Today, 27 September 2004, Afternoon Edition

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    14 1 TODAY we set you thinking todayonline.com Monday September 27, 2004 i MITA (P) 103/07/2004
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon Schools spring to bold, new life
      720 1  -  Ng Shing Vi ..i.t: ____j_. i WITH the old system rapidly unravelling, and flexibility and individuality replacing rigidity and uniformity in the approach to educating the young, Singapore's schools are brimming with ideas. Both the well established "brand name" and the lesserknown neighbourhood schools
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      THE NEW BANDING SYSTEM
      153 1 Nine bands for Special/Express secondary schools, based on average GCE O-level score in English or Higher Mother Tongue and best five subjects Six bands for Normal secondary schools based on average GCE O-level score in English or Higher Mother Tongue and best four subjects. Grades still
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      32 1 Money politics PM Abdullah worried about allegations of Umno graft/8 Top-dog status Spore speeds up aviation reforms to stay ahead/15 aßaAaAa^^—A^k^m^m^m^ PAGES 20 22 fTj\ LEONG says things S'poreans dare not Im
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      22 1 TOSHIBA PPH bigger fish Lv TOP AL QAEDA 'OPERATIVE KILLED' WORLD 9 IRAQ INSURGENCY WORSENING: POWELL BRITISH HOSTAGE ALIVE: BROTHER WORLD 10
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  • hot news
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      Lock icon Aits sponsorship hits record high
      425 2  -  Derrick A Paulo 252 sponsors contributed $77.7 million last year derrick® DESPITE the lousy economy and the fallout from Sars, sponsorship for the arts hit the high notes last year. An ensemble of 252 sponsors played the supporting role to the arts community to the
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      376 2 Bringing Knowledge TO LIFE Fj!sa21~ UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY COVENTRY UNIVERSITY ACCREDITED DIPLOMAS Member of Association of Commonwealth *w Renowned for engineering, design and technology studies ii Xi MaSS Communications Universities (ACU) V^ Awarded the Centre of Excellence (UK, DTI) *j!T\_*,/>rL kA-----~,--t 3rd largest university in New South Wales ni
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  • NEWScomment
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      The task ahead for Mr Susilo
      691 3  -  Karim Raslan SUSILO Bambang Yudhoyono has won a staggering mandate. The former general, 55, underwent a gruelling political baptism to emerge as Indonesia's sixth president While official results will not be known until Oct 5, Mr Susilo's 20 per cent lead is unassailable. He
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  • Singapore news
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        Jobless rate to fall to 4% or less
        52 4  -  Eveline Gan Unemployment is expected to fall to 4 per cent or below by the end of the year, said Labour chief Lim Boon Heng. Prospects for the last two quarters are "promising", with growing job creation and no major retrenchments on
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        60,000 at Sheares Bridge Run
        62 4  -  Channel News Asia Some 60,000 runners took part in yesterday's Sheares Bridge Run. Flagged off by Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean, runners competed in the 21 km half marathon or the shorter 12km and skm fun runs. Kenyan Benjamin Lagat won the men's open, while
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        Chief of Navy visits India
        43 4 Chief of Navy Rear-Admiral Ronnie Tay is on a visit to New Delhi and Mumbai until Wednesday. He will call on India's Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee and the Chiefs of Staff of the various services.
