Project Eyeball, 6 June 2001

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    11 1 projecteyeball. eyebalLasial.com.sg Mita (p) 105/03/2001 Wednesday, June 6, 2001 80 CENTS
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      427 1 MEN’S ISSUES? Soh Wen Lin wonders why some issues are labelled women’s issues when they are not specific to either gender. What are men’s issues then? See Page 14 ARTS IN Alvin Pang has become an Arts Fest convert, not because he caught a classy concert, but because he saw
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  • NEWS & VIEWS
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      117 2 REVENGE served up by the Bush brothers went something like this: You show them mine and I’ll show them yours. President George W Bush had scored big laughs at a nationally televised dinner in April by showing a naked photo of brother Jeb as a toddler. On Monday, at
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    • Article
      Lock icon More airtime for imported shows
      583 2  -  Latest change in TV Works’ line-up was in response to feedback By Clara Chow darac@sph.com.sg TV WORKS, which had originally promised to serve up a “wholly Singaporean prime-time” diet of programmes, is changing tactics. The SPH English channel will now devote more airtime during the
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    • Eyeball NEWS
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        Lock icon Students to meet Nobel laureate
        167 2 SOME 500 students will have the chance to interact with a Nobel laureate something most people never get a chance to experience. Blue “i”s, a collaboration between IBM and the Ministry of Education (MOE), is a two-day technology jam that brings together students between 15
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        67 2 THE Singapore Zoo has become the proud owner of Asia’s first captive-born manatee. Zoo veterinarians, who first spotted the baby calf last week, said that mother and calf were doing well. The birth of the 75cm-long male calf is a milestone in the zoo’s breeding
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        Lock icon Raffles Town Club seeking more space
        70 2 RAFFLES TOWN CLUB plans to acquire additional premises for its members to use. The announcement was made by the club’s newly appointed board of directors yesterday. The new plan is designed to “cater to the diverse activity, ambience and food needs of its members”.
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        Lock icon Kicking up their heels
        32 2 Can Can dancers adding zest to the Singapore Turf Club’s Fun For All Under I he Stars series yesterday, a festival showcasing aspects of American culture. Clarence Chan
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      367 3 ATLANTA A witness at a racketeering trial testified that strip club owner Steve Kaplan regularly set up sex shows and paid dancers to have sex with professional athletes, such as former Knicks Patrick Ewing and John Starks, Reggie Miller and Antonio Davis of the Pacers and Atlanta Braves
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      415 3 Malaysian Premier still deciding who will succeed Daim Wires KUALA LUMPUR For the second time in three years, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad has taken on the job of Finance Minister. He would also assume the duties of Minister of Special Functions at
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      Lock icon ‘VOTES WILL BE LOST’
      307 3 AP KUALA LUMPUR The takeover of two influential Chinese dailies could cost the government votes in the next general election. The remark, a rare show of discord within Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s ruling coalition, came from Lim Keng Yaik, president of the Gerakan
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    • Eyeball FOCUS
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        840 4  -  Some companies prefer to hire experienced, more mature staff By Nicholas Yong nicyong@sph.com.sg IF YOU have noticed a few grey hairs recently and are getting on the wrong side of 40, breathe easy: There’s still hope for you in the job market. Surprising as it
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      Lock icon IT-savvy and flexible staff valued most
      256 4 OVERALL, though, it does appear that in Singapore, instances of companies actively pursuing people over 40 remains an exception rather than the rule. The Ministry of Manpower’s Labour Market 2000 survey findings released in March this year showed that employment prospects were weaker for
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    • Singapore
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        324 5  -  HOUSING LOANS Francis Kan THOSE applying for a housing loan may receive less than what they had first hoped to get. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) yesterday issued a stern warning to lenders, asking them not to circumvent the 80 per
