Streats, 11 March 2002

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  • 12 1 Streets MONDAY, MARCH 11, 2002 Hotline: 1800-844-5566 E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 429/03/2001
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  • 638 1  -  Deepa Vijiyasingham By- Zubaidah Nazeer THE tit-for-tat reaction in the Malaysian media over things Singaporean has taken an interesting twist a rat-for-tat jibe at the Singapore press. Malaysian journalists, taking offence at a lighthearted remark by Young PAP leader Vivian
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  • 205 1 MORNING RUSH Wire services JERUSALEM Incursions yesterday into the West Bank have uncovered three bomb factories, the Israeli army said. The explosives were found in a Bethlehem refugee camp during an ongoing operation which began on Saturday. Meanwhile, the Palestinians have taken the fight to the
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  • STREATS local
    • 173 2 SINGAPORE’S reputation stood head and shoulders above that of its nearest rival in a survey of corruption among top Asian economies. The Political and Economic Risk Consultancy (Perc) sought the opinions of 1,000 expatriate businessmen in the survey. On a scale of 10, with the lowest
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    • Article, Illustration
      117 2 HE was once frostbitten but that won’t make him twice shy. Adventurer Khoo Swee Chiow, 37, left yesterday for a second attempt at trekking across the North Pole. His attempt last March was aborted after nine days when he had to cope with frostbitten fingers, blurred vision, not
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    • 181 2 MORE than 1,000 people went to the OUB Manulife booth at a recent careers fair to apply for its 200 job vacancies. Prudential had about 400 applicants for its 50 places. Flying in the face of the economic downturn, the insurance industry wants to sign up
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    • 161 2 THE new president of the Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) yesterday blasted a price increase by three petrol companies. Mr Yeo Guat Kwang said the four-cent hike yesterday by Caltex, BP and Shell was out of step with the world oil price trend and was
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    • 95 2 DEPUTY Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will visit Malaysia from today until Thursday, at the invitation of his Malaysian counterpart Datuk Seri Abdullah Badawi. DPM Lee heads for Kuala Lumpur and Kuantan, accompanied by Members of Parliament Cedric Foo, Lim Hwee Hua and Zainudin Nordin,
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    • 58 2 ONE KIND ACT Juanito V Chin Thank you to Sergeant Eaqmal Hassim of the Special Operation Command of Singapore Police Force. My brother-in-law left his cellphone in a toilet at Changi airport while in transit from Dubai to the Philippines. Sgt Eaqmal managed to locate my brother-in-law’s contact
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    • 763 3  -  Comment PHILIP LEE IF SINGAPORE journalists are perceived as mice in the company of government ministers, it is a perception that has endured from the time Mr Lee Kuan Yew was Prime Minister. There is no doubt that many journalists then were intimidated by Mr
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    • 155 3 THE “wild animals” remark should be seen in context, wrote a columnist in the Malay language newspaper, Mingguan Malaysia. Awang Sulung, the pen name of Datuk Zainuddin Maidin, Parliamentary Secretary to the Malaysian information ministry and former Utusan Malaysia editor, called on Malaysian journalists not to
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    • 219 3  -  By. Zubaidah Nazeer SINGAPORE journalists are easily “cowed”. They are tame, subservient to the government but unsparing to the man-in-the-street. This is what some social activists feel about the local press. “It’s common knowledge that we (Singapore journalists) are tame,” said Ms Dana
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    • 223 4  -  Car hits cab, m-cycle, overturns By f Karen Chen AN accident early yesterday morning landed an 83-year-old woman in a surgical intensive care unit (SICU), and led to the arrest of her son for drink driving. At 2.13 am, the 43-year-old driver was believed to have
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      155 4 A 67-YEAR-OLD man was killed in a freak accident on Friday when his lorry suddenly reversed as he turned on the ignition. At about 11.30 am, Mr Huang Weiming, a delivery man, tried to start his lorry as he stood outside it, with the door open. It was
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    • 151 4  -  By Khushwant Singh A MONTH AGO, Koh Thian Huat, 31, pleaded guilty to stealing two necklaces worth $llB from Seiyu department store at Parco Junction, at 2pm on Jan 8. In mitigation, he had even offered a letter of confession, written by his wife, stating
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    • 341 4 *|C, BuzzUS if you know something we don’t 1800-844-5566 E 383 UNIVERSITY OF LONDON Lead College: London School of Economics BSc (Hons) Management Accounting Finance Banking Finance Economics Management Full-time Part-time Classes Entry Requirement: ‘O' levels ‘A’ levels classes Polytechnic Commencing: Other Diplomas 22 April 2002 TRIDENT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY.
