Today, 5 December 2000, Afternoon Edition

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    9 1 TODAY Lll6SCl_iV December 5, 2000 mita cpi 13s iiaooe
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Malaysia divided
      427 1  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahim Muslims of different political parties refuse to pray together by zackCgnewstoday.com.sg THE gleaming Formula One race track and the stunning Kuala Lumpur skyline look so modern, but Malaysia is seriously fractured. Perhaps, beyond repair, according to its Prime Minister. The division has reached homes and
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      Lock icon 'Drop your siege mentality, S'poreans'
      264 1 Agencies. FIRST, the Indonesian President made an unexpected verbal attack on Singapore. Then, a Jakarta-based correspondent of The Straits Times wondered if Abdurrahman Wahid's attack had anything to do with his breakfast meetings with Malaysian ministers. Now, a Malaysian minister has entered the scene accusing
      – Agencies.  -  264 words
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      Lock icon Stunning blow for Al Gore
      124 1 Agencies TALLAHASSEE Democratic Vice-President Al Gore's fading White House hopes were dealt with a stunning blow yesterday after a Florida circuit judge rejected totally his legal challenge to the state's presidential election. Republican Texas Governor George W Bush had earlier been declared the state's winner
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      53 1 Nasdaq falls, -L NASDAQ Composite Index limped down 29.54 points, or 1.12 per cent, to close at 2,615.75 yesterday. The Dow Jones Industrial average climbed 187.41 points, or 1.81 per cent, to close at 10,560.95. Sampras is my man, says our columnist 36 Mm^mAmW^ I Venables to assist Robson as
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  • HOT NEWS
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      They're out of ICU
      106 2 TWO burn victims of the SQ 006 crash in Taipei are out of the Intensive Care Unit, said Singapore General Hospital sources. The hospital told Channel NewsAsia that both Ng Siok Chin and Major Ang Ming Chuang are now in the general ward of the bums
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    • Article
      Plastic bag death
      123 2 A DEAD man with a plastic bag over his head was found in his van at East Coast Park yesterday morning. Mr Yeo Swee Choon, 37, was found lying down with the lower half of his body on the driver's seat and his head on the passenger
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    • Article
      S'pore, US begin trade negotiations
      74 2 SINGAPORE and the United States began negotiations for a US-Singapore Free Trade Agreement in Washington DC today. This was announced in a joint-statement released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Trade and Industry. The Singapore delegation is led by Ambassador-at-Large, Prof Tommy
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      Lock icon An old boy's back, school in a tizzy
      381 2  -  Kim-Kyna Tan It's hello and goodbye as SM and former classmates visit school by: kim@newstoday.com.sg A HUMBLE school in Joo Chiat Place is working overtime to say hello to its favourite old boy, and bid goodbye to its old building. Telok Kurau
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    • Article
      Coming soon – Avatar Exile, the first Singaporean sci-fi film
      371 2  - Coming soon Avatar Exile, the first Singaporean sci-fi film David Ngiau Mahesha Thenabadu by: and david@newstoday.com.sg THE film is set in the Asian city-state of Sintawan in the near future. Identities are recorded in the vast CyberLink, and those who operate on the fringes of Sintawan use illegal "simulated identity
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      PAP picks 2 women
      455 3 They are among 12 new candidates identified for next election THE search for a few good women is making progress and the People's Action Party has identified at least two new woman candidates to contest the next election. It is still looking for more. Speaking to
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      Ambulance tragedy continues with driver in coma, but paramedic awakes
      291 3  -  Shazalina Salim by. shazalina@newstoday.com.sg THE tragedy of the ambulance that collided with a bus last Tuesday is still unfolding. First, the man being taken to hospital on that ambulance died. On Sunday, his daughter-in-law, Madam Tan Joo See, died without
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      173 3 Pay NO CaSll for Exercise Regularly. up to $270,000 *»Good Health ra* Are you overweight? Unfit? Suffering from high blood mpriipal pnupr til I zmp fin pressure or/1/9/) cholesterol? I^FUIvCIII wUIiIfI H I Ojjw Regular exercise helps to improve your health. Visit the fitness centre near you, three times a
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  • RUSH NEWS
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      Lock icon It's not just the volunteer
