Today, 7 September 2002

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  • Title Section
    Masthead
    6 1 weekendTODAY September 7 8 2002 MiTA(p>24Sfl)3aoa2
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon A PRELUDE TO WAR
    677 1  -  Jaime Koh Jets pound Iraq to blunt missile threat to Israel 'T^HE biggest air raid on Iraq in four years cripX pled a key air defence installation west of Baghdad from which President Saddam Hussein might well lob missiles into Israel if allied forces attacked in
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    SIA and the silence trap
    896 1  -  Joy Frances DOES anybody bother to pick up a phone and talk to each other on industrial relations in Singapore Airlines? The threat of industrial action seems to have receded for now, but the sequence of events that took the airline to the brink reads
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      74 1 NEIL (f&i HUMPHREYS/7 w in Batam, iike a blushing lobster pi CKipMT NIESENAS/21 ruies the fairways ROKIT BRIJNATH/38 sides with women in the battle at Augusta I The EatOut Trip of the Year/25 Wine and dine your way through Sydney, Blue Mountains and the Huntei Valley in the SA(UIC)/Tnday Executive
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      68 2 Defending rights issue/11 Chartered Semiconductor CEO denies any wrongdoing or privatisation move K^K-."" "1 An ace on a par four/37 Stanley Ng hits miracle shot at Island course Rip-roaring ride/29 Yf jiaiLi.i(ji:i:T I I Carrefour s wine of the week?/25 Shiraz. Meriot. Semillon. Riesling. Chardonnay. Do you know your wines?
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  • NEWS
    • Article
      NUSS rejects Pinetree bid
      643 3  -  Tor Ching Li Members defeat move by three votes MEMBERS OF THE National University of Singapore Society (NUSS) rejected a move by the management committee to submit a bid for the 200,000 sq ft Pinetree Resort property along Stevens Road. After a spirited three-hour discussion on
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      Lock icon The boy whom the media can't name
      113 3 Channel NewsAsia THE media in Singapore can no longer mention the name or identity of the three-year-old boy who was abandoned in Johor Baru last month. He is now protected under Section 35 of the Children and Young Persons Act, which imposes a
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      Lock icon Anger over nude scenes
      72 3 -AFP photo Some 50 right-wing Hindu party Shiv Sena members barged into a Bombay theatre and stopped the screening of Ek Chotsi Love Story (A Small Love Story) on Friday in which the lead actress, Manisha Koirara, had objected to because of nude scenes. Hundreds queued
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    • Article
      Lock icon Suspicious father shoots daughter
      216 3 AFP AMMAN —A 17-year-old Jordanian girl suspected of having premarital sex was shot dead by her father in an act of "honour killing". The killing took place shortly after the police handed her back to her family on Wednesday after her father signed a declaration that
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    • Article
      Banking on Sundays
      401 4  -  Tan Hui Leng Home loan war heats up THE home loan war will escalate to new heights this weekend. After months of interest rate cuts and waiver of legal fees to lower borrowing costs, banks are now opening on Sundays specially to cash in on prospective home-buyers
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      Lock icon Wedding surprise
      52 4 Reuters photo ONE of Japan's top-selling pop stars, 19 year old Utada Hikaru, announced on Friday that she had married Kazuaki Kiriya, in his mid--305 and director of many of her music videos. This sparked news flashes on national television and sent the legions of her male fans
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    • Article
      Much ado about MMS
      264 4  -  Tan Hut Leng Chan Chao P&h IT'S the next big thing in the evolution of the hugelypopular Short Messaging Service (SMS), declare mobile phone operators. But while Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) allows handphone users to send photos and tunes instead of plain text messages, the question
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      The new Asian entrepreneur
