Today, 26 October 2002

Microfilm: NL24795
Total Pages: 44
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  • NEWS
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      THE SERIAL LOSER
      914 2 WASHINGTON In the unravelling of monstrous acts there is an expectation that the perpetrator will be equally frightening in nature. But as the details trickle in about the suspects in the Washington sniper shootings, a picture is emerging that is at once disquieting yet pathetic. Ending one
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      Ghosn-san, Nissan's Brazilian saviour
      528 4  -  Francis Kan He helped turn around car giant saddled with $35b in debt WHEN Carlos Ghosn (picture) first stepped into Japan three years ago to take up his post as chief executive of Nissan Motor, it was like learning to walk all over again. The Brazilian
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      'Good LRT system but...'
      173 4  -  Rosalyn Lim THE financial losses incurred and the damage the Singapore LRT will suffer to its reputation, if it is found negligent in the recent disruptions to the Bukit Panjang line, would be far worse than any monetary penalties that might be imposed. So said Acting
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      A place to bloom for bio start-ups
      272 4  -  Tan Hui Leng STARTUPS in the biotechnology and medical field here and in the region now have a place to let their ideas bloom. Medical technology company BD and Johns Hopkins Singapore have set up a multi-million dollar biomedical incubator, Bio Venture Centre,
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      272 4 Canon t|_ Win a Canon Digital "-^1 y 1 IXUS V 2 Camera and SS3OD Direct Bubble Jet Printer*! *f^ JUg Ca*o* MyFoto Lab Co*te;t What an opportunity! To win these incredible Canon products, read the Canon MyFoto Lab ads in each issue of TODAY this week (Mon-Sat) to find
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  • HUMOUR/NEWS
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      Have it on a board game
      804 6  -  Neil Humphreys Don't have sex on a number plate this week's topic of sex. For me, it has salvaged the last seven days. Rather depressed with the week's news, I was delighted to learn that I'm considered to be obsessed with the physical act
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      Man gets 9 years for beating father to death
      244 6 A MAN who killed his 73-year-old father in a drunken rage was sentenced to nine years in prison yesterday by the High Court. Aw Teck Hock, 37, made a fateful mistake on May 14 when he went out for drinks with
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      Lock icon US gets Singapore pledge on Iraq resolution
      122 6 -AFP MEXICO Singapore will work with the United States in the UN Security Council on a tough new US-proposed resolution on Iraq, according to a senior US State Department official. Second Minister for Foreign Affairs Lee Yock Suan reportedly made the pledge in
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  • LETTERS
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      Job mismatch
      319 8  -  Francis Tan Task force should create work, not organise campaign WITH reference to the report, "s2.Bm message for job seekers" (Today, Oct 22), I would like to laud the efforts of the Jobs Task Force to lure jobless people and retrenched employees back into the workforce. However, its
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      Indonesia needs a helping hand
      137 8  -  Kirpal Singh INDONESIA, a sprawl- I country where many close to the poverty needs The effects the blasts seep all I spheres the counThe see a wealth arm the on the wage- I earner be debilitat-H The poor experi-1 ence more /lays and the misery
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      Charitable work for prize money?
      146 8  -  Leong Sze Hian I REFER to the newly-launched National Council of Social Service online charity donation portal, www.donation.org.sg. I would like to express my support for this new initiative. I feel that people who do good deeds should not be motivated by the possibility of
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      SMRT profits and fare hikes
      102 8  -  CHYak THE SMRT Corporation has posted a 41 per cent surge in net profit to $41.3 million in the six months ended Sept 30 ("Profits up 41%", Today, Oct 25). The interim profit was explained as due largely to "a one-time $14.2-million tax writeback following
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      For early detection of breast cancer, here's the way to go
      414 8  -  Chew Ling (Dr) WE refer to the letter, "Breast tests and trauma" by Dr Kieran Lee (Today, Oct 21). We thank Dr Lee for his views. Breast cancer is the most common cancer among Singapore women. Each year, about
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  • SAVVYINVESTOR
    • MONEY TALKS
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        SembCorp Marine lessons
        536 10 WAS it a victory for a large number of unhappy minority shareholders? Or did SembCorp Industries' failed move to take its marine group private reflect administrative and logistical inadequacies? In the final analysis, the rejection of the SembCorp Marine scheme may reflect a new tyranny of the
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        Does NatSteel have further upside?
