Today, 19 October 2005

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    22 1 TODAY /A=LJJJ\CORP incorporating dtr63tS MICA(P) 112/07/2005 Wednesday October 19, 2005 todayonline.com TODAY Wednesday October 19, 2005 todayonline.com /A=diaCorp incorporating iMTCJJ.tS MICA(P) 112/07/2005
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    With an apology, DBS' Tai makes peace with OCBC's Cheong
    351 1  -  CHOW PENN NEE pennnee@newstoday.com.sg A DAY after a seething OCBC chairman had told him to "get off his high horse", DBS Group Holdings' chief executive Jackson Tai sought to soothe tensions by offering an unsolicited apology. To some, Mr Tai's
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    The low IQ test of law
    737 1  -  DERRICK A PAULO Court case mirrors debate in Parliament over penalties for offenders of low intelligence derrick@newstoday.com.sg SHOULD someone with a lower intellect be sentenced differently from an offender with normal intelligence? On the same afternoon that Parliament debated that question, a man assessed
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      28 1 news 2 world news 12 voices 20 business 32 plus 40 1v radio listings 45 classed 46 sports 48 we set you thinking IB SI B Lv M
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      114 1 Wk I Singapore is preoccupied with ICONS in a new interview the question: What is our series of the same name. It will j^^F^^^H^HS K^I^H national icon? be unique because you can 'i*7| I Several readers have written choose some of the icons. Mr ,5 intosuqqest Sinqapore already And Duncan
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      Lock icon Immediate legal access to lawyer could impede police probe
      199 2 CHANNEL NEWSASIA PEOPLE who are arrested cannot have immediate access to legal counsel because it could impede police investigations. Responding to questions on the issue, Deputy Prime Minister and Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng told Parliament that during police interviews,
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      Safety net against biological threat
      385 2  -  TAN HUI LENG Steps to keep labs safe, fines uptoslmfor toxin terrorists huileng@newstoday.com.sg BIOLOGICAL agents have never been more of a threat to Singapore than today. In 2002, a man sent envelopes to thenDeputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and then Minister in the Prime
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      SALVING THE WOUND WITH MONEY
      730 3  -  Charles Tan In line with nation's duty to protect its citizens, the Govt should offer compensation to the victims of crime ON her 10th birthday on Sept 19, a little girl learned that her father, security guard Ong Teong Wah, had been murdered on the
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      192 3 There's never been a better time to pursue a career in the accounting Admissions Criteria: For course details and further information, profession. Market demand is especially upbeat today and career Completed a recognised Bachelor degree please visit www.smu.edu.sg/mpa opportunities for accounting graduates are many and varied. Working experience of at
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  • singapore news
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      Lock icon Criticism takes wing
      433 4  -  LEECHINGWERN International body questions changes to Trade Unions Act after SIA, pilots' union spat chingwern@newstoday.com.sg THE high-profile dispute between Singapore Airlines and Air Line Pilots' Association-Sin-gapore (Alpa-S) has been cited as a violation of trade union rights by an international body. The International Confederation of Free Trade
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      Hip, hip Harrah's
      417 6  -  TORCHING LI Casino operator announces tie-up with French museum of modern art chingli@newstoday.com.sg HARRAH'S Entertainment and Keppel Land have turned to the French to boost the cultural quotient of their integrated resort (IR) proposal. Announcing this tie-up with the Centre Pompidou of Paris at a press conference
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      Lock icon Facelifts for 46 precincts
      114 6 -TORCHING LI FORTY-SIX Housing Board precincts will be upgraded this year under the Main Upgrading Programme (MUP), the Lift Upgrading Programme (LUP) and the Interim Upgrading Programme (lUP) Plus. This is in line with National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan's announcement during the March budget debates.
      -TORCHING LI  -  114 words
    • PARLIAMENTBRIEFS
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        Lock icon SEPARATE ROLES FOR MUIS PRESIDENT, CEO
        66 6 Channel News Asia The Administration of Muslim Law Amendment Bill was passed in Parliament yesterday, paving the way for the creation of a chief executive position in the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (Muis). Currently, Muis has a president who is also chief executive.
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        Lock icon CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM FOR COMPUTER GAMES?
