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Title Section10 2000-12-16 1 TODAY Saturday December 16, 2000 MITA(P) 138 11 21 0010 words
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Article, Illustration133 2000-12-16 1 This year's winner is surprise, surprise BEARS and fibre optics were the. winning ingredients for this year's Best Decorated Building Competition. Parco Bugis Junction, which took home the coveted Singapore Tourism Board (STB) prize for the shopping centre.category, for the first time, used these to create a romantic and cuddly133 words
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Article616 2000-12-16 1 Kim-Kyna Tan - Kim-Kyna Tan Departure to Singapore stopped as Taiwan asks for another guarantee this time from SIA by kkn@newstoday.com.sg YESTERDAY morning, a little boy came on the line and informed this reporter: "Mummy and daddy are coming home today." The day came and went, but his616 words
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Miscellaneous23 2000-12-16 1 Mjchelle Yeoh: You'll see a new me 20 Speakers' Corner demo: Think Centre, police respond 6 One schoolboy's passionate appeal to FAS 3423 words
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HOT NEWS
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Article273 2000-12-16 2 Spore-US free trade negotiations not this year SINGAPORE and the United States are unlikely to achieve their muchanticipated free trade agreement by the end of the year. Speaking at the end of the second week of three-week of negotiations in Washington, the head of the Singapore273 words
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Article, Illustration289 2000-12-16 2 Mahesha Thenabadu - Mahesha Thenabadu b y COMPETITION for Internet subscribers is going to get hotter in the coming year. Singapore Cable Vision's (SCV) President, Mr Yong Lum Sung, told I TODAY that plans for multi-tier services are in the pipeline. At the moment, subscribers to SCV Max Online,289 words
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101 2000-12-16 2 Reuters BOMBAY Bollywood film financier Bharat Shah, whose latest star-studded blockbuster is set for release next week, was questioned by police yesterday over the financing of the film. Police said crime branch officers questioned Shah, who has financed over 100 big-budget Bollywood movies, on the– Reuters - 101 words
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Article124 2000-12-16 2 No more NZS'pore tariffs FROM Jan 1, when an agreement between Singapore and New Zesjand comes into force, tariffs on all goods traded between the two countries will be eliminated. Singapore and New Zealand have completed all necessary domestic and legal constitutional procedures for the Closer Economic Partnership trade agreement,124 words
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Article175 2000-12-16 2 AFP CHERNOBYL The infamous Chernobyl nuclear plant, site of the world's worst civil nuclear accident in 1986, was finally shut down yesterday. A white-clad nuclear engineer pulled a black emergency switc deactivating reactor number three the only one still in operation at the decrepit plant in northwest UkraineAFP - 175 words
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Article395 2000-12-16 3 Charged with mishandling share sales UNITED Overseas Bank's investment banking unit, charged with mishandling two share sales, yesterday claimed trial, indicating it would likely contest the charges. A pretrial conference is set for Jan. 3. Singapore's white collar crime squad alleges UOB Asia made misleading statements395 words
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Article, Illustration19 2000-12-16 3 AFP photo Steam and volcanic ash rising at dawn over Mexico's Popocatepetl volcano on Thursday.AFP photo - 19 words
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122 2000-12-16 3 A YOUNG man who threatened an 18-year-old girl with a toy gun and molested her was yesterday sentenced to four years' jail and eight strokes of the cane. The court heard that three months ago, Mohamed Iskandar Ismail, 19, was upset that122 words
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252 2000-12-16 3 \g Boon Yian - \g Boon Yian I by boonyian@newstoday.com.sg ONE would expect to find Administrative Officers only in the higher echelons of the Civil Service. But now, they can also be found close to the ground where grassroots activities flourish. The Government has been posting some252 words
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328 2000-12-16 3 Maurice Png - Maurice Png by IT was everything that parents avoid talking to their children about. And interestingly, there were no parents present yesterday, when a handful of children talked sex. One wonders if this was a preview of what is in store when schools328 words