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        783 5  -  And that’s the only fare hike allowed By Eugene Wee and Sue-Ann Chia eugene-w@sph.com.sg sueann@sph.com.sg FOR days now, the coffeeshop talk has been that bus fares would not be raised, simply because there’s a General Election looming. Well, yesterday the Public Transport Council (PTC) which
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        23 5 Mik Zarzuela Non-Aircon Cash: $0.50 to $0.60 Farecard: $0.45 to $0.55 Air con Cash: $0.60 to $0.70 Farecard: $0.50 to $0.60
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        185 5 GOVERNMENT “The PTC has to make a difficult decision to balance the need for operators to remain financially viable and to safeguard the interest of the commuters. “Hence, given the current economic outlook, its decision to turn down the operators’ main fare proposals, while proceeding to rectify
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        Lock icon Lifting the lid on toilets
        740 6  -  Summit to float ideas on better 100 habits and designs By Wong Sher Maine sher@sph.com.sg FIVE hundred delegates from the world over, gathered at a summit held at the Singapore Expo. Nothing unusual in a country used to high-powered meetings on a generous scale. Except
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        339 6  -  Wong Sher Maine DO YOU really need three days to talk about toilets? Well, 500 delegates from around the world think so. That’s the number of people who will be be attending the World Toilet Summit, organised by the Restroom Association of Singapore. The summit, supported by the
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    • The World
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        Lock icon Cops and soldiers close ranks in Jakarta
        649 7 They rally behind sacked police chief, against orders Wires JAKARTA Showing where their loyalty lay, police and troops yesterday chose to close ranks behind a sacked police chief, defying President Abdurrahman Wahid’s authority. More than 8,000 Indonesian police and soldiers from the army
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        Lock icon Press turns against Tanaka
        298 7 BAD NEWS FOR PM Wires TOKYO When the reformist Prime Minister, Junichiro Koizumi, tapped fiery lawmaker Makiko Tanaka to become the nation’s first female foreign minister, it seemed a good idea. But now, fallout from Tanaka’s bitter feud with bureaucrats and the political powerbrokers who back
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        Lock icon Nepal unrest may worry neighbours
        289 8 KATHMANDU The world’s eyes continued to be on the grieving Himalayan kingdom of Nepal, the buffer state between two nuclear powers China and India. The usually bustling capital looked deserted yesterday after authorities slapped a new curfew following fresh protests over last Friday’s palace massacre
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        Lock icon Mum and dad are flunkies
        234 8 Reuters CHICAGO American teenagers think the country’s adults can find them jobs and are even fun, but they are lousy listeners, according to a national “report card” released yesterday. The evaluation is based on sampled responses from 1,028 teenagers aged 12 to 19 to a
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        296 8 ABU SAYYAF HOSTAGE DRAMA Wires MANILA The Phillipines government yesterday rejected the demand of the Abu Sayyaf rebels, who are believed to be holding as many as 59 hostages, that some southern islands be declared a separate Islamic state under their control. Their
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        Lock icon Britain doesn’t care for Blair
        592 9 He’ll win election, but only because Tories offer no real alternative LONDON Here is the subtext of the British elections story: 54 per cent of the electorate do not know the name of their MP; 63 per cent say “there are no outstanding leaders at
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        Lock icon THE BATTLE FOR BLAIRDOM
        382 9  -  By Ian Lim ianlim@sph.com.sg RUNNING against an established Prime Minister seems like a moot point, but it does attract some really odd candidates. Here is a look at Tony Blair’s rivals for the prize of the Sedgefield constituency: Andrew Spence UK Independence Party SPENCE, a farmer
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        Lock icon BALLOT FOR BLAIR?
        213 9  -  Paul Eric Roca TP for Tuscany: One of the Blairs’ favourite holiday destinations. CJ for Old Labour: The party’s socialist grassroots, is firmly out of favour N for Northern Ireland: Arguably Blair’s greatest success, the April 1998 Good Friday peace deal ended three decades of violence there.
