Project Eyeball, 4 May 2001

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  • 11 1 projecteyeball. eyeball.asial.com.sg Mita (p) 105/03/2001 Friday, May 4, 2001 80 CENTS
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    • 463 1 w ■J ***s 4 Which is the most sedap nasi padang in Singapore? Ronald Rajan tucks in to find out. See Pages 18,20 STERN TEST FOR THE ANCHOR REDS Singapore’s rugby boys will attempt to beat Hong Kong for the first time tomorrow to erase the painful 13-164 world-record thrashing
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  • NEWS & VIEWS
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      109 2 SURVEILLANCE cameras are giving a whole new meaning to the phrase “getting dumped”. It seems rubbish dumps which are often located on secluded, rural roads are a hit with lovebirds looking for privacy. Surveillance cameras set up in Pikeville, Kentucky, to catch thieves caught several courting couples stealing a
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    • 454 2 Replacement will have ‘trendy’ Chinese shows and some sports Wires MEDIACORP is dropping its free-to-air sports channel launched less than IV2 years ago, as well as postponing its proposed public listing. “Channel Sports City will be taken off the air on May 14 and
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    • Eyeball NEWS
      • 151 2 A BUSLOAD of over 40 passengers travelling between Kent Ridge and Bedok yesterday afternoon have a quick-thinking driver to thank for preventing what could have been a tragedy. At 5.30 pm, the driver of SBS Bus Service 33 pulled over at Eu Tong Sen Street after
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      • 70 2 JAMES GOMEZ steps down today as executive director of the Think Centre. Sinapan Samydorai, 47, the deputy executive director, will take over his place. Gomez, 35, said the move was part of a director’s agreement to rotate the leadership. He will now become Senior
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      • 75 2 ASIA-PACIFIC countries are proving to be active netizens as their Internet usage patterns are on the upswing. The Nielsen/Netßatings Global Internet Index shows that in March, South Korea ranked first globally. The other Asia Pacific countries in the top 10 were Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore
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      • 101 2 YOU can pick up your copy of You Weekly, a new Chinese magazine published by Singapore Press Holdings, at newstands today. Priced at $1.50, the magazine promises to be a one-stop source of information on television, entertainment, fashion and lifestyle, and its 15-strong editorial team
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      • 88 2 NTUC Income plans to develop retirement villages overseas under a programme to be launched at the end of the year. Short-term stays abroad, ranging from three months to a year, will be introduced for active retirees who wish to stay overseas for a while. During
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      • 78 2 MOTORISTS in a hurry can now fill up their tanks with minimal hassle at all Mobil stations. They just have to point a key tag at the pump to activate a device. They can then fill up their tanks, and the transaction will
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    • Eyeball FOCUS
      • 810 4  -  Students set up consumer rights groups at SMU and Temasek Poly BY EUGENE WEE eugenew@sph.com.sg CONSUMERS in Singapore are on the march. While many are still content with complaining about being victims of unfair trading practices, some are taking things into their own hands by setting up consumer
        Mike Lee  -  810 words
    • 310 4 Here’s a quick rundown of consumer-led movements in Singapore. Car Against Cartel (http;//www. breakthecartel.com) FRUSTRATED by the rising price of petrol in the pumps despite declining crude oil prices, 34-year-old financial controller Alex Ng began an online crusade last month against the petrol companies here. On his website,
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    • Singapore
      • 482 5  -  Chain of pubs will not crumble, say other dub operators BY Karl Ho karl@sph.com.sg EUROPA will do fine without Dennis Foo as long as the key staff who run the chain of clubs don’t leave with him, said other nightlife operators. “It’s just a
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      • 619 6  -  Do Singaporeans lack these? ‘Hungry’ foreigners give their verdict BY Tan Dawn Wei dawntan@sph.com.sg ON MAY DAY, Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong suggested that young Singaporeans today aren’t hungry enough to drive themselves forward. And the accused themselves concur. Said 29-year-old writer, Julian Yong: “Singaporeans have
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      • 560 7 Some said Arroyo, Estrada were to be killed Wires MANILA Opposition factions wanted to kill both President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and her jailed predecessor, Joseph Estrada, so that alleged junta plotter Senator Juan Ponce Enrile could take over, Justice Secretary Hernando Perez said yesterday. He also
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      • 310 7 SCRAPPING JETS COULD SAVE US$82M A YEAR AP WELLINGTON New Zealand’s air force will cease to exist as a combat force with all its fighter jets being scrapped under radical government defence plans, a newspaper reported yesterday. The Dominion newspaper
