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Advertisement127 2000-10-11 1 Hot LINKS Parents who conrt trouble The closure of child-care centres and kindergartens due to hand, foot and mouth disease could be lifted on Monday. But even before that good news was announced, many parents were out in public, and thenchildren were still being allowed to congregate. See Page 4127 words
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Advertisement281 2000-10-11 1 Up all nisht Sleepless in Singapore isn’t a cliche. It’s reality. About 15 per cent of Singaporeans have trouble with the Sandman because of a disorder called sleep apnea. The condition causes a temporary block of a person’s breathing, which can lead to sudden deaths. Related to loud snoring, sleep281 words
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News & Views
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Article179 2000-10-11 2 IF YOU slept through the film Birds, thinking Alfred Hitchcock’s imagination had run amok, here’s a reality-check. Magpies in Canberra are giving tourists a torrid time. It’s the bird’s nesting season now. The protected bird even grabbed a few moments of Olympic fame, targeting mountain bikers as they raced179 words
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Article, Illustration640 2000-10-11 2 Tan Dawn Wei - Sexuality is central theme of Necessary Stage’s Asian Boys By Tan Dawn Wei dawntan@sph.com.sg FILTH for the eyes, food for the soul. The tagline for Asian Boys Vol 1, The Necessary Stage’s new play, is definitely a calculated attempt at titillation. If the tagline640 words
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Article, Illustration283 2000-10-11 3 MIFEPREX, previously known as RU-486, is an artificial steroid that blocks the production of a hormone called progesterone, essential in maintaining the life support system of the foetus. The foetus dies as a result and must be expelled from the body usually through the aid of a283 words
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875 2000-10-11 3 Thao Hua - Singaporeans already divided into three camps By Thao Hua thaoth@sph.com.sg NOW that’s what you call a potent pill: It’s not even available here, but it already threatens to create a ruckus. Among one of the most debated drugs in the world, abortion pill875 words
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239 2000-10-11 4 AP KUALA LUMPUR The hand, foot and mouth disease that has gripped Singapore in recent days appears to have spread further north beyond Johor to Malacca. A two-year-old girl and a four-year-old boy have been hospitalised with high fever in Malacca and are– AP - 239 words
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Article, Illustration843 2000-10-11 4 Joanna Lim; Desmond Wong - Despite HFMD danger, many are still bringing children to public places By Joanna Lim and Desmond Wong joanna@sph.com.sg SOME parents don’t listen. Others won’t. Put them together, and you get an apathetic bunch that’s still bringing their children to shopping centres, bookstores and playgrounds places whereDominic Ong - 843 words
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Article, Illustration682 2000-10-11 5 Thao Hua - Disorder keeps many awake at night By Thao Hua thaoth@sph.com.sg DO YOU get a good night’s sleep? No? Well, join the club. About 15 per cent of Singaporeans aged between 30 and 60 have problems sleeping because of one disorder alone: sleep apnea. This is three timesWang Huifen - 682 words
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Article142 2000-10-11 5 WHILE apnea is among the more serious sleep disorders, there are other common conditions that could be causing daytime sleepiness. They are: Narcolepsy: Affecting one in 4,000 people worldwide, it causes sleep attacks during the day. People who suffer from this will experience sleep paralysis or142 words
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Article, Illustration715 2000-10-11 6 Wong Sher Maine; Celine Lim - Some parents want kids to try everything By Wong Sher Maine and Celine Lim sher@sph.com.sg KIDS here are going for a mindnumbing stream of classes from music to sports to speech and drama outside school. And no one seems to be complaining. To the average SingaporeanWang Huifen - 715 words
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Local LOG
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Article191 2000-10-11 7 APARTMENT owners of Grenville Condominium are taking Leonie Court to court in a failed en bloc sale dispute. The latter is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Government-linked Pidemco Land. The claimants, who form 88 per cent of the Mount Sinai Lane condominium’s total share value,191 words
