Project Eyeball, 12 April 2001

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    11 1 projecteyeball. eyeball,asiaLcom.sg Mita (p) 105/03/2001 Thursday, April 12, 2001 80 CENTS
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      549 1 TOUGH TIMES AHEAD: ARE BUSINESSES DESPERATE TO STAY IN THE BLACK? r Clubs are dangling that irresistible carrot (or vodka cranberry) to draw pubbers to their watering hole free drinks. And while it’s usually the ladies who get the better deals, one club is targeting the guys as well, reports
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  • NEWS & VIEWS
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      Lock icon QUICKIE
      111 2 A CANADIAN news website that gained notoriety by using naked female newsreaders has finally given what its female fans want its first nude newsman. Former financial adviser Lucas Tyle will make his Naked News debut today. The http://www.nakednews .com was launched earlier this year and boasted that its female
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    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Stay out of traffic jams with WAP
      366 2  -  Students present inventions By Gail Aw THE problem with being stuck in peak-hour traffic is that it’s always too late to get out of it. But a new system devised by students from Ngee Ann Polytechnic alerts drivers of real-time traffic conditions via
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      Lock icon NSP’s Chia to ride to Thailand for a think
      192 2  -  By Sue-Ann Chia sueann@sph.com.sg FIRST, the National Solidarity Party (NSP) advertised for election candidates on its website. Yesterday, it announced that its assistant secretary-general, Steve Chia, would be leaving for a 7,000km, three-week-long motorbike trip to north Thailand to “think through
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    • Eyeball NEWS
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        Lock icon TP staff get paid for volunteer work
        79 2 FROM today, Temasek Polytechnic (TP) staff can volunteer to work four half-days each year at a welfare organisation and get paid for it by the polytechnic. Its “volunteer leave” scheme was launched yesterday for TP Community Day, an annual event organised by TP’s
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      • Article
        Lock icon Dialogue on Malays’ progress
        113 2 THE Singapore Malay Youth Library Association yesterday urged individuals and groups in Malaysia to cease using Malays in Singapore for their political or personal agendas. Its statement was issued in reaction to Umno Information Chief Dato Mustafa Muhammad’s statement that Malays in Singapore were marginalised. A
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      • Article
        Lock icon Joint operation in Pulau Bintan
        80 2 COMMANDER Yuwendi from the Indonesian Navy and Col Kevin Santa Maria from the Republic of Singapore Navy jointly officiated the opening of the third Indonesia-Singapore Bhakti Sosial (ISBS) in Pulau Bintan, Indonesia, on Tuesday. The three-day joint socio-civic mission underscored close ties between the two
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      Lock icon World Watch
      390 3 MOSCOW An operation to lift the sunken Russian nuclear submarine Kursk is likely to go ahead in August or September, after Russia signs a deal today to finance the US$BO million (Ssl44 million) needed for the salvage operation. MADRID The autonomous government of Spain’s Mediterranean Balearic Islands voted
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      Lock icon 3 more Anwar supporters jailed
      600 3 Wives protest as Malaysia confirms men held under ISA Wires KUALA LUMPUR The wives of detained Malaysian opposition activists protested in anger yesterday even as the police confirmed that a total of seven supporters of jailed politician Anwar Ibrahim were arrested under the Internal Security
      – Wires; AP  -  600 words
    • Eyeball FOCUS
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        Lock icon Microsoft leads war on software pirates
        816 4 Despite backing of governments, losses due to illegal copying rise IN 1976, the bespectacled 20-year-old founder of a one-year-old software company wrote an open letter to “hobbyists”, chastising them for stealing software, and urging them to “pay up for it”. Even then, Bill Gates
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        Lock icon GATES’ COPS IN S’PORE
        123 4 MICROSOFT has an anti-piracy team here too its first member was hired three years ago. Now it has a total of four members in two sections. The Singapore Business Group (SBG) focuses on marketing programmes and education. Its current education campaign on not using pirated software
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    • Eyeball FOCUS
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        Lock icon Car-Free Day: To drive or not to drive?
