Project Eyeball, 27 June 2001

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  • 11 1 projecteyeball. eyeball,asial,com,sg Mita (p) 105/03/2001 Wednesday, June 27, 2001 80 CENTS
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 482 1 EMINEM'S BACH The baddest boy in rap returns, this time with a posse. But the stuff on his new record has the same old themes, such as shooting people. See Page 19 f 3S| PROBLEM The Philippines’ military assault on the rebels is unlikely to solve the plague of kidnappings,
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  • NEWS & VIEWS
    • Article, Illustration
      97 2 A LAW professor is being sued by his student for US$5 million (Ss9 million) after he pulled her chair out from under her as she sat down to demonstrate his lecture on personal injury. The incident allegedly took place last August when Prof Gary Munneke, of Pace University’s School
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    • 276 2 AN EXPLOSION rocks the ship’s engine room. Instrument panels heat up and the air in the room starts to thicken. In a real-life situation, you’d probably be dead. But thanks to a state-of-the-art ship engine-room simulator to be used for training, ship engineers can
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    • 413 2  -  Developers to be allowed more space for ‘high-rise greenery’ By Wong Sher Maine sher@sph.com.sg YOU’VE heard of the baby bonus, but how about the “balcony bonus”? The Government yesterday said property developers would be given a balcony bonus in terms of space
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    • Eyeball NEWS
      • 85 2 THREE cases of malaria have been reported among residents of a private condominium at the Upper Changi Road East area. The Environment Ministry (ENV) said that a 71-year-old woman, who was admitted to hospital on Sunday, had died on Monday. A 45-year-old man and his
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      • 77 2 ACTING Minister for the Environment and Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology Lim Swee Say will deliver a keynote speech at the annual World Economic Development Congress tomorrow in Malaysia. He will talk on “Building the Infrastructure for Growth in the Wired
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    • Article, Illustration
      279 3 NEW YORK •New York state became the first in the US to prohibit the use of handheld cellphones while driving. Its legislature voted overwhelmingly on Monday to pass a ban which is to go into effect on December 1. •Depite an appeal from the UN Secretary General Kofi
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    • 202 3 LONDON In the end, the lesson was beware fake e-mails, not cheating lovers. An e-mail about a woman who took revenge on her cheating boyfriend by posting pictures of him on the Internet wearing just women’s underwear turned out to be nothing more than
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    • 540 3 Top New civil servant sues government for discrimination AFP WELLINGTON Short skirts, visible breasts and sexy earrings these are some of the things the New Zealand government used to discriminate against a top civil servant, according to reports on her lawsuit which made front-page news
      – AFP; Reuters  -  540 words
    • Eyeball FOCUS
      • 2166 6  -  Party likely to campaign on its proven ability to keep economy on track in rough weather Signs show that September’s too early, since election machinery has yet to start humming By Sue-Ann Chia sueann@sph.com.sg Reuters ONLY the rashest punter would
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    • Singapore
      • 405 4  -  That’s what G-Station’s Tang is offering gamers By Steven Ng stevenng@sph.com.sg FREE lunches do exist in this world after all. For dedicated gamers, at least. Local Area Network (LAN) gaming outlet G-Station intends to offer free training for wannabe local professional gamers. And, in
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      • 497 4  -  LAPTOPS AT $279 By Eugene Wee eugenew@sph.com.sg IT WAS a genuine mistake to price the Compaq laptop at $279, but megastore Courts should make sure it doesn’t happen again. In a statement yesterday, the Consumers Association of Singa- pore (Case) said that they
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    • The World
      • 338 8 But It will take time to prosecute those responsible for atrocities in East Timor Wires CANBERRA Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid renewed a pledge in Australia yesterday to prosecute army officers and militia leaders who were responsible for atrocities in East Timor but warned that
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      • Article, Illustration
        52 8 To show its determination in wiping out the drug threat on International Anti-Drugs Day, China not only burnt various drugs seized in the past months at a stadium in Yunnan yesterday, but also has executed at least 54 people for drug-related offences, which included people from Taiwan and
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      • 273 8 AP ZAMBOANGA (Philippines) The Abu Sayyaf guerrillas have told the family of one of their three American captives that he was definitely dead. Abu Sayyaf rebels claimed two weeks ago that they had beheaded Guillermo Sobero, 40, of Corona, California, in
