Today, 27 May 2004, Afternoon Edition

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    13 1 TODAY we set you thinking < todayonline.com Thursday May 27, 2004 MITA (P) 002/11/2002
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  • AFTERNOON
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      Lock icon Porto score historic double
      185 1 Portuguese champions outclass Monaco to lift European Cup GELSENKIRCHEN (Germany) Portugal's FC Porto became the first team in 27 years to win the Uefa Cup and Champions League in successive seasons with a 3-0 victory over the French side, Monaco, this morning. Liverpool achieved the feat
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      Lock icon US stocks close mixed
      59 1 AFP NEW YORK US blue-chip shares slipped yesterday but the broader market made modest gains as boiling oil prices cooled a little, analysts said. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 7.73 points to 10,109.89, the Standard and Poor's 500 Index edged up 1.89 point to 1,114.94
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      Behind S Korea's red lights
      1020 1  -  David Scofield |\lEWS£2!£!££S^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^_ MEN do not go to South Korea only for the skiing, scenic delights and, perhaps, K-pop culture. The country's sex industry is also booming. The Ministry of Gender Equality estimates that South Korea's sex industry generates profits in excess of US$22 billion
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      11 1 /A=DiACORP ATHENS 2004 999 /yX±DIACORP 8 "*****6"*****9" SHARE YOUR FREE NEWSPAPER
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Temasek unlikely to go all out to get UOL
      410 2  -  Chan Chao Peh „I U/Z\ .„4-^ J„, Increasingly smaller upside for stock at current prices chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg TEMASEK Holdings is unlikely to go all out in its takeover attempt of United Overseas Land (UOL), as there is an increasingly smaller upside for
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      Digging delays but project on schedule
      460 2  -  Derrick A Paulo Today Exclusive derrick@newstoday.com.sg DEEP below the surface, even deeper than the Circle Line excavation, work has been continuing unabated on Singapore's other mega-tunnelling project. Stretching from Kranji to Changi, a 48km tunnel is set to be the main artery in the
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      Businesses focus on ethics and community
      302 3  -  Lee Ching Wern About 500 organisations gather to discuss strategies to promote corporate social responsibility chingwermgnewstoday.com.sg MONEY-making is naturally the primary focus of any company. But a multi-agency initiative is now underway to add corporate social responsibility (CSR) to companies' consideration. With CSR fast
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      Lock icon SBY's Mission Possible
      491 4  -  Jaime Koh Leading Indonesian presidential candidate maps out his path for peace and prosperity jaime@newstoday.com.sg RADIATING charisma, Indonesian presidential candidate Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is a man with a mission. "My mission is to put my house back in order," said the retired general who, according to numerous
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      Lock icon WAHID THROWS SUPPORT BEHIND WIRANTO
      87 4 ■AFP JAKARTA Former military chief Wiranto, the presidential candidate for the Golkar party, won a big boost for his campaign yesterday with an endorsement from the country's thirdlargest party. Ex-president Abdurrahman Wahid announced that the National Awakening Party (PKB) would support Mr Wiranto and his
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      Find The Right Medical Insurance
      791 5  -  Tan Kin Lian Byl CEO, NTUC Income 1. INTRODUCTION Medical bills have been increasing in recent years. Many people are worried about their ability to pay the bills, especially after they retire from work. If you are covered by your employer for medical expenses, the
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Survey shows 1 in 5 may not get married
      443 6  -  Loh Chee Kong But those who intend to, have pessimistic outlook cheekong@newstoday.com.sg THE lack of social safety nets is breeding pessimism and uncertainty among many young Singaporeans towards marriage and procreation, according to speakers at a conference on Singapore's family policies.
