Today, 4 July 2002, Afternoon Edition

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    Masthead
    4 1 TODAY Thursday .j«iy4,2002. M.TA(P)063/11/2ijOI
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Hack and run
      481 1  -  Val Chua Outrageous ploy that stunned 21 DBS customers THREE years back, DBS Bank had a safety feature in place to make sure that online fund transfers did not land in the wrong hands. Third-party transfer of funds would take up to two days and if someone
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      Changes at ITE
      148 1 TO DEAL with the challenges of the New Economy, the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) has streamlined its system of certification, said Minister for Education Radm Teo Chee Hean. He said the existing six certifications will be grouped into three levels and that the new system will
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      Lock icon Modest gains
      80 1 -AFP NEW YORK US stocks shook off early losses to post modest gains on some late session bargain hunting ahead of the Independence Day holiday. The Dow Jones rose 47.22 points (0.52 per cent) to 9,054.97. The S&P 500 gained 5.90 points (0.62 per cent) to 953.99 and
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  • HOT NEWS
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      No tremor from Temasek
      522 2  -  Francis Kan as eagerly-awaited charter is released WHEN Mr Raymond Lim, chairman of the economic review sub-committee on entrepreneurship, urged the Government in May to "follow the Yellow Pages rule" for public sector involvement in business, many believed that it would lead to a host of
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      Second man accused of criminal defamation
      450 2  -  Kim-Kyna Tan BARELY 12 hours after the police seized the computer hard disk belonging to Fateha.com editor Zulfikar Mohd Shariff (picture), another Netizen had his computer confiscated for a parallel investigation. Mr Robert Ho, 51, who is unemployed, has been a vocal and belligerent
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      Mega's ways
      364 3 Talk of polls re-think and deal with Golkar JAKARTA Once a symbol for the reformasi (reform) movement when President Suharto resigned in 1998, Indonesia's President Megawati Sukarnoputri (picture) is now under fire for abandoning the cause. Reports yesterday said Ms Megawati was considering postponing until 2009 the country's
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      Lock icon German air crash: Warning system was down
      174 3 Agencies ZURICH An automatic warning system which might have helped prevent the deadly mid-air crash over Germany was under routine maintenance at the time of the collision, Swiss air traffic controllers said yesterday. An official from Skyguide, the Swiss air traffic control authority,
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      Lock icon Wrong info from US
      200 3 AFP TOKYO Just how reliable is the information provided by the US military? Not too reliable, apparently. Since the end of the Second World War, Japan has depended solely on the United States for information on regional security as it lacks the technology to detect missile
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      Lock icon Arroyo: Sometimes I err...
      109 3 Agencies MANILA When it comes to mistakes, Philippine President Gloria Arroyo would admit to having made some political ones. But the UStrained economist, who came to power 17 months ago, feels that her economic policies are, by and large, correct. "As your President, I may make
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      Mystery fires in AMK: Two go on trial
      245 4  -  -Joy Frances A SPATE of fires blazed through Ang Mo Kio from Feb 8, 2000, to Sept 9 last year. The property damage was extensive. Twenty-eight motorcycles, two hawker centres, two wet markets and a coffee-shop were set on fire always in
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      DPM's gesture ...
      337 4  - DPM's gesture Elaine Quek Daily-wagers can transfer CPF funds to DBS accounts EVERY dollar matters to these dailyrated workers and that was why Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong had to intervene. After the merger of DBS Bank and POSB back in November 1998, many members of the Amalgamated Union
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      Minister to students: Believe you can
      248 4  -  Tan Hui Leng ACTING Minister of Community Development and Sports, Associate Prof Yaacob Ibrahim, has one message for the students: Build the Singapore you want. He was speaking at the inaugural Mayor's Lecture Series held at the Nanyang Polytechnic yesterday. Dr Yaacob asked the
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      Flagging sales: Here's the remedy ...
