Today, 2 September 2004

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    13 1 TODAY we set you thinking todayonline.com Thursday* September 2, 2004 mita (P) 103/07/2004
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    Terror strikes Russian school
    673 1 200 children held hostage in town near war-torn Chechnya MOSCOW It was supposed to be a celebration of the first day of the new school term but it soon turned into a nightmare yesterday when gunmen strapped with explosives raided a secondary school in southern Russia,
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    Extra pair of hands may be the best Teachers' Day gift
    620 1  -  Derrick A Paulo derrick@newstoday.com.sg AMONG the gifts that teachers received on Teachers' Day this year was a special treat from the Singapore Teachers' Union. Yesterday, the STU launched its very first business wing the Educare Cooperative to take over
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      30 1 NEWS£yJEWS Rosy outlook Spores economy on track to grow 8 to 9%/10 Fake drugs Counterfeit medicines worry health experts/22 Idol close-up Next 1 0 hopefuls you can vote for tonight/24
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Stainless steel rivets to be the norm
      389 2  -  Lee Ching Wern Property owners given a year to retrofit windows chingwern@newstoday.com.sg FROM Oct 1, all residential property owners with windows five years or older will have one year to retrofit the windows with stainless steel rivets. All other households with aluminium casement
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      Adopting the EVA mindset
      666 3 |\IEWS£&DIDIS!IL Stress on 'economic value added' bodes well for shareholder returns Andy Mukherjee THE commercial success of Singapore's government-linked companies has always been something of an enigma, chiefly because experiments in state socialism have been glaring failures in China, India and elsewhere in Asia. To what
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      MM Lee responds to SCMP report
      289 3  -  Raymond Andrew THE Press Secretary to Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew, Madam Yeong Yoon Ying, has responded to an article that appeared in Hong Kong's South China Morning Post (SCMP) on Aug 22. The report challenged comments made by Mr Lee at a Tanjong
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      184 3 Make every day count. This September, just spend 7 days in a row and get 8x the Rewards points*, guaranteed. On top of great deals at over 500 outlets in Singapore, you'll go farther with these exclusive offers*: 5% rebate on top of station discounts at Current booking fee for
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  • HOME NEWS
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      SMRT to enhance safety at MRT stations
      201 4 SMRT is in talks with the Land Transport Authority to install metal barriers or a second yellow line at all its 35 open platform stations in a move to enhance safety. This comes after four accidents in just over a month involving commuters
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      MediaCorp Radio to be fined $30,000
      326 4  -  David Chew Investigation showed DJs flouted code, says MDA david.chew@newstoday.com.sg THE Media Development Authority (MDA) announced yesterday that it would fine MediaCorp Radio $30,000 for having breached the Radio Programme Code. Having investigated letters of complaints from listeners in the letters pages of the
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      More can serve sentence at home
      379 5  -  Lee U-Wen Up to 4,000 deserving inmates could benefit u-wen@newstoday.com.sg UP TO 4,000 more deserving inmates could get to serve the tail-end portion of their sentences at home, with the expansion of the Singapore Prison Service's Home Detention Scheme. In Parliament yesterday, Home Affairs
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    • PARLIAMENT briefs
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        Iswaran elected Deputy Speaker
        44 5 Mr S Iswaran, MP for West Coast GRC, has been elected the Deputy Speaker of Parliament. This comes after the previous Deputy Speaker, Mrs Lim Hwee Hua, was made a Minister of State in Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's Cabinet.
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        Lock icon M'sia fowl ban to be reviewed
        123 5 Channel News Asia On Sept 11, Singapore will review a ban on chickens, ducks and eggs from Malaysia. If the ban is extended, the Government will consider extending the rental relief and waivers on foreign worker levies for stallholders and slaughterhouses here, said Second
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        Lock icon Pay-as-you-use utilities scheme
        97 5 Channel News Asia A new pay-as-you-use scheme for utilities will be put in place by May next year, said Trade and Industry Minister Lim Hng Kiang. The scheme is meant to help families that have run into financial trouble and are unable to keep up with utility
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        Therapeutic cloning to get the nod
        120 5  -  Raymond Andrew Therapeutic cloning, which involves the cloning of human embryos, will be allowed with the passing of the Human Cloning and Other Prohibited Practices Bill. This will facilitate the tapping of stem cells from these embryos which are then used for medical research.
