Project Eyeball, 20 June 2001
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Advertisement344 2001-06-20 1 CREATING WRITERS Set up a high-class literary award to push our writers to deliver the Great Singapore Novel, suggests Alvin Pang. See Page 14 NO WORRIES, WOMAN Worried that a mainland Chinese woman will take away your man? So what, says Clara Chow. See Page 14 *►O A saa. MAGIC344 words
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NEWS & VIEWS
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Article77 2001-06-20 2 MORE than fish bait, worms can eat away our garbage disposal problems. Brian Rosa and Henry Purdy’s Worm Wizard prototype is a 360-kg box containing 45 kg of worms that eat about half their weight in organic trash every day. Not only is the amount of garbage reduced, the77 words
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Article, Illustration272 2001-06-20 2 Wong Sher Maine - NUS hostel security goes high-tech BY Wong Sher Maine sher@sph.com.sg NO FEAR of peeping Toms or underwear going missing at this National University of Singapore (NUS) hostel. Why? Like most offices nowadays, residents have to swipe access cards their matriculation cards to get through theWong Sher Maine - 272 words
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Eyeball NEWS
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Article, Illustration44 2001-06-20 2 Youth Flying Club operations manager Major (NS) Jonathan Seah taking to the skies yesterday in a Piper Warrior II aircraft. The club will offer free plane rides at its Flying Carnival this weekend at the Seletar Air Base. Clarence ChanClarence Chan - 44 words
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69 2001-06-20 2 ONLINE COE bidding stood at $24,979 as of 11.30 pm yesterday. The bidding for the open category ends at 4 pm today. On the first day, with the number of bidders staying below the 671 certificates of entitlement up for grabs, the bid69 words
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56 2001-06-20 2 CITYCAB will launch 500 interactive taxis incorporating handheld PCs at the end of the year as part of a trial. Passengers can either surf the Internet using the equipment provided or use their own digital appliances via wireless links within the vehicle, and cabbies can56 words
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Article105 2001-06-20 2 FAKE fruit is the latest technique to smuggle drugs into the country. A 51-year-old Thai woman was caught on a tour bus yesterday with about 3,000 yaba tablets hidden inside three hollow plastic kra-thong-drongs, a native Thai fruit. The fake fruits were hidden amid bags containing the real fruit.105 words
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236 2001-06-20 2 – Wong Sher Maine - Wong Sher Maine A $lO-MILLION donation in honour of a coffin maker’s son has started a new round of fund raising for the Nanyang Technological University (NTU). Called the NTU 21st Century Fund, President SR Nathan, chancellor of NTU, announced yesterday at the Istana236 words
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Article, Illustration314 2001-06-20 3 DENVER*" A judge sentenced two therapists Connell Watkins, 54, and Julie Ponder, 40, to 16 years in prison for their roles in suffocating a 10-year-old girl last year during an effort to simulate her birth. Candace Newmaker’s death led Colorado to outlaw the procedure, called rebirthing therapy. LONDONBong Fortin - 314 words
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Article, Illustration368 2001-06-20 3 He confessed to ‘clear my conscience’ VANCOUVER The commander of the Canadian Forces’ Pacific fleet, Commodore Eric Lerhe, was temporarily relieved of his command after he confessed that he used a government computer to view sex sites. That’s right, he confessed. He was368 words
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375 2001-06-20 3 Reuters LOS ANGELES Here’s an intellectual rebel who doesn’t have a hope in hell of becoming the next poster boy for Apple Computer’s “Think different” ad campaign: America’s late, leading Satanist. Apple Computer has told the Church of Satan that it does not– Reuters - 375 words
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Eyeball FOCUS
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Article, Illustration1258 2001-06-20 4 Denyse Yeo - We want to be a what Eyeball asks around to find out what it means to be a ‘vibrant cosmopolis’ BY Denyse Yeo denyse@sph.com.sg Vi •brant [vi brantj adj. pulsating with energy; seeming to quiver or pulsate with energy or activity. [Mid-i6th century, from Latin vibrant-, past participle stem of1,258 words
