Project Eyeball, 20 April 2001

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  • Title Section
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    11 1 projecteyeball. eyeball-asial.com.sg Mita (p) 105/03/2001 Friday, April 20, 2001 80 CENTS
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      521 1 ONLINE FOOTED FOR 22‘PLATERS’ A Singapore computer game developer will launch, later this year, KlickSoccer an online football game that’s almost as good as playing it for real. See Page 11 PAY ANYONE That’s what Citibank’s new service allows you to do. You don’t need to apply for Giro transfer,
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  • NEWS & VIEWS
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon QUICKIE
      126 2 WANT the best burglar alarm? Just be prepared to clean up. A British security firm says its Inferno alarm works by emitting a screech that makes anyone within earshot throw up within seconds. The disorienting sound has been compared to someone scratching long nails down a blackboard. Business manager
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      Lock icon New country club facilities for NSmen
      348 2  -  Yishun club opened and two more to come EUGENE WEE POLISH your golf clubs, NSmen. You will soon have a new golf course to tee-off from. And if you don’t play golf, you can chill out at a spanking new country club that Safra
      Clarence Chan  -  348 words
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      Lock icon Source of stink traced
      196 2  -  CHOA CHU KANG FARMS ‘MUST UPGRADE’ FARRAH DIBA TAHAR LOOKS like residents of Choa Chu Kang won’t have to put up with the smell from the four poultry farms in Sungei Tengah much longer. The Agri-food and Veterinary Authority has sniffed out the cause: improper handling
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    • Eyeball NEWS
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        Lock icon Time capsule on display
        87 2 WHAT do the Creative Nomad Jukebox, Tiger Balm and Swatch watches have in common? They all have a place in the Millennium Science Time Capsule 2001, which was relaunched at the Singapore Science Centre yesterday by Dr Toh Chin Chye. Dr Toh first buried the time
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      • Article
        Lock icon Museum gets $100,000 donation
        61 2 PHILANTHROPIST Hwang Soo Jin has donated $lOO,OOO to the Asian Civilisations Museum to assist its acquisition of Indian artefacts. His gift is the single largest cash donation from a private individual to the museum. Hwang was a former Member of Parliament (1968-1984) and Deputy Speaker of
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      • Article
        Lock icon Birthday cruise for Virgos
        74 2 CALLING all Virgos! Star Cruises is offering you a complimentary cruise on board Super Star Virgo departing between Aug 23 and Sept 22. But each Virgo must bring along at least one full-fare paying passenger. The promotion is applicable for Super Star Virgo’s Phuket cruise, Kuala
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        Lock icon Promotion for bureaucrats
        32 2 FROM May 1, three Parliamentary Secretaries Mohamed Maidin, Chan Soo Sen and Assoc Prof Yaacob Ibrahim will be promoted to Senior Parliamentary Secretaries, of whom there are currently five.
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      Lock icon World Watch
      270 3 HARTFORD MTV’s popular daredevil show Jackass has inspired yet another boy, 11-year-old Jose Serrano, to burn himself while trying to copy one of the show’s stunts. In January, Jason Lind, 13, suffered burns after imitating a stunt. I AUCKLAND Ten airplanes were forced to circle New Zealand’s busiest
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      Lock icon Trawler mishap: Captain to leave Navy
      228 3 Lat-Wp LOS ANGELES While a top Navy admiral has decided against court-martials in the Greeneville submarine disaster, he will convene an administrative hearing that will force the sub’s captain out of the Navy. In a decision yet to be announced, the Pacific Fleet’s commander
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      Lock icon Gus Dur offers rebels an island
