Today, 9 January 2003, Afternoon Edition

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    8 1 TODAY ThUrSday January 9, 2003 MITA (P) 002/11/2002
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon Russian axils?
      376 1 Agencies Report says Putin offering Saddam way out BERLIN Russian President Vladimir Putin is offering Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein exile in Russia in a bid to avert a possible Iraq war, German newspaper tageszeitung said yesterday, but a senior Russian source denied the report. Citing Russian diplomatic sources,
      — Agencies  -  376 words
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      Lock icon Dow drops
      81 1 Reuters NEW YORK Disappointing results and dour forecasts from companies including aluminum producer Alcoa Inc the first Dow member to report earnings this quarter, fanned worries about corporate profits and pushed stocks lower yesterday. A profit warning from computer maker Gateway Inc also weighed in. The Dow Jones
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      Lock icon Five survive, 75 die in plane crash
      194 1 AFP DIYARBAKIR, Turkey Seventy-five people, including several foreigners, were burnt to death late last night when a Turkish Airlines plane crashed on landing in heavy fog and burst into flames at Diyarbakir airport, in south-eastern Turkey. Five people survived the crash, local governor
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Man-maid issues or khalwat, women always at the receiving end
      467 2  -  Tor Ching Li by chingli@newstoday.com.sg WOMEN are still victims of prejudice in countries like Singapore and Malaysia. That was the resounding message from some women activists of both countries who gathered at the Institute of South-East Asian Studies at the
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      Pay traffic fines: KL
      140 2 JOHOR BARU Motorists who have yet to settle Malaysian traffic summonses will have to pay up at two of the three exit points into Singapore. This was announced after the launch of the Automatic Vehicle Scanning System at the Second Link and the Tanjung Puteri customs
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      COE rates for all vehicles up
      84 2 COE prices for January have risen across all categories, save motorcycles. The biggest increase was in Category B (cars 1601 cc and above) which went up by more than $5,000 to $29,099. COEs for Category A (1600cc and below) now cost $28,489 an increase
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      Home loan war hots up
      534 2  -  Lee Yew Meng StanChart, Hong Leong in the lead by yewmeng@newstoday.com.sg THE HDB loan war intensified yesterday with Hong Leong Singapore Finance and Standard Chartered Bank now leading the pack. Standard Chartered brought the first year's interest rate to a new low with its new
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      Lock icon Ultra deadly
      374 3 Agencies No known antidote to ricin, the poison found in London flat LONDON In terms of creating an atmosphere of terror, ricin, the deadly substance found in trace amounts in a north London flat on Sunday, has all the right associations. Ricin, which experts have linked to the
      – Agencies; AFP photo  -  374 words
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      S'pore 'accepts Pedra Branca date'
      191 3 PUTRAJAYA Singapore has agreed to a date proposed by Malaysia to sign the Special Agreement which allows the bilateral dispute over Pedra Branca to be brought to the International Court of Justice, Bernama reported Malaysian Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar as saying yesterday.
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      Mahathir lays down the law
      165 3 KUALA LUMPUR Members of the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition will soon have to follow a code of ethics, which has been drafted for discussion at the next meeting of the BN supreme council. The move follows the abstention by two Penang Malaysian Chinese Association
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      A widow's journey
      359 4  -  Ng Boon Yian Falungong practitioner's wife tells of husband's mysterious death by boonyian@newstoday.com.sg FROM Switzerland to India, this woman has been telling her husband's story to anyone who will listen. Madam Jane Dai has been making her way across the world since March last year and Singapore
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      Lock icon Salaries to increase by 3.3% this year
      131 4 Newsßadio 93.8 SALARY increments for this year are expected to be on a par with those for last year, the human resource and financial management consulting firm, Watson Wyatt Singapore, said yesterday. The average pay increase for companies is 3.3 per cent. Its
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Lock icon And then bang!
