Today, 10 August 2001, Afternoon Edition

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    8 1 TODAY FridftV August 10, 2001 MITA (P) 138/11/2000
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      More gloom
      373 1  -  Chan Chao Peh Manufacturing in worst showing since 1985 by chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg THE nianufacturing sector, which constitutes around a ''quarter of the Singapore economy, contracted 9.6 per cent in the second quarter the weakest showing since the fourth quarter of 1985. "All key segments (in the electronics industry), except
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      Lock icon Stocks mixed
      34 1 Reuters NE^V YORK The Nasdaq 3.04 points yesterday to 1,963.32. The Standard Poor's 500 index fell 0.10 of a point to 1,183.43, and the Dow Jones ticked up 5.06 points to 10,298.56.
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      Lock icon Palestinian police HQ hit
      60 1 -AFP RAMALLAH Israeli jets early today bombed the Palestinian police headquarters here, after Israel pledged to retaliate against a deadly suicide bombing in Jerusalem which killed up to 18 people, Palestinian security sources said. The attack comes after the Israeli government promised an armed and "adequate"
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      Lock icon Untitled
      33 1 AFP photo Guitarist and songwriter Rudolf Schenker or Sting during the maiden performance of the Scorpions in Bangalore yesterday. It was part of the group's 18-country promotion tour of its latest album, Acoustics.
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      29 1 HGDFG Here's a little secret, Mr Veloo Ministry asks columnist to check facts first See Page 8 Hear the lion's roar National Day pictures on Pages 20, 21 22
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Lock icon Suicide bomber kills 18 in Jerusalem lunch-time attack
      302 2 -AFP JEIjeSALEM -At least 18 through a pizzeria in were killed and 90 Jerusalem yesterday during injured when a bomb ripped the busy lunch hour. And an Israeli soldier was shot dead by a Palestinian sniper near the West Bank town of
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      Lock icon Mother to her Asean charges
      491 2  -  Audra Lim SIF volunteer has hosted 50 guest students since 1995 by j audra@newstoday.com.sg THEY call her "Mama" and flock to her home throughout the week. Her charges are so attached to her that they even invite her to their weddings in Indonesia, years after
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      Lock icon US impact on Asia overstated: Economist
      219 2 Channel News Asia HONG KONG A top economist has dispelled the notion that Asia's future depends on the US economy. Mr Andrew Freris, chief economist (Asia Pacific) of BNP Paribas in Hong Kong, believes the economic impact of the US on Asia is vastly
      — Channel News Asia  -  219 words
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      Road accidents resulted in two deaths
      129 2 J3EVEN foreign workers were flung out of an open lorry when it collided with a car at the Kampong Kapor Road junction on Desker Road yesterday. While most of them were treated at hospital, one worker Indian national Palaniyandi Servai Chinnallannu died at Tan
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      Mega's pick
      369 3  -  Fan Siew Eng Familiar faces boost market confidence by. siewengts'newstoday.com.sg JFHE Indonesian Cabinet unveiled by President Megawati Sukarnoputri in Jakarta yesterday has already made an impact on the economy, at least. The market reacted positively to the 30-member line-up of old and new faces, with the rupiah surging
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      Lock icon Detainees a security threat
      206 3 Agencies KUALA LUMPUR Police are still investigating the 10 people arrested under the Internal Security Act (ISA) for suspected involvement in the Malaysian Mujahiddin Movement (KMM). They are trying to determine whether outside forces are involved, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said yesterday. The Deputy Prime
      — Agencies  -  206 words
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      It rained on his parade ...
