Today, 13 July 2002

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  • 9 1 Weekend TODAY July 13 14 2002 MTEii (F) 248W)3/2002
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  • 1584 1 by Jose Raymond Stanley Ho LET numbers tell you a rather bizarre story. While all eyes were on the World Cup last month, something strange was afoot in the S-League. There was an average of 4.25 goals per game in the S-League
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  • 1378 1  -  ValChua •Joy Frances. Comment by DURING a break in Parliament on Wednesday, some MPs sat deep in discussion, rethinking their next move before the session reconvened. Six of them had sparked off one of the hottest debates that Parliament has seen over the past decade
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  • NEWS
    • 327 2 Terrorist ringleader behind Spore group detained in Oman THE man believed to be the ringleader of the terrorist cell that wanted to blow up key installations in Singapore last year has been arrested by US security officials. It is not known when and where he was
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    • 108 2 AFP KARACHI A series of interrogations of the local militants rounded up since the car-bomb blast outside the US consulate on June 14 has led to the arrest on Friday of the financial adviser to Osama bin Laden and two other mditants. Sheikh Ahmed Sale em,
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    • 550 3  -  Chan Chao Peh Spore-listed MNC sells itself cheap A FAST-GROWING Singapore-listed multinational seems to have sold itself cheap to a US financial institution in exchange for a brand name on its shareholder list. HTL International, a leading leather tanner and manufacturer of leather upholstery,
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    • 48 3 Singers performing on a giant stage, built like a table and chairs from a Parisian bistro, in Lake Constance during a dress rehearsal of Giacomo Puccini's opera La Bokeme on Friday. The annual Bregenz festival will be opened next Saturday.- Retjters photo
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    • 398 4  -  Elaine Quek ACS Board grills 17-year-old boy, mother AN INQUIRY to look into the alleged molest case involving Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road) principal Mr Ng Eng Chin, 43, and a 17-year-old former student finally began on Friday. The first day of the two-day inquiry, held at Anglo-Chinese
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    • 431 4  -  Toh Boon Ngee MR ONG Kian Choon's heart swells with pride when he thinks about his two-and-a-half-year-old "baby". Like any proud parent, the man at the helm of Fuhua Secondary School has been able to rattle off many of its achievements. For one, it has
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    • 126 4 FORMER Finance Minister Richard Hu (picture) has been appointed Chancellor of the Singapore Management University (SMU), the institute said in a press release on Friday. Dr Hu's new position was vacated on July 1 by SMU's first chancellor Lim Kirn San, who stepped down
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    • 160 4 Newsßadio 93.8 DEPUTY Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has said that Singapore's future NEWater production is enough to replace all the water the country is taking from Malaysia, under the 1961 agreement which expires in nine years. Speaking to reporters after opening the new
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    • 624 5  -  David Ngiau Two former Japanese yakuza talk about their past HALFWAY through my interview with two former Japanese yakuza gangsters-turned-Christian reverends, my attention was drawn to the left hand of Kaom Inoue, who was sitting just to my right. I looked down and saw that the burly
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    • 762 6 Ravi Veloo on: IN JUST a few weeks' time, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong will probably miss the most dramatic chance he has to show us we are Remaking Singapore, since Zoe Tay started speaking English on TV. The National Day Rally is the
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    • 243 6 Channel News Asia THE human skull, found more than two months ago near the Kranji Reservoir, has been identified as that of a five-year-old boy who went missing during a family excursion in April. Ling Ming Jie is believed to have
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    • 244 6 Channel News Asia THE Association of Women for Action and Research (Aware) has been conducting a survey over the past two weeks to gather views for submission to the Remaking Singapore Committee. The association has sent e-mails and snail mail to Singaporeans, asking
