Streats, 15 March 2001

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    22 1 STREATS Treats for the Streets THURSDAY 15 March 2001 Another quality publication of yjy Singapore Press Holdings E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 103/06/2000
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    Lock icon Sports minister declares: Let the FUN begin
    547 1  -  ssoom budget to: O Bring world-class events O Build multi-purpose sports hub O Bet up Sports School by PETER SIOW BE a sport. Indulge in some fun and games. To help you have fun, the government and Singapore Pools will spend $5OO million
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  • morning rush
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      Lock icon New fire code in two years
      68 1 ANEW set of fire regulations which comes into effect in two years will give architects and building owners more flexibility in building design. Instead of sticking strictly to the old fire code, architects and engineers can come up with their own designs which incorporate
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      Lock icon Sprucing up Pasir Ris
      49 1 PASIR Ris Street 41 will have an amphitheatre with pavilions, covered linkways and landscaping by the middle of next year. Construction of the 230-sq-m structure, which can seat 100 people, will begin in May, said an MP for Pasir Ris GRC, Mr Ong Kian Min.
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      Lock icon Undergrads talk technology
      60 1 ABOUT 500 university students from 35 countries will discuss issues ranging from the impact of technology to the new economy’s relevance in Asia at a conference here in August. Political economist Professor Ezra Vogel of Harvard University will address the Harvard Project, a four-day event organised by
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      43 1 <o Do your bit to keep Singapore clean. Start now, by sharing this newspaper with someone, or by recycling, instead of chucking it away when you're done. Yes, it's free, but think of the trees. LITTERBUGS ON THE RISE PAGE 5 Keep Tuesday
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  • Streatsmart Parliament
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      Lock icon $4.8b to give your flat a... Facelift
      296 2  -  reports by SARAH NG IF climbing stairs is your daily grind, help is on the way National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan yesterday announced the Lift Upgrading Programme (LUP) that will equip all flats in pre-1990 high-rise HDB blocks with lift landings on
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    • Article
      Lock icon Why not
      124 2 A more romantic ROM and mass weddings by MCDS? MrAng Mong Seng, Bukit Gombak Senior Parliamentary Secretary Yu-Foo Yee Shoon said MCDS is actively looking into new premises for the Registry of Marriages and a Registry of Muslim Marriages that will fea- ture a “conducive garden setting befitting
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    • Help for...
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        Lock icon Parents More child and student care
        91 2 THE Ministry of Community Development and Sports (MCDS) will develop 50 more childcare centres a year for 2002 and 2003. Sixteen new centres will be built this year. “This should increase the number of childcare centre places to our 58,000 target by financial year
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        Lock icon Poor Money through CDCs
        47 2 FROM April 1, MCDS will delegate all financial assistance schemes to CDCs. Currently, only the Marine Parade and Tanjong Pagar CDCs are responsible for such administration. Mr Mah said the new scheme will improve the flexibility and speed of advice and help given.
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        Lock icon Shops Voluntarya Retirement Scheme
        47 2 Shops Voluntary a Retirement Scheme HDB shop tenants who give up their tenancy will be given a $48,000 ex-gratia payment. A pilot scheme will be introduced this year for 500 rental shops in selected areas where business is weak. The scheme will be extended if found favourable.
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        Lock icon Change of shop use
        64 2 HDB will be more flexible in granting approval for the change of shops into showrooms or offices, said Mr Mah. But the HDB shop must be at least three years old and located in traditional HDB neighbourhoods and neighbourhood centres. Conversion to eating places or industrial
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        Lock icon Subletting of shops
        47 2 TENANTS will be able to sublet up to 50 per cent of their traditional neighbourhood shops if the floor area is at least 50 square metres. They can also use the flats above shops for commercial purposes, subject to HDB’s approval on structural safety.
