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Title Section21 2000-09-19 1 STREATS Treats for the Streets TUESDAY 19 September 2000 Another quality publication of Singapore Press Holdings E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 103/06/200021 words
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Article46 2000-09-19 1 RAFFLES Junior College (JC) yesterday retained its No 1 spot in the annual ranking exercise. But the icing was its winning a value-added award. RJC came in second behind Temasek JC in the value-added ranking and will receive $lO,OOO. Temasek will get $20,000.46 words
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Article42 2000-09-19 1 SINGAPORE'S external trade went up by 26.1 per cent last month, thanks to healthy demand for key electronic products, and sustained demand from key Asian economies, said the Trade Development Board. There were good performances from all key trade components.42 words
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Article48 2000-09-19 1 THERE are now about 250,000 users of Singapore One. That is more than double the number of users six months ago, said the the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA). Singapore One, is a broadband network that provides highspeed, interactive, and multimedia applications and services.48 words
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Article, Illustration159 2000-09-19 1 FED up with petrol prices? Fed up with rushing to work on public transport? Fed up with disappearing cabs? Do like Mr Faizal Bakar. Cycle. Mr Faizal, 33, seldom worries about petrol prices or crowded buses and trains. He cycles to work and back. It's noPic: Choo Chwee Hwa - 159 words
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493 2000-09-19 1 Pollution problem Petrol problem •Power problem Time to worry? GOOD morning. We hope you’ve had your breakfast. Now take a deep breath because after you’re done digesting today’s news, the Corning may no longer be good. The news today affects your money, and your life. YOUR LIFE Did we tell493 words
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Article, Illustration503 2000-09-19 2 In our Streets survey of 614 commuters, 65 per cent said you would like flexi hours to wort Deputy Prime Minister Lee Msim Loong said last month that private companies can help promote better family life among Singaporeans by letting them work flexible hours or from home.Pic: Francis lee - 503 words
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282 2000-09-19 3 IT was a test of their English listening comprehension. But many Primary 6 students could hardly hear the tapes used for their PSLE examination. The tapes’ contents sounded garbled and the students could only guess the answers. After the exam was282 words
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160 2000-09-19 3 FIERCE marble lions are silent sentinels supposed to ward off evil and guard their owner’s property. But last weekend the lions themselves were mysteriously spirited away. Returning to his Awana Fishery Village at 1 Lim Chu Kang Lane 6 on Saturday, Mr Ng Lay160 words
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Article92 2000-09-19 3 THE Parliamentary Secretary for the Education Ministry, Mr Mohamad Maidin Packer Mohd, told Zaobao: "We have appointed some experienced MOE officials to investigate the matter and to come up with ways to save the situation. I hope to give all parties a reasonable response within this week." When92 words
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178 2000-09-19 3 Background: Following reports that Ally Mcßeal-inspired unisex loos are being introduced in a British school and some Internet companies in Britain, the question was posed in Project Eyeball about the feasibility of such an arrangement in Singapore. M's practical Wilfrid[ Project Eyeball reader IT178 words
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Article, Illustration222 2000-09-19 4 AN airconditioner came crashing down from a block of flats on Sunday night. At about 8.35 pm, residents of Block 211, Serangoon Avenue 4 heard knocking sounds, which was later followed by a big crash. When they looked outside, they were shockedPic: Wanbao - 222 words
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Article, Illustration130 2000-09-19 4 A TREE came crashing down at about 3am on Sunday, pinning down three vehicles in the process. The incident took place at the open-air car park beside Block 205, Tampines Street 21. It was raining and the winds were strong. The tree, which wasPic: Shin Min - 130 words
