Today, 5 September 2002, Afternoon Edition

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    6 1 TODAY Thursday September 5, 2002 MlTAfPjOfcJ.'LltftH)]
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon Wall Street bounces back
      223 1 AFP NEW YORK All it took was a piece of good news to propel Wall Street from the previous day's harrowing slump. Buoyed by General Motors' third quarter and full-year earnings forecasts, the markets shrugged off the fresh lows in Tokyo shares and jitters over US
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      Desert storm brewing
      548 1  -  Toh Boon Ngee Bush set for war with Iraq despite shaky support WASHINGTON The President's men remain divided over whether they should attack Iraq. Washington's key allies, especially those in the Arab world, have expressed little enthusiasm, if not outright hostility, for US military action against Iraqi
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  • HOT NEWS
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      A word of caution
      456 2  -  Lee Ching Wern Yaacob on the four Muslim groups which took a stand on Iraq by chingwern@ne wstoday. com. sg THE four Muslim groups which called on the Government to not support any attack or economic sanctions against Iraq will have to "live with the con-
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      Major pile-up on PIE
      70 2 THERE was a 10-car pile-up on the Pan-Island Expressway yesterday. The accident happened at about 9.45 am along the Eunos flyover in the direction of Jurong. Four taxis and six cars were involved. Three people suffered minor injuries and were taken to Tan Tock Seng Hospital.
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      Lock icon Hello, dad... goodbye
      198 2 Channel NewsAsut HLbUiih Yeo Ming Hong the three-year-old boy allegedly abandoned by his mother in Johor Bam returned home to Singapore yesterday, he made a brief stopover at a Johor courthouse to see his father. Yeo Teck Kwang, 45, who has been detained across the Causeway for
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      Thursday movies to cost more
      224 3  -  Tan Hui Leng AT least three cinema operators here have decided to charge movie-goers $1 more for films screened before spm on Thursday. They attribute this to a "ticketing anomaly" that has only been discovered recently. The $7.50 charge for shows after spm used to
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      Is Singapore stuck in an e-rut?
      343 3  -  Tor Ching Li by chingli@n ews tod ay. com. sg SINGAPOREANS may be guilty of burying their heads in research and development and failing to venture into the world to discover the new needs and wants of the market. An expert at a symposium
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      Always there for them
      376 5  -  Toh Boon Ngee Giordano spends 4.5% of its payroll on training incentives for staff by boonngee@ne ws to d ay. c; om.sg GIORDANO'S priority is centred on people. That is why it recruits stringently and trains continuously. And that is why its employees stay on longer
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      Lock icon More hope to migrate
      190 5 Channel NewsAsia A SURVEY by the AC Nielsen research group in July this year showed that more Singaporeans are considering migrating to other countries. When the group conducted a telephone survey last October, 14 per cent of the 1,000 adults polled expressed a desire to leave
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      116 5 PEOPLE DeS^ELOPIR THE People Developer Standard provides organisations a framework for achieving people excellence deveSoping people to be the best and do their best for customers, company and themselves. The standard is a mark of distinction. It distinguishes organisations that have a comprehensive system for developing their people.These organisations provide
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  • LETTERS
