Today, 12 October 2002

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  • 8 1 weekendTODAY October 12 -13 2002 mita (p) 248/03/2002
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  • 1547 1  -  Val Chua and Lee Ching Wern JBJ's story... IT is 10.30pm on a Tuesday. Despite waking up some 16 hours earlier, a tired but obliging Mr Jeyaretnam (picture) sits down in a breezy corner outside the cafe at Oxford Hotel for a second round of interviews. Taking
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    • 37 1 Inside Dave Barry Neil Humphreys and SimonTay m TALKS WITH MANO SABNANI H '_^!—i _^__I_H\ ■_L* kM Starting this weekend, a weekly column that focuses on investment opportunities arising from market trends and corporate developments Page 10
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  • NEWS
    • 203 3 Agencies WASHINGTONAmerican President George W Bush cleared his first hurdle yesterday to wage war on Iraq when he received solid support from the US Senate and House of Representatives. With Mr Bush getting the all-clear at home, the United Nations Security Council and especially
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    • 49 3 Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, seen here with Mr David Lim (left), Acting Minister for Information, Communications, and the Arts, was guest of honour at the obenins of the Concert Hall at Esplanade Theatres on the Bay on Friday. Today photo by Yong Shu Chiang
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    • 195 3 Yong Shu Chiang DEPUTY Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has said that the Government is not revising its growth forecast of three to four per cent this year. His comments follow the Ministry of Trade and Industry's estimates on Thursday, which showed the economy
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    • 99 3 Agencies WASHINGTON Police said a man was shot at a petrol station on Friday in Virginia near the US capital. He died later in a local hospital. The shooting near Fredericksburg, Virginia touched off a renewed hunt for a white van, as investigators searched for
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    • 423 3  -  Serene Foo Theatre Works wants end to crude blanket bans THE call is not a new one, but for the first time, it is being given a formal voice and the backing of established stage group Theatre Works: Abolish all censorship, banning and licensing of entertainment
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    • 247 3 SINGAPORE has always wanted to negotiate a price revision for water as part of a bilateral package, but Malaysia has now officially decided against this. Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said on Friday night that he received a letter from Malaysian Prime Minister
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    • Article, Illustration
      74 4 Reuters photo All eyes were on the birthday boy, Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan, as he replied to questions during his 60th birthday celebration in Mumbai on Friday. Bachchan also released a book, To Be Or Not To Be Amitabh Bachchan, on the joyous occasion. The book
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    • 526 4  -  Tan Hui Leng New system may make treatment costs more transparent BY this time next year, you may be able to log on to the Internet to compare the costs of treatment for your medical condition, even before checking into hospital. Such pre-treatment information, as well
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    • 182 4 Agencies OSLO Former US President Jimmy Carter (picture) has won the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize. Giving him the award is not only a recognition of his contributions but also a strong criticism of the American position on Iraq, said the chairman of the Nobel committee, Mr
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    • 112 4 FOR the third year in a row, Sing Net has been voted the Best Internet Service Provider (ISP) by readers of Computer-world. Sing Net's chief executive officer, Mr Andrew Buay, said it shows that the company has been moving in the right direction. He
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    • 176 4 AS predicted by this newspaper last month, Mr Tan Boon Huat has been appointed the chief executive director of the People's Association. Mr Tan, 51, currently the First Deputy Secretary at the Home Affairs Ministry, will assume his new role on Dec 16.
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  • HUMOUR
    • 808 6  - $63,000 for a load Of VISION! Dave Barry TODAY we have an important art news update from England, or Great Britain, or the United Kingdom, or whatever they call it these days. As you may recall, the last time we checked in on the British art community, it had awarded
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  • LETTERS
    • 273 8  -  Jimmy Ho Kwok Hoong Women's Charter outdated, law should protect men too I REFER to the recent gender debate in Singapore. The Women's Charter ensures that the rights of women are protected. Times have changed. In modern societies like Singapore's, men are doing more housework, while women
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    • 62 8 Sorry IN our report, "They saw us as spies" (Today, Oct 9), we said that when the Economic Review Committee sent out for feedback recently, the Singapore International Foundation's network yielded a better response than the Government-supported Singapore Overseas Network, which was set up specifically to tap input for the
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    • 235 8  -  Michael Loh Yik Ming IN his letter, "A call, and a promise, on Elder Shield by NTUC Income chief" (Today, Oct 11), Mr Tan Kin Lian has shown himself to be a people's man. He has promised that early takers would
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  • BUSINESS
    • Article, Illustration
      1078 10  -  Mano Sabnani Sing Tel to move in on PCCW? THERE is a positive side to every failure, they say. Some setbacks could even be a blessing in disguise. Well, this is certainly proving to be the case for none other than Sing Tel, still the most valuable company
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    • WAHT THE EXERRTS SAY ...
