Streats, 13 December 2000

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    21 1 STREATS Treats for the Streets WEDNESDAY 13 December 2000 Another quality publication of Singapore Press Holdings E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 103/06/2000
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    Lock icon Illiterate. Ignorant. She will be in jail, too
    607 1 Another widow, 72, convicted of harbouring illegals despite earlier reminder REMEMBER: You WILL go to jail if you are not careful about the status of your tenant Remember: More illegals are invading our shores there were 14,275 arrests for the first 10
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  • morning rush
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      Lock icon NTU wireless
      56 1 THE world’s largest wireless campus network can be found at Nanyang Technological University. There, students can access the internet anytime, from anywhere on campus. All it takes is a network adaptor PC card in their laptops to hook up to the wireless network. The NTU spent $3.3 million
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      Lock icon Youth crime help
      58 1 NEED help in dealing with delinquent youths? Check out a website set up by a inter-ministry committee on youth crime. It carries information on the preventive and rehabilitative programmes run by various government bodies. The Ministry of State for Law and Home Affairs Associate Professor Ho Peng
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  • Streatsmart local
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      Lock icon Sun Vista sinking report 'is unfair'
      319 2 SEMBCORP Industries yesterday rejected the findings of a report on the sinking of its cruise ship in the Malacca Straits in May last year. A highly critical report by the Bahamas Maritime Authority (BMA) said there were serious deficiencies in the 36-year-old Sun Vista,
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      Lock icon Ex-St Andrew's boys admit theft
      267 2 FOUR teenagers who were facing a burglary charge yesterday admitted to an amended charge of theft The four, all former St Andrew’s Secondary School students, admitted to stealing about $11,500 worth of audio equipment from the school at Potong Pasir Avenue 1 on Aug 6
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        Lock icon Locked out by thief
        134 2 WHEN Ms Naridr Kaur got home to her empty flat late after work, she found that the door was latched from the inside. She enlisted the help of neighbours to force the door open and found out that her troubles had only just begun. Her home,
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        Lock icon Burglar enters via roof
        110 2 A BURGLAR broke in through the roof to get into a shophouse on Upper Paya Lebar Road on Sunday night. After prying the tiles loose, the thief had jumped in through the false ceiling, provision shop owner Mr Ng Tang Min, 50, discovered on Monday at
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        Lock icon Police car tyres slashed
        107 2 THE back tyres of a police patrol car were slashed while it was parked in the carpark of Block 167 Stirling Rd. At 10.24 pm on Sunday, police were alerted by a member of the public about a man behaving suspiciously near the car, Shin Min
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      Lock icon Driver crashes into eight vehicles
      153 3 A DRIVER suspected of drink driving caused a commotion when he crashed his car into eight parked vehicles at Queen Street in the early hours of yesterday. The 48-year-old man allegedly crashed into a car parked by the road near Rochor Centre at 2.22 am.
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      Lock icon Talk to your teenagers on equal footing
      319 3  -  by SARAH NG IT'S nearly 9pm and your teenager mumbles something about going out with friends as he zips past you. The door bangs behind him before you can even ask where he’s going, what company he’ll keep and when he’ll be back.
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      Lock icon S'poreans held in Ecstasy haul
      158 3 -AP BANGKOK Two Singaporean men were arrested yesterday for allegedly attempting to smuggle 30,000 Ecstasy tablets into Thailand, said a senior customs official. Lim Aik Hup, 34, and Khong Hock Boon, 41, were searched after arriving at Bangkok International Airport from Amsterdam on China Airlines,
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      Lock icon They quit jobs to help others
      412 5 Wfe isn't only about making money 'Mr George Tan, 34 NOT every Singaporean goes for the five Cs, it seems. There are professionals who, despite years of training, have left their jobs to become social workers, counsellors or probation officers. So much so that
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      Lock icon Our weather girl says...
      80 5 Our weather girl says You'll probably 1 get caught in the rain when you leave your office after work today, so keep your umbrella handy. Showers with thunder can be expected in the late afternoon and early evening over most areas. Temperature will reach a maximum of 32° C. High
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      Lock icon Social-worker shortage
      171 5 THERE is a shortage of qualified social workers in Singapore. Many who are qualified do not go on to become social workers. On top of that, a sizeable number leave the profession every year. Of the 100 or so graduates who obtain a social work degree from the
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    • Just a minute
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        Lock icon From this week...