      189 4 A NEW breed of Asian entrepreneurs is emerging. The entrepreneurs are highly-educated. They have studied and worked in the United States and are returning to their homelands. "They carry with them some of the American spirit of seeing failure as a pathway to success," said Senior
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  • COMMENTARY
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Blushing lobster in Batam
      801 7  -  Neil Humphreys HAVING just returned from a weekend in Batam, I was reminded of two absolute certainties in life. First, I always live up to ray ang moh billing and return with a face redder than that of a blushing lobster. I have only to poke
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      Lock icon Sept 11: Asian perspectives
      218 18 -AFP ASIA is still reeling from the "aftershocks" of the Sept 11 terrorist attacks, says a new book. September 11 and Political Freedom: Asian Perspectives, a collection of 11 essays by academics, examines the links between globalisation, poverty and terrorism, criticises Asean's shortcomings and analyses Asian
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      Lock icon Bill to arm US pilots passed
      205 18 Agencies WASHINGTON Despite objections from the Bush administration, the US Senate on Friday voted to arm US commercial airline pilots and allow them to use lethal force to protect threatened aircraft. Gun control advocates from the Democrats joined Republicans in passing the measure 87-6,
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      Lock icon Air pollution in HK gets worse
      71 18 Agencies HONG KONG Thick smog blanketed Hong Kong on Friday. The government urged people with respiratory problems to stay away from areas of heavy traffic congestion and to cut back on physical activity out- doors. Government officials blamed local factories, vehicles and development in
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      Speechless in Singapore
      875 18  -  Ravi Veloo SINGAPORE'S Speechless Corner quietly turned two years old this week marking itself firmly as a national embarrassment. If you recall, it was our liberals who proposed to the Government a so-called free speech area, the Speakers' Corner, almost like a man with a begging bowl,
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      Modern English a tongues
      728 19  -  Dave Barry has people speaking in IT IS time for another installation of "Ask Mister Language Person", the penultimate authority on grammatorical issues; the column that puts the "p-u" in punctuation; the only language column that was endorsed by Jane Austen and William Shakespeare before they
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  • LETTERS
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      Maid levy creates jobs for S'poreans
      422 8  -  Jean Tan (Ms) WE refer to Mr Michael Loh Yik Ming's letter, "Raise maid levy? Why should we regulate their number?" (TODAY, Aug 30). Given our physical constraints and the social costs arising from their employment, we cannot allow a liberal admission of Foreign
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      That stand on Iraq
      383 8  -  Ritawiilis Sdamat Critical analysis of Muslim groups' statement THE Muslim community is in the spotlight yet again with the recent statement issued by the four Muslim groups asking the Government not to support any attack on Iraq ("A word of caution", Today, Sept 5). According to
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  • BUSINESS
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      Geomancy rules
      542 10  -  Lee Yew Meng PUNTERS and even experts are turning to divine guidance to help them make money in a volatile and difficult stock market. No longer can they rely on the traditional boom and bust cycle to win their bets. Now, it seems that they need the helping
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      How did the experts' predictions of economic recovery go so wrong?
      634 10  -  Vasu Menon FORECASTING is not a science, but in the last one year, many forecasts about the global economy and stock markets have gone awry. At the beginning of this year, several economists and analysts made bullish projections about
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      Lock icon Grilled and probed ...
