Today, 19 July 2003

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  • 13 1 weekendTODAY SHARE YOUR FREE COPY www.todayonline.com July 19 20 2003 > MITA (P) 009/03/2003
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  • 477 1 'Sexed-up' dossiers and a death LONDON The body of an old man, found in a wooded area in Oxfordshire, could give a brutal twist to the debate that has gripped Britain. Police said it matches the description of Dr David Kelly (picture), the man who was accused of revealing to
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  • 782 1  -  Michael Backman Cheaper for companies but S'pore may lose hundreds of jobs to India SINGAPORE and India are inching closer to a free trade agreement But one area in which closer economic integration will proceed whatever both governments decide is the outsourcing of back-office jobs from Singapore
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  • NEWS
    • 902 2 News Feature/Kim-Kyna Tan After having their ideas hijacked twice Jiffy Foods' founders come up with Plan C THE old adage, once bitten twice shy, doesn't quite apply to the fleet-footed entrepreneurs who put the meals on wheels concept into motion. Amid the maelstrom of
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    • 463 2  -  Derrick A Paulo by derrick@newstoday.com.sg AFTER wooing 10 foreign prestige universities here, the Economic Development Board (EDB) is setting its sights on a younger lot in order to boost Singapore's efforts to become an education hub. And it took its first steps
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    • 291 3  -  Yong Shu Chiang POLITICAL satire in Malaysia, often taken with a pinch of salt by the authorities, has suffered a surprising blow. A leading Kuala Lumpur drama group was essentially banned from staging productions after it reportedly failed to comply with an order to
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    • 79 3 FORMER NMP Chia Shi Teck was declared a bankrupt on Friday in High Court Immediately after the decision, the board of directors of Heshe Holdings Ltd announced that Mr Chia will no longer be the executive chairman and a director of the company. Ms Jessica Soh will
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    • 424 4  -  Lee Yew Meng Will cheaper space attract businesses? by yewmeng@newstoday.com.sg AS Singapore and Hong Kong slug it out for the right to be called Asia-Pacific's top business hub, a new factor has entered the equation: Hong Kong's office rents are expected to dip sharply. Fitch
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    • 215 4  -  Pamela Pang THE Singapore Sports Council (SSC) wants women to get into sport on Women's Day Out on Saturday. A survey conducted in 2001 found that 32 per cent of women take part in sport, compared to 45 per cent of men. To encourage more
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    • 212 4  -  Madeleine Chong SHAFIQ Kashmiri has another feather in his cap. The 19-year-old, who will represent Singapore for the first time in track and field at the SEA Games in Hanoi this year, is now a FIREfly scholar. Always in the race to win, Shafiq received
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    • 118 4 THE Government would like the Buangkok station on the North-East Line (NEL) to be opened as soon as possible. Thus, it will build more HDB flats in the area when demand picks up. SBS Transit, which operates NEL, said it would not open the station
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  • HUMOUR/NEWS
    • 697 6  -  Neil Humphreys No need to stop the trains at Buangkok, just slow them down and by neil@newstoday.com.sg YOU'VE never lived unless a moving train has almost cut your body in two. When I was 15,1 tried to catch a London Underground train as it
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    • 145 6 STAR Automotive Centre, a division of Singapore Technologies Kinetics, has clinched a servicing deal for Kia commercial vehicles in Singapore. The KI-Advantage scheme which was announced at the deal signing ceremony last week entitles owners of Kia commercial vehicles to discounts on parts and labour at
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  • LETTERS
    • 306 8  -  Chia Boon Teck I REFER to Lee Han Shih's "Gays OK, but SEX disallowed" (Today, July 18). I, too, noticed a couple of weeks ago that "SFA" had hit the road and concluded that it must be some ultra-conservative
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    • 332 8  -  Lai Yew Chan and should not be retrenched for short-term gains I REFER to your report "Two companies in a talespin" (Today, July 15). I share the sentiment that companies retrenching workers have more to explain. While the issue of retrenchment is nothing new, the paradox concerning
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  • SAVVY INVESTOR
    • WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY ...
