Project Eyeball, 28 February 2001

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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 418 1 I WANT MY, I WANT MY GPRS The upcoming faster-than-WAP mobile phone services are going to change John Lni’s life. See Page 12 SERIOUS PLAY Award-winning theatre director says: “My theatre has to be cheem, if not, the audience can watch TV.” See Page 22 LOSING FACE, LOSING LOVE If
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  • NEWS & VIEWS
    • Article, Illustration
      96 2 THIS is one expensive cat to maintain: It feasts on apart from cat food clothing, especially designer fashion. And this three-year-old dark brown Burmese’s quirky habit has blown a U 552,500 (554,300) hole including a US$75O coat in her owner’s pocket for one year. Neighbours of advertising sales executive
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    • 256 2 But the movies must have been either rated G or PG by the FPD FROM the beginning of March, clubs, hotels, hospitals and religious organisations in Singapore wishing to screen G and PG films can do so without a licence. In a statement issued
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    • Eyeball NEWS
      • 107 2 RAFFLES HOSPITAL will make it’s debut at the end of next month, making it the first major private hospital to enter the health-care scene in the last 10 years. When the hospital opens its doors on March 26, a tentative date, only two of
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      • 144 2 THE Ministry of Trade and Industry yesterday joined issue with Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad by saying that “it is impossible for goods made in non-Asean Free Trade Area (Afta) countries to qualify for Afta preferential tariff treatment”. Dr Mahathir had,
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      • 117 2 BUS commuters can expect to see improvements in TVMobile soon. Media Corp, which rolled out the television broadcast service on SBS buses two weeks ago, will work towards enhancing the picture and sound quality of the transmission. According to Channel News Asia, additional transmitters will
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      • 113 2 THERE are not enough parent volunteers in our schools. So a team specially set up to engage parents and members of the community in schools will be trying their best to recruit parent volunteers in the coming months. Called Compass (Community and Parents in Support of
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      • 49 2 PORK from Taiwan is still banned here, so there’s no need to worry about the outbreak of the foot and mouth disease there. The Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore said that the ban on Taiwanese pork has been in place since March 1997.
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      • 57 2 OVERSEAS UNION BANK has said that some of the information it had provided Eyeball for “Home loans: Think long term” published on Monday was inaccurate. The bank said that it does not impose any property valuation fee or partial repayment penalty and that its cancellation fee
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    • Article, Illustration
      273 3 LONDON The Singapore-owned Heart Hospital has become the first private hospital in Britain to carry out an operation to give a patient a permanent artificial electric heart. KAMPALA Ugandan health officials yesterday declared the country free from Ebola, the highly contagious viral disease that has killed 173 people
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    • 534 3 Police, troops trade fire In Borneo Wires JAKARTA Pity the fleeing refugees in Central Kalimantan province after dodging Dayak spears, they have to watch out for crossfire, as a gunfight broke out yesterday between Indonesian police and soldiers charged with restoring peace in Borneo island. One
      – Wires; AP  -  534 words
    • Eyeball
      • 646 4  -  Layoffs no longer seen as last-ditch measures, but signs of health By Francis Kan and Gail Aw francisk@sph.com.sg SOMEWHERE on the corporate journey, the companies lost their souls. Or so it would seem. Cut, snip, chop, trim, prune, downsize. That’s the mantra
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    • 265 4 GREATER competition brought about by globalisation is a chief reason for the change in market perception of a layoff announcement. The need for Singapore to open up its markets to foreign competition has forced local corporates to cut costs and boost revenues. Lim Jit Soon, research
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    • Eye On The
      • 726 15  -  By Alvin Pang alvinp@sph.com.sg WHEN it comes to creepy movies, I’m utterly yellow. I’ve resisted watching The Ring, bowed out of The Blair Witch Project, avoided The Exorcist. But I’ve never had a problem with gore or violence. Guts flying in gritty flicks like Saving
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    • 70 15 WHAT’S the biggest boostit’s given you? 48% -10% income tax rebate plus slashed tax rate for all income bands. 28% None, it’s got no big impact on me. 13% Tax savings of more than half for smaller and less profitable enterprises. 8% Higher excise duties on cigarettes. 3%
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    • Singapore
      • 935 5  -  But overall crime figures are down By Toh Bee Ping beeping@sph.com.sg HERE’S one good reason for parents to peep over their teenage kids’ shoulders as the youngsters chat on the Internet: Last year, eight rape victims out of the 122 reported met their
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      • 332 5  -  SELF-HELP GROUPS SEE MORRE EXAMPLES By Zubaidah Nazeer zubaidah@sph.com.sg DON’T be surprised if you see Karamjit Singh teaching a Mendaki class or Susan Tang reading out to a Sinda student. They are some of the small but rising numbers of volunteers lending a helping hand in
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      • 984 6  -  By Foo Lyn Lee lynlee@sph.com.sg WHAT do you have planned for the June holidays? Shopping in Hong Kong? Catching a play or musical in London? A wine holiday in Australia? Or suntanning on a beach in Bali? Well, 9,000 Singaporeans are
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    • The World
      • 672 8 British outbreak of food-and-mouth disease also poses alarming questions AFP BRUSSELS European farmers are in for a bad season, as European Union (EU) agriculture ministers remained deeply divided on how to tackle the mad cow disease problem after eight hours of talks.