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        842 11 Eager buyer or anxious seller there's a place for them all on e-auction sites like market leader eßay. In the spirit of the Qreat Sale season, FIONA VOON (web@eyeball.com.sg) looks at top local e-auction sites that have got Singaporeans wheeling and dealing on the Web. THE popular
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    • Technology
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        524 12 Security specialist warns MS of flaws NYT CALIFORNIA Microsoft’s new Windows XP operating system has attracted yet another critic not a Mac fan but a security expert. He has warned that the new operating system will make the Internet more vulnerable to the growing
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        45 12 Matsushita Electric unveiled the world’s first portable navigation system with a detachable display on Monday. The KX-GPi can be used to watch TV, receive e-mail and surf the Net. It will go on sale next month at U 551,230 (552,2i5). AFP
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        Lock icon Music piracy to feel the bum with EMI deal
        498 12 CD-AUTHORING SOFTWARE WON'T COPY MP3 FILES SILICON VALLEY Talk about attacking the root of the problem. Record label EMI Group thinks it’s come up with a master tactic in the war against music piracy: It has unveiled a partnership that prevents
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    • Business
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        474 13  -  In the past, they only wanted to be managers, says bank chief By Francis Kan francisk@sph.com.sg ONCE upon a time, all that eager-beaver graduates wanted to be was a manager at some point in their working lives. Not any longer. Today, you could
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      • Business BUZZ
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          Lock icon Land sales targets slashed
          78 13 THE Government yesterday slashed this year’s land sales targets because of the economic downturn. Land for residential units has been reduced to 4,000 units from between 6,000 and 7,000 units. Land for 180,000 sq m of commercial space has been halved to 90,000 sq m, and
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          Lock icon SingTel shares at two-month high
          72 13 SINGTEL shareholders have reason to smile: The counter rallied to a two-month high yesterday on hopes that its takeover target, Australia’s Gable Wireless Optus, might benefit from the collapse of rival One. Tel. Sing Tel shares closed at $1.89, up 12 cents. Volume was 36
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          Lock icon 3.5% growth, says MAS survey
          89 13 SINGAPORE’S economic growth rate is expected to slow to 3.5 per cent this year from 9.9 per cent last year, because of the sharp downturn in global demand for electronics and the sluggish US economy, according to the latest Monetary Authority of Singapore survey. The
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      • Loh & BEHOLD
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          Lock icon Road warriors, don’t forget home
          557 13  -  By Mike Loh biz@sph.com.sg THE movie The Bridges Of Madison County tells of a love affair between a travelling photographer (Clint Eastwood) and a housewife (Meryl Streep). And dalliances on the road can break up a family. So how do you manage when you have
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      • Single's SAY
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          Lock icon Social issues are for MPs of both sexes
          562 14  -  By Soh Wen Lin wenlin@brandeis.edu AS SHOCKING as this may sound, coming from a self-proclaimed feminist, my first reaction to Dr Aline Wong’s inaugural address at the Asean Women Leaders’ Convention on Monday was: Does the onus to bring a difference to
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      • Article
        Lock icon It’s not about the name, it’s about 'status’
        161 14 ‘Fancy condo names are all the rage’ (June 4) THE facilities are the same. It’s just the name that’s changed. But you can’t argue with condo buyers who like the posh gloss that a name gives a development. Do you agree? Can
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      • Article
        Lock icon COOL OR CRASS?
        97 14 WHILE most condos have the same manicured flowerbeds, dust-free pavements and amoeba-shaped swimming pools, more and more of them bear exotic names incorporating words such as Chateau and Villa these days. These fancy names are... 48% Pretentious and crass. 16% Why can’t we be proud of using
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      • Eye On The ARTS
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          Lock icon High culture in heartland
          806 15  -  By Alvin Pang alvinp@sph.com.sg LAST night, I finally became a fan of the Arts Fest. Hang on you’d think I would already be one of its evangelists and vocal champions. Shouldn’t I be passionately expounding the lyric grace ofiThe Rite Of Spring, the pulsating masculinity of
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      28 2 Qood morning! Showers in the late morning and early afternoon mainly over northern, western and eastern Singapore. High: 33C 1 Low: 25C Tides: 12.03PM/2.5M 11.07PM/2.8M Met Service: http://www.gov.sg/metsin
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      31 4 Online job sites: http:/ www.manpo wer. com.sg Tips on e-resume writing. http://iobsearch. monster, com.sg A site that allows users to post CVs. Share with us your job-hunting experience at http^/eyeball.asial. com.sg
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      36 8 Read more about the Nepal story: http:/ www.hindustantimes.com/ nonfram/*****1/detfroo3.asp King Gyanendra may have to rely on the army to contain public hostility. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/et? ac-***************&rtmo=fwYVNlls&atmo= mmmmxwzß&pg=/et/01/6/5/wnep2os.html The “wayward” Crown Prince Paras will have to be reined in.
