Streats, 19 December 2002

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  • 10 1 Streats THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2002 E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg nhta (p> 240/03/28oa>
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  • 647 1  -  Queues form but where are the cabs? By Khushwant Singh IF you’re at Boat Quay and need a cab just before midnight, forget about joining the queue at a taxi stand. The cabs are waiting a short walk away on Battery Road. Likewise, you’ll see few
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    • 76 1 HOPELESS -s 48 The fans turned up in red, ready to roar. But they watched Jan Poulsen’s hopeless bunch of Lions go down 0-4 to Malaysia. What went j wrong? PAGE 50 Top tech gifts ALFRED SIEW's pick of the best under-$3OO gifts for techies this season PAGES 38&39 Tell
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    • 41 1 Report errant cabbies If a cabby who is for hire refuses to pick you up, call Comfort at 6550-8588 or Citycab at 6452-0220 and report the taxi number, the date and time. All complaints will be investigated, assured the taxi operators.
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  • Morning Rush
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      793 2  -  The brain behind recycling’s sexy new image Choong Choon Yee SCANTILY-CLAD Asian models posing with endangered animals... You would think that this sexy beauty and the beast theme used in SembCorp Environmental Management’s 2003 calendar was the brainchild of a man. But no, the person behind the calendar
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    • 378 3  -  Man places bet for friend but losses winning slips By Gary Lim PLACING soccer bets for a friend was a favour that turned into a nightmare when the buyer lost the five betting slips, each of which turned out to be a winner. The payout lost: $23,000. Mr
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    • 410 5 CHINA Airlines is seeking Hindi-speaking stewardesses in Singapore. But finding them is proving a daunting task. Of the 160 applicants that the Taiwanese carrier shortlisted in its current recruitment drive here, only two, both ethnic
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    • 239 5 BERLIN Germany is abuzz with the latest sensational revelations in a murder case that allegedly involved the cooking and eating of a man’s penis. Witchcraft has now been thrown into the pot as the suspect’s next-door neighbour is a self-styled witch who casts death spells,
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    • 171 5  -  By Elena Chong TWO drug abusers robbed two women, one of them at knifepoint. Bay Back Sia, 42, and Chan Jin Bock, 45, were sentenced to 16 years and 15 years preventive detention respectively and ordered to receive 24 strokes of the cane each for armed
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    • 161 6 BUZZSTOP A GROUP of Irish workmates cashed in a lottery ticket worth more than Irish £1 million (552.3 million) just 90 minutes before it expired on Tuesday. The three Dubliners realised they had the ticket when one of them heard a radio appeal, Ananova.com reported. The
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    • 55 6 Hobbling on crutches, a group of Afghan amputees the victims of landmines marching during an event for handicapped people in Kandahar yesterday. At least 70 to 80 people die each week in Afghanistan the victims of exploding mines or ordnance left over from the 1979-1989
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    • 149 6 158 students used same ploy IN the biggest case of cheating in a national examination here, examiners caught 158 students from 28 schools who had used classmates’ answers to complete test papers. It was later found that the N-level students had used the same method to
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    • 141 6 Islands in dispute FLUSH from its legal victory over Indonesia on ownership of two islands off Borneo, Malaysia will next take on Singapore’s claim to the disputed island of Pedra Branca. The island, off south-east Johor, has been claimed by Singapore since 1996. “Pulau Batu
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    • 136 6 Indian execs arrested TWO top Indian businessmen who are involved in a commercial dispute with an Indonesian client could face the prospect of five years imprisonment. Mr Aran Jain, chief executive of software firm Polaris Software Limited, and Mr Rajiv Malhotra, senior vicepresident of the
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    • 102 6 A PRICE-and-promotions competition has broken out between the Shell and Exxon Mobil stations in Bukit Timah. The Shell stations on Duneam and Bukit Timah roads slashed petrol prices by 8 per cent on Monday, while the Esso on Duneam Road and the Mobil station on
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    • 95 6 FOUR historic shophouses in Malacca have been demolished to build a hotel, and the state government is furious with the Singaporean owners, saying they would be fined RM 10,000 (554,600). The shophouses are in the heritage buffer zone in Jonker Walk and official approval is needed before
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    • 95 6 TO provide some relief for parents whose children are in its cancer ward, the National University Hospital has built a double-storey cabin next to its paediatric inpatient cancer centre where parents can stay overnight. The cabin, the first of its kind here, can accommodate up to four
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    • 103 6 CERTIFICATES of entitlement (COEs) bidders got an early Christmas present yesterday when prices fell to their lowest levels in more than a year. The biggest dip of $3,399 was for big cars above 1,600 cc. The new price is $23,890, the lowest since March last year.
