Streats, 19 April 2001

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    22 1 STREATS Treats for the Streets THURSDAY 19 April 2001 ther quality publication of mjm Singapore Press Holdings E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 103/06/2000
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  • Article
    Lock icon Thai PM ridiculed over fake treasure Fool's gold
    303 1 -AP Bangkok Thai Prime Minister ‘haksin Shinawatra rushed in where Nigels feared to tread and is being r idiculed for doing so. His government has been criticised W being suckered into sanctioning a Measure hunt in a jungle cave that Mr utaksin
    -AP  -  303 words
  • morning rush
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      Lock icon Cutting down energy use
      77 1 STRICTER rules to help buildings cut down on their energy use is likely to become law next year. Under the proposed rules, the amount of heat energy from the sun that will be allowed to be absorbed by buildings will decrease by about 22 per cent
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      Lock icon Upgrading in Chua Chu Kang
      56 1 HDB residents in Chua Chu Kang constituency can look forward to more carpark spaces and covered linkways between blocks. Older private estates in Cashew Road and Chestnut Drive will get covered drains, new pavements and landscaping. The CCK Community Club will be expanded to include
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    • Article
      Lock icon Jap-S'pore FTA in 2nd round
      75 1 JAPAN and Singapore will hold a second round of negotiations on a free trade agreement in Tokyo over four days starting next Tuesday. “In these negotiations, the two nations will discuss various strategies to tighten bilateral economic ties, including measures to liberalise and facilitate bilateral
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      83 1 P, c: Francis Lee Who wants to have a high IQ? Q: Would a person with an IQ of 172 be a cinch to win on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? We wanted to know. So we arranged for two Mensa members, who are among a select group of
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      312 1 lem S'poreans Too much Young girls want more. And more. And they are giving in to their greed by stealing and getting in all sorts of problems. A study on female juveniles has found that more than seven out of 10 girls said they shoplifted or stole because of greed.
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  • Streatsmart local
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      Lock icon Two in three female juvenile offenders came from intact families Greedy girls get into trouble
      345 2 MORE than seven out of 10 girls in a study on female juvenile offenders said they shoplifted or stole because of greed. A study by the Subordinate Courts released yesterday showed that three out of
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    • Article
      Lock icon Car free and crush free?
      132 2 ARE you facing a morning crush today? If you take a bus or MRT to work each day, you don’t need I Car Free Day to add more commuters to the usual crowd. If you normally drive, you deserve extra credit for braving the commute
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        Lock icon GST in your water bill
        84 2 YOUR water bill will include Goods afl Services Tax (GST) with effect from April but your utilities bill will not be higher. The Public Utilities Board (PUB) sai GST will apply to the sanitary appliance ft and waterborne fee in your water bill, ft the
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      • Article
        Lock icon He stole bizarre gift
        92 2  -  Deepa Vijiyasingdd HO Soo Hou picked a weird gift for his wife t celebrate his first day in a new job on April 4 To thrill her, the 37-year-old carpente 1 claimed, he selected two packs of sanitab pads from the shelf store. A court heard
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        Lock icon Six vehicle pile-up
        89 2  -  Karen Ched A LORRY, a van, two cars and two motorcy' cles were involved in a six-vehicle collision on the Kranji Expressway (KJE) on Tuesday A lorry travelling in the left lane of tft KJE towards the Seletar Expressway ft about 5.45 pm is believed to have
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      Lock icon Oops!
