Today, 31 July 2004

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    Masthead
    15 1 weekend TODAY July 31 -August 1 2004 mita(P) 105/07/2004 we set you thinking todayonline.com I
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    GLOBAL VILLAGE
    906 1  -  Tor Ching Li from kampong school to Start low but aim jhigh the Changkat Changi success story <iiingli@newstoday.com.sg SOME tried to hide the fact by not keeping in touch with old acquaintances. Some tried to forget by not mentioning it unless asked. Some when asked, tried to mutter
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      9 1 ACTION BEGINS ON SATURDAY, AUG 14 ATHENS 2004 ***************C
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      77 1 /\A=DIAL.ORP Spend $10 above in a single receipt and I get to purchase the items at the advertised I price. (ONE OF EACH item per customer). HEAVENLY tf&^ NEW CROP RICE ELIANE 4«?J^ frozen *<Ltim CHICKEN WING UP: $5.40 Wi>m STANDING MIRRORf UP: $35.90 I i^UP^^ 111 Giant Turf City
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      118 2 Sunday Combined Service: r Monday Night Service: J l^^fS&SS^^tf S Your relative is a [55j J^B' >^ PR/Citizen of Australia i v^ You are a Singaporean P^^ working professional Mig rate tO S There is at least 3 AUSTRALIA! cross 30, 35,40 or 45 -»*w, years old I Act Now
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  • NEWS
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      many entrepreneurs
      717 3 through its apprenticeship scheme. It paid for his diploma in engineering, which he pursued while training on the job. Now, Mr Neo oversees a division comprising mainly of graduates. Serviced Apartments Association advisor Cameron Ong was also a "hospitality apprentice" of sorts at his father's "kampong hotel" at
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      High Court strikes out higher deposit move in JBJ bankruptcy appeal case
      321 3  -  Wong Fei Wan feiwan@newstoday.com.sg THE High Court yesterday struck out applications by lawyers for Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong, Foreign Affairs Minister S Jayakumar and other creditors to increase Mr Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam's security deposit for his upcoming
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    • Article
      Employment rate hits 2-year high, Q2 layoffs fall
      185 4  -  Lee Ching Wern AS the economy continues to rebound, Singapore registered its highest employment rate in two years at the end of last month and the lowest number of second-quar-ter layoffs in three-and-a-half years. Preliminary figures from the Ministry of Manpower (MOM)
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      Alternative research
      366 4  -  Tan Hui Leng Study centres on Chinese, non-traditional medicine mulled huilene@newstoday.com.se COMPLEMENTARY and alternative medicine (CAM) looks set to gain a foothold here as two separate bodies aim to set up research centres here. A committee established a month ago by the Ministry of Health (MOH) has begun
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    • Article
      Young urged to assess commitment to S'pore
      208 4  -  Raymond Andrew THE messages were not new, but the gist was clear: Don't leave. At the Temasek Seminar for 400 junior college students yesterday, speeches by two Cabinet ministers touched on the importance of vigilance, psychological resilience against the global terrorist threat and
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      Lock icon Workers to get some dues
      435 6  -  Ng Shing Yi Construction firm offers to pay up to 65% of unpaid wages shingyi@newstoday.com.sg WAN Soon Construction, which was ordered to pay $1.18 million as salaries owed to 413 foreign workers, has negotiated a partial settlement that will see it paying up to 65
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    • SINGAPORE snippets
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        Celebrate National Day with the President
        77 6 The Istana will be open to the public this Sunday from 7am to 6pm to celebrate National Day. Highlights of the Open House include the Istana Charity Sale in support of the President's Challenge and an on-the-spot art competition. By donating $1 0, members
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        Lock icon New system for accurate fare deductions
        71 6 Newsßadio 93.8 Transport firms SBS Transit and SMRT are rolling out a new system that updates fare stages automatically, starting with nine bus services. This will result in more accurate fare deductions. Currently, the updating is done manually by bus drivers and is prone
