Today, 24 February 2003, Afternoon Edition

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    12 1 TODAY IVI 0 II (1 3.V February 24, 2003 MITA (P) 002/11/2002
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon Now, France acts tough
      222 1 Reuters BAGHDAD The world united yesterday to warn Iraq it must begin destroying its Al-Samoud 2 missiles by March 1 or face action from the United Nations Security Council. The message rang out loud and clear from the United States, which has vowed to lead a
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      Lock icon Director Polanski wins top British film awards
      193 1 Reuters LONDON Roman Polanski (picture) emerged as the surprise front-runner for Oscar glory yesterday, scooping up awards for best picture and best director at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) awards, seen as a preview for next month's Academy Awards.
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      Lock icon A costly peace
      983 1  -  Val Chua Cancelled orders, deferred decisions as wait for war takes its toll by 1 val@newstoday.com.sg ONE of his major IT customers decided to shut down operations for a week to save costs cutting him cold for seven days. Others promised to place orders for the semiconductor
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Wet kiss
      186 2  -  Joy Frances THE sand was no barrier to passion, as one married couple proved yesterday when they won a kissing competition at Pasir Ris Beach. Mr Aston Wong and wife Sharon (picture), both 36, elicited rapturous applause and laughter from onlookers when the father of three tried to
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      Lock icon Double salvo
      340 3 Agencies Dr M hits out at US and Osama KUALA LUMPUR In a bold and candid speech yesterday, Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad (picture) said the looming US-led war is aimed at Muslims. Addressing a business forum at a summit of Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) leaders, Dr Mahathir
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      Lock icon Thais wary of crackdown toll
      132 3 Agencies BANGKOK While there is overwhelming public support for Thailand's anti-drugs crusade, seven in 10 people fear being framed or killed during police raids, according to a University of Bangkok poll yesterday. The eye-for-an-eye threemonth crackdown launched by Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been drawing
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      Lock icon ribetan-Muslim Hui clash
      138 3 Agencies BEIJING Hundreds were injured and at least one killed in a clash between ethnic Tibetans and the Muslim Hui minority in north-western China this month, a report said yesterday. Two Huis were arrested for stabbing a 50-year-old Tibetan to death with a skewer in Jianza county
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      Lock icon Live it up in Singapore
      202 4 AFP STB carnival woos Chinese tourists TOURISM authorities here launched a roadshow over the weekend in China in a bid to increase the number of Chinese tourists to Singapore. The two-day "Live It Up in Singapore" event held in Guangzhou showcases Singapore's cultural heritage, list
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      Lock icon Newater Visitor Centre opened
      172 4 Newsßadio 93.8 THE Newater Visitor Centre will be opened to the public from today, but some 180 Singaporeans have had a sneak preview. The fortunate few are constituents of the Holland-Bukit Panjang GRC, which is led by Environment Minister Lim Swee Say (picture). The $5-million visitor
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Lock icon Saving water still relevant
      152 6 Channel NewsAsia SINGAPOREANS should not take the island's water resources for granted, or think that the Save Water campaign is no longer relevant This was the advice of was Minister of State for the Environment Balaji Sadasivan yesterday when he launched the Water Efficient Homes programme
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      Lock icon CNA news on SingTel mobile
      96 6 Channel NewsAsia's SMS Channel NewsAsia MEDIACORP News and SingTel have jointly launched Channel NewsAsia on mobile Internet to offer the latest local and foreign news and information. On offer is not just one-line snippets of top news stories, but fully detailed news reports, 24 hours
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      Young and enterprising
      549 6  -  Grace Tay Twenty-somethings win key IT awards by grace@newstoday.com.sg LAST Saturday's IT Leader Awards recognised those who have contributed to the development of IT and its usage, but it may as well have been an awards ceremony for businessmen. With the exception of academic Su Guaning, the
