Project Eyeball, 9 May 2001
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Advertisement488 2001-05-09 1 LOCAL SEARCH ENGINES While they may not have the reach of giants such as Google and Yahoo, Singapore search engines have the edge s&eek L4%i (mostly) when it comes to local content. Page 12 rGLXTS SAY FIGHT MONEYBAGS WITH MONEY So what if we’re dubbed Generation M money-minded, me-centric. We488 words
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NEWS a VIEWS
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Article, Illustration103 2001-05-09 2 FOOTBALLERS are acting like monkeys, say scientists who liken the post-goal celebration of kissing and slapping each other to a special ape-like male bonding ritual. Scientists studied how and when footballers touch each other and believe their celebrations are part of a ritual previously seen only in primates. Dr103 words
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Article, Illustration311 2001-05-09 2 Andrew Chin - The aerial vehicle and other advanced naval weaponry go on show here Andrew Chin IT LOOKS like a helicopter without a “tail” and serves as an electronic eye in the sky. The reconnaissance drone developed by the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company provides radar surveillance andEmmanuel Khong - 311 words
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Eyeball NEWS
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Article82 2001-05-09 2 POLITBURO Member of the Communist Party of China and Guangdong Party Secretary Li Changchun will be in Singapore on Thursday for a three-day visit. Li will call on Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong, Senior Minister Lee Kuan Lew and Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. He82 words
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Article85 2001-05-09 2 BRITAIN’S Prince Andrew will visit Singapore from May 22 to 24, as part of a four-country visit to South-east Asia that will take in Brunei, Malaysia and the Philippines as well. The Duke of York will call on President S R Nathan and Prime Minister85 words
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Article82 2001-05-09 2 THE Isetan Foundation has pledged $300,000 to set up a scholarship fund. Two scholarships, the first of which is to be awarded in the coming academic year, will be given out to second and final-year Accountancy/Business undergraduates of the Nanyang Technological University (NTU). The Isetan Foundation82 words
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92 2001-05-09 2 A JOINT emergency exercise will be conducted on the Singapore side of the Second Link on Thursday. Simulating a chemical tanker accident, smoke and coloured liquid will be used during the four-hour exercise which begins at 11 am. Motorists are advised not to be alarmed92 words
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Article132 2001-05-09 2 ON HER birthday, she gave away half a million dollars to enable others to attend public lectures by prominent business and political leaders. Ho Lien Fung, wife of former Singapore ambassador Ho Rih Hwa, donated $500,000 to the Singapore Management University (SMU) to establish the Ho132 words
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76 2001-05-09 2 SINGAPORE will be participating in the forthcoming 15th Asean Labour Ministers’ Meeting to be held in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday. Minister for Manpower Dr Lee Boon Yang, will be leading the Singaopre delegation to the two-day meeting. The aim of the annual meeting76 words
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Article76 2001-05-09 2 THE National Skin Centre is organising a public forum on problems like pigmentation, hair loss, acne scars, and wrinkles. To be held on June 16 from 2 pm to 5 pm at the Mandarin Hotel, several consultants will share the latest treatment methods. Interested parties may76 words
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Article, Illustration321 2001-05-09 3 CINCINNATI Stephen Roach, a white police officer whose fatal shooting of an unarmed black man touched off three nights of rioting, was charged with two misdemeanors, including negligent homicide. If convicted, Roach would face no more than nine months in jail. About 150 critics, who thought the sentenceBong Fortin - 321 words
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Article, Illustration482 2001-05-09 3 Cash, drugs and alcohol used to mobilise protesters in South-east Asia AFP HONG KONG Booze, cash and drugs are the grease, analysts say that politicians and power-brokers use to mobilise mass protests and incite violence in South-east Asia. Following riots in the Philippine capital last week– AFP; AFP - 482 words
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187 2001-05-09 3 U.S. STUDY LAT-WP WASHINGTON Distracted drivers who crash are more likely to have been engrossed in changing a CD, eating, or quieting a toddler than in using their mobile phones, according to a study released yesterday. Mobile phones were low on the list– LAT-WP - 187 words
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Article, Illustration326 2001-05-09 4 SHOULD other organisations look to the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) as a model for effective fund-raising? No thanks, said Dr Gordon Ku, chairman of the Kidney Dialysis Foundation (KDF). “If all charities behaved the same way, then it is all business. Where is the place forPaul Eric Roca - 326 words
