Streats, 12 June 2003

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  • 10 1 Streats THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 2003 E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg mita <p> m/03/2003
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  • 596 1  -  LTA wants to ban busking at Orchard underpass but now rethinking this By. 'Ashleigh Sim SOME buskers who were given the go-ahead to perform in Singapore and bring a “buzz” to the streets have found the high people traffic and airconditioning at the Orchard Road underpass too attractive
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  • Morning Rush
    • 417 2  -  Weatherman hints at possible plans By Sheruin Seah FORECAST for meteorological services: Bright and sunny with possibility of privatisation. A hint of this came from Mr Lim Tian Kuay, 42, deputy director of science and systems at statutory board Meteorological Services Department (MSD), yesterday. He was
      Llanhe Zaobao  -  417 words
    • 442 3  -  When surgery is over, we want to see each other's face without a mirror: Ladan By Sarah Ng IRANIAN conjoined twins Ladan (left) and Laleh Bijani are about to undergo the surgery of their lives, but they come across as extremely positive and relaxed, even humorous at
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    • 649 4  -  Board may bear extra cost to bring in new contractor Choong Choon Yee HOUSING Board chief executive Niam Chiang Meng has apologised for the upgrading delay at Marine Terrace as efforts are underway to get the works completed on time. He said: “I have
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    • 479 6  -  Panel’s proposal to maintain rootedness &L Zubaidah Nazeer SET UP special overseas constituencies for Singaporeans working or living abroad and pick a nominated member of parliament from among them. This is one of several ideas tossed up by the Remaking Singapore Committee’s Beyond Club, which
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    • 435 6  -  By_ Julie Sim HE had Sars on his mind. And Lianhe Zaobao’s senior correspondent, Mr Ng King Kang, 37, was so inspired that he took just one hour in April to write the Chinese version of the National Day theme song. Mr Ng told Streats: “I
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    • 108 8 BUZZSTOP Wire services MAS Selamat Kastari (pictured), leader of the Singapore branch of the Jemaah Islamiah (JI) group, admitted yesterday in Jakarta that the A 1 Qaeda-linked terror network had planned to blow up Changi Naval Base in 2001. The
      – Wire services; AFP  -  108 words
    • 28 8 Beachgoers at Travemuende beach outside Luebeck in north Germany marking their territory with small walls of sand before basking in the sunny weather Reuters
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    • 149 8 Custodian fees for foreign shares THE Securities Investors Association of Singapore (Sias) wants to meet the Securities Association of Singapore to voice complaints over a move by local brokerages to charge custodian fees for holding foreign shares. Last week, brokerages said that from next month, clients
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    • 148 8 PAS vision of Muslim state MALAYSIAN opposition party PAS has fleshed out its vision of Malaysia as Muslim state, and one of its features is the Syariah supplanting the Federal Constitution as the nation’s supreme law. However, this will apply only to Muslims, reports The Straits
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    • 143 8 Slash-and-bum season begins HAZE warnings have been issued at the Asean level because slash-and-bum farmers are getting to work in Indonesia again. The latest update on the Asean Haze website reports more than 1,200 hot spots in Sumatra’s Riau province. Singapore is not affected yet, but
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    • 82 8 AP CELLPHONES will be banned from locker rooms in gyms, pools and sports centres across Australia because of fears that peeping Toms will misuse the new generation camera-phones. The Victoria state branch of the YMCA last week banned cellphones at its 110 sports and aquatic centres. The Royal
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    • 83 8 -AFP THE Tamil Tiger rebels yesterday rejected the Sri Lankan government’s offer of a “provisional administrative structure” aimed at ending a sevenweek deadlock in peace talks. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) accused the government of using the international community to arm twist it into
