Streats, 6 June 2003

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  • 10 1 Streats FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 2003 E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg mita (p> 111/03/2003
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  • 581 1  -  Marine Terrace HDB residents stew as contractor after contractor stops work, leaving their homes in a mess By Choong Choon Yee SOFTWARE engineer Tan Sun Sing’s Singaporean dream of owning a bigger home has run aground. Mr Tan, 28, is worried that his wife and he might not
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    • 151 1 800,000 READ US DAILY 112 PAGES INCLUDING 20-PAGE MY HOME SPECIAL DOCTOR SADDENED FOR BETTER... ONLY ADAM’S EVE WISH Woman GP testifies about how patient aiiegediy insulted her modesty CHUA KONG HO discovers recession may be tearing marriages apart ADAM HASHIDY reveals why he wants to be reincarnated as a
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    • 306 2  -  By Choong Choon Yee A ROMANTIC candlelight dinner and a new cellphone that is what Mr Sebastian Ng is planning for his wife to celebrate their sixth wedding anniversary in mid-June. The money for that will come from the $l,OOO which the 30-year-old teacher won in the
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    • 282 2  -  Theme park, monorail part of s3b master plan By Zubaidah Nazeer WITHIN three years, life on the resort island of Sentosa is expected to have added vigour when two more hotels, a 30-40 ha theme park and a new $l4O million monorail system are built.
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    • 633 3  -  Doctor in insult of modesty case takes to witness stand; says she tried to maintain professional attitude B v Khushwant Singh THE young, petite general practitioner stared fixedly at a blank wall opposite her as she testified in the witness box yesterday.
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    • 246 4  -  By Oh Boon Ping GLOBAL coffee chain Starbucks has a new offering: coffee with a conscience. Its 35 outlets here will sell coffee made from beans bought under guidelines which help promote environmental and social causes. These beans will form a fifth of the 22 varieties that
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    • 465 4 American domestic diva quits her company after indictment Reuters NEW YORK Martha Stewart turned her small catering business into a media empire, and, by telling people how to entertain, cook and decorate their homes, rose to become one of America’s most successful female entrepreneurs. But
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    • 459 6  -  There seems to be a link between the recession and the divorce rate By ChuaKongHo A DRAMATIC rise in marital breakdowns in Singapore seems to have some link to the severe job losses due to the recession. A study of divorce and annulments here reveal that
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    • 314 6  -  By. Oh Boon Ping DON’T crack any woman driver jokes in this showroom. The owner of Garage R Automotive is a woman who can put you to shame with her knowledge of high-performance cars which her company sells. She has also won several prizes
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    • 387 6  -  By Julie Sim AFTER having been portrayed in the media recently as the “bad guys” in the infamous Everitt Road squabble, the Chan family yesterday broke their silence. Mr Chan Cheng Khoon, 68, contacted Streats yesterday to give his take on the
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    • 353 8 CDCs first woman head relishes challenges Wire services THE woman who is leading America’s fight against the deadly Sars virus loves challenges. For Dr Julie Gerberding, 47, the first woman to head the Atlanta-based Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), was at
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    • 352 8 -AP WASHINGTON Former first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton says her husband’s relationship with Ms Monica Lewinsky caused so much pain that, at one point, Buddy the dog was the only member of the family willing to keep President Bill Clinton company. Mrs Clinton
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    • 125 10 BUZZSTOP A FORMER Singapore Girl’s impressions on being a Singapore woman are in the running for an anthology on women by the International Museum of Women in San Francisco. Ms Margaret Tan, 33, a former Singapore Airlines flight attendant who now teaches
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    • 43 10 US President George W Bush greeting US troops stationed at Camp As Sayliyah in Doha Qatar. The US led the recent Iraq war from a high-tech command centre at the camp. Mr Bush was on a goodwill visit to Qatar AP
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    • 154 10 Sars hits revenue MOUNT Alvernia hospital has cut the pay of nearly 700 employees by about 17 per cent. All doctors, nurses, administrative and other staff members at the hospital have been on a shorter work week since Monday, a measure that should be
