Today, 8 February 2003

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  • NEWS
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      She wanted acid to dissolve body
      731 2  -  Joy Frances Accomplice in Orchard Towers double murder gets 12 years by joy@newstoday.com.sg THE grisly details of how two decomposing bodies came to be left in an Orchard Towers carpark in January last year were revealed in court yesterday, as the first culprit was
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      Lock icon Temple consecrated
      121 2 Today photo by AS FLOWER petals were showered on the gleaming Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple and mantras broadcast over the loudspeakers, hundreds of devotees squeezed into narrow the Ceylon Road to soak in the colourful spectacle. The Maha Kumhabishegam consecration ceremony is the most significant ritual in the
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      Visa to the world from a university in India
      487 2 Continued from Page 1 for six weeks. Bookish knowledge is fine, but lITs do force your hands to get dirty. There is a strange combination of competition and teamwork on display. One former student told Salon.com about the time when stocks
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      Soccer scourge
      767 3  -  S Murali Is there any real way to legislate against levels of greed'? Comment by murali@newstoday.com.sg AT LAST count, 11 people had been called in over the last three days by the CPIB to "assist" in investigations into soccer corruption. Of the 11, nine are players and seven
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      Lock icon Tamil Tigers blow themselves up to avoid capture
      323 3 Agencies COLOMBO In a dramatic climax to a standoff, three Tamil Tiger rebels blew themselves up at sea on Friday after being caught with a cache of weapons on the eve of peace talks in Germany. The members of the Liberation Tigers
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      GST watchdog body looks into yu charkway rumblings
      379 3  -  Val Chua by val@newsto day. com. sg FIRST, it was the rising cost of tofu. Now, it's the side-item which accompanies a popular soybean dish that has consumers rumbling: Yu char kway. Singaporeans have complained about the higher prices of this popular
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      The China solution
      450 4  -  Derrick A Paulo SM Lee draws on lessons from Hong Kong and Taiwan by derrick@newstoday.com.sg IT was a dinner meant to usher in the Year of the Goat, but Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew (picture) made it an occasion to usher in Singapore's economic future. It is
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      Third baby found in four days
      97 4 ANOTHER newborn baby boy has been abandoned, making this the third case in six days. However, unlike the other two baby boys, who were found on Sunday and Wednesday, this little child was dead. A resident of Block 201, Jurong East Street 21, alerted
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      Lock icon Judgment reserved in Chee appeal
      236 4 Channel News Asia SINGAPORE Democratic Party chief Dr Chee Soon Juan (picture) will have to wait to find out if the defamation suits brought against him by Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong and Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew will go to trial. On Friday, High
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      Scholarship to help China
      144 4  -  Tor Ching Li A NEW civil-aviation scholarship looks set to help ties between Singapore and China take flight Set up by the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS), the programme will see three promising officers from China's civil-aviation authorities, airports or airlines awarded the scholarship annually.
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      Rings, the short version
      669 6  -  Dave Barry by weekend@newstoday.com.sg I FINALLY saw the new Lord of the Rings movie, which is entitled Lord of the Rings II: A LOT More Stuff Happens. It's a tad on the long side (three days) but I am not complaining. My eyeballs were literally riveted
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  • LETTERS
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      Bus numbers can mean more
      262 8  -  Qiu Xiaosan Use them to indicate where services begin and end I CONFESS that I belong to the "driver" class. Since December, however, I have become quite good at getting around by bus, as my daughter has requisitioned my car. I would like to make
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      Bakkwa price rise a case of profiteering?
      226 8  -  Michael Loh Yik Ming I REFER to the concern about how prices move in Singapore, in particular, with regard to cars and also to commodities prior to Chinese New Year. It is common for the prices of Chinese New Year must-haves like prawns,
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      Game software deserves to sell for more than $10 or $12
      272 8  -  Samuel Ou Chung Wai I REFER to the letter, "High game prices invite piracy", by Mr Michael Loh Yik Ming (Today, Feb 7). He has made some valid points with regard to game prices but he has also made
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      Home loan cap out of date
      251 8  -  Teo Tat Beng WHILE we are on the topic of remaking Singapore, one important aspect to look at is whether the policies, rules and regulations imposed in the past are still relevant We will be able to remake Singapore successfully only if we are
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  • BUSINESS
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      Regional turnaround
      471 10  -  Chan Chao Peh SingTel's overseas expansion paying off by chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg SINGTEL'S overseas operations acquired at a cost of nearly $20 billion, and the subject of much flak have turned in a set of third-quarter results that seem to show that the company's regional strategy is paying off. Most
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      Lock icon Why Temasek hired Goldman Sachs...