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    • 136 5 USA Football UK Football AUSTRALIA Football Never underestimate the importance of local knowledge. To truly understand a country and its culture, you have to be part of it. That’s why, at HSBC, all our offices around the world are staffed by local people. In fact you’ll find we’ve got local
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  • STREATS financial
    • 486 6 The stock recommendation is the average of ail the recommendations submitted by analysts following the stock. There is a total of 29 brokers submitting recommendations but not every stock is followed by all the 29 brokers. Their recommendations are placed on a 1 to 5 points scale and
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    • 26 6 •AS AT FEB 15 US$: 551.822 552.597 EURO: $1,603 Ss: DM1.220 Ss: 70.13 YEN Ss: RM2.086 Ss: HK54.281 Ss: 23.74 BAHT Ss: 5,480 RUPIAH
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    • 232 6 1. AFP LONDON The US economy should experience “solid growth” this year as fears of a recession fade, White House economic adviser Lawrence Lindsey told Britain’s Sunday Times newspaper. He said he had become more optimistic about the investment outlook
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    • 319 6 Reuters ST LOUIS Amid the “was it or wasn’t it” debate about the US recession, a senior Federal Reserve official has coined a new phrase for the economic downturn that began last March, dubbing it: “the Pluto recession”. St Louis Fed President William Poole likened the controversy
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    • 261 6 -AFP TOKYO The combined net profits of all companies listed as non-financial companies will fall 72 per cent in fiscal 2001 compared with the previous year, a newspaper survey said yesterday. But the profits of Japanese firms are likely to recover by as
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  • STREATS medical
    • 417 8 Babies living with smokers land in hospitals Reuters HONGKONG The news just gets worse for smokers. A study at Hong Kong University has found that babies who live with two or more smokers are 30 per cent more likely to need hospital treatment than those
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    • 201 8 Wire services Infant homicide ATLANTA Americans are at least 10 times more likely to be murdered on the day of their birth than at any other point in their lives, according to a study by federal health officials. A startling 243, or 7.3 per cent, of the 3,312
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    • 200 8 Reuters NEW YORK If they could turn back time, most smokers would not light up that first cigarette, a new British survey shows. But even though most smokers would like to kick the habit, they fool themselves about how easy it will be for them to
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    • 109 8 Reuters NEW YORK Asthmatics are not more likely than other people to get colds, but when they do, they are more likely to suffer more, a new study suggests. Colds are commonly caused by a family of viruses called rhinoviruses, and such upper-respiratory infections are often
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    • 282 8 QWe have 15-month-old twin babies, and also a dog, a Jack Russell terrier. Do I have to keep our babies away from the dog to prevent them from developing asthma? Is dog hair a cause of asthma? When can they start playing together? A If children already have
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  • STREATS vocal
    • 127 10 I FIND our manner of dealing with the controversial land reclamation issue particularly admirable. Let the party which insists on playing the victim criticise and complain all it likes while we stay at a discreet distance and keep quiet, except for correcting any misinformation. Sooner or later the
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    • 204 10 THE writer of “No one to cry for them” (Streats, March 7) suggests that the life of an Indian Muslim is worth less than that of other Muslims. It is embarrassing that, even in the 21st century, human beings are segregated by religion even in
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    • 172 10 I REFER to the “City... and S’pore.com” (Streats, Feb 22). Under the sub-heading “TC”, the article stated that town councils undertake “municipal works and estate management matters like lift repairs and collect HDB rent or loan installments”. We would like to clarify that the collection of rent
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    • 106 10 AFTER reading “Flesh show too fresh” (Streats, March 7), I was left thinking that to attract people to sports events there are many ways other than hiring half-naked girls to do raunchy dancing. I don’t want this display in front of my children and husband. If these
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    • 38 10 Have Your Say Streats is pleased to publish your views. To be heard, email us at streais@sph.com.sg or write to The Editor, Streats, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Singapore *****4. You should include your name, address and contact number.
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  • STREATS regional
    • 264 12 Wire services KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia wants Singapore to share the findings of the latter’s studies on the environmental and geographic impact of the current reclamation project. The New Straits Times yesterday quoted Malaysian Transport Minister Dr Ling
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      38 13 Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri preparing to kick off a soccer match between her ministers and foreign diplomats in Jakarta on Saturday. The match raised three billion rupiah ($546,900) for flood victims. It was drawn 2-2.
