Today, 3 April 2006, Afternoon Edition

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    14 1 TODAY /A=diaCorp fresfsf mica(P) 112/07/2005 share your free newspaper Monday April 3, 2006 todayonline.com
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    Lock icon Polls over, but issues linger
    901 1  -  CLEMENT MESENAS AND .JfJSE RAYMfJNn -AFP -AFP Thai PM Thaksin yet to be rid of dissenters, even if voting goes his way IN BANGKOK clement@newstoday.com.sg THOUGH the polls closed midafternoon yesterday on Thailand's controversial elections, with the final results only likely to be ready tomorrow,
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    Health Minister Khaw welcomes elections debate on NKF
    627 1  -  TAN HUI LENG huileng@newstoday.com. sg HEALTH Minister Khaw Boon Wan said that he welcomes debate on the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) should it become an election issue at Sembawang GRC, where he is leading the six-member People's Action Party (PAP) team. Though
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      35 1 hot news 2 Singapore news 4 world news 10 voices 16 business 24 succeed 28 plus 30 eatout 34 tv radio listings 37 classad 38 sports 39 we set you thinking wL\\\\\\ m v'< \a\a\a\mWj
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  • hot news
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      Lock icon S8 toll to drive to M'sia?
      308 2  -  -MERVINTAY M'sia pondering foreign vehicle entry permits to defray fuel subsidies KUALA LUMPUR Singaporeans may have to pay a RM2O ($8.77) entry toll if they plan to drive into Malaysia. The plan to implement toll charges is part of the Malaysian government's move to
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      Lock icon Bukit Panjang residents get long-awaited sports complex
      336 3  -  CHRISTIE LOH AFTER an eight-year wait, Bukit Panjang residents have finally heard the Government say yes to a public swimming pool. Announcing the good news yesterday, the ward's Member of Parliament, Dr Teo Ho Pin, said the $23-million sports complex, including a 50m
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      The man to watch out for in Choa Chu Kang?
      534 3  -  CHEOWXINYI Current Holland-Bukit Panjang MP admits to spending quite a bitoftimeattheSMC xinyi c@newstoday.com.sg GAN Kim Yong may be the new name to look out for in the Single Member Constituency (SMC) of Choa Chu Kang at the upcoming General Elections
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      110 2 ISNUS YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC presents V H/3w/ National University J\tV*W of Singapore A W I f Brahms Saint-Saens f Piano Concerto Nal Symphony No. 3 in D minor, Op. 15 in C minor, Op. 78 "Organ" f <W "Z**'* 4 'WM- £*mr Sr J?''*' "y' jr Thursday
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  • singapore news
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      Lock icon SDA names 2 for Jalan Besar
      395 4 CHANNEL NEWSASIA In a surprise twist, DPP's Tan Lead Shake asks to join its GRC team THE Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA) has named two of its members expected to contest in Jalan Besar GRC in the upcoming elections. It named Sebastian Teo as the
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    • Article
      Lim Hwee Hua keen to join Aljunied contest
      218 4  -  LEECH ING WERN TWO weeks ago, Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong teased speculators with the possibility that Marine Parade MP Lim Hwee Hua might not, after all, cross over to Aljunied GRC. Yesterday, Mrs Lim gave the strongest hint yet that her
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      New PAP face steps in for an injured Minister
      245 4  -  CHRISTIE LOH JUST days after he was revealed as a new election candidate for the People's Action Party (PAP), lawyer Michael Palmer, 37, addressed residents as a grassroots leader. At a baby show held at Pasir Ris Elias Community Club, Mr
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      Lock icon Ex-MP's son looks set to follow in father's footsteps
      179 4 938LIVE, CHANNEL NEWSASIA ANOTHER possible new PAP candidate was spotted at Tampines GRC yesterday lawyer Ahmad Nizam Abbas, 39. The son of former MP of Pasir Panjang Abbas Abu Amin, he has been understudying retiring MP for Tampines GRC Yatiman Yusof.
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    • Article
      Feel you deserve a higher payout?
