The Straits Times, 30 March 2003

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    26 1 The Sunday Times PACIFIC AREA NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR MihtTT^nr2()()3 74 Pages m four parts mita (P) 032/03/2003 ttfP A Singapore Press Holdings publication OO cents
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    Lock icon Sars: Search on for taxi driver
    703 1  -  SALMA KH ALIk By UK VI TH CORRESPONDEN I Health ministry still seeking cabby who took sick woman from airport to SGH; cab firms to offer him financial assistance LOTS OF TAXIS, NO TAKERS JITTERS have hit commuters as they shun taxis like the
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    Lock icon Iraq: Suicide bomber attacks will be routine
    593 1  -  IRENE HOE By VSSISTAM IDITOK AS BRITAIN brought home the first of its war dead yesterday and Baghdad residents counted theirs afresh, four United States soldiers were blown up by a suicide bomber at a checkpoint near Najaf, m central Iraq. A taxi
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      140 1 1 m Baghdad, with loud explosions heard on the 3.40 pm: A suicide Saturday, March 29 bomber kills four American HHH||B^ BH|HHHaHB soldiers m an attack near Najaf. 8 pm: Baghdad comes 6.45 am: Singapore un der more heavy time: An Iraqi missile hits bombardment from coalition Kuwait City. forces.
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  • SARS OUTBREAK
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      Lock icon Cabby may be lying low for tear of losing his livelihood
      518 2  -  NATALIE SOH Bu >/fi(/LEEHUICHIEH Drivers say cab firms should encourage him to come forward by promising to waive his rent if he has to be quarantined BODY RACKED BY PAIN 7 couldn V even sit up m bed without
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      Lock icon Coping with the Sars outbreak
      85 2 AS SINGAPORE is gripped by the severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars) outbreak, patients await their turn to be screened for the disease outside Tail Tock Seng Hospital's accident and emergency department. Makeshift tents have been set up here, as the hospital has shut its doors
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    • SINGAPORE UPDATE
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        Lock icon SAFETY MEASURES FOR CHURCH SERVICES
        171 2 THE Catholic Church here is changing some of its long-established practices because of the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars). From yesterday, Catholics here are no longer being given the choice of receiving Holy Communion on the tongue. The consecrated wafer will be placed
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        Lock icon BUSINESSES' PROFITS WILL BE HIT BY OUTBREAK
        242 2 BUSINESSES will end up bearing at least some of the costs of the outbreak of Sars as employees are quarantined or sent home. But Mr Stephen Lee, chairman of the Singapore Business Federation, said that was preferable to allowing the disease to spread
        Rebecca Lee  -  242 words
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        Lock icon GUIDELINES FOR DOCTORS SEEING POSSIBLE SUFFERERS
        189 2 NO GENERAL practitioners have been infected with Sars m the course of their work, but the College of Family Physicians is taking no chances. It has issued a four-page set of guidelines to GPs and their staff on treating patients who may have Sars.
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        Lock icon FEW ASKING FOR HELP WITH CHILDCARE ARRANGEMENTS
        142 2 ONLY 87 parents have asked for help with alternative childcare arrangements, said the Ministry of Community Development and Sports. "Given that around 50,000 children are registered with childcare centres, the fact that only 87 parents have called to ask for help on alternative
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      Lock icon Nurse battled deadly bug for two weeks and won
      693 2  - Nurse battled deadly bug for two weeks and won TRACY QUEK *L AT THE end of her night shift at Tan Tock Seng Hospital on March 11, nurse Katherine Javier, 21, popped a thermometer into her mouth and discovered that her temperature was a scorching 40.6 deg C. She had
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      Lock icon A TALE OF 2 EATERIES
      53 3 DISEASE outbreak notwithstandipg, the food court .it Takasliinui\a,ruj;lit was packed with custoinears yesterday. But at the Novella Square food court tar right), which is near Tan Tock Seng Hospital wliere severe acute respiratory syndrome patients have been warded, rows of empty tables lined the eatery.
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      Lock icon This family has gone into selfquarantine
      485 3  -  CHANG AI-LIEN Doctor and her three kids not under home quarantine orders, but have not left their house for close to a week to play it safe DR PEARLIE Teo has not left home for close to a week, and neither have her three
      BONG FORTIN; ERNEST GOH  -  485 words
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      Lock icon Taiwan takes steps to contain outbreak
      350 3  -  LAWRENCE CHUNG Br/1 l UK STRAITS TIMES I \IU Bl"KK \l TAIPEI Taiwan has tightened measures to prevent an epidemic spread of the severe acute respirator)' syndrome (Sars) after 12 people were confirmed to have contracted the deadly disease. As of yesterday, 44 people
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    • WORLD UPDATE
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        Lock icon VIRUS COULD BE AIRBORNE
        97 3 HONGKONG As the number of cases m Hongkong grows, a health official has said the infection could be transmitted by air. "We ye never ruled out the possibility that the disease might be airborne," said Director of Health Margaret Chan. An airborne virus will spread quicker
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        Lock icon ROLLING STONES CANCELS CHINA CONCERTS
        81 3 BEIJING The Rolling Stones cancelled upcoming concerts m China because of concern about Sars. The Rolling Stones, who had planned to play m Shanghai on April 1 and m Beijing on April 4, already cancelled Hongkong concerts scheduled for yesterday and today because of the
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        Lock icon NO MALAYSIAN INFECTED, SAYS KL
        82 3 KUAIA LUMPUR As hospitals m Johor geared up for the possibility of a spillover of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) cases from Singapore, the Health Ministry said none of the 52 Malaysians who had been m Hongkong recently appeared to have been infected. Its director-general,
        New Straits Times  -  82 words
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        Lock icon FILIPINO MAID QUARANTINED
        65 3 MANII.A A Filipino domestic helper recently returned from Singapore has been quarantined to make sure she does not have Sars, the Health Secretary said yesterday. The unnamed 41-year-old woman has flu-like symptoms and will be held m a government hospital for up to seven days to see
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      Lock icon At the front line of Sars war
      578 4 Hospital staff have been pulling out all the stops to battle an unknown enemy. HEALTH CORRESPONDENT SALMA KHALIK reports WHEN Miss Esther Mok checked into Tan Tock Seng Hospital on March 1, doctors did not realise she was the fuse of a medical
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      Lock icon ROUND THE CLOCK DISASTER OPS ROOM
      405 4 ON MARCH 14 TTSH's emergency operations room became a disaster ops room manned round the clock. It tracks patients from the time it is suspected they have Sars through to discharge. At a national level, a multi-min-isterial Sars task force was set up. Everything
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      Lock icon VOLUNTEERS SHRUG OFF RISK AND RUSH TO HELP
      707 4 HELP has poured m from other public hospitals. XX Women's and Children's Hospital set up a paediatric ward at TTSH last Sunday, when the first child patients were identified. It sent four doctors and 18 nurses to man it, and put another
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      Lock icon What it should have been
      46 4 IN OUR report "5.000 heavy-duty masks on the way for GPs" yesterday, the name of the Singapore Medical Association treasurer was misspelled as Dr Tan Pze Wee. The correct spelling is Dr Tan Sze Wee. We are sorry for the error.
