Today, 21 November 2000

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    8 1 TODAY MITAIPi 138/11 2000 November 21, 2000 Tuesday
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    They want to nail your pilots
    642 1  -  Kim-Kyna Tan -Taiwan's pilot association boss and member of civil aviation group by in Taiwan kim@newstoday.com.sg IN an unexpected twist to the crash probe, the SecretaryGeneral of the Airlines Pilot Association of Taiwan has said that the investigators might be tempted to make scapegoats
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    Lock icon Greetings, earthling
    73 1 REUTERS photo Honda Motor's new humanoid robo Asimo shaking hands with Honda President and CEO Hiroyuki Yoshino at an unveiling in Tokyo yesterday With this development of a two-leggei humanoid robot that can walk, Honda wants to create a partner for people, a new kind of robot that
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Swinging moods
      389 2 SM reflects on changes the world must prepare for He gazed at the past. He peered 50 years into the future. Then juggling time and drawing trends across continents, Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew told his hosts in Australia just how much patience and stamina were required to
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      Lock icon Blast in school bus
      120 2 Reuters JERUSALEM An explosion in the Gaza Strip yesterday was aimed at a school bus carrying Jewish children. Israel radio said it killed two people and wounded 12, including children. An Israeli leader immediately called for retaliation. "It is an exceptionally grave attack, which demands a
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      Lock icon Indian workers enraged
      135 2 -AFP NEW DELHI As the Indian government takes measures to fight pollution in its capital, it is facing opposition from angry workers worried about losing their jobs. Hordes of demonstrators set fire to vehicles and a government office in New Delhi yesterday to protest against a court
      -AFP  -  135 words
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      Lock icon Sea of love
      111 2 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR In a dramatic show of eternal love for his girlfriend, a Malaysian man drove his car into the sea before drowning himself, the New Straits Times reported. The 32-year-old insur- ance agent drove his car into the sea off the southern state of Johor
      -AFP  -  111 words
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      Flood ravages Aussie towns
      139 2 SYDNEY Devastated communities were evacuated yesterday as rivers burst their banks in the worst flooding in parts of eastern Australia in 40 years. About 3,000 people at Tamworth, New South Wales, were isolated as floodwaters from the Peel River surged through the city. A mother and
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      The Beatles still Number One
      84 2 LONDON The Beatles are back at the top of the British album charts 30 years after the legendary band broke up. Their greatest hit album, simply titled "1", a compilation of their 27 Number One singles hits, went straight to the top in its first
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      Clinic at night in Jurong
      486 3  -  Leong Phei Phei To start next January. Will private practice be threatened? by pheiphei@newstoday.com.sg RESPITE is on the way for those who can't stand the "fish-market" queues at government polyclinics but find private doctors too expensive. Come January, Jurong Polyclinic will launch a pilot night
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      Lock icon Step-mum gets to keep $2m home
      179 3 -CNA AN 87-year-old woman can live on in her $2 million Jalan Lada Puteh home in Orchard Road. Earlier this year, her stepson, Mr Tan Hin Leong, had lost his case against her in the High Court. Mr Tan had signed a deed with
      -CNA  -  179 words
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      Smashed by falling tree trunk
      88 3 THE driver of a van travelling along Upper Bukit Timah Road towards the CTE got a rude shock and painful injuries yesterday. A falling tree trunk landed on the top of Mr Lim Buck Siong's van, crushing the front of the vehicle. Mr Lim, 48,
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  • RUSH NEWS
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      Teen sisters get lawyer
      337 4  -  Sex abuse case postponed to Friday by David Ngiau david@newstoday.com.sg THE two teenaged sisters accused of sexually abusing a 13-year-old girl made their fourth appearance in juvenile court yesterday. However, with a change to the crucial sexual assault charge and the hiring of a lawyer, the
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      Lock icon Don't... er... do give money
      54 4 This jacket is on auction, to raise money for The Substation. Donated by artist Tang Da Wu, the fund-raisers hope that it will achieve just the opposite effect by raising $150,000. Call Ms Tan Sher Yen at The Substation at 337-7535/7800 to place your bid.
