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  • 9 1 TODAY a May 4 5, 2002 MITA (P) 248/03/2002.
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  • 947 1  -  Mano Sabnani Mano Sabnani by I mano@neswstQday.cora.sg IT would be a real pity if we were to miss the woods for the trees. Budget 2002, unveiled yesterday by Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Lee Hsien Loong, had many tall trees, each important to different groups of
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 52 1 .—^^>*^^JlB &Ai nttl I*°* "~^^H H I House that wouldn't pay/10 Property market goes into flatline Harsh, bitter alley/4 Andrew Fang bites back Subhas Bose sensation/6 A mysterious death that never was Man United world exclusive/40 Today goes one on one with United chief Michael Lewis/15 Roger Mitton/20 Dave Barry/20
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  • NEWS
    • 97 2 THE Government of Singapore Investment Corporation {GIC) no longer holds any Enron securities. In a written answer to a question raised by Non-Constituency MP Steve Chia, Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said the GIC had held a small proportion of its assets in Enron
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    • 106 2 Bloomberg WASHINGTON The US unemployment rate rose to six per cent in April the highest in seven-and-a-half years since August 1994 and the economy created fewer jobs than expected. Salaries grew by 43,000 after falling by a revised 21,000 in March, the Labour Department said.
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    • 103 2 BOSTON A Roman Catholic US priest was arrested for raping a child over a seven-year period. The arrest was made after the victim had made a police statement that he was also a victim of the priest. Another victim had filed a civil lawsuit against the
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    • 60 2 Braving joss-stick smoke, TODAY photographer WEE TECK HI AN had to climb up a platform to get this unusual perspective, of a temple helper taking a break The photo was taken in Kusu Island, where thousands from the mainland go to pay their respects every October. The
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    • 446 2  -  Francis Kan by! francis@newstoday.com.sg IN a Budget that contained few shocks, one pleasant surprise came in the form of free shares to be doled out to Singaporeans next year. The Economic Restructuring Shares (ERS) scheme is part of a package to help ease the
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    • 255 3 EVERYBODY GST increase from 3% to 5% on Jan 1, 2003 SINGAPOREANS WITH CPF Economic Restructuring Shares (ERS) worth $1 each: 90% of Singaporeans will get 1200 shares each and 10% who live in bigger homes will get 600 shares each No changes yet to
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    • 858 4  -  Kelvin Phang Attacked in bowling association's official magazine, Andrew hits back Today EXCLUSIVE by ke Ivi n fr: n ews to d ay. co m. sa THE relationship between Singapore Tenpin Bowling Congress (STBC) and its 2001 Sportsman of the Year, Mr Andrew Fang (picture), has
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    • Article, Illustration
      468 6  -  Ng Boon Yian For 55 years, the world thought this hero by b o o nyian® ne wstoday.com. sg "A MAN with a lost name", or "gumnani sant" this was painted by an unsteady hand on a rock in the middle of wild vegetation in Uttar Pradesh,
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    • 415 6  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahim by zackaria@n ewsto d ay.com.sg FROM the moment he stepped into the house of his "homestay parents" in Japan, Mr Tommy Chu knew that it was not going to be an ordinary cultural immersion programme. On a wall adorned by photos of
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    • 249 6  -  Joy Frances THE lawyer of Julia Suzanne Bohl, a German woman charged with drug trafficking here, has raised new issues to challenge some of the charges brought against her. Mr Subhas Anandan said yesterday that the case has been postponed for two weeks to give
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    • 82 6 BALLOT papers and all related documents concerning Singapore's General Elections on Nov 3 last year will be destroyed on Saturday. The Elections Department says the papers have been sealed and retained for six months as provided for in the Parliamentary Elections Act. All the sealed
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    • Article, Illustration
      473 7 had died, and then February 1942, the Japanese assembled nearly 50,000 British Indian Army soldiers at Farrer Park and gave them the choice of joining the newly formed Indian National Army (INA) to liberate India from British rule. Eventually 20,000 men joined. It was Netaji, well known
