Today, 18 March 2003

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    13 1 TODAY L 11 6 S €1 HV MarC" 18' 2003 MITA (P) 002/11/2002
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    One step from war
    710 1  -  Elisia Yeo by elisia@newstoday.com.sg BY the time you read this, Mr Saddam Hussein's fate might well have been sealed. The United States, Britain and Spain yesterday slammed the door on diplomacy by withdrawing the draft of the second UN resolution authorising war against Iraq. Their hand
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    EYES ON IRAQ
    123 1 The US ordered non-essential diplomats out of Kuwait, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Damascus. PRELUDE TO CONFLICT US, Spain and Britain withdraw draft of second UN resolution authorising war. British Ambassador to the UN, Mr Jeremy Greenstock, said: "The cosponsors reserve their right to take their own steps
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  • HOT NEWS
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      $111m windfall
      512 2  -  Francis Kan Oei lost bid for Nat Steel but gains in dividends by francis@newstoday.com.sg HE may have failed in his bid for Nat Steel Limited, but Mr Oei Hong Leong stands to reap a $111 million dividend windfall from his 30 per cent stake in the steel maker.
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      In Parliament
      138 2 Against the backdrop of global uncertainties war in Iraq, its impact on oil prices and America's economy the unemployment rate may not pick up. "There are many 'ifs' and they are well beyond our influence. What we can do and must do is to make preparations for the
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      Tragedy strikes after momentary lapse
      238 2  -  Jose Raymond IT WAS only for two minutes that five-year-old Kovind Raj (picture) left his 11-year-old sister's sight at the Pahlawan beach at Sentosa on Sunday. The next thing she knew, he was gone. His body was discovered half an hour later by lifeguards at
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      Nothing sinister about PAP, NTUC link: Union leader
      313 2  -  Lee Ching Wern PARLIAMENT saw an interesting sparring session over the role of NTUC yesterday, between the PAP, the opposition and NTUC. Non-constituency MP Steve Chia challenged Manpower Minister Dr Lee Boon Yang on the publicly stated symbiotic relationship between the PAP
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      Lock icon Approval for China's new Cabinet
      190 3 AFP BEIJING China's new Prime Minister, Mr Wen Jiabao, won approval yesterday for a Cabinet line-up he hopes will undertake a series of difficult and painful reforms. The new Cabinet consists of 28 ministers, four vice-pre-miers and five state councillors that were endorsed by the
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      Lexus, a baby and an outcry
      414 3  -  Agencies HONG KONG A public outcry may force an investigation by Hong Kong's anti-corruption watchdog into the purchase of a luxury car by Financial Secretary Antony Leung (picture). A spokeswoman for the Independent Commission Against Corruption (Icac) said that the agency was "bound by
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      Alleged MCA-triad links under probe
      141 3 KEPALA BATAS (Malaysia) Acting Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi had received the names of two people allegedly connected to triads from MCA Youth chief Ong Tee Keat, The Star reported yesterday. Mr Abdullah has instructed the MCA president, Dr Ling Liong Sik, to investigate their identities
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      Caution over mystery bug
      556 4  -  Tan Hui Leng by huileng@newstoday.com.sg WALK into any public hospital and you will probably see medical staff walking around with green masks over their faces. Prof Tan Chorh Chuan, who heads the task force to monitor the pneumonia-like disease now causing a scare worldwide, said that
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      Ammo blast raises questions
      261 4  -  Jose Raymond by iose@newstoday.com.sg ACCIDENTS can happen anywhere but when they occur while ammunition is being disposed of by experts, questions are raised. Two people died and three were injured when ordnance specialists from Explomo Technical Services were detonating unused ammunition around 7.30pm on Sunday in
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      Advice for travellers
      71 4 THE Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has advised all Singaporeans living and travelling in the Middle East to register with embassies in Riyadh, Cairo, Jeddah and Dubai. They and their dependants can also be registered through the MFA's one-call centre (1800 476 8870) or through the Ministry's
