Today, 18 August 2001

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  • 14 1 TODAY IS H. I 11 1" Q. 3- V 118 18,2001 M1TA IP) 138/11/2000
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  • Article, Illustration
    484 1  -  Ng Hwee Koon What's really at stake behind the statement? by.. hweekoon@newstoday.com.sg A WOMAN Member of Parliament asks for Medisave to extend to breast screenings. A male minister rejects the suggestion, saying: "Save on one hairdo and use the money for breast screening." Women's groups the Association of
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  • 120 1  -  Audra Lint A SINGAPORE Immigration and Registration (SIR) customer service executive was so desperate for a girlfriend that he resorted to searching through the SIR database for one. For that, Tew Wei Li, 29, was yesterday jailed 12 months. Tew had access to a huge database, including personal
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  • 104 1 THE challenges of 2001 are even more complex, Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew said last night. In 1965, people were willing to "undergo any hardship to make an independent Singapore work". Fast forward to 2001, a world characterised by intense competition and a formidable China. The
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  • 49 1 THE open bidding exercise for September's Certificates of Entitlement (COE) which starts on Monday will include goods vehicles, buses and motorcycles. This is in addition to the Open Category. A total of 1,630 COEs will be up for grabs. The tender closes at 4pm on Wednesday.
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  • HOT NEWS
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      461 2  -  Ng Boon Vian PM's rally speeches are candid road maps by.. boonyi a n@n ewa to d ay. c om. sg LEAFING through the Prime Minister's National Day Rally speeches over the past five years is almost like taking a lesson in recent history. Just listening to
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    • 185 2 THE Home Affairs Ministry has blasted former Think Centre chief James Gomez and his publicist Jacob George. In Parliament on Monday, the Government had said that if a website is involved in political discussion, the Government would consider gazetting it as a political website. This also applied to
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    • 249 2 MEDISAVE is currently a one-size-fits-all system. When someone falls ill, there is a limit of $300 per day for any medical condition. Casemix could change this, said Senior Parliamentary Secretary (Prime Minister's Office and Health Ministry) Chan Soo Sen yesterday morning, at
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    • 248 2  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahim SINGAPORE does not have enough doctors, and doesn't train enough doctors. This was revealed yesterday by an international panel commissioned to review the medical education system here. Nor are its facilities equipped to handle a larger intake of medical students. Because of this,
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    • 117 2  -  Sophia Ang TAN Tee Khoon, 17, (picture), a former Raffles Junior College student, is one of three recipients of the prestigious ShellNAC Arts scholarship. She will finally get to study under one of the world's best violin teachers at the Cleveland Institute of Music. She wanted
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    • 149 3 Channel News Asia E-GOVERNMENT is about to do more for businesses. An online system is going to be launched next year that will allow businesses to register themselves and apply for licenses through the Internet. Finance Minister Dr Richard Hu revealed this during a conference
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    • 218 3 Agencies SEOUL A South Korean court yesterday ordered the arrest of three major newspaper owners on embezzlement and tax evasion charges. The move against Bang Sang-Hoon, president of the Chosun Ilbo, South Korea's biggest newspaper, Kirn ByungKwan, joint-owner of the Dong-A Ilbo, and Cho Hee-Joon,
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    • 287 3 -AFP Good behaviour contract sparks a storm KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian government's attempt to keep politics out of the classroom by making teachers sign a good behaviour contract has met with opposition from school principals. Education Minister Tan Sri Musa Mohamad said on Tuesday
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    • 140 3 Channel News Asia TWO Malaysian men have been charged with abetting an extortion attempt on IPC Corp executive director Mr Bernard Ngiam last week. The two suspects are said to be accomplices of a third person, Yap Kok Foy, who was charged with
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 407 4  -  Leong Phei Phei Symptoms of depression in elderly often overlooked by.. phe ip he i@newstod ay. com. sg DEPRESSION in the elderly is often under-diagnosed and missed because family members do not recognise its symptoms. That's because these symptoms loss of appetite, insomnia and memory loss are
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    • 165 4  -  Cathhen Tung ATTRACTIVE interest rates, balance transfer features, loyalty rewards, annual charges waived... The list of perks goes on, as credit card companies come up with more and more aggressive marketing strategies to increase their share of the consumer pie. But American Express
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    • 89 4  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahim MINISTER-IN-CHARGE of Muslim Affairs, Abdullah Tarmugi yesterday urged Malay/Muslim organisations like Muis and Mendaki to enhance their existing services to help retrenched workers. This could include opening more employment opportunities through partnerships with the Manpower Ministry, the National Trades Union Congress and the Community
