Today, 18 March 2004, Afternoon Edition

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      53 1 NEWS£yWWS Anwar Ibrahim Does he matter at all?/4 Today exclusive Rehab for synthetic drug abusers/8 Exports surge Feb figures 25% better than those for 2003/12 Fear factor Many stop downloading music from Internet/32 FIFA STOP CITIZENSHIP SWITCHES SPORTS 51 Don't miss our 44-PAGE NATAS TRAVEL 2004 SPECIAL [in today's paper.
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon Baghdad blast kills 29
      122 1 Reuters BAGHDAD A powerful car bomb destroyed a hotel and neighbouring houses in the heart of the Iraqi capital yesterday, killing 29 people and wounding 45 others. The five-storey Mount Lebanon Hotel was used mainly by Iraqis and Arabs. Iraqi officials said most of the victims
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      Lock icon Stocks rally, oil up
      97 1 Agencies NEW YORK US stocks rallied yesterday, pushing the blue-chip Dow to its biggest daily percentage gain in five weeks, driven by solid earnings from Federal Express and a benign inflation report. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended up 115.63 points to 10,300.30, the Standard Poor's
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      If s not just their grades that count
      602 1  -  Tor Li Schools to be rated by an all-round education [N A decisive move away from an emphasis on academic achievement, the Ministry of Education (MOE) is putting in place a new ranking system for secondary schools and junior colleges that takes
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Seamless health care
      514 2  -  Tan Hui Leng Electronic medical records in place within 12 months CARE of the patient is what counts, Acting Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan told Parliament yesterday. This is why the system to access electronic medical records (EMR) across the two clusters of healthcare institutions will be
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      Lock icon Amitabh Bachchan gets orchid honour
      30 2 DAVID YEO International Indian Film Academy (UFA) brand ambassador Amitabh Bachchan gets a new hybrid orchid named after him at the National Orchid Garden yesterday.
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      Mother tongue had to go
      84 2  -  Lee Ching Wern FOR the National University of Singapore and Nanyang Technological University to compete with other universities, they had to remove mother tongue as a mandatory admission criteria, said Acting Minister of Education Tharman Shanmugaratnam. He was responding to concerns raised by MPs that
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      More schools, JCs to be allowed discretion in admitting students
      427 2  -  Lee Ching Wern OVER the next two years, secondary schools and junior colleges (JCs) will be able to admit more students based on their own criteria which may include non-academic standards such as artistic or sporting tal- ent before the
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      The baby is the bonus
      728 3  -  Joanne Lee NEWS£fiS2S££— SO THERE I was, sitting in the Channel News Asia studios, listening to Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong live from Parliament as he lamented the decline of Singapore's birth rate. And while trying to concentrate on the Budget Statement, I thought
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      Committee to boost population revealed
      303 3 THE Prime Minister's Office released yesterday the list of people tasked with tackling the problem of a declining birth rate in Singapore. Working with Mr Lim Hng Kiang, Minister in the Prime Minister's Office and Second Minister for Finance, in the Steering Group are Dr
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      Loyalty to Anwar reigns in this Penang district
      663 4  -  Jose Raymond 'Princess Reformasi' joins the fray to help boost her mother's chances STEP into the district of Permatang Pauh in Penang state and you would probably think that former deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim was standing for election. This is because near
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      Pak Lah is set to take BN to power, but opposition surprises may be in store
      503 4  -  Ong Kian Ming sz\ .1 AS I travel up and down the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia, the one constant I am bombarded with is the image and the message of the new Prime
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      Abdullah 'shocked and angry' at attempt to bribe opposition
      206 6 PERMATANG PAUH Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi voiced anger yesterday after anti-corruption officers detained two people who allegedly offered money to an opposition candidate to withdraw from the polls. Mr Abdullah said he was "shocked and angry" when asked to
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      Lock icon Targeted for terror
      356 6 Agencies UK, South Korea and France fear they could be next MADRID As a traumatised Spain hunted its attackers and buried its dead, the impact of the bombings here was being felt increasingly around the world. With Europe struggling to digest the consequences of what appears to
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      Lock icon China, France trying to influence Taiwan polls: Chen
