Today, 27 April 2004, Afternoon Edition

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    15 1 TODAY we set you thinking todayonline.com Tuesday j April 27, 2004 1 MITA (P) 002/11/2002
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon Jordan foils Al Qaeda chemical attack
      362 1 -AFP Explosives could have killed 80,000 people, say officials AMMAN Jordan had foiled a chemical attack linked to the Al Qaeda terrorist network that would have involved trucks loaded with 20 tonnes of explosives that could have killed 80,000 people, security officials said yesterday.
      -AFP; AFP  -  362 words
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      Lock icon China shock on HK polls
      160 1 Jamie Koh CHINA yesterday ruled that Hong Kong would not choose its leaders in direct elections in 2007 and 2008, prompting the territory's Chief Executive, Mr Tung Chee-hwa, to make a public appearance to call for calm. The ruling by the National People's Congress has,
      — Jamie Koh  -  160 words
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      Lock icon US stocks slip
      41 1 Reuters NEW YORK US stocks were down yesterday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average eased 28.11 points to 10,444.73, the S&P 500 was off 5.12 points at 1,135.48 and the Nasdaq gave up 13 points to close at 2,036.77.-
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      School principal steps down after admitting he hit female student
      528 1  -  Fei Wan Today Exclusive THE principal of Nan Chiau High has stepped down after admitting to hitting a female student with a soft-cover book. In a letter to Today (See Page 8), the Ministry of Education (MOE) said Mr Ng
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      41 1 VIJAY SINGH-ING IN THE RAIN SPORTS 35 NEWSX^/lEWS Battle-ready Tan Tock Seng Hospital ready for Sars in a day/2 UOB divests Bank sheds 36.9% UOL stake/12 GOAL 2010 NO MORE Singapore's World Cup slogan to be revised/34 7\\W 5t c$ safiPy
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  • HOT NEWS
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        NKF Grand Draw winners make another donation
        123 2  -  Wendy Cheng Businessman Lee Van Fai bagged the first prize in the National Kidney Foundation's (NKF) Grand Draw winning a Monterey condominium unit and a Nissan Sunny. Mr Lee and his family (picture) have donated to the NKF for I 0 years, but
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        Lock icon ERP on CTE to go up
        80 2 Channel News Asia ERP rates for travel along the Central Expressway between Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1 and Braddell Road will go up from May 3 for the peak period between 7.30 am and Bam. Cars, taxis and light goods vehicles will pay 80
        — Channel News Asia  -  80 words
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        Ex-NMP 'deceived' company
        65 2 A company said former Nominated MP Chia Shi Teck's "fraudulent misrepresentation" and "act of deception" had caused it to pay nearly $2.4 million to two companies for payment to third parties. GeoTele Heartland is now suing the two firms to get the money back, according to a
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      Sars-ready in a day
      383 2  -  Tan Hui Leng But for now, it's business as usual at TTSH huileng@newstoday.com.sg ONCE Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) receives the official notice to ramp up its Sars alert from the current green to orange, it will be able to put in place all measures within
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        Myths, fables and round tables
        765 3  -  Constance Singam Legends grow from mouths of story-tellers news@newstoday.com.sg TODAY, I am going to write about myths and fables. I just love them and I am captivated by stories about Camelot and King Arthur. I know these stories usually promise much and deliver little. But
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      Lock icon Emergency Sars teams fan out across China
      356 4 Agencies WHO warns of an epidemic as millions likely to travel during Labour Day break BEIJING China is rushing emergency inspection teams around the country to check if health guidelines are being followed as the World Health Organization (WHO) warned that the latest
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      Lock icon Bashir in standoff over interrogation
      215 4 -AFP JAKARTA There was high drama outside the prison of jailed Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir just days ahead of his release after Indonesian police unsuccessfully tried to take him away for questioning on suspicion of being a terrorist Police officers had to postpone plans
      -AFP  -  215 words
    • GLOBALroundup
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        Lock icon Taiwan's PFP files libel suit
        89 4 AFP against President Chen Taiwan's opposition People First Party (PFP) filed a libel suit against President Chen Shui-bian yesterday over comments he made alleging the opposition had plotted a coup after March's disputed presidential polls. It said it filed the two lawsuits one civil and
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        Lock icon M'sia refuses to pay $ 1.3-m ransom for 3 kidnapped men
