Today, 29 May 2001, Afternoon Edition

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  • Title Section
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    9 1 TODAY Tuesday May 29, 2001 < MfTA (P) 138 *****0
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Air New Zealand, SIA and Qantas in airline buyout deal
      252 1 QANTAS Airlines announced early this morning that it has been approached to take a "significant stake" in Air New Zealand. The Australian carrier is acquiring the shareholding from Brierly Investments and Singapore Airlines Limited which together own 55 percent shares.
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      From KBE to KGE
      362 1 US and London markets are closed for holidays. DrTonyTan spells out new economy IT IS not enough for Singapore to be a Knowledge-Based Economy (KBE), we must aim to be a Knowledge-Driven Global Economy (KGE) if we are to survive economic set-backs and maintain current standards
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      Lock icon Arafat in Moscow for peace talks
      95 1 AFP MOSCOW Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is in Moscow today for a new round of talks with President Vladimir Putin in an attempt to end the bloodshed in the Middle East. Mr Arafat will meet Mr Putin, Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov and Orthodox Patriarch
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Novel job plan
      461 2  -  Lee U-Wen New initiative allows officers to try different jobs across stat boards by v we nfa'ne wsto day. c om.sg SINCE FIREfly, the new initiative under the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI), was launched last month, the response for the talentdevelopment programme has been growing
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      Half-baked idea lands woman in jail
      191 2  -  Najib Ahmad by re porte r@newstoday. com. sg IN the dock was an ambitious 24-year-old woman whose ultimate dream was to start her own bakery business. Armed with a certificate in bakery and some three years experience working at Delifrance, the future looked bright
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      SMS on SIA
      122 2 SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) customers can now be updated about their flight details via SMS anytime, anywhere in the world. This SMS flight-alert service first introduced in July last year to Singapore-based SIA customers is now accessible on all major telephone networks across all SIA destinations. The service
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      Lock icon Instant visas to Australia
      68 2 -AFP SINGAPOREANS heading to Australia can now get instant visas via the Internet. The Electronic Travel Authority, the computer equivalent of a visa, is valid for visits of up to three months. Travellers only need a valid passport and credit card when they log on to
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      Is Gus Dur's decree real?
      381 3 Disdain, amusement greet his security order JAKARTA One of Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid's favourite movies is the cowboy classic High Noon. With his personal high noon approaching, he had to fire a shot. Unfortunately for him, it was a blank. That was effectively what happened
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      TCM not yet ready to be mainstream treatment
      296 3 TRADITIONAL Chinese medicine (TCM) is increasingly popular here and in the world. But steps need to be taken before it can be recognised as a mainstream form of healthcare. Senior Parliamentary Secretary for the Prime Minister's Office and the Health Ministry, Mr
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      Lock icon Chinese editors sacked
      252 3 Agencies KUALA LUMPUR A number of top managers and key editors of Nanyang Press, which publishes the Nanyang Siang Pau and China Press dailies, were ordered to vacate their office by 8 pm yesterday. Sources told Malaysiakini that a new management led by rival media group 5m
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      Mystery of a press release
      172 3 THE Open Singapore Centre (OSC) seems to have a problem on its hands. In an e-mail to Today, a spokesman for the centre claimed that a press release in the centre's name was issued over the weekend. But this release, said the spokesman, was not
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      CMS bags transport award in Spain
      98 3 SINGAPORE'S Civil Aviation Authority (CAAS) was presented with the 2001 International Air Transport Association Eagle Award in Madrid yesterday. The lata Eagle Award recognises airport operators and air navigation service providers who give quality service and value for money to their airline customers. And
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      Postal code via SMS
      130 3 COME June 1, you will no longer need a directory or go online to find a postal code. In a community service effort, Sing Post and Worldßemind will on that day launch its SMS (Short Message System) Postal Code Enquiry System. To find a postal code,
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      Overworked!