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      Rights issue: Answers, please
      233 6  -  Simon Ng Yap Peng I REFER to your report, "The chip squeeze" (Today, Sept 3). The shareholders of Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing are concerned about the share price movement and long-term prospects of this governmentlinked company (GLC). On Monday, Chartered's share price plunged 50 cents to close
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      Poly grads enter job market successfully after NS, says Mindef
      333 6 WE refer to the letter, "Does NSlag lead to obsolete skills?" (Today, Aug 27). We recognise that serving full-time National Service (NS) requires effort and sacrifice. For most Singaporean males, it means committing two to two-and-a-half years of their lives
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon Manufacturing sector losing steam
      212 8 AFP AN imminent recovery in Singapore's manufacturing sector is not guaranteed, with a key indicator showing a declining performance in August. The Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI), based on a survey of more than 150 industrial companies, stood at 50.8 points last month a drop of 1.5
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    • Market Watch
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        Singapore
        129 8 STEEP overnight losses on Wall Street precipitated some knee-jerk selling here but dealers said it was orderly and rational. Late bargain-hunting and short-covering emerged to buoy shares. The Straits Times Index, which hit an intra-day low of 1,429.49, ended up 2.56 points at 1,453,41. There were 122 gainers and
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        World markets
        53 8 Index Value Change Pti Nikkei 225 9075.09 -141.95 -1.54 Hung Seng Ml Ordinaries raiwan Wtd 9820.33 3093.20 4534.1 S +29.65 -50.00 -53.91 +.30 -1.59 -1.18 (otea Comp 723.05 -17.54 -2.37 iEI Index 351.94 ■3.65 ■1.03 lake la Comp 420.44 -9.55 -2.22 Phils temp >henzen B 1113.96 241.27 +15.B7
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 8 US$ 0.5719 UK£ 0.3680 Yen 67.231 HK$ 4.4603 KM 2.1734 Euro 0.5791 Rupiab 5050.5 Bahf 24.144 Peso 29.537 A$ 1.0418 Indian Rs ***** Won 686.81 C$ 0.8903 Yuan 4.7342 U% 1.2187 WT$ 19.613
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        Commodities
        21 8 Gold ffii/tz 315.000 Silver osj/k 1.485 Platinum iH$/m 544.600 Rubfaer tMis/kg 156.00 Palm ail RW/imnß 1517 Brent crude J!;-™;! 26.825
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        Straits Times Index — 10-Day Chart
        5 8 Straits Times Index 10-Day Chart
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        SGX most active
        55 8 By volume Sept 4 '000 Ciliraya 36,875 Links k 22,323 Chartered 14,187 TPV 13,647 DotmrftUSS 53,275 By value Sept 4 UOB 27,647,600 Venture 25,836,680 Chartered 23,243,210 Ciliraya 23,002,110 STEngg 17,532,640 '000 ST Engg 10,796 PNEIndW*****8 10,067 PFood 9,148 SingTel 7,475 UniFood 7,522 DBS 16,467,467 SPH 12,437,500 OCBC
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        SGX top rises
        79 8 Sept 4 Close Chpngi IMH400USS 5.950 +0.201 3CBC 10.700 +0.201 iPH 19.300 +0.201 DBS Bk 6% NCP*****1.200 +0.101 iTEngg 1.690 +0.101 Chartered 1.690 +0.101 DBS 11.900 +0.101 ip Lpnd W05D323 1.290 +0.061 IijiD'O 1.390 +0.051 SreatEosI 9.450 +0.051 9y percentage Sept4 Eastgote WO***** itrikaWO6G105 Close Chang* 0.085
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        Lock icon SGX top fails
        85 8 BLOOMBERG Sept 4 Aseon 20OLJSS Bukit 5m Close Changi (.300 -0.201 11.300 -0.201 CSC CITYDEV 4.100 -0.1 Bl 5.850 -0.101 51s ZOO 11.200 -0.101 Creative SO 13.200 -0.101 SIIEIF !0O SingTel Sincere SingTel 1 DO 14.330 -0.081 1.400 4081 1.210 -0.06! 1.400 -0.061 By percentage Sept 4
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    • ENRICHING LIFE
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        Make a head start...