      475 6 Reuters Captain speaks of new fear of Singapore AT the helm of a giant container ship, Captain A K Biswas says he feels vulnerable as he cruises the busy Singapore Strait He no longer worries just about accidents. "Terrorists could use boats loaded with explosives, come straight
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      Lock icon Straw calls on PM
      171 6 Agencies Today photo by BRITISH Foreign Secretary Jack Straw (picture, left) called on Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong, Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew and Foreign Minister Prof S Jayakumar yesterday, on the first leg of his whirlwind series of meetings with South-east Asian leaders to discuss
      – Agencies; ERNEST CHUA  -  171 words
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  • LETTERS
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      Lock icon Raffles is history
      505 8  -  Anthony Oei Other pioneers deserve more recognition IN his letter, "Road trip bagus" (Today, Jan 6), Mr Michael Loh Yik Ming said that "without Raffles, Singapore would probably remain a sleepy, quaint, backwater fishing village with superb seafood, perhaps, much like Kukup, Pontian". He went on to
      WEETECKHIAN  -  505 words
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      S-League failure?
      268 8  -  Bonny Lee I REFER to the report, "Windfall for S-League clubs" (Today, Jan 8), on the changes in the S-League. I am disturbed that the Football Association of Singapore's deputy president, Associate Professor Ho Peng Kee, has singled out FAS director for marketing and communications, Mr Winston Lee,
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      Why did Jacobs go?
      162 8  -  Simon Ng Yap Peng I REFER to your report, "NOL chief goes" (Today, Jan 7). It is important that the NOL board and management issue a statement to inform the public and its shareholders on the reasons for the dismissal of NOL chief Flemming Jacobs. This
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon No hurry
      212 10  -  Chan Chao Peh despite China's relaxed rules by chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg DESPITE the landmark easing on investment by foreign institutions in China's stock exchanges, a mad scramble into the world's largest and fastest-growing market is not expected. Not yet The authorities want to ensure that potential investors are of a
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      Lock icon DBS charges east
      60 10 Channel NewsAsia DBS has won approval to offer Chinese yuan banking services at its Dao Heng Bank branch in Shenzhen. The group already has such a licence in Shanghai but this is its first in the thriving Pearl River Delta. DBS is also submitting an application to
      — Channel NewsAsia  -  60 words
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      Lock icon OCBC to sell shares
      65 10 Channel NewsAsia SHAREHOLDERS have approved OCBC's plans to sell as much as $500 million worth of preference shares to boost its capital base. The bank said it may sell them in the first quarter of this year and will list them on the stock exchange. CEO
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    • Market Watch
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        Singapore
        113 10 The STI yesterday snapped out of its recent losing streak to close 13.58 points higher at 1332.32, powered by bargain-hunting in banking issues, F&N, ST Engineering and SingTel shares. Market breadth was cautious, with 362 unchanged issues. Volume was 297 million shares worth $242 million. ST Engineering surged 15
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        World markets
        50 10 Index Value Change Pis Nikkei 225 Hang Seng Ordinaries laiwan Wtd 8517.80 9688.21 3042.40 4836.93 -138.70 35.81 -0.80 135.85 -1.60 0.37 -0.03 2.89 Korea Comp 651.72 -0.48 -0.07 SET Index 360.41 -5.10 -1.40 lakarta Comp Phils Comp ihenzen B 389.41 1040.42 192.94 -5.11 20.83 4.09 -1.29 2.04 2.16
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        Your S$l buys
        32 10 JS$ JK£ fen 1K$ (M iuro (upiah 0.5737 0.3583 68.9830 4.***** 2.***** 0.5513 5122.17 Peso A$ Indian Rs Won C$ Yuan NZ$ 30.6986 0.***** 27.5180 680.910 0.8964 4.7485 1.*****
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        Commodities
        14 10 Gold uss/oi 347.700 Silver uss/oz 4.815 Platinum uss/oi 603.400 Brent crude uss/barrel 31.080
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        Straits Times Index Intraday Chart
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        SGX most active
        55 10 By volume Jan 8 Close Change 'OOO L&M Yongnam Ipco MultiVis Chartered ST Engg Semitech Ml CheungWoh DMXTech 0.005 0.020 0.075 0.285 0.780 1.860 0.195 1.090 0.230 0.250 +0.010 +0.005 +0.150 +0.010 -0.080 +0.025 +0.005 +3.6 +0.6 +8.8 +5.4 -6.8 +12.2 +2.0 50,750 22,977 16,008 15,259 12,674
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        SGX top rises
