Today, 20 April 2004, Afternoon Edition

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    11 1 TODAY we set you thinking todayonline.com Tuesday Apru 20,2004 mita(p) 002/11/2002
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon Police 'foil attack at Man U game'
      203 1 Reuters LONDON British police foiled a series of suicide bomb attacks at a Manchester United soccer match with the arrest of 10 people in antiterror raids yesterday, the Sun newspaper reported today. The paper quoted an unnamed police source as saying that the
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      Lock icon US stocks close mixed
      73 1 -AFP NEW YORK Tech shares held strong yesterday despite a sluggish day for the overall market, with anxiety over a potential interest rate hike and the abrupt death of McDonald's chairman Jim Cantalupo weighing on sentiment. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 14.12 points to 10,437.85,
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      Conventional wisdom
      713 1  -  Why has Singapore not signed UN's anti-racial discrimination treaty, Cerd? Derrick A Paulo derrick@newstoday.com.sg ANGOLA, Djibouti, Myanmar and North Korea. It is not often that Singapore is mentioned in the same breath as these countries. But, like these four nations, the Republic has yet to sign the International
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
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      32 1 NEWSX^/IEWS H No apologies Kang's plea 'sorely lacking' in remorse/6 Disclosure lapse I Estate of billionaire Knoo Teck Puat may be fined/14 I ■John Gee Iraqis won't accept unreal transfer of power/20
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Finally, gender equality
      513 2  -  Lee Ching Wern Foreign-born children of S'porean women granted default citizenship chingwern@newstoday. com. sg YESTERDAY, the Government finally amended the Constitution to grant children born overseas to Singaporean women citizenship by descent, a male-only right previously. But even as MPs applauded the move, which was described as
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      MPs call for closer scrutiny of charities
      218 2  -  Tor Ching Li THE financial practices of local charities came under further scrutiny in Parliament yesterday. Dr Mohamad Maliki Osman, MP for Sembawang, queried the measures in place to ensure "clear guidelines" on fundraising activities and use of funds. Second Finance Minister Lim
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      Lock icon Today is the choice for three homegrown banks
      440 3  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla Singapore's second largest circulating daily offers value for money: Analysts MARKING what experts see as a major shift in their advertising strategy, Singapore's three homegrown banks have picked Today as the only English language newspaper in which to publish
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      Lock icon Spain to pull out troops from Iraq
      387 4 Agencies MADRID In a major blow to the United Statesled coalition engaged in the fiercest fighting in Iraq yet, Spain made a surprise announcement on Sunday that it would withdraw its 1,300 troops from Iraq "as soon as possible". Spain's new Prime Mm-
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      Abdullah steps in over Dr M's Proton role
      145 4 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi was forced to intervene when several Proton board members threatened to resign over the appointment of Dr Mahathir Mohamad as the company's adviser, malaysiakini reported yesterday. Mr Abdullah had to call for an emergency
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      Lock icon Singapore condemns Israeli killings
      144 4 -AFP SINGAPORE added its voice yesterday to the global outrage over Israel's killing of Hamas leader Abdelaziz Rantissi, saying it perpetuated the cycle of violence in the Middle East. "We condemn the targeted killings of Hamas leaders Sheikh Ahmed Yassin and Dr Abdel Aziz Rantissi. We
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      Casino decision in 9 months
      367 5  -  Tor Ching Li Dr Balakrishnan allays worries of MPs over potential negative impacts A DECISION for a casino on Sentosa will be made over the next nine months. This was revealed by Minister of State for Trade and Industry Vivian Balakrishnan yesterday as he fended
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      NKF demands apology from The Straits Times
      189 5 AFTER two weeks of news coverage on the National Kidney Foundation and its reserves of $189 million, the latest article by The Straits Times has drawn a legal retort from the charity. On behalf of the NKF, a lawyer's letter was sent to
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      SM to visit Beijing
      66 5 SENIOR Minister Lee Kuan Yew will visit Beijing from April 20 to 27 to participate in a Daimler Chrysler International Advisory Board meeting. While in Beijing, Mr Lee will meet senior Chinese leaders. He will also address the Third Session of the Chinese Scientists Forum on
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    • PARLIAMENT briefs
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        Sars vaccine still years away
        57 5 years away It will take scientists four to five years to develop a vaccine for Sars, the deadly flu-like disease that swept across most of East Asia last year, said Acting Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan. None of the countries, including Singapore, have passed through
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        Fare hike, if will be reasonable
        48 5 any, Transport Minister Yeo Cheow Tong said that any increase in fares to cover extra security will be kept reasonable, as only security measures that are necessary will be introduced. He also revealed that there was no decision yet on train marshals.