      412 3 Philippines and Muslim separatists caught by surprise JAKARTA Indonesia surprised the Philippines yesterday by offering a tiny island in waters off its capital as a refuge for the leaders of a separatist Muslim rebellion in south Philippines. President Abdurrahman Wahid said he was willing
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    • Eyeball FOCUS
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        Lock icon Sex addiction gets release
        1173 4  -  Groups formed to deal with problems that plague mostly abuse victims BY LEONG PIK YIN pikyin@sph.com.sg ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, yes, but did you know that there is also a Sexaholics’ Anonymous (SA) in Singapore? And the group is not fighting a lone battle. The Sex and Love
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      Lock icon Malaysia’s No 2 man goes on sudden leave
      421 9 Fatigue is official reason, but many believe it’s a prelude to retirement Wires KUALA LUMPUR The man widely considered as Malaysia’s second most powerful figure after Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad has suddenly gone on leave for two months. The
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      Lock icon Change ISA law, says rights group
      344 9 SPOTLIGHT ON LAWS ALLOWING DETENTION WITHOUT TRIAL Wires KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia should loosen up its curbs on political rallies and change if not abolish laws that let authorities detain people without trial. These recommendations came from the country’s human rights commission, whose members were
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      Lock icon Learn from the Chinese, says Dr M
      249 9 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia’s Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad yesterday sent a message to Malaysian Malays who want to prosper: Emulate the emphasis the Malaysian Chinese place on acquiring knowledge. He attributed the different rate of progress by various races worldwide
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    • Singapore
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        Lock icon NUS students rally to save ICQ
        478 5  -  Turns out rumour of ban on live chat untrue BY WONG SHER MAINE sher@sph.com.sg YOU’VE heard of petitions to save the whales, the trees, the ozone layer or even the earth. How about one to save ICQ? Don’t laugh. ICQ- an Internet tool which
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        Lock icon Only 2% drop in traffic
        698 5  -  CAR FREE DAY BY EUGENE WEE eugenew@sph.com.sg ADMIT it: You drove yesterday. According to the Land Transport Authority, traffic flow on Car Free Day yesterday dropped by an average of only 2 per cent. The organisers had hoped for a 10 per cent drop in
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        Lock icon Bill to curb outside meddling
        425 6  -  BROADCASTING ACT Reports by Denyse Yeo, Sue-Ann Chia and Tamil Selvan WITH the power to penalise a foreign broadcaster which it declares has engaged in domestic politics, doesn’t the Government in one fell swoop make itself “plaintiff, judge and executioner?” The question was asked yesterday
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        Lock icon Chiam, JBJ against e-voting
        445 6 Chiam: Don’t test it in my wards IT’S an election ploy against the Opposition, charged one, while the other said it will only shake the confidence of the voters. “It” refers to electronic voting and the two veteran Opposition politicians Chiam See Tong and J B
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      • Article
        Lock icon OVERSEAS VOTING: HOW TO DO IT
        163 6 FOR a start, overseas voting will be carried out at five missions. These were chosen because of the significant number of Singaporeans living in the country and they have sufficient staff to conduct the election. The five missions are: Beijing Canberra London Hong Kong
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        Lock icon Overseas voting criteria draw flak
        298 6 OPPOSITION Non-Constituency MP J B Jeyaretnam is miffed about overseas voting, specifically the eligibility criteria. One reason is that his economist son who is working in London is struck off the voting register, he told Parliament yesterday. For one, his son is not working with
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        Lock icon As-pi-who?
