Today, 19 June 2003, Afternoon Edition

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    12 1 TODAY SHARE YOUR FREE COPY Thursday June 19, 2003 MITA (P) 002/11/2002
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon Iran warned
      446 1 Reuters No tolerance for building of nuclear arms: Bush WASHINGTON The international community must make clear to Iran that "we will not tolerate" construction of a nuclear weapon by Tehran, US President George W Bush said yesterday. Speaking to reporters as he met members of Congress at the
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      Posh blamed
      131 1 LONDON Until he met his wife, David Beckham was a dedicated professional and truly devoted footballer. Alex Ferguson has put the blame on Beckham's wife, Victoria Adams, for the midfielder's change in lifestyle, which, it has been speculated, was a key factor in the Manchester United manager's decision
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      Lock icon Stocks tumble
      55 1 Reuters NEW YORK The Dow Jones Industrial average fell 29.22 points, or 0.31 per cent, to 9,293.80, and the broader S&P 500 sagged 1.57 points, or 0.16 per cent, to 1,010.09. The Nasdaq Composite Index rose 8.70 points, or 0.52 per cent, to 1,677.14, its highest close since
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  • HOT NEWS
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      As good as striking lottery
      111 2  -  Tor Ching Li CARPARK lots have never been such hot property. In just two weeks, 1,031 applications were received by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) for 33 lots in five URA carparks which have been allocated for the sale of pre-packed food starting 1 July.
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      Lock icon Canadian memento
      60 2 WONG KHING CHONG Ms Doreen Steidle, outgoing Canadian High Commissioner, holds a street sign which she won in the LTA Community Chest street sign auction for under $60. Ms Steidle, who hails from Winnipeg, thanked Singapore for the wonderful hospitality and said the sign will be a piece
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      Lock icon How do you say hype in Spanish, amigo?
      975 2  -  Rohit Brijnath News Comment For many, it's a relief the new chapter will be written in different language by. news@newstoday.com.sg DAVID Beckham has joined Real Madrid. No doubt across the planet, people are collapsing to their knees and invoking the Lord's name.
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      A jump, a roar and big bounce back
      425 2  -  Francis Kan by. francis@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE'S travel industry appears to have roared back into life, with tourist arrivals expected to be up 45 to 50 per cent in June over the previous month or a jump of some 90,000 visitors. What's more, a
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      The rush begins today
      270 3  -  Lee Yew Meng THOSE who missed the chance to buy new HDB flats in mature estates will have another chance from today. About 1,286 of four and fiveroom flats are up for grabs in Ang Mo Kio, Bukit Merah and Queenstown in the latest balloting exercise
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      SIA to lay off 500 today
      64 3 SINGAPORE Airlines is understood to be preparing to lay off at least 500 ground staff today. Those who are expected to be laid off include 150 from the airline, 200 from the Singapore Airport Terminal Services (Sats), 100 from SIA Engineering and 50 from
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      From victims to zombies
      161 4 BOGOTA Colombian thieves and rapists are using a drug to make victims so docile that they will do as they are told but have no memory of the incidents afterwards. According to Colombian hospitals, hundreds of victims are turned into temporary zombies by the colourless, odourless
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      Top Saddam aide held
      76 4 IAM LATEST BAGHDAD The number four man on the list of wanted Iraqis presidential secretary and "chief body guard" Abid Hamid Mahmud Al Tikriti. has been captured. He is the highestranked on the list to have been caught by US forces and the ace of diamonds
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      WHO under fire over Sars
      510 4  -  Tan Hui Leng KUAJLA LUMfUK At the close of the first Global Conference on Sars here, it was clear that while the 1,400 healthcare experts and scientists were keen to share their experiences, others had a different agenda. Never mind that it has been 100
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      Expat in knife death
      393 4  -  Jose Raymond Man found dead in condo, police looking for missing wife by jose@newstoday.com.sg ONE day after French national Philippe Birembaut and his wife returned from a holiday in Jogjakarta, he was found dead in his Tanglin Park condominium. His wife, a 49-year-old Hungarian-born French national,
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Lock icon Savings the S'pore saviour
      358 6 -AFP Moody's gives top rating despite Sars SINGAPORE'S financial position remains strong despite the impact of Sars and a difficult economic situation, thanks to solid fundamentals and high savings, Moody's Investors Service said yesterday. The global credit rating agency, which gave Singapore top-notch credit ratings, said
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      Will West look at Asian art with jaundiced eyes?
