Project Eyeball, 11 May 2001

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    11 1 projecteyeball. eyeball.asiaLcom.sg Mita (p) 105/03/2001 Friday, May 11, 2001 80 CENTS
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      255 1 These workers want flexi-wase There are 90 workers at Far East Flora, and they’ve welcomed their boss’ move to introduce a monthly variable component (MVC) to their salaries. The logic is clear: In bad times, the employer can reduce, or cut completely, the MVC to ensure the company remains viable.
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      215 1 S 3 piMVt clash Pictures: Afp Tomorrow’s FA Cup final in Cardiff is a heavyweight fight. In the Red corner is Patrick Vieira of Arsenal (left), arguably the finest, most commanding midfielder in football today. In the other Red corner is a young punk who hopes to inherit that mantle
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  • NEWS & VIEWS
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      103 2 LONDONERS will get to use new open-air urinals by July, in a bid to stop urine from threatening one of the city’s most famous tourist attractions. Westminster City Council said evidence showed that urine was eroding the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square. “Night-time revellers, waiting at a bus stop
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      Lock icon Ganga’s recovery slower
      322 2  -  Twin Jamuna has coped better with trauma of separation, say doctors Denyse Yeo JUST a day after her first birthday celebration with twin Jamuna, there is a question mark over the progress Ganga is making in the recovery process. Yesterday, Singapore General Hospital issued an update on
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    • Eyeball NEWS
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        Lock icon Study mobile radiation, says Case
        137 2 WHILE the medical world is still split on whether radiation from mobile phones has adverse effects on humans, Australian authorities have released a report saying that they are convinced that the radiation, at the very least, has some biological effect. With news-of the report, the
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        Lock icon Poly to conduct public SAT course
        117 2 COME July, the Singapore Polytechnic (SP) will begin running a SATI Preparation Course for its alumni and the public. The 30-hour course, which will cost $360, will be conducted jointly with the polytechnic’s Language and Communication, and Mathematics and Science departments. SP already has
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        104 2 TWENTY student volunteers from the Singapore Polytechnic (SP) stepped into the secured compound of the Changi Reformative Training Centre for the first time yesterday. Their mission: To teach the reformative trainees there aged between 16 and 21 how to upgrade and service personal computers. This
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      Lock icon You can SMS for a canned drink
      257 2  -  NEW WAVE VENDING MACHINES Eugene Wee BUYING drinks from vending machines will soon be as easy as SMS. Ml yesterday showed how its subscribers won’t need spare change for a drink. Instead, they can send a short message service (SMS) text from their
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      302 3 MOSCOW Russia lost control of four military satellites overnight because of a fire at an important relay station but said the overall system was working normally. Some US experts have warned that failures by the ageing earlywarning satellite system could lead Moscow to launch nuclear missiles in reaction
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      451 3 More like collaborating, in Net age when practices like file-swapping are prevalent, says US prof NYT CHARLOTTESVILLE What is special about the University of Virginia is not that this is an institution where students have been pledging not to cheat and taking tests unsupervised for
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      Lock icon US won’t punish UN for human rights snub
      188 3 AFP WASHINGTON United States President George W Bush’s administration will oppose efforts by US lawmakers to withhold the payment of dues to the United Nations in retaliation for the US being voted off the UN Commission on Human Rights. Bush is “disappointed”
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      Lock icon MVC works in this workplace
      967 4  -  Boss, staff happy with scheme, but they’re the minority By Eugene Wee eugene\v@sph.com.sg OTHER companies could remain sceptical, but for Far East Flora’s Ryan Chioh the merits of the monthly variable component (MVC) are just too good to be passed up. Which is why it
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      Lock icon In case of emergency...