      186 4  - It rained on his parade Shazalina Salim byS shazalina@newstoday.com.sg MR David S Gunaratnam, 69, had to canned his speech at the Speakers' Corner for the second time on Wednesday due to unfavourable weather. But the wet weather could not dampen the retired nursing officer's enthusiasm for his pet topic the
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    • Article
      Waiting for jobs
      545 4  -  Lee Ching Wern r»_ i rwn Sector by sector, fresh graduates face difficulties by I p. r Fearlyn Than LET'S put it this way: If your average graduate wants to take a break before launching a career, or feels like seeing the world or doing post-grad studies,
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      Lock icon Dishing out respect
      112 4 Jose Raymond RESPECT for elders was the theme of the Singapore Ceylon Tamils' Association National Day celebrations at the Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple along Ceylon Road yesterday. Apart from a variety show performed by children, the mai event of the day was when the children served their
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      Dear Prime Minister... Yours truly. Think Centre
      108 4  -  Wong Li Shan. TH£ Think Centre went to ,-tife Istana on Aug 8 to personally present a letter addressed to the Prime Minister. Among other things, the think-tank urged ministers to "take a 36 per cent pay cut, one percentage point for every
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      Keeping noise at bay
      382 5  -  Shazalina Salim Several measures have been taken by SMRT to ensure this is achieved m bv shazalina@newstoday.com.sg IS the air-conditioning too cold? Is the wait too long? One thing is for certain. When it comes to giving feedback, especially on SMRT, Singaporeans don't hold back. And
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      Tagore lives on
      318 6  -  Elaine Quek Kin writes book on poet's deathbed works^ by] elaine@newstoday.com.sg 'TAGORE Avenue, Tagore Road and Tagore Lane are the names of some roads in the Upper Thomson area. They hold a special meaning for one man, Saranindra Nath Tagore (picture), a philosophy associate professor at the
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      We will prevail: BG Lee
      119 6 DEPUTY Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said yesterdky that the current economic downturn was an adversity that Singapore could learn something from. And he urged the nation to turn it into an advantage. Brigadier-General Lee, who is also an MP for Ang Mo Kio GRC,
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      Reaching fires faster
      125 6 Tlffi-Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) yesterday .rolled out its second generation of Red Rhino vehicles, which will be deployed in fire stations and fire posts island-wide. The Red Rhino can manoeuvre in confined spaces, mount curbs and accelerate on stepped surfaces to reach a fire scene faster
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      62 4 Featuring Today... Traveller 24 Take a Rompin resort break Traveller 25 The deer at Japan's Nara Park know when it's time for a meal Interiors 26 The best of Eastern decor InCinemas 28 Everyone's a nut case InCinemas 30 Dogs, cats and actors Lime Light. 31 Jackie Chan's the next
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      Behind the secret curve
      723 8  -  Ong-Chew Peck Wan Check your facts first, ministry tells Ravi Veloo Mr Ravi Veloo's commentary, "Can you keep a secret?" (Today, Aug 6) not only missed the point on the amendments to the Official Secrets Act (OSA), it also showed a lack of knowledge and understanding
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      If race is not an issue, why is rank one?
      225 8  -  Tom Ong I REFER to the article, "A little leg up" (Today I*ug 7), reporting that NUS and NTU accepted the recommendations by an advisory committee, RECORD 111, for leadership and performance during National Service to be recognised as part
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      Offensive billboard
      156 8  -  Celine Leong A BILLBOARD at Caltex House features a torso jßfa woman, with two knobs labelled Channel U strategically placed on the breasts of the woman. Its tagline is Turn U On. This giant-sized billboard greets everyone who comes out of the Raffles Place MRT station. The TV
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      120 8 Reach us at TbCftY Letters New Products [3 S3 To advertise Want lo get something off your chest? Showcase your new product. Let your business associates know who's on More than 200,000 copies (audited) are printed Write to us with your views. Give us your Send us a concise description
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      No small player this
      351 10  -  Ivay Tan Credit Agricole Indosuez set for bigger role as banking scene changes by ivay@newstoday.com.sg CREDIT Agricole Indosuez may not ring a bell to the man in the street, but it is by no means a small player in the wholesale and equities market. The bank,
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      Lock icon Dresdner shuts equities ops
      97 10 Bloomberg ALLIANZ AG, which paid US$2O billion ($35.52 billion) to buy Dresdner Bank AG last month, is closing Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserste's Asian equities operations in six countries including Singapore, and firing 350 people. Other countries where the cutback occurred include India, South Korea, Malaysia, Taiwan and
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      Lock icon Sumitomo to raise $900m
      104 10 Bloomberg TOKYO Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp plans to sell about US$5OO million ($9OO million) of Goldman Sachs Group Inc shares. This is to raise funds to write off bad loans and cope with slumping business in its home market. Sumitomo Mitsui is the second biggest outside
      — Bloomberg  -  104 words
    • $ Market Watch
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        F&N to invest in China glass venture
        103 10 ,FS£N Holdings Bhd plans to invest US$lO.l million ($lB million) for a 60 per cent stake in a joint venture to produce glass containers in China. China's Sichuan Tuopai Group will invest US$6.7 million to acquire a minority 40 per cent stake in
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        Swire's 1H profit falls 7%
        100 10 SWIRE Pacific, with interests in aviation, real •estate and soft drink bottling, said first-half profit fell 7.1 per cent to HK$2.4 billion (550 million). A Bloomberg report said the slump in Hong Kong's commercial property market has hurt Swire, as has slowing demand for tourism
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        Your S#1 buys...
