Today, 4 October 2002, Afternoon Edition

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    7 1 TODAY Friday October 4, 2002 MITA(P) 063/11/2001
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon China arrests N Korean capitalist zone chief
      185 1 Reuters SEOUL South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported this morning that Chinese police have detained Yang Bin, the newly appointed DutchChinese governor of a fledgling capitalist zone in North Korea, on suspicion of tax evasion. Yonhap quoted a government official as saying that
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      Lock icon Serious fun
      933 1  -  Neil Humphreys Tor Ching Li Local book takes a dig at S'poreans and M'sians IT'S deemed fair game in many countries. But in Singapore, lampooning politicians and their policies, especially in cartoons, remains an area where few still dare to tread. Veteran journalist Seah Chiang Nee said many
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      Lock icon US stocks dip
      65 1 Reuters NEW YORK The market dipped in a rocky session yesterday. The tech-laced Nasdaq Composite Index fell 12 points, or 1.02 per cent, to 1,175. The Dow Jones industrial average was down eight points, or 0.11 per cent, at 7,746, dipping in and out of positive ground.
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Do you have the hunger, asks DPM
      539 2  -  Tan Hui Leng A CHANGING world, the uncertainties ahead and whether young Singaporeans have what it takes to prevail against the odds. Many of the 1,600 tertiary students who attended the National University of Singapore's Kent Ridge Ministerial Forum earlier this week had
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      Back on warpath
      348 3 Dr M on Singapore Malays, how to use oil weapon MELAKA After staying clear of controversial remarks for some time, the Malaysian Prime Minister was back in action yesterday. First, Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad touched on the status of Malays in Singapore something that is not
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      Ong Beng Seng bids for NatSteel
      315 3 A CONSORTIUM led by hotelier Ong Beng Seng has come up with a rival offer to acquire the shares of NatSteel Ltd. The consortium 98 Holdings is making a voluntary conditional cash offer of $1.93 for each NatSteel share. This is three cents higher
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      Lock icon Suicide attack in China
      125 3 AFP BEIJING A shocking suicide bombing attack in Guilin, a Chinese tourist destination famed for its stunning hillside scenery, killed a man and injured 18 others on Wednesday. The explosion rocked Central Square in the Guangxi region town, a hugely popular holiday destination for foreign and
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      Lock icon Paperwork piles up in LA
      89 3 REUTERS I Mr Jeff Lee, yard manager at Bestway Recycling Company, is dwarfed by bales of newspapers at the company's yard in Los Angeles on Wednesday. Bestway ships 20 to 30 cargo containers a day of recycled paper to China by sea from Los Angeles,
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      Sabotage blamed for monorail mishap
      237 3 KUALA LUMPUR The KL monorail accident, where a wheel fell off and hit a Bernama journalist, was a result of sabotage, said Malaysia's Transport Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ling Liong Sik. The New Straits Times quoted Dr Ling yesterday as saying the conclusion had been
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      Wannabe Britney?
      421 4  -  Serene Foo Her talent agency has set up a franchise here SINGAPOREANS who aspire to become as famous as Britney Spears now have a launchpad for their dreams. Trans Continental Talent, one of the world's leading entertainment talent-scouting companies, has sunk its roots here with a Singaporean franchise
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      From pirates' lair to science lab
      212 4 IT has served as a hideout for pirates and dumping ground for cholera patients, dissidents and gangsters. Now, St John's Island will serve a different purpose it will be the base of the new $12-million Tropical Marine Science Institute (TMSI). Launched yesterday, the institute
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Yipee! New Yellow Pages for teens
      160 6 SINGTEL Yellow Pages (SYP) has published a new directory Yipee! for youth on the move. It is a miniature version of the Yellow Pages and is designed specially for its teen and young adult audience. It combines articles with directory listings that include Cafes,
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      Top Ten bug
      402 6  -  Tor Ching Li Bugßear worm disables computer's anti-virus tools IT was discovered only last Monday but it has already hit the Top Ten charts worldwide and has clinched top billing in Singapore. The new self-propagating virus, the Bugßear "worm", has sneaked its way through thousands of machines
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      Lock icon Shark in the sky message: Save our fins
      289 6  -  —Joy Frances A SEA creature with one of the widest smiles in the world will be grinning down at Singaporeans next week. A 15.2-m life-sized balloon replica of the whale shark, a gentle plankton-eating giant, will be making its rounds in our
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      Lock icon ITE grads are good workers
      109 6 Channel NewsAsia EMPLOYERS here have noticed an improvement in the quality of graduates from the Institute of Technical Education (ITE). In a recent ITE survey of 101 employers, more than half said the quality has improved over the last three years. This was revealed by
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      The missing incentive
      451 9  -  Joy Frances Nokia's call to recycle phones goes unheeded SINGAPOREANS are apparently not willing to return their old Nokia mobile phones despite the company's drive to create awareness that recycling is good for the environment. Nokia's nine collection bins here are never full and are only emptied
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  • LETTERS
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      Study the schools
      244 10  -  Sabrina Wong I REFER to the report, "Education provides a key but not a lock" (Today, Oct 3). I agree with the view of the Minister of State (Education), Mr Ng Eng Hen, that the Singapore education system has many merits. However, I think it is simplistic
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      It' s $37.09m
      37 10 IN our report, "Juggler on the roof" (Weekend Today, Sept 28--29), we reported that last year's total arts sponsorship amounted to $34.68 million. The figure is $37.09 million. We are sorry for the error.