      456 4  -  Leong Phei Phei Tribute to those who bring them together by. pheiphei@newstoday.com.sg GETTING volunteers is a breeze, but keeping them is no easy task. Enter the volunteer coordinator the person who holds the whole volunteer programme together. At the launch of the International Year of
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    • Article
      Work site death
      100 4 HE was charging the main contractor and the owner for a scaffold that he never built. But his deceit ended in tragedy. One of his workers fell to his death and sub-contractor Wong Boon Seng was jailed three months for causing a death by failing to provide
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      Lock icon US Embassy's armoured Beemer
      134 4 -AFP THE US Embassy in Singapore has added an armoured BMW to its fleet of cars. The purpose-built car looks like an ordinary BMW 750iL, but has been reinforced to endure attacks by high-powered rifles, grenades, Magnum handguns at point-blank range, land mines and even rocket
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      New radio time slots
      101 4 LISTENERS who stay up late at night to listen to Glenn Ong and friends on Perfect 10 radio station now have to wake up early. That's because as of yesterday, the night-owl has joined Rod Monteiro on the Morning Show from 6 to 10am. Each morning,
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    • Article
      Life sciences for secondary students
      161 4 SECONDARY school students will soon be able to get a taste of the life sciences. When school starts next year, students from nine West Coast schools will get "hands on" training at a Life Sciences Centre of Learning (COL) for science and technology, as part
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
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      108 4 READ 0N... We party differently A PAP delegates' conference is so unlike one held by Umno/6 Resale HDB flats take a beating Many of them are now selling at or below valuation prices/8 Doubts on cell phone goldmine Analysts say Asia has not fully recovered from economic ills/9 Alleged traitors
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Unlikely tenant
      232 5 Pre-school near industries AN unlikely tenant has sprung up in the midst of Kaki Bukit's IT-related industries and sec-ond-hand car dealers. The Hungry Caterpillar is a 5,000 sq ft pre-school centre (above), catering to parents who work in the area and those who live nearby. Mr Samuel Wong,
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    • Article
      More fun with the TV by 2002
      164 5 YOU'RE watching a TV programme or movie on Channel 5 and you just need to know more about the star. Forget the Internet Forget fanzines. With a click of the remote control, the star's bio-data will appear on your TV screen. This is
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      We party differently
      553 6 A PAP delegates' conference is so unlike one held by Malaysia's ruling party, Umno. S Ramesh, who has covered both events, tells you what you don't see HEY friend, if you passed by the Suntec City shopping complex on Sunday morning, did you know that the political
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      Free net access to trouble
      203 6 A COMPUTER store employee abused his position of trust when he used a customer's Internet account without permission. Yesterday, Wong Shi Khoon, 22, was fined $7,000 in the Subordinate Courts. The court heard that Wong had used his customer Mr Michael Soong's account for more
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      Shoe-lifter caught on third try
      214 6 THE sandals were made for walking... right into the arms of the law. Unhappy with a pair of shoes she had stolen in the morning, an 18--year-old went back to the shop and exchanged them for another. But she didn't stop there. The brazen girl
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      Chummy neighbours
      307 7  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahim by: zack@newstoday.com.sg COMPLAINTS will be attended to much quicker and people will grow chummier with their neighbours, said the Chairman of Sembawang Town Council, Dr Teo Ho Pin, as he spelt out the new directions that Town Council would take. At a media briefing for
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      CPF: Choice is yours
      220 7 Todays mail WE refer to the letter "Invest in pension fund with CPF" by Lynda Lim J H (Today, Nov 24). The writer suggested that CPF members' Special Account (SA) savings be invested in a special pension fund scheme that earns a guaranteed return and pays
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      61 7 ill I j Asia Miles A ne of the most reassuring things about any airline is the modernity of its fleet. Ours is amongst the youngest in the world. Which means we -H can provide the very best amenities and service for our passengers. And greater peace of mind. Fly
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon Resale flat prices down
      397 8  -  Chin Weilin Today photo by Time to buy, say housing agents by. BUYERS should now seriously consider buying the HDB resale flats they are eyeing. This is because selling prices are now currently near or at bargain basement levels. The fall in prices may be surprising