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      HiPPOtours goes heartland
      144 4  -  Surekha Yadav FROM Oct 8, a new open-top tour bus will take tourists into the HDB heartlands on a moonlight tour that will include the Night Safari. HiPPOtours, which officially took off on Saturday, also takes tourists on two routes exploring the city and heritage areas of
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      Cert scheme for tutors
      571 4  -  Lee U-Wen MDIS hopes to set quality benchmark u-wen@newsto day, com. sg WHILE action has been taken to monitor the quality of private education providers, there have been no standards set for the private tuition industry. Until now. The Management Development Institute of Singapore (MDIS) is
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      AFTERCARE CONCERNS
      781 5 THE biggest obstacle that prison inmates face after their release is having to live with the stigma of having been behind bars once. To address this problem, CARE (Community Action for the Rehabilitation of Ex-offenders) Network was formed in 2000 to raise awareness of the needs of former
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      Lock icon Show your support, wear a yellow ribbon
      327 5 DO YOUR bit for these ex-inmates on the mend and show your support for their efforts by wearing a yellow ribbon from Oct 2 to 9. The ribbon, which is part of the Yellow Ribbon Project (YRP), is a symbol of hope and
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      It pays to recycle in Hong Kah
      341 6  -  Derrick A Paulo Residents get rice, noodles, fruit for old items derrick@newstoday.com.se WHEN Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan visits Hong Kah North on Sunday, he will meet hundreds of karung guni men and women. It may not be their usual day job but
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      Lock icon Minister on the mount
      43 6 Some 5,000 people gathered at Marina City Park for Active (All Communities Together in Various Exercises) Day yesterday. Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan tackled the inflatable rock-climbing wall. Some 60 people received the Healthy Lifestyle Ambassador Award. TREVOR TAN
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      Night Safari is top 5
      182 6  -  Eveline Gan HE has been to countless zoos around the world but Mr Sundeep Agarwal liked the Night Safari in Singapore so much, he visited it more than five times. The Singapore permanent resident said it was the only zoo that opens at night, when
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      487 6 Be financially protected for just $10 per month Get yourself insured with just a phone call YOU are young and have a lifetime For just $10 a month or $100 a year, ahead! However, in the midst of your i-Young takes care of your short term life, are there important
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  • world news
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      Mossad strike in Syria?
      199 8 DAMASCUS A Hamas militant was killed when his car blew up in the Syrian capital yesterday in what the hardline Palestinian movement said was an assassination by Israel's Mossad spy agency. "We blame Mossad for putting a bomb in his car," Mr Mushir Al Masri, a
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      'Chauvinists' warned
      199 8 KUALA LUMPUR A senior youth wing official in the ruling United Malays National Organisation (Umno) warned ethnic minority "Chinese chauvinists" within and outside the opposition Democratic Action Party (DAP) not to question or neglect majority Malay rights, said the malaysiakini website. Umno Youth executive committee member Dr Pirdaus
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      Lock icon Sell vote today, sell M'sia later
      394 8 AFP. Pak Lah worried about money politics KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said he was concerned about allegations that money politics was rampant during his ruling party elections as a top official warned that foreigners would be able to exploit the crisis
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      Lock icon Top Al Qaeda 'operative killed'
      233 9 -AFP Man behind plot against Musharraf ISLAMABAD Pakistan said yesterday that its security forces had killed a top Al Qaeda operative allegedly behind an assassination attempt on President Pervez Musharraf and indicted in the murder of US journalist Daniel Pearl. "I can confirm that Amjad
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      Lock icon Ex-pop star's deportation by US due to spelling error: Magazine
      161 9 -AFP NEW YORK Former British pop star Cat Stevens' deportation from the United States to London as a "no-fly" terrorist risk was caused by a spelling error, Time magazine reported. Mr Stevens, 57, had given up a successful pop career,
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      Lock icon You've got mail, from the grave
      215 9 -AP MADRID Email from beyond the grave? Not exactly But a Spanish Internet company, Global Spectrum, is offering people the chance to write one last email, with video clips or photo attachments and send it to loved ones or even enemies after the writer