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    • 80 7 WEETECKHIAN Today photo by The French aircraft nuclear carrier, Charles de Gaulle, arrived in Singapore on Thursday after carrying out military missions with the US Navy in the war against terrorism. It was the skip's first visit to Singapore and it will dock at
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    • 68 7 SINGAPORE will be participating in the 16th Asean Labour Ministers' Meeting in Vientiane on May 9 and 10. Minister of State for Manpower Ng Eng Hen will be leading the Singapore delegation, accompanied by officials from the Manpower Ministry. The aim of the meeting is to
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    • 112 7 THE Ministry of Defence (Mindef) and the US Department of Defence held the inaugural Singapore-US Policy Talks on April 23. The talks, according to a statement from the ministry, serve as a forum for a regular exchange of views on bilateral defence relationships, as well as regional security
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    • 442 7 Channel NewsAsia FOREIGN Minister S Jayakumar said Malaysia had sent Singapore a note on April 30 protesting the Republic's reclamation works around Pulau Tekong and Pulau Übin. However, this was based on broad grounds of transboundary environmental impact. The note did not give
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  • LETTERS
    • 145 8  - SMRT's 'keep left' campaign not succeeding more needs to be done Gerald him Yew Kiat THE SMRT's current campaign on the "keep left" escalator rule is long overdue. As a daily MRT commuter, it is frustrating to make your way up or down a crowded escalator when you are rushed
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    • 252 8  -  Narayana Narayana Leaders and laggards are found everywhere MR Ravi Veloo's rhetorical question, "Are we a nation of followers?" (Weekend TODAY, April 27-28) brings to mind the anecdote of a young lady, who, when asked, "Who made you?" in a theosophical class, replied naively,
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    • 137 8  -  Wendy Chia IT is heartening to note that the National Service Resort and Country Club (NSRCC) golf course will now incorporate some of the proposals make by the Nature Society of Singapore. We hope that in the process of building this golf course, damage
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    • 138 8  -  John T Hurst I REFER to Mr Zackaria Abdul Rahim's article on Dr Gopal Baratham (Today, April 24). While not personally familiar with the man, he is described as someone who is open to new ideas, tolerant of the ideas and behaviour of others, free
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    • 511 8  -  Karen Tan (Ms) WE refer to Mr David Soh's letter, "Can Health Ministry clarify?" (TODAY, April 29) on ElderShield and the Primary Care Partnership Scheme. Mr Soh had asked if the private insurers administering ElderShield would treat members' personal information as confidential
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  • BUSINESS
    • 794 10  -  Lee Yew Meng Gone are the days when property speculators could make a killing by yewmeng@newstoday.com.sg 'T*HIS is it. No more property killings. No sudden L windfalls. Perhaps the time has finally come to assess if the term "property investment" still has any meaning. All this
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    • 292 12  -  Chan Chao Peh .1. /ITI.. A Revised economic forecast was expected by chaopehiw newstoday. com. sg THE Government's upward revision of this year's economic growth figure to up to four per cent does not come as a surprise to analysts. The revised forecast of between two and four
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    • Market Watch
      • 228 12 THE market closed near the day's low on Friday, uninspired by the Budget announcements which did not contain much in terms of accelerating the corporate tax cuts. The STI managed a 1.6-point gain to 1,741 on moderate volume of 664 million shares worth more than $660 million. The volumes
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      • 171 12 Straits Times Index 10-Day Chart oil prices by gaining 30 cents to $14.10. City Development continued its recovery from recent lows as bidding for land in Pasir Eis by the Far East group confirmed that a bottom has been reached in the 99-year leasehold market. Among the smaller stocks, Courts
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      • 50 12 Index Value Change Nikkei 275 tag Seng Ull Ordinaries raiwon Wfd *****.01 *****.22 3314.50 5910.32 -1.78 +17.11 +3.20 +42.19 ■m +.15 +.10 72 Korea (oirp SET Index 856.72 374.05 ■3.14 +4.19 -.37 +1.13 lokorio Camp Phils Comp ihenzen E 514.0B 1375.59 228.63 +4.38 +1227 -.98 +.81 +.90 -.43
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      • 36 12 US$ 0.5540 UK£ 0.3780 Yen 70.476 HK$ 4.3225 RM 2.1060 Euro 0.6103 f;n|.i:il. 5159.8 Boht 23.873 Peso 27.770 A$ 1.0298 Indian Rs 27.145 Won 708.84 C$ ***** Yuan 4.5852 Mil 1.2375 NTS 19.143
