Today, 9 September 2002, Afternoon Edition

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  • Title Section
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    7 1 TODAY JVJOIIdHy September 9, 2002 MITA(P) 063/11/2001
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Bonanza gamble
      650 1  -  Tor Ching Li Singapore-based company hopes to reap oil and gas windfall PICTURE a vast and barren land, almost 10 times the size of Singapore, studded with abandoned old Russian and Romanian oil rigs from the *****. In this surreal landscape in North Korea, a country known for
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      219 1 /A=ryjj\CORP CREATEUR D'AUTOMOBI LES RENAULT LAQUNA 3 V Introducing the Renault Laguna n 1^ j^ggS" Rarely is a car as generous in its safety equipment The WOrld'S fi rSt With a ILSKmmmP __^^g as the new Laguna. fa start with, the Laguna offers A _^~^^"~~7~~~~ '^^am^^Bm W*~-~*^&*. asmany as eight
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  • HOT NEWS
    • AFTERNOON EDITION
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        Lock icon Dangerous liaisons?
        370 2 Reuters Saddam's alleged mistress says Iraqi leader gave bin Laden money WASHINGTON Iraqi President Saddam Hussein met Osama bin Laden on two occasions and gave money to the Al Qaeda leader in 1996, a woman who claims to be a former mistress of the Iraqi leader told ABC
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        Lock icon Donations pour in for President's Star Charity
        283 2  -  David Ngiau OVER $2 million was raised at the President's Star Charity (PSC) concert last night for beneficiaries selected by President SR Nathan himself. They include the Sree Narayana Mission, the Ren Ci Hospital and the Autism Association, Speaking to reporters after the
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        Gender equality: Need for change in mindsets
        400 2  -  Rosalyn Lim MORE than half of the Singapore population is made up of the fairer sex, and many of these women are better educated, more independent and vocal than ever before. In keeping with the times, the new series of "Talk Shop" sessions
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      Lock icon High ground
      338 3 Blair sees Iraq war as moral issue LONDON Amid echoes of domestic and EU voices telling him to pull back from military entanglement in Iraq, Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair (picture) is ditching his desperation to please the public for impregnable moral certainty. Mr Blair's critics have said
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      War no cure-all for terrorism: Dr M
      289 3 PANGKOR Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad warned that there would be no end to Muslim terrorism if the West were bent on revenge rather than seeking solutions. "They have made no effort to win the hearts and minds of Muslims,
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      Lock icon Illiteracy sees upsurge in China
      57 3 -AFP BELTING Eighty-five million Chinese cannot read or write and the figure is growing by half a million each year, a report said yesterday. "With the rise in the floating population, and as the old illiteracy has still not been completely eradicated, a new illiteracy
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      Lock icon On course despite the rain
      69 4 fOSE RAYMOND A persistent downpour did not stop Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong carrying out his duties— watering a tree to mark the opening of the new course at the Singapore Island Country Club yesterday. The new course, a remodelled and sand-based course, was designed
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      Dispelling tech fears
      357 4  -  Rosalyn Lim CDC programme designed to equip S'poreans with basic IT skills OUT of the 1.1 million households here, six in 10 own personal computers (PCs) and half have Internet access. Singapore may be one of the most e-enabled and tech-sawy nations but what about those on
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      Putting the fizz into 'kampung' life
      330 4  -  Lee Ching Wern ASKED to name a prominent Islamic website and personality and most people will undoubtedly mention Fateha.com and its former chief in self-imposed exile Zulfikar Mohamed Shariff. But Fateha.com is neither the first nor only Islamic website in Singapore. Singapore's first Islamic