        80 10 )y$ Ian 8 Close Change iPH 18.500 +0.200 By percentage Jan 8 SeeHS Close Change 0.035 +0.010 iPHlOO 18.500 +0.200 IPSCOM 0.125 +0.030 )BS 10.800 +0.200 DBS Bk 6% NCPS *****.200 +0.200 iTEngg 1.860 +0.150 :&N 8.000 +0.150 TyeSoon GulTechW*****7 Wee Poh LKN 0.100 +0.020 0.025 +0.005
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        SGX top falls
        77 10 By$ Ian 8 Close Change OUE 5.800 -0.250 C&C 3.080 -0.120 By percentage Jan 8 Close Change PanpacMed W0401 090.010 -0.040 BBR 0.010 -0.005 fenture 14.000 -0.100 BukitSem 10.300 -0.100 Creative 50 12.700 -0.100 GMGUSS 0.015 -0.005 Compact 0.050 -0.015 MediaS 0.020 -0.005 Wl 1.090 -0.080 DelGro
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      M1 shares log record plunge
      324 12  -  Chan Chao Peh by chaop eh@newsto day. com. sg SHARES of MobileOne (Ml), the second largest mobile operator here, posted its largest one-day decline yesterday and ended an active session at an all-time low. The counter dropped eight cents, or 6.8 per cent, to close
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      Building slump
      230 12 Construction to fall 15% this year CONSTRUCTION work in Singapore is expected to fall 15 per cent this year as the country struggles to recover from its worst recession in almost four decades. The Building and Construction Authority (BCA) said it expects contracts to amount to $12 billion,
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      Lock icon 98 Holdings ups NatSteel stake
      116 12 Reuters 98 HOLDINGS, led by hotel magnate Ong Beng Seng, said yesterday it had raised its stake in NatSteel just one day before its offer for the firm expires. The consortium, which includes the Government investment arm Temasek Holdings, said it now owns 37.02 per
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      Lock icon SingTel improves 1711 service
      124 12 Chan Chao Peh THE 20-year-old 1711 SingTel service, which announces the time, has been given a new lease on life with two added functions. The first is a world time announcement, which gives the time of 90 cities worldwide. The second is a wake-up or reminder
      – Chan Chao Peh  -  124 words
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      Lock icon Tung's pay cut
      479 14 Reuters HK chief does his bit to alleviate deficit woes HONG KONG Hong Kong Chief Executive Tung Chee-Hwa announced yesterday that his annual salary is to be cut by U5542,000 ($73,155) 10 per cent of his U*****,000 annual pay to help wipe out the territory's growing fiscal
      Reuters; Reuters photo  -  479 words
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      Lock icon Bush's tax cut plan: Elixir or poison?
      388 14 Agencies WASHINGTON A fierce debate raged among economists over whether the stimulus and tax cut package unveiled on Tuesday by President George W Bush is the tonic needed for an ailing economy or simply a giveaway to the rich. Mr Bush's "growth and
      — Agencies  -  388 words
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      Lock icon No-frills hub in Chiang Mai?
      138 14 -AFP BANGKOK Singapore has proposed setting up a no-frills budget airline operating out of the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai, Thai Transport Minister Suriya Jungrungruangkit said yesterday. Singapore's Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong and his Thai counterpart Thaksin Shinawatra will discuss the proposal, aimed
      -AFP  -  138 words
    • BUSINESS NEWS/SGX INVESTOR DAY SPECIAL
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        Lock icon The SGX link to foreign markets
        392 16 AUSTRALIA offers a dynamic stock market with exciting opportunities. But many Singaporeans are not aware that a simple route exists to invest in Australian shares using Singapore Exchange's SGXLink a multi-lateral trading gateway that enables direct access into foreign markets. Using the SGXLink and
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        The Index Tracker
        397 16 WANT to copy what some of the most sophisticated global fund managers are doing? Unable to consistently beat benchmark indices, many pension funds, insurance companies and fund management companies put part of the money they manage into funds that track or mimic stock market indices. They do
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        Short-selling tool for higher profitability
        392 16 WHEN his broker introduced Securities Borrowing Lending (SBL) aimed at retail clients, Derek Lee was on a high. If he accidentally oversold, he could borrow stocks to meet the settlement deadline. He could borrow to shortsell, in the expectation that he could buy these shares
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        llie Reit way for a share in commercial properly
        437 16 IF you've ever wanted to own a piece of commercial real estate but couldn't afford it, Real Estate Investment Trusts (Reits) may be the answer. Since July last year, retail investors have had the chance to own a share in not
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        Cool about the future