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      • 75 12 May 3 Close Change SPH 23.000 +0.500 SIA 14.100 +0.300 SPH 100 22.900 +0.300 SIA2O0 14.200 +0.300 DBS Bk 6% MCPS1Q 107.000 +0.200 CITVDEV 6.350 +0.150 LI 0 B 14.700 +0.100 Informants 1.650 +0.100 ICIUkHKS 1.400 +0.070 CourlsSp 0.660 +0.045 By percentage May 3 Close Change MIIW02H14
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      • 75 12 Bloomberg Way 3 MONDSIOUSS Ciose Change 0.™ -10.160 m 0.235 -0.610 Jtryen 0545 -0.345 Ireatfve 50 20.800 -0.300 Venture 17.000 -0.200 -&N100 7.550 -0.150 taniWantUSS 1.920 -0.140 )BS 14.000 -0.100 XBC 13.100 -0.100 )UE 6.750 -0.100 Sy percentage May 3 Close Change YIPH 0.235 -72.189 KionHnW0;]019 0.005
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    • 587 13  -  Vasu Menon Invest with your CPF savings byj LOOKING to invest your CPF in the Singapore stock market? One way to do this is by investing in Singapore-centred unit trusts that are included in the CPF Investment Scheme. Data from Mercer Investment Consulting shows CPF unit trusts
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    • 95 13 Bloomberg PALO ALTO (California) HewlettPackard's (HP) chief executive officer Carly Fiorina has little time to celebrate with the completion of the US$lB.5 billion ($33.46 billion) purchase of Compaq Computer Corp yesterday following an eight-month struggle. The 47-year-old CEO lobbied sceptical investors, fought heirs of her company's
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    • 1074 14  -  Chan Chao Peh Unsold HDB flats too expensive, analysts say by chaop eh@ news tod ay. com. sg CUT prices to move the excessive supply of unsold HDB flats, say industry watchers. "Everybody hopes for price cuts," said Mr Chris Koh, a director at
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    • 311 14 Bloomberg HONG KONG Hong Kong's government expects 30,000 new private homes to be completed this year, 14 per cent more than last year. It also expects 28,000 housing units to be completed next year, a survey by the Eatings and Valuation Department showed.
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    • 853 15 Bloomberg Speculators should not be cast as simple investors they knew the risks BERKELEY It's astonishing how much trouble on Wall Street a state attorney-general can cause when he sets his mind to it. He leaked e-mails to reveal that Merrill Lynch Co's stock analysts allowed
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  • WORLD
    • 923 16  -  Rahul Pathak how will history Whats good for him, must be good for Pakistan. Right? LOVE affairs in the Indian sub-continent are fickle by nature. Promises are plentiful, expectations are everything and heartbreak is always around the corner. Pakistani liberals and the Western media have suddenly decided
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    • 194 17 Agencies WASHINGTON Taking advantage of the small breakthrough after Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's release from his compound in Ramallah, three peace separate peace initiatives have started up to tackle the Middle East crisis. US Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Thursday that a "quartet"
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    • 133 17 Agencies WASHINGTON The US is keen on strengthening its ties with what's been called the "weakest-link" in the fight against terror in South-east Asia. US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld expressed hope that the Washington may soon be able to reestablish military ties with Jakarta. Military
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    • 960 18  -  Elisia Yeo S'pore could be China's springboard into Asean by eli sia@n ews today.com.sg FOR a country that has been denigrated as a "little red dot", Singapore has managed for decades to be one of the region's key movers and shakers. Championing
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    • 67 18 Agencies NEW DELHI An Indian Air Force MiG-21 jet on Friday crashed into a commercial area in the northern Indian city of Jalandhar, killing seven people. An air force spokesman said engine failure forced the pilot, who was on a training flight from the nearby Adghampur
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    • 200 18 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR New flights launched by carriers to Malaysia's under-utilised Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) wiO not have to pay parking and landing fees for the next five years. Making good on recent vows to increase traffic to KLIA, Malaysian Transport Minister Datuk Seri Dr