      272 4  - Flagging sales: Here's the remedy Clement Mesenas IF YOU die, will your wife start seeing other men? Disturbing question it will surely start you thinking, if you came across it in an advertisement. That ad, for life insurance, is Adrian Holmes' (picture) favourite. It won him international recognition. The reality
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      193 2 Tel: 6788 5255 Visit: today.income.com.sg Email: mkquot@i ncome.com.sg Our motor insurance 'Quality Plan' now offers you 2 options: Discounts r n A5% discount will be given for loyal policy holders Option 1 wno nave insured their vehicles with us for at least 3 the excess for first two accident repairs
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      7 2 the cyc NO. 1 MOVIE IN SINGAPORE
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  • LETTERS
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      Our Merlions are most un-(camera)friendly!
      179 6  -  Sammy Chew THERE is a Merlion, about 10 feet tall, on top of Mount Faber. As with the other two Merlions at Sentosa and Fullerton, it is located in a very unfriendly spot where it is impossible for people to stand next to it for
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      Waste of time and money
      316 6  -  Narayana Narayana THE number of complaints over the ez-link cards seems to be on the increase. Mr Pang Kian Tong raises a point in his letter (Today, July 2) which has already been brought up earlier. Who in his or her right mind will want
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon Vivendi's Waterloo
      355 8 Agencies Ouster of iconoclastic CEO fails to halt share price plunge VIVENDI Universal, the global media group, is far from finding relief with the removal of its chairman and chief executive, Mr Jean-Marie Messier (picture). His ouster was overshadowed by disclosures about the company's accounting practices, which sent
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      Lock icon HK$ will remain pegged to US$: Tung
      115 8 -AFP HONG KONG Hong Kong will not change the local currency's peg to the US dollar over the next five years, reports here quoted Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa as saying. He said there were arguments for and against the peg, which has been
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    • Market Watch
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        Singapore
        132 8 THE STI jumped 30.41 points yesterday, ending at 1583.14. Expectations of a major announcement to come from Temasek's new charter released yesterday attracted some short-covering and bargain hunting while the chain of negative announcements in the US served to divert money out of the US markets into Asia. For
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        World markets
        52 8 Index Vahie Change Nikkei 225 King Seng 111 Ordinaries ";fcr',Vitl *****.30 *****.19 3132.90 5G47.B2 +189.98 +87.43 -2630 +52.74 +1.7' +0.8! ■0.8! +1.01 Korea ton:) SET Index Jakarta Ccmp 753.36 395.15 478.53 +7.13 +4.37 ■525 +0.91 +1.1: ■1.01 PliilsComp jl-Hll/HI- B Uumkl 1141.55 257.52 3310.19 -4B.5G +12.10 +25.15 ■4.0!
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 8 m 0.5652 IKE 0.3701 Yen 67.908 HKS 4.4057 M 2.1464 Euro 0.5758 Rupiah 5049.7 Botit 23.503 Peso 28.717 At 1.0113 Indian Rs 27.564 Won 682.05 C$ 0.8649 Yuen 4.6780 N/i 1.1604 NT$ 18.975
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        Commodities
        21 8 Galdus$/o[ 313.200 Silver us$/ai 4.950 Platinum uss/« 524.100 Rubber tmtsAg 148.25 Piiln ;iil -v i:- 1344 Bfetit crude ust/bmrel 25.72
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        Straits Times Index — 10-Day Chart
        5 8 Straits Times Index 10-Day Chart
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        SGX most active
        54 8 By volume Jul 3 '000 Singlel 29,553 Autron 21,347 QianHu 17,519 FJBenR 14,206 Vtaleth 12,999 By value Jul 3 Sing Tel 41,703,388 DBS 41,676,336 UOB 37,488,200 fettered 35,339,100 Venture 27,099,620 '000 Parkwuy 12,989 Doyen 11,214 BILInll 10,626 Chortered 10,202 Goldtion 9,973 SPH 23,912,600 SIA 22,909,722 OCBC 19,620,930
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        SGX top rises
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        Lock icon SGX top falls
        75 8 Bloomberg 3y$ lul 3 Close Change [hoi PrimEJOOlJSS 1.720 -0.230 IMH4001SS 5.™ -0.100 ;PB 3rev--e-"es 5.2JC 0.050 3en*dix O.8J5 0.040 'rimo 4.3B0 -O.O40 mdfk O.ZBO -0.030 Hiindex 0.320 -0.025 WliChert)W(l***** 0.OS0 -0.O21! Dlpsd 1.300 0.020 Ely pertenlage hi 3 Close Change Strike W*****0 0.005 -50.000 WtitaW*****6 0.050