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Article, Illustration46 2000-10-11 7 This cosmic bowling alley is one of the many facilities in a si4m building for Singapore Polytechnic Qraduates’ Quild members. It also has a business centre that will serve as an incubator for business start-ups by the members. Wang HuifenWang Huifen - 46 words
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Article176 2000-10-11 7 AP SINGAPORE Telecom is in talks with two Hong Kong operators, including New World Mobility, to enter the territory’s mobile phone market. A Sing Tel spokesman said yesterday that the talks are part of its efforts to operate 3G mobile networks in six– AP - 176 words
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Article85 2000-10-11 7 SINGAPOREAN Lim Eng Swee died on board an airplane which was flying in from Bangkok on Monday evening. The 65-year-old businessman had a history of heart problems. En route to Singapore on Thai Airways flight TG4O9, Lim, who was seated in economy class, was moved85 words
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Article113 2000-10-11 7 ALSO up in the skies, an Australian student paid for headbutting another passenger on board an Singapore Airlines flight. The incident happened on Saturday when 17-year-old Ahmet Sozmen, who was on an SIA flight from Melbourne to here, had a drink too many. He113 words
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Article106 2000-10-11 7 HIS advances were rejected repeatedly by a woman. So what did this gas delivery-man do? He set her seven-year-old son on fire. The 28-year-old man was promptly arrested yesterday. At about 1 pm as the young boy was climbing up the stairs to his flat after106 words
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Article66 2000-10-11 7 SINGAPORE will represent Asia on the United Nations Security Council next year. The Republic has been nominated by the region. The Security Council, the UN’s top decision-making body, has 15 members, five of them permanent: China, Britain, France, Russia and the United States. It has66 words
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Article189 2000-10-11 7 Poor demand causes 65% drop in Category B prices THOSE looking to buy a spanking new big car have reason to smile. Certificate of Entitlement (COE) prices for November for cars in category B, those 1,601 cc and above, dropped a dramatic 65 per cent189 words
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World WIDE
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Article, Illustration60 2000-10-11 8 12-year-old Sami Abu Jazar was shot in the head with a live bullet by the Israeli army yesterday while in his school uniform. He died later at a Qaza hospital. He was standing at a distance and not among 50 other children who were throwingAP - 60 words
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Article179 2000-10-11 8 Wires JAKARTA Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid headed for yet another bruising fight with parliament yesterday after thumbing his nose at a summons to appear before MPs probing two financial scandals linked to him. He was reacting to a move earlier in the day by a– Wires - 179 words
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Article120 2000-10-11 8 AP JAKARTA The.conyicted son, of ex-president Suharto, Tommy, could stay out of prison for two or three months while officials process a clemency application that has already been rejected by Indonesia’s President, the justice minister said yesterday. Tommy last week admitted his guilt in a multi-million-dollar– AP - 120 words
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Article114 2000-10-11 8 Wires JERUSALEM Bowing to international pressure, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak yesterday gave his Palestinian counterpart more time to quell raging violence that has left 88 people dead over 12 days. After a marathon cabinet meeting that ended before dawn, Barak said he was prepared to attend– Wires - 114 words
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Article, Illustration320 2000-10-11 8 World’s first woman PM succumbs to heart attack WiRES COLOMBO Sri Lanka’s elections opened yesterday with the shock death of the country’s best-known political leader and world’s first woman prime minister, Sirimavo Bandaranaike. True to her form as a political persona for the last 40 years,– WiRES; AP - 320 words
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295 2000-10-11 10 SURVEY ON MEN’S HEALTH AFP LONDON Now’s here another reason for a roll in the hay. Men with a low sex-drive could face an increased risk of developing breast cancer, said a report published in London yesterday. A study published in the British– AFP - 295 words