      532 6  -  LINYANQIN Appeal to CPF and get reply within a month ya nqinl@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPOREANS who feel their situation warrants a higher Progress Package payout can appeal by writing in to the Central Provident Fund Board. The Finance Ministry says response to the appeals will take
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      Easel-ly done, with heart and creativity
      435 8  -  TEOXUANWEI SP Care's student creations have helped hundreds of disabled and elderly persons xua nweit@newstoday.com.sg FOR 14 years, mouth-artist Johnny Ang had to rely on his maid to help him shift the canvas whenever he painted. The 66-year-old paralysed from the neck down after
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    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
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        Lock icon GEORGE YEO TO VISIT INDONESIA
        82 8 938LIVE Minister for Foreign Affairs George Yeo will visit Meulaboh and Jakarta in Indonesia from today until Wednesday. In Meulaboh, he will be the guest-of-honour at a handover ceremony for a pier, built as part of Singapore's reconstruction assistance package to the tsunami-affected region of
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        INTER-FAITH HIGH TEA
        77 8  -  UNYANQIN Senior leaders of the 10 major religious faiths in Singapore gathered for high tea yesterday, as the Inter-religious Organisation (Singapore) spoke in support of the Community Engagement Programme introduced by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to foster closer ties between different races and religions. The organisation,
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    • Article
      Got any questions, class? SMS now
      277 8  -  CHEOWXINYI STUDENTS who hold SMS conversations on their mobile phones in the middle of classes may be the bane of most lecturers. But what used to be a rival for attention is now being put to good use with lecturers getting students to message
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      URBAN LEGEND
      93 8 A new use was found for the Benjamin Sheares Bridge abseiling when the Singapore Sports CounciPs (SSC) first Adventure Race in an urban setting was held over the weekend. Nearly 400 participants in about 120 teams demonstrated their prowess at several Singapore landmarks, which also included the Sentosa
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  • world news
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      Lock icon Ugly cartoon twist to Aussie-Indonesia ties
      304 10 —AGENCIES Bilateral relations going through'difficult patch', says John Howard SYDNEY Australia's relationship with Indonesia was going through a "difficult patch", said Prime Minister John Howard yesterday as relations took a turn for the worse after an Australian newspaper published a cartoon lampooning Indonesia's leader.
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      Lock icon French students call for more protests
      247 10 —AFP PARIS French students yesterday called for a rolling nationwide strike starting with a mass protest tomorrow against a new labour deregulation law that the government has effectively given up on. After a national coordination meeting at Villeneuved'Ascq in northern France, high school and
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      Lock icon Iran tests high-speed underwater missile
      264 10 —AFP TEHRAN Iran yesterday successfully test-fired a new high-speed underwater missile capable of destroying huge warships and submarines, a top military commander announced. "Today we have successfully test-fired a highspeed underwater missile with a speed of 100 m a second, which is able to overcome
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      Lock icon A SOCIAL BACKLASH IN ISRAEL
      901 12  -  EMANUEL SHAHAF The agenda turns from military to civil as post-poll coalition talks begin IN JERUSALEM JERUSALEM The votes have been counted, the dust settled and talks on forming a new Israeli government started yesterday. As so often before, voters wanted results but consequences are
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        Lock icon SECURITY TIGHTENED IN JAKARTA, BALI AFTER US, AUSSIE WARNING
        63 12 AFP Indonesian police has tightened security in Jakarta and Bali amid warnings from the United States and Australia of possible terrorist attacks this weekend. An updated Australian travel advisory issued urged its citizens against travelling to Indonesia "due to the very
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        PAKISTAN TO REBUILD CITY RAZED BY EARTHQUAKE LAST YEAR
        78 12 Pakistan is to rebuild the city of Balakot in a completely new location after it was razed by last year's Kashmir earthquake. The city will be rebuilt in a safer location to modern design standards. No site has been identified yet,
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        Lock icon DRIVE AGAINST ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS SPARK PROTEST IN US TOWN
        78 12 -AFP Thousands of demonstrators rallied in the conservative California town of Costa Mesa and in New York on Saturday to protest plans for a US legislative crackdown on illegal immigrants Costa Mesa is the first US city to allow police to
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        Lock icon RICE, STRAW IN SURPRISE IRAQ VISIT