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        Lock icon Thai MP linked to terror
        92 6 AFP. BANGKOK A Thai ruling party MP has been accused of masterminding an attack on an army base that sparked months of separatist violence in which more than 250 people have died. Thai Rak Thai lawmaker Najmuddin Umar, 43, who appeared in court on Friday,
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      24 6 WHY NOT TAKE A MONTH-LONG DIVE INTO NATIONAL DAY? \A7i5My 1 /|_i III I -M^ mkW^m\ I '/J?*' \V\\\\\l 11 It l I'll I
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      270 6 WE'RE EXTENDING THE CELEBRATION THIS YEAR. Singapore Fireworks Festival 2004 Singapore Discovery Weekend 31 Jul 15 Aug, 10am onwards, Marina Bay 7-9 Aug, 9am 7pm Singapore Discovery Centre Singapore Street Opera Festival 13- 15 Aug, lpm-11pm Singapore River (near Riverside Point) 30 Jul 15 Aug, Singapore Turf Club, Hibiscus (level
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  • HUMOUR
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      GET OFF YOUR BACKSIDE
      685 8  -  Neil Humphreys If you want to break real world records "YOU'RE that dumpwee man, right?" There's nothing like being called a spittoon, in Hokkien, to make your day. "I'm sorry. Who am I?" I asked the man, sounding like a bad Jackie Chan movie. "You're that
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    • shoptalk
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        EASY REFILL
        86 8 Enjoy greater convenience and savings with printer ink refills from SEPOMs. The refills are equipped with a breakthrough inkjet technology, known as Continuous Ink Supply System [CISS). The technology is said to save consumers up to 72 per cent on ink cost and up to 15 times the
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        LOOKING GOOD
        102 8 Revlon has made it easier for women to flaunt both beautiful lips and nails. The Revlon Super Lustrous Lipgloss contains light-reflection colour spheres to give you luscious lips and an exclusive LiquiSilk formula to give it a soft, silky feel. To match those lustrous puckers, Revlon has also
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        THE FAIRNESS PILL
        69 8 FANCL has introduced the White Advance to help women achieve translucent fair skin. White Advance is based on the revolutionary Melanin Switching Formula that claims to switch dark melanin in the skin which causes dullness and brown spots to fair melanin, so that your dream of clear
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        HEALTHY CRUNCHY TREAT
        59 8 Savour the fresh, crunchy taste of the new Marigold Aloe Vera Non Fat Yoghurt. Made with real aloe vera bits, the yoghurt is a good source of prebiotics fibre, calcium and protein to promote a healthy digestive system. The Marigold Aloe Vera Non Fat Yoghurt is sold
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  • LETTERS
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      Who'll end the killing?
      283 10  -  Harminder Singh S'pore must reaffirm its commitment to humanitarian causes SPECULATION on the changes that may take place when Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong takes over as Prime Minister prompted this letter. In 1999, East Timor suffered terribly when it sought to become independent The
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      Cooperation, not blame game, is key to rebuilding in Iraq
      243 10  -  Sebastian Ku Chih Yuan I REFER to Mr Kalinga Seneviratne's article, "The deadly battle for Iraqi souls" (July 28). The writer said some of the victims of the kidnappings in Iraq were missionaries who had been targeted because they were
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      Balanced view
      60 10  -  Pauline Pinto The article gave a timely alternative perspective on the Iraqi conflict, a view we don't see often. Religious fundamentalism, be it Islamic, Christian, Jewish, Hindu or Buddhist, poses a grave danger to humanity, destroying centuries of religious harmony in many societies. Articles like this offer a
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      Apology for racy phone photos
      116 10  -  Jack Tan WE refer to Ms Irene Loh's letter, "Racy photos found on phone after repairs" (July 29), and would like to apologise to her uncle for his experience. We do not allow customers' phones to be used by employees other than for monitoring after
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      Any purpose for MRT cameras?
