Project Eyeball, 22 August 2000

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    11 1 projecteyeball. eyeball.asial.com.sg Mita (p) 077/02/2000 Tuesday, August 22, 2000 80 CENTS
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    Lock icon Oops! Wrong stadium
    231 1 SYDNEY When winners at next month’s Sydney Olympics look at their medals, they may be left wondering if they took part in the right ev ent, reports The Times of London’s online edition. Embarrassed Games organisers yesterday were having to explain the classic mistake made in the
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      165 1 Hot LIMES Maid levy an obstacle to some The Government has pledged a “baby bonus” of up to $1,500 a year for having a second child, but some parents wonder about the bottomline once the cost of a maid has been factored into the equation. See Page 3 Tf W'i
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      120 1 RIO ANTONIO (left): The 67-year-old retiree will bring up Medisave withdrawals. m ONG CHIN GUAN (left): The 38-year-old wants to talk about the income gap and fertility. Corner for private gripes You would expect opposition politicians and civic groups to be regulars at the Speaker’s Corner, but what about ordinary
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      91 2 A FLORIDA town council candidate lost by a landslide and he couldn’t be happier. Douglas Couvertier wanted to lose after he realised he would have to resign as a battalion Fire chief if elected. That would have meant losing his pension, which he is to collect in three years,
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      Lock icon It’s how much work she does
      64 2 CNN.com CHICAGO New research shows that when a wife works more than 40 hours a week, her husband’s chances of being in good health decline by more than 25 per cent. “It’s not so much what you do that matters, but how much you
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      Lock icon The speakers so far
      342 2 Some speakers who signed up by 7 pm yesterday: No 5 (6.00 am) Ong Chin Guan, 38 Private bus and taxi driver Wants to talk about fertility and the gap between rich and poor. “The poor can never go up and it’s not that we are
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      Lock icon Speakers’ Corner attracts varied crowd
      594 2 Ordinary folk and ideologues turn up from midnight on SURE, you can expect the Opposition politicians and civic groups to claim the Speakers’ Corner, but the ordinary folk too? There were a few. One was so enthusiastic, he was at the Kreta Ayer Neighbourhood Post
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      Lock icon Maid levy blocks way for some
      763 3 They can’t afford the cost SURE, the Government will give you a “baby bonus” of up to $1,500 a year if you have a second child but it will take back almost three times that amount if you hire a babysitter. The monthly levy
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      Lock icon Singlesession primary schools welcome
      413 3 GIVE us single-session primary schools better yet, full-day school. It’ll help us parents with childcare and keep the kids occupied. “I would rather have my child in a controlled environment, than to leave him at home without knowing what he’s doing. It may be better than
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      590 4 Norwegian divers find no survivors and all sections of sub flooded Wires MOSCOW Rescue teams yesterday abandoned their search for survivors aboard the ill-fated Russian nuclear submarine, after determining that all 118 crew members had perished in the flooded vessel. Proof came eight days after the nuclear submarine
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      33 4 Norwegian divers managed to open the vessel’s escape hatch...and concluded that it was impossible for any of the sailors to have survived. A Norwegian deep-sea diver inspecting the sub’s escape hatch. Reuters
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      Lock icon Microsoft happy to help cheeky interns
      291 4 WASHINGTON Some interns have all the luck and no, we aren’t referring to good of Monica Lewinsky. A group of interns at Microsoft recently sang parodies of top hits poking fun at their bosses but instead of getting fired, they were rewarded for their
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      Lock icon Doctors see many cases of infertility
      349 6  -  By Lim Puay Leng puayleng@sph.com.sg INFERTILITY is keeping the good doctors at Kandang Kerbau Women’s and Children’s Hospital busy: They are receiving 600-700 new cases a year, noted Dr Noel Leong, head of the hospital’s Reproduction Unit. The reasons could be medical or social,
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      Lock icon One woman’s plea
      782 6  -  Janet Ng wants a child, but can’t have one, and she wants the Govt to help her By Kim-Kyna Tan kimkyna@sph.com.sg HELP nature take its course. That’s what infertile couples like Ng and her husband are asking the Government to do. They would like children, but have
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      Lock icon When cyber adoption goes awry
      253 6 US News JOHN and Terri Nakai, who had two biological children, had been waiting a year with a local adoption agency when a fellow America Online subscriber e-mailed them. A self-styled Philadelphia-based adoption facilitator named Sonya Furlow had a baby they could adopt quickly, the