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    • 118 18 Forgea back on land Reuters HONOLULU A dog that spent 24 days alone on an abandoned tanker arrived here on Thursday to a celebrity welcome after thousands of dollars were spent on its rescue. Forgea, a two-year-old mixed breed terrier, was left behind when the crew of the crippled refuelling
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  • IN FOCUS
    • 414 19 He came and went and left his watchers none the wiser as to who the real Hu is. Chinese Vicepresident Hu Jintao remained true to his reputation as the "mystery man" during his six-day visit to the United States this week. At meetings with US
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  • COMMENTARY
    • 940 20  -  Roger Mitton by weekend@newstoday.com.sg HOW times change. Not long ago, people were urged to practise birth control and have fewer kids. If they did not, catastrophe beckoned. The reason given was that the post-war baby boom was not tailing off fast enough
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    • 831 20  -  Dave Barry by weeKen^ tie wstoaay. com. sg TODAY'S PARENTING TOPIC IS: Planning a birthday party for your two-year-old child. The first thing you must decide, when planning a birthday party for a two-year-old, is: Should you invite the two-year-old? Because a child that
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  • WEEKEND FEATURE
    • 257 22  -  Elisa Chia by elisa@ne wsto day. c om.sg IF the goose pimples of Hong Kong star Jordan Chan are anything to go by, MediaCorp TV Channel B's new serial, Brotherhood, is not to be missed. Stroking bis arms after he was treated to a preview at a recent
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    • 129 22 SO you think that only Sarami Cheng, Stefanie Sun and Jacky Cheung can bring in the crowd at the Singapore Indoor Stadium aka THE concert venue for pop idols? Taiwan veteran singer and popular compere Fei Yuqing may just change your mind. The response
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    • 1123 22  -  Ambiga Raju Harvard lawyer goes on 'kick ass search to de-construct convention by ambiga@news to d ay.com. sg GO meet her. You will be bowled over. Not for the safe and polite ways in which we define success that Ms Arul Ramiah is a Harvard-trained lawyer
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      1208 24  -  Clement Mesenas and he does not have football on his mind ,^m^ THE TPUC or Tba Payoh Upgraders Club was havinj its weekly get-together at the corner coffeeshop. The club's members all four of them were very excited and somewhat worried as they were told that Pele
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  • INTUNE
    • 533 25  -  Elisa Chia Teenage duo M2M are blossoming into artistes to be reckoned with by elis a newstoday. com. sg NORWEGIAN teenage duo, M2M are holding their breath in anticipation. They are excited about their new album, The Big Room, which sees the lovely pair departing from their
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    • 123 25 Reuters ATLANTA Thousands of fans, music industry bigwigs and relatives gathered yesterday to bid farewell to Grammy-win-ning singer Lisa "Left Eye'" Lopes (picture), remembered as a witty, creative musician who gave generously to family and friends. Lopes, a member of the R&B trio TLC, died last week
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      410 25  -  EUsa CMa Asif Ansar Clement Mesenas She was on the verge of killing herself when Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott discovered this beautiful songstress and plucked her away from alcoholism and depression. And Southern Hummingbird is a reflection of the torrid life she led. A listen to this 30--year-old New Yorker's
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  • Page 25 Miscellaneous
    • 268 25 Australian pop diva Kylie Minogue Taiwanese songstress A*Mei is has split from her British male model tipped to bag the 1 3th Golden boyfriend lames Gooding. The pair Melody Award's coveted Best Female blamed the break-up on their hectic Singer title. An online poll ot the schedules. The video for
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  • IN CINEMAS
    • 332 26 Agencies Nicole tops list featuring many Oscar winners LOS ANGELES Hollywood stars Nicole Kidman, Julia Roberts and Halle Berry have won spots in People Magazine's annual list of the world's 50 most beautiful people. Kidman topped the list this year, the fourth time she has been featured, and
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    • 90 26 SO, what did you have to do for a living before you succeeded in Hollywood? Ask glamorous Nicole Kidman (right) and her response will surprise you she had to clean toilets. You've got to admire her honesty. The 34-year-old Australian actress even says she has fond memories
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    • 167 26 NATALIE Portman has denied rumours that she dodged national service in Israel, her country of birth, according to World Entertainment News Network. "Because I was born in Israel, every time I visit, I have to get a note from the army that says I'm exempt,"