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      Malaysian fish supplies hit a bump
      125 6  -  Wong Fei Wan AS of yesterday, lorry operators stopped delivering chilled fish from Malaysia to protest against a directive by the Fisheries Development Authority of Malaysia (FDAM). The protest is expected to last three days. The directive forces lorry drivers to use the Second
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      Speakers' Corner turns four
      302 6  -  Tor Ching Li Regular speaker commemorates anniversary with marathon 'rally' chingli@newsto day, com. sg AS ISSUES of state were hotly debated in Parliament yesterday, retiree Mr Tan Kirn Chuang (picture) did the same not far off albeit in the heat of the sun at Speakers' Corner,
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      Driving tests in 'automatic' cars
      56 6  -  Eveline Gan FROM next year, learner drivers will be able to take driving tests using automatic transmission vehicles. Those who pass will be issued a Class 3A licence. If they want to drive a manual transmission vehicle, they will have to pass a practical test
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      Thai wins top prize in world stamp contest
      120 6  -  Eveline Gan THE World Stamp Championship (WSC), with its theme "Uniting the World Through Stamps", ended yesterday. The top three winners of the inaugural competition came not only from different countries, but also from very diverse backgrounds. Yet, they were brought together
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  • LETTERS
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      Focus On The Family
      228 8  -  Dr James Dobson Tbows JSDAL SECURITY IN DEFINED LIMITS Children feel more secure and therefore tend to flourish, when they know where the boundaries are. Imagine you're driving a car over a bridge that is suspended hundreds of feet above the ground. As a first-time traveler,
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      Fall on MRT tracks, foot ensuing bills
      252 8  -  Lim Boon Hee Install warning signs to discourage fatal jumps THE increasing number of fatal falls onto the MRT tracks is cause for grave concern and the major disruption this causes to public commuters is unacceptable. There are people who support SMRT's earlier
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    • Letter
      Public Trustee will not administer estates with a will and a value more than $5,000
      221 8 WE REFER to Mr Francis Tan Boon Yiam's letter, "Public Trustee, clarify figures" (Aug 31) and thank him for the opportunity to clarify our letter which he referred to, "Executor's right to decide to cede
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      Inappropriate to use flag in 'artistic form'
      172 8 WE REFER to Michael Loh Yik Ming's letter, "Relax rules on usage of Spore flag" (Aug 24). The rules to allow the National Flag to be used to express pride and patriotism were relaxed last year. Singaporeans can now fly the flag throughout
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon Resilient to oil price surge
      403 10 -AFP Economy on track to hit 8% to 9% growth target this year HIGHER oil prices are unlikely to derail Singapore's economic growth forecast of 8 to 9 per cent this year but the impact will be felt next year, Minister for Trade and Industry
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    • Market WATCH
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        Singapore
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        World markets
        59 10 Index Value .hange Nikkei 225 Hang Seng Ordinaries laiwan Wtd Korea Comp 11,127.35 13,023.87 3,581.60 5,858.14 817.36 Pis +45.56 +173.59 +19.60 +92.60 +13.79 +0.41 +1.35 +0.55 +1.61 +1.72 KLCI 828.38 +0.40 +0.05 SET Index 628.81 +4.22 +0.68 lakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzhen B Mumbai Sensex 775.09 1,592.74 219.45
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        Lock icon Commodities
        26 10 Bloomberg Information provided by SGX, Sold us$/oi iilver us$/oi 'latinum us$/oz 410.90 6.775 866.00 Rubber centsAg 212.50 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1,584 Brent crude us$/barrel 40.07
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        Lock icon ST Index: 1,929.48 +11.14
        52 10 Dow Jones 8- to 9-per-cent forecast this year despite the recent sharp rise in oil prices. The ST Index climbed 11.14 points, or 0.6 per cent, to 1,929.48. On the broader market, gainers outnumbered losers 214 to 111. Traded volume totalled 550.9 million shares valued at