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      That Comfort ban
      178 10  -  Felix Ang Kok Hou I READ with amusement your report, "CEO vs critic" (Today, Oct 3), discussing the action taken by Comfort Group chief executive officer Goh Chee Wee in barring a Business Times reporter who commented on his remuneration. Why is someone who earns millions unable
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      Why they remain single
      119 10  -  Yeo Kok Seng I REFER to the letter, "Going the Japan way" (Today, Sept 30), from Ms Tisa Ng, president of the Association of Women for Action and Research (Aware). With financial independence, women nowadays will not settle for less if they cannot find their ideal
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      Shouldn't learning be enjoyable?
      234 10  -  Michael Loh Yik Ming IN the report, "Education provides a key but not a lock" (Today, Oct 3), I sense mixed signals in the exchange in Parliament between various MPs and the Minister of State (Education), Mr Ng Eng Hen, regarding Singapore's education system. I believe
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon Nikkei closes below 9,000
      185 13 -AFP TOKYO Japan's Nikkei-225 share index crashed below the key 9,000 point level for the first time in 19 years yesterday, on fears reforms may depress the economy in the short term, dealers said. The Nikkei-225 index fell 112.90 points or 1.2 per cent to close
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    • Market Watch
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        Singapore
        131 13 TRADING volume fell yesterday to its lowest this week, with 200 million units changing hands. The benchmark Straits Times Index slipped 6.08 points to 1349.35. There were 86 gainers against 148 decliners, with 492 stocks unchanged. The most active stock was construction company, United Fiber, down one cent to
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        World markets
        52 13 Index Value Change Pts Nikkei 225 Hang Seng Ml Ordinaries faiwan Wtd 8936.43 8984.32 2951.80 4075.98 -112.90 -125.03 -95.78 -1.25 -1.37 -2.3C Korea Comp 648.10 -4.03 -0.65 SET Index 336.55 +1.12 +0.3; Jakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzen B Mumbai 408.43 1103.28 231.61 2925.51 -1.07 -11.42 -0.18 -34.15 -0.2C
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 13 USS 0.5602 UK£ 0.3569J Yen 68.7890 HK$ 4.3696 RM 2.1289 Euro 0.5672 Rupiah 5047.8 Baht 24.3928 Peso 29.3286 A$ 1.0282 Indian Rs 27.0939 Won 689.347 C$ 0.8904 Yuan 4.6343 NZ$ 1.1769 NTS 19.4504
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        Commodities
        21 13 Gold uss/oi 322.80 Silver uss/oi 4.485 Platinum uss/oi 570.00 Rubber centsAg 151.25 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1362 Brent crude uss/borrel 29.11
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        Straits Times Index — 10-Day Chart
        5 13 Straits Times Index 10-Day Chart
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        SGX most active
        56 13 By volume Oct 3 '000 UniFibei 18,462 BlLlntl 12,869 Citiraya 11,483 Sing Tel 10,592 PacCent 9,123 By value Oct 3 UOB 44,584,300 SPH 20,568,930 SIA 17,661,150 OCBC 16,594,762 DBS 15,148,853 '000 New T0y0W*****7 7,595 SembMai 6,209 DataciftUSS 5,834 Federal 5,301 TTlnt 4,996 Sing Tel 14,419,052 CITYDEV 8,980,970
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        SGX top rises
        73 13 Oct 3 Close Changi ISS&P*****USS 82.700 +0.701 SPH 100 19.700 +0.601 SPH 19.700 +0.501 Creative 50 11.600 +0.201 DBS Bk 6% NCPS*****.900 +0.101 iseanSupremelOOUSS 4.780 +0.081 DelGro 500 1.680 +0.081 Haw Par 4.100 +0.081 iPH-SIA DBeSCW*****7 0.910 +0.071 Oct 3 Close Changi NewToyoW*****7 0.030 +50.001 EaslgaleW*****1 0.050
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        Lock icon SGX top falls
        82 13 Bloomberg By$ Oct 3 SPDRS10USS Close Changi 82.800 -8.201 Bukit Sem 11.000 -0.201 UOB 11.600 -0.201 CSA 1.270 -0.151 GreatEast 8.450 -0.101 IMH 400USS 5.750 -0.051 OCBC Robinson 9.600 -0.051 5.450 -0.051 CITYDEV 4.560 -0.041 Jm Eng 1.280 -0.041 fy percentage 3ct3 5loba W*****6 :rl Links Close
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      Lock icon $60m facility opened
