Today, 3 August 2002

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  • Title Section
    Masthead
    8 1 weekendTODAY August 3 4 2002 MITA (P) 248/C3/20
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  • Article
    Temptations, traps and the LOAN JUNGLE
    1625 1  -  Val Chua by va 1 newstoday. com. sg TWO years ago, Shirley Yeo bought an executive condominium and got a $430,000 loan from Keppel Tatlee Bank at an interest rate of 3.75 per cent for the first year. Last year, after the bank merged
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    Is there a mad doctor in the house?
    938 1  -  Neil Humphreys by neil@ne wsto day. c om.sg I DON'T like doctors. I don't like them in England and, until recently, I didn't like them in Singapore. From the first time I heard the words: "You'll just feel a little prick in
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      46 1 CLEAN'OBrnT', Rohit Brijnath on the superstar with wßk a bold voice/30 flflfeHl Simon Tay on public debate lust a sons and dance?/. Sunny Goh on the guessing game over Jiang's future/13 Ivy Singh-Lim/iB Dave Bany/u Qg) J Dixit play, cupid it -an(' couP'es say before gawking
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  • NEWS
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      Lock icon Reward for drug-lab informant
      78 2 AFP photo Philippine President Gloria Arroyo hands over a cheque for 853,144.99 pesos ($29,200) to a man for giving information to authorities about clandestine shabu (an illicit drug) laboratories in the posh Xavierville subdivision of Quezon City. The labs were raided by the police on July
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      Lock icon NTUC offers Elder Shield help
      232 2 Channel News Asia THE National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) is prepared to help those who have difficulty paying their Elder Shield premiums. Speaking at the Metal Industries Workers' Union delegates meeting on Friday, NTUC chief Lim Boon Heng said that one in 10 eligible for
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      Deadly revenge
      394 3  -  Joy Frances Chicken rice request led to poisoning of party water by j oy@ne wsto day. c o m. sg THE man who poisoned three people at a Residents' Committee party on New Year's Eve had committed the act out of revenge. Senior citizen executive committee member Quek
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      The Rookie
      597 4  -  Ng Boon Yian by boonyian@newstoday.com.sg PICTURE this scene: World-renown economist Milton Friedman meets S Dhanabalan, then a rookie, at a Chinese restaurant in Singapore in the tumultuous days of 1965 shortly after Singapore separated from Malaysia. Friedman: What are you going to do now that you have lost
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    • Article
      Why China wants to share its prosperity
      252 4 THAT a resurgent China will be economically and politically more powerful than Asean is a given. But China is also aware that unfriendly countries in South-east Asia could spell trouble for it That is why, in a move that almost caused Asean leaders
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      Asian youths speak their minds with Charter
      137 4 ON the first Asian Youth Day on Thursday, Singapore representative Natalya Ann Twohill, 16, presented the "Speak Your Mind" Asian Youth Charter to President S R Nathan at the Istana. The charter is a collection of hopes and aspirations of more than 22,000
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      Jobless rate may not improve just yet
      271 4 SINGAPORE Polytechnic's medical technology graduates, who received their diplomas on Friday morning, have all found jobs a month after completing their course. Dr Ng Eng Hen, Minister of State for Manpower and Education, who was at the graduation ceremony, said he was cautiously
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      Lock icon KL, Canberra sign pact to fight terrorism
      206 4 Agencies PUTRAJAYA There was little trace of past enmities when Malaysia and Australia signed a counter-terrorism pact on Friday to fight suspected Islamic militants in the region. "This agreement will allow the sharing of intelligence and enhance bilateral cooperation to combat international terrorism,"
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  • NEWS FEATURE
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      Really listen, really speak
      1233 6  -  Simon Tay Is discussion a waste of time and have we learnt how to prepare for it? by weekend @ne wstoday. com. sg RECENT bus fare hikes were an issue much bigger than the mere three to four cent value of their increase. In newspapers, on
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  • LETTERS
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      No talk, no flak?
      486 8  -  Narayana Narayana but it would be nice to hope that change is possible I REFER to Mr Dharmendra Yadav's commentary, "Stranger opportunities" (Today, July 29). In the Singaporean context, Mr Yadav's experiences read like "encounters of the strange kind". It is considered highly eccentric to "chat
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      Gracious or vengeful?