      179 6 Reuters TAIPEI Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian accused China and France yesterday of trying to influence the outcome of the coming presidential election by staging their first joint naval exercise days before the vote. Beijing dismissed suggestions of a link between the timing
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      Lock icon Defence seeks new ruling to free Bali bombers
      169 6 -AFP JAKARTA An Indonesian lawyer said yesterday he is seeking a ruling from the Constitutional Court which he believes could overturn the convictions of many Bali bombers. Mr Wirawan Adnan has asked the court to rule that an anti-terror law, under which
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      252 3 1026YSP-Today Athens Cairo Al Am Dammam Riyadh Abu Dhabi Islamabad Bangalore Delhi Dhaka Bangkok Frankfurt Casablanca Amman Doha Sanaa Bahrain Karachi Chennai Kolkata Kathmandu Hong Kong ■■■1^ Istanbul Dares Salaam Beirut Dubai Shiraz Muscat Lahore Cochin Mumbai Jakarta H A Larnaca Khartoum Damascus Jeddah Tehran Peshawar Colombo Trivandrum Kuala Lumpur
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      27 4 •TnilnditioiKupp* PAS in Kelantan What goes on behind the scenes? Watch Prime Time News at 9pm on Jk SINGAPORE'S MOST WATCHED NEWS CHANNEL. W JKkfa V^^^V CHANNELNEWSASIA
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      503 5 In conjunction with the NATAS Fair from 19 to 21 March 2004, Malaysia Airlines is offering bargain fares to a wide array of destinations. To purchase tickets, just head for any of our appointed agents or drop by Malaysia Airlines' office, and see how you can go on a dream
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      202 6 SATS, provides airport ground handling services to over 45 scheduled airlines operating through Singapore Changi Airport. We invite applications for the following position: CONTRACT AVIATION SCREENING AGENT REQUIREMENTS: You should possess one of the following: 1 GCE 'O' level in English/Maths; or 1 SPM/SAP credit in English; or 3 GCE
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      101 8 P FLINDERS UNIVERSITY ADELAIDE AUSTRALIA Rated as one of Australia's top universities in the areas of teaching and learning, research and community service Rated as one of Australia's leading schools of international and public affairs Masters in Int'l Relations ECONOMY TRADE This is one of the leading postgraduate programmes in
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Designer-drug abusers to face tough rehab
      566 8  -  Raymond Andrew Today Exclusive Move to check rising trend of abuse of such drugs DESIGNER-drug abusers who are under the misconception that they are outside the reach of the long arm of the law just because they use "party drugs", are in for a
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      Beware of impersonators
      227 8  -  Tay Tsen-Waye BEWARE of people decked out in the official dark-blue colours of the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF), masquerading as officers and claiming to be on official business, the SCDF warned yesterday. There have been "a number of enquiries" from residents who wanted to check if
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      Batam slum-dwellers get brand new home for $3,000
      490 8  -  Tay Tsen-Waye SLUM-dwellers on Batam Island are being offered a property deal of a lifetime. At a cost of $3,000 per house, illegal squatters will be able to move out of their makeshift shacks of rotting wood and corrugated iron into one-bedroom
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      CORPORATEbriefs
      185 14 I'M Technologies reported a whopping 360.8 per cent increase in net income from $1.2 million to $5.5 million for the period ended Dec 31, 2003. The supplier of smart card technology reported a 200.5 per cent jump in revenue from $12.0 million to $36.2 million. Jackspeed Corp, a manufacturer
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      Lock icon StarHub hires banks to arrange IPO
      367 14 Bloomberg Analysts say $680 m may be raised but it will not be an easy sell STARHUB has hired investment banks Credit Suisse First Boston and ÜBS AG to arrange what could be the largest initial public offer (IPO) this year, said a banker
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      Lock icon Osim eyes nutri-beauty market
      197 14 Channel News Asia OSIM International is making a big push into the nutri-beauty market in hopes of creating a multi-million dollar business in the next three to five years. The healthy lifestyle products firm, known more for its massage chairs and vacuum cleaners, has officially launched
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      32 10 Shocking News Rocks Channel 8 Press Conference! Shocking revelation J^^\ by veteran actress Huangßirenleaves &\Jb(* clamorous reporters sxJir'^ speechless. Why? When? How? Full story and more coming up tomorrow. Watch this space!
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      Lock icon Parenthood should be by choice
      420 10  -  Michael Loh Yik Ming People have children because they want to, not for the nation I REFER to the letter by Mr Lai Nam Khim, where he expressed his disappointment at today's parents asking for "rewards" from the Government to have children. He asked whether
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      How could clerk access CPF information?
      219 10  -  Cheong Chee Mun I WAS at the ENT Clinic of the Tan Tock Seng Medical Centre (TTSMC) on March 15. The clerk at the payment counter told me that a surgical procedure carried out by the doctor could be paid for using my Medisave.
