Streats, 8 September 2000

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    22 1 STREATS Treats for the Streets f ftIOAV B mpimnUm 4000 Mother quality publication of Singapore Press Holdings E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 103/06/2000
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  • morning rush
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      Lock icon More haj packages
      50 1 MUSLIMS will have more travel packages to choose from when they plan their pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia next year. The Islamic Religious Council of Singapore has approved 52 haj packages, including five budget ones, by 34 travel companies. Last year, there were 41 packages by 27 companies.
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    • Article
      Lock icon Work healthy
      58 1 GET healthy, even on the job. Health Minister Mr Lim Hng Kiang said that by 2005, he aimed to have half of the private sector workforce on effective health promotion programmes. Singapore is racing against time to promote health at the workplace because of the ageing population. He
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      Lock icon 700 pay respects
      47 1 ABOUT 700 well-wishers turned up to pay their last respects at the funeral of the founder of Orchard Road’s famous C K Tang department store. Tang Choon Keng, known for his values, died on Sunday at age 100. A Christian service was held yesterday.
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    Lock icon Filthy, rat-infested hawker centres: Expats react Dirty but... delicious
    408 1  -  by Winston Chong an EXHAUSTIVE survey has been carried out by The Straits Times on the cleanliness of hawker centres. The verdict: Eeeee-yurrrrrrr! Two thirds of the 30 hawker centres surveyed failed ST’s basic cleanliness test (full details in today’s Straits
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      Lock icon Filthy hawker centres: Yucks... but yummy!
      261 2 Expats say... If you like the restaurant you shouldn't visit the kitchen. Mr John Kerr, 32, a New Zealander who has worked as a managing director here for two years As long as the government maintains the high level of food cleanliness, a few
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      227 2 Stre ts HOTLINE 1800 844-5566 FAX *****22 streats@sph.com.sg ADDRESS 82 Genting Lane, News Centre, Level 2 5(*****7) Look out for these treats inside! Fun Treat Cet 5 bonus tokens at E-Zone! Beer Treat 50% offo.sL Paulaner Lager or Dark Beer! 1-For-1 Treat For drinks at Wall St. Cafe, Amara Hotel!
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  • Streatsmart local
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      Lock icon Scooter craze takes toll
      447 3 SCOOTER fall cases at the KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital have doubled since June. As against six cases a week in June, the hospital sees 15 now, said Dr Angelina Ang, vice-chair-of its Child Safety Centre’s management committee. Most are kids aged between six and 12.
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        Lock icon Help for mums Should maid levies be reduced?
        195 3 Background: Foliowing the debate over falling birth rates, a suggestion was made to reduce the foreign maid levy for families with three or more children, Mps, we need help Oliveiro, ST reader PARENTS of disabled children (as well as families with three
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      Lock icon Thug leaves pager number
      201 4 Police noticed that thepager number left in each of the three cases was the same A 23-YEAR-OLD debt collector for a loanshark splashed paint on his debtors’ front doors, left behind messages demanding payment and his pager number too. He was hoping they’d contact him should
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      Lock icon Woman falls to death during surprise drugs raid
      211 4 A WOMAN fell to her death on Sept 6 when officers from the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) conducted a surprise raid on her flat. It was suspected to be a store for drugs. Pek Siew Khim, 45, was with her husband, a
