Streats, 14 August 2002

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    12 1 Streats WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2002 Hotline: 1800-844-5566 E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg IVIITA (P) 240/03/2002
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  • Article
    Lock icon The 9/1 temptation
    622 1  -  Private property will become more affordable, but can people really afford it? By Deepa Vijiyasingam SEPT 1 will be a day you will not forget if you have set your heart on buying your own home. With changes in CPF rules requiring only a 10 per cent
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    Lock icon CHANGES FROM SEPT 1
    118 1 Private property buyers pay only 10 per cent cash downpayment. They can use CPF for the other 10 per cent For property purchases and re-financed mortgages entered into on or after this date, banks will have priority over the CPF Board in claiming the amount owed
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  • MORNING RUSH
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      Lock icon U.S. ECONOMY ON THE MEND: BUSH
      153 1 Reuters US President George W Bush, staging a high-profile economic forum designed to show him engaged on a volatile issue looming large over the November mid-term elections, said yesterday that the ailing US economy was on the mend, but more needed to be done.
      . – Reuters  -  153 words
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      Lock icon U.S. RETAIL SALES RISE 1.2% IN JULY
      164 1 Reuters US retail sales rose in July as consumers flocked to car showrooms, the government said in a report. The US Commerce Department said retail sales advanced 1.2 per cent in July to a seasonally adjusted U *****.28 billion, while sales outside of
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  • STREATS local
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      Lock icon Only modest pay rise expected
      343 2 No reason to smile yet WORKERS this year can expect a modest base salary increase of about 1.3 per cent, down from 3.6 per cent last year. Also due to lower variable bonuses, total salary increases this year are likely to be 0.5 per cent
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      Lock icon ‘Happy worker’s a productive worker’
      297 2  -  Give them a reason to smile By Wendy Tan IS YOUR employee smiling? If he is, chances are he is a healthy and productive worker. This is the view of GlaxoSmithKline managing director Tan Kay Yong, who said yesterday: “When employees feel better, they can
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      Lock icon Streats wins recognition
      75 2 STREATS has been recognised for its display advertising at the Pacific Area Newspaper Publishers’ Association (Panpa) annual marketing awards. The paper was one of two finalists for the award. The award recognises newspapers in the Pacific region for their clever marketing techniques. The winner was The New
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      Lock icon NUS’ China college opens next July
      264 3 Five overseas colleges by 2005 THE National University of Singapore has confirmed that its third overseas college, located in China, will admit its first batch of 50 undergraduates next July. It will focus on Chinese business culture. In an interview with Newsßadio yesterday, Mr
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      Lock icon SCRAWL ON THE WALL
      75 3 These graffiti artists are getting paid for leaving their mark. To reach out to the younger generation, The Esplanade Theatres On The Bay is hiring five artists from a graffiti crew known as Operation Art Core to spray-paint a design for a permanent art installation. Pictured
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      Lock icon Chinese name for Changi Airport on the Net
      130 3 WHAT do you call Dhoby Ghaut MRT station in Chinese? Or Changi Airport? Don’t know? Then log on to http://e2ctransnet.zaobao.com. Set up with a $50,000 grant from the Singapore Press Holdings’ Chinese Language Journalism Fund, the website contains translations of English and
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      Lock icon Maid abuser
