Today, 6 July 2001

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    Masthead
    9 1 TODAY Friday ju, > 6 <2 °ol MITAII'I 138/11 :000
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    A more moderate Claire to move on
    265 1  -  Kim-Kyna Tan kim@newstoday.com.sg by BUSINESS magnate Claire Chiang will neither enter party politics nor renew her term as Nominated MR "Right from the start, I knew that I'd only put in four years there have been a lot of people asking if I
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    Lock icon Can $2.5m buy her joy?
    347 1  -  Elaine Quek by elaine@newstoday.com.sg AFTER hearing that the High Court had awarded record damages to a medical negligence victim yesterday, a reporter asked: "Are you happy?" Even as her brother started to nod, Madam Gunapathy Muniandy shook her head as vigorously as she could, and
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    Off-Budget measures?
    202 1  -  Ivay Tan by ivay@newstoday.com.sg REPORTS by two separate research houses have indicated that Finance Minister Dr Richard Hu might announce off-Budget measures when Parliament sits next Wednesday. Dow Jones quoted IDEAglobal as saying that the expected package will likely include $1 billion worth of tax cuts and rebates
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  • Article
    The Friday Flutter
    159 1 IT is that day of the week again and the market must be wondering what the banks will hit it with this time. Last Friday, white knight United Overseas Bank made a friendly offer to Overseas Union Bank after both had suspended trading earlier in the day.
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Lock icon Are you Chinese, or are you needy?
      309 2  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahim Malaysia-born, US-based writer talks of race in Singapore by zackaria@newstoday.com.sg drop of racial tensions in postIndependence Kuala Lumpur. The protagonist, Li An, downplays her Chinese race and stresses her nationality instead. This echoes Ms Lim's own views. She believes people
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      Lock icon MI185: The stabiliser theories
      170 2 -AFP THE possibility of mechanical failure in the Silk Air crash was raised in the High Court yesterday. The crash in Palembang, Indonesia, on Dec 19, 1997, killed 104 people. Silk Air's lawyer, Mr Lok Vi Ming, in cross-examining a flight simulator instructor, also said it
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      Judges can now work from home
      139 2  -  Lee U-Wen by uwen@newstoday.com.sg JUDGES and Judicial Commissioners can now access the top secret Supreme Court computer network from the comfort of their homes. Using a system of secured remote access, they can read their emails and electronic case files, using laptops with high
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    • Article
      Petrol price cut
      41 2 THE Singapore Petroleum Company and Caltex have joined Shell, BP and ExxonMobil in reducing the pump price of its various grades of petrol by three cents a litre. The move, however, does not include the price of diesel.
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      NZ travel warning
      42 2 VISITORS to New Zealand should protect themselves against an influenza outbreak there by getting vaccinated one to two weeks before departure, said the Health Ministry. This can be done at Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Changi General Hospital and polyclinics.
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    • Article
      WTO challenge
      287 3  -  Tan Siew Eng What China's impending full membership means by sieweng@newstoday.com.sg AFTER 15 years of knocking on the doors of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), China finally looks set to become a full member. WTO officials announced on Wednesday night that a major breakthrough had been achieved in
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      Lock icon Malaysian police detain student activist under ISA
      130 3 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian police yesterday detained a student activist under the Internal Security Act (ISA), which allows for detention without trial. Khairul Anuar Ahmad Zainuddin, 24, was detained for coordinating and taking part in a student movement last month to protest against
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      Lock icon Gus Dur picks sacked A-G as Secretary
      107 3 AFP JAKARTA Just a month after he lost his Cabinet post, former Attorney-General Marzuki Damsman is back in President Abdurrahman Wahid' favour. Mr Abdurrahman, or Gus Dur, yesterday installed Mr Marzuki (picture) as his new CabinetSecretary, who functions like a close aide to
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      Eye 'braces'
      394 4  -  Leong Phei Phei OrthoK lenses improve myopia temporarily by pheiphei@newstoday.com.sg IMAGINE waking up to 20/20 vision just by wearing a special kind of contact lens that corrects the shape of your cornea overnight. Some 1,000 Singaporeans are already doing this since orthokeratology (or OrthoK) was introduced to this
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      Local inventors get online market
      258 4  -  Angelia Teo by reporter@newstoday.com.sg LOCAL inventors may soon be selling their ideas online to a global audience through an intellectual property (IP) marketplace, which was launched by statutory board Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (Ipos) yesterday. At the SurflP Marketplace, patent owners can list their
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      New syllabus
      78 4 SOME 500 of Nanyang Technological University's (NTU) first year accountancy undergraduates will be taught a revamped syllabus when the new academic term starts on Monday. The syllabus is based on the University of Illinois' experienced-based learning programme. It will focus on industry case studies and promote creative thinking.