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      Lock icon Married couples go for abortion despite discouragement
      810 7  -  CAREER AND FINANCES COME FIRST By Lim Puay Leng puayleng@sph.com.sg A DOCTOR who has been practising for 35 years and his wife nearly turned to abortion themselves when she was pregnant with their first child. “We were not prepared to forgo our ambitions
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      Lock icon Help for eyes, minds and dotcoms
      502 8 Ask Eyeball: Myopia Dotcom startup New Economy TAKE CARE OF YOUNG EYEBALLS Singaporeans have the worst eyesight in the world and 34 per cent of young children here are bespectacled. Now, that’s scary. How can I prevent my children from joining Club Myopia? It’s
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      Lock icon Enrolment drops in nursing school
      430 8 Advertising and targeting older students being considered LOOKS like the British hospitals didn’t get to recruit any Singapore nurses. For that matter, the local nursing school at Nanyang Polytechnic didn’t have an easy time either. Enrolment has dropped significantly for the current year, and the
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      Lock icon COE open bidding system postponed
      162 8 THE much awaited open bidding system for Certificates of Entitlement (COEs), slated to start in mid-October, has been postponed until the second quarter of 2001. The Land Transport Authority (LTA) said the delay was because the new bidding system was extremely complex, and needs more
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      Lock icon Job cuts in store at Seagate
      93 8 WORKERS at disk-drive manufacturer Seagate Technology’s factory had better brace themselves. The company’s chief financial officer Charles Pope said yesterday that the company will be reducing staff to cut costs because of the falling price of computer disk drives. He did not say how
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      Lock icon Warning about Net pyramid schemes
      161 8 CHANCES are you have received e-mails with subject headings like, “Double or triple your money” or “Real Home Jobs... Without Fraud or Sales”, promising quick financial returns for a small fee. But, if you are tempted, beware, you could be taking part in an illegal
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      Lock icon In broad daylight
      35 8 Some $50,000 worth in jewellery was stolen from Tian Po Jewellery’s Centrepoint branch last Sunday. Staff only realised that the items were missing half an hour after the theft. Ng Sor Luan
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      Lock icon IOC mulls Olympic milestone
      268 9 WINTER GAMES MAY BE OPEN TO ONLINE JOURNALISTS LONDON The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is mulling over an Olympic milestone to give dotcom sports journalists media credentials to cover the Winter Games in 2002, reports tech website idg.com. Franklin Servan-Schreiber, director of new media for the
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      Lock icon Britain recruits female bouncers
      271 9 NYT LONDON Female university graduates are being recruited as door staff in a new national drive to rid Britain’s bouncers of their thuggish image. The move, backed by the British Institute of Innkeeping, is seen as integral to safeguarding governrnent plans to transform Britain’s city centres
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      514 9 Political protest scheme could land buyers and sellers in jail ATLANTA Bringing “capitalism and democracy closer together” that is the goal a new website hopes to achieve by auctioning votes in the 2000 presidential election. But the political protest scheme could land the buyers
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      Lock icon Slimmer Cabinet soon: Gus Dur
      214 11 Ten ministries to be removed Wires JAKARTA The new streamlined Cabinet promised by Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid will have 10 ministries less than at present, the President said in an interview published here yesterday. “A slimming down is taking place 10 ministries will disappear,” he
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    • World WIDE
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        Lock icon Invitation to Dr M withdrawn
        219 11 AFP KUALA LUMPUR An overseas Islamic society has withdrawn an invitation to Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad to address its convention because members are unhappy about the treatment of Anwar Ibrahim, a pro-Anwar group said yesterday. The FreeAnwar Campaign said the Islamic
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        Lock icon Love Bug creator free to go
        75 11 AFP MANILA Philippine state prosecutors yesterday threw out a criminal complaint lodged by police against the suspected author of the “ILOVEYOU” virus, the most destructive computer virus released on the Internet. Chief state prosecutor Jovencito Zuno said the government will not pursue charges of
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        Lock icon Better late than never
        48 11 Thunderball lottery winner Chris Jackson, 43, won £250,000 ($632,300) in February but failed to realise that he had bought a winning ticket. He only claimed his prize recently, after having slept in his car for weeks while hunting for a place to live. AP