        312 10 THE lessons from Mentor Media and SembCorp Marine should be borne in mind by speculators in Nat Steel. There could be some downside if either of the offers on the table does not reach unconditional status. But the bidding game is not over. So minorities
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        Peter Kwee, the new Midas man?
        333 10 NATSTEEL'S board could find no outside buyers for the company or its assets until the Ong Beng Seng consortium came along, but judicial managers of the Pinetree Club along Steven's Road were luckier. Despite the negative publicity to proprietory clubs in Singapore by the
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        >> THE BUZZ << who's saying what in investment chatrooms
        313 10 &gt;&gt; THE BUZZ &lt;&lt; who's saying what in investment chatrooms Read at the forum in shareinvestor.com ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS READER Paddygrain said the right question to ask is not how long this bull market will last. "Most of the time the market is unpredictable. So why waste time? The
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      • WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY...
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          Lock icon Want Want — Upgrade to Hold
          116 11 Want Want Upgrade to Hold DBS Vickers While the core brand rice cracker is likely to continue to suffer from some cannibalisation from the subbrands, the sub-brands are not likely to be a drag on overall earnings going forward. Management's move to focus on its core manufacturing business is also
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          Lock icon Hyflux — Maintain Hold
          135 11 Hyflux Maintain Hold DBSVickers Hyflux announced that it has invested in and secured a membrane filtration contract from Sinolac. Hyflux is taking a 19.5 per cent stake in Sinolac, a new chemical company that manufactures organic acid, for US$4.l million.The other Sinolac investors are Gimmill (a textile manufacturer) and 2G
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          Lock icon Singapore Food Industries — Maintain Buy
          132 11 Singapore Food Industries Maintain Buy JM Sassoon SFI has offered to acquire the remaining 70.1 per cent stake in the 29.9 per cent-owned associate, S Daniels for 16.4 million sterling ($46 million). If the acquisition is completed by early 2003, we expect SFI to record an annual goodwill amortisation of
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          Lock icon DBS — Retain Market Perform
          97 11 DBS Retain Market Perform OCBC Investment Research DBS will be releasing its third quarter result next week.While we expect better second half net profit of $577 million, the key negative unknowns are provisions and any unexpected expense item. Over the past few months, three-month inter-bank rates have moved from a
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        Lock icon SIA soars
        387 11 -AFX News Cargo operations boost airline's profits SINGAPORE Airlines' net profit for the first half to September rose to $774 million from $134.8 million a year earlier, largely due to improvements in cargo operations and a tax write back of $278 million. The write back followed a cut
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        Singapore
        100 11 SHARES held on to this week's buoyant mood to end 15.23 points higher on Friday at 1,472.13 for a weekly gain of 15 points. The market breadth was strongly positive with over six gainers for every falling stock while 277 counters closed unchanged. Second and third liners remained strong
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        SGX most active
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 11 JS$ JK£ fen IKS &lt;M iuro (upiah Saht 0.5636 0.3627 69.791 4.3956 2.1417 0.5766 5,210.5 24.483 Peso A$ Indian Rs Won C$ Yuan NZ$ NTS 29.927 1.0143 27.264 694.22 0.8812 4.6651 1.1582 19.614
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        World markets
        52 11 Index Value Change Pis Nikkei 225 8726.29 +111.99 +1.30 Hang Seng Ordinaries faiwan Wtd 9722.54 2967.40 4564.06 -64.95 -11.40 -10.74 -0.66 -0.38 -0.23 Korea Comp SET Index 655.88 347.81 +0.90 +1.22 +0.14 +0.35 lakarta Comp Phils Comp ihenzen B 353.65 1032.09 205.96 +0.47 +4.50 -4.59 +0.13 +0.44 -2.18
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      207 11 Company Forecast EPS P/E Ratio PEG 1 2-Mth Price Target BOARDROOM LTD 0.05 10.00 0.23 0.68 CAPITAMALL TRUST 0.06 18.32 1.19 CEI CONTRACT MANUFACTURING 0.02 11.67 -0.43 0.29 CSE SYSTEMS ENGINEERING 0.04 10.48 0.13 0.57 DARCO WATER TECHNOLOGIES LTD 0.02 22.81 3.93 0.72 EASTERN ASIA TECHNOLOGY LTD 0.04 7.96 -0.38
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  • PROPERTY WATCH
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      The return of 1998 condo prices
      1429 12  -  Lee Yew Meng MediaCorp Press Ltd makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of the information and hereby disclaims all liabilities in respect of any claims, loss or damages, whether directly or indirectly, arising from or in relation to any