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  • Streatsmart local
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      Lock icon Electronics downturn, US economy main reasons More job cuts likely
      243 3 Electronics downturn US economy main reasons More job cuts likely MORE retrenchments this year are likely as large multinational corporations in the US, many of which also operate here, have announced job cuts. A report from the Manpower Research and Statistics Department said that because of Singapore’s highly globalised economy,
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      Lock icon Tamil Tigers'fund-raising ring broken up
      222 3 A FUND-RAISING network here for Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tigers has been broken up. The Ministry of Home Affairs said 13 people were found to be involved in activities supporting the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) after a swoop by the Internal Security Department late
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      Lock icon You'll soon be listening to... UnionWorks
      204 3  -  by KAREN CHEN LISTEN up, you fans of NTUC Media’s Most Music 91.3 and Heart 100.3 out there. The stations you become so familiar with on the airwaves could be in for a change and for the better NTUC Media and SPH Media Works
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      Lock icon Honesty appreciated
      79 3 onekindact. Seah Leong Yuem I would like to thank Kent Ridge Park park keeper Mr Mizanur Dhali and his supervisor, Miss Nozihan. On March 8,1 inadvertently left my wallet in the public toilet at the park. Mr Mizanur spotted me looking for it. I told him about my
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      Lock icon Man jailed for holding forged Singapore document Passport to prison
      239 4  -  by KHUSHWANT SINGH A CHINESE national with a forged Singapore passport made it past the passengers-only area at Changi Airport Terminal One on Monday. But as he was waiting to board Northwest Airlines flight 0020 bound for the US via
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      Lock icon Jealous Filipina stabs boyfriend
      173 4  -  by /KHUSHWANT SINGH A VISIT to a pub at Orchard Towers, on Feb 3 earned James Robert McCarthy the wrath of his girlfriend. Mr McCarthy, 32, was seen talking to some women at the Ipanema pub which made Lynn Rabino, 29, furious. When he returned to
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      Lock icon Woman dies mysteriously
      263 4  -  by 'KAREN CHEN THE 22-year-old Chinese woman had been dead for nearly a month. But it was only last week that her father arrived from her hometown in Fujian, China, to claim her body. The reason: No one here could identify Ms Chen Guijin’s body. At about
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        Lock icon Slip road death
        105 4 A Malaysian was killed yesterday after he was thrown off his motorbike. The man, a shipyard worker aged 28 from Sarawak, is believed to have been going to work when he was thrown off his bike while riding on the slip road leading from the BTE to
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        Lock icon More meat, milk bans
        98 4 MEAT imports from France and Argentina have been banned by the Agri-food and Veterinary Authority due to the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in those countries. The Ministry of the Environment has suspended imports of milk and dairy products that have not undergone high heat treatment.
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        Lock icon Young mum's tantrum
        105 4 A 20-year-old mum, unable to cope with motherhood, threw a crazed tantrum and has ended up in jail. Siti Zubaidah Ahmad was just 18 when she gave birth. All was relatively well until Jan 10, when at Bpm she stormed out of her bedroom and grabbed her
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      Lock icon Number of litterbugs up 50% over 1999 Just too much
      434 5 THE number of littering offences recorded last year rose by almost 50 per cent from the previous year, with more than 6,000 people caught in the act, the Environment Ministry (ENV) said yesterday. In 1999, the number of littering cases
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      Lock icon Our weather girl says...
      63 5 Our weather girl says Watch out for showers with thunder over northern, eastern and central Singapore in the late morning and early afternoon. Temperatures will reach a high of 32°C. High tide will hit 2.5 m at 3.28 pm. Our weather girl is Streats reader Elaine Heng Outfit from Topshop
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    • Just a minute
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        Lock icon From this month...
        48 5 Residents offourHDß blocks in Upper Boon Keng Road gear themselves for new flats at a site adjacent to their present blocks under the Selective En-bloc Redevelopmen t Scheme. They involve 800 three-room flats in Blocks 6,8,9,10. The 1,300 new flats will be ready in 2004.
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        72 5 If you want three chances of winning $20,000 cash in IRAS'lucky draw, today is the last day to e-file your tax returns. You get two chances if you e-file by the end of this month and only one chance if you file by the closing date. Tax-payers have up
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        Lock icon Check this out...