      100 10  -  Wong Lai Hing I REFER to the report, "If only MRT TV could record (July 30). We have been told that the recording devices for all MRT stations will be ready by 2006. Why is the installation of these devices taking so long? Is it
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  • BUSINESS
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      Worst may be over for Informatics
      364 12  -  CORPORATE restructuring specialist Nicky Tan's stint at Informatics Holdings has nearly ended, said the independent financial adviser appointed last month to help the troubled education group. His firm, NTan Corporate Advisory, was appointed to develop "strategic options" for the group at the height of
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      Skywest takeover blocked
      426 12  -  Val Chua But Singapore suitor CVC will appeal decision by Australian regulator val@newsto day, com. sg AN AUSTRALIAN regulator has blocked the Asll-million ($13.2 million) bid by Singapore investment company CaptiveVision Capital (CVC) for Perth-based budget carrier Skywest The Takeovers Panel has declared the circumstances surrounding the
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      The colour of money: India's Meghmani launches IPO on SGX
      267 12  -  Val Chua THE COLOURS on the greenback can be traced to another country India. As one of the world's top makers of green and blue pigments, Gujarat-based Meghmani Organics supplies these ingredients to a Swiss company, whose security ink is
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    • Market WATCH
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        Commodities
        21 12 Gold uss/oi 392.30 Silver uss/oi 6.45 Platinum uss/oz 815.00 Rubber centsAg 216.50 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1,465 Brent crude uss/barrel 39.55
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 12 US$ 0.5799 UK£ 0.3203 Yen 64.815 HK$ 4.5289 RM 2.2094 Euro 0.4822 Rupiah 5,312.9 Baht 24.041 Peso 32.512 A$ 0.8294 Indian Rs 26.996 Won 680.39 C$ 0.7681 Yuan 4.8008 NZ$ 0.9154 NTS 19.824
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        SGX most active
        57 12 By volume BTelecom Interra Kl Ventur Citiraya UniFiber SingTel GuangzhaolFB ChinaCast fciaPharm SGX Close 0.335 0.160 0.305 0.610 0.160 2.290 0.270 0.280 0.610 1.740 Change +0.015 -0.010 +0.015 +0.030 +0.005 +0.010 +0.005 +0.010 +0.070 +4.7 -5.9 +5.2 +5.2 +3.2 +3.8 +1.8 +1.7 +4.2 '000 41,132 36,112 32,455
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        Singapore
        42 12 SHARES ended mixed on Friday on moderate volume. The ST Index fell a marginal 0.4 point to 1,891.71, its first decline in five days. On the broad market, gainers led losers 200 to 106. Traded volume amounted to 558.6 million shares.
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        Lock icon ST Index: 1,891.71-0.4
        34 12 SGX, Bloomberg Information provided by Singapore Airlines fell on concerns that high oil prices would increase the carrier's fuel costs. SIA shed 1 0 cents, or 0.9 per cent, to $11.10.
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        SGX top rises
        79 12 By$ Creative 50 Close Change 17.500 +0.200 lariline C&C 6.550 +0.200 [AC 200USS 2.760 +0.110 CITYDEV 6.100 +0.100 ISH 500USS 5.500 +0.100 Venture 16.200 +0.100 HTL Inl 1.210 +0.070 SGX 1.740 +0.070 KepCorp OUE 7.300 +0.050 7.350 +0.050 By percentage Close Change L&M 0.010 +100.0 Sunlight W*****4
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        SGX top falls
        77 12 JOB Close 13.700 Change -0.200 [hoi Prime200USS 9.950 -0.150 feoHS 2.850 -0.150 iTIETFlOO 18.720 -0.130 ilA 11.100 -0.100 iPC 2.930 -0.040 iolex 0.125 -0.025 Ihemlnd 0.730 -0.020 joodpack 0.960 -0.020 law Par 4.780 -0.020 By percentage IRE Corp Close 0.030 Changi -25.0 Penguin W*****0 Colex 0.035 0.125
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      Lock icon DBS, UOB Q2 profits surge
      401 14 Bloomberg Rebound leads to lower provisions, stable margins and higher loans SINGAPORE'S top two banks reported strong second-quarter profits on Friday as provisions fell and lending rose due to improved economic conditions across Asia. DBS Group Holdings said one-time gains lifted net income for the
