Today, 31 May 2001, Afternoon Edition

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    7 1 TODAY MITA(P) 138 11/2000 Thursday -May 31,2001
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  • Judge stunner
    • Article
      Lock icon Something to sing about
      354 1 Reuters Joy for world's first larynx transplant recipient BOSTON The world's first successful larynx transplant recipient, who was unable to speak for 20 years until his operation three years ago, can now sing and has become a motivational speaker, a report in today's New England Journal
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      Lock icon Bush twins in drink allegation
      92 1 AUSTIN (TexaS) President George W Bush's twin teenage daughters are under investigation for allegedly trying to buy alcohol in the second such brush with the law for one of them in just a few weeks. Police are investigating allegations that Jenna and Barbara Bush (left),
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    • Article
      Stocks lowest in two weeks
      80 1 NEW YORK Stocks fell yesterday as waning corporate earnings returned in the form of diminished forecasts from electronics retailer Radio Shack Corp and network computer giant Sun Microsystems Inc, among others. The Nasdaq composite index fell 91.04 points, or 4.18 per cent, to end at
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      Footballer found murdered
      108 1  -  Jose Raymond by sports@newstoday.coro.sg NATIONAL Under-18 and Geylang United footballer Sulaiman Hashim was found murdered at Boat Quay early this morning. Said Kunju Jamaludeen, Geylang youth coach: "I heard that he had been out with some friends. It was shocking to hear the news. I have to
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      Ex-French Minister jailed
      95 1 PARIS Former French foreign minister Roland Dumas was jailed for six months yesterday for receiving illegal gifts paid for by the oil group Elf. Dumas, 78, who was a close friend of the late president Francois Mitterrand, slumped into his seat in court upon hearing the verdict,
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  • HOT NEWS
    • Article
      Take the family to work
      319 2  -  Lee U-Wen Let children see what mummy does by uwen@newstoday.com.sg FAMILY and work the two aspects that dominate our lives. But, contrary to popular belief, they can co-exist. Of course, employers have to know how to make this work. In a novel initiative, 25 major
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      Now Case gets into the act
      230 2  -  Ng Hwee Koon by hwe ekoon@news tod ay. com. sg THE Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) has dropped its wait-and-see stance (reported by Today on Tuesday) to urge "restraint" by the public transport providers "in seeking fare increases". Originally reluctant to act on "rumours",
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      Head shrinking successful
      131 2 THE head of Chen Shuyun, who suffers from advanced hydrocephalus, was reduced from 18.5 cm to 14cm in height in a six-hour operation yesterday, Dr Scow Wan Tew, head of neurological service at KKH, said: "Her head is still big compared to normal kids, but it is
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      NTUC to help part-timers
      135 2 THE National Trades Union Congress is reviewing a change in the law to give better protection to non-permanent workers. Deputy Secretary General of the NTUC and Minister of State without Portfolio, Mr Matthias Yao said: "They get few of the benefits that the permanent workers enjoy,
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      Kit loses $50,000 worth of costume
      284 2  -  Rachel Lo by rach el@news today.com. sg HOMEGROWN singer Kit Chan (right) lost her shirt. Literally. She has also lost a Vietnamese gown, a red leather jacket, a green shirt, a black hat and one costume. These clothes, worth almost $50,000, were the ones
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    • Article
      No COEs for these cars
      128 2 HYBRID and fuel cell cars could be zipping along Singapore roads in a few months' time. The Land Transport Authority and Economic Development Board will administer the Transport Innovation Development Scheme, where such cars can be brought into Singapore for testing. Announcing this at the
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      Lock icon Mega's hand signal says it
      291 3 Agencies Refuses to read Gus Dur's speech at Gl5 summit JAKARTA Call it childish, call it chaotic. While his fate was being decided by the lower house of Parliament yesterday, Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid attended the G--15 developing countries summit. But that didn't stop Indonesia's
      – Agencies  -  291 words
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      Drink Brand's, but save the caps
      234 3  -  Shazalina Salim by shazalina@newstoday.com.sg THE next time you drink your Brand's Essence of Chicken, do not throw away the bottle caps they could give someone in Thailand a new limb. Brand's in Thailand has produced more than 20,000 limbs to date by melting down