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      Lock icon LRT will not get drivers despite Sunday's crash
      120 4 -CNA THE Minister of State for Communications and IT, Dr John Chen, said yesterday LRT trains would remain driverless. He said this was because drivers, who are around primarily to press the emergency button, will only run up extra costs. Meanwhile, SLRT
      -CNA  -  120 words
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      Rebate for Giro ticket holders
      120 4 FROM April 1 next year, the HDB and URA will give a two per cent rebate to motorists who use Inter-bank Giro to pay for their season parking tickets. The move is part of their efforts to promote the use of electronic payment systems and
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      Lock icon French beef 'safe'
      72 4 -AFP PARIS That's what the French government is pushing in a major campaign to get people to tuck into the meat again, after the latest scare over madcow disease. Consumers have been snubbing French beef since it was revealed a month ago that three supermarket chains had
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      Lock icon One more twist
      74 4 Reuters MANILA The Philippine Senate launched Asia's first impeachment trial yesterday, ordering President Joseph Estrada to answer corruption and bribery charges. Just hours earlier the legislature's majority leader deserted government ranks. With the defection, the trial prom ises to be a cliffhanger with no clear indi cation
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
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      100 4 READ 0N... No digital judges Video recordings will not replace the court's human element/6 New Property Portal Launched A new property resource portal owned by a group of developers and consultants was launched here yesterday/7 Ml in tie-up with Nokia Ml is to invest $500 million to develop broadband services/8
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  • Home news
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      No, say critics Yes, say viewers
      298 5  -  Hazel Tan Newspapers slam wacky TV show, but more fans watch it by hazel@newstoday.com.sg Bpm on Thursdays on TCS 8, attracted 640,000 viewers last week. This is 10,000 viewers more than what it did two months ago. Mr Tang Yun Leung, the programme's executive
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      Zoe does the vroooom – and emerges No 2 in Macau
      195 5 Zoe does the vroooom and emerges No 2 in Macau THE pilot's wife conquered the racetracks of Macau on Sunday. Zoe Tay came in second in a car race against 14 other female celebrities from the region. The Harvest.Mitsubishi.Jackie Chan Cup, the fifth of its kind to be held in
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      138 5 Wednesday Ij^g^ f < 11 v. ft, r^ v* Si 25 lucky SingTel Paging customers will be drawn every Wednesday from 4 Oct to 27 Dec 2000 to win cash prizes. Just look out in The New Paper every following Tuesday to see if you are one of them. So,
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  • YOUR LETTER
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      No digital judges
      396 6 Digital recordings will not replace the court's human element A reader has expressed concern over the introduction of cameras to video tape trials in the supreme court. Here is the court's reply. I -REFER to the letter by Kevin S Y Tan published in your newspaper regarding
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      Lock icon Untitled
      61 6 Endangered pink dolphins like this one at the Dolphin Lagoon, Sentosa, will soon be jumping for joy. A total of 86 student volunteers and staff from Ngee Ann Polytechnic gathered last Sunday to raise money during its "Go Pink" jumble sale, which was held in Sentosa. All the money will
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      Fashion festival positions S'pore as fashion hub
      252 6 SINGAPORE as the fashion capital of Southeast Asia and a major destination on the international fashion circuit this is the vision driving Fashion Festival 2001, organised by MS Twilight and supported by the Singapore Tourist Board (STB). Shopping has generated more than $2.5
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      Love lands boy in jail