        746 7 Jeweller Lee Hwa’s new, Western name raises consumer hackles WESTERN good, local bad. In a world where McDonalds and Levis rule the consumer roost, many companies think that having a cheena brand name doesn’t quite cut it, especially if they want to spread their wings abroad. But is that
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        Lock icon SIMPLE CONFUSION
        173 7  -  FRANCIS KAN CONSUMERS complain that the goal of “rebranding” appears to be to substitute a perfectly serviceable name with a made-up word that often provides no clue as to what business the company really does. So Andersen Consulting has become Accenture (meaning accent on the future), the merger
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    • The World
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        Lock icon Spy plane talks end on positive note
        606 8 US, China make encouraging noises, but there was no real progress Wires BEIJING The spy plane talks wound up yesterday with the United States calling them “very productive” and China calling them “very frank”. To the rest of the world, the issue seemed
        – Wires; Reuters; AP  -  606 words
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        Lock icon Spying: Beijing not exactly squeaky clean
        186 8 WASHINGTON Experts are skeptical over China’s protests over US Navy surveillance flights in the South China Sea because China knows the US won’t stop the flights and that Beijing also uses the same eavesdropping tactics to track the US military in Asia. Analysts believe
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        Lock icon US motion blocked – again
        176 8 US motion blocked again GENEVA Drat! Foiled again. The United States failed in its attempt to pass a resolution condemning China’s human rights record when the UN Rights watchdog passed a Chinese motion to block the American proposal. In a 23-17 vote, the Human Rights Commission decided not to consider
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        Lock icon WORD GAMES
        515 10 How to win friends and... and... Salon How about a new technique to help the US President, a chronic malapropist, memorise the names of other countries? LANCE GOULD, a deputy editor at the New York Daily News, hopes Dubya will take note. OKAY, so President George W Bush’s
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        Lock icon Iranian youth having a festival in their pants
        345 10 AFP TEHERAN The concentrated Arnold is giving the door and pretty string but they just all turn mud around sheep guts, especially a Pink Lunatic who thinks he’s got a festival going on in his trousers. Say what? You can’t understand, of
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    • Technology
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        Lock icon Kicking it with friends online
        492 11  -  Local firms developing Net footy game BY STEVEN NG stevenng@sph.com.sg GET ready to show off your David Beckham-like dribbling, passing, and scoring in a new “made-in-Sin-gapore” online game. KlickSoccer, the first-ever multiplayer online sports game to be developed in Singapore, is set to be launched
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        Lock icon Wander the ruins, waste the baddies
        395 11  -  FALLOUT TACTICS BY ANDREW CHIN andrewc@sph.com.sg DO YOU ever wonder what life would be like after a nuclear fallout? Go get Fallout Tactics -a new game with a post-nuclear theme. It excels in recreating the mood of movies such as Mad Max. Visuals of
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    • Business
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        Lock icon Interest rate cut won’t help
        484 12 It’s too late now to prevent a recession, say US economists NYT ON WEDNESDAY, the US Federal Reserve had made another assault in a war it has already lost, suggested a pessimistic group of economists who feel a recession is inevitable this year. That is,
        – NYT; Reuters  -  484 words
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        Lock icon Silver Linings
        310 12 Sticking to business plan helped IBM NYT IBM bucked the global trend of doom and gloom on Wednesday with an announcement of quarterly profits that met analysts’ expectations. The company’s net income for the period was US$l.75 billion (Ss3 billion), a 15 per cent increase from the year-earlier
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        Lock icon Titanium G4 did trick for Apple
        325 12 NYT SAN FRANCISCO Largely on the strength of its hot-selling one-inch-thick, titanium-clad portable computer, Apple Computer surprised Wall Street on Wednesday by reporting a net profit of US$43 million (Ss77 million) for its second fiscal quarter. The strong results, on revenue of US$l.43 billion,
        – NYT; AFP  -  325 words
      • Business BUZZ
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          Lock icon Surfing on the go
          73 13 MOBILE-DATA service provider MTel yesterday announced its “strategic cooperation” with Sing Tel Mobile to bring Internet content to users of Personal Digital Assistants and mobile phones. Called Mobile Surf, the service allows Sing Tel Mobile customers to access Internet content quickly and view converted webpages without
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          Lock icon STI up
          83 13 THE benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) ended 2.49 per cent higher at 1,645.9 yesterday, marking the highest close since April 6 when it ended at 1,670.18. Dealers said share prices were buoyed by positive sentiment from an unexpected surprise interest rate cut by the US Federal Reserve. The