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    • 163 6  -  Hannah Teoh THE World Cyber Games comes to Singapore for the second time this year, with cash prizes of up to $2,000. Local gamers are expected to pit their skills against one another in three games Star Craft, Age of Empires and Counter-Strike. The grand champions
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  • LETTERS
    • 145 7  -  Kenneth Mak IT heartens me to read about the valiant efforts of so many PAP MPs, especially Mr Tan Soo Khoon, during the recent Parliamentary debates on the various fee hikes. It saddens me, however, to see ministers fall into a state of cold detachment from the cares
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    • 197 7  -  Paul Antony Fernandez Better service does not mean only aircon buses and exchanges MINISTERS speaking in defence of the hike in transport fares have said that commuters would have to accept them because they allow operators to provide better service. But, better service does not
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    • 179 7  -  Dr Tan Chek Wee I REFER to the recent debate on cat ownership in Housing Development Board flats. The law to bar them from HDB homes can worsen the stray cat problem and increase the cases of animal abuse in Singapore. If
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    • 79 7  -  Indira Dcvi I REFER to the report, After the storm (Today, July 11). Nee Soon Central MP Ong Ah Heng had asked if Parliament should spend so much time debating the single transport issue when weightier matters like the unresolved water deals with Malaysia remain. We need
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    • 228 7 WE REFER to the letter, Our Merlions are most un-(camera) friendly! (Today, July 4). The Merlion at Mount Faber Park is located at the peak of Mount Faber Hill. The Merlion was orientated to face inland with the sea and the southern islands as the
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  • BUSINESS
    • 629 8  -  Lee Yew Meng HK trading house moves to become pan-Asian auto giant HONG KONG-BASED trading house, the Jardine group, is poised to become a pan-Asian automotive giant should its attempt to acquire Cycle Carriage (C&C), Singapore's No 1 car distributor, succeed. Yesterday, Jardine Strategic Holdings, in which
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    • Article, Illustration
      890 8  -  Richard Hartung How will Singaporeans be affected by credit card rulings overseas? by AS more stores accept credit cards, usage has surged. These pieces of plastic have also become a major driving force behind bank profits. Yet, two regulatory and legal challenges underway in Australia and the United
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    • 548 8 Bloomberg TO help boost the country's financial industry, Singapore may give money managers access to more of the nearly $90 billion in CPF (Central Provident Fund) savings. A Government review of the CPF scheme may propose on Monday to hand more of the savings to
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    • Article, Illustration
      391 10  -  Chan Chao Peh OKP promises a smooth ride WHENEVER there is an economic slowdown, one of the first responses of the Government is to award more construction projects to stimulate the economy with the extra spending. OKP Holdings, a local construction company specialising in the building and maintenance
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    • 127 10 -AFP WASHINGTON WorldCom's former chief financial officer Scott Sullivan told congressional investigators that ousted chief executive officer (CEO) Bernard Ebbers was aware that the company was cooking the books, the Wall Street Journal said on Friday. "This is the first evidence we have seen showing
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    • Corporate Briefs
      • 59 10 Bloomberg EASYKNIT International Holdings, a Hong Kong-based cotton garment exporter, has requested a suspension in the trading of its shares in Singapore on Monday pending an announcement on a proposed rights offer. Also, Brilliant Manufacturing, a manufacturer of computer parts and accessories, has requested the immediate suspension of its
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      • 97 10 Bloomberg HYFLUX and Dayen Environmental rallied on Friday after a panel of international experts submitted a report supporting the use of recycled water, "Hyflux is a water treatment company which specialises in filtration and this news will benefit the company," said analyst Fong Wai Yip of JM
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    • Market Watch
      • 125 10 TRADING on Friday was buoyant, thanks to a late surge on Wall Street and tech-related stocks. There was considerable activity in recently listed IPOs, providing the needed volume in the market. Selected blue-chip stocks were also active, particularly tech-related issues which investors felt would benefit from the encouraging news