      120 14 ASIAN firm Continental Chemical Corp yesterday opened a US$34 million ($60.5 million) facility in Singapore as it expands further across the region. The facility on the Jurong Island petrochemical complex is described by the Singapore-based company as one of the largest plasticiser plants in Asia with a
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      $117b Indian goldmine
      485 14  -  Val Chua WHEN local firms like DP Architects make a bid for construction-related projects in Singapore, they have to compete fiercely for the deal. That means spending thousands of dollars on presentation materials alone. But, out of the multiple entries, there can only be one winner. A
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      Lock icon Renong at 4-year low
      204 14 Bloomberg KUALA LUMPUR Renong shares tumbled as much as 20 per cent to a four-year low after the diversified Malaysian group said it will sell RM4OO million ($lB6 million) of new shares to keep its capital from being wiped out Renong, controlled by United Engineers (Malaysia),
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      Lock icon Tax evaders, beware ...
      259 16 Tax evaders, beware Channel NewsAsia IRA qets touqh with company directors 1 Hii tax department is getting tough with directors. While it has extended its deadline by a month for those who have taken out interest-free company loans to cough up their tax, the Inland Revenue Authority (IRA) said it
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      Lock icon M'sia: 28 firms may be delisted
      129 16 Reuters KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's market watchdog the Securities Commission (SC) said yesterday that 28 distressed companies have yet to submit proposals to regularise their financial condition in time to meet the year-end deadline. The 28 companies, which include construction firms Wembley Industries Holdings and
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      Lock icon Exklusiv wins Pinetree bid
      159 16 Channel NewsAsia THE long-drawn tussle over debt-ridden Pinetree Club at Stevens Road is finally over. And the winner is: motoring tycoon Peter Kwee, the executive chairman of Group Exklusiv, who has also been a member of the club for the last 15 years. Group Exklusiv owns
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      Lock icon Springhill offers early bird discount
      203 18 Joy brancis Reuters FAR East Organization is launching a new cluster housing estate in Sembawang tomorrow. Called Springhill (picture), it comprises 115 units of three-storey terrace houses, with condo facilities, that are scheduled for completion by 2006. Each unit, with three or four bedrooms, has
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      Bio-Valley problems
      268 18 Lack of IP provisions, talent, investors KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's plans to create a biotech hub could be crimped by weak provisions for protection of intellectual property, its lack of local talent and poor access to biotech-sawy investors, industry experts said yesterday. Malaysia, blessed with unique plant and animal
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      Lock icon The $900 million IPO
      373 20 Bloomberg MobileOne to go ahead with share offering in fourth quarter MOBILEONE Asia is sticking to plans to sell shares worth about $900 million this quarter, even as other Asian companies scrap debt and equity sales due to a global economic slump. "The original announcement stands,
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      4186 20 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Enquiries:Call 852-2973-6600 E-mail lipper.asia@reuters.com Date Fund Name NAV/Bid Oiler Price Price Aberdeen Asset Management (Asia) 30/9 AierceenSe-American Opportunities 0.548 0.576 30/9 Aierceen Se -Asian High Yield Fd 1.219 1.256 30/9 Aierceen Se-China Opportunities Fd 0.907 0.953 30/9 AierceenSe-Continental Europe Eqty 0.702 0.738 30/9 Aierceen Se-Globa MNC 0.476
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        The shy fighters
        732 22  -  Adrian Tan Commentary Shareholders here don't use their legal rights to protect their investments PICTURE the scene. At a board meeting, the chairman says: "We've got the controlling shareholder on our side, we're not breaking any public interest laws, we're not afraid of falling share prices and
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      Lock icon Asia faces second crisis