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    • TRAVEL FEARS WORLDWIDE
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        Lock icon TAIWAN
        52 5 OFFICIALS distributed about 100,000 free surgical masks to travellers and employees at Chiang Kai-shek International Airport yesterday. The airport was also being cleaned. Passengers arriving m Taiwan are being asked to complete health forms that also require them to disclose the places they have visited m the jgaecmnnm two
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        59 5 THAI I AND may take the drastic measure of imposing a 12-hour quarantine on all air passengers arriving from countries severely affected by Sars, if the outbreaks m those places worsen, Health Ministry officials said on Friday night. Public Health Minister Sudarat Keyuraphan said the decision would be taken
        Nirmal Ghosh; Thailand Correspondent  -  59 words
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        103 5 HONGKONG is searching tor all passengers and crew who travelled on March 21 from Beijing to Hongkong on Air China Flight 111 and from Hongkong to Taipei on Cathay Pacific Flight 510. Four passengers from Taiwan who took the two flights developed symptoms of Sars during their stay m
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      Lock icon Passenger screening still lax
      656 5  -  KRIST BOO GINNIE TEO At The Airport By and SOME airlines at Changi Airport have started tighter screening for passengers who might have severe acute respiratory syndrome. There were signs yesterday that some airline staff were trying to follow World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines. But not
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  • IRAQ WAR THE BATTLE FRONT
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      648 6  -  MICHAEL HO ARE By America's Screaming Eagles and Iraqi Republican Guards fight m the south over key supply route to Baghdad THE might of America's crack 101 st Airborne Division, known as the Screaming Eagles, was pitched against the fanatic resistance of Iraqi Republican
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      Lock icon Rumsfeld accuses Syria and Iran of meddling
      236 6 Rumsfeld accuses Syria and Iran of meddling WASHINGTON Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has accused Syria and Iran of interfering with the American war effort m Iraq. He said Syria has been sending night-vision goggles and other military equipment to Iraqi forces while Iraniantrained militants have been slipping over the border,
      AP; AFP; New York Times  -  236 words
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      Lock icon THE BASRA PARADOX
      69 6 BIBLICAL transport m the form of a donkey set against a modern British battle vehicle points up the paradox that was the southern Iraqi city of Basra yesterday. Thousands of people gathered on both sides of the bridge crossing the Euphrates there. Some tried to leave the
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      Lock icon US forces strike building with 200 Baath members
      493 6 Covert teams move m on Iraqi leader's inner circle CAMP AS SAYLIYAH (Qatar) A building where some 200 members of Iraq's ruling Baath party were meeting m the southern city of Basra was hit by US forces on Friday, presumably killing all.
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      Lock icon US denies delaying push to Baghdad
      603 7  - U S denies delaying push to Baghdad DERWIN PEREIRA IMS CENTBAL COMM IM), DOIIA(QATtR) But analysts say logistics problems will force troops to pause while supplies of food, fuel and ammunition are topped up TIME FOR A BREATHER US Marines of the 15th Expeditionary Unit (above) pause for breath through
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      128 7 44 '"We have succeeded m making Saddam Hussein a hero. He is a symbol m the rest of the world for having stood up to Uncle Sam. We are not respected out there any more. We are feared and hated.' Former US ambassador to Iraq Edward L. Peck "What
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      Lock icon Bombed while shopping
      454 8 Bombed while shopping Charges fly after 62 kuledin Baghdad market BAGHDAD Injured children on hospital stretchers moaned m pain. Crowds of mourners wailed. Bloodstained slippers sat near a crater amia the rubble of bombed-out food shops. This was the aftermath of an airstrike m which a missile devastated a busy
      AP; AFP; Reuters  -  454 words
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      Lock icon Missile explodes outside mall in Kuwait
      450 8 Missile explodes outside mall in Kuwait KUWAIT CITY Coffee cups at an outlet of US chain Starbucks rattled and a store of Britain's Body Shop shook yesterday when an Iraqi missile exploded outside a popular seaside shopping mall here. The low-flying missile screamed across the Persian Gulf early yesterday morning,
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      Lock icon SOUNDBITES
      182 8 44 "Armies cannot keep moving forever without stopping from time to time to regroup, to ensure supplies are up." General Michael Jackson, British chief of general staff, on coalition forces halting the advance on Baghdad "Why do they make mistakes like these if they have the technology?"' Mr Abdel-Hadi
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      Lock icon Setbacks leave Americans undaunted
      824 10  - Setbacks leave Americans undaunted ROGER MITTON THE VIEW FROM WASHINGTON Ba SITEDSTATI S CORRESPONDENT In Washington, support for Bush remains high because residents are little touched by the battles m faraway Iraq WASHINGTON The week here started badly. And it never seemed to recover. After the early lightning strikes into
      JALEHA HASHIM; AFP; AP; REUTERS  -  824 words
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      Lock icon Eloquent talk from Blair, blunt talk from Bush
      472 10 DIFFERENT STROKES 'Because of the way it's reported, you've got this constant 24-hours-a-day media; it may seem to people that it's a lot longer than just under a week.. .And m just under a week, there is a massive amount that has
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      Lock icon Is war on track? Leaders seek to quell doubters
      622 10 But those on the front line tell of low supplies and fierce resistance WASHINGTON Amid murmuring that things are not going as well as they might, top US leaders have come out to say that their war plans to disarm Iraq
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      79 6 BAROMETER Alleged coalition bombing of Baghdad kills Iraqi civilians and injures 107 Car bomb kills 4 US soldiers at US checkpoint near Najaf of food, water and medicine arrives m Umm Qasr aboard the British naval ship Sir Galahad icT coffins draped m British flags carrying the first war casualties
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  • IRAQ WAR FACES FROM THE FRONTLINE
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      529 12  - THE SOLDIER'S SOLDIER SUMEKO TAN B« HE HAS a folksy, "aw shucks" air and blinks uncomfortably under the media spotlight. He addresses journalists as "mam" and "sir" and listens patiently to their questions. He doesn't give soundbites and has no qualms admitting he does not always have the answers to
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      Lock icon THE UNDIPLOMATIC DIPLOMAT