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  • EyeSport
    • Sport IN SHORT
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        Lock icon Capriati prevails
        63 16 AFP PARIS American Jennifer Capriati had no intention of letting compatriot Serena Williams spoil her fairytale comeback 11 years after becoming the French Open’s youngest ever semi-finalist at 14. The 25-year-old Capriati dropped her first set of the tournament but came away 6-2,5-7,6-2 to set up a meeting
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        Lock icon Easy win for Henin
        58 16 Reuters PARIS Belgian Justine Henin breezed into the French Open semi-finals yesterday, demolishing Russia’s Lina Krasnoroutskaya 6-1,6-2 to reach the last four of a Grand Slam for the first time. The 14th seed played with grace and guile on the Roland Garros clay to overwhelm the
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        Lock icon Three times lucky
        110 16 Reuters PARIS Top seed Gustavo Kuerten defeated Russian Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6-1,3-6, 7-6,6-4 yesterday to reach the French Open semi-finals for the third time. It was also the third time Kuerten has beaten Kafelnikov in a Roland Garros quarter-final, and on both occasions in 1997 and 2000 the
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        Lock icon Hingis advances
        55 16 AFP PARIS Top-seed Martina Hingis of Switzerland remained on course to complete her Grand Slam collection yesterday when she easily ousted Italy’s Francesca Schiavone to reach the French Open semi-finals. The 20-year-old world No 1 took 68 min to see off the Italian 6-1,6-4 and reach her fifth
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      Lock icon Williams boss not happy
      435 16 Three finishes out of 14 starts won’t win championship, says Sir Frank AFTER a four-year slump, BMWWilliams fans are eagerly anticipating a revival of the team’s fortunes in Formula One. And the outlook for the team looks rosy, especially with Ralf Schumacher’s win in San Marino
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      Lock icon Robson finally quits Boro
      294 16 MANCHESTER UNITED'S NO 2 TO TAKE OVER Reuters LONDON It’s finally confirmed. After seven long and barren years, Bryan Robson, along with coach Viv Anderson, is leaving English Premier League club Middlesbrough. And it paves the way for Manchester United assistant manager Steve McLaren to take
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      118 16 NFL: Jerry Rice, NFL’s all-time receiver and touchdown scorer, has agreed to move across the San Francisco Bay to play for the Oakland Raiders. Read about the ups and downs he has gone through in 16 stellar seasons with the San Francisco 49ers at http:// fixdonhim.freeyellow. com/ricelinks.html. NBA:
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      Lock icon HEAD TO HEAD
      678 17 The 200/ NBA Finals begin tomorrow Eye Sport takes vou through the match-up between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Philadelphia 7 6ers. The Lakers haven’t lost a game since April, and many are expecting them to cruise to the title with a 4-0 sweep. It's easy
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  • Unwind
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      Lock icon Satisfy your wanderlust
      1214 18 SHORT of nefarious means, there aren’t that many ways to (a) travel extensively, (b) hit places where you actually want to go, and (c) pointedly tell your boss you won’t be back ever. There’s always overseas volunteering or backpacking. Then again, your inner yuppie may yearn for
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    • Travel
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        Lock icon TRAVEL WRITERS’ SURVIVAL GUIDES
        242 19  -  Serene Goh ALLIGATOR-INFESTED rivers. Cars that get stuck on precipices. Given the occupational hazards of travel writing, you’d do well to be prepared. Here are two reads that could help you on your way. The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Travel By Joshua Piven and David Borgenicht,
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    • Living Well
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        Lock icon On home ground
        626 20 Tired of living in generic condos, the Tans moved into a one-storey terrace house in cosy Serangoon Qardens. The living space may he small, hut, as the Tans found, it was perfect for their needs. AVING lived in two condos, the Tans could see that they were
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    • Arts Fest
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        Lock icon A feast for the senses
        760 21 Many of the performances in this years art fest are rich in multimedia components. TAN DAWN WEI (dawntan@sph.com.sg) reports on the sensuous offerings. THE performing arts are going the way of the New Economy and the result is anything but dull. Judging by the increasing
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        Lock icon MULTI-SENSORY COMPLEX
        140 21 FEAST your senses. Check out these shows at the Singapore Arts Festival. Shows start at 8 pm unless otherwise indicated. Imagine Forest The Arts Fission Company with T’ang Quartet June 6 to 9, ARTrium@MITA One Hundred Years In Waiting The Necessary Stage and The Theatre Practice June 7
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        Lock icon New kids on the block
        580 22  -  Mik Zarzuela OK, you know your way around the usual performance venues like the Kallang Theatre and Victoria Concert Hall. But what about the new ones at this years Arts Festival? Eyeball gives arts lovers a guide on to how to get to these places.