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  • BUSINESS
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      Lock icon CSM still on losing streak
      360 14 Bloomberg CHARTERED Semiconductor Manufacturing (CSM) said its third-quar-ter loss has narrowed on higher sales. The world's third-largest provider of made-to-order chips said fourth-quarter sales will fall 20 per cent from the third. The loss was US$B9.4 million ($160.7 million) in the three months ended Sept
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      4535 14 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Enquiries: Call 852-2973-6600 E-mail lipper.asia@reuters.com )ate Fund Name NAV/Bid Oiler Prke Prke Aberdeen Asset Management (Asia) 'Al 0 A iert een Se -American Opportunities 0.589 0.619 'Al 0 A iert een Se -Asian High Yield Fd 1.194 1.231 !4/ 0 A iert een Se -China Opportunities Fd
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      Lock icon Because of SPC's losses
      399 15 -AFX News Keppel's Q3 net profit expected to drop KEPPEL Corp is expected to report on Monday a third quarter net profit of $75.7 million to $80 million down from $100.33 million in the second quarter due to losses from unit Singapore Petroleum Co (SPC), analysts
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      Lock icon Boost for Malay SMEs
      139 15  -  Tor Ching Li THERE is a hive of buzzing entrepreneurship from among the 105,000 small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Singapore, in the form of a closely-knit community of around 3,000 Malay SMEs. Currently, 810 of these Malay SMEs, which have at least 30 per cent
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      Lock icon CNBC Asia axes
      157 15 Reuters BUSINESS news network CNBC Asia is cutting 40 jobs as part of a restructuring of its Asia-Pacific operations to meet declining advertising revenue, a spokesman for the company said. Mr Shawn Galey, vice-president for business and legal affairs at CNBC Singapore a joint venture between NBC
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Another Malaysian salvo
      299 16 Agencies MALAYSIA has fired yet another salvo on the water issue. The latest is that it is toying with the idea of a new Act that would render the 1961 and 1962 water agreements null and void. It will resort to this course of action only if
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      Lock icon KL date for terrorism expert
      207 16 Agencies KUALA LUMPUR Terrorism expert Dr Rohan Gunaratna's alleged comments linking Malaysia's ruling party with Filipino rebels stirred up a hornet's nest here and now he has been invited to shed more light on the controversy. Questions on the ideological and political links said to
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      Why so grumpy?
      958 16  -  Ambiga Raju Dr M riled over lost chance for graceful exit IMAGINE a normally intelligent and shrewd 76-year-old man blustering away on a scolding spree, refusing to apologise even in the face of facts that prove him wrong. Picture this stubborn granddad spewing vitriol over a newspaper
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      Putin under pressure to end Chechen war
      318 17 MOSCOW Despite the overwhelming support from foreign countries in his showdown with Chechen rebels who took 700 people hostage at a premier theatre here, Russian President Vladimir Putin faces a crisis at home. Television stations have been broadcasting images of anti-war demonstrations and
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      Lock icon Apec focus on world crisis
      196 17 Agencies LOS CABOS (Mexico) World leaders gathering here this weekend for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit will face a crisis-laden agenda far away from negotiations on freer trade. Dominating the discussions will be the US showdown with Iraq, North Korea's nuclear ambitions and terrorism
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      TERROR IN THE REGION
      549 17 THIS part of the world seems to be abuzz with terror-ist-linked activity as regional security forces remained alert to counter any threat, according to news reports. Thailand a country which has, in the past, consistently played down the possibility of any terrorist activity in the country
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Lock icon Bahrain holds polls again
      189 18 Agencies BAHRAIN The first elections to be held in Bahrain since 1973 have resulted in a strong showing for Sunni and Shiite Islamist candidates in this Persian Gulf country. Five Sunni Islamists, including two heads of political groups, won parliamentary seats in the first round of
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      Cook's lesson for UK media
      155 18 LONDON British Cabinet members pointed the finger at the media for hounding former Education Secretary Estelle Morris out of office. Ms Morris' family and friends revealed that newspapers had been pursuing them in an attempt to write stories on why she never married, reported The
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      Lock icon Robert Maxwell, Israeli spy?