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    • 512 7 fai&ZSx 1 iV.' SSWM fZA-J&t, «4? k 7« w .--a Everywhere under the sun. 1 Since its CHRISTMAS Im going to send you my personal angel for protection! AXMAS3 Spread X'mas Cheers with fpt-.'- „< ItjSP'- I just want to say that I wish you the best on CHRISTMAS DAY!
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  • Financial
    • 668 9  -  Ong Beng Seng ups offer to $2.06; the ball is now in rival’s court Conrad Raj THE already protracted Nat Steel saga appears to be in danger of being stretched even longer as hotelier Ong Beng Seng’s 98 Holdings yesterday upped its bid for control
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    • 319 9 Reuters NEW YORK Conseco, struggling under more than US$6 billion (5510.4 billion) in debt, became the US’ thirdlargest bankruptcy yesterday, as the insurance and loan firm sought protection from creditors while it sells its finance unit and tries to restructure itself. The move, which
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    • 86 9 Reuters NEW YORK SIA said on Tuesday that it has no plans to take an equity stake in its bankrupt alliance partner United Airlines, after the head of United parent UAL Corp, said SIA had expressed interest in a stake in the company. UAL chairman and
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    • 81 9 Reuters JAKARTA Indonesia’s leading auto maker PT Astra International said yesterday it planned to issue 1.43 billion new shares to raise 1.4 trillion rupiah (***** million) from a rights issue. Astra said the issue would give shareholders the right to buy seven new shares at 1,000
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    • 92 9 Reuters NEW YORK A federal judge on Tuesday approved Global Crossing’s reorganisation plan, paving the way for the telephone company to emerge from one of the largest bankruptcies in US history early next year. What remains is for federal regulators to sign off on the sale of
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    • 112 9 Bloomberg JAKARTA Four key creditors of Asia Pulp Paper (APP), Asia’s largest defaulter with US$l3 billion (5522.7 billion) in debt, refused to sign a preliminary repayment agreement, a Japanese creditor said. The four are the export credit agencies of Japan, Sweden, the US and Germany. Mr
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    • 286 11 THIS festive season property developers are taking a break, too. Analysts said that plans for launches had been deferred, but prices are not expected to dip further. “It’s the festive season now. Sentiments are still low and there is no reason to push out a project
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    • 204 11 THE Prestige tanker disaster had no ecological impact on Singapore but its effects will become apparent in much closer scrutiny of ageing vessels here, according to an informed source cited by The Shipping Times. Port inspections will be intensified and focus on age
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    • 291 12 HOUSTON Some jokes are no laughing matter. Like this videotape of a January 1997 goingaway party for former Enron president Rich Kinder that features nearly half an hour of absurd skits, songs and testimonials by company executives and prominent Houstonians. But given Enron’s dramatic
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    • 571 12 The confectioneiy and soft-drinks company’s new CEO is a takeover specialist Bloomberg LONDON Even before being named chief executive officer of Cadbury Schweppes two weeks ago, Mr Todd Stitzer had led the confectioner to more than 20 acquisitions in three years. Yesterday, the company announced its biggest
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    • 171 12 -AP LONDON Vodafone chief executive Chris Gent announced yesterday that he planned to resign, and the mobile phone giant named the head of a California telecommunications company to succeed him. Mr Gent, 54, will step down after the company’s July 30 annual meeting,
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    • 456 14 Bloomberg SHANGHAI -Tsingtao Brewery Co, China’s largest beermaker, said its parent began making and selling wine for the first time in its 99-year history, joining 50 other winemakers catering to a new taste among urban trendies. It is marketing its Kai
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    • 428 14 STI: 1,334.66 8.35 Reuters THE Straits Times Index (STI) hit a 13-month low yesterday, as Chartered Semiconductor and other blue chips slipped in the the wake of Wall Street’s latest dip. The STI fell 0.62 per cent, or 8.35 points, to 1,334.66, its lowest
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    • 24 14 *AS AT DECEMBER 18 US$: 551.747 552.788 EURO: 551.791 Ss: 69.44 YEN Ss: RM2.176 Ss: HK54.465 Ss: 24.62 BAHT Ss: 5,094 RUPIAH
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    • 198 14 AFP TOKYO Japan’s No 2 carmaker Honda yesterday predicted record sales and production next year due to to stronger demand in Asia, mainly from the singing Chinese market. Honda’s global sales next year are expected to rise by 10 per cent to 3.1 million
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    • 144 17 “I shed 8 kilos and lost 15cm Prom my waist. I’m even more confident than before.” Deon Chew After 56kg Lost Bkg in 2 months Before 64kg V c A R 0. EXPRESSIONS INTERNATIONAL W bLLnsbs s R.& de^j'intd finning formula is .ions! W Trim <5 Tone treats at only
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  • Comment
    • 676 18  -  There’s more to teaching teens about sex than showing them gory pictures of STD-infected genitals. Withholding information on contraception or the technical aspects of sex could harm them later Soh what? By SOH WEN LIN The Straits Times THREE years ago, I made a
