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    13 1 TODAY we set you thinking todayonline.com Thursday March 4 >2004 MITA (P) 002/11/2002
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    Lock icon Snap poll in Malaysia
    433 1  -  Raymond Andrew raymond@newstoday.com.sg JUST four months after taking over the political reins of Malaysia from Dr Mahathir Mohamad, Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi is, as expected, seeking his own mandate from the people with a snap poll. Mr Abdullah will dissolve Parliament today. The Election Commission
    REUTERS  -  433 words
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    Are Malaysians ready for Badawi's agenda?
    581 1  -  Karim Raslan News Comment news@news today, com, sg THE 11th Malaysian general election is Mr Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's first major challenge. Having had the premiership handed to him on a plate by Dr Mahathir Mohamad four months ago, the courtly Pak Lah now has
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      61 1 NEWSX^/lEWS I Wider net Cashback service at more locations soon/2 Siew Kum Hong wants baby debate kept balanced/3 Markets rattled Greenspan hints of hike in rates/10 Khoo How San tracks the despots dumped by the US/26 Torture over Noor Ali returns to S-League football/50 S.H.E. BANGS I Ella, of Taiwanese
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Nets casts wider net
      361 2  -  Chan Chao Peh Cashback service to be available at 300 locations by the end of the year chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg SHOPPERS will soon be able to top up their wallets from cash registers at three major retail chains across the island. Nets, the cashless payment system, is extending
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      Forget not the singles and childless couples
      707 3  -  Siew Kum Hong NEWSS Give goodies to parents to encourage more babies, by all means, but don't discriminate news@newstoday.com.sg MORE tax breaks. More subsidies. More grants. This has been the refrain by parents over the past week in response to the debate over
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      Lock icon John Kerry measures up
      503 4  -  Elisia Yeo NEWSdustacsi^H Stunning 'Super Tuesday' win assures him the Democrat presidential candidacy (Deputy Foreign Editor) elisia(g>newstoday.com.sg IF THERE were doubts over whether United States Democrat presidential contender John Kerry could take on incumbent George W Bush, they were dispelled yesterday. After a near-clean sweep on
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      Lock icon Illegal moneylending group busted
      150 4 Channel News Asia LESS than 24 hours after oil rig firm executive Esther Ang was found murdered in her Carrisa Park condo, residents at the Loyang property had another fright. This time police officers were busting an illegal moneylending syndicate as part of an island-wide raid.
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Lock icon Need to spruce up your home? Call NTUC Income
      201 6 —Joy Frances NTUC Income Insurance Cooperative has come up with a solution to cater to busy professionals and families that do not want live-in domestic cleaners and out-of-work Singaporeans looking for a new career. "For many families, a well-cleaned house is
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      Lock icon Woman traces family roots back 4,000 years
      520 6  -  Raymond Andrew Great-grandmother links 173 generations of the Tseng clan raymond@newstoday.com.sg IMAGINE painstakingly compiling a 4,000-year family history, with information trickling in a few pages at a time. This was a labour of love that took Mrs Sheila Hsia six years to finish.
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    • SINGAPOREsnippets
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        Get A-level results tomorrow
        39 6 The Ministry of Education has announced that the A-level results will be released tomorrow at 2.30pm. Students can collect their results from their schools but private candidates will be informed of their results by post.