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      • 5 10 Straits Times Index 10-Day Chart
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      • 56 10 By volume July 12 GtyAxis Aspnetcen Viz Broni 3IL Intl DatocrftUSS 'OOO 60,790 29,608 23,693 21,034 19,774 SingTel Doyen KLW Goldtron asm 'OOO 15,870 15,694 14,754 12,659 11,379 By value July 12 DatotrttOSS Chartered DBS Venture SingTel 29,077,110 27,970,520 24,949,890 24,157,500 22,366,970 CilyAxis SIA SPH Creative 50
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      • 51 10 index Value Change Pis Nikkei 225 *****.45 +115.71 +1.10 Hang Seng 411 Otdiiwrfes laiwan Wtd *****.30 3146.50 5416.50 +89.49 +4.40 +213.91 +.85 +.14 +4.11 Korea Comp SET Index 792.93 400.66 +28.05 +2.69 +3.67 +.63 Jakarta Camp 479.61 +8.79 +1.87 Phils Camp Shenzen B 1161.69 250.82 +22.55 -.42 +1.98
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    • 82 11 -AFP WASHINGTON The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said that the euro zone economic growth may be weaker than had been expected this year as it takes a hit from plunging stock markets. "Uncertainty and downside risks have increased looking forward," said an IMF economic mission
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    • 307 11 Bloomberg ROYAL Dutch/Shell Group boosted fuel deliveries in Singapore after it was excluded from Asia's most widespread oil pricing system because it delayed earlier shipments, said an official at Piatt's that runs the pricing service. Shell, the world's third-biggest publicly traded oil company
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    • 85 11 Bloomberg DBS Group Holdings said its credit card business head Sylvia de la Cruz has resigned. Ms De la Cruz spent more than 20 years at UK-based Standard Chartered, where she was deputy-group head of card services in Hong Kong before joining DBS. Her departure
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    • 224 12 SINGAPORE property stocks were mixed on Friday ahead of the announcement on Monday of the Economic Review Committee's (ERC) recommendation on policies related to the Central Provident Fund (CPF), wages and land. It has been widely speculated that the recommendations might involve limiting
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    • 1506 12 Through schemes that help out property buyers AMID concern over unemployment and job security, many potential home buyers are considering their level of debt exposure in properties. This has made finding the right pricing strategy all the more important for developers looking to accomplish a successful
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 134 9 ___h____________#f__i^ Where's the humanity?/.3 The trade in migrant workers is as much a part of the globalisation process as goods and services as well as investment funds. But the human aspects of the trade are another story. Transsexuals' triumph/15 Two British transsexuals have won the legal recognition of their new
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  • WORLD
    • 1170 13  -  Kalinga Seneviratne GLOBALISATION is a much talked about word these days often in the context of "free" trade involving movement of goods, services and investment funds. But what about the trade in migrant workers? This is very much a part of today's globalisation process, often providing
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    • 343 14 Agencies strikes terror in human rights groups in HK HONG KONG Lawmakers in Hong Kong passed a controversial anti-terrorism Bill on Friday that critics said would give the government sweeping powers to tag dissidents as terrorists. Lawmakers approved the Bill a localised version of a United Nations resolution
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    • 255 14 KUALA LUMPUR It was full steam ahead for promoting the English language as Education Minister Tan Sri Musa Mohamad on Friday reassured Malaysians that English was not a threat to Bahasa Malaysia. He said the Malay language would remain the national language and that
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    • 188 14 KUALA LUMPUR- Prominent Malaysian lawyer-cum-politician Karpal Singh will have to apply for a work permit if he is to represent the three suspended Singaporean tudung-clad schoolgirls in their cases. The girls, who have been suspended after insisting on wearing the Islamic head scarf to school
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    • 45 14 AFP photo. A PROTESTER shouting slogans in central Caracas to demand Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez's resignation. Tens of thousands protested on Thursday to demand Mr Chavez's resignation the latest in three months of demonstrations that followed an aborted coup d-etat.
