Today, 17 March 2003

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    13 1 TODAY M o n d ay •March i7' 2°° 3 MITA (P) 002/11/2002
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    Racist taunts on S'pore soccer pitch?
    382 1  -  Jose Raymond by j ose@newstoday.com. sg "PAKI cxxx". "Blackie". Racist abuse, so common on soccer fields elsewhere in the world, allegedly made its way here last week, raising one more question mark about foreign players plying their trade here. They can play but do
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    Lock icon Outbreak
    609 1  -  Joy Frances Bloomberg, Reuters Why 9 deaths are causing so much panic by joy@newstoday.com.sg THE world was teetering yesterday between outright panic and sensible precaution as the mysterious strain of killer pneumonia continued to spread with four more cases being reported in Singapore alone. So far, just over 150
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  • HOT NEWS
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      To turn a ship
      428 2  -  Derrick A Paulo NOL sacrifices market share for profitability by derrick@newstoday.com.sg MARKET share the catch-all term that no one argues with could go out of the window as a unit of the beleaguered Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) tries to bring some sanity back into the market
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      Lock icon Wen to succeed Premier Zhu
      91 3 Agencies BEIJING Wen Jiabao (picture, left), 60, was elected to succeed Premier Zhu Rongji (right) yesterday by the National People's Congress with 99.3 per cent of the 2,925 votes cast He will be responsible for the world's fastest-growing economy and problems such as the corrupt
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      Council for battle?
      286 3 Signals from Spain, Portugal, US and UK point to war LONDON Although the official objective for the emergency meeting at the Azores islands was to give diplomacy a last chance, it seemed more like a council of war. Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar said in an
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      Lock icon Women unite for monogamy
      112 3 AFP KUALA LUMPUR -A coalition of 12 Malaysian women's groups yesterday launched a Campaign for Monogamy following moves by some states to ease restrictions for Muslim men to take a second wife. Ms Zainah Anwar, director of Sisters-In-Islam, said the coalition wanted to spread the message
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      To make it click
      323 4  -  Val Chua Govt to spend $1.5m to make all Net savvy by val@newstoday.com.sg GETTING your 70-year-old illiterate grandfather to request for his medical report through the Internet may seem a bit far-fetched, but the Government is not deterred. In a fresh round of IT spending, it
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      Behind S'pore's stand
      184 4  -  Val Chua SINGAPORE'S clear stand on Iraq, spelt out last Friday in Parliament, may displease its Muslim neighbours, but it's a calculation each country has to make, noted Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday. "Every country makes its decision based on its own national interests," he
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Beyond books
      657 6  -  Tor Ching Li NUS proposes more freedom for dons to do research and consultancy work by chingli@newstoday.com.sg EVER wished your university don could be more like the rugged and swashbuckling American archaeology professor Indiana Jones? Not meaning to be armed with a whip, of course, but brimming with
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      Lock icon Giant jigsaw raises funds
      211 6 WONG KHING CHONG by Today photo THEY may have examinations looming but worries about their grades have not stopped a group of medical undergraduates from realising a gigantic task. They managed to put together a 10,000-piece jigsaw puzzle to raise funds for the less fortunate. The
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      Lock icon Just behind Luxembourg
      103 6 Channel News Asia SINGAPORE has been ranked the second safest city in the world as a result of heightened security measures after the Sept 11, 2001, attacks in the US, said Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng. During a community event yesterday, Mr Wong said security improvements
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      Replace Bukit Panjang LRT with a feeder bus service
      198 8  -  Nelson Quah THE report, "Bukit Panjang LRT hit by power failure" (Today, March 11), served to confirm that the LRT service still has problems. Since its inception, service has been disrupted many times and the scheduling of trains has sometimes been
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      Scared by new disease
      199 8  -  Lim Boon Hee Why are people still visiting the areas hit? THE situation is serious. Many cases of atypical pneumonia or severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars) have been detected in this region, including Singapore. There have been fatalities. The speed at which the unidentified virulent germ
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon To fight the long slump
      277 10 Bloomberg Japan needs $148b extra govt spending TOKYO Japan requires as much as 10 trillion yen ($l4B billion) in extra spending to boost its economy, according to ruling Liberal Democratic Party Policy Council chairman Taro Aso. "To boost weak domestic demand, extra spending is needed,"