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Article, Illustration857 2001-06-20 5 Sho Wen Lin - BY Sho Wen Lin sohwl@sph.com.sg POOR Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong. Bring in too few foreign influences, and the Government will be called staid, parochial or even draconian. Bring in too many and it is accused of selling out its citizens for fair-weather foreign talent, asBong Fortin - 857 words
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Article, Illustration698 2001-06-20 5 Michael Dwyer - BY Michael Dwyer mdwyer@sph.com.sg THE emphasis that the Singapore Government is placing on attracting foreign talent is flattering, but I sometimes wonder if we can deliver all that is promised. Just recently, in an interview posted on the new People’s Action Party (PAP) website,698 words
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Singapore
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Article, Illustration254 2001-06-20 6 Teh Jen Lee - CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL TO OPEN WEB STORE NEXT MONTH BY Teh Jen Lee local@eyeball.com.sg IF YOU need a regular dose of an over-the-counter medication or any other medical supply, you will soon be able to have it delivered to your doorstep. All254 words
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Article257 2001-06-20 6 – Teh Jen Lee - Teh Jen Lee RESIDENTS of Moulmein have been looking forward to the two new MRT stations part of the North-East line, which is scheduled to be completed at the end of 2002 but they have had to pay a price. R Sinnakaruppan, MP Kreta257 words
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Article, Illustration466 2001-06-20 6 – Sue-Ann Chia - There are ‘repercussions’, says BG Lee Sue-Ann Chia THE Internet is proving to be a bane for many governments at least in terms of nation building and bonding citizens to their home and nation, says Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. While many governmentsAP - 466 words
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The World
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Article, Illustration692 2001-06-20 7 Lat-Wp ABOARD THE MV INABUKWA Bound, blindfolded and stripped down to his underwear, Hasbullah Zain trembled on the narrow wooden board. “Jump,” growled one of his captors, poking a gun barrel into Zain’s back. Four hours earlier, Zain had been skippering the Inabukwa, a– Lat-Wp - 692 words
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460 2001-06-20 7 ...if US unilaterally carries out missile shield plan, says Putin NYT MOSCOW If US President George W Bush erects a missile defence shield, Russia will upgrade its strategic nuclear arsenal with multiple warheads, said Russian President Vladimir Putin during a three-hour meeting with nine– NYT - 460 words
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Article, Illustration91 2001-06-20 8 The air was tense as Thai explosives experts were called in yesterday to defuse two bombs planted at the Vietnamese embassy in Bangkok. Each package (top left and middle) contained explosives that could be set off remotely with a mobile phone. Police, who laterReuters; AP - 91 words
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Article, Illustration55 2001-06-20 8 A powerful home-made bomb ripped apart a boarding house in a south Jakarta suburb around dawn yesterday, seriously wounding five people. Police are questioning 34 people in connection with the incident and are searching for the student in whose roomAP - 55 words
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Article, Illustration153 2001-06-20 9 Prosecutor Klanarong Chanthik won the public's respect but the Thai people's sympathies were with Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in the on-going graft case. THE Rajabhat Institute’s Suan Dusit campus polled 1,173 people who watched the closing statements in Thaksin’s assets concealment case on Monday.153 words
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Article434 2001-06-20 9 Venture capital behind firms recruiting for clinical trials Reuters PHILADELPHIA Cancer patients can rest assured that Donald Tsai’s website isn’t motivated by profit when it helps them find clinical trials for new, potentially life-saving treatments. But with promising new cancer treatments making headlines, venture capital is– Reuters - 434 words
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337 2001-06-20 9 L.R.S. LETTER RAISES HACKLES NYT WASHINGTON This must be one of the few times that a letter has caused controversy for its tone, rather than its content. “You will be receiving a check (sic)”, the letter says in the congratulatory tone of a– NYT - 337 words