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    • 255 18 BALI 3D fr $328 Fly by Singapore Airlines 2N 475* Hotel Book by 20 Dec 2002, travel on 02-24 Jan 2003 FAMILY HOLIDAYS (2A/2C) Fly by Singapore Airlines 3D Bangkok 3D Hong Kong 3D Manila 5D Seoul 3D Beijing 3D Shanghai 3D Guangzhou 3D Ho Chi Minh 3D Hanoi frs2sB
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    • 337 19 SONY. Nobody moves you like Sony does. We’ve got inspiring events and great gadgets to jumpstart your music. Give your music a whiplash at our Mini Disc 10 th Anniversary Showcase. And experience a whole new generation of walkmans when we set them loose at our exciting roadshows! ’Cos with
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  • Vocal
    • 81 22 MANY times when I have taken a train from Somerset station, there has been a long queue at the ticket counter. I often find myself helping clueless commuters and doing what SMRT staff ought to be doing. There might be four or five SMRT staff
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    • 254 22 SINGAPORE Management University’s Mr Kirpal Singh said in a Straits Times report recently that young Singaporeans have an arrogant attitude when it comes to foreign relations. He mentioned that they often take an “it’s their loss” position. Indeed, such arrogance is the product of Singapore’s
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    • 221 22 IN her response to my earlier letter, City Cab’s Ms Priscilla Chan alluded to the high demand for on-call taxis from 10pm to midnight as the reason why so many taxis were “on call” during that period (“CityCab: More taxis booked before midnight”, Streats, Dec 17).
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    • 181 22 I REFER to “Great taxi conspiracy”, a letter by Mr Cheng Shing Chow (Streats, Dec 12) in which he referred to empty “on call” taxis cruising around. Demand for taxi bookings has been on the increase. Last month, Comfort hit a record high
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    • 287 22 HAVE YOUR SAY e man us at streats@sph.coin.sg or write to The Editor, Streats, News Cent re j 1000 Toa Payoh North, Singapore *****4. You should include your name, address and contact number. reserve the right to edit your letters for brevity and i.nity ity your writing to us, it
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    • 268 23 WAEI Our FREE Beta Trial to play Renewal has ended! However, existing players will get an extra week of FREE play that ends on 22 December at 12pm! Renewal will be a full-fledged commercial MMOG after this Beta Trial phase. Grab this opportunity to continue playing and stand to win
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  • Medical
    • 271 24 Wisconsin study finds echinacea useless against colds -AFP CHICAGO Echinacea, the herb widely touted as a booster for the immune system, appears to be ineffective in combating the common cold, according to a new study. Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison studied 142 students with an upper
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    • 115 24 QHow canfruits and vegetables help prevent osteoporosis? A Fruits and vegetables can help to protect your bones. A diet rich in animal protein will increase the acidity of our blood, contributing to an acid-base imbalance. This will trigger the release of calcium from bones to the bloodstream to
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    • 515 25 Health begins with suflt> eani With all the festive feasting around, how do you watch your weight? Here are some suggestions WHETHER or not you celebrate Christmas, the year-end mood is almost certain to affect you, and many people will be feasting and partying through the
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    • 142 26 latr gg/j§g§§gl§M > j£ C hristmas Eve Beach Party Kick off your shoes and celebrate Christmas Eve with your feet in the sand! Dance the night away to the beat of rhythmic island music from a 'LIVE' band! Tuck into a scrumptious BBQ Buffet which includes Turkey Roast, Prawn Skewers,
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  • a world of experience Christmas@Suntec City
    • 437 27 TURN YOUR HOME INTO A GREAT PARTY VENUE WITH DECORATIVE FINDS FROM SUNTEC CITY MALL. A Special Christmas bulletin from Suntec City Mall Create a festive atmosphere in your home with some lighting ideas, new crockery and a few decorative pieces, and turn it into a cosy
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    • Article, Illustration
      261 28 get'em quick NEED A LAST-MINUTE GIFT ORWANTTO INDULGEYOURSELF? HERE ARE 10 BRILLIANT BUYS YOU’LL FIND AT SUNTEC CITY MALL. 1. Help guys keep time with a stainless steel UFO Chronograph, waterresistant up to 50 m. $448 from Time Engine at #Ol-042. 2. Get eco-con-scious and give pretty necklaces hand-made from
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    • 674 28 feasting suntec Swiss fondue Enjoy a diet-busting cheese fondue ($3B for two) at Swiss Culture at #O3-006. Made from gruyere and emmental, it is served with boule bread. Or try the beef fondue ($4O for two).You spear beef cubes and cook them in hot oil in the fondue pot. The
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    • 119 29 A wine stana with a twist. $24.90, stand, and $71.90, bottle of wine, from Carrefour. Cool thermometers for any living space. $46.50 each from inner Peace at #O2-064. Sit in the lap of luxury with gold-and-burgundy cushions. $I 19 each from Laura Ashley at
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    • 303 30 SHOP AT SUNTEC CITY MALL AND GET A CHANCE TO SPEND A FEW DAYS IN THE COOL CLIME OF GENTING HIGHLANDS. If cool mountain air is on your list of criteria for a relaxing getaway, then here’s another reason to shop at Suntec City Mall.