      253 10 Bloomberg TEMASEK Holdings, the Government's investment arm, hired Goldman Sachs Group as a financial adviser, though it will not say if the appointment is related to a bid for Indonesia's Bank Danamon. The Indonesian Banking Restructuring Agency has started an international presentation to investors for
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      Lock icon Corporate Briefs
      299 10 Reuters SembCorp Marine profit up: SembCorp Marine said profit rose 12 per cent to $92.1 million last year. Earnings per share were 6.5 cents from 5.9 cents a year earlier. Sales rose 18 per cent to $1 billion from $854.5 million in 2001. -Bloomberg NOL denies purchase of
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    • Market Watch
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        Singapore
        123 10 THE STI fell 2.22, or 0.2 per cent, to close at 1,285.41 its third day of decline. For the holiday-shortened week, the index fell 0.5 per cent The STI futures contract for February delivery shed 0.1 per cent to 1,287. Capita Land gained five cents to $1.09 after it
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        World markets
        51 10 Index Value Change Pis Nikkei 225 8448.16 -36.03 -0.43 Hang Seng Ml Ordinaries laiwan Wtd 9150.95 2886.10 4735.37 24.80 17.90 -98.21 0.27 0.62 -2.03 Korea Comp SET Index Jakarta Comp 577.48 378.95 394.63 -12.02 -0.15 0.18 -2.04 -0.04 0.05 Phils Comp Shenzen B 1041.83 209.30 5.27 0.54 0.51
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 10 US$ 0.5735 UK£ 0.3509 Yen 68.870 HK$ 4.4727 RM 2.1821 Euro 0.6180 Rupiah 5086.9 Baht 24.591 Peso 30.996 A$ 0.9709 Indian Rs 27.355 Won 678.98 C$ 0.8727 Yuan 4.7483 NZ$ 1.0451 NTS 19.931
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        Commodities
        22 10 Gold uss/oi 370.85 Silver uss/oi 4.71 Platinum uss/oi 690.5 Rubber centsAg 166 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1 640.5 Brent crude uss/barrel 34.16
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        Straits Times Index Intraday Chart
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        SGX most active
        57 10 iy volume :eb8 DMX Tech Chartered Capitaland KepLand Surface MT Citiraya MultiVis SingTel Comfort TPV Close 0.280 0.685 1.090 1.220 0.490 0.490 0.305 1.320 0.905 0.535 Change +0.010 -0.010 +0.050 +0.060 -0.015 -0.010 +0.020 +0.015 +3.7 -1.4 +4.8 +5.2 -3.0 -0.8 +2.3 +2.9 'OOO 10,911 10,444 8,106
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        SGX top rises
        74 10 By$ Feb 8 Close Change SPH 18.400 +0.500 SPH100 18.300 +0.300 F&N 8.200 +0.150 AseanSupremel 00USS4.760 +0.100 UOB 10.500 +0.100 Sincere 1.200 +0.070 KepLand 1.220 +0.060 Capitaland 1.090 +0.050 OUE 5.950 +0.050 CITYDEV 3.980 +0.040 By percentage Feb8 L&M Close Change 0.010 +100.0 BBR 0.015 +50.0 El-Nets
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        Lock icon SGX top falls
        87 10 Getty Images Getty Images ee By$ Feb 8 Close Change Venture 12.300 -0.500 DBS Bk 6% NCPS *****.300 -0.500 SIA200 9.500 -0.250 JMH400USS 5.900 -0.150 SIA 9.500 -0.150 STIETF100 13.900 -0.100 &eative 50 11.100 -0.100 DBS 10.000 -0.100 Transmarco 0.550 -0.080 Prima 4.620 -0.060 By percentage Feb
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  • SAVVYINVESTOR/CO-ORDINATED BY VAL CHUA
    • MONEY TALKS
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        Investors will wake up to ERC report in due course...
