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  • 9 1 TODAY we set you thinking todayonline.com Friday Aprii23,2oo4* mita(p)oo2/11/2002
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  • 530 1  -  Wong Fei Wan Ted Chen Collapsed edge of Merdeka Bridge to be cut off to reduce stress wfeiwan@newstoday.com.sg THE search went on yesterday for the body of Mr Heng Yeow Peow, the last of four men missing after the Nicoll Highway cave-in. In the
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  • 92 1 TED CHEN Minister for Transport Yeo Cheow Tong (right) comforting Mr Heng Yeow Peow's mother before her departure from Kampong Glam Community Centre to the site of the cave-in yesterday. Next to her are the Heng family members. The brother of Mr Heng, the
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  • HOT NEWS
    • 500 2  -  Derrick A Paulo Loh Chee Kong Rescuers extricate John Tan's body from under submerged lorry derrick@newstoday.com.sg THE agonising 42-hour wait for news ended for the Tan family yesterday when Land Transport Authority engineer John Tan's body was finally pulled out of
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    • 261 2  -  Derrick A Paulo EACH time Mr Raj closed his eyes over the past two days, he saw beams going "down, down, down". The 24-year-old construction worker from India claims to be the last man to flee to safety as the tunnel
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    • 193 2 THE LTA has asked all its contractors working on the the Circle Line and the Kallang/Paya Lebar Expressway to carry out additional checks and review the design of all temporary works, such as struts, diaphragm walls and other retaining structures. This will take two to
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      • 631 3  -  Lee Ching Wern FROM my safe perch on the edge of the site, I watched over the last three days as little groups of rescuers carefully made their way into the massive tangle of buckled steel beams and jagged slabs of concrete. In they went
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    • 373 4  -  Tay Tsen-Waye Circle Line's main contractors help kin tide over 'difficult' period waye@newstoday.com.se FAMILY members who lost their men to the Nicoll Highway disaster will receive an instant payment of $30,000 from the Circle Line MRT site's main contractors, Nishimatsu Construction
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    • 129 4 Channel News Asia THE second body recovered at the Nicoll Highway disaster site on Wednesday night has been identified as 36-year-old Chinese national Liv Rong Quan. He had started work in Singapore only earlier this month and leaves behind a wife and a daughter. Mr Liu's body
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    • 353 4 Today reader Chan Kai Mun raised a question in a letter that asked why works on other Circle Line sites resumed so quickly, and how the authorities could determine the safety of the structures so quickly. The press secretary to Transport Minister
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    • 455 4  -  Chan Chao Peh INSURANCE costs for construction projects here are expected to rise following the Nicoll Highway collapse, industry players warned. "Costs for insuring some civil engineering projects might go up, but it is difficult to quantify by how much," said the head of
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    • 376 6 Widespread Muslim anger over US Middle East policies PUTRAJAYA The United States' policies on the Middle East were squarely in the firing line yesterday as Islamic nations met to discuss the situation in Iraq and the Palestinian territories. The Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC), the world's biggest
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    • 148 6 Agencies BEIJING China yesterday reported the first suspected Sars case in Beijing nearly a year after the Chinese capital declared victory over the deadly outbreak. Five people who had close contact with a 20-year-old nurse at Beijing's Jiangong Hospital developed symptoms and were isolated. More
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    • 135 6 Reuters SEOUL In a rare accident in the hermit kingdom, up to 3,000 people were killed or injured in an explosion at a North Korean railway station yesterday, South Korea's YTN news channel reported. "Chinese sources said cargo trains carrying petrol and liquefied petroleum gas
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 559 8  -  Tay Tsen-Waye Most firms will not be affected by the law expected to take effect in 2006 waye@newstoday.com.sg BUSINESSES need not be "unduly worried" about a competition law, as it is unlikely it will affect most of the firms in Singapore, the Ministry of Trade
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    • 344 8  -  Ng Shing Vi CHARITIES from disparate fields are teaming up to address the fundraising headache that occurs "year in year out", said Mr Jeffrey Beh, chairman of the Singapore After Care Association (Saca). Although they have nothing in common at first sight, the