      Wong Khing Chong  -  397 words
    • Article
      World Shipholding makes formal takeover bid for Osprey Maritime
      160 8 NORWEGIAN shipowner Mr John Fredriksen, who controls the world's largest oil tanker fleet, made a formal takeover bid for Singapore's Osprey Maritime, valuing the company at *****.3 million. World Shipholding, a company controlled by Mr Fredriksen, offered $1.00 for the shares
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      Lock icon F&N full-year profit may triple
      150 8 Bloomberg News FRASER Neave may report a tripling of full-year profit on divestments of lossmaking operations and a strong contribution from its property business. Profit for the year ended Sept 30 likely rose to $139 million from $48 million from a year earlier, according to
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      Lock icon Chairman: Chrysler will post very low profit in 2000
      135 8 -AFP FRANKFURT Chrysler, the troubled US arm of DaimlerChrysler, will "see a very low profit for the year," the chairman of the Germany-US car giant, Mr Juergen Schrempp said. Given the amount that Chrysler made in the first half of the
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      Lock icon Compaq sees 3-year growth
      108 8 Bloomberg News COMPAQ Computer, the biggest maker of personal computers, said revenue from technology services in Asia will grow by more than 20 per cent every year through 2003, as more Asians move their businesses online. "Many businesses are employing technology for the first time" in
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      Lock icon Doubts on cell phone goldmine
      695 9 Bloomberg News Analysts say Asia has not fully recovered from economic ills HONG KONG Ericsson, Nokia and other equipment makers have gained as much as Usl7o billion ($298 billion) worth of orders for new cell phone networks in Europe. Will they find the same gold
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      80 9 CASIO. B\ j Hp din The Gift of the Season! Coo! ,nd Slim, the Pocket Viewer from Casio is the perfect gift for your family or friends. Compact and equipped with a multitude of functions, this slim PDA gives you the flexibility to store and view important data on the
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  • MARKET NEWS
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      Down... slowly
      438 10 Singapore shares dip lower due to lack of fresh leads SINGAPORE shares drifted lower yesterday to end just one point off the day's low at 1930.97, or 1.25 per cent. There was no follow-through of the frenzied buying seen on Friday and traders said forced selling for unsettled
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      Profit-taking erase earlier gains in KL
      414 10 KUALA LUMPUR Selling pressure pushed the market lower yesterday after a firm opening. The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index traded in a tight range of less than 10 points throughout, and it closed 1.9 points lower at 723.8. Noticeably, the market lacks direction with no
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Alleged traitors escape death
      284 11 -AFP Charge reduced for 14 arrested in Malaysian cult case KUALA LUMPUR Fourteen alleged Islamic cultists involved in Malaysia's first treason trial escaped the threat of the gallows yesterday when they were charged with a lesser offence. Prosecutors originally charged all 29 defendants with "waging war"
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      Lock icon Bus bumps off Butt Bridge in Dublin
      67 11 Reuters photo A bus sinks into the river Liffey from Butt Bridge in Dublin city centre after an accident last Sunday. Irish divers managed to rescue the driver, whose injuries are not believed to be life threatening. The bus fell into the river
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      Ozone hole may close up in 50 years
      199 11 BUENOS AIRES The hole in the southern hemisphere's ozone layer will start shrinking within a decade and should close completely in the next 50 years, according to an international panel. Data unveiled at a conference in Argentina suggest that the global effort
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      Lock icon North Korea deploys troops
      193 11 AFP SEOUL North Korea has deployed new artillery units along the border with South Korea despite the reconciliation proces, the South's government said yesterday. The communist state' upgraded military power by reorganising army divisions and deploying 500 short-range missiles and other artillery, said a defence ministry
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      Lock icon US, China net row deepens
      136 11 Reuters HONG KONG A dispute between the United States and China over the control of Chinese-scripted Internet addresses deepened yesterday as China reiterated its claim over all Chinese language internet domain names. "We hope that Chinese people would have the mandate over Chinese domain names,"
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      Lock icon Surprise!