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      Lock icon CityAxis, Viz Branz IPOs to fund China expansion
      334 10 Bloomberg ANOTHER two companies launched their IPOs here yesterday bringing the total to four in two days. The latest two are CityAxis Holdings, which manages interior design for commercial spaces, and the China-based maker and distributor of instant food and beverages, Viz
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      Lock icon Property trust oversubscribed
      99 10 Bloomberg CAPITALAND has received more orders than the 213 million units of a property trust it is offering to fund managers and the public this week, its banker said. Fund managers and individual investors were allocated 28.9 per cent of the trust. The trust, which holds three
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
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      Lock icon SingTel rally
      165 12 Bloomberg Share price recovers on SingPost sale optimism SINGTEL shares rallied as much as 5,1 per cent on optimism it will soon sell shares in its postal unit and after its shares fell to a record low last week, analysts said. SingTel advanced six cents, or 4.4 per
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      Bond increase
      44 12 SEMBCORP Industries has made further forays into the debt market. It has increased the size of its bond issue from $500 million to $2 billion. The increase will help SembCorp Industries to fund its future capital expenditure, investments and working capital requirements.
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      Lock icon Merger talks at Deutsche Bank?
      143 12 AFP FRANKFURT Deutsche Bank is in preliminary talks with Swiss counterpart Credit Suisse Group over a possible merger, German stock market newsletter Prior Boerse reported. It said that Deutsche Bank's new chairman Josef Ackermann, a former executive of Credit Suisse, has met the Swiss group's
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      Lock icon Jurong Port's big plans
      132 12 Bloomberg JURONG Port plans to handle up to 1.6 million standard-size containers in two to three years. Last year, the port operator handled about 100,000 twenty foot equivalent units. That is compared with 15.5 million containers that PSA Corp moved at its Singapore terminals. "If we
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      Lock icon Tajudin leaves TRI
      78 12 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian tycoon Tajudin Ramli and three associates resigned as directors of Technology Resources Industries (TRI) yesterday, ending a battle for control of the company with Telekom Malaysia. Executive director Lira Kheng Yew said the company secretary submitted their resignations to the board at a
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Jailbird's song
      327 14 Dr M quit to deflect flak, says Anwar Ibrahim KUALA LUMPUR As Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Sen Dr Mahathir Mohamad returned from vacation to a tumultuous welcome yesterday, his former protege could not resist giving his take on the country's changing political landscape from behind bars. "The issue
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      Lock icon Arafat bows to US pressure, purges security apparatus
      197 14 Agencies JENIN Under intense pressure from the United States to reform the Palestinian Authority, its leader, Mr Yasser Arafat, yesterday carried out a major purge of his security apparatus. Mr Arafat fired the powerful head of his West Bank preventive security service,
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      Lock icon US floats compromise on UN peace-keeping
      271 14 Agencies WASHINGTON The United States floated a compromise yesterday to break the impasse threatening the future of the United Nations peace-keeping operations and avert a shutdown of the UN's Bosnian mission. The proposal being discussed by the UN Security Council satisfies American concerns about
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      Lock icon Al Qaeda behind attack on US consulate
      157 14 AFP ISLAMABAD Evidence has showed that the Al Qaeda network is the financial mastermind behind the bombing of the US consulate in Karachi last month, Pakistani authorities said. The Associated Press of Pakistan news agency reported yesterday that Pakistan's Interior Minister, Mr Moinuddin
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      Untitled
      61 14 They come and have cheeseburgers and apple pie They all look at us every July 4 and say, "God, it's like M conning home". Ms Joanne Blackmoore, president of the American Association of Singapore, speaking about the sailors on US navy ships docked in Singapore, some of whom will be
