Streats, 13 May 2004
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Title Section10 2004-05-13 1 Streats THURSDAY, MAY 13, 2004 E-maii: streats@sph.CGm.sg nhta (p) 196/03/200410 words
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525 2004-05-13 1 i Janice Wong - Aseanta tie-up with Zuji travel portal will make price comparisons a breeze By i Janice Wong GOOD news for air travellers: Soon you will be able to compare the fares of the various regional budget airlines in one integrated website. Low-cost carriers usually525 words
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Article, Illustration420 2004-05-13 2 Man who beheaded American calls for religious war Reuters DUBAI A 1 Qaeda’s leader in Iraq blasted Muslims for not taking up the sword of Islam against America and sought to shame them for not following the lead of militants who “humiliated the mightiest army” in the– Reuters; AP; Reuters - 420 words
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Article168 2004-05-13 2 Wire services BAGHDAD While most of the coverage on the abuses at Abu Ghraib prison has centred on men, the focus now has shifted to women inmates. A US Army report on the prison abuse documented one case of a US guard sexually abusing a– Wire services - 168 words
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Article, Illustration535 2004-05-13 3 Zubaidah Nazeer - Strangers recognise and ask after him By_ Zubaidah Nazeer IF ONE observes bubbly Ariq, aged three and a half, the last thing one would suspect is that this toddler has full-blown Aids. Sadder still, that doctors have given him five years to live.Edwin Koo - 535 words
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349 2004-05-13 3 Khushwant Singh - By Khushwant Singh THE Ministry of Finance has taken exception to an article, Singapore Fiscal Predator, featured in the May 6 issue of the Hong Kong-based Far Eastern Economic Review (FEER). The writer, Dan Fineman, alleged that huge hidden fiscal surpluses enrich the349 words
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184 2004-05-13 3 -AP BANGKOK Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is refusing to enter a bidding war with an English rival to buy a stake in Liverpool Football Club, admitting that he now only has a “50-50” chance of securing the deal. His climb-down yesterday came-AP - 184 words
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637 2004-05-13 5 Khushwant Singh - Court ruled on procedure in liquidation cases By_ Khushwant Singh UNSECURED creditors of a failed company that is liquidated are entitled only to a proportionate sum of what they are owed from assets remaining after payment is made to secured creditors and other parties637 words
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Article, Illustration170 2004-05-13 6 PRESIDENT S R Nathan last night expressed confidence that the visit of Thailand’s Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhom to Singapore will help further cement bilateral ties. At a dinner he hosted at the Istana for the Thai princess, President Nathan said: “Thailand and Singapore continueST - 170 words
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292 2004-05-13 6 Ho Lian-Yi - NUS don named outstanding educator By Ho Lian-Yi This was one of the reasons why Assoc Prof Tan, 40, the head of the Department of Information Systems in the School of Computing in the National University of Singapore, was honoured with the Outstanding292 words
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133 2004-05-13 8 SUZZSTOP CONTRACTORS who maintain safe worksites safe can be rewarded with as much as $1 million for “excellent safety performance” under a new Land Transport Authority (LTA) scheme, The Straits .Times reports today. However, those with poor safety standards can133 words
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Article149 2004-05-13 8 Power trips caused interruptions A SERIES of power trips at Choa Chu Kang station interrupted service to the Bukit Panjang LRT yesterday. The first service delay occurred at 11.43 am and lasted for 38 minutes. SMRT maintenance staff restored power and the service resumed at149 words
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Article168 2004-05-13 8 Malaysia’s rising sex crimes MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has called on the country’s media to highlight sex crimes in an effort to create anger and hatred towards these offences. “I say we should continue to let people read about such crimes,” Datuk Seri Abdullah168 words
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Article, Illustration30 2004-05-13 8 Brazilian Vitor Meira driving his #l7 Team Rahal Honda G Force during the IRL Indy Car Series Indianapolis 500 testing at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Tuesday AFPAFP - 30 words
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Article132 2004-05-13 8 ALMOST $1 billion of Singaporean gamblers’ money flow overseas every year, participants in a gaming industry conference heard yesterday. Most of the money goes to casinos in Genting, on cruise ships and in Batam, experts said on the closing day of the two-day inaugural Asian132 words
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Article80 2004-05-13 8 PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong returned to Singapore yesterday after a visit to the United States and Britain. During his five-day tour of the US, he met President George W Bush and several senior officials. Many of the discussions focused on the situation in Iraq80 words