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        Lock icon Suharto to go on trial next week
        97 11 Reuters JAKARTA Indonesia’s former ruler Suharto will face trial next week on charges of corruption during his long period in power, officials said yesterday. South Jakarta Court chief Lalu Mariyun told reporters the trial would start in the last days of August, at
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        Lock icon Gore’s son arrested for speeding
        112 11 WASHINGTON Vice-President Al Gore’s son is a wild teenager that may taint the happy family image Gore is projecting for the presidential campaign. The Drudge Report said Albert Arnold Gore, 17, was arrested for reckless driving at 160 kmh in a 88 kmh zone and
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        Lock icon Former British spy arrested on return
        203 11 AP LONDON An ex-British spy who insists he was right to leak intelligence information to the press returned home yesterday after nearly three years on the run. He was arrested immediately. Police confronted David Shayler as he stepped off a ferry at the English
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      Lock icon US interest rates may hold steady
      769 12  -  If Dow, Nasdaq shoot up, bull run on local market likely By Francis Kan francisk@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE stock punters ought to be in an upbeat mood today. Almost all the Wall Street financial wizards say the US Federal Reserve will hold steady on interest rates
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      Lock icon BIZ SITE OF THE DAY: www.quicken .com.sg
      163 13  -  Jeanette Pang MARRY rich financial content with an established Internet brand and what do you get? A killer site to help juggle personal finances. Quicken.com won accolades from United States investment bank Bear Stearns last year as one of the top three financial
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      83 13 Straits Times Index (STI) Top 3 Active VOLUME CENTS KIVentur 17,701,000 23 ITeeh Grp 11,806,000 41 Brierley 9,553,000 32 Top 3 Gainers CENTS Venture 2250 +90 +4.2 Chartered 1490 +70 +4.9 UOB 1400 +60 +4.5 Total number of gainers: 100 Top 3 Losers CENTS Creative 50 3840 -80 -2.0
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      Lock icon Changes in insurance
      509 13  -  Panel recommends steps to raise quality, efficiency and transparency By Jeanette Pang jeanette@sph.com.sg SOON, when you a buy a life insurance policy, you can ask your agent what his cut of the deal is and, ahem, how much bonus he will make from it. That’s one of
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      Lock icon Creative shares drop
      311 13  -  Francis Kan DESPITE high praise by the Prime Minister during Sunday’s National Day Rally for home-grown, mainboard-listed Creative Technology, investors here were unimpressed and dumped its shares yesterday. The counter led the losers on the local bourse. By trading day’s end, it was down by 2 per
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      Lock icon Money doesn’t equal babies
      920 14 ‘Give women 50% of pay after giving birth’ MY WIFE has just left the teaching service, after being turned down for additional no-pay maternity leave this, after more than 10 years in the teaching profession and holding an honours degree. In spite of its lofty ideals
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      Lock icon The Chernobyl of parenting
      831 15  -  DAVE BARRY The Miami Herald IF YOU’RE a new parent, there will come a time when either you or your spouse will say these words: “Let’s take the baby to a restaurant!” Now, to a normal, sane person, this statement is absurd. It’s like saying: “Let’s
      Michael Angelo Zarzuela  -  831 words
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      Lock icon Asian women more fun
      452 15 MORE FUN TO TALK TO I AM writing about the article, “Single, White and Lonely”. I am a male expat living in Singapore, where I opened my own company over a year ago. I often go out to different places (bars, restaurants and nightclubs) to meet
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      30 2 Qood morning! Passing showers are mainly confined in the morning and early afternoon for the next two days High: 32C 1 Low: 24C Tides: 3.13AM/2.5M 3.37PM/2.5M Met Service: http:/ /www.gov.sg/metsin
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      27 3 Poll: Money or time what do you value more? What other pro-family changes would you like to see in your place of work? Tell us at http://eyebalLasial.com.sg
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      163 5 f=i cz cz o m r= i_. r a6 188 WEB w/o WIRES' a concept. 7> X\ XJ e, o SL Qj U C O on <U d ff. w lo 4 (X 'V, o 3f Ti t> o 'v ft o €P It's all the tools of communication in
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      94 7 http://web.singnet.com.sg/ ggtan/ singles/index.html For all the hoo-ha over the falling fertility rate and the age-old question of whether or not to marry, here is one Singaporean who has decided to “take up arms against the sea of arrows” and by posting them, hopefully, “end them”. The articles posted on this
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      23 9 http://www.thestandard. net/article/display/ 0.1151.*****.00.html For a report on the lOC blocking websites from covering the Games. http:/ /www.ol ympic.org Official website of the lOC.