      399 4  -  Shazalina Salim Teachers have too much to do to counsel students by s hazalina@>newstod ay.com. sg SCHOOLS need full-time counsellors, not teachers who double up as one. Teachers already have too much work to do. Making them take on their students' problems may even scare them into not having
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      Jailed for fighting
      94 4 A SECURITY officer was jailed for six weeks after he fought with his brother-in-law. Manjeet Singh, 41, pounced on Mr Karamjit Singh on Jan 12, just as the latter was about to retrieve his morning newspaper. Manjeet Singh told the court that he thought his brother-in-law was
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      Getting fathers to know their kids
      266 4  -  Lee U-Wen by uwen@newstoday.com.sg IN a bid to bridge the growing generation gap between parent and child, 16 dads and their young ones ditched the comforts of home and embarked on a rugged two-day adventure camp. Organised by the Centre of Fathering and Marine
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
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      111 4 READ 0N... The priest who wed a Moonie Archbishop met his wife only a few days ago/12 Politics of race Britain's race riots blamed on assimilation, weak educational system/ 13 Filming ends for local movie Star-studded Avatar to debut next year/2 1 The food of their lives Deprivation among hill
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  • LETTERS
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      Reject hike
      203 6  -  him Boon Hee Four reasons against public transport fare increase I REFER to reports that SMRT and Tibs have submitted proposals for fare revisions to the Public Transport Council (PTC). I hope the PTC will reject the fare increases which are being sought by the public transport operators.
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      SBS: Bus services to NUS and NTU adequate
      337 6 WE refer to the letter "Think of those who live east" by Mr Tom Ong {Today, May 22). SBS Express services are premium services introduced in support of the Government's continuous effort to reduce road congestion. It is also an attempt to
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      'Keep us informed'
      144 6  -  Anne Lint I WOULD like to bring to the authorities' attention what I consider unfair treatment on the part of developers during the recent launch of the executive condominium project (The Eden) in Tampines. The block I was interested in was not launched during the preview. I
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      How about automated kiosks?
      154 6  -  Tom Ong MORE and more kiosks are being set up at bus stops. While this provides a source of employment for stallkeepers and offers great convenience for passengers, it is not without its drawbacks. Firstly, it promotes littering at bus stops. The inconsiderate will simply discard
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      Correction: No free drugs in prison
      131 6 I REFER to the article "No Jail Please, I've Aids" (Today, May 22). It was reported that Mohannadas Jesudhass, who suffers from Aids, was sent to prison for nine months for stealing a woman's wallet. The article highlighted the fact that Mohannadas will get
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      It's time we groom local sportsmen
      141 6  -  LeeCH I REFER to the article "Shame of Mt Everest, how about Titanic?" (Today, May 26). A Singapore expedition led by a Malaysian? Two Malaysian citizens who are permanent residents of Singapore making it to the top? Look at sports in our country. Table
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      Align the road signs, please
      126 6  -  Chong Choon Hock PEDESTRIAN crossing sign posts at Capitol Building and St Andrew's Cathedral are not properly aligned. They are about five metres off. As a result, those crossing from St Andrew to Capitol are often caught by plain-clothes officers and made to pay fines.
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Finally, deal!
      353 8  -  Sol E Solomon GES concludes bid for Eltech after long delay by so lomo nwiiews toa ay.com. sg AFTER four days of trading suspension, GES International yesterday finally got to go public on its purchase of Eltech Electronics. GES will pay 32 cents for each of the slightly
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      Who will get to take M1?
      328 8  -  Chan Chao Peh by eh a ope nisme wsioaay. c o m. sg MALAYSIA'S largest mobile phone operator, Maxis Communications, is one of the most likely bidders for Mobile One (Ml). "It makes more sense for them to bid" as Maxis can expand its
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      Executive condo projects draw buyers
      194 8 TWO executive condominium projects have received more than their fair share of attention in an otherwise sluggish property market. Some 270 units or 68 per cent of the 400 units of The Eden in Tampines offered for sale have been sold over two weekends. Mr
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    • Market Watch
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        Tourist arrivals
        90 8 VISITOR arrivals in April declined by 3.8 per cent over the same month last year to 612,800. The Singapore Tourism Board attributed the fall to the "exceptionally high base experienced in April last year when arrivals reached a record of 636,970 which was a growth of 21.5 per
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        Domestic wholesale index
        82 8 SINGAPORE'S domestic wholesale trade index fell 6.6 per cent in the first quarter of this year after six consecutive quarters of double-digit growth. Excluding petroleum, the index fell by 4.6 per cent, the first decline since the second quarter of 1999. The foreign wholesale trade index in
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        SembCorp's new bonds
        78 8 SEMBCORP Industries has announced that it will issue a second series of $150 million seven-year fixed rate notes and a third series of $100 million three-year fixed rate notes. They will respectively bear fixed rate coupons of 4.125 per cent per annum and 3.21 per cent per
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        Hospital project
        43 8 EZYHEALTH Asia Pacific announced that its Malaysia-based subsidiary Greatcare Systems has been awarded a RM1.02 million project to provide a hospital information system to Assunta Hospital. Work is expected to begin next month and is to be completed within six months.