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Article139 2001-06-20 9 32GOBLE AMERICAN taxpayers will get rebates of up to US$3OO (Sss4o) per individual, and up to $6OO per married couple, but does it make a difference? Here’s a comment from the New York Times web forum on tax cuts: “A little reality check for tax-cut fans: I paid32GOBLE - 139 words
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Web@Home
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Article, Illustration791 2001-06-20 10 Bong fortin - Bong fortin Looking to impress friends with some sleigh tof hand or get a magician to entertain kids? No need to look inside a hat, just try the Web, says VICTORIA HO (web@eyeball.com.sg). IF THE recent David Copperfield TV specials have sparked your interest in791 words
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Technology
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Article, Illustration516 2001-06-20 11 With all the talk about phones and PDAs, it's easy to forget that there are other hi-tech gizmos around. STEVEN NG (stevenng@sph.com.sg) checks out two electronic pens on display at CommunicAsia 2001, on now at the Singapore Expo. HANDY SCANNER IT LOOKS like a thermometer and works like516 words
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Article309 2001-06-20 11 Jared Tham - NTU INNOVATIONS BY Jared Tham tech@eyeball.com.sg YOU won’t have to put up with the shrill ringing of mobile phones if only someone would commercialise the mobilephone silencer, an innovation by a group of Nanyang Technological University (NTU) students. The silencer, put together in just over309 words
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Business
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Business BUZZ
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Article124 2001-06-20 13 SINGAPORE AIRLINES (SIA) chief executive Dr Cheong Choong Kong yesterday reaffirmed SlA’s long-term commitment to Air New Zealand, signalling the rejection of a Qantas proposal to buy into the New Zealand flag carrier. “I want to make it clear that we don’t take our investment124 words
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Article58 2001-06-20 13 SINGAPORE share prices closed 0.7 per cent lower yesterday after news of weaker non-oil domestic exports raised concerns over the state of the domestic economy, dealers said. The benchmark Straits Times Index fell 12.11 points to 1,701.61. The biggest loser of the day was Singapore Airlines,58 words
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81 2001-06-20 13 MAINBOARD-LISTED Raffles Holdings expects the full integration of its recently acquired Swissotel AG into its hotel business by the end of the year, president and chief executive officer Richard Heifer said yesterday. Heifer also announced that hotel management arm Raffles International’s 1,200-room Westin Stamford will be81 words
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Article, Illustration446 2001-06-20 13 Nncholas Yong - NatSteel Broadway among the coveted contract manufacturers BY Nncholas Yong nicyong@sph.com.sg THE Great Singapore Sale is not limited to Orchard Road it’s happening on Corporate Street too. Last week’s $1.6-billion takeover of Omni Industries by Canada’s Celestica Inc, analysts say, could set the pace for further consolidationBong Fortin - 446 words
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371 2001-06-20 13 Francis Kan - HOPE FOR FIRMS WITH SOUND BASICS BY Francis Kan francisk@sph.com.sg THERE’S still a glimmer of hope if you want to start a dotcom. Coming at a time when investors the world over have forsaken tech stocks that may sound a bit farfetched, but371 words
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Single’s SAY
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Article, Illustration565 2001-06-20 14 Clara Chow - BY Clara Chow clarac@sph.com.sg I HAVE always felt sorry for the archetypal gold digger. Lily Bart (House of Mirth), Lorelei Lee (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), Pan Jin Lian (Jin Ping Mei), Anna Nicole Smith (okay, maybe not)...the list goes on. They lived in a world I never565 words
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Eye On The ARTS
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Article, Illustration582 2001-06-20 14 Alvin Pang - BY Alvin Pang alvinp@sph.com.sg AS A guest speaker last June at the Creative Arts Programme (CAP) an in-camp hothouse for local literary talent -1 asked my audience of secondary and JC students what would most motivate them to keep writing as working adults.582 words
