Today, 15 January 2004, Afternoon Edition

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    12 1 TODAY sets you thinking todayonline.com Thursday* January 15, 2004 MITA (P) 002/11/2002
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    Lock icon Stocks up
    58 1 Reuters NEW YORK Stocks rose yesterday, recovering from a sharp drop on Tuesday, as investors bet on a solid fourth-quarter earnings period. The Dow Jones industrial average closed up 111.19 points at 10,538.37, the broader Standard Poor's 500 Index ended up 9.30 points at 1,130.52 and the Nasdaq
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon Moon base, then on to Mars: Bush
      122 1 AFP WASHINGTON US President George W Bush yesterday called for US astronauts to return to the moon as early as the year 2015, aiming to build a base there as a "stepping stone" for manned missions to Mars and beyond. In a speech
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      Lock icon Bishan Junction 8 at standstill for Jerry Yen
      93 1  -  Serene Too OVER a thousand screaming fans thronged Bishan junction 8 yesterday to catch a glimpse of 26-year-old Taiwanese heartthrob jerry Yen (picture), who held an open press conference in the middle of the shopping centre at 7pm. Some fans began queuing
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      Lock icon Ex-Enron officials plead guilty
      119 1 Reuters HOUSTON Former Enron Corp chief financial officer Andrew Fastow pleaded guilty yesterday to two criminal counts and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors in exchange for 10 years in prison. Fastow, 42, will also forfeit US$23.B million ($40.3 million) in assets, most of which have been
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      Terror and a lighter price
      822 1  -  Teo Hwee Nak Calibrated approach to Jl members as latest batch is 'restricted', not detained IN AN acknowledgement that different degrees of involvement with militancy merit different punishments, the Government named 12 Singaporeans with terrorist links yesterday but went on to give them a relatively
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      46 1 NEWS£yWWS Today exclusive URA considers extending Backpacker Triangle/2 Sars scare 2 stewardesses isolated in Australia/4 Terror wives The glue that holds militants together/26 Khoo How San Some ways to help warm S'pore-Msia ties/30 Rohit Brijnath Tennis needs a Grand Slam anti-depressant/ 56 HESKY OFF? SPORTS 62
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      13 1 Look out for mM more on Jerry Yen in our +plus pages tomorrow.
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Lock icon Budget hostels in neighbourhoods?
      546 2  -  Derrick A Paulo TODAY Exclusive URA thinking of extending Backpacker Triangle BRAS Basah, Bugis, Little India. For the longest time, budget travellers to Singapore have invariably ended up in this Backpacker Triangle though not, perhaps, exclusively so for much longer. Today has learnt that the Urban
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      2 of 4 dead in Toa Payoh blast identified
      225 2  -  -Joy Frances Loh Chee Kong TWO out of the four people killed in Tuesday's blast in Toa Payoh were identified yesterday. Police confirmed Madam Quek Fook Hoong, a 30-year-old Singaporean and wife of Mr Ng Kin who owns D-Sign Advertising, where
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      NUS undergrads build car from scratch
      239 3  -  Colin Yong IT MAY not be as sleek or as quick as a professionally-built race car, but building the SGR-01 was a labour of love for seven National University of Singapore (NUS) final-year engineering students, and they are justifiably proud of the result The
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      SPH boost to its coffers
      457 3  -  Tor Ching Li Price hike to bring in $12m to $23m more IT MAY be just five to 20 cents more per day from your pocket, dear reader, but analysts predict the newspaper price hike by Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) starting Friday will boost its
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      2 air crew show Sars symptoms in Sydney
      146 4 SYDNEY Two airline stewardesses were in a Sydney hospital isolation ward yesterday, possibly with Sars, after returning from a flight to China, officials said. The China Southern Airlines flight attendants arrived on Tuesday from Guangzhou via Melbourne, The Australian said. The two
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      One more ground handler for Changi
      559 4  -  Ng Shing Vi Minister welcomes foreign players to bid JUST when it appeared that plans to introduce additional players to the airport terminal services market have been put on hold, Minister for Transport Yeo Cheow Tong said yesterday that a tender would be issued
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  • HOME NEWS
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      AVA suspends import of live chickens from Thailand