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      • 731 8 Fumble over Pentagon order reveals divisions over Beijing policy Wires WASHINGTON The Bush administration tripped as it downgraded military contacts with China yesterday. The stumble, hot on the heels of President George W Bush’s confusing policy stance on Taiwan, revealed a strain of hawkish sentiment towards China
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      • 337 8 MISSILE DEFENCE AFP SYDNEY Australia’s diplomatic relationship with China remained tense yesterday after the government said it would not veto US plans to use Australian bases for a missile defence system. China also issued a stinging rebuke to Canberra overnight for its support of
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      • 338 9 In celebration of World Press Freedom Day yesterday the New York-based Committee to Protect journalists, named the io leaders it said were responsible for the world's worst abuse against the media. 1) Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (Supreme Leader of Iran) (right) His fiery sermon in April last
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      • 170 9 SPACE TOURISTS Reuters WASHINGTON Cameron good, Tito bad that’s Nasa chief Daniel Goldin’s view on the whole space tourist issue in a nutshell. He blamed the first space tourist, Dennis Tito, on Wednesday for causing stress at the US space agency, but praised aspiring amateur astronaut
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    • The World
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        283 3 IjERUSALEJfI Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon i disassociated himself from remarks j attributed to Foreign Minister Shimon Peres, in which he said Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was not directly responsible for attacks on Israelis. LONDON Prime Minister Tony Blair said that the last funeral pyre for animal caracasses
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      • 456 3 North Korean leader’s son said to have flown from S’pore with fake passport Wires TOKYO A man believed to be the eldest son and heir-apparent of reclusive North Korean leader Kim Jong II has been detained by Japanese immigration officials. Kim Jong Nam, 29, was
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      • 199 3 DEATH PENALTY Wires NEW YORK The American people yesterday heard for the First time a complete recording of an inmate being put to death, amid a growing debate over the public’s right to witness an execution. WNYC Radio, a New Yorkbased public radio station, made
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    • Technology
      • 1016 10 Microsoft’s latest version of its productivity suite is slated to hit the stores at the end of the month. EUGENE WEE (eugenew@sph.com.sg) gets his hands on a corporate preview beta version of Office XP and tells us its highs and lows. WHAT’S NEW IN OFFICE XF CRASH
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      • 185 11 ARCANUM SCHEDULED for release this month, Arcanum is set in a world of fantasy and technology. Besides the RPG staples of weapons and spells, the machines and factories will give an “industrial” feel to the game as well. Find out more at http://sierrastudios.com/ games/arcanum. DUNGEON SIEGE MICROSOFT
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      • 403 11 With a slew of role-playing games slated for release later this year, 2001 could well he remembered as a time of sword and sorcery. STEVEN NG (stevenng@sph.eom.sg) checks out one that's just been released a hack-and-slash game called Summoner. TALK about being marked for death. That’s
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    • Business
      • 339 12  -  Consumers may delay upgrading due to slowing economy BY Nicholas Yong nicyong@sph.com.sg BIDE your time. It may be just a while before personal computer (PC) prices take a further knock. That’s because people are likely to go easy on discretionary spending, according to Paul
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      • Article, Illustration
        36 12 Burgers take a back seat to leather chairs and cappucinos at the first McCafe, which opened in Chicago on Wednesday as McDonald s answer to gourmet coffee chains. What next? Will Starbucks launch Starburgers? Reuters
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      • Business BUZZ
        • 38 12 SINGAPORE share prices closed 0.2 per cent down yesterday as profit-taking eroded early gains that followed an overnight rise in the Nasdaq, dealers said. The benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) closed 3.43 points down at 1,734.23.
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        • 59 12 ABOUT 85 per cent of unit trusts approved under the Central Provident Fund Investment Scheme (CPFIS) lost money in the first quarter compared to the same period last year, according to the latest report by investment consulting firm William Mercer. Unit trusts performed poorly in the first
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        • 53 12 MAINBOARD-LISTED e-business solutions provider Adroit Innovations said yesterday that it was reducing its overall headcount by 19 per cent, or 34 employees, incurring a one-time charge of about $650,000 for the year ending June 30. The company also said that it expects lower revenues this year owing
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        • 46 12 AUTRON saw its share value rise 16 per cent on its SGX debut yesterday over its Australian closing price of A50.456 ($0,433) on Wednesday. It is also listed on the Australian Stock Exchange. Autron closed at $0,505 on a volume of 5,531,000 shares.
