Project Eyeball, 5 June 2001

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    11 1 projecteyeball. eyetall.asial.com.sg Mita (p) 105/03/2001 Tuesday, June 5, 2001 80 CENTS
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      332 1 TOUGHER TOILET Dave Barry talks about flushing fermented beancurd and 100 plastic balls down the commode and wishes tests were tougher. See Page 15 GOODNESS GRACIOUS, IT’S US! Bhagyashree Garekar wonders why any Indian would be offended by TV Works sitcom, Goodness Gracious Me because she isn’t. See Page 14
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  • NEWS & VIEWS
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      109 2 YOU can hit the jackpot or your optimum pulse rate while exercising on this new machine that combines a stationary exercise bike with a slot machine. Buttons on the handle of the Pedal ’n’ Play, now on display at Tropicana Casino Resort in Atlantic City, control the bet amount
      Mik Zarzuela  -  109 words
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      Lock icon ‘Hot-air’ essay wins S21 contest
      508 2  -  Winning entries picked for being well argued, practical By Yvonne Koh SONDHA CHATTERJI thinks that many of the ideals put forward under the Singapore 21 (S2l) initiative are “just hot air”. But guess what? Her essay was one among the seven entries declared winners in
      Chia Yuen Che  -  508 words
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      266 2  -  S.E.C SUR VEY Wong Sher Maine THE young and the educated are Singapore’s “greenest” folk. But, they all want cars which damage the environment and landed property that gobbles up chunks of precious space. These are the findings of the Singapore Environment Council’s (SEC) survey of
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    • Eyeball NEWS
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        Lock icon SCV extends $76 broadband promo
        153 2 THE going’s good for broadband surfers. Close on the heels of announcing its modified cable TV subscription package, Singapore Cable Vision (SCV) yesterday said that it was extending its promotional rates for broadband surfers for another six months. Its subscribers can continue paying $76 a
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        Lock icon SM Lee on 7-day visit to HK, China
        97 2 SENIOR Minister Lee Kuan Yew left yesterday on a seven-day visit to Hong Kong and Beijing for meetings with Chinese leaders. He’ll also attend a meeting of the JP Morgan Chase International Council in Hong Kong, and then visit Suzhou on June
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      357 3 LONDON Fuel-tax protesters who rattled the government and dried up gas pumps nine months ago staged a protest on a busy highway yesterday, seeking to put pressure on the government before Thursday’s general election. But police said the protest largely fizzled out with little traffic disruption. JERUSALEM Israel
      Bong Fortin  -  357 words
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      Lock icon One killed in Nepal protests
      383 3 Curfew imposed after new king announced Wires KATHMANDU Violent protests swept the Nepalese capital yesterday as demonstrators demanded a convincing explanation for Friday’s massacre of almost all the members of the royal family. A protester was killed as policemen armed with batons charged at a
      – Wires; Reuters  -  383 words
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      Lock icon Tiananmen day passes quietly
      216 3 Wires HONG KONG The memories of the infamous Tiananmen massacre 12 years ago, when Chinese troops mowed down student protesters, have faded with the public but continue to plague China’s leaders. The anniversary passed quietly yesterday with no hint of public protest, save the annual appeal
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      Lock icon HOW KITESURFING WORKS
      101 4 1- A generous gust of wind is more than welcome in kitesurfing. The surfer holds up his 11.2-sq-m kite and waits for the breeze. 2 Once you do “catch” the wind, you better hang on for dear life. The adrenaline rush has just begun. 3 Unlike other
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    • Eyeball FOCUS
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        Lock icon New sport soars into obstacles
        611 4  -  Future of ‘kitesurfing’ hinges on application for use of Singapore sea and air By Wong Sher Maine sher@sph.com.sg A NEW extreme sport has recently taken off at the East Coast Park, and it’s carrying the phrase “go fly a kite” to new heights. You don’t
        Wang Huifen  -  611 words
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      Lock icon Picking up kitesurfing can be a breeze
      452 5  -  Wong Sher Maine LIKE all water sports, kitesurfing starts in the water. But with kitesurfing, you don’t need to stay in the water. If you are lucky enough to catch a powerful gust of wind, you can soar more than 15 m into
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    • Singapore
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        Lock icon Scout’s honour smeared on Net
