Today, 17 June 2003

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  • Article
    The takeover tangle
    806 1  -  Rahul Pathak by rahul@newstoday.com.sg Software Companies AGLANCEatyesterSllig it OUt day's Asian Wall Street i/wl+h aHc Journal (AWSJ) showed WITH aOS that the most ill-tem-pered, acid-tongued takeover battle in recent memory was on the verge of spilling from the boardrooms onto the streets. Against the backdrop of Oracle
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      35 1 BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB^BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBJBBB/^^BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB THE PLUSES OF WHO IS i^fwMM V I 4^* YOUNG SIA'S NO-FRILLS^^ SINGAPORE'S I J|k LIONS LOSE PROPOSAL i BRAINIEST KID?^ *W]p> f wtF TO MALAYSIA LOOKING FOR A JOB? See Pages 29 -35
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Lock icon WHO says Sars will be 'back into the box'
      209 2 Tan Hut Leng KUALA LUMPUR Even as the world continues to grapple with Sars, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said at a press conference yesterday that it is confident of putting Sars "back into the box" in the next few months.
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      Blank sheet that can fly
      803 2  -  Joseph Rajendran News Comment Why SlA's proposed new carrier can venture where Silk Air can't by news@newstoday.com.sg ANALYSTS were dumbfounded when Singapore Airlines announced last week that a highlevel task force had been set up to evaluate the possibility of starting a no-frills carrier. The
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      Lock icon Asean surprise
      269 2 Agencies PHNOM PENH Asean broke with more than 30 years of diplomatic niceties yesterday, turning on one of its own members when foreign ministers urged Myanmar to free Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi. Asean (Association of South-East Asian Nations) ministers met in the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh,
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      Lock icon Guess what? The water's bluer up here
      43 2 WEE TECKHIAN Visitors to Downtown East Pasir Ris recently have been looking up, literally. The see-through swimming pool above the entrance to the chalet complex has taken centrestage since it obened last month. Today photo by
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      SingPost's online tracking
      106 2 SINGPOST has launched an online tracking service for its registered articles (www.singpost.com/RA). Previously, customers had to call a hotline number to find out the status of their registered articles. Since last year, Sing Post's courier service, Speed Post, has allowed their customers to use a similar online
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      S'porean in Ecstacy arrest
      93 3 KUALA LUMPUR A 21-year-old Singaporean has been arrested by Malaysian authorities as he tried to smuggle more than 40,000 Ecstasy pills, worth more than RM3.3 million ($1.5 million) into the country, The Star reported yesterday. The suspect, who was not identified, had arrived on a flight
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Too fast, too soon?
      566 4  -  Val Chua Will STl's liquidity-driven rally crack once the euphoria dies? by val@newstoday.com.sg THE benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) is continuing its sizzling rise with a slight dip now and then despite the grey clouds looming over the economy. Whether investors can spot the silver lining
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      Scanner that detects cancer
      461 6  -  Chan Chao Peh by chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg LOCAL healthcare company Asia Medic will be the first outside of the US to use a new high-tech scanner that can detect cancer in its early stages. The scanner built by GE Medical Systems is called the I Mf./.raT/.^.T I Q
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      More Qantas flights to draw tourists to Australia
      134 6 AUSTRALIA-With renewed global interest in travel, Australia's national carrier Qantas announced that it will be increasing its flight services. Mr John Borghetti, Qantas' executive general manager, sales and market- ing, said it "will increase services to the US from 25 flights per
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      Sars and the Law
      386 6 Being responsible a legal duty THE alarm over Sars has focused on individual responsibility. But what if an individual ignores or fails in this individual responsibility? An individual served with a Home Quarantine Order (HQO) on suspicion of being infected with Sars, is bound by law
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      Income sets the record straight on third party claims
      544 6  -  Razali Abdullah by razali@newstoday.com.se A RAGING debate has been going on for some time. On one side is a group of disgruntled third party claimants and motor vehicle workshops. On the other side is motor vehicle insurer NTUC Income. The issue
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  • LETTERS
