Today, 11 October 2002, Afternoon Edition

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    8 1 TODAY Frid&y October 11, 2002 MITA (P) 063/11/2001
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon US House backs war
      295 1 Reuters Congress authorises Bush to strike if diplomacy fails WASHINGTON The United States House of Representatives yesterday voted to back a possible war with Iraq. Meanwhile, Baghdad tried to avert a strike by inviting the Bush administration to see for itself that it is not producing
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      Lock icon Yahoo shines in US stocks rally
      101 1 Reuters NEW YORK US stocks shot higher yesterday, yanking the broad market off five-year lows. Yahoo was in the limelight, soaring almost 23 per cent after scoring its strongest quarterly growth since the dot-corn boom ended. The blue-chip Dow Jones industrial average rallied 247.68
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      249 1 v J I if?"!* weekend I Today I Available at newsstands, 7-Eleven, Borders, Cheers, Cold Storage, Fair Price, Kinokuniya, Carrefour and Esso, Mobil and Shell petrol stations. //\=£j]j\COßP V)\ CREATEUR D'AUTOMOBILES RENAULT IAQUNA With *ne innovative Laguna, you x 7^^^^^ ~~i kV^iJ*^ no longer need keys to drive. That's sf^^n\
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Gloomy growth
      632 2  -  Lee Ching Wern Estimates show 10.3% fall from last quarter WHEN Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong hinted on Tuesday that the Government may have to cut its growth forecast for the year due to global uncertainties, economists braced themselves for gloomy news. Yesterday, when the Ministry of Trade
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      S'porean kidnapped
      112 2 SINGAPOREAN businessman Ricky Kway, 60, was kidnapped in Jakarta yesterday by four men claiming to be police officers. Straits Times TV, which reported the incident last night, said the kidnappers forced themselves into the car Mr Kway was travelling in. There were no other details. Mr Kway, who
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      NSman dies
      74 2 A FULL-TIME National Serviceman died in the Singapore General Hospital at spm yesterday. Mr Ivan Ho Yong Hua, 22, had collapsed during routine field training at the Basic Military Training School an hour earlier. The Defence Ministry said Mr Ho, who enlisted on Oct 2, was found unconscious
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    • AFTERNOON EDITION
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        Top Al Qaeda leader alive?
        368 3 Zawahiri recording 'appears recent' WASHINGTON Ayman Al Zawahiri, the second-in-command of the Al Qaeda terrorist network appears to be alive, the Washington Post yesterday quoted senior US officials as saying. A voice recording of Zawahiri, the sec-ond-ranking al Qaeda leader, broadcast on Tuesday appears to
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        Lock icon Holocaust survivor wins Nobel Prize
        107 3 AFP STOCKHOLM Hungarian Holocaust survivor and writer Imre Kertesz (picture) won the 2002 Nobel Literature Prize yesterday "for writing that upholds the fragile experience of the individual against the barbaric arbitrariness of history". As a Jew persecuted by the Nazis, and then a Hungarian writer
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        Lock icon Bilal deported
        80 3 Agencies KUALA LUMPUR The American terrorist suspect Ahmed Ibrahim Bilal was deported to the United States yesterday after his application for political asylum in Malaysia was rejected. The US embassy issued a statement saying: "Ahmed Ibrahim Bilal was turned over to US officials this morning by the Royal
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        Lock icon Anwar defiant
        84 3 Reuters KUALA LUMPUR Jailed former Malaysian politician Anwar Ibrahim refused to accept a bankruptcy notice served on behalf of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad, lawyers and prison officials said yesterday. Mr Anwar owes Dr Mahathir RM35,381 ($16,718) in legal costs after unsuccessfully suing him for defamation.