      216 8  -  Kathleen Kwan I REFER to Mr Ahmad Shukor's thought-provok-ing letter, "When tudung girl goes to Australia" (Today, Aug 2). Nurul Nasihah's parents decided to take a stand and enrol their young daughter in a school in Melbourne which allows her to wear a headdress. I hope that
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      Levy is to give local nannies a chance
      398 8  -  Jean Tan I REFER to the letter by Mr Paul Anthony Fernandez, "Lower nanny levy can spur baby boom" (Today, July 15). In his letter, Mr Fernandez suggested that to encourage procreation, a lower levy should be imposed for Malaysian confinement nannies.
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  • BUSINESS
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      Lock icon Growth or recession?
      758 9 AFP Economists fear a 'double dip' in US economy NEW YORK A string of weak US economic data along with a revised picture of last year's downturn have experts talking more about a "double dip" recession something seen as unlikely after the growth spurt earlier this year.
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      MAS reiterates economy will grow close to 4%
      425 9  -  Chan Chao Peh by eh a ope h@ne wstoday. c om. sg THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has reiterated that the Republic's economy this year is likely to grow at the upper end of the forecast of between two per cent
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      Extra-dollar carrot
      133 9 FOUR days after Star Hub announced that it was giving customers $88 vouchers each to celebrate its merger with SCV, Sing Tel has responded On Friday, the incumbent telco dangled an extra dollar to its own customers, offering them an $89 discount for purchases and upgrades of mobile
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      Lock icon Links Island unfreeze?
      246 10 Channel News Asia Proposal to resume trading on SGX LINKS Island Holdings, whose shares have been suspended for almost two years, is proposing two transactions to increase the shares held by the public its free float to 10 per cent. The Singapore Exchange said it will allow
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      Lock icon Investment firms face $17.5m fine
      216 10 Reuters NEW YORK Six Wall Street firms may have to pay as much as US$lO million ($17.5 million) in fines for not keeping e-mail messages as required, The New York Times reported on Friday. Officials of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the New York
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      Corporate Briefs
      200 10 PARKWAY'S NET PROFIT UP 23%: Parkway Holdings, Southeast Asia's largest private hospital group, said on Friday its first-half net profit rose 23 per cent to $14.4 million due to tax savings and lower interest expense. The owner of the Gleneagles and Mount Elizabeth hospitals said the group's operating
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    • Market Watch
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        Singapore
        142 10 THE STI index slid 7.1 points down to 1,509.9 points on Friday. For every stock that rose, two fell while 331 counters were unchanged. Volume was $425.1 million shares valued at $334.1 million. Citiraya again dominated the actives list, accounting for a quarter of the market's trades on a
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        World markets
        48 10 Pis Nikkei 225 Hong Seng All Ordinories foiwnn Wrd 9709.66 9991.7! 3002.80 4920.89 ■83.85 -188.30 ■21.30 +4.30 -.86 ■1.85 ■0.70 +0.09 Koren (omp 700.68 ■7.12 ■1.01 SET Index 370.46 -6.22 1.65 Jakarta Comp 456.32 -4.97 -1.08 Phils Comp Shenzen 0 1119.07 244.21 -6.09 +0.75 -0.54 +0.11
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        Your S$1 buys
        35 10 lISS 0.5711 UKE 0.3634 Yen 67.897 HK$ 4.4543 RM 2.1701 Euro 0.5770 Rupiah 5185.3 Bahl 23.999 Peso 29.287 A$ 1.0550 Indian Rs 27.785 Won 676.37 0.9063 Yuon 4.7268 NZ$ 1.2242 NTS 19.251
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        Commodities
        21 10 Gold im/oi 306.00 Silver iKt/oi 4.583 Haliaura oss/h 517.00 Rubbor nit/kg 139.75 Polm oil (M/iomte 1506 Brent crude UiSAmtl 25.54
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        Straits Times Index — 10-Day Chart
        5 10 Straits Times Index 10-Day Chart
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        SGX MOST Active
        56 10 By volume Aug 2 '000 Citiraya 125,986 Tal Hong 45,658 -Ocerr 13,451 Goldtron 13,286 Cortina 9,934 By value Aug 2 Citiraya 51,983,785 Venture 25,325,277 UOB 25,297,152 KepCor 17,887,427 DBS 15,699,060 '000 Dora 7,263 OIL lull 6,530 DotocrflUSS 6,440 NOt 6,158 Ipra 6,143 Chortereo1 15,347,270 Tot Hong 13,719,100
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        SGX top rises
        78 10 !y$ Aug 2 Close Chung: MSUSNtPSlO 103.500 +0.201 Robinson 5.750 +0.20! m Brawerias 5.150 +0.151 failure 11.700 +O.10I [raalnvRCMHllH 1.410 +0.06! EletUSS 2.120 +0.051 Gtiroyo 0.450 +0.01 CSC 4.440 +0.04! ISH500USS 2.650 +0.03! SpComp 1«0 +0.031 sy pertenti tnge 4«g! fywho m Close (hinge 0.150 +20.000 0.035
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        Lock icon SGX top falls
        87 10 Bloomberg By J Aug 2 SIA (lose Change 12.500 0300 GraatEast 8.950 -0.250 CI1YDEV Thdi PrimelOOUSS 5.750 -0.150 1.560 -0.140 Cteotive 50 16.700 0.100 SIA 200 12.600 -0.100 5PH 18.500 -0.100 OUT 1.500 0.060 Sp Land 5p LandW*****3 3.320 -0.O60 1.310 0.050 3y |i:: iiir :ij:: lug
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      Lock icon Slower private equity growth?