      376 6  -  Yong Shu Chiang by. shuchiang@newstoday.com.sg ASIAN arts and culture, long overshadowed by its Western counterparts, is on the rise, but will the West be open to a possible renaissance or look this way through jaundiced eyes? Professor Tommy Koh (picture), Singapore's
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  • LETTERS
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      Speechless, angry... and murderous
      237 8  -  Neil Wilkinson AFTER reading Mr Ng Kah Gay's letter, "What scraps? They make a fine feast" (Today, June 17), I was left speechless and seething with anger. I read it twice to decide if it had been written as a joke, but unfortunately, I'm certain it
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      Bad move, NEL
      101 8  -  Lim Boon Hee SOFTWARE glitches that delayed the North East Line's opening for seven months have not been resolved. Residents in the Sengkang/Hougang/ Serangoon corridor have been told by the system's operator, SBS Transit, to expect delays and disruptions. This despite more than a year of testing.
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      Junk those stereotypes
      536 8  -  Professor Lily Kong NUS dean speaks up for arts graduates I REFER to Ms Grace Tay's report, "Joblessness and the arts grad" (Weekend Today, June 13-14), which suggests that having an Arts degree works to the graduate's disadvantage in a finding job here. The survey from which
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon Corporate Briefs
      191 10 AFX-Asia TELECOM regulator Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore is doing a review of SINGTEL's reference interconnection offer (RIO). The RIO refers to the agreements and guidelines covering the conditions under which other telecom operators can access SingTel's networks and infrastructure. Industry players are invited to provide feedback on
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      Lock icon Pact with US fails to impress
      353 10  -  Val Chua Local manufacturers say FTA has little impact by. val@newstoday.com.sg IT IS hoped that the landmark US-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (USSFTA) will boost trade between the countries, but a survey found that local manufacturers do not expect to benefit from it at least,
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      Lock icon Kim Eng raises SGX 2004 estimate
      106 10 AFX-Asia KIM Eng Research said in a recent research report that it has raised its forecast of Singapore Exchange's (SGX) net profit for the year ending June 2004 by $2 million to $74.2 million following the closure of the latter's 51 per cent owned
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    • Market Watch
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        Lock icon Singapore
        41 10 AFX-Asia SHARE prices closed marginally lower as the broad market consolidated after recent gains. The STI ended down 6.99 points at 1,486.70. Volume reached 956.41 million shares worth $648.2 million. Losers led gainers 215 to 107, with 248 stocks unchanged.
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        World markets
        54 10 Index Value Change Pis Nikkei 225 Hang Seng All Ordinaries Taiwan Wtd 9092.97 9970.30 3057.70 4999.07 59.97 -60.07 -19.30 25.88 0.66 -0.60 -0.63 0.52 Korea Comp 683.76 -1.30 -0.19 SET Index 446.20 3.90 0.88 Jakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzhen B Mumbai 503.23 1253.02 222.16 3430.96 -5.81 -11.49 0.92
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 10 USS UK£ Yen HK$ RM Euro Rupiah 0.5777 0.3444 68.51 4.50 2.19 0.4924 4754.83 Baht 24.04 Peso A$ Indian Rs Won C$ Yuan NZ$ NTS 30.84 0.8594 26.92 684.47 0.7748 4.78 0.9863 19.95
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        Commodities
        21 10 _ld _S$/oz iilver us$/oi 'latinum _s$/oz 360.66 4.56 657.21 lubber cents/kg 181.51 'aim oil RM/tonne 144! Irent crude _s$/b„rrel 26.21
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        SGX most active (by volume)
        55 10 June 18 Goldtron Sinomem Pac Cent MediaS Chartered Autron UniFiber SingTel DatacrftUSS L&M Close 0.030 0.615 0.270 0.030 0.940 0.245 0.130 1.620 0.930 0.020 Change -0.005 +0.005 -0.015 +0.015 -0.005 +0.030 -0.010 -1.8 +20.0 -1.6 +6.5 -3.7 +1.9 -1.1 '000 112,830 104,540 49,683 32,368 31,775
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        SGX top rises
