Today, 24 August 2002

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  • 1213 1  -  Ng Boon Yian Tan Hui Leng Quitters are right here, in Singapore by and bo o nyian ©newstoday. com. sg LET'S get this out of the way first. Just how did a Prime Minister's message get so garbled? PM Goh Chok Tong was at pains to
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    • 56 1 \^aa\^^^^^^^aMaaa\^Maa\ I Wt^^ I 1 Bki I i -M ww r* j 1 t v WMWMmt' HV^H ■PL I I p ll ii O I sll "1 I fl L I Veloo Humphreys on Steve la, Frodo and says Ml worry, PM, die says bummino in America the dying Opposltion/2^3
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  • NEWS
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      61 2 AFP photo Doctor Nagendra Nayak's hand is seen placing a piece of burning camphor inside the mouth of a medical student in Bangalore yesterday to demonstrate a fire-eating technique. Dr Nayak, a rationalist who is also a qualified medical practitioner holds such shows throughout the country to
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    • 675 2  -  Ravi Veloo Comment by wee ke _id@n ews today.com.sg OKAY, it is clear by now that there is a better chance of a giant meteor hurtling into our little green island than of the Opposition becoming the Government in our lifetime. But when you realise that
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    • 307 2  -  Chan Chao Peh SINGTEL has exceeded its target of raising more than $1 million for its threemonth long charity campaign. The SingTel Touching Lives Fund project is the biggest charity campaign the telco has embarked on. Over the last two months, funds have been raised
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    • 205 3 Channel NewsAsia SINGAPORE Airlines {SIA} and the Air Line Pilots Association Singapore (Alpa-S) have reached a compromise on the issue of whether pilots should take their inflight breaks in economy class or business class seats. The pilots have agreed to a concession in their collective agreement
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    • 186 4  -  Rosalyn Lim TEST trials for the ez-link satellite Global Positioning System (GPS) on buses began this month. The system, which is to be launched early next year, will eliminate the need for bus drivers to update fare stages manually during the bus journey. However,
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    • 527 4  -  Lee Ch in jj Wern by ch i n gwern® newstoday.com.sg THE same song has been playing for years: Give women a level playing field. Do away with the onethird quota on women entering medical school. Grant married female civil servants the same
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    • Article, Illustration
      337 7  -  Joy Frances A threat to wildlife and some answers by j oy@ne wsto day. c o ra. sg THE rustic beauty of the old black and white estates in Buona Vista may suffer once development begins at Singapore's New Economy hub. Called one-north, the 200-ha site will
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    • 133 7 Channel NewsAsia POLICE have arrested another two people in connection with Sunday's cheque-box heist at three banks. A 31-year-old man was arrested at a Geylang hotel at 2.45pm on Wednesday, while a 21-year-old woman was nabbed outside Parkway Parade Shopping Centre at 2.10pm on
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    • 198 7  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahim INSTEAD of dinner at a posh hotel, Mendaki is throwing a twomonth long carnival as part of its 20th anniversary celebrations. The self-help group is roping in media partners like Warna, Suria, and Berita Harian to organise activities. Mendaki's new corporate logo and slogan
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    • 244 7 SINGAPORE'S air force is now capable of refuelling all its fighter aircraft in mid-air. This means airborne operations can be sustained over a longer period. There is also no need for aircraft to make stopovers when these are flying overseas for training. Yesterday, Second Minister
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  • COMMENTARY
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      814 6  -  Neil Humphreys For those planning to emigrate to Australia USUALLY, I would not resort to toilet humour, but on this occasion, I believe I have found the answer to one of Singapore's social problems identified by PM Goh. He knows that Singaporeans are migrating in droves to Australia
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    • 1134 18  -  Simon Tay Let's look at ourselves in the mirror and ask: Why are we behaving like this? KEEPING Singaporeans happy in tough times is very hard work. Even when times are good, some of us tend to grumble. Despite the rapid growth of