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    • 271 28 -AFP NEW YORK Producers of the film Spider-Man, which opens this Friday in North America and Singapore, have got themselves tangled in an unexpected web of accusations. Billboard operators allege that the film-makers changed the towering advertisements of New York City's Times Square that
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    • 103 28 IF YOU'RE a super Star Wars fan, or simply enjoy having a good laugh at fan fiction written by truly fanatical Star Wars fans, then you have to check this out! Atom Films has been holding its Star Wars Fan Film Awards, featuring 44
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    • Article, Illustration
      464 28  -  Joy Frances FILM REVIEW RepH-Kate {Now showing) -R(AJ by. j oy@ne wsto day. co m. sg SEVENTEEN years ago, Weird Science was a big success with young teens. The idea of a computer-generated babe (in the shape of Kelly Leßrock) coming to life, in flesh and bone,
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    • 193 29 JACKIE Chan (picture) has employed an assistant to specially tend to his hair extensions, which he has had to don for his latest film, Shanghai Knights, reports Apple Daily. In the film, the prequel to Shanghai Noon, Jackie sports long hair, "It's
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    • 538 29 -Reuters No, it's about the film's 825 nudes, say tabloids SEOUL The South Korean film-makers set out to make a statement, an allegorical poem on film to warn about destruction of the environment, but had their film "stolen" by 825 nude actors. The producers of the art
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    • 271 29 Reuters/ CALCUTTA An Indian student film-maker's short movie about a man's search for a lost friend has been nominated for a Cannes Film Festival award, its director said on Thursday. Tridib Poddar, a student at the Satyajit Ray Film Television Institute in the east Indian city
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    • 174 29 ANOTHER Marvel comic-book character will make the jump to movies soon. Only that this character is no superhero or supervillain. According to Foxnews.com's Roger Friedman, "Mort the Dead Teenager" was originally created by Larry Hama with a film version in mind. "I thought we should
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    • 264 28 Tickets for the Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones charity premiere go on sale on Saturday and Sunday, announced the premiere's organisers, The Community Chest and Sterne Lears. Tickets will be sold at the Heeren's customer service counter from 10am to 6pm, First-come/ first-served. The charity premiere is
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  • FAMILY MATTERS
    • 625 30  -  Theresa Tan This working mum's young son is her fashion policeman by th eres a_tan ®e He mag.co m. sg ON an average morning I bathe, put on my Gucci pants, Balenciaga niched T-shirt, Tiffany Co watch and the diamond earrings I've worn every week since
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    • 753 30 Got a problem? They'll give you a solution. E-mail earthmother@newstoday.com,sg The office loser I HAVE a very pesky colleague who won't stop talking. While everyone is busy doing their work, he walks around the office looking for agony aunts to speak to. He comes and
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  • EAT OUT
    • 485 32  -  Low Shi Ping A new cafe with a new concept to give diners a whole new dining experience HERE is something to sing about. Singspiration Caf£ was opened two months ago by four friends who love to eat and sing. The cafe, on South
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    • 200 32  -  Pauline D Loh YOU must have noticed them sitting on the supermarket shelves or displayed at your neighbourhood mini-mart. These little tubs of jelly are eyecatching, whether in packs of twos or individually. The Marigold two-toned fruit jellies come in a variety of fruit flavours white grape,
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    • 358 32 Orchard Hotel Enjoy an international buffet at Orchard Cafe for dinner, complete with soups, salmon, salads, red meats, lobsters, prawns, crabs and made-to-order noodles from the 'live' show kitchen. For reservations, call 6739 6554 (Orchard Cafe) and 6739 6708 (La Terrasse). ANA Hotel Mum is queen on
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  • FEATURE
    • 551 33 Today Features AN exhibition, comprising audio and visual displays and 3D shows, will be the highlight of the Singapore navy's 35th anniversary celebrations this year. Navy Exhibition -The Transformation will display how the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) developed over the years into a fighting force