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    • 82 8 A MALAYSIAN man was arrested at the Woodlands Checkpoint yesterday with 34 forged Employment Passes and Safety Orientation Certificate (SOC) cards. The man, 43, is suspected to be a runner for a foreign-based forged card syndicate, the Immigration Checkpoints Authority said yesterday. Preliminary investigations revealed that the
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    • 98 8 AN envelope left behind in a taxi led to the arrest of three men for possessing controlled drugs. The Straits Times learned that the envelope was left in a Comfort taxi on Friday evening. When the cabby discovered that it contained pills, he was instructed by
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    • 43 2 ru j HOTLINE 1800 844 5566 FAX 6319 8191 E-MAIL streats@sph.com.sg JlltdlS ADDRESS News Centre, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Podium Block, Level 1 5{*****4) circulation Customer Service 6388 3838 marketing kwokkk@sph.com.sg, Juanita: 6319 2072, Adeline: 6319 1627 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS CatS@Sph.COm.Sg RECRUITMENT ADVERTISEMENTS reCrUit@Sph.COm.Sg
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  • Financial
    • 430 10  -  Polymeric precision parts maker Sei Woo set for IPO By Janice Wong “MY life is dedicated to this industry.” That is how Mr Low Yoon Keong, executive chairman of Sei Woo Technologies Limited, described his feelings for his business. His company has roots in a humble,
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    • 204 10 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Capita Mall Trust and Singapore Airlines are looking to raise funds from the public. Capita Mall plans to raise $128.2 million by selling 119.8 million new shares to fund the purchase of the IMM Building shopping complex in Jurong.
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    • 100 10 SINGAPORE Ever wanted to check your office e-mail while on the go? Now you can with SingTel’s new wireless service called Mobile Mail. Launched yesterday, it allows users to enjoy highly secure and real-time wireless access to corporate e-mail, calendar and contact information. Unlike other
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    • 92 10 Reuters BRUSSELS Belgacom’s chief executive officer, Mr Didier Bellen, said that there was a possibility of up to 25 per cent of the company being put on sale. Belgacom is 50.1 per cent owned by the Belgian state, while the remainder is owned by a consortium of
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    • 74 10 -AP HONG KONG The Bank of China’s Hong Kong-listed unit has confirmed reports that former chief executive Liu Jinbao is under investigation in China. In a legal notice, BOC (Hong Kong) said yesterday that Mr Liu was being investigated for loans made while he was based in
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    • 106 10 Bloomberg LONDON Barings’ auditors Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu have been found to be negligent for failing to spot losses at the UK bank’s Singapore unit that led to its collapse, Britain’s High Court ruled yesterday. Justice Edward Evans-Lombe also blamed the bank’s management, citing “a very high level of
      – Bloomberg  -  106 words
    • 438 12  -  Data will fill information gap, but some companies wary of losing privacy By ChuaKmgHo SPRING Singapore has teamed up with credit information provider DP Information Network to launch an annual survey of small and medium enterprises (SMEs), with a special emphasis on private exempt companies.
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    • 262 12 THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) yesterday reiterated that it could not intervene in the critical-year insurance issue but said aggrieved parties do have a case for complaint, even if all they had received was a verbal promise from the agent. MAS also raised the
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    • 485 14 Family gathers for carmaker’s centennial Reuters DEARBORN, Michigan When 60 of Henry Ford’s direct living descendants gather in coming days to celebrate the founding 100 years ago of the Ford Motor Co, it will be hard to mask the air of despair hanging over Detroit. The anniversary
      – Reuters; AP  -  485 words
    • 595 16 Ohga to donate s23m for concert hall Wire services TOKYO Mr Norio Ohga is know as the man who led Sony Corp’s development of high-tech audio devices. But the former chairman and president has a more creative side. He gave up a successful career
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    • 222 16 -AFP TOKYO The helplessness of minority shareholders is the biggest problem in Asian companies that are in large part family-run or where power is wielded by a selected few, the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said in a report on Tuesday. “Regionally, exploitation of
