Today, 19 August 2004, Afternoon Edition

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    14 1 TODAY we set you thinking todayonline.com Thursday August 19, 2004 I MITA (P) 103/07/2004
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon US stocks rally, Dow ends above 10,000
      120 1 Reuters NEW YORK US stocks surged higher yesterday, extending their rally for a fourth day as investors bought beaten-down shares and pushed the Dow above the 10,000 level for the first time in two weeks. Investors shrugged off another jump in oil prices.
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      Malaysian poultry imports suspended
      528 1  -  Tan Hui Leng AVA acts after H5 strain of bird flu found in Kelantan IN A SWIFT reaction to bird flu fears in Kelantan, the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA) has suspended all poultry imports from Malaysia with immediate effect. With half of Singapore's
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  • NEWScomment
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      Why not grant Dad long leave to care for baby?
      664 2  -  Tisa Ng Motherhood may be blocking women's rise as national leaders WITH little fanfare, Singapore now has two women in national leadership as Ministers of State, and a third in local government as one of the five mayors. The absence
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      MediaCorp, SingTel increase their stakes in Today
      243 3  -  Val Chua THE two main shareholders of MediaCorp Press which publishes Today have upped their stakes in the newspaper by buying out a third investor, SMRT Corp, for about $3.5 million. MediaCorp and Sing Tel have jointly acquired the transport operator's entire 14.56-per
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      Lock icon Brewing entrepreneurs
      625 3  -  Lee U-Wen Cafe@The Edge's baristas, CEO and managers are aged 9 THE dismissal bell sounded, but for nine-year-old Dominique Sng, her day was far from over. Unlike other children her age, she had a business to run. Heading straight for her school's new hang-out Cafe@The Edge she and
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      Baby incentives will have something for most: Hng
      409 3  -  Lee Ching Wern PARENTS and parents-to-be can look forward this Sunday to a hamper of baby-making goodies that will "have something for most people", promised Minister for Trade and Industry Lim Hng Kiang. Mothers, especially, can anticipate longer maternity leave flavoured with
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Lock icon Education providers a great draw in Vietnam
      442 4  -  Derrick A Paulo 3 Spore firms open centres, another signs deal for IT training in Hanoi derrick@newstoday.com.sg THE hunger for learning among the youth of Southeast Asia's second-most populated country is proving to be a great draw for Singapore's education providers. Yesterday, three
      WEE TECK HIAN  -  442 words
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      Lock icon Life sentence for corrupt Indon banker
      74 4 Reuters JAKARTA Indonesia, struggling to combat widespread corruption, has handed down a rare life sentence to an official from the country's third largest bank, PT Bank Negara Indonesia, for illegally disbursing more than 1 trillion rupiah ($lB5 million) worth of export credits. "He was
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    • GLOBALroundup
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        Lock icon Rewards for info on terrorists
        44 4 AFP Pakistan yesterday announced rewards totalling US$l.l million ($1.9 million) for information on six wanted terror suspects, including Al Qaeda's Libyan planner Abu Faraj Farj, described by Pakistani intelligence as the new No 3 in Osama bin Laden's network.
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        Lock icon Arafat admits to mistakes
        52 4 -AFP Veteran leader Yasser Arafat yesterday admitted that his Palestinian Authority had made "unacceptable mistakes" and some officials "abused their positions". In a keynote address to the parliament, he also pledged to fully back his premier Ahmed Qorei's efforts to tackle the secu- rity in the
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        Lock icon Deng backed Tiananmen massacre
        40 4 -AFP China's late paramount leader Deng Xiaoping "resolutely backed" the Tiananmen Square massacre 15 years ago, former premier Li Peng has said in a rare commentary on the bloody incident he has long been blamed for.
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        Lock icon Beijing nabs Catholic priests
        41 4 Reuters China has detained eight Roman Catholic priests in a crackdown on those loyal to the Pope and arrested a "Living Buddha" for arousing superstition at the re-opening of a temple, United States watchdog groups said yesterday.