      285 4  -  She hit woman with belt and bamboo pole Reports by Gary Lim THE finance manager of a travel services company whipped her domestic maid with a belt and hit her arm with a bamboo pole. Yesterday, Joyce Tan Lee Mei, 43, a mother of two, was slapped with
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      Lock icon Chee trial decision on Monday
      154 4 PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong and Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew will find out next week if there is to be a summary judgment on their claims for damages from opposition activist Chee Soon Juan. If High Court Senior Assistant Registrar Toh Han Li approves
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      Lock icon Abusive maid
      135 4 She bit the baby twice SHE did not know how to stop the baby from crying. So domestic maid Rosita Tuppil Taguinod, 25, bit the 18-month-old baby girl on her right elbow on April 8. The next day, the baby’s mother reported her to the police. Taguinod, a
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      Lock icon Spring Singapore wants cheat to return cash
      173 4  -  Khushwant Singh SPRING Singapore yesterday said it is trying to recover the $195,800 it lent to businessman Keith Tan Khi Wie under the Local Enterprise Technical Assistance Scheme (Letas). Tan, managing director of Duraco Industries, was sentenced last week to 18 months in
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      Lock icon A winner, but it’s not mine’
      183 4 THIS man found a lottery ticket which bore the winning 4D number for the first prize of $lO,OOO but he was not tempted to keep it. Nor could he have done so without flouting the law. Mr Lin Yijian, 25, a retail manager at
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      164 2 Home Insure-fe Protect your home against fire, burglary or explosions from as low as 12 CentS* a day Tel: 6788 5255 Website: streats.income.com.sg Email: Ginsure@income.com.sg Our comprehensive home insurance package indemnifies you against loss or damage to your home. We also provide you with: Up to $350,000 public liability Up
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      73 2 ’V^UMdmSixdh HAIRDRESSING SPECIALISES IN EXPAT HAIR SALON'S PRODUCT, SCHWARZKOPF PROFESSIONAL 20% OFF HAIR SERVICES (BIRTHDAY TREAT AT 30% OFF) EXCEPT WASH AND BLOW PRICES RANGE FROM S2S PER HAIR CUT TO $2OO FOR ANY OTHER HAIR SERVICES Mon Sat 11am 7pm Sunday By Appointments Only Public Holidays llam 4pm N
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      169 3 NATIONAL IT LITERACY PROGRAMME (NITLP) Module 1 Introduction to Computers Module le# Data Entry Module 2 Introduction to Internet Module 3 Online Chat and Games $8.05 per module (inclusive of GST) after NITLP subsidy up to 80%* Save $7 for 2 modules with your NDP Promotion Coupon (Valid till 30
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      138 4 murdochun Registered Provider Code: ***** J Want to be the Creative Director of Butterfly Lovers? Mr Saseedharan Anandan is just that. He is the Creative Director of the critically acclaimed Butterfly Lovers and a PhD student at Murdoch University. Mr Anandan's supervisor Dr Martin Mhando of Murdoch University and an
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      153 5 Students’ Saver Meal If Pays To Stay In School! Simply flash your Student ID card and enjoy KFCs Weekday Students' Saver Meal for just $5.95! (Before 12pm and between 2pm-spm) -x: t ray 3 R¥g£ •v ips&wssl t o\ C> VAI ’«C bk 1 s'. »1 •1* m s?i‘! SiVJS
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  • STREATS financial
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      Lock icon STI gets blue-chip boost
      403 6 STI: 1,529.03 42.59 Reuters SHARES closed firmer yesterday, with the Straits Times Index pushing through resistance at 1,520 points on selected buying in blue chips sold down in recent sessions. But dealers doubted the gains would hold given modest trading volumes and uncertainty ahead of the
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      Lock icon Resurgent Asian economies could still be dragged down US can still spoil the party
      526 6 Wire services SINGAPORE Still hurting from the global technology meltdown, Asia faces the risk of being knocked off its feet again as worries grow that the US economy is slowing markedly or even heading into recession.