      189 6 FOWL cholera has taken a high death toll in chicken farms in several central provinces in Thailand and the Agri-Food Veterinary Authority (AVA) is worried. In a statement released last night, it said the disease primarily a respiratory disease that can lead
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      No alarm over bird flu here
      202 6  -  Tan Hut Leng CHICKEN should not be cut off the festive menu though Asia is experiencing an outbreak of the avian flu, said Acting Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan. While the World Health Organization has said the avian flu could be worse than Sars,
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      Lock icon Indo-S'pore deal on track
      247 6 Channel News Asia, Newsßadio 93.8 Early elections will not delay economic pact, India tells DPM Lee INDIA is looking at early elections but it is determined to sign the proposed Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (Ceca) with Singapore by the April deadline. This assurance was given to
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      No automatic registration for potentially-sensitive groups
      160 8  -  Lee Ching Wern DESPITE Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's assessment that more gay rights groups may emerge as society matures and more people would want their voices heard, gay rights groups that wish to register themselves will not find it any easier to
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      Doctor censured and fined
      176 8  -  Julihabee Mohd Noor He improperly certified deaths of three people A DOCTOR who recorded the cause of death of three patients as "chronic anaemia", "mental retardation" and "dementia" has been fined $3,000 and censured by the Singapore Medical Council (SMC). Dr Sebastian Kwan Yann Haur, a
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      288 8 businessl NOWYOUCANGETTHE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS. AN ADVANCED DIPLOMA EQUIVALENT TO I the university of western Australia 1 A RECOGNISED BACHELOR DEGREE YEAR 1 BACHEIOR 0F commerce pathway Year 2&3 Bh^^BmmBBBMBBBBB The University of Western Australia ■A yf|v JH^^^BE Bachelor of Commerce, majoring in: ■k Marketing Electronic Business Information Management
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  • LETTERS
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      Once could be enough
      338 10  -  Narayana Narayana YOUR report, "To nest an egg, lay off the 'golden moment' (Today, Jan 13) with the probable double entendre on the word "lay" is catchy enough, as too is the amusing cartoon. I am not qualified to challenge Dr Wee Horng Yen's professional opinion
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      Doctors shouldn't 'patient-hop'
      187 10  -  Koh Hui Jing THE letter, "A higher fee for choosing doctor?" (Today, Jan 14) reminded me of my mother's experience at Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) two years ago. She had sought out-patient treatment at TTSH after fracturing her wrist The doctor set her fractured wrist in
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      Read Today, if s economical
      83 10  -  See Leong Kit IT'S good to hear our politicians' prediction that the economy is on the mend. But there are still many jobless in Singapore, with families to support and hefty home loans to repay. Our cost of living is high but here is one
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      Who knows majority's will?
      551 12  -  Paul Quan I REFER to Ms Angela Thiang Pei Yun's letter, 'Gay Gene' is still a theory" (Today, Jan 13). Ms Thiang seems to assert that decriminalising homosexuality would be tantamount to acting against the "will of the majority" because the majority doesn't regard homosexuality as
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      Stave off joblessness woes
      202 12  -  Michael Koh IT WAS reported that, according to the SOS hotline, 'fear is stronger than ever now, as people are afraid of losing their jobs and want to be in their boss' good books'. I would fear losing my job as I would be unable to
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      466 10 H Nanyang Technological University I (Part-tfime Education I Tutf-fime Success ONLINE APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION OF POLYTECHNIC GRADUATES TO BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING COURSES (PART-TIME) IN ELECTRICAL ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING /wd MECHANICAL PRODUCTION ENGINEERING (9th intake 2004-05) Applications are invited from suitably qualified graduates of polytechnics in Singapore for admission to the part-time
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      54 12 M Nominations are NOW OPEN for Your letter can also y^w ssb&m Outstanding I name and address 7 and write to: IM T T rPTJ Today, YU U1 11 24, Raffles Place, c?nfre /0 sM C8i6 f 2 Oi- d in Education Award Fax: 65 *****217; Email: newsOnew I Refer
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Robust 02 for SGX?
