Today, 7 February 2003

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    8 1 TODAY Friday February 7, 2003 MITA (P) 002/11/2002
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    Behind those smiles
    984 1  -  Ng Boon Yian Sharp jibes and bitter retorts at ministers' conference by boonyian@newstoday. com. sg KUALA LUMPUR Minutes after the foreign ministers of Singapore and Malaysia had taken their places on stage, seated side-by-side to field questions from the media, it became clear that this was no
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  • HOT NEWS
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      CPF cuts to stay ...
      616 2  - CPF cuts to stay Val Chua amid prudent remake of economy by val@newstoday.com.sg THE long-awaited report to remake Singapore rocked no boats, shifted few stones and left no sacred cows slaughtered. Still, the final report by the Economic Review Committee (ERC), issued yesterday, is likely to leave some Singaporeans less
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      Did Powell score?
      214 3 UNITED NATIONS US Secretary of State Colin Powell probably gave the best speech of his life yesterday when he laid out the evidence at the United Nations Security Council in a powerful 90-minute multimedia presentation that showed Iraq was indeed concealing weapons of mass destruction. Mr Powell's
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      S'pore may get JI man
      136 4 MAS Selamat Kastari, the Singapore head of the Jemaah Islamiyah 01) regional terror network, may be handed over to Singapore if he is found not to have committed any crimes in Indonesia. Indonesian police arrested Mas Selamat on Sunday on Bintan. He is wanted in
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      7 more called in by CPIB
      388 4  -  Jose Raymond by j ose@newstoday.com.sg IN what is turning out to be one of the biggest investigations by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) on the S-League, at least six more players were hauled in for questioning yesterday. Yesterday, this newspaper reported that Geylang
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      54 5 Ik OTHERS FALL IN LOVE. LOVE FALLS FOR ME. ■5R\ v ;ions ANG MO KIO BUGIS JUNCTION CLEMENTI HOUGANG MALL IMM JUNCTION 8 JURONG POINT LOT 1 SHOPPERS' MALL ORCHARD EMERALD PARKWAY PARADE PLAZA SINGAPURA SUNTEC CITY MALL TAMPINES MALL TOA PAYOH HDB HUB WEST MALL WISMA ATRIA ENQUIRIES: 1800
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  • HOME NEWS
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      The COE hope ...
      317 6  - The COE hope Joy Frances Prices up but unlikely to stay there: AA chief by j oy@newsto day. com. sg THE prices went up, but not as high as some had expected. The much-anticipated COE results for February were released yesterday, with nearly every car category showing a considerable increase.
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      Second baby abandoned in 3 days
      112 6 A NEW-BORN baby boy was left in a pump room at Block 678 A, Woodlands Aye 6, on Wednesday. He is in stable condition. This is the second baby to be abandoned in three days. Another baby boy was abandoned in Bukit Batok on
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      Blink and he's gone
      363 7  -  Tan Hui Leng SBS chief resigns after a month by huileng@newstoday.com.sg SBS Transit executive director Phua Tin How has resigned a month after he assumed the position on Jan 1. Yesterday, SBS Transit said Mr Phua had resigned on "his own accord" and that his last
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      Air traffic accidents lowest since 1947
      306 7  -  Tor Ching Li THE Year of the Horse may have seen galloping losses for the civil aviation industry but thanks to the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), the skies have never been safer for travellers. While the global airline industry suffered losses totalling US$l2
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      Moving to the top
      253 8 COME April, Major-General Ng Vat Chung will take over as Chief of Defence Force in a major round of leadership changes at the top echelons of the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF). Maj-Gen Ng, 41, the Chief of Army, will take over from Lieutenant-General Lim Chuan Poh,
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      Want a date with Total Defence?