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      Lock icon CORPORATE briefs
      192 14 Bloomberg I I I Bloomberg Bloomberg The Government of Singapore Investment Corp (GIC) has bought about 15 million snares or about 5 per cent of Royal Dutch/Shell Group's Malaysian refining unit, Shell Refining Co, on July 22. The stake is worth RMIO7 million ($4B million), based on Shell
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      SMRT reports 02 profit rise of 175%
      209 14  -  Chan Chao Peh SMRT Corporation said that net profit for the quarter ended June 30 grew nearly two-fold as the transport operator rebounded from the Sars outbreak this time last year. Net profit rose 175.3 per cent to $20.1 million, or 1.3 cents
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      IDA sets service level for 3G operators
      189 14  -  Chan Chao Peh THE Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) has spelt out specific requirements to be met by telecommunications operators here before they roll out third generation (3G) mobile services to consumers. The IDA wants operators to provide at least 95 per
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      Lock icon SIA makes $259m in first quarter
      212 14 Dow Jones SINGAPORE Airlines reported a net profit for its first quarter ended June 30 of $259 million, but cautioned about rising fuel costs. The profit marks a sharp contrast to the Sars-induced loss of $312 million in the previous April-to-june period, but it
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  • WHICH
    • PROPERTY
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        MORE ROOM FOR UPGRADERS
        638 16  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla CapitaLand to launch 530-unit condo in the next 2 months shobha@newstoday. com IN WHAT should be good news for HDB upgraders, CapitaLand announced this week its plans to launch the 530-unit Varsity Park Condominium in the next two months. Analysts say the property
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        hot property
        166 16  -  Ted Chen Asking price: $I.9million 3-storey semi-detached house THIS freehold semi-detached house at Newton Road off Thompson Road is on auction at an indicative price of $1.9 million. With a land area measuring approximately 3,082 sq ft, the property is located in a pleasant residential area and is
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        ROOM with a VIEW
        172 17  -  Ted Chen FOR sale in Bukit Timah is a 999-year-lease two-storey interterrace house. Located off Swiss Club Road at No 25 Swiss View, this luxurious property has been valued at $1.38 million. But its owners are putting it on a "view-to-offer" basis, which could work out
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        Ascott launches 6th development despite saturation in serviced apartment market
        507 17  -  Ted Chen SHORTLY after its sale of Singapore-based and regional properties last month, the recent launch of Ascott Group's sixth serviced apartment development here the Somerset Bencoolen shows the group's faith in the buoyant Singapore market Although pundits say Singapore's
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        Lock icon inside out
        638 18  -  Cindy Tong SHOWERED WITH STYLE Replace your bathroom accessories with new ones and give your bathroom an instant makeover newsts'newstoday.com.sg BATHROOMS used to be hidden areas within the home that existed only for practical purposes. Most of the time, they were furnished with the bare essentials and no
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        HOT PICK
        144 18 BUGS AWAY Rid your house of mosquitoes and other flying insects with a little help from Novita Home Innovation. The Novita mosquitoes and insect killer is available in three designs suspending, free standing and wall mounted. It uses a harmless ultraviolet light to attract the insects, doing away
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    • REFLECTIONS
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        Lock icon isay Say there, old chap, do you speak English? Erm... can or not?