      517 12  - THE UNDIPLOMATIC DIPLOMAT CHEONG SUK-WAI *ZL HE HAS a booming voice, a tongue laced with vitriol and a telling lexicon of curses which he regularly rains upon the enemy. Since the start of the war 10 days ago, Information Minister Mohammed Said alSahaf has become the angry face of Iraq
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      Lock icon The other spokesmen
      123 12 LIEUTENANT-GENERAL JOHN ABIZAID, 51 General Tommy Franks' Number Two Gulf War veteran "He can actually pronounce the names of Iraqi towns." Columnist Donald Maclntyre, writing m the Seattle Post Intelligencer BRIGADIER-GENERAL VINCENT BROOKS, 44 Deputy director at US Central Command m Qatar First black man to become
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      Lock icon Iraq's lethal weapon: Mrs Anthrax
      457 12 THE appearance of a lone woman at the all-men meeting of President Saddam Hussein's most senior Baath party henchmen m an Iraqi television broadcast has sent chills down the spines of US intelligence experts. Seated next to Mr Saddam's son and heir-apparent Qusay, Dr Huda
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    • THE WAR ROOM
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        Lock icon UN frees funds for humanitarian aid
        90 12 UNITED NATIONS The Security Council has voted unanimously to free billions of dollars m Iraqi oil revenues to purchase food and medicine for Iraq's people, who face a possible humanitarian crisis m the war. After a week of acrimonious negotiations, the council approved a
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        Lock icon US airlifts troops for northern front
        106 12 US airlifts troops for northern front IRBIL (Iraq) US troops, tanks, helicopters and other heavy weapons were airlifted on Friday into the mountains of Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq, as an airfield secured by American paratroopers a day earlier became a possible launching point for the long-awaited northern front. A stream of
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        Lock icon KL uses tear gas on anti-war protesters
        94 12 KUALA LUMPUR Police used tear gas to break up an opposition-led rally, one of two anti-war protests here yesterday. A government-backed rally of about 5,000 people went offpeacefully. But an opposition-backed demonstration outside the Australian High Commission was dispersed by police who said
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        Lock icon US will lead post-war operations in Iraq
        106 12 NEW YORK The United States intends to be m the driver's seat when it comes to post-war operations m Iraq, said US Secretary of State Colin Powell. "We're the ones who are doing the fighting and the liberating with our friends m the
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  • CHINA
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      Lock icon 'I've lost more money than I've ever made'
      818 14 Unfazed by the failure of two ventures, the boss of a design firm is thriving now after 10 humbling years m Beijing BEIJING Mr Ho Khee Tong gets upset when he is asked by friends and strangers what opportunities there are m
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      Lock icon China lets Tibetan nun leave for US after 12-year detention
      387 14 China lets Tibetan nun leave for US after 12-year detention SHIFT IN POLICY? BEIJING China's longestserving female political prisoner, a Tibetan nun, has been allowed to leave for the United States. Human rights campaigners are interpreting the move as a change m policy by the Chinese government and a new
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      Lock icon 3 US magazines fail to seek Beijing's nod
      442 14 Crime and punishment BEIJING has denied giving Newsweek, Forbes and Harvard Business Review permission to enter the Chinese market. Those who breach publishing regulations face the following penalties: Fines; Confiscation of publications and related facilities; and Criminal penalties on the grounds of
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      Lock icon 21 people shot dead in bus ambush
      362 14 BEIJING The fatal shootings of 21 people, including at least 12 Chinese nationals, on a bus travelling between Kyrgyzstan and China and the subsequent torching of the bus are believed to be part of an armed robbery, Chinese officials said yesterday. 'The Kyrgyz
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    • ASIA FILE
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        Lock icon BANKER EXECUTED FOR $9M FRAUD
        48 14 A BANKER has been executed m south-west China for falsifying documents involving 43* million yuan (SS9-2 million). Chen Kin, dubbed "Chongqing's Most Corrupt" m the local press, was sentenced by the Chongqing Supreme People's Court, according to the China News Service yesterday. AFP
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        Lock icon 9 DIE IN SHAANXI FOREST INFERNO
        52 14 NINE people have been killed and a dozen injured while fighting a wind-whipped forest fire m northern China's Shaanxi province. Among the dead were the director of the Fuping county forestry bureau and a lead m» county Communist Party official, Xinhua news agency reported
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        Lock icon INDIA GETS TOUCH ON BHUTAN REBEL CAMPS
        48 14 INDIAN separatists have been issued with an ultimatum to vacate their camps within Bhutan by the end of June or face military action. Yesterday's ultimatum followed a visit to Bhutan on Thursday by India's National Security Adviser, Mr Braiesh Mishra. AFP
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        Lock icon SWISS PAEDOPHILES JAILED IN BOMBAY
        62 14 A SWISS man and a Swiss women were each sentenced to seven years' jail m Bombay yesterday after being convicted of kidnapping and sexually abusing street children. William Marti. 59, and Lily Marti, 56, of Steinhausen. Switzerland, were arrested m 2000 for taking nude photographs
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        Lock icon JAPAN'S ORIGINAL N-PUNT SHUT DOWN
        52 14 WORKERS shut down Japan's original "homegrown" nuclear power generator yeSr terday after a quarter-century of operation, according to officials. The plant had been operational since 197$ and it will take three decades before the spent nuclear fuel is fully removed and the reactor is completely
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      193 15 CAPTCYOU SHOULD rAU 1 0 know about SEVERE ACUTE C A DC RESPIRATORY SYNDROME OAIIO We know that you are concerned about the increasing number of SARS cases Singapore. Presently, the people who are infected are confined to the family, m Singapore, and wonder if you and your family could
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  • ASIA
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      65 17 Show of industrial strength PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong on a guided tour ot carmaker Toyota Motor's commemorative museum. He reiterated his optimism about Japan's industrial strength during his visit to Toyota's headquarters near Nagoya city yesterday. He was impressed with its line-up of environmentally friendly vehicles particularly the most
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      Lock icon Toyota's S'pore unit will be key link in global network
      415 17  - T oyota' s S' pore unit will be key link in global network KWAN WENG KIN Bu U'V\ OKRI sH()\l)K\ 1 "Singapore is to play a central role m the IMV project m Asean, particularly with respect to logistics," Dr Toyoda said at a lunch m honour of Mr Goh.