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    • 136 8 Channel News Asia THE more than 8,000 tributes sent in by the public during the Sars outbreak are to be photographed and turned into 22 panels for display at Tan Tock Seng Hospital. The messages on these cards, banners and letters were for
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    • 566 10  -  Ng Shing Vi Meet this foreign talent who invested his children's college funds in the SMU shingyi@newsto day, com. sg "I took that out of my kids' college education fund. So, SMU had better stay successful because I need to stay employed and make sure my kids
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    • 296 10  -  Loh Chee Kong IN A country where the mobile phone ownership is one of the highest in Asia, a fast-spreading email that a ringing mobile can produce enough energy to trigger a small fire at a petrol station is causing great
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    • SINGAPOREsnippets
      • 68 10 A Myanmar national's oneman forgery set-up was busted by tne Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) on Wednesday. He was arrested for forging Student's Passes and Dependent Passes after a female Myanmar national, caught for holding two forged Dependent Passes, led ICA officers to him. Forgery of passes
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      • 93 10 A drug trafficker who sold Ketamine to an undercover officer at the Bedok MRT station was arrested on Wednesday. A raid on the 31-year-old bar captain's home yielded psychotropic drugs worth a total street value of $17,420. Separately, another drug trafficker was ambushed in his car by
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      • 81 10 Channel News Asia A man, who pleaded guilty to two charges of selling unauthorised cable TV decoders, has been fined $40,000. Chong Aik Hoe is one of two men being taken to court by Star Hub Cable Vision (SCV) for violating the Broadcasting
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  • LETTERS
    • Does Singapore need a casino?
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        569 14  -  Daniel Yeo (Dr) I REFER to the front page report, "Asian nations in race for $7-billion jackpot" (Today, April 19). This is one race that Singapore would do well to keep out of. I have no doubt that if Singapore were to set up a casino, it
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      • 271 14  -  Tan Kin Lian THE Government will decide on whether to allow a casino to open in Singapore in the next six to nine months, after carrying out detailed discussions on how it will impact Singapore society. It is aimed at attracting more tourists to Singapore. I support
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    • 194 14  -  Michael Loh Yik Ming I REFER to reader Florence Tan's suggestion of sprucing up the local trishaw as an icon of Singapore ("Trishaw riders, Spores tourism icon, deserve a sheltered park" Today, April 19). Though I agree in principle, I'd also like
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    • 145 14  -  Narayana Narayana MAJ (ret) John Yap Poon Ann's letter "Dangerous to get complacent on security" (Today, April 20) struck an empathetic chord in me. When I visited a large publiclisted company here recently, the guard at the main gate asked me briefly where I was
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    • 239 18  -  Alison Lester I REFER to the recommendations on pronunciation in "So you want to be on radio? Master the DJ speak first" (Today, April 22). It was quite a sloppy job. Evanescence is not pronounced with the emphasis on the second
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    • 250 18  -  Koh Eng Siong Parents are too busy with work to monitor children I'M VERY disturbed by the article, "Report lodged against school principal" (Today, April 22), where a woman alleges that the principal of Nan Chiau High School had hit a female student with
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
    • 421 20  -  Val Chua Insurer nets $70m gain, bank to cancel shares val@newstoday.com.sg GREAT Eastern Holdings (GE) will net around $70 million in profit from the sale of its 6.26-per-cent stake in Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC) back to the bank. This follows the decision of GE shareholders
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    • 266 20  -  Dow Jones GENERAL Electric Capital Corp (GE Capital) has abandoned legal proceedings to recover its debt from Asia Pulp Paper (APP), the world's lOth-largest paper company said yesterday. "We are very pleased that GE Capital is no longer a plaintiff in legal proceedings against
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    • 188 20 Agencies SHARES of United Envirotech, a Chinabased water and industrial waste treatment specialist, rose 13 cents, or 27.7 per cent, from its 47-cent offer price on its trading debut yesterday. United Envirotech topped the most actively-traded list on the the Singapore Exchange (SGX)
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    • Market WATCH