      173 16  -  Dow Jones $31.2 m net profit expected, from $12.4 m a year ago THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) is expected to report today a near-tripling of its net profit for its second quarter. Buoyed by strong stock market volumes, its net profit for the three months ending
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    • Market WATCH
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        ST Index- 1860.53-1.03
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        Singapore
        208 16  -  Dow Jones CONCERNS that the stock market is overbought weighed on shares yesterday, sending the ST Index marginally lower at the close. However, property stocks continued to rally on hopes of a recovery in the residential property sector and tech stocks gained after some analysts raised their earnings and
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        SGX most active
        55 16 fy volume iyvol ixcelpoint Challenger Chartered (otary WediaRing JatacrftUSS .antroVis Hi-P SingTel Celestial Close 0.405 0.300 1.890 0.600 0.205 1.790 0.175 1.030 1.970 0.530 Change +0.005 +0.010 +0.025 +0.015 +0.110 +0.010 +0.030 -0.015 +1.3 +0.5 +4.3 +7.9 +6.5 +6.1 +1.5 -2.8 '000 87,551 76,651 74,180 70,586 68,058
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        SGX top rises
        81 16 )y$ Creative 50 Close Change 20.400 +0.800 By percentage Over&Gene AS Close i 0.100 Change +42.9 iukit Sem 16.300 +0.600 BanJoo R 0.020 +33.3 /enlure :iTYDEV :&N 21.300 +0.300 7.100 +0.250 13.600 +0.200 ChipEngS W*****2 Hiap Hoe Heshe 0.025 0.025 0.125 +25.0 +25.0 +19.0 SreatEast 11.500 +0.200
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        SGX top falls
        70 16 By$ Close DBS 15.800 Change -0.200 By percentage Globa Close 0.020 Change -33.3 OCBC 12.500 -0.200 Benefun 20k 0.015 -25.0 OCBC4.55SNCPS1OO 101.000 -0.200 Wee Poh 0.015 -25.0 1AC200USS 2.900 -0.200 Twinwood 0.055 -21.4 Ihai Prime200USS 12.300 -0.200 GulTechW*****7 0.060 -20.0 IMH 400USS 9.600 -0.150 MediaS 0.025 -16.7
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        World markets
        54 16 Index Nikkei 225 Value *****.00 Change Pis +13.32 +0.12 Hang Seng Ordinaries laiwan Wtd *****.88 3314.70 6274.97 -75.77 +13.40 +64.75 -0.57 +0.42 +1.04 Korea Comp 849.62 +1.19 +0.14 KLCI 815.98 -2.44 -0.30 SET Index 790.84 -1.39 -0.18 lakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzhen B 756.56 1525.30 284.88 +13.42 +18.13
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 16 US$ 0.5898 UK£ 0.3192 Yen 62.641 HK$ 4.5796 RM 2.241 Euro 0.4617 Rupiah 4919.0 Baht 22.949 Peso 32.632 A$ 0.7569 Indian Rs 26.781 Won 696.57 C$ 0.75 Yuan 4.8818 NZ$ 0.8634 NTS 19.887
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        Lock icon Commodities
        27 16 SGX, Bloomberg Information provided by Sold us$/oi 423.400 iilver us$/oi 6.590 'latinum us$/oi 863.000 Rubber centsAg 21 1 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1765.51 Brent crude us$/barrel 32.0i
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      Lock icon Non-oil exports surged 19.5% in Dec
      249 18 Bbomberg Growth due to rising US and China demand SINGAPORE'S exports probably gained pace last month, fuelled by higher demand from the US and China for electronics made by companies such as Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing and Venture Corp. December's non-oil domestic exports (NODX) probably
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      Spore consumers confidence doubles
      124 18  -  Chan Chao Peh THE confidence level of Singaporean consumers has almost doubled for the coming six months, according to a survey by Master Card. They score 65.3 points in an index based on their responses to five factors: Employment, economy, regular income, stock market and quality
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      Feedback sought on insurance policies
      126 18 THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is seeking feedback on the proposed revisions to regulations on invest-ment-linked insurance policies (ILPs). The authority is looking to align regulations for ILPs and unit trusts after recognising the similarities between the two products. The proposed changes will cover
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      Lock icon CORPORATEbriefs
      198 18 Bloomberg Channel News Asia Dow Jones PSA Corp handled 1 6 per cent more containers worldwide last year as global trade expanded. The port operator moved 28.5 million 20-foot containers last year. ST Telemedia has merged two of its units ST Sun Page and ST Mobile Data into a
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      196 18 Outstanding Youth m Education Award f The Outstanding Youth in Education Award gives national recognition to the role young teachers play in moulding the future of our nation. It seeks to recognise excellent young teachers for their youthful idealism, enthusiasm, energy and active involvement in the development of youth beyond