        559 22  -  Ross Wallace THE Today newsroom is a bit like a mini Singapore. The bulk of the staff is Singaporean, but there are also expatriates from Malaysia, Sri Lanka, India, Canada and the United Kingdom among others. We're
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        Election battle '04: Kerry vs Seinfeld
        598 22  -  Dave Barry The key to creating more public interest in US political conventions? Live cockroach-eating BOSTON John Kerry accepted the Democratic nomination on Thursday night in a triumphant convention climax marred only slightly by the fact that, because of a mix-up at the security
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    • GADGET
      • SHOPPING
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          Muzio JM100: Music matchbox
          89 24 HANG it around your neck as you run in the park and listen to MP3 songs. The Korean-made Muzio MP3 player, JMI 00, is no bigger than a matchbox, has a swivel USB connector and plays songs non-stop for 10 to 12 hours on one AAA
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          Panasonic X300: Visual trendsetter
          88 24 CLAMSHELLS, sliders we've seen them all. Now, Panasonic has come up with a new form factor for mobile phones: A one-push flip display that doubles as a viewfinder for phototaking and video-recording. A flushed shutter button at the side of the phone makes taking pictures a
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          KodakEasyshareDX744o. Sharpshooter
          128 24 CHEAP, good and powerful. That's the Kodak Easyshare DX7440 zoom digital camera, with 4x optical zoom, 0.2-second shooting speed, 4-megapixel resolution and a reasonable price of $649. The low-light autofocus system can define a subject in near darkness. Continuous autofocus delivers rapid click-to-capture at 0.2 seconds, so you
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          Iomega Micro Mini: Lightweight storage
          112 24 lOMEGA Micro Mini just got bigger in capacity, that is. Weighing 9g, the 512M8 USB 2.0 drive delivers heavyweight file storage performance in a go-anywhere package that is half the size of conventional USB key drives. The blinking of a blue LED reveals when the
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        BREATHE LIFE INTO MONSTERS
        372 24  -  Francis Chin Nvidia technology gives gamers a new grip on graphics francis.chin@newstoday.com.sg GAMERS want greater realism when they blast monsters and bash each other up on the PC. Architects and designers want screens to refresh faster and a higher resolution. All this demand for graphics processing
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        Singapore gongfu game on hunt for publisher
        205 24  -  Francis Chin EXPECT made-in-Singa-pore gongfu fighters on your PC or game console as soon as local developer Envisage Reality finds a publisher for its Immortals: The Heavenly Sage. Filled with 3D scenery and fast gongfu and sword fights, Immortals is a one-year project
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        HOT BUYS !
        2 26 HOT BUYS
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        N-GAGE IN HOT GAMES
        438 26  -  Dawn Ong A look at new titles for Nokia's multimedia device infotech@newstoday.com.se WHEN the Nokia N-Gage was launched, it was hailed as the first mobile phone to combine gaming elements with multimedia capabilities in one device. The deck also came with a strong line-up of blockbuster
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        Full-featured mobility under 1kg
        151 26 FOR users who are always out of the office and need computing facilities at all times, the fullfeatured 12.1-inch Toshiba Portege Rl5O makes an ideal companion. The 995g machine is petite enough as a lifestyle choice for ladies and rugged enough with its magnesium chassis for
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      59 19 '*i^m^ Intelngent These days, you can expect a lot more from technology. And Toshiba brings the intelligence of I our technology into your home and your lives. We make your home entertainment more exciting, more I reofeft'c. W7tf? 7bs/?/fao, /fs all about intelligent living. I Play smart. Work smart. Live
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon THE COMPENSATION DIVIDE
      1052 20  -  Praful Bidwai IPS XCCCCCZ NEW DELHI Last week's judgment by India's Supreme Court, ordering further payment of compensation to the victims of the Bhopal disaster, highlights the continuing and abiding relevance of bringing justice to the victims of the world's worst industrial accident. But nearly 20 years
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    • GLOBAL roundup
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        Lock icon China warns Taiwan
        26 20 AFP On Friday, China warned it may attack Taiwan before 2008 if the island's President Chen Shui-bian pushes his pro-independence timetable too hard.
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      • Article
        Lock icon Record budget deficit
        32 20 Reuters The White House was set to project a record budget deficit on Friday between US$425 billion ($730 billion) and $450 billion for fiscal year 2004, US sources said.
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        Lock icon SBY-Amien join forces
        50 20 Former general Susilo Bam- AFP bang Yudhoyono who led the first round of Indonesian presidential polls agreed on Friday to join forces with one of his defeated rivals, Mr Amien Rais, in a move that could usher in a strategic alliance for the Sept 20 run-off vote.
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      • Article
        Lock icon Former Miss India dies
        48 20 Reuters Former Miss India and television anchor Nafisa Joseph, 25, committed suicide by hanging herself from a ceiling fan at her Mumbai home, police said on Friday. Ms Joseph's mother said the model ended her life after her wedding next month was called off.
