Today, 10 October 2002

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    7 1 TODAY Thursday October 10, 2002 MITA(P) 063/11/2001
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    Who's Ahmed?
    542 1  -  Lee Ching Wern Mr Nice Guy being deported to US as 'terrorist' FOR the past six months, Ahmed Ibrahim Bilal (picture) blended in so well with varsity mates at the International Islamic University in Selangor that he hardly drew any attention except for his extensive knowledge of Islam
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    PM drops a big hint
    152 1 AMID mounting speculation on when Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong will step down, the man himself gave a hint, Lianhe Zaobao reported yesterday. A Japanese reporter set the ball rolling at the World Economic Forum Summit in Kuala Lumpur by asking PM Goh to assess
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Water talks to be held in Johor
      171 2 THE next round of water talks will be held in Johor on Oct 16 and 17. Yesterday's announcement by Johor Mentri Besar Abdul Ghani Othman confounded earlier expectations that the talks would be held in Kuala Lumpur. He said senior Government officials from
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      Colour of greed
      403 2  -  Jose Raymond Remisier, wife missing after $1m loss in clients' funds AS former blue chips lose their lustre, the market has exposed the temptations driving some members of the trading community specifically, a remisier with one of Singapore's top brokerage firms. It appears that he started speculating
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      Lock icon Chee and Gandhi guilty
      234 2 Today photo by SINGAPORE Democratic Party (SDP) chief Chee Soon Juan will be spending the next five weeks in jail. Another SDP member, Gandhi Ambalam, will spend four weeks in jail. Both men were found guilty yesterday of trespassing on the Istana grounds and providing public
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      Stressed about money
      177 2 IT seems that issues relating to money, health, and job stability cause the most stress among Singaporeans, according to a recent survey by the South West Community Development Council. Of their major concerns in life, nearly half of the respondents cited money as their top stress factor.
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      Lock icon Strike out for Bush?
      489 3 Port move may give Democrats the House LOS ANGELES US President George W Bush may have saved the day by invoking a 50-year-old law to end a crippling port strike in the west coast of America, forcing 10,500 dockworkers to return to work. But, the move
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      Lock icon Jakarta vandalism draws mass protest
      143 3 AFP JAKARTA Fed up with the spree of attacks on entertainment spots by a hardline Muslim group last weekend, nightclub workers yesterday held a demonstration. About 700 people comprising female nightclub workers, members of a security force from Indonesia's largest mainstream Muslim organisation, Nahdlatul Ulama,
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      Lock icon 'Dear police, I am God'
      137 3 Agencies WASHINGTON DC In what is the first known communication from the serialsniper linked to eight shootings over the past few days, a taunting message was left for the authorities outside a school where a 13-year-old boy was shot on Monday morning. "Dear policeman, I
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      2 Indon judges cited for corruption
      214 3 JAKARTA A day after putting pressure on the Attorney General to reveal discrepancies in his source of wealth, the Indonesian Public Servants' Wealth Audit Commission (KPKPN) has set its sight on two judges. Mr Soekotjo Soeparto, who is heading the case against Commercial Court
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      They saw us as spies
      540 4  -  Joy Frances SIF chief explains why some Spore expats did not want to join network INVITE an overseas Singaporean to join a network of his countrymen, and 10 years ago, his suspicious reaction would have been: Are you a government spy? Attitudes have changed drastically
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      New audio from Nike, Philips
      105 4 FOR music-loving fitness buffs, Nike and Philips have come up with a new line of portable splash-proof and skip-free audio players incorporating the use of digital technology. The Nike-Philips alliance unveiled the line yesterday which includes two digital audio players, two MP3-CD players, a digital
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  • HOME NEWS
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      'We want peace'
      327 6  -  Tor Ching Li Malay Muslim groups sign joint statement THREE of the four organisations which urged the government recently "to oppose or at least, abstain from supporting any possible collective attacks on Iraq", yesterday signed a joint statement for peace with 119 other Malay Muslim organisations. The
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      No SEX on the road
      244 6 HOPING that the number plate on your next car would read SEX? Forget it. The Land Transport Authority (LTA) has decided against using vowels as the middle letter of three-letter prefixes in licence plates. This means no SEX, no SIN, no SUX, no SAG and
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  • LETTERS
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      Flower power to attract tourists
      158 8  -  Ananda Perera OVER the weekend, I attended Floriade 2002 in Canberra, Australia. Singapore can find inspiration from such festivals to mount our own tourist attractions more imaginatively. Many people in Canberra believe that spring does not begin until the start of the Floriade, which is
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      Botox and toddlers
      309 8 No need to add to anguish of mothers I AM grateful for the attention given to Botox in the article "Vanity and War" (Today, Oct 8). Indeed, Botox is a "wonder drug" for the millions of patients who have been treated since the 1980s for dystonia, facial
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      Smart card, but is it convenient?
