Project Eyeball, 4 April 2001

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  • Title Section
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    11 1 projecteyeball. eyeball-asial-com.sg Mita (p) 105/03/2001 Wednesday, April 4, 2001 80 CENTS
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      398 1 WHATS COOKING ON THE INTERNET Singaporeans live on the Web, and wherever Singaporeans go, food follows closely. See Page 11 PIE IN THE SKY, AND ON THE FACE Small political groups the world over resort to stunts to grab a headline or two, says Michael Dwyer. See Page 14 Upstream’
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  • NEWS & VIEWS
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      Lock icon QUICKIE
      133 2 EVEN the dogs aren’t spared in the British military’s efforts to cut costs. The Defence Ministry declared that the £15.28 (5539.31) stainless steel bowls used to feed the armed forces’ 2,000 dogs were far too expensive and would be replaced by ordinary £l.BO pet bowls. “The last order placed
      Mik Zarzuela  -  133 words
    • Article
      Lock icon ‘Crude oil prices down, but so is the Sing dollar’
      454 2  -  Don’t expect petrol companies to drop pump prices, says industry insider By Eugene Wee eugenew@sph.com.sg CRUDE oil prices may be down, but the continuing climb of the United States dollar against the Singapore currency means petrol companies are hard-pressed to
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    • Eyeball NEWS
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        Lock icon Golf for the putter
        40 2 Assistant project manager Ang Hock Thye, 47, teeing off in the new $183,000 mini-golf course at Radin Mas Community Club, the first community club in Singapore to offer the sport on its premises. Yen Meng Jiin
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      • Article
        Lock icon Sing Net has new broadband rates
        103 2 SINGNET’s new tiered pricing plans aim to meet the different needs and profiles of its users. For users who want only broadband access, rates are slashed by almost 23 per cent and monthly subscription rates can start from $3B. Those who have been with
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      • Article
        Lock icon Cyber stalker’s sentence upped
        102 2 A FREELANCE computer consultant, who was convicted of e-mail abuse, had his sentence upped from five months to a year by Chief Justice Yong Pung How. Lim Siong Khee had illegally used his ex-girlfriend’s e-mail account to send lewd messages and details on their love affair
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      • Article
        Lock icon AA goes wireless for payments
        50 2 PAYING for car recovery services will soon be a breeze with the Automobile Association’s (AA) wireless credit card reading devices, a first in the industry. The device enables AA mehanics attending to cars, which had broken down, to notify customers immediately on their transaction status.
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      • Article
        Lock icon NCSS aims to raise $40m for charity
        86 2 THE National Council of Social Service wants to raise $4O million for some 300,000 people this year. The money would be used to fund 118 social services programes, including a one-stop centre to provide IT training for the disabled, a low-vision clinic for
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      • Article
        Lock icon Giro donation scheme launched
        62 2 NINE schools in the Northeast district are working with their Community Development Council (CDC) to improve community life through the Northeast Schools Giro Scheme. The CDC will match each dollar donated by the staff and students with three dollars. Proceeds will be used to create a
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      260 3 KABUL The ruling Taleban movement vowed yesterday to punish anyone caught smuggling remains of two historic Bamiyan Buddha statues, demolished last month. It dismissed reports that truckloads of rubble had been driven into neighbouring Pakistan and was for sale in the city of Peshawar. SYDNEY The US reality
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      Lock icon Dr M warns those trying to oust him
      382 3 PM to abandon ‘international norms’ to deal with unrest Wires KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad has no qualms in setting aside “international norms” if his detractors try to unseat him through Philippines-style protests. In a harsh verbal attack
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      Lock icon HE SAVES SHARPEST BARBS FOR ANWAR
      296 3 Wires HIS sharpest digs were reserved for his protege-turned-foe Anwar Ibrahim. Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad yesterday accused his jailed ex-deputy of politicising his back injury to try and topple the government. “When he was arrested, he claimed that the government
      – Wires; AFP  -  296 words
    • Article
      Lock icon DIFFERENT VIEWS
      202 6 MINISTER ‘There is no point overloading children with higher mother tongue in EM if they do not have the aptitude or are unable to cope. Parents play the most important part in partnering schools to motivate their children...and yet, to know when not to push them too far
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    • Eyeball FOCUS
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        Lock icon Parents push kids upstream
        882 6  -  They say they want the best for their child, but some may be just saving face By Wong Sher Maine sher@sph.com.sg MANY Singaporeans see primary school streaming as a time when 10-year-olds are forcibly pigeon-holed by their school into EMI, EM2 and EM3 classes based on
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        Lock icon WHAT STREAMING IS ABOUT
        148 6 STREAMING for primary schools is what Education Minister Teo Chee Hean calls “mass customisation” for students. It places students with different learning needs and speeds in separate streams. According to the Education Ministry, in 1980, before streaming, only 58 per cent of the Primary 1 cohort
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      Lock icon They weren’t ready for the EM2 stream
      371 7  -  Wong Sher Maine “F”. that was w hat an entire class of over 30 Primary 5 students got for their Maths and English tests. With the exception of one student who had to scrape through by the skin of his teeth in English.