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      Lock icon Iraq insurgency is getting worse: Powell
      459 10 AFP I It could 'prove difficult' to organise promised elections BAGHDAD At least 16 people were killed in rebel attacks in Iraq yesterday as US Secretary of State Colin Powell warned that organising promised elections for January could prove difficult because the insurgency was
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      Lock icon Kim's 'son' grilled by Japanese media at Beijing airport
      276 10 -AFP TOKYO A man believed to be the eldest son of North Korean leader Kirn Jong-Il has run into a horde of Japanese reporters at Beijing airport, at a time when speculation is rife about the leadership succession in the Stalinist
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      Lock icon British hostage in Iraq alive: Brother
      157 10 AFP BRIGHTON The brother of the British hostage held in Iraq said yesterday he had received information that engineer Kenneth Bigley was still alive. Mr Paul Bigley said this at the annual conference here of Prime Minister Tony Blair's Labour Party which he is
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    • GLOBALroundup
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        Lock icon US soldier gets 25 years for murder of Iraqi national guard
        60 10 AFP I A United States soldier, specialist Federico Merida, was sentenced to 15 years' confinement yesterday for the murder of an Iraqi national guard near the northern town of Tikrit and for making false official statements. His rank was
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        Lock icon Actor Cosby to raise $ 170m to fund US slavery museum
        60 10 Actor Cosby to raise 170m to fund US slavery museum AFP I Comedian and actor Bill Cosby is aiming to raise US$lOO million ($l7O million) to help fund a planned US National Slavery Museum in the historic town of Fredericksburg in Virginia. Mr Cosby will donate proceeds from 10 performances
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        Lock icon Rattled Thai military takes to paragliders to patrol borders
        52 10 AFP Thailand s rattled military is taking to buzzing the skies in paragliders in its latest tactics against a separatist insurgency in the Muslim south, the Bangkok Post reported yesterday. The fragile aircraft will be used to patrol border villages and
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      Lock icon Poetry, maths feature at historic peace initiative
      202 11 NEW YORK Urdu poems and mathematics took centrestage during Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's historic first meeting on the sidelines of last week's United Nations General Assembly. Mr Musharraf pleasantly surprised the Indian premier on Friday by presenting
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      An act of faith betrayed by a $190m lie
      340 11 Liberal arts school's anonymous patron part of real estate scam MORAGA (California) St Mary's College a small liberal arts school run by Christian brothers found itself in a tight spot after an anonymous patron who had promised US$ll2 million ($l9O million)
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    • GLOBALroundup
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        Lock icon Living with scorpions makes her 'national star'
        45 11 AP Malaysian Nur Malena Hassan, 27, who lived a total of 36 days in a room with 6,069 scorpions, is being hailed as a "national star" by the government, which has vowed to help her further her education.
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        Lock icon Half of Taiwanese against $80b weapons plan
        42 11 AFP Nearly half of Taiwanese object to the government's plan to spend some 600 billion Taiwan dollars ($3O billion) for the purchase of weapons, an opinion poll published yesterday by the United Daily News revealed.
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      109 10 Kajan Uiettiar (X kjo Advocates Solicitors We provide personalized, one-stop legal service to all individuals and companies in Singapore. Our motto is service with a heart, in an efficient and cost-effective manner. Please call us for free legal consultation on the following areas of law: Employment related matters; Immigration matters;
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      141 10 Conducted mostly by Certified Management Consultants, these programmes will equip entrants with best practices and provide opportunities to network with industry professionals. E2 Management Research and Analysis 7-9Oct'o4 A Practical Approach to Management Research Research Methodologies and Analytical Techniques Common Research Methods: Observation Studies, In-depth Interviews, Questionnaire Surveys and Focus
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      91 10 Bachelor of Interior Design \__n UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA Eul A member of the Unified National System and I the Association of Commonwealth Universities. a. Ranks 5 stars for getting a job b. Ranks 4 stars for graduates' starting salary c. Ranks 3 stars for total graduate outcomes Good Universities Guide
