Project Eyeball, 28 August 2000

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    11 1 projecteyeball. eyebalLasial.com.sg Mita (p) 077/02/2000 Monday, August 28, 2000 80 CENTS
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      137 1 LINKS *.'y McDonald’s toys made bv children Protesters march after learning that Snoopy, Winnie the Pooh and Hello Kitty toys sold with McDonald’s meals in Hong Kong are made at a mainland Chinese sweatshop that illegally uses child labourers. See Page 2 get digital radio A new broadcaster has plans
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      277 1 sr Alphonso Chan Baby Bonus is not bait Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong has said the Baby Bonus is not bait, as Project Eyeball “colourfully but irresponsibly” described it recently Speaking at the Marine Parade National Day dinner last night, he said the Baby Bonus is not about forcing, inducing
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  • News & Views
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      Lock icon QUICKIE
      68 2 WHY is there a shortage of condoms in Swaziland? Because the gods are angry with the country’s young people for having too much sex. That’s what Senator Majahenkhaba Dlamini told parliament recently, adding that the high level of sexual activity among the country’s youth was a national embarrassment. He
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    • Article
      Lock icon Porn shock for Cyberway users
      352 2  -  Starhub Internet apologises for X-rated spam By Winston Goh winston@sph.com.sg CYBERWAY Internet accountholders had a rude shock yesterday when they opened their e-mail boxes. Instead of the usual jokes and greetings from friends, they saw links to pornography sites. Three e-mail messages were sent out,
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      Lock icon ‘Child labour used to make McDonald’s toys’
      465 2 SOME KIDS AS YOUNG AS 14‚ SAYS REPORT AP HONG KONG Snoopy, Winnie the Pooh and Hello Kitty toys sold with McDonald’s meals in Hong Kong are made at a mainland Chinese sweatshop that illegally employs child labourers to package the toys, a
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      Lock icon More maternity leave may backfire on women
      363 3 LONDON Government ministers preparing Labour’s next election manifesto have come under strong attack for trying to extend maternity leave, without offering fathers equivalent rights. Britian’s Industrial Society warned that women would suffer even more discrimination at work if Labour goes ahead with its
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      Lock icon ‘Don’t have kids just for Baby Bonus’
      607 3  -  Govt measures not meant to force, induce or bribe people, says PM By Joanna Lim joanna@sph.com.sg THE Baby Bonus and third child maternity leave grant are not about forcing, inducing or bribing people to have childern. These initiatives are to help Singaporean couples
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      Lock icon 3-day paternity leave for civil servants
      507 3  -  BOON TO NEW FATHERS By Lim Puay Leng puayleng@sph.com.sg THREE days’ leave is what new dads in the civil service can now look forward to spending with each of their first three newborns. The news, coming from the Prime Minister, may be good, but
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    • Article
      Lock icon Seabed search for Gulf Air crash clues
      494 4 Black boxes to be analysed in US Reuters MANAMA Experts began combing the seabed off Bahrain yesterday for clues to the causes of the crash of a Gulf Air plane, which killed all 143 people aboard. The plane’s two flight recorders were due
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      Lock icon $1.74b drug haul
      429 4 ‘OPERATION JOURNEY’ BUSTS COLOMBIAN COCAINE RING Wires WASHINGTON US federal law enforcement officials have broken up a major drug-traffick-ing operation that used commercial ships to haul enormous quantities of Colombian cocaine around the world. In a two-year effort dubbed “Operation Journey” that culminated over the weekend in
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    • Ground ZERO
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        Lock icon Dying for a transplant
        849 6  -  Lack of local organ donors sends sufferers overseas By Sue-Ann Chia sueann@sph.com.sg LONG is the trail of kidney patients who have journeyed to “exotic” destinations in search of a kidney. Most do so in spring and summer. It may seem a bit morbid, but that’s when
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      Lock icon After 17 years of waiting, she has lost hope
      371 6 AS A kidney patient for the past 17 years, Jennifer Hoalim, 40, understands the desperate need for organ donation. So, when her mother passed away two years ago, she and her seven sisters decided to donate their mother’s organs kidneys, liver,
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      Lock icon Organ procurement procedure
      162 7 How the harvesting is done MEDICAL (THERAPY, EDUCATION, AND RESEARCH) ACT: Any person of sound mind and 18 years of age may give all or part of his body for the purpose of education, research, advancement of medical and dental science, therapy and transplantation. This gift takes
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      Lock icon Trips to India and China for transplants