        988 11 with a wide range of activities that complement your degree BANKER Karen Lim felt like a new woman after attending one of the make-up courses offered by the Social Development Unit (SDU) in July. "I learnt to apply make-up in a way that enhances my face,"
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      Lock icon Connecting Asia, the M-E and Europe
      155 12 AFP SINGTEL has joined 12 other carriers to plan and initiate the construction of a new submarine cable linking Asia, the Middle East and Western Europe. The network will provide much needed bandwidth as existing cables along the same route are becoming increasingly saturated,
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      World view
      402 12  -  Richard Seah Plan unveiled to help local firms go global by rich ard @newstoday. com. sg INTERNATIONAL Enterprise (IE) Singapore has unveiled a host of measures to help Singapore companies go global, including a $5 million plan to provide greater international exposure for local executives. It is also
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      A thorny issue
      343 14  -  Val Chua Investors fret over CSM share subscription by val@news to day.com. sg MINORITY investors of Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing (CSM) are caught between a rock and a hard place. Many feel they are left with "no choice" but to subscribe to the eight-for-10 rights issue at $1
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      2492 14 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Enctuiries CofE BS2 2973-6600 E-mail lipper.ositr@reuteri.com 3O/B 0»C Cap PMid Slobal Cqiy {USD} 0.899* .1/) Five (rrcwSE Asia S« «ial Silniions 0.535 0.67 3/9 FiieArrcnn Worldwide Egrerpriie 0.76 0.805 Dnie Fund Nuns NAV/Bid OFfar Prin FiioD Abtrdeen Asset Monojsmenl (isio) V9 0.587 0.617 3/t A ieri Be-n
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      6 8 inforrnotipn J3S ,°%*> k I net research
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      31 14 ANNOUNCEMENT CHINATOWN FOOD STREET SMITH STREET Operation hours will be extended to 1.00 am nightly. \|rf^*| Chinatown Business Association fci I 25 Ta-nygumi Strvs;t #02-08 Singapore *****6 Tel: *****478 Fasj *****438
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      703 15 I,^ 3O Awa toB Sej? 2002 ;i S Don't miss your chance to experience centuries-old fjr^ g -s^^^ -Fi ceremony from Thailand! On the full moon of the 12th hjt^tk^ fyr^L&pM-jrf^fi/ Lunar Month every year. Thai people gather together y-. f to pay respect to the Goddess of the River
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      176 16 TAIWAN FOOD FAIR (31 Aug 8 Sep, 11 am 9pm) Over 300 varieties of mouth-watering 'dianxin', desserts, snacks fruits from Taiwan the biggest choice. Taste Taiwan's famous dumplings, delicious glutinous rice balls, crispy crackers, unique candies, sweet succulent fruits and more. Chomp your way to euphoria at Tanglin Mall's Taiwan
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Verdict: Guilty
      331 17 Agencies AkbarTanjung sentenced to three years in prison JAKARTA Indonesian Parliament Speaker Akbar Tanjung was sentenced to three years' jail yesterday at the end of a high-profile corruption trial. The court, headed by Mr Amiruddin Zakaria, sent two co-defeudants in the case to jail for 18 months. The
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      Lock icon Earth deal
      139 17 Agencies JOHANNESBURG Leaders at the Earth Summit of Sustainable Development here pledged to lift two billion of the world's poorest out of poverty while protecting the earth. They adopted a 65-page action plan yesterday to, among other things, halve by 2015 the number of people in Africa lacking
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      Progress or deadlock?
      491 18  -  ■Julie Sim M'sia dailies divided over outcome of water talks IS this another case of never the twain shall meet? While the Singapore media was not ecstatic over the results of the inconclusive talks between Singapore and Malaysia, its Malaysian counterpart largely applauded the outcome of the
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      Lock icon Fate uncertain for refugees
      156 18 Agencies BEIJING The fate of the 15 North Korean asylum seekers who sought refuge in a German school here on Tuesday remains uncertain, as German and Chinese officials began negotiations to resolve the situation. The complexity revolves around the issue of whether the school compound comes
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      Will he stay on?
      291 19 All eyes on Jiang's next move BEIJING Is China s next generation of leaders up to the task of dealing with the country's economic problems and foreign policy challenges? It seems that the current rulers are wondering about that, which is why President Jiang Zemin (picture)
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      A new age of spellers
      112 19 LONDON Britain is producing a generation of "tabloid spellers" who can spell "David Beckham" better than "millennium", according to a poll published yesterday. It was no surprise that the children could spell "David Beckham" as they heard the name spoken frequently in the media, said
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      Lock icon Deportation camps not good enough
      168 19 -AFP KOTA KINABALU The Philippines has urged Malaysia to improve the conditions in its deportation camps for illegal immigrants, especially for women and children. Mr Nur Jaafar, head of a team from Manila looking into the camps, said people awaiting deportation had complained of poor
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      Lock icon Killer voices
      65 19 Reuters mrnmm SEOUL A jobless man, claiming he was acting on voices telling him to kill people, slashed 10 children in a church school cafeteria yesterday. The 53-year-old man was arrested shortly after the attack, which left some of the children with serious head and neck injuries. The
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  • UPFRONT
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      Drama in real life
      803 20  -  Sanjay Kapoor Bollywood struggles to break lose from the clutches of the underworld INDIAN movies are about the good guys bashing up the bad guys. It makes you wonder given the fact that underworld money funds the making of these films why crooks finance flicks that
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  • INFOTECH
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      Mobile Hotmail
      226 22 THE MSN network of Internet services has forged an alliance with Sing Tel Mobile so that MSN and Sing Tel Mobile users can access their MSN Hotmail accounts via two-way SMS on their mobile phones. Users will be able to send messages to the sender's inbox via SMS.