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      Osteoporosis education drive to be launched
      270 6  -  Tan Hui Leng DESPITE publicity efforts and a five-fold increase in hip fractures due to osteoporosis from the 1960s to *****, many women have not heard of the brittle-bone condition. A survey of 1,376 women published last year found that 42 per cent of
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      Lock icon TOROUE OF THE TOWN
      596 7  -  Recta Raman Car buyers welcome DBS' new cash rebate promotion for auto loan THE announcement of a 20-per cent reduction in the Additional Registration Fees (ARF) for new cars in February saw potential car owners heading for the showrooms in droves. A sales manager of a
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      Lock icon Take a leap of faith as a family ©the Esplanade
      216 8 Raymond Andrew JUMPING off the jetty at the Esplanade and swimming 150 metres to the Merlion at Collyer Quay may sound like a crazy idea, but that is just what 50 parents and their teenage children will be doing on
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      Lawsuits against firm directors up
      312 8  -  Wong Fei Wan Those from real estate, construction industries sued most frequently feiwan@newstoday.com.sg LAWSUITS against company directors in Singapore have increased steadily in the past 30 years, a study concluded. Between 1995 and last year, 56 cases were filed compared with 23 cases in the
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      Lock icon De Cruz, Slim 10 back in court
      223 8 Channel News Asia ACTRESS Andrea De Cruz (picture) was back in court yesterday, after last year's highprofile Slim 10 trial. Yesterday, a panel of three judges, including Chief Justice Yong Pung How, heard the appeal of TV Media and Semon Liv to overturn
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      Lighted buoys can boost safety in S'pore Straits
      333 10  -  Tan Kok Tim Saturday night's collision exposes current deficiencies INVARIABLY fingers will start to point everywhere in the investigation to determine the cause of Saturday night's collision between car carrier MV Hyundai No 105 and tanker MV Kaminesan, leading to the sinking
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      Emas good in spotting vehicle breakdowns on expressways
      219 10 I THANK Dr Daniel Yeo for his letter "Expressway SOS phones should remain" (Today, May 21). The Expressway Monitoring and Advisory System (Emas) is an incident management system that monitors and manages traffic along expressways 24 hours a day through the Land
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      Lock icon Secure your retirement
      1207 11  -  Cindy Tong Planning early is key to building up a sizeable nest egg for your golden years FINANCIAL security for retirement is too important to be left to chance. It is prudent to plan early and invest your CPF savings wisely in order to nave enough resources
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  • Business News
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      111 12 Bloomberg MALAYSIA'S economy expanded at its fastest pace in more than three years in the first quarter as an expanding global economy lifted demand for the country's exports and local spending grew. Gross domestic product expanded 7.6 per cent in the January-to-March quarter from a year earlier, the
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    • market BUZZ
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        Hip hotel with rustic charm
        137 12 THE Changi Village Hotel will welcome guests again next month with a brandnew concept. A $45-million makeover has transformed it into a hip destination for business travellers, while it retains the rustic charm of the laid-back district it is named after to become a haven
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        Do you eat with your family?
        121 12 IN conjunction with National Family Week (from Saturday to June 6) and with the aim of promoting family life, the Centre for Fathering and the Ministry of Community Development and Sports are designating tomorrow as "Eat With Your Family Day". NESTLE Singapore, a company
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      Lock icon April output up 22%