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  • MOTORING
    • 538 34  -  Colin Yong Mazda's compact seven-seater gets better looks and more power to excite by coli n@news to d ay.com. sg *T*HE Japanese certainly have a knack of coming up with memorable names for 1 their cars. Now there is the sexy-sounding Mazda Premacy G-Sports. Presumably designed to
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    • 234 34 AFTER winning four of the five Formula One races held so far this year, Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher (picture) firmly believes he can set new records this season. Some are saying that the fourtime world champion already has a record-equalling fifth drivers' title firmly tucked
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    • 145 34 A NEW American-developed product that has ■libeen introduced here claims to reduce the failure rate of the lead-acid batteries used J in vehicles. Ecoßatt battery additive was recently tested by Novo ETS, a subsidiary of PSB, which reported it to be capable. The
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    • 181 35 THIS is the first official photograph (above) of the Volkswagen Touareg, the German manufacturer's first large off-road car. Underneath its sleek body, the Touareg shares many components with the recentlyintroduced Porsche Cayenne (picture, right). The two cars were developed in tandem. The 4.75m-long Touareg gets its unusual
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    • 210 35 A tyre pressure gauge is a must for safe driving ONE of the most overlooked maintenance items on a car is the air pressure in its tyres. Many motorists only realise that their car tyres lack sufficient air when they look soft and bulge outwards below the
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    • 603 35  -  Colin Yong A SURVEY carried out in the UK by respected marketing information services firm JD Power and Associates shows that, on the whole, Japanese cars deliver the most customer satisfaction. The results of the survey were published earlier this week by What Car? magazine.
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    • 1709 37 IIGHLIGHTS SATURDAY Megasoft's new product, KTV, in exchange for BROTHERHOOD XHE 13TH GOLDEN him. Watch nut for explosive actinn and Bpm, Channel 8 L MELODY ARD DREAMS: THE TEAM SINGAPORE romance Cast: Shu q[ and Julian Cheung. Jfj&t^^M MtT Wf S ?im 3^», Cfewnel NemAsia THE LIVING HOME: BEST OF
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    • 618 38 The Lighter Side Meehan Streak Today's Joke THERE'S A WIDELY HELD PERCEPTION Z. -S^ THAT MOST MOVIE STARS ARE 50 SELF- I FEAR YOU'RE MISTAKING V*"/ W° m 3 P J ABSORBED, THEY'RE TOTALLY OBLIVIOUS fi^vVBOTOiJffIUNTEM ME FOR ONE OF THOSE x S was to process all mail that had
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  • SPORTS
    • 671 39 EAST RUTHERFORD The New Jersey Nets finally found a way to rid themselves of Reggie Miller: Don't let him have the ball. In a game certain to become a classic, the Nets survived another heroic effort by Miller and outlasted the Indiana Pacers in double overtime,
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    • 109 39 NEW DELHI Tainted former Indian cricket captain Mohammad Azharuddin has sold off his house and expensive cars and moved into rented premises to raise funds for himself, according to a report published here yesterday. "Azza, as his friends call him, may be running out of money," the website
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    • 328 40 AFP ZURICH The confidential report by Fifa secretary general Michel ZenRuffinen accusing beleaguered Fifa president Sepp Blatter of financial mismanagement was described as explosive here on Friday. Zen-Ruffinen began delivering his report to an emergency executive committee at Fifa House and seven hours after the meeting
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    • 967 40  -  Rohit Brijnath by weeke nd @n e wstod ay. co m. sg LAST year I went to see my first footy game, that oddest of Australian sports, whose constant physicality suggests a convention of bouncers putting on
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      489 41  -  Jose Raymond They call her m* by j os e@ newstoday. c ora. sg MENTION Preraila Hirubalan {picture, right) and shooters from opposing teams will get disheartened. The 19-year-old Nanyang Technological University Engineering student is perhaps one of the most robust and athletic defenders Singapore netball has seen
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    • 122 41 THE NATIONAL Under-17 team will be playing at least two friendly matches in Johor, Malaysia on June 1 and 2. The matches are in preparation for the annual SingaporeMalaysia series, to be hosted by Malaysia next month. Said national U-17 coach Tony Tan: "We are hoping to
