Streats, 4 November 2000

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    23 1 STREATS Treats for the Streets SATURDAY 4 November 2000 Another quality publication of aS 9 Singapore Press Holdings E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 103/06/2000
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    Lock icon Man in the hot seat Tell us what happened, Captain
    735 1  -  O Relatives press for pilot's account Cockpit crew stopped from leaving Taipei by KEN JALLEH JR with reporting by 'CALVIN LOW andARTI MULCH AND WRONG runway. Pilot error. Negligence. The admissions border on guilt. In the midst of SlA’s admission
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    Lock icon SIA: We are so sorry We take full responsibility
    106 1 SQ006CRASH As unlikely as it seemed at first, the aircraft operating SQOO6 on Oct 31 was on the wrong runway We accept this finding. We are deeply distressed and very concerned, everyone in the airline, myself, my senior colleagues, crew, everyone,
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  • SQ006CRASH: The Aftermath
    • Article
      Lock icon Pilot error is likely cause: Taiwan
      390 2 Taiwan's Aviation Safety Council CEO Kay Yong explains why pilot error had most likely caused the crash: "There was no problem with the lights on the runway. So the factor of pilot error is the more likely one. The incident occurred at 11.17. It
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      Lock icon A shoulder to cry on
      369 2  -  by Winston Chong WHEN family members of the crash flew to Taipei, so did about 140 Singapore Airlines employees. But these are no ordinary employees. They are a group of people specially trained to act as Buddies to provide passengers with “emotional support and a
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      Lock icon Singapore: We'll be judged by how open we are
      191 3 Taiwan Aviation Safety Council!, in its preliminary findings, has indicated that the pilot could have taken off on runway 05 R instead of the designated 05L This is a highly significant finding that the Singapore Government views very seriously. It is
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      Lock icon Fearless Farzana
      308 3  -  by Calvin Low SHE found herself in the burning shell of an aircraft. Yet Singapore Girl Farzana Abdul Razak stuck resolutely to her duties, seeing to the evacuation of the passengers, at the risk of her own life. She is bravery personified. Yet she’s just 18, a flight
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      Lock icon Irene died in the line of duty
      300 3 SHE had managed to escape the crash. But her unfailing sense of duty pulled her back into the burning wreckage to help other passengers. Leading stewardess Irene Ang Miau Lee (left), 30, didn’t make it out alive again. She died doing the job
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  • Streatsmart local
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      Lock icon Help in Paris
      109 4 onekindact Lim Kwee Lan, 40 IT was my first day in Paris and I wanted to send some postcards home. But the post office teller either didn't understand, or pretended not to understand, English. While I stood there feeling frustrated, a Chinese woman stepped out of the
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      Lock icon Mum finds son dead in front of house
      289 4  -  by Winston Chong mheard a loud m bangandsaw this schoolboy in uniform lying face down on the grass -Mr Low, neighbour THE mother of a 10-year-old schoolboy raised the shutter of their shophouse to look for him and found him lying motionless
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      Lock icon Wanted: New flats, not resale
      339 5 latest HDB report shows 226 per cent jump in applications FLAT buyers now want new apartments rather than resale units. Figures from the Housing Board’s latest annual report showed that demand for new flats more than doubled for the financial year April 1, 1999 to
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      Lock icon 'Reversing' van kills 6-year-old
      173 5 TRAGEDY struck as Japanese six-year-old Yui Hasegawa played in the apparently safe area around her peaceful condominium home in West Coast. She was hit by a van in unexplained circumstances and died an hour later. Yui was cycling near Block 60 at West Bay Condominium, off
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      Lock icon Our weather girl says...
      78 5 Our weather girl says You might want to cuddle up in bed with a good book today instead of heading outdoors. Expect showers with thunder in the late morning and early afternoon across the northern, southern and eastern parts of the island. Temperatures will hit a high of 31 degrees
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    • Just a minute
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        Lock icon From this month...