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      248 6 We call it an application-oriented approach... Dur EMBA participants call it hands-on learning. Information Many institutions offer programs that are purely academic or Session merely keeping up with new industrial trends. To put it simply, many professionals do not achieve success just by being updated. The Helsinki 27 Feb (Thu)
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  • LETTERS
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      Human touch
      405 8  -  Sabrina Wong Palmtops cannot substitute parental guidance I FIND your report, "Palm in their hands", on the adoption of the Palm msoos by 41 primary school pupils disturbing (Today, Feb 21). Such palmtops can certainly be a powerful classroom tool. However, as a language teacher and costconscious parent,
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      MFA on Singapore's stand on Iraq
      104 8  -  Tan Lian Choo I REFER to the letter, "S'pore, make your Iraq stand clear", by Mr J B Jeyaretnam (Today, Feb 19). Singapore's position on Iraq is very clear. Singapore has consistently taken the position that Iraq must comply with all relevant Security Council
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      179 8 Your letter can also appear on this page. Give your full name and address and I write to: Today, __^_^p^4J3 24, Raffles Place, r Clifford Centre, Singapore *****1; Fax:6s-*****217; E-mail: news@newstoday.com.sg 2—^^"3? Are you a student waiting for your 'O' Level results? HBH Seminar and Exhibition on Infocomm courses and
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      216 9 l SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY A Peng Fong y\ is different. ;i/ student. Peng Fong appr°aches problems from all angles. m v\ H e e''eve ta'<es a different type of person to excel in the new t= M f H economy. Thafs why SMU is a different kind of university. One
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon 'No' to Virgin offer
      345 10 Bloomberg Pilots paid less than those in other airlines: Union LONDON The union representing Virgin Atlantic Airways pilots is recommending that members reject the carrier's pay offer and, if the proposal is defeated, may seek a vote on protest tactics. The airline is 51 per centowned
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      Singapore
      105 10 THE benchmark STI closed on Friday at 1,315.03, up 3.3 per cent for the week, its biggest since the five days ended Oct 18. Some of Singapore's largest companies fell, limiting gains on the index, on concern that earnings may be hurt after US reports showing faster inflation, slower
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      Your S$1 buys
      36 10 us$ UK£ Yen HK$ RM Euro Rupiah Baht 0.5734 0.3591 67.8669 4.4718 2.1782 0.6212 5110.37 24.5623 Peso A$ Indian Rs Won C$ Yuan NZ$ NTS 31.1020 0.9573 27.3623 683.533 0.8625 4.7460 1.0240 19.9249
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      Commodities
      21 10 Sold us$/oi iilver us$/oi 'latinum us$/oz 351.35 4.675 668.5 Rubber centsAg 17' Palm Oil RM/tonne 1626., Brent crude us$/borrel 36.7!
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      Lock icon Taiwan investment ratio at record low
      114 10 -AFP TAIPEI Taiwan's investment ratio the amount invested compared to the GDP hit a 40-year record low of 16.77 per cent last year. The island lagged behind its trade rivals, with South Korea standing at 26.7 per cent and Singapore at 24.1 per cent
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      Lock icon Opec's oil assurance
      97 12 Bloomberg THESSALONIKI (Greece) The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) will work to ensure that there will be enough oil in world markets should a war in Iraq disrupt supplies, its secretary-general said. The group helped cover shortfalls following strikes in Venezuela that disrupted exports from that
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      Lock icon Shell raises prices
      69 12 Bloomberg ROYAL Dutch/Shell Group has raised the retail prices of unleaded petrol and diesel in Singapore because of a rise in international crude oil and fuel prices. It will raise the retail price of 98 RON petrol, its premium grade, by nine cents a litre, 95 RON
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      JTIC profit up 69%
      470 12  -  Carmen Lee Impressive result last year mainly due to Motorola by news@newstoday.com.sg JURONG Technologies Industrial Corp OTIC) released an impressive set of results for the financial year ended December last year recently. Net earnings surged a strong 69 per cent to $14 million. Revenue jumped 91
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      Lock icon Changing tides