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      • 281 8 KURSK TRAGENDY Wires MOSCOW The truth behind the deaths of 118 men on board the Russian submarine the Kursk may be in a note scrawled by a sailor in the sub, which was found by divers, that claimed a misfired practice torpedo sank the
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      • 175 9 HERE are some of the alleged abuses China committed, as contained in the US State Department’s annual report on human-rights practices: Torture. Li Lusong from Shanxi province was beaten by police when he complained about the rundown conditions of a village primary school. After he posted comments
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      • 541 9 Both issue reports on alleged human-rights abuses Wires WASHINGTON A man in Shanxi province in China who complained to Chinese Communist Party officials about the rundown state of a local school had his tongue cut off with a pair of pliers by police. At least that’s
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      • 409 9 PHILIPPINE ANGER AFP MANILA Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew has drawn criticism from the Philippines yesterday over his remarks on the democratic process in the region during his speech at Reuters’ 150th anniversary reception. Top Philippine officials were upset over the reported comments made by
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    • Technology
      • 536 11 Inventor assembles first motorcycle to ran entirely on food oil AP ALBION (Pennsylvania) Harold Benich’s favourite recipe calls for a couple of litres of soybean oil. It may sound greasy, but then again, it will take him 320 km on his modified Harley-Davidson Fat Boy motorcycle. From
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      • 193 11 NEW TECHNOLOGY Reuters JERUSALEM German utility firm MW plans a summer launch of technology which provides homes with high-speed Internet access through a conventional electricity grid. The Powerline technology, which MW is developing with Israeli partner Main.net, allows voice and data signals
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      • 75 11 Reuters WASHINGTON An appeals court on Monday questioned the logic of the US government’s anti-trust case against Microsoft. It said the destruction of its monopoly may just lead to another firm dominating the market. Chief Judge Harry Edwards also questioned some of the facts
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      • 319 12  -  LAUNCH IN 4 MONTHS By Andrew Chin andrewcsph.com.sg WHERE big boys like Sing Tel and PacNet fear to tread, GWNnet is plunging. The new Internet service provider (ISP) will offer flat-rate broadband DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) Internet access to homes in about
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      • 96 12 THE Smart Crossblade (left), a cabrio from Mercedes, made its debut on Monday at the Geneva Motor Show. But, they are unsure if the model will be put into production. Mercedes-Benz, part of Daimler Chrysler, plans to share core electrical and electronic features such as the
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      • 577 12  -  It’s the Motorola P7389i, it’s on MI’s GPRS service and it’s really fast John Lui TO ALL mobile Internet doomsayers: You are going to have to eat your words soon. I’ve had a mobile phone that has faster Net access, and
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    • Business
      • 983 13 Ex-dotcommers choose life over work Salon SAN FRANCISCO John Rackerby’s golf game has been improving. When not on the greens, he can be found riding his bike on Mount Tamalpais in Marin County, California, or meeting his friends to enjoy a beer and hotdog at an
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      • 48 13 Foot massage shops in Hanoi, Vietnam, are a new business imported from China. They charge only about $2 for an hour’s service, but even this is too costly for low-income people like this vendor, whose daily income is a paltry 50 cents. AFP
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      • 328 13  - We ’d rather earn more money SINGAPOREANS AS SLACKERS? Nicholas Yong SINGAPOREANS are every bit kiasu. Ask them if they would go and lead a slacker’s life after they leave their dotcoms with a lot of money, and their answer would be a loud “No way!” And if they’re laid
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    • Mailbox
      • Single’s SAY
        • 301 14 ‘Single’s dilemma: Search for the right partner?’ (Feb 21) “MUCH to society’s dismay, I hold the stubborn belief that no matter how desirable marriage or parenthood may be to me, it like the tango is kind of silly if one goes it alone. Which is
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        • 731 14  -  By Soh Wen Lin wenlin@brandeis.edu SPECULATIONS about why Singaporean singles aren’t getting and staying married and having kids have been a great social conundrum of late. Some of us say we don’t have enough time. Others say we don’t have enough money. Still others
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 30 2 (food morning! Mainly fair and warm, except for showers in the late afternoon, mainly over northern and western Singapore. High: 33C 1 Low: 24C Tides: 1.54AM/2.7M 2.01PM/2.8M Met Service: http://www.gov.sg/metsin
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    • 32 4 For more about jobs and employment: http://www.mti.gov.sg/ public/econdata/ econdata3.cfm Statistics from the Annual Economic Survey of Singapore 2000. http://www. morganbanks.com/ iobindexsurvey/ Singapore/ Tob index survey of employment trends. http://www.census.gov. sg/press release2s.htm I
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    • 30 6 Fancy a walk down Singapore’s own agri-tourism trail from the comfort of your home? Log on to httpV/eyeball. asial.com.sg and watch Eyeball’s online multimedia Web special on these farms. ;1,
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    • 32 8 A look back at the Kursk tragedy http://www.moscow times.ru/indexes/89.htm Latest and archived stories on the disaster. http://www.museum. navy.ru/kursk-e.htm Chronology and overview of the accident with possible causes and circumstances of the explosion.