      • 81 11 Food Junction BUY —JM bassoon In recent months, Food Junction secured leases to three new sites in the heartlands with plans to open j "air-con coffee shops". "We expect earnings to grow 39 per cent in FY2002, driven by contributions from the new Millenia Walk and the newly refurbished Century
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      • 92 11 Creative Technology SELL UOB Kay Hian The decline of Creative's core soundcard business (a 37 per cent fall in the first half) is more than cyclical. Weakening consumer demand, the preference for low-end sound cards and sluggish PC growth add up to a "very bleak outlook" for Creative in the
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      • 118 11 Chartered Manufacturing SELL Netßesearch-Asia Now that the subscription of CSM's rights issues is over, fundamentals are going to take centre stage. "We have,for the last IS months or so, been very cautious on Chartered's long-term prospects. Being free-cashflow depleting every year since inception, the shares of the company risk being
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      • 98 11 Venture Corporation BUY -JM Sassoon This counter fell in recent weeks in line with other electronic manufacturers A despite turning in a powerful set of results. In the first half of 2002, Venture raised earnings by 35 per cent to $75 million on record high sales of $906 million. Another
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    • 418 12  -  Vasu Menon WHEN the year started, experts predicted that the tech sector would turn around. But like all bullish predictions that went awry, they are eating their words now. Nasdaq has corrected by 44 per cent since the start of the year and it could head
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    • 3222 12 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Enquiries: Call 852-2973-6600 E-mail lipper.asia@reuters.com Date Fund Name NAV/Bid Price Abe deep Asset Management (Asia] 0/ 0 AlerceenSe-American Opportunities 0.52 0/ 0 A iert een Se -Asian High Yield Fa 1.209 0/ 0 A iert een Se-China Opportunities Fa 0.881 0/ 0 A iert een Se-Continental Europe
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    • 291 13 Bloomberg Tycoon's offer boosts Nat Steel shares NATSTEEL shares rose as much as four per cent after businessman Oei Hong Leong bought an 11.1 per cent stake in the steel and concrete company a week after it received a higher offer for its stock. Sanion Enterprises, controlled by
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    • 38 13 A man standing before a wall decorated with emblems of Chinese airlines in Beijing. China will be launching three revamped airline giants this week as the industry's biggest step towards global competitiveness. Reuters photo
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    • 246 13 Bloomberg TEMASEK Holdings' decision to subscribe to Chartered Semiconductor's share sale, which most investors snubbed, was a setback in the Government's plan to reduce its role in businesses, investors and politicians said. The unprofitable chip-maker raised $1.11 billion helped by Temasek-owned Singapore Technologies Group, which
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    • 237 13 Val Chua MAYBANK has slashed its interest rates to woo customers willing to transfer their credit card debts from other banks. Its six-month promotional rate of 4.68 per cent per annum is believed to be the lowest in town, but it is being launched amidst
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    • Market Watch
      • 133 13 SINGAPORE shares rebounded following a session of broad-based gains on Wall Street overnight, taking the STI 16.34 points higher to 1,373.69. For the week, the STI managed a gain of about 14 points, brought about by talk of supposed short-covering. For every stock that fell, about three gained while
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      • 50 13 Index Value Change Pis Nikkei 225 8529.61 +89.99 +1.07 Hang Seng Ordinaries faiwan Wtd 8965.73 2883.00 330.41 +107.04 +27.50 -3.34 +1.21 +0.96 -1.00 Korea Comp SET Index lakarta Comp 587.51 330.41 376.47 +3.47 -3.34 -8.02 +0.59 -1.00 -2.09 Phils Comp ihenzen B 1072.19 216.37 +8.90 -0.85 +0.84 -0.39