      57 2 IN yesterday’s report, “Woman’s pick-up poi fl for babies’, we said the picture caption that ft baby Xuan Ling was abandoned by her motlft 1 The mother has since clarified that she had ft abandoned her child and that Xuan Ling was, fact, being looked after by Mrs Queenie
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      Lock icon Indian police hunt for S'porean fugitive He escapes after hijacking jeep
      220 3 A TEAM of police from the Indian state of Tamil Nadu are on the lookout for a Singaporean Rajkumar alias Udhayakumar, 37, and three of his associates, who escaped from their clutches. He and his accomplices including his second
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      Lock icon Helped when I passed out
      96 3 onekindact Raymond Tan: I WOULD like to thank a Malay gentleman and SMRT staff member Mr Seow Poh Heng, who both helped me when I passed out in the MRT train between Commonwealth and Queenstown stations on March 15. The gentleman helped me out of
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      Lock icon Thai overstayer rented out rooms
      182 3  -  by. ZUBAIDAH NAZEER SHE had overstayed by more than a year. On top of that, she was making a living by sub-letting rooms to overstayers like herself. Thitasan Maem, 32, a Thai, had entered Singapore on Oct 16, 1999 and was supposed to have left
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      Lock icon Mercedes bends
      94 3 IT looked like something straight out of a Jackie Chan movie. But the “stunt” wasn’t choreographed. A Mercedes-Benz driver lost control of his car on Mountbatten Road near the National Stadium about 9am yesterday. Mounting a centre divider, the car tore down 20m of railing. It didn’t stop
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      Lock icon 8 of 10 yuppies do not have enough sleep Most execs need more zzzzzzs
      330 4  -  by WINSTON CHONG IF YOU are feeling sleepy reading this in the train early in the morning, be consoled. You are in high company. A recent survey on sleep habits of PMEBs (professionals, managers, executives and
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      Lock icon Who's backing OSC, asks PAP
      341 4 YOU would be forgiven for thinking that ther hustings for the General Elections are in ful stride, going by the recent exchanges between long-time political foes Dr Chee Soon Juan and Mr Matthias Yao. In the latest exchange, Minister of State Without Portfolio (Prime Minister’s
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      Lock icon Cheers!
      63 5 Armed with colourful pom-poms, these enthusiastic cheerleaders strutted their stuff and gave their all at The New Paper Big Walk and Asia One Cheerleading Challenge competition yesterday. Of the 23 teams that took part, only eight will make it to the finals. Catch the finalists at The New Paper
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      Lock icon SDU survey: Children seen as less important now Money first, family later
      237 5 -AFP THE Singapore family is facing a growing threat to its existence. Increasingly, Singaporeans of marrying age are shifting their lives’ priorities away from having children and starting a family. Instead of the pitter-patter of tiny feet, you
      -AFP  -  237 words
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      Lock icon Our weather girl says...
      78 5 Our weather girl says I guess everyone has grown used to taking an umbrella along at lunchtime. I advise you to carry on doing so today, as there will be showers with thunder over many areas. Temperatures will range from 25°C to 33°C, with the tide hitting 2.3 m at
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    • Just a minute
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        Lock icon From this month...
        56 5 If you are one of the 500,000 households to receive green plastic bags from rubbish collection company Semac, don't discard them. They are for you put your unwanted plastic, glass and paper junk for the company to collect for recycling. The company hopes to collect 100 tonnes
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        Lock icon Remember...
        78 5 Remember Need help to take care of a terminally-ill loved one? You can turn to these organisations for help. Hospices: Assisi Home and Hospice, tel 359 7819 Dover Park Hospice, tel 355 8200 Hospice Care Association, te*****561 St Joseph's Home, te1268 0482 Support groups for the terminally ill or their
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  • Streatsmart regional
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      Lock icon Thailand executes drug traffickers Death by public shooting
      246 6 -M BANGKOK Four drug traffickers were shot to death by a firing squad yesterday in Thailand’s first public executions which was also partly televised. It’s Thailand’s way of deterring drug trafficking. The final hours of the condemned men were recorded by about
      -M  -  246 words
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      Lock icon Woman tests Islamic ruling
      193 6 Reuteri KUALA LUMPUR A Malaysian woman who was born a Muslim but converted to Christianity took the government to court yesterday for ruling she needs permission from an Islamic court before removing her original religion from her identity card. The woman, who asked not to be
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      Lock icon Rush for pretty sacred names
      185 6 -AP BANGKOK Thais are taking on new surnames they believe will bring them good luck in this auspicious year. People queued up early this month outside a makeshift booth at a fairground to claim 3,998 names handed out in a state-sponsored event. In Thailand, changing
      -AP  -  185 words
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      Lock icon US-China spy plane row Talks show up wide rift
      264 7 Wire services BEIJING US and Chinese delegations met yesterday for over three hours to try and bridge the gap in perception over who caused the April 1 mid-air collision near Hainan. At the end of three hours, they seemed further apart
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      Lock icon 8 US subs for Taiwan: report
      181 7 -AFP TAIPEI The US has agreed to sell Taiwan eight submarines to help boost the island’s navy, reports said yesterday. The submarines, weapons and training would cost US$3 billion to 4 billion ($7 billion), the United Daily News said. The German-designed 209 type 1400
      -AFP  -  181 words
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      Lock icon Jiang, Julio and Hugo hum-ming ensemble
      128 7 -AFP CARACAS -Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez introduced Spanish crooner Julio Iglesias to China’s President Jiang Zemin during lunch on Tuesday. Julio sang a few songs, and Mr Jiang joined him for a few bars from Cuando Sali de Cuba (When I Left Cuba). Then
      -AFP; Pic: AFP  -  128 words
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      Lock icon Teens stabbed for powdering women's faces
      207 7 -AP PHNOM PENH Five teenaged boys were stabbed and injured after smearing powder on the faces of young women during the weekend’s Khmer New Year holiday, police said yesterday. The attack took place on Sunday at Wat Phnom, the capital’s oldest Buddhist site, which
      -AP  -  207 words
    • Article
      Lock icon How did that silent 'b' get into the word 'debt?'
