Today, 24 July 2001

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  • Title Section
    Masthead
    7 1 TODAY Tuesday July 24, 2001 MITAIP) UB/11/2COO
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    Lock icon Gus Dur goes, hope returns
    495 1  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahim Bloomberg. But pitfalls lurk everywhere for Megawati zackaria@newstoday.com.sg A SHRILL and vocal Mr Abdurrahman Wahid, threatening vengeance till the bitter end, was forced out of office yesterday. There had never been any doubt that Vice-President Megawati Sukarnoputri would replace him, but analysts
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  • Article
    Virus hits Bird Park
    162 1 THE Newcastle disease, a virus which attacks birds, has killed two of three kookaburras at the Jurong BirdPark. As the disease is highly contagious, precautionary measures have been taken to stop it from spreading to the other 8,000 birds in the park. Three walk-through exhibits the
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
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      32 1 No photos, no interviews, a half-blank page. See our very strange Man U coverage on Page 28. MAGGI'S Home Chef brings home the pumpkin with a recipe for Cinderella Soup Page 19
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  • HOT NEWS
    • Article
      Roundtable chief in NMP race
      171 2 THE Roundtable is nominating Mr Chandra Mohan, its president, as a potential candidate for Nominated Member of Parliament (NMP). Mr Chandra Mohan's name surfaced in Channel News Asia's checks with several groups. A Roundtable member, Mr Zulkifli Baharudin, is in his second term as NMP.
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      Is this the end of JBJ?
      333 2  -  Ng Boon Yian Final appeal against bankruptcy dismissed by boonyian@newstoday.com.sg IT looks like Singapore's opposition icon JB Jeyaretnam's (right) political career is at an end after a Court of Appeal led by Chief Justice Yong Pung How, dismissed the 76-year-old former Workers' Party chief's
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      Lock icon Charter for new economy
      187 2 lee ching wern A FAMILY charter to lay the legal foundation for the preservation of family life and values that was one proposal put forward by the feedback groups to tackle the social impact of the New Economy. They also called for lifelong learning, portable healthcare
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      Welcome to SlA's new one-stop centre
      188 2  -  Lee U-Wen uwen@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE Airlines first and business class passengers may pay more for their tickets, but the extra facilities they get to enjoy more than make up for it. A brand new one-stop service centre for the airline's Priority Passenger Service (PPS) members
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      Justice Studies now at Temasek Poly
      105 2 A ONE year part-time undergraduate degree programme in Justice Studies has been designed for police officers. Because of this, officers with an Advanced Diploma in Police Studies now need not further their studies overseas. They can pursue their undergraduate course at Temasek Polytechnic. A
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      Lock icon A bailout
      302 3 Agencies. Dr M: Why govt is helping Renong KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian government has often been criticised for pumping billions of ringgit in taxpayers' money to bail out politically-connected companies that are in trouble. But Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday that such moves are
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      Singapore wants FTA with Australia
      248 3  -  Tan Siew Eng sieweng@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE hopes to sign a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Australia at the end of the year, visiting Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer (picture) said yesterday. Mr Downer said Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong "very much hopes to sign an agreement
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      Lock icon S'porean gets death for trafficking
      133 3 -AFP BANGKOK A Singaporean man was among three people sentenced to death yesterday for trafficking in 6.2 kg of heroin. Singaporean Tan Wan Kieng, 40; Hong Kong's Nancy Wong, 35; and 32--year-old Chiravuth Chaiphongarm, a Thai national, were found guilty by a Bangkok court of
      -AFP  -  133 words
    • Article
      22 years for carjacker
      119 4 IN the Appeals Court yesterday, a man involved in two armed carjacking cases had his sentence reduced by four years, from 26 to 22 years. Lim Lye Kim, 24, however, will still receive 24 strokes of the cane. He was part of a three-man gang that
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    • Article
      Change
      263 4  -  Audra Lim ...or lose volunteers:Tarmugi CHANGE your management strategies in order to face a new breed of volunteers, or risk losing them altogether. Minister for Community and Sports Abdullah Tarmugi drilled this pressing issue home in his opening speech yesterday at the 2001 National Conference for Non-Profit Organisations at
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      Win tickets in NDP contest