      717 14 -M- _M_ V_^.L V_^J.X t I.V fl ***** -AFP Port layoffs underscore stiff challenges from rivals PORT operator PSA Corp's decision to slash jobs drastically in an industry at the core of Singapore's tradedriven economy has underscored the stiff competition confronting the island, economists say. Singapore overcame its
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      Lock icon Vajpayee urges tax on capital flows
      209 16 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee has called for a modest international tax on global capital flows to protect the world's developing economies. He said volatile capital flows had sparked financial crises in Mexico, Southeast Asia, Brazil and Argentina and must
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      Lock icon The rich get going
      423 16 -AFP G7 vows to lead turnaround PARIS Finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of Seven (G7) richest nations' meeting have risen to the challenge of tackling slumping growth. In a closing statement on Saturday, G7 economic policymakers, trumpeting their determination to turn the world
      -AFP  -  423 words
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      Lock icon Top SK Group official arrested
      106 16 Bloomberg SEOUL SK Group vice-chair-man Chey Tae Won was arrested on Saturday night for misuse of funds at companies in the country's third-largest business group. Mr Kim Chang Keun, an official at SK Group's restructuring office, which operates as the group headquarters, was also held.
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Survival kits a hot item
      229 18 AFP WASHINGTON Survival kits have become a hot commodity since the US government put the country on a "high" terrorist alert 15 days ago. "Since the government moved the alert level to orange (high), kit sales have gone up 300 per cent," said Ms Eleanor
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      Lock icon Osama rides again
      45 18 AFP Photo A child wearing a Taliban-style turban playing with a toy military truck containing figurines of Osama bin Laden, chief of the Al Qaeda network, and his bodyguards riding on top in a toy shop in Pakistan's southwestern city of Quetta.
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      Lock icon Another Indian firm under scrutiny
      149 18 AFP NEW DELHI Days after the United States slapped sanctions on an Indian firm for alleged sales of chemical and biological weapons to Iraq, the authorities in India are investigating similar charges against another India-based firm, a report said yesterday. The Indian Express newspaper said
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      Lock icon China bomber's fatal embrace
      131 20 -AFP BEIJING A business dispute in the eastern Chinese city of Yiwu turned deadly when a man stormed into the office of a company that handles railway luggage and killed himself and the owner with a home-made bomb, state media and officials said yesterday. The suicide
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      Lock icon Axis of affluence
      463 20 AFP Summit of poorer nations to discuss Iraq, development gap KUALA LUMPUR More than 8,000 police personnel patrolled the Malaysian capital as kings, sheikhs and presidents from the Middle East, Asia, Africa and Latin America flew in for the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit, which begins today, in
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      Lock icon Israel govt coalition emerging
      192 20 Agencies JERUSALEM Almost one month after its elections, Israel's coalition government seems to be taking shape. The government-in-the-mak-ing took a sharp turn to the right yesterday after the National Religious Party (NRP), one that champions Jewish settlement on occupied land, agreed to join a coalition led
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      Lock icon Addicts hired to sample drugs
      150 20 Reuters NEW DELHI Who is in the best position to help police verify that their drag hauls are the real thing than junkies themselves? Drugs sold on the streets of New Delhi, such as "smack" (brown sugar), hash and heroin are often so heavily mixed
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      Lock icon Botched surgery girl taken off life support
      212 20 Reuters DURHAM (North Carolina) The Mexican girl who had a close brush with death eventually could not escape its clutches on Saturday. Jesica Santillan, 17, (picture) was taken off life support after she was given two sets of tests that determined she had
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      Lock icon Club owners, band blame each other