      211 11 Reuters ASIA'S private equity industry will see funds grow by a moderate seven per cent a year until 2006, instead of the fast pace in the *****, said an official from the Cariyle Group on Friday. "It's a difficult fund-raising environment," said Mr Eugene Lai, managing
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      Lock icon SEC probes AOL dealings with software firm
      125 11 AFP WASHINGTON America Online's (AOL) dealings with a Las Vegas software company Purchase Pro.com Incorporated are being investigated by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. The SEC has questioned
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      Lock icon APP creditors to ponder over KPMG report
      112 11 Reuters CREDITORS of Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) were considering whether to back efforts to replace the controlling Widjaja family after a KPMG report noted a series of transactions that led to billions of dollars in losses. The accounting firm, commissioned by creditors
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      3278 11 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS EfiqijiriessCall 852-2973-6600 E-mail lippeF.asitj@reuters.totn Dole rlnaK NAV/lid OFFtr Plied Friet Aneideen Asset mil- EAsio] J/31 IkerdoFsSF-iiFrigoOpMnoiifes 0.SI3 0.134 7/31 ALvrtSMSeManH^MH 1.173 1.11 5/31 twdti* Se thin: E;por.niligi Id 0.PB6 1.B3S J/31 Aside:; Si (oolioiolol E.:o[B E;-, 0.15! B.!E3 .■/HI ;:c:if-Sf SlnUMM 0.S1J S.Sjj /.HI J-g-.g.Sr lllnvllr.hgg-.iiv 0.311
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      Hidden costs of CPF investments
      598 12  -  Vasu Menon Charges are higher for smaller amounts by ARE you familiar with the bank charges and other related costs that you incur when you invest your CPF ordinary account savings? If not, it is important that you familiarise yourself with these charges before investing.
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      Lock icon HK mobile phone operator pledges licence to creditors
      150 12 Bloomberg HONG KONG Sunday Communications Ltd, Hong Kong's smallest mobile phone operator, will pledge its highspeed mobile phone licence to creditors in exchange for lower profit requirements for the company's existing loans. Sunday, one of four winners of a Hong Kong third-generation
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      Lock icon 5,000 to lose jobs
      132 12 Bloomberg MUNICH Siemens AG, Germany's biggest employer, plans to shed at least 5,000 more jobs at its phone units because of the slump in demand in the telecommunications industry, an IG Metall labour union representative said. Siemens may cut at least 4,000 positions at its networks
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      Lock icon British Airways turns up 54% rise in profits
      208 12 Bloomberg LONDON British Airways Pic's fiscal firstquarter profit rose 54 per cent as Europe's biggest airline slashed costs by firing workers and dropping unprofitable routes. Net income climbed to 40 million pounds ($lO9 million) in the three months ended June 30, from
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      Lock icon No downgrade for HSBC share prices
      210 12 Channel News Asia THE first half performance of global giant HSBC will be closely watched to see if it can still command the premium that its share price carries. While other international banks are being downgraded, HSBC is trading at 2,2 times book value,
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  • WORLD
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      Will he buy time?
      1225 13  -  Sunny Goh Jiang jostles, world waits... WHAT is the biggest global guessing game this month? Nope, it is not which commercial giant would follow in the disgraceful footsteps of the likes of Enron and World Com in corporate America. It is whether heir apparent Hu Jintao
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      Lock icon UN report on Israeli massacre at Jenin camp flawed: Human Rights Watch
      288 14 Agencies NEW YORK A long-anticipated United Nations report into an alleged massacre of Palestinians by Israelis at a refugee camp in Jenin has been criticised as "fundamentally flawed". UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan's report, released on Thursday, covered the
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      Lock icon Cambodian clean-up
      122 14 AFP PHNOM PENH Asean heads of state will not see the street children and homeless families in the Cambodian capital when they gather there for the group's annual conference in November. Phnom Penh governor Chea Sophara has ordered them to be sent back to their provinces of origin
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      A tender act
      54 14 SARAJEVO Ten-year-old Kemal Karic (picture, right), who became an amputee as a baby after an artillery attack by Bosnian Serbs on Sarajevo in 1992, received a donation worth almost 4,800 pounds ($13,200) in the British embassy in Sarajevo which was collected by fans of the Scottish national
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      When the rich rob the poor ...