      459 24 AFP KL economic summit to seek ways to push growth KUALA LUMPUR Asian government and business leaders gather here on Sunday for the World Economic Forum (WEF) summit to seek ways to rejuvenate growth and deflect a looming crisis amid global uncertainties. Asia's recovery from the
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      Lock icon IPO scandal in US
      131 24 -AFP WASHINGTON Prominent executives at 21 companies in the United States received hot initial public offering shares from Goldman Sachs Group, which pocketed investment-banking fees from those companies in the late *****, The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday. The report, which quotes unnamed congressional investigators, said
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Outrage over reshuffle
      238 26 Thai PM blasted for Cabinet chanqes BANGKOK Even before it was officially announced, the new Thai Cabinet drew fire from the opposition and the media yesterday which slammed it as "pay-back politics" and old-style patronage. The details, which were leaked on Wednesday night, were indications that the
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      Lock icon US blames Abu Sayyaf for bombing
      158 26 AFP ZAMBOANGA A military report said yesterday that the Abu Sayyaf rebels were behind the bomb attack that killed a US serviceman and two Filipinos in the southern Philippines the day before. The report said that four rebels under an Abu Sayyaf leader identified
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      Lock icon Top N Korean official in tax scandal
      117 26 Agencies SHENYANG (China) The governor-to-be of North Korea's new special economic zone denied that his tax debts were linked to the Hong Kong-listed Euro-Asia Agriculture Holdings which he chairs. The Shenyang tax authorities issued a warning to Mr Yang Bin on Wednesday to
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      Lock icon Bush victory
      318 28 Agencies Congress OKs use of force on Iraq WASHINGTON Bolstered by a deal with the US Congress authorising him to use force against Baghdad, President George W Bush said yesterday that attacking Iraq may become unavoidable if Saddam Hussein does not disarm. "Saddam must disarm, period if he
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      Lock icon Back home after 39 long years
      92 28 Agencies Mr Takeshi Terakoshi (left), a Japanese who went missing while fishing in the Sea of Japan in 1963, escorts his mother, Tomoe Terakoshi, at Tokyo's Narita Airport Thursday as he returns home for the first time in 39 years from North Korea. As
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      Lock icon Miscarriage risk with cloning
      153 28 AFP WASHINGTON A human cloning firm said several human pregnancies where cloned testtube embryos are implanted in host mothers are in progress, but there have been miscarriages. "Yes, we have viable pregnancies, that is to say three months or more," said French chemist Brigitte Boisselier, head
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      Lock icon Second salvo
      369 29 Agencies Gore blasts Bush on failure to tackle economy WASHINGTON Ten days after slamming US President George W Bush's policy on Iraq, former Vice-President Al Gore took the President to task for his economic policy, on Wednesday. Mr Gore called on the President to give the healing of
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      106 29 Agencies CANBERRA The Australian army yesterday promised to probe allegations of the execution and mistreatment of militiamen in East Timor in 1999. A probe into the alleged misconduct by the Special Air Service (SAS) has been under scrutiny for two years. Two militiamen were killed, nine
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      97 29 Reuters CHICAGO Chicago became the first US city to adopt a policy requiring companies doing business with its city council to search its records and disclose whether it or a predecessor firm profited from slavery. Mr Alderman Dorothy Tillman, a leading advocate for reparations for
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      62 29 -AFP DAKAR Heavy overloading, the crew's failure to observe proper safety procedures and poor weather conditions were to blame for the sinking of The Joola, an official probe said. Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade had demanded separate reports on the sinking from Armed Forces Minister Youba