        814 5  -  Ministry and SEC don’t see eye to eye By Eugene Wee eugenew@sph.com.sg CAR-FREE DAY suggests that you should leave your wheels at home, right? Well, that’s what the Singapore Environment Council (SEC) wants you to do next Thursday to reduce your dependence
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    • Singapore
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        Lock icon Virtual meetings among trainee teachers
        582 6  -  NIE testing out video-conferencing via broadband By Wong Sher Maine sher@sph.com.sg FIVE pairs of eyes were glued on the one trainee teacher, watching her every gesture and command intently. But the four other trainees and one supervisor were not actually in the classroom with her.
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        Lock icon A SHARING EXPERIENCE
        231 6 YESTERDAY, trainee teacher Sheryl Tan met fellow trainee teachers in cyberspace to “commiserate” with each other and laugh about their new teaching experiences. Held once a week for 90 minutes, they were “chatting” with one another and their National Institute of Education supervisor using the multi-point desktop
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        Lock icon Something old, something new
        45 7 Yen Meng Jiin Maxwell food market, formerly dim and messy, has been given a sleek new look. Foodies can head to Maxwell Road to sample fare at the centre’s 106 stalls when it is officially opened on April 20. Wang Huifen
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      • Article
        Lock icon Net glitch stumps StarHub
        353 7  -  Users can’t connect for past five days By Toh Bee Ping beeping@sph.com.sg STARHUB Internet subscribers must be scratching their heads. Since Friday, many of them have been unable to log on to the Net. One surfer told Eyeball that he hasn’t been able to make a
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      • Article
        Lock icon E-filing a breeze, but teething problems remain
        449 7  -  I.R.A.S. CONFIDENT OF HITTING 600,000 TARGET By Andrew Chin andrewc@sph.com.sg THE numbers look good, but the teething problems remain. Some 491,000 taxpayers or 49 per cent -of the 1 million who have filed their taxes so far, have done so electronically. This is
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    • The World
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        Lock icon Beauties in bovine fittings
        786 8  -  Fears of FMD and mad cow disease chewing America’s collagen-injected socialites By Maureen Dowd NYT NO ONE wants to talk about ruminant fears in polite society. But abattoir betes noires do lurk. Will elegant Upper East Side socialites, lunching at Cipriani, suddenly start foaming at the
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        Lock icon British army accuses farmers of infecting cattle with FMD virus
        223 8 COMPENSATION SCAM LONDON The British Army has accused farmers of deliberately infecting their animals with the foot-and-mouth virus in order to get compensation from the government during this crisis. Major Lucy Giles, part of the Army’s foot-and-mouth operation headquarters in
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      • Article
        Lock icon LETTER OF SORROW
        223 9 EXCERPTS from the letter, written by US Ambassador Prueher to the Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs Tang Jiaxuan. “Both President (George W.) Bush and Secretary of State (Colin) Powell have expressed their sincere regret over your missing pilot and aircraft. Please convey to the Chinese people and
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        Lock icon Plane crew to be released
        414 9 US says ‘very sorry’, China says ‘humanitarian considerations’ prevailed Wires BEIJING In the end, the United States said it was “very sorry” to secure the release of 24 American crew being detained in China. Not once. Twice. But, in a cleverly constructed letter it still
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      • Article
        Lock icon SM didn’t urge US to act tough on China
        246 9 SENIOR Minister Lee Kuan Yew did not made any statement urging the United States to take an uncompromising stance against China over the spy plane row. Such remarks, attributed to him in a German magazine interview, are false, said SM’s press
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    • Technology
      • Article
        Lock icon WALL-TO-WALL BROWSING
        379 10 Cubic Eye gives cyberspace that 3D feeling IMAGINE the Web on walls that’s what the new Cubic Eye browser is offering. Unlike any other on the market, this browser gives surfers a three-dimensional (3D) Webbrowsing experience. And possibly a headache as well. Yet, the new 3D browser might
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        Lock icon LOOK, DON’T BUT
        224 10  -  By Steven Ng stevenng@sph.com.sg IT LOOKS cool, but judging by the free beta version Cubic Eye Free, users won’t be abandoning their current browsers soon. That’s because pseudo-3D effects aside, the view on each panel is still 2D Cubic Eye lacks many of the features that popular
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      • Article
        Lock icon ‘Flat’ surfing headed for plateau?