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      147 19 II II The Lunar New Year a time of joy and celebration is upon us. Presenting ABN AMRO's Double Bonus 3 Months SGD Time Deposit promotion. Enjoy one of the HIGHEST Time Deposit rates in town, PLUS receive a festive hamper* (free delivery) or vouchers* from Bee Cheng Hiang. But
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  • SMB Today — inspire interface innovate
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      Lock icon MISSION PRINTABLE
      773 20 Made Possible by HP I knew it would be challenging to come up with an impactful product in such a short time, but I was confident that we could succeed. Now in print and online formats, Today looks to PDA market LAUNCHING a national newspaper is no mean
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      HP to unveil more affordable products
      270 21 HEWLETTPACKARD will be unveiling several new initiatives soon to make it easier on the pocket for businesses, for whom the importance of information technology cannot be overstated. Mr Dennis Mark, general manager of Personal Systems Group for HP Singapore, revealed this at the seminar
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      HP's new d 530: Easy to use, space-saving
      271 21 HEWLETT-PACKARD has listed its HP Integrated Work Center (IWC) as one of its top 10 "must-haves" for small and medium businesses this year. Introduced last year, the HP IWC provides business customers improved communications in an easy-to-use, space-sav-ing design. The HP IWC
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      Lock icon SEC probes brokerages and mutual fund firms
      349 22 Bloomberg Brokers allegedly favoured funds that paid them incentives THE US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is investigating eight brokerage firms and 12 mutual fund companies for failing to disclose sales incentives that may have influenced advice to investors, an SEC official said.
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      Lock icon US tech firms sign China contracts worth $3.9 billion
      110 22 AFP WASHINGTON US technology firms announced on Tuesday they had secured contracts with Chinese firms worth US$2.3 billion ($3.9 billion), with nearly half going to Motorola. "This is a monumental event that represents further strengthening of US-China trade relations," said US
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      Lock icon Cathay Pacific plans to buy nine new aircraft
      91 22 AFP Cathay Pacific jets at Hong Kong's Chek Lap Kok airport. The Hong Kong carrier is planning to buy nine new wide-body Airbus or Boeing aircraft worth between US$ 1 billion to US$l.5 billion ($1.7 billion to $2.5 billion), The Standard daily
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      Lock icon PTP says container volume rose 31% in 2003; to add two berths
      193 22 Bloomberg MALAYSIA'S Port of Tanjung Pelepas (FTP) handled 31 per cent more containers last year as it gained new customers including Taiwan's Evergreen Marine. The port, located in the southern Malaysian state of Johor, handled 3.5 million 20-foot
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      Investing your CPF savings
      1045 23  -  Tan Kin Lian Enjoy stable returns of 4% to 6% per annum* from large, low cost 'pension-type f funds 1. Introduction Many members have substantial savings in the Central Provident Fund. They earn an interest rate of 2.5% for the ordinary account and 4% for the
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  • SAVVY INVESTOR
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      Lock icon ST Engg shares seen powering ahead
      776 24 Dow Jones Its aerospace business is likely to lead growth as the airline industry recovers from travel slump SINGAPORE Technologies (ST) Engineering has struggled with a share price capped by flat earnings growth in the past two years as a result of a slump
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      2298 24 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 NEWS
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      The wives of terror
      416 26 Expert: They are the glue that holds militant groups together JAKARTA An old saying goes: "Behind every successful man is a woman" and the same may be true for some of the world's most deadly terrorists. Ms Sidney Jones of the International Crisis Group think-tank in
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      191 26 Reuters TOKYO The Japanese company that came up with the hit "Bow Lingual" device that translates dogs' barks into human words has now come up with a dream product literally. Takara Co Ltd says its Yumemi Kobo or "dream workshop" gadget gives stressed out people
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      193 26 Agencies HANOI The bird flu that has raced through chicken farms in Asia could become a bigger problem for the region than Sars, the World Health Organization said yesterday, as Vietnam reported two more suspected human cases. Both patients are suspected of having