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      Lock icon MCA will go ahead with acquisition
      218 3 Agencies, KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) will go ahead with the controversial acquisition of two independent Malaysian Chinese language newspapers, despite the rift among party members and protests from the Chinese community. The Central Committee of MCA voted overwhelmingly for the purchase
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      Lock icon Hostages still not found
      125 3 Agencies. MANILA Five days have gone but the Philippines government still has not located the Muslim rebels or their 20 hostages seized from an island resort on Sunday. The Muslim extremist group, Abu Sayyaf, claimed responsibility for the kidnap of three Americans and 17 Filipinos, and
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      Lock icon 'Daim will be back'
      78 3 Reuters KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Finance Minister Daim Zainuddin will return to office once his leave is over, a Cabinet minister said yesterday. There has been speculation about Tun Daim's future ever since Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad revealed in mid-April that the Finance Minister
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      Soft to shock
      478 4  -  Lcong Phei Phei Anti-smoking campaign changes with the times by pheiphei@news tod ay.com .sg YOU name it, they've done it. Years ago, it was the "feel good, look good" message. Smokers were the ones who could not finish their 2.4 km run and the ones with unsightly
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      To Sydney...
      114 4 GREAT Eastern Life has picked a winner for its Spot Your Agent and Win a Trip to Sydney contest. On May 22, Singapore's No 1 insurer conducted the contest in Today, in which readers were asked to spot if one of their agents had made it to the
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      Fund to teach our teachers
      275 4  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahim by zackaria@ne wsto day.c om.sg A NEW $50,000 fund has been set up to boost sharing of knowledge between teachers under the banner of Teacher Works. Minister for Education, RearAdmiral Teo Chee Hean, announced this yesterday at the opening of the inaugural
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      Acquitted
      117 4 A 41-YEAR-OLD man, accused of harassing a teacher for about two years, was yesterday acquitted of charges against him. This was on the ground that he was of unsound mind. But the court ordered Seah Cheng Kirn to be kept at the Institute of Mental Health until he is
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      Appointments
      80 4 COME 1 July, the National Healthcare Group (NHG) will see two new appointments. Dr Lim Suet Wun, who presently heads the National University Hospital, will move over as chief executive officer of Tan Tock Seng Hospital. He will also be the deputy group CEO of NHG, where he will
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      919 3 RKISIGTOISIES LOGOS l FTTT I Doesn't Really Matter 227 0082 Oops 1 Did It Again 229 0033 I Lkj i■:■yjlr t> v l i i.- ii i!. 260 0v s Cun i 0 Vu 229 0454 Another Day In Poaoise 22V 0441 Dreams Come True 22? 014? Play 219 0452
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      166 4 Where do our come from? Lettuce, Cai Kin Kailan, Kangkong do they ringabelL? These are vegetables found commonly on a Singaporean's plate. Last year, the per capita consumption of vegetables was 80.1 kg. You might not be aware of this-our greens are imported mainly from Malaysia. China, Australia, India, Thailand,
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      101 4 READ 0N... Fare hike will happen Past protests show public will have to bear with it/6 Opposition's moves and what do they all mean For the coming general election/1 1 Master illusionist He wants to share only one secret/ 1 5 Moke 10ve... Not war..lt's two guys, a girl and
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  • LETTERS
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      Fare hike will happen
      329 6  -  Namyana Namyana Past protests show public will have to bear with it IT is possible to find, apart from the four reasons cited by Mr Lim Boon Hee, 40 more for rejecting an increase in public transport fares. However, the experience of past protests showed that
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    • Letter
      Give credit MrVeloo. Don't just criticise
      282 6  -  Ng Wei Kok I REFER to the commentary "Shame of Mt Everest, how about Titanic?" by Mr Ravi Veloo. In the writer's cry for more worthy national projects, he had shown little respect for the brave people who attempted the Mt Everest and North
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    • Letter
      Why shouldn't a foreigner speak?