      254 12 -AFP Philippine army hunters become the hunted JOLO They were sent out as hunters, but little did the Filipino infantrymen prowling the Jolo countryside on Sunday suspect that they would soon become the hunted. Their mission: to "clean up" any remaining members of the Abu Sayyaf in the area.
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      Lock icon Dalai Lama: 50th year as head
      218 12 -AFP DHARAMSALA (India) The Dalai Lama celebrated his 50th anniversary as Tibetan head of state yesterday, attended by Tibetan Buddhism's senior clergy and thousands of devotees. Tibet's spiritual leader, living in exile since 1959, arrived at the main temple in the northern Indian town
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      Lock icon Boy, 2, in stolen car dies of heart attack
      178 12 Reuters SYDNEY A two-year-old boy died after he was abandoned in the back seat of a car stolen while his mother was in a supermarket, police said yesterday. The boy died from an apparent heart attack brought on by extreme heat.
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      Lock icon Poor sunlight makes Swedes sad and fat
      138 12 -AFP STOCKHOLM Sweden is dark. Last month was exceptionally gloomy, as the country saw only a fraction of what little sunlight normally shines here at this time of the year. Stockholm recorded a total of eight hours of sunlight last month, compared with
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      Lock icon Another Australian shark hit
      202 12 -AFP SYDNEY Another shark attack has been reported in Australia, this time the victim is a spear fisherman. The man suffered deep cuts to his left arm in the attack at Sykes Reef, near Heron island, where he had been fishing with two companions. Capricorn Helicopter
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      Lock icon 'China will never forget bombing'
      218 13 Reuters BELGRADE China will never forget May 7,1999 the day its embassy in Belgrade was hit by American bombs, said Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan. The visiting minister laid a wreath on Sunday at the gate of Beijing's ruined embassy in the Yugoslav capital to commemorate
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      Lock icon China's toilet strategy to Olympics
      158 13 -AFP BEIJING China will clean up hundreds of public toilets and equip them with modern facilities such as "lively music" to improve its chances of hosting the 2008 Olympics. Municipal authorities have settled on a two-year plan to revamp, renovate and in some cases, rebuild
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      Lock icon Rent a granny
      278 13 Reuters Scheme helps parents cope with kids BERLIN Lonely German pensioners are hiring themselves out to stressed-out single mothers to take their children off their hands for a few hours a week. The innovative "Rent-a-Granny" scheme illustrates Germany's demographic dilemma too few children are being born to
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      Lock icon Fight for democracy
      376 14 -AFP New political alliance in Pakistan seeks peaceful end to coup ISLAMABAD Pakistan's former arch-rival political heavyweights have joined forces for the first time, in a bid to restore democracy in the country following last year's coup. The Pakistan Muslim League (PML) and the Pakistan People's Party
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      Lock icon British experts probe HK air traffic safety
      177 14 -AFP HONG KONG British aviation experts have been drafted in to review Hong Kong's air traffic control amid mounting concerns over safety levels. The three-member team from the British Civil Aviation Authority has began conducting a five-day study, starting yesterday, in an effort
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      Lock icon Plunge that's a stunt
      45 14 -AFP photo Frenchman Laurent Fischer takes the first plunge from a thirty-metre tower erected at Adventure World for the High Dive Stunt Show in Perth on Friday. Fischer took his time to consider the dive before taking off in windy conditions.
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      Lock icon Canada to screen immigrants for HIV
      124 14 Reuters TORONTO Canada, concerned with health risks to its citizens, plans to screen would-be immigrants for HIV and Hepatitis B and deny them entry if they test positive. People applying to immigrate to Canada are currently only tested for tuberculosis and syphilis Canada, which
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      Lock icon Brazilian men want hairless bodies
      107 14 -AFP RIO DE JANEIRO Say what you will about virile and sexy hairy men, but in Brazil, the real men take it all off. Creams, razors, waxes and laser technology are all part of the Brazilian man's regime to maintain a hairless body. To dispel
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Question: Has science gone mad?