      147 12 AFP Biomedical sector posts strongest gain of 90% SINGAPORE'S economic prospects received another boost yesterday, when Government data showed manufacturing output expanded by 22.2 per cent year-on-year in April. The Economic Development Board said all manufacturing clusters grew off a relatively low base in April 2003,
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    • Market wATCH
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        ST Index —1,776.70 +10.28
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        Lock icon Singapore
        218 12 Dow Jones SHARES closed higher yesterday as a fall in oil prices overnight helped calm investor fears, traders said. The ST Index rose 1 0.28 points, or 0.6 per cent, to close at 1,776.70, off an intraday high of 1,791.96. On tne broad market, advancers outnumbered decliners2l9 to 109,
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        SGX most active
        58 12 By volume Interra Bio-Treat FibreChem Teledata Armarda AsiaPharm Adroit ChinaCast Close 0.200 0.910 0.385 0.070 0.275 0.430 0.080 0.395 Change -0.005 +0.030 +0.010 -0.005 -0.005 +0.010 -0.005 -0.005 -2.4 +3.4 +2.7 -6.7 -1.8 +2.4 -5.9 -1.3 'OOO 56,244 32,615 22,632 21,886 18,942 17,399 16,959 12,032 NOL ChinaAvOil
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        SGX top rises
        75 12 By$ Creative 50 Close Change 17.100 +0.400 By percentage Globa Close Change 0.020 +33.3 Venture 17.600 +0.400 MediaS 0.020 +33.3 F&N GrealEast 13.500 +0.300 11.600 +0.300 Sunlight W*****4 FJBenW*****6 0.025 +25.0 0.030 +20.0 Robinson GPBal 5.850 +0.300 3.680 +0.200 Xpress ASJ 0.065 +18.2 0.740 +16.5 UOB 12.900
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        SGX top falls
        80 12 By$ SingamasC 2kHKS SPH Close Change 3.700 -0.150 20.500 -0.100 By percentage Goldtron BRCAsia Close Change 0.015 -25.0 0.075 -21.1 SPH100 20.500 -0.100 Hilchins 0.075 -21.1 Jardine C&C 6.650 -0.050 Kian Ann W*****7 0.020 -20.0 Technics 0.410 -0.050 North 22 USS 0.020 -20.0 GreenWor 0.270 -0.045 Futuristic
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        World markets
        56 12 Index Nikkei 225 Hang Seng All Ordinaries Taiwan Wtd Value 11,152.09 Closed 3,425.20 6,027.27 Change Pis +189.16 +29.70 +68.89 +1.73 +0.87 +1.16 Korea Comp Closed KLCI 799.25 +2.77 +0.35 SET Index 609.60 +8.09 +1.34 Jakarta Comp 718.005 +0.87 +0.12 Phils Comp Shenzhen B 1,507.65 254.07 +13.75 +2.52 +0.92
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 12 US$ 0.5846 UK£ 0.3221 Yen 65.135 HK$ 4.5560 RM 2.2193 Euro 0.4824 Rupiah 5,413.7 Baht 23.825 Peso 32.688 A$ 0.8230 Indian Rs 26.482 Won 688.58 C$ 0.7991 Yuan 4.8390 NZ$ 0.9409 NTS 19.625
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        Lock icon Commodities
        26 12 SGX, Bloomberg Information provided by Gold us$/oi 390.60 Silver us$/oz 6.145 Platinum us$/oz 840.00 Rubber centsAg 234.50 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1,742.50 Brent crude us$/barrel 37.54
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      Lock icon ASL buys coal concession
      296 14 Dow Jones It wins $99.7 m worth of contracts too MAINBOARD-listed ship builder and charterer, ASL Marine Holdings, said that it has, together with a partner, bought an Indonesian coal concession valued at $40 million. "ASL Energy just acquired Pan Assets which owns exclusive mining and
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      Lock icon Hong Kong film producer eyes Singapore listing
      202 14 Bloomberg ESUN Holdings, a Hong Kong Internet and media company, plans to sell shares in film-making unit Media Asia Holdings through a listing in Singapore by August, the Standard newspaper reported, citing chief executive Lee Po-on. Media Asia, which produced the awardwinning Cantonese
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      Lock icon CORPORATEbriefs
      265 14 Channel News Asia Datacraft Asia has won a US$lO-million ($17.1 million) contract to upgrade the nation-wide backbone network of Hanaro Telecom of Korea. The project will enable Hanaro to fully migrate to a 1 O-Gigabits-per-second bandwidth infrastructure by the end of this year. Food Junction Holdings reported a 1
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      Lock icon Soft or hard landing?