        79 10 By$ June 18 Close Change Creative 50 14.500 +0.900 Thai Prime200USS 6.900 +0.800 Robinson 6.650 +0.250 GPBat 2.520 +0.100 OCBC 10.400 +0.100 STAssemb 1.750 +0.070 IDT 1.490 +0.060 KepCorp 4.800 +0.060 APB Breweries 5.350 +0.050 F&N 8.800 +0.050 By percentage June 18 Close Change ChuanSHW*****0 0.035 +40.0
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        SGXtoD falls
        83 10 By$ June 18 SIA Close Change 10.800 -0.300 UOB 12.700 -0.300 OUE 6.950 -0.200 SIA 200 10.900 -0.200 C&C 4.960 -0.140 DBS 10.900 -0.100 JMH 400USS 6.200 -0.100 Venture 16.100 -0.100 Food June 0.580 -0.085 CITYDEV 4.680 -0.060 By percentage June 18 Netwrk W*****1 Nylect Vicplas W*****9 NOVENA
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      Lock icon AirAsia to add 11 more aircraft as part of regional expansion plans
      218 12 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's no-frills airline, AirAsia, will add 11 Boeing 737-300 aircraft, in line with its regional expansion plans. The carrier is leasing seven and purchasing four of the aircraft from GE Capital Aviation Services (Gecas) to
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      A costly exit for Richard Li
      340 12 His replacement gets a bonus of $8m HONG KONG Mr Richard Li Tzar-kai (picture) is able to step down as chief executive of PCCW, thanks to a bonus of around HK$35 million ($7.8 million) for his replacement, outgoing MTR Corp chairman Jack So Chak-kwong,
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      Lock icon Kim Eng sees SIA shares rising 15%
      169 12 AFX-Asia KIM Eng Securities said it sees a further 15 per cent upside for Singapore Airlines shares despite recent strong gains. "With the stock having rallied almost 35 per cent since its low in late April, the question is whether there is much
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      Lock icon SPC gets Indon refining job
      159 12 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Petroleum Co, the only listed oil company on the Singapore Exchange, has agreed to process crude oil into fuels for Indonesian state oil company Pertamina. Singapore Petroleum will process 62,500 barrels a day of Sumatra Light crude oil for Pertamina from August till
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      Lock icon Ascott unveils Bangkok residence
      107 14 AFX-Asia THE Ascott Group, a unit of CapitaLand, opened a 152-unit serviced residence Somerset Suwan Park View in Bangkok's central business district yesterday. Ascott will manage the property for five years, with the option to renew for another five. "With Somerset Suwan Park View, Ascott will
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      Living it up at Whitewater
      501 14 Far East to release final tower of this EC FAR East Organization will launch the last tower of its maiden executive condominium, Whitewater, this weekend. The release comes in response to the strong demand for the project, which has recorded close to 75 per cent
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      Lock icon Shares of Full Apex fully subscribed
      134 16 AFX-Asia FULL Apex (Holdings) said the placement tranche of its initial public offering was fully subscribed. Full Apex, a China-based manufacturer and distributor of polyethylene terephthalate bottles, shrink films and paper packaging products, was slated to sell $195,732 million new and vendor shares at
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      Lock icon On the books
      186 16 Reuters SNP eyes HK printer stake HONG KONG Singapore printing firm SNP Corp said yesterday that it plans to acquire 56.42 per cent of Hong Kong's Leefung-Asco Printers Holdings for HK$323 million ($71.6 million) in cash. That will represent HK$l.42 per share of Leefung-Asco Printers or a
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      Lock icon FDA clears Osim's 7
      115 16 AFX-Asia OSIM International said its US franchisee, Osim USA Inc, has received a clearance letter from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) after the franchisee received an FDA warning letter over seven products that have not met the FDA's specifications. The products that were not
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      Lock icon Horizon sells shares
      41 16 AFZ-Asw HORIZON Education and Technologies Ltd has agreed to sell 15 million new shares at $0.08 via a placement to a local doctor. The net proceeds obtained will be used as capital for the company's e-learning solutions projects.
