Project Eyeball, 24 May 2001

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    11 1 projecteyeball. eyebaU.asial.com.sg Mita (p) 105/03/2001 Thursday, May 24, 2001 80 CENTS
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      430 1 GIVE HUE ONE THING AND GIVE XT GOOD Spare me the mobile phone that can sing and dance. Adeline Goh doesn’t want multi-purpose gadgets ’coz she’s a one-function woman. See Page 15 DOWN TO A PACK-A-DAY Menthol, lights, cloves... been there, inhaled that, got the smell on my T-shirt. And
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  • NEWS & VIEWS
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      112 2 AN UNLUCKY United States convict jumped over prison walls in a bid for freedom only to land in another jail next door. Burglar Arnold Ancheta, 25, had managed to escaped from his cell in California’s Elmwood Correctional Facility by climbing through a skylight after prying its bars apart. But
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      Lock icon Army goes clubbing
      366 2  -  It’s off to China Jump to recruit independent, ambitious women By Wong Sher Maine sher@sph.com.sg HIP clubbing joint China Jump is usually chock-full of skimpily clad babes. And come Saturday, a whole bunch of army folk will be going down to check them out and chat them
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    • Eyeball NEWS
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        Lock icon CPI up 2% last month
        94 2 SINGAPORE’S consumer price index (CPI) rose 2 per cent in April compared with last year, and 0.3 per cent compared with March this year, the Department of Statistics said yesterday. The rise was due mainly to higher housing costs and more expensive miscellaneous items, the
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        Lock icon Ex-education minister dies
        107 2 FORMER Education Minister Lee Chiaw Meng died yesterday of duodenum cancer. He was 64. He had been diagnosed with the cancer in August 1999 and underwent surgery to remove the tumour, but had to take chemotherapy in May last year when the cancer spread. Dr Lee held
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        Lock icon Prince Andrew ends two-day visit
        75 2 BRITAIN’S Prince Andrew wrapped up his two-day visit to Singapore, the last stop on his regional tour, yesterday. The Duke of York, 41, held talks with Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong on bilateral relations and regional developments. Also on his schedule were visits to the
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        Lock icon TV star banned from driving
        45 2 MEDIACORP artiste Sharon Au has been banned from driving for six months and fined $BOO for using her cellphone while driving. The actress committed the offence on March 24 along Bras Basah Road. The maximum penalty is six months’ jail.
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    • Article
      Lock icon Tropical treatment for RSN’s 4th sub
      158 2 EVEN submarines have to adapt to new environments. So, the Republic of Singapore Navy’s (RSN) fourth Ex-Sjoormen Class submarine, launched on Tuesday, will undergo some refurbishing so that it can operate in Singapore’s tropical waters. The “tropicalisation programme” for RSS Chieftain is aimed at
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      362 3 HANOVER German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said surviving Nazi-era slave labourers would receive longawaited compensation from a US$4.5-billion (SsB-billion) fund by Germany’s biggest companies “very soon”, now that industry leaders had ended their resistance to payouts. STOCKHOLM Environmental delegates from 90 nations, including the United States, signed a global
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      Lock icon Mahathir to meet the opposition
      398 3 They will discuss Anwar’s request for overseas surgery Wires KUALA LUMPUR At 9 am today, Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad will hold an unprecedented meeting with opposition legislators to discuss a request by his jailed former deputy Anwar Ibrahim for overseas surgery.