      264 8  -  -Joy Frances THIS year's Total Defence campaign will include a month-long carnival travelling roadshow-style to the five Community Development Councils over five weekends. Minister of Defence and Deputy Prime Minister Dr Tony Tan will open the festivities on Feb 14 at the HDB Hub
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      168 7 I 3 Mobile p^ s Star Hub CableTV is proud to present the exclusive telecast of Meteor Garden 11. Catch it every Sunday from 23 Feb 2003 at 12 noon on VV Entertainment, Ch 56. Look out for a different question at the end of the first 3 episodes. Star
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      High game prices invite piracy
      216 9  -  Michael Loh Yik Ming I REFER to recent reports that Microsoft and Sony are trying to take action against players who modify their game consoles to run pirated games, which sell for a fraction of the price of the original versions. Don't Microsoft and Sony
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      Bad tactics
      360 9  -  Leong Sze Hian Car dealers should explain price hikes I REFER to media reports that car dealers are raising the prices of new cars owing to surging demand following the relaxation of the policy on car financing. The increase in demand is a result of economies of scale,
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      So different
      334 10  -  Irwan Jamil What has happened to that Malaysian trait? THE Malays are known for their courtliness. A case in point are the invitations made by the Ministry of Culture, Arts and Tourism and the Johor state government to Singaporeans to Hari Raya Aidilfitri open houses at Dataran Bandaraya
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      Americans will press on despite Columbia disaster
      277 10  -  Mary Westhuis I REFER to the article "America, the fearful" (Today, Feb 4). You missed your mark when you claimed that "America the Beautiful has become American the Fearful". It is not unique to the United States that the possibility of terrorist involvement
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      Plan well to curb wastage
      239 10  -  Karen Lee Kar Hui ON A RECENT visit to Suntec City via Citylink Mall, I noticed that part of the underpass had been closed because of MRT construction. Pedestrians now have to make a detour to get to Suntec City using a temporary overhead bridge.
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      510 11 Think further. Apromisin9 future is closer hthan you can see. Ik It's easy to be caught up in the mood of the a^,.^. Bf current economic climate. But if you can j jk reposition yourself with skills and knowledge fc^^^^^^^*^« that are highly demanded by employers today and in the
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Out of two-year slump
      355 12  -  Chan Chao Peh PacNet sees $2.9 m net profit due to better broadband sales and cost cuts by chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg PACIFIC Internet has overcome a two-year slump in the broader technology sector to post its first net profit in two years, beating expectations by more than 13
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    • Market Watch
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        Singapore
        117 12 THE STI fell 4.26 points yesterday to 1287.63, led by DBS Group Holdings Ltd, on concern that tension in the Middle East will hurt spending and confidence in the United States. Within the index's 45 members, rising stocks equalled falling ones. Real-estate developers Capita Land Ltd and Keppel Land
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        World markets
        55 12 Index Value Change Pis Nikkei 225 8484.19 -65.66 -0.77 Hang Seng All Ordinaries Taiwan Wtd 9126.15 2868.20 4833.58 -54.32 -30.10 -181.58 -0.59 -1.04 -3.62 Korea Comp SET Index 589.50 377.83 -11.18 4.55 -1.86 1.22 Jakarta Comp 394.46 2.14 0.55 Phils Comp Shenzen B Mumbai 1036.56 209.30 3301.29 -0.70
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 12 US$ 0.5746 UK£ 0.3259 Yen 68.838 HK$ 4.4814 RM 2.1833 Euro 0.6210 Rupiah 5098.3 Baht 24.561 Peso 31.022 A$ 0.9722 Indian Rs 27.424 Won 676.08 C$ 0.8741 Yuan 4.7575 NZ$ 1.0478 NTS 19.956
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        Lock icon Commodities
        27 12 SGX Bloomberg Gold uss/oz 371.45 Silver uss/oi 4.77 Platinum uss/oi 672.5 Rubber centsAg 168.5 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1 640.5 Brent crude uss/barrel 33.93 Information provided by:
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        SGX most active
        55 12 iy volume :eb6 Autron NOL SembCorp Citiraya Chartered UniFiber Close 0.200 0.975 0.890 0.505 0.695 0.030 Change +0.015 +0.010 -0.030 +0.030 -0.005 +8.1 +1.0 -3.3 +6.3 -14.3 'OOO 21,82! 14,90: 14,451 12,68: 12,02: 10,52 DatacrftUSS ChewEH Capitaland MultiVis 0.685 0.010 1.040 0.305 +0.005 +0.030 +0.005 +0.7 +3.0