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      • 242 20 Agencies SHARES rose yesterday, lifted by higher US stock markets after US Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan cooled market concerns of a near-term interest rate hike. However, investors stayed cautious as the medium-term outlook suffers from the uncertainty of likely rate increases in the US that would likely result
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      • 53 20 iy volume Close Change '000 UtdEnvirotech FibreChem Bio-Treat SingPost PanpacMed SingTel NOL UnitedTAC Cosco Corp Horizon 0.600 0.525 1.020 0.875 0.150 2.360 2.180 0.940 1.000 0.155 +0.045 +0.030 +0.030 +0.060 +0.050 +0.005 -0.090 +9.4 +3.0 +3.6 +2.6 +2.3 +0.5 -8.3 71,017 69,917 38,837 33,166 31,923 24,408 22,051
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      • 70 20 Jy$ Close Change /enture 19.800 +0.300 \PB Breweries 7.400 +0.200 Erealive 50 17.800 +0.200 )BS 13.900 +0.200 :&N 14.100 +0.200 jreatEast 12.000 +0.200 JOB 13.700 +0.200 EITYDEV 6.350 +0.100 Joble 3.720 +0.100 By percentage 7icplas W*****9 Close Change 0.010 +100.0 .&M 0.020 +33.3 EngWah 0.310 +29.2 El
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      • 77 20 By$ Close Change IMH 400USS 10.200 -0.400 Bukit Sem 13.500 -0.300 SPH 20.400 -0.200 SPH 100 20.500 -0.200 SingamasC 2kHKS Elec USS 3.850 3.020 -0.150 -0.140 SIA 11.000 -0.100 Cosco Corp 1AC 200USS 1.000 2.840 -0.090 -0.080 By percentage Globa Close 0.015 Change -25.0 UediaS 0.020 -20.0
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      • 58 20 Index Nikkei 225 Hang Seng Ordinaries laiwan Wtd Korea Comp Value 11,980.1 12,167.70 3,441.90 6,732.09 924.01 Change Pis +35.8 -59.60 -2.80 -78.16 -5.94 "k +0.3C -0.45 -0.0E -0.64 KLCI 871.63 +7.61 +0.8E SET Index 690.96 -15.69 -2.25 lakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzhen B 804.427 1,548.28 291.02 -9.776 +10.50
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      • 23 20 Gold uss/oz 391.30 Silver uss/oz 6.210 Platinum uss/oz 855.00 Rubber centsAg 232.75 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1,941 Brent crude uss/barrel 32.79 SGX, Bloomberg
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      • 36 20 US$ 0.5916 UK£ 0.3333 Yen 64.513 HK$ 4.5935 RM 2.2383 Euro 0.4978 Rupiah 5,094.8 Baht 23.365 Peso 32.895 A$ 0.8102 Indian Rs 25-965 Won 683.01 C$ 0.8038 Yuan 4.8968 NZ$ 0.9527 NTS 19.536
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    • 274 22 Channel News Asia Back-up computer systems can be triggered without a second's delay FINANCIAL institutions in Singapore have shown that their business continuity plans were up to scratch following blackouts caused by the Nicoll Highway collapse on Tuesday. Despite the lights going out
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    • 163 22 -AFP BASEL (Switzerland) Swiss drug giant Novartis said yesterday that it would hold talks for an alliance with French-Ger-man peer Aventis. A merger of the two could create the world's second largest pharmaceutical group. "The board of directors of Novartis has decided to accept the
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    • 143 22 Channel News Asia GLOBAL online marketplace eßay is setting up shop in Singapore with its own dedicated trading portal. eßay's Singapore office at Raffles Place is its first in Southeast Asia and will serve as a base to reach out into the region. "The Internet
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    • 342 22 Bloomberg Keppel Telecommunications and Transportation said net profit after exceptional items rose 21 9 per cent year-on-year to $9.77 million in the three months ended March 31, 2004 from $3.06 million. Turnover fell 21.7 per cent to $50.3 million. The company said a $5.6-million gain from the sales of
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    • Article, Illustration
      519 25 The Cold Storage team 'always cares for customers' COLD Storage has been serving its customers in Singapore for a century. Today, it continues to encourage its staff, who are known as team members, to serve well. All team members understand and carry out its mission statement: "We
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    • 232 25 SHE is a shining example of superior customer service. That's why Magesparee d/o Perumal is considered a diamond team member. Magesparee, who is a sales assistant, possesses traits that Cold Storage considers precious to the organisation. She has won accolades from both customers and team members at the deli
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    • 291 26 Bloomberg Westpac strategists also say the unit will rally 3% THE Singapore dollar may rally about 3 per cent because the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) will probably raise the target for the currency at its twice-yearly policy review in October, said Westpac
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    • 184 26 AFP SYDNEY Australia's Westfield Holdings will combine its three entities to create the world's largest listed retail property group worth US$l6 billion ($27 billion). The new entity, to be known as Westfield Group, will hold As 34 billion ($42 billion) of property