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      Lock icon Gateway to exit foreign market?
      586 11 -r Bloomberg A restructuring strategy based on target customers SAN DIEGO Gateway Inc is considering pulling out of European and Asian markets, reducing in-house manufacturing and ending build-to-order personal-computer options. Exiting those markets, which generated US$l.36 billion ($2.42 billion) in sales last year, could result
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      Lock icon Asian stocks take a plunge
      304 12 Reuters Result of pessimistic report on US economy MAJOR Asian stock markets tumbled yesterday as-itivestors cringed after a bleak report on the US economy prompted another sharp dive on Wall Street. The US Federal Reserve, in its survey of national economic conditions, said the economy
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      Malaysia
      175 12 Market news THE Kuala Lumpur market was not spared from the regional sell-off, although the XL Composite Index proved the most resilient, registering only a 0.7 per cent decline. The KLCI ended 4.7 points lower at 652.1, almost two points clear of its intra-day low. Mild support on selected
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      Lock icon Analysts must disclose ownership stakes
      108 12 Bernama NEW YORK Goldman Sachs Group has told its analysts that they must disclose ownership stakes in companies they cover, the Wall Street Journal quoted the company as saying. The new policy applies to the more than 250 of its analysts who report on companies
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      Lock icon India may have 31m mobile phone users by 2005
      319 12 Bloomberg NEW DELHI India may have the third highest ptlmber of mobile phone users in Asia by 2005, as new licences to offer cellular services and government policies spur growth, said researcher Gartner Group. The world's second-most populous country may have
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      Lock icon S Korea to clear $35 bil IMF loan
      163 12 AFP SEOUL South Korea will have fully ■Repaid an emergency bailout loan, worth about US$2O billion ($35.64 billion) to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) this month, the finance and economy ministry said yesterday. The repayment of US$44O million the final part of
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon IRA fails to set timetable needed for disarmament
      269 14 -AFP BELFAST- Northern Ireland's fragile power-sharing government appeared all but doomed last night after the Irish Republican Army (IRA) failed to set a much-demanded timetable for disarmament. In a statement, the IRA reiterated its commitment to putting its weapons "beyond use" and
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      Lock icon 100 nabbed in US child porn operation
      129 14 Agencies WASHINGTON A two- 'fear undercover probe into the largest known commercial child pornography business in the US, has ended with the arrest of 100 people. Authorities are now on to customers and five international webmasters from Indonesia and Russia, US Attorney General
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      Hotmail servers hit by Code Red virus
      107 14 WASHINGTON It appears Microsoft hasn't been practising what it preaches after it confirmed that some of its MSN Hotmail servers were infected with a Code Red virus, the computer virus that exploits a vulnerability in Microsoft's own server systems. The news follows Microsoft's
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      Lock icon Congrats, classmates
      224 16 Agencies Promotions for 20 of Thaksin's school pals It pays to know the guy at the helm but not always. Two close relatives and 20 former classmates of Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra have been promoted in this year's military reshuffle. But Defence Minister General Chavalit Yongchaiyudh did
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      Lock icon Jiang to US: China 'kept to the letter'