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      102 3 Rescue personnel surveying a truck which spilled its load of rat poison and paint into the sea south of Kaikoura, New Zealand, yesterday. The South Island town is close to one of the world s major whale and dolphin bays and fears are growing among fishermen, tour operators
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    • Eyeball FOCUS
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        Lock icon Property slump hits agents hardest
        995 4  -  They’re quitting in droves By Francis Kan francisk@sph.com.sg PROPERTY agents are fleeing the market by the dozen. As the economy slows and homeowners are seemingly definite in their intent to sit it out, it’s the property agents who seem to be the hardest hit. The
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    • Singapore
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        771 5  -  Campaign cuts across religions because of ‘generic’ sentiment, say those surveyed By Eugene Wee eugenew@sph.com.sg GOD’S in town, it seems on postcards, bus-shelter billboards, banners and even the giant video wall at Suntec City. And God’s been offering witty nuggets of advice, like this one:
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        501 6  -  Pan Pacific Hotel offers diploma programme By Eugene Wee eugenew@sph.com.sg IT IS an opportunity that any worker would dream about. Get a recognised diploma while learning on the job, and a chance to move on to a degree course later. All this absolutely
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        382 6  -  STUDENTS BUILD AIDS FOR THE DISABLED By Jared Tham local@eyeball.com.sg QUADRIPLEGICS can now switch on fans, open doors or turn on the TV thanks to a new sensor helmet which detects head or eyeball movements and translates them into requests executed by a computer. The helmet was
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      • Article
        Lock icon Land of the fee
        537 7  -  More and more free Net services starting to charge users By Toh Bee Ping beeping@sph.com.sg THE BEST things in life are free and they used to be on the Internet. In this sober new century, online services are asking users to pay for content once supported
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    • The World
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        Lock icon Fun politics, Koizumi style
        622 8 Informal atmosphere draws out opposition and draws in more public interest AP TOKYO The long-haired Prime Minister thunders on about reform. His elderly finance chief confesses memory loss. The fiery Foreign Minister’s trademark phrase is “Give me a break!” In the month since Junichiro Koizumi took
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        Lock icon China summons US envoy over Chen’s visit
        445 8 ‘INTERFERENCE’ Wires BEIJING China yesterday summoned the top US envoy to Beijing on yesterday to lodge a strong protest over the visit to the United States by Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian, saying it had encouraged independence forces on the island. In its strongest
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        176 8 NYT NEW YORK-Mayor Rudolph Giuliani may have referred to Taiwan inadvertently as a “remarkable country” after his meeting with Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian, but he certainly wasn’t going to apologise for his gaffe. “Well, I don’t get to recognise countries,” an exasperated Giuliani told Chinese reporters who heatedly asked
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        Lock icon Space tourism may be possible
        171 9 USA Today WASHINGTON For once, Nasa chief Dan Goldin was agreeing with space tourist Dennis Tito on something. He left the door open on Tuesday for American civilians to visit the International Space Station within the next few years, despite his earlier vehement opposition to
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        Lock icon Sharon orders halt to strikes on Palestinians
        474 9 Arafat aide calls it a ‘lie’ after raids on three Palestinian-ruled areas Reuters JERUSALEM Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon backed his call for an immediate ceasefire to eight months of fighting with the Palestinians by ordering Israel’s army to stop all pre-emptive strikes
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        Lock icon The Mummy Returns
        408 9 MAGGIE RISES TO TAUNT BLAIR Reuters PLYMOUTH (England) Britain’s “Iron Lady” Margaret Thatcher rose from the political grave on Tuesday to lash out at Prime Minister Tony Blair’s “empty and artificial” government and condemn his policy on joining the European Union as a national betrayal. In a
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    • Technology
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        Lock icon Right fit for Generation Text
        246 11 YES, this is a mobile phone, but you’d be forgiven for thinking otherwise. It looks more like a miniature handheld organiser, except for the stubby antenna sticking out of one corner. The VlOO from Motorola is aimed at the “text” generation of cellphone users. Its
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        Lock icon Sexy design, stingy display
        442 11  -  Ericsson’s T29 boasts of EMS and nifty games By Andrew Chin andrewc@sph.com.sg IT’S the sexiest of Ericsson’s releases so far. However, the T 29 inherits the profile of the T series, including the narrow three-line text display. Where screen real estate has been steadily on the
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        Lock icon Bluetooth headset lets you roam free
        181 11 ERICSSON’S Bluetooth headset certainly looks futuristic without all the trailing wires. With it, you can roam around your office or home without having to take the wiring with you. That’s the beauty of Bluetooth technology. It allows for wireless data and voice communication between
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        Lock icon Downturn intensifies rivalry
