The New Paper, 12 May 2002

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  • 26 1 the new paper MAY 12, 2002 MITA (P) 009/03/2002 VflV Singapore Press Holdings on sunday 70 CENTS Tel: 1800-7 33 44 55 Email: tnp@sph.com.sg Website: newpaper.asial.com.sg
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    • 42 1 Developer to buyer: WIFE GONE? Then return exec condo Marriage clause in contract costs S'porean $60,000 Easy win for Grandera in $3m SIA International Cup --ik sridrfe«c ijovr Momn*. filk wv M-th i*tkfac4i<m. l+'( bretfcfa«t at AfcpfenaWi 7[Mm 1» -Vt i in'
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  • [NEWS]
    • 421 2 Big fear Down Under In February, Australians were in debt to the tune of $651.6b Housing made up almost half of all loans and advances, totalling $325b, with personal loans accounting for $73.5b, and credit card debtat$20.1b 23,907 Australians filed for personal bankruptcy by mid-2001 Reuters. EVEN as Singaporeans debate
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    • 178 2 IF you are in a hurry to buy a house in Perth, be prepared for some disappointment. There are very few houses for sale. Recent figures from Home Open, a real estate information service, show that the percentage of homes on the market
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    • 883 4  -  REPORT NG WAN CHING ALL it took to save two babies was a stout piece of tape and a little bit of gravity. But doctors had to work fast when Madam Kasandra Ang, 35, started to miscarry at just 24 weeks of pregnancy.
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    • 88 5 Pregnant women should be aware that they can do a cervical scan for softening (opening) cervixes at 20 weeks. Dr Ann Tan, senior consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist at Singapore General Hospital, said: "It is part of the routine scan that they go for. "The doctor can just swing
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    • 156 5 The cervix is shown to be opening up here. The open part is represented by the white circle.When a woman is ready to give birth, the cervix will dilate to about 10cm in diameter, at which point she is ready to push the baby out. But for
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    • 879 6  -  CLAUSE IN CONTRACT COSTS S'POREAN $60,000 By Lee Tee Jong HE lost his wife, and with her went his his executive condo (EC) and his life savings. Mr Teo Eng Guan, a sales manager, had to give up the EC unit at Eastvale even before
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    • 134 6 AN EC applicant must be a Singapore citizen aged 21 and above. He must have a nucleus family comprising at least one Singapore citizen or one permanent resident. The gross income of the applicant and his family must not exceed $10,000 per month. The fiance/fiancee
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    • 113 7 A CONVEYANCING lawyer should go through the clauses in the Sale and Purchase Agreement with his client, said lawyer Luke Lee. When clients are getting married, separation is the last thing on their minds. They may not pay attention to the fine print. Another
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    • 989 8 Hospital's donation drive In February last year, blood supplies dropped to 60 per cent below normal levels, forcing doctors to postpone non-emergency operations. This happens once or twice a year at some hospitals. NG WAN CHING finds out how doctors cope
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      661 10  -  Because I am pregnant, claims woman REPORTS IRENE KEW HER boss fired her. And left her guessing why. For the past three weeks, Madam Puah Ping Hui, 27 (right), has been racking her brains, trying to figure out why she was told to leave on April 22
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    • 181 10 SHE was not dismissed. Her service was "terminated", said a spokesman for Schenker Stinnes Logistics in a written reply to The New Paper on Sunday. "Ms Puah was not dismissed from service, as dismissal would imply that she had committed misconduct. Her service was terminated strictly
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    • 132 11 THE Manpower Ministry has already been informed of Madam Puah's case and is currently investigating her claims. Asked if companies have the right to terminate an employee without reason, a spokesman said: "An employer may, after an inquiry, dismiss an employee if the employee is found
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    • 795 12  -  Owners unhappy but AVA says flight delay, its heart condition probably caused its death By Jason Tan HEIR pet dogs I were their life. I So, when Australian couple John Greig, 42, and Susanne Benzie ko, 31, wanted to move
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    • 326 13 FIRST, two officers at the quarantine facility stayed back to attend to the dog owners' needs. Then, senior AVA officer Dr Eugene Chan went to Changi Airport to look after the surviving dog from 3am till 8.30am. The three AVA officers involved in
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    • 377 14  -  By! Ng Wan Ching SINGAPOREANS proved to be a romantic lot who would sacrifice a part of themselves for love. Of the 50 mostly single people we surveyed on whether they would donate an organ for their partners there were 33 resounding