        83 4 M'sia refuses to pay 1.3-m ransom for 3 kidnapped men AFP Malaysia will not pay a ransom to secure the release of three men believed kidnapped by Muslim rebels in the southern Philippines, defence minister Najib Razak said yesterday. But Mr Najib said Kuala Lumpur would liase with Manila to
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        Lock icon Iran youth warned against ill effects of Internet use
        120 4 -AFP Iran's youth have now been warned: The Internet can jeopardise your bodily wellbeing, make you lose your friends and turn you into an anti-social, faithless and mentally damaged individual. "One of the best mediums of communication in today's world is
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Lock icon 18 nations staging war games
      178 6 -AFP A NAVAL exercise that has drawn 18 nations, including the United States and Russia, began here yesterday with participants focusing on the terrorism threat to shipping lanes. Twenty ships and 1,600 personnel will take part in the 13-day event, which is co-hosted by Singapore
      -AFP  -  178 words
    • Article
      Taking care of a hero's family
      139 6  -  Ted Chen HE HAS been called the hero of the Nicoll Highway disaster. But in saving some of his workers, construction foreman Heng Yeow Peow went missing last Tuesday and is now presumed dead. He is survived by his wife and two children. To
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      Helping hand for jobless
      458 6  -  Raymond Andrew NTUC Income willing to give them a home loan raymond@news today, com, sg BANKS won't grant them a loan and only 12 per cent could get one from the Housing Development Board. But, now, the unemployed who need a home loan to downgrade to
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      Tragedy exposes need to step up safety
      483 7  -  Yak Chin Hua Compensation and insurance cover do not match high risks faced by construction industry workers I JOIN many Singaporeans, and particularly industry co-workers, in paying my respects to the hero, Mr Heng Yeow Peow, who lost his life in the cause
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      Rename Nicoll Highway in honour of hero
      150 7  -  Chong Foo Sin ON APRIL 20, Madam Chua Bak Eng lost her son, Madam Sally Poa lost her husband, and Daniel and Joann Heng lost their father. Mr Heng Yeow Peow, a foreman with Kori Construction, behaved more like a general in war
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        Posthumous award for hero
        46 7  -  Henry Lim It's my hope that Ms Irene Ng, the MP for Tampines, recommends that Mr Heng Yeow Peow be given a posthumous National Day Award for his heroic act in saving the lives of his subordinates during the Nicoll Highway calamity.
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        In support of a national fund for tragic events
        85 7  -  Jeffrey Law Lee Beng I fully support Mr Sharma Murali Kumara's suggestion in "Let's rally and set up a national fund for tragic events" (Weekend TODAY, April 24-25). Another area of support that is worth considering is having social workers, psychologists
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      MOE accepts offer from Nan Chiau High school's principal to step down
      284 8  -  Seah Jiak Choo (Miss) We refer to the article, "Report lodged against school principal" (Today, April 22) and subsequent letters, "Good for principal to discipline students" by Koh Eng Siong (April 23) and "What's MOE stand on use
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      STIs not as 'devastating' as depicted
      363 8  -  Drjoey Chan Incidence of cervical cancer has fallen and is under control: Doctor I REFER to the letter, "Cancer threat from new sex infections" (Today, April 22). I would like to ask a few questions and make a few corrections. Does the number of
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon $6b power deal
      158 10 Agencies SINGAPORE Power (SingPower) has agreed to buy TXU Corp's Australian businesses for more than Ass billion ($6.2 billion). The deal comes barely 60 days after Mr John Wilder joined TXU as its chief executive. The Australian asset sale to Sing Power owned by Singapore's investment holding
      – Agencies  -  158 words
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      Lock icon KepLand profits up on tax cut
      127 10 Dow Jones KEPPEL Land said yesterday its first-quarter net profit jumped 37.4 per cent from last year to $29.6 million, or 4.2 cents a share, thanks to a drop in the corporate tax rate. But revenue for the period ended March 31 dropped 21.5
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    • MarketWATCH
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        Singapore
        54 10 Shares fell yesterday after a fresh Sars outbreak in China and ongoing worries about a rise in US interest rates rattled investors, traders said. The ST Index closed down 1 8.26 points, or 1 percent, at 1,849.38. Decliners outnumbered advancers 301 to 50. Volume traded amounted to 591.7 million
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        Lock icon ST 1ndex—1,849.4 -18.2
        37 10 Dow Jones UOB was among the biggest losers falling 20 cents, or 1.5 per cent, to $13.50 after it started talks with ABN Amro to buy its 81-per-cent stake in Thailand's Bank of Asia.
