesterday, criticisms have come thick and fast, not only of her
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      Lock icon Iranian President criticises US
      194 14 Agencies KUALA LUMPUR Iranian President Mohammad Khatami has criticised the US for leading the world on a path to war. But his words are unlikely to affect Washington, as the Bush administration has reportedly stopped trying to engage the moderate Muslim cleric. Speaking to reporters after
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      Lock icon Fear those you know
      138 14 AFP LONDON Rape is more likely to be carried out by the victim's partners than strangers, revealed a British Home Office report. The findings, released on Monday, showed that 56 per cent of rapes were perpetrated by the victim's current or former partners compared to eight
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      Good news for Aussies
      88 14 SYDNEY Workers can refuse to work unreasonable hours and overtime under a ruling by the Australian Industrial Relations Commission yesterday. The decision, affecting workers whose conditions include overtime clauses, was made after the Australian Council of Trade Unions (Actu) launched the test case last year, reported
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      Lock icon First US executives, now S Koreans
      90 14 AFP SEOUL Fifty-one people have been indicted for misusing state funds meant for economic reform through fraudulent accounting, loan fraud and embezzlement. Those indicted include former Sindongbang group chairman Shin Myoung Soo, former Daewoo group chief Kirn Woo Choong and Chey Jong Wook, former
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      236 14 Singapore's to r Favourites N^l in°neßuffet Deal! i^ Introducing the all new PrimaTaste Best Singapore Favourites a la carte buffet. Tuck into a delectable spread of local favourites such as Laksa, Mcc Siam, Singapore Curry. Hainanese Chicken Rice and moreM~here are more than 20 dishes to choose fromjneluding a yummy
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Lock icon Educating Indonesia
      767 18  -  William Pesek Jr Giving its youth a chance to learn is a pressing problem TO understand how bad things are in Indonesia these days, consider this fact: The number of unemployed exceeds the population of Argentina. It gets worse. Besides the 40 million or more Indonesians out of
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      Lock icon New UN rights chief ready for the challenge
      305 18 Agencies NEW YORK -He calls it a "political minefield" but veteran United Nations (UN) official Sergio Vieira de Mello (picture) yesterday looked ready for the tough post of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. "The job in itself is a minefield," Mr
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      849 20  -  Elisia Yeo What happens when company reports see the wood from the trees LIFE isn't as easy as it used to be for big corporations. Sure, there are the millions or billions in profit margins every year. But with Enron, World Com and a slew of
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      171 20  -  Charmine Tan THE second sculpture in a series of 20, which will tell the Singapore story as it used to be alon*: the Singapore River, was unveiled yesterday by Senior Minister ot State (Trade and Industry and Education) Tharman Sh anmug aratnam. Commissioned by Maybank and the
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      224 22 UNLIKE her screen children in The Others, she's not allergic to light but she is trying her best to stay away from it. Porcelain-skinned Nicole Kidman (picture), 35, is determined to remain the fairest of them all in Hollywood, even at the possible
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      355 22 Reuters/Variety Julia says new hubby is a man among men LOS ANGELES From Runaway Bride to blushing bride, Julia Roberts said on Monday that she was "born to love" her new cameraman husband, Danny Moder, calling him "a man among men, unselfish and all-encompass-ing".