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      149 2 Want to earn better returns on your cash and CPF savings? Here is an attractive investment the Singapore Bond Fund. Expected Yield of 4%* in a few months to give a better spread of investment Projected yield over next 5-10 years is about 4%* p.a. and ensure more stable and
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      107 4 Earn Extra Income As a PC Technician Lesm la keep tie PC running smoattity •Tune PCsforfna»rmim performance 4fpa¥*RY Enhancing ihe features of the PC flffi**« Knowwhat upgradesto add-on to ttie PC 14 hr course ewer 2 days fuMmeM sessions part-time /The X Princeton K Review X Don't miss out on
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  • HOME NEWS
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      If so, let it be fast
      310 6  -  Lee Ching Wern Long war against Iraq will hurt S'pore: DPM Lee DEPUTY Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (picture) hopes that any attack by the United States on Iraq will be a swift and neat surgical operation. A drawn-out conflict may send oil prices
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      New book shows S'poreans as innovators
      262 6  -  Tan Hut Leng CRITICS who charge that Singapore is bereft of original thought and innovation will be silenced by a new book that chronicles the history of obstetrics and gynaecology in the country. The OGSS Heritage History Book marks the 30th anniversary of the
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      381 6 SMM™ Asia Pacific ,0. SVU Management Centre L Professionals in Executive Education caling Mew Heights through Continuing Lifelong Education JBS School of Business Management JHB PhD in Business Management ioth intake Jinn- 2003 Doctor of Business Admin (DBA) -7th Intake 28 January 2003 Executive MBA 7lh Intake 27 September MBA
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      438 7 CENTRAL Keminiscences 01 the /Vloon Savour a sumptuous selection of festive delights plus a lot Bonus? more from 9- 21 Sep 02 with a Mid Autumn Festival to You are mtided to redeem for a miniatitre tea <^nist^ wim $20 (same day single i 1 fi c r"> i combined
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  • LETTERS
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      Romeo toddler in trolley?
      122 8  -  Tom Ong AN advertisement seen these days has caused me to ponder on its suitability. In the ad for a dairy product, a toddler in a supermarket trolley is attracted to a female toddler in another trolley. He tries to move his trolley closer to hers
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      Speaking up ...
      318 8  - Speaking up Lizawati bte Mohd Ta'at As Muslims, we should reflect and act I AM uncomfortable with terms that describe Muslims as "moderates" or "extremists". I feel they do not go down well with the community within Singapore's multiracial context. We have to address this topic as a moral and
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      Let's not take peace for granted
      311 8  -  Ananda Perera AS we approach the first anniversary of Sept 11, Singaporeans should learn major lessons from the terrorist attacks in the United States. The most important one is that we cannot take racial and religious harmony for granted. Let us not scoff at
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      130 8 r~^~ \2/ I /n-fant/ChWdcare I Enrichment m programmes 1 Parenting I B Activities I J 1 1 With 24 early childhood centres island-wide. Learning Vision is I the partner of choice for more than 2,000 families in Singapore. m Working closely with parents and supported by international I experts, we
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      442 9 HOSPi/Uedica Illlßill <#■, qs+h Asia *a s a —^i irThe3rdoccu pati'°nai 4th International Exhibition on Hospital, Safety+Health Pharmaceutical, Medical Rehabilitation JliV^ Exhibition for Asia Equipment Supplies Meeting point for: Meeting point for: Health Ministry Officials Hospital Managers and EmpLoyees Engineers Technicians Factory Plant Managers Doctors (Surgeries and Hospitals) Nursing Officers
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon Home buyers give a boost
      176 10 Bloomberg SHARES of CapitaLand and other Singapore developers may rise as investors expect the pickup in apartment sales to continue, with home buyers starting to tap CPF savings this month to help them make downpayments. "It means the developers' cash flow will remain strong,,.," said
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      Lock icon Top brass to take over
      233 10 unannei NewsAsia NatSteel accepts $350m offer MAINBOARD-listed NatSteel Limited has signed an agreement to accept a $350 million offer proposed by its senior management to buy out the company's core steel-making assets. The offer came from Crown Central Assets, a takeover vehicle set up by
