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    12 1 TODAY Thursday AugUSt 21, 2003 MITA(P) 002/11/2002 www.todayonline.com SHARE YOUR FREE COPY
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    Lock icon Why UN ignored the threat in Baghdad
    339 1 BAGHDAD With its operations in tatters and its special representative among the 24 killed by a truck bomb, the United Nations office in Iraq must ask itself why it proved to be such a soft target The answer, tragically, seems to be that
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    Lock icon End of Swiss dream?
    790 1  -  Derrick A Paulo When living standards slip by derrick@newstoday.com.sg AND we thought the good times would never end. Singaporeans have become so used to treating every downturn as a blip that they almost missed the significance of Trade and Industry Minister George Yeo's words last week,
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      91 1 MEDIACORP MUREYDURINVESTMENTWITH 1 LINK wSWmm\\ mV A a^J 11 1 11 Returns on the MSCI AC Far East ex Japan index for the period from 30 April to 31 July 2003 (Source: S&P Micropal). The performance of the fund is not guaranteed and the value may increase or decrease in
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Where's the gas?
      380 2 Blame game starts as Indon fuel fails to arrive JAKARTA Indonesian gas that was due to begin flowing to Singapore one week ago under a 20-year, $9 billion contract failed to turn up. That much both sides agree on. What they don't agree on is why. Gas
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      Laugh or I'll slap you!
      724 3  -  Dr Khoo How San HIMOURy SO, you didn't get the joke Prime Minister Goh told at the National Day rally? You thought the slapping incident really happened? Hmmm. It could be a case of catchnoballitis. Not to worry, it's not permanent unlike castratitis. The standard
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      Lock icon China bans debate
      345 4 Reuters Move to control people's expectations of new leaders BEIJING In a move to avoid overexpectations of its new leaders, the Chinese Communist Party has banned media and academic discussion of planned constitutional amendments to prevent public debate, sources said yesterday. The party issued a document to
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      Lock icon Green card lottery online only
      148 4 -AFP WASHINGTON The United States on Tuesday unveiled details of its new rules for foreigners hoping to win US immigrant status through the State Department's annual "Diversity Visa" lottery. A day after announcing that it would only accept electronic entries and reject those on paper,
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Hope for low-income households
      332 6  -  Tan Hui Leng TO help low-income families, the Ministry of Community Development and Sports (MCDS) will put in place the Home Ownership Plus Education (Hope) Scheme. It was introduced as the Small Families Improvement Scheme (SFIS) in 1994 to help families most at risk of falling
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      Two who keep Speakers' Corner alive
      141 6  -  Ng Shing Vi THE Speakers' Corner at Hong Lim Park may have lost its appeal as a bastion of free speech in Singapore, but two men are determined to keep the momentum going. To commemorate its third anniversary on Sept 1, retired stockbroker Tan
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      Case goes legal
      368 6  -  Derrick A Paulo Consumer body locks horns with insurer by derrick@newstoday.com.sg TWO weeks after American International Assurance (AIA) began mailing letters of its support offers to policyholders affected by the critical-year dispute, the Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) is organising legal action against the insurer. "Case is
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    • Article
      Missed chance to do some PR?
      332 6  -  Tor Ching Li YOU'VE heard the puzzle: If a tree falls in the forest and nobody is around to hear it, has it made a sound? And, if a minister gives a speech about improving relations with the media, but the media isn't let
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      Lock icon From grubby to bubbly
      336 8  -  Madeleine Chong Henderson Centre helps children from low-income homes by madeleine@newstoday.com.sg DRESSED in the same school uniform, nine-year old twins Lifang and Lifen are like peas in a pod. They are bubbly when it comes to things that they like, but things were different two years
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    • LOCAL ROUNDUP
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        One Junior College to be built by 2005
        62 8 A JUNIOR College (JC) will be built in Woodlands by 2005.The Ministry of Education has decided to build one instead of three by next year. It said that 17 JCs will be enough to meet demand in the next 10 years. There
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        15 hurt in collision involving 3 buses
        70 8 A THREE-BUS collision along Bukit Timah Road yesterday morning left 15 people injured. Tibs Service 77 collided with an SBS Service 74 bus outside King Albert Park. Civil defence officers took 10 minutes to extricate the Tibs driver from his seat. Those injured
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    • Article
      Fat fantasies
      293 10  -  Tan Hui Leng S'poreans in better shape than they think: Study by huileng@newstoday.com.sg ONE in three adults in Singapore who think they are overweight are actually not, based on healthy weight ranges set under the World Health Organisation's Body Mass Index (BMI) standards. This was discovered in a
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      A critical role
      244 12  -  Chong Lee Ming Civil Service key to nation's well-being I REFER to Mr Lee Han Shih's News Comment, "Issue the PM overlooked" (Today, Aug 19). By emphasising the share of non-civil servant pay that goes towards supporting civil servants, Mr Lee has neglected the critical role of
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      So, who is tardy with wage reforms?