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      Lock icon Asia may cut rates to buffer impact of war
      341 10 Bloomberg ASIAN nations from India to Australia may cut interest rates to buffer their economies from a decline in trade and consumer spending likely to result from a war in Iraq, investors said. Cutting borrowing costs will be the quickest way
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      Lock icon Factory to close, show goes on
      48 10 -AFP, A Sony sales representative at its stand at an electronics exhibition in Jakarta yesterday. The Japanese high-tech giant will stop manufacturing audio equipment at its Indonesia subsidiary at the end of this month, resulting in the loss of 1,000 jobs. 'photo
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    • Market Watch
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        116 10 Bloomberg THE Straits Times Index rose 19.11, or 1.6 per cent, on Friday, to 1,250.88. That meant a 2.2 per cent rise in the Singapore benchmark in the week, its first advance since the five days ended Feb 21. Chip-related stocks added to their gains after an industry report showed
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        Commodities
        21 10 Gold uss/oi 336.350 Silver uss/oi 4.538 Platinum uss/oi 683.600 Rubber centsAg 188.25 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1512.50 Brent crude uss/borrel 35.38
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 10 US$ 0.5701 UK£ 0.3574 Yen 67.6200 HK$ 4.4460 RM 2.1662 Euro 0.5294 Rupiah 5079.38 Baht 24.3699 Peso 31.257 A$ 0.9562 Indian Rs 27.167 Won 707.66 C$ 0.8469 Yuan 4.7186 NZ$ 1.0392 NTS 19.780
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      Lock icon Sing dollar falls
      289 12 Bloomberg News of delay of attack on Iraq hits bant,Taiwan SEOUL The Singapore dollar, Thai baht and Taiwan dollar fell for the first time in four weeks as speculation that a US-led attack on Iraq may be delayed lifted demand for the US dollar. The Singapore dollar
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      Lock icon Sorry, we are late...
      124 12 Bloomberg JAKARTA Investigations into PT Lippo Bank will not be completed by today's deadline, The Jakarta Post said, citing an unidentified official. Lippo had published two third-quarter financial reports last year, pushing down the share price to allow the former owners to regain control of the
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      Lock icon Europe's nightmare
      643 14 -AFP Stagflation, which is very hard to rectify, may hit the 12-nation euro zone FRANKFURT The spectre of stagflation is looming in Europe, providing a new headache for the European Central Bank, as surging oil prices push up headline-grabbing inflation in the region, while putting the brakes on
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      Lock icon Tablet PC off to a good start, sales set to soar this year
      267 14 Reuters SEATTLE Shipment of Tablet PCs (picture), which are personal computers that can be operated with a stylus pen, reached 72,000 units in the last three months of last year and is expected to keep growing this
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      Lock icon Citigroup to lay off 2,000
      340 16 Bloomberg World's biggest financial firm to close half its offices in Japan TOKYO Citigroup, the world's biggest financial company, plans to cut about 2,000 jobs at its consumer finance business in Japan. This is after the company lowered its rating on the nation to below
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      Lock icon Old is gold
      275 18 Reuters Tech sector seeks profits from inventions of the past decade HANOVER (Germany) Technology companies at CeBIT, the world's largest annual electronics trade fair last week, were hoping that inventions from the past decade would reverse their fortunes. No major new acronyms were launched at the fair
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      1256 18 Every Monday, we carry a table of dividends declared by companies listed on the Singapore Exchange (SGX). The list, compiled with the assistance of Telekurs Financial, appears in our business and finance pages. The new service is in line with the efforts of the editorial team at Today to provide
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Suddenly, US gets coy about Moussaoui trial
      200 20 WASHINGTON It was a case that the government had publicised heavily. However, the US has now taken unusual steps to ensure that Zacarias Moussaoui, the only person charged in the US over the Sept 11 terrorist attacks, and any other similar suspects, are
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      Lock icon Another big catch
      254 20 Agencies Al Qaeda logistics expert held in Pakistan ISLAMABAD Barely a month after the thirdhighest ranking leader of the Al Qaeda terror network was captured, the war against terrorism has netted another major catch. The Pakistani authorities arrested a leading Al Qaeda lieutenant and logistics expert, US-edu-cated
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      Lock icon Recycling in Manila
      40 20 -AFP, Mr George Elamparo, 40, cruising on a scooter made from scrap in Manila. It is equipped with a mini-television and radio. Mr Elamparo plans to enter his creation in the local motorcycle parade next month. photo
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      Lock icon To speak or not to speak, will Beijing decide?