      216 21 Agencies WEST WARWICK (Rhode Island) As forensic experts struggle to identify the victims of Thursday's Rhode Island nightclub inferno, prosecutors are considering pressing criminal charges against those involved. Rhode Island's AttorneyGeneral Patrick Lynch told NBC television on Saturday that the investigation was being aided
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      Lock icon Bomb scare on plane
      108 21 Agencies DAMASCUS A Qatar Airways plane, which was forced to make an emergency landing here on Saturday after a bomb scare by a "mentally disturbed" Spanish woman, resumed its journey hours later, officials said. Qatar Airways chief Akbar Al Baqer told reporters that the Spanish woman
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      Lock icon Drawing for peace
      64 21 -AFP photo EUROPEAN volunteers, who arrived in Baghdad to act as human shields to protect civilian sites in the event of a possible US-led war, drawing peace symbols on a pavement in Baghdad. European, American, Canadian and Asian anti-war activists have been converging in Iraq to protest
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      Hair-raising business
      57 21 SYDNEY At least three top city hair salons have begun asking customers to sign declaration forms before working on their hair for fear of being sued should something go wrong, the Sydney Morning Herald reported yesterday. One hair colourist is going as far as taking digital "before-and-after" photos
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      Lock icon US, Iraq bid to avoid war
      286 21 Agencies Saddam's generals meeting Bush aide ATHENS As tension of possible military action continues to mount, a rare meeting between US and Iraqi representatives will take place as part of efforts to head off a war. A Greek newspaper reported yesterday that retired US
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  • COMMENTARY
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      All-weather partnership
      900 22  -  S Pushpanathan in Jakarta A new dynamism in EU-Asean ties after problems of the last 3 1/2 years by news@newstoday.com.sg IT has been often cited by some that the European Union (EU) is a "fairweather friend" of the Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean) for its heavy disinvestments
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  • WATZUP?
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      West looks East!
      1020 24  -  Serene Foo Hollywood studios are queuing up to do remakes of Asian films by serene@newstoday.com.sg SO, it is now hip to "Go East" in Hollywood. Actor Brad Pitt is currently developing an English remake of Infernal Affairs Hong Kong's top-grossing film last year starring Andy Lau and
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      Lock icon Words to live by
      441 25  -  Yong Shu Chiang Prof Koh leads library campaign to promote reading habit by shuchiang@newstoday.com.sg BASED on the anecdotes he relates and the advice he offers, it is easy to see that Professor Tommy Koh is truly an ambassador for reading. He says reading is his preferred
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      Lock icon Love for Lydia?
      167 25  -  -ElisaChia IS there more to their friendship than meets the eye? Hong Kong's Apple Daily says love is brewing between Hong Kong comedienne Lydia Sum, 55, and local TV veteran Samuel Chong, 43. Its Sunday cover story said Samuel is in "passionate pursuit" of Fei Jie (as
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    • DAILY BREW
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        Lock icon Shady wear in Macy's
        67 25 -Reuters ALL Eminem (picture) now needs is his own cologne. The rap star-turned-actor is launching a new clothing line at Macy's, joining the ranks of celebrity Jennifer Lopez. The Federated Department Stores, parent of the Macy's, Bloomingdale's and Lazarus chains, said in New York on Friday
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        Lock icon Fire hits Harry Potter set in Scotland
        67 25 AFP FIRE struck the Scottish Highlands location of the next Harry Potter film over the weekend, ruining more than 40 hectares of scrubland, police said. The blaze erupted on Saturday around Glenfinnan Viaduct, near Fort William, a historic site that is to feature
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        Hear Sally Yeh and George Lam
        56 25 SING along with Sally Yeh and George Lam. The couple will perform their hits from the 80s and 90s in a joint gig on April 26 at Bpm at the Suntec Convention Hall. Tickets, priced at $69, $99, $129 and $149, will go on
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        69 25 THE buzz has it that Cecilia Cheung bad boy Nicholas Tse's on-off girlfriend is back with her rumoured former beau Jordan Chan. Hong Kong media said they were seen holidaying in Bangkok recently but their managers said it was a group tour. Cecilia said in