      89 7 knowornot You see the word, which came into English with the Norman Conquest in the 11th century, was originally spelled "det" It came from the French word, "dette" meaning, well, you know. In jolly Olde England they just loped off
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    • Ex-leaders in trouble
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        Lock icon Erap says he's beating the rap
        260 10 EmpText -AFP MANILA A government decision to drop five charges against former Philippine President Joseph Estrada has left him feeling halfway to being completely cleared, according to a newspaper report. A member of Mr Estrada’s legal team said a countersuit was planned against state
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        Lock icon Suharto lawsuit appeal thrown out
        186 10 -AFP JAKARTA The Jakarta High Court has upheld a district court decision to throw out former Indonesian president Suharto’s civil defamation lawsuit against Time magazine. Mr Suharto filed the US$27billion ($4B billion) lawsuit in July 1999, alleging that he had been defamed in a Time
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        Lock icon Anwar ordered to pay Dr M
        207 10 -AP KUALA LUMPUR Jailed exdeputy premier Anwar Ibrahim must pay his former boss more than RM85,000 ($40,300). Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad was awarded that sum in costs on Tuesday over a failed defamation suit brought by Anwar, newspapers reported yesterday.
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        Lock icon Splashing out for a nude
        87 10 -AP CANBERRA Australia’s National Gallery wants to pay US$4 million ($7.2 million) for a nude painting, its most costly purchase to date. Gallery officials said yesterday that it is raising private funds to purchase the British artist Lucian Freud’s After Cezanne, which depicts a nude
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        Lock icon If you drive, hang up
        96 10 -AP BRISBANE Even hands-free phones are dangerous to use while driving. The distraction of talking on the phone while you drive quadruples your chance of having an accident and could be as dangerous as drunk driving, a researcher said yesterday. “Talking to a passenger allows
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        Lock icon Fiji's odd couple
        98 10 -AFP SUVA Former Fijian prime minister Sitiveni Rabuka is to politically ally with the widow of the man he first overthrew in a coup, local media here reported yesterday. Mr Rabuka seized power in a military coup in 1987, overthrowing the late Fiji Labour Party prime minister
        -AFP  -  98 words
      • Article
        Lock icon No rants from grants
        78 10 -AP SEOUL When an aid group asked to send paint to North Korea as part of its aid package, one of Seoul’s first concerns was whether it would be used for nationalistic or anti-South propaganda. The aid group insisted that the paint was intended for the
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      402 11 Vi!/ V 1 1 =1 l L t__. L Diploma in Info-comm Technology “We want to encourage more of our school-leavers to pursue info-comm as a choice career in the future. Mr. Yeo Chow Tong, Minister of Communications and Information Technology We equip you with the ever expanding telco and
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  • Streatsmart global
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      Lock icon Airline introduces exercise during flight Inflatable footpad to fight Y-class syndrome
      175 13 -AFP Dubai Dubai-owned Emirates airlines announced yesterday it would provide an exercise device for passengers on long-haul flights to boost blood circulation and combat the potentially deadly “economy class syndrome”. The product, named Airogym, is “a simple and fun
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    • Article
      Lock icon Giving gifts
      80 13 webcites Looking for presents that fit into an envelope? Go to Singapore's first online gift voucher store at totallygifted.com. It stocks vouchers of merchants such as Ikea, Marche, MPH, G2OOO and Pan Pacific Hotel. Surfers can shop by merchant name or category and paid online or through fax.