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      • 35 13 UK£ Yen HK$ RM Euro Rupiah Baht 0.***** 0.3570 69.282 4.3471 2.1179 0.5654 5019.9 24.464 Peso A$ Indian Rs Won C$ Yuan NZ$ NTS 29.405 1.0168 26.925 701.85 0.8852 4.6137 1.1611 19.599
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      • 13 13 Sold US$/oz iilver us$/oi 117.40 4.285 Rubber cents/kg Palm oil RM/tonne 1371
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      • 5 13 Straits Times Index 10-Day Chart
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      • 53 13 fy volume Dctll 'OOO '000 jtiraya )atacrftUSS .inks Is JniFood Chartered 28,181 21,623 13,954 12,815 12,119 BIL Intl NatSteel Strike WantWantUSS StarCrusUSS 9,667 9,637 9,525 9,054 7,467 )y value Dctll iPH )BS JOB NatSteel )atacrftUSS 38,272,632 28,522,670 27,086,515 19,665,460 14,155,290 SIA Chartered Citiraya OCBC SingTel 11,898,950 11,029,631
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      • 81 13 By$ Oct 11 SIA Close Change 10.300 +0.500 By percentage Oct 11 Goldtron Close Change 0.015 +50.000 SIA200 10.200 +0.300 Strike W*****5 0.015 +50.000 OCBC 9.900 +0.250 El-Nets 0.020 +33.330 Creative 50 11.500 +0.200 LHT 0.110 +22.220 DBS 11.500 +0.200 Kian Ann 0.180 +20.000 Venture 11.200 +0.200
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      • 79 13 Bloomberg By$ Oct 11 IMH 400USS SPH 100 Close Change 5.750 -0.250 18.500 -0.200 By percentage Oct 11 Vicplas W*****9 Trek Close Change 0.015 -25.000 0.360 -20.880 fhai Prime200USS 4.000 -0.200 KohBrosW*****6 0.025 -16.670 Irek 0.360 -0.095 NM 0.075 -16.670 F&N 7.800 -0.050 PSL 0.100 -16.670 FJBen
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    • 262 10 >> THE BUZZ << who's saying what in investment chatrooms I Read at the forum in shareinvestor.com TAKE A PAY CUT START OF A BIDDING WAR? It has been labelled as "Cry Some More" by investors. Chartered Businessman Oei Hong Leong is now Nat Steel's second biggest holder with THE
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    • 229 11 Company Forecast EPS P/E Ratio PEG 1 2-Mth Price Target AUSSINO GROUP LIMITED 0.06 5.36 0.08 0.62 BOARDROOM LTD 0.05 9.24 0.21 0.68 CAPITAMALL TRUST 0.06 18.50 1.19 CEI CONTRACT MANUFACTURING 0.02 10.67 -0.39 0.29 CSE SYSTEMS ENGINEERING 0.04 8.55 0.11 0.57 DARCO WATER TECHNOLOGIES LTD 0.03 17.00 1.96 0.60
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  • PROPERTY WATCH
    • 428 14  -  Lee Yew Meng Condo landlords trapped in vicious circle of rental cuts LANDLORDS are facing hard times, with rentals of mid- and upper-end condominiums plunging by 30 to 40 per cent since the start of the year. The reason: Shrinking expatriate demand and rising
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    • 221 14 HDB upgraders who bought their low-end condominiums for owner occupation are facing serious competition from two fronts. One comes from the executive condos the hybrid of private condos and HDB flats which are priced more attractively than resale HDB executive flats. The other
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  • WORLD
    • 1272 16  -  Elisia Yeo IF A list of stereotypes about Africa were to be published, it would be rather long and depressing. There's war, poverty, drought, famine, starvation and corruption. Add to this the blight of Aids and the list is practically complete. South Africa's High Commissioner to Singapore,
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    • 331 17 Agencies A result Musharraf did not expect ISLAMABAD It was not the result that Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf had expected from the country's elections on Thursday, the first since a military coup three years ago. Although counting on Friday revealed that a party close to Gen Musharraf, the
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    • 36 17 Residents taking shelter under a plastic tent near the Bay ofManokwari after an earthauake hit the remote Indonesian province of Papua on Thursday. A least five people were killed. Reuters photo.
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    • 145 17 Agencies AL MUKALLA (Yemen) Evidence found on a French supertanker off Yemen points increasingly to terrorist action and not to an accident, said investigators. French Inspector Jean-Francois Perrouty said that fibreglass debris of a boat, "which obviously does not belong to the tanker," was found.