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      204 28 AFP CHENNAI An Indian Muslim, who caused a terrorism scare on trans-Atlantic flights, is an innocent leather-garment exporter, reports revealed yesterday. The man whose full name is Abdul Haye Mohammad Illyas, is based in Chennai with business interests in
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      342 28 Documents show no Iraq-AI Qaeda link WASHINGTON Documents found during the capture of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein have dealt another blow to the White House's contention that he had contacts with terrorist groups when he was in power. The New York Times reported yesterday that when
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      714 30  -  Dr Khoo How San Here are some ways to cut the Gordian knot in S'pore-M'sia relations IN TODAY'S globally-connected, Internetsawy world, there is one legacy of the "historical baggage" of the SingaporeMalaysia ties that is really bizarre. Singapore newspapers are forbidden to be sold or
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      332 30 VV MAKE A DIFFERENCE' I 4ft\4lA An open invitation to the schools of Singapore <8B Ok Want to make difference? Here's your opportunity! d.r compassion for others, and in contributing to them. It will be a learning experience jKj^BI mr JH> beyond the rigid confines of the classroom. Air-travel and
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      635 32 It's a literal pairing at Singapore's first international literary festival IT'S done its time on the backburner; an idea tossed about over one too many shots of cafe latte. Today, it will finally be realised. Welcome to Wordfeast Singapore's first international poetry festival, that looks set to
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      74 32 NEVER mind the uncanny resem^ blance here. This is not the remaking of Triple Nine (remember the 1990s hit drama?). The Crime Hunters is an allnew investigative thriller, starring Xie Shaoguang, Aileen Tan and Edmund Chen (picture). The trio play police inspectors in this 20-part drama,
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      203 32  -  Elisa Chia THE bubbly, husky voice was unmistakably Ella Chen. "Hello, everyone! Long time no see," she greeted with a playful lilt over the phone from Taiwan. Ella of Taiwanese girl group, S.H.E., had been on a hiatus following a stunt-acci-dent in July. During
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      902 35  - SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY Leong Phei Phei In this fourth of a five-part series on the Singapore Youth Award (SYA), we feature three outstanding recipients in Science Technology Associate Professor Chan Heng Huat (SYA 2003), Dr Mansoor Abdul Jalil (SYA 2003) and Associate Professor Kong Hwai Loong (SYA 1999). The SYA is
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        353 36  -  YONG SHU CHIANG Late August absorbs with its vividly real subplots face stands out Virginie Ledoyen who's familiar for having been in 8 Women and Bon Voyage plays Gabriel's new girlfriend, whose insecurities and mood swings lead to a few explosive encounters. Assayas takes pains to
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        349 36  -  YONG SHU CHIANG WILLIAM H Macy has made a career out of his loser looks. The Coen Brothers used him to good effect in Fargo as the idiotic man who has his wife kidnapped in order to extort money from his in-laws. He was also a clueless 1950s sitcom
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      700 39  -  Melody Tan BUSY, busy, busy at work? Never have enough time for proper meals or rest? Are you tired, stressed out and physically at a low? It's only understandable that with our current hectic lifestyles, health can sometimes take a backseat to the demands of work and
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      227 35 THE SINGAPORE YOUTH AWARD EXCELLENCE WITH A HEART NOMINATE NOW! INSPIRING QUOTES FROM PAST SYA RECIPIENTS "There's a lot of beautiful scenery on the road less travelled." Dr Patrick Tan Boon Ooi, principal investigator, National Cancer Centre "It is not so much the pride of knowledge but the humility of
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        86 40 Reuters Hollywood's greatest fear became a reality on Tuesday, as film industry officials said a digital version of an Oscar "screener" was seen on the Internet. This comes after months of industry squabbling over whether sending out the videos to Academy Award voters wouldlead
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        81 40 Reuters/Hollywood Reporter The American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) announced the five contenders for their ASC Awards on Tuesday. They are: Cold Mountain, The Last Samurai, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World and Seabiscuit.