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
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  • EyeSport
    • Sport IN SHORT
      • 72 16 KUWAIT Just when the Lions look headed for their first win in the Pre-World Cup qualifier, a defensive lapse allowed Kyrgystan to sneak in an equaliser in the 77th minute for a IT draw. Singapore’s goal was scored by a header from Rafi Ali, off a cross by
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      • 96 16 Reuters LONDON Ferrari’s Michael Schumacher will win Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix and retain his Formula One title by at least a 10-point margin in 2001, according to British bookmakers. Ladbrokes quotes the 32-year-old German at evens for the championship and a 6-4 favourite for his second victory
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      • 65 16 AFP SYDNEY Juan Pablo Montoya may not have driven around the Australian Grand Prix circuit but he has navigated the course with the help of a computer. Montoya is a self-confessed computer geek and says he has made his way round the Melbourne track many times in a
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      • 63 16 AFP LONDON England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson named David Beckham yesterday as captain for his first match in charge against Spain at Villa Park today, and told him he could become a leader. The coach said: “To be captain of the team an extremely important team is very important.
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      • 25 17 AFP FLORENCE (Italy) Roberto Mancini has been appointed new coach to Italian first division side Fiorentina, club vice-president Mario Sconcerti announced yesterday.
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      • 42 17 Reuters TOKYO Internet applications for 2002 World Cup tickets were suspended for the second time in 24 hours yesterday due to new technical problems. The online application system, initially delayed for 10 days, had resumed by Monday afternoon, officials said.
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      • Article, Illustration
        107 17 Wires ATLANTA World 60-m record holder Maurice Greene will make his first appearance of the indoor season in the US indoor championships this weekend in Atlanta, USA Track Field announced on Monday. The championships, scheduled for Friday and Saturday, are the US selection meeting for the March
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      • 70 17 Reuters SPAIN A few minutes before the squad was due to set off from Madrid yesterday, Spain found out that Fernando Hierro can’t play against England in a football friendly because of the red card he had collected earlier. He had to collect his bags from the
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    • 458 16  -  Mahathir threatens greedy hoteliers with levies for raising room rates By Adam Hashidy hashidy@sph.com.sg THE Malaysian GP is less than three weeks away and only about a quarter of the 90,000 tickets available have been sold. Who’s to blame? If you ask the race organisers, they’ll
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    • 437 16 ON THE WATPATH Reuters LONDON Eddie Jordan wants to stuff it up Benetton and Mike Gascoyne. Whatever “it” is. Revenge is one big motivating factor for the boss of the Jordan FI team, who says he wants to show Gascoyne, the team’s former technical
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    • 224 17 GOLF: TIGER WOODS is many things a great champion, the most famous face in sports, the greatest golfer but this is what he’s not: He’s not an athlete. Golfers aren’t athletes. They have a skill, just like fishermen, brain surgeons and seamstresses. To be an athlete, one must
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    • 696 17 Injured Ray Allen has big night Wires PHILADELPHIA Even a broken nose couldn’t keep Ray Allen from having a big night. In a game that was supposed to introduce the City of Brotherly Love to its newest superstar, Dikembe Mutombo, Allen stole the spotlight, outshone Allen
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  • Unwind
    • 982 18 Fancy seeing the Antarctic? Take a flight over one of the world’s last wilderness frontiers, as STEPHEN ROTHWELL (pedas@sph.com.sg) did. ntarctica. A cold, forbidding wilderness where only the brave unwashed dare tread? Not anymore. Flights over Antarctica, dubbed “Flight-seeing Tours”, are departing Australia during the white continent’s short
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    • Travel
      • Travel SHELF
        • 70 20 IN THE Himalayan kingdom of Nepal, people are stocking up on bright powders, and loading pichkaris (big syringe-like pumps) with coloured water. These, they will unleash on anyone on boisterous Holi, March 19 and 20. The mythical story is that Holika, the fire-proof daughter of megalomaniac king Hiranyakashipu,
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        • 75 20 LOVERS can celebrate the passion of spring in London at The Savoy Group hotels (The Berkeley, Claridge’s, The Connaught, and The Savoy) with its three-night Luxury Breaks deal for two. It includes lodging in a double room, an English breakfast, round-trip transfers from Heathrow or first-class round-trip rail
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        • 47 20 FLIGHTS.COM is offering special round-trip flights to Calcutta on Thai International Airways at just $655, less than half the fare on other airlines. Other deals are round-trips to Jakarta for $l5O, and to Hong Kong on Malaysia Airlines for $405. Call 847 7266 for reservations.