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Article, Illustration580 2000-10-11 10 Exposure can cause burns in 7 mins PUNTA ARENAS (Chile) A wide swathe of southern Chile was on alert yesterday, as dangerous levels of ultraviolet radiation hit new highs because of the depletion of the protective ozone layer over the Antarctic. Health authorities warned theLuz Ramos; Source: Graphic News - 580 words
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Article, Illustration840 2000-10-11 11 AP UNITED STATES Thou shalt not vandalise websites WASHINGTON THERE’S a new gospel in town. Thou shalt not vandalise Web pages. Thou shalt not shut down websites. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s MP3s. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents are spreading this new gospel– AP; Mil Zarzuela - 840 words
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Article, Illustration105 2000-10-11 13 ■■mUMMK, i C Straits Times Index (STI) Top 3 Active i VOLUME CENTS 1 Seatown 121.676,000 12 i 1 NatElec 7,871,000 356 1 EastTech 5,941,000 123 Top 3 Gainers fl CENTS i Rukit Semb 1370 20 1.5 APB Breweries 388 8 2.1 1 1 OCBC Fin 210 7 3.4105 words
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Article155 2000-10-11 13 – Nicholas Yong - Nicholas Yong IF PEDIGREE is what matters, this portal from Hong Kong’s leading online property company, PP.com, is likely to stand the test of time. Its unique selling point must surely be the 360-degree interactive pictures of the properties on offer and its 3D155 words
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Article, Illustration755 2000-10-11 13 Francis Kan - Numbers raise hopes of higher CPF restoration rate By Francis Kan francisk@sph.com.sg IT LOOKS like a three-percentage point restoration to the employers’ Central Provident Fund (CPF) contribution rate is pretty much in the bag. Why? The economy grew by a rosier-than-expected 10.2 per cent in755 words
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Article, Illustration589 2000-10-11 15 Steven Ng - LAN centres are popping up everywhere, but don’t expect a price war By Steven Ng stevenng@sph.com.sg IF ADRENALINE-pumping, com-puter-simulated games give you a high, here is some news for you: there is likely to be a proliferation of outlets that offer the popular local areaWang Huifen - 589 words
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Article436 2000-10-11 15 SMALL family shops used to sell shoes or rent videos. Now, families are running LAN centres as well. Asteroids Cyber is a small fami-ly-owned LAN centre located at Katong Shopping Centre. It is run by 22-year-old national serviceman Johnathan Cheah, sister Christina, 21 and brother436 words
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Article476 2000-10-11 17 Customers can phone in for e-mail NEW YORK Flexing its muscle on a new Internet battlefield, Yahoo! is launching a free telephone service which users can call to have their e-mail, news and other information read to them. The initiative announced yesterday pits Yahoo! against476 words
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Article, Illustration31 2000-10-11 17 Meet Peugeot’s stylish new “hobslid which was presented to the press during the Paris Car Show. The show will be on until Sunday. AFPAFP - 31 words
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Tech FILES
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Article142 2000-10-11 17 AFP MICROSOFT and low-cost PC maker eMachines have unveiled a new Internet appliance that will be virtually free to consumers subscribing to Microsoft’s MSN Internet service. The device, which allows dial-up Internet access without the hardware of a personal computer, will sell for US$349 (Ss6lo)– AFP - 142 words
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157 2000-10-11 17 Reuters SCIENTISTS have taken a first step towards control of stem cells master cells that have the ability to become any kind of cell in the body. Doctors hope one day that these cells can be directed to grow into organs or tissues for– Reuters - 157 words
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Article, Illustration200 2000-10-11 17 SONY’S recent announcement that it could only ship half the required million Play Station 2 sets to the US by Christmas Wasblamed on “a shortage of components”, but some analysts are saying that Sony should probably have had to point a finger at200 words
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89 2000-10-11 17 AFP KOZMO.com, an Internet rapid dispatch firm, is negotiating to buy rival Urbanfetch.com, The New York Times reported on Monday. The two companies, which specialise in deliveries of food, pharmaceuticals and sundries reached an agreement in principle in less than an hour on a– AFP - 89 words