      136 6  -  David Ngiau by david@newstoday.com.sg A YOUNG man who had sex with a 13-year-old was fined $5,000 in the Subordinate Courts yesterday. Chan Chee Onn met the girl at a McDonald's in Bishan in September last year. A month later, they became an item. In December,
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      Op money for twins
      115 6 A TOTAL of $453,068.66 has been raised for the conjoined Nepalese twins, Ganga and Jamuna Shrestha KC. The twins are joined at the head, and have two brains which are joined at some points. They needed about $100,000 for the operation to separate them. The operation
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon New property portal launched
      478 7  -  Sol E Solomon Major local developers invest $5.5 m in dedicated resource portal by solomon@newstoday.com.sg A property resource portal, Probbuzz.com, which is co-owned by a group of leading property developers and consultants here, was launched yesterday with the portal's chief emphasising that it would benefit all
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      Property portals: The battle for survival begins
      330 7  -  Lee Yew Meng by yewmeng@newstoday.com.sg THE battle is now on for the survival of the fittest for the 28 odd property portals here. This follows the debut yesterday of Propbuzz.com which has the support of two of Singapore's largest property developers and two
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      Lock icon Taiwan stock plunges
      148 7 Bloomberg News TAIPEI Taiwan's key stock index plunged to its lowest since March 1996 amid a probe into the activities of government funds, signs that demand for computer chips is slowing and mounting bad debts at banks. The TWSE Index slumped 322.14, or 6.2 per cent, to
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      Lock icon Pfizer building $600 mil plant
      123 7 Bloomberg News LEND Lease Corp, Australia's largest property developer'is building a $600 million plant in Singapore for US-based drugmaker Pfi2er Inc in a venture with Jacobs Engineering. Work on the Tuas plant has started. It's scheduled for completion in October 2002, with production to start
      – Bloomberg News  -  123 words
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      Lock icon Virgin Mobile to start operations in 2001
      336 8  -  Elaine Quek by elaine@newstoday.com.sg COME mid-2001, mobile phone users can expect greater choice and flexibility with the new kid on the block, Virgin Mobile (Asia), a US$l billion joint venture with Singapore Telecom(SingTel). The first bulk of funding for this business is US$lOO
      Wee Teck Hian  -  336 words
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      M1 in tie up with Nokia
      354 8 M1 to spend $500 million in developing broadband services Ml is partnering Nokia and is investing $500 million over the next five years in a new network. The investment will involve the deployment of third generation technology, construction of a state-of-the-art GSMIBOO network to
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      Lock icon M'sia GDP growth to slow to 6.3% next year?
      288 8 Bloomberg News KUALA LUMPUR- Malaysia's economic growth may slow by about one-quarter next year as a potential slowdown in the US economy dampens demand for electronics and other Malaysianmade goods, a Malaysian think tank said. Gross domestic product will probably expand
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      Lock icon Nissan profit jumps 130%
      128 8 Reuters TOKYO Nissan Motor has posted a 130 per cent in operating profit to 134.4 billion yen (US$l.24 billion) in the halfyear, reaping the benefits of a dramatic reform plan aiming to cut costs, sell off assets and trim payrolls. "It's a good start, but just
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      Lock icon Hyundai Group's $1.9b life-buoy
      381 10 Bloomberg News Hyundai Group to sell assets to save construction unit SEOUL Hyundai Group said it will raise 1.3 trillion won ($1.9 billion) by selling land, buildings and securities, its' fifth plan in six months to raise funds to keep its debt-ridden construction unit from bankruptcy.
      – Bloomberg News  -  381 words
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      Lock icon Hey Uncle Ho, buy, sell or hold?