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    • 602 18 Residents cautious about prospects for the town’s potential saviour Reuters TANJUNG MALIM, Perak Malaysian carmaker Proton’s new factory in Tanjung Malim is the best thing to happen in a long time for a town bypassed by the country’s arterial North-South highway. But residents are
      – Reuters; Reuters  -  602 words
    • 372 20 STI: 1,448.79 7.87 Reuters SINGAPORE The Straits Times Index finished at the highest level in seven-and-a-half months yesterday, propelled by rises in banking stocks on hopes of an economic recovery. It closed up 0.55 per cent, or 7.87 points, at 1,448.79, the highest level since
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    • 24 20 AS AT JUNE 11 US$: 551.737 EURO: 562.033 Ss: RM2.188 Ss: 24.08 BAHT 552.886 Ss: 67.86 YEN Ss: HK64.490 Ss: 4,739 RUPIAH
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    • 619 22 Finnish phone-maker has to battle Chinese rivals to stay ahead Bloomberg HELSINKI Nokia Oyj chief executive officer Jorma Ollila turned the Finnish company into the world’s biggest cellphone maker by beating rivals such as Motorola Inc and Ericsson AB in the *****. Now,
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  • Comment
    • 808 24  -  By CONRAD RAJ TO most outside observers, the attitude of Singapore Airlines’ pilots towards the company’s demands for cost-cutting appears, at the very least, unreasonable. The national carrier has seen its passenger volume down to 50 per cent of capacity, this after cutting back numerous flights
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    • 185 25 Tine to switch Fishing for a color copier? wm? a? if --riA s >? I f «AUAtoior /',J "JHI ■„'%r v/ k: i HIl iSwfc.-ljgak^ ■V&4 J?.- :€SfcV, .A OK parrs^s v V ■M m > Minolta’s costs very little to feed. MINOLTA Don't let this be the one that
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  • Global
    • 351 26 Quarantine ordered after pet prairie dog dies of monkeypox AP WAUSAU, Wisconsin When a young family of three brought home two prairie dogs from a Mother’s Day event, they never guessed that the furry little additions to their 2ha hobby farm could confine them to their home.
      – AP; AFP  -  351 words
    • 198 26 AFP HONG KONG Health officials in Hong Kong implemented precautionary measures yesterday, including widespread disinfection, after a two-year-old boy died of anthrax. But outside the boy’s nursery school in Kowloon, worried parents had to be assured by school officials that it was safe for their children
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    • 99 26 ANTHRAX is a potentially fatal haemorrhagic disease caused by bacteria called Bacillus anthracis. It can affect both animals and humans. People can get anthrax from contact with infected animals, wool, meat or hides. In its most common form, anthrax is a skin disease that causes skin ulcers and
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    • 323 28 Nattily dressed paediatrician is a Hamas extremist -ap GAZA CITY With his natty suits, gold-rimmed glasses and winning smile, Dr Abdel Aziz Rantisi a co-founder of the radical Islamic movement Hamas doesn’t immediately appear to be an extremist. But his easy manner and flawless English only
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    • 527 31 Weapons inspector slams his critics NEW YORK Mr Hans Blix, the man the world looked to for proof that Iraq possessed nuclear weapons, recently shed his characteristic diplomatic language to lash out at his critics. “I have my detractors in Washington,” the United
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    • 238 32 -AP COPENHAGEN A Danish pizzeria owner who refused service to French and German tourists because their governments did not back the US-led war in Iraq was convicted of discrimination on Tuesday. Aage Bjerre (right), who owns a pizzeria on western Denmark’s Fanoe island,
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    • 195 32 AP LOS ANGELES Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, increasingly mentioned as a Republican candidate for governor, delivered a campaignstyle speech to a taxpayer advocacy group on Tuesday night, but brushed off questions about his political ambitions, saying, “I’m running for Terminator 3.” The 5 5-year-old former
      – AP; Reuters  -  195 words