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      Lock icon Commuters onboard CityCab's "Heart Taxis" can check their blood pressure en route to their destinations. Two hundred Heart Taxis equipped with Osim blood pressure monitors will ply the streets for three months, the first event of a series that will culminate in first World Heart Day on Sept 24. On Sept 9, commuters can ride 30 Heart Taxis for free, between 10am and 5pm – part of CityCab's Commuters' Day programme
      73 4 Commuters onboard CityCab's "Heart Taxis" can check their blood pressure en route to their destinations. Two hundred Heart Taxis equipped with Osim blood pressure monitors will ply the streets for three months, the first event of a series that will culminate in first World Heart Day on Sept 24. On
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    • Article
      Lock icon Woman sat on ledge, 25 storeys up
      160 4 A 37-YEAR-OLD woman had the police, the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF), and the residents of Blk 43 Marine Crescent on tenterhooks on Sept 5. At around 9pm, the woman sat precariously on the window ledge of her flat on the 25th-storey, with
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        Lock icon Scooter rider grabs bag
        121 4 WHEN you re walking along the street, keep your bag away from the kerb and walk facing oncoming traffic if possible. That way, you can increase your chances of avoiding the fate that befell Ms Chan Wei Leng, on Wednesday. Ms Chan, 29, an IT specialist,
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        Lock icon Worker in coma
        107 4 A THAI construction worker slipped into a coma after he was hit by a six-seater car at the junction of Choa Chu Kang Way and Choa Chu Kang North 7 on Monday at 8.04 pm. The Thai national, 41, was cycling along Choa Chu Kang Way towards
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        Lock icon Tourists grounded
        79 4 A SHORT transit became a prolonged stay for 45 Indonesian tourists. They were to leave for China on Sept 6, after staying the previous night in Singapore. After they checked in at Changi Airport Terminal One at about 7am, their tour agent placed the passports in a canvas
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        Lock icon Bus plunges 6m
        94 4 A PRIVATE bus with two passengers landed on its roof with its wheels facing the sky after plunging two storeys from the coach stand of Changi Airport Terminal 1 at 12.45 am yesterday. The 43-year-old driver was apparently negotiating a left turn on a road on level
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        Lock icon Jail for killer-litter
        109 4 A BRICK, a metal rack, a metal bird-cage, a plastic bin and an incense burner these were among 10 assorted objects that a man threw down from his fourth-storey flat on Aug 8. Lim Eng Seng, 34, turned hysterical that night after telling his sister’s boyfriend that
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      Lock icon Whiz-kid, 5, makes the right moves
      230 5 HE was beating his parents at chess just two months after picking up the game at the tender age of four. Now five, Graham Chua is the youngest person in the Mind Sports Olympiad, the world’s premier championship for mental games that began at
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      Lock icon Our weather girl says...
      84 5 Hi! Warm and hazy again today, with temperatures reaching up to a high of 33 degrees Celsius. Today's a great day for a swim, so I'm going to frolic in the waves when the high tide reaches 2.1 mat 6.31 pm. There could be isolated showers
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    • Just a minute
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        Lock icon From tomorrow...
        47 5 Those of you who have submitted bids for licence plate numbers from SDFI to 5DF9999 can find out your results from tomorrow. Simply call the LTA 24-hour Infoline at 1900-*****00. The new licence plate numbers can only be used for personal or company registered vehicles.
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        Lock icon Remember...
        51 5 The Mooncake Festival is on Tuesday, just four days away! Have you bought your mooncakes yet? Do also make arrangek ments to gather with your friends and loved ones k on that night and admire the moon. And parents, don't I forget to get lanterns f for your little
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        Lock icon Check this out...