        557 6  -  Website wants chief commissioner removed By Eugene Wee eugenew@sph.com.sg SOMEONE is out to sully the name of the Singapore Scout Association, and, in particular, its chief commissioner Lai Kwok Seng. And he or she is using the Internet to achieve that. A website has been
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        487 6  -  THEY CONTRIBUTE TO NATIONAL AGENDA Sue-Ann Chia WOMEN in politics make a difference to public policy and the way a government operates. Still, worldwide, women’s representation in parliament is around 12 per cent, a mere 0.4 per cent increase since 1995. The scene is even
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    • Health
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        447 7 New male potency pill said to work faster and for much longer Wires CALIFORNIA Competition is getting stiffer in the male potency pill market as new drugs that promise faster and more long-lasting results emerge. A new potency pill called Cialis, which reportedly enables men to
        – Wires  -  447 words
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        Lock icon Some girls are just born to be tomboys
        197 7 Wires LONDON If a baby girl seems more interested in toy trucks and racing cars than Barbie dolls and frocks, it’s possible that the tomboy in her was born because her mother had a higher-than-average level of the male sex hormone testosterone
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        Lock icon Four more held as 200 protest against ISA
        494 8 Malaysian crackdown on opposition activists continues Wires KUALA LUMPUR In the shadow of the Petronas Twin Towers, the world’s tallest buildings and Malaysia’s pride, hundreds of people gathered yesterday to protest against the government’s decision to detain four opposition activists, without trial,
        – Wires; AP  -  494 words
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        Lock icon Police chief continues to snub Gus Dur
        239 8 Wires JAKARTA In a clear sign that President Abdurrahman Wahid’s authority is crumbling, a sacked police chief will preside over a ceremonial parade today. Jakarta police spokesman Anton Bahrul Alam confirmed that national commander General Surojo Bimantoro who has ignored a presidential order
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        349 8 ABU SAYYAF BANDITS AND HOSTAGES SIGHTED ON BASILAN ISLAND Reuters LAMITAN (Philippines) The Philippines was yesterday considering emergency law on a southern island where Muslim rebels had melted into the mountains with US and Filipino hostages, after breaking through a military cordon.
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        Lock icon The bald, the bad and the buffed
        66 9 If the premiership were decided based on hair, the balding Tory leader William Hague (left) would be the biggest loser, while Prime Minister Tony Blair (centre) has had more than his fair share of bad hair days. But the Conservative Party’s finance spokesman,
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        Lock icon Bookies pay early as Labour set to win
        455 9 But political parties still continue to campaign aggressively AFP LONDON For the first time in British history, a bookmaker decided yesterday to pay out early on bets placed on the ruling Labour Party winning the general election, as its win was considered
        – AFP  -  455 words
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        Lock icon It’s a win-win situation for Tory’s Portillo
        297 9 AFP LONDON Here’s one Tory who will be all smiles, whatever the result in Britain’s general election this week: Michael Portillo. If the Conservative Party somehow manages an extraordinary last-minute comeback to sneak to victory in Thursday’s polls, then as its finance spokesman,
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        Lock icon Why football goes with politics
        186 9 LONDON England’s national footballers could cost Labour its expected massive win, if they lose their World Cup qualifier against Greece on the eve of polling day. According to Lincoln Allison, senior lecturer in politics at Warwick University, a win would increase the feelgood factor and
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        Lock icon COLD SHOULDER
        201 11 UNDER US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld’s policy, no direct contacts between US and Chinese military officers have been authorised in recent months. Chinese officers are no longer being invited to seminars at the Asia-Pacific Centre for Security Studies in Honolulu, the Pentagon’s primary research centre on security issues
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        Lock icon Rumsfeld sunders all military ties with China
        355 11 Spy plane incident continues to rankle Nyt WASHINGTON The US defence department went to great lengths in late April to explain a Pentagon memo that had abruptly instructed the US military to cut ties with the Chinese. It was retracted and Defence Secretary
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        Lock icon Parents turn playground bullies