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Eyeball FOCUS
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Article, Illustration695 2001-05-09 4 Tan Dawn Wei - Some don’t like the hard-sell e-mail and SMS appeals By Tan Dawn Wei dawntan@sph.com.sg THE annual NKF Charity Show may have become a staple on the national fundraising calendar, but many Singaporeans were surprised when they recently received SMS messages and personal e-mails from695 words
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Singapore
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Article, Illustration689 2001-05-09 6 Karl Ho - Niche pubs are biggest casualty as 3 pull the plug By Karl Ho karl@sph.com.sg THE clouds of recession are casting a pall over Singapore’s clubland. The hardest hit are nightspots which play cutting-edge house music, and at least three such clubs have folded in the689 words
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Article, Illustration493 2001-05-09 6 Wong Sher Maine - MORE THAN 240,000 PHONED IN By Wong Sher Maine sher@sph.com.sg YOU may think the Who Wants To Be A Millionaire hotline is the hottest one around. After all, since its launch in March, more than 100,000 people have dialled the number hoping forMike Lee - 493 words
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Article, Illustration639 2001-05-09 7 Case hopes NTUC will sell cheaper petrol and pressure petrol companies to lower prices IN ITS next move in the war against the petrol companies, the Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) is conducting a twopronged assault to bring down pump prices. Leading the charge639 words
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Article, Illustration232 2001-05-09 7 LIKELY IT WAS FLUNG KILLER litter in Singapore may have reached tragic heights. On Monday, a dog was believed to have been flung to its death from a high floor of Block 485 D at Choa Chu Kang Avenue 5. It was foundShin Min Daily News - 232 words
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The World
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Article, Illustration506 2001-05-09 8 Falungong members among them Wires HONG KONG It was a telling statistic that Hong Kong deployed nearly 3,000 police in and around a convention centre hosting a business forum attended by Chinese President Jiang Zemin yesterday. Just 2,000 officers had been assigned during the territory’s– Wires; Reuters; AP - 506 words
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367 2001-05-09 8 Wires BEIJING China said it would not allow the United States spy plane stranded in Hainan to fly out of the country and had told Washington that several times. The official Xinhua news agency yesterday quoted Foreign Ministry spokesman Sun– Wires - 367 words
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202 2001-05-09 8 ANNUAL QUOTA REVIEW KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian government’s proposal to offer unfilled university seats reserved for bumiputras to non-Malay students has been rebuffed by the Peninsular Federation of Malay Students (GPMS). The proposal, made by Prime Minister Datuk Seri202 words
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Article, Illustration323 2001-05-09 9 SEOUL PULLS OUT OF WAR GAMES Wires SEOUL Japan ruled out a revision of some history textbooks, which have been criticised for glossing over Tokyo’s war-time atrocities, despite South Korea’s decision yesterday to call off a joint naval exercise with it. Instead, Prime– Wires; AP - 323 words
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Article171 2001-05-09 9 TOKYO Unlike the White House in the United States, the Japanese Prime Minister’s official residence is far from luxurious. But that’s not why its latest occupant, Junichiro Koizumi, is reluctant to stay home alone. The red-brick official residence, built in 1929 in the heart of Tokyo,171 words
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Article, Illustration46 2001-05-09 9 Like a good postman, this chicken-seller in Dhaka doesn’t let the weather stop him from hawking his wares. Despite the heavy flooding in the Bangladeshi capital yesterday from overnight rains, a rickshaw is enough for him to get on with his job. AFPAFP - 46 words
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Article502 2001-05-09 9 Gus Dur, Mega meet ministers to work out details Wires JAKARTA Fuelling speculation that a compromise was being thrashed out, President Abdurrahman Wahid and Vice-President Megawati Sukarnoputri jointly chaired a IU-hour meeting yesterday to resolve the country’s nagging political crisis. The meeting followed an earlier– Wires - 502 words
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Article541 2001-05-09 10 It’s self-righteousness and diplomatic gaffes cost it seats on two UN bodies Salon NEW YORK Last week’s ouster of the United States from the United Nations Human Rights Commission can’t be blamed entirely on the Bush administration, as the US deserved to lose the– Salon - 541 words
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Article, Illustration280 2001-05-09 10 P.M. HOWARD WARNS OF CONSEQUENCES Reuters SYDNEY Australia warned yesterday that New Zealand’s decision to axe its fighter jets because they were too expensive to maintain, could have consequences. “Every time a country takes a decision about the size and the readiness of its– Reuters; Reuters - 280 words