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      • Article
        Lock icon Moore film huge draw
        47 20 Reuters Director Michael Moore's film, Fahrenheit 9/11, was shown on prime time on Cuban television on Thursday after playing to packed cinemas for a week. Cubans stood in long lines to buy tickets to see rough DVD copies projected at 1 20 theatres.
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      • Article
        Lock icon Democratic datinq link
        33 20 ■AFP Sexy, smart and liberal? Fed up with talking politics with a tired partner? Try Johnny's Girls, a Democratic dating link not for conservatives, no matter how caring they are.
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        Lock icon Nobel laureate dies
        43 20 AFP British Nobel laureate Francis Crick, who, with American James Watson, discovered the double-helix structure of DNA that revolutionised genetics and spawned the field of biotechnology, has died at 88, associates said on Thursday. He had been battling colon cancer.
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        Lock icon Sikh NY cop reinstated
        42 20 Reuters A Sikh New York traffic officer forced to quit because of wearing a turban will be reinstated and allowed to wear his headdress, police said, in a victory for a community targeted since the 91 1 attacks.
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      Lock icon Kerry 'reports for duty'...
      406 21 Agencies accepts presidential nomination BOSTON (Massachusetts) With a crisp salute, Mr John Kerry accepted the Democratic Party's nomination for the United States presidency by saying: "I'm John Kerry and I'm reporting for duty." In his following speech, he peppered Republican President George W Bush, whom he
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      Lock icon Key arrest to hamper Al Qaeda
      176 21 -AFP ISLAMABAD The arrest in Pakistan of a key Al Qaeda suspect in the 1998 East Africa United States embassy bombings may hamper the terror network's activities; even if it fails to bring Osama bin Laden's hunters any closer to their prey, analysts said
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    • Article
      Lock icon Two Syrian drivers abducted; tempers fray in India
      179 21 Agencies AMMAN Two Syrian truck drivers were abducted from the same convoy from which four Jordanians were already reported captured in Iraq this week, one of their colleagues said on Friday. Meanwhile, emotions ran high in India over its three kidnapped nationals.
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      469 28  -  Zul Othman The colourful Womad festival returns to our shores, with a free preview atTampines on Aug 21 news@newstoday.com.sg WOMAD (World of Music, Arts and Dance) returns to Fort Canning Green and the heartlands in four weeks. The festival, presented by Heineken, runs from
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      120 28  -  Yong Shu Chiang GET it straight from the cock's mouth. Humorist Colin Goh will talk about his experiences making TalkingCock: The Movie at 4pm on Saturday at the library@esplanade. The film cost $150,000 to produce but only made $120,000 in 2002 after a
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      360 30  -  Zul Othman Dutch singer Kim-Lian is all about pop parody and she's a hit news@newstoday.com.sg NO JOKES about her name please, Kim-Lian is not some ah lian who yearns to be a pop princess. For starters, the Dutch actress/TV host/singer's name is pronounced "Kim Lee-Arn". She's been making
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      WILL HE OR WON'T HE ... DROP HIS PANTS?
      283 30  - WILL HE OR WON'T HE DROP HIS PANTS? Eveline Gan NOTORIOUS for badmouthing Taiwanese VicePresident Annette Lu over the Internet, vexing paparazzi with his middle finger and dropping his pants at a Hong Kong concert last year, Zhang Zhen Yue (better known as A-yue) is no stranger to controversy. Sporting
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      289 30 JOURNALISTS are pretty good wordsmiths in general. So, it was with some confidence that four Today staff agreed to take on a Scrabble expert. Austin Tan, who is helping to organise the 3rd Inter-School Scrabble Tournament this weekend, would play four boards at once while tournament
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      Still the hero
      410 32  -  Karman Tse Zhang Yimou's career is far from over, as his latest film proves in Beijing karman@newstoday.com.sg He may have made a mistake with his debut martial arts film Hero but Chinese director Zhang Yimou is unfazed by the flak he has received. In fact, he readily
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          SPIDER-MAN 2
          15 33  -  Yong Shu Chiang A hyped-up summer blockbuster, but still better than the first.