        570 11 CODE OF CONDUCT FOR ELDERS AP LAS VEGAS Excitement suddenly turned to fear for the 49ers youth football team as players ran off the field holding their stomachs and began vomiting on the sideline. Parents and coaches helped the eight boys, aged 12 to 14, into
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    • Technology
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        Lock icon Ray of light for tainted blood
        617 12 New ultraviolet technology kills bugs with the flick of a switch CALIFORNIA Scientists may soon be using light to kill bugs in blood. A venture that began in a scientist’s garage in Berkeley, appears to be on the verge of revolutionising blood donations by
        USA Today; Bong Fortin  -  617 words
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        Lock icon Jennifer Lopez is latest worm bait
        449 12 ANTI-VIRUS PROGRAMS COULD KILL IT, SAY EXPERTS USA Today CALIFORNIA THE e-mail promises pictures of singer-actress Jennifer Lopez naked, but as you’ve probably guessed, all it contains is a computer virus. Late last week, anti-virus software maker Panda Software issued a level five the
        – USA Today  -  449 words
    • Business
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        Lock icon More bank reforms soon
        533 13 Second banking liberalisation package by month-end, say BG Lee DEPUTY Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday said that the Government would announce its second banking liberalisation package at the end of this month. BG Lee, who is also chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS),
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        Lock icon 55% stake in Raffles City being sold for $986 m
        252 13  -  By Nicholas Yong nicyong@sph.com.sg THE news must be music to the ears of Raffles Holdings’ shareholders: Nearly $986 million is set to flow into the company’s coffers. The company yesterday announced that it was selling a 55-per cent stake in
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      • Stock TAKING
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          548 13  -  BEFORE you start buying stocks, you need to assess how much of a risk you are willing to take. You have to select investments based on this risk tolerance. Essentially, this means deciding when you need the money. If you need the money within five years,
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          Lock icon Goodness gracious, it’s just fun
          843 14  -  By Bhagyashree Garekar bhagya@sph.com.sg I HAD a friend in college who and this is no exaggeration carried a pin in her purse any time she had to board a public bus. She used it, she maintained, with great effectiveness on male hands that “accidentally” strayed
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      • Article
        Lock icon If you want to, you can wed for $21
        364 14 ‘Budget for the big day’ (June 4) HOW do you go about throwing a reasonably affordable wedding? Or does such a thing even exist today, given couples’ and families’ expectations? Would you splurge on a lavish, once-in-a-lifetime do? Or would you
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        Lock icon MESSAGE MENACE
        68 14 THOSE SMS ads that keep my mobile phone beeping are... 28% Occasionally useful, I don’t mind them so far. 26% Worse than spam e-mail, they s%*@ follow me everywhere! 22% Criminal! They drive up my phone bills and kill my battery. 21% -1 just delete them automatically. 6%
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        Lock icon The elusive royal flush
        801 15  -  By Dave Barry Miami Herala Tastefnlness advisory: Do not read this column if you are eating, or plan to eat ever again. Thank you. RECENTLY I watched as a professional engineer attempted to flush fermented bean curd dow n a toilet. This was not some fun
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      26 2 Qood morning! Showers with thunder over most areas in the predawn hours and early morning. High: 32C 1 Low: 24C Tides: 11.15AM/2.6M 10.31PM/2.8M Met Service: http://www.gov.sg/metsin
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      54 4 Do you want to find out more about kitesurfing? Pop by the Pasta Fresca Sea Sports Club (formerly known as the Europa Sea Sports Club, next to the hawker centre) and ask them for an introduction. Also, check out kitesurfing websites and watch a video of Jason Chang flying across
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      105 7 Do you know that lobsters march? Just as in the corporate arena, order also exists in the underwater world. Lobsters may be loners, preferring the solitude of their caves. But when in a group, order becomes evident. Filing up one after another, these crustaceans form a procession. Then the march
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      20 8 An analysis of Joseph Estrada’s and President Arroyo’s contrasting styles when dealing with the rebels at http://www.inq7. net/nat/2001/iun/04/ nat 5-l.htm
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      31 11 On Sino-US trade: http://washingtonpost .com/wp-dvn/articles/ A5237-2001Mav31.html Secretary of State Colin Powell argues that normal trade relations with China offer the US a chance to promote “rule of law, transparency and accountability”.