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      • 449 12 STEADY RISE INDICATES TURNAROUND, SAY ANALYSTS Lat BEAR market, RIP? Wall Street’s confidence is growing that the brutal stock market decline of the last year has run its course, and that the lows reached by key indexes in early April marked the bottom. Since
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    • Mailbox
      • Eyeball SAYS
        • 550 13 SO THE economy isn’t doing as well as Singaporeans would like, although, to be fair, the Prime Minister has said there is no need to be unduly alarmed, as the problem is cyclical and not systemic. Workers have been exhorted to upgrade their skills, go
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        • 394 13 ‘Are Singaporeans hungry enough to excel?’ (May 1) AT THE May Day Rally this year, Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong suggested that present-day Singaporeans lacked the hunger for learning, knowledge and to improve themselves, unlike our counterparts in other Asian countries like China or Vietnam.
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      • 611 14 Yesterday was World Press Freedom Day, an occasion to reflect on the state of the media. A reader says the public here must stop griping about the media and start talking to it. AT THE “Save JBJ Rally” on Saturday, J B Jeyaretnam, Non-Constituency Member of
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      • 332 14  -  SANDOZ Singapore firms not game to tap goldmine (May 2) COMPUTER games are a goldmine for the software industry worldwide, but not in Singapore. With the exception of Sportsßeal’s upcoming KlickSoccer, there are no local game developers. Why aren’t more Singaporean computer games being developed? Do
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 26 2 Qood morning! Showers with thunder in the afternoon mainly over northen, western and central Singapore. High: 33C 1 Low: 24C Tides: 8.35AM/2.5M 9.37PM/2.5M Met Service: http://www.gov.sg/metsin
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    • 18 11 The game is courtesy of New Era (http://www.neweraonline.com). Find out more about Summoner at its official website, http://www.summoner.com
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
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  • EyeSport
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      316 15 NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION With the first round of the playoffs almost over (only two series remain Utah-Dallas in the West and New York-Toronto in the East) Eye Sport susses out the challengers that have made it to the second round. PLAYOFFS Team 1. LA Label ■s (Beat Portland
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    • 539 15 Philadelphia break hoodoo, oust Indiana from playoffs Reuters INDIANAPOLIS It took two years, but the Philadelphia 76ers finally shook off the Indiana Pacers in the NBA playoffs, beating them 88-85 on Wednesday to eliminate the defending Eastern Conference champions. How big was this for Philly? Well, Allen
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    • 154 15 SOCCER: Arsenal vs Leeds United When: Tomorrow, 10 pm on Football Channel (Ch 22) Why bother: Both sides are chasing that second automatic Champions League spot. Leeds could do with third spot, but with Liverpool now in the hunt too they won 2-0 at Bradford
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    • Sport IN SHORT
      • 80 16 AFP NEW YORK-The threat of a lawsuit by Lennox Lewis may give the British boxer a chance to regain the heavyweight title before Mike Tyson. Hasim Rahman, 28, who swiped two titles from Lewis with a fifthround knockout last month, is likely to agree to a re-match,
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      • Article, Illustration
        86 16 AFP BRISBANE-Olympic and world champion Maurice Greene yesterday threatened to break his 100-m world record, set in Athens two years ago, at September’s Goodwill Games. He said the event’s one-race format could result in exceptional performances. “My goal this year is to go under 9.79 and to come
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      • 71 16 AFP CANBERRA Top Australian swim coach Gennadi Touretski yesterday pleaded not guilty to a charge of possessing the banned performance-enhancing steroid Stanozolol. His solicitor Jason Parkinson told reporters that Touretski “looks forward to defending this charge, then he can get back to doing what he does best,
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    • 481 16  -  Heat will be on the new coach and captain BY Adam Hashidy hashidy@sph.com.sg THE Anchor Reds will be in for a hard time when they attempt to beat Hong Kong for the first time in the Standard Chartered Asian Shield Test at Yio Chu Kang
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    • 479 16 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE AFP LEEDS Leeds will have to get past the meanest defence in the Champions League if it is to reach its first European final in 26 years. But Leeds coach David O’Leary is backing his fearless young team to find the vital away
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    • 69 16 NBA: Go inside the NBA playoffs with New York Times writers Chris Broussard and Liz Robbins. Log on to www.nytimes.com/ library/sports/basketball/ fromtheline.html Motor racing: Planet FI has just about had enough with Ron Dennis and Formula 1 racing in general. Or at least that’s what we think because
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  • Unwind
    • Food
      • 767 18 Nasi padang. Not quite what we generally think of as rice with curried accompaniments, it’s a trade based on secret recipes, built on Singaporean tastes. RONALD RAJAN (ronrajan@sph.com.sg) tucks into the spices’ true flavour. Translated literally from Malay, nasi padang means “field rice”. This term is
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      • 460 19 Meet Nectar Club Street's new kid on the block. Interior design magazines have been quick to praise the trendy, Philippe Starch-inspired interior of this East-meets-West restaurant cum bar. CLARA CHOW (clarac@sph .com.sg) finds out if the food is just as good. Restaurant: Nectar Where: 87 Club Street
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      • 777 20  -  Ronald Rajan and Lim Hui Ling THRILL your tastebuds with Eyeball’s guide to the best nasi padang about town. Sabar Menanti Nos 50, 52 Kandahar Street; 293 0284 ESTABLISHED: Hailing from Pariaman, Sumatra, Sabar Menanti is a second-generation family-run business. NUMBER OF PISHES: More than 30.