        746 12 WHAT an anti-climax it seems to be. The markets and investors have given a muted response to the high-powered Economic Review Committee's (ERC) road map to transform Singapore into a dynamic global city over the next 15 years. If successfully
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        ... but for now, short-term concerns rule
        130 12 but for now, short-term concerns rule THE Singapore market is generally pleased with the ERC recommendations but is currently focused on global economic concerns and the US-Iraq standoff as well as the tension on the Korean peninsula. According to DBS Vickers, the market's current price-to-earnings ratio of 12 has factored
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      When big is not necessarily good: Godzilla funds don't always fly
      348 12 SIZE doesn't guarantee sizzling performances when it comes to funds, said wealth management firm dollarDEX. Using Standard Poor's data on CPF unit trust and investment-linked products (ILPs), dollarDEX said in a report yesterday: "It turns out that Godzilla funds
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    • What The Experts Say ...
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        Capita Land – Market Perform
        101 13 Capita Land Market Perform Capita Land returned to the black with FYO2 net earnings per share coming in above expectations at I 1.5 cents, 7.5 per cent higher than consensus. The turnaround was due to contributions from various divisions and a lower revaluation deficit for its commercial properties compared to
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        Multi Vision Intelligent Surveillance -Hold
        123 13 The company announced that it has secured a contract with Macau's Elixir Group to provide video surveillance solutions to one of the casinos under construction.The contract amount appears to be rather low, at less than HK54.43 million ($990,105). It is important to note that this
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      Taiwan shines
      401 13  -  Vasu Menon Its bourse outperforms others in Asia-Pacific by news@newstoday.com.sg THE Capricorn (or January) effect that boosted stock prices in past years gave most Asian bourses a miss last month. But Taiwanese stocks were the exception. Taiwan's benchmark index posted a sterling performance last month. It soared 13
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      Lock icon Meet WTO obligations. Bush tells China
      310 13 Reuters WASHINGTON President George W Bush has urged China to meet its World Trade Organisation (WTO) obligations. He said this while presenting Congress with an upbeat assessment of US economic prospects. Mr Bush, in his annual report on the state of the US economy,
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      Lock icon Capita Land hopes to strike it rich with new residential focus
      335 13 Bloomberg CAPITALAND'S vow to make money next year after posting its first profit in three years underscores the success of a new focus on higher-yielding projects, investors said. The better-than-expected $290 million profit for South-east Asia's largest property developer
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      99 13 I Stock Picks .""J^ron^uys^ I DEFINITIONS: Forecast earnings-per-share (EPS): The portion of a company's profit allocated to each outstanding share of common stock, forecasted for the current fiscal year. Price/Earnings ratio (P/E ratio): A stock's P/E tells us how much investors are willing to pay per dollar of earnings. A
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  • PROPERTY WATCH
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      Little India set to shine again
      577 14  -  Lee Yew Meng Expected rise in traffic pushes up shophouse rentals by yewmeng@newstoday.com.sg SHOPS in Little India, which suffered a 10 to 15 per cent fall in business since 2000, are expecting an upturn come April, when the Little India and Fairer Park MRT
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      Jalan Bukit Ho Swee site up for tender
      121 14 THE Singapore Land Authority (SLA) will launch for public tender a reserve 99-year leasehold residential site in Jalan Bukit Ho Swee in two weeks. This follows an undertaking by an applicant to submit a bid of not less than $48 million for
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      Li's firm under scrutiny
      367 15 Debt implications over takeover move of C&W HONG KONG Businessman Richard Li is once again under the microscope. The Hong Kong exchange said on Friday it would investigate the company he controls PCCW over its disclosure of an approach to the British telecoms group, Cable and
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      Lock icon Want good perks? Be an expatriate in Hong Kong
      181 15 -AFP HONG KONG Expatriate executives in Singapore are five times better off than their local counterparts, according to a survey, although Hong Kong's elite foreign workforce enjoys the best perks in the Asia-Pacific region. In Singapore, expatriates working for multinational companies