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    • 165 14 Got a message for Andrea, Pierre 1800 7 33 44 55 Fax: *****266 E-mail: tnp@ sph.com.sg ANDREA seems to be doing well. She woke up early yesterday and asked for a tomato salsa sandwich. However, the rollercoaster ride for the De Cruz family is far from over. Andrea's mother, Shirley
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    • 136 14 If he is critically ill and if Hove him enough yes. IfVm the only one who can donate to him, I will. But if his relative's organs match, it would be better that they donate. —Ms Liew Hsueh Leng, 24, public
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    • 460 15 That is the motto of the ice patrols which directly scan the waters for iceberg that stray into AP. IT has been 90 years since the RMS Titanic sank on its maiden voyage on April 15. The tragedy, which claimed 1,522 victims, had far-reaching repercussions, right till
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    • 293 16 After months of frantic planning, the stage is almost set for East Timor's biggest party. And the star attraction of the evening will be the 25,000 fireworks courtesy of the Thai army, reported Perth's The Sunday Times. The independence ceremony will begin
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  • [NEWS]
    • 275 19 LAST YEAR... ONE can't live on fresh air and sunshine. Certainly not in Shanghai. Statistics show that last year the city had only 58 days of clean air, reported the Shanghai Star. Rest of the time, local residents are breathing the polluted
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    • 593 20  -  1 By Low Ching Ling ITS employees were carefully selected, trained and the managers ran a tight marketing plan. The triad-backed syndicate had a 200-plus-strong workforce and an annual turnover of HK$l.2 billion (s2Bom). But last Tuesday, it was busted in
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    • 125 21 went by when raiding 77 outlets, four pornographic publications and Internet offices as well as seven other premises in Hongkong's Mong Kok area. In this crackdown, the police arrested some 213 people, between the ages of 18 and 47. which included core members of the syndicate, brothel
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    • 342 22 THONGY ISSUE: Reuters. HOW would you feel if your daughter told you that her principal lifted up her skirt to check if she's wearing proper underwear? Angry? Well, in San Diego, California, parents were infuriated when a high school administrator went round
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    • 533 23 THE OBEROI STORY WHEN Indian hotelier Mohan Singh Oberoi died at the age of 102 on May 3, he was the owner of a chain of 32 hotels. He had hotels in places like Melbourne, Bali, Colombo, Kathmandu, Mauritius, Dammam, Baghdad, Cairo, Budapest
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    • 169 23 IT'S the thought that counts. Right, mum? Canadians are scaling back on gifts for their mothers this year, according to a study released by Visa Canada, reported The Globe and Mail. They are expected to spend 14 per cent less this year, even though Canadians
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  • [AT A GLANCE]
    • 245 24 THE first batch of Slim 10 slimming pills was tested by the Health Sciences Authority (HSA). It was fine. But later batches contained a banned chemical. On April 29, HSA found the pills had fenfluramine, which causes heart-valve problems and liver failure. They were withdrawn
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    • 369 24 TONGUE m (.nctK MEDIA reports across the world carried rapturous reactions to the release from house arrest of Ms Aung San Suu Kyi in Myanmar. She herself played it down. Time magazine said she would disapprove of its glowing coverage, and quoted her: "There is
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    • BRIEFLY
      • 69 25 GET help, self-help groups. Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said this at a Chinese Development Assistance Council dinner yesterday. Mr Goh said self-help groups should tap on the services already provided by other groups, and jointly run programmes, to avoid duplication. He said these partnerships would enable self-help
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      • 82 25 AIRLINES will still come to Changi Airport, said T ransport Minister Yeo Cheow T ong yesterday. This is because Singapore, as a regional business hub, draws many air passengers to Changi Airport. And there's reason to be optimistic again, Mr Yeo said, as passenger traffic at
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      • 68 25 STUDY here and you'll get free tuition, a laptop computer, a US$7,500 ($13,620) expense account, tickets to theatres and museums, special seminars and personal academic advising, says a US university. This is how the City University of New York is luring top students. And it seems to be
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      • 79 25 SOME 200,000 motorists risk arrest in Malaysia for not paying outstanding traffic fines despite an extended deadline. Federal police traffic chief Ahmad Bahrin Idris said the motorists would be stopped at roadblocks, taken to the police station, then charged in court the following day. He said the