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Article171 2000-09-19 4 onekindact Miss Koh Zhen Yu, 16: ONE morning last month, I was fortunate to receive the help of a stranger. Without her, I could have been ill. I was on my way to the Singapore Indoor Stadium for a church service when it rained cats and dogs after171 words
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Article126 2000-09-19 4 IT'S been raining cranes and scaffolds recently and that’s got the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) worried. MOM said it won’t hesitate to continue to take stern action against contractors who flout safety rules. It highlighted two cases. In the first, the roof of a residential126 words
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Article29 2000-09-19 4 YESTERDAY'S report on Page 4, “Youth stabbed to, death outside Orchard disco”, said Vibes disco is in Orchard Towers. It is not. We are sorry for the error29 words
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Article175 2000-09-19 4 SEVEN hours after a fire broke out at Blk 49 Dorset Road on Sunday morning, another one started in the next block. At around 1.05 am, the Singapore Civil Defence Force was called out to a fire on the second floor of Blk 49. The175 words
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Article161 2000-09-19 4 A 40-YEAR-OLD man died after the car he was driving hit an old woman, mounted the median strip and crashed into a tree. Yesterday morning at about 6.25 am, Mr Teo Chin Guan, a bus driver, was driving a car along Bukit Batok East Ave 6 towards Bukit161 words
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Article125 2000-09-19 4 IT'S official. The President’s Star Charity 2000 has raised $2,003,295 in all, beating last year’s mark of $1,949,598. What’s more, last year’s President Star Charity included extra fund-raisers like a running marathon, a football marathon and a onehour show staged at the Pleasuredome in addition to125 words
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Article61 2000-09-19 4 A SINGAPORE-BOUND freight train derailed on Sunday shortly after leaving the Malaysian city of Ipoh. The 28-carriage train derailed near Kampar, around 40km from Ipoh. Five carriages overturned. Fortunately, no one was hurt. The 154 passengers aboard were transferred to a bus at Ipoh railway station. All trains61 words
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Article, Illustration198 2000-09-19 5 Sixlndon maids fell for magic stone ruse in seven days IN THE words of the victims themselves, the conmen are not suave dudes who can charm you with their looks. Yet, three women fell for their “charm” on Sunday and willinglyPics: Francis Lee - 198 words
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190 2000-09-19 5 Ms tirah bte Warman, 30 and her friend Ms Casyati Dirman, 28, both Indonesian rnaids, lost $1,400 cash and $370 in jewellery respectively, to three conmen last Sunday afternoon around 2.30 pm. Ms Tirah was going to Clementi Town Central to change $1,400190 words
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Article, Illustration75 2000-09-19 5 Hello! It's going to be cloudy skies ahead! The temperature will reach 31 degrees Celsius today. And if you don't have an umbrella with you, better be prepared to get wet there will be showers with thunder in the late morning and afternoon affecting many areas.Pic: Charles Ng - 75 words
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Article60 2000-09-19 5 From tomorrow You can now check up on details of HDB Resale transactions on the Internet. And if you're a first-time home-buyer wanting to know if you are eligible for CPF housing grants, there's now a new search engine on the website. To find out, log onto the HDB Infoweb60 words
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Article33 2000-09-19 5 Today is the International Day of Peace. If you have any unresolved arguments, take the chance to bury the hatchet. Or at the very least, try not to start any new ones...33 words
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Article81 2000-09-19 5 Ever thought of becoming invisible? Well, other than catching Hollow Man on the movie screens, you might want to check out the play, Invisibility, about a woman's search for the art in the midst of urban life and society. Time: Bpm. Venue: Rooftop of Chang Clan General81 words
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Advertisement21 2000-09-19 5 TELL US,THRILL US, TIP US OFF BUZZ US Why pay by the minute when you talk by the second? Star Hub21 words