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Technology
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377 2001-05-09 11 NEW MARKETING STRATEGY NYT SAN FRANCISCO Apple Computer said on Monday that it is expanding into the retail business, confirming that it plans to open its first store in the United States on May 19. A computer industry analyst said– NYT - 377 words
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Article, Illustration520 2001-05-09 11 Andrew Chin - Illegal modifications are all the rage By Andrew Chin andrewc@sph.com.sg THEY love to dress up their cars with fancy lights and casings though it comes at a heavy price -a huge workshop bill, a fine and forced dismantling. A check with several workshops has revealed thatWang Huifen - 520 words
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Web@Home
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Article, Illustration603 2001-05-09 12 Audrey Lim - Eyeball tests local search engines By Audrey Lim web@eyeball.com.sg SEARCH engines have become our default interfaces to the world of cyberspace. So when looking something up, chances are you’ll be using Yahoo, Google, Alta Vista or Lycos. But if you’re hunting down information on tinyMik Zarzuela - 603 words
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Article298 2001-05-09 12 SO HOW do our local-bred search engines compare against the “Big Four” Alta Vista, Google, Yahoo and Lycos? Raymond Han, editor of GetForMe Singapore, said: “There is no way this website can compete with the big guns.” To start with, the four major search engines298 words
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Business
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Business BUZZ
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Article104 2001-05-09 13 SHARES of Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) fell by as much as 4.6 per cent yesterday to hit an all-time intra-day low of $1.66, chiefly on concerns that its planned US$200 million (S$364 million) additional investment in India’s Bharti Group will increase debt. The counter ended the day104 words
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Article100 2001-05-09 13 EDDIE CHNG, a substantial shareholder of mainboard listed Serial Systems, yesterday informed the Securities Industry Council (SIC) that he was unable to comply with its directive to make a takeover offer of the company at 67 cents a share. Chng, a former director of the electronic100 words
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Article67 2001-05-09 13 MAINBOARD-LISTED Horizon.com, which develops Internet and broadband products, said yesterday that it planned to privately place five million shares at 75 cents each. The firm said in a statement that the placement which amounts to about 8.2 per cent of its issued share capital was made through Vickers67 words
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Article40 2001-05-09 13 MIL-COM Aerospace has clarified that it is not an employment agency for aircraft technicians, as was reported in Eyeball on May 1. It provides engineering support services, modification and retrofitting services and supplies components to the aerospace industry.40 words
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Article, Illustration457 2001-05-09 13 Nicholas Yong - Govt has announced it may not offer land for development if market is soft By Nicholas Yong nicyong@sph.com.sg Source: UOB Kay Hian THEY have been battered like hell, but this may be the perfect time to buy property stocks, analysts say. That’s just as well, consideringSource: UOB Kay Hian; Bong Fortin - 457 words
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Loh & BEHOLD
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Article, Illustration593 2001-05-09 13 Dr Mike Loh - By Dr Mike Loh biz@eyeball.com.sg LAST week, Adobe Systems said it will close its US and Canadian operations in the first week of July to control expenses. It says the week-long shutdown should save about US$4 million (557.2 million). Sun Microsystems, too, announced it593 words
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Mailbox
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Eye On The ARTS
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Article, Illustration717 2001-05-09 14 Alvin Pang - By Alvin Pang alvinp@sph.com.sg WHO could ask for a more subtle revolution? The FamFest 2001 arts festival in Marine Parade, which ended last weekend, saw veteran theatre group The Necessary Stage (TNS) plugging their repertoire of skills into the gritty, grassroots world of community717 words
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173 2001-05-09 14 Try sperm sorting to have a tray’ (May 2) IN OUR weekly Stork Options column, fertility expert Dr Christopher Chen answered a reader’s question about trying to have a son by suggesting that the couple increase their chances by using the laboratory173 words
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Single’s SAY
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Article, Illustration726 2001-05-09 15 Soh Wen Lin - By Soh Wen Lin wenlin@brandeis.edu THE most frustrating thing about progress is that one can never get enough of it right away. That is why my heart leaped, perhaps a little too high, when I read my colleague Eugene Wee’s report on the Singapore Management UniversityPaul Eric Roca - 726 words