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      • 72 25 IT may or may not happen when the Goods and Services Tax (GST) goes up next year. Fifty shopkeepers, hawkers and stallholders say they wouldn't raise their prices, at least not when times are so bad. They said keeping customers was their prime concern. However, some
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      • 82 25 WHAT do you do with people who commit crimes again and again and again? Since April, a dedicated sentencing court, believed to be the first of its kind in the world, has been dealing with these repeat offenders. They formed 43 per cent of those convicted in the
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      • 74 25 Reuters. FEARING a system overload, Japan's biggest handphone company plans to cut handphone services near stadiums holding World Cup soccer matches from May 31 to June 30. NTT DoCoMo wants to limit the volumes by up to an eighth of regular service. Beefing up local base stations would
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      • 70 25 MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad hinted yesterday the country's general election, scheduled for December 2004, could be advanced by a year. fie told the political opposition that he was "prepared to hold elections even before the term ends..." He said: "Our rivals should now be afraid, scared,
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    • 98 25 It may look like a one-horse race but it's just Saddle Up, one of five Singapore runners, being a split second faster than his 12 opponents to spring out of the starting gates in last night's $3 million Singapore Airlines International Cup over 2,000 m at
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  • USE-BY 40 40-carat
    • 796 26  -  DEBATING THE PROPOSAL Life begins at 40, so it is said. Do you feel like a 40-carat diamond? Or, with all the changes being proposed to let those above 40 remain employable, are you starting to get the sense that you like the products on
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    • 54 26 AWthat I gained €0er the 20 years that I played for SiSiff&pore. I'm putting that to use. This experience that I can share with the team and the kids that I am coaching is something that I j could never have j had 20 years
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    • 53 26 Slo we stop 135?... People ars more to ute in every sense once they are past 40, and to give them the impression that they are past it is ageism! —Dr Ooi Giok Ling (above), a senior research fellow at the Institute of Policy Studies who's
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    • 564 27 40SOMETHING S'POREANS LOOKING AT THE GROUP Who is this 'over-40' person so much in the limelight now? Alongside comparative figures for the 25-29 and 55-59 age groups, here's our 1 statistical snapshot of the Forty-something Worker THOSE IN THEIR 40s (2001) Age 20-29:533,035 Age4o-49:559,085 Age 50-59:274,601 I LABOUR FORCE (2001)
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    • 642 28 FINDINGTOBS Over 40 and over the hill? It's a fact that jobs are not easy to find as you get older. And, as GLORIA CHANDY finds out, some Singaporeans are having to fight their way back into the market again, even at
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    • 240 28 IF life gives you lemons, you make sure you make some good lemonade. Just one of the maxims Ms Lydia Samy lives by. The 46-year-old pharmacist was retrenched at the end of last year after working in a medical communications company
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    • 608 29  -  FINDING YOURSELF By' Toh Paik Choo WHAT am I doing here? Oh, not your metaphysical, son-nett-y, Rodgers and Hart what-am-I-living-for here, but a patently blunt what-am-I-doing- on-this-page here when the issue is about being 40. Specifically on being 40 and finished, particularly women. 1
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  • 365 30  -  Hey!. SUNDAY YOUR MAI -HE WEEKEND Is middle age a time plagued by worries and insecurities? Not according to the following folks, all of whom have become more sure-footed as they stride jauntily through midlife... CHEF CHAN CHEN HEI. 48. MASTER CHEF AND RESTAURATEUR TAN DAWN WEI
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    • 307 31 MOST people would remember Ms Lucilla Teoh from the Eric Khoo movie, 12 Storeys, where she plays an overweight and depressed woman haunted by her dead stepmother's taunts. The real Lucilla Teoh, however, is funny, busy, and very far from being depressed. After spending
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    • 472 31 "THIS is the millennium of youth culture everywhere," says Eleanor Wong. "It used to be if you were a kid, you wanted to be an adult. But now it seems that everyone, from Bob Geldof to Bill Clinton, wants to be 18." Wong, however,
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    • 362 32  -  DICK LEE. 45. FREELANCE, CREATIVE. EVERYTHING' CAROL LEONG "WHEN I turned 40,1 was surprised that I was 40! "I wasn't scared of ageing, no. "I was more curious about just how my 40's would turn out." Since leaving school at 16, Dick
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    • 216 33 OVER the hill at 40? Ms Devagi Shanmugam snorts: "I was brought up to be a docile wife in the shadow of my husband. If I didn't cook for him each day, I would feel very guilty. Now, I've grown out of that.