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  • Global
    • 495 32 Recent policy decisions cast pall over top Net search engine’s ‘conscience’ NEW YORK Within months of its launch in 1998, the Google search engine became one of the most popular sites on the Web. Internet users are now spending about 15 million hours a month
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    • 302 32 SYDNEY The chief of the Bali bombing investigation team, General I Made Pastika, said yesterday that the perpetrators of the bloody attacks won’t escape the death penalty, the Sydney Morning Herald reported yesterday. He said that prosecutors are bringing to trial the main suspects
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    • 184 32 -ap BOSTON Waitress Sarah Nilsen got an early Christmas present in the mail this week: A US$lO,OOO (S$ 17,460) tip from one of her regular customers. The cheque, made out to her 11-month-old son, Andrew, came from an older widower who patronises the Newcomb
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    • 370 34 World court ruling on Sipadan, Ligitan Reuters AN International Court of Justice ruling that the islands of Sipadan and Ligitan, disputed since 1969, belong to Malaysia and not to Indonesia is unlikely to be followed by similar settlements of several other territorial rows simmering in the
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    • 166 34 LOS ANGELES -Reid Ellison, an 1 lth-grader at Anzar High School in San Juan Bautista, recently decided to hack into the school’s computer grading system as a school project. So he presented the idea to school administrators and they approved. He hacked his way in
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    • 316 36 Wire services TAIPEI Taiwan’s Vice-President Annette Lu said on Tuesday that Indonesia should take full responsibility for cancelling President Chen Shui-bian’s planned visit to Jakarta. “Indonesia couldn’t resist pressure from China,” Ms Lu was quoted as saying by the Taipei Times yesterday. She also
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    • 134 36 WASHINGTON A Capitol employee using the Senate Recording Studio to dub a pornographic tape pushed the wrong button and aired the tape over the Senate office’s internal television system. Officials alerted by two Capitol police officers quickly pulled the plug on the movie. It
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  • Thursday Tech
    • 568 38  -  Make your techie loved ones happy this season with any of these under-$3OO gift ideas By ALFRED SIEW The Computer Times Sweat-free MP3 Nike Philips psa[64 $229 Available at authorised dealers THE psa[64 MP3 player, which is a joint design from leading sports company Nike and
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    • 229 40 ELECTRONICS I wm Season’s with Sams 13 D 9 002 31 Jan 2003 Weekly Prize WIN A SAMSUNG 42” PLASMA TV HOME THEATRE SYSTEM! prestige 42" Plasma TV PS42P2S $11,999 mm iP ;7i£J w* m\ mmmm r f j g| Digital Recorder DVD-H4OS Flat Screen TV $1,199 $2 There are
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  • Easy Streats
    • Article, Illustration
      515 42 The bbody battle scenes of the second Lord of the Rings film, The Two Towers, may be gory, but they are realistically intense. Many believe JRR Tolkiens sources of inspiration for the trilogy were the trenches of World War I THE movie may be a special effects
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    • 412 42  -  B 'J GREGORY LEOW THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS Starring Elijah Wood, Sir Ian McKellan and Viggo Mortensen Directed by Peter Jackson oooo® THERE are crucial rules that need to be remembered when watching Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers
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    • 367 46 They had only just met but that didn’t stop one couple from mnning the Streats challenge on Tuesday night and having fun. GREGORY LEOW reports THE audience was dead quiet at the Streats party on Tuesday night. They weren’t getting drunk nor were they hitting
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    • 317 46  -  Jill Lim IF you’re not watching Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers tonight, you may want to catch Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders spoofing the blockbuster film on Arts Central instead. And it does have something in common with Two Towers: You
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    • 351 48 KOREAN- American actor Rick Yune can remember the moment he decided to change his life. It was in the early 1990 s and Yune, who was bom in Seoul and raised in Washington, DC, was then a trader on Wall Street for Merrill Lynch. “I
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    • 95 48 GET your hankies ready for the third film in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. According to Ananova.com, Peter Jackson (right), the director of all three movies, says the final film, Return of the King, keeps making him cry much more than the first two. “Frodo