      424 6  -  Brett Home I AM surprised at the reaction to a letter written by a foreigner, which pointed out that Singaporeans do not smile, nor appreciate the true value and meaning of life. I would like to ask one thing: Will Singaporeans only accept criticism from
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      Special remedial for weak students
      159 6  -  Simon Yap RECENTLY, a friend of mine blamed a well-known tuition centre for not being able to improve his son's English grades. His son failed his Primary Four English during the recent mid-year exam, despite having studied in the tuition centre for six months. In
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      Thanks for telling us
      124 6  -  Tiong Hoe Ming MANY thanks for the report "ZZZZZ to danger" (Today, May 29). I think that not many people are aware of this problem. I also think nine out of 10 doctors don't know about this problem. What you reported has been happening to me
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
    • $ Market Watch
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        PSA in Italian venture
        101 7 TWO PSA Corporation subsidiaries have set up a joint venture to enter the Italian air cargo market. The two are Changi International Airport Services and Sinport Sinergie Portuali. They will hold 60 and 40 per cent share respectively in the venture called Cias Sinport Airport Services
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        Online COE bidding
        70 7 CITIBANK will allow account holders to bid for certificates of entitlement (COEs) via the internet and the telephone. The internet banking service, the first by a bank here, will be available to three groups of bidders individuals, companies and automotive distributors under the COE Open Bidding System
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        Central bankers' conference
        80 7 THE Monetary Authority of Singapore is hosting the 36th Conference of the Governors of Southeast Asian Central Bankers, or SeaCen, on Jun 1 and 2. The theme of this year's closed door conference is "Financial Sector Reforms in a Globalised Economy: Issues for Financial Stability in Asia".
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        Tumbling Concrete
        77 7 TRANSIT-Mixed Concrete has tumbled into the red for the full year. It reported a net loss of $3 million, reversing the previous year's net profit of $2.4 million. Turnover plunged 49 per cent to $45 raillion. The company said this was due to less work done and depressed
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        Your S$ buys...
        27 7 US$ 0.5529 UK£ 0.3893 Yen 66.4381 HK$ 4.3126 RM 2.1011 Euro 0.6467 Rupiah 6328.10 Baht 25.1023 Peso 27.9498 A$ 1.0791 Rupee 25.9621 Won 712.2083
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      It's a deal
      283 8  -  Chan Chao Peh Spore firm to manage Thai railway project by chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg ECON International, Singapore's second largest engineering and construction firm, has been appointed to manage the construction of a $850 million railway in Thailand. The 245 km link running between Chiangrai and Denchai is the first
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      Lock icon Lucent-Alcatel talks off
      137 8 Bloomberg NEW JERSEY-Lucent Technologies, the number one US maker of telephone equipment, and France's Alcatel ended merger talks after Lucent declined to cede control of the combined company. The companies said that talks "have been terminated". Lucent chief executive Henry Schacht and Alcatel CEO Serge Tchuruk were
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      Lock icon One.Tel under administration
      105 8 AFP SYDNEY Australian telecoms company One.Tel was placed under administration yesterday after its major backers sons of tycoons Mr Kerry Packer and Mr Rupert Murdoch claimed the company misled them. Its debts of AsBo million ($169.2 million) was revealed in investigations by Packer's PBL and Murdoch's News
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      Lock icon Kickback probe
      85 8 Bloomberg TAIPEI Taiwan Business Bank (TBB) shares fell as much as five per cent after investigators started probing the island's 10th largest bank for allegedly lending to a client in return for kickbacks. The bank's spokeswoman Chen Hsiao-mei confirmed a report in the United Daily News that investigators
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      Lock icon Vision to invest $460m
      139 8 Bloomberg HONG KONG Vision Century Corp, a Hong Kong property developer, plans to spend HK$2 billion ($460 million) in the next five years developing business parks in China for computer and technology firms. Vision Century, 71 per cent owned by a trio of Singaporean companies, expects