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    • Music
      • 771 21 R.E.M. 's lyrical takes on life aren't their only contribution to a decade in music. RONALD RAJAN (ronrajan@sph.com.sg) turns the spotlight on the band's groundbreaking music videos. .E.M.’S music was R never meant to reflect its name “Rapid Eye Movement”, or the state of dreaming. “The idea was
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      • 212 21 EACH R.E.M. video is a miniature film, complete in itself. In fact, Singapore audiences at its 1995 concert here were even captured on the Star 69 video. Get beyond Losing My Religion, and check these out: Song: Finest Worksong (1987) Album: Document Director: Michael Stipe The clip features
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      • 250 22 Ronald Rajan Dreamboat Annie Heart (EMI) IN THE 1980 s and *****, numerous female artists ventured into the world of hard rock. In 1976, however, things were quite different. Then, women tended to be pigeonholed as avant-garde artists (Patti Smith), singer-songwriters (Carole King, Joni Mitchell),
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      • 541 22 DANCE ILOVE SERGE electronica gainsbourg (Mercury) SONGWRITER, impressario, performer and bad boy celebrity, Serge Gainsbourg cultivated infamy and attempted to appear as sleazy as he could. Even after death, he retains the title of French music’s dirtiest old man. Unfortunately, in this album, his
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      • 603 23 SOUNDTRACKS BRIDGET JONES’S DIARY OST Various (Mercury) GERI HALLIWELL’S toned torso in the video has already made The Weathergirls’ It’s Raining Men on this soundtrack the year’s newest old hit. Robbie Williams, the media’s favourite partner for Halliwell, contributes two tracks as well. The
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      • 89 23 Ronald Rajan En-lai Chua (right) TV Works artiste Mama’s Gan by Erykah Badu: “Erykah Badu knows how to groove. Jazzy and bluesy, her lyrics are profound, vivid and artful. Just listen to Orange Moon and Green Eyes late at night.” Protection by Massive Attack: “Great funk. Very
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      • 120 23 June Wan JENNY'S GOT A BOYFRIEND Audra The Antidote from the album American Diesel Machine Time: 3 min 21 sec http://www.besonic.com THREE punk chicks and two rock dudes who’ve been compared quite accurately to “a cross between early Blondie and The Rocky Horror Show”. They’ll also
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    • 32 20 The humble chicken is a noble meat in the hands of nasi padang chef Madam Ruby of Harum Manis Restaurant. For a glimpse of how she does it, log on to httpV/eyebalLasiaLcom.sg
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  • The Back Page
    • 233 24 TOM CRUISE (left) has sued a porn actor for US$lOO million (SslBo million), charging that the man has spread a false story that he and Cruise had a gay love affair that wrecked Cruise’s marriage to Nicole Kidman Cruise said in the
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    • 229 24 Chats Mouse Something Went Wrong In Jet Crash, Expert Says Police Begin Campaign To Run Down Jaywalkers Safety Experts Say School Bus Passengers Should Be Belted Drunk Gets Nine Months In Violin Case Survivor Of Siamese Twins Joins Parents Farmer Bill Dies In House Iraqi
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    • Making HEADLINES
      • 202 24 US FIRST lady Laura Bush (right) has been named one of the world’s 50 Most Beautiful People, becoming the first wife of an American President to win a place on People magazine’s annual list. She joins the ranks of Jnlia Roberts, George Clooney
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