The Straits Times, 1 January 2001

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1 12 The Straits Times
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    23 1 The Straits Times Established 1845 AlOlKuiX January 1, 2001 76 Pages in six parts •mita(P) o24/12/2000 %ff A Singapore Press Holdings publication \D\J
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    Lock icon Singapore's growth last year a strong 10.1 per cent
    496 1  - Singapore's growth last year a strong 10. 1 per cent JACK HEE Economy beat 4.5-to-6.5% growth forecast and most Singaporeans benefited as jobs were created und unemployment fell, says PM Goh §1 New Year greetings PRIME Minister Goh Chuk Tonq wishes Singaporeans a Happy New Year. The Straits Times wishes
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    Lock icon PM: Fullerton's come a long way
    405 1  -  BRAEMA MATHI IN THE *****, a young Goh Chok Tong went to work at the Fullerton building by the Singapore River. He wrote economic papers for the Economic Planning Unit of the civil service. For lunch, he would head to the spartan, rooftop canteen.
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      156 1 SMOOTH HANDOVER: Spore hands management and equity control ofSuzhou park to China page 4 <______ K "y **i JP _f~^% ■>■■■» M -«r ft- f f j JEN Jk f J i i f f v t J </ W^wuM^mm^Mm m Jt mk W -J Jj ft I !>- v^wl^^^B
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      12 1 8 ''*****r'20f The Straits Times interactive http://straitstimes.asial.com.sg is available from 6 am
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  • NEWS FLASH
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      273 2 SGH OUTPATIENT CHARGES SOAR SINGAPORE Genera] Hospital has raised its consultation charges at specialist-outpatient clinics by up to 70 per cent. The cost of a follow-up appointment with a senior consultant at the hospital has shot up from 532 to 555. Repeat consultations now cost from 535 to depending
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      109 2 SHARON'S AN UGLY ISRAELI' THE leader of Israel's right-wing Likud Party, Mr Ariel Sharon, has been described as 'the ugly Israeli" not by an angry Palestinian, but by the nation's Justice Minister, Mr Yossi Beilin. "He is all that is wicked in our society," said Mr Beilin, "with his
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      58 2 BirdPark to mark 30th year JURONG BirdPark the biggest wildlife attraction in the region is adding another feather to its cap. It is celebrating its 30th birthday with a 12-week string of events, kicking off with an Amazing World of Birds show. It will also launch an exhibition area
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      121 2 PR IME Snowstorm hits NY THE biggest snowstorm in almost five years has hit NewYork and Philadelphia, with at least one death reported. Blizzard-like conditions swirling up the Atlantic Coast at the weekend closed the cities' airports and train stations and forced road traffic to a crawl. PAGE 6 Battle
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      92 2 WEAK CHEERS FOR IPO LISTINGS THE Singapore Exchange can still raise a New Year toast despite the current poor market sentiment and an anticipated slowdown in the US economy. It saw 83 new listings last year a big surge from 1999's 53. Initial public offers took in more than
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      80 2 SUZHOU PARK: SMOOTH HANDOVER SINGAPORE has handed management and equity control over the China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP) to the Chinese side. And it was done smoothly and without any fanfere. reports ST China Correspondent Man Kwang. The Chinese team takes over from today the reins of China-Singapore Suzhou
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      62 2 WO RLD YOU DON'T SMOKE? PROVE IT BRITISH non-smokers will get up to 40-per-cent discounts on life-insurance premiums if they are willing to take a newquickie test. The urine test kit developed by a medical scientist and costing only about £5 (SSI3) is being hailed by insurance companies as the
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      75 2 AS I A JUETEN6 FROM BACKS OF JEEPS JUETENG, the illegal gambling game with a hold on the Philippine masses, has also hogged the limelight because of President Joseph Estrada's impeachment trial. Mr Estrada, accused of accepting illegal funds from the illegal numbers game, had ordered a crackdow r n
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      65 2 SP O RT S FAS CRUNCH HITS CUBS FIRST, S-League players were hit by the Football Association of Singapore's cash crunch Now, the Lion City Cup's young cubs are affected too. Plans for expanding the Under-16 soccer tournament to include an Under-18 competition as well have been shelved. Singapore Pools
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      306 2 MU\ World .7 Editorial 14 Commentary 14.15 HOME Hl-S Science H9-11 ASI V txSla \i -o UO-11 Wcat Al2 SPORTS/ MONEY S Mon« LIFE! On aa LS-9 Cable guide LlO TV guide Lll The buzz Ll2 737T700 ST INTERACTIVE Phone... 7 5 5 7 -2690 FORUM DESK Phon-. -5454 Fax
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      392 2 EflfflffiHi W f i K53 HSS9 B^ j i Ik/ F 1 1 kr i i iil #r it fi^-H f 4H Pfffl UNIVERSITY OF m NATIONAL UNIVERSITY \sJ SOUTH AUSTRALIA W- OF IRELAND I "Ranked Among Australia's Best Universities" '"Ranked Top 9 Business School in Europe*' IB (Wed. 3
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  • PRIME NEWS
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      Lock icon New PAP man helping out in Potong Pasir
      466 3  - New PAP man helping out in Potong Pasir LAUREL TEO by jhsjcnn vjlnkpv vnvkp A XEW face has popped up among the People's Action Party grassroots stalwarts in opposition-held Potong Pasir. For the past two months, Mr Sitoh Vih Pin. 37. has been making his rounds, meeting residents in the
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      Lock icon Security stepped up in Manila
      569 3  -  ARTURO BARIUAD 15,000 policemen deployed amid further bomb threats from unknown perpetrators of earlier deadly blasts By STRAITS TIMES PHILIPPINES BUREAU LEADS *We are following several leads. There is no reason to panic. Normalcy will be restored very, very Armed Forces cliief of staff General
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      Lock icon Smooth handover of SIP to China
      553 4  -  MARU KWANG From today, a Chinese team will take over from Singapore management of the joint-venture industrial township By CHIN \CC)HRI-:SF()M)F.\T BEIJING Singapore has handed management and equity control over the Chi-na-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP) to the Chinese side smoothly and without any
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      Lock icon Nuclear weapons 'kept here before'
      143 4 Nuclear weapons 'kept here before' LONDON Britain kept nuclear weapons at bases in Cyprus and Singapore during the Cold War without telling the governments of the two countries, according to a study to be published this week. Tactical nuclear weapons were developed at RAF Akrotiti in southern Cyprus as early
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      Lock icon Students' long march to new school premises
      275 4 Students' long march to new school premises Like heaven Comparing this old building with the new one is like comparing heaven with earth.' Temasek Primary principal S. Manogaran, 4 1 on the new school premises at Bedok South Avenue 3 FOR 1,900 Temasek Primary School students, tomorrow not only brings
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      Lock icon Huge snowstorm descends on New York
      687 6 Stretching from Kew Jersey and Pennsylvania to New England, biggest storm in five years wreaks havoc on air, bus and train travel across region ADDING BEAUTY It may have the added benefit and beauty of snow in the background so New York City will
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      Lock icon Malaysia Parliament Website hacked
      335 6 Prankster's message 'Just hacked by door mouse. Propaganda so very viie. *Laughs*...Come, let's vamos (get away)... How would you like to be part of such a damn band..." The statement, written in Portuguese, left by the hacker KUALA LUMPUR The official website of Parliament has been
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      Lock icon Webb to take on Faldo and Co
      275 6 BATTLE OF THE SEXES SYDNEY LPGA Player of the Year Karrie Webb is set to take on four of the world's best-known male golfers in a "Battle of the Sexes" series. Webb will meet Nick Faldo, Stuart Appleby, Michael Campbell and John Daly
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      230 3 A Bouquet of Rewards Awaits You At w Jacks Place I w It 0 |f :S j^f* < ft. ill -C NOT-TO-BE MISSED CHEF'S RECOMMENDATIONS T^T^Efe t^l to Jack s Place because January is a month of divine taste for food lovers! .*Ji Grilled NZ Cajun Ribeye Two-ir»-Cne Chicken with
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      202 3 RR THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA nEiJk nnnnp 0F business c3» I#DM UUWIUft ADMINISTRATION EH hh^ n An»n n QP jM TJTajJ^ ClO DOCTOR education m'y&w Special Preview by Professor Keith Punch at 8:30 pm on Thursday, 1 1 January 2001 MMA MACTCD OF BUSINESS jSWJkIh fcpJT li mMdILIA ADMINISTRATION
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  • WORLD
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      399 7 Br^ I I i P"m I P^b *"^B Top authority on DNA AMERICAN James Watson (above), together with Briton Francis Crick, was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1962 after deducing the doub.'e-helix structure of DNA, the molecules insif e genes that
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      Lock icon Didgeridoos to be 'tagged' to stop poachers
      369 7 SYDNEY The didgeridoo the wooden instrument whose rasping, eerie sounds evoke the mysteries of Aboriginal Australia has become a victim of its own succ Didgeridoos have become so popular with tourists that vast areas of bushland are being harvested illegally for the wood
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      Lock icon Quick and cheap urine test pinpoints the smokers
      686 7  - Quick and cheap urine test pinpoints the smokers ALFRED LEE British life insurance companies say they can now tell if a smoker is lying about his habit and plan to give a discount on premiums to non-smokers By IN LONDON STILL PUFFING?: How to stop HAVING problems kicking the habit?