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  • EyeSport
    • Sport IN SHORT
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        Lock icon Hewitt advances
        95 16 AP PARIS Lleyton Hewitt advanced to the quarterfinals of the French Open yesterday, overcoming a two-set deficit to beat Argentina’s Guillermo Canas. In a five-set marathon that began the day before and was suspended due to darkness, the sixthseeded Australian won 3-6,6-7(4), 6-2,6-3,6-3. “He surprised me a little
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      • Article
        Lock icon Fergie may stay
        103 16 Ap MANCHESTER Manchester United is set to give manager Alex Ferguson a pay rise and is negotiating his future with the club after he retires next season. Ferguson said last month he would sever all ties with the club, after United refused to offer him a lucrative
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        Lock icon Woods wins
        73 16 .VA*-p DUBLIN (Ohio)-Tiger Woods sounded a US Open warning on Sunday, firing a six-under-par 66 to claim the Memorial golf tournament for the third straight year. While he was never ahead at any point in the first three rounds, Woods earned his “three-peat” with a seven-shot victory over
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      Lock icon It’s Sixers vs Lakers
      830 16 Philadelphia down Milwaukee 108-91 to enter first NBA Finals in 18 years PHILADELPHIA (Pennsylvania) Look out Kobe Bryant. Here comes Allen Iverson. And get that big body ready, Shaquille O’Neal, because Dikembe Mutombo is ready for some bumping and grinding. The Philadelphia 76ers, a team which
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      111 16 NBA So, The Sixers finally win the prized ticket to meet the Lakers in the NBA Finals. Log on to NBA.com for videos of the post-match press conferences and celebrations, TV highlights and other action. (http://www.nba.com/ playoffs2001/?nav= ArticleList) FOOTBALL: It’s time to keep an eye on the transfer
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      Lock icon Japan manages draw with Brazil
      337 17 HEROIC EFFORT AGAINST SOCCER GIANT AFP KASHIMA (Japan) Japan battled heroically to earn a historic point against Brazil that left the Asian champions sitting above the fourtime World Cup winners at the top of their group in the opening round of the Confederations Cup. The
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      Lock icon A US battle on French soil
      588 17 Capriati and Williams to face each other in quarterfinals AP PARIS At the age of 14, Jennifer Capriati burst onto the world tennis scene by becoming the youngest ever semifinalist at the French Open. Eleven years later, only one person can stop Capriati from
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  • Unwind
    • Fashion
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        Lock icon Don't know what to get Dad this Father's Day? Help is here. JHfThink out of the bow and you'll find something that can I &MW please you and the most important man in your life, says BU mm jume wan mm
        477 18 Don't know what to get Dad this Father's Day? Help is here. JHf Think out of the bow and you'll find something that can I &MW please you and the most important man in your life, says BU mm jume wan mm DT’S a fact. Buying gifts for a man
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        Lock icon Qo further when shopping for your father
        965 18 EYEBALL’S GUIDE TO FATHER’S DAT GIFTS June Wan THE TECHIE DAD HP Jornada 548 Pocket PC, sBgg GIVE Dad simultaneous accessibility and mobility without any techo-babble. The plug-and-play format of the HP Jornada 548 (below) makes it the smallest user-friendly computer in town,
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        Lock icon She lost the bet
        590 20 NYT Katherine Betts was the talk of the fashion industry when she ditched Vogue last year for the top post at Harpers Bazaar. She made promises and declarations about how she would change the magazine’s sagging newsstand sales. Now, she’s been fired. ALEX KUCZYNSE3 reports. ATHERINE
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      • Fashion LOG
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          Lock icon Calm before Storm
          128 20 KEEPING time for the London Eye, Ministry Of Sound club events, Nintendo Extreme G 2 and celebrities like Robbie Williams, Naomi Campbell and David Beckham just aren’t enough for watch brand Storm. They want you to rely on Storm time. And with style, too. Which is why
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          69 20 WHO says minimalism is in? Draping and flowing jewellery will always remain classic as long as women exist. Cartier’s recent High Jewellery Event unveiled a variety of dazzlers that will make converts of those who like it plain. Included were the platinum Adeline necklace with pearls and
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          Lock icon Buttons up
          80 20 HERE’S what the definitive Hermes man will be wearing this autumn/winter. Straight coats with sports collars, two- or three-button suits and straight trousers; and in fabrics like lambskin, cashmere, wool and silk. Colours range from orange and Hermes red, to rope and black. It’s a look that will
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          Lock icon Skin perks
          110 20 WE ingest Vitamin C to keep our bodies healthy. Helena Rubinstein wants to make it skin-deep. The skincare label has created Vitamin C-infused products to help keep the skin just as healthy. A new range, Force C Premium, combines three forms of the vitamin, which will be delivered
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    • Gender
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        Lock icon Still hot at 75
        493 21 Salon Last Friday, Marilyn Monroe would have been 75. She has been an elusive interviewee, but kind to electronic media. DAVID THOMSON spoke to her in her lovely home (we agreed not to disclose its location), with her companion, Dr Henry Kissinger, never too far away
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        Lock icon HER REST ACTING BEFORE SEE DIED
        532 21  -  By Susan King Lat HOLLYWOOD Marilyn Monroe enjoyed celebrating her 36th birthday on the set of her film Something’s Got to Give. But a week later June 8,1962 Monroe was fired from the romantic comedy by 20th Century Fox, and the project was shelved.