      491 7  -  ONE MAN'S SEARCH FOR A KIDNEY Sue-Ann Chia IF YOUR survival means being hooked up to a dialysis machine for the rest of your life, what would you do? Go along and hope for the best or give up and blame it all
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      50 8 More than 6,000 cyclists and in-line skaters descended on Paya Lehar Air Base yesterday morning to ply two routes -a 6 km family run and a 16 km circuit of the base. The event was organised by Safra, Paya Lebar Air Base and Singapore Sports Council. Zao Bao
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      Lock icon NTUC gets $15m more for training
      286 8 Updating skills imperative: DPM Lee THE Government will give the NTUC Education and Training Fund (N-ETF) an additional $l5 million to retrain union members. The extra money will come in the form of a three-to-one matching grant to $5 million, which the labour movement
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      Lock icon Shell welcomes Case’s petrol probe
      161 8 GIVE us a chance to explain, says Shell. The petrol company was responding to charges by consumers that it was part of a cartel. On Friday, Eyeball reported that motorists were irked by the seven pump price hikes in the past year, with the most
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      Lock icon S’pore to bring in 1‚000 IT Workers
      146 8 AFP SINGAPORE plans to bring in over 1,000 technologically skilled personnel from the region within a year to meet the shortage at home, officials said yesterday. The Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) of Singapore is working with Niit Asia Pacific an information technology consulting
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      Lock icon Manhunt on for Chin Swee gunman
      109 8 THE police have launched a manhunt for the gunman who killed a moneychanger’s assistant in cold blood late on Saturday night. Jagabar Sathik, 39, died from two gunshot wounds to his head and shoulder. He was walking home just before 10 pm to his
      Shin Min Daily News  -  109 words
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      Lock icon ‘Fuller’ Barbie at the Sydney Olympics
      171 10 Reuters SYDNEY The wor! d’s most famous plastic bombshell, remodelled on the rather “fuller” Australian woman, has donned her handbags and high heels for the Sydney Olympics. The doll, which has captured the hearts of millions of girls worldwide, comes in every conceivable Olympic
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      Lock icon Radio hackers endanger air travel
      422 10 They give fake instructions to pilots LONDON You may be travelling 3,000 metres up in the air above the clouds without a computer in sight. Yet, hackers can still, wreck your life. Welcome to the dangerous world of radio hackers. Radio hackers seem to be
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      Lock icon ‘Secret torpedo test’ blew sub apart
      355 10 WESTERN EXPERTS REJECT COLLISION THEORY LONDON A secret weapons test that went horribly wrong sent the Russian nuclear submarine to the bottom of the Barents Sea, killing at least 118 men on board. London’s The Sunday Times reported yesterday that two civilian weapons experts
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      Lock icon Five hostages freed for $1.7m each
      401 11 Libya agrees to pay off Abu Sayyaf rebels AP JOLO (Philippines) Five stunned and crying hostages held by Abu Sayyaf rebels were released yesterday after Libya agreed to pay US$l million ($1.7 million) in ransom for each. Four of those released were kidnapped on
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    • World WIDE
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        Lock icon Aspiring trash collectors abound
        120 11 AFP TAIPEI Some 5,000 people, hundreds of whom were college graduates, took a test to compete for the 300 places as reserve garbage collectors, as Taiwan’s unemployment rate hit a new high. The United Daily News reported yesterday that the city’s garbage collectors are paid about
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        Lock icon Dotcoms face bleak future, says survey
        108 11 NYT NEW YORK A survey by a business advisory group, KPMG Consulting, revealed little faith in dotcoms, with industry leaders saying that there’s only a one-in-three chance of survival in five years’ time. The survey, based on interviews with 50 managing directors of top
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        Lock icon Koreans protest against Net controls
        122 11 Reuters SEOUL Thousands of people, protesting against tighter Internet regulations to be implemented next year, paralysed the South Korean information ministry’s home page on Saturday. The Ministry of Information and Communication website was crippled for nine hours from noon. But a civic group called the
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        Lock icon Fake driving licence ring busted
        155 11 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia’s Anti-Corruption Agency has busted a major syndicate selling fake driving licences and arrested 21 people. The swoop was made in an operation which started on Thursday after 10 months of secret investigations, said the agency’s director of investigation Abdul Razak Idris.