      146 4  -  Wang Huifen HIGH drama was played out at the Tuas second crossing yesterday when Singapore’s Environment Ministry and Johor’s Department of Environment conducted a joint emergency exercise simulating a chemical spill. Around 100 participants from each country played out the scenario of an accidental collision involving
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      Lock icon TV Works launch will be music to your ears
      605 5  -  Dick Lee is the brains behind launch extravaganza TV Land The Musical By Jeanmarie Tan jeanm@sph.com.sg MUSIC makes the people come together. Obviously, the crew behind TV Works have heeded Madonna’s popular musical edict in a bid to reel the viewing
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      401 5  -  BUILDING OWNERS CAN’T STOP THOSE SHOOTING FOR PERSONAL USE By Toh Bee Ping beeping@sph.com.sg EYEBALL journalist Alvin Pang was merrily snapping away at some sculptures in Millenia Walk when a security guard tapped him on the shoulder. I’ll need your identity card if you want
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    • Singapore
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        659 6  -  Internet-linked extra-marital affairs show slow but upward trend By Wong Sher Maine sher@sph.com.sg THE man fell in love with the woman through an Internet chatroom. He was 33, she was 22. They got to know each other online, met, had pre-marital sex and quickly got
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        Lock icon MARITAL WOES ARE MAIN CONCERN
        244 6 WORRIES over their marriages are driving some Muslim women up the wall. Two-thirds of the concerns raised last year by the 1,450 callers to the Association of Muslim Professionals’ (AMP) Helpline were about their marriages. “Typically, a highly stressed person was usually female, aged between
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        Lock icon Cash for cabbies who bring tourists
        308 6  -  BUDGET HOTELS PAY TOKENS RANGING BETWEEN $10 AND $25 By Denyse Yeo denyse@sph.com.sg A QUICK transaction at the front desk and the deed is done. It’s becoming common for some hotels here mainly budget ones to give “tokens of appreciation” of between $lO and
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    • The World
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        Lock icon Opposition candidates in hiding ‘free to campaign’
        214 7 MANILA POLLS AP MANILA President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo yesterday allowed two opposition senatorial candidates, accused of plotting a coup attempt, to surface from hiding and campaign without any threat of arrest. Arroyo allowed Sen Gregorio Honasan, seeking re-election, and former national police chief
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        602 7  -  Opposition leader says he has no designs on Gus Dur’s office for now By Ian Lim ianlim@sph.com.sg AMIEN RAIS, Speaker of Indonesia’s People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR), yesterday endorsed Vice-President Megawati Sukranoputri as President Abdurrahman Wahid’s successor, saying he would not make an illegal challenge for the post
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        Lock icon Clinton passes message of patience to Jiang
        254 7 NYT-WP HONG KONG Former United States President Bill Clinton had passed the message of the Bush administration’s desire for good relations with China during a private discussion with Chinese President Jiang Zemin on Wednesday, said a source familiar with the meeting yesterday. With
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        201 9 ‘PREQUIEM’ Wires LOS ANGELES Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh will meet his maker next week on May 16 with a pre-death trumpet fanfare written especially for him ringing in his ears. The fanfare, Ave Atque Vale (Onward Valiant Soldier), is the closing section of a musical
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        Lock icon Let the barbs begin
        209 9 It's polls time in Italy which brings forth a battery of vitriolic attacks that range from the cutting to the bizarre to the unpublishable. Here's a sampling of what has flown between the two prime ministerial candidates centre-right's Silvio Berlusconi and his centre-left rival Francesco Rutelli
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        Lock icon Ferrari boss could get Cabinet post
        129 9 Reuters IF SILVIO BERLUSCONI wins the Italian premiership this weekend, he may pull his friend, Luca di Montezemolo (below), the president of the Italian automaker Ferrari, into his Cabinet. The possible portfolios for Montezemolo could be the Minister for Sport, Tourism or Foreign Trade.