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      Oral sex is a threat to institution of family
      273 10  -  Dr Wee Sip Leong I WAS rather concerned that lawmakers are advocating a change in laws (such as that on oral sex) on the basis that social "norms" are changing. I fail to see the logic in such reasoning. The "lightness"
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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        World markets
        59 12 ndex Nikkei 225 Hang Seng Ordinaries faiwan Wtd Korea Comp KLCI SET Index lakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzhen B Wumbai Sensex Value 11,436.86 12,975.72 3,432.30 6,577.98 872.38 890.14 674.41 730.585 1,431.64 296.91 5,509.73 Change Pis +194.57 +43.10 +22.20 -11.74 +22.25 +4.44 +4.61 +14.408 +12.97 +0.85 -15.36 +1.73 +0.33
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 12 US$ 0.5872 UK£ 0.3254 Yen 63.745 HK$ 4.5851 RM 2.2362 Euro 0.4811 Rupiah 5,040.5 Baht 23.238 Peso 33.123 A$ 0.7948 Indian Rs 26.631 Won 685.06 C$ 0.7828 Yuan 4.8603 NZ$ 0.9026 NTS 19.541
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        Commodities
        21 12 Gold uss/oi 402.40 Silver uss/oz 7.175 Platinum uss/oi 907.00 Rubber centsAg 228.50 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1,997 Brent crude uss/barrel 32.88
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        Lock icon Singapore
        138 12 Agencies SHARES rose yesterday after a rise on Wall Street triggered buying of blue chips despite lingering global terrorism concerns, traders said. A report showing robust February exports did little to spur buying following morning gains, they said. The ST Index rose 7.25, or 0.4 per cent, to close
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        Lock icon SGX most active
        65 12 SGX, Bloomberg Information provided by By volume Intend Wee Poh Cosco Corp ChinaAvOil Bio-Treat Speedy-Tech Celestial 4EM-EVER DMX Tech teia Env Close 0.300 0.020 1.000 2.350 0.865 0.630 0.415 0.245 1.160 0.425 Change +0.050 -0.010 -0.200 -0.015 +0.025 +0.015 +0.010 +0.060 +0.010 +20.0 -1.0 -7.8 -1.7 +4.1
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        SGX top rises
        80 12 By Close Change JMH400USS 10.300 +0.300 JSH500USS 5.050 +0.250 Creative 50 17.500 +0.200 DBS Bk 6% NCPS10 108.200 +0.200 UOB 13.800 +0.200 Venture 19.300 +0.200 Noble 4.340 +0.180 GrealEasI 12.100 +0.100 Innovalu 1.600 +0.100 Jardine C&C 6.300 +0.100 By percentage El-Nets Goldtron ChipEngSW*****1 Inlerra SHC Cap SeeHS
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        SGX top falls
        69 12 By$ rhai Prime200USS Close 10.500 Change -0.800 iPC ZhinaAvOil 2.590 2.350 -0.300 -0.200 F&N Shang Asia 2kHK$ DBS 13.700 7.450 13.800 -0.200 -0.150 -0.100 XBC 12.000 -0.100 \-Sonic Elec USS 0.445 3.020 -0.085 -0.060 By percentage Close Nippecrafl 0.065 Hartford 0.240 Change -18.8 -17.2 Wonic 0.445 Falmac
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      MPA hosts oil pollution forum
      111 12  -  Dow Jones THE Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) will host The International Chemical and Oil Pollution Conference and Exhibition from March 22 to 24, which will discuss industry and government responses to marine emergencies and matters related to liability and compensation. Delegates will
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      Lock icon February non-oil exports surge 25.7%
      468 12 Agencies Rise in shipments to China and EU offset weaker US demand SINGAPORE'S non-oil domestic exports jumped 25.7 per cent to $9.74 billion last month from the same month a year ago, exceeding the top of a range of economists' expectations and showing the economic
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      Lock icon Japan wields its own financial WMDs
      687 16  -  William Pesek Jr. Bloomberg Commentary Its beggar-thy-neighbour policy, weakening of the yen and yen sales create dangerous imbalances JAPAN'S yen-sale operations have become so powerful that analysts such as Mr David Gilmore are calling them "weapons of mass financial destruction". The term "may be
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      Lock icon China rejects US accusation it is rigging chip market
      261 16 Reuters SHANGHAI China rejected yesterday accusations from the United States it was rigging its US$3O-billion ($5l-billion) chip market against US imports, saying it was ready to fight the first official US complaint against Beijing under World Trade Organization (WTO) rules. The
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      Lock icon S'pore Food Industries purchases Ireland-based Cresset for $11.4m
      206 18 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Food Industries (SFI), which bought United Kingdom food company S Daniels Pic more than a year ago, said yesterday it purchased Cresset Ltd an Ireland-based soupmaker, for 5.5 million euros ($11.4 million). The price is 27 per cent more than
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      Lock icon Tan Chong buys real estate firm for $184.9m
      303 18 Bloomberg Move to take over Singapore property firm Brizay Property prompted by belief in market recovery soon TAN CHONG International which distributes Nissan Motor Company's cars here and in Thailand said it bought a Singapore property company for about $184.9 million, as
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      Lock icon Record profit likely for BMW
      38 18 BLOOMBERG NEWS Bayerische Motoren Werke (BMW) AG, the world's second-largest luxury carmaker, expects to report record earnings this year, helped by the introduction of the X 3 sportutility vehicle and other new models.