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    • 64 4  -  Audra him AN angry man who kicked two dustbins onto an MRT track was jailed 18 months yesterday. Mohamed Noor XX Maideen kicked the two dustbins which were on the second level of the Admiralty MRT station onto the tracks. The stationmaster pressed the emergency button
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    • 179 4  -  Lee U-Wen STARTING this November, Singapore Airlines will pamper its Raffles Class passengers with "the widest and longest business class beds in the sky". Dubbed the Spaceßed (picture), it will be installed at a cost of US$lOO million ($lBl million) on 45 Boeing 747
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    • 654 5  -  Narayana Narayana Ordinary citizens must know how to cope I REFER to the articles "Where CPF works harder" and "Building a nest egg" (Today, Aug 15). Quite by chance, I met a couple of sharebrokers that morning. I asked them how business was and got the answer:
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    • 313 5 WE thank Mr Tom Ong and Mr Terence Poon Bai Dong for their letters "If race is not an issue, why is rank one?" (Today, Aug 10) and "NS and that points system" (Today, Aug 13). Holding leadership positions in National Service (NS), like
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    • 150 5  -  Nigel Culshaw AS an Australian residing in Singapore, I found your story "Singphobia" (Today, Aug 13} to be extremely insulting. You have taken the comments of some company executives and analysts and used them to take a swipe at Australia and Australians as a whole. Was
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    • 196 4 rill I I -Jff^ H PERTH EDUCATION CITY I 111 I University of Western Australia I Perth Institute of Business and I mf fl Technology Bk f I Murdoch University H I Murdoch College H I Curtin University of Technology I I Canning Tuart Colleges I Curtin International College I
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 63 4 Today it 12 It's almost heaven here, say FHipinas working in Singapore t 13 The latest fashionable gym wear IEALTH 14 The benefits of a good massage v |5 Sibling rivalry in the teen years it. 16 Get a grand escape with Renault \s 18 Reality TV games how rigged?
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
    • 461 6  - Down, down and down Ivay Tan July's exports in steepest plunge since 1980 by.. ivay® newstoday. com. sg SINGAPORE'S non-oil domestic exports (NODX) for July plunged 24.2 per cent, down from minus 16.9 per cent in June. This is the steepest year-on-year decline since 1980. Based on a three-month moving
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    • 291 6 UNITED Overseas Bank (UOB) has secured control of Overseas Union Bank (OUB). This was announced after UOB garnered up to 82.73 per cent of OUB shares as at spm yesterday. Once the takeover is sealed, UOB will become the biggest bank in Singapore, dethroning the
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    • 132 6 OVERSEA-Chinese Banking Corp said it is taking control of Keppel Capital Holdings (KCH), putting its chairman and chief executive in charge, after securing 92 per cent of its shares. OCBC's chairman Mr Lee Seng Wee has replaced Mr Lim Chee Onn as KCH's chairman, while Mr
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    • Market Watch
      • 85 6 THE Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) has released its allocation framework for the Local Multipoint Distribution Services (LMDS) spectrum. LMDS is a broadband wireless point-to-multi-point communication system. LMDS is delivered from a base station to buildings, not moving subscribers. Sixteen spectrum lots will be offered
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      • 91 6 PREMAS International, the property management services unit of Capita Land, said it expects sales to grow about 10 per cent in 2002 as it focuses on winning commercial contracts and expanding overseas. It had sales of close to $100 million in 2000, and is expecting that
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      • 63 6 SINGAPORE Airlines' extension of the depreciation period for its aircraft will reduce write-off costs by $265 million in the year ending March 31, 2002. A Bloomberg report said the carrier will now depreciate its aircraft, spares and engines over 15 years to 10 per cent of their
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      • 115 6 Bloomberg SINGAPORE office rents are expected to drop in the year that began June 1, said Cushman Wakefield Inc, the second-biggest real estate broker in the US. Prime office rents may drop by 10 per cent in Singapore. "Many multinational companies have recently announced plans
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    • Market News
      • 338 7 SINGAPORE shares finished a quiet session slightly up as traders squared off their positions ahead of the weekend. Though US indices firmed up after early hair-raising losses, investors were mostly spectators as some saw the Hungry Ghost Month, which starts this Sunday, as a taboo time to trade. Gains
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      • 144 7 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian investors were in a sombre mood, as the week came to a quiet end. The benchmark Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) mustered a 0.6 point rise to finish the day at 655.7. Uninspiring performance of the regional markets did not help. For instance, the Nikkei 225
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    • 209 7  -  Lee U-Wen by.. uwen@news tod ay.com. sg THE Productivity and Standards Board (PSB) yesterday initiated a new programme partner Singapore to help local and foreign small and medium enterprises (SMEs) hook up with each other. The programme involves several components, such as
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    • 1124 8  -  Lee Yew Meng Certificates now proof of land ownership by.. ye wmeng@ncwstoday.com. sg THESE old two- or three-storey shophouses in Keong Siak Road, like those in other parts of Chinatown, were once popular property investments. Based on Knight Frank records, these shophouse prices have fallen by about