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    • 131 14 TOKYO The desire to be slim and beautiful in the style-conscious society of Japan has cost the life of one and endangered the lives of 11 others. The diet pills, Onshidogenpi-kono and Sennomoto-kono (picture), are said to contain compounds similar to those found in Slim
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    • 163 14 AFP BANGKOK The taps on the popular Thai resort island of Samui have run dry, literally. The Hin Lad waterfall, which is the island's only natural water source, is drying up as a result of several months of drought. Samui waterworks district chief Pathiwet Hiranpong
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    • 101 14 AFP JAKARTA A man was arrested on Thursday for smashing a traffic mirror outside a United States Marine dormitory while carrying a petrol bomb. Police arrested the 22-year-old man, identified as Doby Fedianto, after he broke the mirror outside the gate with an
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    • 307 15 Agencies Legal recognition for two transsexuals LONDON For 30 years, these people have lived in a legal nightmare. But a shaft of light, even if tiny, is shining into the tunnel. In a landmark ruling from the European Court of Human Rights on Thursday, two British male-to-female
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    • 234 15 AFP SEOUL South Korea's first woman Prime Minister, Chang Sang, spent her first day in office on Friday battling a row over the US passport of her son which she said he had offered to renounce. Ms Chang, 63, who was appointed on
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    • 209 15 Agencies MOSCOW Seeking justice for its dead pilots in the fatal mid-air collision in Germany last week, Russia's pilots union said on Thursday that it plans to take legal actions against Swiss air traffic controllers. Following the collision, Swiss air traffic controllers have blamed
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    • 221 15 Agencies LONDON Former Iraqi army officers and opponents of President Saddam Hussein gathered here on Friday to mull how best to topple the Iraqi leader and ensure an orderly transition to democracy. The officers say they have organised the meeting themselves without sponsorship from the
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    • 145 15 Reuters LOS ANGELES The man who recorded on video a police beating that has enraged black leaders was arrested on Friday just before he was to give a television interview. Mr Mitchell Crooks, 27, was taken into custody on warrants issued for petty theft
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    • 847 16  -  Shibu Itty Kuttickal but can Karen House turn the tide for the WSJ? SHE is the boss' wife. And she has been elevated to a position usually held by bosses-in-waiting. A juicy story on nepotism at the higher echelons of the corporate world? It may
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    • 160 16 Reuters NEW YORK Sesame Street will soon introduce its first HIV-positive muppet character to children of South Africa, where one in nine people have the virus that can lead to Aids. The female muppet will join Takalani Sesame on Sept 30 for its third season
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    • 186 16 -AFP SYDNEY In perhaps the strongest show of support as yet for the United States, Australia's Foreign Minister, Mr Alexander Downer, has spoken out in favour of the US policy of pre-emptive strikes on Iraq. In an interview with ABC radio on Thursday, Mr Downer
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  • IN FOCUS
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      426 17 Agencies MOTHER Nature was at its most cruel this past week in the Asia-Pacific region, where typhoons from Guam to Japan killed at least 100 people and millions were left homeless in India and Bangladesh. One of the worst of typhoons, Chata'an, claimed 49 lives and destroyed
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  • COMMENTARY
    • 138 18 -AFP MIAMI An irate French national was arrested at Miami International Airport after dropping his pants while being searched and yelling to screeners: "Is this good enough", according to a police report issued Wednesday. Banker Marc Danselme, 61, a Washington resident, "appeared very disturbed that he
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    • 192 18 -AFP LONDON It was perching on the girl's head and could have passed off as a hat but for a flicker of its tongue. The chameleon, bought at a pet market in Saudi Arabia by its 17-year-old owner, had no export or import papers, the
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    • 1046 18  -  William Pesek Jr BEFORE terrorist attacks turned New York's World Trade Center site into Ground Zero, many felt the title belonged to a less spectacular building: Thailand's central bank. Five years ago, at this very spot, the Asian financial crisis got going when the Bank of
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      800 19  -  Dave Barry FOUR-LETTER WORD SUMMER is a lazy, relaxed, carefree time of year, when our thoughts turn to the possibility that our flesh will be stripped from our bones by millions of razor-sharp mandibles. At least my thoughts do, ever since ants started a colony somewhere in my
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  • WEEKEND FEATURE
    • 920 20  -  Roger Mitton A FORTNIGHT ago, John Entwistle died. Who was he, you may ask. Well, he was the bass player for the Who, a British rock band that had two or three tolerably decent hits back in the *****. Like, 40 years ago. Entwistle,
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    • 350 21  -  Yee Wei Zhen THE Association of Women for Action and Research (Aware) is showing its charitable side to Singaporeans. For the sake of charity, it is shedding its serious image of an advocacy group that works to secure women's rights and gender parity.