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Article, Illustration999 2000-10-11 19 Soh Wen Lin - By Soh Wen Lin wenlin@brandeis.edu OCTOBER. That time of the year when the leaves in New England turn a fiery red, when the days smell of apple pies and cider and the nights smell of impending snow and mid-term exams. The month when we foreign studentsPaul Eric Roca - 999 words
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Article, Illustration684 2000-10-11 21 “MPs want 10 years of compulsory schooling’ (Oct 10) THE Government thinks six years is a more practical scheme to introduce and enforce. What Eyeball readers say: SOME EAGER TO WORE WHILE many might regard education as a desirable asset in its own right, this may684 words
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322 2000-10-11 21 The PILL arrives’ (Oct 10) MIFEPREX, a pill which terminates early pregnancies, is now legal in the US. Our report on page 3 today asks if it should be made available here.. More views: WONT STOP PROBLEM THE abortion pill is322 words
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Miscellaneous24 2000-10-11 2 Qood morning! Slightly hazy. Showers with thunder in the predawn and early morning. High: 32C 1 Low: 24C Tides: 10.26AM/2.6M 10.16PM/2.7M Met Service: http://www.gov.sg/metsin24 words
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Advertisement34 2000-10-11 3 imSM 1 ffc Jl MmMjiMs. 1U 2p Should the abortion pill be made available here? Will it make abortion too easy? Or will it offer women another alternative? Log onto htpp://eyebalLasial.com.sg and tell us.34 words
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Advertisement71 2000-10-11 5 Should workers be allowed to take a nap on the job? Before brushing off the idea, consider this: Research shows that short naps, lasting between 15 and 30 minutes, may boost productivity, since sleepy workers are more susceptible to errors and accidents. Tell us what you think of the idea71 words
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Advertisement42 2000-10-11 6 Are loads of classes a bane or a boon for young kids? Tell us at http^/eyebalL asial.com.sg Also, find out how some kids spend their time. Read about the two sisters who are sent for enrichment classes every day of the week.42 words
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Article, Illustration554 2000-10-11 22 Luke Pachymuthu - Tournaments looking more attractive to big guns like Garcia and Monty By Luke Pachymuthu luke@sph.com.sg ASIAN golf courses could soon see some of the stars of the European PGA tour like Colin Montgomerie, Lee Westwood, Darren Clarke and Sergio Garcia driving and putting in earnestReuters; AFP; Bong Fortin - 554 words
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Sport IN SHORT
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Article77 2000-10-11 24 AFP BANGKOK-Thai boxing hero Somluck Kamsing, the country’s first Olympic gold medallist, has been hit with a bank suit over an unpaid credit card bill. Somluck, who won gold in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, has been sued by Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) in a district court after failing– AFP - 77 words
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Article119 2000-10-11 24 Reuters KARACHI-The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has asked the country’s President to order a judicial investigation into allegations of Pakistani involvement in match-fixing during last year’s World Cup. “The chairman of the PCB, Tauqir Zia, has requested the patron of the PCB to order a judicial inquiry into– Reuters - 119 words
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Article64 2000-10-11 24 AFP TOKYO South Korea’s US Open sensation Lee Hyung-Taik breezed past Orlin Stanoytchev of Bulgaria to make a second round berth in the Japan Open tennis tournament yesterday. The 24-year-old, Asian Games team gold medallist, who made history for South Korea by reaching the US Open fourth round– AFP - 64 words
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Article, Illustration75 2000-10-11 25 Xinhua VIENNA US Open champion Marat Safin suffered one more first-round exit following the Sydney Olympics, losing to Frenchman Nicolas Escude at the CA Trophy on Monday. The top-seeded Russian bowed out in the opening round, 5-7,6-3,7-6 (7-5). Safin’s early exit is yet another blow for tournament– Xinhua; AFP - 75 words
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Article72 2000-10-11 25 AP MAROOCHYDORE (Australia) Former US PGA golf champion Wayne Grady of Australia made an emergency landing yesterday after the six-seater aircraft with two passengers he was piloting had landing gear problems. Grady was flying the Beechcraft Bonanza from Southport on the Gold Coast to Rockhampton, about 600 km– AP - 72 words