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 104 9 AFP HONG KONG The Hong Kong sex shop raided by police on Sunday for allegedly staging a live sex show has reopened with a cheeky dig at the police. The shop, which sells an array of bondage gear and erotic clothing, placed an advertisement
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    • 110 9 BANGKOK Where laws proved ineffective, traditional measures would apply. Bangkok governor Samak Sundaravej (picture) has vowed to use black magic to stop the theft of the city's rubbish bins which cost 1,200 baht each ($46.93), the Bangkok Post said yesterday. The curse, Mr
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    • 116 9 Agencies BEIJING The Falungong movement was dealt another blow by Beijing yesterday when long jail terms were handed out to its members. Four people who organised a mass suicide attempt in Tianamen Square in January were sentenced to between seven years and life in jail. However, a
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    • 314 9 PAS leader says SM Lee was wrong to raise concerns KUALA TERENGGANU Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew's concerns over the rise of PAS in Malaysia have not escaped the notice of the Islamic party's leaders. In an interview with Reuters, Terengganu Mentri Besar Abdul Hadi Awang
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    • 283 10 US clears use of sensitive military technology SYDNEY Singapore Telecommunications has cleared another hurdle in its takeover bid for Cable Wireless Optus. The US government has signed off on the issue of export licences needed to carry sensitive military technology on Optus satellites clearing
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    • 225 10 JAKARTA While many parts of Indonesia celebrated the country's 56th Independence Day yesterday with the usual pomp, the rebellious province of Aceh marked the occasion with a bombing spree. Police said at least 15 bomb blasts shook the provincial capital of Banda Aceh on Thursday. And
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    • 85 10 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Thick haze caused by fires in Indonesia forced the cancellation of internal flights in Sarawak, East Malaysia, for the third day. National carrier Malaysia Airlines cancelled 22 flights yesterday, up from 17 on Thursday and two on Wednesday, as the air quality deteriorated, an
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    • 81 10 LONDON Around 2,000 bal-let-goers were evacuated from the Royal Opera House following a blaze caused by an exploding baked potato. A smoke alarm went off caused by the potato which was being cooked in a microwave by a dancer, reported Ananova. The incident occurred during
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    • 29 10 About 5,000 South African activists march to the US embassy in Pretoria. The US has threatened to boycott an upcoming UN conference on racism. AFP photo
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    • 187 10 ROME Revelations that the Vatican gave its blessings for the castration of choir boys in the name of art for hundreds of years have prompted calls for a papal apology. According to Angels Against Their Will, a new book by German historian Mr Hubert Ortkemper, castration was
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    • 173 10 AFP BEIJING China said yesterday it could find no evidence that Chinese companies were helping Iraq upgrade its air defence systems in violation of United Nations sanctions. But Foreign Ministry spokesman Mr Sun Yuxi refrained from issuing a wholehearted denial of new allegations made
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  • COMMENTARY
    • 962 11  -  William Pesek Jr Tokyo's woes compounded by sliding dollar by.. in Tokyo MR Steven Tuifel can't help but wince as he looks at the measly pile of yen he's just been handed in return for US$3OO ($540). "Am I nuts, or did we get
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    • 417 11 Reuters HONG KONG Investors in India are set to reap the benefits of a shift in US foreign policy that will urge faster progress on economic reform to provide Washington with a strategic counterbalance to China in Asia. Ratings agencies and the IMF have both broadsided
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  • UP FRONT
    • 652 12  -  Clement Mesenas home is where the heart truly is, say Filipino workers Almost heaven, that't what Filipinas the majority of the 100,000 or so working here say of Singapore. They love the safety, the ease of transport, the clean surroundings and not least, the steady
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    • 515 12  -  Edmund T Shern My Say edmund@paprika.com. sg by.. Unlike modern man, primordial man had no sense of modem time. Neither do contractors. Five years ago, when I was renovating my first flat, I had to go through five or six prospective renovation contractors. These weird
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  • WEEKEND STYLE
    • 349 13  -  Terence Ang Look cool and stay dry even as you work out at the gym by.. tang@ph oenix.com.sg As if going to the gym were not exhausting enough, one has also to worry about wearing the right gear. Just the other day, I was taking a breather
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    • 160 13 Fancy some gel for your tired feet? Scholl, the foot and leg care specialist, has come up with Gelactiv, an innovative gel technology which is lightweight and provides comfortable cushioning. Featured in their latest range of trendy sandals, the Gelactiv
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  • HELATH
    • 567 14  -  Rachel Lo An allergic illness, it's not fatal if proper care is taken, says doctor by.. rachel@newstoday.com.sg Asthma has been a well-publicised disease these past few years. This is due to an increase in the number of people contracting this respiratory condition in the developed world.