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    • 135 48 MICHAEL J Fox has received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the famous pavement’s 2,029 th star The Canadian-born actor, 41, is best known for the Back To The Future films and as Alex Keaton in sitcom Famiy Ties. He retired from more
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    • 91 49 HEAVY rain has lashed eastern Sri Lanka for four straight days and more than 70,000 families have been made homeless in due to floods, officials said. The district of Batticaloa was the worst hit, with over 60,000 families forced to leave their homes. In Singapore, it’s
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    • Tune in TV $ MOVIE NEWS
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        55 49 9pm, Channel i For those of you who haven’t been introduced to this psychotic family yet, do get acquainted. Stacey Keach is a blast as a cranky old man, Ken, who goes out of his way to make life hell for his two sons, Titus and Dave, who in
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      • 52 49 llpm, Central The stars of The Lord of the Rings Liv Tyler, Elijah Wood, Orlando Bloom and Miranda Otto talk about their personal experiences in the making of this movie. The programme contains exciting footage of The Two Towers, part two of the Lord of the
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      • 47 49 SSO CHRISTMAS CONCERT Today till Saturday, 8.15pm Victoria Concert Hall Tickets at $46, $36, $26, $21 and $16 from Sistic Lim Yau leads the Singapore Symphony Orchestra in its annual Christmas concert and carol sing-along. They will perform classical tunes celebrating Christmas, popular tunes and carols.
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    • Tiger cup ASEAN FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP 2002 Dec 15-29
      • 437 50  -  By Tan Kim Han TIGER CUP 2002 Singapore 0 Malaysia 4 IT was a match Singapore was not expected to lose. It was played at the National Stadium. And Singapore had the services of its two new citizens defender Daniel Bennett and striker Egmar Goncalves. The fans
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      • 152 50 ‘No. The players are at fault Maybe Singaporeans are not cut out to be footballers. It’s one of the most disappointing results ever. Malaysia is a strong team, but 4-0 is too much to bear.’ David, Lim, 30, bank officer This is the most disgraceful match
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    • 450 51  -  Cutting off passes to Thailand’s goal-poachers crucial to Singapore’s strategy B y Lim Han Ming TIGER CUP 2002 Thailand 5 Laos 1 DON’T let Kiatisuk “Zico” Senamuang and Worrawoot Srimaka out of your sight. That may well be national coach Jan Poulsen’s instruction to his defenders
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    • 488 52 Uruguayan scores in Manchester United’s quarter-final win Wire services MANCHESTER Diego Forlan (right) admitted that his team-mates now had their minds set on lifting the first trophy of the season after scoring the goal that gave Manchester United a 1 -0 Worthington Cup quarter-final win over Chelsea. The
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    • 63 52 French star Zinedine Zidane congratulates Ronaldo (right) who won the Fifa World Player of the Year trophy on Tuesday. The Brazilian star, who won the award for the third time, polled 387 votes. Germany’s goalkeeper Oliver Kahn was second Tenth 171 votes, followed by Zidane with
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    • SOCCER
      • 78 52 -AFP BEIJING Former Dutch midfield star Arie Haan is in contract negotiations to become China’s new national coach, Chinese football authorities have confirmed. The former Ajax great, now 54, who played for the seminal Dutch national side in the 1974 and 1978 World Cup, is demanding U *****,000
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      • 82 52 -AFP LONDON England manager Sven Goran Eriksson implied yesterday he would prefer to return to Rome than, as has been suggested, take over at Manchester United once he ends his term at the international level. The Swede enjoyed a successful spell in Serie A climaxing with guiding Lazio
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    • 98 52 TENNIS -AP LOS ANGELES Tennis star Pete Sampras ended the speculation on his future on Tuesday when he said he will play at least one more season on the tour, his 16th. But he will skip the Australian Open in Melbourne next month, the season’s first Grand Slam.
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    • 204 55 Wire services ROME Gabriel Batistuta has confirmed his intention to leave Roma next summer and move to the Premiership. The Argentine legend, his country’s top scorer at international level, plans to quit Italian football after 12 seasons, according to his agent. Said his agent
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