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    • 182 26 -AFP TOKYO Samsung group filed a suit yesterday seeking to lift an import ban on its plasma display panel (PDP) screens amid a patent row with Japanese rival Fujitsu. Samsung Japan Corp, a Japanese subsidiary of the South Korean group, filed the
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    • 279 26 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian no-frills carrier Air Asia is prepared for a price war with Singapore's first budget airline, ValuAir, to protect its market share, a report said yesterday. "We have said that when we have more competition, we will just have to
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    • 853 28  -  Cindy Tong Public support from donors and helpers has aided more than 2,000 sufferers of kidney disease news@newstoday.com .sg THE National Kidney Foundation (NKF) raised a record $14.27 million through its live Charity Shows this year against the backdrop of the recent
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    • 184 28 1994 The first NKF Charity Show was launched and included the participation of television artistes who willingly chip in with performances to encourage viewers to donate. 1998 Top regional stars were pitted against homegrown artistes in two separate shows in a friendly competition to see which attracted
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    • 196 30 AFP WASHINGTON China offered greater market access to American goods and pledged to step up enforcement against copyright infringement after key ministerial talks on Wednesday saw the clinching of eight tradeboosting agreements. "The meeting proved to be a complete success," a beaming Chinese Vice-Premier
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    • 346 30 Reuters Forex chief says it will be linked to a basket of currencies BEIJING China is moving towards a floating currency system that would link the yuan now pegged to the dollar to a basket of currencies, the Financial Times quoted the foreign exchange
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    • 256 30 Reuters NEW YORK Legendary film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc (MGM) is in advanced talks to be bought over by Sony Corp and two buyout firms in a US$5 billion ($8.45 billion) deal, putting the owner of the James Bond movies back in play on
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    • 869 34  - Calpers flips and flops in Philippines again Andy Mukherjee Bloomberg Commentary Effect of the US pension fund's decision switches is dramatic news@newstoday.com.sg CALIFORNIA'S state workers might not even notice if out of every US$lOO of their pension savings, 4 cents disappeared. But how crucial are those same 4 cents half
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    • 350 34 CANBERRA Australia and New Zealand welcomed a statement by Asean economic ministers supporting a possible Asean-Australia-New Zealand free trade agreement Australia's Foreign Minister Alexander Downer and Trade Minister Mark Vaile said the statement is a step forward for Australia-Asean economic
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    • 220 34 Bloomberg CHINA'S economic growth will probably exceed the government's 7 per cent forecast this year, the National Bureau of Statistics said in a statement. China's economy expanded 9.7 per cent from a year earlier in the first quarter, after
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    • 680 36 Dow Jones Profit warnings and weak first-half demand undermine stocks such as Magnecomp and Seksun SHARES of Singapore's hard disk drive (HDD) component makers have tumbled sharply from their December peaks but high inventories and persistently weak earnings of Seagate Technology continue to make
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    • 89 38 Saudi workers inspecting a government building in the capital city of Riyadh wrecked by a car bomb on Wednesday. Four people were killed and 148 injured in the first major attack on a government target. A group linked to Al Qaeda claimed
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    • 147 38 Reuters WASHINGTON is not opposed to a change in the status quo between Taiwan and China, but any change must be peaceful and mutually agreed. "We're prepared to see a change in the status quo. We want it to happen peacefully with the
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    • 477 38 AFP They are making their mark in education, culture, medicine and fuelling population growth WASHINGTON Asians in the United States are making their mark in education, culture and medicine, raking in relatively high incomes and fuelling population growth, government figures show. Asians make up 13.1
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      • 38 42 AFP Some 14,887 villages in 59 Thai provinces have been declared serious drought zones. The affected zones are mainly in northern and north-eastern areas but also in the popular southern resort island of Phuket.