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        Convert off-peak car for $100
        67 6 Car owners can convert their weekend or off-peak cars to normal vehicles for $100 instead of $800. The Land Transport Authority said the fee, which went into effect yesterday, is the result of a review of the scheme. But, in addition to the $100 conversion
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        Tourists to get taxi tour guides
        68 6 Tourists to Singapore will soon be able to take a tour around the city-state at their own pace in a taxi driven by a professional guide, the tourism board said yesterday. The Singapore Tourism Board and Singapore Taxi Academy said they have signed an
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        Lock icon Body Worlds doctor fined for using the title of 'professor'
        80 6 Reuters The German doctor who displays human corpses has been fined 144,000 euros ($299,000) for fraudulently using the title of "professor", a spokesman confirmed yesterday. The University of Heidelberg in Germany had filed charges against Gunthervon Hagens, the anatomist behind
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      Why fathers need to have leave when baby is born
      450 8  -  Lynette him Not right to say men will spend time at home 'doing nothing' I WOULD like to commend the Inter-Min-isterial Working Committee on Population for taking active steps to tackle the problem of falling birth rates in Singapore. Other
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      MOE does not blame parents for student porn incident
      233 8 I REFER to the statement from the Ministry of Education (MOE) issued on Feb 17 with regard to the actions taken by Kent Ridge Secondary School in the incident concerning the possession of pornographic VCDs by some students. The statement had
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      Lock icon Writer's wish for surprise Oscar winners disturbing
      198 8  -  Soon Chong Meng I REFER to the article, "Bore of the Rings" (Today, March 2). Though I agree with the writer, Mr David Ngiau, that more films should be honoured, I am perturbed by his comments that he would have liked to be
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon Greenspan's hike hints spook markets
      322 10 Agencies Says rates have to rise to more 'neutral' state US Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan rattled regional stock markets yesterday after he hinted at a hike in US interest rates, although no timing was given for such a move. "The federal funds rate is
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      Lock icon M'sia stocks hit by news of general poll
      195 10 Dow Jones KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian shares ended down yesterday after Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's announcement that Parliament will be dissolved today sparked widespread profit-taking. Parliament's dissolution means a general election will occur in the next few weeks, confirming recent speculation about
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    • MarketWATCH
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        ST Index- 1,880.58 -12.35
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        Lock icon Singapore
        211 10 Dow Jones SHARES closed lower yesterday on profit-taking and a lack of fresh positive leads to boost market sentiment, say traders. The STI closed down 12.35 points, or 0.65 per cent, at 1,880.58. Losers led gainers 212 to 1 30 while market volume fell to 834.7 million shares worth
        — Dow Jones  -  211 words
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        SGX most active
        59 10 )y volume Jio-Treat JnitedTAC chartered lyber Vill IEM-EVER ML IMXTech >ingTel JniFiber Aidas Close 0.900 0.875 1.730 0.160 0.275 2.040 1.060 2.330 0.160 0.605 Change -0.015 +0.015 +0.030 +0.005 +0.015 -0.030 +0.070 -0.020 -0.005 -0.020 -1.6 +1.7 +1.8 +3.2 +5.8 -1.4 +7.1 -0.9 -3.0 -3.2 'OOO 59,662
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        SGX top rises
        76 10 By$ Close Changi :MShekou 100 HKS 6.600 +0.301 DBS Bk 6% NCPS10 107.800 +0.301 IMH400USS 10.300 +0.301 SreatEast 12.600 +0.101 iBSTransit 500 1.330 +0.091 3eneMedix 0.635 +0.07: DMXTech 1.060 +0.071 iPC 2.240 +0.071 Hani Want W*****4USS 0.645 +0.06: By percentage GenMag Close i 0.180 Changi +20.1 PSL
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        SGX top falls
        80 10 By$ Close Change :hODBeCW*****61 US$ 175.800 -2.100 SPH 18.200 -0.400 Creative 50 17.500 -0.300 SPH 100 18.300 -0.300 Bukil Sem 14.300 -0.200 DBS 14.200 -0.200 SIA 11.300 -0.200 SIA200 11.400 -0.200 OOB 14.000 -0.200 By percentage Close Change fa Poh 0.015 -25.0 lade 0.130 -23.5 hIG Metal
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        World markets
        58 10 Index Nikkei 225 Value *****.92 Change Pis -9.59 -0.0E Hang Seng Ordinaries laiwan Wtd *****.09 3399.00 6932.17 -277.47 +0.80 -43.09 -2.05 +0.05 -0.65 Korea Comp 895.81 -3.40 -0.3E KLCI 877.20 -17.25 -1.9SET Index 696.24 -5.51 -0.75 lakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzhen B Mumbai Sensex 776.82 1463.00 293.36 5842.20