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Article, Illustration955 2001-06-20 15 KC ‘Q: Who’s your MP? A: Don’t know’ (June 15) SOME political commentators think local politics is “dead”. They say we have a depoliticised citizenry which doesn’t believe in “making a difference”. Eyeball’s survey of 100 Singaporeans also revealed that Vs did not know whichKC - 955 words
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Page 2 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous29 2001-06-20 2 Qood morning! 'V Showers with thunder and gusty winds in the predawn hours and morning over many areas. High: 32C 1 Low: 24C Tides: 10.50AM/2.4M 10.01PM/2.8M Met Service: http://www.gov.sg/metsin29 words
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Advertisement38 2001-06-20 4 What does a “vibrant cosmopolis” mean to you? What needs to be done for Singapore to become such a place? And what role does foreign talent have in turning Singapore into a vibrant cosmopolis? Tell us at http^/eyeball.asialxom.sg38 words
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Advertisement16 2001-06-20 5 How would you measure Singapore’s progress in becoming a truly vibrant cosmopolis? Tell us at http://eyeball.asial.com.sg16 words
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Advertisement29 2001-06-20 6 Do you agree that the Internet hinders nation building? What can be done by the Government to reach out over the cyber-clutter? Log on to http://eyeball.asial.com.sg and tell us.29 words
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Advertisement41 2001-06-20 7 Get the details of skipper Zain’s chilling encounter with the pirates and the sequence of events that led to the Inabukwa being impounded in the Philippines at http://eyeball.asial.com.sg http://www.ebs.hw.ac.uk/EDC/CAC/ pirates/history.htm A short history of piracy. http://www.piratesinfo.com/fact/pirate-vocab.html A guide to pirate vocabulary.41 words
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Advertisement16 2001-06-20 7 Introducing The Boston® Multifocal RGP contact lens for NEAR and FAR visions. Visit your optometrist NOW.16 words
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Advertisement69 2001-06-20 9 Clinical trials are often crucial to developing new drugs, but at what risk to the patients? http://www.preventcancer.org/trials/ explained.cfm A FAQ,on these trials. http://www.cteru.gov.sg/ctrials2.htm#progress A fact sheet on the clinical trials in progress in Singapore. Special SD.ktaSg Steal)) b C otv% Monday to Saturday (Sun PH close) 5.00 pm to U.OOpm69 words
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EyeSport
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Article, Illustration291 2001-06-20 16 NEW FORMAT ACCOMMODATES CLAY-COURT PLAYERS LONDON Pete Sampras was named top seed for next week’s Wimbledon championships in a revamped, 32-seed format that could make little or no change to his bid to improve his mediocre form. Sampras, winner of a recordequalling seven Wimbledon singles titlesMik Zarzuela - 291 words
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Sport IN SHORT
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Article58 2001-06-20 16 AP BALTIMORE Cal Ripken, who shattered a baseball record once considered unbreakable, will retire after this season. Ripken said: “It’s inevitable that you can’t play forever.” Ripken broke Lou Gehrig’s record of 2,130 consecutive games played on Sept 6,1995, and extended the streak to 2,632 straight games– AP - 58 words
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Article56 2001-06-20 16 AFP NYON (Switzerland) Barcelona defender Frank De Boer has officially appealed against the one-year doping ban from all European club competitions. Dutch captain De Boer tested positive for the anabolic steroid nandrolone on March 15, and the level of the drug in his urine sample was registered– AFP - 56 words
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Article47 2001-06-20 16 AP ROME Retired pole-vaulting great Sergei Bubka has been elected chairman of the new European Athletes Commission. Bubka edged out Italian judo expert Emanuela Pierantozzi in voting held last week. The commission will take up issues affecting athletes in Europe and their Olympic committees.– AP - 47 words
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Article, Illustration76 2001-06-20 17 Reuters TURIN French defender Lilian Thuram has left Parma and signed up with Juventus, the Turin club announced on Monday. “Thuram has signed a five-year deal,” the Juventus website said, without giving details of the transfer fee. Thuram will join compatriots Zinedine Zidane and David Trezeguet in– Reuters; AP - 76 words