        45 5 Your weekday treat will now be available on Saturdays. That's right, you will get news and fun that's pitched just right with Streats' Saturday edition starting today. This is in response to almost daily requests from readers to extend our publishing days.
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        50 5 Remember You have two more days to send in your entry form that will turn your dreams of becoming a shutterbug into a reality. The Straits Times is offering 100 readers the chance to become press photographers for a day and cover the Million Dollar Duck Race on Nov 12.
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        Lock icon Check this out...
        57 5 Check this out Are you the aggressive or mild and easy-going type? To find out, go down to the Sembawang Community Library today at 2.30 pm. HearMrYeo Teow Chong, president of the Singapore Training and Development Association, tell you how knowing yourself and others can help you relate better to
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  • Streatsmart regional
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      Lock icon Mass resignations from Estrada's party
      292 6 -AFP It will help pave way for impeachment proceedings against the President MANILA The Speaker of the Philippine House of Representatives Manuel Villar resigned yesterday from the ruling party along with about 40 legislators. The mass resignation is expected to help pave the way for
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      Lock icon China fights wasps with flame-throwers
      137 6 AP SHANGHAI Soldiers with flame-throwers are burning hundreds of wasp nests in a town in western China after a farmer and an 8-year-old boy were stung to death. Troops have destroyed some 300 nests around Jiepai, a town in Sichuan province, said an offi- cial
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    • know or not
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        Lock icon Why is the famous clock called Big Ben?
        48 6 Big Ben is not a clock. It is a 13.5-ton bell in the clocktower of England's Houses of Parliament. It was cast in 1858. It was supposed to be called Saint Stephen's, but the British newspapers renamed it Big Ben.
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        Lock icon How did the safety pin originate?
        60 6 -trivia@shagmail.com It was not produced until 1849, when American inventor Walter Hunt patented the first modern design. Precursors were developed in Europe about 3,000 years ago and became the standard device for fastening clothes. In the sixth century BC, century BC, Greek and Roman
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      Lock icon Businessman says he, not Gus Dur, got Brunei money
      215 6 -AFP admission is aimed at clarifying Bruneigate Mr Indra Zahnun Lubis, Mr Wowor's lawyer JAKARTA An Indonesian businessman has claimed that he, and not President Abdurrahman Wahid, received a controversial US$2 million (553.5 million) gift from the Sultan of Brunei. The
      -AFP  -  215 words
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        Lock icon Limits on China tourists
        87 6 AP JAKARTA Indonesia plans to limit tourist arrivals from China because it lacks the resources to handle them. The Jakarta Post said hordes of Chinese visitors were expected in the wake of relaxed immigration laws and the inclusion of Indonesia on a Chinese government-approved foreign vacation
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        Lock icon Fiji PM rallies nation
        91 6 SUVA After a military mutiny left eight soldiers dead and 22 people wounded, Fiji’s interim Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase said yesterday his people would never accept the rule of the gun. Mr Qarase said the fierce gunbattle for control of Suva’s main barracks on Thursday had
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        Lock icon Russia lobbies for deal
        99 6 AP BEIJING Russia is lobbying for a billion-dol-lar deal to supply China with early warning aircraft after the US blocked Israel from selling China an airborne radar system, diplomats said yesterday. Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov, who arrived in China yesterday, was expected to discuss with
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        Lock icon World Bank warns Thais
        70 6 Reuters BANGKOK The World Bank said yesterday Thailand had achieved strong success in battling HIV/AIDS, particularly among sex workers, but urged Thais to alter strategy to combat the changing face of the problem. “AIDS in Thailand is evolving, moving from one population group to another,” World
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        Lock icon US Congressmen rapped
        91 6 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR- Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday that seven US congressmen who filed a pro-Anwar resolution are not fit to hold office. “It looks to me that they do not understand what is right and what is wrong,” said Dr Mahathir.