        72 12 -AFP US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her British counterpart Jack Straw made a surprise visit to Iraq yesterday carrying a sharp message of impatience with delays in the formation of a new government. They flew in secretly under tight security from Britain
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        Lock icon INDIA TO VACCINATE 1M CHILDREN
        55 12 ■AFP About a million children in India will be inoculated to prevent another endemic of Japanese encephalitis in the sprawling state of Uttar Pradesh. The vaccination drive will begin within 10 days. Over 5,800 encephalitis cases were reported last year in the state alone, which
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    • this quirky world
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        ATTRACTIVE VICTIM HELPS NAB ENAMOURED THIEF
        71 14 A thief in the Chinese city of Changchun stole a woman's handbag but as he made his getaway, he glanced at his victim and found her attractive. He decided to call her, using her stolen mobile phone, but as they chatted, she contacted the
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        HELP! HUBBY HOOKED ON PORN
        73 14 A frustrated 44-year-old German housewife called police because her husband would not stop watching porn movies, ananova.com reported. She called the police hotline and said in a weepy voice that there was an emergency. Officers arrived at the scene to find her pacing inside the
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      Lock icon Britain plans mass graves in case of bird flu
      225 14 -AFP LONDON Britain is considering mass human burials should a bird flu pandemic break out, The Sunday Times reported. A "prudent" worst-case assessment suggested 320,000 people could die in Britain if the HSNI virus mutated into a form contagious to humans,
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      Lock icon Blair under pressure
      369 14 AGENCIES Serious Blair-Brown rift over succession: British press reports LONDON An increasinglybitter dispute is developing between British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his Chancellor of Exchequer and heir presumptive, Mr Gordon Brown, over the handling of the Labour leadership succession, as a poll showed nearly half of
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  • Voices
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      ICT timing hinders postgrad students
      204 16  -  SHAUN HO PAN-WEI Letter from THE aim to have a 50:50 local to foreign postgraduate student ratio as with many acclaimed research institutions worldwide is important if we are to stay competitive in Asia. As a practice, undergraduates pursuing degree programmes in local universities have
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      Risks of alternative childcare arrangements
      105 16  -  LAW SIN LING Letter from I READ with disbelief the report, "HFMD cases prompt childcare centres to make alternative arrangements" (March 31). The point of closing a school or a childcare centre is to break the chain of transmission by isolating each child in his
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      isay A DEGREE TOO FAR TO ALTER COURSE?
      577 16  -  CATHARINA LAPORTE I MET a woman on a ferry one weekend. While she cuddled her small daughter, we exchanged small talk of the "where are you from? what do you do?" kind. I was surprised to discover that she harboured an intense
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      Place past examination papers online, JCs
      158 16  -  COLIN ONGTAUSHIEN Letter from I HAVE observed that the sale of school examination papers has a new target group students of junior colleges OCs). The most recent hot subject is the General Paper. A set of last year's preliminary examination papers from the various
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      Illusions next door
      255 18  -  LAI YEW CHAN Blissful HDB neighbours are either elusive or transient Letter from I REFER to the commentary by a private apartment resident, "What price a friendly face next door?" (March 30). Once in a while, it is nice to hear stories about neighbourly bliss. But to
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      $685m for $250m contract doesn't add up
      197 18  -  DENIS DISTANT Letter from I REFER to the report, "SembCorp to pay Allseas $685m to settle Solitaire case" (April 1). It is mind-boggling when the $685 million settlement amount is compared with the $250 million original value of the contract with SembCorp to
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      Set up new body to facilitate F1 in S'pore
      202 18  -  CHENG KHIM SENG Letter from I REFER to the letter, "Grab the Fl chance before it zooms away" from Jessica Ng (March 31). I share Ms Ng's view that it seems like no one is taking the lead to co-ordinate with
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      A child will act as he's been taught
      372 20  -  YEAP LENG Letter from I REFER to the letter, "Overprotection breeds paranoia" (March 14). A child who was about 10 years old boarded a crowded train one day. He looked around with a calculated look and started to cry. A kind mid-dle-aged
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      Lock icon The friendly face of TODAY
      910 20  -  TEOXUANWEI Here's your free newspaper... and a warm smile to go with it in the crowd! DEWI LEE 50, Today distributor xuanweit@newstoday.com.sg BEING personable and friendly has never been a problem for Dewi Lee, who has waited on tables, kept hotel guests happy and dealt