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      335 17 SEOUL North Korea's cash-strapped government said yesterday it will sell bonds to its people for the first time m its history amid signs that the communist state is adopting some capitalist reforms to kickstart its moribund economy. North Korea's rubberstamp legislature,
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      145 17 North Korea will not budge on nuclear crisis SEOUL North Korea yesterday declared it would make no concessions to end the ongoing nuclear crisis on the Korean peninsula and pledged instead to build up its defence and Fend off the kind of "miserable fate" that has befallen Iraq. The official
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      48 18 Tired from hawking their goods in Hanoi, three street vendors clutching their trays of trinkets rest for a while on the steps of a house. Thousands of women from the city's neighbouring provinces eke out a living selling clothes, plastic goods and other consumer items. AFP
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      557 18  -  MRMAL GHOSH By THAILAND CORRESPONDENT Sales are zooming and competition is hotting up as carmakers roll out new models at attractive prices BANGKOK The Thais are going the fashionable SUV (sports utility vehicles) way, and the big guns of the motor industry
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        56 18 THE Indonesian Forestry Ministry has urged the police and the military to take firm action against officers involved m the protected animal trade. "We have found out that police and military personnel are behind the rampant smuggling of protected animals," Biodiversity Director Adi Susmianto
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        75 18 CAMBODIAN police raided a notorious nrothel district yesterday and rescued at least 36 Vietnamese girls some as young as five years old who were forced into prostitution. At least 13 pimps and brothel-owners were arrested m the raid m Svay Pak, outside Phnom Penh. The
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        64 18 THAI Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said yesterday his country must boost trade ties with India and China to meet its economic growth target of 6 per cent for the year, amid fears about the impact of the Iraq war. "I have formed two teams to
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        28 18 THAILAND'S Culture Ministry will ban spa-ghetti-strap tops and not pants at next months Songkran celebrations, known for water fights. The Nation/Asia News Network
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      762 19  - Wayang kulit back on the stage in Kelantan LESLIE LAU By l\ M>TA BARt kKl A\T\\ Folk culture m the state is enjoying a revival as PAS eases restrictions to soften its image as an Islamist group THE dark clouds over Kelantan's folk arts are clearing finally, after more than
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      214 19 No go for poll posters in high places PUTRAJAYA Candidates tor the next general election have been warned off sticking posters on telephone poles and other such places. Most did not bother about their posters once the polls were over and the focal authorities had a tough clean-up job as
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      365 19 Counselling for family members of addicts KEPALA BATAS (Penang) Admitting that efforts to combat drugs over the past two decades have failed, the Acting Prime Minister has introduced a new approach involving special counselling for parents and close family members of drug
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        35 19 HOTELS m Malaysia are recruiting more local acts after the government decided last month to freeze permits for foreign bands, said Karyawan, the Malaysian Artistes Association. The Star/Asia NEWS Network
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        41 19 AN ILLEGAL video compact disc (VCD) line producing mainly pornographic VCDs was smashed when a team of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry enforcement officers raided a factory m Klang on Friday. The Star/ Asia News Network
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        52 19 THE Perak government plans to resume the country's first railway line from Taiping to Port Weld. which was constructed m 1885. Mentri Besar Mohamad Tajol Rosli Ghazali hoped the private sector would help rebuild the 12.8 km line to promote tourism. The Star Asia
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        55 19 A MAN m Ipoh gave chase m his car for several kilometres to rescue his niece who was kidnapped by four men from his sisters house. Police said on Friday the 30-year-old man caught up with the kidnappers' car when it stopped at a stall
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        35 19 THE Sabah Customs Department seized RM300,000 (*****,000 worth of contraband ranging from four-wheel-drive vehicles to cigarettes and liquor during raids over the past two weeks. The Star Asia News Network
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      748 21  - OUT:Antiques,shawls, handicrafts from around the world IN: Soccer jerseys, mobile phone accessories, HDB shop knick-knacks ARIJNA ARSHAD By Stadium Cove losing crowds as 'down-market' stalk move m THE crowds have disappeared from the funky Stadium Cove weekend market m Kallang. And so have most of the stallholders, especially the ones
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      563 22  -  WONG SHER MAINE H li Cookbook that features favourite recipes of various high-f liers is launched, with proceeds from sales going to charity THOSE who like food can now get a taste of what highfliers are eating m their own homes
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      229 22 PENNE WITH SMOKED TUNA From Speaker of Parliament Abdullah Tarmugi Ingredients: Penne pasta 4(X) g Boil until al dente, with some oil and salt m the water about eight minutes.) Tomatoes 2 medium-sized, roughly chopped Olive oil \r> ml Garlic 1 ninced 3 cloves Shallots (sliced thinly) 2
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      119 22 From Raffles International's president and chief operating officer. Ms Jennie Chua Ingredients: Butter— lso g Icing sugar 80 g Wheat flour— 2lo g Vanilla essence 5 ml Pistachio nuts (chopped) 40 g Method: 1. Soften the butter and mix well with icing sugar and vanilla. 2. Fold m
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      101 22 From Mrs Cedric Foo, a housewife who is married to the Minister of State for Defence Ingredients: Com oil 105 g Castor sugar 240 g Eggs (beaten) 100 g Banana (mashed) 150 g Plain flour 175 g Baking soda 3 g Method: 1. Sift flour, salt
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      760 24  -  WONG SHER MAINE Bu As more young graduates flock to the industry, they and others have to be creative to survive tougher competition AFTER sending out 50 resumes with no glimmer of a job offer, Miss Angeline Tan Swee Ling, 22, decided to start a
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      200 24 Bomb hoax: Man charged A SINGAPORE Airlines flight to Tokyo was delayed for close to three hours on Friday night after the police here got a cafl that there was a bomb on board. It turned out to be a hoax. Property agent Chia Tiang Xiang, 24, was yesterday charged
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      908 24  -  THERESA TAN Hi, TIPS TO TACKLE THE SCHOOL BULLY REFUSE to respond to the bully's words or actions. But don't just ignore the bullying either. Tell your parents or a teacher. Keep of what's happening. Underhand that much of what the bully say^§s