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 10 US$ 0.5851 UK£ 0.3254 Yen 63.935 HK$ 4.5633 RM 2.2234 Euro 0.4803 Rupiah 5,480.5 Baht 24.345 Peso 32.915 A$ 0.8305 Indian Rs 27.109 Won 673.83 C$ 0.7675 Yuan 4.8386 NZ$ 0.8925 NTS 19.868
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        SGX most active
        56 10 fy volume jpitaland foble Grp Weghmani SDS jpitaComm wl bartered ling Tel iisco Corp (ingWan Strike Close 1.690 1.060 0.295 1.110 2.820 1.090 2.240 0.840 0.130 0.045 Change +0.100 +0.070 -0.005 +0.010 -0.015 +0.025 -0.005 +6.3 +7.1 -1.7 +0.9 -1.8 +23.8 -10.0 'OOO 50,77! 24,781 22,211 15,71i
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        SGX top rises
        78 10 By$ Jardine C&C Close Change 7.350 +0.400 By percentage Falmac Close 0.090 Change +50.0 F&N DBS OCBC 14.300 +0.300 15.800 +0.200 13.500 +0.200 Sunlight W*****4 KingWan CSC 0.020 0.130 0.030 +33.3 +23.8 +20.0 STI ETF 100 19.400 +0.180 NewToyoW*****7 0.150 +20.0 Capilalanil CITYDEV 1.690 +0.100 6.450 +0.100
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        SGX top falls
        79 10 By Close DBS Bk 6% NCPS10 108.700 Change -0.100 By percentage L&M Close 0.005 Change -50.0 OCBC4.55SNCPS1OO 103.200 Vantage 0.155 BILInll 1.000 Chemlnd 0.720 -0.100 -0.060 -0.030 -0.030 Vantage Adroit Liang Hual OCBC DB ePW*****1 0.155 0.050 0.025 0.135 -27.9 -16.7 -16.7 -12.9 IDT 2.400 -0.030 Digiland
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      S'pore contractors build on success abroad
      371 13  -  Jaime Koh They clinched $1.2 billion worth of contracts overseas last year jaime@newstoday.com.sg WITH the local construction industry still in depression, many contractors are expanding their market space by venturing beyond Singapore. A survey by the Building and Construction Authority (BCA) showed that Singapore's
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      Lock icon M1's $116m capital reduction
      184 13 Dow Jones MOBILEONE (Ml) is planning a capital reduction exercise that would see it return up to $115.7 k million to its shareholders. Ml will buy back a maximum of 73.7 million shares, representing about 7 per cent of its share capital. The capital reduction would
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      Lock icon UOB bids for 51% of Permata
      91 13 Dow Jones UNITED Overseas Bank (UOB) has submitted an offer to buy a 51-per-cent stake in Indonesia's Bank Permata. UOB did not give the value of its offer, but said that it was a "non-binding indicative bid" for the stake, and that it had
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      Lock icon Reorganising into business trusts
      68 13 Bloomberg SINGAPORE plans to let companies reorganise into business trusts. The Business Trusts Bill, in its second reading before Parliament, will allow the creation of trusts that both own and operate businesses, Monetary Authority of Singapore deputy chairman Tharman Shanmugaratnam said. Unlike compa- nies, which are
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      Skywest airline's takeover back on track
      360 14  -  Val Chua Spore investment company, CVC, gets go-ahead from Australia's Takeovers Panel for its bid val@newstoday.com.sg THE controversial takeover of a Perth-based budget carrier by a Singapore investment company is back on track, one month after it was blocked by an Australian regulator. In
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      Capita Land shares surge
      145 14 THE volume traded in shares of Capita Land topped 50 million yesterday, drawing a query from the Singapore Exchange regarding the trading activity. The property developer said it was unaware of any reason behind the surge in volume and confirmed its compliance with the exchange's listing
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  • SAVVY INVESTOR
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      Double-digit growth for next 3 to 5 years
      409 16  -  Jaime Koh Boss of new China listing on SGX guarantees this j aim e@newsto day, com. sg ZHONGGUO Power Plus Industries will become the first China agriculture player to list on the Singapore Stock Exchange mainboard when trading begins tomorrow after a
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    • STOCK calls
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        Lock icon Unisteel Technology ($ 1.29) – BUY