      257 4 EVERY Singaporean Matters as we build our best home, where Strong Families and Active Citizens sustain the Singapore Heartbeat in our global city where there are Opportunities for All. This is Our Vision this National Day, derived from the Singapore 21 Vision, where the five
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    • Article
      Lock icon Accused tried to kill himself
      203 4 Joy Frances THAI construction worker Khwan-On Natthaphon, 26, is on trial for the murder of a taxi-driver on June 15 last year. In his defence, Dr Douglas Kong, a psychiatrist who examined Khwan-On said the accused suffered "disassociative amnesia" during the attack, which lasted for
      —Joy Frances  -  203 words
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      101 4 READ 0N... Mine blast 90 trapped miners feared dead in China/12 Damned by a style How a choice of clothes can get you branded/ 15 Upbeat over ASPs Observers see good times ahead for such services/ 16 No-pain laser option Now it is a good time to check out low-priced
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  • LETTERS
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      Not worth my support
      315 6  -  Steven Pak Local soccer shows no drive to improve I REFER to Ravi Veloo's article Tinkerton Syndrome" (Today, July 20). Singapore fans will happily support a foreign team if it gives them better value for money. I would support Singapore regularly if it qualified regularly for
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      Why pro-rate charges?
      93 6  -  Lam Lan Jin BANK charges of CPF/ASPF investment accounts for equities transactions are $2.50 per 1,000 shares/loanstocks/units or part thereof, subject to a maximum of $25. I believe all CPF/ASPF transactions are processed electronically, and since most equities in Singapore are scriptless, the cost for every transaction
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      Elitist art of ogling?
      95 6  -  Chua Hwee Yee I REFER to the recent letter "The art of ogling" (Today, July 21). It doesn't matter whether you're from Harvard or a construction site, ogling is ogling is ogling. The author also has the misconception that it is normal for NUS guys to
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      DBS silence
      370 7  -  Ivay Tan Bank shuns questions on counterbid for OUB by ivay@newstoday.com.sg DESPITE relentless questioning by reporters yesterday, DBS kept mum over its intention to mount a counterbid for Overseas Union Bank (OUB). And if the poorer than expected interim results are any indication, the chance of DBS upping
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    • $ Market Watch
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        SFI's first half profit up
        37 7 SINGAPORE Food Industries has posted a 19 per cent increase in first-half profit to $13.7 million, helped by its abattoir and hog auction operations. Sales rose 4.2 per cent to $179.6 million.
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        Voluntary wage cut
        68 7 PANPAC Media Group employees in Singapore and Malaysia have agreed to take a wage cut from this month, ranging from one to 20 per cent. It is expected to reduce the company's annual wage bill by about $500,000. /our SS'J bujii+.< US$ 0.5482 Rupiah 5633.0 UK£ 0.3852
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        Lock icon Less to test
        288 8 Bloomberg News ST Assembly to post biggest loss since IPO ST ASSEMBLY Test Services, Asia's secondbiggest chip tester, is expected to record its biggest loss since the company went public more than a year ago, as customers sent fewer chips to be tested or assembled. In the
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        Allcom Technologies lists on SGX
        163 8 ALLCOM Technologies, a Singapore-based distributor of electronic components, yesterday launched its IPO of 46 million shares at 28 cents each for a mainboard listing on the Singapore Exchange. The share offer comprises a public tranche of 4.6 million shares and a placement tranche of 41.4
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        Changi Rise: 38 pc sold in soft launch
        139 8 CITY Developments sold 81 Changi Rise condominium units during the project's soft launch during the weekend. This represents 38 per cent of the 218 units available. They were taken up at an average price of $475 psf. Buyers enjoyed early bird incentives
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        Mixed landed site for tender
        99 8 THE Urban Redevelopment Authority yesterday launched die sale by tender of a residential site at Sembawang Walk. The 99-year leasehold site is the first released for sale under the Government's site sales for the second half of this year. It is slated for mixed landed
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  • Market news
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      Singapore
      287 8 SINGAPORE shares drifted lower for most of the day, with the key index closing 10.69 points down at 1627.39. For every stock that rose, two fell, while 318 counters were unchanged as most investors were happy to keep to the sidelines. Volume was a meagre 187 million shares valued
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      Malaysia
      223 8 THE Malaysian market turned in a poor start to the week, as fierce profit-taking activities coupled with a mixed reaction to the takeover offer for United Engineers (Malaysia) brought the Kuala Lumpur Composite Index 11.4 points lower at 637.3. This was a shade above the intra-day low of 636.8.