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        Lock icon Club craze, thanks to Harry Potter
        138 11 AP LONDON The smash Harry Potter books, about an apprentice wizard and his friends at the Hogwarts Schools of Wizardry and Witchcraft, have caused a boom in applications to Britain’s Magic Circle society. Membership in the society’s Young Magicians Club has increased by 25
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      Lock icon Shares may dip
      412 12 Waning investor interest makes for gloomy outlook in Singapore market Wires SINGAPORE share prices are expected to consolidate and perhaps even slide further this week after a month-long run-up as waning investor interest threatens to quash prospects for gains in the weeks ahead, analysts said. “After a
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      Lock icon Which way to the jungle spa?
      44 12 Prospective buyers picking the brains of marketing personnel selling Sunhaven, a new 295-unit freehold condominium on Upper Changi Road, which has been drawing the crowds with ads boasting an array of facilities. Prices start at $680,800. Desmond Wee
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      Lock icon BIZ SITE OF THE DAY: www.hotrumours.com
      201 12  -  Jeanette Pang PSST! Have you heard the latest buzz in town? Or do you have a rumour to share? We’re not talking about hot and saucy stuff, like which chief executive is sleeping with which secretary, but about a virtual grapevine which has the
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      Lock icon No more pesky fractions on Wall Street
      441 12 FINALLY, NYSE GOES DECIMAL Wires NEW YORK Ever since 24 brokers signed a deal to trade with one another beneath a buttonwood tree outside 68, Wall Street in 1792, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) has quoted all its prices in fractions. Today,
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    • Article
      Lock icon HOW THE RADIO WORKS
      196 13  -  JohnLui WORLDSPACE radios look ordinary, except for a saucer-sized plate on top. For best performance, they need to be placed near windows so that the antenna can '‘see” Worldspace’s Asia Star satellite. Users can also opt to buy an antenna extender that can be stuck near
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      Lock icon 40 channels of digital radio soon
      399 13  -  Satellite radio broadcaster gets set to tune in to Singapore scene By John Lui johnlui@sph.com.sg A NEW broadcaster has popped up in Singapore, joining an industry already abuzz with change. Worldspace Corporation, a multimedia satellite services company, will announce a new digital radio service
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      Lock icon Free TV decoders in UK
      299 13 $128B POTENTIAL REVENUE FOR LABOUR GOVERNMENT LONDON Millions of British families are likely to get free digital TV decoders, courtesy of the Labour government. The windfall will come their way as the government prepares to make a dash to privatise airwaves and introduce digital television,
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      Lock icon Get papers from around the world on your printer
      382 14  -  NEWS OFFLINE By John Lui johnlui@sph.com.sg IF YOU like to read foreign newspapers in the bathroom, but don’t want to get your precious laptop or Palm Pilot wet, Hewlett-Packard (HP) has a solution for you. The printer manufacturer has joined Newspaper
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      Lock icon Non-Speaker’s Corner
      428 14  -  Poor response to IDA’s request for comments on quality of broadband service By Andrew Chin andre-wc@sph.com.sg CALL it the non-Speaker’s Corner. Only two responses have been posted so far on the website of the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA), which had asked for feedback on the quality
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    • Tech FILES
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        Lock icon GameBoy takes the next leap
        104 14 YOU will be seeing this on the MRT next year the next-generation hand-held console Gameßoy Advance from Nintendo, which will feature PC-quality colour screens. Gameßoy Advance will be able to communicate with Game Cube, Nintendo’s home gaming console, through a controller port. When connected, it