        – Reuters  -  129 words
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        Lock icon Tito to help others get into space
        256 9 THE next goal, for the world’s first paying space tourist Dennis Tito, is to help others take a trip into space. “What I would like to do is to put together a commercial venture that would provide much lowercost transportation to orbit or
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        Lock icon 64 can play, so make friends
        645 10  -  Cooperation is crucial to survival in Tribes 2’s mass battles By Jared Tham tech@sph.com.sg I’ M GAME, WHERE ARE THE OTHER 63? WHERE do you find 63 other gamers? That’s a question newcomers to Tribes 2, the sequel to the highly popular Star siege:
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    • Business
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        270 11 But it expects earnings to drop next financial year SINGAPORE TELECOMMUNICATIONS (Sing Tel) said it expects lower overall earnings in the year to March 2002 due to an expected decline in contributions from existing international investments (excluding Cable Wireless Optus)' and reduced interest income. The statement
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      • Business BUZZ
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          57 11 CHARTERED Semiconductor Manufacturing said yesterday that it believed the chip business would turn around in the second half of this year, based on customer feedback and the pace of the current decline. An official said that past semiconductor cycles showed a slump in the first and
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          78 11 LIFE insurance policy sales may surge more than 150 per cent to exceed $lO billion in 2001 after the recent easing of Central Provident Fund investment rules, industry officials said. “This year we have already achieved new sales of about $3.5 billion in the first quarter. “For
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        Lock icon $404 M PROFIT FOR C & W
        107 11 $404 M PROFIT FOR C W AUSTRALIAN telco Cable Wireless Optus said yesterday it expects earnings growth to continue after reporting a 60 per cent rise in net profit for the year to March 31 to A5424 million (*****.2 million). Optus, which is subject to a Asl7 billion takeover offer
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          808 12 SOME 2,100 kidney dialysis patients were undoubtedly gainers when $ll million poured in from the public during the National Kidney Foundation’s (NKF) fundraising blitz last month. Part of the money will go to dialysis for these patients, without which they could not survive.
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        64 12 SHOULD parents be allowed to choose their child’s sex? 31% No, natural selection’s best. 24% No, parents have no right to play God. 19% Only if they ’ve tried and failed repeatedly for the boy/girl they wanted. 15% Go ahead, we’re damned anyway. U% Why not, if it
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        672 13 Offer a choice of services too ‘NKF fund-raising can be too invasive’ (May 9) THE National Kidney Foundation’s (NFK) bold, glitzy and often aggressive fund-raising methods have pulled in record funds for its cause. Should other charitable or non-profit organisations follow in NKF’s footsteps? Or
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      25 2 (food morning! 4 Showers with thunder over many areas in the morning. Cloudy thereafter. High: 30C I Low: 25C Tides: 12.41AM/2.7M 2.22PM/2.5M Met Service: http://www.gov.sg/metsin
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      139 7 matol tonic MATOL was created in CANADA in 1992 and made up of 13 herbs. MATOL is used for those with the following chronic discomforts: Chronic fatigue Pain in the joints Shortness of breath when climbing stairs Lack of appetite Irregular bowel movement Irregular blood circulation Backache Nausea Flatulence Skin
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      1447 14 he best-kept secret about Robertson Walk, home of Mediterranean fare and hip beverage joints, is the host of rare finds for the home. The modern lifestyle-maker will be spoilt for choice. Walking round the corner of the Mediterranean building, one will be hit by the grand appearance of
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  • EyeSport
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      Lock icon Clash of the titans
      743 16 It’s FA Cup Final time again. At Cardiff tomorrow, Arsenal and Liverpool meet for the third time this season, Eye Sport’s ZAKIAMRULLAH (zaki@sph.com.sg) sizes up the two giants in Red that will do battle for the most famous piece of club silverware in the football world.