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Future looking brighter as Yijin gets a job
      319 6  -  Kenneth Tan WHAT a difference two weeks makes. Just a fortnight ago, it was a pessimistic Zhuo Yijin who spoke to Today at the Singapore Polytechnic's graduation ceremony press conference. The 20-year-old, who suffers from mild cerebral palsy, was in despair that
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      Lock icon Girl, 6, seriously injured after being hit by car
      288 6 Newsßadio 93.8, Channel News Asia A SIX-YEAR-OLD girl was seriously injured after she was knocked down by a car at a pedestrian crossing last night The victim, Emily Chua Jia Van, was with her two brothers, aged 9 and 3, and
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      Danger signs months before walls collapsed
      421 6  -  Wong Fei Wan Nicoll Highway Collapse Inquiry: Day 12 Indicators showed wall movement just short of design limit feiwan@newstoday.com.sg FIFTEEN out of the 60 instruments that monitored wall movement at the MRT Circle Line worksite at Nicoll Highway showed shifts months before the tunnel's
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    • SINGAPOREsnippets
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        Lock icon Brunei delegation in S'pore
        82 6 Newsßadio 93.8 Starting today, Singapore hosts the 1 Ith Brunei-Singapore Exchange Visit. The Special Advisor to the Sultan of Brunei and Home Affairs Minister, Pehin Dato Haii Isa Ibrahim, is leading the high-level delegation. The threeday visit is part of a series of annual exchanges initiated
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        Lock icon 39 to get Enterprise awards
        75 6 Newsßadio 93.8 Thirty-nine Singaporeans will receive Spirit of Enterprise Awards in recognition of their entrepreneurial spirit. The awards are given out by the Spirit of Enterprise a non-profit organisation that aims to promote the spirit of entrepreneurship. Among the winners is Goh Kwee Leng, founder
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        Lock icon $900 drop in some COEs
        82 6 Newsßadio 93.8 The latest COE prices have fallen across the board. The biggest drop is for the Open category: Each now costs $26, 400, a decrease of nearly $900. For big cars, a COE costs $26,300, a drop of close to $800. Rates for small
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      Lock icon Every grocery item you buy could help the needy
      369 8  -  Kenneth Tan THE next time you buy groceries at NTUC Fair Price, you may be making a difference to the lives of 350,000 beneficiaries of the Community Chest For every housebrand, private label and weekly-advertised offer item that is sold, the
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  • LETTERS
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      Fear of speaking up poses obstacle to S'pore's ongoing development
      322 10 I REFER to your Aug 18 edition, specifically the letters, "When nonreplies lead to frustration" by Mr Kevin Lee Jie and "No Wrong Door, but where do they lead?" by Mr Lim Boon Hee, and Mr Siew Kum Hong's news
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      The fear of an HIV test
      265 10  -  Gavin Tan Hua Siang Limits on anonymous testing, doctors' attitudes undermine anti-Aids effort I VISITED a doctor recently to get tested for HIV/Aids. This was not because I belong to a high-risk group. I am single, male and have only had casual sex on
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      Lack of foresight to blame for weaknesses in MediShield
      175 10  -  Gary Lee I REFER to the report, "MediShield premiums to rise in first adjustment in 12 years" (Aug 18). I am glad that the Health Minister acknowledged that there are deficiencies in the MediShield scheme. In my opinion, some of these
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    Stay connected with CPF
    935 12  -  Tan Scow Lian The CPF Board has introduced a number of e-services for staff and members to offer greater conveniences AN UNEXPECTED crisis strikes Mdm Catherine Yeo. She is temporarily unable to leave her home for the office. But she is managing an important project and
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      China Aviation to buy 20.6% of S'pore Petroleum
      325 13 Company to pay $227 m for stake to diversify operations CHINA Aviation Oil (Singapore) Corp, which supplies a third of China's jet fuel, will buy 20.6 percent of Singapore Petroleum Co (SPC) for $227 million, its first investment in an oil refiner.