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    • 132 10 On-line thesis racket SOME final-year university students in China are downloading “custom-made” theses from the Internet or paying others to write their papers, The Straits Times reports today. Online “help” is easy to get for anyone who keys in “biye lunwen”, the Chinese phrase for graduation
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    • 144 10 Myanmar crisis Wire services UN special envoy Razali Ismail, steeling himself for a showdown with Myanmar’s generals, has said that he is going to insist that they let him see detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. He called on regional governments and the
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    • 77 10 PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong yesterday paid a visit to News Centre in Toa Payoh, Singapore Press Holdings’ headquarters. He discussed current issues and long-term challenges facing Singapore with SPH editors and journalists. He was accompanied by Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts Lee Boon
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    • 93 10 CHANGI Airport will be the first in the world to put in place new anti-Sars measures drawn up by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), The Straits Times reports today. The move is part of an ICAO plan to evaluate airports’ implementation of the new measures. Changi
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    • 88 10 AP A FEMALE suicide bomber blew up a bus carrying personnel from a military air base in southern Russia near Chechnya yesterday, killing at least 15 people and injuring many others, officials said. The bus was travelling from the city of Mozdok to a nearby military
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    • 92 10 THE chief editor of a Norwegian newspaper has been charged with promoting sexual services after publishing advertisements for massage parlours and escort girls both of which are legal in Norway, Ananova.com reported yesterday. The public prosecutor reportedly said that the ads in the newspaper, Sondag Sondag,
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    • 463 12  -  Temporary jobs may pay more than permanent positions, but offer few fringe benefits By Choong Choon Yee HUMAN Resource consultant Karen Foo is part of a growing breed of professionals who do not shy away from contract work, especially when it can pay more
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    • 311 12  -  By. Chun Kong Ho SINGAPORE ranks behind South Korea and Australia in the use of Internet banking, a survey by research firm AC Nielsen has found. The survey, commissioned by Citibank, found that four out of five Singaporeans who use the Internet also bank online. It
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    • 472 14 Pact will see further liberalisation of telecoms market Reuters SINGAPORE Singapore’s newly minted free trade pact with the US will hasten the opening up of its domestic telecoms market and turn the heat on Singapore Telecom Ltd to raise more revenues abroad. Analysts said
      – Reuters; AFP  -  472 words
    • 461 16 Airline has to match rivals, compete with low-cost airlines, says exec-VP Bloomberg SINGAPORE Singapore Airlines Ltd (SIA), which is forecasting a first-quarter loss because of Sars, needs to cut costs to match rivals who have accelerated layoffs and reduced ticket fares to boost demand, an
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    • 82 16 SINGAPORE Former Stock Exchange of Singapore (SES) president Lim Choo Peng (pictured) has been appointed adviser to the Singapore Exchange, it was announced yesterday. “Mr Lim will be able to provide valuable advice on the development of the trading, clearing and settlement of infrastructure as we upgrade
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    • 109 16 SINGAPORE Plaza Singapura’s occupancy is set to go up to 90 per cent with an announcement yesterday that the Robinson Group has been signed on as an anchor tenant. The group will set up a John Little store and a Marks Spencer outlet there “soon”, Capita
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    • 95 16 Bloomberg SINGAPORE United Overseas Bank has hired Deutsche Bank AG and Merrill Lynch to arrange a US$5OO million (SsB62 million) bond sale, bankers who pitched for the business said. The sale is the first global debt offering by a Singapore company since November 2001. Deutsche Bank
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    • 79 16 Bloomberg SINGAPORE The Government’s overseas u investment unit will buy 9.8 per cent of Beijing Capital Land, about a quarter of the shares being offered in the company’s initial public offering. Beijing’s investment arm Beijing Enterprises Holdings will buy 1 per cent. Reco Pearl Private,
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    • 460 18 Electricity plants supply APP mills Bloomberg SINGAPORE Singapore Power Ltd said yesterday that it has sold its Indonesian power plants that provide electricity to mills owned by Asia Pulp Paper Co (APP), which stopped payments on US$l3.9 billion (Ss24 billion) of debt in March 2001.
