Today, 29 October 2002

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    7 1 TODAY TUGSdaV October 29, 2002 MITA(P) 063/11/2001
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    Lock icon Cold War echoes
    703 1  -  Ng Boon Yian Mystery, secrecy, stubbornness like Russia of the past THEY will not tell what gas was used, putting doctors in the dark about how to treat the rescued hostages. They will not let those hostages, well enough to leave the hospital, meet their relatives. They
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    Twelve-year-olds and their videoconference
    405 1  -  Toh Boon Ngee A TECHNICAL glitch wasn't going to stop them. The stature of the man they were going to shoot questions at didn't faze them. Some students from Huamin Primary School were determined to have a videoconference with the Parliamentary Secretary for Education Mr Hawazi
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Who's this CPF guy?
      296 2  -  Rosalyn Lim SOMEONE has been going round saying he's an officer of the Central Provident Fund (CPF) Board, asking people for personal details and, in one case, even money. Over two days last week, the CPF Board received calls from members of the public, notifying it
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      Lock icon Bottle No 1,000,000
      117 2 Channel News Asia NEWATER production hit a milestone yesterday. Pictured is the 1,000,000 th bottle pumped out at the Public Utilities Board's (PUB) factory since production began in August. On hand as a witness to the momentous occasion was a beaming Environment Minister Lim Swee Say. He
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      Lock icon Bashir moved, supporters riot
      214 3 AFP reported. SOLO (Indonesia) The supporters of Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir were up in arms as police removed him from the hospital yesterday for questioning in Jakarta. About 150 protesters hurled stones as police wielding rattan canes (picture) cleared the grounds of the Muhammadiyah hospital
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      Lock icon American shot dead in Jordan
      161 3 Agencies AMMAN In the country's first assassination of a Western diplomat, American Lawrence Foley of the US Agency for International Development (USAid) was shot outside his house as he got ready to leave for work yesterday. A Jordanian security source said Mr Foley, 62, a
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      JI's vision for a superstate
      411 3  -  Maurice Perera in Melbourne North Australia was to be included MUSLIM women and children have been targeted in so-called revenge attacks in Sydney in the aftermath of the Bali bombing in which almost 100 Australians were killed. This is despite appeal for calm by the
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      Smallest desktop PC
      236 4  -  Sol E Solomon DELL'S new ultra-small desktop is so versatile that it can be mounted under a desk, either horizontally or vertically. To be launched on Nov 14, Dell's OptiPlex SX26O (picture) weighs just 3.5 kg and is half the size of its existing OptiPlex desktop. Dell
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      The cancer eliminator
      368 4  -  Tan Hui Leng SCIENTISTS in industry and academia will put their heads together and focus on ways to treat cancer, the No 1 killer in Singapore. The collaboration is being called the Cancer Syndicate highlytrained men and women battling together to put down a vicious killer. To
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      Lock icon COE quota for cars up 20%
      174 4 Newsradio 93.8 THE monthly COE quota for cars will increase by 20 per cent from next month till March 2003. For the goods, vehicles and buses category, it will rise by about 13 per cent over the same period. The quota for the motorcycle
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      Friendly faces at the inn
      603 6  -  Rosalyn Lim They play nanny, laundry woman and caring friend to help guests feel at home THE gestures are small, but the resonance is huge. This year's nominees for Retail Host of the Year (Hotel) in the annual Singapore Tourism Awards do not tell anecdotes
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      WHO WILL WIN SINGAPORE TOURISM BOARD´S TOURISM RETAIL HOST OF THE YEAR (HOTEL) AWARD?
      137 6 The winner of the Tourism Retail Host of the Year (Hotel) Award will be unveiled at the 2002 Singapore Tourism Awards gala ceremony on Oct 31. Look out for Today's special supplement on the winners on
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      Comfortable $6.8 million relief for cabbies
      222 6 COMFORT Group yesterday announced plans to extend its multi-million dollar driver relief package to its cabbies, introduced in November last year. The company is pumping in $6.8 million over the next 10 months to help beleaguered cabbies cope. Under the relief package, each Comfort
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      20 4 "SUCCeSS seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit." Conrad Hilton
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      3 6 TOURISM AWARDS SINGAPORE
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      A code for harmony
      243 8  -  Ritawillis Selamat Here's one that is meaningful IN his keynote address at the Institute of Policy Studies forum on ethnic relations last Thursday, Muslim Affairs Minister Dr Yaacob Ibrahim talked about defining common space as a set of values that everyone agrees upon and which does
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      Put casinos on the table
      147 8  -  Lim Boon Hee THE Tourist Working Group of the ERC services group should be applauded for submitting a separate proposal to the Government on the merits, or otherwise, of legitimising casinos. This is despite the reported refusal of Mr Khaw Boon Wan, the services group
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      Slaves to an attitude?