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    • 312 33 THE 40s is a good age to start giving. Mr Rajagopal started his volunteer work with Sinda, the Indian self-help group, when he was 45. Most people begin their volunteer lives when they're well into their 40s, he observes. Each year, when the
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    • 607 34  -  CAROL LEONG WHEN corporate types like middle-age senior executives first attend the workshop, they're stiff and uncertain of themselves. It is, after all, serious business they must learn how to be creative. "Creative" is the new national directive. There's now a growing recognition that
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    • 722 35  -  By Brian Miller EVERY Saturday without fail a group of guys will gather for a game of football. You ask: "What's new?" Nothing really. Except that almost all of the guys are in their 40s, pushing 45 or within touching distance of the big five-O. Every
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  • 719 37  -  USE-BY 40 40-carat BY Brian Miller WE, the children of the '50s and '60s, changed the world. Sounds heavy, huh? But it's true. Before we came along in our drainpipe hipsters and paisley shirts there were no teenagers. Back then you were a kid until puberty.
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    672 38 HEY! They have fame, fortune and fevered girls banging down their doors. But, as CHANG MAY CHOON discovers, for many male celebrities including Jay Chou and Nicholas Tse there's only one woman in their lives their mother EVER dreamt of dating hunks like Jerry Yan, Jay Chou or
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    • 990 39 King of the Road in the '6Qs, the Mini was the car every young man lusted after. In the past 40 years, the car has stolen hearts, swept awards and spawned enthusiast clubs all over the world. IRENE KEWj meets the Mini J maniac THEY
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    • 166 39 WHO says size matters? Standing at 1.8m and weighing 115kg, Mr Ho Seow Ee (above), 44, is a strange sight when he's next to his retro-fitted 1965 Austin 850 Cooper. But it doesn't bother him one bit. "It's actually quite spacious inside. You must remember, these cars were
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    • 151 40 SOME members do not own a car but it hasn't stopped them from pursuing their interest in the Mini. Every fortnight, these Mini-lovers spend hours chatting about and admiring the 20-or-so Minis at the KFC Kallang carpark. The Singapore Mini Enthusiasts Club, formed in 1993, now has
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    • 242 40 WHO in his right mind would give up his lean, mean Porsche 911 Targa for his 1970 Austin Mini Cooper S That's what Mini maniac Dr Roger Pang (left), 56, did just two years back. To raise $40,000 for his Mini's COE, he sold off
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    • 1028 41  -  Family ties and Backto the Future star tells all how drink almost destroyed him and Parkinson's Disease saved his life in his autobiography, Lucky Man TOH PAIK CHOO FOR years, Hollywood's wonder boy Michael J Fox joked that 40 was the age to wrap
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    • 198 42 PARKINSON'S Disease is a "movement disorder disease," said Dr Yeo Poh Teck, a neurologist at Gleneagles Medical Centre. The 55-year-old doctor listed the triad of PD symptoms: "Tremors shaking, rigidity and stiffness, gait ataxia which is walking difficulties, not being able to start nor stop quickly,
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    • 560 43 Familiar words to practically everyone. Dreaded words for anyone who's ever experienced it or knows someone going through it. But for the uninitiated, what is it? Psychiatrist Brian Yeo describes midlife crisis as a time where "a person has reached a certain age where he realises that his
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    • 156 44 I AM a 45-year-old woman. My husband is 50, but he's still very active sexually, and I cannot seem to satisfy his desires. I do not have as strong a drive as he does. Does this mean that I'm abnormal? NoDrive DR LIM SU MIN
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    • 421 44 I AM a 43-year-old manager in a transport company. Recently I've thought about changing careers and becoming a novelist. My wife is against the idea because my income will not be fixed, as opposed to a steady $4,000 now. How can I
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    • 154 44 ■snippet i NIGHT owls beware: Lack of satisfying quality sleep may well contribute to love handles and double chins. Researchers at the University of Chicago have found a link between middle-age spread and sleep patterns of males as they reach that age. According to MSNBC.com, men's
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    • 467 45 (HEY/))] THE Bard would probably turn in his grave if he saw The Complete Works of Shakespeare (Abridged). The longest-running comedy on London's West End, now in Singapore, has men in drag, Othello done in rap, Hamlet performed backwards and sill 37 of Shakespeare's plays condensed