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    • 205 18 Cable Wireless dumps PCCW stake Bloomberg HONG KONG Cable Wireless has sold its 14 per cent stake in Mr Richard Li’s PCCW for US$3B3 million (Ss66o million), ending a 15-year investment in Hong Kong’s dominant phone company after the stock plunged 93 per cent in three years. London-based Cable Wireless,
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    • 445 20 Self-made millionaire now lives life of fast cars and high-flying corporate deals AP BEIJING Mr Zhou Zhengyi has been all over the news of late. He is under investigation over questionable loans, including one from the Bank of China (Hong Kong) for about HK$2.l billion
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    • 342 22 Reuters SINGAPORE Cruise ship Super Star Virgo will return to Singapore from Australian waters, where it was sent during the Sars outbreak. The superliner’s Asian cruises were cancelled in April after two crew members were admitted to hospital on suspicion of contracting Sars. They were
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    • 439 24 Bourses extend hours, slash trading fees Bloomberg SINGAPORE Exchanges worldwide are attempting to stem declines in business of as much as 90 per cent. Many are extending hours, cutting trading fees, expanding into other investments and forming alliances. These efforts follow a worldwide stock
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    • 247 26 Bloomberg TOKYO Asian countries must overcome differences in development, values and culture before they can create their own regional currency, argued Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad (right) yesterday. “A single currency is not for Asia for a long time to come,” he
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    • 333 28 STI: 1,427.61 262.41 Reuters SHARES yesterday soared to their highest levels since early November, led by blue chips such as Singapore Airlines and ST Assembly, but some investors braced for a pullback. “I would expect that the focus would gradually shift to the underlying fundamentals, which
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    • 24 28 •AS AT JUNE 5 US$: 551.723 EURO: 552.010 Ss: RM2.205 Ss: 24.13 BAHT 552.815 Ss: 68.63 YEN Ss: HK54.526 Ss: 4,741 RUPIAH
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  • Global
    • 409 30 A 1 Qaeda plotted to kill Australian rabbi and magnate Joseph Gutnick MELBOURNE An A 1 Qaeda plot to assassinate mining magnate Joseph Gutnick in Melbourne has been revealed. The Age reported yesterday that intelligence sources had confirmed that they knew of a terrorist plot to bomb
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    • 225 30 LONDON British ministers are holding talks with chewing gum manufacturers on how best to tackle deposits of the sticky substance. Rural Affairs Minister Alun Michael said that the cost to town councils of cleaning up the gum is high, although no precise figures
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    • 435 32 Powell bums midnight oil for Mid-East peace Reuters AQABA, Jordan US President George W Bush has a dream of Israel and Palestine living in peace, but Secretary of State Colin Powell is the one burning the midnight oil to try to make it a reality. Mr Powell
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    • 163 34 -ap KUALA LUMPUR A key opposition figure freed after two years of detention without trial vowed on Wednesday to fight for the repeal of the law that kept him locked up. Mr Tian Chua (right), one of the main organisers of opposition demonstrations before
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    • 337 34 Fanatics shroud Mid-East talks Reuters GAZA Ever since Mr Abu Mujahed abandoned his university studies to join the ranks of Muslim militants, he has been preparing to die. Now, after being selected to carry out a suicide bombing for the radical Islamic Jihad faction, the soft-spoken 30-year-old
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    • 268 36 -ap NEW YORK Many of the world’s natural underground reservoirs are diminishing rapidly, threatening the drinking water of millions of people and compounding the ravaging effects of drought and famine, the United Nations warned on Wednesday. Across Africa, Asia, Central and South America, groundwater levels
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    • 381 38 Iraqis struggle to survive as cities degenerate after war Reuters BAGHDAD Mr Karim Sahib sits fuming in a traffic jam in downtown Baghdad. “I’ve been stuck here for an hour and it looks like it’ll take me another hour to get out of here,” he groaned, mopping
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    • 458 40 NZ authorities keeping watch on handyman who posts details of his progress on the Internet AUCKLAND A New Zealand home handyman has been dubbed by the British media as a threat to world security. Internet developer Bruce Simpson, 49, is building a cruise missile in
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    • 366 42 South Korea gets first sex museum ‘to counter web pom’ Reuters SEOUL South Korea has opened its first sex museum, in the heart of the capital. Mr Kim Young Soo, the executive director of the Asia Eros Museum, said: “I didn’t plan to unveil my private collection for
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  • Comment
    • 870 44  -  By JOHN ZHANG ABOUT this time last year, I was making a significant journey. My dear friend of 20 years, Ross, and I were on our way to California to witness our old schoolmate’s wedding. Flying on a tight budget, it was only five
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    • 1001 68  -  By PHILIP LEE EACH time I return to Singapore, particularly from trips to other Southeast Asian countries, I am filled with pride upon touching home soil. Everything looks neat and orderly here. This is a sight I have seen a thousand times,
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    • 580 47 More properties are going on the blockfollowing the Asian financial crisis. JANICE WONG checks out one recent property auction GOING once... going twice... sold! The excitement at a property auction is palpable. Every week, such auctions are held at hotels by auction houses such as Jones
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    • 397 49 Colour can work magic to create the right mood in your bedroom YOUR bedroom is where you retire at night, to rest and recharge yourself. Quite naturally, it should be comfortable, cosy and conducive to a good night’s sleep. One excellent way to set the right mood in
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    • 435 60 Damaged by the 1989 earthquake, San Franciscos 105-year-old Ferry Building has been renovated and turned into a hub for specialty food retailers -AP SAN FRANCISCO As a culinary destination, San Francisco long ago outgrew its image as a place bordered by sourdough and seafood.