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Article84 2001-06-20 17 AFP LONDON Uefa Cup winners Liverpool are close to signing Monaco’s Norway international John Arne Riise after the player announced yesterday that he had agreed to personal terms with the English Premiership club. “I have signed a five-year contract with Liverpool after agreeing to personal terms and undergoing– AFP - 84 words
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Article56 2001-06-20 17 AFP NYON (Switzerland) AC Milan were fined 100,000 Swiss francs (S$102,000) on Monday following unruly behaviour by fans during a Champions League match against Spanish side Deportivo La Coruna. Rowdy AC Milan supporters had thrown missiles on to the pitch during the second round match which ended– AFP - 56 words
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Article, Illustration550 2001-06-20 16 Goosen redeems himself, wins US Open after 18-hole playoff Lat-Wp TULSA (Oklahoma) Retief Goosen sank a putt on No 18 to win the 101st US Open, while Mark Brooks packed his bags and went home. Just the way it was supposed to end...on Sunday! Goosen got a– Lat-Wp; AP - 550 words
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Article148 2001-06-20 16 FOOTBALL: After 11 seasons at Chelsea, former England hardman Dennis Wise has left London for the more remote Midlands to join Leicester City. He has proclaimed that he will be the man to lead the Foxes into Europe next season. Read what the ex-Chelsea captain said about his148 words
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Article, Illustration349 2001-06-20 17 Maldini reverts to post of chief scout Reuters CARNAGO (Italy) AC Milan introduced their new coach Fatih Terim on Monday, and the Turk vowed to build a team that could win on all fronts. Terim has signed a two-year contract and replaces Cesare Maldini,– Reuters - 349 words
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Article, Illustration438 2001-06-20 17 Reuters LONDON Some racing drivers crave fame, eagerly seeking out the limelight and living the celebrity lifestyle to the full. Nick Heidfeld is not one of them. But now, halfway through an impressive second season that has already seen him secure the first podium of– Reuters; Reuters - 438 words
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Unwind
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Article, Illustration819 2001-06-20 18 Shot for American options other than the over-hyped Big Apple or the plastic-hut-fantastic City of Angels? Try the Windy City, a breath of fresh air for big-city explorers. SERENE GOH (sereneg@sph.com.sg) did, and tells you why ids ‘all to the good HICAGO, the city, refuses to be written ISerene Goh; Pictures: Serene Goh - 819 words
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Travel
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Article, Illustration641 2001-06-20 19 – Serene Goh - Serene Goh GETTING AROUND COMMUTING is a tossup between efficiency and adventure. In Chicago’s case, the latter option requires navigating the “el” the city’s above- and below-ground subway. This gets complicated in the downtown district, the Loop, where you will also have to finesse the Pedway,641 words
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Article, Illustration921 2001-06-20 20 NYT Las Vegas is also a fun mecca offering world-class entertainment, five-star cuisine, art museums and exclusive resorts. JANET WILSON samples its pleasures. WE ARE standing in the bowels of Caesars Palace Hotel and Casino, waiting for the mythical gods Atlas, Gadrius and Alia to begin– NYT; Pictures: AFP - 921 words
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Article206 2001-06-20 20 NYT MORE than 36 million visitors travelled to Las Vegas last year. In 1999, the average gambling budget was US$559 (S$1,000). Here are some tips on surviving Sin City: Get a guide: For information about Las Vegas, call the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, (702) 892– NYT - 206 words
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Arts Fest
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Article, Illustration588 2001-06-20 21 The novelty of the Four Play Electric String Quarters rock repertoire wore thin despite its energetic performers. TAN DAWN WEI (dawntan@sph.com.sg) reports. OT to be confused with the jazz ensemble of the same name, Australia’s FourPlay Electric String Quartet is said to be the First such group to588 words
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Article, Illustration370 2001-06-20 21 Who: Award-winning Arena Theatre Company from Australia and its Eat Your Young. The show was sold out at its premiere run at the 2000 Adelaide Festival. Driving force: Rosemary Myers, artistic director of the 34-year-old company. She’s also directing this production. Myers studied at Melbourne’s Deakin University. Over370 words