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    • 171 13 -AFP YANGON Myanmar’s military rulers were yesterday set to purge their ranks after a coup plot led by four relatives of former dictator Ne Win was crushed. The military regime said on Saturday that the son-in-law and three grandsons of Ne Win, 92, were
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    • 164 13 -AFP BEIJING Chinese doctors have successfully transplanted the cells of pig livers into 12 patients, a report said yesterday. The cells were used to save human patients suffering from liver failure, said an official at Gulou Hospital in Nanjing, eastern China. Pig organs have been
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    • 336 13 Australia planned bio-attack on S-E Asia MELBOURNE Australia in 1947 considered a plan to use biological weapons against Indonesia and other “overpopulated” South-east Asian countries. Nodel Prize winning microbiologist Sir Macfarlane Burnet had recommended to the Defence Department that Australia develop biological weapons that would work in tropical
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    • 287 12 PARTICIPANTS EDUCATI@N EXHIBITION discuss your education plans with representatives from over 50 UK institutions 16-17 March 2002 Suntec City Hall 401 (11am-7pm) m !afcWbawMW»»* a-.*** r*. III! Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre Tel: 6473 4357 http://www.britishcouncil.org.sg/ education/sngecs.htm Catch the free shuttle service on our Education UK SBS Transit bus.
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    • 65 13 COOL INSTANT RELIEF FROM INSECT BITES. cp t o^^ w M *&*>? wBS&f .^vS' jA !^g 1 1 i Mopiko not only soothes insect bites fast, but also leaves the most refreshing sensation on your skin. So keep a tube handy wherever you go. Sole Agent: Weng Seng Heng Chinese
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    • 117 14 Experience the groovy decade of the 60s at Heritage Festival 2002 from 9 to 16 March. A week filled with music, dancing, stories and lots more, the 60s way! Then join us at Colour Me 60s Carnival Concert at Ngee Ann City on 16 March 2002 for a fun-filled day
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  • STREATS global
    • 402 15 Wire services NEW DELHI Indian Muslim leaders yesterday rejected a proposal by a top Hindu cleric meant to ease a dispute over the holy town of Ayodhya and end communal violence in which more than 700 people have died. “We have not accepted
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    • 421 15  -  Comment By BINU ALEX WHAT has Newton’s third law “Every action has an equal and opposite reaction” to do with the recent riots in Gujarat, the home state of Mahatma Gandhi one of those extraordinary historical figures who stirred the world’s consciousness with his universal message
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      38 17 Security officers survey up the damage as a painting, of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat releasing a dove hangs on the wall of his offices after it was destroyed by Israeli missiles in Gaza City yesterday AP
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    • 354 17 Wire services WASHINGTON Reports that the US is readying new plans for a nuclear attack on China, Russia and other states are “misleading”, the Pentagon said on Saturday. The new “review of the US nuclear posture is the latest in
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    • 236 17 -AFP LONDON British Prime Minister Tony Blair yesterday told visiting US Vice-President Dick Cheney that he backs the war on terrorism, but the possibility of strikes against Iraq is putting a strain on that support. The spectre of US nuclear strikes against Iraq, Iran, China
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    • 463 17 GARDEZ Fighters in Afghanistan have turned their natural and man-made caves into a home and fortress. In a solar-powered hideaway, they watch videos of the war against the Soviets, boast about shooting down a helicopter in the current war with the Americans and vow
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  • STREATS people
    • 600 18 Laskar Jihad is armed, well-drilled and renowned for its fanaticism and brutality HE commands 3,000 to 10,000 men who are well drilled, heavily armed and ferociously loyal. And you might find an airline pilot or two among them, said Harold Crouch, an Indonesia expert with the Australian National
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    • 343 18 EACH time David Hicks called home to Australia, his stepmother jotted a brief diary entry of his news. Her entry of Sept 25 last year read: “David calls from Afghanistan, says he’s with the Taleban.” Since leaving home at 14, Hicks, now 26, had taken on various
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    • 137 19 DARE TO DREAM ■>K 3 v ««i v vj i I tsllsii®» SW H f Mfc< DJfifc J *3H i 'IS < s K m li«l i' t Seminar Programme self-made Entrepreneur. Millionaire at the age of 26. (Seminar Moderator Dr Benji Ng S. K.) *For clarifications, please call Mr
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  • easy STREATS
    • 786 20  -  Despite 11 years in the music industry, and widespread acknowledgement as the king of Taiwanese rock, Wu Bai continues to identify with the common man By_ Yvonne Kwok TAIWANESE rocker Wu Bai was curious when he learnt that the English-language papers here write about Taiwanese stars. Asked