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      341 30 Agencies 'Shoe bomber' sets terms for plea BOSTON (Massachusetts) In a surprise move, Richard Reid (picture), otherwise known as the "shoe bomber" has decided to plead guilty and avoid the trial that had been set for Nov 4. Reid, who has repeatedly maintained that he acted alone, yesterday
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      259 30 -AFP GENEVA Violence kills an estimated 1.6 million people every year, most of them in low- to middleincome countries, a new United Nations report said yesterday. Launching the first-ever global study on violence and health, experts of the UN World Health Organisation (WHO) described some of
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      123 30 AFP WASHINGTON A United States government advisory panel has recommended that 12 nations be designated "countries of particular concern" over alleged violations of religious freedom, a move that could trigger sanctions against them. The US Commission on International Religious Freedom said the targeted nations should include
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      94 30 AFP THE HAGUE Journalists should be called to give evidence only as a last resort and only if it is crucial to the case, pleaded lawyers on behalf of 34 global media organisations yesterday. Speaking for media groups, including the New York Times and CNN, US lawyer Floyd
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      135 30 Reuters TRENTON (New Jersey) In a decision that could help the Democrats to retain their one-seat majority in the United States Senate, a court has ruled that the party can replace a candidate for the November congressional election. Democrats Senator Robert Torricelli (picture), who
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      603 29 The horn sounds. Mark Chay makes the plunge, slicing through the water with powerful strokes. He does the perfect turn. Harder and harder he pushes himself. Till the exhilarating moment when his fingers touch the end. Cheers erupt from the spectators' stand. Singapore has triumphed over all. J|^fl^| You've just
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      WHY do Arabs hate US?
      650 32  -  Professor Edmund Ghareeb by THE crisis over Iraq has shown that there is a growing disconnect between the United States and the Arab world. From 1990 to 1991, many Arab countries joined the international coalition to drive Iraq out of Kuwait Following the Gulf War
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      1009 34  -  Wimar Witoelar But Indonesia's terror image needs a longer study "THE anti-US backlash in Indonesia is approaching a feverish pitch." These words kicked off a front page report in an international newspaper. The article explained that "Indonesians choose to reject evidence suggesting that their country has become
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      422 34 The South China Morning Post comments on Hong Kong's proposed national security laws in an editorial. SENIOR officials have launched a campaign to persuade the public that the national security laws, concerning crimes such as treason and subversion,
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      297 36 When Mr Muscles feels puny AFP PARIS Men who get swept up in the bodybuilding craze may become so anxious about their looks that it can cripple them emotionally, making them feel puny and even unhealthy. Researchers call the syndrome muscle dysmorphia (MD), saying that some men who get hooked
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      472 36 -AFP No, marriage is 'good for both parties' PARIS Contrary to popular feminist belief, marriage is not a health hazard. A 30-year-old tenet of feminism that in a marriage, men get all the benefits while women get all the stress has been dealt a blow by
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      215 37 SILKAIR! CHARTERS TO EXOTIC NORTHERN INDIA princely city of Jaipur, former imperial capital of j& Delhi and home ofthe Taj Mahal in Agra, combine to provide JT\ some of India's finest attractions known as The Golden Triangle. J| lttHNMttfe2tt m tW m? mM: m- mW Ammm mmmtL ™m\-. jjH£- '^^al
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      Julia pregnant?
