Today, 13 August 2004, Afternoon Edition

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    13 1 TODAY we set you thinking todayonline.com Friday August 13, 2004 MITA (P) 103/07/2004
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon The PM for all Singaporeans
      791 1  -  Teo Hwee Nak Lee Ching Wern Newly-sworn-in PM Lee pledges an 'open and inclusive' Singapore Deputy News Editor hweenak@newstoday.com.sg WHEN the event was being planned, he had made it clear that Singaporeans from all walks of life should get a chance to witness the historic
      WEE TECK HIAN  -  791 words
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      Lock icon US stocks at new lows for the year
      149 1 -AFP NEW YORK US stocks plunged to new closing lows for this year yesterday, scorched by record oil prices and a weaker-than-expected profit announcement from the computer giant, HewlettPackard. The Dow Jones Industrials Average of 30 top stocks fell 123.73 points to
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      Lock icon Najaf battle sends oil prices soaring
      148 1 -AFP NEW YORK World oil prices careened to all-time highs yesterday as a massive US-led assault on Iraq's holy city of Najaf spread fear of a retaliatory attack on the oil industry. Light sweet crude for delivery next month soared 70 US cents to
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      Lock icon Bird flu killed 3 in Vietnam: WHO
      127 1 -AFP GENEVA-The World Health Organisation said yesterday that the Vietnamese government had confirmed three people had died from bird flu. The WHO said the deaths of the three, who were among some people hospitalised between July 19 and Aug 8, were the first
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      A NEW CHAPTER
      77 2 PHOTOS BY WEE TECK HIAN All smiles as Singapore's first and third PMs also father and son shake hands after Mr Lee Kuan Yew received his appointment scroll from President S R Nathan. Right: Stepping down Newly-appointed Senior Minister Goh Chok long after he received his appointment
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  • SO SPOKE THE PM...
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      TRIBUTE TO MR GOH CHOK TONG
      78 3 TODAY'S Singapore is quite different from the country that Mr Goh took over in 1990. It still bears the imprint of Lee Kuan Yew and the founder generation, but it has grown and matured with Mr Goh's softer touch. Today's Singapore is more vibrant
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      A NEW GENERATION
      186 3 THE majority of Singaporeans today were born after 1965, after independence. They grew up in a different Singapore compared to their parents. My Government will stay in tune with their needs and aspirations. We must tap the energy and minds of our people, and involve them in
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      AN OPEN AND INCLUSIVE SINGAPORE
      108 3 WE will continue to expand the space which Singaporeans have to live, to laugh, to grow and to be ourselves. Our people should feel free to express diverse views, pursue unconventional ideas, or simply be different. We should have the confidence to engage in robust
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      ADAPTING TO A CHANGING WORLD
      99 3 WE depend on a stable and peaceful Asia, and will have to stay alert for signs of danger in the region or the world. A mishap in cross-straits relations can derail growth throughout Asia. The war on terrorism can strain our racial and religious harmony.
