Today, 2 July 2004

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      Property sector recovery?
      461 2 Q2 private home prices end 18-month downward trend; HDB prices rise SINGAPORE'S private home prices remained unchanged in the second quarter of the year, snapping six straight quarters of falls and raising hopes that the sector has touched a base for a long-over-due recovery. Separately, figures from
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      Lock icon An exciting, incredible night
      526 3  -  Neil Humphreys The story of an ex-England coach, a Singapore minister and a scarf WHEN a Singapore minister and a former England manager are in the same place at the same time, it is obviously a unique occasion. Unfortunately, only one of them made any sense.
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      Lock icon Chained and thin but still defiant
      463 4 Insisting he's still president, Saddam questions jurisdiction of Iraqi tribunal BAGHDAD Handcuffed and chained, a still defiant and combative former-Iraqi president Saddam Hussein was brought to a makeshift courtroom on the grounds of one of the many palaces where he once entertained friends. The
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      Lock icon Anniversary marked with protest in HK
      202 4 Agencies HONG KONG Chinese leaders were noticeably absent from a low-key ceremony marking the seventh anniversary of Hong Kong's return to Chinese sovereignty. Hundreds of thousands of protesters gathered to send a defiant message of their frustration with Beijing in a protest timed to
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      Lock icon Touching Lives Fund sets $2 million target
      367 5 Funds to benefit charities supporting children, young people FOR the third straight year, SingTel is organising its Touching Lives Fund, an annual programme to help less privileged children and young people in Singapore. Last year's campaign raised $1.8 million, including $750,000 for patients,
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      Lock icon MOM validates back pay claims of Indian workers
      291 5 Newsßadio 93.8 THE Manpower Ministry (MOM) has found truth in the claims of some 200 Indian workers who say that Wan Soon Construction owes them up to $7,000 each in unpaid salary. On Wednesday, Mr Veeraselvam, a spokesman for the workers, had
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      9 3 cheers, mrlsberg* fcu^kbertr Official Beer of UEFA EURO 2004
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      244 3 I Celebrating 40 ¥ears Of Quality Sound Anniversary^ ■■=-fe l.mim-ni.J-iillmiiiniias^i-aU.J.'.I J /f Extended to 25 July '04 111 BH||H9 5-- Bose3-2-IGS t DVD Home Entertainment System H btetei^^^ w ßetail Price $2'550-00 ft Anniversary} ft. $2,250.00 Hk Two incredibly small speakers, instead of the conventional five. ML Deliver an enhanced
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      381 5 Expert care for your pleasure ■Itfl With 70 years of expertise, it's only natural that Lancome extended its knowledge I in skincare to benefit men too. The creation of Lancome Homme is skincare that's based on science, designed to also appeal to your senses. I m^. Men-specific skincare n^J Through
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Credit Bureau getting its act together
      685 6  -  Lee Ching Wern The use of its facilities by banks has surged 20 per cent in past six months chingwern@newstoday.com.sg IN its one and a half years of existence, the Credit Bureau hyped at birth in 2002 for helping banks to better assess their
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      Lock icon Infant survival rate here among the best
      196 6  -  Tan Hui Leng Newsßadio 93.8 VVHAI with all the worries about our falling birth numbers, the good news is that Singapore newborns have one of the best survival rates in the world. In fact, Singapore ranks 222 out of 225 countries for its
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        Vector-borne disease research to resume
        115 6 The Environmental Health Institute (EHI) will resume research work on vectorborne diseases when it moves into its new premise at the Biopolis next year. The institute was mired in controversy early last year after one of its PhD students contracted Sars in its lab. The
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        Lock icon SPH raising advertising rates
        93 6 Channel NewsAsia Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) is raising its advertising rates for two of its major papers from Sep 1. The rates for Straits Times daily will go up by around 5 per cent. For the Sunday Times, the rates will be aligned to the new
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      Lock icon Revised organ donor Act goes into effect
      413 8 Newsßadio 93.8 New law offers ray of hope for people awaiting transplants THE amended Human Organ Transplant Act (Hota) went into force yesterday. However, almost 14,000 people have opted out and will not donate their organs. But considering that there are over 3
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      Defence key to prosperity: Teo
      130 8 DEFENCE Minister Teo Chee Hean said it is only with a strong defence capability that the country can continue to prosper and people have the space to pursue their destinies. Rear Admiral Teo and several ministers were officiating at rededication ceremonies held yesterday by employers
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      1 in 3 men here suffer from overactive bladder
      220 8  -  Ted Chen AT LEAST one man out of three in Singapore suffers from an overactive bladder (OAB). The statistic comes from a 1998 epidemiological survey published in this year's British Journal of Urology International by medical researchers here. According to the
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      EMA will fine those who flouted rules
      180 13  -  Mrs Choo Wai Chan I REFER to your report, "Blackout plan didn't work" (July 1). EMA would like to clarify the quote: "It's easy. I can impose penalties on the Gencos but you'll know what they will do. They'll pass on the cost
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      Out or the darkness
      473 13 From the Letters Editor's Desk news@newstoday. com, sg IF THERE is one other thing to be gleaned from Black Tuesday, it is this Singaporeans are wimps. The way people reacted to the massive blackout, wrote Today reader Leong Seong Kwok, "just goes to show how pampered
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      Mobile phones lost and never found? Need not be so ...