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    • Article
      Lock icon English tips and lessons are just a ring away
      442 7 ASK any young Singaporean if he would call a toll-free hotline to learn how to improve his spoken English or listen to common mistakes in spoken English, and he’ll probably say “no” straightaway. Why? Because there isn’t such a need. “Most
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    • Singapore
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        Lock icon Wanted: NSP candidates
        430 4  -  Opposition party advertises on its website for people to carry its platform in the next elections By Sue-Ann Chia su.eann@sph.com.sg ELECTION fever has gripped the National Solidarity Party (NSP). The fledgling opposition party is advertising on its website for candidates to contest the coming General Election under
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        Lock icon Finding solace under one roof
        627 4  -  CENTRE OFFERS RESPITE TO AIDS PATENTS By Uyen Vu uyen@sph.com.sg RUNNING her fingers down the length of a satin ribbon, Lisa (not her real name) deftly shaped the petals of a rosebud, tied them into place and wedged the entire bud on top of a
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        Lock icon His ordeal led to a website
        699 8  -  Son’s crime makes dad devote himself to online counselling By Toh Bee Ping beeping@sph.com.sg AMIR SINGH was at the lowest point of his life early last year. His eldest son, Shah, then 17, had just been sentenced to 40 months jail and 12 strokes
        Yen Ming Jiin  -  699 words
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        Lock icon Easing pain of trying to conceive
        331 8  -  COUNSELLORS DO THEIR BIT FOR I.V.F. TREATMENT Denyse Yeo IT’S nail-biting uncertainty not knowing if you’re finally pregnant- after injection, test after test. That’s the sort of stress that women undergoing in-vitro fertilisation, or IVF, face every day for at least a month. “There
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    • The World
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        Lock icon Gus Dur doubts Mega can do better than him
        347 9 Wires JAKARTA Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid refuses to give up his job despite increasing pressure from lawmakers, saying he doubts his Vice-President could do the job any better. Megawati Sukarnoputri is touted by the President’s increasingly vocal opponents as the best
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        Lock icon Court paves way for Estrada’s prosecution
        307 9 Wires MANILA Former Philippine leader Joseph Estrada can now be prosecuted for corruption, as the Supreme Court has rejected his appeal that he was still president, and voted to strip him of his presidential immunity yesterday. The 13 justices unanimously upheld the legitimacy of
        – Wires; AP  -  307 words
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        Lock icon Lover’s assets come under scrutiny
        281 9 THAI POLITICIANS’ WEALTH DECLARATION Wires BANGKOK Thai politicians and bureaucrats will soon have to come clean on their love lives. The government is planning to extend anti-corruption laws to cover wealth given to politician’s mistresses because many Thai officials hid their assets by putting them
        – Wires; AP  -  281 words
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        Lock icon US says China ‘all over’ jet
        617 10 Beijing insists Washington bear full responsibility for collision and hait surveillance flights Source: LAT Wires SANYA (China) Chinese officials had been “all over” the United States spy plane being held captive on Hainan, said a top US envoy, even as President Jiang Zemin demanded
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        Lock icon Military spying headed for perilous waters
        526 10 NYT TAIPEI Back in 1994, the American aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk detected and began to monitor a Chinese submarine. The Chinese were not happy and sent several fighters to intercept the carrier in protest. They also suggested they would take action next time. The
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    • Web@Home
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        Lock icon Home cooking on the Net
        485 11 Picture: Desmond Wee Starting today, Eyeball’s Web@Home will showcase the best of the local Internet community including websites, personalities, software, tips and tricks -for Netizens in Singapore. In this week’s Web feature, AUDREY UM (web eyeball, com sg) checks out mouth-watering local Asian recipes online.