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      Singapore market
      310 9 Market news THE gentie rising trend of last week took a back seat as US markets fell in profit taking Friday. Ahead of Memorial Day holiday on Monday, volumes traded on both NYSE and Nasdaq were the thinnest this year as buyers retreated to the sidelines. Speculative penny
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      Malaysia market
      172 9 KUALA LUMPUR Lacking in fresh leads, the local bourse started the week softly. With the US taking a long weekend break, local investors have even less incentive to participate actively in the market. Taking the cue from the profit taking in the lower liners at the end of
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      Lock icon Keppel to divest
      273 9 Bloomberg News Some office property units to go by end of the year SHANGHAI Keppel Land, the property arm of Singapore's largest diversified group, will announce plans to divest some of its office assets before the year ends. "We are in a fairly advanced stage of exploring
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      Hitting the STI, almost
      73 9 MR Mike Lee (right) was the lucky winner of a Palm mIOO in the recent Netßesearch Asia contest at www.netresearchasia.com. He knew about the contest from Today, He made a predic- tion of ST Index on May 11 which is only 0.53 points off the actual
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      Lock icon GSK units on the block
      72 9 Bernama-AFX-ASIA TOKYO GlaxoSmithKline is undertaking a "facilities master plan" aimed at assessing whether any of its 24 global research and development sites should be closed or redeployed, the Financial Times reported. It said all the major sites particularly six that had been designated centres of
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      Lock icon Yamaha to buy stake in Indian bike maker
      77 9 Bloomberg News NEW DELHI Yamaha Motor of Japan will buy Indian partner Escorts's 26 per cent stake in a local motorcycle joint venture for 700 million rupees ($27.2 million), the Financial Express reported. After the sale, Yamaha will become the sole owner
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      Lock icon Taiwan's 3G licences
      63 9 Bernama-AFX-ASIA TAIPEI Taiwan will issue five licences for third-generation (3G) mobile communication services in December this year. Operators will have to pay 30 per cent of the bid price as a downpayment for the licence, and the rest by instalment. Taiwan's cabinet has yet to determine the
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Race flames rage on
      303 10 Gangs rampage across Oldham in second night of rioting OLDHAM Gangs of youths hurled petrol bombs and erected burning barricades during a second night of rioting on Sunday night. Sporadic fighting across the town escalated in the early hours of the morning as police in full
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      Lock icon Chinese women divided on role
      220 10 Reuters KUALA LUMPUR Chinese women are divided on how to handle modern career pressures and their traditional subordinate family role, an international conference heard. More than 600 ethnic Chinese women from Asia and Australia met for two days to discuss the "perils and possibilities" of
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      Lock icon US hostage appeal
      121 10 -AFP ZAMBOANGA (Philippines) An American man held hostage by Muslim guerillas appealed yesterday to the Philippine government over local radio to negotiate his release. Mr Martin Burnham, 41, one of 20 captives seized from an upmarket western Philippine resort on Sunday, told DZXL radio that he and
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      Lock icon Cyclone fear
      76 10 AFP KARACHI Pakistani authorities are fearing for the safety of some 8,000 fishermen aboard 700 boats which have headed out to sea unaware of a dangerous cyclone hovering off the coast. As areas of southern Pakistan and India remained on high alert, officials in this southern port city
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      Lock icon Casino move?