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    • 434 62 Wire services LOS ANGELES After almost 40 years, the Los Angeles Philharmonic is performing its very last concerts in the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. In the autumn, the orchestra moves across the street, to a brand new home. Costing some US$274 million (*****.4 million), the Walt Disney Concert
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    • 389 64 NEW YORK Kinky wall tattoos, stuffed-toy chairs and an egg with an angel’s wing. Outlandish furniture and fashions were the rage at New York’s design week last month. The chair, in particular, drew attention. Designer Todd Falkowsky of Toronto created it to meet a challenge
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    • 689 67 Advertising Feature Spreading infection of a different kind Since SARS appeared earlier this year, we have witnessed healthcare workers having to endure long hours, extra shifts and risking their lives for strangers they previously never knew. They had also been stigmatised by some members of the public for fear of
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    • 123 68 Fly to Sydney free to study Design or Business with Raffles LaSalle Come meet the Career Consultants from our Sydney school to find out more about studying in Sydney Date: Monday 9 June 2003 6pm to 9pm Tuesday 10 June 2003 3pm to spm Venue: Raffles LaSalle International Design School
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  • Vocal
    • 181 70 DEPUTY Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has addressed criticism of the 10 per cent pay cut for ministers adequately. I believe the money saved will remain in the state coffers for the benefit of the general public. But isn’t it safe to assume
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    • 153 70 I REFER to the letter “HDB flat dwellers keeping cats already” (Streats, June 5). The Housing Board does not allow cats to be kept as pets, unlike dogs. If cats were allowed as pets, I am certain that many of us would take in
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    • 123 70 I WAS a little bothered when I read in Streats that almost $lO million has been collected for the Courage Fund. It has been stated that this fund is to help those needy families affected by Sars. Now I wonder who do we consider
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    • 186 70 IN response to the letter “Good service is good business” (Streats, May 23), I would like to say that the customer is always right provided that their expectations are reasonable. Having been in retail for the past 20 years, I know that there are
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    • 155 70 I REFER to the letter “HDB flat dwellers keeping cats already” (Streats, June 5). The writer, Mr Chua Kim Choo, pointed out that flat dwellers are keeping the cats outside their flats and leaving food and water outside. Technically, this means that they are not
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    • 115 70 I REFER to “Rude cabby cited non-existent rule” (Streats, June 5), a letter by Ms Leow Seok Khim. We wish to apologise to Ms Leow and her family for the unpleasant encounter with our cabby on May 12. The company does not condone such behaviour.
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    • 120 70 NO one has yet stated criteria for gauging the worst company, so may I suggest that we use wage policies as the criterion to start an assessment. After reading of the Singapore Airlines management decision to cut wages from the top, and by a
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    • 172 72 I REFER to the report, “Act on overseas-based pilots first” (Streats, May 21. Let’s consider the lifestyle of pilots locally. They tend to live in expensive condo units, own expensive cars. Some even have houses with pools. As a former first officer, I have
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    • 101 72 I REFER to the letter, “A shoecleaning, table-wiping cloth” (Streats, May 28). The National Environment Agency (NEA) takes a serious view of such unhygienic practices. We have warned the management of the restaurant concerned to exercise close supervision of its workers to ensure that such
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    • 296 72 ON May 21 at about 5.30 pm, my wife and I were heading from Orchard MRT station towards the underpass leading to Wisma Atria when a woman doing a survey hailed us from about 5m away and moved quickly towards us, blocking our path.
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    • 481 74 I REFER to letters from our customers, Mr Edward Lee, Mr Kevin Quah Wee Leong and Mr Ho Tat Soon (Streats, June 5) giving feedback on our service. Star Hub would like to assure all our customers that we are committed
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  • Medical
    • 172 76 SCIENTISTS have suceeded in blocking the spread of human breast cancer in mice. The BBC reported on Wednesday that the new technique works by reducing the “stickiness” of cancer cells. It is the ability to adhere to other cells that allows a cancer
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    • 216 76 US committee calls for closer scrutiny in report Reuters NEW YORK Do more research into the effects of the chemicals known as phthalates, urged a committee of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) in the June issue of its journal, Pediatrics. Phthalates are used
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    • 117 76 Qls unboiled water better for health because it > retains minerals that our body needs? A Boiling water will not lead to significant loss of minerals. With the exception of fluoride (our local water supply is fluoridated), water is not a significant source of minerals in our diet.