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      Lock icon Anxious young Italian men make poor lovers
      248 7 LONDON Young Italian men are too self-absorbed and anxious to lead rewarding sex lives, according to a study that has dealt a possibly fatal blow r to the image of the fabled "Latin lover". A total of 60,000 "confessions", collected in a survey
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      Lock icon MIR'S FINAL DESCENT
      569 10 Glitch after 1 1 TO il lllLli.ii A second power failure on the Mir space station spurs Russia to consider sending up an emergency crew to guide its descent towards Earth MOSCOW The frequent breakdown in communication links with the Russian space station, Mir, is raising concern
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      Lock icon Galileo, the spacecraft that refuses to die
      665 10 BOOST FOR JUPITER STUDY It is being joined at the Elanet Jupiter y a newer craft, Cassini Surviving the hazards Tor it to have survived 2 V2 times as long as its mission length in a hazardous environment, Galileo is very much the
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      Lock icon The world in 2015, as seen through eyes of CIA
      601 12 Globalisation will play an increasing part in lives of ordinary citizens The economic and military might of China and India will grow ♦Terrorist tactics will be more sophisticated and result in mass casualties In Africa, Aids, famine and turmoil will
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      Lock icon Ararat's Fatah movement wants attacks intensified
      403 12 JERUSALEM With Israel and the Palestinians appearing deadlocked over terms of a US peace plan, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's Fatah faction has called for an intensification of a three-month outbreak of violence. In a statement issued on Saturday, the Fatah movement spoke of Palestinians'
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      Lock icon Bush govt's policies may push US and world towards space arms race
      473 12 TREATIES THE 1967 Outer Space Treaty, signed by the US and other nations, prohibits nuclear weapons in orbit. The 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty outlaws space-based lasers to attack intercontinental missiles, and the 1997 Helsinki agreement carries that concept
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      Lock icon Film featuring Nepal-bom star disrupted
      219 12 BHOPAL Protesters in India disrupted the screening of an Indian movie starring a Nepali-born actress in retaliation for antiIndian violence in Nepal last week, police said yesterday. About 20 Youth Congress activists stopped the screening of the movie Champion, starring Man- isha Koirala, for several
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        Lock icon PERU'S EX-MILITARY CHIEF ARRESTED
        54 12 PERU'S former armedforces chief was placed under house arrest on Saturday, accused of illegal enrichment and allegedly implicated in ex-intel r chief Vladimiro Montesinos' escape from the country. General Jose Villanueva Ruesta was flown back to Lima after his arrest on late Friday close to the
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        47 12 PAKISTANIS went to the polls yesterday in staggered local elections which military rulers say is the first step towards a return to democracy for the country. Elections for municipal and district councils are being held in 18 of 106 districts in Pakistan. AP
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        44 12 COLOMBIAN police confiscated 45 tonnes of cocaine and 570 kg of heroin, morphine and opium in 2000, preventing US$B.43 billion (5514.6 billion) from reaching drug traffickers, said an official report on the drugs war last ear. Reuters
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        Lock icon MILITARY REGAINS JAFFNA ROAD LINK
        57 12 GOVERNMENT troops have reestablished a road link between Jaffna Peninsula's two largest cities after forcing Tamil Tiger rebels to retreat from the area, military officials said yesterday. The road connecting the region's main city. Jaffna, to Chavakachcheri. the second largest city, came under military control
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        59 12 A CANADIAN agent who worked with US authorities to crack a human-smug-gling ring will not have to testify in court as his life has been threatened, a federal judge in Detroit ruled. Yu Feng Lui is one of 11 people charged in May with conspiring
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        Lock icon Yeltsin now savours life's every detail
        176 13 BUT HE CHOOSES ISOLATION MOSCOW Former Kremlin chief Boris Yeltsin savs he has learnt to enjoy the finer things in life since shocking Russians by resigning on New Year's Eve in 1999. But he does so in nearly complete isolation. Mr Yeltsin avoids watching
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        103 13 NEW YORK US President Bill Clinton and Pope John Paul II topped a poll of the man most admired by Americans. New York senator-elect Hillary Rodham Clinton took thv honours for most admired woman, the poll ed. The President and the Pope each received
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        76 13 ST PAUL (Minnesota) Mr Jesse Ventura, the former US professional wrestler and now Minnesota Governor, is writing a book o teach children about gov- ernment. Mr Ventura would make j "absolutely nothing" from the book because proceeds J to charity, his at- torney, Mr
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        63 13 Quoteworthy It was like launching a new restaurant and giving evenjone food poisoning on the first night Sbolto Douglas- Home, marketing director for Britain's Millennium Dome, on its opening night one year ago. which saw thousands shut out because of technical and security glitches. The massive millennial project, which did
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        75 13 Acclaimed French writer Jacques Laurent, best known for writing the book Dear Caroline, has died in Paris. A film of the same name, based on the book, launched the career of blonde screen >iren Martine Carol. Laurent was 81. Trucking tycoon Ralph Bennett Ryder, a founding member of the Rvder
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        75 13 STOCKHOLM Ingmar Bergman says he is finished making films and is no longer even moved by his own work. "I have left the branch of butchery and whoring." the 82-year-old director said in an interview on Friday in the tabloid Expressen. "It feels as if
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      Lock icon Virginity tests: The way to beat Aids in S. Africa
      528 13 Virginity tests: The way to beat Aids in S Africa ritua Those who are behind the comeback say that if we test young girls to see if they are virgins, they will be fearful and will not engage in sexual activity.' Ms Phumelele Ntoinbela-Nzinande, former deputy head of the Commission
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      Lock icon India plans cable car link to glacial war zone
      157 13 India plans cable car link to glacial war zone LONDON India is planning a cable car to ferrv men and supplies to the highest battlefield on Earth. It will link high-altitude posts on Kashmir's Siachen Glacier, where Indian and Pakistani troops have faced each other in a stalemate since the
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      73 7 Russia maybe sending up an emergency i^fe^ffe^^ South African teenage girls are lining up for iHIP^/ Tne ex-Kremlin chief, who quit on yf| bU' iiiPf cre^ space station to aid its descent ;SJ^ ;l traditional virginity test in what many see mS|l| New Year's Eve in 1999, now savours fl
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      1415 8 if ISM OU/ "-<! K^mmi^kt Singapore Maritime Officei WmW A tmm k I m»w fl B wf^ fl A UNION IN PROGRESS m^J kid 9 V (J \J 40fk UUT MISSIOn Towards a more Professional, Product Since its founding in 1819, maritime trade has been a major sector of Singapore's
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  • COMMENTARY ANALYSIS
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        Lock icon Let 2001 be placid
        584 14 Let 2001 be placid ON THIS day last year, much of the world was just glad that the millennial changeover passed with no calamity. It may never be ascertained whether the "00" hysteria was a masterly put-on, but it sure had earthlings of an assumed technological civilisation in its grip.