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      Lock icon Brokers boycott trading
      623 9 Bloomberg Protest in Mumbai against ban on indigenous version of stock options, futures MUMBAI About 6,000 brokers at 16 stock exchanges across India boycotted trading today a move which may drive volume at the Mumbai Stock Exchange to a four-year low, as they close ranks against a
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      5 8 T|]SB I net research www.neiTesearch-asia.com
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      110 9 When: Saturday, 28th July 2001 RESPONSE slip {9am to spm) Q Please register me for The Blh Annual Financial Planning Investment Seminar Where: Westin Ballroom Name: Age: Profession: Income range: Registration Fee: $138 for full seminar attendance and refreshments Call: 224 0121 (Carissa, Grace) Fax: 224 1651 email: events@financial-planner.com.sg payment
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Breathe easy
      297 10 Agencies Industrial powers enter historic environment pact BONN The protection of the world's environment took a major step forward yesterday after agreement on the United Nations 1997 Kyoto Protocol was reached following a marathon 25-hour negotiation session. The historic agreement will implement the protocol, compelling industrial powers to
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      Alzheimer's breakthrough
      117 10 SAN FRANCISCO Scientists believe they have made a breakthrough in the fight against Alzheimer's disease after an experimental vaccine has shown an immune response in humans. The scientists report they have concluded the first phase of testing designed to assess safety and will now take the vaccine into
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      Seoul officials under scrutiny
      119 10 SEOUL The public and private lives of ministers and high-level officials are under scrutiny by government anti-corruption agents as part of efforts to end corruption and promote more discipline in office. The character of high-level officials, their drinking habits, relations with females or politicians and how
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      Lock icon Arroyo promises to put food on every Filipino table
      218 10 Agencies MANILA In her maiden State of the Nation Address yesterday, Philippine President Gloria Arroyo ordered her government to "deliver tangible results within 12 months in fighting graft". She also promised to give special attention to kidnap-for-ransom syndicates. "I want the
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      Lock icon PRESYO IBABA!
      38 10 bhoto A Filipino in Hong Kong wears a caricature mask of Philippine President Gloria Arroyo depicting her bottle-feeding former President Joseph Estrada and his cronies to protest against her failure to look after overseas nationals. AFPt
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      Lock icon 19 in same family drown
      61 10 Reuters KARACHI At least 19 people from the same family drowned when their boat capsized in the Arabian Sea near this Pakistani port city. Officials from an ambulance service said the incident occurred late on Sunday and that they had recovered 19 bodies from the
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    • Article
      Lock icon Mine blast
      367 12 -AFP 90 trapped miners feared dead in China BEIJING More than 90 miners were trapped and feared dead yesterday after an explosion at a small, illegally operated coal mine in China's eastern Jiangsu province. Some 106 miners were inside the mine at Gangzi village of Xuzhou city when
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      Lock icon Dung paper, anyone?