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      92 11 SAMSUNG DigitAllficpe Log on to the Digitall Hope website, www.samsung.com/hopequiz to share your I _J J| thoughts on empowering the disabled with technology, and stand a chance to win I a Samsung handphone. 2004 is the second year that the Digit All Hope program has run. Samsung will be donating
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    Focus On The Family
    257 12  -  Dr James Dobson m Tbiw's by CAT'S CRADLE One of the most poignant songs ever written is "Cat's in the Cradle" by the late Harry Chapin. The lyrics of that sad song tell the story of a father who has good intentions toward his young son,
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    CHARITY QUANDARY
    655 12 AFTER reading about the proposed new rules for charities and non-profit organisations, one might be forgiven for thinking that big charities are being punished for being too successful at least, that's what some readers say. On why there are stricter regulations for bigger Institutions of Public Character (IPC),
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  • Letter
    Three steps to fight corporate fraud
    204 12  -  TAN KOK TIM Letter from I REFER to the suits by several banks against Asia Pacific Breweries. We can expect many in the financial community to closely watch the landmark legal battles. The methods of corporate fraud are becoming more sophisticated. Chances are this
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    S'pore media, 'trim' your euphemisms
    126 12  -  DRKHOOHOWSAN Letter from I WAS working on the computer over the weekend, busily trimming the word count on a project, when I heard on a local radio station (Newsßadio 93.8) that Singapore Airlines would be further "trimming its head count". This euphemism was repeated by
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    Kudos to mr brown for telling it straight
    153 12  -  BENJAMIN GAN Letter from I THANK mr brown for his humour piece, "Don't study, you'll end up in service industry" (Sept 24). He hit the nail squarely on the head. I was happy when my son, who is a student in the
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    Offer rebates for moves to Sengkang
    115 12  -  CHARLES TAY LIANG HENG] Letter from THERE are a lot of flats that have yet to be taken up in Sengkang. The reason is not only that it is a new estate, but the high costs associated with living here. For example, car park
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      10 12 This family commentary is sponsored by: www.lornawhiston.com.sg LornaWhiston Established 1980
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    Lower pay, less time, more work
    325 13  -  Letter from LEONG SZE HIAN Will this be the outcome of new overtime rules? I REFER to the recent announcement that employers can opt not to pay overtime and, instead, give time-off to employees. This may mean less pay, less time and more work
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    Unprotected mail poses security risk
    759 13  -  LIONEL DE SOUZA MICHAEL LOH CHENG KAH KEE Letter from I OFTEN walk past the Bras Basah Post Office at the Bras Basah Complex in the evening. On several occasions, I have observed five to six canvas sacks filled with mail left unattended outside the
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    Lock icon DESPERATE TO BE A MUM
    848 14 Help childless couples: Allow them to pay full cost of IVF with Mecfl^ave FACE IN THE CROWD Mas Intan Buang, 31, homemaker EVERYONE'S having babies; they sweep fashionably along the corridors of consumerism with their double-wide strollers, stuffed with twins and triplets. I envy pregnant
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  • Businesstoday
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      Lock icon The fight to stay top dog
      715 15 -AFP Singapore fast-tracks aviation reforms as competition intensifies WITH three new budget airlines, an upcoming low-cost airport terminal and the recent retrenchment of hundreds of workers, nothing is being spared in Singapore's efforts to remain a force in the region's increasingly competitive aviation industry.
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      Transport Minister Yep to lead team to aviation conference
      191 15 TRANSPORT Minister Yeo Cheow Tong will lead the Singapore delegation to the 35th triennial session of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Assembly in Montreal, Canada. To be held from Sept 28 to Oct 8, the assembly will see transport ministers
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    • MarketWATCH
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        Lock icon Singapore
        131 15 -AFP Share prices are expected to fall this week as the market consolidates following recent gains, with volatile oil prices providing an added drag on sentiment. For the week ended last Friday, the ST Index closed down 30.1 points, or 1.5 percent, at 1,973.46. Average daily volume for the