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    • 470 14  - If you're stressed or in pain, perhaps you should try this Rachel Lo by.. rachel@newstQday.coni.sg Most people have enjoyed a good massage sometime or other in their lives, but what proof is there that a massage actually improves your health? Does it really aid your physical well-being? According to studies
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  • FAMILY
    • 693 15  - The growing up years Teenage siblings may have conflicting views, habits Last week, we took sibling rivalry to task, and looked at how parents could spot the symptoms in their young children's relationships and behaviour. This week, we observe what happens when these kids become teenagers. by.. Rachel Lo rachel@newstoday.
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    • 394 15  -  Adelia Wong BabvTalk by.. babytalk@newstoday. com. sg Breast milk is best for babies. It's convenient, safe, easy to digest and packed with all the nutrients the little ones need to grow and develop. Breastfeeding is also said to help the womb contract more quickly after birth, reduce
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    • 286 15  -  Tan Kong Wee by.. kongwee@pacific.net.sg Like any five-year-old today, computer-sawy Rachel, my granddaughter, is familiar with modern gadgetry. She is just at ease manipulating a mouse as operating the fax machine. Contrast this scene with the time when I was a young boy in the
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  • MOTORING
    • 435 16  -  Colin Yong With seats like armchairs, few cars pamper as much as the Renault Grand Espace by.. THE problem with most MPVs is that they interpret their "multipurpose" tags in a similar fashion. Sure, they can carry lots of people, lots of luggage or various
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    • 126 16 LEXUS has announced that its 2002 model ES3OO will make its Singapore debut in early October. Larger all-round than its predecessor, the car will still be positioned as Lexus' luxury model alongside the more sporty IS and GS. The new front-end design features twin rounded
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    • 78 16 GREATER visibility at night and doing away with space-wasting light bulbs are the main advantages Mercedes-Benz is touting for the selfilluminating number plates it is developing (top picture). A fine electro-luminescent foil lights the whole surface area of the plate from behind, so conventional bulbs (bottom picture) are
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    • 49 16 LOVE the folding roof Peugeot 206 Coupe Cabriolet that makes frequent appearances during advertisement breaks on MediaCorp TV's Channel 5? There's now a cheaper alternative available. Peugeot is now selling a mechanically-identical glass-roofed 206 hatchback for $88,800 including COE that's a whopping $37,000 less than theCC.