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        Lock icon GPRS phone out by year-end
        110 14 Reuters MOTOROLA announced last 1 week that it planned to have its first GPRS mobile phone in the Scandinavian market by the last quarter of this year, a few months earlier than its rivals Nokia and Ericsson. GPRS (General Packet Radio Services) networks are due
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      • Article
        Lock icon No more sleeping satellites
        84 14 BROADBAND Internet access from satellites have been around in the US for almost five years, though not many people were aware of it. That could change over the next few months Microsoft Network and America OnLine have teamed up with other partners to bring these services
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        Lock icon The true dangers of handphones
        88 14 HANDPHONES can kill you. But not through radiation. Theßegister.co.uk reported a case of a policeman in Britain who was killed while driving and using his handphone. Investigators said that the man had most likely taken his eyes off the road while trying to retrieve and
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      Lock icon Comic relief
      533 15 Pop a few laughter pills for that dreary Monday morning. SAMAK-i-m* BONG talk@eyehall .com.sg) points you to some comedy websites. SHARE-A-JOKE http://www. comedy world.com/ LOG on and laugh yourself silly several times over. This well-rounded humour site allows you to read, listen, watch or even share humour with
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      Lock icon Don’t cheapen parenthood
      284 16  -  By Lydia Kok Lydia, 25, is an accounts co-ordina-tor and a member of Project Eyeball’s Readers’ Council. The council is a platform for laymen to have their say in the paper. It also meets regularly to put the paper under a microscope and highlight improvements. I WAS
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      Lock icon Chinese weddings costly too
      517 16 ‘The dowry’s too high, sayang’ (Aug 24) IT’S not just Malay weddings that are getting too expensive. You guys should do a story on Chinese weddings. They are really costly, although the cost is sometimes recovered through hongbaos. Everybody wants the hotel ballroom, the crystal chandeliers,
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    • Article
      Lock icon It’s tough for poly grads to get good jobs
      250 16  -  TIMOTHY ANG ‘Poly no enough, so grads seek degrees’ (Aug 23) I STUDIED at a local polytechnic. The recent Straits Times article on poly grads who made it big focused on the minority who, after so many years, were able to
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      51 2 Departments: Enquiries 730-5800 eyenews@sph.com.sg Local News 730-5806 local@eyeball.com.sg Foreign News 730-5461 world@eyeball.com.sg Business News 730-5461 biz@eyeball.com.sg Eye Sport 730-5833 sports@eyeball.com.sg Unwind 730-5844 leisure@eyeball.com.sg View 2.0 730-5817 tech@eyeball.com.sg Online Edition 730-5811 Archives 730-5726 Subscription hotline 740-2333 Fax 734-3017 stlib@cyberway.com.sg Snail Mail Project Eyeball News Centre, Level 6 82, Genting Lane Singapore
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      26 2 Qood morning! Slightly hazy, showers with thunder are expected in the morning affecting most areas High: 32C1 Low: 24C Tides: 11.09 AM/2.6M 10.15PM/2.9M Met Service: http://www.gov.sg/metsin
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      45 3 Don’t cheapen parenthood: See Page 16 TODAY: The Working Committee on Marriage and Procreation will announce more pro-family measures. Check for the latest updates at asiaLconusg Also, find out what other father-friendly countries offer, and join in our forum on paternity leave and Baby Bonuses.
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      45 4 www.cnn.com/2000/ WORLD/meast/ 08/26/bahrain. crash.ol.ap/ index.html All you want to know about recent air crashes in an interactive timeline. www.airbus.com/ products/ A32o.html Get the low-down on the Airbus A320, including cabin layouts and technical details. news.bbc.co.uk/ hi/english/ world/newsid *****0/ *****0.5tm This article discusses Airbus’ reliability record.