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Article149 2000-09-19 6 g Kopi-ohno £f\e truth is that most of the 'alternative'coffee shops that I encounter on my travels are mirror images of each other. Cookie-cutter coffee sellers, if you will. It's no surprise. They're all owned by the same people. And they're all called Starbucks. I hate Starbucks.149 words
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Article, Illustration698 2000-09-19 6 YOU'VE probably not seen a snow leopard lately. And I’ll bet finding peace of mind at your workplace is just as elusive. The snow leopard is one of the endangered big cats of the world, no thanks to poachers who hunt the elusive animal for its698 words
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246 2000-09-19 7 Reuters It adds that Asia remains vulnerable to demandrelated shocks TOKYO Buoyant international growth and domestic policy reforms have reduced the risk to Asia’s economies since January, the World Bank said yesterday. In a half-yearly report, the Bank said Asia remained vulnerable– Reuters - 246 words
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Article115 2000-09-19 7 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR An appeal by Malaysia’s former police chief Rahim Noor against a two-month-term imposed for assaulting ex-deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim Was postponed again. Mr Rahim complained of “chest Pains” and was hospitalised just hours before his appeal hearing Was due. High Court Judge Zulkefly Ahmad-AFP - 115 words
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Article92 2000-09-19 7 knowornot. in 1889, two German scientists trying to learn more about the digestive system removed the pancreas from a living dog to see what the organ does in digestion. The next day, they discovered that the dog's urine had a high concentration of sugar, showing92 words
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58 2000-09-19 7 Liu Ji-min's apartment once stood here. But like many others in the central Taiwan area near the quake's epicentre, he became a victim when his home in a 12-storey apartment block fell due to shoddy workmanship. September 21 will mark the first anniversary of the earthquake which killed over 2,000Pic: AP - 58 words
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Article183 2000-09-19 7 Reuters HANOI Deaths in the worst floods to hit Vietnam’s Mekong Delta for decades have risen to at least 25 and hundreds of thousands more people need evacuation from relentlessly rising waters. International Red Cross chief delegate John Geoghegan said local authorities had told the– Reuters - 183 words
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Article134 2000-09-19 7 -AFP HONGKONG The recovery in Asia’s property market is expected to gain momentum and Hongkong will experience exceptionally strong rental growth due to the “new economy”. Many prime office markets in Asia have rebounded strongly from the bottom of the cycle, global real estate firm Cushman-AFP - 134 words
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Article138 2000-09-19 7 Reuters BRISBANE Australia sent a naval ship to the Solomon Islands to head off a breakdown in peace talks after the weekend hijacking of a light plane by one of two warring ethnic groups. Australian Defence Minister John Moore said the frigate HMAS Newcastle would be– Reuters - 138 words
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Article106 2000-09-19 7 -AFP TAIPEI The Taiwanese air force has secretly launched an in-depth investigation into an NT5161.6 billion (SsB.7 billion) fighter aircraft deal with France in the early 1990 s amid concerns about corruption. Taipei and Paris struck the agreement in 1992 for 60 Mirage 2000-5 fighters, 480-AFP - 106 words
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Article110 2000-09-19 7 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR German Economics and Technology Minister Werner Muller urged Asian nations to keep their markets open and complete structural reforms as the region recovers from economic crisis. “We must keep markets open, particularly when times are difficult. That sounds simple but is not self-evident,"-AFP - 110 words
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Article99 2000-09-19 7 -AFP SEOUL The US and South Korea held military talks in a bid to hammer out a deal which would put most of North Korea within range of the South’s missiles. The closed-door meeting came at a sensitive time as the South launched a groundbreaking-AFP - 99 words
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284 2000-09-19 8 -AFP Abu Sayyaf fighters flee deep into jungle MANILA Unease grew yesterday as Philippine troops failed to free any of the 22 hostages three days into a massive operation on Jolo island. Officials admitted Abu Sayyaf rebels have fled deep into the-AFP - 284 words