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        Lock icon OTHER MOUTH-WATERING WEBSITES
        131 11  -  Audrey Lim OTHER sites featuring local or South-east Asian themed recipes: Asiacnlsine’s recipe database (right) http://www.asia cuisine. com.sg/recipe.php3 A REASONABLE variety of recipes for that grand cook-in, catering not only to the main course but also garnishes, sauces and serving style. The site has a useful (if
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    • Technology
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        Lock icon Prices set to go lower
        616 12  -  Depreciation, new processors, Net appliances contribute to cheaper computers By Andrew Chin andrewc@sph.com.sg THE good news just got better for computer enthusiasts: Personal computer (PC) prices, which have fallen some 30 per cent since December, look set to slide even further, according to analysts. Bite
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        Lock icon Dell goes on the offensive in PC war
        380 12 FREEBIES GALORE NEW YORK There’s no doubt a PC price war is on. In fact, in the US, Dell Computer has resorted to the PC industry’s favourite marketing technique freebies in an effort to entice consumers and undercut its main competitors, reports
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    • Business
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        Lock icon MAS will revise GDP estimate
        710 13  -  Deteriorating external conditions cited By Francis Kan francisk@sph.com.sg THIS is no prank: The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has decided to scale down its GDP growth outlook for the year. The Government will revise its earlier 5 to 7 per cent gross domestic product (GDP)
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        Lock icon ‘Market created selling, not deal’
        426 13  -  SINGTEL’S OPTUS TAKEOVER By Francis Kan frandsk@sph.com.sg WHAT IS ARBITRAGE? TECHNICALLY, an arbitrage occurs when a stock is priced differently in two markets. Punters can gain by buying the stock in the cheaper of the two markets and selling it where the going price is
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      • Business BUZZ
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          60 13 STARHUB yesterday said that it had formed a US$20-million (S$35-million) 50-50 joint venture with Nasdaq-listed Asia Global Crossing to provide high-speed Internet, voice and video communications. StarHub Crossing, the new company, will connect customers in Singapore to more than 200 major cities in over 27 countries through a
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          Lock icon STI dips
          53 13 SINGAPORE share prices closed 0.3 per cent lower amid heavy selling of technology stocks and a government announcement that it was reviewing its growth forecast for the year, dealers said. The Straits Times Index was 4.79 points down at 1,644.11, while the broader All-Singapore Equities Index rose 0.74
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          Lock icon Notes issue
          70 13 HEALTHCARE group Parkway Holdings said on Tuesday that it had established a $500-million multi-currency medium-term note programme. Proceeds of the notes to be issued from time to time will be used to refinance existing borrowings or finance working capital requirements, it said in a statement. It said it
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          55 13 UNIDUX ELECTRONICS, a trader and distributor of electronics parts in Asia, said yesterday that it had received approval to list its shares on the Singapore Exchange’s second board after an initial public offering. Singapore-based Unidux had a turnover of $143.65 million and pre-tax profit of $4.4 million for
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    • Mailbox
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        Lock icon Take time out and laugh at politics
        477 14 THIS is what some Singaporeans say of the Think Centre’s All Fools’ Day hoax: LIGHTEN UP I HAVEN’T stopped laughing yet! I congratulate the Think Centre for this move, because I think there should be some humour in politics when time and circumstances
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        Lock icon Need to roll with punches