      202 8  -  Michael Loh Yik Ming I REFER to SMRT's announcement that the single fare ticket will be replaced by a contactless smart card in your report, "Say goodbye to single-trip ticket" (Today, Oct 9). From what I understand, to purchase the card, I need to
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      MediShield should be improved
      182 9  -  Cheng Mci Ying I HAVE been reading about the lower than expected commitment to Elder Shield ("The optin businessman", Today, Oct 9). The benefits of the scheme are not attractive enough. The risk to reward ratio (comparing the premium payable with the limited payout of $18,000)
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      Why this scepticism over ElderShield?
      182 9  -  him Boon Hee DIFFERENT sides to the Elder Shield issue have been reported ("The opt-in businessman", Today, Oct 9). Certain sections of the media have highlighted that 400,000 or 33 per cent have opted out Others have played down this fact, saying that 8,000 have
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      Sense of dread over mother tongue 'handicap
      168 9  -  Ng Pik Wan I HAVE been living in Singapore for 15 years and have more or less "adopted" it as my home. I have two preschoolers who were born here. Although Singapore has a first-class education system, it is too goal-orient-ed even at
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
    • Market Watch
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        Singapore
        102 10 THE relief rally stalled yesterday as traders locked in profits from three days of gains. Banks led the losers, dragging the STI 19.93 points down to 1376.58. For every stock that rose, about two fell while 339 counters closed unchanged. Volume was 234 million shares, valued at $269 million.
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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
        53 10 fy volume Dct9 'OOO '000 j'tiraya chartered .inks Is )atacrftUSS toSteel 20,970 15,410 15,311 13,461 10,882 NWTech BIL Intl LeongHin SingTel TTInt 8,244 7,920 6,402 6,196 6,153 )y value Dct9 JOB )BS toSteel ilA chartered 39,984,680 39,025,450 21,489,250 19,987,998 13,428,355 SPH Venture OCBC SingTel DatacrftUSS 13,345,564 11,138,254
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 10 US$ 0.5589 UK£ 0.3599 Yen 69.4492 HK$ 4.3595 RM 2.1239 Euro 0.5705 Rupiah 5032.6 Baht 24.4502 Peso 29.4889 A$ 1.0211 Indian Rs 27.0072 Won 696.755 C$ 0.8911 Yuan 4.6263 NZ$ 1.1667 NTS 19.6258
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        World markets
        49 10 Index Value Change Pis Nikkei 225 8539.34 -169.56 -1.95 Hang Seng Ordinaries laiwan Wtd 877.35 2869.50 3947.61 -0.06 -31.70 -16.67 -1.09 -0.42 Korea Comp SET Index 619.94 339.51 -14.90 +1.67 -2.35 +0.49 lakarta Comp 391.84 -10.21 -2.54 Phils Comp ihenzen B 1081.27 221.19 +5.52 -3.44 +0.51 -1.53
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        Commodities
        21 10 Gold uss/oz 319.400 Silver uss/oi 4.373 Platinum uss/oi 566.900 Rubber centsAg 150.50 Palm oil RM/tonne 1383 Brent crude uss/barrel 28.07
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        SGX top rises
        80 10 By$ By percentage Set 9 Close Change OBS Bk 6% NCPS*****.400 +0.200 Oct 9 Galdlran Close Change 0.015 +50.000 Fhai Prime200USS 4.200 +0.200 Rolol 0.060 +20.000 IMH400USS 5.950 +0.150 LCDev 0.095 +18.750 ip Land 3.300 +0.100 SingamasC 2kHK$ 1.430 +0.080 FCC 0.780 +0.075 Nobel Des Tastyfood SinSoonH
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        Lock icon SGX top falls
        79 10 Bloomberg Oct 9 DBS UOB Close Change 11.500 -0.400 12.100 -0.400 Oct 9 Slock BBR Close Change Price tthange 0.015 -25.000 SPH 19.600 -0.300 LHT 0.090 -25.000 STI ETF 100 CenlralP 14.010 -0.290 18.600 -0.200 Cathay Org LionTeckC 0.140 -24.320 0.095 -20.830 SPH 100 19.700 -0.200 NM
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      Lock icon Asians: Faith no more?