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      133 15 ♦ji TODAY brings you Jlove?*fotes, a special advertising feature on Valentine's Day. Declare your love and devotion at special prices of $15.60 (text icon) only. Send in your Jjyve<hfotes today. To send your LoueNotes: I.Email: Send your messaye and choice of love icon to louenotes@neiustotlay.com.sg. Messayes are limited to 120
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon India's missile test and China targets
      245 16 AFP NEW DELHI India is planning to test a longrange ballistic missile that can hit targets deep inside China, prompting warnings from the United States that the move will escalate tensions in South Asia. On Thursday, Mr VK Atre, India's chief defence scientist, said
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      Debt sends them to US
      150 16 LONDON The prospects of higher tuition fees and graduating in more debt are pushing British students to study in the United States. The Times reported on Friday that the Fulbright Commission, which advises Britons on American education, received a five-fold increase in the number of
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      Lock icon Soft ruling on drugs
      85 16 Reuters ROME An Italian court has ruled that taking 40 joints of hashish on a school trip is not a crime. The marijuana was for personal use since the 17-year-old student planned to share it with two fellow students and a teacher, the appeals court judge
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      Lock icon DOVE SHOWS HIS CLAWS
      1030 16 World discovers Colin Powell is a formidable force by Clement Mesenas clement@newstoday.com.sg THE Bush administration's use of its most reluctant warrior to argue a case at the United Nations for war against Iraq appears to be a gambit that is paying dividends. Even US Senators who
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      Lock icon S Koreans gripped by $104.5m lottery fever
      180 17 AFP SEOUL South Koreans have been gripped by lottery fever, lured by the prospect of winning a US$6O-million ($104.5 million) jackpot. Millions dreaming of striking it rich have scrambled to buy "Lotto" tickets on news that the first prize has piled up to
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      Lock icon No plan to hand over suspect
      161 17 -AFP JAKARTA Indonesia said on Friday that it has no plans to hand over to Singapore a reputed terrorist leader wanted by the country. Police on Sunday arrested Mas Selamat bin Kastari in Bintan. Singapore wants him over an alleged plot to hijack a
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      Lock icon Cloned sheep cremated, questions unanswered
      170 17 Agencies SYDNEY Australia's first cloned sheep has died but any chance of getting to the root of the mysterious death was lost when its decomposing carcass was cremated. The cremation of the merino ewe named Matilda (picture) raised eyebrows among opponents of cloning and gene
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      Lock icon US, the spymaster
      456 17 Agencies Iraqi phone taps, spy photos tell all WASHINGTON The satellite photos and intercepted recordings presented at the United Nations are testimony to the extraordinary spying capabilities of the United States. US Secretary of State Colin Powell's presentation on Wednesday revealed that the US can eavesdrop on
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      UK dossier 'partly from magazine, thesis'
      384 17 LONDON In a humiliating move, Britain has been forced to defend an intelligence dossier on Iraq after academics said whole passages had been lifted from magazine articles, complete with spelling mistakes. US Secretary of State Colin Powell drew attention to a British dossier on
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Syed & SURESH
      31 18 Syed SURESH Syed is a freelance animator and illustrator. Suresh is the co-creator of Mr Kiasu and other comic strips. He recently authored a book entitled When I was in Uniform.
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      Crazy outlook can keep you sane
      881 18  -  Simon Tay by weekend@newstoday.com.sg LIKE many Singaporeans today, I am a multi-e-mail account holder. I have three virtual letterboxes, attached to three real offices and three sets of duties. The first is as an associate professor at the National University of Singapore, the second
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      Lost your hongbao? Get help from the cops
      849 18  -  Neil Humphreys by neil@newstoday.com.sg They will get those scumbags in next to no time SINGAPOREAN detectives have the easiest policing job since Sergeant Jim Bergerac. Good old Bergerac was a fictional detective on a popular BBC drama Bergerac during the 80s. Not
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      Lock icon GM piglets eaten?