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Article, Illustration149 2000-09-19 8 Reuters SEOUL South Korean President Kim Dae-jung yesterday launched work on a railway and road through the Korean border. “This ceremony will open a new era of national reconciliation and cooperation,” President Kim said. When completed, the 318 km rail line will lay the groundwork for– Reuters; Pic: Reuters - 149 words
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Article215 2000-09-19 8 Reuters BEIJING Beijing, favourite to stage the 2008 Olympic Games, has earmarked US$l7.B billion (Ss3l billion) to tackle traffic congestion and pollution ahead of next year’s decision, state media reported yesterday. Keen to shake off a reputation for bad air pollution and traffic jams, Beijing– Reuters - 215 words
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Article55 2000-09-19 8 The best shopping zone might not be in Orchard Road but in cyberspace. Visit shops like Coshopper.com or www. Bluemarx.com.sg, where the price of a product decreases as more people buy it. So, shoppers must now stand united behind items like perfumes, phones and electronics55 words
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Article56 2000-09-19 8 Are you a shopaholic with one hand flipping out your credit card and the other keeping a tight rein on your purse string? There's a cheaper alternative. At auction sites like Allegroworld.com and Surfing-bananas.com, you can haggle over anything from antiques to computers, and56 words
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Article94 2000-09-19 8 Reuters JAKARTA Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid yesterday fired his national police chief. General Rusdihardjo is the second police chief Mr Abdurrahman has fired in his 11month rule. Deputy national police chief Bimantoro was named acting head. Top officials are now openly questioning whether the trial against– Reuters - 94 words
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Article98 2000-09-19 8 Reuters JAKARTA Indonesia’s Defence Minister Mahfud MD said yesterday the US was partly to blame for violent pro-Jakarta militias operating in Timor because Indonesia lacked the equipment to deal with them. “They are in the jungle and can hide their weapons everywhere. Meanwhile, our equipment is– Reuters - 98 words
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Article109 2000-09-19 8 Reuters JAKARTA -Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid has ordered police to disarm the private bodyguards of former President Suharto, local media reported yesterday. “There’s no other way,” the Kompas newspaper quoted Mr Abdurrahman as saying. “If they fire their weapons they could pretend it was self-defence or– Reuters - 109 words
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Article116 2000-09-19 8 AP TAIPEI When Taiwan opens limited transport links with China later this year, only residents on two outlying islands will be allowed to sail directly to the mainland, an official said yesterday. The planned “small three links” will only involve people on Kinmen and Matsu,– AP - 116 words
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Advertisement168 2000-09-19 9 WEDNESDAY .■fcfcwaiawM ■sr*. m m ifjj X-: mm ■SM Beat Heart Disease with a few easy steps. A simple activity like brisk walking will make your heart healthier. Believe it or not more than half of Singaporeans polled admitted that they never exercise. With such a high level of inactivity,168 words
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274 2000-09-19 10 Reuters Kuwait rejects Iraqi accusations that it is stealing oil KUWAIT Kuwait has said that its former occupier Iraq posed a real danger to the oil-rich region and called on the international community to take “serious steps” to end Iraqi threats. Kuwait “strongly rejects these– Reuters - 274 words
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115 2000-09-19 10 Reuters LIMA, Peru President Alberto Fujimori’s bombshell decision to call elections in which he will not stand has caused jubilation among Peruvians who opposed his corruption-tainted regime, but raised fears about a political vacuum and what role the army will soon play. Mr Fujimori– Reuters - 115 words
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Article121 2000-09-19 10 Reuters AUSTIN, Texas Republican George W. Bush has issued a “Blueprint for the Middle Class” aimed at the working Americans courted by Democratic rival Al Gore. He planned to take his own version of Mr Gore’s “the people, not the powerful” populism to nine states– Reuters - 121 words