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      Lock icon Dr M to Malays: Don't blame others for woes
      281 9 Bemama {mat are the boys doing... are they studying somewhere else or they are not pursuing further studies? Dr Mahathir on the low intake of boys in universities KUALA LUMPUR Bumiputras, or sons of the soil in Malaysia, received a tongue-lashing
      – Bemama  -  281 words
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      Lock icon Tommy going to jail
      174 9 Reuters JAKARTA Indonesian prosecutors said yesterday they were on their way to arrest the youngest son of former President Suharto. He will be taken to jail to start an 18-month sentence for graft. However, a court official outside the plush central Jakarta residence of Hutomo “Tommy”
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    • web cites
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        Lock icon Dive in
        46 9 Dedicated to diving enthusiasts, SDA Dive Travel at Scubada.com features organised trips to different diving spots every month, complete with details on the cost, itinerary, flight and accommodation. Information on scuba diving courses conducted in Singapore as well as foreign waters is also posted.
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        Lock icon Rev up
        52 9 This sleek and crisp site is your gateway to catching the action of Formula One, GP Motorcycle and World Superbike live from the grandstands. At GPTravelasia.com, weekly updates of racing news, events, team profiles and tour packages grapple for your attention. Prices and availability of the tickets are
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      Lock icon Escape in typhoon
      144 9 -AFP LUCENA, Philippines Fifteen prisoners broke out of a Philippine jail yesterday, using the noise of raging typhoon winds as their cover. The warden of the prison, in this province south-east of Manila, said the 15 sawed through the bars of a prison window. They then climbed
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        Lock icon Socks, BO give thief away
        124 9 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian police have picked up the scent of a masked robber whose peculiar body odour and taste in socks may give him away, a report said yesterday. He is believed to have robbed two former employers within a week, the Sun newspaper
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      • Article
        Lock icon Blow for crooked leaders
        93 9 AP NEW DELHI Voters have a right to know if political candidates are criminals, the Delhi High Court has ruled. Since the candidates are unlikely to provide this information, the national Election Commission must do so, it added. The Election Commission must provide information through the
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        Lock icon Russians held in Thailand
        108 9 AP BANGKOK Thai police in a seaside resort have arrested two Russian men wanted in their country for murder. The two, identified as Oleg Stiajkov, 34 and Anton Lavrinenko, 29, were arrested Wednesday at U-Tapao airport near the Pattaya beach resort, police said. He said the
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        Lock icon Child-abuse suspect held
        166 9 AP BANGKOK A Japanese man has been arrested on charges of having sex with a 13-year-old girl and videotaping the act in Thailand. The 57-year-old man, who was arrested two days ago, said he had paid the girl’s mother to bring her to his hotel room in
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  • Streatsmart global
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        Lock icon Lexus tops US car study
        100 10 Oana-Kyodo NEW YORK Toyota Motor Corporation’s Lexus brand of luxury car was rated the most dependable among cars and trucks sold in the US, in a study released yesterday by market researcher J D Power and Associates. For its 2000 vehicle long-term dependability study, the
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      • Article
        Lock icon Divorce in church: bishop
        62 10 Reuters BERLIN -A German bishop suggested yesterday that churches introduce a special religious end-of-marriage ceremony to help people deal with the pain of divorce. “A lot of people have problems of conscience after divorce. A separation ceremony would help them and their children cope with it,”
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        Lock icon Iraq used US bomb data
        86 10 AP WASHINGTON A former high-ranking official in Iraq’s nuclear weapons programme says he got US help in designing a bomb. “I found a nice gift from the US Atomic Energy Project at the library the Manhattan Project report,” Mr Khidhir Hamza, a nuclear physicist who
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        Lock icon Chinese distrust banks
        84 10 AP BEIJING Residents of a rural area in northern China made a run on six branches of a major state bank. The residents panicked after officials’ shifted government funds from one bank to another The run, which began on June 28 but was only reported in official
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        Lock icon US-N Korea talks slow
        85 10 Reuters KUALA LUMPUR Talks in Kuala Lumpur between the US and North Korea on Pyongyang’s missile programme had been substantive, but issues had still to be resolved, Mr Robert Einhorn, US Assistant Secretary of State for Non-proliferation said yesterday. “The delegations further clarified their respective positions
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      Lock icon Bush: I drank and drove
      424 10 Reuters ystopped drinking 14 years ago and I haven't had a drop since. Presidential candidate George W Bush MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin George W. Bush admitted on Thursday he had been nabbed 24 years ago for drink driving and said he had kept it secret as he
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    • Article