        68 5 Head down to Read k Bridge and along the river banks of i Clarke Quay tomorrow I at 6.30 pm to enjoy i the display of 15 illu- > minated lantern rafts on the river. There is also a lantern painting contest, Chinese riddles contest, lion and
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      193 6 Ĕ MFere at The New York Times, we were exceedingly dismayed at the news that George W Bush had called our redoubtable reporter Adam Clymer a major league (expetive deleted). It caused quite a tizzy. How could we cope with that kind of insult? By midday Tuesday
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      Lock icon Charity soured by rivalry
      548 6 UNLESS you ve been living on Mars, you will know that the President’s Star Charity, featuring PCK: The Musical, will be on TV tomorrow. (7.30 pm, TCS 5). You can run but you can’t hide from the promotional trailers that bombard your sens- es from every
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  • Streatsmart regional
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      Lock icon UN pulls out staff, Jakarta sends in troops
      174 7 -AFP JAKARTA -The United Nations evacuated its staff and other aid workers from West Timor yesterday as Jakarta sent in troops after the savage killings of three foreign UN staff in a militia attack. The UN flew 100 personnel out of West
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      Lock icon Woman survives savage attack
      91 7 -AFP JAKARTA A Brazilian woman injured in Wednesday’s savage attack on United Nations staff near Indonesia’s border with East Timor escaped to safety in East Timor, an embassy official said yesterday. “She was injured in the attack but she was able to get out (of Atambua)
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        Lock icon Rats wanted
        72 9 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR In an effort to try to clear infested areas of rats, Kuching offered a RM$l (550.45) bounty on the rodents. But response was poor. A council spokesman in Kuching, the state capital of Sarawak, said people had to visit the health department, far from the
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        Lock icon Children ate rat poison
        110 9 -AFP SHANGHAI Two Shanghai children won a total of 22,000 yuan (554,589) in compensation after eating rat poison in a restaurant. On May 25 last year, Xu Wenhao, 5, and Zhu Wenjun, 2, were playing in the dining hall and ate some rat poison they found
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        Lock icon Taiwan arms scam
        93 9 -AFP TAIPEI Two retired naval officers were held on suspicion of inflating an arms deal by NT$2O billion (Ssl.ll billion) in Taiwan’s worst military scandal. Cheng Shih-po and Kang Shih-chun, former officers of the naval acquisition office, were held following questioning. Two other suspects naval captain Chu
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      Lock icon know or not
      126 9 Putting a finger on sexual orientation Researchers at the University of California at Berkeley say the difference in length between the forefinger and fourth finger is a pointer to sexual orientation. They base their work on a previous study, published in the journal Human Reproduction in 1998,
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      Lock icon Thai anti-drugs museum Waxworks show horrors of drugs
      202 9 -AFP BANGKOK Thailand has opened an anti-drugs museum which includes a wax model of an addict abducting a child. The Office of Narcotics Control Board has inaugurated the new Narcotics Exhibition Centre, whose goal is to educate youth and the general public
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      Lock icon Jail for US marine who molested Okinawan girl
      219 9 Reuters TOKYO He entered her home while she was sleeping and molested her. For his crime, the US marine was sentenced to two years in jail. Marine Lance Corporal Kenny K. Titcomb, 19, was found guilty of molesting the 14-year Japanese school
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      Lock icon All's well with king's health
      87 9 Reuters PHNOM PENH Cambodia’s King Norodom Sihanouk, who has spent a month in Beijing for routine medical treatment, is in good health and will return home, his son said on Thursday. “The Chinese doctors have checked his Majesty the King’s health and it’s normal... His
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      101 9 'f'i Mooncake Festival 29 August to 12 September 2000 Filo Pastry $29 nett with Yam Paste Filo Pastry $3O nett with Single Yolk Yam Paste Traditional Mooncake $29 nett with White Lotus Seed Paste Traditional Mooncake $32 nett with Double Yolk White Lotus Seed Paste Available at Amara Shopping Centre
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  • Streatsmart global
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      Lock icon UN meet debates peace
      329 10 Reuters Leaders to set targets for reducing hunger, disease and illiteracy UNITED NATIONS The biggest gathering of world leaders in history grappled with ways to improve peacekeeping and reduce poverty in the 21st century and got a chilling reminder of the perils of UN missions in
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      Lock icon US hopes for 'fair' oil prices
      178 10 Reuters NEW YORK The United States said on Wednesday it hoped leading oil producers meeting this weekend would adopt measures to ensure that crude oil traded at a “fair price” and was able to satisfy global demand. “We have made clear to Opec that
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        Lock icon Snack attack!