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      Lock icon US Justice Dept probes Shell shortfall
      180 18 -AFP WASHINGTON The United States Justice Department is investigating whether Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell violated any laws by failing to disclose a significant shortfall in its reserves of oil and natural gas, The New York Times said yesterday. The investigation follows similar probes launched
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      Lock icon Citigroup chairman Weill earned $76 million in 2003
      237 20 Bloomberg CITIGROUP Inc's chairman, Mr Sanford Weill who stepped down as chief executive last year earned a total of U5544.7 million ($75.9 million) in cash, bonus, and option grants, which was almost five times more than he had received in 2002. Mr
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      Lock icon No change in US rates
      442 20 Reuters Fed cites sluggish job creation WASHINGTON The United States Federal Reserve on Tuesday held interest rates at their lowest since 1958 and signalled that it was in no hurry to raise borrowing costs as job creation remained sluggish and inflation tame. The unanimous decision
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Sesame Street...
      185 23 -AFP out next June in the Bangladeshi version DHAKA Sesame Street, the pioneering children's TV show, will launch its first locally produced version in South Asia and South-east Asia in Bangladesh, an official said on Tuesday. The first of 52 programmes with Bangladeshi characters will be aired by
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      Lock icon India's condom vending fails
      217 23 -AFP BANGALORE As one downs a beer at a downtown pub in this south Indian technology hub, one is blissfully unaware that this watering hole is part of an experiment to curb the spread of Aids. Hidden away at the entrance of this pub's washroom is
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      Lock icon Passion for reformasi cools
      735 24  -  Karim Raslan N EWS commen* MS TAN HOON CHENG has a calm, unflappable exterior. She is a 29-year-old journalist with a local Chinese language daily based in Penang. She's also a specialist writer on Chinese educational issues. With her intimate knowledge of the island and its
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    • ELECTIONwatch
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        Lock icon Rampant vote buying
        87 24 AFP Nearly 2,000 cases of alleged votebuying have been reported in Taiwan ahead of Saturday's presidential polls, the Justice Ministry said yesterday. The authorities are offering a reward of up to NTIS million ($753,000) to anyone who can prove a presidential candidate is buying votes, with 1,866
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        Lock icon Hits and misses
        46 24 AFP An unidentified group has set up a website, www.antipolitisibusuk.net, recommending a list of 14 Indonesian parties to vote for, with the Muslim- based Justice and Prosperity Party on the top. President Megawati Sukarnoputri's DPIP and former ruling party Golkar are not listed.
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        Lock icon Nothing has changed
        87 24 Reuters Despite the election commission's declaration that this year's poll will be India's cleanest, the 2004 poll is shaping up to include the traditional cast of the crooked and the corrupt. The poll will be held in five phases between April 20 and May 1 0. Across
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      Financial Planning for the Young
      1442 25  -  Tan Kin Lian 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 money later for your
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      Uproar over missing lawyer
      146 28 BANGKOK Lawmakers and lawyers have urged the Thai government to find a missing Muslim lawyer who was representing two terrorist suspects. But Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has played down the case by suggesting that Mr Somchai Neelahphaijit may have disappeared due to family problems, The Nation
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    • GLOBALroundup
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        Lock icon Kerry on the offensive
        65 28 Agencies With his win in the Illinois primary on Tuesday, Democrat John Kerry said he had won enough delegates to seal his i i party s presidential nomination in July. With his latest win, Mr Kerry opened his election campaign formally with an assault on President
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        Lock icon Sins of the father ...