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      Lock icon WRITING THE NEXT CHAPTER
      289 3 AS a nation, we are stronger, more cohesive, and have more resources than ever before. The future is ours to make. Let us strive to keep Singapore a haven in an uncertain world, open to all for business, safe for citizens and friends, a welcoming home
      WEE TECK HIAN; DAVID YEO  -  289 words
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  • HOME NEWS
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      'Anybody can check but nobody checks'
      380 6  -  Wong Fei Wan Nicoll Highway Collapse Inquiry: Day 8 Judge raises possibility that warning signs missed feiwan@newstoday.com.sg When asked what could be done to "ease anxiety" on the strength of the JGP, Mr Chua said more testing but admitted it would have cost between
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      Education 'refinements'to go on: Tharman
      255 6  -  Derrick A Paulo AFTER overseeing "a careful series of refinements", newly promoted Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam is not looking to make wholesale changes in education. He said the major initiatives at various levels university, junior college, secondary and now, primary school are part of "a process
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      Job outlook bright, says Manpower chief
      231 6  -  Ng Shing Yi MORE jobs are likely to be created in the second half of the year, Manpower Minister Ng Eng Hen said yesterday, the day he was confirmed as head of the Ministry, Dr Ng said the fourth quarter traditionally yields the most
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      Lock icon Firm with a mission to give
      425 8  -  Lee U-Wen TNT works with the UN to send employees overseas to help the needy u-wen@newstoday.com.sg DAVID Tan, 29, an operations supervisor with TNT (Singapore), was busy retrieving cargo from airlines when he got an unusual call from his human resource director. Mr Tan
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      Lock icon A banker here, a Filipino boy, united by the S'pore Scholarship
      263 8  -  Lee U-Wen AS A young boy growing up in the Philippine province of Leyte, Kristoffer James Joseph Chan dreamt of going abroad to get his degree. But the 16-year-old knew his parents would never be able to afford the
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      Lock icon Four are folding up for a good cause
      230 8 ORIGAMI is the art of folding small sheets of square paper into various intricate shapes and forms. But four young men will be taking that idea to great lengths this weekend when they present a 60m-long string of origami creations, aimed at
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      That questionable ang moh pedestal
      735 10 THE "white" card never fails to yank some people's chains. Especially when the one doing the pulling is Today's resident ang moh humorist, Mr Neil Humphreys. His National Day issue jab at foreign talent con cases got passionate reactions from Singaporean Aral Ramiah (who warned
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      Image of young lady or old maid?
      368 12  -  Choo Soo Heng Media intellectuals must scrutinise govt policies for optical illusions IN YOUR Aug 9 issue, Today's deputy news editor Teo Hwee Nak expressed a yearning for political discussion ("No room for bystanders in 3G Singapore"). There is a role waiting to
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      No re-poll for Paya Lebar upgrading scheme
      505 12 WE REFER to the letters on the Main Upgrading Programme (MUP) at Pelton Place (in Paya Lebar) by Mr Leong Sze Hian, "Let them vote again soon", (Aug 2), Mr Tan Hock Ann, "Vote was against package, not upgrading", (Aug 4), and Ms
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Entrepreneurship helm change
      493 14  -  Tay Tsen-Waye Balakrishnan could encourage entry of next generation of entrepreneurs waye@news today, com, sg SENIOR Minister of State for Trade and Industry (MTI) Vivian Balakrishnan takes over from Mr Raymond Lim as the Senior Minister of State in charge of entrepreneurship from today. Mr Lim has
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      CORPORATEbriefs