    • 405 33 Yang Bin faces life in jail on multiple charges Wire services SHENYANG, China The longawaited fraud trial of Yang Bin, a Dutch-Chinese businessman whose selection by North Korea to run a shortlived free trade zone irked Beijing, began yesterday in the north-eastern Chinese city of
      – Wire services; AFP  -  405 words
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  • Vocal
    • 132 34 I BELIEVE that there is a fair solution to the deadlock between Singapore Airlines’ (SLA) management and the pilots’ union over wage cuts, unpaid leave and specifying a date for restoring such cuts. Both parties must sincerely pursue the objective of ensuring that SIA survives
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    • 243 34 I READ the article, “Don’t short yourself, girl” (Streats, June 11) and, apart from laughing hysterically in the office, I found myself agreeing with writer Janice Wong concerning the shallowness of women in general when it comes to choosing their partners, with the altitude
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    • 144 34 CAN Tibs please keep its buses cleaner and more hygienic? Every time I take service 965 to and from work, I see many small cockroaches crawling around inside the bus. I have even been bitten by cockroaches. They usually hide inside the gap between the
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    • 258 34 WHILE travelling on MRT trains on May 22,1 met no less than three munchers and slurpers between Boon Lay and Bishan stations. The first happily and openly slurped from her cup of iced mocha as she stood near the door of the train. When
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    • 213 36 THE Government’s announcement of the lifting of restrictions on operating businesses from residences should be applauded for its pro-entrepreneur nature. However, the same cannot be said of the Land Transport Authority’s (LTA) policies on liberalisation of the transportation sector. Private bus operators are still barred from
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    • 85 34 HAVE YOUR SAY E-mail us at streats@sph.©®§?B.sg or write to The Editor, Streats, News Centre, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Singapore *****4. You should include your name, address and contact number. We reserve the right to edit your letters for brevity and clarity. By your writing to us, it shall be
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  • Medical
    • 246 38 -AP NEW YORK Beware. Caffeine may be hidden in many foods not traditionally associated with it. Several foods with substantial amounts of caffeine don’t list it among their ingredients, making it easier for consumers, especially children, to unwittingly ingest it, says a report in US
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    • 123 38 Q Which soft drinks contain the most sugar? Ain general, all carbonated soft drinks are high in sugar. Soft drinks provide empty calories while replacing nutritious beverages such as fruit juice, milk and water. One 330 ml can of a carbonated soft drink contains seven teaspoons of sugar
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  • Thursday Tech
    • 880 40  -  The Canon i47OD makes printing of digital photos at home a viable idea By GEOFFREY PEREIRA The Straits Times WHEN I first tried out a photo printer late last year, I remember wondering when such devices would become economical enough to have at home. Three factors would
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    • 528 42  -  By RADHA BASU Computer Times TWENTY-seven-year-old Ang Soh Cheng is a child of the Internet generation. She banks, shops and even makes travel reservations at the click of a mouse. Small wonder then that when it comes to interacting with the Government, the accounts officer also
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    • 760 44 Enjoy sports that’s the message of the Play! Singapore campaign, and one of the eventsfeatures wakeboarding. GARYLIM tries his hand at the popular sport I WAS already visualising myself doing twists and somersaults off the water the night before my wakeboarding assignment. After all, such stunts on
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      • 528 46  -  By Amy Van ALTHOUGH al fresco seats facing the river were available, Ristorante Teatro’s indoor dining area was my preferred spot on a scorching hot Thursday evening. Not only because of the tempting cool comforts and elegant setting. I was looking forward to the live performance at
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      • 457 47  -  By Gregory Leow AS the Chinese have their distinct dialect cuisines such as Hainanese, Cantonese and Teochew food, so do the Italians. And just as many Singaporeans think foreigners a tad naive when they say, “Let’s have a Chinese tonight,” similarly, Italians think that local