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  • HOME NEWS
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      When it's too soon for an IPO
      675 6  -  Grace Tay Proposal for private equity exchange here aimed at helping SMEs raise needed funds by era ce@newstoday.com. sb Singapore's 100,000 SMEs are listed on the Singapore exchange "For those companies that are not quite ready for listing, we should develop an OTC
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      Money well spent
      195 8  -  Tan Kok Tim Defence outlay crucial to peace amid heightened threats DURING the Budget debate, Nominated MP Chandra Mohan suggested that the Ministry of Defence reduce its budget (Weekend Today, March 15-16). It is not surprising that Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Tony Tan rejected the
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      A10% wage cut can ease $1.2b deficit
      167 8  -  Kelvin Wong Keng Heng IN VIEW of the Budget debate in Parliament, I would like to propose a solution to the Government's projected $1.2 billion deficit in FY2003. Let us make a conservative assumption that the number of public sector employees, including those
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon Oil prices rise, US dollar down
      277 10 Bloomberg THE crude oil price rose as the United States, the United Kingdom and Spain gave the United Nations one day to break an impasse over whether to use force to disarm Iraq. The crude oil price for April rose as much as US$l.57
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    • Market Watch
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        Lock icon Singapore
        104 10 Bloomberg SINGAPORE'S stocks fell for a second day in three, after a US consumer confidence report raised concern that demand for the island's exports may drop. The STI dropped 16.46, or 1.3 per cent, to 1,234.42. About 246 million shares changed hands, a fifth less than the three-month, full-day
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        World markets
        55 10 Index Value Change Pts NIKKEI 225 7871.64 -131.05 -1.64 HANG SENG 8804.16 -152.01 -1.70 ILL ORDINARIES 2711.00 -13.20 -0.49 TAIWAN WTD 4357.99 -118.18 -2.64 KOREA COMP 515.24 -22.41 -4.17 SET INDEX 354.61 -3.63 -1.01 JAKARTA COMP 382.15 -5.73 -1.48 PHILIPPINES COMP 999.46 -4.53 -0.45 SHENZHEN B 196.66 -1.86
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 10 JS$ JK£ fen TK$ <M luro (upiah Saht 0.5700 0.3601 67.1065 4.4459 2.1659 0.5273 5108.16 24.3149 Peso A$ Indian Rs Won C$ Yuan NZ$ NTS 31.294: 0.948: 27.1741 711.07: 0.838 4.718: 1.030: 19.782!
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        Commodities
        21 10 Gold us$/oi Silver us$/oi Platinum us$/oi 340.65 4.538 683.6 Rubber centsAg 187.2 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1527 Brent crude us$/barrel 35.38
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        SGX most active
        54 10 By volume March 17 ACCS Chartered ASL Marine LeongHin ChewEH SingTel DBS TTInt Pac Cent DatacrftUSS Close 0.350 0.635 0.210 0.745 0.010 1.310 8.750 0.445 0.205 0.490 Change -0.010 -0.050 +0.010 -0.300 -0.010 -0.035 -2.8 -7.3 +0.8 -3.3 -4.7 -6.7 '000 32,367 22,843 14,973 6,955 6,783 6,712
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        SGX top rises
        79 10 By$ March 17 Close Change NatSteel 2.400 +0.280 Robinson 5.400 +0.100 GreatEast 8.800 +0.100 By percentage March 17 Globa Rotol Jadason Close Change 0.020 +33.3 0.050 +25.0 0.055 +22.2 Thai Prime200USS 4.860 +0.040 NewToyo 0.365 +0.030 DelGro 500 2.480 +0.030 Sp Land 3.180 +0.020 Koda 0.195 +0.015
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        SGX top falls
        73 10 )y$ March 17 >IA Close Change 9.600 -0.500 By percentage March 17 L&M Close Change 0.005 -50.0 ilA 200 iPH 9.600 -0.400 17.300 -0.300 Compact Goldtron 0.025 -37.5 0.010 -33.3 iPH 100 jeative 50 17.300 -0.300 10.400 -0.300 8.750 -0.300 BRCAsia Royal Clic Colorland 0.055 -31.3 0.280
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      Lock icon Feb exports up
      308 12 -AFX Non-oil domestic exports rise 23% year-on-year NON-oil domestic exports last month rose 23 per cent year-on-year to $7,749 billion, after a slightly-revised 18.3 per cent gain in January, largely boosted by the sharp gains in pharmaceutical and semi-conduc-tor exports, International Enterprise Singapore said. The January growth
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      More new flats for sale
      253 12  -  Lee Yew Meng ANOTHER 2,367 new bigger fiveroom and executive flats will be offered for sale in Sengkang and Hougang this Thursday under the walk-in selection (WIS) scheme They comprise 587 units in Hougang and 1,780 units in Sengkang including slightly over 700 executive apartments.