      • 148 10 Keppel Land HOLD -AFX-Asia KEPPEL Land's rating has been downgraded to a "hold" from a "buy" on the stock's steep valuation, Kim Eng Ong Asia Securities said. After the company's recent share price gains on hopes of further strong sales in the China housing market, possible privatisation by parent Keppel
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      • 81 10 CapitaLand NEUTRAL -AFX-Asia CAPITALAND'S rating has been downgraded to a "neutral" from "buy" in the absence of a share price catalyst in the near term, Merrill Lynch said. "The stock has already re-rated by 36 per cent to surpass our price objective of 1.39. We do not see a further
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      • 69 10 Lee Kim Tah BUY AFX-Asia LEE Kim Tah Holdings has a "buy" recommendation from DBSVickers Securities as the brokerage initiates coverage on the stock, which it says is undervalued compared to its underlying assets. DBSVickers said the appraised net value of Lee Kim Tah's stake in Jurong Point is worth
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    • 914 10  -  Suryati Mahmud Wong Sui Jau Excluding Japan, the region may outperform other markets by and news@newstoday.com.sg ALL Asian stock markets, excluding those of Japan, have recorded positive returns this year till July 4. Even China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore, which were affected by the Sars
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    • MarketWatch
      • 534 10  -  Chew Sutat by news@newstoday. com. sg IN a week filled with economic numbers, company results and excess volatility in the interest rate market, one event stands out. Just in case investors thought the Fed chairman had run out of bullets, Mr Alan Greenspan's words were significant. In a
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  • BUSINESS
    • 407 12 Bloomberg after firm completes deal for Sheraton Towers BONVESTS Holdings Ltd, which runs Starbucks Corp's cafes and Burger King Corp's fast-food restaurants in Singapore, said it wants to buy more hotels after it completes the purchase of Sheraton Towers on Scotts Road. Bonvests, which owns hotels
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    • 217 12 Bloomberg AFX-Asia Bloomberg Bloomberg Channel NewsAsia Neptune Orient Lines Ltd said its freight rates grew 29 per cent in June from that of a year ago. The average freight rates for a 40-foot container rose to U552,595 ($4,565) compared with U552,014 a year ago. Singapore Airlines Ltd nas
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    • 255 14 Bloomberg MOBILEONE, Singapore's No 2 mobile phone operator, said that it will try to grab customers from its bigger rival, SingTel, which is more than 45 years old and has high- spending and loyal users. Mobile One chief executive officer Neil Montefiore said a
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    • 305 14 -Bloomberg CSM's shipments up, prices down CHARTERED Semiconductor Manufacturing predicts that its third-quarter loss will narrow from the second. The company expects a loss of about US$B3 million ($146 million), compared with a loss of US$9O million in the second quarter, which matched the result from the previous
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    • Market Watch
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      • 59 14 By volume July 18 Intend Ipco Chartered Horizon JKTech Reed Citiraya Cosco Inv DMXTech UniFibei Close 0.320 0.165 1.130 0.135 0.205 0.100 0.535 0.355 0.450 0.140 Change +0.085 +0.005 +0.030 +0.015 +0.010 -0.005 +0.010 +0.035 +0.015 'OOO +36.2 241,491 +3.1 58,014 +2.7 37,183 +12.5 34,503 +5.1 26,877
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      • 81 14 By$ July 18 Close Changi F&N 9.900 +0.151 GrealEast 10.100 +0.151 Creative 50 14.800 +0.101 DBS Bk 6% NCPS*****.900 +0.101 SPH 19.300 +0.101 SPH 100 19.200 +0.101 Venture 17.700 +0.101 Inlerra 0.320 +0.08. Iselan(S) 2.650 +0.061 Norelco 0.675 +0.051 By percentage July 18 Close Change Inlerra 0.320
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      • 80 14 luly 18 JOB Close Changi 13.600 -0.201 )CBC 10.800 -0.101 )UE 7.400 -0.101 iobinson 6.400 -0.101 >'pura Fin »IA 1.250 -0.101 10.900 -0.101 'rima 6.000 -0.051 lingamasC 2kHKS 3.300 -0.051 law Par 4.420 -0.041 By percentage July 18 Close Change Strike W*****5 0.015 -25.0 ASTIW*****1 0.070 -17.6