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      72 6 Are you waiting for an organ donor or have you a similar experience? E-mail us at talk@eyeball.com.sg For all about kidney patients and transplants www.ocregister.com/health/body/ index.shtml For a feature on the recycling of dead bodies www.laogai.org/ reports/communst.htm For an in-depth report on how Harry Wu, a political dissident, investigated the
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      24 10 http:// www.sarts. org.sg/ Learn how to become an amateur radio operator. http:/ /www.textfiles. com/hamradio/ carradio.ham What you can do with an old car radio.
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      26 13 #http://www. worldspace.com Get more info on Worldspace’s satellites and radio services http://www.sba/gov.sg The Singapore Broadcasting Authority (SBA) site has more on the broadcasting regulations and DAB
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      423 17 mm V 4 W(M(, Brew of the Day m i < Choice of Tummy Filler (Choose from Lasagne. Pasta Pizza and Sandwich) Cake 5 (Choose from Almond, Banana and Breen Tea Cake) V qp II *4 r?V 9 Xanbong tttoia Terraco «.o Brasseries: Olio Dome (wheelock Place) Olio Dome(Suntec City)
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  • EyeSport
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      Lock icon Friday practice on the way out
      328 18 F1 PROPOSAL Wires SPA (Belgium) Finally, Formula One’s decision-makers are talking about Fridays. That is the day when teams practise. It is meant to serve some purpose, but many people, including drivers, are still trying to decide what that is. The reality is that
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      Lock icon Simply brilliant!
      594 18 Hakkinen pulls stunning move to snatch victory from Schumacher Wires SPA (Belgium) Mika Hakkinen gave his rival Michael Schumacher a chance, but then took it right back in a spectacular overtaking move that gave him victory at the Belgian Grand Prix yesterday. Pole-sitter Hakkinen lost his lead in
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    • Premier POINT
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        Lock icon Stiff upper lips are out
        643 19  -  Foreign players mouth off in England By Chris Lakey peppoint@sph.com.sg LONDON A week’s a long time in football, especially for those poor souls who have been left shaking their heads by the crazy goings-on in the first week of the English season. Now, this is
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        Lock icon Villain Vieira turns into hero
        420 19  -  PREMIERSHIP ROUND-UP By Zaki Amrullah zaki@sph.com.sg FOR once, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger had good reason to praise Patrick Vieira. After all, the man who was making headlines for all the wrong reasons turned a possible loss into a famous 5-3 win over Charlton in the
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      Lock icon Kristen, Boje carry day for S Africa
      624 20 Rain, bad fielding do Pakistan in Wires VICTORIOUS South African captain Shaun Pollock, celebrating his team’s triumph over Pakistan in the Godrej Singapore Challenge final yesterday, said that in past finals, his team had played badly. There was no irony in his voice,
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      Lock icon Heat’s not playing ball, says Hardaway
      501 20  -  POINT GUARD ‘LOOKING AROUND’ By Luke Pachymuthu luke@sph.com.sg TWO weeks ago, Miami centre Alonzo Mourning said he was confident teammate Tim Hardaway would return to play for the Heat. The unrestricted free agent probably didn’t hear him, because, according to reports, he is looking
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      Lock icon Woods on fire again
      612 21  -  He sets Ohio course alight with another effortless display, opening up a nine-stroke lead By Zaki Amrullah zaki@sph.com.sg WHAT to do about Tiger Woods? Here’s a suggestion: Only write about him when he’s not leading or winning. Surely that’s more newsworthy. Otherwise, it gets just a
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    • Ball WATCHING
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        Lock icon Sibling rivalry takes centrestage
        546 22  -  Williams sisters could steal thunder at US Open By Luke Pachymuthu luke@sph.com.sg THE Williams sisters will be the main draw at this year’s US Open. Despite their stellar performances this year, Switzerland’s Martina Hingis pipped the two to the top-seed spot for the final Grand Slam
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    • Back YARD
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        Lock icon Lions’ coach plays risky game for Tiger Cup
        520 22  -  PLAN TO RECALL FORMER INTERNATIONALS By Zaki Amrullah zaki@sph.com.sg I OVERHEARD two guys obviously football fans talking, and one said to the other: “Is Singapore football taking a step backward or forward?” That remark came after the latest developments involving the national