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      232 12 0 (6 months'tenure, SS3OOO min. deposit) The good news is, finatiQ's fixed deposit rate is higher than most out there. The great news is, it can get even higher. (As a matter of fact, the money pooled from the I st August will earn 3.08%, from 15 August.) Thanks to
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      45 12 Making Dollars Sense with finatiQ Curious about the Fed and how interest rates may move? Visit: www.fmatiq.com For articles about the latest research and analysis about Fed rates. www.bloomberg.com Boasts a “Fed Watch” which will keep you up to date with the Fed’s latest moves..
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      17 12 Answers provided by finatiQ’s Chief Editor Vasu Menon. If you have a question for him, e-mail survey@fmatiq.com
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      185 13 B.Sc. (HON’S) MASTERS BA (HON’S) COMPUTER SYSTEMS ENGINEERING BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 5 majors 1. Software Development 2. Computer Science 3. Networking 4. Multimedia 5. Computer Systems Engineering '7/ls The Nottingham Trent University 8 majors 1. Advertising 2. Business Admin 3. Finance 4. Hospitality Management 5. Human Resource 6. Information Technology 7.
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      Lock icon A mouse that feels for you
      365 16 ERGONOMICS AP RUN this computer mouse over an image of a tennis racket and it gives a series of small twitches, as if it is hitting the racquet’s hard plastic cords. Logitech is betting this new mouse that “feels” will change the way we
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      Lock icon Viva la music
      443 16  -  Musical selections are far from current, but they are legal By Andrew Chin andrewc@sph.com.sg MAKE your own greatest hits collection on CD at this shop legally. At Vivamusic Hub, three jukebox-size machines allow users to select from a catalogue of rock, soul, pop and jazz and “burn”
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      Lock icon Wireless communication via Bluetooth
      221 17 You'll be using Bluetooth before you know it: in an industry survey, 46 per cent of 29 respondents felt that almost everyone will want to use Bluetooth devices by the end of next year. At the heart of Bluetooth is a tiny radio. Qadgets with Bluetooth
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    • Tech FILES
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        Lock icon Matsushita’s tiny body-fat analyser
        61 17 JAPAN’S Matsushita Electric Works took the wraps off its cardsized digital body-fat analyser, the EW4IOOP, yesterday in Tokyo. The body-fat analyser calculates the ratio from electric conductivity through the human body, so don’t be surprised if you get “shocked” by the results. The Matsushita EW4IOOP body-fat
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        Lock icon Privacy a worry, but many do little
        141 17 A RECENT survey by the Pew Internet and American Life Project, a non-profit research organisation, found an overwhelming majority of Americans worried about privacy over the Internet, yet few took precautions while they surfed. A majority of Net users were willing to give
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        Lock icon Napster impact on CD-buying unsure
        134 17 A KEY contention made by the Recording Industry Association of America in its case against Napster was that there were already signs of people not buying CDs after they have used Napster’s services. Rolling Stone magazine asked 5,000 readers whether they have bought fewer CDs
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        Lock icon Bands bypass MTV for Internet route
        157 17 Wires INSTEAD of music videos on MTV, some bands have taken to producing videos specifically for the Internet. The problem with streaming video was that it tended to be blurry, jerky and washed out, even with broadband connections such as DSL, or cable. And
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      Lock icon Internet court of appeal
      479 18 Websites championing the ‘innocence 5 of death-row convicts are causing an uproar in the US. LIHE PUAY LENG (puayleng@sph.com.sg) reports on the controversy. SAMUEL Jason Derrick was arrested for murder one evening in June 1987. The jury found him guilty. Now, 13 years later, he sits
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      Lock icon BEHIND BARS IN CYBERSPACE