      567 11  - Grilled and probed Val Chua But CSM denies wrongdoing AMIDST allegations of a news leak, Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing on Friday defended its controversial rights issue, denied insider trading by its staff and shot down any privatisation talk. Its CEO, Mr Chia Song Hwee (picture, left), confirmed that the company "received
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      Lock icon One step closer to FA agreement
      288 11 AFP SYDNEY Australia and Singapore are hoping to finalise a free trade pact at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) leaders summit in Mexico next month, trade officials said. Singaporean trade officials are in Australia for the latest of a protracted round of negotiations. The
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    • Market Watch
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        Singapore
        110 11 SINGAPORE shares closed down on Friday. The STI slid 5.19 points down to 1442.58 after a news report that 100 American and British planes took part in an attack on a major Iraqi defence facility. The news had traders cutting their long positions, while investors that were contemplating investments
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        World markets
        56 11 Index Value Change Pfc Nikkei 225 Hang Seng 411 Ordinaries MwcnWtd 9129.07 9720.84 3042.10 1459.37 ■93.05 -5.17 2370 ■74.78 -1.01 -0.05 077 ■1.65 Korea Comp JET Index i!=iii li Camp Phils Comp ihenzen B ■-.-■■iiii-I i 708.73 353.55 427.80 1121.31 237.24 3141.11 ■12.25 +3.50 +.68 +2.86 -0.99 40.36
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        Your S$1 buys
        37 11 US$ 0.***** UKE 0.***** Yen 67.6150 HK$ 4.***** RW 2.***** Euro 0.***** RupiLil- 5074.08 Bnht 24.1 805 Peso 29.6750 A$ 1.***** Indian lis *****0 Won 634.543 C$ 0.***** Yuan 4.7350 Nls 1.***** NT$ 19.5177
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        Commodities
        21 11 Eo!(fuss/« 319.80 Silver usj/k 4.545 Platinum iist/n 539.00 Rubber Ms/kg 162.00 Palm oil hW-cmc 1463 0: i crude usi/tami 27,52
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        Straits Times Index — 10-Day Chart
        5 11 Straits Times Index 10-Day Chart
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        SGX most active
        58 11 By volume Sept 6 '000 Links Is 53,697 (iiircyo 40,936 Dili..i illS 21,646 HyHux 19,770 UM 12,581 By value Sept 6 UOB 35,032,543 SIA 34,432,918 Ciliraya 25,113,000 Hyflux 18,553,855 OotacrflUSS 16,305,445 '000 TAC2OOUSS 10,794.8 Chartered 8,726 UniFood 8,613 Sing Tel 8,065 IPV 6,613 Links Is 15,837,270 DBS
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        SGXtop rises
        75 11 By$ Sepl 6 Close Change taon20OU5$ 6.200 +0.200 [SC 4.160 40.080 Haw Par 4.180 +0.080 IMH400USS 6.000 +0.050 DUE 6.750 +0.050 ",PH-SIAD8eSCW*****70.63O +0.040 iinglel 1.410 +0.040 Capiraland 1.400 +0.040 SIEngg 1.750 +0.010 ■IteDyn O.120 +0.030 percentage Sept 6 m jss '■.0;D' m (yosha (lose Changi 0.110 +37.501 0.070
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        Lock icon SGX top falls
        77 11 Bloomberg iy$ iepl 6 Close Change .IA200 10.600 4100 Irealive 50 12.500 -0.300 iliS 10.600 -0.300 iPH 18.800 -0.200 ■CCNCCPS*****9 1.050 -0.180 Hyflux 0.915 -0.145 Venture 11.900 -0.100 JOB 12.800 -0.100 )CBC 10.400 -0.100 ]8SBk6SNCPS101O4.100 -0.100 By percentage Sept 6 (lose Change M 0.015 -25.000 Kon Bros
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    • Article
      Lock icon NOL deep in the red
      292 12 Bloomberg Posts $265m first-half loss, expects loss for the year NEPTUNE Orient Lines (NOL) on Friday posted a worse-than-expected first-half loss because of low container rates and higher interest payments. The operator of the world's sixthlargest liner fleet predicts a full-year loss. For the six
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      New Evergreen deal
      129 12 REAFFIRMING their long-term partnership, Evergreen Marine Corp and PSA Corp have signed a new terminal service agreement. Evergreen vessels, operating the intra-Asia routes, as well as some of its joint services will continue to call at Singapore port, said Mr Arnold Wang, president of Evergreen Marine. "We