      139 18 Reuters LOS ANGELES British media tycoon, Mr Robert Maxwell, was an Israeli spy, had links with organised crime in Europe and was murdered by the Israeli secret service, according to a new book which will be published in December. Robert Maxwell, Israel's Superspy claims that the
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      Lock icon INSECURITY: American-style
      797 18  -  Simon Tay I WAS in Washington DC the week innocent bystanders were being shot down by a sniper. The first victims were gunned down in the vicinity, some 10 minutes from my hotel. The victims were ordinary citizens, shot as they went about everyday tasks grocery shopping, filling
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      Lock icon STUPIDEST STATE
      792 19  -  Dave Barry Making a case for the AN outfit calling itself Morgan Quitno Press ranked the 50 United States in order of intelligence and I am TICKED OFF. My state, Florida, came in 47th. Can you believe that? Forty-seventh! How i dare they? How dare they suggest that
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  • weekendFEATURES
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      HOW A CELEBRITY IS BORN
      720 20  -  Elisa Chia From face in the crowd to star on the small screen... CELEBRITY wannabes will find it's a tough and fickle road to stardom. While some make it through sheer gumption, others stumble into fame. And the rare handful who can boast staying power
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      SOME OF THOSE WHO MADE IT BIG
      337 20 Looking to be discovered? DO you have what it takes to be the Next Big Thing on primetime TV? There's no need to wait for the next Star Search for your lucky break. Dream Forest Productions is seeking a fresh face, a woman
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      Lock icon by word of mouth
      897 21 Clement Mesenas Selling luxury watches... HE'S tall, fair and handsome. He's the son of a Swiss diplomat father and an Indian mother and he sells watches for a living. Very expensive Harry Winston timepieces. I held three of them in my hand the other day the
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  • IN TUNE
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      THE NEXT CHAPTER
      361 22  -  Jenny Kong WESTLIFE The curtains are coming down on Irish boyband Westlife. Or rather the band is closing what they termed as the "first era" of their career. In a telephone interview with Kian Egan, the Westlife member revealed that the launch of their upcoming album, Unbreakable:
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      SOUNDSCAPE
      275 22  -  Yee Wei Zhen Janice Lee Album: Ask a Woman Who Knows (Verve) Artiste: Natalie Cole THIS fascinating vocalist represents 30 years of worldwide critical acclaim and success. She continues a golden family legacy, following the footsteps of her legendary father, Nat King Cole. Her new album, Ask a Woman
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      Lock icon Shakira tops MTV fest
      102 22 Reuters/Variety Maybe it's the belly dancing. Grammy winner Shakira swept MTV's first Video Music Awards for Latin America Thursday, snagging female artiste, pop artiste, artiste from the north region, video and artiste of the year. International pop artiste kudos went to Pink, while the Red Hot
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      141 22 i ill mi Mil* 1 Top Ten Charts 1. Voyage 2 Various Artistes 2. Sentimental Hits Various Artistes 3. Let Go Avril Lavigne 4. Elvis 30 #1 Hits Elvis Presley 5. The Chicago Story Chicago fi. Max 10 Various Artistes 7' 1992-2002 BeS' °f Cranberries 8. A Rush OI Blood
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  • FAMILY CHOICES
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      Which is the best option for your child?