        568 14  -  By Michael Dwyer mdwyer@sph.com.sg THE Think Centre’s All Fools’ Day hoax might be a first for Singapore, but political stunts are old hat elsewhere in the world. This may be why some readers feel that the local media’s backlash was an over-reaction. Elsewhere, after all,
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      • Global EYE
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          Lock icon Revelations that don’t really matter
          665 15  -  By Bhagyashree Garekar bhagya@sph.com.sg SO NOW they are saying Honest Abe wasn’t above a racist statement or two. Beautiful Queen Cleopatra wasn’t ethereally, distantly beautiful. She was short, plain and fat. And Shakespeare, the Bard of Avon, not only made music with words, he was
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      49 2 Departments: Enquiries 730-5800 eyenews@sph.com.sg Local News 730-5461 local@eyeball.com.sg Foreign News 730-5807 world@eyeball.com.sg Business News 730-5864 biz@eyeball.com.sg Eye Sport 730-5832 sports@eyeball.com.sg Unwind 730-5844 leisure@eyeball.com.sg Tech 730-5817 tech@eyeball.com.sg Online Edition 730-5811 Archives 730-5726 stlib@cyberway.com.sg Subscription fax line 746-1925 Snail Mail Project Eyeball News Centre, Level 6 82, Genting Lane Singapore *****7
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      27 2 Qood morning! m Showers with thunder over many areas in the afternoon and early evening. High: 33C 1 Low: 24C Tides: 7.18AM/2.3M 9.45PM/2.4M Met Service: http://www.go v.sg/metsin
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  • EDUCATION EYE
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      Lock icon Pioneer Course in E-commerce
      691 5 The acceleration in the media and online industries is no surprise to a lot of local executives. Those who have been following recent developments would have known that Marine Parade and MacPherson neighbourhoods are now equipped with web-stations. Also, the National Trust Council (NTC) launched TrustSg
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      49 5 Forthcoming Seminars and Workshops For Executives Stress Management through Body Awareness Mr Robert Feldman “Wake Up Your Ideas!” Mr Michael Lum Networking your way to Success Ms Nancy Ho Management Skills for Newly Appointed Manas -Maj (NS) Jeffrey Goh 19 20 Apt BH 19 24 25 April 27 Apr"
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      62 5 (An advertising feature) Courses Offered Through the MDIS-ECU Partnership Master of E-Commerce Executive Certificate in E-Commerce Bachelor of Business in Marketing E-Commerce Professional Diploma in Business MDIS Interactive If you have any queries on courses offered at MDIS and education in general, send them to edueye@mdis.edu.sg &MDIS founded 1956 Management
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      42 7 Should parents be allowed to put their kids in a higher stream than what is recommended by the Education Ministry? Or should the schools be left to decide what stream is best for the kids? Tell us what you think at http^/eyebalhasial.com.sg
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      88 7 Do Singaporeans need a Speak Good English Movement? What sort of activities would make the biggest impact? Tell us at http://eyebaU.aBial.com.gg An invitation to the University of South Australia’s seminar 4 Seminar Speakers: Ms Tracy McCabe, Manager-International Prospective Students Office. Date: 7th April 2001 (Saturday) Time: 2.00-4.00 pm Venue: Westin
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      108 8 The Web is host to other online counselling sites as well: http://www.gov.sg/mcds/HTML/ counsellor/counsellor fr.html MCDS Online Counsellor answers FAQs about marriage, parenting and elderly. httpj/ www.goslings.net Goslings Counselling and Emotional Learning, set up by an Australian couple in Singapore, offers emotional support services over e-mail or real-time, in a chatroom,
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      43 11 Have you come across a great homegrown website you’d recommend? Or do you have a burning question on Web design you’d like answered? Send it along to Eyeball’s Web team (web@eyebalLcom.sg) as we bring you weekly Internet news, reviews and answers in Web@Home.