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    • 85 17 Reuters WASHINGTON The United States will see one of the biggest upgrades to the country's election system with the passing of a Bill by the House of Representatives. The Bill came after the vote count debacle in the 2000 presidential election, during which vote counts
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  • COMMENTARY
    • 174 18 AFP DUBAI To some, they are terrorists. To others, they are heroes. The two Kuwaitis who died in a shootout with US marines on Tuesday have been hailed by many of their countrymen as "heroes" and "martyrs" who gave their lives in the ultimate expression of anti-American
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    • 96 18 Agencies SRINAGAR The Chief Minister of Indian Kashmir, Mr Farooq Abdullah, resigned on Friday after his National Conference (NC) party lost power in state elections after dominating politics for half a century. The pro-Delhi NC secured only 28 seats, half the number it had held. The unexpected
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    • 50 18 A student checking out a sculpture called Llonequins by Hong Kong artist Francis Wong at an exhibition in the territory on Friday. The work is critical of the world's first clone of an adult animal, Dolly the Sheep, according to his creator, Dr lan Wilmut. Reuters photo
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    • 949 18  -  Simon Tay And ifs not whether Saddam is good or evil SUNSHINE and unusually high temperatures marked my first weeks in the United States. New York's Central Park was full of sunbathers on Sunday. Every day, Americans walked the streets, shopping, going for brunch and talking
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    • Article, Illustration
      825 19  -  Neil Humphreys After meeting covertly with a mad cabbie, Neil Humphreys says... WHEN I was 18,1 was banned from my local pub. Considering I grew up in a part of London where chicken molesting barely raised an eyebrow, this was quite an achievement. The public house was
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  • Weekend feature
    • 621 20  -  Janice Lee THE idea was conceived more than three decades ago and after all this time, the moment we've been waiting for has arrived. Singapore's first major arts centre, the Esplanade, will officially open today. The "durians" will be cracked open for tasting this evening, marking a
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    • 425 21  -  Steven Shalowitz WE know the line-up. What to wear. Where to sit. What to eat and how to park. The Esplanade opens tonight but there's one thing we haven't wrapped our hands around. The applause. While recently attending concerts in Central Europe, I was estactic
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    • 747 21  - Swinging time with beer, golf and sausages Clement Mesenas CARE for beer and sausages at our Octoberfest festival? asked the girl on the line. Wunderbar, I said, taking a minute or two to relish images of buxom German frauleins lugging huge mugs of frothy beer and thumping the lot down
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  • INTUNE
    • 622 22  -  Asif Ansar LIFE has not been the same for singer/songwriter Vonda Shepard (picture) since she invited her friend, TV producer David E Kelley, to check out one of her performances. Kelley and his actress wife, Michelle Pfeiffer, were old friends of the singer who, at the
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    • 221 22 Reuters LONDON Pop beauty Christina Aguilera (picture) said on Thursday that she was on the lookout for a boyfriend, squashing rumours that she is romantically linked with Justin Timberlake of pop group N'Sync. "I just want a sweet boy," the 21-year-old star told reporters at
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    • Article, Illustration
      240 22 Asif Ansar Yee Wei Zhen Janice Lee Album: Sea Change (Geffen) Artiste: Beck SEA change is a tour de force by Beck Hansen. On his eighth album, he walks out of the neon-glare of Midnight Vultures and into the dark shadows of Sea Change. He embraces his folksy roots
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  • FAMILY
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      600 23  -  Ambiga Raju Luv Buffet lays out aroma psychology treat WHEN was the last time you gave your husband, wife or partner a sensual massage? A long while ago? Never at all? Then, you're just like thousands of couples in Singapore who are so busy chasing the 5Cs
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    • 54 23 Date: Sat Oct 19 Time: 9am to Spm Venue: Amara Hotel, Third Level Fee: $30 per person or $50 per couple to enjoy a "spread" of five talks and four activities, including theTouch-for-lntimacy workshops conducted by Ms Corrinna Chua, an associate counsellor and aroma psychologist with Atman
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  • EPICURE
    • 266 24  -  Pauline D Loh Natural flavours make this lowsalt recipe a delicious treat COOKING with little or no salt is a challenge at any time. Many of us can give up a sweet tooth but we balk at having to give up salt. Getting used