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        Commodities
        21 10 Gold uss/oz 391.700 Silver uss/oi 6.660 Platinum uss/oi 879.000 Rubber centsAg 226.50 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1993.50 Brent crude uss/barrel 33.86
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        Lock icon Your S$1 buys
        41 10 SGX, Bloomberg Information provided by US$ 0.5853 UK£ 0.3182 Yen 64.435 HK$ 4.5574 RM 2.2241 Euro 0.4791 Rupiah 4973.8 Baht 23.003 Peso 32.993 A$ 0.7664 Indian Rs 26.464 Won 686.84 C$ 0.7859 Yuan 4.8443 NZ$ 0.86 NTS 19.481
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      Lock icon CORPORATEbriefs
      149 12 Bloomberg Dow Jones SembCorp Industries has fully divested its 30 per cent stake in TSD Leasing, a Thai firm, for US$lOO,OO3 ($171,000). Sembcorp said the equity disposal to a Thai investor, was part of a debt restructuring package. Rolls-Royce Group, the world's sec-ond-largest aircraft-engine maker, has signed a 10-year
      — Bloomberg; Dow Jones  -  149 words
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      Lock icon SingTel's Belgacom windfall
      311 12 Agencies It stands to net $3b if it sells entire 11.72% stake SINGTEL and its fellow minority shareholders may sell their entire stake in Belgium's incumbent telecom operator Belgacom in its initial public offering (IPO) that starts next week. The IPO, which will be Europe's biggest in
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      Lock icon Global Crossing sets sights on Asia
      366 15 Channel News Asia Telecom networks, services in region to be enhanced IT HAS a new Singapore parent, cleanedup balance sheets, and a network that's the envy of many. Now, it's just a matter of making all these work for the new Global Crossing. And
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      Lock icon PSA: S'pore container traffic may grow 7.8%
      311 15 Agencies PSA Corp said its growth rate this year will probably match last year's 7.8 per cent gain as trade continues to increase with the growth of global economy. "Trade is still moving quite strongly," said Ms Grace Fu, chief executive of PSA
      – Agencies  -  311 words
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      Lock icon Temasek may up stake in Matrix Labs
      345 16 Bloomberg Price of Indian drugmaker's shares surges 2.8% SINGAPORE'S investment holding company Temasek Holdings and US-based Newbridge Capital may offer to buy more shares of Indian drugmaker Matrix Laboratories when their joint stake reaches 15 per cent. The Securities and Exchange Board of
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      Lock icon Japan: Forex policy to stay
      205 19 -AFP China also dismisses Greenspan's warning to curb currency intervention TOKYO Japan and China, which have amassed foreign reserves of over US$l trillion ($1.7 trillion) between them as they seek to suppress their currencies, have dismissed warnings from US Fed chairman Alan Greenspan that they
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      Lock icon Jakarta to sell bonds worth $1.7b
      163 19 Bloomberg THE Indonesian government has increased its first overseas debt offer since 1996 to US$l billion ($1.7 billion), doubling the size and cutting the yield after receiving orders for more than eight times the amount originally sought. The country will price the 10-year bonds
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      Lock icon China state-owned banks told to meet reform targets
      192 19 -AFP BEIJING Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has ordered the state-owned China Construction Bank and the Bank of China to ensure they meet reform targets meant to transform them into true commercial institutions within three years, reports said yesterday. "Banks covered by the
      -AFP  -  192 words
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      109 14 Protect your children's vision Give their eyes a break About half of our children develop myopia (shortsightedness) by the age of 12. Severe myopia can lead to blindness. Remind your children to take vision breaks. After every 30-40 minutes of reading, writing or using the computer, rest the eyes by
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  • SAVVY INVESTOR
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      Lock icon Bullish on dry bulk shippers
      470 20 ING Financial Markets Companies such as Noble seen benefiting from tight capacity, strong demand THE outlook for the dry bulk segment of the shipping industry is set to remain strong through the year and this strength is likely to continue into next year. We have
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      STOCKcalls
      164 20 Keppel Corp ($7.50) BUY Keppel Corp announced the sale of 1 0 vessels to Interorient Navigation for $153 million. Keppel has been consistent in its strategy of unlocking value for shareholders. The sale comes shortly after the disposal of its 28 per cent stake in SPC last year. The