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    • 431 45 Highlights Star Wars Episode I: Phantom Menace Channel 5,7pm When the evil Trade Federation plots to take over planet Naboo, two Jedi knights are sent to save it. Stars Natalie Portman, Ewan McGregor, Liam Neeson. Wind and Cloud Channel U, 10.30pm Feng is determined to master the martial arts of
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    • 25 45 Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) runs till May 19 at the DBS Arts Centre, 20 Merbau Robertson Quay. On Tuesdays to Sundays at Additional
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    • 786 46 ihe new fAPER/bunaay, May 12,2002 TV 9 9.00: Making 10.00: The 9.oo:Digimon 9.00: Lefs And 9.oo:Yokies 9.30: Road Trip 10.05: Wedding 10.00: Golden The Band II Doctor Is In Adventure/In Go/Kids United 9.30: Juara Cilik Plus Peach Kids Club am 9.30: S Club 7 (infotainment) Kids 10.00: Crocodile lo.oo:Seamat 10.02:
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    • 299 48 CLASSIC .OF THE WEEK Cream (Disraeli Gears, 1967) ITS not hard to understand why Cream was hailed as rock's first super group. At the helm of the blues-infused trio was Eric Clapton, who had been immortalised as a guitar deity by fans in
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    • 450 50  -  POSH NOSH TAN DAWN WEI WHAT: The Mushroom Pot, a two-month-old entry to the new dining scene at Stadium Cove. It features over 20 varieties of imported wild mushrooms from China, so yes, vegetarians and mushroom lovers would be very happy here. But if you're on a
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    • 327 50 So the restaurants are all booked, and you haven't bought your Mother's Day present. Simple. Bake a cake for mummy dearest that's guaranteed to have her declaring you as favourite son/daughter. We asked Goodwood Park Hotel's executive chef, Michael Leibl, 33, for an
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    • 777 51 It will be another four days before George Lucas unleashes his latest Star Wars instalment, Attack of the Clones. But Star Wars fans aching for some early Jedi action can turn to a whole universe of fan-made films on the Internet that pay tribute to The
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    • 361 51 TROOPS (1998) Plot: Alaugh-a-minute spoof of Star Wars fused with police reality show Cops, Troops follows the Stormtroopers as they make their rounds in the Tatooine desert. Best bit: When Uncle Owen gets into a huge fight with Aunt Beru over Luke Skywalker running away
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  • SINGAPORE AIRLINES INTERNATIONAL CUP SPECIAL
    • 508 54  -  Godolphin-owned race favourite obliges in race marred by fall ■$3 MILLION CUP RESULTS: Ist GRANDERA (UAE) 2nd PAOLINI (Ger) 3rd INDIGENOUS (HK) 4th OLYMPIC EXPRESS (HK) Margin; 2,2Vfr, 2% Time: 2min 01.3 sec By Danny Khoo GODOLPHIN'S Grandera made amends for his last-start failure in the
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    • 233 54  -  By Michael Lee IT WAS written somewhere that France wouldn't have a starter in last night's Singapore Airlines International Cup. First, Francois Doumen's two-time runner-up Jim And Tonic was denied a chance to make it third-time lucky when he was withdrawn due
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    • 157 55 HORSES 14 points: Grandera (12 points awarded to winner of each leg; six points to runner-up; four points for third, three for fourth; two for fifth; and one for sixth); 12 points: Street Cry and Eishin Preston; 8 points: Indigenous; 7 points: Agnes Digital; 6 points:
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    • 628 56  -  Aussie youngster North Boy takes out I million KrisFlyer Sprint in record time' By Lionel Lee JOCKEY Greg Childs made a spectacular comeback at Kranji last night when he guided Australian speedster North Boy to a smashing victory in the $1 million Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer
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    • 164 56 SINGAPORE'S Superb Effect ran his heart out last night but his effort was just not good enough to land him the $1 million RrisFlyer Sprint at Kranji. Just like in the inaugural race last year, when Trillion Win lost to Prance's Iron
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    • 288 57  -  By Danny Khoo VETERAN galloper Pacific Prince showed age was no barrier when he overcame his younger rivals to land the $250,000 Kranji Mile (Race 4) at Kranji yesterday. Ridden by Lao Weng Hong, the Sky Filou eight-year-old capitalised on a dream run at
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    • 1211 58 RACE 1: IN SECRET was restless after being loaded into the barriers. At the start, ADDED EDGE reared and was slow to begin. AVOCA GOLD jumped awkwardly out, tightening EASY GEIGER onto FEARLESS EXPRESS. SUPERB GOLD TOP was slow into stride. Near the
