Today, 27 July 2002

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    6 1 weekendTODAY July 27 28 2002 mita(P)24s___
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    SHANGHAI SEDUCTION
    1740 1  -  Ng Boon Yian Big bucks, fast girls. Singaporeans and heartbreak I AM Singaporean. My first instinct is to queue. As I joined one at Shanghai's Hongqiao airport, a middle-aged man coolly jumped the queue and stood in front of me. I glared, making it clear that when my
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    After SlA's solid backing ...
    653 1  - After SlA's solid backing Lee Ching Wem FOR nearly two years, Singapore Airlines kept the three pilots of the ill-fated SQOO6 flight on its payroll, spoke up for them in the face of a Taiwanese assault and gave them counselling and legal support. To the average observer, the message seemed
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  • NEWS
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      Lock icon Camp for terrorists?
      184 3 Reuters WASHINGTON An Alabama urban warfare training camp used primarily by law enforcement authorities may also have been used to help militants prepare for terror attacks. But the authorities did not know whether the privatelyowned British camp was used by the Al Qaeda network, ASC News reported.
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      Lock icon The moral mercenary
      668 6 Ravi Yeloo becomes: IT IS a real (estate) mystery. Why are the two remaining red light districts still sitting on Singapore's prime land, depressing property prices probably by the billions, while the rest of the country is going to be spruced up in the next 15 years?
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      Construction industry to prove it has a green consciousness
      323 6  -  foy Frances THE construction industry may lack a "green" consciousness, which may be the opinion of many. But this year, it has been given the green light to push a slate of environmentally-friendly plans. One scheme involves designing cheaper pre-cast concrete
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      What patients must be told
      154 6  -  Ng Shing Yi THE socio-cultural changes over the past two decades have made Singaporeans more aware about health-care matters. As such, more can be done to enhance patients' participation in healthcare decisions, said Dr Balaji Sadasivan, tbe Minister of State for Health and Environment. Back
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      Lock icon Chee argues his own case
      173 6 Agencies SINGAPORE Democratic Party chief Chee Soon Juan pleaded not guilty to breaching public speaking laws by speaking about the tudung issue at the Speakers' Corner, On Friday, Dr Chee, the first person charged with breaking the Speakers' Corner rules which forbid reference to any
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      Strange, distorted mirror
      342 8  -  Rosalyn Lim That's the mainstream media here, says former award-winning journalist THE mainstream media, represented by Tke Straits Times and Channel NewsAsia, act like a "strange, distorted mirror". According to former award- winning journalist Cherian George, they do not reflect the true opinions of the public. "The
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      Rapist exposed by a ritual
      261 8  -  Elaine Quek A WOMAN'S world began to unravel after ahe returned home in July 2000 to find her husband washing himself, according to the Muslim custom of post-coital cleansing. Sensing something was amiss, she checked on her daughter and found semen on her. Her world
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  • LETTERS
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      How did doc miss bruises?
      260 10  -  Margaret Wong Maid's 200 injuries should have alerted doctor to make report MUCH has been written about how a 19-year-old Indonesian maid died at the hands of her employer (Weekend Today, July 20-21, "Maid torturer gets 18 years in jail"). Ms Muawanatul Chasanah was beaten
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      IDAPE criteria not unreasonable
      416 10  -  Karen Tan WE refer to the letter, "A most difficult task, surely" (Today, July 19), by Mr Henry Lim who said that requirements for IDAPE claims were strict and the claim procedure a deterrent. The Interim Disability Assistance Programme for the Elderly (IDAPE) is to help
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      No compelling reason to re-enact Ler case on TV, so I won't watch it
      239 10  -  Sabrina Wong I READ with consternation the decision by SPH MediaWorks to go ahead with the screening of the two-part series depicting the murder of Mdm Annie Leong, masterminded by husband Anthony Ler, in its Channel
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      SIA must explain Taipei runway hits
      138 10  -  Lim Boon Hee SINGAPORE Airlines has given its stand on the recent SQ29 incident, in which one of its planes turned into the wrong runway at Taipei's Chiang Kai-Shek International Airport and took off despite hitting two tailstands. Many questions, however, still remain unanswered.
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  • BUSINESS
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      A new golden era?