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Article56 2000-10-11 25 Reuters MINNEAPOLIS Randy Moss caught the go-ahead touchdown pass midway through the fourth quarter and the Minnesota Vikings held on for an exciting 30-23 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Monday. The NFC Central Division leaders improved to 5-0, equalling the 5-0 start of the defending Super– Reuters - 56 words
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Article, Illustration727 2000-10-11 24 Luke Pachymuthu - Race for the constructors’ title remains close, with Ferrari in the lead for now By Luke Pachymuthu luke@sph.com.sg SEPANG is bracing itself for a thrilling finale to the Formula One season. Michael Schumacher may have sealed the world title in Japan over theAFP - 727 words
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Article, Illustration649 2000-10-11 25 Zaki Amrullah - Charlton striker leads Finland’s attack By Zaki Amrullah zaki@sph.com.sg FORMER gravedigger Jonatan Johansson wants to bury Howard Wilkinson’s World Cup hopes even before they have begun. The Charlton Athletic striker will be leading Finland’s attack against an England team which is in disarray following theAP; Reuters - 649 words
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Article, Illustration657 2000-10-11 26 Jon Saraceno - Bad boy Iverson should take the rap for being naive By Jon Saraceno USA Today IVERSON doesn’t have the answer. While counting the days to Athens... The Answer? Give me a break. Allen Iverson doesn’t even know where to look for– USA Today; AP - 657 words
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Article, Illustration270 2000-10-11 26 Zaki Amrullah - SEARCH FOR ENGLAND MANAGER By Zaki Amrullah zaki@sph.com.sg BREAKING news, football fans. Do you know who’s been slated to become the next England boss? British bookmakers William Hill, at least, have him on the list. Let’s just say that if this fellow gets the vote,Reuters - 270 words
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Arts DIARY
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Article107 2000-10-11 28 THE NUS Theatre Studies Programme presents The TaiTais, a satirical play that revolves around the lives and loves of an acidic group of local high-society women. Sponsored by the Lee Foundation, The Tai Tais is a recontextuaiised piece adapted from writer-politician Clare Boothe-Luce’s critically acclaimed107 words
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Article78 2000-10-11 28 FIND out how the Interior Design diploma and honours degree students of the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (Nafa) express alternative sentiments for their intimate surroundings in Anthropology. The School of Visual Arts will showcase a rich array of 2D, 3D and relief artwork. Head down78 words
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Article84 2000-10-11 28 Jeanmarie Tan - Jeanmarie Tan THE Singapore Lyric Opera celebrates its 10th anniversary with a gala concert featuring excerpts from past productions. This special programme is conducted by Lim Yau and performed by the NUSS Singapore Opera Orchestra. Catch this once-in-a-lifetime tribute at the NUS University Cultural Centre on84 words
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Article, Illustration696 2000-10-11 28 Behind every theatre production, there are unsung heroes who ensure it runs smoothly TAM DAWN WEI (dawntan@sph.com.sg) sneaks backstage on Necessary Stage's Under The Last Dust and meets three silent women at work. YOU seldom see them, for they are behind the curtains. Still, if thePictures: Dominic Ong - 696 words
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Article, Illustration715 2000-10-11 29 After 26 years of travelling the world and performing intensively, Tedd Joselson decided to make Singapore his home, where despite being retired, he's still busy teaching, raising funds and giving interviews to reporters such as our TAN DAWN WEI (dawntan@sph.com.sg). TEDD Joselson greeted me readilyDominic Ong - 715 words
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Travel DIARY
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Article57 2000-10-11 29 THINK women can’t get their stuff together? Think again. Join the biggest worldwide series of coordinated women’s rights demonstrations (not a mass aerobics session) at the World March of Women, on Sunday in Washington DC, where thousands will rally to demand an end to poverty and violence57 words
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Article88 2000-10-11 29 WHILE you’re in Washington, take in Reel Affirmations, Washington DC’s 10th international gay and lesbian film festival, from Thursday to Oct 22. Movies screened include The Broken Hearts Club with Dean Cain (TV’s Superman), Timothy Olyphant (Gone In 60 Seconds) and John Mahoney (Frasier); as well as88 words