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      Pretty, yet practical
      367 22  -  Gene Steinberg The consumer eMac is an appealing mid-range choice CNETAsia Product Reviews asia c net. com/reviews by IT didn't take Apple long to move the eMac (picture) from the education market to general availability. And, why not? After all, the computer offers an appealing mid-range choice
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      3D gaming just got better with Blaster 5
      220 22 ENJOY hours of intensive 3D gaming with Creative Technology's 3D Blaster 5 RX9OOO Pro. These drives reap the benefits of 64M8 of ultra-fast 3.3 nanosecond Double Data Rate (DDR) memory with ATl's Radeon 9000 Proßadeon 9000 Pro Graphics Processing Unit, which features
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      195 23 Behind Every Successful Global Company Is Its People i mm Formerly known as the Singapore Trade Development Board (TDB), International Enterprise Singapore (IE Singapore) is trie lead agency spearheading Singapore's efforts to deveiop its external economic wing. IE Singapore's mission is to help Singaporebased companies grow and internationaiise. We offer
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  • MANPOWER SPECIAL
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      Singapore companies lack globalisation skills
      438 24 ALMOST all large corporations in Singapore have "regionalisation" or "globalisation" plans, but they generally lack the skills needed to go international. "Companies in general have yet to maximise their current growth potential as a result of the limited effectiveness of their workforce," said a report
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      TO BOLDLY GO...
      9 24 Preparing Singaporeans for the international stage
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      THE VALUE OF HUMAN CAPITAL
      400 25 Excerpts from the opening address by Mr Lee Vi Shyan (picture), CEO, International Enterprise Singapore, at the seminar; "Human Capital: Success strategies for internationalising companies." THROUGHOUT the history of mankind, many battles were fought, numerous wars waged. Talent and organisation determine whether an empire rises
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      International exposure benefits staff and company
      646 26  -  Justyn Olby INTERNATIONAL exposure is not just good for the employees sent overseas, but also for the company involved. International Enterprise (IE) Singapore proved this point when it undertook a pilot project to test the waters by sending fresh graduates to work for Singapore
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      147 24 WHY GO GLOBAL IlidljTffWSSH Limited domestic demand Kt9 HEVfUH Emergence of China and India Krl Increased competition in Singapore Increasing business costs in Singapore Global capital flow Opportunities from mergers and acquisitions WHAT CORE INTERNATIONAL SKILLS WE NEB): PPMPPI|I^^H International finance Oil If'] T3 International business development Ul mjJA International
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  • LIMELIGHT
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      Jordan's body of art
      507 28  - Jordan 's body of art Vee Wei Zhen Fresh piercings mark completion of singer's new album by we izh en@news tod ay. com. sg MENTION the name Jordan Chan and the word "cool" invariably comes to mind. However, in a press conference to promote his new album last Thursday, Jordan
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  • FOOD FORUM
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      Fishing for dinner ideas?