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    • Article
      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      222 22  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY I FATHERLESSNESS Boys without dads it can break your heart. I once heard of a man named Brad, who was waiting for a table at a neighbourhood restaurant when he felt something tugging on his pants leg. He looked down and was
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    • Putting candidates to the real tests
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        Forums good way to let public scrutinise politicians
        197 22  -  BORIS CHAN Letter from I REFER to the letter, "Introduction of new candidates help public make decision" (April 1). I would like to remind Mr Khoo Lih-Han that the Workers' Party called on the People's Action Party (PAP) to publish its manifesto
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        GRC phenomenon: People really voting for ministers
        194 22  -  SIMON LEE TECKPOR Letter from NINE new PAP faces have been introduced so far. If history repeats itself, these new faces are most likely to be part of Group Representation Constituency teams led by prominent ministers. As the PAP says, these new-blood candidates
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        Upgrading is great, and lifts on every floor help elderly
        116 22  -  ACE KINDRED CHEONG Letter from I WOULD like to thank our Government for the Housing Development Board upgrading work in Telok Blangah Heights. I am very appreciative as my block is very old, about 25 years or so. I'd also
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    • To go green, we think green
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        Save paper, make Progress
        132 22  -  NGCHEUKHUNG Letter from I AM glad to have received notification of the Progress Package. My family received four envelopes: for me, my wife and two daughters. Each contains two cover letters and a four-A4 page pamphlet in English, Chinese, Malay and Tamil. Fine, except there is
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        Chopsticks come from trees
        126 22  -  JEFFREY LOW Letter from I REFER to Ms Goh Boon Choo's commentary, "Time to go green at the dining table" (March 31). I agree Singaporeans have a "throw away" mentality that holds no consideration for the environment Do people even associate the two pieces of wood
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        'I' not apple of world's eye
        88 22  -  TAN CHEKWEE Letter from ECOLOGICAL awareness has to come from a change in our mindset that the world revolves around "I". From the day a child is conceived, it is excessively pampered by parents, grandparents, maid and teachers. How could he or she learn
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      88 18 CATHERINE LIM AMUSES MUSES 'ny own precious darling Stayers are loyal Singaporeans Hy true love I now declare But not those who up and quit please say ihose ihree words Quitters who seek new pastures Thai will make me walk on air/* Have made an unworthy exit. she was bored
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  • Businesstoday
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      Lock icon Oil prices poised to revisit highs
      490 24 -AP Top threat to supply is Iran, demand pressures continue from US, China and India OIL prices appear headed back towards the record high of U5570.85 a barrel reached in August last year, when Hurricane Katrina battered the Gulf of Mexico even as tensions
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    • marketwatch
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        Lock icon Singapore
        156 24 -AFP SHARES are expected to trade with an upward bias this week after the key ST Index touched a six-year high last week, dealers said. "Investors are not just looking at the casino resort development but at the broad property market," a dealer at a local brokerage said. The
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        Your S$1 buys
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        Lock icon Commodities
        29 24 Dow Jones Bloomberg SGX, Gold US$/oz 583.50 Silver US$/oz 11.51 Platinum US$/oz 1,070.40 Rubber cents/kg 350.00 Palm oil RM/tonne 1/432.00 Brent crude US$/barrel 65.91 Information provided by and
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      674 25 -DOWJONES Surge in prices of global commodities maybe linked to Asian savers less willing to finance US debt NEW YORK Judging by the big moves in the global financial and commodity markets last week, it would be easy to conclude that a serious fear of
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      222 26 —AGENCIES S'pore lender to offer wide range of services there, from wholesale banking and trade finance to private banking DBS Bank has been given a licence by the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) to operate at the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) and plans to open
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      152 26 DOW JONES WATER treatment company Hyflux said on Saturday that it had bought a 51-per-cent stake in CEPAration BV of the Netherlands for 1.5 million ($2.9 million). The deal involves CEPAration granting an exclusive licence to Hyflux to manufacture its ceramic hollow-fibre membranes