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        483 26  -  Jason Chong Brain Gym® exercises can make you a better learner by news@newstoday.com.sg HAVE you ever tried to do or read something but found that you just could not focus? The problem could be that your body is not ready for it "You have to get your
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        270 26 WONDERING what to do after obtaining your 0 level results? You're not alone. Life after secondary school is a concern of many teenagers and their parents. But, education counsellors at Singapore Polytechnic say there are some guidelines parents and students can follow. Mrs Lim-Phua May Ling,
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        744 27 MDIS brings you world-class facilities and internationallyrecognised biomedical degree programmes AS Singapore positions itself as a biomedical science hub for Southeast Asia, there will be a shift from bytes and binaries towards healthcare products, especially drug discoveries. Supporting this initiative, the Management Development Institute of Singapore (MDIS)
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        266 28  -  Katrina Karim Justine Moss XIN-FULLYTASTY TIGER PRAWNS UNTIL March 31, Xin Cuisine Chinese Restaurant at the Concorde Hotel is serving tiger prawns in 10 different styles for $6+++ a piece. Each tiger prawn is guaranteed to weigh at least I I Og. A must-try is the sauteed tiger prawn
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        356 28  -  Teo Siok Kuan Learn to prepare signature dishes from the region by eatout@newstoday.com.sg HAVE you wondered what goes into your favourite torn yam soup? Or maybe you would love to prepare pepper crabs for your family? In the Top 10 Around the World culinary workshops
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        311 28  -  TeoSiokKuan IN the fast-paced life here, we tend to gobble our food instead of taking time to enjoy it. Most of us miss out on the joy of taking time to prepare and to appreciate healthy food. Re-learn the art and the value of slow food,
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        528 29  -  Karman Tse Its food galore at Bar Billiard by karman@newstoday.com.sg I COULD hardly take my eyes off the kaleidoscopic spread of delicacies on the buffet table as the hosts led my colleagues and me to our table. There was so much food there it was clearly
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        281 30 AFP Polanski film sweeps French Oscars now for LA PARIS The Pianist swept the Cesars France's version of the Oscars with six prizes, including the coveted best picture award, on Saturday. Roman Polanski also received the best director award and American actor Adrien Brody got the
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        131 30 ■Reuters BERLIN Jennifer Lopez (picture) said on Saturday she hated having her private life dragged into the media spotlight, especially when journalists got the facts wrong. The 32-year-old American singer-actress also made it clear in a German television appearance that reports that her legs and
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      513 33 Corporation Ltd SMRT Corporation Ltd invites applications for: Accountant (Fixed Assets) You will maintain SMRT's fixed assets system which comprises more than 45,000 assets and administer the claims on grants on I asset replacement. You will also cover the duties of the accountant who keeps the full set of books
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      416 33 JOBS TODAY /sA=diaCorp Media Corporation of Singapore (MediaCorp) features prominently in the development of Singapore's broadcasting history. We commenced Radio broadcast on 1 June 1936 and Television on 15 February 1963. Today, MediaCorp is Singapore's largest and most established broadcaster with a complete range of media businesses spanning TV, Radio,
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      315 34 SAN ANTONIO While the Indiana Pacers couldn't score, Tony Parker couldn't miss. Parker scored 14 of his 18 points in the third quarter on 5-for-5 shooting to key a 24-4 run as the San Antonio Spurs beat Indiana 105-96 yesterday morning. The win
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      563 34 Reuters Tyson takes 49 sees to do this and says MEMPHIS Mike Tyson scored the emphatic victory he needed yesterday morning, knocking out Clifford Etienne in the opening seconds of the first round of their scheduled 10-round heavyweight bout. The stunning win paves the