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        85 40 Reuters/Hollywood Reporter The American Cinema Editors (ACE) guild has named the nominees for its 54th annual ACE Eddie Awards. Competing in the best edited dramatic feature film race are Cold Mountain, The Return of the King, Master and Commander, Mystic River and Seabiscuit. In
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      172 40 AFP PARIS Ben Affleck waxed lyrical about the meaning of life on Tuesday, but doggedly refused to touch on his own future with pop star actress Jennifer Lopez. In Paris with director John Woo to promote Paycheck, Affleck was asked as part of a two-prong
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      429 42 Ist1 st In Singapore! Nutritionist That Gives You Perfect Flawless New Skin You Can Nourish Your Skin With Our Bionn True Life Profile In House Nutritionist And Prevent Most Skin /kfian Problems' A new l3realc'hrou 9h by Bionn International Beauty Clinique with the latest technology has helped many men and
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      274 43  -  Pauline D Loh KEEP it simple and enjoy the natural flavours. That has always been the best way to prepare fresh seafood. In the coming festive season, as you tackle huge family meals and perhaps buffets for guests, remember this guideline, and you won't wear yourself out
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      STEAMED BABY ABALONE WITH GARLIC AND CHILLI
      207 43 Ingredients: (serves six or more): 2 packs South Australian baby abalone (12 pieces) 6 cloves garlic 1 bunch coriander leaves 2 red chilli padi (bird's eye chilli) 1 tablespoon diced carrots 1 teaspoon good Chinese wine (or brandy) 1 teaspoon sesame oil 1
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      371 43 Justine Moss A FINE RED CRANSWICK ESTATE Country of Origin: Australia Region: Griffith, Riverina, NSW Grape: Cabernet Sauvignon Vintage: 2001 Alcohol content: 12.5% by volume Available: NTUC Fairprice Supermarkets Price: $23 While shopping in the wine section of my local supermarket this week, I couldn't resist an
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      Face spring in pretty colours
      398 44  -  Camy Tan Elizabeth Arden unleashes a bloom of pastel hues for the face LIVING in a garden city like Singapore, where there are no seasonal changes, it is easy to take our organic environment for granted. But anyone who has lived in a country far
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      259 44 AFP PARIS With the peaking of masculine self-indulgence, the big-name brands are scrambling to launch the perfect "his" beauty range. Last September, flamboyant fashion designer Jean-Paul Gaultier caused a buzz when he unveiled Tout Beau Tout Propre, a men's line of makeup. It consisted
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      Get a flash in the pants with vivid colours
      185 44 MEN'S underwear need not be ho-hum in only monochromatic hues such as white, black or grey. Neither does it have to fall into the jawdropping spectrum of animal and cartoon prints. On the contrary, think of colours such as sky blue
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      Pursue the Biker with a Midas touch
      127 44  -  Camy Tan WHEN the Biker's bag was presented in Versace's fall-winter collection last year, it was snapped up by Hollywood glamour queens such as Cameron Diaz, Beyonce Knowles and Madonna. Not surprisingly, the Biker's model saw a sell-out success in Singapore. After all,
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      264 45 SHARP be sharp Surround your family with pure air. >}Jf d^^^H wTw And fabulous gifts. Purchase a Sharp Plasmacluster™ product and receive these Festive Giveaways. Q Free NTUC Gift Vouchers Free $30 NTUC gift voucher with every purchase of Humidifier [Model: HV-50CXEA (Blue)/ iqa HV-50CXEP (Pink)] or Air Purifier [Model:
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      Heart of modern Vietnam
      794 46  -  N H Keshvani The once war-torn Ho Chi Minh City is transforming into a teeming metropolis THE Vietnamese government calls it Ho Chi Minh City, while the people call it Saigon. The airport monitors say "HCMC", while the luggage tags say "SGN". Whether it's referred to
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      Emirates' search is on