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      5 14 SOH CHEE KIONG
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      Lock icon Political instability hinders growth of Asean economies
      893 14  - Political instability hinders growth of Asean economies LIM SAY BOON LUCRUM By .ANOTHER Auld Lang Syne, another year older but are the Asean economies any better off? Well, at the structural level, apparently not a lot. Indeed, last year's regional economic recovery is likely to be exposed this year for
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      Lock icon A different Sharon runs for Israeli PM
      831 14  -  ABRAHAM RABINOVICH Bu I\ JERUSALEM LEGENDARY WARRIOR: Criticised for excesses MR SHARON won recognition as a soldier during Israel's War of Independence in 1948, a battle in which he was badly wounded. For 25 years, he was in the forefront of Israeli's battles
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      Lock icon Two lamest economies going separate ways
      628 15  - Two lamest economies going separate ways WILLIAM PFAFF By [INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE PARIS A basic link between the US and West European economies may be breaking. This is very important as it could introduce a factor of stability into the world economy that did not exist before. In the past,
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    • ASIAN CURRENTS
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        101 15 SHADOW OVER UNIVERSITY ENTRY THE frequency of universi-ty-admission scams in South Korea is annoying. Under scrutiny this time is a screening system for South Korean nationals returning from study overseas. These students are screened separately from other applicants and are not counted in a universireshmen quota. Many of
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        135 15  -  Matnichi Shimbun SCHOOL FLAWS NOT ADDRESSED THE final report of the National Commission on Educational Reform proposes sweeping changes to Japan's school system, but it fails to present a convincing argument on how the changes would rectify- the present shortcomings. Its most controversial proposal is its advocacy of community
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        132 15 LAYING DOWN THE LAW ON ANIMALS AN INCIDENT in which a child was killed bv a Rottweiler has touched off a debate about the way Thais seem to favour animals over humans. Historically, there has always been a strong bond between Thais and their animals, a fact which seemed
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        177 15 CHINESE GROUP RISKS RACIAL HARMONY RACIAL harmony risks being dismantled by a new brand of liberal adventurists, both political and nonpolitical, who are exploiting religious and racial sentiments under the guise of variants on liberalism and democracy. On the surface, their demands and political allegations seem to target the
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        80 15 HEALTH SCHEME FACES PROBLEMS IT HAS been six years since the government introduced the National Health Insurance programme. Although criticised by many people initially, the latest survey shows that 74 per cent of the people surveyed are satisfied with the programme. Despite the huge support it has received, tne
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  • FORUM
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      151 16 FAS' decision on Live wool unfair IN THE report 'Liverpool not welcome to play in S'pore"(ST,Dec29Xl cannot understand the FAS' logic in not allowing an overseas football team to play in the Republic because it is sponsored by a rival beer manufacturer. What would happen if SingTel or Ml becomes
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      593 16 I REFER to Ms Wendy Lee's letter, "Extend MRT alighting time at peak periods" (ST, Dec 23), and Mr Edwin Tan Lee Yew's letter, "Longer MRT stops key to courtesy" (ST, Dec 29). SMRT is committed to providing a safe, reliable and efficient train
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      214 16 AA petrol-station chain not feasible I REFER to the letters from Mr Ho Kin Wei 'Time to break hold on pump prices" (ST, Dec 27), and Mr Seah Soon Huat "Set up petrol price index for consumers" (ST, Dec 29). The suggestions that the Automobile Association of Singapore "set up
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      273 16 Ensure cruise ships follow safety drills I REFER to the recent reports on the sinking of the Sun Vista cruise-liner. It was most fortunate that the vessel sank in May last year in calm waters off Penang in daylight and that all 1,104 crew and passengers were evacuated It would
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      30 16 Auto cars for driving test? AUTOMATIC transmission cars are becoming more popular here. Would the Land Transport Authority allow driving tests to be conducted in auto cars? SOO KIAN SHENG
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      863 1  -  DEBBIE GOH The Tan family of Serangoon North joined many residents for a day-long carnival and party at the foot of their block to boogie into the New Year *L WAVING IK THE NEW YEAR: The countdown carnival started vesterdav morning with a mass workout
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      395 2  -  JOSE PHINT JAMES T* nsoj thousands of i < idlers groovied then way into the neu millennium last mght At Suntec City, more than 100XKK) were packed around the Fountain oj Wealth at midnight At ttosa, foam parties and a samba-t rotting group kept the beat
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      392 2  -  KRIST BOO By Keeping it safe AS TENS of thousands of people celebrated the new millennium. Singapore po lice deployed its staff strate gically to help party organisers make sure revellers hac i safe celebration. Tne police had held discussions with event organisers of
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      469 2 Faliuigong arrests POLICE ed sev ia Falungong group member: who gathe ed at the Mac Ritchie Reservoir last night It is l( i 1 that gathered a: the reservoi a: a memo leagues who had been tured or ki; ied in China Police moved in
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      878 4 When Year 00 becomes Year 01 Theturn of the millennium from 1000 to 1001, and the turn of each century, has always marked the beginning of an ch. The crossoit r into a new itunj or new millennium has been marked by tumultuous events. JACK HE takes a look at
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      135 4 A VAN driver in his 30s spent, the New Year in hospital after a collision with a pickup yesterday left him with leg injuries. Police said the van was travelling along Tiong Bahru Road towards Zion Road, at around 7-30 am,
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      345 5 Hospital spokesman says the fee revision for specialist-outpatient clinics is necessary to reflect the higher cost of care SINGAPORE General Hospital has increased its consultation charges at specialist-outpatient clinics by up to 70 per cent. The cost of a follow-up appointment with a senior consultant
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      48 5 ONG WAN SHU In preparation for Marina Promenade's Chinese New Yeai Hong Bao celebrations, workers have been busy erecting tents, display stands and 12 large animal statues for the Year of the Snake festivities to be held there from Jan 19 to Feb 7.
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      241 5 LOCAL law firm Colin Ng Partners is teaming up with foreign firm White Case to launch a joint venture today. The new firm, to be known as White Case, Colin Ng Partners, combines more than 100 lawyers in a practice of United
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      1019 6 As th m w /ear begins, the neivly-appointed chairmen of the 11 Government Parliamentary Committees talk f JASON HOW about the burning issues they want to raise in their areas BURNING ISSUES Let's recycle water To address water shortage, recycled water should
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      593 6  -  Jason Leow THINK of the gifted-, special- and express-stream students in Singapore and what has been done to gear them up for creative thinking and the new economy. They have a new syllabus that spurs their creativity. They learn about the life sciences.
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      378 7 BirdPark is celebrating its 30th birthday with a new show featuring emus and an owl r and a river exhibit THE Jurong BirdPark, one of the most beautiful in the world, turns 30 on Wednesday. The event will be marked by 12 weeks of celebrations in style.