      261 14  - Mobile phones lost and never found? Need not be so James Alan Hall MY mobile phone went missing two days ago. I notified my service provider to stop calls to my number. The issue I am raising concerns the use of the IMEI number, which uniquely identifies an individual mobile
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      Lock icon An excuse for the bullies
      286 14  -  Robert Rosenberger TIMOR LESTE MINISTER'S COMMENTS ON BURMA THE comments by Timor Leste's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Jose Ramos-Horta ("What Asean must do for Burma", June 30), are so stereotypical. His descriptions of "civil and political wars" and a "devastated country" sound familiar like
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      Is Asean ignoring Burma's children?
      158 14  -  Minn Ko Naing I WOULD like to thank Mr Jose Ramos-Horta, Timor Leste's Minister for Foreign Affairs, for reflecting the realities of Burma's affairs to the international community. Asean has already interfered in Burma's internal affairs by supporting the military junta that goes by the
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon New GE unit is vendor-independent
      179 16 Val Chua I GREAT Eastern Holdings (GE), which recently became an OCBC subsidiary, has launched a financial planning and advisory firm that can sell products being offered by companies outside of the group. The new company, Alpha Financial Advisers, will be the "third complementary channel"
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      Lock icon Informatics shares surge 36%
      416 16 Agencies Shares in play despite shocking auditor's report TROUBLED education provider Informatics Holdings defied expectations yesterday, when its shares rose a whopping 36 per cent even after the company had announced a $42.5-million full-year net loss more than twice the $20.6 million disclosed earlier amid a
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      UOL board to get report on 'unlocking value'
      206 16 A REPORT looking at ways of unlocking value in United Overseas Land (UOL) will be presented to the company's directors at a board meeting next week. UOL appointed ING Bank last month to explore options to unlock value for the benefit of
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    • MarketWATCH
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        ST Index – 1,844.18 +6.18
        4 16 ST Index 1,844.18 +6.18
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        Lock icon Singapore
        230 16 Bloomberg SHARE prices rose for a seventh day on confidence that growth in the economy is picking up. The ST Index added 6.1 8 points, or 0.3 per cent, to 1,844.18, extending the 2.9-per-cent jump in the past six sessions. This is the longest winning streak since the 1
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        SGX most active
        59 16 By volume Informatics Armstrong Pac Cent Jets Technics Qtiraya LifeBrandz SingTel DMXTech SPH Autron W*****3 Close 0.435 0.145 0.360 0.190 0.510 0.190 2.250 1.040 4.180 0.175 Change +0.115 -0.015 +0.020 +0.005 +0.010 +0.005 -0.050 +0.020 +0.015 +35.9 -9.4 +5.9 +2.7 +2.0 +2.7 -4.6 +0.5 +9.4 'OOO 127,500
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        SGX top rises
        72 16 By$ F&N Close Change 14.400 +0.400 Fortune Reil HKS 5.550 +0.150 Isetan(S) 3.040 +0.120 Informatics 0.435 +0.115 Bukit Sem 13.100 +0.100 DBS 14.500 +0.100 GreatEast 11.900 +0.100 JMH 400USS 11.100 +0.100 KepCorp 7.150 +0.100 By percentage NeoCorp Close i 0.030 Change +50.0 Informatics 0.435 +35.9 Falmac 0.190
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        SGX top falls
        81 16 Creative 50 Close 17.800 Change -0.300 Haw Par 4.960 -0.140 lardine C&C 6.300 -0.100 Easyknil 5k HKS lurEng :iTYDEVW*****0 0.100 2.370 2.880 -0.070 -0.070 -0.060 DMXTech 1.040 -0.050 Elec USS 2.750 -0.050 ISH 500USS 5.100 -0.050 2otnforlDelGro 1.190 -0.040 By percentage Easyknil 5k HKS IRE Corp Close
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        World markets
        54 16 Index Nikkei 225 Value *****.01 Change Pis +37.14 +0.31 Hang Seng Ordinaries laiwan Wtd *****.75 3536.90 5836.91 +169.45 +4.00 -2.53 +1.40 +0.11 -0.04 Korea Comp 778.03 -lib -0.99 KLCI 828.10 +8.24 +1.01 SET Index 646.64 -2.98 -0.46 lakarta Comp 729.80 -2.59 -0.35 Phils Comp Shenzhen B 1593.60 256.99
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        Lock icon Commodities
        26 16 SGXJ Bloomberg Gold uss/oi 394.600 Silver uss/oi 5.880 Platinum uss/oi 777.200 Rubber cents/kg 256 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1530 Brent crude uss/barrel 34.66 Information provided by