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        Retail outlets make Changi top airport
        151 4 SINGAPORE'S Changi Airport and Hong Kong's Chek Lap Kok International Airport emerged tops in easing customer discomfort in the wake of increased security measures after Sept 11 last year, according to a global survey of 46 major airports. The 2002 Global Airport Satisfaction Study
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        Lock icon Zara's hot
        486 4  -  Pearlyn Tham Shoppers can't get enough by pearlyn@newstoday.com.sg 'YOU only have time for Zara," Vlr Mohamed Alabbar's wife told him recently. The 43-year-old has been away :rom his home in Dubai, preoccupied with the Spanish-born Zara in Singapore. The "woman" in this instance is the latest fashion label
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      83 2 I /sA=diaCorp I TENDER NO. P 10/2002/01 Supply, Delivery, Installation, Testing and Commissioning of digital camcorders and vtrs for Mediacorp Studios ELIGIBILITY: EPU/AVP Registered Contractors FINANCIAL LIMIT: $1m CLOSING DATE: 1 November 2002 (12 noon) TENDER DOCUMENT FEE: $200.00 (inclusive of GST) non-refundable (by cheque only in favour of "MediaCorp
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Tiger time on the Hill
      417 6 US, Spore officials celebrate caucus launch SINGAPORE-AMERICAN ties got a further boost on Wednesday when a caucus of 50 members was inaugurated in the United States Congress. The special interest group is likely to prove helpful when negotiations for the USSingapore Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
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      COO'S gambling buddy offered lowest price'
      225 6  -  Joy Frances THE corruption trial involving Centrepoint Properties' chief operating officer continued yesterday, with a consultant taking the stand. The COO, Lai Kwong Meng (picture), is charged with accepting two $100,000 bribes for awarding air-conditioning installation contracts to a gambling buddy, Mr Anthony Chia,
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      Lock icon Serial child molester gets 10 years more
      160 6 Channel News Asia A SERIAL child molester, who was earlier sentenced to 20 years' jail and 15 strokes of the cane, had his sentence increased by 10 years yesterday. Kenneth Nicholas, 49, who kidnapped and molested three young girls, will spend the next
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      208 7 Panasonic GD6B Personalise your phone with your favourite photo. You can really express yourself with the new Panasonic GD6B. It has the unique i^ Image-In changeable back in-lay so that you can display your favourite image. All you have to do is insert a photo of family members, friends or
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  • LETTERS
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      A call, and a promise, on Elder Shield by NTUC Income chief
      558 8 I REFER to the letter, "MediShield should be improved", by Ms Cheng Mci Ying (Today, Oct 10). I wish to thank Ms Cheng for encouraging her parents to take up Elder Shield. I confirm my personal promise that
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      A case for SEX
      272 8  -  Jeffrey Law Lee Beng It will make licence plates fun I WAS amused by the comments made by motorists in the report, "No SEX on the road" (Today, Oct 10). It is saddening that, despite our high literacy rate, we still have the notion that "sex"
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      Media, don't get carried away
      145 10  -  Michael Loh Yik Ming I REFER to the report, "Remy powers Spore to record haul" (Today, Oct 10). Indeed, for a nation of four million people to win a total of 16 medals, including five golds, is a matter of great pride and honour. I
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      Find out why teens smoke
      245 10  -  Vishal Tiwary I REFER to the letter, "Teens puffing away unawares" by Mr Henry Lim Li Shun (Weekend Today, Oct 5-6). I disagree with the writer's comments that the enforcement of provisions against smoking and public campaigns on underage smoking will deter youths from lighting
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      Lessons from Literature books
      174 10  -  Syed Abdullah I AGREE with the views expressed in the letter, "Offer Literature as a non-exam subject" (Today, Oct 9). Like Mr Fok Kah Hon, I took English Literature for my 0 Levels but managed only a C 6. Unlike him, I sat for eight 0
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      330 8 /What is Flu? \^^3 v's caused by the influenza virus. It usually <?r^\\^ i s Preac;ls rapidly through our community over n PvCCn©^^ severa' weeks. Your child may catch it very rtttVmp^3 i easily from other people. If a family member, <-\ (CkwsP^ or child from school or day care