      396 23 HOW much do you charge for English per kilogram? I want 3kg oy March. Mr Morris Allen (picture), the principal and founder of the Morris Allen Study Centres (MASC) cites this comment by a parent. "Some parents have skewed expectations. They have
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      A back rub for BABY
      408 23 YOU are never too young for a massage. Even those in diapers enjoy a good back rub. "There really is no age limit. We see children of various ages from newborns to two-year-olds," said Ms Dianna Chia, the director of Eucalyptus Day Spa and Training
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  • HEALTH
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      Food for the bones
      760 24  -  Alice Leong In this second of our eight-part series on calcium, we talk about the amount of calcium needed for healthy bone mass. LIKE many weight-conscious and perhaps, misguided women, I did not use to take milk regularly for the simple reason that it is considered
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      173 24 In 20 years, this may be a difficult thing to do. Start investing in your bones now. Getting osteoporosis is serious. And as a woman Two glasses of NESTLE: Hi-Calcium Non Fat V9Nni under 30, you may be at risk due to an inadequate Milk a day provides your body
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  • CITY STYLE
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      Lock icon Mop and broom brigade
      742 25  -  Pearlyn Tham TO join the Jean Yip Salon group, you must have an "MBA". But, by that, Mervin Wee, the managing director of Jean Yip Salon Pte Ltd, does not mean an MBA degree. "Our MBA means a 'Mop Broom Attitude'," the 44-year-old told Today with
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  • EAT OUT
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      Lock icon Mmm, what's baking?
      638 26 Carrefour's homemade breads and pastries, of course CARPvEFOUR is truly a hypermart Not only is it a supermarket and a retail destination, Carrefour also offers home-made confectionery, pastries (picture, below), roast, delicatessen, sushi and sashimi. Carrefour develops its own recipes, using natural ingredients available off its shelves.
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    • FOODNOTES
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        Imperial Supper
        100 26 Imperium launches its Supper Club. Tuck into Chef Daniel Koh's supper treats. These include panfried foie gras between fresh mango and roasted duck breast on caramelised cantaloupe melon and fragrant pear. There are also delicacies such as braised bird's nest in young coconut, steamed Boston lobster with superior
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        Swanky Sunday Brunch
        116 26 What are Sundays made of? A leisurely Sunday brunch buffet at the swanky Four Season's Hotel with your family and loved ones. At the hotel's One Ninety cafe, you'll find a vast selection of international delights. At the breakfast station, you can have eggs prepared the way
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      The chocolate master behind Godiva
      176 26  -  Katrina Karim WITH the opening of its first boutique at City Link Mall and counter at the basement of Takashimaya, Godiva is certainly bringing luxury chocolates closer to our doorstep. To introduce these highquality Belgian chocolates to Singapore, chocolate master Jean-Claude Sibret was in town
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  • EPICURE
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      What's in the crust?
      119 27 Pizza Hut's latest creation sausage stuffed cheesy crust SAY goodbye to boring doughy pizza crust Pizza Hut's latest creation, the Sausage Stuffed Cheesy Crust Pizza, will have you scrambling for every crumb. You can now bite into a crispy crust that is oozing with the juicy
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      Beans, beans, good for the heart...