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      HDB Corp looks to Vietnam
      213 13  -  Derrick A Paulo MORE than a year after the Housing and Development Board was restructured, its corporatised arm is making progress in overseas projects. The HDB Corporation is offering planning and design services through its consultancy wing, Surbana, for about 20 i projects in China,
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      Chinese Net banking for SMEs
      153 13  -  Tay Tsen-Waye OCBC Bank has launched the Chinese version of its corporate Internet banking (IB) system Velocity@ocbc for small-and-medium enterprises (SMEs) yesterday, making it the first bank to offer the service in Singapore. The platform eliminates the language barrier that had prevented older, Chinese-educated SME
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      Temasek invests in ICICI OneSource
      277 14 The transaction provides the Spore investment company entry into India's helpdesk services sector TEMASEK Holdings and venture capital fund Westbridge Capital Corp have purchased stakes in ICICI One Source, a cus-tomer-contact-centre unit of India's secondlargest bank. ICICI One Source said in a statement yesterday that
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      Lock icon More traffic passes through Changi
      104 14 Bloomberg PASSENGER traffic at Changi Airport rose last month by 26.3 per cent year-on-year to 2.68 million, reflecting the continued recovery in air traffic in the post-Sars period. In July last year, the number of passengers was down 15 per cent year-on-year to 2.12 million
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      CORPORATEbriefs
      130 14 Sincere Watch, a retailer of luxury watches in the region, has submitted an application to list its Hong Kong unit, Sincere Brand Management, on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The real estate arm of the Government of Singapore Investment Corp (GIC) bought two retail centres
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    • Market WATCH
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        Lock icon Singapore
        105 16 Dow Jones SHARE prices closed higher on selective bargain-hunt-ing in blue chips. However, trading remained cautious on concerns that the high oil prices will hurt the global and local economic recovery. The ST Index rose 10.16 points, or 0.5 per cent, to close at 1,890.7. Gainers and losers pared
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        STI – 1,89.7+10.16
        2 16 STI 1,89.7+10.16
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        World markets
        62 16 Im Index Nikkei 225 Value *****.26 Pis +48.29 Ch hange +0.45 Hang Seng All Ordinaries *****.54 3476.10 -27.58 -7.10 -0.23 -0.20 Taiwan Wtd 5427.75 +85.26 +1.60 Korea Comp 773.19 +2.16 +0.28 KLCI 809.56 +1.05 +0.13 SET Index 605.30 +2.55 +0.42 Jakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzhen B Mumbai Sensex
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        Lock icon Commodities
        26 16 SGX, Bloomberg Gold uss/oi 406.700 Silver uss/oi 6.725 Platinum uss/oi 856.000 Information provided by Rubber centsAg 213.50 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1497.50 Brent crude uss/barrel 43.19
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 16 US$ 0.5835 UK£ 0.3202 Yen 64.0825 HK$ 4.5515 RM 2.2175 Euro 0.4741 Rupiah 5412.42 Baht 24.2232 Peso 32.5504 A$ 0.8168 Indian Rs 27.0548 Won 675.6047 C$ 0.7633 Yuan 4.8299 NZ$ 0.8787 NTS 19.944
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        SGX most active
        56 16 By volume Citiraya NOL IAC 2OOUSS Bio-Treat telecom Datacrft USS STATS ChipPAC BIL Intl UTAC Chartered Close 0.650 2.830 2.690 0.705 0.255 0.720 1.030 0.900 0.535 1.030 Change +0.015 -0.010 +0.220 -0.015 +0.035 +0.040 -0.010 +2.4 -0.4 +8.9 -2.1 +15.9 +4.7 -1.8 '000 38,559 20,193 18,251 14,977
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        SGX top rises
        80 16 By$ SIA Close Changi 10.900 +0.301 [AC 200 USS 2.690 +0.221 CITYDEV 6.200 +0.201 CITYDEV 3.700 +0.201 F&N 14.400 +0.201 Great East 11.700 +0.201 Robinson 6.100 +0.201 SIA 200 10.800 +0.201 Venture 15.800 +0.201 Fhai Prime 200 USS 9.400 +0.151 By percentage Twinwood Close i 0.045 Changi
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        SGX top falls
        77 16 By$ Close Changi IMH 400 USS 12.700 -0.201 Doyen 0.245 -0.15. ISH 500 USS 5.550 -0.101 NalSleel 2.170 -0.071 Haw Par 4.900 -0.061 PFood 1.080 -0.061 Wheelock 2.240 -0.061 4PB Breweries 7.500 -0.051 DairyFarm 900 USS 2.450 -0.051 By percentage Close Changi KLW 0.030 -40.1 Dayen 0.245
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      Lock icon Datacraffs 3Q profits up
      247 16 Dow Jones It reports a 9-fold increase helped by stronger demand for IT DATACRAFT Asia has reported a nine-fold increase in third quarter net profit to U*****,000 ($646,420), aided by stronger demand for information technology in almost all of the 13 Asian markets it operates in.