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Article157 2000-12-16 4 BERLIN r Convicted US spy Edmund Pope, released from a Russian prison after a presidential pardon, said that pleasant memories had helped get him through his eight-month ordeal. "I did a lot of recollection of past experiences and family," Mr Pope told reporters at157 words
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Article189 2000-12-16 4 David Ngiau - David Ngiau 22-year-old police station shuts down by davKHS'newstoday.com.sg A FEW simple words summed up the mood when Geylang Police Division prepared to close its doors forever. Police Commissioner Khoo Boon Hui's words stated the inevitable. "I now declare the Geylang Police Division decommissioned," he said. And Geylang189 words
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Article, Illustration179 2000-12-16 4 Agencies.. MANILA This black imitation leather bag had been stuffed with millions of pesos allegedly used to bribe President Joseph Estrada over 22 months. At least that was what Mr Estrada's "bagman", provincial governor Luis Singson, told the Senate impeachment trial yesterday. Mr Singson, a key– Agencies.. - 179 words
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Article178 2000-12-16 4 FAILURE to verify a photocopied work permit has landed an elderly couple in hot soup. Huang Ming Ching, 64, and his wife, Lee Wai Chun were found guilty of employing an illegal immigrant, and fined $17,280 in court yesterday. The operators of Kum Lee178 words
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Article83 2000-12-16 4 -AFP INTERLAKEN Two extreme sports tour guides in Switzerland have been jailed following the death of an American tourist during a bungee jump that went wrong. The death in May of the 21--year-old tourist was due to "gross negligence" on the part of the "Adventure World"-AFP - 83 words
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132 2000-12-16 4 -AFP LONDON After 27 years behind bars for a murder he denies, a Briton was refused bail yesterday pending an appeal expected to clear him. The prosecution apparently had not had time to study his file. Stephen Downing, 44, was 17 when-AFP - 132 words
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Miscellaneous109 2000-12-16 4 READ 0N... Happiness is TCS artistes get more money, better terms as they sign new contracts/6 UMC to build 556.2 billion plant This is the largest ever investment in the semiconductor industry /7 Faster, leaner Developer to adopt new building methods/8 Join my Cabinet Bush party hints of high office109 words
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HOME NEWS
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Article225 2000-12-16 5 Reuters WASHINGTON The US National Transportation Board insists that Capt Tsu Way Ming crashed Silk Air plane on purpose, killing all 104 people on board. This, despite the investigation by the Singapore police and the Indonesian investigators, which failed to show any evidence to clinch this claim. The– Reuters - 225 words
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Article119 2000-12-16 5 A FOUR-YEAR-OLD girl was found dead on a mattress with a bruise on her back, and evidence of brute force that could have ruptured her intestines and killed her. Yesterday afternoon, the police arrested a man, who is said to be her aunt's boyfriend, in connection119 words
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Article128 2000-12-16 5 A FATHER of three young children was yesterday sentenced to nine months' jail and six strokes of the cane for molesting his Indonesian maid. Ang Kheng Beng, 34, had outraged Ms Tri Yantiningsih Bind Parto, 21, on three occasions over the past six months. In January128 words
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Article, Illustration401 2000-12-16 6 Hazel Tan - Happiness is Hazel Tan TCS artistes get more money, better terms as they sign new contracts by hazel@newstoday.coin.sg HE had his salary deducted by almost $1,000 when he renewed his contract with the then Television Corporation of Singapore two years ago. But on Thursday, it was a differnent feeling when401 words
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339 2000-12-16 6 I REFER to the letter in TODAY (Dec 14) by Mr S. Ramamirthan. The purpose of the event jointly organised by Think Centre was to commemorate International Human Rights Day. The Internal Security Act (ISA) is a contradiction against human339 words
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Article, Illustration201 2000-12-16 6 I REFER to the article Is Speakers' Corner for demos? (TODAY, Dec 14) and other media queries on the Speakers' Corner. The Think Centre has also reported on its website that it had, together with the Open Singapore Centre, organised an event at Speakers' Corner201 words
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121 2000-12-16 6 I REFER to the article headed Avatar Exiled in TODAY (Dec 14). Mr Ravi Veloo should be given credit for being the first Singaporean to create and produce the country's first ever sci-fi movie. It is called Star Woks. Boone Ong Editor's note: When121 words