      Lock icon Why Tuesday is voting day
      183 10 -AFP WASHINGTON Since 1845, US presidential elections have been held on the Tuesday after the first Monday of November. Congress ruled out a later date, because early winter snow could prevent voters from getting to the polls, said historian Bruce Wetterau. An earlier date would
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    • Article
      Lock icon Scooter woes
      48 10 AP gofigure How many Americans suffer scooterrelated foot injuries? Nearly 9,500, and mostly children. In August alone, there were more than 4,000 cases, and children younger than 15 account for nine out of 10 injuries. No deaths have been reported in the US as yet. ap
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    • Article
      Lock icon Teens hang up smokes
      338 13 Reuters More cell phones, less smoking among British teens LONDON Cellphones could be could be turning teenagers away from tobacco, British experts said yesterday. Smoking has declined among British teenagers from 30 per cent in 1996 to 23 per cent last year, while ownership of mobile
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    • Article
      Lock icon Gillette: The best wet shave a woman can get
      212 13 AP BOSTON After four years and US$3OO million ($525 million) Gillette has unveiled its Gillette for Women Venus shaving system. It is a 50-patent razor intended to revolutionise shaving and revitalise the company. Gillette is banking on Venus to help it
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      Lock icon Setting up home in space
      226 13 AP KOROLYOV, Russia The first residents of the international space station arrived at their new home on Thursday. American astronaut Mr Bill Shepherd, the station’s skipper, and Russian cosmonauts Mr Yuri Gidzenko and Mr Sergei Krikalev floated into the space station after their Russian Soyuz
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    • news scan
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        Lock icon The Hotel Titanic
        102 13 Reuters SAN FRANCISCO Developers have floated the idea of building a mammoth replica of the Titanic in San Francisco Bay and using it as a luxury hotel. Unsinkable? Maybe. Unthinkable? Think again the US$l5O million ($262.5 million) proposal for a 287 m, 568-room Titanic II hotel docked
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        Lock icon Sting concert cancelled
        111 13 -AFP DUBAI Rock star Sting’s concert scheduled for the Dubai Desert Rose festival on Nov 23 has been cancelled over a contract tiff with organisers. “The promoters have let us down in certain clauses in the contract,” Sting’s agent Phil Banfield said, quoted by the Gulf News
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        Lock icon Hanoi irate at drugs tag
        139 13 -AFP HANOI Vietnam yesterday blasted its continued inclusion on a US list of major drugproducing and transit countries. Said Vietnam Foreign Ministry spokesman Mr Phan Thuy Thanh: “Vietnam is not a country that produces or transits drugs and psychotropic substances but one that is suffering
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        Lock icon Israel fights cyberwar
        93 13 -AFP BEIRUT- Israel is engaging in a new kind of war against its Arab enemy in Lebanon. The site: The Internet. The new war began almost a month ago with an all-out cyber offensive by Israelis and their supporters around the world against sites of the Lebanese
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  • Streatsmart people
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      Lock icon Thatcher turns on British MPs
      259 14 -AFP m LONDON British politicians are more fm aroused by former Prime Minister Margaret f Thatcher than by a blonde pin-up model. The finding, by scientists from the University of the West of England, was reported by the Daily Mail yesterday. It said researchers had
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      Lock icon Death threats for Saddam satirist
      181 14 Reuters LOS ANGELES The maker of an unflattering film about Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein woke up to find his home splattered with blood-red paint, his garbage bins on fire and a death threat pinned to his mail box. French freelance journalist Joel Soler, 32, whose
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      Lock icon President Obasanjo forgives his accuser
      217 15 Reuters ABUJA Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo told a special human-rights commission about his unjust imprisonment by the late dictator Sani Abacha and then embraced the man who helped put him behind bars. Obasanjo, released in 1998 after Abacha’s sudden death, was elected president in February
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      Lock icon History is in the eye of the beholder, says Paris
      159 15 Reuters TORONTO Canadian author Erna Paris says many countries rewrite and even lie about their post-war history to make it more palatable. For her latest book, Long Shadows Truth, Lies and History, she travelled across four continents interviewing people about
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      Lock icon Hongkong editor Lam sacked
      158 15 -AFP HONGKONG -The South China Morning Post’s China editor has been sidelined after its owner took exception to one of his articles, press reports said yesterday. Willy Wo-lap Lam has been told that he will no longer be running the English-lan-guage newspaper’s mainland news coverage and
      -AFP  -  158 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Texas millionaire hired hitman to kill ex-wife
      173 15 SAN ANTONIO, Texas A Texas millionaire was sentenced to life in prison for hiring a hitman who killed his former wife. US District Judge Ed Prado gave Allen Blackthorne, 45, two life sentences on Thursday and fined him U *****,000 ($436,000) for his
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      Lock icon What do Singapore women really want?