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      Telekom's 38% rise
      111 8 KUALA LUMPUR Telekom Malaysia's after tax profit for the first quarter ended Mar 31 rose 38.8 per cent to RM27B million ($130.6 million), from RM2OI million in the same period of 2000. Pre-tax profit increased 21.8 per cent to RM44B million from RM36B million for the same
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    • Market news
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        Singapore market
        302 8 TECHNOLOGY stocks led the market down as a Goldman Sachs report downgrading two key US tech stocks' earnings prospects outlined what the pre-results season could be like. The ST Index dipped 19.51 points to 1662.74, as lower prices failed to draw out more bargain hunters. Market breadth was
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        Malaysia market
        150 8 KUALA LUMPUR After an uninspiring start, the local bourse perked up a little in the afternoon on selected buying of core stocks. The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index finished just off its intra-day high at 570.7, gaining three point or 0.5 per cent. It was shored up by firmer
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Murderous plot foiled
      343 9 But danger is not over for editor ofTehelka.com NEW DELHI The investigation into the plot to kin Mr Tarun Tejpal (right), the editor of news Web site Tehelka.com, has unearthed a cast of villains so diabolical it puts Hollywood to shame. Tehelka.com stunned India and the world
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      Lock icon Bush: We will renew China's trade status
      254 9 -AFP LOS ANGELES In a move to repair damaged ties with China, US President George W Bush said he would renew China's trade privileges. "Because trade creates prosperity, and prosperity promotes democracy, I will notify Congress on June 1 that I intend to
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      Lock icon Big breakfast anyone?
      25 9 AFP photo. This egg from Hungary has two layers of shell, two yolks and weighs twice, ns much as a normal one.
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      Lock icon Japan to review funding
      93 9 AFP TOKYO Grappling with domestic financial problems, Japan will review its development assistance (ODA) scheme when formulating the budget for fiscal year 2002. "There are many points that should be reviewed," Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi told a House of Councillors Budget Committee session, Kyodo News reported.
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Even Euro-bashing won't help Conservatives' cause
      251 10 -AFP LONDON The opposition Conservatives' hopes of riding on an anti-Euro campaign to win voters' support in next week's elections were dashed yesterday when voters revealed it was low in their order of priorities. According to the latest poll for the daily Guardian, while
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      Lock icon Want asylum? Then wait inside a cell
      207 10 AFP SYDNEY Australia will continue to detain asylum seekers while processing their claims, despite criticisms of its actions, Immigration Minister Philip Ruddock said yesterday. "We detain those who come undocumented in order to be able to identify them and to deal with issues
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      Lock icon Baby dies inhaling mum's heroin smoke
      198 10 AFP HONG KONG A ten-week-old baby died of passive heroin overdose after she inhaled fumes of the drug as it was smoked by her mother, according to court reports yesterday. Ng Ling-li, who was born addicted to heroin, died as she lay on Lorraly
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Lock icon Opposition's moves
      818 11  -  S Ramesh Channel News Asia. and what do they all mean for the conning general election by SINGAPORE'S opposition political parties have seen some interesting developments in the last one month both in the form of leadership renewal and rejuvenation, as well as an attempt to put forth
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  • INFOTECH
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      The challenge
      359 14 Lycos Asia offers prizes to woo users A FREE, round-the-world trip; an online anti-stress game; and a list of the top 50 search words. These are some highlights awaiting users of the recently-upgraded Lycos search engine and related Lycos Asia Web sites. The Lycos Ultimate Challenge, running until
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    • DOWNLOADS
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        3D Mars Mission
        37 14 This {ait, furious gameplay and gorgeous graphics are whni arcade legends are made of. Take control of a small spaceship and destroy your enemies with power-ups, weapon boosters, bombs, and other countless tantalising levels.