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      2149 20 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 Lipper A Reuters Company and may be incomplete. No offer or solicitations to buy or sell
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    Financial Planning for the Young
    1374 21  -  Tan Kin Lian By CEO, NTUC Income IT is a good idea to start financial planning when you are young, right from your first job. SAVE EARLY A good guide is to save about 10% to 15% of your monthly earnings. You may need this
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      86 21 1) Save 10-15% of your monthly salary 2) Start early to enjoy the effort of compounding 3) Budget to save $100-$2OO monthly, avoid unnecessary expenses 4) Invest low risk, upgrade to higher risk investment later 5) Appropriate Insurance can minimise unexpected losses 6) Build emergency fund (6 months salary) 7)
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Thaksin's Achilles heel
      304 22 Ministers who prefer to wait for PM's directives BANGKOK Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has complained that the string of national crises his administration has been facing is killing him. Insiders told The Nation newspaper that Dr Thaksin was in a bad mood during Tuesday's Cabinet meeting,
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    • ELECTIONwatch
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        Lock icon Poe remains in race
        63 22 AFP The Philippine Supreme Court dismissed petitions seeking to disqualify popular opposition candidate Mr Fernando Poe from the May 1 0 presidential election yesterday. Eight of the 1 4 justices voted in favour of the former film star, while one abstained. The petitioners had alleged that
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        Lock icon Filipina politician shot at
        49 22 Reuters Philippine congresswoman Josephine Ramirez-Sato and three companions were wounded when the communist New People's Army rebels shot at their convoy, the military said yesterday. Ms Ramirez-Sato, who's running in May's presidential election, was flown to a Manila hospital after a bullet grazed her head.
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        Lock icon Sri Lankan candidates back off after death threat
        90 22 AFP Death threats by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam rebels have forced the ruling party candidates in eastern Sri Lanka to pull out of the running for next month's parliamentary elections, police said yesterday. Two candidates from the United National Party
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      Lock icon M'sia has no need to tighten nuclear checks: Minister
      219 22 Reuters KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia, caught up in a nuclear parts trading scandal, sees no immediate need to tighten international checks on its nuclearrelated activities, Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar said yesterday. The government is still not convinced that it should sign
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      Lock icon Indon hospitals struggle to cope with dengue outbreak
      131 22 -AFP JAKARTA Exhausted hospital staff in the Indonesian capital are struggling to cope with a widespread dengue fever outbreak, officials said yesterday. "We had 789 new patients admitted to hospitals on Tuesday," said Dr Aida Fatmi of the Jakarta health office. More
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      Lock icon Iraq launches hunt for blasts mastermind
      360 24 Agencies Jordanian with ties to Al Qaeda is prime suspect BAGHDAD As Iraq went into mourning following Tuesday's deadly attacks that left at least 180 Shia worshippers dead and scores wounded, the hunt began for the mastermind of the carnage. US and Iraqi officials
      – Agencies; AFP  -  360 words
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      Lock icon Rebels vow to arrest Haiti's PM
      189 24 -AFP PORT-AU-PRINCE US Marines scrambled to protect Haiti's Prime Minister Yvon Neptune after rebels raised the stakes in the country's leadership crisis by declaring themselves in control of security. The rebels have refused to disarm, vowing to arrest the Premier. Nerves were on edge
      -AFP  -  189 words
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  • COMMENTARY
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      With a friend like that...
      893 26  -  Dr Khoo How San US backs and dumps despots from time to time but not without logic ne ws@news today, com.sg I SUSPECT there is a white board on a wall in the US State Department with these words: "He may be a *****, but
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      36 26 REUTERS Britain's Prince Harry planting a fruit tree with four-year-old Mutsu at the Mants'Ase children's home near Mahles Hock in Lesotho yesterday. The 19-year-old prince is spending an eight-week vacation in Lesotho.