      219 29 -AFP TAIPEI The invitation was an unprecedented one. But the opposition to it was not Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian has been invited to speak to the European Parliament on March 26, but the planned trip could be killed due to pressure
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      Lock icon Return of the royals
      301 29 Agencies Italian family goes home to cheers and jeers NAPLES It was their first lengthy stay in Italy since Parliament last year lifted a ban on the male heirs of the royal family after World War Two for their ancestor's collaboration with fascist dictator Benito Mussolini.
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Should S'pore worry about the Thai threat?
      865 30  -  Dr Eric Teo Singapore, being a young "migrant" nation, should draw on the culture and arts of its three originating ethnic pillars to propel its creativity drive. Ancient art and crafts from the Chinese, Indian and Malay civilisations should be re-discovered. As both
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      171 31 t$ I lost month !"hA "Now I'm no longer a 'fat' girl!" was always fat! That's why they called me 'fat girl' at school. I hated it! At age 15,1 was already M I enormous! lust look at my 'before-slimming'photo. So fat! Before slimming, my weight was 85kg! I'm M
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  • WATZUP?
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      Lock icon Return to her roots
      830 32  -  Serene Foo by serene@news today.com. sg Today photo by Pao Kun's daughter joins company The daughter of late theatre doyen Kuo Pao Kun has returned to her creative roots but she has no intentions of stepping into the over-sized shoes 01 her famous father. Instead, Kuo
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      The road ahead
      79 32 THE Theatre Practice's three-year season will cover two festivals, the Kuo Pao Kun Festival and Legend Alive, held once every two years. There will also be an annual budget Tighten Our Belt series to explore new theatrical experiences. The company also plans to take its production of
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      Radio Challenge Daily Update
      331 34  -  Tor Ching Li By in Sydney chingli@newstoday.com.sg THE first "challenge" stomached by our nine contestants last night Death by seafood wasn't quite on the menu of the Class 95 "I Love Sydney" Radio Challenge. But let it be known that they took it up with gusto
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      Scaling new heights
      474 34  -  Janice Lee Singaporean artists to make their mark at Venice arts show by janice@newstoday.com.sg THEIR works will cross oceans soon to take part in the world's oldest visual arts exhibition in Venice. Local artists Tan Swie Hian, Herman Chong and Francis Ng will represent Singapore at the
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      Wiggles fever
      116 34 WIGGLESMANIA has reached the heartland. Hundreds of children from Ascension Kindergarten, dressed up in their own handmade Wiggle costumes, celebrated Wiggles Wiggly Day on Friday. More than 600 children from the kindergarten danced to the lively songs from the Wiggles (picture) and continued singing the Wigglin' tunes in
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      Typecast? But Farm's versatile
      347 34  -  Rachel Fang by rachel(s)newstoday.com.sg HOLLYWOOD'S Asian women have almost always been portrayed as action-packed dominatrixes on the big screen. Just think of ex-Bond girl Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) or Lucy Liu (Charlie's Angels). You can now add Fann Wong to the list
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      Rice for all reasons
      484 35 The staple for Asians, rice comes in a number of tasty varieties THE humble rice grain has sustained and nourished generations of Asians for centuries. Even today, rice continues to be the most important source of energy in the diet. Rice provides bulk and variety to
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    • LIVING LEARNING
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        Lock icon Strike a chord with kids
        509 36  -  Jason Chong Love to help children with special learning needs and play music too? Be a music therapist by news@newstoday.com.sg THE whole range of human emotions is said to be held within the rhythms and harmonies of different musical styles and idioms. It is within
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    • EAT OUT
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        The A to Z of cooking
        635 37  -  Katrina Karim Taste the best of New York and Paris in Singapore by eatout@newstoday.com.sg Awards oy Excellence WORLD GOURMET SUMMIT THIS year's World Gourmet Summit will see 17 world-class master chefs cook up a storm in Singapore from March 30 to April 12. More
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    • IN CINEMAS
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        Lock icon Mad over Miramax
        388 38 Reuters/Variety Studio's Vulgar' Oscar campaign for Gangs of NewYork draws academy ire LOS ANGELES Just when it seemed that heavyhanded Oscar promotional campaigns of recent years were on the wane, Miramax Films has drawn fire for running newspaper advertisements quoting a Hollywood figure as praising Gangs of