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Article87 2004-05-13 8 SINGAPORE’S seaport has been voted the Best Seaport in Asia for the 16th time in the award’s 18-year history. The reward was received by Captain Khong Shen Ping, port director of Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Shanghai yesterday. The87 words
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Article113 2004-05-13 8 A 31-YEAR-OLD Chinese man, believed to be involved in a series of armed robbery cases involving cabbies, was arrested on Tuesday evening. He would usually board a taxi from Beauty World Shopping Centre and ask to be driven to Woodlands or Bukit Panjang. Along the way, he113 words
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Article97 2004-05-13 8 THE rash driving of young Chinese students may force New Zealand to ask foreigners to obtain a local driver’s licence after only six months in the country. Currently, foreigners are allowed to drive on their home country’s licence for 12 months, the New Zealand Herald reported97 words
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Financial
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Article, Illustration489 2004-05-13 10 Choong Choon Yee - Kyodo-AUied’s boss is miffed when engineers jump ship before their contracts are up By Choong Choon Yee KYODO-ALLIED Industries chairman and managing director Charles Lee (above) is frustrated with the attitude of some Singaporean workers. Their willingness to disregard signed contracts and jump ship when lured byEdwin Koo - 489 words
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Article102 2004-05-13 10 -AFP PARIS Booming economic growth around the world but notably in China is spurring demand for oil at the fastest rate in 16 years, the International Energy Agency (lEA) said yesterday, calling on suppliers to pump more crude. The findings came as oil prices in London shot-AFP - 102 words
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Article93 2004-05-13 10 Bloomberg KUALA LUMPUR Airbus SAS, the world’s largest commercial planemaker, said that it expects Asian airlines to account for half the sales of its planned 555-seat A3BO airliner. “Half the market for large aircraft is likely to be in Asia,” Mr Richard Carcaillet, director of productBloomberg - 93 words
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Article78 2004-05-13 10 Bloomberg JAKARTA PT Indonesian Satellite Corp, Indonesia’s second biggest phone company, will not sell bonds to fund its expansion this year. “We will use internal funding for this year’s capital expenditure,” Mr Wityasmoro Sih Handayanto, the company’s director for network infrastructure, said yesterday. “We have enough■ Bloomberg - 78 words
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Article88 2004-05-13 10 Reuters SINGAPORE Datacraft Asia Ltd swung to a quarterly profit yesterday from a loss after cutting 160 jobs in the past year. It also said that it was considering acquisitions. It reported a net profit of US$l5B,OOO (*****,000) in the three months through March 31, rebounding– Reuters - 88 words
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Article460 2004-05-13 12 UOB closes deal to buy Thailand’s Bank of Asia Wire services SINGAPORE/BANGKOK United Overseas Bank said yesterday that a $7OO million bid for its property unit, United Land, by Temasek Holdings was too low. “Temasek can improve their bid if they want to,” UOBWire services - 460 words
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Article181 2004-05-13 12 Bloomberg SINGAPORE The Government yesterday said that it is in talks with Sumitomo Chemical Co, Japan’s second-largest chemicals producer, after the company said that it may delay a US$l billion (Ssl.7 billion) ethylene project with Royal Dutch/Shell Group. A decision on the Singapore venture has■ Bloomberg - 181 words
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Article24 2004-05-13 12 *AS AT MAY 12 US$: 551.714 Ss: RM2.217 553.022 Ss: HK54.550 EURO: 552.034 ss: 23.60 BAHT Ss: 65.72 YEN Ss: 5,223 RUPIAH24 words
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Article368 2004-05-13 14 HK, S’pore counters now at good discount to NAY Reuters BANGKOK/HONG KONG Shares in Asian property companies, which have slumped on expectations of global rate rises and China’s efforts to cool its economy, are beginning to look cheap, analysts said on Tuesday. “Some areReuters - 368 words
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Article, Illustration485 2004-05-13 16 CAROLINE BAUM - Comment By CAROLINE BAUM Bloomberg IT didn’t take long. No sooner did job growth disappear as a stumbling block to the US’ selfsustaining economic expansion than oil prices spread a viscous slick on global growth. “The track record of oil shocks is closeBloomberg - 485 words
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Article454 2004-05-13 18 But distance and lack of infrastructure make it unlikely that India will be as attractive as China Reuters TOKYO Japanese companies with a stomach for risk are eyeing India in hopes that the south Asian giant may rival China as a low-cost production centre andReuters - 454 words
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Comment