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      Lock icon Home-maid truths
      361 8 Ananda Perera A ban on maids could see life in Singapore coming to a halt I REFER to the humour piece, "If you want value for your money... Get maids to sleepwalk" (Weekend Today, June 14-15). Mr Neil Humphreys has revealed many home truths. It looks like our
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      Lock icon What scraps? They make a fine feast
      287 8 NgKahGay I REFER to Mr Neil Humphrey's column, "If you want value for your money Get maids to sleepwalk" (Weekend Today, June 14-15). He seems to suggest that it is impossible to survive on $20 a month. Do not forget that these maids
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon Hope for SingTel special payout
      274 10 AFX-Asia and agencies KIM Eng Securities said Sing Tel is not ruling out the possibility of a special payout after the group raised $1.2 billion from the initial public offering of Sing Post and its divestment of Sing Tel Yellow Pages. "As the group does
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    • Market Watch
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        Lock icon Singapore
        90 10 AFX-Asia SHARE prices closed weaker after Wall Street's Friday losses prompted investors to take profits on blue chips such as Sing Tel and banks, following the market's recent run-up, dealers said. Market participants were rotating some funds to small caps and preparing for upcoming initial public offerings, with general
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        World markets
        54 10 Index Value Change Pis Nikkei 225 8839.83 -140.81 -1.57 Hang Seng Ml Ordinaries Taiwan Wtd 9862.28 3056.30 4892.36 6.64 2.90 10.46 0.07 0.09 0.21 Korea Comp 657.82 -7.42 -1.12 SET 429.75 1.78 0.42 Jakarta Comp 512.69 2.21 0.43 Phils Comp Shenzhen B Mumbai 1205.53 222.84 3336.64 14.47 7.37
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        Your S$1 buys
        30 10 JK£ fen iuro (upiah U.J/07 0.3435 68.06 4.51 2.19 0.4876 4,747 I C5U A$ Indian Rs Won C$ Yuan NZ$ JU.7Z. 0.87 27.01 689 0.77 4.79 0.99
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        Lock icon Commodities
        22 10 asdf Sold us$/oi iilver us$/oi 'latinum us$/oi 359 4.59 665 Rubber centsAg 180.50 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1435 Brent crude us$/borrel 27.67
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        Straits Times Index Intra-day Chart
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        SGX most active
        54 10 rn By volume June 16 AirOcean UniFiber Chartered DatacrftUSS Horizon BreadTalk Darco SingTel Ipco Hiap Hoe Close 0.270 0.135 0.920 0.900 0.090 0.325 0.530 1.540 0.110 0.020 Change -0.005 -0.040 -0.025 +0.010 -0.040 -0.010 -1.8 -4.2 -2.7 +1.9 -2.5 -8.3 'OOO 39,66: 34,54: 33,611 26,58' 24,00: 18,711
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        SGX top rises
        81 10 By$ June 16 Close Change ChODBeCW*****61 USS105.800+0.900 GreatEast 9.750 +0.350 By percentage June 16 KLWR CraftP Close Change 0.020 +33.3 0.070 +27.3 DBS Bk 6% NCPS *****.400 +0.200 Seaview 6.450 +0.200 SingamasC 2kHKS 2.925 +0.125 OUE 7.050 +0.100 CSA 1.270 +0.080 TyeSoon Yongnam Strike Day en CWT
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        Lock icon SGX top falls
        79 10 asdf lune 16 iukit Sem Close Change 12.200 -0.200 By percentage June 16 Close Change CSCW*****7 0.005 -50.0 IBS 10.600 -0.200 KLWR200 0.010 -33.3 iPH 100 18.400 -0.200 L&M 0.015 -25.0 tenture 16.100 -0.200 ITE 0.125 -19.4 :&c :&N 3CBC 5.150 -0.100 8.600 -0.100 10.200 -0.100 Futuristic
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      Lock icon A bigger stake in Danamon
      180 12 Reuters Temasek may buy more shares in the Indonesian bank SINGAPORE'S Temasek Holdings said yesterday that it was considering buying more shares in Indonesia's fifth largest bank, Bank Danamon. A consortium led by Temasek purchased a 51 per cent stake in Danamon. That sale was
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      Lock icon Tang gets $120 loan
      169 12 -Francis Kan THE loss-making retailer, CX Tang, has secured a $120-million bridging loan from Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC) to pay off an existing loan from United Overseas Bank (UOB) that has higher interest rates. The move is expected save the company about $3.5 million in the
      -Francis Kan  -  169 words
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      Retail sales down 5.2%
      58 12 SINGAPORE'S retail sales fell 5.2 per cent in April from March while restaurant receipts tumbled 46.6 per cent, according to Department of Statistics data released yesterday. But compared with a year earlier, the retail sales index gained 1.6 per cent, reversing two months of declines and
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      Lock icon Tariff row with Manila
      46 12 -AFX-Asia MANILA Singapore has threatened to withdraw tariff concessions granted to the Philippines after Manila maintained protective tariffs on petrochemical products to support the local industry. The Philippine Government said a team of negotiators will hold talks with Singapore on the dispute.