        53 6 Channel News Asia The Media Development Authority is looking into a classification system for computer games. Senior Minister of State for Information Communications and the Arts Dr Balaji Sadasivan said schools, parents and the industry have to play a part in promoting a cyber-wellness culture
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        BROADER ROUTE FROM PUNGGOL TO PASIR RIS
        61 6 The Land Transport Authority plans to widen the Tampines Expressway between Punggol West Flyover and Pasir Ris Drive 12 over the next five years, said Transport Minister Yeo Cheow Tong. This is to cater to the growing needs of Punggol, Sengkang and the
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      Massage to murder
      617 8  -  LOHCHEEKONG 'Runaway offender' had stabbed massage parlour owner over price row cheekong@newstoday.com. sg SUFFERING from insomnia for a week and having lost heavily on football betting, a "very tired" TokPohOon (picture) just wanted a massage. But a trip to the parlour turned sour as he became embroiled
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      She slapped her maid for dozing off on bus
      329 8  -  ANSLEY NG a nsley@newstoday.com.sg WHEN Indonesian maid Wiwik Setyowati's employer got angry with her for falling asleep on a bus while out on a trip with the family, she slapped her maid, pulled her hair and scratched her face. When the
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      Canteen, library or art gallery?
      507 10  -  LEE U-WEN Shuqun Secondary canteen isalloftheseandmore u-wen@newstoday.com.sg MOST students would simply regard their school canteen as a place to wolf down their food during recess and nothing more. But at Shuqun Secondary School, the students don't just eat there. They study, have lessons, organise meetings
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    • SINGAPORE SNIPPETS
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        DENGUE CASES RISE SHARPLY
        25 10 The number of dengue cases rose sharply from 33 to 87 new cases in the last 24 hours to 3pm yesterday.
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        Lock icon TAXMAN UPGRADING E-SERVICES
        46 10 938 Live Taxpayers will not be able to access the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore's on-line electronic services for a week from 6pm tomorrow as its computer system is being upgraded till next Wednesday. For urgent enquiries, call these helplines: 1-800-356-86-22 or 1-800-356-86-33.
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        WORK OUT AT WORK
        52 10  -  Vinita Ramani You might spot MediaCorp artiste Joanne Pen and a group of adults walking along Robinson Road at 5.30pm tomorrow. They are taking part in a new Central Business District exercise regime organised by the Health Promotion Board to encourage office-goers to take time out
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        Lock icon EMERGENCY RULE TO BE EXTENDED
        41 12 -AFP Thailand will extend emergency rule in its three mainly Muslim southern provinces where nearly 1,000 people have died in 22 months of unrest. Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said. He imposed the emergency measures in July.
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        BILL MAY DISILLUSION REBELS
        70 12 The Indonesian government is drafting a bill on the Aceh administration, which may dash the hopes of former Aceh rebels who hope to contest posts in the regional administration undertheir own regional party, the Jakarta Post reported yesterday. The peace agreement inked by the government and
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        Lock icon FEWER TOURISTS IN BALI
        44 12 -AFP The number of foreign tourists flying into Indonesia's resort island of Bali reached the year's highest level in September with 163,221 arrivals but fell drastically to 45,000 after a series of bomb attacks on Oct 1, a report said.'
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      Lock icon M'sian royal attacked Brazilian wedding
      228 12 —AFP KUALA LUMPUR A member of Malaysia's royal family allegedly led a group of rowdy gatecrashers to a Brazilian couple's wedding on the idyllic Rawa island, police said yesterday. Some 90 guests from Australia, Brazil, Canada, Europe and Japan had gathered Saturday for the wedding
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      Lock icon Pakistan's bold move
      632 12 -AGENCIES Ready to open Kashmiri ceasefire line to boost relief efforts MUZAFFARABAD (Pakistan) In an unprecedented move, President Pervez Musharraf announced yesterday that Pakistan was ready to open the ceasefire line dividing Kashmir, allowing Indian Kashmiris to come and join aid efforts after the earthquake. "We will
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      Lock icon THE MONSTER AT OUR DOOR
      544 14  -  MARKHONIGSBAUM -THE GUARDIAN IN TULCEA, ROMANIA news@newstoday.com.sg IS BIRD flu, as Mr Mike Davis, the author of The Monster at Our Door, puts it, a "viral asteroid on a collision course with humanity?" Or are the dire predictions overblown? On Monday, British chief medical officer
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      Lock icon BIRD FLU ENTERS EUROPEAN UNION
      99 14 AGENCIES The first case of bird flu has been found in the European Union after the detection of the HSNI virus in a turkey in the Greek island of Oinouses, authorities said last night. The country yesterday announced a ban on all poultry shipments from
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      Lock icon Lawmakers visit war shrine
      113 14 —AFP TOKYO Some 100 Japanese lawmakers paid a mass visit to a Tokyo war shrine yesterday, with Asian nations still boiling over Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's trip there the previous day. Japan's neighbours including China and South Korea protested vociferously at the premier's visit to the
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      Lock icon HIGH GRADES ON THIS REPORT CARD
      736 16  -  FABIOSCARPELLO -IPS news@newstoday.com.sg Against huge odds, Yudhoyono's pushing his country forward JAKARTA A year after President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) came to power, Indonesia seems to be in just about the same dire situation as it was before. Yet, analysts say it is not
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      Lock icon I'm obeying goddess, she said as she beat 'slave'
      432 18 THE GUARDIAN Woman who nearly killed employee gets 14 years LONDON An Indian woman who enslaved and nearly killed one of her workers, claiming that she was obeying the Hindu goddess of death and destruction as she beat the employee, has
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        Lock icon BUDDHA FINGER TO GO ON DISPLAY IN SOUTH KOREA
        117 18 -AFP A relic believed to be the sacred finger of the Sakyamuni Buddha will be loaned to South Korea next month, marking only the fourth time China has allowed it to be displayed outside the mainland, state media said. The 2,500-year-old
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        Lock icon US, INDIA SIGN TECHNOLOGY PACT
        46 18 -AFP The United States and India on Monday signed an umbrella science and technology agreement to boost cooperation in areas ranging from health to space technology. The pact notably nailed down intellectual property rights issues that had snagged negotiations since 1993.