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      Lock icon Wafer processing equipment plant in Yishun
      136 16 Dow Jones ASM International NY (ASM), a leading supplier of equipment and solutions to the semiconductor industry for wafer processing as well as assembly and packaging of integrated circuits, announced yesterday that it is setting up the first wafer processing equipment plant in Singapore
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      Lock icon S'pore on track to $8b investment goal
      225 18 Dow Jones Cash infusion to create 11,000 manufacturing jobs SINGAPORE attracted $4.3 billion in fixedasset investment commitments in the first seven months of the year, Trade and Industry Minister Lim Hng Kiang said yesterday. This puts the Economic Development Board (EDB) on track
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      More aid to innovators and entrepreneurs
      102 18 INNOVATORS and entrepreneurs can test and commercialise their inventions under a new programme at the research and innovation hub at one-north in Buona Vista. Jointly launched by the JTC Corporation and the Economic Development Board yesterday, the Excite@one-north programme is a collaboration between the
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  • SAVVY INVESTOR
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      Lock icon Biomedical funding
      145 20 Channel News Asia New fund invests in unlisted firms from the sector UNITED Overseas Bank (UOB) has set up a biomedical sciences venture capital investment fund with Japan Asia Investment Company (JAIC). Called UOB JAIC Venture Bio Investments, the fund will invest in unlisted biomedical sciences companies worldwide,
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    • STOCKcalls
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        Lock icon Asia Pacific Breweries ($7.50) – HOLD
        99 20 Asia Pacific Breweries ($7.50) HOLD Kirn Eng Securities The company's 3QFYO4 results were in line with expectations. Net profit surged 71.4 per cent year-on-year to $20.1 million largely due to the low base in the previous year when beer sales in Asia were affected by the outbreak of Sars. The
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        Lock icon Datacraft Asia (US$O.72) – SELL
        67 20 Datacraft Asia (US$O.72) SELL Dow Jones Netßesearch keeps sell on the IT firm after it posted "another set of pedestrian earnings". The research company notes that Datacraft's third quarter results was nothing to shout about. Its earnings performance so far "doesn't even remotely justify the current share price", Netßesearch notes,
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      308 22 -AFP US forces will be hit to prevent attack on N-facilities: Minister DOHA Iranian Defence Minister Ali Shamkhani warned yesterday that Iran might launch a pre-emptive strike against US forces in the region to prevent an attack on its nuclear facilities. "We will not sit to
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      142 22 Reuters BAGHDAD Iraqi political and religious leaders picked an interim National Assembly yesterday, said a senior member of the committee which organised the meeting. The selection of the 100--member assembly, which will oversee the government and pave the way for elections in January, marks the end
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      169 24 Agencies KATHMANDU In an unprecedented move, Maoist rebels yesterday cut off all land routes to Nepal's capital, Kathmandu, disrupting food and supplies to the city of 1.5 million people. Normally congested roads leading to the temple-studded tourist hub that is ringed by lush green hills were
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      325 24 Agencies Device found hours after Blair leaves the area ROME A warning by a local leftist group sent Italian police scrambling yesterday to find two bombs said to be planted near the Sardinian villa of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, where his British counterpart Tony Blair
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      321 26 'Borrowed' trophy shown off at Cabinet meeting BANGKOK A Thai deputy prime minister provoked an outcry in the kingdom yesterday for showing off a national athlete's Olympic gold medal to the Cabinet He is being accused of capitalising on the athlete's success for political
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      818 30  -  Elisa Chia Jeanine Tan Revenge of the Unsuccessful candidates want a show of their own TONIGHT, 100 Singapore Idol contestants who survived the auditions will continue their quest for stardom. By the end of the episode, which airs at Bpm on MediaCorp TV Channel 5, Singapore will find
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        76 33 A new song has been written and recorded for President's Challenge 2004. Reach Out With Love revolves largely around the tagline for this year's event: A Giving People, A Caring Nation So Many Are Helped, When You Reach Out. Local singer Sun Ho (picture) will lend
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        88 33 Ever wondered how old Phua Chu Kang, the popular sitcom character, is? Well the "secret" is now out: PCX is as old as Gurmit Singh, the actor himself, and Singapore: 39. And he's celebrating his birthday in a big way next year. Happy Birthday Phua Chu Kang,
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        76 33 Happy Birthday, MediaCorp artiste Nick Shen celebrates his 29th birthday this Sunday and he will be sharing his joy with the leprosy patients at Silra Home. The party begins at 1 1 am at 1 8 Lorong Buangkok, all fans are welcome. Nick, however, urges all well-wishers
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      Who's reading what ...
