Project Eyeball, 19 March 2001

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    12 1 Project eyeball. eyebalhasial-com.sg Mita (p) 105/03/2001 Monday, March 19, 2001 80 CENTS
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      375 1 Sixth straight win for Schumacher The reigning FI champion became the most successful driver of the modern era with Sunday’s victory in Malaysia. See Page 16 FI Power Rankings. See Page 16 things you should know today The PAP’s raising money: Not just Pay and Pay, it’s showcasing its compassionate
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  • NEWS & VIEWS
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      105 2 SCIENTISTS in Japan say they have invented the world’s first flatulence detector which would let doctors know whether patients’ digestive systems are working. “After major surgery, patients are still in a groggy state and aren’t aware of this themselves,” said Hideo Ueda, a member of the research team. “So
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      Lock icon Youths’ ideas to be given ‘life’
      378 2 Marine Parade GRC sets aside $60,000 to fund proposals NOBODY listens to the young? Grassroots leaders in one constituency did and they’re putting money down, too. After a call to the young to come up with ideas to help residents in the Marine Parade
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    • Eyeball NEWS
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        Lock icon Singapore voted least corrupt
        148 2 SINGAPORE has been voted squeaky clean in a survey on corruption covering 12 Asian economies. The survey by Hong Kong-based Political and Economic Risk Consultancy (Perc) gathered the views of more than 700 expatriate businessmen working in these economies. Singapore was ranked first, followed by Japan
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        Lock icon NTUC attracts new members
        192 2 WHILE it was freebies galore like makeover vouchers, document holders and flasks -for new members at the two-day NTUC membership drive at Suntec City Mall, those who signed up seemed to be more interested in the real benefits of joining a union. Legal officer Josephine Loo
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        Lock icon Keppel Land in big China deal
        136 2 KEPPEL LAND is going for a bigger presence in the growing housing market in China it signed an agreement yesterday to take a 25 per cent stake in Dragon Land. Under the agreement, Keppel Land will subscribe to 117.6 million shares of Dragon Land’s
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      319 3 CHICAGO At least nine cars on an Amtrak train derailed in farm fields outside Corning, lowa, killing one person and injuring about 90. ROME A coffin containing the body of Italy’s most famous banker, Enrico Cuccia, was stolen from his family mausoleum on Lake Maggiore. Police are not
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      Lock icon Riots hit IT forum
      323 3 Meet to discuss digital divide not spared anti-globalisation protests Wires NAPLES Lobbing rocks and swinging pieces of wood, thousands of protesters clashed with riot police which tried to keep the youths from reaching a forum on information technology. Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at
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    • Article
      Lock icon Teenage girl found guilty of rape in Britain
      205 3 LONDON A teenaged girl was convicted of rape after pinning down a woman in a “vile and horrifying” sex attack by a gang of young friends. Claire Marsh, 18, is thought to be the youngest of the few females ever to be
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    • Eyeball FOCUS
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        Lock icon Young eye on the media
        628 4  -  Private group to watch over the Singapore mass media started with an undergrad By Denyse Yeo denyse@sph.com.sg ONE important person was absent at Friday’s press conference to launch the Singapore Media Watch Community. Dharmendra P Yadav, a 23-year-old law undergraduate, is the man who started
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        Lock icon Media Watch should be ‘whiter than white’
        585 4  -  Denyse Yeo NO DOUBT its intentions are noble, but the devil, as veteran journalist Seah Chiang Nee put it, is in the details. “It has to be neutral. You cannot be confrontational and start on the basis that the establishment (media) is pro-Government
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    • Singapore
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        Lock icon It takes him two hours to get home
        213 5 UNABLE to use the MRT, SH Marcus Lim, 44, often takes about two hours to wheel himself home in Bukit Merah View from his office at Alberts Co in Golden Mile Tower on Beach Road. “My fastest is one hour 45 minutes.