      853 11  -  Lee Yew Meng Yes, if metal price rises above US$35O an ounce, say analysts FOR slightly over two decades and until last year, gold prices have been in the doldrums. But after hitting a low of US$25O ($440.44) an ounce in April last year, gold prices
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      Private home prices may recover in 4Q
      308 11  -  Val Chua IN its slowest decline in two years, prices of private residential units have dropped 0.8 per cent, according to second quarter figures from the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA). In the previous quarter, prices were down by 1.1 per cent. Prices will
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      CapitaLand makes net profit of $98m
      363 11  -  Chan Chao Peh PROPERTY giant CapitaLand has made a better-than-expected turnaround in the first half-year, earning a net profit of $98.6 million, after a $268.3 million loss in same period last year. This amount exceeded a Bloomberg poll of five analysts, who were expecting
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      Enhancing CPF returns
      766 12  -  Vasu Menon Are pension plans the answer? THE Economic Review Committee (ERC) has suggested low-cost privatelymanaged pension plans for CPF members be set up as an additional option under the CPF Investment Scheme (CPFIS). The aim is to enhance returns for CPF members by lowering investment costs
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    • Market Watch
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        Singapore
        129 12 AFTER a favourable start to the week, the STI aborted an attempt to rally after breaking the crucial 1,520 support, closing 21.73 points down on Friday at 1,494,68, posting a loss of 34 points for the week. For every stock that rose, four fell while 273 counters were unchanged.
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        World markets
        56 12 Index Vtibe Change Pis Nikkei 225 Hans Seng 111 Ordinaries laiwan Wld 9591.03 9773.1! 2941.1 4455.31 338.88 -111.66 -49.5 ■189.73 -3.41 -1.13 -1.66 ■3.76 Korea (omp SET Index I(ilie id Camp Phils Coirp Shemen S Mumhai 697.84 366.47 441.88 1129.4! 242.84 3024.35 -2S.6B -7.97 -11.28 -11.89 ■4.49 -70.61
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        Your S$1 buys
        38 12 JS$ JK£ kn 1K$ IM iron ■ijjiioi lahl 0.5689 0.3606 66.760 4.4375 2.1619 0.5684 5205.7 23.810 Peso A$ India a R; Won CJ Yuoa NZ$ NT$ 29.19! 1.056 27.69! 677.2! 0.8951 4.708 1 1.22+ 19.161
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        Commodities
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        Straits Times Index — 10-Day Chart
        5 12 Straits Times Index 10-Day Chart
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        SGX most active
        60 12 i y volume luly 26 'OOO 'OOI "lull -CM I III JKP ii:l:l!:ri 111 Intl 28,153 27,819 20,495 14,046 13,872 Dlllfi Hero Else Aspnelren DalatrhUSS SlAssemb 13,571 13,0Bi 12,79: 10,731 9,511 Sy value luly 26 JOB holered )B5 fentare (epCor 97,732,041 80,753,010 55,552,220 41,528,600 22,168,935 CITYDEV DkiiHj
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        SGX top rises
        75 12 July 26 Close Change DB5 Bt< 6% NO'S 10 103.100 +0.300 FSN 7.700 +0.150 CSC 4.500 +0.120 UKDlmRCCPSMUM 1.400 +0.100 By percentage July 26 Close Change Koh Bros WQ***** 0.040+33.333 Acma WD***** 0.020 +33.333 Ratal 0.090+28.571 Strike W*****5 0.025+25.000 1MH400USS 5.450 +0.100 SPC 0.955 +0.045 SIAErtgg 2.140
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        Lock icon SGX top falls
        82 12 Bloomberg )y$ luly 26 /enture jealive 50 :iTYDEV Close Change 12.300 -0.800 16.800 0.500 5.750 -0.450 By percentage July 76 Close Change Broadway 0.075 -37.500 ftipoo_dMH0109 0.025 -28.571 Gddtron 0.015 -25.000 ;tf etf 100 jopv li.MO -0.300 15.100 -0.216 Penguin W051.M 0.050 16.667 CirPlus W061D17 0.055 -15.385
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      Lock icon Govt incentives boost June production
      218 12 Bloomberg SINGAPORE'S factory production rose more than twice as much as expected last month, as government incentives to attract drug makers from Merck Co to Eli Lilly <_ Co paid dividends. Production rose 18.9 per cent from a year earlier, more than the 15.8 per
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      Loan war gets hotter
      290 13  -  Val Chua Maybank heightens competition by offering 'murderous' rate MAYBANK has upped the ante in the sizzling home loan war by offering a variable package with the fixed rate of 1.68 per cent for the first year the lowest so far. From the second year, the
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      Lock icon $9b R&D boost
      85 13 Reuters REDMOND Microsoft will boost spending on research and development (R&D) by 20 per cent or US$5.3 billion ($9.32 billion) and hire 10 per cent more workers. Its chairman and chief software architect, Mr Bill Gates, said the company would make "aggressive" investments as it prepares to