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    • Market Watch
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        Singapore
        137 10 THE Straits Times Index (STI) fell more than 45 points, or 3.1 per cent, to close last week at 1,443. Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing's deeply discounted rights issue was probably the main cause that undermined market sentiment. It negated any positive benefits that the market could have taken from the
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        World markets
        51 10 Index Value Change Pis Nikkei 225 9129.07 ■93.05 ■1.01 Hang Seng U! Ordinaries kT:,llll ftl.. 9720.86 3042.10 4459.37 -5.17 23.70 -74.78 -0.05 -0.77 -1.65 \rn Coirp 708.73 -12.25 -1.70 SET Index 353.55 +3.50 +1.00 lobrlo Camp 427.80 +0.68 +0.16 Phils [omp ihenzen B 1121.3! 237.24 +2.86 -0.99 +0.26
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        Your S$1 buys
        38 10 USJ 0.***** IKE 0.***** Y B n 67.7429 HK$ 4.***** RM 2.***** Euro 0.***** Rupiah 5066.14 ll.ilii 24.1592 Peso 29.6596 At 1.***** Indian Rs 27.7509 Won 683.772 C$ 0.***** Yuan 4.***** NZ$ 1.***** NT$ 19.4679
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        Commodities
        21 10 Golduss/or 321.500 Silver uss/oz 4.540 Platinum uss/n 542.400 Rubber renls/ltg 160.00 Palm oil SM/iami 1468 Brent crude us s/b»rr«l 27.47
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        Straits Times Index — 10-Day Chart
        5 10 Straits Times Index 10-Day Chart
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        SGX most active
        55 10 By volume Aug 26-60 '000 '000 Citiroyo SingTel Strike TPV HDL 314,283,000 93,622,000 83,701,000 66,030,000 58,809,000 Chartered 56,137,000 llr: ■>:■■: 39,482,000 tacrftUSS 38,862,000 FJBen WQ7071 38,052,000 Mentor 36,669,000 By value Aug 26-60 UOB DBS Citiraya Chnrleted SingTel 239,237,960 166,639,191 162,563,221 144,187,740 141,916,139 OCBt 112,977,363 SPH 91,683,764 Venture
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        SGX top rises
        77 10 Aug 26-30 Close Change DIAMONDS 10USS £7 300 +10.100 By percentage Aug 26-30 Close Change LH1 O.OSS +70.000 SPDRS1OUSS 93.000 +6.300 Benelun 20k 0.01 S+50.000 SPH 19.800 +1.200 SPH100 19.700 +1.100 HOB 14.100 +1.000 CIIYDEV 6.300 +0.500 PiipcMaJWO.***** 0.035+40.000 BakerTech 0.130 +30.000 Pukka Sp 0.19O+2U67 Federnl 0.M5
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        Lock icon SGX top falls
        80 10 Bloomberg Aug 26-30 Close Change ISDJ USTECH10USS 32.300 1.700 Creative 50 15.500 -0.300 Shang Asia 2kHKS 1.850 0.450 KepCm 4.440 -0220 Sank Log 1700 -0.190 Chartered 2.530 -0.170 Morrlor 0.390 0.170 SemhCorp 1.210 0.130 Want WoniUSS 0.615 0.125 DelGroSOO 1 .840 -0.120 By peranlage Aug 26-30 Close
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      PacNet's $5m gift to subscribers
      235 12  -  Chan Chao Peh PACIFIC Internet is marking its seventh anniversary by being the first Internet service provider to offer its subscribers 10 megabytes (MB) in e-mail storage space and 5 MB in homepage space. Previous size limits were SMB and 2MB respectively, and any additional
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      Lock icon Toe-hold regained?
      298 12 Bloomberg SIA may ally with new airline SYDNEY Singapore Airlines (SIA), whose Australian strategy collapsed with Ansett Holdings, may form an alliance with Australia's newest airline, enabling its passengers to fly to more Australian cities on one ticket. Regional Express, formed last month by the combination of Hazelton
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      Lock icon Eastgate to pay $3.5m penally
      114 12 Bloomberg MAINBOARD-listed Eastgate Technology, which makes compact discs, agreed to pay Microsoft US$2 million ($3,5 million) after counterfeit CD-ROMS were found to have been made in a factory belonging to the Singapore-based company. Pirated CD-ROMS were traced to equipment produced around 1998 and 1999 at
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      Lock icon Koizumi OKs LDP share support plan
      168 13 Reuters TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (picture) has agreed with his ruling party that the government should channel about three trillion yen of public money into the ailing Tokyo stock market, Kyodo news agency reported yesterday. Citing sources in the government and the
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      Lock icon Pacesetter no more?