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    • 193 21  -  Elisa Chia YOU'VE heard it on the radio. You might, perhaps, own a copy of the CD (which explains why it's sold out!). Now, watch the music video for We Will Get There, the theme song of Sing Singapore 2002 and the coming National
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    • 121 21 THE concept of fine dining has been given an innovative twist by Colonel Sanders. Diners at the KFC chain of fast food restaurants can now order a wholesome three-course meal, comprising starters, a main course and dessert. In true restaurant style, consumers get a
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  • LIMELIGHT
    • 484 22  -  Janice Lee WHAT'S with the guy in the white flares? Some 25 years after his death, why has Elvis Aaron Presley invaded our lives again and embossed himself in our culture? Not only has Dutch DJ JXL remixed a Presley's classic A Little Less Conversation to top
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    • 122 22 Elvis' parents bought him his first guitar as a birthday gift in 1946. *The first known appearance of Elvis' shaking legs was on |uly3o, 1954. When Elvis received his draft notice from the US Army in December 1957, Paramount requested a two-month deferment so he could complete filming
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    • 210 22 English Programmes 1 F1FA World Cup 2002/ Final (Germany vs Brazil) 2 FIFA World Cup 2002/ 2nd Semifinal (Brazil vs Turkey) 3 FIFA World Cup 2002/ Germany vs Korea 4 FIFA World Cup 2002/ 3rd/.th placing (Korea vs Turkey) 5 FIFA World Cup 2002/
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    • 156 22 Channel News Asia OVER 100 century-old vintage photographs from the French archives have travelled to Asia for the first time. The Asian premiere of Worlds Through the Lens is a trip down the memory lane of history, politics and civilisation. It captures a variety of scenes
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  • INTUNE
    • 666 23  -  As if Ansar japarvbased band has fe right dose to |azz up te spirits THE Thong Chai Medical Institution at Eu Tong Sen Street was built in 1892 as a place of healing. Last week, the hallowed structure which now houses the Asian Restaurant and
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    • 382 23  -  Yee Wei Zhen SADNESS is not the mode people slink into when they listen to blues, so say lovers of the music. But the allusion of "being in the blues" seems to race right into people's minds when the genre is mentioned. If you
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    • Article, Illustration
      486 23  -  Asif Ansar Asif Ansar Serene Foo EUsa Chia Album: By the Way Artiste: Red Hot Chilli Peppers (Warner) The Red Hot Chilli Peppers' gives the impression that their latest offering is a follow up to their mega-selling album Californication, which hooked a new generation of adolescent fans. Besides, it's
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  • FAMILY
    • 620 24  -  Theresa Tan Natural birth control that smells like milk bread in bed WHEN I had just given birth to my boy Bruce, a lovely young nurse came into my hospital room and asked me if she could educate me on contraception. "What a lot of new mothers don't
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    • Earth Mother and Significant Other
      • 234 24 I HAVE been dating my girlfriend for two years, but have kept it a secret from my family. My girlfriend is a Malay Muslim and I am from a traditional Chinese family. Recently, I brought this up with my mother but she wouldn't even discuss it. As
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      • 207 24 MY parents never taught me good eating habits. They let me have whatever junk food I wanted when I was young. Now, I am an obese 26-year-old with no social life. Even my friends who joined SDU with me have met their matches and some are getting married.