        302 18 Hi-tech R&D gives Mitsubishi air-cons efficiency edge FROM the same family of companies that made Zero fighter planes famous for terrorising enemies over the Pacific during World War Two, Mitsubishi Electric is now "cooling" its rivals in the Singapore air-condi-tioner market Between 2000 and 2002, the
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon The Perlis loophole
      258 20 Agencies Standardising law will foil errant husbands KUALA LUMPUR While plans are afoot to standardise Islamic laws governing polygamy in all Malaysian states, the National Fatwa Council has said there was no need to ease the laws on polygamy. The Council chairman, Datuk Seri Ismail Ibrahim, said
      – Agencies  -  258 words
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      Lock icon Scandals hurt Sharon's election ambitions
      192 20 Agencies JERUSALEM Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's re-election effort was hit by a new allegation of funding irregularities on Tuesday but a senior party aide has dismissed it as part of a smear campaign. The liberal Haaretz daily reported that the Israeli justice authorities have
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      Lock icon Stuck in NZ
      80 20 -AFP Volunteers pouring water over 80 of the remaining live pilot whales found stranded on the remote Ocean Beach on New Zealand's Stewart island. A pod of 159 pilot whales beached themselves yesterday. Many have since died of dehydration. Rescuers hope to float about 50 of the
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      Lock icon KFC out of tourist site
      90 20 -AFP BEIJING Visitors to Beijing's centuries-old former imperial Beihai Park will no longer find the fastfood giant, Kentucky Fried Chicken, there from today. The park management decided not to renew the eatery's 10-year-old lease due to complaints about its "encroachment" into China's cultural heritage sites.
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      The three-finger test
      70 20 BANGKOK Members of parliament will find it more difficult to skip parliamentary sessions if a plan to install a fingerprint scanning system to monitor their attendance goes ahead. If approved, 500 MPs and 200 senators will have three fingers scanned and the images stored on a central
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      Lock icon Pyongyang's victory?
      272 21 Agencies US sobers up, turns to diplomacy on North Korean issue SEOUL In what could be seen as a diplomatic coup for Pyongyang, the United States on Tuesday said it was willing to talk to the regime to defuse the nuclear crisis. The US administration, which had previously
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      Flights not popular
      234 21 TAIPEI They were hailed as a step forward in cross-strait relations, but indirect chartered flights between Shanghai and Taipei for the Lunar New Year do not have many takers. Taiwan opened chartered flights between Taipei and Shanghai via Hong Kong and Macau as part of its rapprochement
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      Lock icon A leg for a leg
      176 21 AFP KANO (Nigeria) A Nigerian man who cut of his wife's right leg is to suffer the same fate, an Islamic court here has ruled. The Upper Sharia court in the northern city of Bauchi on Friday sentenced that Adamu Hussaini Maidoya, 45, will have
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      585 22  -  Sunny Goh Their Why make ordinary folks feel plain? THIS is a tale of two contrasting events (a wedding and a funeral) but which bore the same, sad lesson of the hypocrisy in all of us. A yuppie friend got married last year and threw a black-tie gala
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      191 26 IBM Singapore and SingPost have introduced a number of new services for ThinkPad service and delivery. The "To your doorstep service" allows executives who are unable to collect their ThinkPad after it has been repaired to pay $10 for the serviced machine to be delivered
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      528 27  -  Teo Siok Kuan And how to keep them nice by eatout@newstoday.com.sg SPICES include any plant product used primarily for seasoning purposes, such as tropical aromatics like pepper, cinnamon and cloves, leafy herbs like basil and oregano, spice seeds like sesame and mustard and vegetables such as
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  • LIMELIGHT
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      351 28 BBSS! Newcomers take on veterans for Grammys OR WILL ONE OF THESE GIRLS UPSTAGE HIM? NEW YORK Diversity ruled nominations for the 45th Grammy Awards on Tuesday, with eight artistes garnering five nods each, including veteran rocker Bruce Springsteen and 18-year-old newcomer, Avril Lavigne. The
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      240 28 THE NOMINEES Record Of The Year A Thousand Miles (Vanessa Carlton) Without Me (Eminem) Don't Know Why (Norah Jones) Dilemma (Nelly, featuring Kelly Rowland) How You Remind Me (Nickelback) Album Of The Year Home (Dixie Chicks) The Eminem Show (Eminem) Come Away With Me (Norah Jones) Nellyville (Nelly) The Rising