      255 10 Reuters HONG KONG Nearly 72 per cent of Asians lack confidence in the region's businesses following the raft of US corporate scandals and a slowdown in global growth, a survey showed. The survey of 800 respondents in Singapore, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Taipei by public relations
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      Cathay Pacific, DHL alliance
      99 10 HONG KONG'S Cathay Pacific Airways is selling a 30 per cent stake in its freight unit Air Hong Kong to DHL Worldwide Express in a bid to create a regional air cargo powerhouse. The two companies will invest up to US$4OO million ($717 million) by 2010
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      Lock icon Optus: Govt policy deepens Telstra's rural dominance
      327 12 Bloomberg SYDNEY The Australia government's policy of using funds from the sale of Telstra to improve service in rural areas has only entrenched its dominance, rival Sing Tel Optus said. In its submission to a government enquiry on telecommunications serv- ices in remote
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      Marketing, Tommy-style
      73 12 A TALK on Marketing Singapore to the World: One Diplomat's Reflections will be given by Ambassador-m-i^arge Prof Tommy Koh (picture) in conjunction with the official opening of The Marketing Institute of Singapore building. His presentation will provide insights into how Singapore businesses can overcome the challenges by marketing
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      Lock icon Costly closure
      234 12 Bloomberg West Coast port lockouts lead to $16m price tag for NOL NEPTUNE Orient Lines, which runs the world's sixth-largest liner fleet, said the closure of the US West Coast ports has cost it between US$9 million ($l6 million) and US$lO million and the amount may rise further.
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      Innovation, technology will spur East Asia
      258 12 A WORLD Bank report has identified four key areas for East Asian economies to remain competitive in a liberalised global market building a capacity for innovation, boosting market institutions and business services, harnessing the power of the Internet and opening up their markets. Innovation
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    • I DO, I DO
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        Love story
        941 13 Couples tell us how theirs end happily MOVIES are said to mirror life. But these couples have lives that seem to reflect certain romantic movies. Starting out as acquaintances, they became best friends and then finally started dating, much like how the plot develops in the movie When
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      264 too many
      218 14 Industrial properties auctioned in dismal times THE number of industrial properties in Singapore that have been put under the hammer has soared four-fold since the 1998 Asian financial crisis. And property consultant Colliers International says the number is expected to rise because of the uncertain local and
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      Lock icon Dutch firm to invest in Asia
      103 14 Bloomberg HONG KONG Baring Private Equity Partners, a unit of ING Groep, the largest Dutch financial services company, said it has raised US$257 million ($459.8 million) to invest in the Asian units of US and European companies which are selling their overseas assets. Baring
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      Lock icon Girl's friend
      36 14 AFP photo Japan's Yamaha Motor Co president Toru Hasegawa, accompanied by campaign girls, unveiling the company's battery-powered scooter "Passol". The U551,625 ($2,900) machine is aimed at female consumers looking for a sleek, environmentallyfriendly vehicle.