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        Thesaurus Magic
        14 14 Magic Let this software suggest alternatives to you from the 30,000-wordßoget's Thesaurus.
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        Quick To-Do Light
        26 14 Light This useful application with a clean and intuitive interface can help you organise your tasks systematically and colour-code them according to priorities.
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        WinWeather
        15 14 This program grabs all the weather info you need from the Net using a
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        Al World Exchange Calculator
        22 14 Exchange This exchange calculator also lets you organise the currency type into cash, credit card and travellers cheques.
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  • RELAX
    • Article, Illustration
      Master illusionist
      730 15  -  Kim-Kyna Tan He wants to share only one secret by kim@ne wsto day. c o m. sg Believe it or not, the world's greatest magician is really quite an average person. He eats fast food (not a witches' brew of bats and lizard's tails), wears blue jeans (not
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      You're her 'honey' if you're her friend
      149 17 "HEY, honey!" "Hi darling." Do you address all your friends this way? Well, sexpot Shu Qi does. This explains why she was heard calling Li Mingwen "honey" on their recent trip to Cannes Film Festival. And mind you, Mingwen, is just "an ordinary
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      Larger than life
      232 17  -  Hazel Tan It is no mean feat acting obese by ha2ei@newstoday.com.sg NO more "fat" roles for Andy Lav. The Hong Kong Heavenly King said it is unlikely viewers will see the fat Andy in the sequel to Love On A Diet. On a location shoot where he
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
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      1320 16 HIGHLIGHTS m^m^ H* Rostand t Perfect Ten 98.7 FM I Arts Central, 10 pm Channel 8,10.30 pm j£ The Late Night Show with I Roseland (left) takes its name from the Kyoko apologises to Shuji for actiden- Jj jk^ fWM 'r/ Daniel Ong H|ff old abandoned cinema-cum-ballroom in tally showing
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      647 17 A 6.00 am Headlines 9.00 The World 12.30pm Business Lunch Asia Tony Bikon Godfather of ni.m ii.iii 6.02 Industry Talk/Knowing To day/Business Breakfast 1.00 Headlines 5.00 Asia Today Australian Cooking •In Conversation with Tony ■^s'a Hdlines/S'pore Update 1.02 Thinking Animals (r) 5.30 Asian Market Report 10.00 Spore Tonight Bihnn Godfather
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  • FILM
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      THE MUMMY RETURNS
      89 18 (above) Determined to fulfill kis quest for immortality, the mummy Imhotep walks the earth once more after being resurrected in the British Museum. But another force more Powerful than it has also been set loose, one born of the darkest rituals of Egyptian mysticism. The Mummy Returns
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      SPY KIDS
      73 18 Antonio Banderas and Carla Gugino play a notorious husband-and-wife spy team kidnapped by the evil Fegan Floop, played by Alan Cumming. The two Cortez children. Carmen andjuni (Alexa Vega and Daryl Sahara), the only ones who have the right skills and the insider know-how to help, set out
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      ENEMY AT THE GATES
      61 18 A moving story of two warriors waging an intense personal war while the most momentous battle of Stalingrad rages around them. Jude Law plays the role of a celebrated Russian sniper named Vassili Zaitsev. Famous for quietly stalking his enemies one man at a time, Zaitsev
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      SUGAR & SPICE
      48 18 SUGAR SPICE Diane (Marley Skelton), a popular high school cheerleader, gets pregnant with the star quarterback's baby. To support herself and her child, she turns to crime. Together with her five best friends on the cheerleading squad, they devise a plan for a series of major bank heists.
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      Make love ...