      405 18 PRISONERS who want to join online pen-pal columns are told they have to look good, so as to appeal to readers. They are also expected to be discerning enough to know what to say and what not to. One web ring aims to be a platform
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      93 16 Samples of what you can find in Vivamusic’s Music Maker machine: 44 Robbers, by Laika; Action, by One World; Annor —Oe Lejos, by Big Mountain; Aquarius, by Waldeck; Back to My Roots, by Steel Pulse; Bullet Comes, by Charlatan UK; Delilah, by Tom Jones; Free Again, by Teenage Fanclub; Blue
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  • EyeSport
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      Lock icon Give this man a Tiger
      507 19 When the going got tough in the US PGA, Woods pulled out all the stops Wires LOUISVILLE (Kentucky) Take it from us, Tiger Woods would make a lousy movie-maker. In his script, no matter what the setting is and who the cast is, only one
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      Lock icon Fight to the finish
      680 20  -  I enjoyed every minute of the battle, says Tiger By Luke Pachymuthu luke@sph.com.sg TIGER Woods found himself in an unfamiliar situation during the final round of the US PGA Championship. Not that he was complaining. It was about time someone gave him a run for the
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      Lock icon Plucky May puts up fight of his life
      616 20  -  ‘IT WASN’T A FLUKE’ Luke Pachymuthu 808 May has a big heart. And when you’re playing with Tiger Woods in a playoff for the PGA Championship, that comes in real handy. “It was a tough day,” May, who lost to Woods by
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      Lock icon Fans see red in United forum
      368 21  -  By Adam Hashidy hashidy@sph.com.sg IT WAS meant to stir up passions, and it succeeded. Putting up a forum, titled “Is Manchester United the best?”, was sure to bring out the best in rhetoric from Eye Sport readers. First to blast away was Zizou2l, who
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      Lock icon Brilliant Barthez
      494 21  -  Manchester United finally finds a worthy successor to Schmeichel By Zaki Amrullah zaki@sph.com.sg AFTER a 15-month search, Fabien Barthez has emerged as Manchester United’s final solution to its goalkeeping problems. The French World Cup and European Championship-winning keeper earned the praise of United manager Sir Alex Ferguson, who
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      Lock icon Headed Down Under
      25 22 American gymnast Kristen Maloney competes on the balance beam in the preliminary round of the US Olympic gymnastics trials in Boston. Reuters
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    • Matter of FACT
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        Lock icon Springboks are right at home
        324 22  -  South Africa formidable when playing in Johannesburg By Luke Pachymuthu luke@sph.sg.com SATURDAY’S Tri-Nations tie saw South Africa play New Zealand, at Johannesburg’s Ellis Park. South Africa has always been formidable at home. Of 38 internationals played at Ellis Park, the Springboks have only lost IT
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    • Extra TIME
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        Lock icon Rangers and Celtic stay unbeaten
        405 22 Wires GLASGOW rivals Rangers and Celtic both made it four wins out of four on Saturday with convincing victories in the Scottish Premier division. Reigning champions Rangers were 4-1 winners at home to Dunfermline Athletic, while Celtic beat Hearts 4-2. Chris Sutton was the architect
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      94 19 ‘It was a memorable battle today. And I enjoyed every minute of it. And I am sure that Bob did too.’ Tiger Woods, on his final-round battle with Bob May. ‘Except for the first round of the Masters, I think I have played pretty good in the major championships this
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      59 19 Since the US Masters began in 1934, only Tiger Woods and Ben Hogan (1953) have won three majors in one season. There are, however, many golfers who have wontwo majors in a single season, including great names like Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Nick Faldo and Tom Watson. Visit com.sgfor a
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      23 21 Visit asial.com.sg to take part in Eye Sport’s Manchester United discussion. Also read PSV’s response to United’s attempts to sign Ruud van Nistelrooy.