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    • 467 25  -  Katrina Karim New restaurant at Tiong Bahru Plaza worth a try FOR wholesome Japanese food that is inexpensive and made with quality ingredients, give Tokyo Eki a try. Tokyo Eki is named after one of the busiest train stations in Japan and is located in Tiong
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    • 360 25  -  Richard Seah Seaweed is rich in minerals. For example, they contain between seven and 14 times as much calcium as milk! But it is not just calcium that is important. All minerals are. So, it is a good idea to eat seaweed regularly. Small amounts will
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    • 124 25 Oktoberfest Party Party at Paulaner Brauhaus' Oktoberfest 2002 till Tuesday and indulge in endless drinking, feasting, singing and boogeying. As you clink your glasses of the restaurant's homebrewed Oktoberfest beer, sway to soothing sounds of a traditional Bavarian sixpiece brass band, the Scharivari Sextet. Spicing up the atmosphere are
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    • 402 25  -  Jeffrey Yang by eatout@newstoday.com.sg GRENACHE Wines made from this grape are enjoying a revival. Quality Grenache and Grenache-blend wines (usually with Syrah and Mourverdre) from Australia, southern France and Spain are competing for a slice of the international wine market. Aromatic profile: Usually peppery and
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  • IN CINEMAS
    • 879 26  -  Yong Shu Chiang 8 Femmes (8 Women) Frangois Ozon's latest film, widelyregarded as his most accessible work. Regarde La Mer (See the Sea) An hour-long film released in 1997, arguably Ozon's most disturbing work. Les Amants Criminels (Criminal Lovers) The Hansel and Gretel tale gets an infusion of
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    • 499 27 LUDIVINE Sagnier (picture) has a simple working relationship with director Francois Ozon: Perform well for him, and he won't punch her in the nose. "He also asks me not to betray him," the French starlet revealed. Obviously, the director known
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    • 468 27 AFP KABUL (Afghanistan) A classic tale of murder, retribution and shape-shifting is the latest blockbuster to top the movie charts in Afghanistan, where a newly liberated audience is demonstrating a voracious appetite for some of the world's most lurid cinema. "Everybody wants a
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    • 606 28 New films this week City by the Sea: A NYC detective finds that the chief suspect in a murder is his estranged son. Fine performances by Robert DeNiro, Frances McDormand and James Franco. Pity about the story though, which gets bogged down in melodrama. David Ngiau The Era
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    • 51 26 8 Femmes [8 Women) is playing at Golden Village cinemas. The 18th French Film Festival runs from Oct 29 to Nov 12 at the Alliance Francaise and Orchard Cineleisure. Tickets for Alliance screenings are on sale through Sistic (6348-5555). Tickets for Cathay screenings at Orchard go on sale from Oct
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  • Page 30 Miscellaneous
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    • 534 31  -  Colin Yong They are designed by Renault, built by GM THIS year, the International Van of the Year award went to not one, but two vans. This was not because the judges could not decide on a single champion, but because the two winners are identical. Renault and
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    • 107 31 FIRST its cars had SsangYong logos, then they became Daewoos and now they are SsangYongs again. Following its breakaway from Daewoo two years ago, SsangYong Motor embarked on a restructuring programme and is set to make a comeback in Singapore. A new company, SsangYong Motors,
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    • 109 31 SUBARU has responded to widespread criticism of the current Impreza's styling its awkward-looking round headlamps in particular. The Japanese manufacturer has previewed this updated model (picture), two years after the original was launched. The car's goggly-eyed front-end has been redesigned with the round headlamps
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    • 511 32 Fhe lighter side Meehan Streak I pAtrOF THE TERRIBLE THINfisH 1 JOSEPH!! 1 1 I [THE FICKLE I 0 'OaOyS |OKe HAPPENING IN THE WORLD THERE'S LIPSTICK RULES OF I .~^af 1 L CERTAINLY put OUR LITTLE on MY GLASS' J [PERSPECTIVE. V^**/ A FARMER went to town to buy
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    • 477 33  -  S. Murali Mardan and Lam three strokes off the pace ONE is a business graduate who played junior golf at the Singapore Island Country Club and the other is a professional who rose through the caddie ranks. But 26-year-old Lam Chih Bing and 34-year-old Mardan
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    • 301 33 Tan Yo-Hinn LEADING Australian golf teacher David Milne (picture) has given the thumbs up to the recently concluded Singapore Professional Golfers Association's (SPGA) Personal Development Programme Seminar. The seminar, which took place at the Laguna National Golf and Country Club from Monday to Wednesday,