      665 29  -  Kalrina Karim FISH is one of the most versatile products of nature's bounty. Not only is it delicious stir-fried, barbecued or steamed, it is also enjoyable when dried and salted. Eating fish whole has a long tradition as whole fish is thought to represent wealth and
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      250 29 Ingredients fIUI £4 2 large fish steaks (mackerel is recommended) 2 bunches lettuce 1 cucumber, sliced a handful of cherry tomatoes 1 bunch lons beans, cut into shorter lengths fresh herbs, fresh mint, basil, coriander leaves 2 green chillies, or more if you like it spicy 5 shallots 2 stalks
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  • HEALTH
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      CHECK OUT THESE EXHIBITIONS
      70 30 THIS year, Singapore is hosting the 4th International Exhibition on Hospital, Pharmaceutical, Medical Rehabilitation Equipments Supplies (HOSPIMedicaASIA) and the 3rd Occupational Safety Health Exhibition for Asia {OS+H Asia) from Sept 10 to 12. During the three-day event at Suntec Singapore Halls 601-603, you can expect to
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      Online aid for doctors
      465 30  -  Alice Leong by AN increasing number of doctors are leveraging on information technology (IT) to be better healthcare providers. Walk into any clinic today and you may not see staff sieving through stacks and stacks of records or doctors issuing medical certificates manually. They are more
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  • CITYSTYLE
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      Fashion, food frenzy
      390 31  -  Pearlyn Tham Fun bazaar by G2OOO and U2 enjoys a successful debut by pea rly n@n c wsto day.com .sg IT was a gloomy Saturday afternoon but guests at the New Fashion Bazaar were feeling on top of the world. After all, the New Fashion Bazaar, presented
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      40m mural kicks off campaign
      171 31  -  Pearlyn Tham A COLOURFUL ii.4om-long mural was unveiled last Friday as a symbol of the Stop Global Warming campaign organised by The Body Shop and Greenpeace International. Top African musician Baaba Maal unveiled the mural, which was designed by a group of South African artists
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      CityLink Mall's new tenants
      87 31 NOW, there's even more reason for you to head to City Link Mall Singapore's first underground shopping mall when you are near City Hall MRT station. Five new tenants have opened for business as the mall enters its third year of operations. The new tenants are
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      AHA or good old fashioned exfoliation? You take your pick
      522 31  -  Toh King Yu, L Miss Ever Soft 'T^HESE days, the key word in 1 sldncare is "AHA". What's that, you ask? AHA, which stands for Alpha Hydroxy Acid, is found in some skin cleansers or creams as it can help
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  • INCINEMAS
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      Lock icon I know who you married last summer ...
      130 32 I know who you married last summer -Keuters LOS ANGELES Bujfy the Vampire Slayer star Sarah Michelle Gellar and actor Freddie Prinze Jr married on Sunday at a private ceremony in Mexico, their publicist said on Tuesday. It's the first for both Gellar, 25, and Prinze, 26, who began dating
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      A simple tale
      365 32  -  David Ngiau Road to Perditions strength is in its telling FILM REVIEW Road tO Perdition (Opens today) T EMERGED from watching Road to wondering what its "message" was. The film, you see, isn't out to preach but to just present its simple (which isn't to say weak)
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      Recipe for disaster or ...?
      163 33 Recipe for disaster or FIND five openly gay men, then get five homophobic ones. Get a house, combine the two groups. Mix well. Chicago TV station WFLD, which is owned by the Fox network, is planning to do just that in a news "experiment", which critics say has more to
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      Lock icon Joan Chen to direct Unwanted
      112 33 Reuters/Variety HOLLYWOOD Actress-turned-director Joan Chen will direct The Unwanted, based on Kien Nguyen's memoir about life as an Amerasian boy raised in communist Vietnam. Joan adapted the script with Geling Van, with whom she wrote her 1998 directorial debut, Xiv Xiv: The Sent Down Girl.