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Lock icon A 'surrender' that surprised the fugitive
      170 14 -AFP MANILA She has jumped the gun yet again. Philippine President Gloria Arroyo announced in a radio interview on Friday the surrender of a fugitive leader of the "Pentagon gang", a kidnap gang made up of former Muslim rebels. It was only after the
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      Overweight Americans sue fast food giants
      107 14 NEW YORK Fast food giants are being sued for deliberately serving meals that make customers fat and sick. Several overweight Americans have filed suits in the New York State Supreme Court against McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's and Kentucky Fried Chicken for enticing them with
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      Lock icon Tension detector
      103 14 Reuters FARNBOROUGH (England) Cabin crew may soon be able to detect passengers who are likely to become unruly. A British company, QinetiQ Pic, has developed a system of film-thin body sensors that measure passenger anxiety and stress levels. The seat sensors do not cost much but high costs
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      Journalism that spawns violence
      874 14  -  Roger Mitton EARLIER this year, I cut out an article from the International Herald Tribune headlined "The boomerang syndrome". It had the sub-heading "Creating terrorists". Its point was not that violence begets violence but that it begets violent governments and political leaders. Thus, the hawkish Ariel
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      Of men, pecans and other flammable objects
      775 15  -  Dave Barry TODAY we present an important breakthrough in the ongoing effort by research scientists to figure out what, if anything, men are thinking. But, first, we have an important warning concerning a worrisome topic that, unfortunately, is very much on our minds
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon When women blow the whistle...
      731 16  -  Lee Ching Wern WOMEN, they just can't stop telling on their big, bad, male bosses. The latest whistle-blower is Ms Cynthia Cooper, internal auditor of the newlyinfamous WorldCom. The No 2 US long-distance telephone and data services company filed for bankruptcy protection last Sunday, brought
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      The most awaited verdict
      589 17  -  Elisia Yeo Indonesian judges respond to public's clamour by declaring Tommy guilty JAKARTA It was a verdict designed to please all but it may please none in the end. After a day of high drama marked with farcical moments and hours of waiting, the judges in
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      Lock icon Moody's gives Ericsson 'junk' rating
      265 17 Bloomberg STOCKHOLM Ericsson shares fell as much as 25 per cent after Moody's Investors Service lowered the credit rating of the world's largest cellular-equip-ment maker to junk level and said more cuts may follow. Moody's reduced the long-term debt rating one step to Bal from
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      Initial deal for Bush's trade powers
      174 17 WASHINGTON The much soughtafter trade negotiating authority seems finally within the grasp of US President George W Bush. A group of senior lawmakers from both Houses on Thursday reached preliminary agreement on legislation that will grant the President powers to conclude trade deals, such
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      Lock icon A bogey no more
      689 18  -  Wan Ham id i Ha mid Iran, once associated with extremist politics, is no longer seen as a threat to Malaysia AT a glance, Iranian President Mohamad Khatami's three-day visit to Malaysia, which ended on Thursday, seemed like any other head of state's official call lowkey
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      Offer a hand to stop suicide bombings
      438 18  -  Asif Ansar AFTER years of experiencing suicide bombings by Tamil Tiger rebels, Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister has some advice for those waging a war on terror. "We have got the fathers of suicide bombings to start talking to us," said Minister Tyronne Fernando
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      264 17 New SANYO Tilted Tub Washer Sanyo's new ASW-U6OOT washer will undoubtedly take the market by storm and set higher standards for the industry with its new age Tilted Tub and Ultrasonic technology. Tiled at about 10°, ASW-U6OOT cuts 6% of water consumption during washing and 22% of water for every
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  • WEEKEND FEATURES
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      Lock icon No more swing?