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 15 US$ 0.5914 UK£ 0.3275 Yen 65.4257 HK$ 4.6127 RM 2.2474 Euro 0.4818 Rupiah 5389.597 Baht 24.4699 Peso 33.3383 A$ 0.8277 Indian Rs 27.152 Won 679.5399 C$ 0.7535 Yuan 4.8949 NZ$ 0.8845 NTS 19.9781
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        Lock icon Commodities
        26 15 SGX, Bloomberg Gold uss/oi 409.700 Silver uss/oi 6.425 Platinum uss/oz 851.800 Information provided by Rubber cents/kg 215.75 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1420 Brent crude uss/barrel 44.50
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      Lock icon MEDISAVE ACTION WILL HIT ENTREPRENEURS
      575 16  -  Francis Kan THE current furore over Medisave contributions by the self-employed has uncovered a startling disconnect in the Government's push to develop Singapore's entrepreneurial economy and its enforcement of the national health savings scheme. Recently, the CPF Board disclosed that some 145,000 self-employed people had
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      Lock icon Walking Culture makes rapid strides
      437 16  -  Tay Tsen-Waye IT TOOK just one l,OOOsqft store and six months for home-grown women's footwear retailer Walking Culture to get its foot into the world of franchising. Typically, companies spend years building a brand before considering starting a franchise, seen as a way of developing
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      Lock icon Reality check in 'fairyland' Brunei
      559 18 -AFP It signals resolve for change, but faces hurdles ahead OIL-RICH Brunei is signalling a resolve to compete with its neighbours as it cautiously implements political reforms and takes steps to diversify its economy, but analysts say the challenges are formidable. Analysts have warned that
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      Dividends Declared by SGX Companies
      753 18 Web: iAiiAJW.telekurs.corn.sg Email: sales.sgp@telekurs.corn Copyright Telekurs Financial Information Ltd, and its licensors. All Rights reserved. Further distribution and use by third parties prohibited. Telekurs Financial and its licensors make no warranty for information displayed and accept no liability for data and prices. Arntek Engineering Ltd
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      121 17 "Sensualite is amazing! I never thought I could f lose half my weight I p Ms Amber Ho j 7 Ms Noradila Binte Abdul Rais lost 23kg M lost 22kg she's now 42kg H I she's now 53kg before 4L J Jk before Your results may vary. y r\ r7^3)
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  • savvy investor
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      Fastening on to a recovering industry
      720 19  -  Bryan Yeong An 'outperform' rating on Unisteel on the back of a rebound in hard disk drive sector news@newstoday.com.sg AS A worldwide leader in the production of hard disk drive (HDD) fasteners, Unisteel is well placed to benefit from the nascent recovery of the
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      104 19 EV72I A Member of r»™iyi American International Group, Inc. Gloved! The AIA Customer Service Centre is now located at: 1 Finlayson Green, Singapore *****6 (next to AIA Tower) Our operating hours remain unchanged at 8.45 am to 5.30pm, Monday to Friday (closed on Saturday, Sunday and public holidays). We look
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  • the business of learning
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      Education goes 'pop' at this JC
      604 20  -  Derrick A Paulo Innova JC's principal-designate seeks to foster 'pursuit of passion (or pop)', 'X-factor' in students derrick@newstoday.com.sg WHEN Singapore's newest junior college opens in January, it hopes that many of its students will become "pop" stars. Not necessarily the Singapore Idol-type, though. Innova
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  • SUCCEED
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      Entry-level controls needed
      536 21  -  Lee U-Wen Rules should be imposed on such institutions to weed out profit-seekers u-wen@newstoday.com.sg IT BEGAN life 18 years ago in a comer of Paradiz Centre. Today, Mr Balbeer Singh Mangat's little private education centre has more than come of age. FTMS Global now occupies a sprawling
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    • WHATS UP
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        3D digital visual effects and animation training
        126 21 training Aspiring 3D animators, digital-effects and computer-graphics (CG) artists and those contemplating a career switch to the media and digital-entertainment industries can now acquire professional training and skills. No prior knowledge of CG or 3D is required, but prospective students are required to
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        Information session for MSc in wealth
        104 21 management An MSc in Wealth Management, covering the entire value chain in wealth management, is now available. The Erogramme, a collaborative effort etween the Wealth Management Institute, the Singapore Management University (SMU) ana the Swiss Business School (SBS) will be taught by senior academics
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      The question is 'When?'