      364 27  -  Richard Seah BEANS are much neglected, although they are a nutritious and power-packed food. They are not for cooks in a hurry. You'll need to pre-soak them for a few hours and then set them aside over an hour for cooking. I am more
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      Storing Wine 2
      411 27  -  Jeffrey Yang LAST week, we looked at how temperature extremes can affect wine. Besides temperature, another important but often overlooked factor that can affect the storage of wine is humidity. You'd have thought that this would be the least of wine storage problems. Unfortunately, the combination of
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  • IN CINEMAS
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      L´il Liu gets tough
      1561 28  -  Ng Boon Yian Lucy Liu's one determined lady. But a fiery *****, she's not AN ENGLISH journalist has hijacked the round-table interview with Lucy Liv that she was supposed to share with myself and a few other journalists. She keeps firing rapid follow-up questions about Liu's
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      It's Hard to not listen to the Word
      418 29  -  -David Ngiau THE chief reason to watch The Hard Word is Guy Pearce, that indie film icon who has Memento, LA Confidential, Ravenous and The Adventures ofPriscilla, Queen of the Desert to his name. Like in his other films, Pearce once again
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      Lock icon INCINEMAS ROUND-UP
      625 30  -  David Ngiau Vong Shu Chiang Serene Foo joy Frances Janice Lee Elisa Chia DN DN SF DN YSC SF YSC JL DN SF YSC New films this week Be/ow:The co-writer is Darren Aronofsky, who directed Requiem for a Dream. Don't get your hopes up though, with this ghost
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      Only $171,000 for this stunning babe
      132 32 OFFICIAL Nissan distributor Tan Chong Motor Sales has released pricing details for the stunning new 350Z sports car (picture), which is due to be launched here early next year. The five-speed automatic model is priced at $171,000 with COE, with the six-speed manual costing
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      Nissan brings back the black beauties
      130 32 UNVEILED by Nissan Motor Co Ltd's president and CEO, Carlos Ghosn, at Ngee Ann City's Civic Plaza yesterday, the Nissan Black Series is a collection of six car models, some of which are available in this colour for the first time. Also making its
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      PQP for motorcycles hits eight-year low
      126 32 FOLLOWING several months' worth of low COE prices, the prevailing quota premium (PQP) for motorcycles has tumbled to $55, the lowest level since May 1994. The PQP for existing vehicles is calculated from the moving average of COE prices over the last three months.
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      Relief on way for power-hungry drivers
      146 32 SINCE the demise of the Charade GTti a decade ago, the local Daihatsu agent has not sold a car model that enthusiasts would lust after. But this may have changed now that Daihatsu has announced that the new YRV Turbo (picture) will arrive by
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      Inside, outside brilliance
      774 34  -  Colin Yong Countdown to The Singapore Motor Show 2002 Volvos new SUV has MPV-style seating for seven and packs an anti-rollover system We continue our weekly showcase of significant new cars that will be featured in the biennial Singapore Motor Show from Nov 15 to 24 at
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      Volvo into AWD all the way
      125 34 IT was only six years ago that Volvo introduced its first all-wheel drive model an AWD version of the 850 saloon (picture). The company then embraced the technology wholeheartedly, introducing theV7o AWD andV7o XC. The latter has just been renamed XC7O to bring it
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      97 37 The lighter side Meehan Streak ""confession is I I promise" you'll feel "I i YES 1 GOOD FOR THE SOUL, AN OPPRESSIVE WEIGHT f VERY WELL.T] YOU'RE GOING r""~ MY FREIND J BEING LIFTED THE MOMENT I CONFESS... DOWN, SUCKER V M YOU ADMIT YOUR GUILT. J |_l AM GUILTY.
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      563 38 Reuters LOS ANGELES She has won the last three Grand Slam titles and lost only one match since June, yet Serena Williams still feels she and her elder sister Venus are not appreciated enough. Yes, they are athletic. Yes, they hit the ball with a power not
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      Lock icon Formula 1 at crossroads as meeting looms
      335 38 Reuters LONDON Bernie Ecclestone's 72nd birthday on Monday is shaping up to be a decision day like no other for Formula 1. The sport's commercial supremo will have little time for celebrations but he could mark his milestone with a revolution in the
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      273 39 Match 1 Arsenal v Blackburn 26 Oct 10pm IX2 (1) Arsenal $1.43 (X) Draw $4.55 (2) Blackburn $4.75 1/2 Goal Arsenal (-1 1/2) $2.10 Blackburn (+1 1/2) $1.60 Team news: Arsenal: Patrick Vieira starts a two-match ban. Dennis Bergkamp is still struggling with an Achilles injury but Robert
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      Lock icon Seeking Hoddle's inspiration
      745 39  -  Leonard Thomas Despite Reds' fine run, Spurs' manager can end Anfield jinx English Premier League Liverpool v Tottenham Live, Saturday, Ch23, 9.55pm THE abiding memory of Liverpool-Tottenham match-ups was an absolute thriller... for Reds' fans. An unforgettable 7-0 hammering of a Spurs side that had Glenn Hoddle
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      Lock icon Unheralded league leader looks to continue solid form
      339 39 AFP MADRID The sharp end of the Spanish championship has a very unfamiliar look about it and Spain's less-heralded teams will be aiming to keep it that way over the weekend. Real Sociedad leads the league for the first time in over
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      Lock icon A Giant night
      644 40 AFP SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco unleashed one of the most spectacular offensive performances in baseball history to rout Anaheim 16-4 and now moves within one victory of ending a 48-year World Series title drought. Jeff Kent snapped a batting slump with two home runs while Rich Aurilia
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      Lock icon Beware magic of 'Peter Pan´
      279 41 AFP ROME Striker Antonio Cassano is hoping to conjure up a trick or two in Sunday's Rome derby, in which victory comes second only to winning the Scudetto itself for the capital's football-crazy inhabitants. Nicknamed 'Peter Pan' for producing moments of brilliance on the football
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      Lock icon Ashes to ashes, dust to dust...