      346 10 -AFP HO CHI MINH CITY Vietnam's fledgling stock exchange is still struggling to find its wings in a mirror image of the problems of the country as a whole as it moves towards a market economy. With just four quoted companies and trading
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      Lock icon Korean won falls to 11-month low as companies struggle to survive
      197 10 Bloomberg News SEOUL The South Korean"won fell to an 11-month low as the nation's largest companies struggle to repay loans and battle to stay afloat. The won fell for a fourth day, dropping 0.6 per cent to 1,147.30 against
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      Lock icon Rupiah falls on central bank woes
      209 10 Bloomberg News JAKARTA The rupiah fell after five of the country's top seven central bank board members quit last week. "There is no reason for investors to buy into Indonesia right now," said Bhanu Baweja, an economist at IDEAglobal.com in Singapore. The rupiah is
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  • MARKET NEWS
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      Monday blues
      340 9 Uninspiring regional news, so shares drift in thin trading SINGAPORE shares drifted in thin trading and ended broadly lower at 1934.1, down 19.35 points. The market was hit by a dearth of fresh leads and uninspiring regional news. Losers trounced gainers by 185 to 76 with 306 counters
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      UEM – the only excitement of the day
      328 9 UEM the only excitement of the day KUALA LUMPUR It was a slow start to the week for the Malaysian market yesterday, with the KLCI hovering throughout the day at 734 points before some late institutional buying pushed it 4 points higher to close at 739. Given the lack of
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Why was actor freed?
      457 11  -  S Gulam in Chennai by gukm@newstoday.com.sg HIS kidnap stunned the whole of India. His release was just as dramatic. Almost a week after Indian film star Rajkumar (right) was released from captivity by the bandit Veerappan, many questions still remained unanswered. Why did Veerappan, who had
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      Blair rebound
      116 11  -  Neville Stack by stax@newstoday.com.sg TONY Blair and his New Labour party are bouncing back. The latest opinion poll shows that they can expect a comfortable victory in the British general election next spring. The lack-lustre opposition Conservatives are still swimming against the electoral tide, according to Gallup's regular
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      Lock icon Dam bribery
      107 11 -AFP SHANGHAI Almost 100 officials have been punished for taking bribes and embezzling public money since China's Three Gorges dam project was launched three years ago, the Shanghai Evening Post said. The worst case was a death sentence for the director of the state land bureau in Fengdu
      -AFP  -  107 words
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      Lock icon Bomber foiled
      85 11 Reuters NEW DELHI A Kashmiri militant who was planning to cause explosions in the Indian capital during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan has been arrested Delhi police said yesterday that they arrested 22-year-old Mohammad Rafi in connection with an attack on a border post in Kashmir. He
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      Lock icon Where's my leg, doc?
      310 12 -AFP More botched-up operations in Britain LONDON Ms Vicki Gilbert, 27, has only one leg because doctors in Birmingham amputated the other one for a bone cancer she never had. Horror stories like Vicki's, where patients are left permanently damaged through medical errors, are making news
      -AFP  -  310 words
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      Lock icon Ershad back in jail
      132 12 AFP DHAKA Former Bangladeshi leader Hussain Muhammad Ershad is back in jail. This time it is for five years for his involvement in a graft case. The former military dictator and President surrendered to a trial court yesterday. His lawyers are planning to get him out
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      Lock icon Opposition prepares to oust Fujimori
      165 12 Reuters LIMA Peru's opposition leaders said yesterday they were preparing to oust President Alberto Fujimori on grounds of "moral unfitness to rule" after he abruptly announced from Japan that he was quitting Mr Fujimori was expected to present his resignation letter to the opposition-led Congress,
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      Lock icon Queen E protests with her hat
      134 12 -Reuters LONDON Britain's Queen Elizabeth has delivered a silent rebuke to animal-rights activists who objected to her killing a wounded game bird with her bare hands. A day after she was criticised for wringing the neck of a pheasant that had been peppered with
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      Lock icon Lower rating for Air New Zealand
      114 12 -AFP AUCKLAND Air New Zealand Ltd has had its credit rating downgraded by Standard and Poor's (SetP) amidst mounting concern over its high debt burden. The global credit-rating agency said it had dropped its ratings on the airline, which is 25 per cent owned
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      War with Taiwan? They are bluffing