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      1026 8  - Going to the market? Wait a minute AS AD LATIF More significant than the privatisation of politics is the long-term problem of equity between humans an issue the market cannot solve by itself HEART TO HEART WITH Markets are oblivious to the need for equitable relations between man and woman,
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      449 8  -  LI-ANN WEE SQ 005 SURVIVING CREW By Crew's scarred psyches *We risked our lives, in the line ofdutij, to help passengers, We hope the company will take this and our scarred psyches into account 9 An SQ 006 crew member THE 13 cabin
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        425 9  -  NATALIE SOH Two siblings from a low-income family are starting secondary school and they hope to own a computer with help from CDAC's used-PC scheme Bn LIKE other lively 12-year-olds. Ham Chiew Ping is excited about going on to a new secondary school. When
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        314 9 Self-help groups need more used PCs WITH the new school year around the corner, the community self-help groups are sending out a call for people to donate computers to disadvantaged familu "We'll be facing a shortage of donated computers when the new school year starts, as more of our needy
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        930 10  -  MATT RICHTEL Small is beautiful but tech whizzes should spare some time for technology that can expand parking-lot sizes H,j \i w vpkk. I I Ml s THERE they go again. Everywhere you look, entrepreneurs are inventing things like a computer that will
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        64 10 Vnimal behax iourist Louis Dorfman rolls with Mia, one of two Vn i ur leopards at the (national Exotic Feline tuary i i Boyd, Texas The Amur leopards are e of the rarest big cats in the world. The sane has placed six W eb eras
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        1019 10  -  LESLIE WALKER Dot. corns sing a merry tune in the winter wonderland of commercialism By THF. WASHINGTON POST The jingle of money SANTA Claus thrived online this holiday season despite the demise of hundreds of commercial websites: He did a live chat on Christmas.com,
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        609 11 As the wedding business in Hongkong goes online increasingly, more couples are turning to the Internet to save time, dollars and aggravation HONGKONG A couple, Mr Jeffrey Beer and Miss Emir) Chow, is planning their wedding. But they are not rushing about they are
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      41 1 SERIOUSLY SPEAKING We did not become a funky city by accident. In 1984, my younger colleagues and I set out to make Singapore a fun' city. lt was a serious idea. Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong. opening The Fullerton Hotel yesterday
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      243 1  -  JOCELINE TAN Even when there was gloom, there was optimism. Even when there was doom, there teas hope. The Straits Times' network of correspondents in Asia and around the world look back at the year 2000 and recall that one defining moment which brought them cheer
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      174 1  -  DERWIN PEREIRA STRAITS TIMES INDONESIA B UREAL JAKARTA For the past two years, a 10-year-old Javanese boy would knock on my car door almost every day, demanding 1,000 rupiah (20 cents). The scrawny-looking, poker-faced Susanto felt it was more than deserved after he had
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      Lock icon Filipino woman's fight for principles
      182 1  -  ARTURO By BARILAD STRAITS TIMES PHILIPPINES Bl REM MANILA While covering the mammoth prayer rally organised by supporters of embattled President Joseph Estrada in early November, I was rebuked by an old woman for asking her if she was paid for her attendance. "I'm poor
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      Lock icon Japan's star scientist points to its people's potential to shine
      298 1  -  HAU BOON LAI By STRAITS TIMES JAPAN BUREAI TOKYO Dr Takanori Shibata is an over-achiever. But clad in bermudas, T-shirt and slippers, he looked more like a laidback undergraduate as he played with the latest instalment of his creation a
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        268 2  - Book shows human spirit alive in China DAVID HSIEH By STRAITS TIMES CHINA BUREAU BEIJING Cancer patient Lu Youqing finally died in the early morning of Dec 11 at the Putuo District Centre Hospital in Shanghai. Four months ago, he was diagnosed with incurable cancer and told he had only
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        255 2  -  KWAN WENG KIN By STR \l LV Bl REAL TOKYO The wizened face of Mrs Fumiko Yamazaki, a grandmother in her 60s, beams when she shows off her home page to visitors. Even day. after putting in a full day's work on h^r farm,
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        Lock icon Young squash ace kindles Malaysia's sporting hope
        335 2  -  BRENDAN PEREIRA By M \LAYSIA CORRESPONDENT KUALA LUMPUR Without a doubt. Mr Ong Beng Hee was Malaysia's saviour this year. For a good part of the year, this sport-crazy country had to taste the bile of defeat. It left a bitter aftertaste and
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        Lock icon Services improving quickly in China
        234 2  -  MARY KWANG By CHINA CORRESPONDENT BEIJING Services are improving very rapidly in China, otfering a level of convenience unavailable even a year ago. In Beijing, the McDonald's hamburger chain launched a delivery service in the autumn. For an order of at least 50 yuan (SSll),
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        242 2  - Jumbo problem in Bangkok goes away JAMES EAST By SIR UTS TIMES THAILAND Bl REM BANGKOK The eviction of Bangkok's scavenging elephants in October proved to be a high point for Thailand's beleaguered wildlife and a blessing for motorists with poor night vision. City chiefs finally expelled the lumbering beasts
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        260 2  - Taiwanese show warmth, humanity GOH SUI NOI By T.\ IWAN CORRESPONDENT TAIPEI On the night of the SQ 006 crash at the Linkou Hospital, where most of the injured crash victims were taken, there were hordes of reporters and photographers, but also a group of people wearing vests that snowed
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        Lock icon Education spells hope for poor kids
        271 2  -  NIRMAL GHOSH By INDIA CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI HIGH up in the foothills of the Himalayas near the town of Mussoorie, a tight knot of ragged children waved and called out a greeting. Their home was a lean-to on the side of the mountain, their
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        Lock icon Thai women begin to make their mark
        224 2  -  EDWARD TANG By THAILAND CORRESPONDED BANGKOK When vveightlifter Khassaraporn Suta won the bronze medal at the Sydney Olympics this year the first such medal to be won by a Thai woman at the Games she made more than just history. Her achievement challenged
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        269 2  -  LAWRENCE CHUNG By STRAITS TIMES TAIWAN BUREAU TAIPEI Mrs Lee stopped her motorcycle at the entrance of a hillside lane on the outskirts of Taipei. After making sure no one was around, she walked down the lane quickly, carrying with her a
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        Lock icon Good sendee with a smile is the norm in Hongkong today
        352 2  -  LOH HUI YIN By HONGKONG CORRESPONDENT HONGKONG The young cabby was apologetic when he realised he had taken a wrong turn to my office. "I'm so sorry for wasting your time. Just pay me whatever amount that you have
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        238 2  -  GRACE SUNG By EUROPE CORRESPONDENT BRUSSELS Danish university student Mette Trudsoe got a little more than she had bargained for when she attended a youth conference on Europe. The meeting, an effort to bridge the gap between the public and the European Union and governments,
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        218 3  -  LEE SIEW HUA By RRESPONDENT w ASHING rON Once, -President AI Gore turned Air Force II around when his lax campaign aides dropped Mr Amadeo "Trinchi" Trinchitella, 83, from his dizzy Florida campaign schedule. Big mistake! The mighty retiree virtually commands Century Village,
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        259 3  -  ZURAIDAH IBRAHIM By IN PALO ALTO IF YOU are fat, you lack ambition. If you are darkskinned, lucky you you're highly sexed. At least, that's what controversial Nobel laureate and DNA co-discoverer James Watson claimed earlier this year. -erting a biochemical link
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        223 3  -  CHI NG CHEONG By HONGKONG The awarding of the Nobel prize for literature to Chinese writer Gao Xingjian is perhapN the most heartening event in the Chinese world for the year. Ch nel laureates are not uncommon. Half a dozen have won for their
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        480 3  -  SU SAN SIM By IN DON E S I A CORR ESPONDENT JAKARTA Sitting cross-legged on the floor of his wooden hut 30 m away from the Java Sea, 50-year-old Bambang was unconcerned about whether his big-city guests were getting pins and needles.
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        518 4  -  LAWRENCE CHUNG Mini- Links Between Taiwan And China Island's wives fear that the opening of direct link between Xiamen and Kinmen would help fan adulterous love By n| 1" UTS riMES r\i\vv\ bi :u u 'NOW THAT MAINLAND PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO VISIT
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        273 4  - Big money in catching bad husbands Lawraence Chung Taipei agency charges at least $8,000 to get e\idence TAIPEI Nabbing cheating husbands has bee lucrative business in wan. A private detective in Taipei said his agency charged at least 50,000 (SS8,000) and up to NTS6OO.OOO a case, depending on its difficulty.
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        244 4 Mansion owned by Bruce Lee turns into a brothel HONGKONG The luxurious mansion formerly owned by Hongkong martial arts legend Bruce Lee has become a notorious pay-bv-the-hour sex hotel, a report said yesterday. Bruce Lee lived with his wife Linda Lee-Cadwell in the house in Kowioon Tong until his death
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        54 4 AFP The Japanese Imperial family pose for a New Year's photo. In front are (from left) Crown Princess Masako, Emperor Akihito, Princess Mako, Princess Kako, Empress Michiko and Crown Prince Naruhito. At the back are (from left) Princess Nori, Prince Akishino and wife Princess Kiko, whose daughters are
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        103 4 TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori has received a letter sent 15 years ago by his predecessor, urging a Japanese leader in the 21st century to help bring worldwide peace. In his New Year message, Mr Mori said he had received the
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        Lock icon Japan's chief economic planner received bribe
        239 4 TOKYO Japan's eco-nomic-planning chief received 15 million yen (*****,400) from a scan-dal-hit industrial insurance provider last year, newspapers said yesterday, dealing a fresh blow to troubled Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori. Mr Fukushiro Nukaga, director-general of the Economic Planning Agency, received the sum in cash
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        195 4 TOKYO Japan plans to independently develop a range of advanced military aircraft over a 10-year period beginning next year, a news report said. The Defence Agencywill invest about 340 billion yen (Sss billion) to develop an advanced antisubmarine patrol plane called the PX,
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        486 6 In the first official admission of religious clashes in eastern Shandong province last month, Xinhua reports that six people died in the incidents BEIJING China has announced that several officials were removed after a violent outbreak of religious strife earlier last month in eastern
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        65 6 Students design a way to arrange dominoes at the Yifangyuan Sports Centre in Beijing. The students from China, Japan and South Korea are trying to arrange a row of 3.5 million dominoes in a bid to break the arid record held bv a Dutch team
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        202 6 BEIJING The mayor of the Chinese city of Luoyang has apologised for "oversights and errors" in the handling of the disco fire which killed 309 people, state media reported. Luoyang Mayor Liu Dianli told viewers and relatives of victims of the blaze in an
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          37 6 A FAMILY of four was found stabbed to death at their Tokyo home yesterday, police said. NHK TV said the four were probably murdered and then robbed of their be- AP
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          49 6 A LARGE lighting system crashed yesterday onto the stage of a South Korean dance club, injuring 50 people, police said. The accident occurred shortly after midnight at the Empire Night Club in northern Seoul, where hundreds of guests were dancing, police said. AFP
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          29 6 THIRTY-THREE elementary and middle schools across South Korea will soon implement a five-day week system under a pilot programme, the Korea Herald reported.