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        Not for HDB to rent out flats
        44 5 practical National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan says it is not practical for HDB to rent out its unsold 5-room flats. He says he expects the demand for 5-room flats to go up when the economy improves.
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        Prosecution likely for falling windows
        86 5 Owners of condominiums and other stratatitled units may soon be prosecuted for falling windows and other fixtures. Mr Mah says he is considering introducing provisions in the proposed Building Maintenance and Management Bill to allow for such prosecution, mis, and other recommended provisions in the
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        Pressing for flying rights from Sydney
        72 5 Singapore will "press very strongly" for Australia to allow Singapore Airlines to fly to the United States' west coast from Sydney, said Transport Minister Yeo Cheow Tong, adding that Singapore was currently "engaging the Australian authorities" on this subject. While Qantas is allowed to
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  • HOME NEWS
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      No apologies
      342 6  -  Wong Fei Wan Priest's 57-page plea 'sorely lacking' in remorse JOACHIM Kang's massive mitigation plea to the court ran into 57 pages, but was conspicuously lacking in one thing: An apology. Prosecutors pointed out yesterday that while the parish priest had admitted to misappropriating about $5.1 million in
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    • Article
      Scorching heat to last a few weeks
      217 6  -  Loh Chee Kong AFTER the flash floods and thunderstorms last month, Singapore has seen exceptionally hot weather in the first half of this month. Temperatures soared to a high of 34.1 degrees Celsius last week and averaged about 3 deg C higher than
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      Bomb hoax lands SBS employee in court
      120 6 AN SBS Transit employee left a suspi-cious-looking shoe-box wrapped in cellophane tape and a threatening note under the seat of an MRT train last Thursday. For that, Mohamed Ansari Amanulla was charged in court yesterday under antiterror laws adopted after the 911 attacks
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      Dangerous to get complacent on security
      435 8  -  Maj (ret) John Yap Poon Ann I REFER to the article, "Terrorist threat? Not here, says expert" (Today, April 15) and reader Brian A Worrell's response to it, "Safety naivety" (Today, April 19). As a retired senior military officer who has worked in the
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      NTUC, consider plight of workers with no wage restructuring
      198 8  -  Yak Chin Hua I REFER to the report, "Expect higher wages, bonuses" (Today, April 19) in which the Labour chief, Mr Lim Boon Heng, predicted that "wages would increase by a national average of 3 per cent in this optimistic year
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      503 10 FINANCIAL RESULTS M nHC ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2003 9A L/13^ SUMMARISED FINANCIAL INFORMATION FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2003 The following Financial Statements contain only a summary of the information in the full financial statements and directors' report of DBS Group Holdings Ltd and its subsidiaries ("the Group"). They
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      676 11 DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES AUDITED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31 Non-voting Non-voting Total Ordinary Convertible Preference Redeemable Share Share Non-distributable Revenue Total In millions Shares Shares (CPS) CPS Capital Premium Reserves Reserve Reserves 2003 Balance at January 1,2003 1,469
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      479 12 DBS BANK LTD AUDITED PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31 In millions 2003 2002 Interest income 2,228 2,723 Less: Interest expense 775 1,029 Net interest income 1,453 1,694 Fee and commission income 457 427 Dividends 109 198 Rental income 20 17 Other income 651 558 Income
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon Onus on shareholders to disclose stakes
      360 14 Agencies Khoo estate may be fined for silence over Goodwood stake THE Government said the estate of late billionaire Khoo Teck Puat could be fined because he had failed to disclose his actual holdings in his flagship Goodwood Park Hotel. Substantial shareholders of listed
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    • Article
      Lock icon Tourism industry bounces back
      118 14 -AFP ASIA'S tourism industry has staged a "remarkable recovery" from Sars, with regional travel bookings surging in the first three months of this year, Abacus said yesterday. Singapore-based Abacus, the region's largest air ticketing and reservations company, said its bookings had risen by more than 20
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    • MarketWATCH
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        ST Index —1,844.71 -9.28
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        World markets