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      Lock icon Corporate Briefs
      305 18 AFX-Asia AFX-Asia AFX-Asia AFX-Asia IDT HOLDINGS (Singapore) said net profit in the year to March fell to $24,594 million from $31.598 million the previous year, as sales weakened due to the sluggish consumer electronics sector. "Weak consumer confidence and increased competition, particularly in Europe, the group's main market,
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      Lock icon Honeywell moves out
      89 18 AFX-Asia SHANGHAI Electronics and aerospace group Honeywell said it is relocating its Asia-Pacific headquarters from Singapore to Shanghai. The move came into effect after Honeywell inked a deal with the Pudong government to locate its headquarters in the Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park in eastern Shanghai. "China is the
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      3575 18 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS The data contained herein has been obtained from company reports, financial reportinq services, Pnmiiriac*frill B^9 9Q7T AAflfl periodicals and other resources believed to be reliable. Although careUly verified, data on compila- tnqUlTieS. LQll Ml-111 J-&6UU tions is not guaranteed by Upper A Reuters Company and may be
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  • INFO TECH
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      The Hulk exposed
      655 20  -  Sol E Solomon The CGI team took 2.5 million hours to bring him to life by. solomon@newstoday.com.sg FOR the computer-generated imagery (CGI) crew that brought The Hulk (picture) to life, it was the most complex project they had done ever. "We had to create a believable character
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      US city hit by riots
      336 22 Death of black biker sparks mayhem for second night BENTON HARBOR (Michigan) Hundreds of people rioted for a second night in a row yesterday, setting houses and cars ablaze following the death of a black motorcyclist in a police chase over the weekend, reported CNN.
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      'Dirty bombs' fear in Laos
      192 22 BANGKOK US and Thai officials believe large quantities of a radioactive material usually used to treat cancer patients, but which terrorists can use to make "dirty bombs", are stashed in Laos and up for sale, reports the Asian Wall Street Journal. This comes after an
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      Lock icon Saddam loyalists not the culprits
      124 22 AFP DOHA A youth group calling itself the Iraqi Resistance Brigades has claimed responsibility for "all" attacks against US-led occupation forces in Iraq, satellite channel Aljazeera reported. In a statement screened by Aljazeera, the group denied that the attacks on US troops in Iraq in
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      Lock icon This babe loves milk
      73 22 Reuters Actress Angelina Jolie is the latest celebrity to be featured in the Got Milk advertising campaign. The ad will appear in the July issue of Spin magazine. Jolie is featured wearing a milk mustache in an outfit from her new film Laura Croft Tomb Raider:
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      Lock icon IN BRIEF
      312 22 AFP Reuters AFP. SYDNEY A controversial anti-terrorism legislation that would give Australia's spy agency broad authority was assured Parliamentary approval when the opposition Labor party vowed to support the Bill. The move came after concessions were made to the Bill, which included raising the minimum age of people
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Lock icon Can Asean get out of talk shop mode?
      906 26  -  Shamala Kandiah It must change its ways to deal with regional conflicts THIS week, the Asean Foreign Ministers are holding their annual series of meetings. At the top of the agenda are issues of security, most notably the burgeoning threat of terrorism.
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      697 28  - THE WAY I'LL GO Yong Shu Chiang 25 years on,The Flying Dutchman is keen to continue IN ALL his years as a media personality, The Flying Dutchman has heard it all. But when asked about the "multiple partners" he has had on the long-running hit radio show, Morning Express, the
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      370 28  -  Jeanine Tan by. j eanine@newstoday.com. sg FUNNY man Jack Neo is hosting his first English game show, Wow Wow World, that will premiere at Bpm tonight on MediaCorp TV Channel 5. His co-host is another familiar face, actress May Phua. Every week, the show
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        691 29  -  JC Belle Spend quality time with Kitty by grooming her shiny coot by. news@newstoday.com.sg A friend once remarked that she prefers cats as pets because they are "low maintenance" creatures perfect for a hectic career woman like her. "I don't even need to groom or bathe
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      577 30  -  lan De Cotta and four fine bars with star quality by. ian@newstoday.com.sg BEER, lamb, beer, chicken wings, beer, sushi, beer, beer, beer. I was in heaven as only a devout imbiber of that golden nectar would know. And to confirm my hope that I was, indeed, on cloud
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      279 33  -  Jasmine Yin Swensen's reaches out to Muslim diners by. jasmine.yin@newstoday.com.sg THE list of halal eateries has been growing, going by the increase in halal certificates issued by the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (Muis) to food outlets. The latest addition to the list is icecream restaurant chain, Swensen's.