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      Lock icon FOREX RATES
      24 6 •AS AT AUGUST 13 US$: 551.760 552.686 EURO: 551.719 Ss: 67.72 YEN Ss: RM2.159 Ss: HK54.432 Ss: 23.97 BAHT Ss: 5,035 RUPIAH
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      Lock icon S’pore may ease hedge fund rules
      129 6 Reuters SINGAPORE Singapore has unveiled plans for easier rules on offering hedge funds to retail investors to make them more affordable, and more closely match Hongkong’s regulations. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said yesterday it plans to cut the minimum subscription in a
      – Reuters  -  129 words
    • MONEY SCAN
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        Lock icon SEMBLOG H1 FALLS
        57 6 Bloomberg SEMBCORP Logistics said first-half profit fell 53 per cent after it sold its marine businesses. Profit fell to $36.2 million, or 4.2 cents a share, from $76.4 million, or 9.2 cents, in the year-earlier period, the company said. Sales fell 6 per cent to $224.4 million
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        Lock icon NERA’S INTERIM DROP
        76 6 NERA Telecommunications said yesterday its first-half net profit slumped 73.9 per cent to $2.17 million versus a year earlier. Nera, controlled by Norwegian satellite telecoms group Nera, said the drop in profit was due to lower sales from its information technology (IT) and contract manufacturing businesses, as
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        Lock icon QANTAS PLEA REJECTED
        88 6 AFP THE Australian government yesterday rejected an appeal by Qantas Airways to lift a 49 per cent cap on foreign ownership of the company, a ceiling the airline says is crippling its plans to expand. Announcing the decision after a federal cabinet meeting in Cairns, Transport Minister
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      439 7 Infooomm Lifelong Learning SINGAPORE S 3 Update. Upgrade. With Infocomm Skills. A PROGRAMME MANAGED BY INFOCOMM DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF SINGAPORE (IDA) JfcM your job opportunities in the digital working environment with the Infocomm Competency Programme (ICP) Who Should Workers: Company-sponsored Self-sponsored Retrenched/unemployed workers, homemakers, senior citizens/retirees How You Can Enhance
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  • STREATS medical
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      Lock icon Sleep boosts motor skills
      299 8 BERLIN A good night’s sleep will help you memorise practical skills, such as playing an instrument or a sport:, BBC Online reported yesterday. It’s known that sleep helps you retain factual and perceptual memories. But new German research has indicated that sleep also benefits skills involving
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      Lock icon HEALTH FORUM
      109 8 QHow can a woman prevent and treat urinary tract infection? Alt’s not possible to prevent all cases of urinary tract infection. It most often occurs after sex. The other common cause is panty liners. They tend to keep vaginal discharge close to the skin. To reduce the risk,
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      Lock icon A banana a day keeps strokes at bay
      195 8 HONOLULU Eating one banana a H day could help some people lower their risk of stroke, a new study suggests. 1 Bananas are a rich source of potassium. BBC Online reported yesterday that a study of 5,600 Hawaiians aged over 65 suggested
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      Lock icon X-ray flashlight lets doctors see inside you
      174 8 LONDON A new handheld device can help doctors see right into your body, BBC Online reported yesterday. The Sonic Flashlight, developed in the US, combines various technologies to give the user X-ray vision. It looks like a small window attached to a ray
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  • STREATS vocal
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      Lock icon Let retailers do it
      68 10 THE Housing Board has allocated too few locations to allow motorists to replace their hourly parking coupons when the parking fee increase goes into effect. I foresee that same Singaporean spectacle long impatient queues, as there are too many motorists and too few centres. I urge
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      Lock icon TransitLink reviewing student concession
      215 10 WE WOULD like to thank Mr KW Yap for sharing his feedback, “Why do poly students have to pay full fare” (Streats, Aug 5). The current criteria for student concession travel eligibility on public buses and trains are not pegged solely on the student’s age. They
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      Lock icon When the bubble burst...
      185 10 I AGREE with Mr Ng Tat Keong’s views in his letter “Service is everything” (Streats, Aug 6). Recently, I wanted to redeem a cup of bubble tea at Ngee Ann City Basement 2 but was rejected as my card had expired. I then produced my girlfriend’s
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      Lock icon National Day Parade blues
      106 10 I AM 38 years old and for as long as I can remember, I have tried in vain to get tickets to watch the National Day Parade. I am disappointed that I have failed. So are my children, aged eight and 14. I feel that the
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      Lock icon ElderShield: Some answers, please
      90 10 RECENT reports about some Singaporeans opting out of Elder Shield is disheartening. There are a few questions left unanswered. For example, with a payout cap of five years, what will happen if the patient still needs help after that? Why can’t this scheme be incorporated as
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      Lock icon No ElderShield for me
      155 10 I PLAN to opt out of Elder Shield. It’s payout of $3OO a month is miniscule to the higher income group. It would also not meet the needs of the lower income groups which have to pay the premium from their already small CPF accounts. One
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      Lock icon Chrification
      43 10 IN our report “Ez-link readers at bus stops under study” (Streats, Aug 12), we said that Transit Link was looking at installing ez-link readers at selected bus stops. Transit Link has clarified that the Land Transport Authority is looking at the project.