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        67 24 THIEVES smashed the front windows of two cars m Tampines last Friday morning to get at valuables inside. A $200 mobile phone was taken from a car parked at Block 31 m Tampines Central, and a handbag from another one at Block 827 on Tampines
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        99 24 A 38-YEAR-OLD laboratory technician allegedly threatened to throw his son out of the window of his eighth-storey flat. Akhtar Hussain Mohamad Ashraf was yesterday charged m a district court with criminal intimidation. He is accused of telling his wife, during an argument, that he
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        88 24 NARCOTICS officers seized 100 Ecstasy tablets worth $6,000 from two suspected drug traffickers last Thursday. An unemployed man. 50, and his female accomplice, a 46-year-old odd-job labourer, were nabbed as they were walking towards a car at Block 154, Simei St 2. The man
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      346 26 FAMILIES of addicts often do not realise that they are giving the wrong sort of "'help' to their loved ones, a conference heard yesterday. The chief executive officer of the Institute of Mental Health (IMH), Mr Leong Yew Meng, said that families of
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      380 26 OPPOSITION politician J.B. Jeyaretnam yesterday unveiled a new book giving what he describes as the "inside story" of the 1997 General Election and the ensuing legal action taken against him by Peoples Action Party (PAP) leaders. The book gives his version
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      486 26  -  THERESA TAN Bg Keen audience, many of them elderly men, get tips at public forum on keeping a marriage alive m old age MORE than 300 people, ranging from those m their 40s to an 86-year-old man, sought love tips yesterday at a public
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      559 26  -  SHAHIDA ARIFF B}L FOR Jurong West Secondary student Cindy Toh, the community involvement programme (CIP) m school used to be about sweeping corridors of flats or collecting money m tins. It was, m her words, *a little boring". But for the past few weeks,
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      97 27 THE Inter-religious Organisation IRO) held an evening of prayer lor world peace last night together with members of the Bishan-Toa Payoh North Inter-Racial Confidence Circle. Devotees from the IRO's nine religions also put on cultural performances for the estimated 300 people who came
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      460 27  - Comeback Kids may get chance for comeback. again ARLINA ARSHAD Bg Mendaki is looking into how it can help two of them who have stopped schooling; ITE will discuss study options with one teen TWO teenagers who dropped out of school might get a second chance to be Comeback Kids.
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      203 27 MENDAKI made two key changes to its Premature School Leavers programme last year, which have significantly improved its success rate. The changes: The volunteer betrienders monitor students every week for a year instead of just tour months, and the students' families are involved
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      42 21 'Some students clean up beaches until there's nothing left to clear, sing to old folks ad nauseam, and so on/ Mr* Tan Chee koon, executive director of National Volunteer Centre, on making voluntecrism a meaningful experience for students
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      596 28  -  REBECCA LEE DPM Lee says salary costs out of line m some firms because of seniority-based wages or generous benefits m the past SOME companies need to go beyond making at least 2 per cent of their workers' basicwages variable as their wage costs
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        69 28 TELECOMMUNICATIONS group Pacific Century Regional Developments has recorded a profit of $36.4 million for the year ended Dec 31. down 17 per cent from $43.6 million m 2001. Turnover slid 12 per cent to $5.01 billion, from $5.73 billion the year before. Earnings per share
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        85 28 HIGHER losses incurred by its bowling operations m Singapore has pushed cinema group Cathay Organisation further into the red. The company posted a loss of $3.3 million for the year ended Dec 31. 5 per cent more than the $3.1 million loss m 2001.
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        86 28 INSTANT cereal-mix maker Viz Branz has reported a profit of $3.1 million for the year ended Dec 31. up 4 per cent from $2.9 million m 2001. Turnover grew 7 per cent to $83.7 million, from $78.2 million the year before. Earnings per share, however,
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        69 28 LOWER finance costs and better margins helped engineering and property group Guthrie GTS almost treble its profit for the year ended Dec 31 to $9.5 million, from 53.3 million m 2001. Revenue, however, slipped 27 per cent to $132.3 million. Earnings per share was 1.4
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        75 28 HEALTH-CARE FIRM POSTS $2.3 M LOSS INTERNET-BASED healthcare services provider Ezyhealth Asia Pacific has reported a loss of $2.3 million for the year ended Dec 31. down 39 per cent from $3.7 million m 2001. Revenue grew 22 per cent to $10.6 million, from $8.7 million the year before. Loss
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      315 28 WASHINGTON Indonesia will receive a US$469 million (SsB32 million) loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), a reward for promising to sell state assets and Eursue measures to oost economic growth. The loan is part of a US$4.B billion aid package. Last December,
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      299 28 World's biggest airline in bankruptcy talks CHICAGO The world's largest airline, American Airlines, may file for bankruptcy protection this week. Sources told Reuters the Texas-based carrier had ramped up discussions for US$l.5 billion (552.6 billion) m debtor-in-possession financing and could file for bankruptcy protection as early as this week. Discussions
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      167 28 NEW YORK -United States stocks fell for a third day, the longest losing streak m six weeks, on concern that the Iraq war has slowed consumer spending. "People aren't willing to spend money... and that's hurting stocks," said Mr Forrest Armstrong, who helps oversee US$l.5 billion
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      934 29 Class-action suits in the US that ended with huge payouts Thousands ofAIA policyholders are now embroiled m a dispute with the insurance giant. LEONG CHAN TEIK examines the options before tlienu how non-AL\ policyholders are also affected and the multi-million-dollar legal fights over the same issue m the US and
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      1095 29 KEY TERMS Critical year: The year by which the premiums paid on a whole-life policy are sufficient to make the policy self-supporting until the policyholder is 100 years old. Vanishing premium: When the critical year is reached, your premium payable ends, or vanishes. Whole-life
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      442 29 SO YOU don't own any AIA policy but did you know that your life and endowment policies with whichever insurer is also likely to have a critical-year feature? All these policies grow over time m cash value arising from the premiums paid. There
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      Lock icon CLASS ACTION AGAINST SARS