        59 14 Index Nikkei 225 Hang Seng All Ordinaries Taiwan Wtd Value 11,764.21 12,450.00 3,439.700 6,779.18 Pis -60.35 -8.38 +15.400 -39.02 -0.51 -0.07 +0.45 -0.57 Korea Comp 902.1 +3.22 +0.36 KLCI 855.76 -6.05 -0.70 SET Index 704.65 -7.55 -1.06 Jakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzhen B Mumbai Sensex 784.839 1,497.48 299.28
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        SGX most active
        60 14 By volume Wee Poh L&M Adroit Cosco Corp PanpacMed TAC200USS Unified AsiaFoodP Bio-Treat Citiraya Close 0.025 0.020 0.090 1.140 0.140 3.000 0.585 0.355 1.220 0.480 Change +0.005 +0.005 -0.010 +0.030 -0.010 +0.240 -0.010 -0.010 -0.020 -0.005 '000 +25.0 57,371 +33.3 26,019 -10.0 23,822 +2.7 23,525 -6.7 22,718
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        SGX top rises
        75 14 By$ By percentage TAC200USS 3.000 +0.240 L&M 0.020 +33.3 Robinson 8.300 +0.150 Wee Poh 0.025 +25.0 Creative 50 17.900 +0.100 TTL 0.190 +22.6 Transpac 2.140 +0.100 GulTech W*****7 0.030 +20.0 CIH 2.500 +0.050 Yongnam 0.030 +20.0 CITYDEV 6.350 +0.050 MAE Engg 0.095 +18.8 Fortune Reil HKS 5.150
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        SGX top falls
        73 14 By$ Thai Prime200US$ 11.500 -0.500 By percentage Goldlron 0.020 -20.0 GrealEast 11.700 -0.200 Hiap Hoe 0.020 -20.0 OCBC 11.900 -0.200 Taslyfood 0.070 -17.6 Venture 19.800 -0.200 Adroit 0.090 -10.0 Noble 4.060 -0.160 Amara 0.180 -10.0 APB Breweries 7.300 -0.150 GRP 0.100 -9.1 Haw Par 4.740 -0.100 IPC
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        Lock icon Singapore
        137 14 Dow Jones SHARES fell yesterday after a choppy session, as technology stocks dragged the market lower after a profit warning by Nokia on Friday, traders said. But the benchmark index was kept in a tight range as easing concerns over the possibility of an increase in US interest rates
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 14 US$ 0.5966 UK£ 0.3318 Yen 64.326 HK$ 4.6526 RM 2.2671 Euro 0.4975 Rupiah 5,142.4 Baht 23.512 Peso 33.299 A$ 0.8028 Indian Rs 26.179 Won 692.15 C$ 0.8024 Yuan 4.9388 NZ$ 0.9337 NTS 19.673
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        Lock icon Commodities
        26 14 SGX, Bloomberg Gold ussAi 405.10 Silver uss/oz 7.25 Platinum uss/oz 930.00 Rubber ™tsAg 235.00 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1,829 Brent crude uss/borrei 33.64 Information provided by
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      Lock icon Local manufacturers upbeat over quarter
      321 16 Dow Jones They expect more profits, overseas orders SINGAPORE-based manufacturers are bullish about business conditions with many of them expecting an increase in net profits, exports and new export orders, according to a quarterly survey by the Singapore Manufacturers Federation released yesterday. The federation, which
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      Lock icon M'sian Plantations boss quits
      266 16 Dow Jones KUALA LUMPUR Chairman Lim Van Hai and board director Amin Shah Omar of Malaysian Plantations have resigned. Analysts said the resignations could pave the way for Temasek Holdings to take up a major stake in the banking group. Malaysian Plantations is the owner of
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      Lock icon Raffles sacks 200 striking staff
      187 16 -AFP PHNOM PENH The Raffles hotel group has sacked 200 Cambodian workers striking over a service charge dispute effectively shutting down its hotel in Siem Reap. A Raffles spokesman said a court had ordered the workers to return to duty on April 8, three days
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      Lock icon CORPORATEbriefs
      260 16 Bloomberg Great Eastern Holdings unit Straits Lion Asset Management has launched a joint-venture asset management company with Fairfield Greenwich Group, a multi-national company that manages more than US$7 billion ($1 1.7 billion) in assets. The joint venture, called the Fairfield Straits Lion Asset Management, will focus on creating and
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      Lock icon SembCorp not merging marine units
      283 17 Bloomberg Valuations could not be reconciled, says CEO SEMBCORP Industries has cancelled a plan to combine its two marine units. SembCorp Industries had proposed selling its private offshore unit, SMOE, to SembCorp Marine last year so that the combined business would have lower costs and
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      Asia's investors prefer stocks to debt
      190 17 STOCKS have replaced debt as the preferred investment and financing vehicle in Asia amid renewed confidence in the economic prospects of the region, the Asian Wall Street Journal reported yesterday. The AWSJ called the shift a dramatic change in investor sentiment, after investors spooked
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    Lock icon Vajpayee rides high on feel-good factor
    380 18 Agencies India's PM, 79, banks on appeal and image to see BJP through polls NEW DELHI Even as Indian politics grow more image-driven, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee is riding high as the most successful politician outside the once unbeatable Nehru-Gandhi dynasty. Mr Vajpayee