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        World markets
        60 10 Index Value .hange Nikkei 225 Hang Seng All Ordinaries Taiwan Wtd Korea Comp 12,163.89 12,132.68 3,455.40 6,710.70 919.74 Pis +43.23 -251.26 -6.10 -37.40 -16.32 +0.3r. -2.03 -0.18 -0.55 -1.74 KLCI 870.12 -5.38 -0.61 SET Index 667.61 -14.27 -2.09 Jakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzhen B 811.745 1,571.90 279.65 -3.699
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 10 US$ 0.5905 UK£ 0.3309 Yen 64.095 HK$ 4.5905 RM 2.2365 Euro 0.4979 Rupiah 5,074.5 Baht 23.345 Peso 32.765 A$ 0.8048 Indian Rs 26.006 Won 679.76 C$ 0.8038 Yuan 4.8878 NZ$ 0.9388 NTS 19.545
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        Lock icon Commodities
        26 10 SGX, Bloomberg Information provided by Gold us$/oi Silver us$/oi Platinum us$/oi 396.90 6.23 825.00 Rubber cents/kg Palm oil RM/tonne Brent crude us$/barrel 231.01 1,94! 33.4:
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        SGX most active
        57 10 By volume Close Change '000 Wee Poh FibreChem Citiraya SingTel Bio-Treat CEnerSave Interra HLAsia UnitedTAC Unified 0.020 0.500 0.445 2.390 0.960 0.180 0.220 1.870 0.935 0.505 -0.030 +0.005 -0.020 -0.050 -0.035 -0.020 -0.040 -0.035 -0.025 -5.7 +1.1 -0.8 -5.0 -16.3 -8.3 -2.1 -3.6 -4.7 59,853 30,760 23,790
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        SGX top rises
        76 10 By$ IMH 400USS Close Change 10.500 +0.200 By percentage MediaS Close Change 0.030 +20.0 jreatEast 11.900 +0.100 GreenWor 0.295 +15.7 SPH SPH 100 20.600 +0.100 20.600 +0.100 Superbowl MulliChemW*****6 0.240 +14.3 0.205 +13.9 :ih 2.520 +0.040 LKN 0.045 +12.5 3reenWor 0.295 +0.040 Cathay Org 0.185 +12.1 .hemlnd
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        SGX top falls
        81 10 By$ Thai Prime200USS Close 11.200 Change -0.400 By percentage Close Ch GulTech W*****7 0.025 hange -28.6 Creative 50 17.400 -0.300 L&M 0.015 -25.0 DBS 13.700 -0.300 Want Want W*****4USS 0.440 -24.1 Venture 19.800 -0.300 Cosco Corp 0.845 -18.0 F&N 13.600 -0.200 Yongnam 0.025 -16.7 Robinson 5.750 -0.200
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      Lock icon No price wars with other budget carriers, says Valuair
      336 12  -  Kevin Tan kevin@newstoday.com.sg VALUAIR has ruled out potential price wars with other budget carriers following AirAsia's comments last week that the Malaysian low-cost airline was prepared for such a fight with its Singapore counterpart. "We are not going into any price
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      UOB to divest 36.9% UOL stake
      332 12  -  Val Chua Move is in line with laws requiring banks to shed non-core assets by 2006 val@newstoday.com.sg UNITED Overseas Bank (UOB) said it plans to divest a 36.9 per cent stake in its property arm, United Overseas Land (UOL), in line with regulations that
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      Lock icon Pharmaceuticals drag down March output
      424 15 Dow Jones But outlook for year looks rosy despite slowdown SINGAPORE'S industrial production rose a smaller-than-expected 2 per cent year-on-year in March, suggesting economic growth in the first quarter will be below the Government's initial estimate. But the outlook for the year remains healthy as
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      Lock icon HK's office rents set to rise amid rebound
      259 15 Bloomberg SINGAPORE-LISTED Hongkong Land Holdings, the biggest office landlord in the Hong Kong's financial district, said office rents may rise by about a fifth this year amid an economic rebound. Hongkong Land, Great Eagle Holdings and other landlords in the financial district
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        Lock icon Jardine Cycle & Carriage ($7.05) – Fully Valued
        132 16 Jardine Cycle Carriage ($7.05) Fully Valued DBS Vickers DaimlerChrysler announced last Friday that it would not participate in the recapitalisation of its 37-per-cent owned, lossmaking Mitsubishi Motors Company. Over the weekend, three Mitsubishi Group companies pledged their support for Mitsubishi Motors but no details have been forthcoming on how much
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        Lock icon New Toyo (67 cents) — Buy
        131 16 New Toyo (67 cents) Buy DBS Vickers New Toyo International Holdings' results for its first quarter of fiscal year 2004 were in line with our expectations. Revenue rose 1 8 per cent quarter-on-guarter with the full consolidation of Smurfit Toyo. Net profit fell 1 8 per cent over the same
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        Lock icon Want Want (US$1.O7) – Sell
        93 16 Want Want (US$1.O7) Sell Dow Jones BNP recommends investors to sell Want Want stock on likely weak earnings for the first quarter of the company's fiscal year 2004. The higher costs of rice, wheat and packaging material are expected to undermine earnings as the company had decided against raising selling
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        Lock icon TAC (US$2.66) – Underperform
        85 16 TAC (US$2.66) Underperform Dow Jones CSFB cuts its recommendation for Total Access Communication (TAC) to "Underperform" from "Outperform", as a likely delay in reforms in Thailand's telecommunications sector is expected to hurt earnings. The emergence of bird flu and recent terrorist attacks in southern Thailand may force the government to