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      30 10 Your letter can also appear on this page. Give your full name and address and write to: Today, 24, Raffles Place, #28-01/06, Clifford Centre, Singapore *****1; Fax: 65-*****217; E-mail: news@newstoday.com.sg
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon $38b boost with Japan FTA
      335 12 -AFP A PROPOSED trade pact with Japan could lift Asean's economic output by two per cent and boost its exports to the Asian economic giant by US$2l billion ($37.6 billion), Minister of State for Trade and Industry, Mr Raymond Lim, said yesterday. Asean must enhance
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    • Market Watch
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        Singapore
        127 12 SINGAPORE shares fell for another day on profit-taking after flash Q3 gross domestic product numbers released yesterday showed 3.7 per cent growth on the same period last year. The STI shed 19.23 points or 1.3 per cent to close at 1357.35. Market breadth was poor, and volumes remained thin
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        World markets
        54 12 Index Value Change Pis Nikkei 225 8439.62 -99.72 -1.17 Hang Seng Ordinaries laiwan Wtd 8858.69 2855.50 3947.61 -118.66 -14.00 -16.67 -1.32 -0.49 -0.42 Korea Comp SET Index 584.04 333.85 -35.90 -4.52 -5.79 -1.34 lakarta Comp Phils Comp ihenzen B 384.49 1063.29 217.22 -7.35 -17.98 -3.97 -1.88 -1.66 -1.79
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 12 US$ 0.5577 UK£ 0.3558 Yen 68.865 HK$ 4.3500 RM 2.1194 Euro 0.5626 Rupiah 5022.9 Baht 24.4060 Peso 29.4088 A$ 1.0162 Indian Rs 29.9615 Won 701.701 C$ 0.8911 Yuan 4.6163 NZ$ 1.1636 NTS 19.5569
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        Commodities
        24 12 Gold uss/oi 320.800 Silver uss/oi 4.350 Platinum uss/oi 576.300 Information provided by: Rubber cents/kg 149.75 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1380 Brent crude uss/barrel 27.94
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        Straits Times Index — 10-Day Chart
        5 12 Straits Times Index 10-Day Chart
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        SGX most active
        60 12 By volume Oct 10 '000 DatacrftUSS 36,936 Chartered 23,325 Citiraya 14,174 Nat Steel 14,090 PacCent 11,883 By value Oct 10 SPH 60,194,823 UOB 37,279,171 DBS 32,585,700 Nat Steel 28,135,310 DatacrftUSS 23,490,145 '000 Links Is 9,425 NOL 8,503 Sing Tel 8,257 BIL Intl 7,374 Surface MT 6,653 Chartered
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        SGX top rises
        77 12 Set 10 Prima Close Changi 4.160 +0.081 DatacrftUSS 0.655 +0.051 F&N 7.850 +0.051 IMH 400USS 6.000 +0.051 chartered 0.900 +0.041 Haw Par 4.160 +0.041 3UT 4.500 +0.041 DUTF 4.500 +0.041 iemb Log 1.710 +0.041 3enMag 0.090 +0.031 By percent! tage OctlO GenMag Cathay Org Heshe Close Changi
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        Lock icon SGX top falls
        83 12 Bloomberg Oct 10 Close Changi DIAMONDS 10USS 73.100 -7.101 SPH 18.600 -1.001 SPH 100 18.700 -1.001 STIETF100IOPV 13.617 -0.651 DBS 11.300 -0.201 DBS Bk 6% NCPS10 105.200 -0.201 GreatEast 8.500 -0.201 OCBC 9.650 -0.201 Venture 11.000 -0.201 C&C 3.800 -0.161 By percentage OctlO Close Change Slock OmniMolil
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      Lock icon Thailand aborts three S'pore rubber deals
      131 14 -AFP BANGKOK Thailand's Rubber Estate Organisation (REO) has cancelled controversial deals with three Singaporean traders after they failed to take delivery of their shipments on time, officials said yesterday. Teck Wah Rubber, Banjoo and Sinmyan Commodities failed to collect and pay for their shipments
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      Towards closer S'pore-Mongolia biz ties
      62 14 SINGAPORE and Mongolia signed the avoidance of double taxation agreement yesterday. Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said the agreement would provide more incentives for businessmen to take advantage of opportunities in the two countries. He was speaking at a banquet at the Istana last night
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      Lock icon Steady recovery
      217 14 Reuters Datacraft Asia shares up 10% SHARES of Datacraft Asia surged nearly 10 per cent yesterday, recovering further from a recent sell-down on renewed talk the region's largest network integrator could be taken private by its South African parent, Dimension Data. But Dimension Data said it had no
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      US plastics firm opens plant here
      94 14 AMERICAN plastics firm RTP Company yesterday opened a plant in Singapore its first outside the US and Europe. It has invested more than $15 million in the plant in Tuas and has hired 26 workers. RTP blends plastics with additives to change the physical,
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      $45m India IT haven in the works
