Today, 5 April 2004, Afternoon Edition

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    13 1 TODAY we set you thinking todayonline.com Monday April 5, 2004 MITA (P) 002/11/2002
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon Madrid suspects blow themselves up
      332 1 Mastermind, accomplices were cornered by police LEGANES (Spain) The suspected Tunisian ringleader of last month's Madrid train bombings blew himself up with three or four accomplices after police cornered them in a suburban Madrid apartment, officials said yesterday. Serhane ben Abdelmajid Farkhet, 35, also known
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      Lock icon 30 killed in Iraqi battles
      146 1 Agencies BAGHDAD Seven US soldiers were killed in fierce clashes with Shias in Baghdad's impoverished slum area of Sadr City, a US military spokesman said early today. The deaths brought the toll to at least 30 in clashes since yesterday between Shia supporters of radical
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      Lock icon From cloud nine to ground zero for Miss Spore Universe Sandy Chua
      609 1  -  Jose Raymond j ose@news today, com, sg ON SATURDAY, 19-year-old Sandy Chua was on cloud nine after being named Miss Singapore Universe 2004. But her joy lasted just one day. Yesterday, Sandy and her fellow contestants received a
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      37 1 NEWS£yWWS DPM Lee says Inter-Racial Confidence Circles the best defence/2 Wimar Witoelar On good guys electing the Bad in Indonesia/20 New Hota hope Amended transplant Act will save more lives/23 S League action Rams don't fear Albirex/36
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      12 1 See earlier report on Page 18 INTER WIN BOOSTS MILAN SPORTS 38
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  • HOT NEWS
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      IRCCs, the front line of defence in war on terror
      423 2  -  Tan Hui Leng DPM Lee puts onus of social defence on circles huileng@newstoaay.com.sg IN THE war against terrorism, Inter-Racial Confidence Circles (IRCCs) are Singapore's frontline defence, said Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. At the IRCC Forum 2004 yesterday, Mr
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      Lock icon 'Merit-based school admissions to stay7
      332 2 'Merit-based school admissions to stay 7 CNA WHILE schools are to be given greater flexibility in taking in students based on more than just their marks, the meritocratic nature of school admissions must not change. In an exclusive interview with MediaCorp News, Acting Education Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam noted that an
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      Lock icon Marines in Malacca Straits?
      313 3 Wires US plans to deploy forces in waterway to flush out terrorists WASHINGTON The United States plans to deploy Marines and special operations forces on highspeed vessels in the Straits of Malacca to flush out terrorists in one of the busiest waterways. This is part of
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      Lock icon Elite S'pore team reveals its operations
      133 3 -CNA FOR the first time, the operations of Singapore's elite team responsible for arresting smugglers and illegal immigrants on the open seas have been revealed. The Special Task Squadron (STS) the best-kept secret of the Police Coast Guard was formed 10 years ago. It
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      Lock icon Daddy's homel
      65 4 There were cheers of joy and relief at the reunion of 24 military servicemen part of a C-130 Hercules air support detachment returning from a two-month deployment in the Gulf and their families at the Paya Lebar Air Base last night. They were part of Singapore's contribution to
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      Theory versus practice
      609 4  -  Elisia Yeo Right moves to nurture democracy, but implementing them poses the problem in Jakarta elisia@newstoday. com, sg IT HAS been billed as one of the biggest and most complex elections in the developing world. Today, over 147 million people in Indonesia will vote in four separate
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Lock icon IT guy with the volunteer spirit
      647 6  -  Ng Shing Vi shingyi@newstoday.com.sg LACKING a computerised system before September 2002, the Singapore Anti-Nar-cotics Association (Sana) kept its records manually. And with more than 1,100 volunteers, this often meant unimaginable chaos. Then the IT guy came along. A computer engineering graduate of Nanyang Technological
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      Lock icon Lucky Carrefour customer wins a condo
      221 6  -  Ted Chen IT consultant Wilson Tan got an early Easter nestegg on Saturday when he won a two-bedroom Lakeshore unit worth $440,000 in Carrefour's "Win A Condominium" draw. The father of one, who has been living in an executive HDB apartment in Sembawang for
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      Lock icon Own a piece of the Fabric of the Nation
      165 6 -CNA THE public can soon own a piece of the Fabric of the Nation not the patchwork itself, but mementos celebrating this remarkable piece of work. From this Friday, they will be able to take home T-shirts, mugs, fridge magnets and
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      On the arts school
      442 8 Chairman invites public input on leading issues IN VIEW of the discussion on the specialised arts school, those who wish to comment further are invited to read the report of the committee at www.mita.gov.sg/pressroom/press_o4o329. html. I would like to clarify issues raised by reports on the
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      223 8 I^HjLfX* Doctorate MBA University of Surrey California State University, Hayward Executive MBA Doctor of Business Administration University of Leicester M BA The University of Newcastle Ce/?fra/ Queensland university M BA Doctor of Business Administration r/fe university of Newcastle MBA Central Queensland University Australian Maritime College MBA (Maritime Management) Professional Doctorate
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
    • Market WATCH
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        Lock icon Singapore
        110 10 AFP The stock market is expected to continue their modest gains this week, buoyed by the upbeat economic outlook. The ST Index closed at 1,880.45 on Friday, up 53.34 points, or 2.9 per cent, from the previous week. The benchmark index had risen for five straight trading sessions since
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 10 US$ 0.5967 UK£ 0.3262 Yen 62.361 HK$ 4.6473 RM 2.2676 Euro 0.4917 Rupiah 5115.8 Baht 23.3709 Peso 33.581 A$ 0.7891 Indian Rs 26.7 Won 684.68 C$ 0.7876 Yuan 4.9391 NZ$ 0.906 NTS 19.677