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          Lock icon SIA study on Air India
          69 13 SINGAPORE AIRLINES (SIA) has completed a study on Air India as part of its bid for the Indian airline. It is now waiting for the UK-based Hinduja group its only rival for a 40 per cent stake in Air India to finish its own “due
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          Lock icon AAA for Sing Power
          88 13 SINGAPORE POWER has launched a 12-year $300-million fixed rate note at 4.05 per cent, joint lead manager JP Morgan Securities Asia said yesterday. It said that SingPower was responding to investor demand for assets with long maturity periods. Rating firm Standard Poor’s assigned its triple-A rating
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        Lock icon Pay anyone online
        519 13  -  Citibank offers new cheque service BY NICHOLAS YONG nicyong@sph.com.sg ONCE upon a time, cheques were written on a piece of paper. That’s what history books may say some time from now, thanks to the introduction of Citibank’s Pay Anyone service. Put simply, Pay Anyone allows a Citibank
        Paul Eric Roca  -  519 words
      • Article
        Lock icon Slowdown ‘unlike 1998 crisis’
        531 13  -  ECONOMIC DOWNTURN NOT SYSTEMIC,SAYS B.G. LEE BY FRANCIS KAN francisk@sph.com.sg MAKE no mistake, the current slowdown is nothing like the 1998 South-east Asian economic crisis. “The problem this time is a cyclical downturn in the US, not a systemic crisis in Asia,” Deputy Prime Minister Brigadier-General
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    • NEWS & VIEWS Mailbox
      • How to make students take NE seriously
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          Lock icon Drop the rhetoric, focus on information
          847 14  -  BY GAIL AW teens@eyeball.com.sg Prime Minister Qoh Chok Tong told students at v prepared to take some of the flak for the failure of Nab classes first-hand, explain why young people are f Nfi es Institution Lecture on National Issues last Thursday that he
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          Lock icon Relate it to young people’s lives
          677 14  -  BY CHAN SZE WEI scBBB@columbia.edu STUDENTS aren’t interested in National Education classes because what they’re learning isn’t interesting. I’m not saying that history isn’t important in the school syllabus. By the time I was in JC, I’d seen the Maria Hertogh footage on different
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        • Eyeball SAYS
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            Lock icon Conviction can’t be taught
            679 15 THOUSANDS of voices should not be ignored, even if they are from the mouths of not much more than babes, and what they say is this: Enough of the hard sell. The way it’s going, National Education appears to be in grave danger of becoming National
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      23 2 (food morning! Showers with thunder over many areas in the afternoon. High: 32C 1 Low: 24C Tides: 9.30AM/2.3M 10.18PM/2.4M Met Service: http://www.gov.sg/ metsin
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      42 4 Seek help online: For the addict: http://www.sa.org Sexaholics Anonymous. http://www.sexaa.org Sex Addicts Anonymous. http://www.sca-recovery.org Sexual Compulsives Anonymous. For the family member: http://www.shore.net/-cosa Codependents of Sex Addicts. You can also call the Mount Elizabeth-Charter Behavioural Health Services 24-hour helpline at 1800 738 9595.
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      74 5 Check out the NUS petition website and forum at: http://www.petitiononline.com/r0n333/ petition.html http://nussu.nus.edu.sg/forum/ read msg.php?tid=29&forumid=ubb9 Food Fiesta with Birds the JURONG BIRDPARK fl Slaek and White 6,13. 20 6.30 -10.00 pm sS6+++/s6B+++ flffair ©inner with and 27 ftpril the Penguins* Breakfast 1 to 30 ftpril 8.30 -10.30 am S22+++/Sl2+++ 6ggx-travaganza I
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      36 7 Do you associate Western brands with better quality? Would you pay more for an Aspial ring than a Lee Hwa one? What do you think of what the local jeweller has done? Tell us at http://eyeball.asial.com.sg
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      76 7 r m MS v*TS Branded Quality Product Beijing Da Huo Luo Dan it St k >« -flSole Agent: Unblock channels and relax tendons. Expel wind and reduce pain "V < Effective for Arthritis, Lumbago, Joint Pain and Muscles Ache. Relieve stiffness. Attention, the products with the company logo of 11|_3J
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      139 9 matol tonic MATOL was created in CANADA in 1992 and made up of 13 herbs. MATOL is used for those with the following chronic discomforts: Chronic fatigue Pain in the joints Shortness of breath when climbing stairs Lack of appetite Irregular bowel movement Irregular blood circulation Backache Nausea Flatulence Skin
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      83 11 HELEN, SWEETHEART OF THE INTERNET PROFESSIONAL OR MOT. i tolp you how i peek I LIKE you. SO WHAT? you WAMMA ripe io-speeps or SOMETHIN©? LOOK, HELOJ, KMOW I SHOULPW'T SAX THIS, BUTWELL, i luce you THERE I SAIP IT.' L7 g V" SHE SAIP SO I SHE SAIP PgSPITg
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  • EyeSport
    • Sport IN SHORT
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon No pot, please
        116 16 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia’s sports minister has urged the national Sepak Takraw Association to get serious about rooting out the use of marijuana by players. “When this case was first raised, they assured me that they would do their best to tackle the problem,” Hishamuddin Hussein said yesterday.