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
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      61 12 SPEWCER, you POWT WAMT TO WORK W HIGH TECH! YOUHe AM ARTIST! BUT ART'S SO OIFPICULT... TO BE SUCCESSFUL YOU HAVE TO E7EAL WITH YOUR EMOTIONS... yOUR PAIN... m WHILE IKI HIOH TECH YOU'KB BUCOURAGBP TO B&CPsPB FROM youß EMOTIONS AMO 8E UWFEELIWS AMO ME AW, BXCtI&E M 0! fry
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  • EyeSport
    • Sport IN SHORT
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        Lock icon Blues in third place
        69 16 LONDON-A Marcus Stewart hat-trick gave Ipswich Town a convincing 3-0 win over Southampton on Monday. It regained third place in the Premier League and put it on course for a place in Europe. Southampton had won its last five League games and not conceded a goal
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        62 16 ATHENS-The Greek football association (EPO) had called for the Greek government to throw its weight behind a joint bid with Turkey to stage the European soccer championship in 2008. EPO sent an official request to Culture Minister Evangelos Venizelos aftd Junior Sports Minister George f loridis on
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      • Article
        Lock icon Sri Lanka to aid ICC
        55 16 COLOMBO Sri Lanka’s Sports Minister Lakshman Kiriella vowed to help the International Cricket Council (ICC) probe allegations of match-fixing against the country’s former skipper Arjuna Ranatunga and his deputy Aravinda de Silva. But he added it was unfair to sling mud at the two players
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      • Article
        Lock icon Strawberry found
        102 16 Wires TAMPA (Florida) Former baseball star Darryl Strawberry missing from a drug treatment centre since last Thursday was taken into custody at Tampa’s St Joseph’s Hospital on Monday night. He was under house arrest last November after he failed a drug test and left another drug treatment programme
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      Lock icon Has Tyson talked himself into a corner?
      574 16  -  Malaysian promoters say boxer due in KL, but others refute claim By Luke Pachymuthu luke@sph.com.sg IT’S happening all over again. Or, at least, that’s what it looks like. Malaysian event organiser Promote Classic proclaimed over the weekend that Mike Tyson had orally agreed
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      Lock icon Ralf wants Rubens out for bad driving
      287 16 LATEST EPISODE IN F1 SOAP OPERA BMW WILLIAMS’ Ralf Schumacher wants Rubens Barrichello banned from Formula 1. The German claims that Barrichello is a danger to other drivers and it’s all because of attempts to keep up with teammate Michael Schumacher. “He should
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    • Sport IN SHORT
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        Lock icon Not a Grand Slam
        121 17 Reuters AUGUSTA (Georgia) Arnold Palmer, who led golfs boom more than 40 years ago, says that even if Tiger Woods wins the US Masters this week, he will not have completed the Grand Slam. Palmer said a Masters win by Woods would be wonderful, it just
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      • Article
        Lock icon Bonus for Fijians
        66 17 Reuters SYDNEY Fiji’s national team players have been offered bonuses of more than US$2,OOO (553,500) each if they can beat favourites Australia and win their group in the World Cup qualifiers this month, coach Billy Singh said yesterday. Australia host Tonga, Samoa, Fiji and American Samoa in
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      • Article
        Lock icon Duke win NCAA
        92 17 AFP MINNEAPOLIS-Duke won its third National College Athletic Association (NCAA) basketball championship by swamping Arizona 82-72 in the second half here on Monday before a 45,994 crowd. Duke, which won back-to-back titles in 1991-92, led 35-33 at the half, but raced to a 10-point lead in the
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      Lock icon Singh picks spicy Thai for the course
      554 17 Defending champion chooses exotic menu for Masters dinner USA Today Source: Popperfoto GRAPHIC NEWS AUGUSTA (Georgia) Defending champion Vijay Singh might have hit upon a unique culinary plan of action to slow down some of his competitors at the Masters, which starts tomorrow.
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      Lock icon Shorts CLICKERS
      142 17 SOCCER: Transfer rumours about Barcelona star Rivaldo (left) are just that. Rumours. The Brazilian has revealed that he will only be leaving the Catalan side after his contract expires in 2003. Read what he says at http://www.planetfootball.com/ Article.asp?ARTICLE=*****. NBA: Check out the past week’s NBA photos, featuring some
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  • Unwind
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      Lock icon Angker Wat’s Up
      862 18 So you wanna be a Tomb Raider? ALVIN PANG (alvinp@sph.com.sg) shows you the ins and outs of the temple scene in Cambodia’s Angkor ruins, which is about to get seriously big following the release of Angelina folie’s upcoming action flick. THERE’S something about lost civilisations, ancient ruins
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      Lock icon FANCY AN ANGKOR ADVENTURE?