      348 13 Taiwan official dismisses China's threat as yet another scare tactic TAIPEI China's threat to go to war over Taiwan within five years is nothing but a bluff. That's the view of a high-ranking Taiwan defence official, reported The Taipei Times yesterday. The official, who
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      Lock icon US frets over Russian-Chinese deal
      165 13 BEIJING Russia and China are on the brink of an arms deal that is likely to worry the Americans. Four months after the US pressured Israel to cancel the sale to China of planes equipped with powerful early-warning radar, Russia appears ready to sell its
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      'Don't worry about vision schools'
      144 13 PETALING JAYA Chinese schools will not be forced to accept the "vision school" concept, said a Malaysian minister. The concept calls for putting Malay, Chinese and Tamil groups in a facility-sharing arrangement. But some view the policy as a veiled attempt by the government to
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      In air, smoking and drunken
      165 13 TOKYO An American Airlines jet bound for Seattle returned to Narita airport yesterday evening after a 45-year-old drunken Japanese passenger refused to stop smoking shortly after takeoff. The company employee from Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward, whose name has not been released, lit up in one of
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      Lock icon French award for cook show hostess
      172 13 Reuters BOSTON American Julia Child, whose exploits on a television cooking show nearly 40 years ago helped revolutionise US eating habits, has been given the Legion d'Honneur, France's highest honour. Ms Child, 88, achieved fame and won the hearts of average Americans starting in
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      London rail boss resigns
      177 14 Decision follows travel chaos LONDON The boss of Railtrack, the British rail infrastructure firm, has resigned after weeks of travel chaos proved the final straw for passengers fed up with the nation's creaking railway system. Mr Gerald Corbett's (right) resignation marks the end of an era,
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      Lock icon 4 skiers killed in Austria
      31 14 Rescuers carrying the body of one of/our skiers killed southwest of Innsbruck, Austria, on Sunday in the first fatal avalanches of the skiing season. AFP photo
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      Lock icon Missing in Sarawak
      92 14 -AFP BERN Swiss ethnologist Bruno Manser, a staunch defender of tribesmen's rights in the Malaysian jungle, has disappeared in Sarawak. The Swiss Foreign Ministry yesterday confirmed reports in the Sonntags Zeitung weekly that Mr Manser, 46, had not been seen or heard of since he sent a
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      Lock icon Work stops, children play
      18 15 Filipino street children playing in an excavated ditch in Manila on Saturday. Reuters photo
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      Lock icon Israeli agents 'smuggled Torah scrolls out of Syria'
      235 15 -AFP BEIRUT The Israeli secret service recently smuggled Torah scrolls out of Syria. The spies were aided by a band of international art thieves, the Saudi-owned Asharq al Awsat newspaper reported on Sunday. The prize: Nine Torah scrolls written between 700 and
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      Chuan to attend rallies by chopper
      148 15 BANGKOK Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai's party will charter a helicopter to help him attend party rallies in all 400 constituencies across the country before the January general election. The Democrats plan to charter the aircraft because it will allow Mr Chuan to embark on
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      Lock icon Kim makes added plea to opposition
      106 15 -AFP SEOUL South Korea's governing party launched a major publicity campaign yesterday to drum up support against an opposition boycott of parliament. The boycott threatens crucial eco-nomic-reform legislation. "Irresponsible political offensive ruins our economy. Help us! We have no time to take eyes off
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      Gurkha sues under race law
      211 15 Former British Army soldier claims discrimination LONDON A former British Army Gurkha has accused the Ministry of Defence of race discrimination. Former Lance-Corporal Hari Thapa, who is demanding compensation, has taken his case to the industrial tribunal, reported the BBC yesterday. In his suit, Mr
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      Lock icon Raising eyebrows, book on legal advice to maids
      253 15 -AFP HONG KONG A handbook for Filipino maids has raised a few eyebrows in the territory. Survive Hong Kong, written by a former Philippine Consulate official, advises domestic helpers not to admit guilt if they are caught on videotape hitting a child
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      199 14 CASIO. The Gift of the Season 1 I i I Pocket i Viewer Cool and Slim, the Pockel Viewer from Casio is the perfect gift for your family or friends. Compact and equipped with a multitude of functions, this slim PDA gives you the flexibility to store and view important
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  • ANALYSIS
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      Lock icon Behind the smiles ...