      161 39 Husband has hinted of a bun in the oven SPECULATION that Julia Roberts (picture) may soon be with child has been sparked by on- set discussions of how best to shoot a pregnant Roberts in her latest film. While no one, including the Oscar-winning actress, is commenting on
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      The always professional Hopkins
      166 39 IF YOU, a hot-blooded guy, found yourself between the sheets with a naked Nicole Kidman, would you be aroused? Even if it was for a scene in a film? Anthony Hopkins said he wasn't aroused during his bedroom scene with Kidman in The Human Stain, reports
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      Rising from the grave
      687 40  -  Yong Shu Chiang Film-makerTan Pin Pin works with the dead but she's not morbid, she says FILM-MAKING can be glamorous work if you can get it Just ask local director Tan Pin Pin, who was in a Choa Chu Kang cemetery last June to shoot Moving
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      The happy (losing) family vs the bickering young'uns
      522 40  -  Elisa Chia and Serene Foo ONE plays a happy, loving and perfect "family". The other virtually flaunts its members' soap operatic tantrums. Such are the extreme pictures which the tribes have chosen to paint themselves in Survivor: Thailand though it remains to
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      934 42  -  Ismail Kassim Photo by Paradise is Zhong Tian, a remote and mountainous county in China WHEN I heard that Shangri-La the mystical Lost Paradise had been rediscovered in China, I laughed. What trickery was this? I asked myself. Yet, I couldn't resist the call of fantasy.
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      This one's for the kids
      205 42 A TRAVEL club for children aged three to 1 1 has been set up here. Called the Discover Australia Kids Club (picture), it was launched by the Australian Tourist Commission (ATC) and its Discover Australia campaign partners Qantas and British Airways, Chan Brothers, Dynasty Travel,
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      662 44  -  Elisa Chia in After a brief hiatus, Liam Neeson's back in a big way HE'S coming. He's not coming. Wait, he is coming. Liam Neeson has agreed to turn up, after all, for an interview to plug the Hollywood release KT9: The Widowmaker, in which he stars across
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      Enouqh of this!
      443 45  -  David Ngiau Lo's latest is a violent fantasy, for women FILM REVIEW Enough LET me first state that I am not a wifebeater you can ask my wife. Nor do I condone men who beat their wives, physically or emotionally. So please, don't e-mail me in anger
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  • TIMEOUT
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      Changi legacy stems from tree
      525 47 'Extinct 1 Chengal Pasir discovered near Halton Rd AN old tree found in Changi recently may be the key to unlocking a century-old puzzle. The link between Changi and the Chengal tree (Neobalanocarpus heimii) was suggested by the legendary botanist HN Ridley and the story
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      220 47 BOOK PARTICIPATE First Entrepreneurship The Difference Between Chinese Stations Family Carnival Post-graduate Degree Malaysians and Singaporeans 2002 The prestigious Master of A Malaysian artist, Cheng Puay Koon, Three Chinese MediaCorp Radio Entrepreneurship Innovation will be and a Singaporean journalist, Ravi stations,Y.E.S. 93.3FM, Capital Radio launched on Nov I .The programme
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Pistol Pete quits for now
      320 49 -Reuters LONDON Pete Sampras will not play tennis again this year, the winner of a record 14 grand slam titles said on Wednesday. Sampras, who won his fifth US Open singles crown last month, has withdrawn from all the remaining ATP tournaments in which he
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      Lock icon Tiger rejects playing in the Olympics
      373 49 -AFP ST ANDREWS Dreams of having Tiger Woods and the world's best playing in the Olympics have been firmly rejected by the players. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is keen to have golf and Woods in future Olympics, but an informal survey reveals the
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      Lock icon Rams sack five players
      265 50  -  Tan Yo-Hinn IMMEDIATELY after its final game of the 2002 NTUC Income S-League season, Woodlands Wellington has given five of its players the boot. Goalkeepers Noorisham Zainon and Barry Khoo, defender Ismail Yusoff, midfielder P. Sugunan and forward Nahar Daud were all released because they did
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      Noor Ali knocks on the door
      88 50 GEYLANG United winger Mohd Noor Ali turned in yet another Man-of-the-Match performance, inspiring the Eagles to a comfortable 4-1 win over Sengkang Marine last night The 26-year-old forward who was dropped by national coach Jan Poulsen in May scored his 20th goal of the
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      No place for Tohari, Suria will stay at FAS