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    • 118 22 HONGKONG heavenly queen Sammi Cheng will soon spout English lines in a movie. The singer-actress, in an attempt to break into the international market, had signed on to act in director Chen Kexin’s film, Deng Dai (Wait), reported Hongkong’s The Sun yesterday. Initially meant for Maggie Cheung,
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    • 428 22  -  By Cara van Miriah A BALMY night in a tent by the sea and under the stars. And this is exactly what more and more people are doing on weekends. While some are courting couples, most are families out to have a different
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    • 472 24  -  Stylish eating on a shoestring JUDI LOW TUNA PRATA CONES WHAT YOU NEED: 3 slices stale bread, preferably whole grain 1 can (425g) tuna chunks in water, drained and flaked 2 green chillies, chopped 1 large onion, finely chopped 2 stalks coriander leaves, chopped, including stems
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    • 66 26 It’s going to be a sunny start to the week as the weather will be fair in all areas. Temperatures will climb to a scorching 34°C from the minimum of 25” C. High tide (2.4 m) will be at 11.31 pm. March's weather girl Str«ts reader Shika
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    • Happenin'
      • 69 26 GISELLE LOVE, ETERNAL Kallang Theatre Wednesday till Saturday, Bpm Tickets at $49, $43, $37, $29, $2l Call Sistic at 6348-5555 One of the greatest Romantic classical ballets ever choreographed, Giselle is the story of a peasant girl who falls in love with royalty. When she finds that her love
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        115 26 OBEDIENCE TRAINING SEMINAR Parkway Parade Today, Wednesday and Friday, 12.30 pm Free Learn from animal care experts how to handle your pets. Teaching your dog discipline is part and parcel of bonding. This seminar is apart of a week-long animal fair. Pick up some dog grooming tips and have
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      • 65 26 MACHINE The Black Box, Fort Canning Centre Wednesday till March 31 Bpm (Wednesdays through Saturdays), 3pm (Sundays) Tickets at $3O and $25 Call Sistic at 6348-5555 This is a psycho-drama about love, sex and romance by journalist Tan Tam How. Two men enter two women’s houses on the pretext
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      • 76 26 OKINAWA SONG AND DANCE THEATRE (CHURA) ASIAN TOUR 2002 Victoria Concert Hall Thursday, Bpm Tickets at $21,516,513 Call Sistic at 6348-5555 March should be called Month of the Rising Sun, what with the twinning of Ginza and Orchard Road and now, this spectacular show. Enjoy traditional Japanese dances such
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      • 104 26 Pathway to a US Degree When: Today, 7pm Venue: Carlton Hotel, Empress Room Speak to Representatives from Salem International University (SIU), USA, and discover how to be the preferred US graduate. As one of the world’s first wireless campuses, SIU offers a choice of online and on-campus programmes faciliated
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    • Just a minute
      • 21 26 The Subordinate Courts’ website at www.subcourts.gov.sg has been revamped. Find out about legal terms and the court system.
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      • 70 26 Wills can be registered with the Wills Registry. Registration is free. Forms can be downloaded from www.gov.sg/minlaw/ipto/forms.html or call 6325-1420 for the forms to be faxed or posted to you. To learn about health issues, call the Health Promotion Board’s 24-hour Health Line at 1800-848-1313 for pre-recorded health messages.
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    • Tune in TV & MOVIE NEWS
      • 93 27 10pm, Channel i One year after the brutal murders in the first movie, Julie James flees her hometown to attend college in Boston and leave the painful memories behind her. But despite her best efforts to lead a normal life, the past
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      • 64 27 7.30 pm, Channel 5 When a man is eaten alive by an unknown creature, the local Game Warden teams up with a paleontologist from New York to find the beast. Add to the mix an eccentric philanthropist with a penchant for crocs, and we have a comedy-horror film
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      • 123 27 AP DIRECTOR Ron Howard has claimed the top film-making honour for A Beautiful Mind from the Directors Guild of America, considered one of the most accurate barometers of Oscar success. But he downplayed the award’s reliability. “I don’t know if that connection holds any more,”
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      130 27 PALADINO 71 Bras Basah Road Singapore Art Museum Tel: 6738-0917 THIS restaurant and bar once nestled along the bustling Mohamed Sultan Road long before it became a clubbing district. Now relocated at the Singapore Art Museum, the eatery is now twice its former size with four sections and
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    • 388 21 Streats «1 •r-- •v h r^: EsSl t* J JffC, i■M V #1 The heat is on! Come celebrate the music, dance, food, beverage, souvenirs, language and lifestyle of the Spanish speaking countries around the world. It’s the Streats Singapore International Latin Festival 2002 and you can look forward to:
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    • 57 23 'Yummy' Double Scoops of TV Goodness. SPH MediaWorks’ English TV Channel is now Channel i The Channel for Movies and Action with a new look, new style and new attitude! Together, Channel U and Channel i will tingle your taste buds with double scoops of better TV served in all
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    • 188 24 STREATS NATIONAL HERITAGE BOARD PROMOTION or mm# 360a 77 call 1900-911-0005 &A PAIR OF CARVEN WATCHES COULD BE YOURS Love the swinging 60s? Then you will love it even more if you can pick out the picture that best represents the heady decade. You stand to win one of four
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    • 193 26 If you wish to have your event highlighted in Happenin’, e-mail Streats at streats@sph.com.sg or fax 319-8191 UOL DEGREE CENTRE BSC (Hons) Bachelor of Science (Hons) Business 1 Management Banking Finance Economics Management Accounting Finance Information Systems Management Contact Our Professional Executives Today! Cerlyn Winny 6837 8838 ",Juggling between work
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  • Page 27 Miscellaneous
    • 469 27 JAN 20-FEB 18 Advance to the head of the line. Whether you’re giving out orders or just talking to yourself, it’s bound to be brilliant. Rise out of the usual quagmire to stride forward with long, purposeful steps. by Kelli Fox at AstroIogy.com v> HIKES FEB 19-MAR20 Reality fails to
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  • STREATS sports
    • 519 28  -  B v Adam Hashidy NATIONAL rugby player Harry Mason had high hopes of representing Singapore in the Rugby World Cup Sevens and the World Cup 15s qualifiers next month. But the 20-year-old will now have to watch from the sidelines
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    • 367 28 Wire services FA CUP QUARTER-FINALS Middlesbrough 3 Everton 0 LONDON Middlesbrough stunned Everton with three goals in seven minutes at the end of the first half, and then strolled to a 3-0 win at the Riverside Stadium in FA Cup quarter-finals yesterday. The game
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    • 497 29  -  S-League reflections B'J ADAM HASHIDY IF you look around cosmopolitan Singapore, scantily-clad women are making eyes at you from almost everywhere. Beer posters on coffeeshop walls Magazine covers in respectable bookshops. And, of course, along the beach where girls will be shedding as much
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    • 260 29  -  By Lim Han Ming THERE will be no mass exodus following the departure of China-bom athlete Wang Dan. The assurance came from Singapore Amateur Athletic Association (SAAA) president Loh Lin Kok, who lost the 19-year-old hammer specialist after she went back to
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    • SPORTS SCAN
      • 138 29 BADMINTON -afp BIRMINGHAM Denmark’s Camilla Martin became the first European for 22 years to win the prestigious All England Open when she stunned world champion Gong Ruina in straight games here yesterday. In the men’s final, China’s Chen Hong beat unseeded Indonesia Budi Santoso 7-4, 7-5,7-1. The
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      • 76 29 BASKETBALL SINGAPORE won the five-nation Goodwill basketball tournament in Yangon. It outplayed the national teams of Brunei, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar held at Yangon’s National Indoor Stadium last week. The tournament, aimed at enhancing co-operation in sports between Asean countries, was the first to be organised by
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      • 95 29 SOCCER -AFP LONDON Bottom Premiership club Leicester City look doomed to relegation after being held to a 1-1 draw by mid-table Charlton on Saturday. The Foxes, who have won just one league game at home all season, started well with striker James Scowcroft giving them a 20th-minute lead.
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      • 317 30 LONDON Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson has stepped up his war of words with rival Arsene Wenger by accusing the Arsenal boss of speaking out of turn. “Arsene does not know me well enough to judge me,” he fumed after Wenger
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      • 628 30 Wenger’s decision to make major changes in the team almost backfires Wire services FA CUP QUARTER-FINALS Newcastle United 1 Arsenal 1 LONDON Arsene Wenger’s decision to rest key players backfired as Arsenal was forced to cling on for a FA Cup quarterfinal replay against Newcastle United. Such
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      • 381 31 LONDON Inter Milan has offered Arsenal more than £lOO million ($258 million) for French superstars Thierry Henry, Robert Pires and Patrick Vieira. The astonishing world-record deal for the French trio was officially offered at Highbury last Tuesday by Serie A
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      • 288 31 NBA CHAMPIONSHIP Hawks 91 Sixers 112 ATLANTA A little more than a week ago, Allen Iverson claimed Philadelphia 76ers was still the best team in the Eastern Conference. Those words clearly have lit a fire under his team-mates. Iverson scored 28 points and got
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  • Page 29 Miscellaneous
    • 30 29 IN THE LIVING ROOM DELAYED TELECAST GOLF: PGA Tour: The Honda Classic, final rd (Star Sports Ch 24, 2pm). SOCCER: English FA Cup q-final highlights (Super Sports Ch 22, 9pm).
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