        59 10 Craving for some snacks while surfing? Order fast food online at www.fast-foods.net/SG. What's on the menu? KFC, Pizza Hut, Edo Sushi and 933 Golden Pillow. But if you feel the urge to cook up a storm, you can visit online grocers such as Freshdirect.com.sg or www.E-martcom.sg, and have
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        Lock icon And if you can cook:
        53 10 So, you have all the ingredients ready and want to impress your girlfriend with your culinary prowess? Leave nothing to chance. Log on to Culinarychef.com, where there are lots of recipes, from appetisers to dessert dishes. There are also articles, forums and chatrooms if you
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      Lock icon Hostage proves a handful
      165 10 AFP JOLO, Philippines American hostage Jeffrey Schilling is proving to be a handful for his Philippine guerrilla captors, many of whom are only half his size, but his health is holding up remarkably well in a hostile and alien environment, officials said yesterday. Witnesses have said
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        Lock icon Castro raises laughs
        117 10 Reuters NEW YORK Before blasting rich nations for controlling the world and the UN, Cuba’s Fidel Castro on Wednesday made fun of himself and his reputation for long speeches. He stepped onto the podium in the UN Assembly hall, pulled out a white hanky and covered a
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        Lock icon Sex boost for women
        142 10 Reuters BOSTON Testosterone boosts the sex drive of women whose ovaries have been removed, say researchers in the New England Journal of Medicine. Women who had undergone a hysterectomy and surgical removal of the ovaries, were given placebo and testosterone patches to see how they would
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        Lock icon Grenade blast injures 10
        76 10 Reuters LONDON A grenade exploded in a central Moscow square in the early hours of yesterday, injuring 10 women, believed to be prostitutes, Itar-Tass news agency, monitored in London, reported. Itar-Tass quoted a spokesman at Moscow’s central police deportment as saying “a person with Caucasian looks”
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        Lock icon Textbook politics
        99 10 Reuters JERUSALEM Palestinian educators faced a dilemma when they wrote their first school textbooks after taking over parts of the West Bank and Gaza in 1994 under interim peace deals with Israel. Acting Education Minister Naim Abu Humus said: “When we sign an agreement, everyone will know how
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        Lock icon Bridgestone CEO: Sorry
        63 10 Reuters WASHINGTON Grilled by US lawmakers, the CEO of Japan’s Bridgestone/Firestone, Masatoshi Ono, said sorry yesterday for tyre problems that have been linked to 88 deaths in the US, while Ford Motor Co said it would not rest until “every bad tyre is replaced.” On Aug 9,
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      Lock icon Asprilla in trouble for firing gun
      147 11 BOGOTA Colombian authorities ordered the arrest of soccer star Faustino Asprilla after he allegedly opened fire with a handgun during a weekend drinking spree. A statement from the public prosecutor’s office said Asprilla, who is preparing to transfer to Saudi Arabian side Al-Nassr after
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      Lock icon What would it take to quit?
      34 11 gofigure WHO and the Worldßank A 10 per cent hike in cigarette prices would get 42 million people worldwide to quit smoking. This will save 10 million lives.
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      Lock icon FBI tips to handle 'school shootings'
      246 11 Report lists more than 40 tell-tale signs for school officials to look out for Reuters WASHINGTON The FBI has responded to a spate of deadly school shootings by giving educators a list of warning signs in assessing threats. The report provided a list of
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      Lock icon French farmers threaten to block tunnel entrance
      132 11 Reuters LONDON French farmers angry at high fuel costs have threatened to block the freight entrance to the channel tunnel in Calais yesterday, the crossing’s operators, Eurotunnel, said. Their threat is part of a nationwide protest being staged along with truck, ambulance, taxi
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      Lock icon Clinton jealous at... Jiang's charm offensive
      138 12 PRESIDENT Bill Clinton might be the acknowledged master of the soundbite and media appearance. But he doffed his cap to Chinese President Jiang Zemin for his performance on America’s most-watched television network news programme. Mr Clinton was chatting to Jiang before lunch at the
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      Lock icon Daredevil granny
      140 12 A BRITISH grandmother became the first woman to fly solo around the world in a helicopter after clocking up 35,000 km in an epic flight which spanned 30 countries. Jennifer Murray, dubbed the “daredevil granny” by the media, said her 99-day flight was crammed with unforgettable sights, experiences
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      Lock icon Chelsea dating White House intern
      166 12 CHELSEA Clinton is dating a White House intern, the New York Daily News reported on Wednesday. The report said the young man is Jeremy Kane, a Stanford University senior and classmate of the president’s daughter, 20. It quoted a White House source as saying “he’s
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      Lock icon Star-studded wedding
      163 13 KYM Ng, Sharon Au, Jacelyn Tay and Carol Lin will be bridesmaids tomorrow. No, not in another drama serial. They’ll be Lina Ng’s bridesmaids at her wedding, reports Shin Min Daily News. Celebrity bridesmaids may be glam, but they also come with overbooked diaries. They might even not
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      Lock icon Best falls off wagon again
      138 13 FORMER soccer star George Best, who pledged in April never to drink alcohol again after being hospitalised for liver failure, has fallen off the wagon with a thud, Britain’s Sun newspaper said. “No one seems able to stop him,” a close friend told the tabloid.