        391 10 SAN FRANCISCO It looks like the days of two-dimensional Internet surfing will soon be over even for folk with 56 kbps modems. Spurring this change are Macromedia and Intel, reports CNet. Macromedia’s Director 8.5 Shockwave Studio incorporates 3D software technology from Intel into its authoring
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        Lock icon Where it all started
        260 10 LONDON Do you remember the 1980 s Atari game Battle Zone? Whether you were a fan or not, or perhaps too young to ever have played it, today’s gamers owe no small debt to this tank game. It was the first to offer a firstperson perspective
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      • Article
        Lock icon Fans of Nazi music face jail term
        279 11 GERMAN RAIDS BERLIN Move over Eminem, this bunch rocks to Adolf. But their head-banging party days came to an abrupt end when German police yesterday swooped down on the homes of more than 100 computer buffs in a new crackdown on the illegal
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        Lock icon Memories...
        56 11 Standing among thousands of human brains stored in plastic containers in the Harvard Brain Tissue Research Centre in Belmont, Massachusetts, Dr Francine Benes, the centre s director, looks at a cross-section of a human brain. The centre is the largest repository of human brains in the US, with a
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        Lock icon Yahoo goes XXX
        540 11 Pioneer portal opens online porn store to bolster revenues Lat-Wp LOS ANGELES Now here’s an innovative way to beat the dotcom slump. Yahoo, struggling for profit amid a shaky dotcom marketplace, has gone ahead and embraced the porn industry, opening an online store stocked with thousands of
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    • Business
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        Lock icon Borders to close online store
        472 12 Deal unlikely to benefit Amazon.com which will serve competitor’s customers Wires NYT THE Borders Group, the secondlargest bookseller in the United States, is closing its struggling online store and will have Amazon.com serve its customers instead, executives involved said on Tuesday. Spokesmen for both Amazon
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      • Article
        Lock icon Internet magazines also feel the pinch
        380 12 FALL IN AD REVENUES NYT IN CONTINUING signs of retrenchment among the Internet magazines, one publication has been closed, and another may soon follow. Time Inc is negotiating to buy Business 2.0 magazine, with the intention of using its subscriber list and combining the
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        Lock icon More cash buys less
        51 12 A customer counting wads of Indonesian rupiah banknotes before making a purchase in Jakarta shop on April io. The weakening rupiah has caused imported goods’ prices to soar. An International Monetary Fund team was to arrive to review its stalled US$5-billion lending programme for the country.