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626 2004-05-13 20 THE World Competitiveness Yearbook’s latest scorecard on Singapore contains cause for cheer and then some. The positives are evident enough. Particularly to policymakers and others who set great store by such rankings, Singapore’s jump back up to No 2 in the global competitiveness pecking order,626 words
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Advertisement772 2004-05-13 22 PING INTO ACTION WITH SINGAPORE ARTS FESTIVAL CATCH LIGHTER SIDE OF THE ARTS Have all the fun you want at Flipside. Get inspired and amused all once by the refreshing variety of performances. Come and have yo perception of the arts changed forever! BY CHAPERTONS COMIC TEATRE SPAIN Tighten your772 words
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254 2004-05-13 23 WE refer to Mr Corry Sutandi’s letter, “Make transfer rebate possible” (Streats, May 11). Formerly, train passengers got a rebate if they transferred to buses within 30 minutes of exiting a fare gate at an MRT station. And bus passengers were entitled to a rebate254 words
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216 2004-05-13 23 MS Janice Wong’s frank commentary, “Sex won’t take away the hurt” (Streats, May 11), is touching. I am glad that there are still women with moral values such as her in our so-called modem society. Although we may have become more “civilised”, the216 words
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69 2004-05-13 23 MS Janice Wong is brave to bare her feelings in her commentary, “Sex won’t take away the hurt” (Streats, May 11). Certainly, sex is sacred and it is meant not just for physical pleasure. Many emotional attachments come with it. Keep it69 words
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Article334 2004-05-13 25 YOUR report, “Valuair has no landing rights in Jakarta,” (Streats May 12) said that we had sold tickets for our maiden flight to Jakarta before obtaining landing rights to the Indonesian capital. This is not the case. Valuair started to sell tickets for its334 words
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Article166 2004-05-13 25 I FIND the increasing number of children whizzing around on their “heelies” on streets and in buildings to be annoying and dangerous. Over the weekend I watched a boy wearing these shoes with wheels crash into a middle-aged woman at Suntec City. Normally, I would have166 words
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Advertisement226 2004-05-13 23 HAWi YOUR SAY E-mail us at streats®sph.com.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 be226 words
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Global
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Article365 2004-05-13 26 One student ran 470 km to prove eagerness Reuters SEOUL How far would you go to clinch a job? For South Korean engineering student Kim Dong Wan, the answer was 470 km on foot. Desperate to show his commitment to landing a soughtafter apprenticeship, the– Reuters - 365 words
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Article190 2004-05-13 26 Reuters MANILA Mrs Gloria Macapagal Arroyo believes that it was God who thrust her into the Philippine presidency and that God will keep her there. An exit poll by the reputable Social Weather Stations showed that the diminutive, 57-year-old economist will take 41 per centReuters - 190 words
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Article, Illustration51 2004-05-13 26 Cleaners collecting trash bags from newly installed see-through bins at Tokyo Station yesterday. JR East Japan railroad corporation is placing 2,300 of such bins at 50 bullet train stations and 250 conventional train stations around the metropolitan area as part of the country's tightening security measures against terrorismAP - 51 words
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90 2004-05-13 26 -AFP BEIJING China yesterday announced a campaign to weed out government officials who torture and maltreat prisoners, in a move apparently aimed at the US over the abuse of Iraqi inmates. The Supreme People’s Procuratorate said that it would investigate and punish anyone who “commits-AFP - 90 words
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Article, Illustration175 2004-05-13 28 Reuters KARANGASEM, Indonesia A former Australian diplomat jailed for 13 years in Bali for lewd conduct with minors has killed himself less than a day after sentencing, a witness who saw the body said yesterday. William Brown had been found guilty of sexually abusing– Reuters; AP - 175 words
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279 2004-05-13 28 But Pentagon doesn’t consider it an issue LOS ANGELES -Top officials in key positions in US government departments such as the Pentagon and Nato headquarters reportedly hold fake academic qualifications that are illegal in some states. “These degrees aren’t worth the paper that279 words
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256 2004-05-13 30 Bloomberg MINNEAPOLIS All hormone replacement therapies protect women from fractures, with the benefit evaporating once the drugs are stopped, according to a UK study in the May 12 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. The findings have implications for millions of olderBloomberg - 256 words
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Thursday Tech