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      Pocketed wages
      81 4  -  -Pearlyn Tham A FORMER security supervisor was jailed three months for pocketing part of his subordinates' wages. Koh Ching Hong, a security supervisor with Citisec Services, was attached to Centrepoint Shopping Centre. Part of his duties was to receive the guards' wages. Instead of paying the guards in
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      316 4 An Oisit Of Love. Courage And Strength LIVING FAITH CHURCH SUNDAY WORSHIP SERVICE Time 9.30 am to I 1.15 am Venue Pan Pacific Hotel Level 1, Pacific 3 Pastor Rev. Dr John Urn Come and be blessed —7Website: wwwthelivingfaith.org 1 A TJIEIR Jj| yf V FIRSTtSTEP TOLEARNHSg SUCCESS In Kumon,
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      100 4 READ 0N... XXorXY? In comes the sperm-sorting machine/ 14 Don't laugh if I say this Singaporeans have a better press than they deserve/18 Pop stars wanted It's time for you to discover your talent/22 To cheer or to jeer? Moulin Rouge swells in style but lacks substance/24 Going potty, baby?
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  • LETTERS
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      Don't get emotional
      231 6  -  Ckua Hong Wee A DBS-OUB merger is better in the long run LOTS of people are reacting emotionally to the DBS and UOB bids for OUB. There are those who champion UOB's cause because the Government-owned DBS is seen as a "big bully" with no consideration for
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      Nightmare on Nicoll Highway
      87 6  -  John Yap TRAFFIC along Nicoll Highway towards the city is always heavy during the evening rush hour. There is a constant stream of cars waiting to turn right into Bras Basah Road. Cars coming out of Suntec City and Marina Square contribute to the jam. Could
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      Put levy in retirement fund
      185 6  -  Mohamad Rosle Ahmad CURRENTLY, the Housing and Development Board (HDB) imposes a resale levy ranging from 15 to 25 per cent which is payable immediately or deferred until another HDB flat is purchased. Given the Government's concern that savings in the Central Provident Fund (CPF)
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      How about screening some old favourites?
      96 6  -  Annelise Rosen SINGAPOREANS are spoilt for choice when it comes to TV programmes. However, shouldn't we spare a thought for the English-speaking members of the older generation? How about showing some old American or British movies, like those made in the 40s, 50s or
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      Arts Central has them
      232 6 MediaCorp replies AT MediaCorp, we believe in doing our best to meet the needs of our viewers. Besides our mass entertainment channels, Channel 5 and 8, other MediaCorp channels such as CityTV, Channel News Asia, Central and Suria also cater to the needs of different demographic
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      42 6 Your letter can also appear on this page. Write with your full name and address to Today, 24, Raffles Place, #28-01/06, Clifford Centre, Singapore *****1; Fax: 65-*****17; E-mail: news@newstoday.com.sg We reserve the right to edit all letters submitted to us for publication.