      522 16  - Behind the smiles Stephen Collinson -AFP An ideological gulf remains between US and Vietnam despite moves to forge closer ties by in Ho Chi Minh City AMERICA'S humiliation in Vietnam has been encapsulated in the grainy images of the frenzied rooftop retreat from Saigon in 1975. But travelling to the
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      Shot at, bombed or eaten by lions, Africa's orphans make a movie
      285 16 KAKUMA (Kenya) A roaming band of orphans trapped in East Africa's wars are to feature in a new movie. And their plight has attracted so much sympathy that many of them are to get homes at last in
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  • SHOWCASE
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      Hip, hip, Lindy Hop
      616 19  -  Rosalind Png Compiled by rosalind@newstoday.com.sg Lindy Hop 8-9 pm YMCA Singapore, 1 Orchard Road For those who want to be on top of things and be hip. Here's your chance. The Lindy Hop course is on again. Classes will start today for six weeks, every Tuesday.
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
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      794 20 I.oopm Mid-Day News 5.30 ID (Ep.ls) 1.30 Focus 6.00 Selera Asia Sri Lanka nn#*l mi 2"00 ttle Dia"es 6.30 Sajian Masak Apa? m^ y!A^S 2.30 YAT. (Ep.127) V**"^1 'fa^*^*"" 3.00 Country, Handicrafts 7.00 Fikir-Fikir (Ep.211) l People 7.30 Tirai Ikatan Suci C^J\ Jj 3.30 Are You My Brother? (Ep.35): Pennapha
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      1165 22 Bring It On: 12.20pm. 1.30,2.25.3.35, 2.15,4,7.45,9.30 JURONG 4- 3°. 5- 40> 6-45 7.45,9 In the Mood for Love (M): 1.15pm, Bedazzled: 11.15am, 3.15.7.15 Chicken Rice War 12.40pm, 2.45, 5.45 Bring It On: 11.30am, 1.30pm, 3.30, kg^ 4.55,7.10,9.25 Men of Honor 11am, 1.30pm, 4,6.30, 5.30,7.30,9.30 Chicken Run: 12.30pm, 2.35, 4.40, 9
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  • RELAX
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      Lock icon Dark prince or couch potato?
      511 23  -  David Ngiau Chinese-American actor says he's just a family-man by david@newstoday.com.sg T I "»HE dark prince waits in his suite atop X the Four Seasons. I arrive a minute late and walk in to find Asian-American actor Russell Wong waiting, brooding. Perhaps it was still
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      Lock icon Gongfu Angels
      1048 24 IPS Charlie's Angels dispel rumours that they fought one another on the set the only fighting they ever did was for the camera, and boy, do they kick ass! WE want to have a film that makes you feel like you want to get out of the theatre
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      Sing a song of cheating Scrubs
      400 25  -  Jean Danker Women find solace in songs that echo their anger MEN. Manipulative or misunderstood? Turn on the radio, and the answer'U point to the former. One out of every 10 songs played on the radio today are about "scrubs", as TLC put charmingly
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      Lock icon For LOVE of country?
      391 26 -AFP One couples unity holds the promise for the entire community's hopes RAWALPINDI, Pakistan It was a fairy-tale ending for the romance of a Kashmiri couple from different political sides of the divided Himalayan state with a wedding that Kashmiri leaders hailed as a symbol of
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      Lock icon Florida courtroom drama go live
      267 26 -AFP TALLAHASSE Millions of people will have a chance to witness American history in the making today, when television networks broadcast live coverage of the Florida Supreme Court hearing that could determine who is the next US president. For two hours, viewers will be able
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      Lock icon Death row gangster for Nobel prize
      335 26 -AFP ZURICH A death row inmate and former street gang leader, Stanley Tookie" Williams, has been proposed as a potential nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize for his international street peace efforts, a Swiss politician said on Sunday. Swiss parliamentarian Mario Fehr said he
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  • SEEFOOD
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      Rendezvous
      749 27  -  Freheit for nasi padang just like granny used to "dar-pow"... The makan kakis By £reiheit636B@yahoo.cora It was an unforgettable adventure. Be warned though. It is a combination not for the weak-stomached, on account of the spices, nor for the faint-hearted, on account of the prices. Rendezvous Restaurant Hock Lock
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      Lock icon Mutton dressed as lamb, but twice as nice
      361 27 -Fnheit THE mutton soup smelt so good it made me drool. I saw this old man sipping his soup noisily at the next table. It looked like he was eating something I would enjoy eating too. It was a piping-hot bowl of
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      Turkey talk?