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      Lock icon Corporate Briefs
      254 14 Channel NewsAsia. AFX-Asia AFX-Asia COSCO TO SELL SHANGHAI PROPERTIES: Cosco Investment hopes to further boost its sec-ond-half earnings by selling one or two Shanghai properties by end of this year. The Singapore-listed arm of China's largest shipping group said recently it expects foreign exchange gains and higher charter
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      Lock icon Fujitsu, AMD in talks to integrate divisions
      195 14 -AFP TOKYO Japanese technology giant Fujitsu is in talks with US computer chip-maker Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) on ways to integrate their flash memory chip operations. "We have a long-term partnership with AMD and we are discussing various options to strengthen our flash
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      Lock icon PWC may feel Tyco heat
      367 16 Bloomberg NEW YORK Prosecutors are considering criminal charges against PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) auditors who reviewed compensation for the indicted former CEO of Tyco International, sources familiar with the situation said. Manhattan district attorney Robert Morgenthau is examining whether PWC auditors based in New York and Boston
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      3964 16 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Enquiries:Call 852-2973-6600 E-mail lipper.asia@reuters.com Dote Fund Nome NAV/Eid Oiler Price Price Aberdeen Asset Management (Asia) 0/8 A )erc een Se -American Opportunities 0.526 0.553 0/8 A >erc een Se -Asian High Yield Fd 1.218 1.256 0/8 Aberdeen Se -CfirnD Opportunities Fd 0.902 0.948 0/8 Aberdeen Se -Continental
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • Article
      Lock icon Election gamble
      295 18 Reuters Critics warn of clash if Musharraf wins polls ISLAMABAD You win some and you lose some. That certainly holds true for Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf when he goes to the parliamentary polls today. Many have said that General Musharraf has already subverted what is to mark a
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      Lock icon Doubts, anger and a strange homecoming
      239 18 Reuters TOKYO It will be home, strange home, when five Japanese abducted by North Korea return to Japan for the first time in almost 25 years. In an apparent signal of North Korea's eagerness to improve ties with Tokyo ahead of a new round
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      Lock icon Political minefield
      59 18 AFP photo A SOUTH Korean soldier talks to journalists about anti-tank mines during work on the inter-Korean railroad on the south side of the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) yesterday. The project to clear land mines ahead of opening a path for the inter-Korean rail link is likely to be
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      Lock icon Busking lawyer in court
      264 18 -AFP BERGERAC A French lawyer with a penchant for busking at street markets with her accordion risks being disbarred for bringing the legal profession into disrepute. Ms Valeric Faure (picture), who busks with her violinist husband in the southwest town of Bergerac, was brought before a
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      Jurist deported from M'sia
      117 18 JAKARTA An outspoken Indonesian human rights activist and member of the International Commission of Jurists was turned away after he arrived at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport yesterday. Mr Adnan Buyung Nasution, invited by Malaysian opposition party Keadilan to talk about the trial of jailed Malaysian
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      Lock icon Appeasing Beijing
      280 19 Agencies N Korea sacks trade zone head and illegal land use. He has been under house arrest since. Yonhap news agency quoted diplomatic sources as saying Beijing had requested Mr Yang's dismissal, promising to support Pyongyang's ambitious plan to develop Sinuiju as a business and tourism hub. But
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      Lock icon Was Al Qaeda behind shooting of Americans in Kuwait?
      332 19 -AFP KUWAIT CITY As newspapers underscored a link between the attack and the Al Qaeda terrorist network, Kuwait was yesterday rounding up groups suspected of assisting two Kuwaiti gunmen who killed a US Marine and wounded another in an attack during
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      34 19 Everywhere under the sun. M Wjrt Inbox I (128 unread) No time at the office. It stacks up when I'm on leave. I'm on everybody's cc list. I'm always stuck at meetings. So how?
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Lock icon If Saddam FALLS
      816 21 Today Foreign Desk ...Will Iraq fall apart? ...Will there be a bloodbath? ...What will the new regime be like? ...Who will be the new leader? A FAIRY TALE ending to a widely antici--fipated US attack on Iraq goes something like this: The Saddam Hussein regime crumbles like
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Shed some flab to fit into my designs: Lagerfeld
      156 22 Reuters PARIS German designer Karl Lagerfeld has put a spin on shrink-to-fit clothes by suggesting that Chanel customers lose weight to squeeze into his tiny creations. Lagerfeld's spring-summer collection featured a series of shrunken suits and micro-minis consisting of little more
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      Lock icon Lampooning leaders
      718 22 Reuters Discontent in China finds an outlet... in jibes aimed at rulers r I "»HIRTY years ago in China, you could -L be in trouble for cursing your cat, because the Chinese word for the pet sounds like the family name of Chairman Mao Zedong. Bad-mouthing leaders in
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      FUNNY BUT SERIOUS
      153 22 Paramount leader Deng Xiaoping, then President Yang Shangkun and Premier Li Peng found tneir car blocked by a cow in the road one day. Mr Li yells: "If you don't move, I'll declare martial law!" The cow ignores him. Mr Yang yells: "I'll call out the military!"