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      3441 12 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS £nquiiies:Coll 852-2973-6600 E-mail iipper.osio@reute rs.com 30/8 OAC Cap Pptd EurEoty (USDI 0.8897 30/8 DAC (op PpldGlahal Eqly (USD! 0.8999 OCBC Asset JVLanaqernent Lirnited 4/9 5q»-ips Enop Ecta-rc Fi EURO 0 B09 4/9 iifiritvii-StKklideilJ 0.616 4/9 itin-i ±l::i Sii-llidiiFd 0.606 4.'9 iltil-, < ':j,'l Ink I 0.632 ■l.-i
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      Edelweiss among five launches this weekend
      911 13 TRIPARTITE Developers is releasing another 99 units of its freehold Edelweiss Park condominium (picture) at this weekend's official launch. This comes after 50 per cent of the 125 units in Phase One of the condo development at Upper Changi were snapped up during last
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      Lock icon Centrepoint expands its suburban malls
      122 13 Channel N&wsAsia Between 1.5 million and 1.8 million shoppers visit North Point and Causeway Point shopping centres every month. This is about half a million more than Centrepoiitt in Orchard Road. This is the reason why Centrepoint Properties is expanding its reach into the suburban
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Taiwan storm
      66 14 KKiriEHA photo Waves crashing against the shore in the northern Taiwanese city of Keelung on Friday, as Typhoon Sinlaku approaches the island. With winds of 145kph and gusts of up to ISOkph, the typhoon shut down the island's financial markets and businesses, and disrupted domestic traffic. People in
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      Lock icon Kashmir separatist leaders arrested
      273 14 Agencies SRINAGAR (India) The chief of Indian Kashmir's main separatist alliance and two other leaders were put under house arrest on Friday, ahead of state-assembly elections next week. The All-Parties Hurriyat Conference, an umbrella organisation of separatist political groups, condemned the arrests of chairman Abdul Gani
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      Lock icon Where guns are boiled
      1370 14  -  Samiran Saha Welcome to Siachen, the world's coldest battlefield HERE, guns need to be boiled before use. Holding ammunition without gloves may glue skin to metal so hard that fingers need to be surgically untangled. A drink of water means melting ice over a slow fire.
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      Bloody days to come?
      415 16 Fears of more terror attacks as 911 anniversary draws near KABUL Fears are growing that there will be more terrorist attacks as the anniversary of Sept 11 approaches after the assassination attempt against Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai on Thursday. Ten months after the collapse of the
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      No proof
      119 16 KUALA LUMPUR In a decision announced on Friday, a four-member Federal Court agreed unanimously that the police have failed to prove the guilt of four Keadilan detainees, reported Malaysiakini. But the detainees will still have to serve a two-year detention that was signed by Home Minister Abdullah Ahmad
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      Lock icon China outraged
      246 16 -AFP WASHINGTON In the first toplevel defence official's visit since the late *****, Taiwan's Deputy Defence Minister Kang NingHsiang will arrive here this weekend for talks with his counterparts. Mr Kang will stay through to Sept 12, when he will fly to Hawaii, home of the US Pacific
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      Lock icon Killer may avoid arrest
      168 16 Agencies THE former Khmer Rouge colonel responsible lor abducting and murdering three Western backpackers in 1994 was yesterday sentenced to life in prison by a Cambodian court. But Chhouk Rin (picture) who was convicted of the crimes in 2000 but freed following an amnesty aimed at
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      Manila works on Sabah claim
      259 16 MANILA The row between Malaysia and the Philippines over the plight of illegal immigrants has revived discussions on Manila's dormant claim to the Malaysian state of Sabah. Philippine President Gloria Arroyo and Congress leaders on Friday agreed to craft a unified approach to the claim.