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      • 544 8  -  Thomas L Friedman NYT MEMO FROM: Osama bin Laden TO: All field operatives My men, this is a great day! Did you see what we accomplished last week? We drove the US armed forces out of three Arab countries by just threatening to
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      • 322 9 LONDON A Jewish city trader forced to wear an Adolf Hitler uniform as a joke punishment for being late for work had the last laugh when he won what amounts to Ssl million yesterday in damages for racial discrimination. Laurent
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      • 69 9 HIV is on the rise in Toronto. Ride Safely. Riding into trouble A new advertisement promoting condom use has landed the non-profit Aids Committee of 1 oronto in trouble with American cigarette giant Philip Morris. 1 he firm been taken exception to the images of tall,
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      • 471 9 Both employees and employers feel telecommuting cons outweigh pros USA Today WORKING from home or telecommuting sounds like the ideal work arrangement to many, but Cynthia Nelson hated it so much that she quit her public relations job. Sure, she could answer e-mail
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    • Web@Home
      • 695 10  -  Used well, Macromedia’s Flash can be a useful Web design tool By Victoria Ho ■web@eyeball.com.sg WHEN Macromedia’s Flash arrived on the Web-design scene, it was hailed as a product that would revolutionise the way webpages were viewed and designed. It gave even novice website designers
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    • Business
      • 32 11 Employees of the Philips plant in Le Mans, western France, protesting against the loss of 1,000 jobs yesterday, after the firm announced it will stop making mobile telephones independently. AFP
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      • 360 11  -  By Nicholas Yong nicyong@sph.com.sg IF THE economy doesn’t deteriorate further, private sector workers can expect an average pay rise of 4.2 per cent this year, Minister without Portfolio and NTUC sec-retary-general Lim Boon Heng said yesterday. Addressing a gathering at the launch of
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      • 488 11  -  Counters of Delgro, SBS and GK Goh rise between 0.4 and 6.7 per cent By Francis Kan francisk@sph.com.sg CALL it the ripple effect. Mergers and acquisitions aren’t good for only the shares of companies involved. Other stocks too, particularly those in the same industry,
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      • Business BUZZ
        • 64 11 SINGAPORE’S manufacturing output fell 10.9 per cent in May from a year ago, dragged down by a deceleration in the key electronics sector, the Government said yesterday. Electronics output contracted 20.1 per cent from a year ago, the Economic Development Board said. The board blamed the
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        • 108 11 OVERSEAS UNION BANK (OUB) is on the defensive following what it has deemed a hostile takeover bid by DBS Group Holdings, an OUB source said yesterday. A financial and a public relations consultancy has been engaged to help Singapore’s fourth largest bank draw up a
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        • 75 11 SHARES of Hong Leong Finance, Singapore’s largest independent finance firm, surged 8 per cent to a three-year high of 553.66 yesterday on rumours that it was in merger talks with a bank. It ended up 24 cents, or 7.1 per cent, at $3.62. “Hong Leong
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        • 57 11 THE Singapore stock index ended flat yesterday after drifting in a 10-point range as cautious investors awaited the outcome of the US Federal Reserve’s policy-setting meeting, starting later in the day. The Straits Times Index added 0.15 per cent to close at 1,710.07 points on
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    • Mailbox
      • Global EYE
        • 223 13 HOW can the ongoing Abu Sayyaf hostage situation be resolved? Net surfers at soc.culture. filipino offer some solutions to the problem: PULLOUT MEDIA THE atmosphere of tension will be greatly reduced if the media and journalists assigned to cover the
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        • 681 13  -  By Bhagyashree Garekar bhagya@sph.com.sg A CRIMINAL struck such terror in the industrial areas around the Indian capital some years ago that he had merely to make a phone call threatening a kidnapping and the ransom he asked for would be promptly delivered. Things have perhaps not come to
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      • Net BUZZ
        • 163 14 MOST people are still against getting more foreign talent to work here, judging by the buzz at soc.culture.singapore: JOBS FOR US OUR resources should be used to create jobs and upgrade our own people many of whom are out there now, starving
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      • Singles SAY
        • 786 14  -  By Soh Wen Lin sohwl@sph.com.sg I’M NOT exactly sure how it happened, but my love life has of late somehow landed under the magnifying lens of local political pundits. So here I am, helping my angmoh boyfriend who just moved to Singapore to
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 26 2 (food morning! Showers with thunder in the morning mainly affecting northern, eastern and western Singapore. High: 33C 1 Low: 25C Tides: 2.45AM/2.9M 4.39PM/2.4M Met Service: http://www.gov.sg/metsin