        57 5 Explore the roots of Malay music with the one-hour special "Aslirama A Brief Tour of Malay Music" Organised by the Kemuning Society, this enchanting journey will showcase the unique style and grace of traditional Malay music and its Indian, Chinese and Portuguese influences. On at the Asian
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  • Streatsmart regional
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      Lock icon Life after PJ riots Let's all just eat and make up
      434 6 A BIG feast is being organised in the Kampung Medan area for residents who suffered in the Petaling Jaya riots last week. A pro tern committee is being set up to approach community leaders in the affected villages. Everyone
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      Lock icon Malaysiakini.com quizzed over questioning death toll
      177 6 Wire services SHAH ALAM The online newspaper Malaysiakini.com has been asked to substantiate a report where it said the death toll in the Petaling Jaya riots could be higher than six. Selangor Chief Police Officer Datuk Nik Ismail Nik Yusof said he has lodged
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      Lock icon Jakarta police storm jail, one dead Arrest Tommy or release us: Rioters
      278 9 -AFP JAKARTA Police stormed a top-security prison yesterday, killing one inmate and injuring three as they quelled a riot. “One inmate was shot dead while three others were injured by gunshots,” during the assault on the rioters in
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      Lock icon Do you think you're hot?
      75 9 webcites If you do, then log on to AmlHotOrNot.com. A brainchild of two unemployed California graduates, the site gives people the opportunity to upload photographs of themselves. They are then judged on a scale of one to 10 by other surfers. It will give participants
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      Lock icon Students want Mega to take power
      99 9 Reuters JAKARTA Indonesian students hit the streets of Jakarta yesterday for the third straight day to demand President Abdurrahman Wahid’s resignation. About 1,000 of them rallied outside VicePresident Megawati Sukarnoputri’s inner city man-, sion where she had talks with Mr Abdurrahman demanding she support
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      Lock icon After 4 hold-ups, McDonald's girl wins right to sue
      147 10 AP SYDNEY A former employee won the right to sue McDonald’s yesterday for psychological injury she said she suffered after four armed robberies. Elizabeth Ranieri, 22, is seeking damages from McDonald’s of up to A 5750,000 ($660,000). She said McDonald’s breached
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        Lock icon Randy driving instructor
        62 10 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian police yesterday urged women learner drivers not to take evening lessons after one trainee was allegedly molested by her instructor. Police in the southern state of Malacca said the 17-year-old complained that she was molested during a 7pm lesson. Officers quoted by Bernama
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        Lock icon Probe on Marcos daughter
        95 10 -AFP MANILA The Philippine government is looking into an alleged attempt by a daughter of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos to launder millions of dollars in Europe, a government watchdog body said yesterday. The Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) is inquiring with authorities in Switzerland
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        Lock icon Croc-killing toads
        98 10 AP DARWIN Having conquered Queensland and northern New South Wales, toxic cane toads are penetrating Australia’s Northern Territory. Sparking fears they will devastate local wildlife, cane toads have completed their march to Kakadu National Park, scientists said yesterday. The toads were imported long ago from South America to
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        Lock icon Koreas trading post
        79 10 -AFP SEOUL South Korea said the first letter exchange with North Korea since their war 50 years ago would go ahead today despite the cancellation of ministerial talks. The rival states will each hand over 300 letters at the border truce village of Panmunjom today, government officials
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      Lock icon Access for the disabled Aussie brothel installs ramp for wheelchairs
      271 11 ap MELBOURNE A brothel has installed a wheelchair ramp and other facilities for the handicapped in what advocates hope will be the start of a nationwide trend. The Pink Palace recently opened what is believed to be the first disabled
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      Lock icon IN TANDEM:
      49 11 IN TANDEM: Female walruses Moko (left) and Piko playing the alphorn while three white belugas sing in chorus from behind during reheasal at the Hakkeijima Sea Paradise aquarium in Yokohama city, suburban Tokyo. Aquarium trainer Ryo Nonoyama (centre) conducts the Marine Animals Band. Pic: afp Pic: AFP
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      Lock icon Buddha statues razed: Taleban
      139 11 Reuters ISLAMABAD The two ancient Buddha statues in Afghanistan’s Bamiyan have been destroyed completely by the Taleban, a Pakistan-based Afghan news service reported yesterday. “The work was completed last evening (Tuesday) and now there is no trace of the two statues there,” the Afghan Islamic Press