      191 48 ONE of the world's fastexpanding airlines, Emirates, has launched a campaign to recruit 1,000 cabin crew for its growing fleet Between now and April, Emirates is sending teams of recruitment specialists to 27 countries, including Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia, to seek out suitable candidates both male
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      CNY, Johor-style
      237 48 Join local and Malaysian artistes in a festive extravaganza LOCAL food, lion and cultural dances and performances by popular artistes await visitors to Johor Baru's Chinese New Year Open House. The event will be held at Danga Bay, Jalan Pantai Lido, on Jan 24 from spm to midnight
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        CHINESE ARTS EXHIBITION IN GENTING
        134 48 FOR an insight into China's dying traditional arts, head for Genting City of Entertainment. The Shangnai Yuyuan Art Crafts Festival a fair-cum-exhibi-tion of traditional Chinese arts is on until Feb 8. Visitors to the fair will have a chance to watch 1 0 expert Chinese
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        REUNION OF THE 'SUPERSTARS'
        142 48 TWO "superstars of Asia" were reunited in Singapore after a four-year separation last week. Star Cruises' SuperStar Leo and SuperStar Virgo (picture), the two largest sister-snips custom-built for cruising in Asia, berthed at the Harbour Front Centre on Jan 7. SuperStar Leo, which sailed in from
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        VISA DEAL EXTENDED
        182 48 QANTAS and British Airways are extending their special airfare deals for Visa cardholders until Sunday. The airlines are offering Visa members round-trip economy class tickets from $250 to Bali and Sabah, $788 to Auckland, $888 to Frankfurt and Paris, $998 to London, and $588 to Australian destinations
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      Taiwan's capital is a modern metropolis with a soul of ancient Chinese tradition
      262 50  -  N H Keshvani traveller@newstoday.com.sg THE blade glistened in the soft light of dawn. A lone swordsman whirled gracefully through ancient postures in a mesmerising display of agility and power. On sheathing his sword, he quickly checked his
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      Eclectic Taipei
      377 50 Having seen the memorial of Taiwan's most exalted leader, it was time to return to earth with a visit to the city's most exotic market The Huahsi Night Market is better known to travellers as Snake Alley. A few minutes in the crowded lane quickly reveals why. In
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      Celebration of love
      880 52  -  Pauline D Loh Valentine's Day is a reminder to show you care enough I HAVE always believed you don't need to wait for Valentine's Day to come around before you show the people around you that you love them. If love is constant and true, then every
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      105 53 E7S I jLEQX Q lo celebrate the start of our new flights to Beijing, fly via Hong Kong to Beijing between 2 December 2003 and 3 March 2004 and you'll get three nights free in a luxurious hotel! There's never been a better time to take in the majestic sights
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      1581 54 Gotcha i Legend of the Dragon I Local Production I Health Naturally Cyttthia Koh, Channel 5, Bpm Channel 8,10.45pm I Art Nation, Arts Central, 10pm Channel News Asia, 8.32pm It might have been all fun for us during this year's j Lung (Stephen Chow) is a naive country boy with
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      545 55 H *&gm&&k S£H| HBttt&gM CENTBEPOINT *&%>.£&*■. M> mmSs V- V' 'S* SHOPPIBE CENTRE ■C*J«X ESJWIHW|*S?w| *i «/*.> I a \.;*> 4^/ yH Fashion. It's in the bag. It's Chinese New Year with a twist at JWest #03-01 Sports Connection #03-36 Prosper online! For a different shopping Centrepoint. We have a
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      Lock icon Bring on the Aussie Open
      894 56  -  ROHITBRIJNATH Enough bad news, let the season's first Grand Slam lift the gloom Once Henin and Roddick get down to business, the Rusedski and McEnroe sagas will be forgotten. GREG Rusedski tests positive for nandrolone. John McEnroe mutters, so we read, about having taken steroids
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      393 56 Reuters MELBOURNE Her psychedelic pink web page might have had more hits than her backhand over the past six months but Venus Williams is back. Venus and younger sister Serena have dominated the women's game since the late 1990s