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Article, Illustration554 2004-05-13 32 ''•“■ov'A'i'' Video games industry faces the challenge of finding a way to keep players hooked as they enter their 30s and even 40s Los Angeles Times THE video game business has grown into a more than US$ll billion (Ssl9 billion) industry by churning out teenager-friendly shoot-’em-up diversions– Los Angeles Times - 554 words
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Article89 2004-05-13 32 -AFP TOKYO Japan’s top cellphone service provider, NTT DoCoMo Corp, this week unveiled what it claims to be the world’s smallest Internet-capable cellphone. The “premini” handset, made by JapaneseSwedish joint venture Sony Ericsson, is 9cm long, 3.9 cm wide and I.9cm thick. The target market is male-AFP - 89 words
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Article106 2004-05-13 32 Bloomberg TOKYO Sony Corp will start selling a portable audio player in Japan next month that may rival Apple’s iPod. The Vaio Pocket, which the company expects retailers to sell at about 53,000 yen (S$800), will feature a hard-disk drive with capacity to store as many– Bloomberg - 106 words
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Travel
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Article, Illustration587 2004-05-13 33 John De Souza - Thailand South-east Asia s spa capital, draws on centuries of experience in natural healing and hospitality to offer an unrivalled range of health-tourism experiences John De Souza A CENTURIES-OLD tradition of natural healing arts. Nature-blessed springs. An abundance of medicinal flora. And a587 words
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Article, Illustration650 2004-05-13 34 Sporean Patrick Chia can brag that famous designer Philippe Starch is his first customer Hisfurniture has become museum pieces and can be seen in international magazines. ZUBAIDAH NAZEER has more details MANY people stare for several minutes at Patrick Chia’s designs and are still clueless about what theym\ - 650 words
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Article, Illustration78 2004-05-13 34 WITH the English Premier League drawing to a close, this Saturday is your last chance to catch the action at Tiger Beer’s famous football nights. This time, the exciting Liverpool v Newcastle match will be shown live at three venues: Chijmes, The Penny Black and The Dubliner Irish78 words
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Article, Illustration120 2004-05-13 34 CATCH musical comedy at its naughtiest in Interlude With A Vampire, a ridiculous twist to the eternal saga of good versus evil. A rookie vampire faces off against a rogue with the help of his entire clan a jamboree of the world’s most loved comic horror characters120 words
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Article73 2004-05-13 34 LISTEN to Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana, a pulsating work that portrays the wild lives of .mediaeval Goliards as they muse about love and fate. The music was written in 1937 and Orff used 20th century techniques to create a primitive and exciting setting for these medieval poems. Presented73 words
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Article, Illustration392 2004-05-13 35 Yvonne Kwok - By Yvonne Kwok troy Starring Brad Pitt, Eric Bana and Orlando Bloom Directed by Wolfgang Petersen ooo®® FILMED at a cost of a whopping US$2OO million (***** million), Wolfgang Petersen’s Troy is considered a n epic by any standards. There are armies clashing, balletic sword392 words
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Article, Illustration254 2004-05-13 35 Yvonne Kwok - By Yvonne Kwok TRAVELLERS AND MAGICIANS Starring Tshewang Dendup and Sonam Kinga Directed by Khyentse Norbu OOO©O ANY film-maker who opts to set his movie in the Himalayas has half his work done for him, especially if you pick a small, colourful village that almost254 words
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Article, Illustration412 2004-05-13 36 Sharon Soh - IP» LA By Sharon Soh A FRIEND who frequents The Sake Bar once told me: “Tell the owner you like sake and he’ll show you some really good stuff!” So I turned up at the low-lit bar along Neil Road, looked for the owner, a chatty 30-something412 words
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Article, Illustration397 2004-05-13 38 ’ Deepa Vijiyasingam - L i|| By Deepa Vijiyasingam WHY is a horse struggling to master a computer? What’s a scarecrow doing trying to lay eggs? And why is a shy sheep making sales calls? Animals, Inc is a laugh-out loud business parable from the folks at The Gallup Organization, a397 words
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Article254 2004-05-13 38 Gregory Leow - By Gregory Leow JU-ON 2 DVD REVIEW WHEN you are faced with a choice of whether to rent an original movie or its sequel, the logical choice would be to watch the original and then decide if the sequel is worth your time. Not254 words
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Article, Illustration115 2004-05-13 39 Canadians may have to get used to wild weather. According to an unreleased report produced for Environment Canada, by 2050, everything from spiking temperatures that may usher in drought and forest fires in Western Canada, to unpredictable bouts of heavy precipitation that may cause flooding iniPicAshleigh Sim - 115 words