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        Lock icon Disabled to get a lift from MRT retrofitting
        780 5  -  Ramps and other ‘barrier-free facilities’ will also benefit mums and elderly By Uyen Vu uyen@sph.com.sg A “WHISPER” is how you could call it. When it came, the announcement was unusually muted. It was on Day 5 of the Budget debate, and the
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        Lock icon THE WAY IT WAS
        159 5 WHEN construction on the north-east MRT line was under way 2 V& years ago, Land Transport Authority officials weren’t very encouraging about making the stations friendly to the disabled. “In a heavily used system like ours, where headways are of the order of minutes during peak
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      • Article
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        398 6  -  Labour chief blames private companies By Leong Pik Yin pikyin@sph.com.sg THE question: When will the CPF be fully restored? The answer that came, however, focused on how to prevent another cut. When posed with the question at a dialogue session at the end of a
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        359 6  -  By Uyen Vu uyen@sph.com.sg AS HAS been the tradition for about two years now, the Sunday crowd of Indian foreign workers started packing Weld Road from late afternoon yesterday, milling along the drygoods stalls, poring over $4.50 bags of rice and halting in their tracks
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      • Article
        Lock icon PAP takes on charity fund-raising
        359 6 MINISTERS HAVEW ‘COMPASSIONATE' ROLE MINISTERS will now have to add fund-raising to their party portfolios. It’s all part of the ruling People’s Action Party’s aim to project its human face. Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong announced yesterday that the PAP will put a minister in
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    • The World
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        666 7 High living is cheap when you earn dollars JAKARTA Indonesia’s a nightmare, right? What with all those riots, demonstrations and bombings? Wrong. Expats are living it up in this city of convenience and leisure, according to a report in The Jakarta Post, a local daily.
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        Lock icon Up, up, up and away
        61 7 With huge and colourful balloons carrying them skyward, Italian performers swirl and twirl through their dance steps at a rehearsal in front of Tokyo Station for the opening ceremony of “Italy in Japan 2001”. The event, which kicks off today and lasts for about a
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        Lock icon Teach Mahathir at university, says his secretary
        270 7 FOR BBS CQMHHBimOMS TO THE ISLWG WORLD Wires KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian universities should think of introducing a course on the thoughts of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad in their syllabus, his political secretary said yesterday. If the institutions could rely on
        – Wires; AFP  -  270 words
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        Lock icon ‘First law of holes: If you get in one, stop digging’
        763 8 Just one of Rumsfeld’s Rules that are the rage on the Net WASHINGTON Now you can share Pentagon’s secret. The military establishment gets its attitude from a set of do’s and don’t’s coded by US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.
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        Lock icon Abe Lincoln ‘was no saint’
        661 9 Spielberg’s movie to show be was manic-depressive racist LOS ANGELES Abraham Lincoln, one of America’s most beloved presidents, is about to be dethroned by its one of its most famous film directors. In his next project, Steven Spielberg intends to show Lincoln, the Great Emanicipator,
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        Lock icon Labour’s ominous parody of Tories
        413 9 SPOOF VIDEO ON THATCHER, ET AL LONDON If you’ve seen the cult 1970 s horror film The Omen, you’ll catch on to Labour’s new promo video at once. It compares Tory leader William Hague to Damien, the murderous son of the devil. And it suggests
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    • Technology
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        Lock icon Canon, Creative win most honours
        334 10  -  LT. AWARDS Andrew Chin CALL them the Oscars of computer products. Local IT portal Hardware Zone kicked off its first annual Hardware Zone Awards 2000 on Friday, picking IT and consumer electronic hardware winners from 127 products in 28 categories. The range included tiny components
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        Lock icon Balancing act
        72 10 Ever tried balancing a pole upright on your hand? Well, this robot does just that. The final project of NTU students Kee Bak Heng and John Tan, the robot can move up and down a ramp while keeping a pole erect on a platform by moving it when
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      • Article
        Lock icon MNCs get help from ants
        412 10 Nature holds lessons in efficiency Reuters NEW YORK Corporate leaders are taking a few tips from one of the world’s most efficient workers. One that has six legs, an antennae and lives in a colony. Dr Stuart Kauffman and his associates at Bios Group, a