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          48 6 A JAPANESE New Year reveller was seriously burnt when his glass of vodka burst into flames, police said yesterday. Mr Kengo Kanemori, 24. suffered second- and thirddegree burns over 15 per cent of his body and was being treated in hospital. Reuters
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          58 6 THE Hongkong Confederation of Trade Unions said their government was the SAR's most unscrupulous employer became of civil service reforms which staff claim strip away workers' security and will lead to job losses. It said the government should be rebuked for set- ting
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          37 6 A RECORD number of Japanese flew out to spend the New Year holidays overseas while families heading for their hometowns crammed into trains operating at almost double capacity, officials said yesterday. AP
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        46 7 Two Filipinos check their firecrackers in preparation for New Year's Eve celebrations. And the government has launched a campaign to minimise casualties from stray bullets as many Filipinos traditionally welcome in a new year with indiscriminate firing of guns. AP AP
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        177 7  -  DEVI ASMARANI By STRAUS TIMES INDONESIA BUREAU JAKARTA Hundreds of shoppers in one of Jakarta's busiest shopping malls, Mega Pasaraya, were terrified yesterday morning when they saw 50 members of the bomb squad filing out of their trucks to enter the mall. To
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        495 7  - Regional autonomy architect ready to resign SI SAN SIM The resignation of the popular but embittered Ryaas Rasyid could increase tensions between the Indonesian President and his deputy By I\DO\ESI\ CORRESPONDS I JAKARTA As the architect of the regional autonomy laws that take effect throughout Indonesia today, Professor Ryaas Rasyid
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        97 7 JAKARTA A National Police spokesman said the police had never arrested fugitive Hutomo Tommy" Mandala Putra, the youngest son of former president Suharto, as claimed by President Abdurrahman Wahid. The National Police Headquarters officially denies that," Brig-General Saleh Saaf said on Saturday. "Don't say that
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        862 8  - JUETENG 'Opium' of the Filipino masses YEOH EN-LAI YEOH EN-LAI of the Foreign Desk looks at the illegal gambling game in the Philippines By INM \NILA How the players operate Jueteng draws are held three times a day with numbers from one to 37. Two numbers are picked from a
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        256 8  -  Yeoh En-Lai MANILA Madam Alexandria de Paras is 87, but she still walks all over her neighbourhood in Marulas, Caloocan City. Metro Manila, to collect jueteng bets. She has been doing so for 16 vears. And she said she would keep doing so until
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        284 8  - Changing name is the easiest way to avoid jail Yeoh En-Lai MANILA What is in a name? Nothing, for Mr Domingo de Leon, because every time this jueteng lord gets arrested he changes his name to avoid jail. "It is a toothless law. I have not been to jail yet,
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        441 9 Manila Bombings Bombs not only shatter the festive mood but also threaten an economy already reeling from the political crisis surrounding President Estrada MANILA A deadly series of "terrorist" bombings which shattered the festive mood in the Philippine capital on Saturday will
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        216 9 MANILA The founder of the Philippine communist insurgent movement yesterday blamed President ,'h Estrada for a rash of fatal bombings in Manila, saying they were aimed at diverting attention from the leader's corruption trial. "Estrada has become so desperate... that he is
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          57 9 INDONESIAN police have arrested three more suspects over a spate of deadly bombings on Christmas Eve. All five now under arrest are being held in the West Java capital of Bandung where some of the suspects accidently set off a bomb before planting it
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          51 9 ATTACKERS from Myanmar armed with M-16 rifles and M-79 grenade launchers killed six villagers about 10 km inside Thailand yesterday, a television station reported Thai troops had blocked the border after the incident, ITV said. The six dead were all members of a shopkeeping family.
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          56 9 AUSTRALIAN couple leld in a I^aos jail without •harge are in good health and strongly deny involvement in the disappearence of almost 130 kg of sapphires, officials say. After repeated requests, Australian ambassador Jonathan Thwaites was given access to Kerry and Kay Danes in a
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          55 9 AT LEAST 71 people have died and more than 4,300 others have been injured on Thailand's highways during the New Year holiday so far. Health official Mongkol na Songkhla said the fatality rate was below last year's figure because of a crackdown on drunken drivers
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          33 9 THOUSANDS of Cambodians joined government officials yesterday to pay their last respects to the late statesman Son Sann at a high-profile funeral attended by King Norodom Siha- AFP
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        276 9 Manila denies reports of martial law Checkpoints will be set up daily, says security adviser MANILA Philippine National Security Adviser Alexander Aguirre has denied reports that the government is set to impose a state of emergency or martial law after a series of bomb bias is hit Manila. 'There will
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        631 10  -  JOCELINE TAN In a New Year's message, he asks his countrymen to set aside unreasonable demands that could not accommodate the nations multi-ethnic make-up i\ kt \I. V l.t MPlil PRIME Minister Datuk Seri Hr Mahathir Mohamad has called on Malaysians to return to the
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        553 10 OUT OF THE DARK: Dr Weber prepares his parachute inside one of the towers. Other KL events Bintang Walk: 1.000 guests saw the Concert of Celebration 2000, a tribute to the original Three Tenors Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti coupled with a fireworks
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        171 10 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's Road Transport Department (RTD) has ordered the operators of all long-distance and tourist buses to install black boxes in their vehicles within the next six months. RID director-general Datuk Dr Mohd Shahar Sidek said that following an agreement between the
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        36 10 One of the 15 sk\ divers parachutes off the towers. The whoosh as the jumpers' canopies popped open drew applause from spectators below. The daredevils plan to jump from one millennium into the next. AP
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        206 10 KUALA LUMPUR Indonesia is recruiting Chi-nese-language teachers from Malaysia. Pvepresentatives from Indonesia's Chinese schools are asking institutes in China and Malaysia to help them groom Chinese-language teachers. They have also requested assistance and suggestions in the writing of teaching materials. The interest to set
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        207 11 Melanaus celebrate old 'table tradition' SIBU The Melanau community here has practised a unique way of celebrating Hari Raya since colonial days. They share a meal together with tables and chairs arranged in a row along a stretch of road spanning several kilometres. There are three Melanau villages Kampung Baru,
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          70 11 ROYAL shoe designer Datuk Jimmy Choo has been accorded the rare honour of organising a prestigious charitable fashion show at London's Victoria and Albert Museum on March 8. Hosted by Tommy's Campaign, a charitable organisation dedicated to finding answers to problem pregnancies, the event will
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          38 11 THE Public Service Department, tired of issuing repeated reminders to the defaulters of study loans to repay them, wants immediate deductions from the salaries of those working with the government. New Straits Times
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          34 11 KUALA. Lumpur recorded a 15.6 per cent crime index this year, down by 5.6 per cent from last year, said city police chief Datuk Kamaruddin Mohamed Ali. Bernama
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          35 11 THE Terengganu Tengah Development Authority (Ketengah) will spend RM19.15 million (SS9 million) next year on development and tourism programmes for Tasik Kenyir, Ketengah general manager Datuk Alwi Said said. Bernama
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          49 11 MALAYSIAN technician Syed Amad Abdul Hadi wants to be the first Malaysian to fly solo across three continents from Fullerton in California to Langkawi next year. The plane to be used in the journev is a cus-tom-built Velocity RG light aircraft. New Straits Times
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        393 11 Such drastic action is necessary to stir the conscience of Malays who take government assistance for granted and remain ungrateful, says official 'Probably when it is withdrawn, only then will the conscience of our race be stirred. Now they do not realise for
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        386 11 Many foreign workers want to extend stay Im migration Department smauv are married to locals GELANG F wTAH Many foreign workers want to extend their stay in Malaysia after the maximum sevenyear period because they are married to locals and have a big family, the Immigration Department director-general has said.