      180 8  -  Ananda Perera I REFER to the letter, "Maid in Singapore" (Today, Oct 28 I appreciate NTUC Income chief Tan Kin Lian's appeal to the Government to delay any proposed hike in the maid levy until alternative services are available. Families spend more than $530 a month
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon DBS sees profit fall
      240 10 Reuters Due to 40% higher provisions DBS Group said yesterday that third quarter profit fell 22.8 per cent to $199.1 million from the second quarter, owing to a sharp jump in provisions for loans outside of Singapore. The results were worse than analysts had expected and
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      Lock icon Celcom merger with Telekom
      99 10 Bloomberg KUALA LUMPUR Celcom Malaysia Bhd will buy the mobile phone business of Telekom Malaysia Bhd for RM1.68 billion ($788.7 million) in stock as part of a merger. Celcom will issue 635.5 million new stocks at RM2.65 each to pay for TM Cellular Sdn, Telekom said
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      Lock icon Panpac's $46m write-off
      72 10 Channel News Asia PUBLISHING house Panpac Media.com is writing off about $46 million in accumulated losses through a capital reduction exercise. The reduction will involve cancelling that sum from Panpac's share premium account The company said the planned move will not have any impact on its net
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    • Market Watch
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        Singapore
        141 10 SINGAPORE shares rose strongly in morning trade powered by short covering from institutions, but trading volumes on blue chip stocks were poor compared to second and third liners. A dealer said there was some leftover institutional demand that remained selective, while the broader market saw the laggards on rotational
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        World markets
        55 10 Index Value Change Pis Nikkei 225 8757.51 +31.22 +0.36 Hang Seng All Ordinaries Taiwan Wtd 9853.74 2989.80 4601.37 +131.20 +22.40 +37.31 +1.35 +0.75 +0.82 Korea Comp SET Index 678.14 357.42 +22.26 +8.96 +3.39 +2.57 Jakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzen B 361.68 1047.05 199.13 +8.03 +14.96 -6.83 +2.27 +1.45
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 10 US$ 0.***** UK£ 0.***** Yen 69.8967 HK$ 4.***** RM 2.***** Euro 0.***** Rupiah 5177.53 Baht 24.3927 Peso 29.7694 A$ 1.***** Indian Rs 27.1687 Won 692.068 C$ 0.***** Yuan 4.***** NZ$ 1.***** NTS 19.5742
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        Commodities
        21 10 Gold uss/oz 313.900 Silver uss/oi 4.407 Platinum uss/oi 586.800 Rubber centsAg 147.00 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1467 Brent crude uss/borrel 26.59
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        Straits Times Index — 10-Day Chart
        5 10 Straits Times Index 10-Day Chart
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        SGX most active
        55 10 By volume OCt 28 'OOO '000 Ipco IPC Citiraya SembMar BIL Intl 28,398 23,945 23,758 17,452 16,482 PFood GES Chartered Digiland ST Assemb 13,545 13,217 13,066 12,227 11,911 By value Oct 28 UOB DBS SIA SembMar STAssemb 34,598,818 21,033,340 16,623,500 16,361,455 15,433,730 PFood Venture Chartered OCBC Citiraya
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        SGX top rises
        81 10 By$ Oct 28 Thai Prime200USS STIETF100 Close Change 4.500 +0.480 14.880 +0.280 By percentage Oct 28 Globa W*****6 Goldtron Close Change 0.015 +50.000 0.020 +33.330 DBS 12.900 +0.200 CirPlusW*****7 0.045 +28.570 SIA 11.300 +0.200 ISoftel 0.075 +25.000 SIA200 STIETF100IOPV JMH 400USS 11.300 +0.200 14.915 +0.138 6.000 +0.100