      364 13 -AFP Half-hearted reforms put Singapore's competitive edge at risk SINGAPORE is not pushing ahead quickly enough with an economic revamp to fend off challenges from neighbouring countries seen as fast closing the gap on the island state, an economic conference was told on Friday. Economist Christopher Nailer
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      High demand seen boosting United Food's outlook in China
      407 13 PROCESSED meat products producer and seller, United Food, is an emerging player in the processed and frozen meat market in China, While its current market share is a modest 0.3 per cent in the huge China market, it is taking steps
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      Lock icon Worse than terrorism
      413 14 -AFP Graft and red tape bigger threats to business, says EIU THE corporate world faces a much bigger risk from corruption and bureaucracy than it does from terrorism, according to an economist group's assessment of threats to business profitability a year after the Sept 11 terror attacks.
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      Lock icon EU keeps belts tight as recovery is delayed
      287 14 AFP COPENHAGEN The European Union admitted at the weekend that its economic recovery will be slower than expected but insisted its belttightening stability pact will once again help accelerate growth. EU finance chiefs gathered in Denmark were forced to take stock of
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      Lock icon Airline to reduce costs by $5.2b
      191 14 AFP WASHINGTON American Airlines, the world's largest airline, will seek to reduce its costs by at least US$3 billion ($5.2 billion) annually to boost competitiveness, chief executive Donald Carty said. In statements published in US media on Saturday, Mr Carty said the airline would
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Study sham in M'sia
      324 15 AFP Illegal workers enter masquerading as students KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia is continuing its clampdown on illegal workers, announcing that it will tighten student visa restrictions and warning that foreigners masquerading as students to find jobs would be deported. Deputy Home Minister Datuk Chor Chee Heung said
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      Lock icon Twenty killed in typhoon terror
      69 15 Agencies BEIJING Typhoon Sinlaku left at least 20 people dead and more than 300,000 had to be evacuated as the storm hit south-eastern China, officials and reports said yesterday. The typhoon brought down telephone and electricity lines in several parts of China's coastal city of
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      Lock icon Carpet tribute
      42 15 Reuters photo A YOUNG Afghan carpet merchant holds a carpet with a portrait of the legendary Northern Alliance commander Ahmad Shah Masood, assassinated last year by suspected Al Qaeda operatives. Today marks the one-year anniversary of Mr Ahmad Shah's death.
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      Lock icon Taiwan's breakthrough
      200 15 AFP TAIPEI Taiwan continues its diplomatic forays abroad with news that First Lady Wu Shu-chen is scheduled to visit the United States next week to promote Taiwan's democratic achievements. The Liberty Times said the Bush administration has agreed to give the wheelchair-bound Ms Wu an entry visa and
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      Lock icon Name them, shame them
      215 16 JOHANNESBURG Actions speak louder than words. This is the new credo the United Nations is adopting after the Johannesburg Earth summit. There will not be any more summits till governments put into practice what they preach on the environment and development. The UN will set up
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      Nepal blow
      373 16 Rebels kill 48 policemen in raid KATHMANDU Nepal, already struggling with its economy, was dealt another blow yesterday when about 1,000 alleged Maoist rebels raided a police post in the country's east, killing at least 48 policemen. The attack, in which the rebels cut off communications at the
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      Lock icon Tax haven: EU threatens to punish Swiss
      202 16 AFP COPENHAGEN-The European Union has threatened financial sanctions against Switzerland if the Swiss do not help in catching tax evaders. The European Commission said the Swiss authorities could face restraints on free movement of capital under EU Treaty provisions if they refuse to
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Lock icon Is caning the answer?