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      Lock icon The return of the blonde
      126 33 Reuters/Variety HOLLYWOOD Reese Witherspoon (picture) will receive US$l5 million ($25.57 million) to reprise her role as a bubbly blonde sorority girl turned legal eagle in Legally Blonde 2: Red, White Blonde. MGM has been racing to put the comedy on the fast track for a
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  • Page 34 Miscellaneous
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      1489 34 On TV Grosse Pointe Halloween channel 5, i™ Klimk Kits Surio, 8.30pm goggles -Shota's Sushi channel 8,1 i.3Dpm Sept 11 -One Year On > m_<^m -20/20 Special cna,7.3Zpm While filming a stunt. Marty cracks when a woman died of liver failure as a s^Bmm }ianStai is disappointed that imWW*. m
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  • TIMEOUT
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      Going, going, gone ... after just one day
      257 35  - Going, going, gone after just one day ■Janice Lee THE big-time auction made a comeback last week at the Raffles Town and Country Club, when the top UK auctioneer SHM Smith Hodgkinson took bids for an exclusive Versace collection. But, one day after it started, SHM cancelled the auction and
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      425 35  -  Yong Shu Chiang Writers too influenced by MTV, says judge by 29 AUGUST 2002, THURSDAY, 4 PM Today photo by shuchiang@newstoday.com.sg THEY may not be afraid to tackle tough issues, but our young playwrights are too influenced by Western movies and the media. That's the analysis of the
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      Lock icon Scholes surprise
      694 36 Man United angers FA as it moves into fourth spot English Premier League Man Utd 1 Middlesbrough 0 Van Nistelrooy opens his Premiership account MANCHESTER The popular theory that Manchester United and Sir Alex Ferguson in particular believes it is a law unto itself resurfaced last night when
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      Lock icon News gets from bad to worse for Vieira
      316 36 Agencies LONDON First, he heard that his red card would not be rescinded. Then yesterday, Patrick Vieira learnt his punishment was about to become even harsher. But at least Arsenal has vowed to back skipper Vieira to the hilt after he was
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      Uriah's not hip
      146 36 LONDON Referee Uriah Rennie has been warned he set "a dangerous precedent" by manhandling Manchester United's Roy Keane, reported BBCSportOnline, Rennie is facing a disciplinary hearing in the aftermath of the stormy 1-1 draw at Sunderland which ended with Keane being sent off after a running battle
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  • SPORTS
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        Lock icon Houllier criticises friendlies
        533 38 Agencies NYON Players forced to take part in meaningless friendly internationals are compromising their domestic league performances, Liverpool manager Gerard Houllier said yesterday. Houllier took a swipe at the international football calendar and the callup of players for games like England's clash with Portugal on Saturday. Liverpool
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        Keane hit with two charges
        108 38 LONDON Manchester United captain Roy Keane was charged with two counts of bringing the game into disrepute by the English Football Association (FA) yesterday, following the publication of his controversial autobiography. Both charges relate to an incident, detailed in Keane's book, involving Manchester City's Alf
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        Woodgate's troubles not over yet
        74 38 LONDON England is facing the prospect of its European Championship campaign being overshadowed by the civil case brought by Asian student Sarfraz Najeib against Lee Bowyer and Jonathan Woodgate. The lawyer for the Najeib family today confirmed that Woodgate will be served with a writ
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        Lock icon Defending champ Venus in last four
        309 38 AFP NEW YORK Defending champion Venus Williams advanced to the US Open semi-finals for the sixth year in a row this morning, routing former world number one Monica Seles 6-2, 6-3. Wiltiams answered Seles' only break-point chance of the night by scoring seven unanswered
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      Lock icon Marren takes case to Fifa
      465 39  -  r Jose Raymond Ex-Ram claims club wrongfully ended his contract by Today Exclusive Jose news today, com. ss DISSATISFIED that his contract was terminated by the club, ex-international and former Woodlands Wellington defender Tamil Marren has taken up his case with international football body Fifa.
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      Lock icon Will the 100m race be Ultraman v Shyam Part II?
      525 39  -  Kelvin Phang by kelvin@n ewsto day. c cm. sg A REPEAT showdown between SEA Games champion Reanchai Seeharwong and Singapore's fastest man U X Shyam could be the highlight of this weekend's 64th Sportade Singapore Open at Serangoon Stadium. At
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      All-star SCC Sevens
      120 39 AS PART of its 150 th birthday celebration, the Singapore Cricket Club (SCC) will hold a charity soccer match today. SCC's president's XI will take on Singapore Recreation Club's (SRC) president's XI at 5.30pm at the Padang. The match will see local favourites Fandi Ahmad and V
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      First for China
      122 39 SHENZHEN John Daly and Colin Montgomerie, two of the big names in world golf, will compete in China's first US$l million ($1.7 million) tour event this year when they teeoff in the TCL Classic from Nov 14-17. TCL Industries Holdings (HK) Limited will stage the inaugural event
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