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      Lock icon KL bank borrows from DBS
      70 12 Bloomberg KUALA LUMPUR BumiputraCommerce Bank, Malaysia's second-largest lender, said it will borrow US$2OO million ($352 million) from 26 banks, including DBS Bank, Deutsche Bank and Credit Lyonnais, to fund its over- seas operations. The loan will be used for general funding purposes by its branches
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      Lock icon JTC security deposit rebate
      169 14 AFX INDUSTRIAL landlord JTC Corp said it will further reduce its rental security deposit for companies on short-term tenancy and temporary occupation licences to one month from two months, effective April 1. The move aims to cut costs for customers. JTC said it will return onemonth
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      Lock icon The China cover
      395 14 Bloomberg Asia Life first local firm to enter Chinese insurance market BEIJING Asia Life Assurance Society said it bought five per cent of China Minsheng Insurance, becoming the first local insurer to own a stake in China's booming insurance market The two insurers, which signed a sales
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      Lock icon Damaging report or just an old document?
      282 14 -AFX SYDNEY Senior management at SingTel's Optus unit will receive an internal audit report today that shows the business has serious flaws in its financial and operational procedures, the Sydney Morning Herald reported, citing a leaked copy of the report But Mr Pat
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      Lock icon GIC unit buys Paris building
      116 14 AFX GIC Real Estate, a unit of the Government of Singapore Investment Corp (GIC), said it has acquired a 50 per cent interest in an office building located within Paris' central business district The company said the seller, a real estate investment fund of the
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      Lock icon High-tech boost
      247 16 Bloomberg Solectron to operate chip plant in Spore SOLECTRON, the world's No 2 maker of electronics for other companies, said it has begun relocating production of semiconductor-making equipment for its customer, Asyst Technologies, to a Singapore factory. California-based Solectron agreed in September to make equipment for Asyst Technologies
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      Lock icon Goldman misses out on Danamon deal – again
      262 16 Goldman misses out on Danamon deal again Bloomberg GOLDMAN Sachs Group, the leading adviser on mergers and acquisitions in Asia outside Japan this year, lost a chance to earn fees from handling the sale of Indonesia's fifth-largest bank twice in three months. Goldman competed with ÜBS Warburg to advise the
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      Lock icon KL to create Big Eight
      171 16 -AFX KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian government plans to merge companies in which it holds stakes to create major entities in four sectors. Bernama quoted Second Finance Minister Jamaludin Jarjis as saying the government would merge plantation companies to form a large entity and then merge
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      Lock icon Seksun's profits up
      70 16 -AFX SEKSUN Corp said net profit last year rose to $17,597 million from $10,932 million in 2001, boosted by strong growth in Singapore and China, while other markets returned to profitability. The company is proposing a one-for-five bonus issue and has expedited plans to list its China
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      Lock icon SIA continues to add capacity
      123 18 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Airlines filled less total available space on its flights in February, the second consecutive month of decline, because its traffic gains did not keep pace with its additional capacity. Asia's most profitable airline filled 68.5 per cent of its combined passenger and cargo
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      Lock icon S'pore enforces cargo screening
      55 18 Channel News Asia SINGAPORE has become the first Asian port and the ninth in the world to operate under the Container Security Initiative. As part of the initiative, American cus- torn inspectors with their Singapore counterparts screen all US-bound cargo for any weapons of mass destruction
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      Lock icon Happy to spend
      417 18 Bloomberg Thai GDP accelerates in 4th quarter on spending, exports BANGKOK Thailand's economy accelerated in the final three months of 2002 as low interest rates boosted consumei spending and exports rose. That helped the economy expand 5.2 per cent in the year, the fastest pace since the
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      Another stab at bonds
      380 19 Indonesia's fresh attempt to set up a treasuries market spurs investors JAKARTA Almost four years after Indonesia tried and failed to build a government bond market, it's trying again. This time, investors say they're more interested. The government said last month it plans to sell 10-year
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon N Korea gets food
      198 21 Reuters BEIJING The first shipment of UN food aid for North Korea arrived yesterday, raising hopes that more than two million people will be fed over the next two months. The arrival of food worth 9.5 million euros ($lB million) from the European Union coincided with
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      Lock icon Perfect movie, great ending
      192 21 Reuters SALT LAKE CITY The race is on to produce a made-for-tele-vision movie about the abduction and rescue of Utah teen Elizabeth Smart. Hours after news broke that Elizabeth had been found, at least one major agency had dispatched staff to Salt Lake City to secure
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      Lock icon World on alert
      349 21 Agencies Airlines, airports won't check in Sars carriers HONG KONG Airports and hospitals around the world were on alert yesterday for carriers of a severe type of pneumonia that has killed nine people, infected more than 100 and is being spread across the globe by air travellers.