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      • 245 24 MY boyfriend is in National Service and I am studying in a polytechnic. I am pregnant. He wants me to go for an abortion, but I have always felt that it is wrong to take an innocent life. He has threatened to break off with me, because
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  • EATOUT
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      923 25  -  Karman Tse You'll get great laksa, roast duck and more here THE thing about cravings is your taste buds tend to be more stringent than usual. Thus, more often than not, the subject of your hankering, when materialised, would wind up a let down. Imagine salivating at
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    • FOODNOTES
      • 119 25 Grand Hyatt's Mezza9 introduces the North European turbot a large flatfish that is prized for its delicate flavour in the European market. Harvested in waters off the Mediterranean and North Seas, the fish has a firm texture and is low in fat. A wide selection of mouth-watering
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        86 25 Catch up with friends and relax in the casual atmosphere of a delightful high tea session at St Gregory's Brasserie and Courtyard at the Grand Plaza Hotel (picture). Its Asian high tea selection includes barbecued chicken wings, assorted dim sum, fried carrot cake, Hong Kong noodles and an
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  • FASHION AND BEAUTY
    • 505 26 Reuters PARIS The cream of Paris designers proved this week that haute couture is alive and well, defying pundits who forecast the exclusive craft would die after the retirement of legendary designer Yves Saint Laurent. Jean-Paul Gaultier, Christian Lacroix and Karl Lagerfeld at
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    • 182 27 Reuters HK Fashion Week unveils traditional Chinese wear tailored for all figures HONG KONG Women who find themselves bulging in all the wrong places and not able to squeeze into figure-hugging Chinese cheongsams had reason to cheer during the recent Hong Kong Fashion Week. Taiwanese designer Lin
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    • 253 27  -  Pearlyn Tham WHAT makes the ideal modern woman? To the Jean Yip Group, she is beautiful, well-groomed and confident. And Jean Yip intends to find her, or nurture her, from among the participants of Met Li Bai Fen Bai (working title Beautiful People), an eight-episode
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    • 210 27  -  Pearlyn Tham ONE usually associates the St Gregory Spa group with Jacuzzis, saunas, steam baths and the like. Later this year, St Gregory Spa Pte Ltd will add another milestone to its portfolio. Together with US-based The Kronos Group Inc, it will
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  • INCINEMAS
    • 319 28  -  Serene Foo It's not all Zhang Yimou, as the China Film Festival's slate of films promises to show YOU probably know who director Zhang Yimou, actresses Zhang Ziyi and Gong Li are, but they're not the only big names in Chinese cinema. The first
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    • 210 29 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia has banned one of Australian pop sensation Kylie Minogue's music videos along with almost 200 other films and videos for contributing to rising crime, a report said on Friday. The Film Censorship Board has issued a list of 195 banned
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    • 206 29 Reuters/Variety HOLLYWOOD Director Penelope Spheeris, who made her name with the punk rock documentary "The Decline of Western Civilization" will chronicle the collapse of Enron in the CBS TV movie The Crooked E: The Inside Story of Enron. The film, targeted for the 2002-03
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    • 75 29 MILOS Forman says that his best picture Oscar winning Amadeus was cut in a panic. "What was originally cut wasn't against my will we panicked," the director told Britain's Daily Telegraph. "I didn't dare test the audience's patience with a three-hour film. It was a period piece with
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    • 162 30 SOON after Julia Roberts surprised the world with her hush-hush wedding (picture), Hollywood's most powerful woman is set to drop another bomb. That's she's pregnant... or at least that's what her friends are anticipating. Roberts, 34, married movie cameraman Danny Moder at the stroke of midnight,
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    • 332 30 Reuters/Variety NEW YORK Washington DC and Hollywood got even cosier on Wednesday, with Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) chief Asa Hutchinson meeting producers, directors and scribes during a tete-a-tete at the Beverly Hills Hotel. The meeting was unusual because the DEA has been one of the
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    • 572 31  -  Yong Shu Chiang This poor Aussie film should have stayed 'in the can' FILM REVIEW E"S a fact of cinematic life that ome films stay in the can and never get to see the light of day. Usually, these films simply aren't very good, or
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    • 519 31 Reuters/Variety ROME Forget the Curse of the Jade Scorpion. Woody Allen may be taking on the Curse of Ca' Dario. For months, the quirky New York film director is reported to have been looking for a house in Venice, the lagoon city where he and
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      638 32  -  Colin Yong Manual transmission and four-wheel drive make this A 4 an Audi for enthusiasts four-wheel drive models. But when you consider that "four" translates to vier (pronounced "fear") in German, it's clear why Audi chose to use quattro instead. Today, more than 20 years after the the
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    • 290 32 BMW may have taken a big gamble with the new and controversial look of its 7 Series, but Audi is treading a safer styling path with its rival luxury car, the AB. The first photographs
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    • 437 33 Maximum road handling and grip properties A MONG tyre manufacturers, it is ■Tlprobably Pirelli that has the strongest image among consumers. The Italian company's calendars are much sought-after collector's items, and they are launched amid huge fanfare at exclusive parties towards the end of each year.