      1812 29 CLASS ACTION AGAINST SARS Here was a killer disease whose cause was unknown, its exact method of transmission yet unascertained, and a cure nowhere m sight. To these worried parents, the issue was a no-brainer: close schools to prevent contact among kids over two incubation periods, which experts claimed were
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      1506 30 Shaping The World IT WAS an election year. The New York Times got hold of secret draft Pentagon report entitled "Defence Planning Guidance", and splashed it on the front page. The United States, the document stated, can and should prevent any nation or alliance from
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      Lock icon PRAGMATIC CONS VS IDEOLOGICAL NEO-CONS
      624 30 THE pragmatists had the upper hand m the first Bush presidency, m large part because of the 41st President's own instincts and convictions. When 43 re-appointed many of his father's people to high office Mr Cheney, Mr Powell and Dr Rice, among them it was
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      558 30 School's out officially 'People should not automatically assume that we can get it under control. If Singapore cannot get it under control, it is going to be very hard to get it under control anywhere else. What we have seen m Singapore... is appropriate action, given that you (cannot) totally
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        297 32 THE unexpected school shutdown on account of the Sars scare has exposed once again deficiencies m child-mind-ling arrangements. Many households have been scrambling to provide care for primary school children who will be home-bound for another full week. Working couples without maids but who have supportive in-laws and
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      150 32  -  *>• If Singapore supports the war as a way of resolving problems between countries, then it should also expect war to be waged on itself. Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad to reporters after tabling a motion m Parliament to condemn the war m Iraq <•%
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      Lock icon Keeping the love alive
      931 32  -  Tan Hsueh Yun I NEVER thought I'd say this, but maybe the Romancing Singapore campaign isn't such a cockamamie idea after all. It is easy to snicker at the cheesy theme song, trash the see-through this-is-not-another-"gahmen"-campaign tone of the whole affair, and lament that it's so
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      Lock icon Living with Sars in SAR
      935 32  -  Mary Kwang 'In Hongkong, Sars was treated with complacency, if not bravado, m the two weeks after the first few cases were reported on March 11/ HONGKONG In the global outbreak of the mysterious disease, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars), embattled Hongkong is fighting an
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      1271 33 Think SMALL to think BIG IN AX ingenious piece of science fiction cinema, Fantastic Voyage, circa 1966, Jan Benes, a Russian scientist with top secret information, defects to the West where an assassination attempt leaves him m a coma. A woman scientist and four male colleagues form a special submarine
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      1162 33 Still on target Goal 2010 The current FAS council PRESIDENT: Mah Bow Tan DEPUTY PRESIDENT: Ho Peng; Kee VICE-PRESIDENTS: Xgjui Ping Kua Hong Pak, Ibrahim Othmaii COUNCIL MEMBERS: H Palakrislinan, Chan Ket Teck, Patrick Ang, Jeffrey Beli. Lira KiaTong. John Yap. Jeanette Sim. S Krislmanioorthv, Kok Poh Tiong. Mohamed Mu/.aniinil
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        219 33  -  ONE death we can welcome m the Sars epidemic is that ofbureaucracv. Ministers showed the\ could move swiftly during an early press conference on the disease last week. Chairing the briefing. Health Minister Lim Hng Kiang [above announced that he was invoking the Infectious Diseases
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        151 33  -  WHILE we are on the subject of Sars. the epidemic has put the kibosh on the Singapore Arts Festival's press launch theme. The tagline for this year's arts festival is "Be bitten by the arts bug". The publicity flyers, featuring an alluring model with a bug-shaped
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        168 33  - War rations even for dogs ONE would imagine that Iraqi professor Mouayed Al-Windawi. an expert m Anglo-Iraqi relations, would be concerned about the the high politics of statecraft surrounding the current Iraqi conflict. Indeed, he is. But like ordinary Iraqis m Baghdad subjected to frequent bombing by US-led forces, he
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      328 29 pot ir 1 SHOTS P^» The "Oops" Troops h. A// that allied talk about a short and swift war has been just that talk Having reckoned without human errors and spring sandstorms, they may now need as many as 225,000 soldiers to oust Saddam. All together now say: "Misunderestimation' The
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      450 34 am the resurrection and the life; he who believes m me, even If he dies, shall live and whoever lives and believes m me, shall never die. (John 11:25) Our Beloved Mother JULIANAL SILVA was called to be with the Lord on 29 March 2003. Deeply cherished by loved ones.
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      245 34 3rd Anniversary In Loving Memory Of JENNY YEO IM NEO Called home to God on 30 March 2000. thank my God every time I remember you. Phiiippians 1: We love and cherish you always. Husband: Tommy Sister: Roseline Daughters: Sons-in-law: Juniper Benny Serene Raymond Grandsons: Matthew, Adam, Michael and loved
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      232 34 i am the resurrection and the life. He who believes m me will live, even though he dies.' John 11:25 LOW SIM CHAN (Low Boon Soo) Age 81 was called home to be with the Lord on 26 March 2003 leaving behind loved ones. Cortege leaving Blk 104 Tampines St
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      267 34 fiKF IST ANNIVERSARY *M HARRY TAN KAY CHOON P.B.M. Called home to the Lord on 30 March 2002 'For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only son. that whoever believes m him shall not perish but have eternal life." In 3:16 iNIVI Fondly remembered by
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      295 35 FIGURE SKATING WASHINGTON Michelle Kwan expects challenges to come from everywhere. Even from a relative unknown making her mark m figure skating for the first time. Kwan, showing increased overall speed and a real burst of energy m her footwork, won the short
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      837 35 BASKETBALL On Jordan's last visit to LA, it is Bryant who shines brightest with 55 points LOS ANGELES The Michael Jordan Farewell to Los Angeles Performance sold out, of course turned out to be nothing more than an opening act. There is no better way
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      317 35 MOTOR RACING VIRY-CHATILLON (Franco) After two Formula One races this season, Renault is set to challenge the Big Three. "It", at the heginning of the year, we had been told all our cars would finish the two races and all score points, we
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      256 35 EASTERN CONFERENCE WESTERN CONFERENCE s Clinched play-off berth. Note: Standings indicate how teams are placed to make the play-ofls. The top eight (cams m each inference qualif) lor the |>fa\ -olTs with the two division winners seeded \os 1 and 2 regardless of tlu-ir records. The top seed
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        116 35 FANS of Manchester United, who attended their Champions League victory at Bayer Levedaiflen m September were overcharged and are entitled to refunds, Uefa said on Friday. European soccer's governing body backed claims from the supporters, taken up by Old Trafford officials, that Leveckusen