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      Lock icon Mafia gains put to good use
      149 21 -AFP ROME One man's loss is another man's gain. Italian authorities said they will distribute some 400 apartments, confiscated from the Mafia, to disadvantaged Sicilian families as part of a new move to use criminal assets for the needy. The bounty accrued from anti-Mafia
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      Lock icon Patten to head Oxford
      195 21 Reuters LONDON Former Hong Kong Governor Chris Patten landed one of academia's most glittering prizes yesterday when he was elected Chancellor of Oxford University. "It would be an honour and pleasure to serve," saidMr Patten who comfortably fought off two leading lawyers and a comedienne to
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      Lock icon Human waste is no laughing matter
      139 23 AFP KYOTO Ensuring access to fresh water for 1.4 billion people dominated discussions yesterday at the Third World Water Forum gathering of 10,000 participants from 165 countries. But, equally important is what to do with the waste generated by six billion people worldwide. Human
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      Lock icon Justice at last?
      264 23 Agencies Tribunal to try Khmer Rouge heads PHNOM PENH United Nations and Cambodian negotiators reached a landmark draft agreement yesterday on an international genocide tribunal to try surviving leaders of the Khmer Rouge, senior Cambodian negotiators said. Both sides are said to have agreed on the technical
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      Lock icon Read Quran, reduce corruption
      62 23 -AFP JAKARTA In an attempt to reduce corruption, the head of an Indonesian district in Sulawesi, Mr Iwan Bokings, will order officials to study the Quran thoroughly, Antara news agency reported yesterday. Mr Iwan has already made male Muslim officials don the kopiah, a black hat
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  • COMMENTARY
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      A sell-off is the only way to go
      647 25  -  Mock Pak Lum though Pacific Internet's founders may not quite like it By news(g>newstoday.com.sg HERE'S one for the boys! Let's drink a toast to all the merry men who founded Pacific Internet before the company becomes a foreign entity. Pacific Internet (PI)
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      82 25 The company •The most innovative Internet service provider in Singapore. A well-known brand. It personifies the pioneering spirit of Singaporean youth. The problem SembCorp has been trying to sell its 42% stake in Pacific Internet. •Temasek owns Sing Tel and Star Hub and may find no reason to
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      639 25  -  David Deßosa Bloomberg by news@news.oday.com.Sß NEW CANAAN (Connecticut) Japanese politicians are off and running in their annual spring effort to help companies hide losses from shareholders. Where else in the world would you find lawmakers announcing that they are considering
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      1007 27  -  Elisa Chia Heart-throb Kaneshiro makes a comeback by in Hong Kong elisa® newstoday.com.sg HAVE you seen a grown man in nothing but a pair of stripy pyjamas? My colleague Neil Humphreys raised the question in his weekly humour column recently. "A skinny adult in stripy pyjamas looks like
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      193 28 WHO'S THE REAL SLIM SHADY? THE conundrum in Eminem's rap song, The Real Slim Shady, has become a real one. The Sun reports that the rap star is so afraid of being shot by a rap rival that he has hired a body double named Particles to impersonate
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      348 29  -  Tor Ching Li Radio Cba((ef,sc fraity Uptiare by chinqli@newstoday.com.sq DID you know that the Class 95 "I Love Sydney" couple team, comprising Desmond, 29, and Chen Tze, 26, are prize-winning marathon kissers? The newly-weds took part in a kissing competition last year organised by a
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      155 29 A BUFFET spread of music, entertainment and lifestyle content now awaits you at Star Hub ;Play (picture), a music portal launched by Star Hub and BMG. Users of the website can look forward to exclusive interviews, news and articles as well as pre-released
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      299 29  -  Rachel Fang Join the notorious family for more roller-coaster fun by rachel(g?newstoday.com.sg KUDOS to anyone who has been able to count the number of bleeps in an episode of The Osbournes. Well, try to do so for the first 10 minutes and you'll most likely lose count