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        Lock icon Commodities
        23 10 SGX, Bloomberg Gold uss/oi 422.500 Silver uss/oi 8.155 Platinum uss/oi 896.800 Rubber centsAg 230.50 Palm Oil RM/tonne 2003 Brent crude uss/barrel 31.17
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      Raymond Lim on Zhejiang visit
      139 10 MINISTER of State for Foreign Affairs and Trade and Industry Raymond Lim began yesterday a week-long visit to China's Zhejiang province as the head of a 60-member delegation comprising representatives from Neptune Orient Lines and DBS Group Holdings. Mr Lim will attend the second meeting
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      Lock icon IMF race narrows down to two men
      439 10 -AFP EU puts off decision to consult with other IMF members PUNCHESTOWN RACECOURSE (Ireland) The European Union has put off an eagerlyawaited decision on its choice to head the International Monetary Fund (IMF), but narrowed the field down to a two-horse race towards
      -AFP; AFP  -  439 words
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      Lock icon Japan growth may hit 3%
      274 12 -AFP Recovery resulted from government's structural reforms, saysTakenaka TOKYO Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister Heizo Takenaka forecast that Japan's GDP growth would easily clear the government target of 2 per cent and may reach 3 per cent in the year up to March. "The government
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    • market BUZZ
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        Get mum and granny to take part
        196 12 Once again, junction 8 is looking for the most beautiful mum and the most beautiful grandma. The contestant who garners the most points from each zone will be awarded the title of "Most Beautiful Mum" or "Most Beautiful Grandma" (North/ South/East/West/Central). The contestant
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      Lock icon Malaysian electronics exports double in February
      125 12 Bloomberg MALAYSIA'S exports accelerated in February at almost twice the pace of the previous month as the South-east Asian nation shipped more semiconductors and other electronics to the United States and more palm oil to China. Exports rose 16.7 per cent from a year
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  • the Business of ma rketi ng
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      Fair weather for fowl
      630 14  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla Cerebos' chicken essence sold well, even during the bird flu crisis shobha@newstoday.com.sg LAST year, riding high on a Sars healthfear wave, it sold 100 million bottles of its famous decoction Brand's Essence of Chicken. This year, too, based on Cerebos' latest quarterly results
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    • GRAB BAG
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        'Year of free shopping' at Tangs
        126 14 LOYALTY has its rewards. There are extra miles when you fly certain airlines; discounts for shopping regularly at a particular store; and, of course, little collectibles bonus stamps. But how about something meatier say a juicy cash enticement of $800 a month for 12
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        MSN aims for 1 b new customers
        112 14  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla MSN, a leading online destination with more than 350 million users worldwide, announced a new management team to drive growth in the AsiaPacific, targeting one billion new users. Three executives responsible for Asia Mr Chuan Luo (Greater China), Mr Shriram
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      Got to know? Get Discovery
      195 14  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla HIGH on a "dramatic increase" in revenue growth over the last four years, cable television operator Discovery Networks Asia, is going on a regional re-branding campaign to mark its 10th anniversary. The network, whose programmes are beamed to 180 million cumulative households,
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Bush asked Blair for aid in Saddam ouster nine days after 911
      220 16 -AFP LONDON United States President George W Bush first asked British Prime Minister Tony Blair to support the removal of Saddam Hussein from power just nine days after the Sept 11 attacks in 2001, said the Observer newspaper.
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      Lock icon Myanmar junta denies rape claims
      361 16 Agencies as Karen body reports violation of 125 women YANGON Myanmar's ruling junta denied yesterday claims by a women's group that soldiers have raped over 100 ethnic Karen women and continue to use sexual assault as a weapon of war. A report released on Friday
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      Lock icon Costly victory in S Lanka
      412 18 Agencies Lack of majority by president's party seen to hurt peace efforts COLOMBO Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga's political party won the general elections yesterday, but failed to secure an absolute majority. Ms Kumaratunga's Unitec People's Freedom Alliance won 105 seats eight short of a
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      Lock icon 20 dead, 150 hurt in armed clash with Iraqi protesters
      200 18 Reuters KUFA (Iraq) Spanish-led troops and Iraqi police fired on protesters and clashed with armed Shia militiamen near Najaf yesterday, leaving at least 20 people dead and more than 150 wounded, witnesses and hospital officials said. Four soldiers from El
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      Lock icon Mega seen losing polls to Suharto's Golkar party
      262 18 Agencies JAKARTA The former party of ousted dictator Suharto is expected to win the most votes in Indonesia's parliamentary elections today as it taps a yearning for the stability and rapid economic growth of his long rule. Although opinion polls show Golkar
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      Lock icon Key Dates
      106 18 Reuters April 5 Parliamentary elections. April 28 Parliamentary election results announced. May 1 to May 7 Registration of pairs of candidates for president and vice-president. June 1 to July 1 Presidential election campaign July 5 Presidential election. July 20 Presidential election results announced. If no pair wins more
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      160 19 V workplace health promotion programmes IS YOUR BUSINESS HEALTHY? Apply for the Singapore H.E ALT.H. Award 2004 today. Attend the briefing on 8 April or 20 April 2004. The Singapore H.E.A.LT.H. (Helping Employees Time: Achieve Life-Time Health) Award is presented by the 3:3opm-s:oopm Health Promotion Board to give recognition to
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  • COMMENTARY
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      The good guys...