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      It's Singapore's loss: Dr M
      162 16 CYBERJAYA Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said on Friday the impasse over the issue of water pricing should not be allowed to drag on. "I think there should be some time frame but I don't know what it should be," he was
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      Americans' NEW NORMALCY
      863 17  -  Emmet Linn Sept 11 has thrown lives into a state of paradox WHEN Sept 11 arrives, one of the things I may do to commemorate the first anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the United States is to visit Independence Hall, the most important building in US
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      ShopTalk
      269 17 MM EVERY STEP YOU TAKE Be good to your feet. Scholl's Gelactiv sandals are fitted with an ultralight A outsole designed to cushion your foot and prevent tiredness. As your foot i makes contact with the ground, the unique gel reduces the heel impact during the first part of
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  • Weekend feature
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      Pretty MEN
      637 20  -  Yee Wei Zhen Redtop artistes cause a flutter among men and women THEIR coquettish allure and meticulous make-up, lips and eyebrows arched to perfection, are dizzying and spellbinding. The gentle lift of a finger and soft caressing of hair leave you dumbfounded and marvelling: How can these lovely
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      TOO MANY ... but the scenry's GREAT
      1039 20  - TOO MANY but the scenry's GREAT Clement Mesenas \7OU want to know why golf is so popular X Singapore. It's because of the rules. We love rules, we have been taught to learn and obey rules for so long, it's rare that we find the contrary sod who will not
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      The day communication systems failed
      200 21  -  Janice Lee BBC's Attack on the Wires gives a behind-the-scenes look at how global telecom networks failed on Sept 11. The day saw the largest volume of local and long-distance phone calls in history. But, a majority of calls never made it through. The West
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      Lock icon Hey, good-looking!
      308 22  -  Yee Wei Zhen Island-wide hunt for the bold and the beautiful WETH the debut of MediaCorp TV Channel B's Beautiful People on Saturday, our goggle box will soon be filled with beautiful women. Every week, hosts Desmond Koh and Joey Swee will go hunting around the island for
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    • Article
      Exercise for therapy
      239 22 THE Singapore Physiotherapy Association (SPA) is a member of the World Confederation for Physical Therapy. The SPA will celebrate World Physiotherapy Day on Sunday with physiotherapists from all over the world throughout this month. The theme for this year's Physiotherapy Day is "Exercise for Therapy", in line
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      103 22 I l/fmga I r** BES Technology would like to congratulate the United BMEC would like Singapore Physiotherapy to congratulate the SPA would like to congratulate Association and all its Singapore Physiotherapy all its members as we celebrate members Association and all its International Physiotherapy members. Day on Bth8 th September
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
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      280 22 PARTICIPATE Vanity Affair by MediaCorp Radio Like the idea of spending a day devoted to feeling and looking good? Join MediaCorp Radio for one of the year's most anticipated women's event The Vanity Affair. Be there as the latest fall collections by G2OOO, U2, U2 Women and the Fall Colours
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  • FAMILY
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      LEVERAGING, not averaging
      815 23  -  Theresa Tan IN the last six months, I have changed my life quite drastically. I look different, I talk different, but most of all, I think different. Having left full-time employment, I embarked on a journey to find ways to create multiple streams of income and, more
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  • EAT OUT
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      Lock icon Makan village
      719 24  -  Katrina Kantn HOLLAND Village bustles with activity. It is known as a melting pot > of more than 30 restaurants, coffee shops, bars and hawker joints and diverse flavours. i This week, we descended on Lorong Liput to check out what's on offer. San Katong Laksa (29b, Lorong
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      FOODNOTES
      188 24 Mouth's $1.20 Treat It's the Mouth Restaurant group's 12th anniversary and they want to share the joy with patrons by treating them to three signature dishes for 1.20 each. Present coupons found in this paper during dinner hours to enjoy deep-fried soon bock (usual price $18), braised shark's fin
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      Eat out in Sydney
      589 25 with Bill Granger, Janni Kyritsis and Darren Ho THEY are Sydney's best. They are the recognised masters of modern Australian cuisine. They have been making waves with their simple but captivating approach to using the freshest ingredients with a downhome approach that reflects today's new lifestyles.
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      477 25  -  Jeffrey Yang WINE appreciation can be as complicated as some people make it out to be, but if you break it down to the basics, there are four properties that con be Found in any bottle of wine: alcohol, acidity, tannins and fruitiness (or flavour).