        45 5 The stretch of Commonwealth Avenue West between dementi Road and Dover Avenue will be temporarily closed to facilitate the construction of Dover MRTstation in front of the Singapore Polytechnic campus. Closure will be nightly from 10pm to sam up to Dec 29.
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        Lock icon Remember...
        70 5 You can make this festive season special for someone less fortunate. The Sharity Gift Box is open to accept donations from 10.30 am and 9pm daily until Dec 20. The main gift box is at the URA carpark opposite Centrepoint Shopping Centre on Orchard Road. Satellite boxes are at
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        Lock icon Check this out..
        50 5 If you're an art lover, you may want to go down to The Substation at Armenian Street today where you can view a series of stills, nature, figure and anatomy drawings in black and white by artist Peggy Leong. Admission is free. 11am to spm. Call 9-759-7101.
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      Lock icon Road rage over being overtaken Furious motorist punches bus driver
      328 6  -  by I KAREN WONG 4 months' jail for assault TIBS bus driver Loi Peng Weng had a schedule to keep, but was stuck behind a slow car along the left lane of Shenton Way. So, he stepped on the accelerator,
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      Lock icon Some suspects in SGH attack identified
      222 6 THE police have identified some of the suspects involved in the assault at the Singapore General Hospital’s Accident and Emergency department last Thursday. In an early morning attack that stunned patients and staff, about 20 youths armed with poles charged through the A&E department,
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      240 4 ■■lll 'mmmm HH m M min Afe Nf4 So^ e u^ uS thi^s is to^ 1 CH^ S irtt° tU s More inexplicable happenings continue to astound shoppers at Lot 1. From brightly-coloured beings rom outer, outer space to a Christmas horse who travels through time, you can be sure
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      126 6 m w I Y f t K n C A w Learn to put your fingers to good use in this lifestyle and hobby-craft fair 15-17 December 2000 (Fri to Sun) 11 am to 9 pm World Trade Centre Expo Gateway Supporter: RP i ponpacmedia .com Puppetry by Terrapin Kagoshima
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      85 7 WEDNESDAY O 13 December 2000 V 5> t> f <§ V <► Or, V: O v Click for Christmas Shopping. Shop at Singapore's biggest Virtual Mall, the shopping site at Asia One. With over 200 shops to choose from you'll be spoilt for choice, not crushed in the rush. And
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      Lock icon Make your own leisure time
      452 8 AS a newcomer to Singapore, I have, of course, become acutely aware of the fast pace of life on the island. “Busy” applies to just about every aspect of life, from education to eating. The guy who runs the food centre on the corner of
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      Lock icon Asia will survive a weaker US dollar
      113 8 betweenthelines weakening US economy will mean a softer US dollar, which is good news for most of Asia... A weaker dollar should bring money back to Asia, allow further cuts in interest rates, and cut the costs of dollar debt The cooling of
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      Lock icon Crackdown on vote-buying sparks deputy PM's... Thai coup warning
      256 10 Reuters BANGKOK A crackdown on electoral fraud in Thailand has sparked fears of a coup almost a decade after the country’s last military takeover. Deputy Prime Minister Korn Dabbaransi, in an interview published in the Bangkok Post yesterday, warned that banning
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      Lock icon Walkman pipped in poll by instant noodles
      123 10 -AFP TOKYO Japanese place instant noodles and karaoke higher than gadgets and gizmos on the list of their best inventions of the 20th century. “Instant noodles, representing ‘Made in Japan’, are now not only a national food but a global food,” the Fuji
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      Lock icon Myanmar wins praise for pledge to free Suu Kyi
      198 10 -AP VIENTIANE -Myanmar received rare praise from a European Union minister yesterday over its decision to release opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest. “There is much to be done, but I am encouraged by their response,” said John
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      Lock icon Japanese may be renamed
      206 10 Family name must be first, even overseas, govt panel says TOKYO Japan’s government may be sending a memo to most of the world in the next few years saying that every Japanese national has changed his or her name. A Japanese government panel recommended an end
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      Lock icon Can bees detect bombs?