      91 12  -  Ee-Chuan I THINK Mr Lee Han Shih hit the nail on the head with his News Comment, "Issue the PM overlooked" (Today, Aug 19). He said the Government needs to downsize itself, instead of creating new statutory boards. The lack of clear benchmarks
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      The reserves issue again
      90 12  -  Gomez Aloysius I DON'T understand why every time there is an economic downturn, Singaporeans are asked to accept CPF cuts, wage restraint, wage reform, retrenchment, etc. I would like to know when we will be dipping into our reserves to sustain the economy. Do we have
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      Older people just want a job
      198 12  -  Daniel Koh Kah Soon PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong's National Day Rally speech covered a wide range of subjects and we will need time to understand the implications of the things he discussed, especially the matter of reduced CPF contributions. I would like to
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      Banks should take greater care of older customers
      212 12  -  Heng Cho Choon I AGREE with Mr Lee Han Shih's views in the News Comment, "A soap opera tragedy" (Today, Aug 15), that banks ought to do more to look after the money of their clients, especially the old, the weak and
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon Office 2003 to offer anti-spam tools
      154 14 Reuters SEATTLE The Microsoft Office 2003 program suite will be released on Oct 21. Its main programs include Word for word processing, Excel for spreadsheets, PowerPoint for presentations and Outlook for e-mail, scheduling and contacts, as well as an array of other busi-ness-specific programs.
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      Sunway's $309m expansion
      315 14  -  Lee Yew Meng Pyramid Shopping Mall to become Malaysia's first mega-theme mall by yewmeng@newstoday.com.sg KLSE mainboard-listed property, leisure and entertainment group Sunway City is investing up to RM67O million ($309 million) to build a hotel, an apartment tower, as well as double the retail space at its
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    • Market Watch
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        World markets
        60 14 Index Nikkei 225 Hang Seng All Ordinaries Taiwan Wtd Korea Comp Value 10,292.06 10,475.33 3,167.70 5,543.61 737.20 Change Pis +117.96 -33.96 +2.70 +31.45 -2.93 +1.16 -0.32 +0.09 +0.57 -0.40 KLCI 732.24 +0.17 +0.02 SET Index 521.10 -4.84 -0.92 Jakarta Comp 518.777 +1.724 +0.33 Phils Comp Shenzhen B Mumbai
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        SGX most active
        57 14 By volume Aug 20 Integra AddvalTech DMXTech Eastgate BIE Intl Ipco Goodpack Horizon Sunningdale Chartered Close 0.110 0.130 0.690 0.175 0.805 0.135 0.685 0.120 0.425 1.030 Change +0.010 +0.020 +0.030 +0.015 -0.015 +0.005 +0.005 -0.020 'OOO 47,713 +8.3 29,908 +3.0 27,442 +20.7 25,682 +1.9 23,778 23,286 -2.1
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        SGX top rises
        78 14 By$ By percentage Aug 20 Close Change DBS 12.500 +0.200 Aug 20 Enstgate W*****1 Close Change 0.095 +35.7 Robinson 6.900 +0.200 APB Breweries 6.650 +0.150 Berger Jade 0.295 +31.1 0.405 +26.6 DBSBk6MPS10 107.100 +0.100 GrealEasI 10.400 +0.100 Enstgate Globa 0.175 +20.7 0.030 +20.0 JMH400USS 7.000 +0.100 SHCCap
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        SGX top falls
        82 14 By$ By percentage Aug 20 Close Change DairyFarm 900 USS 1.400 -0.300 Creative 50 18.300 -0.200 Aug 20 PanpacMedW*****9 AcmaW*****6 Close Change 0.005 -66.7 0.010 -33.3 SPH100 19.500 -0.200 Benefun 20k 0.010 -33.3 C&C 4.680 -0.140 C&CR 1.620 -0.140 DairyFarm 900 USS MediaS 1.400 -17.6 0.030 -14.3
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        ST Index: 1,611.97-3.31
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        Lock icon Singapore
        67 14 Dow Jones SHARES slipped yesterday on continued profit-taking and weakness in technology shares. The STI fell 3.31 points, or 0.2 per cent, to close at 1,611.97, after hitting an intraday low of 1,605.53. Decliners outnumbered gainers 232 to 115, with 232 stocks unchanged. Volume fell to 887 million shares
        — Dow Jones  -  67 words
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        Your S$1 buys
        39 14 u jy UK£ Yen HK$ RM Euro Rupiah Baht Peso A$ Indian Rs Won C$ Yuan NZ$ NTS V.JI I U 0.3588 67.75 4.457 2.172 0.5145 4,810 23.78 31.52 0.8710 26.18 672.0 0.7979 4.731 0.9752 19.59
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        Lock icon Commodities
        24 14 Information provided by: Gold us$/oi Silver us$/oi Platinum us$/oi Rubber centsAg Palm oil RM/tonne Brent crude us$/borrel 361.80 4.97 702.00 186 1,393 28.80
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    • Corporate Briefs
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        Lock icon RAFFLES HOLDINGS