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      104 25 The Really Awesome Executive Gourmet Retreat October 6-11, 2002 Sydney Blue Mountains Hunter Valley Do you love food and travelling? Enjoy the best of both worlds by joining our Executive Gourmet Retreat 2002 from October 6th to 11th. Join Today deputy editor and food columnist Pauline D Loh on the
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      603 26  -  Colin Yong Despite its looks, the Subaru Forester is a great drive,- IT is an inescapable fact that sport-utility vehicles (SUV), with their lofty stance, all-terrain tyres and long-travel suspension, will never be able to match the agility and manoeuvrability of a saloon car. Subaru's new Forester, however,
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      163 26 LOCAL Honda distributor Kah Motor has announced that it will launch the Jazz supermini on September 21, The Japanese version of the car, called the Fit, has been available for some time through parallel importers. However, Kah Motor will sell the official export model. Powered by
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      169 26 SENTOSA is set to be transformed into a racing hub this weekend. At 3pm on Saturday, the inaugural Singapore International 24-hour Endurance Kart Race will be flagged off. Organised by Sentosa and Empress Kartmg Asia, a Singapore-based motorsport event company, the event will see 25 teams
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      752 27  -  Asif Ansar Harry's Bar celebrates 10th anniversary with a cool jazz festival A DECADE ago, the silence of the xigodowns and shophouses at Boat Quay was broken by the sweet sound of jazz that wafted out of a bar by the edge of the Singapore River. "It seems
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      286 27  -  Aslf Ansar Bisa Chia Album: Modern Rock 2 (Sony Musk) Artiste: Various If you like the modern rock you hear on radio but yet don't like it enough to buy the hit singles or albums, then this is the album for you. It comprises of 1 8 of the
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      354 27  -  Janice Lee SO THESE guys are old but they're not at heart. They won't let age stop them from rocking hard. Rock legend Uriah Heep still love the road and don't mind groupies following it in zimmer frames and wheelchairs! In an interview with
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      474 28  -  Neil Humphreys David Ngiau Janice Lee Dayid Ngiau Janice Lee David Ngiau Yang Shu Chiang Janice Lee David Ngiau David Ngiau David Ngiau Yong Shu Chiang About a Boy: Hugh Grant's a rich bachelor who won't grow up. Following a glut of poor summer blockbusters, this
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      88 28 Reuters/Variety MEXICO CITY Mexican film El Crimen del Padre Amaro, about a priest who seduces a 16--year-old girl, has set a box-office record despite or perhaps thanks to calls by Catholic bishops and conservative politicians to boycott the film. Padre Amaro took in $20.22 million since it
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      627 29  -  Serene Foo After a three-year Hollywood sojourn, Cory Yuen returns to Hong Kong to direct So Close ON the set of his latest action offering So Close which stars actresses Shu Qi, Karen Mok and Zhao Wei director Cory Yuen (picture) lamented repeatedly: "Why am I doing
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      393 29  - Brilliant film! Pity about the censors David Ngiau TT WAS one brief shot, lasting two seconds, but Athat was all it took for Gosjbrd Park, Robert Altman's brilliant social satire set in 1932 England, to receive an R(A) rating in Singapore. Around the 45th minute, the camera peeks through a
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      110 29 Reuters/Variety HOLLYWOOD Tom Cruise's production company has its eye on the hit horror thriller The Eye. The actor's Paramount-based production company, C/W Productions, is in final negotiations to acquire remake rights to The Eye. Directed by Oxide Pang and Danny Pang, aka Pang Brothers, The
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      102 28 The Weekend Today InCinemas round-up Tt:y: I I.3Cam r 1.30,3-30,5.3D r 7.30,9.30pm fit t \^^f THE MECHANIC OF WOMEN Ili/Sl BLACK ANGEL VOLI R(A) Tdy :3.30,9.30pm RUNNING BLUE R(Aj T:Jy:.U::: THE PIANO TEACHER t;i;. Tdy :7.15pm Dp ,/f T[-y-5 "^0 45pm Hit .JF l||C UNFAITHFUL NCI6 Tlt/III.OOam.S.OOpmKS^1" Mfol /> >M