      592 22  -  gdfgf CAPITAL, SOCIETY AND BEHAVIOUR FROM what I wrote last time, you might get the sense that the only way to make capitalists behave properly is through legislation or by having everyone take a longer-term view of their investments and assets. Maybe, but legislation is generally
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      21 22  - Hakeem Olaiuwan IVe always not up to anyone else to make me ye m^ est# Hakeem Olajuwan Former NBA basketball star
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      177 21 *J TOURISM MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE OF SINGAPORE g.^ (The official training arm of National Association of Travel Agents Singapore, NATAS) Course Outline £;'iiwr^^ Module 1 Business Skills Module 4 Module 2 Core Knowledge Guiding Techniques Module 3 Product Knowledge Module 5 Practical Training V rrlfcVlbW TALIv Entry Requirements 29 Sept 2004,7pm
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      169 21 RMIT ALBERTON INIYERSII V I 13 i)M The Largest university of I technology in Australia Hats off to Alberton when it comes to a rewarding logistics career. First to bring in RMIT University's involvement M^^fl^k j into Singapore. First to introduce the m| logistics undergraduate and •^p' postgraduate education in
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      78 22 lELTSSATGMAT Do you have what it takes? (Next Intake: 3 Oct 2004 www.highq.com.sg H 3DSENSE MEDIA SCHOOL SCHOOL OF INTERACTIVE VISUAL ARTS H Passion. Focus. Driven D/PLOAM /W DIGITAL VISUAL EFFECTS AND ANIMATION H^r January 2005 intahe fuHffme 9 montds parttrme 18 months H^^F Application deadline 3fs( Oclofter 2004 H
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      483 23  -  Comedian speaks the 'unspeakable' in his new comedy series Jeanine Tan j eanine@newstoday. com.sg AS someone who didn't fit into the system, he now pokes fun of it Comedian Hossan Leong flunked his GCE O-level Chinese four times. His failures led to his expulsion from junior
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        108 23 AP Malaysian censors have banned a song by Chinese pop diva Faye Wong because or a line that talks about opium smoking. Sony Music was told to pull the Cantonese song, In the Name of Love, from her To Love album which was released last
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        75 23 Honouring the best of local radio broadcasting industry, the inaugural Singapore Radio Awards, organised by MediaCorp Radio, is open for votes now. The four award categories are Favourite Radio Station, Favourite Radio Personality, Friendliest Radio Personality and Carlsberg Friendliest Radio Personality. SMS
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        Jay Chou adds 2nd show for concert here
        94 23 A second show has been added to Taiwanese singer Jay Chou's concert here ana an additional 1 0,000 tickets to the show on Nov 26 are available through Sistic. Tickets to the first concert on Nov 17 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium
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      502 24  -  David Chew An eye-opener for news junkies as Suzanne gets new co-host david. chew@newstoday. com.se REGULAR viewers of Channel News Asia's Prime Time Morning will see the results of a makeover of sorts today, as Richard Lvi takes over from Timothy Go as Suzanne Jung's co-host of
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        231 25 Woody Allen gets lifetime honour A FILM about Iraqi villagers desperate for a satellite dish as they await the United States invasion won the top prize on Saturday at Spain's leading film festival. The honours for Turtles Can Fly concluded the San
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        216 25  -  David Chew THE animals in David Chan's paintings are blue because, according to the artist, the colour represents the meddling of science with nature. "Blue is not a naturallyoccurring colour. Aside from birds and fish, which get the colour from what they eat, there is no blue
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        444 26  -  Low Shi Ping New pizza bar offers 13 scrumptious creations food@newstoday.com.sg DA PAOLO is a popular place to go for superb pasta. Now, it is the place to go for good pizzas, too. And the destination is the Da Paolo Pizza Bar at Holland Village.
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      139 25 Tdy: 11.30 am, 1.30, 3.30, I Tdy:'lilSoamTSo, 3.3o, 5.30,7.30,9.30 pm 5.30,7.30,9.30 pm HEART OF STONE 6H English Dialogue R2l Tdy: 11.00 am, 1.00, 3.00, 5.00, 7.00, 9.00 pm THE RETURNS jlffl'3' English With Eng/Chln Subtitles R2l Tdy: 11 .00 am, 3.00, 7.00 pm INTHE COLD OFTHE NIGHT 901 English Dialogue