      647 17 What do Singapore women really want This is a question that must be w addressed if we want to understand why it may be impossible to reverse our declining birth trends, at least in this generation says JAIME EE, Business Times'Lifestyle editor "GET married.” “No.” “Have a baby.” “Don’t want
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      Lock icon What do you really want?
      487 17 AN E-MAIL I received from a thoughtful reader promised a titillating prospect. Robert wrote: “I reserved a moment in time for you to cherish. Please allow the following place to bring you the peace of mind that you so richly deserve... “You can now win
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      Lock icon If countries could vote...
      734 18 From kisses to speeches, the world has been watching the year-long campaign between these two men to become the next US president If the world was part of the game and had a chance to cast a ballot; how would the poll go? LIKELY GORE VOTERS
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  • Streatsmart pictorial
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      Lock icon Wracked by pain
      77 20 Behind her lies the wreck of Flight SQOO6. Ahead of her, uncertainty. And pain. And a life without her loved one. This woman is the relative of one of the 81 passengers who died in the crash in Taipei on Tuesday night. As she walks away, she
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      Lock icon Bye, bye Bill
      235 20 facesandphases, Here's a politician we'll soon see a lot less often. Mr Bill Clinton, President of the United States, is getting ready to hand overpower to the man who will win the US election on Tuesday. Here's how Mr Clinton has seen through the years. 1959 William
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  • STREATS
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      Lock icon Tony voted Sexiest Newcomer
      138 21 CANNES Best Actor Tony Leung Chiu Wai not only makes girls in Asia go ga-ga Americans are apparently also falling head-over-heels in love with him. The suave 38-year-old has been crowned the Sexiest Newcomer by US magazine People, making him the second Hongkong star to be
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        Lock icon We're just friends, says Julian of Charmaine
        215 22 by Yvonne Kwok JULIAN Cheung Chi Lam has denied allegations that he’s having an affair with starlet Charmaine Sheh, his co-star in the Hongkong TV serial, Return Of The Cuckoo. Looking nonchalant at yesterday’s press conference for TCS’ new Chinese drama series, Dare
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        Lock icon Hanging with Stefanie
        173 22 Hanging w i th Stefanie THE next time you’re waiting for a bus along Orchard Road, look around you might just see upcoming Singaporean singer Stefanie Sun next to you. Not in person, though, but as a Hang Ten poster girl. The 22-year-old has been chosen as spokesman for US
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        Lock icon Adding Spice to quotes
        127 22 Reuters LONDON With the line, “I’ll tell you what I want, what I really, really want,” the Spice Girls joined the ranks of the immortals in a new dictionary of 20th century quotations. The line from the girl band’s debut single was included in the Penguin
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        Lock icon Pierce slams Hollywood
        150 22 Reuters LONDON Pierce Brosnan accused Hollywood bosses of being lazy and unimaginative after they decided not to release his latest movie, Grey Owl, in US cinemas. Director Richard Attenborough agreed, saying the film about an Englishman who hides his true identity to live the life of a
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    • Go watch
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        Lock icon Go because of Maggie...