      108 19 AFP WASHINGTON The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is searching for 386 piglets that went to market when they should have stayed at home. The piglets were all bred from genetically modified sows involved in a research experiment and then sold to a livestock broker without
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      Lock icon The last laugh
      141 19 Reuters LONDON British comedian John Cleese (picture) had the last laugh when he was awarded £13,500 ($38,360) in damages from a London newspaper that printed a story asking if he had "lost his funny bone". Mr Cleese, star of the Monty Python comedy series, sued the Evening
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  • weekend WATZUP?
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      Field report
      961 20  -  Yong Shu Chiang Dodging rockets is all in a day's work by shuchiang@newstoday.com.sg FOR nearly two decades, Joe Phua has been travelling all over the world, visiting exotic locales and meeting fascinating people, all in the name of work. His job even allowed him to attend last year's
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      Lock icon They came, they drank, they raved
      649 21  -  David Ngiau by david(s>newstoday.com.sg AMAZING Race 3 contestants John and Jill arrived in town last Saturday as guests of the Singapore Tourism Board (STB). And it was only six days later that they had their first encounter with a good ol' fashioned teh tarek
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      Alternative muses
      609 22  -  Chen Sze Kai This songwriter gets his inspiration from classical literature by szekai@newstoday.com.sg BUDDING composer Ling Siang Chih goes to unusual lengths to get inspiration he researches classical literature to come up with contemporary Mandarin hits. And his winning formula has piqued the interest of judges at local
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      Lock icon DAILY BREW
      549 22 Agencies Virgin, Love kiss and make up: Courtney Love, who was cautioned by British police this week for throwing a tantrum on a trans-Atlantic flight, is welcome to fly back to Los Angeles with the same airline after she apologised to the airline's boss, Sir Richard Branson, at
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    • IN CINEMAS
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        Lock icon Off focus, Solaris author laments
        164 23 -Reuters WARSAW Polish writer Stanislaw Lem, whose best-selling novel Solaris has been adapted by Hollywood into a sci-fi film starring George Clooney (picture), has lamented the movie's focus on affairs of the heart rather than the head. "The director has focused on the tragic love
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        Lock icon Columbine scores
        257 23 Reuters/Variety Documentary among top screenplay nominees LOS ANGELES The criticallyacclaimed documentary, Bowling for Columbine, has scored a first On Thursday, the Writers Guild of America named it as among nominees for the best original movie script category the first time a documentary has been so nominated. Joining it
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        Lock icon Dracula theme park to come alive
        132 24 Reuters/Variety BUCHAREST Romania's Dracula movie theme park is rising from the dead and will be developed near the capital of Bucharest, Romanian Tourist Minister Dan Matei Agathon announced. Universal Studios will earn millions in royalties as it owns the Dracula copyright and produced seven
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        INCINEMAS ROUND-UP
        451 24 Recommended films Tadpole He's 15. And he's in love with his 40-year-old stepmum (Sigourney Weaver). He's seduced by qJP her best friend. A sophisticated, witty comedy, rf? Tadpole keeps from sinking to cheap gags and will have you in stitches.— David Ngiau Bollywood Hollywood: A dotcom millionaire (Rahul
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    • INSIDEOUT
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        SPACE SAVERS
        657 25  -  Cindy Tong by news@newstoday.com.sg WITH homes getting smaller, furniture designers are creating pieces that allow for maximum space efficiency. Today, furniture pieces are no longer big and bulky. Sleek designs and compact sizes rule; some are even multi-func-tional. Said Mr Alex Lav, area manager at Barang Barang: "Big
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    • EPICURE
      • New Year resolutions 5
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          Casual drinking Bordeaux reds
          325 26 ANYONE can splurge $6,070 and get a great Bordeaux Grand Cru. But what happens if you can't put that much money into wine. The great thing about Bordeaux is that in top vintages like 2000 and 2001, even the most mediocre of Bordeaux vignerons would be
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          Carrefour's Tasting Notes
          54 26 Carrefour Cabernet Sauvignon 75cl Normal price: $14.90 Promotional price: $2.50 Who said French Cabernets need to be serious and expensive? Carrefour's Cabernet Sauvignon and Yin Pay DOc is a easy to appreciate simple cabernet with lots of currant and soft oaky character. It's not too tannic and
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        Toss and toast
        543 26  -  Jeffrey Yang Pep up your lo hei session, reunion dinner with these wines I by eatout@newstoday.com.sg LOOKING for new wine and food pairings for the Lunar New Year celebrations? How does yu sheng with white wine made from 100-year-old vines sound? Domaine dv Colombier an established grower
