Today, 21 August 2004

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  • NEWS
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      Lock icon Sustained 4-6% yearly growth possible: MM
      165 2 Newsßadio 93.8, Channel News Asia SINGAPORE'S economy can grow between 4 and 6 per cent every year for the next 10 to 15 years, said Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew (picture). This is more than the 3 to 5 per cent forecast by the
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      Youth with a rare passion for Singapore
      1582 2  -  Tor Ching Li Who, why and how some young people join a political party SO THE People's Action Party (PAP) tea sessions are being held, unabated, in the continual process of political self-renewal. But what about those who heed Prime Minister Lee Hsien
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      PM to set tone for future with rally speech
      643 3  -  Lee Ching Went APART from the long awaited announcement of the baby-boosting measures, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's National Day Rally speech on Sunday is expected to set the tone for his style of leadership and mark the direction he wants
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      Critical task left undone
      467 4  -  Wong Fei Wan Nicoll Highway Collapse Inquiry: Day 14 Engineer disputes testimony that soil prevented taking of readings IT took him only 10 minutes to remove the soil covering a vital instrument that measured wall movement at the MRT construction site at Nicoll Highway, a Nishimatsu
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      Silent ride to honour road mishap victims
      225 4  -  Kenneth Tan ON Sunday, about 50 cyclists will take to the streets in a silent procession to honour those who have been killed or injured while cycling on local roads. According to statistics from the Traffic Police, 354 cyclists were injured and 17
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  • HUMOUR
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      COVER UP!
      741 8  -  Neil Humphreys BREAST FEEDERS AND BEACH VOLLEYBALLERS: Daft censors have been busy with their scissors again THE loonies have been working overtime in recent weeks. Letters to the media have been coming thick and fast from a small minority who really shouldn't have access to pen and paper
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  • LETTERS
    • VOXpopuli
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        Take swimmers, SSA to task
        117 10  -  Nor Azam Ahmad I could not agree more with your report, "Huge Disappointment" (Aug 20) lamenting the failure of Singapore swimmers to post any decent performances so far. Considerable public funds have gone into the swimmers' training and study grants. The swimmers and the Singapore
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        Don't send non-performers
        77 10  -  Phua Kok Hee Today's report suggested that our swimmers are at the Athens Olympics for the experience and that all of them have had previous Olympics experience. How many "Olympics experiences" do they want? It sounds more like they are getting a free holiday. Perhaps we should
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      Dreams of the disabled
      211 10  -  Zainal Abidin Kids with special needs, parents share aspirations of all S'poreans THANK you for printing Jeremy Lim's comment, "A place in PM's heart" (Aug 18). He is right about people with special needs, who have aspirations and the desire to do their part for the
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      M'sians ineligible for waiver
      159 10  -  Jean Tan I REFER to Kelvin Lee Jie's letter, "When non-replies lead to frustration" (Aug 18). Mr Lee sought clarification on the waiver of levy for his foreign domestic worker who is from Malaysia. Many Malaysians who work here commute regularly or daily to Singapore. They
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      69 10 mi Qrf^t^l i. Kl^^H jtUOCCC E t v tUtt I Anil 1. K-Link Subtitle Shaw August 21 a f 2004 2pm Grand Finals August 22 rHi f 2004 2pm nf 'ft Ff TPI V?l r lir^^MWtfiV? Kr u ry^' FJj ff JffJ F^'^ffffj '|J L I rV J OC"T" C"
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  • HOW TO GROW YOUR MONEY
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      Turn your dreams into reality
      861 11 Get in the pink of financial health with OCBC's Wealth Map™ SOME ignore it totally, thinking it's only for the rich. Others vaguely know that it's important but never get around to doing anything about it until it's too late. Yes, financial planning that notion
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      Ask OCBC.