      982 15 DRY ICE by Sisyphus FLOURINE in drinking water is good for the teeth. What is perchlorate in drinking water gooc for? Wrong question. It is already known that perchlorate in high doses can inhibit the production of thyroid hormones, which in turn will upset foetal
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  • RELAX
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      Lock icon Bringing the dream home
      1528 16 Viewpoint Global Today art by Mexico's new President Vicente Fox talks to Global Viewpoint editor Nathan Gardels about the challenges ahead for his government NG: The Mexican writer Carlos Monsivais once said that because the system doesn't work in Mexico for the average person, "everyone becomes
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      In Mexico, a pact broken
      289 17  -  Carlos Fuentes by. MEXICO CITY In the wake of the revolution, the Party of the Institutional Revolution (PRI) made a pact with the people. It would give them education, health, communications and stability. In exchange, they would have to tolerate the authortiarian government that will
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      Spotted dogs, canine capers
      428 23  -  Junie Ong Cruella De Vil returns as the Dalmations' greatest nightmare by. www.eastciti.com OEQUELS are tricky. Fortunately, for the spotOted canines brought to fame by the movie, 101 Damnations, in 1996, Disney Studio's follow-up with 102 Dalmations is worth quite a few barks. But only if
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      Lock icon Warner Bros to Trust Catherine Zeta-Jones
      156 23 Reuters NEW YORK Warner Bros, has made a deal to turn the British miniseries Trust into a feature to be developed as a star vehicle for Catherine ZetaJones. The film is described as a sexy thriller in the vein of Fatal Attraction, which started
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      Memorable cheryl
      606 24  -  Stanley Leong She's not the hunted, but the hunter, who strikes out to lay traps at places of visual appeal, relevant to the weekend programme links that she produces and hosts on television. She is Channel NewsAsia producer/presenter, Cheryl Fox. by. www.eastciti.com YOUR memory is terrible! The cameraman
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      The trust between you and a taxi driver
      916 25  -  Khairuddin Sharom Never take for granted those who serve you they could save your life by. "HELLO, good afternoon, boss! Where to?" The cab driver cheerfully greeted me as I rushed into his cab one gloomy, wet afternoon. After glancing at me
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      Zoe lay's long distance love
      553 26  -  Hazel Tan For Zoe and her man, absence makes their hearts grow fonder by. hazel@newstoday.com.sg HER king is far away from her. And it's been five long months since she last got a hug from him. But Queen of Caldecott Zoe Tay is coping well.
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  • SHOWCASE
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      Thinking child
      779 19  -  Rosalind Png Workshops that can help develop the necessary skills Compiled by rosalind@newstoday.com.sg Money Skills for children Today, Dec 8 and 12 Tanjong Pagar CC: 10 am noon Alexandra CC: 2 4 pm Want your child to learn how money works and be able to manage their spending
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
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      915 20 6.30 Singapore Today of a freak accident. f W 7.00 My Fair Princess 2 Before the accident, he was workJ (Ep.4l/48): The emperor is very ing in a shipping company as a f\4 >^-l angry with the empress when he contractor earning at least $1,000 ■Bad m\ JJ^ discovers that
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
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      811 21 ON CABLE ON RADIO W Entertainment (Ch 56) News Radio 93.8 FM V^ Beauty Parade AM News Talk i^^ Pm 6-10 am This comedy combines action and Wake up to the latest news, laughs. Cast: Ding Hao and Lei sportswatch, business news, 6.30pm Denver, the Last y > Zhen. "live"
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
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      1181 22 C/5 Red Planet: 12.40pm, 2.50,7,9.15 Charlie's Angels: 11.15am, 1.15pm, Skyline Cruisers (M): 11.45am, 2pm, |d| Skyline Cruiser (M): Ipm, 3, 7.25, 3!15, 5.15,7.15,9.15 4.15,6.30,8.55 Cj) 9.25 Chicken Run: 1.15pm, 5.30,7.15 EW SUN PLAZA Red Planet: 10.50am, Ipm, 5, 7.10, A """v^ 1 A 102 Dalmatians: llam ipro. 3>5. 7' 9
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  • TECH NEWS
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      The Internet, a star performer
      597 27  -  Sol E Solomon IT researcher expects high growth in modem and broadband access by. soloraon@newstoday.com.sg IN Asia-Pacific, the Internet access market is one of the fastest growing of the region's telecommunications sector. Currently, the number of AsiaPacific subscribers using modembased Internet access is 19.3 million,
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      Contest boosts e-biz adoption Listen to your e-mail?