        81 16 Unisteel Technology 1.29) BUY Dow Jones CLSA keeps a buy rating on Unisteel on the likelihood of higher demand for hard disc drive components in the third quarter. The brokerage expects demand from the company's automotive sector to rise further. It expects such orders to be $10 million in FYOS
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        Lock icon Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) ($4.36) – NEUTRAL
        85 16 Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) ($4.36) NEUTRAL Dow Jones Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB) keeps a neutral rating on SPH but lowers the target price to $4.80 from $4.95. The publishing group's FYO4 display ad revenue growth is likely to be below CSFB's forecast of 1 0.6 per cent as AC
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        Lock icon New Toyo International Holdings (62 cents) – BUY
        91 16 New Toyo International Holdings (62 cents) BUY DBS Vickers The group revealed more details on the listing of its subsidiary, Shanghai Asia, in a circular to its shareholders on Monday. In addition to the potential divestment gain of approximately $5.1 million, the listing will also improve Shanghai Asia's growth rate
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon US arms sales to Taiwan hurting ties with China, says Beijing
      199 18 AFP BEIJING US arms sales to Taiwan are the main obstacle to developing Sino-American relations and should be re-examined if ties are to make progress, a senior Chinese official was quoted as saying yesterday. Vice-Foreign Minister Zhou Wenzhong said
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      Lock icon Bush 'struggled' with decision on Iraq war
      389 18 -AFP 'No choice' for president but invasion after 911, says First Lady NEW YORK Shedding her quiet reputation, US First Lady Laura Bush took centre stage at the Republican Party convention to convince voters that her husband, President George W Bush, was a
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      Thatcher to bail out son
      50 18 FORMER British prime minister Margaret Thatcher (picture) has agreed to post bail of £350,000 ($l.l million) to free her son Mark from house arrest in South Africa, where he is suspected of financing a coup attempt in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea, the Times newspaper reported yesterday.
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      Loan shark turns saviour
      153 18 JOHOR BARU A Malaysian loan shark, who threatened to "wipe out" a family if they didn't pay up, found himself driving the parents and their three young sons to hospital after they tried to commit suicide by drinking coffee laced with rat poison, reported the New
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      Lock icon Kathmandu hit by Nepalese fury
      402 20 Agencies Killing of hostages in Iraq prompts violence against mosque, Arab airline office KATHMANDU Thousands of people went on the rampage in Kathmandu yesterday, setting fire to a mosque and an Arab airline office as they protested against the killing of 12 Nepalese hostages in
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      M'sia ISA detainees' release plea rejected
      183 20 KUALA LUMPUR Thirteen men held under Malaysia's Internal Security Act (ISA) yesterday had their application to be freed rejected by a high court which ruled their detention was procedurally proper, AFP reported. The 13, including Nik Adli Nik Aziz, the son of PAS spiritual
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    • GLOBAL roundup
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        Lock icon Bid on Chalabi's life
        29 20 -AFP Iraqi politician and disgraced former Pentagon favourite Ahmed Chalabi said he escaped unharmed after an assassination attempt in a town south of Baghdad yesterday.
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        Lock icon Asylum seekers
        36 20 AFP Twenty-nine North Korean refugees rushed into a Japanese school in Beijing and were swiftly transferred to the Japanese embassy yesterday in one of the biggest group attempts by North Koreans to seek asylum.
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        Lock icon Tunnelling under prison
        29 20 AP Three tunnels and some shovels were discovered underneath the high-security La Sante prison in Paris after inmates heard noise and alerted guards, officials said yesterday.