      247 11 Ql am a 25 year-old male who has just started working. I have no savings and currently draw a monthly salary of $2,000. I am looking to build a nest-egg for my retirement years. I plan to retire at 62 and hope to lead a lifestyle that allows
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  • BUSINESS
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      Lock icon GOOGLE CHANGES THE RULES
      837 12 Bloomberg Its auction loosens Wall Street's grip on high-priced IPOs GOOGLE Inc's share sale has put Wall Street on notice: The old way of doing business may be ending. The six-year-old Internet startup based in Mountain View, California, dodged investment banks and auctioned shares directly to
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      Lock icon Oil prices factored in GDP forecast
      152 12 Dow Jones THE SINGAPORE Government said on Friday that its latest economic growth forecast of 8 to 9 per cent this year has taken into account the recent surge in oil prices. It also said that an outbreak of bird flu in Malaysia is
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      Lock icon SM Goh takes over as MAS chairman
      152 12 Channel NewsAsia SENIOR Minister Goh Chok Tong has been officially appointed chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). His appointment took effect from Friday and is for a period of two years. Mr Goh is the fifth chairman of MAS. It was
      Channel NewsAsia  -  152 words
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      Interest rates likely to rise
      652 14  -  Jaime Koh But not seen moving in lockstep with US rates as banking system here is flush with liquidity EYEBROWS were raised last Sunday when newly-appointed Trade and Industry Minister Lim Hng Kiang urged businesses here to prepare for the possibility of rising interest rates.
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    • MarketWATCH
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        Singapore
        127 14 SHARES fell on Friday on worries over the economic impact of surging global oil prices and concerns over the avian flu outbreak in Malaysia. New York light crude hit yet another new all-time high in Asian trading on Friday, changing hands at U5548.98 a barrel in Access trading on
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        ST Index: 1,894.93 -12.12
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        SGX most active
        59 14 )y volume Weghmani SDS China Paper ilL Intl .TATS ChipPAC (1 Ventur JniFiber (otary Jio-Treat JTelecom juangzhaolFB Close 0.275 0.310 0.955 1.100 0.295 0.165 0.375 0.710 0.265 0.250 Change -0.005 +0.035 +0.035 +0.020 +0.010 +0.020 -0.005 +0.005 -1.8 +12.7 +3.8 +1.9 +6.5 +5.6 -0.7 +2.0 'OOO 30,303
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        SGX top rises
        82 14 By Close Change DBS Bk6% NCPS10 108.600 +0.200 F&N 14.300 +0.100 ISH500USS 5.750 +0.100 QairyFarm 900 USS 2.510 +0.060 iembLog 2.200 +0.060 WJennings AS 1.800 +0.040 GuocoLand 1.120 +0.040 BILIntl 0.955 +0.035 China Paper 0.310 +0.035 Excelpoint 0.325 +0.030 ly percentage Close forth 22 USS 0.025 Change
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 14 US$ 0.5855 UK£ 0.3201 Yen 64.055 HK$ 4.5686 RM 2.2259 Euro 0.4749 Rupiah 5,407.7 Baht 24.279 Peso 32.636 A$ 0.8095 Indian Rs 27.121 Won 676.24 C$ 0.7588 Yuan 4.8417 NZ$ 0.8721 NTS 19.931
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        Commodities
        21 14 Gold uss/oi 408.80 Silver uss/oi 6.850 Platinum uss/oz 847.10 Rubber cents/kg 212.50 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1,515.50 Brent crude uss/borrel 44.38
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        Lock icon World markets
        65 14 SG/, Bloomberg Information provided by Index Nikkei 225 Hang Seng Ordinaries laiwan Wtd Korea Comp Value 10,889.14 12,376.90 3,507.80 5,622.86 787.64 C Pis -14.39 -19.77 +9.50 +19.87 -0.89 Change -0.13 -0.16 +0.27 +0.35 -0.11 KLCI 808.47 -1.68 -0.21 SET Index 599.19 -3.35 -0.56 lakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzhen
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        SGX top falls
        70 14 CI1YDEVW*****0 Close Changi 3.560 -0.260 CITYDEV lardine C&C 6.050 -0.250 6.750 -0.250 )BS 15.600 -0.100 IMH 400USS 12.900 -0.100 XBC 13.300 -0.100 iPH 4.260 -0.100 >IA 10.900 -0.100 JOB 13.000 -0.100 /enture 16.300 -0.100 By percentage Close Sunlight W*****4 0.015 HupSengH 0.175 Changi -25.0 -14.6 lade 0.030
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      CORPORATE
      165 16 SembCorp Industries' subsidiary SembCorp Environmental Management will buy a 51-per-cent stake in Medicare Incin, an Indian company that offers bio-medical waste treatment services, for $9 million. Medicare Incin owns eight treatment plants in India and commands about 30 per cent of India's medical waste market, SembCorp said. Singapore Airport
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      Junma nixes IPO plans
      338 16  -  Val Chua Withdrawal voluntary, not called by MAS IT galloped on to the scene with much promise, but rode out without even starting the race. China-based Junma Tyre withdrew its preliminary prospectus from the Monetary Authority of Singapore's (MAS) Opera website on Friday, making it the
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    • Article
      Lock icon Listed firms have 60 days to report full-year results
      199 16 Channel News Asia THE deadline for listed companies here to report their full-year financial results has been extended to 60 days, up from 45 days previously, said Trade and Industry Minister Lim Hng Kiang on Friday. The adjustment was made after
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  • Which PROPERTY
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      HUNGRY GHOST BLUES
      516 18  -  Ted Chen It is a dull month for the property market, but for some developers the right time for marketing THE Hungry Ghost month usually means bad news for the property market with superstitious property buyers resorting to unusual practices that might befuddle a foreigner. So, what
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      hot property
      134 18  -  Ted Chen Asking price: $1.06 million Attractive location Location is a major factor in considering this freehold apartment in Newton Euro-Asia which is going for $1,060,000. It is within walking distance to the Newton and Novena Mass Rapid Transit stations, giving prospective buyers access to the city centre.