      207 34 Who's reading what Former national sprinter Otelli Edwards, who represented Singapore in the 1 993 SEA Games, is one of the presenters bringing you the latest Olympic news on Today In Athens, which airs daily at 1 1 pm on MediaCorp TV Channel 5. "I'VE been reading The New Lord
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      The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time – Mark Haddon
      157 34  - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Mark Haddon JUSTIN CHEONG BOOK REVIEW by PENNING his first novel from the viewpoint of a boy with Asperger's Syndrome a mild form of autism- Mark Haddon gives us a glimpse into the fascinating logic of neurobiological disorder. Fifteen-year-old Christopher is
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      137 34  - The Villa of Mysteries David Hewson SUREKHA A YADAV BOOK REVIEW by THE second book in David Hewson's series of novels picks up where the first ended, with his detective protagonists in Rome, chasing a cult that preys on young and beautiful women. With so many characters, each competing to
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      Lost in Translation
      159 36  -  YONG SHU CHIANG DVD REVIEW by "OF ALL the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine." Bob Harris didn't rip off Humphrey Bogart's immortal line, but he could probably second that emotion. In director Sofia Coppola's magical tale of surprising
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      153 36  -  YONG SHU CHIANG DVD REVIEWby GIRLS just wanna have fun. And establish a career, stop serial dating and find a good man to spend the golden years with. The enviable Sylvia Chang directs this telling story of what it means to be a woman, as viewed through
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        312 38  -  Yong Shu Chiang shuchiang@newstoday.com.sg LIFE for the brothers Lance and Marshall Hudes, who were knocked out of The Amazing Race last week is good, even if the dream of a US$l million ($1.71 million) prize is over. Their pizza joint is doing well,
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        97 38 Reuters/Hollywood Reporter LOS ANGELES The Academy Awards may be more than six months away, but Columbia Pictures is already trying to lure Oscar voters into the Spider-Man 2 web. This week, while most competing studios are still verifying Academy members' addresses, Columbia sent voters
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      Lock icon Seasons of flavours
      432 39  -  Koh Chieng Mun HEALTHY LIVING: Japanese style Enjoy the goodness of the diverse Japanese cuisine at home food@newstoday.com.sg THE climate of Japan with its seasonal change from spring to summer and autumn to winter brings about exciting changes in its food every three months. This explains why
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      COOKING TIPS
      181 39 1. Fish is often eaten raw as sashimi in Japanese cuisine, so be careful to use a separate cutting board for slicing. Make sure that the fish is fresh. 2. Nori sheet (seaweed sheet for wrapping sushi) can be roasted over an open flame just before using. This
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      RECIPE
      189 39 COLD SOBA NOODLES WITH GINGER CHICKEN Ingredients (serves 4): 400g soba noodles 250g sliced chicken breast (boneless and skinless) 2 tblsp ginger juice 1/2 nori sheet (about I Oem square, finely cut) I tsp wasabi paste 30g kezuh-bushi (shaved dried fish) 200 ml shoyu (Japanese soy sauce) 200 ml
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      347 40  -  Pearlyn Tham Revlon's Super Lustrous Lipstick comes in 20 shades, with matching Lipglosses for a slick of shine pearlyn@newstoday.com.sg IN ITS new Bellissimo advertising campaign, cosmetic-maker Revlon featured not just one or two, but four, celebrities for the first time. Halle Berry, Julianne Moore, Eva
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      308 40  -  Pearlyn Tham LIVING in the tropics sometimes means that we do not get to enjoy Fall trends as much as we would like to. Fur coats have no place in our climate, leather jackets feel stifling even in the air-conditioned comfort of our offices and anything
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      Caring for sensitive skin