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    • 817 19  -  Dave Barry the mother of all sandwiches THE US Array is developing a combat sandwich. Really. Army food technicians say the sandwich can remain edible, without being refrigerated, for three years. Granted, that's nowhere near the staying power of those $4.50 hot dogs i they
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    • 350 6 =rr l^KimfiF^y sT^^!_S____3_________' sßs___^^i #*~-i. -W I^^ ■■5J3L i?tji v* 1' ZjU FLAVOURS OF TRADITION Mid -Autumn Festival 24 August 2002 21 September 2002 Master Chef Chan Kwok relives this tradition in a big way with a grand offering of flavours this year, re-defining this favoured delicacy. Tasty additions this
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  • LETTERS
    • 241 8  -  Ananda Perera Deeper study needed on why there is no sense of home I REFER to the letter, "We should not condemn those who leave" (Today, Aug 23), and also Thursday's Feedback dialogue session with 60 young Singaporeans. The young people said they did not feel a
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    • 167 8  -  Karina Roberts I REFER to the article, "The neglected ones" (Today, Aug 16). It was refreshing to read Ms Ng Boon Yian's piece on neglected expatriate wives and the difficulties they face when they look for work. As a wife of an expatriate, I can
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    • 97 8  -  Hsu Hsia Pin I AM disturbed by Roger Mitton's commentary "Is fidelity silly?" Today, Aug 23) He claimed that women feel that "fidelity is passe and frankly, a bit silly" and that it is "not merely acceptable but fashionable". I wonder whether
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    • 177 8  -  Tisa Ng I REFER to the article, "SGX Chief to head corporate council" (Today, Augl7-18). Association of Women for Action and Research (Aware) welcomes the appointment of five women to the recently-launched 15-member Council on Corporate Disclosure and Governance headed by Singapore Exchange
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    • 258 8  - When we have no time for sport Kathleen Kwan I REFER to Ronald Susilo's victories over world badminton champion Hendrawan and AllEngland champion Pulella Gopichand, "Ronald storms on" (Today, Aug 23), and the recent gold medal wins in the Commonwealth Games of our women's table-tennis team. We better start getting
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  • BUSINESS
    • 359 10 Agencies Shares fall 11.5% on CAD's probe DATACRAFT fell 12 cents or 11.5 per cent to a 52-week low of US92 cents ($1.62) on Friday on reports of investigations into alleged insider trading of its shares. The fall was due to a combination of liquidation by fund managers,
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    • 273 10  -  Chan Chao Peh by chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg LOCAL technology powerhouse Creative Technology and China-centric local property developer Dragon Land are dissolving their hi-tech industrial park joint venture in Jimo, China. Launched amidst great fanfare and high expectations in September 2000, the Creative Dragon Park was billed as
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    • 98 10 Channel News Asia NEPTUNE Orient Lines (NOL) chairman Cheng Wai Keung dismissed market speculation and media talk on Friday that the shipping line's president and CEO Flemming Jacobs is about to step down. He said the subject has not been raised by the NOL
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    • 57 10 AFTER its quarterly review, the Central Provident Fund Board (CPF) said it will continue to pay interest rate at 2.5 per cent for CPF Ordinary Accounts from Oct 1 to Dec 31 this year. The HDB's subsidised mortgage loan will also remain unchanged at
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    • 172 10 DELGRO'S HIGHER PROFIT: Delgro Corp, parent company of bus operator SBS Transit, said profit for the half year ended June rose 10 per cent to $31.6 million. Sales rose 1.9 per cent to $554 million. Delgro expects the fullyear profit to be lower compared to the previous year,
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    • Market Watch
      • 119 10 SHARES ended lower in a choppy session on Friday with the focus on leading systems integrator Datacraft, which is currently under probe by the Commercial Affairs Department. The STI index fell 10.12 points to 1531.90 on profit-taking after a higher opening. For every stock that rose, two fell while
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      • 60 10 Index Value Change Pi! Nikkei 225 9867,45 +53.43 +0.54 Hong Seng All Oi il in ii lie: Taiwan Wld *****.69 3133.40 4968.85 ■178.31 -9.60 +12.36 ■1.71 ■0.31 +0.25 Karen (omp SET Index Jakarta Camp 740.51 367.01 458.27 ■5.24 -1.31 +3.93 ■0.70 0.36 +0.86 Phils Camp She men 8