      785 17  -  Venilla Nathan in Jakarta Time for Asean to unite and combat illegal entry of workers THE embassy gate was destroyed and the Malaysian flag burnt in Jakarta. What was intended to be a peaceful demonstration turned ugly when a mob rioted late last month. It was
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      92 17 GIICSS ThG 'SPIX' Win Xhß Hot T2oo' Complete and paste coupon on the back of an envelope. Mail to: "Sony Ericsson/TQDAY Contest" i o Robinson Road PO Box 329 rjr 5(*****9) fife iJ p| Terms andCondititnw 3rd irnnK*^ ffiii-ilir::-. ,V nC^rp PrV-^. fin:iy F--Si;sf*-.'. -i.l tneir 3Qf«W9 llVir.n--. nte fjihfe
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Fears over ghostly cargo
      753 18  -  Shanoo Maharaj Workers, environmentalists uneasy as India imports WTC scrap metal MR Ramesh Thirunavukarasu, who works in a scrapyard in the southern Indian city of Chennai, refuses to touch a mountain of junk which arrived in a ship from the United States a few months ago.
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  • PORTFOLIO
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      Lock icon Careful bonding
      652 19  -  Jeffrey Tan Today art by Though relatively safe, there are risks in bond investment UNLIKE many Singaporean investors, Mr C T Lee, 48, thought it was better to leave his cash in equities when the stock market was booming. "The market was going up and up," he said.
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      453 19 13/ PRLDETSITIAL Alvuays Listening. Always Understanding. Prudential Adviser DEAR PRU Adviser, I am the sole breadwinner and I am due to retire in nine years. My wife and I live in a property that has been fully paid for. Its current value is estimated at about $1 million. We will
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  • EATOUT
    • Mooncake Special
      • Mid-Autumn
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          Orchard Hotel
          166 20 Remember the CK mooncake from Hua Ting Restaurant? If you haven't heard, CK is not the initials of fashion guru Calvin Klein, but that of culinary guru, Chef Chen Kwok. For $10 a piece or $40 for a box of four, the signature mooncake is made of a
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          Sheraton Towers
          122 20 The Sheraton Towers offers a yam paste mooncake with double egg yolk ($32 per box) this year and it has the flaky pastry which is delicately deep-fried to a full-moon gold. The crust is light, crispy and melts in themouth. The Sheraton Towers also offers its bestseller, the
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          Hotel New Otani
          98 20 Green tea-flavoured mooncakes filled with chunky Japanese chestnuts are the specials. Hotel New Ofani's original Japanese green tea mooncakes sell at $34 nett per box. Each mooncake comes with a whole chestnut in it. Traditional mooncakes are also available with lotus paste and double egg yolks at
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          Raffles Hotel
          196 20 In the quest for innovation, tradition remains a key factor at Raffles Hotel's Empress Room. This Mid-Autumn festival, the restaurant's team of Hong Kong chefs is going to charm with a new selection. The mini snow skin moon cake with pineapple and orange peel Is refreshingly tangy and
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          177 21 This year, The Oriental Singapore continues to honour the MidAutumn festival with its array of traditional moon cakes white lotus seed paste [$7.50 a piece or $26 a box of four) and lotus seed paste with single or double yoik {$8 a piece and $28 a box
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          97 21 Crown Prince's mooncake recipes need no introduction. The yam paste mooncakes [$30 for plain, $33 for single yolk and $38 for double yolk) are its signature item and its best sellers. Being the pioneer of the recipe, it is little wonder. Other offerings include mini yam paste
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          PrimaDeli
          122 21 Talk about innovation and PrimaDeli will come to mind. With mooncake flavours like banana, oreo chocolate and orange, the pastry expert deserves a salute. The three new flavours are among PrimaDeli's popular "Eight Treasures" box, the other treasures being durian, green tea, pandan (half yolk), strawberry and yam. Sweetening
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          Fruity flavours
          107 21 Chef Wong Man Cho is full of surprises. His new kitchen at Yum Cha Restaurant in Trenggannu Street, Chinatown, is drawing the crowds steadily. They are also coming for his mooncakes delicate confections of soft snow skin covering an almost jam-like filling of strawberries, kiwifruit and pineapple. The