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 16 US$ 0.5822 UK£ 0.3198 Yen 63.315 HK$ 4.5406 RM 2.2122 Euro 0.4772 Rupiah 5472.3 Baht 23.828 Peso 32.671 A$ 0.8324 Indian Rs 26.762 Won 672.65 C$ 0.7759 Yuan 4.8183 NZ$ 0.9148 NTS 19.662
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      CORPORATEbriefs
      154 20 F J Benjamin Holdings said that it had mutually agreed with fashion house Emanuel Ungaro to terminate a franchise agreement on Wednesday. The agreement, signed in April 2002, was originally planned for a period of five years commencing January 2002. F J Benjamin Holdings did not say why the
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      Cross-border business ties get stronger
      388 20  -  Derrick A Paulo Singapore beats US, Japan to top list of foreign investors in Malaysia derrick@newstoday.com.sg BILATERAL business across the Causeway just keeps getting bigger. Singapore has jumped from fifth place to first on the list of foreign investors in Malaysia, said Malaysian Trade Minister
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      HK's Techcomp to list here
      134 20 HONG Kong-based Techcomp (Holdings) Limited, a maker and distributor of scientific and laboratory equipment, is offering 40 million shares at 40 cents each in an initial public offering (IPO) here. The company, which will be listed on the mainboard of the Singapore Exchange, will use
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      Lock icon Daka's passion for innovation
      311 22  -  Raymond Andrew HK-based design company seeks SGX listing raymond@newstoday.com.sg DURING the recent blackout in Singapore, a battery-less flashlight which lit up when the user shook it might have come in handy for those left in the dark. Developed by Hong Kong-based Daka Designs a company dedicated
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      Manufacturing up for 13th straight month
      126 22  -  Val Chua SINGAPORE'S manufacturing activity expanded last month for the 13th consecutive month, according to a key index released yesterday. The Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) stood at 56.8 points in June, an increase of 1.1 points over that of the previous month. A number
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      Lock icon Leased-lines pact with SingTel gives M1 a boost
      180 24 Dow Jones SINGAPORE Telecommunications (SingTel) said yesterday it had agreed to provide local leased circuits to rival MobileOne (Ml) in a three-year multi-million dollar deal which comes into effect this year. The deal will help boost Mi's capability to connect its mobile
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      Lock icon No lockstep with the US
      421 24 Agencies High liquidity, competition keep S'pore interest rates low for now INTEREST rates in Singapore will remain low even as the United States begins a tightening cycle, bankers and economists said yesterday. They attributed this to fierce competition among banks for consumer loans as the
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      Lock icon Canberra, Optus in $60m deal
      115 24 Dow Jones CANBERRA Australian government departments and agencies have signed a A550.5 million ($6O million) option to extend its telecommunications services agreement with Optus for a further two years to mid-2007. Optus, Australia's secondlargest telecommunications operator, is a unit of Singapore Telecommunications. An Australian government
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      Lock icon Japan business confidence at 13-yr high
      175 26 -AFP TOKYO The Bank of Japan said its latest Tankan quarterly survey showed business confidence had improved in the three months to June, with the large manufacturers' index rising to plus 22 from plus 12. The index showed a fifth straight quarterly rise and
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      Lock icon Sony's 20GB Walkman to take on iPod
      143 26 Reuters TOKYO Sony unveiled plans yesterday to launch a Walkman digital music player capable of storing 13,000 songs, aiming to reclaim the top spot in a market now dominated by Apple Computer's iPod. Sony said the 20-gigabyte device, its second hard-disk drive gadget
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      Lock icon Asia meets anti-terror code for ships, ports
      395 26 -AFP Singapore, Hong Kong are 100% compliant SINGAPORE and other major Asian shipping nations have met a deadline to implement anti-terrorist measures for ports and vessels, easing fears that a delay could disrupt maritime traffic, industry officials and experts said. Singapore and Hong
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  • ENTERPRISE