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      Lock icon Datac raffs business focus shifts
      235 12 Lee Yew Meng DATACRAFT Asia is shifting its focus from being a hardware provider to a services provider and, in the process, hopes to bring the company back into the black. Mr Bill Padfield, the company's CEO-designate, said it aims to derive 60 per cent
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      Lock icon Samudera's Indon tie-up
      226 13 AFX-Asia MAINBOARD-listed Samudera Shipping Line Ltd has entered into a tie-up with United Transportation Group and PT JPT Satuan Harapan to set up a joint venture company in Indonesia, PT Jardine Tangguh Transport Services. The joint venture company, which commenced operations on June 1, will operate as
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      Lock icon Corporate Briefs
      302 13 Reuters AFX-Asia AFX-Asia AFX-Asia BIG AIRBUS ORDER: European plane maker Airbus has clinched a massive US$l2.5 billion ($21.6 billion) order for 41 wide-body jets from Dubai-based airline Emirates, trumping arch-rival Boeing. Emirates also announced at the 45th Paris Air Show that it would take on 26 Boeing 777
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  • INFO TECH
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      From Intel... laptop features that rival those of desktops
      225 14 INTEL has introduced new mobile processors and chipsets that offer notebooks features that rival those of desktops, including high performance, larger screens, full-sized keyboards and multiple drives. These products include the Mobile Intel Pentium 4 processor, the Intel Celeron processor (picture)
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      For baby boomers
      485 14 Help available for firms that want to serve aging/disabled Web users better A TEAM of 140 professionals from IBM Global Services is working on eight new services that make everyday tasks such as reading a Web page or listening to a webcast easier for aging baby boomers.
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      237 15 W^ CNETAsia Gartner x Summit 2003 19 &20 August, Suntec Singapore V If K^' The much-awaited CNETAsia Gartner Summit 2003 is here. This premier IT industry conference brings together world-class speakers, including leading market analysts, top-notch consultants and vendors. This two-day Summit explores today's most pressing issues in business transformation,
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Sue your boss
      366 16 if there's too much work stress: British health authority LONDON Is your employer causing you unnecessary stress at work? No worries, you can sue them. The British government is cracking down on stress at work with a tough code that will put employers at risk of legal
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      Lock icon Much ado about cans
      125 16 AFP BERLIN The introduction of an environmentally friendly law imposing a deposit on disposable cans and bottles has led to chaos in the normally sensible German world of recycling. Soon, these cans and bottles could disappear from German supermarket shelves amid a battle between the government
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      Lock icon Full moon rising
      61 16 Reuters photo a tiain looking at tne tun moon atop a hill in Sydney on Saturday.Although the moon is full, the best time to view the craters and mountains on its surface are when it is near the first quarter as the sun's rays strike the surface
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      Lock icon US troops may join peacekeeping mission in Israel
      209 16 AFP. WASHINGTON A controversial plan to deploy international troops to curb violence between Israel and Palestinian militants gained momentum after a senior US lawmaker suggested that American soldiers could take part in the proposed peacekeeping force. Republican Senator Richard Lugar a close
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      Lock icon IN BRIEF
      311 16 AFP AFP AFP BEUING In order to bring back an air of solemnity ahead of the December anniversary, the birthplace of Chinese leader Mao Zedong will close down all souvenir stalls and hotels. Shaoshan, in central Hunan province where Mao was born in 1 893, hopes to return
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  • WATZUP?
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      Lock icon Non-professional artists win sculpture awards
      429 18 -Jeanine Tan THE winners of the City Developments Limited (CDL) Singapore Sculpture Award this year are just your average Joes. None are professional sculptors. Open category winner, Peter Chen, for instance, is an architect by training. The 35-year-old runs his own architectural practice and is
      -Jeanine Tan; ERNEST CHUA  -  429 words
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      Who is the brainiest kid?
      450 18  -  Jeanine Tan by j eanmeWnewstodav. com.se IN a small room with cheery blue walls and miniature tables and chairs, a group of children were hunched over their work. It looked like a kindergarten class, but they were slogging over a test at Caldecott Broadcast Centre.