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Article, Illustration91 2000-10-11 29 YES, they do come out of hiberation once in awhile. Come Oct 29, at the Silicon Valley Marathon, local geek leaders like Carl Guardino (president and CEO of Silicon Valley Manufacturing Group) and Dick Schlosberg (former publisher of the Los Angeles Times), will run more thanReuters - 91 words
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Article69 2000-10-11 29 GET jazz on tap at the Guinness Jazz Festival in the city of Cork, South Ireland from Oct 27 to Oct 30. Now in its 23rd year, this is Ireland’s biggest jazz festival and has attracted jazz greats like Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Wynton Marsalis, Sonny Rollins,69 words
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Article74 2000-10-11 29 June Wan - June Wan FIND out if a rose by any other name would smell as sweet at the 2000 International Rose Festival from Oct 19 to Oct 22, in Adelaide’s Botanic Park. Have traditional morning teas, watch thorns emerge for the Festival Rose Championship and make like74 words
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Article, Illustration451 2000-10-11 31 Double Happiness dallies with wit and technology, and also manages, says JUNE WAN (junewan@sph.com.sg), to deliver potent entertainment. OT so long ago, when a theatre production attempted to be clever with technology, the audience was turned off. Double Happiness perches precariously on the edge of this tempting sword451 words
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Article, Illustration428 2000-10-11 31 Tan Dawn Wei - By Tan Dawn Wei dawntan@sph.com.sg THE Sock probably aspired to be Friends The Play. Except it didn’t have half the humour quotient, the comic timing or even the eye-candy quality of the hit American sitcom. Sure, the bantering, the insults, the sexualMike Lee - 428 words
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Article, Illustration868 2000-10-11 27 Dog-sledding, heli-skiing, hear watching and volcano climbing everything is possible in Kamchatka, Russia. STEPHEN ROTHWELL (pedas@eyehall.asiai.com.sg) did all that, and more. QAMCHATKA. Russia’s wilderness peninsula on the cusp of the International Date Line has always been a rugged, forbidding land. It sits astride the Pacific “Rim ofPictures: Stephen Rothwell; Bong Fortin - 868 words
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Article102 2000-10-11 32 Getting there: Aeroflot flies from Singapore to Moscow on Wednesdays and Fridays, linking with daily flights to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy. Call Aeroflot at 336-1757. A “letter of invitation” must be obtained via fax from a Russian tour company, agency or hotel and sent to the Singapore Russian Embassy at 51102 words
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Article258 2000-10-11 32 KAMCHATKA was closed even to Soviet citizens until 1991, and this is evident as you fly into PetropavlovskKamchatskiy squadrons of disused bombers and fighters crowd the runway from all sides. It’s as if a military has been snuffed, and in its place, a playful curiosity about the258 words
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Travel SHELF
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Article48 2000-10-11 33 THE Marco Polo Hotel Group is training its lens abroad, and will open the 300-room Marco Polo Beijing Hotel, located three blocks from Tiananmen Square, early next year. Targeted primarily at business travellers, it will include a business centre, fitness facility and indoor pool.48 words
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Article73 2000-10-11 33 WHETHER you’re visiting the City of Angels or just passing through, head for a night at Beige At 360, specifically, on a Tuesday. Togged in designer glory, the fashionable and fabulous, read Madonna and Parker Posey, party up a storm. The brainchild of Erich Conrad at73 words
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Article, Illustration70 2000-10-11 33 WHY leave your children at home during your business trips when taking them with you is as simple as logging onto http://worldroom.com/ pages/womensworld/ trip withkids.phtml, where you’ll find some helpful tips on how to include your child in your working hour. Useful tips include getting a70 words
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63 2000-10-11 33 CLICK on http://travel. americanexpress.com/ travel/personal/?l if you are looking for last-minute travel deals. The site has a bounty of half-priced airfares, coupons and free lodging. Check out especially the deals it offers at your destination, like its Hawaii Travel Planner Westin, at US$lOO (*****.40),63 words