      219 14 Hong Leong Finance had a net profit of $23 million, or an annualised 21.24 cents per share, in its second quarter ended June 30, up 17.4 per cent from $19.6 million, or an annualisedl 8.1 8 cents per share in the same period last year. Allgreen Properties reported a
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      NOL appoints HSBC as adviser
      326 16  -  Val Chua Bank to advise shipping group and its shareholders onTemasek's $2.8-billion takeover offer val@newstoday.com.sg NEPTUNE Orient Lines (NOL) the latest takeover target of Temasek Holdings has appointed The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp (HSBC) as its independent financial adviser to evaluate the $2.8-billion cash
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      CORPORATEbriefs
      120 16 Bonvests Holdings reported a net profit of $12.1 million, or 3.66 cents per share, for its second quarter ended June 30, up from $2.65 million, or 0.99 cent per share, in the year-ago period. The sharp rise reflected the exceptional gain from the disposal of a subsidiary. Its revenue
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    • Market WATCH
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        ST Index — 1,888.18 -8.01
        4 20 ST Index 1,888.18 -8.01
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        Singapore
        74 20 SHARE prices closed down for the fourth straight session, taking their cue from Wall Street's overnight falls amid ongoing concerns about rising oil prices. The ST Index fell 8.01 points, or 0.4 percent, to 1,888.18. Losers outnumbered gainers 169 to 147 while 471.7 million shares were traded. Blue chips
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        World markets
        59 20 Index Value Change Pis Nikkei 225 *****.07 -21.39 -0.19 Hang Seng *****.43 +70.30 +0.57 All Ordinaries 3487.80 -23.30 -0.66 Taiwan Wtd 5368.02 +0.68 +0.01 Korea Comp 766.70 +13.64 +1.81 KLCI 819.85 -1.60 -0.19 SET Index 5368.02 +0.68 +0.01 Jakarta Comp 758.17 -5.76 -0.76 Phils Comp 1594.48 +2.08 +0.13
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        Commodities
        21 20 Gold uss/oi 398.7 Silver uss/oi 6.6 Platinum uss/oi 846 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1422 Rubber cents/kg 238.5 Brent crude ussAarrel 41.18
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        SGX most active
        62 20 By volume Kl Ventur ACCS BIL Intl Chartered UTAC NOL STATS ChipPAC Rotary Noble Grp MediaRing Close 0.330 0.665 0.890 1.050 0.590 2.860 1.030 0.375 0.940 0.175 Change +0.010 +0.015 +0.050 -0.010 -0.010 -0.020 -0.020 -0.020 +0.020 +0.010 +3.1 +2.3 +6.0 -0.9 -1.7 -0.7 -1.9 -5.1 +2.2
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        SGX top rises
        79 20 By Close Change OCBC 13.300 +0.500 OCBC4.55SNCPS100 102.600 +0.300 CITYDEV 5.950 +0.200 GreatEast 11.700 +0.200 Venture 16.200 +0.200 APB Breweries 7.750 +0.150 CITYDEV W*****0 3.500 +0.140 Creative 50 17.700 +0.100 GPBal 3.220 +0.100 Jardine C&C 6.850 +0.100 By percentage Close Change Kian Ann W*****7 0.030 +100.0 RolyW*****8
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        SGX top falls
        77 20 By$ Close i Change IMH400USS 13.100 -0.700 DBS 15.500 -0.400 F&N 14.000 -0.300 UOB 13.100 -0.300 DBSBk6MPS10 108.600 -0.200 ISH500USS 5.800 -0.200 KepCorp 7.050 -0.100 SembCorp 5TIETF100 1.320 18.880 -0.080 -0.070 GuocoLandNCCPS*****9 1.190 -0.060 By percentage Wee Poh Close 0.010 Change -33.3 FJBen W*****6 0.020 -20.0 Sanlak
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 20 US$ 0.5841 UK£ 0.3192 Yen 64.784 HK$ 4.5553 RM 2.2194 Euro 0.478 Rupiah 19.941 Baht 24.254 Peso 32.526 A$ 0.8168 Indian Rs 27.052 Won 677.22 C$ 0.7738 Yuan 4.834 NZ$ 0.8918 NTS 19.941
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    • market BUZZ
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        Send aches away
        226 20 A slew of new massage chairs from Osim to suit all lifestyles ana preferences make their debut at Takashimaya Square, Basement 2 from today until Aug 22. Among them is the Noro Comfy, which offers four types of massage rolling, pushing, kneading and tapping; with a combination
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        Stand up for Singapore
        39 20 On National Day, hundreds of people gathered at Carrefour Plaza Singapura anaCarrefour Suntec City, waving Singapore flags. Their enthusiasm also entitled them to redeem a backpack full of freebies in The $30,000 Gooay Bag Giveaway!