      107 10 knowornot. Tiny radio plates, the size of a rice grain, will be attached to honey bees to detect anti-personnel landmines, of which there are about 100 million in 70 countries. The radio plates are engraved with serial numbers to keep track of the bees which are
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      Lock icon Estrada admitted deposits: Journalist
      283 11 -AFR Reuters Bank asked to turn over records to prosecutors MANILA President Joseph Estrada admitted illegal gambling money had been deposited in a bank account run by his lawyer, a journalist testified at his corruption trial yesterday. Twink Macaraig, Manila correspondent of Channel News Asia, submitted
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      Lock icon Jealous lover threatens ex-girlfriend
      106 11 Reuters HONGKONG A love-sick Hongkong school teacher threatened to expose his ex-girlfriend’s abortion on the Internet if she broke up with him. Chan Hun-sing, 45, was sentenced to 100 hours of community service, local newspapers reported yesterday. Chan also threatened to hack into the hospital’s computer
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      Lock icon Mother tongue
      49 11 gofigure Vernacular languages continue to be the most common languages spoken at home by Singapore's main ethnic groups. In 2000,76 per cent of the Chinese spoke either Mandarin or Chinese dialects, 92 per cent of the Malays spoke Malay and 43 per cent of Indians spoke Tamil.
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      Lock icon KL wooing Gulf Arab retirees
      183 11 -AFP M'sia hopes to attract 20,000 people to retire there KUALA LUMPUR A Malaysian delegation is visiting the Gulf Arab states to persuade people to spend their retirement years in Malaysia. The delegation visited the United Arab Emirates last week to promote the Malaysian government’s
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        Lock icon Peace over press: Dr M
        83 11 -AP KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has told Parliament that his government will not allow the news media to jeopardise national peace but that he was otherwise committed to a free press. Mr Mahathir said that evidence of his commitment was that newspapers “freely
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        Lock icon Mahathir's brother dies
        86 11 -AP KUALA LUMPUR Mr Mahadi Mohamad, older brother of Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, died yesterday after suffering a fall in the bathroom, the national news agency Bernama reported. He was 86. Mr Mahadi had not been ill except for a serious cold in the past few
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        Lock icon Korean kills husband
        87 11 -AFP SYDNEY A deeply religious South Koreanborn woman was jailed for at least 18 months yesterday for killing her husband, who subjected her to brutal sex and forced her to have two abortions. New South Wales Supreme Court heard that Ms Yun Young Ko, 26, had told
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        Lock icon Toxic rice: Three arrested
        71 11 Reuters BEIJING Chinese police have arrested three farmers who sold 55 tonnes of old rice mixed with toxic industrial wax to make it look fresh, the China Daily reported yesterday. The Ministry of Health has issued an emergency notice ordering nationwide inspections in the food industry
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        Lock icon Britain offers training
        96 11 -AFP JAKARTA The British government has pledged to provide scholarships and training to Indonesian air force personnel, including fighter pilots, a report said yesterday. “The British government is ready to give scholarships to improve the human resources of the Indonesian air force,” the state Antara news agency
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      Lock icon Gene linked to sudden child deaths
      170 12 Reuters WASHINGTON Italian researchers have discovered a genetic mutation responsible for an abnormally fast heart rate that can suddenly kill children at play or under stress. Several mutations in a single gene can cause the rare syndrome known as cata- cholamineric polymorphic ventricular tachycardia
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      Lock icon Man allowed to grow own marijuana
      173 12 Reuters CALGARY A Canadian who uses marijuana to control multiple sclerosis symptoms was given the green light to grow his own. Grant Krieger, who was charged with marijuana cultivation as well as cultivation for the purpose of trafficking, launched the court challenge under Canada’s
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        Lock icon Get reel
        38 12 The Internet Movie Database (imdb.com) is really what it proclaims to be. Housing thousands of movies dated as far back as the silent him era, Imdb not only archives English films but international ones as well.
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        Lock icon Coming (not so) soon
        46 12 Your eagerly-anticipated films from Hollywood may hit a cinema near you a year later than their official release. Quell your celluloid thirst at countingdown.com and upcomingmovies.com. As their names imply, you can find upcoming releases, with rumours, script developments and production status.