        1020 12 Dell, Apple fight for smaller PC market THEY represent the rival styles of the greying personal computer industry, and they don’t seem to like each other very much. In one corner stands Steve Jobs, 46, co-founder and chairman of Apple Computer. Jobs is the former prodigy who,
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    • Business
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        Lock icon Falling stocks
        35 13 Members of aerial dance group Project Bandaloop descending on the bell podium of the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday, as part of ceremonies marking the initial listing of software firm Sybase. Reuters
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        Lock icon Pay hikes will be less than last year’s
        293 13  -  GOVT ACCEPTS NWC RECOMMENDATION By Wong Sher Maine sher@sph.com.sg THAT huge jump in salary you have been dreaming about will be just that -a dream. The Government yesterday announced that it had accepted the National Wage Council’s (NWC) recommendation that wage increases
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      • Article
        Lock icon Investors win as unit trust sales fees slashed
        500 13  -  DollarDEX matches finatiQ discount offer By Francis Kan francisk@sph.com.sg AFTER the home-loan war comes the battle of the unit trusts. And laughing all the way to the bank will be you, the investor. Less than a week after Internet bank finatiQ, slashed
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      • Business BUZZ
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          Lock icon DBS trims offer
          93 13 DBS GROUP HOLDINGS yesterday trimmed its offer price for Hong Kong’s Dao Heng Bank by HK$0.13 (S$0.03) per share after due diligence. The joint statement by the banks confirmed weeks of speculation of a downward adjustment in the takeover price. DBS had offered to take over Dao
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          Lock icon Bid for Ml
          75 13 BARCLAYS, Citigroup and UBS Warburg will finance a bid by the wireless joint venture of Pacific Century Cyber Works and Telstra for Singapore’s No 2 mobile carrier MobileOne, banking sources said yesterday. Regional Wireless Company, which is 60 per cent owned by Telstra and 40 per cent
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          67 13 PLANS are under way to launch a series of educational workshops aimed at boosting the competitiveness of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Singapore. The Singapore Institute of Management, together with training firm Treetops-Ventures, yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding to launch the Entrepreneur Dynamics Series. The programme,
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          43 13 SURFACE MOUNT TECHNOLOGY (SMTech) said the public tranche of 1.7 million shares in its initial public offering was 29.1 times subscribed. SMTech also placed 28.4 million shares with institutional investors. The stock, priced at 31.5 cents, will start trading on Sesdaq today.
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      • E-Male
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          Lock icon Smoker in the midst
          567 14  -  By Eugene Wee eugenew@sph.com.sg I’M A chain smoker. I’ve probably done every single brand and flavour of cigarettes this side of Phillip Morris. Menthol, lights, cloves...been there, inhaled that, got the smell on my T-shirt. I don’t actually light up the ciggies. It’s just that I
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      • Article
        Lock icon Those who light up are irresponsible
        272 14 ‘Fewer lighting np here 9 (May 22) YOU may grumble about laws banning smoking and preachy anti-smoking campaigns. Yet, despite some smokers’ protests to “leave me alone!”, we can boast one of the world’s lowest smoking rates and a 12 per cent quit success
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          Lock icon Convergence just leaves me cold
          581 15  -  By Adeline Goh adel@sph.com.sg IS IT just me or are there way too many “multi-purpose” gadgets on the market? Let’s see. There’re cellphones that double as MP3 players, Web browsers and gaming machines. Then there are palmtops that let you watch video clips, play audio
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          Lock icon Case, don’t whack, just educate
          217 15  -  TEO PING Govt welcomes fair trading act idea (May 22) THE idea of a Fair Trading Act is welcome, but it shouldn’t be “a club for consumers to wield over businesses”, says the Government. The latter doesn’t believe in criminalising “undesirable practices” and says consumers
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      28 2 Qood morning! Showers in the late morning and early afternoon mainly over southern, western and central Singapore. High: 33C 1 Low: 26C Tides: 12.31AM/2.6M 11.43PM/3.0M Met Service: http://www.gov.sg/metsin
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      58 4 To find out more about the property market and property agents, log on to the following websites: http://www.ura.gov.sg The Urban Redevelopment Authority website has data on the Housing Development Board market. http://www.iea.com.sg The Institute of Estate' Agents website has info on various courses and exams it conducts. http://www.redas. com.sg Website
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      26 5 Many religions have attempted to update their images and practices to appeal to today’s youth. What do you think of this trend? Tell us at http^/eyebalLasiaLconusg
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      88 5 SOME of the other slogans used in the campaign. If you miss the sunrise I made for you today, never mind. I’ll make another one for you tomorrow. Please don’t drink and drive, you’re not quite ready to meet me yet. I hate rules. That’s why I only made 10
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      23 6 x Looking for jobs or training in hospitality? Check out Pan Pacific Hotel’s site: http://singapore. panpac.com Alternatively, e-mail your queries to bentley.williams@ panpacifichotel.com.sg.