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      Lock icon Best World blooms into a major league player
      632 28  -  Tor Ching Li Unwitting entrepreneurial duo takes their firm multi-national chingli@newstoday.com.sg UNLIKE many a graduate today, Dr Dora Hoan never wanted to be her own boss. Yet, the Chinese history major from the then-Nanyang University is now leading her own health and
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      It's about the 'extraordinary lives' of entrepreneurs
      148 28 THE first magazine dedicated to socially-responsible entrepreneurship has been launched in Asia. Published by Singapore-based CE Results Foundation, XL Magazine's launch issue features leading entrepreneurs including Anita Roddick (The Body Shop), Ho Kwon Ping (Banyan Tree), Jannie Tay (The Hour Glass) and Tony
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      495 30  -  David Kennedy EU remains hopeful Hanoi meeting will take place, says Patten THE chill in relations between the European Union (EU) and the Association of South East Asian Nations (Asean) over democratic reforms in Myanmar showed no signs of thawing on the
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      180 30 Agencies BANGKOK In the ninth cabinet reshuffle since he took power in 2001, Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra brought back former allies into his already powerful coalition government yesterday. In the latest mini-reshuffle, the last expected before the 2005 elections, Dr Thaksin brought
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      142 30 Reuters BEIJING China's Health Ministry has blamed this year's outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome or Sars on the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Xinhua news agency said yesterday. "The cause of this year's Sars epidemic situation has been found, it
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      328 32 Indonesia's first presidential election debate more like a 'Q A' JAKARTA Indonesia's first presidential election debate on Wednesday gave voters a close glimpse of the candidates. While many appreciated the chance to hear from the candidates, the televised event failed to live up to its billing
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      161 32 HOBART Australian police ministers have agreed on a database model for a national register of paedophiles. Under the system, registered offenders would have their details including home and workplace addresses, car registration number, club memberships, even tattoos kept on a national database. It
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        50 32 Reuters Vietnam said it has culled more than 10,000 chickens as it steps up a fight against the outbreak of the H5 strain of bird flu, which is not lethal to humans. The action came a day after reports that some 4,500 chickens were culled last week.
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        43 32 Malaysia has scrapped plans to introduce ceiling prices for CDs and VCDs, aimed at deterring people from buying pirated copies. Instead, a month-long mega sale of CDs and VCDs will be held from July 26, The Star reported yesterday.
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      168 34 -AFP I SYDNEY Australia's conservative government introduced a A53,000 ($3,600) "baby bonus" for new mothers yesterday, sparking claims it was trying to bribe voters ahead of national elections due later this year. The payment has also been criticised by social workers who claim
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      330 34 -AFP Iranian forces were 'digging in' at disputed borderlines LONDON Relations between Britain and Iran reached a dangerous low when they came close to conflict in Iraq last year, reported a top defence publication. British forces, under pressure from United States commanders,
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        39 34 -AFP Six Austrafian soldiers who admitted to torturing a litter of stray kittens during a drinking session were discharged yesterday. The Australian Defence Force said the soldiers had brought shame on the army.
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        43 34 AFP The employer of a South Korean hostage killed in Iraq said yesterday that Mr Kim Sun-ll's captors would have freed him but changed their minds when Seoul announced it was sending more troops to the country.
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        35 34 Foreigners applying for Malaysian citizenship or permanent residency will have to undergo a mandatory programme aimed at ensuring allegiance to their new country, Bernama reported. The programme is still being formulated.