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    • Business
      • Personal FINANCE
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          Lock icon Scared of equities? Try bonds
          1048 11  -  Less risky, but lower returns By Francis Kan francisk@sph.com.sg Source: SIBA WITH stock prices free-falling around the world, putting your money in equities can be a nerve-wracking experience. So if you don’t have the stomach for shares, you might want to diversify your portfolio with
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        Lock icon SOON, AN EASIER WAY TO SHOP FOR BONDS
        238 11 YOU might not get the best price if you buy or sell bonds now, as there is a lack of brokers who trade in such instruments. But shopping around will soon be easier. Members of the Singapore Investment Banking Association (Siba) have
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    • Mailbox
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        Lock icon What seems like harmless fun can turn vicious
        348 14 ‘Scratch that inner *****’ (March 13) MAN or woman, anyone can be bitchy both online and offline although men prefer not to think about their inner *****. Why do we all love bitching so much? And is one sex necessarily better at
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        Lock icon Many ways to save the sharks
        428 14 ‘Can yon stomach it?’ (March 13) ASIAN GEOGRAPHIC magazine and Wild Aid launched a Save Our Sharks campaign to educate the public on the barbaric act of shark finning and to eat less shark’s fin soup. But despite a previous campaign, demand is as
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      • Wry TECH
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          Lock icon Why not barking watchdog?
          542 15  -  By John Lui johnlui@sph.com.sg IT PLEASED me greatly to learn that a watchdog group is in the works, so that the press in Singapore behaves responsibly. You know you’ve arrived when your profession has its own private watchdog, although I would have much preferred our own
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        • Article
          Lock icon S’pore doesn’t need e-banks
          261 15 ‘You can’t touch money at an e-bank’ (March 13) WHILE licensing and cost problems have sullied the dream of the standalone Internet bank, there’s a growing sense that Singaporeans don’t want or need one. Are they happier with click-and-mortar banks, prefering the human touch over virtual
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      28 2 (food morning! Showers with thunder are expected over many areas in the late afternoon and early evening. High: 33C 1 Low: 24C Tides: 5.22AM/2.1M 9.50PM/2.0M Met Service: http://www.gov.sg/metsin
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      28 4 http://www.sintercom.org/notstf/ Sintercom’s archive of “rejected” and “edited” letters sent to ST Forum pages. http://www.thinkcentre.org/ section.cfm?SectionlD=7 Political research group Think Centre has a media watch section on its website.
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      51 10 HELEN, THERE'S AN OFFICIAL-LOOKING PERSON HERE TO SEE VOU. you RON'T UNPERSTANR HELEN... IT'S AN FBI AGENT! MU LITER OR SCULLY? HBIBU, THIS IS SERIOUS! GASP! IS IT ACUTE GUY? tm V'O h n e ;/i: Co c>» —s J m CTS.q m r -r m m wc r*>: 3-/9
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      23 11 To find out more about investing in bonds: www.mas.gov.sg Information on the SGS and corporate bond markets. www.finatiq.com Bond funds for sale. www.moodys.com
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      324 12 Darling Audrey was born on Friday the 13th last year -a very special day indeed for a very wonderful baby. Lilian Kwek 0 0* 'V It's ok that my sister got out of my mommy’s tummy before me. I know my sister loves me as much as I love her.
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      183 13 Peek-a-boo! What do you think I am boy or girl? Well, I'm Rhonda, cute little 7 month-old girl weighing B.skg and 82 cm tall. Our Tisha Camilla is always trying very hard to look cute...and she always does it to us. Mummy, Daddy Abang Mateen Muhammad Amsyar, arrived on 16
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  • EyeSport
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      Lock icon Shuey drives into record books
      906 16 Barrichello comes in second for a Ferrari sweep in Sepang Reuters SEPANG World champion Michael Schumacher claimed his sixth successive Formula One victory on Sunday and led a Ferrari one-two in a rain-drenched Malaysian Grand Prix packed with drama and confusion. The win made the
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    • Sport IN SHORT
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        Lock icon Els breaks away
        76 17 Reuters ORLANDO (Florida) South African golf star Ernie Els has split with his caddie, Neil Wallace. Wallace worked for Els in the first round at the Bay Hill Invitational on Thursday, but another caddie was on the bag in round two. The world number three was reluctant
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        Lock icon Hoddle or Lippi?