      216 40  -  Pearlyn Tham MAINTAINING your youthful looks is difficult enough. But if you have sensitive skin, it becomes even trickier. This is why skincare brand Eucerin has launched its Anti-Age Range, which has been clinically-proven to be suitable for all skin types, especially for sensitive skin. In
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      Shiny, natural-looking curls
      472 41 Introduced in Singapore by L'Oreal Professionnel, 'Cosmetic Curls' is a hot new service from Japan that will give women's hair the sexiest bounce and the conditioned curls that they desire ALREADY a hit in Japan and Korea, the Cosmetic Curls perm service is unlike traditional perm methods
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      MILKY GOODNESS FOR YOUR HAIR
      203 41 Michael Ng from The Scene suggests pampering your new curls with the Milky Shittori shaping texturiser from L'Oreal Professionnel's Tecni.Art range. Inspired by Japanese hairstyling for Asian hair, Milky Shittori is formulated for permed hair or for naturally curly and wavy hair. It moisturises your
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        444 43 One-day travel fair at Suntec this Sunday also features many other attractions NEW destinations, price and value guarantees and free breakfast these are just some of the things that Chan Brothers has awaiting visitors to its one-day travel fair on Sunday. The agency's Amazing 822
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        Lock icon Cruising the Three Gorges
        679 44  -  Jenny Kong Chong Qing is the perfect place for a trip down the Yangtze River j enny@newstoday.com. sg AS the bus cruised through the streets from the airport to the hotel, I had to battle with my disbelief that this is Chong Qing, China, and not
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        492 46  -  Pamela Tang Its exotic smells and tastes make Egypt truly unforgettable traveller@newstoday.com.sg EGYPT is a melting pot of cuisine, influenced by ancient epicurean roots, its former occupants like the British, French and Turks, as well as its Middle Eastern neighbours. And it can be a culinary
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          FASCINATING FRANCE, SPAIN
          136 47 LET France and Spain show you some of the finest and fun things in life, from fashion to food. The six-day/four-night package to these two fascinating European countries starts from $1,838 (based on twin sharing) include economy airfare on Air France, two nights in Madrid or Barcelona,
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          105 47 HERE'S a chance to relax body and soul in beautiful surroundings just a 45-minute ferry ride from Singapore. From Sept 4to Sept 12, Club Mcd Ria Bintan will be offering three-day/two-night rejuvenating packages, starting from $425. The packages include special rejuvenating treatments and a host of revitalising workshops,
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          COWS@SEA WORKSHOP
          158 47 CHILDREN who accompany their parents on a cruise on the SuperStar Virgo during the school holidays next month are in for a treat courtesy of TV celebrity Einstein Kristiansen. Einstein, a familiar face to those who watch Cows n Crayons on MediaCorp Kids Central, is a cartoonist, painter,
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    485 49  -  JOSE RAYMOND FAS approach Stags midfielder Fahrudin to become citizen Today Exclusive jose@newstoday.com.sg THE Football Association of Singapore (FAS) have identified another player who could go on to play for the Lions. In a secret meeting held at the FAS headquarters at the Jalan Besar Stadium last
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    312 49  -  ALVIN CHUA news@newstoday.com.sg AFTER weeks of speculation, Woodlands Wellington player-coach Simon Clark bit the bullet and stepped down yesterday. The 37-year-old Englishman tendered his resignation, claiming he wished to return to Britain as soon as possible. The club appointed assistant coach Jorg Steinnebrunner as caretaker
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    149 49 THEY are just two matches away from reaching the Singapore Cup final. For Sinchi Golden Throat FC, this Saturday's Big Trumpet Singapore Cup semifinal clash against Home United is the most important match the Chinese club have faced since joining the S-League two years ago.