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        SGX top rises
        81 12 )y$ :eb 6 Close Change )BSBk6%NCPS *****.800+0.200 'rima 4.680 +0.180 fhai Prime200US$ 5.200 +0.150 3reatEast 8.400 +0.100 JOB 10.400 +0.100 iTIETFlOO 14.000 +0.100 JelGro 500 2.420 +0.090 >emb Log 1.620 +0.090 iingamasC 2kHKS 2.275 +0.075 (epCorp 3.680 +0.060 )y percentage :eb6 Strike W*****5 Wee Poh Close Change
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        SGX top falls
        77 12 )y$ :eb6 :&N Close Change 8.050 -0.250 Creative 50 11.200 -0.200 >IA 9.650 -0.200 /enture 12.800 -0.200 IMH 400USS 6.050 -0.150 )BS \pollo 10.100 -0.100 0.550 -0.080 land DUE 3.220 -0.060 5.900 -0.050 ilA 200 9.750 -0.050 Jy percentage Feb 6 Close Change Kian Ann W*****7 0.040
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      Staying put
      459 14  -  Lee Yew Meng PacNet, Chartered Semiconductor stay Nasdaq-listed by yewmeng@newstoday.com.sg CHARTERED Semiconductor and Pacific Internet have confirmed they want to remain listed on Nasdaq. This follows the surprise decision by Creative Technologies to exit from the US technology market Mr Tan Tong Hai, president and CEO of Pacific
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      Lock icon First profit in 3 years
      171 14 Bloomberg CAPITALAND Ltd posted a profit of $290.2 million its first in three years as it sold more homes in China and got a one-time gain from sale of three Singapore malls. It reported profit of 11.5 cents per share, up from a restated $281
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      Welcome on board
      77 14 DBS Group Holdings Ltd (DBSH) said yesterday that former banker John Ross, who has 30 years of banking experience, has been appointed to the Group's board of directors. Until his retirement on March 31 last year, Mr Ross was the corporate chief operating officer for the Deutsche
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      Lock icon StarHub looks for 3G, cable TV support
      238 16 -AFP STARHUB Pte Ltd said yesterday it was negotiating with a group of banks for a loan to fund the rollout of its third generation (3G) mobile phone services and refinance a loan of its cable television unit. But Star Hub spokesman Jeannie
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      Lock icon Celebrity cheat
      428 16 Reuters CNN financial TV personality charged with fraud NEW YORK Todd Eberhard, a New York stockbroker and financial television personality, was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly cheating his clients out of millions of dollars while making millions for himself in commissions. Eberhard, 39, who appeared on CNN's Moneyline
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      Chuan Court up for tender
      101 16  -  Lee Yew Meng CHUAN Court, a development comprising 18 maisonettes in Lorong Chuan/Serangoon Avenue vicinity, has been put up for collective sale. Credo Real Estate, which is handling the sale, expects it to fetch about $30 million. Mr Karamjit Singh, executive director of Credo, said
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      Temasek eyes stake in Indonesian bank
      75 16 THE Government's investment arm Temasek Holdings has reportedly appointed Goldman Sachs to advise it on possibly bidding for an Indonesian bank. Jakarta's Bisnis Indonesia newspaper reported that Temasek Holdings was eyeing a 51 per cent stake in Bank Danamon, which the Indonesian Bank Restructuring
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      Lock icon Asian slump
      241 18 Bloomberg Powell fuels Sings-led fall in regional currencies THE Singapore dollar led declines in Asian currencies on speculation that the US would gain allied support in an attack against Iraq. On Wednesday, US Secretary of State Colin Powell presented evidence to the United Nations Security Council to show
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      Lock icon M'sian output up
      117 18 Bloomberg KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's industrial output probably grew for a ninth month in December as electronics and electrical goods manufacturers anticipated extra orders for computer chips, disk drives and other products. Production at factories, mines and power utilities may have risen 7.5 per cent from a year
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      New chief for iPark
      43 18 SOUTH Korea's gateway to world-class information technology, iPark Singapore, has appointed Mr Bob Chua as its chief executive director. Mr Chua has vast experience in IT in the AsiaPacific and will spearhead and promote Korean innovations in South-east Asia.