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Article42 2000-09-19 10 gofigure. How long can Singaporeans expect to live a healthy life? About 69.3 years before they succumb to disability. Japan topped the list with 74.5 years, and Australia is second with 73.2 years. World Health Report 200042 words
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207 2000-09-19 10 r Reuters WASHINGTON Jordanian intelligence officials recently gave US intelligence agencies computer-disk copies of a sixvolume manual that was used by Saudi dissident Osama bin Laden to train recruits at his terrorist camps in Afghanistan, USA Today said yesterday. The 1,000-page manual, calledr Reuters - 207 words
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Article100 2000-09-19 10 Reuters VATICAN CITY Pope John Paul has told tens of thousands of elderly people that the world still needed them. “The Church still needs you, needs us,” he said to the crowd of elderly from around the world gathered in St Peter’s Square for their pilgrimage– Reuters - 100 words
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Article73 2000-09-19 10 Reuters LONDON Britain’s Health Secretary Alan Milburn proposed a range of pay incentives for doctors and nurses yesterday to tackle the National Health Service staffing crisis, The Times of London reported. Mr Milburn will present proposals to the independent health service pay review body, including– Reuters - 73 words
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Article75 2000-09-19 10 Reuters LONDON Opec will raise oil output by 500,000 barrels a day if prices remain above the top end of its target range of US$22 (5538.30) to US$2B a barrel, the cartel’s sec-retary-general said. “If during the month of October, prices remain at that– Reuters - 75 words
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Article74 2000-09-19 10 Reuters BUENOS AIRES Three men suspected of last year’s contract killing of Paraguayan VicePresident Luis Maria Argana escaped from a Bunos Aires jail after beating up a policeman, local news reports said. Local radio said the suspects and police exchanged gunfire before the prisoners escaped from– Reuters - 74 words
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Article90 2000-09-19 10 Reuters ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast Unidentified attackers fired shots at the residence of Ivory Coast’s military ruler, General Robert Guei, in the early hours of yesterday, the head of the country’s armed forces said. Witnesses reported firing from the vicinity of Gen Guei’s house, just outside the– Reuters - 90 words
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Article, Illustration221 2000-09-19 11 H EART-THROB Takeshi Kaneshiro used to have an identity crisis. “Am I Japanese or Taiwanese?” as a question he often asked ■"rnself when he was young. Takeshi, or better known to as Aniki Jin, was born in a 'Wan. As his father was Ja Panese,221 words
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Article, Illustration140 2000-09-19 11 Mention the name Ekin Cheng I an d the first thing that comes to Tind would be the “girlfriend aa 9a” when he dropped 0r, 9-time love Maggie Siu ar the nubile Gigi Leung. So did the image of V u nfaithful lover” harm his Popularity ratings?140 words
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Article, Illustration145 2000-09-19 11 BRITISH television personality Paula Yates, who died at the weekend, was found in bed by her four-year-old daughter. Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily, Yates’ child by rock star Michael Hutchence, answered a phone call from a family friend and said she could not wake herPic: AFP - 145 words
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Article106 2000-09-19 11 AN Italian woman gave birth to the remaining seven babies of the octuplets she had been carrying but one, a boy, died shortly after birth, doctors said. The first of the octuplets, a girl, was bom naturally last Wednesday in Milan. One baby, a boy, was106 words
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Article, Illustration603 2000-09-19 12 YOUR money or your life. How many times have we heard that before, when as kids we'd be playing silly games. For Khoo Swee Chiow, however, it is no idle game. He603 words
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Article, Illustration29 2000-09-19 13 Yvonne Kwok - tubby by Yvonne Kwok Can the presence of celebrities like Jennifer Lopez add siule to otherwise boring awards shows? Flip the page for the answer Pic;:AFPPic;:AFP – – – – - 29 words