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  • NEWS ANALYSIS
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      Lock icon Fake Viagra casts a lethal shadow
      862 22  -  Sonny Inbarai -IPS Counterfeit medicines, a $55b global business, worry health officials BANGKOK Fake drugs are big business in Asia and, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), Viagra is one of the most counterfeited drugs today. In Thailand, tourists may be buying fake
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      152 22 I Medical Health Nutritionals Calcium for strong Bones? Think again! The journey towards building and maintaining healthy bones begins with good nutrition. While calcium and vitamin D play an important role, it does not work alone. In fact, calcium is supported by a number of other nutrients such as magnesium
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      461 26 Reuters PARIS A funny thing happened on the way to the Mona Lisa. Visitors to the Louvre museum in Paris (picture), home of the world's most famous painting, started quizzing tour guides about Dan Brown's bestselling novel The Da Vinci Code. Its
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      613 26  -  Felix Cheong Cambridge historian Tim Harper revisits S'pore'sWWll past news@newstoday.com.sg OLD soldiers never die. Somewhere outside of the public's eye, they continue to nurse their battle scars. The latest work to remind us that the Second World War, the war that was supposed to have ended
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        181 27 Trace Patricia Comwell I BOOK REVIEW by Jaime Koh THIS latest Scarpetta novel by awardwinning mystery writer Patricia Cornwell starts with the promise of an exciting read, as were the author's previous 12 novels featuring Dr Kay Scarpetta. Five years after Scarpetta was fired as chief medical examiner of Richmond,
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        87 27 "To get away from all these scripts, I need something very relaxing. So right now, I'm reading me Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood. Set in the *****, it's a nice departure from the world of today. The language is wonderful, and to live in that world there,
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        205 27 Burned Alive Souad BOOK REVIEW by Cheng Puay Koon IT'S a deceptively simple testimony of a tragedy suffered by one female victim: The author. Souad who eschews a surname was a prisoner in her own home. Raised like livestock, she was beaten and whipped, and she lived in fear that
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        191 27 Reuters EDINBURGH -Jonathan Coe, the best-selling British novelist whose satiric prose has won numerous literary awards, found himself challenged by the non-fiction genre in his biography of a 1960s avant-garde writer. "I thought it would be easier than writing fiction," Coe said at the Edinburgh Book
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        201 28 Darker, anguished and more addictive Bjork's best CD REVIEW BY ZUL OTHMAN Medulla Bjork THIS has got to be one of the bravest releases by a popular artiste ever. Despite the lack of traditional instruments, Medulla is still playful and hymnal in tone and distinct in
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        167 28 IT'S been seven years since their mil-lion-selling album The Fat Of The Land. So will The Prodigy's quasi-rebel-lious dancerock still cut it in 2004? Founder Liam Howlett seems to think so and he's fashioned 12 tracks to drive home the point The contributor list
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        146 29 DVD REVIEW BY YONG SHU CHIANG THIS workman-like thriller is fun for those keen to see Denzel Washington squirm. The Oscar winner plays Matt Whitlock, a small-town Florida police chief who is having an affair with a married woman. Things quickly get out-of-hand the moment he decides
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        121 29 DVD REVIEW BY YONG SHU CHIANG VIGGO Mortensen's first role after the Lord of the Rings series takes him back on a long journey. Here he plays Frank T Hopkins, a reallife American long-dis-tance racer with a hardy horse named Hidalgo. Challenged to withdraw his claim of owning the
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        575 30  -  Yong Shu Chiang French director rides crest of huge box-office hit shuchiang(gnewstoday.com.sg THE biggest box-office hit in France this year and one of the most successful of all time there has arrived in Singapore. And it bears little resemblance to recent popular representatives of French cinema
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        357 32  -  Pearlyn Tham Enjoy eye-catching window displays by students of LaSalle-SIA College of the Arts at this mall pearlyn@newstoday.com.sj WINDOW displays are not just about dressing up shop windows, they can be works of art too as Wisma Atria's newly unveiled shop window displays show. After
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        254 32  -  Pearlyn Tham HERE'S more good news for those of you seeking retail therapy. This Saturday, Harbour Front Centre is officially opening its retail mall, following the completion of the second phase of its redevelopment The first phase, which covered 90 per cent of