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Living Well
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Article, Illustration662 2001-06-20 22 View your home in a brand new light with a well-placed lamp. DAWN WONG (fun@eyeball.com.sg) shows you where to hunt for some cool shades. ES, lamps are made Yto light up your room. But these light pieces can also fit in with the decor of yourPictures: Law Kian Yan - 662 words
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Arts DIARY
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Article126 2001-06-20 23 RARE banknotes, stamps and first-day covers from South-east Asia will be auctioned off at The Oriental Singapore on June 23 and 24 by London auctioneer Spink. An award-winning collection of postal stationery from Thailand will go under the hammer along with a collection of the Straits Settlements and126 words
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Article75 2001-06-20 23 CHILDREN, some as young as six, will give a public performance at the Marine Parade Community Club Theatrette on June 24. Titled Cello Connection, the concert will feature young cellists, music teachers and others from The Cello Studio. Pieces will include favourites like Grandfather’s Clock and classical tunes75 words
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Article119 2001-06-20 23 – Dawn Tan - Dawn Tan CHINA’S most prestigious opera company, the 70-year-old Beijing Opera Troupe, will perform in Singapore from July 5 to 8. Contrary to the popular notion that Chinese opera as an art form is meant only for Chinese-speaking oldies, the troupe has modernised its act to one that119 words
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Article, Illustration755 2001-06-20 23 USA Today r r r Broadway latches on to a recipe for financial success luring movie stars to tread the floorboards. ELYS4L GARDNER reports. ERE’S a surefire recipe for box-office synergy: Take a classic movie about the making of a Broadway musical and turn it into an actual– USA Today r r r; Mik Zarzuela; Reuters - 755 words
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Advertisement223 2001-06-20 19 Advertisement Australian property buyers: Discover how to avoid costly mistakes before you buy SINGAPORE New information has just been released which identifies the most common and costly mistakes that purchasers make when investing in property in Australia. Mortgage and tax regulations have changed significantly over the last few years, making223 words
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The Back Page
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Article356 2001-06-20 24 Chat Mouse Reasons to jog It is well documented that for every kilometre that you jog, you add one minute to your life. This enables you, at 85, to spend an additional five months in a nursing home at $5,000 per month. My grandmother started walking 5 km a day356 words
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Article, Illustration177 2001-06-20 24 Reuters A GERMAN Internet website that was offering a ticket to a sold-out Madonna concert in exchange for sex picked a winner on Monday after being bombarded with applicants from around the world,. Themal publisher Bernd Heusinger said 120 readers– Reuters; Reuters - 177 words
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Making HEADLINES
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Article, Illustration147 2001-06-20 24 OASIS guitarist Noel Gallagher (above) said he feels a lot happier since he has given up drugs and he even had a kind word to say about his brother Liam. Reformed after years of alcohol and narcotics, Gallagher now insists he wants to be a147 words
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Article, Illustration109 2001-06-20 24 JON BON JOVI told students at the prestigious Oxford Union debating society that the secrets of his success were “passion, perseverance and possibility”. Bon Jovi gave a 20-minute speech extolling the virtues of hard work and self belief to students of the elite109 words
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Article101 2001-06-20 24 Wires R.ZLM. guitarist Peter Back has been ordered to appear in a court next month and enter a plea on assault charges stemming from an air-rage incident during a flight to Britain in April. The 44-year-old is accused of assaulting two British Airways staff members, using threatening behaviour, being– Wires - 101 words
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