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  • CITYSTYLE
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      Algae on my face
      318 29  -  Janice Lee and it's the perfect facial for those with sensitive skin by j ani ce@newsto day. com. sg THIS facial will put your body at rest but give your skin a good wake-up call. I have to admit, however, that when I first received an
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      Only 18 for S'pore
      108 29 EIGHTEEN examples of this watch (picture) are being sold in Singapore, out of only 2,000 that are available in the world. This limited edition timepiece was created in line with Dior Couture's fall/winter collection. The new Dior, Admit It line of leather goods and ready-to-wear features
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      Get lucky on Feb 6
      171 29 HOW would you like to shop lor freer Last Friday, 36 lucky shoppers at the local jeweller, Poh Heng, got their jewellery without having to pay a cent. In a bid to add some festive cheer to the new year, Poh Heng conducted Win Your
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      No two facial cleansers work the same way
      528 29  -  Toh Xing Yu, Beauty Tips Miss EverSoft xingyu@softskin.com.sg I KNOW of some women who can't live without a facial cleanser. I've seen my university course-mates toting their favourite facial cleansers into the washroom after lessons to "freshen up". In junior college, some
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  • TIMEOUT
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      Heritage hunt
      318 30  -  Serene Foo Come dicover our unique customs and tradition by serene@newstoday.com.sg THE truth behind many fascinating traditions will be revealed at the Heritage Festival 2003, to be held from March 15 to 23. Visitors can discover the origins of finger-licking good dishes such as fish head curry, yummy
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      MediaCorp on TV clash
      282 30 A CLASH in the programming times of a popular MediaCorp TV Channel 8 variety show and an SPH MediaWorks Channel U charity programme has stirred up a fresh debate. Lianhe Zaobao reported on Tuesday that Channel B's PSC Nite Special, a programme that is usually shown
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  • INCINEMAS
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      490 32  -  Elisa Chia Keep your eyes open and you're dead! FILM REVIEW The Ring SHE'S back to haunt and slay in seven days exactly. Only this time, she's not Sadako the infamous long-haired Japanese ghoul but her American counterpart, Samara. Alright, it's not exactly a clever change of
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      Good may be dull
      544 34  -  Janice Lee But Jennifer Aniston is terrific as the jaded woman FILM REVIEW The Good Girl THE film, The Good Girl, is something you would go to see if you were having a "deep" moment for although it is engaging, it is incredibly dull and depressing
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      621 36  -  Teo Siok Kuan The 'Shopping Capital of the Middle East' has bargains galore by traveller@newstoday.com.sg MENTION Dubai, and expert shoppers will tell you that it has one of the best duty-free shopping in the world. But there are more goodies to pick up in the city from its
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      Hedonism in paradise
      603 38  -  Ross Wallace Once a getaway for over-privileged singles, Club Med is now a haven for all by ross@newstoday.com.sg CLUB Med. The name alone conjures up images of swaying palms, sunkissed beaches and swinging singles. I got through my early adolescence dreaming that when I finally reached the
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      QUICKTOURS
      131 38 SEAWING CRUISES From now to March, UK-based Seawing cruises is offering short regional voyages from destinations in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand.This family-style ship has a friendly ambience and is a favourite among couples and families.The ship weighs 16,710 tonnes, has seven decks and can accommodate over 1,000 crew and
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      Lock icon Bali's still charming
      539 40  -  Lee Hsueh Fei It puts up a brave front and is as friendly as ever by traveller@newstoday.com.sg BALI was always in my travel plans. Then came Oct 12. But instead of being put off, I still wanted to go, as I did not think terrorists would strike
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      Grandest Chinese New Year light-up
      172 40 SINGAPORE will kick off the Chinese New Year with its grandest and longest Chinese New Year light-up on Saturday. Stretching over two kilometres from South Bridge Road to Eu Tong Sen Street and New Bridge Road, this year's light-up spans an area five times larger