      413 19  - Make love David Ngiau Not war It's two guys, a girl and a harbour place by d avid® newstoday, com. sg /"^ome March, Pearl Harbor will take the Oscars by V^/surprise if it walks away with Best Picture, even though it has come under attack from American critics. In Monday's
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      ON THE LILY PAD
      412 19  -  Jeremiah Bullfrog with Be brief, please! HAVE you ever had a salesperson come round to sell you stuff, bringing you umpteen times round the mulberry bush tin you're giddy? Have you ever been in a monologue {can't really call it a conversation) with someone and been
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      232 18 4 "'spot' is what parents ImA hope for and seldom jk find in comedies made L Wm FOR KIDS!" 101 MONGEHSTERN, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL X^bJ Iff /Ts^^JF I WHAT IS SPOT'S V REAL NAME*? *!ook carefully in this picture ,).i..ioßHw 5 s»"' Stand to win the top prize of
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Super France
      362 20 Reuters Lemerre delighted after French lesson for Koreans Confederations Cup TAEGU French coach Roger Lemerre said he was delighted with his revamped team after they served up a harsh soccer lesson to South Korea with a 5-0 win in the opening match of the Confederations Cup yesterday. "The
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      Lock icon Brazil out for redemption against Cameroon
      227 20 -AFP KASHIMA The greatest football nation kicks off its Confederations Cup campaign against Cameroon today aiming to erase a bitter memory from the Sydney Olympics. Widely seen as runaway favourites for the gold, the Brazilians were sent home at the quarterfinal stage after losing
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      Whether they win or lose, they are actually losing
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      80 20 KENN Chia continued to lead at the Youth Challenge 2001 bowling tournament with a sizzling 219 average at Victor's Superbowl yesterday. Chia, who scored a high game of 278 a day earlier with an eight-bagger, leads Shaun Ng by 38 pinfalls. Ng had his own charge
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      98 20 -AFP PARIS Sepp Blatter is facing the fight of his political life following the dramatic collapse of marketing giant ISL-ISMM and the discovery of a secret bank account containing nearly US$5O million ($90.4 million). Next year, before the troubleplagued 2002 World Cup cohosted by South
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      487 21 Leonard's Tete-a-tete with Houllier Leonard: Will your full squad travel to Singapore? Houllier: For sure. The matches in Singapore and Thailand will be our third and fourth games after a training tour in Switzerland. It will be serious as it will be our pre-season session for fitness and everything else
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      To slay a giant
      517 22  -  Stanley Ho Who'll be the first S-League Giant-Killer of the Week? by Stanley® newstoday. com. sg OTHER than pride, glory and precious league points, all minnows of the NTUC Income S-League will have something else to fight for when they face the powerhouses of local football
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      360 22  -  Stanley Ho JUST before the final whistle went in Tampines' 5-0 thumping at the hands of its eastern rival Geylang United in the Singapore Cup two nights ago, one could almost suspect that the familiar "heads will roll!" declaration would be echoing around Tampines
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      49 22 LONDON Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has ruled out the purchase of Spurs defender Sol Campbell. He made it clear the Gunners would not pay any player £100,000 a week. It now seems to be a straight race between Liverpool and Inter Milan for his signature.
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      31 22 AFP SEVILLE Singapore topped its Sudirman Cup yesterday when it beat New Zealand 4-1. The team finished unbeaten in the group after registering wins over Poland and Iceland earlier.