      192 16 -AFP BEIJING Chinese President Jiang 'Zemin has told visiting US senators that China has "kept to the letter" of promises not to export missile technology to Pakistan and other countries. US Senator Joseph Biden, member of the Foreign Relations Committee, said Mr
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      Lock icon Russia frees US student
      144 16 -AFP NEW YORK Mr John Tobin (picture), the US student accused of spying and granted parole after spending six months in a Russian jail on drugs charges, arrived back in the US on Wednesday evening. Mr Tobin, 24, was released last Friday from a jail in
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      Lock icon Blackman's friend missing
      205 16 AFP LONDON A school friend of critish bar hostess Lucie Blackman, kidnapped and murdered in Japan last year, has disappeared while returning from a trip to Germany. Ms Louise Kerton, 24, was last seen 10 days ago at Aachen railway station in Germany, from where she was
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      Lock icon "Blair misquoted on pound
      165 16 AFP LONDON Downing Street has denied a Brazilian magazine report that Prime Minister Tony Blair said he wanted to go down in history as the British Prime Minister who scrapped the pound. The Sun published on its front page part of Brazilian magazine Veja's interview with
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      Lock icon US government report lauds Hong Kong's autonomy under China
      203 18 -AFP WASHINGTON Hong Kong earns a glowing write-up in a new US government report which finds the territory's autonomy largely intact under China, despite reservations over its treatment of the Falungong spiritual group. "Hong Kong, under Chinese sovereignty, has remained one
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      Lock icon Reagan's daughter dies
      148 18 Reuters GRANITE BAY (California) Ms Maureen Reagan, the colourful and courageous daughter of former US President Ronald Reagan and the only one of his four children to follow him into the political spotlight, died on Wednesday after a five-year bat tie with cancer. She was 60. Ms
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      Lock icon More young Chinese going to Britain to study
      204 18 -AFP LONDON The number of Chinese students educated in Britain has increased nearly four-fold in three years, making it one of the country"s fastest growing exports, reports the Financial Times (FT). The newspaper said that thousands of Chinese parents are now sending
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      155 14 I CO-FOUNDERS 00H SOO KHIM AND \jft\ SINGAPORE DANCE THEATRE ■^M tm R I ARTISTIC DIRECTOR COM SOO KHIM HE BH^ 1H: A Dance Trilogy 26-29 Sept 2001 Victoria Theatre, Bpm r'M&wk^JWi \MM Tickets $42, $36, $30, $24, $18 I '^'rJBBI Sfflßll on sale at a" SISTIC outlets or I
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      153 16 Healthy Participants Needed for Clinical Research Free Health Screening and Reimbursement 'hamiacia Clinical Research Unit (PCRU) needs I healthy volunteers for a scientific study of a herbal P preparation and two other registered medicines. The purpose of this study is to see if taking the herbal preparation will affect how
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  • COMMENTARY
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      A question of merit
      884 19  -  Ariffin Omar But Malay voters in Malaysia will ultimately decide if meritocracy will work byi in Penang THE issue of meritocracy in Malaysia has now become the focus of political discourse, thanks to Prime Minister Datuk Sen Dr Mahathir Mohamad's suggestion that it was time to
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      256 19 Watch our National Day Special Programs on 09/08/01 and answer the following questions and you stand to win attractive prizes from Canon and Sim Siang Choon! Fl. Canon's Digital Ixus 300 is the world's smallest 2.1 megapixel camera with 3x optical zoom. I True False I f 2. Sim Siang
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  • UPFRONT
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      We are Singapore!