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BUSINESS NEWS
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Article, Illustration668 2000-12-16 7 Chan Chao Peh - Chan Chao Peh The largest investment in Singapore's semiconductor industry By chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE'S semiconductor industry received a strong boost yesterday with its biggest ever investment of US$3.6 billion (Ss6;2 billion). The investment came from Taiwan's United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) which will build a waferALVIN TOH - 668 words
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191 2000-12-16 7 SANYO Compressor Singapore is making money, but that has not spared it from getting the chop. That's because its parent company Sanyo Electric is worried that the Singapore unit may lose money as compressor prices continue to fall. Sanyo Compressor Singapore's managing director, Mr191 words
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Article105 2000-12-16 7 Bloomberg News SINGAPORE'S export growth slowed in November as shipments of chemicals failed to offset weaker demand for computer chips used in mobile phones and other communications devices. Non-oil domestic exports rose 13 per cent from a year earlier to US$lO.6 billion (5518.4 billion) in November,Bloomberg News - 105 words
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Article, Illustration338 2000-12-16 8 Chin Weilin - Chin Weilin Developers to adopt new building methods By FROM next year, developers can reduce construction time of their projects by 20 per cent and labour requirements by 50 per cent. This is when the "Buildable Design" legislation comes into effect. Designers will have to use more338 words
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185 2000-12-16 8 Bloomberg News MELBOURNE Australia New Zealand Banking Group said its alliance in online banking with OCBC will not begin operations until next year. The US$lOO million (Ssl74 million) venture was aimed to attract the 40 million affluent Internet banking clients expected in EastBloomberg News - 185 words
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Article75 2000-12-16 8 NOVENA Holdings, a homegrown manufacturer and retailer of household furniture and furnishings, yesterday announced that its public tranche of 1.1 million shares was about 6.5 times subscribed. The private placement tranche has 7.15 million shares. This category was about 1.2 times subscribed. Another 2.75 million shares are reserved75 words
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Article305 2000-12-16 8 Lee Yew Meng - Lee Yew Meng By yewmeng@newstoday.com.sg SOME 15,000 CDP investors have signed up for the e-mail service which was launched in July. This was announced by Mr Thomas Kloet, CEO of Singapore Exchange, yesterday when he opened the CDP's front office yesterday. The service allows account305 words
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155 2000-12-16 8 Bloomberg News AUCKLAND Air New Zealand and its Australian unit, Ansett Holdings, are offering severance packages to staff in the wake of the merger of the two carriers. The proposal, extended to all of the airlines' combined 21,000 employees, conjes six– Bloomberg News - 155 words
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Article204 2000-12-16 9 Hong Leong Bank's takeover of Wah Tat Bank and CCM seen as positive move KUALA LUMPUR One of Malaysia's 10 selected anchor banking groups, Hong Leong Bank, said today the group was ready to begin operations as a merged entity from Jan 2 next year. Its204 words
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Advertisement211 2000-12-16 9 At Funtasia 2000, parents and children alike can have an unforgettable weekend. There's going to be lots of activities, games >tr^L.i i and contests with great gifts for the children. And parents can look forward to exciting events, shopping, as well as promotions from the various outlets. Here's a taste211 words
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MARKET NEWS
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Article, Illustration505 2000-12-16 10 MARKETS across Asia were dragged down by lower closings on Wall Street as investors focused on earnings-related concerns. Warnings by Chase Manhattan and JP Morgan on their merged entity's profit expectations and the Bank of England's report that again warned of banks' exposures to the505 words
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Article, Illustration414 2000-12-16 10 KUALA LUMPUR Shares fell with the Kuala Lumpur Composite Index initially breaching the 700 level to the day's low at 697.8. But the index was supported in late trading to close at 700.4, a decline of 12.1 points or 1.7 per cent. There were 152,302414 words
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WORLD NEWS