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        Lock icon SGX top falls
        79 10 Bloomberg By$ Oct 28 Close Change F&N 7.700 -0.150 By percentage Oct 28 AcmaW*****6 Close Change 0.020 -33.330 DBS Bk6% NCPS10 105.700 -0.100 OUE 6.100 -0.100 Robinson 5.600 -0.100 SIAEngg 1.970 -0.100 Falmac Cyberm LKN Reed 0.040 -27.270 0.100 -25.930 0.030 -25.000 0.025 -16.670 SPH 19.500 -0.100
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      Keppel dives
      323 13  -  Chan Chao Peh Third-quarter net profit plunges 69% KEPPEL Corporation said that its net profit for the nine months ended Sept 30 fell 69 per cent to $263.4 million. But earnings rose 48 per cent if the one-off gain of $661 million from last year's sale of its
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      Lock icon AOL Time Warner plans swanky China studio
      171 13 Reuters BEIJING The world's largest media company, AOL Time Warner, plans to invest US$4B3 million(sB6B.4 million) to build an outdoor movie studio that is also expected to become a tourist attraction, according to Xinhua news agency. Company executives toured Linan city in China's
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      Lock icon Slow pace of manufacturing production fuels recession fears
      220 13 Bloomberg SINGAPORE'S manufacturing production rose 10.4 per cent in September its slowest pace in five months which suggests that the country may be struggling to avoid its second recession in two years. September's gain compares with a 15.8 per cent increase in
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      Lock icon Rising overseas profit
      327 14 Channel News Asia SIA subsidiaries to spur growth through foreign ventures SINGAPORE Airlines' two major subsidiaries, SIA Engineering and Singapore Airport Terminal Services (Sats), are not confident about being able to revive pre-Sept 11 profits in the near future, after reporting lower interim operating profits last Friday.
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      3677 14 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Enquiries: Call 852-2973-6600 E-mail lipper.asia@reuters.com Dote Nome NAV/Bid Oiler Price Price Aberdee A set Management (Asia) 10/25 A lerceen Se -American Opportunities 0.579 0.609 10/2 A ien een e-Asian High Yield Fd 1.98 1.235 10/2 A ien een e -Qiinq Opportunities Fd 0.29 0.976 10/2 Aierteen e-Continental
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Promises, promises
      307 16 Agencies SAO PAULO (Brazil) Even as Brazilians celebrated the election of Mr Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as President yesterday, the leader signalled his determination to tackle the country's woes. "I'm going to make the biggest effort a human can make so that our people can rise up
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      Don't ask if I'm gay, boss
      83 16 LONDON Under new laws which forbid discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation, employers who ask interviewees pointed questions about their marital status could face prosecution. The new laws have been drawn up to meet Britain's obligations under an EU directive outlawing discrimination against
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      Lock icon Apec united on terror
      422 18 Leaders also ink agreements on trade at Mexico summit LOS CABOS (Mexico) In a move to boost trade and economic growth, leaders at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit, which ended on Sunday, endorsed a plan to cut transaction costs by five per cent by 2007.