      501 19  -  Alvin Pang Planning your expedition When to go: The cool, dry months October to January are best, but the hot, March to May, or wet, June to September, months are more tourist-free. Silk Air flies every Tuesday and Friday direct to Siem Reap ($700). Or catch
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    • Travel
      • Travel SHELF
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          Lock icon Splashing good time in Malaysia
          160 20 WATER theme parks are making a splash in Malaysia. Enjoy Bukit Merah in Perak, which boasts the largest waterpark up north. Apart from the usual water slides, the lazy river, wave pool and Perak Mining Company area make it a great family getaway. A Splashdown
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        • Article
          Lock icon Save on US tickets with Northwest
          60 20 CHECK for fares and seat availability at http://www. nwa.com/sg, a special service launched for the Singaporean traveller by Northwest Airlines. Log on now to save, marginally, on round-trip tickets to the US and to earn 4,000 Worldperks Bonus Miles with your first online purchase.
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          Lock icon Dinner cruises Down Under
          110 20 TAKE a stylish catamaran from Cairns to the beautiful reefs of Michaelmas Cay or Upolo Cay with Ocean Spirit Cruises. And you do not even have to get wet, just climb into a semi-submersible vessel for a close look at the teeming reef life. Or you
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          Lock icon Stonehenge Is the real thing
          114 20  -  Lim Hui Ling FANS of the famous Stonehenge on Salisbury Plain, southern England, take note. The site is real, not created in the 20th century as mistakenly supposed by some critics, assures English Heritage, keepers of the prehistoric monument. The ruins were left behind 3,500
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        Lock icon Eating on the go made simple
        545 20 NYT Food. A necessity that is giving travellers a real reason to use mobile and Internet technology. Forget your travel guidebook when you go to the US, 808 TEDESCHI says, and start punching those keys. Thinking of hitting the open road? Well, in the
        – NYT; Mik Zarzuela  -  545 words
    • Living Well
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        Lock icon Space exploitation
        515 21 Think this semi-D makes a perfect nest? Not quite. Its fastidious owners decided that their dream home would not lack in details, ambience and the personal touch. PRESHLY renovated, this semi-detatched home is set in a leafy suburb along Bukit Timah Road. The three-storey home was in move-in
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    • Arts
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        Lock icon More than funny business
        809 22 All that clown make-up and clever clothes are part of a big picture. Much goes into this art form, and clowns are not fust smiley, happy people, as JUNE WAN (junewan@sph.com.sg) discovers. ON’T be fooled. Clowning is serious business. Behind the painted smiles on the faces
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      • Arts DIARY
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          Lock icon Malaysian life on canvas
          152 22 CONTEMPORARY art by painters across the Causeway is now on feature in “Arus” at Sunjin Galleries. Established household names like Syed Ahmad Jamal and Jolly Koh figure alongside less experienced, but no less acclaimed, artists like Yusof Ghani and others. A wide array of media and
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        • Article
          Lock icon Art goes public
          88 22 ART should be part of society. That is what true public art is about. Placed at a specific site, these creations convey the socio-cultural legacy of community. Once moved, the meaning of the artwork will be destroyed. These concerns, and more, will be discussed during the Art
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        Lock icon Lessons in modern living
        301 23  -  Lim Puay Leng STRAINING to sit comfortably in any chair is a lifelong lesson. But when you’re a child, bad posture can lead to long-term health problems such as backaches, eye-strains and myopia. Mic Porter, consulting ergonomist and member of Britain’s Ergonomics Society Council said the
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        Lock icon No strings attached
        531 23 Just a girl, a violin and her love for classical music. While this is a description far humbler than “prodigy” or “stellar talent”, this is how Lee Huei Min would prefer to be known. LIM HUI LING (pedas@sph.com.sg) reports. Lee huei min just wants to be called
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      48 22 Slava’s Snowshow is at the Kallang Theatre from April 10 to 22. Tickets for the 8 pm shows are $95, $BO, $6O and $4O. Tickets for the 2.30 pm matinee (Saturdays and Sundays) are $BO, $65, $5O and $4O. Available at Sistic (Tel: 348 5555 or at http://www.sistic.com.sg).
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      37 23 Lee Huei Min and Gordon Back will performing on April 9 and 10 at Jubilee Hall. Tickets are at $2O, $3O, $5O and $lOO. Proceeds from $lOO tickets go to the Community Chest. Call 348 5555f0r details.
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