      367 14  - When the rich rob the poor Zackaria Abdul Rahim Dr M: Rich country hijacked investment by zackaria@ne wsto day. c o m.sg KUALA LUMPUR In closing the Langkawi International Dialogue session in 1997, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad had maintained that US financier George Soros was behind the collapse of
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      Lock icon Not so gay times for Mardi Gras
      163 14 AFP SYDNEY The largest annual party Down Under is not ready to sing its swan song. The Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Ltd, which ran into financial difficulties last year when fewer people attended after Sept 11, is working on financial restructuring to
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      Lock icon Kashmir polls in Sept-Oct
      72 14 Reuters NEW DELHI Elections in India's Jammu and Kashmir state will be held in September and October despite the military standoff with Pakistan. The elections, which Kashmiri separatists have vowed to boycott, are a way to bring peace and establish its legitimacy in the region, India
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      Lock icon Seoul team heads for N Korea to resume stalled talks
      146 14 Agencies SEOUL In the latest of a surprising series of events, the two Koreas will resume stalled talks after a long hiatus and an intense series of diplomacy, as a 20-member South Korean mission headed for the North on Friday.
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      Will it work?
      399 15 Questions over US aid for Indonesia to fight terror JAKARTA Even with Indonesian security forces set to receive millions in aid from the US to fight terrorism, some are questioning the effectiveness of America's campaign to put Indonesia's house in order. US Secretary of State Colin Powell
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      Lock icon Bush mandate, S'pore's gain?
      171 15 Reuters WASHINGTON Now that US President George W Bush has been given the authority to negotiate trade pacts, bilateral free trade agreements (FTAs) with Singapore might be the first to benefit. Mr Landis Hicks, chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce was quoted in Singapore's Business
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      Iraq invites UN chief weapons inspector
      264 15 NEW YORK Faced with the prospect of a military attack by the US, Iraq, in a shrewd move, has invited the United Nations (UN) chief weapons inspector for technical talks. In a letter to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Friday, Iraq's Foreign Minister Naji
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      Lock icon Musharraf's China stopover
      132 15 Reuters BEIJING It was a short stopover. But, coming at a time when he is facing international and domestic pressures, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf s visit to China on Friday was seen as highly significant. Analysts noted that General Musharraf had gone out of his way to
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Lock icon Veil can go of
      142 16 Reuters TEHERAN For 23 years, since the Islamic revolution, they had to keep themselves under wraps by wearing veils that exposed no parts of their bodies except their eyes. On Thursday, the Iranian Education Ministry issued a directive allowing females in the capital to take off
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      Lock icon Mr Cat Litter dies
      145 16 Reuters SAN ANTONIO The man who gave the world clumping cat litter, perfected the Liquid Paper correction fluid and developed a way to artificially age Scotch whiskey, has passed away. Polymer chemist William Mallow, 72, died on Tuesday of leukaemia. Mr Mallow developed cat litter that
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      Lock icon Cheap contraceptive
      100 16 AFP BANGKOK A "morning after" contraceptive pill will soon be on sale in Thai hospitals, clinics and pharmacies, said the Public Health Ministry on Friday. No prescription is needed to buy these pills, which will be sold for less than 30 baht ($1.25) each, The Nation newspaper reported.
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      Lock icon Elite club doubles fees
      100 16 Reuters HONG KONG Individuals applying to become members of the elite Hong Kong Jockey Club will have to fork out HK5250,000 (5556,300) for its membership fees, a 100-per-cent increase. Despite the economic downturn, the club was not worried that the higher price will turn off potential
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      Farm visits, Singapore-style?
      570 16  -  Ivy Singh-Lim by wee ken d ©newstod ay. com. sg FINALLY, I am heartened by some news our planners have become "enlightened" at last. They are actually going to "reach into our ethnic past and use Singapore's tropical island features to create space for recreation". In fact,
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      Lock icon NEO TIEW LANE 1
      9 16 WEE TECKHIAN Today photos by
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      Lock icon Taking stock of Wall Street's Crack dealers
      799 17  -  Dave Barry by weekend® newstoday. com. sg WALL STREET is in trouble. This is your fault. Yes, I am talking to YOU, Mr or Ms Small Investor. Wall Street is getting sick and tired of your indecisive "wait-and-see" attitude towards the stock market.