      75 12 Rkiters photo We don't want to commit A suicide. Our best weapon is money. And we'll only get money by selling oil. Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Nuaimi, saying that the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) will not use oil as a "weapon" in the Middle East
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      Lock icon US, Russia to work out nuclear agreement
      162 12 Agencies GENOA (Italy) US President George W Bush's second trip to Europe has yielded an unexpected dividend a new partnership with Russian President Vladimir Putin. They surprised many by agreeing to tie nuclear arms reductions to Washington's controversial missile defence plans. "The two
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      Archer's wife may tell all, if the price is right
      89 12 LONDON Lady Mary Archer (picture), wife of jailed novelist Jeffrey Archer, is considering selling her story of her husband's spectacular fall from grace for a sixfigure sum, the Guardian newspaper reports. Lady Archer has indicated to a number of newspapers
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      Lock icon As punishment...
      102 12 -AFP SYDNEY The company contracted to run Australia's immigration detention centres will be penalised over the escape of 46 detainees. Twenty-three detainees cut through the perimeter fence and fled from Sydney's Villawood detention centre early on Sunday, following the escape of 23 others through a stormwater drain last
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      Lock icon Clots: Wider study
      59 14 Reuters WELLINGTON The risk of air passengers suffering blood clots will be looked at by New Zealand researchers in the largest study to date. Up to 1,000 travellers will be approached at New Zealand airports for tests related to deep vein thrombosis both before and after they
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      Lock icon Raped nurse breaks down from fear of Aids
      129 14 AFP KUALA LUMPUR -A Malaysian nurse has suffered a mental breakdown out of fear of contracting Aids after a drug addict raped her at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital two months ago. An official of the Malayan Nurses Union was quoted by The
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Damned by a style
      518 15  -  Ng Hwee Koon How a choice of clothes can get you branded EVERY entertainment publication will include some piece on the dressing style of celebrities. Every female magazine will contain something about the "in" fashion of the moment. Clothes, the covering that we put on to
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  • INFOTECH
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      Upbeat over ASPs
      418 16  -  Sol E Solomon and Tan Hwee Yee Observers see good times ahead for such services by per cent for Singapore, 14 per cent in Mexico and 12 per cent among American firms is slower than expected. However, the survey learnt that 23 per cent of respondents worldwide
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    • BREAKING NEWS
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        Information overload
        81 16 Powered by www.zdnetasia.com/nowt The new millennium "bug", according to industry players, is the mishandling of information within a company's storage systems. This can lead to hardware failure, staff inefficiencies and higher costs. Data is increasing at a phenomenal rate, and US-based storage provider, Brocade, says it is becoming
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        Framework for domain
        82 16 disputes Disputes over an existing .sg domain could be settled out of court for as low as $2,750 in 30 dap, thanks to a coming dispute resolution framework. The proposed framework was developed by local registry Singapore Network Information Centre Pte Ltd (SGNIC) together with the Singapore
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        Cost savings
        75 16 NEW, feature-rich networking products for businesses to save on Internet connection costs, boost performance and ensure network availability, have been released by 3Com. The new SuperStack 3 Webcache stores frequentlyrequested Web pages locally on the local area network and provides content without requiring network Internet connection multiple times.
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        Computer vendor offers a possible recession dampener
        358 16  -  Sol E Solomon by solomon@newstoday.com.sg WITH the current economic slowdown, Hewlett-Packard may have hit on a pricing programme that could help firms tide over these difficult times. The HP Pay per Use utility pricing programme is designed to let corporations better align their
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        First in Asean
        174 16 A local provider of managed services, as well as secure, scalable and continuously available infrastructure, FailSafe Corporation (Singapore) Pte Ltd, is IBM's first Hosting Advantage Partner in Asean. Through this alliance, FailSafe gains by leveraging on the strength of IBM's global presence, expertise and technology to expand
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        Focusing on business loyalty