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    • IN TUNE
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        Best job in the world
        602 27  -  Janice Lee Norman Jay gets paid to have a great time in clubs by janice@newstoday.com.sg WHEN his name is uttered, DJs bow down in reverence. Norman Jay (picture), a clubland legend and pioneer, has played a big part in shaping the dance scene into what
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        Lock icon Fight to stay on top
        235 27 Reuters/Variety LOS ANGELES Rap mogul Scan "P Diddy" Combs (picture), one of contemporary music's most successful entrepreneurs, has signed a distribution deal with Vivendi Universal's Universal Records rather than sell the Bad Boy label that he says is worth US$lOO million ($174 million), the partners
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        288 27 -AFP LOS ANGELES Fans of veteran rockers, The Rolling Stones, lined up in Los Angeles on Thursday, to hear Mick and the boys give their first free concert in more than 30 years. Thousands of fans lined up at ticketing counters to pick up
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        283 28 SPREAD the joy of Cupid's special day to your kids! High on the happy and easy on the sappy, these flicks are a fun way to share in the Valentine's Day spirit 1. THE PRINCESS BRIDE Romantic flourishes. Swashbuckling brilliance. Laughs aplenty.
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        721 28  -  Theresa Tan by sorbet@pacific.net.sg A FAMILY lawyer told me recently that one in every five marriages here ends in divorce. When I tell this to my European friends, they laugh: The rate is one in every two in Europe. Who wants to be like Europe in that
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        145 28  -  Theresa Tan HERE are some ground rules that have helped us in our marriage, which, incidentally, is a work in progress. They're not for everyone. So, make up your own together. Don't let the sun set on your anger. Don't ignore the wisdom
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        653 29  -  Colin Yong Audi's new A 4 Cabriolet can carry four in comfort and style by colin@newstoday.com.sg IT RAINED virtually non-stop during the two days I spent with the Audi A 4 Cabriolet This was no great loss as I am not a big fan of open-top cars.
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        253 29 YOU may find boys racing at full tilt in souped-up machines around a Formula One track, but luxury car drivers? More than 20 Lexus owners proved recently that the size, price or purpose I of a car need not be barriers to putting I in
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        169 29 SPENDING time in queues and waiting rooms will soon be a thing of the past for Mitsubishi and Kia owners who send their cars for servicing. Fast Lane, a new service concept announced yesterday by Cycle Carriage, allows customers to drive straight into the company's
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        374 31 A FARMER decided it was time to get a new rooster for his hens as the one he had was getting old. So, the farmer bought a young cock and turned him loose in the barn. When the old rooster saw the young rooster strutting around he thought
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        120 31 A HUSBAND and wife are waiting at the bus stop with their eight children. A blind man joins them after a few minutes. When the bus arrives, they find it full and only the wife and her eight children managed to get on board the bus. So,
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      Lock icon Familiarity breeds a fine score for Sunderland
      356 32 -AFP Golf Pebble Beach National Pro-Am It's tight at the top PEBBLE BEACH Playing in his backyard may be enough to get Kevin Sutherland back in the Match Play Championship. Sutherland grabbed the first-round lead on Thursday at the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am,
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      516 32 -AFP And l icjerr wants to have a little ctfjfrt with iVliclolSon WASHINGTON The much anticipated return of the world's best golfer is almost upon us. On Friday, Tiger Woods (picture) said he will make his PGA Tour season debut next week in San Diego at the
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      88 32 AFP JAKARTA A young Indonesian boxer has died two days after being knocked out in a fight, adding to an alarming death toll from the sport in the country. Yohanes Fransiscus, 20, died of a brain haemorrhage on Thursday night after being unconscious for two days. Fransiscus
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      Rooting for Los Angeles
      610 33 Mavericks will not want to face the dangerous Lakers in the first round DALLAS They have been beaten by a big-name rival. Again. They were likewise reminded again that the lack of a dependable interior presence can lead to an over-reliance on three-pointers and fatal vulnerability
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      565 33 NBA All-Star Game Live, Monday morning, Ch23, 9am ATLANTA There is nothing more surprising than Isiah Thomas coaching Michael Jordan. On Monday, that's precisely what's going to happen in the AllStar Game, reported ESPN.com. Jordan's last one,
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      A level playing field?