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  • Unwind
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      Lock icon Talking heads
      953 23 American talk-show hosts have gabbed their way into popular culture. JEANMARIE TAN (jeanm@sph.com.sg) dissects their appeal LETTERMAN. Leno. O’Brien. O’Donnell. Oprah. Ricki. Jerry. These familiar, influential monikers have been immortalised in the lexicon of American pop culture, and embroiled in a cut-throat battle for ratings supremacy in the
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    • Television
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        Lock icon SINGAPORE GABFESTS: SOMETIMES SILENCE IS GOLDEN
        273 25 OVER the years, TCS has attempted to breed a local talk-show culture. Alas, there have been more misses than hits. KopiTiam With Dick Lee (1995) PRIME example of TCS programming in its clueless days. Set in a kopitiam, local singer and composer Dick Lee
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      • Article
        Lock icon TOXIC TALK
        362 25  -  Jeanmarie Tan THEY will never get past the censors, but here are are three shows in the US which get ratings by going down and dirty: The Jerry Springer Show NORMAL behaviour doesn’t belong to this outrageous freak-show which has rocked and shocked the US. Despite a critical
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      • TV TATTLE
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          Lock icon Moonlit Matt
          80 26 FRIENDS actor Matthew Perry’s personal definition of sensuality is far from original, reports In Style magazine. He jokes: “Bingo is sexy. Since I’m the only guy under 70 playing, I’m bound to look great!” Yet he sheepishly adds that he’s a big fan of the overwrought, romantic “moonlit
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          Lock icon Daria on film
          66 26 REMEMBER bespectacled Daria Morgendorffer of the MTV animated cartoon series? She of the green jacket and prickly wit? Now, after four seasons suffering through high school and all that goes with it, she has graduated from her weekly show to a feature-length TV film called Daria: Is
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          Lock icon Princess of Queens
          103 26  -  Jeanmarie Tan RICKI Lake will join the cast of The King of Queens for a six-episode run this season, the New York Post reports. Lake, who currently hosts the talk show Ricki Lake, will play Doug’s (Kevin James) little sister Stephanie. “She’s spunky and gets on his
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      • Armchair CRITIC
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          Lock icon TV love grows up
          544 26 Mature love is in the air. It’s the grown-ups' turn to heat up TV screens as Once And Again makes its debut. JEAMMARTR TAM (jeanm@sph.com.sg) turns reluctantly into a fan. SURPRISE, surprise: Grown-ups are back on the lurve prowl and hornier than their kids. Once And
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        Lock icon MUSIC VIDEO OF THE WEEK
        194 26  -  Ronald Rajan Seven Days -CraigDavid From the album Born To Do It THE video for soulster Craig David’s second solo single is a delightful tongue-in-cheek take on the Bill Murray flick Groundhog Day. “I had the strangest dream,” David tells his barber in the preamble
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    • Asiabeat
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        Lock icon Single eyelid girls
        507 27 Hello dollies! Qet set for a big dose of bubble-gum fun when the China Dolls hit the Indoor Stadium next month. TAN DAWN WEI (dawntan@sph.com.sg) gives us a taste of the new Asian flavour. THE Land of Smiles is sending its two new ambassadors to town with
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      • Asia BEAT
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          Lock icon China censors Cheung
          69 27 NO skirts and no touching. That’s what Chinese authorities have told Leslie Cheung when he stages his concerts in the mainland next month. Not only would his costumes need approval, his music lyrics have to be cleared too. Gone are the skirts and long hair; instead, Cheung
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          Lock icon Hot Kwok
          75 27 ANOTHER Hong Kong pop star seems to be having an easier time with the Chinese authorities. Just last week, Aaron Kwok delivered a sexy performance at Guangzhou’s Tianhe Stadium as part of his China tour, much to the delight of the three-million-strong audience. At one time, he even
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          99 27 THE man clearly isn’t into diplomacy. Leon Lai and alleged squeeze Shu Qi were supposed to leave on the same flight back to Hong Kong from Malaysia last week after their movie shoot. But the scores of reporters and fans didn’t quite catch a glimpse of the