      681 16  -  Andy Mukherjee Commentary China's growth will swing world economy, but its data are hard to interpret CASUAL observers at the Asian finance ministers' meeting in Jeju, South Korea, could be forgiven for thinking they had come to a jamboree of airline pilots. China's "high-flying but apparently
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      Lock icon Keppel-led consortium awarded $1b contract
      269 17 -AFP Deal will help the firm exceed its $1.5b sales target for this year A CONSORTIUM led by Keppel Corporation the world's biggest rig builder has received a contract for US$639 million ($l.l billion) to build an oil rig off Brazil. Keppel said that the
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      Lock icon Utac tests wafers for UMC S'pore unit
      124 17 Agencies MAINBOARD-listed United Test Assembly Center (Utac) yesterday said that it has started testing 12-inch silicon wafers for the Singapore unit of United Microelectronics Corp (UMC). Utac is testing chips made for communications gear and digital electronics for UMCi, which is majority-owned by
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      Lock icon Pertamina may refine oil here during elections
      174 17 Bloomberg PERTAMINA, Indonesia's state oil company, may refine as much as 60,000 barrels of crude oil a day in Singapore or other countries to ensure sufficient fuel supplies during the country's presidential elections in July. Pertamina needs additional refining capacity because it's shutting
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  • SAVVY INVESTOR
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      Lock icon OCBC funding move seen as neutral
      263 18 Kirn Eng Securities Stock remains preferred exposure to banking sector OVERSEA-Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC) announced it would sell US$2-billion ($3.4-billion) worth of euro commercial paper and an unspecified amount of threeyear unsecured floating rate notes (FRN). The debt programme has no impact on earnings
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      2248 18 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS The data contained herein has been obtained from company reports, financial reporting services, periodicals and other resources believed to be reliable. Although carefully verified, data on compilations is not guaranteed by Upper A Reuters Company and may be incomplete. No offer or solicitations to buy or sell
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      Lock icon Not enough
      384 19 Bloomberg Surcharges may not offset jet fuel rise AIRLINES may fail to counter fully higher jet-fuel costs by raising fares because of competition from new discount airlines, analysts said. Singapore prices for jet fuel, which typically makes up 20 per cent of an airline's operating costs, rose 15
      – Bloomberg; BLOOMBERG  -  384 words
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      No need for harsher steps to slow China's economy
      170 19 CHINA need not take harsher measures to rein in the overall economy as only some industries are overheated, the Shanghai Securities News reported, citing statistics bureau head Li Deshui. He said economic growth should slow in the second half of the
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Scientist not keen to be Iraqi PM
      136 20 -AFP WASHINGTON United Nations envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, charged with helping to form a new Iraqi government, yesterday ruled out nuclear scientist Hussain Shahrestani, whose name had been leaked by US officials, as Prime Minister. "Mr Shahrestani could serve his country well in a
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      Lock icon Allies at odds over final political control of Iraq
      347 20 Agencies But UK dismisses speculation of a rift in Anglo-American alliance BAGHDAD The United States and key ally Britain seem to be at odds over who will control foreign troops in Iraq once a new interim local government starts running the
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      Lock icon Americans asked for information on Al Qaeda suspects
      222 20 Agencies WASHINGTON Declaring that the United States faces a possible terror attack in the coming months, AttorneyGeneral John Ashcroft and Federal Bureau of Investigation chief Robert Mueller asked for the public's help yesterday in providing information about seven people they said were
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      Lock icon 50-year wait ends
      348 22 Agencies Two Koreas hold historic top-level military talks SEOUL In a historic move, top military generals from North Korea and South Korea yesterday discussed ways to reduce tension between the two hostile countries. South Korea, sending navy general Park Jung Hwa as chief delegate, hoped the daylong
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    • GLOBALroundup
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        Lock icon Sex scandal closes Boston parishes
        77 22 Reuters Boston's Archdiocese plans to shut down 65 of its 357 parishes in the largest single round of US Roman Catholic Church closings as it seeks to overcome a devastating sex abuse scandal. The archdiocese insisted the closings were not linked to the US$9O million
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      • Article
        Lock icon Caribbean rains leave 500 dead
        60 22 Reuters Floods and mudslides have killed more than 500 people in the Dominican Republic and Haiti, many of them swept to their deaths when rain-swollen rivers burst their banks, authorities in the two Caribbean countries said. The flooding followed days of torrential rain on the
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        Fuel hoarding feared in Thailand
        46 22 Thailand's Energy Ministry has set up teams to carry out random checks at privately-owned petrol stations to ensure that they are not hoarding fuel ahead of an expected price hike of 1 baht (4 cents) per litre, reported the Bangkok Post.