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        Lock icon ‘Chief executive’ loses power
        186 12 NYT TIME was, being the chief executive meant one thing: You were the boss. Now, many large companies have several chief executives one for each division, perhaps, or maybe one for each continent. Titles apparently come cheap. In decades past, a vice-president or perhaps a president
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        Lock icon Confirmed: DBS to buy HK’s Dao Heng
        598 13  -  Move gives it a chance to enter China By Nicholas Yong nicyong@sph.com.sg A FOOTHOLD in Hong Kong, and an opportunity to enter mainland China. That’s what Development Bank of Singapore (DBS), South-east Asia’s largest bank in terms of asset size, stands to gain
        Paul Eric Roca  -  598 words
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        Lock icon Local dotcoms face worsening market
        394 13  -  IT WAS BAD ENOUGH WHEN NASDAQ CRASHED LAST YEAR By Francis Kan francisk@sph.com.sg THE Nasdaq crash which happened this day a year ago pales in comparison. In a nutshell, that is the story of Singapore’s dotcom stocks today. For instance, i-One.Net, the first Internet firm
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      • Business BUZZ
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          Lock icon No 3G auction STI makes gains
          82 13 THE Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) yesterday handed out three of its four third-generation (3G) mobile communication licences, calling off a planned auction. The fourth available licence failed to attract solid interest. The late withdrawal of Hong Kong’s Sunday Communications left the three
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          Lock icon SingTel shares slip
          108 13 SHARES of Singapore T elecommunications (SingTel) closed lower yesterday, amid concerns that the company may not be included in the Australian Stock Exchange Index when it is listed in Australia, analysts said. They said SingTel will only be listed on the Australian Stock Exchange, replacing Optus, once
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          75 13 SHARE prices moved up on the local bourse yesterday, with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) gaining 11.08 points to close at 1,616.20 points in thin trading. The total volume expanded to 267.53 million units worth $411.93 million. Rises led falls by 160 to 101 with 309 counters remaining flat.
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          Lock icon PCI sale postponed
          34 13 MAINBOARD-LISTED Chuan Hup Holdings has decided to indefinitely defer the planned sale of its 32.72 per cent stake in electronics component maker PCI, which is also listed, until “market conditions improve”.
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    • Mailbox
      • Eyeballing THE NET
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          Lock icon Web pleas: Don’t cry wolf
          740 16  -  By Lim Puay Leng puayleng@sph.com.sg LAST week, I received yet another forwarded message appealing for blood donors. As usual, the recipient would be a bed-ridden young kid sadly inflicted with an incurable disease. To help him, I was urged to donate my blood to the
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      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon DONOR LINES
        93 16 http://www.donorweb.org DUE for launch this Saturday, Donorweb is a non-profit website created by local volunteers to put together a network of regular, long-term blood donors, and linking them with those in need. It’s got details and maps on where and how you can donate blood. http://www.joyears.com Since last
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      • E-Male ADDRESS
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          Lock icon Rock the cage, rattle the bars
          582 17  -  By Eugene Wee eugenew@sph.com.sg “BOYCOTT” is a word often uttered when we Singaporean consumers feel that we have been wronged by the workings of corporate machinery. When met with what we feel are unfair prices, bad service or unreasonable business practices, the word rolls
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      • Net BUZZ
        • Article
          Lock icon Let’s make oil companies sweat a bit
          374 17 FEW things have quite stirred up consumer activism as petrol pump prices. Here’s a sample of the buzz on the Internet: CONTINUE PRESSURE TO PLACATE ever-growing rumbles for a blanket price reduction, the oil companies have grudgingly allowed some stations to give a
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        • Article
          Lock icon GO FOR JUGULAR
          73 17 WILL you take part in the boycott of oil companies? 61% Enough! Petrol companies won’t notice unless the bottom line’s hit. 19% More as a symbolic show of defiance and to raise consumer awareness. 8% No, it won’t dent their bottom lines or attitudes. 8% Can’t be
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      24 2 Qood morningJ *4 Showers with thunder over many areas in the afternoon. High: 32C 1 Low: 24C Tides: 1.13AM/2.8M 2.30PM/2.7M Met Service: http://www.go v.sg/metsin
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      92 5 Find out more about how environmental groups around the world intend to celebrate Car-Free Day at http://www.carfreeday.com Who says ITALIAN FURNITURE is EXPENSIVE MORE MODELS AVAILABLE IN OUR SHOWROOM JIMMY CHAISE LOUNGE NOW .f. *****9 r SsBBB nett EDEN SOFA BED LIMITED PERIOD ONLY! WHILE STOCKS LAST! UP.: *****3 NOW:
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      44 7 How satisfied are you with the dial-up service the ISPs here provide? Do you get a clean connection to the Net most of the time? Or do you have to try repeatedly? And how often does your connection drop? Tell us at http^/eyebalL adalmmgg
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      12 9 For a complete transcript ofSM Lee’s interview with Wirtschaftswoche, logon to http://eyeball.asial.com.sg
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      48 10 Learn more about three-dimensional programs by clicking on these links: http:// www.2ce.com Try the free beta version of the Cubic Eye 3D browser http:// www.my virtual model.com/ See how My Virtual Model uses 3D software to let you try on clothes online, even with a 56 kbps connection.