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  • Unwind
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      Lock icon Hot gear Hot beach togs
      289 23 SVt//cc‘ r/t///?; <?/i if Jock chair /'(>//»>/// <7 /uav/, //;tv; fe/f ///u cC/7/? ///t’ eoolevf to\k ol the season PICTURES: Dominic Ong STYLING: KHWong MAKE-UP: Bern Lim from Prescriptives HAIR: Alicia Tey from The Salon MODELS: Grace from Mannequin; Todd from Phantom WHEN the weekend
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    • Simply ESSENTIAL
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        Lock icon Prada set arrives here
        70 23 ALL those nights of drooling over foreign fashion magazines are over. Prada’s autumn/ winter collection has finally arrived in Singapore, looking as desirable live as it does in pictures.Bags, shoes and accessories are hits, with now versions of retro chic. Snakeskin updates carry bags, colour makes
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        Lock icon Isetan offers I.D. Alex
        55 23 ISETAN unleashes a collection for men called I.D. Alex He who wears I.D. Alex is cosmopolitan, a traveller, loves the digital life, but encompasses the Renaissance man’s appreciation of art. Apart from clothing, the range includes accessories, small leather goods, and undergarments, and is exclusive to
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        Lock icon Benetton has fresh scents
        73 23  -  June Wan BENETTON has a remedy for the fastpaced and dynamic mobile lifestyle that’s been leaving wet patches under our arms. Benetton Sport fragrances for men and women boast practicality in all aspects: From the shock-proof packaging that resists fluctuating temperatures to the energy-transferring scents that
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    • Fashion
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        Lock icon Lights, action, Swatch
        744 24 Swatch launched its Fall/Winter 2000 collection at Beijing's Qreat Wall with great fanfare. JUNE WAN (junewan@sph.con7.sg) was there. F WALLS could talk, the Great Wall of China would have howled with joy last Thursday, when Swatch, together with Yahoo!, launched its Fall/Winter 2000 collection. If Chinese conservationists
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      • Personal STYLE
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          Lock icon Party babe!
          703 25 Model/actress Lum May Tee tells SAIHXI-SHAN (ishan@sph.com.sg) what she thinks of hairy arms, acne pits and green boob tubes... ENEATH the glossy, perfectly pressed curtain of hair, Lum May Yee’s tofu complexion sets off her pixie features beautifully. Her tie-dyed capri pants flare open to her neat little
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          94 25 BRITISH luxury brand Mulberry has fallen into the hands of foreigners Singaporean hands, to be exact. According to a fashion website, last Thursday saw Mulberry sign an $11.3 million agreement with fashion, hotel and oil tycoon Ong Beng Seng and his wife Christina Ong. Under the agreement,
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          66 25 DELHI is a long way from the frockfests of New York or Paris, but India’s catching up fast. Its first-ever Fashion Week, which began on Thursday, brought together 33 of the country’s top designers like Ritu Beri, Rohit Bal and Tarun Tahiliani, who designed the gold salwar kameez
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          43 25 GET your shears out, the bob is back. After unveiling the second consecutive Vogue cover to feature a short-haired model, the magazine’s editor-in-chief, Anna Wintour, reportedly decreed that only women with hair above their shoulders would grace her front page.