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      Lock icon High price of polygamy
      154 18 Agencies KUALA LUMPUR Muslim men who dump their first wives after "extracting all their sweetness" should be whipped until they become impotent, said the spiritual leader of PAS in remarks published yesterday. Kelantan Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Nik Aziz said during the State Assembly on Sunday
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      Lock icon New Thai formula for tourists
      99 18 Agencies BANGKOK An "ageing-delay" formula could soon take the place of Thailand's famous beach resorts as the bait to lure tourists. After his recent trip to Russia, Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra told the Ministry of Science and Technology to study the possibility of producing
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  • The 18th Singapore French Film Fest
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      french film fest
      1817 20 Enjoy a 15-day French film treat I Se Souvenir Dcs Belles Choses/Try to Remember 110 mm, R(A) Oct 29, Nov 2, Nov 8 I A woman, increasingly forgetful since Bl\.she was struck by lightning, is Hconvinced she has Alzheimer's Disease. fact that her mother died from the
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      Films at a glance
      282 24 Monday Oct 29 Se Souvenir Dcs Belles Choses/ Try to Remember I (Opening film by invitation only) 17.30pm.AF Nws ITotalKheops-lpm.hf Oouttes D'eau SurPierres Brulantes/ I Water Drops on Burning Rocks 17pm, CCO Gangsters -9pm, AF Rien A Faire/Empty Days 9.30pm, CCO I Nov 12 I Tout
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      Tour de femmes
      458 24  -  Yong Shu Chiang by shuchiang@newstoday.com.sg FRENCH films are made by men and femmes only exist in front of the camera. That's the impression you might get from the I French films that have had commercial runs here. Think about it: Films such as Leon (The Professional), the
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      All together now: nwahr
      467 26  -  Yong Shu Chiang FILM noir. Say it with me: Film nwahr. Now, doesn't that sound cool? If you want to work that term into your repartee, just tell your friends you're heading down to the French Film Festival to catch its selection of modern French film
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Lock icon The MIT revolution
      714 29  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla Will other universities follow suit and offer a free education, too? THIS month, someone I know will be going back to school after a break of 20 years. School is the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. No, she is not after another degree. Her dream
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  • UPFRONT
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      Life's sweet for Sugars
      844 30  -  Shibu Itty Kuttickal Retired at 26, neither he nor his children will have to work again T^ORGET Robert Kiyosaki. This is the .F man to learn from. Many people here won't be familiar with the name Bradley J Sugars but his road to riches has been
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      732 31 JUDY is 34 years old and single. She plans to buy a three-room flat next year and wants to know how well-prepared she is for this and for her retirement Her financial profile is as follows: Monthly salary-$2,100, CPF ordinary account $80,000, CPF special account $9,000,
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  • INFOTECH
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      Now, the 'challenge' to turn proposals into prototypes
      252 32 T7OLLOWING the overwhelm--F ing response to the "Wireless Challenge" competition for local-ly-developed wireless LAN and mobile solutions, the judges have short-listed 24 of 129 entries 12 each in the open and the academic categories. The short-listed entries include application concepts for car-pool-ing,
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      Power-packed
      488 32  -  Stephanie Bruzzese One-year warranty, a blip on Fujitsu's latest notebook THE word ultralight takes on a new meaning with the $3,888 Fujitsu Lifeßook P Series. The laptop stuffs a remarkable amount into a chassis that's small enough to slip into most briefcases. The system has a long battery life,
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  • LIMELIGHT
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      Farm takes on the world
      418 33  -  Elisa Chia by elisa@newstoday.com.sg A LTHOUGH Farm Wong is not in the XAxunning for the Best Actress title at the Star Awards on Dec 8, she is not upset. Nor should anyone think that she has been sidelined by MediaCorp, she added. "I've only starred
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      Animal talk
      414 33  -  Lee Ching Wern AT first glance, Stanley appears ordinary. It's just a cartoon with a house, a mother, a father, two boys, a dog and a talking fish. It's a far cry from the breath-taking splendour of classic Disney animated features such as Beauty and the Beast and
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  • BUSYCOOK
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      ´Smoke´ it at home
      338 34  -  I Pauline DLoh Make your own salt and sugar-cured salmon with herbs GOING back to cooking school in the Hunter Valley this month, I learned how to make "smoked" salmon without the smoke. Actually, it was more like gravlax the Swedish marinated raw salmon cured in
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      Hunter Valley ´smaked´ salmon