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      • 36 10 us$ UKE Yen HK$ RM Euro Rupinh Boht 0.***** 0.***** 68.2107 4.***** 2.***** 0.***** 5058.04 24.0610 Peso A$ Indian R_ Won C$ Yuon HZ$ NT$ 29.8059 1.***** 27.6149 684.896 0.***** 4.***** 1.***** 19.4440
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      • 22 10 Gold W/oi 306.700 Silver u.$/a_ 4.125 rlrriiiimjs s 542.000 Rubber uns/kg 151.50 Palm oil BM/tmw 1517 Btent crude uis hm 26.80
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      • 5 10 Straits Times Index 10-Day Chart
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      • 53 10 By volume Aug 19-23 Citiruye SingTel Strike TPV KOt '000 314,283,000 93,622,000 83,704,000 66,080,000 58,809,000 '000 Chartered 56,137,000 UniFood 39,482,000 DdacrllliSS 33,862,000 FJBenV.*****6 38,052,000 Menlor 36,669,000 By value Aug 19-23 003 DBS Citirayrt Chartered SingTel 239,237,960 166,689,191 162,563,221 144,187,740 141,916,139 OCBC 112,977,363 SPH 91,683,764 Venture 90,743,700 SIA
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      • 82 10 By J Aug 19-23 Close Change DIAMONDS 1OUSS 87.800+10.100 ly percentage Aug 19-23 Ooie Chaage LHT 0.085 +70.000 SPDRS10USS 93.000 +6.300 Benefiti. 20k 0.015 +50.000 SPH 19.800 +1.200 SPH 100 19.700 +1.100 UOB 14.100 +1.000 CITYDEY 6.300 +0.500 PanpacMd W0401O9 0 035 +40.000 BakerTeih 0.130 -30.000 PokkaSp
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      • 80 10 Bloomberg Aug 19-23 Close Change ISDJIMCHIOUSS 32.300 -1.700 Aug 19 23 Close Change __d_ 0.015 -40.000 Creative 50 15.500 -0.800 Shang Asia 2kHKS 4.850 4450 KepCor 4.440 0.220 SembLog 1.700 -0.190 Chartered 2.530 0170 Mentor 0.390 -0.170 SembCorp DBeCWQ3022S 0.025 -37.500 fimd 0.060 -33.333 _s:_mr_i..:_kil.:S 0.013 -31.579
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    • 328 11 WELL-APPOINTED and superbly finished apartments, set in lush tropical surroundinqs, with the beach just a few minutes' A 50m lap pool, gymnasium, club house, barbecue pavilion as well as spa beds and seats, strategically located under You would expect this to be a description
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    • 405 12 Reuters LUXURY spa and resort operator Banyan Tree Holdings is confident its brand of soothing rubdowns and remedies will go down well with customers in Shanghai when it opens its first spa in China next year. The Singapore-based leisure group, with average annual revenues of
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    • 2865 12 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS EmjuiiteCsß MIWUm E-mail iipper.oiin@retilers.cont Dole Ni Inno Aberdoe Ii 8/!! HI KB a/H KB I a/zz I Price 1 Asset iHe-:n! radon; ■erqeen! ae-Jc.r! iH.::r I n:':i"i!' lodeenj jl':c:i- icdcin! ■■Hop' liriei:' ie-Jeeii! iwdrsn! 11 Asset Managerial! (Asm) ffi^&wff 1: if ierieeii5e-rjmO&filuril'8iFd 0.9? icrdeinSe (nili.ic fjioc itlv
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    • 230 13 Bloomberg MANILA The Philippine peso fell to its lowest in more than a year on concerns that the government will not be able to contain its budget deficit. It prompted more borrowing that may push up interest rates and crimp economic
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    • 175 13 STARHUB has launched new price plans targeted at young people which include 600 SMS, no IDD charges for calls to Malaysia and an all-day flat rate charges. The PowerChat 100 and PowerChat 300 plans, which costs $28 and $48 per month respectively also feature per-second
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    • 659 14  -  Vasu Menon Volatile stock markets, liberalisation diverting wealth towards hedge funds by ASIA's hedge fund industry is set to boom. The US$l5 billion ($26.36 billion) industry is projected to grow nearly five-fold over the next two years. Presently, there are more than 5,000 hedge funds
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    • 328 14 Bloomberg KUALA LUMPUR Sime Darby Bhd leads a group of six companies that has won the main contract to build the Bakun hydroelectric project, South-east Asia's biggest dam, a Malaysian finance ministry official said. "We issued the letter to Sime Darby group
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    • 255 11 i? i ASb Are you ready to take on the challenge and show off your culinary skills? M y?Zr V f Send us your best recipe and win great prizes. What's more the top 2 winning recipes fm) will be featured in TODAY MAGGI HomeChef column and at a cooking
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  • WORLD
    • 1200 15  -  Kalinga Seneviratne ■AFP photo North-South battle over sustainable development shifts to Johannesburg by in Sydney AT the Indonesian resort island of Bali, for almost two weeks in June, delegates from the rich countries of the North and the poor countries of the South were locked