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      • Venus & MARS
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          Lock icon No beer discounts?
          610 22 So, mothers are valued at $lO,OOO. What about fathers? Yes, they have a day dedicated to them, but as CARL SKADIAN (carl@sph.com.sg), points out, it would be nice to show dads a little appreciation every once in a while too. YOU might have seen them a month
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      • Gender BENDERS
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          Lock icon Green tattoos stay
          106 22 TATTOOS aren’t permanent unless they’re in green ink. Men’s Health reports that green tattoos are virtually impossible to remove. “Most tattoos disappear after four or five laser treatments, but green tattoos are often still visible after 20 treatments,” said E Victor Ross, a doctor at the Naval
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          Lock icon Reality check
          105 22 IF THAT general feeling of the blues creeping up on you isn’t enough of a sign that you’re depressed, get confirmation from Oprah Winfrey’s website at http://www.oprah.com. The truth cuts like a knife. “I would guess that only 20 per cent of people with mild depression recognise it
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          Lock icon Beat the beer belly
          153 22 HEAR ye all men. You don’t have to fear the Great Beer Belly if you’re pushing the big Four-Oh. Help is at hand. Paul T Burke, a lecturer and the editor of Over 40 magazine, suggests that there is a way to eat smart while keeping
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    • Arts
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        Lock icon Chew on Sun
        509 23 The life of Dr Sun Tat Sen is under scrutiny again, and this time, Singaporean Qerald Chew plays the Chinese revolutionary. CLARA CHOW (clarac@sph.com.sg) talks to him about the role. □ERALD CHEW’S idea of Dr Sun Yat Sen, the “Father of Modern China”, is no dry history
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        Lock icon FESTIVAL PROFILES
        377 23  -  By Tan Dawn Wei dawntan@sph.com.sg Who: The Arts Fission Company joins forces with the T’ang Quartet for Imagine Forest a multi-disciplinary piece that explores the fragile balance between the natural environment and urbanisation. Also on board are lighting designer Tommy Wong, French visual artist Nathalie Junod Ponsard, and
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      82 23 One Hundred Years In Waiting opens on Thursday and runs until Saturday. Performances at the Victoria Theatre begin at 8 pm, with an afternoon show at 2.30 pm on Saturday. Tickets are $l6, $22, $32 and $42, and are available at Sistic (Tel: 348 5555). Don’t miss the latest arts
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      Lock icon Chat & Mouse
      215 24 Chat Mouse Expressions for women on high-stress days You! Off my planet. Not the brightest crayon in the box now, are we? Well, this day was a total waste of make-up. Errors have been made. Others will be blamed. And your cry-baby, whiny opinion would be...? I’m not crazy, I’ve
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      Lock icon Zorba star dead at 86
      164 24 ANTHONY QUINN: 1915-2001 ANTHONY QUINN (above), the actor whose down-to-earth portrayals of such characters as Zorba The Greek and the fierce Bedouin leader in Lawrence Of Arabia made him larger than life to millions, died on Sunday at 86. Quinn, who lived near Providence, Rhode
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    • Making HEADLINES
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        Lock icon Kidman stalker promises to go on
        99 24 THE man accused of stalking Nicole Kidman has vowed to continue his pursuit of the beautiful and famous. Self-proclaimed “poet” Matthew Hooker was ordered by a judge to stay away from the Moulin Rouge actress and her children. Hooker, who has also tried to
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        85 24 Wires SARAH JESSICA PARKER (right) and Matthew Broderick are reported to be expecting their first child. Parker’s character in the television series Sex And The City is about to get pregnant— and when asked if that’s the case in real life, Parker beamed and shrugged... Liam Gallagher is to
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