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    • 349 33 Agencies BOMBAY Indian fast bowler Zaheer Khan was left to rue another near miss after failing to secure his maiden five-wicket haul in Test cricket against West Indies on Friday. The 24-year-old had a potentially match-winning four for 41 on the third day of the
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    • 413 34 AFP NAPLES Calls from demanding Italian media for a more attacking attitude from the national side has fallen on deaf ears ahead of Saturday's 2004 European championship qualifier against Yugoslavia at the San Paolo Stadium. Coach Giovanni Trapattoni was pilloried by the local press for
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    • 682 34 Euro 2004 qualifier England v Slovakia Live, Sunday morning, Ch22, 1.25 am BRATISLAVA England should finally turn the page on its World Cup disappointment by making a winning start to its Euro 2004 qualifying campaign against Slovakia on Saturday. Four months after an injury-ravaged England was
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    • 989 35  -  Rohit Brijnath If Asiad has wushu and kabaddi, why not include bull-fighting? THE Mayor of Pamplona has been seeking an audience with lOC chief Jacques Rogge for some weeks. He wants the annual "running of the bulls" to be recognised as an Olympic sport. Except,
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    • 303 35 AFP PARIS Frenchman Jacques Santini ought to be the envy of many a football coach setting out on the winding road to the European Championship finals in Portugal in two years time. France, as the defending continental champion, ought to walk into
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    • 623 36  -  Kelvin Phang TRIUMPHANT Asian Games bowler Remy Ong had an emotional homecoming at Changi Airport last night. The 23-year-old was overwhelmed by the welcoming party of over 300 sport officials, members of the bowling fraternity, well-wishers and students from his former school, Christchurch
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    • 144 36 SUZUKA Kimi Raikkonen and David Coulthard swept McLaren to the top of the time sheets as Ferrari faltered in Friday's free practice for Sunday's Japanese Formula 1 Grand Prix. Finland's Raikkonen, seeking a first win at the end of his second season in
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    • 760 37  -  Stanley Ho Stags favourite, but upset still possible NTUC Income Singapore Cup Final Jurong FCv Tampines Rovers Sunday, National Stadium, Bpm NO MATTER who the finalists are, the Singapore Cup Final has always been the biggest single local football match in the country since its inception in 1996.
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    • 187 37 THE curtain raiser for Sunday's Singapore Cup Final takes on a nostalgic touch as some of the best Malaysia Cup players from either side of the Causeway will lock horns at the National Stadium. As a prelude to the main event between Jurong FC
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    • 218 37  -  Stanley Ho AHMAD Latiff Khamaruddin is in Indonesia, holding talks with Persija Jakarta. Sources revealed on Friday that the 23-year-old, whose impressive performances helped SAFFC win the S-League championship this season, wants a move to the 2001 Indonesian League champion for next season.
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    • 962 38  -  Jose Raymond Recently dismissed Woodlands players criticise club for unprofessional manner of sackin Today EXCLUSIVE THE furore generated over Singapore Tenpin Bowling Congress' termination of its former coach Ron Hoppe via email last December seems to have escaped at least one S-League club. Last week,
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    • 364 38  -  Kelvin Phang SINGAPORE'S medal hopes in badminton were crushed by two world champions at Gangseo Gymnasium in Busan yesterday. Commonwealth Games women's champion Li Li was no match for world champion Gong Ruina of China in the singles quarter-finals, losing 1-11, 5-11 in under
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    • 168 39 AFP *Beckham on England's hopes, page 34 BRATISLAVA Slovak football coach Ladislav Jurkemik said on Friday his team may be hard pressed to beat England in its Euro 2004 qualifier on Saturday, but he said the visitor was not unbeatable. Slovakia, routed 3-0 by Turkey in its
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    • 109 39 MISSOURI Jason Schmidt carried a shutout into the eighth inning and Rich Aurilia homered twice on Thursday as the San Francisco Giants earned a 2-0 lead in the National League Championship Series (NLCS) with a 4-1 win over the St Louis Cardinals. The Giants return home to
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    • 498 39 AFP BUSAN Defending champion India hopes to dash the hopes of South Korea when it clashes with the host in the men's field hockey final here on Saturday. India is on a high after defeating seven-time champion and arch rival Pakistan
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    • 71 38 Vi V &*^X>(vt It 1 V. J| L 1 Good friends stay in the hunt/33 Mardan and Lam three strokes off the lead in the Davidoff Asian Nations Cup r ————————ti IV rW''LB Bull-fighting at the Asiad? /35 With wushu already there, you might as well include it, says Rohit
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