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  • EDUCATION EYE
    • 780 5 Business knowledge and Information Technology skills are vital to a successful career in the new economy and Singaporean students have an opportunity to develop these skills through a new programme being offered by Management Development Institute of Singapore (MDIS) and
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    • 175 5 QUT courses offered by MDIS University Diploma in Business University Diploma in Information Technology For more information log on to www.mdis.edu.sg MDIS founded 1956 Management Development Institute of Singapore Where lifelong learning begins A NOT-FOR-PROFIT PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTE Queensland University of Technology The Best of Both Worlds! apore and Australia!} Attain
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
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  • EyeSport
    • Sport IN SHORT
      • 155 15 Reuters LONDON-Venus Williams ensured there was no repeat of her shocking first-round loss at the French Open when she opened the defence of her Wimbledon title with a 6-2,6-3 win over Japan’s Shinobu Asagoe on Tuesday. But the 21-year-old American second seed had to fight for her win
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      • 95 15 Reuters LONDON France’s Emmanuel Petit set his sights on winning the Premier League with Chelsea on Tuesday after joining the club from Barcelona in a £7.5-million ($518.75-million) move. The midfielder, who has signed a three-year deal, is no stranger to either the Premier League or London. Petit,
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    • 305 15 AFP LONDON A back-stabber and a traitor, that’s what he is. And if Patrick Vieira decides to leave, he will not be missed, said a furious Arsenal chairman Peter Hill-Wood. The chairman reminded Vieira that Arsenal is bigger than him, and that he was a nobody
      – AFP; Reuters  -  305 words
    • 381 15 Wimbledon opening day proves a scorcher in many ways Wires WIMBLEDON One has tendinitis on her lower back, but still came to play. And then she lost. Another fellow wears baggy shorts, tugs a baseball cap backward, and uncorks a shout that can cut through a
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    • 226 15 LONDON Eric Cantona is stupid. So said a member of Fifa’s executive committee, when asked for comments following the Frenchman’s remark that using cocaine for fun is okay, reports Football36s. The former Manchester United star claimed at the weekend that he preferred players who
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    • 492 16 Is youngest Buick Classic winner Lat-Wp HARRISON (New York) It isn’t the most traditional-looking swing, the way it loops just a little and whips a whole lot, but it’s the swing his father taught him, and the only swing Sergio Garcia has ever known. When he was
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    • 352 16 Reuters HARRISON Tiger Woods finished up an even-par round of 71 at Westchester Country Chib on Monday, then announced he was “going fishing” to mellow out before making his next major championship run at the British Open. “I’m going fishing,” said Woods, whose plans were
      – Reuters; AP  -  352 words
    • 131 16 Soccer: His current attitude “stinks”, and Patrick Vieira doesn’t deserve “to be treated with respect by any Arsenal fan”. That’s the general tone that contributors to Football 365’s discussion board have adopted. But these words are mild compared to what some others have said. Read all about it
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    • 130 16 Reuters HARRISON Spaniard Sergio Garcia wants to play himself into the European Ryder Cup team for this September’s matches. “I hope I’m not a wild card because I want to get into the Ryder Cup by the way I play,” said Garcia, 21, after his victory at
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  • Unwind
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      1093 17 USA Today Why did Columbia Pictures invent quotes by non-existent film critic David Manning when such praise is so easy to come by? JOSH CHETWYND and ANDY SEILER report. ONE question arises among movie industry watchers when it comes to David Manning, the critic Sony Pictures concocted
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    • On Screen
      • 402 18 Dawn Wong AS WITH their counterparts in the US, movie distributors in Singapore use quotes by local movie reviewers to help market a movie. In most instances, they pluck quotes from published reviews to put in their movie advertisements. Most distributors
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    • In Tune
      • 235 19  -  Ronald Rajan DEVIL’S NIGHT D12 (Shady/ Inter scope) EVIDENTLY stretching his First Amendment privileges to the limit, rap’s resident free speech advocate re-surfaces in his latest project and this time, Eminem brought some friends. He now teams up with five of his Detroit aficionados
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      • 946 19 AP A new album with his Detroit friends is out, a solo album is expected by December, and plans have been laid for a movie based on his life. The angers gone, but dont intepret that as an apology, writes ROBERT HXLBURN.