      944 20  -  WimarWitoelar Little optimism, but immense potential news@newstoday.com.sg TODAY, more than 120 million Indonesians go to the polls. This brings to an end the days of noisy traffic congestion and colourful scenes of campaign rallies displaying splashes of red, yellow, green, white, blue, in mass festivities absorbing tens
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    Lock icon New Hota brings hope to many
    793 23  -  Tan Hui Leng Liver-transplant doctor can save up to 14 more children a year, thanks to revised Human Organ Transplant Act huileng@newstoday.com.sg EVERY time a child suffering from liver failure walks into the office of Associate Professor X Prabhakaran, the paediatric surgeon sees in
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      SIMPLY THE BEST
      51 24 First runner-up: Marilyn Tan Second runner-up: Joan Seah Third runner-up: Ursula Laura Tan Fourth runner-up: Low Wee Na Miss Photogenic: Marilyn Tan Miss Slim and Sleek: Joan Seah Miss Elegant: Sandy Cnua Miss Body Beautiful: Adeline Lim Miss Personality: Ursula Laura Tan SANDY CHUA IS [MS SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon DON'T CALL
      793 24  -  Lim Kuan Chiang Our beauties step it up in the brains department kuanchiang@newstoday.com.sg A MISS Singapore Universe M 2004 first runner-up Marilyn y-\ Tan summed it up perfectly on the 11 travails of being a beauty pageant contestant "It's not easy. You have to endure comments and criticism
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      MediaCorp Raintree's The Eye 2 opens big in Malaysia
      253 25 FOLLOWING the success of The Eye, the renowned Pang Brothers have reached greater heights by bringing the audiences The Eye 2. Having made its way to the biggest sneak previews for a horror film in Malaysia since The Sixth Sense last
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      A cut above the rest
      523 26  -  Cathleen Tung AC Nielsen survey shows Yun Nam is 8.5-times more popular than its closest rival cathleen. tung@newstoday.com. sg MENTION hair care, and the name Yun Nam will very likely be the first name that comes to people's minds. The hair care centre uses a
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      Lock icon April IS taxing
      534 28  -  Tor Ching Li if you can't beat the taxman, join him chingli@newstoday.com.sg BESIDES creating a few fools, the month of April brings with it one of the two alleged certainties in life: Taxes. And so a thick wad of pastel blue forms sits on my desk, reminding
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          A SANDWICH TO GOGO, PLEASE!
          149 31 KFC has added another scrumptious item to its menu the new GOGO sandwich. It's a light sandwich of soft flat bread, fresh vegetables, special sauces and, of course, finger lickin' good chicken. Take your pick from the GOGO Caesar or GOGO Peking. The GOGO Caesar
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          A JUICE YOU CAN 'BITE' INTO
          72 31  -  Melissa Anne Manuel Fruit Tree's Guava juice drink with pear bits is a healthy thirstquencher that also tantalises the tastebuds. The beverage combines the best of the wholesome goodness of freshly squeezed pink guava juice with real juicy pear bits you can sink your
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        Indian flavours with a twist
        754 30  -  Gurmeet Singh Hip new restaurant gives traditional favourites a delightful modern touch ear oul AFTER serving up delicious cuisine at its four outlets in Tokyo for 10 years, Dcvi Fusion An Indian Delight has brought its menu to Singapore's Millenia Walk. It was refreshing to
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    • Living&learning
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        Lock icon Total quality management
        700 32  -  Jason Chong Ngee Ann Poly's lEM diploma helps complement engineers' existing skills news@newstoday.com.sg AFTER working for four years, Ms Grace Lee decided it was time to upgrade her educational credentials. Ms Lee, who was trained in mechanical engineering, signed up for an Advanced Diploma in Industrial Engineering
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  • Page 27 Miscellaneous
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      461 27 LEGEND 5. Adam Silverman, 28 (IT consultant) B H u ,i 4Bk BSSAp Big top or big bottom? He sso in for the money M.W m^ f (i t J mm Oh come on, Asian women don t have any! Q Describing himself in three words iuS^Wm^K&rm 8 Hey wait,
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