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      • Article
        Lock icon Pele in tax probe
        59 16 RIO DE JANEIRO Brazilian football legend Pele is facing a tax evasion probe. A report said Pele’s firm, Sports Marketing, is the target of a probe by government prosecutors, who have asked for cooperation from a parliamentary commission studying irregularities in Brazilian football. The Brazilian football
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      • Article
        Lock icon Spencer fails test
        55 16 Wires MELBOURNE England-born fast bowler Duncan Spencer has tested positive for the banned steroid nandrolone, said an Australian Cricket Board spokesman yesterday. Spencer, who played six Mercantile Mutual Cup games for Weit Australia last season, faced an ACB tribunal hearing late yesterday. He faces a two-year ban
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    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Dream run ends
      804 16  -  Bayern splits open Man U defence BY ZAKI AMRULLAH zaki@sph.com.sg FIVE minutes. That was how long it should have taken to convince Sir Alex Ferguson that he needed to inject new blood into the camp at Old Trafford for next season. Because that was how long it
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      Lock icon Wizards coach calls it quits
      274 17 LEAVES THE TEAM WITH 19-63 RECORD Reuters WASHINGTON Leonard Hamilton announced his resignation late yesterday as Washington Wizards coach after just one season, saying he was acting in his own interest, as well as that of the team. Hamilton’s resignation followed a meeting with Wizards
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      Lock icon Iverson is tops in scoring, steals
      786 17 Sizers guard matches Jordan’s feat, last achieved in 1993 AFP NEW YORK Allen Iverson has matched Michael Jordan as the only player to capture NBA’s scoring and steals titles in the same season. The Philadelphia 76ers guard sat out the season’s final two games
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      Lock icon New-look Fiji won’t miss Serevi
      579 18  -  Coach Cama declares team is ready to defend Malaysia Sevens title BY ADAM HASHIDY hashidy@sph.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR Fijian rugby has just entered a new era. The legendary Waisale Serevi has not been selected to play, even after Fiji was thrashed 29-5 in the finals of
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    • Article
      Lock icon ON THE BOX THIS WEEKEND
      206 18 What: English Premier League Ipswich Town vs Coventry City When: Saturday, 9.55 pm Live (Football Channel, SCV Ch 22) Why bother: If you just got in from Mars here’s the wrap on the two teams. Coventry hasn’t spent time outside top-flight football for some decades,
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  • Unwind
    • Food
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon Salad Daze
        268 21 Move over Thousand Island and iceberg lettuce. SERENE GOH (sereneg@sph.com.sg) finds out why salads have become meals in themselves, as more Singaporeans masticate on Mesclun. SHREDDED carrot and mayonnaise? That’s for the cows. Exotic salads now form the bulk of the dining experience, not just relegated to starters
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        Lock icon RECOMMENDED GRAZING
        271 22  -  Serene Goh Hilton Hotel’s Qlow Juice Bar b’ Cafe 581 Orchard Road, *****33 GARDEN VARIETY: Tabbouleh salad with cucumber, avocado, tomato and herbs, $l2. SUSTENANCE RATING: Mediterranean creation that’s filling and not too cloy. Buckaroo BBQ And Qrill 12-B Andrews Avenue, 481 4986 GARDEN VARIETY: Barbecue chicken salad,
        Law Kian Yan  -  271 words
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        Lock icon Singaporeans say: Lettuce enjoy salads
        579 22 Place area, a lot more executives have become more health conscious,” she said. “You can eat salads all throughout the day, depending on what kind of salad it is. You can make it an incredibly heavy meal, too. The thing about salads is that they’re
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        Lock icon CRAB, ENDIVE HERBS & HIJIKI
        120 22  - CRAB, ENDIVE HERBS HIJIKI Serene Goh INGREDIENTS: 200 g crab meat, 300 g Begian endive cut in julienne and soaked in lemon water, 200 g julienne of peeled tomatoes, 50 g hijiiki (dried Japanese seaweed soaked in water), sprigs of fresh herbs including parsley, chervil, tarragon, coriander, salt and pepper.