      427 50  -  Stanley Ho THREE months after tendering his resignation, national under--16 coach R Suriamurthi (picture) has made a dramatic U-turn. The exinternational winger has told the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) that he is now keen to stay on at the Goal
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      Lock icon Inter has taken three steps back
      565 51 Agencies Cuper slams his side after losing home record Champions League Inter Milan 1 Lyon 2 Anderson hits Lyon's winner MILAN Inter Milan coach Hector Cuper was scathing in his criticism of his side after it slumped to a 2-1 defeat at home to
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      Lock icon Real looks ahead after Athens scare
      573 51 AFP Champions League AEK Athens 3 Real Madrid 3 Spanish superstars were lucky, says coach ATHENS Champions League titleholder Real Madrid is looking ahead after a fit of the wobbles in yesterday morning's 3-3 draw at AEK Athens in their Group C Champions League
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      Lock icon Reds' best yet to come
      723 52 Agencies Houllier sends ominous warning to Premiership rival Arsenal LIVERPOOL Liverpool is second in the Premiership and one of only two teams still unbeaten this season. And yesterday morning, it re-estab-lish its Champions League credentials with a five-goal mauling of Spartak Moscow. Yet, Liverpool manager
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      Lock icon Wenger, Vieira pays tribute to Brazilian bargain buy Gilberto
      267 52 AFP AUXERRE Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger hailed Brazilian midfielder Gilberto Silva as even better than he had thought after the World Cup winner guided the Gunners to within touching distance of a place in the Champions League's second phase. The £4.5
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      Give United more respect
      619 53 With Scholes and Veron firing, the Red Devils are catching Arsenal THE critics have gone too far. The six-point gap that separates Manchester United from Arsenal is smaller than the actual gulf in public esteem between the teams recently, reported The Times of London. For many,
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        Lock icon Leeds and Lazio make it through
        230 54 -AFP PARIS Big guns Leeds United and Lazio succeeded where their compatriots Chelsea and Chievo failed in their second leg ties of the first round of the Uefa Cup. A 78th minute Nick Barmby goal earned Leeds a 1-1 draw against Zaporozhie in Ukraine
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        Lock icon Blues flop again
        650 54 Star-studded Chelsea ousted by Norwegian minnow Uefa Cup Chelsea 2 Viking Stavanger 4 Viking wins 5-4 on aggregate LONDON Erik Nevland the striker rejected by Manchester United four years ago scored the goal which sent Chelsea crashing to an embarrassing Uefa Cup exit for the third successive
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        Paddlers secure another medal for Singapore
        399 54  -  Kelvin Phang SINGAPORE assured itself of another medal when the women's team beat quarter-final opponent Taiwan 3-0 in Ulsan yesterday. Though its amazing run is likely to come to an end when it meets world and Olympic champion China in today's semi-finals, it has
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      Lock icon Historic gold
      488 55  -  Kelvin Phang Ong ends 24-year wait for Asiad bowling title REMY ONG won the Republic's first ever Asian Games bowling gold at Homeplus Asiad Bowling Alley in Busan last night Since the sport was introduced at the 1978 Bangkok Games, Singapore has won only two silver and three
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      Tan misses out on bronze, but four Singapore bodybuilders make final
      301 55  -  Kelvin Phang POOL player Tan Tiong Boon (picture) missed out on the medals in the eightball event at Dong Ju College yesterday. Tan, a silver-medallist at the 1998 Bangkok Games, lost 4-9 to former world champion Efren Reyes of
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      205 50 Sengkang 1 I (Harland 64) kronos Geylang 4 (Duric 11, 90; Noor Ali 48; Azhar 70) ■z*J EVA Al h jSI Jurong 4 (Emeka 22, 66, 73; Park 23) M'MiKASA I Gombak 0 Woodlands 2 (Dickson 17; Wilkinson 19) I Clementi 1 I (Rozaidi IS) FTMS UMBRO Match League Home
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      84 51 BREITLING Win a Breitling Watchf Chrono Colt Quartz Answer a simple question stand to win a Breitling watch worth $2,900 or one of 5 sports hampers worth $150 Q. Name of one sport that Singapore is competing in at 14th Asian Games 2002 A. Name: l/CNo.: Address: Contact No.: (O/H)
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      143 54 LEAGUE S.LEAGUE S.LEAGUE S.LEAGUE SENGKANG MARINE JURONG WOODLANDS MATCH vs vs vs GEYLANG GOMBAK CLEMENTI DATE 03/10/2002 03/10/2002 03/10/2002 Pa| 1-4 4-0 I 2-1 I '"Full-Time" includes injury time but not extra time or penalty shoot-outs. IX2 GEYLANG JURONG WOODLANDS inrr\M geylang Jurong clement! Vi. WAL 2 (-1 1/2 I
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