      300 22 Nation's young and old come together for a spectacular birthday show 'T^HE reds and whites we wore identified us as Indeed we are Singaporeans. Yesterday, at the National Stadium, everyone celebrated and partied as one. There was no generation gap or cultural differences, just one big family
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      30 22 /I elaine@newstoday.com.sg Reporter /-A* Shazalina (-^^H Salim "j sha2alina@newstoday.com.sg Photographer Wong Khing Chong khingchong®newstoday.com.sg Photographer -^5/ Wee Teck Hian teckhian@ncwstoday.com.sg Photographer I Ernest ernest@newstoday.com.sg Photographer 1 Wong Li Shan lisfaan@newstoday,com.sg
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      9 22 INSIDE: -24/TraveHer •26/ Interiors •28/lnCinemas •31/ LimeLight «32/ TV
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  • TRAVELLER
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      Rompin under the sun
      675 24  -  Pauline DLoh Wind down and hang out at this East Coast resort QHORT breaks for the family are /^getting harder to organise. Most of us have run out of ideas and seaside resorts on both the east and west coasts of Malaysia, and some say Batam
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      QUICKTOURS
      341 24 Malaysia The country's national park, Taman Negara, with over 1,300 sq km of jungle is probably the oldest tropical rainforest in the world, other than Congo or Amazon. It is about 130 million years old and its virgin beauty is preserved to this day. SD/4N from $325 Agent: Eureka
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      Feeding frenzy at Nara Park
      731 25  -  Serena Sim ...and it's costlywhen a deer chomps down biscuits at $2.15 a piece IT was freezing the morning I visited Nara Park in Japan, but the joy of having a deer nuzzle me proved a worthy distraction from the unbearable cold. Nara a metropolis
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      24 25 night from f 7ii./« Sharing! W Full Board Complimentary meals for I child (per room) Complimencary daily recreational activities Complimentary ATV ride during weekdays
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  • INTERIORS
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      Splendour in white
      73 26 If you like clean, sleek lines, you'll love the Snow White Collection (above) from Alchinos Furnishing. In basic white, this collection of bedroom sets will complement practically every decor. To view the Snow White Collection, visit booth no 3D4-1 at the Asia Pacific Furniture Fair 2001 at
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      Look East
      261 26 Qearch the Web for 'O"Eastern furniture" and you'll end up with a rash of online furniture sites selling rugs. This does furnishings from the East a grave injustice, for there is much more to Eastern influence in furnishings than carpets. Even in building design, pitched roofs and neat
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      Best of both worlds
      544 27  -  Chan Sect Fun Interior design can be combined with feng shui to good effect by( mancy from the experts. Exhibiting geomancers, Mr Jason Chieu and Mr Hillary Phang, who have 15 years of experience between them, will be providing an introduction to living in harmony with
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      239 26 I properties Dt Address Built-in Contact Description 31 for Sale 22 Boon Lay Rd Bk 165 *****141 Hi-flr unblock view original val: $78k nr amenities 3S for Sale 05 Commonwealth 8177/90 *****191 Marble flooring 2 split a/con hi* nr MRT/sch/mkl 4A for Sale 18 Pasir Ris St 11 8110 *****
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      288 26 Hens* *2 *?l'i S»rH jf^\ GOOD TEHM CONTRACTOR FT khmivatiiis OfMOi iteltd II I n A PIONEER IN HOB RENOVATION SINCE 1980 M M HDB. LwoiNo-Ha-O/^OIP HOB UmwNo HBWWjW (111 IKn Tojß.yi.li Lrniul WI-<HO >V Oil 163 BuXn Mmllmml »02-.l*» Tel; 354 3554 Fax: 354 3812 Tel: 273 5273 Fax:
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      29 27 EXHIBITIONS GROUP PTE LTD (XPO Group of Companies) F'f 'I I <^>* /^J 8 Pliyfair Road #03-00 Pak Chong Building L.JJ 111 1 1 J 1 Singapore 3679§? *~*-<W <V
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  • INCINEMAS
    • FILM REVIEW
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        Everyone's a nut case
        443 28  -  David Ngiau ...but Angel Eyes is worth your patience by david@newstoday.com.sg A severely traumatised man virtually comes from out of nowhere to help a traumatised woman, and in the process ends up being helped in return. Anybody remember Peter Weir's Fearless (1993)? It was a fantastic
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        Lock icon Crowe eager to direct war movie
        344 29 Reuters/Variety NEW YORK Actor Russell Crowe (picture) will make his debut as a director, screenwriter and producer on The Long Green Shore, a World War II ensemble drama he will also star in. Production will begin next spring in the South Pacific. Crowe's involvement
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        Lock icon Zellweger to play role of singing, dancing murderer
        235 29 Reuters/Variety NEW YORK Renee Zellweger (picture) is poised to join Catherine Zeta-Jones as the larcenous, murderous dancersingers of Chicago, the Miramax version of the Tony-winning Bob Fosse musical. The producers hope to start shooting in early 2002. While Zellweger may not seem
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        118 30 Reuters/Variety TORONTO Austria's Ulrich Seidl will be the subject of this year's Director's Spotlight at the 26th annual Toronto International Film Festival, which unspools from Sept 6 to 15. Four of Seidl's films, including the North American premiere of his latest, Dogdays, wi be featured. The
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        Dogs, cats and actors
        221 30  -  Sophia Ang XTATASSJA Kinski may have brought a l^l-whole new meaning to the phrase Cat -People, but there's nothing catty or doggy about Class 95FM deejays Veraetta Lopez and Vernon A (picture). Vemetta is definitely a cat person. Her seven-year-old Siamese cat, Seal, is obviously very
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  • LIMELIGHT
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      Move over, Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt... Jackie Chan's the next big thing
      284 31 A CTION star Jackie Chan has joined the xXranks of top Hollywood earners after the jdnaway success of his new film, Rush Hour 2. The Hong Kong star can now expect to be paid at least US$2O.