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      Lock icon Indian postal staff wins key demands
      312 13 Reuters NEW DELHI The Indian government said yesterday that it had accepted three out of five key demands by striking postal workers. It is expected to hold further talks with the unions in a bid to end the eight-day-old walkout. The 600,000 workers went
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      Lock icon US polls, what a joke
      125 13 justbelieveit. -AFP WASHINGTON The Internet has been full of jokes over the US election. One goes like this: "How many Bushes does it take to win an election?"another netizen asks. "Three: one to run (junior), one to vote (senior) and one to certify the election
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      Lock icon Girl, 8, forced to sleep in dog kennel
      160 13 -AP CHESAPEAKE, Virginia A woman pleaded guilty on Monday to making her eight-year-old stepdaughter sleep in a dog kennel. The girl’s father pleaded guilty to the same charges felony child abuse and neglect on Thursday. The couple were arrested after neighbours reported
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      Lock icon Florida presidential electors to be named
      309 14 -AFP The move could send Mr Bush to the White House TALLAHASSEE Florida’s Republican-held House of Representatives was set to formally name a slate of electors favourable to Mr George W Bush a move that could send him to the White House. The motion
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      Lock icon Turkey looks forward to Xmas
      149 14 Reuters LONDON Like most turkeys at Christmas time, Biscuit probably thought his days were numbered when he fell off hjs perch and broke a leg. But instead of ending up as the 12.7 kg centrepiece of someone’s traditional Christmas dinner, two-year-old Biscuit received a £l,OOO
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      Lock icon Early child-care an essential aim: Unicef
      211 14 -AFP PARIS Governments around the world are still not investing enough in child-care and education programmes, a Unicef report published yesterday said. The report introduces the importance of early childhood development programmes “for the progress of nations as a whole”. It would cost US$BO
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        Lock icon Crocodile kills woman
        96 14 Reuters JOHANNESBURG A South African woman was killed by a crocodile while taking a romantic midnight swim. The Star newspaper in Johannesburg said the dismembered remains of 22-year-old Tracy Hunt were recovered by wildlife officers and police on Sunday in Lake St Lucia, 36 hours after her
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        Lock icon Anti-Israel boycott
        112 14 -AFP CAIRO Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said it was “right” to shun Israeli products, but stopped short of supporting popular calls for a boycott of US products to protest Israel’s crackdown on the Palestinians. “The people are right to boycott their (Israeli) goods, but a boycott of European
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        Lock icon Now, Barak really quits
        85 14 Reuters JERUSALEM Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak’s resignation took effect shortly yesterday, after a legally required 48-hour delay. A special election for the prime minister is due to be held in 60 days, with the date likely to be Feb 6, according to Israel’s election law.
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        Lock icon Coral reefs disappearing
        82 14 AP WASHINGTON More than one-quarter of the world’s coral reefs have been lost to global warming, pollution, fishing activity and other sources of stress, and 70 per cent could be dead within 50 years. That’s the bleak news from the US government and an international conservation study
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        Lock icon UN vs the Mafia
        64 14 -AFP PALERMO, Italy The United Nations has warned nations that mafia groups were out•stripping crime-fighters in their use of technology and the global markets. The war without frontiers was declared by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the opening of a signing conference for the UN’s “Convention against
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      Lock icon Clinton wants to purge N Ireland of 'past demons'
      239 15 Reuters DUBLIN US President Bill Clinton started a three-day visit to Ireland and Britain yesterday during which his words to people standing in the rain are likely to be more important than talks with political leaders. Mr Clinton said on Monday
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      Lock icon China Strike Force in town
      123 15 WATCH out, the “China Strike Force” is on its way to Singapore. Three of the mega-action thriller’s leading actor and actresses will be in town on Dec 18 to promote the $13.6 million movie, directed by Stanley Tong. You can catch Wang Lee Horn, Norika
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      Lock icon Mahfuz planning intifada, says Deputy PM
      169 15 -AP KUALA LUMPUR A senior Malaysian leader accused an opposi- tion Islamic party yesterday of trying to stage an uprising similar to that being waged by Palestinians against Israel. The remarks by Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi at a news conference were the
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      Lock icon Whoopi pays visit to jail
      167 15 AP FORREST CITY, Arkansas Whoopi Goldberg made an unscheduled visit to the St Francis County Jail after the driver of her tour bus was pulled over by police for speeding on Interstate 40. While her driver filled out paper work and posted a US$45O ($788)