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    404 59 Fl: AUSTRIA GRAND PRIX AFP. MICHAEL Schumacher's Austria jinx struck again yesterday as Ferrari team-mate Rubens Barrichello swept to pole position for today's Grand Prix. Schumacher, who is still awaiting his first victory at Austria, trailed nearly 0.7 seconds behind Brazilian ace Barrichello, with younger brother Ralf in
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    • 210 59 Reuters. MIKE Tyson stepped up his pre-fight war of words with Lennox Lewis on Friday, saying he wished the world heavyweight champion "was dead". When asked what he thought of Briton Lewis (left), his world title opponent on June 8, he said: "What
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    • 706 60  -  FOCUS ON THE U-23 FOOTBALL SQUAD'S DILEMMA A total of28 players have been assembled for the provisional Under-23 national soccer squad. A quick glance at the players'list reveals exciting youngsters like Lionel Lewis and Masrezwan Masturi. One player, however, will definitely miss the
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    • 84 60 1) Lionel Lewis 2) Abdul Rasyid 3)TohGuo'An 4) Norazml Hassan 5) Faizal Sazali 6) Syed Fadhil 7) Rizan Aswan 8) Aliff Shafaein Safie'e 9) Khairani Sanuci 10) Suriadie Sahron 11) Mustaqlm Manzur Ahmed Khan 12) Shamsulbharin Ismail 13) Jalil Arsat 14) Rashid Hashim 15) Firdaus Salleh 16)
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    • 499 61 ...MORE ON THE THE U-23 FOOTBALL SQUAD'S DILEMMA Malays make up the bulk of the national Under-23 provisional squad. Meet the four non-Malays who are juggling football and studies: DENNIS LIM, 21 (Clementi Elephants defender): The final-year accountancy student at Ngee Ann Polytechnic has just finished his
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    • 441 62 FOCUS ON ARSENAL ARSENE WENGER promises to build on Arsenal's Double triumph by creating a dynasty of success at Highbury. Wenger is convinced his squad is young and hungry enough to maintain its glory charge and has already set his sights on making a serious challenge for
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      980 63  -  JPi 111 1 v ~-r LEONARD LAU THERE are currently two schools of thought ill the camp of the Philadelphia 76ers fan. 1. Trade Allen Iverson. 2. Keep Allen Iverson. Keep Iverson supporters point out that you do not, under any circumstance, trade away your franchise player, your
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    • 1073 64  -  Exclusive/1 ALAN HUBBARD 1 From London HE looks like a punk and plays like prince. Karl Frederik Ljungberg may be a bit of a mouthful, but will be more than a handful when England opens its World Cup campaign against Sweden on June
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    • 259 66 IK ORLD CUP UPDATE: FRANCE THE biggest hurdle world champion France must overcome before it goes on to the pitch to defend its crown is tiredness. France doctor Jean-Marcel Ferret fears the players are physically weaker than four years ago because of the workload
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    • 183 66 Reuters. FORMER France captain Didier Deschamps, however, feels that the national team should focus on psychology in its run up to the title defence. Deschamps, who led the French to the title on their home soil in 1998, said the champion was favourite to retain
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    • 449 67 ENGLISH DIVISION ONE PLAYOFF FINAL: BIRMINGHAM v NORWICH BIRMINGHAM City is hoping to return to the top flight of English football for the first time in 16 years today. It faces Norwich City in the First Division playoff final at the Millennium Stadium, to decide who
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    • 89 67 Reuters. GILLINGHAM striker Marlon King was jailed for 18 months on Friday for handling a stolen BMW convertible. King, 22, claimed he had bought the car legitimately, not knowing it was stolen, the club website said. Gillingham rhflirma-n Paul Scally said: "We are shocked.
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      454 69  -  LIVERPOOL 5 IPSWICH O By: Edwin Yeo LIVERPOOL showed a glimpse of the hope for next season with a thumping 5-0 win over Ipswich at Anfield last night. It was vintage Liverpool, playing attacking football. Ipswich had no chance. It's a brilliant attitude from the Reds, who needed
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    • 378 69 Wire Services. ENGLAND'S World Cup hopes suffered a double blow yesterday when two key midfielders suffered injuries on the final day of the Barclaycard Premiership season. Newcastle midfielder Kieron Dyer was stretchered off during the clash at Southampton. A crude knee-high lunge by Moroccan Tahar
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    • 131 69 IPSWICH fell through the Premiership trapdoor last night, a year after finishing fifth and qualifying for Europe! George Burley's men needed the unlikely combination of a win against Liverpool at Anfield and a Derby victory at Sunderland. But they never looked like delivering their side of
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