        81 28 Sins of the father Reuters The Wako University in Tokyo has revoked its acceptance of a 20-year-old woman after discovering she is the daughter of Aum cult founder Shoko Asahara, who was convicted of masterminding the 1 995 deadly sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway. Even though she passed
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      Lock icon Hong Kong's Lee is a traitor, says China
      420 28 -AFP Compares him with notorious Ming Dynasty general BEIJING China's official news agency, Xinhua, compared Hong Kong's leading democracy campaigner Martin Lee yesterday with one of the most notorious traitors in Chinese history, Wu Sangui. The Xinhua news agency likened Mr Lee
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      Lock icon US stalls on landmark Iranian offer
      197 28 Reuters LONDON For 10 months, the United States has been stalling over a landmark Iranian offer for talks on nuclear weapons, terrorism and Israel because of divisions within the Bush administration, the Financial Times said yesterday. The offer, known in diplomatic circles as "Iran's
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      1014 30  -  William Pfaff With the Americans ignoring the forces of nationalism, will Iraq go the Vietnam way? SINCE Spain's Socialist Prime Ministerelect promised during his election campaign to take Spanish troops out of Iraq, one can't say that the Madrid bombings last Thursday were responsible
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      831 32  -  Atiyyah Mohamed Said Afraid of being sued, many have curbed their MP3 'fileswapping' over the Internet AS A couple of MP3-download services prepare for their launches here in Singapore, the Recording Industry Association of Singapore (Rias) has noted that the illegal downloading of MP3 over the Internet through
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      143 32 -AFP MUMBAI India's entertainment industry will grow by double digits over the next five years to achieve annual revenues of over US$9 billion ($15.4 billion) by 2008. The industry's revenues grew by 15 per cent last year and are expected to log 17
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      98 32 THE best of Indian cinema spanning the last 50 years will be screened at the Asian Civilisations Museum, Empress Place, from Friday to March 28. The Indian Odyssey: Five Decades of Indian Cinema will feature 1 3 landmark Indian films which are on loan
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      521 34 Stunning surfing shots reason to watch this movie I DVD REVIEW BY YONG SHU CHIANG HPN i IF YOU were to simplify it, surfing would seem like a silly sport Just like how football can be described (unfairly) as 22 men chasing a ball, surfing can be distilled
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        418 37  -  Shibu Itty Kuttickal Buoyed by his New York success, a local TV director sets his sights high UMY AIM is to get an Oscar by the age of 36," T T Dhavamani jokingly told Today recently, after a preview screening of three episodes of his TV
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          103 37 Calling all primary school children! Do you want Uncle Gurmit Singh to visit your school? Gather your friends and send him a creative drawing. If it catches his eye, he might just drop by, together with his kid hosts from Gurmit's Small Talk 2 airing every
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          84 37 Embark on a musical journey with Sarah Brightman The British songbird will perform at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on June 1 8 at Bpm. Priority tickets booking for MasterCard cardholders starts on Monday and the public can purchase tickets from Sistic outlets from April 5. Meanwhile,
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        169 38 -AFP Whitney goes back into drug rehab LOS ANGELES US pop diva Whitney Houston has checked into a drug rehabilitation clinic, her publicist said on Tuesday, providing a new twist in her long battle with drug addiction. Houston, 40, has "chosen to enter a facility
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        144 38 Reuters BEVERLY HILLS A hearing to determine whether Courtney Love will be tried on drug charges was postponed on Tuesday, but not before the singer-actress had disrupted the proceedings and was admonished by the judge to keep quiet Love the 39-year-old frontwoman for the
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        210 39  -  Wendy Cheng ONE lucky man got to pop "the big question" on Tuesday night, at the end of the evening's Disney On Ice: Beauty and the Beast show. Lionel Loh (picture), a 27-year-old account executive, took part in a contest organised by the
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      610 41  -  Koh Chieng Mun The Fair Price outlet at BukitTimah Plaza is a treasure trove of fresh produce and gourmet Australian foods Shoppers visiting the Fair Price outlet at Bukit Timah Plaza will be spoilt for choice. The outlet is one of the supermarket chain's largest stores.