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      85 26 House Of Thai Restaurant 13, Purvis St (S) *****2 Tel: 6333 1198 Fax: *****986 Daily business hours: 11.30 am -3pm 6pm -10.30pm Claypot Tunghoon Crab $9.90 (promotion untill 30/09/04) 10% Service Charge And No GST Also Available For Vegetarian Menu Recommended Specialties Fish/Prawn Cake $2.soeach Pineapple Olive Rice $8 Red
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      142 26 River Garden River Palace UNLIMITED A-LA-CARTE* BAK RUT TEH PROMOTION Besides a wide selection of S^jgjPl- jfti Sichuan creations from Chef Chua's menu, guests can also "i- enjoy helpings from our :SPB Dessert Buffet. Indulge in a steaming bowl of peppery lßj| !y^*^*~«'r soup with top-grade pork ribs. f Served
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      32 26 Da Paolo Pizza Bar 44 Jalan Merah Saga #01-46 Tel: 6479 6059 Opening Hours: 1 lam to 10.30pm Closed on Mondays Breakfast on Saturdays and Sundays from 1 oam to 1 2pm
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      175 27 is presented to on I 25 August 2004 for exceptional culinary skills in: g\mmU I Irish Lamb Stew Ull^L Noodle in Tom Yam Rung I il TTxfa A w 7 1 Marble Cheese Cake If II U%^f I Banana Yoghurt Shake entertainment fr^>^ /^A**' £c*,^\ Asian i r.uic i'rv« I'ic
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      1613 28 America's Next Top Model II j Timeless Gift j Lifestyle I Get Real Girl Who Overslept (Season Premiere) channel B,9pm j Bazaar London Second Chance And More Channel 5,10.30pm I flbfl I j Arts Central, 9pm Channel News Asia, 8.32pm I'V^ JAs the episode begins, we r^^L^_^_^Jj London would probably
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    630 29  -  ALVIN CHUA After holding the mighty Socceroos, coach Gillet prepares his men for the rematch NTUC INCOME CHALLENGE CUP Young Lions Invitation v Solomon Islands news@newstoday.com.sg THE result was hailed as the biggest shock in Oceania football history. When the Solomon Islands drew 2-2 with
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    548 29 YOUNG Lions Baihakki Khaizan and Ridhuan Muhammad are in Serbia for a two-week training stint with Red Star Belgrade. On Saturday, Baihakki sent Today a postcard, on how the two of them are HI GUYS! It's just after 7pm
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    545 30  -  ALVIN CHUA Excitement builds as nominees for end-of-season awards announced news@newstoday.com.sg TODAY continues its coverage of the 2004 S-League Awards, with a look at the nominees for the coveted Mikasa Coach of the Year Award, the Singapore Pools Fair Play Award and the Pacific Internet Story
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    335 30  -  Stanley Ho THE 2004 Big Trumpet Singapore Cup Final may be a week away, but protagonists Tampines Rovers and Home United are already locked in a battle, both bidding to have the most fans at the National Stadium, next Sunday. The Stags have
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    344 30 Balestier v Home Toa Payoh Stadium Wed 7.30pm BALESTIER Probable line-up: Bashir Khan, Johnny Lvi, Kirn Chan Joong, Andrew Durante (left, top), Ruhaizad Ismail, Winston Yap, Igwe Iroha, Roniwardi Mamsa, Sazali Salleh, Rizzal Hashim, Ibrahim Noh Form: LLWLL (1-4 v Sinchi, 0-6 vTanjong Pagar, 2-1 v Geylang,
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      29 31 I Young Lions Invitation vs Solomon Islands J Series Sponsor: Title Sponsor: Supported By: Sponsors: Si c, *f~5^f...,,,, 3£ maXEll mv W nis MIKASi ,3 l=u, SPORTS COUNCIL LIMITED
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    444 32 -AFP Tie billed as possible game of the season, but Chelsea boss downplays reunion with Porto ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Middlesbrough 0 Chelsea 1 MIDDLESBROUGH -Jose Mourinho insists he will treat Wednesday's (Thursday morning, Singapore time) Champions League clash with his former club FC Porto as just
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    358 32 AFP ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Liverpool 3 Norwich 0 LIVERPOOL Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez warned his players not to get carried away, after picking faults in Saturday's 3-0 win over Norwich. Djibril Cisse's first Premiership goal at Anfield put the seal on a fine
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      442 33 ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Portsmouth 0 Everton 1 PORTSMOUTH Australian midfielder Tim Cahill kept Everton within two points of leaders Arsenal as his goal saw them to a 1-0 victory over Portsmouth this morning. This time though, Cahill celebrated his goal in a calmer fashion as
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      515 33 Agencies and corporate giants should be as well, according to report MANCHESTER Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson yesterday revealed he's excited at the prospect of Wayne Rooney making his Red Devils debut The England starlet was cleared by United's medical team to play, after he finally overcame