        147 17 GLEN HODDLE might be the people’s choice for the Tottenham Hotspur managerial hotseat, but the London club’s new owners Enic might be having other ideas. According to reports, Enic has already lined up Italian coach Marcello Lippi as a possible candidate to take over the job if
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      Lock icon Serena gets the boos, but wins
      359 17 Venus’ withdrawal raises fans’ ire Lat-Wp INDIAN WELLS (California) The laid-back, too-cool-to-really-care Tennis Garden changed personality on Saturday, morphing into another famous sports facility a few thousand kilometres away. On Saturday, the previously sedate Tennis Garden became a boisterous Madison Square Garden. The metamorphosis
      – Lat-Wp; AFP; Reuters  -  359 words
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      149 17 FOOTBALL: While the rest of the Premiership tries to figure out the key to Manchester United’s success, the Red Devils’ manager, Sir Alex Ferguson, insists that it’s nothing special. He said that the biggest reason for United’s success over the last decade has been that his players have
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      Lock icon Knicks pay Bulls scant respect
      271 17 NEW YORK HAS IT REAL EASY Lat-Wp NEW YORK If Michael Jordan really is thinking about a comeback, he should forget about making it with the Washington Wizards. Think a little more midwestern, Michael. You know, Lake Michigan. Red and black uniforms with the snorting
      – Lat-Wp; Reuters  -  271 words
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  • Unwind
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      Lock icon It’s no fairy tale
      1062 18 The world of hooks has become enchanted with a slew of new magic characters, starting with Eoin Colfers Artemis Fowl CLARA CHOW (clarac@sph.com.sg) finds that the spell is also quickly invading pop culture. THE Fairies are coming. Following the book world’s current yen for fairies, everyone
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      Lock icon YE OLDE FAERIE TALES
      319 19  -  Clara Chow THE earliest fairies spanned the gamut from petulant to wise, kooky to grim, and even hairy. Literary fascination with fairies began long ago. For example: Chaucer’s wife of Bath said: “Al was this land fulfild offay eyre. The elf-queene, with hir joly compaignye, Dauncedful
      Clarence Chan  -  319 words
    • Books
      • Book MAKES
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          Lock icon Gaul invasion strikes Europe
          85 19 WHEN Asterix and Latraviata rolled into European bookshops last Wednesday, the 31st volume (the first in five years) of France’s most popular comic was snapped up right away. Eight million copies went on sale across Europe, except in Britain, where it is slated for release later
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          Lock icon Read me baby, one more time
          58 19 RIGHTS to Britney Spears’ debut tome was snapped up last December in the US by Random House, to the tune of US$l.7 million (552.9 million). Now, British publishers Boxtree have paid US$l.3 million for the UK rights. The novel, A Mother’s Gift, penned with
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          Lock icon Jonrnal crisis gets wired fix
          112 19  -  Clara Chow FOR years, scholars have published their research findings in journals in order to share with as many readers as possible. But few could afford the expensive journals. A new, non-profit, venture, The Electronic Society for Social Scientists offers journals for at least 50
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        Lock icon Literary tricks yield a treat
        696 20  -  Reviews: Clara Chow THE BIOGRAPHER’S TALE A S Byatt (Knopf) $39.99 at Borders HE author’s name T alone can send bookworms running to shops; not to mention that this one just might be a Booker contender. A S Byatt doesn’t disappoint with her latest, The
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        Lock icon BLUFFER’S GUIDE TO
        135 20  -  Clara Chow INTIMACY HanifKureshi (Faber) Who: Leading voice of the Pakistani-coming-of-age-in-London genre. Best known for scripting two successful independent films My Beautiful Laundrette and Sammy And Rosie Get Laid. What: A slightly more grown-up book than Kureshi’s previous novels (The Buddha Of Suburbia, The Black Album). A