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        242 11 Mail turns up to donate blood for 103rd time KUALA LUMPUR A Malaysian man who has donated blood 102 times once again answered the appeal of a blood bank which had run short of blood due to the fasting month of Ramadan. Mr Mong Kam Wing, 4-6, gave blood for
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        245 11 KUALA LUMPUR A Malaysian homeopathy practitioner claims to have developed a formula to help childless couples become parents. Dr Nik Omar Nik Daud said his way was very safe, especially for Muslim couples who were reluctant to go through methods of treatment practised
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      190 12 WEATHER HAZE WATCH POMKSiMMen vttbttander in the afternoon haze reading taken yesterday. V rV Ocean 32 over many areas. t JC^ K U Q^ ■Hii OUTLOOK: Scattered afternoon showers with /*> /tt i <^ ""^'tokyo 24 /|;s> K Vjjp^ EOUL WOODLANDS yV\ MP J| HP O K. Q ®v AIR
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      7 1 The StraitsTimes Sports Monday, January' 1, 2001
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      98 1 Not content with watching their rival teams clash on the pitch, fans from Brazil and Iran took the action to tfie stands. When the dust finally settled, at least 70 people were left injured and 270 buses damaged. AFP In Kill Ut JANfcIKU! Military police rush to the aid
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      382 1 RIO DE JANEIRO Seventy spectators at the Brazilian League championship final were injured, three of them seriously, when a fence around the pitch at the Sao Januario Stadium here collapsed on Saturday. Several people with spinal injuries and concussion had to be evacuated to
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      Lock icon A punch on pitch leads to a riot
      199 1 A punch on pitch leads to a riot TEHERAN Six players may be charged after a bad-tempered Teheran derby between Iran's top football sides sparked a violent riot. Two minutes into extra time of last Friday's match between Pirouzi and Esteghlal, with the score level at 2-2, Esteghlal goalkeeper Parviz
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      Lock icon Now or never for Arsenal
      1396 2 ENGLISH SCK i K RIGHTS AND WRONGS How Timesport fared in calling the results of last Saturday's English Premiership matches: ARSENAL 2 SUNDERLAND 2 Arsenal Patrick Vieira sth min, Lee Dixon 40th Sunderland Kevin Phillips s3rd pen. Gavin Met. ami 83rd Half-time: 2-0; Attendance: 38,026
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      Lock icon A tough catch-up game for rivals
      387 2 LONDON Reigning champion Manchester United remained eight points clear at the top of the English Premiership despite throwing away two points in a hard-fought 1-1 draw away to Newcastle on Saturday. However, second-placed Arsenal missed a brilliant chance to close the gap when it
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      Lock icon Murchison dreams on for F3OOO
      553 3  -  PEH SHING H UEI MOTOR RAC 1\(. Spore driver still hunts for sponsors to join Prost's team }y_ It's obviously not a small sum of money and whatever we spend, we must be responsible to our shareholders. Ivan Tan, Singtel's director of corporate communications SINGAPORE'S
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      592 3 BASKETBALL LOS ANGELES On a night when Kobe Bryant had more whine than poise in his game and Shaquille O'Neal fouled out in regulation, the Los Angeles Lakers proved they still had enough in reserve to keep alive their lengthy winning streak over the Los Angeles
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      234 4 SAILING OLYMPIC champion Lee Lai Shan of Hongkong won in the women's mistral category at the Singapore Boardsailing Open without having to raise her sails. Poor winds saw yesterday's final day of races be- Her victory was based on the final results from seven races. She
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      476 4  -  GERARD WONG 54 K CEB Plans to stage separate Lion Citv Cups for U-16 and U-18 are shelved B>l_ IT LOOKS like SLeague clubs are not the only ones hit by the reduced sponsorship money that the Footbail Association of Singapore is getting from
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      296 4 BOWUNG SINGAPORE'S keglers signalled their intentions for this years South-east Asia Games with a strong show I the Penang Pesta Inlional Bowling Championships. The men's team finished overall second and the women's team was fourth. Remy Ong. despite battling tlu, clinched second spot in the
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      193 4 AMERICAN FOOTBALL NFL: Miami 23 Indianapolis 17 (0T), New Orleans 31 St Louis 28. BASKETBALL NBA: Orlando 95 Boston 90, Houston 114 Dallas 99, Seattle 104 Charlotte 102, Miami 110 Detroit 102 (0T), San Antonio 89 Indiana 77, New York 88 Minnesota 79, Philadelphia 107 Sacra- mento
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        172 4 P I D L F A Pts Man Uted 21 14 5 2 48 15 47 Arsenal 21 11 6 4 38 21 39 Ipswich... 21 II 4 6 32 22 37 S'land 21 10 6 5 25 21 36 Leicester. 20 10 5 5 23 21 35
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        174 4 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division Central Division WESTERN CONFERENCE Midwest Division Pacific Division W L Pet GB Philadelphia 21 8 .724 New York 19 12 .613 3 Miami 18 14 .563 4> Orlando 14 16 .467 7' Boston 12 18 .400 9 New Jersey 9 20 .310 12 Washington
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      Lock icon Saints march in to dethr one fancied Rams
      327 4 AMERC AN FOOTBU 1 NEW ORLEANS "Ain'ts' no longer, the no-name New Orleans Saints overcame the loss of another kev player and dethroned defending champions St Louis Rams 31-28 on Saturday for the first post-season win in their 34-year history. The Saints
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        55 4 THREE-TIME Tour de France champion Greg Lemond will return to cycling as an adviser to the fledgling Mercury-Viatel team. Lemond. who retired as a rider in December 1994, is aiming high for the team's first-year goals. "Winning the Tour of Flanders or perhaps the Par-is-Roubaix
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        Lock icon GRAF PAYS BACK $23 MILLION IN TAXES
        67 4 GERM ANT'S former women's tennis world No. 1 Steffi Graf conceded defeat at the hands of the German taxman a^d has agreed to pay U51.3.2 m.llion (552.3.1 million) in back taxes. However, her lawyer said that the figure suggested by German newspaper Bild
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        42 4 CAMEROON was named African National Side of the Century by the Confederation of African Football in Cairo on Saturday. The winner of the African Nations' Cup and World Cup pushed Nigeria into second place with Egypt, third.