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Page 2 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous28 2001-05-09 2 Qood morning! Showers with thunder over many areas in the late morning and early afternoon. High: 33C 1 Low: 26C Tides: 12.50PM/2.8M Information not available Met Service: http://www.gov.sg/metsin28 words
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Advertisement29 2001-05-09 4 Do you think other charitable or non-profit organisations should take a leaf out of the National Kidney Foundation’s book when it comes to raising funds? Tell us at http://eyebalLasial.conusg29 words
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EDUCATION EYE
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Article, Illustration437 2001-05-09 5 an exclusive interview with Dr Dennis Dunham, VP of International Programmes (Oklahoma City University) In response to our government's call for a Mass Communications course in Singapore, Dr Dennis Dunham, VP of International Programmes (Oklahoma City University), decided to set up one here about 10 years ago.437 words
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Article, Illustration296 2001-05-09 5 Interview with MDIS-OCU programme lecturer Mr Omar Alattas Being an adjunct or part-time Mass Communications lecturer with MDIS for almost 7 years now, Mr Omar Alattas, 38, selected MDIS because "it had the longest history as a private education institution, hence it was established; and it catered to the largest296 words
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216 2001-05-09 5 To cater to the increased student enrolment and the desire to provide the students of MDIS with better facilities and accessibility, two new Lifelong Learning Centres will be launched at Bylands Building, Bugis, and Eastpoint shopping mall, Simei, in May 2001216 words
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Advertisement78 2001-05-09 5 &MDIS founded 1956 Management Development Institute of Singapore Where lifelong learning begins A NOT-FOR-PROFIT PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTE MDIS Interactive If you have any relevant queries on courses offered at MDIS and education in general, please feel free to send them to edueye@mdis.edu.sg. You'll not only get the answer to your queries,78 words
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Advertisement79 2001-05-09 5 beyond Asia, and that shows commitment.” Courses from Oklahoma City University, USA Offered at MDIS Master of Business Administration in International Business (with Concentration in Marketing) Master of Arts in Mass Communications Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communications Advanced Diploma in Mass Communications Diploma in Mass Communications Diploma in Marketing79 words
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Advertisement58 2001-05-09 10 The significance of the UN vote has been lost on supporters and critics of America’s claim to global leadership. http://english.peopledaily. com.cn/*****5/04/ eng*****504 *****.html The vote is a warning to the US to stop using human rights as tool in politics. http://washingtonpost. com/wp-dvn/articles/ A*****-2001May7.html The US should wake up to fact58 words
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Miscellaneous58 2001-05-09 11 HELEN, SWEETHEART OF THE INTERNET you SEEM POUG'S WEW LOOK? Y£AH. I THIMK IT'S KINPA CUTE! a i.J* cb wny pout you EVER PATE VOUG? HE MEVER ASKS ME. 4? m WOULP yOU THOUGH? VO you LIKE HIM IN THAT WAy? WHAT WAy? jy 7 7 Xb-'W THAT'S WHy HE58 words
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Advertisement26 2001-05-09 12 For more details on the tests that Eyeball ran, phis more information on the searching capabilities of the three local search engines, go to http://eyeball. asial.com.sg26 words
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Miscellaneous27 2001-05-09 15 ...Look! m THAT New REALITY OWN WHERE PEOPLE ARE CHAINED To EACH OTHERVJHKTC IT CALLED??.. '*7 wv/w -GBP* CHAIN or FooL£? ■WEAKEST LINKS TMWrTH CIuPID??.. L i27 words
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EyeSport
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Sport IN SHORT
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Article, Illustration116 2001-05-09 16 AP INDIANAPOLIS Michael Johnson might not run at the World Championships in August if he doesn’t compete in the USA Championships first. Johnson, 33, running only relays in his final year of competition, had hoped to join the US 4x400 m team in Edmonton this summer,– AP; AP - 116 words
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Article55 2001-05-09 16 Reuters BOGOTA Colombia’s national soccer coach Luis Augusto Garcia resigned on Monday following a bad run of results which have left the team struggling to reach the World Cup finals. Garcia took over as coach early last year but public criticism intensified after last month’s embarrassing 2-2 away– Reuters - 55 words
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Article69 2001-05-09 16 AP OWING MILLS (Maryland) The Baltimore Ravens re-signed safety Rod Woodson, who had been released in a salary cap move, to a five-year contract on Monday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The signing of Woodson, 36, means that the Super Bowl champions will return all but– AP - 69 words