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    • On Screen
      • 430 21 Jeanmarie Tan MEMENTO (PG) Guy Pearce, Joe Pantoliano, Carrie-Anne Moss TFIOSE who embrace cerebral, cleverly crafted puzzle movies like The Usual Suspects, Pulp Fiction or The Sixth Sense will enjoy unravelling Memento -a stylishly labyrinthine game of misdirection and memory-moulding with this year’s best
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      • 341 21 Jeanmarie Tan EVOLUTION (PG) David Duchovny, Julianne Moore, Orlando Jones, Seann William Scott A METEOR carrying alien bacteria crashes into the Arizona desert. And before you can say “survival of the fittest”, its single-cell organisms rapidly mutate into nasty extraterrestrials that threaten to destroy the human
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      • Coming SOON
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          126 21 http://www.clubmoulin rouge.com TANTALISING, alluring and captivating, it draws you into a world where song, dance and decadance live hand in hand. There are vast sweeping landscapes juxtaposed with close-ups of Nicole Kidman’s glowing face. Obviously, she is meant to be the femme extraordinaire, the light that men flock
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        • 130 21 http://www.savethela.st dance.com JULIA STILES’S biggest fault is that she looks like a female Matt Damon. Other than that, this new actress looks set to sneak her way onto Michelle Pfeiffer’s Dangerous Minds movie set. No need to be a genius to figure out the plot from
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      • 432 22  -  Ronald Rajan PONTIANAK (PG) Hiep Thi Le, Victor Kong, Steve Banks SINGAPORE short film winner Djinn’s (1998) debut full-length feature raises the celebrated protagonist of many a 1950 s Cathay-Keris venture from the dead. Maybe he shouldn’t have. Centred around everyone’s favourite homegrown horror, this tale
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      • 338 22  -  Ronald Rajan MEET “vampire researcher” Adeline Kueh, who by profession teaches, among other things, Monster Culture. Petite, elegant and articulate, Kueh, who lectures at the LaSalle-SIA College of the Arts, is hardly one to be interested in the creatures of the night. But she’s actually about to
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      • Out ON DISC
        • Article, Illustration
          95 22 Jack Nicholson, Aaron Eckhart, Robin Wright Penn $19.90 (VCD) SEAN PENN is better known for his thespian skills than his directing. This movie probably won’t change that. Despite its ensemble cast, this psychological drama about an ex-cop’s (Nicholson) investigation into the murder of an eight-year-old girl begins slow,
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        • 91 22 Ben Affeck, Gwyneth Paltrow, Tony Goldwyn $19.90 (VCD) TAKE one certifiably hip director (Don Roos, The Opposite Of Sex), two Academy Award-winning actors and spin in a romance. The result? Pallid love, innumerable twitches, soulful gazing, and not much else. Ben Affleck is Buddy, a smooth-talking, skirt-chasing ad executive
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        • 41 22  -  June Wan Ballad Of Big Al, $19.90 (VCD) All The Pretty Horses, $19.90 (VCD) Duets, $49.90 (DVD) The Mummy Ultimate Edition, $49.90 (DVD) VCDs and DVDs available at all major video and book stores. Distributed by Alliance Entertainment.
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    • Arts Fest
      • 612 23 The curtains are down and the show is over. TAN DAWN WEI (dawntan@sph.com.sg) looks hack on the highs and lows of this years Arts Festival AFTER three weeks of intense song and dance, giving your finest threads an outing and putting on your best behaviour, the curtain
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      • 462 23  -  By Karl Ho karl@sph.com.sg HERE’S another reason for ladies to make midweek sorties to clubland. Encouraged by China Jump Bar Grill’s successful Babe Central on Wednesday nights, where ladies get free drinks and entry to the club, entertainment enclave Chijmes is launching its
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  • n The Back Page
    • 350 24 Chat Mouse Indiana Jones? It fits to a ‘T A BLONDE, a brunette and a redhead show up for the same job interview. The brunette is the first one to go in, and after filling in the forms and going through the questions, the interviewer decides to ask her a
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    • 188 24 “It was the wisest thing Jennifer could have done. Imagine telling Brad Pitt to wait for sex,” a pal of the actor told London’s Sunday Mirror. “It had never happened at least not in his recent lifetime.” Aniston and Pitt finally made love during a romantic
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    • 65 24 TENNIS player Barbara Schett (left) said she more than understands the sex appeal of Anna Kournikova (right). Schett, 25, said of her doubles partner and friend: “Anna’s gorgeous. I mean, if I was a man, I’d fancy her.” Currently ranked the world’s No 21 female •player, Schett
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    • Making HEADLINES
      • 73 24 GERI HALLXWELL sparked more fears over the state of her health when she was spotted attending an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting in France over the weekend. The skeletal former Spice Girl (right) attended the session while on holiday. Clearly keen to avoid any publicity, she was
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      • 106 24 Wires SINEAD O’CONNOR is tying the knot again. This time, with Nick Sommerlad. a 27-year-old Dublin-based correspondent for Britain’s Press Association. O’Connor, 34, has two children from previous relationships... A British reality TV programme is scouting for 25 fit young men to relive life in the trenches of World
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