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      64 11 1 i i i SAN MARCO JV I CALL ETHNIC TIBETAN FAIR Now on at #O2-208D Marina Square j #O2-82 Far East Plaza Ethnic Jewellery Clothings exclusively designed by local designers j using Indian and Chinese fabrics SALE! SALE! Original Pashmina Shawls (70% wool) (36" x 78") Clearing from $39
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      61 11 HELEN, SWEETHEART OF THE INTERNET yOLTRg RIGHT, M&ISSA. I'M AFRAiP TO OPBi UP TO people... BUT YOU WAVS. TO, HSISM you CAN'T JUST KS£P mum& PfZ&to TWSM, SUT THAT'S NOT MSi IT'S I7IVINS VgNGSANCS! Am YOU cMtpq such AWFUL THINGS TO THEM VVHgW THgy MAKS yOUMAJ7r'^: r (W I FORGOT
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      555 14 Daimaru Liang Court Golf Town Marina Square (Level 1) (Level 4, above Best Denki) Technology Performance Passion POWER kasco, TORNADO-U SHAFT R, S Flex GRIP THE ULTIMATE UTILITY CLUB Rubber Cord Club of the Year Utility Raffles Country Club (Pro shop) “Aggressive” big carry with outstanding accuracy Takashimaya S. C.
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      757 15 Ljctraia /crcr/ *j ca s<x>- Soft feel at approach/putting POWER TORNADO Straighter with the driver, higher with irons, kasco. direct to the green. A ball with an inner core, 12% larger and softer than KASCO’s other dual-core 3-piece balls, it results in deformation thereby reducing the amount of sidespin by
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  • EyeSport
    • Sport IN SHORT
      • Article
        Lock icon Coach defended
        95 18 AP CANBERRA. Four-time Olympic gold medalist Alexander Popov came out yesterday to defend his Russian-born coach Gennadi Touretski, 51, against steroid possession charges. Touretski’s other high-profile swimmer, Michael Klim, reiterated his stand against drugs. The Australian Institute of Sport swim team issued a statement read by Klim as
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        Lock icon James eyed
        72 18 Reuters LONDON Aston Villa goalkeeper David James is the target of Spanish giant Barcelona, British newspapers reported yesterday. The Daily Star, quoting an unnamed Barcelona source, said James, 30, is one of three goalkeepers under consideration by Barcelona coach Llorenc Serra Ferrer to join current No 1 Jose
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      • Article
        Lock icon Indonesia ban?