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          CONNIE AND CARLA
          17 33  -  David Chew Two sisters pose as male drag queens to hide from the mob.
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          15 33 YSC Good sword-fighting epic stars Zhang Ziyi and Takeshi Kaneshiro.
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          12 33 YSC A renegade robot gains self-awareness A noirish sci-fi thriller.
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          16 33 YSC Powerful Russian drama about two boys and their dad on a fishing trip.
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          11 33 YSC Semi-allegory about Hong Kong's collective psyche is hard-to-follow.
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          14 33 YSC A bland, sex-ploitative Spanish film which the gorgeous Paz Vega can't rescue.
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          17 33  -  Derrick A Paulo A retelling of the popular myth. Only the first part is promising.
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      695 34  -  Wvna Tan Former Lei Garden chefs Wok brims with goodies food@newstoday.com.sg WE FELT like we struck gold when we discovered Canton Wok by Chef Kang. Tucked in a corner of a quiet heartland block, the simple eatery appears to be another cze char stall, reminiscent of those
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      276 34 THE DINING RESPITE Sheraton Towers is the place to go to dine and relax with your loved ones on Sundays especially now that the hotel has a new outdoor barbecue station. Here, be prepared to be fed a host of grills such as beef ribeye, lamb chop, teriyaki
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        423 35  -  Reeta Raman Students learn to whip up good food the easy way reeta@newstoday.com.se EVERY Tuesday afternoon, students Caroline Chew and Wilson Ng attend Home Economics class. But this week, it was different. The duo and their classmates at Admiralty Secondary School took a break from their
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        581 36  -  Colin Yong TTTHEN a car V V company names its flagship model Superb, it must know it would be embarrassing if the car turned out to be average or even merely very good. But Czech automaker Skoda does not have any delusion of grandeur with its new big
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        Big cars to beat
        352 36 JAPANESE saloons dominate the large car market here and a senior manager at Skoda's distributor Czech Auto told Today that the company is aiming for a conservative 3- to 5-per-cent market share with the Superb. Given that an average of 657 Honda Accords, Nissan Cefiros and
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        Collectible coupe
        453 37  -  Sheldon Trollope Subtle improvements have made this Merc more appealing news@newstoday.com.sg ANYONE who says that Mer-cedes-Benz cars lack emotion obviously hasn't driven the ClBO Kompressor Sports Coupe. It is gorgeous to begin with. Highwaisted with an arched roof, it brings to mind the image of a sprinter crouched
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          89 37 LOCAL Volkswagen distributor Car Cars has launched an entry-level version of the Passat in an attempt to boost sales of the ageing model. The car was previously available only with a 1.8-litre turbo-charged engine. At $109,988 with COE, the Passat 2.0 undercuts the 1.8 T model by
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          Jazz plays a new tune
          102 37 HONDA'S Jazz hatchback is set to get a mid-life facelift to keep it looking fresh. Due to arrive here in October, the car features new headlamps and bumpers, while there is a different tail lamp design to distinguish it from the current model. Inside, subtle
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        258 37 NO MORE punctures or problems with under-inflation for the legal life of your tyres this is the guarantee a local company is offering to motorists who use its tyre-sealing product on their cars. Auto Seal is a chemical solution that is applied inside a tyre
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      666 33 "Enigmatic Haunting, The movie builds to a devastating power." WHANG YEE LING, 8 DAYS m "BRILLIANT... A stunning psychological thriller." Lisa Schwarzbaum, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY A film by Andrey Zvyagintsev J^flk^ THE RETURN nH mww.lhp.com.sg/theretum PG A Russian Film With English Subtitles. 35rr ti. Color i .85 1, Colby Digital 5.1
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      83 38 II TaMYQtiline.com II Another way to turn the pages of TODAY. You could be in Singapore or Sierra Leone, Thailand orTimbaktu. Now, all you need is an Internet connection and you will get the hottest news from around the world and at home; receive business updates and analyses; plug into