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Article, Illustration117 2001-05-09 17 AFP SYDNEY-lan Thorpe’s coach, Doug Frost, said yesterday that the 18-year-old was capable of winning an unprecedented 100 m, 200m and 400 m freestyle treble at the 2004 Athens Olympics. “I really don’t want to set standards here that he’s got to try to achieve, but I– AFP; AFP - 117 words
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Article89 2001-05-09 17 Reuters BARCELONA Barcelona’s Dutch international midfielder Frank de Boer has admitted he has tested positive for a banned substance. “I had a dope test after the Celta Vigo match in the return leg of the Uefa Cup on March 15,” said De Boer. “And afterwards I was– Reuters - 89 words
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Article59 2001-05-09 17 Reuters AUCKLAND All Blacks coach Wayne Smith said yesterday that it would be difficult to include Andrew Mehrtens when he picks the New Zealand squad next week for their international against Samoa on June 16. Fly-half Mehrtens, capped 48 times, has been left out of the under-performing– Reuters - 59 words
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Article, Illustration538 2001-05-09 16 Luke Pachymuthu - Aussie officials downplay Touretski scandal By Luke Pachymuthu luke@sph.com.sg WHILE the rest of the world is talking about the drug cloud hanging over Australian sports after high-profile swimming coach Gennadi Touretski was charged, the country’s sporting fraternity is insisting that nothing is wrong. Last Thursday,Reuters - 538 words
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Article351 2001-05-09 16 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEMI-FINAL AFP MUNICH Luis Figo is convinced that his beloved Real Madrid can overcome their 1-0 firstleg deficit to defeat German giants Bayern Munich in tonight’s Champions League semi-final return-leg match (Singapore time 3 am tomorrow). “I’ve got a very strong feeling we’re– AFP - 351 words
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Article, Illustration495 2001-05-09 17 Shanghai sensation is possible No 1 choice in NBA Draft Wires BEIJING Forget about the Dallas Mavericks’ Wang Zhi Zhi, despite all that’s been written about him. While he’s got enough to play in the NBA, he’s also simply the first of many, and media reports about his– Wires; AFP - 495 words
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Article, Illustration374 2001-05-09 17 REVENGE FOR FOUL ON ANDERSON AFP SAN ANTONIO, Texas You knew the San Antonio Spurs were ready for the Dallas Mavericks the minute Tim Duncan walked onto the court with an armband with the words “DA, 1” written on it. That would be guard Derek Anderson,– AFP; Reuters - 374 words
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Article120 2001-05-09 17 SOCCER: Jordi Cruyff was meant to take Old Trafford by storm, but injuries ensured that the Dutchman was never more than a fringe player. Now playing for Uefa Cup finalists Alaves, Cruyff has blamed Man U for not giving him enough opportunities. (http://www.soccernet.com/ england/news/2001/0508/ *****508mufccruyff.html) BASKETBALL: NBA fans120 words
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Unwind
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Travel
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Article, Illustration1648 2001-05-09 18 NYT It’s a small world, but the light parade doesn't have to stop if you re young, single and jar from a family unit. JESSE MCKINLEY takes the I Mickey out of the world's ijjj best-marketed theme park for that lone sensation. I I AS– NYT - 1,648 words
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Living Well
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Article, Illustration450 2001-05-09 20 His job as an art manager for a publishing company takes him from one lush tropical home to another around the region. His own home is no different. Tuck loong has been gardening for as long as he can remember. His earliest memories were of450 words
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Arts
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Article, Illustration827 2001-05-09 21 NYT Though rich, flashy and dynamic, Quggenheim.com, the museum's online subsidiary, will still have to surmount the obstacles facing most e-commerce businesses. MATTHEW MIRAPAUL tells us more. HE Solomon I I I R Guggenheim I Foundation, which I has been aggressively expanding its global network of museums,– NYT; Paul Eric Roca - 827 words
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Article, Illustration671 2001-05-09 22 Christian J Lee isn’t happy with the stereotyping of Asian actors in the US. So, he moved to Singapore, he tells TAN DAWN WEI (dawntan@sph.com.sg). CTOR Christian J Lee has issues. The American-born Chinese is on a crusade to battle the Asian-American male being typecast on stage,Pictures: Yen Meng Jiin - 671 words
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Arts DIARY
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Article, Illustration104 2001-05-09 22 THE impressionistic art of Nancy Chu Woo, a “colour experimentalist” from New York, is now on at the Wetterling Teo Gallery, in the very first exhibition by her on our shores. Most of Woo’s ChineseWestern works reveal an inner beauty, expressing the diverse experiences in her104 words