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      Lock icon Wife murders hubby on 7th try
      134 11 AFP TAIPEI A reportedly unfaithful and miserly husband was burned alive by a hired assassin on his wife’s seventh attempt to kill him. The wife, Liao Je-hung, and killer Liao Shih-chung were both jailed for life on Tuesday for murdering Lin Jung-lo in November
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      Lock icon We can do IT
      493 12 Two blue-collar workers take the plunge into the world of Information Technology and discover new confidence HE was very experienced in the aquarium fish business, but Mr Yap Keng Huat, 46, export manager of Qian Hu Fish Farm, knew he had to upgrade himself. “My general
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      110 12 Senior Basic Training An easy-to-follow guide to introduce you to basic IT skills. Date March 15 April 7 Venue ONE Learning Place COMWORLD 2001 Check out the latest computer systems and software. Date March 15- 18 Venue Halls 403 404, Singapore International and Exhibition Centre Time 11.00 am -9.00 pm
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  • Streatsmart global
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      Lock icon Leaders taking bribes caught on camera Heads roll as arms scandal rocks India
      381 13 NEW DELHI India’s BJP-led government is facing its worst crisis ever after journalists posing as arms dealers uncovered a major bribery scandal. Defence Minister George Fernandes said he would resign while four top ministry and army officials
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    • Article
      Lock icon 100 hours of footage over 7 months
      207 13 THE gameplan was simple enter at the lowest level and work up the corruption ladder. Tehelka.com journalist Aniruddha Bahai and deputy Mathew Samuel floated a fictitious UK-based arms manufacturing company, called West End International. The low-level entry point was provided by Defence Ministry
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      Lock icon Food poisoning from fishy treatment
      102 14 Reuters CHICAGO Frozen tuna that was thawed repeatedly for burgers or salads was behind an outbreak of food poisoning, the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said yesterday. In a study of 22 cases in North Carolina over the eight month up to
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        Lock icon Hats off to this driver
        118 14 Reuters TOKYO One of Japan’s famed bullet trains had to trundle down the track on auto-pilot for five minutes while the driver went in search of his errant hat-to avoid breaking company rules. “He left the driver’s seat to look for his hat after he
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        Lock icon Weather makes hash of it
        74 14 Reuters ORLANDO Drug fighting got some help from Mother Nature here when a drought frizzled the illegal marijuana crop, Florida police said. They seized only 39,219 marijuana plants, worth U 5539.2 million ($67 million) in the state last year, about a third less than the
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        Lock icon No face-saving for Queen
        97 14 Reuters LONDON The Sex Pistols’ defaced picture of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth was picked as the best record cover ever. The 1977 shocker by the British punk group won the honour from a panel of judges for their 100 Best Record Covers Of All Time book. The
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        Lock icon Bush backtracks
        103 14 Reuters WASHINGTON President George W Bush has abandoned a campaign pledge, telling Congress he would not seek to impose mandatory emissions reductions for carbon dioxide at electrical power plants. Mr Bush said he feared caps on carbon dioxide emissions, produced by the burning of coal and other fossil
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        Lock icon Landed next to corpse
        111 14 Reuters LONDON A British man who jumped off a cliff survived a fall of nearly 120 m but landed on a ledge next to a decomposed body. Rescuers said the 22-year-old man had suffered serious and extensive injuries and it was miraculous that he was still
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  • Streatsmart people
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      Lock icon Now she'll be sacked
      195 15 Reuters LONDON A female British soldier who posed topless for Britain’s top-selling Sun tabloid is being kicked out of the army, Defence Ministry officials said yesterday Lance corporal Roberta Winterton, 20, has no regrets, however, about peeling off her uniform for the tabloid. “I loved my
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      Lock icon Ali: Boxing didn't give me Parkinson's
      161 15 Reuters LONDON Boxing legend Muhammad Ali said yesterday he was not bitter or angry about getting Parkinson’s disease and insisted that boxing was not to blame for his condition. “Parkinson’s is just something that happened to me,” Ali, who has had the disease for
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      Lock icon Fiji's surprise premier
      146 15 Reuters SUVA A minister in Fiji’s post-coup, army-backed government was unexpectedly sworn in as prime minister yesterday and a spokesman said elections would be held soon. Ratu Tevita Momoedonu was inaugurated in by President Ratu Josefa Iloilo during a ceremony convened hastily at Lautoka, on the northwest
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      Lock icon Mori survives censure vote