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        593 42  -  Recta Raman Three Singaporean designers make the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Awards finals LAST Friday was a happy day for three local fashion designers. Selected as finalists to represent Singapore at the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Award (MBAFA), Sven Tan, X Mi Huang and Nic Wong are now a step closer towards
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        178 42 THIS Spring, Bobbi Brown wants you to get fresh, with its latest collection of makeup colours. The Bobbi Brown Spring 2004 makeup collection is all about smooth and healthy-look-ing skin, and clean and modern colours. After all, makeup guru Bobbi Brown believes that
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        177 42  -  Elise Tan GET the benefits of both liquid and powder foundation with Revlon's new foundation make-up. Suitable for all skin types, the New Complexion Oil-Free One-Step Makeup glides on like a liquid and has a natural, powder-perfect finish. The fragrance-free compact makeup also comes with an SPF 15
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        549 43  -  Recta Raman The Beauty and Wellness Festival puts the fun in healthy living HEALTH is wealth. So goes the common saying. Come April, the Beauty and Wellness Festival has put together a slew of fun activities that are just what you need to begin your quest
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        124 43  -  Pearlyn Tham THERE'S makeup for your face and now, there's also makeup for your hair. Made for dry and sensitised hair, Kerastase's new Nutri-Sculpt haircare system is a range of foundations and enhancers known as "Shine Designers" for your crowning glory. Like makeup products for
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      52 34 TIMO MAAS— RAVA WITH BRENDON P TONYTAY ANDREW CHOW FUNK&SOUL zouk/phuture admission on 19/03 for non-members (Incl. 2 drinks): $15 before 9pm, $23/$2B after. KEN ISHII MB '^(r m^m4mm^mmm\ MARINE PARADE WITH EVIL 9'UVE'. JEREMY BOON ANDREW ECLECTIC zouk/phuture admission on 20/03 for non-members (mcl. 2 drinks): $15 before 9pm,
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      1640 44 American Idol 3 I Local Productions I Local Productions I In the Pink of Health 12 to 11 I Generation Next Infusion I channel News Asia, 8.32pm Channel 5,10pm j Arts Central, 10pm i Arts Central, 10.30pm In The Pink of lM|Mj*jMte■j>jfi£M]h I Health, is a Z^ 1^ Last night
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    527 46 Sinchi v Geylang Hougang Stadium, 7.30pm STANLEY HO stanley@newstoday.com.sg GEYLANG United have become the first local S-League club to pass the "beep" fitness test. Now, the bad news. After pushing himself to meet the Football Association of Singapore's
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    599 47 I I I 1x2 SINCHITVFC (1) Sinchi $3.62 Probable line-up: Chen Si, Zhang Meng, Liang Fuming, Cheng Lu, Li (X) Draw $3.55 Chuncheng, Li Jianqiang, Zhou Yi, Liu Bin, Chen Xiao, Shi Jiayi, Shi (2) Geylang $1.75 Ming 1/2 Goal Form: WLL (2-1 v Young Lions, 0-1
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    171 47 What is your favourite piece of clothing off the pitch? Polo shirts, funky T-shirts and jeans. What's the best way to put a smile on your face? When someone asks me something funny! Actually I'm a smiley person, so it's very easy to make me smile. If you
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    325 47  -  Koh Wei Ling HE'S ON FIRE ITIMI Dickson is driven by dreams. He says he is currently fulfilling one playing in the NTUC-Income-Yeo's S-League. And he hopes that the day will come when he realises the other big goal to become a full-fledged
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    303 48  -  STANLEY HO YOUNG Mohd Khairul has a dream. The 11-year-old Jin Tai Primary School student wants to play for the Young Lions and represent Singapore in the World Cup. It is a dream for the moment, but yesterday morning, Khairul took his first steps
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    397 48 SAFFC's best performance of the season let down by poor finishing Albirex Niigata 1 SAFFC 0 KOH WEI LING weil ing@newstoday.com.sg FOUR-TIME S-League champions SAFFC will be kicking themselves after last night's clash against Albirex Niigata. After a couple of indifferent matches over the opening two
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    202 48 JIANG Van Tao, father of Sinchi TV FC Prime League player Jiang Tao, who tragically died last Wednesday when he was struck by lightning, expressed his profound thanks to the Football Association of Singapore, Albirex Niigata FC, the Singapore government and Singaporeans for their
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      1010 50  -  ROHIT BRIJNATH Many are happy at the fall of the Red Devils and the lower decibel of Tiger's roar, but heck, when they were near unbeatable, football and golf were things of beauty SO THEN, everybody who said domination was duller than a Schumacher sound-byte, are
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        160 51 AFP LIVERPOOL Michael Owen went from zero to hero as Liverpool got back to winning ways with a 3-0 victory against Portsmouth here at Anfield last night Owen netted twice after Dietmar Hamann put Liverpool 1-0 up in the sixth minute with a tremendous strike.