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        93 35 BRITAIN'S Lennox Lewis has gone to court to keep his World Boxing Council crown, claiming officials made a deal with Vitali Klitschko (right) to force him to fight the Ukrainian. The lawsuit, filed m Los Angeles on Tuesday, seeks an injunction to
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        102 35 ENGLISH football fans went on the rampage m Zurich late on Friday clashing with Swiss police a day ahead of England's Euro 2004 qualifier away to Liechtenstein, the Swiss ATS news agency said. Police used rubber bullets and teargas to deal with
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        103 35 ENGLAND striker Shola Ameobi spoilt his two-goal show when he was sent off m a 2-4 away loss to Portugal m a European Under-21 soccer championship qualifier. The Newcastle United player struck twice m the first hall on Friday. But he received his second yellow
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        98 35 THE Spanish Football Federation on Friday ratified a twomatch ban handed down to Barcelona, which must play two matches behind closed doors at its Nou Camp stadium following serious crowd trouble last year. A visit by arch-rival Real Madrid on Nov 23 descended into
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        88 35 THE Emirates Cricket Board confirmed on Friday that the Sharjah Cup would go ahead next week, with Kenya and Zimbabwe taking the place of South Africa, which pulled out because of security fears. The tournament, which runs from April 3 to 10, will pitch
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        84 35 ARCH-RIVALS India and Pakistan have called off forthcoming cricket tours of each other's countries, the Press Trust of India news agency reported yesterday. India was scheduled to tour Pakistan next month, but cricket board president Jagmohan Dalmiya announced m Kolkata the national team would not
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        86 35 BELGIAN First Division soccer club SK Lommel has decided to finish its season early because of a lack of players, new agency Belga reported on Thursday. The players and coach decided not to play their remaining eight league fixtures after a series of
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        64 35 A SELANGOR Selection beat Singapore Selection 4-1 m soccer's Sultan of Selangor Cup at Stadium Shah Alam last night. The host opened accounts m the second minute through Nizaruddin Yusof. Although Dalis Supait equalised for Singapore nine minutes later, Nizaruddin restored the lead m the
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      553 36 TENNIS Spaniard beats Paradorn m straight sets to enter final and rise to No 4 MIAMI The sleeveless look is m. That is, it is m the final at the Nasdaq-100 Open, thanks to Carlos Moya. Making a fashion statement m nis
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      442 36 MIAMI Jennifer Capriati swept past fellowAmerican Chanda Rubin 6-2, 6-4 to storm into this morning's (Singapore time) Nasdaq-100 Open final, where she will be hoping to celebrate her 27th birthday with victory over world No 1 Serena Williams. Sixth seed Capriati wasted little time
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      320 36 RUGBY DUBLIN After three near-misses, now could be the time for England to win that elusive Six Nations Grand Slam. With the World Cup just seven months away, Martin Johnson's stars would then travel to the Finals m the knowledge that they have
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      770 37 GOLF Leader can't shoot straight, caddie m jail, pastor ends up carrying bag 'You can never be surprised. I was a little erratic today and I attribute that to some of the things I've been working on. It's hard to bring it to the
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      453 37 RANCHO MIRAGE (California) If words were birdies, there is no telling how big Patricia Meunier-Lebouc's lead would be at the Kraft Nabisco Championship. As it is, the margin is two strokes after she fired a four-under-par 68 m the second round on Friday at Mission Hills Country
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      388 37 Randhawa holds slim jead going into the final day NEW DELHI Jyoti Randhawa, winner of last year's Asian PGA Tour Order of Merit, fired a five-under-par 67 to storm into a one-snot lead after the third round of the Indian Open yesterday. The 30-year-old, who won two consecutive Indian Masters
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      427 37 RANCHO MIRAGE Michelle Wie made her first cut on Friday despite some bad reads on the green by her caddie. It was easy to forgive him, though, because it was her father. A second-round two-over-par 74 was
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      289 37 BOWLING AFTER missing out narrowly on numerous legs of the Aviva Asian Bowling Tour, Alvin Kwang (left) finally qualified for the Malaysian leg of the prestigious circuit by finishing third m the Malaysian International Open yesterday. And he could barely contain his excitement when Timesport
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      33 37 March 29 2003 FIRST 0925 SECOND 6927 THIRD 1812 STARTERS 1113 6509 7469 9761 6377 0358 4281 0096 1320 1320 CONSOLATIONS 0503 8631 4966 6063 9148 8135 5767 0022 7209 5816
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      904 38 i SOCCER Cash-conscious English clubs are forced to look m their own backyard 'The way football is evolving, I think there are other managers out there like David Moves. Maybe there is a need to look more at youth and the lower divisions.'
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      323 38 TBILISI (Georgia) Ireland gave manager Brian Kerr a winning debut when it registered a fortunate 2-1 away victory over Georgia last night. Gary Doherty's winner six minutes from time enabled the Irish to leapfrog over Albania m Group 10 of the European Championship
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      194 38 LONDON Tottenham Hotspur's assistant manager John Gorman has dismissed reports that Glenn Hoddle might be forced out of White Hart Lane m the summer. The former England coach has come m for criticism after three straight Premiership losses, which have left the London club m
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      418 38 LONDON Robbie Savage last night revealed that he believes his controversial career has damaged his family's health. On the day his Birmingham team-mate Christophe Dugarry and Aston Villa's Dion Dublin were charged over incidents m the second derby earlier this month, he described how the
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      626 38 Selecting a Premiership Foreign XI is no easy task. Ask Sven-Goran Eriksson. He has just done it and with more than 300 players to choose from, he knows the problems involved, reported The London Evening Standard. Here, m his preferred 4-4-2 formation, is Eriksson's Premiership Foreign XI and
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      288 38 BEIJING Former England midfielder Paul Gascoigne delivered an early goal m his debut with Chinese B-League team Gansu Tianma, shepherding his new club to its first win of the season before a sell-out home crowd. "Gazza" played 85 minutes yesterday and said he felt "very
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      398 39  -  CHIA HAN KEONG RUGBY ?a SINViAI'ORK lost all its three matches m the Hongkong Sevens rugby tournament and team captain Gary Tan blames it on the adverse publicity that had surrounded its trip to Hongkong. On Friday, it was thrashed 0-52 by England."