      99 14 SINGAPORE-BASED technology and business park developer Ascendas yesterday broke ground for a $45 million information technology (IT) complex in Hyderabad, India. Called Cyber Oasis, the multi-storey IT complex will be developed in two phases to yield a total of half a million square
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      Undeterred by downturn
      278 16  -  Vasu Menon SEPTEMBER was an exceptionally weak month for Asian stock markets. However, that did not deter the biggest fund managers in Asia from buying more stocks. The value of Asian stocks held by the region's 20 biggest fund managers rose by 3.22 per cent to $180.26
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      3719 16 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Enquiries: Call 852-2973-6600 E-mail lipper.asia@reuters.com Dote Fund Nome NAV/Bid Oiler Prite Prite 3/1*0 'ffienfeen Se -BSopporfunities 0.533 0.56 MO AlerceenSe-Asian High Yield Fcl 1.215 1.253 3/10 A >erc een Se -Qifng Opportunities Fd 0.899 0.945 3/10 A )ert een Se-Continental Europe Eqty 0.664 0.698 MO AierceenSe-GlopaMNC 0.463
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      Lock icon Very close to flashpoint
      324 18 Reuters Nikkei a breath away from disaster level of 8000 TOKYO Japan slipped closer towards a financial crisis yesterday as stock prices tumbled to 19-year lows, adding urgency to government plans to cushion the pain of tough bank reforms and to a meeting of central bank
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      Lock icon Bush oil firm 'did Enron-style deal'
      160 18 Reuters BOSTON President George W Bush's former oil firm formed a partnership with Harvard University that concealed the company's financial woes and may have misled investors, a student and alumni group said in a report The partnership between Harken Energy Corp and Harvard, created
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Lethal exposure
      308 20 Agencies Defence papers show US conducted chemical, germ warfare tests WASHINGTON As it calls for the disarmament of biochemical weapons in Iraq, Washington on Wednesday admitted that it tested chemical and germ warfare agents during the Cold War. The Defence Department yesterday released more than two dozen reports
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      Lock icon Powell's classy reply
      203 20 Agencies LOS ANGELES US Secretary of State Colin Powell came out strong in his personal response to singer-activist Harry Belafonte's comparing him to a house slave. Calling the characterisation "unfortunate", the highest-ranking African-American official in the history of the US government said: "If Harry had wanted to
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      Lock icon Pakistanis go to the polls
      45 20 AFP photo Pakistanis displaying their identity cards, a pre-requisite for casting a vote, in Karachi yesterday. The people began casting their ballots in elections meant to return power to civilians after three years of military rule under President Pervez Musharraf.
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      Lock icon Read and wipe
      60 20 Reuters FRANKFURT Germans who like to read while in the toilet no longer need to take reading materials in with them. They can turn to novels and poems printed on toilet paper said German publisher Georges Hemmerstoffer on Wednesday. Poems and detective stories can be found on
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      Lock icon Kashmir's big names get a beating
      200 20 AFP SRINAGAR Indian Kashmir's ruling National Conference party conceded yesterday that it had lost its majority after the State Assembly elections. Party leader Omar Abdullah, who suffered a humiliating defeat in his constituency, said it would get no more than 30 seats in the
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      Lock icon New terror target
      261 22 AFP Expert says Al Qaeda operating in Australia SYDNEY A terrorism expert who interviewed captured members of the Al Qaeda says the group has trained militants to attack Australia and may already have a cell of fighters in the country. "A number of Al Qaeda members were
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      Lock icon Eligible to vote
      83 22 AFP MANILA After 15 years of debate, the Philippines is set to adopt a law making seven million Filipinos living and working abroad eligible to vote in their country's legislative and presidential elections. Their new right of suffrage termed "the missing middle class vote" is expected to
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      Lock icon Corruption crackdown
      290 24 Agencies Beijing's top financial officer found guilty BEIJING In a case that highlights Beijing's drive to clamp down on graft, the most senior Chinese financial official to be tried for corruption was found guilty yesterday. The Beijing Number One Intermediate People's Court sentenced Zhu Xiaohua the disgraced head
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      Lock icon Size does not matter with this doll