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Article, Illustration514 2000-09-19 14 Yvonne Kwok - telly tubby by Yvonne Kwok FINALLY, I know what purgatory is. After sitting through the threehour telecast of the 52nd Emmy Awards last week, I found out that I have a vein in my left eye that tics when I’ve had an overdose of optical drivel. Ijtpf<B' v 1 .:•<$ - 514 words
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Article, Illustration49 2000-09-19 14 9pm, TCS 5 Kitty quits smoking but becomes a wreck i when she learns that j Eric’s grandmother is I coming over to have 1 dinner with them. Marion Ross, or Mrs Cunningham of Happy Days fame, plays the grandmother, adding to the sitcom’s fun-and-kitsch quotient.49 words
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Article, Illustration89 2000-09-19 14 7pm, TCS 8 k More shocking reve- lations tonight. Ye 1 Ning tells A-bang I that Ziwen was dis- gusted with Anqi’s m unscrupulous busif ness dealings, which M drove him (Ziwen) into Ye Ning’s arms. However, Ziwen aborted the affair when Anqi revealed that she was pregnant.89 words
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Article74 2000-09-19 14 10pm, Arts Central For those of you weaned on Charles Dickens, here’s another adaptation of one of his most famous works, Great Expectations. Tony Marchant’s new version is touted as being “dark, savagely comic and wholly unsentimental” -just the way Dickens is meant to be. While not immersed74 words
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Article, Illustration57 2000-09-19 14 9pm, HBO (SCV 60) Grammy winners i T-Boz, Left Eye A and Chilli, better A known as TLC, mk give a kick-ass Hr performance in Wi this concert fea- m* turing mega sets W and effects. The 1 CrazySexyCool chicks will be delivering hits like Unpretty and57 words
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Article83 2000-09-19 14 3.30 pm, VV Drama (SCV 55) No, it’s not about an English governess and a bald Thai king. Instead, we have a Chinese Emperor, Zheng De, who is rescued by Feng Jie from an assassination attempt. Zheng De falls for Feng Jie and brings her to83 words
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Article, Illustration678 2000-09-19 16 Lawrence Chau - persofigmv r speaking by Lawrence Chau IS Tom Cruise’s marriage to Nicole Kidman a sham? (Who knows?) Is Tay Ping Hui ft a flirt? (Who cares?) Is Whitney Houston on drugs? (Maybe.) Is James Lye quitting TCS? (He did.) Does Michael Jackson own the Elephant Man?'678 words
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Article, Illustration309 2000-09-19 17 Guess her job, win a Swatch! Name: Renuka Nair Age: 25 Gets on bus at: Marine Parade Gets off at: Capitol Building lam... An idealist in life but a realist in love. I feel... Most contented when I finish a good book. Right now, I’mPic: Charles Ng - 309 words
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Article72 2000-09-19 22 Reuters SYDNEY The Olympic boxing programme was delayed yesterday when a bus got lost taking contestants to their bouts and heavy traffic held up a softball game as Sydney’s transport system hit its first woes since the start of the Games. Yesterday was the first majorReuters - 72 words
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Article64 2000-09-19 22 -AP SYDNEY Four members of Romania’s weightlifting team have been allowed to compete after payment of a fine to cancel out a blanket ban imposed after doping offences, team officials said yesterday. Asked if the Romanians were competing, head coach Niku Vlad said: “Yes. We paid the-AP - 64 words
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Article, Illustration92 2000-09-19 22 -AFP SYDNEY Legendary sprinter Merlene Ottey (right) was selected to run the 100 m yesterday, at the expense of Jamaica’s national champion Peta-Gay Dowdie, as the Jamaican team backed off a planned relay f boycott if she was chosen. 1 Jamaican National Olympic Committee vice-AFP - 92 words
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Article71 2000-09-19 22 SYDNEY Hundreds of people packed a Sydney church yesterday for a memorial service for Maria Teresa Salisach-Rowe, wife of International Olympic Committee president Juan Antonio Samaranch. Olympic flags have been flying at half mast since Maria Teresa, 67, lost her battle with cancer at the weekend. Australia’s71 words
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Article, Illustration65 2000-09-19 22 AFP SYDNEY Police are investigating a security breach at the I Olympics involving illicit copies of lan Thorpe’s (left) identity pass. Several copies of the Aus- tralian swimming sensation’s I security pass had been run off, probably for souvenir purposes, a source on the Games organising committee– AFP - 65 words