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107 2001-05-09 22 HEDDA GABLER, a classic of world theatre by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, is a visual spectacle of a claustrophobic universe. The drama’s reputation of being overly gloomy is unfounded. It has a cruel, appalling sense of humour that appeals in a psychological-thriller sort of107 words
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124 2001-05-09 22 – Lim Hui Ling - Lim Hui Ling THE design of the new Milwaukee Art Museum is inspired by its location on Lake Michigan. If you happen to be in the neighbourhood, don’t miss the nautical themes that are part of the design, like the wave-shaped galleria. The spotlight is124 words
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Article, Illustration468 2001-05-09 23 Shelve your doubts. Ong Keng Sen’s latest play is accessible and easy to understand. But nonetheless, TAN DAWN WEI (dawntan@sph.com.sg) finds the production with magical sets lacking. PEAR NOT. Ong Keng Sen’s latest outing, The Silver River, won’t make you scratch your head. The collaborative effort with468 words
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Article, Illustration521 2001-05-09 23 Tan Dawn Wei - By Tan Dawn Wei dawntan@sph.com.sg SO YOU’VE seen Romeo And Juliet replayed countless times on stage. But if the name Joe Calarco doesn’t sound familiar to you, then you’ve never seen anything quite like this adaptation by the American playwright-director. The play opens with521 words
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Advertisement18 2001-05-09 20 WHERE TO GO: Pond and fountains: Nature Landscapes (Tel: 252 6802) Yerandah: Seah Bock Seng (Tel: 280 1935)18 words
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Advertisement127 2001-05-09 20 HYGIENIC CONVENIENT COUNTERTOP ICEMAKERS/WATER DISPENSER Direct from the manufacturers From as low as 552,999, you can enjoy the convenience of having a chilled glass of cold and hygienic plain water with ICE after a hot sunny day. Our icemaker/water dispenser is small enough to rest on either a bar counter127 words
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Advertisement39 2001-05-09 22 Private Eyes by Steven Dietz is on from May 9-13 at 8 pm nightly, 3 pm on May 12 and 13, at the Guinness Theatre, The Substation. Tickets are $2l and $l9 (matinees and concessions) from Sistic (348 5555).39 words
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Advertisement27 2001-05-09 23 The Silver River is on until May 13 at the Victoria Theatre at 8 pm. Tickets priced from $25 to $75 are available from Sistic (348 5555).27 words
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Advertisement30 2001-05-09 23 Singapore Repertory Theatre’s staging of Joe Calarco’s Shakespeare’s R&Jruns until May 18 at 20 Merbau Road, Robertson Quay, at 8 pm. Tickets at $3O to $5O from Sistic (348 5555).30 words
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The Bach Page
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Article289 2001-05-09 24 Chats Mouse Burnout signs at work You’re so tired, you now answer the telephone: “Hell.” Your friends call to ask how you’ve been, and you immediately scream: “Get off my back, jerk!” Your garbage can has become your “in” box. You wake up to discover your bed is on fire,289 words
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Article, Illustration197 2001-05-09 24 Karl Ho FOR those who can’t get enough of Adrian Pang (left) and his ah-beng antics in Forever Fever, watch him play reformed pirate-VCD-vendor-turned-film critic Russell Koh in The Big Buffet’s C Movie segment. The Big Buffet is a variety/lifestyle programme that– Karl Ho - 197 words
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Article, Illustration203 2001-05-09 24 mr.T.Tf! PIPER got herself hitched in Las Vegas to UK TV personality Chris Evans (right). Virgin Radio announced that the 35-year-old Evans, who broadcasts on the station, married Piper on Sunday at the Little Church of the West on the Las Vegas Strip,203 words
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Making HEADLINES
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Article67 2001-05-09 24 ROBERT DE NIRO will receive the 2001 Bravo Lifetime Achievement Award at the Gotham Awards for his work as an actor and producer. The 57-year-old star will be given the award at a ceremony on Oct 1. Past recipients include Robert Altman, Meryl Streep, Sidney Linnet, Bob67 words
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Article92 2001-05-09 24 Wires PRINCESS MATHILDE 28, wife of Crown Prince Philippe, heir to the Belgian throne, is pregnant with the couple’s first child..A report is making rounds claiming that musician Lon Reed is dead. Reed “is alive and well”, his publicist said. “Mr Reed is currently in Amsterdam preparing for the– Wires - 92 words
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Advertisement115 2001-05-09 24 V-: V. rryiTT-r wy-r «-rr r—m «M> E-mail: s Contact No FOREVER 6t EVER is a touching drama starring Sylvia Chang, directed by famous playwright RAYMOND TO (His award winning screenplays include T Have A Date With Spring’, 'Legend Of The Mad Phoenix’). FOREVER EVER will be screened at LIDO115 words
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