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      Lock icon Burdened with debt, parents try to kill their children
      316 18 THE GUARDIAN PARIS A desperate couple tried to kill their five children and themselves with insulin injections after running up 250,000 euros ($506,900) of debt with 20 different credit firms, a French court heard on Monday. Mr Emmanuel Cartier, 37, a
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      Lock icon British troops at breaking point?
      506 19 Morale at record low as growing violence, indefinite deployment in Iraq take their toll BASRA The mood among British soldiers in Iraq is at its gloomiest since the US-led invasion in March 2003, The Independent newspaper reported yesterday. The outlook has become darker as the
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      Lock icon Saddam goes on trial today for village massacre
      210 19 —AGENCIES BAGHDAD Once feared by many, still loved by some, former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein goes on trial today for atrocities he allegedly committed during his rule. The high-profile trial begins just four days after the country held a largely peaceful referendum
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      Amazing crew, stunning gesture
      414 20  -  LUKE PHILIP TANG SI A staff waited at airport to care for ageing passenger after 17-hour flight Letter from MY FATHER-IN-LAW, Mr Aloysius Gregory Shepherdson, often travels to Canada and the United States to visit his family. Whenever he makes such trips, the family is quite
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      Deciding to be a parent is a choice, not an obligation
      182 20  -  IMRAN LAHORE Letter from IT'S troubling to see the righteous attitude reflected in the recent slew of letters from parents complaining about eateries without booster-seats, or how singles should accommodate the vacation needs of parents before themselves. This is
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      SINGAPORESEEN
      142 20 EXCUSE ME, YOU ARE IN MY WAY Is the strange-looking lion-fish hybrid trying to live up to its Merlion name, spewing the contents of its belly on the umbrella of a hapless passerby? If this picture taken by Matthew Teo, 18, a Nanyang School of Fine Arts student is
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      CLARIFICATION
      65 22 With reference to the article "Belle Vue sold fors227m dated Oct 15--16 we said the amount was 10 per cent less than what Centrepoint paid for the St Thomas Walk site in August. This is incorrect. CB Richard Ellis would like to clarify that the price paid for the
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    • Letter
      No more weekend remedial training if you exercise regularly
      299 22  -  COLONEL BENEDICT LIM Letter from Director Public Affairs, Ministry of Defence I REFER to the recent letters in Today by Mr Yeo Suan Wei, Mr Rick Lim Say Kiong, Mr Raymond BH Tan and Mr Lim Chee Wei on remedial training
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      Could the bus driver have done more?