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      Lock icon Message to mainland
      74 14 -AFP HONG KONG Professionals welcome. This is the message that Hong Kong's Chief Executive, Mr Tung Chee-hwa, is sending to Beijing. It was reported yesterday that Mr Tung would ask Beijing to consider allocating part of the daily quota, for admitting spouses and children of Chinese residing
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Lock icon Under friendly fire
      876 16  -  Jennifer Alejandro Channel News Asia. They are traditional allies but how cordial are Philippine-US relations? THE Philippines, a former US colony, used to hold celebrations on July 4 America's Independence Day because it was also the day Washington granted independence to the country in 1946. This was
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Class, cults and ... classics
      695 18  - Class, cults and classics Barry Hing Jury is still out on whether Elvis hits deserve classic status. But does it matter? TWENTY-FIVE years after his death, Elvis Presley has again hit the top of the UK charts this time with a remix of one of his minor tracks, A Little
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  • INFOTECH
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      BlackBerry messenger
      492 19  -  This wireless e-mail device even withstood a terrorist attack by Chan Chao Peh chaopeh news today.com.sg IT was a wireless e-mail device called the Blackßerry (picture) that allowed many survivors of the World Trade Center (WTC) attack to message their families and friends to assure them that they
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      As sleek as a sports car
      345 19  -  Mick Lockey by_ SAMSUNG Electronics has paired up with the F A Porsche design house to deliver the SyncMaster 17 IP (picture) a sleek 17-inch LCD monitor. While its svelte styling may not conjure up images of Sports cars, it might inspire a bit
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      Win big
      79 19 SINGAPORE Cable Vision (SCV) has been adopted by more than 60 per cent of landed homes in the country. The cable service provider enjoys a 100 per cent penetration rate in 19 landed estates and between 70 and 95 per cent in other estates, it said. SCV is
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      CNETAsia Breaking News
      86 19 asia.cnel.com/newitech PDA-phone to arrive THE European mobile provider, 02, is launching one of the first PDA-phones to feature General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) wireless connection. The 20 }g O2 xda is expected to arrive in Hong Kong and Singapore this month, and in Malaysia and Australia later.
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        MS Excel 2000 Cumulative Update Patch
        29 19 Update THIS update gives you the latest security and performance improvements for Microsoft Excel 2000. It prevents Excel from running macros without warning.
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        CATraxx
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        SQL Server 2000 SQLXML Unchecked Buffer Vulnerability Patch
        39 19 THIS enables the transfer of XML data to and from SQL Server 2000. Database queries can be returned in the form of XML documents which can be stored or transferred easily.
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        9MM
        39 19 THEY took your badge and your uniform. They took away your ability to fight crime. There is only one thing you can do now: Get drunk and try to shoot the empty bottles as fast as you can.
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  • CITYSTYLE
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      A life of learning
      364 21 SHE fits the profile of the yuppie young, wellgroomed and upwardly mobile. There is no mistaking the confident stride and the selfassured smile. Janice Teo, 24, is someone who wants to go places. "I believe in lifelong learning. Life is a journey of learning and I
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      Keep your skin from ageing
      186 21 Skincare Series WHEN Vitamin C is mentioned, most people immediately associate it with oranges and vitamin supplements, and something to be taken daily to keep away colds and such. It was not until an influx of skincare products containing Vitamin C that people began to
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  • INCINEMAS
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      The studly Mr Damon?