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        265 51 New rules require players to prove strong links with adopted country LONDON Fifa has introduced emergency measures to stop soccer players taking advantage of the governing body's regulations to switch nationalities. Following a decision by Fifa's Emergency Committee, any player who assumes a new nationality without
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        87 51 AFP BARCELONA Real Zaragoza stunned Real Madrid with a winning goal in extra time to take the Spanish Cup on Wednesday and dash David Beckham's hopes of a first trophy in Spain. Argentinian substitute Luciano Galletti fired a low shot that flew past Real keeper
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      577 52  -  STANLEY HO Defending champ wants another title, has one eye on US CALTEX MASTERS First round, live today, Ch 5, 3.30pm-5.30pm MENTION the name Osman Juaini, and Zhang Lianwei cringes, and then groans. "Must we talk about this again?" China's top golf professional protested,
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      382 52  -  STANLEY HO FOR the last 13 years, The Players' Championship (TPC) always had a place in Colin Montgomerie's diary. But this year, the Scot a seven-time European Tour Order of Merit winner from 1993 to 1999 is staring at the prospect of
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      255 52 -AFP CRICKET, ONE DAY SERIES Pakistan v India (best of five series tied at 1-1) ISLAMABAD Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul Hag (picture) was fined 80 per cent of his match fees yesterday for his team's slow over-rate in the second one-day international against India.
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      36 51 Today I.oopm Tennis Pacific Life Open, 4th round, Ch 24 3.30pm Golf Caltex Masters, Day l,Ch5, Ch 22 Tomorrow 6.00 am Tennis Pacific Life Open, Quarter-final, Ch 23 B.ooam NBA Detroit v New Jersey, Ch 22
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      294 54 A INFORMATICS R Bl Bl HB group vwir^S tH Business and Marketing SALEM INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY VM (^jfeoPT Ranked #1 for the most international students in the region No. #2 in the US (Source: US News 2003) H Master of Business Administration ■j iCode; TDIBO3-SIU uso UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN H QUEENSLAND
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      113 55 i JoaHaTlaaaaaaaaiaaaaVaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaHS''*** t «8t The meru danda, or the spine. Ancient wisdom compares it with a shining golden ■r^ mountain called Meru, the axis of the universe, i* fc _^*1 The danda-asana straightens and strengthens the spine, the axis of our mind, body and soul. Indeed, like Yoga and Ayurveda,
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      73 56 2004 offers a peek into several Lam Wag I great holiday destinations *I^T I 4 ban §kok 6 myanmar waiting to be visited. 3 7 cebu 8 Denang held at Suntec City from Friday I BPj 10 bintan 12 south korea to Sunday. BJ Jdfc^BXsßl Happy reading and pO 1
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      468 58 Join in the water-dousing fun during the Thai Songkran festival IT'S that time of the year in Thailand again. The time when locals and tourists alike throng the streets itching to douse people with water (pictures). Unseen to many, it is also the time of the year
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      543 60  -  I an yang It's friendly people and rich culture are major draws HISTORY weighs heavily on Myanmar (formerly known as Burma). For three decades, it was pigeonholed as a repressive netherworld. Today, this resilient nation is emerging from the shadow of its troubled past. As tourist numbers
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      364 61  -  I 1/ h keshvani It's a good base from which to explore the Philippines IF YOU have a sense of adventure, then Cebu, a province in southern Philippines, may just be the destination for you. Cebu province is made up of two large islands, Mactan and Cebu,
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      266 59 Introducing another morning service from Singapore to Bangkok (direct) $228 Flight No. Departs Singapore Arrives Bangkok At THAI we go to great lengths to provide the best for you. With our network expansion TG 422 °755 0915 into Asia and Europe, we are introducing another direct morning service to Bangkok.