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      157 29 EIGHT finalists, four men and four women, are now vying for top honours in Vasantham Central's talent search competition, Nachathiram 03, or Star 03. More than $20,000 worth of prizes is up for grabs. In the final contest, the eight participants will
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  • IN CINEMAS
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      564 30 Reuters Autobiography recounts his passage from India toTinseltown BOMBAY He's irascible, hard-driving and pays peanuts but some of Hollywood's biggest stars cannot resist working with him. Since India's Ismail Merchant stepped into the world of cinema about 40 years ago, the producerdirector of the celebrated Merchant-Ivory duo
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      558 32  -  Jenny Kong Check out Australia's market wares by jenny@newstoday.com.sg THINK Australia and koalas, the Sydney Opera House and the Outback come to mind. But there's more to the land of kangaroos than just animals and beautiful scenery. In fact, make a trip to Raffles City
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      412 33  -  Lynette Leong Many think there is no cure for colorectal cancer by news@newstoday.com.sg LOVE your fruits and vegetable but, no, fibre has not been proven to be effective in preventing colorectal cancer. Associate Professor Francis Seow-Choen, head of the Department of Colorectal Surgery at the Singapore
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      365 33 AFP AUCKLAND A former Aucklandbased doctor faces being struck off the medical register after he was found guilty of disgraceful conduct for performing liposuction on a woman suffering from eating disorders, the New Zealand Herald reported on Saturday. Dr Warren Wing Nin Chan
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      147 33 _4FP KARLSRUHE A German court confirmed on Friday that a doctor with hepatitis B who transmitted the disease to about a dozen patients he operated on would be fined 225,000 euros ($425,000). The Federal Court of Justice agreed with a lower court
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  • BUSY COOK
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      367 34  -  Pauline Grilled eel on hot rice is great fast food for lazy evenings home by DLoh pauline® newstoday.com.sg EELS are slippery creatures whose main aim is to get away from humans as quickly as possible, especially when they are just about table-size. And no wonder, because in all
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        147 34 Ingredients (Serves four): 2 large ready-to-cat cooked eels or unagi (abt $8 p/pack at Carrefour's sushi counter) 2 cups California.) short-grained rice (also known as sushi rice) I tablespoon soya sauce for eels I tablespoon sesame seeds I sheet nori (seaweed) cut into strips.
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        MISO SOUP WITH CLAMS
        131 34 Ingredients (Serves four): I2ogwhite clams (with shells) I tablespoon miso paste 4 fresh shiitake mushrooms I tube white silken doufu, cubed I small bunch dou miao (pea shoots) Method: I .Wash and rinse clams well. Boil a pot of water and put clams in. Lift as
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        SLIP SLIDING AWAY, BUT THERE IS NO ESCAPING A GOOD COOK
        161 34 THERE were large eels, medium eels, little elvers hardly longer than a middle finger and hand-span giants, cut into round chunks for the steamer. Shanghai cooks love eels, and some of their most famous dishes are based on this
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      500 36 Hot Leonard spoils pal's mood and pockets US$9OO,OOO first prize PALM BEACH GARDENS Justin Leonard fired a five-under par 67 here yesterday to capture the US$5 million ($B.B million) PGA Honda Classic by one stroke over fellow Americans Chad Campbell and Davis Love 111. Leonard, the 1997
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      612 37 Perseverance pays off for one-time reserve bowler Cricket World Cup semi-final Australia v Sri Lanka Live, today, Ch 37, 4pm PORT ELIZABETH Andy Bichel, the fast bowler, is the epitome of an Australian sportsman. He is proud, passionate and dedicated to his job. Nothing gives the Queenslander more
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      403 37 -AFP PORT ELIZABETH Muttiah Muralitharan and Brad Hogg are as different as chalk and cheese. One is a proven offspinner, the other a left-armer just learning the trade. Yet both could play a key role when Sri Lanka takes on reigning
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      Lock icon Race row