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    • Sport IN SHORT
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        83 17 AP BANGKOK Soccer hero Eric Cantona was involved in a minor jet ski accident at the beach resort of Pattaya 110 km south of Bangkok but escaped unhurt, Thai newspapers Thai Rath and Daily News reported yesterday. The 35-year-old former Manchester United star is in Thailand with the
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        Lock icon Reid to stay
        59 17 Reuters LONDON English Premiership side Sunderland boss Peter Reid, 44, has committed himself to the club until 2005 after finally signing a new four-year contract, reports said. The Black Cats go into the season’s final game at Everton on May 19, still hoping they can qualify for
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        Lock icon Crush kills 100
        101 17 AP ACCRA (Ghana)-A stampede at a packed soccer match between top Ghana teams killed at least 100 people on Wednesday night, a top government official said. Hometown team Accra Hearts of Oak was leading 2-1 against Asante Kotoko with five minutes left when Asante supporters began throwing
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      485 17 World champion hopes for maiden win in Austrian Grand Prix Wires THE Al-Ring in Austria is one of the few World Championship venues that has not been conquered by Michael Schumacher, whose best showing at the circuit came in 1998, when he finished third. But the
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      Lock icon Bayern wrecks Real’s hopes
      256 17 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEMI-FINAL Wires MUNICH It took a practised freekick to deflate Real Madrid’s flagging chances against Bayern Munich yesterday in their second leg Champions League semi-final clash. When Jens Jeremies unexpectedly kicked the ball past Iker Casillas for Bayern’s third goal on aggregate, the writing
      – Wires; AFP  -  256 words
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      Lock icon ON THE BOX THIS WEEK
      147 17 What: PGA Golf Tour Verizon Byron Nelson Classic, Ist Round When: Saturday, 2 am (ESPN Star Sports, SCV Ch 24) Why bother: After winning the Masters and taking a month off, Tiger Woods returns to the PG A Tour this week at the Verizon Byron
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      383 18 Barkley says Jordan will decide on return next month LAT-WP IF YOU believe Charles Barkley and when it comes to Michael Jordan, perhaps you should there is a 99.9 per cent chance that His Airness will return next season to play in the NBA. And Barkley will join
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      Lock icon POWER RANKINGS
      339 18 National Basketball Association Eye Sport looks at the teams in contention and susses out their chances of advancing. BV. AVATOC m JUUmRmw Team I 1. San Antonio Spurs (LeadingDallas 3-0): So their No 2 scorer is probably lost for the season. What do these guys do? They go
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      Lock icon Dallas praying for miracle
      408 18 SAN ANTONIO LEADS 3-0 Wires DALLAS The San Antonio Spurs are almost through with schooling the Dallas Mavericks in Playoffs 101. To make matters worse for Dallas, Tim Duncan and David Robinson weren’t even the main teachers in Lesson 3. All it took for the Spurs
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      82 18 Formula 1: Benetton’s Jenson Button might not be having the best of seasons, but there is no question that he is a star of the future. Planet-Fl is giving away Button- autographed caps. Just pick the right answers in a contest and keep your Fingers crossed to win
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  • Unwind
    • Food
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        Lock icon Hallelujah! Charismatic cooking
        890 21 Old-style hawkers of classic Singapore food draw followers wherever they go, hut they are in danger of becoming a dying breed. JUNE WAN (junewan@sph.com.sg) braves fumes, sweat and humidity to search out these preserves of the national tastebuds. F FOOD is a religion and we know it
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        Lock icon LOST AND FOUND: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
        458 22 June Wan FRET not, your favourite makan stalwarts of classic Singaporean food still exist. Newton Circus Chao Quo Tiao Serangoon Gardens Way, Stall 1, Serangoon Garden Market, just past the Shell station Moved from a roadside stall at Newton Circus to Hill Street
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        Lock icon Delicate Dragonfly
        523 23 In the mood for Japanese f CLARA CHOW (clarae@sph.eom.sg) drops in on Dragonfly and finds out what the buzz is all about. Restaurant: Dragonfly Japanese Restaurant Bar. Where: 7 Ann Siang Road. Telephone: 227 1396, fax: 227 0693. Open: Restaurant noon to 3 pm, 7 pm to 11