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  • WEEKEND FEATURE
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      Playing Cupid
      674 18  -  Sudha G Tilak Indian TV channels turn tradition into reality shows by in New Delhi MARRIAGES, we have been told, are made in heaven. Not any more in India, it seems, going by the mega launch of Kahin Naa Kahin Koi Hat (Somewhere, There's Someone for Each of
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      Lock icon CEO with a trampoline in her office
      923 19  -  Serene Foo by serene@newstoday.cora.sg ACTION heroine Michelle Yeoh kicks butt. Whether as the chief executive officer (CEO) of her production company Mythical Films, producer of her latest celluloid offering, The Touch, or simply the mentor to her co-star-protege Brandon Chang, the 39-year-old always
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      The Touch
      90 19 Shot in Tibet and China, the romantic action adventure revolves around Yin (Michelle Yeob) andTong (Brandon Chang), the last heirs in a long lineage of acrobats who have trained for generations to protect the Shorrra, a relic purported to contain the essence of a holy man. Co-star Ben
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      A 180-degree CHANGE
      754 24  -  Theresa Tan by sQrbet@pacifJcnet.sg TODAY is my second unofficial day of freedom. Or unemployment, depending on how you look at it. I've given up my job as the editor-in-chief of a leading women's magazine, and I am staying home this last month of employment to clear up
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      Josh Groban has what it takes, and he knows it
      404 24  -  Yee Wei Zhen by weizhe n@newsto day. c o m.sg JOSH Groban (picture) knows that he is good, and he has no qualms about showing it. The 21-year-old, with his trademark dark curly locks and baritone voice, gives himself "an
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      39 18 I. i^i M Night Shyamalan/22 He hopes to make box-office killing with Signs K. I Josh Groban/24 He knows he's good and he's not afraid to show it Flashback August/32 Kumar and Irene Ang spoof Dirty Dancing in trailer
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  • IN CINEMAS
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      Chemistry lesson
      543 20  -  Janice Lee Greek star tells how she handled those kissing scenes, with her husband on set by janice@iiewstoday.com.sg ON-SCREEN chemistry isn't always the result of real lust, but friendship. At least that was the case for Nia Vardalos and John Corbett (picture) the leads of My Big Fat
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      Lock icon Fear of a film
      619 21 Reuters India's censors balk over a documentary NEW DELHI Development of a nuclear bomb may be one of India's proudest scientific achievements, but the country's censor board wants to use its scissors on an award-winning documentary about the bomb's effects. The board, often accused by film
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      Lock icon Jolie's on her own
      171 21 -jßewfeiif LOS ANGELES Two weeks after Oscar-win-ning actress Angelina Jolie filed for divorce from Billy Bob Thornton, her father revealed on Thursday that she has split with him as well. In a tearful appearance on the syndicated TV show Access Hollywood, actor Jon Voight said his
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      Lock icon Things that go bump in the Night
      791 22 Reuters/Variety Film-maker Shyamalan banks on the creeps and hopes Signs points to box-office killing NEW YORK Indian-born writer-director-actor M Night Shyamalan struck it big in 1999 with The Sixth Sense. The film made the chilling line "I see dead people" into a catch-phrase
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      METAPHORICAL AND MEANINGFUL
      75 22 THE cast read-through of the script went as scheduled last Sept 12 and shooting began in Bucks County, Pennsylvania near Shyamalan's old stomping ground —on Sept 13. "It was very difficult; difficult and meaningful," Shyamalan said about starting up right after the 9/1 I attacks."lt made the
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      63 24 HERE are the winners of The Ultimate Tribute Concert 2002 Tribute Moments Promotion. The winners of a pair of tickets to The Ultimate Tribute Concert, and a concert T-shirt are: Tan Peck Ha *****245Z Chong Ming Tat *****0991 Cindy Ho *****3678 The winners of a pair of concert tickets: Paul
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      40 24 PARTICIPATE Public Talk Back by popular demand. Associate Professor Tay Boon Lin talks about hormone-replacement therapy. In English. Date: Today Time: 3pm to spm Venue: XX Women's and Children's Hospital Auditorium Price: $5 Enquiries: Call 6394 1268 or 6394 2324
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  • HOMECHEF with MAGGI, the culinary expert
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      Warm and toasty
      306 25  -  famine DLoh Juicy prawns hidden in a bed of flavourful minced chicken PRAWN toast will never taste this good outside The ones you get at dim sum restaurants are often minced beyond recognition, full of unidentified fats and with so little prawn you can barely taste it.