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      305 10 Have Your Say Streats is pleased to publish your views. To be heard, email us at streats@sph.com.sg or write to The Editor, Streats, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Singapore *****4. You should include your name, address and contact number. Contributions should comprise no more than 200 words. Letters sent to other
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  • STREATS regional
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      Lock icon KL's immigration laws ‘cruel’
      268 12 Businesses, rights group protest as first illegals jailed and caned -AFP KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian government come under increasing pressure yesterday from the business community and Amnesty International, who have blamed the new immigration laws as “cruel”. The two-pronged assault came as 13 illegal immigrants, mainly
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      Lock icon Warring Koreans to meet on football field
      297 12 -AFP SEOUL The talks between North and South Korea yesterday may not have been a great success, but they have agreed on one issue: to play a football match against each for the first time in more than a decade in Seoul next
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      Lock icon BOSOM BUDDIES
      39 12 Piek, a four-year-old monkey, checking one-year-old cat, Pom, for lice at a temple in the Thai city ofAyutthaya last Wednesday. They were abandoned by their owners a year ago. Since then they have become great pals Reuters
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      Lock icon Education minister quits after rift with Arroyo
      154 12 Reuters MANILA Philippine Education Secretary Raul Roco, expected to be a key rival of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in the 2004 presidential elections, quit the Cabinet yesterday, saying he had .lost Ms Arroyo’s confidence. Newspapers said Mrs Arroyo had endorsed an investigation against
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    • REGIONAL DEBRIEF
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        Lock icon RACES SHOULD MIX MORE: DR M
        106 12 Reuters MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad yesterday voiced fears that despite years of peace between ethnic Malays, Chinese and Indians, there is a growing distance between the races. “We find that gap among the communities is wider now than before,” he said at the
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        Lock icon 5 SHOT DEAD IN SULAWESI
        66 12 -AFP FIVE people were shot dead and hundreds of houses were burned to the ground during an attack on three Christian villages in Central Sulawesi, residents said yesterday. The villages were in the district of Poso, which has been seen more than two years of
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        Lock icon THAI MONKS TURN TEACHERS
        50 12 AFP MONKS are being drafted into Thai classrooms to ease a chronic nationwide teacher shortage, The Nation reported yesterday. In the central province of Nonthaburi some 120 schools have asked Buddhist monks to lend a hand to teach a range of classes, the daily reported. afp
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      Lock icon Chips in cash cards to stop fraud
      111 12 Bloomberg KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia will add computer chips to all cash cards to counter bank fraud. Police this year broke up a syndicate that used scanners to record the magnetic stripes of cards used at automated teller machines. To prevent more frauds, Malaysia’s
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  • StreatsSmart Money Your personal finance quarterly special
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      Lock icon Your $ Your life
      352 14  - Your Your life Managing and making sense of the changes B]j Deepa Vijiyasingam TALK about money and the first thing that comes to mind is the recent slew of price hikes that got Singaporeans in a tizzy. But together with that came a slew of policy changes changes that will
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      Lock icon To buy or not to buy
      605 18  -  (beforeSeptl) By Janice Wong FROM Sept 1, you will only need to put down just 10 per cent in cash to book that condo unit you’ve been coveting. But property players say you should not throw caution to the wind and rush to book
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      Lock icon Alternative disability plans
      764 20  -  &y_ Janice Wong While Elder Shield has been grabbing headlines for its affordability and the fact that it is backed by the Government, there are alternatives in the insurance market THE Sept 30 Elder Shield deadline is looming and you’re finding it hard to decide whether to
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      Lock icon Elder Shield: Some rejoin after opting out
      242 20  -  By_ Janice Wong ABOUT 670 people who had initially opted out of Elder Shield have now chosen to sign on before the Sept 30 deadline. As at Aug 2, about 165,000 people had opted out. NTUC Income has reinstated about 120 cases; Great