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        58 26 Reuters In a landmark move, China will enshrine protection for human rights and private property in the Constitution during an annual session of Parliament opening tomorrow. But critics are unimpressed. The Communist Party, which has dominated politics in China since 1949,
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        85 26 -AFP roTennai Diaaers were riocKing to an Internet auction house for the chance to buy a property an entire California town, in fact that could be theirs for just US$6OO,OOO ($1 million). Minkler, which has a population of 30 and lies in central California has
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        78 26 Reuters A foul-mouthed African-grey parrot, which blurts out expletives and pecks people when she is angry, will be sent on shore leave from a British navy ship to prevent her from ruffling royal feathers during tomorrow's visit by Queen Elizabeth. The HMS Lancaster's crew are determined
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      495 28  -  Elisa Chia Ella, of Taiwanese trio, finds out what it means to fall to fame IT WAS a fall that thrust the trio to greater heights. Seven months ago, Ella Chen, of Taiwanese girl group S.H.E., fell three storeys during the filming of a stunt The 22-year-old, who
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        328 30 DVD REVIEW BY YONG SHU CHIANG fewfwe BOGEY and Bacall. Turner and Garfield. What better way to be introduced to film noir the dark, moody films of intrigue which famously featured those irresistible femme fatales than with two high-profile Hollywood pairings from yesteryear?
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      617 33  -  Koh Chieng Mun Clean and systematic layout makes shopping at Fair Price Dawson Place a breeze news@newstoday.com.sg THE spanking new Fair Price outlet at Dawson Place, which opened last month, is a boon to the residents of the five-year-old housing estate. Many will remember the Dawson area
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      80 34  -  Wendy Cheng THE New York Times once called him "one of the world's most gifted songwriters". Tonight, jazz great Gilberto Gil will perform at the Esplanade Concert Hall, marking his first visit here. Gil, who is also Brazil's current Minister of Culture, has performed
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      223 34  -  Janice Lee janice@newstoday.com.sg DAVID Bowie is a musical legend, an esoteric shape-shifting musical chameleon. Needless to say, he's not the sort to inspire a stampede at the box office. Bowie, who performs at the Singapore Indoor Stadium tonight, was first a mod music-hall entertainer in the late
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        545 35  -  Yong Shu Chiang Strong local flavour to this year's film festival shuchiang(gnewstoday. com.sg r I "*HE upcoming 17th annual Singapore J. International Film Festival will be more streamlined than its predecessor, but still feature a strong local presence. Last year's festival, with more than 350 films, included
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        540 36  -  Recta Raman Beauty fest has the treatments to help you glow on your wedding day reeta@newstoday.com.sg HASSLED brides-to-be, take heart The Beauty Wellness Festival 2004 has brought together a bundle of beauty treatments that will keep you looking radiant for the big day in no
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        223 36 Elise Tan IT'S time to face the challenge. It's time to face the new you. Now, not only can you get the new Olay Total Effects (picture) for free, you could also do your bit for charity and entertain yourself at the same time. Olay
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        428 36 Watch this space and get a feel of how time passes you by Elise Tan NOW, you don't only have to watch time pass by. You can even feel time pass by, thanks to the latest Swiss technology. From technological marvels to functional timepieces to fashion accessory, this season's watch
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        1257 38 Winner of the Star Cruises/ToDAY Family Holiday contest, Denise Bingham, recounts the wonderful time she and her family had on board the SuperStar Virgo for a weekend cruise THE family vacation fun began the moment we checked in to board the SuperStar Virgo. After our passports were
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        621 40  -  Jenny Kong Experience the continent's new facets at Celebrate Australia j enny@newsto day, com. sg THINK you know Australia inside out? Think again. Many Singaporeans have Polaroid photographs of themselves hugging koalas and kangaroos, postcards of Ayers Rock and the Sydney Opera House and souvenirs
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        452 41  -  Rosnah Ahmad It's carnival month for shoppers and F1 enthusiasts rosnah@newstoday.com.sg THE whole of Malaysia is on sale this month as more than 8,000 retailers take part in the first of the country's three mega sale carnivals this year. The carnival was launched last