      210 37 -AFP JOHANNESBURG Graeme Smith's elevation to the South African captaincy came under fire yesterday with claims that the country's selectors had missed a golden opportunity to appoint a black skipper. "Graeme Smith has no leadership track record. The only record he has is that he's been a white
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      125 37 -AFP SACRAMENTO Canada's Steve Nash lived up to his reputation as one of the biggest clutch three-point shooters in the NBA, rallying Dallas to victory over Sacramento here yesterday. Nash forced overtime with a three-pointer with 2.5 seconds to play in regulation time, then scored 12 points in
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      334 38 Reuters DORTMUND Borussia Dortmund coach Matthias Sammer has urged his team to go all out for victory at AC Milan today (tomorrow morning, Singapore time) in an effort to save Germany from Champions League failure. To make the quarter-finals, the German
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      264 38 AFP LONDON Arsenal was given a boost yesterday when its French captain Patrick Vieira said he was determined to play against Valencia in a key Champions League final match tomorrow. The Highbury captain missed the 2-0 defeat at Blackburn on Saturday because of a knee injury
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      Lock icon Eager Raul
      483 38 Agencies Spain's record goalscorer is looking beyond Lokomotiv as he eyes the double with Real Champions League Group C L Moscow v Real Madrid Live, tomorrow morning, Ch 24, 1.25 am MADRID Real Madrid striker Raul believes the European champion is right on course for the double. The
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      579 39  -  Tan Yo-Hinn Sasikumar suspended for violating code of conduct by yohinn@newstoday.com.sg FORMER national defender R Sasikumar has landed in hot soup with his club Tampines Rovers. The player had complained in the press that he had been verbally abused with racist remarks by Woodlands Wellington captain Simon Clark
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      Lock icon Lovebirds Hewitt and Clijsters pull off rare achievement
      275 39 Agencies INDIAN WELLS World number one Lleyton Hewitt and third-ranked Kirn Clijsters have been dating for more than three years. On Sunday, they pulled off a rare feat by winning their respective Pacific Life Open titles. Not since Jimmy Connors and Chris
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      Martyn out
      62 39 PORT ELIZABETH Australia's plans for today's World Cup semi-final clash against Sri Lanka suffered a setback yesterday when batsman Damien Martyn was ruled out because of a broken finger. The 31-year-old Martyn suffered the injury in his right index finger while fielding in the five-wicket win against Kenya
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      India protest
      83 39 NEW DELHI India has pulled out of the upcoming Sultan Azlan Shah hockey tournament in Malaysia over the alleged illtreatment of Indian software professionals in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur. Malaysian police last Sunday ordered 270 Indians out of a high-rise apartment building and then herded some
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      Diouf dropped
      69 39 LONDON Liverpool has dropped Senegalese striker ElHadji Diouf for Thursday's Uefa Cup quarter-final Anfield return with Celtic. The forward spat at Celtic fans and Liverpool promptly fined him two weeks wages. Diouf was mired in more controversy during Liverpool's 3-2 win at Tottenham, where Liverpool manager Gerard Houllier
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      92 39 LONDON Zimbabwe fast bowler Henry Olonga is hoping to begin a new career in music after retiring from international cricket at the weekend. Olonga, who claims his life is in danger if he returns home following his high-profile antiRobert Mugabe protest during the World Cup, has been offered
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      466 40  -  Stanley Ho /^^■2____. __________________^________L______________i _S_.' by stanleyWnewstoday.com.sg THE injury jinx has hit the Singapore camp even before a ball has been kicked in anger. With barely a week to go before the Lions kick off their Asian Cup preliminary round Group E match against Macau, caretaker coach P
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      382 40  -  Stanley Ho HE cut a desolate figure at the Lions' first centralised training session yesterday. Far from being his usual bubbly and jovial self, Tampines Rovers striker Noh Alam Shah was despondent following his shocking outburst in the incidentfilled S-League match against Woodlands
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