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      48 31 Reuters POP diva Janet Jackson has cancelled concerts in three US slates because of a bout of flu, according to her publicist. Jackson's Ml for You tour, in support of her new album oftkt same name, is expected to resume August 10, in Buffalo, New York
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      Jean-Paul's ill, t00...
      45 31 Jean-Paul Belmondo, one of France's biggest screen stars and a symbol of the 1960s New Wave cinema, shown here at Cannes Film Festival in 1974, is in hospital. The actor was admitted yesterday in Paris after reportedly suffering a stroke in Corsica.
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      Lock icon Woody Allen's playing all that jazz
      63 31 Reuters photo. WOODY Allen (left), actor and jazz enthusiast, shows off his skill with the clarinet while jamming with Eddy Davis (right) and His New Orleans Jazz Band on Tuesday, at the Jazz Bakery in Los Angeles. Allen's latest film. The Curse of the
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      1306 32 M=DIj\CORP /A=DIj\CORP )4M ■^■^H I Takeshi Kaneshiro's Antarctic Evita T^ channel nhwsas,. K^ f I Adventure Parti Am Central, I Op* Ch-nd 5.11 pm_ El |J A W musical drama on the life of B 1 r -<«*■ If you are a fan of high adventure, you Eva Dmrte who
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  • TIMEOUT
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      389 33  -  toy Frances by J ./7S joy(»newstoaay.com.sg Tf you're into pink, you'll love PinkK at AClub Street. The colour features strongly throughout, from the swirling lights and wall sofas to the bartenders' ruffled shirts and waitresses' toga tops. The mirrored toilets are a scream shocking
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      Bigger and better party at WOMAD 2001
      523 33 Tf you thought last year's XWOMAD festival was the most successful to date, you were right. It broke records for the largest jump in audience (up 30 per cent from 1999) and the largest single-day audience ever at Fort Canning Park, with more
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      242 33 MUSIC SSO Sounds of Asia Series Chopin's Piano Concerto China-born pianist Dan Wen Wei is the soloist in Chopin's lyrical Second Piano Concerto while SSO principal percussionist Jonathan Fox presents the premiere ofThea Musgrave's Journey through a Japanese Landscape. Date: Aug 10 II Time: 8.15pm (pre-concert talk begins
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        Lock icon It's no big deal, Brazil
        403 34 Reuters Two penalties, both in second half, help it to 5-0 win CURITIBA It took a controversial penalty to awake Brazil from its slumber before it thrashed minnow Panama 5-0 in a friendly yesterday. The floundering giant of South American football was held to a
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        Lock icon Henninger and Furyk share Buicklead
        265 34 Reuters GRAND BLANC Jim Furyk, 'looking to secure a spot on the United States Ryder Cup team, shot an eight-under-par 64 to tie Brian Henninger for the early firstround lead in the US$3.l million ($5.47 million) Buick Open yesterday. Furyk, starting on the back nine,
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        Lock icon Henman, Rusedski advance to quarter-finals in contrasting styles
        330 34 Reuters MASON British duo Tim Henman and Greg Rusedski claimed two of the quarter-final berths at the Cincinnati Masters Series event with contrasting third-round victories yesterday. On another day of stifling heat and high humidity, the seventh-seed-ed Henman took one hour and
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      Lock icon 'Emperor' Haile dethroned
      533 35 Reuters Ethiopian legend beaten for first time in eight years by a Kenyan policeman World Athletics Championships EDMONTON Kenyan policeman Charles Kamathi (left) succeeded yesterday where a generation of his distinguished compatriots failed over the best part of a decade. On the sixth day of the eighth
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      Lock icon Wallabies would love to win it for Eales
      605 35 -AFP Tri Nations Series DUNEDIN Not only Tri Nations championship points, but also trans-Tasman rivalry, are at stake when Australia and New Zealand meet in Dunedin tomorrow. Australia, if it is to retain the southern hemisphere championship, must do what has previously