      322 27 A COMPETITION aimed at the development of novel e-business applications has enjoyed overwhelming response, said its joint organisers, the Singapore Advanced Research Education Network (SingAREN), sttarfire.com and iPlanet E-Commerce Solutions. Open to tertiary students in Singapore, a key objective of the Advanced
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      IP to get more traffic
      109 27 INTERNET traffic among Asian firms grew over 50 per cent in 1999 and will continue to grow at that rate, a survey of the region's businesses and governments on their telecommunications and Internet use, revealed. The Telstra Telecom Asia User Survey learnt that in Singapore,
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      When you just can't get enough
      484 28  -  Sam Chua A dual processor system that's made for the power hungry by: sam@newstoday.com.sg APPLE recently unveiled two models of its Power Mac G4 line that come standard with dual processors. The chips of these 450MHz and 500MHz systems contain Velocity Engine that the
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      Little enough for small spaces
      188 28 GATEWAY launched its Gateway Profile 3 a desktop computer that the vendor said is made for homes and small workspace environments where space is at a premium. The design of the slim 6-inch deep machine has the computer directly behind a 15-inch TFT flat panel
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      The PDA gets smaller
      176 28 XIRCOM Asia-Pacific, a provider of mobile information access products, introduced its Rex 6000 MicroPDA. The little 857mm 540 by smm personal digital assistant (PDA) can fit into a small purse, wallet or shirt pocket. Its touch screen and stylus lets users input their calendar, address book,
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  • SEEFOOD
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      Sslad?
      362 29  -  Pauline Loh Would you get high on a On the Canadian Safari at MaMa Africa, you'd love your vegetables! by. pauline@newstoday.com.sg We got drunk during the first course. And it was just the salad a delicious salad, and pretty as a picture, too. And Ido assure you this is
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      Hefty Halfpint
      896 30  -  Pauline Loh Stylish baby that sits pretty and packs a pow by. pauline@newstoday.com.sg BLUE, orange, black and white in transparent shades. Instruction buttons which will please an idiot savant. A size designed to fit into basic bed-sitters or sophisticated st dio apartments. Bright primary colours that blem into
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      Bedok food centre – the grand old dame
      348 30  - Bedok food centre the grand old dame Anthony Kwan by. anthony@newstoday.com.sg THE Bedok Central Hawker Centre used to be the inplace when I was a teenager. There were no aircon food courts, cafes and coffee joints around then, so this hot and stuffy hawker centre was the only affordable option
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      353 29 \^/@l@Uj*CLt6 llt€ T@StlV(s I 1) This contest is open 10 all except staff and family members oi Lam Soon •w J 1 Singapore and their advertising agencies ftjl 11/:> I] fl I/I flj Xk)~tfn WimSMSt 2) Fill m your particulars on ths official entry form tlt/Vl'i'\/ll'll>t't/t/illf frt/l>ll' I 3) Multiple
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Kidd's play
      379 31 Reuters His fourth three-pointer of second half gives Phoenix slim lead NBA Phoenix 84 Portland 79 PHOENIX-Jason Kidd scored 23 of his 29 points in the second half as the Phoenix Suns rallied to beat the Portland Trail Blazers 84-79. The Suns scored the last 10 points of
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      The going's not so hot for Miami Heat
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      Lock icon Aussies are tops: Media
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      Lock icon Love wins, coming from behind
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      Lock icon Beat him thrice, then let's talk
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      Grandmasters not finished yet
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