        50 16 Dow Jones has signed an agreement to manage a luxury resort on Canouan Island in the Caribbean. The 156--villa Raffles Resort Canouan Island, The Grenadines, will be launched next year. Raffles signed the management agreement with Canouan Resorts Developments, Canouan Island's project developer and owner of the resort.
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        Lock icon KEPPEL CORP
        67 16 Bloomberg has appointed Hong Kong businessman Leung Chun Ying as an independent director on its board. Mr Leung, who is chairman of the property services company, DTZ Debenham Tie Leung, will help guide Keppel's expansion in China. Mr Leung is a member in the standing committee of the
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        Lock icon THAILAND
        53 16 Bloomberg has more than doubled the amount ot money local funds and life insurers can invest in top-rated overseas government debt to US$l.32 billion (s2.3billion) as demand jumped after the central bank began allowing the purchases last month. The country has no limit on buying debt from its own
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      Lock icon $1.5b MAS bonds
      297 16 Dow Jones Market had expected it to sell $2b to $2.5b worth THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said yesterday that it will sell $1.5 billion worth of 15-year bonds on Aug 27, which is less than market expectations. The size of the issue will ease concerns
      Dow Jones  -  297 words
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      Lock icon MediaCorp to sell more of Pacific Internet
      118 16 Bloomberg MEDIACORP has filed to sell more shares of Pacific Internet, whose stock has more than doubled this year. MediaCorp filed to sell a total of 226,700 shares this week, after filing to sell 209,700 shares last week, according to the Washington Service,
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    • Article
      Bread Talk sales up, profits down
      341 16  -  Tor Ching Li by chingli@newsto day, com. sg SINCE April this year, spicy coconut floss buns have been available on Bread Talk's shelves not here but in Jakarta. And there are plans to make Bread Talk a "global conversation", according to its managing director,
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      Lock icon Australand to buy two property trusts
      214 16 Bloomberg AUSTRALAND Holdings Ltd, Australia's No 3 builder, said it will raise A 5225 million ($258 million) to buy two property trusts, creating a new company that will trade on the Australian and Singapore exchanges. Australand Property Group is the company that will be
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      Lock icon More power on the way
      496 18 Dow Jones Island Power plans to be first independent producer despite oversupply THE Island Power Company (IPC) is pushing ahead with its plan to be the first independent power producer here despite oversupply in the market and lacklustre demand from a weak economy. The Royal
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      SingTel, Keppel tops in corporate governance
      188 18  -  Chan Chao Peh TWO of the largest listed government-linked companies here have been voted as leaders in corporate governance standards for their respective sectors. Sing Tel and Keppel Corporation were voted AsiaPacific companies with best corporate governance standards in the telecommunications services and capital
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      Lock icon HK insurer's profits up
      125 18 Dow Jones HONG KONG-Pacific Century Insurance Holdings, the insurer partly-owned by Pacific Century Regional Developments, said yesterday that its first-half net profit rose despite lower revenues. For the six months to June 30, the insurer reported a net profit of HK$lO7.l million ($23.9 million), up from
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      Lock icon New CFO at DBS
      234 18 Agencies DBS GROUP Holdings, Singapore's biggest bank by assets, said Mrs Jeanette Wong will take over the position of chief financial officer from Ms Oon Kum Loon, who is retiring. Mrs Wong, the current chief administrative officer, joined DBS in February from JP Morgan Chase where
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    • Article
      Lock icon Americas head at CSM
      113 18 Bloomberg CHARTERED Semiconductor Manufacturing, the world's fourth-largest provider of made-to-order chips, has promoted Mr Mike Rekuc to the position of senior vice-presi-dent of sales and marketing, replacing Mr Bruno Guilmart who has left the company. Mr Guilmart, who assumed the post in June last year after
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      Lock icon Keppel's China stake
      186 20 Bloomberg Maintenance deal at Guangzhou's Baiyun Airport KEPPEL Corp, Singapore's largest diversified company, said it will invest U*****,000 ($1.4 million) in a venture to provide maintenance services at Guangzhou's Baiyun International Airport in southern China. Keppel will hold a 25 per cent stake in the venture with
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    • Article
      Lock icon Del Monte Pacific's Q2 net profit up 1.4%