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      Lock icon Hyflux's 02 profit falls 6% to $6.2m
      262 23 Agencies Company plans to securitise desalination plant WATER specialist Hyflux reported yesterday a 6-per-cent year-on-year decline in second-quarter net profit due to the expiry of some contracts. The company's net profit for the April-to-june period was $6.18 million, or 1.97 cents a share,
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      Lock icon MTFG, UFJ to create world's largest bank
      75 23 -AFP TOKYO Two of Japan's banking giants, Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group (MTFG) and UFJ Holdings, reached a basic agreement yesterday to merge to create the world's largest bank by October next year. The merged entity will be called Mitsubishi UFJ Holdings. After the
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      Soh's $235m share fraud trial to resume
      163 23 KUALA LUMPUR Tycoon Soh Chee Wen's trial for securities fraud involving some RMS2O million ($235 million) will resume at the Sessions Court after the Shah Alam High Court rejected his appeal for a stay, The Star newspaper reported on its website yesterday. Justice
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      Lock icon Chartered sells stock options in move to manage debt
      242 23 Dow Jones CHARTERED Semiconductor Manufacturing said yesterday it had sold to the Goldman Sachs Group options to buy the chipmaker's shares in a move that could help it partially repay convertible notes due in 2006. Under the deal, the US- and
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  • SAVVY INVESTOR
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      Lock icon Alpha, absolute-return funds gain appeal
      594 24 Dow Jones More emphasis placed on manager's skill, currencies also seen as good investment alternative THE volatility and disappointing returns currently offered by financial markets in the region are prompting retail investors to shift to alpha-generating absolute-return funds from those offering returns pegged to the
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    • STOCKcalls
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        Seksun (37 cents) – Sell
        91 24 Seksun (37 cents) Sell Seksun's Q2 net profit fell 36.7 per cent year-on-year to $2.7million, below our expectation of $3 million. Its operating margin fell to 1 1.9 per cent from 17 per cent in Q2FYO3, mainly due to lower turnover and start-up costs related to a gasket operation and
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        Lock icon OCBC ($13.30) – Buy
        82 24 OCBC ($13.30) Buy Kim Eng OCBC's Q2 net profit rose almost 1 9 per cent sequentially to $303.4 million. Its net interest income rose 4.2 per cent quarter-on-quarter as net loans grew 3.4 per cent from Ql. We upgrade the stock to a "Buy" on its strong business momentum and
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  • ENTERPRISE
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      Lock icon Lessons from at fire next door
      610 26  -  Loh Kok Choy Learning from misfortunes for corporate survival MY FACTORY was less than 200 m from Betsy's bitumen factory. One day, Betsy's factory caught fire and I was caught without an emergency plan. After shutting down the factory hastily and evacuating most of
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      397 32 Reuters Incentives offered to help correct sex imbalance BEIJING Rural families in China, where there is a traditional bias for boys, are being offered cash incentives to stop aborting baby girls and help correct a sex imbalance, The China Daily said yesterday. Under
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      100 32 -AFP SAN FRANCISCO California's Supreme Court yesterday voided the marriages of more than 4,000 gay couples wed by the city of San Francisco, ruling that the Mayor had overstepped his powers. "The same-sex marriages authorised by the officials are void and of no legal effect," the judges
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      118 32 Reuters TRENTON (New Jersey) Governor James McGreevey, who earlier this year said he opposed gay marriage, announced yesterday that he would resign and admitted to having a homosexual affair. McGreevey, who is married with two children, told reporters that he had a consensual affair with another man
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      104 32 Reuters ST PETERSBURG (Florida) More than half a million Americans were ordered to evacuate beachfront homes, trailer parks and islands on Florida's coast yesterday as Hurricane Charley headed across Cuba. Charley's winds rose to 165kmh as it headed for the Havana area and the fragile Florida Keys island
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        42 32 AFP A US border guard was indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly beating up a Chinese businesswoman, in a case that was taken up at the highest diplomatic level between Beijing and Washington.