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  • EasyStreats
    • 756 78 Local band Heritage will celebrate its 30th anniversary this month. GREGORYLEOW finds out more from these veterans of the music scene HERITAGE is one of the oldest blues and rock bands in Singapore’s history, and come June 20, they will have been playing as a band for
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    • 696 80 Fashion is fun hut your wardrobe needs classics too: Not-boring just cant-go-wrong clothes Eri-ir m JTHE i -IPS EVERY woman knows that fashions come and fashions go, and all that most of us can do is struggle to keep up with them. Then again, in almost every wardrobe
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    • 338 82 THE 1 -IPS NORMAL skin looks fresh and healthy because it contains a good deal of water. Skin that has lost its natural moisture looks dry, wrinkled and cracked; and feels dry and uncomfortable. Because it is so important to retain moisture levels, your skin produces
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    • STREATS STYLE
      • 164 82 LIPSTICKS with intense colour usually contain more pigment. The danger: dry, powdery lips. But not with Clinique’s new Colour Surge Lipstick, which offers extreme colour and comfort. The creamy formula glides on evenly with intense coverage. And unlike most traditional full coverage lipsticks, lips won’t feel dry.
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      • 136 82 ADIDAS’ new ClimaCool watches actually provide ventilation for your wrist! When working with athletes, the top sports brand’s development team found that ventilation concepts used in shoes and sports wear could also be applied to a watch. So they came up with the ClimaCool that
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      • 99 82 KIDS who love cool clothes from toddlers to teenagers are sure to find lots to like at the new Zara store at Liat Towers, where the children’s wear collection stretches over 5,000 sq ft! Parents too will love the variety of offerings that run the gamut
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    • 191 84 Reuters AUSTRALIAN author and broadcaster Kel Richards has just completed a collection of favourite Bible stories retold in Australian English. Based loosely on a similar book of mainly New Testament stories in Cockney rhyming slang, Richards’ “Aussie bible” was backed by the Bible Society of
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    • 115 84 TOUGH luck for fans of veteran DJ Danny Tenaglia he isn’t going to be playing at party island Ibiza this year. Instead, he intends to take the summer off and will spend time sorting out his record collection in his new loft space in New York, as
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    • 97 84 VETERAN British rock band Led Zeppelin have gone to number one in the US album chart. The band, famous for hard rock songs such as Stairway to Heaven and Whole Lotta Love, also went to top of the music video charts this week, according to
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    • 586 86  -  Adam About Town By ADAM HASHIDY IF reincarnation exists, there is no doubt in my mind how I would like to return. As Brad Pitt, James Dean or Superman? No, strike them out. I want to come back as a woman. And I
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    • 477 88  -  Looking to impress in the kitchen on a budget? Judi Law’s recipes for stylish, nutritious, yummy meals that are easy to do and cost $lO or lessfor four servings, will see you through these tough times Stylish eating on a shoestring By JUDI L °\V POTATOES are often
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    • Article, Illustration
      463 90  -  By- Yvonne Kwok YOU’VE been watching American Idol and scratching your head at the same time, wondering why does this all seem so familiar? Could it be because the winner, Ruben Studdard, bears an uncanny resemblance to Barry White at certain angles? And what about runner-up, Clay Aiken?
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    • 104 91 The weekend is almost here, and with it, the prospect of some rain, which will be a relief from the scorching days we’ve been having. Today will be partly cloudy with showers in the late morning and early afternoon over most areas. Temperatures: 26°C-34°C. High tides:
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    • Tune in TV & MOVIE NEWS
      • 65 91 10pm, Channel i Story of the night that led Mary Shelley to write the horror classic, Frankenstein. Disturbing drug-induced games are played and ghost stories are told one rainy night at the mad Lord Byron’s country estate. Mary finds herself drawn into the sick world of her lover Shelley
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        61 91 llpm, Channel 5 Just as ex-con Luther Whitney (Clint Eastwood, who also directs) is looting a vault, a drunk couple enters the next bedroom and begins to make love. But something goes wrong and the woman is shot. Things get complicated when Whitney realises that the couple were
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    • Happenin’
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        53 91 THE BEAUTY OF NATURE Today till June 15,10am-7pm Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts Selegie Gallery (IA, Short Street, tel 6337-6636). Free A solo exhibition of oil paintings by Nafa principal Ho Kah Leong. Completed over the past three years, these 30 paintings depict scenic natural landscapes and portray his
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      • 43 91 PLAY! SINGAPORE Tomorrow, 10am-10pm Plaza Singapura Front Plaza. Free It’s time to come out and play. You may find yourself playing with sports celebrities at 3x3 basketball, 3x3 rugby, 4-aside futsal, and X-sports Stay on till the evening for some live music.