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    Lock icon Welfare Minister quits Mega Cabinet
    212 18 Agencies JAKARTA Indonesia's Welfare Minister Jusuf Kalla has resigned after teaming up with President Megawati Sukarnoputri's main rival in the presidential polls. The minister met Ms Megawati yesterday to offer his resignation, later saying she thanked him for doing his duties well. Mr Jusuf said
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    Problems continue to dog M'sian NS
    188 18 KUALA LUMPUR Following the recent spate of abuses reported at the national service training camps, the Malaysian Chinese Association Youth will submit a memorandum of concerns raised by worried parents to the National Service Council. MCA Youth secretary-general Loh Seng Kok said the wing
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  • GLOBALroundup
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      Lock icon Kim meets Chinese President
      67 18 Agencies Reclusive North Korean leader Kirn Jong II reportedly arrived in Beijing yesterday and met Chinese President Hu Jintao, just days after the United States urged China to launch a fresh push to end the nuclear impasse. Officials on both sides refused to confirm the four-day
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      Lock icon Parents lie for better schooling
      92 18 w J T I I I I 111 Reuters More than a quarter of British parents are willing to lie to get their children into good state-run schools. Pretending to have religious beliefs, using false addresses or even trying to bribe head teachers are some
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      Lock icon Vietnamese visit Spratlys
      64 18 AFP About 1 00 Vietnamese tourists embarked on an inaugural voyage to Hanoi's military outposts on the Spratly Islands yesterday, despite protests from China, which is one of six claimants to the disputed archipelago. A senior official from the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism said a boat
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      Lock icon Ethics code for M'sian parliament
      55 18 Bernama. Malaysian prime minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi yesterday launched a code of ethics for government backbenchers, calling on them to maintain their reputations and uphold the sanctity of their positions. The code is a guideline for the conduct of parliamentarians in their official affairs, general
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Lock icon Another false dawn in Iraq
      1082 20  -  John Gee Iraqis won't accept a transfer of power set for June 30 that is not real and unconditional ONE constant theme in the policy declarations of the administration of United States President George W Bush on Iraq is that Washington will stick to the
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      This man lives because of you
      841 21  -  Cindy Tong Mr Tee Bee Chong Your donations have given this family of eight new hope DIABETES, heart disease and kidney failure have ravaged Mr Tee Bee Chong and plunged his family of eight into financial difficulty. Yet, the 42-year-old former contractor is a
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      Lock icon Facts about kidney failure
      184 21 IN SINGAPORE today, more than 500 people succumb to kidney failure every year. Most do not know that they have kidney disease until there is total kidney failure. The early stages of kidney damage can be controlled with medication and diet. However, there is no recovery
      WEE TECK HIAN  -  184 words
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      THE SUSPENSE, THE DRAMA
      592 22  -  Elisa Chia Bloodshed, cries of pain and determined grimaces Sunday's NKF Charity Show acts were displays of the artistes' sincerity i T ET'S not focus on the differences, but .L/the similarities here," Diana Ser told Today before Sunday's NKF Charity Show. The Channel News Asia presenter
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        279 24  -  Lynette Leong Healthy diet, lifestyle and exercise are not enough WHETHER you are a woman in your 20s, 30s or 40s, you should take stock of your health. Dr Caroline Khi, a consultant gynaecologist at the XX Women's and Children's Hospital, told Today:
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          147 24 Check for cervical cancer by undergoing a pap smear every one to three years if you are sexually active and especially if you have multiple partners. Test for sexually-transmitted diseases through a blood or urine test or swab culture from vaginal discharge if you are
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          71 24 Check your cholesterol level if you smoke, are obese and have a family history of diabetes or heart diseases. Have your blood pressure checked more frequently. Watch your weight by learning to calculate your body mass index. Obesity can lead to many other problems such
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          72 24 Have a mammogram every one to two years from the age of 40. Check for fibroids, ovarian cancer or any other cancers related to the reproductive organs. Although there are no tests for menopause, look out for symptoms such as mood swings and hot flushes.