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      Lock icon Every 10th car is a Merc
      52 13 gofigure. One in every W cars in Singapore is a MercedesBenz, making it the most popular luxury brand here. There were 43,115 Mercedes-Benzes here at end-2000, giving the brand an 11 per cent share of, and fourth place in, the car population ranking. -Land
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    • Suffer the little children
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        Lock icon Rebirthing therapy ruled illegal
        128 14 -AP DENVER The US state of Colorado has outlawed the “rebirthing” therapy that led to the death of a little girl last year. Candace Newmaker, 10, suffocated at the hands of “rebirthing” therapists after she was wrapped in a sheet for 70 minutes. She died the
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        Lock icon In memory of lynched dad
        147 14 -AP NETANYA, Israel The newborn’s middle name will be Vadim, for the father he will never see, who was beaten to death by a Palestinian mob in a West Bank town six months ago. He will keep Vadim’s memory alive, the mother, Irina Nourjits, said,
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        Lock icon Goodbye to Caroline the cow
        208 14 -AP LONDON Jessica Cleminson’s secret diary entry on Saturday included two circled blots with an arrow pointing to them and the words “my tears”. The eight-year-old girl’s favourite cow had been condemned to die, to prevent the spread of foot-and-mouth disease beyond her family’s farm
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        Lock icon Edinburgh ghosts probed
        69 15 Reuters Edinburgh A team of 240 volunteers, led by psychologist Richard Wiseman from Hertfordshire University, claimed some spooky findings after a 10-day probe of Edinburgh Castle’s vaults and dungeons. Nearly half of the team reported ghostly goings-on, including a sudden drop in temperature. High-tech gadgets checking for
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        Lock icon Cadbury: End child slavery
        96 15 -AFP London British chocolate manufacturing giant Cadbury called for an international effort to stamp out the trade in child slaves for cocoa plantations. It made its appeal after the Etireno was reported to be carrying up to 250 children destined for slavery in West African cocoa
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        Lock icon Less soda for the kids
        78 15 -AP ANCHORAGE Alaska Native health officials are trying to curb sales of soda, saying Native children are rotting their teeth from drinking too much. The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium will ask stores to offer low-sugar drinks instead. The problem is worsened by contracts between
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        Lock icon Black Di statue at bus-stop
        91 15 Reuters LONDON A black statue of the late Princess Diana is on display in a bus station instead of an art gallery because of her family’s disapproval. The black granite statue portrays her with white hair and eyes, wearing chunky boots under her gown. Walsall
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        Lock icon Titanic still fascinates
        82 15 Reuters LONDON Ninety years after it went down, the Titanic still grips the imagination of collectors around the world who bid for everything from souvenir postcards to paper napkins. The 1998 movie has revived an auction house’s annual sale of ocean liner collectables. Auctioneer Patrick Bogue’s sale
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      Lock icon Israel withdraws from Gaza Two Powell-ful words
      277 15 Wire services WASHINGTON Two strong words from General Colin Powell, US Secretary of State, did the trick in the Middle East on Tuesday. The two words excessive and disproportionate caused Israel to withdraw from the chunk of Gaza they occupied a day ago
      – Wire services  -  277 words
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      Lock icon Conman donates stolen money to opera company
      164 15 -AP NEW YORK A career swindler and opera fan pleaded guilty on Tuesday to charges of running a phony securities firm that cheated investors from a dozen countries out of nearly US$lO million ($lB million) in a Brazilian bond scheme. Robert Whitehead, 58,
      -AP  -  164 words
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      411 14 «^THAMES THE FIRST CHOICE IN BUSINESS EDUCATION Caroline Tan Marketing Director of a prominent global franchise Graduate of Thames with a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Business Administration majoring in Marketing from University of Portsmouth. mm. Thinking of what to do with your ‘O’/’A’ levels results? Pursue a Diploma with
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  • Streatsmart people
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  • easy STREATS
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      Lock icon High IQ ≠ $1m
      673 17  - High IQ $1m by YVONNE KWOK WHAT quality must you have if you are to make it to the million dollar mark in Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? Is it: A. University degree B. A sister who can hear you over the phone C. A high IQ D. A
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      Lock icon Can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street?
      538 19  -  personality speaking by Junita Simon MIKE snuggled into his couch as he did without fail every Sat-urday afternoon and the world around him ceased to exist. Never mind the wife, the law practice, the car. Sat-urday afternoons are as sacred
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      • Today's must-see TV...