      383 28  -  Pauline D Loh Or did the Gringe decide just to steal the bird this year? My magazine vendor was thoroughly confused this month. Last week, he gave me Bon Appetit which had a turkey on its cover. This week, he gave me another copy, convinced I had not
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      44 28 Turn to page 27 Rendezvous The makan kakis try out Singapore's most famous nasi padang place. Mutton dressed as lamb On a cool evening, go have a bowl of spicy mutton soup. Mail us! Got an event? A new product? Email us at food@newsioday.com.sg
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      Inters plans in Singapore
      409 29  -  Sol E Solomon Wants to go big on e-commerce by solomon@newstoday.com.sg PLAY a pivotal role in bringing more local firms and people to the world of e-commerce. That is high on the agenda for chip vendor Intel in Singapore. "We want to see how we can
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      Child-safe Internet
      264 29  -  Sol E Solomon by solomon@newstoday.com.sg THE Internet has an important role to play in Singapore as an educational tool, but at the same time, parents must have the confidence to accept it as a safe medium for their children. "The Internet brings new types of educational material to
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      NIE curbs piracy of teaching material
      208 29 THE National Institute of Education (NIE) has entered a technological development agreement with Mercurix. The latter will provide the underlying Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology and the necessary infrastructure for the development work. For its part, NIE will provide the technical and programming expertise
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      Online business directory available
      106 29 EGUIDE Singapore Pte Ltd, an online business directory, has partnered with MSN Asia to provide its directory to users of Microsoft Corporation's MSN sites in Singapore and Malaysia (msn.com.sg and msn.com.my). They also get real-time updates from their main information directory servers. eGuide has a database
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      Radio you can watch
      592 30  -  Kang Nee Watch out for the radio of the future by IN the world of WAP (Wireless Application Protocol), 3G, digital TV and digital satellite radio, another player waits quietly to share the stage. Welcome Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB). DAB is a wireless, broadband medium that
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      Hard disks in a pocket
      111 30 IMATION Corporation has introduced Pockey, a "pocketable" backup companion for PCs and Apple Macintosh computers. It is described as the lightest and smallest hard disk drive of its kind. Weighing 132 grams and measuring 125mm in length, its software driver automatically detects and identifies the
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      Seamless videoconferencing
      270 30 THE PictureTel 900 series of videoconferencing products for both long distance meetings and those based on local area networks (LAN) is now available in Singapore. It allows participants to conduct presentations, surf the Internet, collaborate on documents, send e-mail and access corporate databases. The series consists of two
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      Crisis talks loom between Robson and chairman Gibson
      220 32 LONDON Bryan Robson's pals' pact with chairman Steve Gibson was close to breaking point, reported Soccernet. Middlesbrough boss Gibson had in-depth talks with close friend Robson on the crisis which enveloped his club following the 3-0 defeat by Leicester City on Saturday.