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    • 208 16 Agencies US President avoids criticising Musharraf's new moves; focuses on terror war WASHINGTON In contrast to the US State Department's stern criticism, President George W Bush's reactions to Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf s controversial moves to acquire broad new powers was muted. Mr Bush on Thursday
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    • 107 16 Agencies VLADIVOSTOK North Korean leader Kim Jong II has displayed a "positive" desire in moves to get talks with South Korea back on track, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday. "I regard as positive the goodwill shown by North Korea" on seeking
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    • 134 16 Agencies WASHINGTON A war of words is growing between Zimbabwe and the United States, which this week stepped up efforts to encourage democratic change in that country. "The US continues to consult with countries in the region and throughout the world on how we can work together
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    • 94 16 -AFP AUCKLAND Tongan children in trouble are being sent to a lonely atoll as punishment, where they are forced to live by themselves and catch fish for food. The Matangi Tonga magazine said up to 50 children between the ages of 14 and 16 are left
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    • 346 17 Disastrous flooding in China is no coincidence BEIJING As the struggle continues to contain the disastrous flooding of Dongting Lake, experts are pointing to China's degraded environment and overdevelopment as part of the problem. More than 600,000 people have been evacuated from around the lake in the central
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    • 216 17 AFP. JOLO (Philippines) Philippine officials have given a Muslim armed gang five days to free the four hostages they abducted on Tuesday or they will face a military assault. Armed forces chief of staff, General Roy Cimatu, said: "We are giving the civilian leaders five
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    • 135 17 JAKARTA Illegal Indonesian workers facing legal action in Malaysia could now be represented by Malaysian lawyers whom the Indonesian government is planning to hire. Minister of Foreign Affairs Hassan Wirayuda said on Thursday that the government has allocated one billion rupiah ($197,504) for this purpose, reported the
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    • 124 17 AFP SYDNEY The father of the two boys who trekked several hundred kilometres last month to seek asylum at the British consulate in Melbourne has admitted to lying about his country of origin. Mr Ali Bakhfiari's confession, published in Friday's The Age, said that he came from Pakistan
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    • 111 17 PUTRAJAYA The Malaysian government has said it has no objections to Malaysian children studying in Singapore schools. "If they can afford it, then why not but when they come back, they should be equally fluent in Bahasa Melayu," Malaysian Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Syed Jaafar Albar
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  • WEEKEND FEATURE
    • 1285 20  -  Rachel Lo Singaporean girl quits job for year in US but the country has changed THE best time to take chances is during a recession, said a management consultant friend of mine. The statement stuck in my mind. It sounded right, so I did not question it too
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    • 627 21 A FRIEND recently confided: "My wife and I hardly have time to say 'hi' these days. We wake up, take our daughters to school, go to work, I pick her up from work, we collect our daughters, then it's home for dinner and before you
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 85 20 PARTICIPATE which there are 25 seats on a first-come-iNTERNAnoNAL Wine and European first-serve basis. Cheese Affair 2002 Date: Saturday (cooking session) and Sunday Raulet-Raynaud, winner of the I st Maitre Time: 2pm to 2.30pm (cooking session), 2pm d'Hotel of France and Woman of Substance to 2.45pm (interactive session, Saturday), 2000
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  • FASHION AND BEAUTY
    • 224 22  -  Elisa Chia Chu Yang's collection wins London acclaim by el _sa@n ewsto d ay.com.sg FOUR years ago, he came to Singapore to pursue a diploma in accountancy. Today, 29-year-old Chu Yang (picture) from Shenyang, China, finds himself armed with a bachelor of honours in fashion,
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    • 196 22  -  Pearlyn Tham by p e arlyn® news today, com. sg watch from the Boss Woman watch collection. The Swing comes as a sleek, glossy, steel square case that slides on to a rubber or steel bracelet. The rubber version is adjustable