      146 20 Dow Jones SINGAPORE'S Del Monte Pacific said yesterday that its second-quarter net profit rose 1.4 per cent year-on-year to US$B.5 million ($14.9 million), thanks to better sales of its processed food and beverage products. Revenue for the three months ended June 30
      Dow Jones  -  146 words
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
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  • WORLD NEWS
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        Lock icon Dual citizenship for Filipinos
        74 22 AFP PHILIPPINE President Gloria Arroyo will sign a law granting dual citizenship to Filipinos who have settled abroad. The Act was passed earlier this week by Congress despite criticism that it would weaken loyalty to the country. It will allow those who have gained citizenship elsewhere
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        Lock icon Ex-marine faces abduction charges
        60 22 Reuters FORMER US marine Toby Studabaker will be extradited to Britain today to face abduction charges after he ran away with a British schoolgirl. Studabaker, 31, was arrested in Frankfurt last month after a four-day international manhunt. The former soldier had befriended 12-year-old Shevaun Pennington from
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      Lock icon 100th blast at peace
      270 22 Agencies Palestinian suicide bomber kills 18 Israelis, injures over a hundred JERUSALEM Hopes of peace in the Middle East were shattered on Tuesday after a Palestinian suicide bomber blew up a crowded Israeli bus, leaving at least 18 people dead and wounding over 100 others. The
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      Lock icon False claim
      284 24 -AFP Aussie minister under fire for trying to overturn son's traffic fine CANBERRA Australian Prime Minister John Howard came under pressure yesterday to sack a minister accused of misleading Parliament after he tried to use his influence to overturn his son's traffic fine. Regional Services Minister Wilson Tuckey,
      -AFP  -  284 words
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      Lock icon Feng shuifor Hanoi Sars hospital
      247 24 Feng shui for Hanoi Sars hospital -AFP 1 HANOI Feng shui, the ancient Chinese art of geomancy, is not only for the scientifi-cally-ignorant Administrators of the French Hospital in Hanoi, where the first case of Sars broke out, consulted afeng shui expert on the reopening of the hospital on Monday.
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    • GLOBAL ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon Hanson sentenced to 3 years' jail
        69 24 Reuters I he controversial tounder of Australia's xenophobic One Nation party Paulin. Hanson (picture), was found guilty of electoral fraud yesterday and sentenced to three years' in jail. Prosecutors had accused her and the One Nation co-founder David Ettridge of passing off a list
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      186 24 -Reuters WASHINGTON The pill for impotence, Viagra, has another challenger. Levitra, an orange pill made by GlaxoSmithKline and Bayer AG, will give men an alternative to Pfizer's diamond-shaped blue pill It was approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday. Glaxo
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      1095 26  - but where's OSAMA? eVimar iVitoelar Sympathies for the US, brickbats for Indonesia. Is it fair? by 1 news@newstoday.com.sg LAST Sunday, Indonesians celebrated their 58th Independence Day, the fourth one without firecrackers. The tradition of lighting up firecrackers stopped in 2000 when people realised that they sounded too much like bombs
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      537 28  -  Serene Foo as Sharon Au seizes the day by serene@newstoday.com.sg WILL MediaCorp artiste Sharon Au ever leave for the Big Apple? Last year, she said she was holding off her studies at New York University till this year. Back then, the 28-year-old was
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      358 30  -  Janice Lee Two multimedia artists bag NAC scholarships by janice@newstoday.com.sg AMONG the scholarships and bursaries handed out by the National Arts Council (NAC) this year, two will go to artists involved in new media artforms. Multimedia artist Brian Gothong Tan, 22, will pursue a two-year Bachelor's
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      206 30  -  JeanineTan THE unspoken criteria for contestants on Everyone Wins, the latest game show on MediaCorp TV Channel 8, is that they must be good at poker and calling a bluff. Like most other game shows, Everyone Wins which debuts at 8 tonight requires contestants to answer trivia
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      398 32  -  Janice Lee Conductor sees performance of Tosca as a chance to broaden Asian interest in opera by janice@newstoday.com.sg THE average Singaporean may not be familiar with opera, let alone the work of legendary Italian composer Giacomo Puccini. But British conductor Michael Lloyd thinks this will change,
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      Immaculate conception or elaborate deception?