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      340 22 The Apple Of Your Eye Apples not only can keep you away from doctors, they may also bring you a step closer to a dream holiday or cash vouchers. ENZA Apples recently held a contest that saw participants sinking their teeth into a variety of apples from Red Delicious,
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      Epicurean adventure (RA)
      425 22 Join us for the ultimate wine and dine tour to Sydney, the Blue Mountains and Hunter Valley REALLY Awesome. That's what this tour promises to be. Our travel and food editor Pauline D Loh has enjoyed visiting Australia's vibrant cuisine scene so much in the last two
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      122 21 III" s? a§ lin Crown Prince Hotel Mooncakes fail &lm A I From 21 August to 21 September Types of Mooncake Yam Paste Plain $3Onett (4pcs) Yam Paste with Single Yolk $33nett (4pcs) Yam Paste with Double Yolk $38nett (4pcs) Mini Yam Paste Plain $32nett (Bpcs) White Lotus Paste Plain
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  • LIMELIGHT
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      360 23  -  Elisa Chia Aaron's show lacklustre THE belief that "Aaron Kwok rules!" was crucial at the Hong Kong singer-actor's concert last Friday. After two sell-out shows in April last year at the Singapore Indoor Stadium, Aaron returned to the same venue to pack in an impressive crowd of
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      110 23  -  Rasalyn him FROM today, when you buy a 500ml bottle of Coca-Cola, you can dress it according to your mood in the Style a Coke campaign. Customise your bottle at no extra cost by having it wrapped in a technology, fashion, sports or music sleeve. The
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      335 24 What a pity AFP US cinema chain blacklists Cannes prize winner TORONTO Michael Moore's documentary on the US gun culture, Bowling for Columbine, which made its North American premiere here on Saturday, has been shut out of the largest cinema chain in the United States, the director said. "I've been
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      172 24 AFP DEAUVILLE (France) Sylvester Stallone insisted on Saturday that his days of portraying action heroes were not yet over, hinting that another Rambo movie, "combining action with politics", could be in the works. "Eventually, I'm going to do another action film," said the 56-year-old Stallone,
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      174 24 AFP VENICE The race for the Golden Lion award for best film at the Venice Film Festival came to a climax on Saturday as the last of the 21 films in competition were screened. Emerging as front-runners are Oasis, by Korea's Lee Chang-Dong, and French film Un
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Dream team nightmare over
      328 26 Agencies INDIANAPOLIS Red in the face, white as a ghost and feeling blue, Team USA suffered one final slap in the face on Saturday as a parting gift from the international basketball community a sixth place finish. The United States had yet another fourth-quarter breakdown, as
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      305 26 AFP PORTLAND Roy Jones jnr dominated another hapless mandatory challenger. Jones easily retained his undisputed light heavyweight title on Saturday night as he outclassed Clinton Woods of England, whose corner stopped the fight midway through the sixth round. "Skillfully, he is not on my level,"
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        820 27 Agencies Pistol Pete tastes glory for the first time in 33 tournaments US Open Men's singles final Sampras ends two-year drought NEW YORK Defying the odds, age and fatigue Pete Sampras (picture) beat fellow tennis legend Andre Agassi 6-3, 64, 5-7, 6-4 to win the US
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        241 27 Reuters World Basketball C'ship Yugoslavia 84 Argentina 77 (ot) Yugoslavia wins fifth world title INDIANAPOLIS Yugoslavia won its second consecutive world championship gold medal with a thrilling 84-77 overtime victory over previously unbeaten Argentina this morning, Yugoslavia (7-2) claimed its fifth world title,
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        94 27 AFP JOHANNESBURG Senegal won while Nigeria and South Africa drew yesterday as the 2002 World Cup qualifiers survived awkward away assignments at the start of the African Nations Cup. A first-half goal from Henri Camara earned Senegal a 1-0 win in Lesotho, Nigeria had the better
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        126 27 AFP TULSA Annika Sorenstam, The LPGA Tour's only 2 milliondollar woman, has done it again. Sorenstam recorded her seventh win of the season and eclipsed the US$2 million mark for the second straight year this morning, pulling away for a fourstroke triumph at the Williams Championship.