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      Lock icon Pitt next Batman?
      109 13 BRAD Pitt has been approached to take over from George Clooney as Batman in the fifth episode of the movie series, Britain’s Sun newspaper said. I The tabloid gave no details about 1 whether Pitt, 36, was considering donI ning the black cowl of the Caped I
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      Lock icon Daddy Cheung
      101 13 HEAVENLY King Jacky Cheung has great confidence in his babycare skills. So much so that the 39-year-old singer-actor even thinks he can write a book on “How to Be m Daddy”, reports the Shin Min| Daily News. His little daughter, born on Aug 3, now weighs around 4kg.
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      Lock icon Hongkong tries to rein in Loansharks
      503 14 A FEW times each week, Andy Kwok gets unwelcome visits from two or three burly men who bang violently on his door and scream abuse. Mr Kwok, 47, owes money, but not to loansharks. He has a HK$lO,OOO ($2,213) credit card bill and the
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      Lock icon Desperately seeking... The Mee pok woman
      79 15  -  by Diana Ser If you've always harboured a secret ambition to follow in Michelle Goh's footsteps as Bunny in the movie Mee Pok Man, flip the page to find out how you can get your big break monday The original Bunny —sultry Michelle Goh
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        Lock icon Bunny hunt
        510 16  -  by Diana Ser Speaking of naked HE'S fully grown at 24, and since they asked him on his birthday, Benjamin Heng agreed to bare his butt-onstage. Said the new Mee Pok Man with a disarmingly sweet smile: "I just turned 24 last week and they called to offer
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            Lock icon BAD COMPANY
            44 16 10pm, TCSS Ellen Barkin sizzles up our humble screens in this thriller about a company of former secret agents specialising in corporate dirty work. Complications arise when they recruit an ex-CIA agent (Lawrence Fishburne), who brings with him a nest of intrigue.
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            Lock icon DON'T FOOL ME
            46 16 10.30 pm, TCS 8 Andy Lau and Tony Leung Chiu Wai star in this comedy about an insurance agent and triad member who exchange roles. Fortunately, Andy is clean-shaven in this movie, so none of his female leads need complain about bristly beards.
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            Lock icon WWF LIVEWIRE!
            65 16 10.30 pm, Sportsdty It’s Friday night, and the place you want to be is ringside, as the World l Wrestling Fedek ration’s superm stars crash onto I your screens. So what if it’s W scripted and t the violence is phoney? We Y want to find out who
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            Lock icon THE FURY WITHIN
            40 16 9pm, HBO (SCV 60) Horror addicts have something to j| stay home for as supernatural forces wreak i havoc on a hap- I less American 1 family. Think flying knives, creepy graffiti and demonic possession. Great stuff.