      344 11 AFP Australian tycoon plans move to South Pacific haven SYDNEY Australia's wealthiest man and media tycoon, Mr Kerry Packer, is planning to shift his Internet gaming operation to Vanuatu. This will allow him to dodge restrictive Australian legislation, according to reports. A move to the South Pacific islandnation
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      Lock icon No passport for those who mar KL's image
      140 11 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR The government has banned 78 people from travelling overseas because they had tarnished Malaysia's image during previous trips abroad, a deputy minister said yesterday. Their activities also prejudiced national security, Deputy Home Minister Zainal Abidin Zin told the Senate.
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      Lock icon An ugly memorial?
      132 11 Reuters WASHINGTON US President George W Bush signed a law yesterday to build a World War II memorial, seen as an overdue tribute. But critics argue that the planned building is a blight on Washington's green space. The memorial will have granite pillars, bronze wreaths and gold
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      Lock icon Is this the face of elation?
      61 11 Reuters A PERFORMER with Canada's Cirque Dv Soteil strikes a pose with a hand-held lighting device at the opening in Sydney of the production, Alegria, a Spanish word expressing elation, joy and jubilation. The show draws on the essence of traditional circus, featuring an
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      Lock icon Harry Potter's hot in China
      295 11 AFP BEIJING The Harry Potter books have sold more than 1.3 million copies in China, prompting the launch of the fourth book in the series in the world's most populous country, publishers said yesterday. Sales of the first three Barry Potter books started in China
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      Lock icon The priest who wed a Moonie
      443 12 -AFP Archbishop met his wife only a few days ago NEW YORK A Roman Catholic Archbishop has raised eyebrows by marrying a Korean woman in a group wedding conducted by the controversial Reverend Sun Myung Moon. Archbishop Emmanuel Milingo, long a thorn in the
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      Lock icon Koizumi's record
      108 12 Reuters TOKYO Support for Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi is holding firm at record-high levels a month since taking office, according to an opinion poll published yesterday. Of over 1,000 voters surveyed by the Mainichi Shimbun daily, 87 per cent said they supported Mr Koizumi, up from 85
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      Lock icon 900,000 illegal abortions
      95 12 -AFP JAKARTA As many as 900,000 abortions were carried out in Indonesia last year, despite a government ban on the operation. Minister of Women's Empowerment Khofifah Indar Parwansa was quoted by the Indonesian Observer yesterday as saying the survey figures showed a high rate of unwanted teenage
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      And now, the Bear Man
      130 12 ASSAM Just as the Monkey Man hysteria dies down in New Delhi, villagers in northeast India are being plagued by a new prowler the Bear Man. Villagers in areas of Assam claim the creature makes itself invisible before attacking people. The Bear Man apparently disappears
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      Lock icon Anger at refugee centre
      178 12 -AFP SYDNEY The Australian government denied yesterday that baton-wielding police used excessive force during a predawn search-and-arrest raid in a detention centre. Officials said 21 men and one woman were arrested, and a cache of homemade weapons, including knives, spiked poles, and a garotte fashioned from
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Lock icon Politics of race
      716 13 Britain's race riots blamed on assimilation, weak educational system British newspapers comment on the implications of the worst race riots in the English town of Oldham that erupted over the weekend after a gang of white youths threw bricks at a house belonging to a Bangladeshi family.