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      Lock icon Els is high on Wie
      621 58 Big Easy says golfs latest prodigy has what it takes HONOLULU Ernie Els had heard about Michelle Wie's talent, but watching her display it impressed him even more. Els and Wie played an 18-hole practice round together at Waialae Country Club on Tuesday in preparation
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      Lock icon India's Sehwag stars with century
      163 58 Reuters MELBOURNE India crushed Zimbabwe by seven wickets with 74 balls to spare in their triangular series one-day international yesterday after openers Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag (picture) put on a century stand. The victory, which came with a bonus point for reaching the target
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      Lock icon Yao Ming picks himself up to carry the Rockets
      352 58 -AFP NBA Wizards 80 Rockets 93 WASHINGTON The bigger they are, the harder they fall. But when they rise again like Yao Ming did here Tuesday (yesterday morning, Singapore time), they stand tallest of all. The 2.28 m Chinese centre scored
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      Lock icon 2004 swan song for Lions' veteran
      498 60  -  KOH WEI LING But with no club, Rafi could lose place in squad HIS career with the Lions began 12 years ago. Now, Rafi Ali says he has 12 months left in the game at the highest level. And he wants to end it
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      Hollywood Boulevard fails despite feng shui advantage
      287 60  -  TAN YO-HINN yohinn@newstoday.com. sg HE loves everything Chinese. So fervent is his belief in feng shui that he had his yacht, Hollywood Boulevard, painted red with the registration number 8889, both of which are auspicious in Chinese. But, at least on the first
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      357 60 AFP NEW DELHI The move by players to take over the running of the Asian PGA Tour reportedly has the backing of the current establishment to sidetrack the Tour's marketing company, sources said yesterday. A new company called the Asian Tour
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          Barrichello's dream
          55 62 MADONNA Dl CAMPIGLIO, Italy Rubens Barrichello says his new contract with Ferrari offers him three more chances to achieve his dream of winning the world title. Ferrari announced yesterday that the 31-year-old Brazilian had signed a two-year extension to his deal, tying him to the world champion team
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          Smoke-free Clarke ready
          76 62 DUBAI Irishman Darren Clarke confirmed yesterday he will contest the US$2 million ($3.38 million) Dubai Desert Classic from March 4 to 7 after a new health regime paid off in the PGA Tour's season-opener. The big Irishman finished third in the Mercedes Championship in Hawaii last Sunday
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          Kanu off, Wiltord staying?
          52 62 LONDON Arsenal are to let Nigerian star Nwankwo Kanu leave on a free transfer at the end of the season when he is expected to join Japan J-League side JEF United, it was reported yesterday. But Arsene Wenger is reportedly keen to extend French striker Sylvain
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          Five games out for Kobe
          84 62 CALIFORNIA Los Angeles Lakers' embattled guard Kobe Bryant will miss at least five games with a sprained shoulder. The results of an MRI scan yesterday showed that Bryant will not need surgery but the All-Star guard is expected to be sidelined for several weeks. The
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        485 62 Reuters Chelsea slaughter Watford, minor league Scarborough await in the fourth round LONDON Chelsea thumped Watford 4-0 in their FA Cup third round replay this morning to set up a classic fourth-round tie against minor league Scarborough, who upset third division Southend 1-0. In the night's
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        288 62 -AFP LONDON Middlesbrough is holding transfer talks with Liverpool and England striker Emile Heskey (picture), who is also being targeted by Italian giants AC Milan. Boss Gerard Houllier confirmed that a number of clubs had enquired about the striker. He refused to name the
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