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Lock icon Cool, cool fan
      149 7  -  Shazalina Salim by shazalina@newstoday.com.sg THIS fan (above) one of 68 bi-directional tunne ventilation fans in the SMRT tunnels is not used to create wind or cool down the tunnel. Nor is it turned on every hour of the day, every day. Instead, the fan only comes on
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  • BUISNESS NEWS
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      Lock icon Cargo slump
      358 8 Bloomberg Asian freight forwarders face grim outlook ASIAN freight forwarders reported lower sales last month as demand for electronics sagged, indicating airlines serving the region may also post declines in the use of cargo capacity. Singapore-based Emery Air Freight Corp, which handles shipments for companies like Sony Corp,
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    • $ Market Watch
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        asyknit cancels share placement
        127 8 EASYKNIT International Holdings, a Hong Kongbased garment exporter, said it had cancelled a proposed share placement that was expected to raise HK$33.B million ($7.91 million). The placement of 147.07 million shares at HK$O.23 each to Magical Profits Ltd was scrapped as "conditions to the placing agreement
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    • BUSINESS
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        Joyless in Malaysia
        551 10  -  Donghyun Park by Associate Professor IN September 1998, Malaysia imposed capital controls to protect itself from the fast-spreading Asian financial crisis. Those controls marked a sharp change of policy as Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad took over the Finance Minister's position from his former deputy,
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        Lock icon Exxon has $2.7b plans
        233 12 Bloomberg Three new projects to counter output decline PASIR GUDANG (Malaysia) Exxon Mobil Corp, the biggest publicly traded oil company, said it would spend US$l.5 billion ($2.74 billion) to develop three oil and gas projects off Malaysia's east coast. Exxon is the largest oil producer in
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        Contract out the downturn
        266 12  -  Chan Chao Peh by chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg THE ongoing economic downturn means that many fresh graduates will find themselves smack in the middle of a shrinking job market. They, like other job seekers, are now more open to work as contract employees, as compared with five years ago,
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        Lock icon Data craft promise
        126 12 Bloomberg DATACRAFT Asia said it would meet analysts' earnings expectations for fiscal year 2002. This is because higher demand for computer networking services in Asia is helping the company avoid the margin declines seen by its parent. The company sought to reassure investors after South Africa's Dimension
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        MediaCorp appoints 3 new board members
        176 12 MEDIA Corporation of Singapore (MediaCorp) has appointed three new board members. The three are, from left, Mr V X Rajah, Mr Ng Kai Wa, and Mrs Lim Hwee Hua. Mr Cheng Wai Keung, MediaCorp's chairman of the board, said: "As the largest and most
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      • Market News
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          Singapore
          290 12 SINGAPORE shares ended broadly lower in sluggish trade yesterday. A US holiday provided few leads while trading sentiment was hampered by fresh developments on banking merger and acquisition (M&A) activity and profit warnings from European companies. The ST index eased 5.69 points to 1,688.02. Breadth was negative with a
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          Malaysia
          163 12 THE Malaysian stock market surged yesterday on institutional buying. The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index ended 19 points higher to 617.1, which was only slightly off its intra-day high of 619.9. Trading volume was an impressive 373,522 with gainers thumping losers six to one. A few foreign broking houses have
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      183 13 kSrTTiHTiMT^^H In the past year, we received Investment Fund Awards for: No wonder more and more Singaporeans are investing their core portfolios DBS Shenton Income Fund with our team of njghly pro f ess j ona i f unc managers. If you are looking DBS US Growth Fund for professional
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      XX or XY?
      313 14 In comes the sperm-sorting machine LAUSANNE (Switzerland) An American clinic claims to have produced nearly 200 designer babies, with the help of a sperm-sorting machine. The machine increases the likelihood of conceiving the desired sex to 92 per cent for girls and 72 per cent for boys,
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      Lock icon Not as healthy as you think
      135 14 Reuters LONDON Many food products, advertised as health-boost-ing, have failed to live up to what manufacturers promise. All they do is to simply leave shoppers short of cash, a consumer watchdog said yesterday. Which?, a magazine produced by the UK Consumer Association, said products
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      Lock icon Menem formally charged
      122 14 AFP BUENOS AIRES Former Argentine President Carlos Menem may soon be spending time in jail after he was charged in a gun-running scandal. Judge Jorge Urson on Wednesday formally charged Menem with leading an "illicit association" that illegally sold arms to Ecuador and Croatia in the *****,
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      Skirts up!