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Article, Illustration575 2000-10-11 33 A welcome sight for bloodshot, post-flight eyes, is the new wave of colour and innovative form of today’s travel bags. No more squinting at a gray mess to locate your suitcase, says LEIGH-ANN JACKSON as she eyes the new look. NYT OUSTIN, Texas Red-eye flights– NYT; Paul Eric Roca - 575 words
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Article365 2000-10-11 34 OF COURSE, nobody goes to Bangkok just for the spa. After all, you’re in the land of cheap bargains, go-go bars, and tom-yum soup. So after a relaxing time in the spa, which doesn’t last the whole day, spend a day in Bangkok soaking in its sights365 words
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Article, Illustration756 2000-10-11 34 SUE-ANN CHIA (sueann@sph.com.sg) subjected her body to some ecstatic kneading in two Bangkok spas and came back totally refreshed. F THIS describes you tensed up muscles, eye bags and high-strung then it’s time for a break. And we’re not talking about a Kit-Kat here. Nope, youPictures: Alphonso Chan - 756 words
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Advertisement52 2000-10-11 29 Tedd Joselsonperforms Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor (The Tempest), Schubert’s Wanderer Fantasy in C major, Scriabin’s Etude No 5, Chopin’s Piano Sonata No 2 and the world premiere of Morton Gould’s Waltz Passacaglia and Fugue, at the Victoria Concert Hall on Friday, at Bpm. Tickets at $25-$lOO52 words
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Advertisement29 2000-10-11 31 The Sock by Luna-Id Productions and Adhoc Works will be at the Jubilee Hall, Raffles Hotel, 8 pm till Saturday (additional matinee). Tickets at $25-s4sfrom SISTIC (Tel: 348 5555)29 words
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Article326 2000-10-11 35 A COLLECTION of rhetorical wisdom from the Net: What if life is a joke, and we don’t get it? Why is nothing as easy as it looks? Why is it that the most important things in life aren’t things? Why does something always happen? Why is “if”326 words
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Miscellaneous423 2000-10-11 35 Movies Vertigo 10 pm Arts Central This is a haunting, dream-like thriller, with a riveting score to match, and it remains one of Alfred Hitchcock’s most discussed films. Scottie Ferguson, a police officer, suffers from vertigo, a dizzying fear of heights, after watching another cop fall to his death. He423 words
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Article, Illustration199 2000-10-11 36 Wires YOU may call it sibling rivalry, but Julia Roberts’ brother Eric is not one bit amused. Eric (left) has lashed out at his sister for never helping him out. Apparently, the two have not spoken for more than a decade. In the early– Wires - 199 words
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Article, Illustration107 2000-10-11 36 THE trouble with good girls is that they don’t stay that way. Now, we are told, Meg Ryan, best known for her roles in when Harry Met Sally and You’ve Got Mail, wants to play porn star Linda Lovelace, nothing less. Whatever happened to her girl-next-doorAP - 107 words
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Article, Illustration171 2000-10-11 36 ROBBIE Williams may be all Brit, but the famed stiff upper lip is not for him. At least not when it comes to music. The heartthrob (left) told dotmusic.com: “I think the best music is coming out of America at the minute. The charts in England171 words
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Article73 2000-10-11 36 T.IZA Minnelli is seething with rage after she learnt that a suicide note left by her mother Jndy Garland is to be auctioned off to the highest bidder. The note reads: “My darlings. Forgive me I just got too tired.” A friend said: “Liza is outraged that73 words
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Article61 2000-10-11 36 WHO said looks are everything? Hollywood’s favourite funny-couple Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman are proof that you don’t need to be beautiful to succeed in Tinseltown. The town’s obsession with youth and beauty left them unfazed. Said DeVito: “We came to this town knowing we weren’t physically61 words
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Article, Illustration121 2000-10-11 36 Wires Jason Alexander was sure he wouldn’t get the role of George George Costanza on Seinfeld. He said when he auditioned for the role, he found himself sitting across from comedian Larry Miller, who was Jerry Seinfeld’s best friend and the original choice for the part. “I– Wires - 121 words
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