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          Lock icon FAMILY LAW
          49 19 11pm, Channel 5 Lynn acts as mediator in her friends’ decision on how their dying son should spend his last days; Danni defends her father after he’s arrested for a hit-and-run; Rex tries to make a commercial showcasing his skills, but it doesn’t go as he planned.
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          Lock icon NIGHTFALL
          48 19 10.45 pm, Cinemax (SCV 59) An archaeologist discovers that an eclipse of planet Aeon’s six suns, which occurs every 1,000 years, is about to take place and threatens to cause madness among the population in Isaac Asimov’s sci-fi thriller. Stars David Carradine, Jennifer Burns and Joseph Hodge.
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          Lock icon THE PRACTICE
          56 19 10pm, Channel 5 Ellenor (below) pursues the Donovan case, hoping to forestall his execution. Meanwhile, Rebecca’s case in which she is representing a woman with Alzheimer’s who is trying to keep her marriage from JĔ being; annulled, becomes J compli-| c a t e dl when" arise about
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      Lock icon Rock still lives
      373 21  -  by CARA van MIRIAH WHO says rock is forgotten? Rock music is still alive and swinging just walk into JJ Mahoney’s and you’ll see it’s true. Though many bands claim to champion “new” music, one three-piece outfit has pushed far beyond current boundaries. Re-christened and rejuvenated, JJ
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      Lock icon Step aside, juniors
      401 22 Tired of the boy band clones? A London PR firm is scouring for talents worldwide to form a 'Man Band'. Only those over 50 years old need apply Reuters LONDON You’re never too old to be a pop sensation. Up to 5,000 hopefuls from all around the
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      Lock icon Lights, camera, action, police
      207 23 TO make a movie in Hongkong you need more than cash and talent. You need the police force. Barely a month ago, a triad member tried to extort HK$5OO,OOO ($113,000) from a company producing Jackie Chan’s latest movie, Rush Hour 2. On Tuesday night, a group
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      Lock icon Stars' beauty secrets: Napping and crying
      182 23 WANT to look young? Forget bird’s nest soup and expensive spa treatments. Veteran Hongkong stars Liu Songren, 49, and Michelle Yim, 45, have cheaper and simpler ways to looking younger. Time seems to have stood still for Liu since his 1970 s classics such
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      Lock icon Other than dangerous stunts, what can artistes do to raise money for charity?
      281 25 Li Nanxing was 'pulled apart'by motorcycles, Wang Deyuan was set on fire. These were someof the potentially dangerous stunts Media Corp artistes performed to raise money for the NKF Charity Show2oo 7. Their efforts brought in $4.2
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    • easyStreats sports
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        Lock icon Lakers wins Pacific Division
        90 26 BASKETBALL -AP LOS ANGELES Shaquille O’Neal shot 13-for-13 from the line and finished with 33 points and 13 rebounds as the Los Angeles Lakers clinched the Pacific Division title, beating Denver Nuggets 108-91. Other results: Toronto Raptors 94 Detroit Pistons 92; Atlanta Hawks 122 Washington Wizards
        -AP  -  90 words
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        Lock icon Schmeichel wants to be United boss
        92 26 SOCCER -AP LONDON- Former Manchester United goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel says he would like to return as the English club’s manager. He doesn’t want to succeed Ferguson but would like to become manager in the future. “I would like to have that job,” Schmeichel told
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        Lock icon Sports awards of the Year Fang hot favourite for men's honour
        419 26  -  by LIM HAN MING SO the cat is out of the bag. Table tennis player Jing Junhong will be named Sportswoman of the Year at the Singapore Sports Awards 2001 tomorrow. The news was unwittingly leaked out when the
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        Lock icon Up against the best
        536 27  -  Shahril's biggest test so far comes against Warriors' twin strikers by Peter Siow S-LEAGUE SAFFC v Geylang United HE is young and largely untried. And he will be up against the best strikeforce in the S-League today Singapore Armed Forces FC’s twin predators Mirko Grabovac and
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        593 31 Wire services r CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Q-FINAL Deportivo 2 Leeds 0 (2nd leg) c(Leeds wins 3-2 on aggregate) LA CORUNA, Spain A relieved Leeds United boss David O’Leary saluted his bighearted players after watching them cling on against
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