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      Some of the world's best jugglers
      314 33  -  Wong Kking Chong Life is great with meaningful relationships ASKMrSohSzeWei the secret behind being a good husband, father, son and worker, all at the same time, and he will tell you that you need to be a good "juggler". "It is very difficult to
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        154 34 Reuters NEW YORK With the new Harry Potter book hitting retail shelves this Saturday, the movie industry is weighing whether the films will continue to cast its spell at the box offices and on merchandise sales. The stars Daniel Radcliffe, who plays Potter, and Rupert Grint
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        87 34 -AFP SHANGHAI US film giant Warner Brothers is preparing to invest in Shanghai's Paradise Cinema. It will be the first foreign film company to do so, the Shanghai Daily reported yesterday. Warner Bros will hold a 49 per cent stake in the joint venture with Paradise Film
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        69 34 Reuters/Hollywood Reporter PARIS French director JeanPierre Jeunet will be handling one of the biggest budgets ever $80.1 million for a romantic Gallic drama, Un Long Dimanche de Fiancailks (A Very Long Engagement). His last film, Amelie, was the highest-grossing French movie in recent history. The new movie will
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        543 38  -  Gurmeet Singh by. news@newstoday.com.sg WOULDN'T it be great to get out of the scorching heat of Singapore and ski down a powder-white snow slope? The sun-soaked pores on my face tingle just thinking about it Wait a minute: I can't ski! But, I am told
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        Where fairy tale dreams come true
        487 40  -  Justyn Olby Enjoy modern comforts and get a feel of history at the 900-year-old Amberley Castle by. news@newstoday.com.sg Are you dreaming of a fairy tale holiday where you can stay in a castle surrounded by a moat, imposing metal gates and statues of armoured
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      336 41 Celebrate the June Holidays and the Great Singapore Sale /ti o KM'* IVor/d at United Square Shopping Mall, where you can enjoy KSI^D^M^SSISSS-SSTLS'fccSS exciting activities, thrilling competitions, unbeatable Demonstration by Einstein, Agent Cody Banks Look bargains, and amazing offers! Hurry down to United Square Alike Contest and Appearances By Kids
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      578 44  -  Stanley Ho S-League's Chan fears the sack if no new title sponsor found by. stanley@newstoday.com.sg THE search is now on for a new titlesponsor for the S-League. Current sponsor NTUC Income's stint will end this season and it has indicated that it might not renew the deal with
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      331 44  -  Tan Yo-Hinn by. yohinn@newsto day. com. sg PARENTS may still be sceptical about enrolling their children in the Singapore Sports School, but eight sponsors have given it their vote of confidence in the best possible way. The eight have committed up
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      197 44  -  Tan Wee Boon AS A Leeds United youngster, he trained with the likes of Harry Kewell, Lee Bowyer and Mark Viduka. Tomorrow, Bradley Michael Groves could well be turning out for Tampines Rovers FC. First spotted at Leeds' nursery club, Westfield Sports High School in Australia,
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      149 44  -  Tan Yo-Hinn THERE were still no qualifiers on the third day of the first trials for Singapore's swimmers vying for a place in December's SEA Games in Vietnam. At the Toa Payoh Swimming Complex yesterday, Gary Tan came closest when the Bringham Young University undergraduate clocked a
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        352 46 Reuters RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil, the world's top soccer nation, virtually ignored David Beckham's move from Manchester United to Real Madrid. The England midfielder will join the Spanish club after a medical in July in a deal worth up to 35 million
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        266 46 AFP MADRID Ronaldo gave an effusive welcome to David Beckham yesterday, but Real Madrid captain, Fernando Hierro, offered a muted response to the news of the England skipper's signing. Brazil star Ronaldo predicted that the England captain would fit in well at Real Madrid. "Another excellent
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        1131 46  -  Leonard Thomas Forget the hype, offloading Beckham has weakened United, so the Scot must now spend wisely Comment by leonard@newstoday.com.sg HE HAS played 394 times for Manchester United. In eight seasons, glory has accompanied much of his time on the football pitch the Treble, doubles, championships, global
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        282 47 Reuters LYON France made a winning start to its Confederations Cup defence this morning after a Thierry Henry penalty earned it a 1-0 victory over Colombia. Henry's 39th-minute spot-kick in a lively display from the Arsenal striker left France second in Group A on
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        152 47 Reuters MIAMI England goalkeeper David James (picture) will attend the Miami Dolphins' training camp next week to see how he measures up against the NFL athlete. The 6ft sins (1.96 m), 2001b (90kg) West Ham United keeper will undertake a crash course in three
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