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Article, Illustration275 2000-09-19 22 A win in the 100 m will make him the first man to win the same event in three straight Olympics -AFP SYDNEY Alexander Popov knew as soon as he won his first Olympic gold medal that one would never be enough. “If you can win one-AFP - 275 words
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98 2000-09-19 22 -AFP LONDON Chelsea’s new coach Claudio Ranieri may regret taking over the London club after watching its abysmal 0-2 loss at home to Leicester. With Ranieri watching from the stands at Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge stadium, he saw Muzzy Izzet and Stan Collymore score for-AFP - 98 words
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Article, Illustration320 2000-09-19 23 Reuters Dutchman Pieter van den Hoogenband causes the biggest upset in the pool, beating lan Thorpe to silver in the 200 m freestyle SYDNEY -Using all his reserves of Dutch courage, Pieter van den Hoogenband upset Australian teenager lan Thorpe to win gold in the 200 m freestyle– Reuters; Pic: AFP - 320 words
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Article150 2000-09-19 23 GS B T United States 6 5 2 13 France 4 6 2 12 Australia 3 5 4 12 China 3 15 9 Holland 3 10 4 Japan 2 3 0 5 Italy 2 13 6 Turkey 2002 Germany 1 3 2 6 Russia 1 2 2 5150 words
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Article134 2000-09-19 23 -AFP SYDNEY The United States athletics team’s first relay practice in the Olympic city had to go ahead without the world’s fastest man here yesterday, as a dispute over the composition of the American quartet began to simmer Maurice Greene, the world champion and world recordholder for-AFP - 134 words
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Article203 2000-09-19 23 -AFP SYDNEY Marat Safin, Russia’s new crown prince of tennis, faces a gruelling test of his mental and physical stamina as he bids to become an Olympic Tzar. The 20-year-old who annihilated Pete Sampras in last week’s US Open final is playing the tennis of his-AFP - 203 words
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Article, Illustration58 2000-09-19 23 -AFP SYDNEY China’s Yang Xia (right) won the women’s Olympic 53kg division weightlifting gold medal here yesterday. Taiwanese lifter Li Fengying took silver while Indonesia’s Winarni Binti Slamet took bronze. Yang won with a new world record combined lift total of 225 kg, while Li could-AFP - 58 words
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Article71 2000-09-19 23 AP SYDNEY Three-time gold medallist Pakistan stung Britain with its worst defeat in Olympic history, and Malaysia held the reigning champion Holland 0-0 in the hockey competition yesterday. Pakistan’s penalty corner specialist Sohail Abbas, a 23-year-old banker from Karachi, sent in three stinging drag flicks in Pakistan’s– AP - 71 words
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Article67 2000-09-19 23 -AFP SYDNEY Reigning men’s badminton Olympic doubles champions Ricky Subagja and Rexy Mainaky of Indonesia were eliminated from the tournament here yesterday. The talented 1996 gold medallists were beaten in the quarter-finals by South Korea’s Ha Tae-Kwon and Kim Dong-Moon 15-5, 15-9. Although the popular Indonesians held-AFP - 67 words
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Article, Illustration102 2000-09-19 23 Reuters BRISBANE -The immediate future of Brazil’s coach Wanderley Luxemburgo (left) is looking a lot less rosy after the team’s 1-3 loss to South Africa. He is already under pressure because of Brazil’s lacklustre start and faces charges of tax irregularities when he returns home. The Olympics– Reuters - 102 words
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Article85 2000-09-19 23 -AFP SYDNEY Indonesian Taufik Hidayat’s bid to become the youngest Olympic badminton champion in history started shakily yesterday, with the top seed labouring to beat unheralded Japanese player Hidetaka Yamada. The baby-faced top-seed was pushed all the way by Yamada, before finally prevailing 15-5, 14-17, 15-8.-AFP - 85 words
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Miscellaneous1564 2000-09-19 15 (MST) El-Bugis ‘“'o- 1 UA Bugis Junction 337-9655 Space Cowboys 10.45 am, 1.20 pm, 4, 6.45, 9.30 The Art of War 11am, 1.30 pm, 4.10, 6.40, 9.15 Hollow Man 11.45 am, 4.15 pm, 9 Nutty Professor 2 The Klumps 2pm, 6.30 UA Beach Road 391-2550 The Road Home Ipm, 4.45,1,564 words
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