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        Draw in sight
        100 27 LONDON Rahul Dravid struck a superb double century to take India to within seven runs of England's first innings total in the decisive fourth Test at the Oval this morning. However, Indian hopes that Dravid's career-best knock could inspire them to victory were dashed as England openers
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      Lock icon A tale of boys against men
      534 28  -  Kelvin Phang THE National Rugby Championships Game of the Week at Yio Chu Kang on Saturday was simply a case of the 'boys' from Safsa being whipped by the 'men' from Singapore Cricket Club. The army team, made up of national age-group players, was
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      481 28 Reuters NICOSIA France may have launched its Euro 2004 qualifying campaign with a victory, but its performance in Cyprus will hardly have silenced the critics. In its first competitive match since a humiliating first-round exit at the World Cup, France had to come from behind
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      Lock icon Dravid smashes 1,000 barrier
      253 28 AFP LONDON Rahul Dravid (picture) became the first batsman to top 1,000 Test runs in 2002 as he advanced to within 16 runs of a double century at lunch on the fourth day of the fourth and final Test against England. With Dravid unbeaten on 184
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      Eagles raise $121,000
      116 29 AT A time when the economy is suffering and many S-League clubs are struggling without sponsors, Geylang United proved once again that it is capable of raising money when it needs to. At its annual Golf Day last Friday, it raised more than $121,000. Even though it
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      238 29 Today photo by FANS at the Singapore Cricket Club (SCC) Soccer Sevens were treated to a rousing finale as the Singapore's TNT All-Stars beat Hong Kong's Henrik Lorenz All-Stars to claim the Masters Cup at the Padang yesterday. The two-day event, which started in 1988, was held
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      Garcia wins in Korea
      58 29 SEOUL Spaniard Sergio Garcia claimed his first title in Asia in record-breaking fashion when he won the U*****,000 ($613,000) Kolon Cup Korean Open by three shots yesterday. The world number five fired a five-under-par 67 in the final round at Seoul Hanyang Country Club for a
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      632 29  -  Kelvin Phang SHOT PUT champion Du Xianhui (picture) wants so to represent her adopted homeland so much that she is forsaking a chance this week to visit her parents in China. The 21-year-old is one of five Chinaborn throwers employed by the Singapore Amateur Athletic Association
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      184 29  -  Kelvin Phang SINGAPORE'S fastest man UK Shyam failed to finish the 200 metres final at yesterday's Singapore Open. The 25-year-old, who was the third fastest qualifier in the heats in 21.85, pulled up after running 15 metres. "I didn't have enough time
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        773 30 AFP Rock provides blessed release for Ferguson PARIS Rock of Gibraltar's world record seventh successive Group One success brought to fruition his owner Alex Ferguson's belief that owning racehorses could bring a release from his day-to-day job as manager of Premiership giant Manchester United. Ferguson admitted
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      113 31 Midweek fixtures Tomorrow: Middlesbrough v Sunderland West Ham v West Brom Arsenal v Man City Blackburn v Chelsea (Live, 2.55am, Ch23, Wednesday) Liverpool v Birmingham Wednesday: Aston Villa v Charlton Manchester United v Bolton Fulham v Tottenham Newcastle v Leeds (Live, 2.55am, Ch23, Thursday Southampton v Everton morning) Leading scorers
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      606 31 Agencies Striker intends to keep himself calm for the bigger challenges ahead BIRMINGHAM Alan Smith noticed the difference in himself last Saturday, when Leeds United was losing to Birmingham City. "Probably, if that had happened last year," he said, "I might have gone over the top
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