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      • 271 54  -  VCDs by JillLim UNCOMMON VALOUR ©oo®® REVIEW THIS isn’t one of your oft-spoken- about classic Vietnam War movies, and, to be fair, it is only peripherally about the Vietnam War. But it is set in SouthEast Asia, so if you like the typical scenes of
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      • 213 54  -  VCDs by Elsie Cling FIRST LOVE 1 ©OS®® REVIEW AFTER sitting through Victor Chen’s off-key singing at his sister Kelly’s concert in Singapore last December, I had my dcubts about this movie which stars the Hong Kong singer. I wondered if Victor Chen’s acting debut
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      • 374 56  -  By i Yvonne Kwok THE next time you turn on the TV to watch a Channel U programme, you might just see China-born model-singer-actor Hu Bing (pictured). Channel U signed the 32-year-old into its stable of artistes in a surprise move yesterday. Hu is
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      • 667 58  -  r?lil By_ ChuaKongHo ARE you a victim of office politics, always handed the short end of the stick, or the last to be chosen for a game of soccer? Of course, you are. We all are, at some time or another. Which is why The 48
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        240 49  -  B y Gary Lim EAT, drink, be merry and you might end up winning a trip to London. Tiger Gourmet Passport, a contest which has been running since late March, ends this Sunday. The main idea is to pair Tiger Beer with food from participating outlets to
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        398 50  -  By GREGORYLEOW THE IN-LAWS Starring Albert Brooks, Michael Douglas Directed by Andrew Fleming ©o®®® HOLLYWOOD has a weird habit of remaking classic movies to update it for the new millennium. The intention of winning over a new generation of fans is a neat one. However, it only works
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      • 554 52 A young and bubbly pair of girls mil strut their stuff for the Singapore Street Festival, which concludes this weekend. JULIE SIM finds out more LOCAL pop group Supergirls started singing and prancing around in the bedroom. But the two girls who make up the group,
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        • 81 52 CATCH Late Nite Esplanade: Love Songs, a series launching this weekend and featuring Aubrey Ng singing popular jazz love songs and other songs from her newlyreleased debut album, Spring. The performance on Friday is at 10.30 pm. Alicia Pan and Alvin Ee, familiar faces from the arts scene,
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          121 52 TREAT dad to a sumptuous feast at the Quayside Seafood Grill at Clarke Quay Block A (along the Singapore River), next to Liang Court. It is offering a nine-course seafood dinner for 10 for s3so+++ with dishes such as barbecued sambal seabass and wok-fried prawns, with a complimentary
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      • 108 59 The earth is getting greener as climate change in the past 20 years has improved conditions for much of the world’s plant life, said a study by the University of Montana’s forestry school. Global changes in temperature, rainfall and cloud cover have given plants more heat,
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        • 43 59 10pm, Channel 5 Last seen losing out to another woman in the finale of the first Bachelor, Trista Rehn now gets her own series. It’s her turn to pick a husband from 25 men. Will she find true love this time?
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        • 37 59 9pm, Channel U Xiaorou spreads rumours that Zhigang is homosexual and advises Manfen to leave him. Xiaorou then ignores Zhigang’s warning and causes Zhuhui to fall into a coma after a traffic accident.
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          55 59 SAFARI Today till June 22; 11.30am-Bpm, Monday to Saturday; 12pm-5.30pm on Sunday Utterly Art (208, South Bridge Road #O2-01, tel: 6226-2605) Artists Yong Tai Si and Imdiu Wong have captured a rambunctious menagerie of animals on canvas and paper. From capricious crocodiles to alluring angelfish, the parade of wildlife
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        • 48 59 LATE NITE ESPLANADE Tomorrow, 10.30 pm Recital Studio, Esplanade Tickets at $2l from Sistic (call 6348-5555) Aubrey Ng sings popular jazz love songs and showcases her newly released debut album, Spring. Joining her are Alicia Pan and Alvin Ee who will sing love ballads from well-known musicals.