      162 22 MATT Damon: Movie star, writer... gorgeous hunk? Apparently, many American women think he's a hunk, says the director of the Boston sperm bank, New England Cryogenics. Married women usually request sperm from a donor who looks like their husband. But many single women have been asking
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      Lock icon Topless suit settled
      67 22 -Agencies LOS ANGELES -Jennifer Aniston has settled her lawsuit against Man's World Publications and Crescent Publishing Group for printing pictures of her sunbathing topless. The pictures were taken in 1999 by a paparazzi photographer, who scaled a 2.4-m wall to shoot Aniston in the backyard of her
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      The future's so 'bright' ...
      551 24  - The future's so 'bright' Joy Frances in the thought-provoking Minority Report FILM REVIEW Minority Report (Now showing) STEVEN Spielberg's Minority Report is satisfying science fiction that will tickle your imagination about how the world might turn out half a century from now. The vision it paints is dark, gritty and
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      175 24 -AFP WELLINGTON Actor Sam Neill, who starred in Jurassic Park, has come out strongly against genetic engineering, joining a lobby group aiming to stop its widespread introduction here. Jurassic's plot involved using ancient DNA to genetically engineer dinosaurs. Genetic engineering is shaping up as the major
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      346 24 TKNOW how hard it is for people to see me as a j§ig X victim, hut in this case it's pretty close to the truth. f| former Hollywood power broker/king-maker Michael Ovitz (picture), telling M Vanity Fair that the collapse and recent sale of his talent agency, Artists Management Group,
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      231 25 weekend tx^, *V? IODAi Just 50 < commentaries, issues and interviews ■rue jfe Why PSA should WALKI IsS?^? 2^ R Voices fro—^m^, w J J u J^?Tw^."i!>-" i|"i"''ta"S M I;EKr,-»—». lm l»iH '^^tss-t ■*¥^w^Sl*i!Sf IJS SUAJtV3S*t*««"" SsrJm^S^H rS"U*s"'™*»^. n4\l r I =S?7JSi- •ssssßßa.. !SS'~^r" i '~SSSr;Ki; 1 li, I ggifH
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  • TIMEOUT
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      Humour uniform
      545 27  -  Yee Wei Zhen Life in the SAF, besides all the spit and polish by weizhe n@ne wsto day. c o m.sg IN the early National Service days, they were both terrors of the parade square, howling at cadets and making them tremble whenever they were around. Now, those
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      257 27  -  Katrina Karim 'TONIGHT'S episode of True Files X addresses teen violence and explores whether peer pressure and parental neglect is the root cause of such behaviour. Do teen gangs provide solace, security, companionship and some semblance of family life? In January 2000, a teen gang
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      248 27 K|ffffB]Wiy|fBfWU VISUAL ARTS Date: Tomorrow Interiors -Vista of Internal Space Tjme: 5 8 Landscapes, cityscapes or streetscapes are Venue* The Heeren common themes for artists. Interior scenes have, however, been relatively unexplored NDEPENDENCE Day In this exhibition, seven Singaporean and two Malaysian artists present their "internal f a em "n»matiof»l
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Blanc stays a Red Devil
      164 28 ■AFP LONDON Former France star Laurent Bianc has made a u-turn on his vow to quit football this summer by signing a new one-year deal with English giant Manchester United, the club's official internet site revealed yesterday. Blanc, who won the World Cup and European
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      Lock icon Escobar honoured finally
      105 28 -AFP BOGOTA Colombia paid its respects to Andres Escobar eight years after the former international defender was shot dead on his return from the 1994 World Cup. After a religious ceremony, several of his former teammates took part in a friendly match at a sports complex named
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      Lock icon Battle for Ronaldo on
      594 28 Will Real become a 'fantasy' team? MILAN Internazionale president Massimo Moratti has called on Ronaldo to emulate his World Cup form at club level when the Serie A season kicks off. "Like all Inter fans, I was greatly moved by his success, but now he has
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      Lock icon One last time for Singapore
      588 29  -  Kelvin Phang by kelvin@newstoday.com.sg NATIONAL junior Yang Lee Keong will be playing his last tournament in Singapore colours at the upcoming 35th Junior World Golf Championships in San Diego. The 17-year-old is one of six top local junior golfers selected by the Asia Junior Golf
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      Valerie bags second silver in trios
      368 29  -  Kelvin Phang by kelvin@news tod ay.com. sg SINGAPORE failed narrowly in its attempt to land its first gold of the 17th Asian FIQ Bowling Championships in Hong Kong yesterday. The Singapore women's trios team of Valerie Teo (picture), Yap Seok Kim and Jennifer Tan
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      Lock icon No choice for Leeds?