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    • 227 22 IF you are a jewellery buff, mark Aug 26 and Aug 27 on your calendar. That is when the trademark opulence of the late Gianni Versace will be seen on Singapore's shores in the form of his jewellery designs. Millions of dollars worth of exclusive
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  • HOMECHEF with MAGGI, the culinary expert
    • 287 23  -  Pauline DLoh Try this Thai temptation in hot and spicy reel and orange WHEN the weather gets hot and humid, appetites flag. You're probably looking out for something that will make them eat enough not to go anorexic. Go for the traditional stand-by hot and sour food
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    • 182 23 Choosing cooking prawns Fresh or frozen: SINGAPOREANS are so used to prawns so fresh they are still jumping that they sneer at the frozen variety. However, for those on a budget, frozen prawns can be a decent substitute. Modern packaging ensures that the prawns are vacuum
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    • 53 23 Ingredients: 1 packet MAGGI Tom Yam Paste 1 teaspoon MAC GI Seasoning 500gm tiger prawns, trimmed minutes. Remove prawns. sliced pineapple, capsicum ;1 nd tomatoes 1 o pan. Ad dI wo cups rS^ite^MAGGI Grocery List/Price Guide: fIH MAGGI Tom Yam Paste ($0.45/30g) MAGGI Seasonin g
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  • EAT OUT
    • 550 24  -  Pauline DLoh Old-style yum cha and street food favourites T\AI BAO or da bao. Literally, big -L/buns. Don't start giggling or conjuring visions of a certain grossly endowed female who sometimes mounts a fullfrontal assault on our TV screens. We are talking food here. Serious stuff. We are
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    • 226 24 THIS weekend, grab the chance to learn more about wines. Then, show off your new-gained knowledge by buying a few bottles of the best whites and reds. It's all happening at Raffles City Shopping Centre Atrium, where the International Wine and European Cheese Affair 2002 is on.
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      174 24 Penang Hawkers' Fare Savour unlimited servings of authentic Penang rojak, char kway teow, prawn mee, laksa, lor bak, cuttlefish kangkong, oyster omelette and kway teow soup. You can also relish all-time favourite desserts such as apom balik, ban chang kueh, ice kachang and chendol. All these at the Penang
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    • 657 25  -  Karman Tse Look no further than neighbourhood hawker centres to revive your jaded taste buds by karman@n ews t o d ay.com. sg OUR love for food is as much a part of our national identity as our kiasu spirit. And because of this, most of
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    • 218 25  -  Karman Tse QUICK. Simple. Hassle-free. And tasty. These are the key factors that make recipes from Ms Pauline D Loh, food columnist and deputy editor of TODAY, a hit with the pros and novices alike. The popularity of Pauline's culinary style was
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  • IN CINEMAS
    • 436 26 Reuters LOS ANGELES -A teen role model no more, and "not yet a woman", pop princess Britney Spears now says she no longer finds drinking, smoking and sex to be "such a big deal". In excerpts from an interview with People magazine released on
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    • 599 27  -  Yong Shu Chiang in XXX star Vin Diesel is an actor first, both on and off camera PERHAPS it's a testament to his acting ability that Vin Diesel can't stop making hit movies. Or could it be his presence? The actor has a certain likeability that always shines
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    • 195 27 UNLESS you are a DVDextras junkie or a hardcore fan, no collection is complete without the two-disc The Lord ofthe Rings: The Fellowship ofthe Ring DVD. There is a four-disc Special Extended Edition DVD due in November but the smart money is on
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    • 646 28  -  Colin Yong Merc's new CLK charms with smoothness and refinement by colin@newstoday.com.sg ALL car manufacturers would have you believe that the axiom "less is more" holds particularly true for coupes. Take a four-door saloon, lop off two doors, shrink the cabin, inflate the price tag and presto, you
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    • 369 28  -  Colin Yong THERE must be a million ways to spend a million dollars and at least half of them would be sensible. Buying a car for the price of a semi-detached house probably does not qualify even if the car in question is the latest
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    • 222 29 CELEBRITIES Jimmy Lin (picture) and Aaron Kwok will try to prove that they are as handy behind the wheel of a racing car as they are in front of a camera, at the Asian Formula Challenge (AFC). The event will be held at the Sepang Fl Circuit