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    • 566 46 Looking for a place to satiate your tastebuds? Let Streats and United Overseas Bank be your guide to dining out in Singapore Dine for free at Ristorante Teatro and receive a complimentary bottle of wine, with minimum four paying adult diners. Or satisfy your craving for Italian cuisine with these
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    • 91 57 they cleaned their rooms! “Give them a chance and talk to them. We all need a little respect.” Our FSC friend explained. We tried. And they actually cleaned their rooms. We stopped nagging and they started responding. And WQUI! We’ve all learned to listen to one another. Win one of
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  • Page 59 Miscellaneous
    • 439 59 Yourdailyhoroscope fP AQUARIUS" JAN2O-FEB 18 PISCES FEB 19-MAR 20 by Kelli Fox at Astrology.com ARIES MAR2I -APR 19 Outsiders want to come back in. It’s not enough to vow to mend the error of your ways. You’ll have to find a new niche, because the shape of things has changed
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      635 61 European golfers brace themselves for another tough Grand Slam week Wire services OLYMPIA FIELDS, Illinois The hard currency at the US Open has seldom been the Euro. In fact, European golfers hoping to make it big in the US have traditionally been left a spent force by the
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    • 316 61 Reuters OLYMPIA FIELDS, Illinois Two-time US Open winner Ernie Els has suffered from the “Tiger factor” during Major championships. But he is confident that he can play his own game at Olympia Fields Country Club this week. Said Els, the world No 2: “Tiger
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    • 621 63  -  In Utah, Chay’s problem will not be studies or swimming Lim Han Ming FREESTYLE ace Mark Chay (right) will be leaving for the US in August for two reasons to further his studies and tune up for the South-east Asia (SEA) Games in December. But he is
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      478 65  -  Warriors’ technical director Bulpin takes over at Tampines S-League savvy By ADAM HASHIDY ENGLISH coach Desmond Bulpin (below) will be the new man at the helm of Tampines Rovers. Yesterday, he agreed terms with the rudderless S-League club following the resignation last week of Malaysian coach Chow
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    • 150 65 P W D L F A Pts FTPK Home United 14 11 1 1 1 41 19 36 Woodlands Wellington 14 9 1 2 2 29 15 31 S’pore Armed Forces 14 8 2 1 3 29 15 29 Geylang United 14 7 2 1 4 19 9 26
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    • 110 65 TANJONG PAGAR V SEMBAWANG 1X2 Tanjong Pagar 2.88 Draw 3.15 Sembawang 2.15 1/2 GOAL Tanjong Pagar (+11/2 goals) 1.20 Sembawang (-11/2 goals) 3.75 TOTAL GOALS 0 goal .11.00 1 goal ...5.20 2 goals ...3.90 3 goals ...3.90 4 goals ...4.80 5 goals ...6.50 6 goals .13.00 7 goals
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    • 292 65 TODAY: Team news: Tanjong Pagar fully fit; Sembawang Fully fit. Team progress (last 6 league games): Tanjong Pagar WWLIDL; Sembawang LLLWLD Last season: Sembawang 2 Tg Pagar 3, Tg Pagar 1 Sembawang 3, Tg Pagar 1 Sembawang 0 This season: Sembawang 3 Tanjong Pagar 0 Verdict: Tanjong Pagar
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      446 67 United fans feel selling Beckham makes business sense Reuters MANCHESTER David Beckham’s (left) likely departure from Old Trafford was seen as good business by many Manchester United fans asked yesterday. But few expect him to move to Barcelona, while others were incensed that the English champions would dream
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    • 313 67  -  By Lim Han Ming GIVE me another chance. That was Mohamed Noor Ali’s plea to S-League clubs after he was handed a 12-month ban yesterday for breaking the Players’ Code of Conduct. The 28-year-old Geylang United forward will be barred from any form of
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    • 34 66 Land of the Free. Home of the Brave. A rifcT* Will it also be WHERETHE LEGENDS £>®£>LF AREJg^E U.S. OP EISJ Hi® W®S fV=: LIVE OPEN INJULY W. GetY I «r^ INE in June
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    • 207 67 loin your favourite stars at Little India and win tickets to Pradhana Vizha 2003! Catch the nominees for Pradhana Vizha on 14 June 2003, 6.30 pm at Campbell Lane. They'll be giving exciting performances and more. Come down early and see the stars! r: >- TAKE HOME UP TO $50,000
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