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      ROOM with a VIEW
      201 18  -  Ted Chen MODERN, cosy and spacious. That, in short, is a description of this freehold Park East condominium unit at 71 Jalan Tua Kong. Priced at a competitive $1.2 million exclusive of moveable furniture and other personal effects, this apartment offers a generous area of 1,754
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      STYLE SELLS
      557 19  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla Hungry Ghost month won t scare off buyer at The Greenwood THE expert view is that stabilising home prices and an impending rise in mortgage rates may spur buyers to commit to a purchase in the second half of the year. But buyers of luxury
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      inside out
      730 20  -  Angelia Teo SMALL WONDERS Children's furniture should be safe, fun and, yes, cool ■^S r ACCORDING to a recent worldwide sleep survey conducted by Ikea, adults are more satisfied with their bedroom when it is used mainly for sleeping. Children, on the other hand, have far more demands.
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  • WORLD
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      Bollywood: Porn to be wild?
      1302 22  -  Siddharth Srivastava NEW DELHI From time to time, Indian author Salman Rushdie stirs reactions that are unrelated to the books he writes. Earlier, there was the fatwa for insulting a prophet, a highprofile divorce from fellow novelist Marianne Wiggins, then a third wife a model
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      Lock icon Bird flu worries experts
      355 24 Agencies It could be prelude to a major winter outbreak, they warn BEIJING The unexpected discovery of the deadly HSNI strain of bird flu in Malaysia may just be the prelude to the start of a major winter outbreak, international health experts warned on Friday. The
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    • Article
      Lock icon Windows update has 'two flaws'
      233 24 -AFP WASHINGTON Internet security experts have found two "flaws" with Microsoft's long-awaited security update for its Windows XP operating system, but the software behemoth insists the new software is secure. The free Service Pack 2 (SP2), which began rolling out on Wednesday, is said to
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      Lock icon Efforts on to defuse Najaf uprising
      268 24 Agencies NAJAF Radical cleric Moqtada Al Sadr and Iraq's Interim Prime Minister yesterday made gestures to defuse a two-week uprising in the holy city of Najaf after ferocious US air strikes and heavy fighting killed at least 77 people. Mr Moqtada was said to
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    • GLOBALroundup
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  • REFLECTIONS
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      singaporeseen
      57 26 This little piggy went to town... Where on earth would you find a little wild boar who is so comfortable with human beings? in Singapore at Sungei Buloh nature reserve, of course. This cute piglet was seen making friends and even ate out of the hands of some. MICHAEL
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      isay HE CAME, TALKED AND DISAPPEARED
      435 26  -  Felix Cheong HIS dislike of the press is palpable. Spin it or skin it in a number of ways and the payoff is the same. Francis Ford Coppola detests no, hates the press. Those were my thoughts as I watched the 65-year-old director in
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      Shuttlecock is no poppycock
      526 26  -  Dave Barry ATHENS They don't play badminton at the Olympics the way you play it at home. The way you play it at home is, once every three to six years. Usually on the Fourth of July, you dig out your cheesy drugstore badminton set, which
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  • which GADGET
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      FUSS-FREE PHOTOGRAPHY
      403 28  -  Jason Lim Camera Review Kodak's latest digital camera lets you share photos at the touch of a button IT IS impressive how much Kodak, the doyen of photography, has transformed itself for the digital era. Long gone are the days of the company's virtual monopoly in making silver
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      A 'Burst' of speed with Digimaster i-gic Super
      215 28 FOR a feature-packed four-megapixel camera, try the Digimaster i-gic Super. This compact digital zoom offers rapid auto-focus capabilities, an MPEG4 videoaudio recording function, four resolution settings up to 2,560x1,920 and a 1.6-inch LCD display. Its 3X optical power zoom lens is complemented
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      Everything you need to know about megapixels
      586 28 "THE more megapixels the better." Haven't we all heard this maxim before? But it's not just the quantity, but the quality, that counts. Here's what you need to know about pixels and more. Understanding the pixel Pixel used to be known as pel,