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        53 32 Reuters A seminary at the heart of a sex and child pornography scandal that has shaken the Austrian Roman Catholic church will be closed immediately, a papal official investigating the affair said yesterday. Pictures of priests at the seminary groping students had been
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        52 32 Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen will get the "Salmon of the year" award at the Gay Pride parade in Copenhagen this weekend for having "swum against the stream" by supporting "gay marriage in church", tne National Association of Gays and Lesbians
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      308 32 AFP Mr Bush (right) says he has led Riyadh to take a tougher stand on terrorism since the 911 attacks, while Mr Kerry (left) has insinuated that the incumbent is too close to the Saudi royal family. ALBUQUERQUE, (New Mexico)
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      848 34  -  mr brown BY the time you read this, it will be a new day for Singapore. We will be led by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, with support from SM Goh Chok Tong and er MM Lee Kuan Yew. I am glad they finally announced
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      649 36  -  Shibu Itty Kuttickal THEY were two Bangalore girls, both born in 1978 and under the same zodiac sign, Aries. They used 0 meet regularly in various interschool competitions in the Indian garden city. One went on to win an Indian supermodel contest and to 1 become
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      229 40  -  David Chew DANIEL Poh, 24, is straight In any other setting, it wouldn't even bear mentioning. Poh is one of 22 artists taking part in an exhibition titled Red White Pink, which runs until this Sunday at the Utterly Art gallery. A
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      118 40 The Twins Effect 2 stars (from left) Jaycee Chan, Chan Po-Lin, Charlene Choi and Gillian Chung posing for the cameras while in town yesterday to promote their latest movie, jaycee was the centre of attention as he and his co-stars from the action comedy film greeted fans and
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      228 40  -  David Chew LOCAL jazz sensation Jacintha Abisheganaden has been rather quiet recently. You'd be forgiven if you thought that she had up and left Singapore for good. "She's just gone global, thanks to Groove Notes Records and careful nurturing of her recording works and good distribution," said
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      106 40 MEDIACORP Radio has terminated the services of parttime DJs Sheikh Haikel and Jamie Tan of Perfect Ten 98.7FM after the two made comments that offended some listeners, prompting complaint letters published in forum pages. Full-time DJ Daniel Ong Haikel's co-anchor on the Perfect Ten show, Morning Madness has
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        461 42  -  Vong Shu Chiang Gritty drama has unlikely pairing of two dismal loners FILM REVIEW I THIS is not your usual iTom Cruise film. The I pretty-boy leading man I colours his hair an inelBegant grey, is a bitter I bullying jerk and goes I around snooting people or
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        281 42  -  YONG SHU CHIANG FILM REVIEW BY' HANA (Anne Suzuki) and Alice (Yu Aoi) have been best pals since childhood. In high school, they both go to ballet classes, share secrets and even get involved with the same boy, an older student on whom Hana has a crush.
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        325 44  -  YONG SHU CHIANG This 'sequel' is childish, drawn-out and sleep-inducing FILM REVIEW by The Twins Effects 2 JAYCEE Chan's debut film has many high-flying, meticulously choreographed fight sequences. Heck, it even features his action-film legend dad Jackie in a cameo opposite Hong Kong veteran Donnie Yen. But
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        379 46  -  YONG SHU CHANG Miscast stars poor, trivial script nasty kitty litter FILM REVIEW by Catwoman THERE'S a line in Batman Returns where waif-like Michelle Pfeiffer, playing a woman mysteriously resurrected by cats, realises something different about herself. "I feel so much yummier." Now, how is
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        250 47  -  JEANINE TAN FILM REVIEW by. FOR every good film adapted from a Stephen King novel such as Stand By Me, The Green Mile and The Shawshank Redemption there are several more mediocre ones. That long list includes Sleepwalkers and Christine. Secret Window, the latest film adapted from a
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      516 48  -  Pauline D Loh SA Tours/TODAY Executive Gourmet Retreat 2004 Where seas are calm, wines are cool and hospitality is warm pauline@newstoday.com.si MAORI legend says a giant fish once wriggled its way across the land, leaving in its wake the labyrinth of inlets and bays that became Marlborough Sounds.