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      678 62 A'famosa Date»l9th 21st March 2004 Venue»Suntec City, Singapore resort Location»Exhibition Hall 601 603 Booth N0.»J06 JOB Condotel Hotel Condotel Bungalow WiiitHttefi WitiffdMf2 WiUffMf3 2 Days 1 Night stay at Condotel 2 Days 1 Night stay at Deluxe 2 Days 1 Night stay at Bungalow (Family Studio) Room/Condotel (Run On House)
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      283 63 Short 4D3N Coach Cruise Getaway f r $325pp Heritage, Gourmet Shopping I (Dep: Jun 01,15, 22) Coach/Malacca/XL Heritage, Gourmet Shopping II (Dep: Jun 02,16, 23) Cruise Ipoh XL Malacca Rest Relax (Dep: Jun 02, 16, 23) Cruise Port Dickson Malacca 6DSN Cruise Coach Getaway f V $398 pp Heritage, Gourmet
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      67 64 <*&r *>- -*^fe j \Atf^ */5~ mmutes from "Sin^pore...^ world tptrtl !Ti <** Besides beautiful beaCheSj enjoy Sintarfs faSC/'nati^B h v nature j Culture heritage, o*// 4CKOSS Sinl^/i S^yj j| c/imb Mount Sirttfij JiSCoi/er the Serenity > '^Rw °f the M«rtCiro{/e forest j t/isi{ {he Capital Jj town of Ttunjumq
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      224 65 r IBS I Spring into action on Korea's island paradise, Jeju! Stroll across flower-strewn fields; trek up majestic mountains; enjoy picturesque waterfalls. Simply soak up the island's scenic wonders and unique traditions. Jeju Island Idyllic yet infinitely exciting. is x www.tour2korea.com/singapore IJ^tyyH^^l^^ j Colorful Adventures****^^ A Visit us at Booth
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      517 66 KfL jk«»*i NATAS TRAVEL FAIR 2004 19-21 MAR 2004 HOLIDAYS BOOTH NO: D 19,23,27, E19,23, F19,23,27 SUNTEC SINGAPORE HALL 601-603 5t IB Btc If! 12NOON TO 9.30PM (19 MAR, FRI) 10AM TO 9.30PM (20 MAR, SAT &21 MAR, SUN) MpCW^ Service of professional make-up artist, photographer and event manager 81?!!
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      106 70 Only Sri Lanka has beaches next tO City life next tO temples Nothing is too far away in Sri Lanka. <^a&«h —^^M For a taste of the sights and experiences that await you on our small island visit our website or contact one of the fef-flifrt t travel agents below.
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      202 78 I"J J r»J'-3Cf£|OlfjQf NATAS Holidays 2004 19-21 March V I L*l^#l MIAW Suntec Exhibition Hall 601-603 ™u,-ei. Booth Fl, F2, F3 2004 |og $190 Bangkok Australia SCN| $155 Jakarta City Stays (.irt.rn.tKcommtKi.tim) JJC $130 Phuket 3NPerUI fr*B99 ■§J2 Ife. 3N Melbourne frslo39 $250 Bali W£&!k 3NS»dne* trslos9 I $350 HcngKong
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      407 79 o°"^ U*o. Head to Victoria's spa country, Catch Lion King, the award- Treat yourself to a sunset cruise Escape to the wild and beautiful Relax as you swim, snorkel or Daylesford, for an invigorating winning Broadway musical, on board a luxury yacht, with landscapes of Cradle Mountain dive in Busselton,
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      1228 81 Bathurst and Melville Islands form the traditional home of the Tiwi people, PBBHIIjUTHi ">^WiMtll_ H^| whose geographic isolation allowed them to develop their own unique j B culture. Tiwi art and crafts ore highly sought Hfter; tours offer the chance to BTST™^"**^"*Jl!? H -k share billy tea wtth the Tiwis
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      325 87 Bungy Jump Take Off to <* New Zealand. ~,f^B Be quick. Offer ends 21 March 2004. w^ Auckland, Christchurch or lIBHf^J Wellington ■Sjfc'jl from only P s^^ *****< WA K^SKj I KJ (return) Wo M£|||j| Ex-Singapore j^^_^l $50 surcharge for Fri/Sat departures Surcharge applies for travel from 1 May 30
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      364 92 City highlights Holiday Surcharge waived Inch Return economy air ticket on Cathay Pacific, 3N/4N choice of accom, Cathay Pacific (^3 app jcab e for Cathay p acific packag es) City tours and sightseeing as per itinerary, Return airport transfers v J rat SD3N Vancouver fr 551 438 Free over night
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      215 93 CANADA i/ERf J^L www.travelcanada.ca SEE US AT NATAS TRAVEL FAIR 19-21 Mar '04 2004 Suntec City Exhibition Centre, Hall 601 603 DINERS WORLD TRAVEL I NATAS DISCOUNT 7/ 9D JEWELS OF CANADIAN ROCKIES/ 6357 6799 m 4 J**nnn per Book 18 ■21 Mar w CANADIAN ROCKIES EXPLORER kent holidays I
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      194 95 Spain France The notoriously seductive European lands of Spain and France will not only have you recover the zest to celebrate love, fashion, the finest gastronomy and all else beautiful in life, but also show you to a fun and vibrant side that transcends their image of being just romantic
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