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      343 27 -AGENCIES SYDNEY A landmark gas contract with a Chinese company may cost Australia's biggest natural resources project about As2o billion ($23 billion) due to contractual terms that fail to account for the increase in crude oil prices to
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      243 27 -AFP Move creates world's 2nd largesttelecoms network firm after Cisco PAEIS French telecoms technology provider Alcatel and United States equipment firm Lucent Technologies yesterday announced a merger agreement, creating a US$33-billion ($53-billion) giant in global telecommunications. "Alcatel and Lucent Technologies announced the signature of a
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      662 28  -  JOHN BITTLESTOIM SUCCEEDwith bittleston@btinternet.com That's how you can move forward in your career HOW many different jobs will you do in your lifetime? You don't know but the chances are that there will be many. Some will be rather like the others, some will be totally
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      301 28  -  UNYANQIN WITH the ever-growing demand for professionals in financial planning, a new diploma in wealth management offered by the Centre of Professional Studies (CPS) is aiming to meet that need. "The industry, be it insurance or banking, is just scrambling for people," said
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      722 29  -  LOHCHEEKONG NTU's new dean for Humanities and Social Sciences is all geared up to establish the faculty in the academic arena cheekong@newstoday.com.sg NEXT to its 20-year-old counterpart, it may look like a fledgling school. Slowly but surely, however, the Nanyang Technological University's two-year-old School
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      178 29  -  TEOXUANWEI OUTSTANDING Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (Nafa) students will soon be able to take advanced placement classes in Nanyang Technological University (NTU) before embarking on an accelerated degree programme when they graduate. They will be the first diploma students who
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      745 30  -  EUSACHIA PLUS readers fall for Alan Smithee spoof elisa@newstoday.com.sg IT WAS to be a historic project for Singapore and a dream come true for many. Today columnist Neil Humphreys broke the exclusive news in Today's Weekend edition (April 1-2) that the makers of 21st
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      358 32  -  JULIANA JUNE RASUL The young, old and pregnant- 2,ooocame to see Indonesian star Julia nar@newstoday.com.sg MENTION the name Ari Wibowo to people on the street and you may invite some puzzled looks. Ari who? But those who made up the 2,000-strong crowd outside Plaza Singapura yesterday afternoon
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      243 32  -  —AMELYNN LIONG PLAYING the role of a cop in MediaCorp TV Channel B's suspense drama series Undisclosed is perhaps a natural calling for Huang Biren. While viewers associate the award-winning actress with teary characters, few would know that she was once an athlete in her
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      288 32  -  Lorraine Lim THEATREREVIEW ae awereby Cstmsn THERE is more than meets the eye in The Theatre Practice's latest show, Catman. The play is staged as part of the company's Poor Theatre Series. Began in 2003, the series has gained a reputation for imaginative
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        78 33 seen here with guest artiste Zhen Xiu Zhen returned to the Singapore Indoor Stadium on Saturday with a three-hour long concert. Besides his signature Chinese golden oldies, Fei also sang a Cantonese song. The Wind Continues to Blow. The song was popularised by the late Hong
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          63 33 The second season of Singapore Idol will premiere on May 21 at Bpm MediaCorp TV Channel 5. Join 3,600 aspiring singers in their quest to be the next Singapore Idol and find out what the four judges Dick Lee, Florence Lian, Jacintha Abisheganaden and
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          123 33 Real-estate mogul and television's larg-er-than-life boss Donald Trump will turn to fans of The Apprentice for advice when he decides on whom to hire between the final two contestants. In the fifth season's finale, which is expected to air in June, viewers in the United
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        383 33  -  ASHRAFSAFDAR When small is good to play in... ashraf@newstoday.com.sg BIG is good but small is better. So said Natalie Hennedige as she spoke about the flexibility of small theatre spaces and black box-style layouts, which have no permanent stage or seating area. Hennedige will direct Queen
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          788 34  -  LAUREEN TOH Table 108 boasts awesome ambience and an exquisite cocktail menu to boot la ureent@newstoday.com.sg NOW that Table 108 has settled into the groove of serving up food tagged "The Very Best of Asia", the motley crowd I saw when I first walked past the
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          201 36  -  LEE HUI SHAN Look out for an exciting new dining establishment at the Swissotel The Stamford Cafe Swiss on level 2 this Thursday. Drawing creativity and inspiration from his Swiss origins. Chef Otto Weibel, director of kitchens, will surely enchant you with his culinary ingenuity.