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        85 25 I am a fan of this column, especially the innovative way in which you use Maggi seasonings to create old favourites. My family appreciates this column for it saves them from the results of my trial-and-error method of cooking dinner. Stmone Vaz via homechef@newstoday.com.sg Thank you, Simone. We
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        MAGGI DIARY THIS MONTH:
        36 25 National Favourites Singapore's Favourite Food Made Easy Cooking Demonstration by Nancy Ng: Aug 3, Sat, 3 5 pm, NTUC Fair Price, Marine Parade Aug 25, Sun, 3-spm, NTUC Fair Price, Marine Parade
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      TAKE A TIP TODAY
      184 25 Frying tips and tricks Keep it plain, keep it face down: Use white bread for the best effect. Flavoured, fruit and nut breads may have overpowering or conflicting flavours. The MAGGt Shrimp Pane Chicken Mix will make the difference to this recipe, turning an otherwise bland
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      shrimp Paste Flavoured Prawn Toast
      169 25 Ingredients lpkt MAGGI Shrimp Paste Chicken Mux 2 tablespoons MAGGI Thai Chilli Sauce 500gm minced lean chicken 500gm tiger prawns 1 egg white, lightly beaten 1 loaf of white sandwich bread, crusts trimmed Sesame seeds, coriander leaves, finely sliced chilli Method: 1. Cut trimmed bread
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      Patience, patience...
      608 26  -  Katrina Karim That's the secret ingredient which goes into Sabar Menanti's popular nasi padang I by eatout@neivstoday.com.sg AT Sabar Menanti in Kandahar street, the beef rendang is simply perfect. It is also inexpensive. At $2 a portion, two chunky cubes of tender beef rendang is served. The taste
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      Goodbye, morning blues
      223 27  -  Karman Tse Here is a value-for-money breakfast set to perk you up by ka rman ©newstoday. com. sg BREAKFAST is the first and most important meal of the day, so much so that it can make or wreck the rest of your day. With that in mind,
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        'National Bread'
        104 27 In celebration of Singapore's 37th birthday, Prima Deli will be offering a new creation the "Lion Bread" (picture) at a 37 per cent discount. The Lion Bread has a fragrant golden crust which encases a light and pleasantly soft dough. It makes a great snack while partying on
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        Tunch at New Park Hotel
        79 27 Tuck in to a buffet lunch and high-tea rolled into one on weekends from noon to spm at New Park Hotel. Help yourself to steamed Teochew market fresh fish, braised pork trotters, braised organs and more. High-tea items include rati prata, bak kut teri, mcc
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        The 60 Dishes Deluxe Feast
        111 27 Choose from 60 Sichuan and Cantonese dishes such as braised shark's fin soup with crabmeat, steamed sea bass in spicy sauce, boiled prawns with Chinese herbs, Chengdu diced chicken with spicy bean sauce and many more at Si Chuan Don Hua Seafood Restaurant at the
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      24 26 Where: Sabar Menanti Restaurant and Catering No 50, 52 Kandahar Street Telephone: 6293 0284 Opening hours: Sam Bpm Sam spm (Sundays and public holidays)
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      The Fairlady rides again
      629 28  -  Colin Yong The speedster returns to rescue Nissan by coli n@n c ws today, c o m.sg THREE years ago, Nissan was so deep in debt that had it not been a traditional Japanese company with strong links to the banking sector, it would have gone
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      Lock icon Design will influence Nissan's direction
      260 28 THE Nissan Z was launched in 1969 and was once the best-selling sports car in the world. So, it's no surprise that the Japanese car manufacturer is keen to draw on this history as it takes a bold step towards the future. It is the
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      Schumacher's winning Shell petrol for your car
      542 29  -  Edric Pan THE Ferrari team may have covered themselves in glory with their crushing domination of this year's Formula One season, but among the unsung heroes behind the team's success are its technology partners such as tyre supplier Bridgestone, electronics group Magnetti Marelli
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      New Accord after April next year
      131 29  -  Colin Yong THE first official photographs of the new Honda Accord have been released ahead of the car's debut in the United States next month. However, the car will not arrive in Singapore until April next year. And it has yet to be announced
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      Mercedes gets safe on impact
      126 29  -  Cotin Yong MERCEDES-BENZ has announced details of its new preventive occupant protection system, which will be standard equipment on the S-class. The "Pre-Safe" system, the first of its kind in the world, can detect an impending collision and initiate measures to prepare the car and
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      1591 30 Weekend TV Programmes Saturday fj 2.30 Inside Scoop I.loam Saturday Chinese Cinema 1.00 Watch Eat! I 1.00 Asia Today CWINMU AFTERNOON CHANNEL *j 3.00 Travels with Chuck Henry 2 Leopard Hunting 1.30 Under My Sun I 1.30 Inside Edition ijCi 3.00pm VHI MORNING Circus Peopfe 3.05 Human Network 2.00 Chinese
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      1681 31 Highlights i SATURDAY Sophie EUia-Bextor >is determined to defy is recruited |ft C* ff\ CABLE stereotypes, even if her catchy grooves are into the band, j, jie j _JjLk /a THE MAKING OF THE TOUCH 7ftRE rfcE -r burning up the dance floors. Join Lisa Ang as the Oneders, £>
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      It's retro month!