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        259 32  -  Pearlyn Tham CLEAR the clutter in your wardrobe and do your bit for charity at the same time with Bossini's Colour Our World Clothes Donation Fest charity event Together with The Salvation Army, Bossini will collect used clothing from the public to help the needy
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        529 34  -  Lynn Seah Fair Price Xpress minimarts at service stations are your answer to all-day grocery shopping food@newstoday.com.sg IF THERE isn't a supermarket near your home, or if you find that you're missing that crucial ingredient for your late-night supper, don't worry. Fair Price Xpress marts
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        600 35  -  Gurmeet Singh The isles of legend beckon with kampung sights and sounds traveller@newstoday.com.sg EXPERIENCE Langkawi any which way you like relax on a hammock under the shade of palm trees; have some fun on or in the water; or driving through the lush interiors and enjoy
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        808 36  -  Re eta Raman Think you know Bali?Think again reeta@newstoday.com.se PEOPLE tend to have preconceived notions of Bali. Mine was that of an island paradise complete with ink-blue waters, sundrenched beaches and hammocks hanging between swaying palm trees. While I was not entirely wrong (there were no
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        407 39 Pop singer named as ambassador for VisitTa iwan Year 2004 TAIWAN is geared up to re-intro-duce itself to foreign visitors in a big way with a little help from favourite daughter, A*Mei. The pop diva has been roped in as the ambassador for the Visit Taiwan Year
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        234 39 10% off on SriLankan Airlines SriLankan Airlines, the flag carrier of Sri Lanka, marked its 25th anniversary yesterday. To celebrate, SriLankan is offering fares at 1 0 per cent off on all flights from Singapore to destinations in India, Pakistan, the Middle East and Europe. The offer is
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        601 40 Centuries-old history and hip modernity combine to make this imperial grande dame city a traveller's delight 'TWKE a walk down the broad tree-lined -L streets of Ringstrasse, Vienna's showpiece boulevard, and you will know why the Austrian capital is called the "imperial grande dame". The 600-year-old Hapsburg
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        584 43  -  Nazir Keshvani History comes alive in Portugal and Spain traveller@newstoday.com.sg THE first impression I have of Lisbon, Portugal's capital, is that it is a blend of the best of many cities: It is where the cobbled streets of Bruges meet the winding backroads of
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      469 43 Wot BA A\ >■ Barcelona: Montjuic Hill, Antoni Gaudi's La Sagrada Familia, Casa Mila, Casa Batllo, La Ramblas Bv^TtT* I I la^lil >■ Valencia: Town Hall >• Alicante: Castillo de Santa Barbara L^J 111* 1 w "f*. Vlll >• Granada: Alhambra Palace, Generaiife Gardens -^^^^i*-J'H^ >■ Seville: Tomb of Christopher
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    434 46 Alvin Chua WHEN a defender hits a purple patch in front of goal, he usually grabs plenty of attention with his reversal of roles. For Farizal Basri, though, five goals in four games up front is not simply a story
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    156 46 THE Oman national under-16 team ended their training tour in Singapore with a heavy defeat in their final friendly match. The Omani youths were handed a 4-0 defeat by the National Football Academy (NFA) under-17 team at the Jalan Besar Stadium on Saturday. Coached by former Lions'
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    379 47  -  DAN PEK Indra's strike keeps Protectors' title dream alive NTUC INCOME-YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2004 Home 1 Woodlands 0 dan@newstoday.com.sg IN THE end, Home United had to jettison the flair and rely on grit to see off Woodlands Wellingtons last night But their work ethic paid off with a
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    142 47 IF YOU think you possess the hardest shot around, you have a chance to prove it at Far East Plaza on Saturday and possibly win up to $1,000 in cash prizes. S-League co-title sponsors Yeo's are holding their H-TWO-0 Powerkick Challenge from
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      537 49  -  STANLEY HO After going two months without wages, some threaten boycott stanley@newstoday.com.sg THE S-LEAGUE is familiar with the sorry tale, but another woeful chapter was added yesterday. Beleaguered S-League club Tanjong Pagar United have not paid their players for the past two months. Rumours are also
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      1090 52  -  ROHIT BRIJNATH Before we say goodbye to Athens THURSDAY WITH news@newstoday.com.sg IT'S been a hurtful Olympics. Just plain cruel. Take me, for instance, I'm a wreck in search of a therapist's couch. Being an Indian in Australia during a Games is like some sort
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