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      262 7 Check out this site for links to Wet freebies: http://www.free stuffcenter.com/ IX I I I S' V'- -The New Paper The New Paper New Face is a prestigious event which provides a platform to jumpstart the photographic modelling careers of aspiring talent in Singapore. XJL Ig BEAUTY BY: MAYBELLINE FASHION
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  • EyeSport
    • Sport IN SHORT
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        Lock icon Sporting Oscars
        92 16 MONTE CARLO-Tiger Woods extended his domination of major titles by winning the Sportsman of the Year award at the Sporting Oscars on Tuesday, while Australian Cathy Freeman claimed the women’s prize after providing the defining moment of the Sydney Olympics athletics competition. American Woods, who also won the
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      • Article
        Lock icon Fergie ‘will stay’
        66 16 Reuters LONDON-Sir Bobby Charlton said on Tuesday that Sir Alex Ferguson will remain at Manchester United once his contract as manager runs out next year. Charlton, a United director and ambassador for the club, said: “We want Alex to stay and we shall do the best we
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      • Article
        Lock icon Mortlock out?
        58 16 Reuters CANBERRA Australian centre Stirling Mortlock is doubtful for the three-test series against the British and Irish Lions, starting on June 30, because of an injury. Mortlock dislocated his left shoulder scoring a try in the ACT Brumbies’ 30-6 Super 12 semi-final win over Queensland last week. He
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      Lock icon Scoring through the pain
      497 16 Iverson leads Sixers to 93-85 win Lat-Wp PHILADELPHIA There was one moment, one shot to be taken, one shot to be stopped, and the participants were the two best players in the NBA Eastern Conference finals. Allen Iverson of the Philadelphia 76ers had the ball in
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      Lock icon Fowler’s staying at Anfield
      461 16 NO MORE DOUBTS HE WAS close to turning his back on the club he joined as a schoolboy, but a week of unparalleled glory has convinced Robbie Fowler to see out his future at Anfield. The striker admitted that he was absolutely frustrated at making only
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      Lock icon BARRICHELLO AND SCHUMACHER EXTEND CONTRACTS
      380 17 Reuters MONTE CARLO-All the rumours about Ferrari being unhappy with Rubens Barrichello were put to rest on Tuesday when the team signed him to a contract extension for another season. Barrichello’s future at the Formula One team had been under intense scrutiny after a controversy
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      Lock icon Magical Monaco gears up for GP
      655 17  -  Hie rich and famous rub shoulders with motorheads By Adam Hashidy hashidy@sph.com.sg GLAMOUR and glitz, champagne and class. Those are the things Monte Carlo, the scene of the Monaco Grand Prix and the crown jewel of Formula One, has in abundance. Set between mountains
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      190 17 FORMULA ONE: Driving a Formula One car on a narrow, twisting street circuit is not a lot of fun, but it definitely is a challenge, with speeds varying from 270 kmh to 80 kmh in the space of less than a minute. To find out how difficult and
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  • Unwind
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      Lock icon It’s raining BOMBS!