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      98 29 j Sal: 11.00 am. 1.00, 3.00. Sat; 11.30 am, 1.30. 3.30. Sat: 5.00,11.00 pm 5.00,7.00,8.00. 11.00 pm 5.30,7.30,9.30,11.30 pm Sun; 11.00 am, 5,00 pm Sun: 11.00 aim. 1 00, 3.00. Sun: 11.30 am. 1.30, 3.30, I 5,00, 7.00, 9.00 pm I 5.30 pm I IM^hp-^^^E^^^ fcfc I SOUND OF SEA
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      1522 30 Weekend TV Programmes Saturday A 8.30 Sept II One Year On AFTERNOON I 1.30 Straight Talk 9,30 Juara Lagu 2002 g -Asian Editorial Special 2,00pm Saturday Afternoon Noon goggles 10,30 Kopi"o"TehTarik 9.00 Prime Time News Movie -Alien Nation Chinese Top 20 I 1.30 Memori Hiburan 9.30 Hi Life 4.ooWheel of
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      1720 31 Highlights to the daughter of his dad's business partner. N CABLE OUl^lUm Realising this, she is forced to choose tmc nAVTUAT rwAMrcnTuc SEPT 11 ONE YEAR ON HAPPY GILMORE between gratitude and the love of her life. JJJ)RLD SER^S 110 STORIES 2pm Channels r., 7.32pm, Channel NewsAsia When Happy Gilmore,
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      746 32 LHE LIGHTER SIDE how are you, pann7?J 1 r~~ "^foiwTJ (goodTl /^i, l^" ~\J i I f3- (~<3i. f~\ ("nice TO KNOw"l V*^B A HUSBAND and wife were enjoying P hj Jsj SOMEONE TAKES a round of golf and were about to tee off /Tfe rfn I^^W) f^ /w\ L^1-iMHM-JL-J
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      470 33 Reuters Sampras' performance proves he's still got game Tennis US Open Roddick outclassed by ageing compatriot NEW YORK Andy Roddick has come a long way in a short time. But he knows there is still a challenging road ahead after he was dealt a 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
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      230 33 NEW YORK When Andre Agassi first clapped eyes on a pint-sized Lleyton Hewitt, the first thing he noticed was his shorts was held together by a pair of safety pins. Well, Sherilyn, Hewitt's mum, travels with him so if there are any repairs to be done,
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      528 33 Agencies OREGON If it's Roy Jones Jr, it's got to be the best pound-for-pound boxer in the world. At least so the theory goes. Or maybe the theory has gone. Jones has a reputation for being the best there is; he
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      312 34 Keane lets fly again LONDON Manchester United's controversial captain Roy Keane (picture) could find himself in further trouble with the Football Association (FA) after he admitted on Friday he had deliberately stamped on Gareth Southgate in the 1995 FA Cup semifinal with Crystal Palace. The 31-year-old Irishman said that Southgate
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      233 34  -  Kelvin Phang SINGAPORE Cricket Club (SSC) will make it three wins in a row if it beats SAFSA in Saturday's National Rugby Championships (NRC) Premier League Game of the Week. Currently second in the standings, SCC cannot afford to drop any points in Saturday's clash at Yio
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      214 34 -AFP SEOUL Spain's Sergio Garcia shot a sizzling seven-under-par 65 to take a one-stroke lead at the halfway point of the U*****,000 ($612,000) Kolon Cup here on Friday. The 22-year-old Garcia, ranked fifth in the world, got off to a blistering start, making birdies on
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      182 34 THANKS to Standard Chartered Bank, this year's Singapore Marathon will see better prize money and an even better route for runners. The marathon, which takes place on Dec 8 has seen an injection of $1 million in sponsorship money. This year's 42.195km route begins at
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      217 35 Reuters MILAN Eight top Italian clubs without pay-per-view television contracts are threatening to further delay the start of the Serie A season after rejecting the latest contract offer. Italy's two pay-TV platforms, Telepiu and Stream, raised their offers to the consortium of smaller Serie A clubs
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      100 35 LONDON England was 483 for eight at tea on the second day of the fourth and final Test against India at The Oval on Friday. Harbhajan Singh took his fourth wicket as India battled back, cutting through the middle order to reduce England to 483 for eight after