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      • 51 42 -AFP The second round of voting in India's marathon general elections began yesterday with voters casting their votes in the restive north-east-ern state of Tripura amid high security. Voters defied the boycott appeal by separatists and the threat of possible militant attacks to cast their
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      • 74 42 -AFP Stockholm will introduce a road congestion charge on a 1 3-month trial basis in June 2005, officials said yesterday. Vehicles entering the inner city will have to pay 1 0 ($2.20), 15 or 20 kronor each time they pass a portal. The amount payable will
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      • 58 42 AFP Tens of thousands of couples, including cricket star Virendra Sehwag, tied the knot across India yesterday after astrologers declared it the most auspicious day, just "right for everything", in 70 years. An estimated 17,000 weddings were due to take place in New Delhi and another
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      • 65 42 AFP A Malaysian couple caught by enforcement officers holding hands in a public park have been charged in court with indecent behaviour. Ooi Kean Tong, 22, was charged on Wednesday for allegedly hugging and kissing his girlfriend, Siow Ai Wei, 20, in a Kuala Lumpur park. He
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    • 187 42 AFP WASHINGTON The United States and Singapore have called for greater international coordination to dismantle terrorist networks. US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said it had become a herculean task keeping constant guard against terror attacks in every part of the world.
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    • 68 42 AFP An activist, her body painted red and wearing a fur coat, lying on the ground as she protests the use of animal fur during a demonstration before the Prada boutique in Beverly Hills, California, on Wednesday. The demonstration, organised by the People for the Ethical
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    • 145 42 AFP PENANG South-east Asian states yesterday adopted a common strategy to fight deadly epidemics such as Sars and bird flu, which have cost the region hundreds of lives and billions of dollars over the past two years. Details of the plan will be released after approval
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    • 376 42 Rise of retired Indon generals fuels concerns over return of autocracy JAKARTA The emergence of two former military generals as the top contenders in the presidential election is fuelling concerns of a return of autocratic leadership. There are also fears that it could deal a blow
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    • 81 42 -AFP BANGKOK Thailand and South Korea boosted security after Seoul's embassy in Bangkok received a letter threatening terror attacks against countries supporting US-led operations in Iraq. The letter was received on Wednesday from a group identifying itself as the "Yellow-Red Overseas Organization". The
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    • 449 44 -AFP Glorification of dead seen driving people to end lives HONG KONG The release this September of a film featuring local heartthrobs Ekin Cheng, Andy Hui and Hacken Lee could touch a raw nerve in the city. Six Strong Guys, a comedy about a
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      • 72 44 AFP Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin (picture) will defy China's protests and become the first Canadian Prime Minister to meet Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, today. Smarting from several rhetorical attacks from Beijing, Mr Martin said the meeting is a "spiritual" rather
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      • 94 44 AFP One million babies, or one in 17, are born in China every year with birth defects or diseases, health officials said yesterday. Professor Liang Jimin of the Demographic Society of China said 300,000 abies were born with defects and another 700,000 were diagnosed
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      • 97 44 Reuters Research conducted by scientists at the University of California at San Diego has found that women who worried about their assisted reproductive technology cases were less likely to become pregnant than women who were less concerned. The team studied 151 women seeking in-vitro fertilisation,
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    • 225 44 AFP TOKYO More than 150 politicians or their representatives visited a controversial Japanese war shrine yesterday, two weeks after a court declared pilgrimages to the site by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi unconstitutional. A total of 84 lawmakers and 85 political representatives visited the capital's Yasukuni