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        41 4 LIONEL HEBERT. the 19" PGA Championship winner died early on Saturday at hi* home. He was 72. Hebert won six PGA Toui titles during his career. He also served as national vicenrp<irl,mt nf thp PG t'
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        1160 5 GUAN J OO SENG i MDM CHIA SAI LAN SIA SIA LAN Age: 73 passed away peacefully on 30th December 2000 leaving behind loved ones to mourn her. (Husband: Ng Thiam Joo r deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Grandchildren: (Ng Swee Koon, deceased) Ng Khiam Teck Goh Gek Eng Ng Mui Ling
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        6 7 TEXT KEN HOPE VLADIMIR GUEVARRA
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        454 7 r_t*_y.Pec2»| A3N AmroßankNV 5 ABSA Bank Limited 6 Agricultural Bank Of China 6 ANZ Banking Group 6 American Express Bank 6 Arab Banking Corp 6 Arab bank PLC 5 Asahi Bank Ltd 6 BancaCommerciale italiana Banca Nazionale DelLavoroSPA 7 Banca Intesa SPA 5 Bangkok Bank 6 3anK
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        47 7 Change IMS -aex 1926.83 +26.30 9TOB/C5 -605.00 -26.00 BTCAD -*****.00 +67.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -61.00 DBS 50 index 668.82 +11.82 OCBC 33 646.51 +11.26 UO3 Blue Chip 695.82 +9.15 UOB Sesdaq 76.90 +0.53 STI Futures 1920 +16 MSCi Singapore 252.29 +4.50 SiMSCi "-tures 250.50 +2.10
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        118 7 MAIN SDO TOTAL Up Dn Unch Up Dn Unch Up Dn Unch Multilnd 595 000 595 Manufacturing 35 46 29 14 13 8 49 59 37 Commerce 16 19 11 6 2 1 22 21 12 Tpt/Stor/Comms 17 95 000 17 95 Finance 20 94 000 20 94
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        508 7 FOCUS OX NEW YORK ALL DOWN Dow: Off 8% from its Jan 14 record of 11,722.98. Nasdaq: Plunges 55% from all-time high of 5,048.62 on March 10. S&P 500: Down 13.6% from March 24 record of 1,527.46. THE year 2000
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        37 7 PCI 25c 36,955,000 PacificCenturylOc 33,283,000 Poh Lian 10c 25,222,000 OUB DBeCWOIOI23 18,747,000 Brierley NZIOC 17,081,000 Gul Tech 20c 16,734,000 Omni IndlOc 15,957,000 Leong Hin 20c 13,837,000 FHTK Hldgs 20c 12,501,000 Chart Semiconductor 26c 12,064,000
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        94 7 TURNOVER COOO) VALUE {'000) Main Sdq Total Main Sdq Total Mult Ind 19,591 19,591 21,153 21,153 Manufacturg 61,936 2,265 64,201 116,237 752 116,989 Commerce 13,531 401 13,932 5,737 93 5,830 Tpt/Stor/Com 11,441 11,441 28,108 28,108 Finance 20,101 20,101 76,641 76,641 Construction 22,558 2,948 25,506 9,383 440 9,822
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        1141 7 ROUND-UP Overseas markets THE Tokyo Stock Exchange limps into the New Year battered and bruised, and traders say no remedy is likely to emerge at home as companies offload stock and the government loses its reform bearings. Instead, Wall Street and US
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        221 7 Estrada trial will drive share prices MANILA Developments in President Joseph Estrada's Senate corruption trial will continue to drive Philippine share prices in the week ahead, brokers said. The Philippine Stock Exchange composite index rose 4.5 per cent, or 65.33 points, to close at 1,494.5 last week. It was 30.3
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        439 7 Asian currencies end year on a low note HONGKONG The yen failed to hoist itself out of the doldrums as a disappointing year dragged to a close. It took a final tumble against the greenback as US investment funds, uninspired by the ailing Japanese economy, rushed to cast off the
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          101 8 DAIMLERCHRYSLER chief executive officer CEO) Juergen Schrempp said turning around tne German car maker's Chrysler unit may take s, a German newspaper reported on it» website. Chrysler's German managers, chief executive Dieter Zetsche ano chief operating officer Wolfgang Bernhard. will solve problems at the US
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          93 8 fHE British Virgin Isands has begin enforcing i law to combat moneylaundering after more [han a year of educating bankers in the offshore sector about the law's proThe local legislature I the anti-money-Eaundering code of practice act 15 months ago. but the islands only began enforcement
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          96 8 RECLUSIVE Swiss rags-o-riches businessman \arl Schweri took the unisual step on Saturday of idvertising publicly his .eareh for a bank to buy. In an advertisement in lational and internationil papers. Mr Schweri. ho announced recently lis retirement as the head rfRAST Holding, said:
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          65 8 A NEARLY 25-year-long chapter in the maritime and trading history of the northern French port of Cherbourg ended on Saturday when the last shipment of Toyota cars arrived here. Eighty per cent car treight business disappeared when the >hip I lual Triton emptied >5
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      37 11 FOOD and beverage company Auric Pacific wants to outsource the management of its technology investment business. The management's intention is to set up an independent company to manage the investment portfolios, Auric said.
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      46 11 ST ELECTRONICS has won a 5282 million contract from the Land Transport Authority to supply electrical and mechanical systems for the Marina MRT Line. ST Elect won the deal as part of a consortium. Its share is 31 per cent.
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      64 11 THREE new members have been appointed to the JTC board from today. Mr Chong Lit Cheong who joins JTC Corp as its new managing director (MD), will hold a three-year term. The other two Mr Lim Joo Hong, chief executive officer of AsiaContent.com Media
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        798 12  - A bumper harvest of IPOs last year FELISA BATACAN Last year saw a surge in listings but fewer than a third of new counters finished the year above issue prices UIL AS FAR as new listings go, the year 2000 has been a banner year for the Singapore Exchange (SGX).
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        372 12  -  CHEE JANN PERNG Best Performers Reports Im COMPAMFSUEFOirnR FORGET about companies that chalked up record profits or scored high in their returns on equity or other measures of performance For some of the bestperforming stocks last year, the biggest reason why they ended as winners
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        288 12 Media Ring leads rout of tech stocks Worst Performers FITLY more than a yea ago, Mediaßing.com was the darling of inves- posten ty as well ireholders Known for Midas touch len the company listed on the Singapore Exchange in November 1999, the first Internel >n the Richa Li, the company
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      721 8 BEST AND WORST U.S. IPOs of 2000 In the market for US initial public offers, last year UfftfCf IPHc was one for losers. HUI 01 li UO J Jo last year, said Commscan. Of last year's Pets.com The biggest US IPO ever, AT&T Wireless, raised 0 Asiacontent.com US$lO.6 billion, but
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      9 1 Life The Straits Timj^s http://straitstimes.asial.com.sg/life Monday, January 1, 2001
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        583 3 Why a worthy cause failed Xo Art Day The organising artistes of the art abstinence day were unclear about who they wanted to involve and what it really means to have 'no art r The show must go on for the Wetterling Teo Gallery with its exhibition of artist Chua
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        210 3 A cure for hangovers soon? FOR those who roll out of bed with a throbbing headache each New Year's Day and vow to never drink again, a single pill could be the answer to their worst hangover. A three-man University of California reserach team is working on a morningafter hangover
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      1412 4  - 2001: A trip like never before KELVIN TONG \UTioxARY Tale it is easy to smirk at the clunky-looking space gadgets in 2001: Space Odyssey, but the film's take on technology ruling the world is not easy to ignore By] THE STAR CHILD must be amused. On the cusp of the
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      901 4  -  PAUL ZACH Kubrick's masterpiece stunned me 33 years ago, and I can't iva it for its return this year il SINGAPORE SCREENING? A RESTORED 70mm print of 2001: A Space Odvssev is scheduled to be screened at London's National Film Institute todav. It
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      793 4 COLOMBO, Sri Lanka Leaning forward in his wheelchair, the 83-year-old man speaks deadpan into the tape recorder: "Testing one, two, three. Testing. This is not Arthur Clarke, this is his clone." As is so often the case with the grand old man of science
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        1318 5  -  TEE HUN CHING Addressing the crux of the new economy, Cruxible is brewing up new talents for the 21st century through a public web forum and a sci-fi movie *L A HUGE calligraphy scroll with a single Chinese character, meng (dream), leaps out at visitors to
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        686 5 Cruxible head is an idealist who thinks the unthinkable. 'We are a visionary company. One with the spirit of a start-up, but which is in for the long haul/ Dr Kwok kian Woon (above), on Cruxible THE word "idealistic" pops
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      856 6 Hero Of The Masses Actor Amitabh Bachchan's popularity is on the rise again, thanks to a successful TV show and the showing of his old movies on the small screen DELHI Surf India's television channels any time of the dav and chances are you will
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      115 6 friends on their wedding days, so I know they planning to take revenge on me.' MediaCorp actress Zoe Tay (right) on her wedding ceremony. which will be held in the second half of this year 'Marriage should be soft, strong and very long.' The Reverend Susan Brown,
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      738 7 Meet The Parents the movii Meet The Parents, the Is: "First comes love, then xterrogatiori". In it. male nurse GregFocker, played by Ben Stiller, meets his girlfriemis parents for (lie first time, hi the intention ofaskingher fathci terhanain marriage. Howetk her father, play eaby li
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      617 7 It wasnt scary and I tvas quite at ease because they were quite nice. I wasnt nervous. Lina Ng MIKE LAM, 30, AND UNA NG, 26 SPH MEDIAWORKS artiste Lina Ng says her first meeting w ith her future parents-in-law was not
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      610 7 S. SUBRAMANI, 28, AND VANITHA KUPPUSAMY, 26 'He clidn Y say much. He just asked me if I was really e-erious about the relationship. It was not a tense moment.' —S Subramani NATIONAL defender and Home United captain S. Subramani has a reputation
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        353 12 Coco says no to $45,000 more TAIWANESE singer Coco Lee was offered HKS2OO,OOO (5544,600) more to hold a concert to make up for the Dec 16 snow that was cancelled at the Putra World Trade Centre in Kuala Lumpur, but she declined the oner. Art Spot Entertainment, which was sub-contracted
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        154 12 Crowe and Hanks top the Oscar list WGELES Russell Crowe and Tom Hanks lead the pack in the race for the Oscar for Best Actor, but do not rule out Javier Bardem or Geoffrey Rush. That is the view of Entertainment Weekly magazine as the countdown continues to the Academy
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        114 12 MADONNA is so in love with Scotland, where she wed Guy Ritchie on Dec 22 last year, that she wants to have a holiday home there. She and Ritchie, who is Scottish, have ordered agents to find a romantic retreat for weekends away from London, says PeopleNews.