      240 34 Ingredients: 1 whole salmon (filleted and scaled) 150 g sugar 150 g salt 50 g coriander seeds, toasted 1 lemon, sliced 1 bunch of coriander leaves Method: 1. Check the fillet is free from scales and bones. Rinse, wipe dry. 2. Mix the salt and sugar
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  • INCINEMAS
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      Lock icon Potter problem
      257 35 Reuters/Variety Uncertain future after 'Prof Dumbledore' dies HOLLYWOOD The major question mark hanging over the Harry Potter films is no longer about its young stars fast growing out of adolescence. The death of actor Richard Harris, 72, on Friday leaves Warner Bros in a quandary as to who
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      Lock icon I'm innocent, says Salman Khan
      220 35 -AFP NEW DELHI Bollywood action hero Salman Khan, 36, denied yesterday that he was behind the wheel when his vehicle ran over and killed a homeless man. He added that media accusations that he was a drunken killer had left him stunned. The actor said
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  • TRAVELLERS in Tasmania
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      Idyllic retreat in Tasmania
      359 36 Adventure island the perfect place in which to rejuvenate work-weary minds and bodies FILL your lungs with Tasmanian air consistently measured as the cleanest in the world, having travelled thousands of kilometres across the Southern Ocean from South America. Imagine an island with clean air, unpolluted
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      ADVENTURE ISLAND, TASMANIA
      585 36 Tasmania is the Adventure Island whether you're looking for gentle outdoor pleasures or the full adrenaline rush, you'll find an activity to fit the bill. JETBOATING Fasten your seat belt and experience the excitement of a high-speed jet boat ride of up to 70kmh. Experienced and skilled
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      TASMANIA'S TOP ESCAPES
      394 37 CRADLE MOUNTAIN LODGE A wilderness retreat set on the northern edge of the World Heritage listed Cradle Mountain/Lake St Clair National Park. The winner of numerous awards, Cradle Mountain is a world apart, with comfortable cabins, cosy log fires, bars and fine food restaurant. The wilderness beckons
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      THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT TASMANIA
      231 37 Tasmania is 100 times the size of Singapore but has a population of under 500,000. Tasmania has more visitors per year than its entire population. If you stand in the middle of Tasmania, it would only be 1 15km in any direction to the
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      17 37 Tasmania Discover Australia's natural state Kor more information, please log on to Tourism Tasmania's website at vnvw.discovertasmania.com
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  • Page 38 Miscellaneous
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      1580 38 Deportivo vs Bayern, Live Wednesday, eh 5,2.35 am Drama Festival The Islands of the Vampire Bird Arts Central, 9 P m S P° rts Sdente How Bi 9 a Unbeatables II Channel 8,10.30pm „n T J Role Does It Play CNA, 7 32pm Ihe big question is: Will Bayern sur-
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      73 39 s?**^ ■-L L fS*^^st»**"** r\^\\^V^ IMB A^H Bl SB,. «r )^»r*^^ S?B** nip i^^ i* V'J T^*"^1 ?^fl mm jj I IHT ||H fl More Singaporeans turn to MediaCorp than to any other source. Source: Nielsen Media Research Index July 2001 June 2002, based on population of 15 years and
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  • SPORTS
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      530 40 Reuters World Series Anaheim 4 San Francisco 1 Angels win crown 4-3 ANAHEIM When the former California Angels won their first American League Western Division championship in 1979, their fans adopted a succinct, hopeful motto. At 8:19 pm on Sunday (yesterday morning, Singapore time), "Yes, we can" became
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      742 40 Agencies ANAHEIM It doesn't matter if the San Francisco Giants have Willie Mays or Will Clark or Barry Bonds (picture). It doesn't matter if they face the Yankees or the Athletics, or the wild card Angels. The Giants
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      Lock icon Germans' last stand
      629 41 Agencies Champions League Deportivo La Coruna v Bayern Munich Live, tomorrow morning on Ch 5 23, 2.30 am LA CORUNA Never trifle with a wounded animal. Especially if it's German. Four-time winner Bayern Munich must beat Deportivo La Coruna today (tomorrow morning, Singapore time) to have any
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      Lock icon Robson counting on another Herculean performance
      357 41 Agencies TYNESIDE Sir Bobby Robson has added Newcastle United's 1-0 victory over Juventus to his memory bank of great games. Yet, he knows that unless his men follow it up with another win over a confident Dynamo Kiev today (tomorrow morning, Singapore time), then
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      Lock icon Knives out for Eriksson
      89 41 Reuters LONDON The English newspaper pack has begun baying for the head of national soccer manager Sven-Goran Eriksson. "The assassins are sharpening their knives again," commented the Manchester Evening News. "The agenda has been set. Sven is living on borrowed time." Tabloid disenchantment with Eriksson surfaced
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      Sack Crozier
      77 41 LONDON Chelsea chairman Ken Bates has called for Football Association chief executive Adam Crozier to be sacked. Crozier has been at the centre of a power struggle between the FA and Premier League. Bates believes if Crozier does not go, FA chairman Geoff Thompson will lose his office.