      242 16 NZ women told to back ex-official suing govt for dress discrimination WELLINGTON New Zealand women have been urged to put on their shortest skirts and biggest earrings today in support of a flamboyant ex-government official who claims she was fired over her dress sense. Ms Christine Rankin (left),
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      Lock icon East Timor signs $7b oil, gas pact
      118 16 Agencies DILI East Timor received a much-needed financial boost after it signed a landmark agree ment with Australia yesterday. The Memorandum of Understanding of "The Timor Sea Arrangement" divides oil and gas revenues from the Timor Sea to Australia and East Timor. It
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      Lock icon Pakistani pugilists vanish in S Korea
      155 16 -AFP SEOUL South Korean police are hunting for 42 Pakistanis and a Chinese national who ran away from an international taekwondo tournament, officials said yesterday. They disappeared from the World Taekwondo Festival in Chungwon, 80km south of Seoul, on Tuesday, police said. "Their belongings
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    • Article
      Jennifer Lopez and the ***** boo-boo
      171 16 NEW YORK-JLo.aka Jennifer Lopez, may have hit a new low with hei latest offering, I'm Real. The song contains the controversial word "*****", and is about her failed relationship with rap star Puff Daddy. In it, Lopez sings: "People are always asking me what's
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      Lock icon Security director arrested for Thai bombings
      158 16 AFP BANGKOK Thai police yesterday arrested an army officer over a bombing campaign against the Tesco Lotus chain which has so far killed one person and injured two. The latest attack late on Wednesday at a Tesco Lotus store in one of Bangkok's largest
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      Lock icon Typhoon Utor pummels Luzon, and moves on
      193 16 -AFP BAGUIO (Philippines) After pummelling the Philippines yesterday, Typhoon Utor roared towards Hong Kong and southern China. The storm left 43 people dead and at least 42 missing, including Taiwanese and Chinese sailors, rescuers said. Winds gusting at 170 kilometres per hour cut
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Don't laugh if I say this ...
      960 18  - Don't laugh if I say this Ravi Veloo Singaporeans have a better press than they deserve by LET me tell you something you may find quite disagreeable, but please don't shoot me for it. Here goes: I think the media in Singapore is actually better than what we deserve. I
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
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  • RELAX
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      Lock icon Pop stars wanted
      264 22  -  Sophia Ang It's time for you to discover your talent by sophia@newstoday.com.sg Mediacorp TV Channel 5 and Mediacorp Studios are proud to present Taletitime 2001 a rebirth of the hit variety programme of the 80s. Taletitime 2001, the brainchild of popular entertainer Najip Ali, will be the
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      Lock icon At last, here's something good for the boys
      417 22  -  Ivan Lim by COSMETICS giant Shiseido has introduced a new range of products in Singapore Uno. Made specifically for the young male executive, Uno boasts a range of hair and skincare products to suit varied lifestyles. Mr Jun'ichi Tsuboi (picture), president and
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    • Article
      Lock icon Choosing Harry Potter over Shakespeare
      296 22 Reuters MOSCOW Who to choose Harry Potter, trainee wizard, or Hamlet, Prince of Denmark? That was the dilemma facing Maria Litvinova, Russia's top translator and world-renowned expert on Shakespeare, when she agreed to set aside her cherished research into the Bard of Avon to translate
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  • INCINEMAS
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      To cheer or to jeer?
      689 24  -  David Ngiau Film review Moulin Rouge (Now showing) by david@newstoday.com.sg Moulin Rouge swells in style but lacks substance "fi/foulin Rouge director Baz Luhrmann was in IVJ. town earlier this week, and my interview with the passionate, hyperactive man ran in yesterday's paper. Luhrmann was genuinely
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      Lock icon David Duchovny: 4ss-piring artist?
      167 25 EX X-Files star David Duchoviiy has been painting for charity. That's not so unusual, but with his buttocks as his brush? The Evolution star and his actress wife Tea Leoni admit they get very involved in their artwork, using Duchovny's buttocks to raise money for good
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      Burton's dark old days
      81 25 TIM Burton has his parents' methods of keeping their fuel bills down to thank for his dark imagination, reports World Entertainment News Network. The filmmaker admits he spent most of his youth in his bedroom, where his folks had boarded up his window for insulation purposes.