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        135 12 ACTRESS Renee Zellweger was reportedly "dumped'' in her 18--month relationship with rubber-faced Jim Carrey. The talk is that he would not accede to the Bridget Jones' Diary star's ultimatum that he set a date to marry her. So, the actor upped and left her recently. The couple,
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        119 12 It's Mrs Michael Douglas, the snob MARRIAGE and being Mrs Michael Douglas has made Catherine Zeta-Jones' head swell, apparently. The Welsh beauty, who married Douglas on Nov 18 in a celebrity-filled wedding, reportedly now demands to be treated like royalty and is set on being the Queen of Hollywood. She
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      251 12 ACTOR Arnold Schwarzenegger has been accused of openly fondling three television female personalities while he was in Britain recently to promote his latest movie, The 6th Day. He reportedly pawed the breasts of interviewer Anna Richardson, 29, and
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      214 12 QUICK, BEFORE IT SHOWS: Singer Toni Braxton who announced her plans to mam band member Keri Lewis recendy, is rushing into marriage because she is seven weeks' pregnant v ith their child. The 33-vear-old singer has another reason to rush: Her father is a preacher and she wants to
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        339 2 96 ELECTRICAL HDB RE-WIRING OFFER. $18 up. Copper pipe $350, heater $88. *****76/ *****25. 510, #01-01. Bedok N Lie. 3/***** (2/'01). Tel: 288-5255/ 9593-5255 Meng Attn, home fty .ectrical, plumbing. 22 Yio Chu Kang Rd. #02-13. (7/*****, 15/3/03) 24-hr. ELECT. BLACKOUT REPAIR. Kan Lian Elect. Co. 3 Lor. 24A Geylang.
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        717 5 328 NISSAN FOR SALE $15.8K ONLY! 10/'9l Nissan Presea 1.6 manual, OMV $15K, tip top cond. See to believe. *****19 2/'94 SUNNY I.6SS. Luxury. Beige. I 1 owner. A1 condition. PARF $11.4K. New tax. 9600-6674 4/'95 MARCH 1.0. 5-dr. $40,500. 9/'94 Sunny 1.5 auto. $42,200. i Orig. paint. S/rims. Call
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        861 5 336 RENAULT FOR SALE 5/'94 RENAULT CABRIOLET 1.8. 2 dr. Manual. Leather seats. Nice no. plate. Accident free. 9720-7728 337 ROVER FOR SALE 1 DOCTOR OWNER. 9/'96 Rover 216 Auto Cabrio. High OMV $24K. Very low mileage done *****km. Orig. paint/ cond. S/rims. CD. Cheap $72.8K neg. Loan avail. *****33
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        383 6 I Immediate Registration f FREE 1 year insurance iiiwi _Ji— HVUnORI 3 years warranty High Trade-in I BRAND NEW TOYOTA UTEACE VAN I .Bi Fuel Injection $38,666 I immediate registration Lam Kiong Motor Tel: *****81 HP: *****733 8 MTHS. OLD. Suzuki Super Carry 1.3 5-dr. Petrol. COE $***** till 4/201C.
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        505 6 404 DO9-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND PTE APTS -RENT m; CALL NOW! BEST location! Near Orchard Rd. 1500 sq.ft. 3+l. Renovated. Above $2K. Best blk. Must view. Ray 9383-3188 Optimax NEGOTIABLE Sophia Court. 2 rms $2000 Devonshire Lodge. 2 rms. neg. Yong An Park. 2 rms $2500 Gilstead View. 2 -ts
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        279 7 414 Dl9-20 SERANGOON/ THOMSON PTE APTS -RENT SI.BK EVERGREEN PARK. 3-rm. High fir. F/furn facilities. 9530-0003 416 D22-28 WEST NORTH PTE APTS -RENT NORTHVALE 3+l. F/FURN. F/aircon. Unblocked. Rms. facing pk. Partial pool view. NTUC/ MRT/Lot 1. Don't miss! Price neg. 9305-5494 JOT PARC VISTA/ P4RC Oasis/ Palm Garden. 2-1/
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        268 7 420 HOUSES FOR RENT L New IN-GROUND POOL AS "Jilows 1) 100% new zen design, 4+2, $15K. 2) Next to Botanic Garden, $7K 3) Facing Botanic Garden, $23K 4) Holland Hgts. $10K. *****11 AE 'ROCK-30TT0M RENT!!!' D.13 Macpherson Terrace. 3 king-sized bdrms store. Park 4 cars. Beside eating places/ stores/
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        427 7 420 HOUSES FOR RENT D.ll OFF UNIVERSITY Rd. 4+l. Beautifully renovated. Gdn. nice kitchen. $*****. Trevose *****43 0.13 HAPPY AVE. North 2/storey terr. 3+l, newly refurbished. Renovated beautifully. 9212-8009 GEYLANG LOR. 39. Inter, terr. Un- furn. 3 bdrms. with aircon. Near MRT. Immed. neg. *****542 agt. I SEMBAWANG SEMI-D. 300Gsg.ft.
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        425 7 422 HUDC/HDB APTS FOR RENT URGENTLY LOOKING FOR tenants. All areas, all races. Furn./ unfurn. Price neg. Call 9388-4261 ■■■in inaaM— irncwifii 426 ROOMS FOR RENT TEACHER'S EST. (UPP. Thomson/ AMK.) St. Nicholas, Anderson JC./ Sec./ Pri. sch./ Nanyang Poly vicinity. F/furn. Quiet peaceful envi- ronment. 2 rms. $450 each.
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        436 7 445 DO9-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND HOUSES -SALE OPEN HOUSE 12PM. 6PM. NAMLY GARDEN 2 Storey Semi-D. 3178/ 2000 sq.ft. approx Freehold, 3*l or A&A Priced to Sell! Ivy Lee *****232 D.lO NAMLY VICINITY semi-d. Extensively renc Huge patio. Approx 3200/ 2500 sq.ft. 3+l. JC Prop 959" D.lO. 7000/ 4500 evated
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        212 8 Properties 446 DO9-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND PTE APTS -SALE hnki F^ L New Listing TANGLIN VIEW. BRAND SOMMERVILLE PK. 3*' D.lO THE SIERRA CHEAP! ASTON 667 D.lO NASSIM MANSION FARRER COURT. 1453/ 050 sq.ft. D.lO REGENCY PARK. ASPEN HEIGHTS. 16C: s. SeNEAR IAKASHIMAYA. GRANGEFORD D.lO THE BALMORAL. 4+ LA CRYSTAL.
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        183 8 461 Dl5-16 EAST COAST PTE APTS -SALE OPEN HSE. 12-6PM. COSTA RHU 2+l/2+I+PES/3+l/4+l 1,400 sg.ft. to 2056 sq.ft. Easy access to Raffles Place i Beside Kallang River, near East Coast Park National Stadium I Full facilities with designer pool Club House With or without tenancy Attractively priced 9826-1132/ 9826-2232 Ivy
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