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  • INCINEMAS
    • 198 17 Reuters/Variety me actor will play an obsessed FBI agent NEW YORK Edward Norton (picture) has committed to star for Rush Hour 2 director Brett Ratner in Red Dragon, a new adaptation of the 1981 Thomas Harris novel considered a prequel to Silence of the Lambs. Anthony Hopkins,
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    • 112 17 Reuters/Variety NEW DELHI Indian movie Dilwak Dulhania Le Jayenge {The Loving Will Carry the Bride) has broken the local record for a continuous run at a theatre. The Hindi-language romantic comedy, set in London and Europe, has been playing at Bombay's Maratha Mandir cinema for
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    • 121 17 Reuters/ Variety NEW YORK Laura Linney (picture), who was nominated for an Oscar this year for You Can Count on Me, is in negotiations to star opposite Kevin Spacey in The Life of David Gale. The picture is about a professor opposed to the death penalty, who
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    • 486 18 -Reuters Five major Hollywood studios to provide on-demand movie service LOS ANGELES File-swap-ping on the Internet has moved far beyond the exchange of music MP3 files through services like Napster. Today, up to 400,000 bootlegged films are already swapped daily on the Internet, according to security
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    • 480 18 One of the creators of Manhunt has alleged that the reality-TV gameshow is rigged, El Online reports. Co-executive producer Bob Jaffe said he quit the show, which is similar to Survivor, because Paramount TV executives asked him to rig a couple of challenges, change
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    • 414 18 Reuters/Variety NEW YORK Two US members of the jury at the 54th Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland have blamed two European jurors for the chaos at the awards ceremony last weekend. Fur flew and jaws dropped during the festival's final hours on Sunday
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  • TIME OUT
    • 257 21 MUSIC AUKYTHMICS The Metro Philharmonic Choir will be presenting a spread of wonderful singing through pieces of different moods and styles. Date:Aug 17 18 Time: Bpm Venue: jubilee Hall, Raffles Hotel Price: $13 Ticketing: e-mail aurythmics@yahoo.com or at the door THEATRE Autumn Tomyam The appearance of a Thai
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    • 381 21  -  Rosalind Png Percussionist Fox mesmerises the crowd at Sounds of Asia Series by.. ro s alind@ne wstoday. c om. sg Oounds from the clapping of bamboo Odeclared the beginning of spring. They also brought applause for the first concerto in the Singapore Symphony Orchestra (SSO) Sounds
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    • Article, Illustration
      203 21 If you see some people bobbing about strangely along Victoria Street this weekend, don't worry, it's just jazz lovers en route to their monthly fix at Chijmes. This month, the Just Jazz series will see the Louis Soliano Jazz Band satisfying aficionados for three solid hours. Louis Soliano
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  • LIME LIGHT
    • 309 22 He fears Cruise's history with women will repeat itself Looks like it's not going to be a cruise after all. Penelope Cruz's father has warned his beautiful actress daughter not to marry the twicedivorced Tom Cruise (left with Cruz). He fears that the dashing actor,
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    • 313 22  -  Sophia Ang by.. so ph ia newstoday. com. sg IF you aren't born with a silver spoon in your mouth, you can get a vicarious feel of the lifestyle by landing a plum role as a rich man's daughter. Cynthia Koh did just that. She found acting
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    • 341 22  -  Joy Frances by.. j oy@ne wsto d ay. c om. sg EVER thought you could be a star if you just had the right training and encouragement? Well now's your chance. Local celebrities like Koh Chieng Mun, John Klass, Chen Mong and
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  • 325 24 Travel Exchange Asia announces Key Executive Appointments Exchange Asia is a joint venture of 11 leading Asia Pacific airlines and Travelocity.com, the leading travel website. Pascal Bordat Chief Executive Officer Pascal Bordat jk based at TEA's Asia Pacific Headquarters in Singapore. As CEO, one of his key tasks
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  • SPORTS
    • 750 26  -  Leonard Thomas Unprecedented four-in-a-row milestone within Man United's reach by.. Leonard newstoday. com. sg FUNNY thing pressureJust as surely as it can break a man, or a team in this case, it can unearth gems. Most football experts, while installing Manchester United as firm favourite for
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    • 485 26 MIDDLESBROUGH Jonathan Greening has warned Sir Alex Ferguson he will regret the day he let Steve McClaren quit Old Trafford. Middlesbrough's £2.5 million ($6 million) new signing believes Fergie has lost a powerful force behind his all-conquering side, reported the Online Mirror yesterday. And
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    • 109 26 FOOTBALL fathers out there, take heed. If you named your son Beckham or Owen or after your favourite footballer, then you might just be the one SCV MaxTV is looking for. Just submit a short writeup of not more than 50 words why you named your
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    • 161 27 MANCHESTER Manchester United defender Jaap Stam has been forced to scrap the glitzy party for the launch of his controversial new autobiography next week due to the amount of publicity it has received. Stam has caused a stir in his book
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    • 78 27 IF YOU have always wondered how difficult it is for Sir Alex Ferguson to manage the Red Devils, then try logging on to getasiafootball.com. For just $10, a new online real-time soccer competition allows participants a chance to become managers over the course of
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    • 63 27 Reuters MILAN Lazio's Chilean striker Marcelo Salas is close to completing a move to Serie A rival Juventus, Italian newspapers reported on yesterday. The 26-year-old forward has been in talks with Juventus this week and reports said the two clubs had agreed a fee of U5511.76 million, with
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