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      Realism prevails in Pathway to Glory
      210 29  -  Dawn Ong Game Review PATHWAY to Glory, a World War II game, has demonstrated how much realism can te put into a handheld game console. Despite the slightly pixellated appearance, the game For Nokia's N-Gage has a certain grittiness of the war, so that
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      Shiro offers affordable, stylish digital audio players
      309 29 THE digital audio player market sure shows no sign of slowing. The latest to join the fray is computer peripheral and digital camera maker Shiro Corp, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Aztech Systems. Its new Entertainment series of music players is targeted at the
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      Theatre-quality sound at an affordable price
      301 29 LOCAL startup 9OdB aims to spice up the home entertainment scene with a range of wireless audio gadgets that delivers superior sound quality sans messy cables. Its first creation, Legato, is a next-generation wireless speaker connection that allows home owners to position speakers wherever
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    • SHOPPING GUIDE
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        Epson Stylus C65
        106 29 EPSON Stylus C65 is an ideal DURABrite inkjet printer for the family. Boasting a top resolution of 5,760x1,440 optimised dots per inch and cost-sa ing DURABrite INKdividual cartridges, the C65 is four-colour printer that promises quality and economy. With water/smuage-resistant DURABrite pigment inks, the C65 can print
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        lomega REV 35GB Fire Wire drive
        105 29 THE lomega REV 35G8 FireWire drive gives Mac users a high-perform-ance device for back-up and large file portable storage, combining the speed and ease of use of a hara drive with the removability of tape or optical products. The buspowered drive delivers read-write performance
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        Fujitsu Life Book P7010
        111 29 FOR a classy ultraportable with biometric capability, try Fujitsu's LifebookP7olo Stone Black edition with a 10.6-inch screen. This beauty offers a DVD Super Multi Drive capa ble of reading and writing to DVD±R, DVD±RW and DVD-RAM, allowing corporate users increased flexibility in media usage and doubling
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        Aztech HL100E Home Plug Ethernet adaptor
        99 29 AZTECH Systems' HLIOOE HomePlug Ethernet adaptor converts existing electrical sockets into network points. The compact wall-mountable unit plugs directly into a power socket and provides transmission speeds up to 14Mbps great for broadband sharing, online gaming, audio video streaming and PC file and application
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      THE OBLIGINE MR DAMON
      1103 30  -  Tan Hui Leng With that dazzling smile, it's hard to not buy everything Matt Damon says "V^OU would almost be convinced that X Matt Damon is the regular boy next door that his wholesome grin suggests, until you remember that he's getting a multi-million dollar paycheque
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      Lock icon Raining cats and dogs — then, men
      206 31  - Raining cats and dogs then, men Jeanine Tan THREE professional skydivers leapt off the roof of the 73--storey Swissotel The Stamford on Friday evening and landed at the Padang. The team of three, led by Felix Baumgartner, the recordholder for the world's highest parachute dive, are here as part of
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      260 31  -  David Chew HEIDI Klum once noted how Gilles Bensimon "brings out the sexiness of you just being you". Bensimon, 61, is the publications director and head photographer of Elk magazine, worldwide and the man who coined the term "supermodel". His seemingly naturalistic style, which
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      363 32  -  Tan Hui Leng Theme resonates with today's audience, says Bourne director DIRECTOR Paul Greengrass may be a stranger to big-budget films his first mainstream Hollywood film, The Bourne Supremacy, cost US$75 million ($128.3 million) but he doesn't lose sight of who the hero is or what propels the
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      305 32  -  Eveline Gan THIS year's President Star Charity (PSC) show will see President S R Nathan take part as a special guest alongside singer Sun Ho. What's more, MediaCorp artiste Jamie Yeo will "disrobe" in a magic show. "It's going to look like I'm taking my
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        552 34  -  CMLim Tanglin Mall eating hall combines foodcourt dining with restaurant niceties IT'S a dining hall for the new generation. At the Tanglin Mall Tasty Food Court, discerning diners can listen to classical piano music while they savour their wine and food at food-court rates.