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    • 219 44 -AFP LONDON Laws requiring British schools to hold a daily Christianbased act of worship should be dropped as they are out of date, the country's chief educational standards official said. Such religious assemblies might become more "meaningful" if they were held less frequently,
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    • 241 44 Reuters SEOUL South Korea's Acting President has said he may step down from his job as Prime Minister once the future of the impeached president is determined. Mr Goh Kun is a veteran bureaucrat widely credited with keeping the country on track since Parliament
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    • 873 46  -  Simon Tay Eric Teo With Chen likely to stay in power,Taipei political weather could take a turn for the worse and news@newstoday.com.sg WE flew into Taipei last week amid a storm. It was not one of the typhoons that sadly but commonly rip through the
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    • 222 47 In Singapore, more than 600 people are All non-Muslim Singapore Citizens and currently waiting for an organ transplant. Permanent Residents between the ages Help these people to experience the gift of 21 and 60 years are included under of a new life... and a new hope. HOTA. They will have
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    • 1047 48  -  Razali Abdullah The Observatory is all the buzz in our music scene, despite lack of support from some quarters THE band is reluctant to play in venues bigger than a 240-seat auditorium and they're not getting airplay from radio stations. And it seems to be working
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    • 494 50  -  Elisa Chia Scheming Lex talks about being ousted by his friend on Survivor elisa@newstoday.com.sg QCHEMING strategies aside, he's Omost remembered for his tattoos on Survivor: Africa and the All-Stars edition of the reality television show, which airs Fridays at 10pm on MediaCorp TV Channel 5.
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    • 512 52  -  Serene Foo Rising Taiwanese film-maker Alex Yang bides his time while waiting for audiences to bite 'TAIWANESE writer-director Alex Yang -L has a knack for milking his budget for all it's worth when making a movie. For his latest feature film, Taipei 21, Yang tailored all
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    • 204 52 FANS of cold beer and hot jazz are in for a treat tonight as a three-week, Heinekensponsored celebration of music gets underway. Stretching over the next three weekends, the Heineken Starbar Music Festival will see bands putting a new spin on classic jazz in performances
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      • 484 54  -  Yong Shu Chiang More fun with vintage tributes, but Vol. 2 seems toned down FILM REVIEW YOU ain't seen kungfu fighting yet until you watch The Bride and gongfu master Pai Mci trade blows (picture, right). True to the spirit of the jingoism in kungfu pictures of
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      • 242 56 Gus Van Sant's latest film is a mesmerising drama FILM REVIEW by yong shu chiang THE teenage gunmen in this film didn't go bowling before they sprayed bullets galore in their high school. Nor did they make sport of any gargantuan safari animals. Elephant, a deeply
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        • 84 56 Black Eyed Peas will be looking for love here on May 25. The Los Angeles-based hip-hop act of the Grammy-nominated single, Where Is The Love? will stage their concert at the Singapore Indoor Stadium, which is where they last performed in February at the MTV Asia
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        • 102 56 And best-kiss award to goes The 1 3th annual MTV Movie Awards known for its mockery and parody of the movie industry will be taped on June 5 and broadcast on the music channel on June 10. The event features satiric clips of top movies edited with jokes and irreverent
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        • 90 56 Reuters Michael Jackson was indicted yesterday by a California grand jury, investigating child molestation accusations against the pop star. The 45-year-old is expected to plead innocent "if the grand jury issues an indictment", according to Jackson's lead attorney Mark Geragos, who refused to confirm the indictment. Jackson's
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      • 403 58 50 First Dates is an atypical Adam Sandier film, heartfelt and restrained FILM REVIEW by yong shu chiang DESCRIBED as Memento crossed with Groundhog Day, 50 First Dates is an atypical Adam Sandier movie. The comedy has some fun at the expense of those afflicted with