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          133 27 THE Queen of Caldecott has a big, fat carrot dangling not before her, but behind her. And that’s because her company wants her to stay, and not jump ship like several of her other colleagues. Shin Min Daily News reported that Zoe Tay is likely to receive between
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          122 27  -  Tan Dawn Wei JACK Neo and his gang look set to conquer Malaysia next. The group from J-Tearn, composed of Neo, Mark Lee and Patricia Mok, is venturing into Malaysian TV with their low-brow humour. They have signed a contract to produce variety programmes for TV3
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          96 28 SIMON and Schuster will be the third major trade publisher to offer e-books, after Bertelsmann’s Random House and Time Warner’s trade publishing division. Some Simon and Schuster e-books will be sold exclusively in digital form. These include Blair Witch Project and Star Trek spin-off books
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          101 28 MINNESOTA governor Jesse Ventura’s new book Do I Stand Alone has none of the personal anecdotes about sex, marijuana use, underage drinking and going without underwear that made his debut book, I Ain’t Got Time to Bleed, a national bestseller. However, he still manages to rankle
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          116 28  -  Sam I-Shan ALAN Nevins, a literary agent with Michael Ovitz’s Artist Management Group, took promotion a step further by placing orders for at least 18,000 copies of his client Rich DeVos’ book, From My Heart: 10 Lessons For Life, at a handful of small bookstores that report sales
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        2064 28  -  All books available at Borders. Reviews by Sam I-Shan THE CLEMATIS TREE Ann Widdecombe Orion THIS is a book that roams freely through the gloaming swamps and fens of human tragedy. A car accident leaves four-year-old Jeremy Wellings severely disabled. This acts as a tragic catalyst to spin
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        469 30 SNP becomes the first to try out e-publishing, and JEANIVIARTE TAN (jeanm@sph.com.sg) asks if others will follow. 0INGAPORE author Goh Sin Tub may have created some waves by offering a peek at his latest book online, but publishers here say they have no plans to launch their
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        710 30  -  By Sam I-shan ishan@sph.com.sg “WHEN we lost the General Election, I had a lot of time on my hands, so I started to write down a story I had in my head about a child with a severe handicap.” Ann Widdecombe, Tory politician,
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      26 27 http://www.gmmasia.com.tw The official China Dolls website. http://www.vivamusic.com/musicv/mv mand.htm Watch China Dolls’ MTVs online here. http://iove.prohosting.com/-qox/cdtvol.htm Get pictures of China Dolls’ Taipei tour earlier this year here.
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      25 27 The China Dolls perform at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on Sept 30. Tickets are at $35, $5O, $7O and $BO and are available from Sistic.
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      65 30 http://www. mightywords.com arranges a payment system if you send your manuscript to them. http://www. xlibris.com has a “print on demand” free service, where they help writers produce their own paperbacks. http:// www.poetry.s-one.net.sg showcases the works of Alvin Pang as well as other local writers. www.myepb.com offers free downloads of excerpts
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      731 31 Tube Talk Movies What About Bob? 9 pm O Star Movies 58 Frustration can be a funny thing sometimes. Richard Dreyfiiss plays a tortured psychiatrist whose tranquil life gets severely overturned by a neurotic patient Bob, (Bill Murray who idolises him. Watch his desperate attempts to get away from Bob
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    121 32 Jennifer Hoalim (above) has been waiting for a kidney for the past 17 years. She went for a transplant in India some years ago. That failed. Others have gone to greater lengths to find organs that are short in supply in Singapore. Log on to read about how
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    267 32 IN A world chock-full of Chicken Soup variety packs for souls and other self-help saccharin, we turned to the Internet for some solace. The truth is out there. At least some of it is. The rest of it is questionable fodder for thought. The two most common
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      162 32 Let us know what yon think Today’s polls, and where to vote: Have foreigners enriched English football? Take part in our poll (Page 19): http://eveball.asial.com.sg/ Eyeball/Sports URLs Roadmap to the Internet, from stories in the paper: Get a load of the virtual grapevine which has the latest on the financial
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