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      382 35  -  Stanley Ho Venga moves into Rams' exco as Malaysian takes charge ON A night when Woodlands Wellington beat deadly rival Jurong 1-0, the club announced that long-time manager R Vengadasalam would vacate his position for current coach M Karathu. Speaking to Today at the NTUC Income
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      376 35 Agencies INDIANAPOLIS One day after suffering its first international loss with National Basketball Association players, Team USA came out flat on Thursday and was stunned by Yugoslavia 81-78 and knocked from medal contention at the World Basketball Championships. After winning its first
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      533 36  -  Kelvin Phang Reanchai looks forward to Busan, Supavadee protected SOUTH-EAST Asia's fastest man and woman, Reanchai Seeharwong and Supavadee Khawpaeg respectively, are the undoubted stars of the 38-strong Thailand team in this weekend's 64th Sportade Singapore Open at the Serangoon Stadium. Upon arrival in Singapore on Friday, the
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      61 36 BIRMINGHAM England players who get injured after being selected may be asked to report to the national team's doctors for an examination, manager Sven-Goran Eriksson said on Friday. Eriksson said he had been surprised to see Paul Scholes play for Manchester United last Tuesday after having been ruled
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      62 36 LONDON Lennox Lewis was slammed Friday as an unworthy champion after opting to give up his International Boxing Federation (IBF) heavyweight title rather than face mandatory contender Chris Byrd. In a move seen as bringing a rematch between Lewis and Mike Tyson a step closer, the British champion
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      Stars agree
      74 36 NEW DELHI India's leading players are likely to play in next week's Champions' Trophy in Sri Lanka after settling a contract row with the International Cricket Council (ICC), a senior Indian official said on Friday. "Our players have agreed to the ambush marketing clause for 18 days after
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      Why not keep the Cubs together so they can play regular football?
      557 36  -  Stanley Ho ON TUESDAY, Singapore's under-23s were hammered 7-0 by the Asian Games-bound United Arab Emirates (UAE) under-23 team. Said coach P N Sivaji, after that crushing defeat: "Our team played against an opponent who is both physically
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      Annual golf event for juniors attracts islandwide talent
      219 37  -  Tan Yo-Hinn THE future of Singapore golf appears to be in good hands, if the recent SEACARE-OCC Junior Golf Invitational tournament organised by the Orchid Country Club (OCC) is anything to go by. The annual event, held on Thursday, attracted junior competitors
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      166 37  -  Tan Yo-Hinn SCORING a hole-in-one on any par-three hole is tough enough. But Stanley Ng (picture) went one further when he scored an ace on a par-four hole on Wednesday. This incredible feat happened during the FGA Cup at the Singapore Island Country Club (SICC). At
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      1091 38  - An activist fights for sport Rohit Brijnath and an athjete^^j^t^eipr-activiaffli^ AS a coincidence, it was unusual. Two Americans, one an activist fighting for sport, the other a sportswoman who doesn't care about activism. What are we to make of this? Dr Martha Burk, a political psychologist, is the chairperson of
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      328 38 -AFP SEOUL A friendly football match between North and South Korea here on Saturday is expected to add heat to a perceptible thaw in Cold War ties between the two rival nations. With the blessing of
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      781 39 Owen says English can challenge for honours in next four years Friendly international England v Portugal Live, Saturday, 10.55pm on Ck22 LONDON England's stand-in captain Michael Owen believes England can put its World Cup heartache behind it by challenging for the 2004 European Championship in Portugal. Saturday's
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      467 39 European Championships Russia v Ireland Live, Saturday, 11pm on ChZl MOSCOW Mick McCarthy believes Roy Keane will haunt him until he is old and grey. Republic of Ireland manager McCarthy guaranteed his place in football history when he sent his captain
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