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        786 42  -  Gurmeet Singh I Recharge your body, mind and soul at the breathtaking countryside near Sydney traveller@newstoday.com.sg THE Australian city of Sydney is surrounded by a breathtakingly beautiful countryside where you can pamper body and mind. Tracy Willis (picture), director of sales and
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        191 44  -  gew En SI flfl wr sfsa bounced back, Peter, 58, told Today. The carrier is already making its presence felt among air travellers if the string of awards it has won in recent years is any indication. The awards include being named the "Best Airline in Central
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        240 44 FREE chicken rice, $2 million Toto tickets and cheap travel deals. These were among the incentives that drove thousands of people to brave the heat and rain last Sunday to throng the Unbeatable Travel Fair 2, organised by the Chan Brothers travel agency. And unbeatable it
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          163 44 dip Ganges Several Hollywood stars will be heading to India in the next few weeks. Actor Pierce Brosnan and actress Demi Moore will be in Rishikesh on April 14 to take a dip in the Ganges River. They will then go to Ujjain where the
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          189 44 British Airways is to auction over 150,000 Concorde items through an online webcast in conjunction with Doveßid. me four-day event run by Doveßid a global provider of capital asset auction and valuation services will take place between April 14 and 17 at Stoneleigh Park near
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      1591 45 tu Trista Ryan's Wedding NYPD Blue j World Kitchen II Local Productions Get Real Channel 5,10.30pm j Ho Down j Channel B,Bpm j Infusion Channel News Asia, 10.32 am Finally, it's the dream a jm| Channel 5, Thursday, lam! i Arts Central, 10.30pm Beauty pageants never seem j^tK^L wedding we've
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      918 46  -  ROHIT BRIJNATH but not as often as the rest of us and not when it matters IN OPEN lore it is simply referred to as The Putt It occurred 34 years ago and while the memory of it has dulled, it has not totally faded. Even winning
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      278 47 Reuters MELBOURNE Colombian Juan Pablo Montoya (picture) stalked out of a pre-Australian Grand Prix news conference yesterday after it was hijacked by a satirical television sports show. The fiery Formula 1 driver, a title favourite for BMW-powered Williams in the championship
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      380 47 Reuters Raikkonen does not feel the pressure of challenging Schumi MELBOURNE Kimi Raikkonen will start the Formula 1 season this week as the biggest threat to a seventh world title for German Michael Schumacher, but Finland's "Iceman" is typically cool about being the No 1 contender. The
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      466 48 -AFP Woods makes a rare trip outside of the United States to take on Els in the Desert Classic GOLF Dubai Desert Classic DUBAI Sponsors dangle multi-million dollar carrots in front of him almost every week, but he is still reluctant to play
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      209 48 NBA Atlanta Hawks 94 LA Lakers 93 ATLANTA Jason Terry hit the game-winning free throw with 11.9 seconds left and the Atlanta Hawks held on to stun the Los Angeles Lakers 94-93 in National Basketball Association play on Tuesday (yesterday morning, Singapore time). Gary Payton and
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      155 48 -AFP INDIANAPOLIS Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning became the highest-paid player in American football history, agreeing to a seven-year contract worth US$9B million ($l6B million) here yesterday. The deal provides the team some much-needed relief under National Football League (NFL) salary cap limits and includes a
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        86 49 DUBAI Tiger Woods wants tournament organisers to crack down on unruly behaviour by spectators, saying the problem is becoming more widespread as golf's fan base grows. The world No 1 clinched his first title of the year at the WGC-World Match Play Championship on Sunday
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        United still the richest club
        78 49 LONDON English champions Manchester United topped a "rich list" of the world's soccer clubs yesterday, after keeping a step ahead of Italian rivals Juventus and European champions AC Milan last season. With income of 251.4 million euros ($522 million) in the 2002-03 season, United's revenue
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        76 49 LONDON Glenn Hoddle (picture) dropped his controversial bid to become Southampton manager yesterday, blaming a lack of full support from the club's directors. "While it is clear that there has been a great deal of support for me on the board, it has not been