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      233 22 WHILE the players are out to commit a giant-killing act, we have not forgotten you, the fan. S-League sponsor NTUC Income and Today are proud to announce a new award, just for the fans at the various stadiums. Our Today photographers
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        407 23 -Reuters PARIS Tournament favourites Gustavo Kuerten and Juan Carlos Ferrero (above) blasted their way into the third round of the French Open yesterday with powerful performances. Top seed and defending champion Kuerten hammered Argentine Agustin Calleri 6-4, 64, 6-4, while Ferrero outclassed Marcos Ondruska 6-2, 6-2, 6-0. The
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        82 23 BARCELONA Barcelona's Brazilian star Rivaldo has revealed how he almost quit football altogether at the end of last year. In his new autobiography "Victory over destiny" which he unveiled yesterday, the Brazilian confessed that constant criticism had led him to seriously consider hanging up his
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      269 24  -  Jose Raymond WOODLANDS Wellington looks likely to land India's top footballer Bhaichung Bhutia. This was confirmed by Woodlands manager R. Vengadasalam yesterday. Said Venga, who refused to go into the details of the negotiations with Bhaichung: "All I can say
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      53 25 Isn't it time to spruce up that old computer? MediaCorp artiste Pierre Png is using a HP Jornada 548 Color Pocket PC. Shirt $99 Pants $149 Both byTimberland, Centrepoint Shopping Centre Makeup byToni &Tma using Summer Collection 2001 Hair by Peter Cuys Location: Marina Square Today photo
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      542 27  -  Jacques Tan Now that electronic prices are low and the Great Singapore Sale is here, irmay be a good time to either spruce up your old computer or get a new one by r MENTION the Great Singapore Sale and the immediate thought is of apparel,
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      455 28  -  Know what you want to get, to get what you want by Jacques Tan IT'S fine when you are a technology-sawy person and know what you want when shopping for a computer. But even if you are somewhat familiar with IT terminoiogy, you may still be thrown for
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      228 31 THERE'S something for everyone now! The 25 HOURS Timeless Card is a card that will remember you. A card to reward customers who buy 25 HOURS watches. It is a discount card, rewards card as well as a useful cash card: an all-in-one card which
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      292 31 THE fight against shoplifting has moved up another gear. Retailers, who have employed various techniques and technologies to curb the menace in the past, may soon have goods arriving at their store anti-theft-ready. According to reports, major stores in the United States, which lose US$23 billion in sales
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      195 31 BEAUTY junkies and bohemians alike can find satisfaction in ponytails especially in the summer heat. Thanks to a siew of interpretations, ponytails, apart from being a practical accessory, can also bring out the best looks of the season. In an interview with Allure magazine. Garren,
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      Sweet 17
      203 34 THE all-digital desktop has finally arrived. Apple is the first company in the industry to move to an all-LCD flat panel display pro lineup. Completing the package is its new 17--inch Apple Studio Display, featuring 1280 by 1024 resolution at an aggressive price of $1,888. It is expected
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      The art of technology
      239 34 THE humble gogglebox has shed its mere functional role to make a statement on lifestyle. We're talking about Philips' new 32-inch Design Line TV, which was recently launched at a glitzy fashion show at Club 21. The sleek design and supreme flat widescreen picture quality were
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      Hot Bods!
      940 36  -  Jacques Tan Fujifilm's latest instant and digital cameras rise to the occasion by I HAVEN'T yet found a camera that suits every need and occasion. That's why I like to carry a few cameras around with me, just in case I feel like composing a complex shot, or
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      Smart homes
      301 38  -  Veronica Nathan Get ready for the lifestyle of the future by GET ready for the Home of the Future. Smart Home 2001 will remove the drudgery of domestic chores. Imagine being able to easily control the lights, air-conditioning and aSarm system; read the electric meter; have an overview
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        248 40 Go wild over the latest toys of the information age. Who says you can't make a fashion statement with these sleek and ultra cool gadgets? MediaCorp ortiste Andrew Scow is using the Psion series 7, worth $t,BBB f Suit $249 Shirt $39 Pants $119 Tie $53 All from
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      505 46  -  Kelvin Phang Our sports reporter surveys the latest range from eWorldofSports.com and finds nirvana for his soles by kelvin@newstotiay.com.sg LIKE most guys, 1 hate shopping. The ongoing Great Singapore Sale terrorises me. Women and bargain offers remind me of a pack of starving lions tearing apart the
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