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      1013 38  -  mr brown news@newstoday.com.sg I WOULD like to apologise for an earlier column in which I said people living in Bukit Panjang and the western parts of Singapore were living in ulu (backward) estates. In Tuesday night's power failure, which affected 300,000 households for
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      465 40  -  Elisa Chia elisa@newstoday.com.sg THE affable nurse called out to Li Lin. "Lin ah, don't read that one. Here's the latest copy," she chirped, flapping a parenting magazine in the air. The two bantered on in Cantonese like old friends. Into the sixth
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      For the Record, it's music for the masses
      342 40  -  -Jeanine Tan IN A time when people download their music quickly and easily off the Internet, the -For 77ze Record exhibition at The Arts House is a reminder of an era when people enjoyed crackly music off an LP (or long-playing) 33rpm
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      789 42 Mark your diary for an unforgettable time at the museums! Ju Ming 2004-05: Singapore Beijing Shanghai Don't miss this blockbuster exhibition featuring works by Taiwanese master sculptor Ju Ming. This exhibition marks the launch of the last installation of his famed Taichi Arch Series as
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      368 44  -  David Chew Hello Broadway! features classic tunes from 12 musicals in one performance david. chew@newstoday. com.sg IT'S not easy being a Broadway star. You have to endure flight delays, meet nosey reporters and experience the shock of new cultures. But the stars of Hello Broadway!,
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        391 45  -  Yong Shu Chiang Breezy Spanish comedy is sexy, silly and just plain fun FILM REVIEW The Other Side of the Bed THERE isn't enough love in the world. Check that there isn't enough sex in the world, a character in the fluffy Spanish comedy, The Other
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        223 45 Reuters/Hollywood Reporter LOS ANGELES A 16-year-old boy was caught using a camcorder to record the first showing of Spider-Man 2 at a Los Angeles cinema on Wednesday, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) said. The teen was spotted by a projectionist scanning the audience
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        555 46 Reuters Spears says she knows what she's doing this time LOS ANGELES Pop star Britney Spears, newly engaged to dancer-boyfriend Kevin Federline, said her short-lived, quickie wedding to an old pal months ago was "a total ugh" but insisted that this time, "I'm in
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        154 46 Agencies DIVORCED white female. Have two young children. Seeks mate. Nicole Kidman may not need to use the personals to find a date, but the glamorous former wife of Tom Cruise claims she doesn't have too many suitors. The reason: She's a single mum. "I'm
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      37 48 Been there, bought that?Think you've seen all that the malls have to offer? 1 clue you in on where to go for a uhtque shopping experience. PHOTO OF BAZAAR GALLERIA (PAGE 49) BY TREVOR TAN
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      833 49 Reeta Raman (reeta@newstoday.com.sg) discovers funky shops off the beaten track Walk up to the vintage flat The Tiong Bahru area isn't usually associated with unique fashion finds, so Dustbunny Vintage is a pleasant surprise. Housed in an old, walk-up apartment in an idyllic neighbourhood, the Dustbunny
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      1495 50  -  -Jasmine Oei Shopper #1: Recta Raman LOUIS VUITTON #01-09/10 Hilton Shopping Gallery As I was about to enter the store, one of the boutique assistants held the door open for me a good start. The same person followed me around the store but had the tact to
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      Mall hopping
      465 54 Great New World THERE is something for everyone at the new Great World City. Boasting 20 new retailers including fashion and lifestyle brands such as Zara and X:odus the mall offers a delightful shopping experience for the whole family. If you want to redecorate your home, visit home
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      516 64  -  TAN YO-HINN National skipper one of 39 selected for National Day Parade role yohinn@newstoday.com.sg THE last time Singapore national netball captain Jean Ng recited the National Pledge was nearly 10 years ago, as a student at National Junior College. On Aug 9, she will recite the
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      406 64  -  Tan Yo-Hinn THE next South-east Asia (SEA) Games is 18 months away. But the Singapore Shooting Association (SSA) are not wasting any time in their efforts to restore the sport's core status. At the SAFRA Yishun Country Club on
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      Susilo in form
      198 64  -  Tan Yo-Hinn WITH the Athens Olympic Games less than six weeks away, Ronald Susilo appears to be in good form. Susilo, the world No 10, beat Indonesian star Taufik Hidayat to advance to the quarter-finals of the US$l2O,OOO ($206,000) Proton-Eon Malaysian Open, which ends on Sunday. At
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      546 65  -  STANLEY HO By 2008 Games, team would have been together for six years TIGER BEER CHALLENGE TROPHY Young Lions Invitational v Japan U-20 stanley@newstoday.com.sg THE 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing may be four years away, but already, the Japan Football Association are grooming a talented
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      318 65  -  Stanley Ho OUTGOING Young Lions coach Kim Poulsen (picture) has emerged as the favourite to take over as head coach at the Singapore Sports School's football academy, it was revealed yesterday. The 44-year-old Dane, who is set to leave the Football Association of Singapore
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      491 66 Agencies Russian 17-year-old becomes second youngest in Open era to reach grasscourt final TENNIS Wimbledon LONDON Russian teenager Maria Sharapova became the second youngest woman in the Open era to reach the Wimbledon final yesterday, when she launched a stunning fightback to defeat former champion Lindsay Davenport
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      231 70 -AFP LISBON The front pages in Portugal turned red and green yesterday in a tribute to the national team's qualification for the final of Euro 2004, after their 2-1 win over Holland. After a night of country-wide celebrations which even spread to the Azores
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