      319 32  -  Yong Shu Chiang RELIGION versus reason, faith against science these are battles that have been played out many times. John Pielmeier's well-known play, Agnes of God, which was made into a Oscar-nomi-nated 1985 film starring Jane Fonda and Meg Tilly, explores these themes within the
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        629 35 Reuters/Hollywood Reporter NYC's latest role: Standing-in for other cities and countries FRANK Sinatra once sang of New York that if you can make it there, you'll make it anywhere. But a slew of recent film and television productions is proving that if you shoot it there,
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        257 36 Yes, Arnie did inhale Move to derail star's bid to be Governor IT WAS only a matter of time before; the past caught up with Arnold Schwarzenegger (picture), as he announced a career change on Aug 6 from actor to politician seeking the office of Governor of California. In what
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        148 36 WATCH The Medallion, starring Jackie Chan and Claire Forlani (which opens in cinemas here today), and you will be treated to one or two short films made by acclaimed Hong Kong directors. Initiated by the Federation of Hong Kong Film Workers, the 1:99 Shorts
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        213 36 Agencies TORONTO The Toronto International Film Festival has unveiled its line-up, comprising 336 films from 55 countries and enough world and North American premieres to keep star-gazers and cinema purists occupied for its 10-day run from Sept 4. And as if
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        163 38 Timberlake sees Diaz, she sees Diaz's ex-fiance POP singer Britney Spears has found the perfect way to get back at her former beau Justin Timberlake and his new girlfriend, Charlie's Angels babe Cameron Diaz. Spears is going out with Jared Leto, Diaz's former fiance. According to US tabloids,
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        671 40  -  Katrina Karim Boost your health, colour your food by eatout@newstoday.com.sg THERE is a bewildering variety of goods on our supermarket shelves. Today and NTUC Fair Price supermarkets bring you a consumer column that will help you read the labels, assess the products and make the best choices. EATING
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          489 40  -  Soon Fee Moi Meridian California Merlot Country of origin: USA Region: California District: Grapes sourced from three American Viticultural Areas (AVA) Santa Barbara County, Edna Valley and Paso Robles Grapes: 1 00% Merlot (Minimum) Vintage: 1 996 Alcohol content: 13.3% by volume Price: $31.71 (including GST)
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        455 41 It's not glossy hair Oily hair and an itchy scalp can lead to hair loss seek treatment early DO you wash your hair daily, only to find that it's still oily and your scalp itches badly as well? What do you do then wash it more often? Wash with a
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        45 41 A recent survey revealed that people believe Yun Nam Hair Care, established since 1985, is the"most effective hair care centre". In an April 2003 AC Nielsen survey, eight times more interviewees voted Yun Nam more popular than its competitors.
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        229 41 Know your hair type and use the correct shampoo. If you have an oily scalp and hair, choose a suitable Eroduct with advice from the air professionals. Switching hair products constantly or using too many products simultaneously is not advisable. This may worsen
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        419 42  - Trend-setting flip-flops Cathleen Tung Just make sure you are wearing yours with the right attitude by cathleen.tung@newstoday.com.sg WHO wears flip-flops? Slobs hanging out at the void deck and backpacker beach bums. If that's what you think, you are wrong. The footwear of choice for hot summers and tropical climates has
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        371 42  -  Rosalyn Lim WITH the current skin-whitening trend that is taking the world by storm, you will be glad to find out that taking steps to prevent photo-ageing of the skin can be cheap. And if you think that the following advice is for women
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        64 42 •Always select one that offers a full-range of UVA and UVB protection. Use a minimum of SPF 30 sunblock when you go out. If you are engaging in sporting activity, use a sweat-proof sunblock of SPH 45 and re-apply every few hours. If
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        131 42 WHAT'S the worst thing about wearing lipstick? The fact that you have to keep on heading for the restroom to touch-up every now and then. But with Revlon's Color Stay Overtime Lipcolor, you can eat, drink, kiss, be merry and not have to worry at all.