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    • 227 29 Getting on track AS motor racing continues to gain fans in Singapore, there is an increasing number of enthusiasts who drive to Malaysian circuits to give their cars a workout. The Traction Circle Club organises track days at the Sepang Fl Circuit and Johor Circuit and participants can enjoy the
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    • 202 29 THIS is officially the fastest car in the world over a quarter-mile and it will be showcased this weekend at Sports eXtreme 2002, an exhibition supported by the Singapore Sports Council. The event is being held at Ngee Ann City's Civic Plaza and caters to those
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    • 1587 30 Weekend TV Programmes Saturday A 7.32 Tonight In Person with Ron Surrogate Mother 2.30 goggles Love Generation 1 1.30 Memori Fletcher, Pilates Instructor 4.00 Wheel of Fortune Singapore 3.30 goggles Popcorn Hiburan Minggu Ini B.ooATaste of Asia- Uzbekistan, 4.30 Lois and Clark 4.30 goggles Denpo Shonen Mn Close An Oasis
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    • 1722 31 Highlights i SATTTRrtAY Muslims. Mosques and Islamic schools can be Alice Hoffman's best- j flßfOr VJl> K^AdLiIL found everywhere. The Kazakhs of Mongolia are selling novel, follows *m*rJaV SATURDAY XIGHT FEVER always aware that their homeland is a short dis- the Owens sisters, B^J^* BIG BROTHER'S RETURN 7pm, Channel 5
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  • IN TUNE
    • 484 32  -  Yee Wei Zhen Traditional-pop Malay music queen sets herself as an example by weizh e n@newsto d ay.com. sg MEDIA vultures seem bent on digging up the dirt on Siti Nurhaliza (picture). Critics find ways to prick holes into her clean image, especially as she continues to ride
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    • 123 32  -  Eltsa Chia GUESS how many times MTV VJ Utt had to "leap across" the Esplanade Theatres on the Bay to perfect this shot? A whopping 30 times! Ouch. "This one (picture) must be taken from my 10th to 20th jump," said the US-born ThaiChinese
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      343 32  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahim Elisa Chia Album: Guz Artiste: Guz FOR someone who used to play a cop on shows such as 7r/p/e Nine and Growing Up, Guz (picture] sounds less self-assured in his self-titled mini-album. The first track, Senda Loka Samba, jolts you into Ricky Martin mode. But the
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    • 124 32 Don't feel blue BLUE fans who had bought tickets for the band's concert here are being asked to hold on to them. The organiser made the request after the band's concert to be held on Saturday at Suntec City was cancelled after band member, Lee Ryan, was injured in a
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    • 234 33 The lighter side Today's joke A NEWLY-married man asked his wife: "Would you have married me if my father hadn't left me a fortune?" "Honey," the woman replied sweetly, "I'd have married you no matter who left you a fortune." Tan Teng Siah Share with us your rib-tickling anecdotes while
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    • 65 33 Another blonde joke A HIGHWAY patrolman pulled alongside a speeding car on the freeway. Glancing at the car, he was astounded to see that the blonde behind the wheel was also knitting. Realising that she was oblivious to his flashing lights and siren, the trooper cranked down his window, turned
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  • 433 34  -  Jose Raymond by j ose@ ne wstoday. com. sg IT IS perhaps the most eagerly awaited night for netball fans in the country. At 7.30pm on Saturday at the Toa Payoh Sports Hall, the NUTC Income Stingrays meet defending champion Carlsberg Southside Sharks in the Grand
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  • 206 34  -  Jose Raymond FANS of the Carlsberg Southside Sharks know just how important 28-year-old goal defender Tham Wai Yee is to the squad. As the last line of defence, Wai Yee, who stands at 1.66m, has been crucial to the Sharks' second place finish in the 2002
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  • 212 34  -  Ray Chen by ray@ne wstoday. co ra. sg OLD rivals Bucks Rugby Club and Singapore Cricket Club (SCC) meet for the first time in today's Singapore Rugby Union's National Rugby Championships match of the round. Come 7pm at the Yio Chu Kang Stadium, Bucks will
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  • 175 34 NTUC Income-TODAY Fan ofthe Week IT WAS certainly a heartwarming sight. To stay close, nine-year-old Ahmad Hafiz Bin Jamal intermittently wrapped his arms around his three younger brothers like a protective shield as they took in an exciting NTUC Income S-League clash between Gombak and Tanjong