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      49 33 BARCLAYS ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE ______WSM am BA\t_r__l \_ar__\ 'rW'ii 111 fyto K%£*' _**«E_-^ 1 _/!fe\4 < f> _M_W 1 IS' 1 9h—m~~^^^^r^E lr Jf^ Pkiysinart. Work smai 4»-,^_| Live smart -\r^S -fSEsm* e=foj fil_B„ Toshiba is the broadcast sponsor of ESPN STAR Sports coverage of the Barclays English Premier League
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      602 34 -AFP Champion Schumacher finishes out of the points for the first time FORMULA 1 Chinese Grand Prix SHANGHAI Ferrari driver Rubens Barrichello won yesterday's inaugural Chinese Grand Prix, the Brazilian ensuring his name will forever be etched in the history books. It was the 14th victory
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      148 34 -AFP TENNIS WTA China Open BEIJING Top seed Serena Williams celebrated her 23rd birthday yesterday in the best possible manner, beating Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova 4-6, 75, 6-4, at the U*****,000 ($990,000) China Open. US Open champion Kuznetsova saw her 14-match winning streak snapped at
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        63 34 ROME According to Italian media reports, former Porto coach Luigi Del Neri is favourite to take Rudi Voeller's place as Roma coach. Voller quit after Saturday's 3-1 defeat away to Bologna, which left the ailing Serie A club languishing in midtable with just four points from
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        67 34 TAIPEI South Korea's Charlie Wi coasted to a three-stroke victory in the US$3OO,OOO ($500,000) Taiwan Open yesterday, after a 4-under-par 68 in the final round completed a remarkable turnaround in the tournament. Wi, who opened with a pair of 765, before moving into contention by matching
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        Longer wants captaincy
        77 34 LONDON Europe's victorious Ryder Cup captain Bernnard Longer (picture) said yesterday that he was tempted to lead the team in their defence of the title, in Ireland in two years time. The German led Europe to a record 18 1/2-91/2 triumph over the US in Detroit, last
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        98 34 MEMPHIS Jamaican-bom Glen Johnson knocked out American Roy Jones Jnr in the ninth round on Saturday [yesterday morning, Singapore time), to retain his International Boxing Federation light heavyweight title. Elsewhere, former heavyweight champion Riddick Bowe, 37, knocked an outclassed Marcus Rhode down four times, before the
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        100 34 ALICANTE, Spain Spain advanced to the Davis Cup final yesterday, taking an unbeatable 3-1 lead over France. Spain's Rafael Nadal beat Arnaud Clement 6-4, 6-1, 6-2 in two hours, 12 minutes, to book a second consecutive spot in the final, which they will
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        327 35 -AFP World No 1 fires final round 69 to win third straight tournament GOLF 84 Lumber Classic FARMINGTON, Pennsylvania Vijay Singh shot a three-under par 69 to win the US$4.2 million ($7.1 million) PGA event this morning and capture his eighth title of 2004. The world
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        295 35 -AFP MADRID Valencia and Barcelona maintained their unbeaten records this season, and remain neck-and-neck at the top of the Spanish first division, after convincing wins this morning. Goals from Vicente Rodriguez and Stefano Fiore gave Valencia a 2-0 win over Racing Santander. They were enough for
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        412 35 -AFP SERIE A Lazio 1 AC Milan 2 ROME Two goals in four minutes from Ukrainian striker Andriy Shevchenko gave AC Milan a 2-1 win away to Lazio and kickstarted the Italian champions' title defence this morning. Portuguese defender Fernando Couto's powerful close-range header gave
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      163 34 League Home Team Away Team Match Kick Off M (Singapore date/time) SCORE Young Lions Inv Solomon Islands Mon, 27/9/04 7.30pm E Premier Charlton Blackburn Tue, 28/9/04 3.00 am UE Champions Real Madrid I Roma I Wed, 29/9/04 2.45 am UE Champions Olympiakos Liverpool Wed, 29/9/04 2.45 am UE Champions Monaco
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      105 36 Singapore* PriHin Awards 2004 THE radio event of the year! MediaCorp Radio is proud to bring you the Ist Singapore Radio Awards! Cast your vote for the industry's best by voting for your Favourite Radio Station, Favourite Radio m& S|3fiffiß Personality and also featured in the Singapore Radio Awards is
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