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        Lock icon Man enough
        627 23 Eleven men. Exploring deepest wishes and desires. Between waking and sleeping. And one short film. Ultima Vez’s performance left TAM DAWN WEI (dawntan@sph.com.sg) no time for forty winks. What: Ultima Vez’ In Spite Of Wishing And Wanting, an all-male dance performance choreographed by Belgian Wim Vandekeybus and music
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      • Arts DIARY
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          Lock icon Choral music meet
          119 23 THE Asia South Pacific Symposium on Choral Music 2001, which is the first international discussion on choral music in the region, will take place from Aug 13 to 17. Some 20 composers, music lecturers and conductors both local and foreign will hold workshops and masterclasses on the
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          Lock icon Dance conference
          103 23 A DANCE conference has been organised to celebrate the variety, depth and beauty of variations in this particular artform. Titled World Dance Alliance 2001 Asia-Pacific Dance Bridge, there will be a series of workshops held over five days, starting today, at the Singapore Art Museum. For more details,
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          Lock icon Asian Arts Mart
          87 23  -  Lim Hui Ling THE first-ever Asian Arts Mart will be held at The Gallery Ev@son Hotel and the singapore Repertory Theatre (SRT) from June 8 to 10 and professionals from the arts scene worldwide will gather to share their ideas and expertise. Also at the SRT, there
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      34 23 Ultima Vez performs again tonight at the Kallang Theatre at 8 pm. Tickets at $22, $32, $42, $52 from Sistic (Tel: 348 5555). The performance lasts 1 hour and 54 minutes, with no intermission.
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  • The Back Page
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      Lock icon Chat & Mouse
      319 24 Chat Mouse Qetting a good job can be work THE following are taken from real resumes and cover letters and were printed in the July 21,1998, issue of Fortune magazine: I demand a salary commiserate with my extensive experience. I have lurnt Word Perfect 6.0 computor and spreasheet programs. Received
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      Lock icon Sir Sean stumps in Scotland
      165 24 SIR SEAN CONNERY (left) returned to his homeland on Monday in a surprise visit prior to the general election to give the pro-independence Scottish National Party a boost. Connery, 70, who starred as the suave British spy in seven James Bond movies, is the most
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      Lock icon Carmen: Wanna date? Ricky: No, not really
      83 24 CARMEN ELECTRA (left) is said to be in hot pursuit of Fatino hot bod Ricky Martin (right), according to Fondon’s The Star. Saying that his career is the only love of his life, Martin is rumoured to be touched by interest from the
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    • Making HEADLINES
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        Lock icon Cruise sues again Over affair claim
        118 24 TOM CRUISE is returning to the courts. This time, for a different reason than to seek a divorce from Nicole Kiriman Cruise filed a US$lOO million (SslBo million) lawsuit on Monday against a man who reportedly sent e-mails to various news organisations, claiming he
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        Lock icon The new Survivor?
        96 24 Wires A NEW summer TV series in the US, Fear Factor, will see three men and three women compete in various challenging stunts for cash. In the opener, the six are dragged by two running horses; strapped down in a pit while covered in rats; and asked
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