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        564 36  -  Eveline Gan Fly Entertainment sets up its own talent school SO, joining Singapore Idol didn't work out for you? There's always the old route to stardom by signing up for classes offered by MediaCorp Studios which are open to the public. Or, you can join the
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        206 36  -  David Chew ONE would expect a Mandarin musical about a Buddhist teacher's life to be a religious experience, but Above Full Moon which plays at the Esplanade Theatre until this Saturday night is anything but In a phone interview, the musical's director and scriptwriter Ho Lin Huay, said:
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        55 38 The first of six $5,999 LG Flatron plasma screen TVs to be won in McDonald's "Fries for Prize" promotion, has gone to 29-year-old Chua Chin Bee (picture). Scratch cards are given out with purchases of medium or large fries. Other prizes include 30 Motorola VBO handphones
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        249 38 AFP JAKARTA An Indonesian movie depicting a controversial teenage love story was pulled from cinemas on Friday after complaints from Muslim groups that the film encouraged youngsters to have sex. "Based on a government decision, the Film Censor Institution has been asked
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        96 38 Reuters LOS ANGELES Zhang Ziyi, who co-starred in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, is in final negotiations to play the title character in the long-in-the-works film adaptation of Memoirs of a Geisha, while Oscar-nominee Ken Watanabe (The Last Samurai) has signed on to play the male
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          16 39  -  Yong Shu Chiang Better than the first. Now even bigger in Imax. 'Nuff said.
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          26 39 YSC Not your usual Tom Cruise film, with the star playing against type as a worldweary hitman. A strange buddy movie and an enthralling ride.
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          27 39 YSC Rabblerouser Michael Moore pokes fun at more conservatives. Moore's schtick and tricks are getting a bit old, but he still delivers a good film.
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          12 39 YSC A renegade robot gains self-awareness A noirish sci-fi thriller.
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          16 39 YSC Powerful Russian drama about two boys and their dad on a fishing trip.
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          21 39 i i YSC The Sixth Sense director M Night Shyamalan returns to expertly spook us and yank our chains.
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          24 39 YSC The crossover film for two of the biggest sci-fi titles around. And another relatively cheap way to rip off fans.
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          35 39 YSC A long labour for American indie filmmaking icon Jim Jarmusch, who does quirky, ironic works with little commer- cial value. Cast includes Roberto Benigni, Cate Blanchett, Bill Murray and Alfred Molina.
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          19 39 YSC Two best childhood pals go through growing pains in high school. A charming Japanese drama.
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          34 39 ysc A heart-warming true account of the life of seeing-eye dogs, focusing on one little pup's journey from his mother's side to the household of a blind man. A can't-miss for animal lovers.
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          18 39  -  Jeanine Tan So-so Stephen King adaptation, with Johnny Depp as an eccentric writer accused or plagiarism.
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          32 39 YSC If the original 1 975 thriller was a rich chocolate brownie, this remake is a light, spongy frosted cupcake looks good, tastes good, but it's not very filling.
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          37 39 YSC The film debut of Jaycee Chan (son of Jackie) has lots of cool fight sequences and even a cameo by dad. And too much posing by its cast of young, cute stars.
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      613 40  -  Sheldon Trollope Subtle tweaks have honed the Lexus ES3OO into something more desirable LOOKING at the local Lexus line-up, the ES3OO might be seen as a misfit If the Japanese luxury marque has set its sights on European rivals such as Audi, BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Jaguar, it
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        31 40 Citroen distributor Advance Automobile has extended its National Day promotion for the Berlingo Multispace. The 1.4-litre car costs $77,588 with a COE but buyers now get a discount of $8,800.