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      No appeal
      66 41 MANCHESTER Roy Keane is set to take his medicine and accept a five-match ban and £150,000 ($413,000) fine without appeal. The Man United captain had until yesterday to lodge an appeal against the sanctions imposed by a Football Association tribunal over the contents of his controversial autobiography. But
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      In the dock?
      49 41 LONDON Arsenal's Dutch star Dennis Bergkamp is facing tough disciplinary action following his clash with Blackburn Rovers' Nils-Eric Johansson in a Premiership match on Saturday. Football Association bosses will assess referee Graham Barber's verdict on the stamping row before deciding whether he faces trial by video.
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    • STANDARD CHARTERED SINGAPORE MARATHON 2002
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        Run to complete, not compete
        431 42  -  Fan Yo-Hinn RUNNING a marathon would seem like a daunting task to those of us who are not regular runners. But talk to Mr Wilson Chia (picture), Head of Consumer Banking and the Global Head of Branch and Tele Web Banking at Standard Chartered Bank
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        The team that runs together, works together
        407 42 IF your company is undecided about taking part in the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon corporate challenge, hesitate no more. You'll have everything to gain, and nothing to lose. That is the unanimous message from five organisations which will be participating in the Standard
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        EVENT DETAILS
        100 42 Date: Sunday, December 8 Venue: National Stadium (West Entrance) Time: 6.30 am (Marathon), 7am (Relay) Categories: Full marathon (42.195 km), half marathon (21.1 km), quarter marathon (10.55 km), relay marathon (men's), relay marathon (women's), relay marathon (mixed), corporate relay challenge (mixed). Prizes: Prize money of US$lOO,OOO. Top team
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        ROAD SHOW
        78 42 Standard Chartered customers pay only $30 (instead of $40) when they register to take part in the marathon. Companies taking part in the corporate relay challenge pay $1 60 instead of the usual $190. Come down to the road show at Caltex House on Oct 31 with a
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      Lions' 1998 Tiger Cup victory fixed?
      395 43  -  Stanley Ho IN A development bound to send Shockwaves through the region's football associations, especially here in Singapore, a report by Vietnam's state media yesterday alleged that the country's 1998 Tiger Cup final defeat against Singapore was fixed. The Lions, then coached by Englishman
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      Lock icon No looking past Lakers-Kings rivalry in new NBA season
      584 43 LOS ANGELES You accept that the teams are from the same conference, same division, same state even. You deal with the cities being separated by more than 300 miles, as opposed to 3,000. Reason being: the defending champion Los Angeles Lakers
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      Lock icon End-of-season high for Thai?
      189 43 AFP PARIS Paris, City of Lights, traditionally brings down the curtain on the men's season save for the Masters Cup for the chosen few. But P can also stand for Paradorn Srichaphan, who could by week's end have stormed into the world top 20. Paradorn stands
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      Lock icon End of Waugh
      169 43 -AFP SYDNEY Mark Waugh, a permanent fixture in Australia's line-up for nearly a decade, dropped out of international cricket yesterday hours after being axed for next week's opening Ashes Test against England. The 37-year-old batsman, whose 128 Tests placed him fifth on the all-time list, said he
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      Lock icon So hot it hurts
      588 44  -  Jose Raymond Day One proves to be a real struggle for Lions PICTURE this. Brazilian Egmar Goncalves, who hails from sunny Rio de Janeiro where temperatures can go up to 38 degrees Celsius in December, cannot take the early morning heat here. And like him, most
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      Knee injury threatens Grabovac's Tiger Cup debut
      292 44  -  Jose Raymond WHAT was supposed to be a dream debut for new Singapore citizen Mirko Grabovac may end up as just a dream. The 31-year-old Croatianborn SAFFC forward is currently being treated for tendonitis of the knee. And it is so serious that
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      III-discipline costs youngster S-League place
      368 44  -  Tan Yo-Hinn WHILE it has yet to select any player, S-League newcomer Sinchi FC has already made a step to show it means business. Yesterday, vice-chairman Wang Jinhui revealed that a trainee with one of the selection teams brought in by Singapore-based Talent Resources was
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