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      Lock icon Hype masks the risks
      754 20  -  William Pesek Jr Bloomberg Thaksinomics' needs time to bear fruit by news@newstoday.com.sg TOKYO Thailand calls itself the "Land of Smiles" and these days, many investors couldn't agree more. Growth in the neighbourhood of five per cent, a burgeoning consumer sector and last year's 19 per cent
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      Lock icon Forex fillip
      186 22 Bloomberg Garuda posts $190 m profit thanks to rupiah gains JAKARTA-PTGaruda Indonesia, the country's biggest airline, said foreign exchange gains helped it make an unaudited profit of 970.9 billion rupiah ($l9O million) last year, after losing 129.9 billion rupiah the previous year. Sales declined to 9.83 trillion rupiah
      – Bloomberg; -AFP photo  -  186 words
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      Hot games on the go
      164 22  -  Chan Chao Peh GAMES look set to be the application telecom operators will rely on to lead the next wave of growth for mobile phones. In the recently concluded Asia Java Mobile Challenge a Sing Tel-organised contest for the most popular mobile applications the five
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      3644 22 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Enquiries: Call 852-2973-6600 E-mail lipper.asia@reuters.com Date Nam le Name NAV/Bid 0 erdeen Asset Management (Asia) A iert een Se -Amerip. Opportunities 0.548 0. A iert een Se -Asian High Yield 1.242 1, A iert een Se -China Opportunities 0.946 Q. I A iert een Se -Continental Europe
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Hardline Arroyo
      245 24 Agencies Political allies fear Manila may send troops to Gulf MANILA Philippines President Gloria Arroyo yesterday faced a domestic storm over her hardline stance on Iraq, with key political allies alarmed over the possibility that she would send troops to help the United States disarm Iraq. President Arroyo,
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      Lock icon Thai military fights the battle of the bulge
      168 24 -AFP BANGKOK Thailand's military top brass have launched a war on fat after more than half the soldiers tested recently failed their health checks, according to The Bangkok PostSupreme Commander General Surayud Chulanont ordered the battle of the bulge following revelations that
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      Lock icon KL urged to stop action against paper
      205 24 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Two international media groups have urged Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad to stop legal action against an online newspaper raided by police for publishing an allegedly seditious letter. The Paris-based World Association of Newspapers and the World
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      Lock icon Thai team to return to Phnom Penh
      209 24 -AFP BANGKOK As both sides calculate the bill for the damages caused during the anti-Thai riots in Phnom Penh last week, Bangkok said yesterday it will be sending an envoy to the Cambodian capital next Monday. Bangkok downgraded diplomatic relations with its neighbour
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      Lock icon Jacko feels betrayed
      204 26 Reuters LONDON Pop star Michael Jackson (picture left) said yesterday he was "devastated" by a documentary on British TV about his personal life and angry that it may lead viewers to conclude that he abuses children. "Today, I feel more betrayed than perhaps ever before, that someone
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      Lock icon Bill scramble
      323 26 Reuters Lawmakers act to punish, ban human cloning WASHINGTON In the wake of the Raelian cloning controversy, two groups of United States lawmakers scrambled to introduce bills that would outlaw if not restrict the use of cloning technology. The first Bill, backed by a diverse group of conservatives
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      Lock icon Russia bans foreign, vulgar words
      181 26 Reuters MOSCOW The Russian Parliament gave final approval yesterday to a law banning the use of foreign or offensive words, which have been used by President Vladimir Putin and other politicians to spice up public addresses. The State Duma lower house overwhelmingly approved a Bill
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      Lock icon Before you die, consult police
      146 28 Reuters TOKYO Japan's infamous suicide spot near Mount Fuji, set a grim record, with 78 people having reportedly killed themselves there last year, police said yesterday. Police attributed the record, which outstripped the previous high of 73 set in 1998, partly to Japan's continuing economic
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      Lock icon Hong Kong seeks killer's extradition
      197 28 Agencies HONG KONG Hong Kong said yesterday it will ask China to extradite a mainland Chinese man who police say confessed to the murder of a businessman in a crowded restaurant in the territory late last year. Yang Wen, 25, has reportedly confessed to the
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      Lock icon Rapist flees
      275 28 Agencies Passport bungle by Australian embassy allows him to escape Cambodia SYDNEY A red-faced Australian government yesterday cancelled a replacement passport issued to a wanted child rapist which allowed him to flee Cambodia just days before his trial. Australian officials admitted the bungle after previously insisting they had
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      Help! Where's the bomb squad?
      184 28 JAKARTA In the wake of the bomb attack at the national police headquarters, the Indonesian police is looking to simplify procedures to ensure a quicker response to bomb reports, the Jakarta Post reported yesterday. City Police spokesman Senior Commander Prasetyo admitted that the bureaucratic and
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      Lock icon Tokyo betting on casinos?