      871 34  -  Rohit Brijnath Ernie vTiger: Brace yourself for the biggest battle in sport in 2003 AS MUCH as the drama of sport unfolds at the moment of contest, much of the pleasure lies in the mere anticipation of it The possibilities (Could Safin overcome Hewitt? Dare Man
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      393 34 AFP PARIS Former world number one Martina Hingis (picture) has all but announced her retirement from tennis. The 22-year-old Swiss star told L'Equipe sports daily on Friday she had no intention of returning to the women's circuit she dominated from 1997 to 2000 when she
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        119 35  -  t JOHN BELL Written By. CHAMPION gelding Smart Bet is expected to be named Singapore Horse of the Year for season 2002 at fifth annual Racing Awards Night at The Neptune Theatre Restaurant tonight. Smart Bet, trained by local Mohd Yusof (pictured right),
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        585 36 AFP Tendulkar carries the World Cup hopes of a billion people This cricket World Cup, scheduled from Feb 9-March 23, will be the biggest ever to date. More teams, and many more viewers will tune in to catch all the action, played out in S Africa,
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        269 36 THE greatest cricket event in the world begins on Sunday. And viewers can catch the 2003 Cricket World Cup on Star Hub Cable TV's Ch 37 from 1.30 am. The opening ceremony will be beamed live, heralding the start of more than 400 hours
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        423 36 Agencies JOHANNESBURG Ricky Ponting's all-conquering Australia is the overwhelming favourite to become the first team to successfully defend the cricket World Cup title, according to British bookmaker Ladbrokes. The Australians are quoted at 6-4 to regain the World Cup. Co-host South Africa is
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      Top bosses leave teams
      600 37  -  Stanley Ho by stanley@newstoday.com.sg IT LOOKS as if last year's nominees for Manager of the Year in the S-League have been given the kiss of death. On Friday, reigning Manager of the Year Alfred Loi (picture, left) was asked to step down as team manager by
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      Deadline has passed for FAS coaching applications
      253 37  -  Stanley Ho THE deadline for applications for Singapore football's most important jobs closed on Friday. Following the resignation of Dane Jan Poulsen from his dual role as technical director (Goal 2010) and national coach last month, an advertisement to invite applicants for the
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      261 37 -AFP SYDNEY Former heavyweight boxing world champion and convicted rapist Mike Tyson will have to undergo a character test if he wants to visit Australia later this month, government officials said on Friday. Australia's former triple world champion, Jeff Fenech, in Las
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      135 38 Reuters NORTH CAROLINA World 100 m record holder Tim Montgomery said on Thursday he had ended his association with Canadian coach Charlie Francis. Francis was banned for life from coaching Canadian athletes after Ben Johnson tested positive for steroids following his 100 m victory in world record time
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      786 38  -  Leonard Thomas by leonard@newstoday.com.sg St James' Park on Sunday will see two of the best gunslingers in English Premier League Newcastle v Arsenal Live, Monday, Ch23, 12mn ON THE face of it, both seem very different One's all power, willing to scrap for whatever he
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      689 39  -  Tan Yo-Hinn by yohinn@newstoday.com.sg SAVE for the blue half of Manchester, almost everyone else expects Manchester United to sink derby rival City on Sunday. And Bryan Robson (picture) is no different. The former United and England captain is currently in Singapore
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