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        • 109 20  -  Serene Goh CRUISE WEST is offering singles its Baja Cruise Savings. Until April 7, single surcharges will be waived on two seven-night Baja Biosphere cruises on the 102-passenger Spirit of Endeavour March 31 sailing from Cabo San Lucas, and April 7 sailing from Los Mochis. Singles pay the
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      • 601 20 With more thought given to what passengers want during those long hours in the air, airlines are beefing up their comfort kits with the aim to soothe. SERENE GOH (sereneg@sph.com.sg) reports. OLTON L T J BROWN, i Hermes and Paco f f g Rabanne are names you
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    • Arts
      • Article, Illustration
        613 21 The Comedy Festival rolls into town next month and JEANMARIE TAK (jeanm@ sph.com.sg), who's always ready for a good laugh, finds out more from the man who picked the gags. YOU can trust the comedy connoisseurs to separate the wheat from the chaff in this year’s Singapore International
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      • Article, Illustration
        326 21 WHO: Mitch Benn, an extra-large man with a small guitar. Sings amusing originally composed ditties (like the tried-and-tested favourite Crap Shag) interspersed with comic monologues and rapid-fire gags. With a CD album of comic songs fittingly titled The Unnecessary Mitch Benn, he’s the zaniest exponent of musical comedy
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      • Article, Illustration
        1149 22 Actors love him, even when he spews irreverent analogies during rehearsals. JUNE WAN (junewan@sph.com.sg) speaks to Toy Factory artistic director Qoh Boon Teck, Singapore theatre’s non-conformist wunderkind. HEN Goh Boon WTeck declared “I love podium!” upon accepting his third Life! Theatre Award on Monday night, those who knew
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    • Living Well
      • Article, Illustration
        542 23 Furniture designer Adrian Chua ofOm has launched a retro range aimed at the Singaporean yuppie. KARL HO (karl@sph.com.sg) takes a step back in time to report. LIKE the recent remake of Charlie’s Angels, Om’s new Retrobility furniture series is a groovy blast from the past with a modern
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  • Page 21 Advertisements
    • 34 21 Over 30 side-splitting performances for the Singapore International Comedy Festival will be held at Jubilee Hall and Zouk from March 15 to April 7. Tickets for all shows ($2O-$35) are available at Sistic outlets.
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    • 17 21 Amused? Log on to http://eyeball.asial.com.sg for listings as well as ticketing details for next month’s Comedy Festival.
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  • The Back Page
    • 355 24 Wires CRAIG DAVID may have been snubbed at Monday night’s Brit Awards, but the biggest names in the UK music scene made sure that the night belonged to him. David, nominated in six categories including Best Newcomer and British Male Solo Artist, did not win a single
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    • 237 24 Chat Mouse If Dr Seuss had been a technical writer Here’s an easy game to play. Here’s an easy thing to say. If a packet hits a pocket on a socket on a port, And the bus is interrupted as a very last resort, And the address of the memory
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    • Making HEADLINES
      • 68 24 LESS than six months after he announced that he was through with “hard living”, actor Matthew Perry (right) is back in rehab. Following the advice of doctors, the Friends star has been admitted to a California rehabilitation hospital, according to a statement from his publicist. The
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      • 95 24 Wires FEW have ever doubted Claudia Schiller’s ability to look good standing still. But clubbers at London’s Kabaret say the model has one flaw she cannot dance. An onlooker said: “Her over-enthusiastic approach was more school disco than Saturday Night Fever.”.. .Harrison Ford will make US$25 million (Ss43 million)
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