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      Lock icon Bitter rivals may face off in heats
      115 35 Reuters EDMONTON Russian Olga Yegorova faces an immediate confrontation with Romanian rival Gabriela Szabo if she is cleared to run in today's 5,000 m heats at the world championships. Yegorova will learn the results of a test for prohibited drug erythropoetin only hours
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      Lock icon Hot Owen
      656 36 Thumping win for Reds ensures they'll attend the big party FC Haka 0 Liverpool 5 HELSINKI It may have lacked £be glitz and glamour that Liverpool has missed during its 16-year absence from the European Cup. But a ruthlessly triumphant return to the big stage virtually guaranteed the
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      Scottish champ stuns legendary Dutch side
      301 36 AMSTERDAM Celtic manager Martin O'Neill described his side's 3-1 win at Ajax in the Champions League qualifier as "immense". Bobby Petta, Didier Agathe and Chris Sutton scored the goals to give the "Hoops" a massive advantage for the second leg at Parkhead in a
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      Barthez having a fabulous time with the Red Devils
      433 36 MANCHESTER Fabien Barthez to end his playing days at Manchester United. On the eve of the first anniversary of his Reds debut in last season's Charity Shield, the French number one has pledged his future to the Old Trafford cause, the
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      Money's the stumbling block
      530 37  -  Jose Raymond $10,000 demand hindering Latiff's return to the S-League by jose@newstoday.com.sg A'HUGE obstacle is preventing striker Ahmad Latiff Khamaruddin (right) from returning to the S-League. His club, FC Persikabo of Indonesia, recently relegated from the Premier Division, is trying to "loan" him out to clubs
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      Lock icon If you inspire and have the 'X-factor', then you're a possible Nike athlete
      408 37  -  Stanley Ho IT SBfiMS as if the trademark is everywhere. The slogan "Just Do It" even became the personal motto of many, in and outside the field of sport. Nike is arguably the world's most famous sports
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      Lock icon Taraet: unbeaten season
      403 38 Three days to go to Liverpool v Manchester United, Charity Shield Millennium Stadium, Cardiff (Live on Ch 22, Sunday 8.55pm) Red Devils aim to give Sir Alex a perfect send-off MANCHESTER Sir Alex Ferguson wants his Manchester United side to go undefeated all season, according to David
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      Lock icon Prayad equals record
      260 38 Bernama SHAH ALAM Thailand's Prayad Marksaeng stole the limelight in the first round of the Volvo Masters of Malaysia as he equalled the course record of nine-under-par 63 at Kota Permai Golf and Country Club yesterday. The 35-year-old Prayad even stunned himself with a record eight birdies
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      Lock icon Police to investigate Campbell death threats
      132 38 -AFP LPNDON Police said yesterday they will 'Investigate death threats made against Arsenal defender Sol Campbell on the official Tottenham website. The threats appeared on a message board on the site following the England international's controversial move to bitter local rival Arsenal on a
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      Lock icon Hargreaves set for England call-up
      140 38 Reuters LONDON Bayern Munich's xOwen Hargreaves and West Ham United's Michael Carrick look set to be named in the full England squad for next week's friendly against the Netherlands after being left out of the under--21 squad yesterday. Hargreaves and Carrick, both 20, were not
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      Lock icon F1 in Turkey?
      176 38 Reuters 6 ISTANBUL Turkey wants to build a Formula One circuit in Istanbul within three years. Turkish Automobile Federation chief Mumtaz Tahincioglu said yesterday: "Formula One would bring economic advantages to Turkey." He was quoted on the Turkish government's sports department website as saying: "We will realise
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