      1450 18  -  Ronald Rajan SIXTY years after the Imperial Japanese Air Force reduced the US Pacific Fleet into bits of scrap metal off Oahu island, Tinseltown has launched another attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. But this time, it’s no surprise attack. Far from it. With a budget estimated at
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    • Movies
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          Lock icon WONDER BOYS
          97 20 Michael Douglas, Tobey Maguire, Frances McDormand r Robert Downey Jr $29.90 (VCD) A WRY and poignant comedy about a middle-aged yet perpetually adolescent English professor/novelist (Michael Douglas) who faces a crisis-filled weekend. He’s forced to handle a pregnant mistress (Frances McDormand), a self-seeking editor (Robert Downey Jr), and
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          Lock icon DINER
          80 20 Steve Guttenberg, Ellen Barkin, Mickey Rourke, Paul Reiser, Kevin Bacon $19.90 (VCD-Classic Special Edition) A WARM tale of childhood buddies teetering on the cusp of adulthood and clinging together at a diner in 1950 s Baltimore. Barry Levinson’s directorial debut and Oscar-nominated script follows them through their funny, poignant
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          Lock icon THE NATALIE COLE STORY: THE LIVIN’ FOR LOVE
          82 20  -  Jeanmarie Tan $19.90 (VCD) THIS authorised biography of pop-soul songstress and VH-1 diva Natalie Cole tells an inspiring true story. Director Robert Townsend, best known for his satire Hollywood Shuffle, candidly yet respectfully focuses on Cole’s career highs and lows. The show
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        Lock icon Kick-ass action
        441 20 THE MUMMY RETURNS (PG) Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weiszjohn Hannah, Oded Fehr, Arnold Vosloo, Patricia Velasquez, The Rock IT’S crammed with ear-splitting explosions, creepy catacombs and CGI monsters. And the kick-ass catfight between two half-naked Egyptian princesses proves that writer/director Stephen Sommers was one of the millions spellbound by
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        Lock icon Adam and three Eves
        389 20  -  ABOUT ADAM (RA) Kate Hudson, Stuart Townsend, Frances O’Connor, Charlotte Bradley Reviews: Jeanmarie Tan THOSE who find themselves inexplicably seduced by the type of sexual sensationalism brought to us by Jerry Springer will also be tempted by About Adam’s unapologetically hedonistic themes of incest, multiple infidelities
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        Lock icon THE GREAT VILLAINS RETURN
        334 21 EVIL is fun to play, as the fascinating Mummy Returns villains show. Patricia Velasquez, 30 (Meela/Anck-Su-Mamun) PART South American Indian, the former Venezuelean model with jet black hair plays the evil but beautiful ancient princess and reincarnated lover of Imhotep. She was to study engineering in
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        Lock icon NOW STREAMING
        161 21 June Wan AMBUSH: THE HIM! John Frankenheimer http://www.bmwfilms.com Time: 5 min 43 sec THIS is BMW’s first short from its newest marketing concept: Having their cars star in a series of glossy Internet mini-thrillers helmed by big-name directors like Ang Lee and Guy Ritchie. Ambush is directed by
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      • Cyber SNITCH
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          Lock icon Dating celebs
          83 21 DATING a movie star might sound glamorous and fun, but it might be useful to find your correct match before heading for the Hollywood hills to grab the first available Tinseltown thespian. At http://www. emode.com, take the Celebrity Matchmaker quiz to fmd out who your best star match
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          Lock icon Hating Gwyneth
          77 21 HATE Gwyneth Paltrow? You are not alone. Log on to the Anti-Gwyneth Paltrow page to seek solace with fellow haters, who have filed their grievances in detail. Included are Paltrow’s supposed devious moves: Stealing the Shakespeare In Love role from Winona Ryder and cheating on Brad Pitt and
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          Lock icon Getting Sam’s coat
          85 21 IN SHAFT, did you lust after Samuel L Jackson’s Armani trenchcoat? In The Matrix, did you think that Keanu Reeves’ sunglasses would make you just that little bit more hip? Check out AsSeenOnScreen.com, where you can buy items from your favourite movies or TV shows. Current hot
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          Lock icon Quote of the week
          35 21 ‘The old wipe-out-the-world ploy again, eh?’ Hapless brother Jonathan (John Hannah) when the apocalyptic good-vs-evil battle is explained to him in the middle of a car chase in The Mummy Returns
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    • Movies & Clubbing
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          Lock icon When romance gets in your hair
          623 22 Nina Kan sat through three romantic movies but still cannot fathom why beautiful women end up with prigs and pigs in Hollywood. LOVE, love, love is in the air. Hollywood has pushed the romance button, and a stream of glorious mush has been unleashed.