      155 24 NEW YORK Barbie has a serious rival, and it is not for Ken's affections. Ms Melissa Miller (picture), or Emme, the world's leading plus-size model, launched a full-figured doll in her name on Wednesday at New York's landmark FAO Schwarz toy store. Ms
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      Lock icon Lemon juice: The new HIV killer
      154 24 Reuters CANBERRA The best contraceptive and killer of the Aids virus is not some sophisticated medical concoction, but the humble lemon juice. Australian reproductive physiologist Roger Short from the University of Melbourne said a few drops of lemon juice is a cheap and easy-to-use
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      114 22 LAST HOUR FELLOWSHIP MISSIONS Invites you to a SESSION OF SPECIAL PRAYERS In this Special Prayer Session, We will pray for all manner of illness, emotional, psychological, financial distress and any other needs, using a special prayer oil. Everyone is welcomed. 12 October ONE DAY ONLY please call *****404 for
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Lock icon Long way to go, Mr CEO
      769 26  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla Scrutiny over executive pay can only do good for Singapore PLUS ga change, plus c'est la mime chose, goes the French saying. The more things change, the more they stay the same. No doubt that is what cynics are saying about
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon This scholar cleaned toilets
      685 28 Clement Mesenas Today photo by Prof Lai tells of his gruelling Japanese military academy days PROFESSOR Lai Kirn Fatt (picture) recalls the time when as a young scholarship student he cleaned toilets, humbly delivered coffee and newspapers to his seniors, and struggled through the snow, barefoot
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      148 29 The Learning Web Activities 19 Oct -24 Nov Industry Learning Tours 19 Oct -24 Nov Learning Expo 1- 3 Nov Singapore Learning Symposium 6& 7 Nov Say "yes" to learning new skills at Singapore Learning Festival 2002. Don't be afraid to learn something new, nor be too daunted to learn
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  • LIMELIGHT
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      Lock icon When art bytes
      355 31  -  Serene Foo Lin Hsin Hsin creates works on her computer WHAT do you get when you a cross a techie and an artist? The answer lies in the form of Singaporean Lin Hsin Hsin (picture). Trained in art, music, mathematics and computer science, Lin has married her
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      HAPPENINGS
      288 31 PARTICIPATE Discovery Tour Around Changi Village Join a discovery tour around Changi Village to uncover some majestic old trees like the sea trumpet, chiamau, sepetir and mentigi. These can be found in no other coastal area on mainland Singapore. Many of them reach four metres or more in girth,
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      Some like it sweet
      488 32  -  Janice Lee Tuck Patti return to share a Chocolate Moment IT'S about eating chocolate or is it? We've been on the edge of our seats waiting for jazz treasures Tuck Patti to return to our shores, and they're finally back this time, with songs from their
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  • INCINEMAS
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      The 'lecher' & the whistle blower
      613 33  - The 'lecher' the whistle blower Serene Foo and Elisa Chia THE game of Happy Family is over for the Chuay Gahn tribe in Survivor: Thailand. Castaway Ghandia Johnson (picture, left) has decided to deal her own cards stacking the odds against her one-time buddy-turned-perceived-lecher, Ted Rogers (picture, right). She accused
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      654 33  - Oh, Ash Sadiah Ahmad FAME, beauty and wealth the ravishing Aishwarya Rai has it all. Everything, it seems, except that special someone. Gossip lovers had a field day when the former Miss World was wooed by the handsome Salman Khan, one of Bollywood's biggest stars. They were the best-looking couple
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      It's the acting
      478 34  -  David Ngiau Overly-melodramatic City offers fine performances IT'S all about the performances, and City by the Sea can boast of two Oscar-winners: Robert DeNiro and Frances McDormand. But, it's rising star James Franco (picture) who steals the film. The players keep City from descending into melodramatic mush...
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      Mergers and splits
      149 34 JENNIFER Lopez and Ben Affleck have I been spotted checking out the Trinity Church and Museum in Boston, while the couple (and co-stars) were on a break in between shooting scenes for Jersey Girl. No prizes for guessing the kind of speculation and rumours the sightseeing has
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      Lock icon A live action Akin?