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      Lock icon Mulholland release in US
      123 25 Reuters HOLLYWOOD Universal has bought US distribution rights to Mulholland Drive, which won David Lynch the best director prize at this year's Cannes Film Festival. The amnesia thriller will be released this fall in the US through Universal's specialty distribution unit Universal Focus, which recently had
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      Lock icon Finland bombs Pearl Harbor
      126 25 Reuters HELSINKI Disney's hopes for a 7Vte«»'c-sized hit with Pearl Harbor in Finland have sunk without a trace. The World War II epic had a modest opening weekend of 25,000 admissions off 54 prints, and expectations are not high for the coming weekend. The picture's debut
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      Lock icon Hope for robots yet
      645 26  -  Neville Stack OFF BEAT t looks like children could turn their future around someday by nstack@esatclear.ie WHAT is the difference between a baby and a robot? Not much, actually, from the point of view of cold facts. Consider the resemblances. Whatever its potential, which, of course,
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      Lock icon It's still cool to say: All your base are belong to us (sic)?
      425 26 NOT SAY I WANT TO SAY IT'S not a typo. It's just the hippest phrase to hit the Internet, ever. In the few months of this new millennium, a new phrase has spread like wildfire, via the
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      123 27 Haro Music Catch The Biggeet Names arid Hottest Stars at the Music Event of the Year! □ate: 14th July 2001 (Sat), 7.30pm Venue: Suntec City Convention Hall 60S All Tickets to Radio Music Awards 2001 have been Sold Out! Stay tuned to find out how you can win exclusive tickets
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      Going potty, baby?
      988 28  -  Rohaniah Saini Toilet-training a child has to be one of the most challenging tasks parents have to face by MOST parents are told they should toilet-train their child when he is ready. Child development experts seem to agree that, between 30 and 36 months, most children are
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      Expect accidents
      101 28 Occasional "accidents" and withholding of both urine and bowel movements are natural and part of the learning process. If your child continuously withholds bowel movements, it may result in hard stools, which will make going to the toilet painful. To keep stools soft, consult your doctor for a
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      Put yourself in your child's shoes
      273 28 Parents are often absorbed with their own challenges when they're teaching their child something major, like toilettraining, but it is even more daunting for the child when he has to learn something difficult. Understanding your child's perspective on toilet-training will help you be more
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      Cultivating inquiring minds
      565 29 Your child will be better motivated to learn if he or she is able to experience the world more intimately AS a child grows, he develops a curiosity about the world around him. Most parents will have tales of the irritating stage when their child keeps asking
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      Lock icon Belgium's medieval town
      434 30  -  Shazalina Salim Bruges is where the Middle Ages is caught in the present TODAY photos by BELGIUM is not exactly a popular holiday destination in Europe among Singaporeans. But that means you can stroll on the streets without bumping into a neighbour or ex-classmate. The land of
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      Lock icon Agassi meets Rafter again
      706 32 AFP Henmanania may or may not help Tim in other semi-final Wimbledon LONDON The Wimbledon semi-finals have flung up two contrasting clashes. Pat Rafter goes up against Andre Agassi in a battle of old rivals and Tim Henman takes on Goran Ivanisevic in a tie noone
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      Lock icon All-Star game could be staged in Asia
      186 33 AFP MELBOURNE Four months after saying too much rugby was being played, International Rugby Board (IRB) chief Vernon Pugh announcec yesterday a world clash that would generate millions of dollars. Pugh said a match between the best players from the Northern and Southern
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      Lock icon It's Argentina against Ghana in youth final
      81 33 AFP BUENOS AIRES Argentina coolly disposed of continental neighbour Paraguay 5-0 to set up a date with tournament surprise package Ghana in Sunday's final of the World Youth championship. Ghana conjured another late show of football to eliminate its continental cousin Egypt 2-0
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      Lock icon Indians on drugs, you must be joking
      125 33 AFP NEW DELHI The Indian cricket team's physiotherapist yesterday rubbished drug charges against his wards, saying the players did not train hard enough to benefit from performance-enhanc-ing steroids. Leipus was responding to charges by 'Outlook' magazine that some Indian cricketers took per-formance-enhancing drugs.
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      Lock icon Roof will be closed
      133 33 AFP MELBOURNE The British and Irish Lions have agreed to the roof being closed for tomorrow's second Test with Australia at the Melbourne Colonial Stadium. Australian Rugby Union chief executive John O'Neill said the Lions had agreed neither side would gain an advantage from playing indoors.