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      • 129 14 Bloomberg Stock prices here declined for a second day on concerns that demand for the island's exports may not pick UP soon as companies worldwide are either flaying software purchafes or forecasting a slide in sales this year. United Overseas Bank (UOB) and shares of the largest companies led
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      • 60 14 Index Nikkei 225 Hang Seng All Ordinaries Faiwan Wtd Value 9,527.73 10,140.84 3,064.90 5,287.38 Change Pts +28.87 +44.12 -2.60 -12.13 +0.30% +0.44% -0.08% -0.23% Korea Comp 699.35 -17.13 -2.39% KLCI 716.52 +0.87 +0.12% SET Index 493.04 -2.04 -0.41% Jakarta Comp 525.50 +1.947 +0.37% Phils Comp Shenzhen B Mumbai
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      • 22 14 G? ld uss/oz *****3 Silver uss/oz 4.***** Patinum uss/oz *****2 Ru, bber—^ ***** Palm oil RM/tonne 1365 Brent crude uss/b»rrel 28.82
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        39 14 SGX Bloomberg US$ 0.***** UK£ 0.***** Yen 67-M6° |J J^JJJ Euro o***** R upia h 4,731.16 Baht 23.7211 Peso 30.5121 A$ 0.***** Indian Rs 26.2833 JJ n Yuan 470,55 NZ$ 0.***** NTS 19.5766 Information provided by:
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    • 335 16  -  Lee Yew Meng Medical insurance is a must in times of employment uncertainties by yewmeng@newstoday.com.sg WITH employment uncertainties, more people should consider buying medical insurance policies. While belt-tightening is prudent, being jobless and without sufficient medical coverage can be a financial burden if illness strikes. Over
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    • 2991 16 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS The data contained herein has been obtained from company reports, financial reporting services, periodicals and other resources believed to be reliable. Although carefully verified, data on compilations is not guaranteed by Upper A Reuters Company and may be incomplete. No offer or solicitations to buy or sell
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  • WORLD
    • 1079 18  -  Asif Ansar US spy software in Saddam and Osama's hands? by asif@newstoday.com.sg A COMPLEX, tangled and murky scandal that began two decades ago, involving "trickery, fraud and deceit" by the US government may prove to be one of the most dangerous stumbling blocks in the global
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    • AROUND THE WORLD
      • 134 18 Reuters Outraged by a Las Vegas company's offer to let men stalk and shoot naked women in the Nevada desert with paintball guns, women's groups and government agencies were scrambling to find a way to shut down such "Bambi" hunts. "As soon as I found out
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      • 148 18 -AFP Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon may include about 50 members of the radical groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad in a list of Palestinian prisoners to be considered for release, newspapers said on Friday. Mr Sharon will submit the list for approval by a ministerial commission
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      • 114 18 ■AFP Hong Kong's beleaguered Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa was preparing for weekend crisis talks in Beijing on Friday, after vowing to stay on despite the resignations of two key ministers. With Hong Kong in the grip of its worst political crisis since the return to
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      • 96 18 Reuters Ihe practice may be as old as the Greek philosopher Socrates, but California told its professors on Thursday to keep their pants on and abstain from sex with their students. The University of California's Board of Regents voted to ban romantic or sexual relationships between a
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  • HUMOUR
    • 799 19  -  Dave Barry or the urban art of snake catching by weekend@newstoday.com.sg PEOPLE always ask me: "Is it hard to be a professional writer like you and Joyce Carol Oates?" Yes. Very hard. Here is a true example of the kind of difficulties we face: The other
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  • WATZUP?