      164 28 -AFP TOKYO Yet another country is looking to casinos to lift them out of the economic doldrums. The metropolitan Tokyo government and four other regional authorities yesterday urged the state to lift a ban on casinos to boost their finances amid the economic slump, officials said.
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      167 30 Reuters HONG KONG The outspoken leader of Hong Kong's Catholic Church has blasted the government's handling of consultations on a proposed anti-subversion law, saying it was insincere and disgraceful, newspapers said yesterday. Bishop Joseph Zen, a champion for human rights, chided
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      344 30 Agencies US warns Pyongyang as it restarts N-reactor SEOUL Just as the world is fixing its attention on United States Secretary of State Colin Powell's presentation at the United Nations on the Iraq crisis, Pyongyang made sure it was not forgotten. With a characteristic sense of
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      929 34  -  Roger Mittoit Saddam or no Saddam, terrorists will continue to target the innocent to show their discontent with US policy by rogennitton@hotmail.com THE United States will invade Iraq soon. There is no doubt about this. It has been evident for months. The Americans will win. And win fast.
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  • WATZUP?
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      1377 36  -  Serene Foo I Serene Foo Deepa Mehta on Deepa Mehta by m^^^t^iiT^ssm'asaim-^m AN OFF-KILTER romantic musical comedy like Bollywood Hollywood seemed an unlikely film project director Deepa Mehta would take up. The 52-year-olds previous offerings, Fire, Earth and Water which were part of
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      794 38  -  Janice Lee Centro's director pours all of himself into his club by jani ce@newstoday.com.sg IT IS probably not surprising that the director of the Centro 360 group is a hardcore clubber. "You can't run a business with no passion," Mr Michel Lv (picture) told Today. "I have a
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        95 38 Accusing Pepsi of applying a double standard by placing foul-mouthed rocker Ozzy Osbourne in a Super Bowl commercial only months after yanking rapper Ludacris for his vulgar language, rap icon Russell Simmons called on hip-hop artistes and supporters to start a boycott
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        Lock icon Nicholas Tse makes comeback to showbiz:
        97 38 Agencies The former Prince of Cantopop, Nicholas Tse, who is holidaying overseas, will return to Hong Kong in the middle of this month to start record- ing for a new music album.There may be a chance that he will pit his acting skills in
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      Lock icon Hanwei's sad day
      426 40  -  Elisa Chia The actor had to be brave when his beagle died by elisa@newstoday.com.sg ACTING as the saying goes is a tough business. Just don't remind Chen Hanwei (picture) of it The local celeb recalled how he was put to the test recently. His dog, which he
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      163 40 THE Chinese Gardens will be converted into a "Garden of Blessings" to welcome the Year of the Goat. Each of the nine exhibits will be based on the theme, chang chang jiu jiu, which is Mandarin for "forever and ever". Visitors can enjoy traditional dances and
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      439 42  - A helping hand for Bali Yong Shu Chiang AN IDYLLIC island that many once considered paradise, Bali has over the years opened her arms and welcomed many to her shores. Now, after last October's terrorist bombing crippled its tourist-dependent economy, it is receiving international aid from various quarters. But Friends
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    • IN CINEMAS
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        328 43 Sigh Fans are not so starstruck WITH the box-office failure of Star Trek: Nemesis in the United States, producer Rick Berman admitted that the future isn't so bright. Star Trek began in 1956 on American TV, created by Gene Roddenberry. Although it was cancelled after a few seasons, the series
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        Funny way to die
        595 43  -  Yong Shu Chiang Yup! Elaborate deaths highlight horror sequel by shuchiang@newstoday.com.sg Final Destination 2 FILM REVIEW IF there's a Final Destination 3, which looks likely after this film's impressive box-office debut in the United States last week, the requisite catastrophic accident to set up the story
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        240 44 ACTOR Jude Law is so upset by unrelenting British reports of his marriage being in trouble that he's consulting lawyers about the stories, USA Today reports. British tabloids have suggested in recent weeks that Law and Cold Mountain co-star Nicole Kidman were more than just
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        Slapstick affair
        333 44  -  Serene Foo Andy Lav revisits old grounds in this festive flick Cat and Mouse FILM REVIEW by serene @news today, com.sg IT'S both a pain and a joy to watch Hong Kong actor Andy Lav in the Chinese New Year crowd-pleaser Cat and Mouse. After his powerful performance