      241 15 -AFP TOKYO Embattled Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori yesterday survived a motion of censure in parliament, but his ruling party openly kept up the debate on elections to choose his successor The ruling coalition, led by Mr Mori’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), voted down the motion
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      391 16 pod has turned One: not only one year old, but one of mind, one of soul, one of passion. Indeed, pod celebrates the collective that has maintained constant contact, pod salutes those that have kept the flame burning the dreamers, the adventurers, the mavericks: the generation that is shaping the
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      204 17 Calling all pod contactees! pod has turned one and you're invited to a free movie preview organised exclusively for you. All pod contactees simply have to produce their latest pod bill or pod card to redeem a pair of free tickets to the preview f of ‘Snatch’, Don’t miss the
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  • easyStreats
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      Lock icon Pretty Mum is pretty mum
      490 18  -  by DIANA SER She flew into Singapore to promote her upcoming film, Pretty Mum, but Gong Li turned out to be less than forthcoming when questions were posed THERE she was, Chinese actress Gong Li sitting pretty in a suite at the Mandarin Hotel yesterday
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      Lock icon Eminem rouses hatred Give me Nirvana or the Beatles any time
      518 19  -  perk speaking by Junita Simon "DARLING, can you please turn the music down just a little please?” my mum shrieked over the din. My sister and I just grinned at each other. My dad was listening to Frank Sinatra
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      Lock icon The brief for Oscar winners Keep it short
      177 20 EVERY year, before the Academy Awards ceremony takes place, organisers remind prize-win-ners to keep their acceptance speeches short. Every year, the organisers’ requests are ignored and the show, which is broadcast live worldwide, inevitably runs over time. Last year’s awards show broke
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      Lock icon Hideki ends Casanova capers
      184 20 DO you remember Hideki Saijo that tall, suave hunk with the husky voice who used to rule J-pop land? The flamboyant dresser, who broke into the entertainment scene in 1972 with the song, Love Season, reigned as the king of music in the 70s and 80s.
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      Lock icon Teresa fever lives on in Japan
      131 20 SHE may no longer be around, but Teresa Teng, who died six years ago, is still making waves in Japan. When Japanese fans learnt that a foundation named after the late songbird was preparing to stage a play on her life in China, Hongkong
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      • Today's must-see TV...
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          Lock icon THE PRACTICE
          71 20 10.15 pm, Channel 5 Ellenor defends a “slow” teenager ac- t cused of killing a I younger boy. A wit- I ness claims to have I information clearing her client but Ellenor suspects he is lying. Helen calls in a police officer whose son is under suspicion in
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          Lock icon CITY BEAT
          58 20 Bpm, Channel 8 Hurry and catch this show; this might be its last season, if its erosion of hosts f is any indication. Join Sharon Au as she goes shopping at Queenstown Shopping Centre for the trendiest, but cheapest finds. Also the cast of Cookin’ go prawn fishing
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          Lock icon TOP GEAR
          78 20 9.30 pm, BBC World (SCV 13) Top Gear returns to BBC World for a new series and continues to parade the latest cars down the tarmac catwalk. Hosts Jason Barlow and Kate Humble will trot out the latest models worthy of a Car Of The Year nomination, and
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          Lock icon HARVEY GIRLS
          89 20 9pm, TCM (SCV 17) Judy Garland plays a girl who leaves the city behind to wed a down-and- out cowboy out 1 in the wild wild |yj West. When things li don’t work out, becomes a waitress at the Harvey House, a^ restaurant that provides good cooking and
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          Lock icon NIGHT CLUB
          57 20 10pm, V V Entertainment (SCV 56) Mamasan Olivia raises her son Ka Ho in the nightclub, where he picks up many bad habits. Because of this, they do not have a good relationship. Tragically, when they get closer, Ka Ho gets into trouble over his involvement with the
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      Lock icon A treat for YOU Roaring good times
      310 21  -  Reports by l CARA van MIRIAH FREE on Tuesday after work? Join us and be happy because you’re invited to party with Streats and Europa at Roar Disco at Cairnhill Place. For you, Roar has arranged a night of fun a la Ally
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      Lock icon Lady Dynamite
      208 21 SHE is one chilli padi, so don’t mess with her. Emelda Paolo, one half of a two-piece act has a power-packed voice that belies her petite frame. She was the first runner-up in TV’s Fame Awards in 1995. Since then, she has made a name for herself in
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