        68 18 AFP JAKARTA Soccer’s world governing body Fifa has threatened to bar Indonesia from hosting another World Cup qualifier if it failed to ban firecrackers at matches, reports said yesterday. Firecracker bursts were heard during Indonesia’s opdner in the World Cup qualifiers against Maldives in Jakarta’s Bung Karno stadium
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      • Article
        Lock icon F1 In Moscow
        100 20 AFP MOSCOW In three months time, construction on a motor-racing circuit aimed at bringing the glamour and glitz of Formula One to Russia will get under way, local media reported on Tuesday. The Itogui weekly quoted Moscow tourism chief Grigori Antiyufiev as saying work on a US$lOO-million
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        Lock icon Shopping again
        97 20 AFP LONDON Leeds manager David O’Leary is planning to bolster his squad with a summer spending spree after the trial of stars Lee Bowyer and Jonathan Woodgate collapsed this week. The Guardian reported O’Leary would be given the go-ahead to draft in replacements with Bowyer and Woodgate both
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      • Article
        Lock icon Dacourt’s joke
        63 20 Reuters LONDON Leeds United’s Olivier Dacourt has insisted his comments on French television about misleading a Football. Association disciplinary panel to protect fellow Frenchman Patrick Vieira were a joke, British newspapers reported on Wednesday. Arsenal’s Vieira was suspended for one game by the panel for kicking Dacourt during
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      Lock icon ‘We are behind China’
      769 18  -  Top Asian Olympic officials back Beijing’s bid to host 2008 Games By Luke Pachymuthu and YS Lam luke@sph.com.sg TOP Asian Olympic officials have strongly backed Beijing’s bid for the 2008 Olympic Games. Despite a recent US resolution urging International Olympic Committee (IOC) officials to block Beijing’s
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      Lock icon Sixers feel the Heat
      523 19 Mourning’s best game after return helps Miami beat Philadelphia AP MIAMI Alonzo Mourning’s best game yet made all the difference against the Philadelphia 76ers. Mourning had 20 points, 16 rebounds and a crucial block of Allen Iverson’s final shot attempt on Tuesday night, helping the Miami
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    • Article
      Lock icon Jordan says he’s not thinking of making a comeback, but...
      440 19 HIS AIRNESS SENDS OUT MIXED SIGNALS AP WASHINGTON Once again, Michael Jordan downplayed the notion that he’s planning a comeback. Once again, he left the door one-tenth of a percentage point open that it just might happen. Responding to comments
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      Lock icon Kobe back with style
      175 19 AP LOS ANGELES With 20 points, four assists and six steals to equal a career-high, it was a triumphant return for Kobe Bryant, when he helped the Lakers overpower the Phoenix Suns 106-80 on Tuesday. “I felt pretty good. I was able to slide my feet
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      Lock icon Schuey wary of Hakkinen, not Coulthard
      470 20 RACE FOR DRIVERS’ CHAMPIONSHIP JUST six points behind Michael Schumacher’s 26, David Coulthard is sniffing very closely at the defending champion’s heels. But the German is not too worried, and is more wary of Mika Hakkinen, as he remembers too well how the Finn
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      Lock icon Navratilova hits out at Venus’ dad
      367 20 Be has ‘no place on the tennis courts’ AP AMELIA ISLAND (Florida) Get out of the game, Richard Williams, said one of the greatest women’s player in tennis. Martina Navratilova was never one to mince words when she was the most dominant women’s tennis
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      Lock icon Snorts CLICKERS
      173 20 NRA: So who’s going to join the big boys? NBA fans might want to check Sportsline.com’s draft rumours. Many of this year’s top NBA prospects are underclassmen, some of whom have declared that they are ready to join the big league. There’s a big list of underclassmen who
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  • Unwind
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      Lock icon ABSOLUTELY Country of Singapore FREE
      786 21 Tanking up without spending a dime is a cinch 1 these days as more clubs offer free hooze to pull in the crowds. KARRi HOD (karl@sph.com.sg) tells you where to go. I WE HAVE PROOF J PRODUCED AMD BOTTLED NIGHTLY IMPORTANT I TO ATTRACT clubbers
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    • Clubbing
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        Lock icon So you want to drink for free seven nights a week?
        916 22 No problem. You can tank up every day if you re a woman, thanks to the tidal wave of free-flow/drink specials that is flooding Singapore's clubs these days. KARL HO and LIM HUI LING lists some of the places
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        Lock icon Another One at Fullerton; Grease on hold?