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  • LIMELIGHT
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      A grave undertaking
      499 24  -  Janice Lee HBO's latest series is rising six feet from the ground WE live in a world obsessed with death. It's the freak show we want a glimpse of, before expressing our disgust Yes, this reality will stare you in the face the next time you pass
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      Lock icon Make a date with A*mei
      333 24 -ElisaChia WHEN Taiwanese pop diva Chang Huei-mei met with a car accident in Wuhan, China last month, thoughts of her health or loved ones weren't the first to come to her mind. Her sprained neck was hurting badly, but the celebrity affectionately known as A*mei
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      Tangs celebrates turning 70 by helping cancer kids
      140 25  -  Pearlyn Tham A NNIVERSARIES are meaningful occasions but Tangs went one -TA-step further to make its 70th anniversary even more memorable. As part of its celebrations, Tangs helped raise funds for the "Kids Against Cancer" campaign. Yesterday, Mr Tang Wee Sung, the
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      For Trends right off the catwalk
      157 25  -  Pearlyn Tham A FTER Mango and Waipai, -Tianother Spanish fashion label has hit our shores. The first Zara boutique in South-east Asia opened officially yesterday evening. Located at Basement One of Ngee Ann City, occupying a total floor space of about 11,000 sq ft
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      Give your feet a pampering pedicure ... Then show them off!
      579 25  - Give your feet a pampering pedicure Then show them off! Toh King Yu, Miss Eversoft BEADED slippers, open-toed stilettos, cork wedgies and hip-pie-inspired sandals. Besides the fact that they are all this season's hot favourites on the shoe racks of department stores and shoe boutiques, they also share another thing
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      609 26  -  Katrina Karim THE pasta (pictures) family has a colourful history. And macaroni, being part of that eclectic family, can also boast of having an interesting past. According to folklore, macaroni originated in ancient Rome. This unusual tubular food was used as a sacrificial meal for
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      195 26 \^B Ingredients 2 chicken breasts 150g macaroni 3 dried Chinese mushrooms, soaked and sliced 3 dried scallops 1L water 4 tbsp chicken powder or 2 chicken cubes 1 tsp sesame oil 1 red chilli, sliced salt and pepper to taste Method 1. Boil water with a little salt. Add in
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      Only half-full
      401 27  -  Serene Foo This package could have delivered more FILM REVIEW The Transporter EMAY be directed by veteran Hong ong martial arts choreographer Cory Yuen (Lethal Weapon 4, X-Men, Kiss of the Dragon) but The Transporter bears the signature stamp of Luc Besson. If you've seen Besson's stylish, darklyhumorous
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      Are Kidman and Crowe an item?