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    • 1048 35  -  Wanchai Rujawongsanti by we eken d (<_> newstoday. com. sg FOR those who know Thai tennis, the name Paradorn Srichaphan will strike a chord. The men's ace, along with the country's top female star Tamarine Tanasugarn, has been the flag-bearer of Thai tennis for some years
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    • 216 35 IT WAS a frustrating outing for top seed Vanessa Atkinson as she was soundly beaten 9-5, 9-0, 9-5 by Rachael Grinham in last night's HEAD Singapore Open Women's Squash Championships semi-final. The enthusiastic crowd at the Singapore Squash Centre was given an
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    • 157 35 AFP TAIPEI Taiwan's Lu Wen Teh emerged as the halfway leader at the US$3OO,OOO ($527,000) Taiwan Masters after shooting a seven-under-par 65 on Friday. The 39-year-old Lu shot eight birdies against one bogey at the Tamsui Course at Taiwan Golf and Country Club. His two-day total of 10-under
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    • 249 36 AFP MADRID The expected transfer of Inter Milan's Brazilian World Cup star Ronaldo to Real Madrid broke down here Friday because of "insurmountable differences", the Spanish club announced on its website. The 25-year-old Inter Milan forward has been keen to leave the Italian club
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    • 951 36  -  Rohit Brijnath and, clearly, a vocabulary to match IN the past week, I have spent more time reading up on Roy Keane than working on my golf swing, the unfortunate result of which is that my wife still stands directly behind me, which is the
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    • 595 37  -  Leonard Thomas Mystery liquid seems to be propelling midfield automaton DOES anyone know exactly what Patrick Vieira smears on the front of his jersey every time he pulls it on for a match? Watch today's West Ham encounter at Upton Park and it will be there, that silvery,
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    • 364 37 NEWCASTLE Newcastle manager Bobby Robson paid tribute to Kevin Keegan on Friday as he prepared to pit his wits against his fellow former England manager. Robson's Newcastle opened its campaign with a 4-0 thrashing of West Ham on Monday and it will be attempting
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    • 282 37 Match 2 Man City v Newcastle 24 Aug 7.lspra IX2 (1) Man City $2.85 (X) Draw $3.90 (2) Newcasde $1.92 1/2 Goal Man City (+1 1/2) $1.40 Newcasde (-1 1/2) $2.60 Team News: Man City: Darren Huckerby is likely start in attack alongside Nicolas Anelka, which means that
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    • 440 38  -  Kelvin Phang by kelvi n@n ewsto d ay.co m .sg SINGAPORE'S new badminton hero Ronald Susilo became the first local male shuttler to qualify for the semi-finals of the Yonex-Sunrise Singapore Open on Friday night. The unseeded Singaporean ensured the 4,500 supporters rose to their feet when he
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    • 182 38 Reuters LEEDS Sachin Tendulkar completed his 30th Test century as India strengthened its grip on the third Test against England on Friday, reaching 391 for three late in the afternoon session. He reached the mark with an on-drive for four off spinner Ashley Giles before punching the
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    • 271 38  -  Jose Raymond by j ose @newstoday. com. sg TAMPINES ROVERS nine-match unbeaten run was brought to a crashing halt on Friday night, thanks to a brilliant second-half performance by Woodlands Wellington. After going into the break goalless, the Rams moved up a
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    • 471 39  -  Stanley Ho by stanley@newstoday.com.sg IN THE end, class prevailed. On Friday, the Singapore Combined Schools team had a great opportunity to create history and progress into the final of the 30th Asian Schools Football Championships for the first time. But when the moment of truth came, the
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    • 194 39  -  Stanley Ho NEWLY crowned National Football League (NFL) Division One champion Police Sports Association will be gunning for a unique treble when it takes on Division One rival Singapore Cricket Club in the 2002 Singapore Pools FA Cup Final this Sunday at Clementi Stadium (spm),
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    • 53 39 Why Paradorn Keane has a is now a big big game and fish in tennis a big mouth Bangkok Post writer Wanchai Rohit Brijnath says the Manchester Rujawongsanti says the fast- United star makes valid points, but serving Thai ace is going places they get lost in the swearing Page
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