        250 18  -  Sol E Solomon V solomon@newstoday.com BORN during the dotcom craze two years ago as an online busi-ness-to-consumer (B2C) loyalty programme, SurfGold has since shifted its focus towards building loyalty among businesses. "The B2C area helped us to build up critical mass for 828 (business-to-business)," explained Mr
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        No-pain laser option
        439 18  -  John Lui Now is a good time to check out low-priced laser printers by PERSONAL laser printers are now looking more attractive than ever. For grey-scale printing, nothing beats a laser for crisp, pro-looking text. Even your best photo-quality inkjet can't get the sharp edges a cheap
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        Xerox P8ex
        61 18 PROS: USB interface opens up connection options Compact size and quiet operation Simple installation Putting in and removing toner cartridge can be done one-handed •Clean and tight text Pictures rendered accurately, especially at 600 dpi CONS: •Though rated at BPPM, five to six pages are more realistic Printing
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  • HOMECHEF
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      Soup's the best
      340 19  -  Pauline Cooking with style by <^s> And also why Cinderella's fairy godmother chose a pumpkin The best thing since sliced bread is the stock cube. In my book, at least, it's saved a few potential culinary disasters and it's always a good stand-by for when you just
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      Cinderella Soup (Pumpkin and Chicken Soup)
      243 19 Recipe (See photo above) Ingredients: MAGGI Concentrated Chicken Stock Half a pumpkin, about 300 gm 1 packet chicken breasts (about 250 gm) A little cornflour 1 small cup green peas Slice of ginger Salt and pepper Sesame oil Method: 1. Peel pumpkin and cut
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      TASTENOTES
      166 19 Most of the pumpkins found on our supermarket shelves are, thankfully, a lot smaller than the US giants we read about Choose those that weigh in at a mere 250 or 300 gms. That way you can eat it all in a meal, without having an overdose of orange
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  • INCINEMAS
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      Lock icon He Made it in Swingers, now on to Porn Star
      188 20 Reuters/Variety HOLLYWOOD Jon Favreau, writer/director and star of budding arthouse hit Made, has signed on to rewrite the romantic comedy Porn Star, with a view to directing. The Universal Pictures project concerns an ordinary man who innocently falls in love
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      Lock icon After law school, will she ace her next role?
      188 20 Reuters/Variety HOLLYWOOD Actress Reese Witherspoon, currently charming movie-goers in her law-school comedy Legally Blonde, is preparing to take on the world of women's tennis. Her Type A Films banner is developing an unnamed project, which Witherspoon will also star in. Type
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      Lock icon Double hits
      288 21 Reuters/Variety Jurassic sequel and Sweethearts score at box office HOLLYWOOD Jurassic Park 111 has crossed the US$BO million ($145.93 million) mark in its first five days in US cinemas. Over the weekend, Universal's JPIII chomped into US$5O.3 million in estimated box office receipts, while Sony/Revolution's comedy America's Sweethearts
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      Lock icon Yakuza film muscles ahead in its first week
      122 21 Reuters/Variety NEW YORK Acclaimed Japanese actor-director "Beat" Takeshi Kitano's movie Brother, about Japanese mobsters in Los Angeles, began its run in Los Angeles and New York theatres on Friday. Over the weekend, Brother grossed U5563,051 ($115,000) from 11 screens. The movie is
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      Lock icon Amazing, thrilling invasion
      109 21 Reuters/Variety OUTSIDE the US, JP HI invaded 12 markets, including Singapore, and generally outperformed the original Jurassic Park. Singapore's $1.37 million over three days was 15 per cent higher than Mission: Impossible 2 and 50 per cent ahead of the first Jurassic film. In Malaysia, JPIII took
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      395 24  -  Audra Lim by audra@newstoday.com.sg AS Singapore prepares to celebrate its 36th birthday, plans are also under way to mark the anniversary of the racial riots of 1964. The annual Racial Harmony Day is on July 21 each year but celebrations will last
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      84 24 AFP A PORTRAIT of Lenin painted by Andy Warhol has been stolen from the warehouse of a Cologne art transport firm, police said. The painting, done in 1987 by the late proponent of pop-art, was said to be worth 1.5 million marks ($1.2 million). It
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      Playing the victim
      384 25  -  Sophia Ang Carole Lin isn't afraid of being stereotyped by sopbia@newstoday.com.sg She's been "raped" and "abused". But, playing the victim of circumstances and getting sexually abused on screen is no longer novel for MediaCorp artiste Carole Lin. It's become just another work order. Viewers will long remember