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      Lock icon Captain Failure
      765 32 Revered as a player, reviled as a manager, Robson is seeing it all LONDON The instant, almost sinister chorus of boos directed at him on the only occasion he ventured from his position next to the dug-out to the touch-line must have made him want to weep. Here
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      Lock icon Too soon to write off the LA Lakers
      546 33 It's a ride that's too good to miss NBA SACRAMENTO The defending NBA champion came through town the other night, appearing at times like a couple of drunk guys in a three-legged race. It struggled to beat the Kings with Chris Webber
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      Lock icon No respect for Wells, and Orlando loses its magic in overtime loss
      340 33 Reuters PORTLAND 110 ORLANDO 102 ORLANDO Bonzi Wells figures it was lack of respect that allowed him to score 26 points on Sunday in the Portland Trail Blazers' 110-102 overtime victory over the Orlando Magic. Wells had 20
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      Lock icon Bloodied
      328 34 Reuters But Russia's Safin still wins fight PARIS Marat Safin, the man who can do no wrong at the moment, won his seventh title of the year on Sunday and took another step towards ending the season as the world's top-ranked player. The Russian overcame a gashed right eyebrow
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      Lock icon Hingis and Seles serve up a feast in the final
      417 34 Reuters NEW YORK In a fitting farewell to Madison Square Garden, two great champions engaged in a classic struggle. Top seed Martina Hingis battled third seed Monica Seles tooth and nail until the Swiss world No. 1 hoisted the year's
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      187 34 -AFP Golf MIAMI Brad Faxon and Scott McCarron defeated American Scott Hoch and Carlos Franco of Paraguay on the first playoff hole on Sunday to win the Franklin Temple ton Shootout team golf event. Although playing with different partners, the two US PGA
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      Lock icon Roman rebirth
      613 35  -  Leonard Thomas Capello's team looks like good title bet by leonard@newstoday.com.sg THOSE old enough will remember the AS Roma of the 1982-1984 vintage. The team had in its ranks football artists like Brazilian legend Roberto Falcao and Italian wingers Bruno Conti and Graziani. There was also the defensive
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      Lock icon Black November
      733 36 Barcelona's cursed month back to haunt it in series of woeful losses Spanish League ZARAGOZA 3 BARCELONA 1 looking skywards for divine inspiration. However, if they had looked to the touchline they would have discovered a man cracking under the unrelenting pressure and pain of one of the
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      Lock icon Raring to go
      420 37 Man U to show first round form was just a hiccup Champions League Man Utd v Panathinaikos Bill Shankly and the great Liverpool sides of the seventies and eighties. CoincidentaUy, Ferguson is famous for his in-depth knowledge of the two men and the Anfield teams. It is
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      Sturm approaches but Spaniards have formidable home support
      305 37 Champions League Valencia v Sturm Graz THE pressure has been on Valencia this season to follow on its achievements of the last two, having been champion of Spain in 1998 and Champions League finalist in 1999. The knives were initially out for
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      Can't take it easy
      346 38  -  Leonard Thomas Milan knows that Galatasaray is tough Champions League AC Milan v Galatasaray MILAN Italian giants cannot take the unpredictable Turks too lightly. It used to be the case that a win was almost guaranteed whenever AC Milan took to the San Siro Stadium in
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      Lock icon Deportivo faces a tough test against the slick attack of Paris St Germain
      279 38 Champions League PSG v Deportivo La Coruna IN A tirade reminiscent of volatile Dutchmen, Deportivo La Coruna striker Roy Makaay was outraged when coach Javier Irureta took him off against Osasuna over the weekend. The Dutchman signalled
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      Lock icon 'childish'
      704 39 Silly defensive errors cost Reds the lead, fumes Houllier LIVERPOOL Gerard Houllier (right) labelled his multi-nation-al Liverpool defence "childish" and accused them of costing his side the leadership in the Premiership race. Houllier watched in disbelief as two basic errors condemned them to a 2-1 defeat at Tottenham and
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      Horse racing on SportsCity
      445 40  -  S. Murali The television station will also show preview programmes by ALL local horse races with more than US$l million ($1.72 million) in prize money will be shown live on free-to-air television from next year. According to sources, the first local race to be televised live
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      26 40 English managers IN CRISIS Captain Marvel is Childish defending I now Captain Failure has cost us dear i Robson in trouble Houllier strikes out 32 39
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