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          70 25 HAVE Mark Vanderloo and Esther Canadas fallen out of favour? Instead of using them for her new advertising campaign Seduction, Donna Karan has chosen screen stars Milla Jovovich and Gary Oldman. The two will be getting up close and personal in Seduction, intended to bring together Karan’s women
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          79 25 COME December, fashionably discerning boyfriends will be able to pop into Harrods, Harvey Nichols or The Cross to pick up the latest stella McCartney must-have for their loved ones. This is a T-shirt from Stella’s spring/summer 2001 collection, emblazoned with the words “Obsessed by you”. The good news
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        302 27  - Mandy won’t date ‘too old N’Sync By Ronald Rajan ronrajan@sph.com.sg THOUSANDS, no make that millions, of girls would gladly give an arm and a leg to date any member of hot boy band N’Sync. Not 16-year-old Mandy Moore, though: “They’re too old for me, and Mom and Dad wouldn’t be
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        573 27 AP Welcome to a new era of buddy movies, where men are portrayed as vulnerable, sensitive beings. DAVID GERMAIN checks out the relatively recent phenomenon. THINK movies for guys, and what comes to mind? Tom Cruise dangling from a cliff in Mission: Impossible 2? Bruce Willis
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          612 29 Nothing gets a womans ya-yas, swears SERENE GOH, sereneg@sph.com.sg) quite like a taut male butt. I EL’S made it into an i j I David Duchovny P r j flexed his in Speedos, and lately, Ricky Martin acknowledged his with an almighty shake. We cannot lie. Baby
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          72 29 WASHING hands before dinner used to please your mum. But did you know that it could also make you more attractive to the other women in your life? Danielle Dimitrov, sexuality educator at New York University’s Center for Health Promotion, said a woman’s sex hormones might be
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          98 29 SEX experts say men should exercise their pubococcygeus muscle (PC), called Kegels, in honour of Dr Arnold Kegel, to deal with stress. The PC muscle stretches between the genitals and the anus. You can feel it when you do stop-start motions while urinating. Esquire magazine suggests two daily sessions
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          64 29 STREATS’ clothes-changing weathergirls are nothing compared to what Czech Republic’s TV Nova has to offer. A sleepy-eyed and naked lovely bounces on screen, looks out of the window to assess the weather, and dresses accordingly. A reverse striptease of sorts. The weathergirls are so popular that nearly 70
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          89 29 IF YOU are not alarmed by your 36-inch waist, perhaps you should be. A six-year study, which monitored nearly 6,000 people, found that men with waist sizes larger than 36 were twice as likely than thinner men to develop colon cancer. According to the study’s author, Drßobert Schoen
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        670 30 Manhunt is back, giving SERENE GOH (sereneg@sph.com.sg) the chance to get very up close and personal with a host of hunks. ANHUNT. Few L J words stir the i female psyche like f this word does. And, the talent competing for the Singapore/ International titles
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        180 30 FORGET objectivity. When it comes to testosterone, we can’t help but have favourites. Here they are: Name: Sheik Ahmad Age: 27 Height: 1.77 m He says: “It takes a lot of confidence to appear in trunks. It’s another thing to walk in front of all these people.” We
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      32 25 Lum May Yee talked to our readers about sex, staying slim and making movies with Project Eyeball readers last Sunday in a live web chat. For a transcript, log on to asial.com.sg.
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      30 30 Listen up women, the Manhunt finalists want to show you what they can do. Catch them in all the right poses in our video at http;//eyeball Jtsial.com. sg. tel fT\
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      785 31 Tube Talk Movies My Father’s Angel 2.30 am«Cinemaxs9 A critically-acclaimed drama which tells the story of Diordje, a Serbian soccer star turned Vancouver cabbie who chooses not to believe the Serbian atrocities he sees on television. That is, until he meets first-hand a Bosnian Muslim refugee named Ahmed. Ahmed’s wife
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    94 32 Manhunt. Few words stir the island-wide female psyche quite so much. With the 13th annual gawk-fest getting underway, Eyeball scopes the situation (above) and asks if there’s talent among the chiselled looks. See our video showcasing this year’s prospective winners. http://eyeball.asial.co m.sg/Eveball/Leisure Baby bonuses might persuade reluctant mothers,
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    305 32 What The Professor Really Means You’ll be using one of the leading textbooks in the field. (I used it as a grad student.) If you follow these few simple rules, you’ll do fine in the course. (If you don’t need any sleep, you’ll do fine in the
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      143 32 Let ns know what yon think Today’s polls, and where to vote: Digital music tailormade: Would you pay $2 for each song from the Vivamusic list, on top of the $5 CD fee? http://eveball.asia! .com.sg/ Eveball/Tech The new baby incentives do first-time parents need the most help? Give us your
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