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            Lock icon SPRING IN MY HOMETOWN
            52 16 10pm, VV Entertainment (SCV 56) Set during the summer of 1952, this feature focuses on two village boys who pass their time spying on the US soldiers who have sex with village women, only to find that one of the women and her pimp is related
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        Lock icon Face it, macho man
        758 17  -  by Sarah Ng AT work, Kenneth Toh dons a safety helmet and rubber boots a la Phua Chu Kang. He also supervises over 20 construction workers. But once a month, he kicks his boots off and puts his face under scrutiny. It starts with thorough cleansing
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        Lock icon SUSHI? Take your cue from the queue
        353 18  -  “two shoes by Wileen Chang Sakae Sushi FIRST question to ask when deciding on a restaurant: Got queue or not? If there’s a queue, you can generally be sure the food is good. This rule applies to Sakae Sushi at its Wheelock Place
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        Lock icon Stylo mylo
        261 21 Guess #>/s job, win a Swatch! Name: Roy Badron Age: 39 Gets on bus at: Katong Gets off at: Orchard lam... A man who has no qualms wearing make-up in public. Although sometimes I wear the nude look, I think a little foundation doesn’t hurt. Besides, it protects
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        Lock icon Premier League resumes after break
        5348 22 After a weekend's break for World Cup qualifiers and international friendlies; the English Premiership resumes this weekend. Bobby Robson's Newcastle United meets a demoralised Chelsea; which threw away a two-goal lead against Arsenal on Wednesday. Third-placed Leicester City, buoyed by its 2-1 win over Ipswich
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        Lock icon tip of the week
        47 22 Champion Manchester United should pick up three nAIHTC AMAirtQt f I lo cfycfll Isjlv an Inconsistent Bpci3 jersey pS^ position goal keeper defender w&fc f,y.' r H "t midfielder appearances goals ye^^tfds i 'h redraws status fo- active suspended 0- injured k. A
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        53 23 Bradford vs Arsenal Coventry vs L' Leeds LevejJto*+ 1 /2 Ipswich vs Aston Villa iTevel Leicester vs Southampton LevejJßT Liverpool vs Man City -1 J tofl 1 /2 Man Utd vs Sunderland -VlGo^i Middlesbrough vs Everton LevejJE? Newscastle vs Chelsea lUevel Derby vs Charlton LevelJE?- 1 /2 Tottenham vs
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        Lock icon fact of the week
        39 23 Former Liverpool star Steve McManaman has made it clear that he will not be returning to the Premiership despite being out-of-favour at Real Madrid. “I am not coming back to England for a long time.”
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        Lock icon Chelsea's trauma
        210 27 Reuters LONDON Dramatic events overshadowed any fears of disciplinary problems as Arsenal fought back from two goals down to salvage a 2-2 draw at Stamford Bridge. Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and Gianfranco Zola gave Chelsea the lead but Thierry Henry, who also hit the bar from close range, pulled
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        Lock icon Davenport knocks Serena out of US Open
        145 27 NEW YORK Second seed Lindsay Davenport powered her way into the semi-finals of the US Open tennis championship with a commanding straight-sets victory over fifth seed and defending champion Serena Williams on Wednesday night. A year after Williams dethroned the 1998 champion in
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        Lock icon Uzbek official caught carrying growth hormones
        295 27 Reuters SYDNEY Australian customs detained an Uzbekistan Olympic team official at Sydney airport yesterday for carrying an illegal performance-enhancing drug into the country ahead of the Games, an Olympic official said. Australian customs identified the substance seized was the muscle-building human growth hormone (HGH)
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          Lock icon Top athletes to be tested
          103 27 -AFP SYDNEY A list of top athletes has been drawn up by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for drug testing, it was revealed here yesterday. The athletes, all involved in endurance sports, will be tested for the banned performance enhancing drug EPO which increases the
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          Lock icon Johnson eyes history
          102 27 Reuters RALEIGH (North Carolina) As Michael Johnson (right) prepares for his final Olympics, the 200 and 400 metre world record holder has another slice of history in mind: he wants to be the first man to successfully defend the Olympic 400 metres title. “I want to keep
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