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      438 33 Tafy: 11.00am, 5.00, 9.00 pm LUST FOR FREEDOM ATffiSJt English Dialogue With Chin I Subtitles R2l Toy: 11.00am, 1.00,3.00, 5.00,7.00, 9.00pm I HARD BOUNTY JxUfeffl/v English Dialogue With Chin Subtitles R2l Tdy- 3.00pm SCHOOLTEACHER iC&M Japanese With Eng/Chin Subtitles R(A) Tdy. 11.30am, 1.00, 5.30,7.00pm BOSO BEfetttte, Tagalog With Eng/Chin Subtitles
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      22 34 ■nil tP j M^^^w m f* T t^^^^^^^^ti"'^ C P E swiss Swiss6tel The Stamford, Level 2, 2 Stamford Road, Singapore *****2
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      9 34 The Concourse, 298 Beach Road 81-03/08 Tei 6292 3833
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      49 34 House Of Thai Restaurant f 13, Purvis St Te1:6333 1198 I I Daily business hours:ll.3oam-3pm/6pm-10.30pm J "7 Chilli Black pepper Curry Crab Recommended Specialities Fish Prawn Cake $2.soeach Pineapple Olive Rice $8 Mango Salad $8 Red /Green Curiy Beef $8 Butter Cereal Prawns $10 Steamed Prawns with Garlic $12
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      116 35 Buffet Lunch Dinner f4) From 1 March 2006 Tease yourtastebuds with Thai delicacies like Olak Otak, Beef Salad, Seafood Tom Yam Soup, Prawns in Pineapple Curry, Baked Salmon with Herbs, Fried Fish with Lime Chilli, Pork Chop with Green Peppercorn, Stirfried Chicken with Basil Leaves and Baby Squid with Black
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      1391 37 IT] [fl!l ■VW^VMT^HI EYE OFTHE BEHOLDER SOYOUTHINKYOU CAN DANCE LIZZIE MCGUIRE L\ WITH SERENA YANG Channel 5,B P m The Longest Yard j 1 0 J Body Modification ■In this week's Kids Central, 4.30pm -sr=j BA9 Arts Central, 9pm episode, catch Bitter about being stuck K^l &EnaH l~', PO. I
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      128 38 uMJt -"I I CHALLENGE Several readers have asked about the authenticity of some of the examples used in the "Poor English" section. I assure you they are all genuine, and we're keen to get more. Please send us the most compelling example of poor English you have heard spoken by
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      168 38 TRAVEL/TOURS Air ticketing TRAVEL/TOURS Air ticketing NES(Mi».2_H Hong Kong frs2ls Madras frs4ss Malaysia frsloB Kaoßsiung7Taipei frs36o SILKAIR China frs33B I Seoul frss3o m.2m,!mtetmwM Colombo/Male frs34B USA frSB5O IndojwjAWa™ frftß A^y, fr s39B ROYALBRUNEI(Min.2na«| S™ o r dla/Ihailand£J SS India frs4lB-d KotaKinabalu frsi>2o 82KL Jg« Japan/Korea frMtt Manila frs32o nmoAiBWAW Eml»
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      531 38 YOURHOROSCOPetODAY by Eugenia Last ARIES (Mar 21 -Apr 19) LIBRA (Sept 23 Oct 22) HTalk about your plans and keep everyone in The more You i u9Qle. the better you will do. the loop who can contribute to what you are tj^ You will have a good idea what will
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      145 38 HELPLINE EMERGENCY LINES City Gas (to report gas supply 1800-752-1800 interruption, low pressure and leakage) Civil Defence 995 (Fire and Emergency Ambulance) Non-emergency ambulance 1777 Police 999 Police hotline 1800-255-0000 SPPowerGrid 1800-778-8888/ (to report power failure) 6778-8888 Traffic Police 6547-1818 Water Supply 1800-284-6600 HELPLINES —GENERAL Samaritans of Singapore 1800-221-4444 Society
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      512 39 AP James outscores Wade in clash reminiscent of the Byrd-Johnson duels NBA Cleveland 106 Miami 99 CLEVELAND Leßron James and Dwyane Wade even impressed each other. The two young stars put on a show of dazzling dunks, drives and playoff-calibre hustle that awed fans, their team-mates
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      205 39  -  ATHLETICS —AFP World Cross Country C'ships FUKUOKA Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele completed an historic double win by winning the men's 12km race at the World Cross Country Championships yesterday and then announced he is giving up the event The 23-year-old Bekele, the winner of the 4km
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        591 40 —AFP Aussie Hall of Famer cards 65 to pip overnight leader Ochoa and clinch crown, one shot ahead of precocious teenager Wie RANCHO MIRAGE, California Australian Karrie Webb beat Lorena Ochoa with a birdie at the first playoff hole yesterday (this morning, Singapore time) to
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        391 40 BLOOMBERG GOLF Bellsouth Classic DULUTH, Georgiaa Phil Mickelson prepared for the Masters Tournament with a 13-stroke win at the Bellsouth Classic yesterday (this morning, Singapore time), the thirdlargest margin of victory on the PGA Tour in the past 50 years. Mickelson,
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        282 40 —AFP BASEBALL White Sox v Braves LOS ANGELES The Chicago White Sox's first World Series title in 88 years has only whetted their appetite and they don't want to wait for more. Their quest for a second straight Major League Baseball crown begins today (Singapore time)