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      Lock icon Abdullah, deputy to take top Umno posts
      359 23 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and his deputy, Mr Najib Tun Razak, are to assume the two top posts in Umno after the party's supreme council decided the positions would be uncontested. The unanimous decision on Monday night left Mr
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      893 24  -  Karim Raslan MALAYSIAN Premier Abdullah Ahmad Badawi arrives in Beijing today on his first non-Asean diplomatic foray. Emboldened by a surging economy and a huge victory in the polls, he chose to visit China ahead of the United States and Japan. This
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      708 26  -  Yong Shu Chiang Ong Keng Sen looks into the heart of darkness again at this year's Singapore Arts Festival shuchia ng@newstoday.com.sg IN THE Sabah town of Sandakan today, on the site of what used to be a World War II prisoner-of-war camp, there lies a memorial park
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      350 26 THE Singapore Arts Festival's theatre programme sees two home-grown worTd premiere acts, Checkpoint Theatre's chamber opera Opiume and Theatre Works' Sandakan Threnody. Both dip into the past for inspiration. The former, with Mark Chan as librettist, focuses on the surreptitious Opium War the British waged on China in the
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      527 27 Tan Hui Leng LIFE as a local dance group can be a struggle. Ah Hock and Peng Yu, the 1 contemporary ensemble that j will perform at the upcoming Singapore Arts Festival, faced manpower and monetary issues while preparing to stage Peng
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      415 27 A RICH dance programme promises to move audiences at this year's Singapore Arts Festival. Opening the door tomorrow to a 24-day smorgasbord of the arts is the world premiere of rising British star Akram Khan's Ma, a work that blends the traditional Kathak form with contemporary elements. The fact
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      360 28  -  by zul othman m 1^ I CONCERT REVIEW I Black Eyed Peas I BY THE time hip-hop quartet The Black Eyed Peas belted out their signature hit Where Is The Love as their final tune at their concert last Tuesday, I was to quote sappy balladeers
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      380 29  -  Pauline D Loh Tasty chicken pieces sit on top of a rainbow salad of vegetables COOKING en papillote is still one of the best ways to retain flavour and nutrition. Don't get put off by the fancy French term. It just describes a cooking technique in which
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      243 31  -  Koh Chieng Mun HEALTHY LIVING Here's a vegetable soup recipe that will help cleanse your system TODAY'S recipe is a vegetable soup that I enjoy for both its flavour and its cleansing properties. I have it whenever I feel I need to rid my body of toxins.
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      179 31 CLEANSING AND REVITALISING VEGETABLE SOUP Ingredients: 2 stalks celery 2 cabbage leaves 1/2 red bell pepper 2 tomatoes or 1 0 The Pasar cherry tomatoes 1 large The Pasar onion 4 cups water Method: 1. Clean celery, cabbage leaves, red bell pepper and tomatoes. Cut all vegetables into bite-sized
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      269 31 Healing properties of the five common vegetables: Onion Onion lowers high blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar level.The antiseptic and detoxifying properties also help to prevent urinary tract infection and help the body get rid of toxins. Celery Celery contains an active ingredient that
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      300 32  -  Wendy Cheng Survivor Shii Ann is back at her desk as an ad exec SURVIVOR: All-Stars had Amber Brkich win US$l million ($1.7 million), but being the "king-making" voter is not too bad as well. "I did think they would share the money," reflected Shii Ann Huang,
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      98 28 His Universal Message, \*sT%y His Humanitarian Works Sathya Sai Central Organisation, Singapore h^. Invites You To SATHYA SAI BABA: aHH H> Inspiration To Mankind weM; v^eo d°cumentary) 1^ I Date: Sunday, 30 May 2004 f Time: 10am to 12 noon {please be seated by 9.45 am) Venue: Singapore Polytechnic f
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      204 33 Cattrall declines offer; HBO abandons plans THE four women who have spiced up Manhattan's singles scene for six seasons on the Emmy Award-winning television series Sex and the City will not make it to the big screen after all. According to World Entertainment News