    • 642 20  -  Yong Shu Chiang by shuchiang@newstoday.com.sg JF ACK Neo, the undisputed I king of local cinema, has a I knack for telling stories I that strike a chord with diences here. Of the four films he has written and starred in, Money No Enough, Liang Po
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    • FEATURES
      • 373 22  -  Teng Qian Xi Two spooky plays about 'theatre, memory and ghosts' by qianxi@newstoday.com.sg IT'S hard not to smile at the tagline: "Two blemished women and a ghost". It's not a recipe for supernatural acne but the subjects of Action Theatre's upcoming double bill, Waterloo Stories. The show
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      • DAILY BREW
        • 69 22 THE pet slings of Singaporeans and what makes the nation swing are bared in ELLE Singapore's 38th National Day Special issue. The 38 slings range from civil servants who transfer your calls to four different departments to ads for bogus bust-enhancing creams. Singapore swings? Swankier public
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        • 90 22 THE Fabric of the Nation, a nationwide project spearheaded by Channel NewsAsia, is Singapore's patchwork tapestry. Singaporeans are invited to sew patches to reflect their feelings and thoughts.The patches will be stitched together to form a giant tapestry. Volunteer quilters will be at the
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    • SHOP TALK
      • 103 23 The Thomson Topload is big on cleaning your laundry, yet gentle on your most delicate pieces. This washing machine is equipped with an expert care system that features a special pre-wash programme for heavily soiled laundry. At the same time, delicate fabrics such as silk and wool
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      • 136 23 If you are worried that your child is not getting sufficient nutrients from his diet, NESLAC BL Bifidus with DHA is a healthy milk formula created specially for growing children. The active BL Bifidus is a live' beneficial bacteria that helps protect and enhance your child's
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      • 77 23 Treat your skin to a Ginvera Green Tea Hydrating White Mask to replenish moisture and nutrients. Each mask contains a luxurious blend of green tea essence, vitamin C, aloe vera and biogel that moisturises your skin and provides it with nutrients, giving you clearer and
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      • 122 23 Give your children extra protection with the Maybank Young Starz savings account. For children up to 18 years old, this account comes with free two-way personal accident insurance coverage worldwide, protecting both parent and child. To safeguard you and your child's future, the insurance offers a
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    • EPICURE
      • 369 24  -  Jeffrey Yang by eatout@newstoday.com.sg A BOTTLE of wine chosen from the supermarket shelves or the cellars of a wine shop is not necessarily perfect. Most wine shops and supermarkets make a good effort to ensure that their point-of-sale wine storage facilities are up to scratch. The
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      • 549 24  -  Katrina Karim Roti Johns and satays are given a nice Western touch by eatout@newstoday.com.sg TRADITIONAL Malay hawker fare has been given a Western twist at the Pondok Selera stall at The Makan Place kopitiam on Bedok Road. Opened two years' ago, Pondok Selera, which means "delicious
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      • 310 24  -  Katrina Karim IN RECOGNITION of its commitment to upholding excellent food safety practices, FairPrice received the inaugural Food Safety Partner Award from the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA) at the launch of AVA's Food Safety Day on Friday at the Toa
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    • EAT OUT
      • 517 25  -  Kiran Narain Two aspiring vegetarians open a vegetarian cafe by eatout@newstoday.com.sg In the following weeks, Today and the Vegetarian Society (Singapore) will bring you a weekly column featuring recipes and restaurants for the green generation. ESTHER and May are working towards becoming vegetarians and they
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    • IN CINEMAS
      • 381 26 Agencies Kill Bill to be released in two instalments LOS ANGELES Quentin Tarantino's much-anticipated new film, Kill Bill, is so long that it will have an interval. Of about six months. Miramax Films, a major player in distributing independent movies, is taking the unusual step of splitting Kill
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      • IN CINEMAS ROUND-UP
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          269 30  -  Yong Shu Chiang David Ngiau Derrick Paulo Serene Foo -DN DN YSC City of God: Lite in this titular Brazilian "city", a godforsaken slum ot Kio de Janeiro, is a hell hole when one gets caught up in the swirling vortex of poverty, drugs and violence. Fernando Meirelles' masterful
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          193 30 YSC -Janice Lee YSC -DP YSC JL .my in SF testacy -SF Alex Emma: A writer tails tor his '.eautiful stenographer. Kate Hudson's plucky performance lighlights this otherwise Stanlard affair Charlie's Angels hull throttle: I he scret agents with heavenly odies are back, with a new illain (Demi
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    • INSIDE OUT
      • 795 32  -  Wang Chu Qiao by news@newstoday.com.sg STERLING silver flatware may be costly but these gleaming beauties are classy and durable. However, special care is required to retain their glow. Without maintenance, they will appear lacklustre and lose their charm. Here are some tips to keep flatware spotless
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    • DRIVE
      • 586 40  -  Colin Yong This car will even outgun the Porsche 911 Carrera by colin@newstoday.com.sg THE hardest thing about driving a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII around must be trying to explain what the car is all about to people who just don't "get" it Some take one look at
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        386 41  -  Colin Yong Badge outsold all others in 3 segments by colin@newstoday.com.sg THE latest passenger car sales figures released by the Motor Traders Association of Singapore (MTA) show Toyota outselling all other brands in three market segments category A saloons, category B saloons and seven-seater MPVs in the
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      • 114 41 ONE of the strangest alliances in the motoring world has produced this offspring: The Cityßover. British manufacturer Rover joined forces with Tata of India to produce this car, which is essentially a rebadged version of Tata's own supermini, the Indica. Rover expects the car
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