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        220 46 -AFP Hoffman joins Sheen, Streisand in condemning Bush govt LONDON Double Oscar winner Dustin Hoffman accused US President George W Bush's administration on Wednesday of "manipulating the grief of the country" following Sept 11 to win backing for a possible war with Iraq. Hoffman, speaking as
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        Lock icon Hollywood takes on Indian Braveheart
        221 46 -AFP BOMBAY Hollywood director Roland Joffe plans to make a multi-million dollar epic about the first Anglo-Indian war, starring Bollywood's latest sensation, Vivek Oberoi. The Invaders, projected to cost US$4O million ($68.18 million), is set to be the Indian version of Braveheart (1995), with the
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        130 46 Reuters/Variety HOLLYWOOD Rank-and-file members of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) have launched a grassroots campaign to leave ballots blank in film categories when voting for the SAG awards. They are upset at the decision by theatre owners to take away their freeadmission perk during
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        142 46 -AFP GOLD COAST (Australia) Three pyrotechnic experts suffered serious burns in an explosion on Wednesday at a film studio on Australia's Gold Coast. Warner Roadshow Studios said the three men were injured when explosives detonated prematurely in the studio's pyrotechnic department. One was in critical condition with
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    • VALENTINE'S SPECIAL
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        425 48  -  Justine Moss by news@newstoday.com.sg IT'S that time of the year again and the pressure is on. Racking your brains over what to do and where to take your loved one for Valentine's Day? Try something a little different this year. Here are some suggestions. Spa
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        513 50 Of love letters, scented candles and a $10,000 hotel stay Practical Magic Chez Nous There's nothing more romantic than whipping up a lover's meal in your kitchen, throwing on a Norah Jones CD and filling the place with the scent of aromatherapy candles. Bear in mind that while creating that
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        297 52 Ideas from Noel to thrill your lover on Valentine's Day RUNNING out of gift ideas for your beloved? Books are too mundane and candle light dinners might be too conventional. So, perhaps, "novelty" is what makes the gift perfect This Valentine season, let
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        107 54 KEEP your love alive by staying connected. And what better way to do that than with a handphone. This Valentine's Day, give your loved one the Samsung SGH-A5OO (picture). Built to win hearts, the phone's no-frills design complements the sophisticated lifestyle of the modern urbanite. Just 18.6
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      188 48 Beguile your loved one with an f unforgettable seduction this Valentine's Day at Amara Singapore. ciioVE STRUCK ELEMENT WALL STREET A 'Love' buffet comprising of 'live' Serenade your loved one with a fouroysters, lobster teppanyaki, assorted course set dinner, inclusive of salad, sashimi, and much more. Thereafter, soup, a main
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  • SPORTS
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      741 57 -AFP Make or break time for the once baddest man on the planet Look, if you had one shot, or one opportunity To seize everything you ever wanted; one moment Would you capture it or just let it slip? Lose Yourself, Eminem LOS ANGELES Was Mike Tyson
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      182 57 AFP RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil manager Carlos Alberto Parreira has called up Anderson Polga to replace the injured defender Edmilson for the Feb 12 friendly against China. The Brazilian football federation added Polga to its squad on Wednesday after Edmilson, who plays for Lyon
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      569 58  -  Tan Yo-Hinn by yohinn@newstoday.com.sg AT 24, she is now considered a veteran among Singapore's swimmers. Since making her competitive splash more than a decade ago, Joscelin Yeo has chalked up a magnificent record. But as she prepares to graduate from the University of Texas (UT) with a
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      627 59  -  Tan Yo-Hinn Sinchi head coach says the club's scouts will be by yohinn@newstoday.com.sg SINCE it's official introduction last October, Sinchi FC has been regarded as a club made up exclusively of China-born players and staff. That is now a thing of the past On Wednesday, Sinchi recruited seven
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      333 61 FROM this Sunday, some of the world's fastest bowlers and most fluid batsmen will be slugging it out at the 2003 Cricket World Cup in Africa. And thanks to Star Hub CableTV and Sony Entertainment Television, cricket fans will get to enjoy complete live
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      705 62 -AFP As Liverpool's revival proves a false dawn, its financial status is a concern LIVERPOOL Just when it was thought the Liverpool revival was in full swing, Crystal Palace had to visit Anfield. Yesterday, in the shock of the FA Cup so far, the First Division
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