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  • INFO TECH
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      Better service
      444 14  -  Sol E Solomon As firms here realise the importance of call centres by solomoQ@n ewsto d ay.com. sg MORE companies both multinationals as well as local SMEs are realising the importance of call centres as an integral part of their operations, a call centre chieftain notes. Whether it
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      Polycom Inc buys PictureTel
      168 14 A BROADBAND communications vendor, Polycom Inc, will acquire PictureTel Corporation. Under the deal, Polycom will offer to buy all the outstanding shares of PictureTel, for a combination of 0.1177 shares of Polycom common stock and US$3.ll ($5.63) in cash, in exchange for each PictureTel share. This
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      Global operations centre opens in Singapore
      151 14 A BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS (B2B) Global Marketplace and e-sourcing producer, Free Markets Inc, has launched its Global Market Operations Centre {GMOC) in Singapore. With the opening of the state-of-the-art facility, Free Markets said it now has the ability to run online markets from its Pacific Rim
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      Good half-time
      97 14 PROVIDER of Internet services software, Novell Inc. announced the improved performance of its South Asia region. It also believes that this trend is likely to continue till the end of the year. The company's South Asia revenues for the first half of 2001 in local currency grew in
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      Power to the Palm
      417 15  -  Bruce and Marge Brown As vendor adds expandable features by.... THE Palm m 505 combines a superior colour display with the compact size and weight of the popular Palm Vx. Headliner features include a 16-bit, 64,000-colour reflective, side-lit display (the first Palm screen that's truly usable
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      Blue sky prints
      404 15  -  Wong Khing Chong by khingchong@newstoday.com.sg PHOTO buffs have finally found a printer that truly sees blue skies or skin tones as they are. Last week in Bangkok, Seiko Epson introduced its latest digital imaging technology Print Image Matching (PIM), with its Epson Stylus Photo 895 inkjet printer
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      Powerful, light ißook
      77 15 APPLE has introduced its latest 2.2 kg ißook. It features the first 1024-by-768 resolution 12.1--inch TFT screen that offers as many pixels as in a 14-inch display. The portable also comes with Fire Wire for video editing, and up to five hours of battery life, and includes
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  • IN CINEMAS
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      488 21 Reuters Star-studded Avotor to debut next year SINGAPORE'S first science fiction movie, Avatar, takes a sneak peak into the future from a Utopian Asian citystate where privacy no longer exists. In a plot reminiscent of George Orwell's 1984, it is 2023 and all identities in
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  • RELAX
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      Westlife live
      526 22  -  Rachel Lo The boys make better performers on stage than in their campy videos by rachel@news today.com. sg For once in a really long time, the Singapore Indoor Stadium saw a full house on Sunday. Everybody was there to watch the famous five from Ireland, in the Westlife
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      When Madame Butterfly gave birth to Miss Saigon
      557 22  -  Elaine Quek by ela in e@newstoday. com. sg AFTER 12 years of playing to audiences in 12 countries and 71 cities, the time has come for this acclaimed musical to hit our shores. The stage is all set for the Singapore premiere
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      The food of their lives
      643 23  -  Elaine Quek Life is great! A series celebrating Singaporeans living life to its fullest Deprivation among hill tribe people moves a Singaporean company to share blessings by elaine@newstoday.com.sg Six thousand dollars. You can choose to spend it on a month-long tour in Europe, splurge on
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  • SEE FOOD
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      837 24  - Rocky Ricky Karman Tse Two men running two of Tung Lok's successful restaurants by karm a n@n ewsto day.com.sg Looking for food? It's not on today's See Food menu. What we have, though, is a peek into the personalities, work attitudes and lifestyles of an outstanding duo from Hong Kong
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      Throw out your blender, chopper, mortar and pestle
      374 24 It is no riddle why cooking and the cleaning up afterwards are termed "chores". The time spent on the behind-the-scenes of a meal, in truth, more than triple that spent on enjoying the meal itself. But that's already history even as you're
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      800 25 Shag, Kobe, Jackson and co building a dynasty to mirror 80s Showtime era Los Angeles 111 San Antonio 82 (Lakers win best of seven series 4-0 and advance to NBA final) LOS ANGELES The Staples Center is no longer a gym, it's a delivery room, chaotic and chin-dropping
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      El Guerrouj runs fastest mile on US soil while Greene is beaten in the 100 m
      314 25 EUGENE Moroccan world record-holder Hicham El Guerrouj ran the fastest outdoor mile ever on US soil, clocking 3:49.925 ec at the Prefontaine Classic yesterday. "I wanted to run 3:46, but the pacemakers got too
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Asia's new F1 hope
      583 26  -  Ivan Lim a Today exclusive Team Reynard's Formula Nippon driver Narain Karthikeyan, 24, will test for Formula One team Jaguar in Silverstone in June. Will it lead to an F1 drive for the young man from Chennai, India? IVAN: How did you get started in motor
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      Sebrle lifts decathlon to new heights as he makes up for Olympics
      246 26 GOETZIS Roman Sebrle, the Czech who was controversially denied the Olympic title in Sydney last year, became the first decathlete to break the 9,000-point barrier yesterday. Competing at the meeting where, in 1980 and 1982, Daley Thompson set
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      788 27 Striker Montella scores and later hints that he may leave the club Serie A AS Roma 1 AC Milan 1 ROME Italy striker Vincenzo Montella has hinted he might leave AS Roma despite scoring one of the goals of the season yesterday to keep his club on
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      Unhappy star
      520 28  -  Kelvin Phang by kelvin@newstoday.com.sg THERE is no doubting the popularity of India captain Bhaichung Bhutia. Since he arrived in Singapore last Saturday, he has entertained at least five media interviews and has had three SLeague clubs approach him for talks. At a lunch meeting with Football Association of
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      Lock icon No Latiff, no Indra? Whafsthe problem?