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        Lock icon Quick PICKS
        320 21 Clara Chow FANTASTIC BEASTS WHERE TO FIND THEM QUIDDITCH THROUGH THE AGES J K Rowling (Bloomsbury) $19.57f0r a set atKinokuniya J K ROWLING’S new money-spinner has been in bookshops since last week. Fantastic Beasts (one of Harry Potter’s favourite books) and Quidditch (a prescribed text at Hogwarts School),
        – Clara Chow  -  320 words
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        Lock icon A poke at pop culture
        436 21 NOBROW John Seabrook (Vintage) $22.56 at Borders AIN insight into the G world of culture and marketing with Seabrook, who’s a regular contributor to The New Yorker, Vanity Fair and Harper’s, if you like snappy magazine-writing in a book. Seabrook’s work feeds the public’s appetite
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        Lock icon Log on for rights to books
        240 21 HOW are the rights of books bought and sold? More often than not, the picture that comes up is of publishers and agents doing fierce calculations in a room. Or a flurry of telephone calls, faxes and e-mails being exchanged. These days, the picture
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        Lock icon Prized reject
        782 22 Cambridge rejected her application to study literature, but it then awarded her the Angus Ross Prize. ANGELICA TAN (tanaw@sph.com.sg) talks to Qail Aw, Eyeball intern and top lit student outside of Britain. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY rejected Gail Aw Yung Xun’s application to study literature as an undergraduate. Yet, judges
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        Lock icon Oxford capers and other secrets
        482 22  -  By Clara Chow clarac@sph.com.sg THE author of The Secret Goldfish And Other Follies will not admit to any secrets or youthful follies. Tan Teck Howe, looking younger than his 30 years, declines to reveal anything about his exploits during his Oxford University days, but says
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    • The Tube
      • Eyeballing TELEVISION
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          Lock icon It’s not the $$$ that hooks you
          664 23 It ’s not the that hooks you Throw Survivor 2 a lifeline, because the world’s biggest quiz show, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, is primed to devour the ratings pie. ■iffAVWABTB TAif (jeanm @sph.com.sg) tunes in to the American version to pursue some trivia. [HHHH HE best game shows
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  • Page 23 Miscellaneous
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      293 23 MUST-SEE TV: THIS WEEK’S TOP PICKS Movies The Discreet Charm Of The Bourgeoisie Wednesday 10 pm Arts Central A GROUP of French socialites try to have a civilised meal together, but their attempts are repeatedly thwarted by weird occurrences. This surreal satire from modernist director Luis Bunuel (Un Chien Andalou,
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      152 24 Chat Mouse Kids and science THE following are taken from some 11-year-olds’ science exam answers: Water is composed of two gins, Oxygin and Hydrogin. Oxygin is pure gin. Hydrogin is gin and water. When you breathe, you inspire. When you do not breathe, you expire. H2O is hot water, and
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      Lock icon Kenzo brings fresh back to fashion
      375 24 June Wan WHAT: Fashion Festival 2001 WHEN: Last Friday WHERE: Millennia Walk KENZO’S spring/summer 2001 collection fresh, fruity colours, unorthodox cuts, flowing shapes, a jaunty sense of modern dressing was a fitting start to Singapore’s first-ever Fashion Festival. Keller, 37, director of Kenzo’s ladies-wear
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      136 24 Missed Friday’s Fashion Festival opening? Watch the action unfurl at Moschino’s spring/ summer 2001 show http://eveball.asial.com-sg Win 3000 MILES TO GRACELAND MOVIE PREVIEW TICKETS! C Catch an exclusive preview of 3000 Mites To Grace land an action thriller starring KURT RUSSELL ("Soldier”) and KEVIN COSTNER ("Thirteen Days”). A high-stakes game
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