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Article, Illustration383 2000-12-16 11 Bush's party hints of high office for willing Democrats TEXAS Centrist Democrats, the President-elect wants you. Republican Texas Governor George W Bush, finally declared the victor of the US presidential election on Wednesday, indicated his interest in trying to bring some Democrats into his adminstration. The Republican383 words
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140 2000-12-16 11 -AFP TOKYO Japan is shopping around for four tanker aircraft which will enhance its aerial capability and may fuel suspicion among her neighbours. The aircraft are among the items listed on Japan's five-yeai defence procurement plan unveiled yesterday. The purchases for Japan's Self-Defence Force-AFP - 140 words
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Article, Illustration171 2000-12-16 11 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Former police chief Rahim Noor yesterday lost his appeal to be spared a two-month jail sentence for assaulting former deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim. High Court Judge Zulkefli Ahmad Makinudin, rejecting Rahim's appeal against sentence, described the attack on the jailed Anwar as a-AFP - 171 words
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Article161 2000-12-16 11 -AFP BANGKOK Rumours have been rife that the Thai military may launch a coup if the Jan 6 general elections end on a messy note, with winners disqualified for buying their way to victory. The Election Commission, the powerful election watchdog, is reportedly planning-AFP - 161 words
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Article150 2000-12-16 11 -AFP LONDON A lewd e-mail from a woman relating graphic details of an intimate encounter landed a London lawyer in trouble, when it was eventually circulated to thousands of people. The extraordinary e-mail, according to British press reports Friday, began snowballing at 3.53 pm-AFP - 150 words
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Article326 2000-12-16 12 Agencies. Meat store banner sparks protests by Muslim Hui minority BEIJING Clashes between some members of China's Muslim Hui minority and the police left five people dead this week. The incident, in Shandong province, took place on Wednesday morning when more than 300 Muslim HuiAgencies. - 326 words
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Article, Illustration50 2000-12-16 12 Reuters BHOPAL Six-year-old Gauri (left) and her nine-year-old groom, Suresh, performing the wedding ceremony in Ratanpur village near Bhopal, the capital of Madhya Pradesh state on Dec 13. Despite a government ban on child marriages, they are still common in many rural parts of India.– Reuters - 50 words
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Article139 2000-12-16 12 Reuters BONN A top German politician was wrongly accused of being a spy for the communist East German regime due to a "copying error" at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). German media recently named former West German opposition leader Bjoern Engholm as an agent codenamed– Reuters - 139 words
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Article, Illustration314 2000-12-16 12 Agencies HAVANA The bear hugs and mutiple kisses of old were gone. Instead, only polite handshakes marked the start of the first visit by a Russian President to Cuba, Moscow's former Cold War ally, since the collapse of the Soviet Union– Agencies - 314 words
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136 2000-12-16 12 -AFP ISLAMABAD After its controversial decision to exile ousted Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his family to Saudi Arabia, the military government again surprised the nation. Nearly a week since the dramatic departure of Mr Sharif with a dozen-AFP - 136 words
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Article, Illustration319 2000-12-16 13 AFP French President says he knew nothing about party funding scheme PARIS French President Jacques Chirac's name has been linked to a massive corruption scheme that one newspaper called the "biggest scandal of the Fifth Republic". On Thursday, Mr Chirac (right) finally broke his silence on– AFP - 319 words
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Article, Illustration70 2000-12-16 13 Reuters photo BRUSSELS Marcus Mischler, a member of the Swiss family which owns the Euro Flying circus, went into a cage to keep the tiger company during the seizure of its assets on Thursday. The circus was ordered to leave its siteReuters photo - 70 words
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Article87 2000-12-16 13 Reuters SAN FRANCISCO A Malaysian accused of being the kingpin of an international animal-smuggling empire has pleaded guilty to US charges that he arranged the illegal import and sale of Komodo dragons and other endangered animals. Anson Wong pleaded guilty to 40 counts of smuggling,– Reuters - 87 words