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        418 44 For a great break, sign up for the special Executive Gourmet Retreat to Western Australia OCTOBER is spring in Western Australia a season when the wild flowers bloom, the vineyards are covered in tender green, the wines are ready for tasting and the chefs are inspired by the
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        206 46 CONFIDENT that Singaporeans are ready to travel again, Chan Brothers is organising the biggest post-Sars consumer travel fair on Sunday. The travel agency is expecting to attract some 40,000 visitors to the fair, which will be held at Suntec City Hall 402. To
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        736 46  -  Elaine Quek A Korean tale on nature and a peak called Muju by traveller@newstoday.com.sg MENTION South Korea and one would think of its capital, Seoul, especially since it was home to the 2002 soccer World Cup. But there is more than just Seoul to be explored
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      447 48 But world No. 1 will have to contend with a strong field Golf WGA-NEC Invitational Tiger to defend title OHIO Tiger Woods may have failed to have win a Major golf crown for the first time in five years, but the world No. 1
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      199 48 AFP HANOI Drug addicts who shoot up in public in the Vietnamese capital will be rounded up and put into detention centres ahead of the South-east Asian (SEA) Games, officials said yesterday. Plans have been drawn up to intern all addicts in a bid to beautify the capital
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      93 48 TOKYO German-based striker Naohiro Takahara struck twice in the first half as Japan beat Nigeria 3-0 yesterday to give Brazilian coach Zico his first victory on home soil. Takahara got off the mark in the first minute with a fierce drive and he scored again with a well-directed
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      258 48 AFP ORLANDO India's Leander Paes (picture), one of the world's best doubles players and winner of the 2003 Wimbledon mixed doubles title with Martina Navratilova, has been hospitalised with a brain lesion. Paes checked himself into the emergency room of a hospital near
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      1011 50  -  Rohit Brijnath Watch out world, Roddick's ready to take his place in the sun by news@newsto day. com. sg ANDY Roddick is hip, he's Hollywood (tennis' young Terminator with an actress girlfriend), he's young, he's cool. He is, to use his own word, a dude. Like last
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      And Lam makes four
      524 52  -  Stanley Ho Organisers surprise by inviting Singapore's No. 1 for the Tiger Skins Golf 2003 Tiger Skins Lam says he can win some skins by stanley@newstoday.com.sg AT 14, he won his first ever golf competition at the Tanah Merah Country Club. That win fuelled his ambition
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      488 52  -  S Murali Comment by murali@newstoday.com.sg RETIEF Goosen is a Major winner. Jesper Parnevik is a Ryder Cup star with eccentricities that include eating volcanic ash and wearing pink pants. Annika Sorenstam, the world's No. 1 woman player, made history this year by
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      436 54  -  Tan Wee Boon Singapore's No. 1 eases his way into the third round Badminton Yonex-Sunrise Singapore Open Chen Hong also through by weeboon@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE'S top male shuttler Ronald Susilo waltzed his way past Shinya Otsuka in the second round of the Yonex-Sunrise Singapore Open at the Singapore
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      455 54 LONDON Arsenal has vowed to defend Sol Campbell against allegations of violent conduct against Manchester United midfielder Eric DjembaDjemba. The Gunners claim they find the FA's decision to charge their central defender for an alleged kick at Djemba-Djemba during the
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      104 54 WOODLANDS Wellington skipper Simon Clark was yesterday slapped with a $500 fine for flashing a rude gesture at fans in an S-League match last Friday against the Singapore Under-23 side at the Jalan Besar Stadium. The match commissioner at the game, X Manoharan, saw the incident and included
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      77 54 MELBOURNE Former All Black winger Jonah Lomu's chances of winning a place in next week's World Cup squad slipped further yesterday when he missed training for Wellington and was ruled out of a provincial match. But the 28-year-old, who has been sidelined with a recurrence of the kidney
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      82 54 DUBAI Former England midfielder Paul Gascoigne will play for Al Jazira in the United Arab Emirates later this year, the club announced yesterday. The 36-year-old replaces Liberian international George Weah, who has left the Abu Dhabi-based club after two seasons to settle with his family in the
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      50 54 IN TWO matches of the Standard Chartered National Rugby Youth League Regional Under-15 tournament yesterday, held at the Yio Chu Kang Stadium, the North drew with the East 19-19 while the South thumped the West 38-19. The South side is now the clear favourite to hoist the title.
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