      201 22  -  CARMEN TEOH-TANG He 'showed no concern' for injured passengers Letter from ON OCT 11 at around 8.15 am, my aunt and cousin were travelling on SBS Transit bus service 83 around the Changi area. The driver suddenly applied the brakes to avoid a
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      He did check, but yes, he could've done more
      265 22  -  TAMMY TAN Letter from Director, Corporate Communications, SBS Transit Ltd FIRST and foremost, we would like to express our sincere apologies to Mrs Carmen TeohTang's aunt and cousin as well as the affected passengers of the said service 83. According to
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      253 24  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY.............. THE BEST YEARS OF MARRIAGE Did you know that one of the highest rates of divorce occurs among couples between the ages of 45 and 50, afterthe kids have left home? The dynamics of that breakup are tragic. Whenyoung couples start out
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      Big hearts, not just big mouths
      602 24  -  Mr Miyagi Bloggers channel their energy to charity- after trademark debate, of course THERE is a group of bloggers in Singapore who call themselves The Cowboy Bar. They are well-known for their frequent meet-ups. While blogger meet-ups in themselves aren't unusual, getting together for
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      Lock icon Deserted by authorities, commuters now have to help themselves
      308 24  -  MICHELLE PNG Letter from I REFER to the report "Heftier penalty for fare offenders" (Oct 18). I still find it hard to understand why the Public Transport Council (PTC) is so quick to jump to the rescue of the public transport
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    • Letter
      Maids are here to help you, they aren't your slaves
      260 28  -  CLAIRE LAW Letter from (Singaporean currently studying in the University of California, Berkeley) I REFER to Ms Ethel Chong's letter, "Where are the baby chairs?" (Oct 17). I do agree that restaurants should provide a family-friendly atmosphere as it is
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      isay SELLING DREAMS AND PROMISES
      612 28  -  FAZUANAMOHDISHAK THESE days I get suspicious whenever a friend I have never known to be businessminded starts sporting financial words of wisdom or motivational nuggets pertaining to entrepreneurial spirit My guard is automatically up, I start thinking: Another multi-level marketing (MLM) distributor out on the
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      139 32 -DOW JONES MELBOURNE Singapore Power plans to raise more than Asl billion ($1.3 billion) by listing its Australian electricity and gas assets simultaneously in Singapore and Australia, a source close to the deal said yesterday. Sing Power is holding back
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      369 32 -AGENCIES Smaller firms may have to provide such reports too STANDING firm on its position on quarterly reporting for companies listed in Singapore, the Government yesterday said that it would review global trends and may consider extending the policy to smaller companies. Second Minister of
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        107 32 DOW JONES SHARE prices ended lower in a session dominated by property stocks, which pulled the market down on concerns over rising interest rates. The ST Index closed down 4.38 points, or 0.2 per cent, at 2,284.16 points, extending its 0.6-per-cent loss from the previous session. Decliners beat advancers
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        224 34  -  CHOW PENN NEE JAPANESE department store operator Seiyu has sold its Singapore business for $26 million in a deal involving Capita Land and Capita Mall Trust (CMT). Capita Land will buy Seiyu's local operations for $1 million, while CMT, a property trust managed
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        447 34 BLOOMBERG It expects clients to return after parent company's deal to sell off futures units REFCO Singapore said that its customers might return after its parent, Refco Inc, yesterday signed a preliminary agreement to sell its futures units to a group led by buyout firm
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        75 34 Dow Jones Singapore Press Holdings' senior advisor Lim Kirn San will step down at the end of the year, after 17 years with the media group. Mr Lim, who is turning 89 this year, stepped down as executive chairman of the group in 2002. Speedy-Tech Electronics said that its
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        336 35 DOW JONES THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) said yesterday that its planned Global Depository Receipt (GDR) programme had been attracting the attention of issuers and arrangers. "Interest has been very strong from both international bankers and potential issuers," said SGX spokeswoman
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        294 35 -DOWJONES ASCENDAS Real Estate Investment Trust (A-Reit) said yesterday it would distribute $33.9 million to unit-holders for its fiscal second quarter ended Sept 30, up from $18.4 million in the same period a year earlier, helped by rent from recently acquired properties and higher occupancy.