        172 25 In The Mood For Love Directed by: Wong Kar Wai Starring: Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Maggie Cheung .TWO strangers move into apartments next to each other on the same day both without help from their spouses. Sheer coincidence? Perhaps. The stage is conveniently set for the
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      • must see tv
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          Lock icon DILBERT
          52 25 Saturday, 9.30 pm, CNBC Asia (SCV 15) Catch one of the 1 world’s favourite car- fl toon characters as he I takes us through the absurdities of today’s workplace. Issues such as labour unrest, employee exploitation, staff downsizing and even the sick-building syndrome are explored albeit in a twisted,
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          Lock icon AH KAM
          69 25 Sunday, Bpm, TCS 8 This Ann Hui film is in part a tribute to the unsung heroes of Hongkong’s movie industry: the stuntman. Michelle Yeoh plays a gutsy body double who falls in love with a handsome businessman, but is cheated by him. She returns to Hongkong with
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          Lock icon SEVEN
          86 25 Sunday, 10pm, TCS 5 Okay, so most of us know how the story ends by b now, but this noir-style Ht thriller still deserves il a second, third and fH fourth look not that Wm TCS should repeat this movie unto y death. A series of grisly murders occur
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          Lock icon GREASE
          74 25 Saturday, 7 pm, TCS 5 It’ll give you a nostalgic kick like no other I movie. Set in the ’sos, 1 in an American high 1 school, Grease cap- tures the ups and downs in the romance between greaser Danny Zuko (played by a skinny John Travolta) and the
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        59 25 Golaugh Directed by: Howard Deutch Starring: Keanu Reeves, Gene Hackman, Jon Favreau, Brooke Langton A couple of scabs are hastily assembled to replace the US football team the Washington Sentinels, who have gone on strike. Keanu 'I have only one facial expression'Reeves leads the pack of rowdy characters
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        31 25 Gocry Director: Joan Chen Starring: Richard Gere, Winona Ryder Aspiring tear-jerker with pre-requisite ingredients like a dying woman, die-hard womaniser and a generous sprinkling of cheesy lines.
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        60 25 Gihrill Directed by: Mary Harron Starring: Christian Bale, Willem Dafoe, Jared Leto, Reese Witherspoon If you have a weak stomach for gore and violence, be warned. Chilling and graphic, the movie with the self-explanatory title shows life in the urban jungle through the eyes of a serial killer,
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        57 25 Goromance Directed by: Amy Heckerling Starring: Jason Biggs, Mena Suvari, GregKinnear Nerdy loser has the hots for beautiful smart chick. Beautiful smart chick only has eyes for control freak professor boyfriend. Loser and chick get closer, and realise they're kindred spirits. Inevitably, they fall in love. Moral of the
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        260 32 Rate the party animal; do your bit for charity Click onto newasia woman.com, or call us on 1900-911-0005 to rate the babe, and both you and the featured j face might walkaway with prizes. MEET Judy Chan, 23, a student at the Singapore Accountancy Academy and a
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        243 33 BLAME it on Charlie’s Angels. With the Barrymore-Diaz-Liu vehicle about to blast its way onto the big screen soon, you can expect a revival of the vavoom hairstyles that original angel Farrah Fawcett popu- larised in the 70s. Gary Lim, creative director of Mahogany-L’Esprit Keratase and
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        124 33 THE things women put up with in the name of fashion. Here are some hairstyles from hell the kind which leads to physical discomfort. Lop-sided hairstyles may lead to neckaches. British chiropractor Lawrence Whitman told newspaper Sunday Telegraph: “I had one woman come
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        108 33 YOUR brows should be a frame for your eyes, complimenting their shape, and not make you look perpetually startled or harsh. Some dos and don'ts Do: Begin by shaping the undercurve, following the line of the upper lashes or brow bone below brows while looking directly into the
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        103 33 DON'T neglect your nails when dressing up- be it for a hot date, or simply to go to work. You can create a nail look that defines your style and complements your wardrobe. Polished and no nonsense: Short, slightly rounded nails that have no colour but buffed