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      • 136 33 SOME drivers of manual cars like to shift to a high gear as early as possible, believing that doing this improves fuel economy and prolongs engine life. They are mistaken. This puts enormous strain on the engine's internal components. Fuel consumption also rises as the accelerator
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      • 8 33 July 2002 Ist1 st bidding
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    • 280 33 As concepts take shape r I "VHESE are not futuristic concept cars, A but production launches for the upcoming Paris Motor Show and to be introduced here next year. The unusual-looking BMW Z4 (picture, left) replaces the Z3 as the German manufacturer's compact two-seater roadster. It will be built in
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    • 349 35 i 1 On Cable I ——————————HHH. -jflwi $100 TAXI RIDES Monday to Friday. 9pm. National Geographic Channel (Ch It) J t__' Mat}"''9M EMa.---i mM/L m On of the best ways to learn about a country is by riding in a taxi. Taxi drivers love to talk and you can see
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      307 36  -  Yap Leong Sen A KLEPTOMANIAC visits the mall. He notices cameras in the electronics section and gives up stealing the latest palmtop. He goes over to the men's department, where two security guards are sipping tea. I'll get the Snoopyprint shirt the next time, he thinks to himself.
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    • 178 36 A blonde is walking down the street with her blouse open and her right breast hanging out. A policeman approaches her and says: "Ma'am, are you aware that I could cite you for indecent exposure?" She says: "Why, officer?" He says: "Because your breast is hanging out." She
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    • 791 37 -AFP BANGKOK-After his stunning victory against Andre Agassi at Wimbledon, Asia is looking to Thai ace Paradorn Srichaphan to hoist aloft its dreams of glory on the world tennis stage. The big-serving baseliner, Asia's top-ranked male player and 59th in the world, has
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    • 349 37 Agencies PHILADELPHIA National Basketball Association star Allen Iverson (picture) was effectively under house arrest on Thursday after authorities issued a list of charges against him in connection with a domestic incident last week. He will be allowed to surrender to police
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    • 579 38  -  Jose Raymond IF THE NTUC Income Stingrays harbour any hopes of pipping the Carlsberg Southside Sharks to the title, then Saturday would be a perfect time to start proving that they are capable of doing so. On Saturday, the Stingrays meet the Sharks in a top
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    • 144 38  -  Jose Raymond IF YOU are interested in netball and have always wanted to get proper training, then Netball Singapore has the perfect answer for you. Beginning from July 27 at the Kallang Lifehub, national coach Hyacinth Wijesinghe will be conducting weekly training sessions for students who
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    • 311 38 AFP SYDNEY Performanceenhancing substances are rife in women's international tennis, Australia's chief drug-tester said on Friday, according to media reports. Australian Sports Drug Agency (ASDA) chief executive John Mendoza said tennis authorities were living in a "fool's paradise" if they did
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    • 451 39  -  Ray Chen Noor Ali's goals for Geylang not enough: Poulsen S-League Gaylang 5 Balestier 0 Eagles too strong for Tigers at Bedok HE MAY have scored a hat-trick on Friday night, but Geylang United winger Mohd Noor Ali will not get his international recall against Malaysia
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    • 146 39 AFP DUBAI Frenchman Bruno Metsu, who guided Senegal to the quarter-finals of the World Cup, has struck a pre-contract agreement to coach Emirati club Al-Ain, the club's general secretary said on Thursday. "We have struck an agreement in principle with Metsu for him to
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    • 177 39 -AFP PARIS The list of candidates to succeed sacked Roger Lemerre as French coach has been whittled down to four Raymond Domenech, Rene Girard, Jacques Santini and Philippe Troussier. This quartet will be interviewed by Claude Simonet, the president of the French football