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      Lock icon HK's devilish divas
      538 17  -  speaking by LAWRENCE CHAU HERE'S the lowdown on a handful Hongkong divas I’ve had the pleasure, er rather, pain of meeting. If singers Sandy Lam and Priscilla Chan embody all that is graceful, classy and courteous, then the following femme fatales are their polar opposites: 1. Couldn’t
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      Lock icon Three girls, a guy and a dating game
      350 18  -  Ibewitch's hour by Cara van Miriah LAST Saturday business development executive Donald Ng, 26, got a chance to pick a girl to go out with on a dream date. Dressed in a shock-ing-pink shirt, tight denim jeans and shiny shoes and with
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          Lock icon CHARMED
          70 18 10pm, TCS 5 Season finale! Not to be missed! A mysterious genie shows up on the Halliwells’ doorstep. He promises to grant each of them a wish, but of course nothing that good is ever for free. The genie is actually sent by the Infernal Council because the sisters
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          Lock icon THE INVINCIBLE SQUAD
          64 18 10.30 pm, TCS 8 The team works on a new case where 1 a scientist is found I murdered. Ziling sees white flowers stained with blood in another vision and takes it that she might be endangering Jiajun’s life. Meanwhile, Jiawen’s cat is mysteriously killed and strange
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          Lock icon 303 FEAR FAITH REVENGE
          70 18 10pm, Central This film was Thailand’s top-grossing blockbuster of 1998. It’s a thriller that revolves around the lives of boarding school students who hear of a rumour about the mysterious suicide case of an honours student. Their curiosity leads them to secrets that they wished they
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          Lock icon SLEEPLESS TOWN
          56 18 10pm, VV Entertainment k (SCV 56) Tokyo’s Kabukicho is a I forgotten world where I people of different J tongues and races meet, where they fight W against each other to gain money, power and ter- ritory. Takeshi Kaneshiro stars in this drama about a dangerous love story
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          79 18 10.30 pm, HBO (SCV 60) Mel Gibson is Por- k ter, a robber in a I really bad mood. I He is out for revenge 1 because he has been left for dead by his double-crossing partner and wife, who abscond with his bank loot, worth US$7O,OOO (S$120,000). He
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      Lock icon Tony's timely thanks to mum
      226 20  -  by Sarah Ng HIS father walked out on the family when he was still in his teens, leaving him, his younger sister and mother to fend for themselves. But his mum didn’t drown herself in self-pity. And she didn’t give up on her two children.
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      Lock icon Time's 10 best movies
      338 21  -  fey fey Yvonne Kwok IT'S been a year of unusually bland films for Hollywood, even by mainstream lights. Not surprisingly, it was films from Asia, Europe and independent America which shone in terms of scripting, acting and directing. This is a list of the year’s 10
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      Lock icon Mel finds his feminine side
      226 22 Reuters LOS ANGELES Could it be that Mel Gibson, box-office magnet with testosterone-charged films like Lethal Weapon and Braveheart, feels pretty and nice in eyeliner and nail polish? Does he wear panty hose? In his new movie, the romantic comedy What Women Want, opening in
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      Lock icon What do women want?
      156 22 AFP The folks behind "What Women Want" ran a very unscientific Net survey and got 3,600 responses. Women's number one "want" was sex,which beat out friendship, romance, love, financial security and honesty. More women wanted to be in a loving relationship than an honest one. More
      – AFP  -  156 words
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        Lock icon Maradona snubes Pele
        237 28 Reuters ROME Diego Maradona walked out of a Fifa awards ceremony on Monday before rival Pete got up on stage to receive the award as one of the two greatest players of the 20th century. Maradona left soon after collecting his prize as the best player of
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        Lock icon France's quiet man is king again
        211 28 Reuters ROME -Zinedine Zidane may be one of the greatest showmen in world sport but off the field the Juventus and France playmaker is ill at ease with the trappings of fame. He believes that actions speak louder than words. “It always feels good.
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        Lock icon Two teams start engines early
        410 29  -  by SIMARNIRVAIR SINGH TWO teams have taken an early lead and started training for the first Women’s Cup soccer competition to be held in February next year. The competition will be a Singapore Cup-style knockout tournament to be played on weekends at the teachers’ network
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        Lock icon Fine time for Lions
        364 30 PUNCTUALITY will be quite a fine game to play for the Lions as they prepare for soccer’s World Cup qualifiers. On the first day of training yesterday, the Singapore national team’s latest foreign coach, Dane Jan Poulsen, gave a new twist to punishments for late-comers. In
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