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      • Pick of the CLUBS
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          Lock icon Centro attraction
          75 22 One Fullerton HIP, exclusive Centro at swanky One Fullerton will be a hot-babe central tomorrow. Jamie Yeo, Jean Danker, Ase Wang and at least 10 models from top local agencies will turn the heat up with their sexy ensembles. Men’s magazine FHM is throwing a soiree to celebrate
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          Lock icon Techkroniq dance
          84 22 Riverhouse, Clarke Quay GET set for another Subzero and Kinemat Productions bash this Saturday. A mini fiesta promises sounds and dances. Expect house, techno, trip-hop, two-step, jungle and much more, at Riverhouse, Clarke Quay. Crowd favourites like deejay Brandon P (Singapore), Dave Rankine (Melbourne) and Kojak (US) will
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          Lock icon Papa Joe’s ethnicity
          95 22 Peranakan Place 180 Orchard Rd TRIBAL is fashionable, be it music, body painting or clothes. Flaunt your ethnic sense at Tribal Fusion on Wednesday nights at Papa Joe’s from May till July. The fun starts at 5 pm. Rhythm and blues, hip-hop and house music will be
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          Lock icon Union Square party
          48 22 Amara Shopping Centre A RED-HOT media party is on tonight at this watering hole. Red-hot salsa and merengue dancers will heat up the night with their performances. Guests can claim free membership to one of the largest wine-appreciation clubs locally. Admission is by invitation only.
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    • Clubbing
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        Lock icon READY FOR RUSTIC CHARM
        315 23 FULL of lush, overgrown fields, swaying trees and a Tyrannosaur with bits of its wooden hide chipped off, Gillman Village is indeed the lost world of food and beverage enclaves. Eyeball brings you on a tour around this rustic village. HANDLEBAR Block 1, Lock Road A
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        Lock icon A village perfect for quiet nightlife
        756 23 KARL HO (karl@sph.com.sg) explores the pastoral appeal of Gillman Village, a sleepy little enclave in the West. RIVE by Gillman Village at night, and you’ll probably give the hamlet there a wide berth. With jet-black vegetation, quiet barracks, chirping crickets and an eerie bridge
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    • Chats & Mouse
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        281 24 A matter of degrees The graduate with a science degree asks: “Why does it work?” The graduate with an engineering degree asks: “How does it work?” The graduate with an accounting degree asks: “How much will it cost?” The graduate with a Liberal Arts degree asks: “Do you want fries
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      Lock icon Kumar sounds off on sexiest list at Speakers’ Corner
      148 24 BEYOND the usual political gripes, Speakers’ Corner featured one interesting guest yesterday. Drag queen Kumar (right) was voicing his displeasure with local men’s periodical FHM. Kumar was unhappy that the magazine’s 100 Sexiest Women In The World 2001 list did not
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      Lock icon Man U star’s titillating gal pal plans to run for parliament
      173 24 A TOPLESS model who is dating Manchester United striker Dwight Yorke (far left) is to run for parliament in Britain’s upcoming general election, a newspaper where she parades her charms reported yesterday. The Daily Star tabloid said it had
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