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        60 40 Regent Motors is offering up to $8,000 in interest subsidies on its entire model range, including the Fiesta supermini. In addition, buyers who take loans through OCBC get a $200 Robinsons shopping voucher. CatA1,600cc&below $26,298 $25,797 Cat B 1,601 cc& above $27,086 $26,301 Cat C Goods veh/buses $8,192 $7,300
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        43 40 The Accord, Stream, CR-V and Odyssey can now be bought under a $1 downpayment scheme, which includes a $1,500 cash rebate. The Jazz model for next year is also in the showrooms and it is available in a range of new colours.
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        45 40 Singapore's cheapest four-door saloon, the Rio, is available for immediate registration at Cycle Carriage Kia. The 1.3-litre model is on sale for $50,999 with a COE and you can get leather upholstery for $1. Buyers also get a free Sony Ericsson K7ooi mobile phone.
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        231 41 You might get a buzz out of changing lanes without signalling in this car, but not in a good way. The new-look Citroen C5, scheduled to make its worldwide debut at next month's Paris Motor Show, will be the first production car to have
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        211 41 Most car manufacturers have one or two sport-utility vehicles (SUVs) in their line- I ups, but this is not enough for Mitsubishi the Japanese company has a long tradition of building rugged off-roaders that chalk up Dakar Rally victories oi a regular basis. No less than
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        132 41 The new Mini does not seem to have been out for very long but fans of the car can already look forward to the launch of an updated model in the middle of next month. Styling changes on the latest car include redesigned headlamps and tail
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        97 41 This Fall, Prescnptives is all about boldly accented eyes, bee-stung lips and colour-tinged cheeks. Its Beeline collection focuses on daring, contrasting colours for a dramatic effect inspired by the '60s. Perk up your eyes with the Eye Liner Duo in Buzz, a shimmering golden yellow shadow with black
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        100 41 The new Lab Series Day Rescue Total Face Therapy SPF 15 is a revolutionary all-day moisturiser for men. It hydrates, repairs and protects your skin from harmful UVA and UVB rays. It also has powerful antioxidants to fight off pollution and free radicals and to
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        87 41 Capture the vibrant energy of the cosmopolitan city with DKNY The Fragrance For Men and DKNY The Fragrance For Women. The former reflects the essence of the urban guy while the latter will be perfect for the woman who is sophisticated, relaxed and uninhibited. DKNY The
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      158 42 Olympics -Table Tennis Channel 5, Channel 8 &TV Mobile Saturday, 4pm (Live) After overcoming world No 2 and defending champion Wang Nan, Singapore's remaining medal hope Li Jiawei (picture) is up against little-known North Korean Kim Hyang Mi. Kim defeated Li's compatriot Zhang Xueling in the quarter-finals, and Li will
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      1036 42 77/ Ijydifildla 1 CHANNEL |J I CHANNEL Central ft i i i if i i central Channel of the Year, 6.00AM Maison Ikkoku ATV Awards 2003 6.30 The Explorer 8.00 Bob The Builder 7.30 Eating in Sichuan (Preschool) 6.00AM Strong Medicine II 8.00 YoYo Dian Dian Ming 8.30 Harold and
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      126 43 Olympics Football (Quarter-finals) Mali v Italy Channel 5. Sunday. 10.30am Mali are the only one of four African teams in the competition to advance to the quarter-finals.They will face a belowpar Italy (picture), who were unimpressive in the group stages and narrowly avoided being knocked out The Italians must lift
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      1083 43 N|^MH| jW=DIACORP Sunday CHANNEL CHANNEL _2 Central Li i i A-ic<s Channel of the Year, 6.00AM China centrol ATV Awards 2003 JiuZhaiGou J B.OOAM Bob The Builder J 6.30 Juvenile Delinquent (wbchoci) 6.00AM Doc II 7.00 Mummy Dearie 8.30 Harold and The Purple 7.00 Surreal Gourmet 8.00 Kyoro Chan Crayon
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    427 46  -  TANYO-HINN Sprinter not bothered by critics, eyes personal best time WHEN the men's 100m heats start on Saturday, the fastest mortals on the planet will take their places at the starting blocks. These include world champion Kim Collins, reigning Olympic 100m champion Maurice Green and Shawn Crawford,