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        249 36 BLOOMBERG CHINA Construction Bank (CCB), a Beijingbased lender attempting the world's biggest initial public offering in four years, hit back at reports it could not meet regulatory standards in the United States, saying it had not considered a US listing. The Chinese lender,
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        308 36 New budget airline part of 5-year plan to cuts3.Bb in costs QANTAS Airways is planning to launch a sister airline to Jetstar Jetstar International which would fly from Australia to South-east Asia, China and possibly Japan in the second half of next year, according to
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        473 37 -AFP But Greenspan says negative impact on global growth not as severe as in 1970s TOKYO United States Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan said yesterday that the world would have to learn to live with high oil prices and their negative impact on economic growth
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        296 37 -BLOOMBERG UNITED States Treasury Secretary John Snow said China could "leapfrog" in developing a modern financial services industry by opening its market to companies from wealthier countries that would bring decades of expertise. "China can quickly move forward with further liberalisation of
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        810 38  -  DAWN QUEK Hard work pays off for 20 Singapore Poly students at their Bugis Village shop da wn@newstoday.com.sg WHILE their schoolmates were busy ploughing through their notes in preparation for the upcoming examinations, a team of 20 girls from Singapore Polytechnic (SP) wielded
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      251 40 1943: Born in Northern Rhodesia, now Zambia, to a Scottish father and a South African mother. 1955: Spent his secondary school years in South Africa. 1961: Went to drama school in London to train to be an actor. 1963: Gave up on a stage career and went to teacher's
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      198 41  -  Neil Humphreys, Singapore have a national icon? From the Merlion and the Kucinta cat to HDB flats and rojak, various monuments, buildings, symbols and culinary delights were dissected. Several PLUS readers wrote in to suggest that Singapore already has an icon: The people. It's true, but they're
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      191 42 -AFP BEIJING China's most acclaimed modern writer Ba Jin whose novels criticised traditional Chinese society died in Shanghai. He was 100 years old. Ba died at a local hospital after a six-year battle with a malignant tumour and other diseases, the
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      474 42  -  JEANINETAN Top Singapore actress surprised to learn forgotten flick up for five awards jeanine@newstoday.com.sg CONTRARY to popular belief, not every project starring Farm Wong is a high-profile production. Last year, Farm took about a month off her busy schedule as Singapore's leading celebrity to act
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      343 43  -  JEANINETAN AXN Asia buys rights to US show, S'poreans can compete jeanine@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPOREANS have seen The Amazing Race on television. Now they can take part AXN Asia, which is based in Singapore, has bought the rights to localise the Emmy Award-winning show from Buena Vista International TV
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        74 43 Paris Hilton says she isn't giving up The Simple Life Yet. "We're shooting Nov 1," said the 24-year-old hotel heiress. "All the networks are fighting over it." Fox said last week it had cancelled the reality show starring Hilton and Nicole Richie. The network said
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        84 43 The BBC/HBO drama series Rome is so full of sex, violence and racy language that it will have to be toned down for family viewing in Italy itself. Italian state broadcaster RAI was so shocked at the scenes of violent copulation, stabbings and a crucifixion
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        50 43 Best known as the furry Chewbacca in the Star Wars films, British actor Peter Mayhew is now a US citizen. Mayhew recited the oath to become a naturalised American on Monday. "I'll have a British passport, an American passport and a Wookiee passport," joked the actor, 60.
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        51 43 Cao Guimaraes, the director of acclaimed Brazilian documentary Soul of the Bone, will be conduct a masterclass for aspiring filmmakers here on Saturday as part of the Brazilian Film Festival. The talk is open to all but registration is required. Log on to i/i/i/i/i/i/.sfe.org.sg for more
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      384 43 -JOYCE LIN TODAYEXCLUSIVE BEHIND every great man, according to the old adage, is a great woman. That could be true for the Aiello family. With four strapping lads in their team, the Aiellos boasted a testosterone overload. But it wasn't enough to keep
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        488 44  -  NEIL HUMPHREYS How did Rob Schneider's lame Deuce Bigalowreach No 1? It defies logic DEPUTY PLUS EDITOR neil@newstoday.com.sg JUST take a moment to look at the movie box office charts beneath this story. It is abundantly clear that a dark, dank fog has descended. The
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      574 52 -AFP Betis coach takes a dig at Blues' style ahead of clash CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GRP G Chelsea v Real Betis LONDON If Jose Mourinho thought he had heard the last of it, he was wrong. Real Betis coach Llorenc Serra Ferrer became the latest person to jump
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        64 52 NEW York Knicks guard Allan Houston (picture) announced his retirement after being unable to overcome a knee injury that had cut short his last two seasons. A two-time All-Star and member of the 2000 Olympic team, Houston, 34, was one of the NBAs best outside
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        74 52 SEATTLE Seahawks safety Ken Hamlin was in serious but stable condition yesterday with a fractured skull and other head injuries, following a fight outside a downtown Seattle nightclub. The fight may have also involved a homicide. A 31-year-old man who was killed near the
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        91 52 ASIAN champions Japan, determined to reach the quarter-finals at next year's World Cup in Germany, have replaced the Cote D'lvoire with a full-strength Togo for an international friendly here next month. "We are scheduled to sign a contract with Togo later today in Paris," a
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      417 53 —AP MELBOURNE Australia's top soccer official said the national team's last World Cup bid was undermined by an "unsavoury" Uruguayan campaign of disruption and it will not be allowed to happen next month in a return series. Football Federation Australia chief executive John O'Neill said
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        476 51  -  CUBBY LEONG Evidence inconclusive as to whether players roughed up referee cubby@newstoday.com.sg AFTER a lengthy disciplinary committee meeting last night, Sinchi FC could well be in the clear for incidents in their S-League match against Geylang United at Bedok Stadium last week. Last
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