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        465 55 Woods continues to struggle GOLF US PGA Championship, first round KOHLER Northern Ireland's Darren Clarke took the clubhouse lead at the $6.25 million ($10.7 million) PGA Championship this morning (Singapore time) with an opening round 7-under-par 65 on the Irish-style links. Clarke got off to a
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        300 55 Agencies LONDON Liverpool striker Michael Owen (left) will join Real Madrid in an £8 million ($25 million) plus player deal according to a source close to the club, BBC Sports Online reported. As well as the fee, it is believed Liverpool will also receive
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      298 57 In the third instalment of her four-part series on the Osim Singapore Triathlon, Today's Stefanie Loh teams up with her training partner and gets her feet wet TRIATHLON, like track or fencing, has always seemed like an individual sport. It's not like netball,
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      596 58 AFP From American absentees to Afghan and Iraqi newcomers, every athlete is affected ATHENS Although it's been three years since the terror attacks on the United States, the Olympic Games is suffering in the aftermath. Tales of the huge security operation here are legendary the US$l.5 billion
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      372 58 -AFP I OLYMPICS I Basketball I 1 ATHENS United States basketball stars arrived yesterday at their Olympic home, the ocean liner Queen Mary 11, after a terrifying security alert during a five-day stay in Turkey for final pre-Olympic training. National Basketball
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      552 57  -  TAN YO-HINN Tett may have played last game for Singapore yohinn@newstoday.com.sg LAST MONTH, Netball Singapore (NS) president Ivy Singh-Lim lamented the lack of tall, competent shooters in the national side. Now, she may lose a potential star of the future. Southside Sharks goal shooter Asha
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      289 57  -  Stefanie Loh DANIEL Tung is a small boy, but he swims as if he was born in the water. At 9, he has already completed a triathlon, something few people even three times his age can claim. The Primary 3 student participated in the
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      96 59 SINGAPOREANS can watch their top women's shuttler Li Li in action in the first round of the Athens Olympics badminton competition tomorrow. MediaCorp will screen her match against world No 1 Gong Ruina of China at 4pm, on Channel 5 and TV Mobile.
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      400 59 I Tomorrow butterfly s-finals, women's 200m IM final I 2:30pm/7pm: Badminton women's sin- 1:30pm: Athletics women's shot put I gles, rd of 32 qualifying I 2pm: Shooting men's trap qualifica- 2:30pm/7pm: Badminton men's singles tions q-finals 3pm: Swimming women's 100m butter- 3pm: Swimming women's 200m fly heats breaststroke heats, men's
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    521 60 -AFP Greek organisers have overcome infrastructure woes and security fears ATHENS Olympic organisers insisted yesterday the Games is ready to roll despite the spectre of drugs and terrorism casting a shadow over the multi-billion dollar showpiece. With just a day left before the opening of the
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    Lock icon An Olympic gold worth more to Singaporeans than others
    422 60  -  TAN YO-HiNN yohinn@newstoday.com.sg IF THE amount of money offered for a gold medal was an Olympic event, Singapore would almost certainly be on the podium. The cash incentives offered by Singapore are considered to be among the highest at the Athens
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      China in shock after thrashing
      81 60 ATHENS Chinese football was stunned yesterday after the famed "Steel Roses" women's team were thrashed 8-0 by world champions Germany in their opening match of the Olympic competition. China, silver medallists at the 1996 Atlanta Games when they lost 2-1 to the United States in
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      Argentina hit Serbs for six
      66 60 ATHENS Argentina began their quest for a first Olympic gold medal in more than 50 years with a 6-0 demolition of Serbia and Montenegro on Wednesday (yesterday morning, Singapore time). Boca Juniors' Carlos Tevez scored twice and new Manchester United signing Gabriel Heinze was also
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      Venus will miss little sister
      78 60 ATHENS Venus Williams admits she will badly miss sister Serena at the Olympics after her younger sibling's late withdrawal due to knee trouble. Venus, who is defending the singles gold she won in Sydney four years ago, said: "It's very hard for me. It's just
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      Korean paddlers come together
      52 60 ATHENS Olympic table tennis players from North and South Korea linked arms and smiled for the cameras yesterday before an unprecedented joint practice session aimed at using sport to bridge deep ideological differences. "One, two, three...Korea fighting!" said the players, reciting in unison a South Korean-coined
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      Man takes on wife for gold
      49 60 ATHENS Australian Andrew Hoy will have split family loyalties as he rides for a record fourth successive gold medal in the three-day eventing equestrian team event at the Athens Olympics. Hoy, 45, is up against wife Bettina, saddling up for the German team.
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      33 60 Bam Baseball New York Yankees v Texas Rangers, Ch23 Tomorrow 2.55am Football SEAT Trophy: AC Milan v Sampdoria, Ch2l 3am Golf PGA C'ship, Ch22 I OLYMPICS ON TV (tomorrow): 1.45am Opening Ceremony, Chs
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