      140 34 Reuters/Variety HOLLYWOOD Warner Bros Pictures will produce a live-action, English-lan-guage remake of Japan's anime classic Akira. Director Stephen Norrington, who has just completed superhero drama The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, has reteamed with League writer James Robinson to develop the project Akira (1988) was the brainchild
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      All about mood
      423 36  -  Serene Foo Brace yourselves for a disturbing climax FILM REVIEW The Era of Vampires HORROR flick The Era of Vampires squeezes few scares with its ancient bloodthirsty corpses. It's what you cannot see that's chilling. The eerily-poignant mood and disturbing atmosphere take precedence in this gongfu tale
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      Just clumsy
      75 36 REESE Witherspoon, 26, and husband Ryan Phillippe, 28, raised eyebrows when they arrived at a charity fund-raiser in Hollywood recently. She had a broken foot and he had a cut on the forehead. But a publicist said they had just been clumsy, reported the World Entertainment News Network.
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  • TRAVELLER
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      From the eyes of an eagle
      932 37  -  Lan De Cotta Langkowi has more than just the best view in Asia THE eagle launched into the air from its perch on the cliff 200 m up, its eyes trained on the boat that was grinding to a halt below. As the occupant
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      LANGKAWI HOT PICKS
      274 38 Cable Car THE Langkawi Cable Car in the Oriental Village (right) is the island's latest and by far its most spectacular attraction. Opening on Nov 1, it offers a view that is unmatched in Asia. Due to the nature of the landscape, two mid-towers had to be
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      Lock icon US airlines unite frequent flyers
      161 38 Agencies FREQUENT flyers on both United Airlines and US Airways will benefit from a codeshare agreement between the two airlines that takes effect next month. Mr Chris Bowers, United Airlines' senior vice- president of marketing, sales and reservations, said: "We understand how important and valuable
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      QUICKTOURS
      184 38 FREE HOTEL STAY Internet travel service Priceline is offering its Asian customers free hotel stays.Travellers who book two air tickets to any destination through priceline.com.sg can get $200 cash back when they book hotel rooms around the world. Bookings must be made before Oct 31 and you must travel
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      1571 40 Ancient Inventions Arts Central, io P m Desperately Seeking Susan channel i, io P m Teater Kipas Hikmat Suria, 9 30 P m More Than A Frietl Rite Hosted by Terry Jones of "Monty Python" fame, chuckle 0^&~-~~ HB Karim had been entrusted with a magical fan that would rUIUU
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Wilko takes over Sunderland
      335 42 Reuters SUNDERLAND English Premier League club Sunderland named former Leeds United manager Howard Wilkinson as its new manager yesterday. Steve Cotterill, who resigned as manager of first division Stoke City earlier in the day, was named as his assistant. Sunderland, which sacked Peter Reid on Monday,
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      Lock icon The Boro boys
      646 42 With Rio and Sol out, England calls on LONDON Thursday afternoons at Middlesbrough's training ground normally mean an extra session for the team's defenders, with special emphasis on the back four working together as a unit. Yesterday, however, the two key men, Ugo Ehiogu and Gareth Southgate,
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      Bonds helps Giants cruise
      321 43 ST. LOUIS Barry Bonds' (picture) two-run triple highlighted a four-run second inning as San Francisco jumped on Matt Morris early and posted a 9-6 triumph over St Louis on Wednesday in Game 1 of the best-of-seven National League Championship Series. After St Louis seemed to sleepwalk
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      Lock icon Ferrari's latest gameplan: 'Virtual Ross'
      199 43 Agencies SUZUKA Ross Brawn will be steering Formula 1 world champion Ferrari from the comfort of his armchair in England for Sunday's seasonending Japanese Grand Prix. The race would have been the technical director's 100 th for Ferrari but lingering back problems have forced the
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      Sundram's swansong?