      134 27 A RE Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe an item? -iA-Last January, the two went to the Golden Globe Awards and pre-Oscar party together. Then in July, shortly after her separation from Tom Cruise (the two divorced in August last year), Kidman was spotted with
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      Lock icon Oscar-winner Benigni 'loses face'
      172 27 -AFP ROME Italian film actor-director Roberto Benigni literally lost face on Tuesday after enraging press photographers at an awards ceremony. They were denied access to the star in favour of photographers from Benigni's company as he received an honorary doctorate from the university of Bologna. By
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      Spielberg the sabo victim
      80 28 EARLIER this week, director Steven Spielberg received a phone call from the Prime Minister of Canada, only it wasn't Jean Chretien but two Canadian DJs, reported World Entertainment News Network. Spielberg was fooled and he did not react when they referred to his film Saving Private
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      Expect little
      410 28  -  David Ngiau Serving Sara serves up too few good gags FILM REVIEW Serving Sara EXPECT lots of really crass jokes, the sort we got in There's Something About Mary, American Pie and Road Trip. Even so, and especially if you're a ***** movie connoisseur (as I am), don't
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      1612 30 On TV Armed Reaction II channel B,9 P m Comedy Central Lenny Henry In Pieces Arts Central, io P m Klinik Kita Eczema Suria, 8.30pm Conversation with Gerson JMk H This is a new comedy show featuring F^t'B Eczema is usually the cause of dry and sensitive AH(h6S NOTCS rGfCZ
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      270 31  -  Pearlyn Tham 9 L Elaine Heng SHE may be 25 years old but Elaine Heng looks not a day older than 20. Maybe it's because she downs a glass of honey with lemon juice every morning and dubs it as her "detoxifying drink", or maybe it's because she
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      Lock icon Collina upset by hair spoof
      319 32 Reuters MILAN Italian referee Pierluigi Collina has criticised the presenters of a televised award ceremony which made fun of his bald head. Collina, who took charge of July's World Cup final and has been voted the best referee in the world in several polls, won
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      Lock icon Veterans back for 'cup final'
      427 32  -  Tan Yo-Hinn THEY made the National Stadium rumble when they took to the field in the 70s and 80s, fighting for the Malaysia Cup in as intense a rivalry as has ever been seen in this part of the world. And come Sunday, some of
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      76 32 Singapore ex-internationals: David Lee, Lee Bee Seng, Terry Pathmanathan, Hasli Ibrahim, Robert Sim, Quah Kirn Song, Jeffrey Lazaroo, Razali Saad, Sudiat Dali, Malek Awab, Suria Moorthy, Yahya Madon, Abdullah Noor, Fandi Ahmad, Dollah Kassim, Tay Peng Kee, Ho Kwang Hock. Malaysia: Rashid Hassan, Reduan Abdullah, Soh Chin Aun, Santokh Singh,
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      Lock icon Koreans cheated
      648 33 Asiad uproar as badminton and boxing teams suggest... BUSAN The Asian Games were plunged into controversy yesterday when dubious judging decisions prompted a boycott by Indonesia's badminton players and claims of biased officiating in the boxing ring. South Korea won the Asian Games men's team badminton title after
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      Korean gold
      199 33 BUSAN South Korea's 'dream team' beat Taiwan 4-3 yesterday to win the Asian Games baseball gold medal, taking advantage of errors and a wild pitch by a Taiwanese team that outhit the host. Earlier, Japan beat China 7-4 in the bronze medal game. Asian Games medal tally G
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      Trials for 2003
      60 33 CLEMENTI Khalsa will be organising trials for its under--16, under-18 and Prime League squads for the 2003 S-League season. Players attending trials for the Prime League squad (aged 18-23) should have completed their national service. The trials are today and tomorrow at the Clementi Stadium from 6pm
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      Lock icon Jobs are better than medals for some
      274 33 -AFP BUSAN Asian Games athletes are disappearing in increasing numbers in an apparent bid to find jobs illegally in South Korea, police and officials said yesterday. A total of 16 athletes have gone into hiding since Asia's biggest sporting event opened in the
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      Lock icon Abdulla slows down and still wins
      237 33 AFP BUSAN Qatar's Abubaker Ali Kamal had plenty of support in the men's 3,000 m steeplechase at the Asian Games yesterday, but instead of coming from the crowd, it came from dominating race winner Khamis Abdulla. In a bizarre scene for a Games final,
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      Remy the great
      819 34  -  Kelvin Phang Bowler wins Masters gold to join the legends of Singapore sport IN A WEEK, Remy Ong (picture) has enshrined himself in Singapore sporting history. His three-gold haul at the Asian Games, thanks to a Masters gold yesterday, is an achievement that ranks him alongside all-time
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      Lock icon Seven-medal rush gives Singapore record Asian Games haul
      420 34 Kelvin Phang SINGAPORE has broken its record for the most number of medals won in a single Asian Games. A glut of six bronzes, together with another bowling gold, took Team Singapore's haul to 16 medals (five golds, two silver and nine
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      Lock icon Black power rules
      622 35  -  Neil Humphreys Arsenal intimidates the Premiership like never before LIKE sulking schoolboys, the Sunderland footballers refused to come out to play. The big boys from Arsenal commandeered the players' tunnel and Sunderland barely raised a whimper of protest Black power had triumphed once again and another match
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