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    249 46  -  Dan Pek AS THEY prepare for the biggest match of their season, Sinchi Golden Throat have not been giving much chance of winning their semi-final clash of the Big Trumpet Singapore Cup against defending champions Home United. Even their general manager, Wang Jin
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      6 46 THE OLYMPIC NETWORK H^^l^ -M I
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      77 46 Saturday 4am Golf PGA Tour Golf: NEC Invitational second round, Chs, Ch23 Bam MLB Boston Red Sox v Chicago White Sox, Ch23 Sunday 2.55am Football Italian Super Cup final: AC Milan v Lazio, Ch22 7am Tennis ATP Legg Mason Tennis Classic, semi-final, Ch24 6.30pm MotoGP FIM Czech Rep GP, Ch24
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    578 47 Reuters Olympic champion and world record holder Henry used to make excuses not to compete SWIMMING Women's 100m freestyle ATHENS Her radiant smile won over not just her partisan Aussie supporters, but everyone in the Olympic Aquatic Centre. When arch-rival and defending champion Inge de
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    266 47 -AFP ATHENS Table tennis stars Wang Nan and Zhang Yining won China's 15th Olympic gold and their badminton team-mates guaranteed themselves another victory on Friday, as the nation jostled with the United States to remain atop the medals leaderboard. Wang, the reigning singles and doubles
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    126 47 Agencies ATHENS Michael Phelps won the men's 100 metres butterfly at the Athens Olympics on Friday to collect his fifth gold medal of the Games. Phelps came through to beat his American team-mate lan Crocker on the final stroke to win gold in 51.25 seconds, outside Crocker's world
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      184 47 fdfdfdfd JLeague" Home Tea™J^^way^aml^g^gJ Singapore Cup Tampines Geylang Sat, 21/8/04 6.30pm E Premier Southampton Blackburn Sat. 21/8/04 7.45pm E Premier Newcastle Tottenham Sat, 21/8/04 10.00pm E Premier Liverpool Manchester City Sat, 21/8/04 10.00pm E Premier Birmingham Chelsea Sat, 21/8/04 10.00pm E Premier Manchester Utd Norwich Sun, 22/8/04 12.15am Greece 2004
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    346 49  -  TAN YO-HINN OLYMPICS Swimming JOSCELIN Yeo has read the criticisms of the swimmers' performances in Athens and has promised to bounce back. The skipper of Team Singapore's swimming team read Today's story on Friday, which had a number of coaches suggest the swimmers
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    216 49 -AFP Italian Brugnetti makes good to win first Olympic gold OLYMPICS Athletics ATHENS Italy's Ivano Brugnetti (picture) felt redeemed on Friday as he collected the Olympic title in the 20km walk, after he was almost ejected from the team because of an attitude problem.
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      618 49 Athens 2004 [ST S ,s, ,o i I ■mAI TAIIV United States 15 11 10 36 MtUAL IALLY j apa n n a 2 v Australia 8 5 8 21 I SLn, It I W Ml^^"~ France 5 4 5 14 I^l^^— Ukraine 5 117 1 Russia 4 9 11
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    493 50 Agencies Gunners ready to match Forest's unbeaten run ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Arsenal v Middlesbrough LONDON Not many managers could follow in the footsteps of the legendary Brian Clough, but Arsene Wenger might on Sunday. Arsenal take on Middlesbrough in their first Highbury match of the season and
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    175 50 THE English Premier League farce continues. At 8.30pm on Friday, cable television provider StarHub Cable TV and sports broadcaster ESPN StarSports agreed to show this weekend's Premiership matches. But their dispute still hasn't been resolved and football fans remain in the dark
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    280 50 Reuters ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Manchester United v Norwich MANCHESTER Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson will gauge the fitness of midfielder Cristiano Ronaldo before deciding whether to include him in the side for Saturday's Premiership match against Norwich City. Ronaldo was due to report back
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    439 51 Agencies ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Newcastle v Tottenham LONDON It was a rather surreal day for Newcastle United on Friday. The club accepted a bid of £14 million ($43.7 million) for Jonathan Woodgate from Real Madrid, a bid peculiar in concept, timing and size, while Kieron Dyer
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    265 51 Reuters MADRID Barcelona winger Luis Garcia is likely to sign for Liverpool after being given permission by the Primera Liga club to travel to England to sort out the final details of his contract. Barca sporting director Txiki Begiristain said the Spanish club
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