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      Lock icon Arsenal in the dock
      533 34 Reuters And fallout from Campbell transfer saga continues ROTTERDAM Feyenoord is to have further talks next week over the transfer of its goalkeeper Jerzy Dudek to Arsenal, but if the deal falls through it might take legal action against the English premier league club. Arsenal could
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      Lock icon Manchester United won't sell Yorke...for now
      259 34 Reuters MANCHESTER Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson has urged his troubled striker Dwight Yorke to recapture the form of two years ago if he wants to remain with the premier league champion. Yorke, 29, was unable to command a regular place last year and
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      Lock icon Busy transfer market in Italy
      203 34 Reuters MILAN Inter Milan has signed Portuguese international winger Sergio Conceicao from Parma and Italy goalkeeper Francesco Toldo from Fiorentina as Italian clubs continue to spend heavily in the transfer market. Inter said on its website that it had sold highly-rated French goalkeeper Sebastien Frey
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      Lock icon Enrique could now be at Barca for life
      165 34 Reuters BARCELONA Spanish international midfielder Luis Enrique has renewed his contract with Barcelona for another three seasons, the club said yesterday. The 31-year-old player, whose previous contract expired at the end of June, said that the new deal made it more likely
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      Merseyside messiah
      409 36 (arLsbcrqa My idea was to build Liverpool into a bastion of invincibility. Napoleon had that idea; he wanted to conquer the bloody world. I wanted Liverpool to be W I untouchable. My idea was to build Liverpool up I and up until eventually everyone would have to I
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      Steven Gerrard – England's bright young talent
      376 37 Steven Gerrard England's bright young talent iCmsbertfi A PRODUCT of the Liverpool Youth Academy, Steven Gerrard is arguably one of the brightest young talents in the English game. The young midfielder, who turned 21 last week, has made incredible progress in such a short space of time. He made his
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      Jamie Carragher – Liverpool's unsung hero
      319 37 Jamie Carragher Liverpool's unsung hero THIS uncomplicated defender is probably the least celebrated member in Liverpool's glittering array of stars. Yet, not even the likes of Jamie Carragher's more illustrious team-mates like Robbie Fowler, Emile Heskey and Michael Owen could claim to have had more playing time than him in
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      What's wrong with the Rams?
      159 38  -  Jose Raymond Woodlands 0 Balestier 3 SOMETHING is not right at Woodlands Wellington. In fact, everything seems to be going wrong. Despite having a new coach in David O'Connor and a new sponsor in SembCorp Gas, the Rams' fortunes have still been disappointing. After going
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      Lock icon Dolphins fight to Keep Vest
      369 38  -  Stanley Ho Marine Castle 0 Home United 1 THE man the Hougang faithful affectionately dub "the best dressed SLeague coach" should think twice about leaving Marine Castle United. Last night, Alan Vest, clad in his trademark wrinkle-free white shirt, watched how hard his charges fought
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      Lions' goalkeeper Rezal dropped for Saudi game
      280 38  -  Stanley Ho HE HAS not recovered from injury. That was the reason given yesterday by Goal 2010 Director and national caretaker coach Jan Poulsen when he announced that goalkeeper Rezal Hassan had been dropped from the Lions' squad to face Saudi Arabia. The
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      Peng Siong says thanks, but no thanks
      337 39  -  Jose Raymond TO resolve a recent spat between it and sprinter U.K. Shyam, the Singapore Amateur Athletic Association called for an open-door meeting to resolve all differences in the best interests of the athlete, the association and the sport in general. To resolve
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      Lock icon Shattered
      234 39 Reuters Wimbledon LONDON Jennifer Capriati's Grand Slam dreams lay in tatters as Justine Henin staged a magnificent recovery to win 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 in the Wimbledon semi-finals yesterday. Outplayed by the American fourth seed in the first set, the 19-year-old Henin came alive in the second after being treated
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      Lock icon Aussies in charge
      64 39 Reuters BIRMINGHAM AFTER making a promising start and reaching 106 for one just before lunch, England fumbled badly in the first Ashes Test against Australia yesterday. At press time, it was struggling at 174 for six wickets, Glenn McGrath, Jason Gillespie and Shame Warne all picked up
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      Lock icon A song in his heart
      418 40  -  Stanley Ho by stanley@newstoday.com.sg RASID Mohd Noor has never kicked a football in his life. The 48-year-old has never even seen one. You see, Rasid is blind. He lost his sight when he was just a month old. And recently, he had his right leg
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