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      3419 16 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS The data contained herein has been obtained from company reports, financial reporting services, periodicals and other resources believed to be reliable. Enquiries: Although carefully verified, data on compilations is not guaranteed by Upper A Reuters Company and may be incomplete. No offer or solicitations to buy Call
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Close race seen in India election
      299 18 -AFP Ruling BJP's battle with rival defies expectations NEW DELHI India's marathon election entered its decisive leg yesterday in the key Hindi heartland with two generations of the Gandhi family seeking seats from there. Their Congress party was predicted to narrow the lead of
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      Lock icon N Korea rejects Souths aid offer
      95 18 AFP SEOUL The North Korean government met with international aid groups yesterday to map out a response to last Thursday's train blast, even as it rejected an offer from rival South Korea to send emergency relief through the tense inter-Korean border. "All the aid
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        Losing candidates poised to contest M'sian poll results
        102 18 At least 12 petitions are to be filed with the Malaysian High Court by the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition and the main opposition Parti Islam SeMalaysia challenging several results of the recent general election, reported the New Straits Times. It quoted Minister
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        Lock icon Death toll rises to 22 in sectarian clashes in Ambon
        97 18 AFP Twenty-two people have been killed and scores badly injured in a major outbreak of Muslim-Christian violence in Ambon, medical staff said yesterday. The violence, which flared on Sunday after a parade by Christian separatists, was the worst since a
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      Lock icon New flag amid old strife
      422 21 Agencies Fallujah ceasefire broken again, bombings continue BAGHDAD Even though its new flag carries symbols of peace, Iraq was anything but peaceful yesterday. Iraq's new national flag, adopted by the Iraqi Governing Council, is made up of a pale blue crescent on a white background
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      Lock icon French lawyer for Saddam?
      163 21 -AFP WASHINGTON United States' Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and former secretary of state Henry Kissinger will be on the witness list of the potential defending lawyer of ousted Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. This is if controversial French lawyer Jacques Verges succeeds in representing Saddam. Mr Verges
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        Lock icon Kuwaiti court approves gender change request
        69 21 Reuters In a landmark ruling, a Kuwaiti court approved the request of a 25-year-old Kuwaiti man who had sex-change surgery to change his gender officially to female. The plaintiff's lawyer presented the court with an edict issued by Egypt's Al Azhar University, Sunni Islam's
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        Lock icon Defeated candidate will stay as foreign minister
        51 21 AFP Despite her loss to socialist Heinz Fischer in the presidential elections on Sunday, Austria's defeated presidential candidate Benita Ferrero-Waldner said she would continue to serve as foreign minister. Mr Fischer Mr Fischer will now become Austria's first socialist president in 1 8
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      Lock icon Dead man voting (in India)
      776 23  -  Sanjay Kapoor Indian political parties use the deceased to advance own goals news@newstoday.com.sg NEW DELHI Mr Lai Behari has been telling this story for many years, but it seems as bizarre as when he recounted it to an unbelieving world for the first time. After
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    THE INVISIBLE DIRECTOR
    660 24  -  Felix Cheong Versatile director Bruce Beresford can't and won't be pinned down news@newstoday.com.sg TRYING to pin Australian director Bruce Beresford down to a style is like trying to drown a fish. It's impossible, to say the least In a career spanning some 30 years, this graduate from
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      510 25  -  Yong Shu Chiang shucniang@newstoday.com.sg AFTER about 10 years in the television and film industry, Sam Loh was looking forward to the world premiere of his feature film debut at the Singapore International Film Festival (Siff) this Thursday. But on Saturday, the
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      Lock icon 'Spy watch' in Toronto
      128 26 Reuters/Hollywood Reporter TORONTO Fearing reprisals by the Chinese government against the participants in a new documentary about Tibet, Canadian film officials will take extraordinary security measures when the movie makes its world premiere here today. Tibet: What Remains of Us will be unveiled at the Hot
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      SINGAPORE FILMS FESTIVAL SCREENINGS TODAY