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      85 22 Reuters/Variety HOLLYWOOD Mexican film-maker Alfonso Cuaron will direct Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, the third instalment in the Harry Potter series. The movie is set to be released in 2004. Cuaron is best known for directing the racy and critically-acclaimed V Tv Mama Tambien
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      351 23 Reuters/Variety LOS ANGELES That great sound heard last weekend in North America was movie-goers collectively yawning, in response to Hollywood's latest batch of offerings. As a result, the road to box office supremacy was paved with mediocrity over a lacklustre three-day period. The gangster drama, Road
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      384 23 AFP MOSCOW The head of Mosfilm, Russia's largest film studios, has called for quotas to be imposed on US films to give the Russian industry time to develop. "For the time being there is no other solution for Russian cinema than quotas on US movies," Karen
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      315 25  -  Priya Suri UK boy band Al and Perfect 10 deejays are special guests THE Wheel of Fortune has put a musical spin on its regular show with its Music Special. The set will be decorated with posters of musical groups and singers from all over the world,
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      161 25 FANCY a chance to catch the MTV Video Music Awards 2002 live in New York? You only have to dress up like your favourite celebrity in music videos for the "Be FanTastic" contest organised by MTV Asia. The 19th MTV Video Music Awards, which recognise the
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      132 25 THEATRE Mammon Inc This satirical comedy is about an Oxford graduate who discovers the pains and pleasures of living cross-culturally in a globalised world. Date: Tomorrow until Aug 4 {No performances on Mon) Time: Bpm, 3pm {Sat and Sun) Venue: Jubilee Hall Price: $22, $32, $42; $8, $22 (Preview onThurs)
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      468 28  -  Kelvin Phang Swim queen Theresa aims to boost medal tally THERESA Goh could have been a hot favourite to win Singapore's first-ever Commonwealth Games swimming gold in Manchester next week, if the programme had included the breaststroke event. The 17th Commonwealth Games is the first ever
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      161 28 LET'S face it. Balestier Central is not exactly flying at the moment. But try telling that to hard-core Tigers' fan Mohd Najib Bin Nairn (picture) and the 20-year-old full-time national serviceman will give you a lecture on why Balestier is a club to be
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      Schumi in Ronaldo's boots
      75 28 BERLIN Formula 1 world champion Michael Schumacher will literally step into Ronaldo's boots for a charity soccer match today. The Ferrari driver will play the game in Mannheim wearing the boots with which Ronaldo scored both goals in Brazil's 2-0 World Cup final victory over Germany
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      Lock icon He's hot property
      557 29  -  Jose Raymond Striker Alam Shah top target for host of S-League clubs ONE of Singapore's hottest young strikers, Mohd Noh Alam Shah, will definitely not finish the NTUC Income S-League 2002 season in the same colours he started it in. The Sembawang Rangers' national forward, who has
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      Lock icon Ex-Lions midfielder Lim slapped with prison sentence
      301 29  -  Stanley Ho FORMER S-League Young Player of the Year Lim Soon Seng (picture) has been put behind bars for his drunken rage last month. Lim was out drinking with friends at Newton Food Centre on June 16 when he was arrested for alleged
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      STBC puts off elections
      193 29  -  Kelvin Phang THE future leader of the Singapore Tenpiu Bowling Congress (STBC) will not be decided any time soon. Yesterday, STBC announced the postponement of its Annual General Meeting (AGM), scheduled for July 31, indefinitely. A new STBC head was to be elected at the AGM.
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      Taufik's back
      123 29 INDONESIAN badminton ace Taufik Hidayat will defend his singles title in the US$l7O,OOO ($296,000) Yonex-Sunrise Singapore Open at the Indoor Stadium from Aug 21-25. The 20-year-old, who broke a two-year-contract with the Singapore Badminton Association recently, played a pivotal role in leading Indonesia to a record 13th Thomas
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      Lock icon We don't like each other
      547 30 Reuters MADRID At last, the truth is out. When Brazilian superstar Rivaldo and Spanish giant Barcelona shockingly parted ways last week, many observers searched for the real reason for the departure. No one believed that one of the world's marquee players could just up and
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        583 31 Reuters Roma, Lazio threatened with exclusion over finances MILAN AS Roma and Lazio have six days to meet various financial requirements or they will be barred from the forthcoming Italian league season, the Serie A finance authority Covisoc said in a statement this morning. Serie
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        Neville fears for future of Manchester United's stars
        260 31 MANCHESTER Gary Neville claims all the Manchester United players' jobs "are on the line" because of a trophyless campaign last season. Neville, who will miss the start of the season after suffering a setback in his rehabilitation from his foot injury, feels
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        Liverpool turns to another bad boy
        149 31 MERSEYSIDE Gerard Houllier is planning to sign a convicted thug just days after missing out on Leeds bad boy Lee Bowyer. The Liverpool chief wants Senegal World Cup star Khalilou Fadiga having already signed two of his international team-mates despite the Auxerre midfielder's reputation
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        Spurs join hunt for Keane
        113 31 LONDON Tottenham Hotspur has admitted that it is targeting Leeds striker Robbie Keane. Spurs manager Glenn Hoddle is a fan of the Republic of Ireland international, who is also wanted by Sunderland, Middlesbrough and Blackburn, reported Soccernet. The 22-year-old, who was one of the stars
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        129 31 Reuters JLUNJJUN tormer Jingland midhelder Paul Gascoigne is to train with Major League Soccer team DC United before deciding on a move to the United States, his agent said this morning. "A deal is on and we fly to DC tomorrow," agent lan Elliot told BBC
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