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Article50 2004-05-13 39 10.30 pm, Central Jennifer Taylor Clark visits from head office and wants to know what cutbacks David has made. David invents a warehouse employee called Julie Anderton that he has fired. Jennifer is impressed until a tour of the warehouse makes it clear that Julie’s existence was fabricated.50 words
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Article, Illustration42 2004-05-13 39 10pm, Channel i Former beauty queen and NFL cheerleader Melana Scantlin awaits the arrival of 16 Prince Charmings to win her heart. What she doesn’t know is that the men she will meet are not handsome princes but average guys.42 words
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Article, Illustration55 2004-05-13 39 JENNY TSENG ‘CANT STOP’TOUR Sunday, 8pm Suntec City Convention Hall 601-603 Tickets from $58 to $128 at Sistic She’s still around after all these years. This comeback tour included stopovers in Niagara Falls and Atlantic City (yes, there are fans there too), besides Taipei and Hong Kong. Expect familiar55 words
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Article67 2004-05-13 39 NEW ZEALAND FILM FESTIVAL Today till May 19 GVMarina Square Tickets are $9 from the GV Marina box-office, online at www.gv.com.sg and at AXS stations Catch early Peter Jackson films at this festival. His first and third feature films, Bad Taste and Braindead, are the first stages in the67 words
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Miscellaneous432 2004-05-13 39 Your AQUARIUS JAN 20-FEB 18 Intensity is a tough habit to break. Instead of going over the top again, try scaling new heights. How other people react will have a lot to do with the quality of your experience. Keep them all on your side. by Kelli Fox at Astrology.com432 words
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Article, Illustration625 2004-05-13 40 i Lim Han Ming - Sng eyes senior national high jump record after breaking Under-20 mark By i Lim Han Ming THE national women’s high jump record has stood for the past 11 years. If there’s anyone who can break it, it has to be 16-year-old Michelle Sng (right). That is thePics: Ashleigh Sim - 625 words
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Article378 2004-05-13 40 Tan Kim Han - By Tan Kim Han R VENGADASALAM, the man whose name is synonymous with Woodlands Wellington, has quit the S-League leaders. The 43-year-old cited “unhappiness” at the club he had been associated with for the past 13 years. He will move to rivals Tampines Rovers 4 as378 words
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Article, Illustration390 2004-05-13 41 S’pore junior golfers triumph in Jakarta SINGAPORE’S two junior golfers did the country proud When they won titles in their respective age groups in the 25th Asia Pacific Junior Golf Championships at Jakarta last Week. Choo Tze Huang (top), I<, won the Division A (for 17-year-olds)ST; Ashleigh Sim - 390 words
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251 2004-05-13 41 -AFP Shanghai Ireland’s Harrington believes [hat the Olympics could [ccome the ‘Major of all Majors’ if golf is introduced at l he 2008 Beijing Olympics. World No 8 Harrington said ahead of his defence of the BMW Asian in Shanghai, that he was Passionate-AFP - 251 words
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Article, Illustration449 2004-05-13 43 No decision taken on coach, Kenyon assures supporters Wire services LONDON Chelsea have not yet decided the fate of coach Claudio Ranieri (right), chief executive Peter Kenyon said on Tuesday. The Italian’s job has been the subject of intense speculation since Russian oil magnate Roman Abramovich bought• Wire services; Reuters - 449 words
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Article178 2004-05-13 43 -AFP MANCHESTER Manchester United unveiled details on Tuesday of a new Pre-season tournament, which manager Alex Ferguson hopes will help the Hub’s preparations for their Champions League qualifying ties. The tournament will take place at Uld Trafford on Aug 3 and 5. The other teams taking-AFP - 178 words
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Article188 2004-05-13 43 -AFP BUENOS AIRES Diego Maradona was on Tuesday put under sedation by doctors in a private drug rehabilitation clinic here after he raged that he wanted to return to Cuba where he has lived for the past four years. The 43-year-old wants to check out of-AFP - 188 words
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Article92 2004-05-13 43 SPORTS SCHOOL THE Singapore Sports School has started its admission drive for next year. The Woodlands-based school specialises in eight sports badminton, bowling, football, netball, sailing, swimming, table tennis and track and field. Primary 6 students who are talented in any of the sports can apply to participate92 words
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Article74 2004-05-13 43 BASKETBALL Reuters LOS ANGELES Kobe Bryant scored 42 points as the Los Angeles Lakers staged a second-half recovery to overcome the San Antonio Spurs 98-90 on Tuesday and even their Western Conference semi-final series at two games apiece. Bryant led all scorers and was given solid supportReuters - 74 words
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