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    • 155 83 Great Singapore Sa e w We are Giving You More Reasons to Smile About! It’s that fun and exciting time of the year that you have been waiting for The Great Singapore Sale! Made even better with a Fragrance Extravaganza icing! Get yourself a Fragrance Extravaganza passport and enjoy all
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    • 131 84 School holiday specials School's over and there's no better time to visit the cool mountains. Genting-City of Entertainment brings you the best holiday specials ever. from SUPER DEAL PACKAGE from ssB* per person based on twin sharing basis at First World Hotel during weekdays. Includes room, buffet breakfast, return coach
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    • 298 87 Advertisement dtatofactor know your Russet Burbanf It's the only potato that you will ever need! ■> po*ta*to n (pi. toes) 1 A plant, Solan ium tuberosum, tvidelv cultivated for its 1’ m; 4 s 4 a /> i (Km am Nutrition Facts widely cultivated for its starchy, edible tubers 2.
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    • 55 88 ‘lnventive. Hilarious. Poignant. A visual marvel.” DmdAnse:v NEWSWEEK “An astonishment! Refreshingly different with unmatched graphic elegance.” R:ch*rd Cor 1« TIME “Unlike any movie you’ve ever seen! Dlsney/Plxar have topped themselves again!” Leonard Ma'tK HOT TICKET “Instant classic, a great animated film” Joel Siegel. GOOD MORNING AMERICA “Two Thumbs Up.” Ebcrt-Rocpcr.
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    • 143 91 If you wish to have your event highlighted in Happenin’, e-mail Streats at streats@sph.com.sg or fax 6319-8191-Please check with organisers for latest status of events. TM 2003 DREAMWORKS LLC. Ail Rights Reserved leonardo dicaprio tom hanks mVffllfttßKlti The story true fake. real VCD $19 90 “'tob tarn hart* cscapr' o
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  • Page 91 Miscellaneous
    • 462 91 Yourdailyhproscope jP AQUARIUS JAN2O-FEB 18 PISCES FEB 19-MAR 20 by Kelli Fox at Astrology.com ARIES MAR2I -APR 19 Practical considerations undermine your sense of adventure. Your family will probably ask you to clean up before setting foot in the house. Know when you’re being unreasonable, and when to stop it.
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  • Sports
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      542 92 Defending champ Costa doesn’t mind toiling to a second crown Wire services PARIS Albert Costa’s (right) run through the French Open has been remarkable. The international sporting world hasn’t seen a closing burst like this since Sebastien Coe retired. In a best-of-five quarter-final match against Tommy Robredo on
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    • 262 92 Wire services PARIS Belgian second seed Kim Clijsters reached the women’s singles final at the French Open yesterday with a 7-5, 6-1 win over unseeded Russian Nadia Petrova. Clijsters, beaten finalist two years ago, advanced in lhr lOmin and will now meet
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    • 619 94 Spurs’ star Duncan not in basketball for the limelight and the accolades Wire services NBA FINALS San Antonio 101 New Jersey 89 (Spurs lead best-of-seven series 1-0) SAN ANTONIO-Tim Duncan (right) is the Quiet Storm. You never see it coming, and you don’t realise it
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    • 482 96 Seaman moves to Manchester City in search of first-team football -AFP LONDON Veteran England goalkeeper David Seaman (below) insisted yesterday that he still has what it takes to succeed at the highest level after revealing he is leaving Arsenal for fellow Premiership side Manchester City.
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    • 337 96 LONDON It couldn’t be, it isn’t, it can’t be...IT IS! Yes, Roy Keane (below) is taking his first steps into management as he tries for a Uefa coaching badge. The Manchester United skipper has worked under the master himselfwinning seven Premiership titles with Alex Ferguson
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