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      130 33 Reuters I LOS ANGELES Closing one chapter in a troubled period in her life, rock star Courtney Love (picture) pleaded guilty on Tuesday to being under the influence of cocaine and agreed to undergo treatment The 39-year-old will be spared jail time and
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      203 34 THE scorching summer heat may be intolerable, but at least it gives you a reason to dress down and flaunt that sexy, bronzed body in halter neck tops, hot pants and board shorts. Now, there's another reason for you to do so. To
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      449 34  -  Pearlyn Tham Giordano jeans competition designs show oacnph CONTRARY to what some may say, Singaporeans can be a creative and artistic bunch. This was evident from the entries in the recent "My Giordano Blues" jeans design series of contests. a The contest ran in Today from
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      160 34 YOUR GIRO DONATIONS MORE THAN SHELTER In fact, they go a long way to help us run the SPCA. Like our 24-hour I I emergency service, investigation of cruelty complaints, provisions, collecting I unwanted pets and confined strays, re-homing of animals, conducting I educational talks, operating a clinic for sterilisation
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      977 35  -  Pearlyn Tham pearlyn@newstoday.com.sg HAIR trends may come and go each season but one thing is for sure smooth, sleek and shiny hair never goes out of fashion. In a recent survey by hair-care brand L'oreal Professionnel, women mentioned "smooth, fluid hair with radiance", "simple, yet, efficient
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      546 36 Salvation sahvation Jennifer Chen uncovers a cathedral in a mosque in Cordoba, Spain, and finds France blooming in a Lyon market Flowers and foie gras IF you want to know a culture, know its markets. So, for a glimpse into the French way of life, I head for the bustling
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      774 37  -  Tan Yang Easter eggs, meaty meals, sweet cakes and sparkling wines THERE is a Romanian proverb that says: The pig will eat anything and everything, but it is for others that it gets fat If like me, you live to eat, you will find that this
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      493 38  -  Jaime Koh jaime@newstoday.com.sg EATING vodka jellies in a freezing room stacked to the ceiling with 60 types of vodka wasn't what I had expected to do in Hong Kong. But it was "bottoms-up" soon after I arrived. There were even Russian-style fur hats and coats for guests
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      735 39  -  Nazir Keshvani traveller@newstoday.com.sg WITH so much open road, so little traffic, incredible scenic beauty and abundant natural attractions, Western Australia has so much to offer the family. Perth, the laid-back capital of Western Australia, is accessible from Singapore, being just four-and-half hours away by air. We found ourselves
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      75 39 BESIDES farm stays, home-stay apartments such as the Kingston HomeAway Apartment have also become popular with Singaporeans. Each Kingston Apartment has two bedrooms which can accommodate up to six people. During Singapore's June school holidays, New Shan Travel agency is offering a special promotion, where those who book
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      58 39 How to get to Kirup Kabins: From Perth, drive a little more than 200 km down the South Western Highway. Turn-off at Ravenscliffe Road and drive on for 1 1 km to reach Kirup. For bookings, call (08) 9731 6272 or email kirupkabins@iinet.net.au For more information on Perth
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      187 37 Spain France The notoriously seductive European lands of Spain and France will not only have you recover the zest to celebrate love, fashion, the finest gastronomy and all else beautiful in life, but also show you to a fun and vibrant side that transcends their image of being just romantic
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      946 41  -  ROHIT BRIJNATH Roger Federer's sublime skills suggest one day he may win all four majors in a year. GREATNESS in tennis has many measurements. It can be calculated by tournaments won (Connors is untouchable at 109) or assessed by years ranked as No 1 (Sampras' six
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      281 41 Agencies NBA WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS Lakers 100 Timberwolves 89 LOS ANGELES Shaquille O'Neal and the Los Angeles Lakers have the Minnesota Timberwolves wearing the look of desperation. O'Neal powered his way to 22 points, 17 rebounds and four blocks, as the Lakers