      288 28 Stanley Ho Soccer friendly Singapore U-23s 5 AC Siena 2 JUST how much does the national under-23 football team depend on the twin strikeforce of Indra Sahdan Daud and Ahmad Latiff Khamaruddin? Judging from last evening's 5-2 win, not much, even if it was
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      goodbye Beckham, Hello Tapai
      78 28 lijfflj3]fl-t,fflff_^tf^fliji^jifcFtiLi.T^m W: iMffimMW Tarn pines just scored to take a 1-0 lead. From the kick-off, Tapai spotsTampines goalkeeper Noorisham Zainon off his line. He then receives a short pass From Hafiz Esah and hits an incredible 50-metre shot at goal. Noorisham, who is near the top
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      Another sprinter quits national relay squad
      291 29  -  Jose Raymond by sports@newstoday.com.sg ONE by one, the national relay sprinters are turning their backs on the relay squad. First it was U.K. Shyam, currently the best local sprinter. He asked the Singapore Amateur Athletic Association (SAAA) to allow him to race in the
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      Why Venus lost
      459 29 American champion's early exit isn't so surprising PARIS There has never been and maybe never will be another day in Roland Garros history that approaches Macabre Monday, reported The Sporting News. Two of the favourites Venus Williams and Amelie Mauresmo to take home the women's crown were
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      Lock icon Kuerten cruises but may still give Wimbledon a miss
      381 29 -AFP PARIS Defending men's singles French Open champion Gustavo Kuerten said after reaching the second round yesterday that he still intends to skip Wimbledon and have a rest rather than graze on grass. Kuerten eased into the second round of the
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      Lock icon Stags warned
      641 30 Jose Raymond Goalkeeper Noorisham first in the firing line Singapore Cup Geylang v Tampines Rovers Bedok Stadium, 7.30pm FOLLOWING a series of insipid performances, Tampines Rovers has issued an ultimatum to all its players. Shape up or face the sack. This was confirmed by team manager Francis Wong
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      FAS helps players pay Fifa fines
      116 30 THE Football Association of Singapore (FAS) is helping its national players out. It has decided to foot a large part of the fines meted out by Fifa on Noh Alam Shah and Dalis Supait for their involvement in a fracas against Bahrain during the
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      Lock icon SIA sponsors local football
      160 30  -  Stanley Ho by st anley®ne wstoday. co m. sg NATIONAL carrier Singapore Airlines (SIA) has made a long-term commitment to support Singapore football over the next three years. With sponsorship amounting to $350,000 per annum, SIA will pay for air travel on all playing and training
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      Why so many transfers?
      603 31  -  Scott O'Donell Comment by scott@news to d ay^-oiu. s£> WORD IS that Home United's Amir Tavakolian is on his way out. If he does go, it would make it the third foreigner out of Home since the start of the season. And foreigners dropping out is
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      Lock icon Case 1: JacksenTiago
      355 31 Scott O'Donell JACKSEN Tiago arrived at Home United this year hoping to show the people of Singapore what he was capable of after a disappointing and injury plagued season back in 1999 with Geylang. But it was not to be. After only five matches, of which he
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      227 31 Scott O'Donell RAZALI Rashid, the 34 year-old former Jurong striker was signed by Woodlands Wellington this season but had his contract terminated by the Rams after only nine rounds. He is one of 12 local players who have been de-registered by S-League clubs so far this
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    • AFTERNOON EDITION
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