      810 44  -  Stanley Ho Skilful midfielder may be forced to retire due to S-League rule THE glittering playing career of arguably Singapore's most skilful footballer could well come to an end on Sunday when Jurong FC takes on Tampines Rovers in the NTUC Income Singapore Cup final. That is due
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      Lock icon Dravid leads for India
      137 44 Reuters BOMBAY Rahul Dravid became the fourth batsman in Test history to score four successive centuries as India strengthened its grip on the second day of the first Test against West Indies yesterday. The 29-year-old, who had scored 115 at Trent Bridge, 148 at Headingley and
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      Lock icon Japan marches on
      472 45 Agencies But host South Korea falls to Iran in penalty Shootout ULSAN Japan's young lions roared into their first ever Asian Games football final here yesterday with an impressive 3-0 win over Thailand. A performance based on a solid defence, swift passing and a spectacular second goal
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      Lock icon Thrills galore as arch rivals India and Pakistan clash
      377 45 -AFP BUSAN India scored a dramatic 4-3 victory over arch-rival Pakistan yesterday in an ill-tempered Asian Games hockey semi-final which saw one player sent off and several players cautioned. The hero for India was star striker Dhanraj Pillay, who scored twice
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      Solid start for S'pore
      306 45 SINGAPORE'S golfing pair of Mardan Mamat and Lam Chih Bing got off to a good start in the Davidoff Nations Cup, carding an eight-under-par 64 to finish tied for fourth place after the first round. The score puts the Singaporeans just two strokes behind leaders Han
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    • AFTERNOON EDITION
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        Lock icon Time to deliver
        451 46 Agencies England should stop talking and start winning: Beckham BRATISLAVA (Slovakia) England needs to stop all the talk about winning tournaments and start delivering the goods, according to captain David Beckham. Beckham made his call yesterday as England prepared for their opening qualifier for the 2004 European
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        Lock icon Argentine soccer bigwigs charged with fraud
        223 46 Reuters BUENOS AIRES A judge has charged Argentine soccer chief Julio Grondona, a Fifa vice-president, with fraud, a court spokesman said yesterday. Also charged were Boca Juniors president Mauricio Macri and former San Lorenzo boss Fernando Miele. The spokesman said appeals by the three
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        Lock icon Oakley to end career as he started ... with Jordan
        227 46 Oakley to end career as he started with Jordan AFP WILMINGTON (North Carolina) Charles Oakley (picture) started his National Basketball Association career with Michael Jordan in Chicago, and now it seems the veteran power forward may finish his career alongside Jordan in the nation's capital. The Washington Post reported that
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        Lock icon Woosnam for skipper role
        130 46 Reuters PARIS lan Woosnam will put himself forward as a candidate for Europe's 2004 Ryder Cup captaincy after encouragement from the outgoing captain Sam Torrance. He had favoured captaining in 2010 when the match is played in his home country Wales. But Torrance said that Woosnam,
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        Lock icon Indonesia back to winning form
        225 46 Agencies BUSAN Indonesia got back to its winning ways in men's badminton yesterday after its reigning world champion advanced to the second round of the Asian Games here. World champion Hendrawan made the sport's traditional powerhouse forget the disappointment of the men's team's controversial loss
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      Giant-killer Li Li sets date with world champion
      368 47  -  Kelvin Phang COMMONWEALTH Games heroine Li Li will score the biggest win of her career if she beats reigning world champion Gong Ruina of China today. The pint-sized shuttler marched into the final eight of the Asian Games women's singles after upsetting
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      No golds this time
      473 47  -  Kelvin Phang But sailing president says 2008 Olympic target still on FOR THE first time in 12 years, Singapore failed to win a sailing gold at the quadrennial Asian Games. At the Hiroshima Games in 1994, the Republic won one gold and one silver. Four years
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      Lock icon TKD to heal wounds?
      243 47 AFP BUSAN North and South Korean Olympic supremos discussed inter-Korean sports exchanges yesterday, including possible unification of the two rival world bodies which govern the sport of taekwondo. Kirn Un Yong and Jang Ung, both of whom are International Olympic Committee (IOC) members, met for lunch
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      88 45 fBREITLING Win sl Breitling Watch! 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: I/C No.: Address: Contact No.:
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      54 47 I WSingapore Cup Final Games Golf 1 Will it be Sundram's h Q Brave Thais sent j^ Mardan is all smiles after j final match as M| B^i crashing by rampant |p^ a bright start at the I la professional? l^f HpJJH Japanese Asian Nations Cup pa^e 44 i^. riW
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