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      386 41 AFP INDIAN WELLS World No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt's march towards a second straight Indian Wells ATP Masters Series title continued unabated yesterday morning, while rain forced suspension of the other semi-final. "I have been getting better with every match," said Hewitt, who is
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      382 42 -AFP Police looking for Zimbabwe bowler JOHANNESBURG Zimbabwean fast bowler Henry Olonga (picture), who announced his retirement from international cricket on Saturday, has gone into hiding to dodge Zimbabwe's secret police, a British newspaper said yesterday. Seven plainclothes officers from Zimbabwe's secret police, believed to be
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      193 42 Reuters DURBAN Kenya's veteran spinner Aasif Karim says his side's battling World Cup performance against Australia would give it a huge injection of self-belief for tomorrow's semi-final against India. Kenya battled back from an early Brett Lee hat-trick to post a respectable 174 for eight
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      263 42 Reuters DURBAN Sacked South Africa captain Shaun Pollock (picture) said yesterday he had been handicapped as skipper because of curbs introduced after Hansie Cronje's fall from grace. "Since the Hansie issue there has been an effort to ensure the captain isn't given too much
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      595 43 AFP Japan overwhelmed in first Dynasty Cup Golf Dynasty Cup Asia storms to a 16.5-7.5 triumph SHENZHEN Asia clinched the inaugural Dynasty Cup 16.5-7.5 yesterday after dominating the singles matches at Mission Hills, with Thai star Thammanoon Srirot the hero of the hour after holing the
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      487 44  -  Tan Yo-Hinn Two wins in two days suggest it will be a title contender by yohinn@newsto day. com. sg THE Singapore Hockey Federation (SHF) Women's Premier League only kicked off on Saturday, but already the signs suggest one team can fill the void left behind by former
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      52 44 KATHMANDU International football newcomer Afghanistan defeated Kyrgyzstan 2-1 yesterday in a Group C qualifying match for next year's Asian Cup in China. Afghanistan's Sayeed Tahir Shah scored the first goal on 26 minutes. Kyrgyzstan's Juma Gulov equalised after 60, before Afghanistan's Farid Azami hit the winner 10
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      56 44 LIVERPOOL Everton manager David Moyes has told Brian Mcßride the club is unwilling to sign him on a permanent basis. The striker is therefore likely to return to America for the start of the Major League Soccer season. Everton refuses to pay the £1.7 million ($4.8 million) that
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      82 44 ZAGREB Goran Ivanisevic, battling to get back to peak form after a shoulder surgery last May, could quit following this year's Wimbledon. Ivanisevic, 32, told the Jutarnji List newspaper yesterday: "I am going to come to Wimbledon even if they have to push me there in a
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      61 44 WONG KHING CHONG A full-house was at the Pool Haven in Clarke Quay to watch the first-leg of the San Miguel Asian 9-Ball Tour yesterday evening. Chinese Taipei's Yang Ching Shun had earlier beaten William Kiamco of the Philippines 11-7. The event will be shown
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      247 45 Reuters Reuters MADRID Real Madrid needed a last-minute goal from centre-back Ivan Helguera to snatch a 1-0 win away to Villarreal yesterday morning and maintain its one-point lead at the top of the league table. Villarreal had the better chances in an untidy game,
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      192 45 AFP ROME Juventus maintained its Italian title challenge yesterday morning as a double sec-ond-half strike from Czech playmaker Pavel Nedved and a clincher from predatory Frenchman David Trezeguet proved too strong in a 3-0 win at home to Modena. AC Milan lost ground after it could only
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      607 45  -  Tan Yo-Hinn Impressive young Lions silence their critics with two wins by yohinn@newstoday.com.sg AS THE 2003 NTUC Income S-League season takes a breather this week, one statistic has surprised the critics. Indeed the national Under-23 side is just not doing as it's told. Why are the Young Lions
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      792 46 Agencies Ferguson throws down the Premiership challenge to his players as they narrow gap BIRMINGHAM Never write off the old Scottish warrior. He has defied the odds before and he's ready to do it again. Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has set his sights on
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      217 47 Agencies LONDON Robbie Fowler scored his first goal for Manchester City to give it a 1-0 victory over Birmingham City at Maine Road last night. The England striker cleverly volleyed an Ali Benarbia cross into the net with 19 minutes left to earn his side
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