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        120 34 LOOK at this photo. Wish you were there enjoying yourself, away from the annoying crowd and irritating boss? Well, Christy Chung did. That’s her in the photo. Her recent Maldives trip gave her more than a sunkissed glow. She had a good time with her daughter
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        301 34 LISTEN U 2 All That You Can't Leave Behind Interscope, 2000 ••••O If you're trying to find a decent melody like Bono is in the track Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of, then you won't go wrong with this one. The veterans infuse 20 years
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        754 35 Instead of strolling around shopping centres this weekend, take in the fresh air at one of these parks. This is the first of our Saturday series to help you relax after a hard week's work TEAR yourself away from the TV and computer this weekend. Go take
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        201 36 Wire, Agencies LONDON Garry Kasparov, who reigned over world chess for the last 15 years, was dethroned by his former pupil Vladimir Kramnik in the world chess championships here on Thursday. Kasparov surrendered his title to world No 2 Kramnik 6.5-8.5 after being forced to a draw
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        135 36 -AFP FERRARA, Italy Scientist Professor Francesco Conconi, said by an investigator to be at the hub of a doping network involving over 60 top-level athletes, experimented on himself with banned substance EPO, documents claim. The treatment, investigators say, enabled Conconi to trim four
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        222 36 LONDON Scot David Coulthard rebuffed his Formula One critics on Thursday and said he just needed more luck and consistency to win a first world title. “I don’t see winning the championship as the hurdle that others might see it,” said the McLaren driver in
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        156 37 Schumacher scores for charity on football pitch -AFP PADUA (Italy) Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher paraded his footballing skills before his Italian fans in a charity match here on Thursday. He scored a spectacular goal as his drivers’ team made up largely of Formula One stars and motorcycling aces
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        421 37 PHOENIX Portland may be known for its depth but on Thursday the Phoenix Suns bench burned the Trail Blazers. Tony Delk scored 22 points off the bench and Shawn Marion added 21 and 10 rebounds to lead the Suns to a 108-82 rout. Overall,
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        288 37 -AP LOS ANGELES Let’s get the rim shots out of the way. How appropriate that the Clippers would play their first home game on All Souls Day, otherwise known as the day of the dead. Ba-da-boom. During coach Alvin Gentry’s pre-game meeting
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        175 38 Reuters GLASGOW Troubled Scottish First Division club Airdrie was pulled back from the brink of closure on Thursday by its supporters who paid off a debt which had threatened to put the side out of business after 122 years. The fans managed to raise the
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        128 38 Reuters JOHANNESBURG South Af rica captain Lucas Radebe is seeking to buy half a South African Premier League side, club officials said on Thursday. Radebe, who is also the captain of Leeds United, wants to buy at least 50 per cent of
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        447 38 -AP LONDON -This may be the most important week of David O’Leary’s managerial life. Four days after First Division side Tranmere knocked Leeds out of the League Cup’s third round, O’Leary regroups going into today’s match at Elland Road against Liverpool. Manchester United, Arsenal
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        217 38 Reuters ROME Lazio’s Argentine striker Claudio Lopez will be out of action for up to three months following a knee injury sustained during Wednesday night’s game against Brescia, Lazio’s sporting director said on Thursday. “It looks like there was a complete break to
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        422 39 Cup holder Singapore goes into the Tiger Cup as the favourite to reach the semi-final from Group B along with Vietnam. DEFENDING champion Singapore and losing finalist in 1998, Vietnam, go into the Tiger Cup as the favourites to qualify for the semi-finals from
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        257 39 -AFP CHIANG MAI Thailand’s veteran midfielder Surachai Jaturapattapong has his sights set on a coaching career in Singapore. Speaking after last month’s Asian Cup finals in Lebanon, the former Thai Farmers Bank star revealed his intentions, saying: “I joined the squad late because I was taking a
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