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    212 49  -  Alvin Chua IT'S usually a desperate scrap when two basement teams meet, but a sense of serenity is what the two coaching Karims of Balestier Khalsa and Tanjong Pagar have been urging ahead of their battle to avoid the bottom. For both Singaporean Abdul
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    Lock icon The boy who had no boots
    665 50  -  JOSE RAYMOND From being penniless and on the verge of quitting football three years ago, Khairul is now in the national team jose@newstoday.com.sg KHAIRUL AMRI is touted as one of Singapore's brightest young footballers. Exciting, talented and extremely confident, he is a new Fandi
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    391 50  -  Alvin Chua Lions coach Radojko Avramovic recalls leading Kuwait to Sydney 2000 LEADING a team to the Olympics, especially one that you have lovingly built, should be a euphoric experience for anyone. But for Singapore coach Radojko Avramovic (picture), piloting Kuwait to Sydney 2000 was
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    445 51 Balestierv lanjongPagar FoaPayohStadium Coday,7.3opm IX2 (1) Balestier $2.32 (X) Draw $3.45 (2) Tanjong Pagar $2.45 1/2 Goal Balestier (-1 1/2) $3.75 Tanjong Pgr (+1 1/2) $1.20 Total Goals Ogoal $15 1 goal $7.90 2 goals $4.80 3 goals $4.10 4 goals $4.60 5 goals $5.90 6 goals
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    369 51  -  STEFANIE LOH NTUC INCOME-YEOS S-LEAGUE Home 8 SAFFC 1 stefanie@newstoday.com.sg LAST week, Egmar Goncalves told this newspaper that he was determined to win the Golden Boot award this season after missing out narrowly in previous years. Well, he is almost there following a
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    274 51  -  Dan Pek HAVING steered his team to the top of the standings after an incredible eight-game winning streak in the NTUC Income Yeo's S-League; it is no surprise that Tampines Rovers' Vorawan Chitavanich was voted Coach of the Month for July. After receiving the award,
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    565 53  -  TAN YO-HINN Official blunder stops her from being the first woman to throw at Olympia OLYMPICS Shot put yohinn@newstoday.com.sg WHAT should have been the biggest day of her life ended in controversy and bitter disappointment. National thrower Zhang Guirong should have taken her place in Olympic
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    195 53 Agencies ATHENS Pieter van den Hoogenband won his second straight men's Olympic 100 m freestyle crown this morning, destroying lan Thorpe's hopes of becoming the first man to complete a 100 m, 200 m, 400 m freestyle treble at the Games. The flying
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    136 53 AFP ATHENS Singaporean paddlers Li Jiawei and Zhang Xueling kept the Republic's hopes of an Olympic medal alive after securing quarter-final berths in the Olympic women's table tennis singles tournament this morning. Jiawei, the sixth seed, overcame a gritty Aya Umemura of Japan 14-12, 13-11, 8-11,
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      444 53 Singapore Olympians in action TODAY 6pm: Sailing —Men's Laser Races 7 8 (Stanley Tan) Singapore results YESTERDAY Athletics: Women's shot put qualification round. Group A -1. Irina Korzhanenko (Rus) 19.43,2. Yumileidi Cumba (Cub) 19.10, 3. Valeric Adams (NZU 18.79, 12. Guirong Zhang (Sin) 16.58. Badminton: Boonsak Ponsana (Tha) bt Ronald
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    932 54  -  ROHIT BRIJNATH For the viewer, watching athletes cry, cuddle and bleed for their cause has been humbling ARE these the cuddling Olympics, the touchy-feely Games? Everywhere you looked testosterone-charged men with muscles where we believed none could exist were hugging and embracing and making a nonsense
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    121 54 Reuters ATHENS Greece's two top athletes pulled out of the Olympics yesterday and apologised to Greeks for a scandal over missed dope tests that has tarnished the Games' return to their birthplace. "With a sense of responsibility and national interest I am retiring from the
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