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      Lock icon Live within your means
      815 22  -  Q; How do you know you can afford that nice $600,000 condo? A: You need $460,000 in your bank and CPF Ordinary Account By Chua Kong Ho YOU can’t assume you’ll have a job right through to retirement age. You can’t assume interest rates won’t skyrocket
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      Lock icon Depending on the ‘independents’
      548 24  -  Bu Chua Kong Ho Despite MAS’ recent draft guidelines on the practices of independent financial advisers you still have to do some homework before entrusting your savings to these money managers THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has laid down draft guidelines on the use of
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      Lock icon Shopping for advisers
      51 24 Pick one who can source the best product from different providers after assessing a client’s needs. Besides professional qualifications, he should have market experience and people- handling skills. Check out the adviser’s background: Whether he is a stockbroker, insurance agent or fund manager will affect his investment
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      Lock icon Banking battleground
      1093 26  -  By_ Deepa Vijiyosingam Since the liberalisation of the banking sector, it is seeing aggressive promotions and innovative products to lure the retail customer THREE years have passed since the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) unveiled its five-year liberalisation plan for the banking industry and foreign banks have wasted
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      500 15 Grow your money without fear of falling markets With interest rates so low, you’d lose money to inflation if you do nothing. And don’t let falling markets deter you from investing. All you need is proper planning with a qualified adviser. The right number of eggs in the right basket
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      215 21 '‘All home loans are the same,” people say. So why do so many choose an OCBC Home Loan? Like other banks, we offer great rates and tailored repayments. Our Phone Banking and vast branch network both make life easier. (Just like other banks.) And even our free subsidies, insurance and
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      142 25 USA Lucky CHINA Prosperity v m m m THAILAND Progressive Never underestimate the importance of local knowledge. To truly understand a country and its culture, you have to be part of it. That’s why, at HSBC, all our offices around the world are staffed by local people. In fact you’ll
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  • STREATS global
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      Lock icon Hamas threatens more attacks
      107 28 GAZA The militant Islamic group Hamas vowed yesterday to continue attacks inside Israel as Palestinian factions met to forge a leadership in their 22-month-old independence uprising, Palestinian sources said. “The soldier who attacks me here, I must attack him there (in Israel),” Hamas’s spiritual leader Sheikh
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      Lock icon Sept 11: Fingerprinting trial
      319 28 Targeting visitors from Muslim, Arab countries unfair, say critics AP WASHINGTON The US will, from Oct 1, fingerprint and photograph tens of thousands of foreign visitors at the border, officials said on Monday. The new security programme, developed by the Immigration and Naturalisation Service (INS), will
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      Lock icon DYING ART
      39 28 Colin Hill from Leeds viewing a whole body plastination at the Body Worlds exhibition in London on Monday. He will donate his body after he dies so that it can be turned into an art piece Renters
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    • GLOBAL DEBRIEF
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        Lock icon ‘MY SON’S NO HORSE’
        100 28 Reuters AN outraged Italian mother has gone to court after her husband named their newborn son after a horse. Before his wife was out of hospital, the man went to the records office in the small southern town of Boscotrecase to register his son as Varenne
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        Lock icon TOPPLE-SADDAM CALL
        60 28 Reuters MOST Americans would back US military action to topple Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, as long as Washington does not act alone, according to a poll released on Monday. The Washington Post/ABC News poll, conducted as the Bush administration studies ways to achieve “regime change” in Baghdad, showed
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        Lock icon SUICIDE SPECIALISTS
        35 28 A SWISS firm is offering to help British people who want to commit suicide, the Telegraph reported yesterday. Zurich-based Dignitas already has four British members, according to a programme shown on the BBC.