      1011 41  -  Rohit Brijnath THERE is nothing like the Ashes. There is no sporting contest as testing, no feud as ancient, no rivalry as tasty as England versus Australia in cricket. Well, apart from the LakersCeltics, and Real MadridBarcelona, and Bill from Nu Yark vs Boris
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      Two matches from being world champ
      192 42  -  Kelvin Phang BOWLER Remy Ong advanced into the semi-finals of the prestigious 38th AMF World Cup in Latvia after beating German second seed Kai Guenther 2-0 on Friday night. In their best-of-three games knockout quarterfinal clash, the stylish southpaw beat his German rival 221-187
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      Lock icon Singapore tops in Asia
      731 42  -  Kelvin Phang Source: Plenties More than $7 million given out since rewards scheme IF THERE was one competition which Singapore won hands down at the recent Busan Asian Games, it was the cash-for-medals race. Under the Multi-million dollar Award Programme (MAP), local athletes get $250,000 for
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      FAS explains why surprise team Sinchi FC was
      426 42  -  Tan Yo-Hinn by yohinn@newstoday.com.sg IT IS a team without a track record. It is a team without a sponsor. It does not have any players registered as yet It was only officially registered as a club this month. And still, Sinchi Football
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      250 43 experience with various professional clubs in China. Wang explained that the idea to form Sinchi FC began when Talent Resources, which was formed in 2001, brought in young players from China to Singapore on permits to study English and to develop their football standards by playing
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      It´s surely time to redraw this MAP
      707 43  -  S Murali REMY ONG took home $417,000 for winning three Asian Games golds in a space of seven days under the Multi-million dollar Awards Programme (MAP). Now what would a footballer in Singapore need to do in order to earn the same amount
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      Well done, S'pore
      98 43 TEAM Singapore athletes, coaches, family members, employers, well-wishers and media were all acknowledged by Singapore Sports Council (SSC) chairman Alex Chan in his welcome address at Friday's Asian Games celebration party at Chijmes. Said Chan, who replaced Ng Ser Miang as chairman this month: "Support for the
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      444 38 JobsToDAY MediaCorp TVI2, a member of the MediaCorp Group, operates 2 free-to-air channels; Central (which offers the best in Kids, Tamil and Arts programming) and Suria (the favourite Malay channel in Singapore). We invite individuals who are results-oriented to apply for the following appointment: MANAGER/EXECUTIVE, EVENTS MANAGEMENT You will plan,
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      31 42 /M, Mi We've got finesse too/38 Serena says Williams' success not only down to power and athleticism Nothing like the Ashes/41 Rohit Brijnath prepares us for a rivalry like no other
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      105 43 WM fa Should the MAP award be changed? Just-)(-SEND to this week's poll via your mobile phone. Win a Motorola E360 and 6 months i FREE Sing Tel Mobile subscription Qj KEY: rT| [7] |T| p^T| for YES 00 00^1 for NO 0000 lto find out polling results 20 cents
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