      353 32  -  Yee Wei Zhen Artistes do their own take on Flashback August by we izh en@news to d ay.com. sg IT'S a blast from the past yet again. As part of the promotion for MediaCorp Channel s's Flashback August movie month, MediaCorp artistes will regale audiences with spoofs
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      Four years of Gold on the air
      266 32  -  Priya Suri GOLD 90.5 FM held a "live" birthday broadcast from 7am to 7pm at Caltex House on Monday. The event was organised to celebrate four years of entertaining listeners with classic hits from the 60s, 70s and 80s. MediaCorp Radio spokesperson Peh
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      Beautiful Connection between layers of colourful stars
      314 32  -  Yee Wei Zhen AN ENTIRE arsenal of veteran actors and actresses will make their appearances in the MediaCorp Channel 8 drama, Beautiful Connection. Among the cast (picture) are Hong Kong TVB drama actress Mimi Chu, ex-Star Search finalist Aileen Tan, veteran actress Tan
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      Today's Joke
      265 33  -  Clive Fok TIM, who works at a pharmacy, is not much of a salesman as he can never find items the customers want. The pharmacy manager, Mr Lee, finally has about enough of his incompetency and warns Tim that the next sale he misses will be his last.
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      Women Who Drink
      184 33 A RECENT survey of 50 bartenders asked them if they could identify a customer's personality by the type of drink they ordered. Here's their conclusion on women who drink. Drink: Beer. Personality: Casual, low maintenance; down to earth. Approach: Invite her to a game of pool. Drink:
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      136 33 Meehan Streak 71 i ~i p DO YOU THINK IT'S 1 f YOU MEAN THERE MAY BE A~l SOUNDS A LITUT"! POSSIBLE" THERE COULD BE UNIVERSE WHERE I'M ADORED BY FAR-FETCHED WHEN MULTIPLE UNIVERSES I WOMEN AMD ADMIRED BY MEN J [YOU PUT IT LIKE THAT J s~3 ill 111
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      GOAL 2010 plan on track
      962 34  -  P N Sivaji A Sports Letter I REFER to Mr Jose Raymond's article, "Where are the youngsters?" (Today, Jul 27-28) and Mr Yap Wee Soon's letter, "Young blood" (Today, Jul 29). Mr Raymond sent FAS a list of questions on 26 July for his article,
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      Lock icon Coach Jang cries foul
      404 35  -  Stanley Ho by stanley@ne wsto day. c om.sg "THE referee cost us the game." That was the fiery parting shot by Geylang United coach Jang Jung after his boys fell to a shock 2-1 home defeat to Woodlands Wellington on Friday. The normally placid Korean was
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      Defending champion Blacks seek first win
      233 35  -  Ray Chen by- ray newstoday. com. sg THIS weekend's top Premier League match sees Blacks locking horns with the Singapore Cricket Club at the Yio Chu Kang Stadium at 7pm on Saturday. Blacks, the reigning champion, will want to forget its slim 7-10 loss
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      Badminton goes on the road
      114 35  -  Ray Chen THE HDB Hub Mall Atrium at Toa Payoh was a hive of activity on Thursday as badminton took centrestage. In a bid to attract fans to the upcoming Yonex-Sunrise Singapore Open 2002 badminton tournament, to be held from August 19-25 at the Singapore
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      Cubs draw
      53 35 SINGAPORE'S national Under-23 squad drew 2-2 with India on Friday, in its first match of the LG Cup U-23 tournament in Ho Chi Minn City. Man-of-the-match Aliff Shafaein scored the Cubs' opening goal, with Ashrin Bin Shariff adding the second. The Cubs will play their next match against
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      Lock icon 1The best thing about lan Thorpe
      985 36  -  Rohit Brijnath and no, it's not his body YOU know what the best thing about lan Thorpe is? Not that when he's swimming even Jaws knows it's not safe to go into the water. Not that he's so prolific at breaking records that we
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      Ferguson in for Crespo or Gudjohnsen?