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      Alien encounters
      528 19  -  Melody Tan Get Taken on a journey into the realm of extraterrestrial life by melody.tan(gnewstoday.com.sg ALIENS, shadowy government scientists, multiple generations of families and the difficult ties that bind them. Intrigued? Star Movies (SCV Channel 58) presents Taken, a 10-episode epic tale of alien abduction premiering on July
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      DAILY BREW
      382 19 FRIENDSHIP CONCERT LAST weekend, throngs of people at Downtown East were treated to a two-day Friendship Concert featuring veteran musicians such as Gypsy, Speedway, and Silver Strings. At the Chinese concert on Sunday, others such as duo Jason Jessie (picture), and singing instructor He Chun King belted out
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    • IN CINEMAS
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        Lock icon Taking over Yahoo!
        111 20 Reuters/Hollywood Reporter LOS ANGELES Universal Pictures is hulking around Yahoo! in a big way with a 24-hour takeover of the website that began yesterday at 9am, Singapore time. The studio was the first advertiser to acquire all of the advertising space on the Yahoo! home page for
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        Talking movies
        1072 20  -  David Ngiau BBC Worlds Tom Brooks chats with Today and speaks his mind by david@newstodav.com.se AS THE presenter and film critic for the BBC World's TV programme, Talking Movies, Tom Brooks is in a great spot Talking Movies is almost always shot as a stand-upper at dusk with
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        Radcliffe to reprise Potter role in fourth film
        148 22 Teen actor Daniel Radcliffe (picture) will be reprising his role as Harry Potter in the fourth film of the series based on the books by JK Rowling. The tabloids in Britain had reported that the 13-year-old wanted to concentrate on his studies
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        Fiction turned reality
        282 22 BEING in a multi-million-dollar hit movie hasn't helped a Brazilian teen escape the clutches of poverty and crime. In a tragic case of life imitating art, Rubens Sabino, an actor in Cidade de Deus (City of God), has been arrested for stealing a woman's handbag in an
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    • BUSY COOK
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        Doufu with spice
        251 23  -  Pauline DLoh Silken doufu cubes in a spicy minced meat mixture ONCE upon a time in Sichuan province, China, there was a hard-working widow who had no marketable skills except her home-cooking. She was also too poor to offer fancy dishes for sale and could only offer
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      • SHOPPING/COOKING TIPS
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          MAPO DOUFU
          163 23 Main ingredients: Doufu, doubanjiang (hot bean paste), minced meat (chicken, beef or pork) DOUFU/TOFU: The best beancurd to use for this dish is the silken tofu that comes in boxes. This is really tender and will give the dish a most delightful texture as the soft tofu cubes
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          STIR-FRIED CAULIFLOWER OR BROCCOLI WITH TOMATOES
          119 23 Main ingredients: Cauliflower or broccoli, tomatoes CAULIFLOWER/BROCCOLI No matter if you choose to use broccoli or cauliflower, both vegetables will benefit from a quick blanching in lightly salted water. This will crisp them without overcooking and your stir-fry will be a success. The salt
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          LOOFAH EGGDROP SOUP
          77 23 Main ingredient: Loofah or angled loofah. LOOFAH/ANGLED LOOFAH This is an old-fashioned vegetable that has stayed around because it is incredibly sweet Just make sure the hard, almost leathery, skin is peeled off completely. Also, remove the pith and seeds. What you should have left is a
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        MAPO DOUFU
        94 23 Ingredients: 1 box tofu, cut into cubes 200gm minced meat 1 tablespoon doubanjiang (hot beanpaste) 1 clove garlic, minced Spring onions, diced Sesame oil Method: 1. In a lightly oiled non-stick pan, brown garlic and half of spring onions. 2. Add beanpaste and minced meat. Add half a
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        STIR-FRIED CAULIFLOWER OR BROCCOLI WITH TOMATOES
        96 23 Ingredients: 1 small broccoli or cauliflower 2 large tomatoes 1 garlic clove, minced Chicken stock, pepper Method: 1. Cut cauliflower or broccoli into small florets. Microwave on high two minutes. Refresh with cool water. Or blanch in boiling water for two minutes. 2. Cut
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        LOOFAH EGGDROP SOUP
        75 23 Ingredients: 1 large loofah, skinned and cored lOOgm thinly sliced chicken breast/lean pork 1 slice ginger 1 egg, lightly beaten Method: 1. Cut loofah into chunks. Marinate meat in a little cornflour, salt, sesame oil. Bring pot of water to boil and add ginger, meat slices at
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