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      Lock icon Sept 11: More hijackings were suspected
      167 28 AP NEW YORK In the tense minutes after two hijacked jetliners smashed into the World Trade Center and another hit the Pentagon on Sept 11, US air traffic controllers had 11 other suspect aircraft on their screens. The concern over possible additional hijackings did
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  • STREATS people
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      Lock icon Kris Aquino flees to LA
      257 30 -AFP MANILA The daughter of former Philippine leader Corazon Aquino has fled abroad after tearfully confessing on her television show that she shamed her family by committing adultery, press reports said yesterday. Ms Kris Aquino, 31, aTV game show host, flew to Los Angeles late
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      Lock icon Archer in three-book deal: reports
      144 30 -afp LONDON Disgraced British politician and best-selling novelist Jeffrey Archer, who is serving a four-year jail term for peijury, has struck a multi-million pound deal to write three books, according to The Times and The Guardian yesterday. Archer has been signed up by Macmillan publishers
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      496 33  -  Singapore has it all- dance clubs, Irish pubs, discos, wine bars and, more recently, a Coyote Ugly bar. Yetpartygoers and club owners say much needs to be done to make the nightlife more vibrant ByC Cara van Miriah WHAT does Singapore need to swing? One
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      118 33 A HUGE compliment. That’s what pop queen Madonna has paid to pop princess Kylie Minogue by writing a song for her. The tune, by Maddona and her producer Rick Nowels, is called Alone Again appropriate given Kylie’s split with model James Gooding in April, The
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        122 34 It’s no coincidence if you fall ill when you’re feeling down. Mr P Subramaniam, managing director of Self Awareness Centre tells you why and will give tips on nurturing and developing your conscious and inner mind. Free, tonight, 7pm-Bpm, library@orchard (#O5-22/26 Ngee Ann City podium block). From
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        75 34 ALICE IN WONDERLAND Kallang Theatre Friday till Aug 25 2pm and Bpm Tickets at $7O, $5O and $3O Call Ticket Charge at 6296-2929 The Black Light Theatre of Prague presents Lewis Caroll’s classic story. Founded by Jiri Smec, the Black Light Theatre of Prague has mystified audiences around the
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        164 34 THE ULTIMATE TRIBUTE CONCERT 2002 Suntec Convention Hall 602 Friday till Sunday, 8pm Tickets at $80, $70, $60, $50 and $40 Call Sistic at 6348-5555 The concerts will feature three of Europe’s most popular tribute bands Bandit Beatles, Bootleg Abba and Killer Queen. Tribute musicians dedicate their careers to
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        66 34 CHJIMES JAZZ SERIES Chjimes lawn Sunday, 5.30 pm Free The Lindy Hop Ensemble shows you how to shape up by letting your hair down. Learn some nifty footwork to bum those calories. If you are not into action, then just chill out and enjoy the jazz music. The second
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        74 35 9pm, Channel U This new drama series revolves around four friends who set out to fulfill a promise they made to one another 18 years ago. Together, they set up a company that helps people realise their dreams. But sadly, the quartet are far from fulfilling
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        120 35 ENRON, World Com, Martha Stewart a movie on corporate scandals is just bound to happen. And now it will. Actress Marlee Matlin, winner of the best actress Oscar for Children of a Lesser God, and director Simon Gomick are to make an action feature satirising contemporary corporate
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      92 35 and one great place to live and study. FREE ADMISSION Date Sat and Sun, 17 and 18 Aug 2002 Time 11.00 am to 5.00 pm Venue: The Oriental, Singapore Renoir and Degas Suites, Lobby Level 5 Raffles Avenue, Marina Square For more information, contact WAEO at 6338 3667. Western Australian
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      401 37 Ferdinand, Barthez to miss first big match of season Wire services CHAMPIONS LEAGUE QUALIFYING (3rd round, Ist leg) Zalaegerszeg v Manchester United MANCHESTER Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson says his team is itching to get the new campaign underway with its first competitive match after a series
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      167 37 Reuters BUDAPEST Zalaegerszeg became Hungarian champion this year. Founded in 1920, it is hoping to cause a major upset against United. The father of Zalaegerszeg’s manager Peter Bozsik was Josef Boszik, one of the key players of Hungary’s greatest side which became the first overseas team
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      200 37 -AFP CHASKA, Minnesota There are growing fears that Phil Mickelson’s failure to rid himself of the embarrassing title of the “greatest golfer never to have won a major” is beginning to haunt the Californian. The 32-year-old will play his 42nd major when he tees off in
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      231 37  -  By_ Lira Han Ming AS promised, newly-elected bowling president Jessie Phua will hold the first of a series of dialogue sessions with the bowling fraternity on Friday. On top of Phua’s agenda is to appoint a chairman for a new subcommittee venue selection. It will be
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      384 39  -  Minister Teo calls for Asian sports to be on world stage By. Adam Hashidy ASIAN sports such as pencak silat should be encouraged to take their places on the world stage, including the Olympics. The call was made by Minister for Education and Second Minister for
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      42 39 IN THE LIVING ROOM GENERAL: Sportscenter Asia (ESPN Ch 23, Bpm). SOCCER: Champions League qualification 3rd rd, Ist leg: FK Partizan v Bayern Munich (Super Sports Plus Ch2l, tomorrow, 2.30 am), Zalaegerszeg v Manchester United (Super Sports Ch 22, tomorrow, 2.40 am).
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