      229 36 LONDON Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson will try to sign another striker by the end of the month, reported BBCSpo rtOn line. The Old Trafford boss has to bring in new players by Aug 31 in order to register them for the Champions League.
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      Lock icon No American dream, Gazza
      123 36 -AFP WASHINGTON Paul Gascoigne is once again looking for a team to play for after his dream of playing Major League Soccer in America was cut short. Gascoigne and DC United have agreed not to pursue further contract talks, the club announced on its website on
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      Wilkins says: No stopping Fergie
      1014 40  -  Stanley Ho Stanley Ho Today EXCLUSIVE by slai ii c v@nc wsto da v. co m. Si RAY WILKINS has been there, done it and got the t-shirt. The 46-year-old Englishman has played for some of the biggest football clubs in the world, earned 84
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      313 37 Best new foreign signing I think people are going to enjoy watching Bolton's Augustin Okocha. He looks a very talented individual. However, one has yet to see if he can perform that type of flamboyant football. Sam Allardyce tends to set out his team in a rather
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      Wilkins joins Sports United
      90 37 TOGETHER with former Leeds United manager David O'Leary, ex-Scotland and Everton international Andy Gray and ex-Tottenham star Gerry Armstrong, Wilkins will be in Singapore on Aug 6. He will be here for the ESPN Star Sports Sports United Charity Dinner, which is in aid of the
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      Lock icon Any hope for local paddlers?
      691 38  -  Kelvin Phang Yes, but personal sacrifice is the key to unearthing local Jiaweis by kel vi n@newstod ay.com. sg ONE would think that an entire nation would have been in raptures over the historic success of the Republic's women's table tennis team at the 17th
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      Mixed fortunes for Singapore's shuttlers and swimmers
      365 38  -  Kelvin Phang by kelvin@n ews tod ay.com. sg RONALD Susilo's (picture) hope of winning a singles medal was dashed by a combination of fatigue and Welsh world number 18 Richard Vaughan at Bolton Arena, Manchester, on Thursday. The Singapore world number 41 lost
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      554 39 Agencies MANCHESTER Australia's Matt Welsh served notice to superstar team-mate lan Thorpe on Friday that he is still the man to beat in the 100 m backstroke the biggest obstacle to Thorpe's campaign to win seven Commonwealth Games swimming golds. In the heats, Thorpe yielded first
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      Lock icon Unsporting Huang walks out after 'service error' claim
      314 39 Reuters MANCHESTER Canada's Johnny Huang (picture), the table tennis gold medal favourite, stormed out of a doubles quarter-final on Friday. He then threatened to quit the singles competition after accusing an opponent of cheating at the Commonwealth Games. The Chinese-born Huang forfeited
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      Withe tips Lions
      71 39 SINGAPORE Thailand coach Peter Withe, speaking ahead of Saturday's draw in Jakarta for the Tiger Cup, to be held in Indonesia and Singapore in December, said the co-hosts would present the main threats. "I think Singapore will be a threat as they've included a couple of good
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      Brace yourself
      80 39 SYDNEY Captain George Gregan said Saturday's Trinations Test against the All Blacks was the biggest of the year. The All Blacks have one hand on the Cup after their gritty 12-6 victory over Australia in Christchurch three weeks ago, but they need to avoid defeat to reclaim it
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      Wise sacked
      48 39 LONDON Relegated English side Leicester City on Friday announced it had terminated the contract of former England winger Dennis Wise. Wise was sent home from a pre-season tour of Finland following an incident which left Foxes team-mate Callum Davidson with a double fracture of the cheekbone.
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      Lucky Collins
      46 39 MANCHESTER Commonwealth Games 100 m gold medallist Kirn Collins of St Kitts and Nevis will keep his title despite testing positive for the banned substance Salbutamol, the Games medical commission said Thursday. A medical report confirmed Collins "had constitutional asthma with marked exerciseinduced symptoms".
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      Table tennis delivers again
      272 40  -  Kelvin Phang by kelvin@ne wstoday. c o m. sg SINGAPORE is guaranteed at least three more Commonwealth Games medals from its table-tennis team. In the women's doubles, Singapore is assured of two medals. On Friday, top-seeded pair Jing Junhong and Li Jiawei took five sets to
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