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      • Pick of the EATS
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          Lock icon Royal treatment
          147 23 THE most important people in your life this week are secretaries, at least judging by the attention being paid to them by the hotels. We pick out the more exciting promotions. All are valid from Monday to Friday next week. CAFE PLAZA at Plaza Parkroyal promises a set
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          Lock icon Scent of Italian
          71 23 SIT down to a semi-buffet lunch at Ristorante Bologna at Marina Mandarin, and the lady will be presented with a bottle of Salvatore Ferragamo fragrance. At $46, you have a choice of main course, from spaghetti vongole, salmon fillet with vegetarian ratatouille and baked veal loin with
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          Lock icon Cherry treat
          99 23  -  LIM HUI LING SUMPTUOUS treats await at Cherry Garden, The Oriental. At $4B or $6B, you can choose from two six-course menus. Guerlain makeup coffret sets will be given at the door. There will also be a lucky draw; the top prize is a pair of return tickets
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        Lock icon For full-course meals
        531 23 Famished souls would do well to visit the new Tavern at Siglap. TAN DAWN WEI (dawn tan @sph. co m sg) did. Restaurant: The Tavern Pub and Restaurant Where: 6958 East Coast Road (near Siglap Centre). Look out for an orange “The Tavern” balloon by the street.
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      • SHOPPING CART
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          Lock icon Sauce Alla Pizzaiola
          73 23 THE pasta sauce comes in a biodegradable paper box, so greenies can take heart. The tomato sauce with olives doesn’t taste half bad. Chock-full of juicy green and black olives, the flavour is strong, even a bit pungent. You can spread it on pizzas as a sauce
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          Lock icon Stewart’s Root beer
          53 23 THIS is your traditional root beer not too sweet and with a full flavour. All for just $1. That it comes in such antique-looking bottles only sweetens the deal. The ginger beer is just as authentic spicy enough to set your taste buds tingling. Price: SI, at
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          Lock icon S’more Pop Tarts
          84 23  -  ANGELICA TAN SATISFY your sweet tooth with a pack of Kellogg’s S’more Pop Tarts (far left). Simply pop them into the toaster and get piping hot tarts with a soft chocolate and marshmallow centre, topped with a sugary glaze. It smells sweet as candy when it is
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    • Music
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        Lock icon Guilty pleasures
        263 24  -  Ronald Rajan LOCO The Fun Lovin’ Criminals (Chysalis) MORE street lessons from everyone’s favourite fantasists, the Fun Lovin’ Criminals. The message this time is that you’ve got to be crazy. Musically, the band’s third album is a further regression into the murk ot 1970s soul-funk, where the wah-wah
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        Lock icon NEW YORK, NEW YORK
        193 24 Manhattan’s The Fun Lovin’ Criminals are the latest in a long line of New Yorkers who’ve broken new ground with their music. The world’s most vibrant city has been a breeding ground for groundbreaking acts, rivalling the more high-profile West Coast California scene. 1960s FIRST stirrings
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        70 24 CvnthiaLee TV Works Artiste French Kiss: I’d need a good mix of music to compensate for no lurve since I’d be alone. Madonna, any of her albums: Madonna always gets me on my feet. It will get me dancing and singing. That way, I won’t be bored.
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        165 24 June Wan Badly Drawn Boy Spitting In The Wind THERE seems to be very little that’s beyond rock’s rag ’n bone man Damon Gough (a.k.a. Badly Drawn Boy), as he’s proved in a scintillating 12 months. First he released the acclaimed Hour Of The Bewilderbeast.
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        821 25 HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE RAIN? Creedence Clearwater Revival (Rock Records) BACK in the late *****, Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR) certainly constituted a mighty opposition to the predominant directions that rock had taken. On the one hand, there was the burgeoning hard rock of
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