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186 2000-12-16 13 Reuters BEIJING One of Beijing's top experts on Taiwan has accused the island of playing political games. Mr Kin Qi, a research fellow at the Centre for Peace and Development Studies, was dismissive of Taiwan's offer to openReuters - 186 words
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Article, Illustration395 2000-12-16 14 Reuters Lawmakers fear copycat crimes TOKYO Japanese politicians, often pre-occupied with their own political survival, rarely bother about the gratuitous sex and gore being dished out at local cinemas. But a new teenage flick has so horrified them that a group of politicians actually– Reuters; Reuters photo - 395 words
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215 2000-12-16 14 Reuters UNITED NATIONS Modern methods which establish the gender of foetuses have led to increased abortions of baby girls in South Asia. The growing use of ultrasound and amniocentesis to screen babies' health and enabling parents to learn their offspring's sex early– Reuters - 215 words
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218 2000-12-16 14 Reuters WASHINGTON Left unchecked, China may become the "Soviet bear" of the new century, said a top US general. The United States must thus focus on preventing China from becoming a military threat in the new century, said General Henry Shelton, chairman– Reuters - 218 words
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Article66 2000-12-16 14 -AFP LONDON Zimbabwe has sen 38 agents to spy on political opponents of President Robert Mugabe and white farmers who have taken refuge in Britain, said officials of an opposition group. The agents, mostly women, were said to be using diplomatic passports. They were monitoring activists-AFP - 66 words
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Article143 2000-12-16 14 Reuters WASHINGTON China is willing to talk about human rights with the United States. But the US must drop its "confrontational approach", said the Chinese embassy here on Thursday. One example of such an approach would be US sponsorship of a resolution critical of China's recordReuters - 143 words
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COMMENTARY
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Article, Illustration945 2000-12-16 15 DRY ICE by Sisyphus Nasa speculates layers' were made by water and hold life forms HOW far would you go for kuih lapis? Some people would go to great lengths for it. For those who have never seen any, they may even take a945 words
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Miscellaneous1328 2000-12-16 16 VL~BJy^ J» Unbreakable: 10.30 am, lpm, 2.30, Red Planet: 11am, 1.30pm, 4.10, 6.45, Charlie's Angels: 11.15 am, 5.15pm, l^L \W/ v I m 330' 6p7tls>B"3o> n 925> 1215 am 9-15- n-45 QjJ The Grinch: 111Oam- L 35> 40 5- 6-40> Gen"V C °PS (M>: 12.15pm, 2.30,4.45, Unbreakable: 11.20 am, 1.40pm,1,328 words
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SHOWCASE
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Article, Illustration350 2000-12-16 17 Rosalind Png - Rosalind Png Compiled by rosalind@newstoday.com.sg Karen Mok Autograph Session Today s~6pm Orchard Point, H2O Zone Karen Mok (above) will be signing autographs for fans who have bought tickets to her concert today. Don't miss the opportunity to get up front with the diva in person. Very Karen350 words
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Miscellaneous1068 2000-12-16 19 10.00 Best Of HeUo Kitty Alice ON CABLE ON RADIO in Wonderland HBO (Ch 60) Symphony 92.4 FM 10.30 Pokemon Jack frost Morning Mix 11.00 Max Steel 9 pm 10am Noon 11.30 Cyber Six In his pursuit of his dreams as a Wake up to the best of chamber Noon1,068 words
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RELAX
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Article, Illustration10 2000-12-16 20 Today photo by WEETECKHIANWEETECKHIAN - 10 words
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416 2000-12-16 20 Hazel Tan - Hazel Tan hazel.tan@newstoday.com.sg GET ready for a new Michelle Yeoh. A Michelle who falls in love on screen, romances a man, and perhaps, even provide some comic relief at the movies. Besides kicking butts, that is. The Bond416 words
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Article, Illustration633 2000-12-16 28 Lee Ching Wern - Pierre Png Actor and Gentleman Lee Ching Wern He's good-looking, hardworking and oh, by THE heat from the sun is unbearable. Burning props and choking smoke add to the discomfort. Director and crew are getting impatient and short-tem-pered. He struggles to say his lines in perfect Mandarin. He has to633 words
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Article, Illustration510 2000-12-16 28 Lee Ching Wern - Lee Ching Wern by: ALOUD explosion was heard at the Mandai Training Centre on Wednesday morning. And among those hurt were TCS stars Pierre Png and May Phua. Amidst the burning rubble and bodies around them, theyHEDYKHOO - 510 words