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      Lock icon Come fly with Mickey and Minnie
      131 40 Agencies A LASKA Airlines and the Disneyland Resort XAJiave introduced a Boeing 737-400 with large images of Mickey, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy painted on its body and tail. The plane, called Spirit of Disneyland, will operate through most of the Alaska Airlines'
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      Lock icon HKTB, Cathay pull out all the stops for CNY parade
      260 40 -Agencies THE Year of the Goat will be welcomed in spectacular style at the Tamar Site in Hong Kong on Feb 1. A host of elaborate floats and performing groups from around the world will add an extra dimension to
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      Lock icon Hewitt aims to end famine
      648 44 Reuters Top seed ready to be first Aussie male since 1976 to win Open <>2 I MELBOURNE Intensely patriotic and doggedly determined, last year's first round defeat at his home grand slam was the one bitter disappointment in Australian Lleyton Hewitt's otherwise sweet season. He
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      Lock icon Open should be moved, says Agassi
      295 44 Reuters MELBOURNE Andre Agassi threw his weight behind calls to push the Australian Open back in the year, saying it would enhance the quality of the season's first grand slam. "From an ideal standpoint, everybody would be better served if it was pushed back
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      Record-breaking Bryant proves he can shoot three-pointers after all
      306 44 LOS ANGELES Kobe Bryant says he's not a three-point shooter. He was yesterday morning better than anyone in NBA history, reported ESPN.com. Bryant made a record 12 shots from three-point range, including nine in a row, in scoring 45 points as
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      No heroes for Valerie
      612 45  -  Tan Yo-Hinn The bowler doesn't want to emulate her more illustrious team-mates by yohinn@newsto day. com. sg THE young bowler has some of the best known names in Singapore sport as her teammates. These include 2002 Asian Games triple gold medallist Remy Ong and Vietnam Open
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      Lock icon S'pore's N0.2 Lam promises to thrash his good friend
      407 45 BOTH want the top prize of $10,000 and their friendship won't get in the way. They are determined to thrash each other instead. That was the promise made by Singapore No. 2 golfer Lam Chih Bing yesterday. Lam will meet his
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      Lock icon Hammers get new bad boy
      615 46 But unlike Di Canio, Bowyer brings baggage of hate to East London club LONDON It's the last act of a desperate club, one final throw of the dice to avoid a life of obscurity in the Nationwide League. In Lee Bowyer, relegation-threatened West Ham United
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        Lock icon Liverpool left Tonge-tied
        551 47 AFP Sheffield Utd teenager stuns Reds with quick brace League Cup semi-finals, Ist leg Sheffield Utd 2 Liverpool 1 Tonge shows why Liverpool wants him SHEFFIELD Teenager Michael Tonge scored two goals in five minutes to give First Division Sheffield United a come-from-behind 2-1 win over Liverpool
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        Lock icon Farnborough gets nod for ground switch against Arsenal
        272 47 -AFP LONDON Non-league outfit Farnborough Town, which beat Darlington in the FA Cup to book an enticing fourth-round tie against holder Arsenal, has been told to play the fixture at Highbury because of concerns over safety. Worries over the safety of fans
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        Lock icon Birmingham's double swoop
        87 47 Reuters BIRMINGHAM Birmingham City agreed personal terms with Ipswich Town defender Jamie Clapham and Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Stephen Clemence yesterday and will complete the transfers subject to medicals. English premier league Birmingham's website said left wing back Clapham will join for £1.3 million ($3.64 million) after starting
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        Lock icon Bolton bids for Bosnich
        73 47 AFP SYDNEY English Premiership side Bolton has offered to sign Australia international goalkeeper Mark Bosnich after his sacking from Chelsea for testing positive for cocaine, The Australian newspaper reported today. One of Bosnich's British agents, Jeff Weston, told The Australian they had been contacted by Bolton
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        Lock icon Juve denies speculation
        100 47 AFP ROME Italian champion Juventus denied its French World Cup winning striker David Trezeguet is about to be allowed to leave the club. Vittorio Chiusano, the chairman of the Serie A giants, told private radio station Radio Radio here that 25-year-old Trezeguet, who has been the subject
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