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      555 42  -  ALVIN CHUA NTUC INCOME-YEO'S S-LEAGUE Home United v Young Lions live, tomorrow, 7pm, Channel News Asia JUST 48 hours before the Young Lions visit Home United, goalkeeper Lionel Lewis finds himself in the middle of a tug-of-war between the two clubs. His team-mates are riding high
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      406 42 Alvin Chua HE HAS marshalled the midfield and bossed the backline for Singapore and a string of S-League clubs. But Tampines Rovers midfielder Rafi Ali now takes charge off the field too, running a bustling seven-man kitchen at a 24-hour
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      539 43 Balestier v Woodlands Toa Payoh Stadium 7.30pm IX2 BALESTIER (1) Balestier $5.10 Probable line-up: Bashir Khan, Kirn Chan Joong, Winston Yap, whi IVaI HeaSeGyu, Roniwardi Mamsa, Sazali Salleh.Zainal Zainuddin, U) Woodlands 3,1.4b Leg Hq Sung^ Abdu| Ranmarl| Farnan Farook| p ark Tae Won Form: LLDLL(I-4vTampines, 2-3 v
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      334 43  -  ALVIN CHUA Alvin Chua HE'S ON FIRE news@newstoday.com.sg BACK in the national team after an 18-month absence, SAFFC goalkeeper Adi Salleh still isn't satisfied with himself. After being included in Singapore coach Radojko Avramovic's 23-man squad to take on Oman in a World Cup
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      157 43 What's the most intelligent thing you have ever done? In life, it would have to be getting married to my wife, Zainab. Everything has flowed nicely since my marriage. Like in football, when I signed with Tampines Rovers. With so much uncertainty for players around the S-League, this
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      221 44 Alvin Chua TANJONG PAGAR UNITED'S hunt for a target-man to replace Nicodeme Boucher has taken on a Thai twist. Former Sembawang Rangers forward Pitipong Kuldilog arrived at Queenstown Stadium yesterday on trial with a view to signing a contract. "We're aiming for Pitipong," said
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      415 44 GREATEST MOMENTS Home United playmaker Peres De Oliveira, 29, tells Alvin Chua how his two loves came together during one glorious weekend in his native Brazil. I'll never forget what M happened to me back in 1995. I was playing for Democrata
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      338 44 Alvin Chua TAN Sio Beng's season may be over, after he suffered a dislocated ankle against Home United last weekend. But that has not robbed the diminutive defender of his sense of humour. The 27-year-old was full of jokes, many at his own expense, when
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      553 45  -  STANLEY HO Gunners to set up first Asian soccer institution in Singapore stanley@newstoday.com.sg CHINA have embraced Manchester United, Thailand are on the brink of owning a part of Liverpool. Now, Singapore have got in on the act In a ground-breaking announcement yesterday, it was revealed that reigning English
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      391 45  -  KOH WEI LING weiling@newstoday.com. sg ALONG with the rest of the country, badminton star Ronald Susilo gets a rare chance to cheer on his girlfriend Li Jiawei. But Li would much rather Susilo not tell her if he is going to show
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        313 46 SENIOR AWARDS Sportsman of the Year -James Wong (athletics) Sportswoman of the Year Li Jiawei (table tennis) Coach of the Year Calvin Yew (bodybuilding) Team of the Year- National women's table tennis team Special Award National men's waterpolo team MERITORIOUS AWARDS (25 individuals
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        575 46 AFP cont'd from Page 1 players as we are taking back the cup to Portugal and have made history," who started his football backroom career as the translator for Bobby Robson when he coached in Portugal. Monaco coach Didier Deschamps was graceful in defeat "There is a
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        197 46 AFP GELSENKIRCHEN Just hours after lifting the Champions League with FC Porto manager Jose Mourinho confessed he was leaving the Portuguese champions, indicating Chelsea would be his next port of call. Despite their historic victory, Porto's celebrations could be tarnished by the inevitable departure of Mourinho.
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        309 46 -AFP PARIS Second seed Andy Roddick crashed out of the French Open this morning at the hands of French outsider Olivier Mutis who clinched a famous 3-6, 6-3, 6-7 (5/7), 6-3, 6-2 second round win. The defeat means that for the first
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