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      624 39  - Tough Sinchi gets hit by third sacKing G. SIV AKKU MARAN SOCCER By But penalties win pleases officials as Under-23s show 7 their grit again TWO things are no longer surprising m the S- League. First, opponents will find it very hard to beat the Singapore Under-23 team. Second, the
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      97 39 Home 4 3 1 1 0 10 6 11 Tampines 4 3 0 0 18 5 9 Jurong 4 I 1 1 15 5 8 Sembamang V Tp 2 0 6 3 7 U-23 4 R 1 14 4 7 Sengkang 4 12 0 15 6 7 Geylang 4
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      335 39  -  MARC LIM Bu GEYLANG United badly needs banned striker Mohamed Noor Ali back it' its wants to challenge the top teams m the S- League. The club's dismal performance m front of goal at the Choa Chu Rang Stadium last night saw it fall
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      550 39  -  G. SIVAKKUMARAN Bu SO WHEN is a goal from a penalty shoot-out considered a goal? This was the question asked when Woodlands Wellington lost to Home United 3-4 on penalties after the teams were locked 3-3 at full-time on
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      1428 39 HORSE RACING Quartet Races 4, 6, 8 10 Double Bet Races 7 8 RACE 1: CLASS 4 (1) 1100M. TIME: 12:50. RM$3OOOO No Horse Name Jockey Trainer Bar Rtg Wt 1 BODYGUARD MWepner S B Tan 2 60 57 2 FORTUNE STAR S San KVelu
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      597 39 SELANGOR RACING RESULTS SATURDAY 29 MARCH 2003 Race 1- Class 4 (3) 1100 m Race 4 Class 1 1200 m Race 7 Maiden 1600 m HHHBT!H!TTS|V'J33!If±SB 3 GOLDOUILL Azhai 1 4 DRAGON VICTORY. App C Goon 1 8 CHAMPAGNE CHARLIE. App XT Cht-,., I I HBKTCTilniTCiifl 5 Ye:'. 'Von, S
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      132 35 LIVE ON TV BOWLING: Asian Tour, Malaysia: Q-finals (Ch23. 4pm) Alvin Kwane, who finished second m the Malaysian Open, will be flying Singapore's flag. GOLF: The Players Championship: Day 4 (Chs. tomorrow. 5.30 am) Tiger Woods was not at the top of his game on Friday. but the truth is
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      20 1 Sunday Life! THE SU\ D A Y T I M E S March 30, 2003 CELEBRATES THE WONDER OF LIFE
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      32 1 and in love. This has seen the men's skin-care market here posting double-digit growth in the past two years. LIONEL SEAH reports, 3 Design: Photo SALLY LAM ALAN LIM
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      57 1 JBF Jk fds fh hg He practised playing on the piano for up to four hours a day. He ate little to get that emaciated look. But, in the end, Adrien Brody got the applause and the Best Actor Oscar for his role in The Pianist.
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      1007 2  -  TEO PAU LIN 2s Adrien Brody, only 29, has catapulted quickly from small movie roles to winning an Oscar as Best Actor YOU may not find a career arc that is more dramatic than Adrien Brody's. The unknown American actor saw his fortunes launched spectacularly into orbit
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        1350 4  - FACE THE FACTS GUYS CAMILLA CHIAM OLD SPICE and soap are no longer sufficient for men wanting to combat the ravages of gravity and time. These days, an arsenal of skin-care products from moisturisers to serums, eye creams and body scrubs has ambitious designs to get under men's skin. Last
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        610 4  -  CAMILLA CHIAM Bit makes the lovely Miriam Yeung much cooler than when she was just rising to stardom her latest Mandarin album, Yang Mci, but Yeung appeared distant and her answers frosty. "Life changes everyone," she says m Cantonese-accent-ed Mandarin. "When I first started, I
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      1140 5  -  Sumiko Tan When I see fellow journalists risking their comfort zone and lives to cover the Iraqi war, I am ashamed for not daring to give up my cushy office life IVE never been one for role models or heroes, but it* there's anyone close
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          361 7 MANICURED nails can look pretty. But they can also turn pretty ugly if not groomed correctly. Dr Eileen Tan, associate consultant dermatologist at Changi General Hospital, says she has started to encounter an array of nail cosmetics-related skin disorders ever since nail
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          315 7 IMAGINE running your fingers through silky straight hair, only to have it come off m clumps. That is what happened to Danielle Lugue, 14, after she rebonded her hair a year ago. Her mother, sales and marketing director Fay Lugue, says her daughter's hair started breaking
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          313 7 HENNA tattoos can give your skin a touch of exotica. But they can also leave you with a rash and blisters. Dr Goh Chee Leok, medical director of the National Skin Centre, says the problem is not the henna dye itself, but the chemical
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        235 8 THE thought of a Brazilian wax can make one's hair stand on end. It involves stripping oft* all the hair m the pubic region with hot wax. While it can be as painful as it sounds, Dr Goh Chee Leok, medical director of the National Skin Centre, says
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        345 8 HIGH heels give you instant sex appeal they make you taller, give the illusion of longer calves, push your pelvis out and give you a nice wiggle. But m the long run, they can leave you hobbling m pain, with corns on your feet, shorter calves and back
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        265 8 Mini me A WOMAN flaunting her legs m a micro-mini can be a road hazard to motorists and passers-by. She can also be a hazard to herself. Physiotherapist Yasmin Qureshi from Delfi Orchard's Back ana Neck Centre says a woman wearing a tight miniskirt can injure her back if she
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        303 8 LOW-SLUNG jeans that threaten to expose your rear end have raised some serious aesthetic concerns. Now, they have created some health ones as well. Dr Toh Choon Lai, a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre, says wearing tight clothes like hipster jeans can squeeze
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        355 8 SOME handbags can damage not just your bank accounts but your shoulders, too. A bag stuffed with your 170-g PDA, 215-g mobile phone, 500-g wallet, makeup pouch, vitamin box and numerous keys, can add up to a great burden on your shoulder muscles and arms. It is even
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        934 9  -  Sylvia Tan HMJsJLLJfcLiJiJLiilUKjU^JLiiJ DFASG Outside Malacca town is a tributary which fishermen take their boats out to sea. A seafood stall near there proves that prawns and turmeric make a good match THE scene is idyllic there is a calm, almost placid body
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        156 9  -  Koh Boon Pin DRINKS TWO weeks ago, three leading lights m the wine business drank their way through 570 wines for a good cause to choose the best that your money should buy. Here is the first of a twoparter on the results
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      1311 10  -  Tan Shzr Ec Taking a road trip with 50 mental patients to the movies is almost as humanising as watching The Pianist THEY are supposed to watch The Pianist. But the World War II movie is deemed too depressing; too heavy. So
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      373 14  -  Cosmo King By Thursday: Marlon Brando (Recluse, Oscar winner, greatest actor m the world, born April 3, 1924) Today's reception will be held outdoors m his garden. If the weather turns bad, all guests have been instructed to head for a large tent-like structure standing m the
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      10 1 THE STRAITS TIMES Classified Thk Sunday Times March jo 200
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        1952 3 MM BHQ Hl Written by Adele Ong These "Pets Corner" articles on cats were published last year. We gather them 1 together so that readers who missed any of them can catch them here. jf/ m, WJ^A I^^^H W a i£<£ I x 5 Cats need fish, right? Cats m
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