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        168 26 Reuters/Hollywood Reporter LOS ANGELES Sissy Spacek is returning to the horror genre where she enjoyed one of her earliest successes as the telekinetic heroine of the 1976 hit film, Carrie. The Oscar-winning actress will step into The Ring 2, which stars Naomi Watts and Simon
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        263 26  -  Wendy Cheng Tune in to MediaCorpTV Channel B's new series READY for another marathon drama? Riding on the success of the 125-part Holland Village, next up on MediaCorp TV Channel 8 is Double Happiness, a 130-part drama. Like Holland Village, the new offering has food as its theme:
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        177 27 Reuters/Hollywood Reporter LONDON English comedian Ricky Gervais, the surprise winner of a Golden Globe in January for his cult hit The Office, took home the prizes for best comedy performance and sitcom for the third year in a row at the British Academy
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        520 28  -  Pauline D Loh Pair cool, crisp asparagus with a fiery, spicy hot topping THERE are a few chefs in town that I admire for their total dedication to the profession. Chef Chan Chan Hei is one. His obsession with quality has set him apart from the
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        167 28 WHITE OR GREEN, THICK OR THIN ASPARAGUS has always been more a "banquet" vegetable than an everyday choice for the family. But, we really should be eating more asparagus every day. Our supermarkets stock an excellent range of asparagus ranging from the thin baby spears usu- ally bundled
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      581 33  -  KOH WEI LING Selangor promise 12,000 visiting fans for clash against S-League's best THE traditional football rivalry between Singapore and Malaysia will come alive next month, when the Kallang Roar will be expected to be in full cry. An S-League All Star team will take on
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      185 33  -  Tan Yo-Hinn LAST week, the Singapore Sports Council's Coaching Development Department made some changes to the National Coaches Accreditation Programme (NCAP). To become an NCAP Level One certified coach and qualify for the National Registry of Coaches (NROC), all participants must now complete a theory
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      307 33  -  STANLEY HO stanley@newstoday.com.sg IN ALL his years as a football coach, Toni Netto has only had one philosophy to win. And that is exactly what the Perak coach expects his team to do in their Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Cup clash against Home United
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      589 34 Reuters BUENOS AIRES Argentina's Diego Maradona remained in intensive care in a Buenos Aires clinic yesterday with heart and breathing problems but was stable and improving. His doctors said in a statement that his "progress has been satisfactory until now" and that his
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      696 34 AFP DIEGO ARMANDO MARADONA Nationality: Argentine Date of birth: Oct 30, 1960 Place of birth: Buenos Aires Clubs: Argentinos Juniors (Arg 1976-80), Boca Juniors (Arg 1981-82), Barcelona (Spa 1982-84), Napoli (Ita 1984-91), FC Seville (Spa 1992-93), Newell's Old Boys (Arg 1993), Boca Juniors (Arg 1995-97) Argentine national
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      659 35 Agencies Deschamps won the European Cup again with Juventus in 1996. Together with Desailly, Deschamps was in the Chelsea squad that won the FA Cup in 2000. Speaking to reporters yesterday, he said he has the greatest respect for the London side. "If
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      252 35 MADRID Spanish entrepreneur Enrique Sobrino will sell David Beckham (picture) if he becomes president of Real Madrid this summer. Speaking to BBC Sport, Sobrino, aiming to oust Florentino Perez in the summer elections, said: "Beckham has to change. I would listen to offers for
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