        537 23 Club maestro Michel Lu has another new outlet in the works and ids right under his yet-to-open Centro 360. KARL HO (karl@sph.com.sg) has the story on this and what plans might be in store for Qrease. VEN before it officially opens its doors
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      • Pick of the CLUBS
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          Lock icon CLUB OF THE WEEK BAR NONE (right)
          105 23 Basement, Marriott Hotel Telephone: 831 4656, 831 4657 ENTER the kitschy domain of 1920s Shanghai with its legendary glitz and glamorous image. Be teleported into a world of chinoiserie and Shanghainese posters, as cigar girls peddle their wares alongside shoeshine boys on Vive
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          Lock icon OTHER STOPOVERS SPANEYS DINER ‘N’ PUB
          214 23 41 Seah Street Telephone: 337 7750 NEWCOMER on the clubbing fraternity, Spanky’s boasts to be different. A diner cum chill-out joint, it soft-launched a few weeks ago. Open for lunch (11.30 am to 3 pm), tea (3-6 pm) and dinner (6-9 pm), it’s armed
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          Lock icon THE LIQUID ROOM
          14 23 G@llery Evason Hotel 76 Robertson Quay Telephone: 831 4656, 831 4657
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          Lock icon FATHER FLANAGAN’S
          64 23  -  Lim Hui Ling B-106 Chijmes, 30 Victoria Street Telephone: *****18 LADIES, you can get Moet Chandon champagne at $10 a glass all night long from 7 pm on Wednesdays. That’s not all. Any champagne order made by a lady between 7 to 10 pm entitles her to enjoy
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    • Movies
      • Cyber SNITCH
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          Lock icon Behind the Tomb
          68 24 TOMB RAIDER fans who’re eagerly awaiting the movie can satisfy their curiosity at Film.com’s Hello Lara Web special. At http://www.film.com/ topten/movies/ tomb raider/index.jhtml, different aspects of the production have been highlighted in short webcasts. Watch the trailer, interviews with director Simon West, a documentary-like spin on Lara
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          96 24 ASPIRING film-maker but don’t know how to start? Go to dScoop.com. The site, at http://www.dscoop.com, has a store of clips submitted by amateurs and professionals alike. Filtered into categories like drama, arts, comedy, documentary, music and travel, each clip is a slice of life packed with visual
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          79 24 AT THE other extreme of the movie award brouhaha, The Hastings Bad Cinema Society has created “the world’s most comprehensive bad movie ballot” called The Stinkers: The Ultimate Bad Movie Awards. Honouring the cream of the crass, the site at http://www.thestinkers .com/profiles a complete list of the
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          33 24 “You re like a cockroach. Every time I get rid of you, you appeal to the union and you re right back here.” Steven Seagals boss in Exit Wounds
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        682 24  -  Jeanmarie Tan DANCER IN THE DARK (PG) Bjork, Catherine Deneuve, David Morse, Peter Stomare SHE may have ruffled a few feathers on Oscar night with her Swan Lake tutu. And she may have been cheated of a Best Actress Academy Award nomination. But Icelandic ingenue Bjork,
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        168 25 June Wan UNDERCOVER BROTHER EPISODE 12: MELTS IN TOUR BLEEPIN’ MOUTH John Ridley http://www.urbanentertainment.com Time: 3 mins 15 secs UNDERCOVER BROTHER, an Afro-headed, bell-bottom-wearing, cooler-than-Shaft type character works as an agent for The Brotherhood. The entity, run like a mafia den, attempts to level the playing field for
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        739 26 NYT Thanks to Ang Lee, Wong Kar Wai and Edward Tang, Chinese-language cinema is chartering new territories —from France to Britain to the ultimate destination: Hollywood. SINCE the Cannes film festival last May, Chinese-language cinema has swept across new borders, winning awards and audiences on Hollywood’s turf.
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        210 26 Movies being shot BIG SHOTS FUNERAL THIS is a comedy about a Western director who goes to China to make a film. It stars Donald Sutherland as the director, Rosamund Kwan (left) as his adopted daughter, and Chinese award-winning actor Ge You, last
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        523 27 Dawn Tan “THE heat is on in Saigon,” goes the song from the long-running musical, Miss Saigon. Come August, the heat wave will hit Singapore instead. So hopes IMG Arts Entertainment, the producer of the show opening at the Kallang Theatre on Aug 1. It’s been
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