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      734 41 —AGENCIES Spaniard wins crash-filled Melbourne race and extends drivers' championship lead FORMULA 1 Australian Grand Prix MELBOURNE In an incident-packed Australian Grand Prix that forced several cars out of the race, Renault's world champion Fernando Alonso kept his cool to win in dominating fashion here yesterday. The
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      589 42  -  CUBBY LEONG SDSC team join league with an eye on world event cubby@newstoday.com.sg THERE were 12 new teams when the second National Bowling League kicked off at the Victor's Superbowl yesterday afternoon. One team, in particular, stood out The 18-member squad from the Singapore Disability
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      442 42  -  CUBBYLEONG IGHT IN THE local triathlon scene, everyone regards Victoria Cambell as an indomitable force. Having competed in about 24 events in Singapore and Malaysia since 2003, the Briton has won the lot and lost only two. But Cambell harbours an as- piration
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      542 43  -  PRIMERAUGA -AGENCIES Ronaldo's superb solo effort gives Real share of spoils Barcelona 1 Real Madrid 1 BARCELONA Real Madrid overcame the sending off of Roberto Carlos to frustrate bitter rivals Barcelona and secure a share of the spoils in the Spanish League's most famous grudge match on Saturday
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        152 43 MANCHESTER City striker Darius Vassell insists he is ready for an England recall and prepared to put off essential surgery to go to the World Cup. The 25-year-old has six goals in 22 England appearances, but his last match for Sven-Goran Eriksson's
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        BLATTER HOPEFUL OF ASIAN SHOWING
        94 43 FIFA president Sepp Blatter believes this year's World Cup Finals can give Asian teams another chance to show how far they have progressed. At the 2002 World Cup, co-hosts South Korea reached the semi-finals. "The 2006 World Cup will show us just what has happened
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        127 43 UNIFORMED British police officers will have full powers of arrest during the World Cup. As Germany announced plans yesterday to transform the country into a virtual fortress during the tournament this summer, officials revealed that the 100 visiting British officers had been granted unprecedented powers
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        119 43 ARGENTINA cannot rely on young star forward Lionel Messi to inspire them to World Cup glory as Diego Maradona did in 1986. That is the view of Argentinian Football Federation president Julio Grondona who tried on Saturday to deflect mounting pressure from the Barcelona striker. "We cannot
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      999 44  -  LI ZAI SHI Balestier handler boosts image of local coaches sports@newstoday.com.sg BEING a football coach in Singapore is hardly a position of envy. Looking into the world of the S-League, they have to contend with foreign coaches being almost always the first choice of club chairmen.
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      458 44 THIS Thursday, Today will introduce a new column where you, the fans, can pose the questions you have always wanted to ask your favourite S-League footballer. To kick things off, the first One-on-One will be with Singapore and Geylang United goalkeeper Hassan Sunny. While he seems destined to
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      393 45  -  CUBBYLEONG NTUC INCOME YEO'S S-LEAGUE Young Lions 1 Gombak United 0 cubby@newstoday.com.sg DESPITE missing the likes of Baihakki Khaizan, Qui Li and Tengku Mushadad, the Young Lions stood strong against a physical Gombak United side as Fandi Ahmad's side carved out a 1-0 victory
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      583 46 -AFP Arsenal showdown key to catching Chelsea, says United manager Ferguson ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Bolton 1 Man United 2 BOLTON Alex Ferguson believes a meeting with on-form Arsenal this Sunday will determine whether Manchester United can really turn the screw on Chelsea in a Premiership title run-in
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      Lock icon Top-flight players bet on Premiership games: Cascarino
      247 46 ■AFP LONDON Former Republic of Ireland striker Tony Cascarino (picture) claimed yesterday that betting on football matches is rife among Premiership players. Cascarino, 43, has alleged that while players do not risk gambling on games they are personally involved in, they pass on
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      319 47 —AFP Manager confident Chelsea will still be champions BIRMINGHAM Jose Mourinho defiantly insisted that Chelsea will not crack in the face of Manchester United's late charge in a Premiership title race that could yet end in a photo finish. With Chelsea held to a goalless draw
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      160 47 -AFP LONDON Teddy Sheringham was denied a goal on his 40th birthday as West Ham and Charlton fought out a goalless Premiership draw at Upton Park here last night (this morning, Singapore time). West Ham striker Sheringham, who had in typical fashion found space
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