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    • 75 41 NETBALL SINGAPORE (NS) is turning 40 next month. And it is holding a grand bash at the NS Lifehub on June 22. There will be a carnival with games, a netball competition and a telematch. Food will also be provided on the day at no cost
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    • 377 41 The 2002 NTUC FairPrice Netball Super League (NSL) season has been somewhat disastrous for last year's champion coach Tony Tan. Last season, Tan led the Carlsberg Southside Sharks all the way to the NSL championship. But this year, after the traditional
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    • 505 42  -  Stanley Ho by Stanley @news tod ay. com. sg CLEMENTI Khalsa coach Bogdan Brasoveami's much-anticipated return to S-League action on Friday night lasted just an hour. But his mere presence was enough to inspire his charges to a precious 2-1 win over Woodlands Wellington, despite being
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    • 586 43  -  Jose Raymond Today EXCLUSIVE by jose@news today, com, sg DO NOT write off the Lions' chances of taking part in this year's Asian Games Under-23 tournament in Busan, Korea. If it comes to the crunch, the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) is even
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    • 327 43  -  Jose Raymond Today EXCLUSIVE by jose®newstodavxon^^^^^^^^^^^^^^_ HE DOES not know it, but a Clementi Khalsa player is being watched 24 hours a day. For a week now, the S-League club has employed a private investigator to keep tabs on the player's movements. This was confirmed
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    • 706 44  -  Leonard Thomas Battle between Vieira and Petit will decide Cup English FA Cup final Arsenal v Chelsea Preview, CH22, Saturday, 9pm Live, Ck22, Saturday, 9.50pm THEY once formed a midfield combination that shook England's very best. Complementing each other on the field, the understanding was
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    • 313 44  -  Stanley Ho by Stanley® newstoday. com.sg REIGNING SLeague Player of the Year Daniel Bennett (picture) has joined four-time S-League champion SAFFC. The 24-year-old defender has agreed terms with the Warriors, and will put pen to paper on Monday. Said Bennett, who
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    • 436 45 Team forlorn as trophy hopes hanging by a thread LONDON Diego Forlan (picture) admitted on Friday that deep depression has set in at Manchester United since its Champions League semi-final exit to Bayer Leverkusen. The defending Premiership champion must now beat current leader Arsenal at Old Trafford on
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    • 274 45 -AFP Serie A Lazio v inter Milan £we o« CA22, Sunday, 8.55pm ROME Inter Milan travels to Rome to play Lazio at the Olympic Stadium on Sunday knowing victory will crown it champion of Italy for the first time
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    • 267 45 AFP MADRID The distraction of Real Madrid's progression to the Champions League final, at the expense of its bitter rival Barcelona, has allowed Valencia to prepare quietly for its trip to Malaga on Sunday. Victory could bring it its first Spanish championship in 31
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    • 400 46 United's Peter Kenyon On Other questions: THE TEAM What is the state o/Beckkam's new contract? "We have been working very hard on it and we are confident of signing a new deal with him before the World Cup starts." What were the reasons for the pre-Christmas dip in form? "Sir
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      285 46  -  Neil Humphreys by tie il@n ews to d ay. cn m. sg MANCHESTER United is out of Europe, the FA Cup and has little chance of retaining its Premiership title. For a club that has collected more football trophies than Ulrika Jons son, that is an unacceptable state
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    • 570 47 It'll be a busy summer But it is Juventus full-back Lilian Thuram, a pre-season target last year for Ferguson, who remains top of his list. Last season, the coach was told that the funds had dried up following the purchases of Juan Veron and Ruud van Nistelrooy. Veron has of
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    • 26 44 Caff 191X3-31^-11SS Arsenal v Chelsea Will the Blues end the Gunners' double dream? Call after lam on Sunday morning for the full-time FA Cup final result
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  • Page 46 Miscellaneous
    • 38 46 Gullit called it sexy/40 Rohit simply says it is the world's most beautiful game S-League intrigue/42 Clementi Khalsa has its player followed They once fought for the same cause/44 But now two old friends will clash at Cardiff
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