      671 19  -  Elaine Quek .',^l":* -,v_ imitation tying cfe^n gyrating limbs in Singapore? FIRST, there was Duxton Road. Then, the music died. The action moved to Boat Quay. But that became jaded too and soon, Mohammed Sultan (picture) became the most swinging street in town. Now, the chairman of
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      SPG scorned
      670 20  -  Neil Humphreys Hell hath no fury like an... Heartlander ang moh gets some and gives some WELL, I have ruffled a few feathers, haven't I? My relatively harmless topic of superficial, inter-racial relationships ("One ang moh's tale" Weekend Today, July 20-21) has generated the sort of response usually
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
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      269 19 PARTICIPATE RELIGIOUSWALK Singaporean youth from a various religions will walk the length of Orchard Road this Sunday. They will then be welcomed into the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd on Queen Street by their religious leaders There, they will read verses from their scriptures and share how they envision the
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  • INTUNE
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      Big time jazz
      312 20  -  -Janice Lee FINALLY, there is recognition. Singaporean jazz artiste Claressa Monteiro has been singing her heart out since she was 17 and now, 16 years later, her day has come. The sister of music maestro Jeremy Monteiro will release her first album, Now Then, on Monday. She
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      SOUNDSCAPE
      345 20  -  Janice Lee Neil Humphreys Album Now Then (Universal) Artiste: Claressa Monteiro THIS woman's got a lot of soul local born and bred Claressa Monteiro has a classy voice that is as smooth as velvet Her vocal style is easy on the ear and I would definitely recommend the album
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  • HOMECHEF with MAGGI, the culinary expert
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      Vegetable hotpot
      275 21  -  Pauline DLoh Mushrooms on greens make a meatless meal memorable MANY of you had asked for vegetarian recipes to be featured here. This week's dish, then, is for all vegetable lovers, but I won't go as far as to call this a vegetarian meal, even though there is
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      TAKE A TIP TODAY
      201 21 Going vegetarian for heart, health and soul THERE are many reasons why people choose to become vegetarians. In Asia, especially, many are motivated mainly by the spiritual concern. IN THE RIGHT SPIRIT Many Hindus do not take meat at all, especially those who are Brahmin by
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      Vegetables with Shiitake Mushroom Sauce
      167 21 Ingredients: 2 tablespoons MAGGI Shiitake Mushroom Vegetarian Oyster Flavoured Sauce 500g mixed mushrooms IOOg sugar snap peas 1 pkt young sweetcorn 1 pkt baby spinach Method: 1. Prepare mushrooms. Cut off root ends and slice into smaller chunks. 2.Top and tail sugar snap peas, leave
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      142 21 dflM^fc Mailßox WINNING LETTER: I'm not a die-hard reader of Today as I read other papers too, but the primary attractions for me to read Today is to see what your new recipes are, Most are easy to prepare and delicious as family dishes for adults and kids a like.
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  • IN CINEMAS
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      Lock icon The limelight hurts
      548 22 Hollywood sees two divorces in eight days LOS ANGELES Angelina Jolie filed for divorce from Billy Bob Thornton last Wednesday here. Yesterday, Jennifer Lopez did the same, (see below) With all these recent reports streaming out of LA, you'd be forgiven for wondering if love is at
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      Lock icon After less than a year, Lopez divorces Cris Judd
      199 22 Agencies LOS ANGELES Actress-singer Jennifer Lopez filed for divorce from her dancer husband Cris Judd, citing "irreconcilable differences" after less than a year of marriage. The petition was filed in the Los Angeles Superior Court on Thursday, the day after Lopez's
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    • Article
      Seagal the weirdo?
      216 22 NEW YORK A former employee and martial arts student of Steven Seagal has revealed some embarrassing details about the action star in the Manhattan Supreme Court, reports PageSix. Ahnume Guerios, who worked for Seagal from 1998 till last month, filed his affidavit in support of Seagal's former
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      Stuff for kids in this puff
      343 23  -  Yee Wei Zhen A cartoon flick that children can relate to CARTOON series that are hits on TV may not translate well into film and into box office bonanzas if The Powerpuff Girls Movie is anything to go by. Riding on the success of
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      Law the crime fighter Superman
      148 23 J UDE Law has been tapped to play Superman in the latest film based on the DC Comics superhero. The producers of Batman vs Superman reportedly settled on the British actor because he's not your usual superherolooking hunk. Basically, he's no chiselled Christopher Reeve. "They
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      Lock icon The $8.5m Prey
      402 24 Reuters/Variety Fox buys film rights to latest Crichton nove NEW YORK In a pre-emptive strike, 20th Century Fox has purchased the film rights to Michael Crichton's next novel, Prey, for close to US$5 million ($8.5 million). No other studio was granted a shot at the manuscript. The
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  • EATOUT hawker haunts – Toa Payoh
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