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      799 40 PropNex Singapore's Largest Real Estate Company JJHtik I More than Just a Career with PropNex: j™ 6 We are Family <2^ @MUliE^ jaH« @)Jkik Did V°u ever dream of your photograph placed on our Champion *&&£§k wV% w Producers Chart? Your dream can be Realized Soon. Our Successful \^\w^ iS^filkffti^D
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      542 43 -AFP England coach says he's done nothing wrong and welcomes meeting to clear the air with FA LONDON Under-fire England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson shrugged off the latest crisis enveloping his personal life, by insisting he is looking forward to plotting his team's path to the 2006 World Cup
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      273 43 -AFP AUCKLAND Surgeons have given Jonah Lomu tacit approval to try to make a comeback in international rugby union, a close friend and doctor said on Friday, days after the All Black legend underwent a kidney transplant The 29-year-old winger, who received a
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      235 43 Reuters LONDON Former European champions Real Madrid and Manchester United avoided dangerous unseeded floaters Benfica and FC Basel, in the draw for the third qualifying round of the Champions League on Friday. Belgian champions Anderlecht were paired with Benfica, European champions twice in the
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      182 43 -AFP FLINT, Michigan Fiji's Vijay Singh shot a 9-under-par 63 in the first round of the Buick Open, after playing the back nine in 29, to grab a one-shot lead over journeyman Olin Browne. Bidding for his fourth win of the year at the US$4.5 million ($7.7 million)
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      571 44  -  STANLEY HO Vorawan eyes West scalp, and there could be more riches soon stanley@newstoday.com.sg HE MAY be leading an All-Stars team for the first time in his coaching career, but Vorawan Chitavanich (picture) is definitely no stranger to running the show with a star-studded cast After all,
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      367 44 DEFENDING champions Sri Lanka were buzzing, ahead of Friday night's final against Malaysia, in the 4th Asian Youth Netball Championships, in Colombo. After beating Singapore in the semi-finals on Thursday, the home crowd sensed a second successive triumph in
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      405 45 Agencies Late Iraqi collapse see hosts ease into semi-finals FOOTBALL Asian Cup, quarter-finals BEIJING China marched into the semi-finals of the Asian Cup on Friday, sending plucky Iraq packing with a hard-fought 3-0 victory in a game marred by a 20-man brawl and the sending off
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      275 45 Reuters LONDON The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Friday they were investigating charges of "inappropriate conduct", in the 2012 Games bidding process. The inquiry was set up after BBC television programme Panorama said undercover reporters found evidence that lOC votes were being
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      306 45  -  Alvin Chua NO ONE can say Tampines Rovers and the Young Lions don't serve up goals. After the Stags' 6-2 win over the Young Lions in their NTUC-Income-Yeo's S-League clash, on Friday night at the Tampines Stadium, the teams now share 21 goals over the
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      136 45 THE fourth round of the 2004 National Rugby Championships resumes this weekend, with Bedok Kings RFC facing SCC in their new home ground at Sentosa's Sijori Resort, on Saturday (7pm). Currently in second place, Bedok will be looking for a victory to catch up on current
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      1805 46 Build-up to Athens has seen unprecedented tests and bans, but the battle is far from won LOS ANGELES It is difficult to imagine that pre-1988, the Olympic Games was not at war with doping. The world delighted in Nadia Comaneci's perfect form, Jesse Owens and
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      140 45 League Home Team I Away Team I Match KickOff (Singapore date/time) China 2004 Japan Jordan Sat, 31/7/04 6.00pm China 2004 Korea Republic Iran Sat, 31/7/04 9.00pm Champions Series 2004 Manchester Utd Milan Sun, 01/8/04 I.ooam Champions Series 2004 Glasgow Celt Roma Sun, 01/8/04 B.ooam SCORE East West Sun, 01/8/04 7.30pm
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      166 46 Eriksson's not fussed/43 England coach finally speaks up i JPHQF x* ■y|; We could see this again /43 Lomu could get back on the field SATURDAY 7.55am Football Liverpool v Porto, Ch22 9am Tennis Masters Series Canada, Quarter-finals, Ch24 1 Oam Baseball Seattle Mariners v Anaheim Angels, Ch23 6pm Rugby
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