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        87 49 LONDON Ken Bates resigned as Chelsea chairman on Tuesday night. Bates, who helped save the English Premiership club from bankruptcy over 20 years ago, lost control of the west London side in July last year when he sold the team to Russian oil billionaire Roman
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        61 49 DUBAI Switzerland's world No 1, Roger Federer, won a repeat encounter with Marat Safin yesterday. Federer had a one-sided straight sets victory over Safin at the Australian Open final in Melbourne in January, but this time, in a 7-6, 7-6 success in the first round of
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      422 49 Agencies Liverpool demand investigation after their manager threatened LIVERPOOL Hate mail is a common occurrence in the Premiership. Players and managers throw it away with scarcely a second thought Gerard Houllier has been dealing with such trash for most of the season. But the
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      No semi-final slot for Singapore paddlers
      320 49  -  TAN YO-HINN TABLE TENNIS World Team Championships yohinn@newstoday.com.sg AFTER finishing sixth their best showing at the last World Table Tennis Team Championship in Osaka in 2001, a semi-final target to become one of the world's top four teams was set But the national women's
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      146 49 Reuters MANCHESTER There is no crisis at Old Trafford, according to Manchester United and England defender Gary Neville. The champions are losing their grip on the Premiership title after falling nine points behind leaders Arsenal, and have seen transfer target Arjen Robben choose to join
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      458 50 Noor Ali delighted to be playing again after one-year suspension NTUC INCOME-YEO'S S-LEAGUE Geylang vTampines, live, tomorrow, Channel News Asia, 7pm JOSE RAYMOND jose@newstoday.com.sg BY HIS own admission, Noor Ali has suffered a hellish year. When the Geylang United midfielder steps out onto his favourite Bedok
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      243 50 EIGHT years without a trophy is bound to hurt, especially for a club as ambitious as Woodlands Wellington. But the Rams are convinced that their first piece of silverware will come this season. Said Rams' deputy chairman Francis Gomez: "We have all the ingredients
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      281 50  -  Stanley Ho THE Young Lions are facing a mini-crisis ahead of their season opener against Balestier Khalsa at Jalan Besar Stadium tonight. Ace striker Agu Cashmir and Nigerian winger Itimi Dickson are both doubtful after failing to recover from a groin and ankle injury respectively.
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      115 50 r This is the place where the stars give their views on the NTUC Income-Yeo's S-League. Today, we speak to a couple of MediaCorp Radio DJs. My S-League team is Albirex Niigata. They may be young and inexperienced, but they look extremely fit and they'll outrun everyone
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      185 51 What would you be doing if you were not a footballer? I would still be in sports. Maybe working as a physical education teacher because I love to teach and to impart my knowledge to the kids. How do you chill out when you are not playing? I
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      Lock icon Baihakki needed to plug holes
      331 51  -  Koh Wei Ling HE'S ON FIRE LAST SEASON, he was part of the meanest defence in the S-League that conceded a measly 30 goals in 33 matches. This season, the Young Lions will be counting on new recruit Baihakki Khaizan to help ease their defensive
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      539 52  -  STANLEY HO stanley@newstoday.com.sg EVER since he was a small boy, Baihakki Khaizan dreamed of playing professional football overseas one day. The talented youngster had a chance when he was 17, when Danish side Lyngby FC offered him a professional contract But the move inadvertently fell
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      389 52 Below-par S-League champions scrape through with win NTUC INCOME-YEO'S S-LEAGUE Sinchi 1 Home United 2 STANLEY HO stanley@newstoday.com.sg WHAT happened to the mighty Home United last night? Admired for their flair and guile, and respected for their consistency, last season's double winners kicked off the
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      534 51 ALL OR NOTHING Ix 2 YOUNG LIONS 1(1) Young Lions $2.65 Probable line-up: Lionel Lewis, Farizal Basri, Baihakki Khaizan, (X) Draw $3.48 Syed Fadhil, Precious Emuejeraye, Kazeem Babatunde, Shahril (2) Balestier $2.15 Ishak, Mustaqim Manzur, Khairul Amri, Fadzuhasny Juraimi, Muhd Ridhuan 1/2 Goal I Young Lions (+1 1/2) $1.25 Form:
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