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    • 186 63  -  Elise Tan A chance to book a flight to Bangkok for just $9.99 via SMS By traveller@newstoday.com.sq BOOK a flight via SMS to Bangkok or Malaysia and you may have to pay less than $10 for an air ticket. Sing Tel Mobile is offering 3,000
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    • 478 70 Agencies With 2-0 lead, hungry Wolves halfway to first playoff series win NBA PLAYOFFS Timberwolves 95 Nuggets 81 MINNEAPOLIS With Sam Cassell shut down, Latrell Sprewell broke loose and Kevin Garnett gave his usual all-around effort The Minnesota Timberwolves have three go-to guys, and
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    • 338 70 Reuters LONDON Tiger Woods (picture) insists his swing is close to its best, despite having produced his worst US Masters finish in nine starts as a professional earlier this month. The world No 1 tied for 22nd at the Augusta National 10 days
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    • 534 73 AFP FORMULA 1 San Marino Grand Prix IMOLA, Italy Formula 1 will make an emotional return to Imola this weekend for the San Marino Grand Prix, which marks the 10th anniversary of the death of Ayrton Senna and Roland Ratzenberger. On
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    • 497 75 Despite draw at home, Mourinho says team will be in final CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, SEMI-FINAL Porto 0 Deportivo La Coruna 0 PORTO, Portugal Porto believe a second successive treble is still theirs for the taking, despite an uninspired 0-0 draw with Deportivo La Coruna in the first leg of
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    • 303 75 Reuters BUENOS AIRES Argentina soccer legend Diego Maradona (picture) was no longer in a critical condition yesterday. After being rushed to hospital on Sunday apparently at death's door with heart and breathing problems, his personal doctor Alfredo Cahe told local radio the 43-year-old superstar
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    • 378 75 Reuters LONDON Former Manchester United manager Ron Atkinson, who resigned from commercial broadcaster ITV over a racist remark he made about Chelsea's black French captain, Marcel Desailly, has also quit as a columnist with The Guardian newspaper. His comment about Desailly prompted his
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      • 83 76 SINGAPORE'S world No 9 Ronald Susilo (picture) eased into the quarter-finals of the Yonex-Sunrise Asian Badminton Championships last night. At the Kuala Lumpur Badminton Association Stadium, Susilo comfortably dispatched China's Hu Yun2-0 (17-14, 17-14) in the third round. The recently-crowned Japan Open champion will
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      • 76 76 TOKYO Isao Aoki, the first Japanese golfer to make the grade abroad, has celebrated his induction to the World Golf of Fame with a drinking binge. He is the first Japanese man to join the pantheon of golfing greats. "After I heard about it, I was
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      • 105 76 AUCKLAND All Blacks flyhalf Carlos Spencer is to undergo neurological tests, after suffering a number of heavy tackles playing for the Blues in the Super 12, it was reported yesterday. Spencer, who spent several weeks on the sideline after breaking his jaw in a tackle by Chiefs
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      • 98 76 BUCHAREST A top Romanian soccer club owner said yesterday he would send the whole squad to listen to a classical music concert as punishment if they lose their next match. With eight games left, Universitatea Craiova, fourth in the first division with 33 points, need to
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    • 479 76  -  TAN YO-HINN Singapore No 1 fires a 68 to take two-shot lead GOLF SITF Golf Masters 2004 yohinn@newstoday.com.sg IF HIS current form continues, Mardan Mamat could be bagging his second title in as many months today. Singapore's No 1 who won last month's US$3OO,OOO ($500,000)
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    • 373 76  -  Koh Wei Ling NTUC INCOME-YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2004 Young Lions 1 Albirex 0 ALBIREX Niigata's maiden NTUC Income-Yeo's S-League season took a turn for the worse last night The Young Lions stunned the visiting Japanese side 1-0 at the Jalan Besar Stadium. Agu Casmir scored the
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    • 955 78 As relegation looms. Wolves one bright spark is Camara, a pain to Premiership defenders IT IS not often that one of the most in-form and talked about players in the English Premiership hails from a club fighting against relegation. Especially not a player who once wasmore
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