      547 30 Agencies Ferdinand's move looks more and more likely LEEDS The intrigue simply grows each passing day at Leeds United. On Tuesday, the gloom surrounding manager-less Leeds deepened when Robbie Keane rejected a £10 million ($27 million) move to Sunderland. The Elland Road club supporters will realise
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      Lock icon Zico hot favourite to take over reigns from Troussier
      320 30 -AFP TOKYO Brazilian football legend Zico is in negotiations to coach Japan's national team as it bids for a place at the 2006 World Cup, officials said yesterday. "The technical committee has been examining several candidates. It is only natural that
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      Reds buy again?
      72 30 LIVERPOOL Liverpool has confirmed it wants to sign former French under-20 midfielder Alou Diarra from Bayern Munich. Diarra is available on a free transfer after signing from French side Louhans-Cuiseaux in 2000. If Liverpool completes the deal, Diarra will become Gerard Houllier's fourth summer signing. The English
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      Real top
      115 30 PARIS Spanish giant Real Madrid took in a staggering 37 million euros ($64 million) from Uefa for last season's Champions League success. Madrid, which clinched a record ninth European title with its 2-1 win over Bayer Leverkusen in May, topped the list. Leverkusen was second on 33.8 million
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      Japan loses
      100 30 TOKYO An extra 30,000 foreigners visited Japan during the World Cup month of June, officials said, far fewer than originally forecast, prompting some economists yesterday to revise projected revenue from the finals. The numbers fell well below the 400,000 people widely expected by economists to visit Japan for
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      Dual role
      51 30 SEOUL Guus Hiddink expects to serve as an advisor to World Cup co-host South Korea as it prepares for the next finals despite a possible return to former club PSV Eindhoven, he said yesterday. Hiddink confirmed reports of talks with Dutch club Eindhoven but said nothing was settled
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        Marcos: Kahn's not worthy of best player tag
        323 31 RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil goalkeeper Marcos has slammed Fifa's decision to award the Golden Ball for the World Cup's outstanding player to his Germany counterpart Oliver Kahn. "It's absolutely ridiculous," he told onefootball.com. "Kahn's performance was nothing outstanding. He wasn't better than
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        Lock icon Serena keeps dream alive
        600 31 Agencies Prospect of all-Williams final is closer to reality LONDON Second seed Serena Williams (picture) maintained her side of the sisters pact by joining Venus in the Wimbledon semi-finals this morning as the women's draw anticipated its first all-siblings final for 118 years. Serena was supreme
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        Ljungberg out for three months
        143 31 LONDON Arsenal midfielder Freddie Ljungberg needs surgery on his nagging hip problem and is set to miss the first three months of the new season. Ljungberg has cut short his summer break for the hampered his recovery. He returned to London on Tuesday after baffled
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        Lock icon Navratilova hits out at Kournikova doubters
        286 31 AFP LONDON Tennis legend Martina Navratilova has jumped to the defence of under-fire Anna Kournikova after the Russian pin-up ended her bid for another Wimbledon title this morning. Navratilova and Australian Todd Woodbridge went down 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 in the second round of their
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      145 29 O INCOME Will Venga be outsmarted by Korean tactics? Geylang United FC vs Woodlands Wellington FC* f( kickoTpTl Date Match Match Ho. Venue I Thursday ClementiKhalsaFC vi JurongFC 115 ClementiStadium 4]uly2ooZ Gombak United FC vs Tampines Rovers FC 116 Bukit Gombak Stadium fridary Singapore Armed Forces FC vs Sengkang Marine
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