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      472 35 Agencies Indian holds off Goosen's challenge to win molf Carlsberg Malaysian Open Arjun triumphs after 28-hole day I KUALA LUMPUR India's Arjun Atwal held off European No. 1 Retief Goosen to clinch a four-stroke victory in the rainaffected Malaysian Open yesterday. It was Arjun's fifth
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      323 35 Reuters CAPE TOWN England captain Nasser Hussain described his team's upset World Cup victory over Pakistan on Saturday as a 'special performance'. England crushed Pakistan by 112 runs, with 20-year-old swing bowler James Anderson taking four for 29 as Hussain's side put its Ashes hammering and
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      144 35 Reuters JOHANNESBURG While Pakistan licked its wounds yesterday after its shock World Cup defeat by England, one man at least had the consolation of a few new world records. Strike bowler Shoaib Akhtar surprised no one in bowling the fastest ball ever recorded 100.2mph
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      486 36  -  Stanley Ho I I 111 I B_ by stanley@newstoday.com.sg IT MAY have lost, but Lion Red Rugby Football Club is still in contention for the Singapore Rugby Union (SRU) National Rugby Championships (NRC) Sevens Series championship title. Although the Reds were defeated 7-10 by the
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      226 36 FOR the first time in Singaporean sailing history, the Singapore Armed Forces Yacht Club held an Optimist Team Race over the weekend. Each of the four participating clubs sent two teams with five sailors in each team. A knockout round-robin race, the 18 races
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      217 36 Reuters AUCKLAND Light and shifting winds forced the postponement of the fourth race in the America's Cup for the third time yesterday, frustrating Swiss challenger Alinghi's attempt to close out the series. Biotechnology billionaire Ernesto Bertarelli's Alinghi leads Cup holder Team New Zealand 3-0
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      421 37  -  Stanley Ho Chinese club loses to SAFFC but still gets $50,000 by stanley@newstoday.com.sg WITH $100,000 at stake for Sinchi FC if it defeated the S-League champion, the game had all the ingredients of an epic clash. But last night's friendly game between S-League new boy Sinchi
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      361 37  -  Stanley Ho LIKE the true captain he is, Associate Professor Ho Peng Kee leads by example. The Senior Minister of State for Law and Home Affairs who is also the Football Association of Singapore (FAS)'s deputy president acquitted himself well at the friendly
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      223 37 Agencies PIETERMARITZBURG Sachin Tendulkar hit a recordequalling fourth World Cup century and Saurav Ganguly also made a hundred as India crushed Namibia by 181 runs in Group A yesterday. India amassed 311 for two after being asked to take first strike on a slow pitch and then
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      755 38 Agencies Awesome Arsenal contrasts with tired United as Gunners extend their lead LONDON Sir Alex Ferguson's diversionary tac tics now look as tired as his team. His attempts to titillate the tabloids and distract the masses either intentionally, through the Sven-Goran Eriksson revelations; or unintentionally,
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        334 39 -AFP Liverpool boss insists his side can still make top four English Premier League Birmingham 2 Liverpool 1 Reds conth BIRMINGHAM Liverpool manager Gerard Houllier (picture) refused to rule his side out of Champions League contention despite its 2-1 defeat at St Andrews yesterday. The result left the
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        199 39 LONDON Paul Ince has revealed that Manchester United manaj Alex Ferguson tried to persuade players to skip England duty in order to concentrate on club football. it mer United and England midfielder Ince claimed Ferguson would act if the club had a
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      148 35 Match League Home Away Kick-off (Singapore Time) Start of Sales End of Sales No. Team Team 01 Lokomotiv Milan Wed, 26/02/03, I.ooam* 02 Jtus Manchester Utd Mon, 24/02/03,8.00am Tue, 25/02/03, B.oopm 03 Deportivo Basel Wed, 26/02/03,3.45am K 04 UE Dortmund Real Madrid Champions 05 Ajax Arsenal 06 Newcastle Leverkusen 07
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      106 37 I I SINCHI I MATCH vs SAFFC DATE 23/02/2003 ■FULL-TIME fl fl 1 RESULTS U-U *"Full-Time" includes injury time but not extra time or penalty shoot-outs. IX2 DRAW 1/2 GOAL SINCHI (+l 1/2) TOTAL n GOALS U I Disclaimer 1. All reasonable tare has been taken in ensuring that the
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