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        Lock icon In good country
        753 24 POPIROCH PHANTOM MOON Duncan Sheik (Nonesuch) PHANTOM MOON is Duncan Sheik’s third and most ambitious album. It is a collaboration between Sheik and playwright Steven Sater. The two first met at a Buddhist organisation in New York, where Sater proposed that Sheik set to music a few
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        Lock icon MUSICAL DOUBLE TAKES
        207 24 WHILE most bands go through a succession of names, relatively few acts change their names mid-career. NEW ORDER THE seminal electronica band had already established itself as Joy Division, before the suicide of singer lan Curtis in 1980 prompted a name change. ANT DEC WHEN Ant McPartlin
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        Lock icon Heads up to these survivors
        450 25 SURVIVOR Destiny’s Child (Columbia) AS POP soap operas go, Destiny’s Child are beyond Aaron Spelling. Their career in the last year alone (shape-shifting line-ups, legal actions and the Diana Ross Complex rumours), made the big-hair action of Dynasty look a bit mundane. The trio’s last
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        Lock icon CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK
        302 25  -  Ronald Rajan THE MADCAP LAUGHS Syd Barrett (EMI) IMMORTALISED as rock’s classic LSD casualty, the mercurial Barrett had departed from his band Pink Floyd midway through its second album A Saucerful Of Secrets (1968). His solo debut (1970) is a colourful repository of great musical
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        Lock icon Zainal to rock S’pore
        647 26 Malaysia s ponytailed rock king is an unassuming blend of greatness and m ild mannerisms. RONALD RAJ AN (ronrajan@sph.com.sg) catches up with him over nasi ay am, to ask him about his upcoming show. S FAR as Malaysian acts go, world music star Zainal Abidin would
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        Lock icon Independent women rule the airwaves
        377 26 NYT THE battle of the sexes is being fought with sound and fury over the radio waves, and the women are winning. Big time. It’s hard to pinpoint when it began, but something tells me it started softly, in the country. Mary Chapin Carpenter questioned
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        Lock icon Upcoming releases
        402 27  -  Ronald Rajan MID-YEAR always promises a bumper harvest when it comes to new album releases. Expect a slew of biggies next week, as the latest efforts by Depeche Mode, R.E.M. and the Black Crowes hit the record stores. Here’s what to put your money on. REVEAL R.E.M. to
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        Lock icon Jazz fest is best yet
        295 27 The latest in Singapore’s parade of festivals is the jazz festival jree sax and all. TAJN DAWN WEI (dawntan@sph.com.sg) takes you behind the scenes. SINGAPORE'S been playing host to a slew of successful festivals ranging from arts to comedy, to film, to blues. It seems
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        Lock icon WHAT TO EXPECT
        151 27 Friday, May 18 Big Band Sounds featuring Ernie Watts and Eldee Young with the Thomson Big Band; the Woody Herman Orchestra with guest artiste Vanessa Rubin, 8 pm. Saturday, May 19 Contemporary Jazz Night featuring Tuck Patti, and Lee Ritenour, 8 pm. Sunday, May 20 All-Star Variety
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      87 22 Newton Circus char kway teow and Marine Parade laksa still exist. Log on to http://eyeball.asial.com.sg for a glimpse of the real deal. Then track your 4Ewlir favourite hawkers: l http://www.sinter com.org/ makan Text-heavy, but almost exhaustive, with excellent experience descriptions from volunteers. Includes a Where To Find section, an after-midnight
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      76 23 k •VI J s ¥0 f i' MSSI i I P WW J V V ■f.. e For the Freshest Catch Everyday! Don’t forget our House Specialties! Chilli Crabs Pepper Crabs Drunken Prawns EO Happy Hour All-Day-Long (Daily) Non-Alcoholic Drinks: One-Eor-One :v0 1/ Centre EO Seafood Centre 301 Ulu Pandan
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      45 26 Amir Yusof and Zainal Abidin Live In Singapore is on May 26 (8 pm), Rock Auditorium, Suntec City Mall. Tickets are priced at $lOl, $Bl and $6l, and can be purchased via TicketCharge’s hotline at 296 2929, online at http://www.ticketcharge.com.sgor at all Ticket Charge outlets.
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      26 27 Exhibition Centre. Tickets are $6l, $9l and $l2l from Sisdc (348 5555). For information on the festival village and fringe festival, logon to http:// www. singaporejazzfestival.com
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