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Article, Illustration2297 2000-12-16 30 Lim Sek - Lim Sek DABBLER'S DAY Some not-to-be-missed plays and concerts if you are touring East Asia by limsek@musicmoveraent.com.sg School's out! Not only are the malls and cinemas crowded, even the airport is packed with families heading off for a quick family vacation. If you are one of the2,297 words
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SPORTS
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Article, Illustration514 2000-12-16 33 In four years, he could be one of the best: Dream Team man NEW YORK Nothing perked up the basketball media Down Under like the phenomenon of Yao Ming. Nothing at all. Not Vince Carter's le facial of Frederic Weis. Not even Lithuania's two near upsetsAllsport photo - 514 words
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279 2000-12-16 33 Reuters NBA Toronto 70 Knicks 68 TORONTO Vince Carter scored 24 points, including three crucial free throws in the last minute, to give the Toronto Raptors a come-from-behind victory over the New York Knicks. The All Star was 8-of-22 with eight– Reuters - 279 words
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714 2000-12-16 34 We received this letter in the post yesterday. It was written by a schoojboy who said that a new FAS ruling forced him out of soccer. We were struck by the sincerity and the honesty of this boy. Rather than write714 words
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Article, Illustration775 2000-12-16 35 Champion Lazio's derby clash with leader Roma is the weekend's cruncher MILAN Lazio hosts Olympic Stadium co-tenant AS Roma tomorrow in a Roman derby that for once has far more than mere city pride riding on it. The match between the eternal footballing rivals of theAllsport photo - 775 words
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373 2000-12-16 35 MADRID Real Madrid, despite keeping the Champions League firmly at the top of this season's shopping list, will look to shrug off the minor embarrassment of a midweek Cup loss at third division Toledo when it faces Espanyol today.373 words
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Ivanhoe V the Wizard
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Article, Illustration685 2000-12-16 36 Kenneth Goh - Kenneth Goh by kenneth@newstoday.com.sg THEY say the bookmakers hardly get their odds wrong. But, punters hoping to make some extra cash this festive season, need look no further than the bitter clash between Manchester United and Liverpool. Manchester has been made such an overwhelming685 words
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Article, Illustration848 2000-12-16 37 Leonard Thomas - Leonard Thomas by leonard@newstoday.com.sg IF YOU believe everything you read, then Liverpool had better not make the short trip up the M 6 to Old Trafford tomorrow. Only the hardest-nosed Liverpool fan will not admit that there is a little trepidation in him at848 words
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Article, Illustration498 2000-12-16 38 Reuters, AFP Magazine names Olympic stars Pieter and Inge World Swimmers of the Year Swimming PHOENIX Pieter van den Hoogenband (below) and Inge de Bruijn of the Netherlands were named "World Swimmers of the Year" by Swimming World magazine in this month's issue. It marks the first time– Reuters, AFP; Allspokt photo - 498 words
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Article260 2000-12-16 38 Golf SCOTLAND Ryder Cup captain Sam Torrance last night appealed for calm after American Phil Mickelson stoked up more ill-feeling between the two teams. The American left-hander and World No. 2 was blamed for starting much of the trouble in Brookline 15 months ago with260 words
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Article70 2000-12-16 38 Reuters Cricket ADELAIDE Brian Lara scored an unbeaten century an< shared a 183-run partnership with Jimmy Adams to help Wes Indies reach 274 for four in its first innings at the close of play in the third cricket Test against Australia yesterday. Lara finished on 136 with Adams– Reuters - 70 words
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Article, Illustration481 2000-12-16 39 Kelvin Phang - Kelvin Phang Hunks, babes and red-hot entertainment at Sentosa Beach Volleyball Championship 2000 by kelvin@newstoday.com.sg WE will prove that radio sucks. So said MediaCorp television artiste Robin Leong. The hunky Triple Nine star leads a TV All-Stars team comprising Ix Shen, Tracer Wong and Wendy Jacobs against a481 words
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Article, Illustration553 2000-12-16 40 Says United's Scholes, adding fuel to tomorrow's cruncher MANCHESTER Paul Scholes raised the stakes for tomorrow's clash with Liverpool by insisting: You were never a title contender. To him, the battle between Robbie Fowler and Michael Owen to join Emile Heskey in Liverpool's attack for553 words
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