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    • 35 40 Photos by Their opponents *****, whine and talk about the merits of coming second. But Venus (left), Tiger and Serena do nothing except win more tournaments. AFP, Relters and Getty Images
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    • 913 40  -  Rohit Brijnath THE three most used swear words in sporting locker rooms these days are this: Venus, Serena, Tiger. They're too good, they're too dominant, they're too boring? Or is everyone else just plain intimidated? Tiger Woods has got the striated muscles of a trapeze artist
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    • 708 41  -  Kelvin Phang WHEN Yang Lee Keong was first asked to choose between playing for his country of birth and his 'adopted homeland' in 1999, the youngster chose to play for Singapore. The reason for his decision was simple. The Malaysian-born teenager considers the Republic
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    • 164 41  -  Kelvin Phang SINGAPORE failed to end an eight-year losing streak in the annual Singapore Golf Association, versus Malaysian Golf Association Annual Test in Malacca on Wednesday. The Republic's top amateurs only managed 1 and 1/2 from the deciding eight singles ties, after losing 0-8 in Tuesday's foursome and
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    • 240 41 AFP HONG KONG and Nepal underlined the gulf in standards among second tier cricket nations on Friday with gargantuan wins in the ACC Trophy tournament here. Hong Kong demolished Thailand by 231 runs for its second win in two matches, while Nepal routed Oman
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    • 84 41 IN A show of support for the national team, Woodlands Wellington's fan club will be organising a tour to Pahang, Malaysia, for the international friendly match between Malaysia and Singapore next Tuesday. For $80, fans will receive a grandstand ticket at the match venue the
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    • 78 41 LIVERPOOL Liverpool has agreed an undisclosed fee with Leeds United for the transfer of Lee Bowyer, the Liverpool website reported on Friday. The midfielder, who has refused to sign a new contract at Elland Road, will discuss personal terms with Liverpool boss Gerard Houllier next week. "We have
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    • 78 41 LONDON Sachin Tendulkar will play against England in their one-day triangular series final at Lord's on Saturday despite an injury scare. Amrit Mathur, the Indian board's director of communications, said on Friday: "He's absolutely fit. He has a minor hamstring strain, but will be alright to play." Tendulkar
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    • 50 41 BOLTON France midfielder Youri Djorkaeff, who helped Bolton Wanderers away from Premier League relegation last season, has signed a new twoyear contract, the club announced on Friday. The 34-year-old World Cup winner had originally joined Bolton in February in a deal lasting until the end of the season.
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    • 887 42 LONDON At long last, the bubble has burst. After 10 years of big-money transfers, sky-high wages and megabucks TV deals, a financial crisis has hit the English Premiership and other European leagues, reported The Daily Mirror. One year ago today, Manchester United signed Juan Sebastian Veron
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    • 408 42 LONDON In a move that will appease traditionalists and soothe the aching limbs of Europe's best footballers, Uefa announced plans to streamline the Champions League on Thursday. Europe's premier competition is in grave danger of being undermined by falling television
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    • 426 43 -AFP BEIJING One year after Beijing secured the 2008 Olympics, organisers warned on Friday that while a vast construction programme should be finished on time, sorting the city's heavy pollution and gridlocked traffic could be a tougher prospect. Thirteen million
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    • 542 43  -  Kelvin Phang Independent auditors need ex-STBC president's help FORMER Singapore Tenpin Bowling Congress (STBC) president T T Ong (picture) has been 'uncontactable' since his sudden resignation in May. Several attempts by STBC and the Singapore Sports Council (SSC) Sports Management Division to contact him have
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