      404 26 7PM PRINCE I Lust for Love of a Chinese Courtesan (Hong Kong); 93mins Dir: Chu Yuan The director's daring remake of his 1 972 classic, Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan, on the sexual exploits and erotic desires of a courtesan running a brothel is
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      480 27  -  Recta Raman Work out with Reebok's world-class fitness instructors reeta@newstoday.com.sg YOU'LL probably know that Reebok is a brand name synonymous with health and fitness. But little is known of the fact that as far back as the 1980s, Reebok aggressively began seeking the expertise of sports
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      194 29 Reavathi Sinnathamby THE Miss Vasantham 2004 beauty pageant concluded on Saturday evening with 19-year-old student and parttime model Shobana Ashok Sukumar (picture) crowned. The runners-up were Audrey Bernadette Christee and Posha Rai. Shobana's win came as no surprise to regular viewers of
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      215 29 AFP WASHINGTON Beauty products pioneer Estee Lauder (picture), who over decades built a multi-million-dollar cosmetics empire, died at 97, The New York Times reported on Sunday. Her son, Leonard Lauder, chairman of The Estee Lauder Companies Inc, told the newspaper his mother died of cardiopulmonary arrest
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      104 29 THE Malaysia Truly Asia Travel Fair 2004 starts today, promising Singaporeans an added incentive to visit Malaysia. me travel fair, organised by Tourism Malaysia, is at Novena Square Shopping Mall until Thursday, offering attractive holiday packages at affordable prices. There will also be fun-filled competitions for the
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      297 30  -  Pauline D Loh Beat the heat and perk up your appetite with an assam dish food@newstoday.com. sg it ROMATIC herbs and sweet and sour flavours will help beat the current heat wave as far as flagX appetites are concerned. Treat your family to a spicy favourite with today's
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      229 30 STINGRAY ASSAM WITH PINEAPPLE Ingredients (serves four to six): 500g stingray, cut into sections 1 small pineapple, cut into cubes (or use a can of pineapple cubes) 6 red chillies scm piece of galangal (blue ginger) scm piece of turmeric (yellow ginger) 2 large brown onions 2 stalks lemon
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      505 34  -  JOSE RAYMOND Officials applaud move as date seen as an 'albatross' jose@newstoday.com.sg THE official programme was launched by the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) four years ago, to boost the standard of the game in the country and to inspire a nation.
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      352 34  -  STANLEY HO stanley@newstoday.com.sfl FOR the first time in S-League history, fans can enjoy thirst-quenching beer at stadiums. The Liquor Licensing Board have granted licences to the 10 S-League clubs to sell alcohol on matchdays, and local brew Tiger Beer will be
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      201 34  -  Stanley Ho SENEGALESE striker Nicodeme Boucher parted ways with Tanjong Pagar United yesterday. The lanky striker has terminated his contract with the club after failing to overcome a persistent knee injury, which has restricted him to just two league appearances this season. "In the best interests of
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      212 34  -  Tan YoHinn SHE was the only swimmer to have met any of the qualifying times at last night's national trials for the Olympic Games at the Toa Payoh Swimming Complex. But although Joscelin Yeo (picture) was inside the Olympic B time for the women's 200
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        625 35 -AFP LONDON Brazilian World Cup winner Rivaldo is very close to clinching a move to English Premiership club Bolton, according to the player's English agent Peter Harrison yesterday. Rivaldo is currently in Spain, considering Bolton's offer as he bids to revive a career
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        109 35 -AFP Vijay uses his superb long-driving ability to triumph in wet conditions Rain postponed the end of the secmd round until late Saturday and kept eaders to barely nine holes on Suniay, forcing the first US PGA Monday :inish since last September. There vere four delayed
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        254 35 -AFP TOKYO Under-fire Qatar coach Philippe Troussier wants to pilot South Korea into the 2006 World Cup finals, a Japanese sports daily reported yesterday. A person, who claimed to be an agent for the 49-year-old Frenchman, has sent a letter to the
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      655 36 10 IThe battle for Ronaldinho He's young. He's Brazilian. He's brilliant. Manchester United spent most of the summer chasing the Paris St Germain sorcerer and had virtually secured his signature. Then, Barcelona swooped. Now, the Catalans ore making o late charge for the Primera
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      662 36 Arsenal manager Wenger has proven his talent-spotting genius LONDON Guided by the best manager in the land, Arsenal's players have matured into the best team in England. And the most beautiful. Crucially, compared to their major rivals, they did it on the cheap. At the
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