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      Jessica Soo's latest album is not 'Junk'
      201 25  -  Jenny Kong by jenny@newstoday.com.sg AFTER a six-year break, local singer Jessica Soo (picture) is back with a new album —Jessica and Some Friends, Junk. Junk. What a name. Jessica, however, has her own way of looking at it. "The music in this album
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      341 26 Reuters Tournament's best team knocked out by bad calls Copa America BOGOTA Uruguay benefited from two controversia refereeing decisions as it beat Costa Rica 2-1 yesterday to qualify for the semifinals of the Copa America Uruguay's winner came from a dubious free-kick shortly after Costa Rica, whose
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      232 26 Reuters BERLIN Bayern Munich coach Ottmar Hitzfeld said yesterday that he did not see himself moving abroad when he leaves the club, ruling himself out as a candidate for taking over Manchester United. "I don't think I'd do that. If
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      175 26 LONDON Marc Overmars could be on his way out of the Nou Camp as Barcelona embarks on a major overhaul of the side that failed to land a single piece of silverware last season. The Guardian Unlimited reported that the Catalan club is trying to ship out
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      127 26 MADRID The world's most expensive footballer, Zinedine Zidane, will not be given preferential treatment by his new club Real Madrid. In fact, the French star might even have to buy his own car. Real's sporting director Jorge Valdano told PlanetFootball.com that Zidane,
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      498 27 LYTHAM ST. ANNES To a professional golfer and his caddie, Rule 4-4 is about as basic as a stop sign. "The player shall start a stipulated round with not more than fourteen clubs," it says. It goes on to explain
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      878 29  -  Leonard Thomas TEAM SINGAPORE V MAN UNITED (National Stadium, BPM) Team Singapore could well be swamped by Manchester United's stars FOR a long time, pre-season tour football has simply been a fashionable phrase for football clubs to visit exotic locations, expand their fan base and bulge
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      295 29  -  Stanley Ho stan]ey@newstoday.com.sg BAD news for fans of Team Singapore. It is suffering from a strikers' crisis. And it couldn't have come at a worse time. Tonight, English Premiership champion Manchester United is waiting to pounce. With
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      187 30 AFP LONDON Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger hinted yesterday that unsettled French international midfielder Patrick Vieira is set to stay at Highbury. The 25-year-old, a member of the French 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000 title-winning sides, had declared last month he wanted to leave the
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      114 30 SINCE 1996, 46-year-old Sunny Lee has been a familiar face at the Queenstown Stadium. Then, the club was still Tiong Bahru United. Today, it has changed its name to Tanjong Pagar United, and Lee is still there. So regular has he been at matches
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      294 30 Jose Raymond FORMER international footballer Nasir 'Crazy Horse' Jalil, a hero of the Singapore team in the late 1970s and early 1980s, has been told by medical specialists that he has a tumour on the right side of his brain. The 46-year-old, who has been residing
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      Benjamin breaks record
      90 30 YOUNG national swimmer Benjamin Gan rewrote the 200m butterfly mark yesterday at the Fina World Championships in Fukuoka. The 18-year-old clocked 2:04.195ec in the qualifying heats and broke the previous mark of 2:05.49 held by Thum Ping Tjin since 1996. Meanwhile, Nicolette Teo, the 1999 SEA Games
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      99 30 NATIONAL sprinter Hamkah Afik, who became the proud father of a baby girl two weeks ago, will race in his first overseas meet since coming out of retirement this Thursday. He has been entered for the 4xloom relay at the Malaysian Open Athletic Championships
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      150 32 Reuters FUKUOKA Russian breaststroker Roman Sludnov gatecrashed Australia's pool party when he broke his own 100m world record at the world championships yesterday. Sludnov sliced 0.03 seconds off his 24-day-old mark of 59.97 seconds when he won his semi-final in 59.945ec. The familiar strains of Advance
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      128 32 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR The Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) is confident that the national contingent will be able to win a quarter of the 391 gold medals at stake in the 21st SEA Games on Sept 8-17. OCM secretary-general Datuk Sieh Kok Chi said the
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